List of shipwrecks in 1938

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The list of shipwrecks in 1938 includes ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during 1938.

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January[]

1 January[]

List of shipwrecks: 1 January 1938
Ship Country Description
 Norway The cargo ship was wrecked 2 nautical miles (3.7 km) off Cape Mayor, near Santander, Spain.[1] She sank on 3 January,[2] all crew were rescued.[3]
Sylvabelle  France The two-masted schooner collided with ( Sweden) in the English Channel off St Ives, Cornwall, United Kingdom. All five crew were rescued by ( United Kingdom) and Ilse.[4][5]

2 January[]

List of shipwrecks: 2 January 1938
Ship Country Description
 France Grounded at Punta Polacra, Almeria, Spain and was abandoned by her crew but her chief engineer was lost. She broke in two on 7 January.[6][7][8]

3 January[]

List of shipwrecks: 3 January 1938
Ship Country Description
 Germany Foundered at Melilla.[6]

4 January[]

List of shipwrecks: 4 January 1938
Ship Country Description
Cuore Di Gesu  United Kingdom The brig ran aground at Palermo, Sicily, Italy.[3]
 Japan The coaster ran aground at Shōdoshima.[3]

6 January[]

List of shipwrecks: 6 January 1938
Ship Country Description
Irene  Sweden The auxiliary ship ran aground on a voyage from Ystad to Öland and was a total loss.[7]

11 January[]

List of shipwrecks: 11 January 1938
Ship Country Description
 Netherlands Spanish Civil War: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Mediterranean Sea 6 nautical miles (11 km) south east of Cape San Antonio, Spain. All crew were rescued.[9]

13 January[]

List of shipwrecks: 13 January 1938
Ship Country Description
 United Kingdom The cargo ship ran aground in the , Maldive Islands and was abandoned as a total loss. All crew were rescued by ( United Kingdom).[10][11][12]
 United Kingdom The cargo ship ran aground at Irvine, Ayrshire and was severely damaged.[10] She was scuttled on 15 January.[13] She was refloated on 19 January.[14]

14 January[]

List of shipwrecks: 14 January 1938
Ship Country Description
 Norway Sank off Cape St. Francis, South Africa.[15]

15 January[]

List of shipwrecks: 15 January 1938
Ship Country Description
 Chile The passenger ship ran aground at Coquimbo and was abandoned as a total loss. All on board were rescued.[12][16]
Corsea  United Kingdom The collier collided with Ruahine ( United Kingdom) in the River Thames and was beached at Woolwich.[12][17] She was refloated on 17 January.[18]
 Greece The cargo ship ran aground at Chania, Crete.[13] Salvage operations were abandoned on 26 January.[19]
 United Kingdom The cargo ship ran aground on the Pembrokeshire coast and sank with the loss of one of the nine people on board.[12][17]

17 January[]

List of shipwrecks: 17 January 1938
Ship Country Description
 United Kingdom The cargo ship foundered in the Irish Sea between Lundy Island and Cardigan Bay with the loss of all seventeen crew.[20] She was on a voyage from Newport, Monmouthshire, to Manchester, Lancashire.[21]
 United Kingdom The coaster foundered in the North Sea off the coast of Ayrshire with the loss of all five crew.[20]

18 January[]

List of shipwrecks: 18 January 1938
Ship Country Description
Olga L  Italy The sailing ship collided with ( United States) at Naples and sank. All crew were rescued.[22]
 France The cargo ship ran aground at Royan, Charente-Maritime.[22] She was refloated on 1 February.[23]
 United Kingdom The ship caught fire at Chicago, Illinois, United States and was a constructive total loss.[24]

20 January[]

List of shipwrecks: 20 January 1938
Ship Country Description
 France The dredger capsized at Le Havre, Seine-Inférieure.[24]
Santoy  United Kingdom The Thames barge collided with ( Netherlands) in the Thames Estuary and sank with the loss of both crew.[25]

21 January[]

List of shipwrecks: 21 January 1938
Ship Country Description
 United Kingdom Spanish Civil War: The coaster was torpedoed and sunk by the Nationalist submarine General Sanjurjo ( Spanish Navy) south of Cape Tiñoso with the loss of eleven of her fifteen crew.[6][26]
Liberty  United States The tug was run down and sunk at Hog Island, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania by an unknown vessel. Two crew were rescued.[9]

24 January[]

List of shipwrecks: 24 January 1938
Ship Country Description
 Japan The cargo ship was run into by ( Japan) at Shimonoseki and sank. All crew were rescued.[27]

25 January[]

List of shipwrecks: 25 January 1938
Ship Country Description
 Germany The collier departed from Hamburg on a voyage to Nordenham, Germany.[28] Two lifebuoys were discovered on Heligoland, Schleswig-Holstein on 4 February.[29] Believed foundered in the North Sea with the loss of all nineteen crew.[28]

28 January[]

List of shipwrecks: 28 January 1938
Ship Country Description
 Norway The cargo ship ran aground at (12°30′N 81°30′W / 12.500°N 81.500°W / 12.500; -81.500) and was abandoned by her crew, who were rescued by Veragua ( United States).[30]
 United Kingdom The coaster departed Waterford, Ireland on 27 January bound for Barry, Glamorgan. She passed Passage West, County Cork the next day. No further trace.[31]

30 January[]

List of shipwrecks: 30 January 1938
Ship Country Description
 United States Navy The SC-1-class submarine chaser foundered in Lake Ontario.[32]

31 January[]

List of shipwrecks: 31 January 1938
Ship Country Description
Alba  Panama Ran aground at Porthmeor beach, St Ives, Cornwall. All 24 crew rescued, but five later drowned when the lifeboat, (Flag of the Royal National Lifeboat Institution.svg Royal National Lifeboat Institution), capsized.[33][34]
 Finland The auxiliary three-masted schooner ran aground on Spiekeroog, Germany and was a total loss. All crew were rescued.[35]

February[]

1 February[]

List of shipwrecks: 1 February 1938
Ship Country Description
Sauer Gebr  Germany The coal grab capsized and sank at Hamburg with the loss of two crew.[36]

3 February[]

List of shipwrecks: 3 February 1938
Ship Country Description
 United Kingdom The cargo ship ran aground at Balboa, Spain and was beached.[29] She was refloated the next day.[37]
Garda  Italy The vessel sank in stormy weather 1.5 nmi (2.8 km; 1.7 mi) off Cape Raznjic, Korčula island, Adriatic Sea[38][39]

4 February[]

List of shipwrecks: 4 February 1938
Ship Country Description
 United Kingdom Spanish Civil War: The cargo ship was bombed and sunk in the Mediterranean Sea 22 nautical miles (41 km) off Barcelona, Spain by Spanish Nationalist aircraft. All 21 crew survived.[40]
San Marco  United States The 30-gross register ton, 49.8-foot (15.2 m) motor vessel broke her moorings, dragged her anchor, and was wrecked without loss of life on a reef across from Seldovia, Territory of Alaska, during a gale.[41]

7 February[]

List of shipwrecks: 7 February 1938
Ship Country Description
 Brazil The cargo ship ran aground in Rio Grande do Sul.[42] She was refloated on 24 February.[43]

8 February[]

List of shipwrecks: 8 February 1938
Ship Country Description
 Greece The cargo ship collided with ( Netherlands) in the Baltic Sea off the ( Germany) and sank. All crew were rescued. Pluto was beached at Tromper Wiek. She was later refloated and towed to Sassnitz, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern.[44][45]

10 February[]

List of shipwrecks: 10 February 1938
Ship Country Description
 Turkey The cargo ship ran aground in the Black Sea off Sinope and was beached.[46] She was refloated on 15 February.[47]
 France The cargo ship ran aground on Juist, Germany. All crew were saved.[48] Refloated on 4 March.[49]
 United Kingdom Spanish Civil War: The vessel was bombed and sunk at Valencia. Refloated, repaired and put back in service as Castillo Benisano.[6]

11 February[]

List of shipwrecks: 11 February 1938
Ship Country Description
 Italy The cargo ship issued a distress call in the Mediterranean Sea (41°28′N 5°50′E / 41.467°N 5.833°E / 41.467; 5.833).[50] Presumed foundered with the loss of all 35 crew.[51]

12 February[]

List of shipwrecks: 12 February 1938
Ship Country Description
HMS Walrus  Royal Navy The destroyer was out of commission and under tow to a shipyard for conversion work with a skeleton crew of four aboard in the North Sea when a powerful storm struck which broke her towline and drove her ashore in near Scarborough, England. All four men aboard survived. Declared constructive total loss, sold 5 March 1938 for scrapping, refloated 29 March 1938, and scrapped October 1938.[52][53]

13 February[]

List of shipwrecks: 13 February 1938
Ship Country Description
 Japan The cargo ship departed from bound for Kobe. No further trace. Reported on 18 February as presumed foundered.[54]

14 February[]

List of shipwrecks: 14 February 1938
Ship Country Description
 United Kingdom The coastal tanker ran aground on , Norfolk. Although refloated, she later drifted onto the Barber Sands, broke her back and exploded. All eight people on board were rescued by the Gorleston lifeboat.[55]
 United Kingdom The cargo ship ran aground on Spurn Head, Yorkshire.[56]

17 February[]

List of shipwrecks: 17 February 1938
Ship Country Description
 Greece The cargo ship ran aground at Klippen Point, South Africa and was abandoned by her crew, who were rescued by Clan Macneil ( United Kingdom).[57]

19 February[]

List of shipwrecks: 19 February 1938
Ship Country Description
 United Kingdom The cargo ship was abandoned in pack ice off Cape St. Francis, Newfoundland. She subsequently caught fire and sank.[58]
USS Swallow  United States Navy The Lapwing-class minesweeper ran aground on Kanaga Island in the Andreanof Islands group in the western Aleutian Islands while entering (51°42′30″N 177°11′30″W / 51.70833°N 177.19167°W / 51.70833; -177.19167 (Kanaga Harbor)). The cutter USCGC Spencer (Ensign of the United States Coast Guard (1915–1953).png United States Coast Guard) rescued her 40-man crew.[41] Salvage efforts were abandoned.

20 February[]

List of shipwrecks: 20 February 1938
Ship Country Description
Zoodochos Pighi  Greece The auxiliary sailing ship sank in the Gulf of Corinth off .[59]

21 February[]

List of shipwrecks: 21 February 1938
Ship Country Description
 United States The cargo ship sank at Yonkers, New York.[59]

Unknown date[]

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1938
Ship Country Description
 Norway The cargo ship foundered in the North Sea whilst on a voyage from Hamburg, Germany to Haugesund, Norway. Six crew were rescued by ( Norway). They were landed at Stavanger on 14 February.[60]

28 February[]

List of shipwrecks: 28 February 1938
Ship Country Description
 Germany The cargo ship collided with ( Greece) in the Kiel Canal and sank.[61]
Hazel L Myra  United Kingdom The schooner caught fire off Bermuda (31°16′N 71°00′W / 31.267°N 71.000°W / 31.267; -71.000) and was abandoned.[62]

March[]

1 March[]

List of shipwrecks: 1 March 1938
Ship Country Description
 Lithuania The cargo ship ran aground 11 nautical miles (20 km) south of Memel with the loss of three crew.[62] The ship broke in two; salvage attempts were abandoned on 11 March.[63]
 United Kingdom The coaster sprang a leak and was abandoned off St. John's, Newfoundland. All crew survived.[4]

2 March[]

List of shipwrecks: 2 March 1938
Ship Country Description
Birma  Sweden The cargo ship was abandoned in a sinking condition in the Skaggerak 20 nautical miles (37 km) off Hirtshals, Denmark. All crew were rescued by the fishing vessels Java ( Netherlands) and KW 159 ( Denmark).[64][65]

5 March[]

List of shipwrecks: 5 March 1938
Ship Country Description
 France The cargo ship ran aground at Wei-Hai-Wei, China and was wrecked with the loss of nine of the 66 people on board. Survivors were rescued by HMS Capetown ( Royal Navy).[66]

6 March[]

List of shipwrecks: 6 March 1938
Ship Country Description
Baleares  Spanish Navy Spanish Civil War, Battle of Cape Palos: The Nationalist Canarias-class cruiser was torpedoed and sunk in the Mediterranean Sea (37°52′18″N 0°52′00″E / 37.87167°N 0.86667°E / 37.87167; 0.86667) by the Republican destroyer Lepanto ( Spanish Navy) with the loss of 765 of her 1,206 crew. Some of the survivors were rescued by HMS Boreas and HMS Kempenfelt (both  Royal Navy).[67]

8 March[]

List of shipwrecks: 8 March 1938
Ship Country Description
 Japan The cargo ship ran aground off Uku, Nagasaki (33°20′N 129°10′E / 33.333°N 129.167°E / 33.333; 129.167).[66] Salvage efforts were abandoned on 18 March.[68]

9 March[]

List of shipwrecks: 9 March 1938
Ship Country Description
 United Kingdom The cargo ship ran aground on Lindisfarne, Northumberland. All crew were rescued by a fishing vessel.[69]

10 March[]

List of shipwrecks: 10 March 1938
Ship Country Description
 United Kingdom The cargo ship collided with ( Germany) off the Hohe Weg Lighthouse, Bremen, Germany. Ena de Larrinaga was beached.[70]

12 March[]

List of shipwrecks: 12 March 1938
Ship Country Description
Admiral Karpfanger  Germany The four-masted barque reported by radio when off Cape Horn, Chile.[71] Wreckage later found on Navarino Island.[72]
 United Kingdom The coaster, on a voyage from Vohemar, Madagascar, to Mauritius reported by radio from the Indian Ocean (16°09′S 52°31′E / 16.150°S 52.517°E / -16.150; 52.517). No further trace, presumed foundered with loss of all crew.[73]

14 March[]

List of shipwrecks: 14 March 1938
Ship Country Description
 Norway The cargo ship ran aground at Lista, Norway, and sank.[74]
Anglo-Australian  United Kingdom The cargo ship passed the Azores, Portugal on a voyage from Cardiff, Glamorgan, to Vancouver, British Columbia. No further trace, presumed foundered.[75]

19 March[]

List of shipwrecks: 19 March 1938
Ship Country Description
 Germany The cargo ship suffered an on-board explosion and sank 20 nautical miles (37 km) north west of the ( Denmark) with the loss of her captain. The crew were rescued by ( Sweden).[76][77] The explosion was caused by two bombs which had been placed in her forward cargo holds by Norwegian dock workers who were members of the anti-fascist , while the ship was docked in Oslo, Norway.[77]

20 March[]

List of shipwrecks: 20 March 1938
Ship Country Description
 United States The passenger ship caught fire and sank at Cleveland, Ohio.[78]

24 March[]

List of shipwrecks: 24 March 1938
Ship Country Description
 United Kingdom The coaster collided with Black Osprey ( United States) in the English Channel off St. Catherine's Point, Isle of Wight and sank with the loss of three of her seven crew. Survivors were rescued by Black Osprey.[79]
 United Kingdom The coaster collided with ( United Kingdom) in the English Channel off Kingsdown, Kent and sank. All thirteen crew were rescued by Wairangi.[79]
 United Kingdom The cargo ship collided with ( United Kingdom) in the North Sea off the Shipwash Sands and was beached.[80] She was later refloated with assistance from a tug.[81]

25 March[]

List of shipwrecks: 25 March 1938
Ship Country Description
 Imperial Japanese Navy The hospital ship flooded and sank in dry dock at the Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Shipyard in Kobe, Japan, during a hull inspection. She was refloated out of the dry dock on 3 May. Repairs were completed 9 June and she returned to service.[82]

28 March[]

List of shipwrecks: 28 March 1938
Ship Country Description
Alaska Chief  United States The 16-gross register ton cannery tender sank with the loss of four lives off the northeast coast of Grindall Island in Southeast Alaska after an explosion in her engine room. Only her captain survived.[83]

30 March[]

List of shipwrecks: 30 March 1938
Ship Country Description
 Greece Spanish Civil War: The vessel was torpedoed by the Nationalist submarine General Mola ( Spain) off Barcelona, where she sunk in shallow waters. Refloated, repaired and put again in service as Castillo Moncada.[6]

31 March[]

List of shipwrecks: 31 March 1938
Ship Country Description
 Netherlands The cargo ship ran aground in the Kei Islands, Netherlands East Indies and was wrecked.[84]
Taxiarchis  Greece The auxiliary sailing ship foundered in the Saronic Gulf off Aegina.[84]

April[]

1 April[]

List of shipwrecks: 1 April 1938
Ship Country Description
 France The tug was in collision with ( Norway) at Le Havre, France and sank with the loss of six of her nine crew.[85][86]

2 April[]

List of shipwrecks: 2 April 1938
Ship Country Description
 United Kingdom The cargo ship ran aground on Perim, North Yemen.[87] She was refloated on 11 April.[88]
 United Kingdom The tug was struck by the propeller of ( United Kingdom) at Stobcross Quay, Glasgow, Renfrewshire and sank.[89] She was refloated on 16 April and drydocked for repairs.[90]
 Denmark The cargo ship caught fire and was beached 7 nautical miles (13 km) north of Penang, Malay. She was declared a total loss.[91]

3 April[]

List of shipwrecks: 3 April 1938
Ship Country Description
 Italy The cargo liner ran aground on the Karam Masamahru Islet in the Red Sea and sank. All on board were rescued by ( Italy).[91]
 Norway The coaster ran aground off Kristiansund, Norway, with the loss of two of her ten crew. Two fishermen were drowned attempting to rescue the crew of Rokta.[92] She sank on 5 April.[93]

4 April[]

List of shipwrecks: 4 April 1938
Ship Country Description
 China The tanker collided with Donluis (flag unknown) in Wenchow Harbour and sank.[93]
 United Kingdom The cargo ship foundered in the North Sea 30 nautical miles (56 km) off Terschelling, Friesland, Netherlands. The crew were rescued by Wilhelm Gustloff ( Germany).[91]

6 April[]

List of shipwrecks: 6 April 1938
Ship Country Description
J O Minx  United Kingdom The schooner foundered in the Windward Passage off Cape Maisí, Cuba.[94]

7 April[]

List of shipwrecks: 7 April 1938
Ship Country Description
 United Kingdom The coaster ran aground in the , South Africa and was a total loss.[75]
 Spanish Navy Spanish Civil War: The auxiliary patrol ship was sunk by a German He-59.[95][96]

8 April[]

List of shipwrecks: 8 April 1938
Ship Country Description
 Germany The cargo ship collided in foggy weather with ( United Kingdom) in the Bay of Biscay 20 nautical miles (37 km) north north east of Ouessant, Finistère, France and sank. All crew were rescued by Tafna.[97][98]

9 April[]

List of shipwrecks: 9 April 1938
Ship Country Description
 Greece The cargo ship exploded and broke in two in the Atlantic Ocean (41°30′N 28°00′W / 41.500°N 28.000°W / 41.500; -28.000). Crew rescued by ( United States), ( United Kingdom) and ( Norway).[99]

10 April[]

List of shipwrecks: 10 April 1938
Ship Country Description
 Denmark The tug capsized and sank at Copenhagen whilst assisting ( United States). Two crew were lost.[99]

11 April[]

List of shipwrecks: 11 April 1938
Ship Country Description
 Italy The passenger ship ran aground off Cape Cross, German South-West Africa. She was refloated but was leaking and was beached in Walvis Bay.[88]

13 April[]

List of shipwrecks: 13 April 1938
Ship Country Description
 United States The Design 1020 cargo ship collided with ( United States) off Jacksonville, Florida and was beached.[100]
 United Kingdom The cargo ship collided with ( United Kingdom) in the River Thames and was beached at Hornchurch, Essex.[100] She was refloated the next day.[101]
 Germany The whaler struck a rock and sank off Gundo Point, Gran Canaria, Canary Isles, Portugal with the loss of one of her crew.[100]

21 April[]

List of shipwrecks: 21 April 1938
Ship Country Description
 Norway The sealer was crushed in pack ice and sank 150 nautical miles (280 km; 170 mi) northeast of St. John's, Newfoundland. All crew were rescued by the steamer ( United Kingdom).[102]

22 April[]

List of shipwrecks: 22 April 1938
Ship Country Description
 United Kingdom Carrying miscellaneous cargo including tropical animals, the 5,924-gross register ton Ellerman Lines cargo liner ran aground in fog on , a reef in outer Boston Harbor, Massachusetts, United States, at 42°22′26″N 070°51′35″W / 42.37389°N 70.85972°W / 42.37389; -70.85972 (City of Salisury). She broke in two on 23 April, with the bow section sinking. The rest of her wreck eventually broke up and sank in up to 90 feet (27 m) of water. All cargo salvaged and crew saved.[103][104]

26 April[]

List of shipwrecks: 26 April 1938
Ship Country Description
 United States The cargo ship ran aground at Block Island, Rhode Island, in fog.[105] She was refloated on 7 May and found to be severely damaged.[106]

29 April[]

List of shipwrecks: 29 April 1938
Ship Country Description
 Spain The cargo ship ran aground at Sète, Hérault, France.[107] Refloated on 2 May.[108]
 Norway The cargo ship capsized and sank in the Kattegat 10 nautical miles (19 km) north west of the ( Denmark). The crew were rescued by a fishing vessel.[109]

30 April[]

List of shipwrecks: 30 April 1938
Ship Country Description
 Peru The auxiliary sailing vessel struck a rock and sank off Chimbote.[107]

May[]

1 May[]

List of shipwrecks: 1 May 1938
Ship Country Description
 Chile The cargo ship foundered off Huafo. All crew were rescued.[110]

2 May[]

List of shipwrecks: 2 May 1938
Ship Country Description
 United Kingdom The cargo ship ran aground south of Areynaga Bay, Gran Canaria, Canary Isles, Spain.[111] She was refloated on 7 May,[112] but was consequently scrapped.[113]

4 May[]

List of shipwrecks: 4 May 1938
Ship Country Description
 Norway The cargo ship ran aground on Destacado Island (12°30′N 124°10′E / 12.500°N 124.167°E / 12.500; 124.167).[110] She was refloated on 11 May.[114]
 France The ocean liner caught fire at Le Havre, Seine-Inférieure and was a total loss. She was consequently scrapped at Rotterdam, South Holland, Netherlands.[115]

5 May[]

List of shipwrecks: 5 May 1938
Ship Country Description
 Japan The 60-gross register ton motor vessel sank in the Seto Inland Sea west of Kurahashi-jima, Japan, about two minutes after colliding with the submarine I-72 ( Imperial Japanese Navy) in limited visibility.[116]
 United Kingdom The cargo ship ran aground on a reef off Lady Elliot Island, Australia and was beached.[117] She was refloated on 13 May.[118]
 Japan The cargo ship struck a rock and sank off Kii Ōshima.[117]

8 May[]

List of shipwrecks: 8 May 1938
Ship Country Description
 Germany The coaster capsized and sank at Hamburg, Germany.[119]

10 May[]

List of shipwrecks: 10 May 1938
Ship Country Description
 Chile The cargo ship collided with ( Chile) 18 nautical miles (33 km) north of Quiriquina Island and sank. All crew were rescued.[120]

15 May[]

List of shipwrecks: 15 May 1938
Ship Country Description
 Sweden The cargo ship collided with ( Norway) off Gothenburg, Sweden, and sank. All crew were rescued.[121]

16 May[]

List of shipwrecks: 16 May 1938
Ship Country Description
 United Kingdom The cargo ship ran aground at Mobile, Alabama, United States.[122] Salvage was abandoned on 23 May and she was declared a total loss.[123]

18 May[]

List of shipwrecks: 18 May 1938
Ship Country Description
 United Kingdom The tug ran aground and capsized at Barry, Glamorgan.[124]

19 May[]

List of shipwrecks: 19 May 1938
Ship Country Description
 Norway The cargo ship was hit amidships at Stavanger, Norway, by and sank.[125]
 Chile The cargo ship capsized and sank off Chiloé Island with the loss of all nineteen crew.[125]

22 May[]

List of shipwrecks: 22 May 1938
Ship Country Description
 United Kingdom The cargo ship ran aground on , Messier Channel, Chile and was abandoned by her crew.[126] Salvage efforts were abandoned on 6 June.[127]

23 May[]

List of shipwrecks: 23 May 1938
Ship Country Description
Neenah  United States During a voyage under tow from Hoonah to (60°04′37″N 144°13′04″W / 60.0770°N 144.2178°W / 60.0770; -144.2178 (Controller Bay)) in the Territory of Alaska with no crew aboard and carrying an 85-ton cargo consisting of a floating cannery and related equipment, the 550-ton scow capsized and sank in ten minutes in the Gulf of Alaska 6 nautical miles (11 km; 6.9 mi) south of Lituya Bay.[128]

25 May[]

List of shipwrecks: 25 May 1938
Ship Country Description
 United Kingdom Spanish Civil War: The vessel was bombed and sunk off Valencia.[6]

27 May[]

List of shipwrecks: 27 May 1938
Ship Country Description
 Germany The tug capsized and sank at Hamburg, Germany, whilst towing ( Germany) with the loss of two crew.[129]
 Panama Spanish Civil War: The tanker was bombed and caught fire in the Mediterranean Sea (39°10′N 4°20′E / 39.167°N 4.333°E / 39.167; 4.333) and was abandoned by her crew, who were rescued by ( Italy). She sank south of Menorca.[6][129][130][131]
 Kriegsmarine The minelayer capsized and sank at Kiel, Germany, with the loss of four of her 30 crew.[132]

28 May[]

List of shipwrecks: 28 May 1938
Ship Country Description
 United Kingdom Spanish Civil War: The vessel was bombed at Valencia. Refloated, repaired and put back in service as Castillo Noreña.[6]

29 May[]

List of shipwrecks: 29 May 1938
Ship Country Description
 United States The passenger ship collided with ( United States) in Lower New York Bay and sank. All 325 people on board were rescued by Acadia.[133]

30 May[]

List of shipwrecks: 30 May 1938
Ship Country Description
 Japan The cargo ship ran aground at the mouth of the Yangtze River. She sank on 9 June and salvage efforts were abandoned.[134]
 France Spanish Civil War: The vessel was bombed and sunk off El Grau, Valencia.[6]

Unknown date[]

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1938
Ship Country Description
 Japan Ran aground and then sank at , Japan.[135]

June[]

1 June[]

List of shipwrecks: 1 June 1938
Ship Country Description
 Republic of China Navy Second Sino-Japanese War: The gunboat was beached off , Fukien, China. She was still beached there when Japanese aircraft destroyed her on 19 April 1941.[136]
Evanghelistria  Greece The auxiliary sailing vessel caught fire and sank in the .[137]

2 June[]

List of shipwrecks: 2 June 1938
Ship Country Description
 Spain The cargo ship collided with ( United Kingdom) in the North Sea off Brunsbüttel, Germany and sank.[138]
Mumara  United Kingdom The Thames barge sank off Walton-on-the-Naze, Essex.[139]

3 June[]

List of shipwrecks: 3 June 1938
Ship Country Description
 Spain The cargo ship struck a rock and sank at Cabo de Quejo, Cantabria and sank. All crew were rescued.[140]
 United Kingdom Spanish Civil War: The tanker was bombed and set of fire at Alicante.[141]

7 June[]

List of shipwrecks: 7 June 1938
Ship Country Description
 Netherlands Spanish Civil War: The cargo ship was bombed and severely damaged at Alicante, Spain.[142][143]

9 June[]

List of shipwrecks: 9 June 1938
Ship Country Description
 United Kingdom Spanish Civil War: The vessel was bombed and sunk at Castellón. Refloated, repaired and put back in service as Castillo Frías.[6]
 United Kingdom The tug (182 GRT) collided with Port Nicholson ( United Kingdom) in the River Thames at Gravesend, Kent and sank with the loss of four lives.[144] She was raised on 11 June.[145]

10 June[]

List of shipwrecks: 10 June 1938
Ship Country Description
 United Kingdom Spanish Civil War: The vessel was bombed and sunk at Alicante. Refloated, repaired and put back in service as Castillo Guadalest.[6]

11 June[]

List of shipwrecks: 11 June 1938
Ship Country Description
 Finland The cargo ship sank in the Baltic Sea off the Oviši Lighthouse, Ventspils, Latvia.[146]

15 June[]

List of shipwrecks: 15 June 1938
Ship Country Description
 France Spanish Civil War: The vessel was bombed and sunk at Valencia by Nationalist aircraft.[6]
 Spanish Navy Spanish Civil War: The Recalde-class gunboat was sunk by Nationalist aircraft at Valencia. Salvaged in February 1940, stricken the next month and sold for scrap.[67][147]

21 June[]

List of shipwrecks: 21 June 1938
Ship Country Description
 United Kingdom Spanish Civil War: The vessel was bombed and sunk off Valencia by Nationalist aircraft.[6][148]
 Greece Spanish Civil War: The cargo ship was bombed and sunk off Valencia by a Nationalist aircraft.[148][149]

22 June[]

List of shipwrecks: 22 June 1938
Ship Country Description
 Greece The cargo ship ran aground 2 nautical miles (3.7 km) south of Ouessant, Finistère, France and sank. All crew were rescued.[150]

27 June[]

List of shipwrecks: 27 June 1938
Ship Country Description
 United Kingdom Spanish Civil War: The tanker bombed and set ablaze at Valencia harbour with the loss of one crew member. She was towed to open seas and sank.[6][151]
 United Kingdom Spanish Civil War: The vessel was bombed and sunk at Villajoyosa with the loss of two lives. She was refloated in 1940, repaired and put back in service as Castillo Montiel.[6][151]
 China The cargo ship caught fire and sank at Chungking.[152]

28 June[]

List of shipwrecks: 28 June 1938
Ship Country Description
 Canada The ship caught fire off , Quebec and burnt down to the waterline. The hulk was towed to Pointe-Lebel, Quebec.[153]

29 June[]

List of shipwrecks: 29 June 1938
Ship Country Description
Rhode Island  United Kingdom The schooner sank in the Caribbean Sea.[153]

Unknown date[]

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1938
Ship Country Description
Bretanha  Portugal The schooner foundered in the Atlantic Ocean. Forty-one crew were rescued by ( Portugal) and landed at Horta, Azores on 4 June.[141]
 France Spanish Civil War: The trawler was bombed and sunk at Valencia, Spain. The crew were landed at Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône, France on 21 June by ( United Kingdom).[154]
 Soviet Union The cargo ship foundered in the La Perouse Strait "a few days" before 21 June.[154]

July[]

1 July[]

List of shipwrecks: 1 July 1938
Ship Country Description
 Republic of China Navy Second Sino-Japanese War: The gunboat was sunk in the Yangtze by Japanese aircraft.[155]

2 July[]

List of shipwrecks: 2 July 1938
Ship Country Description
 United Kingdom The cargo ship collided with ( United Kingdom) in the River Tyne at Pelaw, Northumberland, and sank.[156] She was refloated on 5 July.[157]
Ascania  United Kingdom The ocean liner ran aground in the St. Lawrence River, near , Quebec, Canada. All 400 passengers were rescued by Beaverford ( United Kingdom).[158] Later refloated, repaired and returned to service.
 Chile The passenger ship ran aground at Caldera. She capsized and was abandoned as a total loss.[156][157]

3 July[]

List of shipwrecks: 3 July 1938
Ship Country Description
 Republic of China Navy Second Sino-Japanese War: The Hai Ning-class patrol craft was sunk by Japanese aircraft on the Yangtze between Matang and Hankow, China.[159]
 Republic of China Navy Second Sino-Japanese War: The Hai Ning-class patrol craft was sunk by Japanese aircraft on the Yangtze between Matang and Hankow, China.[159]
Stanley  United States The 22-gross register ton, 40-foot (12 m) fishing vessel sank in Chatham Strait in the Alexander Archipelago between and (56°09′40″N 134°39′30″W / 56.16111°N 134.65833°W / 56.16111; -134.65833 (Wood (Wooden) Island)) in Southeast Alaska. The only person aboard survived.[41]

5 July[]

List of shipwrecks: 5 July 1938
Ship Country Description
 Greece The cargo ship caught fire and sank at Amorgos.[157]

9 July[]

List of shipwrecks: 9 July 1938
Ship Country Description
 United Kingdom The cargo ship caught fire at St. John's, Newfoundland and burnt to the waterline. All crew were rescued.[160]

11 July[]

List of shipwrecks: 11 July 1938
Ship Country Description
Nellie T Walters  United Kingdom The schooner ran aground at Point Lance, Newfoundland and was a total loss.[161][162]

13 July[]

List of shipwrecks: 13 July 1938
Ship Country Description
Busy Bee  United States The overloaded 9-gross register ton fishing vessel sank in (57°17′54″N 134°51′57″W / 57.2982°N 134.8658°W / 57.2982; -134.8658 (Kelp Bay)) in Southeast Alaska. The motor vessel Redoubt ( United States) rescued her crew of four.[163]
Dan Jr.  United States The 17-gross register ton motor vessel suffered an explosion and was destroyed by an ensuing fire near Pleasant Island in the Alexander Archipelago in Southeast Alaska. The two people aboard survived and swam to a skiff that had been blown overboard by the explosion, from which rescuers in a rowboat picked them up.[164]
 Republic of China Navy Second Sino-Japanese War: The gunboat was sunk in the Yangtze between Matang and Hankow, China, by Japanese aircraft.[165]
 United Kingdom The cargo ship ran aground in the Hooghly River in India and broke her back. She was abandoned as a total loss.[162]

15 July[]

List of shipwrecks: 15 July 1938
Ship Country Description
USFS Brant United States Flag of the United States Bureau of Fisheries.svg United States Bureau of Fisheries The fishery patrol vessel ran aground on in the Territory of Alaska's Kodiak Archipelago 8 nautical miles (15 km; 9.2 mi) from Kodiak, suffering extensive damage.[166] The seaplane tenders USS Teal and USS Wright (both  United States Navy) assisted in refloating her.[166] She was repaired and returned to service by January 1939.

19 July[]

List of shipwrecks: 19 July 1938
Ship Country Description
Amiral Sénès  French Navy The decommissioned destroyer was sunk as a target.

20 July[]

List of shipwrecks: 20 July 1938
Ship Country Description
 Republic of China Navy Second Sino-Japanese War: The gunboat was sunk on the Yangtze by Japanese aircraft. The Japanese seized her on 15 November and salvaged her.[136]

23 July[]

List of shipwrecks: 23 July 1938
Ship Country Description
 Belgium The cargo ship collided with ( Germany) in the Paraná River and was beached at Rosario, Argentina.[167] She was refloatedon 31 July, repaired and returned to service.[168]

25 July[]

List of shipwrecks: 25 July 1938
Ship Country Description
 Japan The cargo ship ran aground at , Sakhalin, Soviet Union.[169]
Eva  Estonia The cargo ship sank in Pärnu Bay.[170]
 Greece The cargo ship caught fire at Santos and was beached.[171] She was refloated on 8 August.[172]

26 July[]

List of shipwrecks: 26 July 1938
Ship Country Description
 United Kingdom Spanish Civil War: The cargo ship was bombed and damaged at Gandia, Spain. She sank in the early hours of 27 July.[173]
 United Kingdom The cargo ship caught fire at Foochow, China and was beached.[174]
 United Kingdom The tug capsized and sank at Porlock, Somerset. All crew survived.[175]

27 July[]

List of shipwrecks: 27 July 1938
Ship Country Description
 Republic of China Navy Second Sino-Japanese War: The motor torpedo boat was lost.[176]

29 July[]

List of shipwrecks: 29 July 1938
Ship Country Description
Notre Dame de St. Jouan  France The schooner caught fire 10 nautical miles (19 km) off Cape Pine, Newfoundland and was abandoned by her crew.[177]

30 July[]

List of shipwrecks: 30 July 1938
Ship Country Description
USFS Kittiwake Flag of the United States Bureau of Fisheries.svg United States Bureau of Fisheries The fishery patrol vessel struck an uncharted rock in Moira Sound on the east side of the southern end of Prince of Wales Island in the Alexander Archipelago in Southeast Alaska. She was repaired and returned to service.[178]

August[]

1 August[]

List of shipwrecks: 1 August 1938
Ship Country Description
 Japan The cargo ship was driven ashore in the (34°35′N 137°03′E / 34.583°N 137.050°E / 34.583; 137.050).[168] She was refloated on 22 August.[179]

2 August[]

List of shipwrecks: 2 August 1938
Ship Country Description
 Italy The cargo ship ran aground on the Abu Faramish Reef in the Red Sea off Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.[180] She was refloated on 15 September.[181]

3 August[]

List of shipwrecks: 3 August 1938
Ship Country Description
Martha  United States The 11-gross register ton fishing vessel sank in heavy seas in Chilkat Inlet in Southeast Alaska. Her crew of two survived.[182]

6 August[]

List of shipwrecks: 6 August 1938
Ship Country Description
 United Kingdom Spanish Civil War: The cargo ship was bombed and set on fire at Palamos by Nationalist aircraft.[6][183][184]

7 August[]

List of shipwrecks: 7 August 1938
Ship Country Description
Reliance  Germany The 19,821 GRT ocean liner caught fire at Hamburg, Germany, and was severely damaged and beached.[185] Krupp scrapped her in 1941.[186]

9 August[]

List of shipwrecks: 9 August 1938
Ship Country Description
 Republic of China Navy Second Sino-Japanese War: Japanese aircraft sank the Hu Peng-class torpedo boat in the Yangtze between Matang and Hankow.[187]

12 August[]

List of shipwrecks: 12 August 1938
Ship Country Description
 United Kingdom Ran aground at Flat Holm but was later refloated.[188]

13 August[]

List of shipwrecks: 13 August 1938
Ship Country Description
 Denmark Spanish Civil War, bombed and sunk off the Balearic Islands.[6]

14 August[]

List of shipwrecks: 14 August 1938
Ship Country Description
 France Spanish Civil War: The coaster struck a mine and sank 35 nautical miles (65 km) south east of Gibraltar (35°49′N 4°42′W / 35.817°N 4.700°W / 35.817; -4.700). All 14 crew rescued by Theresia L M Russ ( Germany).[189][190]

15 August[]

List of shipwrecks: 15 August 1938
Ship Country Description
 Germany The passenger ship collided with ( United Kingdom) in the Yangtze Estuary and sank with the loss of about 100 lives. Around 30 people were rescued. ( Royal Navy) assisted in the rescue.[191]

18 August[]

List of shipwrecks: 18 August 1938
Ship Country Description
 Spanish Republican Navy Spanish Civil War: The DAR 1-class anti-submarine motor launch was lost on this date.[192]

19 August[]

List of shipwrecks: 19 August 1938
Ship Country Description
 United Kingdom The cargo ship ran aground at Danzig Cove, Newfoundland. She was reported as "likely to be a total loss".[193]
Lummi Bay  United States The 43-gross register ton fishing vessel sank in Southeast Alaska 3 nautical miles (5.6 km; 3.5 mi) north of Tree Point Light. Her crew of six survived.[194]

20 August[]

List of shipwrecks: 20 August 1938
Ship Country Description
 United Kingdom The cargo ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean (52°02′N 5°21′W / 52.033°N 5.350°W / 52.033; -5.350) after her cargo shifted. All eleven crew were rescued by Aguila and (both  United Kingdom). The abandoned Girasol was taken in tow by the Lowestoft trawler Mare and towed into Milford Haven, Pembrokeshire.[193]

23 August[]

List of shipwrecks: 23 August 1938
Ship Country Description
Eidsvold  United States The 22-gross register ton fishing vessel sank off (55°07′N 133°12′W / 55.117°N 133.200°W / 55.117; -133.200 (Cape Lookout)) on the coast of Dall Island in the Alexander Archipelago in Southeast Alaska with the loss of her entire crew of seven.[195]
 Marine Nationale The floating battery was rammed and sunk at Cherbourg, Charente-Maritime by a Swedish tanker.[196]
 United Kingdom The cargo ship collided with ( United States) at Baltimore, Maryland, and was beached.[197]

26 August[]

List of shipwrecks: 26 August 1938
Ship Country Description
 France The cargo ship collided with ( France) at Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône and was beached in a severely damaged state.[198]
 Norway The cargo ship ran aground at , Japan (41°21′N 141°28′E / 41.350°N 141.467°E / 41.350; 141.467).[199][200] She was refloated on 13 September.[201]

28 August[]

List of shipwrecks: 28 August 1938
Ship Country Description
C P #4  United States The small motor craft was lost at Kenai, Territory of Alaska.[202]
 Sweden The cargo ship ran aground at Cape Nosappu, Japan.[203] She broke in two on 14 September and was declared a total loss.[204]

31 August[]

List of shipwrecks: 31 August 1938
Ship Country Description
 United States The 650-ton schooner caught fire while loading fertilizer at Ward Cove in Southeast Alaska and was beached. The fire virtually destroyed her. Two crewmen suffered minor burns, but there were no fatalities.[202][205]

Unknown date[]

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date August 1938
Ship Country Description
C P #12  United States With no one aboard, the 26-gross register ton, 51-foot (15.5 m) scow was wrecked without loss of life at the mouth of the Kenai River on the south-central coast of the Territory of Alaska.[202]

September[]

1 September[]

List of shipwrecks: 1 September 1938
Ship Country Description
Snow White  Panama The auxiliary three-masted schooner ran aground in the North Sea on the Haaksgrounds, off the Dutch coast and was a total loss. All crew were rescued by ( Netherlands).[206]
 Japan The cargo ship was driven ashore at Yokosuka in a typhoon.[207] She was refloated on 11 September.[208]
 Japan The cargo ship was driven ashore at Kawasaki in a typhoon.[207]
 Japan The coaster was driven ashore aon the Saratoga Spit in a typhoon.[209]
 Japan The cargo ship ran aground on Sakhalin, Soviet Union in foggy weather.[209]
 Japan The cargo ship was driven ashore at Jōgashima in a typhoon and broke in two.[207]

5 September[]

List of shipwrecks: 5 September 1938
Ship Country Description
 Chile The coaster struck a rock and sank at Quintero Point.[210]

7 September[]

List of shipwrecks: 7 September 1938
Ship Country Description
 United Kingdom The passenger ship caught fire in the Bay of Biscay and was abandoned. All 45 people on board were rescued by ( Italy) and ( France).[211]

9 September[]

List of shipwrecks: 9 September 1938
Ship Country Description
 Norway The cargo ship ran aground in San Luis Obispo Bay, California, United States. She was refloated on 13 September.[212]
 Japan The cargo ship ran aground at , Sakhalin, Soviet Union.[213]
 United Kingdom The tug foundered in the Mediterranean Sea north of Tabarka, Tunisia.[214]

11 September[]

List of shipwrecks: 11 September 1938
Ship Country Description
 Latvia The cargo ship collided with ( United Kingdom) and was beached on Bolland, Denmark.

12 September[]

List of shipwrecks: 12 September 1938
Ship Country Description
Frances L. Spindler  United Kingdom The auxiliary schooner was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Newfoundland. All crew survived and landed at , Canada.[215]

13 September[]

List of shipwrecks: 13 September 1938
Ship Country Description
St. Clair Therault  United Kingdom The schooner ran aground in the River Moy at Ballina, County Mayo, Ireland.[215] She was refloated on 25 September.[216]

14 September[]

List of shipwrecks: 14 September 1938
Ship Country Description
 Sweden The cargo ship collided with ( France) in the North Sea off the ( Belgium) and sank. All crew were rescued.[212]

16 September[]

List of shipwrecks: 16 September 1938
Ship Country Description
 Japan The cargo ship struck a sunken wreck and sank at the mouth of the Yangtze River, China with the loss of nineteen crew.[217][218]

17 September[]

List of shipwrecks: 17 September 1938
Ship Country Description
 United States The cargo ship ran aground at Point Arena, California. Although refloated and taken in tow on 21 September, she foundered. All crew were rescued.[219]
Karin  Sweden The auxiliary four-masted schooner caught fire at Oregrund and was scuttled to extinguish the fire.[218]

19 September[]

List of shipwrecks: 19 September 1938
Ship Country Description
Camelita  United Kingdom The schooner was wrecked at Montserrat.[220]
 Norway The cargo ship sprang a leak and sank in the North Sea. All crew were rescued.[221]

21 September[]

List of shipwrecks: 21 September 1938
Ship Country Description
Beaver Tail  United States 1938 New England hurricane: The 110-foot (34 m), 301-gross register ton ferry, a sidewheel paddle steamer, was blown ashore by a hurricane just north of Cranston Cove on the northeast side of Conanicut Island in Narragansett Bay off the coast of Rhode Island at 41°32′47″N 071°21′40″W / 41.54639°N 71.36111°W / 41.54639; -71.36111 (Beaver Tail). Left high and dry on shore, the wreck was extensively salvaged.[222]
 Norway The cargo ship reported that she was west of Ireland. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[223]
 United States 1938 New England hurricane: The 128-foot (39 m) passenger steamer sank without loss of life at her dock at Providence, Rhode Island. She later was refloated, and her wreck was towed to Prudence Island in Narragansett Bay and abandoned just off the island′s east shore, 150 yards (137 m) north of Prudence Island Light (also known as Sandy Point Lighthouse). The wreck settled in 5 feet (1.5 m) of water at 41°36′23″N 071°18′11″W / 41.60639°N 71.30306°W / 41.60639; -71.30306 (Monhegan).[224]
A pinnace attached to HMS Vernon  Royal Navy The pinnace was torpedoed and sunk in the English Channel off Weymouth, Dorset, England, by the submarine HMS Undine ( Royal Navy). All seven crew were rescued by a Royal Navy destroyer.[225]

22 September[]

List of shipwrecks: 22 September 1938
Ship Country Description
Cricket  United States The tug sank at New London, Connecticut, in a hurricane.[226]
Lawrence  United States While under tow by the motor vessel McCray ( United States) from Cordova to Ketchikan, Territory of Alaska, with 20 tons of cargo and a crew of two aboard, the 370-gross register ton barge foundered in the Gulf of Alaska off the coast of Southeast Alaska 15 nautical miles (28 km; 17 mi) southeast of (58°48′30″N 137°56′45″W / 58.80833°N 137.94583°W / 58.80833; -137.94583 (Cape Fairweather)). After McCray rescued Lawrence's crew, the cutter (Ensign of the United States Coast Guard (1915–1953).png United States Coast Guard) attempted to sink Lawrence but was unsuccessful, and Lawrence, last seen drifting toward shore, subsequently disappeared.[194]
 United States The tanker became stranded in a hurricane at Fall River, Massachusetts, United States.[226] She was refloated on 25 November.[227]
 United States The ship collided with USS Henley ( United States Navy) in San Diego Harbor, California. Both vessels were severely damaged.[228]

23 September[]

List of shipwrecks: 23 September 1938
Ship Country Description
 United Kingdom The cargo ship collided with a coaster in Sydney Harbour, New South Wales, Australia and was beached. She was refloated on 26 September.[216][228]

24 September[]

List of shipwrecks: 24 September 1938
Ship Country Description
Corinthia  United Kingdom The schooner ran aground in the Essequibo River, British Guiana and was a total loss.[229]
Light Blue Flag of Iceland.svg Iceland The cargo ship sprang a leak and foundered in the Baltic Sea off Öland, Sweden.[229]

26 September[]

List of shipwrecks: 26 September 1938
Ship Country Description
 United States The cargo ship was driven ashore at Fall River, Massachusetts, in a hurricane.[230]
 United States The cargo ship was driven ashore at Fall River in a hurricane.[230]
 United States The cargo ship was driven ashore at Fall River in a hurricane.[230]
 United States The tug was driven ashore at Fall River in a hurricane.[230]
Westport  United States The cargo ship was driven ashore at Fall River in a hurricane.[230]

27 September[]

List of shipwrecks: 27 September 1938
Ship Country Description
Greenwood  United Kingdom The schooner foundered in the Atlantic Ocean off Miquelon. All crew were rescued.[230]
 United Kingdom The cargo ship ran aground at , China.[230] She was refloated on 19 May 1939.[231]
Tatoosh  United States The 31-gross register ton, 50.4-foot (15.4 m) fishing vessel sank after striking a navigational dolphin in Wrangell Narrows in the Alexander Archipelago in Southeast Alaska. Her crew of seven abandoned ship and climbed onto the dolphin, from which the motor vessel Recovery ( United States) rescued them.[232]

28 September[]

List of shipwrecks: 28 September 1938
Ship Country Description
Mary Barrow  United Kingdom The schooner was wrecked in the Irish Sea off the Calf of Man.[233][234]
 France The cargo ship was driven ashore at Cadaqués, Spain in a storm and was a total loss.[6][235]

29 September[]

List of shipwrecks: 29 September 1938
Ship Country Description
 United Kingdom The cargo ship ran aground on , Mysore and was a total loss.[236]

30 September[]

List of shipwrecks: 30 September 1938
Ship Country Description
 Portugal The cargo ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean 25 nautical miles (46 km) off Ponta Delgada, Azores. All crew were rescued.[236]

October[]

1 October[]

List of shipwrecks: 1 October 1938
Ship Country Description
 Spain The cargo ship sprang a leak and foundered in the Bay of Biscay (46°25′N 7°15′W / 46.417°N 7.250°W / 46.417; -7.250). The crew were rescued by ( United Kingdom).[237][238]

2 October[]

List of shipwrecks: 2 October 1938
Ship Country Description
Ben Seyr  United Kingdom The cargo ship departed Ramsey, Isle of Man bound for Cardiff, Glamorgan and was not seen again, presumed to have foundered.[239]

3 October[]

List of shipwrecks: 3 October 1938
Ship Country Description
 United Kingdom Spanish Civil War: The cargo ship was bombed, set on fire and severely damaged at Barcelona. Later salvaged, repaired and returned to service.[240][241]
 United Kingdom Spanish Civil War: The vessel was bombed, set on fire and severely damaged at Barcelona.[240][241]

4 October[]

List of shipwrecks: 4 October 1938
Ship Country Description
Plus  Norway The auxiliary schooner ran aground in the Kattegat at Hirsholmene, Denmark and was a total loss.[242][243]
 Netherlands The coaster ran aground on Sker Sands, off Porthcawl, Glamorgan. She was refloated on 8 November.[244]

6 October[]

List of shipwrecks: 6 October 1938
Ship Country Description
 United States The tanker exploded and sank in the Caribbean Sea 30 nautical miles (56 km) south west of Dry Tortuga with the loss of two of her 36 crew. Survivors were rescued by ( United States).[245][246]

8 October[]

List of shipwrecks: 8 October 1938
Ship Country Description
 United Kingdom The cargo ship was abandoned in the Irish Sea 7 nautical miles (13 km) off Rhosneigr, Anglesey. All crew were rescued by the Holyhead lifeboat. Kyle Prince came ashore at Cable Bay, Holyhead and was a total loss.[243]

9 October[]

List of shipwrecks: 9 October 1938
Ship Country Description
 Spanish Navy Spanish Civil War: The submarine was bombed and sunk at Barcelona. Raised in November 1938 but not repaired. The submarine was used for spare parts.[247]

13 October[]

List of shipwrecks: 13 October 1938
Ship Country Description
 United Kingdom Spanish Civil War: The vessel was bombed and sunk at Barcelona. It was later refloated, repaired and put back in service as Castillo Monteagudo.[6]

14 October[]

List of shipwrecks: 14 October 1938
Ship Country Description
PSB&D Co. #8  United States The 247-gross register ton, 92-foot (28.0 m) cargo scow was wrecked on (60°08′N 144°21′W / 60.133°N 144.350°W / 60.133; -144.350 (Kanak Island)) in (60°04′37″N 144°13′04″W / 60.0770°N 144.2178°W / 60.0770; -144.2178 (Controller Bay)) on the south-central coast of the Territory of Alaska.[248]

15 October[]

List of shipwrecks: 15 October 1938
Ship Country Description
 United Kingdom The coaster foundered in the Irish Sea off , County Antrim. The crew were rescued by ( United Kingdom).[249]
Volante  United States The 18-gross register ton, 57.9-foot (17.6 m) fishing vessel departed Sitka, Territory of Alaska, with only her captain aboard and was never seen or heard from again. She was presumed lost on or about this date in a storm in the vicinity of Salisbury Sound in the Alexander Archipelago in Southeast Alaska.[250]

16 October[]

List of shipwrecks: 16 October 1938
Ship Country Description
Macray  United States While towing a scow from Cordova to Petersburg, Territory of Alaska, the 86-gross register ton tug was blown ashore and wrecked by a gale in (60°08′N 144°21′W / 60.133°N 144.350°W / 60.133; -144.350 (Controller Bay)) on the coast of Southcentral Alaska. Her crew survived and was rescued from the beach on 18 October by the cutter USCGC Morris (Ensign of the United States Coast Guard (1915–1953).png United States Coast Guard).[182]

17 October[]

List of shipwrecks: 17 October 1938
Ship Country Description
 Spanish Navy Spanish Civil War: The auxiliary patrol ship was lost on this date.[95]

18 October[]

List of shipwrecks: 18 October 1938
Ship Country Description
and  Spanish Navy Spanish Civil War: The minesweepers were sunk by mines.[251]
T.T.H.  United Kingdom The Thames barge sank at Brightlingsea, Essex. Her crew were rescued by the motor barge Piper II ( United Kingdom).[252]

19 October[]

List of shipwrecks: 19 October 1938
Ship Country Description
Annie Byford  United Kingdom The Thames barge collided with another vessel in the River Thames at Erith, Kent, and sank.[253]

20 October[]

List of shipwrecks: 20 October 1938
Ship Country Description
 Marine Nationale Spanish Civil War: The vessel was bombed and sunk by Spanish Nationalist aircraft at Fornells.[6]

21 October[]

List of shipwrecks: 21 October 1938
Ship Country Description
 Norway The cargo ship sprang a leak and was abandoned in the Baltic Sea off Hiiumaa, Estonia. The crew were rescued by ( Soviet Union).[254]
 Japan The cargo ship was driven ashore at Tateyama in a typhoon.[254] She was refloated on 10 November.[255]
 Republic of China Navy Second Sino-Japanese War: The gunboat was sunk by Japanese aircraft in the Yangtze near , China. She was captured by the Japanese on 8 November 1937; they refloated and repaired her and transferred her on 22 May 1940 to the collaborationist Nanking Nationalist Government, for which she served as Hai Hsing (Flag of the Republic of China-Nanjing (Peace, Anti-Communism, National Construction).svg ).[256]

22 October[]

List of shipwrecks: 22 October 1938
Ship Country Description
Etolin  United States The 24-gross register ton, 53-foot (16.2 m) fishing vessel was destroyed in (56°20′N 133°18′W / 56.333°N 133.300°W / 56.333; -133.300 (Red Bay)) in Southeast Alaska by a fire that began when her gasoline engine backfired. Her crew of two was rescued by the motor vessel Caesar ( United States).[195]
 China The cargo ship came ashore at Oshima, Japan, in a typhoon.[254] She was declared a total loss.[257]

23 October[]

List of shipwrecks: 23 October 1938
Ship Country Description
 Republic of China Navy Second Sino-Japanese War: The motor torpedo boat, a modified version of the coastal motor boat, was lost at Canton, China[258]
 France The tug sank at Boulogne, Pas-de-Calais whilst towing ( United Kingdom).[259]

24 October[]

List of shipwrecks: 24 October 1938
Ship Country Description
Alden  United States After her clutch broke during a gale 8 nautical miles (15 km; 9.2 mi) off the south-central coast of the Territory of Alaska and eight nautical miles (15 km; 9.2 mi) west of (59°07′N 139°00′W / 59.117°N 139.000°W / 59.117; -139.000 (Dry Bay)) and she became impossible to steer, the 47-gross register ton motor vessel was abandoned. The motor vessel Christine ( United States) rescued all eight members of her crew. Alden was last seen drifting toward the beach and was a total loss.[83]
Chung Shan  Republic of China Navy Second Sino-Japanese War, Battle of Wuhan: The Yung Feng-class gunboat was sunk in the Yangtze off , China, by Japanese aircraft.[256] She was refloated in 1997, restored, and placed on exhibit in a purpose-built museum.[260]
 Republic of China Navy Second Sino-Japanese War: The motor torpedo boat, a modified version of the coastal motor boat, was lost at Canton, China[261]
 Republic of China Navy Second Sino-Japanese War: The motor torpedo boat was lost at Canton, China[262]

25 October[]

List of shipwrecks: 25 October 1938
Ship Country Description
 Republic of China Navy Second Sino-Japanese War: The motor torpedo boat was lost at Canton, China[263]

26 October[]

List of shipwrecks: 26 October 1938
Ship Country Description
 Greece The cargo ship collided in the River Maas at , Netherlands with ( Portugal) and sank. Maria Cristina was a total loss.[264]

27 October[]

List of shipwrecks: 27 October 1938
Ship Country Description
 United Kingdom The cargo ship ran aground off the Cap Couronne Lighthouse, Bouches-du-Rhône, France.[257] She was refloated on 26 November.[265]

28 October[]

List of shipwrecks: 28 October 1938
Ship Country Description
Eliza  United States After her gasoline engine broke down in rough weather during a voyage from Juneau to Klawock, Territory of Alaska, the 12-gross register ton motor vessel drifted onto rocks and sank off (57°34′10″N 133°48′30″W / 57.56944°N 133.80833°W / 57.56944; -133.80833 (Point Hugh Light)) in Southeast Alaska. Her crew of two survived.[195]

29 October[]

List of shipwrecks: 29 October 1938
Ship Country Description
 Japan The cargo ship ran aground at . She was refloated but found to be leaking and was consequently beached.[266]

30 October[]

List of shipwrecks: 30 October 1938
Ship Country Description
 Denmark The cargo ship ran aground at Klitmøller.[266] She was refloated on 7 November and taken in tow by ( Denmark) but foundered 7 nautical miles (13 km) east of Hirtshals.[267]

Unknown date[]

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1938
Ship Country Description
 Republic of China Navy Second Sino-Japanese War: The gunboat was sunk in the near Canton, China by Japanese aircraft.[256]
 Republic of China Navy Second Sino-Japanese War: The gunboat was sunk at Canton, China by Japanese aircraft.[256]
 Republic of China Navy Second Sino-Japanese War: The Kung Sheng-class patrol/survey boat was sunk by Japanese aircraft on the Yangtze at Canton, China.[268]
Lena A flag unknown The ship was lost off Parker's Cove, Nova Scotia, Canada.[269]
 Germany The coaster passed Brunsbüttel, Germany on 1 October bound for Antwerp, Belgium. No further trace, presumed foundered.[254]

November[]

2 November[]

List of shipwrecks: 2 November 1938
Ship Country Description
 Germany The coaster capsized and sank in the Elbe.[270]
Cantabria  Spain Spanish Civil War: The cargo ship was shelled and sunk in the North Sea off Cromer, Norfolk, United Kingdom (53°01′58″N 1°31′57″E / 53.03278°N 1.53250°E / 53.03278; 1.53250) by the auxiliary cruiser ( Spanish Navy) with the loss of at least one of the 45 people on board. Survivors were rescued by H F Bailey (Flag of the Royal National Lifeboat Institution.svg Royal National Lifeboat Institution), ( United Kingdom) and Nadir.

4 November[]

List of shipwrecks: 4 November 1938
Ship Country Description
Istria  Italy The sailing ship collided with ( Italy) at Lido di Venezia, Venice and sank.[271]
 France Spanish Civil War: The cargo ship was bombed and sunk off Cape Matara. She was refloated, repaired and returned to service as Castillo Jarandilla.[6]
 United Kingdom The cargo ship exploded and caught fire at Sète, Hérault, France whilst loading a cargo of petrol. She was moved away from the port and beached; declared a total loss.[271][272][273]

5 November[]

List of shipwrecks: 5 November 1938
Ship Country Description
 Spanish Navy Spanish Civil War: The Num. 11-class motor torpedo boat was sunk by Nationalist aircraft at Cartagena, Spain.[274][275]

6 November[]

List of shipwrecks: 6 November 1938
Ship Country Description
 United Kingdom The coaster was bombed and sunk at Águilas, Murcia, Spain. All fourteen crew survived.[276][277] Later raised, repaired and returned to service as Castillo Vera.[278]

7 November[]

List of shipwrecks: 7 November 1938
Ship Country Description
 Soviet Union The uncompleted Gnevny-class destroyer was driven ashore and wrecked 90 nautical miles (170 km) from Sovetskaya whilst being towed from Sovetskaya to Okhotsk by Okhotsk ( Soviet Union).[279]

9 November[]

List of shipwrecks: 9 November 1938
Ship Country Description
 Greece The cargo ship was driven ashore at Chekka, Syria. She was refloated on 14 November.[280]

11 November[]

List of shipwrecks: 11 November 1938
Ship Country Description
 Republic of China Navy Second Sino-Japanese War: The Shun Sheng-class patrol craft was scuttled on Dongting Lake at Yueyang.[281]
, and  Republic of China Navy Second Sino-Japanese War: The Kung Sheng-class patrol/survey boats were sunk by Japanese aircraft on the Yangtze at Yueyang.[282]

12 November[]

List of shipwrecks: 12 November 1938
Ship Country Description
 Republic of China Navy Second Sino-Japanese War: The gunboat was bombed and damaged by Japanese aircraft on the Yangtze off Hankow on 27 October 1938. Scuttled on this date. Salvaged in 1939 by Japan and put in service as ( Imperial Japanese Navy).[283]
 Republic of China Navy Second Sino-Japanese War: The gunboat was bombed and damaged by Japanese aircraft on the Yangtze off Hankow on 27 October 1938. Scuttled on this date.[284]

14 November[]

List of shipwrecks: 14 November 1938
Ship Country Description
 United Kingdom The coaster sank off the Mull of Galloway. All three crew were rescued.[239][285]
 Japan The cargo liner caught fire in the East China Sea (approximately 36°N 122°E / 36°N 122°E / 36; 122) and was abandoned. All passengers and crew were rescued by ( Japan). Kyodu Maru No.16 was towed into Tsingtao, China.[255][286]
Retriever  Sweden The auxiliary sailing ship came ashore at Karlshamn and was a total loss. All crew were rescued.[287]

15 November[]

List of shipwrecks: 15 November 1938
Ship Country Description
RFA Bacchus II  Royal Navy The stores ship was sunk as a target in the English Channel 10 nautical miles (19 km) north of Alderney, Channel Islands by HMS Dunedin ( Royal Navy).

17 November[]

List of shipwrecks: 17 November 1938
Ship Country Description
 Netherlands The cargo ship ran aground at Bayonne, Basses-Pyrénées, France and was a total loss.[288]

18 November[]

List of shipwrecks: 18 November 1938
Ship Country Description
Lina  United Kingdom The Thames barge collided with ( Denmark) in the River Thames at Greenwich and sank.[286]

19 November[]

List of shipwrecks: 19 November 1938
Ship Country Description
 Spain The cargo ship ran aground at Gothenburg, Sweden. All crew were rescued. The vessel was reported as likely to be a total loss.[289]

21 November[]

List of shipwrecks: 21 November 1938
Ship Country Description
 Japan The passenger ship ran aground at .[277] She was refloated on 10 December.[290]

22 November[]

List of shipwrecks: 22 November 1938
Ship Country Description
 Sweden The auxiliary three-masted schooner sank off . All crew were rescued.[291]

23 November[]

List of shipwrecks: 23 November 1938
Ship Country Description
Astrild  United Kingdom The Thames barge came ashore on the Suffolk coast in a gale. The crew were rescued by the Aldeburgh lifeboat. Astrild then drifted out to sea and was later towed into Scheveningen, South Holland, Netherlands by a Dutch lugger.[292]
 United States The cargo ship was destroyed by fire at Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin, whilst laid up.[265]
Ideal  France The auxiliary schooner ran aground at Llantwit Major, Glamorgan, and was wrecked with the loss of one of her four crew.[188][293]
Lochranza Castle  United Kingdom The auxiliary schooner ran aground and sank in Liverpool Bay. All four crew were rescued by the New Brighton lifeboat.[294]
 United Kingdom The coaster ran aground and sank north of the Corsewall Lighthouse, Dumfries-shire. Five crew were rescued by Jennie Spiers (Flag of the Royal National Lifeboat Institution.svg Royal National Lifeboat Institution).[294]

24 November[]

List of shipwrecks: 24 November 1938
Ship Country Description
 Estonia The cargo ship capsized and sank in the North Sea (53°50′N 6°19′E / 53.833°N 6.317°E / 53.833; 6.317). Nineteen crew were rescued by ( Germany).[227]

26 November[]

List of shipwrecks: 26 November 1938
Ship Country Description
 Norway The cargo ship came ashore on the west coast of Prince Edward Island, Canada.[265] Salvage efforts were abandoned "until spring" in December 1938. All crew were rescued.[295]

27 November[]

List of shipwrecks: 27 November 1938
Ship Country Description
Ideal  France The schooner was wrecked at , Glamorgan, United Kingdom with the loss of one of her five crew. She was on a voyage from Swansea, Glamorgan to , Côtes-du-Nord.[21]

28 November[]

List of shipwrecks: 28 November 1938
Ship Country Description
Monica R Walters  United Kingdom The auxiliary schooner came ashore at Black Island, Labrador, Canada.[296]

29 November[]

List of shipwrecks: 29 November 1938
Ship Country Description
 United Kingdom The cargo ship was driven ashore 4 nautical miles (7.4 km) east of Oran, Algeria and was abandoned.[297] She was refloated on 31 December.[298]

Unknown date[]

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1938
Ship Country Description
 Soviet Union The submarine sank whilst on trials.[299]

December[]

1 December[]

List of shipwrecks: 1 December 1938
Ship Country Description
Allen F. Rose  Canada The schooner caught fire in the Atlantic Ocean (49°40′N 47°57′W / 49.667°N 47.950°W / 49.667; -47.950) and was abandoned. Her crew were rescued by Mormacsun ( United States).[297]

3 December[]

List of shipwrecks: 3 December 1938
Ship Country Description
 Greece The cargo ship foundered in the .[300]

4 December[]

List of shipwrecks: 4 December 1938
Ship Country Description
 Greece Collided with ( Germany) in the Bay of Biscay (47°40′N 6°20′W / 47.667°N 6.333°W / 47.667; -6.333) and sank with the loss of seventeen lives. At least fifteen survivors were rescued by La Plata.[149][301][302]

5 December[]

List of shipwrecks: 5 December 1938
Ship Country Description
 Brazil The cargo ship sank in the .[303]
 Poland The cargo ship capsized and sank at Danzig with the loss of two lives.[295]

8 December[]

List of shipwrecks: 8 December 1938
Ship Country Description
 Panama The tanker collided with ( Italy) in the Bosporus and was beached.[304] She was refloated on 14 December.[305]

11 December[]

List of shipwrecks: 11 December 1938
Ship Country Description
Patterson  United States
Patterson.
During a voyage from Kodiak, Territory of Alaska, to Seattle, Washington, with a cargo of 20 tons of general merchandise, the 604-gross register ton, 164.1-foot (50.0 m) motor cargo ship ran aground 8 nautical miles (15 km; 9.2 mi) north of 58°48′30″N 137°56′45″W / 58.80833°N 137.94583°W / 58.80833; -137.94583 (Cape Fairweather)) on the south-central coast of Alaska and was wrecked with the loss of two of her 20 crew.[248]

13 December[]

List of shipwrecks: 13 December 1938
Ship Country Description
Kodan  Denmark The auxiliary sailing vessel ran aground south of and was a total loss.[306]
 Spain The cargo ship ran aground at Narbonne, Aude, France and broke in two. She was declared a total loss. All crew were rescued.[305]

17 December[]

List of shipwrecks: 17 December 1938
Ship Country Description
 United Kingdom The cargo ship collided with ( Sweden) in the Øresund and sank. All crew were rescued.[307][308]

18 December[]

List of shipwrecks: 18 December 1938
Ship Country Description
 Belgium The cargo ship was severely damaged in a collision with ( Netherlands) at Antwerp. Not repaired, she was sold for scrap in June 1939.[309]
USS S-19  United States Navy The decommissioned S-class submarine was scuttled in the Pacific Ocean off Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, in accordance with the terms of the Second London Naval Treaty.

19 December[]

List of shipwrecks: 19 December 1938
Ship Country Description
 Brazil The cargo ship ran aground at Rio Grande do Norte. She was refloated on or about 8 January 1939.[310]
Fieldwood  United Kingdom The schooner sprang a leak in the Atlantic Ocean and was abandoned at 42°23��N 8°45′W / 42.383°N 8.750°W / 42.383; -8.750. All seven crew were rescued by ( United States).[311]
Stockholm  Sweden The ocean liner was destroyed by fire at Monfalcone, Italy. Declared a total loss, she was later scrapped.

20 December[]

List of shipwrecks: 20 December 1938
Ship Country Description
M. E. Johnson  United Kingdom The auxiliary schooner sank off Rosslare Harbour, County Wexford, Ireland.[311]
Tonecas  Portugal The ferry collided in the Tagus with the dredger Finalmaria ( Portugal) and sank with heavy loss of life.[311]

22 December[]

List of shipwrecks: 22 December 1938
Ship Country Description
Clara  Belgium The cargo ship ran aground at Stubbekøbing, Denmark.[312] She was refloated on 1 January 1939.[298]
 United Kingdom The cargo ship caught fire at Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada and was a total loss.[312]
 France The cargo ship ran aground east of Cherbourg, Seine-Inférieure.[312]

23 December[]

List of shipwrecks: 23 December 1938
Ship Country Description
 Italy The cargo ship ran aground in the Scheldt at Bath, Zeeland, Netherlands. She broke in two and was declared a total loss.[313]
 United Kingdom The tanker foundered in the Atlantic Ocean 600 nautical miles (1,100 km) east south east of the . All 22 people on board were rescued by ( United States).[314]

26 December[]

List of shipwrecks: 26 December 1938
Ship Country Description
Nonguen  Chile The tug was under tow in the Atlantic Ocean when the tow had to be cut and she subsequently sank off Valparaiso.[315]

27 December[]

List of shipwrecks: 27 December 1938
Ship Country Description
 United Kingdom Spanish Civil War: The cargo ship was bombed and sunk at Barcelona by Nationalist aircraft.[316]

30 December[]

List of shipwrecks: 30 December 1938
Ship Country Description
 Spanish Navy Spanish Civil War: The Churruca-class destroyer was damaged by ( Spanish Navy) and run aground near Gibraltar. 7 or 4 crewmen killed, 12 wounded. Refloated the next day, towed to Gibraltar and interned by the British. Returned to Spain post war.[317][318]

31 December[]

List of shipwrecks: 31 December 1938
Ship Country Description
Rahaf  Palestine The auxiliary sailing vessel ran aground at Famagusta, Cyprus and was a total loss.[298]

Unknown date[]

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1938
Ship Country Description
 United Kingdom The coaster was driven ashore at Nayland Rock, Margate.[319]
 Norway The chaser collided with ( Norway) and sank.[303]

Unknown date[]

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1938
Ship Country Description
 Spain Spanish Civil War: The tanker arrived at Valencia during May 1938. She was subsequently bombed and sunk.[200]
 United States The 292-foot (89 m) cargo ship, a sidewheel paddle steamer, was beached and abandoned at Somerset, Massachusetts, on the west bank of the Taunton River at 41°42′39″N 071°10′33″W / 41.71083°N 71.17583°W / 41.71083; -71.17583 (City of Taunton), just south of the future site of the Charles M. Braga Jr. Memorial Bridge, sometime during the 1930s. The wreck settled on the river bottom in very shallow water.[320]
Cora F. Cressy  United States The 273-foot (83 m), 2,499-gross register ton five-masted schooner was abandoned at , Maine, during 1938 and grounded. Her hull subsequently served as a breakwater and as of 1982 remained intact.[321]
F. C. Pendleton  United States The 145-foot (44 m), 408-gross register ton three-masted schooner burned and sank without loss of life in up to 45 feet (14 m) of water at 44°19′38″N 068°54′27″W / 44.32722°N 68.90750°W / 44.32722; -68.90750 (F. C. Pendleton) while at anchor in Seal Harbor at Islesboro, Maine, sometime during the 1930s.[322]
 Republic of China Navy Second Sino-Japanese War: The gunboat was scuttled in 1937 or 1938.[155]
Gardner G. Deering  United States The 251-foot (77 m), 1,982-gross register ton five-masted schooner was abandoned and later burned in Smith Cove off West Brooksville, Maine, sometime during the 1930s. Her wreck settled in 10 to 30 feet (3.0 to 9.1 m) of water approximately 500 feet (150 m) off the north shore of the cove at 44°22′55″N 068°46′30″W / 44.38194°N 68.77500°W / 44.38194; -68.77500 (Gardner G. Deering).[323]
 Republic of China Navy Second Sino-Japanese War: The gunboat was scuttled in 1937 or 1938.[155]
 Republic of China Navy Second Sino-Japanese War: The gunboat was scuttled in 1937 or 1938.[155]
 Republic of China Navy Second Sino-Japanese War: The gunboat was scuttled in 1937 or 1938.[155]
 Republic of China Navy Second Sino-Japanese War: The gunboat was scuttled in 1937 or 1938.[155]

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Ship events in 1938
Ship launches: 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943
Ship commissionings: 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943
Ship decommissionings: 1933 1934 1935 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943
Shipwrecks: 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943
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