List of shipwrecks in April 1939

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The list of shipwrecks in April 1939 includes ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during 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
 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
 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
 Germany The schooner ran aground in the San Pedro Channel, Argentina.[4]
Albanian Kingdom (1928–1939) 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
 Netherlands The tanker ran aground at Gibraltar. Refloated the same day.[4]
 Finland The cargo ship ran aground off Jastarnia, Poland.[4]
 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]
 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
 Denmark The cargo ship collided with ( 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]
 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
 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]
 United Kingdom The coaster collided with ( 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 ( Germany) and ( United Kingdom) but sank 7 nautical miles (13 km) south of the South Bishop Lighthouse.[10]
 Netherlands The coaster came ashore at , Norfolk. She was later refloated.[7]

13 April[]

List of shipwrecks: 13 April 1939
Ship Country Description
 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
 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
 United Kingdom The schooner was driven ashore at Ballyhack, County Wexford, Ireland.[13]
 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
 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
 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
 Japan The cargo ship ran aground at .[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]
 Japan The cargo ship ran aground in fog at .[17] Refloated on 26 April.[20]

24 April[]

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

25 April[]

List of shipwrecks: 25 April 1939
Ship Country Description
 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
 Italy The cargo ship ran aground in the Delaware River, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Refloated the next day.[22]
Sandy Hook  United States The 160-foot (48.8 m) pilot boat sank in 100 feet (30 m) of water in the North Atlantic Ocean west of Sandy Hook, New Jersey, off the Ambrose Lightship at 40°27.556′N 073°49.490′W / 40.459267°N 73.824833°W / 40.459267; -73.824833 (Sandy Hook) after colliding with the ocean liner Oslofjord ( Norway). Oslofjord rescued all 26 crew members and harbor pilots on board Sandy Hook.[21][23]
 United Kingdom The tanker ran aground south of Tuzla, Yugoslavia.[22]

29 April[]

List of shipwrecks: 29 April 1939
Ship Country Description
Oakland  United States During a voyage from Hydaburg to Ketchikan, Territory of Alaska, the 18-gross register ton motor vessel sank 500 feet (150 m) off (54°41′30″N 132°00′50″W / 54.69167°N 132.01389°W / 54.69167; -132.01389 (Cape Chacon)) in Southeast Alaska. Her crew of five survived and reached shore in a skiff; one hiked to for help, and the motor vessel Reiance ( United States) rescued the other four from the beach on 1 May.[24]

Unknown date[]

List of shipwrecks: Unknown Date April 1939
Ship Country Description
 Spanish Navy Spanish Civil War: The auxiliary patrol ship was lost sometime in April.[25]

References[]

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  3. ^ "Casualty Reports". The Times. No. 48272. London. 5 April 1939. col G, p. 4.
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  5. ^ "Casualty Reports". The Times. No. 48276. London. 11 April 1939. col C, p. 17.
  6. ^ "Casualty Reports". The Times. No. 48277. London. 12 April 1939. col G, p. 20.
  7. ^ a b c "Casualty Reports". The Times. No. 48278. London. 13 April 1939. col F, p. 22.
  8. ^ "Casualty Reports". The Times. No. 48279. London. 14 April 1939. col F, p. 3.
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  11. ^ a b "Casualty Reports". The Times. No. 48280. London. 15 April 1939. col F, p. 6.
  12. ^ a b "Casualty Reports". The Times. No. 48283. London. 18 April 1939. col E, p. 8.
  13. ^ a b "Casualty Reports". The Times. No. 48281. London. 17 April 1939. col F, p. 22.
  14. ^ a b c "Casualty Reports". The Times. No. 48285. London. 21 April 1939. col D, p. 28.
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Ship events in 1939
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Ship commissionings: 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944
Ship decommissionings: 1934 1935 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944
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