List of shipwrecks in August 1939

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

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1 August[]

List of shipwrecks: 1 August 1939
Ship Country Description
 United States The cargo ship ran aground in the Cape Fear River, Wilmington, North Carolina.[1] Refloated undamaged on 7 August.[2]

2 August[]

List of shipwrecks: 2 August 1939
Ship Country Description
 France The dredger sprang a leak and sank at Saint Nazaire.[3]

3 August[]

List of shipwrecks: 3 August 1939
Ship Country Description
Hertha  United States The 19-gross register ton fishing vessel was swamped by heavy seas breaking over her stern and sank 3 nautical miles (5.6 km; 3.5 mi) west of (55°14′N 133°37′W / 55.233°N 133.617°W / 55.233; -133.617 (Cape Bartolome)) in Southeast Alaska. Her captain perished, but the fishing vessel Argus ( United States) rescued the other six members of her crew.[4]

4 August[]

List of shipwrecks: 4 August 1939
Ship Country Description
 Norway The cargo ship collided with ( Brazil) at Santos, Brazil. Both vessels were damaged at the bows and beached.[5]
 Japan The cargo ship ran aground at Shiokubisaki, Hokkaido.[5] Declared a total loss.[6]
 Kriegsmarine The auxiliary submarine chaser (435 GRT, 1937) was lost on this date.[7]

5 August[]

List of shipwrecks: 5 August 1939
Ship Country Description
 United States The cargo ship ran aground at Port Eads, Louisiana.[5] Refloated on 7 August.[2]
 Norway The cargo ship struck a reef in the Strait of Canso, Canada and was holed. She was beached at .[5] Refloated on 11 August.[8]

6 August[]

List of shipwrecks: 6 August 1939
Ship Country Description
 United States The cargo ship struck rocks in the Wrangell Narrows, Alaska and was beached.[2] Refloated on 11 August.[8]

7 August[]

List of shipwrecks: 7 August 1939
Ship Country Description
 Canada The schooner was destroyed by fire 8 nautical miles (15 km) off Coffin Island, Liverpool, Nova Scotia.[9]

8 August[]

List of shipwrecks: 8 August 1939
Ship Country Description
 France The cargo ship came ashore at Ouistreham, Calvados.[10] Refloated the next day.[9]
 United Kingdom The cargo ship ran aground at Murray Bay, Quebec, Canada.[9] Refloated the next day leaking, sailed to Quebec City for drydocking.[11]
Rainbow  United States The 6-gross register ton, 29.8-foot (9.1 m) fishing vessel was destroyed by fire on the north side of (58°22′15″N 134°42′00″W / 58.37083°N 134.70000°W / 58.37083; -134.70000 (South Indian Island)) in Southeast Alaska. The only person on board survived.[12]
 New Zealand The coaster was scuttled in the Cook Strait off Taurakirae Head as a means of disposal.[13]
 United Kingdom The cargo ship grounded in the St Lawrence River at Cape Goose, Canada.[10] Refloated later that day.[9]

9 August[]

List of shipwrecks: 9 August 1939
Ship Country Description
 United Kingdom The cargo ship ran aground south of Gothenburg, Sweden.[14] Refloated the next day after offloading 400 tons of cargo.[11]
 Italy The cargo ship ran aground at Cuxhaven, Germany.[9] Refloated the next day.[11]
 Palestine The patrol vessel exploded and sank off Wadi Falik, south of Nathanya.[15]

11 August[]

List of shipwrecks: 11 August 1939
Ship Country Description
 Italy The cargo ship ran aground on the Meloria Bank.[6] Refloated the next day.[16]
 Norway The cargo ship ran aground on the Quita Sueño Bank, Colombia.[8] Refloated on 23 August.[17]
 Yugoslavia The cargo ship struck rocks at Point Silo and was beached in .[8] Refloated on 16 August and drydocked for repairs after discharging her cargo.[18]

12 August[]

List of shipwrecks: 12 August 1939
Ship Country Description
 Sweden The cargo ship collided with ( Netherlands) off Vlissingen, Netherlands and was beached to prevent her sinking.[16]

13 August[]

List of shipwrecks: 13 August 1939
Ship Country Description
 United Kingdom The cargo ship ran aground in the River Thames at Poplar, London. Later refloated.[16]

15 August[]

List of shipwrecks: 15 August 1939
Ship Country Description
 Norway The cargo ship struck a mine and sank in the North Sea off the mouth of the Tyne with the loss of nine crew.[19]
Trade Wind  United Kingdom The motor yacht collided with ( United Kingdom) in the River Thames opposite the Royal Naval College, Greenwich, and sank.[20]

16 August[]

List of shipwrecks: 16 August 1939
Ship Country Description
 United Kingdom The tug capsized and sank in the Tagus whilst assisting . Refloated some months later, repaired and returned to service.[21]

17 August[]

List of shipwrecks: 17 August 1939
Ship Country Description
 United Kingdom The passenger ferry ran aground at Harwich, Essex. Refloated later that day.[22]
 Australia The barge sank north of Kangaroo Island.[23]

18 August[]

List of shipwrecks: 18 August 1939
Ship Country Description
O. M. Arnold  United States During a voyage in the waters of the Territory of Alaska from Chatham to Noyes Island with a cargo of 60 tons of fresh salmon, the 74-gross register ton motor vessel sank in a storm in Chatham Strait in the Alexander Archipelago in Southeast Alaska with the loss of three lives. There were five survivors.[24]
 Norway The tanker ran aground at Port-de-Bouc, France.[18]
 France The cargo ship ran aground at Dog Island, River Gambia, British Gambia.[25]

19 August[]

List of shipwrecks: 19 August 1939
Ship Country Description
 Norway The tanker ran aground at Buenos Aires, Argentina.[26] Refloated undamaged on 22 August after discharging 7,000 tons of cargo.[27]
 Norway The cargo ship came ashore at Cape North, Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia, Canada and was wrecked.[26][28]

20 August[]

List of shipwrecks: 20 August 1939
Ship Country Description
 Finland The cargo ship ran aground on Saltholm, Denmark. Later refloated.[26]
Grace  United States The 13-gross register ton motor vessel was badly damaged in a collision with the motor vessel ARB 10 ( United States) between (56°30′04″N 132°35′23″W / 56.5011°N 132.5897°W / 56.5011; -132.5897 (Sokolof Island)) and (56°28′15″N 132°36′49″W / 56.4708°N 132.6136°W / 56.4708; -132.6136 (Vank Island)) in Southeast Alaska. ARB 10 towed the partially submerged wreck of Grace to the beach and anchored it there, then picked up Grace's crew of five. Grace was declared a total loss.[29]
Hans Voss  Germany The auxiliary sailing vessel collided with ( Netherlands) off Hamburg and sank.[26]
Kap Velaluka  United States The 12-gross register ton fishing vessel was destroyed by fire in Murder Cove at the southern tip of Admiralty Island in the Alexander Archipelago in Southeast Alaska. Her crew of five survived.[30]

21 August[]

List of shipwrecks: 21 August 1939
Ship Country Description
 United Kingdom The cargo ship ran aground in the Saint Lawrence River 2 nautical miles (3.7 km) upstream of the Cape Maillard Buoy.[25] Refloated later that day.[27]
Wanda  United States With no one aboard but a mechanic who was testing her engine, the 14-gross register ton, 38-foot (12 m) fishing vessel caught fire while tied to a dock at , Territory of Alaska, when the engine sparked and ignited gasoline in the bilge. The mechanic escaped. When people on the scene could not extinguish the fire, Wanda was towed to a beach across from a local cannery, where the fire completely destroyed her.[31]

22 August[]

List of shipwrecks: 22 August 1939
Ship Country Description
Estella  United States The 13-gross register ton motor vessel was destroyed in a small cove in Southeast Alaska immediately north of (55°24′30″N 131°43′30″W / 55.40833°N 131.72500°W / 55.40833; -131.72500 (Wards Cove)) after her gasoline engine backfired, causing an explosion and igniting a fire that consumed her. The two men aboard were blown clear of her cabin by the explosion and survived.[32]
 Panama The passenger ship was beached at Tel Aviv, Palestine with 900 Jewish refugees on board.[27]

23 August[]

List of shipwrecks: 23 August 1939
Ship Country Description
 Greece The cargo ship ran aground in the River Paraná, Argentina.[33] Refloated on 25 August.[34]
 Brazil The passenger ship capsized and sank at Ilhéus with the loss of 34 of the 66 people on board.[33][35]

24 August[]

List of shipwrecks: 24 August 1939
Ship Country Description
 Brazil The cargo ship ran aground at Rosario, Argentina.[36] Refloated on 27 August.[37]

25 August[]

List of shipwrecks: 25 August 1939
Ship Country Description
 United Kingdom
Tyalgum

The cargo ship ran aground in the Tweed River at Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia, and was wrecked.[34]

27 August[]

List of shipwrecks: 27 August 1939
Ship Country Description
Tiger  Kriegsmarine The torpedo boat collided with Max Schultz ( Kriegsmarine) off Bornholm, Denmark and sank with the loss of two crewmen.[38]

28 August[]

List of shipwrecks: 28 August 1939
Ship Country Description
 Norway The tanker came ashore at They Roustant whilst on a voyage from , United States to Port-de-Bouc, France.[39] Refloated the next day.[37]
 Argentina The tug capsized and sank at with the loss of two crew whilst assisting ( Argentina) to dock.[39]

29 August[]

List of shipwrecks: 29 August 1939
Ship Country Description
Defy  United States The 18-gross register ton fish packer struck a rock off (54°45′10″N 132°39′10″W / 54.75278°N 132.65278°W / 54.75278; -132.65278 (Kaigani Point)) in Cordova Bay in Southeast Alaska, then, while trying to reach shore in a sinking condition, was stranded on another rock. Her crew of two survived. By 30 August she had slid into deeper water and begun to break up gradually and was deemed a total loss.[40]
Hilda  United Kingdom The cargo ship ran aground on the Isle of May in the Firth of Forth.[37] Refloated later that day.[41]
 Finland The cargo ship came ashore at , Sweden.[37] Refloated the next day after jettisoning 400 tons of cargo.[41]
Rustler  United States The 11-gross register ton, 38.6-foot (11.8 m) fishing vessel sank without loss of life 0.75 nautical miles (1.39 km; 0.86 mi) south of (56°19′20″N 133°36′35″W / 56.32222°N 133.60972°W / 56.32222; -133.60972 (Port Protection Point)) in Sumner Strait in the Alexander Archipelago in Southeast Alaska. Her crew of four abandoned ship in a skiff and made it to shore, where the vessel ARB 8 ( United States) picked them up.[12]

30 August[]

List of shipwrecks: 30 August 1939
Ship Country Description
 Finland The cargo ship collided with Dagny ( Finland) off Smygehuk, Sweden, and sank with the loss of three of her seven crew. The survivors were rescued by Dagny.[41]
 United Kingdom The coaster ran aground on Sanda Island, Argyllshire. Scotland, and was wrecked.[42]

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Ship events in 1939
Ship launches: 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944
Ship commissionings: 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944
Ship decommissionings: 1934 1935 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944
Shipwrecks: 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944
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