List of shipwrecks in February 1939

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

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1 February[]

List of shipwrecks: 1 February 1939
Ship Country Description
 United Kingdom The cargo ship ran aground at Port Pirie, South Australia, Australia.[1]
 Norway The cargo ship ran aground at Concepción del Uruguay, Argentina.[1]

2 February[]

List of shipwrecks: 2 February 1939
Ship Country Description
I-63  Imperial Japanese Navy The Kaidai-type submarine collided with the submarine I-60 ( Imperial Japanese Navy) in the Bungo Strait off Kyushu, Japan, and sank with the loss of 81 of her 87 crew members.[2][3][4][5] She was refloated in January 1940 and scrapped.[6]
 United Kingdom The cargo ship sank at Port Colborne, Ontario, Canada.[7]
Washington  United States The dredger caught fire and sank at New York.[7]

3 February[]

List of shipwrecks: 3 February 1939
Ship Country Description
 Yugoslavia The cargo ship ran aground 30 nautical miles (56 km) west of Cape Agulhas, South Africa and sank.[8] Declared a total loss.[9]
 Canada The coaster, a former Navarin-class naval trawler, ran aground off Nauset Beach, Massachusetts, near Cape Cod, with the loss of a crew member.[7] She capsized in a storm on 7 February and broke up.[10][11]
 United Kingdom The tanker ran aground in the Indo Channel, Argentina.[12] Refloated on 5 February.[9]

5 February[]

List of shipwrecks: 5 February 1939
Ship Country Description
 United Kingdom The cargo ship ran aground in the Seine at Aizier, Eure, France. Refloated the next day.[9]
 Norway The tanker came ashore 12 nautical miles (22 km) west of Tallinn, Estonia.[12] Later refloated.[9]
 Norway The tanker ran aground at Kastrup, Denmark.[12] Refloated on 8 February.[13]

6 February[]

List of shipwrecks: 6 February 1939
Ship Country Description
Spain Nationalist Spain Spanish Civil War: The nationalist government owned trawler, a former Admiralty naval trawler, was accidentally sunk by Nationalist aircraft at Alicante. Raised, repaired and returned to service.[14][15]
 Germany The passenger ship ran aground on the Saratoga Spit, off the coast of Japan.[16]

7 February[]

List of shipwrecks: 7 February 1939
Ship Country Description
 Japan The cargo ship ran aground at Hongay, French Indo-China.[17] Refloated about a month later.[18]

8 February[]

List of shipwrecks: 8 February 1939
Ship Country Description
 United Kingdom The cargo ship issued a mayday in the Atlantic Ocean (42°30′N 46°00′W / 42.500°N 46.000°W / 42.500; -46.000).[10] Wreckage spotted the next day by Aurania ( United Kingdom) at 42°27′N 45°49′W / 42.450°N 45.817°W / 42.450; -45.817. All 38 crew were lost.[19] All 37 crew were lost.[20][21]
 Finland The cargo ship ran aground off Dragør, Denmark.[10] Refloated on 10 February after discharging 100 tons of cargo.[17]
HMAS Swordsman  Royal Australian Navy The S-class destroyer was scuttled in the Pacific Ocean off New South Wales.[22]

9 February[]

List of shipwrecks: 9 February 1939
Ship Country Description
 Greece The cargo ship ran aground of the Punta Bianca Lighthouse, Grossa Islan, Yugoslavia.[17] Refloated on 14 February.[23]
 Finland The cargo ship ran aground on Møn, Denmark.[13] Refloated 11 February.[24]
 United Kingdom The cargo ship was scuttled off Port Phillip, Victoria, Australia.[25]
 Greece The cargo ship ran aground at Stylis.[13]
 Denmark The passenger ship ran aground in fog at Arendal, Norway.[13]
 Estonia The schooner came ashore north of Rønne, Denmark.[13] Refloated on 19 February.[26]
 Norway The cargo ship ran aground at Fedje and sank. All crew were rescued.[13]
 Germany The collier collided with the wreck of ( Greece) in the North Sea (54°36′06″N 0°31′05″E / 54.60167°N 0.51806°E / 54.60167; 0.51806) and sank. All nineteen crew rescued by ( Finland).[13][27]
 Norway The cargo ship ran aground in the Guadiana 4 nautical miles (7.4 km) downstream of , Portugal.[13] Refloated undamaged on 16 February.[28]

10 February[]

List of shipwrecks: 10 February 1939
Ship Country Description
 Brazil The cargo ship ran aground at Bahia, Brazil.[17] She later was refloated.[24]
 Germany The cargo ship passed the Elbe Lighthouse on a voyage from Hamburg, Germany, to Rotterdam, the Netherlands. No further trace.[29]
Lightburne  United States Carrying a cargo of kerosene and gasoline, the 6,429-gross register ton tanker ran aground in dense fog at Old Harbour Point, on the coast of Block Island off Rhode Island, 0.25 miles (0.4 km) southeast of Block Island Southeast Light. She broke in two, and sank in up to 30 feet (9.1 m) of water at 41°08′58″N 071°32′54″W / 41.14944°N 71.54833°W / 41.14944; -71.54833 (Lightburne). All 37 crew members and a dog on board were rescued by the cutter USCGC Active (Ensign of the United States Coast Guard (1915–1953).png United States Coast Guard).[24][30][31]
USS Monocacy  United States Navy The decommissioned gunboat was scuttled off the coast of China.

11 February[]

List of shipwrecks: 11 February 1939
Ship Country Description
 United Kingdom The cargo ship ran aground of a reef off Nassau, Bahamas.[24] Declared a total loss.[23]
 United States The Design 1012 cargo ship ran aground in the James River.[24] Refloated the next day.[32]

12 February[]

List of shipwrecks: 12 February 1939
Ship Country Description
 United Kingdom The cargo liner ran aground 2 nautical miles (3.7 km) off Liepāja, Latvia.[24] Refloated on 21 June but grounded again.[33]
 Germany The cargo ship ran aground off Kołobrzeg, Poland.[24]

13 February[]

List of shipwrecks: 13 February 1939
Ship Country Description
 United Kingdom The dredger ran aground at Devonport, Tasmania, Australia.[32] Declared a total loss and sold for scrap.[34]
 United Kingdom The cargo ship ran aground off the Longman Beacon, Inverness-shire.[32] Refloated on 15 February.[23]
 Japan The cargo ship collided with ( Norway) at Moji and sank.[32]

14 February[]

List of shipwrecks: 14 February 1939
Ship Country Description
 Netherlands The cargo ship ran aground at Cape Arkona, Germany.[34] Her cargo of bricks was jettisoned and she was refloated severely damaged on 23 February and towed to Stralsund for assessment.[35]

15 February[]

List of shipwrecks: 15 February 1939
Ship Country Description
 Norway The cargo ship ran aground in Hjeltefjorden and was severely damaged.[23]

16 February[]

List of shipwrecks: 16 February 1939
Ship Country Description
 Norway The cargo ship ran aground in Sørfjorden, near Bergen and was severely damaged.[28] Later refloated and towed to Bergen for repairs.[26]
 United Kingdom The cargo ship ran agrount at Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada and sprang a leak. She was drydocked for repairs.[36]

17 February[]

List of shipwrecks: 17 February 1939
Ship Country Description
 Norway The cargo ship ran aground off the Stavnes Lighthouse and was severely damaged. She was beached at Kristiansund, one crew member was killed.[36]
 United Kingdom The schooner was crushed by pack ice at Hickman's Harbor, Newfoundland and sank.[36] Declared a total loss.[37]
 United Kingdom The cargo ship ran aground at Hayle, Cornwall.[36] Refloated the next day.[26]
 Germany The coaster collided with ( United Kingdom) in the Osterems in dense fog and sank. All twelve crew were rescued by City of Bremen.[36]

18 February[]

List of shipwrecks: 18 February 1939
Ship Country Description
 Denmark The cargo ship ran aground off Dragør.[37] Refloated the next day.[26]
 United Kingdom The passenger ship ran aground in the Suez Roads, Egypt. Later refloated undamaged.[37]
 United Kingdom The cargo ship ran aground at Ballina, County Mayo, Ireland.[37]
 Japan The salvage ship ran aground on one of the Ryukyu Islands.[26]
France Algeria The tug capsized and sank at Algiers whilst assisting ( Italy)
 Finland The cargo ship sprang a leak 18 nautical miles (33 km) east north east of the . She was later beached.[37] Later refloated and taken to Cuxhaven for repairs.[26]

20 February[]

List of shipwrecks: 20 February 1939
Ship Country Description
 Estonia The cargo ship ran aground west of Arensburg.[26] Refloated on 10 March after part of the cargo was jettisoned and towed to Tallinn.[38]
 United Kingdom The cargo ship ran aground 5 nautical miles (9.3 km) off Partridge Island, New Brunswick, Canada and was damaged. Taken to Saint John for repairs.[26]
 United States The schooner came ashore at San Felipe Key, Cuba.[26]
 Japan The cargo ship foundered east of Port Hamilton, Korea (34°03′N 127°24′E / 34.050°N 127.400°E / 34.050; 127.400).[39]

21 February[]

List of shipwrecks: 21 February 1939
Ship Country Description
 United Kingdom The coaster ran aground at the entrance to Margate Harbour, Kent.[40]

22 February[]

List of shipwrecks: 22 February 1939
Ship Country Description
HMS L21  Royal Navy The L-class submarine ran aground on the Isle of Arran, Bute whilst under tow to the breakers. She was refloated on 24 February.[41]
HMS Sterlet  Royal Navy The S-class submarine ran aground off Sandown, Isle of Wight in a gale. She was later refloated.[42]
HMS Sunfish  Royal Navy The S-class submarine ran aground off Sandown, Isle of Wight in a gale. She was later refloated.[42]

23 February[]

List of shipwrecks: 23 February 1939
Ship Country Description
 United Kingdom Spanish Civil War: The cargo ship had been shelled off Cap de Creus and captured by the Spanish Nationalist gunboat ( Spanish Navy) on 5 February. She was wrecked in a gale whilst in custody at Palma de Mallorca. The ship was refloated, confiscated by the Spanish Government and returned to service as Castilla del Oro (later Condestable).[43][44]

24 February[]

List of shipwrecks: 24 February 1939
Ship Country Description
 Germany The cargo ship came ashore at Palma de Mallorca, Spain.[45] Refloated by 11 March.[38]

25 February[]

List of shipwrecks: 25 February 1939
Ship Country Description
 Greece Spanish Civil War: The cargo ship struck a mine and sank off Cap de Creus, Spain.[43]
 Sweden The cargo ship ran aground at , Denmark. Refloated the next day and sailed to Korsør for examination.[35]
 Germany The cargo ship ran aground at Korsør. Refloated the next day and entered Korsør for examination.

26 February[]

List of shipwrecks: 26 February 1939
Ship Country Description
 United States The cargo ship collided with ( Germany) in foggy conditions off the Barnegat Lighthouse, New Jersey, and was abandoned. She floated for twelve hours but sank just as the crew were preparing to re-board her in an attempt at salvage.[46][47][48]
Nadja  United Kingdom World War II: The concrete barge was scuttled as a blockship in Scapa Flow, Orkney Islands just north of Clio I.[49]

27 February[]

List of shipwrecks: 27 February 1939
Ship Country Description
Swan  United States The 36-gross register ton, 54-foot (16 m) motor towing vessel was wrecked on Tugidak Island in the Kodiak Archipelago. The two people on board survived.[50]

28 February[]

List of shipwrecks: 28 February 1939
Ship Country Description
 United Kingdom The Admiralty-requisitioned cargo ship was scuttled in Water Sound, Scapa Flow as a blockship.[51]

Unknown date[]

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1939
Ship Country Description
 Spanish Republican Navy Spanish Civil War: The C 1-class motor launch was lost in February or March.[52]
 Spanish Republican Navy Spanish Civil War: The C 1-class motor launch was lost in February or March.[52]
 United Kingdom Spanish Civil War: The cargo ship was sunk in an air raid at Valencia, Spain. Refloated on 21 April.[53]

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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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