The list of shipwrecks in July 1939 includes all ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during July 1939.
2 July
List of shipwrecks: 2 July 1939
Ship |
Country |
Description |
Notraco |
Finland |
The cargo ship ran aground at Östergarn, Sweden.[1] Refloated on 4 July.[2] |
4 July
List of shipwrecks: 4 July 1939
Ship |
Country |
Description |
Louise Moller |
United Kingdom |
The cargo ship became stranded on Mamay Island (Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.).[3] Refloated the next day.[2] |
5 July
List of shipwrecks: 5 July 1939
Ship |
Country |
Description |
Rim |
Panama |
The passenger ship caught fire west of Symi, Greece and was wrecked.[2] |
6 July
8 July
List of shipwrecks: 8 July 1939
Ship |
Country |
Description |
Patria |
Germany |
The cargo ship ran aground in Risøysund, near Måløy, Norway.[6] Refloated on 12 July.[7] |
9 July
10 July
List of shipwrecks: 10 July 1939
Ship |
Country |
Description |
Marina |
United Kingdom |
The cargo ship ran aground in the Martin Garcia Channel, Argentina.[5] |
11 July
12 July
14 July
List of shipwrecks: 14 July 1939
Ship |
Country |
Description |
Ullapool |
United Kingdom |
The cargo ship ran aground in the Martin Garcia Channel, Argentina.[10] Refloated on 17 July.[12] |
15 July
List of shipwrecks: 15 July 1939
Ship |
Country |
Description |
Lornaston |
United Kingdom |
The cargo ship ran aground in the Martin Garcia Channel, Argentina.[13] Refloated on 17 July.[12] |
18 July
List of shipwrecks: 18 July 1939
Ship |
Country |
Description |
Bokuyo Maru |
Japan |
The cargo liner caught fire and sank in the Pacific Ocean with the loss of two crew. The rest of the crew and all passengers on board were rescued by an American tanker.[14][15] |
Port Bowen |
United Kingdom |
The refrigerated cargo ship ran aground off Wanganui, North Island, New Zealand.[16] |
19 July
List of shipwrecks: 19 July 1939
Ship |
Country |
Description |
Acropolis |
Greece |
The passenger ship ran aground at Burj, 8 nautical miles (15 km) south of Chalkis.[17] Refloated on 25 July.[18] |
21 July
22 July
24 July
List of shipwrecks: 24 July 1939
Ship |
Country |
Description |
Imberie |
23x15px Brazil |
The dredger foundered at Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found..[18] |
25 July
27 July
List of shipwrecks: 27 July 1939
Ship |
Country |
Description |
Sunic |
France |
The tanker collided with Grangesberg ( Sweden) in dense fog 30 nautical miles (56 km) south of the Eddystone Lighthouse (Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.). Both ships caught fire. Sunic was abandoned by her crew; 24 of her 34 crew were rescued by Grangesberg. They were later transferred to Dartford ( United Kingdom) and landed at Falmouth, Cornwall. Sunic later capsized and sank. Grangesberg also put in to Falmouth, on fire and severely damaged. Her captain was lost overboard as a result of the collision.[22][23] |
31 July
References
- ↑ "Casualty Reports" The Times (London). Monday, 3 July 1939. (48347), col F, p. 22.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 "Casualty Reports" The Times (London). Thursday, 6 July 1939. (48350), col F, p. 24.
- ↑ "Casualty Reports" The Times (London). Wednesday, 5 July 1939. (48349), col G, p. 28.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 "Casualty Reports" The Times (London). Friday, 7 July 1939. (48351), col C-D, p. 27.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 "Casualty Reports" The Times (London). Tuesday, 11 July 1939. (48354), col E, p. 24.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 "Casualty Reports" The Times (London). Monday, 10 July 1939. (48353), col D, p. 23.
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 "Casualty Reports" The Times (London). Friday, 14 July 1939. (48357), col C, p. 21.
- ↑ "Casualty Reports" The Times (London). Wednesday, 12 July 1939. (48355), col F, p. 20.
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 9.2 "Casualty Reports" The Times (London). Thursday, 13 July 1939. (48356), col G, p. 8.
- ↑ 10.0 10.1 "Casualty Reports" The Times (London). Saturday, 15 July 1939. (48358), col G, p. 23.
- ↑ "Telegrams in Brief" The Times (London). Wednesday, 12 July 1939. (48355), col G, p. 13.
- ↑ 12.0 12.1 "Casualty Reports" The Times (London). Tuesday, 18 July 1939. (48360), col G, p. 24.
- ↑ "Casualty Reports" The Times (London). Monday, 17 July 1939. (48359), col G, p. 21.
- ↑ "Japanese Steamer Lost" The Times (London). Wednesday, 19 July 1939. (48361), col G, p. 8.
- ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
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- ↑ "Casualty Reports" The Times (London). Thursday, 20 July 1939. (48362), col C, p. 19.
- ↑ 18.0 18.1 "Casualty Reports" The Times (London). Wednesday, 26 July 1939. (48367), col E, p. 8.
- ↑ "Casualty Reports" The Times (London). Saturday, 22 July 1939. (483634), col D, p. 21.
- ↑ "Casualty Reports" The Times (London). Tuesday, 25 July 1939. (48366), col C, p. 22.
- ↑ "Mount Rhodope Refloated" The Times (London). Tuesday, 1 August 1939. (48372), col F, p. 18.
- ↑ "Casualty Reports" The Times (London). Friday, 28 July 1939. (48369), col E, p. 25.
- ↑ "Tanker Ablaze In The Channel" The Times (London). Friday, 28 July 1939. (48369), col A, p. 16.
- ↑ "Casualty Reports" The Times (London). Wednesday, 2 August 1939. (48373), col C, p. 23.
- ↑ "Japanese Steamer Ashore" The Times (London). Wednesday, 2 August 1939. (48373), col C, p. 23.
- ↑ "Casualty Reports" The Times (London). Saturday, 5 August 1939. (48376), col E, p. 5.
- ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
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