The list of shipwrecks in March 1939 includes ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during March 1939.
2 March
4 March
List of shipwrecks: 4 March 1939 Ship | State | Description |
Kung Lee | China | The passenger ship struck Round Rock, Wei Hai Wei and sank. All passengers and crew were rescued.[4] |
Matilda | Denmark | The schooner ran aground on Falsterbo Reef, Sweden. She was a total loss.[4] |
5 March
List of shipwrecks: 5 March 1939 Ship | State | Description |
Orm Jarl | Norway | The cargo ship collided with D'Entrecasteaux ( France) in the Scheldt and sank on the Kettelplaat.[4] |
7 March
8 March
9 March
10 March
13 March
List of shipwrecks: 13 March 1939 Ship | State | Description |
Ham 107 | Union of South Africa | The dredger dredged up an anchor which pierced her bottom. She capsized and sank at Cape Town.[15] |
14 March
15 March
16 March
17 March
19 March
List of shipwrecks: 19 March 1939 Ship | State | Description |
Orion | Estonia | The cargo ship ran aground at Skælskør, Denmark.[20] |
Shinai | United Kingdom | The cargo ship struck an uncharted rock at Chaunchow, China and was holed. She was taken to Amoy to be beached for temporary repairs to be made.[20] |
Vassilios T. | Greece | The cargo ship struck a rock in the Adriatic Sea off Vis and sank. All of her crew were rescued.[22] |
21 March
List of shipwrecks: 21 March 1939 Ship | State | Description |
HMS Aberdeen | Royal Navy | The Grimsby-class sloop ran aground at St Tropez, Var, France. She was refloated on 23 March.[23] |
Fort de Souville | France | The cargo ship came ashore near the Nieuwe Sluis Lighthouse, Netherlands.[24] She was refloated on 23 March.[25] |
Frode | France | The cargo ship ran aground at Danzig, Germany. She was refloated later that day.[24] |
22 March
23 March
24 March
26 March
List of shipwrecks: 26 March 1939 Ship | State | Description |
Point Vincente | United States | The cargo ship ran aground on Bona Island, 25 nautical miles (46 km) south of Balboa, Panama and was holed.[34] She was scuttled off the coast of Panama in June 1939.[35] |
Stanmount | United Kingdom | The tanker ran aground in the Dardanelles at Soğanlıdere, Turkey.[32] She was refloated on 30 March and taken in to Chanak.[36] |
27 March
List of shipwrecks: 27 March 1939 Ship | State | Description |
Cite D'Athenes | France | The cargo ship foundered off Psara, Greece with the loss of all hands.[32] |
Frixos | Greece | The cargo ship foundered off Levitha with the loss of all but one of the crew.[27] |
28 March
List of shipwrecks: 28 March 1939 Ship | State | Description |
Chelyuskinets | Soviet Union | The cargo ship ran aground on the Revelstein Reef in the Baltic Sea. She broke in two and was declared a total loss.[37] The stern section was refloated on 7 April and towed to Tallinn, Estonia.[38] It was then towed to Leningrad.[39] The bow section was refloated on 11 May and towed to Leningrad.[40] |
29 March
Unknown date
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- ^ "MV Juniata (fore Part) (+1939)". Wrecksite. Retrieved 30 November 2011.
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- ^ "SS Castille de Olite (+1939)". Wrecksite. Retrieved 30 November 2011.
- ^ "Spanish Republican Navy during the Civil War (updated 2021)". Soviet empire. Retrieved 3 September 2022.
- ^ Trilla i Morató, Enric (2007). Naufragis a la mar de l'Alt Empordà (in Catalan). Figueres: Brau Edicions. ISBN 9788495946942.Etchegaray, Rafael González (1977). "Appendix Two". La Marina Mercante y el tráfico marítimo en la Guerra Civil (in Spanish). Madrid: Librería Editorial San Martín. ISBN 84-7140-150-9.
- ^ "SS Saint Prosper (+1939)". Wrecksite. Retrieved 30 November 2011.
- ^ a b "Casualty Reports". The Times. No. 48250. London. 10 March 1939. col E, p. 9.
- ^ "MV Malini (+1939)". Wrecksite. Retrieved 30 November 2011.
- ^ a b "Swedish Steamer Sunk". The Times. No. 48433. London. 11 October 1939. col F, p. 8.
- ^ "Steamer Sinks". The Evening Post. Vol. CXXVII, no. 59. Wellington, New Zealand. 11 March 1939. p. 9.
- ^ "Casualty Reports". The Times. No. 48252. London. 13 March 1939. col E, p. 21.
- ^ "SS Egeran (+1939)". Wrecksite. Retrieved 30 November 2011.
- ^ a b "Casualty Reports". The Times. No. 48253. London. 14 March 1939. col F, p. 25.
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- ^ a b "Casualty Reports". The Times. No. 48255. London. 16 March 1939. col G, p. 29.
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- ^ a b c "Casualty Reports". The Times. No. 48257. London. 18 March 1939. col F, p. 18.
- ^ a b c d "Casualty Reports". The Times. No. 48258. London. 20 March 1939. col F, p. 8.
- ^ "HMAS Tasmania (+1939)". Wrecksite. Retrieved 30 November 2011.
- ^ "Greek Steamer Lost". The Times. No. 48259. London. 21 March 1939. col G, p. 4.
- ^ "News in Brief". The Times. No. 48261. London. 23 March 1939. col G, p. 15.
- ^ a b "Casualty Reports". The Times. No. 48260. London. 22 March 1939. col E, p. 26.
- ^ a b "Casualty Reports". The Times. No. 48262. London. 24 March 1939. col G, p. 26.
- ^ a b c "Casualty Reports". The Times. No. 48261. London. 23 March 1939. col C, p. 28.
- ^ a b "Casualty Reports". The Times. No. 48266. London. 29 March 1939. col F, p. 28.
- ^ "Camro (+1939)". Wrecksite. Retrieved 30 November 2011.
- ^ a b "Casualty Reports". The Times. No. 48263. London. 25 March 1939. col G, p. 23.
- ^ "British Steamer Lost". The Times. No. 48262. London. 24 March 1939. col A, p. 27.
- ^ "SS Grangemouth (+1939)". Wrecksite. Retrieved 30 November 2011.
- ^ a b c "Casualty Reports". The Times. No. 48265. London. 28 March 1939. col C, p. 26.
- ^ "Casualty Reports". The Times. No. 48294. London. 2 May 1939. col G, p. 10.
- ^ "Casualty Reports". The Times. No. 48264. London. 27 March 1939. col F, p. 20.
- ^ "SS Point Vincente (+1939)". Wrecksite. Retrieved 30 November 2011.
- ^ a b "Casualty Reports". The Times. No. 48268. London. 31 March 1939. col C, p. 29.
- ^ "News Of The Chelyuskinets". The Times. No. 48266. London. 29 March 1939. col F, p. 28.
- ^ "Casualty Reports". The Times. No. 48275. London. 10 April 1939. col G, p. 17.
- ^ "Casualty Reports". The Times. No. 48281. London. 17 April 1939. col F, p. 22.
- ^ "Casualty Reports". The Times. No. 48304. London. 13 May 1939. col G, p. 25.
- ^ a b c "Casualty Reports". The Times. No. 48267. London. 30 March 1939. col E, p. 26.
- ^ "Casualty Reports". The Times. No. 48270. London. 3 April 1939. col C, p. 25.
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