List of shipwrecks in 1940

The list of shipwrecks in 1940 includes ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during 1940.

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January

Main article: List of shipwrecks in January 1940

February

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March

Main article: List of shipwrecks in March 1940

April

Main article: List of shipwrecks in April 1940

May

Main article: List of shipwrecks in May 1940

June

Main article: List of shipwrecks in June 1940

July

Main article: List of shipwrecks in July 1940

August

Main article: List of shipwrecks in August 1940

September

Main article: List of shipwrecks in September 1940

October

Main article: List of shipwrecks in October 1940

November

Main article: List of shipwrecks in November 1940

December

Main article: List of shipwrecks in December 1940

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List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1940

Ship	Country	Description
Alice L. Pendleton	United States	The 228-foot (69 m), 1,349-gross register ton four-masted lumber schooner was abandoned at the Palmer Shipyard on the west side of the Mystic River in Noank, Connecticut, sometime during the 1940s, gradually rotted away, and settled on the river bottom in 10 feet (3.0 m) of water. [1]
Captain Sturt	Australia	The paddle steamer (??? GRT, 1916) sank off Kangaroo Island, South Australia. [2]
Cläre Hugo Stinnes I	Norway	World War II: The captured German cargo ship was sunk at Ulvik. She was refloated later in 1940 and re-entered German service. [3]
Dalhousie	United Kingdom	World War II: The tug (782 GRT, 1885) was scuttled. [4]
Fern	United States	With no one on board, the 10-gross register ton, 34.2-foot (10.4 m) motor cargo vessel was wrecked in the middle of George Inlet on the southern coast of Revillagigedo Island in the Alexander Archipelago in Southeast Alaska. [5]
Haalegg	Norway	World War II: The cargo ship (1,758 GRT, 1922) was either bombed and sunk at Narvik, Norway, by Luftwaffe aircraft on 17 May; or was shelled and sunk by Royal Navy ships on 13 April. Raised in 1945, repaired and returned to service. [6]
Jupiter	Australia	The paddle steamer (127 GRT, 1866) sank off Port Adelaide, South Australia. [7]
Kurrara	Australia	The coaster (386 GRT, 1883) ran aground at Port Stephens, New South Wales and was wrecked. [8]
Lancashire Lass	Australia	The paddle steamer (70 GRT, 1878) sank off Adelaide, South Australia. [9]
Lass of Geraldton	Australia	The sailing ship sank in Australian waters. [10]
Marzocco	United Kingdom	World War II: The cargo ship (5,393 GRT, 1918) was scuttled as a blockship off Peterhead, Aberdeenshire. [11]
HMAS Psyche	Australia	The lighter (2,135 t, 1898) sank in Salamander Bay, New South Wales off Port Stephens. [12]
Raab Karcher	Germany	World War II: The cargo ship was bombed and sunk in the Oosterschelde. [13]
Tealings	United Kingdom	World War II: The cargo ship (2,318 GRT) was bombed and sunk. [14]
HMS Thames	Royal Navy	World War II: The River-class submarine (2,165/2,680 t, 1932) went missing in the North Sea between 23 July and 3 August. She probably struck a mine and sank in the North Sea off Stavanger, Rogaland, Norway ( 57°20′N3°10′E / 57.333°N 3.167°E / 57.333; 3.167 ) with the loss of all 63 crew. [15]

References

1. "Alice L. Pendleton". Hunting New England Shipwrecks. Retrieved 1 February 2021.
2. "Captain Sturt (+1940)". Wrecksite. Retrieved 7 November 2011.
3. Jordan, Roger (1999). The World's Merchant Fleets, 1939. London: Chatham Publishing. p. 468. ISBN   1-86176-023-X.
4. "SS Dalhousie (+1940)". Wrecksite. Retrieved 8 November 2011.
5. alaskashipwreck.com Alaska Shipwrecks (F)
6. "Norwegian Homefleet - WW II, Ships starting with Ha". Warsailors. Retrieved 9 February 2012.
7. "Jupiter (+1940)". Wrecksite. Retrieved 9 November 2011.
8. "Kurrara (+1940)". Wrecksite. Retrieved 9 November 2011.
9. "Lancashire Lass (+1940)". Wrecksite. Retrieved 10 November 2011.
10. "Lass of Geraldton (+1940)". Wrecksite. Retrieved 10 November 2011.
11. "SS Marzocco (+1940)". Wrecksite. Retrieved 10 November 2011.
12. "Psyche (+1940)". Wrecksite. Retrieved 13 November 2011.
13. "SS Raab Karcher (+1940)". Wrecksite. Retrieved 13 November 2011.
14. "SS Tealings (+1940)". Wrecksite. Retrieved 14 November 2011.
15. "Naval Events, July 1940, Part 1 of 2, Monday 1st- Sunday 14th". Naval History. Retrieved 23 November 2011.