List of shipwrecks in March 1939
# List of shipwrecks in March 1939

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

## 2 March

List of shipwrecks: 2 March 1939 :

| Ship | Country | Description |
| - | - | - |
| Amizade Segundo | Portugal | The schooner was wrecked in the Tagus. |
| Gemlock | United Kingdom | The cargo ship ran aground in the South China Sea (38°56′N 12°07′E﻿ / ﻿38.933°N 12.117°E﻿ / 38.933; 12.117). Although she was declared a total loss, she was refloated on 29 July and towed to Shanghai, China. Subsequently repaired and returned to service. |
| Juniata | United Kingdom | Juniata The tanker was scuttled at Inganess Bay, Orkney Islands. The wreck is still in situ as of November 2008. |
| Prudent de Moraes | Brazil | The passenger ship ran aground on Punta Carrera, Chile. |

## 4 March

List of shipwrecks: 4 March 1939 :

| Ship | Country | Description |
| - | - | - |
| Kung Lee | China | The passenger ship struck Round Rock, Wei Hai Wei and sank. All passengers and crew were rescued. |
| Matilda | Denmark | The schooner ran aground on Falsterbo Reef, Sweden. She was a total loss. |

## 5 March

List of shipwrecks: 5 March 1939 :

| Ship | Country | Description |
| - | - | - |
| Orm Jarl | Norway | The cargo ship collided with D'Entrecasteaux ( France) in the Scheldt and sank on the Kettelplaat. |

## 7 March

List of shipwrecks: 7 March 1939 :

| Ship | Country | Description |
| - | - | - |
| Castillo de Olite | Spanish Navy | Spanish Civil War: The troopship was shelled and sunk off Cartagena, Spain by a 15 in (381 mm) coast artillery battery with the loss of 1,476 sailors/soldiers, 342 wounded and 294 taken as prisoners of war. |

## 8 March

List of shipwrecks: 8 March 1939 :

| Ship | Country | Description |
| - | - | - |
| Saint Prosper | France | Spanish Civil War: The cargo ship struck a mine off Roses, Spain and sank with the loss of all 27 crew. She was on a voyage from Marseilles, Bouches-du-Rhône to Oran, Algeria. |

## 9 March

List of shipwrecks: 9 March 1939 :

| Ship | Country | Description |
| - | - | - |
| Gannet | United Kingdom | The Thames barge sank off Brightlingsea, Essex. All of her crew were rescued. |
| Malini | Thailand | The cargo liner suffered an explosion and sank off Mersing, Malaya. One of her 61 crew was killed by the explosion. |
| Maria Ignez | Portugal | The sailing ship was abandoned off Cabo Raso in a waterlogged condition. She was taken into Lisbon the next day. |

## 10 March

List of shipwrecks: 10 March 1939 :

| Ship | Country | Description |
| - | - | - |
| Chepo | Panama | The cargo ship ran aground at Cape Sidero, Crete, Greece. |
| Egeran | Germany | The cargo ship foundered in the North Sea after passing the Elbe Lighthouse. She was on a voyage from Hamburg to Rotterdam, South Holland, Netherlands. |
| Sontay | France | The cargo liner ran aground on the Meteor Reef, French Somaliland. |

## 13 March

List of shipwrecks: 13 March 1939 :

| Ship | Country | Description |
| - | - | - |
| Ham 107 | Union of South Africa | The dredger dredged up an anchor which pierced her bottom. She capsized and sank at Cape Town. |

## 14 March

List of shipwrecks: 14 March 1939 :

| Ship | Country | Description |
| - | - | - |
| Dorothy M | United States | After the fishing vessel's engine backfired at Meyers Chuck, Territory of Alaska, and ignited a fire that threatened to burn out of control, a crewman scuttled her as a means of extinguishing the fire by blowing a hole in her hull with a shotgun. The two men aboard survived unharmed, and she later was salvaged. |
| Shelbrit 4 | United Kingdom | The tanker ran aground on the Campbell Rock, off Ardrossan, Ayrshire. |
| Spes Nostra | Netherlands | The cargo ship collided with Gertrud Fritzen ( Germany) at Emden, Germany, and sank. |

## 15 March

List of shipwrecks: 15 March 1939 :

| Ship | Country | Description |
| - | - | - |
| Soriano | United Kingdom | World War II: The Admiralty-requisitioned cargo ship was scuttled as a block ship in Kirk Sound, Scapa Flow, Orkney Islands. She was salvaged in 1948. |

## 16 March

List of shipwrecks: 16 March 1939 :

| Ship | Country | Description |
| - | - | - |
| Carthage | Tunisia | The cargo ship came ashore near Kelibia. |
| Dunleary | United Kingdom | The cargo ship ran aground at Troon, Ayrshire. She was refloated later that day. |
| HMAS Tasmania | Royal Australian Navy | The S-class destroyer was scuttled in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of New South Wales. |

## 17 March

List of shipwrecks: 17 March 1939 :

| Ship | Country | Description |
| - | - | - |
| Alabama | France | The cargo ship ran aground in the Scheldt at Hansweert, Zeeland, Netherlands. She was refloated the next day. |

## 19 March

List of shipwrecks: 19 March 1939 :

| Ship | Country | Description |
| - | - | - |
| Orion | Estonia | The cargo ship ran aground at Skælskør, Denmark. |
| 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. |
| Vassilios T. | Greece | The cargo ship struck a rock in the Adriatic Sea off Vis and sank. All of her crew were rescued. |

## 21 March

List of shipwrecks: 21 March 1939 :

| Ship | Country | Description |
| - | - | - |
| HMS Aberdeen | Royal Navy | The Grimsby-class sloop ran aground at St Tropez, Var, France. She was refloated on 23 March. |
| Fort de Souville | France | The cargo ship came ashore near the Nieuwe Sluis Lighthouse, Netherlands. She was refloated on 23 March. |
| Frode | France | The cargo ship ran aground at Danzig, Germany. She was refloated later that day. |

## 22 March

List of shipwrecks: 22 March 1939 :

| Ship | Country | Description |
| - | - | - |
| Abukir | Egypt | The cargo ship ran aground at Larnaca, Cyprus. She was refloated on 28 March. |
| Camro | Australia | The ketch was scuttled in the Pacific Ocean off Sydney, New South Wales. |
| Gianni Paolo | Italy | The cargo ship ran aground at Zlarin, Yugoslavia. She was refloated the next day. |
| Grangemouth | United Kingdom | The cargo liner collided with the fishing trawler Sudanese ( United Kingdom) in the North Sea off Hornsea, Yorkshire and was damaged. She was taken in tow but sank the next day. |
| Sphene | United Kingdom | The cargo ship ran aground off Lindisfarne, Northumberland and was holed. She was later refloated and entered the harbour flooded at the forepeak. |

## 23 March

List of shipwrecks: 23 March 1939 :

| Ship | Country | Description |
| - | - | - |
| Spartan | United Kingdom | The steam lighter sprang a leak off Islay and was beached at Port Ellen, Argyllshire. |

## 24 March

List of shipwrecks: 24 March 1939 :

| Ship | Country | Description |
| - | - | - |
| Limpopo | Portugal | The cargo liner ran aground in the Limpopo. She was refloated on 30 April having lost a propeller. |
| Wolfsburg | Germany | The cargo ship ran aground on the Farasan Islands in the Red Sea and was holed. She was later refloated and proceeded to Basrah, Iraq for inspection. |

## 26 March

List of shipwrecks: 26 March 1939 :

| Ship | Country | 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. She was scuttled off the coast of Panama in June 1939. |
| Stanmount | United Kingdom | The tanker ran aground in the Dardanelles at Soğanlıdere, Turkey. She was refloated on 30 March and taken in to Chanak. |

## 27 March

List of shipwrecks: 27 March 1939 :

| Ship | Country | Description |
| - | - | - |
| Cite D'Athenes | France | The cargo ship foundered off Psara, Greece with the loss of all hands. |
| Frixos | Greece | The cargo ship foundered off Levitha with the loss of all but one of the crew. |

## 28 March

List of shipwrecks: 28 March 1939 :

| Ship | Country | 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. The stern section was refloated on 7 April and towed to Tallinn, Estonia. It was then towed to Leningrad. The bow section was refloated on 11 May and towed to Leningrad. |

## 29 March

List of shipwrecks: 29 March 1939 :

| Ship | Country | Description |
| - | - | - |
| Adele Ohlrogge | Germany | The cargo ship ran aground at Scharhörn in the Wadden Sea. She was refloated the next day. |
| Apu | Finland | The icebreaker ran aground at Ekenäs. She was refloated on 1 April. |
| Sirenes | Norway | The cargo ship ran aground off Danzig, Germany. |

## Unknown date

List of shipwrecks: Unknown Date March 1939 :

| Ship | Country | Description |
| - | - | - |
| V-20 Urllobo | Spanish Navy | Spanish Civil War: The auxiliary patrol ship was lost. |
| V-29 Aturuxo | Spanish Navy | Spanish Civil War: The auxiliary patrol ship was lost. |
