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Ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during 1940.
The list of shipwrecks in 1940 includes
ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during
1940 .
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Ship
State
Description
Captain Sturt
Australia
The
paddle steamer sank off
Kangaroo Island ,
South Australia .
[1]
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.
[2]
Dalhousie
United Kingdom
World War II: The
tug was scuttled.
[3]
Fern
United States
With no one on board,
motorboat was wrecked in the middle of
George Inlet on the southern coast of
Revillagigedo Island in the
Alexander Archipelago ,
Alaska Territory .
[4]
Haalegg
Norway
World War II: The cargo ship 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. She was raised in 1945, repaired and returned to service.
[5]
Jupiter
Australia
The paddle steamer sank off
Port Adelaide , South Australia.
[6]
Kurrara
Australia
The
coaster ran aground at
Port Stephens, New South Wales and was wrecked.
[7]
Lancashire Lass
Australia
The paddle steamer sank off
Adelaide , South Australia.
[8]
Lass of Geraldton
Australia
The sailing ship sank in Australian waters.
[9]
Marzocco
United Kingdom
World War II: The cargo ship was scuttled as a
blockship off
Peterhead ,
Aberdeenshire .
[10]
HMAS Psyche
Royal Australian Navy
The
lighter sank in
Salamander Bay off Port Stephens.
[11]
Raab Karcher
Germany
World War II: The cargo ship was bombed and sunk in the
Oosterschelde .
[12]
Tealings
United Kingdom
World War II: The cargo ship was bombed and sunk.
[13]
HMS Thames
Royal Navy
World War II: The
River-class submarine 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 , Norway (
57°20′N 3°10′E / 57.333°N 3.167°E / 57.333; 3.167 ) with the loss of all 63 crew.
[14]
References
Shipwrecks 1939–45, by month
1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945