List of shipwrecks in July 1939

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

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2 July

List of shipwrecks: 2 July 1939
Ship State 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 State Description
Louise Moller  United Kingdom The cargo ship became stranded on Mamay Island (34°12′N 125°19′E / 34.200°N 125.317°E / 34.200; 125.317).[3] She was refloated the next day.[2]

5 July

List of shipwrecks: 5 July 1939
Ship State Description
Rim  Panama The passenger ship caught fire west of Symi, Greece and was wrecked.[2]

6 July

List of shipwrecks: 6 July 1939
Ship State Description
Houston City  United Kingdom The cargo ship ran aground on Quelpart Island, Korea. She was later refloated and sailed to Shanghai, China for repairs.[4] The damage was described as "considerable".[5]
Pamia  Italy The cargo ship ran aground 4 nautical miles (7.4 km) east of Cape Sidi Freuch, Algeria.[4] She was refloated on 8 July.[6]

8 July

List of shipwrecks: 8 July 1939
Ship State Description
Patria  Germany The cargo ship ran aground in Risøysund, near Måløy, Norway.[6] Refloated on 12 July.[7]

9 July

List of shipwrecks: 9 July 1939
Ship State Description
Capira  United Kingdom The cargo ship caught fire and came ashore at Parrita, Costa Rica. She was declared a total loss.[8]
Nobless  Sweden The sailing ship caught fire and sank at Bunsbuttelkoog, Germany.[5]

10 July

List of shipwrecks: 10 July 1939
Ship State Description
Marina  United Kingdom The cargo ship ran aground in the Martín García Channel, Argentina.[5]

11 July

List of shipwrecks: 11 July 1939
Ship State Description
Fram  Netherlands The cargo ship ran aground off Rhyl Pier, Rhyl, Denbighshire, United Kingdom.[9] She was refloated the next day.[7]
Keyholt  United Kingdom The cargo ship ran aground at Morrisburg, Ontario, Canada.[9] She was refloated on 13 July.[10]
HMS Tarantula  Royal Navy The Insect-class gunboat ran aground in the Canton River, China. She was later refloated by a British destroyer.[11]

12 July

List of shipwrecks: 12 July 1939
Ship State Description
Taian Maru No.2  Japan The cargo ship ran aground of Saddle Island, Torres Strait, Australia.[9]

14 July

List of shipwrecks: 14 July 1939
Ship State Description
Ullapool  United Kingdom The cargo ship ran aground in the Martín García Channel, Argentina.[10] She was refloated on 17 July.[12] 7

15 July

List of shipwrecks: 15 July 1939
Ship State Description
Lornaston  United Kingdom The cargo ship ran aground in the Martín García Channel, Argentina.[13] She was refloated on 17 July.[12]

18 July

List of shipwrecks: 18 July 1939
Ship State Description
Bokuyo Maru  Japan The cargo liner caught fire and sank in the Pacific Ocean with the loss of two of her 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] She was declared a total loss and scrapped in situ.[17]

19 July

List of shipwrecks: 19 July 1939
Ship State Description
Acropolis  Greece The passenger ship ran aground at Burj, 8 nautical miles (15 km) south of Chalkis.[18] She was refloated on 25 July.[19]
Louisiana  United States The fishing vessel was wrecked in fog on a reef at the head of Pavlof Bay on the south coast of the Alaska Peninsula, Territory of Alaska Her crew of five survived.[20]

21 July

List of shipwrecks: 21 July 1939
Ship State Description
Edgar F. Luckenbach  United States The cargo ship collided with the wharf at New Orleans, Louisiana and was severely damaged. She was beached to prevent her sinking.[21] She later sank.[22]

22 July

List of shipwrecks: 22 July 1939
Ship State Description
Nika Nah  United States The motor boat was destroyed by an explosion and fire while testing her gasoline engines 0.25 nautical miles (0.46 km; 0.29 mi) off San Juan Dock at Seward, Territory of Alaska. All four people on board survived.[23]
HMAS Stalwart  Royal Australian Navy The S-class destroyer was scuttled in the Tasman Sea (34°59′54″S 151°36′4″E / 34.99833°S 151.60111°E / -34.99833; 151.60111).

24 July

List of shipwrecks: 24 July 1939
Ship State Description
Imberie Brazil Brazil The dredger foundered in the Atlantic Ocean (15°42′S 38°52′W / 15.700°S 38.867°W / -15.700; -38.867).[19]

25 July

List of shipwrecks: 25 July 1939
Ship State Description
Mount Rhodope  Greece The cargo ship ran aground in the Pará River, Brazil. She was refloated on 29 July.[24]

27 July

List of shipwrecks: 27 July 1939
Ship State Description
Grangesberg, and
Sunik 		 Sweden
 France 		The tanker Sunic collided with the cargo ship Grangesberg in dense fog 30 nautical miles (56 km) south of the Eddystone Lighthouse, Cornwall, United Kingdom (49°55′N 4°30′W / 49.917°N 4.500°W / 49.917; -4.500). Both ships caught fire. Sunic was abandoned with the loss of ten of her 34 crew. Survivors were rescued by Grangesberg. They were later transferred to Dartford ( United Kingdom) and landed at Falmouth, Cornwall. Sunik later capsized and sank. Grangesberg put into Falmouth, on fire and severely damaged. Her captain was lost overboard as a result of the collision.[25][26][27]

31 July

List of shipwrecks: 31 July 1939
Ship State Description
Lang  United States The motor boat was wrecked at Passage Point (57°51′N 134°56′W / 57.850°N 134.933°W / 57.850; -134.933 (Passage Point)) in Chatham Strait outside of Freshwater Bay in the Alexander Archipelago, Territory of Alaska due to a navigational error. The vessel Nira ( United States) rescued the only person aboard.[20]
Syoan Maru  Japan The cargo ship ran aground at Aimirisaki, Sakhalin, Soviet Union.[28][29] She was refloated on 4 August.[30]

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  3. ^ "Casualty Reports". The Times. No. 48349. London. 5 July 1939. col G, p. 28.
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  5. ^ a b c "Casualty Reports". The Times. No. 48354. London. 11 July 1939. col E, p. 24.
  6. ^ a b "Casualty Reports". The Times. No. 48353. London. 10 July 1939. col D, p. 23.
  7. ^ a b "Casualty Reports". The Times. No. 48357. London. 14 July 1939. col C, p. 21.
  8. ^ "Casualty Reports". The Times. No. 48355. London. 12 July 1939. col F, p. 20.
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  10. ^ a b "Casualty Reports". The Times. No. 48358. London. 15 July 1939. col G, p. 23.
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  30. ^ "Casualty Reports". The Times. No. 48376. London. 5 August 1939. col E, p. 5.