List of shipwrecks in December 1939#23 December

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

1 December

For the loss of MV Realf on this day, see the entry for 30 November 1939

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|ship= {{SS|Arcturus|1910|2}}

|flag={{Flag|Norway}}

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the North Sea off Peterhead, Aberdeenshire, United Kingdom by {{GS|U-31|1936|2}} ({{Navy|Nazi Germany}}) with the loss of nine of her 24 crew. Survivors were rescued by {{SS|Eva|1929|2}} ({{flag|Norway}}) and {{SS|Ivar|1917|2}} ({{flag|Denmark}}).{{cite web |url=http://www.mareud.com/Timelines/1939-1945.htm |title=TIME-LINE Merchant and Navy Ship events 1939 - 1945 (WWII) |publisher=Mareud |access-date=18 May 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120206070657/http://www.mareud.com/Timelines/1939-1945.htm |archive-date=6 February 2012 }}{{cite web |url=http://www.naval-history.net/xDKWW2-3912-09DEC01.htm |title=Naval Events, December 1939, Part 1 of 2, Friday 1st - Thursday 14th |publisher=Naval History |access-date=5 December 2011}}{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?12847 |title=SS Arcturus (+1939) |publisher=Wrecksite |access-date=30 November 2011}}{{cite web |title=Arcturus |url=https://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/121.html |website=uboat.net |access-date=12 August 2021}}

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|ship= {{SS|Dalryan|1930|2}}

|flag={{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship struck a mine and sank in the North Sea {{convert|2.5|nmi|km}} south west of the Tongue Lightship (22px Trinity House) ({{coord|51|31|00|N|1|19|05|E}}). All 39 men aboard were rescued.{{cite book |first=Anthony |last=Lane |year=2009 |title=Shipwrecks of Kent |pages=24–26, 42, 66 |publisher=The History Press |location=Stroud |isbn=978-0-7524-1720-2 }}{{cite web |url=http://www.naval-history.net/xDKWW2-3911-08NOV01.htm |title=Naval Events, November 1939, Part 1 of 2, Wednesday 1st - Tuesday 14th |publisher=Naval History |access-date=4 December 2011}}{{cite web |url=https://lifeboatmagazinearchive.rnli.org/volume/war-years/1939/the-ss-dalryan |title=Dalryan |publisher=lifeboatmagazinearchive.rnli.org |access-date=11 December 2020}} The wreck was subsequently dispersed by explosives.{{cite book |title=The World's Merchant Fleets, 1939 |first=Roger |last=Jordan |publisher=Chatham Publishing |location=London |year=1999 |page=494 |isbn=1-86176-023-X}}

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|ship={{SS|Floride|1921|2}}

|flag={{flag|France}}

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship struck a mine and was damaged in the North Sea off Dunkerque, Nord. She was beached at Malo-les-Bains, Nord but broke in two and was declared a total loss. Three crewmen were killed.{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?144 |title=SS Floride (+1939) |publisher=Wrecksite |access-date=30 November 2011}}{{cite web |url=http://dkepaves.free.fr/html/floride.htm |title=Floride |publisher=dkepaves.free.fr |access-date=2 December 2019}}

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|ship={{ship||Grethe|schooner|2}}

|flag={{flag|Denmark}}

|desc=The schooner ran aground on the Goodwin Sands, Kent, United Kingdom and was wrecked. Her seven crew were rescued by a Royal Navy destroyer.{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?129875 |title=Grethe (+1939) |publisher=Wrecksite |access-date=30 November 2011}}

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|ship={{ship||Magda|trawler|2}}

|flag={{flagcountry|Nazi Germany}}

|desc=The fishing trawler was lost in the North Sea north of Heligoland.

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|ship= {{SS|Mercator|1904|2}}

|flag={{Flag|Finland}}

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the North Sea south east of Aberdeen ({{coord|57|39|N|0|36|W}}) by {{GS|U-31|1936|2}} ({{Navy|Nazi Germany}}) with the loss of one of her 32 crew. Some survivors were rescued by the fishing vessel Bread Winner ({{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}) and the Peterhead lifeboat Julia Park Barry of Glasgow (File:Flag of the Royal National Lifeboat Institution.svg Royal National Lifeboat Institution), with the rest reaching Boddam, Aberdeenshire in a lifeboat.{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?11318 |title=SS Mercator (+1939) |publisher=Wrecksite |access-date=30 November 2011}}{{cite web |url=http://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/122.html |title=Mercator |publisher=Uboat |access-date=3 February 2012}}

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2 December

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|ship={{SS|Chancellor|1916|2}}

|flag={{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}

|desc=World War II: Convoy HXF 11: The cargo ship collided with the tanker {{MV|Athelchief|1939|2}} ({{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}) in the Atlantic Ocean {{convert|70|nmi|km}} off Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada ({{coord|44|30|N|61|51|W}}) and sank. All 42 crew survived.{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?33132 |title=SS Chancellor (+1939) |publisher=Wrecksite |access-date=30 November 2011}}{{cite web |url=http://www.warsailors.com/convoys/hxf11.html |title=Convoy HXF 11 |publisher=Warsailors |access-date=16 May 2012}}

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|ship= {{SS|Doric Star||2}}

|flag={{Flag|United Kingdom|civil}}

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was shelled and sunk in the South Atlantic ({{coord|19|15|S|5|05|E}}) by {{ship|German cruiser|Admiral Graf Spee||2}} ({{Navy|Nazi Germany}}). Her crew survived.

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|ship={{SS|Eskdene|1934|2}}

|flag={{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}

|desc=World War II: Convoy HN 3: The cargo ship was torpedoed and damaged in the North Sea ({{coord|56|30|N|1|40|W}}) by {{GS|U-56|1938|2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}) and was abandoned by her 29 crew, who were rescued by {{SS|Hild|1919|2}} ({{flag|Norway}}). Eskdene drifted for five days before she was taken in tow by four tugs, including {{ship|ST|Bulger||2}}, Hendon and George V (all {{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}) and beached on the Herd Sands on 8 December. Subsequently refloated and taken in South Shields, County Durham. Eskdene was repaired and returned to service.{{cite book |last2=Sawyer |first2=LA |last1=Mitchell |first1=WH |year= 1990 |title=The Empire Ships |place=London, New York, Hamburg, Hong Kong |publisher=Lloyd's of London Press Ltd |isbn=1-85044-275-4 |edition=Second |page=26 }}

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|ship={{SS|San Calisto|1937|2}}

|flag={{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}

|desc=World War II: The tanker struck a mine and sank in the North Sea {{convert|2.5|nmi|km}} south west of the Tongue Lightship (22px Trinity House) ({{coord|51|31|09|N|1|25|00|E}}) with the loss of six of her 42 crew. The wreck was subsequently dispersed by explosives.{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?73908 |title=SS San Calisto (+1939) |publisher=Wrecksite |access-date=30 November 2011}}{{cite book |title=The World's Merchant Fleets, 1939 |first=Roger |last=Jordan |publisher=Chatham publishing |location=London |year=1999 |page=510 |isbn=1-86176-023-X}}

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|ship= {{SS|Watussi|1928|2}}

|flag={{flagcountry|Nazi Germany}}

|desc=World War II: The passenger ship was scuttled in the South Atlantic {{convert|50|nmi|km}} south of Cape Agulhas, Union of South Africa after being spotted by a Junkers Ju 86 aircraft of the South African Air Force and approached by {{HMS|Sussex|96|6}} ({{naval|UK}}), which rescued the 196 people on board. Watussi was shelled by {{HMS|Renown|1916|6}} ({{naval|UK}}) to quicken her sinking.{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?143581 |title=SS Watussi (+1939) |publisher=Wrecksite |access-date=1 December 2011}} }}

3 December

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|ship={{SS|Hamsterley|1925|2}}

|flag={{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}

|desc=The cargo ship collided with {{SS|Accrington|1910|2}} ({{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}) in the North Sea off Happisburgh, Norfolk and sank with the loss of a crew member.{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?1012 |title=SS Hamsterley (+1939) |publisher=Wrecksite |access-date=30 November 2011}}

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|ship={{SS|Manchester Regiment|1923|2}}

|flag={{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}

|desc=World War II: Convoy HXF 11: The cargo ship collided with {{SS|Oropesa|1919|2}} ({{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}) and sank with the loss of nine of her 74 crew. Survivors were rescued by Oropesa.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Manchester Liners Limited |date=5 December 1945 |page=10 |issue=50317 |column=A-B }}{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?35269 |title=SS Manchester Regiment (+1939) |publisher=Wrecksite |access-date=30 November 2011}}

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|ship= {{SS|Moortoft|1927|2}}

|flag={{Flag|United Kingdom|civil}}

|desc=The cargo ship foundered in the North Sea with the loss of all thirteen crew.{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?159691 |title=SS Moortoft (+1939) |publisher=Wrecksite |access-date=30 November 2011}}

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|ship={{ship|Soviet minesweeper|M-31||2}}

|flag={{navy|Soviet Union}}

|desc=Winter War: The minesweeper ran aground off Cape Yarisinielmi whilst attempting to refloat Oranienbaum ({{navy|Soviet Union}}).

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|ship={{ship|Soviet minesweeper|M-37||2}}

|flag={{navy|Soviet Union}}

|desc=Winter War: The minesweeper ran aground and sprang a leak off Cape Yarisinielmi whilst attempting to refloat Oranienbaum ({{navy|Soviet Union}}) and was abandoned by her crew.

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|ship={{ship|Soviet gunboat|Oranienbaum||2}}

|flag={{navy|Soviet Union}}

|desc=Winter War: The gunboat ran aground off Cape Yarisinielmi whilst shelling a Finnish battery. She was refloated on 15 December and taken in to "Polutorno" for repairs.

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|ship= {{SS|Ove Toft|1921|2}}

|flag={{Flag|Denmark}}

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the North Sea ({{coord|55|36|N|0|46|E}}) by {{GS|U-31|1936|2}} ({{Navy|Nazi Germany}}) with the loss of six of her 21 crew.{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?64493 |title=SS Ove Toft (+1939) |publisher=Wrecksite |access-date=30 November 2011}}

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|ship={{SS|Rudolf|1922|2}}

|flag={{Flag|Sweden}}

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Firth of Tay ({{coord|56|15|N|1|25|W}}) by {{GS|U-56|1938|2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}) with the loss of nine of her 23 crew. Survivors were rescued by the fishing trawler Cardew ({{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}), the naval trawler {{HMT|Firefly}} ({{naval|UK}}) and the cargo ship {{SS|Gunlög|1917|2}} ({{flag|Sweden}}).{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?11745 |title=SS Rudolf (+1939) |publisher=Wrecksite |access-date=30 November 2011}}{{cite web |url=http://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/123.html |title=Rudolf |publisher=Uboat |access-date=14 February 2012}}

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|ship= {{SS|Tairoa||2}}

|flag={{Flag|United Kingdom|civil}}

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was shelled and sunk in the South Atlantic ({{coord|21|30|S|3|00|E}}) by {{ship|German cruiser|Admiral Graf Spee||2}} ({{Navy|Nazi Germany}}). Her crew were rescued.{{cite web |url=https://freepages.rootsweb.com/~treevecwll/family/spees.htm |title=Tairoa |publisher=freepages.rootsweb.com |access-date=11 December 2020}}

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|ship=211

|flag={{navy|Soviet Union}}

|desc=The ship ran aground off Cape Yarisiniemei whilst attempting to assist in the refloating of Oranienbaum ({{navy|Soviet Union}}).

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4 December

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|ship={{SS|Gimle|1916|2}}

|flag={{flag|Norway}}

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the North Sea ({{coord|57|15|N|1|50|E}}) by {{GS|U-31|1936|2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}) with the loss of three of her nineteen crew. Survivors were rescued by {{SS|Rudolf|1893|2}} ({{flag|Norway}}).{{cite web |url=http://www.warsailors.com/singleships/gimle.html |title= D/S Gimle |publisher=Warsailors |access-date=13 January 2012}}{{cite web |url=http://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/127.html |title=Gimle |publisher=Uboat |access-date=7 February 2012}}

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|ship= {{SS|Horsted|1936|2}}

|flag={{Flag|United Kingdom|civil}}

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship struck a mine and sank in the North Sea south east of Flamborough Head, Yorkshire ({{coord|53|48|N|0|16|E}}) with the loss of five crew. Survivors were rescued by {{HMS|Jackal|F22|6}} ({{naval|UK}}).{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?68725 |title=SS Horsted (+1939) |publisher=Wrecksite |access-date=30 November 2011}}

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|ship= {{SS|Primula|1918|2}}

|flag={{Flag|Norway}}

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the North Sea {{convert|125|nmi|km}} east of Aberdeen, United Kingdom ({{coord|57|15|N|1|50|E}}) by {{GS|U-31|1936|2}} ({{Navy|Nazi Germany}}) with the loss of eight of her fifteen crew. Survivors were rescued by {{SS|Wm. Th. Malling|1913|2}} ({{flag|Denmark}}).{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?62289 |title=SS Primula (+1939) |publisher=Wrecksite |access-date=30 November 2011}}{{cite web |url=http://www.warsailors.com/freefleet/norfleetpq.html |title=Norwegian Merchant Ships 1939 - 1945, Ships beginning with P & Q |publisher=Warsailors |access-date=6 February 2012}}

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|ship= {{GS|U-36|1936|2}}

|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}

|desc=World War II: The Type VIIA submarine was torpedoed and sunk in the Norwegian Sea off Stavanger, Norway ({{coord|57|00|N|5|02|E}}) by {{HMS|Salmon|N65|6}} ({{naval|UK}}) with the loss of all 40 crew.

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|ship={{ship|German submarine chaser|UJ-117 Gustav Körner||2}}

|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}

|desc=World War II: The submarine chaser struck a mine and sank in The Belts, Denmark. There were only two survivors and at least five dead. She was salvaged in June 1940, repaired and returned to service.{{cite web|url=https://historisches-marinearchiv.de/projekte/crewlisten/ww2/eingabe.php?active_cl2=result |title=Kriegsmarine Crew losses |publisher=historisches-marinearchiv.de |access-date=6 December 2019}}{{cite web|url=https://archive.org/details/wardiarygermanna41939germ |title=War Diary German Naval Staff Operations Division, December 1939 |access-date=6 December 2019}}

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5 December

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|ship={{ship|Soviet submarine|M-71||2}}

|flag={{navy|Soviet Union}}

|desc=The M-class submarine was driven ashore and severely damaged on a skerry in Finnish waters. She was refloated and taken in to Cronstadt for repairs.

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|ship= {{SS|Navasota|1917|2}}

|flag={{Flag|United Kingdom|civil}}

|desc=World War II: Convoy OB 46: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Celtic Sea {{convert|50|nmi|km}} south west of the Fastnet Rock ({{coord|50|43|N|10|16|W}}) by {{GS|U-47|1938|2}} ({{Navy|Nazi Germany}}) with the loss of 37 of her 82 crew. Survivors were rescued by {{SS|Clan Farquhar|1918|2}} ({{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}) and {{HMS|Escapade|H17|6}} ({{naval|UK}}).{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?12955 |title=SS Navasota (+1939) |publisher=Wrecksite |access-date=30 November 2011}}

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6 December

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|ship={{SS|Agu|1885|2}}

|flag={{flag|Estonia}}

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the North Sea by {{GS|U-31|1936|2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}) with the loss of all eighteen crew.{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?12854 |title=SS Agu (+1939) |publisher=Wrecksite |access-date=30 November 2011}}{{cite web |url=https://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ship/131.html |title=Agu |publisher=uboat.net |access-date=6 December 2019}}

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|ship= {{MV|Britta|1935|2}}

|flag={{Flag|Norway}}

|desc=World War II: The tanker was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean {{convert|45|nmi|km}} south west of the Longships Lighthouse, Cornwall, United Kingdom by {{GS|U-47|1938|2}} ({{Navy|Nazi Germany}}) with the loss of six of her 31 crew. Survivors were rescued by the fishing trawler Memlinc ({{flag|Belgium}}).{{cite web |title=Britta |url=https://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/133.html |website=uboat.net |access-date=13 August 2021}}{{cite book |title=The World's Merchant Fleets, 1939 |first=Roger |last=Jordan |publisher=Chatham publishing |location=London |year=1999 |page=558 |isbn=1-86176-023-X}}

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|ship={{SS|Paralos|1906|2}}

|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Greece|1863-naval}}

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship struck a mine and sank in the North Sea {{convert|7|nmi|km}} north east of North Foreland, Kent, United Kingdom ({{coord|51|31|06|N|1|25|05|E}}) with the loss of three of her 25 crew. Survivors were rescued by {{SS|Roek|1925|2}} ({{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}).{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?10638 |title=SS Paralos (+1939) |publisher=Wrecksite |language=nl, en |access-date=30 November 2011}}{{cite book |title=The World's Merchant Fleets, 1939 |first=Roger |last=Jordan |publisher=Chatham publishing |location=London |year=1999 |page=527 |isbn=1-86176-023-X}}

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|ship={{ship|Soviet submarine|Shch-311||2}}

|flag={{navy|Soviet Union}}

|desc=The {{Sclass|Shchuka|submarine}} ran aground in the Baltic Sea. She was on a voyage from Cronstadt to Tallinn. She was refloated with assistance from the destroyer {{ship|Soviet destroyer|Karl Marx|1915|2}} ({{navy|Soviet Union}}) and put back to Cronstadt.{{Cite book |title=Погибли без боя. Катастрофы русских кораблей XVIII–XX вв. |trans-title=They died without a fight. Catastrophes of Russian ships of the XVIII-XX centuries |language=Russian |first=Alexander Alekseevich |last=Chernyshev |publisher=Veche |year=2012 |url=http://www.maxima-library.org/mob/b/389880?format=read }}

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|ship= {{SS|Ussukuma|1920|2}}

|flag={{Flag|Nazi Germany}}

|desc=World War II: The passenger ship was scuttled in the South Atlantic ({{convert|100|nmi|km}} south of Necochea, Argentina, when intercepted by {{HMS|Ajax|22|6}} ({{naval|UK}}). All 107 crew were rescued and interned for the duration of the war.

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|ship= {{SS|Vinga|1923|2}}

|flag={{Flag|Sweden}}

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the North Sea ({{coord|56|25|N|1|08|E}}) by {{GS|U-31|1936|2}} ({{Navy|Nazi Germany}}). Her 22 crew were rescued by {{SS|Transporter|1911|2}} ({{flag|Denmark}}).{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?12853 |title=SS Vinga (+1939) |publisher=Wrecksite |access-date=1 December 2011}}{{cite web |url=http://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/132.html |title=Vinga |publisher=Uboat |access-date=7 February 2012}}

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|ship= {{HMT|Washington}}

|flag={{naval|UK}}

|desc=World War II: The naval trawler struck a mine and sank in the North Sea off Caister-on-Sea, Norfolk with the loss of seven of her eight crew.{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?70537 |title=HMT Washington (+1939) |publisher=Wrecksite |access-date=1 December 2011}} }}{{cite web |title=HMS Washington |url=https://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/130.html |website=uboat.net |access-date=27 July 2021}}

7 December

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|ship =Heimat

|flag={{flag|Nazi Germany}}

|desc=World War II: The fishing boat was sunk in the Gulf of Gdansk by a mine laid by the Polish submarine {{ship|ORP|Wilk|1929|6}}.{{cite journal |first1=Andrzej S. |last1=Bartelski |first2=Rafał Mariusz |last2=Kaczmarek |language=Polish |title=Polskiej wojny podwodnej ciąg dalszy |trans-title=Polish submarine warfare - continued |journal=Morze, Statki i Okręty |issue= 4/2008 |pages=30–31 }}

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|ship={{SS|Louis Sheid||2}}

|flag={{flag|Belgium}}

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship ran aground off Thurlestone, Devon, United Kingdom ({{coord|50|15|48|N|3|52|12|W}}) while escaping from {{GS|U-47|1938|2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}). She broke in two and was declared a total loss. There were 46 survivors.{{cite book |title=The world's merchant Fleets, 1939 |first=Roger |last=Jordan |publisher=Chatham publishing |location=London |year=1999 |page=443 |isbn=1-86176-023-X}}

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|ship={{SS|Scotia|1924|2}}

|flag={{flag|Denmark}}

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship (2,400 GRT, 1924) was torpedoed and sunk in the North Sea ({{coord|57|31|N|2|17|E}}) by {{GS|U-23|1936|2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}) with the loss of 19 of her 21 crew. Survivors were rescued by {{SS|Hafnia|1924|2}} ({{flag|Denmark}}).{{cite web |url=http://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/134.html |title=Scotia |publisher=Uboat |access-date=4 February 2012}}

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|ship= {{SS|Streonshalh|1928|2}}

|flag={{Flag|United Kingdom|civil}}

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was stopped in the Atlantic Ocean south of Trinidad ({{coord|25|01|S|27|50|W}}) by {{ship|German cruiser|Admiral Graf Spee||2}} ({{Navy|Nazi Germany}}) and was sunk with scuttling charges and gunfire after her 32 crew had been taken aboard the raider.

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|ship={{MV|Tajandoen|1931|2}}

|flag={{flag|Netherlands}}

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the English Channel {{convert|40|nmi|km}} north of Ouessant, Finistère, France ({{coord|49|09|N|4|51|W}}) by {{GS|U-47|1938|2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}) with the loss of six of her 68 crew. Survivors were rescued by {{SS|Louis Sheid||2}} ({{flag|Belgium}}).{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?12956 |title=SS Tajandoen (+1939) |publisher=Wrecksite |access-date=30 November 2011}}{{cite web |url=http://www.droog-mag.nl/koopvaarderij-en-visserij.pdf |title=Dutch losses, 1939-1940 |publisher=www.droog-mag.nl |accessdate=28 January 2021}}

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|ship={{SS|Thomas Walton|1917|2}}

|flag={{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Norwegian Sea south of Svolvær, Norway ({{coord|67|53|N|14|29|E}}) by {{GS|U-38|1938|2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}} with the loss of 13 of her 44 crew. Survivors were rescued by {{SS|Irma|1905|2}} ({{flag|Norway}}) and {{SS|Sebu|1920|2}} ({{flagcountry|Nazi Germany}}).{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?31265 |title=SS Thomas Walton (+1939) |publisher=Wrecksite |access-date=30 November 2011}}

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|ship= {{SS|Whintown|1919|2}}

|flag={{Flag|United Kingdom|civil}}

|desc=The cargo ship collided with Leo ({{Flag|United Kingdom|civil}}) and sank in the North Sea {{convert|4|nmi|km}} south of the Haisboro' Lightship (22px Trinity House).

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8 December

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|ship= {{SS|Adour|1898|2}}

|flag={{Flag|Belgium}}

|desc=The cargo ship (1,105 GRT, 1898) ran aground on rocks at Îles de Glénan, Finistère, France and sank.

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|ship={{SS|Brandon|1917|2}}

|flag={{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}

|desc=World War II: Convoy OB 48: The cargo ship straggled behind the convoy. She was torpedoed and sunk in the Celtic Sea {{convert|120|nmi|km}} off Land's End, Cornwall ({{coord|50|28|N|8|28|W}}) by {{GS|U-48|1939|2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}) with the loss of nine crew. Survivors were rescued by the trawlers Marie Jose Rosette ({{flag|Belgium}}) and Tritten ({{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}).{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?75674 |title=SS Brandon (+1939) |publisher=Wrecksite |access-date=30 November 2011}}

}}

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|ship= {{SS|Corea|1895|2}}

|flag={{Flag|United Kingdom|civil}}

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship struck a mine and sank in the North Sea off Cromer, Norfolk. with the loss of eight of her 15 crew. Survivors were rescued by {{ship|Cromer Lifeboat|H F Bailey III|ON 177|2}} (File:Flag of the Royal National Lifeboat Institution.svg Royal National Lifeboat Institution).

}}

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|ship={{SS|Dinard|1921|2}}

|flag={{flag|France}}

|desc=The coaster collided with {{SS|Swynfleet|1914|2}} ({{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}) and sank in the English Channel off Deal, Kent.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Law Report, Feb. 16 |date=17 February 1942 |page=8 |issue=49162 |column=A }}{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?73530 |title=SS Dinard (+1939) |publisher=Wrecksite |access-date=30 November 2011}}

}}

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|ship={{SS|Gambhria|919|2}}

|flag={{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}

|desc=The cargo ship was sunk as a block ship in Scapa Flow, Orkney Islands. She was raised in 1943 and taken to Liverpool Bay where she was used as an ASDIC target.{{cite web |url=https://www.northlinkferries.co.uk/orkney-blog/wrecks-of-scapa-flow/ |title=wrecks of Scapa Flow |publisher=North Link Ferries |accessdate=30 March 2021}}

}}

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|ship={{SS|Merel|1925|2}}

|flag={{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship struck a mine and sank in The Downs, Kent west of the Gull Lightship (22px Trinity House) with the loss of sixteen of her eighteen crew.{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?73615 |title=SS Merel (part Of) (+1939) |publisher=Wrecksite |access-date=30 November 2011}}

}}

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|ship={{SS|Middlesbro'|1924|2}}

|flag={{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}

|desc=The cargo ship struck the wreck of {{SS|Goodwood|1937|2}} ({{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}) and sank in the North Sea {{convert|1|nmi|km}} off Flamborough Head, Yorkshire. The crew were rescued by {{SS|Runeborg|1920|2}} ({{flag|Sweden}}).{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?158914 |title=SS Middlesbro' (+1939) |publisher=Wrecksite |access-date=30 November 2011}}

}}

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|ship={{ship|Soviet minesweeper|Moskva||2}}

|flag={{navy|Soviet Union}}

|desc=Winter War: The minesweeper ran aground in Saunaniemi Bay whilst avoiding Finnish artillery fire.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{ship|Soviet minesweeper|M-30||2}}

|flag={{navy|Soviet Union}}

|desc=Winter War: The minesweeper ran aground in Saunaniemi Bay whilst avoiding Finnish artillery fire and was holed. An attempt was made to beach her, but she rammed the minesweeper {{ship|Soviet minesweeper|M-416||2}}, which sank. M-30 was beached.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{ship|Soviet minesweeper|M-416||2}}

|flag={{navy|Soviet Union}}

|desc=Winter War: The minesweeper was rammed and sunk in Saunaniemi Bay by the minesweeper {{ship|Soviet minesweeper|M-30||2}} ({{navy|Soviet Union}}). Her crew were rescued by the minesweepers {{ship|Soviet minesweeper|M-412||2}} and {{ship|Soviet minesweeper|M-422||2}} (both {{navy|Soviet Union}}).

}}

9 December

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|ship= {{SS|Adolf Leonhardt|1921|2}}

|flag={{flagcountry|Nazi Germany}}

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was scuttled by her crew in the South Atlantic off Portuguese West Africa when intercepted by {{HMS|Shropshire|73|6}} ({{naval|UK}}), which rescued her 25 crew.{{cite web|url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?59780 |title=SS Adolf Leonhardt (+1939) |publisher=Wrecksite |access-date=30 November 2011}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship= {{SS|Magnus|1906|2}}

|flag={{Flag|Denmark}}

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the North Sea ({{coord|57|48|N|0|35|W}}) by {{GS|U-20|1936|2}} ({{Navy|Nazi Germany}}) with the loss of eighteen of her nineteen crew. The survivor was rescued by the fishing trawler Philippe ({{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}).{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?11212 |title=SS Magnus (+1939) |publisher=Wrecksite |access-date=30 November 2011}}

}}

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|ship= {{MV|San Alberto|1935|2}}

|flag={{Flag|United Kingdom|civil}}

|desc=World War II: Convoy OB 48: The tanker was torpedoed and damaged in the Atlantic Ocean south west of Cornwall ({{coord|49|20|N|9|45|W}}) by {{GS|U-48|1939|2}} ({{Navy|Nazi Germany}}) with the loss of one of her 37 crew. The ship broke in two, with the bow section sinking. Survivors were rescued by {{SS|Alexandre Andre|1928|2}} ({{flag|Belgium}}) but later reboarded the stern section and attempted to reach port. It was later scuttled by {{HMS|Mackay|D70|6}} ({{naval|UK}}).{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?11302 |title=SS San Alberto (+1939) |publisher=Wrecksite |access-date=30 November 2011}}{{cite web |url=http://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/139.html |title=San Alberto |publisher=Uboat |access-date=14 February 2012}}

}}

10 December

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|ship= {{SS|Bolheim|1913|2}}

|flag={{flagcountry|Nazi Germany}}

|desc=World War II: Winter War: The cargo ship was shelled and sunk in the Gulf of Bothnia off Mäntyluoto, Finland, {{convert|28|mi}} south west of Sappi Lighthouse ({{coord|61|26|N|21|04|E}}) by {{ship|Soviet submarine|S-1||2}} ({{Navy|Soviet Union|1935}}). Three crewmen were killed.{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?134692 |title=SS Bolheim (+1939) |publisher=www.wrecksite.eu |access-date=25 October 2019}}{{cite web |url=http://www.nashapobeda.lv/923.html |title=S-1 |publisher=www.nashapobeda.lv |access-date=25 October 2019}}{{cite book |title=The World's Merchant Fleets, 1939 |first=Roger |last=Jordan |publisher=Chatham Publishing |location=London |year=1999 |page=467 |isbn=1-86176-023-X}}

}}

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|ship={{SS|Fire King|1925|2}}

|flag={{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}

|desc=The coaster collided with {{RMS|Duke of Lancaster|1927|2}} ({{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}) in the Irish Sea off the Point of Ayre, Isle of Man and sank. The wreck was dispersed in 1940.{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?65129 |title=SS Fire King II (+1939) |publisher=Wrecksite |access-date=30 November 2011}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{SS|Føina|1915|2}}

|flag={{flag|Norway}}

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the North Sea {{convert|160|nmi|km}} west north west of Rattray Head, Aberdeenshire, United Kingdom by {{GS|U-20|1936|2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}) with the loss of all eighteen crew.{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?140389 |title=SS Foina (+1939) |publisher=Wrecksite |access-date=30 November 2011}}{{cite web |url=http://www.warsailors.com/singleships/foina.html |title= D/S Føina |publisher=Warsailors |access-date=12 January 2012}}{{cite web |title=Føina |url=https://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/140.html |website=uboat.net |access-date=13 August 2021}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{MV|Immingham|1936|2}}

|flag={{flag|Netherlands}}

|desc=World War II: The coaster struck a mine and was damaged in the North Sea off Callantsoog, North Holland. She sank the next day. All seven crew were rescued.{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?3806 |title=MV Immingham (+1939) |publisher=Wrecksite |access-date=30 November 2011}}{{cite web |url=https://www.delpher.nl/nl/kranten/view?coll=ddd&identifier=ddd:110579716:mpeg21:p003 |title=Immingham |publisher=www.delpher.nl |access-date=28 January 2021}}{{cite web |url=https://www.marhisdata.nl/schip&id=3015 |title=Immingham |publisher=www.marhisdata.nl |access-date=28 January 2021}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{SS|Jotun|1892|2}}

|flag={{flag|Norway}}

|desc=The coaster ran aground south of Berwick-upon-Tweed, Northumberland, United Kingdom and was wrecked.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship= {{SS|Kabinda|1917|2}}

|flag={{Flag|Belgium}}

|desc=The cargo ship ran aground on the Goodwin Sands, Kent, United Kingdom ({{coord|51|15|03|N|1|29|17|E}}) and broke in two. All 41 crewmen were rescued. She was declared a total loss.{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?73553 |title=SS Kabinda (+1939) |publisher=Wrecksite |access-date=30 November 2011}}{{cite book |title=The world's merchant Fleets, 1939 |first=Roger |last=Jordan |publisher=Chatham publishing |location=London |year=1999 |page=443 |isbn=1-86176-023-X}}{{cite web|url=https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k661831t.item |title=Ouest Eclair, 11 Dec 1939 |date=11 December 1939 |publisher=gallica.bnf.fr |access-date=10 December 2019}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship= {{SS|Kassari|1888|2}}

|flag={{Flag|Estonia}}

|desc=World War II: Winter War: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Baltic Sea off Utö, Finland by {{ship|Soviet submarine|S-323||2}} ({{Navy|Soviet Union|1935}}) with the loss of a crew member.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{HMT|Ray of Hope}}

|flag={{naval|UK}}

|desc=World War II: The auxiliary mineswseeper struck a mine and sank in the North Sea off Ramsgate, Kent with the loss of nine of her twelve crew. Survivors were rescued by {{HMT|Silver Dawn}} ({{naval|UK}}).{{cite web |url=http://www.naval-history.net/xDKWW2-3911-08NOV02.htm |title=Naval Events, November 1939, Part 2 of 2, Wednesday 15th - Thursday 30th |publisher=Naval History |access-date=4 December 2011}}{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?73831 |title=HMT Ray of Hope (+1939) |publisher=Wrecksite |access-date=30 November 2011}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship= {{SS|Reinbeck|1938|2}}

|flag={{flagcountry|Nazi Germany}}

|desc=World War II: Winter War: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Gulf of Finland ({{coord|59|42|N|24|26|E}}) by {{ship|Soviet submarine|S-322||2}} ({{Navy|Soviet Union|1935}}).{{cite book |title=The World's Merchant Fleets, 1939 |first=Roger |last=Jordan |publisher=Chatham Publishing |location=London |year=1999 |page=476 |isbn=1-86176-023-X}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{SS|Stanwood||2}}

|flag={{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}

|desc=The collier's cargo of coal caught fire. She was beached in the Carrick Roads but capsized and was declared a total loss. The wreck was dispersed by explosives in 1949.{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?1771 |title=SS Stanwood (+1939) |publisher=Wrecksite |access-date=30 November 2011}}{{cite book |title=The World's Merchant Fleets, 1939 |first=Roger |last=Jordan |publisher=Chatham Publishing |location=London |year=1999 |page=484 |isbn=1-86176-023-X}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship= {{SS|Willowpool|1925|2}}

|flag={{Flag|United Kingdom|civil}}

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship either struck a mine and sank in the North Sea east of the Newarp Lightship (22px Trinity House) ({{coord|52|52|48|N|1|51|12|E}}), or was torpedoed and sunk by {{GS|U-20|1936|2}} ({{Navy|Nazi Germany}}). All 36 crew were rescued by the Gorleston lifeboat Louise Stephens (File:Flag of the Royal National Lifeboat Institution.svg Royal National Lifeboat Institution).{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?11213 |title=SS Willowpool (+1939) |publisher=Wrecksite |access-date=1 December 2011}}{{cite web |url=http://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/141.html |title=Willowpool |publisher=Uboat |access-date=3 February 2012}}{{cite book |title=The World's Merchant Fleets, 1939 |first=Roger |last=Jordan |publisher=Chatham publishing |location=London |year=1999 |page=516 |isbn=1-86176-023-X}}

}}

11 December

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|ship= {{SS|Garoufalia|1914|2}}

|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Greece|1863-naval}}

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Norwegian Sea ({{coord|64|36|N|10|42|E}}) by {{GS|U-38|1938|2}} ({{Navy|Nazi Germany}}) with the loss of four of her 29 crew. Survivors were rescued by {{MV|Tellus|1925|2}} ({{flag|Norway}}).{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?31266 |title=SS Garoufalia (+1939) |publisher=Wrecksite |access-date=30 November 2011}}{{cite web |url=http://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/142.html |title=Garoufalia |publisher=Uboat |access-date=13 February 2012}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{SS|Storfjeld|1899|2}}

|flag={{flag|Norway}}

|desc=The cargo ship ran aground on the Seaton Rocks, Northumberland, United Kingdom ({{coord|55|05|15|N|1|28|00|W}}) and was wrecked. Her crew were rescued from the shore by the Coastguard life-saving apparatus.{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?132388 |title=SS Storfjeld |publisher=/www.wrecksite.eu |access-date=11 December 2020}}{{cite web |url=http://www.warsailors.com/freefleet/norfleets5.html |title=Storfjeld |publisher=www.warsailors.com |access-date=11 December 2020}}{{cite web |url=https://rnliarchive.blob.core.windows.net/media/1681/1939wys.pdf |title=Rescue of Storfjeld crew |publisher=rnliarchive.blob.core.windows.net |access-date=11 December 2020}}

}}

12 December

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|ship={{SS|Dionyssios Strathatos|1919|2}}

|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Greece|1863-naval}}

|desc=The cargo ship sank in the Atlantic Ocean ({{coord|58|31|N|21|55|W}}).{{cite book |title=The World's Merchant Fleets, 1939 |first=Roger |last=Jordan |publisher=Chatham publishing |location=London |year=1999 |page=523 |isbn=1-86176-023-X}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship= {{HMS|Duchess|H64|6}}

|flag={{naval|United Kingdom}}

|desc=The D-class destroyer collided with {{HMS|Barham|04|6}} ({{naval|United Kingdom}}) {{convert|9|nmi|km}} off the Mull of Kintyre and sank with the loss of 124 of her 145 crew.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship= {{SS|Marwick Head|1920|2}}

|flag={{Flag|United Kingdom|civil}}

|desc=World War II: The coaster struck a mine and sank in the North Sea off Caister-on-Sea, Norfolk with the loss of five of her ten crew.{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?1020 |title=SS Marwick Head (+1939) |publisher=Wrecksite |access-date=30 November 2011}}{{cite web |title=Marwick Head |url=https://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/143.html |website=uboat.net |access-date=13 August 2021}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{SS|Torö|1922|2}}

|flag={{flag|Sweden}}

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship (1,467 GRT, 1924) struck a mine and sank in the Baltic Sea ({{coord|55|20|N|13|04|E}}). There were no casualties.Torö{{Circular reference|date=October 2020}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{SS|Vidovodan|1906|2}}

|flag={{Flagcountry|Kingdom of Yugoslavia}}

|desc=The cargo ship ran aground off Natuna Island and was wrecked.{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?159859 |title=SS Vidovdan (+1939) |publisher=Wrecksite |access-date=1 December 2011}}

}}

13 December

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|ship= {{MV|Algol||2}}

|flag={{SWE}}

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship hit a mine between Trelleborg and Falsterbo ({{coord|55|19|N|12|28|E}}) and sank. Six crew were rescued. She was salvaged in 1940, repaired and returned to service.{{cite book |last2=Sawyer |first2=LA |last1=Mitchell |first1=WH |year= 1990 |title=The Empire Ships |place=London, New York, Hamburg, Hong Kong |publisher=Lloyd's of London Press Ltd |isbn=1-85044-275-4 |edition=Second |page=470 }}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship= {{SS|Ashkabad|1899|2}}

|flag={{Flag|Soviet Union|1936}}

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the North Sea off Dunkerque, Nord, France by {{GS|U-57|1938|2}} ({{Navy|Nazi Germany}}) with the loss of seventeen crew.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship= {{SS|Deptford|1930|2}}

|flag={{Flag|United Kingdom|civil}}

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Norwegian Sea off Honningsvåg, Norway ({{coord|62|15|N|05|08|E|type:event|name=Deptford (ship)}}) by {{GS|U-38|1938|2}} ({{Navy|Nazi Germany}}) with the loss of 32 of her 37 crew. Survivors were rescued by {{HNoMS|Firda}} ({{navy|Norway}}) and {{SS|Nordnorge|1923|2}} ({{flag|Norway}}).{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?31267 |title=SS Deptford (+1939) |publisher=Wrecksite |access-date=30 November 2011}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship= {{SS|Indigirka||2}}

|flag= {{flag|Soviet Union|1936}}

|desc=The passenger ship operated by Dalstroi ran aground when trying to enter the La Perouse Strait with a loss of 741 lives, most of them from the Gulag prison.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{MV|King Egbert|1928|2}}

|flag={{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}

|desc=World War II: Convoy FS 53: The cargo ship struck a mine and sank in the North Sea {{convert|4.5|nmi|km}} off Happisburgh, Norfolk and {{convert|4|nmi|km}} south west of the Haisborough Lightship (22px Trinity House) with the loss of one of her 33 crew. The wreck was subsequently dispersed by explosives.{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?70377 |title=SS King Egbert (+1939) |publisher=Wrecksite |access-date=30 November 2011}}{{cite book |title=The World's Merchant Fleets, 1939 |first=Roger |last=Jordan |publisher=Chatham Publishing |location=London |year=1999 |page=501 |isbn=1-86176-023-X}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship= {{HSwMS|Manligheten}}

|flag={{Navy|Sweden}}

|desc=The ship suffered an onboard explosion which killed six crew.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{SS|Mina|1899|2}}

|flag={{flag|Estonia}}

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the North Sea by {{GS|U-57|1938|2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}) with the loss of all seventeen crew.{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?13026 |title=SS Mina (+1939) |publisher=Wrecksite |access-date=30 November 2011}}{{cite web |url=http://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/144.html |title=Mina |publisher=Uboat |access-date=14 February 2012}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{SS|Rosa|1919|2}}

|flag={{flag|Belgium}}

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship struck a mine and sank in the North Sea {{convert|6.5|nmi|km}} off the mouth of the River Tyne ({{Coord|55|01|42|N|01|13|00|W}}) with the loss of a crew member.{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?64036 |title=SS Rosa (+1939) |publisher=Wrecksite |access-date=30 November 2011}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship= {{HMT|William Hallett}}

|flag={{naval|United Kingdom}}

|desc=World War II: The {{sclass2|Strath|trawler|1}} was sunk by a mine {{convert|3.5|nmi|km}} off the mouth of the River Tyne with the loss of eight of her nine crew. The survivor was rescued by the fishing trawler Ben Arthur ({{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}).

}}

14 December

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|ship= {{ship|German escort ship|F-9||2}}

|flag={{Navy|Nazi Germany}}

|desc=World War II: The {{sclass2|F|escort ship}} was torpedoed and sunk off Heligoland by {{HMS|Ursula|N59|6}} ({{naval|United Kingdom}}) with the loss of 120 of her 135 crew. Survivors were rescued by {{ship|German destroyer Z4|Richard Beitzen||2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}).{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?133487 |title=F-9 (+1939) |publisher=Wrecksite |access-date=30 November 2011}}{{cite web |url=http://www.lexikon-der-wehrmacht.de/Waffen/Bilderseiten/Flottenbegleiter/F9.htm |title=F-9 |publisher=www.lexikon-der-wehrmacht.de |access-date=13 February 2019}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship= {{MV|Inverlane|1938|2}}

|flag={{Flag|United Kingdom|civil}}

|desc=World War II: Convoy FN 54: The {{sclass2|Inver|tanker||ship}} was mined and abandoned in the North Sea off Sunderland, County Durham ({{coord|55|05|00|N|01|07|00|W}}) with the loss of four of her crew. She subsequently washed ashore at Seaburn, County Durham. The bow section was salvaged and used as a blockship at Scapa Flow.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship= {{HMT|James Ludford|T16|6}}

|flag={{naval|United Kingdom}}

|desc=World War II: The {{sclass|Mersey|trawler|1}} struck a mine and sank in the North Sea off Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Northumberland ({{coord|55|02|30|N|01|16|15|W}}) with the loss of seventeen of her eighteen crew.{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?64054 |title=James Ludford (+1939) |publisher=Wrecksite |access-date=30 November 2011}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{HMS|Kelly|F01|6}}

|flag={{naval|UK}}

|desc=World War II: The K-class destroyer struck a mine in the North Sea and was severely damaged. Repairs took until 28 February 1940 to complete.

}}

15 December

{{shipwreck list item

|ship= {{SS|Germaine||2}}

|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Greece|1863-naval}}

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean ({{coord|51|00|N|12|18|W}}) by {{GS|U-48|1939|2}} ({{Navy|Nazi Germany}}). Her crew were rescued by {{HMS|Wanderer|D74|6}} ({{naval|UK}}).{{cite web |url=http://www.naval-history.net/xDKWW2-3912-09DEC02.htm |title=Naval Events, December 1939, Part 2 of 2, Friday 15th - Sunday 31st |publisher=Naval History |access-date=5 December 2011}}{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?12986 |title=SS Germaine (+1939) |publisher=Wrecksite |access-date=30 November 2011}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{SS|Harfry|1924|2}}

|flag={{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}

|desc=The cargo ship collided with Luso or {{SS|Luso|1912|2}}) ({{flag|Portugal}}) in the North Sea off Dunkerque, Nord, France and was beached.{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?2684 |title=SS Harfry (+1939) |publisher=Wrecksite |access-date=30 November 2011}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship= {{SS|H. C. Flood|1917`|2}}

|flag={{Flag|Norway}}

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship struck a mine and sank in the North Sea ({{coord|55|02|00|N|01|12|00|W}}) with the loss of four of her 21 crew.{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?11071 |title=SS H. C. Flood (+1939) |publisher=Wrecksite |access-date=30 November 2011}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship= {{SS|Ragni|1919|2}}

|flag={{Flag|Norway}}

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship struck a mine and sank off the mouth of the River Tyne ({{coord|55|02|N|1|12|W}}) with the loss of six of her nineteen crew.{{cite web |url=http://www.warsailors.com/singleships/ragni.html |title=D/S Ragni |publisher=Warsailors |access-date=7 February 2012}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship= {{SS|Strindheim|1923|2}}

|flag={{Flag|Norway}}

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship struck a mine and sank off the mouth of the River Tyne ({{coord|55|02|37|N|01|17|35|W}}) with the loss of nine of her eleven crew.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{SS|Ursus||2}}

|flag={{flag|Sweden}}

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship (1,499 GRT, 1902) struck a mine and sank in the North Sea north of the North Foreland, Kent ({{coord|51|35|N|1|36|E}}) with the loss of nine of her twenty crew. Survivors were rescued by the fishing trawler Brindus ({{flag|Netherlands}}).{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?73948 |title=SS Ursus (+1939) |publisher=Wrecksite |access-date=30 November 2011}}

}}

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|ship={{SS|Vindovan|1906|2}}

|flag={{Flagcountry|Kingdom of Yugoslavia}}

|desc=The cargo ship was wrecked on Great Netuna, Netherlands East Indies.{{cite book |title=The World's Merchant Fleets, 1939 |first=Roger |last=Jordan |publisher=Chatham publishing |location=London |year=1999 |page=597 |isbn=1-86176-023-X}}

}}

16 December

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|ship={{SS|Amble|1920|2}}

|flag={{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}

|desc=World War II: The tanker struck a mine and was damaged in the North Sea off Sunderland, County Durham. Her crew were rescued by {{HMS|Wallace|1918|6}} ({{naval|UK}}). Amble came ashore between Sunderland and Whitburn. She was refloated on 25 December but declared a constructive total loss and scrapped.{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?65474 |title=SS Amble (+1939) |publisher=Wrecksite |access-date=30 November 2011}}

}}

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|ship= {{HMT|Evelina||6}}

|flag={{naval|United Kingdom}}

|desc=World War II: The naval trawler was sunk by a mine off the mouth of the River Tyne with the loss of all nine crew.{{cite web |url=http://www.ne-diary.bpears.org.uk/Inc/ISeq_02.html |title=Incidents 13 Dec'39-14 Feb'40 |publisher=NE-diary.bpears.org.uk |access-date=14 December 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130625010740/http://www.ne-diary.bpears.org.uk/Inc/ISeq_02.html |archive-date=25 June 2013 }}

}}

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|ship= {{SS|Glitrefjell|1934|2}}

|flag={{Flag|Norway}}

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the North Sea ({{coord|56|14|N|1|04|E}}) by {{GS|U-59|1939|2}} ({{Navy|Nazi Germany}}) at with the loss of five of her eighteen crew. Survivors were rescued by {{SS|Icarion|1912|2}} ({{flagcountry|Kingdom of Greece|1863-naval}}) and {{HMS|Icarus|D03|6}} ({{naval|UK}}).{{cite web |url=http://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/148.html |title=Glitrefjell |publisher=Uboat |access-date=15 February 2012}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship= {{SS|Lister|1928|2}}

|flag={{Flag|Sweden}}

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the North Sea ({{coord|55|13|N|1|33|E}}) off Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom by {{GS|U-59|1939|2}} ({{Navy|Nazi Germany}}) {{convert|130|nmi|km}}. Six crew were rescued by {{HMS|Eclipse|H08|6}} ({{naval|UK}}), with all the rest reaching the Danish coast in a lifeboat. There were no casualties.{{cite web |title=Lister |url=https://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/147.html |website=uboat.net |access-date=20 July 2021}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship= {{HMT|Sedgefly||6}}

|flag={{naval|United Kingdom}}

|desc=World War II: The naval trawler struck a mine and sank off the mouth of the River Tyne with the loss of all sixteen crew.{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?141743 |title=HMS Sedgefly (FY 122) (+1939) |publisher=Wrecksite |access-date=30 November 2011}}

}}

17 December

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|ship= {{ship|German cruiser|Admiral Graf Spee||2}}

|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}

|desc=File:Graf Spee scuttled.png

World War II: Battle of the River Plate: The {{sclass|Deutschland|cruiser}} (12,340/16,020 t, 1936) was scuttled off Montevideo, Uruguay rather than engage with the Allies or be interned.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship= {{SS|Bogø|1920|2}}

|flag={{Flag|Denmark}}

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the North Sea {{convert|75|nmi|km}} east of the Isle of May, Fife, United Kingdom ({{coord|56|12|N|0|17|W}}) by {{GS|U-59|1939|2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}) with the loss of seventeen of her twenty crew. Survivors were rescued by the fishing trawler River Earn ({{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}).{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?62986 |title=SS Bogo (+1939) |publisher=Wrecksite |access-date=30 November 2011}}{{cite web |url=http://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/149.html |title=Bogø |publisher=Uboat |access-date=15 February 2012}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Compagnus

|flag={{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}

|desc=World War II: The fishing vessel was bombed and sunk in the North Sea {{convert|150|nmi|km}} east by north of the Isle of May by aircraft of X Fliegerkorps, Luftwaffe with the loss of a crew member. Survivors were rescued by Colleague ({{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}).{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?62286 |title=FV Compagnus (+1939) |publisher=Wrecksite |access-date=30 November 2011}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Eileen Wray

|flag={{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}

|desc=World War II: The fishing trawler was bombed and damaged in the North Sea off Hartlepool, Co Durham by aircraft of X Fliegerkorps, Luftwaffe. She was towed into port but sank.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Isabella Greig

|flag={{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}

|desc=World War II: The fishing trawler was bombed and sunk in the North Sea {{convert|145|nmi|km}} east by north of the Isle of May by aircraft of X Fliegerkorps, Luftwaffe. Her crew were rescued.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship= {{SS|Jaegersborg|1918|2}}

|flag={{Flag|Denmark}}

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the North Sea by {{GS|U-59|1939|2}} ({{Navy|Nazi Germany}}) with the loss of all eighteen crew.{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?59786 |title=SS Jaegersborg (+1939) |publisher=Wrecksite |access-date=30 November 2011}}{{cite web |title=Jaegersborg |url=https://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/150.html |website=uboat.net |access-date=13 August 2021}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Pearl

|flag={{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}

|desc=World War II: The fishing trawler was bombed and sunk in the North Sea {{convert|65|nmi|km}} east by south of the Inner Dowsing Lightship (22px Trinity House) by aircraft of X Fliegerkorps, Luftwaffe with the loss of a crew member.{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?69355 |title=FV Pearl (+1939) |publisher=Wrecksite |access-date=30 November 2011}}

}}

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|ship= Serenity

|flag={{Flag|United Kingdom|civil}}

|desc=World War II: The fishing trawler was bombed and sunk {{convert|8|nmi|km}} east north east of Whitby, Yorkshire by Luftwaffe aircraft. All eight crew were rescued by a lifeboat.{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?65853 |title=MV Serenity (+1939) |publisher=Wrecksite |access-date=30 November 2011}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Zelos

|flag={{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}

|desc=World War II: The fishing trawler was bombed and sunk in the North Sea {{convert|110|nmi|km}} east by north of the Isle of May by aircraft of X Fliegerkorps, Luftwaffe.

}}

18 December

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|ship=Active

|flag={{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}

|desc=World War II: The fishing trawler was bombed and sunk in the Moray Firth {{convert|30|nmi|km}} north by west of Rattray Head, Aberdeenshire, by aircraft of X Fliegerkorps, Luftwaffe with the loss of a crew member. Survivors were rescued by Caribineer II ({{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}).{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?60980 |title=FV Active (+1939) |publisher=Wrecksite |access-date=30 November 2011}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Trinity N. B.

|flag={{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}

|desc=World War II: The fishing trawler was bombed and sunk in the North Sea off Kinnaird Head, Aberdeenshire ({{coord|57|50|N|1|30|W}}) by aircraft of X Fliegerkorps, Luftwaffe, with the loss of two of her crew. Survivors were rescued by {{Ship||Smart|schooner|2}} ({{flag|Denmark}}).{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?62140 |title=FV Trinity N. B. (+1939) |publisher=Wrecksite |access-date=30 November 2011}}

}}

19 December

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|ship= {{SS|Columbus|1924|2}}

|flag={{flagcountry|Nazi Germany}}

|desc=World War II: The passenger ship was intercepted in the Atlantic Ocean {{convert|450|nmi|km}} east of Cape May, New Jersey, United States ({{coord|38|01|N|65|41|W}}) by {{HMS|Hyperion|H97|6}} ({{naval|UK}}) and was scuttled by her crew with the loss of two lives.{{cite book |title=The World's Merchant Fleets, 1939 |first=Roger |last=Jordan |publisher=Chatham Publishing |location=London |year=1999 |page=468 |isbn=1-86176-023-X}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship= {{SS|City of Kobe|1924|2}}

|flag={{Flag|United Kingdom|civil}}

|desc=World War II: Convoy FS 56: The cargo ship struck a mine and sank in the North Sea near the Cross Sands Lightship (22px Trinity House) ({{coord|52|34|54|N|1|59|30|E}}) with the loss of one of her 31 crew. Survivors were rescued by {{HMT|Tumby|FY850|6}} ({{naval|UK}}).{{cite web |url=http://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/151.html |title=City of Kobe |publisher=Uboat |access-date=15 February 2012}}{{cite book |title=The World's Merchant Fleets, 1939 |first=Roger |last=Jordan |publisher=Chatham Publishing |location=London |year=1999 |page=492 |isbn=1-86176-023-X}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Daneden

|flag={{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}

|desc=World War II: The fishing trawler was bombed and sunk in the North Sea east south east of the Shetland Islands by aircraft of X Fliegerkorps, Luftwaffe.{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?59913 |title=FV Dane N (+1939) |publisher=Wrecksite |access-date=30 November 2011}}

}}

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|ship= {{SS|Jytte|1884|2}}

|flag={{Flag|Denmark}}

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship struck a mine and sank in the North Sea {{convert|18|nmi|km}} off Souter Point, Northumberland, United Kingdom with the loss of ten of her eighteen crew. Survivors were rescued by {{SS|Avance|1920|2}} ({{flag|Denmark}}).

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=River Earn

|flag={{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}

|desc=World War II: The fishing trawler was bombed and sunk in the North Sea east north east of Kinnaird Head ({{coord|58|30|N|2|01|E}}) by aircraft of X Fliegerkorps, Luftwaffe. All on board were rescued by {{SS|Rogaland|1920|2}} ({{Flag|Norway}}).

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{SS|Uko|1909|2}}

|flag={{flag|Finland}}

|desc=World War II: The coaster was bombed and sunk in the North Sea {{convert|80|nmi|km}} south of Utsira, Norway by Luftwaffe aircraft. All on board were rescued by {{SS|Sir Ernest Cassel|1910|2}} ({{flag|Sweden}}).

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship= {{ship|Finnish minelayer|Voima||2}}

|flag={{navy|Finland|name=Merivoimat}}

|desc=The minelayer/naval tug was lost by grounding.{{cite web |url=http://kotisivut.fonet.fi/~aromaa/Navygallery/Background/Losses.htm |title=Finnish Navy Loses |publisher=Kotisvut.fonet |access-date=1 December 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130805115231/http://kotisivut.fonet.fi/~aromaa/Navygallery/Background/Losses.htm |archive-date=5 August 2013 |url-status=dead }}

}}

20 December

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|ship= {{SS|Adolf Bratt|1924|2}}

|flag={{Flag|Sweden}}

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship struck a mine and sank in the North Sea off Terschelling, Friesland, Netherlands ({{coord|53|28|N|5|08|E}}) with the loss of five of the 22 people on board. Survivors were rescued by {{SS|Auseklis||2}} ({{flag|Latvia}}).{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?88548 |title=SS Adolph Bratt (+1939) |publisher=Wrecksite |access-date=30 November 2011}}{{cite web |url=https://wrakkenmuseum.nl/wrakken/adolf-bratt |title=Adolph Bratt |publisher=wrakkenmuseum.nl |access-date=29 April 2023}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship= {{SS|Mars|1920|2}}

|flag={{Flag|Sweden}}

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship struck a mine and sank in the North Sea {{convert|1|nmi|km}} east of St Mary's Lighthouse, off Blyth, Northumberland, United Kingdom ({{coord|55|03|48|N|1|23|59|W}}) with the loss of seven of her 22 crew.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{HMS|Napia||6}}

|flag={{naval|UK}}

|desc=World War II: The tug struck a mine and sank in The Downs, off Deal, Kent ({{coord|51|15|45|N|1|25|00|E}}) with the loss of all eight crew.{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?73564 |title=SS Napia (+1939) |publisher=Wrecksite |access-date=30 November 2011}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship= {{SS|Vega|1897|2}}

|flag={{Flag|Sweden}}

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was damaged by a mine off Terschelling. She was beached on 21 December near IJmuiden, North Holland but was declared a total loss. Her seventeen crew were rescued by {{SS|Venern|1921|2}} ({{flag|Sweden}}).

}}

21 December

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|ship= {{HMS|Bayonet}}

|flag={{naval|United Kingdom}}

|desc=World War II: The {{sclass2|Net|boom defence vessel}} struck a mine and sank in the Firth of Forth off Leith, Midlothian with the loss of three of her 31 crew.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship= {{SS|Carl Henckel|1882|2}}

|flag={{Flag|Sweden}}

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship struck a mine and sank in the North Sea {{convert|90|nmi|km}} off Aberdeen, United Kingdome ({{coord|57|00|N|0|17|E}}) with the loss of ten crew and 2 of the 3 survivors of {{SS|Mars|1898|2}} ({{flag|Sweden}}). Survivors were rescued by {{SS|Hop|1916|2}} ({{flag|Norway}}).{{cite web|url= http://www.warsailors.com/singleships/hop.html |title= D/S Hop |publisher=Warsailors |access-date=15 January 2012}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{SS|Comitas|1905|2}}

|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Italy|civil}}

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship struck a mine and was damaged in the North Sea off the coast of Belgium. She was beached off Vlissingen, Zeeland, Netherlands. There were no casualties and 28 survivors. She later broke in two, a total loss.{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?690 |title=SS Comitas (+1939) |publisher=Wrecksite |access-date=30 November 2011}}{{cite web |url=http://conlapelleappesaaunchiodo.blogspot.com/2014/02/cronologia-delle-perdite_14.html |title=Italian Losses |publisher=conlapelleappesaaunchiodo.blogspot.com |access-date=19 November 2019}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{ship|ST|Danube IV||2}}

|flag={{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}

|desc=The tug collided with {{SS|Southern Prince|1929|2}} ({{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}) in the Clyde and sank.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{SS|Mars|1882|2}}

|flag={{flag|Sweden}}

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the North Sea off the Isle of May, Fife, United kingdom ({{coord|57|00|N|0|20|E}}) by {{GS|U-21|1936|2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}). Three of her nineteen crew were rescued by {{SS|Carl Henckel|1882|2}} ({{flag|Sweden}}), but two of them were killed when she was sunk just after, leaving only one survivor.{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?11316 |title=SS Mars (+1939) |publisher=Wrecksite |access-date=30 November 2011}}{{cite web |url=http://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/156.html |title=Mars |publisher=Uboat |access-date=3 February 2012}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship= {{SS|Rudolf|1893|2}}

|flag={{Flag|Norway}}

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the North Sea ({{coord|58|07|N|1|32|E}}) by {{GS|U-46|1938|2}} ({{Navy|Nazi Germany}}) with the loss of six of her thirteen crew. Survivors were rescued by {{SS|Biarritz|1922|2}} and {{SS|Bjerka|1915|2}} (both {{flag|Norway}}).{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?11094 |title=SS Rudolf (+1939) |publisher=Wrecksite |access-date=30 November 2011}}{{cite web |url=http://www.warsailors.com/singleships/rudolf.html |title=D/S Rudolf |publisher=Warsailors |access-date=7 February 2012}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{SS|Southern Prince|1929|2}}

|flag={{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}

|desc=The cargo ship collided with {{ship|ST|Danube IV||2}} ({{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}) in the Clyde and was beached. She was refloated on 23 December, repaired and returned to service. }}

22 December

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{HMT|Dromio}}

|flag={{naval|UK}}

|desc=The naval trawler collided with {{SS|Valentino||2}} ({{flagcountry|Kingdom of Italy|civil}}) and sank in the North Sea off Whitby, Yorkshire.{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?65801 |title=HMT Dromio (+1939) |publisher=Wrecksite |access-date=30 November 2011}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{SS|Gryfevale|1929|2}}

|flag={{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship struck a mine and was damaged in the North Sea off Whitby. She was beached in the River Tyne.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship= {{SS|Longships|1917|2}}

|flag={{Flag|United Kingdom|civil}}

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship ran aground on the Seven Stones Reef, between Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly. Her crew were rescued by the St Mary's lifeboat {{ship|RNLB|Cunard||2}} (25px Royal National Lifeboat Institution). She broke in two a week later.{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?75764 |title=SS Longships (+1939) |publisher=Wrecksite |access-date=30 November 2011}}

}}

23 December

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|ship= {{HMS|Glen Albyn||6}}

|flag={{naval|United Kingdom}}

|desc=World War II: The naval trawler struck a mine and sank in Loch Ewe.{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?12856 |title=HMT Glen Albyn (+1939) |publisher=Wrecksite |access-date=30 November 2011}}{{cite web |title=HMS Glen Albyn |url=https://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/159.html |website=uboat.net |access-date=27 July 2021}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship= {{HMS|Dolphin|1924|2}}

|flag={{flag|United Kingdom|government}}

|desc=World War II: The decommissioned former repair ship (3,099 GRT, 1902) struck a mine and sank in the North Sea ({{coord|55|06|05|N|01|27|09|W}}) whilst under tow to be sunk as a blockship. All seven crew were rescued.{{cite web |url=http://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/3575.html |title=HMS Dolphin |publisher=Uboat |access-date=3 February 2012}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{SS|Kizilrmak|1898|2}}

|flag={{flag|Turkey}}

|desc=The cargo ship sank in the Black Sea {{convert|6|nmi|km}} off the Sinop Lighthouse.{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?136306 |title=SS Kizilrmak (+1939) |publisher=Wrecksite |access-date=30 November 2011}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship= {{HMT|Promotive}}

|flag={{naval|UK}}

|desc=World War II: The auxiliary minesweeper struck a mine and sank in Loch Ewe.{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?12855 |title=HMT Promotive (+1939) |publisher=Wrecksite |access-date=30 November 2011}} }}{{cite web |title=HMS Promotive |url=https://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/158.html |website=uboat.net |access-date=27 July 2021}}

25 December

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|ship={{MV|Edenwood|1938|2}}

|flag={{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}

|desc=The collier collided with {{HMS|Derbyshire|N90|6}} ({{naval|UK}}) and sank in the English Channel east of Bembridge, Isle of Wight.{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?11575 |title=MV Edenwood (+1939) |publisher=Wrecksite |access-date=30 November 2011}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{SS|Lappen|1893|2}}

|flag={{flag|Norway}}

|desc=The cargo ship was sunk by an explosion in the Norwegian Sea {{convert|10|nmi|km}} off Bergen. Her crew were rescued by {{HNoMS|Fridtjof Nansen|1930|6}} ({{navy|Norway}}). The explosion was later attributed to barratry.{{cite web |url=http://www.warsailors.com/singleships/lappen.html |title=D/S Lappen |publisher=Warsailors |access-date=26 January 2011}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship= {{HMT|Loch Doon}}

|flag={{naval|United Kingdom}}

|desc=World War II: The auxiliary minesweeper struck a mine and sank in the North Sea {{convert|8|nmi|km}} off Blyth, Northumberland with the loss of all fifteen crew.{{cite web |title=HMS Loch Doon (FY 127) |url=https://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/160.html |website=uboat.net |access-date=27 July 2021}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship= {{SS|Stanholme|1927|2}}

|flag={{Flag|United Kingdom|civil}}

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship struck a mine and sank in the Bristol Channel ({{coord|51|20|N|3|39|W}}) with the loss of thirteen of her 24 crew. Survivors were rescued by {{SS|Liv|1896|2}} ({{flag|Norway}}).{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?12888 |title=SS Stanholme (+1939) |publisher=Wrecksite |access-date=30 November 2011}}{{cite web |url=http://www.warsailors.com/singleships/liv.html |title=D/S Liv |publisher=Warsailors |access-date=26 January 2011}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{SS|Tanger|1923|2}}

|flag={{flagcountry|Nazi Germany}}

|desc=The cargo ship (1,742 GRT, 1923) collided with Vulkan ({{flagcountry|Nazi Germany}}) and sank in the North Sea off Brunsbüttel.{{cite book |title=The World's Merchant Fleets, 1939 |first=Roger |last=Jordan |publisher=Chatham Publishing |location=London |year=1999 |page=465 |isbn=1-86176-023-X}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{SS|Torwood|1921|2}}

|flag={{flag|Norway}}

|desc=World War II: The coaster struck a mine in the North Sea west of Karmøy and was damaged. She sank the next day with the loss of four of her eleven crew. Survivors were rescued by {{SS|Hild|1919|2}} ({{flag|Norway}}).{{cite web |url=http://www.warsailors.com/homefleet/shipst2.html |title=Norwegian Homefleet - WW II, Ships starting with To through Ty |publisher=Warsailors |access-date=11 February 2012}}

}}

26 December

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|ship= {{SS|Glücksburg|1920|2}}

|flag={{flagcountry|Nazi Germany}}

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was intercepted by {{HMS|Wishart}} ({{naval|UK}}) and deliberately ran aground by her crew near the Chipiona Lightship ({{flag|Spain|1938}}) off Sanlúcar de Barrameda, Spain. All crew were rescued by the fishing boat Ciudad de Melilla ({{flag|Spain|1938}}). Glücksberg broke up on 4 January 1940, a total loss.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{HMS|Triumph|N18|6}}

|flag={{naval|UK}}

|desc=World War II: The T-class submarine struck a mine in the North Sea. She was severely damaged, losing {{convert|18|ft|m}} of her bow. Repairs took until 27 September 1940 to complete.

}}

27 December

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{SS|Stanholme||2}}

|flag={{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship struck a mine and sank in the North Sea off the coast of Norway with the loss of fourteen of her 25 crew. The survivors were rescued by a Norwegian ship. (Look 25/12/1939)

}}

28 December

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|ship= {{HMT|Barbara Robertson}}

|flag={{naval|United Kingdom}}

|desc=World War II: The {{sclass|Mersey|trawler|1}} was shelled and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean {{convert|35|nmi|km}} north west of the Butt of Lewis by {{GS|U-30|1936|2}} ({{Navy|Nazi Germany}}) with the loss of one of her seventeen crew. Survivors were rescued by {{HMS|Isis|D87|6}} ({{naval|UK}}).{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?12845 |title=HMT Barbara Robertson (+1939) |publisher=Wrecksite |access-date=30 November 2011}}{{cite web |title=HMS Barbara Robertson |url=https://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/163.html |website=uboat.net |access-date=27 July 2021}}

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|ship= {{SS|Hanne|1905|2}}

|flag={{Flag|Denmark}}

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship struck a mine and sank in the North Sea {{convert|1|nmi|km}} east of Blyth, Northumberland, United Kingdom ({{coord|55|06|25|N|01|29|14|W}}} with the loss of fifteen of her 40 crew.

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|ship={{HMT|Resercho||2}}

|flag={{Flag|United Kingdom|civil}}

|desc=World War II: The trawler (258 GRT, 1917) struck a mine and sank in the North Sea {{convert|6|nmi|km}} off Flamborough Head, Yorkshire. Her ten crew were rescued.{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?12791 |title=FV Resercho (GY1103) ? (+1939) |publisher=Wrecksite |access-date=30 November 2011}}{{cite web |title=Resercho |url=https://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/162.html |website=uboat.net |access-date=13 August 2021}}

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29 December

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|ship={{MV|Cabo San Antonio|1930|2}}

|flag={{flag|Spain|1938}}

|desc=The cargo liner (12,275 GRT, 1930) caught fire in the Atlantic Ocean {{convert|400|nmi|km}} west of Conakry, French Guinea ({{Coord|10|01|N|21|00|W}}) and was abandoned with the loss of five passengers. Survivors were rescued by Cassard ({{navy|France}}). Cabo San Antonio was scuttled by the French destroyer on 31 December as she became a danger to navigation.{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?135819 |title=MV Cabo San Antonio (+1939) |publisher=Wrecksite |access-date=30 November 2011}}{{cite book |title=The World's Merchant Fleets, 1939 |first=Roger |last=Jordan |publisher=Chatham publishing |location=London |year=1999 |page=570 |isbn=1-86176-023-X}}

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|ship={{SS|Neptun|1912|2}}

|flag={{flagcountry|Nazi Germany}}

|desc=The coaster ran aground in the Kattegat off Varberg, Sweden and was wrecked.

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|ship= {{SS|Wilpas|1909|2}}

|flag={{Flag|Finland}}

|desc=World War II: Winter War: The coaster was sunk by gunfire in the Gulf of Bothnia off Vaasa by {{ship|Soviet submarine|ShhC-311||2}} ({{Navy|Soviet Union|1935}}).

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30 December

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|ship={{SS|Telma|1883|2}}

|flag={{flag|Finland}}

|desc=The cargo ship was sunk by ice in the Gulf of Bothnia off Oulu. Her fifteen crew were rescued.{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?132028 |title=SS Telma (+1939) |publisher=www.wrecksite.eu |access-date=30 December 2020}}{{cite web |url=https://www.vesimiehet.fi/toiminta/sukelluskohteet/telma/ |title=Telma |date=10 August 2009 |publisher=www.vesimiehet.fi |access-date=30 December 2020}}

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|ship={{ship|German patrol boat|V 704 Claus Wish||2}}

|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}

|desc=World War II: The {{sclass|Einswarden|naval trawler|1}}/vorpostenboot ran aground east of Trelleborg, Sweden, possibly after hitting a mine. Her crew were rescued, except for two men. She was a total loss.{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?16496 |title=V-704 (Claus Wisch) (+1939) |publisher=Wrecksite |access-date=30 November 2011}}

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31 December

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|ship= Adeline

|flag={{flag|Belgium}}

|desc=World War II: The fishing vessel was bombed and sunk in the North Sea off the Noordhinder Lightship ({{flag|Netherlands}}).{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?37196 |title=Adeline (P-50) (+1939) |publisher=Wrecksite |access-date=30 November 2011}}

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|ship= {{SS|Box Hill||2}}

|flag={{Flag|United Kingdom|civil}}

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship struck a mine and sank in the North Sea off the Humber Lightship (22px Trinity House) ({{coord|53|32|N|0|24|E}}) with the loss of twenty of her 32 crew. Survivors were rescued by {{HMS|Ivanhoe|D16|6}} ({{naval|UK}}) and another ship.{{cite web| url=http://www.naval-history.net/xDKWW2-3910-07OCT02.htm |title=Naval Events, October 1939, Part 2 of 2, Sunday 15th - Tuesday 31st |publisher=Naval History |access-date=3 December 2011}} The wreck was dispersed by explosives in 1952.{{cite book |title=The World's Merchant Fleets, 1939 |first=Roger |last=Jordan |publisher=Chatham Publishing |location=London |year=1999 |page=488 |isbn=1-86176-023-X}}

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|ship= {{SS|Luna|1911|2}}

|flag={{Flag|Norway}}

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the North Sea ({{coord|58|48|N|3|20|E}}) by {{GS|U-32|1937|2}} ({{Navy|Nazi Germany}}). Her crew were rescued by {{SS|Colombia|1893|2}} ({{flag|Norway}}).{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?11076 |title=SS Luna (+1939) |publisher=Wrecksite |access-date=30 November 2011}} }}{{cite web |title=Luna |url=https://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/166.html |website=uboat.net |access-date=21 July 2021}}

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|ship= {{ship|Finnish minelayer|Kiviniemi||2}}

|flag={{navy|Finland|name=Merivoimat}}

|desc=Winter War: The minelayer was sunk in early December by an explosion of one of her mines while being placed. Four of her crew were killed.{{cite web |url=http://kotisivut.fonet.fi/~aromaa/Navygallery/Background/Wartime/winter.htm |title=Finnish Navy in the Winter War |publisher=Kotisivat.fonet |access-date=3 January 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304002553/http://kotisivut.fonet.fi/~aromaa/Navygallery/Background/Wartime/winter.htm |archive-date=4 March 2016 |url-status=dead }}

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|ship= {{ship||Maud Mary|schooner|2}}

|flag={{flag|Poland|state}}

|desc=The schooner sank in Poole Bay.{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?78787 |title=Maud Mary (+1939) |publisher=Wrecksite |access-date=30 November 2011}}

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References

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