List of shipwrecks in February 1940#24 February

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|ship={{SS|Ellen M.|1938|2}}

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

|desc=World War II: The coaster was torpedoed and sunk in the North Sea ({{coord|52|33|N|2|15|E}}) by {{GS|U-59|1939|2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}) with the loss of all nine crew.{{cite web |url=http://www.naval-history.net/xDKWW2-4002-11FEB01.htm |title=Naval Events, February 1940, Part 1 of 2, Thursday 1st - Wednesday 14th |publisher=Naval History |access-date=16 November 2011}}{{cite web |url=http://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/224.html |title=Ellen M. |publisher=Uboat |access-date=15 February 2012}}

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

|flag={{flag|Sweden}}

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the North Sea off New Aberdour, Morayshire, United Kingdom ({{coord|57|43|N|2|06|W}}) by {{GS|U-13|1935|2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}) with the loss of nine of her 23 crew. Survivors were rescued by {{HMS|Khartoum|F45|6}} and {{HMT|Viking Deeps}} (both {{naval|UK}}).{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?61968 |title=SS Fram (bow Section) (+1940) |publisher=Wrecksite |access-date=8 November 2011}}Fram{{Circular reference|date=February 2021}}{{cite web |url=https://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ship/225.html |title=Fram |publisher=uboat.net |access-date=23 November 2020}}

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

|flag={{Flag|France}}

|desc=The tanker struck a submerged object in the Atlantic Ocean {{convert|450|nmi|km}} north west of the Azores, Portugal ({{coord|39|00|N|39|30|W}}) and broke in two. The bow section sank. Seven crew and five gunners were lost. There were 28 survivors. The stern section was towed to Oran, Algeria in April 1940. Surviving wartime damage, it was sold to Norway in 1949, a new bow section was built and she returned to service as Sirefjell.{{cite web |url=http://www.warsailors.com/freefleet/norfleetk.html |title=Norwegian Merchant Ships 1939 - 1945, Ships beginning with K |publisher=www.warsailors.com |access-date=27 January 2021}}{{cite book |title=The world's merchant fleets, 1939 |first=Roger |last=Jordan |publisher=Chatham publishing |location=London |year=1999 |page=456 |isbn=1-86176-023-X}}{{cite web |url=https://memorial-national-des-marins.fr/c/3315-picardie |title=Picardie |publisher=memorial-national-des-marins.fr |access-date=27 January 2021}}

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|ship={{SS|British Councillor|1922|2}}

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

|desc=World War II: Convoy AN 8442: The tanker struck a mine and was damaged in the North Sea off Withernsea, Yorkshire ({{coord|53|48|N|2|25|E}}). All 43 crew members were rescued by {{HMS|Gallant|H59|6}}, {{HMS|Griffin|H31|6}} and {{HMS|Whitley|L23|6}} (all {{naval|UK}}). The tug {{ship|ST|Yorkshireman||2}} ({{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}) was despatched to tow British Councillor into port, but she sank the next day.{{cite web |url=https://www.krigsseilerregisteret.no/en/skip/558914/ |title=British Councillor |publisher=www.krigsseilerregisteret.no |access-date=29 January 2021}}{{cite web |url=https://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?68672 |title=British Councillor |publisher=www.wrecksite.eu |access-date=29 January 2021}}

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

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

|desc=World War II: The coastal tanker was torpedoed and sunk in the North Sea off Lowestoft, Suffolk ({{coord|52|33|N|2|25|E}}) by {{GS|U-59|1939|2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}) with the loss of all seventeen crew.{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?9820 |title=SS Creofield (+1940) |publisher=Wrecksite |access-date=4 November 2011}}{{cite web |url=https://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ship/226.html |title=Creofield |publisher=uboat.net |access-date=29 January 2021}}

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

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

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the North Sea off Great Yarmouth, Norfolk ({{coord|52|40|N|2|13|E}}) by {{GS|U-59|1939|2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}) with the loss of two of her eleven crew. Survivors were rescued by {{SS|Oscar Midling||2}} ({{flag|Finland}}).{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Two Killed In Mined Steamer |date=6 February 1940 |page=8 |issue=48532 |column=F }}{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?9874 |title= SS Portelet (+1940) |publisher=Wrecksite |access-date=21 October 2011}}{{cite web |url=https://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ship/227.html |title=Portelet |publisher=uboat.net |access-date=29 January 2021}}

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

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

|desc=The coaster ran aground at Azemmour, Morocco and was wrecked.{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?159074 |title=SS Teresa (+1940) |publisher=Wrecksite |access-date=14 November 2011}}

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{{shipwreck list begin |date=3 February 1940 |sort=}}

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|ship={{SS|Armanistan|1937|2}}

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

|desc=World War II: Convoy OG 16: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk off the mouth of the Tagus ({{coord|38|15|N|11|15|W}}) by {{GS|U-25|1936|2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}). All 54 crew were rescued by {{SS|Monte Abril|1930|2}} ({{flag|Spain|1938}}).{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?15157 |title=SS Armanistan (+1940) |publisher=Wrecksite |access-date=2 November 2011}}{{cite web |url=https://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ship/230.html |title=Armanistan |publisher=uboat.net |access-date=29 January 2021}}

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|ship={{SS|Beechwood|1939|2}}

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

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was bombed and shelled in the North Sea {{convert|3|nmi|km}} east of the Smith's Knoll Lightship (22px Trinity House) by Luftwaffe aircraft. Beechwood was on a voyage from the River Tyne to Gibraltar. She became waterlogged and put in to the River Thames in a sinking condition. Subsequently 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=84 }}

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

|flag={{flag|Belgium}}

|desc=The cargo ship was driven ashore by bad weather in Saltwick Bay near Whitby, Yorkshire, United Kingdom ({{coord|54|29|24|N|0|35|00|W}}) with the loss of six of her ten crew.{{csr|register=MSI|id=1118482|shipname=Charles |access-date=16 January 2020}}{{cite web |url=https://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?15340 |title=Charles |publisher=www.wrecksite.eu |access-date=28 January 2021}}{{cite web |url=http://www.droog-mag.nl/koopvaarderij-en-visserij.pdf |title=Dutch losses, 1939-1940 |publisher=www.droog-mag.nl |access-date=28 January 2021}}{{cite web |url=https://rnliarchive.blob.core.windows.net/media/1674/1940wys.pdf |title=RNLI Services 1940 |publisher=rnliarchive.blob.core.windows.net |access-date=28 January 2021}}

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|ship={{SS|Pallas|Danzig, 1922|2}}

|flag={{flag|Norway}}

|desc=The coaster collided in the North Sea off Haugesund, Rogaland with {{SS|Wipunen|1913|2}} ({{flag|Finland}}) and sank. All seventeen people aboard were rescued by Wipunen.{{cite web |url=http://www.warsailors.com/homefleet/shipsp.html |title=Norwegian Homefleet - WW II, Ships starting with P |publisher=www.warsailors.com |access-date=29 January 2021}}Pallas{{Circular reference|date=June 2022}}{{Circular reference|date=February 2021}}

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

|flag={{flag|Estonia}}

|desc=World War II: The coaster was torpedoed and sunk in the North Sea east of the Orkney Islands, United Kingdom by {{GS|U-58|1939|2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}) with the loss of all eighteen crew.{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?13029 |title=SS Reet (+1940) |publisher=www.wrecksite.eu |access-date=29 January 2021}}{{cite web |url=https://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ship/229.html |title=Reet |publisher=uboat.net |access-date=29 January 2021}}{{cite web |url=https://www.isik.ee/foorum/viewtopic.php?t=5787 |title=Estonian crew lists |publisher=www.isik.ee |access-date=29 January 2021}}

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|ship={{HMS|Sphinx|J69|6}}

|flag={{naval|UK}}

|desc=World War II: The {{sclass|Halcyon|minesweeper}} was bombed and damaged in the North Sea off Kinnaird Head, Aberdeenshire by Heinkel He 111 aircraft of Kampfgeschwader 26, Luftwaffe with the loss of 55 crew. She was taken in tow by {{HMS|Speedwell|J87|6}} ({{naval|UK}}) but the tow parted. HMS Speedwell and {{HMS|Harrier|1934|6}} ({{naval|UK}}) then attempted to take HMS Sphinx in tow but were unsuccessful. The survivors were rescued by {{HMS|Boreas|H77|6}} ({{naval|UK}}). HMS Sphinx capsized the next day and drifted ashore. She was declared a total loss.{{cite web |url=https://www.naval-history.net/xDKCas1940-02FEB.htm |title=Royal Navy casualties, February 1940 |publisher=www.naval-history.net |access-date=3 February 2020}}

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|ship={{SS|Tempo|1903|2}}

|flag={{flag|Norway}}

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was bombed and sunk in the North Sea off St Abb's Head, Berwickshire, United Kingdom {{coord|55|59|N|1|35|W}} by Heinkel He 111 aircraft of Kampfgeschwader 26, Luftwaffe. All fifteen crew left the ship safely in two lifeboats. The nine men in the first were rescued by the lifeboat Frank and William Oates (file:Flag of the Royal National Lifeboat Institution.svg Royal National Lifeboat Institution), but the other capsized in the breakers while trying to reach land at Berwick upon Tweed, Northumberland with the loss of five of the six men aboard.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Norwegian Ship Sunk By Bombs |date=5 February 1940 |page=6 |issue=48531 |column=E }}{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?64283 |title= SS Tempo ? (+1940) |publisher=Wrecksite |access-date=21 October 2011}}{{cite web |url=https://www.warsailors.com/singleships/tempo.html |title=Tempo |publisher=www.warsailors.com |access-date=29 January 2021}}

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{{shipwreck list begin |date=4 February 1940 |sort=}}

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|ship={{MV|Eminent|1939|2}}

|flag={{flag|Belgium}}

|desc=The cargo ship ran aground on the east coast of the United Kingdom. All eleven crew were rescued by the lifeboat Augustus and Laura (file:Flag of the Royal National Lifeboat Institution.svg Royal National Lifeboat Institution). The ship was raised and resumed service, being lost in 1941.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Crews Rescued From Ships Aground |date=6 February 1940 |page=2 |issue=48532 |column=G }}{{cite web |url=https://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?9928 |title=Eminent |publisher=www.wrecksite.eu |access-date=29 January 2021}}

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

|flag={{flag|Netherlands}}

|desc=The coaster ran aground in the Thames Estuary near the Kentish Knock Lightship (22px Trinity House) and was wrecked. All seven crew were rescued, one of them after drifting three days.{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?12661 |title=MV Flores (+1940) |publisher=www.wrecksite.eu |access-date=28 January 2021}}{{cite web |url=https://www.marhisdata.nl/schip&id=2244 |title=Flores |publisher=www.marhisdata.nl |access-date=29 January 2021}}

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

|flag={{flag|Norway}}

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the North Sea ({{coord|58|55|N|0|14|W}}) by {{GS|U-37|1938|2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}) with the loss of all seventeen crew.{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?11283 |title=SS Hop (+1940) |publisher=Wrecksite |access-date=9 November 2011}}{{cite web |url=https://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ship/231.html |title=Hop |publisher=uboat.net |access-date=29 January 2021}}{{cite web |url=https://www.warsailors.com/singleships/tempo.html |title=Hop |publisher=www.warsailors.com |access-date=29 January 2021}}

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|ship={{SS|Leo Dawson|1918|2}}

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

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the North Sea east of the Shetland Islands ({{coord|60|10|N|0|39|W}}) by {{GS|U-37|1938|2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}) with the loss of all 35 crew.{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?11284 |title=SS Leo Dawson (+1940) |publisher=Wrecksite |access-date=10 November 2011}}{{cite web |url=https://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ship/232.html |title=Leo Dawson |publisher=uboat.net |access-date=29 January 2021}}

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

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

|desc=World War II: Convoy OB 84: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean south west of Cornwall ({{coord|49|20|N|10|07|W}}) by {{GS|U-41|1939|2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}) with the loss of one of her 77 crew. Survivors were rescued by {{SS|Narraganset|1936|2}} ({{flag|United States|1912}}).{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Canadian Liner Sunk |date=6 February 1940 |page=8 |issue=48532 |column=F }}{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?11558 |title= SS Beaverburn ? (OA-84) (+1940) |publisher=Wrecksite |access-date=21 October 2011}}{{cite web |url=https://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ship/234.html |title=Beaverburn |publisher=uboat.net |access-date=29 January 2021}}

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|ship={{MV|Ceronia|1939|2}}

|flag={{flag|Netherlands}}

|desc=World War II: The tanker was torpedoed and damaged in the Atlantic Ocean south west of the Isles of Scilly, United Kingdom by {{GS|U-41|1939|}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}). Subsequently repaired and returned to service.{{cite book |first=Roger |last=Jordan |year= 1999 |title=The World's Merchant Ships 1939 |place=London |publisher=Chatham House |isbn=1 86176 023 X |page=279 }}

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|ship={{ship||Karen|schooner|2}}

|flag={{flag|Denmark}}

|desc=The schooner was sunk in the North Sea off Methil, Fife, United Kingdom by an accidental engine explosion. Two crew were killed, seven survived.{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?62745 |title=Karen (+1940) |publisher=www.wrecksite.eu |access-date=29 January 2021}}{{cite web |url=https://www.sbib.dk/files/bibliotek/statistik/1940.pdf |title=Danish losses 1940 |publisher=www.sbib.dk |access-date=29 January 2021}}

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|ship={{GS|U-41|1939|2}}

|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}

|desc=World War II: The Type IXA submarine was depth charged and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean ({{coord|49|21|N|10|04|W}}) by {{HMS|Antelope|H36|6}} ({{naval|UK}}) with the loss of all 49 crew.{{cite web |url=https://uboat.net/boats/u41.htm |title=U-41|publisher=uboat.net |access-date=29 January 2021}}

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

|flag={{flag|Estonia}}

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship struck a mine off the mouth of the Tay and sank, killing the master, his wife and five crewmembers of the nineteen people on board.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Twelve Hours Adrift On A Raft |date=8 February 1940 |page=8 |issue=48534 |column=G }}{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?62808 |title= SS Anu (+1940) |publisher=Wrecksite |access-date=21 October 2011}}{{cite web |url=https://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ship/235.html |title=Anu |publisher=uboat.net |access-date=29 January 2021}}

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

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

|desc=The cargo ship ran aground at the mouth of the Guadalquivir near Bonanza and was wrecked. Her crew were rescued.{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?94811 |title=SS Delfina (+1940) |publisher=www.wrecksite.eu |access-date=29 January 2021}}{{cite web |url=https://www.practicosdepuerto.es/sites/default/files/el-otro-delfina.pdf |title=Delfina |publisher=www.practicosdepuerto.es |access-date=29 January 2021}}

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

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

|desc=The cargo ship ran aground on Forewick Holm, off Melby, Shetland Islands ({{coord|60|19|08|N|1|39|35|W}}). All 35 crew survived. She was declared a constructive total loss.{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?59855 |title=SS Highcliffe (+1940) |publisher=www.wrecksite.eu |access-date=29 January 2021}}{{cite book |title=The World's Merchant Fleets, 1939 |first=Roger |last=Jordan |publisher=Chatham Publishing |location=London |year=1999 |page=483 |isbn=1-86176-023-X}}

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|ship={{SS|Verbormilia|1907|2}}

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

|desc=The cargo ship ran aground at Fast Castle Point, Berwickshire ({{coord|55|56|10|N|1|14|30|w}}) and was wrecked. All 32 people aboard were rescued by the lifeboats Annie Ronald and Isabella Forrest (both file:Flag of the Royal National Lifeboat Institution.svg Royal National Lifeboat Institution).{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?10949 |title=SS Verbormilia (+1940) |publisher=www.wrecksite.eu |access-date=29 January 2021}}

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|ship={{ship|French minesweeper|Veteran||2}}

|flag={{navy|France}}

|desc=The auxiliary minesweeper collided with Alert ({{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}) in the English Channel off Cap Griz Nez, Pas-de-Calais ({{coord|58|50|20|N|1|43|54|E}}) and sank. Her crew were rescued.{{cite web |url=https://wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?257168 |title=Veteran |publisher=www.wrecksite.eu |access-date=29 January 2021}}

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

|flag={{flag|Sweden}}

|desc=Winter War: The coaster was bombed by Soviet Air Force aircraft on 5 February when at anchor at Berghamn, Åland and was damaged by near misses. Damage seemed minor and she sailed during the night to Gärso where the crew went ashore. In the morning she suddenly heeled over to starboard and sank 20 minutes later. There were no casualties.{{cite web |url=http://www.wlb-stuttgart.de/seekrieg/40-02.htm |title=1940 Februar |publisher=Württembergische Landesbibliothek |language=de |access-date=5 March 2015}}{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Swedish Ship Sunk By Red Bombers |date=7 February 1940 |page=8 |issue=48533 |column=D }}{{cite web |url=http://wio.ru/fleet/sunk/baltic.htm |title=ships sunk in the Baltic by soviet aircraft |publisher=Rufleet |access-date=14 February 2019}}{{cite book |title=Handelsflottan under andra världskriget |first=Lennart |last=Lundberg |year=2007 |page=84 |isbn=978-91-85671-20-5}}

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

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

|desc=The cargo ship ran aground at Boddam, Aberdeenshire ({{coord|57|28|15|N|1|46|30|W}}) and broke in two. All 33 crew were rescued by Coastguard life-saving apparatus. She was declared a total loss.{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?62062 |title=SS Zitella (+1940) |publisher=www.wrecksite.eu |access-date=31 January 2021}}{{cite web |url=http://www.clydeships.co.uk/view.php?a1PageSize=75&ship_listPage=1&ship_listPageSize=75&a1Order=Sorter_name&a1Dir=ASC&a1Page=546&ref=50053&vessel=ZITELLA |title=Zitella |publisher=www.clydeships.co.uk |access-date=31 January 2021}}

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

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

|desc=The cargo ship ran aground and was wrecked near Port Eynon, Glamorgan. Her 37 crew were rescued by the Mumbles Lifeboat.{{cite web |url=http://www.swanseadocks.co.uk/Gower%20wrecks%20Rons%20write-up%20site.pdf |title=A Chronology of Bristol Channel Shipwrecks |first=Ron |last=Tovey |publisher=Swansea Docks |access-date=23 December 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141222065415/http://www.swanseadocks.co.uk/Gower%20wrecks%20Rons%20write-up%20site.pdf |archive-date=22 December 2014 }}

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|ship={{MV|Munster|1937|2}}

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

|desc=World War II: The ferry struck a mine and sank in Liverpool Bay ({{coord|53|56|N|3|24|W}}). All 235 people aboard were rescued by {{SS|Ringwall|1921|2}} ({{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}).{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Passenger Ship Sunk |date=8 February 1940 |page=8 |issue=48534 |column=G }}{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?10322 |title= MV Munster (+1940) |publisher=Wrecksite |access-date=21 October 2011}}{{cite web|title=Remember|url=http://lugnad.ie/munster/|work=Ireland's WW2 losses|publisher=Journal of Research on Irish Maritime History|access-date=1 May 2015}}{{cite web |url=https://plimsoll.southampton.gov.uk/shipdata/pdfs/38/38b0619.pdf |title=Lloyd's Register, Navires a Vapeur et a Moteurs |publisher=Plimsoll Ship Data |access-date=5 February 2012}}{{cite web |url=https://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ship/236.html |title=Munster |publisher=uboat.net |access-date=31 January 2021}}

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|ship={{SS|Poling Brothers No. 2||2}}

|flag={{flag|United States|1912}}

|desc=The tanker sank without loss of life in {{convert|65|ft|m|0}} of water in Long Island Sound north of Glen Cove, Long Island, New York, and {{convert|1.5|nmi}} south of Great Captain Island off Greenwich, Connecticut, at {{coord|40|57.350|N|073|37.500|W|name=Poling Brothers No. 2}} after striking pack ice.[https://njscuba.net/sites/site_li_sound.php#Poling njscuba.net Poling Brothers #2]{{Cite web| url=https://wreckhunter.net/DataPages/polingbrothers-dat.htm |title=Poling Brothers #2 | publisher=Hunting New England Shipwrecks |access-date=26 January 2021 }}

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|ship=Agnes Allen

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

|desc=World War II: The fishing trawler struck a mine and sank in the Irish Sea. She was on a voyage from Holyhead, Anglesey to Workington, Cumberland. Six crew were killed.{{cite web |url=https://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?31292 |title=Agnes Allen |publisher=www.wrecksite.eu |access-date=25 October 2019}}

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

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

|desc=World War II: Convoy HG 53: The cargo ship was bombed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean ({{coord|35|42|N|14|38|W}}) by Focke-Wulf Fw 200 Condor aircraft of the Luftwaffe with the loss of one of her 37 crew.{{cite book |title=The World's Merchant Fleets, 1939 |first=Roger |last=Jordan |publisher=Chatham Publishing |location=London |year=1999 |page=489 |isbn=1-86176-023-X}}

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

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

|desc=World War II: The refrigerated cargo ship struck a mine and sank in the Irish Sea off Liverpool, Lancashire with the loss of two of her 64 crew. Survivors were rescued by {{HMT|Loch Montreith|FY135|6}} ({{naval|UK}}).{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Glasgow Steamer Sunk |date=10 February 1940 |page=6 |issue=48536 |column=G }}{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?67729 |title= SS Chagres (+1940) |publisher=Wrecksite |access-date=21 October 2011}}{{cite web |url=http://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/237.html |title=Chagres |publisher=uboat.net |access-date=31 January 2021}}

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|ship=Chaumoise

|flag={{flag|France}}

|desc=The motorboat struck rocks off Les Sables d'Olonne, Vendée and was wrecked. Hwe crew were rescued.{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?132684 |title=SS Chaumoise (+1940) |publisher=www.wrecksite.eu |access-date=31 January 2021}}{{cite web |url=https://etatcivil-archives.vendee.fr/arkotheque/visionneuse/visionneuse.php?arko=YTo4OntzOjQ6ImRhdGUiO3M6MTA6IjIwMjEtMDEtMzEiO3M6MTA6InR5cGVfZm9uZHMiO3M6MTE6ImFya29fc2VyaWVsIjtzOjQ6InJlZjEiO2k6NDtzOjQ6InJlZjIiO3M6NToiMzk1MjgiO3M6MTY6ImJvcm5lX3BhZ2VfZGVidXQiO2k6MTtzOjE0OiJib3JuZV9wYWdlX2ZpbiI7aToxMjY7czoxNjoidmlzaW9ubmV1c2VfaHRtbCI7YjoxO3M6MjE6InZpc2lvbm5ldXNlX2h0bWxfbW9kZSI7czo0OiJwcm9kIjt9 |title=Journal des Sables, 16-02-1940|publisher=etatcivil-archives.vendee.fr |access-date=31 January 2021}}

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|ship={{HMT|Fort Royal}}

|flag={{naval|UK}}

|desc=World War II: The naval trawler was bombed and sunk in the North Sea north east of Aberdeen by Heinkel He 111 aircraft of Kampfgeschwader 26, Luftwaffe with the loss of six crew. Survivors were rescued by {{HMT|Ohm}} and {{HMT|Thomas Altoft}} (both {{naval|UK}}).

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|ship={{HMT|Robert Bowen}}

|flag={{naval|UK}}

|desc=World War II: The {{sclass2|Castle|trawler|1}} was bombed and sunk in the North Sea {{convert|20|nmi|km}} north east of Aberdeen by Heinkel He 111 aircraft of Kampfgeschwader 26, Luftwaffe with the loss of all sixteen crew.{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?165595 |title= HMT Robert Bowen (+1940) |publisher=Wrecksite |access-date=21 October 2011}}{{cite web |url=http://www.llangibby.eclipse.co.uk/milfordtrawlers/Technical%20details/robert_bowen_m269.htm |title=Robert Bowen |publisher=www.llangibby.eclipse.co.uk |access-date=12 January 2021}}

}}

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|ship={{SS|Branksea|1890|2}}

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

|desc=The cargo ship sank in the North Sea off Montrose, Angus. At the time she was being towed by the tug Prizeman ({{Flag|United Kingdom|civil}}) to Scapa Flow to be used as a blockship. The mate of the tug was lost attempting to free the tow.{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?61927 |title=SS Branksea (+1940) |publisher=www.wrecksite.eu |access-date=31 January 2021}}

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

|flag={{flag|Netherlands}}

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean {{convert|15|nmi|km}} off Bishop Rock, Cornwall, United Kingdom {{coord|49|45|N|6|30|W}}) by {{GS|U-48|1939|2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}). All 48 people on board were rescued by {{SS|Edam|1921|2}} ({{flag|Netherlands}}).{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Dutch Steamer Torpedoed |date=13 February 1940 |page=5 |issue=45838 |column=C }}{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?165609 |title=SS Burgerdijk (+1940) |publisher=www.wrecksite.eu |access-date=31 January 2021}}{{cite web |url=https://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ship/239.html |title=Burgerdijk |publisher=uboat.net |access-date=31 January 2021}}

}}

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|ship=Charles-Marguerite

|flag={{flag|France}}

|desc=The fishing boat struck rocks off Île d'Yeu, Vendée and was wrecked. All five crew members were lost.

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|ship={{SS|Sea Rambler|1930|2}}

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

|desc=The cargo ship foundered in a storm in the Atlantic Ocean north west of the Azores, Portugal ({{coord|47|16|N|41|18|W}}). The 25 crew members were rescued in difficult conditions by {{SS|Mosdale|1939|2}} and {{SS|Kaia Knudsen|1931|2}} (both {{Flag|Norway}}).{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?162392 |title=SS Sea Rambler (+1940) |publisher=www.wrecksite.eu |access-date=1 February 2021}}{{cite web |url=https://www.warsailors.com/singleships/kaiaknudsen.html |title=Kaia Knudsen |publisher=www.warsailors.com |access-date=1 February 2021}}{{cite web |url=https://www.warsailors.com/singleships/mosdale.html |title=Mosdale |publisher=www.warsailors.com |access-date=1 February 2021}}{{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}}

}}

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

|flag={{Flag|Norway}}

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean south west of Ireland ({{coord|51|21|N|11|32|W}}) by {{GS|U-37|1938|2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}) with the loss of all fifteen crew.{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?165610 |title=SS S (+1940) |publisher=Wrecksite |access-date=14 November 2011}}{{cite web |url=https://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ship/238.html |title=Silja |publisher=uboat.net |access-date=10 February 2020}}{{cite web |url=https://www.warsailors.com/singleships/silja.html |title=Silja |publisher=www.warsailors.com |access-date=31 January 2021}}

}}

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|ship=Theresa Boyle

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

|desc=World War II: The fishing trawler was bombed and sunk in the North Sea {{convert|115|nmi|km}} east by north of Aberdeen by Heinkel He 111 aircraft of Kampfgeschwader 26, Luftwaffe. All ten crew were rescued by {{HMT|Almandine}} and {{HMT|Brabant}} (both {{naval|UK}}).{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?141944 |title=FV Teresa Boyle (FD338) (+1940) |publisher=Wrecksite |access-date=14 November 2011}}{{cite web |url=http://grantontrawlers.com/Trawlers/Theresa%20Boyle%20GW%203%20GN%204.htm |title=Theresa Boyle |publisher=grantontrawlers.com |access-date=10 February 2020}}

}}

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|ship={{SS|Aghia Zoni P.|1899|2}}

|flag={{flag|Greece}}

|desc=The cargo ship ran aground near Kyparissia. She was raised in April but was declared a total loss.{{cite web |url=https://www.historisches-marinearchiv.de/projekte/verluste_griechenland/ausgabe.php?where_value=2 |title=Aghia Zoni P |publisher=www.historisches-marinearchiv.de |access-date=8 February 2021}}

}}

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|ship=Erna

|flag={{flagicon|UK|civil}} Australia

|desc= The launch burned after an engine explosion off Shark Island in Sydney Harbour. All six occupants were rescued.{{cite web |url=http://www.schiffswrackliste.de/BRT%201940.htm |title=Schiffswrackliste 1940 |publisher=www.schiffswrackliste.de |access-date=8 February 2021}}{{cite web |url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/page/1102131? |title=Erna |publisher=trove.nla.gov.au |access-date=9 February 2021}}

}}

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|ship={{MV|Imperial Transport||2}}

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

|desc=File:Build-the-ships-8a-2-001.jpg World War II: The tanker was torpedoed and damaged in the Atlantic Ocean north west of the Outer Hebrides (approximately {{coord|59|N|12|W}}) by {{GS|U-53|1939|2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}). Two crew were killed. Imperial Transport broke in two. The bow section sank. The stern section was taken in tow by the tugs {{ship|ST|Englishman||2}} and {{ship|ST|St Martin||2}} (both {{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}) and beached at Kilchattan Bay, Bute on 26 February. A new bow section was constructed and the ship was repaired and re-entered service in 1941.{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?142200 |title=Imperial transport (+1940) |publisher=Wrecksite |access-date=9 November 2011}}{{cite web |url=https://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ship/1471.html |title=Imperial Transport |publisher=uboat.net |access-date=1 February 2021}}

}}

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

|flag={{flag|Estonia}}

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the North Sea {{convert|100|nmi|km}} west of Utsira, Norway ({{coord|58|15|N|1|54|E}}) by {{GS|U-9|1935|2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}) with the loss of one of her fifteen crew. Survivors were rescued by {{SS|Birgitta|Kalundborg, 1921|2}} ({{flag|Sweden}}).{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Estonian Ship Sunk |date=13 February 1940 |page=5 |issue=45838 |column=C }}{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?60481 |title= SS Linda ? (+1940) |publisher=Wrecksite |access-date=22 October 2011}}{{cite web |url=https://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ship/241.html |title=Linda |publisher=uboat.net |access-date=1 February 2021}}

}}

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

|flag={{flag|Sweden}}

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the North Sea {{convert|60|nmi|km}} north east of the Shetland Islands United Kingdom by {{GS|U-50|1939|2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}) with the loss of fourteen of the 24 people aboard. Survivors were rescued by {{HMS|Fearless|H67|6}} ({{naval|UK}}).{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Swedish Ship Sunk Without Warning |date=14 February 1940 |page=3 |issue=48539 |column=G }}{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?130011 |title= SS Orania (+1940) |publisher=Wrecksite |access-date=22 October 2011}}{{cite web |url=https://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ship/242.html |title=Orania |publisher=uboat.net |access-date=1 February 2021}}

}}

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|ship={{MV|Snestad|1926|2}}

|flag={{flag|Norway}}

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean west of the Hebrides, United Kingdom {{coord|58|40|N|13|40|W}}) by {{GS|U-53|1939|2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}). All 36 crew were rescued by {{MV|Albert L. Ellsworth|1937|2}} ({{Flag|Norway}}), but two of them died when that ship was damaged by a torpedo from {{GS|U-50|1939|2}} two days later.{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?13018 |title= MV Snestad (+1940) |publisher=Wrecksite |access-date=22 October 2011}}{{cite web |url=http://www.warsailors.com/singleships/snestad.html |title=M/S Snestad |publisher=www.warsailors.com |access-date=1 February 2021}}{{cite web |url=https://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ship/243.html |title=Snestad |publisher=uboat.net |access-date=1 February 2021}}

}}

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|ship=Togimo

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

|desc=World War II: The trawler was shelled and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean west of Cornwall ({{coord|50|40|N|11|02|W}}) by {{GS|U-37|1938|2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}) with the loss of one of her eleven crew. Survivors were rescued by {{SS|Monte Navajo|1920|2}} ({{flag|Spain|1938}}).{{cite web |url=http://www.llangibby.eclipse.co.uk/accidents%20&%20incidents/togimo.htm |title=Togimo |publisher=www.llangibby.eclipse.co.uk |access-date=12 January 2021}}{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?14932 |title= SS FV Togiomo (+1940) |publisher=Wrecksite |access-date=22 October 2011}}{{cite web |url=https://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ship/240.html |title=Togimo |publisher=uboat.net |access-date=1 February 2021}}

}}

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{{shipwreck list begin |date=12 February 1940 |sort=}}

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|ship={{SS|Dalarö|1911|2}}

|flag={{flag|Sweden}}

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean north west of Ireland ({{coord|56|44|N|11|44|W}}) by {{GS|U-53|1939|2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}) with the loss of one of her 30 crew. Survivors were rescued by the fishing trawler Jan de Waele ({{flag|Belgium}}).{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?13019 |title= SS Dalaro (+1940) |publisher=Wrecksite |access-date=22 October 2011}}{{cite web |url=https://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ship/246.html |title=Dalarö |publisher=uboat.net |access-date=1 February 2021}}

}}

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|ship={{ship||Doris Hamlin|schooner|2}}

|flag={{flag|United States|1912}}

|desc=The schooner disappeared in the Atlantic Ocean with the loss of all ten crew. She was carrying coal from Hampton Roads, Virginia to the Canary Islands.{{cite web |url=https://www.mainememory.net/sitebuilder/site/295/page/558/display |title=Doris Hamlin |publisher=www.mainememory.net |access-date=8 February 2021}}{{cite web |url=https://www.baltimoresun.com/news/bs-xpm-2000-07-15-0007150031-story.html |title=Doris Hamlin |publisher=www.baltimoresun.com |access-date=8 February 2021}}

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

|flag={{Flag|Belgium}}

|desc=The cargo ship collided with {{SS|Kabalo|1917|2}} ({{flag|Belgium}}) in The Downs ({{coord|51|12|51|N|1|27|41|E}}) and sank. Her crew survived.{{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=http://www.ddghansa-shipsphotos.de/greiffenfels100.htm |title=Flandres |publisher=www.ddghansa-shipsphotos.de |access-date=1 February 2021}}{{cite web |url=https://core.ac.uk/download/pdf/45442159.pdf |title=Flandres |publisher=core.ac.uk |access-date=1 February 2021}}

}}

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

|flag={{flag|Norway}}

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed, shelled and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean ({{coord|50|50|N|14|10|W}}) by {{GS|U-26|1936|2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}) The ship was split in two, with the bow section sinking that day and the stern section sometime afterwards. All 25 crew were rescued by {{SS|Berto|1918|2}} ({{flag|Norway}}).{{cite web |url=https://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ship/245.html |title=Nidarholm |publisher=uboat.net |access-date=1 February 2021}}{{cite web |url=https://www.warsailors.com/singleships/nidarholm.html |title=Nidarholm |publisher=www.warsailors.com |access-date=1 February 2021}}

}}

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|ship=Ons Heer Bewaar Ons

|flag={{flag|Belgium}}

|desc=The fishing trawler sank in the North Sea after hitting a submerged object. Her crew were saved by another trawler.{{cite web |url=https://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?37195 |title=Ons Heer Bewaar Ons|publisher=www.wrecksite.eu |access-date=1 February 2021}}{{cite web |url=https://www.deplate.be/trefwoorden/b4-ons-heer-bewaar-ons |title=Ons Heer Bewaar Ons|publisher=www.deplate.be |access-date=1 February 2021}}

}}

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|ship={{GS|U-33|1936|2}}

|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}

|desc=World War II: The Type VIIA submarine (616/733 t, 1936) was depth charged and sunk in the Firth of Clyde by {{HMS|Gleaner|J83|6}} ({{naval|UK}}) with the loss of 25 of her 42 crew.{{cite web |url=https://uboat.net/boats/u33.htm |title=U-33 |publisher=uboat.net |access-date=26 June 2024}}{{cite web |url=http://www.denkmalprojekt.org/u-boote/uboote_wk2/wk2_u33.htm |title=Crew of U-33 |publisher=www.denkmalprojekt.org |access-date=26 June 2024}}{{cite web |url=https://www.scottishshipwrecks.com/u-33/ |title=U-33 |publisher=www.scottishshipwrecks.com |access-date=26 June 2024}}

}}

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|ship=Vierge de Boulogne

|flag={{flag|France}}

|desc=The fishing trawler ran aground near Omonville-la-Rogue, Manche ({{coord|49|43|N|01|51|W}}) and was wrecked. All 21 crew were rescued by the local lifeboat.{{cite web |url=https://forum.pages14-18.com/viewtopic.php?t=44516 |title=Vierge de Boulogne |publisher=forum.pages14-18.com |access-date=8 February 2021}}{{cite web |url=https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k6618975/f1.item.r=%22Vierge%20de%20boulogne%22%C3%A9chou%C3%A9%20F%C3%A9VRIER%201940.zoom |title=L'Ouest Eclair, 15 février 1940 |date=15 February 1940 |publisher=gallica.bnf.fr |access-date=8 February 2021}}

}}

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{{shipwreck list begin |date=13 February 1940 |sort=}}

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|ship={{MV|British Triumph|1936|2}}

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

|desc=World War II: Convoy FS 93: The tanker struck a mine and was damaged in the North Sea off Cromer, Norfolk ({{coord|53|06|N|1|25|E}}) with the loss of four of her 47 crew. Survivors were rescued by {{SS|British Officer|922|2}} ({{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}) and {{HMS|Stork|L81|6}} ({{naval|UK}}). British Officer attempted to tow British Triumph. The tug {{ship|ST|Irishman||2}} ({{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}) was sent out, but British Triumph sank before she arrived.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Two U-boats Sunk |date=15 February 1940 |page=8 |issue=48540 |column=G }}{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?68971 |title= MV British Triumph (+1940) |publisher=www.wrecksite.eu |access-date=1 February 2021}}

}}

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|ship={{MV|Chastine Mærsk|1923|2}}

|flag={{flag|Denmark}}

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the North Sea {{convert|70|nmi|km}} west of Norway ({{coord|61|30|N|2|00|E}}) by {{GS|U-25|1936|2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}). All 30 crew were rescued by {{SS|Hilda|1925|2}} ({{flag|Norway}}).{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Danish Ship Sunk By U-boat |date=15 February 1940 |page=8 |issue=48540 |column=G }}{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?12807 |title= MV Chastine Maersk (+1940) |publisher=Wrecksite |access-date=22 October 2011}}{{cite web |url=https://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ship/248.html |title=Chastine Mærsk |publisher=uboat.net |access-date=1 February 2021}}

}}

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

|flag={{flag|Sweden}}

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean ({{coord|55|30|N|11|00|W}}) by {{GS|U-53|1939|2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}) with the loss of all eighteen crew.{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?13020 |title=SS Norna (+1940) |publisher=Wrecksite |access-date=11 November 2011}}{{cite web |url=http://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/247.html |title=Norna |publisher=uboat.net |access-date=1 February 2021}}

}}

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

|flag={{flagcountry|Nazi Germany}}

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was intercepted in the Atlantic Ocean off Cape Frio, Brazil ({{coord|22|42|S|41|38|W}}) by {{HMS|Dorsetshire|40|6}} ({{naval|UK}}) and was scuttled by her crew. Her 46 crew were rescued by HMS Dorsetshire.{{cite web |url=https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/84806926/ |title=Wakama |publisher=www.newspapers.com |access-date=1 February 2021}}{{cite web |url=https://uboat.net/allies/warships/ship/1185.html |title=HMS Dorsetshire |publisher=uboat.net |access-date=1 February 2021}}

}}

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{{shipwreck list begin |date=14 February 1940 |sort=}}

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|ship=Alizé

|flag={{flag|France}}

|desc=The fishing sloop sank off Brest, Finistère, after a collision with the submarine {{ship|French submarine|Archimède|Q142|2}} ({{navy|France}}). All five crew were killed.{{cite web |url=https://memorial-national-des-marins.fr/crypte-he/9638-alize |title=Alize |publisher=memorial-national-des-marins.fr |access-date=8 February 2021}}[http://www.u-boote.fr/archimede1.htm u-boote.fr ARCHIMEDE II (in French) Accessed 8 August 2022]

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|ship={{SS|Giorgio Ohlsen|1926|2}}

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

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship struck a mine and sank in the North Sea ({{coord|53|17|N|1|10|E}}) with the loss of sixteen of her 33 crew. Survivors were rescued by {{SS|Lolworth|1920|2}} ({{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}).{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Italian Ship Sunk By Mine |date=16 February 1940 |page=8 |issue=48521 |column=C }}{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?2803 |title= SS Giorgio Ohlsen (+1940) |publisher=Wrecksite |access-date=22 October 2011}}{{cite web |url=http://conlapelleappesaaunchiodo.blogspot.com/2020/06/giorgio-ohlsen.html |title=Giorgio Ohlsen |date=November 2020 |publisher=conlapelleappesaaunchiodo.blogspot.com |access-date=2 February 2021}}

}}

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|ship={{SS|Glendun|1915|2}}

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

|desc=The cargo ship ran aground at Cornaa, Isle of Man and was wrecked. All ten crew members were rescued by the lifeboat Lady Harrison (file:Flag of the Royal National Lifeboat Institution.svg Royal National Lifeboat Institution).{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?65179 |title=SS Glendunn (+1940) |publisher=www.wrecksite.eu |access-date=2 February 2021}}{{cite web |url=https://www.wannadive.net/spot/Europe/UK/Isle_of_Man/The_Glendun_Wreck/index.html |title=Glendunn wreck |publisher=www.wannadive.net |access-date=2 February 2021}}

}}

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

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

|desc=World War II: Convoy HX 18: The tanker straggled behind the convoy. She was torpedoed and set on fire in the North Sea south east of Noss Head, Shetland Islands ({{coord|58|27|N|2|33|W}}) by {{GS|U-57|1938|2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}) with the loss of ten crew members and one gunner. Thirty survivors were rescued by {{HMT|Peggy Nutten}} and {{HMT|Strathalladale}} (both {{naval|UK}}). The burning wreck came ashore at Dunbeath, Caithness on 15 February and broke in two four days later. She was declared a total loss.{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?11205 |title= SS Gretafield (+1940) |publisher=Wrecksite |access-date=22 October 2011}}{{cite web |url=https://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ship/251.html |title=Gretafield |publisher=uboat.net |access-date=2 February 2021}}

}}

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

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

|desc=World War II: Convoy HX 18: The cargo ship straggled behind the convoy. She was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean {{convert|70|nmi|km}} north west of the Fastnet Rock ({{coord|51|40|N|12|40|W}}), by {{GS|U-26|1936|2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}) with the loss of four of her 34 crew.{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?71057 |title= SS Langleeford (+1940) |publisher=Wrecksite |access-date=22 October 2011}}{{cite web |url=http://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/250.html |title=Langleeford |publisher=uboat.net |access-date=2 February 2021}}

}}

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|ship={{SS|Martin Goldschmidt|1922|2}}

|flag={{flag|Denmark}}

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean north west of Ireland ({{coord|55|53|N|12|37|W}}) by {{GS|U-53|1939|2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}) with the loss of fifteen of her twenty crew. The survivors were rescued by {{SS|Berto|1918|2}} ({{flag|Norway}}).{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?13021 |title= SS Martin Goldschmidt (+1940) |publisher=Wrecksite |access-date=22 October 2011}}{{cite web |url=https://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ship/249.html |title=Martin Goldschmidt |publisher=uboat.net |access-date=2 February 2021}}

}}

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|ship={{SS|Sultan Star|1930|2}}

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

|desc=World War II: The cargo liner was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean approximately {{convert|200|nmi|km}} south west of Land's End, Cornwall ({{coord|48|54|N|10|03|W}}) by {{GS|U-48|1939|2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}) with the loss of one of her 73 crew. Survivors were rescued by {{HMS|Whitshed|D77|6}}.{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?11304 |title= SS Sultan Star (+1940) |publisher=Wrecksite |access-date=22 October 2011}}{{cite web |url=https://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ship/252.html |title=Sultan Star |publisher=uboat.net |access-date=2 February 2021}}

}}

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{{shipwreck list begin |date=15 February 1940 |sort=}}

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

|flag={{flag|Denmark}}

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean south west of Cornwall, United Kingdom ({{coord|49|17|N|8|15|W}}) by {{GS|U-37|1938|2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}) with the loss of fifteen of her sixteen crew. The survivor was rescued on 17 February by {{HMS|Verity|D63|6}} ({{naval|UK}}).{{cite web |url=http://www.naval-history.net/xDKWW2-4002-11FEB02.htm |title=Naval Events, February 1940, Part 2 of 2, Thursday 15th - Wednesday 29th |publisher=Naval History |access-date=16 November 2011}}{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?11285 |title=SS Aase (+1940) |publisher=Wrecksite |access-date=22 October 2011}}{{cite web |url=https://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ship/254.html |title=Aase |publisher=uboat.net |access-date=2 February 2021}}

}}

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|ship={{MV|Den Haag|1925|2}}

|flag={{flag|Netherlands}}

|desc=World War II: The tanker was torpedoed and sunk in the Bay of Biscay ({{coord|48|02|N|8|26|W}}) by {{GS|U-48|1939|2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}) with the loss of 26 of her 39 crew. Survivors were rescued by {{MV|Glenorchy|1939|2}} ({{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}).{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?4967 |title=MV Den Haag (+1940) |publisher=Wrecksite |access-date=8 November 2011}}{{cite web |url=https://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ship/257.html |title=Den Haag |publisher=uboat.net |access-date=2 February 2021}}

}}

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

|flag={{flag|Denmark}}

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean west of the Hebrides, United Kingdom ({{coord|57|09|N|12|00|W}}) by {{GS|U-50|1939|2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}) with the loss of all 34 crew.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Danish Ship With Crew Of 34 Feared Lost |date=28 February 1940 |page=7 |issue=48551 |column=B }}{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?13002 |title= SS Maryland (+1940) |publisher=Wrecksite |access-date=22 October 2011}}{{cite web |url=http://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/256.html |title=Maryland |publisher=uboat.net |access-date=2 February 2021}}

}}

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

|flag={{flag|Denmark}}

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the North Sea east of Caithness, United Kingdom, by {{GS|U-14|1936|2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}) with the loss of nine of her twenty crew. Survivors were rescued by {{HMS|Kipling|F91|6}} ({{naval|UK}}) and the fishing trawler Standard ({{flag|Sweden}}).{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Two Danish Ships Torpedoed |date=17 February 1940 |page=6 |issue=48542 |column=G }}{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?1119 |title= SS Rhone (+1940) |publisher=Wrecksite |access-date=22 October 2011}}{{cite web |url=http://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/258.html |title=Rhone|publisher=uboat.net |access-date=2 February 2021}}

}}

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|ship={{SS|Sleipner|1915|2}}

|flag={{Flag|Denmark}}

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Moray Firth ({{coord|58|18|N|1|48|W}}) by {{GS|U-14|1936|2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}) with the loss of thirteen of her 41 crew. Survivors were rescued by {{HMS|Kipling|F91|6}} ({{naval|UK}}) and the fishing trawler Standard ({{flag|Sweden}}).{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?6167 |title= SS Sleipner (+1940) |publisher=Wrecksite |access-date=22 October 2011}}{{cite web |url=http://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/253.html |title=Sleipner |publisher=uboat.net |access-date=2 February 2021}}

}}

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

|flag={{Flag|Norway}}

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean {{convert|50|nmi|km}}west of County Clare, Ireland by {{GS|U-26|1936|2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}) with the loss of thirteen of her 24 crew.{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx? |title=SS S (+1940) |publisher=Wrecksite |access-date=14 November 2011}}{{cite web |url=http://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/255.html |title=Steinstad |publisher=uboat.net |access-date=2 February 2021}}{{cite web |url=https://www.warsailors.com/singleships/steinstad.html |title=Steinstad |publisher=www.warsailors.com |access-date=2 February 2021}}

}}

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|ship={{USS|Wicomico}}

|flag={{navy|USA|1912}}

|desc=The tug collided with {{USS|Goff|DD-247|6}} ({{navy|USA|1912}}) in the Hampton Roads, Virginia and sank. The damaged destroyer rescued her eleven crew. The wreck was later raised and scrapped.{{cite web |url=https://wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?180416 |title=Wicomico |publisher=www.wrecksite.eu |access-date=2 February 2021}}

}}

{{shipwreck list end}}

{{shipwreck list begin |date=16 February 1940 |sort=}}

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|ship={{Ship|German tanker|Altmark||2}}

|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}

|desc=World War II: Altmark Incident: The tanker ran aground in Jøssingfjord, Norway trying to evade {{HMS|Cossack|F03|6}} ({{naval|UK}}). British sailors boarded the ship and liberated the 299 British merchant sailors held aboard after a fight during which 7 German sailors were killed and eleven were wounded. Altmark was later refloated. She was repaired and returned to service as Uckermark.{{cite web |url=http://ww2timelines.com/subjects/3940altmarkincident.htm |title=The timeline for the German tanker Altmark |publisher=WW2Timelines.com |access-date=16 February 2014}}{{cite web |url=https://www.forum-marinearchiv.de/smf/index.php?topic=34072.0;wap2 |title=Altmark |publisher=www.forum-marinearchiv.de |access-date=2 February 2021}}

}}

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

|flag={{flagcountry|Nazi Germany}}

|desc=World War II: Altmark Incident: The cargo ship was intercepted west of Jøssingfjord by {{HMS|Ivanhoe|D16|6}} ({{naval|UK}}) and was scuttled by her crew.{{cite web |url=https://uboat.net/allies/warships/ship/4419.html |title=HMS Ivanhoe |publisher=uboat.net |access-date=2 February 2021}}

}}

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

|flag={{Flag|Sweden}}

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the North Sea {{convert|20|nmi|km}} north of Kinnaird Head, Aberdeenshire, United Kingdom by {{GS|U-14|1936|2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}) with the loss of ten of her twenty crew. Survivors were rescued by the fishing trawler Loch Hope ({{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}) and the cargo ship {{MV|Santos|1925|2}} ({{flag|Sweden}}.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Norwegian Protests To Germany |date=17 February 1940 |page=6 |issue=48542 |column=G }}{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?97923 |title= SS Liana (+1940) |publisher=Wrecksite |access-date=22 October 2011}}{{cite web |url=https://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ship/260.html |title=Liana |publisher=uboat.net |access-date=2 February 2021}}

}}

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|ship={{SS|Osmed|1903|2}}

|flag={{Flag|Sweden}}

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the North Sea {{convert|20|nmi|km}} north of Kinnaird Head, Aberdeenshire, United Kingdom by {{GS|U-14|1936|2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}) with the loss of thirteen of her twenty crew. Survivors were rescued by the trawler Loch Hope ({{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}).{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?60977 |title= SS Osmed (+1940) |publisher=Wrecksite |access-date=22 October 2011}}{{cite web |url=https://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ship/259.html |title=Osmed |publisher=uboat.net |access-date=2 February 2021}}

}}

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{{shipwreck list begin |date=17 February 1940 |sort=}}

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|ship={{MV|Alkmaar|1919|2}}

|flag={{flag|Netherlands}}

|desc=The cargo ship ran aground on Ilhéu de Cima, Cape Verde Islands and was wrecked. Her crew was rescued by a Portuguese warship.{{cite web |url=https://www.marhisdata.nl/schip&id=264 |title=Alkmaar| publisher=www.marhisdata.nl |access-date=6 February 2021}}

}}

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|ship={{SS|Baron Ailsa|1932|2}}

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

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship struck a mine and sank in the North Sea north of Inverness-shire ({{coord|53|17|N|1|12|E}}) with the loss of two of her 36 crew. Survivors were rescued by {{HMT|Beech}} ({{naval|UK}}).{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Three Steamers Sunk |date=19 February 1940 |page=2 |issue=48543 |column=F }}{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?2804 |title= SS Baron Ailsa (+1940) |publisher=www.wrecksite.eu |access-date=2 February 2021}}

}}

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

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

|desc=The cargo ship collided with {{MV|Greystoke Castle|1928|2}} ({{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}) in the Indian Ocean {{convert|24|nmi|km}} off Durban, South Africa ({{coord|29|49|S|31|30|E}}) with the loss of sixteen of her 35 crew.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=British Ship Sunk In Collision |date=19 February 1940 |page=8 |issue=48543 |column=A }}{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?136370 |title= SS Cheldale (+1940) |publisher=www.wrecksite.eu |access-date=2 February 2021}}{{cite web |url=http://sunderlandships.com/view.php?ref=103291 |title=Cheldale |publisher=sunderlandships.com |access-date=2 February 2021}}

}}

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

|flag={{Flag|Norway}}

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the North Sea {{convert|4|nmi|km}} north west of the Schouwenbank, Netherlands ({{coord|51|50|N|3|19|E}}) by {{GS|U-10|1935|2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}). All twenty crew were rescued by {{SS|Oranjepolder|1929|2}} ({{flag|Netherlands}}).{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Two Neutral Ships Sunk |date=19 February 1940 |page=5 |issue=48543 |column=B }}{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?10626 |title= SS Kvernaas (+1940) |publisher=Wrecksite |access-date=22 October 2011}}{{cite web |url=https://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ship/261.html |title=Kvernaas |publisher=uboat.net |access-date=2 February 2021}}{{cite web |url=http://www.warsailors.com/singleships/kvernaas.html |title=Kvernaas |publisher=www.warsailors.com |access-date=2 February 2021}}

}}

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|ship={{SS|Pyrrhus||2}}

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

|desc=World War II: Convoy OG 18: The cargo liner straggled behind the convoy. She was torpedoed and damaged in the Atlantic Ocean north of Cape Finisterre ({{coord|44|02|N|10|18|W}}) by {{GS|U-37|1938|2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}) with the loss of eight of her 86 crew. The ship broke in two, with the stern section sinking. The bow section sank two days later. Survivors were rescued by {{SS|Sinnington Court|1928|2}} and {{SS|Uskside|1937|2}} (both {{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}).{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?14933 |title= SS Pyrrhus (+1940) |publisher=Wrecksite |access-date=23 October 2011}}{{cite web |url=http://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/263.html |title=Pyrrhus |publisher=uboat.net |access-date=2 February 2021}}

}}

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

|flag={{flag|Finland}}

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean south west of the Isles of Scilly, United Kingdom ({{coord|49|00|N|6|33|W}}) by {{GS|U-48|1939|2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}). All 27 crew were rescued by {{SS|Maasdam|1921|2}} ({{flag|Netherlands}}) and {{HMS|Vanessa|D29|6}} ({{naval|UK}}).{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?11306 |title= SS Wilja (+1940) |publisher=Wrecksite |access-date=22 October 2011}}{{cite web |url=https://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ship/262.html |title=Wilja |publisher=uboat.net |access-date=2 February 2021}}

}}

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{{shipwreck list begin |date=18 February 1940 |sort=}}

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

|flag={{flag|Netherlands}}

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the North Sea off the Maasbank Buoy ({{coord|51|54|N|3|01|E}}) by {{GS|U-10|1935|2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}). All 48 crew were rescued by {{SS|Montferland|1921|2}} ({{flag|Netherlands}}).{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?286 |title= SS Ameland (+1940) |publisher=Wrecksite |access-date=22 October 2011}}{{cite web |url=https://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ship/269.html |title=Ameland |publisher=uboat.net |access-date=2 February 2021}}

}}

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

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

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean {{convert|8|nmi|km}} north west of Cape Villano by {{GS|U-53|1939|2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}) with the loss of 22 of her 29 crew. Survivors were rescued by the fishing vessel Tritonia ({{flag|Spain|1938}}).{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=22 Lives Lost In Spanish Ship |date=20 February 1940 |page=7 |issue=48544 |column=D }}{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?86796 |title= SS Banderas (+1940) |publisher=Wrecksite |access-date=22 October 2011}}{{cite web |url=http://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/266.html |title=Banderas |publisher=uboat.net |access-date=2 February 2021}}

}}

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|ship={{SS|Bore III|1915|2}}

|flag={{Flag|Finland}}

|desc=Winter War: The cargo ship was bombed and sunk off Mäntyluoto by Soviet Air Force aircraft.{{Cite web|url=http://www.wlb-stuttgart.de/seekrieg/40-02.htm |title=Seekrieg 1940, Februar |access-date=28 May 2012 |last=Rohwer |first=Jürgen |author-link=Jürgen Rohwer |author2=Gerhard Hümmelchen |work=Württembergische Landesbibliothek Stuttgart |language=de }}

}}

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|ship={{SS|Bore IV||2}}

|flag={{Flag|Finland}}

|desc=Winter War: The cargo ship was bombed and sunk off Mäntyluoto by Soviet Air Force aircraft.

}}

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|ship={{HMS|Daring|H16|6}}

|flag={{naval|UK}}

|desc=World War II: Convoy HN 12: The D-class destroyer was torpedoed and sunk in the North Sea off Duncansby Head, Caithness ({{coord|58|40|N|1|35|W}}) by {{GS|U-23|1936|2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}) with the loss of 156 of her 161 crew.{{cite web |url=https://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ship/264.html |title=HMS Daring |publisher=uboat.net |access-date=2 February 2021}}

}}

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

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

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean {{convert|25|nmi|km}} north west of Cape Finisterre, Spain by {{GS|U-37|1938|2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}). Her crew were rescued by the fishing boat Manin ({{flag|Spain|1938}}) and landed at Á Coruña.{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?94452 |title= SS Ellin (+1940) |publisher=Wrecksite |access-date=22 October 2011}}{{cite web |url=http://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/270.html |title=Ellin |publisher=uboat.net |access-date=2 February 2021}}

}}

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|ship={{SS|El Sonador|1897|2}}

|flag={{flag|Panama}}

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the North Sea east of the Shetland Islands, United Kingdom by {{GS|U-61|1939|2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}) with the loss of all seventeen crew.{{cite web |url=http://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/265.html |title=El Sonador |publisher=uboat.net |access-date=2 February 2021}}

}}

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

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

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was scuttled as a blockship in Skerry Sound, Scapa Flow, Orkney Islands.{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?11635 |title=SS Ilsenstein (+1940) |publisher=www.wrecksite.eu |access-date=9 February 2021}}{{cite web |url=https://www.northlinkferries.co.uk/orkney-blog/wrecks-of-scapa-flow/ |title=Wrecks of Scapa Flow |publisher=www.northlinkferries.co.uk |access-date=9 February 2021}}

}}

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|ship={{SS|PLM 15|1921|2}}

|flag={{flag|France}}

|desc=World War II: Convoy RS 10: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean off Cape Finisterre ({{coord|43|37|N|9|15|W}}) by {{GS|U-37|1938|2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}})with the loss of all 42 crew.{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?86802 |title=SS PLM-15 (+1940) |publisher=Wrecksite |access-date=12 November 2011}}{{cite web |url=http://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/267.html |title=P.L.M. 15 |publisher=uboat.net |access-date=2 February 2021}}

}}

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|ship={{SS|Rigel|1937|2}}

|flag={{Flag|Finland}}

|desc=Winter War: The cargo ship was bombed and sunk off Mäntyluoto by Soviet Air Force aircraft.

}}

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|ship={{MV|Sangstad|1925|2}}

|flag={{flag|Norway}}

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the North Sea east of Kirkwall, Orkney Islands, United Kingdom ({{coord|59|03|N|1|08|E}}) by {{GS|U-61|1939|2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}) with the loss of one of her 29 crew. Survivors were rescued by {{HMS|Brazen|H80|6}} and {{HMS|Diana|H49|6}} (both {{naval|UK}}).{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?11097 |title=SS Sangstad (+1940) |publisher=Wrecksite |access-date=14 November 2011}}{{cite web |url=http://www.warsailors.com/singleships/sangstad.html |title=M/S Sangstad |publisher=Warsailors |access-date=7 February 2012}}{{cite web |url=https://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ship/268.html |title=Sangstad |publisher=uboat.net |access-date=2 February 2021}}

}}

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{{shipwreck list begin |date=19 February 1940 |sort=}}

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|ship={{SS|Busk||2}}

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

|desc=World War II: The Admiralty-requisitioned cargo ship was scuttled as a blockship in Kirk Sound, Scapa Flow. She broke up in a gale in the winter of 1940–41 and was scrapped.{{cite web |url=http://www.scapaflowwrecks.com/wrecks/blockships/ |title=Emerald Wings: Block Ship |publisher=Scapa Flow Wrecks |access-date=7 February 2015}}{{cite web |url=https://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?288437 |title=Busk |publisher=www.wrecksite.eu |access-date=9 February 2021}}

}}

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|ship=Fox

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

|desc=The motorboat sank in the Solent after a collision with the paddle steamer {{ship|PS|Lord Elgin||2}} ({{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}). Her three crew were rescued.{{cite web |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0003142/19400224/049/0003 |title=Hampshire Advertiser - Saturday 24 February 1940 |publisher=www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk |access-date=4 February 2021}}

}}

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|ship={{ship|Soviet submarine|Shch-421||2}}

|flag={{navy|Soviet Union}}

|desc=The {{sclass|Shchuka|submarine}} ran aground in Skorbeevskaya Bay. She was refloated on 6 March and taken in to Polyarny for repairs.{{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|Tiberton||2}}

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

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Moray Firth ({{coord|58|07|N|2|39|W}}) by {{GS|U-23|1936|2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}) with the loss of all 34 crew.{{cite web |url=https://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ship/271.html |title=Tiberton |publisher=uboat.net |access-date=3 February 2021}}

}}

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{{shipwreck list begin |date=20 February 1940 |sort=}}

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|ship={{HMT|Fifeshire|GY-524|6}}

|flag={{naval|UK}}

|desc=World War II: The naval trawler was bombed and sunk in the North Sea ({{coord|59|00|N|0|25|E}}) by Heinkel He 111 aircraft of Kampfgeschwader 26, Luftwaffe with the loss of twenty of her 21 crew.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Naval Trawler Sunk By Aircraft |date=23 February 1940 |page=8 |issue=48547 |column=D }}{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?61202 |title= HMT Fifeshire (GY-524) (+1940) |publisher=Wrecksite |access-date=22 October 2011}}

}}

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{{shipwreck list begin |date=21 February 1940 |sort=}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{SS|Georgios Karavias|1888|2}}

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

|desc=The coaster disappeared in a storm in the Aegean Sea between Creta and Piraeus with the loss of all thirteen hands.{{cite web |url=https://www.historisches-marinearchiv.de/projekte/verluste_griechenland/ausgabe.php?lang=1&rubrik=%&where_value=98 |title=Georgios Karavias |publisher=www.historisches-marinearchiv.de|access-date=6 February 2021}}

}}

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|ship={{SS|Loch Maddy|1934|2}}

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

|desc=World War II: Convoy HX 19: The cargo ship straggled behind the convoy. She was torpedoed and damaged in the North Sea east of the Orkney Islands ({{coord|58|50|N|2|28|W}}) by {{GS|U-57|1938|2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}). She was taken in tow but was torpedoed and sunk the next day by {{GS|U-23|1936|2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}) and broke in two. Four of her crew were killed. Thirty-three survivors were rescued by {{HMS|Diana|H49|6}} ({{naval|UK}}). The bow section sank, whilst the stern section was beached in Inganess Bay, Orkney Islands for the salvage of her cargo of aircraft, timber and wheat. She was declared a total loss.{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?10427 |title= SS Loch Maddy (bow) (+1940) |publisher=Wrecksite |access-date=22 October 2011}}{{cite web |url=http://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/275.html |title=Loch Maddy |publisher=Uboat |access-date=14 February 2012}}

}}

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|ship=Petten

|flag={{flag|Netherlands}}

|desc=World War II: The fishing trawler was damaged in the North Sea by an explosion, possibly due to a British mine, and sank under tow before reaching a coast. All twelve crew were rescued by the fishing vessel Vikingbank ({{flag|Netherlands}}).{{cite book |title=The Gathering Storm: The Naval War in Northern Europe September 1939 - April 1940 |first=Geirr |last=Haarr |publisher=Seaforth Publishing |year=2013 |isbn=978-1-84832-140-3}}{{cite web |url=https://www.scheveningen-haven.nl/info/schepen/index_ijm.php?nummer=49&af=IJM |title=Petten |publisher=www.scheveningen-haven.nl |access-date=28 January 2021}}{{cite web |url=http://resolver.kb.nl/resolve?urn=ddd:010986333:mpeg21:pdf |title=YM 49 |publisher=resolver.kb.nl |access-date=28 January 2021}}

}}

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|ship={{MV|Tara|1939|2}}

|flag={{flag|Netherlands}}

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean west of Cape Finisterre, Spain ({{coord|42|45|N|10|25|W}}) by {{GS|U-50|1939|2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}). All 35 crew were rescued by {{ship|French destroyer|Le Fantasque||2}} ({{navy|France|name=Marine Nationale}}) and the fishing trawler Milin ({{flag|Spain|1938}}).{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?30565 |title= SS Tara (+1940) |publisher=Wrecksite |access-date=22 October 2011}}{{cite web |url=http://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/272.html |title=Tara |publisher=Uboat |access-date=14 February 2012}}

}}

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{{shipwreck list begin |date=22 February 1940 |sort=}}

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|ship={{SS|British Endeavour|1927|2}}

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

|desc=World War II: Convoy OGF 19: The tanker was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean north west of Cape Finisterre, Spain ({{coord|42|11|N|11|35|W}}) by {{GS|U-50|1939|2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}) with the loss of five of her 38 crew. Survivors were rescued by {{SS|Bodnant|1919|2}} ({{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}).{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?30579 |title= SS British Endeavour (+1940) |publisher=Wrecksite |access-date=22 October 2011}}{{cite web |url=https://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ship/274.html |title=British Endeavour |publisher=uboat.net |access-date=4 February 2021}}

}}

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|ship={{ship|German destroyer|Z1 Leberecht Maass||2}}

|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}

|desc=World War II: Operation Wikinger: The {{sclass2|Type 1934|destroyer}} was bombed and damaged by a Heinkel He 111 aircraft of X Fliegerkorps, Luftwaffe. She strayed into a minefield in the Dogger Bank, struck a mine and sank with the loss of 282 of her 342 crew. Survivors were rescued by {{ship|German destroyer|Z13 Erich Koellner||2}}, {{ship|German destroyer|Z16 Friedrich Eckoldt||2}} and {{ship|German destroyer|Z4 Richard Beitzen||2}} (all {{navy|Nazi Germany}}).

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|ship={{ship|German destroyer|Z3 Max Schultz||2}}

|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}

|desc=World War II: Operation Wikinger: The {{sclass2|Type 1934|destroyer}} struck a mine in the Dogger Bank whilst attempting to rescue survivors from Leberecht Maass and sank with the loss of all 308 crew.

}}

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{{shipwreck list begin |date=23 February 1940 |sort=}}

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|ship={{HMT|Benvolio|FY710|2}}

|flag={{naval|UK}}

|desc=World War II: The naval trawler struck a mine and sank off the mouth of the Humber with the loss of ten of her fifteen crew.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Naval Trawler Sunk By A Mine |date=26 February 1940 |page=3 |issue=48549 |column=B }}{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?68626 |title= HMT Benvolio (FY71) (+1940) |publisher=www.wrecksite.eu |access-date=4 February 2021}}

}}

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|ship=Steur

|flag={{flag|Belgium}}

|desc=World War II: The fishing trawler struck a mine in the North Sea {{convert|10|nmi|km}} north west of the West Hinder Lightship (22px Trinity House) and sank with the loss of all four hands.{{cite web |url=https://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?241425 |title=Steur |publisher=www.wrecksite.eu |access-date=1 February 2021}}{{cite web |url=https://core.ac.uk/download/pdf/45436526.pdf |title=Steur |publisher=core.ac.uk |access-date=1 February 2021}}

}}

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

|flag={{flag|Norway}}

|desc=The cargo ship ran aground at Skudenes and was wrecked. There were no casualties.{{cite web |url=http://www.warsailors.com/freefleet/norfleett3.html |title=Norwegia Merchant Ships 1939 - 1945, Ships beginning with To|publisher=Warsailors |access-date=8 February 2012}}

}}

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|ship={{GS|U-53|1939|2}}

|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}

|desc=World War II: The Type VIIB submarine was depth charged and sunk in the North Sea off the Orkney Islands, United Kingdom ({{coord|60|32|N|6|14|W}}) by {{HMS|Gurkha|F20|6}} ({{naval|UK}}) with the loss of all 42 crew.{{cite web |url=http://uboat.net/boats/u53.htm |title=U-53 |publisher=Uboat |access-date=14 February 2012}}

}}

{{shipwreck list end}}

{{shipwreck list begin |date=24 February 1940 |sort=}}

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|ship={{SS|Clan Morrison|1918|2}}

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

|desc=World War II: Convoy FN 102: The cargo ship struck a mine in the North Sea north of Cromer Norfolk ({{coord|53|07|N|1|22|E}}) and sank with the loss of one of her 32 crew. Survivors were rescued by {{HMT|Nogi}} ({{naval|UK}}).{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?4904 |title= SS Clan Morrison (+1940) |publisher=www.wrecksite.eu |access-date=4 February 2021}}{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Trapped In Sinking Steamer |date=28 February 1940 |page=8 |issue=48551 |column=C }}{{cite web |url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/92652177/8137711 |title=Clan Morrison |publisher=trove.nla.gov.au |access-date=4 February 2021}}

}}

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|ship=Ejjam

|flag={{flag|Denmark}}

|desc=World War II: The fishing boat was rammed and sunk off the Dogger Bank, North Sea by {{ship|German minesweeper|M-1||2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}). The German ship deliberately avoided rescuing her crew. All four crewmen died.{{cite web |url=https://m.bentloewe.dk/februar-1914 |title=Danish losses 400224 |publisher=m.bentloewe.dk |access-date=6 June 2019}}{{cite web |url=https://www.wlb-stuttgart.de/seekrieg/miszellen/40-02-24.htm |title=Warcrime 400224 |publisher=www.wlb-stuttgart.de |access-date=6 June 2019}}

}}

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|ship=Gerlis

|flag={{flag|Denmark}}

|desc=World War II: The fishing boat was rammed and sunk off the Dogger Bank by {{ship|German minesweeper|M-1||2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}). The German ship deliberately avoided rescuing her crew. All four crewmen died.

}}

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

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

|desc=The cargo ship ran aground near Chittagong, India and was wrecked.{{cite web |url=https://wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?104560 |title=Golconda |publisher=www.wrecksite.eu |access-date=9 February 2021}}

}}

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|ship={{SS|Jevington Court|1925|2}}

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

|desc=World War II: Convoy FS 103: The cargo ship struck a mine and sank in the North Sea {{convert|8+1/4|nmi|km}} off the Cromer Knoll Lightship (22px Trinity House). All 35 crew were rescued by {{HMS|Dunoon|J52|2}} ({{naval|UK}}).{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?69024 |title=Jevington Court (+1940) |publisher=www.wrecksite.eu |access-date=4 February 2021}}{{cite web |url=https://www.benjidog.co.uk/court/Jevington%20Court%20(1925).html |title=Jevington Court |publisher=www.benjidog.co.uk |access-date=4 February 2021}}{{cite book |title=The World's Merchant Fleets, 1939 |first=Roger |last=Jordan |publisher=Chatham Publishing |location=London |year=1999 |page=500 |isbn=1-86176-023-X}}

}}

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|ship=Merkator

|flag={{flag|Denmark}}

|desc=World War II: The fishing boat was rammed and sunk off the Dogger Bank by {{ship|German minesweeper|M-1||2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}). The German ship deliberately avoided rescuing her crew. All four crewmen died.

}}

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|ship=Polaris

|flag={{flag|Denmark}}

|desc=World War II: The fishing boat was rammed and sunk off the Dogger Bank by {{ship|German minesweeper|M-1||2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}). The German ship deliberately avoided rescuing her crew. All four crewmen died.

}}

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|ship={{SS|Royal Archer|1928|2}}

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

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship struck a mine in the Firth of Forth ({{coord|56|06|N|2|55|W}}) and sank. All 27 crew were rescued by {{HMS|Weston|L84|6}} ({{naval|UK}}).{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?12795 |title=SS Royal Archer (+1940) |publisher=Wrecksite |access-date=13 November 2011}}{{cite web |url=http://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/276.html |title=Royal Archer |publisher=uboat.net |access-date=4 February 2021}}

}}

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|ship={{MV|Santos|1925|2}}

|flag={{flag|Sweden}}

|desc=World War II: Convoy HN 14: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the North Sea off Kirkwall, Orkney Islands, United Kingdom, ({{coord|59|17|N|0|42|W}}) by {{GS|U-63|1939|2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}) with the loss of 31 of the 43 people on board, which included survivors from {{SS|Liana|1914|2}} ({{flagcountry|Kingdom of Italy}}), nine of them being killed. Survivors were rescued by {{HMS|Gallant|H59|6}} ({{naval|UK}}) and landed at Invergordon, Ross-shire.{{cite web |url=http://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/277.html |title=Santos |publisher=uboat.net |access-date=4 February 2021}}{{cite web |url=http://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/260.html |title=Liana |publisher=Uboat |access-date=2 February 2012}}

}}

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{{shipwreck list begin |date=25 February 1940 |sort=}}

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|ship={{SS|Castlemoor||2}}

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

|desc=World War II: Convoy HX 20: The cargo ship was last seen in the Atlantic Ocean {{convert|800|nmi|km}} west of Ouessant, Finistère, France. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all 41 crew.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Oil Tanker Sunk In North Sea |date=28 March 1940 |page=8 |issue=48575 |column=B }}{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?138089 |title=SS Castlemoor (+1940) |publisher=Wrecksite |access-date=19 October 2015}}

}}

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|ship={{GS|U-63|1939|2}}

|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}

|desc=World War II: The Type IIC submarine was depth charged, torpedoed and sunk in the North Sea south of the Shetland Islands, United Kingdom ({{coord|58|35|N|1|05|W}}) by {{HMS|Escort|H66|6}}, {{HMS|Inglefield|D02|6}}, and {{HMS|Imogen|D44|6}} (both {{naval|UK}}) with the loss of one of her 25 crew. Survivors were rescued by HMS Inglefield and HMS Imogen.{{cite web |url=https://uboat.net/boats/u63.htm |title=U-63 |publisher=uboat.net |access-date=4 February 2021}}

}}

{{shipwreck list end}}

{{shipwreck list begin |date=26 February 1940 |sort=}}

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

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

|desc=The cargo ship collided with some flotsam in the North Sea and sank. All nineteen crew were rescued.{{cite web |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/history/ww2peopleswar/stories/72/a5104072.shtml |title=Efos |publisher=www.bbc.co.uk |access-date=4 February 2021}}

}}

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

|flag={{flag|Netherlands}}

|desc=The coaster sank in the Irish Sea {{convert|30|nmi|km}} south south west of the Smalls Lighthouse, Pembrokeshire, United Kingdom. There were no casualties.{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?12645 |title=MV Ida (+1940) |publisher=www.wrecksite.eu |access-date=5 February 2021}}{{cite web |url=https://www.marhisdata.nl/schip&id=2979 |title=Ida |publisher=www.marhisdata.nl |access-date=5 February 2021}}

}}

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

|flag={{flag|Sweden}}

|desc=World War II: Convoy ON 15: The cargo ship collided with {{HMS|Imperial|D09|6}} ({{naval|UK}}) ({{coord|61|12|N|3|08|E}}) and sank in the North Sea with the loss of two of her crew.{{cite web |url=https://www.tornsvala.se/2016/02/25/ss-nordia-fran-hoganas/ |title=Nordia |publisher=www.tornsvala.se |access-date=5 February 2021}}{{cite web |url=https://uboat.net/allies/warships/ship/4415.html |title=HMS Imperial |publisher=uboat.net |access-date=5 February 2021}}

}}

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|ship={{SS|Orizaba|1939|2}}

|flag={{flagcountry|Nazi Germany}}

|desc=World War II: The blockade runner ran aground off Skjervøya, Norway ({{coord|70|40|N|20|59|E}}) and was wrecked. Her crew were rescued by {{SS|Margareta|1902|2}} ({{flag|Finland}}).{{cite web |url=http://www.wlb-stuttgart.de/seekrieg/verluste/ausl%2Bdtsch-4012.htm |title=Verluste Deutscher Handelsschiffe 1939-1945 und unter deutscher Flagge fahrender ausländischer Schiffe: 1940 |last=Rohwer |first=Jürgen |author2=Gerhard Hümmelchen |work=Württembergische Landesbibliothek Stuttgart |access-date=8 February 2011 |language=de}}{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Blockade-runner Goes Aground |date=27 February 1940 |page=7 |issue=48550 |column=B }}{{cite web |url=https://dykkepedia.com/wiki/Orizaba |title=Orizaba |publisher=dykkepedia.com |access-date=5 February 2021}}

}}

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{{shipwreck list begin |date=27 February 1940 |sort=}}

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|ship=Ben Attow

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

|desc=World War II: The fishing trawler exploded and sank off the coast of Fife with the loss of all nine crew. She was sunk either by a mine or a Heinkel He 111 aircraft of Kampfgeschwader 26, Luftwaffe.{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?62747 |title= Ben Attow (+1940) |publisher=www.wrecksite.eu |access-date=5 February 2021}}{{cite web |url=https://www.thecourier.co.uk/fp/news/local/dundee/377216/war-time-trawler-tragedy-remembered-as-victims-son-speaks-out/ |title=Ben Attow |publisher=www.thecourier.co.uk |access-date=5 February 2021}}

}}

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|ship={{SS|Orion|1870|2}}

|flag={{flag|Estonia}}

|desc=The coaster sprang a leak and sank in the North Sea east of the Shetland Islands, United Kingdom. All sixteen crew were rescued by the fishing trawler Avonside ({{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}).{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?60326 |title=SS Orion (+1940) |publisher=www.wrecksite.eu |access-date=5 February 2021}}

}}

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|ship={{SS|PLM 25|1922|2}}

|flag={{flag|France}}

|desc=World War II: Convoy FS 106: The collier struck a mine and was damaged in the North Sea ({{coord|53|19|N|1|12|E}}). She was taken in tow by {{HMS|Flamingo|L18|6}} ({{naval|UK}}) but struck another mine and sank with the loss of four of her 43 crew. Survivors were rescued by {{HMS|Wallace|1918|6}} ({{naval|UK}}).{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=French Ship Lost In North Sea |date=1 March 1940 |page=5 |issue=48553 |column=F }}{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?2801 |title=PLM-25 (+1940) |publisher=www.wrecksite.eu |access-date=5 February 2021}}{{cite web |url=https://memorial-national-des-marins.fr/12-aux-marins/batiments/3407-plm-25 |title=PLM-25 |publisher=memorial-national-des-marins.fr |access-date=5 February 2021}}

}}

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

|flag={{flag|Sweden}}

|desc=The cargo ship collided with {{HMS|Jackal|F22|6}} ({{naval|UK}}) and sank in the North Sea {{convert|12.8|nmi|km}} off the Longstone Lighthouse, Northumberland, United Kingdom. All fourteen crew were rescued by HMS Jackal.{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?64163 |title=SS Stofoss (+1940) |publisher=www.wrecksite.eu |access-date=5 February 2021}}{{cite web |url=http://resolver.kb.nl/resolve?urn=ddd:010326233:mpeg21:pdf |title=Storfors |publisher=resolver.kb.nl |access-date=5 February 2021}}

}}

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{{shipwreck list begin |date=28 February 1940 |sort=}}

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|ship={{MV|Ulster Queen|1930|2}}

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

|desc=The passenger ship ran aground off Ramsey, Isle of Man. All on board, including 88 passengers, were rescued. She was abandoned, but was refloated on 27 March. Subsequently repaired and returned to service.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Belfast Motor-liner Aground |date=29 February 1940 |page=8 |issue=48552 |column=F }}{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Ulster Queen Refloated |date=28 March 1940 |page=5 |issue=48575 |column=C }}{{cite web |url=https://racmp.co.uk/content/veterans/leslie-eckert/LeslieEckert_UlsterQueen_by_MalcolmEckert.pdf |title=Ulster Queen |publisher=racmp.co.uk |access-date=5 February 2021}}{{cite web |url=https://liverpoolnauticalresearchsociety.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/Bulletin-Vol-44-2000.pdf |title=Ulster Queen |publisher=liverpoolnauticalresearchsociety.org |access-date=5 February 2021}}

}}

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{{shipwreck list begin |date=29 February 1940 |sort=}}

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|ship={{SS|Maria Rosa|Northumberland, 1914|2}}

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

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the North Sea south east of Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, United Kingdom ({{coord|52|24|30|N|1|59|00|E}}) by {{GS|U-20|1936|2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}) with the loss of twelve of her 29 crew.{{cite web |url=http://www.wlb-stuttgart.de/seekrieg/verluste/italien-1940-verluste.htm |title=Kriegsverluste Italienischer Handelsschiffe 1940-1943: Verluste Italienischer Handelsschiffe 1940 |last=Rohwer |first=Jürgen |author2=Gerhard Hümmelchen |work=Württembergische Landesbibliothek Stuttgart |access-date=8 May 2011 |language=de}}{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?11221 |title=SS Maria Rosa (+1940) |publisher=Wrecksite |access-date=10 November 2011}}{{cite web |url=http://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/278.html |title=Maria Rosa |publisher=uboat.net |access-date=5 February 2021}}{{cite book |title=The World's Merchant Fleets, 1939 |first=Roger |last=Jordan |publisher=Chatham publishing |location=London |year=1999 |page=534 |isbn=1-86176-023-X}}

}}

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

|flag={{flagcountry|Nazi Germany}}

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was intercepted by {{HMS|Despatch|D30|6}} ({{naval|UK}}) off Aruba and was scuttled by her crew.{{cite book |title=The World's Merchant Fleets, 1939 |first=Roger |last=Jordan |publisher=Chatham Publishing |location=London |year=1999 |page=479 |isbn=1-86176-023-X}}

}}

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{{shipwreck list begin |date=Unknown Date 1940 |sort=}}

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|ship=K R Co. #1

|flag={{flag|United States|1912}}

|desc=The scow sank in Nazil Bay ({{coord|52|12|N|174|06|W|name=Nazil Bay}}) on the coast of Atka Island in the Aleutian Islands, Territory of Alaska.[https://alaskashipwreck.com/shipwrecks-a-z/alaska-shipwrecks-k/ alaskashipwreck.com Alaska Shipwrecks (K)]

}}

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|ship={{GS|U-54|1939|2}}

|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}

|desc=World War II: The Type VIIB submarine departed from Wilhelmshaven, on her first patrol. No further trace. Presumed to have struck a mine in the Skagerrak ({{coord|55|07|N|5|05|E}}) on or about 13 February with the loss of all 41 crew.{{cite web |url=https://uboat.net/boats/u54.htm |title=U-54 |publisher=uboat.net |access-date=5 February 2021}}

}}

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