List of shipwrecks in March 1940

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

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

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed and damaged in the North Sea off the coast of Suffolk, United Kingdom ({{coord|52|42|N|2|02|E}}) by {{GS|U-20|1936|2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}) with the loss of one of her 30 crew. The survivors were rescued by {{HMT|Cape Argona}} and {{HMS|Wallace|1918|6}} (both {{naval|United Kingdom}}). She was sunk in the evening by another torpedo from U-20.{{cite web|url=http://www.naval-history.net/xDKWW2-4003-12MAR01.htm |title=Naval Events, March 1940, Part 1 of 2, Friday 1st – Thursday 14th |publisher=Naval History |access-date=17 November 2011}}{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Air Attacks On Neutrals |date=2 March 1940 |page=8 |issue=48554 |column=G }}{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?9774 |title=SS Mirella (+1940) |publisher=www.wrecksite.eu |access-date=9 February 2021}}{{cite web |url=https://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ship/279.html |title=Mirella |publisher=uboat.net |access-date=9 February 2021}} 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=534 |isbn=1-86176-023-X}}

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|ship={{SS|New Yorker|1909|2}}

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

|desc=The passenger ship was destroyed by fire whilst laid up at Marlborough, New York.{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?154474 |title=SS New Yorker (+1940) |publisher=www.wrecksite.eu |access-date=9 February 2021}}{{cite web |url=https://www.dos.ny.gov/opd/programs/WFRevitalization/LWRP/Marlborough_T_LWRP_60-Day.pdf |title=New Yorker |publisher=www.dos.ny.gov |access-date=9 February 2021}}

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

|flag={{flagcountry|Nazi Germany}}

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was intercepted off Aruba, Netherlands Antilles by {{HMS|Despatch|D30|6}} ({{naval|United Kingdom}}) and was scuttled by her crew. They were rescued by HMS Despatch.{{Cite web|url=http://www.wlb-stuttgart.de/seekrieg/40-03.htm |title=Seekrieg 1940, Märtz |access-date=28 May 2012 |last=Rohwer |first=Jürgen |author-link=Jürgen Rohwer |author2=Gerhard Hümmelchen |work=Württembergische Landesbibliothek Stuttgart |language=de }}{{cite web |url=https://willemsubmerged.wordpress.com/2008/03/08/prelude-for-the-scuttling-of-the-antilla-the-lost-wreck-of-the-troja/ |title=Troja and Heidelberg |date=8 March 2008 |publisher=willemsubmerged.wordpress.com |access-date=9 February 2021}}

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

|flag={{flag|Norway}}

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was bombed and sunk in the North Sea {{convert|12|nmi|km}} east by south of Copinsay Orkney Islands, United Kingdom by Heinkel He 111 aircraft of Kampfgeschwader 26, Luftwaffe. All nineteen crew were rescued by {{SS|Star of Liberty|1917|2}} ({{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}).{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?61090 |title= SS Vestfoss (+1940) |publisher=www.wrecksite.eu |access-date=9 February 2021}}{{cite web |url=https://www.warsailors.com/singleships/vestfos.html |title=Vestfoss |publisher=www.warsailors.com |access-date=9 February 2021}}

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

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

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship struck a mine and sank in the North Sea {{convert|4|nmi|km}} east of Hartlepool, County Durham. Nine crew were killed. Survivors were rescued by {{HMT|Stella Carino}} and {{HMS|Wallace|1918|6}} (both {{naval|United Kingdom}}).{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Vessel Sunk In Two Minutes |date=4 March 1940 |page=6 |issue=48555 |column=D }}{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?64124 |title=SS Albano (+1940) |publisher=www.wrecksite.eu |access-date=9 February 2021}}

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|ship={{MV|Domala||2}}

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

|desc=World War II: The cargo liner was bombed and set on fire in the North Sea off the coast of Belgium by Heinkel He 111H aircraft of Kampfgeschwader 26, Luftwaffe, with the loss of 108 of the 291 people on board. Domala was towed to the Solent and beached. She was requisitioned by the Ministry of War Transport, converted to a cargo ship and entered service as Empire Attendant.{{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=384 }}

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

|flag={{flag|Netherlands}}

|desc=World War II: The coaster was bombed and sunk in the North Sea {{convert|5|nmi|km}} off Coquet Island, Northumberland, United Kingdom by Heinkel He 111 aircraft of Kampfgeschwader 26, Luftwaffe, with the loss of two of her five crew.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Trawler Lost With All Hands |date=6 March 1940 |page=8 |issue=48556 |column=F }}{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?64142 |title=Elziena (+1940) |publisher=www.wrecksite.eu |access-date=9 February 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://www.marhisdata.nl/schip&id=2019 |title=Elziena (+1940) |publisher=www.marhisdata.nl |access-date=9 February 2021}}

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|ship={{HMS|Fairplay II}}

|flag={{naval|United Kingdom}}

|desc=The tug ran aground at Redcar, Yorkshire and was wrecked. All nineteen crew were rescued.{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?11587 |title=HMS Fairplay II (+1940) |publisher=www.wrecksite.eu |access-date=9 February 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=9 February 2021}}{{cite web |url=https://uboat.net/allies/warships/ship/7447.html |title=Fairplay II |publisher=uboat.net |access-date=9 February 2021}}{{cite book |title=Lloyd's Register of Ships: Steamers & Motorships under 300 tons, Trawlers &c |date=1939 |publisher=Lloyd's Register of Shipping |location=London |url=https://plimsoll.southampton.gov.uk/shipdata/pdfs/39/39a0234.pdf |access-date=1 January 2022 |via=Southampton City Council}}

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|ship={{MS|Heidelberg|1925|2}}

|flag={{flagcountry|Nazi Germany}}

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was intercepted in the Caribbean Sea west of the Windward Passage by {{HMS|Dunedin|D93|6}} ({{naval|United Kingdom}}) and was scuttled by her crew. They were rescued by HMS Dunedin.

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|ship={{MV|Lagaholm|1929|2}}

|flag={{flag|Sweden}}

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was shelled and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean {{convert|80|nmi|km}} west of the Kirkwall, Orkney Islands, United Kingdom ({{Coord|59|34|N|5|10|W}}) by {{GS|U-32|1937|2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}) with the loss of one of her 28 crew. Survivors were rescued by {{MS|Belpamela|1928|2}} ({{flag|Norway}}).{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?12865 |title= SS Lagaholm (+1940) |publisher=www.wrecksite.eu |access-date=9 February 2021}}{{cite web |url=https://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ship/281.html |title=Lagaholm |publisher=uboat.net |access-date=9 February 2021}}

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

|flag={{flag|Netherlands}}

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the North Sea off Zeebrugge, West Flanders, Belgium ({{coord|51|36|N|2|54|E}}) by {{GS|U-17|1935|2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}) with the loss of all twelve crew.{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?1877 |title=Rijnstroom |publisher=www.wrecksite.eu |access-date=9 February 2021}}{{cite web |url=https://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ship/280.html |title=Rijnstroom |publisher=uboat.net |access-date=9 February 2021}}{{cite web |url=https://www.marhisdata.nl/schip?id=5639 |title=Rijnstroom |publisher=www.marhisdata.nl |access-date=9 February 2021}}

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|ship=Vilhelmine

|flag={{flag|Denmark}}

|desc=World War II: The fishing trawler was sunk in the North Sea by Heinkel He 111 aircraft of Kampfgeschwader 26, Luftwaffe. All four crewmen died.{{cite web |url=https://m.bentloewe.dk/marts-1940 |title=Marts 1940 |publisher=m.bentloewe.dk |access-date=6 June 2019}}{{cite web |url=https://www.sbib.dk/files/bibliotek/statistik/1940.pdf |title=Danish losses 1940 |publisher=www.sbib.dk |access-date=9 February 2021}}

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

|flag={{flagcountry|Nazi Germany}}

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was intercepted north of Iceland ({{coord|67|20|N|22|50|W}}) by {{HMS|Berwick|65|6}} ({{naval|United Kingdom}}) and was scuttled by her crew. HMS Berwick rescued all 54 crew.{{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 web |url=http://www.warcovers.dk/greenland/wolfsburg.htm |title=Wolfsburg |publisher=www.warcovers.dk |access-date=9 February 2021}}{{cite book |title=World War II Sea War, Volume 1: the Nazis strike first |last=Donald A. Bertke, Gordon Smith, Don Kindell |publisher=Lulu.com |year=2011 |page=393 |isbn=978-0-578-02941-2}}

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

|flag={{flagcountry|Nazi Germany}}

|desc=World War II: The passenger ship was intercepted in the Atlantic Ocean east of Iceland ({{coord|63|20|N|14|42|W}}) by {{HMS|York|90|6}} ({{naval|United Kingdom}}) and was scuttled by her crew. Ten crew members were lost at sea. HMS York rescued 42 survivors but three of them died aboard her.{{cite web |url=https://wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?140868 |title=Arucas |publisher=www.wrecksite.eu |access-date=9 February 2021}}

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|ship={{SS|Carron|1894|2}}

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

|desc=World War II: The Admiralty-requisitioned cargo ship was scuttled as a blockship in Water Sound, Scapa Flow.{{cite web |url=http://www.scapaflowwrecks.com/wrecks/blockships/ |title=Carron: Block Ship |publisher=Scapa Flow Wrecks |access-date=4 November 2011}}{{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=10 February 2021}}

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

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

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship struck a mine and sank in the Bristol Channel south of Nash Point, Glamorgan ({{coord|51|24|N|3|33|W}}) with the loss of thirteen of her fifteen crew. Survivors were rescued by {{HMT|Akita|FY610|6}} ({{naval|United Kingdom}}).{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?11313 |title=SS Cato (+1940) |publisher=www.wrecksite.eu |access-date=10 February 2021}}{{cite web |url=https://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ship/282.html |title=Cato|publisher=uboat.net |access-date=10 February 2021}}

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|ship={{SS|Timber Rush|1919|2}}

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

|desc=The cargo ship ran aground at night {{convert|85|nmi|km}} south of Acapulco, Mexico and was wrecked. Her crew survived.{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?163525 |title=SS Timber Rush (+1940) |publisher=www.wrecksite.eu |access-date=10 February 2021}}{{cite book |title=Warrior from Adelaide |first=Richard |last=Starrett |publisher=Tate Publishing |year=2011 |page=113 |isbn=978-1-61777-240-5}}

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

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|ship=Douglas & Robert

|flag={{flagicon|Canada|1921}} Canada

|desc=The sailing ship ran aground at Arnold's Point, Little Harbour, Labrador, Dominion of Newfoundland and was wrecked. Her crew were rescued, but the ship's dog perished.{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?33456 |title=Douglas & Robert (+1940) |publisher=www.wrecksite.eu |access-date=10 February 2021}}{{cite web |url=https://irp-cdn.multiscreensite.com/31712816/files/uploaded/1957.pdf |title=Douglas & Robert |publisher=irp-cdn.multiscreensite.com |access-date=10 February 2021}}

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|ship={{MV|Pacific Reliance|1927|2}}

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

|desc=World War II: The cargo liner was torpedoed and sunk in the Bristol Channel {{convert|32|nmi|km}} off Trevose Head, Cornwall ({{coord|50|23|N|5|49|W}}) by {{GS|U-29|1936|2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}). All 53 crew were rescued by {{SS|Macville|1915|2}} and {{SS|San Florentino|1919|2}} (both {{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}).{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?11314 |title= MV Pacific Reliance (+1940) |publisher=www.wrecksite.eu |access-date=10 February 2021}}{{cite web |url=https://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ship/284.html |title=Pacific Reliance |publisher=uboat.net |access-date=10 February 2021}}

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|ship={{SS|S.N.A. 1||2}}

|flag={{Flag|France}}

|desc=The cargo ship collided with {{SS|Thurston|1918|2}} ({{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}) in the Bristol Channel off the north coast of Cornwall and sank. All 31 crew were rescued by Thurston but only one of them survived when she was sunk some hours later.{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?76477 |title=SS S.N.A. 1 (+1940) |publisher=www.wrecksite.eu |access-date=10 February 2021}}{{cite web |url=https://memorial-national-des-marins.fr/m/3264-sna-1 |title=SNA 1 |publisher=memorial-national-des-marins.fr |access-date=10 February 2021}}{{cite web |url=https://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ship/283.html |title=Thurston|publisher=uboat.net |access-date=10 February 2021}}{{cite web |url=http://www.memorialgenweb.org/memorial3/html/fr/resultregi.php?nunit=9998&tunit=S.N.A.%201%20(1922-1940) |title=SNA 1 |publisher=www.memorialgenweb.org |access-date=10 February 2021}}

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

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

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Bristol Channel {{convert|32|nmi|km}} off Trevose Head ({{coord|50|23|N|5|49|W}}) by {{GS|U-29|1936|2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}) with the loss of 34 crew of her 37 crew. Thirty of the 31 survivors from S.N.A. 1 were also killed. The four survivors were rescued by {{SS|Moyle|1907|2}} ({{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}).{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?76246 |title=SS Thurston (+1940) |publisher=www.wrecksite.eu |access-date=10 February 2021}}

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{{shipwreck list begin |date=5 March 1940 |sort=}}

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

|flag={{flag|Netherlands}}

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the North Sea off Ostend, West Flanders, Belgium ({{coord|51|41|N|2|47|E}}) by {{GS|U-17|1935|2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}) with the loss of all eighteen crew.{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?4778 |title=SS Grutto (+1940) |publisher=Wrecksite |access-date=8 November 2011}}{{cite web |url=https://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ship/285.html |title=Grutto |publisher=uboat.net |access-date=10 February 2021}}{{cite web |url=https://www.marhisdata.nl/schip&id=2606 |title=Grutto |publisher=www.marhisdata.nl |access-date=10 February 2021}}

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{{shipwreck list begin |date=6 March 1940 |sort=}}

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|ship={{HNLMS|O 11}}

|flag={{naval|Netherlands}}

|desc=The {{sclass|O 9|submarine}} collided with the tug Amsterdam ({{flag|Netherlands}}) at Den Helder, North Holland and sank. Three crew were killed. There were 27 survivors. She was refloated on 10 March but was never repaired.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Dutch Submarine Sunk In Collision |date=7 March 1940 |page=7 |issue=48558 |column=D }}{{cite web |url=http://www.dutchsubmarines.com/boats/boat_o11.htm |title=O 11 |publisher=www.dutchsubmarines.com |access-date=10 February 2021}}

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

|flag={{flagcountry|Nazi Germany}}

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was intercepted in the Atlantic Ocean off Iceland ({{coord|67|52|N|16|08|W}}) by {{HMS|Berwick|65|6}} ({{naval|United Kingdom}}) and was scuttled by her crew without loss of life.{{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=7 March 1940 |sort=}}

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|ship={{SS|Amelia Lauro||2}}

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

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was attacked in the North Sea by Luftwaffe aircraft and set afire. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland, United Kingdom to Piombino. She was towed in to Immingham, Lincolnshire, United Kingdom. Subsequently placed under repair, but seized as a prize of war when Italy declared war on the United Kingdom. Returned to service as Empire Activity under the British flag.{{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 |pages=431–32 }}

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

|flag={{flag|Netherlands}}

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the North Sea off Knokke-Heist, West Flanders, Belgium ({{coord|51|45|N|3|05|E}}) by {{GS|U-14|1936|2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}) with the loss of all 22 crew.{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?352 |title=SS Vecht (+1940) |publisher=Wrecksite |access-date=15 November 2011}}{{cite web |url=https://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ship/286.html |title=Vecht |publisher=uboat.net |access-date=11 February 2021}}

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|ship=Yolande-Marguerite

|flag={{flag|Belgium}}

|desc=World War II: The fishing vessel was sunk in the North Sea off the Noord Hinder Lightship ({{flag|Netherlands}}) by Heinkel He 111 aircraft of Kampfgeschwader 26, Luftwaffe, or by a mine. Four crew were killed.{{cite web |url=https://www.deplate.be/content/z47-yolande-margueritte-op-een-mijn-gelopen-en-vergaan-vier-doden-7-maart-1940-met-foto |title=Gretafield |publisher=www.deplate.be |access-date=11 February 2021}}

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{{shipwreck list begin |date=8 March 1940 |sort=}}

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|ship={{SS|Counsellor|1926|2}}

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

|desc=World War II: Convoy HX 22: The cargo ship struck a mine and sank in Liverpool Bay {{convert|6|nmi|km}} off the Bar Lightship (22px Trinity House) ({{coord|53|38|N|3|23|W}}). All 78 crew were rescued by {{HMS|Walpole|D41|6}} ({{naval|United Kingdom}}).{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Steamer Sunk Off West Coast |date=9 March 1940 |page=6 |issue=48560 |column=E }}{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?11296 |title= SS Counsellor (+1940) |publisher=www.wrecksite.eu |access-date=11 February 2021}}{{cite web |url=https://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ship/287.html |title=Counsellor |publisher=uboat.net |access-date=11 February 2021}}{{cite book |title=The World's Merchant Fleets, 1939 |first=Roger |last=Jordan |publisher=Chatham Publishing |location=London |year=1999 |page=493 |isbn=1-86176-023-X}}

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|ship={{ship|French minesweeper|Marie Yette||2}}

|flag={{navy|France}}

|desc=The auxiliary minesweeper collided with {{SS|Spramex||2}} ({{flag|France}}) in the Gironde and sank with the loss of twenty of her crew.{{cite web |url=http://alamer.fr/BIBLIOTHEQUE/26.PDF |title=Marie Yette |publisher=alamer.fr |access-date=11 February 2021}}

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

|flag={{flag|Cuba}}

|desc=The tanker barge ran aground at Bradenton Beach, Florida, United States in bad weather and was wrecked. One of her eight crew members drowned.{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?132279 |title=SS Regina (+1940) |publisher=Wrecksite |access-date=11 February 2021}}{{cite web |url=http://www.flheritage.com/archaeology/underwater/preserves/uwregina.cfm |title=Regina |publisher=www.flheritage.com |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061016225055/http://www.flheritage.com/archaeology/underwater/preserves/uwregina.cfm |access-date=11 February 2021|archive-date=2006-10-16 }}

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{{shipwreck list begin |date=9 March 1940 |sort=}}

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

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

|desc=World War II: The collier was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean south west of Cornwall by {{GS|U-14|1936|2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}) with the loss of all nineteen crew.{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?1030 |title= SS Abbotsford (+1940) |publisher=www.wrecksite.eu |access-date=11 February 2021}}{{cite web |url=https://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ship/291.html |title=Abbotsford |publisher=uboat.net |access-date=11 February 2021}}

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

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

|desc=World War II: The coaster was torpedoed and sunk in the North Sea ({{coord|51|44|N|3|22|E}}) by {{GS|U-14|1936|2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}) with the loss of all thirteen crew.{{cite web |url=https://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ship/289.html |title=Akeld |publisher=uboat.net |access-date=11 February 2021}}

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

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

|desc=The collier ran aground on the Goodwin Sands, Kent. She broke in two on 11 March. All seventeen crew were rescued by the lifeboat Prudential (file:Flag of the Royal National Lifeboat Institution.svg Royal National Lifeboat Institution).

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

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

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the North Sea ({{coord|51|44|N|3|22|E}}) by {{GS|U-14|1936|2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}). All 21 crew were rescued by the pilot boat Loodsboot No.9 ({{flag|Netherlands}}).{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Crew Of Mined British Ship Rescued |date=11 March 1940 |page=5 |issue=48561 |column=D }}{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?315 |title= SS Borthwick (+1940) |publisher=Wrecksite |access-date=23 October 2011}}{{cite web |url=http://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/290.html |title=Borthwick |publisher=uboat.net |access-date=11 February 2021}}

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|ship={{SS|Chevychase|1926|2}}

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

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship struck a mine and sank in the North Sea off the north coast of Norfolk {{coord|53|18|N|1|13|E}}). All 21 crew were rescued by the trawler Monimia ({{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}).{{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 newspaper The Times |title=Steamer's Crew Of 21 Saved |date=11 March 1940 |page=5 |issue=48561 |column=D }}{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?2809 |title= SS Chevycase (+1940) |publisher=Wrecksite |access-date=23 October 2011}}

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|ship={{SS|Hercules|1900|2}}

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

|desc=The cargo ship ran aground in the Paraná River {{convert|309|km|nmi|order=flip}} from its mouth. She broke in two and was a total loss.{{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={{ship|ST|Leukos||2}}

|flag={{flag|Ireland}}

|desc=World War II: The Fishing trawler was shelled and sunk off Tory Island, County Donegal by {{GS|U-38|1938|2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}) with the loss of all eleven crew.{{cite web |url=https://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ship/288.html |title=Leukos |publisher=uboat.net |access-date=11 February 2021}}

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|ship={{SS|Maindy Hill|1911|2}}

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

|desc=The cargo ship collided with {{SS|St. Rosario|1937|2}} ({{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}) in the North Sea {{convert|3|nmi|km}} north east of Hartlepool, County Durham and sank. All 23 crew were rescued.{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?65410 |title= SS Maindy Hill (+1940) |publisher=Wrecksite |access-date=23 October 2011}}

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|ship={{ship|French patrol vessel|P-100 Murad||2}}

|flag={{navy|France}}

|desc= The auxiliary patrol vessel ran aground near Latakia, Syria and was wrecked.{{cite web |url=http://www.warshipsww2.eu/lode.php?language=E&period=&idtrida=1898 |title=French patrol vessels type Trawlery |website=warshipsww2.eu |access-date=29 December 2014 |url-status=usurped|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141229212208/http://www.warshipsww2.eu/lode.php?language=E&period=&idtrida=1898 |archive-date=29 December 2014 }}{{cite web |url=https://fr.calameo.com/read/0036258692fcd5e93feaf |title=Murad |publisher=fr.calameo.com |access-date=11 February 2021}}

}}

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|ship={{SS|P. Margaronis|1913|2}}

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

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Bristol Channel off the north coast of Cornwall by {{GS|U-28|1936|2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}) with the loss of all 30 crew.{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?12828 |title=SS P. Margaronis (+1940) |publisher=www.wrecksite.eu |access-date=11 February 2021}}{{cite web |url=https://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ship/292.html |title=P Margaronis |publisher=uboat.net |access-date=11 February 2021}}

}}

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|ship=Santa Godelieva

|flag={{flag|Belgium}}

|desc=World War II: The fishing vessel was sunk in the North Sea off Ostend, West Flanders by a mine or by aircraft of Kampfgeschwader 26, Luftwaffe, with the loss of four crew.{{cite web |url=http://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/43.html |title=Hanonia |publisher=uboat.net |access-date=11 February 2021}}{{cite web |url=https://www.deplate.be/content/h58-santa-godelieva-vergaan-vermoedelijke-positie-60-mijl-nte-van-zeebrugge-vier-doden-16 |title=Santa Godelieva |publisher=www.deplate.be |access-date=11 February 2021}}{{cite web |url=https://www.erfgoedinzicht.be/collecties/detail/44e96902-e245-5c92-a6c4-4bebe8fb8c74 |title=Santa Godelieva |publisher=www.erfgoedinzicht.be |access-date=11 February 2021}}

}}

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

|flag={{flag|Netherlands}}

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship struck a mine and sank in the North Sea ({{coord|51|24|N|2|09|E}}). All 35 crew were rescued by {{SS|City of Bremen|1897|2}} ({{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}).{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Two More Dutch Ships Sunk |date=13 March 1940 |page=7 |issue=48563 |column=C }}{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?69 |title= SS Amor (+1940) |publisher=www.wrecksite.eu |access-date=11 February 2021}}{{cite web |url=https://www.marhisdata.nl/schip&id=349 |title=Amor |publisher=www.marhisdata.nl |access-date=11 February 2021}}

}}

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|ship={{SS|Clan Stuart|1916|2}}

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

|desc=The cargo ship collided with {{SS|Orlock Head|1921|2}} ({{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}) in the English Channel {{convert|18|nmi|km}} south east of Start Point, Devon and sank. All 75 crew were rescued by the fishing trawler Notre Dame de Montlignon ({{flag|France}}).{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Ship Sunk In Collision |date=12 March 1940 |page=8 |issue=48562 |column=C }}{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?77744 |title= SS Clan Stuart ? (+1940) |publisher=www.wrecksite.eu |access-date=11 February 2021}}

}}

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

|flag={{flag|Netherlands}}

|desc=World War II: The tanker was torpedoed and damaged in the Atlantic Ocean {{convert|120|nmi|km}} west of Ouessant, Finistère, France ({{coord|48|35|N|8|22|W}}) by {{GS|U-28|1936|2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}). All 42 crew were rescued by {{HMS|Wild Swan|D62|6}} ({{naval|United Kingdom}}) but one died later in hospital. The ship was scuttled by {{HMS|Broke|D83|6}} ({{naval|United Kingdom}}).{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?12829 |title= SS Eulota (+1940) |publisher=www.wrecksite.eu |access-date=11 February 2021}}{{cite web |url=https://www.marhisdata.nl/schip&id=2115 |title=Eulota |publisher=www.marhisdata.nl |access-date=11 February 2021}}{{cite web |url=https://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ship/293.html |title=Eulota |publisher=uboat.net |access-date=11 February 2021}}

}}

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|ship=Halifax

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

|desc=World War II: The fishing trawler caught a mine in her nets whilst fishing in the North Sea. The mine exploded sinking the vessel. All nine crew were rescued by the trawler Ipswich ({{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}).{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Mine In The Trawl |date=13 March 1940 |page=5 |issue=48563 |column=C}}{{cite web |url=http://www.fleetwood-trawlers.info/index.php/2008/12/st-ipswich-lt128/ |title=Ipswich |publisher=www.fleetwood-trawlers.info |access-date=1 February 2021}}{{cite web |url=http://www.clydeships.co.uk/view.php?year_built=&builder=&ref=12674&vessel=HALIFAX |title=Halifax |publisher=www.clydeships.co.uk |access-date=1 February 2021}}{{cite web |url=http://www.naval-history.net/xDKWW2-4002-11FEB01.htm |title=Naval History, February 1940 |publisher=www.naval-history.net |access-date=1 February 2021}}{{cite web |url=https://www.fold3.com/image/301339887 |title=Admiralty War Diary, 11 March 1940 |publisher=www.fold3.com |access-date=1 February 2021}}

}}

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|ship={{GS|U-31|1936|2}}

|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}

|desc=World War II: The Type VIIA submarine (616/733 t, 1936) was bombed and sunk in the Jade Bight by a Bristol Blenheim aircraft of 82 Squadron, Royal Air Force with the loss of all 58 people on board. She was raised on 15 March, repaired at Wilhelmshaven and returned to service on 30 July.{{cite web |url=https://uboat.net/boats/u31.htm |title=U-31 |publisher=uboat.net |access-date=11 February 2021}}

}}

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|ship={{SS|Gardenia|1928|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 ({{coord|53|04|N|1|33|E}}). Her 33 crew were rescued by {{HMT|Viviana}} ({{naval|United Kingdom}}).{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?10101 |title= SS Gardenia (+1940) |publisher=www.wrecksite.eu |access-date=11 February 2021}}

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|ship={{Ship||Rose Effeuilée|barquentine|2}}

|flag={{flag|France}}

|desc=World War II: The barquentine struck a mine in the North Sea ({{coord|51|25|N|1|45|E}}) and sank. Her crew were rescued.{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?32220 |title=Rose Effeuilee (+1940) |publisher=www.wrecksite.eu |access-date=11 February 2021}}

}}

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

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|ship= {{ship|Finnish tugboat|Ahti||2}}

|flag={{flag|Finland}}

|desc=Winter War: End of War: The tug was scuttled in Lake Ladoga at Sortavala off the Havus Shipyard.{{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=1 March 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|Finnish tugboat|Astra||2}}

|flag={{flag|Finland}}

|desc=Winter War: End of War: The tugboat was scuttled in Lake Ladoga at Sortavala off the Havus Shipyard.

}}

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|ship={{SS|Buizerd|1931|2}}

|flag={{flag|Netherlands}}

|desc=The coaster ran ashore on Kalder Steel, off the coast of Yorkshire, United Kingdom and was wrecked. All six crew were rescued by the lifeboat Robert Patton - The Always Ready (file:Flag of the Royal National Lifeboat Institution.svg Royal National Lifeboat Institution). Buizerd was later raised and repaired, resuming service in September 1941.{{cite web |url=https://www.marhisdata.nl/schip&id=1168 |title=Buizerd |publisher=www.marhisdata.nl |access-date=11 February 2021}}

}}

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

|flag={{flagcountry|Nazi Germany}}

|desc=The cargo ship struck a submerged wreck in the Skaggerak off Hirtshals, Denmark and sank some hours later in a snowstorm ({{coord|57|36|N|9|57|E}}) with the loss of six of her 31 crew.{{cite web |url=https://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?8542 |title=Eschersheim |publisher=www.wrecksite.eu |access-date=11 February 2021}}{{cite web |url=http://rdm-archief.nl/RDM-NB/RDM-034.html |title=Eschersheim |publisher=rdm-archief.nl |access-date=11 February 2021}}{{cite web |url=https://nordjyske.dk/nyheder/--de-skal-ikke-glemmes/a81f63ef-dc77-4678-a703-e91fba2586f0 |title=Eschersheim |publisher=nordjyske.dk |access-date=11 February 2021}}

}}

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

|flag={{flag|Australia|civil}}

|desc=The coaster sank off the mouth of the Camden Haven River, New South Wales after hitting a breakwater. Her eight crew members were rescued.{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?51214 |title=SS Idant (+1940) |publisher=www.wrecksite.eu |access-date=11 February 2021}}{{cite web |url=https://www.camdencourier.com.au/story/5408627/from-our-archives-legacy-of-shipping-trade-photos/ |title=Idant |date=18 May 2018 |publisher=www.camdencourier.com.au |access-date=11 February 2021}}

}}

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|ship= {{ship|Finnish liaison ship|Jaameri||2}}

|flag={{flag|Finland}}

|desc=Winter War: End of War: The Board of Navigation liaison ship was burnt or scuttled at Petsamo.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship= {{ship|Finnish dredger|Laatokka||2}}

|flag={{flag|Finland}}

|desc=Winter War: End of War: The dredger was scuttled in Lake Ladoga at Sortavala off the Havus Shipyard.

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|ship={{SS|La Coruña|1921|2}}

|flag={{flagcountry|Nazi Germany}}

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was intercepted in the Atlantic Ocean south east of Iceland ({{coord|63|00|N|10|20|W}}) by HMS Maloja ({{naval|United Kingdom}}) and was scuttled by her crew, all 68 of whom were rescued by HMS Majola.{{cite web |url=https://gallivanting.ca/stories-my-father-told/ |title=Maloja |publisher=gallivanting.ca |access-date=11 February 2021}}

}}

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|ship= {{ship|Finnish tugboat|Pitkaranta||2}}

|flag={{flag|Finland}}

|desc=Winter War: End of War: The tug was scuttled in Lake Ladoga at Sortavala off the Havus Shipyard.

}}

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|ship={{SS|Rossington Court||2}}

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

|desc=World War II: Convoy HX 26: The cargo ship (6,922 GRT, 1928) was in collision with {{MV|Athelviking|1926|2}} ({{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}) in the Atlantic Ocean {{convert|600|nmi|km}} east of Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada, and sank. All 37 crew were rescued.{{cite web |url=http://www.uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/3422.html |title=Athelviking |publisher=uboat.net |access-date=11 February 2021}}{{cite web |url=https://www.benjidog.co.uk/court/Rossington%20Court.html |title=Rossington Court |publisher=www.benjidog.co.uk |access-date=11 February 2021}}

}}

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|ship= {{ship|Finnish tugboat|Toysa||2}}

|flag={{flag|Finland}}

|desc=Winter War: End of War: The tugboat was scuttled in Lake Ladoga at Sortavala off the Havus Shipyard.

}}

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|ship= {{ship|Finnish patrol ship|Turja||2}}

|flag={{flag|Finland}}

|desc=Winter War: End of War: The Border Guard patrol ship was burnt or scuttled at Petsamo.

}}

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|ship={{GS|U-44|1939|2}}

|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}

|desc=World War II: The Type IXA submarinestruck a mine in the North Sea off the coast of the Netherlands ({{coord|54|14|N|5|06|E}}) and sank with the loss of all 47 crew.{{cite web |url=https://uboat.net/boats/u44.htm |title=U-44 |publisher=uboat.net |access-date=11 February 2021}}

}}

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

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|ship={{SS|Melrose|1906|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 Belgium ({{coord|51|21|N|2|13|E}}). Seventeen of her crew were killed.{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?27 |title=SS Melrose (+1940) |publisher=www.wrecksite.eu |access-date=11 February 2021}}{{cite web |url=https://www.benjidog.co.uk/Tower%20Hill/Mathura%20to%20Melrose.html#Melrose |title=Melrose |publisher=www.benjidog.co.uk |access-date=11 February 2021}}

}}

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|ship={{HMT|Peridot|FY 198|6}}

|flag={{naval|United Kingdom}}

|desc=World War II: The naval trawler struck a mine and was damaged in the English Channel off Dover, Kent ({{coord|51|00|N|1|35|E}}). Her crew were rescued by {{HMT|Saon}} ({{naval|United Kingdom}}) and the ship was taken in tow by {{HMS|Brilliant|H84|6}} ({{naval|United Kingdom}}). {{Ship|ST|Lady Duncannon||2}} ({{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}) later took over the tow but HMT Peridot sank before she could be brought into port. There were no casualties.{{cite web |url=http://www.naval-history.net/xDKWW2-4003-12MAR02.htm |title=Naval Events, March 1940, Part 2 of 2, Friday 15th – Sunday 31st |publisher=Naval History |access-date=17 March 2011}}{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?11392 |title= HMT Peridot (FY 198) (+1940) |publisher=Wrecksite |access-date=23 October 2011}}

}}

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

|flag={{flag|Netherlands}}

|desc=World War II: The coaster struck a mine and sank in the North Sea with the loss of all seven hands.{{cite web |url=https://www.marhisdata.nl/schip&id=5651 |title=Saba |publisher=www.marhisdata.nl |access-date=12 February 2021}}

}}

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

|flag={{flag|Australia|civil}}

|desc=The cargo ship sank off West Point, Tasmania after striking an uncharted rock. Her 24 crew members were rescued.{{cite web |url=https://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?54654 |title=Kahika |publisher=www.wrecksite.eu |access-date=12 February 2021}}{{cite web |url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/25764302 |title=Kahika |publisher=trove.nla.gov.au |access-date=12 February 2021}}

}}

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|ship={{HMT|Maida}}

|flag={{naval|United Kingdom}}

|desc=World War II: The naval trawler struck a mine and sank in the North Sea east of the North Foreland, Kent, with the loss of six of her twelve crew. Survivors were rescued by {{HMT|Mare}} ({{naval|United Kingdom}}).{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Two Trawlers Lost |date=18 March 1940 |page=8 |issue=48567 |column=D }}{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?73699 |title= HMS Maida (+1940) |publisher=www.wrecksite.eu |access-date=12 February 2021}}

}}

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

|flag={{Flag|Sweden}}

|desc=The cargo ship ran aground in the Skaggerak off Risør, Norway and was wrecked. Eleven of her twenty crew died.{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?146614 |title=SS Osman (+1940) |publisher=www.wrecksite.eu |access-date=12 February 2021}}{{cite web |url=https://www.agderposten.no/magasin/de-kjempet-for-sitt-liv-i-stormnatten/ |title=Osman |publisher=www.agderposten.no |access-date=12 February 2021}}{{cite news |url=https://larship.no/arkiv-2-artikkler-2/ |title=Osman |newspaper=Larship |publisher=larship.no |access-date=12 February 2021}}{{cite web |url=http://www.shipwrecked.eu/norway/aagder/osman/osman.htm |title=Osman |publisher=www.shipwrecked.e |access-date=12 February 2021}}

}}

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

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

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship struck a mine and sank in the Bristol Channel south of Nash Point, Glamorgan, United Kingdom ({{coord|51|19|45|N|3|38|45|W}}) with the loss of one of her 34 crew.{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?32216 |title=SS Slava (+1940) |publisher=www.wrecksite.eu |access-date=12 February 2021}}{{cite web |url=https://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ship/3580.html |title=Slava |publisher=uboat.net |access-date=12 February 2021}}{{cite book |title=The World's Merchant Fleets, 1939 |first=Roger |last=Jordan |publisher=Chatham publishing |location=London |year=1999 |page=598 |isbn=1-86176-023-X}}

}}

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|ship=Xania

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

|desc=The fishing trawler sank after a collision with the fishing trawler Aberdeen ({{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}) in the fishing grounds off the coast of Ireland. Her crew were rescued by Aberdeen.{{cite web |url=http://www.llangibby.eclipse.co.uk/milfordtrawlers/accidents%20&%20incidents/xania.htm |title=Xania |publisher=www.llangibby.eclipse.co.uk |access-date=12 January 2021}}

}}

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

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

|desc=The coaster ran aground on Fort Island, Isle of Man with the loss of two of her nine crew.{{cite web |url=https://wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?65080 |title=Alyn |publisher=www.wrecksite.eu |access-date=12 February 2021}}

}}

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|ship={{MV|Argentina|1921|2}}

|flag={{flag|Denmark}}

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean east of the Shetland Islands, United Kingdom ({{coord|60|47|N|0|30|W}}) by {{GS|U-38|1938|2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}) with the loss of all 33 crew.{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?12912|title=SS Argentina (+1940) |publisher=Wrecksite |access-date=2 November 2011}}{{cite web |url=http://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/294.html |title=Argentina |publisher=uboat.net |access-date=12 February 2021}}

}}

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|ship={{MV|Basra|1914|2}}

|flag={{flag|Panama}}

|desc=World War II: Convoy ON 20: The cargo ship was in collision with {{SS|Listo|1918|2}} ({{flag|Norway}}) in the North Sea and sank. Her 27 crew were rescued by {{SS|Løvaas|1917|2}} ({{flag|Norway}}).{{cite web |url=http://www.warsailors.com/freefleet/norfleetb1.html |title= Norwegian Merchant Fleet 1939 - 1945. Ships starting with Ba |publisher=www.warsailors.com |access-date=12 February 2021}}{{cite book |title=The World's Merchant Fleets, 1939 |first=Roger |last=Jordan |publisher=Chatham publishing |location=London |year=1999 |page=556 |isbn=1-86176-023-X}}

}}

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|ship={{SS|Capitaine Augustin|1922|2}}

|flag={{flag|France}}

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship struck a mine and sank in the North Sea north of Margate, Kent, United Kingdom with the loss of two of her crew. There were 28 survivors.{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?73810 |title=SS Capitaine Augustin (+1940) |publisher=www.wrecksite.eu |access-date=12 February 2021}}{{cite web |url=http://uim.marine.free.fr/hisnav/archives/carpass/cap_augustin.htm |title=Capitaine Augustin |publisher=uim.marine.free.fr |access-date=12 February 2021}} 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=457 |isbn=1-86176-023-X}}

}}

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

|flag={{flag|Netherlands}}

|desc=The coaster sank after hitting rocks near Rathlin Island, County Antrim, United Kingdom. All seven crew survived.{{cite web |url=https://www.marhisdata.nl/schip&id=2844 |title=Hinde |publisher=www.marhisdata.nl |access-date=12 February 2021}}

}}

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|ship={{SS|Kitahuku Maru|1912|2}}

|flag={{flagcountry|Empire of Japan}}

|desc=The cargo ship ran aground at off Kumejima Island ({{coord|26|20|N|126|56|E}}) and was wrecked.{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?140561 |title=SS Kitahuku Maru (+1940) |publisher=www.wrecksite.eu |access-date=12 February 2021}}

}}

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|ship=Ocean Drift

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

|desc=The fishing vessel collided with {{HMS|Intrepid|D10|6}} ({{naval|United Kingdom}}) in the North Sea and sank with the loss of two of her ten crew. Survivors were rescued by HMS Intrepid.{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?61173 |title=FV Ocean Drift (+1940) |publisher=www.wrecksite.eu |access-date=12 February 2021}}

}}

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|ship={{SS|Sint Annaland|1916|2}}

|flag={{flag|Netherlands}}

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship struck a mine and sank in the North Sea off the coast of Belgium ({{coord|51|23|N|2|01|E}}). All 21 crew were rescued by {{SS|Schieland|1916|2}} and {{SS|Schokland|1915|2}} (both {{flag|Netherlands}}).{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Dutch Ship Sunk By Mine |date=18 March 1940 |page=7 |issue=48567 |column=D }}{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?1837 |title=SS Sint Annaland (+1940) |publisher=www.wrecksite.eu |access-date=12 February 2021}}{{cite web |url=https://www.marhisdata.nl/schip&id=5914 |title=Sint Annaland |publisher=www.marhisdata.nl |access-date=12 February 2021}}

}}

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

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|ship=Soar

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

|desc=The fishing trawler foundered in a storm on rocks known as "The Black Waughs" {{convert|1/2|nmi|m}} south of Gourdon, Aberdeenshire. Six fishermen lost their lives.{{cite web |url=https://www.benjidog.co.uk/Tower%20Hill/Fishing%20Vessels%20Rochester%20to%20Sulby.html#Soar |title=Soar |publisher=/www.benjidog.co.uk |access-date=12 February 2021}}

}}

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|ship={{SS|Tina Primo|1911|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 east coast of Kent, United Kingdom. She was taken in tow by {{ship|ST|Kenia|1927|2}} ({{flag|United Kingdom|civil}} but struck two more mines and sank ({{coord|51|20|N|1|42|E}}) with the loss of one of her 37 crew.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Italian Ship Breaks In Two |date=19 March 1940 |page=8 |issue=48568 |column=G }}{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?4913 |title=SS Tina Primo (+1940) |publisher=www.wrecksite.eu |access-date=12 February 2021}}

}}

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

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

|flag={{flag|Denmark}}

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the North Sea off the north coast of Inverness-shire, United Kingdom ({{coord|58|07|N|2|39|W}}) by {{GS|U-19|1936|2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}) with the loss of all twenty crew.{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?11186 |title= SS Charkow (+1940) |publisher=Wrecksite |access-date=23 October 2011}}{{cite web |url=http://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/295.html |title=Charkow |publisher=uboat.net |access-date=12 February 2021}}

}}

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|ship=Lowdock

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

|desc=The fishing trawler collided with {{HMT|Lady Philomena}} ({{naval|United Kingdom}}) in the North Sea off Montrose, Angus and sank with the loss of eleven crew. There was only one survivor.{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?62857 |title=FV Lowdock (+1940) |publisher=www.wrecksite.eu |access-date=11 February 2021}}

}}

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

|flag={{flag|Denmark}}

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed, shelled and sunk in the North Sea off the north coast of Inverness-shire ({{coord|58|07|N|2|39|W}}) by {{GS|U-19|1936|2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}) with the loss of eleven of her twenty crew. Survivors were rescued by {{HMS|Esk|1934|6}} ({{naval|United Kingdom}}).{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?11187 |title= SS Minsk (+1940) |publisher=Wrecksite |access-date=23 October 2011}}{{cite web |url=https://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ship/296.html |title=Minsk |publisher=uboat.net |access-date=12 February 2021}}

}}

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

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|ship={{SS|Barn Hill|1921|2}}

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

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was bombed and damaged in the English Channel {{convert|3|nmi|km}} south south west of Beachy Head, Sussex by Heinkel He 111 aircraft of Kampfgeschwader 26, Luftwaffe. Five of her 34crew were lost. Survivors were rescued by the Eastbourne Lifeboat Jane Holland (File:Flag of the Royal National Lifeboat Institution.svg Royal National Lifeboat Institution). Barn Hill was beached south east of Langney Point but broke her back on 26 March, a total loss.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Torpedoed Danish Ships |date=27 March 1940 |page=5 |issue=48574 |column=B }}{{cite web |url=http://www.benjidog.co.uk/Tower%20Hill/Barnby%20to%20Baron%20Kelvin.html |title= Barnby to Baron Kelvin |publisher=Brian Watson |access-date=23 October 2011}}{{cite web |url=https://www.eastbournernli.org/history-1822-1993/ |title=The History of the Eastbourne Lifeboat Station |publisher=Royal National Lifeboat Institution |access-date=17 June 2020}}

}}

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

|flag={{flag|Denmark}}

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the North Sea off the north coast of Inverness-shire, United Kingdom by {{GS|U-19|1936|2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}) with the loss of fifteen of her twenty crew.{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?11189 |title= SS Bothal (+1940) |publisher=Wrecksite |access-date=23 October 2011}}{{cite web |url=https://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ship/298.html |title=Bothal |publisher=uboat.net |access-date=13 February 2021}}

}}

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|ship=Protinus

|flag={{flag|Netherlands}}

|desc=World War II: The fishing trawler was bombed and sunk in the North Sea by Heinkel He 111 aircraft of Kampfgeschwader 26, Luftwaffe, with the loss of two of her twelve crew. Two others died before the survivors were rescued on 25 March by {{HMS|Unity|N66|6}} ({{naval|United Kingdom}}).{{cite web |url=https://mass.cultureelerfgoed.nl/protinus-ijm85 |title=Protinus |publisher=mass.cultureelerfgoed.nl |access-date=28 January 2021}}{{cite web |url=https://www.scheveningen-haven.nl/info/schepen/index_ijm.php?nummer=85&af=IJM |title=Protinus |publisher=www.scheveningen-haven.nl |access-date=28 January 2021}}{{cite web |url=http://forum.12oclockhigh.net/showthread.php?t=36748 |title=Protinus |publisher=forum.12oclockhigh.net |access-date=28 January 2021}}

}}

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

|flag={{flag|Norway}}

|desc=World War II: Convoy ON 21: The cargo ship was bombed and damaged in the North Sea by Luftwaffe aircraft. She was taken in tow by {{ship|ST|St Mellons||2}} ({{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}) but sank {{convert|4.75|nmi|km}} east of Copinsay, Orkney Islands, United Kingdom following and explosion. She may have struck a mine. There were no casualties.{{cite web |url=http://www.warsailors.com/singleships/svinta.html |title=D/S Svinta |publisher=www.warsailors.com |access-date=13 February 2021}} Also reported as torpedoed and sunk on 21 March by {{GS|U-57|1938|2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}).{{cite book |title=The World's Merchant Fleets, 1939 |first=Roger |last=Jordan |publisher=Chatham publishing |location=London |year=1999 |page=564 |isbn=1-86176-023-X}}

}}

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

|flag={{flag|Denmark}}

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the North Sea off the north coast of Inverness-shire ({{coord|58|08|N|2|38|W}}) by {{GS|U-19|1936|2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}) with the loss of fifteen of her seventeen crew.{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?11188 |title= SS Viking (+1940) |publisher=Wrecksite |access-date=23 October 2011}}{{cite web |url=https://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ship/297.html |title=Viking |publisher=uboat.net |access-date=12 February 2021}}

}}

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

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

|flag={{flag|Denmark}}

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean west of the Shetland Islands, United Kingdom ({{coord|60|17|N|2|49|W}}), by {{GS|U-38|1938|2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}) with the loss of four crew members and a passenger. Twenty survivors were rescued by {{HMT|Manx King}} ({{naval|United Kingdom}}).{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=The Sea War On Neutrals |date=23 March 1940 |page=6 |issue=48571 |column=E }}{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?12913 |title= MV Algier (+1940) |publisher=Wrecksite |access-date=23 October 2011}}{{cite web |url=https://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ship/300.html |title=Algier |publisher=uboat.net |access-date=13 February 2021}}

}}

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|ship={{MV|Christiansborg|1922|2}}

|flag={{flag|Denmark}}

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean north of the Shetland Islands, United Kingdom ({{coord|60|17|N|2|49|W}}), by {{GS|U-38|1938|2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}) with the loss of one of her 25 crew. Survivors were rescued by {{HMS|Discovery II}} ({{naval|United Kingdom}}).{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?12914 |title= MV Christiansborg (+1940) |publisher=Wrecksite |access-date=23 October 2011}}{{cite book |title=The world's merchant fleets, 1939 |first=Roger |last=Jordan |publisher=Chatham publishing |location=London |year=1999 |page=447 |isbn=1-86176-023-X}}{{cite web |url=https://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ship/301.html |title=Christiansborg |publisher=uboat.net |access-date=13 February 2021}}

}}

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|ship={{PS|Gondolier|1866|2}}

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

|desc=World War II: The paddle steamer was scuttled as a blockship in Water Sound, Scapa Flow, Orkney Islands, or capsized and sank in deep water during a gale.{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?61040 |title=PSS Gondolier (+1940) |publisher=www.wrecksite.eu |access-date=10 February 2021}}{{cite web |url=https://www.northlinkferries.co.uk/orkney-blog/wrecks-of-scapa-flow/ |title=wrecks of Scapa Flow |publisher=North Link Ferries |access-date=31 March 2021}}

}}

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

|flag={{flagcountry|Nazi Germany}}

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Skaggerak north east of Skagen, Denmark ({{coord|57|48|40|N|10|53|30|E}}) by {{HMS|Ursula|N59|6}} ({{naval|United Kingdom}}). All 36m crew survived, being allowed to leave the ship before she was torpedoed. One was taken prisoner by HMS Ursula.{{cite web |url=https://uboat.net/allies/warships/ship/3386.html |title=HMS Ursula |publisher=uboat.net |access-date=13 February 2021}}{{cite web |url=http://ribewiki.dk/da/Heddernheim_1940_Skagerrak |title=Heddernheim |publisher=ribewiki.dk |access-date=13 February 2021}}

}}

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

{{shipwreck list item

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

|flag={{flag|Estonia}}

|desc=The cargo ship was damaged by ice and sank in the Baltic Sea. Her crew survived.{{cite book |title=The world's merchant fleets, 1939 |first=Roger |last=Jordan |publisher=Chatham publishing |location=London |year=1999 |page=453 |isbn=1-86176-023-X}}

}}

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|ship={{SS|Sandö|1902|2}}

|flag={{flag|Sweden}}

|desc=The cargo ship (1,282 GRT, ) collided in dense fog with Nujolla ({{flag|Sweden}}) and sank in the Oslofjord {{convert|1.5|mi}} southwest of Færder Lighthouse, Norway. There were no casualties.{{cite web |url=https://wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?238873 |title=Sandö |publisher=www.wrecksite.eu |access-date=14 February 2021}}{{cite web |url=https://www.marhisdata.nl/schip?id=3075 |title=Sandö |publisher=www.marhisdata.nl |access-date=14 February 2021}}

}}

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

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|ship={{SS|Edmund Hugo Stinnes IV|1920|2}}

|flag={{flagcountry|Nazi Germany}}

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was shelled and stopped in the Skaggerak off Jutland, Denmark by {{HMS|Truant|N68|6}} ({{naval|United Kingdom}}) and subsequently sunk with torpedoes. Her captain was taken as a prisoner of war. The rest of her crew reached land safely.{{cite book |last=Haarr |first=Geirr H |title=No Room for Mistakes: British and Allied Submarine Warfare 1939-1940 |publisher=Seaforth Publishing |year=2015 |page=163 |isbn=978-1-84832-206-6}}{{cite web |url=https://uboat.net/allies/warships/ship/3494.html |title=HMS Truant |publisher=uboat.net |access-date=13 February 2021}}

}}

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|ship={{ship|French destroyer|La Railleuse||2}}

|flag={{navy|France|name=Marine Nationale}}

|desc=The {{sclass|L'Adroit|destroyer}} was sunk in the Mediterranean Sea off Casablanca, Morocco by the accidental explosion of her own torpedoes with the loss of 28 of her crew. There were also 24 wounded.{{cite book|last1=Jordan|first1=John|last2=Moulin|first2=Jean|title=French Destroyers: Torpilleurs d'Escadre & Contre-Torpilleurs 1922–1956|year=2015|publisher=Seaforth Publishing|location=Barnsley, UK|isbn=978-1-84832-198-4|page=225}}{{cite web |url=http://www.netmarine.net/bat/patrouil/railleuse/ancien.htm |title=La Railleuse |publisher=www.netmarine.net |access-date=23 March 2020}}{{cite web |url=https://clausuchronia.wordpress.com/tag/la-railleuse/ |title=La Railleuse |publisher=clausuchronia.wordpress.com |access-date=13 February 2021}}

}}

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|ship={{HMT|Loch Assater}}

|flag={{naval|United Kingdom}}

|desc=World War II: The naval trawler struck a mine in the North Sea {{convert|61|nmi|km}} north of Kinnaird Head, Aberdeenshire and sank. Her crew were rescued by {{HMT|Strathtummel}} ({{naval|United Kingdom}}).{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Naval Trawler Mined |date=25 March 1940 |page=6 |issue=48572 |column=E }}{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?61188 |title= HMT Loch Assater (+1940) |publisher=Wrecksite |access-date=23 October 2011}}{{cite web |url=https://wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?239168 |title=Loch Assater |publisher=www.wrecksite.eu |access-date=13 February 2021}}

}}

{{shipwreck list end}}

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

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|ship={{SS|Ostpreussen||2}}

|flag={{flagcountry|Nazi Germany}}

|desc=The cargo ship ran aground off Skallerup, Denmark {{convert|5|nmi|km}} from the Hirtshals Lighthouse after striking a reef. She was refloated on 30 March.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=German Steamer Run Aground |date=25 March 1940 |page=6 |issue=48572 |column=D }}{{cite web |url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/12439854 |title=Ostpreussen |publisher=trove.nla.gov.au |access-date=14 February 2021}}{{cite web |url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/12438175 |title=Ostpreussen |publisher=trove.nla.gov.au |access-date=14 February 2021}}

}}

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

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

|flag={{flag|Denmark}}

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the North Sea north east of the Shetland Islands, United Kingdom ({{coord|60|00|N|4|19|W}}) by {{GS|U-47|1938|2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}) with the loss of thirteen of her eighteen crew. Survivors were rescued by {{SS|Nancy|1921|2}} ({{flag|Denmark}}).{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Danish Ship Sunk Off Scottish Coast |date=26 March 1940 |page=8 |issue=48573 |column=E }}{{cite web |url= http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?12957 |title= SS Britta (+1940) |publisher=Wrecksite |access-date=23 October 2011}}{{cite web |url=https://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ship/302.html |title=Britta |publisher=uboat.net |access-date=14 February 2021}}

}}

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

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

|desc=World War II: The tanker was torpedoed and sunk in the North Sea east of the Orkney Islands ({{coord|59|21|N|1|48|W}}) by {{GS|U-57|1938|2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}) with the loss of four of her 29 crew. Survivors were rescued by {{HMT|Brontes|FY118|6}} and {{HMT|Northern Wave|FY153|6}} (both {{naval|United Kingdom}}).{{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?10432 |title= SS Daghestan (+1940) |publisher=Wrecksite |access-date=23 October 2011}}{{cite web |url=http://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/303.html |title=Daghestan |publisher=uboat.net |access-date=14 February 2021}}

}}

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

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|ship={{MV|Cometa|1921|2}}

|flag={{flag|Norway}}

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean west of the Shetland Islands, United Kingdom ({{coord|60|06|N|4|36|W}}) by {{GS|U-38|1938|2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}). All 42 people on board were rescued by {{HMS|Northern Sky}} ({{naval|United Kingdom}}).{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?12915 |title= MV Cometa (+1940) |publisher=Wrecksite |access-date=23 October 2011}}{{cite web |url=https://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ship/304.html |title=Cometa |publisher=uboat.net |access-date=15 February 2021}}{{cite web |url=http://warsailors.com/singleships/cometa.html |title=Cometa |publisher=www.warsailors.com |access-date=15 February 2021}}

}}

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|ship={{GS|U-21|1936|2}}

|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}

|desc=The Type IIB submarine ran aground off Mandal, Norway ({{coord|58|01|N|7|29|E}}). She was later refloated and interned at Kristiansand-Sud until 9 April 1940. She was then used as a training boat until 1944.{{cite web |url=http://uboat.net/boats/u21.htm |title=U-21 |publisher=uboat.net |access-date=15 February 2021}}

}}

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

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|ship={{ship|French patrol boat|AD 381 Blei Mor||2}}

|flag={{navy|France}}

|desc=The auxiliary patrol boat sank off Dunkerque, Nord after running in a sandbank during a storm.{{cite web |url=http://www.schiffswrackliste.de/BRT%201940.htm |title=Schiffswrackliste 1940 |publisher=www.schiffswrackliste.de |access-date=15 February 2021}}{{cite web |url=https://quai-des-flottilles.forumactif.com/t4752p330-a-la-memoire-de |title=Blei Mor |publisher=quai-des-flottilles.forumactif.com |access-date=15 February 2021}}

}}

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

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

|flag={{flag|Norway}}

|desc=World War II: Convoy FS 31: The cargo ship struck a mine and sank in the North Sea north of Wells-next-the-Sea, Norfolk, United Kingdom. All 33 crew were rescued by {{HMS|Pelican|L86|6}} ({{naval|United Kingdom}}).{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Norwegian Press On Neutrality |date=1 April 1940 |page=40 |issue=48578 |column=D }}{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?2805 |title= SS Burgos (+1940) |publisher=Wrecksite |access-date=23 October 2011}}{{cite web |url=https://www.warsailors.com/singleships/burgos.html |title=Burgos |publisher=www.warsailors.com |access-date=15 February 2021}}

}}

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|ship={{MV|Mimi Horn|1928|2}}

|flag={{flagcountry|Nazi Germany}}

|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was intercepted in the Denmark Strait ({{coord|65|50|N|28|30|W}}) by HMS Transylvania ({{naval|United Kingdom}}) and was scuttled by her crew. All 41 crew were rescued by HMS Transylvania.{{cite web |url=https://www.forum-der-wehrmacht.de/index.php?thread/22733-mimi-horn-informationen-foto-gesucht/ |title=Mimi Horn |publisher=www.forum-der-wehrmacht.de |access-date=15 February 2021}}{{cite web |url=https://www.fold3.com/image/302065606 |title=Mimi Horn |publisher=www.fold3.com |access-date=15 February 2021}}

}}

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

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|ship={{Ship||Hebridean|schooner|2}}

|flag={{flagicon|Canada|1921}} Canada

|desc=The schooner was rammed by the cargo ship {{SS|Esmond|1930|2}} ({{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}) and sank at the entrance of the port of Halifax, Nova Scotia. There were nine fatalities.{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?34351 |title=Hebridean (+1940) |publisher=Wrecksite |access-date=9 November 2011}}{{cite web |url=https://www.atlanticpilotage.com/fr/commemoration-du-naufrage-du-bateau-pilote-hebridean/ |title=Hebridean |publisher=www.atlanticpilotage.com |access-date=15 February 2021}}{{cite web |url=https://novascotia.ca/museum/wrecks/wrecks/shipwrecks.asp?ID=2122 |title=Hebridean |publisher=novascotia.ca |access-date=15 February 2021}}

}}

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{{shipwreck list begin |date=30 March 1940 |sort=}}

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|ship={{SS|Thordoc|1908|2}}

|flag={{Flagicon|Canada|1921}} Canada

|desc=The cargo ship ran aground off Winging Point, {{convert|20|nmi|km}} south of Louisbourg, Nova Scotia and was wrecked. Her crew were rescued.{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?36681 |title=SS Thordoc (+1940) |publisher=Wrecksite |access-date=14 November 2011}}{{cite web |url=http://cbrl.ca/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/HD-1940.pdf |title=Thordoc |publisher=cbrl.ca |access-date=15 February 2021}}

}}

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{{shipwreck list begin |date=31 March 1940 |sort=}}

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

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

|desc=The cargo ship arrived at Takoradi, Gold Coast on fire. She was beached the next day and was gutted. She was declared a constructive total loss.{{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|Nydalen|1920|2}}

|flag={{flag|Norway}}

|desc=The cargo ship foundered {{convert|1|nmi|km}} off Arinagour, Coll, United Kingdom. Her fourteen crew were rescued.{{cite web |url=http://www.warsailors.com/freefleet/norfleetn.html |title=Norwegian merchant ships 1939 - 1945, Ships starting with N |publisher=www.warsailors.com |access-date=15 February 2021}}

}}

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|ship=Walsingham

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

|desc=The fishing trawler was helping a neutral steamship, which had gone aground on the east coast of England when the steamship slipped on a shelf and collided with Walsingham, which foundered ({{coord|51|40|N|1|35|E}}). Her crew were rescued.{{cite web |url=https://wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?74108 |title=Walsingham |publisher=www.wrecksite.eu |access-date=15 February 2021}}{{cite web |url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/2526411 |title=Walsingham |publisher=trove.nla.gov.au |access-date=15 February 2021}}

}}

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

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|ship={{GS|U-22|1936|2}}

|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}

|desc=World War II: The Type IIB submarine was declared missing since 27 March 1940 in the North Sea or Skaggerak. Presumed lost with all 27 hands.{{cite web |url=http://uboat.net/boats/u22.htm |title=U-22 |publisher=uboat.net |access-date=23 March 2020}}

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