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The '''list of shipwrecks in January 1939''' includes [[ship]]s sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during [[January 1939]].
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==1 January==
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|ship={{SS|Anadolu|1896|2}} 
|flag={{flag|Turkey}}
|desc=The [[cargo ship]] ran aground in a storm at [[Bender Eregli]].<ref name=Times030139b>{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Weather and Navigation |date=3 January 1939 |page=18 |issue=48193 |column=G }}</ref>
}}
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|ship={{SS|Calchas|1921|2}} 
|flag={{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}
|desc=The cargo ship ran aground off the Kelsnor Lighthouse, [[Langeland]], Denmark.<ref name=Times020139cr>{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Casualty Reports |date=2 January 1939 |page=27 |issue=48192 |column=E }}</ref> Refloated on 5 January but damaged and leaking.<ref name=Times060139cr>{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Casualty Reports |date=6 January 1939 |page=23 |issue=48196 |column=F }}</ref>
}}
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|ship={{SS|Galata|1918|2}} 
|flag={{flag|Turkey}}
|desc=The cargo ship ran aground in a storm at Bender Eregli.<ref name=Times030139b/><ref name=Times060139cr/>
}}
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|ship={{SS|Ikbal|1900|2}} 
|flag={{flag|Turkey}}
|desc=The cargo ship ran aground in a storm at Bender Eregli.<ref name=Times030139b/> Refloated on 8 January.<ref name=Times090139cr/>
}}
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|ship={{SS|Kaplan|1890|2}} 
|flag={{flag|Turkey}}
|desc=The cargo ship sank in a storm at Bender Eregli.<ref name=Times060139cr/><ref name=Times030139a/>
}}
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|ship={{SS|Millet|1883|2}} 
|flag={{flag|Turkey}}
|desc=The cargo ship sank in a storm at Bender Eregli. Only two crew survived.<ref name=Times030139a>{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Shipwrecks In Black Sea Blizzard |date=3 January 1939 |page=9 |issue=48193 |column=E }}</ref>
}}
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|ship={{SS|Mete|1910|2}} 
|flag={{flag|Turkey}}
|desc=The cargo ship ran aground in a storm at Bender Eregli.<ref name=Times030139b/><ref name=Times090139cr/> Refloated on 21 January.<ref name=Times230139cr/>
}}
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|ship={{SS|Nicolaos Nomicos|1899|2}} 
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Greece|1863-naval}}
|desc=The cargo ship sank in a storm at Bender Eregli.<ref name=Times060139cr/><ref name=Times030139a/> She was refloated on 9 January.<ref name=Times100139cr>{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Casualty Reports |date=10 January 1939 |page=22 |issue=48199 |column=G }}</ref>
}}
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|ship={{SS|Sadan|1890|2}} 
|flag={{flag|Turkey}}
|desc=The cargo ship ran aground in a storm at Bender Eregli.<ref name=Times030139b/><ref name=Times090139cr/> She was refloated on 18 January.<ref name=Times190139cr/>
}}
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|ship={{SS|Samsun|1889|2}} 
|flag={{flag|Turkey}}
|desc=The cargo ship ran aground in a storm at Bender Eregli.<ref name=Times030139cr/> She was refloated on 26 January.<ref name=Times270139cr/>
}}
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|ship=''Sumer'' 
|flag={{flag|Turkey}}
|desc=The cargo ship sank in a storm at Bender Eregli. She was refloated on 9 January.<ref name=Times030139a/><ref name=Times100139cr/>
}}
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|ship={{SS|Tan|1921|2}} 
|flag={{flag|Turkey}}
|desc=The cargo ship ran aground in a storm at Bender Eregli.<ref name=Times030139b/><ref name=Times060139cr/> She was refloated on 6 January.<ref name=Times070139cr/>
}}
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|ship={{SS|Zonguldak|1895|2}} 
|flag={{flag|Turkey}}
|desc=The cargo ship ran aground in a storm at Bender Eregli.<ref name=Times030139b/><ref name=Times090139cr/> She was refloated on 8 January.<ref name=Times100139cr/> 
}}
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==2 January==
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|ship={{SS|Galatea|1912|2}} 
|flag={{flag|Norway}}
|desc=The [[cargo ship]] was driven ashore on [[Saltholm]], [[Copenhagen]], Denmark.<ref name=Times030139cr>{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Casualty Reports |date=3 January 1939 |page=18 |issue=48193 |column=G }}</ref> She was refloated on 5 January.<ref name=Times060139cr/>
}}
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|ship={{MV|Mexico|1920|2}} 
|flag={{flag|Norway}}
|desc=The [[tank ship|tanker]] ran aground at [[Dragør]], Denmark.<ref name=Times030139cr/>
}}
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|ship={{SS|Tilda|1903|2}} 
|flag={{flag|Finland}}
|desc=The cargo ship was driven ashore at [[Setúbal]], Portugal.<ref name=Times030139cr/> She was refloated the next day after 350 tons of oil was discharged.<ref name=Times060139cr/><ref name=Times040139cr>{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Casualty Reports |date=4 January 1939 |page=21 |issue=48194 |column=D }}</ref>
}}
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==4 January==
{{shipwreck list begin |date=4 January 1939 |sort=}}
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|ship={{SS|Chief Wawatam||2}} 
|flag={{flag|United States|1912}}
|desc=The [[train ferry]] ran aground on the North Graham Shoal in the [[Straits of Mackinac]].<ref name=Times060139cr/> She was refloated on 9 January.<ref name=Times110139cr>{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Casualty Reports |date=11 January 1939 |page=20 |issue=48200 |column=F }}</ref> }}
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==5 January==
{{shipwreck list begin |date=5 January 1939 |sort=}}
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|ship={{MV|Cheyenne|1930|2}} 
|flag={{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}
|desc=The [[tank ship|tanker]] ran aground at [[Spodsbjerg]], Denmark. She was later refloated undamaged.<ref name=Times060139cr/>
}}
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|ship={{SS|Kyleclare|1932|2}} 
|flag={{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}
|desc=The [[cargo ship]] ran aground in the [[River Moy]], [[County Mayo]], Ireland.<ref name=Times060139cr/> She was refloated undamaged the next day.<ref name=Times070139cr>{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Casualty Reports |date=7 January 1939 |page=21 |issue=48197 |column=C }}</ref>
}}
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|ship={{SS|Shuntai Maru|1920|2}} 
|flag={{flagcountry|Empire of Japan}}
|desc=The cargo ship was driven ashore in a gale at [[Muroran, Hokkaidō]].<ref name=Times100139cr/> She was later refloated.<ref name=Times170139cr/>
}}
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|ship={{SS|Yubari Maru|1930|2}} 
|flag={{flagcountry|Empire of Japan}}
|desc=The cargo ship was driven ashore in a gale at Muroran.<ref name=Times100139cr/> She was later refloated.<ref name=Times170139cr/> 
}}
{{shipwreck list end}}

==6 January==
{{shipwreck list begin |date=6 January 1939 |sort=}}
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|ship={{SS|Authorpe|1917|2}} 
|flag={{flag|Panama|civil}}
|desc=[[Spanish Civil War]]: The [[cargo ship]] was bombed and sunk at [[Alicante]] by Nationalist aircraft. She was refloated in 1939 and seized by the Spanish Government. Subsequently repaired and returned to service as ''Alhucemas''.<ref name=raf/>
}}
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|ship={{ship|Spanish patrol ship|V11 Francisco||2}} 
|flag={{navy|Spanish Republic}}
|desc=Spanish Civil War: The auxiliary patrol ship was lost on this date.
}}
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|ship={{SS|Yamahuzi Maru|1920|2}}
|flag={{flagcountry|Empire of Japan}}
|desc=The cargo ship ran aground in the [[Miyako Islands]].<ref name=Times070139cr/> She was refloated on 3 February.<ref name=Times060239>{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Japanese Steamer Refloated |date=6 February 1939 |page=21 |issue=48222 |column=F }}</ref> 
}}
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==7 January==
{{shipwreck list begin |date=7 January 1939 |sort=}}
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|ship={{SS|Helios|1912|2}} 
|flag={{flagcountry|Nazi Germany}}
|desc=The [[cargo ship]] ran aground entering [[Pasajes|Pasajes Harbour]], Portugal, and developed a leak.<ref name=Times090139cr/>
}}
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|ship={{MV|Hoegh Silvercrest|1938|2}} 
|flag={{flag|Norway}}
|desc=The [[cargo liner]] ran aground at Montufar Point, [[San Bernardino Strait]], Philippines.<ref name=Times090139cr/><ref name=Times090139>{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Norwegian Motor Vessel Ashore |date=9 January 1939 |page=21 |issue=48198 |column=C }}</ref> The ship was later abandoned by her crew.<ref name=Times120139cr/> She broke up on 17 February.<ref name=Times180239cr>{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Casualty Reports |date=18 February 1939 |page=23 |issue=48233 |column=G }}</ref><ref name=Jordan556>{{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}}</ref>
}}
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|ship={{SS|Jadarland|1918|2}} 
|flag={{flag|Norway}}
|desc=The cargo ship ran aground at [[Oslo]] and was damaged.<ref name=Times090139cr/>
}}
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|ship={{SS|Pass of Ballater|1928|2}} 
|flag={{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}
|desc=The [[tank ship|tanker]] ran aground at [[Nantes]], [[Loire-Inférieure]], France.<ref name=Times090139cr>{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Casualty Reports |date=9 January 1939 |page=20 |issue=48198 |column=G }}</ref> She was refloated later that day but was found to be severely damaged.<ref name=Times100139cr/> 
}}
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==8 January==
{{shipwreck list begin |date=8 January 1939 |sort=}}
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|ship={{MV|Dido|1919|2}} 
|flag={{flag|Norway}}
|desc=The [[cargo ship]] foundered in the [[North Sea]] {{convert|95|nmi|km}} south west of [[Utsira (island)|Utsire]] island with the loss of a crew member.<ref name=Times100130cr>{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Casualty Reports |date=10 January 1939 |page=22 |issue=48199 |column=G }}</ref>
}}
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|ship={{SS|Saint Nazaire|1919|2}} 
|flag={{flag|France}}
|desc=The cargo ship ran aground off [[Pauillac]], [[Gironde]].<ref name=Times090139cr/> She was later refloated.<ref name=Times100139cr/>
}}
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|ship={{SS|Thetis|1930|2}} 
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Greece|1863-naval}}
|desc=The cargo ship ran aground in the [[Martín García Island|Martín García Channel]], Argentina.<ref name=Times090139cr/> She was refloated the next day.<ref name=Times100139cr/>
}}
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|ship={{MV|Tinda|1938|2}} 
|flag={{flag|Netherlands}}
|desc=The cargo ship ran aground at [[Asnæs]], Denmark.<ref name=Times090139cr/> She was refloated on 10 January having sustained some damage to her bottom.<ref name=Times110139cr/> 
}}
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==10 January==
{{shipwreck list begin |date=10 January 1939 |sort=}}
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|ship={{SS|Berwindvale|1929|2}} 
|flag={{flag|United States|1912}}
|desc=The [[cargo ship]] ran aground in the [[Kennebec River]]. She was later refloated with a damaged bottom.<ref name=Times120139cr>{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Casualty Reports |date=12 January 1939 |page=21 |issue=48201 |column=C }}</ref>
}}
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|ship={{SS|Llanover|1928|2}} 
|flag={{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}
|desc=The cargo ship was driven ashore in a gale at [[Niigata (city)|Niigata]], [[Empire of Japan|Japan]].<ref name=Times120139cr/> Refloated on 25 January.<ref name=Times270139cr/>
}}
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|ship={{SS|Waukegan|1919|2}} 
|flag={{flag|United States|1912}}
|desc=The cargo ship collided with the [[St. Georges Bridge (Delaware)|St George's Bridge]] over the [[Chesapeake & Delaware Canal]] at [[St. Georges, Delaware]] and demolished the bridge, blocking the canal.<ref name=Times110139cr/> Two people were killed.<ref name=Times120139cr/> 
}}
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==11 January==
{{shipwreck list begin |date=11 January 1939 |sort=}}
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|ship={{SS|Severonia|1896|2}} 
|flag={{flag|Estonia}}
|desc=The [[cargo ship]] ran aground at [[Turku]], Finland.<ref name=Times120139cr/> She was declared a [[total loss]].<ref name=Times170139cr/> 
}}
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==12 January==
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|ship={{SS|Gretaston|1924|2}} 
|flag={{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}
|desc=The [[cargo ship]] ran aground at [[Yavaros]], Mexico.<ref name=Times140139cr>{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Casualty Reports |date=14 January 1939 |page=8 |issue=48203 |column=G }}</ref> She was later refloated undamaged.<ref name=Times160139cr/>
}}
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|ship={{SS|Herbert G. Wylie|1912|2}} 
|flag={{flag|Venezuela|1930}}
|desc=The [[tank ship|tanker]] exploded and sank at the Caripito San Juan river terminal while loading oil products.<ref name=HGW>{{cite web |url=http://www.tynebuiltships.co.uk/H-Ships/herbertgwylie1912.html |title=Herbert G Wylie |publisher=Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust |accessdate=29 June 2023}}</ref> 
}}
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|ship={{SS|Trio|1884|2}} 
|flag={{Flag|Finland}}
|desc=The cargo ship foundered off [[Den Helder]], [[North Holland]], Netherlands.<ref name=Times130139cr>{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Casualty Reports |date=13 January 1939 |issue=482 }}</ref> 
}}
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==14 January==
{{shipwreck list begin |date=14 January 1939 |sort=}}
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|ship={{SS|Cabo Cullera|1882|2}} 
|flag={{flag|Spain|1931}}
|desc=[[Spanish Civil War]]: The [[cargo ship]] was bombed and sunk at [[Tarragona]] by Spanish Nationalist aircraft.<ref name=CC>{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?121020 |title=Cabo Cullera (+1939) |publisher=Wrecksite |accessdate=30 November 2011}}</ref> 
}}
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==15 January==
{{shipwreck list begin |date=15 January 1939 |sort=}}
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|ship={{SS|Cheribon Maru|1921|2}} 
|flag={{flagcountry|Empire of Japan}}
|desc=The [[cargo ship]] ran aground north of [[Cagayan]], [[Sulu Islands]], Philippines. Twelve passengers were taken off the next day by {{SS|Kamo Maru|Ishikawajima, 1920|2}} ({{flagcountry|Empire of Japan}}). ''Cheribon Maru'' was later salvaged and returned to service.<ref name=Times160139cr>{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Casualty Reports |date=16 January 1939 |page=21 |issue=48204 |column=E }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.combinedfleet.com/Cheribon_t.htm |title=Japanese Army Auxiliary Transports |publisher=www.combinedfleet.com |access-date=4 November 2022}}</ref>
}}
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|ship={{SS|Conifer|1920|2}} 
|flag={{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}
|desc=The cargo ship collided with {{SS|Monte Santo|1920|2}} ({{flagcountry|Kingdom of Italy|civil}}) in the [[English Channel]] {{convert|6|nmi|km}} off the ''[[Sandette Lightship]]''  ({{flag|France}}) and sank.<ref name=Times160139cr/> All nine crew were rescued by ''Monte Santo'' and landed at [[Vlissingen]], [[Zeeland]], Netherlands.<ref name=Times170139cr/>
}}
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|ship={{SS|Elsie|1920|2}} 
|flag={{flag|Norway}}
|desc=The cargo ship suffered an explosion in her engine room. She came ashore at [[Mandal, Norway|Mandal]] and broke in three, with the midsection sinking. ''Elsie'' was declared a total loss. All sixteen crew survived.<ref name=Times160139cr/><ref name=Times180139cr/><ref name=Elsie>{{cite web |url=http://www.warsailors.com/freefleet/norfleete.html |title= Norwegian Merchant Fleet 1939 - 1945. Ships starting with E |publisher=Warsailors |accessdate=12 January 2012}}</ref>
}}
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|ship={{SS|Wyvern|1929|2}} 
|flag={{flag|Norway}}
|desc=The cargo ship was driven ashore at [[Pensacola, Florida]], United States.<ref name=Times160139cr/> She was refloated later that day.<ref name=Times170139cr/> 
}}
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==16 January==
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|ship={{SS|Cambay Star|1926|2}} 
|flag={{Flag|United Kingdom|civil}}
|desc=The [[cargo ship]] foundered in the [[Indian Ocean]] ({{coord|18|19|N|70|40|E}}).<ref name=Times170139cr>{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Casualty Reports |date=17 January 1939 |page=22 |issue=48205 |column=F }}</ref>
}}
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|ship={{SS|Kashiwa Maru|1924|2}} 
|flag={{flagcountry|Empire of Japan}}
|desc=The cargo ship ran aground at [[Awomori]].<ref name=Times170139cr/>
}}
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|ship={{SS|Orion|1935|2}} 
|flag={{flag|Finland}}
|desc=The cargo ship ran aground on [[Harmaja]], [[Helsinki]].<ref name=Times170139cr/> 
}}
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==17 January==
{{shipwreck list begin |date=17 January 1939 |sort=}}
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|ship={{ship||Belbowrie|schooner|2}} 
|flag={{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}
|desc=The auxiliary [[schooner]] was driven ashore at [[Maroubra, New South Wales|Maroubra Bay]], [[New South Wales]], Australia and was wrecked.<ref name=Times180139cr>{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Casualty Reports |date=18 January 1939 |page=22 |issue=48206 |column=G }}</ref>
}}
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|ship={{SS|Dudley Rose|929|2}} 
|flag={{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}
|desc=The [[cargo ship]] ran aground in the [[River Thames]] at [[Grays Thurrock]], [[Essex]].<ref name=Times180139>{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=News in Brief |date=18 January 1939 |page=9 |issue=48206 |column=G }}</ref> She was refloated the next day.<ref name=Times190139>{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=News in Brief |date=19 January 1939 |page=9 |issue=48207 |column=G }}</ref> 
}}
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==18 January==
{{shipwreck list begin |date=18 January 1939 |sort=}}
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|ship={{ship|Italian tanker|Giove||2}} 
|flag={{navy|Kingdom of Italy}}
|desc=The [[tank ship|tanker]] ran aground in the Rooka Channel, [[Shatt el Arab]], Iraq.<ref name=Times190139cr>{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Casualty Reports |date=19 January 1939 |page=22 |issue=48207 |column=F }}</ref> She was refloated on 20 January after discharging 3,000 tons of oil.<ref name=Times210139cr>{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Casualty Reports |date=21 January 1939 |page=8 |issue=48209 |column=G }}</ref>
}}
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|ship=''[[Herzogin Cecilie]]'' 
|flag={{flag|Finland}}
|desc=The [[barque]] capsized and sank at Starehole Bay, [[Devon]], United Kingdom.
}}
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|ship= {{SS|Ulmus|1926|2}} 
|flag={{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}
|desc=The [[cargo ship]] caught fire off [[Gibraltar]] ({{coord|36|14|N|6|58|W}}). Her crew were rescued and the ship was towed by Spanish Nationalist vessels to [[Barcelona]]. She was declared a [[constructive total loss]], but entered Italian service in 1946 as ''Alberto Gianpaolo''.<ref name=raf/><ref name=Merchant484&522>{{cite book |title=The World's Merchant Fleets, 1939 |first=Roger |last=Jordan |publisher=Chatham Publishing |location=London |year=1999 |pages=484, 522 |isbn=1-86176-023-X}}</ref>
}}
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==19 January==
{{shipwreck list begin |date=19 January 1939 |sort=}}
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|ship={{MV|Jaguar|1928|2}} 
|flag={{flag|Norway}}
|desc=The [[tank ship|tanker]] broke in two at approximately {{coord|35|N|46|W}}. All 37 crew were rescued by {{MV|Duala|1939|2}} ({{flag|Norway}}).<ref name=Times200139cr>{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Casualty Reports |date=20 January 1939 |page=6 |issue=48208 |column=G }}</ref> Stern section reported afloat on 30 January at {{coord|35|00|N|39|49|W}}.<ref name=Times310139cr>{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Casualty Reports |date=31 January 1939 |page=22 |issue=48217 |column=F }}</ref> Reported on 7 February at {{coord|35|25|N|31|44|W}}.<ref name=Times080239cr>{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Casualty Reports |date=8 February 1939 |page=4 |issue=48224 |column=F }}</ref> The stern section was taken in tow by {{MV|Thames|1938|2}} ({{flag|Netherlands}}) on 11 February. Reported to be heading for [[Horta (Azores)|Horta, Azores]], Portugal,<ref name=Times130239cr>{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Casualty Reports |date=13 February 1939 |page=20 |issue=48228 |column=F }}</ref> which was reached on 14 February with assistance from {{MV|Seefalke|1924|2}} ({{flagcountry|Nazi Germany}}).<ref name=Times150239cr>{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Casualty Reports |date=15 February 1939 |page=25 |issue=48230 |column=C }}</ref> The stern section departed Horta under tow for [[Rotterdam]], Netherlands on 22 February,<ref name=Times230239cr>{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Casualty Reports |date=23 February 1939 |page=24 |issue=48237 |column=F }}</ref> where it arrived on 11 March.<ref name=Times130339cr>{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Casualty Reports |date=13 March 1939 |page=21 |issue=48252 |column=E }}</ref>
}}
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|ship={{ship||Laura Annie Barnes|schooner|2}} 
|flag={{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}
|desc=The [[schooner]] ran aground in the [[Nantucket Sound]], United States.<ref name=Times210139cr/> 
}}
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|ship={{ship|Spanish patrol ship|V14 Rafael||2}} 
|flag={{navy|Spanish Republic}}
|desc=[[Spanish Civil War]]: The auxiliary patrol ship was lost on this date.
}}
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==20 January==
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|ship={{SS|Esbjörn|1905|2}} 
|flag={{flag|Finland}}
|desc=The [[cargo ship]] ran aground at Lyngsodde, [[Fredericia]], Denmark. She was refloated later that day.<ref name=Times230139cr>{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Casualty Reports |date=23 January 1939 |page=19 |issue=48210 |column= F}}</ref> 
}}
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==21 January==
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|ship={{SS|Koidula|1909|2}} 
|flag={{flag|Estonia}}
|desc=The [[cargo ship]] ran aground in the [[Uruguay River]], Uruguay.<ref name=Times230139cr/> She was refloated on 27 January after 1,700 tons of cargo was discharged.<ref name=Times300139cr/>
}}
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|ship={{MV|Pacific Grove|1928|2}} 
|flag={{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}
|desc=The cargo ship ran aground at [[Guayaquil]], Ecuador.<ref name=Times230139cr/>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{ship|Spanish patrol ship|V17 Juan Lucena||2}} 
|flag={{navy|Spanish Republic}}
|desc=[[Spanish Civil War]]: The auxiliary patrol ship was lost on this date.
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{SS|Wilston|1916|2}} 
|flag={{Flag|United Kingdom|civil}}
|desc=The cargo ship ran aground at Wicca Pool, [[Zennor]], Cornwall with the loss of all 30 crew.<ref name=Ives>{{cite web| url = http://www.stivestrust.co.uk/html/1923_-_1939.HTM| publisher = St. Ives Trust| title = 1923 - 1939| accessdate = 2008-03-16| url-status = dead| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20080305055827/http://www.stivestrust.co.uk/html/1923_-_1939.HTM| archive-date = 2008-03-05}}</ref><ref name=Wilston1>{{csr|register=MSI|id=1137823|accessdate=25 April 2009}}</ref><ref name=Wilston2>{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?76142 |title=SS Wilston (+1939) |publisher=Wrecksite |accessdate=1 December 2011}}</ref><ref name=Merchant484>{{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}}</ref>
}}
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==22 January==
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|ship={{SS|Cabourg|1918|2}} 
|flag={{flag|France}}
|desc=The [[cargo ship]] reported passing [[Ouessant]], [[Finistère]] whilst on a voyage from [[Ghent]], [[East Flanders]], Belgium to [[Marseille]], [[Bouches-du-Rhône]]. No further trace, presumed foundered as the bodies of two crew members were later washed up.<ref name=Cabourg>{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?135823 |title=SS Cabourg (+1939) |publisher=Wrecksite |accessdate=30 November 2011}}</ref><ref name=Jordan455>{{cite book |title=The world's merchant fleets, 1939 |first=Roger |last=Jordan |publisher=Chatham publishing |location=London |year=1999 |page=455 |isbn=1-86176-023-X}}</ref>
}}
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|ship={{MV|Mado|1932|2}} 
|flag={{flag|Netherlands}}
|desc=The cargo ship ran aground entering [[Margate|Margate Harbour]], [[Kent]], United Kingdom.<ref name=Times230139cr/> She was refloated the next day.<ref name=Times240139cr>{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Casualty Reports |date=24 January 1939 |page=22 |issue=48211 |column=F }}</ref>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{MV|Silverash|1929|2}} 
|flag={{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}
|desc=The cargo ship caught fire and sank at [[New York City|New York]], United States.<ref name=Times240139b>{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Fire In British Motor-ship |date=24 January 1939 |page=22 |issue=48211 |column=D }}</ref> She was later refloated, and departed under tow on 23 April for [[Sunderland, Co Durham]].<ref name=Times250439cr>{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Casualty Reports |date=25 April 1939 |page=26 |issue=48288 |column=C }}</ref> ''Silverash'' arrived on 18 May.<ref name=Times190539cr>{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Casualty Reports |date=19 May 1939 |page=28 |issue=48309 |column=F }}</ref> Subsequently repaired and returned to service.<ref name=Silverash>{{cite web |url=http://sunderlandships.com/view.php?ref=105159 |title=Silverash |publisher=Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust |accessdate=29 June 2023 }}</ref>
}}
{{shipwreck list end}}

==23 January==
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|ship= {{SS|African Mariner|1919|2}} 
|flag={{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}
|desc=[[Spanish Civil War]]: The [[cargo ship]] was bombed and sunk at [[Barcelona]] by Nationalist aircraft. Two crew were killed.<ref name=Times240139a>{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=British Ships Again Bombed |date=24 January 1939 |page=11 |issue=48211 |column=A }}</ref> She was refloated on 18 April 1939 and seized by the Spanish Government, repaired and returned to service as ''Castillo Montjuich''.<ref>{{csr|register=MSI|id=5065720|shipname=African Mariner |accessdate=9 November 2019}}</ref>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{SS|Argentina|1913|2}} 
|flag={{flag|Spain|1931}}
|desc=Spanish Civil War: The [[passenger ship]] was bombed and sunk at Barcelona.<ref name=Argentina>{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?143809 |title=SS Argentina (+1939) |publisher=Wrecksite |accessdate=30 November 2011}}</ref> She was refloated on 8 September and laid up. ''Argentina'' was scrapped in 1945.<ref name=Jordan570&571>{{cite book |title=The World's Merchant Fleets, 1939 |first=Roger |last=Jordan |publisher=Chatham publishing |location=London |year=1999 |pages=570-71 |isbn=1-86176-023-X}}</ref>
}}
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|ship={{ship|Spanish motor launch|C17||2}} 
|flag={{navy|Spanish Republic}}
|desc=Spanish Civil War: The ''C1''-class motor launch was bombed and sunk at Barcelona.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.soviet-empire.com/ussr/viewtopic.php?f=149&t=47726 |title=Spanish Republican Navy during the Civil War (updated 2021)|publisher=Soviet empire  |access-date=3 September 2022}}</ref>
}}
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|ship={{Ship||John and Sara Eliza Stych|lifeboat|2}} 
|flag=[[File:Flag of the Royal National Lifeboat Institution.svg|25px]] [[Royal National Lifeboat Institution]]
|desc=The [[St Ives Lifeboat Station|St Ives lifeboat]] launched to go to the aid of a steamship off [[Cape Cornwall]]. She capsized three times; off Clodgy Point, [[St Ives, Cornwall|The Island]] and [[Godrevy|Godrevy Point]]. Only one crew member survived.<ref>{{cite web|title=St Ives History|url=http://www.rnli.org.uk/rnli_near_you/southwest/stations/StIvesCornwall/history|accessdate=23 October 2011|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110827115239/http://www.rnli.org.uk/rnli_near_you/southwest/stations/StIvesCornwall/history|archive-date=27 August 2011}}</ref>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{MV|Lobos|1921|2}} 
|flag={{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}
|desc=The passenger ship collided with {{MV|Viriglio||2}} ({{flagcountry|Kingdom of Italy|civil}}) off [[Callao]], Peru and was beached.<ref name=Times250139cr/> She was later refloated. ''Lobos'' arrived at [[Lima]] on 17 February.<ref name=Times200239cr>{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Casualty Reports |date=20 February 1939 |page=23 |issue=48234 |column=C }}</ref>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{SS|Nida|1898|2}} 
|flag={{Flag|Lithuania|1918}}
|desc=The cargo ship was driven ashore at [[Christiansø]], Denmark. She was refloated later that day.<ref name=Times250139cr/>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{SS|Riga|1914|2}} 
|flag={{flag|Estonia}}
|desc=The cargo ship was driven ashore on Christiansø.<ref name=Times240139cr/>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{SS|Sulev|1908|2}} 
|flag={{flag|Estonia}}
|desc=The cargo ship ran aground at [[Nantes]], [[Loire-Inférieure]], France.<ref name=Times240139cr/> 
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{SS|Thorpebay|1917|2}} 
|flag={{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}
|desc=Spanish Civil War: The cargo ship was attacked and severely damaged by aircraft at Barcelona.<ref name=Jordan518>{{cite book |title=The World's Merchant Fleets, 1939 |first=Roger |last=Jordan |publisher=Chatham publishing |location=London |year=1999 |page=518 |isbn=1-86176-023-X}}</ref>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{SS|Uruguay|1913|2}}
|flag={{flag|Spain|1931}}
|desc=Spanish Civil War: The passenger ship was bombed and sunk at Barcelona by Nationalist aircraft. She was refloated on 27 July and scrapped in 1940.<ref name=Jordan571>{{cite book |title=The World's Merchant Fleets, 1939 |first=Roger |last=Jordan |publisher=Chatham publishing |location=London |year=1999 |page=571 |isbn=1-86176-023-X}}</ref>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{ship|Spanish patrol ship|V16 Maria||2}} 
|flag={{navy|Spanish Republic}}
|desc=Spanish Civil War: The auxiliary patrol ship was lost on this date.
}}
{{shipwreck list end}}

==24 January==
{{shipwreck list begin |date=24 January 1939 |sort=}}
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|ship={{MV|Itanagé|1928|2}} <!--confirmed by Lloyd's Register-->
|flag={{flagicon|Brazil|1889}} [[Vargas Era|Brazil]]
|desc=The [[cargo ship]] ran aground at [[Vitória, Brazil|Vitória]], sprang a leak and was beached.<ref name=Times250139cr>{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Casualty Reports |date=25 January 1939 |page=24 |issue=48212 |column=F-G }}</ref>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{SS|Miocene|1911|2}} 
|flag={{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}
|desc=[[Spanish Civil War]]: The cargo ship was bombed and sunk at [[Barcelona]] by Nationalist aircraft. Refloated in 1940, confiscated by the Spanish Government but scrapped in 1944.<ref name=raf/>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{ship|Spanish minesweeper|Nueve Pepe Leston||2}} 
|flag={{navy|Spain|1938}}
|desc=[[Spanish Civil War]]: The [[minesweeper]] was sunk by [[naval mine|mines]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.soviet-empire.com/ussr/viewtopic.php?f=149&t=47726&sid=50b79480b57cbe08f0e62ea42de1555f |title=Spanish Republican Navy (redone) |publisher=Soviet-empire.com |accessdate=27 April 2018}}</ref> 
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{ship||St. Clair Theriault|schooner|2}} <!--confirmed by Lloyd's Register-->
|flag={{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}
|desc=The [[schooner]] caught fire and was abandoned in the [[Atlantic Ocean]] ({{coord|47|47|N|6|55|W}}).<ref name=Times250139cr/>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{SS|Vassos|1912|2}} 
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Greece|1863-naval}}
|desc=The [[tank ship|tanker]] ran aground at [[Lyserort]], Latvia.<ref name=Times250139cr/> She was refloated on 26 January.<ref name=Times280139cr/> 
}}
{{shipwreck list end}}

==25 January==
{{shipwreck list begin |date=25 January 1939 |sort=}}
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|ship={{SS|Azelma||2}} 
|flag={{flag|France|civil}}
|desc=[[Spanish Civil War]]: The [[cargo ship]] was bombed and sunk at [[Sant Feliu de Guíxols]] by Nationalist aircraft. She was refloated in 1940, confiscated by the Spanish Government and returned to service as ''Castillo Javier''.<ref name=raf/>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{MV|Colonel Ralston||2}} 
|flag={{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}
|desc=The cargo ship came ashore at [[Annapolis, Maryland]], United States and was a total loss.<ref name=Times260139cr>{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Casualty Reports |date=26 January 1939 |page=6 |issue=48213 |column=G }}</ref>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{SS|Kaiapoi|1906|2}} 
|flag={{flag|Panama}}
|desc=The cargo ship struck rocks and sank in [[Wenchow|Wenchow Bay]], China ({{Coord|28|16|N|121|38|E}}). All crew were rescued.<ref name=Times270139cr/>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{SS|Supetar||2}} 
|flag={{Flagcountry|Kingdom of Yugoslavia}}
|desc=The cargo ship ran aground at [[Karadeniz Ereğli]], Turkey. She was refloated later that day.<ref name=Times270139cr/> 
}}
{{shipwreck list end}}

==26 January==
{{shipwreck list begin |date=26 January 1939 |sort=}}
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|ship={{SS|Aspen|1915|2}} 
|flag={{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}
|desc=The [[coastal trading vessel|coaster]] ran aground at the entrance to [[Holyhead|Holyhead Harbour]], [[Anglesey]].<ref name=Times270139cr>{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Casualty Reports |date=27 January 1939 |page=25 |issue=48214 |column=C }}</ref>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{SS|Fueloil|1919|2}} 
|flag={{flag|United States|1912}}
|desc=The [[tank ship|tanker]] ran aground on [[Shooters Island]], [[New York (state)|New York]].<ref name=Times270139cr/> She was refloated later that day.<ref name=Times280139cr>{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Casualty Reports |date=28 January 1939 |page=23 |issue=48215 |column=E }}</ref>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{ship|Spanish patrol ship|Monturiol||2}} 
|flag={{navy|Spanish Republic}}
|desc=[[Spanish Civil War]]: The auxiliary patrol ship was lost on this date.
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{SS|Yolande|1891|2}} 
|flag={{flag|France}}
|desc=[[Spanish Civil War]]: The [[cargo ship]] was bombed and sunk at Barcelona by Nationalist aircraft.<ref name=raf>{{cite book |last=Etchegaray |first=Rafael González |year=1977 |title=La Marina Mercante y el tráfico marítimo en la Guerra Civil| publisher=Librería Editorial San Martín |chapter=Appendix Two |language=es|location=Madrid |isbn=84-7140-150-9}}</ref> 
}}
{{shipwreck list end}}

==27 January==
{{shipwreck list begin |date=27 January 1939 |sort=}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{SS|Foynes|1916|2}} 
|flag={{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}
|desc=[[Spanish Civil War]]: The [[tank ship|tanker]] was bombed and damaged at [[Valencia, Spain|Valencia]]. She capsized and sank the next day.<ref name=Times300139cr>{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Casualty Reports |date=30 January 1939 |page=20 |issue=48216 |column=F }}</ref> She was refloated on 23 November, repaired and entered Spanish service as ''Castillo Riaza''.<ref name=Foynes>{{cite web |url=http://www.gooleships.co.uk/goolesb/islandqueen.htm |title=Island Queen |publisher=Gooleships |accessdate=28 May 2012}}</ref>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{SS|Kamikaze Maru|1938|2}} 
|flag={{flagcountry|Empire of Japan}}
|desc=The [[coastal trading vessel|coastal tanker]] capsized and sank off [[Kushiro]].<ref name=Times280139cr/>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{SS|Shun Chih|1902|2}} 
|flag={{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}
|desc=The [[cargo ship]] ran aground at [[Swatow]], China.<ref name=Times280139cr/> She was refloated undamaged the next day.<ref name=Times300139cr/>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{SS|Suzy||2}} 
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Greece|1863-naval}}
|desc=[[Spanish Civil War]]: The cargo ship was bombed and severely damaged at Valencia.<ref name=Times300139cr/> 
}}
{{shipwreck list end}}

==28 January==
{{shipwreck list begin |date=28 January 1939 |sort=}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{ship|SS|Lake Lugano|1900|2}} 
|flag={{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}
|desc=[[Spanish Civil War]]: The steamship, already abandoned and beached in the bay of [[Palamós]] after being damaged by air attack on 6 August 1938, was shelled and wrecked by the [[Francoist|Spanish Nationalist]] auxiliary cruiser {{MV|Mar Negro||2}} ({{navy|Spain|1938}}) at {{coord|41|50|49.90|N|03|07|08.85|E}}<!--Wreck still visible from the space--->.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.palamos-santjoan.org/bletiblat/arxiu/bib2006-09-17.pdf|title=Un pobre vaixell anomenat "Lake Lugano"|last=de Trijueque|first=Pere|date=17 September 2006|language=ca|access-date=14 April 2016}}</ref><ref>Moreno de Alborán y de Reyna, Salvador (1998). ''La guerra silenciosa y silenciada: historia de la campaña naval durante la guerra de 1936-39'', Volume 4, Part 2, p. 2725. Ed. Alborán. {{ISBN|84-923691-0-8}} {{in lang|es}}</ref>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{ship|ST|Virgil G. Bogue||2}} 
|flag={{flag|United States|1912}}
|desc=The [[tugboat|tug]] collided with {{SS|Point Lobos|1919|2}} ({{flag|United States|1912}}) in the [[Oakland Estuary]], [[California]] and sank.<ref name=Times300139cr/> 
}}
{{shipwreck list end}}

==29 January==
{{shipwreck list begin |date=29 January 1939 |sort=}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{ship|Spanish patrol ship|V12 Adela||2}} 
|flag={{navy|Spanish Republic}}
|desc=[[Spanish Civil War]]: The auxiliary patrol ship was lost on this date.
}}
{{shipwreck list end}}

==30 January==
{{shipwreck list begin |date=30 January 1939 |sort=}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{SS|Garryvale|1907|2}} 
|flag={{flag|Finland}}
|desc=The [[cargo ship]] ran aground in the [[North Sea]] off the mouth of the [[River Tees]]. Her crew survived. She was refloated and consequently scrapped.<ref name=Jordan453>{{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}}</ref>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship=''Julie'' 
|flag={{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}
|desc=The [[sailing ship]] was abandoned in a sinking condition {{convert|15|nmi|km}} south south east of the [[Eddystone Lighthouse]], [[Cornwall]]. Her crew were rescued by the trawler ''Roger Robert'' ({{flag|Belgium}}).<ref name=Times310139cr/> 
}}
{{shipwreck list end}}

==31 January==
{{shipwreck list begin |date=31 January 1939 |sort=}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{SS|Askot|1938|2}} 
|flag={{flag|Norway}}
|desc=The [[cargo ship]] ran aground off [[Foundiougne Department|Foundiougne]], [[French West Africa]].<ref name=Times010239cr>{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Casualty Reports |date=1 February 1939 |page=10 |issue=48218 |column=G }}</ref> She was refloated the next day.<ref name=Times020239cr>{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Casualty Reports |date=2 February 1939 |page=4 |issue=48219 |column=G }}</ref>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{ship|ST|Ohio||2}} 
|flag={{flag|United States|1912}}
|desc=The tug collided with {{MV|Esso Belgium|1937|2}} ({{flag|Belgium}}) at [[New Orleans, Louisiana]] and was beached.<ref name=Times040239cr>{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Casualty Reports |date=4 February 1939 |page=21 |issue=48221 |column=C }}</ref> 
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{SS|Robur VIII|1938|2}} 
|flag={{flag|Poland|state}}
|desc=The cargo ship ran aground north of the [[Terschelling Lighthouse]], [[Friesland]], Netherlands. She was refloated the next day.<ref name=Times020239cr/>
}}
{{shipwreck list end}}

==Unknown date==
{{shipwreck list begin |date=Unknown date 1939 |sort=}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{ship|Spanish patrol ship|Besos||2}} 
|flag={{navy|Spanish Republic}}
|desc=[[Spanish Civil War]]: The auxiliary patrol ship was lost sometime in January.
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{ship|FV|Crisabelle Stephen|A374|2}}<!--was HMT Albatross / HMT Albatross II during WWI--> 
|flag={{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}
|desc=The [[fishing vessel]] ran aground and sank.<ref name=CS>{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?152215 |title=FV Crisabelle Stephen (+1939) |publisher=Wrecksite |accessdate=30 November 2011}}</ref>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship=[[HMS M22|HMS ''Medea'']]
|flag={{flag|United Kingdom|government}}
|desc=The  {{sclass|M15|monitor|0}} [[Monitor (warship)|monitor]], parted her tow on her way to the breaker's yard and was driven ashore at [[Trebetherick Point]], [[Cornwall]] or [[Padstow]], Cornwall and was wrecked on 23 or 28 January.<ref name=Medea>{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?77494 |title=HMS Medea (+1939) |publisher=Wrecksite |accessdate=30 November 2011}}</ref><ref name=Times240139cr/> 
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{ship|Spanish patrol ship|V24 Teresa||2}} 
|flag={{navy|Spanish Republic}}
|desc=Spanish Civil War: The auxiliary patrol ship was lost sometime in January.
}}
{{shipwreck list end}}

==References==
{{reflist|20em}}

{{shipevents|1939}}
{{WWII shipwrecks}}

[[Category:Lists of shipwrecks by year|1939-01]]
[[Category:Maritime incidents in 1939| 01]]