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The '''list of shipwrecks in March 1940''' includes [[ship]]s sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during [[March 1940]].
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==1 March==
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|ship={{SS|Mirella|1918|2}} 
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Italy|civil}}
|desc=[[World War II]]: The [[cargo ship]] was [[torpedo]]ed 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''.<ref name=NH034012>{{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}}</ref><ref>{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Air Attacks On Neutrals |date=2 March 1940 |page=8 |issue=48554 |column=G }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?9774 |title=SS Mirella (+1940) |publisher=www.wrecksite.eu |access-date=9 February 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ship/279.html |title=Mirella |publisher=uboat.net |access-date=9 February 2021}}</ref> The wreck was subsequently dispersed by explosives.<ref name=Jordan534>{{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}}</ref>
}}
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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]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?154474 |title=SS New Yorker (+1940) |publisher=www.wrecksite.eu |access-date=9 February 2021}}</ref><ref>{{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}}</ref>
}}
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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''.<ref name=NH034012/><ref name=see194003>{{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 }}</ref><ref name=Troja>{{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}}</ref>
}}
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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}}).<ref name=NH034012/><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?61090 |title= SS Vestfoss (+1940) |publisher=www.wrecksite.eu |access-date=9 February 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.warsailors.com/singleships/vestfos.html |title=Vestfoss |publisher=www.warsailors.com |access-date=9 February 2021}}</ref>
}}
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==2 March==
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|ship={{SS|Albano|1912|2}} 
|flag={{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}
|desc=[[World War]] II: The [[cargo ship]] struck a [[naval mine|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}}).<ref name=NH034012/><ref>{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Vessel Sunk In Two Minutes |date=4 March 1940 |page=6 |issue=48555 |column=D }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?64124 |title=SS Albano (+1940) |publisher=www.wrecksite.eu |access-date=9 February 2021}}</ref>
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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 111|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''.<ref name=Empire384>{{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 }}</ref>
}}
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|ship={{MV|Elziena|1931|2}} 
|flag={{flag|Netherlands}}
|desc=World War II: The [[coastal trading vessel|coaster]]  was bombed and sunk in the North Sea {{convert|5|nmi|km}} off [[Coquet Island, England|Coquet Island]], [[Northumberland]], United Kingdom by Heinkel He 111 aircraft of ''Kampfgeschwader 26'', Luftwaffe, with the loss of two of her five crew.<ref name=NH034012/><ref name=Times050340b>{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Trawler Lost With All Hands |date=6 March 1940 |page=8 |issue=48556 |column=F }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?64142 |title=Elziena (+1940) |publisher=www.wrecksite.eu |access-date=9 February 2021}}</ref><ref name=Dutch3940>{{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}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.marhisdata.nl/schip&id=2019 |title=Elziena (+1940) |publisher=www.marhisdata.nl |access-date=9 February 2021}}</ref>
}}
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|ship={{HMS|Fairplay II}} 
|flag={{naval|United Kingdom}}
|desc=The [[tugboat|tug]] ran aground at [[Redcar]], [[North Riding of Yorkshire|Yorkshire]] and was wrecked. All nineteen crew were rescued.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?11587 |title=HMS Fairplay II (+1940) |publisher=www.wrecksite.eu |access-date=9 February 2021}}</ref><ref name=RNLI1940>{{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}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://uboat.net/allies/warships/ship/7447.html |title=Fairplay II |publisher=uboat.net |access-date=9 February 2021}}</ref><ref>{{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}}</ref> 
}}
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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''.<ref name=NH034012/><ref name=see194003/><ref name=Troja/>
}}
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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}}).<ref name=NH034012/><ref name=Times050340b/><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?12865 |title= SS Lagaholm (+1940) |publisher=www.wrecksite.eu |access-date=9 February 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ship/281.html |title=Lagaholm |publisher=uboat.net |access-date=9 February 2021}}</ref>
}}
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|ship={{SS|Rijnstroom|1937|2}} 
|flag={{flag|Netherlands}}
|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was [[torpedo]]ed 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.<ref name=NH034012/><ref name=Dutch3940/><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?1877 |title=Rijnstroom |publisher=www.wrecksite.eu |access-date=9 February 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ship/280.html |title=Rijnstroom |publisher=uboat.net |access-date=9 February 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.marhisdata.nl/schip?id=5639 |title=Rijnstroom |publisher=www.marhisdata.nl |access-date=9 February 2021}}</ref>
}}
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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.<ref name=see194003/><ref>{{cite web |url=https://m.bentloewe.dk/marts-1940 |title=Marts 1940 |publisher=m.bentloewe.dk |access-date=6 June 2019}}</ref><ref name=Dan1940>{{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}}</ref>
}}
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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.<ref name=NH034012/><ref name=verluste1>{{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}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.warcovers.dk/greenland/wolfsburg.htm |title=Wolfsburg |publisher=www.warcovers.dk |access-date=9 February 2021}}</ref><ref>{{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}}</ref>
}}
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==3 March==
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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.<ref name=NH034012/><ref name=verluste1/><ref>{{cite web |url=https://wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?140868 |title=Arucas |publisher=www.wrecksite.eu |access-date=9 February 2021}}</ref>
}}
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|ship={{SS|Carron|1894|2}} 
|flag={{flag|United Kingdom|government}}
|desc=World War II: The [[British Admiralty|Admiralty]]-requisitioned [[cargo ship]] was scuttled as a [[blockship]] in Water Sound, [[Scapa Flow]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.scapaflowwrecks.com/wrecks/blockships/ |title=Carron: Block Ship |publisher=Scapa Flow Wrecks |access-date=4 November 2011}}</ref><ref name=WrecksScapa>{{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}}</ref>
}}
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|ship={{SS|Cato|1914|2}} 
|flag={{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}
|desc=World War II: The cargo ship struck a [[naval mine|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}}).<ref name=NH034012/><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?11313 |title=SS Cato (+1940) |publisher=www.wrecksite.eu |access-date=10 February 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ship/282.html |title=Cato|publisher=uboat.net |access-date=10 February 2021}}</ref>
}}
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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.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?163525 |title=SS Timber Rush (+1940) |publisher=www.wrecksite.eu |access-date=10 February 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |title=Warrior from Adelaide |first=Richard |last=Starrett |publisher=Tate Publishing |year=2011 |page=113 |isbn=978-1-61777-240-5}}</ref>
}}
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==4 March==
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|ship=''Douglas & Robert'' 
|flag={{flagicon|Canada|1921}} [[Canada]]
|desc=The [[sailing ship]] ran aground at Arnold's Point, [[Little Harbour, Newfoundland and Labrador|Little Harbour, Labrador]], [[Dominion of Newfoundland]] and was wrecked. Her crew were rescued, but the ship's dog perished.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?33456 |title=Douglas & Robert (+1940) |publisher=www.wrecksite.eu |access-date=10 February 2021}}</ref><ref>{{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}}</ref>
}}
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|ship={{MV|Pacific Reliance|1927|2}} 
|flag={{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}
|desc=[[World War II]]: The [[cargo liner]] was [[torpedo]]ed 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}}).<ref name=NH034012/><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?11314 |title= MV Pacific Reliance (+1940) |publisher=www.wrecksite.eu |access-date=10 February 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ship/284.html |title=Pacific Reliance |publisher=uboat.net |access-date=10 February 2021}}</ref>
}}
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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.<ref>{{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}}</ref><ref>{{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}}</ref><ref name=Thurston>{{cite web |url=https://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ship/283.html |title=Thurston|publisher=uboat.net |access-date=10 February 2021}}</ref><ref>{{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}}</ref>
}}
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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}}).<ref name=NH034012/><ref name=Thurston/><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?76246 |title=SS Thurston (+1940) |publisher=www.wrecksite.eu |access-date=10 February 2021}}</ref>
}}
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==5 March==
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|ship={{SS|Grutto|1925|2}} 
|flag={{flag|Netherlands}}
|desc=[[World War II]]: The [[cargo ship]] was [[torpedo]]ed 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.<ref name=NH034012/><ref name=Dutch3940/><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?4778 |title=SS Grutto (+1940) |publisher=Wrecksite |access-date=8 November 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ship/285.html |title=Grutto |publisher=uboat.net |access-date=10 February 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.marhisdata.nl/schip&id=2606 |title=Grutto |publisher=www.marhisdata.nl |access-date=10 February 2021}}</ref>
}}
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==6 March==
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|ship={{HNLMS|O 11}} 
|flag={{naval|Netherlands}}
|desc=The {{sclass|O 9|submarine}} collided with the [[tugboat|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.<ref name=NH034012/><ref>{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Dutch Submarine Sunk In Collision |date=7 March 1940 |page=7 |issue=48558 |column=D }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.dutchsubmarines.com/boats/boat_o11.htm |title=O 11 |publisher=www.dutchsubmarines.com |access-date=10 February 2021}}</ref>
}}
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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.<ref name=NH034012/><ref name=Merchant479>{{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}}</ref>
}}
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==7 March==
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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.<ref name=Empire431-32>{{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 }}</ref>
}}
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|ship={{SS|Vecht|1917|2}} 
|flag={{flag|Netherlands}}
|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was [[torpedo]]ed 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.<ref name=NH034012/><ref name=Dutch3940/><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?352 |title=SS Vecht (+1940) |publisher=Wrecksite |access-date=15 November 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ship/286.html |title=Vecht |publisher=uboat.net |access-date=11 February 2021}}</ref>
}}
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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 [[naval mine|mine]]. Four crew were killed.<ref name=NH034012/><ref>{{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}}</ref>
}}
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==8 March==
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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 [[naval mine|mine]] and sank in [[Liverpool Bay]] {{convert|6|nmi|km}} off the ''[[Bar Lightship]]'' ([[File:Trinity House Ensign.svg|22px]] [[Trinity House]]) ({{coord|53|38|N|3|23|W}}). All 78 crew were rescued by {{HMS|Walpole|D41|6}} ({{naval|United Kingdom}}).<ref name=NH034012/><ref>{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Steamer Sunk Off West Coast |date=9 March 1940 |page=6 |issue=48560 |column=E }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?11296 |title= SS Counsellor (+1940) |publisher=www.wrecksite.eu |access-date=11 February 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ship/287.html |title=Counsellor |publisher=uboat.net |access-date=11 February 2021}}</ref><ref name=Merchant493>{{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}}</ref>
}}
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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.<ref name=NH034012/><ref>{{cite web |url=http://alamer.fr/BIBLIOTHEQUE/26.PDF |title=Marie Yette |publisher=alamer.fr |access-date=11 February 2021}}</ref>
}}
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|ship={{SS|Regina|1904|2}} 
|flag={{flag|Cuba}}
|desc=The [[tank ship|tanker barge]] ran aground at [[Bradenton Beach, Florida]], United States in bad weather and was wrecked. One of her eight crew members drowned.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?132279 |title=SS Regina (+1940) |publisher=Wrecksite |access-date=11 February 2021}}</ref><ref>{{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 }}</ref>
}}
{{shipwreck list end}}

==9 March==
{{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 (ship type)|collier]] was [[torpedo]]ed 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.<ref name=NH034012/><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?1030 |title= SS Abbotsford (+1940) |publisher=www.wrecksite.eu |access-date=11 February 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ship/291.html |title=Abbotsford |publisher=uboat.net |access-date=11 February 2021}}</ref>
}}
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|ship={{SS|Akeld|1922|2}} 
|flag={{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}
|desc=World War II: The [[coastal trading vessel|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.<ref name=NH034012/><ref>{{cite web |url=https://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ship/289.html |title=Akeld |publisher=uboat.net |access-date=11 February 2021}}</ref>
}}
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|ship={{SS|Ashley|1924|2}} 
|flag={{Flag|United Kingdom|civil}}
|desc=The [[collier (ship type)|collier]] ran aground on the [[Goodwin Sands]], [[Kent]]. She broke in two on 11 March. All seventeen crew were rescued by the [[lifeboat (rescue)|lifeboat]] ''Prudential'' ([[file:Flag of the Royal National Lifeboat Institution.svg|22px|border]] [[Royal National Lifeboat Institution]]).<ref name=NH034012/><ref name=RNLI1940/>
}}
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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}}).<ref name=NH034012/><ref>{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Crew Of Mined British Ship Rescued |date=11 March 1940 |page=5 |issue=48561 |column=D }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?315 |title= SS Borthwick (+1940) |publisher=Wrecksite |access-date=23 October 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/290.html |title=Borthwick |publisher=uboat.net |access-date=11 February 2021}}</ref>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{SS|Chevychase|1926|2}} <!--Not Chevy Chase, cross-checked with Lloyd's Register, 1939-->
|flag={{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}
|desc=World War II: The cargo ship struck a [[naval mine|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}}).<ref name=NH024012>{{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}}</ref><ref name=Times110340a>{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Steamer's Crew Of 21 Saved |date=11 March 1940 |page=5 |issue=48561 |column=D }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?2809 |title= SS Chevycase (+1940) |publisher=Wrecksite |access-date=23 October 2011}}</ref>
}}
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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]].<ref name=Jordan570>{{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}}</ref>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|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.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ship/288.html |title=Leukos |publisher=uboat.net |access-date=11 February 2021}}</ref>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|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.<ref name=NH034012/><ref name=Times110340a/><ref name=MH>{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?65410 |title= SS Maindy Hill (+1940) |publisher=Wrecksite |access-date=23 October 2011}}</ref>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|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.<ref>{{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 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://fr.calameo.com/read/0036258692fcd5e93feaf |title=Murad |publisher=fr.calameo.com |access-date=11 February 2021}}</ref>
}}
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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.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?12828 |title=SS P. Margaronis (+1940) |publisher=www.wrecksite.eu |access-date=11 February 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ship/292.html |title=P Margaronis |publisher=uboat.net |access-date=11 February 2021}}</ref>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|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.<ref name=NH034012/><ref name=see194003/><ref name=Hanonia>{{cite web |url=http://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/43.html |title=Hanonia |publisher=uboat.net |access-date=11 February 2021}}</ref><ref>{{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}}</ref><ref>{{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}}</ref>
}}
{{shipwreck list end}}

==11 March==
{{shipwreck list begin |date=11 March 1940 |sort=}}
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|ship={{SS|Amor|1911|2}} 
|flag={{flag|Netherlands}}
|desc=[[World War II]]: The [[cargo ship]] struck a [[naval mine|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}})<!--Dublin registered under British flag-->.<ref name=Dutch3940/><ref name=Hanonia/><ref name=Times130340b>{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Two More Dutch Ships Sunk |date=13 March 1940 |page=7 |issue=48563 |column=C }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?69 |title= SS Amor (+1940) |publisher=www.wrecksite.eu |access-date=11 February 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.marhisdata.nl/schip&id=349 |title=Amor |publisher=www.marhisdata.nl |access-date=11 February 2021}}</ref>
}}
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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}}).<ref>{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Ship Sunk In Collision |date=12 March 1940 |page=8 |issue=48562 |column=C }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?77744 |title= SS Clan Stuart ? (+1940) |publisher=www.wrecksite.eu |access-date=11 February 2021}}</ref>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{MV|Eulota|1936|2}} 
|flag={{flag|Netherlands}}
|desc=World War II: The [[tank ship|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}}).<ref name=NH034012/><ref name=Dutch3940/><ref name=Times130340b/><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?12829 |title= SS Eulota (+1940) |publisher=www.wrecksite.eu |access-date=11 February 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.marhisdata.nl/schip&id=2115 |title=Eulota |publisher=www.marhisdata.nl |access-date=11 February 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ship/293.html |title=Eulota |publisher=uboat.net |access-date=11 February 2021}}</ref>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship=''Halifax'' 
|flag={{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}
|desc=World War II: The [[fishing trawler]] caught a [[naval mine|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}}).<ref name=Times130340a>{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Mine In The Trawl |date=13 March 1940 |page=5 |issue=48563 |column=C}}</ref><ref>{{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}}</ref><ref>{{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}}</ref><ref>{{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}}</ref><ref>{{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}}</ref>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{GS|U-31|1936|2}} 
|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}
|desc=World War II: The [[German Type VIIA submarine|Type VIIA]] [[submarine]] (616/733 t, 1936) was bombed and sunk in the [[Jade Bight]] by a [[Bristol Blenheim]] aircraft of [[No. 82 Squadron RAF|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.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://uboat.net/boats/u31.htm |title=U-31 |publisher=uboat.net |access-date=11 February 2021}}</ref>
}}
{{shipwreck list end}}

==12 March==
{{shipwreck list begin |date=12 March 1940 |sort=}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{SS|Gardenia|1928|2}} 
|flag={{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}
|desc=[[World War II]]: The [[cargo ship]] struck a [[naval mine|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}}).<ref name=NH024012/><ref name=Times130340a/><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?10101 |title= SS Gardenia (+1940) |publisher=www.wrecksite.eu |access-date=11 February 2021}}</ref>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|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.<ref name=NH034012/><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?32220 |title=Rose Effeuilee (+1940) |publisher=www.wrecksite.eu |access-date=11 February 2021}}</ref>
}}
{{shipwreck list end}}

==13 March==
{{shipwreck list begin |date=13 March 1940 |sort=}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship= {{ship|Finnish tugboat|Ahti||2}} 
|flag={{flag|Finland}}
|desc=[[Winter War]]: End of War: The [[tugboat|tug]] was scuttled in [[Lake Ladoga]] at [[Sortavala]] off the Havus Shipyard.<ref name=FinWinWar>{{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 }}</ref>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|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.<ref name=FinWinWar/>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{SS|Buizerd|1931|2}} 
|flag={{flag|Netherlands}}
|desc=The [[Coastal trading vessel|coaster]] ran ashore on Kalder Steel, off the coast of [[North Riding of Yorkshire|Yorkshire]], United Kingdom and was wrecked. All six crew were rescued by the [[lifeboat (rescue)|lifeboat]] ''Robert Patton - The Always Ready'' ([[file:Flag of the Royal National Lifeboat Institution.svg|22px|border]] [[Royal National Lifeboat Institution]]). ''Buizerd'' was later raised and repaired, resuming service in September 1941.<ref name=RNLI1940/><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.marhisdata.nl/schip&id=1168 |title=Buizerd |publisher=www.marhisdata.nl |access-date=11 February 2021}}</ref>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|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.<ref name=NH034012/><ref name=verluste1/><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?8542 |title=Eschersheim |publisher=www.wrecksite.eu |access-date=11 February 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://rdm-archief.nl/RDM-NB/RDM-034.html |title=Eschersheim |publisher=rdm-archief.nl |access-date=11 February 2021}}</ref><ref>{{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}}</ref>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{SS|Idant|1918|2}} 
|flag={{flag|Australia|civil}}
|desc=The [[coastal trading vessel|coaster]] sank off the mouth of the [[Camden Haven River]], [[New South Wales]] after hitting a breakwater. Her eight crew members were rescued.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?51214 |title=SS Idant (+1940) |publisher=www.wrecksite.eu |access-date=11 February 2021}}</ref><ref>{{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}}</ref>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|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, Finland|Petsamo]].<ref name=FinWinWar/>
}}
{{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.<ref name=FinWinWar/>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|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 [[RMS Maloja|HMS ''Maloja'']] ({{naval|United Kingdom}}) and was scuttled by her crew, all 68 of whom were rescued by HMS ''Majola''.<ref name=NH034012/><ref name=verluste1/><ref>{{cite web |url=https://gallivanting.ca/stories-my-father-told/ |title=Maloja |publisher=gallivanting.ca |access-date=11 February 2021}}</ref>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|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.<ref name=FinWinWar/>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|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|Halifax]], [[Nova Scotia]], [[Canada]], and sank. All 37 crew were rescued.<ref name=Times280340b/><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/3422.html |title=Athelviking |publisher=uboat.net |access-date=11 February 2021}}</ref><ref>{{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}}</ref>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|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.<ref name=FinWinWar/>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|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.<ref name=FinWinWar/>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{GS|U-44|1939|2}} 
|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}
|desc=World War II: The [[German Type IX submarine|Type IXA]] [[submarine]]struck a [[naval mine|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.<ref name=NH034012/><ref>{{cite web |url=https://uboat.net/boats/u44.htm |title=U-44 |publisher=uboat.net |access-date=11 February 2021}}</ref>
}}
{{shipwreck list end}}

==15 March==
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|ship={{SS|Melrose|1906|2}} 
|flag={{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}
|desc=[[World War II]]: The [[cargo ship]] struck a [[naval mine|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.<ref name=NH034012/><ref name=Times180340b/><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?27 |title=SS Melrose (+1940) |publisher=www.wrecksite.eu |access-date=11 February 2021}}</ref><ref>{{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}}</ref>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|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.<ref name=Times180340b/><ref name=NH034022>{{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}}</ref><ref name=Peridot>{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?11392 |title= HMT Peridot (FY 198) (+1940) |publisher=Wrecksite |access-date=23 October 2011}}</ref>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{SS|Saba|1939|2}} 
|flag={{flag|Netherlands}}
|desc=World War II: The [[coastal trading vessel|coaster]] struck a mine and sank in the North Sea with the loss of all seven hands.<ref name=Dutch3940/><ref name=Hanonia/><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.marhisdata.nl/schip&id=5651 |title=Saba |publisher=www.marhisdata.nl |access-date=12 February 2021}}</ref>
}}
{{shipwreck list end}}

==16 March==
{{shipwreck list begin |date=16 March 1940 |sort=}}
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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.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?54654 |title=Kahika |publisher=www.wrecksite.eu |access-date=12 February 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/25764302 |title=Kahika |publisher=trove.nla.gov.au |access-date=12 February 2021}}</ref>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{HMT|Maida}} 
|flag={{naval|United Kingdom}}
|desc=[[World War II]]: The [[naval trawler]] struck a [[naval mine|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}}).<ref name=Times180340b>{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Two Trawlers Lost |date=18 March 1940 |page=8 |issue=48567 |column=D }}</ref><ref name=NH034022/><ref name=Maida>{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?73699 |title= HMS Maida (+1940) |publisher=www.wrecksite.eu |access-date=12 February 2021}}</ref>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{SS|Osman|1913|2}} 
|flag={{Flag|Sweden}}
|desc=The cargo ship ran aground in the [[Skaggerak]] off [[Risør (town)|Risør]], Norway and was wrecked. Eleven of her twenty crew died.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?146614 |title=SS Osman (+1940) |publisher=www.wrecksite.eu |access-date=12 February 2021}}</ref><ref>{{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}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://larship.no/arkiv-2-artikkler-2/ |title=Osman |newspaper=Larship |publisher=larship.no |access-date=12 February 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.shipwrecked.eu/norway/aagder/osman/osman.htm |title=Osman |publisher=www.shipwrecked.e |access-date=12 February 2021}}</ref>
}}
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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.<ref name=NH034022/><ref name=Slava>{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?32216 |title=SS Slava (+1940) |publisher=www.wrecksite.eu |access-date=12 February 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ship/3580.html |title=Slava |publisher=uboat.net |access-date=12 February 2021}}</ref><ref name=Jordan598>{{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}}</ref>
}}
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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''.<ref>{{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}}</ref>
}}
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==17 March==
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|ship={{SS|Alyn|1909|2}} 
|flag={{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}
|desc=The [[coastal trading vessel|coaster]] ran aground on Fort Island, [[Isle of Man]] with the loss of two of her nine crew.<ref name=Times180340b/><ref>{{cite web |url=https://wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?65080 |title=Alyn |publisher=www.wrecksite.eu |access-date=12 February 2021}}</ref>
}}
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|ship={{MV|Argentina|1921|2}} 
|flag={{flag|Denmark}}
|desc=[[World War II]]: The cargo ship was [[torpedo]]ed 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.<ref name=Dan1940/><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?12912|title=SS Argentina (+1940) |publisher=Wrecksite |access-date=2 November 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/294.html |title=Argentina |publisher=uboat.net |access-date=12 February 2021}}</ref>
}}
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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}}).<ref name=NorB>{{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}}</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|Capitaine Augustin|1922|2}} 
|flag={{flag|France}}
|desc=World War II: The cargo ship struck a [[naval mine|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.<ref name=NH034012/><ref name=RNLI1940/><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?73810 |title=SS Capitaine Augustin (+1940) |publisher=www.wrecksite.eu |access-date=12 February 2021}}</ref><ref>{{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}}</ref> The wreck was subsequently dispersed by explosives.<ref name=Merchant457>{{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}}</ref>
}}
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|ship={{SS|Hinde|1937|2}} 
|flag={{flag|Netherlands}}
|desc=The [[coastal trading vessel|coaster]] sank after hitting rocks near [[Rathlin Island]], [[County Antrim]], United Kingdom. All seven crew survived.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.marhisdata.nl/schip&id=2844 |title=Hinde |publisher=www.marhisdata.nl |access-date=12 February 2021}}</ref>
}}
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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.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?140561 |title=SS Kitahuku Maru (+1940) |publisher=www.wrecksite.eu |access-date=12 February 2021}}</ref>
}}
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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''.<ref name=NH034022/><ref name=OD>{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?61173 |title=FV Ocean Drift (+1940) |publisher=www.wrecksite.eu |access-date=12 February 2021}}</ref>
}}
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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}}).<ref name=NH034012/><ref name=Dutch3940/><ref name=Times180340a>{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Dutch Ship Sunk By Mine |date=18 March 1940 |page=7 |issue=48567 |column=D }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?1837 |title=SS Sint Annaland (+1940) |publisher=www.wrecksite.eu |access-date=12 February 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.marhisdata.nl/schip&id=5914 |title=Sint Annaland |publisher=www.marhisdata.nl |access-date=12 February 2021}}</ref>
}}
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==18 March==
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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.<ref>{{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}}</ref>
}}
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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 [[naval mine|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.<ref name=NH034012/><ref>{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Italian Ship Breaks In Two |date=19 March 1940 |page=8 |issue=48568 |column=G }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?4913 |title=SS Tina Primo (+1940) |publisher=www.wrecksite.eu |access-date=12 February 2021}}</ref>
}}
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==19 March==
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|ship={{SS|Charkow|1913|2}} 
|flag={{flag|Denmark}}
|desc=[[World War II]]: The [[cargo ship]] was [[torpedo]]ed 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.<ref name=Dan1940/><ref name=NH034022/><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?11186 |title= SS Charkow (+1940) |publisher=Wrecksite |access-date=23 October 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/295.html |title=Charkow |publisher=uboat.net |access-date=12 February 2021}}</ref>
}}
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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.<ref name=NH034022/><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?62857 |title=FV Lowdock (+1940) |publisher=www.wrecksite.eu |access-date=11 February 2021}}</ref>
}}
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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}}).<ref name=Dan1940/><ref name=NH034022/><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?11187 |title= SS Minsk (+1940) |publisher=Wrecksite |access-date=23 October 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ship/296.html |title=Minsk |publisher=uboat.net |access-date=12 February 2021}}</ref>
}}
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==20 March==
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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|22px|border]] [[Royal National Lifeboat Institution]]). ''Barn Hill'' was beached south east of [[Langney Point]] but broke her back on 26 March, a [[total loss]].<ref name=see194003/><ref name=RNLI1940/><ref name=NH034022/><ref name=Times270340>{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Torpedoed Danish Ships |date=27 March 1940 |page=5 |issue=48574 |column=B }}</ref><ref>{{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}}</ref><ref>{{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}}</ref>
}}
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|ship={{SS|Bothal|1920|2}} 
|flag={{flag|Denmark}}
|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was [[torpedo]]ed 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.<ref name=Dan1940/><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?11189 |title= SS Bothal (+1940) |publisher=Wrecksite |access-date=23 October 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ship/298.html |title=Bothal |publisher=uboat.net |access-date=13 February 2021}}</ref>
}}
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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}}).<ref name=NH034022/><ref name=Dutch3940/><ref>{{cite web |url=https://mass.cultureelerfgoed.nl/protinus-ijm85 |title=Protinus |publisher=mass.cultureelerfgoed.nl |access-date=28 January 2021}}</ref><ref>{{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}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://forum.12oclockhigh.net/showthread.php?t=36748 |title=Protinus |publisher=forum.12oclockhigh.net |access-date=28 January 2021}}</ref>
}}
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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.<ref name=NH034022/><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.warsailors.com/singleships/svinta.html |title=D/S Svinta |publisher=www.warsailors.com |access-date=13 February 2021}}</ref> Also reported as [[torpedo]]ed and sunk on 21 March by {{GS|U-57|1938|2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}).<ref name=Jordan564>{{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}}</ref>
}}
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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.<ref name=Dan1940/><ref name=NH034022/><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?11188 |title= SS Viking (+1940) |publisher=Wrecksite |access-date=23 October 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ship/297.html |title=Viking |publisher=uboat.net |access-date=12 February 2021}}</ref>
}}
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==21 March==
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|ship={{MV|Algier|1938|2}} 
|flag={{flag|Denmark}}
|desc=[[World War II]]: The [[cargo ship]] was [[torpedo]]ed 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}}).<ref name=Dan1940/><ref name=NH034022/><ref name=Times230340>{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=The Sea War On Neutrals |date=23 March 1940 |page=6 |issue=48571 |column=E }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?12913 |title= MV Algier (+1940) |publisher=Wrecksite |access-date=23 October 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ship/300.html |title=Algier |publisher=uboat.net |access-date=13 February 2021}}</ref>
}}
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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}}).<ref name=Dan1940/><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?12914 |title= MV Christiansborg (+1940) |publisher=Wrecksite |access-date=23 October 2011}}</ref><ref name=Jordan447>{{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}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ship/301.html |title=Christiansborg |publisher=uboat.net |access-date=13 February 2021}}</ref>
}}
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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.<ref name=WrecksScapa/><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?61040 |title=PSS Gondolier (+1940) |publisher=www.wrecksite.eu |access-date=10 February 2021}}</ref><ref>{{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}}</ref>
}}
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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''.<ref name=verluste1/><ref name=NH034022/><ref>{{cite web |url=https://uboat.net/allies/warships/ship/3386.html |title=HMS Ursula |publisher=uboat.net |access-date=13 February 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://ribewiki.dk/da/Heddernheim_1940_Skagerrak |title=Heddernheim |publisher=ribewiki.dk |access-date=13 February 2021}}</ref>
}}
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==22 March==
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|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.<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>
}}
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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.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?238873 |title=Sandö |publisher=www.wrecksite.eu |access-date=14 February 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.marhisdata.nl/schip?id=3075 |title=Sandö |publisher=www.marhisdata.nl |access-date=14 February 2021}}</ref>
}}
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==23 March==
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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 [[torpedo]]es. Her captain was taken as a [[prisoner of war]]. The rest of her crew reached land safely.<ref name=verluste1/><ref name=NH034022/><ref>{{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}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://uboat.net/allies/warships/ship/3494.html |title=HMS Truant |publisher=uboat.net |access-date=13 February 2021}}</ref>
}}
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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.<ref>{{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}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.netmarine.net/bat/patrouil/railleuse/ancien.htm |title=La Railleuse |publisher=www.netmarine.net |access-date=23 March 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://clausuchronia.wordpress.com/tag/la-railleuse/ |title=La Railleuse |publisher=clausuchronia.wordpress.com |access-date=13 February 2021}}</ref>
}}
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|ship={{HMT|Loch Assater}} 
|flag={{naval|United Kingdom}}
|desc=World War II: The [[naval trawler]] struck a [[naval mine|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}}).<ref name=NH034022/><ref name=Times250340b>{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Naval Trawler Mined |date=25 March 1940 |page=6 |issue=48572 |column=E }}</ref><ref name=LA>{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?61188 |title= HMT Loch Assater (+1940) |publisher=Wrecksite |access-date=23 October 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?239168 |title=Loch Assater |publisher=www.wrecksite.eu |access-date=13 February 2021}}</ref>
}}
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==24 March==
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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#Cityscape|Hirtshals Lighthouse]] after striking a reef. She was refloated on 30 March.<ref name=Times250340a>{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=German Steamer Run Aground |date=25 March 1940 |page=6 |issue=48572 |column=D }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/12439854 |title=Ostpreussen |publisher=trove.nla.gov.au |access-date=14 February 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/12438175 |title=Ostpreussen |publisher=trove.nla.gov.au |access-date=14 February 2021}}</ref>
}}
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==25 March==
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|ship={{SS|Britta|1921|2}} 
|flag={{flag|Denmark}}
|desc=[[World War II]]: The [[cargo ship]] was [[torpedo]]ed 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}}).<ref name=Dan1940/><ref name=NH034022/><ref>{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Danish Ship Sunk Off Scottish Coast |date=26 March 1940 |page=8 |issue=48573 |column=E }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?12957 |title= SS Britta (+1940) |publisher=Wrecksite |access-date=23 October 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ship/302.html |title=Britta |publisher=uboat.net |access-date=14 February 2021}}</ref>
}}
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|ship={{SS|Daghestan|1921|2}} 
|flag={{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}
|desc=World War II: The [[tank ship|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}}).<ref name=NH034022/><ref name=Times280340b>{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Oil Tanker Sunk In North Sea |date=28 March 1940 |page=8 |issue=48575 |column=B }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?10432 |title= SS Daghestan (+1940) |publisher=Wrecksite |access-date=23 October 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/303.html |title=Daghestan |publisher=uboat.net |access-date=14 February 2021}}</ref>
}}
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==26 March==
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|ship={{MV|Cometa|1921|2}} 
|flag={{flag|Norway}}
|desc=[[World War II]]: The [[cargo ship]] was [[torpedo]]ed 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}}).<ref name=NH034022/><ref name=Times280340b/><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?12915 |title= MV Cometa (+1940) |publisher=Wrecksite |access-date=23 October 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ship/304.html |title=Cometa |publisher=uboat.net |access-date=15 February 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://warsailors.com/singleships/cometa.html |title=Cometa |publisher=www.warsailors.com |access-date=15 February 2021}}</ref>
}}
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|ship={{GS|U-21|1936|2}} 
|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}
|desc=The [[German Type II submarine|Type IIB]] [[submarine]] ran aground off [[Mandal, Norway]] ({{coord|58|01|N|7|29|E}}). She was later refloated and interned at [[Kristiansand|Kristiansand-Sud]] until [[Operation Weserübung|9 April 1940]]. She was then used as a training boat until 1944.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://uboat.net/boats/u21.htm |title=U-21 |publisher=uboat.net |access-date=15 February 2021}}</ref>
}}
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==27 March==
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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 (departements)|Nord]] after running in a sandbank during a storm.<ref name=Wrack1940>{{cite web |url=http://www.schiffswrackliste.de/BRT%201940.htm |title=Schiffswrackliste 1940 |publisher=www.schiffswrackliste.de |access-date=15 February 2021}}</ref><ref>{{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}}</ref>
}}
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==28 March==
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|ship={{SS|Burgos|1920|2}} 
|flag={{flag|Norway}}
|desc=[[World War II]]: [[Convoy FS 31]]: The [[cargo ship]] struck a [[naval mine|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}}).<ref name=NH034022/><ref name=Times010440>{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Norwegian Press On Neutrality |date=1 April 1940 |page=40 |issue=48578 |column=D }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?2805 |title= SS Burgos (+1940) |publisher=Wrecksite |access-date=23 October 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.warsailors.com/singleships/burgos.html |title=Burgos |publisher=www.warsailors.com |access-date=15 February 2021}}</ref>
}}
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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 [[SS Transylvania (1925)|HMS ''Transylvania'']] ({{naval|United Kingdom}}) and was scuttled by her crew. All 41 crew were rescued by HMS ''Transylvania''.<ref name=NH034022/><ref name=verluste1/><ref>{{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}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.fold3.com/image/302065606 |title=Mimi Horn |publisher=www.fold3.com |access-date=15 February 2021}}</ref>
}}
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==29 March==
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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.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?34351 |title=Hebridean (+1940) |publisher=Wrecksite |access-date=9 November 2011}}</ref><ref>{{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}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://novascotia.ca/museum/wrecks/wrecks/shipwrecks.asp?ID=2122 |title=Hebridean |publisher=novascotia.ca |access-date=15 February 2021}}</ref>
}}
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==30 March==
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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.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?36681 |title=SS Thordoc (+1940) |publisher=Wrecksite |access-date=14 November 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://cbrl.ca/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/HD-1940.pdf |title=Thordoc |publisher=cbrl.ca |access-date=15 February 2021}}</ref>
}}
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==31 March==
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|ship={{SS|Farndale|1928|2}} 
|flag={{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}
|desc=The [[cargo ship]] arrived at [[Takoradi]], [[Gold Coast (British colony)|Gold Coast]] on fire. She was beached the next day and was gutted. She was declared a [[constructive total loss]].<ref name=Merchant483>{{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}}</ref>
}}
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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.<ref name=RNLI1940/><ref>{{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}}</ref>
}}
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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.<ref name=Wrack1940/><ref>{{cite web |url=https://wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?74108 |title=Walsingham |publisher=www.wrecksite.eu |access-date=15 February 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/2526411 |title=Walsingham |publisher=trove.nla.gov.au |access-date=15 February 2021}}</ref>
}}
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==Unknown date==
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|ship={{GS|U-22|1936|2}} 
|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}
|desc=[[World War II]]: The [[German Type II submarine|Type IIB]] [[submarine]] was declared missing since 27 March 1940 in the [[North Sea]] or [[Skaggerak]]. Presumed lost with all 27 hands.<ref name=see194003/><ref>{{cite web |url=http://uboat.net/boats/u22.htm |title=U-22 |publisher=uboat.net |access-date=23 March 2020}}</ref>
}}
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==References==
{{Reflist|20em}}

{{shipevents|1940}}
{{WWII shipwrecks}}

[[Category:Lists of shipwrecks by year|1940-03]]
[[Category:Maritime incidents in March 1940| ]]