Thelist of shipwrecks in 1939 includesships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during1939.
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World War II: The Admiralty requisitioned cargo ship was scuttled as ablockship in Kirk Sound,Scapa FlowOrkney Islands sometime in 1939. Raised in 1943 and re-sunk inLiverpool Bay for use as sonar target on 15 October 1943.[4]
The yacht, owned byGeorge Sutherland-Leveson-Gower, 5th Duke of Sutherland, ran aground off Espiritu Santo Island in theGulf of California. The vessel's captain managed to refloatSans Peur and anchor it, but a hole had been opened in the bottom and the ship lay partly flooded. With the aid of the tugboatRetriever, the vessel was made sound and the ship resumed its journey.[12]