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The '''list of shipwrecks in January 1940''' includes [[ship]]s sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during [[January 1940]].
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==1 January==
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|ship={{SS|Johann Schulte|1921|2}} 
|flag={{flagcountry|Nazi Germany}}
|desc=The [[cargo ship]] was wrecked and sank off [[Buholmråsa Lighthouse|Buholmråsa]], Norway. All 36 German sailors and two Norwegian pilots were rescued by {{SS|Dronning Maud|1925|2}} ({{flag|Norway}}).<ref>{{csr|register=MSI|id=1150573|shipname=Johann Schulte |accessdate=29 March 2012}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|title=World War: Conquering Heroes |newspaper=[[Time (magazine)|Time]] |date=15 January 1940 |url=http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,772325,00.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101014065503/http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,772325,00.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=14 October 2010 |page=1 |access-date=23 December 2009 }}</ref>
}}
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|ship={{SS|Lars Magnus Trozelli|1920|2}} 
|flag={{flag|Sweden}}
|desc=[[World War II]]: The [[cargo ship]] was [[torpedo]]ed and sunk in the [[North Sea]] ({{coord|58|14|N|1|38|W}}) by {{GS|U-58|1939|2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}) with the loss of seven of her 22 crew. Survivors were rescued by {{SS|Ask|1917|2}} ({{flag|Norway}}).<ref name=NH014012/><ref name=LMT>{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?11256 |title=SS Lars Magnus Trozelli (+1940) |publisher=Wrecksite |access-date=21 October 2011}}</ref><ref name=LMTU58>{{cite web |url=http://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/167.html |title=Lars Magnus Trozelli |publisher=Uboat |access-date=14 February 2012}}</ref>
}}
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|ship={{SS|Leo|1920|2}} 
|flag={{Flag|Finland}}
|desc=[[Winter War]]: The cargo ship was bombed and sunk at [[Turku]] by [[Soviet Union|Soviet]] aircraft. She was later raised and repaired.<ref name=see194001>{{Cite web|url=http://www.wlb-stuttgart.de/seekrieg/40-01.htm |title=Seekrieg 1940, Januar |access-date=27 May 2012 |last=Rohwer |first=Jürgen |author-link=Jürgen Rohwer |author2=Gerhard Hümmelchen  |work=Württembergische Landesbibliothek Stuttgart |language=de }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.turku.fi/uutinen/2019-12-02_yrjo-paldanin-kuvia-pommitetusta-turusta-1939-1940 |title=Leo |date=2 December 2019 |publisher=www.turku.fi |access-date=19 January 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.clydeships.co.uk/view.php?a1PageSize=50&ship_listPage=13&a1Page=532&ref=51440&vessel=LANDES |title=Leo |publisher=www.clydeships.co.uk |access-date=19 January 2021}}</ref>
}}
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|ship=''Turkan'' <!--needs dabbing-->
|flag={{flag|Turkey}}
|desc=The cargo ship foundered in a storm in the [[Black Sea]] with the loss of all twenty crew.<ref name=Times020140>{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Black Sea Storms |date=2 January 1940 |page=8 |issue=48502 |column=B }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://doc.rero.ch/record/224013/files/1940-01-02.pdf |title=Turkan |publisher=doc.rero.ch |access-date=19 January 2021}}</ref>
}}
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|ship=''Young Harry'' 
|flag={{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}
|desc=World War II: The [[fishing vessel]] was sunk by a mine in the North Sea off [[Folkestone]], [[Kent]] with the loss of all four hands.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://freepages.rootsweb.com/~folkestonefamilies/genealogy/cornish1.htm |title=Young Harry |publisher=freepages.rootsweb.com |access-date=25 January 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.leshaigh.co.uk/folkestone/ww2.html |title=Young Harry |publisher=www.leshaigh.co.uk |access-date=25 January 2021}}</ref>
}}
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==3 January==
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|ship={{MV|Motorina|1889|2}} 
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Greece|1863-naval}}
|desc=The [[tank ship|tanker]] ran aground on [[Chios]] and was wrecked.<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?140986 |title=MV Motorina (+1940) |publisher=www.wrecksite.eu |access-date=19 January 2021}}</ref>
}}
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|ship={{ship|German minesweeper|R-5||2}} 
|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}
|desc=The [[R boat|R-1-class]] [[minesweeper]] (46/60 t, 1932) was crushed by ice and sank off [[Stolpmünde]].<ref name=see194001/>
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|ship={{Ship|Soviet submarine|S-2||2}} 
|flag={{navy|Soviet Union|1935}}
|desc=[[Winter War]]: The [[Soviet S-class submarine|S-class]] [[submarine]] struck a [[naval mine|mine]] and sank in the [[Baltic Sea]] off [[Märket]] with the loss of all 50 crew.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?31942 |title=S-2 (+1940) |publisher=www.wrecksite.eu |access-date=14 November 2011}}</ref><ref name=Cherneyshev>{{Cite book |title=Погибли без боя. Катастрофы русских кораблей XVIII–XX вв. |trans-title=They died without a fight. Catastrophes of Russian ships of the XVIII-XX centuries |language=Russian |first=Alexander Alekseevich |last=Chernyshev |publisher=Veche |year=2012 |url=http://www.maxima-library.org/mob/b/389880?format=read }}</ref>
}}
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|ship={{SS|Svartön|1906|2}} 
|flag={{flag|Sweden}}
|desc=[[World War II]]: [[Convoy HN 6]]: The cargo ship romped ahead of the convoy. She was [[torpedo]]ed and sunk off the north coast of Scotland ({{coord|57|48|N|1|47|W}}) by {{GS|U-58|1939|2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}) with the loss of twenty of her 31 crew. Survivors were rescued by {{HMT|Oak}} ({{naval|UK}}).<ref name=NH014012>{{cite web |url=http://www.naval-history.net/xDKWW2-4001-10JAN01.htm |title=Naval Events, January 1940, Part 1 of 2, Monday 1st - Sunday 14th |publisher=Naval History |access-date=15 November 2011}}</ref><ref name=Svarton>{{cite web |url= http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?62141 |title=SS Svarton (Svartön) (+1940) |publisher=Wrecksite |access-date=21 October 2011}}</ref><ref name=SvartonU58>{{cite web |url=http://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/168.html |title=Svartön |publisher=Uboat |access-date=14 February 2012}}</ref>
}}
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==4 January==
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|ship={{SS|Ardangorm|1930|2}} 
|flag={{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}
|desc=The [[cargo ship]] ran aground on the Gwineas Rock, near [[Dodman Point]], [[Cornwall]] ({{coord|50|14|42|N|4|45|36|W}}), broke in two and was wrecked. All 36 crew were rescued by the [[lifeboat (rescue)|lifeboat]] ''C.D.E.C. of Fowey'' ([[File:Flag of the Royal National Lifeboat Institution.svg|22px|border]] [[Royal National Lifeboat Institution]]). The wreck was partly salvaged.<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?12382 |title=Ardangorm |publisher=www.wrecksite.eu |access-date=19 January 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=19 January 2021}}</ref><ref name=Merchant482>{{cite book |title=The World's Merchant Fleets, 1939 |first=Roger |last=Jordan |publisher=Chatham Publishing |location=London |year=1999 |page=482 |isbn=1-86176-023-X}}</ref>
}}
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|ship={{SS|Maigue|1904|2}} 
|flag={{Flag|Ireland}}
|desc=The cargo ship struck a rock near [[Cape Clear Island]], [[County Cork]] and was beached in a sinking condition. She was refloated on 21 May but was damaged beyond repair and was subsequently scrapped.<ref name=Fordep73>{{cite book|last=Forde|first=Frank|title=The Long Watch|year=2000|publisher=New Island|isbn=1-902602-42-0|page=73}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.limerickcity.ie/media/lsc008.pdf |title=Maigue |publisher=www.limerickcity.ie |access-date=19 January 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.clydeships.co.uk/view.php?a1PageSize=25&ship_listPage=17&a1Order=Sorter_name&a1Dir=ASC&a1Page=910&ref=50539&vessel=MINNIE+HINDE |title=Maigue |publisher=www.clydeships.co.uk |access-date=19 January 2021}}</ref>
}}
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|ship={{ship|ST|Swarthy||2}} 
|flag={{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}
|desc=The [[tugboat|tug]] sank at [[Portsmouth]], [[Hampshire]]. Later salvaged, repaired and returned to service.<ref name=NH014012/> 
}}
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==5 January==
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|ship={{SS|C. Arrivabene|1909|2}} 
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Italy|civil}}
|desc=The [[tank ship|tanker]] was driven ashore {{convert|2|nmi|km}} south of [[Fedala]], Morocco. She was consequently scrapped.<ref name=Jordan529>{{cite book |title=The World's Merchant Fleets, 1939 |first=Roger |last=Jordan |publisher=Chatham publishing |location=London |year=1999 |page=529 |isbn=1-86176-023-X}}</ref>
}}
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|ship={{SS|Fenris||2}} 
|flag={{Flag|Sweden}}
|desc=[[Winter War]]: The [[coastal trading vessel|coaster]] was [[torpedo]]ed and damaged in the [[Gulf of Finland]] off the ''Sydost Brottens Lightship'' ({{flag|Sweden}}) by {{ship|Soviet submarine|ShCh-311||2}} ({{navy|Soviet Union|1935}}). The wreck drifted ashore north west of the lightship, her crew were rescued.<ref name=NH014012/><ref name=Staffan>{{cite web |url=http://hem.passagen.se/staste/pang.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20020208030402/http://hem.passagen.se/staste/pang.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=8 February 2002 |title=Svenska fartyg sänkta av Sovjetiska ubåtar. |publisher=Passagen |language=sv |access-date=21 October 2011}}</ref>
}}
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|ship={{HMT|Kingston Cornelian|FY 211|6}} 
|flag={{naval|UK}}
|desc=The [[naval trawler]] collided with {{SS|Chella|1934|2}} ({{flag|France}}) in the [[Mediterranean Sea]] east of [[Gibraltar]] and sank. Her depth charges exploded, killing all nineteen crew.<ref name=NH014012/><ref name=Times080140a>{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Naval Trawler Sunk |date=8 January 1940 |page=4 |issue=48507 |column=F }}</ref><ref name=KC>{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?166869 |title=HMS Kingston Cornelian (+1940) |publisher=Wrecksite |access-date=9 November 2011}}</ref>
}}
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|ship={{MV|Rothesay Castle|1935|2}} 
|flag={{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}
|desc=The cargo ship (7,016 GRT, 1935) ran aground at Sanaig Point, [[Islay]], [[Argyllshire]] ({{coord|55|53|13|N|6|21|44|W}}. She broke her back and was a [[total loss]]. Her crew were rescued by {{ship|ST|Englishman||2}} ({{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}).<ref name=NH014012/><ref>{{cite web|url=http://unioncastlestaffregister.co.uk/SHIP_ROTHSAY_CASTLE_(1)_01.html|title=Board of Trade wreck report for 'Rothesay Castle', 1940|access-date=2013-10-02|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131004222209/http://unioncastlestaffregister.co.uk/SHIP_ROTHSAY_CASTLE_(1)_01.html |archive-date=2013-10-04|url-status=dead}}</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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==6 January==
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|ship={{ship|French sloop|Barsac||2}} 
|flag={{Navy|France|name=Marine Nationale}}
|desc=The [[patrol vessel|armed patrol ship]] ran aground on the Isalons Rocks, [[Vigo]], [[Galicia (Spain)|Galicia]], Spain and sank with the loss of eighteen crew.<ref name=Barsac>{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?135122 |title=SS Barsac (+1940) |publisher=Wrecksite |access-date=3 November 2011}}</ref>
}}
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|ship={{SS|Beltinge|1916|2}} 
|flag={{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}
|desc=The [[cargo ship]] ran aground at [[Les Sables d'Olonne]], [[Vendée]], France and was wrecked. Her twenty crew survived.<ref name=Beltinge>{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?132615 |title=SS Beltinge (+1940) |publisher=Wrecksite |access-date=3 November 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://etatcivil-archives.vendee.fr/arkotheque/visionneuse/visionneuse.php?arko=YTo4OntzOjQ6ImRhdGUiO3M6MTA6IjIwMjEtMDEtMTkiO3M6MTA6InR5cGVfZm9uZHMiO3M6MTE6ImFya29fc2VyaWVsIjtzOjQ6InJlZjEiO2k6NDtzOjQ6InJlZjIiO3M6NToiMzk1MjgiO3M6MTY6ImJvcm5lX3BhZ2VfZGVidXQiO2k6MTtzOjE0OiJib3JuZV9wYWdlX2ZpbiI7aToxMjY7czoxNjoidmlzaW9ubmV1c2VfaHRtbCI7YjoxO3M6MjE6InZpc2lvbm5ldXNlX2h0bWxfbW9kZSI7czo0OiJwcm9kIjt9 |title=Beltinge |publisher=etatcivil-archives.vendee.fr |access-date=19 January 2021}}</ref>
}}
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|ship={{MV|British Liberty|1939|2}} 
|flag={{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}
|desc=[[World War II]]: The [[tank ship|tanker]] struck a [[naval mine|mine]] and sank in the [[English Channel]] {{convert|4|nmi|km}} north east of the ''[[Dyck Lightship]]'' ([[File:Trinity House Ensign.svg|22px]] [[Trinity House]]) with the loss of 24 crew.<ref name=NH014012/><ref name=BL>{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?73328 |title=British Liberty MV? (+1940) |publisher=Wrecksite |access-date=3 November 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.sauveteurdudunkerquois.fr/40BRI-0583B/ |title=British Liberty |publisher=www.sauveteurdudunkerquois.fr |access-date=31 May 2020}}</ref>
}}
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|ship={{SS|City of Marseilles|1913|2}} 
|flag={{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}
|desc=World War II: The [[cargo liner]] struck a mine and was damaged in the [[Firth of Tay]]. She was abandoned with the loss of one of her 164 crew. Survivors were rescued by the [[Broughty Ferry]] [[lifeboat (rescue)|lifeboat]] ''Mona'' ([[File:Flag of the Royal National Lifeboat Institution.svg|22px|border]] [[Royal National Lifeboat Institution]]), a [[Royal Air Force]] [[launch (boat)|launch]] and a [[pilot cutter]]. She was later boarded by personnel from {{HMT|Cranefly|FY539|6}}, {{HMT|Sturton|FY1595|6}} and {{HMT|Suilven}} (all {{naval|UK}}) and towed into [[Dundee]], [[Scotland]]. Subsequently repaired and returned to service.<ref name=CoM>{{cite web |url=http://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/1098.html |title=City of Marseilles |publisher=Uboat |access-date=2 February 2012}}</ref><ref name=Merchant131>{{cite book |first=Roger |last=Jordan |year= 1999 |title=The World's Merchant Ships 1939 |place=London |publisher=Chatham House |isbn=1 86176 023 X |page=131 }}</ref>
}}
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|ship=''Eta'' 
|flag={{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}
|desc=World War II: The [[fishing trawler]] struck a mine and sank in the [[Thames Estuary]] {{convert|6|nmi|km}} north west of the ''[[Outer Gabbard Lightship]]'' ([[File:Trinity House Ensign.svg|22px]] [[Trinity House]]). Her crew were rescued.<ref name=NH014012/>
}}
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|ship={{SS|Frankenwald|1922|2}} 
|flag={{flagcountry|Nazi Germany}}
|desc=The cargo ship ran aground on [[Bratholmen]], Norway and sank. All 48 crew were rescued.<ref name=Times080140b>{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=German Ships Founders In North Sea |date=8 January 1940 |page=6 |issue=48507 |column=F }}</ref> 
}}
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|ship=''Gloreda''
|flag={{flag|Australia|civil}}
|desc=The [[Launch (boat)|launch]] caught fire and sank in [[Hervey Bay]], [[Queensland]]. All four men aboard survived.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?56359 |title=Gloreda (+1940) |publisher=Wrecksite |access-date=8 November 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/page/19779274 |title=The Telegraph (Brisbane), 8 January 1940 |publisher=trove.nla.gov.au |access-date=6 January 2021}}</ref>
}}
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|ship={{ship||Sampo|1898 icebreaker|2}}
|flag={{navy|Finland|name=Merivoimat}}
|desc=The [[icebreaker]] ran aground off [[Pori]]. There were no casualties but the ship could only be raised in May 1940 and repairs were not completed March 1941.<ref name="Finnish Navy in the Winter War">{{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=3 January 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><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.europeana.eu/fr/item/2021009/_BAD241B3E778FFDBA9B88A059E966218 |title=Sampo |publisher=www.europeana.eu |access-date=19 January 2021}}</ref>
}}
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==7 January==
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|ship={{SS|Cedrington Court|1918|2}} 
|flag={{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}
|desc=[[World War II]]: The [[cargo ship]] struck a [[naval mine|mine]] and sank in the [[Goodwin Sands]], [[Kent]] {{convert|2|nmi|km}} north east of the ''[[North Goodwin Lightship]]'' ([[File:Trinity House Ensign.svg|22px]] [[Trinity House]]) ({{coord|55|15|N|1|35|E}}). All 34 crew were rescued.<ref name=NH014012/><ref name=Times090140>{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Crew Of 34 Saved |date=9 January 1940 |page=8 |issue=48508 |column=F }}</ref><ref name=CC>{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?73653 |title=SS Cedrington Court (+1940) |publisher=Wrecksite |access-date=21 October 2011}}</ref><ref name=Dunn>{{cite book |title=Merchant Ships of the World in Color 1910–1929 |first=Laurence |last=Dunn |publisher=Macmillan Publishing Co., Inc |location=New York |year=1975 |pages=177–78 }}</ref>
}}
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|ship={{SS|Dicido|1903|2}} 
|flag={{flag|Sweden}}
|desc=The cargo ship ran aground at Tjoroneset and was wrecked. There were no casualties.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?140822 |title=Dicido |publisher=www.wrecksite.eu |access-date=19 January 2021}}</ref>
}}
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|ship={{HMS|Seahorse|98S|6}} 
|flag={{naval|UK}}
|desc=World War II: The [[British S-class submarine (1931)|S-class]] [[submarine]] was [[depth charge]]d and sunk north west of [[Heligoland]] {{ship|German minesweeper|M-122||2}} and {{ship|German minesweeper|M-132||2}} (both {{navy|Nazi Germany}}). All 39 crew were lost.<ref name=SK0140>{{cite web |url=http://www.wlb-stuttgart.de/seekrieg/40-01.htm |title=1940 Januar |publisher=Württembergische Landesbibliothek |language=de |access-date=5 March 2015}}</ref><ref name=RNCasualties011940>{{cite web |url=http://www.naval-history.net/xDKCas1940-01JAN.htm |title=Royal Navy Casualties January 1940 |publisher=www.naval-history.net |access-date=7 January 2019}}</ref>
}}
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|ship={{SS|Towneley|1923|2}} 
|flag={{Flag|United Kingdom|civil}}
|desc=World War II: The cargo ship struck a [[naval mine|mine]] and sank in the [[North Sea]] north of [[Margate]], Kent. Her crew were rescued by the Margate [[lifeboat (rescue)|lifeboat]].<ref name=NH014012/><ref name=Towneley>{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?129798 |title=SS Towneley (+1940) |publisher=Wrecksite |access-date=14 November 2011}}</ref>
}}
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|ship={{HMS|Undine|N48|6}} 
|flag={{naval|UK}}
|desc=World War II: The [[British U-class submarine|U-class]] [[submarine]] was depth charged and damaged south west of Heligoland by {{ship|German minesweeper|M-1201||2}}. {{ship|German minesweeper|M-1204||2}}, and {{ship|German minesweeper|M-1207||2}} (all {{navy|Nazi Germany}}) and was subsequently scuttled. Her crew were rescued by the German ships.<ref name=SK0140/>
}}
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==8 January==
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|ship={{SS|Atlantic Scout|1912|2}} 
|flag={{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}
|desc=The [[cargo ship]] ran aground {{convert|2|nmi|km}} north east of [[Cap Gris Nez]], [[Pas-de-Calais]], France. She was refloated the next day and beached at [[Boulogne-sur-Mer|Boulogne]], where she became a [[total loss]]. The wreck was dispersed by explosives in 1949.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?80702 |title=SS Atlantic Scout (+1940) |publisher=www.wrecksite.eu |access-date=19 January 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://josephcummings.wordpress.com/2011/08/29/mv-fishpool-sunk-23rd-july-1943/ |title=Atlantic Scout |date=29 August 2011 |publisher=josephcummings.wordpress.com |access-date=19 January 2021}}</ref><ref name=Merchant482/>
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|ship={{SV|Infante|1915|2}}
|flag={{flag|Portugal}}
|desc=The wooden schooner (324 GRT, 1915) collided with {{SS|Congo|1914|2}} ({{Flag|France}}) and sank off [[Cape St. Vincent]], Portugal. Her crew were rescued by ''Congo''.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?201366 |title=Infante |publisher=www.wrecksite.eu |access-date=27 January 2021}}</ref>
}}
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|ship={{SS|Tynehome|1919|2}} 
|flag={{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}
|desc=The [[coastal trading vessel|coaster]] collided with {{SS|Gitano|1921|2}} ({{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}) and sank. Ten survivors were rescued by ''Gitano''. Four crew were lost.<ref name=NH014012/><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.benjidog.co.uk/Tower%20Hill/Final%20Panels%20Terkoelai%20to%20Rudby.html |title=Tynehome |publisher=www.benjidog.co.uk |access-date=8 January 2019}}</ref>
}}
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==9 January==
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|ship={{MV|Dunbar Castle|1929|2}} 
|flag={{Flag|United Kingdom|civil}}
|desc=[[World War II]]: The [[ocean liner]] struck a [[naval mine|mine]] off [[North Foreland]], [[Kent]] ({{coord|51|22|08|N|1|36|02|E}}) and sank with the loss of 152 lives. The wreck was dispersed by explosives in 1959.<ref name=Kent>{{cite book |first=Anthony |last=Lane |year=2009 |title=Shipwrecks of Kent |pages=28, 30, 42–43, 54, 66–69 |publisher=The History Press |location=Stroud |isbn=978-0-7524-1720-2 }}</ref><ref name=Ogley>{{cite book |first=Bob |last=Ogley |title=Kent at War |page=26 |year=1994 |publisher=Froglets Publications |location=Brasted Chart |isbn=1-872337-82-1}}</ref><ref name=Merchant495>{{cite book |title=The World's Merchant Fleets, 1939 |first=Roger |last=Jordan |publisher=Chatham Publishing |location=London |year=1999 |page=495 |isbn=1-86176-023-X}}</ref>
}}
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|ship={{SS|Gowrie|Cochrane, 1909|2}} 
|flag={{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}
|desc=World War II: The [[coastal trading vessel|coaster]] was bombed and sunk in the [[North Sea]] {{convert|4|nmi|km}} east of [[Stonehaven]], [[Aberdeenshire]] by aircraft of ''[[Fliegerkorps X]]'', [[Luftwaffe]]. All twelve crew were rescued.<ref name=NH014012/><ref name=Times100140>{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Air Attack On Ships |date=10 January 1940 |page=6 |issue=48509 |column=D }}</ref><ref name=Times110140a/>
}}
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|ship={{SS|Manx|1916|2}} 
|flag={{flag|Norway}}
|desc=World War II: The [[cargo ship]] was [[torpedo]]ed and sunk in the North Sea ({{coord|58|30|N|1|33|W}}) by {{GS|U-19|1936|2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}) with the loss of thirteen of her nineteen crew. Survivors were rescued by {{SS|Iris|1901|2}} and {{SS|Leka|1922|2}} (both {{flag|Norway}}).<ref name=Manx>{{cite web|url=http://www.warsailors.com/singleships/manx.html |title=D/S Manx |publisher=Warsailors |access-date=28 January 2012}}</ref><ref name=ManxU19>{{cite web |url=http://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/169.html |title=Manx |publisher=uboat.net |access-date=26 January 2021}}</ref>
}}
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|ship={{SS|Montauban|1920|2}} 
|flag={{Flag|France}}
|desc=The [[collier (ship type)|collier]] ran aground on the Saltscar Rocks, [[Redcar]], [[North Riding of Yorkshire|Yorkshire]], United Kingdom ({{coord|54|37|45|N|1|02|27|W}}). All 39 crew were rescued by the Redcar [[lifeboat (rescue)|lifeboat]]. She broke up on 15 January.<ref name=Montauban>{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?11709 |title=SS Montauban (+1940) |publisher=Wrecksite |access-date=11 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><ref>{{cite web |url=https://lifeboatmagazinearchive.rnli.org/volume/war-years/1940/montauban?searchterm=royal+family&page=449 |title=Montauban  |publisher=lifeboatmagazinearchive.rnli.org |access-date=9 January 2019}}</ref>
}}
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|ship={{SS|Oakgrove|1906|2}} 
|flag={{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}
|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was bombed and sunk off [[Cromer]], [[Norfolk]] by aircraft of ''Fliegerkorps X'', Luftwaffe with the loss of a crew member.<ref name=NH014012/><ref name=Oakgrove>{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?69042 |title=SS Oakgrove (+1940) |publisher=Wrecksite |access-date=21 October 2011}}</ref>
}}
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|ship={{HMS|Starfish|19S|6}} 
|flag={{naval|UK}}
|desc=World War II: The [[British S-class submarine (1931)|S-class]] [[submarine]] (730/927 t, 1933) was depth charged and damaged in the [[Heligoland Bight]] by {{ship|German minesweeper|M-7||2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}). She was forced on the surface and subsequently sank. Her crew were rescued and taken as [[prisoners of war]].
}}
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|ship={{SS|Tonis Chandris|1904|2}} 
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Greece|1863-naval}}
|desc=World War II: The cargo ship ran aground on [[Unst]], [[Shetland Islands]], United Kingdom ({{coord|60|42|07|N|0|48|54|W}}) whilst evading a German submarine and was wrecked. Her crew were rescued by the [[Lerwick]] lifeboat.<ref name=NH014012/><ref name=TC>{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?59918 |title=SS Tonis Chandris (+1940) |publisher=Wrecksite |access-date=14 November 2011}}</ref><ref name=Jordan524>{{cite book |title=The World's Merchant Fleets, 1939 |first=Roger |last=Jordan |publisher=Chatham publishing |location=London |year=1999 |page=524 |isbn=1-86176-023-X}}</ref>
}}
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|ship={{MV|Truida|1928|2}} 
|flag={{Flag|Netherlands}}
|desc=World War II: The coaster struck a mine and sank in the North Sea west of [[Ramsgate]], Kent, United Kingdom ({{coord|51|27|N|1|50|E}}). All four crew were rescued by {{SS|Friso|1939|2}} ({{flag|Netherlands}}).<ref name=NH014012/><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?10849 |title=MV Truida (+1940) |publisher=Wrecksite |access-date=14 November 2011}}</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 |accessdate=28 January 2021}}</ref>
}}
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|ship={{SS|Upminster|1934|2}} 
|flag={{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}
|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was bombed and damaged off Cromer ({{coord|53|03|N|1|29|E}}) by Luftwaffe aircraft with the loss of three crew. She sank the next day.<ref name=NH014012/><ref name=Times110140a>{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Ship Missed By 40 Bombs |date=11 January 1940 |page=6 |issue=48510 |column=C }}</ref><ref name=Upminster>{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?68975 |title=SS Upminster (+1940) |publisher=Wrecksite |access-date=21 October 2011}}</ref>
}}
{{shipwreck list end}}

==10 January==
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|ship={{ship|German trawler|Axel|1891|2}} 
|flag={{flagcountry|Nazi Germany}}
|desc=The [[naval trawler]] collided with {{ship|German auxiliary ship|Grille||2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}) and sank off [[Kiel]]. There were no casualties.<ref name=verluste1/><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.ma-shops.fr/fenzl/item.php?id=36972 |title=Axel |publisher=www.ma-shops.fr |access-date=19 January 2021}}</ref>
}}
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|ship={{SS|Bahia Blanca|1918|2}} 
|flag={{flagcountry|Nazi Germany}}
|desc=[[World War II]]: The blockade-running [[cargo liner]] struck an [[iceberg]] in the [[Denmark Strait]] ({{coord|66|09|N|26|20|E}}). She was subsequently shelled and sunk by {{HMS|Newcastle|C76|6}} ({{naval|UK}}). All 62 crew were rescued by the trawler ''Hafstein'' ([[File:Light Blue Flag of Iceland.svg|22px]] [[Kingdom of Iceland|Iceland]]).<ref name=NH014012/><ref name=verluste1/><ref name=Times120140a>{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=German Cargo Ship Sunk Off Iceland |date=12 January 1940 |page=5 |issue=48511 |column=F }}</ref>
}}
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|ship={{SS|Bucuresti|1897|2}} 
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Romania}}
|desc=The ship (2,499 GRT, 1897) ran aground on Samothrace Islands rocks, in the [[Aegean Sea]] ({{coord|40|13|N|25|20|E}}. Her crew were rescued. ''Bucuresti'' was subsequently towed to a Greek port. She was declared a [[constructive total loss]] and scrapped.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?213297 |title=Bucuresti |publisher=www.wrecksite.eu |access-date=10 January 2019}}</ref><ref name=Jordan569>{{cite book |title=The World's Merchant Fleets, 1939 |first=Roger |last=Jordan |publisher=Chatham publishing |location=London |year=1999 |page=569 |isbn=1-86176-023-X}}</ref>
}}
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|ship={{HMS|Canton}} 
|flag={{naval|UK}}
|desc= The [[armed merchant cruiser]] ran aground off [[Barra Head]], [[Isle of Lewis]], [[Outer Hebrides]]. She was refloated on 12 January, but was beached on 17 January at [[Holy Loch]]. Later repaired and returned to service.<ref name=NH014012/><ref name=NH074112>{{cite web |url=http://www.naval-history.net/xDKWW2-4107-34JUL01.htm |title=Naval Events, July 1941, Part 1 of 2, Tuesday 1st – Monday 14th |publisher=Naval History |access-date=14 December 2011}}</ref>
}}
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|ship={{SS|Hertha|1917|2}} 
|flag={{flag|Norway}}
|desc=The cargo ship collided with a French vessel off the Welsh coast and was beached. She was later repaired and returned to service.<ref name=Times110140b>{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Ships In Collision |date=11 January 1940 |page=8 |issue=48510 |column=C }}</ref>
}}
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==11 January==
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|ship=''Croxton''
|flag={{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}
|desc=[[World War II]]: The [[fishing trawler]] was bombed and sunk in the [[North Sea]] ({{coord|53|20|N|2|40|E}}) by aircraft of ''[[X Fliegerkorps]]'', [[Luftwaffe]]. All nine crew were rescued.<ref name=Times130140a/>
}}
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|ship=''Dietrich Hasseldieck''
|flag={{flagcountry|Nazi Germany}}
|desc=World War II: The fishing trawler struck a [[naval mine|mine]] laid in 1939 by {{ship|Finnish submarine|Vesihiisi||2}} ({{navy|Finland}}) and sank in the [[Baltic Sea]] off [[Paldiski]], Estonia. Two of her seven crew were killed.<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=https://www.wlb-stuttgart.de/seekrieg/39-12.htm |title=Seekrieg 12 1939 |publisher=www.wlb-stuttgart.de|access-date=11 January 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://dea.digar.ee/cgi-bin/dea?a=d&d=sakalaew19400115.2.10 |title=Sakala newspapers, 15 January 1940 |publisher=dea.digar.ee |access-date=11 January 2019}}</ref>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{SS|El Oso|1921|2}} 
|flag={{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}
|desc=World War II: [[Convoy HX 14B]]: The [[tank ship|tanker]] struck a mine and sank {{convert|6|nmi|km}} west of the ''[[Mersey Lightship]]'' ([[File:Trinity House Ensign.svg|22px]] [[Trinity House]]) ({{coord|53|32|N|3|25|W}}) with the loss of three of her 35 crew. Survivors were rescued by {{HMS|Walker|D27|6}} ({{naval|UK}}).<ref name=NH014012/><ref name=Times120140b>{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=London Tanker Blown Up |date=12 January 1940 |page=6 |issue=48511 |column=D }}</ref><ref name=EO>{{cite web |url=http://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/171.html |title=El Oso |publisher=Uboat |access-date=5 February 2012}}</ref>
}}
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|ship={{SS|Fredville|1917|2}} 
|flag={{flag|Norway}}
|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was [[torpedo]]ed and sunk in the North Sea ({{coord|58|25|N|1|10|W}}) by {{GS|U-23|1936|2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}) with the loss of ten of her fifteen crew. Survivors were rescued by the fishing trawler ''May'' ({{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}).<ref name=NH014012/><ref name=Fredville>{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?11066 |title=SS Fredville (+1940) |publisher=Wrecksite |access-date=8 November 2011}}</ref>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{SS|Keynes|1915|2}} 
|flag={{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}
|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was bombed and sunk in the North Sea ({{coord|53|47|N|0|46|E}}) by Luftwaffe aircraft. All seventeen crew were rescued.<ref name=NH014012/><ref name=Times130140a>{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Air Attacks On Shipping |date=13 January 1940 |page=6 |issue=48512 |column=C }}</ref>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{SS|Leonard Pearce|1938|2}} 
|flag={{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}
|desc=[[Convoy HX 14]]: The cargo ship collided with {{SS|Blairmore|1928|2}} ({{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}) and sank in the [[Bristol Channel]] off the [[Bull Point Lighthouse]], [[Devon]]. All seventeen crew were rescued.<ref name=NH014012/><ref name=Times120140b/><ref name=HX14W>{{cite web |url=http://www.warsailors.com/convoys/hx14.html |title=Convoy HX 14 |publisher=Warsailors |access-date=16 May 2012}}</ref>
}}
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|ship={{HMT|Lucida||6}} 
|flag={{naval|United Kingdom}}
|desc=World War II: The [[naval trawler]] struck a mine and sank off the mouth of the [[River Tyne]] ({{coord|55|00|N|0|53|W}}) with the loss of a crew member.<ref name=NH014012/><ref name=Lucida>{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?66169 |title=SS Lucida (+1940) |publisher=Wrecksite |access-date=10 November 2011}}</ref>
}}
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|ship={{SS|Manitowoc|1926|2}} 
|flag={{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}
|desc=The cargo ship was severely damaged by fire at [[Newcastle upon Tyne]], [[Northumberland]]. She was subsequently used as a [[storeship|stores]] [[hulk (ship)|hulk]].<ref name=Jordan517>{{cite book |title=The World's Merchant Fleets, 1939 |first=Roger |last=Jordan |publisher=Chatham publishing |location=London |year=1999 |page=517 |isbn=1-86176-023-X}}</ref>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{HMS|Princess|1924|6}} 
|flag={{naval|UK}}
|desc=The [[armed yacht]] collided with {{SS|Blairmore|1928|2}} ({{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}) in the [[Bristol Channel]] and sank. Her crew were rescued by ''Blairmore''.<ref name=Princess>{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?72176 |title=HMS Princess (+1940) |publisher=Wrecksite |access-date=13 November 2011}}</ref>
}}
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|ship={{Ship|RFA|Thorpebay||2}} 
|flag={{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}
|desc=The cargo ship was severely damaged by fire at Newcastle upon Tyne. Subsequently used as a hulk at [[Scapa Flow]].<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|Traviata|1920|2}} 
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Italy|civil}}
|desc=World War II: The cargo ship struck a mine in the North Sea {{convert|8|nmi|km}} south east of the ''[[Cromer Knoll Lightship]]'' ([[File:Trinity House Ensign.svg|22px]] [[Trinity House]]) and sank. All 29 people on board were rescued.<ref name=Times130140a/><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.mariners-l.co.uk/WWIStandardShipsA-K.htm#A |title=WWI Standard Built Ships A-K |publisher=Mariners |access-date=8 May 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://conlapelleappesaaunchiodo.blogspot.com/2014/02/cronologia-delle-perdite_14.html |title=Italian Losses |publisher=conlapelleappesaaunchiodo.blogspot.com |access-date=19 November 2019}}</ref><ref name=Jordan536>{{cite book |title=The World's Merchant Fleets, 1939 |first=Roger |last=Jordan |publisher=Chatham publishing |location=London |year=1999 |page=536 |isbn=1-86176-023-X}}</ref>
}}
{{shipwreck list end}}

==12 January==
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|ship={{MV|Danmark|1931|2}} 
|flag={{flag|Denmark}}
|desc=[[World War II]]: The [[tank ship|tanker]] was [[torpedo]]ed and cut in two by {{GS|U-23|1936|2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}) when lying at anchor in Inganess Bay, [[Kirkwall]], [[Orkney Islands]], United Kingdom ({{coord|58|59|N|2|52|W}}). There were no casualties. The stern section sank on 21 January in Inganess Bay. The bow section was used as a storage hulk at [[Inverkeithing]], [[Fife]].<ref name=NH014012/><ref name=Danmark>{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?12803 |title=MV Danmark (+1940) |publisher=Wrecksite |access-date=8 November 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ship/172.html |title=Danmark |publisher=uboat.net |access-date=12 January 2021}}</ref>

}}
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|ship={{SS|Granta|1927|2}} 
|flag={{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}
|desc=World War II: The [[cargo ship]] struck a [[naval mine|mine]] in the [[North Sea]] {{convert|11|nmi|km}} off the ''[[Cromer Knoll Lightship]]'' ([[File:Trinity House Ensign.svg|22px]] [[Trinity House]]) ({{coord|53|13|N|1|21|E}}) with the loss of twelve crew. Survivors were rescued by {{HMS|Stork|L81|6}} ({{naval|UK}}) and the [[fishing vessel]]s ''Fulham IV'' and ''Robur VIII'' (both {{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}).<ref name=NH014012/><ref name=Times130140a/>
}}
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|ship={{SS|Kastor|1892|2}} 
|flag={{flag|Estonia}}
|desc=The cargo ship (938 GRT) ran aground off [[Lysekil]], Sweden and was wrecked.<ref>{{csr|register=MSI|id=5600455|shipname=Kastor |accessdate=22 November 2018}}</ref><ref name=Kastor>{{cite plimsoll |ship-name=Kastor |lr-number=27379 |subtitle=NVM |guide=KAS-KAT |filename=39b0471.pdf}}</ref>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{HMT|Valdora}} 
|flag={{naval|UK}}
|desc=World War II: The [[naval trawler]] was bombed and sunk in the North Sea off [[Cromer]], [[Norfolk]] by aircraft of ''[[X Fliegerkorps]]'', [[Luftwaffe]] with the loss of all ten crew.<ref name=NH014012/>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship=''William Ivey'' 
|flag={{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}
|desc=World War II: The fishing vessel was bombed and sunk in the North Sea off [[St Abb's Head]], [[Berwickshire]]. Her crew were rescued by another trawler.<ref name=WI>{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?64272 |title=SS William Ivey (+1940) |publisher=Wrecksite |access-date=15 November 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.llangibby.eclipse.co.uk/milfordtrawlers/accidents%20&%20incidents/william_ivey.htm |title=William Ivey |publisher=www.llangibby.eclipse.co.uk |access-date=12 January 2021}}</ref>
}}
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==13 January==
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|ship= {{ship|Finnish escort|Aura II||2}} 
|flag={{navy|Finland|name=Merivoimat}}
|desc=[[Winter War]]: The escort vessel and former [[royal yacht|presidential yacht]] was sunk by one of her own [[depth charge]]s as it exploded in its thrower while she was attacking {{ship|Soviet submarine|Shch-324||2}} ({{navy|Soviet Union|1935}}) off [[Märket Island]], [[Baltic Sea]] ({{coord|60|23|N|19|10|E}}). She sank with the loss of 26 of her 41 crew.
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{SS|Duchess of York|1928|2}} 
|flag={{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}
|desc=The [[ocean liner]] ran aground off the west coast of Scotland and was severely damaged. She was refloated on 17 January, repaired and returned to service.<ref>{{Cite newspaper The Times |date=18 January 1940}}</ref>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{SS|Sylvia|1883|2}} 
|flag={{flag|Sweden}}
|desc=[[World War II]]: The cargo ship was [[torpedo]]ed and sunk in the [[North Sea]] north east of [[Aberdeen]] ({{coord|58|45|N|1|12|W}}) by {{GS|U-20|1936|2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}) with the loss of all twenty crew.<ref name=Sylvia>{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?11214 |title=SS Sylvia (+1940) |publisher=Wrecksite |access-date=21 October 2011}}</ref><ref name=Times290140c>{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=More Neutral Losses |date=29 January 1940 |page=6 |issue=48525 |column=C }}</ref><ref name=SylviaU20>{{cite web |url=http://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/173.html |title=Sylvia |publisher=Uboat |access-date=3 February 2012}}</ref>
}}
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|ship={{ship|Schiff 7|Wega}}
|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}
|desc=The [[naval trawler]] ran aground on the Langhoft Tonne, in the [[Baltic Sea]]. She was later refloated.
}}
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==14 January==
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{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{SS|Albert Janus|1928|2}} 
|flag={{flagcountry|Nazi Germany}}
|desc=[[World War II]]: The [[cargo ship]] was intercepted by {{ship|French auxiliary cruiser|Victor Schoelcher||2}} ({{navy|France|name=Marine Nationale}}) {{convert|75|nmi|km}} west of [[Cape Finisterre]], Spain and was scuttled by her crew.<ref name=NH014012/><ref name=verluste1/>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{SS|Hullgate|1937|2}} 
|flag={{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}
|desc=The [[coastal trading vessel|coaster]] collided with {{SS|Moyle|1907|2}} ({{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}) in the [[Scheldt]] and sank.<ref name=Hullgate>{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?825 |title=SS Hullgate (+1940) |publisher=Wrecksite |access-date=9 November 2011}}</ref>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship=''St. Lucia'' 
|flag={{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}
|desc=World War II: The [[fishing trawler]] struck a [[naval mine|mine]] in the [[North Sea]] and sank with the loss of all twelve crew.<ref name=Times150140>{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Trawler Blown Up By Mine |date=15 January 1940 |page=6 |issue=48513 |column=F }}</ref> 
}}
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==15 January==
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|ship={{MV|Arendskerk|1938|2}} 
|flag={{flag|Netherlands}}
|desc=[[World War II]]: The [[cargo ship]] was [[torpedo]]ed and sunk in the [[Bay of Biscay]] {{convert|100|nmi|km}} west of [[Ouessant]], [[Finistère]], France ({{coord|46|55|N|6|34|W}}) by {{GS|U-44|1939|2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}) and sunk. All 65 people on board were rescued by {{SS|Fedora|1935|2}} ({{flagcountry|Kingdom of Italy|civil}}).<ref name=NH014012/><ref name=Dutch3940/><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?11223 |title=MV Arendskerk (+1940) |publisher=Wrecksite |access-date=21 October 2011}}</ref><ref name=Times160140>{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Dutch Vessel Sunk By U-boat |date=16 January 1940 |page=6 |issue=48514 |column=C }}</ref>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{SS|Fagerheim|1937|2}} 
|flag={{flag|Norway}}
|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Bay of Biscay {{convert|80|nmi|km}} south west of Ouessant ({{coord|47|20|N|6|16|W}}) by {{GS|U-44|1939|2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}) with the loss of fourteen or fifteen of her crew. Five survivors were rescued by {{SS|Iris|1911|2}} ({{flagcountry|Kingdom of Greece|1863-naval}}).<ref name=NH014012/><ref name=Fagerheim>{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?12935 |title=SS Fagerheim (+1940) |publisher=Wrecksite |access-date=21 October 2011}}</ref><ref name=Times190140b/><ref name=Times190140c>{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Another Norwegian Victim |date=19 January 1940 |page=8 |issue=48517 |column=E }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ship/174.html |title=Fagerheim |publisher=uboat.net |access-date=15 January 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.warsailors.com/singleships/fagerheim.html |title=Fagerheim |publisher=www.warsailors.com |access-date=15 January 2020}}</ref>
}}
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|ship={{SS|Meuse|1916|2}} 
|flag={{Flag|Belgium}}
|desc=The cargo ship departed from [[Newcastle-upon-Tyne]], [[Northumberland]], United Kingdom for [[Bruges]], [[West Flanders]], Belgium and then disappeared for an unknown reason. No further trace was found of her but the bodies of four of her twelve crew were found on the English coast. The rest of her crew were reported missing.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?137061 |title=SS Meuse (+1940) |publisher=www.wrecksite.eu |access-date=16 January 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.historischekranten.be/issue/LSU/1940-01-27/edition/null/page/4 |title=Meuse |publisher=www.historischekranten.be |access-date=16 January 2021}}</ref>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship=''Newhaven'' 
|flag={{Flag|United Kingdom|civil}}
|desc=World War II: The [[fishing vessel]] struck a [[naval mine|mine]] and sank in the [[North Sea]] {{convert|18|nmi|km}} south south east of [[Lowestoft]], [[Suffolk]]. Nine crew were killed.<ref name=NH014012/><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?127708 |title=Newhaven (+1940) |publisher=Wrecksite |access-date=11 November 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.benjidog.co.uk/Tower%20Hill/Fishing%20Vessels%20Mistletoe%20to%20Ophir%20II.html |title=Tower Hill Memorial, N |publisher=www.benjidog.co.uk |access-date=15 January 2020}}</ref>
}}
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|ship=''Seiho Maru No. 1'' 
|flag={{flagcountry|Empire of Japan}}
|desc=The fishing [[schooner]] ran aground on a reef off the south east tip of [[Guam]]. Her 24 crew were rescued by {{USS|Penguin|AM-33|6}} ({{navy|USA|1912}}). She was later salvaged.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ibiblio.org/hyperwar/USN/USN-Chron/USN-Chron-1940.html |title=Official Chronology of the US Navy in WWII |publisher=Ibiblio |access-date=14 May 2014}}</ref> 
}}
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==16 January==
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|ship={{MV|Chile|1915|2}} 
|flag={{flag|Denmark}}
|desc=The [[cargo ship]] ran aground in the [[Kattegat]] off [[Skagen]]. There were no casualties.<ref name=Times170140>{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Arctic Weather In Denmark |date=17 January 1940 |page=7 |issue=48515 |column=C }}</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=19 January 2021}}</ref>
}}
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|ship={{SS|Gracia|1921|2}} 
|flag={{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}
|desc=[[World War II]]: [[Convoy OB 287]]: The [[passenger ship]] struck a [[naval mine|mine]] in the [[Irish Sea]] {{convert|5|nmi|km}} south west of the ''[[Bar Lightship]]'' ([[File:Trinity House Ensign.svg|22px]] [[Trinity House]]) and was beached. Her crew were rescued. She was later refloated, repaired and returned to service.<ref name=KTB4001>{{cite book |title=Kriegstagebuch der Seekriegsleitung 1939-1945, Teil A, Band 5: Januar 1940 |publisher=Verlag E.S. Mittler & Sohn}}</ref><ref name=Gracia>{{cite web |url=http://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/175.html |title=Gracia |publisher=Uboat |access-date=5 February 2012}}</ref>
}}
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|ship={{SS|Inverdargle|1938|2}} 
|flag={{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}
|desc=World War II: [[Convoy HXF 15]]: The [[tank ship|tanker]] struck a mine and sank off the south west coast of England ({{coord|51|51|N|3|43|W}}). There were no survivors. Depending on sources, there were 44 to 49 dead.<ref name=Times190140b/><ref name=NH014022>{{cite web |url=http://www.naval-history.net/xDKWW2-4001-10JAN02.htm |title=Naval Events, January 1940, Part 2 of 2, Tuesday 16th - Wednesday 31st |publisher=Naval History |access-date=15 November 2011}}</ref><ref name=Times200140>{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Oil Tanker Sunk |date=20 January 1940 |page=6 |issue=48518 |column=E }}</ref><ref name=Inverdargle>{{cite web |url=http://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/178.html |title=Inverdargle |publisher=Uboat |access-date=7 February 2012}}</ref>
}}
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|ship={{SS|Joséphine Charlotte|1929|2}} 
|flag={{Flag|Belgium}}
|desc=World War II: The [[cargo ship]] struck a mine in [[The Downs (ship anchorage)|The Downs]], [[Kent]], United Kingdom ({{Coord|51|32|N|1|33|E}}) and sank with the loss of four crew. Survivors were rescued by {{SS|Mickleton|1921|2}} ({{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}).<ref name=NH014012/> The wreck was dispersed by explosives.<ref name=Merchant443>{{cite book |first=Roger |last=Jordan |year= 1999 |title=The World's Merchant Ships 1939 |place=London |publisher=Chatham House |isbn=1 86176 023 X |page=443 }}</ref>
}}
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|ship={{SS|Panachrandos|1915|2}} 
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Greece|1863-naval}}
|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was [[torpedo]]ed and sunk in the [[Bay of Biscay]] west of [[Brest, France|Brest]], [[Finistère]], France ({{coord|48|30|N|9|10|W}}) by {{GS|U-44|1939|2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}) with the loss of all 31 crew.<ref name=Panachrandos>{{cite web |url=http://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/177.html |title=Panachrandos |publisher=Uboat |access-date=13 February 2012}}</ref>
}}
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|ship={{SS|Pelinaion|1907|2}} 
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Greece|1863-naval}}
|desc=The cargo ship ran aground off [[St. David's Head, Bermuda]] and broke in two.<ref name=Pelinaion>{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?113726 |title=SS Pelinaion (+1940) |publisher=Wrecksite |access-date=12 November 2011}}</ref><ref name=Jordan523>{{cite book |title=The World's Merchant Fleets, 1939 |first=Roger |last=Jordan |publisher=Chatham publishing |location=London |year=1999 |page=523 |isbn=1-86176-023-X}}</ref>
}}
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|ship={{SS|Premuda|1907|2}} 
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Italy|civil}}
|desc=The cargo ship (4,427 GRT, ) collided with the ''[[Goodwin Sands Lightship]]'' ([[File:Trinity House Ensign.svg|22px]] [[Trinity House]]) and was beached on the [[Goodwin Sands]], Kent to avoid sinking. There were no casualties. She was later raised and repaired.<ref name=RNLI1940/><ref name=NH014022/><ref>{{cite web |url=http://conlapelleappesaaunchiodo.blogspot.com/2017/04/premuda.html |title=Premuda |publisher=conlapelleappesaaunchiodo.blogspot.com |access-date=19 January 2021}}</ref>
}}
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==17 January==
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|ship={{SS|Asteria|1904|2}} 
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Greece|1863-naval}}
|desc=[[World War II]]: The [[cargo ship]] struck a [[naval mine|mine]] in the [[North Sea]] {{convert|9.5|nmi|km}} north east of the [[Happisburgh Lighthouse]], [[Norfolk]], United Kingdom and sank with the loss of thirteen of the 25 people on board. A fourteenth crew member died two days later.<ref name=NH014012/><ref name=Times190140b/><ref name=Times200140/> The wreck was subsequently dispersed by explosives.<ref name=Jordan524/>
}}
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|ship=''[[Brake Lightship]]'' 
|flag=[[File:Trinity House Ensign.svg|22px]] [[Trinity House]]
|desc=[[World War II]]: The [[lightvessel|lightship]] sank off [[Goodwin Sands]], [[Kent]] after being rammed by ''Ernani'' <!--needs dabbing--> ({{flagcountry|Kingdom of Italy|civil}}). Her twelve crew were rescued by rescue boats from [[Margate]] and [[Ramsgate]].<ref name=RNLI1940/><ref name=NH014022/><ref>{{cite web |url=http://conlapelleappesaaunchiodo.blogspot.com/2017/10/ernani.html |title=Ernani |publisher=conlapelleappesaaunchiodo.blogspot.com |access-date=19 January 2021}}</ref>
}}
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|ship={{SS|Cairnross|1925|2}} 
|flag={{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}
|desc=World War II: [[Convoy HXF 16]]: The cargo ship struck a mine and sank in [[Liverpool Bay]] {{convert|7|to|8|nmi|km}} off the ''[[Bar Lightship]]'' ([[File:Trinity House Ensign.svg|22px]] [[Trinity House]]) ({{coord|53|32|N|3|27|W}}). All 48 crew were rescued by {{HMS|Mackay|D70|6}} ({{naval|UK}}).<ref name=Times190140b/><ref name=NH014022/><ref name=Cairnross>{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?10287 |title=SS Cairnross (+1940) |publisher=Wrecksite |access-date=21 October 2011}}</ref><ref name=CairnrossU30>{{cite web |url=http://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/181.html |title=Cairnross |publisher=Uboat |access-date=5 February 2012}}</ref><ref name=Merchant490>{{cite book |title=The World's Merchant Fleets, 1939 |first=Roger |last=Jordan |publisher=Chatham Publishing |location=London |year=1999 |page=490 |isbn=1-86176-023-X}}</ref>
}}
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|ship={{SS|Enid|1924|2}} 
|flag={{flag|Norway}}
|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was [[torpedo]]ed and damaged off [[Muckle Flugga]], [[Shetland Islands]], United Kingdom by {{GS|U-25|1936|2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}). Her sixteen crew were rescued by {{SS|Kina|1939|2}} ({{flag|Denmark}}) and the [[fishing vessel]] ''Granada'' ({{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}). The wreck was scuttled by {{HMS|Firedrake|H79|6}} ({{naval|UK}}).<ref name=Times190140b>{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=U-boat Attack On A Neutral |date=19 January 1940 |page=8 |issue=48517 |column=E }}</ref><ref name=NH014022/><ref name=Enid>{{cite web |url=http://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/179.html |title=Enid |publisher=Uboat |access-date=4 February 2012}}</ref>
}}
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|ship={{SS|Gratia|1905|2}} 
|flag={{flagcountry|Nazi Germany}}
|desc=The cargo ship ran aground at [[Außenems]] and was wrecked.<ref name=verluste1/>
}}
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|ship={{SS|Polzella|1929|2}} 
|flag={{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}
|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the [[North Sea]] approximately {{convert|6|nmi|km}} north of [[Muckle Flugga]], Shetland Islands by {{GS|U-25|1936|2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}) with the loss of all 37 crew.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/180.html |title=Polzella |publisher=uboat.net |access-date=25 October 2019}}</ref>
}}
{{shipwreck list end}}

==18 January==
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|ship={{SS|August Thyssen|1923|2}} 
|flag={{flagcountry|Nazi Germany}}
|desc=[[World War II]]: The [[cargo ship]] struck a [[naval mine|mine]] in the [[Baltic Sea]] off [[Åland]], Finland and sank. Her crew were rescued.<ref name=verluste1/><ref name=Times190140a>{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=German Ship Sunk In Swedish Minefield |date=19 January 1940 |page=7 |issue=48517 |column=G }}</ref>
}}
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|ship={{MV|Canadian Reefer|1936|2}} 
|flag={{flag|Denmark}}
|desc=World War II: The [[reefer ship|refrigerated cargo ship]] was intercepted {{convert|25|nmi|km}} north east of [[Cape Villano]], Spain by {{GS|U-44|1939|2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}). The crew were given 30 minutes to abandon ship before she was [[torpedo]]ed and sunk. They were rescued by the [[fishing trawler]] ''Jose Ingacio de C.'' ({{flag|Spain|1938}}).<ref name=NH014022/><ref name=CR2>{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?86829 |title=Canadian Reefer (+1940) |publisher=Wrecksite |access-date=21 October 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Canadian Reefer |url=https://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/184.html |website=uboat.net |access-date=13 August 2021}}</ref>
}}
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|ship={{SS|Flandria|1898|2}} 
|flag={{flag|Sweden}}
|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the [[North Sea]] {{convert|100|nmi|km}} off [[IJmuiden]], [[North Holland]], Netherlands ({{coord|54|00|N|3|40|E}}) by {{GS|U-9|1935|2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}) with the loss of seventeen of her 21 crew. Survivors were rescued by {{MS|Balzac|1921|2}} ({{flag|Norway}}) on 20 January.<ref name=NH014022/><ref name=Times220140b>{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Two Swedish Ships Sunk |date=22 January 1940 |page=6 |issue=48519 |column=D }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/182.html |title=Flandria |publisher=uboat.net |access-date=19 January 2021}}</ref>
}}
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|ship={{SS|Foxen|1920|2}} 
|flag={{flag|Sweden}}
|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the North Sea ({{coord|58|52|N|0|22|W}}) by {{GS|U-55|1939|2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}) with the loss of seventeen of her nineteen crew. One survivor was rescued by {{SS|Leka|1922|2}} ({{flag|Norway}}).<ref name=NH014022/><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?11164 |title=SS Foxen (+1940) |publisher=www.wrecksite.eu |access-date=8 November 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/183.html |title=Foxen |publisher=uboat.net |access-date=21 October 2019}}</ref>
}}
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|ship={{MV|Pajala|1924|2}} 
|flag={{flag|Sweden}}
|desc=World War II: The transport was torpedoed and sunk east north east of [[North Rona]], [[Hebrides]], United Kingdom ({{coord|59|05|N|05|56|W}}) by {{GS|U-25|1936|2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}). All 35 crew were rescued by {{HMS|Northern Duke}} ({{naval|UK}}).<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?11179 |title=MV Pajala (+1940) |publisher=Wrecksite |access-date=21 October 2011}}</ref><ref name=Times220140c>{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Depth Charges On U-boat |date=22 January 1940 |page=6 |issue=48519 |column=D }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/185.html |title=Pajala |publisher=Uboat |access-date=4 February 2012}}</ref> 
}}
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==19 January==
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|ship={{MV|Bonnington Court|1929|2}} 
|flag={{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}
|desc=[[World War II]]: The [[cargo ship]] struck a [[naval mine|mine]] and sank in the [[Thames Estuary]] almost {{convert|1|nmi|km}} off the ''[[Sunk Lightship]]'' ([[File:Trinity House Ensign.svg|22px]] [[Trinity House]]) with the loss of two of her 37 crew.<ref name=Merchant488>{{cite book |title=The World's Merchant Fleets, 1939 |first=Roger |last=Jordan |publisher=Chatham Publishing |location=London |year=1999 |page=488 |isbn=1-86176-023-X}}</ref>
}}
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|ship={{HMS|Grenville|H03|6}} 
|flag={{naval|UK}}
|desc=World War II: The [[G and H-class destroyer|G-class]] [[destroyer]] struck a mine in the [[Thames Estuary]] ({{coord|51|39|N|2|17|E}}) and sank with the loss of 77 of her 175 crew.
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{SS|Kaija|1886|2}} 
|flag={{Flag|Finland}}
|desc=[[Winter War]]: The cargo ship was bombed and sunk at [[Primorsk, Leningrad Oblast|Koivisto]], Finland by [[Soviet Air Force]] [[Petlyakov Pe-2]] aircraft.<ref name=see194001/><ref name=seekrieg194412>{{Cite web|url=http://www.wlb-stuttgart.de/seekrieg/44-12.htm |title=Seekrieg 1944, Dezember |access-date=30 September 2015 |last=Rohwer |first=Jürgen |author-link=Jürgen Rohwer |author2=Gerhard Hümmelchen |work=Württembergische Landesbibliothek Stuttgart |language=de }}</ref><ref name="Rufleet">{{cite web |url=http://wio.ru/fleet/sunk/baltic.htm |title=ships sunk in the Baltic by soviet aircraft |publisher=Rufleet |access-date=9 January 2018}}</ref>
}}
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|ship={{SS|Kirkpool|1928|2}} 
|flag={{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}
|desc=The cargo ship was driven ashore in the south west of England. Her crew were rescued. She was salvaged and repaired in 1941.<ref name=Times220140a/>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{SS|Mile End|1911|2}} 
|flag={{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}
|desc=The cargo shipvcollided with {{HMT|Faraday}} ({{naval|UK}}) off the mouth of the [[River Tees]], [[Co Durham]] ({{coord|51|45|N|2|40|E}}) and sank with the loss of five of her sixteen crew. Survivors were rescued by {{HMS|Stork|L81|6}} ({{naval|UK}}).<ref name=NH014022/><ref name=Times220140a>{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Two London Ships Sunk |date=22 January 1940 |page=3 |issue=48519 |column=B }}</ref><ref name=ME>{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?65408 |title=SS Mile End? (+1940) |publisher=Wrecksite |access-date=21 October 2011}}</ref>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{SS|Patria|1915|2}} 
|flag={{flag|Sweden}}
|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was [[torpedo]]ed and sunk in the [[North Sea]] ({{coord|54|16|N|3|30|E}}) by {{GS|U-9|1935|2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}) with the loss of nineteen of her 23 crew. Survivors were rescued by {{SS|Trygg|1877|2}} ({{flag|Sweden}}).<ref name=NH014022/><ref name=Times260140d>{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Four Swedish Survivors On A Raft |date=26 January 1940 |page=10 |issue=48523 |column=C }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/186.html |title=Patria |publisher=uboat.net |access-date=20 January 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://data.kb.se/datasets/2015/02/sou/1963/1963_60%28librisid_13881694%29.pdf |title=Swedish crew losses |publisher=data.kb.se |access-date=20 January 2021}}</ref>
}}
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|ship={{SS|Quiberon|1922|2}}
|flag={{flag|France}}
|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the North Sea off [[Great Yarmouth]], [[Norfolk]], United Kingdom ({{coord|52|34|N|2|05|E}}) by {{GS|U-59|1939|2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}) with all hands (six gunners and at least six crew).<ref name=Quiberon>{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?11248 |title=SS Quiberon (+1940) |publisher=Wrecksite |access-date=13 November 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ship/187.html |title=Quiberon |publisher=uboat.net |access-date=20 January 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.memorialgenweb.org/memorial3/html/fr/resultregi.php?nunit=9998&tunit=Quiberon%20(1940) |title=Quiberon |publisher=www.memorialgenweb.org |access-date=20 January 2021}}</ref>
}}
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|ship={{SS|Telnes|1936|2}} 
|flag={{flag|Norway}}
|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the [[Atlantic Ocean]] north west of the [[Orkney Islands]], United Kingdom by {{GS|U-55|1939|2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}) with the loss of all eighteen crew.<ref name=Telnes>{{cite web |url=http://www.warsailors.com/singleships/telnes.html |title=D/S Telnes |publisher=Warsailors |access-date=8 February 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Telnes |url=https://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/188.html |website=uboat.net |access-date=13 August 2021}}</ref>
}}
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==20 January==
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|ship={{MV|Caroni River|1928|2}} 
|flag={{Flag|United Kingdom|civil}}
|desc=[[World War II]]: The [[tank ship|tanker]] struck a mine in the Falmouth Bay off [[Falmouth, Cornwall]] ({{coord|50|06|N|5|01|W}}) while on trials and sank. All 47 crew were rescued by the Falmouth [[lifeboat (rescue)|lifeboat]] and a [[Royal Navy]] [[cutter (ship)|cutter]].<ref name=NH014022/><ref name=Times220140a/><ref name=CR>{{Cite web|last=Helgason|first=Guðmundur|title=Caroni River - British Motor tanker |url=http://www.uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/191.html |publisher=Uboat.net |access-date=18 September 2011}}</ref><ref name=CRU34>{{cite web |url=http://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/191.html |title=Caroni River |publisher=Uboat |access-date=7 February 2012}}</ref>
}}
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|ship={{SS|Ekatontarchos Dracoulis|1918|2}} 
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Greece|1863-naval}}
|desc=World War II: The [[cargo ship]] was [[torpedo]]ed and sunk in the [[Atlantic Ocean]] west of Portugal ({{coord|40|20|N|10|07|W}}) by {{GS|U-44|1939|2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}) with the loss of six of her 28 crew. Survivors were rescued by {{SS|Nino Padre|1913|2}} ({{flagcountry|Kingdom of Italy|civil}}).<ref name=NH014022/><ref name=ED>{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?58528 |title=SS Ekatontarcos Dracoulis (+1940) |publisher=Wrecksite |access-date=21 October 2011}}</ref><ref name=Times230140a>{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Two Neutral Ships Sunk |date=23 January 1940 |page=5 |issue=48520 |column=D }}</ref>
}}
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|ship={{SS|Ila|1939|2}} 
|flag={{flag|Norway}}
|desc=The cargo ship came ashore on the coast of [[Kent]], United Kingdom. The motor life-boat ''John and Mary Meiklam of Gladswood'' ([[File:Flag of the Royal National Lifeboat Institution.svg|22px|border]] [[Royal National Lifeboat Institution]]) rescued her eighteen crew the next day. She was refloated and returned to service.<ref name=KTB4001/><ref name=RNLI1940/><ref name=Times260140a/><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.warsailors.com/singleships/ila.html |title=Ila |publisher=www.warsailors.com |access-date=20 January 2021}}</ref>
}}
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|ship={{SS|Miranda|1921|2}} 
|flag={{flag|Norway}}
|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the [[North Sea]] {{convert|30|nmi|km}} north west of [[Peterhead]], [[Aberdeenshire]], United Kingdom ({{coord|58|14|N|2|05|W}}) by {{GS|U-57|1938|2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}) with the loss of fourteen of her seventeen crew. Survivors were rescued by {{HMS|Discovery II}} ({{naval|UK}}).<ref name=NH014022/><ref name=Miranda>{{cite web|url=http://www.warsailors.com/singleships/miranda.html |title=D/S Miranda |publisher=Warsailors |access-date=28 January 2012}}</ref>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{SS|Nautic|1924|2}} 
|flag={{flag|Estonia}}
|desc=The cargo ship foundered off the [[Shetland Islands]], United Kingdom ({{coord|63|43|N|0|43|E}}). Her crew were rescued.<ref name=NH014022/><ref name=Times220140a/> 
}}
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==21 January==
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|ship={{SS|Andalusia|1916|2}} 
|flag={{flag|Sweden}}
|desc=[[World War II]]: The [[cargo ship]] last made a radio contact on this day. It is believed that she was [[torpedo]]ed and sunk in the [[Atlantic Ocean]] off the west coast of Ireland by {{GS|U-55|1939|2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}) with the loss of all 21 crew. The date of sinking may have been 23 January.<ref name=Andalusia>{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?13022 |title=SS Andalusia (+1940) |publisher=Wrecksite |access-date=2 November 2011}}</ref><ref name=AndalusiaU55>{{cite web |url=http://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/193.html |title=Andalusia |publisher=Uboat |access-date=14 February 2012}}</ref>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{HMS|Exmouth|H02|6}} 
|flag={{naval|UK}}
|desc=World War II: The {{sclass2|E|destroyer}} was torpedoed and sunk in the [[Moray Firth]], off [[Inverness]] ({{coord|58|18|N|2|25|W}}) by {{GS|U-22|1936|2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}) with the loss of all 190 crew.
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{SS|Ferryhill|1916|2}} 
|flag={{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}
|desc=World War II: The [[collier (ship type)|collier]] struck a [[naval mine|mine]] and sank in the [[North Sea]] off [[Blyth, Northumberland]] ({{coord|55|05|N|1|27|W}}) with the loss of eleven of her thirteen crew. Survivors were rescued by {{HMT|Young Jacob|FY975|6}} ({{naval|UK}}).<ref name=Times220140a/><ref name=Ferryhill>{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?1964 |title=SS Ferryhill (+1940) |publisher=Wrecksite |access-date=21 October 2011}}</ref><ref name=FerryhillU22>{{cite web |url=http://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/192.html |title=Ferryhill |publisher=Uboat |access-date=3 February 2012}}</ref>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{MV|Orazio|1927|2}} 
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Italy|civil}}
|desc=The [[passenger ship]] caught fire {{convert|40|nmi|km}} south west of [[Toulon]], [[Var (department)|Var]], France due to an engine failure and explosion. One hundred and six of the 645 people on board were killed. She sank early the next day. Survivors were rescued by {{SS|Cellina|1926|2}}, {{SS|Colombo|1917|2}}, {{SS|Conte Biancamano|1925|2}} (all {{flagcountry|Kingdom of Italy}}); {{ship|French destroyer|Kersaint|1931|2}}, {{ship|French auxiliary patrol vessel|Ville d'Ajaccio||2}} (both {{navy|France}}); {{SS|Djebel Dira|930|2}}, {{SS|Djebel Nador|1937|2}}, {{SS|Gouvernor General Cambon|1922|2}}, {{SS|Gouvernor General Grevy|1922|2}} and {{ship|ST|Six Fours||2}} (all {{Flag|France}}).<ref name=NH014022/><ref name=Orazio>{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?150477 |title=MV Orazio (+1940) |publisher=Wrecksite |access-date=21 October 2011}}</ref><ref name=Jordan529/>
}}
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|ship={{SS|Protesilaus|1910|2}} 
|flag={{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}
|desc=World War II: The cargo ship struck a mine in the [[Bristol Channel]] ({{coord|51|31|N|4|04|W}}) and was beached off [[Swansea]], [[Glamorgan]] where she was declared a [[total loss]]. All 75 people on board were rescued by {{HMT|Paramount|FY594|6}} ({{naval|UK}}) and the Mumbles Lifeboat.<ref name=NH014022/><ref name=Times220140a/><ref name=Protesilaus>{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?12827 |title=SS Protesilaus (+1940) |publisher=Wrecksite |access-date=21 October 2011}}</ref><ref name=ProtesilausU28>{{cite web |url=http://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/196.html |title=Protesilaus |publisher=Uboat |access-date=5 February 2012}}</ref><ref name=BC>{{cite web |url=http://www.swanseadocks.co.uk/Gower%20wrecks%20Rons%20write-up%20site.pdf |title=A Chronology of Bristol Channel Shipwrecks |first=Ron |last=Tovey |publisher=Swansea Docks |access-date=23 December 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141222065415/http://www.swanseadocks.co.uk/Gower%20wrecks%20Rons%20write-up%20site.pdf |archive-date=22 December 2014 }}</ref> She waws later refloated.<ref name=Jordan508>{{cite book |title=The world's merchant fleets, 1939 |first=Roger |last=Jordan |publisher=Chatham publishing |location=London |year=1999 |page=508 |isbn=1-86176-023-X}}</ref>
}}
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|ship={{SS|Rynanna|1909|2}} 
|flag={{Flag|Ireland}}
|desc=The cargo ship ran aground on the [[Goodwin Sands]], [[Kent]], United Kingdom ({{Coord|51|16|25|N|1|30|30|E}}) and was wrecked. Her thirteen crew were rescued the next day by the Walmer lifeboat ''Charles Dibdin'' ([[File:Flag of the Royal National Lifeboat Institution.svg|22px|border]] [[Royal National Lifeboat Institution]]).<ref name=RNLI1940/><ref name=Fordep139>{{cite book|last=Forde|first=Frank|title=The Long Watch|year=2000|publisher=New Island|isbn=1-902602-42-0|pages=139}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?241584 |title=Rynanna |publisher=www.wrecksite.eu |access-date=20 January 2021}}</ref>
}}
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|ship={{SS|Tekla|1920|2}} 
|flag={{flag|Denmark}}
|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed in the North Sea south of the [[Orkney Islands]], United Kingdom ({{coord|58|18|N|2|25|W}}) by {{GS|U-22|1936|2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}) and sank with the loss of nine of her eighteen crew. Survivors were rescued by {{SS|Iris|1901|2}} ({{flag|Norway}}) and {{HMS|Sikh|F82|6}} ({{naval|UK}}).<ref name=NH014022/><ref name=Tekla>{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?11216 |title=SS Tekla (+1940) |publisher=Wrecksite |access-date=21 October 2011}}</ref>
}}
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==22 January==
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|ship={{MV|Gothia|1927|2}} 
|flag={{flag|Sweden}}
|desc=[[World War II]]: The [[cargo ship]] was [[torpedo]]ed and sunk off the [[Outer Hebrides]], United Kingdom ({{coord|57|46|N|9|50|W}}) by {{GS|U-51|1938|2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}) with the loss of twelve of her 23 crew.<ref name=NH014022/><ref name=Gothia>{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?11174 |title=MV Gothia (+1940) |publisher=Wrecksite |access-date=21 October 2011}}</ref><ref name=Times260140a>{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Wedding Meal For Shipwrecked Men |date=26 January 1940 |page=5 |issue=48523 |column=B }}</ref>
}}
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|ship=''Mulhausen'' 
|flag={{flagcountry|Nazi Germany}}
|desc=The [[fishing trawler]] sank due to icing in the [[Baltic Sea]] off [[Pillau]]. Some sources say she was sunk by a [[naval mine|mine]] laid by the Polish submarine [[ORP Żbik|Żbik]] in September 1939 but witnesses reported no explosion. She was lost with all twelve hands.<ref name=NH014022/><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.yumpu.com/de/document/view/6659740/schiffe-hafen-fahren-werften |title=Niederdeutsches Heimatblatt Nr. 747 März 2012 |publisher=www.yumpu.com |access-date=21 January 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.historisches-marinearchiv.de/projekte/asa/ausgabe.php?where_value=979 |title=Mulhausen |publisher=www.historisches-marinearchiv.de |access-date=21 January 2021}}</ref>
}}
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|ship={{MS|Segovia|1922|2}} 
|flag={{flag|Norway}}
|desc=The cargo ship departed from an English port for Norway. No further trace, possibly torpedoed and sunk in the [[North Sea]] by {{GS|U-55|1939|2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}) or struck a mine and sank with the loss of all 23 crew.<ref name=NH014022/><ref name=Segovia>{{cite web |url=http://www.warsailors.com/singleships/segovia.html |title=M/S Segovia |publisher=Warsailors |access-date=7 February 2012}}</ref><ref name=SegoviaU55>{{cite web |url= http://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/198.html |title=Segovia |publisher=Uboat |access-date=14 February 2012}}</ref>
}}
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|ship={{SS|Songa|1921|2}}
|flag={{flag|Norway}}
|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the [[Atlantic Ocean]] {{convert|220|nmi|km}} west of the [[Isles of Scilly]], United Kingdom by {{GS|U-25|1936|2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}). All 24 crew were rescued.<ref name=Songa>{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?1042 |title=SS Songa (+1940) |publisher=Wrecksite |access-date=21 October 2011}}</ref><ref name=Times270140/><ref>{{cite web |title=Songa |url=https://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/201.html |website=uboat.net |access-date=13 August 2021}}</ref>
}}
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|ship={{SS|Sydfold|1918|2}} 
|flag={{Flag|Norway}}
|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the North Sea ({{coord|58|40|N|0|30|W}}) by {{GS|U-61|1939|2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}) with the loss of five of her 24 crew. Survivors were rescued by {{SS|Rona|1894|2}} ({{flag|Norway}}).<ref name=NH014022/><ref name=Sydfold>{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?11101 |title=SS Sydfold (+1940) |publisher=Wrecksite |access-date=14 November 2011}}</ref> 
}}
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|ship={{ship|Finnish transport|Valamon Luostari||2}} 
|flag={{navy|Finland|name=Merivoimat}}
|desc=[[Winter War]]: The [[transport ship]] was sunk by Soviet [[Tupolev SB|Tupolev SB-2]] bomber aircraft from the 41st squadron of the Ladoga Flotilla, at Vanha Niikkanenlahti. Most of the crew were ashore, and there was no loss of life.<ref name="Finnish Navy in the Winter War">{{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=3 January 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><ref>{{cite web |url=http://valamo.ru/korabli-na-valaame-vo-vremya-sovetsko-finskoj-zimnej-vojny-1939-1940/ |title=Valamon Luostari |date=15 April 2018 |publisher=valamo.ru |access-date=22 January 2020}}</ref>
}}
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==23 January==
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|ship={{SS|Baltanglia|1921|2}} 
|flag={{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}
|desc=[[World War II]]: the [[cargo ship]] was [[torpedo]]ed and sunk in the [[North Sea]] off [[Lindisfarne]], [[Northumberland]] ({{coord|55|35|N|1|27|W}}) by {{GS|U-19|1936|2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}). All 27 crew survived.<ref name=Baltanglia>{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?5013 |title=SS Baltanglia (+1940) |publisher=Wrecksite |access-date=21 October 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ship/203.html |title=Baltanglia |publisher=uboat.net |access-date=21 January 2021}}</ref>
}}
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|ship={{SS|Bisp|1889|2}} 
|flag={{flag|Norway}}
|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the North Sea east of the [[Orkney Islands]], United Kingdom ({{coord|59|05|N|1|13|E}}) by {{GS|U-18|1936|2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}) with the loss of all fourteen crew.<ref name=NH014022/><ref name=Times170240>{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Norwegian Protests To Germany |date=17 February 1940 |page=6 |issue=48542 |column=G }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?11056|title= SS Bisp (+1940) |publisher=Wrecksite |access-date=22 October 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.warsailors.com/singleships/bisp.html |title= D/S Bisp |publisher=Warsailors |access-date=9 January 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ship/205.html |title=Bisp |publisher=uboat.net |access-date=21 January 2021}}</ref>
}}
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|ship={{SS|Onto|1918|2}} 
|flag={{flag|Finland}}
|desc=World War II: The cargo ship struck a [[naval mine|mine]] and sank in the North Sea ({{coord|52|51|N|2|11|E}}). All eighteen crew were rescued by {{HMS|Auckland|L61|6}} ({{naval|UK}}).<ref name=NH014022/><ref name=Times260140a/><ref>{{cite web |url=https://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ship/202.html |title=Onto |publisher=uboat.net |access-date=21 January 2021}}</ref>
}}
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|ship={{SS|Pluto|1918|2}} 
|flag={{flag|Norway}}
|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the North Sea ({{coord|55|35|N|1|27|W}}) by {{GS|U-19|1936|2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}). All 22 crew were rescued by a Finnish ship.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?133960 |title=SS Pluto (+1940) |publisher=Wrecksite |access-date=12 November 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.warsailors.com/singleships/pluto.html |title=D/S Pluto |publisher=Warsailors |access-date=6 February 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ship/204.html |title=Pluto |publisher=uboat.net |access-date=21 January 2021}}</ref>
}}
{{shipwreck list end}}

==24 January==
{{shipwreck list begin |date=24 January 1940 |sort=}}
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|ship={{SS|Alsacien|1923|2}} 
|flag={{flag|France}}
|desc=[[World War II]]: [[Convoy KS 56]]: The [[cargo ship]] was [[torpedo]]ed and sunk in the [[Atlantic Ocean]] south east of [[Cabo Espichel]], Portugal ({{coord|39|01|N|9|54|W}}) by {{GS|U-44|1939|2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}) with the loss of four crew.<ref name=NH014022/><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?94980 |title=SS Alsacien (+1940) |publisher=Wrecksite |access-date=2 November 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ship/206.html |title=Alsacien |publisher=uboat.net |access-date=21 January 2021}}</ref>
}}
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|ship={{SS|Gleaner|1881|2}} 
|flag={{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}
|desc=The [[coastal trading vessel|coaster]] foundered in [[Liverpool Bay]] off [[Southport]], [[Lancashire]] with the loss of one of her three crew.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?139621 |title=SS Gleaner (+1940) |publisher=www.wrecksite.eu |access-date=22 January 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.liverpool.ac.uk/~cmi/books/miscWr/gleaner.html |title=Gleaner |publisher=www.liverpool.ac.uk |access-date=22 January 2021}}</ref>
}}
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|ship={{ship|Yugoslav destroyer|Ljubljana||2}} 
|flag={{navy|Kingdom of Yugoslavia}}
|desc=The [[destroyer]] ran onto a reef and sank off [[Šibenik]], with the loss of a crew member. She was later raised, and towed to Šibenik but was still under repair when she was captured by the Italians during their invasion of Yugoslavia in April 1941. The Italian navy finished the repairs in autumn 1942.
}}
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|ship={{SS|Notung|1882|2}} 
|flag={{Flag|Finland}}
|desc=[[Winter War]]: The cargo ship was bombed and sunk in the [[Baltic Sea]] off Sottunga in [[Åland]] by [[Soviet Air Force]] aircraft. Her crew survived.<ref name=Times290140c/><ref name=NH014022/><ref name=Times260140b>{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Soviet Air Attack On German Ship |date=26 January 1940 |page=8 |issue=48523 |column=A }}</ref><ref>[[:fi:Notung]]</ref>{{Circular reference|date=February 2021}}
}}
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|ship={{SS|Varild|1910|2}} 
|flag={{flag|Norway}}
|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the [[North Sea]] north east of [[Kinnaird Head]], [[Aberdeenshire]], United Kingd by {{GS|U-23|1936|2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}) with the loss of all fifteen crew.<ref name=NH014022/><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?12792 |title=SS Varild (+1940) |publisher=Wrecksite |access-date=15 November 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ship/197.html |title=Varild |publisher=uboat.net |access-date=21 January 2021}}</ref>
}}
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==25 January==
{{shipwreck list begin |date=25 January 1940 |sort=}}
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|ship={{SS|Biarritz|1922|2}} 
|flag={{flag|Norway}}
|desc=[[World War II]]: The [[cargo ship]] was [[torpedo]]ed and sunk in the [[North Sea]] {{convert|30|nmi|km}} off [[IJmuiden]], [[North Holland]], Netherlands ({{coord|52|39|N|4|15|E}}) by {{GS|U-14|1936|2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}) with the loss of 38 of the 57 people on board. Survivors were rescued by {{SS|Borgholm|1922|2}} ({{flag|Norway}}).<ref name=NH014022/><ref name=Times260140c>{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=German War On Neutrals |date=26 January 1940 |page=10 |issue=45823 |column=C }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.warsailors.com/singleships/biarritz.html |title= D/S Biarritz |publisher=Warsailors |access-date=9 January 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/208.html |title=Biarritz |publisher=uboat.net |access-date=22 January 2021}}</ref>
}}
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|ship={{SS|Everene|1906|2}} 
|flag={{flag|Latvia}}
|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the North Sea {{convert|5|nmi|km}} off the [[Farne Islands]], [[Northumberland]], United Kingdom by {{GS|U-19|1936|2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}) with the loss of one of her 31 crew. Survivors were rescued by {{SS|Dole|1912|2}} ({{flag|Latvia}}) and the [[fishing vessel]] ''Evesham'' ({{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}).<ref name=NH014022/><ref name=Times270140/><ref name=Times300140b/><ref>{{cite web |url=http://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/210.html |title=Everene |publisher=Uboat |access-date=3 February 2012}}</ref><ref name=Merchant271>{{cite book |first=Roger |last=Jordan |year= 1999 |title=The World's Merchant Ships 1939 |place=London |publisher=Chatham House |isbn=1 86176 023 X |page=271 }}</ref>
}}
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|ship={{SS|Gleneden|1909|2}} 
|flag={{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}
|desc=The cargo ship struck a rock off [[Bardsey Island]], [[Caernarvonshire]] and was damaged. She was beached off [[Puffin Island (Anglesey)|Puffin Island]], [[Anglesey]] and declared a [[constructive total loss]]. Her 60 crew were rescued.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?32175 |title=SS Gleneden (+1940) |publisher=Wrecksite |access-date=8 November 2011}}</ref>
}}
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|ship={{SS|Gudveig|1919|2}} 
|flag={{flag|Norway}}
|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the North Sea off the Farne Islands by {{GS|U-19|1936|2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}) with the loss of ten of her eighteen crew. Survivors were rescued by {{SS|Dole|1912|2}} ({{flag|Latvia}}), the fishing vessel ''Evesham'' ({{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}) and {{SS|Vim|1913|2}} ({{flag|Norway}}).<ref name=NH014022/><ref name=Times270140>{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Three Neutrals Lost |date=27 January 1940 |page=6 |issue=48524 |column=F }}</ref><ref name=Times300140b/><ref>{{cite web |url=http://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/207.html |title=Gudveig |publisher=uboat.net |access-date=22 January 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?11070|title=SS Gudveig (+1940) |publisher=Wrecksite |access-date=21 October 2011}}</ref>
}}
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|ship={{SS|Orizaba|1939|2}} 
|flag={{flagcountry|Nazi Germany}}
|desc=The [[cargo ship]] was driven ashore at [[Skjervøya]], Norway. She was a [[total loss]].<ref name=Merchant465>{{cite book |title=The World's Merchant Fleets, 1939 |first=Roger |last=Jordan |publisher=Chatham Publishing |location=London |year=1999 |page=465 |isbn=1-86176-023-X}}</ref>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{SS|Tourny|1920|2}} 
|flag={{Flag|France}}
|desc=World War II: [[Convoy KS 56]]: The cargo ship straggled behind the convoy. She was torpedoed and sunk in the [[Atlantic Ocean]] off the coast of Spain ({{coord|38|00|N|9|55|W}}) by {{GS|U-44|1939|2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}) with the loss of eight of her crew. Survivors were rescued by {{SS|Castillo Monforte|1912|2}} ({{flag|Spain|1938}}).<ref name=NH014022/><ref>{{cite web |url=https://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ship/209.html |title=Tourny |publisher=uboat.net |access-date=22 January 2021}}</ref>
}}
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==26 January==
{{shipwreck list begin |date=26 January 1940 |sort=}}
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|ship={{HMS|Durham Castle}} 
|flag={{naval|UK}}
|desc=[[World War II]]: The [[accommodation ship]] struck a [[naval mine|mine]] and sank in the [[North Sea]] {{convert|11|nmi|km}} off the coast of [[Cromarty]] whilst under tow to [[Scapa Flow]], [[Orkney Islands]] (at {{coord|57|41|N|3|54|W}}). There were no casualties.<ref name=NH014022/><ref>{{cite web |url=http://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/211.html |title=Durham Castle |publisher=uboat.net |access-date=25 October 2019}}</ref>
}}
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|ship={{SS|Fu Yuang|1921|2}} 
|flag={{flag|Norway}}
|desc=The [[cargo ship]] developed a leak in her boiler room and sank in the [[Pacific Ocean]] off [[Hachijō-jima]], [[Empire of Japan|Japan]] ({{coord|33|40|N|139|56|E}}). All 44 crew were rescued.<ref name=NorF>{{cite web |url= http://www.warsailors.com/freefleet/norfleetf.html |title= Norwegian Merchant Fleet 1939 - 1945. Ships beginning with F |publisher=www.warsailors.com |access-date=22 January 2021}}</ref><ref name=Nippu>{{cite web |url=https://hojishinbun.hoover.org/?a=d&d=tnj19400127-01.1.11 |title=Nippu Jiji, 1940.01.27 |publisher=hojishinbun.hoover.org |access-date=22 January 2021}}</ref>
}}
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|ship=''Merisia'' 
|flag={{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}
|desc=The [[fishing trawler|steam trawler]], while on her way to the northern fishing grounds, ran aground in bad weather on the rocks in Bulgham Bay, north of [[Laxey]], [[Isle of Man]] and was wrecked. All twelve crew drowned.<ref name=RNLI1940/><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?65180 |title=Merisia |publisher=www.wrecksite.eu |access-date=27 January 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.yesterdaysfleetwood.co.uk/merisia/ |title=Merisia |publisher=www.yesterdaysfleetwood.co.uk |access-date=27 January 2021}}</ref>
}}
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==27 January==
{{shipwreck list begin |date=27 January 1940 |sort=}}
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|ship={{SS|Adamantios J. Pithis|1908|2}} 
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Greece|1863-naval}}
|desc=The [[cargo ship]] was wrecked on Cam Rocks, near [[St Ann's Head]], [[Pembrokeshire]], United Kingdom. Her crew were rescued by a [[Royal Navy]] patrol vessel.<ref name=RNLI1940/><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?10324 |title=SS Adamantios J. Pithis (+1940) |publisher=www.wrecksite.eu |access-date=22 January 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.alamy.com/stock-photo-world-war-ii-shipping-the-greek-steamer-adamantios-j-pithis-fast-on-20401997.html |title=Adamantios J. Pithis |publisher=www.alamy.com |access-date=22 January 2021}}</ref>
}}
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|ship={{SS|England|1930|2}} 
|flag={{flag|Denmark}}
|desc=[[World War II]]: The [[cargo ship]] was [[torpedo]]ed and sunk in the [[North Sea]] north of [[Inverness-shire]], United Kingdom by {{GS|U-20|1936|2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}) with the loss of twenty of her 21 crew.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?11220 |title=SS England (+1940) |publisher=www.wrecksite.eu |access-date=22 January 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ship/215.html |title=England |publisher=uboat.net |access-date=22 January 2021}}</ref>
}}
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|ship={{SS|Faro|1918|2}} 
|flag={{flag|Norway}}
|desc=World War II: The [[coastal trading vessel|coaster]] was torpedoed and damaged in the North Sea {{convert|15|nmi|km}} south east of [[Copinsay]], [[Orkney Islands]], United Kingdom ({{coord|58|25|N|1|53|W}}) by {{GS|U-20|1936|2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}). The wreck drifted ashore the next day in Taracliff Bay, Copinsay. Eight of her fifteen crew were killed.<ref name=Times300140b>{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Sunk Without Warning |date=30 January 1940 |page=6 |issue=48526 |column=E }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?61076 |title=SS Faro (+1940) |publisher=www.wrecksite.eu |access-date=22 January 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.warsailors.com/singleships/faro.html |title= D/S Faro |publisher=Warsailors |access-date=12 January 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ship/212.html |title=Faro |publisher=uboat.net |access-date=22 January 2021}}</ref>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{SS|Fredensborg|1922|2}} 
|flag={{flag|Denmark}}
|desc=World War II: The cargo ship (2,094 GRT, 1922) was torpedoed and sunk in the North Sea ({{coord|58|25|N|1|53|W}}) by {{GS|U-20|1936|2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}) with the loss of all twenty crew.<ref name=NH014022/><ref name=Dan1940/><ref name=Times310140a>{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Another Danish Ship Sunk |date=31 January 1940 |page=7 |issue=48527 |column=D }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/214.html |title=Fredensborg |publisher=uboat.net |access-date=22 January 2021}}</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>
}}
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|ship={{SS|Halton|1914|2}} 
|flag={{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}
|desc=The cargo ship foundered in the [[Bristol Channel]] off [[Lundy Island]], [[Devon]]. The wreck was broken up at [[Briton Ferry]], [[Glamorgan]], from September 1940.<ref>{{csr|register=MSI|id=1135598|shipname=Halton |accessdate=31 August 2012}}</ref>
}}
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|ship={{SS|Hosanger|1911|2}} 
|flag={{flag|Norway}}
|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the North Sea east of the Orkney Islands ({{coord|58|25|N|1|53|W}}) by {{GS|U-20|1936|2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}) with the loss of seventeen of her eighteen crew. The survivor was rescued by {{HMS|Northern Reward}} ({{naval|UK}}).<ref name=NH014022/><ref name=Times300140b/><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?11218 |title=SS Hosanger (+1940) |publisher=www.wrecksite.eu |access-date=22 January 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.warsailors.com/singleships/hosanger.html |title= D/S Hosanger |publisher=www.warsailors.com |access-date=22 January 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/213.html |title=Hosanger |publisher=uboat.net |access-date=22 January 2021}}</ref>
}}
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|ship={{SS|President Quezon|1921|2}} 
|flag={{flag|Philippines|1936}}
|desc=The [[cargo liner]] struck a reef in the [[Pacific Ocean]] off [[Tanegashima]], [[Ryukyu Islands]], [[Empire of Japan|Japan]] ({{Coord|30|16|2|N|130|56|50|E}}) and sank with the loss of one life. Survivors were rescued by {{SS|Ukishima Maru|1936|2}} ({{flagcountry|Empire of Japan}}) and two other Japanese ships.<ref name=Nippu/><ref name=Times290140a>{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Telegrams in Brief |date=29 January 1940 |page=5 |issue=48525 |column=G }}</ref><ref name=PQ>{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?31932 |title=SS President Quezon (+1940) |publisher=Wrecksite |access-date=13 November 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.combinedfleet.com/UkishimaM_t.htm |title=ukishima Maru |publisher=www.combinedfleet.com |access-date=30 September 2022}}</ref><ref name=Jordan577>{{cite book |title=The World's Merchant Fleets, 1939 |first=Roger |last=Jordan |publisher=Chatham publishing |location=London |year=1999 |page=577 |isbn=1-86176-023-X}}</ref>
}}
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|ship={{HMT|Riant}} 
|flag={{naval|UK}}
|desc=The [[naval trawler]] sank due to water leakage in bad weather off [[Gigha]], [[Argyllshire]]. All fourteen crew were rescued.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?63723 |title=Riant |publisher=www.wrecksite.eu |access-date=27 January 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.scottishshipwrecks.com/riant/ |title=Riant |publisher=www.scottishshipwrecks.com |access-date=26 June 2024}}</ref> 
}}
{{shipwreck list end}}

==28 January==
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|ship={{SS|Bauta|1919|2}} 
|flag={{flag|Norway}}
|desc=The [[cargo ship]] collided with {{MV|Mälaren|1927|2}} ({{flag|Sweden}}) in [[Oslofjord]] and sank in shallow water. There were no casualties. She was raised in 1942, repaired and returned to service in September 1943.<ref name=HomeBa>{{cite web |url=http://www.warsailors.com/homefleet/shipsb1.html |title=Norwegian Homefleet - WW II, Ships starting with Ba through Bl |publisher=www.warsailors.com |access-date=26 January 2021}}</ref>
}}
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|ship={{SS|Eleni Stathatos|1919|2}} <!--cross-checked against Lloyd's Register, 1939-->
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Greece|1863-naval}}
|desc=[[World War II]]: The cargo ship was [[torpedo]]ed and sunk in the [[Atlantic Ocean]] {{convert|90|mi}} south west of the [[Fastnet Rock]] by {{GS|U-34|1936|2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}) with the loss of twelve of her 33 crew.<ref name=ES>{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?12903 |title=SS Eleni Stathatou (+1940) |publisher=Wrecksite |access-date=21 October 2011}}</ref><ref name=Times020240>{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Frightulness At Sea |date=2 February 1940 |page=10 |issue=48529 |column=B }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ship/218.html |title=Eleni Stathatou |publisher=uboat.net |access-date=26 January 2021}}</ref><ref name="Eleni Stathatou">{{cite web |url=https://www.historisches-marinearchiv.de/projekte/verluste_griechenland/ausgabe.php?lang=1&rubrik=%&where_value=147 |title=Eleni Stathatou |publisher=www.historisches-marinearchiv.de |access-date=26 January 2021}}</ref>
}}
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|ship={{SS|Eston|1919|2}} 
|flag={{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}
|desc=World War II: [[Convoy FN 81]]: The cargo ship straggled behind the convoy. She struck a [[naval mine|mine]] and sank in the [[North Sea]] off [[Blyth, Northumberland]] ({{coord|55|03|N|1|24|W}}) with the loss of all eighteen crew.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?10170 |title=SS Eston (+1940) |publisher=Wrecksite |access-date=8 November 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/216.html |title=Eston |publisher=uboat.net |access-date=26 January 2021}}</ref>
}}
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|ship={{SS|Flora|1904|2}} 
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Greece|1863-naval}}
|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean west of [[Figueira da Foz]], Portugal by {{GS|U-44|1939|2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}) with the loss of all 25 crew.<ref name=NH014022/><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?140131 |title=SS Flora (+1940) |publisher=Wrecksite |access-date=8 November 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/217.html |title=Flora |publisher=uboat.net |access-date=26 January 2021}}</ref><ref name="Eleni Stathatou">{{cite web |url=https://www.historisches-marinearchiv.de/projekte/verluste_griechenland/ausgabe.php?lang=1&rubrik=%&where_value=147 |title=Eleni Stathatou |publisher=www.historisches-marinearchiv.de |access-date=26 January 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://olympias.lib.uoi.gr/jspui/bitstream/123456789/6254/1/1.%20%CE%A3%CF%85%CE%B3%CE%BA%CF%81%CE%B9%CF%84%CE%B9%CE%BA%CE%BF%CE%AF%20%CF%80%CE%AF%CE%BD%CE%B1%CE%BA%CE%B5%CF%82%20%CF%84%CF%89%CE%BD%20%CE%B1%CE%BD%CE%B8%CF%81%CF%8E%CF%80%CE%B9%CE%BD%CF%89%CE%BD%20%CE%B1%CF%80%CF%89%CE%BB%CE%B5%CE%B9%CF%8E%CE%BD%20%CF%84%CE%B7%CF%82%20%CE%B5%CE%BB%CE%BB%CE%B7%CE%BD%CE%B9%CE%BA%CE%AE%CF%82%20%CE%BD%CE%B1%CF%85%CF%84%CE%B9%CE%BB%CE%AF%CE%B1%CF%82%201939-1945.%20%CE%A6%CE%BF%CF%81%CF%84%CE%B7%CE%B3%CE%BF%CF%8D%2C%20%CE%B1%CE%BA%CF%84%CE%BF%CF%80%CE%BB%CE%BF%CF%8A%CE%BA%CE%AE%CF%82%2C%20%CE%B9%CF%83%CF%84%CE%B9%CE%BF%CF%86%CF%8C%CF%81%CE%BF%CF%85.pdf |title=Greek crew losses |publisher=olympias.lib.uoi.gr |access-date=26 January 2021}}</ref>
}}
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==29 January==
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|ship={{SS|Badjestan|1928|2}} 
|flag={{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}
|desc=The [[cargo ship]] ran aground off Clachaig Point, [[Isle of Arran]], [[County of Bute|Bute]]. Her crew were rescued by {{HMS|Maori|F24|6}} ({{naval|UK}}).<ref name=NH014022/>
}}
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|ship=''[[East Dudgeon Lightship]]'' 
|flag=[[File:Trinity House Ensign.svg|22px]] [[Trinity House]]
|desc=[[World War II]]: The [[Lightvessel|lightship]] was bombed and sunk by [[Heinkel He 111]] aircraft of ''[[X Fliegerkorps]]'', [[Luftwaffe]] with the loss of seven of her eight crew.<ref name=SK0140/><ref name=Times310140b>{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Brutal Attack On Lightship |date=31 January 1940 |page=8 |issue=48527 |column=E }}</ref>
}}
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|ship={{SS|Eika|1938|2}} 
|flag={{flag|Norway}}
|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was [[torpedo]]ed and sunk in [[St George's Channel]] ({{coord|50|00|N|10|35|W}}) by {{GS|U-51|1939|2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}) with the loss of sixteen of her eighteen crew. Survivors were rescued by ''U-51''.<ref name=NH014022/><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?13003 |title= SS Eika (+1940) |publisher=Wrecksite |access-date=22 October 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ship/219.html |title=Eika |publisher=uboat.net |access-date=26 January 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.warsailors.com/singleships/eika.html |title=Eika |publisher=www.warsailors.com |access-date=26 January 2021}}</ref>
}}
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|ship={{SS|Gripfast|1910|2}} 
|flag={{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}
|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was bombed and damaged in the [[North Sea]] by Luftwaffe aircraft off the coast of [[North Riding of Yorkshire|Yorkshire]]. She was beached at the mouth of [[Bridlington|Bridlington Harbour]] with the loss of a crew member. She was later repaired and returned to service.<ref name=RNLI1940/><ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?65595|title=SS Gripfast (+1940) |publisher=Wrecksite |access-date=21 October 2011}}</ref><ref name=Times300140a>{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Seamen Victims |date=30 January 1940 |page=6 |issue=48526 |column=D }}</ref><ref name=Times010240a>{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Drowned In Sight Of Shore |date=1 February 1940 |page=6 |issue=48525 |column=D }}</ref>
}}
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|ship={{SS|Highwave|1936|2}} 
|flag={{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}
|desc=World War II: [[Convoy FS 83A]]: The cargo ship was bombed and sunk in the North Sea north of [[Margate]], [[Kent]] by Heinkel He 111 aircraft of ''X Fliegerkorps'', Luftwaffe. All eighteen crew were rescued by the [[fishing trawler]] ''Rian'' ({{flag|Netherlands}}).<ref name=SK0140/><ref name=NH014022/><ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?1866 |title=SS Highwave (+1940) |publisher=Wrecksite |access-date=21 October 2011}}</ref><ref name=Times010240b>{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=British Ship Sunk At Anchor |date=1 February 1940 |page=8 |issue=45828 |column=B }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/68282581/5633402 |title=High Wave |publisher=trove.nla.gov.au |access-date=26 January 2021}}</ref>
}}
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|ship={{ship|Soviet minesweeper|M-32||2}} 
|flag={{navy|Soviet Union}}
|desc=[[Winter War]]: The [[minesweeper]] was sunk by [[Finnish Air Force]] [[Fokker C.X]] aircraft at Saunasaari in the [[Lake Ladoga]]. The attack also damaged another minesweeper and killed two Soviet sailors.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.soviet-empire.com/ussr/viewtopic.php?f=149&t=55313&sid=079dc2d83cec9ae2cf01a84f2815aa5d |title=soviet Naval Battles-lakes (Ladoga, Peipus, Onega, Ilmen)-WW2 |publisher=RedFleet |access-date=17 December 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://aviation-safety.net/wikibase/196560 |title=M-32 |publisher=aviation-safety.net |accessdate=27 January 2021}}</ref>
}}
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|ship={{MV|Nora|1931|2}} 
|flag={{Flag|Netherlands}}
|desc=World War II: The [[coastal trading vessel|coaster]] was anchored off [[Deal, Kent]] when was struck by a drifting [[naval mine|mine]] and was severely damaged. All six crew survived, several being wounded. Salvage [[tugboat|tugs]] took her in tow and beached hear close to [[Deal pier]], but the rising tide lifted her and the wreck crashed into the pier until it collapsed. ''Nora'' was a [[total loss]] and the remains of the pier were blown up later that year<ref name=NH014022/><ref name=Dutch3940/><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?118487 |title=MV Nora (+1940) |publisher=www.wrecksite.eu |access-date=27 January 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.dealpier.uk/history.html |title=Nora |publisher=www.dealpier.uk |access-date=27 January 2021}}</ref>
}}
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|ship={{SS|Skude|1921|2}} 
|flag={{flag|Norway}}
|desc=The coaster sprang a leak and sank in the North Sea off the ''[[Shipwash Lightship]]'' ([[File:Trinity House Ensign.svg|22px]] [[Trinity House]]). Her crew were rescued by {{SS|Eminent|1939|2}} ({{flag|Belgium}}).<ref name=NorS3>{{cite web |url=http://www.warsailors.com/freefleet/norfleets3.html |title=Norwegian Merchant Ships 1939 - 1945, Ships beginning Sk through Sn |publisher=www.warsailors.com |access-date=27 January 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?257585 |title=Skude |publisher=www.wrecksite.eu |access-date=27 January 2021}}</ref>
}}
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|ship={{SS|Stanburn|1924|2}} 
|flag={{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}
|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was bombed and sunk in the North Sea {{convert|10|nmi|km}} south east by east half east of [[Flamborough Head]], [[East Riding of Yorkshire|Yorkshire]] by Heinkel He 111 aircraft of ''X Fliegerkorps'', Luftwaffe with the loss of 25 of her 28 crew.<ref name=NH014022/><ref name=RNLI1940/><ref name=Times010240a/><ref name=Stanburn>{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?4815 |title=SS Stanburn (+1940) |publisher=Wrecksite |access-date=21 October 2011}}</ref><ref name=Jordan512>{{cite book |title=The World's Merchant Fleets, 1939 |first=Roger |last=Jordan |publisher=Chatham publishing |location=London |year=1999 |page=512 |isbn=1-86176-023-X}}</ref>
}}
{{shipwreck list end}}

==30 January==
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|ship={{SS|Bancrest|1925|2}} 
|flag={{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}
|desc=[[World War II]]: The [[cargo ship]] was bombed and damaged in the [[North Sea]] east of the [[Orkney Islands]] ({{coord|58|53|N|1|52|W}}) by [[Heinkel He 111]] aircraft of ''[[X Fliegerkorps]]'', [[Luftwaffe]] with the loss of one of her crew. She came ashore at [[Wick, Caithness]]. Survivors were rescued by {{HMS|Javelin|F61|6}} ({{naval|UK}}).<ref name=NH014022/><ref name=Bancrest>{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?61201 |title=SS Bancrest (+1940) |publisher=Wrecksite |access-date=21 October 2011}}</ref><ref name=Merchant487>{{cite book |title=The World's Merchant Fleets, 1939 |first=Roger |last=Jordan |publisher=Chatham Publishing |location=London |year=1999 |page=487 |isbn=1-86176-023-X}}</ref>
}}
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|ship={{SS|Fingal I|1920|2}} 
|flag={{flag|Norway}}
|desc=The cargo ship (460 GRT, 1920) suffered an explosion in her hold or sprang a leak and sank off [[Barra]], [[Outer Hebrides]], United Kingdom. Her eleven crew were rescued.<ref name=Times020240/><ref name=NorF/><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?62402 |title=Fingal I (+1940) |publisher=www.wrecksite.eu |access-date=26 January 2021}}</ref>
}}
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|ship={{SS|Giralda|1924|2}} 
|flag={{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}
|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was bombed and sunk in the North Sea east of [[Grim Ness]], [[Orkney Islands]] by Heinkel He 111 aircraft of ''X Fliegerkorps'', Luftwaffe with the loss of all 23 crew.<ref name=Giralda>{{cite web |url= http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?10431 |title=SS Giralda (+1940) |publisher=Wrecksite |access-date=21 October 2011}}</ref>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{SS|Keramiai|1917|2}} 
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Greece|1863-naval}}
|desc=World War II: [[Convoy OA 80G]]: The cargo ship was [[torpedo]]ed and sunk in the [[Atlantic Ocean]] off [[Lands End]], [[Cornwall]], United Kingdom ({{coord|48|37|N|7|46|W}}) by {{GS|U-55|1939|2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}) with the loss of one life. There were 28 survivors, who were rescued by {{MV|British Unity|1939|2}} ({{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}) and {{HMS|Fowey|L15|6}} ({{naval|UK}}).<ref name=NH014022/><ref>{{cite web |url=https://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ship/221.html |title=Keramiai |publisher=uboat.net |access-date=27 January 2021}}</ref>
}}
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|ship={{SS|Royal Crown|1927|2}} 
|flag={{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}
|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was bombed and strafed by Luftwaffe aircraft {{convert|15|nmi|km}} south of ''[[Smith Knoll Lightship]]'', ([[File:Trinity House Ensign.svg|22px]] [[Trinity House]]). Four of her 37 crew were killed and all others left the damaged ship in two boats. One reached the coast but capsized, and seven of the 22 men aboard drowned. The other boat with eleven men disappeared without trace, bringing the total of dead and missing to 22. The burning ship ran ashore at [[Covehithe]], [[Suffolk]] on 2 February. She was repaired and returned to service.<ref name=RNLI1940/><ref name=NH014022/><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.suffolkarchives.co.uk/times/war-and-conflict/the-crew-of-the-s-s-royal-crown/ |title=Royal Crown |publisher=www.suffolkarchives.co.uk |access-date=4 February 2021}}</ref>
}}
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|ship={{GS|U-15|1936|2}} 
|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}
|desc=The [[German Type II submarine|Type IIB submarine]] collided with {{ship|German torpedo boat|Iltis|1927|2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}) in the North Sea, off the Netherlands ({{coord|54|21|N|4|50|E}}) and sank with the loss of all 25 crew.<ref name=NH014022/><ref>{{cite web |url=https://uboat.net/boats/u15.htm |title=U-15 |publisher=uboat.net |access-date=27 January 2021}}</ref>
}}
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|ship={{GS|U-55|1939|2}} 
|flag={{navy|Nazi Germany}}
|desc=World War II: The [[German Type VII submarine|Type VIIB submarine]] was [[depth charge]]d, shelled and sunk in the North Sea off the [[Shetland Islands]], United Kingdom by the {{sclass|Guépard|destroyer}} {{ship|French destroyer|Valmy||2}} (both {{navy|France}}),  {{HMS|Fowey|L15|2}} and {{HMS|Whitshed|D77|2}} (both {{naval|UK}}) and a [[Short Sunderland]] aircraft of [[No. 228 Squadron RAF|228 Squadron]], [[Royal Air Force]] with the loss of one of her 42 crew. Survivors were rescued by HMS ''Fowey''.<ref name=NH014022/><ref>{{cite web |url=https://uboat.net/boats/u55.htm |title=U-55 |publisher=uboat.net |access-date=27 January 2021}}</ref>
}}
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|ship={{SS|Vaclite|1928|2}} 
|flag={{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}
|desc=World War II: [[Convoy OA 80G]]: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean south west of [[Cornwall]] ({{coord|49|20|N|7|04|W}}) by {{GS|U-55|1939|2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}). All 35 crew were rescued by {{SS|Pollenzo|1920|2}} ({{flagcountry|Kingdom of Italy|civil}}).<ref name=NH014022/><ref name=Vaclite>{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?11172 |title=SS Vaclite (+1940) |publisher=Wrecksite |access-date=21 October 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ship/220.html |title=Vaclite |publisher=uboat.net |access-date=27 January 2021}}</ref>
}}
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|ship={{SS|Voreda|1935|2}} 
|flag={{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}
|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was bombed and damaged in the North Sea off [[Winterton-on-Sea]], [[Norfolk]] ({{coord|52|59|N|1|59|E}}) by Heinkel He 111 aircraft of ''X Fliegerkorps'', Luftwaffe and was beached on the Winterton Shoal. Her crew were rescued by {{HMS|Vivien|L33|2}} ({{naval|UK}}). The wreck was sunk on 5 February.<ref name=SK0140/><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?31423 |title=SS Voreda (+1940) |publisher=Wrecksite |access-date=22 October 2011}}</ref>
}}
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==31 January==
{{shipwreck list begin |date=31 January 1940 |sort=}}
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|ship={{SS|Start|1923|2}} 
|flag={{Flag|Norway}}
|desc=[[World War II]]: The [[cargo ship]] was [[torpedo]]ed and sunk in the [[North Sea]] north of [[Buckie]], [[Aberdeenshire]], United Kingdom by {{GS|U-13|1935|2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}) with the loss of all sixteen crew.<ref name=Start>{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?31356 |title=SS Start (+1940) |publisher=Wrecksite |access-date=14 November 2011}}</ref><ref name=NorS5>{{cite web |url=http://www.warsailors.com/freefleet/norfleets5.html |title=Norwegian Merchant Ships 1939 - 1945, Ships beginning with Sp through St |publisher=www.warsailors.com |access-date=7 February 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ship/222.html |title=Start |publisher=uboat.net |access-date=27 January 2021}}</ref>
}}
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|ship={{SS|Vidar|1915|2}} 
|flag={{flag|Denmark}}
|desc=World War II: The cargo ship was torpedoed and damaged in the North Sea east of the [[Orkney Islands]], United Kingdom ({{coord|58|39|N|2|00|E}}) by {{GS|U-21|1936|2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}) with the loss of fifteen crew. She sank the next day.<ref name=NH014022/><ref name=Dan1940/><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?11317 |title=SS Vidar (+1940) |publisher=Wrecksite |access-date=15 November 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ship/223.html |title=Vidar |publisher=uboat.net |access-date=27 January 2021}}</ref>
}}
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==Unknown date==
{{shipwreck list begin |date=Unknown date 1940 |sort=}}
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|ship={{MV|Arabia|1926|2}} 
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Italy|civil}}
|desc=The [[cargo ship]] ran aground in the [[Black Sea]] off [[Constanța]], [[Kingdom of Romania|Romania]].<ref name=Times130140b>{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Deaths From Cold In Rumania |date=13 January 1940 |page=6 |issue=48512 |column=G }}</ref>
}}
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|ship={{SS|Queen City|1897|2}}
|flag={{flag|United States|1912}}
|desc= The wharf boat sank at dock at the foot of Liberty Street, [[Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania]] sometime in January. The wreck was removed and burnt on 17 February.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://search.library.wisc.edu/digital/ASQRYHXORXTX4T8Y |title=Queen City (Packet/Wharf boat, 1897-1940) |publisher=University of Wisconsin-Madison Library |access-date=29 April 2021}}</ref>
}}
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==References==
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{{shipevents|1940}}
{{WWII shipwrecks}}

[[Category:Lists of shipwrecks by year|1940-01]]
[[Category:Maritime incidents in January 1940| ]]