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List of shipwrecks: 3 June 1940 Ship State Description Edvard Nissen United Kingdom: World War II: Operation Dynamo: The cargo ship was sunk as a blockship at Dunkerque, Nord, France. [1] Holland Denmark: World War II: Operation Dynamo: The cargo ship was sunk in a collision off Dunkerque, where she was scheduled to be sunk as a blockship.
List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1940 Ship State Description Captain Sturt Australia: The paddle steamer sank off Kangaroo Island, South Australia. [1] Cläre Hugo Stinnes I Norway: World War II: The captured German cargo ship was sunk at Ulvik. She was refloated later in 1940 and re-entered German service. [2] Dalhousie United Kingdom
The Dunkirk Jack, flown only by civilian ships that participated in the Dunkirk evacuation. The Little Ships of Dunkirk were about 850 private boats [1] that sailed from Ramsgate in England to Dunkirk in northern France between 26 May and 4 June 1940 as part of Operation Dynamo, helping to rescue more than 336,000 British, French, and other Allied soldiers who were trapped on the beaches at ...
Frederick Burke, who the Great Lakes Shipwreck Historical Society said was a "seasoned veteran of the lakes" nicknamed Tatey Bug, inexplicably went down with his 244-foot vessel, seemingly waving ...
1940 Italy: Espero – On 28 June the Italian destroyer was sunk by cruisers HMAS Sydney, HMS Orion, HMS Neptune, HMS Liverpool and HMS Gloucester in the Battle of the Espero Convoy. 50 men survived out of 255 crew and troops aboard. 205 Navy 1944 United States: USS Hull – On 18 December, in Typhoon Cobra, the US destroyer capsized and sank ...
Category: Maritime incidents in June 1940. 2 languages. ... Template:June 1940 shipwrecks; List of shipwrecks in June 1940; A. HMS Acasta (H09) French submarine Achille;
A World War II-era steamship that sank along with its captain in a strong storm in 1940 has been found at the bottom of Lake Superior after a 10-year search.
The auxiliary ship Olterra was a 5,000 ton Italian tanker scuttled by her own crew at Algeciras in the Bay of Gibraltar on 10 June 1940, after the entry of Italy in World War II. She was recovered in 1942 by a special unit of the Decima Flottiglia MAS to be used as an undercover base for manned torpedoes in order to attack Allied shipping at ...