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2. List of shipwrecks in June 1940 - Wikipedia

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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.

3. List of shipwrecks in 1940 - Wikipedia

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   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

4. Category:Maritime incidents in June 1940 - Wikipedia

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   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;

5. Mysterious Arlington shipwreck, lost at sea in 1940, found at ...

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   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 ...

6. Wreck of ship that sank in 1940 found in Lake Superior - AOL

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   Shipwreck hunters have discovered a merchant ship that sank in Lake Superior in 1940, taking its captain with it, during a storm off Michigan’s Upper Peninsula. The Arlington left Port Arthur ...

7. Italian auxiliary ship Olterra - Wikipedia

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   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 ...

8. SS Champlain - Wikipedia

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   On 17 June 1940, the liner struck a German air-laid mine while swinging at anchor in the waters off La Pallice, France, near Île de Ré, and quickly heeled over on her side. A few days later the German submarine U-65 fired a torpedo into the hulk –– possibly to finish her off, as much of the ship lay above water level.

9. How to watch (almost) every Best Picture winner from 1940 ...

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   As the decade began, Europe was at war and the U.S. was supporting the allies. The first World War II film to win Best Picture was "Mrs. Miniver" (1941), an American production set in England ...