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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
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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 ...
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18 June 1940 A Redoutable-class submarine scuttled at Brest, France, to prevent her capture by advancing German ground forces during the Battle of France. Arendskerk Netherlands: 15 January 1940 A merchant ship that was sunk after being torpedoed and later shelled by U-44. [2
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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 ...