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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 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 ...
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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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;
On this day in 1985, a worldwide rock concert dubbed 'Live Aid' was organized to raise money for the relief of famine-stricken Africans at Wembley Stadium in London. According to History.com, the ...