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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.
The list of shipwrecks in 1940 includes ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during 1940 This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by adding missing items with reliable sources .
Template:June 1940 shipwrecks; List of shipwrecks in June 1940; A. HMS Acasta (H09) French submarine Achille; French submarine Agosta (Q178) HMY Alexandra; RMS ...
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 ...
On anti-submarine patrol 28–1 June; demolished wrecks of HMS Wakeful on 30 May and Basilisk on 2–3 June Sherfield: ... 'Operation Dynamo'. 26 May-4 June 1940 ...
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1940 United Kingdom HMT Lancastria – The worst single disaster in British maritime history sunk by German aircraft in June, with at least 6,000 deaths, but most likely up to 7,000, making it one of the worst maritime disasters in history. 2,477 survived with 1,738 known dead; 6,000 people are known to have boarded, but many boarded later, and ...
In 1940 Mari Chandris, with a cargo of raw cotton, sailed in Convoy HG 33, which left Gibraltar on 8 June bound for Liverpool. [11] Mari Chandris was damaged in a collision, so she was towed to an anchorage in Falmouth, Cornwall. In July she was still in Falmouth, and a tanker, Tascalusa, was anchored near her. [12]