List of shipwrecks in 1938

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The list of shipwrecks in 1938 includes all ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during 1938.

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1938
Jan Feb Mar Apr
May Jun Jul Aug
Sep Oct Nov Dec


January

1 January

List of shipwrecks: 1 January 1938
Ship Country Description
Skottland  Norway The cargo ship was wrecked 2 nautical miles (3.7 km) off Cape Mayor, near Santander, Spain.[1] She sank on 3 January,[2] all crew were rescued.[3]
Sylvabelle  France The two-masted schooner collided with Ilse ( Sweden in the English Channel off St. Ives, Cornwall, United Kingdom. All five crew were rescued by Cape Horn ( United Kingdom) and Ilse.[4][5]

2 January

List of shipwrecks: 2 January 1938
Ship Country Description
Guaruja  France Grounded at Punta Polacra, Almeria, Spain and was abandoned by her crew but her chief engineer was lost. She broke in two on 7 January.[6][7][8]

3 January

List of shipwrecks: 3 January 1938
Ship Country Description
Luise Leonhardt Nazi Germany Germany: Foundered at Melilla.[6]

4 January

List of shipwrecks: 4 January 1938
Ship Country Description
Cuore Di Gesu  United Kingdom . The brig ran aground at Palermo, Sicily, Italy.[3]
Tenshodo Maru  Japan The coaster ran aground at Shōdoshima.[3]

6 January

List of shipwrecks: 6 January 1938
Ship Country Description
Irene  Sweden The auxiliary ship ran aground on a voyage from Ystad to Öland and was a total loss.[7]

11 January

List of shipwrecks: 11 January 1938
Ship Country Description
Hannah  Netherlands Spanish Civil War: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Mediterranean Sea 6 nautical miles (11 km) south east of Cape San Antonio, Spain. All crew were rescued.[9]

13 January

List of shipwrecks: 13 January 1938
Ship Country Description
Laganbank  United Kingdom The cargo ship ran aground in the Haddummatti Atoll, Maldive Islands and was abandoned as a total loss. All crew were rescued by Tweedbank ( United Kingdom).[10][11][12]
Ringwall  United Kingdom The cargo ship ran aground at Irvine, Ayrshire and was severely damaged.[10] She was scuttled on 15 January.[13] She was refloated on 19 January.[14]

14 January

List of shipwrecks: 14 January 1938
Ship Country Description
Lyngenfjord  Norway Sank off Cape St. Francis, South Africa.[15]

15 January

List of shipwrecks: 15 January 1938
Ship Country Description
Canelos  Chile The passenger ship ran aground at Coquimbo and was abandoned as a total loss. All on board were rescued.[12][16]
Corsea  United Kingdom The collier collided with Ruahine ( United Kingdom in the River Thames and was beached at Woolwich.[12][17] She was refloated on 17 January.[18]
Elpiniki  Greece The cargo ship ran aground at Cania, Crete.[13] Salvage operations were abandoned on 26 January.[19]
Fermanagh  United Kingdom The cargo ship ran aground on the Pembrokeshire coast and sank with the loss of one of the nine people on board.[12][17]

17 January

List of shipwrecks: 17 January 1938
Ship Country Description
Glanrhyd  United Kingdom The cargo ship foundered in the Irish Sea between Lundy Island and Cardigan Bay with the loss of all seventeen crew.[20] She was on a voyage from Newport, Monmouthshire to Manchester, Lancashire.[21]
Lochshira  United Kingdom The coaster foundered in the North Sea off the coast of Ayrshire with the loss of all five crew.[20]

18 January

List of shipwrecks: 18 January 1938
Ship Country Description
Olga L  Italy The sailing ship collided with Excalibur ( United States) at Naples and sank. All crew were rescued.[22]
Le Trait  France The cargo ship ran aground at Royan, Charente-Maritime.[22] She was refloated on 1 February.[23]
Waubic  United Kingdom The ship caught fire at Chicago, Illinois, United States and was a constructive total loss.[24]

20 January

List of shipwrecks: 20 January 1938
Ship Country Description
Drague  France The dredger capsized at Le Havre, Seine-Maritime.[24]
Santoy  United Kingdom The Thames barge collided with Damsterdijk ( Netherlands) in the Thames Estuary and sank with the loss of both crew.[25]

21 January

List of shipwrecks: 21 January 1938
Ship Country Description
Endymion  United Kingdom Spanish Civil War: The coaster was torpedoed and sunk by the Nationalist submarine General Sanjurjo (22x20px Spanish Navy) south of Cape Tiñoso with the loss of eleven of her fifteen crew.[6][26]
Liberty  United States The tug was run down and sunk at Hog Island, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania by an unknown vessel. Two crew were rescued.[9]

24 January

List of shipwrecks: 24 January 1938
Ship Country Description
Tokoju Maru  Japan The cargo ship was run into by Keifuku Maru ( Japan) at Shimonoseki and sank. All crew were rescued.[27]

25 January

List of shipwrecks: 25 January 1938
Ship Country Description
Richard Borchart  Germany The collier departed from Hamburg on a voyage to Nordenham, Lower Saxony.[28] Two lifebuoys were discovered on Heligoland, Schleswig-Holstein on 4 February.[29] Believed foundered in the North Sea with the loss of all nineteen crew.[28]

28 January

List of shipwrecks: 28 January 1938
Ship Country Description
Newsome  Norway The cargo ship ran aground at Courtown Cays (Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.) and was abandoned by her crew, who were rescued by Veragua ( United States).[30]
Rumore  United Kingdom The coaster departed Waterford, Ireland on 27 January bound for Barry, Glamorgan. She passed Passage West, County Cork the next day. No further trace.[31]

31 January

List of shipwrecks: 31 January 1938
Ship Country Description
Alba  Panama Ran aground at Porthmeor beach, St Ives, Cornwall. All 24 crew rescued, but five later drowned when the lifeboat, Caroline Parsons (RNLI FLAG.png Royal National Lifeboat Institution) capsized.[32][33]
Ella  Finland : The auxiliary three-masted schooner ran aground on Spiekeroog, Lower Saxony, Germany and was a total loss. All crew were rescued.[34]

February

1 February

List of shipwrecks: 1 February 1938
Ship Country Description
Sauer Gebr  Germany The coal grab capsized and sank at Hamburg with the loss of two crew.[35]

3 February

List of shipwrecks: 3 February 1938
Ship Country Description
Gypsum Prince  United Kingdom The cargo ship ran aground at Balboa, Spain and was beached.[29] She was refloated the next day.[36]

4 February

List of shipwrecks: 4 February 1938
Ship Country Description
Alcira  United Kingdom Spanish Civil War: The cargo ship was bombed and sunk in the Mediterranean Sea 22 nautical miles (41 km) off Barcelona, Spain by Spanish Nationalist aircraft. All 21 crew survived.[37]

7 February

List of shipwrecks: 7 February 1938
Ship Country Description
Itanage  Brazil The cargo ship ran aground in Rio Grande do Sul.[38] She was refloated on 24 February.[39]

8 February

List of shipwrecks: 8 February 1938
Ship Country Description
Ekaterini Peppa  Greece The cargo ship collided with Pluto ( Netherlands) in the Baltic Sea off the Adlergrund Lightship ( Germany) and sank. All crew were rescued. Pluto was beached at Tromper Wiek. She was later refloated and towed to Sassnitz, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern.[40][41]

10 February

List of shipwrecks: 10 February 1938
Ship Country Description
Aksu  Turkey The cargo ship ran aground in the Black Sea off Sinope and was beached.[42] She was refloated on 15 February.[43]
Baoulé  France The cargo ship ran aground on Juist, Lower Saxony, Germany. All crew were saved.[44] Refloated on 4 March.[45]
Lucky  United Kingdom Spanish Civil War, bombed and sunk at Valencia. Refloated, repaired and put back in service as Castillo Benisano.[6]

11 February

List of shipwrecks: 11 February 1938
Ship Country Description
Gianicolo  Italy The cargo ship issued a distress call in the Mediterranean Sea (Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found..[46] Presumed foundered with the loss of all 35 crew.[47]

12 February

List of shipwrecks: 12 February 1938
Ship Country Description
HMS Walrus  Royal Navy The destroyer was out of commission and under tow to a shipyard for conversion work with a skeleton crew of four aboard in the North Sea when a powerful storm struck which broke her towline and drove her ashore in Filey Bay near Scarborough, England. All four men aboard survived. Declared constructive total loss, sold 5 March 1938 for scrapping, refloated 29 March 1938, and scrapped October 1938.[48][49]

13 February

List of shipwrecks: 13 February 1938
Ship Country Description
Mitsu Maru No.3  Japan The cargo ship departed from Mizumata bound for Kobe. No further trace. Reported on 18 February as presumed foundered.[50]

14 February

List of shipwrecks: 14 February 1938
Ship Country Description
Tartary  United Kingdom The coastal tanker ran aground on Haisboro Sands, Norfolk. Although refloated, she later drifted onto the Barber Sands, broke her back and exploded. All eight people on board were rescued by the Gorleston lifeboat.[51]
King Edgar  United Kingdom The cargo ship ran aground on Spurn Head, Yorkshire.[52]

17 February

List of shipwrecks: 17 February 1938
Ship Country Description
Panaghia  Greece The cargo ship ran aground at Klippen Point, South Africa and was abandoned by her crew, who were rescued by Clan Macneil ( United Kingdom).[53]

19 February

List of shipwrecks: 19 February 1938
Ship Country Description
H A Walker  United Kingdom The cargo ship was abandoned in pack ice off Cape St. Francis, Newfoundland. She subsequently caught fire and sank.[54]
USS Swallow  United States Navy The Lapwing-class minesweeper ran aground on Kanaga Island, Alaska. Salvage efforts were abandoned.

20 February

List of shipwrecks: 20 February 1938
Ship Country Description
Zoodochos Pighi  Greece The auxiliary sailing ship sank in the Gulf of Corinth off Camari.[55]

21 February

List of shipwrecks: 21 February 1938
Ship Country Description
Benjamin Franklin  United States The cargo ship sank at Yonkers, New York.[55]

Unknown date

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1938
Ship Country Description
Ide  Norway The cargo ship foundered in the North Sea whilst on a voyage from Hamburg, Germany to Haugesund, Rogaland, Norway. Six crew were rescued by Corvus ( Norway). They were landed at Stavanger on 14 February.[56]

28 February

List of shipwrecks: 28 February 1938
Ship Country Description
Gotenhof  Germany The cargo ship collided with Dionyssios Stathatos ( Greece) in the Kiel Canal and sank.[57]
Hazel L Myra  United Kingdom The schooner caught fire off Bermuda (Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.) and was abandoned.[58]

March

1 March

List of shipwrecks: 1 March 1938
Ship Country Description
Neringa  Lithuania The cargo ship ran aground 11 nautical miles (20 km) south of Memel with the loss of three crew.[58] The ship broke in two; salvage attempts were abandoned on 11 March.[59]
Wop  United Kingdom The coaster was sprang a leak and was abandoned off St. John's, Newfoundland. All crew survived.[4]

2 March

List of shipwrecks: 2 March 1938
Ship Country Description
Birma  Sweden The cargo ship was abandoned in a sinking condition in the Skaggerak 20 nautical miles (37 km) off Hirtshals, Denmark. All crew were rescued by the fishing vessels Java ( Netherlands) and KW 159 ( Denmark).[60][61]

5 March

List of shipwrecks: 5 March 1938
Ship Country Description
Yolande  France The cargo ship ran aground at Wei-Hai-Wei, China and was wrecked with the loss of nine of the 66 people on board. Survivors were rescued by HMS Capetown ( Royal Navy).[62]

6 March

List of shipwrecks: 6 March 1938
Ship Country Description
Baleares 22x20px Spanish Navy Spanish Civil War, Battle of Cape Palos: The Nationalist Canarias-class cruiser was torpedoed and sunk in the Mediterranean Sea (Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.) by the Republican destroyer Lepanto (22x20px Spanish Navy) with the loss of 765 of her 1,206 crew. Some of the survivors were rescued by HMS Boreas and HMS Kempenfelt (both  Royal Navy).

8 March

List of shipwrecks: 8 March 1938
Ship Country Description
Tozan Maru  Japan The cargo ship ran aground off Uku, Nagasaki (Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.).[62] Salvage efforts were abandoned on 18 March.[63]

9 March

List of shipwrecks: 9 March 1938
Ship Country Description
Locksley  United Kingdom The cargo ship ran aground on Lindisfarne, Northumberland. All crew were rescued by a fishing vessel.[64]

10 March

List of shipwrecks: 10 March 1938
Ship Country Description
Ena de Larrinaga  United Kingdom The cargo ship collided with Aachen ( Germany) off the Hohe Weg Lighthouse, Bremen, Germany. Ena de Larrinaga was beached.[65]

12 March

List of shipwrecks: 12 March 1938
Ship Country Description
Admiral Karpfanger  Germany The four-masted barque reported by radio when off Cape Horn, Chile.[66] Wreckage later found on Navarino Island.[67]
Agnar  United Kingdom The coaster, on a voyage from Vohemar, Madagascar to Mauritius reported by radio from the Indian Ocean (Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.). No further trace, presumed foundered with loss of all crew.[68]

14 March

List of shipwrecks: 14 March 1938
Ship Country Description
Algo  Norway The cargo ship ran aground at Lista, Vest-Agder and sank.[69]
Anglo Australian  United Kingdom The cargo ship passed the Azores, Portugal on a voyage from Cardiff, Glamorgan to British Columbia, Canada. No further trace, presumed foundered.[70]

19 March

List of shipwrecks: 19 March 1938
Ship Country Description
Claus Böge  Germany The cargo ship suffered an on-board explosion and sank 20 nautical miles (37 km) north west of the Horns-Rev Lightship ( Denmark) with the loss of her captain. The crew were rescued by Sverre Norgaard ( Sweden).[71][72] The explosion was caused by two bombs which had been placed in her forward cargo holds by Norwegian dock workers who were members of the anti-fascist Wollweber League, while the ship was docked in Oslo, Norway.[72]

20 March

List of shipwrecks: 20 March 1938
Ship Country Description
City of Buffalo  United States The passenger ship caught fire and sank at Cleveland, Ohio.[73]

24 March

List of shipwrecks: 24 March 1938
Ship Country Description
Chagford  United Kingdom The coaster collided with Black Osprey ( United States) in the English Channel off St. Catherine's Point, Isle of Wight and sank with the loss of three of her seven crew. Survivors were rescued by Black Osprey.[74]
Peter Hawksfield  United Kingdom The coaster collided with Wairangi ( United Kingdom) in the English Channel off Kingsdown, Kent and sank. All thirteen crew were rescued by Wairangi.[74]
Whitemantle  United Kingdom The cargo ship collided with Harraton ( United Kingdom) in the North Sea off the Shipwash Sands and was beached.[75] She was later refloated with assistance from a tug.[76]

25 March

List of shipwrecks: 25 March 1938
Ship Country Description
Asahi Maru  Imperial Japanese Navy The hospital ship flooded and sank in Dry Dock at the Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Shipyard in Kobe during a hull inspection. She was refloated out of the Dry Dock 3 May. Repairs were completed 9 June and she returned to service.[77]

30 March

List of shipwrecks: 30 March 1938
Ship Country Description
Lena  Greece Spanish Civil War, torpedoed by the Nationalist submarine General Mola ( Spain) off Barcelona, where she sunk in shallow waters. Refloated, repaired and put again in service as Castillo Moncada.[6]

31 March

List of shipwrecks: 31 March 1938
Ship Country Description
Baud  Netherlands The cargo ship ran aground in the Kei Islands, Netherlands East Indies and was wrecked.[78]
Taxiarchis  Greece The auxiliary sailing ship foundered in the Saronic Gulf off Aegina.[78]

April

1 April

List of shipwrecks: 1 April 1938
Ship Country Description
Abeille No.10  France The tug was in collision with Mosli ( Norway) at Le Havre, Seine-Maritime and sank with the loss of six of her nine crew.[79][80]

2 April

List of shipwrecks: 2 April 1938
Ship Country Description
City of Norwich  United Kingdom The cargo ship ran aground on Perim, North Yemen.[81] She was refloated on 11 April.[82]
Flying Spray  United Kingdom The tug was struck by the propeller of Cumberland ( United Kingdom) at Stobcross Quay, Glasgow, Renfrewshire and sank.[83] She was refloated on 16 April and drydocked for repairs.[84]
Tongking  Denmark The cargo ship caught fire and was beached 7 nautical miles (13 km) north of Penang, Malay. She was declared a total loss.[85]

3 April

List of shipwrecks: 3 April 1938
Ship Country Description
Carnaro  Italy The cargo liner ran aground on the Karam Masamahru Islet in the Red Sea and sank. All on board were rescued by Somalia ( Italy).[85]
Rokta  Norway The coaster ran aground off Christiansund, Møre og Romsdal with the loss of two of her ten crew. Two fishermen were drowned attempting to rescue the crew of Rokta.[86] She sank on 5 April.[87]

4 April

List of shipwrecks: 4 April 1938
Ship Country Description
Meining  China The tanker collided with Donluis (flag unknown) in Wenchow Harbour and sank.[87]
Pegaway  United Kingdom The cargo ship foundered in the North Sea 30 nautical miles (56 km) off Terschelling, Friesland, Netherlands. The crew were rescued by Wilhelm Gustloff ( Germany).[85]

6 April

List of shipwrecks: 6 April 1938
Ship Country Description
J O Minx  United Kingdom The schooner foundered in the Windward Passage off Cape Maisí, Cuba.[88]

7 April

List of shipwrecks: 7 April 1938
Ship Country Description
Frontier II  United Kingdom The coaster ran aground in the Qora River, South Africa and was a total loss.[70]

8 April

List of shipwrecks: 8 April 1938
Ship Country Description
Maksala  Germany The cargo ship collided in foggy weather with Tafna ( United Kingdom in the Bay of Biscay 20 nautical miles (37 km) north north east of Ouessant, Finistère, France and sank. All crew were rescued by Tafna.[89][90]

9 April

List of shipwrecks: 9 April 1938
Ship Country Description
Mount Kyllene  Greece The cargo ship exploded and broke in two in the Atlantic Ocean (Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.). Crew rescued by American Merchant ( United States, Inverice ( United Kingdom) and Kaia Knudsen ( Norway).[91]

10 April

List of shipwrecks: 10 April 1938
Ship Country Description
Sleipner  Denmark The tug capsized and sank at Copenhagen whilst assisting Mormacsea ( United States. Two crew were lost.[91]

11 April

List of shipwrecks: 11 April 1938
Ship Country Description
Perla  Italy The passenger ship ran aground off Cape Cross, German South-West Africa. She was refloated but was leaking and was beached in Walvis Bay.[82]

13 April

List of shipwrecks: 13 April 1938
Ship Country Description
Lake Osweya  United States The Design 1020 cargo ship collided with San Mateo ( United States) off Jacksonville, Florida and was beached.[92]
Petrel  United Kingdom The cargo ship collided with Hartlepool ( United Kingdom) in the River Thames and was beached at Hornchurch, Essex.[92] She was refloated the next day.[93]
Sud VI  Germany The whaler struck a rock and sank off Gundo Point, Gran Canaria, Canary Isles, Portugal with the loss of one of her crew.[92]

21 April

List of shipwrecks: 21 April 1938
Ship Country Description
Ora 2  Norway The sealer was crushed in pack ice and sank 150 nautical miles (280 km) north east of St. John's, Newfoundland. All crew were rescued by Eagle ( United Kingdom).[94]

22 April

List of shipwrecks: 22 April 1938
Ship Country Description
City of Salisbury  United Kingdom The cargo liner ran aground in Boston Harbor, Massachusetts, United States. She broke in two on 23 April, with the bow section sinking. All cargo salvaged and crew saved.[95]

26 April

List of shipwrecks: 26 April 1938
Ship Country Description
Malamton  United States The cargo ship ran aground at Block Island, Rhode Island in fog.[96] She was refloated on 7 May and found to be severely damaged.[97]

29 April

List of shipwrecks: 29 April 1938
Ship Country Description
España No.3 23x15px Spain The cargo ship ran aground at Sète, Hérault, France.[98] Refloated on 2 May.[99]
Fjeldøy  Norway The cargo ship capsized and sank in the Kattegat 10 nautical miles (19 km) north west of the Skaw Lightship ( Denmark). The crew were rescued by a fishing vessel.[100]

30 April

List of shipwrecks: 30 April 1938
Ship Country Description
Tille  Peru The auxiliary sailing vessel struck a rock and sank off Chimbote.[98]

May

1 May

List of shipwrecks: 1 May 1938
Ship Country Description
Magallanes  Chile The cargo ship foundered off Huafo. All crew were rescued.[101]

2 May

List of shipwrecks: 2 May 1938
Ship Country Description
Nasmyth  United Kingdom The cargo ship ran aground south of Areynaga Bay, Gran Canaria, Canary Isles, Spain.[102] She was refloated on 7 May.[103]

4 May

List of shipwrecks: 4 May 1938
Ship Country Description
Eli  Norway The cargo ship ran aground on Destacado Island (Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.).[101] She was refloated on 11 May.[104]
Lafayette  France The ocean liner caught fire at Le Havre, Seine-Maritime and was a total loss. She was consequently scrapped at Rotterdam, South Holland, Netherlands.[105]

5 May

List of shipwrecks: 5 May 1938
Ship Country Description
Port St. John  United Kingdom The cargo ship ran aground on a reef off Lady Elliot Island, Australia and was beached.[106] She was refloated on 13 May.[107]
Ryoshu Maru  Japan The cargo ship struck a rock and sank off Kii Ōshima.[106]

8 May

List of shipwrecks: 8 May 1938
Ship Country Description
Monica  Germany The coaster capsized and sank at Hamburg.[108]

10 May

List of shipwrecks: 10 May 1938
Ship Country Description
Collico  Chile The cargo ship collided with Don Alberto ( Chile) 18 nautical miles (33 km) north of Quiriquina Island and sank. All crew were rescued.[109]

15 May

List of shipwrecks: 15 May 1938
Ship Country Description
Albania  Sweden The cargo ship collided with Varhaug ( Norway) off Gothenburg and sank. All crew were rescued.[110]

16 May

List of shipwrecks: 16 May 1938
Ship Country Description
Manharton  United Kingdom The cargo ship ran aground at Mobile, Alabama, United States.[111] Salvage was abandoned on 23 May and she was declared a total loss.[112]

18 May

List of shipwrecks: 18 May 1938
Ship Country Description
Iselgarth  United Kingdom The tug ran aground and capsized at Barry, Glamorgan.[113]

19 May

List of shipwrecks: 19 May 1938
Ship Country Description
Andenes  Norway The cargo ship was hit amidships at Stavanger, Rogaland by Leda and sank.[114]
Foca  Chile The cargo ship capsized and sank off Chiloé Island with the loss of all nineteen crew.[114]

22 May

List of shipwrecks: 22 May 1938
Ship Country Description
Harmanteh  United Kingdom The cargo ship ran aground on Zealous Island, Messier Channel, Chile and was abandoned by her crew.[115] Salvage efforts were abandoned on 6 June.[116]

25 May

List of shipwrecks: 25 May 1938
Ship Country Description
Thorpehall  United Kingdom Spanish Civil War, bombed and sunk off Valencia.[6]

27 May

List of shipwrecks: 27 May 1938
Ship Country Description
Fairplay V  Germany The tug capsized and sank at Hamburg whilst towing Hohenfels ( Germany) with the loss of two crew.[117]
Nausicaa  Panama Spanish Civil War: The tanker was bombed and caught fire in the Mediterranean Sea (Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.) and was abandoned by her crew, who were rescued by Securinas ( Italy). She sank south of Minorca.[6][117][118][119]
Triton  Kriegsmarine The minelayer capsized and sank at Kiel, Schleswig-Holstein with the loss of four of her 30 crew.[120]

28 May

List of shipwrecks: 28 May 1938
Ship Country Description
Greatend  United Kingdom Spanish Civil War, bombed at Valencia. Refloated, repaired and put back in service as Castillo Noreña.[6]

29 May

List of shipwrecks: 29 May 1938
Ship Country Description
Mandalay  United States The passenger ship collided with Acadia ( United States in Lower New York Bay and sank. All 325 people on board were rescued by Acadia.[121]

30 May

List of shipwrecks: 30 May 1938
Ship Country Description
Belfast Maru  Japan The cargo ship ran aground at the mouth of the Yangtze River. She sank on 9 June and salvage efforts were abandoned.[122]
El Djem  France Spanish Civil War, bombed and sunk off El Grau, Valencia.[6]

Unknown date

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1938
Ship Country Description
Minatogawa Maru  Japan Ran aground and then sank at Kannoura, Japan.[123]

June

1 June

List of shipwrecks: 1 June 1938
Ship Country Description
Evanghelistria  Greece The auxiliary sailing vessel caught fire and sank in the Salamis Strait.[124]

2 June

List of shipwrecks: 2 June 1938
Ship Country Description
Mar Baltico 23x15px Spain The cargo ship collided with Baltara ( United Kingdom) in the North Sea off Brunsbüttel, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany and sank.[125]
Mumara  United Kingdom The Thames barge sank off Walton-on-the-Naze, Essex.[126]

3 June

List of shipwrecks: 3 June 1938
Ship Country Description
Malaga 23x15px Spain The cargo ship struck a rock and sank at Cabo de Quejo, Cantabria and sank. All crew were rescued.[127]
Maryad  United Kingdom Spanish Civil War: The tanker was bombed and set of fire at Alicante.[128]

7 June

List of shipwrecks: 7 June 1938
Ship Country Description
Parklaan  Netherlands Spanish Civil War: The cargo ship was bombed and severely damaged at Alicante, Spain.[129][130]

9 June

List of shipwrecks: 9 June 1938
Ship Country Description
Isadora  United Kingdom Spanish Civil War, bombed and sunk at Castellón. Refloated, repaired and put back in service as Castillo Frías.[6]
Ocean Cock  United Kingdom The tug collided with Port Nicholson ( United Kingdom) in the River Thames at Gravesend, Kent and sank with the loss of four lives.[131] She was raised on 11 June.[132]

10 June

List of shipwrecks: 10 June 1938
Ship Country Description
Thorpeheaven  United Kingdom Spanish Civil War, bombed and sunk at Alicante. Refloated, repaired and put back in service as Castillo Guadalest.[6]

11 June

List of shipwrecks: 11 June 1938
Ship Country Description
Rudolf  Finland The cargo ship sank in the Baltic Sea off the Ovishi Lighthouse, Ventspils, Latvia.[133]

15 June

List of shipwrecks: 15 June 1938
Ship Country Description
Cap Bear  France Spanish Civil War, bombed and sunk at Valencia.[6]

21 June

List of shipwrecks: 21 June 1938
Ship Country Description
Thorpeness  United Kingdom Spanish Civil War, bombed and sunk off Valencia by a Nationalist aircraft.[6][134]
Sunion  Greece Spanish Civil War: The cargo ship was bombed and sunk off Valencia by a Nationalist aircraft.[134][135]

22 June

List of shipwrecks: 22 June 1938
Ship Country Description
Aghia Varvara  Greece The cargo ship ran aground 2 nautical miles (3.7 km) south of Ouessant, Finistère, France and sank. All crew were rescued.[136]

27 June

List of shipwrecks: 27 June 1938
Ship Country Description
Arlon  United Kingdom Spanish Civil War: The tanker bombed and set ablaze at Valencia harbour with the loss of one crew member. She was towed to open seas and sank.[6][137]
Farnham  United Kingdom Spanish Civil War, bombed and sunk at Villajoyosa with the loss of two lives. She was refloated in 1940, repaired and put back in service as Castillo Montiel.[6][137]
Ming Lai  China The cargo ship caught fire and sank at Chungking.[138]

28 June

List of shipwrecks: 28 June 1938
Ship Country Description
Manicouagan  Canada The ship caught fire off Port Paradis, Quebec and burnt down to the waterline. The hulk was towed to Pointe-Lebel, Quebec.[139]

29 June

List of shipwrecks: 29 June 1938
Ship Country Description
Rhode Island  United Kingdom The schooner sank in the Caribbean Sea.[139]

Unknown date

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1938
Ship Country Description
Bretanha  Portugal The schooner foundered in the Atlantic Ocean. Forty-one crew were rescued by Dao ( Portugal) and landed at Horta, Azores on 4 June.[128]
Gaulois  France Spanish Civil War: The trawler was bombed and sunk at Valencia, Spain. The crew were landed at Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône, France on 21 June by Lingfield ( United Kingdom).[140]
Suchan  Soviet Union The cargo ship foundered in the La Perouse Strait "a few days" before 21 June.[140]

July

2 July

List of shipwrecks: 2 July 1938
Ship Country Description
Ainderby  United Kingdom The cargo ship collided with Westwood ( United Kingdom in the River Tyne at Pelaw, Northumberland and sank.[141] She was refloated on 5 July.[142]
Ascania  United Kingdom The ocean liner ran aground in the St. Lawrence River, near Bic Island, Quebec, Canada. All 400 passengers were rescued by Beaverford ( United Kingdom).[143] Later refloated, repaired and returned to service.
Cali  Chile The passenger ship ran aground at Caldera. She capsized and was abandoned as a total loss.[141][142]

5 July

List of shipwrecks: 5 July 1938
Ship Country Description
Iro  Greece The cargo ship caught fire and sank at Amorgos.[142]

9 July

List of shipwrecks: 9 July 1938
Ship Country Description
Fogota  United Kingdom The cargo ship caught fire at St. John's, Newfoundland and burnt to the waterline. All crew were rescued.[144]

11 July

List of shipwrecks: 11 July 1938
Ship Country Description
Nellie T Walters  United Kingdom The schooner ran aground at Point Lance, Newfoundland and was a total loss.[145][146]

13 July

List of shipwrecks: 13 July 1938
Ship Country Description
Luceric  United Kingdom The cargo ship ran aground in the Hooghly River and broke her back. She was abandoned as a total loss.[146]

19 July

List of shipwrecks: 19 July 1938
Ship Country Description
Amiral Sénès  French Navy The decommissioned destroyer was sunk as a target.

23 July

List of shipwrecks: 23 July 1938
Ship Country Description
Anvers  Belgium The cargo ship collided with Planet ( Germany) in the Paraná River and was beached at Rosario, Argentina.[147] She was refloatedon 31 July, repaired and returned to service.[148]

25 July

List of shipwrecks: 25 July 1938
Ship Country Description
Iwatesan Maru  Japan The cargo ship ran aground at Kaihyo To, Sakhalin, Soviet Union.[149]
Eva  Estonia The cargo ship sank in Pärnu Bay.[150]
Nikos T  Greece The cargo ship caught fire at Santos and was beached.[151] She was refloated on 8 August.[152]

26 July

List of shipwrecks: 26 July 1938
Ship Country Description
Dellwin  United Kingdom Spanish Civil War: The cargo ship was bombed and damaged at Gandia, Spain. She sank in the early hours of 27 July.[153]
Shinfu  United Kingdom The cargo ship caught fire at Foochow, China and was beached.[154]
Triton  United Kingdom The tug capsized and sank at Porlock, Somerset. All crew survived.[155]

29 July

List of shipwrecks: 29 July 1938
Ship Country Description
Notre Dame de St. Jouan  France The schooner caught fire 10 nautical miles (19 km) off Cape Pine, Newfoundland and was abandoned by her crew.[156]

August

1 August

List of shipwrecks: 1 August 1938
Ship Country Description
Hino Maru No.2  Japan The cargo ship was driven ashore in the Enshu Gulf (Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.).[148] She was refloated on 22 August.[157]

2 August

List of shipwrecks: 2 August 1938
Ship Country Description
Massaua  Italy The cargo ship ran aground on the Abu Faramish Reef in the Red Sea off Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.[158] She was refloated on 15 September.[159]

6 August

List of shipwrecks: 6 August 1938
Ship Country Description
Lake Lugano  United Kingdom Spanish Civil War: The cargo ship was bombed and set on fire at Palamos by Nationalist aircraft.[6][160][161]

7 August

List of shipwrecks: 7 August 1938
Ship Country Description
Reliance  Germany The passenger ship caught fire at Hamburg and was severely damaged.[162]

12 August

List of shipwrecks: 12 August 1938
Ship Country Description
Norman Queen  United Kingdom Ran aground at Flat Holm but was later refloated.[163]

13 August

List of shipwrecks: 13 August 1938
Ship Country Description
Edith  Denmark Spanish Civil War, bombed and sunk off the Balearic Islands.[6]

14 August

List of shipwrecks: 14 August 1938
Ship Country Description
Artois  France Spanish Civil War: The coaster struck a mine and sank 35 nautical miles (65 km) south east of Gibraltar (Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.). All 14 crew rescued by Theresia L M Russ ( Germany).[164][165]

15 August

List of shipwrecks: 15 August 1938
Ship Country Description
Hansa  Germany The passenger ship collided with Tungwo ( United Kingdom) in the Yangtze Estuary and sank with the loss of about 100 lives. Around 30 people were rescued. HMS Scarab ( Royal Navy) assisted in the rescue.[166]

19 August

List of shipwrecks: 19 August 1938
Ship Country Description
Cape Pine  United Kingdom The cargo ship ran aground at Danzig Cove, Newfoundland. She was reported as "likely to be a total loss".[167]

20 August

List of shipwrecks: 20 August 1938
Ship Country Description
Girasol  United Kingdom The cargo ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean (Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.) after her cargo shifted. All eleven crew were rescued by Aguila and Shula (both  United Kingdom). The abandoned Girasol was taken in tow by the Lowestoft trawler Mare and towed into Milford Haven, Pembrokeshire.[167]

23 August

List of shipwrecks: 23 August 1938
Ship Country Description
Imprenable  Marine Nationale The Embuscade-class floating battery was rammed and sunk at Cherbourg, Charente-Maritime by a Swedish tanker.[168]

25 August

List of shipwrecks: 25 August 1938
Ship Country Description
Mallard  United Kingdom The cargo ship collided with Sidney M. Hauptman ( United States) at Baltimore, Maryland and was beached.[169]

26 August

List of shipwrecks: 26 August 1938
Ship Country Description
Sebaa  France The cargo ship collided with Ploubazalnec ( France) at Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône and was beached in a severely damaged state.[170]
Woolgar  Norway The cargo ship ran aground at Shiriyasaki, Japan (Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.).[171][172] She was refloated on 13 September.[173]

28 August

List of shipwrecks: 28 August 1938
Ship Country Description
Fermia  Sweden The cargo ship ran aground at Cape Nosappu, Japan.[174] She broke in two on 14 September and was declared a total loss.[175]

31 August

List of shipwrecks: 31 August 1938
Ship Country Description
Chatham  United Kingdom The cargo ship caught fire at Ward Cove, Alaska, United States and was beached.[176]

September

1 September

List of shipwrecks: 1 September 1938
Ship Country Description
Snow White  Panama The auxiliary three-masted schooner ran aground in the North Sea on the Haaksgrounds, off the Dutch coast and was a total loss. All crew were rescued by Amsterdam ( Netherlands).[177]
Haguro Maru  Japan The cargo ship was driven ashore at Yokosuka in a typhoon.[178] She was refloated on 11 September.[179]
Kairyu Maru  Japan The cargo ship was driven ashore at Kawasaki in a typhoon.[178]
Kiri Maru  Japan The coaster was driven ashore aon the Saratoga Spit in a typhoon.[180]
Shoyei Maru  Japan The cargo ship ran aground on Sakhalin, Soviet Union in foggy weather.[180]
Sorachi Maru  Japan The cargo ship was driven ashore at Jōgashima in a typhoon and broke in two.[178]

5 September

List of shipwrecks: 5 September 1938
Ship Country Description
Araucania  Chile The coaster struck a rock and sank at Quintero Point.[181]

7 September

List of shipwrecks: 7 September 1938
Ship Country Description
Italia Prince  United Kingdom The passenger ship caught fire in the Bay of Biscay and was abandoned. All 45 people on board were rescued by Atlantide ( Italy and Capitaine Augustin ( France).[182]

9 September

List of shipwrecks: 9 September 1938
Ship Country Description
Elg  Norway The cargo ship ran aground in San Luis Obispo Bay, California, United States. She was refloated on 13 September.[183]
Gokenzan Maru  Japan The cargo ship ran aground at Amwawan, Sakhalin, Soviet Union.[184]
Nora  United Kingdom The tug foundered in the Mediterranean Sea north of Tabarka, Tunisia.[185]

11 September

List of shipwrecks: 11 September 1938
Ship Country Description
Abava  Latvia The cargo ship collided with British Tommy ( United Kingdom) and was beached on Bolland Island, Denmark.

12 September

List of shipwrecks: 12 September 1938
Ship Country Description
Frances L. Spindler  United Kingdom The auxiliary schooner was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Newfoundland. All crew survived and landed at Farmyard, Labrador, Canada.[186]

13 September

List of shipwrecks: 13 September 1938
Ship Country Description
St. Clair Therault  United Kingdom The schooner ran aground in the River Moy at Ballina, County Mayo, Ireland.[186] She was refloated on 25 September.[187]

14 September

List of shipwrecks: 14 September 1938
Ship Country Description
Nippon  Sweden The cargo ship collided with Aisne ( France) in the North Sea off the Wandelaar Lightship ( Belgium) and sank. All crew were rescued.[183]

16 September

List of shipwrecks: 16 September 1938
Ship Country Description
Matsuura Maru  Japan The cargo ship struck a sunken wreck and sank at the mouth of the Yangtze River, China with the loss of nineteen crew.[188][189]

17 September

List of shipwrecks: 17 September 1938
Ship Country Description
Dorothy Wintermote  United States The cargo ship ran aground at Point Arena, California. Although refloated and taken in tow on 21 September, she foundered. All crew were rescued.[190]
Karin  Sweden The auxiliary four-masted schooner caught fire at Oregrund and was scuttled to extinguish the fire.[189]

19 September

List of shipwrecks: 19 September 1938
Ship Country Description
Camelita  United Kingdom The schooner was wrecked at Montserrat.[191]
Elvin  Norway The cargo ship sprang a leak and sank in the North Sea. All crew were rescued.[192]

21 September

List of shipwrecks: 21 September 1938
Ship Country Description
Havmann  Norway The cargo ship reported that she was west of Ireland. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[193]
A pinnace attached to HMS Vernon  Royal Navy was torpedoed and sunk in the English Channel off Weymouth, Dorset by HMS Undine ( Royal Navy). All seven crew were rescued by a Royal Navy destroyer.[194]

22 September

List of shipwrecks: 22 September 1938
Ship Country Description
Cricket  United States The tug sank at New London, Connecticut in a hurricane.[195]
Phoenix  United States The tanker became stranded in a hurricane at Fall River, Massachusetts, United States.[195] She was refloated on 25 November.[196]
Washingtonian  United States The ship collided with USS Henley ( United States Navy) in San Diego Harbor, California. Both vessels were severely damaged.[197]

23 September

List of shipwrecks: 23 September 1938
Ship Country Description
Sydney Star  United Kingdom The cargo ship collided with a coaster in Sydney Harbour, New South Wales, Australia and was beached. She was refloated on 26 September.[187][197]

24 September

List of shipwrecks: 24 September 1938
Ship Country Description
Corinthia  United Kingdom The schooner ran aground in the Essequibo River, British Guiana and was a total loss.[198]
Dux Light Blue Flag of Iceland.svg Iceland The cargo ship sprang a leak and foundered in the Baltic Sea off Öland, Sweden.[198]

26 September

List of shipwrecks: 26 September 1938
Ship Country Description
Mohawk  United States The cargo ship was driven ashore at Fall River, Massachusetts in a hurricane.[199]
Monhegan  United States The cargo ship was driven ashore at Fall River in a hurricane.[199]
Pequonnock  United States The cargo ship was driven ashore at Fall River in a hurricane.[199]
Prudence  United States The tug was driven ashore at Fall River in a hurricane.[199]
Westport  United States The cargo ship was driven ashore at Fall River in a hurricane.[199]

27 September

List of shipwrecks: 27 September 1938
Ship Country Description
Greenwood  United Kingdom The schooner foundered in the Atlantic Ocean off Miquelon. All crew were rescued.[199]
Kia Wo  United Kingdom The cargo ship ran aground at Chungkiang, China.[199] She was refloated on 19 May 1939.[200]

28 September

List of shipwrecks: 28 September 1938
Ship Country Description
Mary Barrow  United Kingdom The schooner was wrecked in the Irish Sea off the Calf of Man.[201][202]
Tregastel  France The cargo ship was driven ashore at Cadaqués, Spain in a storm and was a total loss.[6][203]

29 September

List of shipwrecks: 29 September 1938
Ship Country Description
Dayavati  United Kingdom The cargo ship ran aground on Darya Bahadurgarh Island, Mysore and was a total loss.[204]

30 September

List of shipwrecks: 30 September 1938
Ship Country Description
Lavi  Portugal The cargo ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean 25 nautical miles (46 km) off Ponta Delgada, Azores. All crew were rescued.[204]

October

1 October

List of shipwrecks: 1 October 1938
Ship Country Description
Gastelu 23x15px Spain The cargo ship sprang a leak and foundered in the Bay of Biscay (Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.). The crew were rescued by British Aviator ( United Kingdom).[205][206]

2 October

List of shipwrecks: 2 October 1938
Ship Country Description
Ben Seyr  United Kingdom The cargo ship departed Ramsey, Isle of Man bound for Cardiff, Glamorgan and was not seen again, presumed to have foundered.[207]

3 October

List of shipwrecks: 3 October 1938
Ship Country Description
Gothic  United Kingdom Spanish Civil War: The cargo ship was bombed, set on fire and severely damaged at Barcelona. Later salvaged, repaired and returned to service.[208][209]
Thorpe Bay  United Kingdom Spanish Civil War: Bombed, set on fire and severely damaged at Barcelona.[208][209]

4 October

List of shipwrecks: 4 October 1938
Ship Country Description
Plus  Norway The auxiliary schooner ran aground in the Kattegat at Hirsholmene, Denmark and was a total loss.[210][211]
Regina  Netherlands The coaster ran aground on Sker Sands, off Porthcawl, Glamorgan. She was refloated on 8 November.[212]

6 October

List of shipwrecks: 6 October 1938
Ship Country Description
E. J. Bullock  United States The tanker exploded and sank in the Caribbean Sea 30 nautical miles (56 km) south west of Dry Tortuga with the loss of two of her 36 crew. Survivors were rescued by O. M. Bernuth ( United States).[213][214]

8 October

List of shipwrecks: 8 October 1938
Ship Country Description
Kyle Prince  United Kingdom The cargo ship was abandoned in the Irish Sea 7 nautical miles (13 km) off Rhosneigr, Anglesey. All crew were rescued by the Holyhead lifeboat. Kyle Prince came ashore at Cable Bay, Holyhead and was a total loss.[211]

13 October

List of shipwrecks: 13 October 1938
Ship Country Description
Yorkbrook  United Kingdom Spanish Civil War, bombed and sunk at Barcelona, refloated repaired and put back in service as Castillo Monteagudo.[6]

15 October

List of shipwrecks: 15 October 1938
Ship Country Description
Marjorie  United Kingdom The coaster foundered in the Irish Sea off St. John's Point, County Antrim. The crew were rescued by Donaghmore ( United Kingdom).[215]

18 October

List of shipwrecks: 18 October 1938
Ship Country Description
T.T.H.  United Kingdom The Thames barge sank at Brightlingsea, Essex. Her crew were rescued by the motor barge Piper II ( United Kingdom).[216]

19 October

List of shipwrecks: 19 October 1938
Ship Country Description
Annie Byford  United Kingdom The Thames barge collided with another vessel in the River Thames at Erith, Kent and sank.[217]

20 October

List of shipwrecks: 20 October 1938
Ship Country Description
Chasseur 91  Marine Nationale Spanish Civil War, bombed and sunk by Spanish Nationalist aircraft at Fornells.[6]

21 October

List of shipwrecks: 21 October 1938
Ship Country Description
Bims  Norway The cargo ship sprang a leak and was abandoned in the Baltic Sea off Hiiumaa, Estonia. The crew were rescued by Turksib ( Soviet Union).[218]
Toten Maru  Japan The cargo ship was driven ashore at Tateyama in a typhoon.[218] She was refloated on 10 November.[219]

22 October

List of shipwrecks: 22 October 1938
Ship Country Description
Hsin Taiping  China The cargo ship came ashore at Oshima, Japan in a typhoon.[218] She was declared a total loss.[220]

23 October

List of shipwrecks: 23 October 1938
Ship Country Description
La Morinie  France The tug sank at Boulogne, Pas-de-Calais whilst towing Matra ( United Kingdom).[221]

24 October

List of shipwrecks: 24 October 1938
Ship Country Description
Gunboat Zhongshan  Chinese Navy sunk by Japanese aviation during the Battle of Wuhan. The boat was lifted from the bottom of the Yangtze in 1997, restored, and is now exhibited in a purpose-built museum.

26 October

List of shipwrecks: 26 October 1938
Ship Country Description
Chryssi  Greece The cargo ship collided in the River Maas at Poortershaven, Netherlands with Maria Cristina ( Portugal) and sank. Maria Cristina was a total loss.[222]

27 October

List of shipwrecks: 27 October 1938
Ship Country Description
Hillfern  United Kingdom The cargo ship ran aground off the Cap Couronne Lighthouse, Bouches-du-Rhône, France.[220] She was refloated on 26 November.[223]

29 October

List of shipwrecks: 29 October 1938
Ship Country Description
Taiko Maru  Japan The cargo ship ran aground at Tsumiki. She was refloated but found to be leaking and was consequently beached.[224]

30 October

List of shipwrecks: 30 October 1938
Ship Country Description
Lynaes  Denmark The cargo ship ran aground at Klitmøller.[224] She was refloated on 7 November and taken in tow by Garm ( Denmark) but foundered 7 nautical miles (13 km) east of Hirtshals.[225]

Unknown date

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1938
Ship Country Description
Lena A flag unknown The ship was lost off Parker's Cove, Nova Scotia, Canada.[226]
Mineral  Germany The coaster passed Brunsbüttel, Schleswig-Holstein on 1 October bound for Antwerp, Belgium. No further trace, presumed foundered.[218]

November

2 November

List of shipwrecks: 2 November 1938
Ship Country Description
Antje Oltmann  Germany The coaster capsized and sank in the Elbe.[227]
Cantabria 23x15px Spain Spanish Civil War: The cargo ship was shelled and sunk in the North Sea off Cromer, Norfolk, United Kingdom (Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.) by the auxiliary cruiser Nadir ( Spanish Navy) with the loss of at least one of the 45 people on board. Survivors were rescued by H F Bailey (RNLI FLAG.png Royal National Lifeboat Institution), Pattersonian ( United Kingdom) and Nadir.

4 November

List of shipwrecks: 4 November 1938
Ship Country Description
Istria  Italy The sailing ship collided with Meteor ( Italy) at Lido di Venezia, Venice and sank.[228]
La Corse  France Spanish Civil War: The cargo ship was bombed and sunk off Cape Matara, She was refloated, repaired and returned to service as Castillo Jarandilla.[6]
Stanburgh  United Kingdom The cargo ship exploded and caught fire at Sète, Hérault, France whilst loading a cargo of petrol. She was moved away from the port and beached; declared a total loss.[228][229][230]

6 November

List of shipwrecks: 6 November 1938
Ship Country Description
Eleni  United Kingdom The coaster was bombed and sunk at Águilas, Murcia, Spain. All fourteen crew survived.[231][232] Later raised, repaired and returned to service as Castillo Vera.[233]

9 November

List of shipwrecks: 9 November 1938
Ship Country Description
Delphoi  Greece The cargo ship was driven ashore at Chekka, Syria. She was refloated on 14 November.[234]

14 November

List of shipwrecks: 14 November 1938
Ship Country Description
Ben May  United Kingdom The coaster sank off the Mull of Galloway. All three crew were rescued.[207][235]
Kyodu Maru No.16  Japan The cargo liner caught fire in the East China Sea (approximately Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.) and was abandoned. All passengers and crew were rescued by Toyoura Maru ( Japan). Kyodu Maru No.16 was towed into Tsingtao, China.[219][236]
Retriever  Sweden The auxiliary sailing ship came ashore at Karlshamn and was a total loss. All crew were rescued.[237]

15 November

List of shipwrecks: 15 November 1938
Ship Country Description
RFA Bacchus II  Royal Fleet Auxiliary The stores ship was sunk as a target in the English Channel 10 nautical miles (19 km) north of Alderney, Channel Islands by HMS Dunedin ( Royal Navy).

17 November

List of shipwrecks: 17 November 1938
Ship Country Description
Walborg  Netherlands The cargo ship ran aground at Bayonne, Pyrénées-Atlantiques, France and was a total loss.[238]

18 November

List of shipwrecks: 18 November 1938
Ship Country Description
Lina  United Kingdom The Thames barge collided with Henry Tegner ( Denmark) in the River Thames at Greenwich and sank.[236]

19 November

List of shipwrecks: 19 November 1938
Ship Country Description
Guernica 23x15px Spain The cargo ship ran aground at Gothenburg, Sweden. All crew were rescued. The vessel was reported as likely to be a total loss.[239]

21 November

List of shipwrecks: 21 November 1938
Ship Country Description
Soya Maru  Japan The passenger ship ran aground at Wakanai.[232] She was refloated on 10 December.[240]

22 November

List of shipwrecks: 22 November 1938
Ship Country Description
Mary  Sweden The auxiliary three-masted schooner sank off Cimbrishamn. All crew were rescued.[241]

23 November

List of shipwrecks: 23 November 1938
Ship Country Description
Astrild  United Kingdom The Thames barge came ashore on the Suffolk coast in a gale. The crew were rescued by the Aldeburgh lifeboat. Astrild then drifted out to sea and was later towed into Scheveningen, South Holland, Netherlands by a Dutch lugger.[242]
City of Benton Harbor  United States The cargo ship was destroyed by fire at Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin whilst laid up.[223]
Ideal  France The auxiliary schooner ran aground at Llantwit Major, Glamorgan and was wrecked with the loss of one of her four crew.[163][243]
Lochranza Castle  United Kingdom The auxiliary schooner ran aground and sank in Liverpool Bay. All four crew were rescued by the New Brighton lifeboat.[244]
Nora  United Kingdom The coaster ran aground and sank north of the Corsewall Lighthouse, Dumfries-shire. Five crew were rescued by Jennie Spiers (RNLI FLAG.png Royal National Lifeboat Institution).[244]

24 November

List of shipwrecks: 24 November 1938
Ship Country Description
Lenna  Estonia The cargo ship capsized and sank in the North Sea (Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.). Nineteen crew were rescued by Pionier ( Germany).[196]

26 November

List of shipwrecks: 26 November 1938
Ship Country Description
Nandi  Norway The cargo ship came ashore on the west coast of Prince Edward Island, Canada.[223] Salvage efforts were abandoned "until spring" in December 1938. All crew were rescued.[245]

27 November

List of shipwrecks: 27 November 1938
Ship Country Description
Ideal  France The schooner was wrecked at Colhugh Point, Glamorgan, United Kingdom with the loss of one of her five crew. She was on a voyage from Swansea, Glamorgan to Dahouët, Côtes-du-Nord.[21]

28 November

List of shipwrecks: 28 November 1938
Ship Country Description
Monica R Walters  United Kingdom The auxiliary schooner came ashore at Black Island, Labrador, Canada.[246]

29 November

List of shipwrecks: 29 November 1938
Ship Country Description
Candleston Castle  United Kingdom The cargo ship was driven ashore 4 nautical miles (7.4 km) east of Oran, Algeria and was abandoned.[247] She was refloated on 31 December.[248]

Unknown date

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1938
Ship Country Description
M-91  Soviet Union The submarine sank whilst on trials.[249]

December

1 December

List of shipwrecks: 1 December 1938
Ship Country Description
Allen F. Rose  Canada The schooner caught fire in the Atlantic Ocean (Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.) and was abandoned. Her crew were rescued by Mormacsun ( United States).[247]

3 December

List of shipwrecks: 3 December 1938
Ship Country Description
Angelki  Greece The cargo ship foundered in the Steno Passage.[250]

4 December

List of shipwrecks: 4 December 1938
Ship Country Description
Akte  Greece Collided with La Plata ( Germany) in the Bay of Biscay (Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.) and sank with the loss of seventeen lives. At least fifteen survivors were rescued by La Plata.[135][251][252]

5 December

List of shipwrecks: 5 December 1938
Ship Country Description
Arturo  Brazil The cargo ship sank in the River Nechi.[253]
Tczew  Poland The cargo ship capsized and sank at Danzig with the loss of two lives.[245]

8 December

List of shipwrecks: 8 December 1938
Ship Country Description
Beme  Panama The tanker collided with Glorgio ( Italy) in the Bosporus and was beached.[254] She was refloated on 14 December.[255]

11 December

List of shipwrecks: 11 December 1938
Ship Country Description
Patterson  United States
Patterson.

The cargo ship ran aground at Cape Fairweather, Alaska and was wrecked with the loss of two of her twenty crew.

13 December

List of shipwrecks: 13 December 1938
Ship Country Description
Kodan  Denmark The auxiliary sailing vessel ran aground south of Bergqvara and was a total loss.[256]
Sac 6 23x15px Spain The cargo ship ran aground at Narbonne, Aude, France and broke in two. She was declared a total loss. All crew were rescued.[255]

17 December

List of shipwrecks: 17 December 1938
Ship Country Description
Jeanne M  United Kingdom The cargo ship collided with Varmdo ( Sweden) in the Øresund and sank. All crew were rescued.[257][258]

18 December

List of shipwrecks: 18 December 1938
Ship Country Description
Le Phoque  Belgium The cargo ship was severely damaged in a collision with Bennekom ( Netherlands) at Antwerp. Not repaired, she was sold for scrap in June 1939.[259]

19 December

List of shipwrecks: 19 December 1938
Ship Country Description
Cabedello  Brazil The cargo ship ran aground at Rio Grande do Norte. She was refloated on or about 8 January 1939.[260]
Fieldwood  United Kingdom The schooner sprang a leak in the Atlantic Ocean and was abandoned at Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.). All seven crew were rescued by American Farmer ( United States).[261]
Stockholm  Sweden The ocean liner was destroyed by fire at Monfalcone, Italy. Declared a total loss, she was later scrapped.

20 December

List of shipwrecks: 20 December 1938
Ship Country Description
M. E. Johnson  United Kingdom The auxiliary schooner sank off Rosslare Harbour, County Wexford, Ireland.[261]
Tonecas  Portugal The ferry collided in the Tagus with the dredger Finalmaria ( Portugal) and sank with heavy loss of life.[261]

22 December

List of shipwrecks: 22 December 1938
Ship Country Description
Clara  Belgium The cargo shp ran aground at Stubbekøbing, Denmark.[262] She was refloated on 1 January 1939.[248]
Mahone  United Kingdom The cargo ship caught fire at Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada and was a total loss.[262]
Taillefer  France The cargo ship ran aground east of Cherbourg, Seine-Maritime.[262]

23 December

List of shipwrecks: 23 December 1938
Ship Country Description
Atlantide  Italy The cargo ship ran aground in the Scheldt at Bath, Zeeland, Netherlands. She broke in two and was declared a total loss.[263]
Smaragd  United Kingdom The tanker foundered in the Atlantic Ocean 600 nautical miles (1,100 km) east south east of the Ambrose Lighthouse. All 22 people on board were rescued by Schodack ( United States).[264]

26 December

List of shipwrecks: 26 December 1938
Ship Country Description
Nonguen  Chile The tug was under tow in the Atlantic Ocean when the tow had to be cut and she subsequently sank off Valparaiso.[265]

27 December

List of shipwrecks: 27 December 1938
Ship Country Description
Stancrott  United Kingdom Spanish Civil War: The cargo ship was bombed and sunk at Barcelona by Nationalist aircraft.[266]

31 December

List of shipwrecks: 31 December 1938
Ship Country Description
Rahaf  Palestine The auxiliary sailing vessel ran aground at Famagusta, Cyprus and was a total loss.[248]

Unknown date

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1938
Ship Country Description
Aqueity  United Kingdom The coaster was driven ashore at Nayland Rock, Margate.[267]
Thorgaut  Norway The chaser collided with Thorshammer ( Norway) and sank.[253]

Unknown date

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1938
Ship Country Description
Campomanes 23x15px Spain Spanish Civil War:The tanker arrived at Valencia during May 1938. She was subsequently bombed and sunk.[172]

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Ship events in 1938
Ship launches: 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943
Ship commissionings: 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943
Ship decommissionings: 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943
Shipwrecks: 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943
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  23. ↑ "Le Trait refloated" The Times (London). Thursday, 3 February 1938. (47909), col F, p. 17.
  24. ↑ 24.0 24.1 "Casualty Reports" The Times (London). Friday, 21 January 1938. (47898), col C, p. 24.
  25. ↑ "Thames Barge sunk in collision" The Times (London). Friday, 21 January 1938. (47898), col F, p. 9.
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  27. ↑ "Casualty Reports" The Times (London). Tuesday, 25 January 1938. (47901), col C-D, p. 5.
  28. ↑ 28.0 28.1 "German collier lost in North Sea" The Times (London). Monday, 13 February 1938. (47912), col D, p. 13.
  29. ↑ 29.0 29.1 "Casualty Reports" The Times (London). Saturday, 5 February 1938. (47911), col G, p. 21.
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  36. ↑ "Casualty Reports" The Times (London). Monday, 7 February 1938. (47912), col D, p. 25.
  37. ↑ "British ship sunk" The Times (London). Saturday, 5 February 1938. (47911), col D, p. 12.
  38. ↑ "Brazilian motor-vessel ashore" The Times (London). Tuesday, 8 February. (47913), col E, p. 20.
  39. ↑ "Itanage refloated" The Times (London). Saturday, 26 February 1938. (47929), col G, p. 21.
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  43. ↑ "Casualty Reports" The Times (London). Wednesday, 16 February 1938. (47920), col D, p. 24.
  44. ↑ "North Sea Gale" The Times (London). Saturday, 12 February 1938. (47917), col C, p. 11.
  45. ↑ "The Baoule refloated" The Times (London). Saturday, 5 March 1938. (47935), col G, p. 18.
  46. ↑ "Casualty Reports" The Times (London). Monday, 14 February 1938. (47918), col G, p. 22.
  47. ↑ "Telegrams in Brief" The Times (London). Thursday, 17 February 1938. (47921), col G, p. 13.
  48. ↑ Preston, Anthony, V and W class Destroyers 1917-1945, London: MacDonald & Co. (Publishers) Ltd, 1971, pp. 57-58.
  49. ↑ Teesmouth LifeboatSupporters Association: Services of The J.W. Archer at Teesmouth Lifeboat Station
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  51. ↑ "Stranded tanker explodes" The Times (London). Tuesday, 15 February 1938. (47919), col D, p. 14.
  52. ↑ "Another ship aground" The Times (London). Tuesday, 15 February 1938. (47919), col D, p. 14.
  53. ↑ "Greek steamer wrecked" The Times (London). Friday, 18 February 1938. (47922), col F, p. 20.
  54. ↑ "Casualty Reports" The Times (London). Monday, 21 February 1938. (47924), col F, p. 22.
  55. ↑ 55.0 55.1 "Casualty Reports" The Times (London). Tuesday, 22 February 1938. (47925), col A, p. 26.
  56. ↑ "Casualty Reports" The Times (London). Tuesday, 15 February 1938. (47919), col F, p. 10.
  57. ↑ "Casualty Reports" The Times (London). Tuesday, 1 March 1938. (47931), col C, p. 27.
  58. ↑ 58.0 58.1 "Casualty Reports" The Times (London). Wednesday, 2 March 1938. (47932), col G, p. 20.
  59. ↑ "Casualty Reports" The Times (London). Monday, 14 March 1938. (47942), col D, p. 25.
  60. ↑ "Casualty Reports" The Times (London). Thursday, 3 March 1938. (47933), col G, p. 20.
  61. ↑ "Casualty Reports" The Times (London). Friday, 4 March 1938. (47934), col D, p. 26.
  62. ↑ 62.0 62.1 "Casualty Reports" The Times (London). Wednesday, 9 March 1938. (47938), col B, p. 26.
  63. ↑ "Casualty Reports" The Times (London). Saturday, 19 March 1938. (47947), col F, p. 18.
  64. ↑ "Casualty Reports" The Times (London). Thursday, 10 March 1938. (47939), col E, p. 25.
  65. ↑ "Casualty Reports" The Times (London). Friday, 11 March 1938. (47940), col B, p. 28.
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  69. ↑ "Casualty Reports" The Times (London). Tuesday, 15 March 1938. (47943), col F, p. 25.
  70. ↑ 70.0 70.1 "British motor-vessel lost" The Times (London). Friday, 8 April 1938. (47964), col G, p. 27.
  71. ↑ "Casualty Reports" The Times (London). Monday, 21 March 1938. (47948), col G, p. 8.
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  74. ↑ 74.0 74.1 "London steamer sunk in fog" The Times (London). Friday, 25 March 1938. (47952), col E, p. 16.
  75. ↑ "Casualty Reports" The Times (London). Friday, 25 March 1938. (47952), col F, p. 20.
  76. ↑ "Casualty Reports" The Times (London). Saturday, 26 March 1938. (47953), col C, p. 23.
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  79. ↑ "News in Brief" The Times (London). Saturday, 2 April 1938. (47959), col E, p. 11.
  80. ↑ "Casualty Reports" The Times (London). Saturday, 2 April 1938. (47959), col G, p. 23.
  81. ↑ "British steamer ashore" The Times (London). Monday, 4 April 1938. (47960), col F, p. 20.
  82. ↑ 82.0 82.1 "Casualty Reports" The Times (London). Tuesday, 12 April 1938. (47967), col D, p. 25.
  83. ↑ "Casualty Reports" The Times (London). Monday, 4 April 1938. (47960), col E, p. 20.
  84. ↑ "Casualty Reports" The Times (London). Monday, 18 April 1938. (47971), col E, p. 17.
  85. ↑ 85.0 85.1 85.2 "Three vessels lost" The Times (London). Tuesday, 5 April 1938. (47961), col F, p. 23.
  86. ↑ "Heroic Norwegian rescue" The Times (London). Tuesday, 5 April 1938. (47961), col D, p. 15.
  87. ↑ 87.0 87.1 "Casualty Reports" The Times (London). Wednesday, 6 April 1938. (47962), col G, p. 4.
  88. ↑ "Casualty Reports" The Times (London). Thursday, 7 April 1938. (47963), col F, p. 25.
  89. ↑ "German steamer lost" The Times (London). Saturday, 9 April 2012. (47965), col G, p. 18.
  90. ↑ "Casualty Reports" The Times (London). Saturday, 9 April 1938. (47965), col G, p. 18.
  91. ↑ 91.0 91.1 "Casualty Reports" The Times (London). Monday, 11 April 1938. (47966), col G, p. 22.
  92. ↑ 92.0 92.1 92.2 "Casualty Reports" The Times (London). Thursday, 14 April 1938. (47969), col F, p. 24.
  93. ↑ "Casualty Reports" The Times (London). Saturday, 16 April 1938. (47970), col F, p. 21.
  94. ↑ "Norwegian sealer lost" The Times (London). Saturday, 23 April 1938. (47976), col G, p. 21.
  95. ↑ ""Jungle" ship breaks in two" The Times (London). Monday, 25 April 1938. (47977), col B, p. 13.
  96. ↑ "American steamer ashore" The Times (London). Thursday, 28 April 1938. (47980), col C, p. 27.
  97. ↑ "The Malamton refloated" The Times (London). Tuesday, 10 May 1938. (47990), col A, p. 25.
  98. ↑ 98.0 98.1 "Casualty Reports" The Times (London). Monday, 2 May 1938. (47983), col E, p. 25.
  99. ↑ "Casualty Reports" The Times (London). Wednesday, 4 May 1938. (47985), col G, p. 20.
  100. ↑ "Casualty Reports" The Times (London). Saturday, 30 April 1938. (47982), col C, p. 25.
  101. ↑ 101.0 101.1 "Norwegian motor-vessel ashore" The Times (London). Thursday, 5 May 1938. (47986), col G, p. 27.
  102. ↑ "British steamer ashore" The Times (London). Tuesday, 3 May 1938. (47984), col D, p. 22.
  103. ↑ "The Nasmyth refloated" The Times (London). Monday, 9 May 1938. (47989), col D, p. 25.
  104. ↑ "The loss of the Collico" The Times (London). Thursday, 12 May 1938. (47992), col F, p. 26.
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  106. ↑ 106.0 106.1 "Casualty Reports" The Times (London). Friday, 6 May 1938. (47987), col E, p. 29.
  107. ↑ "Port St. John refloated" The Times (London). Saturday, 14 May 1938. (47994), col G, p. 22.
  108. ↑ "Casualty Reports" The Times (London). Monday, 9 May 1938. (47989), col D, p. 25.
  109. ↑ "Casualty Reports" The Times (London). Wednesday, 11 May 1938. (47991), col F, p. 27.
  110. ↑ "Casualty Reports" The Times (London). Monday, 16 May 1938. (47995), col F, p. 24.
  111. ↑ "Casualty Reports" The Times (London). Tuesday, 17 May 1938. (47996), col F, p. 28.
  112. ↑ "Casualty Reports" The Times (London). Tuesday, 24 May 1938. (48002), col E, p. 26.
  113. ↑ "Casualty Reports" The Times (London). Thursday, 19 May 1938. (47998), col E, p. 27.
  114. ↑ 114.0 114.1 "Casualtty Reports" The Times (London). Friday, 20 May 1938. (47999), col E, p. 11.
  115. ↑ "British steamer wrecked" The Times (London). Tuesday, 24 May 1938. (48002), col G, p. 26.
  116. ↑ "Casualty Reports" The Times (London). Wednesday, 7 June 1938. (48015), col C, p. 22.
  117. ↑ 117.0 117.1 "Casualty Reports" The Times (London). Saturday, 28 May 1938. (48006), col G, p. 24.
  118. ↑ "Panamanian tanker lost" The Times (London). Monday, 30 May 1938. (48007), col G, p. 24.
  119. ↑ "Casualty Reports" The Times (London). Monday, 30 March 1938. (48007), col G, p. 24.
  120. ↑ "German minelayer sunk" The Times (London). Saturday, 28 May 1938. (48006), col E, p. 13.
  121. ↑ "325 escape from sinking ship" The Times (London). Monday, 30 May 1938. (48007), col G, p. 13.
  122. ↑ "Japanese steamer lost" The Times (London). Friday, 10 June 1938. (48017), col F, p. 27.
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  125. ↑ "Spanish steamer sunk" The Times (London). Friday, 3 June 1938. (48011), col D, p. 26.
  126. ↑ "Casualty Reports" The Times (London). Friday, 3 June 1938. (48011), col G, p. 25.
  127. ↑ "A Spanish steamer lost" The Times (London). Saturday, 4 June 1938. (48012), col D, p. 23.
  128. ↑ 128.0 128.1 "Casualty Reports" The Times (London). Monday, 6 June 1938. (48013), col G, p. 17.
  129. ↑ "The bombing goes on" The Times (London). Wednesday, 8 June 1938. (48015), col A, p. 12.
  130. ↑ "Casualty Reports" The Times (London). Tuesday, 21 June 1938. (48026), col E, p. 21.
  131. ↑ "Collision in the Thames" The Times (London). Friday, 10 June 1938. (48017), col E, p. 14.
  132. ↑ "News in brief" The Times (London). Monday, 13 June 1938. (48019), col G, p. 11.
  133. ↑ "Casualty Reports" The Times (London). Monday, 13 June 1938. (48019), col E, p. 21.
  134. ↑ 134.0 134.1 "More ships sunk at Valencia" The Times (London). Thursday, 23 June 1938. (48028), col F, p. 16.
  135. ↑ 135.0 135.1 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
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  137. ↑ 137.0 137.1 "London ship sunk" The Times (London). Tuesday, 28 June 1938. (48032), col B, p. 14.
  138. ↑ "Casualty Reports" The Times (London). Tuesday, 28 June 1938. (48032), col C, p. 25.
  139. ↑ 139.0 139.1 "Casualty Reports" The Times (London). Friday, 1 July 1938. (48035), col G, p. 27.
  140. ↑ 140.0 140.1 "Casualty Reports" The Times (London). Wednesday, 22 June 1938. (48027), col E, p. 29.
  141. ↑ 141.0 141.1 "Casualty Reports" The Times (London). Monday, 4 July 1938. (48037), col F, p. 24.
  142. ↑ 142.0 142.1 142.2 "Casualty Reports" The Times (London). Wednesday, 6 July 1938. (48039), col F, p. 27.
  143. ↑ "Liner aground in St. Lawrence" The Times (London). Monday, 4 July 1937. (48037), col E, p. 14.
  144. ↑ "Casualty Reports" The Times (London). Monday, 11 July 1938. (48043), col G, p. 24.
  145. ↑ "Casualty Reports" The Times (London). Wednesday, 13 July 1938. (48045), col G, p. 29.
  146. ↑ 146.0 146.1 "Casualty Reports" The Times (London). Thursday, 14 July 1938. (48046), col G, p. 25.
  147. ↑ "Casualty Reports" The Times (London). Monday, 25 July 1938. (48055), col G, p. 24.
  148. ↑ 148.0 148.1 "Casualty Reports" The Times (London). Wednesday, 3 August 1938. (48063), col F, p. 20.
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  150. ↑ "Casualty Reports" The Times (London). Tuesday, 26 July 1938. (48056), col E, p. 23.
  151. ↑ "Fire in a Greek steamer" The Times (London). Wednesday, 27 July 1938. (48057), col E, p. 26.
  152. ↑ "Casualty Reports" The Times (London). Wednesday, 10 August 1938. (48069), col B, p. 21.
  153. ↑ "British ship sunk by bombs" The Times (London). Thursday, 28 July 1938. (48058), col B, p. 13.
  154. ↑ "Casualty Reports" The Times (London). Wednesday, 27 July 1938. (48057), col E, p. 26.
  155. ↑ "Casualty Reports" The Times (London). Friday, 29 July 1938. (48059), col E, p. 7.
  156. ↑ "Casualty" The Times (London). Saturday, 30 July 1938. (48060), col C, p. 21.
  157. ↑ "Casualty Reports" The Times (London). Tuesday, 23 August 1938. (48080), col G, p. 18.
  158. ↑ "Italian steamer ashore" The Times (London). Thursday, 4 August 1938. (48064), col B, p. 19.
  159. ↑ "Casualty Reports" The Times (London). Friday, 16 September 1938. (48101), col D, p. 6.
  160. ↑ "Offensive in Lerida" The Times (London). Wednesday, 10 August 1938. (48069), col E, p. 12.
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  166. ↑ "Steamers collide in Yangtze Estuary" The Times (London). Wednesday, 17 August 1938. (48075), col D, p. 9.
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  168. ↑ "Telegrams in Brief" The Times (London). Wednesday, 24 August 1938. (48081), col G, p. 9.
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  171. ↑ "Stranding of Norwegian steamer" The Times (London). Saturday, 27 August 1938. (48084), col F, p. 19.
  172. ↑ 172.0 172.1 "Casualty Reports" The Times (London). Tuesday, 30 August 1938. (48086), col G, p. 18.
  173. ↑ "The Woolgar refloated" The Times (London). Wednesday, 14 September 1938. (48099), col E, p. 20.
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  178. ↑ 178.0 178.1 178.2 "The typhoon at Yokohama" The Times (London). Friday, 2 September 1938. (48089), col D, p. 21.
  179. ↑ "Casualty Reports" The Times (London). Tuesday, 13 September 1938. (48098), col C, p. 5.
  180. ↑ 180.0 180.1 "Casualty Reports" The Times (London). Tuesday, 6 September 1938. (48092), col D, p. 20.
  181. ↑ "Chilean steamer lost" The Times (London). Wednesday, 7 September 1938. (48093), col C, p. 21.
  182. ↑ "Casualty Reports" The Times (London). Thursday, 8 September 1938. (48094), col G, p. 22.
  183. ↑ 183.0 183.1 "Swedish motor-vessel lost" The Times (London). Thursday, 15 September 1938. (48100), col C, p. 20.
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  185. ↑ "Casualty Reports" The Times (London). Monday, 12 September 1938. (48097), col G, p. 3.
  186. ↑ 186.0 186.1 "Casualty Reports" The Times (London). Wednesday, 14 September 1938. (48099), col F, p. 20.
  187. ↑ 187.0 187.1 "Casualty Reports" The Times (London). Tuesday, 27 September 1938. (48110), col G, p. 18.
  188. ↑ "Casualty Reports" The Times (London). Saturday, 17 September 1938. (48102), col F, p. 19.
  189. ↑ 189.0 189.1 "Casualty Reports" The Times (London). Monday, 19 September 1938. (48103), col B, p. 19.
  190. ↑ "The Dorothy Wintermote lost" The Times (London). Thursday, 22 September 1938. (48106), col B, p. 20.
  191. ↑ "Casualty Reports" The Times (London). Wednesday, 21 September 1938. (48105), col G, p. 20.
  192. ↑ "Casualty Reports" The Times (London). Tuesday, 20 September 1938. (48104), col F, p. 20.
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  195. ↑ 195.0 195.1 "Casualty Reports" The Times (London). Friday, 23 September 1938. (48107), col G, p. 20.
  196. ↑ 196.0 196.1 "Casualty Reports" The Times (London). Saturday, 26 November 1938. (48162), col G, p. 22.
  197. ↑ 197.0 197.1 "Casualty Reports" The Times (London). Saturday, 24 September 1938. (48108), col F, p. 19.
  198. ↑ 198.0 198.1 "Casualty Reports" The Times (London). Monday, 26 September 1938. (48109), col B, p. 21.
  199. ↑ 199.0 199.1 199.2 199.3 199.4 199.5 199.6 "Casualty Reports" The Times (London). Wednesday, 28 September 1938. (48111), col F-G, p. 16.
  200. ↑ "Casualty Reports" The Times (London). Saturday, 20 May 1939. (48310), col F, p. 23.
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  203. ↑ "Casualty Reports" The Times (London). Saturday, 1 October 1938. (48114), col F, p. 3.
  204. ↑ 204.0 204.1 "The Dayavati uninsurable" The Times (London). Tuesday, 4 October 1938. (48116), col E, p. 24.
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  211. ↑ 211.0 211.1 "Casualty Reports" The Times (London). Monday, 10 October 1938. (48121), col F, p. 8.
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  218. ↑ 218.0 218.1 218.2 218.3 "Casualty Reports" The Times (London). Saturday, 22 October 1938. (48132), col F, p. 21.
  219. ↑ 219.0 219.1 "Casualty Reports" The Times (London). Tuesday, 15 November 1938. (48152), col G, p. 20.
  220. ↑ 220.0 220.1 "Casualty Reports" The Times (London). Saturday, 29 October 1938. (48138), col G, p. 18.
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  224. ↑ 224.0 224.1 "Casualty Reports" The Times (London). Monday, 31 October 1938. (48139), col D, p. 25.
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  227. ↑ "Casualty Reports" The Times (London). Thursday, 3 November 1938. (48142), col D-E, p. 26.
  228. ↑ 228.0 228.1 "Casualty Reports" The Times (London). Monday, 7 November 1938. (48145), col G, p. 22.
  229. ↑ "Casualty Reports" The Times (London). Saturday, 5 November 1938. (48144), col G, p. 3.
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  231. ↑ "British ship set on fire" The Times (London). Monday, 6 November 1938. (48145), col D, p. 11.
  232. ↑ 232.0 232.1 "Casualty Reports" The Times (London). Tuesday, 22 November 1938. (48158), col F-G, p. 26.
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  236. ↑ 236.0 236.1 "Casualty Reports" The Times (London). Saturday, 19 November 1938. (48156), col D, p. 23.
  237. ↑ "Casualty Reports" The Times (London). Wednesday, 16 November 1938. (48153), col F, p. 26.
  238. ↑ "Casualty Reports" The Times (London). Friday, 18 November 1938. (48155), col G, p. 22.
  239. ↑ "Casualty Reports" The Times (London). Monday, 21 November 1938. (48157), col F, p. 23.
  240. ↑ "Casualty Reports" The Times (London). Tuesday, 23 December 1938. (48176), col E-F, p. 10.
  241. ↑ "Casualty Reports" The Times (London). Wednesday, 23 November 1938. (48159), col F, p. 26.
  242. ↑ "Telegrams in Brief" The Times (London). Saturday, 26 November 1938. (48162), col G, p. 11.
  243. ↑ "Casualty Reports" The Times (London). Friday, 25 November 1938. (48161), col F, p. 26.
  244. ↑ 244.0 244.1 "Casualty Reports" The Times (London). Thursday, 24 November 1938. (48160), col B, p. 24.
  245. ↑ 245.0 245.1 "Casualty Reports" The Times (London). Wednesday, 7 December 1938. (48171), col B, p. 27.
  246. ↑ "Casualty Reports" The Times (London). Tuesday, 29 November 1938. (48164), col G, p. 19.
  247. ↑ 247.0 247.1 "Casualty Reports" The Times (London). Friday, 2 December 1938. (48167), col F, p. 26.
  248. ↑ 248.0 248.1 248.2 "Casualty Reports" The Times (London). Monday, 2 January 1939. (48192), col E, p. 27.
  249. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
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  252. ↑ "Greek steamer sunk in Bay of Biscay" The Times (London). Tuesday, 6 December 1938. (48170), col B, p. 13.
  253. ↑ 253.0 253.1 "Casualty Reports" The Times (London). Tuesday, 6 December 1938. (48170), col C, p. 26.
  254. ↑ "Casualty Reports" The Times (London). Saturday, 10 December 1938. (48174), col E, p. 23.
  255. ↑ 255.0 255.1 "Casualty Reports" The Times (London). Thursday, 15 December 1938. (48178), col F, p. 22.
  256. ↑ "Casualty Reports" The Times (London). Wednesday, 14 December 1938. (48177), col E, p. 29.
  257. ↑ "Telegrams in Brief" The Times (London). Monday, 19 December 1938. (48181), col G, p. 11.
  258. ↑ "The loss of the Jeanne M." The Times (London). Tuesday, 20 December 1938. (48182), col F, p. 25.
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  261. ↑ 261.0 261.1 261.2 "Casualty Reports" The Times (London). Wednesday, 21 December 1938. (48183), col G, p. 8.
  262. ↑ 262.0 262.1 262.2 "Casualty Reports" The Times (London). Friday, 23 December 1938. (48185), col G, p. 6.
  263. ↑ "Casualty Reports" The Times (London). Tuesday, 27 December 1938. (48187), col E, p. 15.
  264. ↑ "22 saved from tanker sinking" The Times (London). Saturday, 24 December 1938. (48186), col B, p. 9.
  265. ↑ "Casualty Reports" The Times (London). Wednesday, 28 December 1938. (48188), col B-C, p. 17.
  266. ↑ "British ship sunk by aircraft" The Times (London). Wednesday, 28 December 1938. (48188), col C, p. 10.
  267. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
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