List of shipwrecks in March 1939

The list of shipwrecks in March 1939 includes all ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during March 1939.

2 March

 *  Amizade Segundo (🇵🇹 Portugal): The schooner was wrecked in the Tagus.
 * MV Juniata (🇬🇧 United Kingdom): The tanker was scuttled at Inganess Bay, Orkney Islands. The wreck is still in situ as of November 2008.
 * SS Prudent de Moraes (🇧🇷 Brazil): The passenger ship ran aground on Punta Carrera, Chile.

4 March

 * SS Kung Lee ( undefined): The passenger ship struck Round Rock, Wei Hai Wei and sank. All crew and passengers were rescued.
 *  Matilda (🇩🇰 Denmark): The schooner ran aground on Falsterbo Reef, Sweden. She was a total loss.

5 March

 * SS Orm Jarl (1922) (🇳🇴 Norway): The cargo ship collided with SS D'Entrecasteaux (🇫🇷 France) in the Scheldt and sank on the Kettelplaat.

7 March

 * SS Castillo de Olite (🇪🇸 Spain): Spanish Civil War: The troopship was shelled and sunk off Cartagena by shore-based artillery with the loss of 1,476 of the 2,112 people on board.

8 March

 * SS Saint Prosper (🇫🇷 France): Spanish Civil War: The cargo ship struck a mine off Roses (Catalonia) and sank while en route to Oran from Marseilles with the loss of all 27 crew.

9 March

 *  Gannet (🇬🇧 United Kingdom): The Thames barge sank off Brightlingsea, Essex. All crew rescued.
 * MV Malini (🇹🇭 Thailand): The cargo liner suffered an explosion and sank off Pulo Tioman, Malaya.
 * Maria Ignez (🇵🇹 Portugal): The sailing ship was abandoned off Cabo Raso in a waterlogged condition. Brought into Lisbon the next day.

10 March

 * SS Chepo (🇵🇦 Panama): The cargo ship ran aground at Cape Sidero, Crete, Greece.
 * SS Egeran (🇩🇪 Germany): The cargo ship foundered in the North Sea after passing the Elbe Lighthouse on a voyage from Hamburg to Rotterdam.
 * MV Malini (🇹🇭 Thailand): The cargo ship suffered an explosion in her engine room and sank off Mersing, Malaya. One of her 61 crew was killed by the explosion.
 * SS Sontay (🇫🇷 France): The cargo liner ran aground on the Meteor Reef, French Somaliland.

13 March

 * Ham 107 (🇿🇦 South Africa): The dredger dredged up an anchor which pierced her bottom. She capsized and sank at Cape Town.

14 March

 * MV Shelbrit 4 (🇬🇧 United Kingdom): The tanker ran aground at Campbell Rock, Ardrossan, Ayrshire.
 * SS Spes Nostra (🇳🇱 Netherlands): The cargo ship collided with SS Gertrud Fritzen (🇩🇪 Germany) at Emden, Germany and sank.
 * SS Stanhope (🇬🇧 United Kingdom): Spanish Civil War: The cargo ship was intecepted by a Spanish Nationalist warship. HMS Sussex (96) intervened and she was able to continue her voyage to Gibraltar.

16 March

 * SS Carthage (1897) (🇫🇷 Tunisia): The cargo ship came ashore near Kelibia.
 * SS Dunleary (🇬🇧 United Kingdom): The cargo ship ran aground at Troon, Ayrshire. Refloated later that day.
 * HMAS Tasmania : The S-class destroyer was scuttled in the Pacific Ocean off New South Wales.

17 March

 * SS Alabama (1931) (🇫🇷 France): The cargo ship ran aground in the Scheldt at Hansweert, Netherlands. Refloated the next day.

19 March

 * Orion (🇪🇪 Estonia): The cargo ship ran aground at Skælskør, Denmark.
 * SS Shinai 🇬🇧 United Kingdom): The cargo ship struck an uncharted rock at Chaunchow, China and was holed. She was taken to Amoy to be beached for temporary repairs to be made.
 * SS Vassilios T (🇬🇷 Greece): The cargo ship struck a rock in the Adriatic Sea off Vis and sank. All crew were rescued.

21 March

 * HMS Aberdeen (L97) : The Grimsby-class sloop ran aground at St Tropez, France. Refloated on 23 March.
 * SS Fort de Souville (🇫🇷 France): The cargo ship came ashore near the Nieuwe Sluis Lighthouse, Netherlands. Refloated on 23 March.
 * SS Frode (🇫🇷 France): The cargo ship ran aground at Danzig, Germany. She was refloated later that day.

22 March

 * SS Abukir ( undefined): The cargo ship ran aground at Larnaca, Cyprus. Refloated on 28 March.
 *  Camro (🇦🇺 Australia): The ketch was scuttled in the Pacific Ocean off Sydney, New South Wales.
 * SS Gianni Paolo ( undefined): The cargo ship ran aground at Zlarin, Yugoslavia. Refloated the next day.
 * SS Grangemouth (1908) (🇬🇧 United Kingdom): The cargo liner collided with the trawler Sudanese in the North sea off Hornsea, Yorkshire and was damaged. She was taken in tow but sank the next day.
 * SS Sphene (🇬🇧 United Kingdom): The cargo ship ran aground off Lindisfarne, Northumberland and was holed. Later refloated and entered the harbour flooded at the forepeak.

23 March

 * Spartan (🇬🇧 United Kingdom): The steam lighter sprang a leak off Islay and was beached at Port Ellen, Argyllshire.

24 March

 * SS Limpopo (🇵🇹 Portugal): The cargo liner ran aground in the Limpopo. Refloated on 30 April having lost a propeller.
 * SS Wolfsburg (🇩🇪 Germany): The cargo ship ran aground on the Farasan Islands in the Red Sea and was holed. Later refloated and proceeded to Basrah, Iraq for inspection.

26 March

 * SS Point Vincente (🇺🇸 United States): The cargo ship ran aground on Bona Island, 25 nmi south of Balboa, Panama and was holed. She was scuttled off Panama in June 1939.
 * SS Stanmount (🇬🇧 United Kingdom): The tanker ran aground in the Dardanelles at Soganlidere, Turkey. Refloated on 30 March and arrived at Chanak.

27 March

 * MV Cite D'Athenes (🇫🇷 France): The cargo ship foundered off Psara, Greece with the loss of all hands.
 * SS Frixos (🇬🇷 Greece): The cargo ship foundered off Levitha, Greece with the loss of all but one of the crew.

28 March

 * MV Chelyuskinets ( Soviet Union): The cargo ship ran aground on the Revelstein Reef in the Baltic Sea. She broke in two and was declared a total loss. The stern section was refloated on 7 April and towed to Tallinn, Estonia. It was then towed to Leningrad. Bow section refloated on 11 May and towed to Leningrad,

29 March

 * SS Adele Ohlrogge (🇩🇪 Germany): The cargo ship ran aground at Scharhörn in the Wadden Sea. Refloated the next day.
 * SS Apu (🇫🇮 Finland): The icebreaker ran aground at Ekenäs. Refloated on 1 April.
 * SS Sirenes (🇳🇴 Norway): The cargo ship ran aground off Danzig, Germany.