Maritime incidents in 1940

Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 109. Chapters: List of shipwrecks in 1940, HMS Glorious, RMS Empress of Britain, RMS Lancastria, SS Dronning Maud, HNoMS Sæl, German cruiser Blücher, SS Empire Miniver, HNoMS Tor, RV Belgica, SS Arandora Star, HMS Glowworm, Patria disaster, ST Leukos, German destroyer Z9 Wolfgang Zenker, HMS Hunter, HMS Ardent, USS Wilhelmina, HMS Ivanhoe, Altmark Incident, HMS Esk, SS Empire Conveyor, HMS Hardy, HMS Codrington, ORP Orzel, HMS Diana, RMS Majestic, HMS Hyperion, HMS Imogen, SS Inkosi, HMS Afridi, HMS Grenade, HMS Escort, HNoMS Æger, SS Cap Tafelneh, SS Crown Arun, HMS Hostile, HMS Exmouth, HMS Grafton, HNoMS Eidsvold, HMS Keith, German destroyer Z2 Georg Thiele, HMS Khartoum, SS Goodleigh, MS Rangitane, HNoMS Trygg, HMS Triton, HMS Effingham, HMS Havant, SS Gracechurch, SS City of Benares, SS Empire Bison, SS Empire Brigade, HMS Acheron, HNoMS Norge, SS Automedon, HNoMS Stegg, German destroyer Z1 Leberecht Maass, SS Arlington, HMS Crescent, HMS Grenville, German destroyer Z3 Max Schulz, HMS Basilisk, SMS Teodo, HMS Daring, SS Empire Adventure, SS Snefjeld, HMS Warrior, ORP Grom, Spanish destroyer Lepanto, HNoMS Garm, HMS Calypso, HNoMS Fridtjof Nansen OPV, SS Laurentic, HNoMS Uller, SS Anna C. Minch, HMS Triad, Greek cruiser Elli, French submarine Doris, SS Assyrian, HMS Jervis Bay, HMS Shark, SS Soesterberg, Italian cruiser Bartolomeo Colleoni, TSS Maianbar, SS Tiberton, RMS Carinthia, HNoMS Frøya, RMS Niagara, HMS Acasta, HMS Narwhal, HMS Wakeful, German cruiser Königsberg, HMS Spearfish, HMS Gurkha, HNLMS Johan Maurits van Nassau, SS Canadian Constructor, MV Languedoc, German cruiser Karlsruhe, HMS Thistle, HMS Tarpon, HMS Unity, SS Beatus, HMS H49, HMS Dundee, SS Scoresby, French destroyer Maillé Brézé, Innisfallen, Finnish escort Aura II, MS City of Rayville, HMS Undine, MS Chrobry, HMS Swordfish, Italian submarine Console Generale Liuzzi, Italian submarine Iride, HMS Curlew, HMS Grampus, German minelaying cruiser Brummer, HMS Odin, SS Aenos, HMS Starfish, HMS Whirlwind, HMS Sterlet, HMS Dundalk, SS Fiscus, HMS Seahorse, HMT Amethyst, HNLMS Abraham van der Hulst, MS Rio de Janeiro, SS Friedenau, TSS Scotia, German destroyer Z11 Bernd von Arnim, German destroyer Z13 Erich Koellner, MS Alcantara, German destroyer Z12 Erich Giese, HMS Dunoon, SS Tregenna, SS British Premier, HMS Foylebank, Soviet submarine S-2, USS Peacock, HMS Thames, HMT Juniper, SS Regina, SS Clearton, SS Commissaire Ramel, Italian submarine Lafolè, SS William B. Davock, MS Antilla, SS Cambridge, HMS Port Napier, French aviso Rigault de Genouilly, MS Oslofjord, RMS Andania, HMT Elk. Excerpt: The list of shipwrecks in 1940 includes all ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during 1940. Most of the ships listed here were lost in connection with World War II. HMS Glorious was the second of the Courageous-class cruisers built for the British Royal Navy during the First World War. Designed to support the Baltic Project championed by the First Sea Lord, Lord Fisher, they were very lightly armoured and armed with only a few heavy guns. Glorious was completed in late 1916 and spent the war patrolling the North Sea. She participated in the Second Battle of Heligoland Bight in November 1917 and was present when the German High Seas Fleet surrendered a year later. Glorious was paid off after the end of the war, but was rebuilt as an aircraft carrier during the late 1920s. She could carry 30% more aircraft than her half-sister Furious...