List of shipwrecks in November 1940
15 November

List of shipwrecks in November 1940

Section Title: 15 November
Table Section Text: None

Ship	Country	Description

Amenity	United Kingdom	World War II: The coaster struck a mine and sank in the North Sea off Spurn Head, Yorkshire. All seven crew were rescued.

Apapa	United Kingdom	World War II: Convoy SL 53: The Elder Dempster passenger ship was bombed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean 200 nautical miles (370 km) west of Achill Head, County Mayo, Ireland (54°34′N 16°47′W / 54.567°N 16.783°W) by a Focke-Wulf Fw 200 aircraft of I Staffeln, Kampfgeschwader 40 with the loss of 23 people.

Blue Galleon	United Kingdom	World War II: Convoy FN 34: The coaster was bombed and sunk in the North Sea off Happisburgh, Norfolk by Luftwaffe aircraft with the loss of three crew.

HMT Dungeness	Royal Navy	World War II: The naval trawler was bombed and damaged in the North Sea off Happisburgh. She was declared a constructive total loss.

HMS Guardsman	Royal Navy	World War II: The tug struck a mine and sank in the North Sea off North Foreland, Kent with the loss of two crew.

Havbør	Norway	World War II: The tanker was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Sierra Leone (4°24′N 13°46′W / 4.400°N 13.767°W) by U-65 ( Kriegsmarine) with the loss of 29 of her 33 crew.

Kohinur	United Kingdom	World War II: Convoy OB 235: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean off Freetown, Sierra Leone (4°24′N 13°46′W / 4.400°N 13.767°W by U-65 ( Kriegsmarine) with the loss of 48 of her 85 crew.

Penryn	United Kingdom	The coaster collided with another vessel in Liverpool Bay and sank.

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In the Second World War, the Elder Dempster Lines company lost a ship, Apapa in 1940.

final_sentence: In the Second World War, the Elder Dempster Lines company lost a ship, Apapa in 1940.