List of shipwrecks in May 1940
The list of shipwrecks in May 1940 includes ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during May 1940.
2 May
For the loss of RFA Boardale'' on this day, see the entry for 30 April 1940.''
3 May
For the loss of HMTs Aston Villa, Gaul and St Goran'' on this day, see the entry for 30 April 1940.''
4 May
For the loss of the Norwegian coastal tanker MV Rødskjæl'', which may have occurred on this date, see the list for April 1940.''
8 May
For the loss of the Swedish ship Stråssa'' on this date, see the entry for 10 April 1940''
15 May
18 May
one of the mates, who survived because at the moment of the explosion he was in the front of the ship while all the others were aft.