The lake steamer was thrown some 350 metres (1,150ft) ashore by a 40-metre (130ft) tsunami created by a large rockfall into the lake Lovatnet in Norway. The wreck of Lodalen was thrown a further 150m (490ft) inland by another tsunami in 1936.[13][14]
Unidentified boats
In addition to Lodalen, about 70 to 80 boats were wrecked or sunk by three tsunamis in Lovatnet that reached up to 40.5 metres (133ft) in height.[15]
The rail car ferry caught fire at dock at Milford. The Milford Fire Department put out the fire, but the volume of water sank her. Refloated on 4 February. Repaired and returned to service in June.[29]
The Canadian-owned, British-registered steamer foundered off Sable Island, Newfoundland, or 30 miles (48km) east of Halifax, Nova Scotia. 34 crewmen abandoned ship in two lifeboats. One lifeboat with her master and 14 crewmen was never seen again.[39][40]
The tug was sunk when a hawser to a car float parted under load causing her to heel over and go down in the harbor of Baltimore, Maryland. Later raised.[44]
The steamer sprung a leak and sank at dock, or while opening a channel through ice broke timbers in her hull and sank, in St. Louis, Missouri. Raised, repaired, and returned to service.[33][46]
The tow steamer was crushed by ice while towing the lighter Haverford (United States) in the Delaware River off the mouth of Mantua Creek and sank in 20 feet (6.1m) of water. Her crew walked across the ice to shore.[50]
The steamer was sailing at the mouth of the harbor in New Haven, Connecticut when ice crushed some of her hull and she sank in 18 feet (5.5m) of water. Later raised.[18]
Russo-Japanese War: The steamer struck an iceberg on 21 February off Cape Soya on a trip to Vladivostok and sprung leaks. She was seized by a Japanese cruiser for inspection on 26 February and ordered to Hakodate. Her leaks grew worse and was beached at Aomori Ken on 27 February, became a total loss.[54][55]
The laid-up steamer was pushed against a riverbank by ice, causing her to careen, fill with water, and sink at Muscatine, Iowa. She was raised and repaired.[60]
The steamship collided with the steamer Albano(flag unknown) during a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Halifax, Nova Scotia. She reached Halifax, where she sank from damage sustained in the collision.[62]
The steamer caught fire at dock at Ryman's Elevator, Nashville, Tennessee. She drifted several hundred feet down stream before sinking. Wreck removed in 1906 as a hazard to navigation.[30][63]
The tow steamer was damaged in a collision with Freighter Daniel Wheeler (United States) in the East River off Pier 16. She tried to make it back to dock but sank near Pier 19. Raised and repaired.[65]
The steamer listed to starboard while loading cargo at New Orleans, Louisiana, causing her to fill with water through the portholes and sink. One crewman missing. She capsized and apparently broke up during salvage efforts eight months later.[66][67]
The tug was sunk in the North River when it passed a line to a scow, with the intention of pulling it down river, that was still being pulled up river. When the line tightened the tug was pulled over, filled with water and sank. Three of six crewmen were killed. Later raised.[68]
The cargo ship was wrecked on Ajax Reef, Florida. Her crew was rescued by passing ship and landed at Havana, Cuba. Wreck partially scrapped in place.[70][71]
The steamer ran into Ironsides (United States) while coming to dock at Middleport, Ohio crushing her stem. She was beached, but sank in shallow water and was wrecked.[7]
The steamer was in the Niagara River off Tonawanda, New York when she struck an obstruction breaking her shoe, stern post and wheel and causing a leak. She made it back to her dock where she sank.[86]
Russo-Japanese War, Battle of Tsushima: The Borodino-class battleship exploded, capsized, and sank in the Tsushima Strait after various Imperial Japanese Navy battleships inflicted numerous shell hits on her. Only one member of her 855-man crew survived.
Russo-Japanese War, Battle of Tsushima: The Borodino-class battleship capsized and sank in the Tsushima Strait with the loss of all hands after numerous shell hits inflicted by various Imperial Japanese Navy ships over the course of several hours.
Russo-Japanese War, Battle of Tsushima: The Peresvet-class battleship sank in the Tsushima Strait with the loss of at least 471 – and perhaps as many as 514 – lives after suffering numerous shell hits inflicted by several Imperial Japanese Navy battleships and armored cruisers. Between 376 and 385 of her crew were saved by various Russian warships.
Russo-Japanese War: Battle of Tsushima: After suffering heavy damage from gunfire by Imperial Japanese Navy battleships the previous day, the battleship capsized and sank in the Tsushima Strait with the loss of 671 lives. Only three of her crew survived.
The steamer stranded on Stag Island in Lake Huron. On 13 June she was destroyed by fire. Later her remains were refloated, towed out into the lake and sunk.[96][107]
The steamer collided with the steamer IJmuiden (Netherlands) 20 nautical miles (37km) off Flamborough Head, England. Later raised, repaired and sold, re-entering service in 1909.[119]
The Newlynlugger steamed into the Hamburgans Rocks off Penzance promenade, Cornwall, when the watchman fell asleep after a night of fishing. She was refloated on the late afternoon tide.[123]
The Imperial Russian Navy battleship was partly scuttled in the Port of Constanța by her mutinous Russian crew after surrendering to Romanian authorities, who hoisted the Romanian flag aboard her.[124]
The steamer was anchored at Nome, Alaska with no crew aboard when a storm arose and the crew could not get back aboard. She parted her moorings and was wrecked.[128]
While her crew of three was ashore, the 51-foot (15.5m) steamer was washed ashore and wrecked at Nome, Territory of Alaska, near the mouth of the Snake River after her mooring lines parted during a storm.[113]
The Yorktown-classgunboat suffered a boiler explosion and was holed. She was beached at San Diego, California. She was later repaired and returned to service as a non-commissioned barge in 1906. the vessel was stricken in 1910.
During a voyage from Nome to Tin City, Territory of Alaska, with a crew of 15 and a cargo of 1,000 tons of general merchandise, coal, and lumber aboard, the 811-gross register ton, 160.2-foot (48.8m) bark was wrecked without loss of life 1.5 nautical miles (2.8km; 1.7mi) off the west-central coast of the Territory of Alaska 16 nautical miles (30km; 18mi) north of Cape Prince of Wales. By 17 August she reportedly was being dismantled during efforts to salvage her cargo.[130]
The 400-ton steel barque was blown ashore in a violent storm at Praa Sands, Cornwall. She was en route from Cherbourg to Savona with a 600-ton cargo of armour plate from gun turrets of obsolete battleships.[137][138]
The full-rigged ship was abandoned in sinking conditions in rough weather 150 miles (240km) south west of New Caledonia in the Coral Sea. The crew reached the Solomon Islands after six days, they narrowly escaped massacre by hostile natives, escaping to sea in the boats. They were eventually rescued by an Australian vessel.[148][149]
The steamer was damaged when she struck a concrete dock entering the harbor of Duluth, Minnesota due to strong wind and current. She sprang a leak and sank.[154]
The Booth Line passenger-cargo liner collided near Belém, Brazil with same company's new liner Anselm(flag unknown) and sank in 70ft (21.3m) of water.[156]
The battleship sank at her moorings at Sasebo, Japan, with the loss of 251 of her crew after suffering a fire and magazine explosion. She was refloated 7 August 1907, reconstructed, and returned to service 24 August 1908.[160]
The schooner was capsized in a collision with Bay Port (United States) in Chesapeake Bay. One crewman was killed. The rest of the crew were rescued from the inverted hull by Bay Port.[93]
The steamer sank in the North Sea 45 miles (72km) south east of Hartlepool in a gale. She was caught by a cross sea and rolled left heavily and another cross sea rolled her heavily onto her starboard side, her cargo shifted prevented her from righting. An attempt to tow by trawler Buffalo was unsuccessful and Buffalo took her crew off.[165][147]
The 100-gross register tonpaddle steamer struck an obstruction in the Mississippi River at Vicksburg, Mississippi, and sank. Using a line, she was partially pulled onto the riverbank between Vicksburg and Davis Bend, Mississippi, with her stern in 30 feet (9.1m) of water. There were 13 people on board; sources differ as to whether they all survived or four crewmen were killed.[6][176]
The A-classsubmarine was sunk in a collision, or a flooding accident. She was refloated, and either repaired and returned to service, or not repaired and not recommissioned.
Carrying a crew of 62, three passengers, and 500 tons of general cargo on a voyage from Nome, Territory of Alaska, the 1,598-gross register ton, 252.7-foot (77.0m) passengersteamer ran aground without loss of life while entering the harbor at Saint Michael, Territory of Alaska. After Valencia jettisoned 75 tons of cargo, the tugMeteor (United States) helped her free herself and she resumed her voyage.[114]
The 693-gross register tonscrew steamer sprung a leak in heavy seas on Lake Erie and was beached 600 yards (550m) off the coast of Ohio 6 nautical miles (11km; 6.9mi) east of Lorain. A strong wind turned into a gale and broke her up. The gale capsized one of her lifeboats, killing two crewmen. Two tugs rescued the other 12 members of her crew.[35][86]
The 1,892-gross register tonscrew steamer sprung a leak in heavy seas and her machinery became disabled in Lake Erie about 30 miles (48km) west of Long Point, Ontario. She was assisted by the steamerJ. H. Wade (United States) and was pushed close to shore off Long Point, where she sank in 22 feet (6.7m) of water. All 15 people aboard survived. She was broken up by another gale before she could be raised.[35][161]
The tow steamer ran into Pier 70 South, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and was run into by the scow she was towing causing her to careen over and sink. The vessel was scheduled to be raised.[202]
The wharf boat, built from the hull of Mayflower sank at Nashville, Tennessee. Wreck removal started in late 1906 as a hazard to navigation continuing well into 1907.[203]
The steamer ran aground attempting to enter the Harbor at Holland, Michigan in a gale. 19 passengers and 11 of 22 crew taken off by the United States Life Saving Service, the rest deciding to remain on board. She was scuttled on 27 November to prevent further damage. Pulled off by tugs in January 1906.[58][205]
Mataafa Storm: The 5,113-gross register toniron-hulledscrew steamer was driven ashore in a severe wind and snowstorm on Encampment Island on Lake Superior and broke in two. Either all 26 people survived or one crewman was killed, according to different sources. The vessel was a total loss. The aft section was salvaged in 1906 and towed to Howard's Bay and beached. She was possibly burned in a major conflagration in November, 1907 that destroyed another beached ship nearby, and was scrapped in 1908 with the engine placed in another ship.[35][210][212][213]
Mataafa Storm: The bulk carrier was wrecked in a severe wind and snow storm on Lake Superior just outside the harbor at Duluth, Minnesota. Trying to enter the harbor she struck bottom losing steerage, then hit a pier. After that they tried to take her back out into the lake but the engine quit causing her to ground 700 yards (640m) offshore where she broke in two. All nine crewman on the aft section died. Fifteen survivors on the forward section were rescued after 20 hours. She was refloated on 1 June 1906, repairs finished on 3 December 1906 and returned to service.[154][215][216][217]
The scow, under tow by Ivanhoe (United States), capsized and sank in the dumping grounds off the lightship for New York Harbor. Only person on board drowned.[22]
The steamer was sunk, along with an unnamed coal flat, in a collision with John F. Klein (United States) in the Monongahela River near Thompson's Landing, Pennsylvania. Four crewmen killed.[144]
The steamer was caught in a severe windstorm at Tell City, Indiana blowing her into an object that broke in her side and she sank. During an attempt to raise her she caught fire and everything above water burned.[231]
The 1,456-gross register tonbark caught fire on 6 December was stranded or scuttled on the coast of Japan at Minabe Bay. Was a total loss by 11 January 1906. All 15 people on board survived.[48][233]
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↑ Corbett, Julian S., Maritime Operations in the Russo-Japanese War, Volume II, Annapolis, Maryland: Naval Institute Press, 1994, ISBN1-55750-129-7, p. 444.
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