The list of shipwrecks in 1924 includes ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during 1924.
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Emma Giles | ![]() | The sidewheel passenger steamer collided with the cargo ship Steel Trader (![]() |
Ship | Country | Description |
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Bertha | ![]() | The cargo ship departed Jacksonville, Florida for Hamburg. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands. [1] |
Florence | ![]() | The cargo ship sprang a leak and sank in the Atlantic Ocean off Buncrana, County Donegal, Ireland. [2] |
Ship | Country | Description |
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Annemarie | ![]() | The cargo ship ran aground at Dragør, Denmark. [3] She was refloated on 7 January. [4] |
Donald Silver | ![]() | The schooner was driven ashore at Fischells, Newfoundland and was wrecked with the loss of five lives. [5] |
Ship | Country | Description |
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Juliane | ![]() | The auxiliary sailing vessel was in collision with Bur (![]() |
Ship | Country | Description |
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Lynaes | ![]() | The schooner, on a voyage from Swansea, Glamorgan, United Kingdom to Lisbon, Portugal, was reported in the English Channel. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands. [7] |
Macoris | ![]() | The cargo ship foundered in the Mediterranean Sea 50 nautical miles (93 km) off Crete, Greece. [4] |
Nigretia | ![]() | The cargo ship departed Swansea, Glamorgan for Rouen, Seine-Inférieure, France. A lifebuoy from the ship washed up at Teignmouth, Devon at the end of January. Presumed foundered in the English Channel with the loss of all hands. [8] |
Odomari | ![]() | The Odomari-class icebreaker ran aground at Oniwaki, Rishiri Island off the coast of Hokkaido in bad weather. Refloated and in drydock for repair by 4 February. [9] |
Ship | Country | Description |
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Carena | ![]() | The cargo ship departed Liverpool, Lancashire for Penryn, Cornwall. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands. [10] |
Dagmar | ![]() | The three-masted schooner collided with Oakhurst (![]() ![]() |
Fellside | ![]() | The coaster was wrecked at Three Cliffs Bay, Glamorgan with the loss of one of her fourteen crew . [13] [14] |
J. W. Comeau | ![]() | The schooner sprang a leak in the Atlantic Ocean and was abandoned ( 39°53′N62°57′W / 39.883°N 62.950°W ). Her crew were rescued by Ivar (![]() |
Leif | ![]() | The schooner was in collision with William Mitchell (![]() |
Tempest | ![]() | The schooner was ramed by the fishing vessel Charles Boyes (![]() |
Ship | Country | Description |
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Adolph | ![]() | The schooner foundered in the Bristol Channel 6 nautical miles (11 km) south west of the Scarweather Lightship (![]() ![]() |
Capitaine Winckler | ![]() | The cargo ship ran aground at Calais, Pas-de-Calais. [15] She was refloated on 23 January. [16] |
Feronia | ![]() | The cargo ship sank in the Bay of Biscay 150 nautical miles (280 km) off the La Coubre Lighthouse (approximately 45°N6°W / 45°N 6°W ). Her crew were rescued by Ontario (![]() |
Mont Rose | ![]() | The cargo ship, which had departed Oran, Algeria for Rouen, Seine-Inférieure on 3 January, issued a distress call in the Atlantic Ocean. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands. [18] [19] |
River Lagan | ![]() | The cargo ship was driven ashore at Goodrington Sands, Devon. Her crew were rescued. [11] She was refloated on 5 February. [20] |
Tasmania | ![]() | The cargo ship was abandoned in the Bay of Biscay ( 44°20′N11°20′W / 44.333°N 11.333°W ). [21] Some of the survivors were rescued by Waaldijk (![]() |
Ship | Country | Description |
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Ibukizan Maru | ![]() | The cargo ship ran aground in Tokyo Bay. [22] She was refloated on 23 January. [16] |
HMS L24 | ![]() | The L-class submarine collided with the battleship HMS Resolution (![]() |
Spurnpoint | ![]() | The cargo ship struck rocks in the Irish Sea off the Calf of Man, Isle of Man, and was abandoned. [24] She was discovered derelict west of the Isle of Man by Mango (![]() |
Vicen-Tita | ![]() | The cargo ship was wrecked at Pasaia, Gipuzkoa with the loss of all but one of her crew. [15] |
Ship | Country | Description |
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Cornelius H. Callaghan | ![]() | The schooner came ashore 8 nautical miles (15 km) from St. Andrews Bay, Florida. She broke her back and was a total loss. [22] |
Holendrecht | ![]() | The cargo ship collided with Corea (![]() |
Maguy | ![]() | The barque was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean ( 43°50′N17°14′W / 43.833°N 17.233°W ). Her crew were rescued by Boren (![]() |
Rhenania | ![]() | The cargo ship ran aground at Korsør, Denmark. She was refloated on 14 January. |
Rolfe | ![]() | The 14-gross register ton, 45.4-foot (13.8 m) fishing vessel was wrecked without loss of life on a rock off Point Colpoys ( 56°20′N133°12′W / 56.333°N 133.200°W ) in Sumner Strait in the Alexander Archipelago in Southeast Alaska. A small gasoline-powered motorboat rescued her crew. [26] |
Ship | Country | Description |
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Helgoland | ![]() | The sailing ship ran aground at Black Rock, Tara, County Down and was wrecked. Her crew were saved. [22] |
Nordead | ![]() | The hopper ship was driven ashore crewless at Seatown, Dorset, United Kingdom. [27] |
Ruth E. Merrill | ![]() | Carrying a cargo of coal, the 301-foot (92 m), 3,003-gross register ton six-masted schooner sank without loss of life in up to 20 feet (6.1 m) of water in Vineyard Sound — reportedly on L'Hommedieu Shoal — off West Chop, Martha's Vineyard, Massachusetts, after running aground on a shoal during a storm. [22] [28] |
Ship | Country | Description |
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Port Elliot | ![]() | The cargo ship ran aground at East Cape, North Island, New Zealand. Her crew were rescued. [17] [22] She was declared a total loss on 18 January. [10] |
Ship | Country | Description |
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Annie M. Parker | ![]() | The schooner was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean ( 44°37′N45°08′W / 44.617°N 45.133°W ). Her crew were rescued by Grootedijk (![]() |
Ship | Country | Description |
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Bunholme | ![]() | The cargo ship ran aground in the River Plate off Martín García Island, Uruguay. [30] She was refloated on 24 February. [31] |
Clan Kennedy | ![]() | The cargo ship ran aground in the North Sea off Sizewell, Suffolk. [25] Although she was refloated on 19 January, [32] she was declared a total loss. [33] |
USS Tacoma | ![]() | The Denver-class cruiser ran aground on the Blanquilla Reef off Veracruz, Mexico. During attempts at refloating over the following week, four crew were lost. Declared a total loss, she was stricken on 7 February and sold for scrap on 5 September. |
Ship | Country | Description |
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Coalisland | ![]() | The cargo ship collided with the lighter Linie (![]() |
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Chilier | ![]() | The cargo ship, which had departed from Antwerp for Savannah, Georgia, United States, was reported in the Atlantic Ocean ( 50°N21°W / 50°N 21°W ). No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands. [34] [35] |
Ship | Country | Description |
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Hadnot | ![]() | The tanker ran aground at Nyborg, Denmark. [30] She was refloated on 25 January. [36] |
Thor Minor | ![]() | The cargo ship came ashore at Kastrup, Denmark. [37] She was refloated on 25 January. [36] |
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Clumberhall | ![]() | The cargo ship ran aground at Mykolaiv, Soviet Union. [36] She was refloated on 29 January. [38] |
Port Lyttleton | ![]() | The cargo ship ran aground at Launceston, Tasmania, Australia. [16] She was refloated on 26 January. [19] |
Prospect | ![]() | The cargo ship suffered a fractured propeller shaft, which punctured her hull. She foundered in the Irish Sea off Skibbereen, County Cork, Ireland. [16] |
Ship | Country | Description |
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Ithakos | ![]() | The cargo ship ran aground in the River Plate off Martín García Island, Uruguay. [36] She was refloated on 31 January. [39] |
Salford | ![]() | The cargo ship collided with Oroya (![]() |
Talisman | ![]() | The cargo ship ran aground at Buenos Aires, Argentina. [36] Although refloated on 30 January, she grounded again. [40] |
Ship | Country | Description |
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Sigrid | ![]() | During a voyage from Seattle, Washington, to Katalla, Territory of Alaska, the 11-gross register ton, 36.2-foot (11.0 m) fishing vessel was wrecked on a reef off the east coast of Vancouver Island 7 nautical miles (13 km; 8.1 mi) south of Campbell River, British Columbia, Canada. All three people aboard survived. [41] |
Ship | Country | Description |
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Maid of Spetsai | ![]() | The cargo ship collided with Maiella (![]() |
S. B. Hirtle | ![]() | The schooner ran aground at Saint-Pierre, Saint Pierre and Miquelon. [19] She was refloated on 23 February. [8] |
Ship | Country | Description |
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El Monte | ![]() | The cargo ship came ashore 10 nautical miles (19 km) north of Le Havre, Seine-Inférieure, France. [43] She was refloated on 2 February. [44] |
Halstead | ![]() | The cargo ship sank in the Niger River at Atani, Nigeria. [19] |
Mary Horlock | ![]() | The cargo ship was abandoned in the Pacific Ocean (approximately 32°N153°E / 32°N 153°E ). Her crew were rescued by President Taft (![]() |
Vladimir | ![]() | The cargo ship ran aground at Port-Saint-Louis-du-Rhône, Bouches du Rhône, France. [43] She was refloated on 2 February. [44] |
Ship | Country | Description |
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Midland | ![]() | The cargo ship was destroyed by fire at Washington, D.C. [45] |
Tigris | ![]() | The cargo ship collided with Begonia (![]() |
Ship | Country | Description |
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Tom C. Powell | ![]() | The steamer struck an obstruction and sank off Wilson Light between Paducah, Kentucky and Nashville, a total loss. Five crew killed. [46] |
Ship | Country | Description |
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Erato | ![]() | The cargo ship ran aground off Falsterbo, Sweden. [39] She was refloated on 4 February. [47] |
Maid of Scotland | ![]() | The schooner collided with Perene (![]() |
Ship | Country | Description |
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Aimée Maria | ![]() | The cargo ship was driven ashore at La Seyne-sur-Mer, Var. [47] She was refloated on 29 February. [48] |
Moldegaard | ![]() | The cargo ship ran aground at Cape Pappas, Greece. [47] She was refloated on 6 February. [49] |
Ship | Country | Description |
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British Light | ![]() | The tanker ran aground at Port Eads, Louisiana, United States. [49] She was refloated on 10 February. [50] |
Choko Maru | ![]() | The cargo ship foundered off Funakawa with the loss of all hands. [51] |
Hercules | ![]() | The dredger was struck by Brest (![]() |
Ikuta Maru No.1 | ![]() | The coaster collided with Kaga Maru (![]() |
President Leguia | ![]() | The cargo ship was destroyed by fire at Callao. [51] |
Ship | Country | Description |
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Hwa Wu | ![]() | The cargo ship ran aground at Nine Pins. She was refloated and towed to Hong Kong by Keswick (![]() |
Kong Haakon | ![]() | The cargo ship suffered the failure of her steering gear and was beached north of Bergen, Norway. [53] |
Mora | ![]() | The cargo ship came ashore at Cape St. Vincent, Portugal and was wrecked. [54] She was abandoned on 9 February with the loss of seven of her 29 crew. [50] [55] |
Port de Brest | ![]() | The cargo ship departed Bordeaux, Gironde for Dakar, French West Africa. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands. [56] |
Usa Maru No.1 | ![]() | The cargo ship departed Hakodate for Tokyo. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands. [57] |
Ship | Country | Description |
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Elvier | ![]() | The cargo ship ran aground at Poole, Dorset. [54] She was refloated on 16 February. [58] |
Persia | ![]() | The cargo ship came ashore on the Amherst Rock at the mouth of the Yangtze, China. She was beached on the Tungsha Spit. [54] Persia was refloated on 10 February. [50] |
Ship | Country | Description |
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Brook | ![]() | The cargo ship collided with Capulin (![]() ![]() ![]() |
Ship | Country | Description |
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Hortensius | ![]() | The cargo ship ran aground at San Nicolás, Buenos Aires, Argentina. [50] She was refloated on 24 February. [31] |
Mallock | ![]() | The cargo ship ran aground at Breaksea Point, Glamorgan. Her crew were rescued by Fastnet (![]() |
Ship | Country | Description |
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Lord Hamilton | ![]() | The ship ran aground on the Goodwin Sands, Kent. Two of her four crew were rescued by the motor boat Champion (![]() |
République | ![]() | The five-masted schooner caught fire in the Atlantic Ocean off the Canary Islands, Spain ( 32°03′N13°55′W / 32.050°N 13.917°W ) and was abandoned. [55] [61] All eighteen crew were rescued by Romeu (![]() |
Ship | Country | Description |
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Rita Zorvetta | ![]() | The cargo ship ran aground off St. David's Lighthouse, Bermuda in heavy weather. No casualties and her cargo was salvaged. [55] She was abandoned on 14 February, [64] She later broke in two and was a total loss. [65] [66] |
Ship | Country | Description |
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Colombia | ![]() | The cargo ship was wrecked in Coos Bay. [67] |
Iris | ![]() | The cargo ship was damaged by ice and sank 11 nautical miles (20 km) south of Russarö, Finland. [59] |
Ivanhoe | ![]() | The tug collided with Gerry (![]() |
Telegraph | ![]() | The schooner ran aground on the Saint Brandon Rocks and sank. Her crew survived. [68] |
The Viscount | ![]() | The cargo ship ran aground on the Murdoch Rock, Loch Torridon and was abandoned by her crew. [59] |
Visna | ![]() | The cargo ship ran aground 5 nautical miles (9.3 km) north north west of Falsterbo, Sweden. [67] She was refloated on 23 February. [69] |
Ship | Country | Description |
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Lois | ![]() | While at anchor with no one aboard, the 21-gross register ton motor vessel was driven ashore on Pitt Island ( 58°06′32″N135°27′07″W / 58.1089°N 135.4519°W ) in the harbor at Hoonah, Territory of Alaska, by an ice floe, then was destroyed by a fire that occurred when her captain went aboard with a lantern, triggering an explosion. He survived with burns about the head. [70] |
Swallow | ![]() | After her gasoline engine stopped running during a voyage in Southeast Alaska from Ketchikan to Metlakatla, the 10-gross register ton, 32.2-foot (9.8 m) fishing vessel drifted onto a rock and was wrecked in Nichols Passage off Driest Point ( 55°10′40″N131°36′15″W / 55.17778°N 131.60417°W ). Her crew of three survived. Her wreck later slid off the rock and sank in deeper water, leaving only her mast above water, and by 23 February she had disappeared entirely. [41] |
Ship | Country | Description |
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Assimina M. Embiricos | ![]() | The cargo ship ran aground in the Scheldt. [57] She broke in two the next day and was a total loss. [69] |
Ship | Country | Description |
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Cyclops | ![]() | The dredger capsized and sank in the Firth of Forth 3 nautical miles (5.6 km) east south east of the Bass Rock. [69] [71] |
Edvige | ![]() | The cargo ship collided with Unione (![]() |
Ship | Country | Description |
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Ethel M. Bartlett | ![]() | The schooner foundered in the Atlantic Ocean ( 40°11′N54°16′W / 40.183°N 54.267°W ). Her crew were rescued by Caldy Light (![]() |
Ship | Country | Description |
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Tatjana | ![]() | The cargo ship came ashore on Effingham Island, Barclay Sound, British Columbia, Canada and was wrecked. [76] Later raised and renamed Drammensfjord. [77] |
Ship | Country | Description |
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Director | ![]() | The 18-gross register ton fishing vessel was wrecked on the coast of Hinchinbrook Island off the south-central coast of the Territory of Alaska during a gale. Her crew of four survived. [78] |
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Gordon E. Moulton | ![]() | The schooner was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean 15 nautical miles (28 km) off Burgeo, Newfoundland. [79] |
Gylsboda | ![]() | The cargo ship was damaged by ice and put into Åhus, where she sank. [80] She was refloated on 6 March. [56] |
Patagonier | ![]() | The cargo ship ran aground in the Paraná River, Argentina. [80] She was refloated on 11 March. [81] |
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Fennia | ![]() | The cargo ship ran aground on Kalkgrundet, Baltic Sea. [82] She slipped off the rocks and sank on 14 March. [83] |
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Buzen Maru | ![]() | The cargo ship ran aground on Ganyūjima, in the Shimonoseki Strait. [84] She was refloated on 12 March. [85] |
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Obernai | ![]() | The cargo ship sprang a leak and foundered in the Atlantic Ocean ( 46°49′N58°10′W / 46.817°N 58.167°W ). Her crew were rescued by Kungsholm (![]() |
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Eupatoria | ![]() | The cargo ship ran aground on the Salmedina Bank, off the coast of Colombia. [86] She was refloated on 17 March. [87] |
Sori | ![]() | The cargo ship ran aground at Port Eads, Louisiana, United States. [86] She was refloated on 12 March. [75] |
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Izgled | ![]() | The cargo ship struck the bank of the Panama Canal and sprang a leak. She was consequently beached. [81] She was refloated on 11 March. [85] |
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Santiago | ![]() | The cargo ship sank in a storm 60 miles south east of Cape Hatteras. Twenty Five crew killed. [88] [89] |
Wyoming | ![]() | Carrying a cargo of coal, the 329-foot (100 m), 3,730-gross register ton six-masted schooner foundered in a storm while at anchor off the coast of Massachusetts in Pollock Rip Channel off the Pollock Rip Lightship in Nantucket Sound. Her entire crew — reported as both 13 and 14 by different sources — was lost. After finding the wreck with some of its masts still above water, the cutter USCGC Acushnet ( ![]() |
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Glenmay | ![]() | The coaster ran aground at Ballyquinton Point, County Down, United Kingdom. [85] She was refloated on 15 March. [92] |
Tennia | ![]() | The cargo ship was damaged by ice at Malmö, Sweden and was abandoned. [85] |
Ship | Country | Description |
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Hannevig Brothers | ![]() | The cargo ship ran aground at Cardiff, Glamorgan. [75] She was refloated on 17 March. [93] |
Niki | ![]() | The cargo ship ran aground in the River Neath, Glamorgan. [75] She was refloated on 17 March. [87] |
Sygna | ![]() | The cargo ship ran aground at Tjøtta, Norway. [75] She was refloated on 17 March. [87] |
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Deva | ![]() | The sand grab caught fire off Liverpool, Lancashire. The barge Ellesburn (![]() |
Ship | Country | Description |
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Hypolite Worms | ![]() | The cargo ship was in collision with Sarthe (![]() |
Ship | Country | Description |
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Bilbeis | ![]() | The passenger ship ran aground at Nyriros, Turkey and was abandoned. [87] |
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43 | ![]() | The Ro-16-class submarine was rammed and sunk by the light cruiser Tatsuta (![]() |
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Chi Ping | ![]() | The cargo ship struck rocks in the Yangtze at Chunglingtan and was beached. [95] She was refloated on 29 March. [96] |
Warren | ![]() | The cargo ship sank at Shanghai, China. [97] |
Ship | Country | Description |
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Dorothy L. Brinckmann | ![]() | The schooner came ashore on the Oregon Islet and was wrecked. Her crew were rescued. [98] |
Glyndon | ![]() | The cargo ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean 52 nautical miles (96 km) south east of Cape Hatteras, North Carolina with the loss of three crew. Survivors were rescued by Cananova (![]() |
Ottar Jarl | ![]() | The cargo ship collided with British Princess (![]() |
River Dare | ![]() | The cargo ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean 10 nautical miles (19 km) north of Cape St. Vincent, Portugal. All 24 crew were rescued by Lexa Maersk (![]() |
Ship | Country | Description |
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Matatua | ![]() | The cargo ship collided with American Merchant (![]() |
President Monroe | ![]() | The ocean liner ran aground on the Florida Reef. [99] She was refloated on 27 March. [103] |
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Pelicano | ![]() | The cargo ship was destroyed by fire in the Atlantic Ocean off Zorritos. [104] |
Tokufuku Maru | ![]() | The cargo ship collided with Heimdal (![]() ![]() |
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Plymouth | ![]() | The 199-foot (60.7 m), 474-gross register ton schooner barge sank with the loss of five lives in the North Atlantic Ocean during a heavy snowstorm and gale off New Jersey in 65 feet (20 m) of water. [106] |
Pocono | ![]() | The 150-foot (45.7 m) (?), 698-gross register ton schooner barge sank in the North Atlantic Ocean during a heavy snowstorm and gale 1.6 nautical miles (3.0 km; 1.8 mi) off Sea Bright Beach, New Jersey, in 60 feet (18 m) of water. Her wreck is known as the "Rudder Wreck." [107] |
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Pelotas | ![]() | The cargo ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by San Gaspar (![]() |
Ship | Country | Description |
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Bella Vista | ![]() | The barque was dismasted in the Atlantic Ocean and abandoned by her crew. Seven crew were rescued on 5 April by Starlight (flag unknown). [108] |
Liberty | ![]() | The cargo ship ran aground at Liberty. [109] She was refloated on 7 April. [110] |
Malaya | ![]() | The passenger ship ran aground on Titan Island, Amoy, China and was wrecked. She was on a voyage from Manila, Philippines to Ningpo. [102] [109] |
Menominee | ![]() | The tug ran aground at Liberty whilst going to the assistance of Liberty. [109] She was refloated the next day. [111] |
Otto Ippen 20 | ![]() | The cargo ship sank at Stralsund, Vorpommern. [102] |
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Frangestan | ![]() | The passenger ship caught fire and sank in the Red Sea ( 18°44′N39°02′E / 18.733°N 39.033°E ). Her 1,200-plus passengers and crew were rescued by Clan Maciver (![]() |
Rica | ![]() | The cargo ship ran aground at Thyna, Tunisia. [111] She was refloated on 7 April. [110] |
Westbury | ![]() | The cargo ship was driven ashore 22 nautical miles (41 km) west of the Quéquen Lighthouse, Argentina. [113] She was a total loss. Her crew were rescued. [111] |
Ship | Country | Description |
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Admiral Rodman | ![]() | The cargo ship ran aground at Point Calvert, British Columbia, Canada. [108] She was refloated on 18 April. [114] |
Dover Maru | ![]() | The cargo ship ran aground at Otomari, Sakhalin. [110] She was refloated on 7 April. [115] |
Ship | Country | Description |
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Sierra Grande | ![]() | The cargo ship collided with West Inskip (![]() |
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Jacques Coeur | ![]() | The cargo ship caught fire in the Atlantic Ocean and was abandoned ( 46°30′N31°40′W / 46.500°N 31.667°W ). Her crew were rescued by N.F.C. (![]() |
Turlaid | ![]() | The schooner came ashore at Meshedyn, Spanish Morocco. She broke up the next day and was a total loss. Her crew were rescued by breeches buoy. [110] |
Ship | Country | Description |
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Anahuac | ![]() | The cargo ship came ashore at Bellport, New York and was a total loss. Her crew were rescued. [115] |
Fladen Lightship | ![]() | The lightship was destroyed by fire. Her crew were rescued. [110] |
HMS L25 | ![]() | The L-class submarine ran aground off The Needles, Isle of Wight. She was refloated later that day. [117] |
Sainte Anne | ![]() | The cargo ship collided with Blois (![]() |
Ship | Country | Description |
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Bee | ![]() | The cargo ship was a total loss off Maui, Hawaii. [118] |
Maple Branch | ![]() | The cargo ship ran aground on the Mala Bank, Ecuador. [118] She was refloated on 17 May. [119] |
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Monte Pasubio | ![]() | The cargo ship was driven ashore on the Argentine coast and was a total loss. [118] |
Wyrallah | ![]() | The coaster collided with Dilkera (![]() |
Ship | Country | Description |
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Sirius | ![]() | The schooner collided with the fishing vessel Suzanne et Marie (![]() |
Ship | Country | Description |
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Nunnington | ![]() | The cargo ship departed Swansea, Glamorgan for Sables. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands. [122] |
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HMAS Australia | ![]() | ![]() |
Princess Louise | ![]() | The schooner was driven ashore at Cardiff, Glamorgan and was a total loss. Her crew survived. [123] |
Ship | Country | Description |
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Buchanness | ![]() | The cargo liner suffered a failure of her propeller shaft off Start Point in the English Channel and consequently drifted ashore at Burhou, Alderney Channel Islands. All on board were rescued by Baron Cawdor (![]() ![]() |
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Tokwa Maru | ![]() | The cargo ship ran aground near Marotsu, Yamaguchi. [125] She was refloated on 17 April. [126] |
Ship | Country | Description |
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Mikuni Maru | ![]() | The coaster caught fire and was abandoned off Hinomisaki Point. [114] |
Ship | Country | Description |
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Flandria | ![]() | The cargo liner came ashore near Hirtshals, Denmark. All on board were rescued. [128] She was refloated on 27 April. [129] |
Llewellyn Howland | ![]() | Carrying a cargo of fuel oil, the tanker ran aground on Seal Ledge — a reef off Brenton Point in Newport, Rhode Island — broke up, and sank without loss of life in up to 30 feet (9.1 m) of water at 41°26′05″N071°20′53″W / 41.43472°N 71.34806°W . [126] [130] She was a total loss. [131] |
Paul Beau | ![]() | The cargo ship collided with Les Fils de Doumer (![]() |
Ship | Country | Description |
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Aldebaran | ![]() | The cargo ship came ashore on Saaremaa, Estonia and was abandoned by her crew. [131] She was refloated on 27 April. [132] |
Zencons | ![]() | The three-masted schooner came ashore on the west coast of Skagen, Denmark and was abandoned by her crew. [126] |
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Garthway | ![]() | The cargo ship ran aground on Santa María Island, Galapagos Islands and was a total loss. [131] [133] |
Ship | Country | Description |
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Java Maru | ![]() | The cargo ship ran aground in the Inland Sea of Japan. [129] She was refloated on 30 April. [134] |
Gannet | ![]() | The passenger ship sprang a leak in the North Sea off Berwick-upon-Tweed, Northumberland and was abandoned. [133] |
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Essex Abbey | ![]() | The cargo ship ran aground at Punta Entinas, Spain. [135] She was refloated in early May, arriving at Gibraltar on 6 May for drydocking and repairs. [136] |
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Aurania | ![]() | The cargo ship collided with Norrtelje (![]() |
Robert Dollar II | ![]() | The cargo ship was wrecked in the Yangtze 50 nautical miles (93 km) downstream of Chunking, China with heavy loss of life [129] [132] |
Ship | Country | Description |
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City of Singapore | ![]() | The cargo ship caught fire at Adelaide, South Australia. A fireman was killed by an onboard explosion whilst fighting the fire. [129] Having sunk, she was refloated on 5 May. [137] |
Martha | ![]() | While anchored with no one aboard during a blizzard, the 23.3-gross register ton schooner was washed onto a reef and wrecked at the east-northeast entrance to Catons Harbor ( 54°24′N162°32′W / 54.400°N 162.533°W ) on Sanak Island in the Sanak Islands in the Gulf of Alaska. [138] |
Ship | Country | Description |
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Dios Irmaos | ![]() | The sailing ship suffered an onboard explosion of her cargo and capsized at Pernambuco. [132] |
Ethel | ![]() | The Thames barge foundered in the Thames Estuary off the Maplin Sands, Essex. Both crew were rescued by the yacht Vanity (![]() |
James W. Parker | ![]() | The schooner ran aground at North Sydney, Nova Scotia, Canada. [139] She was declared a total loss, [134] but was refloated on 1 May. [140] |
Spreewald | ![]() | The cargo liner ran aground at Emden, Germany. [141] She was refloated on 29 April. [134] |
Ship | Country | Description |
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Lewis Luckenbach | ![]() | The cargo ship ran aground at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. [139] She was refloated on 4 May. [137] |
Ship | Country | Description |
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Aviateur Genthon | ![]() | The auxiliary sailing ship ran aground at Alicante, Spain and was wrecked. [142] |
Cragness | ![]() | The cargo ship ran aground at Barracouta Point, Portuguese East Africa and was abandoned. Her crew were rescued by Lady Denison Pender (![]() |
Ship | Country | Description |
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Ootmarsum | ![]() | The cargo ship ran aground in the Paraná River, Argentina. [142] She was refloated on 16 May. [144] |
Ship | Country | Description |
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Seewolf | ![]() | The auxiliary sailing vessel caught fire at Dieppe, Seine-Inférieure, France and sank. [143] She was refloated on 5 May. [137] |
Trevier | ![]() | The cargo ship ran aground in the Paraná River, Argentina. [143] She was refloated on 16 May. [144] |
Ship | Country | Description |
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Mistletoe | ![]() | Operating as a fishing excursion vessel, the 153-foot (46.6 m), 362-gross register ton sidewheel paddle steamer burned to the waterline and sank in 42 feet (13 m) of water in the North Atlantic Ocean off Jamaica Bay, New York, at 40°32.055′N073°50.900′W / 40.534250°N 73.848333°W . All 85 people on board survived. [145] |
Nora Salieri | ![]() | The cargo ship ran aground at Cape Blanc, on the border of French West Africa and Spanish Sahara. [137] She was refloated on 8 May. [146] |
Ship | Country | Description |
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St. Nikolai | ![]() | The barquentine ran aground at Saltburn, Yorkshire. [136] She broke up and was a total loss. [147] |
Yeddo | ![]() | The cargo ship collided with Bärenfels (![]() |
Ship | Country | Description |
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Eugenia | ![]() | The cargo ship ran aground in the Paraná River, Argentina. [147] She was refloated on 12 May. [149] |
Evelyn | ![]() | The schooner foundered in the Atlantic Ocean 150 nautical miles (280 km) east south east of Sable Island, Nova Scotia, Canada. [150] |
Kinghorn | ![]() | The cargo ship came ashore on the south coast of Gran Canaria, Canary Islands, Spain. [147] She was refloated on 12 May. [151] |
R. R. Govin | ![]() | The four-masted schooner came ashore on Bodies Island, North Carolina and was wrecked. [152] |
Valnegra | ![]() | The cargo ship ran aground in the Paraná River. [152] She was refloated on 12 May. [149] |
Volturno | ![]() | The cargo ship ran aground in the Paraná River. [147] She was refloated on 12 May. [153] |
Ship | Country | Description |
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Kamouraska | ![]() | The cargo ship came ashore at Schooner Pond, Nova Scotia, Canada. [152] She was refloated on 12 May. [153] |
Neko | ![]() | The whaler ran aground at Cabo Frio, Argentina and was wrecked. Her crew were rescued by Sevilla (![]() |
Ship | Country | Description |
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Marques de Campo | ![]() | The cargo ship ran aground at Dar El Beïda, Algeria. [154] She was a total loss. [149] |
Panviejo | ![]() | The cargo ship caught fire and was abandoned at sea. [154] |
Ship | Country | Description |
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Glenamoy | ![]() | The cargo liner ran aground on Video Island, China. Her passengers were taken off by another ship. [151] She was refloated on 13 June. [155] |
Ngahere | ![]() | The cargo ship came ashore at Greymouth, South Island, New Zealand and was wrecked. [153] |
Shinfuku Maru | ![]() | The cargo ship ran aground at Maska, Sakhalin. [153] She was refloated on 2 June. [156] |
Ship | Country | Description |
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Polarhavet | ![]() | The cargo ship ran aground at Söderhamn, Sweden. [157] She was refloated on 19 May. [119] |
Trane | ![]() | The cargo ship sank in the Raz de Sein, France. Her crew survived. [157] |
Ship | Country | Description |
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Alderney | ![]() | The coaster collided with Ewell (![]() |
Orinoco | ![]() | The freighter's hull split in two after her seams opened up and she sank in a storm in Lake Superior between Michipicoten Island and Whitefish Point. Most of the crew abandoned ship in her lifeboats, ten in one and nine in the other. One person in each boat died of exposure. The Captain, chief engineer and helmsman remained on board and died. [159] |
Ship | Country | Description |
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Odysseus | ![]() | The cargo ship ran aground ion the Paraná River, Argentina. [160] She was refloated on 23 May. [161] |
Orinoco | ![]() | The cargo ship foundered in Lake Superior with the loss of five of her 22 crew. [162] [163] |
Utopia | flag unknown | The sailing ship was wrecked on St François Island, Seychelles. Her crew were rescued by Aiglon (flag unknown). [150] |
Ship | Country | Description |
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Hoover and Madison | The cargo ship collided with J. S. Ashley (![]() | |
Jan van Ryswyck | ![]() | The cargo ship was wrecked on Longstone Rock, Farne Islands, United Kingdom. Her crew survived. [160] [164] |
Koyei Maru | ![]() | The cargo ship foundered off Choshi, Kazusa with the loss of all hands. [163] |
State of Ohio | ![]() | The cargo ship was destroyed by fire at Cleveland, Ohio. [160] |
Ship | Country | Description |
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Lothar Bohlen | ![]() | The cargo ship ran aground in the Dardanelles. [161] She was refloated on 30 May. [165] |
Neisei Maru | ![]() | The cargo ship ran aground on the Korean coast. She was refloated and then beached. [163] |
Ship | Country | Description |
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Labourdonnais | ![]() | The tug ran aground on a reef off Flat Island, Mauritius and was wrecked. [161] [166] |
Ship | Country | Description |
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Aulne | ![]() | The cargo ship came ashore at Ras Amar, Tunisia and was abandoned by her crew. [141] She was refloated on 9 June. [167] |
Tsugaru | ![]() | The decommissioned minelayer was scuttled with explosive charges in the Pacific Ocean off Yokosuka, Japan. [168] |
Ship | Country | Description |
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Cliffmore | ![]() | The coaster struck the Oxcar Rocks in the Firth of Forth and was beached. Her crew were rescued. [170] She sank on 2 June. [171] She was refloated on 9 July and beached at Cramond, Lothian. [172] |
Ship | Country | Description |
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Kobasan Maru | ![]() | The cargo ship ran aground at Cape Ashizuri. She had broken up by 10 May and was a total loss. [153] |
Ship | Country | Description |
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Pogor | ![]() | While beached on Warren Island in the Alexander Archipelago in Southeast Alaska for repairs, the 12-gross register ton, 28-foot (8.5 m) motor vessel was destroyed by fire. Her crew of two survived. [173] |
Ship | Country | Description |
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Olga Elisabeth | ![]() | The cargo ship was abandoned in the North Sea 230 nautical miles (430 km) east north east of the mouth of the River Tyne due to her cargo shifting. Her crew were rescued by the drifter Cheviotdale (![]() |
Ship | Country | Description |
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B.B.-59 | ![]() | The scow sank about 3 nautical miles (5.6 km; 3.5 mi) off Sandy Hook, New Jersey. [175] |
Potrebillos | ![]() | The cargo ship ran aground on North Quiriquina Island and was a total loss. [176] |
Ship | Country | Description |
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America | ![]() | The passenger ship struck a reef, capsized and sank off Isle Royale, Michigan. All 47 people on board survived. |
Durham Coast | ![]() | The cargo ship collided with Sunoil (![]() |
Yahiko Maru | ![]() | The cargo ship foundered in the Hainan Strait with the loss of all but three of her crew. [167] |
Ship | Country | Description |
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Kayak | ![]() | The cargo ship ran aground in the Paraná River, Argentina. [179] She was refloated on 17 June. [180] |
Ship | Country | Description |
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White Rose | ![]() | The tug collided with Mungret (![]() |
Ship | Country | Description |
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Marianne | ![]() | The schooner sprang a leak and foundered in the Atlantic Ocean (approximately 41°N19°W / 41°N 19°W ). Her crew were rescued by the sailing ship Estrella III (![]() |
Saarbrücken | ![]() | The cargo liner ran aground at Tapagadja, Sabang, North Borneo. [182] She was refloated on 17 June. [183] |
Ship | Country | Description |
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HMS Firefly | ![]() | The Fly-class gunboat was sunk in the Euphrates by insurgents. [184] |
Ship | Country | Description |
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Aladdin | ![]() | The cargo ship ran aground at the Jussaroe Lighthouse, Hanko, Finland. [185] She was refloated on 10 July. [172] |
Pamyat Lenina | ![]() | The cargo ship ran aground at Cape Aniwa, Sakhalin. [185] She was refloated on 21 June. [186] |
Ship | Country | Description |
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Haakon Jarl | ![]() | The passenger ship collided with Kong Harald (![]() |
Shogiku Maru No.2 | ![]() | The cargo ship ran aground on the west coast of Sakhalin and subsequently sank. [188] |
Ship | Country | Description |
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Espozende | ![]() | The sailing ship caught fire in the Atlantic Ocean ( 42°25′N9°30′W / 42.417°N 9.500°W ) and was abandoned. Her crew were rescued by Masirah (![]() |
Ship | Country | Description |
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Clan Macmillan | ![]() | The cargo ship foundered in the Bay of Bengal 30 nautical miles (56 km) east of Table Island. [190] |
Metagama | ![]() | The passenger ship collided with Clara Camus (![]() |
Ship | Country | Description |
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Dime | ![]() | A strong wind and high tide forced the 12-ton scow onto a beach on Golovin Spit ( 64°35′N163°10′W / 64.583°N 163.167°W ), 0.5 nautical miles (0.9 km; 0.6 mi) from Golovin, Territory of Alaska. Her two-man crew survived. By the morning of 26 June, ice had crushed her where she lay. [78] |
Egremont Castle | ![]() | The cargo ship suffere an onboard explosion and fire. She was beached on the Bay Ridge mudflats, New York. [186] [192] Her crew were rescued by Bowes Castle (![]() |
Robin Hood | ![]() | The five-masted schooner caught fire in the Atlantic Ocean between Key West, Florida and Tortugas. Her crew were rescued by a United States Revenue Cutter Service vessel. [186] |
Ship | Country | Description |
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Saguenay | ![]() | The passenger ship ran aground in the Saguenay River, Quebec, Canada. Her passengers were taken off. [195] |
Ship | Country | Description |
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Erik B | ![]() | The cargo ship ran aground at Norrskär , Finland. [196] She was refloated on 5 July. [197] |
Kifune Maru No.3 | ![]() | The cargo ship ran aground and sank off Sendai. [196] |
Sankaty | ![]() | The cargo ship was destroyed by fire at Boston, Massachusetts. [198] |
Ship | Country | Description |
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Three Rivers | ![]() | The cargo ship was destroyed by fire at Buenos Aires, Argentina. [197] |
Ship | Country | Description |
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Admiral Cochrane | ![]() | The cargo ship ran aground in the Paraná River, Argentina. [200] She was refloated on 25 July. [201] |
Ship | Country | Description |
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Iwami | ![]() | Washington Naval Treaty: The decommissioned Borodino-class battleship sank west of Jōgashima near the mouth of Tokyo Bay after being used as a target for Imperial Japanese Navy aircraft from 5 to 8 July. [203] |
Lismore | ![]() | The coaster capsized in the Irish Sea 15 nautical miles (28 km) off Newtown Head, County Waterford, Ireland with the loss of eighteen of her nineteen crew. [204] [205] [206] |
Ofanto | ![]() | The coaster was abandoned in the Mediterranean Sea south of Sicily ( 36°21′N13°45′E / 36.350°N 13.750°E ). Her crew were rescued by Andes Maru (![]() |
Niitaka Maru | ![]() | The cargo ship ran aground at Chennampo and was a total loss. [172] |
Ship | Country | Description |
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Martha Woermann | ![]() | The cargo ship ran aground in the Forcados River, Nigeria. [208] She was abandoned by her crew on 15 July, [209] but was later reboarded. [210] Martha Woermann was finally abandoned on 23 July, [211] and was declared a total loss on 28 July. [212] |
Matsuyama Maru | ![]() | The cargo ship foundered in the East China Sea west of the Gotō Islands with the loss of all but one of her crew. [213] [214] |
Ship | Country | Description |
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Olaf | ![]() | The 21-gross register ton salmon-fishing vessel sank in Cook Inlet on the south-central coast of the Territory of Alaska about 5 nautical miles (9.3 km; 5.8 mi) north of the mouth of the Kenai River at approximately 60°37′N151°23′W / 60.617°N 151.383°W . Her crew of three survived. [215] |
Ship | Country | Description |
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Estrella | ![]() | The cargo ship ran aground in the Paraná River, Argentina. [209] She was refloated on 19 July. [216] |
Unten Maru | ![]() | The cargo ship ran aground on Quelpart, Korea. [209] She was refloated in early August, arriving at Shimonoseki under tow on 5 August for repairs. [217] |
Veerhaven | ![]() | The cargo ship ran aground at Goredetsky, Kola Peninsula, Soviet Union. [208] She was abandoned the next day, [216] with her crew setting up camp in tents. [213] She was refloated on 21 August. [218] |
Ship | Country | Description |
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Olive | ![]() | During a gale, the 59-ton motor schooner was stranded in the northeast corner of Portage Bay ( 57°34′05″N156°02′15″W / 57.56806°N 156.03750°W ) on the south coast of the Alaska Peninsula in the Territory of Alaska. Her crew of four survived. She was later salvaged, repaired, and returned to service. [215] |
Prilip | ![]() | After striking a rock in Eshomy Bay ( 60°28′30″N147°58′30″W / 60.47500°N 147.97500°W ) on the south-central coast of the Territory of Alaska, the 33-gross register ton, 52.6-foot (16.0 m) motor vessel was beached for repairs, but a fire broke out which destroyed her on the beach before repairs could begin. Her crew of five survived. [173] |
Ship | Country | Description |
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Friesland | ![]() | The cargo ship capsized at Immingham, Lincolnshire, United Kingdom. [219] |
Ship | Country | Description |
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HMAS Brisbane | ![]() | The Town-class cruiser ran aground off Port Moresby, New Guinea. She was refloated later that day. [220] |
Freeland | ![]() | The cargo ship struck rocks in Ramsey Sound. She was beached at Goodwick Sands, Pembrokeshire. [211] |
Ship | Country | Description |
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Cananova | ![]() | The cargo ship sank at New York. [221] |
Climax | ![]() | The tow steamer capsized in the Mississippi River above New Orleans. Five crewmen killed, 6 rescued. [222] |
Ship | Country | Description |
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Hizen | ![]() | Washington Naval Treaty: The decommissioned battleship was sunk as a gunnery target in the Bungo Channel. [223] |
Ship | Country | Description |
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Libourne | ![]() | The cargo ship ran aground at Whitehead, Nova Scotia, Canada. [224] She was declared a total loss in early August. [225] |
Ship | Country | Description |
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Dairen Maru | ![]() | The cargo ship collided with Shinpo Maru (![]() |
Ship | Country | Description |
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Bergensfjord | ![]() | ![]() The passenger ship suffered an explosion in her engine room and caught fire off Bergen, Norway. [226] She was beached. [228] |
Ship | Country | Description |
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Adam Smith | ![]() | The cargo ship ran aground at Westport, County Mayo, Ireland. She was still aground on 6 August. [229] |
Italier | ![]() | The cargo ship foundered off Cape Villano, Algeria. [230] |
Ship | Country | Description |
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D S S Co. No. 6 | ![]() | Deemed unfit for further use, the 17-gross register ton scow was hauled onto the beach at Port Althorp ( 58°11′30″N136°23′00″W / 58.19167°N 136.38333°W ) on the north coast of Chichagof Island in the Alexander Archipelago in Southeast Alaska, where she was wrecked. [78] |
Ship | Country | Description |
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Koun Maru No.1 | ![]() | The cargo ship ran aground and sank at Yetorofu. [231] |
Ship | Country | Description |
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Linkmoor | ![]() | The cargo ship ran aground at Métis-sur-Mer, Quebec, Canada. She was refloated but later beached at Tadoussac. [232] She was refloated on 4 August. [217] |
Lithgow | ![]() | While under tow by the vessel Meteor (![]() |
Ship | Country | Description |
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Everest | ![]() | The cargo ship sprang a leak in the Mediterranean Sea and was beached at Mazagan, French Morocco. [217] |
Herbert | ![]() | Lying at anchor in fog with a cargo of sand on board, the 128-foot (39 m), 349-gross register ton lighter sank without loss of life in 100 feet (30 m) of water 3 nautical miles (5.6 km; 3.5 mi) east of Nahant, Massachusetts, at 42°25′05″N070°51′25″W / 42.41806°N 70.85694°W after the steamer City of Gloucester (flag unknown) accidentally rammed her. [233] |
Newhaven | ![]() | The passenger ferry ran aground at Berneval-le-Grand, Seine-Inférieure, France. Her 125 passengers were able to walk ashore at low tide. [234] She was refloated on 14 August. [235] |
River Ely | ![]() | The collier grounded on Mousehole Island, Cornwall. She was later towed to Penzance. [217] [236] |
Ship | Country | Description |
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Newglyn | ![]() | The cargo ship ran aground at the Whiteford Point Lighthouse, Llanelly, Glamorgan. [237] She was declared a total loss on 14 August. [238] |
Ship | Country | Description |
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Arctic | ![]() | The 669-gross register ton motor vessel was crushed by ice in the Chukchi Sea off the Territory of Alaska 16 nautical miles (30 km; 18 mi) south of Point Barrow and 5 nautical miles (9.3 km; 5.8 mi) southwest of Cape Smyth ( 71°17′35″N156°47′20″W / 71.29306°N 156.78889°W ). [239] |
Urumea | ![]() | The cargo ship collided with Tisnaren (![]() ![]() |
Ship | Country | Description |
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Arlington Court | ![]() | The cargo ship ran aground at Buenos Aires, Argentina. [242] She was refloated on 22 August. [243] |
Ship | Country | Description |
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Orowaiti | ![]() | The tanker ran aground at Point Buchon, California. [244] She was abandoned as a total loss on 5 September. [245] |
Ship | Country | Description |
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Branstone | ![]() | The coaster collided with Merkara (![]() |
Ship | Country | Description |
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Kumiai Maru No.1 | ![]() | The cargo ship ran aground in the Hai River 60 nautical miles (110 km) upstream of the Taku Forts, Tianjin, China. [246] She was refloated on 23 August. [243] |
Ship | Country | Description |
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Elsdon | ![]() | The cargo ship ran aground on Middelgrunden, Öresund. [247] She was refloated on 20 August. [248] |
Margarita | ![]() | The cargo ship ran aground in the Guadalquivir at Seville, Spain. [249] She was refloated on 28 August. [250] |
Ship | Country | Description |
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Maindy Keep | ![]() | The coaster foundered in the Bay of Biscay 30 nautical miles (56 km) north of Ouessant, Finistère, France ( 48°55′N4°55′W / 48.917°N 4.917°W ). All sixteen crew were rescued by Olivia (![]() |
Mjolner | ![]() | The cargo ship ran aground in the Baltic Sea near the Plevna Lightship (![]() |
Ship | Country | Description |
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Point Hope | ![]() | The tug ran aground and sank at Broughton Island, Northwest Territory, Canada and sank. [246] |
Ship | Country | Description |
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Mairo | ![]() | The barque came ashore on Lobos Island, Canary Islands, Spain and was abandoned as a total loss. [218] |
Ship | Country | Description |
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Arctic | ![]() | The auxiliary schooner was crushed in ice 5 nautical miles (9.3 km) south of Cape Smyth, Balleny Islands, Antarctica. Her crew survived. [253] |
Ship | Country | Description |
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Wooston | ![]() | The coaster sprang a leak and foundered 12 nautical miles (22 km) south east of Sanda Island, Argyllshire. [243] |
Ship | Country | Description |
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Beaufort | ![]() | The dredger sprang a leak and sank at Aberdeen. [254] |
Helen E. Murley | ![]() | Hurricane No. 3: The fishing schooner sank in the hurricane, had been anchored off the Nantucket Lightship the night before. Lost with all six crew. [255] [256] |
Rosalie | ![]() | The cargo ship stuck a submerged wreck in the Bristol Channel and was beached at Fishguard, Pembrokeshire. [257] |
Samuel W. Hathaway | ![]() | Hurricane No. 3: The schooner was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean 150 nautical miles (280 km) northeast by east of Cape Hatteras, North Carolina. Six of her nine crew were rescued by Southern Cross (![]() |
Wanderer | ![]() | Hurricane No. 3: The 116-foot (35 m), 303-gross register ton whaling bark dragged her anchor during a storm and was wrecked without loss of life on rocks just off the west shore of Cuttyhunk Island, Massachusetts. Her wreck settled in up to 20 feet (6.1 m) of water at ( 41°25′18″N070°56′36″W / 41.42167°N 70.94333°W ). [259] |
Ship | Country | Description |
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Augusta | ![]() | The cargo ship was driven ashore at Vineyard Haven, Massachusetts. [250] She was refloated on 2 September. [258] |
Axholm | ![]() | The cargo ship collided with Walter Watts (![]() |
Ship | Country | Description |
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Earl of Zetland | ![]() | The passenger ship ran aground at Lerwick, Shetland Islands. Her passengers were taken off by the fishing vessel Mizpah (![]() |
Ship | Country | Description |
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Bardic | ![]() | The refrigerated cargo ship ran aground on The Stags, off Lizard Point, Cornwall. Her crew were taken off, but her officers later reboarded the ship. [261] On 8 September, they were taken off by a lifeboat. [263] Bardic was refloated on 29 September. She was towed to Falmouth, Cornwall and was beached. [264] |
Ship | Country | Description |
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Lady Kindersley | ![]() | The cargo ship became mired in ice in the Arctic Ocean off Point Barrow in early August. [265] She was abandoned on 22 August, [253] but her crew later returned to the ship as they were unable to reach land. [266] By 21 August, she was 45 nautical miles (83 km) east of Point Barrow. [267] She had sunk by 16 September. [268] |
P G #4 | ![]() | With no one on board, the 8-ton scow was wrecked in Cook Inlet on the south-central coast of the Territory of Alaska. [173] |
Ripple | ![]() | The cargo ship foundered off Wellington, New Zealand in early August with the loss of all hands. Wreckage came ashore on 9 August. [269] |
Ship | Country | Description |
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Aki | ![]() | Washington Naval Treaty: The decommissioned Satsuma-class battleship was sunk as a gunnery target by the battleship Hyūga and battlecruiser Kongō (both ![]() |
Ship | Country | Description |
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CPPC #1 | ![]() | While under tow with a 10-ton cargo of salt, barrels, and equipment, the 22-ton scow was lost when her towline parted off a location identified as "Gord Point" or "Point Gord" – probably a reference to Gore Point ( 59°12′00″N150°57′30″W / 59.20000°N 150.95833°W ) – on the coast of Afognak Island in the Territory of Alaska′s Kodiak Archipelago and she blew out to sea. [273] |
Ship | Country | Description |
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Ray | ![]() | The 142-gross register ton scow was wrecked on Marmot Island in the Kodiak Archipelago. [26] |
Raymonde | ![]() | The schooner broke free from her moorings at Saint-Pierre, Saint Pierre and Miquelon and came ashore at Fortune, Newfoundland where she was wrecked. [245] |
Ship | Country | Description |
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Ettrick | ![]() | The cargo ship ran aground in the River Avon at Bristol. [274] She was refloated on 25 October. [275] |
Ship | Country | Description |
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Kalix | ![]() | The cargo ship ran aground between Redcar and Whitby, Yorkshire, United Kingdom She was refloated but was leaking and was beached in the River Tees at Middlesbrough. [245] [263] |
Satsuma | ![]() | Washington Naval Treaty: The decommissioned Satsuma-class battleship was sunk as a gunnery target by the battleships Nagato and Mutsu (both ![]() |
Ship | Country | Description |
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Lettie | ![]() | Due to a navigational error, the 33-gross register ton motor vessel was wrecked 1.5 nautical miles (2.8 km; 1.7 mi) northeast of the mouth of Wainwright Inlet, Territory of Alaska, and about 1.5 nautical miles (2.8 km; 1.7 mi) off shore. Her crew of three survived. [70] |
Ship | Country | Description |
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Dunrobin | ![]() | The cargo ship came ashore at Tunas de Zaza, Cuba. [277] She was refloated on 14 September. [278] |
Ship | Country | Description |
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P. J. Ralph | ![]() | The cargo ship was driven ashore on Manitou Island, Michigan and was wrecked. [279] |
Verita | ![]() | The cargo ship ran aground at El Ejido, Andalusia, Spain and was a total loss. Her crew were rescued. [279] |
Wren | ![]() | The cargo ship came ashore 10 nautical miles (19 km) north of Davis Inlet, Newfoundland and was a total loss. Her crew were rescued. [277] |
Ship | Country | Description |
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Mesna | ![]() | The cargo ship came ashore at Nukuʻalofa, Tonga and was a total loss. Her crew survived. [280] |
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Mary Weems | ![]() | The cargo ship sank at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania whilst under repair. [281] |
Moyallon | ![]() | The coaster foundered in the Bristol Channel off Strumble Head, Pembrokeshire. All ten crew were rescued by Hampshire Coast (![]() |
Ship | Country | Description |
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Asian | ![]() | The cargo ship struck the Stag Rocks, off Galley Head, County Cork, Ireland and sank. [282] |
Isonzo | ![]() | The cargo ship caught fire and sank in the Port Arthur Canal, Texas, United States. [282] |
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Ulf Jarl | ![]() | The cargo ship struck a mine in the Gulf of Finland. Her crew were rescued. [283] |
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Annie | ![]() | The coaster put into Holyhead, Anglesey with a fractured main steam pipe. She was later driven ashore in Church Bay and was wrecked. All eight crew were rescued by rocket apparatus. [284] |
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Clifton | ![]() | The lake freighter foundered in a gale on Lake Huron off Forty Mile Point Light 25 nautical miles (46 km; 29 mi) off Thunder Bay during the night of 21–22 September with the loss of her entire crew of 25. [285] [286] [287] |
Ivor | ![]() | The tanker suffered an explosion and fire in her bunker coals. She was subsequently abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean off Cape Race, Newfoundland. Her crew were rescued by Lituania (![]() |
Thistle | ![]() | The passenger ship put back into Heysham, Lancashire in a gale and became stranded on the north breakwater. Her passengers were transferred to Brier (![]() |
Ship | Country | Description |
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Lotsiia | ![]() | The Uragan-class monitor ran aground at Cronstadt. She was consequently scrapped. |
Ugor | ![]() | The Bars-class submarine flooded and sank at Cronstadt. Salvaged and scrapped. |
Ship | Country | Description |
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Edward Peirce | ![]() | The cargo ship collided with Mundelta (![]() |
Yankee | ![]() | The 15-gross register ton, 41-foot (12 m) fishing vessel sank in Kasaan Bay ( 55°24′N132°06′W / 55.400°N 132.100°W ) in Southeast Alaska. The only person on board survived. [292] |
Ship | Country | Description |
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Courtown | ![]() | The cargo ship collided with La Rochefoucauld (![]() |
Guarany | ![]() | The cargo ship sank at her moorings at Buenos Aires. [294] |
Ship | Country | Description |
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Shibaura Maru | ![]() | The cargo ship ran aground in Kii Ōshima. [295] She was refloated on 5 October. [291] |
Ship | Country | Description |
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Anatolia | ![]() | The cargo ship ran aground at Smyrna, Turkey. [295] She was refloated on 4 October. [296] |
Kathleen Annie | ![]() | The auxiliary schooner came ashore in Greenholms Bay, Orkney Islands and was severely damaged. She was refloated on 2 October and beached on Egilsay. [297] [298] |
Santa Theresa | ![]() | The cargo ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean off Savannah, Georgia. All 34 crew were rescued by I. C. Whith (![]() |
Trecarrell | ![]() | The cargo ship ran aground st Ras Hafun, Italian Somaliland. [299] She was refloated on 3 October. [301] |
Ship | Country | Description |
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Fridolf Gek | ![]() | The 26.98-gross register ton schooner was wrecked on the north bank of the Snake River at Nome, Territory of Alaska, after she dragged her anchor. Deemed a threat to navigation and an obstacle to the construction of new jetties, her wreck was refloated in August 1925 and deliberately grounded on a mud flat along the river's north bank, where it was abandoned. [302] |
Ship | Country | Description |
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Don Arturo | ![]() | The coaster ran aground 10 nautical miles (19 km) north of Constitutión. [303] She was a total loss. [300] |
Ship | Country | Description |
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Clifton | ![]() | The cargo ship foundered. [304] |
Ringborg | ![]() | The cargo ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean (approximately 34°N75°W / 34°N 75°W ). [304] |
Taisho Maru | ![]() | The cargo ship ran aground at Kanabuso. She broke in two and sank. [304] |
Thor | ![]() | The cargo ship sprang a leak and sank in the Gulf of Finland 15 nautical miles (28 km) north of Osmussaar, Estonia. [291] |
Ship | Country | Description |
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Else | ![]() | The four-masted schooner came ashore 20 nautical miles (37 km) east of Pensacola, Florida. Her crew were rescued. [296] She was refloated on 13 October. [305] |
Ship | Country | Description |
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Douglas H. Thomas | ![]() | The cargo ship sank at Ingonish, Nova Scotia, Canada. [291] |
Ship | Country | Description |
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Yachiyo Maru | ![]() | The cargo ship ran aground at Niigata. [274] She was refloated on 28 October. [306] |
Ship | Country | Description |
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Rosefield | ![]() | The cargo ship ran aground at the Bjuröklubb Lighthouse, Västerbotten, Sweden. [274] She was refloated on 26 October. [275] |
Toyokawa Maru | ![]() | The cargo ship was wrecked on the coast of Sakhalien. [274] |
Ship | Country | Description |
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Rhin | ![]() | The passenger ship came ashore at Point Conbre and was wrecked. All on board were rescued. [307] |
Ship | Country | Description |
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Dolly Madison | ![]() | The cargo ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by a tug. [307] |
Ship | Country | Description |
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Matador | ![]() | The cargo ship sprang a leak in the North Sea and was abandoned 3 nautical miles (5.6 km) off Stonehaven, Aberdeenshire. [308] |
Waki Maru | ![]() | The cargo ship sank off Shiriya. [305] |
Ship | Country | Description |
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Fanny Maria | ![]() | The Thames barge was in collision with Western Coast (![]() |
H. L. Montague | ![]() | The schooner was driven ashore at Herring Neck, Newfoundland and was a total loss. [308] |
Ship | Country | Description |
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Cora | ![]() | The 13-gross register ton motor vessel caught fire at Point Ward Cannery in Southeast Alaska when her gasoline engine backfired. She burned to the waterline before the fire was extinguished. Her crew of three survived. The motor vessel Monoghan (![]() |
Ship | Country | Description |
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Flackwell | ![]() | The cargo ship ran aground 12 nautical miles (22 km) from the Manora Breakwater Lighthouse, near Karachi, India. [310] She was refloated on 22 October. [311] |
Ciudad de Cadiz | ![]() | The cargo ship was wrecked at Fernando Po, Spanish Guinea. [310] |
Ship | Country | Description |
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Bellhill | ![]() | The cargo ship struck a submerged object and was holed. She was beached at Gedser, Denmark. [315] |
Orion | ![]() | The cargo ship capsized and sank in the North Sea 10 nautical miles (19 km) south west of Lindesnes, Norway. Her crew survived. [316] |
Ship | Country | Description |
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James Timpson | ![]() | The cargo ship was abandoned in the Gulf of Mexico (approximately 16°N86°W / 16°N 86°W ). [312] |
Triton | ![]() | The schooner foundered in the Atlantic Ocean ( 49°19′N7°29′W / 49.317°N 7.483°W ). Her crew were rescued by Rhexenor (![]() |
Ship | Country | Description |
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Clansman | ![]() | The coaster foundered in the North Sea off the Haisborough Sands, Norfolk. All nine crew were rescued by the Cromer Lifeboat. [317] |
Ship | Country | Description |
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Port Nicholson | ![]() | The cargo ship struck rocks at Isleta Point, Las Palmas, Canary Islands, Spain and was beached off the Port of Las Palmas. She was refloated on 6 November. [318] |
Ship | Country | Description |
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Fylgia | ![]() | The cargo ship foundered in the Baltic Sea off Örskär with the loss of all hands. [319] |
Valdarno | ![]() | The cargo ship was destroyed by fire at Panama City, Florida, United States. [320] |
Ship | Country | Description |
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Vizma | ![]() | The brig foundered in the Atlantic Ocean 50 nautical miles (93 km) off Vigo, Galicia, Spain. Her crew survived. [321] |
Ship | Country | Description |
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Floris | ![]() | The cargo ship ran aground on the Trupailles Rock off the Île d'Yeu, Vendée and was wrecked. Her crew were rescued. [306] |
Kansas | ![]() | The cargo ship was destroyed by fire and sank in Lake Michigan. [322] |
Ship | Country | Description |
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Silver Wave | ![]() | Carrying five passengers, a crew of four, and a cargo of 12 tons of general merchandise, the 32-gross register ton, 54.8-foot (16.7 m) motor schooner became frozen in ice in Kotzebue Sound about 8 nautical miles (15 km; 9.2 mi) off the coast of the Territory of Alaska and about 12 nautical miles (22 km; 14 mi) from Cape Espenberg and was abandoned without loss of life, becoming a total loss. [41] |
Ship | Country | Description |
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Alden Anderson | ![]() | The tanker was destroyed by fire at Avon, California. [323] [324] |
Crow | ![]() | The Thames barge capsized and sank in the River Thames at Gravesend, Kent with the loss of one of her two crew. [323] |
Erle | ![]() | The cargo ship ran aground at Gedser, Zealand, Denmark. [323] She was refloated on 3 November. [325] |
Glenorchy | ![]() | The cargo ship collided with Leonard B. Miller (![]() |
H.R.A. | ![]() | The Thames barge sank in the Thames Estuary off Erith, Kent. Her crew were rescued. [323] She was refloated on 1 November. [327] |
Kalevi Poeg | ![]() | The passenger ship ran aground at Hankö, Finland. All on board were rescued. [326] |
Ship | Country | Description |
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Arion | ![]() | The cargo ship collided with Borneo (![]() |
Jamaica | ![]() | The cargo ship caught fire at Bluefields and was a total loss. [326] |
Ship | Country | Description |
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Glenlyon | ![]() | The cargo ship ran aground in Lake Superior off Isle Royale, Michigan. She broke in two on 4 December. [328] Glenlyon later sank. All crew were rescued. |
Ship | Country | Description |
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Maule | ![]() | The coaster ran aground in the Chacao Canal. [318] She was declared a total loss. [329] |
Waif | ![]() | After departing Cordova, Territory of Alaska, and picking up coal from Shinkoku Maru (![]() |
Ship | Country | Description |
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E. D. Bailley | ![]() | The schooner sprang a leak and foundered in the Atlantic Ocean ( 26°00′N74°55′W / 26.000°N 74.917°W ). All six crew were rescued by Boverton (![]() |
Inspiration | ![]() | The schooner was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean ( 38°52′N31°49′W / 38.867°N 31.817°W ). All seven crew were rescued by Cardiganshire (![]() |
Terneskjær | ![]() | The cargo ship was driven ashore on the south coast of Iceland and was wrecked. [313] |
Ship | Country | Description |
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Niko | ![]() | The cargo ship foundered off Garden Island, Lake Michigan. Her crew survived. [332] |
Ship | Country | Description |
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Graham | ![]() | The whaler was reported off the South Shetland Islands. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands. [333] |
Ship | Country | Description |
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Marie Margaretha | ![]() | The auxiliary sailing vessel was in collision with the minelayer HMS Princess Margaret (![]() ![]() |
Ship | Country | Description |
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Mars | ![]() | The cargo ship was wrecked in a cyclone at Daiquirí, Cuba. [335] |
Zacapa | ![]() | The refrigerated cargo liner ran aground on Great Inagua, Bahamas. Her passengers were taken off by Teno (![]() |
Ship | Country | Description |
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David Morris | ![]() | The schooner was driven ashore on Grand Turk and was a total loss. Her crew survived. [337] |
Boz Kourd | ![]() | The cargo ship collided with Gul Nihal (![]() |
Ship | Country | Description |
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Enrico Toti | ![]() | The cargo ship ran aground in the Patapsco River at Baltimore, Maryland, United States. [337] She was refloated on 18 November. [339] |
Ship | Country | Description |
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Pierre | ![]() | The tug capsized at Antwerp, Belgium. [340] |
Sesnon #23 | ![]() | While anchored in the roadstead at Nome, Territory of Alaska, 2 nautical miles (3.7 km; 2.3 mi) west of the mouth of the Snake River with no cargo or crew aboard, the 39-ton barge broke loose from her moorings during a gale, was driven ashore, and was broken apart by waves. [41] |
Ship | Country | Description |
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Canestio | ![]() | The barge sank in a gale after the tug Kingfisher's (![]() ![]() |
Daigo Maru | ![]() | The cargo ship ran aground at Nekogashira, Hokkaidō. [342] She was wrecked in a storm on 25 November and sank. [343] |
Edgar Baxter | ![]() | The tug burned at Tremely Point, New Jersey. [344] |
Pohatcong | ![]() | The barge sank in a gale after her tug Kingfisher's (![]() |
Strafford | ![]() | The barge sank in a gale after her tug Kingfisher's (![]() |
Ship | Country | Description |
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Andrieta | ![]() | The cargo ship sprang a leak at San Juan de Nieva and sank. [333] |
Maresfield | ![]() | The cargo ship ran aground at Trois-Rivières, Quebec, Canada. [347] She was refloated on 23 November. [348] |
Princesse Clémentine | ![]() | The cargo ship was wrecked on Penny Steel Rocks, Staithes Nab, Yorkshire, United Kingdom. [347] |
Ship | Country | Description |
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Falernian | ![]() | The cargo ship ran aground near Constanţa, Romania ( 44°05′N28°45′E / 44.083°N 28.750°E ). She was refloated on 4 March 1925. [333] [352] |
Ship | Country | Description |
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Lucia Briaco | ![]() | The cargo ship foundered 20 nautical miles (37 km) off Capo Colonna, Calabria. Her crew survived. [333] |
Ship | Country | Description |
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Esperanza | ![]() | The cargo ship was driven ashore at Tampico, Tamaulipas, Mexico. [353] She was declared a total loss on 3 December. [354] |
Marguerite M. Wemyss | ![]() | The four-masted schooner was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean off Cape Hatteras, North Carolina. Her crew were rescued by the battleship USS Utah (![]() |
Perry Setzer | ![]() | The four-masted schooner collided with City of Montgomery (![]() ![]() |
Strombus | ![]() | The cargo ship was driven ashore at Tampico, Tamaulipas, Mexico. [353] She was refloated on 27 November. [355] |
Ship | Country | Description |
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Heiyei Maru No.3 | ![]() | The cargo ship collided with Hokoyo Maru (![]() |
USS Washington | ![]() | ![]() Washington Naval Treaty: The incomplete Colorado-class battleship was sunk as a target off the Virginia Capes by the battleships USS New York and USS Texas (both |
Wild Rover | ![]() | The schooner was wrecked on Union Island, Saint Vincent. [356] |
Ship | Country | Description |
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Daleside | ![]() | The cargo ship departed Guernsey, Channel Islands for Harwich, Essex. [357] Presumed later foundered in the English Channel with the loss of all hands. A lifeboat from the ship washed up at Pagham, Sussex on 3 December. [358] |
Lina K | ![]() | While laid up and with no one on board, the 10-gross register ton motor vessel was destroyed by fire at Aiaktalik Island ( 56°42′N154°03′W / 56.700°N 154.050°W ) in the Kodiak Archipelago in the Territory of Alaska. [70] |
Ship | Country | Description |
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Dieppe | ![]() | The steam passenger ferry struck the breakwater in the harbor at Newhaven, Sussex, stern-first. The tugs Alert and Richmere (both ![]() |
Hartley | ![]() | The cargo ship foundered in the English Channel off Anvil Point, Swanage, Dorset with the loss of seventeen of her nineteen crew. Survivors were rescued by Machaon (![]() |
Richmere | ![]() | The tug was disabled when a cable became entangled around her propeller while she was coming to the assistance of the steam passenger ferry Dieppe (![]() ![]() |
Rupavati | ![]() | The passenger ship struck rocks off Vengurla, India and was beached at Malwan. Her passengers were landed. [361] |
Ship | Country | Description |
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Cornish Coast | The steamer stranded on the Seven Stones Reef between Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly. She survived and was involved in an incident with the sinking of the steamer Fagerness off Trevose Head on 17 March 1926. [362] | |
Gyptis | ![]() | The cargo ship ran aground at Pointe la Coubre, Gironde Estuary, France due to the failure of her engine and was wrecked. [363] |
Ship | Country | Description |
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Alexandre | ![]() | The cargo ship collided with Canadian Pioneer (![]() |
Astero | ![]() | The cargo ship came ashore at Ras el Amar, Tunisia. Her crew were rescued by Belos (![]() |
Baltic | ![]() | The cargo ship collided with Frost (![]() ![]() |
Enrico Toti | ![]() | The cargo ship sprang a leak and was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean ( 57°29′N55°09′W / 57.483°N 55.150°W ). Her crew were rescued by Miami (![]() |
Sveadrott | ![]() | The cargo ship ran aground at Kungshamn, Västra Götaland County. She broke in two on 14 December. [363] [366] |
HMS Vernon II | ![]() | The first-rate ship of the line broke in two during a gale and sank in the English Channel off Selsey Bill, Sussex with the loss of four of her seven crew. She was under tow to be scrapped. [367] |
Ship | Country | Description |
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Öresund | ![]() | The cargo ship came ashore 16 nautical miles (30 km) north of the Bovbjerg Lighthouse, Denmark. [363] She was refloated on 3 December. [368] |
Valborg | ![]() | The schooner came ashore 16 nautical miles (30 km) north of the Bovbjerg Lighthouse. [363] She was refloated on 11 December. [369] |
Ship | Country | Description |
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New England | ![]() | Sometime after leaving Latouche Island on 20 November, the 29-gross register ton, 52.3-foot (15.9 m) fishing vessel was lost when her crew of six was forced to abandon ship in the Gulf of Alaska 6 nautical miles (11 km; 6.9 mi) from Cape Saint Elias, Territory of Alaska, after she lost her propeller. [370] |
Ship | Country | Description |
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Unity | ![]() | The Thames barge collided with San Dario (![]() |
Ship | Country | Description |
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Freedom | ![]() | The schooner foundered in the Atlantic Ocean 600 nautical miles (1,100 km) off Sydney, Nova Scotia, Canada. [368] |
Taormina | ![]() | The cargo ship ran aground at Österngarn, Sweden. [364] She was refloated on 9 December. [371] |
Ship | Country | Description |
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Lakeland | ![]() | The cargo ship foundered in Lake Michigan. Her crew were rescued. [365] |
Port Caledonia | ![]() | The four-masted barque was driven ashore at Pointe de Chassiron, Île d'Oléron, Charente-Maritime, France and was wrecked with the loss of all hands. [368] |
Ship | Country | Description |
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Falcon | ![]() | The sailing ship was wrecked on Easter Island. [365] |
Ship | Country | Description |
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Begona No.2 | ![]() | The cargo ship ran aground near Ghar al Milh, Tunisia. [328] She was refloated on 8 December. [202] |
Cigale | ![]() | The coaster caught fire and foundered in the Indian Ocean on a voyage between Mauritius and Réunion. She was abandoned with the loss of 19 of the 47 people on board. Some of the survivors were rescued by Secunder (![]() ![]() |
Siri | ![]() | The cargo ship was destroyed by fire in the Kattegat. Her crew were rescued. [328] |
Ship | Country | Description |
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River Tyne | ![]() | The cargo ship ran aground at Helsingør, Zealand, Denmark. [374] She was refloated on 9 December. [371] |
Ship | Country | Description |
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A. Woodall | ![]() | The freighter burned in Chesapeake Bay. Lost with all seven hands. [375] |
Emma and Esther | ![]() | The schooner came ashore at Bonnybefore, County Antrim. [202] She was refloated on 12 December. [376] |
Tana | ![]() | The barque collided with the fishing vessel Ibis (![]() |
Ship | Country | Description |
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Esther Hankinson | ![]() | The schooner was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean (approximately 30°N20°W / 30°N 20°W ) with the loss of a crew member. Survivors were rescued by Charalambos (![]() |
Folkvard | ![]() | The cargo ship ran aground at Læsø, Denmark. She was refloated but subsequently beached. [377] Folkvard was refloated again on 11 December. [376] |
Noas | ![]() | The sailing ship foundered in the Baltic Sea off Karlshamn, Blekinge County, Sweden with the loss of a crew member. [377] |
Ship | Country | Description |
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Bras d'Or | ![]() | The cargo ship was destroyed by fire at Port Hawkesbury, Nova Scotia, Canada. [376] |
Fuki Maru | ![]() | The cargo ship caught fire 5 nautical miles (9.3 km) south of Namoa Island, Samoa ( 23°19′N117°00′E / 23.317°N 117.000°E ) and was abandoned. [369] |
Pelleen | ![]() | The schooner sprang a leak and was beached at Saint-Pierre, Saint Pierre and Miquelon. [376] |
Ship | Country | Description |
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USS Castine | ![]() | The decommissioned gunboat was in the Gulf of Mexico under tow to a Texas scrapyard when she suffered an explosion that sank her in 20 minutes [378] |
Ship | Country | Description |
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Laura | ![]() | The cargo ship collided with Lorenzo (![]() |
Mikado Maru | ![]() | The cargo ship ran aground at Shimonoseki. [379] She was refloated on 18 December. [380] |
Ship | Country | Description |
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Barnouic | ![]() | The auxiliary schooner came ashore on the Île de Ré, Charente-Maritime. Her crew were rescued. [381] |
Mapledawn | ![]() | The cargo ship ran aground in Georgian Bay, Ontario, Canada. She was abandoned as a total loss. [382] |
Ship | Country | Description |
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Grand Turk | ![]() | The three-masted schooner was driven ashore 180 nautical miles (330 km) east of Progreso, Yucatán and was wrecked. Her crew survived. [383] |
Ship | Country | Description |
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Fiume | ![]() | The cargo ship ran aground at Point Indio, Argentina. [380] She was refloated on 20 December. [384] |
Promus | ![]() | The cargo ship ran aground in the Nieuwe Deep. [383] She was refloated on 23 December. [385] |
Ship | Country | Description |
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Eglantiër | ![]() | The cargo ship ran aground in the Paraná River, Argentina. [386] She was refloated on 22 December. [387] |
Millville | ![]() | The 22-gross register ton motor vessel was destroyed by fire while laid up for the winter with no one aboard at Pybus Bay ( 57°16′N134°05′W / 57.267°N 134.083°W ) in Southeast Alaska. [138] |
Ship | Country | Description |
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Thames | ![]() | The brig sprang a leak in the Atlantic Ocean. She was abandoned on 23 December ( 48°50′N12°04′W / 48.833°N 12.067°W ). All seven crew were rescued by Springfield (![]() |
Ship | Country | Description |
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Cascade | ![]() | The coaster sank at Brentwood Bay, British Columbia, Canada. [384] |
Vard | ![]() | The cargo ship sprang a leak and foundered in the North Sea off Dunnet Head, Caithness, United Kingdom. All fifteen crew were rescued by the trawler Lord Knaresborough (![]() |
Ship | Country | Description |
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Chingford | ![]() | The cargo ship was driven ashore at Crail, Fife. Her 27 crew were rescued by rocket apparats and the Anstruther and St. Andrews Lifeboats. [389] |
Claremorris | ![]() | The cargo ship was driven ashore at Corsewall Point, Wigtownshire with the loss of one of her eleven crew. [389] She was a total loss. [388] |
Esther Maria | ![]() | The cargo ship was driven aground on the Big Rock, Stornoway, Isle of Lewis. [389] All crew except her officers were taken off. [388] She was refloated on 8 February 1925. [390] |
Katherine | ![]() | The cargo ship ran aground at Dundrum, Dublin, Ireland. [391] She was driven further up the shore on 27 December. [392] She was refloated on 9 May 1925. [393] |
Konini | ![]() | The cargo ship ran aground at Whale Point, South Island, New Zealand and was a total loss. [391] |
Ostrobotnia | ![]() | The cargo ship struck rocks at Viborg, Denmark and was beached. [387] She was refloated later that day. [394] |
Vithinia | ![]() | The cargo ship ran aground and sank at Laurium. [388] |
Ship | Country | Description |
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Anna Vasilakis | ![]() | The cargo ship ran aground at Karaburun, Turkey. [395] She was refloated on 29 December. [394] |
Po | ![]() | The cargo ship collided with the steamer St. Paul (![]() |
Scotsman | ![]() | The Thames barge collided with London Mariner (![]() |
St.Karadec | ![]() | The coaster ran aground and foundered in Carmarthen Bay with the loss of all hands. [395] [396] |
Ship | Country | Description |
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Marjorie Seed | ![]() | The cargo ship ran aground on Lady Isle in the Firth of Forth. [395] She was a total wreck by 28 December. [394] |
Meteore | ![]() | The sailing ship foundered in the English Channel off Perros, Côtes-du-Nord. [395] |
Ship | Country | Description |
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John Harrison | ![]() | The collier departed the River Tyne for Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands. Presumed foundered in the North Sea with the loss of all hands. [397] A lifeboat from the ship washed up on Wyk auf Föhr, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany on 10 January 1925. [398] |
Ship | Country | Description |
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Curlew | ![]() | The cargo ship sank off Louisburg, Nova Scotia, Canada. [392] |
Mount Blairy | ![]() | The three-masted schooner ran aground at Toward Point, Argyllshire, United Kingdom. [392] She was refloated on 29 January 1925. [399] |
Glenaster | ![]() | The cargo ship ran aground at Cape St. Paul, Gold Coast. She was refloated on 5 January 1925. [392] [400] |
Gleneden | ![]() | The cargo ship ran aground in the North Sea off Winterton, Norfolk. [392] She was refloated and later beached at Sunk Island, Yorkshire. Gleneden was refloated on 31 December and taken to Immingham, Lincolnshire. [401] |
Sortland | ![]() | The coaster was wrecked in Foldenfjord, Norway, with the loss of a crew member. [392] |
Willemoes | ![]() | The three-masted schooner came ashore at Freshwater West, Pembrokeshire and was wrecked with the loss of one of her six crew. [392] |
Ship | Country | Description |
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Atlantic | ![]() | The cargo ship was abandoned in the North Sea off the Sunk Lightship (![]() ![]() |
Clyde | ![]() | The cargo ship caught fire in the North Sea off Kinnaird Head, Aberdeenshire and was beached at Cairnbulg. She was a total loss but her crew were rescued. [394] |
Ship | Country | Description |
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Alfredo | ![]() | The collier foundered in the Bay of Biscay off Ouessant, Finistère, France with the loss of six of her nineteen crew. [402] |
Inger Benedicte | ![]() | The cargo ship was rammed and sunk by the trawler Skallagrimur (![]() |
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Stella Maris | ![]() | The cargo ship was wrecked at Amroth, Pembrokeshire. [403] |
Ship | Country | Description |
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Eddystone | The Thames barge collided with Belvedere (![]() | |
Erivan | ![]() | The whaler struck rocks and sank 15 nautical miles (28 km) off Swain Island, Kerguelen. [405] [401] Her crew were rescued by Kilfenora (![]() |
Western Valleys | ![]() | The cargo ship came ashore at Heysham, Lancashire. She broke in two and was a total loss. [407] |
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Arrow | ![]() | The 63.2-foot (19.3 m), 31-gross register ton two-masted schooner was abandoned in Detroit Harbor on the southern end of Wisconsin′s Washington Island sometime in 1924. She subsequently deteriorated into a wreck in the vicinity of 45°20.356′N086°55.310′W / 45.339267°N 86.921833°W . [408] |
Bolcom No. 8 | ![]() | The 63-ton barge was wrecked at "Bluff Point" on the coast of the Territory of Alaska. The wreck report does not specify at which of many locations of the name the wreck took place. [409] |
President Coaker | ![]() | The schooner foundered in the Atlantic Ocean sometime in late January or early February. Wreckage washed up at Cape Ballard, Newfoundland on 2 February. [20] [44] |
Laura | ![]() | The 8-gross register ton fishing vessel was stranded during a gale in Southeast Alaska at a place reported as "Walton Rocks, on Black Island," probably a reference to Waldon Rocks ( 55°16′15″N131°36′20″W / 55.27083°N 131.60556°W ) opposite Blank Island ( 55°16′23″N131°38′34″W / 55.2731°N 131.6428°W ). A small boat rescued the only person aboard. [70] |
Sesnon #4 | ![]() | The barge was lost at Bluff, Territory of Alaska, in 1921 or 1924. [41] |
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