The list of shipwrecks in 1925 includes ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during 1925.
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Heinrich Hugo Stinnes 7 | ![]() | The cargo ship sprang a leak off Kopervik, Norway and was beached in Høyevarde Bay. [1] |
Katharina Dorothea Fritzen | ![]() | The cargo ship was driven ashore at Skudesnes, Norway and was wrecked. Her crew were rescued. [2] |
Mohawk | ![]() | The passenger ship caught fire and sank in Delaware Bay. Two hundred and seventy passengers were rescued by USCGC Kickapoo ( ![]() |
Ship | State | Description |
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Turnu Severin | ![]() | The cargo ship came ashore near Cap Gris Nez, Pas-de-Calais, France. She broke in two on 12 January and was declared a total loss. [4] She was refloated on 23 March and beached at Boulogne. [5] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Castlerock | ![]() | The cargo ship struck a breakwater at Fishguard, Pembrokeshire and was consequently beached at Goodwick Sands. [1] She was refloated on 12 January. [6] |
Emmanuel | ![]() | The cargo ship was driven ashore at St David's, Pembrokeshire and was wrecked. All 25 crew were rescued. [1] She was refloated on 24 March. [7] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Kiang Wo | ![]() | The cargo ship ran aground in the Yangtze 70 nautical miles (130 km) upstream of Hankow, China. [1] She was refloated on 12 January. [8] |
Taiyu Maru | ![]() | The cargo ship collided with Yetorofu Maru (![]() |
Ship | State | Description |
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Mercurius | ![]() | The cargo ship ran aground on Pearl Rock, Gibraltar. Her crew were rescued. [10] She broke in two on 11 January and was a total loss. [11] |
Riding | ![]() | The cargo ship ran aground on the south coast of Iceland. [12] She was a total loss. [13] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Manuel Caragol | ![]() | The sailing ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean ( 48°05′N67°40′W / 48.083°N 67.667°W ). She was set afire by her crew, who were rescued by Kenowis (![]() |
Nystrand | ![]() | The cargo ship ran aground on Lillegrunden, Great Belt. [14] She was refloated on 16 January. [15] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Ceramic | ![]() | The ocean liner ran aground in the River Clyde at Glasgow. She was later refloated and drydocked. [6] |
Elli | ![]() | The cargo ship foundered in the Aegean Sea 20 nautical miles (37 km) off Astypalaia, Greece. [16] |
Ship | State | Description |
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USS S-19 | ![]() | ![]() The S-class submarine ran aground off Chatham, Massachusetts. She was later refloated and returned to service. |
Ship | State | Description |
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Aladdin | ![]() | The cargo ship sank off Silda, Norway. [17] |
Bidsie and Bell | ![]() | The schooner ran aground at Holyhead, Anglesey. Her crew were rescued. [12] |
Camborne | ![]() | The auxiliary schooner was driven ashore at Arthurstown, County Wexford, Ireland. [12] She was refloated on 27 January. [18] |
Cardiff Hall | ![]() | The cargo ship was driven ashore at Seven Heads, County Cork, Ireland and was wrecked with the loss of all hands. [12] [13] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Arnold | ![]() | The cargo ship ran aground on Soay, Skye, United Kingdom. She broke in two and was a total loss. [19] [20] |
Raita | ![]() | The sailing ship was wrecked at Carmannah whilst on a voyage from Port Gamble, Washington, United States to Papeete, Tahiti. All ten crew were rescued. [21] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Goodig | ![]() | The cargo ship ran aground at Vlissingen, Netherlands. [22] She was refloated on 22 January. [23] |
Terrier | ![]() | The three-masted schooner came ashore at St. Ann's Head, Pembrokeshire and was wrecked. Her crew were rescued. [22] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Archangel | ![]() | The passenger ferry ran aground at Hook of Holland, Netherlands. Passengers were landed by three tugs. [21] |
HMS Monarch | ![]() | Washington Naval Treaty: The Orion-class battleship was sunk as a target in the Atlantic Ocean off the Isles of Scilly by HMS Carysfort, HMS Caledon, HMS Curacoa, HMS Calliope, HMS Hood, HMS Repulse, HMS Ramillies, HMS Revenge, HMS Resolution, HMS Royal Oak, HMS Royal Sovereign and HMS Vectis (all ![]() |
Redline No.1 | ![]() | The coastal tanker foundered in the Bristol Channel with the loss of eight of her nine crew. [25] The survivor was rescued by Thérese (![]() |
Ship | State | Description |
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Europe | ![]() | The cargo liner came ashore at Pirio Press, Cotonou, French Dahomey. [27] Her passengers were taken off by Scheldestroom (![]() |
Ship | State | Description |
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Mars | ![]() | The cargo ship struck rocks off the Jardin Lighthouse, Ille-et-Vilaine and was beached at Dinard. She was later refloated and taken to Saint-Malo. [16] |
Waldtrout Horn | ![]() | The cargo ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean ( 48°33′N24°25′W / 48.550°N 24.417°W ). her crew were rescued by Silverway (![]() |
Ship | State | Description |
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HMML 307 | ![]() | The Motor Launch suffered an engine explosion and sank at Hankow, China. [30] |
Ship | State | Description |
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George Jr. | ![]() | During a voyage from Petersburg to Juneau, Territory of Alaska, the 27-gross register ton motor vessel sank in a snowstorm with high seas and strong winds in the Alexander Archipelago in Southeast Alaska between Taku Harbor and Gastineau Channel. All four men on board – three crewmen and a passenger – perished. [31] |
Speedway | ![]() | The auxiliary schooner caught fire in the Pacific Ocean off the Swiftsure Reef, British Columbia, Canada and was abandoned. [32] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Olive Branch | ![]() | The schooner struck a submerged object in the Bristol Channel and sprang a leak. An attempt was made to reach Milford Haven, Pembrokeshire but she foundered off Dale Point. [32] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Benvannoch | ![]() | The cargo ship ran aground in the Singapore Strait at Pulo Angup whilst on a voyage from Port Said, Egypt to Hakodate, Japan. [33] She was refloated on 2 February. [34] |
Doon Glen | ![]() | The cargo ship sprang a leak and put into Larne, County Antrim. [35] She was beached there the next day. [36] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Commack | ![]() | The schooner was driven ashore at False Hook, New Jersey. Some of her crew were taken off by a United States Coast Guard vessel. [37] She was refloated on 1 February. [38] |
HMINS Elphinstone | ![]() | The Anchusa-class sloop struck an uncharted rock off Castle Point, Tillanchong Island, Nicobar Islands, and sank. All 136 crew survived. [39] |
USS S-48 | ![]() | The S-class submarine ran aground off Jeffrey Point, New Hampshire. She was refloated a week later. Subsequently repaired and returned to service. |
Ship | State | Description |
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Gladys | ![]() | The sailing ship came ashore and sank at Vlissingen, Netherlands. [37] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Chyko | ![]() | The coaster ran aground on the Fungu Miza Reef and was beached at Dar es Salaam, Tanganyika. [40] |
Sara | ![]() | The cargo ship struck rocks in the Adriatic Sea off Fano and sank with the loss of one of her crew. [41] [42] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Altai Maru | ![]() | The cargo ship caught fire and was beached at Belawan, Dutch East Indies. [40] She was refloated on 24 February. [43] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Unidentified launch | ![]() | A steam launch belonging to the cruiser Izumo (![]() |
Ship | State | Description |
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Kilindili | ![]() | The coaster sank on a voyage from Mangalore to Malepi with the loss of seventeen lives. [42] |
Tosa | ![]() | ![]() |
Ship | State | Description |
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Muriel | ![]() | The Thames barge foundered in the Thames Estuary off Canvey Island, Essex with the loss of one of her two crew. [45] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Puren | ![]() | The cargo ship foundered in the Pacific Ocean 30 nautical miles (56 km) north of Valparaíso. [49] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Asator | ![]() | The cargo ship sprang a leak and was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean ( 49°00′N03°20′W / 49.000°N 3.333°W ). She later sank, but her crew were rescued by El Kantara (![]() |
Ship | State | Description |
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Normanna | ![]() | The cargo ship arrived at Tenerife, Canary Isles, Spain with her cargo on fire and was beached. [51] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Castlereagh | ![]() | The coaster passed Prawle Point, Devon bound for Shoreham-by-Sea, Sussex. No further trace, presumed foundered in the English Channel with the loss of all hands. [52] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Caithness | ![]() | The cargo ship ran aground in the Paraná River, Argentina. [53] She was refloated on 8 March. [54] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Boshomaru | ![]() | The training ship foundered off the coast of Japan with the loss of six lives. [55] |
Galdames | ![]() | The cargo ship collided with the quayside at La Rochelle, Charente-Maritime, France and sank. [56] |
Koanmaru | ![]() | The cargo ship foundered off the coast of Japan. [55] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Belita | ![]() | The cargo ship sprang a leak and sank at New York, United States. [47] |
Cristina Rueda | ![]() | The cargo ship sank in the English Channel 4 nautical miles (7.4 km) off La Rochelle, Charente-Maritime, France, [47] with the loss of all hands. Seven lifeboatmen were also lost attempting a rescue. She broke up the next day in a gale and was a total loss. [57] |
USS Huron | ![]() | The Pennsylvania-class cruiser ran aground off Palawayan Island, Netherlands East Indies. [43] She was refloated the next day. [58] |
Panama | ![]() | During a voyage in Southeast Alaska from Santa Anna to Ketchikan with three crewmen and a cargo of 25 tons of fresh herring aboard, the 25-gross register ton, 50.1-foot (15.3 m) fishing vessel sank in three minutes in Clarence Strait in the Alexander Archipelago between Cape Camano and Guard Island after her seams opened. [59] |
Teesdale | ![]() | The cargo ship caught fire in the North Sea. She was abandoned 6 nautical miles (11 km) off the Dutch coast. All her crew were rescued by a Dutch pilot boat. [60] |
Winga | ![]() | The cargo ship struck rocks off the Isle of Skye and was beached in Loch Scaur. [60] She was refloated on 12 March. [61] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Montlaurier | ![]() | The ocean liner developed a fault in her steering gear whilst on a voyage to Canada. She returned to Cobh, County Cork, Ireland where she was beached and her passengers were taken off. [62] Subsequently refloated and towed to Liverpool, Lancashire for repairs. |
Ship | State | Description |
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Hans Jensen | ![]() | The cargo ship ran aground in the Paraná River, Argentina. [63] She was refloated on 9 March. [64] |
Villasandino | ![]() | The cargo ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean off Land's End, Cornwall, United Kingdom. Her crew were rescued by British Chancellor (![]() |
Ship | State | Description |
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James M. Hudson | ![]() | The barge, being towed by T. J. Hooper (![]() |
Ship | State | Description |
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Flevo | ![]() | The cargo ship caught fire in the Indian Ocean and was abandoned 40 nautical miles (74 km) off Tandjung Priok, Netherlands East Indies with the loss of nine of her crew. Although reported to have sunk, [66] she was towed into Batavia later that day. [67] |
Ravenscar | ![]() | The cargo ship collided with Ingerfire (![]() |
Ship | State | Description |
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Aalsum | ![]() | The cargo ship collided with Dannedaike (![]() |
Ship | State | Description |
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Schelde | ![]() | The tug was driven onto the south breakwater at Hook of Holland, Netherlands whilst going to the assistance of Soerakarta (![]() |
Soerakarta | ![]() | The cargo ship was driven onto the north breakwater at Hook of Holland. Lifeboats rescued 48 crew, leaving her officers on board. [70] They were rescued the next day. [71] Although salvage operations were reported to have been abandoned on 13 March, [72] she was cut in two. A 350-foot (110 m) section of her 430-foot (130 m) length was refloated by 9 April and towed to Rotterdam. [73] The bow section sank on 16 April and was a total loss. [74] [75] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Phyllis | ![]() | The four-masted barque departed Adelaide, South Australia for the United Kingdom. Reported missing on 6 August. [76] |
Stella Maris | ![]() | The sealer was crushed by ice in Notre Dame Bay, Newfoundland. [77] Her crew were rescued by Prospero (![]() |
Ship | State | Description |
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Uwajima Maru | ![]() | The passenger ship foundered off Kyushu with the loss of 102 of the 118 people on board. [79] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Anine | ![]() | The cargo ship passed Gibraltar bound for Civitavecchia, Italy. No further trace, presumed foundered in the Mediterranean Sea with the loss of all hands. [80] |
Phyllis Hudson | ![]() | The cargo ship ran aground on the Brake Sands, Thames Estuary. Her crew were rescued by the Ramsgate Lifeboat and she was subsequently towed into Ramsgate, Kent by Aid (![]() |
Ship | State | Description |
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Kozan Maru No.1 | ![]() | The cargo ship departed Chichijima for Shimoda. No further trace. [82] |
Modesta | ![]() | The cargo ship ran aground in the Paraná River, Argentina. [83] She was refloated on 26 March. [84] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Erissos | ![]() | The cargo ship ran aground in the Paraná River at Arroyos Secos, Santa Fe, Argentina. [83] |
Jameson | ![]() | The cargo ship ran aground in the Paraná River at Arroyos Secos. [83] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Josefita | ![]() | The cargo ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean ( 36°43′N8°20′W / 36.717°N 8.333°W ). Her crew were rescued by Knut (![]() |
Scampolo | ![]() | The cargo ship was abandoned in the Tyrrhenian Sea 15 nautical miles (28 km) west of Capri. [86] |
Vulcano | ![]() | The cargo ship ran aground in the Paraná River at Rosario, Argentina. [85] She was refloated on 20 March. [84] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Bienville | ![]() | The cargo ship caught fire at New Orleans, Louisiana and was beached. [86] [87] She was refloated on 22 March. Her hull was intact but her superstructure was destroyed. [88] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Swona | ![]() | The whaler foundered on a voyage from South Georgia to Cape Town, South Africa. Her crew were rescued. [89] |
Thyra | ![]() | The cargo ship collided with Ardmore (![]() |
Ship | State | Description |
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Cité de Verdun | ![]() | The steam-trawler struck Rosevear an island in the Western Rocks, Isles of Scilly during a snowstorm. The crew of thirty landed, lit a fire and sent distress signals which were answered by the St Mary's lifeboat Elsie ( ![]() |
City of Brisbane | ![]() | The iron paddle steamer was scuttled off Sydney Heads on 21 March 1925. [91] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Notre Dame de Lourdes | ![]() | The schooner foundered in the Atlantic Ocean ( 48°35′N5°25′W / 48.583°N 5.417°W ). Some of her seven crew were rescued by Iroise (![]() |
Ship | State | Description |
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Ethel | ![]() | The coaster capsized and sank in Liverpool Bay. All seven crew were rescued by Harlaw Plain (![]() |
Yetajima Maru | ![]() | The cargo ship collided with Tsugaru Maru (![]() |
Ship | State | Description |
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Aysgarth Force | ![]() | The cargo ship foundered in the North Sea off the Maas Lightship (![]() ![]() |
Ship | State | Description |
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Asturiano | ![]() | The cargo liner collided with Buenos Aires (![]() |
Lavinia | ![]() | The coaster ran aground off Norderney, Germany. [94] She was refloated on 5 April. [98] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Ferncliff | ![]() | The cargo ship ran aground off Ras-al-Bir, Italian Somaliland ( 12°00′N43°34′E / 12.000°N 43.567°E ). [101] She was refloated on 6 April. [102] |
Kozan Maru | ![]() | The cargo ship foundered off Idzu. [103] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Cisneros | ![]() | The cargo liner caught fire in the Bay of Biscay off the coast of Finistère, France, and was abandoned. [104] [105] She was declared a constructive total loss. [106] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Hachijo Maru | ![]() | The cargo ship sank off Hachiji Island. [107] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Elizabeth Hyam | ![]() | The schooner sank at Ramsey, Isle of Man. [108] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Bresil | ![]() | The cargo ship ran aground 30 nautical miles (56 km) of Cap St. James, French Indochina. She broke up and was a total loss. [109] |
Jonge Catharina | ![]() | The cargo ship collided with Clan Monroe (![]() |
Tannenfels | ![]() | The cargo ship ran aground 10 nautical miles (19 km) west of Karachi, India and was severely damaged. [103] [110] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Folden I | ![]() | The cargo ship collided with Volos (![]() ![]() |
Ship | State | Description |
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Challenge | ![]() | The Thames barge collided with Lisken (![]() |
Francesco | ![]() | The schooner was driven ashore at Benghazi, Libya and was wrecked. Her crew survived. [112] |
Valrossa | ![]() | The cargo ship caught fire at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States and was beached. [109] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Marion | ![]() | The schooner ran aground on Splough Rock, off Greenore Point, County Louth, Ireland and was wrecked. [112] |
Montlaurier | ![]() | The ocean liner caught fire at Birkenhead, Cheshire whilst under repair and was severely damaged. [113] She was subsequently repaired and returned to service in July 1925 as Montnairn. |
Ship | State | Description |
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S.A.C. | ![]() | The cargo ship collided with Millgate (![]() |
Ship | State | Description |
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Trehawke | ![]() | The cargo ship ran aground near Cape Upright, Chile and was abandoned. Her crew were rescued by Toluma (![]() |
Ship | State | Description |
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O-2 | ![]() | The Type U-43 submarine foundered off Japan in a storm. (Some sources claim O-2 was scrapped in 1922.) |
Raifuku Maru | ![]() | The cargo ship sank in a storm in the North Atlantic with the loss of all 38 crew. |
Ship | State | Description |
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Irma | ![]() | The schooner came ashore 14 nautical miles (26 km) north of Body's Island, North Carolina and was abandoned. [118] |
Ship | State | Description |
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HMS Dolphin | ![]() | The Dolphin-class gunvessel foundered in the Firth of Forth. She was refloated on 23 September. [119] |
Rhesus | ![]() | The cargo ship collided with Canton (![]() |
Ship | State | Description |
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Azov | ![]() | The cargo ship ran aground at Cape Hogan, Nova Scotia, and was a total loss. [120] |
Moldegaard | ![]() | The cargo ship ran aground at Pennant Point, Nova Scotia, and was wrecked. [120] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Kelly Island | ![]() | The barge capsized in Lake Erie near Point Pelee when crewmen, without orders, removed a 16-inch (410 mm) suction hose and plate flooding the barge. Nine crewmen killed, seven rescued by the tug Flossie B. (![]() |
Ship | State | Description |
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M.E. Norman | ![]() | The sternwheel steamboat capsized and sank in the Mississippi River near Cow Island Bend with the loss of 23 lives. Thirty-two people were saved. [121] |
Ship | State | Description |
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USCGC AB-3 | ![]() | The United States Coast Guard cutter, formerly the patrol boat USS Cossack (![]() |
Gladys E. Bullen | The schooner came ashore on the west coast of Miquelon and was wrecked. [123] | |
Hans Jensen | ![]() | The cargo ship was wrecked on the coast of Nova Scotia. [124] |
Yutaka Maru | ![]() | The passenger ship came ashore near Sasebo, Nagasaki. Her passengers were taken off. [123] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Glenluce | ![]() | The cargo liner ran aground at Cairnbulg Briggs, Aberdeenshire. [125] She was refloated on 20 May. [126] |
Mohican | ![]() | The cargo ship burned and sank off Cape Canaveral, Florida. Wreck eventually dispersed with explosives by the US Coast Guard. [127] [128] |
Sakurajima Maru | ![]() | The cargo ship collided with Taiko Maru No.2 (![]() |
Ship | State | Description |
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Morican | ![]() | The cargo ship caught fire at Jacksonville, Florida, and was beached. [129] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Rytoner | ![]() | The coaster was rammed and sunk in the English Channel off Beachy Head, East Sussex, by Lyngern (![]() |
Ship | State | Description |
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Corcrest | ![]() | The cargo ship collided with Chevington (![]() |
Pennyworth | ![]() | The cargo ship ran aground in the River Neva at Leningrad, Soviet Union. [131] She was refloated on 19 May. [132] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Dunard | ![]() | The cargo ship ran aground in the Bay of Biscay 3 nautical miles (5.6 km) off Roscoff, Finistère, France. Her crew were rescued. [133] She later capsized and was a total loss. [134] |
Wm. P. Fiske | ![]() | The tow steamer capsized and sank during the night in the Cumberland River just above Lock No.2. The crew was surprised in their cabins, three crew and the wife of the fireman drowned, five crew survived. Later raised. [65] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Margaret Spencer | ![]() | The schooner came ashore at the Oregon Inlet and was wrecked. [135] |
Spain Maru | ![]() | The cargo ship ran aground at Cape Miyagi ( 38°19′N141°33′E / 38.317°N 141.550°E ). [132] She broke in two on 12 June and was a total loss. [136] |
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Vis | ![]() | During a gale, the 17-gross register ton, 41-foot (12 m) fishing vessel struck rocks and became stranded at Long Island in Kasaan Bay on the coast of Southeast Alaska. After Louisiana (![]() |
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Imerethie II | ![]() | The cargo ship ran aground at San Stefano Point, Turkey. [132] She was refloated on 25 May. [138] |
Ship | State | Description |
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An Lan | ![]() | The tanker was wrecked near Chunking, China. [139] |
Berlin | ![]() | The cargo ship struck a rock off Corrobdo, A Coruña, Spain and was beached. [139] She was refloated on 26 May. [140] |
County of Cardigan | ![]() | The cargo ship ran aground at Cape Cée, Corcubión, Spain. [141] She was declared a total loss on 26 May. [142] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Blus | ![]() | The cargo ship ran aground in Canelinas Bay, Spain and was a total loss. [143] |
Border Glen | ![]() | The coaster foundered in the North Sea 4 nautical miles (7.4 km) south south west of Findochty, Morayshire. All five crew survived. [143] |
Kilelmi | ![]() | The coaster foundered in the Bosporus with the loss of 44 of the 49 people on board. [143] [144] |
Sceptre | ![]() | The cargo ship ran aground at Cap L'Agulhas, South Africa. [143] She broke her back on 27 May and was a total loss. [145] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Cyrenia | ![]() | The cargo ship ran aground at Whanganui, North Island, New Zealand. [138] She broke in two on 28 May. [146] Cyrenia was subsequently scrapped in situ . [147] |
Ebro | ![]() | The cargo ship ran aground at Puerto Plata, Dominican Republic. [138] She was refloated on 28 May. [146] |
Lesbian | ![]() | The cargo ship ran aground at Kephez, Turkey. [138] She was refloated on 27 May. [146] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Fiona | ![]() | The coaster ran aground on Trinity Ledge, Nova Scotia. She refloated, capsized and sank. Her crew survived. [148] |
Young America | ![]() | The 34-gross register ton, 51-foot (16 m) fishing vessel was destroyed by a fire at Sitka, Territory of Alaska, that began with a gasoline explosion that occurred just after she finished taking on fuel. There was no loss of life. [149] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Ekaterina Inglessi | ![]() | The cargo ship was abandoned in the Mediterranean Sea ( 34°34′N27°52′E / 34.567°N 27.867°E ). Her crew were rescued by Herefordshire (![]() ![]() |
Morowitz | ![]() | The cargo ship ran aground at La Plata, Argentina. [148] She was refloated on 5 June. [150] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Hans | ![]() | The auxiliary schooner struck a mine in the Baltic Sea off Gotland and sank with the loss of seven of her eight crew. [145] |
Joffre | ![]() | The tug ran aground on the Bolt Tail Rocks, Devon. Eleven crew were rescued by rocket apparatus. [145] [151] |
Ludlow | ![]() | The schooner was destroyed by fire at Gulfport, Mississippi. [145] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Barbara | ![]() | The 29-gross register ton, 50-foot (15.2 m) motor vessel was wrecked on a rock off Shipwreck Point ( 54°53′53″N132°29′30″W / 54.89806°N 132.49167°W ) in Southeast Alaska after her gasoline engine broke down. Her crew survived and spent the day on the rock before the mail boat Carmen (![]() |
Lundy Light | ![]() | The cargo ship ran aground on Martín García Island, Argentina. [153] She was refloated on 1 June. [154] |
Reliant | ![]() | The salvage vessel foundered in the Atlantic Ocean 400 nautical miles (740 km) west of Tory Island, County Donegal. [155] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Florence Swyres | ![]() | The schooner sprang a leak and foundered in the Strait of Gibraltar off Tarifa, Andalusia, Spain. [156] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Fair City | ![]() | The cargo ship struck the quayside at Dundee, Forfarshire and was beached severely damaged at the bow. [154] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Bombay Maru | ![]() | The cargo ship ran aground at Notoro, Karafuto. She was refloated on 15 July. [157] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Duxbury | ![]() | Carrying a 30-ton cargo of general merchandise, the 38-gross register ton motor vessel was crushed in ice and lost in the Beaufort Sea approximately 0.5 nautical miles (0.9 km; 0.6 mi) northeast of Cape Halkett ( 70°48′10″N152°11′05″W / 70.80278°N 152.18472°W ) on the north coast of the Territory of Alaska. Her crew of six survived. [158] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Africanic | ![]() | The cargo ship collided with Northlea (![]() ![]() |
Union Gujera | ![]() | The cargo ship ran aground at Gijón, Asturias and was wrecked. [150] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Essu | ![]() | The 9-gross register ton, 32-foot (9.8 m) fishing vessel burned and sank without loss of life while moored at the wharf at Port Alexander, Territory of Alaska. She later was salvaged and returned to service. [160] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Demosthenes | ![]() | The cargo ship ran aground in the Comoros Islands. [161] She was abandoned as a total loss, [162] her crew were rescued by General Foch (flag unknown). [163] |
Leodium | ![]() | The cargo ship ran aground in the Paraná River at Rosario, Santa Fe, Argentina. [147] She was refloated on 27 December. [164] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Aebo | ![]() | The three-masted schooner came ashore at Terceira Island, Azores, Portugal and was wrecked. [147] |
West Saginaw | ![]() | The Design 1013 cargo ship struck a submerged object in the Atlantic Ocean and was beached at Nantucket, Massachusetts. She was refloated the next day. |
Ship | State | Description |
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Aikaterini M. Goulandris | ![]() | The cargo ship ran aground at Maryport, Cumberland. [136] She was refloated on 13 June and was then beached. [162] |
Equity | ![]() | The coaster collided with Rena (![]() ![]() |
Europe | ![]() | The Boulogne steam-trawler struck Rosevear, an island in the Western Rocks, Isles of Scilly in fog. As the tide rose the trawler floated off the rocks and made for Dunkirk with slight damage. [90] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Norseman | ![]() | The cargo ship collided with Burnside (![]() |
Ship | State | Description |
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Lilyada | ![]() | The cargo ship collided with Cabo Mendor (![]() |
Ship | State | Description |
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Virginius | ![]() | While under tow by Katherine D (![]() |
Ship | State | Description |
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Corvallis | ![]() | The retired cargo ship, portraying the fictional ocean liner Mandalay, was deliberately blown up by First National Pictures in the North Atlantic Ocean 45 nautical miles (83 km; 52 mi) east of Harvey Cedars, New Jersey, during filming of the 1925 movie The Half-Way Girl . Her forward section sank in 140 feet (43 m) of water, but her stern remained afloat after the explosion and the United States Coast Guard had to sink it. [166] [167] |
Oakwood | ![]() | The cargo ship ran aground in Lake Erie. [168] She was refloated on 30 June [169] or 8 July, [170] according to conflicting reports. |
Ship | State | Description |
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Chelanthos | ![]() | The cargo ship ran aground in the Paraná River, Argentina. [171] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Ioannis D | ![]() | The cargo ship ran aground near Cape St. Vincent, Portugal. [172] She was a total loss. [163] |
Mimi | ![]() | The cargo ship ran aground in the Paraná River, Argentina. [173] She was refloated on 2 September. [174] |
Waimate | ![]() | The cargo ship ran aground 5 nautical miles (9.3 km) north east of Cape St. Vincent. [172] [175] She was abandoned on 22 June. [163] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Samoa | ![]() | The three-masted auxiliary schooner was driven ashore at Nassau, Bahamas and was wrecked. [173] |
Valencia | ![]() | The coaster was rammed and sunk by Alvarez Sala (![]() |
Ship | State | Description |
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Edendale | ![]() | The cargo ship ran aground off Belitung, Netherlands East Indies. [176] She was refloated on 29 June. [177] |
Goshu Maru | ![]() | The cargo ship came ashore 260 nautical miles (480 km) north of Vladivostok, Soviet Union. [178] Although declared a total loss, she was refloated on 29 July. [179] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Fushiki Maru | ![]() | The cargo ship came ashore at Shiritokosaki, Hokkaidō and was wrecked. [180] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Boulinier | ![]() | The schooner came ashore at Fort-de-France, Martinique and was a total loss. [181] |
Ocean King | ![]() | The tug was struck by Marloch (![]() |
Ship | State | Description |
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Wales Maru | ![]() | The cargo ship ran aground in the Banka Strait. [183] She was refloated on 6 July. [184] |
West Hesseltine | ![]() | The Design 1013 ship ran aground on Maio, Cape Verde Islands. [182] Most of her passengers and crew were taken off in early July by Sagres (![]() |
Ship | State | Description |
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Bartolo | ![]() | The cargo ship collided with Rose Schiaffino (![]() |
Rex | ![]() | The schooner was rammed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean 300 nautical miles (560 km) off Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada by Aurania (![]() |
Ship | State | Description |
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Tonshin Maru | ![]() | The cargo ship ran aground on Sakhalin and was a total loss. [187] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Ville d'Isigny | ![]() | The cargo ship sank at Brest, Finistère. [181] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Herculese | ![]() | The tug was struck by Akabo (![]() |
Ship | State | Description |
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Pinafore Park swan boat | ![]() | A swan boat carrying 24 people including 21 children capsized at Pinafore Park in St. Thomas killing seven children and one out of the two adults on board. [190] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Halgan | ![]() | The cargo ship ran aground at Pernambuco, Brazil. [191] She was refloated on 30 August. [192] |
Thomas P. Beal | ![]() | The cargo ship struck rocks in the East River, New York and was beached. [191] She was refloated the next day. [193] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Loongwo | ![]() | The cargo ship struck rocks in the Yangtze 250 nautical miles (460 km) downstream of Hankow, China and was beached. [193] She was refloated the next day. [194] |
Singapore Maru | ![]() | The Daifuku Maru No. 1-class cargo ship ran aground 30 miles (48 km) east of Perim, Yemen in the Red Sea. She was pulled off on 17 July by the salvage vessel Meyun after jettisoning most of her cargo, some of which was retrieved. [195] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Hebbedale | ![]() | The cargo ship ran aground in the River Plate, South America. [197] She was refloated on 28 August. [198] |
Roxanna Frances | ![]() | The schooner was in collision with Ellaston (![]() |
Ship | State | Description |
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Luisa | ![]() | The cargo ship ran aground south of Tacahualco. [157] She was refloated on 20 July. [199] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Refloater | ![]() | The salvage vessel collided with HMS Tring (![]() |
Ship | State | Description |
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Egremont Castle | ![]() | The cargo ship ran aground on the Tub-Bataka Reef, Philippines. [199] She slipped off the reef and sank on 26 July. [202] |
West Cohas | ![]() | The Design 1013 cargo ship ran aground on Sable Island, Nova Scotia, Canada. |
Ship | State | Description |
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Aghios Spyridon | ![]() | The cargo ship ran aground in the Paraná River, Argentina. [203] She was refloated on 25 July. [204] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Shirakumo | ![]() | The decommissioned Shirakumo-class destroyer was sunk as a target in the Bungo Channel off Himeshima, Japan. |
Ship | State | Description |
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Cavour | ![]() | The cargo ship ran aground of the Ibicuy Islands, Argentina. [205] She was refloated on 25 July. [204] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Bayeskimo | ![]() | The cargo ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean ( 59°15′N67°15′W / 59.250°N 67.250°W ). Her crew were rescued by Nascopie (![]() |
Campeiro | ![]() | The cargo ship suffered a failure of her steering gear and came ashore on the coast of Rio Grande do Sul. [207] She was refloated on 1 September. [192] |
Ram | ![]() | The 14-gross register ton, 41.8-foot (12.7 m) motor cargo vessel was wrecked on the Siberian coast of the Soviet Union about 20 nautical miles (37 km; 23 mi) southwest of East Cape (now Cape Dezhnev) after her gasoline engine failed and she was blown ashore. Her crew of four survived. [208] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Yewdale | ![]() | The cargo ship was driven ashore at Goswick, Northumberland and was wrecked. Her crew survived. [207] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Gezina | ![]() | The cargo ship ran aground at Dennis Head, North Ronaldsay, Orkney Islands, United Kingdom. [206] She was refloated on 28 July. [209] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Jolly Charles | ![]() | The coaster ran aground at Penmaenmawr, Caernarfonshire. [210] She was refloated on 4 August. [211] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Condor | ![]() | The tug foundered in Valparaíso Bay. [202] |
Kyodo Maru No.22 | ![]() | The cargo ship was wrecked on Barren Island, in the Yangtze Estuary. Some of her crew survived. [212] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Georges | ![]() | The cargo ship struck a wreck off Patras, Greece and was beached in Molivo Bay. [215] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Alexandre | ![]() | The cargo ship collided with Yang Tse (![]() |
Dreamer | ![]() | The 23-ton motor vessel was destroyed by fire off Gravina Island opposite Peninsula Point ( 55°23′00″N131°44′00″W / 55.3833°N 131.7333°W ) on Revillagigedo Island in the Alexander Archipelago in Southeast Alaska. The only person aboard survived. [158] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Attika | ![]() | The cargo ship sank at Piraeus. [215] |
Thomas and Arthur | ![]() | The Thames barge sank in the River Thames at Battersea, London. [215] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Sebastiano Veniero | ![]() | The Provana-class submarine sank in the Mediterranean Sea after colliding with the steamer Capena (![]() |
Ship | State | Description |
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Alfonso | ![]() | The sailing ship sprang a leak and foundered in the Mediterranean Sea off Hammamet, Tunisia. Her crew were rescued. [218] |
Montrose | ![]() | The ocean liner ran aground in the Saint Lawrence River, Canada. [221] She was refloated on 10 August and drydocked for repairs to her rudder and port propeller. [218] [222] |
St. Abbs Head | ![]() | The cargo ship ran aground north east of the Gunfleet Lighthouse, in the North Sea off the coast of Essex. [221] She was refloated on 11 August. [223] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Yue Ying Wa | ![]() | The cargo ship foundered in a cyclone whilst on a voyage from Hoihow, China to Hong Kong. [224] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Aksala | ![]() | After her overheated galley stove started a fire that went out of control, the 13-net ton motor vessel was beached and abandoned in Skowl Passage inside Skowl Island ( 55°25′N132°16′W / 55.417°N 132.267°W ) in the Alexander Archipelago in Southeast Alaska. Her crew of five survived, but she became a total loss. [225] |
Hustler | ![]() | The tug was in collision with the steamship Kaikyu Maru (![]() |
Ship | State | Description |
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Eolo | ![]() | The cargo ship ran aground at Kettleness Point, Yorkshire, United Kingdom. [228] She was refloated on 25 August. [229] |
St. Marc | ![]() | The cargo ship foundered in the Bay of Biscay off Ouessant, Finistère. [228] Thirteen crew were rescued. [230] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Peggy | ![]() | The 16-gross register ton, 42-foot (12.8 m) or 44-foot (13.4 m) fishing vessel sank at Limestone Point ( 55°56′50″N133°36′50″W / 55.94722°N 133.61389°W ) in Southeast Alaska. Her crew of four survived. [59] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Ionion | ![]() | The cargo ship ran aground at Buitra Point, near Cape Toriñana, Spain and was a total loss. [230] [231] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Caudebec | ![]() | The ferry collided with Borthwick (![]() |
Ella | ![]() | The schooner sprang a leak and sank in the Baltic Sea off Skanör, Scania, Sweden. Her crew were rescued. [219] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Pursuit | ![]() | The schooner collided with the ketch Boy Will (![]() |
Ship | State | Description |
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Therimal | ![]() | The barque collided with the fishing vessel Christina Catarina (![]() |
1605 | ![]() | The fishing junk was in collision with Talthybius (![]() |
Ship | State | Description |
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Southland | ![]() | The cargo ship was destroyed by fire in Lake Pontchartrain, Louisiana. [235] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Esther | ![]() | The schooner collided with Maolner (![]() |
President Garfield | ![]() | The ocean liner ran aground at Nantucket, Massachusetts. [236] She was refloated the next day. [198] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Bari | ![]() | The Pillau-class cruiser ran aground off Palermo, Sicily. She was refloated on 20 September. [238] |
Brulin | ![]() | The lake freighter ran aground at the head of the Morrisburg Canal in Morrisburg, Ontario, Canada. [239] She was refloated, repaired, and returned to service. |
Elna | ![]() | The barque foundered in the Baltic Sea north of Gotland, Sweden. Nine crew were rescued by Amisia (![]() |
Ship | State | Description |
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Colonial | ![]() | The passenger ship was destroyed by fire at Cleveland, Ohio with the loss of three crew. [174] [240] |
Ship | State | Description |
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HMCS Armentières | ![]() | The Battle-class trawler sank in the Pipestem Inlet, Barkley Sound. She was later salvaged, repaired and returned to service. |
Ship | State | Description |
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Pennant | ![]() | The coaster collided with Acasta (![]() |
Ship | State | Description |
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Eldridge | ![]() | The cargo ship ran aground on the Ioula Ledge, Philippines. [244] She was refloated on 10 September. [245] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Alcores | ![]() | The cargo ship sprang a leak and was beached at Dunfanaghy, County Londonderry. [242] Her crew were taken off on 10 September and the ship was further damaged in a gale. [245] |
Bentem Maru No.3 | ![]() | The cargo ship foundered in a typhoon at Kavafuto. [245] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Kimigayo Maru | ![]() | The passenger ship was driven ashore at Quelpart, Korea. All on board were rescued. [245] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Chita Maru | ![]() | The cargo ship collided with Muroran Maru No.6 (![]() |
Ship | State | Description |
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Flora | ![]() | The barque caught fire in the Atlantic Ocean north west of the Falkland Islands ( 50°17′30″S61°42′00″W / 50.29167°S 61.70000°W ). She was taken to Comodoro Rivadavia, Argentina, where she was abandoned on 2 October. |
Mavis | ![]() | The Thames barge was in collision with another vessel in the River Thames at Blackwall, London and sank. [247] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Surabaya Maru | ![]() | The cargo ship ran aground on the Meridian Reef, Borneo. [250] She was refloated on 22 September but stranded again. [251] |
Tomashima Maru | ![]() | The cargo ship foundered in the South China Sea west of Formosa with the loss of all hands. [250] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Agdenes | ![]() | The cargo ship collided with Songelv (![]() |
Benjamin A. van Brunt | ![]() | The four-masted schooner collided with a United States Navy warship in the Atlantic Ocean off Norfolk, Virginia and sank. [252] Survivors were rescued by USS Milwaukee (![]() |
Leeds City | ![]() | The cargo ship struck a reef off Bawean, Netherlands East Indies and sank. Her crew were rescued. [252] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Ansaldo Terzo | ![]() | The tanker ran aground at Faraman. [119] She was refloated on 26 September. [254] |
Mercedes | ![]() | The coaster foundered in the Pacific Ocean whilst on a voyage from Coronel to Valparaíso with the loss of all hands. [255] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Millais | ![]() | The cargo ship ran aground in the Paraná River, Argentina. [256] She was refloated on 27 September. [257] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Ariel | ![]() | The 26-gross register ton motor vessel was wrecked on the west-central coast of the Territory of Alaska 14 nautical miles (26 km; 16 mi) southeast of Point Spencer ( 65°17′N165°50′W / 65.283°N 165.833°W ). Her crew of seven survived, but she became a total loss. [225] |
Dieuze | ![]() | The cargo ship was destroyed by fire at Pictou, Nova Scotia, Canada. [254] |
USS S-51 | ![]() | ![]() ![]() The S-class submarine was rammed accidentally by the steamer City of Rome ( |
Ship | State | Description |
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Salmo | ![]() | During a voyage in the waters of the Territory of Alaska from Kenai to Seldovia and intermediate ports with six passengers, three crewmen, and a cargo of 1+1⁄2 tons of miscellaneous merchandise aboard, the 14-gross register ton, 36-foot (11 m) fishing vessel was destroyed in Cook Inlet at the mouth of the Kasilof River by a fire that began with a gasoline explosion aft. All on board were rescued by a watchman from a nearby cannery in a small boat. [259] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Bacicin Serra | ![]() | The cargo ship sprang a leak, caught fire and foundered in the Mediterranean Sea 25 nautical miles (46 km) off Gozo, Malta. Her crew survived [260] [261] |
Ysselstroom | ![]() | The cargo ship struck a rock and foundered in the Atlantic Ocean off Sinoe, Liberia ( 4°45′N8°44′W / 4.750°N 8.733°W ). [261] [262] Her crew were rescued by Elisabethville (![]() |
Ship | State | Description |
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Atala | ![]() | The cargo ship struck rocks off La Rocque, Jersey, Channel Islands and sank. All fifteen crew survived. [264] [265] |
Glendevon | ![]() | The Thames barge was in collision with a steamship in the River Thames at East Greenwich, London and sank. [266] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Inger | ![]() | The 7-net register ton fishing vessel caught fire in Tongass Narrows when her gasoline engine backfired and was beached on Gravina Island in the Gravina Islands of the Alexander Archipelago in Southeast Alaska when the fire went out of control. Her crew of two survived, but the fire destroyed her on the beach. [267] |
Magnetic | ![]() | The passenger tender was beached at Liverpool after a fire broke out on board. She was later refloated, repaired, and returned to service. [268] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Algus | flag unknown | The cargo ship came ashore at Vaasa, Finland and was wrecked with the loss of a crew member. [266] |
Jane | ![]() | The coaster struck the Swilley Rocks in the Menai Strait. She was refloated but subsequently foundered off Garth Point, Bangor, Caernarfonshire. [269] |
Kiyo Maru No.2 | ![]() | The cargo ship foundered in the East China Sea off Shakotan, Hokkaidō. [269] |
S2 | ![]() | The S-class torpedo boat sank during a storm in the Bothnian Sea off Reposaari, Finland, with the loss of her entire crew of 53. |
Ship | State | Description |
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Ellerdale | ![]() | The cargo ship was beached at St. Anthony, Newfoundland. [270] |
Esperansa | ![]() | The schooner came ashore at Lysefyrt, Latvia and was wrecked with the loss of two crew. [271] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Margarita | ![]() | The cargo ship foundered in the Indian Ocean 20 nautical miles (37 km) off the mouth of the Great Fish River, South Africa with the loss of all hands. [270] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Normann II | ![]() | The whaler foundered in the Caribbean Sea 10 nautical miles (19 km) off Saint Lucia. Her crew survived. [272] |
Undine | ![]() | The auxiliary sailing ship capsized in the Baltic Sea off Memel, East Prussia. Her crew survived. [273] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Pizzaro | ![]() | The cargo ship caught fire and capsized at Liverpool, Lancashire. [274] She was refloated on 25 October. [275] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Cochinchine | ![]() | The concrete ship sprang a leak and sank at Saigon, French Indochina. [272] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Emily | ![]() | The schooner was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean off Bermuda. Her crew were rescued by Capsa (![]() |
Songelv | ![]() | The cargo ship was beached at Rørvik, Norway. [277] She was refloated on 17 October. [278] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Derville | ![]() | The coaster departed St. Anthony, Newfoundland for Málaga, Spain. No further trace, presumed foundered in the Atlantic Ocean with the loss of all hands. [279] |
Eemdijk | ![]() | The cargo liner ran aground on the Race Rocks in the Strait of Juan de Fuca. She was refloated and beached on Bentinck Island, British Columbia, Canada. [280] She was refloated on 19 October. [281] |
Flora | ![]() | The barque was shelled and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean ( 45°15′S66°15′W / 45.250°S 66.250°W ) by Patria (![]() |
Ship | State | Description |
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Blokshiv No. 1 | ![]() | The ironclad, used as a storeship, was driven ashore at Cronstadt. She was refloated in 1927, repaired and returned to service. [282] |
Sliny | ![]() | The destroyer was driven ashore at Cronstadt. She was scrapped in December. [282] |
Ussuriets | ![]() | The Vsadnik-class destroyer was driven ashore and wrecked at Cronstadt. [282] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Comanche | ![]() | The ocean liner caught fire in the Atlantic Ocean 6 nautical miles (11 km) off Mayport, Florida with the loss of ten of the 166 people on board. Survivors were rescued by the tanker Reaper and the pilot boat Mota (both ![]() |
Ship | State | Description |
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Bito | ![]() | The cargo ship ran aground in the Paraná River, Argentina. [286] She was refloated on 26 October. [287] |
Portgwarra | ![]() | The cargo ship ran aground in the Paraná River. [278] She was refloated on 29 October. [288] |
Stockwell | ![]() | The cargo ship caught fire at Oran, Algeria and was scuttled. [281] She was refloated on 24 October. [289] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Ignazio Florio | ![]() | The cargo ship suffered a failure of her steering gear and was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean ( 49°50′N37°46′W / 49.833°N 37.767°W ). Her crew were rescued by President Harding (![]() |
Ship | State | Description |
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Bordelaise | ![]() | The schooner sprang a leak in the North Sea and sank. Her crew were rescued by the trawler Tonno (![]() |
Rosalie Hull | ![]() | The four-masted schooner came ashore at Key West, Florida and was wrecked. Her crew were rescued. [292] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Ibuki Maru | ![]() | The cargo ship ran aground at Nemuro, Hokkaidō. [275] She broke in two on 26 October and was a total loss. [287] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Nancy Lee | ![]() | The schooner sprang a leak and was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean ( 48°12′N32°51′W / 48.200°N 32.850°W ). Her crew were rescued by Ben Vorlich (![]() |
Shonga | ![]() | The cargo ship ran aground in the Cawthorne Channel, Bonny, Nigeria. [275] She was refloated on 28 October. [294] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Alma Guy | ![]() | The schooner came ashore at Bonavista, Dominion of Newfoundland and was wrecked. [295] |
Apollon | ![]() | The cargo ship caught fire at Beirut, Lebanon. She was shelled and sunk as she was carrying dynamite and petrol. Her crew survived. [287] |
Elven | ![]() | The cargo ship suffered a failure of her steering gear in the Atlantic Ocean. She was consequently abandoned 49°20′N41°00′W / 49.333°N 41.000°W ). [296] Her crew were rescued by American Trader (![]() |
Galtymore | ![]() | The cargo ship ran aground at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. [295] She was refloated on 29 October. [297] |
Havelland | ![]() | The cargo ship ran aground at Yokohama, Japan. [296] She was refloated on 30 October. [285] |
J. C. May | ![]() | The schooner was driven ashore on Codroy Island, Newfoundland and was wrecked. [298] |
Mabel and Carrie | ![]() | The schooner was driven ashore at Fermeuse, Newfoundland and was wrecked. [295] |
Moon | ![]() | The cargo ship struck the quayside at Sydney, Nova Scotia, Canada and was beached. [295] |
Ship | State | Description |
---|---|---|
Hubert Mack | ![]() | The schooner came ashore at Fortune, Dominion of Newfoundland and was wrecked. [297] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Hamburg | ![]() | The barque ran aground in the Irish Sea off Dún Laoghaire, County Dublin, Ireland. Her crew were rescued. [288] She was refloated on 20 November. [299] |
Paul | ![]() | The schooner ran aground in Carmarthen Bay and was wrecked. All seventeen people on board were rescued. [288] |
Ship | State | Description |
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USS R-8 | ![]() | The R-class submarine collided with the minesweeper USS Widgeon (![]() |
Ship | State | Description |
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Cairnavon | ![]() | The cargo shpip ran aground off Buchan Ness, Boddam, Aberdeenshire. She broke her back and was a total loss. All 48 crew were rescued. [298] [300] |
Eva | ![]() | The schooner foundered in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by Idaho (![]() |
Kingsdon | ![]() | The cargo ship caught fire at Oran. Algeria and was beached. [298] She was refloated the next day. [302] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Württemberg | ![]() | The ocean liner ran aground in the Río Grande do Sul, Brazil. [303] She was refloated on 6 November. [304] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Algiers | ![]() | The cargo ship sprang a leak, caught fire and was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean ( 37°35′N69°23′W / 37.583°N 69.383°W ) whilst under tow from the United States to Italy for scrapping. [305] |
Ship | State | Description |
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J. L. Crane | ![]() | The barge sank in a gale and heavy seas when she lost her towline while towed by Herman H. Hettler (![]() |
Paul | ![]() | ![]() |
Ship | State | Description |
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Irena | ![]() | The coaster departed Granville, Manche, France for Liverpool, Lancashire. No further trace, presumed to have foundered with the loss of all hands. [307] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Merwede | ![]() | The cargo ship ran aground at Gravelines, Nord, France. [308] She was refloated on 13 November. [309] |
Virginia | ![]() | The four-masted schooner came ashore at Arecibo, Puerto Rico. Her crew were rescued. [310] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Carmello Polizzi | ![]() | The cargo ship sprang a leak and was beached at Vigo, Galicia, Spain. [301] |
Ruth | ![]() | The cargo ship sprang a leak and was beached at Skagen. [301] She was refloated on 21 November. [311] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Hedge Fence Light Vessel | ![]() | The lightship was rammed and sunk off the coast of Massachusetts by M. C. Holm (![]() |
HMS M1 | ![]() | The M-class submarine collided with Vidar (![]() |
Ship | State | Description |
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Anna O'Conner | ![]() | The canal barge, towed by Barryton (![]() |
Concordia | ![]() | The schooner ran aground in Liverpool Bay and was abandoned. Her crew were rescued by the Crosby Lightship (![]() |
Jerry B. Petrie | ![]() | The canal barge, towed by Barryton (![]() |
Sherman V. Petrie | ![]() | The canal barge, towed by Barryton (![]() |
Ship | State | Description |
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USCGC CG-114 | ![]() | The cutter was sunk in collision with a United States Navy vessel off Atlantic City, New Jersey. [317] |
Fernando | ![]() | The cargo ship ran aground on Guardiani, Greece. [318] She was refloated on 20 November. [319] |
Obotrita | ![]() | ![]() The barque was driven ashore at Ostend, West Flanders, Belgium and was subsequently wrecked. |
Veidirjalla | ![]() | The auxiliary sailing vessel was wrecked on the south coast of Iceland. [320] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Don Jose | ![]() | The cargo ship came ashore at Bitokakku, near Keelung, Formosa and was wrecked. Her crew were rescued. [3] |
Marathon | ![]() | The 25-gross register ton motor vessel was wrecked at Kodiak, Territory of Alaska, when she dragged her anchor during a gale. Her crew of two survived. [321] |
Pleiades | ![]() | The schooner came ashore on Belldowns Island, Newfoundland and was wrecked. [314] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Clan Mackay | ![]() | The cargo ship caught fire at Tilbury, Essex. [314] She was a constructive total loss. [322] |
Lenape | ![]() | The passenger/cargo ship caught fire off the Delaware Capes, beached in Delaware Bay. The vessel was later scrapped. All passengers and crew were rescued. [3] She was a total loss. [322] [323] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Beulah Mae | ![]() | The schooner came ashore at Burnt Point, Newfoundland and was abandoned. She refloated and drifted out to sea. [324] |
Groix | ![]() | The cargo ship collided with Yorkshire (![]() |
Mabel E. Gunn | ![]() | The schooner was destroyed by fire at a port in the Turks Islands. [299] |
Ryuho Maru | ![]() | The cargo ship collided with an Imperial Japanese Navy destroyer at Shimonoseki, Japan, and sank. [325] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Ernest Hugo Stinnes II | ![]() | The cargo ship ran aground on Långholmen, Sweden and was a total loss. [322] [326] |
Wagrien | ![]() | The cargo ship ran aground at Simrishamn, Skåne County, Sweden. [299] She was refloated on 23 November. [327] |
Yoshinoyama Maru | ![]() | The cargo ship struck a rock off Wanaki and was beached. [299] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Horace M. Bickford | ![]() | The schooner foundered in the Gulf of Mexico ( 25°23′N85°20′W / 25.383°N 85.333°W ). Her crew were rescued by Olean (![]() |
Rio Sella | ![]() | The auxiliary schooner sank at Pontevedra, Galicia. [311] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Santa Teresina | ![]() | The cargo ship foundered in the Adriatic Sea. Her crew were rescued by Levnet (![]() |
Wakanoura Maru | ![]() | The cargo ship collided with Meiko Maru (![]() |
Ship | State | Description |
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Galleon | ![]() | The coaster departed Blyth, Northumberland for London. Presumed foundered in the North Sea with the loss of all hands. [332] [333] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Mahone | ![]() | The cargo ship came ashore at Codroy, Newfoundland. [319] She was declared a total loss on 2 December. [334] |
Santon | ![]() | The sailing ship came ashore at Donna Nook, Lincolnshire. Her crew were rescued. [329] |
Whinstone | ![]() | The cargo ship came ashore at Donna Nook. [329] She refloated but subsequently foundered off Saltfleet, Lincolnshire. [319] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Cornelis | ![]() | The tug was driven ashore at Delfzijl, Groningen. Her crew were rescued. [319] |
Ellen Larsen | ![]() | The cargo ship was driven ashore on Terschelling, Netherlands. Her crew were rescued. [319] She was refloated on 9 December. [330] |
Ship | State | Description |
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La Palma | ![]() | The cargo ship ran aground at Arrecife, Canary Islands. [335] She was refloated on 14 December. [336] |
Sutton | ![]() | The coaster departed Aberystwyth, Cardiganshire for Antwerp, Belgium. [333] Believed foundered in Cardigan Bay with the loss of all hands. Wreckage from the ship washed up at Penbryn on 1 December. [337] |
Valsesia | ![]() | The cargo ship ran aground in the Paraná River, at Point Indio, Argentina. [335] She was refloated on 22 December. [338] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Competitor | ![]() | The cargo ship issued an SOS in the Indian Ocean 75 nautical miles (139 km) south west of Algoa Bay, South Africa. [335] Believed foundered with the loss of all hands. [332] |
Ship | State | Description |
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John C. Meyer | ![]() | The four-masted barquentine came ashore on Libby Island, Maine and was wrecked. [332] |
Vestland | ![]() | The auxiliary three-masted schooner ran aground off Zoutelande, Netherlands with the loss of a crew member. [335] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Marionga Mari | ![]() | The cargo ship ran aground at Piraeus. She was refloated on 8 December. [339] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Cameronia | ![]() | The ocean liner collided with the steamer Hauk (![]() |
Ship | State | Description |
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Alexander | ![]() | The 13-gross register ton vessel was wrecked in a storm at Seldovia, Territory of Alaska. Her two crewmen survived. [225] |
Cotopaxi | ![]() | The cargo ship issued a distress signal whilst on a voyage from Charleston, South Carolina to Havana, Cuba. Believed to have foundered on this date with the loss of all 32 crew. [340] In 1985 an unknown shipwreck was found off St Augustine, Florida; in 2020 it was identified as the remains of the SS Cotopaxi [341] |
Marion N. Cobb | ![]() | The schooner was abandoned in the Gulf of Mexico at approximately 29°N87°W / 29°N 87°W . Her crew were rescued by the fishing vessel Mary A. Gleason (![]() |
Ship | State | Description |
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Dimitrios Nomicos | ![]() | The coaster foundered in the Tyrrhenian Sea off Vulcano, Italy. [333] |
Halco | ![]() | The coaster came ashore at Aberdeen, Washington and was wrecked. [333] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Delhi | ![]() | The brig was dismasted and sprang a leak in the Andaman Sea and was abandoned. Her crew were rescued by Masirah (![]() |
Gwalia | ![]() | The tugboat sprang a leak during a storm and sank in the Gulf of Mexico 85 miles (137 km) northwest of mouth of Tampa Bay, Florida. [344] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Sebb | ![]() | The coaster sank at Lagavulin, Islay. [345] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Ashton | ![]() | The coaster was rammed and sunk by Federal (![]() |
Chatton | ![]() | The cargo ship ran aground in the Paraná River, Argentina. [347] She was refloated on 15 December. [336] |
Mary Watkinson | ![]() | The three-masted schooner came ashore south of Flamborough Head, Yorkshire. [347] Her crew were rescued by the Bridlington Lifeboat. [348] She was refloated on 15 December. [336] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Airedale | ![]() | The cargo ship ran aground in the Saint Lawrence River, Quebec, Canada. [349] She was refloated on 14 December. [350] |
Palatino | ![]() | The cargo ship ran aground in the Adriatic Sea whilst on a voyage from Mali Lošinj to Zadar, Yugoslavia. [347] She was refloated on 15 December. [336] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Montclair | ![]() | The 23-ton motor vessel dragged her anchor during a gale and was wrecked on the beach in a cove on the south shore of Etolin Island in the Alexander Archipelago in Southeast Alaska. Her crew of three survived. [321] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Belgium Maru | ![]() | The passenger/cargo ship ran aground at the entrance to Samana Bay, Dominican Republic. She was refloated on 12 December without damage. [351] |
Ben Blanche | ![]() | The coaster was holed and consequently beached at Derbyhaven. [330] |
Mercur | ![]() | The auxiliary schooner came ashore at Husby, Norway and was wrecked. [330] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Dora | ![]() | The cargo ship ran aground 40 nautical miles (74 km) north of Gothenburg, Sweden. Her crew were rescued. [353] |
Headlight | ![]() | The cargo ship arrived at Larne, County Antrim with a fire in her cargo and was beached. She was refloated later that day. [353] |
Pamir | ![]() | The tanker was abandoned in the Caribbean Sea with the loss of nine crew. [336] She was subsequently discovered derelict 17 nautical miles (31 km) north west of Maracaibo, Venezuela. [355] Pamir later came ashore on San Carlos Island. [336] She was declared a total loss. [356] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Emilia | ![]() | The sailing ship collided with Texas Maru (![]() |
Thomas Fooks | ![]() | The cargo ship ran aground in the Bosporus and was a constructive total loss. [355] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Berta | ![]() | The cargo ship was destroyed by fire at Styrso. [336] |
Desirade | ![]() | The passenger ship ran aground in the Paraná River, Argentina. Her passengers were taken off. [355] She was refloated the next day. [336] |
Vedette | ![]() | The passenger ship ran aground at Cape Engaño, Dominican Republic. She was a total loss. Some of her 825 passengers were landed, others were transferred to Belgium Maru (![]() |
Ship | State | Description |
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USS Curlew | ![]() | The Lapwing-class minesweeper ran aground at Point Mosquito, Panama and was wrecked. |
Ship | State | Description |
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Harparkes | ![]() | The coaster struck rocks off "Gorsegain" and was beached. [356] |
Inga Kunstmann | ![]() | The coaster collided with Rhodesia (![]() |
Ship | State | Description |
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Archangelos | ![]() | The cargo ship collided with Danubian (![]() |
Busen VII | ![]() | The whaler ran aground on the Melenara Reef, off the Canary Islands and was wrecked. [357] |
John Morrison | ![]() | The barquentine sprang a leak and was abandoned off Wicklow Head, Ireland. [358] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Amble | ![]() | The cargo ship came ashore at Alnmouth, Northumberland. [358] She was refloated on 30 December and beached. [359] |
Marina | ![]() | The cargo ship sprang a leak and was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean ( 39°35′N36°20′W / 39.583°N 36.333°W ). Seventeen of her 35 crew were rescued by C.I.P. (![]() |
Wearsider | ![]() | The cargo ship foundered in the North Sea 7 nautical miles (13 km) east of Coquet Island, Northumberland. [338] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Ataka Maru | ![]() | The cargo ship ran aground on Russky Island, Soviet Union. [361] She was expected to remain ashore for several months. [362] |
Chiyoda Maru | ![]() | The cargo ship foundered off Hakodate with the loss of all but one of her crew. [362] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Masaki Maru | ![]() | The cargo ship foundered off Hakodate. [360] |
Tomifuku Maru | ![]() | The cargo ship foundered off Hakodate. [360] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Arthur D. Storet | ![]() | The schooner was driven ashore at Greenspond, Newfoundland and was wrecked. [362] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Fortune | ![]() | The tug was abandoned in the Indian Ocean (approximately 17°S152°W / 17°S 152°W ). [362] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Cowichan | ![]() | The passenger ship collided with Lady Cynthia (![]() |
Edward J. Lawrence | ![]() | The retired 320-foot (98 m), 3,350-gross register ton six-masted schooner burned and sank in 10 feet (3.0 m) of water in the harbor at Portland, Maine, between Diamond Island and Fort Gorges at 43°40′08″N070°13′08″W / 43.66889°N 70.21889°W . [363] [364] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Harriet | ![]() | The schooner came ashore at Esposende, Portugal and was wrecked with the loss of one of her five crew. [359] [365] |
Tyne Maru | ![]() | The cargo ship collided with Harada Maru (![]() |
Ship | State | Description |
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Atlantic | ![]() | The four-masted schooner came ashore at Guárico Point, Cuba. Her crew were rescued. [368] |
Lady McCullum | ![]() | The passenger ship struck a rock and foundered in the Indian Ocean off Poolavi Point, Ceylon with the loss of four lives. [369] [370] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Poseidon | ![]() | The cargo ship foundered in the Baltic Sea off Gotland, Sweden. All fourteen crew were rescued by three people drowned whilst attempting the rescued. [371] |
Trieux | ![]() | The schooner was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean off Oporto, Portugal. Her seven crew were rescued by Nestlea (![]() |
Ship | State | Description |
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Berg No. 1 | ![]() | The barge reportedly was wrecked at Cape Saint Elias on the south-central coast of the Territory of Alaska sometime in 1925, but the report may be in error and actually refer to a scow of the same name lost there in May 1935. [152] |
Celtic | ![]() | The ocean liner collided with the vessel Hampshire Coast (![]() |
Columbus | ![]() | The 44-ton barge was wrecked and sank on the Yukon River in the Territory of Alaska. [372] |
Croix | ![]() | The cargo ship foundered in the North Sea off Hook of Holland, the Netherlands. A box containing the ship's papers washed up at Havre des Pas on Jersey in the Channel Islands in May. [373] |
James B. Wood | ![]() | The schooner became a total loss at Teller, Territory of Alaska. [374] |
USFS Merganser | ![]() | The fishery patrol boat ran aground on Unimak Island in the Aleutian Islands without loss of life. She was discovered 10 days later by the cutter USCGC Haida ( ![]() |