The list of shipwrecks in 1929 includes ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during 1929.
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Malakoff | ![]() | The cargo ship struck rocks and foundered in the Mediterranean Sea off Cape Artruitx, Menorca, Spain with the loss of 27 of her 33 crew. [1] [2] |
The Sultan | ![]() | The cargo ship ran aground at Ouistreham, Calvados, France. [3] She was refloated on 7 January. [4] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Toyotomi Maru | ![]() | The cargo ship foundered in the East China Sea off Sasebo, Nagasaki with the loss of all but four of her crew. [5] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Ella Eff | ![]() | The schooner foundered in the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Surinam. Her crew survived. [6] |
Geddle Braes | ![]() | The auxiliary sailing vessel was wrecked in the North Sea on the Middle Muck Sands, off the coast of Moray. All four crew survived. [4] [7] |
Kobun Maru | ![]() | The cargo ship suffered a failure of her sea valve and was abandoned off the Japanese coast. All crew were rescued by another vessel. [2] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Philip Hoffman | ![]() | The tug collided with Siboney (![]() |
Ship | State | Description |
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Idaho | ![]() | The cargo ship ran aground at Aberdeen. [8] She was refloated on 17 July. [9] |
Ooriva | ![]() | The cargo ship collided with Walton Hall (![]() |
Roedelheim | ![]() | The cargo ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean. All crew were rescued by Saguache (![]() |
Ship | State | Description |
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Falterona | ![]() | The cargo ship came ashore south of Cap Gris Nez, Pas-de-Calais, France and broke up. [11] She was refloated on 12 July and brought into Boulogne for scrapping. [12] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Berbice | ![]() | The passenger ship ran aground at the mouth of the Weichsel River, a total loss. All 83 people on board were rescued. She was on a voyage from Liepāja, Latvia to Gdynia, Poland. [13] |
Dione | ![]() | The cargo ship collided with Osmed (![]() |
President Adams | ![]() | The ocean liner ran aground off Toro Point, Panama. The passengers were taken off. She was refloated a few days later. [15] [16] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Baltara | ![]() | The passenger ship ran aground at Schlewenhorst, Danzig and was wrecked. All on board were rescued. [17] [18] She broke in two and was a total loss. [19] |
West Vlaanderen | ![]() | The cargo ship collided with Dunston (![]() |
Ship | State | Description |
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Rose Ann Belliveau | ![]() | The schooner ran aground in St Mary's Bay, Nova Scotia. [23] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Marie | ![]() | The cargo ship ran aground at Åhus, Skåne County, Sweden and then sank. [24] She was refloated on 25 January. [25] |
Ship | State | Description |
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George Cochran | ![]() | The coaster departed Sydney, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, Canada for St. John's, Newfoundland. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands. [26] |
President Garfield | ![]() | The ocean liner ran aground on the Matanilla Reef, Bahamas. Her passengers were taken off by Pan America (![]() |
Teesbridge | ![]() | The cargo ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean 300 nautical miles (560 km) south east of Cape Race, Newfoundland, with the loss of all 30 crew. [29] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Raby Castle | ![]() | The cargo ship ran agroung on Golo Island, Philippines. [16] She was refloated on 23 January. [28] |
Uniluco | ![]() | The 17-gross register ton, 37.5-foot (11.4 m) fishing vessel was destroyed off Gravina Island in the Alexander Archipelago in Southeast Alaska by a fire that started in her engine room when her gasoline engine backfired. The only person on board abandoned ship and survived. [30] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Arcangelo | ![]() | The cargo ship suffered an explosion and fire and was beached at Buenos Aires, Argentina. [31] |
Coaster | ![]() | After the 14-gross register ton motor vessel grounded stern-first as the tide fell while her crew unloaded her on the coast of Southeast Alaska six nautical miles (11 km) west of Tenakee Springs, Territory of Alaska, her bilge water ran down into her bow, where a stove in her forecastle ignited oil floating on the bilge water′s surface, causing an explosion which blew her entire crew of three overboard. Her crew survived, but a fire that followed the explosion burned her hull to the waterline. She was a total loss. [32] |
Florida | ![]() | The cargo ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean 700 nautical miles (1,300 km) off the Virginia Capes, United States ( 38°05′N60°12′W / 38.083°N 60.200°W ). The crew were rescued by the passenger liner America (![]() |
Ship | State | Description |
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Penelope | ![]() | The cargo ship collided with Heathside (![]() |
Ship | State | Description |
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Heng Chong | ![]() | The cargo ship foundered in the East China Sea 16 nautical miles (30 km) north of the Shaweishan Lighthouse, at the mouth of the Yangtze, with the loss of 72 of her 90 crew. [35] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Lily | ![]() | The trow foundered in the Bristol Channel off Newport, Monmouthshire. Her two crew were rescued by the pilot cutter Nancy (![]() |
Ship | State | Description |
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Enid E. Legge | ![]() | The schooner caught fire and was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean ( 38°14′N48°40′W / 38.233°N 48.667°W ). Her crew survived. [37] |
Merauke | ![]() | The cargo ship collided with Alcyon (![]() ![]() |
Ship | State | Description |
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Devonian | ![]() | The cargo ship ran aground at Bridgeness, West Lothian. [40] She was refloated on 12 March. [41] |
Speedy | ![]() | The tug was struck by the propeller of City of Cairo (![]() |
Ship | State | Description |
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Angela | ![]() | The auxiliary schooner was wrecked at Valparaiso, Chile. [42] |
Alaskan | ![]() | The cargo ship ran aground off Castle Island, Bermuda. [43] She was refloated on 5 February. [44] |
Quaco Queen | ![]() | The schooner sprang a leak in the Atlantic Ocean and was abandoned ( 33°30′N57°30′W / 33.500°N 57.500°W ). Her crew were rescued by Manistee (![]() |
Ship | State | Description |
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Seiner | ![]() | The trawler left the harbor of New York City for the Georges Bank on 10 January. She was last heard from on 13 January. A lifeboat from the trawler was found empty on 30 January. Lost with all 21 hands. [45] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Charles Schiaffino | ![]() | The cargo ship foundered in the Mediterranean Sea off Cape Villano Algeria with the loss of a crew member. [46] |
Emily H. Patten | ![]() | The schooner was abandoned and set on fire in the Atlantic Ocean ( 32°33′N41°47′W / 32.550°N 41.783°W ). Her crew were rescued by Dosina (![]() |
Ship | State | Description |
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American Farmer | ![]() | The cargo liner ran aground in Cawsand Bay, Cornwall, United Kingdom. Her 21 passengers were landed before she was refloated later that day. [46] [47] |
Dafila | ![]() | The cargo ship ran aground off Dungeness, Kent. [47] She was refloated on 6 February. [39] |
Paddington | ![]() | The cargo ship collided with Olavus (![]() |
Tomp | ![]() | The cargo ship ran aground at the north entrance to the Bosporus. [50] She was refloated on 26 February. [51] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Malda | ![]() | The cargo ship was driven ashore at Beira, Portuguese East Africa in a storm. [52] She was refloated on 9 February. [53] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Arabia | ![]() | The schooner caught fire and sank at Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. [55] |
Glendola | ![]() | The cargo ship ran aground near Banes, Cuba. [56] She was refloated on 11 February. [57] |
Miltiades | ![]() | The cargo ship was abandoned off Cape Spartivento, Calabria, Italy after her tow parted. All five crew were rescued by Aquileja (![]() |
Ship | State | Description |
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Bainbridge | ![]() | The schooner came ashore near Naggs Head, North Carolina and was a total loss. [56] |
Vestmar | ![]() | The cargo ship foundered in the North Sea 280 nautical miles (520 km) off Aberdeen, United Kingdom. All thirteen crew were rescued by the trawler Sophie Busse (![]() |
Ship | State | Description |
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Annie M. Miller | ![]() | The collier foundered off Sydney Head, South Australia with the loss of six crew. [53] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Kashmir | ![]() | The cargo ship collided with Leopold de Wael (![]() |
Kerguelen | ![]() | The cargo ship ran aground in the Scheldt at Antwerp, Belgium. [59] She was refloated the next day, but the tug Infatigable (![]() |
Ville de Liège | ![]() | The passenger ferry ran aground in Dover Harbour, Kent and sank. All passengers and crew were rescued. [60] She was refloated on 20 February. [62] |
Ship | State | Description |
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A.B.70 | ![]() | The tug foundered in the North Sea off the Haaks Lightship (![]() |
Alloway | ![]() | After her engine failed during a voyage with a cargo of 4,500 tons of lumber from Seattle, Washington, to Yokohama, Japan, on 10 February and the steamer Montauk (![]() |
Annie Ahrens | ![]() | The cargo ship ran aground on Anholt, Denmark. Her crew were rescued by the icebreaker Lillebjørn (![]() |
Deventia | ![]() | The cargo ship ran aground west of Bold Head, Devon. All crew were rescued. [65] |
Highland Pride | ![]() | The cargo ship collided with Braa (![]() |
Ship | State | Description |
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Meiyo Maru | ![]() | The cargo ship ran aground on Unmak Island, Alaska, United States. [54] She broke in two on 22 February and was a total loss. [66] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Edda | ![]() | The cargo ship was rammed by Flynderborg (![]() |
Harkaway | ![]() | The auxiliary three-masted schooner was destroyed by fire at Maryport, Cumberland, United Kingdom. [67] [68] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Jacques Fraibsinet | ![]() | The ship foundered in the Black Sea. All crew and a passenger survived. [68] |
Lubrafol | ![]() | The tanker collided with Galicia (![]() |
Novorossisk | ![]() | The cargo ship foundered in the Black Sea south of Sozopol. Her crew took to two lifeboats, but one of them was lost. [69] |
Preysinnet | ![]() | The cargo ship ran aground in the Black Sea off Kara Burun, Soviet Union. Her crew were rescued. [69] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Kanowa | ![]() | The cargo liner sank after running aground the previous day on Cleft Island, Victoria. All on board were rescued by Mackarra (![]() |
Ship | State | Description |
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Alsacien | ![]() | The passenger ferry came ashore at Dunkerque, Nord, France. All 29 passengers were taken off by a tender. [71] She was refloated the next day. [72] |
Geir | ![]() | The cargo ship ran aground at Sagres Point, Portugal. [73] She was a total loss. [66] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Quickstep | ![]() | The cargo ship ran aground at Lessoe, Denmark. [74] She was refloated on 8 March. [75] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Magdala | ![]() | The cargo ship ran aground on Ailsa Craig in the Firth of Forth. [76] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Līdums | ![]() | The cargo ship ran aground at Skagen, Denmark. Her crew were taken off. She refloated herself on 24 February and drifted out to sea. [76] |
Volos | ![]() | The cargo ship ran aground on the Lephtari Rocks, Skiathos, Greece. [77] She was declared a total loss on 16 March. [78] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Tamworth | ![]() | The cargo ship collided with Arundel (![]() |
Ship | State | Description |
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Ida Blumenthal | ![]() | The cargo ship collided with West Hika (![]() |
Lippe | ![]() | The cargo ship collided with Ilvington Court (![]() |
Togston | ![]() | The cargo ship collided with Media (![]() |
Ship | State | Description |
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Sistos | ![]() | The cargo ship ran aground at Tuzla, Constanţa, Romania. [80] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Croxteth Hall | ![]() | The cargo ship ran aground on the Sandettie Bank, North Sea. She was refloated but subsequently foundered 4 nautical miles (7.4 km) south of the Wandelaar Lightship (![]() |
Liberty Glo | ![]() | The Design 1022 cargo ship ran aground off Terneuzen, Netherlands. [82] She was refloated on 2 March. [83] |
Saint-Malo | ![]() | The coaster sprang a leak and sank in the English Channel off Barfleur, Manche with the loss of six of her thirteen crew. [84] |
Tritonia | ![]() | The cargo ship caught fire at Buenaventura, Valle del Cauca, Colombia. She was carrying a cargo of explosives and all but four crew evacuated the ship. She then exploded and sank with the loss of the four crew aboard. [85] [86] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Alga | ![]() | The cargo ship was driven ashore at Trieste, Friuli-Venezia Giulia in a storm. [83] She had been refloated by 7 March. [87] |
Asia | ![]() | The cargo ship was driven ashore at Trieste in a storm. [83] She had been refloated by 7 March. [87] |
Gardenia | ![]() | The cargo ship was driven ashore at Trieste in a storm. [83] She had been refloated by 7 March. [87] |
Merano | ![]() | The cargo ship was driven ashore at Trieste in a storm. [83] She had been refloated by 7 March. [87] |
Palacky | ![]() | The cargo ship was driven ashore at Trieste in a storm. [83] She had been refloated by 7 March. [87] |
Sofia | ![]() | The cargo ship was driven ashore at Trieste in a storm. [83] She had been refloated by 7 March. [87] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Andreas Stavroudis | ![]() | The cargo ship ran aground at Chania, Crete. [83] She was declared a total loss on 5 March. [88] |
Skandia | ![]() | The cargo ship struck ice and sank in the Skaggerak 5 nautical miles (9.3 km) off the Hirtsholm Lighthouse. The crew were rescued by Sampo ( ![]() |
Ship | State | Description |
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Richard Peck | ![]() | The passenger ship ran aground in Narragansett Bay. The passengers were taken off by four United States Navy vessels. She was refloated later that day and sailed to Providence, Rhode Island where her passengers were reboarded. [89] |
Service | ![]() | The tug sank in the River Humber. [83] |
Ship | State | Description |
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British Dominion | ![]() | The tanker ran aground at Bo'ness, West Lothian. [88] She was refloated on 8 March. [75] |
Dunleith | ![]() | The coaster ran aground at Ballinacurra, County Cork, Ireland. [88] She was refloated on 8 March. [75] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Alfe (or Alf E) | ![]() | The 11-gross register ton motor vessel broke her moorings in Yakutat Bay on the south-central coast of the Territory of Alaska and washed ashore at Point Carrew ( 59°33′30″N139°50′15″W / 59.55833°N 139.83750°W ), where she became a complete wreck. [63] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Bankoku Maru | ![]() | The cargo ship ran aground on Kama Island, Guam. [90] She was declared a total loss on 11 March. [91] |
Sujameco | ![]() | The cargo ship ran aground on the Oregon coast (approximately 44°N124°W / 44°N 124°W ). [90] She was still aground on 9 May. [92] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Catford | ![]() | The collier was in collision with Picard (![]() |
Ship | State | Description |
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Phoenix VII | ![]() | The 28-gross register ton 46.4-foot (14.1 m) motor vessel was wrecked on rocks at Driest Point ( 55°10′40″N131°36′15″W / 55.17778°N 131.60417°W ) on Annette Island in the Alexander Archipelago in Southeast Alaska after her engine broke down during a gale. Her crew survived. [93] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Bohol | ![]() | The passenger ship ran aground on Ticao, Philippines and was wrecked. The passengers were rescued. [94] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Lunesdale | ![]() | The coaster collided with Melrose (![]() |
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Esperance | ![]() | The barque ran aground at Carteret, Basse Normandie, France and was wrecked. [96] |
Giessen | ![]() | The cargo ship ran aground on Button Rock off the mouth of the Yangtze, China. She broke in two and was a total loss. The crew were rescued by Khiva (![]() |
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Lydia Cardell | ![]() | The barquentine was in collision with Broadgarth (![]() |
Scheldepas | ![]() | The cargo ship struck a submerged wreck in the Mediterranean Sea off Vesta Rock or Plane Island, Tunisia and sank. Her crew were rescued by Tabarka (![]() |
Ship | State | Description |
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Gull Lightship | ![]() | The lightship was rammed and sunk in the English Channel off Deal, Kent by City of York (![]() ![]() |
Ship | State | Description |
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Sines | ![]() | The cargo ship collided with the trawler Adine (![]() |
Ship | State | Description |
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I'm Alone | ![]() | Prohibition in the United States: The auxiliary schooner was intercepted in the Gulf of Mexico off the coast of Louisiana by USCGC Walcott (![]() ![]() |
Ship | State | Description |
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Olivine | ![]() | The cargo ship ran aground at Prawle Point, Devon. She was refloated on 12 June and beached at Horsley Sand, [106] then refloated again on 13 July. [107] |
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Germaine L D | ![]() | The cargo ship collided with Alice Marie (![]() |
Maria Kyriakides | ![]() | The cargo ship ran aground on Lundy Island, Devon, United Kingdom. [104] [108] Her eighteen crew were rescued. Maria Kyriakides was refloated eighteen months later. [36] |
Muggia | ![]() | The Fasana-class destroyer ran aground on the Finger Rocks near Hea Chu Island near Amoy, in dense fog and darkness, or during a typhoon, and was wrecked. 77 crew abandoned ship and went to some rocks. They were rescued by Matsumoto Maru (![]() |
Weirbank | ![]() | The cargo ship ran aground at Warnemünde, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany. [104] She was refloated on 15 April. [110] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Europa | ![]() | ![]() The ocean liner was severely damaged by fire during fitting-out at Hamburg. She was subsequently repaired and entered service in February 1930. |
Ship | State | Description |
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Venetia | ![]() | The cargo ship collided with Batavier I (![]() |
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Kangtai | ![]() | The coaster collided with Libia (![]() |
P. N. Damm | ![]() | The cargo ship collided with Elima (![]() |
Ship | State | Description |
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Cambrian Empress | ![]() | The cargo ship ran aground in the Paraná River, Argentina. [112] She was refloated on 17 April. [113] |
Selje | ![]() | The cargo ship collided with Kaituna (![]() |
Ship | State | Description |
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Moyalla | ![]() | The coaster ran aground at Enniscrone, County Sligo, Ireland. [114] She was refloated on 6 April. [115] |
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Tung-Ting | ![]() | The cargo ship struck rocks in the Yangtze 80 nautical miles (150 km) downstream of Hangkow, China and sank. [114] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Alice B | ![]() | The halibut schooner was wrecked in "West Bay" — presumably a reference to West Bay Cove ( 60°54′N146°47′W / 60.900°N 146.783°W ) — on the south-central coast of the Territory of Alaska. [63] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Discoverer | ![]() | The motor vessel was stranded on the south-central coast of the Territory of Alaska 12 nautical miles (22 km; 14 mi) southwest of Gore Point ( 59°12′00″N150°57′30″W / 59.20000°N 150.95833°W ). [116] |
Ship | State | Description |
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A. Ernest Mills | ![]() | The four-masted schooner collided with USS Childs (![]() |
Ioannis | ![]() | The cargo ship was abandoned in the Mediterranean Sea ( 41°15′N3°50′E / 41.250°N 3.833°E ). [117] |
Ship | State | Description |
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St Patrick | ![]() | The passenger ship caught fire at Fishguard, Pembrokeshire and was declared a constructive total loss and was scrapped in 1930. [117] [118] |
Paris | ![]() | The ocean liner ran aground in New York Harbor, United States. She was refloated 36 hours later. [119] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Western Knight | ![]() | The cargo ship ran aground at Chelsea Point, South Africa. [120] She was declared a constructive total loss on 12 April. [121] She broke in two on 1 June. [122] |
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Southern Sky | ![]() | The whaler foundered off South Georgia with the loss of all hands. [124] |
Wahratea | ![]() | The cargo ship sank at Launceston, Tasmania, Australia. [125] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Pfeil | ![]() | The schooner collided with Jarl (![]() ![]() |
Sylvana | ![]() | The cargo ship caught fire in the Atlantic Ocean ( 42°37′N48°34′W / 42.617°N 48.567°W ) and was abandoned. [125] |
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Norvic | ![]() | The cargo ship foundered in the North Sea ran aground on the Haisborough Sands, Norfolk and sank. [127] |
Robrix | ![]() | The coaster collided with Andelle (![]() |
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Belridge | ![]() | The cargo ship ran aground on the Alligator Reef, in the Caribbean Sea 51 nautical miles (94 km) west south west of Kingston, Jamaica. She was refloated on 23 April. [113] [129] |
James E. Coburn | ![]() | The schooner sank in the Atlantic Ocean 25 nautical miles (46 km) north of Bermuda. Eight crew were rescued by the yacht Amida (![]() |
Ship | State | Description |
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Paris | ![]() | The ocean liner ran aground on the Eddystone Rocks, Cornwall, United Kingdom. She was refloated two hours later. She was anchored off Penlee, Cornwall where 157 of her passengers were taken off by a tender and landed at Plymouth, Devon. [132] |
Suez 3 | ![]() | The dredger came ashore at Cadiz, Spain and sank. [133] |
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Nellie and Mary | ![]() | The schooner came ashore at Channel, Newfoundland and was a total loss. [133] |
Johanne | ![]() | The auxiliary sailing vessel collided with Westpool (![]() |
Ship | State | Description |
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Shamrock | ![]() | The 13-gross register ton, 38.5-foot (11.7 m) motor vessel was wrecked in rough weather on the south-central coast of the Territory of Alaska about 2 nautical miles (3.7 km; 2.3 mi) south of Ninilchik. [134] |
Toyokuni Maru | ![]() | The cargo liner struck rocks and sank off Cape Erimo, Hokkaidō with heavy loss of life. [135] [136] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Duchess of Richmond | ![]() | The ocean liner ran aground at Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada. Her passengers were taken off. She was refloated the next day. [138] [139] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Bahia de Fondo | ![]() | The cargo ship ran aground on Tova Island. She refloated but subsequently foundered. [139] |
Kajsa | ![]() | The cargo ship collided with Douro (![]() |
Francis L. Taussig | ![]() | While at anchor in fog in Vineyard Sound off the coast of Massachusetts, 1 nautical mile (1.9 km; 1.2 mi) north of East Chop Light on Martha's Vineyard, with a cargo of coal on board, the 194-foot (59 m) four-masted schooner sank with no loss of life in 60 feet (18 m) of water at 42°29.14′N070°33.88′W / 42.48567°N 70.56467°W after another ship accidentally rammed her. [140] |
Senita | ![]() | The cargo ship ran aground on the Alacran Reef, Mexico and was a total loss. [141] |
Viking | ![]() | The cargo ship caught fire and sank in the Philippine Sea (approximately 11°N123°E / 11°N 123°E ) with the loss of seventeen crew. [139] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Franconia | ![]() | The ocean liner collided in Shanghai harbour with an Italian gunboat and a Japanese cargo steamer. [142] |
Ship | State | Description |
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River Orontes | ![]() | The cargo ship collided with Cristóbal Colón (![]() ![]() |
Ship | State | Description |
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Hedgehope | ![]() | The cargo ship collided with Lalande (![]() |
O. E. Parks | ![]() | During a voyage from Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan, to Alpena, Michigan, with a cargo of pulpwood, the wooden steam barge began taking on water in a snowstorm with heavy seas and sank in 62 feet (19 m) of water in Lake Huron off the coast of Michigan at 45°03′07″N83°10′32″W / 45.0519°N 83.17545°W . [146] [147] |
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Margaret Olsen | ![]() | The tug sank off Hamilton Avenue, Brooklyn, New York, five minutes after colliding with the ferry Joseph A. Guider (![]() |
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Roald Amundson | ![]() | The 30-gross register ton, 49.5-foot (15.1 m) fishing vessel was destroyed by a fire that broke out in her engine room and sank in Principe Canal on the coast of British Columbia, Canada. Her crew abandoned ship in a lifeboat and poled it by hand for 40 nautical miles (74 km; 46 mi) before the lighthouse tender Newington (![]() |
Winnipeg | ![]() | The Thames barge sank off Southend Pier, Essex. [150] |
Ship | State | Description |
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September | ![]() | The Thames barge was struck by Prahsu (![]() |
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Boobyalla | ![]() | The cargo ship caught fire at Victoria, British Columbia, Canada and was a total loss. [151] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Ralph Budd | ![]() | The cargo ship ran aground at Eagle River, Michigan and was abandoned. [152] |
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Aleutian | ![]() | The 5,708-gross register ton passenger steamer sank with the loss of one crewman seven minutes after striking a pinnacle rock off the south end of Amook Island ( 57°25′30″N153°50′30″W / 57.42500°N 153.84167°W ) in Uyak Bay ( 57°48′00″N154°04′00″W / 57.8000°N 154.0667°W ) on the coast of Kodiak Island in the Territory of Alaska. Everyone else on board – 39 passengers and 114 crewmen – was rescued by a small motorboat and a cannery tender. [63] [153] [154] [155] |
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Marden | ![]() | The cargo ship collided with The Sultan (![]() |
Ship | State | Description |
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Michalis Prios | ![]() | The cargo ship ran aground 2 nautical miles (3.7 km) off Staithes, Yorkshire, United Kingdom. Her crew were rescued. [157] [158] |
Sea Bird | ![]() | The 12-gross register ton, 35.5-foot (10.8 m) fishing vessel was destroyed in Cape Strait ( 56°59′55″N133°05′30″W / 56.99861°N 133.09167°W ) in Southeast Alaska by a fire that started when her carburetor backfired. The only person on board abandoned ship and was rescued from the water by the motor vessel Betty (![]() |
Wugo Maru | ![]() | The passenger ship caught fire in the Pacific Ocean off Sakhalin, Soviet Union and sank with the loss of all on board. [159] [160] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Edgehill | ![]() | The cargo ship ran aground in the Neches River, Texas. [161] She was refloated on 15 June. [162] |
Glencregagh | ![]() | The coaster ran aground on the west coast of Guernsey, Channel Islands. She broke in tow and sank. All eleven crew survived. [163] |
Swainby | ![]() | The cargo ship came ashore at Atwood Cay, Bahamas. [122] She was refloated on 10 June. [164] |
Valvadere | ![]() | The 10-gross register ton 40-foot (12 m) gasoline-powered wooden fishing vessel burned near the Copper River in the Territory of Alaska. Her crew of two survived. She later was salvaged, repaired, and returned to service. [165] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Jane | ![]() | The schooner foundered in the Irish Sea 6 nautical miles (11 km) east of Annalong, County Down. [159] [161] |
Scottish American | ![]() | The tanker caught fire in the Atlantic Ocean off Rio Grande and was severely damaged. [161] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Le Norvégien | ![]() | The cargo ship ran aground east of Astove Island, Seychelles. Her crew were rescued. [166] [167] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Atlantus | ![]() | The out of service concrete hulled cargo ship broke free of her moorings and ran aground 150 feet (46 m) off the coast of Sunset Beach, Cape May, New Jersey. She started breaking up in the 1950s. [168] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Baikal Maru | ![]() | The passenger-cargo ship ran aground on a reef on Daiton Island in dense fog. The rescue ship Kaigen Maru (![]() |
Bolton Castle | ![]() | The cargo ship ran aground off the San Carlos Lighthouse, Philippines. [170] She was refloated on 14 June. [171] |
Mary Sears | ![]() | The auxiliary schooner caught fire in the Atlantic Ocean and was abandoned ( 44°03′N58°50′W / 44.050°N 58.833°W ). [172] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Albania | ![]() | The cargo ship sprang a leak in the Sea of Marmara and was beached at Injeh Burnu, Turkey. [172] She was refloated later that day. [173] |
Amalfi | ![]() | The cargo ship ran aground in the Paraná River, Argentina. [172] |
Cutty Sark | ![]() | The schooner lost her rudder and was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean ( 37°28′N67°26′W / 37.467°N 67.433°W ). She was set afire by her crew, who were rescued by Nevisian (![]() |
Munalbro | ![]() | The cargo ship ran aground on the Mucaras Reef, Bahamas. [172] She was refloated some days later and arrived at Key West, Florida on 22 June. [174] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Blairesk | ![]() | The cargo ship ran aground in the Bay of Rocks and was beached on White Island, Northwest Territories, Canada. [175] She was refloated on 9 July. [176] |
Dionyssios | ![]() | The cargo ship ran aground on the Grundkallegrund, Baltic Sea. She was refloated on 17 June. [177] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Invicta | ![]() | The tug sank in the River Thames at North Woolwich, London. [162] She was raised on 18 June. [178] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Laurel | ![]() | The cargo ship ran aground in the Columbia River and broke in two with the loss of a crew member. [177] [179] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Kopoola | ![]() | The cargo ship ran aground at American River, South Australia. [180] She was refloated on 27 June. [181] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Ida II | ![]() | The coaster sprang a leak in the Kattegat off Lyngør, Norway and sank with the loss of a crew member. [182] |
Passat | ![]() | The barque collided with the British Governor (![]() ![]() |
Ship | State | Description |
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Istar | ![]() | The cargo ship came ashore on the west coast of Madagascar. [181] |
Marden | ![]() | The cargo ship sank after colliding with The Sultan (![]() |
Ship | State | Description |
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Ixia | ![]() | The cargo ship came ashore at Cape Cornwall. Her crew were rescued, [184] but she broke in two on 5 July and was a total loss. [100] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Ann Hanify | ![]() | The cargo ship came ashore at Point Conception, California. [185] She was refloated on 11 July. [107] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Yomei Maru | ![]() | The cargo ship ran aground at Kamaishi. [186] She was declared a total loss on 6 August. [187] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Evgenia | ![]() | The cargo ship ran aground on Le Lion de mer, Var, France. Her crew abandoned ship. [188] She was declared a total loss on 17 July. [12] |
Romaine | ![]() | The schooner foundered at North West River, Labrador. Her crew survived. [189] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Botte | ![]() | The cargo ship ran aground in the North Sea off Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, United Kingdom and sank. All eighteen crew were rescued by Anneberg (![]() |
Cambrian Idylle | ![]() | The cargo ship ran aground in the Paraná River, Argentina. [191] She was refloated on 11 July. [192] |
Resource | ![]() | The salvage vessel sank in the Suur Sound. All crew were rescued. [191] |
Scheldejol | ![]() | The cargo ship foundered in the harbour at Zeebrugge after her cargo shifted. [176] [193] |
Solent | ![]() | The Thames barge sank at Zeebrugge, West Flanders, Belgium. [188] |
Tenkai Maru | ![]() | The cargo ship collided with Aso Maru (![]() |
Ship | State | Description |
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HMS H47 | ![]() | The H-class submarine collided with HMS L12 (![]() |
Tay | ![]() | The auxiliary sailing ship was wrecked at Sunderland, Co. Durham. [188] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Hayamoto Maru | ![]() | The passenger ship came ashore at Tokuyama. All on board were rescued. [176] She was refloated on 20 July. [195] |
King Cadwallon | ![]() | The collier caught fire in the Indian Ocean off Durban, South Africa ( 32°01′S40°41′E / 32.017°S 40.683°E ). [192] [196] She was abandoned on 12 July, with her crew being rescued by Ardenhall (![]() ![]() ![]() |
Junyo Maru | ![]() | The cargo ship collided with Taisei Maru (![]() |
Ship | State | Description |
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Marslew | ![]() | The cargo ship ran aground in the Paraná River, Argentina. [107] She was refloated on 15 July. [201] |
Seaforth | ![]() | The cargo ship collided with Cristina (![]() |
Tamatsu Maru | ![]() | The cargo ship ran aground at Cape Soni, Sakhalin, Soviet Union. [192] She was refloated on 17 July. [12] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Rose Marie | ![]() | The 22-gross register ton, 41.7-foot (12.7 m) fishing vessel burned and sank off the Porcupine Islands ( 57°48′N136°23′W / 57.800°N 136.383°W ) in Southeast Alaska. Her crew of two was rescued by the troller T860 and the vessel Virginia III (both ![]() |
Ship | State | Description |
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Afon Dulais | ![]() | The cargo ship ran aground at Llanelli, Carmarthenshire. [201] She was refloated on 19 July. [203] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Abtao | ![]() | The transport ship foundered in the Pacific Ocean off San Antonio with the loss of 42 of her 43 crew. [204] [205] |
Annie E. Conrad | ![]() | The schooner can aground at Ireland's Eye, Newfoundland and was a total loss. [201] [206] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Derfflinger | ![]() | The cargo liner ran aground at Siau Kung Tau, China. Her passengers were taken off by USS Paul Jones and some of the crew were taken off by USS Black Hawk (both ![]() |
USS General Alava | ![]() | The General Alava-class cargo ship was sunk as a target off the coast of China. |
Ship | State | Description |
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Nubian | ![]() | The cargo ship ran aground on Anticosti Island, Quebec, Canada. [208] She was refloated on 24 July. [209] |
Sumatra | ![]() | The cargo ship ran aground on Mascali Island, Djibouti, French Somaliland. [208] She was refloated on 23 July. [210] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Frauenfels | ![]() | The cargo ship ran aground at Djibouti, French Somaliland whilst assisting in the refloating of Sumatra (![]() |
Hsin Kong | ![]() | The ship collided with Tatsuno Maru (![]() |
Ship | State | Description |
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Avarua | ![]() | The schooner was destroyed by fire and sank at Raiatea, French Polynesia. [210] |
Kong Helge | ![]() | The passenger ship was sunk off the Tvistein Lighthouse, Norway. All on board survived. [195] |
Penmarch | ![]() | The coaster collided with Palermo (![]() |
Pep | ![]() | The 10-gross register ton 31.7-foot (9.7 m) fishing vessel sank in Sheep Bay ( 60°38′N146°04′W / 60.633°N 146.067°W ) on the south-central coast of the Territory of Alaska. Her crew of three survived. [93] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Artemis | ![]() | The cargo ship ran aground on Martín García Island, Uruguay. [209] She was refloated on 29 July. [213] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Levenbridge | ![]() | The cargo ship ran aground on the Mucarus Reef off the coast of Florida, United States. [209] She was refloated on 30 July. [214] |
Vale of Pickering | ![]() | The cargo ship collided with Rotha (![]() |
Ship | State | Description |
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Golden Forest | ![]() | The cargo ship ran aground on one of the Aleutian Islands, Alaska and was beached in Lost Bay. [215] She was refloated on 4 September. [216] but went aground again on 7 September in the Shelik Strait. She was abandoned as a total loss on 13 September. [217] |
Hermes | ![]() | The cargo ship ran aground at Aden. She broke her back and was a total loss. [218] |
Unuk | ![]() | With a crew of four aboard, the 12-gross register ton, 35.8-foot (10.9 m) fishing vessel collided with the vessel Confidence (![]() |
Ship | State | Description |
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Wabana | ![]() | The cargo ship collided with C. H. Houson (![]() |
Ship | State | Description |
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Tautil | ![]() | The tug was wrecked in the Chiloe Channel. [214] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Elizabeth Worthington | ![]() | The schooner sprang a leak in the Bristol Channel and was beached at Margam, Glamorgan, Wales. [214] |
Neponset | ![]() | The tug lost her propeller in the Pacific Ocean 1,500 nautical miles (2,800 km) south of San Pedro, California. She was abandoned and sank. [220] |
Norman A | ![]() | The 10-net register ton motor vessel ran aground, burned, and sank on the northeast coast of Kelp Island ( 54°52′N131°16′W / 54.867°N 131.267°W ) in Southeast Alaska. Her entire crew of three survived. [221] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Asakaze | ![]() | The decommissioned minesweeper, a former destroyer, was sunk as a gunnery target by the battlecruisers Haruna and Hiei (both ![]() |
Ship | State | Description |
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Aurora | ![]() | The cargo ship foundered in the Baltic Sea (approximately 59°N19°E / 59°N 19°E ). [223] |
Hartford | ![]() | The ship suffered a breakage of her steering gear and ran aground in the Connecticut River. Her passengers were taken off and she was later refloated after discharging her cargo. [224] |
Medway Queen | ![]() | The paddle steamer collided with Southend Pier, Essex and was extensively damaged at the bows. [223] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Adonis | ![]() | The cargo ship capsized and sank in the Mediterranean Sea 8 nautical miles (15 km) off Cape Ferrat, Alpes-Maritimes, France. All crew survived. [187] [220] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Stephen R. Jones | ![]() | The cargo ship ran aground off Providence, Rhode Island. [220] She was refloated on 10 August. [225] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Maindy Manor | ![]() | The cargo ship ran aground in the Paraná River at Paso, Paraguayo, Argentina. [226] She was refloated on 12 August. [227] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Mina Brae | ![]() | The tanker caught fire off Canso, Nova Scotia, Canada and was abandoned. [228] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Eastgate | ![]() | The cargo ship ran aground in the Paraná River at Paso, Paraguayo, Argentina. [225] She was refloated on 12 August but then ran aground again. [229] |
Olanda | ![]() | The tug was in collision with Viceroy of India (![]() |
Ship | State | Description |
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San Luis | ![]() | The four-masted schooner caught fire in the Atlantic Ocean off Uruguay ( 34°00′S52°27′W / 34.000°S 52.450°W ) and was abandoned. [230] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Theodora | ![]() | The cargo ship sank off the Minquiers Rocks, Jersey, Channel Islands. Her crew were rescued. [231] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Ogono | ![]() | The cargo ship collided with King's Cross (![]() ![]() |
Zuiyo Maru | ![]() | The cargo ship ran aground on Okojiri Island. [236] She was refloated on 10 September. [237] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Deutschland | ![]() | The cargo ship collided with Alexandra (![]() |
Luchana | ![]() | The cargo ship ran aground at Oneglia, Liguria, Italy. [238] She was refloated on 24 August. [239] |
Quimistan | ![]() | The cargo ship caught fire and was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean 1,100 miles (1,800 km) east of Norfolk, Virginia. The crew were rescued by Wolverine State (![]() |
Ship | State | Description |
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Paris | ![]() | The ocean liner was severely damaged by fire at Le Havre, Seine-Inférieure. [233] She was refloated on 11 September. |
Ship | State | Description |
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Cereal | ![]() | The Thames barge ran aground, capsized and sank at Whitstable, Kent. [207] She was refloated on 25 August. [239] |
James Holly | ![]() | The tug capsized and sank at Yarmouth, Nova Scotia, Canada. [242] |
Tresness | ![]() | The auxiliary sailing vessel sank in the River Barrow at New Ross, County Wexford, Ireland. [207] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Koyasan Maru | ![]() | The cargo ship collided with Glenapp (![]() |
Ship | State | Description |
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Corona | ![]() | The 36-gross register ton motor schooner was destroyed by a fire and a series of explosions while fishing for halibut 15 nautical miles (28 km; 17 mi) west-southwest of Noyes Island in the Alexander Archipelago in Southeast Alaska. Her crew of 11 survived and was rescued by the motor vessel Tordenskold (![]() |
Hauxley | ![]() | The cargo ship collided with the steamer Morta (![]() |
Ship | State | Description |
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Aurora | ![]() | The 10-gross register ton fishing vessel was destroyed in Southeast Alaska near Sanitarium (now Goddard 56°50′05″N135°22′20″W / 56.83472°N 135.37222°W ), 16 nautical miles (30 km; 18 mi) from Sitka, by a fire that began when her gasoline engine backfired. Her crew survived. [63] |
Bizkargi Mendi | ![]() | The cargo ship ran aground on Brisant Rock, off Salvara Island. [245] She was refloated on 2 September. [246] |
Centenary | ![]() | The schooner came ashore at Codroy Harbour, Newfoundland and was a total loss. [244] |
Heinrich | ![]() | The cargo ship ran aground at Lessoe, Denmark. Her crew were rescued. [245] |
Ship | State | Description |
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San Juan | ![]() | The passenger ship collided with S. C. T. Dodd (![]() |
Ship | State | Description |
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Eagle | ![]() | The tug collided with Alice (![]() |
Ship | State | Description |
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Elisif | ![]() | The auxiliary schooner was lost in ice off the coast of Siberia while on an Arctic trading voyage. Her captain and crew of 20 reached Little Diomede Island in the Bering Strait in two launches, and the cutter USCGC Northland ( ![]() |
Ship | State | Description |
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Ole Aarvold | ![]() | The cargo ship was driven ashore at Cape Pine, Newfoundland and was a total loss. Her crew were rescued. [246] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Carridi | ![]() | The cargo ship ran aground in the Paraná River, Argentina. [246] She was refloated on 5 September. [252] |
Clytie | ![]() | The sloop collided with Weltondale (![]() |
Dorothy | ![]() | The cargo ship collided with Eurana (![]() |
Ship | State | Description |
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Dominion Coaster | ![]() | The auxiliary sailing ship ran aground on Gammons Rocks, off White Head Island, New Brunswick, Canada and was a total loss. [250] |
Fighting Cock | ![]() | The tug collided with the dredged G. B. Crow in the River Mersey at Liverpool, Lancashire and sank. [250] |
Førdefjord | ![]() | The cargo ship ran aground at La Plata, Argentina. [250] She was refloated on 9 September. [237] |
H I C #4 | ![]() | While under tow from Yakutat to the Dangerous River ( 59°20′55″N139°18′00″W / 59.34861°N 139.30000°W ) in the Territory of Alaska with no crew or cargo aboard, the 27-ton scow's towline parted during a gale, and she drifted onto the Dangerous River Bar, where the surf pounded her to pieces. [255] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Bluff | ![]() | The 25-ton scow was broken up by surf during a gale while moored on the beach at Egavik ( 64°02′N160°55′W / 64.033°N 160.917°W ) on the west-central coast of the Territory of Alaska. Her lone crewman survived. [256] |
Kardamila | ![]() | The cargo ship ran aground in the Paraná River, Argentina. [216] She was refloated on 24 September. [257] |
Mary Mildred | ![]() | The schooner was destroyed by fire at St. Mary's Bay, Newfoundland. [258] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Golden Forest | ![]() | Badly damaged on 24 July when she struck a rock off Avatak Island when she diverted during a voyage from San Francisco, California, to Yokohama, Japan, to transfer a sick crew member to the cutter USCGC Haida ( ![]() ![]() |
Johannes | ![]() | The auxiliary schooner collided with Carl (![]() |
Nordnes | ![]() | The cargo ship ran at Florø, Norway. [260] She was refloated on 11 September. [261] |
Zuiho Maru | ![]() | The cargo ship came ashore on Sesokojima. [258] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Dan | ![]() | The cargo ship foundered in the Baltic Sea with the loss of all but one of her crew. [262] |
Kuru | ![]() | The passenger ship capsized and sank in Näsijärvi lake, near Tampere with the loss of 136 of the 162 people on board. She was later raised, repaired and returned to service. |
Libby, McNeill & Libby No. 1 | ![]() | While under tow by the tug North Star (![]() |
Santa Quiteria | ![]() | The schooner was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean off Cape Race, Newfoundland ( 44°23′N50°09′W / 44.383°N 50.150°W ). [258] Her crew were rescued by Gil Eannes (![]() |
Ship | State | Description |
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Elanchove | ![]() | The cargo ship ran aground in the Mediterranean Sea on the Quoyrios Bank. [258] She was refloated on 11 September. [261] |
Heimdall | ![]() | The passenger ship ran aground on Vaxholm. All 70 people on board survived. [262] |
N. P. Petersen | ![]() | The sailing ship ran aground in the River Parret at Bridgwater, Somerset, United Kingdom. [264] She was refloated on 17 September. [265] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Andaste | ![]() | The cargo ship sank in Lake Michigan between Grand Haven, Michigan and Chicago. Lost with all 25 crew. [266] [267] |
Highland Pride | ![]() | The cargo liner ran aground on the Carillones Rocks, Bayona, Pontevedra, Spain. All on board were rescued. [264] She broke in two and sank on 10 September. [237] |
Rassay | ![]() | The cargo ship collided with Olivebank (![]() |
The Emperor | ![]() | The cargo ship ran aground at Shoreham-by-Sea, Sussex. [237] She was refloated on 15 September. [269] |
Zmaj | ![]() | The tanker caught fire in the North Sea 7 nautical miles (13 km) off the Sandettie Lightship (![]() ![]() |
Ship | State | Description |
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Kurt Georg | ![]() | The auxiliary sailing vessel sprang a leak and sank at Rostock, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern. Her crew survived. [237] |
Pacific Spruce | ![]() | The cargo ship ran aground in the Morant Cays, Jamaica. [237] She was refloated on 21 September. [270] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Acielle | ![]() | The ketch was driven ashore and wrecked 15 nautical miles (28 km) south of the Smoky Cap Lighthouse, New South Wales. |
Estella | ![]() | The cargo ship collided with Indra (![]() ![]() |
Fuki Maru | ![]() | The cargo ship was driven ashore on the Saratoga Spit during a typhoon. [261] She was refloated on 16 September. [269] |
For the loss of the British collier King Cadwallon on this day, see the entry for 10 July 1929.
Ship | State | Description |
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Baucis | ![]() | The cargo ship ran aground at Point Amour, Labrador, Canada. [272] Salvage efforts were abandoned on 19 September. [268] |
Estonaval | ![]() | The sailing vessel capsized in Kunda Bay and drifted ashore with the loss of all hands. [272] |
Francesco P | ![]() | The cargo ship was driven ashore at Sète, Hérault, France. She broke up and was a total loss. Her crew survived. [273] |
For the loss of the American cargo ship Golden Forest on this day, see the entry for 26 July 1929.
Ship | State | Description |
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Adamitos J. Pithis | ![]() | The cargo ship ran aground at Pahalueto, Sweden. [275] She was refloated on 26 September. [276] |
Disciplina | ![]() | The cargo ship ran aground off Hook of Holland, Netherlands. [275] She was refloated on 28 September. [277] |
Erpel | ![]() | The cargo ship ran aground off Viborg, Denmark. She was refloated but was consequently beached. [278] |
Defender | ![]() | The cargo ship sank in the Norwegian Sea of the east coast of Iceland. Her crew were rescued. [275] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Glitne | ![]() | The auxiliary schooner sprang a leak in the North Sea ( 56°48′N6°46′E / 56.800°N 6.767°E ) and was abandoned. Her crew were rescued by the trawler Gebruder Bracke (![]() |
Höchst | ![]() | The cargo ship ran aground on Minicoy, Maldive Islands. [275] She was destroyed by an explosion and fire on 13 October. All 28 crew were rescued by Mathura (![]() |
Yesaki Maru | ![]() | The cargo ship came ashore on the west coast of Sakhalin, Soviet Union. [257] She was refloated on 27 September. [277] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Carl Gerhard | ![]() | The cargo ship came ashore at Norfolk, Virginia, United States. She broke in two and was a total loss. [275] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Westerdale | ![]() | The coaster foundered in the North Sea ( 56°32′N7°03′E / 56.533°N 7.050°E ). All fourteen crew were rescued, eleven of them by Stargard (![]() |
Ship | State | Description |
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Domira | ![]() | 1929 Bahamas hurricane: The cargo ship was driven ashore at Abaco Island, Bahamas. [282] She was declared a total loss on 2 October. [283] |
Nyland | ![]() | The coaster was in collision with Santiago (![]() |
Ship | State | Description |
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Autorenault | ![]() | The cargo ship collided with P.L.M. 17 in the River Seine at Rouen, Seine Maritime and sank. [279] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Gronant Rose | ![]() | The collier foundered in the Bay of Biscay south of Ouessant, Finistère, France. Her crew survived. [276] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Albia | ![]() | The cargo ship ran aground on the Allen Rock, off the coast of Wigtownshire, United Kingdom and was abandoned by her crew. [277] She was a total loss. [285] |
Domira | ![]() | 1929 Bahamas hurricane: The cargo ship sank at Nassau, Bahamas during a hurricane. [277] |
Firebird | ![]() | 1929 Bahamas hurricane: The cargo ship foundered at Nassau during a hurricane. [277] |
Linnet | ![]() | The fishing vessel was lost in Chatham Strait in the Alexander Archipelago in Southeast Alaska. [263] |
Potomac | ![]() | 1929 Bahamas hurricane: The tanker was driven ashore on Andros, Bahamas. She broke in two and was a total loss. [286] |
Princess Montagu | ![]() | 1929 Bahamas hurricane: The cargo ship foundered at Nassau during a hurricane. [277] |
Wisconsin Bridge | ![]() | 1929 Bahamas hurricane: The cargo ship was driven ashore in the Abaco Islands. [283] She was declared a constructive total loss on 5 October. [287] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Fifetown | ![]() | The cargo ship ran aground at Öregrund, Uppsala County, Sweden and was abandoned. [285] |
Kotoshira Maru | ![]() | The passenger ship ran aground at Miyekeijima and sank with the loss of all on board. [285] |
Shinko Maru | ![]() | The cargo ship collided with a pod of whales 14 nautical miles (26 km) off Etorofu Island and foundered. [287] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Third International | ![]() | The ship foundered in the White Sea off the Solovetsky Islands. [288] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Commandant Bultinck | ![]() | The trawler ran aground off Fleetwood, Lancashire, United Kingdom with the loss of three lives. She was scrapped on site after attempts to refloat her failed. [289] |
Enterpriser | ![]() | The cargo ship struck the Tamise Bridge, Antwerp, Belgium and sank in the Scheldt. [290] She was refloated on 7 October. [291] |
Favor | ![]() | The auxiliary sailing vessel was destroyed by fire in the Caribbean Sea off the coast of Venezuela. [292] |
Wans Fell | ![]() | The ship collided with the drifter Girl Patricia (![]() |
Ship | State | Description |
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Frank J. Brinton | ![]() | The schooner sank in the Strait of Belle Isle off Batteau, Labrador, Canada. [292] |
Koningin Elisabeth | ![]() | The cargo ship ran aground on Kuphonisi, Greece and was severely damaged. She was refloated on 10 October. [294] [295] |
Ship | State | Description |
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NRP Adamastor | ![]() | The cruiser ran aground at Bolama, Portuguese Guinea. [287] She was refloated on 7 October. [291] |
Belfri | ![]() | The cargo ship ran aground in Bras d'Or Lake, Nova Scotia, Canada. [287] She was refloated on 9 October. [296] |
Bretagne | ![]() | The auxiliary sailing ship sprang a leak and was abandoned in the Pacific Ocean south off Cape Flattery, Washington, United States. The crew were rescued by Whitney Olsen (![]() |
Ship | State | Description |
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Despina Glypti | ![]() | The cargo ship ran aground at Constanţa, Romania. [287] She was refloated on 11 October. [297] |
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Excelia | ![]() | During a voyage from Golovin to Elim, Territory of Alaska, with two passengers, a crew of two, a cargo of 5 tons of merchandise, and $2,300 of United States Mail aboard, the 9-gross register ton motor vessel was wrecked without loss of life on a shoal 7 nautical miles (13 km; 8.1 mi) south of the mouth of the Koyuk River. [251] |
Haakon VII | ![]() | The passenger ship ran aground in Stavfjorden at Florø, Norway and sank with the loss of a number of lives. [298] |
Lauterfels | ![]() | The cargo ship ran aground on Minicoy, Maldive Islands whilst going to the assistance of Höchst (![]() |
Ship | State | Description |
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Ada Tower | ![]() | The schooner sank in the Atlantic Ocean off Jacksonville, Florida, United States. [296] |
Cape La Have | ![]() | The schooner was driven ashore at Drum Point, Caicos and was a total loss. Her crew survived. [303] |
Consul Olsson | ![]() | The cargo ship ran aground at Florø, Norway. She was refloated but subsequently beached and was refloated again the next day. [296] [303] |
Diamantis | ![]() | The cargo ship ran aground east of Norraher Island, Sweden. [295] She was declared a total loss on 18 October. [300] |
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Nicolaos Pateras | ![]() | The cargo ship came ashore on the Norwegian coast ( 69°15′N18°00′E / 69.250°N 18.000°E ). [304] She was refloated on 14 October. [280] |
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Empress of Canada | ![]() | The ocean liner ran aground off Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada. Ninety-six passengers were taken off by tender and landed at Victoria. She was refloated on 15 October and towed to Esquimalt for drydocking. [307] [308] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Hellen A | ![]() | With no one on board, the 10-gross register ton, 33-foot (10.1 m) motor vessel dragged her anchor during a gale and was wrecked in Pyramid Harbor ( 57°10′50″N135°28′30″W / 57.18056°N 135.47500°W ) in Southeast Alaska, 4 nautical miles (7.4 km; 4.6 mi) southwest of Haines, Territory of Alaska. [255] |
Ruth May | ![]() | The 19-gross register ton, 41-foot (12.5 m) fishing vessel sank after striking a floating or submerged object approximately 2 nautical miles (3.7 km; 2.3 mi) north of Ryus Bay ( 58°04′40″N152°45′50″W / 58.07778°N 152.76389°W ) in Southeast Alaska. Both people on board survived. [149] |
San Dunstano | ![]() | The tanker ran aground at Tampico, Mexico. [307] She was declared a total loss on 16 October. [309] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Oklahoma | ![]() | The cargo ship caught fire at Liverpool, Lancashire, United Kingdom. She broke her back and sank following and explosion. [310] [311] |
Trebezy | ![]() | The cargo ship ran aground at Cape Villano, Algeria. and was abandoned by her crew. [309] [312] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Ferngarth | ![]() | The cargo ship collided with Hedrun (![]() |
Pappinbarra | ![]() | The ship was a total loss at Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. [315] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Bowes Castle | ![]() | The cargo ship came ashore 26 nautical miles (48 km) north of Macassar, Dutch East Indies. [316] She was refloated on 29 October. [317] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Dogue | ![]() | The tug was in collision with Liberty (![]() |
Lola | ![]() | The coaster capsized and sank in the English Channel off the Owers Lightship (![]() ![]() |
Ship | State | Description |
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Milwaukee | ![]() | The train ferry foundered in Lake Michigan off Fox Point, Wisconsin in a gale in 115 feet (35 m) of water with the loss of all 52 hands. Wreck located 1972. [320] [321] |
Veda M. McKown | ![]() | The schooner sank off Point Maurier, Quebec, Canada. [322] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Spray | ![]() | The 13-gross register ton, 50-foot (15 m) motor towing vessel was destroyed off Tatoosh Point ( 55°31′50″N131°49′30″W / 55.53056°N 131.82500°W ) in Behm Canal in the Alexander Archipelago in Southeast Alaska by a fire that began when a clogged carburetor stopped her gasoline engine and the engine backfired during preparations to restart it, emitting a flame that set the entire engine room ablaze. Both members of her crew abandoned ship in a lifeboat and were rescued by the vessel T587 (![]() |
Ship | State | Description |
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Wisconsin | ![]() | The cargo ship foundered in Lake Michigan 4 nautical miles (7.4 km) off Kenosha, Wisconsin. Most of her crew was rescued. [324] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Eleni Stathatou | ![]() | The cargo ship ran aground at Santo António, Principé. [324] Salvage efforts were abandoned on 21 November. [325] |
Maremma | ![]() | The cargo ship ran aground at Cala Honda, Grenada, Spain. [324] She was refloated on 6 November. [326] |
Pattersonian | ![]() | The cargo ship ran aground at Ipswich, Suffolk. [324] She was refloated on 3 November. [327] |
Senator | ![]() | The cargo ship collided with Marquette (![]() |
Ship | State | Description |
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Dyan Tai | ![]() | Sino-Soviet conflict (1929): Battle of Fujin: The auxiliary gunboat was scuttled at Fugdin. [305] |
Dyan Tun | ![]() | Sino-Soviet conflict (1929): Battle of Fujin: The auxiliary gunboat was scuttled at Fugdin. [305] |
Dyan Un | ![]() | Sino-Soviet conflict (1929): Battle of Fujin: The auxiliary gunboat was scuttled at Fugdin. [305] |
Kiang Heng | ![]() | Sino-Soviet conflict (1929): Battle of Fujin: The Kian Yuan-class gunboat was bombed and sunk by Polikarpov MR-1 aircraft from Amur (![]() |
Lee Chuan | ![]() | Sino-Soviet conflict (1929): Battle of Fujin: The armed transport was bombed and sunk by Polikarpov MR-1 aircraft from Amur (![]() |
Malrix | ![]() | The cargo ship collided with another vessel in the River Thames. She subsequently sank in the docks at Poplar. [329] |
Senator | ![]() | The bulk carrier, modified to transport automobiles and carrying a cargo of 268 new Nash automobiles from Milwaukee, Wisconsin, to Detroit, Michigan, sank with the loss of between seven and ten of her 28-member crew in Lake Michigan 20 miles (32 km) east of Port Washington, Wisconsin, eight minutes after the bulk carrier Marquette(![]() |
Ship | State | Description |
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Chung Shan | ![]() | The Yung Feng-class gunboat was sunk at Canton, China by an ammunition explosion. Raised, repaired, returned to service. |
Ship | State | Description |
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Kontzesi | ![]() | The cargo ship sank in the Bay of Biscay 7 nautical miles (13 km) off Ondarroa, Biscay when her boilers exploded. All hands were lost. [327] |
Sagoland | ![]() | The cargo ship was rammed and sunk by Gouverneur Général Tirman (![]() |
Ship | State | Description |
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Gilbert San | ![]() | The fishing boat was wrecked at Cape Howe, on the New South Wales/Victoria border. |
Linda Pardy | ![]() | The schooner sprang a leak and sank off Cape Mabon, Nova Scotia, Canada. [337] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Explora | ![]() | The 10-gross register ton motor vessel was destroyed by fire at "Herring Creek" – probably a reference to Herring Cove ( 55°19′30″N131°31′20″W / 55.3250°N 131.5222°W ) – on the east coast of Wrangell Island in the Alexander Archipelago in Southeast Alaska. Her crew of two survived. [251] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Concordia | ![]() | The cargo ship ran aground 15 nautical miles (28 km) east of Father Point, Quebec, Canada. [340] She was refloated on 14 November. [341] |
Conehatta | ![]() | The cargo ship ran aground in the Gulf of Bothnia near Storbaden, Sweden. She caught fire and was abandoned. [340] [342] She sank the next day. [343] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Arethusa | ![]() | The schooner came ashore at Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada and was a total loss. [342] |
Bossuet | ![]() | The barque came ashore 2 nautical miles (3.7 km) south of Cap Gris Nez, Pas-de-Calais and was wrecked. Her crew were rescued. [342] |
Galathea | ![]() | The schooner passed Spithead bound for Bideford, Devon, United Kingdom. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands. [344] |
Maria Victoria | ![]() | The cargo ship ran aground at Cape Villano, Algeria. She broke in two and was a total loss. One crew member was killed. [343] [345] |
Planet | ![]() | The cargo ship ran aground at Sarco, Chile. [346] She was refloated on 19 December. [347] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Alaska | ![]() | After her wooden hull had rotted and her owner had decided she had lost all her value, the 53-gross register ton steamer was towed into Zimovia Strait in the Alexander Archipelago in Southeast Alaska 3 nautical miles (5.6 km; 3.5 mi) south of Wrangell, Territory of Alaska, and abandoned. [63] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Grace | ![]() | The schooner was abandoned 15 nautical miles (28 km) west north west of Cabot Island, Nova Scotia, Canada. She drifted ashore on Silver Fox Island and was a total loss. [339] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Garthpool | ![]() | The four-masted ship ran aground on Boa Vista, Cape Verde Islands, Portugal. [348] She was a total loss. [341] |
Nimbo | ![]() | The cargo ship was driven ashore at Brighton, Sussex, United Kingdom. All crew were rescued. [349] |
Kanatak | ![]() | The 43-gross register ton, 62-foot (18.9 m) halibut-fishing vessel was seen for the last time, 30 nautical miles (56 km; 35 mi) northeast of Cape Saint Elias on Kayak Island on the south-central coast of Alaska. She subsequently disappeared in a storm with the loss of her entire crew of nine. [350] |
Onward | ![]() | The Thames barge was driven ashore at Warden Point, Isle of Sheppey, Kent. Both crew were rescued by the Southend Lifeboat. [351] She was refloated the next day. [339] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Hillside II | ![]() | The 34-gross register ton motor vessel sank in the Gulf of Alaska 65 nautical miles (120 km; 75 mi) west of Ocean Cape ( 59°32′30″N139°51′30″W / 59.54167°N 139.85833°W ) on the south-central coast of the Territory of Alaska after losing her rudder. The motor vessel Middleton (![]() |
Nixe | ![]() | The cargo ship lost her tow and was driven ashore on Skagen, Denmark. Her crew survived. [351] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Fylla | ![]() | The schooner ran aground near Gothenburg, Sweden and was abandoned. She was later refloated and towed to Lysekil. [339] Fylla was declared a constructive total loss. [352] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Osric | ![]() | The cargo ship collided with Hannah Jolliffe (![]() |
Thordoc | ![]() | The cargo ship came ashore at Porphyry Point, Lake Superior. [341] Although declared a total loss, [352] She was refloated on 5 December. [354] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Depere | ![]() | The 3,475-ton, 320-foot (97.5 m) cargo ship struck rocks at Cape Decision, Territory of Alaska, and was beached in a sinking condition near Port McArthur an hour later. Her crew of 35 survived, and she later was salvaged and returned to service. [116] [355] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Helen Vair | ![]() | The schooner was driven out to sea in a gale at Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. Her crew were rescued on 19 November by Terne (![]() |
Inger | ![]() | The motor schooner collided with another vessel at Dragør and sank. [357] She was refloated on 21 November. [358] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Christine | ![]() | The cargo ship collided with Maria P. Xila (![]() |
Tours | ![]() | The cargo ship ran aground at Assinie, Côte d'Ivoire. [359] She was refloated on 22 November. [358] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Briton | ![]() | The cargo ship ran aground at Buffalo, New York. [360] She was declared a total loss on 4 December. [361] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Alda | ![]() | The cargo ship collided with Pioneer (![]() |
Quebec Trader | ![]() | The auxiliary schooner was driven ashore at Sainte-Anne-des-Monts, Quebec, Canada and was a total loss. Her crew were rescued. [337] |
Sea Bird | ![]() | At anchor off Wingham Island in Prince William Sound in the Territory of Alaska since 14 November after suffering severe damage during a gale in the Gulf of Alaska off Cape Saint Elias on 11 November that carried away her pilot house, other deck structures, and two members of her seven-man crew, the 41-gross register ton, 51.6-foot (15.7 m) halibut-fishing schooner was driven ashore and wrecked on Wingham Island without further loss of life by another gale. The cutter USCGC Unalga ( ![]() |
Ship | State | Description |
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Parizhskaya Kommuna | ![]() | The Gangut-class battleship was severely damaged at the bow in a storm in the Bay of Biscay. She put in to Brest, Finistère, France for repairs. [362] |
P. G. Halvorsen | ![]() | The cargo ship ran aground at Suances, Cantabria, Spain. She was refloated on 17 March 1930. [363] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Gladstone | ![]() | The 35-gross register ton motor vessel was destroyed by fire while moored for her winter layup in Hood Bay ( 57°23′N134°24′W / 57.383°N 134.400°W ) on the west coast of Admiralty Island in the Alexander Archipelago in Southeast Alaska. Her crew of five survived [259] |
Ship | State | Description |
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British Chemist | ![]() | The tanker exploded at Grangemouth, Cumberland and was severely damaged. [364] [365] |
Molesey | ![]() | The cargo ship was driven ashore on Skomer, Pembrokeshire and was wrecked with the loss of seven of her 33 crew. [366] [367] |
Ship | State | Description} |
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Betty Alden | ![]() | While tied up for the winter at Steamboat Wharf in Hull, Massachusetts, the paddle steamer was destroyed by fire. [368] [369] [370] [371] |
Goleta | ![]() | The cargo ship ran aground at Greenore, County Louth, Ireland. [372] She was refloated on 12 December. [373] |
Mars | ![]() | The tug ran aground at the edge of the channel at Hull, Massachusetts, while attempting to assist burning paddle steamers at Steamboat Wharf. [371] |
Mary Chilton | ![]() | While tied up for the winter at Steamboat Wharf in Hull, Massachusetts, the paddle steamer was destroyed by fire. [368] [369] [370] [371] |
Mayflower | ![]() | While tied up for the winter at Steamboat Wharf in Hull, Massachusetts, the paddle steamer was damaged by fire. She was pulled free, repaired, and returned to service. [368] [369] [370] [371] |
Nantasket | ![]() | While tied up for the winter at Steamboat Wharf in Hull, Massachusetts, the paddle steamer was destroyed by fire. [368] [369] [370] [371] |
Old Colony | ![]() | While tied up for the winter at Steamboat Wharf in Hull, Massachusetts, the paddle steamer was destroyed by fire. [368] [369] [370] [371] |
Rose Standish | ![]() | While tied up for the winter at Steamboat Wharf in Hull, Massachusetts, the paddle steamer was destroyed by fire. [368] [369] [370] [371] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Alicante | ![]() | The schooner was driven ashore at Boxey Point, Newfoundland and was a total loss. Her crew survived. [344] |
Bujun Maru | ![]() | The cargo ship ran aground at Sanshokaku, Keelung, Formosa. [344] She broke in tow and sank on 4 December. [374] |
Norwich City | ![]() | The cargo ship ran aground on Nikumaroro Island in the Phoenix Islands and was wrecked with the loss of eleven of her 35 crew. |
Ship | State | Description |
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Kiowa | ![]() | The cargo ship was wrecked on Point Au Sable, Lake Superior in a Gale, a total loss. 5 crewmen killed, 18 rescued by the United States Coast Guard. [375] [376] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Catherine B | ![]() | The schooner was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean ( 47°47′N51°22′W / 47.783°N 51.367°W ). Her crew were rescued. [344] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Kiowa | ![]() | The cargo ship came ashore in Lake Michigan at Amble Point, Michigan with the loss of six crew. [344] [356] |
Panaghiotis | ![]() | The cargo ship ran aground on Hovens Rock, Axim, Gold Coast and was wrecked. [377] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Erema H | ![]() | The schooner was driven ashore at Cat Harbour, Newfoundland and was a total loss. [379] |
Eva June | ![]() | The schooner was driven ashore at Seldom-Little Seldom, Newfoundland and was a total loss. [380] |
Fairland | ![]() | The cargo ship was driven ashore at Ard na Caithne, County Kerry, Ireland. Her crew were rescued. [379] |
Francis Duncan | ![]() | The cargo ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean off Land's End, Cornwall with the loss of sixteen of her 21 crew. Survivors were rescued by Alice Marie (![]() |
Ship | State | Description |
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Ägir | ![]() | The freighter, a converted former Odin-class coastal defense ship, ran aground on Stora Karlsö, Sweden in fog and high winds, and was wrecked beyond repair in a storm on 8 December while waiting for tugs. One crewman died. [382] [383] |
Merwede | ![]() | The coaster was driven ashore 2 nautical miles (3.7 km) east of Newhaven, Sussex, United Kingdom. All ten crew were rescued by breeches buoy. [384] She was refloated on 20 December. [385] |
Merry Widow | ![]() | The schooner foundered in the Atlantic ( 47°48′N51°45′W / 47.800°N 51.750°W ). Her crew were rescued. [382] |
Northern Light | ![]() | The schooner sprang a leak in the Atlantic Ocean ( 45°54′N43°32′W / 45.900°N 43.533°W ) and was abandoned with the loss of one of her six crew. Survivors were rescued by Baltic (![]() |
Ship | State | Description |
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Casmona | ![]() | The cargo ship was abandoned in the English Channel ( 49°35′N3°14′W / 49.583°N 3.233°W ). Her crew were rescued by RMS Arlanza (![]() ![]() |
Chieri | ![]() | The cargo ship foundered in the Bay of Biscay 80 nautical miles (150 km) off Ouessant, Finistère, France (approximately 47°N6°W / 47°N 6°W ) with the loss of 35 of her 41 crew. Survivors were rescued by the trawler Gascoyne (![]() |
Don | ![]() | The cargo ship was driven ashore at Aberavon, Glamorgan. [387] She was refloated on 17 December. [390] |
Helene | ![]() | The cargo ship was abandoned in the Bay of Biscay after her tow broke. She came ashore in the Raz de Sein, Finistère and was wrecked with the loss of a crew member. [391] [387] |
John Charlton | ![]() | The cargo ship was driven ashore at Quayhaven, Dorset. [382] |
Mogens Koch | ![]() | The four-masted schooner was driven ashore at Cuckmere, Sussex, United Kingdom. Her crew were rescued. [382] She was refloated on 17 December. [390] |
Ornais II | ![]() | The collier was driven ashore at Perranuthnoe, Cornwall, United Kingdom and wrecked. All crew survived. [387] [392] |
Radyr | ![]() | The cargo ship foundered in the Bristol Channel off the coast of Devon with the loss of all 25 crew. [393] [394] |
Volumna | ![]() | The cargo ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean ( 51°16′N27°43′W / 51.267°N 27.717°W ) and sank. Her crew were rescued by Manchester Regiment (![]() |
Ship | State | Description |
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Isla de Panay | ![]() | The passenger ship was driven ashore between San Carlos and Santa Isabel. All on board were rescued. [395] |
Kostantis Lemos | ![]() | The cargo ship ran aground off Garding, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany. [387] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Benwyvis | ![]() | The cargo ship was driven ashore on Terschelling, Netherlands. [395] She was refloated on 16 January 1930. [396] |
Kenkyu Maru | ![]() | The cargo ship ran aground and sank. [395] Her crew were rescued by Fathomer ( ![]() |
Marie Llewellyn | ![]() | The cargo ship was hit by Mamilus (![]() |
Miepah | ![]() | The tug sank at North Woolwich, London. [397] |
Notre Dame de Bonne Nouvelle | ![]() | The sailing ship foundered in the Bay of Biscay. Her crew were rescued. [397] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Makalla | ![]() | The four-masted schooner came ashore north of Gothenburg, Sweden and was wrecked. Her crew were rescued. [397] |
Saint Louis | ![]() | The brigantine foundered in the Atlantic Ocean ( 49°00′N8°45′W / 49.000°N 8.750°W ). Her crew were rescued by Erik Frisell (![]() |
Ship | State | Description |
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Janie E. Blackwood | ![]() | The schooner was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean ( 47°40′N50°08′W / 47.667°N 50.133°W ). [398] Her crew were rescued by Nova Scotia (![]() |
Ship | State | Description |
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Antonio Garcia | ![]() | The cargo ship collided with Hydra (![]() |
Hawkinge | ![]() | The cargo ship ran aground at Cape Finisterre, Spain and was wrecked. All crew were rescued. [400] |
Lingfield | ![]() | The Thames barge collided with Steadfast (![]() |
HMS Tormentor | ![]() | The R-class destroyer foundered in the Irish Sea off Manorbier, Pembrokeshire with the loss of all four crew. She was under tow to be scrapped at Troon, Ayrshire. [402] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Brazos | ![]() | The cargo ship ran aground at Galveston, Texas. [399] She was refloated on 18 December. [403] |
Cabo Espichel | ![]() | The sailing ship ran aground at Portimao and was wrecked. [399] |
Southern Sea | ![]() | The whaler struck an icefloe in the Ross Sea and sank. Her crew were rescued by Southern Princess (![]() |
Ship | State | Description |
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Cabo Oropesa | ![]() | The cargo ship collided with Ciss (![]() |
Marigo | ![]() | The sailing ship sank at Chania, Crete. [399] |
Skagway | ![]() | The 1,838-ton steamer burned at the Tatoosh Islands ( 58°57′N152°15′W / 58.950°N 152.250°W ) in Southeast Alaska. All 27 people on board survived. [134] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Manuka | ![]() | The cargo liner ran aground on Long Point, Dunedin, New Zealand and was wrecked. All on board were rescued. [404] |
Ornen | ![]() | The schooner was abandoned in the Baltic Sea north of Gotska Sandön. Her crew were rescued. [390] |
Skagway | ![]() | The cargo ship ran aground on Tatoosh Island, Washington and was wrecked. Her crew were rescued by USCGC Snohomish (![]() |
Ship | State | Description |
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Fort Victoria | ![]() | Bound for Bermuda from New York City, the 7,784-gross register ton cruise ship collided with the ocean liner Algonquin (![]() |
R. L. Borden | ![]() | The schooner was driven ashore at Harbour Breton, Newfoundland, and was wrecked. [385] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Onderneming | ![]() | The tug suffered an onboard explosion and sank at Groningen, the Netherlands with loss of life. [385] |
Venator | ![]() | The cargo ship ran aground 5 nautical miles (9.3 km) west of Puerto México, Veracruz, Mexico. [407] She was refloated on 13 May 1930. [408] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Georg | ![]() | The cargo ship was anchored off Blyth, Northumberland ( 56°10′N1°30′E / 56.167°N 1.500°E ) and abandoned. [407] |
HDMS Thor | ![]() | The patrol vessel was wrecked in Húnaflói. Her crew were rescued. [409] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Lairdselm | ![]() | The cargo ship capsized and sank in the North Channel. All eighteen crew survived. [410] [411] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Marialuisa | ![]() | The cargo ship sprang a leak in the Mediterranean Sea ( 30°25′N30°50′E / 30.417°N 30.833°E ) and was abandoned. Her 26 crew were rescued by Viceroy of India (![]() |
Somme | ![]() | The cargo ship ran aground in the Guaíba River, Brazil. [413] She was refloated on 27 December. [414] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Aslaug | ![]() | The coaster ran aground at Bayona, Galicia, Spain and sank with the loss of all 22 crew. [413] |
Junior | ![]() | The coaster foundered in the North Sea 40 nautical miles (74 km) off Rattray Head, Aberdeenshire, United Kingdom. All ten crew were rescued by the trawler Embassy (![]() |
Kingwo | ![]() | The cargo ship ran aground in the Yangtze 30 nautical miles (56 km) upstream of Ichang, China. [413] She was refloated on 28 December. [414] |
Lee Cheong | ![]() | The passenger ship foundered in the South China Sea with the loss of about 220 lives. [413] |
Silveray | ![]() | The cargo ship ran aground at Riff Denbril, 65 nautical miles (120 km) south of Makassar, Dutch East Indies. [413] She was refloated on 30 December. [416] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Varna | ![]() | The cargo liner collided with Chrissi (![]() |
Ship | State | Description |
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Baltabor | ![]() | The cargo ship ran aground on Naissar, Estonia. [413] She was refloated on 28 March 1930. [418] |
Cannakale | ![]() | The hydroplane foundered in the Mediterranean Sea south of Strati Island with the loss of nine lives. [413] |
Ustetind | ![]() | The cargo ship ran aground at Silwick, Shetland Islands and was wrecked. Her crew were rescued. [413] |
Ship | State | Description |
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O.B.S. | ![]() | The three-masted schooner caught fire in the North Sea off the Maas Lightship (![]() |
Shuho | ![]() | The auxiliary sailing ship caught fire in the Yangtze downstream of Ichang and was a total loss. [419] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Yorkminster | ![]() | The cargo ship ran aground on the Cabzos Shoals and was beached at Gibraltar. [414] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Abeille No.1 | ![]() | The tug was sunk at Le Havre, Seine Maritime when a dockside crane was blown down in a gale. Three crew were lost. [416] |
Hermine | ![]() | The coaster ran aground at Margate, Kent and was abandoned, All twelve people on board were rescued by a pilot boat. She later refloated and drifted into the North Sea. [414] |
Ship | State | Description |
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George A. Wood | ![]() | The three-masted schooner was driven ashore on Sable Island, Nova Scotia, Canada and was wrecked. Her crew were rescued. [420] |
Maroc | ![]() | The cargo ship ran aground at Ras el Amar, Tunisia. [421] She was refloated on 10 January 1930. [422] |
Wards Cove | ![]() | During a voyage from Ketchikan to Neets Bay, Territory of Alaska, the 34-gross register ton, 58.1-foot (17.7 m) fishing vessel was destroyed in Clover Pass opposite Hump Island by a fire that began when her engine backfired while her captain was draining its carburetor, igniting gasoline. Both people on board survived. [423] |
Ship | State | Description |
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George Watts | ![]() | The cargo ship ran aground at Calabar, Nigeria. [424] |
Mercedes | ![]() | The schooner was driven ashore at Wyk auf Föhr, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany and was a total loss. [416] |
Theofano | ![]() | The cargo ship ran aground on Socorro Island, Mexico. [424] She broke up on 2 January 1930 and was a total loss. [425] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Albatros | ![]() | The barque foundered in the White Sea. She was refloated 1932 and then scrapped. [426] |
Gloria | ![]() | The Thames barge capsized and sank with the loss of two crew. [427] |
Marjorie M | ![]() | With no one on board, the 14-gross register ton, 40-foot (12.2 m) fishing vessel was destroyed by fire at Haines, Territory of Alaska. [428] |
San Antonio | ![]() | The sailing ship capsized near Copenhagen, Denmark. She was salvaged and returned to service. [429] |
Unidentified derrick barge | ![]() | ![]() |
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