The list of shipwrecks in 1934 includes ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during 1934.
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Catherine | ![]() | The schooner caught fire at Canso, Nova Scotia, Canada, and was a total loss. [1] |
White Bear | ![]() | While on a voyage from Killisnoo to Hood Bay, Territory of Alaska, the 27-gross register ton, 45.3-foot (13.8 m) fishing vessel struck a rock during a snowstorm and sank in 210 feet (64 m) of water near Killisnoo Island in the Alexander Archipelago in Southeast Alaska. Both people on board survived [2] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Indian City | ![]() | The cargo ship ran aground at Constanţa, Romania. [3] She was refloated on 8 January. [4] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Arpad | ![]() | The cargo ship sprang a leak in the Indian Ocean ( 16°45′S88°20′E / 16.750°S 88.333°E ) and was abandoned. The crew were rescued by Levernbank (![]() |
Ceres | ![]() | The coaster collided with Chagres (![]() |
Topmast No.1 | ![]() | The hopper barge came ashore at Hove, Sussex. [5] She was refloated on 13 January, [6] but broke moorings in heavy seas on the following morning and was badly damaged when again going ashore. [7] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Paris City | ![]() | The cargo ship ran aground in the Tsugaru Strait near Omasake, Japan. [8] She was refloated on 8 January. [4] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Torlak | ![]() | The cargo ship sprang a leak and was abandoned in the Norwegian Sea ( 64°50′N8°10′E / 64.833°N 8.167°E ). All crew were rescued by Queen's Cross (![]() ![]() |
Ship | State | Description |
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Erling Lindøe | ![]() | The cargo ship collided with Hakone Maru (![]() |
Ship | State | Description |
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Goncalves Zarco | ![]() | The auxiliary sailing ship was wrecked at San Thiago, Cape Verde Islands. [6] |
HMS Nelson | ![]() | The Nelson-class battleship ran aground off Portsmouth, Hampshire, England. |
Ship | State | Description |
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Sagamore | ![]() | The 2,592-gross register ton cargo ship struck Corwin Rock off Prouts Neck, Scarborough, Maine, during a storm and sank without loss of life in 40 to 50 feet (12 to 15 m) of water 300 yards (270 m) off the south end of Jordan's Beach. [14] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Plawsworth | ![]() | The cargo ship was driven ashore at Workington, Cumberland. All eighteen crew survived. [15] She was refloated on 30 January. [16] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Dinorwic | ![]() | The coaster capsized at Bideford, Devon. [13] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Leverkusen | ![]() | The cargo ship collided with Frederiksborg (![]() |
Oakford | ![]() | The cargo ship ran aground off Vlieland, Friesland, Netherlands and was wrecked with the loss of nine crew. [13] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Brereton | ![]() | The coaster ran aground south of Rosslare Harbour, County Wexford and was a total loss. [17] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Brion | ![]() | The coaster sprang a leak and capsized in the Panama Canal near the Gatun Locks. [18] |
Harptree Combe | ![]() | The coaster ran aground at Bideford, Devon. [10] She was refloated on 31 January. [19] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Aquitania | ![]() | The ocean liner ran aground in the Solent. She was refloated later that day. [21] |
Porthcarrack | ![]() | The coaster ran aground at Quimper, Finistère, France. [21] She was refloated on 31 January. [19] |
T. P. Tilling | ![]() | The coaster ran aground at Silloth, Cumberland. [21] She was refloated on 29 January. [20] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Edda | ![]() | The cargo ship came ashore at Hornafjord. The crew were rescued. [22] She was declared a total loss. [16] |
Gnat | ![]() | The tug collided with August Cords (![]() |
Winnipeg | ![]() | The Thames barge collided with Dennis Rose (![]() ![]() |
Ship | State | Description |
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Chungshing | ![]() | The cargo liner was crushed by ice and sank in the Bohai Sea (approximately 38°N119°E / 38°N 119°E ). All passengers and crew were rescued. [20] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Catalonia | ![]() | The cargo ship departed Venice, Italy for Rouen, Haute Normandie, France. A lifebelt washed up at Bari, Apulia on 19 February. [24] Other wreckage came ashore between 16 and 19 February. [25] |
Yrsa | ![]() | The coaster struck some flotsam and sank off Cape Finisterre, Spain. [26] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Parramatta | ![]() | The former River-class torpedo-boat destroyer/prison hulk broke loose from her tow in a storm while on her way to the breakers yard and went aground near Milson Island about one kilometre (0.62 mi) from Hawkesbury River Road bridge, on the western side of the Hawkesbury River and was abandoned. Her stern and bow were salvaged in 1973 for memorials, the rest of the wreck remains in place. [27] |
Swan | ![]() | The former River-class torpedo-boat destroyer/prison hulk broke loose from her tow in a storm while on her way to the breakers yard, her hull filling with rainwater until capsizing and sinking west of Juno Point at Little Wobby in the Hawkesbury River. [27] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Marion Traber | ![]() | The cargo ship ran aground on the Hermit Rocks, Firth of Forth, United Kingdom. [29] She was refloated on 13 February. [30] |
San Miguel | ![]() | The barque ran aground at Faramant, France. [31] She was refloated on 14 February, found to be severely damaged and drydocked at Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône. [32] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Disperser | ![]() | The salvage vessel foundered in the North Sea off Staithes, Yorkshire. All seven crew were rescued by Trover (![]() |
Hanestrom III | ![]() | The cargo ship ran aground at Thyborøn, Jutland, Denmark. All crew were rescued. [34] |
Magdalena | ![]() | The cargo ship ran aground at Klein Curaçao, Netherlands Antilles. [35] She was refloated on 28 May. [36] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Dimitrios L. Daniolos | ![]() | The cargo ship collided with Anna Vassilaki (![]() |
Flevomeer | ![]() | The cargo ship ran aground at Nykjoping, Sjælland, Denmark. [37] She was refloated on 19 February. [39] |
Konstantinos | ![]() | The barge foundered off Karystos with the loss of three crew. [37] |
Noreg | ![]() | The cargo ship ran aground on the Soren Jessens Sand, off Fanø, Denmark. The crew were rescued. [37] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Anfitrite | ![]() | The cargo ship ran aground on the Medolino Shoals off Pula, Yugoslavia. She was abandoned as a total loss. [28] [40] |
Meandross | ![]() | The cargo ship collided with Dartford (![]() ![]() |
Saturn | ![]() | The cargo ship foundered at Danzig. [38] |
Varholm | ![]() | The cargo ship came ashore at Jæren, Norway and was wrecked. The crew were rescued. [40] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Chelyuskin | ![]() | The cargo ship was crushed by ice and sank in the Chukchi Sea 155 nautical miles (287 km) off Cape Syevenoi with the loss of one of the 104 people on board. [43] |
Hardy | ![]() | The cargo ship foundered in the Baltic Sea off Pillau, East Prussia, Germany. [40] |
Rosa Luxemburg | ![]() | The cargo ship collided with Lifland (![]() |
Ship | State | Description |
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Sara | ![]() | The Thames barge collided with Wandle (![]() |
Ship | State | Description |
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Black Dwarf | ![]() | The coaster ran aground in the River Severn at Sharpness, Gloucestershire. [28] She was refloated on 15 March. [46] |
Wallsend | ![]() | The cargo ship was driven ashore at Caesarea, Palestine. [47] Salvage attempts were abandoned on 5 April and she was declared a total loss. [48] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Ramsholm | ![]() | The cargo ship collided with Stancor (![]() |
Ship | State | Description |
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Lochiel | ![]() | The cargo ship struck a rock off Bruichladdich, Islay, Inner Hebrides and was holed. She was consequently beached off Bowmore. [44] She was refloated the next day. [39] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Banyei Maru | ![]() | The cargo ship foundered in the Sea of Japan (approximately 40°N132°E / 40°N 132°E ) with the loss of all hands. [24] |
Canby | ![]() | The cargo ship ran aground east of Guion Island, Nova Scotia Canada. [51] She was abandoned as a total loss on 21 March. [52] |
Commercial Guide | ![]() | The cargo ship caught fire at New Orleans, Louisiana and was beached outside the port. [39] |
Glenshesk | ![]() | The cargo ship ran aground at Lannion, Brittany, France. [39] She was refloated on 3 March. [53] |
Tokiwa Maru No.2 | ![]() | The cargo ship ran aground at Yokohama. She broke in two on 23 February and was a total loss. [39] [54] |
Wuppertal | ![]() | The trawler ran aground and was wrecked at Andøya, south-east of Andenes, Norway ( 69°16′N16°11′E / 69.267°N 16.183°E ). [55] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Northern Sword | ![]() | The cargo ship ran aground at Winthrop Head, Massachusetts. [24] She was refloated on 27 February. [25] |
Urania | ![]() | The cargo ship ran aground in Marajó Bay, Brazil. [56] She was refloated on 24 February. [57] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Grit | ![]() | The coaster collided with another ship in the English Channel off Sandgate, Kent and sank. All six crew were rescued by the Hythe lifeboat City of Nottingham ( ![]() |
Swifteagle | ![]() | The tanker ran aground on Cerros Island, Baja California, Mexico. [60] She was damaged by a gale on 27 February and was consequently declared a total loss. [61] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Fauvette | ![]() | The coaster collided with Penelope (![]() |
Ship | State | Description |
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Liebre | ![]() | The tanker ran aground in the Delaware River at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. [25] She was refloated on 2 March. [67] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Bangor | ![]() | The coaster foundered in the Irish Sea off South Rock, County Down. The crew survived. [69] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Concordia | ![]() | The cargo ship collided with Black Eagle (![]() |
Ship | State | Description |
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Thelma M | ![]() | The 10-gross register ton, 31-foot (9.4 m) fishing vessel sank off Portage Island ( 57°01′10″N133°20′50″W / 57.01944°N 133.34722°W ) in Southeast Alaska. Her three crewmen survived. [73] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Bealiba | ![]() | The coaster ran aground at Norah Head, New South Wales, Australia. All crew were rescued. [74] |
Myotaian Maru | ![]() | The cargo ship came ashore in the Ryukyu Islands and was wrecked. [75] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Aviz | ![]() | The coaster collided with the harbour wall at Leixões and was beached. [76] She was refloated on 22 April. [77] |
Svale | ![]() | The passenger ship struck a rock off Foochow, China and was beached. Passengers were rescued by a Chinese cruiser. [78] She was plundered by local inhabitants and abandoned as a total loss. [79] |
Tomozuru | ![]() | The torpedo boat capsized with the loss of 100 lives off Sasebo, Japan, during a night torpedo exercise in stormy weather. She was towed to Sasebo on 13 March and was righted, repaired, and returned to service. |
Ship | State | Description |
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Prince Henry | ![]() | The ocean liner ran aground at St. George's, Bermuda. [80] |
Ship | State | Description |
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USS Fulton | ![]() | The Fulton-class submarine tender caught fire in the South China Sea. All 135 crew were rescued by Tsinan (![]() ![]() |
Ship | State | Description |
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Herefordshire | ![]() | The cargo ship ran aground on Cardigan Island, Cardiganshire, a total loss. [81] |
Oscar Edu | ![]() | The coaster foundered off the coast of County Galway, Ireland ( 50°50′N8°25′W / 50.833°N 8.417°W ) with the loss of seven of her twelve crew. Survivors were rescued by Inverarder (![]() |
Ship | State | Description |
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Clodoald | ![]() | The cargo ship came ashore at Saint-Jean-de-Luz, Pyrénées-Atlantique and was wrecked with the loss of one crewmember. [84] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Otranto | ![]() | The cargo ship foundered in the South China Sea ( 15°00′N119°43′E / 15.000°N 119.717°E ). [52] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Wearbridge | ![]() | The cargo ship ran aground off Hakodate, Japan. She was refloated on 4 April. [85] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Girafe | ![]() | The tanker exploded and sank at Port-Jérôme, Seine Maritime with the loss of thirteen crew. [86] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Bantry | ![]() | The coaster collided with Cardita (![]() |
Ship | State | Description |
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Tsiropinas | ![]() | The cargo ship collided with Doris (![]() |
Ship | State | Description |
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Citta di Spezia | ![]() | The cargo ship ran aground on Molara Island, Sardinia. [91] She was refloated on 3 April. [92] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Fryser I | ![]() | The sealer was abandoned in the Arctic Sea off Jan Mayen. She sank on 18 April. [93] |
Sophie Costala | ![]() | The cargo ship caught fire at Piraeus. She was scuttled outside the port in order to extinguish the fire. [94] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Mazout | ![]() | The tanker ran aground at Butrinto, Albania. [95] She was refloated on 5 April. [96] |
Ship | State | Description |
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John A. Cooney | ![]() | The 30-gross register ton, 55-foot (16.8 m) cod-fishing vessel sank at "Nashawena Island." Some reports place the island in the Territory of Alaska, but in fact Nashawena Island is on the coast of Massachusetts. It is possible that the sinking occurred off Massachusetts or off Nakwasina Island in Sitka Sound in the Alexander Archipelago in Southeast Alaska. [97] |
Jap | ![]() | The cargo ship was driven ashore at Cape Hawke, New South Wales, Australia and was wrecked. [96] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Yuanzen | ![]() | The cargo ship foundered in the East China Sea off Ningpo with the loss of 29 crew. [98] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Leonidas II | ![]() | The cargo ship ran aground at Ranzow, Germany. [99] She was refloated on 7 May. [100] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Fillochard | ![]() | The coaster foundered in the Bay of Biscay off Brest, Finistère. The crew were rescued by the trawler Ducouedic (![]() |
Ship | State | Description |
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Galatee | ![]() | The schooner caught fire in the Atlantic Ocean ( 39°22′N31°33′W / 39.367°N 31.550°W ) and was abandoned. The crew were rescued by Dagrun (![]() |
Guayas | ![]() | The cargo ship caught fire in the Atlantic Ocean of Pisagua and sank. [101] |
Wolfgang | ![]() | The auxiliary sailing ship foundered in the Baltic Sea off Stolpmünde, Pomerania, Germany. The crew were rescued. [101] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Kinjo Maru | ![]() | The cargo ship collided with Chile Maru off Moji-ko, Kitakyūshū and sank. The crew were rescued. [103] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Puszta | ![]() | The 5,000-gross register ton cargo ship ran aground in fog off the northeast shore of Block Island off the coast of Rhode Island. Her wreck settled in 10 to 20 feet (3.0 to 6.1 m) of water at 41°13.04′N071°33.27′W / 41.21733°N 71.55450°W . [104] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Aymore | ![]() | The cargo liner, off Pará, Brazil, suffered an onboard explosion of petrol she was carrying. She caught fire and was destroyed. All on board were rescued. [105] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Mayachi Maru | ![]() | The cargo ship ran aground at Tsutzusaki. [106] She was refloated on 23 May. [107] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Castor | ![]() | The coaster collided with the trawler Parthian (![]() |
Ship | State | Description |
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Rutenfjell | ![]() | The cargo ship ran aground at Cape Egmont, Nova Scotia Canada. [111] She was declared a total loss on 25 May. [112] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Walter Junior | ![]() | The ship sank in the Atlantic Ocean. [113] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Nambucca | ![]() | The cargo ship ran aground at Nambucca Heads, New South Wales, Australia. She was declared a total loss. [114] [115] |
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Petrel | ![]() | The coaster sprang a leak and was abandoned off Grand Entry, Nova Scotia, Canada. [113] |
Vindex | ![]() | The cargo ship sank at Oran, Algeria. [113] |
Ship | State | Description |
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King Loong | ![]() | The cargo ship ran aground at Amoy. The crew abandoned ship and her captain committed suicide. [113] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Louhi | ![]() | The passenger ship capsized and sank in Lake Kallevesi with the loss of nineteen lives. [117] |
LV-117 | ![]() | The 135-foot (41 m), 630-displacement ton lightvessel, operating as the Nantucket Lightship , sank in 180 feet (55 m) of water in the Atlantic Ocean 40 nautical miles (74 km; 46 mi) southeast of Nantucket with the loss of seven of her eleven crew after the passenger liner Olympic (![]() |
Ship | State | Description |
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Eugenio | ![]() | The auxiliary three-masted schooner collided with Youngstown (![]() |
Ship | State | Description |
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Ronald M. Pearson | ![]() | The schooner came ashore on the east coast of Miquelon and was wrecked. [121] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Sam Weller | ![]() | The Thames barge collided with Ardgryfe (![]() |
Ship | State | Description |
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Phyllis S | ![]() | The 46-gross register ton 59.7-foot (18.2 m) fishing vessel was wrecked in fog on the outer part of Left Cape ( 57°15′30″N152°57′00″W / 57.25833°N 152.95000°W ) on the southeast coast of Kodiak Island in the Territory of Alaska. Her crew of three survived. [123] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Seneff | ![]() | The cargo ship sank at St. John's, Newfoundland due to a faulty condenser outlet. She was subsequently refloated. [124] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Elisabetha | ![]() | The barquentine was wrecked in the Agalega Islands, Mauritius. The crew survived. [124] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Assistance | ![]() | The tug capsized and sank at Rouen, Seine-Inférieure whilst assisting Mirza (![]() |
Ship | State | Description |
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Gertrud | ![]() | The cargo ship ran aground on Stroma, Caithness and sank. [126] [127] |
Pertusola | ![]() | The cargo ship was wrecked at Punta Salina, Sardinia. [127] |
Tomi Maru | ![]() | The cargo ship ran aground on or near Pratas Island, China. She was refloated on 9 June. [128] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Maigue | ![]() | The coaster ran aground at Inniscrone, County Sligo, Ireland. [129] She was refloated on 10 June. [130] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Wilhelmine | ![]() | The tanker ran aground at Port Colborne, Ontario, Canada. [131] She was refloated on 23 June but found to be severely damaged. [132] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Berengar | ![]() | The cargo ship ran aground in the Paraná River, Brazil. [131] She was refloated on 22 June. [133] |
Rostellan | ![]() | The coaster sank at the O'Bevine Lighthouse, Rathlin Island, County Antrim, United Kingdom. [130] |
Sprightly | ![]() | The cargo ship came ashore at Lyngby, Sjælland, Denmark. [131] She was refloated on 18 June. [134] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Knut Hamsun | ![]() | The cargo ship caught fire and sank in the Caribbean Sea 30 nautical miles (56 km) south west of the Roncador Bank. Seventeen of her 34 crew were rescued by Zacapa (![]() |
Ship | State | Description |
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Fauna | ![]() | The schooner sprang a leak and sank in the Caribbean Sea off Baliceau, Saint Vincent. [137] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Invercloy | ![]() | The cargo ship ran aground off the Arranman Barrels Lighthouse, Mull of Kintyre, Argyllshire. The crew were rescued. [137] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Marguerite Emilie | ![]() | The coaster ran aground off Concarneau, Finistère. The crew were rescued by lifeboats. [138] |
Merisaar | ![]() | The cargo ship ran aground near Pärnu. [137] She was refloated on 21 June. [139] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Col di Lana | ![]() | The cargo ship ran aground in the South China Sea (approximately 20°N116°E / 20°N 116°E ). [139] She was refloated on 25 June. [132] |
Dresden | ![]() | The ocean liner struck a rock off Bokn, Norway. She was beached at Karmøy. Passengers were taken off by Ardent (![]() ![]() |
Ship | State | Description |
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Miyuki | ![]() | The Fubuki-class destroyer collided with Inazuma (![]() |
Water Pearl | ![]() | The schooner was wrecked on Bequia, Grenadines. [143] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Shamrock | ![]() | The dredger caught fire at Bay City, Michigan. She was a total loss. [144] [145] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Witch | ![]() | The coal hulk was struck at Portland, Dorset by a practice torpedo and sank. She was later refloated and returned to service. [144] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Electro | ![]() | The schooner was abandoned off the Magdalen Islands, Ontario, Canada. [146] |
Ville de Papeete | ![]() | The coaster ran aground on Haraiki, French Polynesia and was a total loss. All on board were rescued. [147] [148] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Rosabelle | ![]() | The coaster struck The Manacles, off the coast of Cornwall and sank. All crew survived. [149] She was refloated on 16 July and beached at Coverack Bay. [150] She was subsequently towed into Falmouth. [151] |
Ship | State | Description |
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af Chapman | ![]() | The barquentine ran aground at Port Aleza, Puerto Rico. [148] |
Scot | ![]() | The Thames barge was rammed and sunk at Harwich, Essex by England (![]() |
Ship | State | Description |
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Bernice | ![]() | The 15-gross register ton, 44.3-foot (13.5 m) fishing vessel was destroyed by fire at the Koggiung Cannery Dock on the Kvichak River on the Bristol Bay coast of the Territory of Alaska. Her crew of three survived. [153] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Autocrat | ![]() | The tug capsized and sank in the River Humber whilst assisting with the refloating of Ouse (![]() ![]() |
Ship | State | Description |
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Chi Chuen | ![]() | The cargo ship struck rocks in the Yangtze upstream of Ichang and was beached. [156] She was refloated on 27 July. [157] She was subsequently declared a total loss. [158] |
Monte Rosa | ![]() | The ocean liner ran aground off Thorshavn, Faroe Islands. [159] She was refloated the next day. [160] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Astrid | ![]() | The schooner suffered an onboard explosion in the Atlantic Ocean ( 45°09′N59°15′W / 45.150°N 59.250°W ) and sank. Five crew were rescued by Alssund (![]() |
Ship | State | Description |
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Charlotte Cords | ![]() | The cargo ship collided with the cargo ship Pear Branch (![]() |
Defiance | ![]() | The 27-gross register ton, 47.2-foot (14.4 m) fishing vessel sank off Anchor Point, Territory of Alaska. Her crew of three survived. [162] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Atenas | ![]() | The cargo ship caught fire and sank at New York. [157] She was refloated on 29 July. [163] |
Marion Gladys | ![]() | The schooner was driven ashore at Indian Tickle, Labrador, Canada and was wrecked. [157] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Winton | ![]() | The cargo ship ran aground in Table Bay, South Africa, on a voyage from Thevenard, South Australia to United Kingdom/Continent ports with wheat. [161] She later broke her back and was consequently declared a total loss. [164] [165] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Ruy Barbosa | ![]() | The cargo liner ran aground at Leixões, Portugal and was wrecked. All on board survived. [166] [167] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Indauchu | ![]() | The cargo ship ran aground at Workington, Cumberland. [168] She was refloated on 10 August. [169] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Dardanella | ![]() | The 19-gross register ton motor vessel was wrecked at Barlow Point ( 58°22′45″N134°53′30″W / 58.37917°N 134.89167°W ) in Stephens Passage in the Alexander Archipelago in Southeast Alaska. The three people aboard abandoned ship in a small boat and survived. [170] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Bluebell | ![]() | The Bluebell Collision: The ferry collided with Waraneen (![]() |
Ship | State | Description |
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Hilda | ![]() | The sailing ship ran aground at Aveiro and was wrecked. [171] |
Monsunen | ![]() | The auxiliary sailing ship was wrecked off the Samoan Islands. All crew survived. [171] |
St. Tudwal | ![]() | The coaster sank 4 nautical miles (7.4 km) south west by west of Texa, Inner Hebrides. [172] |
Ship | State | Description |
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USS PE-6 | ![]() | The decommissioned Eagle-class patrol craft was sunk as a target. [173] |
USS PE-7 | ![]() | The decommissioned Eagle-class patrol craft was sunk as a target. [174] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Nell Gwyn | ![]() | The Thames Barge sprang a leak and sank in the River Thames. [175] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Boris Sheboldaiev | ![]() | The tanker ran aground on the Camelle Rocks, 6 nautical miles (11 km) east of Cape Vilano, Galicia, Spain. She broke in two and was a total loss. [176] [177] |
Whiteway | ![]() | The schooner was driven ashore on Seal Island, Nova Scotia. [178] |
Ship | State | Description |
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George Watts | ![]() | The coaster was driven ashore and wrecked at Kribi, Cameroon. [177] |
Mona | ![]() | Collided with Berezina (![]() |
Ship | State | Description |
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Whiteway | ![]() | The auxiliary three-masted schooner was wrecked at Blackrock Devils Limb, Seal Island, Nova Scotia, Canada. [179] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Midland City | ![]() | The cargo ship struck a reef in Georgian Bay and was beached. [180] She was repaired and returned to service. |
Ship | State | Description |
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Duchess of Devonshire | ![]() | The paddle steamer ran aground at Sidmouth, Devon. All passengers were taken off, but the crew remained on board. [181] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Flora | ![]() | The cargo ship ran aground on Cape St. Vincent, Portugal. She was refloated but subsequently sank. All crew were rescued. [182] |
Ship | State | Description |
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J. B. Stetson | ![]() | The coaster ran aground at Monterey, California and was wrecked. All crew were rescued. [184] |
Līva | ![]() | The coaster sank in the North Sea. [185] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Auslag | ![]() | The coaster sprang a leak and sank in the North Sea 110 nautical miles (200 km) east by north of the Humber Lightship (![]() ![]() |
Gyda | ![]() | The cargo ship ran aground at Dingwall, Nova Scotia, Canada. [184] She was refloated on 10 September. [186] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Aliki | ![]() | The cargo ship ran aground at Rosario, Santa Fe, Brazil. [187] She was refloated on 16 September. [188] |
Queenmoor | ![]() | The cargo ship ran aground at Chelsea Point, South Africa and was wrecked. [185] [187] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Burrhard No.2 | ![]() | The dredger sank in the Columbia River. [189] |
Morro Castle | ![]() | ![]() The cruise ship caught fire and was beached at Asbury Park, New Jersey with the loss of 135 of the 549 people on board. |
Ship | State | Description |
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Schiaffino XXIV | ![]() | The ship departed Port-Saint-Louis-du-Rhône for Algiers, Algeria. She foundered on the voyage; some wreckage washed up near the Espiguette Lighthouse, Le Grau-du-Roi, Gard on 7 April 1935. [49] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Marechal Foch | ![]() | The schooner was wrecked in the Austral Islands. All crew were rescued. [194] |
Thistlebrae | ![]() | The cargo ship ran aground in the Paraná River. [194] She was refloated on 26 September. [195] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Taijin Maru | ![]() | The cargo ship ran aground at Omaezaki, Shizuoka. [194] She was refloated on 30 September. [196] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Emily | ![]() | The ketch foundered in the Bristol Channel off Flat Holm. Both crew survived. [197] |
Ostrea | ![]() | The coaster sank off Flint Island, Nova Scotia, Canada. [198] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Jefferson Myers | ![]() | The cargo ship ran aground at Kiukiang, China. [198] She was refloated on 1 October. [199] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Penthames | ![]() | The cargo ship ran aground at Cape Huertas, Spain. She was refloated on 3 October. [200] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Suiwah | ![]() | The cargo ship caught fire and sank in the East China Sea. All crew survived. [199] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Millpool | ![]() | The cargo ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean 700 nautical miles (1,300 km) off Labrador, Canada with the loss of all 26 crew. [201] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Charles Jose | ![]() | The cargo ship capsized and sank in the North Sea 4 nautical miles (7.4 km) off the Haaks Lightship (![]() ![]() |
Ship | State | Description |
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E J N | ![]() | While moored in Lynn Canal in Southeast Alaska with no one aboard, the 24-gross register ton motor vessel drifted ashore and was smashed to pieces on the rocks sometime between 9:00 p.m. and 2:00 a.m. after her mooring cable broke. [203] |
Ship | State | Description |
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City of Cambridge | ![]() | The cargo liner ran aground on or near Pratas Island. [204] Sixty of her 80 crew were taken off the next day by HMS Suffolk (![]() |
Stanwell | ![]() | The cargo ship sprang a leak in the Atlantic Ocean and was abandoned ( 46°34′N7°00′W / 46.567°N 7.000°W ). The crew were rescued by the fishing vessel Recang (![]() |
Ship | State | Description |
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Eskil | ![]() | The cargo ship collided with Sigurd I (![]() |
Ruy | ![]() | The schooner foundered at Beira, Mozambique. [212] |
Saint Andrew | ![]() | During a voyage from Mist Harbor to Unga ( 55°11′00″N160°30′10″W / 55.18333°N 160.50278°W ) on Unga Island in the Shumagin Islands off the Alaska Peninsula in the Territory of Alaska with six passengers and a crew of two on board, the 40-gross register ton, 34-foot (10 m) fishing vessel was lost in Unga Bay. Three of her passengers and both crewmen lost their lives. [213] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Valiant | ![]() | The tug collided with Lumberman (![]() |
Ship | State | Description |
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Eddie | ![]() | The coaster capsized and sank at Goole, Yorkshire. The crew survived. [214] |
Winona | ![]() | The auxiliary sailing ship caught fire of Newfoundland and was a total loss. [215] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Viking | ![]() | The cargo ship was abandoned in Clew Bay. [216] She was subsequently towed to Limerick by Zwarte Zee (![]() |
Ship | State | Description |
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Edna | ![]() | The sloop collided with Irwell in the River Humber at Whitton, Lincolnshire and sank. [217] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Clan Mackay | ![]() | The cargo ship foundered at a Sierra Leone port. [219] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Actuosity | ![]() | The ship was driven ashore at Colhugh Point, Glamorgan. Salvage was completed in December 1934. [220] |
Harvester | ![]() | The cargo ship was hit by President Madison (![]() |
Virginia | ![]() | The passenger ship was hit by President Madison (![]() |
Ship | State | Description |
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Espuzito G | ![]() | The cargo ship was wrecked at Capo Rizzuto. The crew were rescued. [222] |
Ship | State | Description |
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James M | ![]() | The coaster collided with Norna (![]() |
Sostrene | ![]() | The auxiliary schooner was abandoned west of Trelleborg, Skåne County, Sweden and came ashore there. [219] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Kongshaug | ![]() | The coaster came ashore at Siglufjordur, Iceland. She was declared a total loss but was repaired and returned to service as Snœfjell. [225] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Whiteabbey | ![]() | The coaster ran aground at Ballyshannon, County Donegal, Ireland and was wrecked. All crew survived. [224] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Marie Lydia | ![]() | The auxiliary schooner was wrecked 10 nautical miles (19 km) north of Quebec City, Canada with the loss of three crew. [226] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Jupiter | ![]() | The schooner foundered in the North Sea 60 nautical miles (110 km) east of Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, United Kingdom. The crew were rescued by a German fishing vessel. [227] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Johanne | ![]() | The auxiliary sailing vessel suffered an onboard explosion and sank in the North Sea off the Elbe 2 Lightship (![]() |
Ship | State | Description |
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Golden Sea | ![]() | The cargo ship ran aground in Tetjuhe Bay, Soviet Union. [228] She was refloated on 26 December. [229] |
Tung Foo | ![]() | The cargo ship foundered in the Yellow Sea west of Korea during a typhoon. [230] |
Yeiryo Maru | ![]() | The cargo ship issued an SOS in the East China Sea ( 35°40′N131°20′E / 35.667°N 131.333°E ). [231] No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands. [232] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Erik Boye | ![]() | The cargo ship collided with Edith Howaldt (![]() |
Schorn | ![]() | The 29-gross register ton, 46.2-foot (14.1 m) fishing vessel sank at Key Reef ( 56°09′35″N132°49′45″W / 56.15972°N 132.82917°W ) in Clarence Strait in the Alexander Archipelago in Southeast Alaska. Her entire crew of five survived. [213] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Ranan Maru | ![]() | The cargo ship caught fire in the Sea of Japan and sank with the loss of all hands. [234] [235] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Caliche | ![]() | The tanker exploded and caught fire in the Mobile Channel at Mobile, Alabama. She was abandoned by her crew. [235] |
Liguria | ![]() | The cargo ship ran aground at Ilhéus, Bahia, Brazil. [235] She was refloated on 16 November. [236] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Marionga J. Goulandri | ![]() | The cargo ship ran aground at Necochea, Argentina. She broke her back and was a total loss. [237] |
Seven Seas Trader | ![]() | The cargo ship ran aground on Long Island, New York, United States. [237] She was declared a total loss on 19 November. All crew were rescued. [238] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Clara Paolino | ![]() | The cargo ship ran aground at Sainte-Maxime, Var, France and broke up. The crew were rescued. [239] |
Ship | State | Description |
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USS PE-40 | ![]() | The decommissioned Eagle-class patrol craft was sunk as a target. [241] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Christel Vinnen | ![]() | The cargo ship ran aground south east of Lagos, Nigeria. [238] She was refloated on 25 November. [242] |
Sumatra | ![]() | The coaster sank at Hong Kong whilst under repair. [238] |
Ship | State | Description |
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W. C. Franz | ![]() | The motor bulk carrier collided with the cargo ship Edward E. Loomis (![]() |
Ship | State | Description |
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Nonpareil | ![]() | The Thames barge was hit by Auk (![]() |
USS PE-14 | ![]() | The decommissioned Eagle-class patrol craft was sunk as a target. [248] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Aeolos | ![]() | The cargo ship ran aground on the Zindjir-Bozan Bank. [249] She was refloated on 7 December. [250] |
Euthalia | ![]() | The cargo ship ran aground in the River Humber at Sunk Island, Yorkshire, United Kingdom. [240] She was refloated on 3 December. [251] |
Iron Monarch | ![]() | The cargo ship ran aground at Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia. [240] She was refloated on 3 December. [251] |
Magna | ![]() | The cargo ship ran aground at Limerick, Ireland. [240] She was refloated on 4 December. [252] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Rosemount | ![]() | The cargo ship sank at Montreal, Quebec, Canada. [242] She was refloated on 16 December but sank again later that day and salvage operations were suspended. [253] She was refloated again on 15 May 1935 but declared a constructive total loss and sold for use as a grain hulk. [254] |
Sovinto | ![]() | The three-masted schooner was dismasted in the Baltic Sea in a gale. She came ashore on Hiiumaa, Estonia and was wrecked. [240] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Frithjof Eide | ![]() | The cargo ship ran aground at Prestogalten, Nord-Trøndelag, Norway and was abandoned. [255] |
Lolita A | ![]() | The cargo ship ran aground at Vieux-Boucau-les-Bains, Landes, France and was abandoned. She broke in two and was a total loss. [256] [257] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Kosti | ![]() | The cargo ship ran aground at Ochakiv, Soviet Union. [258] She was refloated on 8 December. [259] |
Maroula | ![]() | The cargo ship ran aground 2 nautical miles (3.7 km) east of Necochea, Argentina. [260] She broke in two and was a total loss. [261] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Henry Cort | ![]() | The whaleback steamer was wrecked on the breakwater at Muskegon, Michigan. Her crew was rescued by the United States Coast Guard, but one Coast Guardsman died. She broke in two in December and was scrapped in 1935. [262] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Henry Cort | ![]() | The cargo ship came ashore at Muskegon, Michigan in a gale and was a total loss. All crew were saved. [264] |
Kong Magnus | ![]() | The cargo ship ran aground in the Ullsfjorden, Norway. [264] She was refloated on 7 December. [250] |
Sea King | ![]() | The tug sank at Galveston, Texas. [264] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Coramba | ![]() | The coaster foundered off Westernport, Victoria, Australia with the loss of all seventeen crew. [265] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Walter Kennedy | ![]() | The cargo ship sprang a leak and sank in the Atlantic Ocean east of Miquelon. The crew survived. [252] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Dunscore | ![]() | The coaster sank in the North Sea 5 nautical miles (9.3 km) east north east of St Abb's Head, Berwickshire. All six crew were rescued by the St Abb's Lifeboat. [232] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Wilhelm Tham | ![]() | The cargo ship ran aground off Trosa, Södermanland County and sank. The crew were rescued. [267] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Falksten | ![]() | The cargo ship ran aground on Hiiumaa, Estonia. [259] She was refloated on 16 December. [268] |
Glen Head | ![]() | The cargo ship ran aground on Bornholm, Denmark. [267] She was declared a total loss on 17 December. [253] |
Thielbek | ![]() | The cargo ship ran aground at Befanaes, Denmark. She was later refloated and returned to service. |
Ship | State | Description |
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Arcadia | ![]() | The cargo ship ran aground on the Almadi Reef off Dakar, French West Africa. [259] The wreck was sold on 1 January 1935 for scrapping. [269] |
HSwMS Klas Uggla | ![]() | The destroyer ran aground at Malmö. [270] She was refloated on 15 December. Subsequently repaired and returned to service. [268] |
Oxbird | ![]() | The coaster collided with Dagmar (![]() |
Ship | State | Description |
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Osprey | ![]() | The salvage tug fouled the wreck of Eddie (![]() |
Ship | State | Description |
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Cushendun | ![]() | The coaster ran aground at Mostyn, Flintshire. [274] She was refloated on 19 December. [275] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Usworth | ![]() | The cargo ship sank in the Atlantic Ocean. The crew were rescued by Jean Jadot (![]() |
Ship | State | Description |
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Hachilah | ![]() | The motor schooner caught fire and sank in Campbeltown Loch. [253] |
Hervar | ![]() | The cargo ship collided with Tung Tuck (![]() |
Ship | State | Description |
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Ann Stathatos | ![]() | The cargo ship ran aground on Hainan Island, China. [277] She was refloated on 22 December. [278] |
Orania | ![]() | The ocean liner was rammed and sunk at Leixões, Portugal by Loanda (![]() |
Sisto | ![]() | The cargo ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. All sixteen crew were rescued by New York (![]() ![]() |
Ship | State | Description |
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Jean Smith | ![]() | The schooner was abandoned off Codroy, Newfoundland. [229] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Schiaffino 24 | ![]() | The cargo ship sank in the Mediterranean Sea or Strait of Gibraltar on or before 13 December. [274] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Adriatic | ![]() | Partially dismantled and abandoned in 1927 and since tied up at an abandoned pier at Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin, and used as fishing site, the 202-foot (62 m), 915.67-gross register ton self-unloading schooner barge burned and sank. Her wreckage lies in Sturgeon Bay only 6 feet (1.8 m) from shore in 2 to 15 feet (0.6 to 4.6 m) of water. [284] |
Arnold Liebes | ![]() | The motor vessel was wrecked at Point Barrow on the north coast of the Territory of Alaska and became a total loss. [285] |
C. B. Brower | ![]() | The vessel was wrecked in the Arctic Ocean off Point Barrow on the north coast of the Territory of Alaska. [286] |
City of Taunton | ![]() | The 292-foot (89 m) cargo ship, a sidewheel paddle steamer, was beached and abandoned at Somerset, Massachusetts, on the west bank of the Taunton River at 41°42′39″N071°10′33″W / 41.71083°N 71.17583°W , just south of the future site of the Charles M. Braga Jr. Memorial Bridge, sometime during the 1930s. The wreck settled on the river bottom in very shallow water. [287] |
F. C. Pendleton | ![]() | The 145-foot (44 m), 408-gross register ton three-masted schooner burned and sank without loss of life in up to 45 feet (14 m) of water at 44°19′38″N068°54′27″W / 44.32722°N 68.90750°W while at anchor in Seal Harbor at Islesboro, Maine, sometime during the 1930s. [288] |
Gardner G. Deering | ![]() | The 251-foot (77 m), 1,982-gross register ton five-masted schooner was abandoned and later burned in Smith Cove off West Brooksville, Maine, sometime during the 1930s. Her wreck settled in 10 to 30 feet (3.0 to 9.1 m) of water approximately 500 feet (150 m) off the north shore of the cove at 44°22′55″N068°46′30″W / 44.38194°N 68.77500°W . [289] |
Herefordshire | ![]() | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on Cardigan Island, Cardiganshire. [290] |
M-8 | ![]() | The Malyutka-class submarine sank in Ussuri Bay whilst under tow. Her crew survived. She was refloated two days later, repaired and returned to service. [291] |
Patria | ![]() | The ocean liner grounded on a bank while entering Alexandria Port in Egypt. |
T-1028 | ![]() | The fishing vessel and her sole occupant disappeared during a voyage in the Territory of Alaska from Stikine to Wrangell. Her wreckage and the remains of the only person aboard were discovered on the beach between Sitkagi Bluffs and the Yana River near Yakutat, Alaska, on 2 June 1940. [73] |