List of shipwrecks in August 1923

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The list of shipwrecks in August 1923 includes ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during August 1923.

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1 August

List of shipwrecks: 1 August 1923
ShipStateDescription
Magicstar Civil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg United Kingdom The cargo ship ran aground in the Yangtze 10 nautical miles (19 km) downstream of Kiukiang, China. [1] She was refloated on 4 August. [2]

2 August

List of shipwrecks: 2 August 1923
ShipStateDescription
Citriana Civil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg United Kingdom The passenger ship struck a rock and foundered at Kilindini, Kenya. All on board were rescued. [3]
Richard Welford Civil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg United Kingdom The cargo ship capsized at Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland. [3]

3 August

List of shipwrecks: 3 August 1923
ShipStateDescription
Dina Accame Flag of Italy (1861-1946).svg  Italy The cargo ship caught fire and sank at Genoa, Liguria. [4]
Maria M. Flag of Italy (1861-1946).svg  Italy The ship collided with Napoli (Flag of Italy (1861-1946).svg  Italy ) in the Bay of Naples and sank. [4]

6 August

List of shipwrecks: 6 August 1923
ShipStateDescription
Thursby Civil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg United Kingdom The collier foundered 10 nautical miles (19 km) north north east of the Longships Lighthouse. [5]
Tudorstar Civil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg United Kingdom The cargo ship ran aground in the Paraná River, Argentina. [6] She was refloated on 11 August. [7]

8 August

List of shipwrecks: 8 August 1923
ShipStateDescription
AberdeenFlag of the United States (1912-1959).svg United States The 48-gross register ton, 52.1-foot (15.9 m) fishing vessel was destroyed by fire on the north end of Gravina Island in the Alexander Archipelago in Southeast Alaska. [8]
Baron Blantyre Civil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg United Kingdom The cargo ship departed Port Natal, South Africa for Adelaide, South Australia. [9] Presumed foundered with the loss of all hands. [10]
Saian Maru Merchant flag of Japan (1870).svg  Japan The ship sailed on this date, no further trace. [11]
San Giuseppe Flag of Italy (1861-1946).svg  Italy The cargo ship ran aground in the Strait of Canso. [12] She was refloated on 14 August. [13]

10 August

List of shipwrecks: 10 August 1923
ShipStateDescription
Nyland Flag of Sweden.svg Sweden The cargo ship ran aground near Trelleborg, Skåne County. [14] She was refloated on 13 August. [7]

13 August

List of shipwrecks: 13 August 1923
ShipStateDescription
InverspeyCivil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg United Kingdom The 125-foot (38 m), 280-ton steam trawler ran aground in Galway Bay, Ireland and declared a total loss. [15] [16]
Sable Island Civil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg United Kingdom The cargo liner ran aground at Lamaline, Newfoundland. [17] Her passengers were taken off on 14 August. [18] She was refloated on 24 August. [19]

16 August

List of shipwrecks: 16 August 1923
ShipStateDescription
Douglas Civil Ensign of the Isle of Man.svg Isle of Man The passenger ship collided with Artemisia (Civil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg United Kingdom) in the River Mersey at Liverpool, Lancashire. All on board were rescued before she sank. The wreck was cleared in December.

18 August

List of shipwrecks: 18 August 1923
ShipStateDescription
Ginyo Maru Merchant flag of Japan (1870).svg  Japan The cargo ship sank at Hong Kong during a typhoon. [20]
HMS L9 Naval ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  Royal Navy The L-class submarine sank at Hong Kong during a typhoon. She was salvaged on 6 September, repaired and returned to service.
Loongsang Civil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg United Kingdom The cargo ship foundered in a typhoon at Hong Kong with the loss of 25 lives. [20] [21]
Mylie Civil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg United Kingdom The cargo ship foundered during a typhoon with the loss of all but one of her crew. The survivor was rescued by Sin Kiang (Civil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg United Kingdom) on 30 August. [22] She was on a voyage from Chinwangtao to Shanghai, China. [23]
Sekino Maru Merchant flag of Japan (1870).svg  Japan The cargo ship sank at Hong Kong during a typhoon. [20]

19 August

List of shipwrecks: 19 August 1923
ShipStateDescription
Changsha Civil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg United Kingdom The refrigerated cargo liner was driven onto the Tiji Tiji Reef, off Simunul, Tawi-Tawi, Philippines. Her passengers were rescued by Victoria (Civil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg United Kingdom). [24] She was refloated on 23 September. [25]
Leicester Civil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg United Kingdom The cargo ship ran aground at Chicoutimi, Quebec, Canada. [26] She was refloated on 22 August. [11]
SamsonFlag of the United States (1912-1959).svg United States The 11-gross register ton, 33.4-foot (10.2 m) fishing vessel was destroyed by fire at Cape Augustine ( 54°57′N133°10′W / 54.950°N 133.167°W / 54.950; -133.167 (Cape Augustine) ) on Dall Island in the Alexander Archipelago in Southeast Alaska. Her three-man crew survived. [27]
Sergei Civil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg United Kingdom The cargo ship collided with Juno (Civil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg United Kingdom) in the North Sea off Grimsby, Lincolnshire and sank. [20]

21 August

List of shipwrecks: 21 August 1923
ShipStateDescription
Submarine No. 70 Naval ensign of Japan (1889-1945).svg  Imperial Japanese Navy The Ro-29-class submarine foundered in the Seto Inland Sea off Awaji Island with the loss of 90 of her 95 crew. [28] Salvage operations began in October. [29]

22 August

List of shipwrecks: 22 August 1923
ShipStateDescription
Onega Civil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg United Kingdom The cargo ship ran aground on the Khaces Shoal, off Kristinestad, Finland. [11] She was refloated on 30 August. [23]

23 August

List of shipwrecks: 23 August 1923
ShipStateDescription
Airston Civil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg United Kingdom The cargo ship was discovered abandoned in the English Channel by Ben Henshaw and Ben Johnson (both Civil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg United Kingdom) and was towed into Portland, Dorset. [11]

24 August

List of shipwrecks: 24 August 1923
ShipStateDescription
Braebeg Civil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg United Kingdom The coaster struck a submerged wreck ay Ballyhack, County Wexford and was beached. [30]

25 August

List of shipwrecks: 25 August 1923
ShipStateDescription
Gutenfels Merchant flag of Germany (1919-1933).svg  Germany The cargo ship ran aground at Guadalmesí Point, Spain. [31] She was abandoned as a total loss on 14 September. [9]

26 August

List of shipwrecks: 26 August 1923
ShipStateDescription
España Flag of Spain.svg  Armada Española The España-class battleship ran aground at Cape Tres Forcas, Spanish Morocco. She broke in two in November and was declared a total loss.

27 August

List of shipwrecks: 27 August 1923
ShipStateDescription
Thursby Civil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg United Kingdom The coaster foundered in the Irish Sea 40 nautical miles (74 km) north east of the Longships Lighthouse with the loss of one of her thirteen crew. [32]

29 August

List of shipwrecks: 29 August 1923
ShipStateDescription
Glyndwr Civil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg United Kingdom The cargo ship passed Dungeness, Kent for Porto, Portugal. [33] No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands. [9]

30 August

List of shipwrecks: 30 August 1923
ShipStateDescription
Deputé Emile Driant The collier capsized and sank in the English Channel off boulogne, Pas-de-Calais with the loss of nineteen of her 24 crew. [34] [35]
Klüpfel Merchant flag of Germany (1919-1933).svg  Germany The cargo ship foundered in the North Sea with the loss of all but one of her crew. The survivor was rescued by a Dutch fishing vessel. [35] [36]
Rawlinson Civil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg United Kingdom The cargo ship foundered in the North Sea. [35] A lifeboat from the ship was recovered by a German trawler on 10 September. All hands lost. [37]

31 August

List of shipwrecks: 31 August 1923
ShipStateDescription
Sheikh Berkhud Flag of Egypt (1922-1958).svg Egypt The cargo ship sank at Suez. [38]

References

  1. ↑ "Casualty reports". The Times. No. 43409. London. 2 August 1923. col B, p. 18.
  2. ↑ "Casualty reports". The Times. No. 43412. London. 6 August 1923. col F, p. 15.
  3. 1 2 "Casualty reports". The Times. No. 43410. London. 3 August 1923. col D, p. 18.
  4. 1 2 "Casualty reports". The Times. No. 43411. London. 4 August 1923. col D, p. 16.
  5. ↑ "Thursby". The Yard. Retrieved 18 February 2017.
  6. ↑ "Casualty reports". The Times. No. 43414. London. 8 August 1923. col G, p. 17.
  7. 1 2 "Casualty reports". The Times. No. 43419. London. 16 August 1923. col B, p. 16.
  8. ↑ alaskashipwreck.com Alaska Shipwrecks (A)
  9. 1 2 3 "Uninsurable steamers". The Times. No. 43447. London. 15 September 1923. col B, p. 13.
  10. ↑ "British ship missing". The Times. No. 43449. London. 18 September 1923. col F, p. 6.
  11. 1 2 3 4 "Casualty reports". The Times. No. 43428. London. 24 August 1923. col F, p. 15.
  12. ↑ "Casualty reports". The Times. No. 43415. London. 9 August 1923. col G, p. 13.
  13. ↑ "Reinsurance rates". The Times. No. 43420. London. 15 August 1923. col B, p. 18.
  14. ↑ "Casualty reports". The Times. No. 43417. London. 11 August 1923. col B, p. 17.
  15. ↑ "Inverspey (+1923)". Wrecksite. 30 August 2025.
  16. ↑ "Lost Vessels". fleetwood-trawlers. 30 August 2025.
  17. ↑ "Casualty reports". The Times. No. 43420. London. 15 August 1923. col B, p. 18.
  18. ↑ "Casualty reports". The Times. No. 43421. London. 16 August 1923. col F, p. 16.
  19. ↑ "Reinsurance rates". The Times. No. 43429. London. 25 August 1923. col E, p. 15.
  20. 1 2 3 4 "Casualty reports". The Times. No. 43424. London. 20 August 1923. col G, p. 16.
  21. ↑ "Hong-Kong swept by typhoon". The Times. No. 43424. London. 20 August 1923. col D, p. 10.
  22. ↑ "A rescue at sea". The Times. No. 43434. London. 31 August 1923. col B, p. 7.
  23. 1 2 "Reinsurance rates". The Times. No. 43434. London. 31 August 1923. col C, p. 13.
  24. ↑ "The stranding of the Changsha". The Times. No. 43431. London. 28 August 1923. col D, p. 13.
  25. ↑ "Casualty reports". The Times. No. 43454. London. 24 September 1923. col F, p. 22.
  26. ↑ "Casualty reports". The Times. No. 43425. London. 21 August 1923. col E, p. 13.
  27. ↑ alaskashipwreck.com Alaska Shipwrecks (S)
  28. ↑ "Japanese submarine sunk". The Times. No. 43426. London. 22 August 1923. col D, p. 8.
  29. ↑ "Imperial and Foreign News Items". The Times. No. 43472. London. 15 October 1923. col G, p. 11.
  30. ↑ "Casualty reports". The Times. No. 43429. London. 25 August 1923. col E, p. 15.
  31. ↑ "Casualty reports". The Times. No. 43430. London. 27 September 1923. col E, p. 16.
  32. ↑ "Casualty reports". The Times. No. 43431. London. 28 August 1923. col G, p. 15.
  33. ↑ "Casualty reports". The Times. No. 43445. London. 13 September 1923. col G, p. 19.
  34. ↑ "SS Depute Emile Driant (+1923)". Wrecksite. Retrieved 29 August 2012.
  35. 1 2 3 "Insurance and shipping losses". The Times. No. 43441. London. 8 September 1923. col B, p. 13.
  36. ↑ "Casualty reports". The Times. No. 43439. London. 6 September 1923. col B, p. 18.
  37. ↑ "Casualty reports". The Times. No. 43444. London. 12 September 1923. col F, p. 17.
  38. ↑ "Casualty reports". The Times. No. 43435. London. 1 September 1923. col C, p. 16.
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