The list of shipwrecks in August 1923 includes ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during August 1923.
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References |
Ship | Country | Description |
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Citriana | United Kingdom | The passenger ship struck a rock and foundered at Kilindini, Kenya. All on board were rescued. [3] |
Richard Welford | United Kingdom | The cargo ship capsized at Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland. [3] |
Ship | Country | Description |
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Thursby | United Kingdom | The collier foundered 10 nautical miles (19 km) north north east of the Longships Lighthouse. [5] |
Tudorstar | United Kingdom | The cargo ship ran aground in the Paraná River, Argentina. [6] She was refloated on 11 August. [7] |
Ship | Country | Description |
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Aberdeen | 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 | 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 | Japan | The ship sailed on this date, no further trace. [11] |
San Giuseppe | Italy | The cargo ship ran aground in the Strait of Canso. [12] She was refloated on 14 August. [13] |
Ship | Country | Description |
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Nyland | Sweden | The cargo ship ran aground near Trelleborg, Skåne County. [14] She was refloated on 13 August. [7] |
Ship | Country | Description |
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Sable Island | United Kingdom | The cargo liner ran aground at Lamaline, Newfoundland. [15] Her passengers were taken off on 14 August. [16] She was refloated on 24 August. [17] |
Ship | Country | Description |
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Douglas | Isle of Man | The passenger ship collided with Artemisia ( United Kingdom) in the River Mersey at Liverpool, Lancashire. All on board were rescued before she sank. The wreck was cleared in December. |
Ship | Country | Description |
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Ginyo Maru | Japan | The cargo ship sank at Hong Kong during a typhoon. [18] |
HMS L9 | 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 | United Kingdom | The cargo ship foundered in a typhoon at Hong Kong with the loss of 25 lives. [18] [19] |
Mylie | 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 ( United Kingdom) on 30 August. [20] She was on a voyage from Chinwangtao to Shanghai, China. [21] |
Sekino Maru | Japan | The cargo ship sank at Hong Kong during a typhoon. [18] |
Ship | Country | Description |
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Changsha | United Kingdom | The refrigerated cargo liner was driven onto the Tiji Tiji Reef, off Simunul, Tawi-Tawi, Philippines. Her passengers were rescued by Victoria ( United Kingdom). [22] She was refloated on 23 September. [23] |
Leicester | United Kingdom | The cargo ship ran aground at Chicoutimi, Quebec, Canada. [24] She was refloated on 22 August. [11] |
Samson | 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 ) on Dall Island in the Alexander Archipelago in Southeast Alaska. Her three-man crew survived. [25] |
Sergei | United Kingdom | The cargo ship collided with Juno ( United Kingdom) in the North Sea off Grimsby, Lincolnshire and sank. [18] |
Ship | Country | Description |
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Submarine No. 70 | 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. [26] Salvage operations began in October. [27] |
Ship | Country | Description |
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Onega | United Kingdom | The cargo ship ran aground on the Khaces Shoal, off Kristinestad, Finland. [11] She was refloated on 30 August. [21] |
Ship | Country | Description |
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Airston | United Kingdom | The cargo ship was discovered abandoned in the English Channel by Ben Henshaw and Ben Johnson (both United Kingdom) and was towed into Portland, Dorset. [11] |
Ship | Country | Description |
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Braebeg | United Kingdom | The coaster struck a submerged wreck ay Ballyhack, County Wexford and was beached. [28] |
Ship | Country | Description |
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Gutenfels | Germany | The cargo ship ran aground at Guadalmesí Point, Spain. [29] She was abandoned as a total loss on 14 September. [9] |
Ship | Country | Description |
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España | 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. |
Ship | Country | Description |
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Thursby | 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. [30] |
Ship | Country | Description |
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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. [32] [33] | |
Klüpfel | 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. [33] [34] |
Rawlinson | United Kingdom | The cargo ship foundered in the North Sea. [33] A lifeboat from the ship was recovered by a German trawler on 10 September. All hands lost. [35] |
Ship | Country | Description |
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Sheikh Berkhud | Egypt | The cargo ship sank at Suez. [36] |