List of shipwrecks in 1920
The list of shipwrecks in 1920 includes all ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during 1920.
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January
2 January
Ship | Country | Description |
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Ernest T. Lee | United States | The schooner was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by Hildebrand ( United Kingdom).[1] |
Jemtland | Sweden | The liner struck a mine and sank at Herthas Flak [2][3] with the loss of seven of her 26 crew.[4] |
Nicolaas | Netherlands | The cargo ship struck a mine in the North Sea off the Dogger Bank and sank with some loss of life.[3] |
Nipponier | Belgium | The cargo ship foundered in the Bay of Biscay (44°24′N 9°03′W / 44.400°N 9.050°W). Her crew were rescued by Rio de Janeiro ( Norway).[5][6] |
Roumanier | Belgium | The cargo ship caught fire whilst ship berthed at Antwerp. Her hull was badly damaged and the ship was laid up. She was scrapped in 1923 at Hamburg, Germany.[7] |
Stella II | United Kingdom | The schooner was wrecked on the coast of Africa.[8] |
3 January
Ship | Country | Description |
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Figueira | Portugal | The cargo ship collided with Ango ( France) at Oporto and was beached.[9] |
4 January
Ship | Country | Description |
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San Giuseppe | Italy | The cargo ship foundered in the Bay of Biscay (46°30′N 8°56′W / 46.500°N 8.933°W). Her crew were rescued by Tartar Prince ( United Kingdom).[10] |
5 January
Ship | Country | Description |
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Abrigada | United States | The cargo ship caught fire at Saint Michaels, Maryland and was scuttled.[9] |
Frances Gardner | United Kingdom | The schooner foundered in the Atlantic Ocean 70 nautical miles (130 km) off Cape Race, Newfoundland. Her crew were rescued by Albr. W. Selmer ( Norway).[9] |
Joachim | Spain | The schooner was wrecked at Testadelaban. Her crew were rescued by Armenie ( France).[11] |
Melamson Bros | United Kingdom | The schooner ran aground on Cobblers' Reef, Barbados and was wrecked with the loss of four crew.[9][12] |
6 January
Ship | Country | Description |
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Mathilde | Denmark | The schooner came ashore at Easington, County Durham, United Kingdom and was wrecked,[9] |
Metamora | United Kingdom | The schooner was abandoned and set afire in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued. The fire was extinguished and Metamora was towed into Saint Michaels, Maryland, United States by Lages ( Brazil).[9] |
7 January
Ship | Country | Description |
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San Josefa | Italy | The auxiliary barque was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by Tartar Prince ( United Kingdom).[11] |
8 January
Ship | Country | Description |
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Gelasma | United Kingdom | The auxiliary sailing ship came ashore 3 nautical miles (5.6 km) east of Dungeness, Kent. Her crew were rescued.[12] |
HMT Leonard | Royal Navy | The naval trawler foundered off the coast of Scotland with the loss of all nine crew.[13][14] |
Le Pluvier | France | The tug foundered with the loss of between 25 and 30 lives.[15] |
St. Louis | United States | The ocean liner caught fire at Hoboken, New Jersey and was scuttled. She was a total loss and was scrapped in 1925. |
Spartan | France | The cargo ship sank in Rothesay Dock, Glasgow, Renfrewshire, United Kingdom.[12] |
9 January
Ship | Country | Description |
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West Avenal | United States | The Design 1019 cargo ship collided with Lancastrian ( United Kingdom) in New York Harbor and was beached. She as refloated over a month later and returned to service. |
10 January
Ship | Country | Description |
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Treveal | United Kingdom | The cargo ship was wrecked in the English Channel off the coast of Dorset. Thirty six of her crew were killed.[16] |
11 January
Ship | Country | Description |
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Auguste Charles | France | The sailing ship was driven ashore at Knapp Head, Devon, United Kingdom and was wrecked with the loss of three of her five crew.[17] |
Doyo Maru | Japan | The cargo ship departed from Chinwangtao, China for Yokohama. No further trace, presumed foundered by 15 January with the loss of all hands.[18] |
12 January
Ship | Country | Description |
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Afrique | France | Chargeurs Réunis' 5,404 GRT ocean liner foundered in the Bay of Biscay 32 nautical miles (59 km) off the Île de Ré with the loss of 556 of the 599 people on board. Survivors were rescued by Ceylan ( France) and another vessel.[19][20][21] |
Monte Grande | France | The schooner was driven ashore at East Wittering, West Sussex, United Kingdom and was wrecked.[22] |
Serbier | Belgium | The cargo ship foundered in the Bay of Biscay 80 nautical miles (150 km) off Penmarc'h, Finistère, France (47°38′N 6°10′W / 47.633°N 6.167°W). Her crew were rescued by Docteur Pierre Benoit ( France).[6][7] |
13 January
Ship | Country | Description |
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Jane and Ann | United Kingdom | The schooner was driven ashore at St. Anne's on Sea, Lancashire and was wrecked.[17] |
Willy | Norway | The cargo ship collided with Trentino ( United Kingdom) in the Atlantic Ocean off the Longships and sank.[17] |
15 January
Ship | Country | Description |
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HMT Denford | Royal Navy | The naval trawler ran aground at North Kearney Point, County Down. Her crew were rescued.[23] She was refloated on 20 January.[24] |
Sancho Maru | Japan | The cargo ship foundered in the Pacific Ocean off Rikuchū Province with some loss of life.[25] |
16 January
Ship | Country | Description |
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Preveza | Greece | The cargo ship came ashore at Chesil Beach, Dorset, United Kingdom and was abandoned by her crew. She was later reboarded but attempts to refloat her in the early hours on 17 January were unsuccessful.[10] |
W. T. White | United Kingdom | The schooner foundered in the Atlantic Ocean. Six crew were rescued by Marion L. Mason ( United Kingdom).[26] |
20 January
Ship | Country | Description |
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Lavonia | United Kingdom | The schooner caught fire in the Florida Straits off Bahía Honda, Cuba and was abandoned.[25] |
Macona | United States | The cargo ship ran aground off the Nidingen Lighthouse, Sweden and foundered with the loss of 40 of her 41 crew.[24][27] |
21 January
Ship | Country | Description |
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Condor | Spain | The barque sprang a leak and foundered in the Atlantic Ocean 50 nautical miles (93 km) off San Juan, Puerto Rico with the loss of six of her 36 crew.[28][29] |
22 January
Ship | Country | Description |
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Catspaw | flag unknown | The cargo ship sank off the Segersjada Lighthouse, Öland, Sweden.[30] |
Kifune Maru | Japan | The cargo ship collided with Gweneth ( United Kingdom) at Shanghai, China and sank.[31] |
Mayport | United States | The cargo ship was wrecked on the Levana Bank. Her crew were rescued.[32] |
23 January
Ship | Country | Description |
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Arlette | United Kingdom | The coaster was driven ashore on Walney Island, Lancashire. Her crew were rescued.[28] |
Eos | Sweden | The cargo ship was wrecked at Stoktaskeri, Iceland.[29] |
Sigvard | Sweden | The cargo ship collided with another ship off Barry, Glamorgan, United Kingdom and sank with the loss of one of her eighteen crew.[28] |
25 January
Ship | Country | Description |
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Marne | United States | The cargo ship suffered an explosion in her fuel tanks at Colón, Colombia and was scuttled by gunfire. She was a total loss.[33] |
26 January
Ship | Country | Description |
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Winga | Sweden | The coaster sprang a leak and foundered in the Skaggerak 12 nautical miles (22 km) north of hirtshals, Denmark with the loss of two of her twelve crew.[33] |
27 January
Ship | Country | Description |
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Rennen | Norway | The cargo ship collided with Fermia ( Sweden) in the North Sea off Tynemouth, United Kingdom and sank. Her crew were rescued by the pilot boat Queen o' the May ( United Kingdom).[31] |
28 January
Ship | Country | Description |
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Eira | Sweden | The cargo liner was driven ashore at Cimbrishamn and was a total loss. All on board were rescued.[34] |
29 January
Ship | Country | Description |
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Doris Andreta | Canada | The schooner was abandoned and set afire in the Atlantic Ocean (39°03′N 22°03′W / 39.050°N 22.050°W). Her crew were rescued by San Giovanni ( Italy).[35] |
Novara | French Navy | The Novara-class cruiser sprang a leak in the Adriatic Sea and put in to Brindisi, Apulia, Italy, where she sank.[36] She was refloated in early April.[37] Novara was subsequently repaired and entered service with the French Navy. |
Samuel Faunce | United States | The tug departed Wilmington, Delaware for Key West, Florida. No further trace, presumed foundered in the Atlantic Ocean with the loss of all hands.[38] |
Spey | United Kingdom | The cargo ship was driven ashore 7 nautical miles (13 km) south of Jaffa, British-occupied Palestine (31°52′00″N 34°30′30″E / 31.86667°N 34.50833°E) and wrecked with the loss of a crew member.[35][39] |
30 January
Ship | Country | Description |
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Glen Tilt | United Kingdom | The cargo ship ran aground 5 nautical miles (9.3 km) north of Scotston Head, Aberdeenshire. All fifteen crew were rescued.[40] She was refloated on 5 February.[41] |
Hera | Sweden | The schooner came ashore at Hals, Denmark with the loss of four of her crew.[32] |
Martin | Denmark | The schooner came ashore on the south coast of Skagen with the loss of two of her crew.[32] |
Mielero | United States | The tanker broke in two and sank in the Atlantic Ocean with the loss of 22 of her 40 crew.[42] Survivors were rescued by Suerosa (flag unknown).[43] |
31 January
Ship | Country | Description |
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Nero | United Kingdom | The cargo ship foundered in the Bay of Biscay 15 nautical miles (28 km) west of Molène, Finistère, France with the loss of her captain. Survivors reached land in their lifeboats.[32][43] |
Unknown date
Ship | Country | Description |
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USC&GS Isis | United States Coast and Geodetic Survey | The survey ship struck a submerged object and sank off Crescent Beach, Florida. |
Anémone | France | The trawler ran ashore on Loe Bar, Mount's Bay, Cornwall, United Kingdom.[44] |
February
1 February
Ship | Country | Description |
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Berrima | United Kingdom | The passenger ship ran aground off Margate, Kent. She was refloated the next day by the tugs HMT Firm ( Royal Navy), Java, Lady Brassey, Lady Duncan and Scotia (all United Kingdom).[45] |
Ruth Hickman | United Kingdom | The schooner was driven ashore at Minard, Argyllshire and wrecked. Her crew were rescued by HMS Fearless ( Royal Navy).[35] |
2 February
Ship | Country | Description |
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C.J.S. | United Kingdom | The barque sprang a leak and was abandoned in the Indian Ocean off Mauritius.[46] |
Kaskaskia | United States | The cargo ship caught fire at New York and was beached.[47] |
Kenora | United Kingdom | The cargo ship was abandoned in the Bristol Channel off Lundy Island, Devon. Her crew were rescued by an Admiralty trawler.[35] |
3 February
Ship | Country | Description |
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Doris Andreta | United Kingdom | The schooner sprang a leak in the Atlantic Ocean (approximately 39°N 22°W / 39°N 22°W). She was set afire and abandoned.[39] |
4 February
Ship | Country | Description |
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Francis Molison | United Kingdom | The schooner foundered in the North Sea 9 nautical miles (17 km) off the mouth of the River Tyne. Her crew were rescued by the trawler Dover Patrol ( United Kingdom).[41] |
Sterling | United Kingdom | The auxiliary schooner sank in Tees Bay.[47] |
Ville d'Alger | France | The cargo ship caught fire in the Indian Ocean off Réunion.[48] She was abandoned at approximately 18°S 52°E / 18°S 52°E).[49] |
5 February
Ship | Country | Description |
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Sybil | France | The cargo ship collided with Veratyr ( Denmark) off Barry, Glamorgan, United Kingdom and was beached.[50] |
6 February
Ship | Country | Description |
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Bradboyne | United Kingdom | The cargo ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean (43°36′N 36°10′W / 43.600°N 36.167°W) after her cargo shifted. Six of her 31 crew were lost. Survivors were rescued by Monmouth ( United States) and Oxonian ( United Kingdom), which lost thirteen crew during the rescue when a lifeboat capsized.[48][51] |
Brookland | United States | The cargo ship caught fire at Havana, Cuba.[46] She sank and was a total loss.[52] |
Hyltonia | United Kingdom | The cargo ship ran aground off Saint-Clément-des-Baleines, Finistère, France. Her crew were rescued.[50] She was refloated on 5 March.[53] |
7 February
Ship | Country | Description |
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Princess Anne | United States | The passenger ship ran aground off Long Island. Her passengers and 29 of her crew were taken off by a United States Coast Guard cutter.[54] |
10 February
Ship | Country | Description |
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Pylos | Germany | The cargo ship ran aground at Spatholte, Norway. She broke in two; the stern section sank with the loss of ten of her crew.[55] |
11 February
Ship | Country | Description |
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Douglas Adams | Canada | The schooner sprang a leak and was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean 20 nautical miles (37 km) north north east of Castro, Spain. Her crew were rescued by Spanish fishing boats. Douglas Adams was later towed into Bilbao.[49] |
Gregor | Germany | The passenger ship ran aground at Kylios, Ottoman Turkey. She broke up and was a total loss. One hundred and fifty of her 200 passengers were rescued by rocket apparatus.[56] |
Imperator Pierre le Grand | France | The cargo ship struck a mine and sank in the Black Sea off Varna, Romania. Her crew survived.[57] |
Northwestern | United States | The tanker caugh fire at Galveston, Texas and was beached.[49] She burnt out and was a total loss.[56] |
West Aleta | United States | The Design 1019 cargo ship ran aground on Terschelling, Netherlands.[49] Her crew were rescued.[56] |
13 February
Ship | Country | Description |
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Giacomo Pittalugo | Italy | The schooner foundered off the coast of Spanish Morocco. Her crew survived.[51] |
Marie Louise H | United Kingdom | The schooner sprang a leak in the Atlantic Ocean (34°08′N 15°32′W / 34.133°N 15.533°W). She was set afire and abandoned. All on board were rescued by Molière ( France):[56] |
Sahara | France | The cargo ship sprang a leak in the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Portugal. She was beached at Leixões.[51] |
14 February
Ship | Country | Description |
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Nobility | United Kingdom | The schooner came ashore on the east coast of Barbados and was wrecked.[51] |
15 February
Ship | Country | Description |
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Regina | Norway | The schooner was discovered abandoned in the North Sea. Her crew were rescued by Fritiof ( Sweden). Regina was towed into IJmuiden, Netherland by the trawer Eendracht II ( Netherlands).[58][59][60] |
18 February
Ship | Country | Description |
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Amelia Zeman | United States | The schooner departed from Norfolk, Virginia for Puerto Plata, Dominican Republic. No further trace, presumed foundered in the Atlantic Ocean with the loss of all hands.[61][62] |
Joan Hickman | United Kingdom | The schooner was driven ashore near Chipiona, Cádiz, Spain. Her crew were rescued by Cabo Roche ( Spain).[60] |
Rostellan | United States | The four-masted schooner sprang a leak in the Atlantic Ocean and was abandoned. Her crew were rescued.[63] |
20 February
Ship | Country | Description |
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Aghia Paraskevi | Greece | The cargo ship was wrecked off Cape St. Thomas, Argentina with the loss of fifteen of her crew. Survivors were rescued by Carnarvonshire ( United Kingdom).[64] |
Commandant Dorise | France | The cargo ship was destroyed by fire at Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône.[64] |
Kamma | Denmark | The schooner was driven ashore on the south coast of Skagen and was wrecked. Her crew were rescued by a lifeboat.[64] |
21 February
Ship | Country | Description |
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City of Cologne | United Kingdom | The cargo ship collided with another vessel and was beached at Barry Island, Glamorgan.[64] |
23 February
Ship | Country | Description |
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Hilton | United Kingdom | The full-rigged ship collided with Fahrwold ( Finland) in the River Plate and sank with the loss of seven of her crew. Survivors were rescued by Cabo Santa Maria ( Spain).[65][66] |
Kemmel | United Kingdom | The turret deck ship caught fire at São Vicente, Cape Verde, Portugal.[67] She was beached but was declared a total loss on 6 April.[68] |
Maria I | Norway | The auxiliary schooner caught fire in the North Sea and was abandoned. Her crew were rescued by the trawler Nairana ( United Kingdom).[69] |
Strathord | United Kingdom | The fishing trawler struck a mine in the North Sea and sank with the loss of all nine crew.[70] |
24 February
Ship | Country | Description |
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Gwendolen Warren | United Kingdom | The schooner foundered in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by Pikepool ( United Kingdom).[71] |
26 February
Ship | Country | Description |
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Llovet Hermanos | Spain | The schooner was destroyed by fire at Valencia.[72] |
27 February
Ship | Country | Description |
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Carrier Dove | United States | The schooner ran aground on a reef at Levuka, Fiji.[67] |
28 February
Ship | Country | Description |
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Gallacier | Belgium | The cargo ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean (36°22′N 7°08′W / 36.367°N 7.133°W).[67][73] |
Schiedam | Netherlands | The schooner ran aground at Hoek van Holland, South Holland. Her crew were rescued by rocket apparatus.[67] |
Lucanio Manara | Italy | The cargo ship was destroyed by fire in the Sea of Marmara .[74] |
War Casco | United Kingdom | The cargo ship caught fire at Gibraltar and was a total loss.[67] |
29 February
Ship | Country | Description |
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Cubadist | United States | The cargo ship was reported to be 111 nautical miles (206 km) south of Cape Hatteras, North Carolina. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[38][75] |
Pregel | Denmark | The cargo ship ran aground at Esbjerg. Her crew were rescued by HDMS Absalom ( Royal Danish Navy).[76] |
Tungus | Norway | The cargo ship ran aground on Cayo Arenas, Puerto Rico.[76] She was refloated on 10 March.[77] |
March
1 March
Ship | Country | Description |
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Bohemian | United Kingdom | The cargo liner ran aground off Sambro, Nova Scotia, Canada.[78] She broke in two on 2 March,[79] and was a total loss. Five of her crew were killed.[80] |
Tinto | United Kingdom | The cargo liner ran aground on the wreck of Manorbier Castle ( United Kingdom). She refloated but was holed and sank. Her crew were rescued.[76] She was damaged by an explosion during salvage operations on 4 March.[81] Tinto was refloated in early June. She arrived at Grimsby, Lincolnshire for drydocking on 3 June.[82] |
2 March
Ship | Country | Description |
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Moccasin | United States | The cargo ship sank at New York.[80] |
Mozambique | Norway | The barque sprang a leak and was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean (36°45′N 60°20′W / 36.750°N 60.333°W).[83] |
Sydnæs | Norway | The barque was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean (36°50′N 50°15′W / 36.833°N 50.250°W). Her crew were rescued by Elba ( United Kingdom).[84] |
3 March
Ship | Country | Description |
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Old Head | United Kingdom | The schooner struck the breakwater at Cherbourg, Seine-Maritime, France and sank.[80] |
6 March
Ship | Country | Description |
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Bratto | United Kingdom | The cargo ship was abandoned in the Bristol Channel. Her crew were rescued by St. Louis ( United States). Bratto was towed into Padstow, where she sank.[85] |
Dunstan | United Kingdom | The cargo ship ran aground at Tutoya, Maranhão, Brazil.[86] She was refloated on 17 March.[87] |
8 March
Ship | Country | Description |
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Brookfield | United States | The cargo ship caught fire at Faial Island, Azores, Portugal and was a total loss. Her crew were rescued.[88] |
Guildford | United States | The cargo ship sprang a leak and was abandoned off the Bujho Shoal in the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Massachusetts.[88] She was later towed into Vineyard Haven, arriving on 10 March.[89] |
USS H-1 | United States Navy | The H-class submarine ran aground off Santa Margarita Island with the loss of four crew. She sank during salvage attempts on 24 March. |
Lejok | United States | The schooner was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Florida. Her crew were rescued by W. S. Rheem ( United States).[88] |
Natenna | United States | The cargo ship was driven ashore at Casablanca, French Morocco and was a total loss.[88] |
Vénézuela | France | The cargo liner was driven ashore at Casablanca and was a total loss. Her crew were rescued.[90] |
10 March
Ship | Country | Description |
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Jutland | Canada | The beam trawler departed Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada, and was not seen or heard from again. On 11 March, the trawler Lemberg ( Canada) discovered two damaged dories in the Atlantic Ocean 86 nautical miles (160 kilometers) southeast of Halifax, one of them containing the body of one of Jutland′s crew members. No trace of the other 20 men on board ever was found.[91][92] |
11 March
Ship | Country | Description |
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Hilda Rachel | Spain | The cargo ship caught fire and foundered whilst on a voyage from Penarth, Glamorgan, United Kingdom to Gibraltar. Her crew were rescued.[86][93] |
Maid of La Have | United Kingdom | The schooner was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean 500 nautical miles (930 km) east of New York, United States. Her crew were rescued by Adriatic ( United Kingdom).[94] |
Per Marquette 3 | United States | The passengers ship was crushed by ice and sank in Lake Michigan off Ludington, Michigan. All 35 people on board were rescued.[95] |
12 March
Ship | Country | Description |
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Carroo | United Kingdom | The cargo ship suffered an onboard explosion in her cargo of benzine with the loss of a crew member. She caught fire and was beached at Townsville, Queensland, Australia.[89] |
Commandant Mages | France | The ocean liner ran aground 20 nautical miles (37 km) east of Hong Kong. She was refloated on 25 March.[96] |
Henriette | flag unknown | The sailing ship sank at Bordeaux, Gironde, France.[94] |
Llai Llai | Chile | The cargo ship collided with O'Higgins ( Chilean Navy) at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States and sank.[97] |
Olockson | United States | The cargo ship caught fire in the Gulf of Panama 100 nautical miles (190 km) off Panama City, Colombia.[98] She was abandoned on 17 March.[99] Olockson came ashore at Balboa and sank.[84] |
13 March
Ship | Country | Description |
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Alexandra | United Kingdom | The tug foundered in the River Humber with the loss of three of her four crew.[98] She was refloated on 10 May.[100] |
Alfonzo | United States | The cargo ship was destroyed by fire at Manila, Philippines.[101] |
Chatcauqua | United States | The cargo ship ran aground off Bermuda. Her crew were rescued.[89] |
Yungai | United Kingdom | The cargo ship issued a SOS in the Atlantic Ocean (30°10′N 77°00′W / 30.167°N 77.000°W).[98] She was abandoned and her crew were rescued by Limos ( United States).[97] |
15 March
Ship | Country | Description |
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Lux | France | The cargo ship departed from Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône for Oran, Algeria. No further trace, presumed foundered in the Mediterranean Sea with the loss of all hands.[102] |
16 March
Ship | Country | Description |
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Balabac | United States | The cargo ship was destroyed by fire at a Trinidadian port.[97] |
Rosa Harriette | United Kingdom | The schooner sprang a leak and foundered in the English Channel off St Catherine's Point, Isle of Wight. Her crew were rescued by Odland ( Norway) after 16 hours adrift. |
17 March
Ship | Country | Description |
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Adolf | Sweden | The cargo ship collided with Moliere ( United Kingdom) in the Bristol Channel off Barry, Glamorgan, United Kingdom and was beached.[99] A fire broke out on 18 March.[103] |
Cadrier | France | The cargo ship sprang a leak in the English Channel north of Alderney, Channel Isles and sank. Four of her 23 crew were rescued by Wagland ( Norway).[104] |
Tewkesbury | United Kingdom | The cargo ship was driven ashore at Cape Vine, Nova Scotia, Canada and was wrecked. Her crew were rescued.[87] |
18 March
Ship | Country | Description |
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USS Althea | United States Navy | The motorboat was sunk by ice at Detroit, Michigan. She was sold for salvage but salvage efforts were abandoned in 1926. |
Cordier | France | During her first commercial trip from Nantes (region Pays de la Loire, France) to Rotterdam (Netherlands) loaded with iron ore, sank following a leak at N of Alderney Channel Islands. 19 perished, only 4 sailors were rescued by the Norwegian steamer Wacland.[105][106] |
Eva | Denmark | The cargo ship came ashore on the west coast of Skagen. Her crew survived.[103] |
Jeremiah Smith | United States | The schooner foundered in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by Hatteras ( United States).[107] |
20 March
Ship | Country | Description |
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Gladys Strut | United Kingdom | The three-masted schooner sprang a leak in the Atlantic Ocean (48°10′N 19°30′W / 48.167°N 19.500°W). She was set afire and abandoned; her crew were rescued by Major Wheeler ( United States).[108] |
Jerx G. Shaw | United States | The schooner was driven ashore on Block Island, Rhode Island. Her crew were rescued.[104] |
White Rose | United Kingdom | The cargo ship collided with Fantee ( United Kingdom) in the Bristol Channel 8 nautical miles (15 km) off Trevose Head, Cornwall and sank. Her crew were rescued by Fantee.[108] |
22 March
Ship | Country | Description |
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Ambar | Portugal | The whaler was wrecked in the Congo River at Loanda, Portuguese East Africa. Some of her passengers and crew were rescued.[109] |
Kara | United Kingdom | The cargo ship was wrecked off Cape Quintres, Santoña, Spain. Her crew were rescued.[110][111] |
Rock Island Bridge | United States | The cargo ship collided with Iroquois (flag unknown) in the English Channel 8 nautical miles (15 km) south south east of The Lizard, Cornwall, United Kingdom.[84] She was taken in tow by Kenowsha ( United States) beached in the Helford River but subsequently sank.[112][113] The wreck was sold by auction in May 1920.[112] |
24 March
Ship | Country | Description |
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City of St. Helens | United States | The auxiliary schooner caught fire and was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean off the east coast of the United States.[114] |
Mutlah | United Kingdom | The cargo ship caught fire at Naples, Italy and sank.[18] |
Teje | Norway | The cargo ship collided with Mimer ( Norway) off Kristiansand, Norway, and was beached.[109] |
25 March
Ship | Country | Description |
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Botanist | United Kingdom | The cargo liner ran aground on the Komuriya Reef, off the coast of Ceylon.[115] Her passengers were rescued by Arracan ( United Kingdom).[116] She was declared a total loss on 30 March.[117] Her crew were rescued.[118] |
27 March
Ship | Country | Description |
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Inga | France | The cargo ship ran aground at Villa San Giovanni, Calabria, Italy.[119] She was refloated on 31 March.[120] |
28 March
Ship | Country | Description |
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Crostafels | United Kingdom | The cargo ship ran aground on the Ceiba Bank, off the coast of Cuba.[119] She was later refloated and arrived at Kingston, Jamaica on 5 March.[121] |
Picardie | France | The cargo ship collided with New London ( United Kingdom) in the North Sea and sank.[122] |
29 March
Ship | Country | Description |
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City of St. Helens | United States | The auxiliary schooner foundered in the Atlantic Ocean off Caper Hatteras, North Carolina.[118] |
Kitagawa Maru | Japan | The cargo ship sprang a leak and was abandoned off Chōsi, Chica.[114] |
30 March
Ship | Country | Description |
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Prince John | United Kingdom | The cargo ship collided with Prince Albert ( United Kingdom) off Deadtree Point, British Columbia, Canada and was beached.[123] She was refloated on 8 April.[124] |
Unknown date
Ship | Country | Description |
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USS Brown | United States Navy | The minesweeping tug sank at Naval Air Station Wildwood, Cape May, New Jersey. |
Kerowlee | United States | The cargo ship was wrecked in the Weser, Germany in late March.[125] She broke in two on 25 March.[109] |
April
2 April
Ship | Country | Description |
---|---|---|
USCGC Leader | United States Coast Guard | The motorboat was destroyed by fire. |
3 April
Ship | Country | Description |
---|---|---|
Britannia | United Kingdom | The cargo ship foundered in North Sea off Robin Hood's Bay, Yorkshire. All sixteen crew survived.[126] |
Rosegg | Norway | The cargo ship ran aground at Goswick, Northumberland, United Kingdom.[126] |
Sologne | France | The tug came ashore at Ryhope, County Durham, United Kingdom and sank.[126] |
Steinsund | Norway | The four-masted barque departed Bordeaux, France for Newport News, Virginia, United States. No further trace, presumed foundered in the Atlantic Ocean with the loss of all hands.[127] |
4 April
Ship | Country | Description |
---|---|---|
Malabar | United Kingdom | The cargo ship ran aground near the Barns Ness Lighthouse, Lothian. Her crew were rescued.[126] She broke in two on 6 April.[121] |
5 April
Ship | Country | Description |
---|---|---|
Aughinish | United Kingdom | The cargo ship struck a submerged object and was beached on Montague Island, New South Wales, Australia.[120] She was refloated on 12 April.[128] |
Verdun | France | The auxiliary schooner caught fire in the River Seine and was a total loss.[120] |
7 April
Ship | Country | Description |
---|---|---|
Olinda | United States | The cargo ship ran aground off Manati, Cuba.[129] She was refloated on 14 April.[130] |
8 April
Ship | Country | Description |
---|---|---|
Clutha | United Kingdom | The cargo ship sprang a leak at Manzanillo, Cuba and was beached.[131] She was refloated on 13 April.[132] |
10 April
Ship | Country | Description |
---|---|---|
Powel | United States | The cargo ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Florida. Her crew survived.[131] |
11 April
Ship | Country | Description |
---|---|---|
Bastia | Italy | The cargo ship caught fire at Naples.[131] She was scuttled the next day.[133] |
Roye | France | The auxiliary sailing vessel arrived at Salonica, Greece on fire. She was a total loss.[133] |
12 April
Ship | Country | Description |
---|---|---|
Zilia | Italy | The auxiliary sailing vessel caught fire at Oporto, Portugal and was scuttled.[133] |
13 April
Ship | Country | Description |
---|---|---|
Meditation | United Kingdom | The schooner was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean 5 nautical miles (9.3 km) north of Faial Island, Azores, Portugal.[133] |
14 April
Ship | Country | Description |
---|---|---|
Flensburg | Germany | The fishing trawler struck a mine and sank in the North Sea off List, Schleswig-Holstein.[134] |
15 April
Ship | Country | Description |
---|---|---|
Eagle Wing | United States | The schooner sprang a leak and was beached at Santa Cruz del Norte, Cuba.[134] |
16 April
Ship | Country | Description |
---|---|---|
Svelviksand I | Norway | The auxiliary sailing ship was wrecked on the Knock Sand, North Sea. Her crew sought refuge on the Knock Lightship ( United Kingdom).[134] |
18 April
Ship | Country | Description |
---|---|---|
William O'Brien | United States | The cargo ship probably foundered on this date.[135] She had issued a SOS in the Atlantic Ocean (40°00′N 65°50′W / 40.000°N 65.833°W) which was answered by Baltic and Minniekahda (both United Kingdom but no trace of the vessel or her crew was found.[136] |
19 April
Ship | Country | Description |
---|---|---|
St. Barcran | United Kingdom | The coaster collided with Whinhill ( United Kingdom) at Liverpool, Lancashire and was beached. She was later refloated and taken to Manchester.[137] |
20 April
Ship | Country | Description |
---|---|---|
Bayonnaise | France | The schooner foundered in the Bristol Channel. Her crew were rescued by the Mumbles Lifeboat.[138] |
22 April
Ship | Country | Description |
---|---|---|
Matilde | United Kingdom | The schooner was driven ashore at Whitby, Yorkshire and was wrecked.[139] |
24 April
Ship | Country | Description |
---|---|---|
Arthur V. S. Woodruff | United States | The schooner came ashore on the east coast of Barbados.[140] She was a total loss.[136] |
Westgate | United Kingdom | The cargo ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean.[140] |
Ernst (1885) | Sweden) | The sailing ship struck a mine at Herthas Flak in Kattegat on April 24 or 25 and sank with all hands, 22 in all.[141] |
Unknown date
Ship | Country | Description |
---|---|---|
Brisk | United States | The schooner caught fire in the Atlantic Ocean in early April. Her crew were rescued by Hellenes ( United Kingdom).[142] |
Gladys Street | United Kingdom | The sailing ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by Major Wheeler ( United States).[142] |
J. T Ralston | Canada | The schooner caught fire in the Caribbean Sea. Her crew were rescued by USS Chemung ( United States Navy).[143] |
May
2 May
Ship | Country | Description |
---|---|---|
Latona | United Kingdom | The barquentine foundered in the Atlantic Ocean 17 nautical miles (31 km) west of Tory Island, County Donegal. Her crew were rescued.[144] |
3 May
Ship | Country | Description |
---|---|---|
Munamar | United States | The passenger ship ran aground on Watling Island, Bahamas. All eighty passengers and crew were rescued by Athenic ( United Kingdom).[145] She was later refloated and beached.[146] Munamar was refloated on 20 May.[147] |
Notre Dame d'Arvour | France | The barque came ashore on Wardang Island, South Australia. She was later gutted by fire.[144] |
Risør | Norway | The auxiliary schooner caught fire in the Atlantic Ocean (approximately 40°N 68°W / 40°N 68°W and was abandoned. Her crew were rescued by City of Canton ( United Kingdom).[144] |
4 May
Ship | Country | Description |
---|---|---|
Benito Suarez | Spain | The three-masted schooner was wrecked in Bay Limonade, Haiti. Her crew were rescued.[148] |
5 May
Ship | Country | Description |
---|---|---|
Joseph Leopold | United States | The four-masted schooner ran aground on the Silver Bank, in the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of the Dominican Republic, and was a total loss.[149] |
6 May
Ship | Country | Description |
---|---|---|
Sunshine | United Kingdom | The schooner struck a sunken wreck at Zeebrugge, West Flanders, Belgium and sank. Her crew were rescued.[150] |
9 May
Ship | Country | Description |
---|---|---|
Harlsywood | United Kingdom | The cargo ship ran aground at Melilla, Spain. She was refloated on 25 May.[146][151] |
Merkur | Finland | The cargo ship collided with Castro Alen ( Spain) in the Bristol Channel off Barry, Glamorgan, United Kingdom and sank. Her crew were rescued by a pilot cutter.[152] Salvage efforts were abandoned in September 1920.[153] |
USAT Northern Pacific | United States | The United States Army troopship ran aground on Collnas Shoal at the entrance to the harbor at San Juan, Puerto Rico.[154] She was refloated and underway again the next day.[155] |
Windrush | United States | The barque collided with Buenos Aires ( Spain) in the Atlantic Ocean 1,000 nautical miles (1,900 km) east of Sandy Hook, New Jersey and sank with the loss of five crew.[156] |
10 May
Ship | Country | Description |
---|---|---|
Tibermede | United Kingdom | The cargo ship ran aground near the Cabo Carvoeiro Lighthouse, Portugal. Her crew were rescued; the ship was declared a total loss.[156][157] |
12 May
Ship | Country | Description |
---|---|---|
Lake Stobi | United States | The Design 1099 cargo ship ran aground off the Koshiki Lighthouse, Gotō Islands, Japan and was wrecked.[158] |
13 May
Ship | Country | Description |
---|---|---|
Florence Thurlow | United States | The schooner collided with Laramie ( United States) off New York and was abandoned. Her crew were rescued by Laramie.[159] |
15 May
Ship | Country | Description |
---|---|---|
Padouk | United Kingdom | The barque ran aground 4 nautical miles (7.4 km) off Bassein, Burma. Her crew abandoned ship in the lifeboats.[158] |
Tenzan Maru | Japan | The cargo ship departed Montevideo, Uruguay for Antwerp, Belgium. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[127] |
16 May
Ship | Country | Description |
---|---|---|
Lake Grafton | United States | The Design 1093 cargo ship ran aground on the Runnel Stone, off the coast of Cornwall, United Kingdom and was wrecked. Her crew were rescued.[156] |
17 May
Ship | Country | Description |
---|---|---|
Clewbay | United Kingdom | The cargo ship ran aground on the west coast of Mutton Island, County Galway.[160] She was refloated on 2 June.[161] |
18 May
Ship | Country | Description |
---|---|---|
HSwMS Laxen | Swedish Navy | The submarine sank at Karlskrona, Sweden.[162] |
22 May
Ship | Country | Description |
---|---|---|
Cordora | United Kingdom | The passenger ship caught fire in the Indian Ocean off Socotra and was abandoned. Her crew were rescued by Umtata ( United Kingdom).[163] |
Manoussis | Greece | The cargo ship ran aground on the Carromeiro Rocks, off Corcubión, A Coruña, Spain and was a total loss.[164] |
Tafna | United Kingdom | The cargo ship ran aground in the Tunas Channel, Cuba.[165] She was refloated on 26 May.[166] |
23 May
Ship | Country | Description |
---|---|---|
Lurcher | United Kingdom | The cargo liner ran aground 2 nautical miles (3.7 km) south Portpatrick, Wigtownshire. All 53 passengers were taken off.[164] |
24 May
Ship | Country | Description |
---|---|---|
John W. Wood | United Kingdom | The schooner was rammed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean by Lake Elsah ( United States). Her crew were rescued.[163] |
Wasa | United Kingdom | The cargo ship caught fire off Colonsay, Inner Hebrides and was a total loss. Four of her crew were killed.[151] |
25 May
Ship | Country | Description |
---|---|---|
Albertus | Germany | The cargo ship came ashore at Hustadvika, Norway and was a total loss.[165] |
Equity | United Kingdom | The cargo ship ran aground in fog on Alderney, Channel Islands carrying a cargo of potatoes from Jersey.[167] She was refloated on 15 June.[168] |
26 May
Ship | Country | Description |
---|---|---|
Fau Sang | United Kingdom | The cargo ship ran aground off the Hainan Head Lighthouse, China.[169] She later broke her back and was declared a total loss on 3 June.[170] |
27 May
Ship | Country | Description |
---|---|---|
Deva | United States | The cargo ship caught fire at Faial Island, Azores, Portugal and was beached.[166] |
Dunleith | United Kingdom | The cargo ship ran aground at Proudfoot, Caithness. Her crew were rescued.[165] She was refloated on 2 June.[171] |
Unknown date
Ship | Country | Description |
---|---|---|
Prarial | United Kingdom | The cargo ship ran aground at Melilla, Spain in early May. She was refloated at the end of the month.[172] |
June
1 June
Ship | Country | Description |
---|---|---|
Little Florence | United Kingdom | The sailing ship foundered in the English Channel off Paimpol, Côtes-du-Nord, France.[173] |
3 June
Ship | Country | Description |
---|---|---|
Samos | Greece | The cargo ship ran aground at Pointe Fern, Ouessant, Finistère, France.[62] She broke in two on 11 June and was a total loss.[174] |
7 June
Ship | Country | Description |
---|---|---|
Britannia | United Kingdom | The barque foundered in the North Sea 125 nautical miles (232 km) east by north of Spurn Point, Yorkshire with the loss of a crew member. Survivors were rescued by the trawler Dragon ( United Kingdom).[175] |
Irmgard | United States | The schooner was wrecked at Suva, Fiji.[175] |
Pak Ling | United Kingdom | The cargo ship ran aground on Button Island, East China Sea. She was refloated on 15 June.[176] |
8 June
Ship | Country | Description |
---|---|---|
Berwyn | United States | The cargo ship struck rocks off Sharbithat, Oman (17°50′N 57°22′E / 17.833°N 57.367°E): She refloated but consequently foundered. Her 54 crew were rescued by Katiagallus (flag unknown).[177][178] |
11 June
Ship | Country | Description |
---|---|---|
Boswell | United Kingdom | The tug struck a mine and sank in the North Sea off Terschelling, Netherlands with the loss of sixteen of her 22 crew. Survivors were rescued a Dutch tug.[179] |
14 June
Ship | Country | Description |
---|---|---|
Arkley | United Kingdom | The auxiliary sailing vessel ran aground on the Sow and Pig Sands, in the North Sea off Blyth, Northumberland. She was abandoned by her crew, but was later boarded by some of the crew of the Blyth Lifeboat. Arkley was refloated and brought into Blyth Harbour.[180] |
15 June
Ship | Country | Description |
---|---|---|
Anna | Soviet Union | The cargo ship was destroyed by fire in the Skagerrak off Kristiansand, Norway.[160] |
Gladys | United Kingdom | The Thames barge collided with Chifuku Maru ( Japan) in the Thames Estuary off the Mucking Lightship ( United Kingdom) and sank. Her crew were rescued.[168] Gladys was later refloated.[181] |
Pacifico | United States | The cargo ship was destroyed by fire in the Atlantic Ocean off Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil.[160] |
Pauline M. Cummins | United States | The schooner ran aground on the Hogsty Reef, Barbados and was a total loss. Her crew survived.[168] |
Robert Forest | United Kingdom | The tug sprang a leak in the North Sea and was beached off Grimsby, Lincolnshire. Her crew were rescued by the Spurn Lifeboat.[182] |
16 June
Ship | Country | Description |
---|---|---|
Campos | Brazil | The cargo ship struck rocks in Victoria Girazill Bay and was beached at Rio de Janeiro.[183] |
F. R. Hazard | United States | The cargo ship collided with another vessel in Whitefish Bay and was consequently beached at Whitefish Point.[160] |
18 June
Ship | Country | Description |
---|---|---|
Engineer | United Kingdom | The cargo ship caught fire at Lourenço Marques, Mozambique and was severely damaged.[184] She sank on 20 June.[177] |
Wico | United States | The cargo ship ran aground in the Rabbit Islands, Turkey.[185] She was refloated on 24 June.[186] |
20 June
Ship | Country | Description |
---|---|---|
Frontera | Norway | The cargo ship caught fire in the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Cuba and was abandoned. She was later towed into Gibara.[187] |
21 June
Ship | Country | Description |
---|---|---|
William C. May | United States | The schooner sprang a leak in the Atlantic Ocean and was abandoned. Her crew were rescued.[188] |
26 June
Ship | Country | Description |
---|---|---|
Ansaldo San Giorgio III | Italy | The cargo ship caught fire and sank at Cartagena, Murcia, Spain.[186] |
29 June
Ship | Country | Description |
---|---|---|
Gladys and Nellie | United Kingdom | the schooner was destroyed by fire at Antilla, Cuba.[189] |
Koyo Maru | Japan | The cargo ship ran aground on the Serrana Bank, Columbia.[190] She was refloated on 1 August.[191] |
July
2 July
Ship | Country | Description |
---|---|---|
Grayson | United States | The cargo ship ran aground on Stroma, Caithness, United Kingdom.[192] She was declared a total loss on 7 July.[193] |
3 July
Ship | Country | Description |
---|---|---|
Chas E. Moody | United States | The ship was destroyed by fire in Bristol Bay.[194] |
7 July
Ship | Country | Description |
---|---|---|
West Nosska | United States | The Design 1013 cargo ship ran aground at Baltimore, Maryland.[188] She was refloated on 12 July.[195] |
9 July
Ship | Country | Description |
---|---|---|
Primrose | United Kingdom | The skiff was driven ashore at Oxwich Point, Glamorgan with the loss of the only crew member on board.[153] |
12 July
Ship | Country | Description |
---|---|---|
Fort de Troyon | France | The cargo ship ran aground at Rio Grande, Brazil.[195] She was refloated on 16 July.[127] |
13 July
Ship | Country | Description |
---|---|---|
Lake Frampton | United States | The cargo ship collided with Comus ( United States) at New York and sank with the loss of two of her crew.[196] |
19 July
Ship | Country | Description |
---|---|---|
Caroline | France | The barque caught fite at Antofagasta, Chile and was beached.[197][198] |
20 July
Ship | Country | Description |
---|---|---|
Jan | Netherlands | The tug foundered off Wenchow, China in a typhoon.[199] |
Shanghai | Netherlands | The dredger foundered off Wenchow in a typhoon.[199] |
26 July
Ship | Country | Description |
---|---|---|
Mayals | United Kingdom | The coaster ran aground at Bideford, Devon. Her crew were rescued.[200] |
Stanton | United Kingdom | The cargo ship collided with Redriff ( United Kingdom) in the Thames Estuary and sank. Her crew were rescued.[200] |
27 July
Ship | Country | Description |
---|---|---|
Santa Elena | United States | The cargo ship was destroyed by fire at Valparaíso, Chile.[201] |
28 July
Ship | Country | Description |
---|---|---|
Niki | Greece | The cargo ship arrived at Liverpool, Lancashire, United Kingdom leaking. She was beached at Tranmere, Cheshire.[201] |
Unknown date
Ship | Country | Description |
---|---|---|
Suki Maru | Japan | The cargo ship ran aground at Cooktown, Queensland, Australia in late July. She was refloated on 9 August.[202][203] |
August
1 August
Ship | Country | Description |
---|---|---|
Emanuel Repoulis | Greece | The cargo ship departed Salonica for Beirut, Greater Lebanon. No further trace, presumed foundered in the Mediterranean Sea with the loss of all hands.[204] |
3 August
Ship | Country | Description |
---|---|---|
Bitche | France | The cargo ship caught fire in the Mediterranean Sea off Cape Tiñoso, Spain and was abandoned.[205] |
4 August
Ship | Country | Description |
---|---|---|
H. C. Grube | Denmark | The schooner was driven ashore at Casablanca, French Morocco and was wrecked.[202] |
5 August
Ship | Country | Description |
---|---|---|
Adramantis | Greece | The cargo ship sank in the Ionian Sea off Cerigo.[202] |
Santiago de Cuba | Cuba | The cargo ship was destroyed by fire.[202] |
6 August
Ship | Country | Description |
---|---|---|
Pride of the West | United Kingdom | The schooner was driven ashore at Westkapelle, Netherlands.[206] She broke up and was a total loss. Her crew were rescued.[207] |
West Eldara | United States | The Design 1013 cargo ship ran aground at Barier Point, Oahu, Hawaii.[208] She was refloated on 10 August.[209] |
12 August
Ship | Country | Description |
---|---|---|
Matra | United Kingdom | The cargo ship ran aground on the Curlew Reef, off Port Augusta, South Australia.[210] She was refloated on 17 August.[211] |
Norman | United Kingdom | The whaler founderef off the Aliwal Shoal with the loss of all hands.[211] |
15 August
Ship | Country | Description |
---|---|---|
Dorcas | The Thames barge was destroyed by fire in the River Thames at Woolwich, London with the loss of one of her three crew.[212] |
16 August
Ship | Country | Description |
---|---|---|
A.S.310 | France | The tug foundered in the English Channel off the East Goodwin Lightship ( United Kingdom). Her crew were rescued.[213] |
Seresia | Belgium | The cargo ship collided with Eglantier ( Belgium) at Antwerp and was beached.[213] She was refloated on 18 August.[214] |
17 August
Ship | Country | Description |
---|---|---|
Fife | United Kingdom | The cargo ship ran aground at Kaskinen, Finland.[211] She was refloated on 24 August.[215] |
18 August
Ship | Country | Description |
---|---|---|
Ponrabbel II | United Kingdom | The dredger ran aground on San Martiño, Galicia, Spain.[216] She was refloated on 8 September.[217] |
Snug Harbor | United States | The cargo ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean off Montauk Point, New York.[214] |
20 August
Ship | Country | Description |
---|---|---|
Superior City | United States | The cargo ship collided with Willis L. King ( United States) in Whitefish Bay, Lake Superior and sank with the loss of 29 of her 33 crew. The boiler exploded as the vessel sank.[218] |
21 August
Ship | Country | Description |
---|---|---|
Hammonia | flag unknown | The ship struck a submerged wreck in the Baltic Sea off Fehmarn, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany and sank.[219] |
Panos | Greece | The cargo ship foundered in the Bay of Biscay 55 nautical miles (102 km) off Bilbao, Biscay, Spain.[220] |
23 August
Ship | Country | Description |
---|---|---|
Haaber | Denmark | The schooner was wrecked at Hyrdalsand, Iceland with some loss of life.[220] |
Hebe | Denmark | The schooner foundered off Keflavík, Iceland.[220] |
Old Point Comfort | United States | The cargo ship was destroyed by fire at Baltimore, Maryland.[221] |
26 August
Ship | Country | Description |
---|---|---|
Electra | Netherlands | The schooner was driven ashore on Trinidad and was wrecked.[222] |
Friend Ship | United States | The schooner collided with a scow she was towing in the Atlantic Ocean off Hoffman Island, New York and was beached.[222] |
J. A. McKee | United Kingdom | The cargo ship ran aground in the Saint Lawrence River at Saguenay, Quebec, Canada.[222] She was refloated on 29 August.[223] |
Lady C | United Kingdom | The schooner foundered in Placentia Bay. Her crew were rescued.[224] |
29 August
Ship | Country | Description |
---|---|---|
Anthracite Bridge | United States | The cargo ship ran aground at Nazik Point, Salonica, Greece.[223] She was refloated on 28 September.[225] |
30 August
Ship | Country | Description |
---|---|---|
Arakan | United Kingdom | The cargo ship ran aground at Point Reyes, California, United States and was abandoned by her crew.[226][227] She was refloated on 2 September.[224] |
Carmenchu | Spain | The cargo ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean off Rosinos de la Requejada, Zamora.[223] |
Lisette | France | The schooner foundered in the Atlantic Ocean off Cape Pine, Newfoundland with the loss of a crew member.[224] |
31 August
Ship | Country | Description |
---|---|---|
Hickleton | United Kingdom | The cargo ship ran aground at Gurnard's Head, Cornwall. She later refloated but sank and was a total loss. Her crew survived.[226] |
Unknown date
Ship | Country | Description |
---|---|---|
Dagny | Denmark | The ship foundered in pack ice off Shannon Island, Greenland. Her crew survived, but a number of them died before they were rescued in September 1921.[228] |
Kamui Maru | Japan | The cargo ship ran aground on Formosa in early August. She was declared a total loss on 12 September.[229] |
September
1 September
Ship | Country | Description |
---|---|---|
Myron C. Taylor | United States | The three-masted schooner was destroyed by fire at Cadiz, Spain.[230] |
USS S-5 | United States Navy |
2 September
Ship | Country | Description |
---|---|---|
Gjede | Norway | The cargo ship sprang a leak in the North Sea (57°20′N 5°10′E / 57.333°N 5.167°E and was abandoned. Her crew were rescued by a British trawler.[224] |
Red Dawn | Russian Navy (Bolshevik | Russian Civil War: The warship was sunk by an onboard explosion with the loss of 130 lives.[231] |
Stavros | Greece | The cargo ship sprang a leak and sank in the English Channel. All nine crew were rescued by Marshal Plumer ( United Kingdom).[224][232] |
3 September
Ship | Country | Description |
---|---|---|
Cristóba Cólon | Spain | The ocean liner was severely damaged by fire at Ferrol, Galicia whilst under construction.[233] |
Genyei Maru | Japan | The cargo ship foundered in the South China Sea north of Formosa in a typhoon.[234] |
George Fisher | United Kingdom | The cargo ship sank on the Middle Cross Sand, North Sea. Her crew were rescued by Lucient ( United Kingdom and the Caister Lifeboat. She was a total loss.[232] |
5 September
Ship | Country | Description |
---|---|---|
Astarte | France | The cargo ship collided with Hird ( Norway) in the Bay of Biscay 6 nautical miles (11 km) off Ouessant, Finistère and sank.[235][236] |
Dimitrios | Greece | The coaster foundered in the English Channel off Hartland Point, Devon, United Kingdom. All nine crew survived.[233] |
6 September
Ship | Country | Description |
---|---|---|
Berwyn | United States | The cargo ship was wrecked at the Khuriya Muriya Islands in the Arabian Sea at approximately 17°44′N 056°38′E / 17.733°N 56.633°E. |
Norton | United Kingdom | The cargo ship ran aground off Zooria Island, Greece.[235] She was refloated on 10 September.[237] |
Queenmead | United Kingdom | The cargo ship ran aground at Punta Entinas, Spain.[235] She was refloated on 9 September.[238] |
7 September
Ship | Country | Description |
---|---|---|
City of Omaha | United States | The cargo ship sank at Yokohama, Japan.[217] |
8 September
Ship | Country | Description |
---|---|---|
Comboyne | Australia | The cargo ship sank at Port Kembla, New South Wales. She was later refloated, repaired and returned to service. |
9 September
Ship | Country | Description |
---|---|---|
Basaan | United States | The cargo ship sprang a leak. She was towed to Riverhead, Newfoundland by Portia ( United Kingdom and beached.[239] |
Loughborough | United Kingdom | The cargo ship collided with Konigin Luise ( United Kingdom) in the Atlantic Ocean off Belém, Portugal and was beached.[239] |
Pentakota | United Kingdom | The cargo ship ran aground on the Gahha Reef.[240] She was refloated on 30 September.[241] |
Siboney | United States | The passenger ship ran aground at Vigo, Galicia, Spain,[242] due to an error in navigation by her captain. Her 500 passengers were taken off on 10 September.[243] She was refloated on 30 September.[241] |
War Fundy | United Kingdom | The cargo ship ran aground in the Gulf of Bothnia off Grundkallen, Sweden and was a total loss. Her crew were rescued.[239] |
10 September
Ship | Country | Description |
---|---|---|
USS Pittsburgh | United States Navy | The Pennsylvania-class cruiser ran aground in the Baltic Sea 3 nautical miles (5.6 km) off Liepāja, Latvia.[244] She was refloated on 11 September.[245] |
14 September
Ship | Country | Description |
---|---|---|
Fylla | Denmark | The schooner departed Campbellton, Newfoundland for Preston, Lancashire, United Kingdom. No further trace, presumed foundered in the Atlantic Ocean with the loss of all hands.[246] |
Mary L. Oxner | United Kingdom | The schooner ran aground on the Silver Bank, off the Turks Islands and was wrecked. Her crew were rescued.[247] |
15 September
Ship | Country | Description |
---|---|---|
Charles A. Ritcey | Canada | The schooner was wrecked at Rose Head, Lunenburg, Nova Scotia with the loss of her captain.[248] |
Havfruen | Denmark | The cargo ship collided with United States ( Denmark) in the Lessoe Channel. She was towed into Frederikshavn, Nordjylland, where she capsized with the loss of a crew member.[247] |
Spyrios | Greece | The cargo ship sprang a leak and sank in the Atlantic Ocean off the Eddystone Lighthouse, Cornwall, United Kingdom. Her crew survived.[247] |
16 September
Ship | Country | Description |
---|---|---|
Charles A. Ritcey | United Kingdom | The schooner was lost of Lunenburg, Nova Scotia, Canada.[249] |
17 September
Ship | Country | Description |
---|---|---|
Warita | United Kingdom | The coaster was severely damaged by fire at Fleetwood, Lancashire.[249] |
19 September
Ship | Country | Description |
---|---|---|
Zelo | United Kingdom | The cargo ship struck the wreck of Merkur ( Finland) and sank in the Bristol Channel off Barry Island, Glamorgan with the loss of one of her 27 crew.[250] |
22 September
Ship | Country | Description |
---|---|---|
Nea Ellas | Greece | The cargo ship ran aground on the Brazilian coast (5°11′S 35°10′W / 5.183°S 35.167°W).[251] She was refloated on 28 September.[252] |
23 September
Ship | Country | Description |
---|---|---|
I. D. S. Adolph | Denmark | The cargo ship ran aground on Middelgrunden.[253] She was refloated on 28 September.[254] |
25 September
Ship | Country | Description |
---|---|---|
Annavore | United Kingdom | The cargo ship collided with España No.4 ( Spain) and was consequently beached at Bonanza, Cadiz, Spain.[255] She broke in two on 27 September.[254] |
26 September
Ship | Country | Description |
---|---|---|
Eikhang | Norway | The cargo ship collided with Trostan ( United Kingdom) in the Lessoe Channel and sank with the loss of three of her crew.[256] |
27 September
Ship | Country | Description |
---|---|---|
Northland | United States | The schooner foundered in the Atlantic Ocean off Cape Henry, Virginia.[254] She was later refloated in a severely leaking condition and beached.[225] |
28 September
Ship | Country | Description |
---|---|---|
Fujinoki Maru No.2 | Japan | The cargo ship ran aground in Tobashima Province. She broke up and was wrecked with the loss of two lives.[257] |
29 September
Ship | Country | Description |
---|---|---|
Flandre | France | The cargo ship foundered in the English Channel off St. Brieuc, Côtes-du-Nord. Her crew survived.[258] |
30 September
Ship | Country | Description |
---|---|---|
Katingo A. Lemos | Greece | The cargo ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean 105 nautical miles (194 km) off Cape Finisterre, Spain.[259] |
Unknown date
Ship | Country | Description |
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Southern Cross | United Kingdom | The brigantine was lost with all hands in Bass Strait, Australia. |
October
1 October
Ship | Country | Description |
---|---|---|
Albyn | Finland | The barque departed Norfolk, Virginia, United States for Gothenburg, Sweden. No further trace, presumed foundered in the Atlantic Ocean with the loss of all hands.[246] |
3 October
Ship | Country | Description |
---|---|---|
Yvonne | France | The barquentine ran aground at Plymouth, Devon, United Kingdom with the loss of a crew member. The survivors were rescued by a lifeboat.[257] |
4 October
Ship | Country | Description |
---|---|---|
Montclair | United States | The cargo ship ran aground on Ellis Island, New York.[260] She was refloated on 21 October.[261] |
5 October
Ship | Country | Description |
---|---|---|
Cometa | Norway | The coaster came ashore at Desterro, Brazil and was wrecked.[262] |
Sorknes | Norway | The barque was dismasted and abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. She was subsequently towed in to Barry, Glamorgan, United Kingdom and was hulked.[263] |
7 October
Ship | Country | Description |
---|---|---|
Elizabeth Alice | Belgium | The schooner foundered in the Bristol Channel. All six crew survived.[264] |
8 October
Ship | Country | Description |
---|---|---|
Zuleika | United Kingdom | The cargo ship came ashore at Las Palmas, Canary Islands, Spain.[265] She was declared a total loss on 11 November.[266] |
9 October
Ship | Country | Description |
---|---|---|
Mars | Finland | The auxiliary schooner collided with Eston ( United Kingdom) in the North Sea (54°12′N 0°08′W / 54.200°N 0.133°W) and was abandoned.[265] |
Masnedsund | United Kingdom | The cargo ship came ashore at Bacton, Norfolk.[265] She was driven further up the beach on 10 October and was abandoned by her crew.[267] |
10 October
Ship | Country | Description |
---|---|---|
Benicia | United States | The barquentine ran aground on the Lafolle Reef off the coast of Haiti and was a total loss.[268] |
Svartskog | Norway | The barque departed Newport News, Virginia, United States for Buenos Aires, Argentina. No further trace, presumed foundered in the Atlantic Ocean with the loss of all hands.[269] |
11 October
Ship | Country | Description |
---|---|---|
Dinorwic | United Kingdom | The cargo ship struck rocks off Lambay Island, County Dublin. She proceeded to Dublin but sank at her moorings there.[270] |
Esther Anne | United States | The four-masted schooner collided with Duquesne ( United States) in the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Pennsylvania and sank. Her crew were rescued.[270] |
Ella C. Hollett | United Kingdom | The schooner was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. She was discovered derelict and on fire at 44°33′N 17°33′W / 44.550°N 17.550°W by St. Catherine ( United Kingdom).[268] |
Inverawe | United Kingdom | The cargo ship ran aground on the Haisborough Sands.[267][271] She was refloated on 14 October.[272] |
Peder Wessel | Denmark | The three-masted schooner collided with Ravensworth ( United Kingdom) in the English Channel off the Royal Sovereign Lightship ( United Kingdom) and sank. Her crew were rescued.[267] |
13 October
Ship | Country | Description |
---|---|---|
Nikon | Greece | The cargo ship struck a mine and sank in the Baltic Sea and sank off Västervik, Sweden.[273] |
14 October
Ship | Country | Description |
---|---|---|
Santiago Arago | Spain | The schooner was destroyed by fire in the Mediterranean Sea off Almería. Her crew were rescued.[268] |
18 October
Ship | Country | Description |
---|---|---|
Burnside | United States | The cargo ship caught fire in the Atlantic Ocean and was abandoned (49°22′N 4°32′W / 49.367°N 4.533°W). Her crew were rescued by Goliath ( United States).[274] She later broke in two, with both sections remaining afloat and coming ashore on the Cornish coast.[275] |
20 October
Ship | Country | Description |
---|---|---|
Rose | United Kingdom | The Thames barge foundered in the Thames Estuary 1 nautical mile (1.9 km) off Slough Fort.[276] |
21 October
Ship | Country | Description |
---|---|---|
Adonis | United Kingdom | The schooner came ashore on the east coast of the United States 300 nautical miles (560 km) from Jacksonville, Florida and was abandoned.[261] |
Chama | United Kingdom | The cargo ship ran aground on Bellechasse Island, Quebec, Canada.[277] She was refloated on 25 October.[278] |
Georgie | France | The cargo ship came ashore at Quebec City, Canada.[277] She was refloted on 11 November.[266] |
Nordica | United Kingdom | The schooner was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean (43°53′N 51°28′W / 43.883°N 51.467°W). Her crew were rescued by Willfaro ( United States).[261] |
22 October
Ship | Country | Description |
---|---|---|
Zaca | United States | The cargo ship caught fire at Port of Spain, Trinidad and was beached.[279] |
23 October
Ship | Country | Description |
---|---|---|
Village Belle | United Kingdom | The cargo ship sprang a leak and was abandoned off Cape St. Mary's, Newfoundland.[280] |
25 October
Ship | Country | Description |
---|---|---|
E. Hoel | Norway | The cargo ship collided with Grandlieu ( France) in the Atlantic Ocean 40 nautical miles (74 km) off Vigo, Galicia, Spain and sank. Her crew were rescued.[278] |
27 October
Ship | Country | Description |
---|---|---|
Bernard B. Conrad | United Kingdom | The schooner was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean (45°50′N 38°54′W / 45.833°N 38.900°W). Her crew were rescued by British Fern ( United Kingdom).[281] |
Hastier | Belgium | The cargo ship arrived at Antwerp with a fire in her cargo. She sank on 3 November. Hastier was raised in 1921 and scrapped in 1922. |
28 October
Ship | Country | Description |
---|---|---|
Minard Castle | United Kingdom | The cargo ship collided with Maple ( United Kingdom) in the River Clyde and was beached at Dumbarton.[282] She was refloated the next day.[283] |
29 October
Ship | Country | Description |
---|---|---|
Sodegaura Maru | Japan | The cargo ship ran aground at Ninian, India.[281] She was refloated on 8 November.[284] |
30 October
Ship | Country | Description |
---|---|---|
Cape Fear | United States | The concrete ship collided with City of Atlanta ( United States) off Providence, Rhode Island and sank with the loss of twenty crew.[285] |
31 October
Ship | Country | Description |
---|---|---|
New York Maru | Japan | The cargo ship ran aground in the Red Sea off Mocha, Aden Protectorate.[286] She was refloated on 17 November.[287] |
Unknown date
Ship | Country | Description |
---|---|---|
Ella C. Holley | United Kingdom | The schooner was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by County of Cardigan ( United Kingdom and were landed at Bermuda on 1 November.[288] |
Gromoboi | Soviet Navy | The crew of the armoured cruiser mutinied and took over the ship off Kronstadt in late October. Commisars and officers were killed and the ship was scuttled.[289] |
November
1 November
Ship | Country | Description |
---|---|---|
Coast Battleship Number 1 | United States Navy | |
Lothair | United Kingdom | The Thames barge was driven ashore at Felixstowe, Suffolk and was wrecked. Her crew were rescued by the Walton Lifeboat.[281] |
Posen | United Kingdom | The captured Nassau-class battleship (ex- Kaiserliche Marine) was driven ashore at Hawkcraig, Fife.[281] |
2 November
Ship | Country | Description |
---|---|---|
Riberhuus | Germany | The cargo ship collided with Westwood ( United States) at Saint-Nazaire, Loire-Atlantique, France and sank.[288] |
Thomas Lagnelet | France | The schooner foundered on this date. Her crew were rescued.[290] |
4 November
Ship | Country | Description |
---|---|---|
Harvester | United States | The schooner departed Vavau, Tonga for San Francisco, California. No further trace, presumed foundered in the Pacific Ocean with the loss of all hands.[269] |
Les Aulnays | France | The cargo ship ran aground at Pointe du Touquet, Pas-de-Calais.[291] She broke in two the next day and was a total loss.[292] |
5 November
Ship | Country | Description |
---|---|---|
Guillane Ness | United Kingdom | The coaster was destroyed by fire in the North Sea off Montrose, Forfarshire. Her crew survived.[293] |
Loring R. Haskell | United Kingdom | The schooner foundered in White Bay. Her crew were rescued by Cactus ( United Kingdom).[293] |
6 November
Ship | Country | Description |
---|---|---|
Stella | Norway | The sail-powered cargo ship was driven ashore at Lyngvær, Norway, and was wrecked. Her crew were rescued.[293] |
7 November
Ship | Country | Description |
---|---|---|
Barbadoes | United Kingdom | The trawler struck a mine and sank in the North Sea with the loss of all ten crew.[294] |
9 November
Ship | Country | Description |
---|---|---|
Ulla | Sweden | The steamer struck a mine in the North Sea, and sank immediately. The crew survived.[295] |
10 November
Ship | Country | Description |
---|---|---|
Baltabor | United Kingdom | The passenger ship ran aground at Liepāja, Latvia. All 152 passengers were taken off.[266][296] She was refloated on 7 December.[297] |
Ella L. Williams | United Kingdom | The schooner caught fire in the Atlantic Ocean (approximately 19°N 67°W / 19°N 67°W) and was abandoned.[298] |
El Mundo | United States | The tanker suffered an onboard explosion and caught fire at New York with the loss of a crew member. She was beached on Ellis Island.[298][299] El Mundo was refloated on 20 November.[300] |
11 November
Ship | Country | Description |
---|---|---|
Clan Graham | United Kingdom | The cargo ship collided with another vessel and was beached at Vlissingen, Netherlands.[298] She was refloated on 21 November.[301] |
Ekstrand | Norway | The cargo ship foundered in the Skagerrak off Larvik, Norway.[299] |
Italian Prince | United Kingdom | The cargo ship was destroyed by fire at Limassol, Cyprus.[299] |
Lake Falk | United States | The cargo ship ran aground in the Paracel Islands.[302] She was later refloated and arrived at Hong Kong on 23 November.[303] |
12 November
Ship | Country | Description |
---|---|---|
Houthulst | Belgium | The schooner was wrecked off Smögen, Sweden.[5][302] |
13 November
Ship | Country | Description |
---|---|---|
Baymanter | United Kingdom | The cargo ship came ashore at Ras Hafun, Italian Somaliland.[302] She was declared a total loss on 7 December.[297] Her crew were rescued.[304] |
Edith Pardy | United Kingdom | The schooner was driven ashore at Lamaline, Newfoundland and was a total loss.[302] |
J. A. Maclean | United Kingdom | The schooner was driven ashore at Englee, Newfoundland and was a total loss.[302] |
14 November
Ship | Country | Description |
---|---|---|
Ferret | Australia | The cargo ship ran aground at Reef Head, Cape Spencer, South Australia and was wrecked. All 21 crew survived. |
15 November
Ship | Country | Description |
---|---|---|
HMS Amethyst | Royal Navy | The Topaze-class cruiser parted tow from Eagle and Margaret Ham (both United Kingdom) in the Irish Sea off the Smalls Lighthouse.[305] Most of her crew were taken off by the Aberystwyth Lifeboat.[306] |
Maria José | Portugal | The schooner was driven ashore at Porthcawl, Glamorgan, United Kingdom with the loss of one of her six crew. Survivors were rescued by breeches buoy.[307] |
T.30 | Reichsmarine | The torpedo boat foundered at Cuxhaven, Germany.[308] |
Nicholas | Greece | The cargo ship foundered in the Black Sea 5 nautical miles (9.3 km) off Cape Tuzla, Soviet Union. Her crew survived.[305] |
Pechiney | France | The auxiliary sailing ship caught fire and sank at Le Havre, Seine-Maritime.[306] |
16 November
Ship | Country | Description |
---|---|---|
Sarah Lightfoot | United Kingdom | The schooner was dismasted in the North Sea (55°22′N 0°16′W / 55.367°N 0.267°W) and was abandoned in a sinking condition. Her crew were rescued by Bessheim ( United Kingdom).[306] |
HMS Tyne | Royal Navy | The troopship sprang a leak and sank in the River Medway at Chatham, Kent.[309] |
Waltraute | United Kingdom | The depôt ship was driven ashore at Leith, Lothian.[310] She was refloated on 28 November.[311] |
17 November
Ship | Country | Description |
---|---|---|
Delta | Norway | The barque ran aground north of Bergen, Norway and was severely damaged.[310] She was towed to Hindö for examination with the expectation that she would be condemned as a constructive total loss.[300] |
Yute | Spain | The cargo ship issued an SOS in the Atlantic Ocean 240 nautical miles (440 km) south east of Cape May, Newfoundland. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[312] |
18 November
Ship | Country | Description |
---|---|---|
Neptunus | Netherlands | The auxiliary schooner foundered in the Irish Sea 5 nautical miles (9.3 km) off the Smalls Lighthouse after her cargo shifted with the loss of one of her five crew. Survivors were rescued by the trawler Kirkland ( United Kingdom).[294][313] |
Scarpa | United Kingdom | became stranded on the North Rock, Cloughey Bay, Country Down.[314] She was raised on 23 February 1921, repaired and returned to service.[73] |
20 November
Ship | Country | Description |
---|---|---|
General Horne | United Kingdom | The schooner departed Catalina, Newfoundland for the Change Islands. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[315] |
Grandest | United Kingdom | The coaster struck rocks off the Hanois Lighthouse, Guernsey, Channel Islands and sank. All twelve crew were rescued by a trawler.[316] |
Minnie Sommers | United Kingdom | The barquentine departed Bo'ness, Lothian for Cherbourg, Seine-Maritime, France. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[317] |
21 November
Ship | Country | Description |
---|---|---|
Blenda | Sweden | The cargo ship struck a mine and sank in the Baltic Sea, en route from Finland to Hull. Her crew were rescued.[318][319] |
22 November
Ship | Country | Description |
---|---|---|
Chausey | France | The cargo ship sank south of Belle Île, Morbihan.[320] |
Lizzie | United Kingdom | The cargo ship struck a rock and sank at Cherbourg, Seine Maritime, France.[321] |
Santa Rosa | Spain | The cargo ship sprang a leak and sank off Cape Prior, Galicia.[320] |
23 November
Ship | Country | Description |
---|---|---|
Gregory | United Kingdom | The cargo ship ran aground at Tutóia, Brazil.[303] She broke her back on 29 November and was a total loss.[322] |
Margaret F. Dick | United Kingdom | The schooner sprang a leak in the Atlantic Ocean (41°40′N 53°42′W / 41.667°N 53.700°W. She was set afire and abandoned. Her crew were rescued by Leersum ( Netherlands).[323] |
24 November
Ship | Country | Description |
---|---|---|
Meduana | United Kingdom | The ocean liner caught fire and capsized at Wallsend, Northumberland.[323] |
Taunton | Norway | The cargo ship ran aground in the Bahamas.[324] She was abandoned the next day and was a total loss.[311] |
25 November
Ship | Country | Description |
---|---|---|
Zenith | United Kingdom | The barquentine foundered in the Atlantic Ocean 4 nautical miles (7.4 km) west of the Longships. All seven crew were rescued.[325] |
27 November
Ship | Country | Description |
---|---|---|
Comboyne | Australia | The cargo ship sank off Shellharbour, New South Wales. Her crew survived. |
Erminie | France | The schooner was abandoned in the Bay of Biscay 3.5 nautical miles (6.5 km) north west of Ouessant, Finistère. Her crew were rescued by West Maximus ( United States).[311] |
Evangelistria | Greece | The cargo ship foundered in the English Channel off the Casquets, Guernsey, Channel Islands. Her crew survived.[311] |
28 November
Ship | Country | Description |
---|---|---|
Betsy | Netherlands | The schooner sprang a leak and sank in the North Sea. Her crew were rescued by the trawler Unity ( United Kingdom).[326] |
Ioannis Carras | Greece | The cargo ship sank in the Iroise Sea off the Pierres Noires, Finistère, France. Her crew survived.[327] |
29 November
Ship | Country | Description |
---|---|---|
Capitaine Remy | France | The auxiliary sailing vessel capsized in the English Channel 10 nautical miles (19 km) south of The Lizard, Cornwall, United Kingdom.[328] |
Meta | France | The schooner foundered off in the Mediterranean Sea off Port-la-Nouvelle, Aude.[327] |
Notre Dame de la Mer | France | The cargo ship capsized at Brunsbüttelkoog, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany.[329] |
30 November
Ship | Country | Description |
---|---|---|
Sheila Margaret | United Kingdom | The cargo ship foundered in the English Channel. Wreckage from the ship washed up at Swanage, Dorset.[329][330] |
December
1 December
Ship | Country | Description |
---|---|---|
Betsy | Netherlands | The schooner sprang a leak in the North Sea and was abandoned. Her crew were rescued.[330] |
Giant King | United Kingdom | The schooner ran aground on Ambergris Cay, Turks Islands. Her passengers and crew were rescued.[331] |
2 December
Ship | Country | Description |
---|---|---|
Ansgir | United Kingdom | The cargo ship ran aground near Mousehole, Cornwall. Her crew of 45 were rescued.[332] |
Blanche H. King | United States | The schooner ran aground on the West Reef, Bahamas and was a total loss. Her crew survived.[333] |
Dauntless | Norway | The cargo ship struck a mine in the Baltic Sea off the Närs Lighthouse, Sweden. Her crew were rescued.[332] |
Eastern Tempest | United States | The cargo ship ran aground on the Bogskär, Finland and was abandoned by her crew. She was refloated on 7 December.[333][334] |
Fiorino | Norway | The barque departed Kristiansand, Norway for the Hampton Roads. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[335] |
Hathor | Germany | The cargo ship ran aground on the Lethegus Ledge off the Isles of Scilly, United Kingdom and was wrecked. All 24 crew were rescued by the St. Mary's Lifeboat.[332] |
Kate | United Kingdom | The schooner issued an SOS off Holyhead, Anglesey. Her crew were taken off by the Holyhead Lifeboat.[336] |
4 December
Ship | Country | Description |
---|---|---|
Hermina | Netherlands | The auxiliary schooner broke free from her mooring and was wrecked at Fishguard, Pembrokeshire, United Kingdom in a gale with the loss of one of her ten crew. Survivors were rescued by the Fishguard Lifeboat or by rocket apparatus.[336][337] |
Renvoyle | United Kingdom | The cargo ship was abandoned off Belle Île, Finistère, France.[336] she subsequently sank.[338] |
Schoolcraft | United Kingdom | The cargo ship was destroyed by fire at Kingston, Ontario, Canada.[338] |
Timbo | United Kingdom | The coaster was driven ashore near Clynnog Fawr, Caernarfonshire with the loss of four of her eight crew. Five of the thirteen crew of the Rhoscolyn Lifeboat were lost attempting to rescue her crew before she came ashore.[336][337] |
Tourmaline | United Kingdom | The coal hulk was driven ashore 16 nautical miles (30 km) west of Thurso, Caithness and was a total loss. Her crew were rescued by rocket apparatus.[336] |
5 December
Ship | Country | Description |
---|---|---|
Verena | Netherlands | The schooner was abandoned in the North Sea (55°50′N 0°30′E / 55.833°N 0.500°E). Her crew were rescued by Haakon VII ( Norway).[336] |
6 December
Ship | Country | Description |
---|---|---|
Graf Waldersee | United Kingdom | The cargo ship collided with Tregantle ( United Kingdom) in the River Thames at Gravesend, Kent. She then collided with Fairfield and the ice hulk Sumatra (both United Kingdom) and was then beached. Fairfield sank and the other ships were damaged.[338] Graf Waldersee was refloated on 8 December.[334] |
Taff | United Kingdom | The cargo ship ran aground on the Dogger Bank in the North Sea and was a total loss.[338] |
10 December
Ship | Country | Description |
---|---|---|
Yellowstone | United States | The cargo ship dragged her anchor and ran hard aground off Ponta Delgada in the Azores and was declared a total loss. All 45 of her crew were saved. |
13 December
Ship | Country | Description |
---|---|---|
Nikolaos Stathatos | Greece | The cargo ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean 40 nautical miles (74 km) off Cape Ortegal, Galicia, Spain. All 25 crew were rescued.[304] |
15 December
Ship | Country | Description |
---|---|---|
Limehouse | United Kingdom | The cargo ship ran aground on the East Barrow Sands in the Thames Estuary.[339] She was refloated on 21 December.[340] |
16 December
Ship | Country | Description |
---|---|---|
Anna G. Lord | United States | The schooner was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Maryland. Her crew were rescued.[341] |
Emma Belliveau | United Kingdom | The schooner foundered off Saint Michael, Barbados.[342] |
Inca | United States | The five-masted schooner was abandoned in the Pacific Ocean (approximately 34°S 154°E / 34°S 154°E). Her crew were rescued by Cosmos ( United Kingdom).[341] She was towed into Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, arriving on 18 December.[342] |
Monnow | United Kingdom | The four-masted auxiliary schooner was destroyed by fire off Southend, Essex. All nineteen crew survived.[343] |
Perry Setzer | United States | The four-masted schooner was beached at Jacksonville, Florida.[344] |
St. Louis | United States | The ocean liner was severely damaged by fire at New York.[344] |
Yellowstone | United States | The cargo ship was driven ashore at Saint Michael, Barbados and was wrecked.[343] |
17 December
Ship | Country | Description |
---|---|---|
Bar-le-Duc | French Navy | The despatch boat was wrecked off Euboea, Greece with the loss of 26 of her 105 crew.[345][346] |
18 December
Ship | Country | Description |
---|---|---|
Elisabeth | Denmark | The schooner came ashore on the south coast of Iceland and was a total loss. Her crew were rescued.[342] |
19 December
Ship | Country | Description |
---|---|---|
Jane Palmer | United States | The schooner was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean (35°04′N 65°25′W / 35.067°N 65.417°W). Her crew were rescued by Cotati ( United States).[347] |
20 December
Ship | Country | Description |
---|---|---|
Spyros | Greece | The cargo ship foundered in the English Channel 11 nautical miles (20 km) south of St. Catherine's Point, Isle of Wight, United Kingdom. All eleven crew were rescued.[347] |
21 December
Ship | Country | Description |
---|---|---|
Ferdenborg | Denmark | The schooner was driven ashore 6 nautical miles (11 km) south of Johnshaven, Aberdeenshire, United Kingdom. Her crew were rescued by the Johnshaven Lifeboat, which later capsized with the loss of two of her crew and a lifeboatman.[348] |
Robert H. McCurdy | United States | The schooner foundered in the Atlantic Ocean.[348] |
23 December
Ship | Country | Description |
---|---|---|
Curieuse | France | The schooner departed Fogo, Newfoundland for Alicante, Spain. No further trace, presumed foundered in the Atlantic Ocean with the loss of all hands.[349] |
Vlassios | Greece | The cargo ship foundered in the Aegean Sea off Leipsoi with the loss of six of her fifteen crew.[350] |
25 December
Ship | Country | Description |
---|---|---|
Kwinana | United Kingdom | The cargo ship caught fire at Carnarvon, Western Australia and sank.[351][352] |
Ougree | Belgium | The cargo ship collided with Aleppo ( United Kingdom) in the River Scheldt and was beached off Vlissingen, Netherlands.[353] She was declared a constructive total loss on 30 December.[5] |
Photios | Greece | The cargo ship sprang a leak, broke in two, and sank in the Mediterranean Sea between Corsica and Elba, Italy. Her crew were rescued by Calliroi Saparis ( Greece).[352] |
Prah | United Kingdom | The cargo liner ran aground 5 nautical miles (9.3 km) east of Grand-Bassam, French West Africa.[354] She was refloated on 3 January 1921.[355] |
26 December
Ship | Country | Description |
---|---|---|
Navarino | United Kingdom | The cargo ship arrived at Queenstown, County Cork, United Kingdom on fire and was beached.[353] She was refloated on 31 December.[356] |
27 December
Ship | Country | Description |
---|---|---|
Elsie L. Corkum | United Kingdom | The schooner sprang a leak and was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean (40°29′N 13°38′W / 40.483°N 13.633°W).[351] Her six crew were rescued by Heronspool ( United Kingdom).[356] |
28 December
Ship | Country | Description |
---|---|---|
Impressive | United Kingdom | The schooner foundered off Memory Rock, Bahamas.[351] |
Tris Adelft | Greece | The cargo ship sank in theb Tyrrhenian Sea 18 nautical miles (33 km) north west of Monte Circeo, Lazio, Italy. Her crew were rescued.[352] |
29 December
Ship | Country | Description |
---|---|---|
Korsnæs | Norway | The auxiliary schooner was destroyed by fire off Chesapeake, Virginia, United States.[352] |
Lakeside Bridge | United States | The cargo ship ran aground on Pico Island, Azores, Portugal and was a total loss.[351] |
30 December
Ship | Country | Description |
---|---|---|
Saint Oran | United Kingdom | The cargo ship collided with Eveleen ( United Kingdom) off Ailsa Craig, Ayrshire and sank. Twenty of her crew were rescued.[352] |
31 December
Ship | Country | Description |
---|---|---|
Kentucky | Denmark | The cargo ship came ashore at Duncansby Head, Caithness, United Kingdom. Her crew were rescued.[356] |
Unknown date
Ship | Country | Description |
---|---|---|
Kaes Samud | flag unknown | The ship sank off Bangkok, Thailand.[357] |
Marion J. Smith | United Kingdom | The schooner was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by Pennyworth ( United Kingdom) and landed at Tarragona, Spain on 15 December.[343] |
Unknown date
Ship | Country | Description |
---|---|---|
UB-21 | United Kingdom | The Type UB II submarine foundered off the coast of England whilst under tow to be scrapped. |
Varyag | United Kingdom | The protected cruiser ran aground at Lendalfoot, Ayrshire whilst under tow to be scrapped. She sank in 1925. |
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- 1 2 "Shipwrecked crew's mascot". The Times (42573). London. 20 November 1920. col D, p. 7.
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- ↑ "Shipping Casualties at Christmas". The Times (42604). London. 29 December 1920. col B, p. 13.
- ↑ "Casualty reports". The Times (42609). London. 4 January 1921. col C, p. 16.
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- ↑ "Casualty reports". The Times (42608). London. 3 January 1921. col F, p. 19.
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