List of shipwrecks in 1922
The list of shipwrecks in 1922 includes ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during 1922.
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January
[edit]2 January
[edit]Ship | State | Description |
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Freddysmith | ![]() | The cargo ship ran aground at Gaasehagen, Denmark.[1] She was refloated on 5 January.[2] |
Reine des Mers | ![]() | The schooner was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. (44°50′N 51°29′W / 44.833°N 51.483°W) with the loss of her captain. Survivors were rescued by Hudson (![]() |
Storebelt | ![]() | The cargo ship lost her propeller and consequently came ashore at Hirtshals. Her crew were rescued by rocket apparatus.[1] |
3 January
[edit]Ship | State | Description |
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Elleray | ![]() | The cargo ship departed Hartlepool, County Durham for London. No further trace, presumed foundered in the North Sea with the loss of all hands.[3] |
Laurence Edith | ![]() | The auxiliary schooner was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean (39°54′N 11°13′W / 39.900°N 11.217°W). Her crew were rescued by Indianic (![]() |
4 January
[edit]Ship | State | Description |
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Roi Rene | ![]() | The schooner ran aground at Morant Cays, Jamaica. Her crew were rescued.[5] |
5 January
[edit]Ship | State | Description |
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Active | ![]() | The coaster foundered in the Irish Sea between the Blackwater and Lucifer Lightships (both ![]() |
Canterbury Hill | ![]() | The cargo ship capsized and sank in the bristol Channel. Her crew were rescued by Branstone (![]() |
6 January
[edit]Ship | State | Description |
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Ernesto I | ![]() | The cargo ship sank off Smyrna, Turkey.[2] |
Manji Maru | ![]() | The cargo ship ran aground at Heinan Head, China.[6] She broke in two of 17 February and was a total loss.[7] |
Nuovo Due Cugini | ![]() | The sailing ship was wrecked with the loss of three crew. She was on a voyage from Tobruk, Libya to Chania, Crete, Greece.[2] |
7 January
[edit]Ship | State | Description |
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Chassie Maersk | ![]() | The cargo ship ran aground on Rondo Island, Netherlands East Indies. She broke in two and was a total loss.[6] |
8 January
[edit]Ship | State | Description |
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Atilla | ![]() | The cargo ship sank off Rügen, Vorpommern.[8] |
11 January
[edit]Ship | State | Description |
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Inaho Maru | ![]() | The cargo ship came ashore on Rossel Island and was wrecked. Her crew were rescued by Meiko Maru (![]() |
12 January
[edit]Ship | State | Description |
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C. C. Mengel, Jr. | ![]() | The schooner came ashore on Morant Cays, Jamaica and was wrecked.[10] |
Tidal | ![]() | The coaster foundered in the North Sea 10 nautical miles (19 km) off Lowestoft, Suffolk. All fifteen people on board were rescued by Dalton (![]() |
13 January
[edit]Ship | State | Description |
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Italica | ![]() | The cargo ship struck the Beduidos Rocks, off Vigo and foundered.[10] |
16 January
[edit]Ship | State | Description |
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Mark H. Gray | ![]() | The schooner was abandoned in ice off Lark Harbour, Newfoundland.[12] |
Roma | ![]() | The cargo ship sank off Kombusch, Germany. Her crew were rescued by Rhea (![]() |
Vesta | ![]() | The cargo ship caught fire in the North Sea 40 nautical miles (74 km) south east of Lowestoft, Suffolk, United Kingdom. She was abandoned with the loss of ten of her twenty crew. Survivors were rescued by the trawler E.W.B. (![]() ![]() |
19 January
[edit]Ship | State | Description |
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Agnes P. Duff | ![]() | The schooner was wrecked at St. John's, Newfoundland. Her crew were rescued.[14] |
Eileen Lake | ![]() | The schooner foundered in the Atlantic Ocean west of Newfoundland. Five crew were rescued by Persier (![]() |
Marceau | ![]() | The Marceau-class ironclad came ashore at Tunis, Tunisia and was wrecked.[16] |
20 January
[edit]Ship | State | Description |
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Emma Haubuss | ![]() | The cargo ship came ashore at Agger, Denmark. Her crew were rescued.[14] |
22 January
[edit]Ship | State | Description |
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Mod | ![]() | The cargo ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean 1,200 nautical miles (2,200 km) off Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada with the loss of nine of her 32 crew. Survivors were rescued by Melmore Head and Montcalm (both ![]() |
23 January
[edit]Ship | State | Description |
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Pivoc | ![]() | The cargo ship was wrecked in the estuary of the Seine at Rouen, Seine Maritime, France.[19][20] |
Vigan | ![]() | The cargo ship suffered an engine failure and was beached on the north coast of Haitan Island, China.[21] |
24 January
[edit]Ship | State | Description |
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Asquith | ![]() | The schooner foundered in the Atlantic Ocean (42°19′N 42°30′W / 42.317°N 42.500°W). Her crew were rescued by Arcturus (![]() |
Balmyle | ![]() | The cargo ship ran aground in Larne Lough.[22] She was refloated on 16 February.[23] |
Cairnside | ![]() | The coaster struck a rock west of Sark, Channel Islands and sank. All thirteen crew survived.[21] |
Cormorant | ![]() | The cargo ship sprang a leak in the Atlantic Ocean (33°00′00″S 52°21′30″W / 33.00000°S 52.35833°W) and was abandoned. Her crew were rescued by Ruy Barboza (![]() |
Helen B. Sterling | ![]() | The schooner sprang a leak in the Pacific Ocean 150 nautical miles (280 km) north of Three Kings, New Zealand and was abandoned. Her crew were rescued by HMAS Melbourne (![]() |
25 January
[edit]Ship | State | Description |
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Quo Vadis | ![]() | The schooner was driven ashore at Viana do Castelo, Portugal with the loss of two crew. The survivors were rescued.[25] |
27 January
[edit]Ship | State | Description |
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Champion | ![]() | The tug collided with San Jose (![]() |
Rosa | ![]() | The cargo ship ran aground at Arbroath, Forfarshire, United Kingdom. All sixteen crew were rescued.[26] |
28 January
[edit]Ship | State | Description |
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Laura | ![]() | The schooner sprang a leak and sank off the Shetland Islands, United Kingdom. Four crew were rescued by a German trawler.[27] |
Optimist | ![]() | The schooner was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. Six crew were rescued by Ampetico (![]() |
29 January
[edit]Ship | State | Description |
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Antinous | ![]() | The cargo ship ran aground off Oporto, Portugal. She broke her back the next day and was abandoned as a total loss.[15] |
Santander | ![]() | The bucket dredger sank at Santander, Cantabria.[30] |
Unknown date
[edit]Ship | State | Description |
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USS A-2 | ![]() | The Plunger-class submarine was sunk as a target in mid-January. |
USS B-3 | ![]() | The B-class submarine was sunk as a target before 17 January. |
James M. W. Hall | ![]() | The schooner was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by West Canon (![]() ![]() |
Klampenborg | ![]() | The coaster foundered in the Baltic Sea with the loss of all twelve crew.[32] A lifeboat from the ship was discovered on 11 January.[9] |
Moses Parry | ![]() | The schooner ran aground at White Abbey, County Antrim at the end of January. She was refloated on 14 February.[33] |
February
[edit]1 February
[edit]Ship | State | Description |
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Eastern Dawn | ![]() | The cargo ship sank at Baltimore, Maryland.[15] |
2 February
[edit]Ship | State | Description |
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USAT Northern Pacific | ![]() | The troopship caught fire and sank in the Atlantic Ocean 25 nautical miles (46 km) off Cape May, New Jersey.[34][35] |
3 February
[edit]Ship | State | Description |
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Felix | ![]() | The schooner came ashore south of Leixões, Portugal. Her crew were rescued.[29] |
Gaspe | ![]() | The barquentine was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by Queen Louise (![]() |
Joseph S. Zeman | ![]() | Carrying a cargo of coal, the 253-foot (77 m), 1,956-gross register ton five-masted schooner ran aground off the coast of Maine on Metinic Island Ledge — a reef off Metinic Island — broke up, and sank without loss of life in up to 50 feet (15 m) of water at 43°53.76′N 069°10.00′W / 43.89600°N 69.16667°W.[37] |
Malpas Belle | ![]() | The schooner came ashore at Seaton, Devon. All six crew were rescued.[38] |
4 February
[edit]Ship | State | Description |
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Bonn | ![]() | The cargo ship collided with Southwestern Miller (![]() |
Fellside | ![]() | The cargo ship came ashore 4 nautical miles (7.4 km) north of Aberdeen. Her crew were rescued.[29] She was refloated on 28 February.[39] |
6 February
[edit]Ship | State | Description |
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Luso | ![]() | The cargo ship caught fire at Lisbon.[34] She was scuttled on 10 February.[40] |
7 February
[edit]Ship | State | Description |
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Bessie A. White | ![]() | The auxiliary schooner was driven ashore at Smiths Point, Long Island, New York, United States and was a total loss. Her crew survived.[36] |
E. M. Sellars | ![]() | The schooner was driven ashore at Inagua, Bahamas and was wrecked.[41] |
Krakow | ![]() | The cargo ship became mired in ice at Tangen, Norway and sank. Her crew survived.[36] |
Thistlemore | ![]() | The cargo ship came ashore at Cape Cod, Massachusetts, United States.[41] She was refloated on 11 February.[42] |
8 February
[edit]Ship | State | Description |
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Anna Maria | ![]() | The ship sank in the North Sea. Her crew were rescued.[41] |
Stramore | ![]() | The coaster struck a submerged wreck off Inishtrahull Island, County Donegal, Ireland and sank. All nine crew survived.[43] |
Coylet | ![]() | The tanker caught fire in the Atlantic Ocean 12 nautical miles (22 km) west south west of the Sand Key Lighthouse, Florida, United States. Her crew were rescued by Sucrosa (![]() |
Norma B. Strong | ![]() | The schooner sprang a leak in the Atlantic Ocean (39°15′N 29°05′W / 39.250°N 29.083°W). Her crew survived.[34] |
Northern Pacific | ![]() | The decommissioned 8,256-gross register ton former passenger ship and troopship burned, capsized, and sank in the Atlantic Ocean in 140 to 150 feet (43 to 46 m) of water while under tow 30 nautical miles (56 km; 35 mi) south of Cape May, New Jersey. Four of her 28-member crew died.[44][45][46] |
9 February
[edit]Ship | State | Description |
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Herbert May | ![]() | The schooner came ashore in the Marquesas Islands, French Polynesia and was wrecked.[47] |
10 February
[edit]Ship | State | Description |
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Seyar | ![]() | The cargo ship suffered a boiler explosion and sank in the Bosphorus.[40] |
14 February
[edit]Ship | State | Description |
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Carmina | ![]() | The schooner sprang a leak in the Atlantic Ocean 40 nautical miles (74 km) west of Leixões, Portugal. She was abandoned by her crew, who were rescued by Hurliness (![]() |
Kibi Maru No.11 | ![]() | The cargo ship departed Muroran. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[48] |
Wasp | ![]() | After 80 mph (130 km/h) winds tore her loose from her moorings at a dock at Metlakatla in Southeast Alaska, the 13-gross register ton, 38.6-foot (11.8 m) fishing vessel became stranded and broke up on the beach without loss of life.[49] |
15 February
[edit]Ship | State | Description |
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Suiyer Maru | ![]() | The cargo ship struck a rock and foundered in the Kurushima Strait.[50] |
16 February
[edit]Ship | State | Description |
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Ojo Maru | ![]() | The cargo ship collided with an Imperial Japanese Navy submarine off Yoshima, Shiwaku Islands and was beached.[23] |
18 February
[edit]Ship | State | Description |
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Golden State | ![]() | The three-masted schooner caught fire in the Atlantic Ocean off Pensacola, Florida and was abandoned.[50] She was towed into Pensacola in a capsized state on 23 February.[51] |
Poseidon | ![]() | The cargo ship sprang a leak and ran aground at Skallingen. Her crew were rescued.[50] She broke in two on 9 March and was a total loss.[52] |
19 February
[edit]Ship | State | Description |
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Balsam | ![]() | The cargo ship ran aground in Lough Foyle.[50] She was refloated on 27 February.[53] |
Kathleen Spindler | ![]() | The schooner was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by Argalia (![]() |
20 February
[edit]Ship | State | Description |
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Dédaigneuse | ![]() | The sloop-of-war was struck by City of Algiers (flag unknown) at Constantinople, Turkey and was severely damaged.[55] |
Glynwood | ![]() | The schooner came ashore at Lindesnes, Norway and was wrecked.[55] |
21 February
[edit]Ship | State | Description |
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Taisho Maru No.2 | ![]() | The cargo ship collided with Wakamatsu Maru (![]() |
22 February
[edit]Ship | State | Description |
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Assimina M Embiricos | ![]() | The cargo ship was wrecked in the Scheldt, Belgium.[56] |
J. N. Rafeuse | ![]() | The schooner sprang a leak in the Atlantic Ocean and was abandoned (46°01′N 35°08′W / 46.017°N 35.133°W). Her crew were rescued by Terrier (![]() |
24 February
[edit]Ship | State | Description |
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Chokyu Maru No.5 | ![]() | The cargo ship struck a submerged object at Kobezaki and sank with the loss of a crew member.[39] |
Cobra | ![]() | The cargo liner was wrecked at Chinde, Portuguese West Africa in a cyclone.[58] |
Punduma | ![]() | The cargo ship was wrecked at Chinde in a cyclone with the loss of three lives.[58] |
NRP Salvador | ![]() | The river gunboat was wrecked at Chinde in a cyclone.[58] |
25 February
[edit]Ship | State | Description |
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Lowell F. Parks | ![]() | The schooner was abandoned and set afire in the Atlantic Ocean.[59] |
27 February
[edit]Ship | State | Description |
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Rothenburg | ![]() | The cargo ship struck a submerged object in the Kattegat and sank. Her crew survived.[39] She was refloated on 18 April.[60] |
Valerie | ![]() | The schooner sprang a leak and sank off the Cape Verde Islands, Portugal. Her crew were rescued by Fernando (![]() |
28 February
[edit]Ship | State | Description |
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Danehurst | ![]() | The salvage vessel sank at Liverpool, Lancashire.[61] |
Roma | ![]() | The cargo ship came ashore in Loch Eriboll and was wrecked.[39] |
Unknown date
[edit]Ship | State | Description |
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Lockwood | ![]() | The coaster ran aground in the River Witham at Boston, Lincolnshire. She was refloated on 24 June.[62] |
March
[edit]1 March
[edit]Ship | State | Description |
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Minerva | ![]() | The whaler was wrecked off the South Shetland Islands.[63] |
Pembsco | ![]() | The cargo ship departed Burry Port, Glamorgan for Dublin, Ireland. No further trace, presumed foundered in the Irish Sea with the loss of all hands.[64] |
2 March
[edit]Ship | State | Description |
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Eider | ![]() | The coaster sprang a leak and foundered in the English Channel off Berry Head, Devon. All ten crew were rescued by the Brixham Lifeboat.[65] |
Grøntoft | ![]() | The cargo ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean (47°48′N 42°24′W / 47.800°N 42.400°W) with the loss of all twenty crew.[66][67] |
5 March
[edit]Ship | State | Description |
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Christine | ![]() | The cargo ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean 20 nautical miles (37 km) south by west of the Wolf Rock, Cornwall, United Kingdom. Her crew were rescued by War Nawab (![]() |
6 March
[edit]Ship | State | Description |
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Motherland | ![]() | The schooner caught fire in the Indian Ocean off Port Louis, Mauritius. Her crew were rescued.[68] She drifted ashore on 7 March and was a total loss.[69] |
Satsuki Maru | ![]() | The cargo ship was wrecked in the Yangtze Estuary, China.[68] |
7 March
[edit]Ship | State | Description |
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Cheshire | ![]() | The coaster passed The Lizard, Cornwall bound for Fécamp, Seine-Inférieure, France. No further trace, presumed foundered in the English Channel with the loss of all hands.[70] |
West Munham | ![]() | The Design 1013 cargo ship came ashore on Heligoland, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany.[68] She was abandoned by her crew on 8 March.[69] |
8 March
[edit]Ship | State | Description |
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HMS Laertes | ![]() | The Laforey-class destroyer came ashore at Newhaven, Sussex after her tow parted.[64] She was later refloated and arrived at Dover on 13 March for scrapping.[71] |
Swanston | ![]() | The cargo ship was driven ashore on Queen Anne's Rocks, Cattewater, Plymouth, Devon and was wrecked. Her crew were rescued.[69] |
9 March
[edit]Ship | State | Description |
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Selma | ![]() | The concrete-hulled tanker was damaged when she struck a pier at Tampico, Mexico on 31 May 1920. Repairs seemed beyond the capabilities of the repair yards and she was towed to a specially dug channel and sunk off Pelican Island, Houston, Texas, partially submerged.[72] |
10 March
[edit]Ship | State | Description |
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Brackenholm | ![]() | The schooner departed Ramsey, Isle of Man for Truro, Cornwall. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[73] |
Holdal II | ![]() | The halibut-fishing vessel struck a rock and sank at the entrance to a harbor on the coast of Bushy Island (56°16′N 132°59′W / 56.267°N 132.983°W) in Southeast Alaska.[74] |
12 March
[edit]Ship | State | Description |
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Rosario | ![]() | The 24-gross register ton, 40.6-foot (12.4 m) fishing vessel dragged her anchor during a storm and was wrecked in Katlian Bay (57°09′N 135°23′W / 57.150°N 135.383°W) opposite Kruzof Island in the Alexander Archipelago in Southeast Alaska near Sitka, Territory of Alaska. Her crew of five survived.[75] |
Tajima Maru | ![]() | The cargo ship ran aground at Qingdao, China.[76] She was refloated on 19 March.[70] |
13 March
[edit]Ship | State | Description |
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Gauntlet | ![]() | The tug ran aground and sank at Newhaven, Sussex.[71] |
Myriophiton | ![]() | The cargo ship was wrecked at Soukhoum, Soviet Union.[71] |
17 March
[edit]Ship | State | Description |
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Elizabeth D | ![]() | The schooner came ashore at Saint-Pierre, St. Pierre and Miquelon and was wrecked.[77] |
18 March
[edit]Ship | State | Description |
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Fred Cleeves | ![]() | The cargo ship sank in the Atlantic Ocean 4 nautical miles (7.4 km) off Pomarão, Portugal. Her crew survived.[78] |
19 March
[edit]Ship | State | Description |
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Emlynton | ![]() | The cargo ship sprang a leak in the Atlantic Ocean and was abandoned. She was later sighted derelict at 41°48′N 9°00′W / 41.800°N 9.000°W.[78] |
21 March
[edit]Ship | State | Description |
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Kullaberg | ![]() | The cargo ship ran aground near Elleness, West Lothian, United Kingdom.[79] She was later refloated and beached at Elie, Fife. Refloated again on 3 April.[80] |
23 March
[edit]Ship | State | Description |
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HMS H42 | ![]() | The H-class submarine was rammed off Gibraltar by HMS Versatile (![]() |
Sakaki Maru | ![]() | The cargo ship collided with Eastern Sailor (![]() |
Salamanca | ![]() | The cargo ship was abandoned in the Bay of Biscay. Her crew were rescued by Argonne (![]() |
24 March
[edit]Ship | State | Description |
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Curvos | ![]() | The schooner was destroyed by fire at Falmouth, Cornwall, United Kingdom.[81] |
Glenmore | ![]() | The cargo ship struck the wreck of Treveal (![]() |
Maggie Read | ![]() | The coaster was destroyed by fire off Ornsay, Inner Hebrides.[83] |
25 March
[edit]Ship | State | Description |
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City of Frankfort | ![]() | The cargo ship came ashore on the Chaussées des Pierres Noires, off Brest, Finistère, France. All fifteen people on board were rescued.[83] She broke in two on 27 March and was a total loss.[84] |
Omar D. Conger | ![]() | The ferry was destroyed at dock in the Black River at Port Huron, Michigan by a boiler explosion. The four crewmen on board were killed.[45][85] |
27 March
[edit]Ship | State | Description |
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Diana | ![]() | The sealer was abandoned and set afire off the coast of Newfoundland. Her crew were rescued by Sagona (![]() |
Macleod | ![]() | The coaster foundered off Sanda Island, Argyllshire. All four crew survived.[86] |
Sterling | ![]() | The cargo liner came ashore on Sandön, Sweden and sank. All on board were rescued.[86] |
29 March
[edit]Ship | State | Description |
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Majestic | ![]() | The ocean liner ran aground at Pagensand, Schleswig-Holstein.[87] She was refloated on 30 March.[88] |
30 March
[edit]Ship | State | Description |
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General Currie | ![]() | The schooner came ashore at Saint-Pierre, Saint Pierre and Miquelon.[89] She was refloated on 3 April, but capsized whilst being towed into port.[90] |
31 March
[edit]Ship | State | Description |
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Manurewa | ![]() | The barque departed Sydney, New South Wales for Grafton, New South Wales. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[91] |
April
[edit]3 April
[edit]Ship | State | Description |
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Suwa Maru | ![]() | The cargo ship ran aground on the White Rock, off Swatow, China. She was abandoned as a total loss on 13 April. Her crew were rescued by a British steamship.[60] |
4 April
[edit]Ship | State | Description |
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Palitana | ![]() | The cargo ship foundered in the Mediterranean Sea 70 nautical miles (130 km) north east of Derna, Libya.[92] |
5 April
[edit]Ship | State | Description |
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Lys | ![]() | The cargo ship collided with The Baron (![]() |
Peveril | ![]() | The cargo ship sprang a leak at Reval, Estonia and was beached.[93] |
7 April
[edit]Ship | State | Description |
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Countess of Seafield | ![]() | The cargo ship caught fire and sank in the North Sea off Peterhead, Aberdeenshire.[92] |
11 April
[edit]Ship | State | Description |
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Kerrier | ![]() | The schooner departed Cardiff, Glamorgan, United Kingdom for Lannion, Côtes-du-Nord. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[94] |
12 April
[edit]Ship | State | Description |
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Grace van Dusen | ![]() | The schooner sank in the Atlantic Ocean of West Quoddy, Maine. Her crew were rescued.[95] |
13 April
[edit]Ship | State | Description |
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Cumberland Queen | ![]() | The schooner was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean off Cape Hatteras, North Carolina, United States.[95][96] She was towed into Norfolk, Virginia by a United States Coast Guard cutter.[60] |
16 April
[edit]Ship | State | Description |
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Lusitania | ![]() | The schooner was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean (52°24′N 5°10′W / 52.400°N 5.167°W). All fifteen crew were rescued by Gaelic Star (![]() |
17 April
[edit]Ship | State | Description |
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Ardachy | ![]() | The cargo ship ran aground off Moville, County Donegal, Ireland.[97] She was refloated on 24 April.[63] |
Berlin | ![]() | The 1,634-gross register ton bark was wrecked without loss of life on the Egegik Flats (58°13′N 157°31′W / 58.217°N 157.517°W) on the south-central coast of the Territory of Alaska southwest of Naknek and became a total loss. The steamers Nushagak and San Juan (both ![]() |
18 April
[edit]Ship | State | Description |
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Lambton | ![]() | Lost in a storm in Whitefish Bay on Lake Superior. |
19 April
[edit]Ship | State | Description |
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Bisnod | ![]() | The cargo ship foundered off Jellasore, India.[99] |
Wargwoltic | ![]() | The schooner ran aground on the Hog Sty Reef, Bahamas and was wrecked.[100] |
20 April
[edit]Ship | State | Description |
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General Gordon | ![]() | The cargo ship capsized and sank at Casablanca, French Morocco.[101] She was refloated on 2 May.[102] |
Zero | ![]() | The cargo ship collided with Aeolus (![]() |
21 April
[edit]Ship | State | Description |
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Andree | ![]() | The cargo ship was severely damaged by fire at New York, United States.[103][104] |
22 April
[edit]Ship | State | Description |
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George Andre | ![]() | The sailing ship was wrecked at Rosas, Catalonia. Her crew were rescued.[63] |
24 April
[edit]Ship | State | Description |
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Sirdar | ![]() | The tug collided with Old North State (![]() |
25 April
[edit]Ship | State | Description |
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Kyma | ![]() | The cargo ship caught fire at Constanţa, Romania and sank. She was a total loss.[105] |
Stolwijk | ![]() | The cargo ship ran aground at Åhus, Skåne County, Sweden.[106] She was refloated on 29 April.[107] |
26 April
[edit]Ship | State | Description |
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Député Albert Taillandier | ![]() | The cargo ship sank in the Atlantic Ocean (approximately 49°N 3°W / 49°N 3°W) with the loss of all but one of her crew.[105] |
28 April
[edit]Ship | State | Description |
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Gutterrez Zamora | ![]() | The cargo ship sprang a leak and was beached at Tampico, Tamaulipas. She was plundered by locals and was declared a constructive total loss.[107] |
29 April
[edit]Ship | State | Description |
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Ilia | ![]() | The auxiliary sailing ship was destroyed by fire at Emden, Germany.[107] |
Victoria de Larrinaga | ![]() | The cargo ship ran aground on the Mouchoir Bank, Bahamas.[108] She was abandoned on 1 May. Her crew were rescued by Lake Fairlie (![]() |
May
[edit]1 May
[edit]Ship | State | Description |
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Sterling | ![]() | The cargo liner came ashore in Seydisfjord, Iceland, and was wrecked. All on board were rescued.[109][110] |
Whittier | ![]() | The steam tanker ran aground on Saunders Reef, about 10 miles (16 km) south of Point Arena, California and was wrecked. All on board were rescued.[111] |
2 May
[edit]Ship | State | Description |
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Fear Not | ![]() | The cargo ship foundered at Clackland Point, Isle of Arran, Buteshire. Her crew were rescued.[102] |
Josephine | ![]() | The schooner was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean.[102] She was towed to Southport, North Carolina and was beached.[112] |
Kiang Tung | ![]() | The cargo ship was destroyed by fire whilst on a voyage from Shusi to Hankow.[113] |
3 May
[edit]Ship | State | Description |
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Turenne | ![]() | The cargo ship ran aground at Mahdia, Tunisia.[113] She was refloated on 10 May.[114] |
5 May
[edit]Ship | State | Description |
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B. R. Tower | ![]() | The schooner was wrecked on a reef north east of Grand Turk.[112] Her crew were rescued.[115] |
8 May
[edit]Ship | State | Description |
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City of Charleroy | ![]() | The cargo ship collided with Bittern (![]() |
10 May
[edit]Ship | State | Description |
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Arbeeco | ![]() | The cargo ship ran aground on Renew's Rock, off the coast of Newfoundland and was wrecked. Her crew were rescued.[114] |
Constantinos Pateras | ![]() | The cargo ship ran aground at Carromeiro, A Coruña, Spain.[117] She broke in two the next day and was a total loss.[118] |
15 May
[edit]Ship | State | Description |
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Dragoon | ![]() | The cargo ship sank at Hennebont, Morbihan, France.[119] |
Olive | ![]() | During a voyage from Eagle to Iditarod, the 50-gross register ton scow was crushed by ice and lost on the Iditarod River in the central Territory of Alaska. Her crew of six survived.[120] |
18 May
[edit]Ship | State | Description |
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Lothar Bohren | ![]() | The cargo ship ran aground at Port-de-Bouc, Bouches-du-Rhône, France.[121] She was refloated on 22 May.[122] |
19 May
[edit]Ship | State | Description |
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Middlesex | ![]() | The cargo ship was wrecked at Portland, Maine.[121] |
20 May
[edit]Ship | State | Description |
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Dongola | ![]() | The cargo ship collided with Kumano Maru (![]() |
Egypt | ![]() | The ocean liner collided with Seine (![]() |
Gen. John Wilkins | ![]() | The ship was wrecked on this date.[123] |
21 May
[edit]Ship | State | Description |
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Conestoga | ![]() | The cargo ship caught fire and sank in the St Lawrence River. |
Emily Eveson | ![]() | The cargo ship ran aground on the Clougne Rock, on the south east coast of Alderney, Channel Islands and was wrecked. Her crew were rescued.[125] |
Iro | ![]() | The cargo ship caught fire at Salonica and was scuttled to extinguish the fire.[126] |
St. Patrice | ![]() | The cargo ship came ashore west of The Lizard, Cornwall. Her crew were rescued by the Lizard Lifeboat.[123] |
22 May
[edit]Ship | State | Description |
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Virginia Olson | ![]() | The cargo ship was rammed and sunk by a United States Navy submarine at San Francisco, California.[122] |
23 May
[edit]Ship | State | Description |
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Andree | ![]() | The cargo ship collided with H. F. Alexander (![]() |
25 May
[edit]Ship | State | Description |
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Rosyland | ![]() | During a voyage along the coast of Kodiak Island from Kodiak to Three Saints Bay carrying seven passengers, four crewmen, and a cargo of two tons of merchandise and lumber, the 42-gross register ton, 54.4-foot (16.6 m) fishing vessel dragged her anchor during a gale in the Gulf of Alaska and was wrecked on a beach – since known locally as Rosyland Beach – in the first bight east of the entrance to Kalsin Bay (57°40′N 152°21′W / 57.667°N 152.350°W) about 5 nautical miles (9.3 km; 5.8 mi) west of Cape Chiniak (57°37′N 152°10′W / 57.617°N 152.167°W). The vessel Erskin (![]() |
29 May
[edit]Ship | State | Description |
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Kwinana | ![]() | ![]() |
Welsh Prince | ![]() | The cargo ship collided with Iowan (![]() |
30 May
[edit]Ship | State | Description |
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Diamantino | ![]() | The schooner foundered in the Bay of Biscay off Ouessant, Finistère, France. All eleven crew were rescued by Ymir (![]() |
31 May
[edit]Ship | State | Description |
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Tuna | ![]() | The cargo ship ran aground of the Fanjove Lighthouse, Zanzibar.[131] She was refloated on 5 June.[132] |
Western Belle | ![]() | The cargo ship had an engine fire 16 nautical miles (30 km; 18 mi) north northwest of the Hanois Lighthouse, Guernsey Channel Islands and sank.[133] |
June
[edit]1 June
[edit]Ship | State | Description |
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Wiltshire | ![]() | The cargo liner struck a reef and foundered in the Pacific Ocean off the Great Barrier Island, New Zealand. All 103 crew were rescued.[134] |
2 June
[edit]Ship | State | Description |
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Grimgerde | ![]() | The cargo ship collided with Dalston (![]() |
Sirena | ![]() | The schooner was wrecked in Lake Maracaibo.[136] |
3 June
[edit]Ship | State | Description |
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Adam Smith | ![]() | The cargo ship ran aground at Roscoff, Finistère, France.[137] She was refloated on 6 June.[138] |
Montcalm | ![]() | The ocean liner ran aground in the St. Lawrence River, at Bécancour, Quebec, Canada. All 848 passengers were taken off.[137] She was refloated on 5 June.[139] |
5 June
[edit]Ship | State | Description |
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Lake Bay | ![]() | The 12-gross register ton, 50-foot (15.2 m) sealing vessel was anchored near the mouth of Necker Bay (56°40′N 135°05′W / 56.667°N 135.083°W) in Southeast Alaska with only a small boy aboard and her crew of three and other four passengers ashore when her skiff broke loose and went adrift. One of her part-owners tried to swim out to the skiff from shore but was carried too far by the current. The boy followed instructions from shore to loosen the anchor line in the hope that Lake Bay would drift close enough to the man in the water to save him, but she did not and he drowned. Lake Bay then drifted onto rocks on the south side of the mouth of the bay and later slipped off and sank in deep water without further loss of life.[140] |
8 June
[edit]Ship | State | Description |
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Weichsel | ![]() | The tug collided with Polonio (![]() |
10 June
[edit]Ship | State | Description |
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Edward R. West | ![]() | The four-masted schooner was wrecked in the Windward Islands.[142] |
12 June
[edit]Ship | State | Description |
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HMS Blue Sky | ![]() | The Admiralty-type drifter foundered in the North Sea off the Thames Estuary. |
14 June
[edit]Ship | State | Description |
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Kirstene | ![]() | The three-masted auxiliary schooner came ashore at Lowestoft, Suffolk, United Kingdom and was wrecked. Her crew were rescued by the Lowestoft Lifeboat.[143] |
16 June
[edit]Ship | State | Description |
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Avaré | ![]() | The cargo ship sank at Hamburg, Germany. She was refloated on 17 August.[144] |
18 June
[edit]Ship | State | Description |
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Spyridon | ![]() | The cargo ship issued an SOS in the Atlantic Ocean (42°07′N 8°00′W / 42.117°N 8.000°W).[145] She came ashore on the Bendino Rocks off Vigo, Spain and sank. Her crew survived.[146] |
19 June
[edit]Ship | State | Description |
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Cabo Mondego | ![]() | The sailing vessel foundered in the Atlantic Ocean (approximately 36°N 22°W / 36°N 22°W). Her crew survived.[146] |
Robert C. Pringle | ![]() | ![]() |
23 June
[edit]Ship | State | Description |
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Puritan | The schooner ran aground off Sable Island, Nova Scotia, Canada and foundered with the loss of sixteen of her nineteen crew.[149] |
27 June
[edit]Ship | State | Description |
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Bouclier | ![]() | The Bouclier-class destroyer collided with Paris (![]() |
29 June
[edit]Ship | State | Description |
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Fairfield | ![]() | The decommissioned wooden steamer was disposed of by burning off Governor's Island in Boston Harbor.[151] |
Providence | ![]() | The passenger ship ran aground off Rhode Island. Her passengers were taken off.[152] She was refloated on 30 June.[153] |
Wakanna | ![]() | The decommissioned wooden steamer was disposed of by burning off Governor's Island in Boston Harbor.[151] |
Unknown date
[edit]Ship | State | Description |
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Prinz Eugen | ![]() | The Tegetthoff-class battleship (ex-![]() ![]() |
July
[edit]1 July
[edit]Ship | State | Description |
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Heathside | ![]() | The cargo ship ran aground 7 nautical miles (13 km) off Martín García Island, Uruguay. She was refloated on 13 July.[154][155] |
HMS Insolent | ![]() | The Bouncer-class flatiron gunboat foundered in Portsmouth Harbour. Her wreck was sold on 18 June 1925 for breaking up.[156] |
Moineau | ![]() | The tanker caught fire at Constanţa, Romania and was a total loss.[157] |
3 July
[edit]Ship | State | Description |
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Anasthasios | ![]() | The cargo ship ran aground off Martín García Island, Uruguay.[157] She was refloated on 31 July.[158] |
Canadian Commander | ![]() | The refrigerated cargo ship ran aground at Saint Pierre and Miquelon. She was refloated on 16 July. |
4 July
[edit]Ship | State | Description |
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Spray | ![]() | The tug collided with Cairndhu (![]() |
5 July
[edit]Ship | State | Description |
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Brussels | ![]() | The cargo ship ran aground at Shoreham-by-Sea, Sussex.[159] She was wrecked in a gale the next day.[160] |
Duymaer van Twist | ![]() | The passenger ship caught fire on a voyage from Batavia, Netherlands East Indies to Penang, Malaya. She was beached on the Telok Dalam Bay Reef.[159] She was refloated on 10 July and towed to Sabang, Netherlands East Indies for repairs.[161] |
Orthia | ![]() | The cargo ship collided with Airedale (![]() ![]() |
6 July
[edit]Ship | State | Description |
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Louis Ernest | ![]() | The sailing ship struck the wreck of HMS Glatton (![]() |
7 July
[edit]Ship | State | Description |
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Nor-Kap | ![]() | The 15-gross register ton motor vessel was destroyed by fire in Triangle Bay on the coast of the Territory of Alaska.[162] |
SMS Nürnberg | ![]() | The captured Königsberg-class light cruiser was sunk as a target in the English Channel off the Isle of Wight by British forces. |
8 July
[edit]Ship | State | Description |
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El Kahira | ![]() | The cargo ship passed St. Catherine's Point, Isle of Wight bound for Algiers, Algeria. Presumed later foundered in the English Channel with the loss of all hands.[163] The body of her captain washed up at Cap Gris Nez, Pas-de-Calais, France in the early days of August 1922.[164] |
Nantwa Maru | ![]() | The cargo ship ran aground and sank at Shikotsosaki.[165] |
Nieuw Amsterdam | ![]() | Cargo in the ocean liner's number 5 hold caught fire while she was at her pier in Hoboken, New Jersey. Her crew, Hoboken FD, and the New York FD fireboat James Duane fought the fire. 100 firemen were overcome by toxic fumes. The fireboat Thomas Willett rescued James Duane's crew. The fire was extinguished after five and a half hours. The next day thousands of gallons of water were pumped out of Nieuw Amsterdam's number 5 hold. Damage was estimated at more than $100,000.[166] |
10 July
[edit]Ship | State | Description |
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Lord Harrington | ![]() | The cargo ship ran aground on the Pelican Spit, Smyrna, Turkey.[167] She was refloated on 13 July.[155] |
11 July
[edit]Ship | State | Description |
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France | ![]() | The barque ran aground on reefs in New Caledonia, at approximately 21°00′S 165°00′E / 21.000°S 165.000°E, near Nouméa. She was thrown ashore by a large wave on 13 July. Attempts to refloat the vessel failed and she sank later in the year.[168][169] |
12 July
[edit]Ship | State | Description |
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Cananova | ![]() | The cargo ship ran aground on Green Island, Jamaica.[161] She was refloated on 20 July.[170] |
Somme | ![]() | The schooner foundered in the English Channel off Lézardrieux, Côtes-du-Nord. Her crew survived.[171] |
13 July
[edit]Ship | State | Description |
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Aviateur de Terlines | ![]() | The schooner caught fire at Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône and was a total loss.[161] |
14 July
[edit]Ship | State | Description |
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Allie | ![]() | The cargo ship ran aground in the Gulf of Bothnia off the Snipan Lightship (![]() |
16 July
[edit]Ship | State | Description |
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Hjeltenæs | ![]() | The schooner caught fire and sank in the Atlantic Ocean (51°00′N 13°00′W / 51.000°N 13.000°W). All sixteen crew were rescued by Bannack (![]() |
17 July
[edit]Ship | State | Description |
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Ursus | ![]() | The cargo ship ran aground on Holmögadd, Västerbotten County, Sweden.[175] She was refloated on 21 July.[176] |
19 July
[edit]Ship | State | Description |
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John R. Fox | ![]() | The schooner was driven ashore at Bottlenose Carcos, Turks Islands and was wrecked.[177] |
21 July
[edit]Ship | State | Description |
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Holmes A. Frank | ![]() | The schooner was driven ashore at Querpon, Newfoundland and was wrecked.[177] |
23 July
[edit]Ship | State | Description |
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Roi Albert | ![]() | The cargo ship ran aground north of Cape St. Vincent, Portugal.[177] She was declared a total loss. Her crew were rescued.[178] |
25 July
[edit]Ship | State | Description |
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Charles Braley | ![]() | The tanker suffered an explosion and fire in the Atlantic Ocean 75 nautical miles (139 km) east north east of Tampa, Florida and sank. Her crew survived.[173] |
26 July
[edit]Ship | State | Description |
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USS Granite State | ![]() | While under tow to be scrapped, the hulk — the former 2,600-displacement ton ship-of-the-line USS New Hampshire — which had burned and sunk on 23 May 1921 and been refloated in July 1922, burned and sank again in the Atlantic Ocean off Half Way Rock near Manchester-by-the-Sea, Massachusetts, after her tow line parted in a storm. Her wreck settled in up to 30 feet (9.1 m) of water just off the east end of Graves Island at 42°34′16″N 070°44′45″W / 42.57111°N 70.74583°W.[179] |
Metschta | ![]() | The cargo ship collided with Bitinia (![]() |
27 July
[edit]Ship | State | Description |
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Calista | ![]() | The coaster collided with Hawaii Maru (![]() |
Empress | ![]() | The 23-gross register ton motor vessel sank off Angle Point (55°14′20″N 131°25′30″W / 55.23889°N 131.42500°W) on the coast of Bold Island (55°14′57″N 131°25′01″W / 55.2492°N 131.4169°W) in Southeast Alaska about two minutes after the 25-ton motor vessel Vega (![]() |
Tartar | ![]() | The cargo ship was driven ashore at Korsør, Denmark.[180] She was refloated on 31 July but found to be leaking severely and was beached.[183] |
29 July
[edit]Ship | State | Description |
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County of Carmarthen | ![]() | The cargo ship ran aground on Maio, Cape Verde Islands, Portugal.[184] She was declared a total loss on 1 August.[185] |
30 July
[edit]Ship | State | Description |
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Ayala Mendi | ![]() | The cargo ship collided with Francesco Ferruccio (![]() |
Vancouver Maru | ![]() | The cargo ship ran aground 3 nautical miles (5.6 km) north east by east of Cape Henry, Virginia, United States.[183] She was refloated on 7 August.[188] |
31 July
[edit]Ship | State | Description |
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Guglielmo Pepe | ![]() | The Alessandro Poerio-class destroyer was rammed by Bolsena (![]() |
Rapids Prince | ![]() | The passenger ship ran aground in the Lachine Rapids, Saint Lawrence River, Quebec, Canada. Her passengers were taken off.[183] |
Unknown date
[edit]Ship | State | Description |
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Malicia Enos | ![]() | The fishing schooner left Gloucester, Massachusetts in early July for the Georges Bank and vanished. Lost with all five crewmen.[190][191] |
August
[edit]1 August
[edit]Ship | State | Description |
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Aoku Maru | ![]() | The cargo ship suffered an onboard explosion at Kobe and was a total loss.[189] |
John A. Campbell | ![]() | The schooner was destroyed by fire at Tarawa, Gilbert and Ellice Islands.[192] |
2 August
[edit]Ship | State | Description |
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Brumath | ![]() | The cargo ship was destroyed by fire at Port-Daniel, Quebec, Canada.[189] |
Edward | ![]() | The tow steamer was sunk by an explosion off Gold Street, Brooklyn, a total loss. Five crew killed.[193] |
Gondia |