List of shipwrecks in 1909
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List of shipwrecks in 1909 includes ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during 1909.
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January[edit]
2 January[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Tam O'Shanter |  United States | The tugboat struck a sunken obstruction in Tonawanda Creek and was beached at Tonawanda, New York.[1][2] |
5 January[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Anglo-African |  United Kingdom | The 4,186 GRT steamer on a passage from Tocopilla, Chile for Baltimore, Maryland with a cargo of 7,000 tons of nitrates ran aground around 21:30 in thick weather five miles (8.0 km) south of Cape Henry. Attempts were made to move the vessel, and salvage tugs were employed but unsuccessfully. On 8 January the ship developed a heavy list to port and was abandoned.[3] |
| Chicago | United States | The steamer struck a snag and sank in the Arkansas River near Waddells Landing, Arkansas, a total loss.[4] |
| Standard | United States | The launch struck a submerged object in the Mississippi River and was beached to prevent her from sinking.[5] |
6 January[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Eugenia A. Eley | United States | The 5-gross register ton sloop capsized in the Chesapeake Bay with the loss of two lives. There were two survivors.[6] |
8 January[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| J. A. Towns | United States | The 82-gross register ton sternwheel paddle steamer was lost when she struck a snag in the Yazoo River in Mississippi. Two of the 20 people on board lost their lives.[7] |
11 January[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| B. Hersey | United States | The steamer, laid up for the winter, sank at Dubuque, Iowa. Later raised, repaired and returned to service before April.[8] |
| Glendale | United Kingdom | The 1,000 GRT steamer on a passage from Bo'ness, Scotland for Hamburg, Germany with a cargo of 1,200 tons of coal ran aground shortly after 03:00 in thick weather 2.5 miles (4.0 km) north of Helgoland. Attempts were made to move the vessel, but rising water forced the crew to abandon the ship by about noon. The master visited the ship two days later and found her completely wrecked.[9] |
| Wangard |  Germany | The 4,222 GRT steamer on a passage from Tacoma, Washington to Europe with cargo of cereals ran aground at Punta Mogotes and was subsequently abandoned.[10][11] |
12 January[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Adeline Townsend | United States | The 231-gross register ton schooner was lost in a collision with the screw steamer Mohican ( United States) off Cape Henlopen, Delaware, with the loss of all six people on board.[6] |
| Sibyl Marston |  United States |  |
| Virginia F. Hawley | United States | The steamer sheared into the bank of the Dismal Swamp Canal and was holed and sunk. She was abandoned after salvage of her machinery.[13] |
15 January[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Dave Wood | United States | The steamer struck an obstruction and sank in 12 feet (3.7 m) of water in the Ohio River at Lock No. 4. Raised and laid up.[14] |
| Fidra | United Kingdom | The 1,218 GRT steamer on a passage from Burntisland for Rendsburg, Germany with a cargo of coal ran aground at Jungnamensand, Amrum and subsequently broke up with the loss of her entire crew.[15][16] |
17 January[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Number Twenty-Two | United States | The 936-gross register ton schooner barge foundered off Barnegat, New Jersey, with the loss of all five people on board.[17] |
| Willie | United States | The tug sank at dock at Pier 75, North Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Raised the next day.[18] |
19 January[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| T. L. Morse | United States | The steamer was destroyed by fire at a shipyard in Berwick, Louisiana.[19] |
20 January[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Adato | United Kingdom | The 3,347 GRT steamer on a passage from Seattle for Hong Kong with a cargo consisting of 2,400 bales of cotton, 3,500 packages of general cargo, and 99,000 bags of flour went ashore on Oshima after leaving Yokohama for Kobe and subsequently sunk.[20][21] |
| Bengar | United Kingdom | The 2,531 GRT steamer on a passage from Huelva for Garston with a cargo of 3,300 tons of ore ran ashore on a bank outside the entrance to Garston Old Dock. Attempts to tow the ship off failed and about 02:00 on 21 January the vessel broke down abaft the engine-room with both ends filling with water.[22] |
21 January[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Ensign | United States | The 618-gross register ton schooner was stranded at Naples, California. All 10 people on board survived.[6] |
22 January[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Anton Wilbert | United States | The steamer, while tied up opposite Franklin, Louisiana, caught fire when the watchman's lantern exploded and burned to the waterline.[19] |
| Frances | United States | With no one on board, the 10-gross register ton motor vessel was stranded at Los Angeles, California.[7] |
| Sadie Downman | United States | The steamer sprung a leak and sank in Six-Mile Lake, Louisiana at the end of Cypress Pass Island. The vessel was later raised.[19] |
23 January[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Nantucket | United States | The steamer ran aground on Nobska Point at the entrance to Woods Hole, Massachusetts in dense fog piercing a hole in her hull and filled with water to below the main deck. Raised, repaired and returned to service.[23] |
| RMS Republic | United Kingdom |   Italy) in the Atlantic Ocean south of Nantucket, Massachusetts. Aboard Republic, the impact killed two passengers, and two passengers died later of injuries, and three members of Florida's crew were killed when her bow was crushed in. Republic sank in 240 to 270 feet (73 to 82 m) of water 50 nautical miles (93 km; 58 mi) south of Nantucket at 40°26′00″N 069°46′00″W / 40.43333°N 69.76667°W on 24 January. Florida and the revenue cutter USRC Gresham ( United States Revenue Cutter Service) rescued over 1,500 survivors from Republic.[24][25][26] |
24 January[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Elizabeth Silsbee | United States | The 153-gross register ton motor vessel was stranded at Blanche Point on the coast of Nova Scotia, Canada. All 25 people on board survived.[7] |
25 January[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Alnmere | United Kingdom | The 3,252 GRT steamer on a passage from Baltimore to Vera Cruz with a cargo of 4,450 tons of coal and coke ran aground on the reefs off the western end of Pensacola Cay, Little Abaco, Bahamas around 23:20 while travelling at about 8 knots (15 km/h; 9.2 mph). The crew tried to save the ship but the storms that developed soon after forced them to abandon the vessel on 1 February as she began breaking up.[27] |
| William C. Tanner | United States | The 1,033-gross register ton schooner departed Rockport, Massachusetts, bound for Key West, Florida, with ten people on board and was never heard from again.[17] |
26 January[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Buck | United States | The 29-gross register ton screw steamer foundered at dock at Charleston, South Carolina. All eight people on board survived.[28][4] |
| Mjølner |  Norway | The 1,687 GRT cargo ship while on a passage from North Shields to Naples with a cargo of coal and coke struck a rock and went aground off Burhou, Alderney Channel Islands at around 02:00 and was subsequently wrecked.[29] |
| No Wonder | United States | The steamer was damaged in a collision with T. J. Potter ( United States) in the Willamette River near Gillihan, Oregon and was beached in sinking condition.[30] |
27 January[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Yip | United States | With no one on board, the 8-gross register ton scow was stranded at White Rock, British Columbia, Canada.[12] |
28 January[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Golden Ball | United States | The 291-gross register ton schooner was stranded at Jonesport, Maine. All six people on board survived.[17] |
| Hays | United States | With no one on board, the 10-gross register ton sternwheel motor paddle vessel was stranded in the Mississippi River at New Madrid, Missouri.[7] |
| P. E. Wharton | United States | The 76-gross register ton schooner was stranded at North Beach, Maryland. All five people on board survived.[28] |
| Sailor Boy | United States | The 14-gross register ton motor vessel burned on the Ohio River at Tell City, Indiana. Both people on board survived.[12] |
30 January[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Helena | United States | The 619-gross register ton schooner was stranded at Scituate, Massachusetts. All eight people on board survived.[17] |
31 January[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Clan Ranald | United Kingdom | The 3,596 GRT steamer on a passage from Adelaide for South Africa via Albany with a cargo of wheat and flour while passing by Troubridge suddenly developed a list to starboard at about 14:00. In rough seas many of the ship's lifeboats were destroyed and at about 22:00 the ship foundered and sank in approximately 700 feet (210 m) of water. Out of crew of 64, only the first officer, 3 whites and 20 Lascars were saved.[31][32] |
| Mary Sanford | United States | The 479-gross register ton schooner was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean at 38°N 65°W / 38°N 65°W. All seven people on board survived.[17] |
Unknown date[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Pendeen | United Kingdom | The fishing vessel was lost in a gale. A search by the St Ives Lifeboat found no wreckage.[33] |
February[edit]
1 February[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Horace P. Shares | United States | The 413-gross register ton schooner was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean east of North Carolina at 35°32′N 073°48′W / 35.533°N 73.800°W. All six people on board survived.[17] |
2 February[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Milton S. Lankford | United States | The bugeye was sunk in a collision with Columbia ( United States) in the Norfolk, Virginia Channel.[13] |
| Sun | United States | With no one on board, the 84-gross register ton sternwheel paddle steamer was stranded at Appalachicola, Florida.[12] |
4 February[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Belle O'Neill | United States | The 467-gross register ton schooner foundered on the Cape Lookout shoals off the coast of North Carolina. All eight people on board survived.[6] |
| Lobito |  Portugal | The passenger-cargo ship sank at Ilha do Maio in the Cape Verde Islands while on passage from São Vicente for Cape Verde. |
5 February[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| C. H. Tucker | United States | The 227-gross register ton canal boat was lost in a collision with an unnamed dredge in Hell Gate in New York City. The only person on board survived.[12] |
8 February[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Elvira Ball | United States | The 869-gross register ton schooner was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean 130 nautical miles (240 km; 150 mi) east of Cape Charles, Virginia. All nine people on board survived.[6] |
9 February[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Ocean View | United States | The steamer was destroyed by fire at dock in Norfolk, Virginia. Three burned to death.[13] |
10 February[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Georgia | United States | The 350-gross register ton schooner was stranded on Munroe Island off the coast of Maine. All six people on board survived.[17] |
| John A. Lingo | United States | The 36-gross register ton schooner foundered in Salem Cove on the coast of New Jersey. All four people on board survived.[17] |
| Sarah W. Lawrence | United States | The 1,369-gross register ton schooner was stranded on Hen and Chicken Shoal, Cape Henlopen on the coast of Delaware. All nine people on board rescued by the United States Life Saving Service.[28][18] |
12 February[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Penguin |  New Zealand | The inter-island steam ferry struck Toms Rock in the Cook Strait and sank off New Zealand's Cape Terawhiti near the entrance to Wellington Harbour with the loss of 85 passengers and crew. Thirty survivors. |
| Australia |  Belgium | The steamer collided with a sailing ship and sank in the Mediterranean Sea off Alborán Island.[34] |
13 February[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Forest Castle | United Kingdom | The 2,788 GRT steamer on a passage from Bilbao to Rotterdam with a cargo of 4,600 tons of iron ore struck the La Vandrée rock in heavy weather around 15:30 and sank. Seven of her 24-men crew, including the ship's master, three engineers, and second officer, and 2 stowaways drowned in the incident.[35] |
14 February[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Carlos French | United States | The inland barge, under tow by Resolute ( United States), sprung a leak and sank in five fathoms (30 ft; 9.1 m) of water on Sarah's Ledge in Long Island Sound off the harbor of New London, Connecticut. The crew were rescued by Resolute. Raised, taken to New London and repaired.[13][36] |
| Nugget | United States | After being blown out into the Gulf of Alaska off Cross Sound by a storm on 9 February during a voyage from Lituya Bay to Juneau, Territory of Alaska, the sloop was abandoned 75 nautical miles (139 km; 86 mi) off Cape Fairweather (58°48′30″N 137°56′45″W / 58.80833°N 137.94583°W) after a second storm struck and destroyed her sails and rigging. The steamer Northwestern ( United States) rescued seven crewmen.[37] |
15 February[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Lady Mildred |  Australia | The 2,180 GRT steamer on a passage from Newcastle to Melbourne with a cargo of coal ran ashore a few minutes after midnight in hazy weather on the eastern side of Wilsons Promontory Lighthouse. The vessel could not be salvaged and was abandoned.[38] |
16 February[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Clara | United States | The 9-gross register ton motor vessel burned at Liverpool, Florida. Both people on board survived.[7] |
| We Three | United States | The 15-gross register ton sternwheel motor paddle vessel burned on the Green River at Spottsville, Kentucky. All six people on board survived.[12] |
17 February[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Miles M. Merry | United States | The 1,589-gross register ton schooner was stranded on the coast of Long Island at Moriches, New York. All 11 people on board survived.[17] |
| Minnie Gorgas | United States | The steamer burned on Sweetbay Lake on the Atchafalaya River in Louisiana.[5] |
19 February[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Guide | United States | The steamer was beached in the Pasquotank River in North Carolina to avoid her being swamped during a gale.[13] |
| HDMS Hejmdal |  Royal Danish Navy | The cruiser suffered severe damage in a collision with the steamer Astrakhan ( United Kingdom) off Helsingør, Denmark.[39] |
| John H. Starin | United States | The 174-foot (53 m), 312-gross register ton sidewheel paddle steamer was blown onto a breakwater in the harbor at Bridgewater, Connecticut, during a storm. She later was hauled off the breakwater, repaired, and placed back in service.[40] |
20 February[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| John H. Starin | United States | The steamer was wrecked and sank on a breakwater at Bridgeport, Connecticut in a storm.[41][42] |
| Kansas City | United States | With no one on board, the 8-gross register ton sternwheel motor paddle vessel foundered off Cuivre Island, Missouri.[7] |
| Rescue | United States | The tow steamer sank at dock at Pier 5 in the East River, after shipping water in stormy weather off The Battery and crossing the North River. Raised and repapired.[43] |
21 February[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| P. Rasmussen, jr. | United States | The 15-gross register ton schooner was stranded in Smith Island Inlet, Virginia. Both people on board survived.[28] |
22 February[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Soquel | United States | The 767-gross register ton schooner was stranded in the Fraser River on Sea Bird Island in British Columbia in Canada with the loss of two lives. There were 12 survivors. |
| Urbanus Dart | United States | The tow steamer caught fire off Romer Shoals in the Harbor of New York City and was beached at Sandy Hook.[43] |
23 February[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Lydia | United States | With no one on board, the 8-gross register ton schooner foundered in Galveston Bay off High Island, Texas.[17] |
24 February[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Esther | United States | The 12-gross register ton motor vessel burned on the Osage River at Hoecker, Missouri. All five people on board survived.[7] |
| F. C. Loxley | United States | The steamer sank at Car Point, Louisiana.[5] |
26 February[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Columbia | United States | The steamer sank in shallow water in the Mississippi River when she hit an obstruction while making a landing at Grand Levee, 9 miles (14 km) above Bayou Sara, Louisiana. The portion of the ship that remained above water then burned.[5] |
| USRC Mohawk | United States Revenue Cutter Service | The United States Revenue cutter ran aground in Hell Gate on a ledge known as Hog Back. Refloated, repaired and returned to service.[41] |
| S. E. Swayze | United States | The steamer burned at Jones Landing, Louisiana in the Boeuf River.[5] |
| Venus | United States | The 21-gross register ton sloop was stranded at Truro, Massachusetts. All four people on board survived.[28] |
28 February[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Queen City No. 2 | United States | With no one on board, the 46-gross register ton scow was stranded in Eagle Harbor on Bainbridge Island in Washington.[12] |
March[edit]
1 March[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| William Chestnut | United States | The 19-gross register ton schooner was stranded on the Sturgeon Bar in the Rappahannock River in Virginia. Both people on board survived.[28] |
3 March[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Calhoun | United States | The steamer struck a log sticking out from the bank and sank in the Chipola River. The ship's cook died.[44] |
| Mary Washington or Martha Washington | United States | The 27-gross register ton motor vessel was stranded at Sewell's Point in Norfolk, Virginia after parting her anchor line, a total loss. The only person on board survived.[7][13] |
4 March[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Plymouth | United States | The steamer sank at Henderson's Wharf at the foot of Fells Street, Baltimore, Maryland.[4][45] |
5 March[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Glenmore | United States | The 208-gross register ton sternwheel paddle steamer was undergoing repairs on a marine railway at Harlem, Missouri when a sudden rise in the river flooded the Yard, launching the vessel into the river where she sank, a total loss. All eight people on board survived.[7][8] |
| Queen of Decatur | United States | The 24-gross register ton sternwheel motor paddle vessel was "cut down by ice' on the Missouri River at Decatur, Nebraska. Both people on board survived.[12] |
6 March[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Uncle Tom | United States | The steamer sank while lying on the bank at St. Louis, a total loss.[8] |
8 March[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Emma Marie | United States | The steamer burned to the waterline and sank in the Great Kanawha River at Henderson, West Virginia.[14] |
| J. M. Bowell | United States | The steamer burned to the waterline and sank in the Great Kanawha River at Henderson, West Virginia.[14] |
| Kawailani | United States | The 24-gross register ton schooner was stranded on the coast of Oahu in the Territory of Hawaii with the loss of one life. There were three survivors.[17] |
10 March[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Horatio Hall | United States | The 3,167-gross register ton steel-hulled cargo liner sank in 35 feet (11 m) of water after a collision with the cargo ship H. F. Dimock ( United States) at Pollock Rip Shoal 3 nautical miles (5.6 km; 3.5 mi) east of Chatham, Massachusetts. All 63 people on board survived.[7][46] |
| Ladysmith |  Canada | The Barkentine ran aground on Fishers Island, New York.[47] |
| Massachusetts | United States | The steamer ran aground on Cedar Tree Neck, Martha's Vineyard, Massachusetts.[47] |
11 March[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Love Point | United States | The 618-gross register ton iron-hulled sidewheel paddle steamer burned in the Chesapeake Bay off Love Point on Kent Island in Maryland. All 22 people on board survived.[7] |
12 March[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Fred A. Small | United States | The 619-gross register ton schooner was stranded on the Nantucket Shoals off the coast of Massachusetts. All eight people on board survived.[6] |
| Michigan | United States | The 450-ton barge sank in the Tanana River in the Territory of Alaska.[48] |
15 March[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Tarboro | United States | The steamer struck a snag and sank in the Tar River.[13] |
20 March[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| R. D. Inman | United States | The 768-gross register ton screw steamer was stranded on Duxbury Reef off the coast of California, a total loss. All 22 people on board survived.[12][49] |
21 March[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Hathor | United Kingdom | The 2,828 GRT cargo ship departed Rio de Janeiro for Santos on 20 March and ran ashore next day at Boi Point, near San Sebastian. She became stranded and soon was abandoned.[50] |
| Joseph B. Thomas | United States | The 1,564-gross register ton schooner was stranded on the Fowey Rocks on Key Biscayne, Florida. All 11 people on board survived.[17] |
| Massasoit | United States | The steamer caught fire at dock in Boston due to an exploding lamp. She was scuttled to put out the fire. Raised, repaired and returned to service.[23] |
22 March[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Clay Forman | United States | The steamer struck an obstruction and sank in the Pasquotank River.[13] |
23 March[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Marconi | United States | The 693-gross register ton schooner was stranded on the bar in Coos Bay on the coast of Oregon. All 10 people on board survived.[17] |
24 March[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Wanderer | United States | The 84-gross register ton sternwheel paddle steamer, or tow steamer foundered in Florida Bay off Money Key in the Florida Keys in 8 feet of water sitting on an even keel. All 18 people on board rescued by Columbia ( United States).[12][4] |
25 March[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Cleopatra | United States | The 13-gross register ton motor vessel was stranded on St. George Island on the coast of Florida. Both people on board lost their lives.[7] |
| Pomona | United States | The steamer struck rocks in heavy fog off Milwaukie, Oregon and sank.[30] |
| Samar | United States | The 1,082-gross register ton schooner barge, under tow of Prudence ( United States), sprung a leak in a gale and foundered in 17 fathoms (102 ft; 31 m) of water 8 miles (13 km) south south east of Highlands, New Jersey. All four people on board rescued by Prudence.[28][18] |
| Spotsville | United States | The steamer sank due to negligence and inattention to duty by her officers at the levee at Evansville, Indiana on the Ohio River.[4] |
| Vulcan | United Kingdom | The steamer foundered one mile (1.6 km) south west of the Middle Buoy, off Haisborough Sands.[51] |
26 March[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Hiram Lowell | United States | The schooner ran aground on rocks off New London, Connecticut.[47] |
29 March[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| C. P. Raymond | United States | The tow steamer sprung a leak and sank at dock over night at the foot of Pacific Street, Brooklyn. Raised and repaired.[43] |
| Ilorin | United Kingdom | The 946 GRT Elder Dempster cargo ship ran aground and sank on the bar at Forçados River, Nigeria while attempting to assist Andoni.[52] |
| Kittle Lawry | United States | The 33-gross register ton schooner was stranded in the White Islands in Penobscot Bay off the coast of Maine. Both people on board survived.[17] |
31 March[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Charles E. Falk | United States | The 298-gross register ton schooner was stranded on the Cohalis Rocks off the coast of Washington. All eight people on board survived.[6] |
Unknown date[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Sea Bird |  United States | The tug was wrecked off Ketchikan, Territory of Alaska.[53] |
April[edit]
3 April[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Admiral | United States | The steamer collieded with the Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis and Omaha Railway bridge in St. Paul, Minnesota and sank.[8] |
| Indiana | United States | The 3,335-gross register ton iron-hulled screw steamer was stranded at Cape Tosco on Santa Margarita Island, Mexico, in thick fog, a total loss. Cargo partially salvaged. All 82 people on board rescued by USS Albany( United States Navy).[7][49] |
6 April[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| HMS Blackwater |  Royal Navy | The Laird-type River-class destroyer sank in the English Channel off Dungeness, England, at position 50°55′21″N 1°6′10″E / 50.92250°N 1.10278°E after colliding with the merchant ship Hero (flag unknown).[54] |
| Emerald | United States | The steamer was sunk in a collision with Glenville ( United States) in thick fog one-half mile (0.80 km) east of Throgs Point Buoy. The crew were rescued by Glenville.[43] |
| Leo | United States | The tug struck an obstruction and sank in 30 feet (9.1 m) of water at Algiers, Louisiana. Raised and repaired.[19] |
7 April[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Beacon | United States | The 341-gross register ton barge foundered off Watch Hill, Rhode Island. Both people on board survived.[12] |
| Beaver | United States | The 314-gross register ton sternwheel paddle steamer burned at Cairo, Illinois while tied up alongside Geo. Gardner ( United States), with the loss of one life. There were 24 survivors.[28] |
| Cubana | United States | The steamer was damaged in a collision with Havana ( United States) while anchored in fog at Quarantine, New York. She was run aground on a mud bank off Clifton, New Jersey as a precaution.[55] |
| Geo. Gardner | United States | The 72-gross register ton sternwheel paddle steamer burned at Cairo, Illinois while tied up alongside Beaver ( United States). The only person on board survived.[7][4] |
| J. J. H. Brown | United States | The steamer dragged anchor in a severe gale and went ashore at Buffalo, New York. Refloated same day by tugs.[1] |
| Slatington | United States | The tow steamer shipped water in rough weather, sinking after arrival at her dock at Pier 41, Brooklyn, New York. Raised and repaired.[43] |
| William H. Truesdale | United States | The steamer dragged anchor in a severe gale and went ashore at Buffalo, New York. Refloated on 13 April.[1] |
8 April[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Beacon | United States | The inland barge, under tow by John Scully ( United States), sank in Block Island Sound after breaking loose from R. M. Waterman ( United States) during a gale the night before. No casualties.[13] |
| Dagenham | United Kingdom | The 1,466 GRT British cargo steamer built in 1907 by John Crown & Sons for Furness, Withy & Co. On 18 April 1909, when northwest Grunes, Cobo Bay, Guernsey Channel Islands, she ran aground and was wrecked while on a voyage from the Tyne to Saint-Malo with a cargo of coal.[56][57] |
| Geo. A. Floss | United States | The fishing steamer sank off Cleveland, Ohio in a heavy gale and lost with all seven hands. Raised later.[58] |
| Mahratta | United Kingdom |  |
9 April[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Hetty Agnes | United States | The launch sprang a leak, capsized and sank in Boston harbor. The crew abandoned ship in her boat, but it was capsized when the ship capsized. Her captain died of exposure.[23] |
12 April[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Emmett Small | United States | The steamer struck a snag and sank in the Ocmulgee River 24 miles (39 km) east of Macon, Georgia, a total loss.[4] |
13 April[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Albany | United States | The barge, being towed by North America ( United States), was sunk in a collision with Manhattan ( United States) in Long Island Sound off New Haven, Connecticut. The crew were rescued by another barge in the tow.[13] |
| Honora Butler | United States | The schooner was damaged in a collision with tow steamer Manuet in the East River off Corlears Hook. She was towed to Tenth Street, New York City, where she sank.[43] |
| Virginia | United States | The steamer struck a rock in the Ohio River at Wellsville, Ohio and was beached. Filled and sank the next morning.[14][59] |
14 April[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Emmette Small | United States | The steamer struck a snag and sank 12–15 miles (19–24 km) below Macon, Georgia.[60] |
| James C. Clifford | United States | The 377-gross register ton schooner was abandoned in the Gulf of Mexico 60 nautical miles (110 km; 69 mi) southeast of Pensacola, Florida. All seven people on board survived.[17] |
15 April[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Daisy | United States | The tug was destroyed by fire at Lorain, Ohio.[61] |
| Fred B. Hall | United States | The steamer was sunk by ice while moored off Susie Island in Lake Superior. Later raised.[4] |
| G. A. Hayden | United States | The 107-gross register ton schooner was stranded at Point Judith, Rhode Island. All four people on board survived.[6] |
| Kimball | United States | The steamer struck an obstruction and sank in 30 feet (9.1 m) of water at the junction of the Mobile River and the Tensas River. Raised and repaired.[44] |
16 April[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Hampton | United States | The steamer was destroyed by fire on Smith & McCoy's Railway, Norfolk, Virginia.[13] |
17 April[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| La Fayette | United States | With no one on board, the 26-gross register ton schooner foundered in the St. Johns River in Delaware.[17] |
18 April[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| E. A. Shores | United States | The sand sucker dredge sprung a leak and was beached on Stag Island in the St. Clair River. The crew escaped in her yawl.[58][62] |
| Gen. H. M. Robert | United States | The US Army Corps of Engineers dredge burned in Texas.[63] |
19 April[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Eber Ward | United States | The 1,343-gross register ton screw steamer, a cargo ship, was sunk by ice in the Strait of Mackinac with the loss of five crew. There were 11 survivors.[7][14] |
21 April[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Samuel Eccles, Jr. | United States | The steamer sank at dock at Norfolk, Virginia.[4] |
22 April[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Lillie | United States | The 11-gross register ton motor vessel was lost when she struck a pile at Long Branch, New Jersey. Both people on board survived.[7] |
| Rebecca W. Huddell | United States | The 256-gross register ton schooner was stranded on East Libbey Island on the coast of Maine. All six people on board survived.[28] |
| Wm. H. Conner or William H. Conner | United States | The 1,514-gross register ton schooner barge ran aground and filled with water after a collision with the barge A.G. Ropes, also being towed by tow steamer M. E. Luckenbach ( United States), with the schooner Hugh Kelly ( United States) in the ship channel of the Harbor of New York City causing her tow line to be cast off. Crew rescued by M. E. Luckenbach.[28][43] |
25 April[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Eagle | United States | The 185-gross register ton sternwheel tow paddle steamer capsized off Point Celeste, Louisiana, 41 miles (66 km) below New Orleans, with the loss of her master, six crewmen and a female chamber maid. There were eight survivors.[7][64] |
26 April[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Foca |  Italian Royal Navy | The Foca-class submarine was scuttled in the harbor at Naples, Italy, to extinguish a fuel fire that resulted from an internal gasoline explosion. She was refloated, repaired, and returned to service.[65] |
| Roderick Dhu | United States | The 1,534-gross register ton iron-hulled oil schooner was stranded at Point Pinos, Monterey Bay California. Abandoned after a number of failed salvage attempts. All 12 people on board survived.[28][49][66] |
29 April[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Aurania | United States | The 3,218-gross register ton steel-hulled screw steamer sprang a leak working through ice and foundered in 50 fathoms of water in Whitefish Bay, Michigan. All 20 people on board used her lifeboat to get to Bartow (flag unknown).[28][67] |
30 April[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Columbia | United States | During a voyage from San Francisco, California, to Bristol Bay on the coast of the Territory of Alaska carrying passengers and a cargo of cannery supplies, the 1,327-ton or 1,471-gross register ton (sources disagree), 205.9-foot (62.8 m) full-rigged ship was wrecked near Seal Cape (54°23′30″N 164°38′30″W / 54.39167°N 164.64167°W) in Unimak Bay on the coast of Unimak Island in the Aleutian Islands during a snowstorm. Sources disagree on whether 193 people or 194 people — 170 passengers and 24 crewmen — were on board, but agree that all on board survived. Columbia became a total loss.[6][68] |
| George Nester | United States | The 790-gross register ton schooner was stranded on Huron Island of the coast off Michigan with the loss of all seven people on board.[17] |
| Russia | United States | The 1,501-gross register ton iron-hulled screw steamer foundered due to cargo shifting 12 miles (19 km) south south east of Point Detour, Michigan. All 20 people on board made it to shore in lifeboats.[12][69] |
May[edit]
1 May[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Adelia Shores | United States | The 734-gross register ton screw steamer foundered in Lake Superior off Grand Island, Michigan, with the loss of all 14 people on board.[28] |
| William C. Carnegie | United States | The 2,663-gross register ton schooner was stranded at Moriches, Long Island, New York. All 13 people on board survived.[28] |
2 May[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| St. Lucie | United States | The steamer struck an obstruction and sank in ten feet (3.0 m) of water in Sawyer's Key Channel, Florida. Ship was raised.[44] |
3 May[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Alice | United States | The barge, being towed by Hokendaqua ( United States), foundered in strong wind off the Branford, Connecticut Beacon.[13] |
| Anthracite | United States | The barge went ashore on Falkner Island, Connecticut.[70] |
| Florence | United States | The barge, being towed by Hokendaqua ( United States), foundered in strong wind off the Branford, Connecticut Beacon.[13] |
| Moosic | United States | The barge went ashore on Falkner Island, Connecticut.[70] |
| Susquehana | United States | The barge, being towed by C. B. Sandford ( United States), broke loose from her tow in strong wind off Goose Island in Long Island Sound and went ashore. Her captain, his wife and son, and one crewman died trying to get to shore.[13] |
| Unidentified barge | United States | The barge, being towed by Resolute ( United States), foundered in strong wind off the Branford, Connecticut Beacon after loosing her towline.[13] |
| Unidentified barge | United States | The barge, being towed by C. B. Sandford ( United States), broke loose from her tow in strong wind off Goose Island in Long Island Sound and went ashore.[13] |
| Unidentified scows | United States | Three scows, being towed by Resolute ( United States), broke loose from their tow in strong wind off the Branford, Connecticut Beacon and went ashore.[13] |
5 May[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Dorothy | United States | The schooner was sunk in a collision in thick fog with City of Bangor ( United States) in Muscle Ridge Channel, Maine. The crew were rescued by City of Bangor.[13] |
| Illeri | Norway | The brig collided with the Ve Skerries, Shetland in thick fog.[71] |
7 May[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Nunivak | United States | The 681-gross register ton, 180-foot (54.9 m) sternwheel paddle steamer was wrecked on the Tanana River at Nenana, Territory of Alaska. All seven people on board survived.[12][37] |
10 May[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Jerry | United States | The motor vessel sprung a leak in the Gulf of Mexico and was abandoned in sinking condition 50 miles (80 km) south of the Ship Shoal Light.[64] |
14 May[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| S. O. Co. No. 91 | United States | The barge, under tow of Maverick ( United States), struck the bar entering the Columbia River and was anchored four miles (6.4 km) below Astoria, Oregon for the night. Over night she sank in 7 fathoms (42 ft; 13 m) of water. The vessel was raised three weeks later.[72][73] |
18 May[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Clifton | United States | The 256-gross register ton sidewheel paddle steamer was stranded five miles (8.0 km) north of Beaufort, South Carolina and broke up, a total loss. All 16 people on board survived.[7][4] |
| Jennie French Potter | United States | Carrying a cargo of coal, the 258-foot (79 m), 1,993-gross register ton five-masted schooner was wrecked on Halfmoon Shoal in Nantucket Sound off the coast of Massachusetts at 41°28′28″N 070°16′38″W / 41.47444°N 70.27722°W. All 11 people on board survived. Her wrecked settled in 20 feet (6.1 m) of water.[17][74] |
| William G. Eadle | United States | The 46-gross register ton schooner was stranded in the harbor at Gouldsboro, Maine. Both people on board survived.[28] |
19 May[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Ina | United States | With no one on board, the 15-gross register ton scow foundered off Bellingham, Washington.[12] |
20 May[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Gertrude Riley | United States | The canal boat was pushed by the tide into Mill Rock in the East River near Ninety-Fourth Street, New York City, causing her to sink.[43] |
21 May[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Harry Lynds | United States | The steamer struck a stump and sank in the Missouri River at White Cloud, Kansas, a total loss.[8] |
24 May[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Princeton | United States | The tug, while passing lines to Western States ( United States), was rammed by Western States causing her to roll over and sink at Buffalo, New York. Three crewmen were killed.[1] |
26 May[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| James H. Robinson | United States | With no one on board, the 97-gross register ton canal boat foundered off Brooklyn, New York.[12] |
| London | United States | The 8-gross register ton motor vessel foundered off Galveston, Texas. The only person on board survived.[7] |
27 May[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| E. J. Earling | United States | The steamer stranded in dense fog on Madeline Island in Lake Superior. Later pulled off and repaired.[4] |
29 May[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Ann Arbor No. 4 | United States | The train ferry capsized and sank at dock in Manistique, Michigan when a train got out of control while being loaded. Raised and back in service in five days.[69][75] |
| Narara | Australia | The cargo steamer sprang a leak and sank in the Narrabeen Bight off Sydney, Australia, with no loss of life. |
30 May[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| F. M. Smith | United States | With no one on board, the 295-gross register ton sternwheel paddle steamer burned on the Alameda Flats in California.[7] |
31 May[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Harry M. | United States | The ferry yacht was sunk in a collision with Ruth ( United States) in the Ohio River at Moundsville, West Virginia.[14] |
Unknown date[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Loango | The schooner was wrecked near St Ives, Cornwall, United Kingdom.[76] Four crew rescued.[33] |
June[edit]
4 June[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| A. Gebhart | United States | The 354-gross register ton schooner burned off Drummond Island off the coast of Michigan. All six people on board survived.[6] |
| Dan Kunz | United States | The steamer pounded bottom leaving a dock at Kirtland Street, Cleveland, Ohio causing a leak and she sank.[77] |
| Iron Age | United States | The 1,114-gross register ton screw steamer burned to the waterline and sank in the Shipping Channel ten miles (16 km) below Bar Point, Ontario and three miles (4.8 km) east of Detroit River Light. The wreck was later blown up as a hazard to navigation. All ten people on board survived.[7][19][78] |
6 June[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Lilly Amiot | United States | The 14-gross register ton motor vessel exploded and burned at Ellison Bay, Wisconsin. All three people on board survived.[7] |
8 June[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Clifton | United States | The tow steamer was destroyed by fire over night in the Allegheny River at Pittsburgh.[14] |
9 June[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Crescent City | United States | The steamer was damaged in the Canadian lock at Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario when the south lower Lock gate was destroyed when hit by Perry G. Walker ( United States). The unleashed water drove Crescent City over the Miter Sills puncturing or tearing out her bottom plates. She made the government pier on the US side and sank.[69] |
| Freeman | United States | The 1,197-gross register ton bark was stranded on Hicacos Island in Puerto Rico. All 16 people on board survived.[6] |
| Sea Lion | United States | The 185-gross register ton iron-hulled screw steamer Tug was lost in a collision with the schooner Oceania Vance ( United States) in dense fog at Race Rocks at the eastern entrance of the Strait of Juan de Fuca in the Salish Sea off British Columbia. All ten people on board crossed over to the schooner.[12][30] |
11 June[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| RMS Slavonia | United Kingdom | The passenger ship ran aground at Punda dos Fenais, Flores, Azores, Portugal and was wrecked. All passengers were rescued by Prinzess Irene and Batavia (both Germany). |
12 June[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Shearwater | United States | The passenger steamer sank off Pier 2, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. One woman drowned.[18][79] |
14 June[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Arthur Binney | United States | The 118-gross register ton schooner was stranded on Cape Breton Island at Fourchu, Nova Scotia. All 18 people on board survived.[6] |
15 June[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Camilla A | United States | During a voyage in the Territory of Alaska from Cordova to St. Michael, the 322.96-ton scow was wrecked and sank in heavy seas in Chignik Bay (56°22′N 158°00′W / 56.367°N 158.000°W) on the south coast of the Alaska Peninsula. Her crew of two survived, but she became a total loss.[68] |
| Hattie M. Graham | United States | The 140-gross register ton schooner was stranded on Cape Breton Island at Bouline, Nova Scotia. All 17 people on board survived.[17] |
| Madeira | United States | The tug was carried by the tide onto the bank in Mantua Creek causing her to roll over, fill and sink.[18] |
17 June[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Carrie | United States | The 10-gross register ton motor vessel burned at Charleston, South Carolina. All three people on board survived.[28] |
| Gazette | United States | The steamer was destroyed by fire when a boiler tube burst ten miles (16 km) above Ford, Kentucky on the Kentucky River, a total loss.[4] |
18 June[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Hugh John | Canada | The schooner went ashore on Race Point, Fishers Island, New York. Returned to service.[36] |
20 June[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Louise | Belgium | The ship foundered 28 nautical miles (52 km) off Ventimiglia, Italy.[80] |
21 June[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Rambler | United States | The steamer was destroyed by fire while moored in Hampton Roads.[4] |
22 June[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Sonoma Valley | United States | The 37-gross register ton motor vessel burned and sank at Antioch, California. All three people on board survived.[12][49] |
| W. P. Thew | United States | The 206-gross register ton screw steamer was lost in a collision with the screw steamer William Livingstone ( United States) in Lake Huron off Thunder Bay Island, Michigan. All 12 people on board rescued from her yawl by Mary C. Elphicke ( United States).[12][58][81] |
24 June[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Scylla | Canada | The schooner went aground on Middle Ground near Martha's Vineyard, Massachusetts.[70] |
25 June[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Charles Hanson | United States | The motor vessel, or schooner, caught fire 30 miles (48 km) off Cleopatra Island, Mexico. The fire got out of hand and the crew abandoned ship in two lifeboats. Shortly after she was abandoned dynamite in her cargo detonated destroying the ship. The crew made it to Cleopatra Island where the ship's cook died there, the rest of the crew was rescued on 4 July by a Mexican launch.[82][83] |
| Geo. R. Bailey | United States | The motor vessel was wrecked in thick fog at Pebble Beach, California, a total loss.[82] |
| Jane | United States | The 26-gross register ton motor yacht burned at New Orleans, Louisiana. Both people on board survived.[7] |
| Lord Londonderry | United Kingdom | The cargo ship, which had caught fire the day before, was abandoned 30 nautical miles (56 km) off Sines, Portugal. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Huelva, Spain, to Savannah, Georgia, United States.[84] |
27 June[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Bradwell | United States | The vessel, being towed by Fearless ( United States), sank from waves breaking over her in Lake Borgne four miles (6.4 km) off New Orleans in nine feet (2.7 m) of water. She was raised.[64] |
| Fearless | United States | The steamer struck a piling at the mouth of the Lake Borgne Canal and sank in seven feet (2.1 m) of water.[64] |
28 June[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Benj. C. Frith | United States | The 888-gross register ton schooner foundered on Martin Industry Shoal off the coast of South Carolina. All eight people on board survived.[6] |
| Tempest | United States | The 369-gross register ton screw steamer burned off Parry Island in Parry Sound on the coast of Ontario. All 12 people on board survived.[12] |
| Tempest | United States | The steamer burned off Parry Island in Prince William Sound, Territory of Alaska.[85] |
30 June[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Swatara | United States | The tug was sunk in a collision with Juan ( Norway) in the Delaware River off Duck Creek gas buoy.[18] |
July[edit]
1 July[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Alice E. Clark | United States | Carrying a cargo of coal, the 227-foot (69 m), 1,621-gross register ton four-masted schooner sank in 60 feet (18 m) of water in Penobscot Bay off Isleboro, Maine, at 44°21′00″N 068°51′24″W / 44.35000°N 68.85667°W after striking Islesboro Ledge in fog.[86] |
| Isleton | United States | The steamer caught fire at dock at Stockton, California. The fire got out of hand and she burned to the waterline and sank in eight feet (2.4 m) of water.[82][83] |
| USS Nero | United States Navy | The collier ran aground on Brenton's Reef after leaving Newport, Rhode Island. Refloated 2 August and taken to Newport for temporary repairs before being towed to the Brooklyn Navy Yard 21–22 December for permanent repairs. Repaired and returned to service.[87][88] |
2 July[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Albert Hanson | United States | The steamer capsized in a storm on Grand Lake. One crewman killed.[64] |
| John Schuette | United States | The schooner was sunk in a collision with Alfred Mitchell ( United States), probably in the Detroit area.[14] |
8 July[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Norman | United States | The steamer was destroyed by fire while docked at Bayside, North Carolina.[4] |
| Perkasie | United States | The barge, towed by Valley Forge ( United States), sank nine miles (14 km) off Barnegat Lighthouse.[89] |
9 July[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Yosemite | United States | The passenger steamer ran aground on a reef near Rock Point in Port Orchard Narrows in Puget Sound four miles (6.4 km) from Bremerton, Washington. Her back was broken and she went to pieces.[30][90] |
10 July[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Lula B. | United States | The steamer destroyed by fire in the Red River near West Point, Arkansas, a total loss.[14] |
| Petersburg |  Russia | The steamer ran aground and was wrecked at Tjellsund, Norway off Narvik. Refloated and sold for scrap.[91] |
12 July[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| John B. Cowle |  United States | The 420-foot (130 m), 4,731 GRT ore carrier was laden with 7,023 tons of iron ore loaded at Two Harbors, Minnesota and bound for Cleveland, Ohio, when she was sunk in a collision with Isaac M. Scott ( United States) in dense fog two miles (3.2 km) north of Whitefish Point Light in Lake Michigan. 14 crew died.[49][92] |
15 July[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| HMS C11 | Royal Navy | The C-class submarine sank in collision with the collier Eddystone ( United Kingdom) in the North Sea off Cromer, Norfolk, England. Three survivors. |
| Laura D. | United States | The sand dredge struck a submerged pile and sank at the Hocking Valley Dock in the Maumee River at Toledo, Ohio.[19] |
16 July[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Miles Standish | United States | The tug ran aground on the north west end of Old Silas Reef, near Plum Island in dense fog. Beached on Plum Island to prevent sinking.[13] |
20 July[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Martha Stevens | United States | The freighter was sunk in a collision with the tow steamer Confidence ( United States) above Robbins Reef Light in New York Bay. The crew were rescued, but one died of exhaustion shortly after.[89] |
23 July[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Columbus | United States | The 19-gross register ton sloop sank in the Gulf of Mexico with the loss of both people on board.[93] |
24 July[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Burnadina King | United States | The steamer was totally destroyed by fire at Evansville, Indiana.[4] |
| Kenosha | United States | The 1,677-gross register ton steam collier sank in heavy weather in 105 feet (32 m) of water in the North Atlantic Ocean six nautical miles (11 km; 6.9 mi) off Fire Island Lighthouse on Fire Island off the south coast of Long Island, New York, and 10 nautical miles (19 km; 12 mi) southeast of Fire Island Inlet. Her crew of 12 or 17 (sources disagree) abandoned ship in two lifeboats and were rescued by Winifred ( United States).[23][94] |
25 July[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Vigilancia | United States | The steamer caught fire while laying off Pier 18, Brooklyn and was scuttled to extinguish the fire. Raised and repaired.[89] |
27 July[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Waratah | United Kingdom | The Blue Anchor Line ocean liner was due to reach Cape Town on 29 July. No trace was ever found and 211 passengers and crew were lost. Last sighted by Guelph ( United Kingdom) on 27 July. |
28 July[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Aug. Demarest | United States | The canal boat ran aground between Grassy Point, New York and Stony Point, New York. When the tide dropped she rolled off the flat and filled.[13] |
| Delaware | United States | The freighter sank at dock at Pier 1, South Philadelphia, Pennsylvania due to a loose plank.[18] |
31 July[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Winnebago | United States | The cargo ship struck a rock off Point Arena, California in dense fog and was wrecked.[30][95] |
August[edit]
1 August[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Benton | United States | The steamer was destroyed by fire, probably in the Detroit, Michigan, area.[14] |
| Cadillac | United States | The steamer was sunk in a collision with Geo. L. Craig ( United States) at Southeast Bend in the St. Clair River.[58] |
4 August[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Perfection | United States | The steamer sprung a leak and sank in shallow water in the Chicago River.[14] |
5 August[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Langton Grange | United Kingdom | The 5,852 GRT refrigerated cargo steamer on a passage from Glasgow to Newport in ballast struck submerged Bell Rock, just off North Bishop Island, and got stranded. The ship subsequently broke amidships and sank. |
| Lucania | United Kingdom | The ocean liner caught fire at Huskisson Dock at Liverpool, England. She sank at her moorings and later was sold for scrap. |
| Maori | United Kingdom |  |
6 August[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Daily | United States | The steamer sprung a leak and sank two miles (3.2 km) below Commerce, Missouri, a total loss.[8] |
10 August[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Josephine Lincoln | United States | The tug sank in the Schuylkill River near the Penrose Ferry Bridge. Raised, repaired and returned to service before 22 September.[18] |
| Nunivak | United States | The inland freighter, while laid up for the winter, was crushed by ice at dock at the mouth of the Neenana River, Territory of Alaska, a total loss.[96] |
11 August[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| USS Nezinscot | United States Navy | During a voyage from the Portsmouth Navy Yard in Kittery, Maine, to Boston, Massachusetts, with a cargo of chains, anchors, and searchlight equipment for the battleship USS Missouri, ( |