List of shipwrecks in 1936
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The list of shipwrecks in 1936 includes ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during 1936.
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January
[edit]2 January
[edit]| Ship | State | Description |
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| Seiho Maru |  Japan | The cargo ship ran aground at Otaru, Hokkaidō.[1] |
3 January
[edit]| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| St. Gerard Magella | flag unknown | The schooner ran aground at Cap-Haïtien, Haiti, and was wrecked.[2][3] |
4 January
[edit]| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Donetz |  Soviet Union | The cargo ship struck a mine and sank in the Gulf of Finland off the Styrsudd Lighthouse, Finland with the loss of at least two crew.[4] |
| Vigor |  Sweden | The cargo ship reported that she was 45 nautical miles (83 km) south west of Land's End, Cornwall, United Kingdom. She subsequently foundered, a lifebuoy came ashore in the Isles of Scilly on 8 January.[5] |
5 January
[edit]| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Beryl |  United Kingdom | The auxiliary sailing barge fouled her anchor and sank at Cowes, Isle of Wight. All three crew survived.[6] |
| Vizcaya |  Germany | The cargo ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean (42°30′N 9°25′W / 42.500°N 9.417°W) with the loss of two of her eighteen crew. Survivors were rescued by Castellon ( Spain) and Minna ( Estonia).[1] |
6 January
[edit]| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Alice and Jessie | United Kingdom | The coaster foundered in the Atlantic Ocean 6 nautical miles (11 km) off Wedge Island, Nova Scotia, Canada (45°00′N 2°15′E / 45.000°N 2.250°E).[7] |
| Ethel May | United Kingdom | The schooner was blown ashore at Dale, Pembrokeshire and was wrecked.[1] |
| Shinkyo Maru | Japan | The cargo ship ran aground at Niigata.[1] She was refloated on 16 February.[8] |
8 January
[edit]| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Ciudad de Malaga | Spain | The cargo ship collided with Cape of Good Hope ( United Kingdom) at Las Palmas, Canary Islands and sank.[9] Salvage efforts were abandoned on 15 May.[10] |
9 January
[edit]| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Bradda | United Kingdom | The coaster foundered in the River Mersey off Formby, Lancashire with the loss of five of her six crew.[11] |
12 January
[edit]| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Ingertre |  Norway | The cargo ship ran aground at Florø, Norway and was abandoned by her crew.[12] |
| Iowa |  United States | The Design 1019 cargo ship ran aground on the Columbia Bar in the Columbia River and sank with the loss of all 34 crew. |
| West Camak | United States | The Design 1019 cargo ship collided with Planet ( Germany) in the Scheldt at Terneuzen, Netherlands and was beached.[12] |
14 January
[edit]| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Cautin |  Chile | The cargo liner ran aground at Lobos de Tierra Island, Peru. Passengers were taken off by Chimu ( United States). She was declared a total loss.[13][14] |
15 January
[edit]| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Castro | Chile | The coaster ran aground and sank north of Lebu.[14] |
| Louisiana |  Denmark | The cargo ship ran aground in the River Plate, Argentina.[15] She was refloated on 23 January.[16] |
| West Hika | United States | The Design 1013 cargo ship ran aground at Seaham, County Durham, United Kingdom.[17] Salvage operations were abandoned on 12 February and she was declared a constructive total loss.[18] She was refloated on 6 September.[19] |
16 January
[edit]| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Hilma Bissmark | Germany | The cargo ship ran off Lyngholmen, Nordland, Norway.[20] |
17 January
[edit]| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Cherokee | United States | The cargo liner collided with Welcombe ( United Kingdom) in the St. Johns River, at Jacksonville, Florida. Cherokee was beached and Welcombe sank.[21] |
18 January
[edit]| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Mehentu |  India | The tug foundered 53 nautical miles (98 km) north west of Bombay. Fifteen crew were rescued by Bandra ( United Kingdom).[21] |
| Meri |  Finland | The cargo ship sprang a leak and sank in the Baltic Sea off Götaland, Sweden. The crew were rescued by Chr. Mathiessen ( Sweden).[21] |
20 January
[edit]| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Velasco | United States | The dredger ran aground at Álvaro Obregón, Mexico and was wrecked.[22] |
22 January
[edit]| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Ardri | United Kingdom | The auxiliary three-masted sailing ship foundered in Cardigan Bay. The crew were rescued by Finola ( United Kingdom).[16] |
23 January
[edit]| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Colonel Cochrane | United Kingdom | The cargo ship collided with Akroa ( United Kingdom) in the River Thames and was consequently beached.[16] She was refloated the next day.[23] |
24 January
[edit]| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Forthbridge | United Kingdom | The cargo ship caught fire in the Sea of Japan (36°33′N 133°27′E / 36.550°N 133.450°E). The crew abandoned ship and were rescued by Kahoku Maru ( Japan).[24] She came ashore in the Oki Islands and was declared a total loss.[25] |
26 January
[edit]| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Heatherfield | United Kingdom | The cargo ship ran aground at Robin Hood's Bay, Yorkshire. All crew were rescued by breeches buoy.[26] |
27 January
[edit]| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Meidai Maru | Japan | The cargo ship came ashore at Fukuyama, Hiroshima and sank.[27] |
| Taycraig | United Kingdom | The cargo ship hit the Gear Rock, off Penzance promenade, Cornwall. All nine crew were rescued by the Penlee Lifeboat. Taycraig broke up and sank three days later.[27][28] |
28 January
[edit]| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| H. H. Petersen | Denmark | The cargo ship ran aground in Koldingfjord.[29] She was refloated on 1 February.[30] |
29 January
[edit]| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Texas Banker | United States | The cargo ship ran aground at Port Aransas, Texas.[5] She was refloated on 10 February.[31] |
30 January
[edit]| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Chang Ho |  China | The cargo ship ran aground at Kamaishi, Iwate, Japan. She broke in two and sank.[5] |
31 January
[edit]| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Hikosan Maru | Japan | The cargo ship foundered in Hakata Bay with the loss of at least thirteen of her crew.[30] |
Unknown date
[edit]| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Wusueh | United Kingdom | The cargo ship ran aground near Bethune Point, Shanghai, China. She was refloated on 27 February.[32] |
February
[edit]1 February
[edit]| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Tokho Maru | Japan | The cargo ship ran aground at Suttsu, Hokkaidō, Japan, and was a total loss.[33][34] |
3 February
[edit]| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Parrsboro | United Kingdom | The cargo ship caught fire at Liverpool, Nova Scotia, Canada and was burnt out.[33] |
5 February
[edit]| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Elsie Annie | United Kingdom | The coaster ran aground at Wexford, Ireland and was wrecked.[35] |
| Unnan Maru | Japan | The cargo ship foundered in the Pacific Ocean off the Shionomisaki Lighthouse with the loss of all 45 crew.[36][37] |
11 February
[edit]| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Daunt Rock Lightship |  United Kingdom | The lightship was abandoned in the Irish Sea. Her crew were rescued by the Ballycotton Lifeboat.[38] |
| Rita Garcia | Spain | The cargo ship foundered in the Adriatic Sea off Ancona, Marche, Italy. All 33 crew were rescued.[39] She was refloated on 12 March.[40] |
12 February
[edit]| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Anubis | Germany | The cargo ship was driven ashore at Mersin, Turkey.[41] She was refloated on 20 February.[42] |
| Aris |  Greece | The cargo ship was wrecked on Andros with the loss of all but one of her crew.[43] |
| Macedonia | Germany | The cargo ship was driven ashore at Mersin.[41] She was refloated on 20 February.[42] |
| Pécheuse |  France | The schooner foundered in the Atlantic Ocean 72 nautical miles (133 km) east south east of the Fastnet Rock. All six crew were rescued by the trawler Thomas Ansell ( United Kingdom).[18] |
| Polymnia | Greece | The cargo ship ran aground at Cape Rotja, Formentera, Spain.[41] She was refloated on 21 February.[42] |
13 February
[edit]| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Panaghis | Greece | The cargo ship ran aground at Epanomi Point with the loss of three crew. Salvage efforts were abandoned.[44] |
15 February
[edit]| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Üsküdar |  Turkey | The cargo ship sank at Zonguldak.[43] |
16 February
[edit]| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Guadarrama | Spain | The dredger came ashore at Cádiz and was wrecked.[8] |
17 February
[edit]| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Lady Elizabeth | United Kingdom |  The coal hulk was driven ashore in a storm at Stanley Harbour, Falkland Islands. The ship remains beached there.[citation needed] |
18 February
[edit]| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Stefanos Costomenis | Greece | The cargo ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean 500 nautical miles (930 km) east of New York. All 33 crew were rescued by City of Newport News ( United States).[45][46] |
19 February
[edit]| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| USS R-8 | United States Navy | The R-class submarine sank at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. she was subsequently raised but was stricken and sunk as a target on 19 August 1936. |
22 February
[edit]| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Brightside | United Kingdom | The coaster ran aground in the Solent.[47] She was refloated on 29 February.[48] |
25 February
[edit]| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Crefeld | Germany | The cargo ship ran aground at Alexandria, Egypt.[47] She was refloated on 28 February.[48] |
| San Marco |  Italy | The cargo ship was wrecked at Capo Berta. All crew were rescued.[49] |
27 February
[edit]| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Davenport | United Kingdom | The Thames barge sank in the English Channel off Eastbourne, Sussex. All three crew were rescued by the Eastbourne Lifeboat.[50] |
| Forsete | Norway | The cargo ship foundered in Rekefjord, Norway, with the loss of one crew member.[50] |
28 February
[edit]| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Kawsar |  Egypt | The cargo ship ran aground at Irk el Gorab.[51] She was still aground on 5 March,[52] but was later refloated. |
| Lysaker III | Norway | The cargo ship departed from Rekefjord, Norway, for Rotterdam, Netherlands. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[40][53] |
29 February
[edit]| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Alaskan | United States | The 29-gross register ton motor vessel sank in 690 feet (210 m) of water in Stephens Passage in the Alexander Archipelago in Southeast Alaska approximately two nautical miles (3.7 km; 2.3 mi) north of Slocum Inlet (58°09′N 134°05′W / 58.150°N 134.083°W) eight hours after she began flooding due to a failure of her propeller shaft and an attempt to beach her failed. Her crew of two survived.[54] |
| Franz Patrão Lopez | Germany Portugal | The German barge, which had been recovered after drifting off the Lisbon Bar, was being towed into the River Tagus by the Portuguese salvage vessel alongside. Franz ran aground off Cascais, near the Bugio Lighthouse and, in sinking, her masts punctured the hull of the salvage vessel. Both vessels became total losses.[55][56][57] |
| Harriet | Sweden | The auxiliary schooner collided with a breakwater at Copenhagen, Denmark and sank.[48] |
| Renfrew Ferry | United Kingdom | The ferry sprang a leak and sank in the Caledonian Canal.[48] |
March
[edit]2 March
[edit]| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Condor | Germany | The schooner collided with Walter L M Russ ( Germany) in the Kaiser Wilhelm Canal and sank.[55] |
| Hong Keat | United Kingdom | The passenger ship caught fire and sank in the Strait of Singapore. All 61 people on board were rescued.[58] |
3 March
[edit]| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Gustaf Wasa | Sweden | The cargo ship ran aground at Arkösund and was a total loss.[59] |
6 March
[edit]| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Horsia | Denmark | The cargo ship ran aground at Stubbekøbing, Sjælland.[60] She was refloated on 11 March.[61] |
7 March
[edit]| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Germany | Germany | The cargo ship sprang a leak in the Atlantic Ocean (48°18′N 4°02′W / 48.300°N 4.033°W). She was taken in tow by Abeille No.22 ( France) and beached in Bertheaume Bay, Finistère, France.[62] |
9 March
[edit]| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Sea Fisher | United Kingdom | The coaster collided with Sutherland ( United Kingdom) in the North Sea off the Shipwash Lightship ( United Kingdom) and sank. All crew were rescued.[53] |
10 March
[edit]| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Alko |  Netherlands | The coaster collided with the fishing vessel Leyland ( United Kingdom) in the North Sea 20 nautical miles (37 km) north north west of Flamborough Head, Yorkshire, United Kingdom and sank.[63] |
| Aghios Spyridon | Greece | The cargo ship caught fire and sank at Piraeus and was a total loss.[64] |
| Phyllis | United States | The cargo ship came ashore 200 nautical miles (370 km) south of the mouth of the Columbia River and was wrecked. The crew survived.[64] |
| Pink Rose | United Kingdom | The coaster collided with George Frusher ( United Kingdom in the North Sea 11 nautical miles (20 km) south east of the mouth of the River Tyne and sank. All crew were rescued.[63] |
11 March
[edit]| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Nadod | Norway | The coaster collided with Salerno ( United Kingdom in the River Humber and sank. All sixteen crew were rescued.[61] |
13 March
[edit]| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Jose Cristobal | flag unknown | The tanker exploded at Bahía de Caráquez, Ecuador and was a total loss.[65] |
| Marchigiano | Italy | The coaster suffered an explosion an sank in the Red Sea 125 nautical miles (232 km) off Port Sudan, Sudan (22°47′N 36°56′E / 22.783°N 36.933°E) with the loss of ten of her seventeen crew. Survivors were rescued by Brighton ( United Kingdom).[65][66] |
14 March
[edit]| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Styliani | Greece | The cargo ship caught fire and sank in the Red Sea (approximately 17°N 39°E / 17°N 39°E) and was abandoned by her crew, who were rescued by Fusijama ( Italy).[66] |
15 March
[edit]| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Volsella | United Kingdom | The cargo ship ran aground at Port Hedland, Western Australia.[67] She was refloated on 23 March.[68] |
17 March
[edit]| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Partanna | United Kingdom | The schooner departed from St. John's, Newfoundland for the Newfoundland fishing grounds. No further trace.[69] |
18 March
[edit]| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Siantar | Netherlands | The cargo ship ran aground at Makassar, Dutch East Indies (approximately 5°S 119°E / 5°S 119°E).[70] She was refloated on 24 March.[71] |
19 March
[edit]| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Hamilton | United Kingdom | The coaster ran aground at Southend, Argyllshire.[72] |
21 March
[edit]| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| France Maru | Japan | The cargo ship ran aground on Baliguan Island. (11°13′N 132°20′E / 11.217°N 132.333°E).[73] She was refloated on 26 March.[74] |
26 March
[edit]| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Boree | France | The cargo ship collided with Aizkarai Mendi ( Spain) in the North Sea 24 nautical miles (44 km) north west of Cromer, Norfolk, United Kingdom and sank with the loss of nine of her 22 crew. Survivors were rescued by Aizkarai Mendi, Caduceus ( United Kingdom) and the Wells and Cromer lifeboats.[75] |
| Panagiotis Th. Coumantaros | Greece | The cargo ship ran aground at Abu Zenima, Egypt. Her captain committed suicide.[76] |
27 March
[edit]| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Esbo | Finland | The cargo ship sank in the North Sea 4 nautical miles (7.4 km) south east of Craig, Angus. All crew were rescued by Vanguard ( United Kingdom). Like the original wreck in October 1935 the cited report is incorrect-see Whitehaven News 2 Apr 1936 page 4. She had been refloated at the 7th attempt on 26 March 1936 and was being towed to Troon, Firth of Clyde, Scotland, for breaking up. She sprang a leak and sank in deep water about 15 miles off Troon.[76] |
28 March
[edit]| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Eskburn | United Kingdom | The coaster ran aground in Lunan Bay.[77] She was refloated on 19 May 1937.[78] |
| Osterhav | Finland | The cargo ship ran aground south of Duncansby Head, Sutherland, United Kingdom. She was refloated but was leaking severely and was consequently beached in Sinclair Bay. The crew subsequently abandoned ship.[77] She was refloated on 31 August.[79] |
29 March
[edit]| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Inga I | Norway | The cargo ship ran aground at Oporto, Portugal. The crew were rescued by the Oporto Lifeboat.[80] |
31 March
[edit]| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Toyohiko Maru | Japan | The cargo ship ran aground at Haiphong, French Indo-China (20°43′N 107°27′E / 20.717°N 107.450°E).[81] She was refloated on 25 April.[82] |
April
[edit]3 April
[edit]| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Taiko Maru No.3 | Japan | The coaster foundered off Nagasaki with the loss of fourteen lives.[83] |
5 April
[edit]| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Maddalena Odero | Italy | The cargo ship ran aground at Key West, Florida, United States.[83] She was refloated on 8 April.[84] |
7 April
[edit]| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Georgios | Greece | The auxiliary schooner ran aground at Likhades Island and consequently foundered.[85] |
| Scotland Maru | Japan | The cargo ship ran aground at Osima, Kagashima and consequently sank.[86] |
| Vancouver | Germany | The cargo liner struck rocks at Point Remedios and was beached at Acajutla, El Salvador, where the passengers were taken off.[87] She was refloated on 22 April.[88] |
14 April
[edit]| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| USS Smith Thompson | United States Navy | The Clemson-class destroyer was rammed amidships by the destroyer USS Whipple ( United States Navy) during exercises in Subic Bay in the Philippines. No lives lost. Towed back to base by the destroyer USS Barker ( United States Navy), she was deemed beyond economical repair. She was decommissioned and sunk as a target on 25 July 1935.[89] |
| USS Whipple | United States Navy | The Clemson-class destroyer rammed the destroyer USS Smith Thompson ( United States Navy) during exercises in Subic Bay in the Philippines. No lives lost. Although her bow was bent around backwards, Whipple was repaired using Smith Thompson's undamaged bow and returned to service.[89] |
15 April
[edit]| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| City of St. Joseph | United States | The cargo ship was burnt out at Benton Harbor, Michigan.[90] |
16 April
[edit]| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Terningen | Norway | The auxiliary three-masted sealing schooner was crushed by ice and sank. All crew were rescued by Sedov ( Soviet Union).[90][91] |
17 April
[edit]| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Delphinus | Sweden | The cargo ship ran aground in Lake Cener and sank.[92] |
| Iciar | Spain | The cargo ship was driven ashore at Bilbao and was wrecked.[92] |
20 April
[edit]| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Hiram | Norway | The cargo liner ran aground on Green Island, China and was beached. Passengers were rescued by Kinngsu ( United Kingdom).[93] She was refloated later that day.[94] |
22 April
[edit]| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Uromi | United Kingdom | The cargo ship was scuttled off Lagos, Nigeria.[95] |
23 April
[edit]| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Hanasaki Maru | Japan | The cargo ship ran aground at Ebeko, Kuril Islands, Soviet Union (50°40′N 156°08′E / 50.667°N 156.133°E).[96] She was refloated on 25 May.[97] |
| Prospect | Norway | The coaster collided with Canis ( Norway) at Stavanger, Norway and sank.[98] |
| Wan Tai | China | The coaster was hit by Terukuni Maru ( Japan) at Dairen and sank.[98] |
25 April
[edit]| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Herzogin Cecilie | Finland |  The four-masted barque ran around on the Ham Stone Rock, near Bolt Head, Devon, United Kingdom. She was beached at Starhole Bay but was wrecked there by the action of the waves. |
29 April
[edit]| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Mrav |  Yugoslavia | The cargo ship collided with Mari ( Estonia) in the English Channel 5 nautical miles (9.3 km) off Dungeness, Kent, United Kingdom and sank. All crew were rescued by Mari.[99] |
| Portugal |  Belgium | The cargo ship caught fire at Alicante, Spain and sank.[100] She was refloated on 2 May.[101] |
30 April
[edit]| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Hansa | Norway | The cargo ship ran aground and was beached at Lista, Norway.[102] She was refloated on 4 May.[101] |
| Nordland | Germany | The cargo ship caught fire at Mogadishu, Italian Somaliland and was a total loss.[100] |
May
[edit]1 May
[edit]| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Cedarberg | United Kingdom | The coaster came ashore 10 nautical miles (19 km) from Lamberts Bay, South Africa and was a total loss.[103] |
4 May
[edit]| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| James A. Lewis | United States | The cargo ship caught fire in Chesapeake Bay and burnt down to the waterline.[104] |
| Katingo | Greece | The cargo ship collided with Assunzione ( Italy) in the Bay of Biscay off Ouessant, Finistère, France (48°10′N 6°08′W / 48.167°N 6.133°W). She was abandoned by her crew, who were rescued by Assunzione. Katingo was taken in tow by Abeille No.24 ( France), which made for Brest.[104] Katingo subsequently foundered. One crew member was lost.[105] |
5 May
[edit]| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Birtley | United Kingdom | The cargo ship ran aground near the Souter Lighthouse, County Durham.[106] She was refloated on 2 December.[107] |
| Mishima |  Imperial Japanese Navy | The decommissioned submarine tender – formerly an Admiral Ushakov-class coastal defense ship – was sunk as a target by aircraft from the aircraft carrier Hōshō ( Imperial Japanese Navy) in the Pacific Ocean off Kushima, Miyazaki Prefecture, Japan. |
6 May
[edit]| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Chasmoor | United Kingdom | The coastal collier ran aground on Bishops and Clerks, Pembrokeshire and sank. The crew were rescued by Dublin ( United Kingdom).[108] |
7 May
[edit]| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Alphard | Netherlands | The cargo ship collided with New York ( Germany) in the North Sea north of Ostend, Belgium and sank. All 26 crew were rescued by New York.[109] |
| HMAS Anzac |  Royal Australian Navy | The decommissioned Parker-class destroyer leader was sunk as a target in the Tasman Sea off Sydney Heads, Australia. |
8 May
[edit]| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| West Cape | United States | The cargo ship struck a rock in the Columbia River 12 nautical miles (22 km) upstream of Astoria, Oregon and was consequently beached.[110] She was refloated the next day.[111] |
11 May
[edit]| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Oldenburg | Germany | The cargo liner ran aground at Espozende, Portugal and sank. All on board survived.[112] |
12 May
[edit]| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Rodi | Italy | The cargo ship sank at Durrës, Albania.[113] |
13 May
[edit]| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Ming Chiang | China | The ship sank off Wanhsien with the loss of over 40 lives.[113] |
14 May
[edit]| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Hiawatha | United States | The 8-gross register ton fishing vessel sank in rough weather about 1.5 nautical miles (2.8 km; 1.7 mi) off Caamano Point (55°30′N 131°58′W / 55.500°N 131.967°W) in Southeast Alaska. Her crew of two survived.[114] |
15 May
[edit]| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| USS S-4 | United States Navy | The decommissioned S-class submarine was scuttled as a means of disposal. |
16 May
[edit]| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Koan Maru | Japan | The cargo ship sank at Hakodate.[115] |
19 May
[edit]| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Mars |  Latvia | The coaster ran aground on the Isle of May, Fife, United Kingdom.[116] She broke her back on 21 May and subsequently broke up.[117] |
21 May
[edit]| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Dela | United Kingdom | The coaster foundered in the North Sea off Clacton-on-Sea, Essex.[117] |
28 May
[edit]| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Hogstad | Norway | The cargo ship foundered in the North Sea (58°38′N 4°22′E / 58.633°N 4.367°E) with the loss of twelve of her thirteen crew. The survivor was rescued by Westplein ( Netherlands).[118] |
29 May
[edit]| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Ethel Radcliffe | United Kingdom | The cargo ship ran aground at Alexandria, Egypt.[118] She was refloated on 3 June.[119] |
31 May
[edit]| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Alice | United Kingdom | The ketch was driven ashore in Palm Bay, Margate, Kent. All five crew waded ashore.[120] |
June
[edit]6 June
[edit]| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Magnhild | Norway | The cargo ship came ashore at Mistaken Point, Newfoundland and was a total loss.[121] |
9 June
[edit]| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| W. N. Dicks | flag unknown | The schooner sprang a leak and sank in the Atlantic Ocean 25 nautical miles (46 km) off Miquelon.[122] |
11 June
[edit]| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Aycliffe Hall | United Kingdom | The cargo ship collided with A. P. Berwind (flag unknown) in Lake Erie and sank. The crew were rescued by A. P. Berwind.[123] |
12 June
[edit]| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Eilianus | United Kingdom | The coaster ran aground 5 nautical miles (9.3 km) south of Hartland Point, Devon and was wrecked.[123][124] |
14 June
[edit]| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Rudolph N | United States | The 29-gross register ton, 51.9-foot (15.8 m) motor vessel caught fire after her gasoline engine backfired while she was moored at the Nakeem Cannery, 1.5 miles (2.4 km) north of Telephone Point (58°46′10″N 157°02′15″W / 58.76944°N 157.03750°W) on the west bank of the Kvichak River in the Territory of Alaska. After the fire went out of control, the vessels Fanny and Nakeen (both United States) towed her out into the river, where the fire destroyed her. Her crew of four survived.[125] |
18 June
[edit]| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Chrysopolis | Greece | The cargo liner ran aground at Cape Barbas, Morocco.[126] She was abandoned on 21 June and the crew were rescued by Temple Mead ( United Kingdom).[127] |
19 June
[edit]| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Ariadne Pandeli | Greece | The cargo ship caught fire at Salvador, Bahia, Brazil.[128] She exploded and capsized on 25 June and was a total loss.[129] |
| Tashmoo | United States | The passenger steamboat struck a rock and sank in the Detroit River at Amherstburg, Ontario, Canada. |
21 June
[edit]| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| El Kantara | France | The passenger ship sank off Palamós, Catalonia, Spain. All on board, including 450 passengers, were rescued.[130] |
22 June
[edit]| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Ben Vooar | United Kingdom | The cargo ship sprang a leak. She was beached at Portrush, County Antrim and was abandoned by her crew.[131] |
24 June
[edit]| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Stanford | Norway | The cargo liner ran aground on a reef 2 nautical miles (3.7 km) off Geraldton, Western Australia and was wrecked.[132] |
25 June
[edit]| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Baron Ogilvy | United Kingdom | The cargo ship ran aground at Isla Palenque, Panama.[132] She was refloated on 21 July.[133] |
28 June
[edit]| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Navahoe | United States | The schooner barge was scuttled in the Atlantic Ocean 50 nautical miles (93 km) north of Dragon's Mouth, Trinidad.[134] |
| Neptun | Denmark | The coaster ran aground in the River Humber at Brough, Yorkshire and was a total loss. All crew survived.[135] |
29 June
[edit]| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Luciano A | Italy | The schooner sprang a leak and sank in the Mediterranean Sea 5 nautical miles (9.3 km) east of Cape Comino.[136] |
| Dagfinn | Sweden | The cargo ship sprang a leak and sank in the Kattegat 10 nautical miles (19 km) off the Ostreflak Lightship ( Denmark). All crew were rescued by the trawler Betania (flag unknown).[136] |
July
[edit]2 July
[edit]| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Eagle | United States | The 20-gross register ton motor vessel was destroyed by a gasoline explosion and fire at Unga, Territory of Alaska. Her crew of four survived.[137] |
| Sima | United Kingdom | The passenger ship ran aground on Onekotan, Kuril Islands.[138] She was refloated on 8 July.[139] |
4 July
[edit]| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Culberson | United States | The cargo ship ran aground 4 nautical miles (7.4 km) south west of Punta Mogotes, Argentina.[140] She was refloated on 8 July.[141] |
5 July
[edit]| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Maja | Sweden | The cargo ship ran aground and sank at Trysunda.[140] |
6 July
[edit]| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Carl XV | Sweden | The passenger ship ran aground south of the Strommingsbadan Lighthouse and sank. All 62 people on board were rescued by Vollrath Tham ( Sweden) or reached shore in their lifeboats.[138] |
| Sol Nascente | Portugal | The schooner foundered in the Atlantic Ocean off the Cape Verde Islands. All crew survived.[142] |
| St Aubin | United Kingdom | The tug was rammed and sunk at Whampoo, Hong Kong by Pingan ( China).[138] |
7 July
[edit]| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Alice | United States | The 31-ton fishing steamer was destroyed by fire while on a slipway on the Bristol Bay coast of the Territory of Alaska.[54] |
8 July
[edit]| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| USS Alton | United States Navy | After being sold out of naval service, the decommissioned accommodation ship – formerly the protected cruiser USS Chicago – foundered in the Pacific Ocean while under tow from Honolulu, Hawaii, to San Francisco, California, for delivery to her buyers.[143] |
| Marguerite | United States | The 19-gross register ton motor vessel caught fire after suffering an explosion while docked at "Snug Harbor" – possibly Snug Harbor (60°15′N 147°43′W / 60.250°N 147.717°W) on Knight Island in western Prince William Sound – on the south-central coast of the Territory of Alaska. She was cut loose from the dock and sank. Her crew of three survived.[144] |
| Nunoca | United Kingdom | The coaster departed Georgetown, Grand Cayman for Tampa, Florida, United States. She subsequently caught fire and foundered in the Gulf of Mexico off Dry Tortugas with the loss of all 22 people on board.[133][145][146] |
9 July
[edit]| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Leonian | United Kingdom | The cargo ship ran aground at the mouth of the Forcados River, Burutu, Nigeria.[139] She was refloated on 15 July.[147] |
12 July
[edit]| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Choyo Maru | Japan | The cargo ship ran aground on the east coast of Sakhalin, Soviet Union.[148] She was declared a total loss on 16 July.[147] |
13 July
[edit]| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Cabo Blanco | Spain | The cargo liner ran aground near the Montedor Lighthouse, Portugal.[148] All on board were rescued but she was a total loss.[149] |
14 July
[edit]| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Golden Harvest | United States | The cargo ship collided with State of Virginia ( United States) off the Seven Foot Knoll Lighthouse, Maryland. Both vessels were beached.[150] |
| Wagrien | Germany | The cargo ship departed from Leningrad, Soviet Union for Gdynia, Poland.[151] She subsequently foundered with the loss of all hands. Wreckage from the ship washed up on Saaremaa, Estonia on 19 July.[152] |
15 July
[edit]| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Taurau | United Kingdom | The tug struck a rock and sank off Dartmouth, Devon, England. The crew were rescued by the fishing vessel Owl ( United Kingdom).[150] |
| Maranon |  Peru | The transport ship struck a rock and sank 180 nautical miles (330 km) south of Lima, Peru.[153][154] |
18 July
[edit]| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Oso | United States | The 8-gross register ton salmon troller began flooding and sank 20 minutes later in the Gulf of Alaska off Lituya Bay on the coast of the Territory of Alaska. The motor vessel Mine ( United States) rescued her two-man crew.[155] |
19 July
[edit]| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Nora Maersk | Denmark | The cargo ship caught fire at Zamboanga, Philippines. She was severely damaged and was declared a constructive total loss.[156] |
20 July
[edit]| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Don Carlos | Chile | The cargo ship last reported from 32°45′S 72°16′W / 32.750°S 72.267°W. No further trace, presumed foundered.[157] |
22 July
[edit]| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Don Carlos | Chile | The collier foundered in the Pacific Ocean 50 nautical miles (93 km) off Valparaíso with the loss of all hands.[158] |
| Isidoro Pons | United States | The cargo ship ran aground in Zambales Province, Luzon, Philippines and sank.[159] |
23 July
[edit]| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Virgilia | Germany | The cargo ship collided with Bury ( United Kingdom) in the Elbe at the Graueror Fortress and was beached.[152] |
24 July
[edit]| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Martin Bakke | Norway | The cargo ship collided with a buoy and sank in the Victoria Channel, Belfast, County Antrim, United Kingdom.[160] |
25 July
[edit]| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| USS Smith Thompson | United States Navy | The decommissioned Clemson-class destroyer was sunk as a target off Subic Bay in the Philippines. |
27 July
[edit]| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Skipjack | United Kingdom | The cargo ship was rammed at Great Yarmouth, Norfolk by Maise Graham ( United Kingdom) and was consequently beached.[161] |
28 July
[edit]| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Cinta Nu 1 | Spanish Navy | Spanish Civil War: The auxiliary patrol ship was lost on this date. |
| Material Service | United States | The cargo ship capsized and sank off the South Chicago Piers, Lake Michigan with the loss of fifteen crew.[162][163] |
| Svend | Sweden | The galeass collided with Alca ( Finland) off Copenhagen, Denmark and sank. All crew were rescued by Alca.[164] |
30 July
[edit]| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Nora | Denmark | The cargo ship collided with Poul Moller ( Denmark) of Copenhagen and sank. All crew were rescued by Poul Moller.[163] |
August
[edit]3 August
[edit]| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Landfort | Spain | Spanish Civil War: The coaster was sunk as a blockship at Sanlúcar de Barrameda, Cádiz, Spain.[165] |
| Viktor | Estonia | The sailing ship struck rocks on the west side of St. Kilda, Outer Hebrides, United Kingdom, and sprang a leak. She was abandoned by her crew, and came ashore on Shillay.[165][166] |
4 August
[edit]| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Emmirson | United States | The 17-gross register ton, 37.4-foot (11.4 m) fishing vessel sank near Chignik, Territory of Alaska.[137] |
5 August
[edit]| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Ocean Hope | United Kingdom | The fishing drifter sank after collision with the trawler Fernbank ( United Kingdom), 5 miles (8.0 km) off Fraserburgh, Scotland; the crew were all rescued.[167] |
| USS Radford | United States Navy | The Wickes-class destroyer was sunk as a target in accordance with the London Naval Treaty. |
6 August
[edit]| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Antonios Vrondisis | Greece | The cargo ship ran aground at Kem, Soviet Union.[168] She was refloated on 11 August but found to be severely damaged.[169] |
7 August
[edit]| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Christos Markettas | Greece | The cargo ship ran aground in the Paraná River at Ramallo, Buenos Aires, Argentina.[165] She was refloated on 14 August.[170] |
| Eduardo Dato |  Spanish Navy | Spanish Civil War: The Antonio Canovas del Castillo-class gunboat was shelled and sunk at Algeciras by Jaime I ( Spanish Navy). Raised later in August and repaired by February 1937. |
| San Francisco | France | The cargo ship ran aground on the Haisborough Sands off the coast of Norfolk, United Kingdom.[171] She was refloated on 12 August.[169] |
9 August
[edit]| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Blue Shadow | United Kingdom | Spanish Civil War: The yacht was shelled and wrecked by the Nationalist cruiser Almirante Cervera ( Spanish Navy) at Gijón with the loss of one of her two crew.[172] The hull was later saved by her owner.[173] |
12 August
[edit]| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| USS Champlin | United States Navy | The decommissioned Wickes-class destroyer was sunk in the Pacific Ocean during experimental tests. |
| Rooiberg | United Kingdom | The whaler struck a rock in Saldanha Bay and sank. She was declared a total loss.[169] |
13 August
[edit]| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Oranaise | France | The cargo liner capsized and sank in the Mediterranean Sea 40 nautical miles (74 km) off Mostaganem, Algeria with the loss of 38 of the 40 people on board.[174][175] |
14 August
[edit]| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Eubee | France | The passenger ship collided with Corinaldo ( United Kingdom) in the Atlantic Ocean 90 nautical miles (170 km) north of Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil. Eubee was left with her engine room flooded,[176] and five stokers killed. Passengers were taken off by Corinaldo. Eubee was taken in tow by Antonio Azambuja ( Brazil) and Powerful ( Uruguay),[170] but she foundered on 16 August. The crew were rescued by Antonio Azambuja.[177] |
15 August
[edit]| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| USC&GS Fathomer |  United States Coast and Geodetic Survey |  The survey ship was driven aground on a reef at Port San Vincente, Philippines in a typhoon. She was later refloated, repaired and returned to service. |
17 August
[edit]| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Muscallonge | flag unknown | The tug was burnt out at Brockville, Ontario, Canada.[178] |
| Sunning | United Kingdom | The cargo ship was wrecked at Hong Kong in a typhoon. She broke her back and was a total loss.[177] |
19 August
[edit]| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| USS R-8 | United States Navy | The R-class submarine was sunk as a target by aerial bombing in the Atlantic Ocean off Cape Henry, Virginia. Her wreck was discovered in 2020 in approximately 293 feet (89 m) of water, 52.89 nautical miles (97.95 km; 60.86 mi) southeast of Ocean City, Maryland, at 37°45.369′N 074°10.472′W / 37.756150°N 74.174533°W. |
| Sawtooth | United States | During a trip from the Golovin Cold Storage Plant to Golovin in the Territory of Alaska, the 11-gross register ton, 41-foot (12.5 m) fishing vessel was wrecked near Caroline Island (64°33′N 163°02′W / 64.550°N 163.033°W) in Golovnin Bay after her steering gear failed and she ran up on a beach. Both people on board survived.[179] |
21 August
[edit]| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| King Bleddyn | United Kingdom | The cargo ship ran aground on the Alacran Reef in the Gulf of Mexico.[180] She was refloated on 24 August.[181] |
22 August
[edit]| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Primus | Finland | The tug collided with Atlantis ( United Kingdom) at Helsingfors. She capsized and sank with the loss of four crew.[182] |
24 August
[edit]| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Antonis G. Lemos | Greece | The cargo ship collided with the destroyer leader HMS Keith ( Royal Navy) in the English Channel 20 nautical miles (37 km) north of Alderney, Channel Islands (49°56′N 2°17′W / 49.933°N 2.283°W). All crew were rescued by the destroyer HMS Brilliant ( Royal Navy).[183][184] |
| Janine | France | The dredger foundered off Cape D'Ambre, Madagascar, with the loss of all but two crew.[185] |
| Snowflake | United Kingdom | The cargo ship struck a rock in the Bristol Channel off Hangman Point, Devon, England, and was holed. She was beached at Watermouth.[185] |
26 August
[edit]| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| T. H. Trahey | United States | The 494-ton, 130-foot (39.6 m) cargo barge was wrecked without loss of life on the Yukon River in the Territory of Alaska.[186] |
27 August
[edit]| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Osprey | United States | The 12-gross register ton, 41-foot (12.5 m) seiner sank in San Alberto Bay (55°28′N 133°14′W / 55.467°N 133.233°W) in the Alexander Archipelago between Prince of Wales Island and San Fernando Island (55°30′51″N 133°21′25″W / 55.5141667°N 133.3569444°W) in Southeast Alaska after colliding with the motor vessel Leba ( United States). All six people aboard abandoned ship in a boat and rowed to Leba.[155] |
30 August
[edit]| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Tamaye Maru | Japan | The coaster was driven ashore and sank at Miyake Island.[187][188] |
September
[edit]1 September
[edit]| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Calla Milo | Spanish Navy | Spanish Civil War: The Nationalist training vessel was sunk by Republican aircraft.[189] |
| Juan Mary | Spanish Navy | Spanish Civil War: The auxiliary patrol ship was lost on this date. |
2 September
[edit]| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Miyake Maru | Japan | The coaster sank in the Pacific Ocean off Miyake Island.[188] |
3 September
[edit]| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Fuyang | Republic of China | The cargo ship foundered in the Yangtze 30 nautical miles (56 km) upstream of Ichang.[190] |
| Jan Store | Sweden | The schooner ran ashore at Ristna Point, Estonia and was wrecked.[190] |
4 September
[edit]| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Keishu Maru | Japan | The coaster sank in the Tsushima Strait south west of Fusan, Korea.[19][191] |
6 September
[edit]| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Stella | Italy | The cargo ship caught fire at Rhodes, Greece and was burnt out.[192] |
8 September
[edit]| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| NRP Afonso de Albuquerque |  Portuguese Navy | 1936 Naval Revolt: The Afonso de Albuquerque-class sloop was shelled by coast artillery and was beached in the Tagus with some loss of life. Refloated, repaired and returned to service.[193] |
| Baltic | Netherlands | The auxiliary schooner ran aground off Ameland, Friesland. All crew were rescued.[194] |
| NRP Dão | Portuguese Navy | 1936 Naval Revolt: The Douro-class destroyer was shelled by coast artillery and was beached in the Tagus with some loss of life. Refloated, repaired and returned to service.[195] |
| Konstan | Spain | Spanish Civil War: The cargo ship was shelled and sunk off Bilbao by Almirante Cervera ( Spanish Navy).[194] |
| Sirenes | Norway | The cargo ship ran aground at Callantsoog, Netherlands.[194] She was refloated on 22 September.[196] |
9 September
[edit]| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Romance | United States | The 1,240-gross register ton cargo liner collided in fog with the cargo ship New York ( United States) off the coast of Massachusetts in Outer Boston Harbor and sank without loss of life in up to 80 feet (24 m) of water 1 nautical mile (1.9 km; 1.2 mi) north of The Graves Light at 42°23′41″N 070°51′50″W / 42.39472°N 70.86389°W.[197][198] |
11 September
[edit]| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Nuevo Alvarez Feijóo | Spain | Spanish Civil War: The fishing trawler was shelled and sunk by C-4 ( Spanish Navy).[199] |
13 September
[edit]| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Frederick A |  United States | While no one was aboard, the 12-gross register ton motor vessel dragged her anchor during a gale and was wrecked in Akutan Bay (54°08′05″N 165°46′20″W / 54.13472°N 165.77222°W) on Akutan Island in the Aleutian Islands, about 2.5 nautical miles (4.6 km; 2.9 mi) east of the bay′s southern peninsula.[200] |
| Unidentified boats | All boats on Lovatnet — a lake in Norway — were wrecked or sunk when a landslide near the lake′s southern end generated a megatsunami that ranged in size from 74 metres (243 ft) in the vicinity of the slide to 12.6 metres (41 ft) at the north end of the lake.[201] |
14 September
[edit]| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Aldena | United States | During a voyage from Chicago, Illinois, to St. Paul, Minnesota, the 21-gross register ton motor yacht was destroyed on the Mississippi River at Guttenberg, Iowa, by a fire that began when her gasoline engine back-fired while she was anchored at the Guttenberg lock. Both members of her crew survived.[202][203] |
| Bassa | United Kingdom | The cargo ship ran aground in the Sherboro River, Sierra Leone.[204] She was refloated on 21 September.[205] |
| Westport | United States | The 116-gross register ton, 88-foot (26.8 m) whaling steamer was wrecked without loss of life on a reef off Akutan Island in the Fox Islands group of the eastern Aleutian Islands during a gale. The cutter USCGC Daphne (.png){kind=small} United States Coast Guard) rescued all 12 people aboard Westport.[206] |
16 September
[edit]| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Pourquoi-Pas | France | The research vessel was wrecked off Álftanes, Iceland with the loss of 39 of the 40 people on board. |
17 September
[edit]| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Avon River | United Kingdom | The cargo ship ran aground on Mansel Island, Northern Territory, Canada.[207] She was abandoned as a total loss on 20 September. The crew were rescued by N. B. McLean ( Canada).[208] |
19 September
[edit]| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| B 6 | Spanish Navy | Spanish Civil War: The B 1-class submarine was shelled and sunk off Cape Penas by Velasco and Cirizia both ( Spanish Navy), or damaged and scuttled to prevent capture.[209] |
21 September
[edit]| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Karanan | Netherlands | The coaster, on her maiden voyage ran aground at Blakeney, Norfolk, United Kingdom.[210] She was refloated on 1 October.[211] |
22 September
[edit]| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Onteora | United States | The cargo ship was burnt out at New York.[205] |
| Rosaura | United Kingdom | The motor yacht was in collision with Henca ( Netherlands) at Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands and was severely damaged. She was subsequently repaired and returned to service. |
23 September
[edit]| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| E M Dalglas | Denmark | The cargo ship collided with Angelina Lauro ( Italy) in the English Channel off Ouessant, France and was severely damaged.[212] |
24 September
[edit]| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Arizona Maru | Japan | The cargo ship collided with Uyo Maru ( Japan) at Yokohama and was consequently beached.[213] |
25 September
[edit]| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Bandar Shahpour | United Kingdom | The cargo ship struck a rock in St. George's Channel off the Smalls Lighthouse. She was consequently beached at Dale, Pembrokeshire.[214] |
| Madrid |  Argentina | The coaster collided with Epaminondas C. Embiricos ( Greece) at Ramallo, Buenos Aires and was beached.[214] She sank the next day.[215] |
29 September
[edit]| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Almirante Ferrándiz | Spanish Navy | Spanish Civil War: Battle of Cape Espartel: The Churruca-class destroyer was shelled and sunk in the Strait of Gibraltar off Tarifa by Canarias (
|