List of shipwrecks in 1922
The list of shipwrecks in 1922 includes ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during 1922.
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January[edit]
2 January[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Freddysmith |  United Kingdom | The cargo ship ran aground at Gaasehagen, Denmark.[1] She was refloated on 5 January.[2] |
| Reine des Mers |  France | The schooner was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. (44°50′N 51°29′W / 44.833°N 51.483°W) with the loss of her captain. Survivors were rescued by Hudson ( United States).[1] |
| Storebelt |  Denmark | The cargo ship lost her propeller and consequently came ashore at Hirtshals. Her crew were rescued by rocket apparatus.[1] |
3 January[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Elleray | United Kingdom | The cargo ship departed Hartlepool, County Durham for London. No further trace, presumed foundered in the North Sea with the loss of all hands.[3] |
| Laurence Edith | France | The auxiliary schooner was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean (39°54′N 11°13′W / 39.900°N 11.217°W). Her crew were rescued by Indianic ( United Kingdom).[4] |
4 January[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Roi Rene | France | The schooner ran aground at Morant Cays, Jamaica. Her crew were rescued.[5] |
5 January[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Active | United Kingdom | The coaster foundered in the Irish Sea between the Blackwater and Lucifer Lightships (both  United Kingdom). Her crew survived.[5] |
| Canterbury Hill | United Kingdom | The cargo ship capsized and sank in the bristol Channel. Her crew were rescued by Branstone ( United Kingdom).[2] |
6 January[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Ernesto I |  Italy | The cargo ship sank off Smyrna, Turkey.[2] |
| Manji Maru |  Japan | The cargo ship ran aground at Heinan Head, China.[6] She broke in two of 17 February and was a total loss.[7] |
| Nuovo Due Cugini | Italy | The sailing ship was wrecked with the loss of three crew. She was on a voyage from Tobruk, Libya to Chania, Crete, Greece.[2] |
7 January[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Chassie Maersk | Denmark | The cargo ship ran aground on Rondo Island, Netherlands East Indies. She broke in two and was a total loss.[6] |
8 January[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Atilla |  Germany | The cargo ship sank off Rügen, Vorpommern.[8] |
11 January[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Inaho Maru | Japan | The cargo ship came ashore on Rossel Island and was wrecked. Her crew were rescued by Meiko Maru ( Japan).[9] |
12 January[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| C. C. Mengel, Jr. | United States | The schooner came ashore on Morant Cays, Jamaica and was wrecked.[10] |
| Tidal | United Kingdom | The coaster foundered in the North Sea 10 nautical miles (19 km) off Lowestoft, Suffolk. All fifteen people on board were rescued by Dalton ( United Kingdom).[11] |
13 January[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Italica |  Spain | The cargo ship struck the Beduidos Rocks, off Vigo and foundered.[10] |
16 January[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Mark H. Gray | United Kingdom | The schooner was abandoned in ice off Lark Harbour, Newfoundland.[12] |
| Roma |  Norway | The cargo ship sank off Kombusch, Germany. Her crew were rescued by Rhea ( Finland).[12] |
| Vesta | Germany | The cargo ship caught fire in the North Sea 40 nautical miles (74 km) south east of Lowestoft, Suffolk, United Kingdom. She was abandoned with the loss of ten of her twenty crew. Survivors were rescued by the trawler E.W.B. ( United Kingdom).[13] The still-burning ship was taken in tow for Hook of Holland, Netherlands, by Zwarte Zee ( Netherlands).[12] |
19 January[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Agnes P. Duff | United Kingdom | The schooner was wrecked at St. John's, Newfoundland. Her crew were rescued.[14] |
| Eileen Lake |  Newfoundland | The schooner foundered in the Atlantic Ocean west of Newfoundland. Five crew were rescued by Persier ( Belgium).[15] |
| Marceau |  Marine Nationale | The Marceau-class ironclad came ashore at Tunis, Tunisia and was wrecked.[16] |
20 January[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Emma Haubuss | Germany | The cargo ship came ashore at Agger, Denmark. Her crew were rescued.[14] |
22 January[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Mod | Norway | The cargo ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean 1,200 nautical miles (2,200 km) off Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada with the loss of nine of her 32 crew. Survivors were rescued by Melmore Head and Montcalm (both United Kingdom).[17][18] |
23 January[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Pivoc | United Kingdom | The cargo ship was wrecked in the estuary of the Seine at Rouen, Seine Maritime, France.[19][20] |
| Vigan | United States | The cargo ship suffered an engine failure and was beached on the north coast of Haitan Island, China.[21] |
24 January[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Asquith | United Kingdom | The schooner foundered in the Atlantic Ocean (42°19′N 42°30′W / 42.317°N 42.500°W). Her crew were rescued by Arcturus ( United States).[22] |
| Balmyle | United Kingdom | The cargo ship ran aground in Larne Lough.[22] She was refloated on 16 February.[23] |
| Cairnside | United Kingdom | The coaster struck a rock west of Sark, Channel Islands and sank. All thirteen crew survived.[21] |
| Cormorant | United Kingdom | The cargo ship sprang a leak in the Atlantic Ocean (33°00′00″S 52°21′30″W / 33.00000°S 52.35833°W) and was abandoned. Her crew were rescued by Ruy Barboza ( Brazil).[22] |
| Helen B. Sterling | United Kingdom | The schooner sprang a leak in the Pacific Ocean 150 nautical miles (280 km) north of Three Kings, New Zealand and was abandoned. Her crew were rescued by HMAS Melbourne ( Royal Australian Navy).[22][24] |
25 January[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Quo Vadis | France | The schooner was driven ashore at Viana do Castelo, Portugal with the loss of two crew. The survivors were rescued.[25] |
27 January[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Champion | United Kingdom | The tug collided with San Jose ( Norway) in the River Thames at Tilbury, Essex and sank. Her crew were rescued.[26] |
| Rosa | Belgium | The cargo ship ran aground at Arbroath, Forfarshire, United Kingdom. All sixteen crew were rescued.[26] |
28 January[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Laura | Denmark | The schooner sprang a leak and sank off the Shetland Islands, United Kingdom. Four crew were rescued by a German trawler.[27] |
| Optimist | United Kingdom | The schooner was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. Six crew were rescued by Ampetico ( United Kingdom).[28][29] |
29 January[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Antinous | United Kingdom | The cargo ship ran aground off Oporto, Portugal. She broke her back the next day and was abandoned as a total loss.[15] |
| Santander | Spain | The bucket dredger sank at Santander, Cantabria.[30] |
Unknown date[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| USS A-2 | United States Navy | The Plunger-class submarine was sunk as a target in mid-January. |
| USS B-3 | United States Navy | The B-class submarine was sunk as a target before 17 January. |
| James M. W. Hall | United States | The schooner was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by West Canon ( United States) and landed at New York on 16 January.[12] She was later towed to New York by USCGC Seneca (.png){kind=small} United States Coast Guard).[31] |
| Klampenborg | Denmark | The coaster foundered in the Baltic Sea with the loss of all twelve crew.[32] A lifeboat from the ship was discovered on 11 January.[9] |
| Moses Parry | United Kingdom | The schooner ran aground at White Abbey, County Antrim at the end of January. She was refloated on 14 February.[33] |
February[edit]
1 February[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Eastern Dawn | United States | The cargo ship sank at Baltimore, Maryland.[15] |
2 February[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| USAT Northern Pacific | United States Army | The troopship caught fire and sank in the Atlantic Ocean 25 nautical miles (46 km) off Cape May, New Jersey.[34][35] |
3 February[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Felix | Denmark | The schooner came ashore south of Leixões, Portugal. Her crew were rescued.[29] |
| Gaspe | United Kingdom | The barquentine was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by Queen Louise ( United Kingdom).[28][36] |
| Joseph S. Zeman | United States | Carrying a cargo of coal, the 253-foot (77 m), 1,956-gross register ton five-masted schooner ran aground off the coast of Maine on Metinic Island Ledge — a reef off Metinic Island — broke up, and sank without loss of life in up to 50 feet (15 m) of water at 43°53.76′N 069°10.00′W / 43.89600°N 69.16667°W.[37] |
| Malpas Belle | United Kingdom | The schooner came ashore at Seaton, Devon. All six crew were rescued.[38] |
4 February[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Bonn | Norway | The cargo ship collided with Southwestern Miller ( United Kingdom) in the River Thames at Greenwich, London and was beached.[29] She was refloated on 14 February.[33] |
| Fellside | United Kingdom | The cargo ship came ashore 4 nautical miles (7.4 km) north of Aberdeen. Her crew were rescued.[29] She was refloated on 28 February.[39] |
6 February[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Luso |  Portugal | The cargo ship caught fire at Lisbon.[34] She was scuttled on 10 February.[40] |
7 February[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Bessie A. White | United Kingdom | The auxiliary schooner was driven ashore at Smiths Point, Long Island, New York, United States and was a total loss. Her crew survived.[36] |
| E. M. Sellars | United Kingdom | The schooner was driven ashore at Inagua, Bahamas and was wrecked.[41] |
| Krakow |  Poland | The cargo ship became mired in ice at Tangen, Norway and sank. Her crew survived.[36] |
| Thistlemore | United Kingdom | The cargo ship came ashore at Cape Cod, Massachusetts, United States.[41] She was refloated on 11 February.[42] |
8 February[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Anna Maria |  Latvia | The ship sank in the North Sea. Her crew were rescued.[41] |
| Stramore | United Kingdom | The coaster struck a submerged wreck off Inishtrahull Island, County Donegal, Ireland and sank. All nine crew survived.[43] |
| Coylet | United Kingdom | The tanker caught fire in the Atlantic Ocean 12 nautical miles (22 km) west south west of the Sand Key Lighthouse, Florida, United States. Her crew were rescued by Sucrosa ( United States).[34][40] |
| Norma B. Strong | United Kingdom | The schooner sprang a leak in the Atlantic Ocean (39°15′N 29°05′W / 39.250°N 29.083°W). Her crew survived.[34] |
| Northern Pacific | United States | The decommissioned 8,256-gross register ton former passenger ship and troopship burned, capsized, and sank in the Atlantic Ocean in 140 to 150 feet (43 to 46 m) of water while under tow 30 nautical miles (56 km; 35 mi) south of Cape May, New Jersey. Four of her 28-member crew died.[44][45][46] |
9 February[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Herbert May | United States | The schooner came ashore in the Marquesas Islands, French Polynesia and was wrecked.[47] |
10 February[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Seyar |  Yugoslavia | The cargo ship suffered a boiler explosion and sank in the Bosphorus.[40] |
14 February[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Carmina | Spain | The schooner sprang a leak in the Atlantic Ocean 40 nautical miles (74 km) west of Leixões, Portugal. She was abandoned by her crew, who were rescued by Hurliness ( United Kingdom). Carmina was towed into Leixões by a British trawler.[33] |
| Kibi Maru No.11 | Japan | The cargo ship departed Muroran. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[48] |
| Wasp | United States | After 80 mph (130 km/h) winds tore her loose from her moorings at a dock at Metlakatla in Southeast Alaska, the 13-gross register ton, 38.6-foot (11.8 m) fishing vessel became stranded and broke up on the beach without loss of life.[49] |
15 February[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Suiyer Maru | Japan | The cargo ship struck a rock and foundered in the Kurushima Strait.[50] |
16 February[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Ojo Maru | Japan | The cargo ship collided with an Imperial Japanese Navy submarine off Yoshima, Shiwaku Islands and was beached.[23] |
18 February[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Golden State | United States | The three-masted schooner caught fire in the Atlantic Ocean off Pensacola, Florida and was abandoned.[50] She was towed into Pensacola in a capsized state on 23 February.[51] |
| Poseidon | Denmark | The cargo ship sprang a leak and ran aground at Skallingen. Her crew were rescued.[50] She broke in two on 9 March and was a total loss.[52] |
19 February[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Balsam | United States | The cargo ship ran aground in Lough Foyle.[50] She was refloated on 27 February.[53] |
| Kathleen Spindler | United Kingdom | The schooner was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by Argalia ( United Kingdom).[54] |
20 February[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Dédaigneuse | French Navy | The sloop-of-war was struck by City of Algiers (flag unknown) at Constantinople, Turkey and was severely damaged.[55] |
| Glynwood | United Kingdom | The schooner came ashore at Lindesnes, Norway and was wrecked.[55] |
21 February[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Taisho Maru No.2 | Japan | The cargo ship collided with Wakamatsu Maru ( Japan) at Shimonoseki and sank.[51] |
22 February[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Assimina M Embiricos |  Greece | The cargo ship was wrecked in the Scheldt, Belgium.[56] |
| J. N. Rafeuse | Newfoundland | The schooner sprang a leak in the Atlantic Ocean and was abandoned (46°01′N 35°08′W / 46.017°N 35.133°W). Her crew were rescued by Terrier ( United Kingdom).[57] |
24 February[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Chokyu Maru No.5 | Japan | The cargo ship struck a submerged object at Kobezaki and sank with the loss of a crew member.[39] |
| Cobra | United Kingdom | The cargo liner was wrecked at Chinde, Portuguese West Africa in a cyclone.[58] |
| Punduma | United Kingdom | The cargo ship was wrecked at Chinde in a cyclone with the loss of three lives.[58] |
| NRP Salvador |  Portuguese Navy | The river gunboat was wrecked at Chinde in a cyclone.[58] |
25 February[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Lowell F. Parks | United Kingdom | The schooner was abandoned and set afire in the Atlantic Ocean.[59] |
27 February[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Rothenburg | Germany | The cargo ship struck a submerged object in the Kattegat and sank. Her crew survived.[39] She was refloated on 18 April.[60] |
| Valerie | United Kingdom | The schooner sprang a leak and sank off the Cape Verde Islands, Portugal. Her crew were rescued by Fernando ( Portugal).[39] |
28 February[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Danehurst | United Kingdom | The salvage vessel sank at Liverpool, Lancashire.[61] |
| Roma | United Kingdom | The cargo ship came ashore in Loch Eriboll and was wrecked.[39] |
Unknown date[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Lockwood | United Kingdom | The coaster ran aground in the River Witham at Boston, Lincolnshire. She was refloated on 24 June.[62] |
March[edit]
1 March[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Minerva | Norway | The whaler was wrecked off the South Shetland Islands.[63] |
| Pembsco | United Kingdom | The cargo ship departed Burry Port, Glamorgan for Dublin, Ireland. No further trace, presumed foundered in the Irish Sea with the loss of all hands.[64] |
2 March[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Eider | United Kingdom | The coaster sprang a leak and foundered in the English Channel off Berry Head, Devon. All ten crew were rescued by the Brixham Lifeboat.[65] |
| Grøntoft | Norway | The cargo ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean (47°48′N 42°24′W / 47.800°N 42.400°W) with the loss of all twenty crew.[66][67] |
5 March[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Christine | France | The cargo ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean 20 nautical miles (37 km) south by west of the Wolf Rock, Cornwall, United Kingdom. Her crew were rescued by War Nawab ( United Kingdom).[48] |
6 March[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Motherland | United Kingdom | The schooner caught fire in the Indian Ocean off Port Louis, Mauritius. Her crew were rescued.[68] She drifted ashore on 7 March and was a total loss.[69] |
| Satsuki Maru | Japan | The cargo ship was wrecked in the Yangtze Estuary, China.[68] |
7 March[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Cheshire | United Kingdom | The coaster passed The Lizard, Cornwall bound for Fécamp, Seine-Inférieure, France. No further trace, presumed foundered in the English Channel with the loss of all hands.[70] |
| West Munham | United States | The Design 1013 cargo ship came ashore on Heligoland, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany.[68] She was abandoned by her crew on 8 March.[69] |
8 March[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| HMS Laertes |  Royal Navy | The Laforey-class destroyer came ashore at Newhaven, Sussex after her tow parted.[64] She was later refloated and arrived at Dover on 13 March for scrapping.[71] |
| Swanston | United Kingdom | The cargo ship was driven ashore on Queen Anne's Rocks, Cattewater, Plymouth, Devon and was wrecked. Her crew were rescued.[69] |
10 March[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Brackenholm | United Kingdom | The schooner departed Ramsey, Isle of Man for Truro, Cornwall. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[72] |
| Holdal II | United States | The halibut-fishing vessel struck a rock and sank at the entrance to a harbor on the coast of Bushy Island (56°16′N 132°59′W / 56.267°N 132.983°W) in Southeast Alaska.[73] |
12 March[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Rosario | United States | The 24-gross register ton, 40.6-foot (12.4 m) fishing vessel dragged her anchor during a storm and was wrecked in Katlian Bay (57°09′N 135°23′W / 57.150°N 135.383°W) opposite Kruzof Island in the Alexander Archipelago in Southeast Alaska near Sitka, Territory of Alaska. Her crew of five survived.[74] |
| Tajima Maru | Japan | The cargo ship ran aground at Qingdao, China.[75] She was refloated on 19 March.[70] |
13 March[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Gauntlet | United Kingdom | The tug ran aground and sank at Newhaven, Sussex.[71] |
| Myriophiton | Greece | The cargo ship was wrecked at Soukhoum, Soviet Union.[71] |
17 March[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Elizabeth D | United Kingdom | The schooner came ashore at Saint-Pierre, St. Pierre and Miquelon and was wrecked.[76] |
18 March[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Fred Cleeves | United Kingdom | The cargo ship sank in the Atlantic Ocean 4 nautical miles (7.4 km) off Pomarão, Portugal. Her crew survived.[77] |
19 March[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Emlynton | United Kingdom | The cargo ship sprang a leak in the Atlantic Ocean and was abandoned. She was later sighted derelict at 41°48′N 9°00′W / 41.800°N 9.000°W.[77] |
21 March[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Kullaberg |  Sweden | The cargo ship ran aground near Elleness, West Lothian, United Kingdom.[78] She was later refloated and beached at Elie, Fife. Refloated again on 3 April.[79] |
23 March[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| HMS H42 | Royal Navy | The H-class submarine was rammed off Gibraltar by HMS Versatile ( Royal Navy) and sank with the loss of all 22 crew. |
| Sakaki Maru | Japan | The cargo ship collided with Eastern Sailor ( United States) in the Whangpo River, Shanghai, China and was beached.[80] |
| Salamanca | Norway | The cargo ship was abandoned in the Bay of Biscay. Her crew were rescued by Argonne ( France).[81] |
24 March[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Curvos | Portugal | The schooner was destroyed by fire at Falmouth, Cornwall, United Kingdom.[80] |
| Glenmore | United Kingdom | The cargo ship struck the wreck of Treveal ( United Kingdom) in the English Channel off St Alban's Head, Dorset and foundered. Her crew survived.[80] |
| Maggie Read | United Kingdom | The coaster was destroyed by fire off Ornsay, Inner Hebrides.[82] |
25 March[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| City of Frankfort | United Kingdom | The cargo ship came ashore on the Chaussées des Pierres Noires, off Brest, Finistère, France. All fifteen people on board were rescued.[82] She broke in two on 27 March and was a total loss.[83] |
| Omar D. Conger | United States | The ferry was destroyed at dock in the Black River at Port Huron, Michigan by a boiler explosion. The four crewmen on board were killed.[45][84] |
27 March[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Diana | United Kingdom | The sealer was abandoned and set afire off the coast of Newfoundland. Her crew were rescued by Sagona ( United Kingdom).[83] |
| Macleod | United Kingdom | The coaster foundered off Sanda Island, Argyllshire. All four crew survived.[85] |
| Sterling | Norway | The cargo liner came ashore on Sandön, Sweden and sank. All on board were rescued.[85] |
29 March[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Majestic | United Kingdom | The ocean liner ran aground at Pagensand, Schleswig-Holstein.[86] She was refloated on 30 March.[87] |
30 March[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| General Currie | United Kingdom | The schooner came ashore at Saint-Pierre, Saint Pierre and Miquelon.[88] She was refloated on 3 April, but capsized whilst being towed into port.[89] |
31 March[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Manurewa |  Australia | The barque departed Sydney, New South Wales for Grafton, New South Wales. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[90] |
April[edit]
3 April[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Suwa Maru | Japan | The cargo ship ran aground on the White Rock, off Swatow, China. She was abandoned as a total loss on 13 April. Her crew were rescued by a British steamship.[60] |
4 April[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Palitana |  Egypt | The cargo ship foundered in the Mediterranean Sea 70 nautical miles (130 km) north east of Derna, Libya.[91] |
5 April[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Lys | United Kingdom | The cargo ship collided with The Baron ( United Kingdom) at the mouth of the River Usk and was beached.[89] She was refloated on 8 April.[91] |
| Peveril | United Kingdom | The cargo ship sprang a leak at Reval, Estonia and was beached.[92] |
7 April[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Countess of Seafield | United Kingdom | The cargo ship caught fire and sank in the North Sea off Peterhead, Aberdeenshire.[91] |
11 April[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Kerrier | France | The schooner departed Cardiff, Glamorgan, United Kingdom for Lannion, Côtes-du-Nord. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[93] |
12 April[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Grace van Dusen | United States | The schooner sank in the Atlantic Ocean of West Quoddy, Maine. Her crew were rescued.[94] |
13 April[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Cumberland Queen | United Kingdom | The schooner was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean off Cape Hatteras, North Carolina, United States.[94][95] She was towed into Norfolk, Virginia by a United States Coast Guard cutter.[60] |
16 April[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Lusitania | Portugal | The schooner was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean (52°24′N 5°10′W / 52.400°N 5.167°W). All fifteen crew were rescued by Gaelic Star ( United Kingdom).[95] |
17 April[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Ardachy | United Kingdom | The cargo ship ran aground off Moville, County Donegal, Ireland.[96] She was refloated on 24 April.[63] |
| Berlin | United States | The 1,634-gross register ton bark was wrecked without loss of life on the Egegik Flats (58°13′N 157°31′W / 58.217°N 157.517°W) on the south-central coast of the Territory of Alaska southwest of Naknek and became a total loss. The steamers Nushagak and San Juan (both United States) rescued all 225 people on board.[97] |
18 April[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Lambton |  Canada | Lost in a storm in Whitefish Bay on Lake Superior. |
19 April[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Bisnod | United Kingdom | The cargo ship foundered off Jellasore, India.[98] |
| Wargwoltic | United Kingdom | The schooner ran aground on the Hog Sty Reef, Bahamas and was wrecked.[99] |
20 April[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| General Gordon | Spain | The cargo ship capsized and sank at Casablanca, French Morocco.[100] She was refloated on 2 May.[101] |
| Zero | United Kingdom | The cargo ship collided with Aeolus ( United States) at Montevideo, Uruguay and sank.[100] |
21 April[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Andree | United Kingdom | The cargo ship was severely damaged by fire at New York, United States.[102][103] |
22 April[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| George Andre | Spain | The sailing ship was wrecked at Rosas, Catalonia. Her crew were rescued.[63] |
24 April[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Sirdar | United Kingdom | The tug collided with Old North State ( United States) at Tilbury, Essex and sank. Her crew survived.[63] |
25 April[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Kyma | Greece | The cargo ship caught fire at Constanţa, Romania and sank. She was a total loss.[104] |
| Stolwijk | Netherlands | The cargo ship ran aground at Åhus, Skåne County, Sweden.[105] She was refloated on 29 April.[106] |
26 April[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Député Albert Taillandier | France | The cargo ship sank in the Atlantic Ocean (approximately 49°N 3°W / 49°N 3°W) with the loss of all but one of her crew.[104] |
28 April[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Gutterrez Zamora |  Mexico | The cargo ship sprang a leak and was beached at Tampico, Tamaulipas. She was plundered by locals and was declared a constructive total loss.[106] |
29 April[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Ilia | Germany | The auxiliary sailing ship was destroyed by fire at Emden, Germany.[106] |
| Victoria de Larrinaga | United Kingdom | The cargo ship ran aground on the Mouchoir Bank, Bahamas.[107] She was abandoned on 1 May. Her crew were rescued by Lake Fairlie ( United States).[108] |
May[edit]
1 May[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Sterling | Norway | The cargo liner came ashore in Seydisfjord, Iceland, and was wrecked. All on board were rescued.[108][109] |
| Whittier |  United States | The steam tanker ran aground on Saunders Reef, about 10 miles (16 km) south of Point Arena, California and was wrecked. All on board were rescued.[110] |
2 May[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Fear Not | United Kingdom | The cargo ship foundered at Clackland Point, Isle of Arran, Buteshire. Her crew were rescued.[101] |
| Josephine | United States | The schooner was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean.[101] She was towed to Southport, North Carolina and was beached.[111] |
| Kiang Tung |  China | The cargo ship was destroyed by fire whilst on a voyage from Shusi to Hankow.[112] |
3 May[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Turenne | France | The cargo ship ran aground at Mahdia, Tunisia.[112] She was refloated on 10 May.[113] |
5 May[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| B. R. Tower | United Kingdom | The schooner was wrecked on a reef north east of Grand Turk.[111] Her crew were rescued.[114] |
8 May[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| City of Charleroy | United Kingdom | The cargo ship collided with Bittern ( United Kingdom) at Antwerp, Belgium and was beached.[115] She was refloated later that day.[116] |
10 May[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Arbeeco | United Kingdom | The cargo ship ran aground on Renew's Rock, off the coast of Newfoundland and was wrecked. Her crew were rescued.[113] |
| Constantinos Pateras | Greece | The cargo ship ran aground at Carromeiro, A Coruña, Spain.[116] She broke in two the next day and was a total loss.[117] |
15 May[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Dragoon | United Kingdom | The cargo ship sank at Hennebont, Morbihan, France.[118] |
| Olive | United States | During a voyage from Eagle to Iditarod, the 50-gross register ton scow was crushed by ice and lost on the Iditarod River in the central Territory of Alaska. Her crew of six survived.[119] |
18 May[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Lothar Bohren | United Kingdom | The cargo ship ran aground at Port-de-Bouc, Bouches-du-Rhône, France.[120] She was refloated on 22 May.[121] |
19 May[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Middlesex | United States | The cargo ship was wrecked at Portland, Maine.[120] |
20 May[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Dongola | United Kingdom | The cargo ship collided with Kumano Maru ( Japan) off Woosung, China and was beached. She was refloated on 22 May.[121][122] |
| Egypt | United Kingdom | The ocean liner collided with Seine ( France) in the English Channel 28 nautical miles (52 km) off the Armen Lighthouse, Finistère, France.[123] She sank with the loss of 86 of the 352 people on board. Survivors were rescued by Seine. |
| Gen. John Wilkins | United States | The ship was wrecked on this date.[122] |
21 May[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Conestoga | Canada | The cargo ship caught fire and sank in the St Lawrence River. |
| Emily Eveson | United Kingdom | The cargo ship ran aground on the Clougne Rock, on the south east coast of Alderney, Channel Islands and was wrecked. Her crew were rescued.[124] |
| Iro | Greece | The cargo ship caught fire at Salonica and was scuttled to extinguish the fire.[125] |
| St. Patrice | United Kingdom | The cargo ship came ashore west of The Lizard, Cornwall. Her crew were rescued by the Lizard Lifeboat.[122] |
22 May[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Virginia Olson | United States | The cargo ship was rammed and sunk by a United States Navy submarine at San Francisco, California.[121] |
23 May[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Andree | United Kingdom | The cargo ship collided with H. F. Alexander ( United States) at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and was beached. She was refloated on 27 June.[121][126] |
25 May[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Rosyland | United States | During a voyage along the coast of Kodiak Island from Kodiak to Three Saints Bay carrying seven passengers, four crewmen, and a cargo of two tons of merchandise and lumber, the 42-gross register ton, 54.4-foot (16.6 m) fishing vessel dragged her anchor during a gale in the Gulf of Alaska and was wrecked on a beach – since known locally as Rosyland Beach – in the first bight east of the entrance to Kalsin Bay (57°40′N 152°21′W / 57.667°N 152.350°W) about 5 nautical miles (9.3 km; 5.8 mi) west of Cape Chiniak (57°37′N 152°10′W / 57.617°N 152.167°W). The vessel Erskin ( United States) rescued her passengers and crew.[74] |
29 May[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Kwinana | Australia |  |
| Welsh Prince | United Kingdom | The cargo ship collided with Iowan ( United States) in the Columbia River at Astoria, Oregon, United States and sank with the loss of seven of her crew.[127][128] |
30 May[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Diamantino | Portugal | The schooner foundered in the Bay of Biscay off Ouessant, Finistère, France. All eleven crew were rescued by Ymir ( Germany).[129] |
31 May[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Tuna | United Kingdom | The cargo ship ran aground of the Fanjove Lighthouse, Zanzibar.[130] She was refloated on 5 June.[131] |
| Western Belle | United Kingdom | The cargo ship had an engine fire 16 nautical miles (30 km; 18 mi) north northwest of the Hanois Lighthouse, Guernsey Channel Islands and sank.[132] |
June[edit]
1 June[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Wiltshire | United Kingdom | The cargo liner struck a reef and foundered in the Pacific Ocean off the Great Barrier Island, New Zealand. All 103 crew were rescued.[133] |
2 June[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Grimgerde | Germany | The cargo ship collided with Dalston ( United Kingdom) in the North Sea and was beached at Saltwick, Yorkshire. Her crew were rescued.[134] |
| Sirena | Netherlands | The schooner was wrecked in Lake Maracaibo.[135] |
3 June[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Adam Smith | United Kingdom | The cargo ship ran aground at Roscoff, Finistère, France.[136] She was refloated on 6 June.[137] |
| Montcalm | United Kingdom | The ocean liner ran aground in the St. Lawrence River, at Bécancour, Quebec, Canada. All 848 passengers were taken off.[136] She was refloated on 5 June.[138] |
5 June[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Lake Bay | United States | The 12-gross register ton, 50-foot (15.2 m) sealing vessel was anchored near the mouth of Necker Bay (56°40′N 135°05′W / 56.667°N 135.083°W) in Southeast Alaska with only a small boy aboard and her crew of three and other four passengers ashore when her skiff broke loose and went adrift. One of her part-owners tried to swim out to the skiff from shore but was carried too far by the current. The boy followed instructions from shore to loosen the anchor line in the hope that Lake Bay would drift close enough to the man in the water to save him, but she did not and he drowned. Lake Bay then drifted onto rocks on the south side of the mouth of the bay and later slipped off and sank in deep water without further loss of life.[139] |
8 June[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Weichsel |  Danzig | The tug collided with Polonio ( Denmark) at Danzig and sank with the loss of a crew member.[140] |
10 June[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Edward R. West | United States | The four-masted schooner was wrecked in the Windward Islands.[141] |
12 June[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| HMS Blue Sky | Royal Navy | The Admiralty-type drifter foundered in the North Sea off the Thames Estuary. |
14 June[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Kirstene | Norway | The three-masted auxiliary schooner came ashore at Lowestoft, Suffolk, United Kingdom and was wrecked. Her crew were rescued by the Lowestoft Lifeboat.[142] |
16 June[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Avaré | Brazil | The cargo ship sank at Hamburg, Germany. She was refloated on 17 August.[143] |
18 June[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Spyridon | Greece | The cargo ship issued an SOS in the Atlantic Ocean (42°07′N 8°00′W / 42.117°N 8.000°W).[144] She came ashore on the Bendino Rocks off Vigo, Spain and sank. Her crew survived.[145] |
19 June[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Cabo Mondego | Portugal | The sailing vessel foundered in the Atlantic Ocean (approximately 36°N 22°W / 36°N 22°W). Her crew survived.[145] |
| Robert C. Pringle | United States |  United States), the 101-foot (31 m), 141-gross register ton steam tug sank almost immediately in over 300 feet (91 m) of water in Lake Michigan off Sheboygan County, Wisconsin, about 12 nautical miles (22 km; 14 mi) north of Sheboygan, Wisconsin, at 43°41.508′N 087°33.292′W / 43.691800°N 87.554867°W after striking a submerged object. Venezuela rescued her entire crew. The wreck was discovered in 2008 and included in the Wisconsin Shipwreck Coast National Marine Sanctuary in 2021.[146][147] |
23 June[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Puritan | The schooner ran aground off Sable Island, Nova Scotia, Canada and foundered with the loss of sixteen of her nineteen crew.[148] |
27 June[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Bouclier | French Navy | The Bouclier-class destroyer collided with Paris ( French Navy) at Toulon, Var. Both vessels were severely damaged.[149] |
29 June[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Fairfield | United States | The decommissioned wooden steamer was disposed of by burning off Governor's Island in Boston Harbor.[150] |
| Providence | United States | The passenger ship ran aground off Rhode Island. Her passengers were taken off.[151] She was refloated on 30 June.[152] |
| Wakanna | United States | The decommissioned wooden steamer was disposed of by burning off Governor's Island in Boston Harbor.[150] |
Unknown date[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Prinz Eugen | French Navy | The Tegetthoff-class battleship (ex- Austro-Hungarian Navy) was sunk as a target in the Atlantic Ocean by the battleships France, Jean Bart and Paris (all French Navy). |
July[edit]
1 July[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Heathside | United Kingdom | The cargo ship ran aground 7 nautical miles (13 km) off Martín García Island, Uruguay. She was refloated on 13 July.[153][154] |
| HMS Insolent | Royal Navy | The Bouncer-class flatiron gunboat foundered in Portsmouth Harbour. Her wreck was sold on 18 June 1925 for breaking up.[155] |
| Moineau | France | The tanker caught fire at Constanţa, Romania and was a total loss.[156] |
3 July[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Anasthasios | Greece | The cargo ship ran aground off Martín García Island, Uruguay.[156] She was refloated on 31 July.[157] |
| Canadian Commander | United Kingdom | The refrigerated cargo ship ran aground at Saint Pierre and Miquelon. She was refloated on 16 July. |
4 July[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Spray | United Kingdom | The tug collided with Cairndhu ( United Kingdom) at Montreal, Quebec, Canada and sank with the loss of six lives.[158] |
5 July[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Brussels | United Kingdom | The cargo ship ran aground at Shoreham-by-Sea, Sussex.[158] She was wrecked in a gale the next day.[159] |
| Orthia | United Kingdom | The cargo ship collided with Airedale ( United Kingdom) in the Atlantic Ocean off Father Point, Quebec, Canada.[158] She was beached 1 nautical mile (1.9 km) off the White Island Lightship ( Canada). Her crew were rescued.[159] |
| Duymaer van Twist | Netherlands | The passenger ship caught fire on a voyage from Batavia, Netherlands East Indies to Penang, Malaya. She was beached on the Telok Dalam Bay Reef.[158] She was refloated on 10 July and towed to Sabang, Netherlands East Indies for repairs.[160] |
6 July[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Louis Ernest | United Kingdom | The sailing ship struck the wreck of HMS Glatton ( Royal Navy) and sank at Dover, Kent.[159] |
7 July[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Nor-Kap | United States | The 15-gross register ton motor vessel was destroyed by fire in Triangle Bay on the coast of the Territory of Alaska.[161] |
| SMS Nürnberg |  Imperial German Navy | The captured Königsberg-class light cruiser was sunk as a target in the English Channel off the Isle of Wight by British forces. |
8 July[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| El Kahira | United Kingdom | The cargo ship passed St. Catherine's Point, Isle of Wight bound for Algiers, Algeria. Presumed later foundered in the English Channel with the loss of all hands.[162] The body of her captain washed up at Cap Gris Nez, Pas-de-Calais, France in the early days of August 1922.[163] |
| Nantwa Maru | Japan | The cargo ship ran aground and sank at Shikotsosaki.[164] |
| Nieuw Amsterdam | Netherlands | Cargo in the ocean liner's number 5 hold caught fire while she was at her pier in Hoboken, New Jersey. Her crew, Hoboken FD, and the New York FD fireboat James Duane fought the fire. 100 firemen were overcome by toxic fumes. The fireboat Thomas Willett rescued James Duane's crew. The fire was extinguished after five and a half hours. The next day thousands of gallons of water were pumped out of Nieuw Amsterdam's number 5 hold. Damage was estimated at more than $100,000.[165] |
10 July[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Lord Harrington | United Kingdom | The cargo ship ran aground on the Pelican Spit, Smyrna, Turkey.[166] She was refloated on 13 July.[154] |
11 July[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| France | France | The barque ran aground on reefs in New Caledonia, at approximately 21°00′S 165°00′E / 21.000°S 165.000°E, near Nouméa. She was thrown ashore by a large wave on 13 July. Attempts to refloat the vessel failed and she sank later in the year.[167][168] |
12 July[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Cananova | United States | The cargo ship ran aground on Green Island, Jamaica.[160] She was refloated on 20 July.[169] |
| Somme | France | The schooner foundered in the English Channel off Lézardrieux, Côtes-du-Nord. Her crew survived.[170] |
13 July[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Aviateur de Terlines | France | The schooner caught fire at Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône and was a total loss.[160] |
14 July[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Allie | United Kingdom | The cargo ship ran aground in the Gulf of Bothnia off the Snipan Lightship ( Finland).[171] She was refloated on 25 July and put into Holmsund, Västerbotten County, Sweden leaking severely.[172] |
16 July[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Hjeltenæs | Norway | The schooner caught fire and sank in the Atlantic Ocean (51°00′N 13°00′W / 51.000°N 13.000°W). All sixteen crew were rescued by Bannack ( United States).[173] |
17 July[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Ursus | United Kingdom | The cargo ship ran aground on Holmögadd, Västerbotten County, Sweden.[174] She was refloated on 21 July.[175] |
19 July[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| John R. Fox | United States | The schooner was driven ashore at Bottlenose Carcos, Turks Islands and was wrecked.[176] |
21 July[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Holmes A. Frank | United Kingdom | The schooner was driven ashore at Querpon, Newfoundland and was wrecked.[176] |
23 July[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Roi Albert | Belgium | The cargo ship ran aground north of Cape St. Vincent, Portugal.[176] She was declared a total loss. Her crew were rescued.[177] |
25 July[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Charles Braley | United States | The tanker suffered an explosion and fire in the Atlantic Ocean 75 nautical miles (139 km) east north east of Tampa, Florida and sank. Her crew survived.[172] |
26 July[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| USS Granite State | United States Navy | While under tow to be scrapped, the hulk — the former 2,600-displacement ton ship-of-the-line USS New Hampshire — which had burned and sunk on 23 May 1921 and been refloated in July 1922, burned and sank again in the Atlantic Ocean off Half Way Rock near Manchester-by-the-Sea, Massachusetts, after her tow line parted in a storm. Her wreck settled in up to 30 feet (9.1 m) of water just off the east end of Graves Island at 42°34′16″N 070°44′45″W / 42.57111°N 70.74583°W.[178] |
| Metschta | France | The cargo ship collided with Bitinia ( Italy) at Constantinople and was beached.[179] She was refloated on 31 July.[157] |
27 July[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Calista | United States | The coaster collided with Hawaii Maru ( Japan) at Seattle, Washington and sank.[180] |
| Empress | United States | The 23-gross register ton motor vessel sank off Angle Point (55°14′20″N 131°25′30″W / 55.23889°N 131.42500°W) on the coast of Bold Island (55°14′57″N 131°25′01″W / 55.2492°N 131.4169°W) in Southeast Alaska about two minutes after the 25-ton motor vessel Vega ( United States) collided with her, cutting her stern off. Vega rescued her crew of two.[181] |
| Tartar | Norway | The cargo ship was driven ashore at Korsør, Denmark.[179] She was refloated on 31 July but found to be leaking severely and was beached.[182] |
29 July[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| County of Carmarthen | United Kingdom | The cargo ship ran aground on Maio, Cape Verde Islands, Portugal.[183] She was declared a total loss on 1 August.[184] |
30 July[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Ayala Mendi | Spain | The cargo ship collided with Francesco Ferruccio ( Regia Marina) in the Bay of Biscay and sank with the loss of one of her 33 crew.[182][185][186] |
| Vancouver Maru | Japan | The cargo ship ran aground 3 nautical miles (5.6 km) north east by east of Cape Henry, Virginia, United States.[182] She was refloated on 7 August.[187] |
31 July[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Rapids Prince | United Kingdom | The passenger ship ran aground in the Lachine Rapids, Saint Lawrence River, Quebec, Canada. Her passengers were taken off.[182] |
| Guglielmo Pepe | Regia Marina | The Alessandro Poerio-class destroyer was rammed by Bolsena ( Italy) at Constantinople, Turkey and was severely damaged. She was beached but later refloated and taken to the Golden Horn for drydocking.[182][188] |
Unknown date[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Malicia Enos | United States | The fishing schooner left Gloucester, Massachusetts in early July for the Georges Bank and vanished. Lost with all five crewmen.[189][190] |
August[edit]
1 August[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Aoku Maru | Japan | The cargo ship suffered an onboard explosion at Kobe and was a total loss.[188] |
| John A. Campbell | United States | The schooner was destroyed by fire at Tarawa, Gilbert and Ellice Islands.[191] |
2 August[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Brumath | United Kingdom | The cargo ship was destroyed by fire at Port-Daniel, Quebec, Canada.[188] |
| Edward | United States | The tow steamer was sunk by an explosion off Gold Street, Brooklyn, a total loss. Five crew killed.[192] |
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| San Maurizio | Italy | The coaster was driven ashore at Karaburun, Turkey. Her crew were rescued.[186] |
4 August[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Ella F. | United Kingdom | The schooner sank at Stripe Island, Labrador, Canada.[193] |
5 August[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Grey Abbey | United Kingdom | The coaster foundered in the North Sea 10 nautical miles (19 km) off Holborn Head, Caithness. Her crew survived.[194] |
6 August[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Petrell | Norway | The cargo ship struck a rock and sank between Cape Spartell and Cape Arzila, Spain. All seventeen crew were rescued by Neutral ( Germany).[195] |
| Shinyei Maru | Japan | The cargo ship ran aground at Shaweishan, China. She was refloated on 23 August.[196] |
8 August[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| HMS Raleigh | Royal Navy |  The Hawkins-class cruiser ran aground in Forteau Bay, Labrador, Canada and was wrecked with the loss of eleven of her 690 crew. The wreck was dispersed in September 1926. |
9 August[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| G.S.L. | United Kingdom | The cargo ship caught fire in the North Sea off Lerwick, Shetland Islands and was beached in Nesting Bay. Her crew were rescued.[187] |
| Hartside | United Kingdom | The cargo ship came ashore at Punta Palmar, Uruguay (34°00′S 53°32′W / 34.000°S 53.533°W).[187] Fifteen of her crew were taken off on 10 August by Powerful ( United Kingdom).[197] |