List of shipwrecks in 1931
The list of shipwrecks in 1931 includes ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during 1931.
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January[edit]
1 January[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| John W. Miller |  Canada | The schooner was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean (33°41′N 36°14′W / 33.683°N 36.233°W). The crew were rescued by Wibo ( Germany).[1] |
2 January[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Fotini Carras |  Greece | The cargo ship ran aground south of Fontana.[2] She was refloated on 5 February.[3] |
| Hesperos |  Norway | The cargo ship ran aground at Karelina Bougaz, Soviet Union.[2] She was refloated on 5 January.[3] |
5 January[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Raritan |  United States | The dredger collided with City of Montgomery ( United States)[3] |
| Tricolor | Norway | The cargo liner caught fire, exploded and sank in the Indian Ocean 5 nautical miles (9.3 km) off Barberyn, Ceylon with the loss of four lives. Survivors were rescued by Porthos ( France).[4][5] |
6 January[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Fleurus | Norway | The cargo ship ran aground on West Falkland, Falkland Islands.[6] She was refloated on 18 January.[7] |
| Nurtureton |  United Kingdom | The cargo ship came ashore at Lade, Kent and broke her back.[8][9] She was abandoned as a total loss on 12 January.[10] The stern section was towed to Gravesend, Kent, arriving on 4 February.[11] The bow section arrived on 20 February.[12] She was subsequently repaired and returned to service.[13] |
7 January[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Carl | Germany | The cargo ship collided with Themis ( Sweden) off Swinemünde, Pomerania and sank.[14] |
| Hercules | United Kingdom | The tug collided with Napier Star ( United Kingdom) and sank in the River Tyne at Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Northumberland with the loss of three crew.[14] |
10 January[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Cesar |  Spain | The cargo ship foundered off Cape Peñas, Asturias.[6] |
| Werdenfels | Germany | The cargo ship came ashore 16 nautical miles (30 km) south of Okha Port, India.[6] She was refloated on 15 January.[15] |
12 January[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Barbara | Germany | The auxiliary galeas was driven ashore at Arnager, Denmark. The crew were rescued.[16] |
| Hakutetsu Maru No.2 |  Japan | The cargo ship ran aground 25 nautical miles (46 km) west of Moji. She sank the next day.[16] |
13 January[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Crown of Denmark | United Kingdom | The auxiliary schooner came ashore at Portland, Dorset and was wrecked. The crew were rescued by Portwey ( United Kingdom).[17] |
| Hanseat | Germany | The fishing trawler sank at Bremerhaven.[18] She was refloated on 15 January.[19] |
17 January[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Steingrim | Norway | The cargo ship ran aground at Vyborg, Finland. She was refloated on 11 February.[20] |
18 January[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Kabinda |  Belgium | The cargo ship ran aground on Mafia Island, Tanganyika.[21] She was refloated on 4 February.[11] |
| Tatra |  Hungary | The cargo ship was abandoned in the Aegean Sea off Serifos (37°07′N 24°25′E / 37.117°N 24.417°E), where she drifted ashore.[7][21] |
| Vesuvio |  Italy | The barquentine came ashore as Scilla, Calabria and was wrecked. The crew were rescued.[7] |
19 January[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Baron de Catelin | Belgium | The cargo ship was driven ashore at Zonguldak, Turkey and sank.[7] |
20 January[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Lindisfarne | United Kingdom | The cargo ship collided with Tancred ( Norway) in the Nieuwe Waterweg between Schiedam and Vlaardingen, South Holland, Netherlands and was beached.[22] |
| Sirius | United Kingdom | The cargo ship collided with Otava ( Finland) in the River Thames at Charlton, London and was beached.[23] |
22 January[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Commercial Mariner | United States | The cargo ship collided with San Simeon ( United States) at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and sank.[24] |
| Glenarch | United Kingdom | The cargo ship ran aground at the Inishmore Lighthouse, County Galway, Ireland. She was refloated on 5 February.[25] |
| Zavaslia |  Soviet Union | The ship foundered in the Black Sea with the loss of all 50 people on board.[26] |
23 January[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Frank M | United Kingdom | The cargo ship collided with the motor barge Louis Ghemor 7 ( Belgium) in the Scheldt at Tamise, Belgium, and was beached.[27] |
25 January[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Hato Maru | Japan | The cargo ship ran aground on the Korean coast and sank.[28] |
26 January[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Drina |  Yugoslavia | The cargo ship ran aground on Pearl Rock, Gibraltar.[29] She was declared a total loss.[28] |
| Gleneden | United Kingdom | The cargo ship ran aground at Ras Fatma, Italian Eritrea.[30] She was refloated on 30 January.[31] |
27 January[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Enton | United Kingdom | The cargo ship ran aground on a reef off New Caledonia (22°50′S 176°45′E / 22.833°S 176.750°E).[32] She was declared a total loss.[33] |
30 January[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Enterprise II | United Kingdom | The tug sank at Preston, Lancashire.[34] |
31 January[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Dancho Maru | Japan | The cargo ship ran aground and sank off Wakayama.[35] |
| Elise | Germany | The auxiliary sailing vessel was struck by Teal ( United Kingdom) at Hamburg and sank.[28] |
Unknown date[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Yesil Irmak |  Turkey | The cargo ship ran aground at Zonguldak. She was refloated on 20 September.[36] |
February[edit]
1 February[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Arabia Maru | Japan | The cargo ship collided with Takao Maru ( Japan) in Tokyo Bay off Kannonzaki Lighthouse and was beached on muddy sand off Onuki Town, Chiba Prefecture. She was refloated on 5 or 6 February. Repaired and returned to service.[37][35][38] |
2 February[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Valvanera | Spain | The cargo ship was beached at Saint-Jean-de-Luz, Basses-Pyrénées, France.[35] |
5 February[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Gardelaki | Greece | The cargo ship ran aground north east of Sulaki.[25] She was refloated on 18 February.[39] |
| Ichang |  China | The ship collided with another vessel in the Yangtze and was beached downstream of Tungchow.[25] |
6 February[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Chofuku Maru | Japan | The cargo ship ran aground on a reef at Point Cloates, Western Australia about three or four miles (4.8 or 6.4 km) north of the North West Whaling Station whilst going to the aid of Shunsei Maru ( Japan), and about one mile (1.6 km) from Shunsei Maru. Her coal bunkers caught fire the next day destroying most of her superstructure. Salvagers salvaged equipment and anchors. The wreck eventually keeled over and sank.[40][41][42] |
| Golden Rod |  United States | The cargo ship ran aground at the mouth of the Fraser River, British Columbia, Canada. She was refloated the next day and returned to service. |
| Mado | United Kingdom | The tug sank in the River Thames at Canning Town, London.[37] |
| Shunsei Maru | Japan | The cargo ship ran aground on a reef at Point Cloates about three or four miles (4.8 or 6.4 km) north of the North West Whaling Station. Salvagers, using her equipment, refloated her on 5 April. She was taken to Carnarvon, Western Australia for temporary repairs and steamed under her own power to Surabaya, Netherlands East Indies for permanent repairs.[43][41][44] |
7 February[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Sumner | United States | After striking a submerged object with great force 1 nautical mile (1.9 km; 1.2 mi) off Davidson Point (54°56′00″N 132°24′00″W / 54.9333333°N 132.4°W), the 11-gross register ton, 46.7-foot (14.2 m) fishing vessel caught fire and sank in approximately 600 feet (180 m) of water 3 nautical miles (5.6 km; 3.5 mi) north-northwest of Point Percy (54°56′50″N 131°37′00″W / 54.94722°N 131.61667°W) in Southeast Alaska. The only person on board escaped in a lifeboat and survived.[45] |
10 February[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Daliu Maru | Japan | The cargo ship collided with a tug at Shibauru and was beached.[46] |
| Kikusui Maru | Japan | The passenger ship collided with Porthos ( France) at Kobe and sank with the loss of twenty lives.[46] |
12 February[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Leo le Blanc | United Kingdom | The schooner came ashore on Grand Turk Island and was wrecked.[47] |
| Penobscot | United States | The tug was destroyed by fire at Bucksport, Maine.[48] |
13 February[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Nereus | United Kingdom | The dredger foundered off Tamar Heads, Tasmania, Australia with the loss of two crew.[48] |
17 February[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Hallmoor | United Kingdom | The cargo ship was driven ashore on the Pin Cushion Rocks in the North Sea off Sunderland, Co Durham.[49] She was refloated on 21 February.[50] |
18 February[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Captain Rokos | Greece | The cargo ship ran aground on Anegada, British Virgin Islands. She was abandoned as a total loss on 20 February.[51] |
| Leander | Germany | The coaster caught fire off Kolka, Latvia and was abandoned by her crew. |
| HMAS Pioneer |  Royal Australian Navy | The decommissioned Pelorus-class cruiser was scuttled in the Tasman Sea off Sydney Heads, Australia. |
19 February[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Diana | Norway | The cargo ship collided with Alferrarede ( Portugal) off Cuxhaven, Germany, and was beached.[39] |
| Julia | United Kingdom | The schooner was wrecked on the Arklow Banks, Irish Sea with the loss of all five crew.[52][53] |
| Theotokos | Greece | The cargo ship collided with P.L.M. 14 ( France) off the Longships Lightship ( United Kingdom).[43] All 29 crew survived.[54] |
21 February[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Krawang | flag unknown | The dredger sank at Rotterdam, South Holland, Netherlands.[50] |
22 February[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Kurland | Germany | The cargo ship sank in the North Sea 15 nautical miles (28 km) north west of the Terschelling Lightship ( Netherlands). The crew survived.[55] |
| Sea Foam | United States | The coaster came ashore 120 nautical miles (220 km) north of San Francisco, California and was wrecked. The crew were rescued.[56] |
| Volos | Germany | The cargo ship ran aground on the Lephari Rocks, Skiathos.[57] She was abandoned as a total loss on 16 March.[58] |
24 February[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Solfrid | Sweden | The coaster ran aground in the Menai Strait at Caernarfon, United Kingdom.[52] She was refloated on 2 March.[59] |
25 February[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Agiena II | Netherlands | The cargo ship ran aground north of Rønne, Denmark and was abandoned.[52] |
| Benmohr | United Kingdom | The cargo ship ran aground at Prawle Point, Devon.[60] All 49 crew were taken off by Restorer ( United Kingdom) via breeches buoy or landed on shore using rocket apparatus.[61] |
| Mumbles | United Kingdom | The tug came ashore at Oxwich Point, Glamorgan. The crew were rescued.[52] |
| Trevean | United Kingdom | The cargo ship ran aground in the Black Sea east of the entrance to the Bosporus. She broke in two and sank. All 36 crew were rescued by Raila ( Norway).[52][62] She was refloated on 23 May.[63] |
| Wellfield | United Kingdom | The tanker ran aground in the Black Sea near the entrance to the Bosporus and was wrecked. All crew survived.[62] She was refloated on 6 May.[64] |
26 February[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Ceres | Germany | The cargo ship ran aground in the Black Sea 4 nautical miles (7.4 km) east of the entrance to the Bosporus. She was refloated on 10 March.[65] |
| Teceliadalet | Turkey | The cargo ship was driven ashore at Şile.[66] She broke in two on 28 February and was abandoned as a total loss.[67] |
27 February[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Maria Grazia | Italy | The coaster caught fire in the Mediterranean Sea 60 nautical miles (110 km) south of Capri, Italy (approximately 40°N 14°E / 40°N 14°E) and was abandoned.[68] |
28 February[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Comercio Luarca | Spain | The coaster foundered off Cabo Peñas, Asturias with the loss of six of her seven crew. The survivor was rescued by Alzkori Mendi ( Spain).[69][70] |
| Mena |  Polish Navy | The minesweeper was driven against the quayside at Gdynia, Pomeranian Voivodeship and sank.[69] |
Unknown date[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Kurtland | Germany | The cargo ship foundered in the North Sea following an onboard explosion. Twelve crew were rescued by the trawler Chikara ( United Kingdom) and landed at Grimsby, Lincolnshire on 28 February.[71] |
March[edit]
1 March[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| John Manning | United Kingdom | The auxiliary three-masted schooner foundered 100 nautical miles (190 km) south east of the Ambrose Channel.[59] |
5 March[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Emerett | United States | The schooner sprang a leak in the Atlantic Ocean and was abandoned by her crew. She was sighted by Sea Thrush ( United States) at 31°45′N 73°20′W / 31.750°N 73.333°W.[72] |
6 March[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Hsin Chang | China | The passenger ship ran aground in the Elliot Islands. The passengers and some of the crew were taken off.[73] |
| Prince Rupert | Canada | The passenger ship was undergoing an annual refit at Yarrows in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada, when water leaking into her hold caused her to list 45 degrees and sink alongside a pier in 26 feet (7.9 m) of water. She was refloated, repaired, and returned to service.[74] |
| Yawata Maru | Japan | The cargo ship ran aground at Ōshima, Fukuoka.[75] She was refloated on 9 March.[73] |
7 March[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| USCGC CG-111 | .png){kind=small} United States Coast Guard | The cutter was destroyed by a fire.[76] |
| Roseville | Norway | The cargo ship ran aground on Kiushan Tao, China.[77] She was refloated on 11 June.[78] |
8 March[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Tern | United Kingdom | The coaster collided with City of Malines ( United Kingdom) in the North Sea off the Hull Lightship ( United Kingdom) and sank.[73][77] The seventeen crew were rescued by the pilot cutter J. H. Fisher.[79] |
9 March[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Warons |  Latvia | The schooner ran aground on Salt Island Point, Holyhead, Anglesey, United Kingdom and was wrecked.[73] |
11 March[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Ta Chi | China | The cargo liner caught fire in the Yangtze 80 nautical miles (150 km) upstream of Woosung. She was beached, but about 300 of the approximately 500 people were killed. Chuentiao ( Chinese Navy) and Taho ( China) rescued 183 people between them.[80] Ta Chi was a total loss.[81] |
13 March[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Cormoran | Netherlands | The coaster struck a submerged wreck in Kiel Bay and was beached.[81] |
14 March[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Britannia | United States | The tug collided with Coahoma County ( United States) at New York and sank.[82] |
15 March[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Viking | Canada | The whaler exploded and sank off Horse Islands. Twenty seven of her crew were killed. |
16 March[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Andreas K | Greece | The cargo ship ran aground at Kilias Point, Turkey.[83] She was refloated on 23 March.[84] |
| Chang Kiang | France | The cargo ship ran aground on the Heihan Islands and was a total loss.[85] |
| Shinsei Maru No.6 | Japan | The cargo ship ran aground on Hainan Bluff, China.[83] She was still aground on 28 March.[86] |
17 March[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Citrine | United Kingdom | The coaster struck rocks at Bradda Head, Port Erin, Isle of Man and sank with the loss of nine of her eleven crew.[87][88] |
19 March[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Hera | Norway | The cargoliner ran aground at Havøygavlen, Norway, and sank with the loss of seven crew.[85] |
| Pet | United Kingdom | The schooner came ashore at Bruns Ness, Caithness. Her crew were rescued by lifeboat.[89] |
20 March[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Sir William | United Kingdom | The schooner became trapped in ice off Horse Islands, Newfoundland. She was set on fire and abandoned by her crew, who were rescued by Eagle ( United Kingdom).[90] |
21 March[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Montclare | United Kingdom | The ocean liner ran aground on Little Cumbrae, Ayrshire. Approximately 300 passengers were taken off by the ship's lifeboats. She was refloated the next day.[91] |
| Monroe | United States | Carrying a cargo of 20 tons of salt, barrels. and tierces, the 34-gross register ton motor vessel dragged her anchor during a gale and snowstorm and was wrecked on a reef off the southeast point of Wingham Island (59°59′45″N 144°22′10″W / 59.99583°N 144.36944°W) on the south-central coast of the Territory of Alaska. Her crew of two survived by clinging to her wreckage all night and swimming to shore the following day.[92] |
| Norma | Italy | The cargo ship collided with the steamer Registan ( United Kingdom) in the English Channel off Dungeness, Kent, United Kingdom. Norma was towed to Dover and beached.[93][94] |
23 March[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Evgenia Malona | Greece | The cargo ship ran aground at Sigri, Lesbos.[95] She was refloated on 3 April.[96] |
| Kanju Maru | Japan | The cargo ship ran aground at Erimosaki.[95] She was declared a total loss on 8 April.[97] |
| Mangana |  Australia | The hulk was beached and abandoned at Port Adelaide, South Australia.[98] |
| Ruta | Italy | The cargo ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean off Madeira, Portugal (approximately 30°N 25°W / 30°N 25°W). Her crew were rescued by Ville de Verdun ( France).[99][100] |
24 March[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Aghios Ioannis | Greece | The three-masted schooner collided with Frinton ( Greece) at Piraeus and sank.[101] |
27 March[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Lucerna | United Kingdom | The cargo ship ran aground on the Angelica Reef in the Flores Sea.[86] She was refloated on 4 April.[96] |
28 March[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Arniston | United Kingdom | The cargo ship was crushed by ice in the Gulf of Riga (57°35′N 23°03′E / 57.583°N 23.050°E) and sank. The crew survived.[102] |
| Istar | United Kingdom | The retired fish factory ship was scuttled in the Indian Ocean 7 kilometres (3.8 nmi; 4.3 mi) off the harbor at Durban, South Africa.[103] |
| Taxiarchis | Greece | The cargo ship ran aground on Lundy Island, Devon, United Kingdom.[104] She was a total loss.[105] |
29 March[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Naiad | United Kingdom | The schooner ran aground on the Nailce Rocks, Looe, Cornwall and was wrecked. The crew were rescued.[104][106] |
30 March[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Tai Hing | United Kingdom | The cargo ship struck rocks at Hong Kong and was beached.[106] |
April[edit]
2 April[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Florida | France | The ocean liner was rammed by HMS Glorious ( Royal Navy) in the Mediterranean Sea off Málaga, Andalusia, Spain.[107] One of Glorious's crew was killed, as were 24 passengers on board Florida.[108] The passengers were transferred to Glorious, which towed Florida stern-first to Gibraltar, where she was beached.[107] |
| Malabar | United Kingdom |  The cargo liner ran aground off Long Bay, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia and was a total loss.[109] All on board survived.[107] |
| Tonjer | Norway | The cargo ship ran aground at Chingmae Point, China.[107] She was refloated on 6 April.[110] |
3 April[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Ipswich Trader | United Kingdom | The cargo ship sprang a leak and was beached in Morlaix Bay, Finistère, France.[107] She was refloated the next day.[96] |
| Symor | United Kingdom | The cargo ship was rammed and sunk by USCGC Legare ( United States Coast Guard) in the Atlantic Ocean 30 nautical miles (56 km) north of the Nantucket Lightship ( United States Coast Guard) and sank. All ten crew were rescued by Legare.[111] |
4 April[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Harold Conrad | United Kingdom | The schooner sank in Garnish Fortune Bay, Newfoundland. The crew were rescued.[112] |
| Sagona | United Kingdom | The coaster was driven ashore at Fogo, Newfoundland.[113] She was refloated on 8 April.[114] |
7 April[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Cleone | United States | The cargo ship sprang a leak in the Pacific Ocean and was abandoned by her crew.[115] |
| Hiyeizan Maru | Japan | The cargo ship ran aground at the western entrance of the Shimonoseki Strait. She was refloated on 20 April.[116] |
9 April[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Harry and Verna | United Kingdom | The schooner was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean.[115] |
| Nuna Alvirez D. Laviero | Portugal | The sailing ship caught fire and was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean (40°49′N 9°31′W / 40.817°N 9.517°W). The crew were rescued by Marrakech ( France).[117] |
10 April[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| HMAS Huon | Royal Australian Navy | The River-class torpedo-boat destroyer was scuttled after use as a gunnery target by the heavy cruisers HMAS Australia and HMAS Canberra, the destroyer leader HMAS Anzac, and the seaplane tender HMAS Albatross (all Royal Australian Navy). |
13 April[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Glenlyon | United Kingdom | The cargo ship was driven onto a reef and sank in Palephterish Bay, Tiree, Inner Hebrides. The crew were rescued.[118] |
| Wisla |  Poland | The cargo ship sprang a leak off Gedser, Sjælland, Denmark and was beached.[118] |
14 April[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Dah Chong | China | The cargo ship collided with Tah Hwa ( China) at Woosung and sank with the loss of six crew.[119] |
15 April[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Iskum | United States | The 82-gross register ton, 72.2-foot (22.0 m) motor vessel struck and slid off a submerged rock at 52°02′N 174°22′W / 52.033°N 174.367°W – a position described by her captain as approximately 3 nautical miles (5.6 km; 3.5 mi) "east by north of Aasatanak, Pacific of south side of Aleutian Islands," apparently a reference to a submerged rock 3 nautical miles (5.6 km; 3.5 mi) northeast of Sadatanak Island (52°02′00″N 174°25′30″W / 52.03333°N 174.42500°W) in the Aleutians – and was abandoned 70 minutes later due to flooding, eventually sinking a few hours after striking the rock. Her 18 passengers and crew abandoned ship in dories and spent the night on the beach, where the motor vessel Umnak Native ( United States) arrived from Atka to rescue them the next day.[120] |
17 April[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Calder | United Kingdom | The cargo ship departed Hamburg, Germany, for Goole, Yorkshire. A lifeboat washed up at Chapel St. Leonards, Lincolnshire on 20 April. Presumed foundered in the North Sea with the loss of all hands.[121] |
18 April[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Cyclope | France | The dredger foundered in the North Sea 15 nautical miles (28 km) south east of Flamborough Head, Yorkshire.[116] |
20 April[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| City of Washington | United States | The ship was destroyed by fire at Wilmington, Delaware.[116] |
| West River | United States | The cargo ship was destroyed by fire at Wilmington.[116] |
21 April[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Hwah Yang | China | The passenger ship came ashore on Saddle Island, Heinan Group, South China Sea. All on board were rescued by Kung Ping ( China) and Rajputana ( United Kingdom).[122][123] |
23 April[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| White Star | United States | The halibut schooner exploded and burned off the Tatoosh Islands in Southeast Alaska. Her entire crew of five escaped and rowed to safety at Neah Bay, Washington.[124] |
25 April[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Maria | Italy | The brigantine was rammed by Citta di Marsala ( Italy) at Trapani, Sicily and sank.[125] |
27 April[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Ten-An Maru | Japan | The cargo ship ran aground on the south coast of Korea and sank. The crew were rescued.[126][127] |
28 April[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Castor | Sweden | The tanker caught fire in the Atlantic Ocean (39°47′N 21°44′W / 39.783°N 21.733°W) and was abandoned. The crew were rescued by Excalibur ( United States).[128] She was taken in tow by Ousebridge ( United Kingdom) and arrived at Ponta Delgada, Azores, Portugal on 2 May.[129] |
| Hirosaki Maru | Japan | The cargo ship ran aground at Nemuro.[127] She was refloated on 4 May.[130] |
30 April[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Nefeli | Greece | The cargo ship ran aground at Cape Akin.[131] She was refloated on 4 May.[132] |
| Raymond R | United Kingdom | The schooner departed Miquelon for Oporto, Portugal. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[133] |
May[edit]
4 May[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Ibasa |  Spain | The barque came ashore at Zumaya, Spain and was wrecked.[130] |
| Koit | Latvia | The cargo ship caught fire in the Baltic Sea and was abandoned. Her crew were rescued.[130] |
6 May[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Raffio | Italy | The salvage vessel capsized and sank off Sark, Channel Islands with the loss of one of her eighteen crew.[134][135] |
7 May[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Trimount | United States | The tug collided with New York ( United States) in Long Island Sound and sank. Four crew were rescued by New York.[136] |
8 May[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Ruth Kellogg | United States | The tanker caught fire 250 nautical miles (460 km) south of Cape Hatteras, North Carolina. The steamer John D. Archbold stood by to assist. The fire was extinguished the next day, and Ruth Kellogg proceeded to New York, arriving on 11 May 1931.[137][138] She was repaired and returned to service. |
10 May[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Milewater | United Kingdom | The tug ran aground on the Mull of Oa, Islay and was wrecked. All seven crew were rescued.[139] |
12 May[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Lucille B. Creaser | United Kingdom | The schooner foundered off Cape St. Mary's, Newfoundland. The crew were rescued by Alice B. Hayden ( United Kingdom).[140] |
13 May[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Audrey | United States | A fire broke out in the engine room of the 22-gross register ton motor vessel while she was in Sukkwan Strait in the Alexander Archipelago in Southeast Alaska during a voyage from Craig to Hydaburg, Territory of Alaska. After it went out of control, her crew of three abandoned ship in a rowboat and survived. Audrey drifted ashore on the north end of Sukkwan Island, where the fire destroyed her.[141] |
| J. O. Webster | United States | The schooner came ashore in Long Island Sound and was wrecked.[140][142] |
14 May[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| HNLMS Sumatra |  Royal Netherlands Navy | The Java-class cruiser ran aground off Koemba Island, Netherlands East Indies. She was refloated three days later. Subsequently repaired and returned to service. |
15 May[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| USS PE-42 | United States Navy | The decommissioned Eagle-class patrol craft was scuttled in 240 feet (73 m) of water east of Boston, Massachusetts, 10 nautical miles (19 km; 12 mi) east of Graves Light.[143][144] |
17 May[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Pravia | Spain | The cargo ship foundered off the Spanish coast.[145] |
22 May[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Rabochiy | Soviet Navy | The Bars-class submarine collided with Krasnoarmeyets ( Soviet Navy) in the Gulf of Finland 5 nautical miles (9.3 km) south west of the Aerandsgrund Lightship ( Finland) and sank with the loss of all 39 crew. The submarine was raised in 1933 and scrapped.[146][147][148] |
26 May[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| El Golea | France | The cargo ship ran aground at Cape Freu, Majorca, Spain.[149] She was still agrount on 15 June,[150] but was subsequently declared a total loss.[151] |
27 May[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Corretora Primeiro | Portugal | The coaster caught fire in the Bay of Biscay (45°04′N 7°55′W / 45.067°N 7.917°W). The crew were rescued by Dunkwa ( United Kingdom).[152] She was taken in tow by Seine ( France) but foundered the next day (44°58′N 7°56′W / 44.967°N 7.933°W).[153] |
28 May[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Imperial | United States | While no one was aboard, the 22-gross register ton motor vessel was destroyed by fire while at anchor in the Copper River Flats on the south-central coast of the Territory of Alaska.[120] |
30 May[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Harvard | United States |  The passenger ship was wrecked 4 nautical miles (7.4 km) north of Point Arguello, California. All on board were rescued by Louisville ( |
| Shirakami Maru | Japan | The cargo ship collided with Sanjin Maru ( Japan) off Muroran and sank.[155] |
June[edit]
5 June[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Amphitrite | France | The auxiliary sailing vessel sank off the French coast. All crew were rescued.[156] |
| Vera |  Denmark | The schooner ran was driven ashore at Bolderāja, Latvia.[157] She was refloated on 9 June.[158] |
| Via | United Kingdom | The auxiliary schooner ran aground on the Helly Hunter Reef off Carlingford Lough, Ireland and was wrecked. The crew were rescued.[157] |
7 June[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Anatolia | Germany | The cargo ship ran aground in the River Amazon, Brazil.[159] She was refloated on 12 June.[160] |
9 June[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| HMS Poseidon | Royal Navy | The Parthian-class submarine collided with Yuta ( China) off Weihai, China and sank with the loss of 22 of her 59 crew. |
11 June[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| HMAS Yarra | Royal Australian Navy | The hulk of the decommissioned River-class torpedo-boat destroyer was probably scuttled on this date off Sydney Heads.[161] |
| Yeijin Maru | Japan | The cargo ship passed the Hinomisaki Lighthouse, Izumo, Shimane bound for Tokyo. No further trace, presumed foundered in a typhoon with the loss of all hands.[162] |
12 June[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Shuben Acadia | United Kingdom | The cargo ship collided with a United States Coast Guard destroyer in the Atlantic Ocean 50 nautical miles (93 km) south of Montauk Point, New York, United States and sank.[163] |
| U.S. La Vallee | United States | The retired 56-foot (17 m) tug was scuttled in deep water in Shelburne Bay on Lake Champlain, just south of Burlington, Vermont.[164] |
13 June[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Urania | Greece | The cargo ship collided with Beaufort ( Norway) in the North Sea (51°44′N 2°43′E / 51.733°N 2.717°E) and sank. The crew were rescued by Beaufort.[160] |
14 June[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Delaware |  United States | Carrying a cargo of 4.5 tons of barreled salt, ballast, and tools, the 32-gross register ton motor vessel sank after striking a submerged object 18 nautical miles (33 km; 21 mi) north of the Barren Islands near the entrance to Cook Inlet on the south-central coast of the Territory of Alaska. Her crew of four survived.[165] |
| St. Philibert | France | .jpg) The passenger ship foundered in the Bay of Biscay off Pointe Saint-Gildas, Loire-Inférieure. There were eight survivors of the 500 people on board. |
| Ungheria | Italy | The cargo ship collided with Rochambeau ( France) in the Bay of Biscay off Ouessant, Finistère, France and sank. All crew were rescued by Rochambeau.[160] |
| Werner Vinnen | Germany | The auxiliary five-masted schooner ran aground in the Paraná River, Argentina.[166] She was refloated on 15 August.[167] |
17 June[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Bermuda | United Kingdom | The ocean liner caught fire at Hamilton, Bermuda with the loss of two lives.[168] She was extensively damaged, with her superstructure destroyed.[169] She departed Bermuda on 6 July for repair at Belfast.[170] A further fire occurred on 19 November whilst she was under repair.[171] Bermuda was declared a total loss.[172] |
18 June[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Anglia | Sweden | The cargo ship collided with Agire Mendi ( Spain) at San Nicolás, Buenos Aires, Argentina and sank. Her crew were rescued.[173] |
| Elisabeth | Germany | The coaster was rammed and sunk by Penelope ( Danzig) at Nordenham, Germany.[173] |
19 June[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Anastassios Pateras | Greece | The cargo ship ran aground in the Paraná River, Argentina.[173] She was refloated on 23 June.[174] |
20 June[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Dixmude | United Kingdom | The schooner sprang a leak and sank in Placentia Bay.[175] |
| Hilda | United States | The 10-gross register ton fishing vessel was wrecked on rocks at Cape Ulitka (55°33′45″N 133°43′35″W / 55.56250°N 133.72639°W) in Southeast Alaska after her anchor line parted. The only person aboard survived.[176] |
22 June[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Empress | United Kingdom | The passenger ship was destroyed by fire at Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada.[177] |
23 June[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Cumberland | United States Army | The United States Army Corps of Engineers dredge struck a pile of cement and sank off Fort Lauderdale, Florida.[178] |
27 June[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| King Bleddyn | United Kingdom | The cargo ship ran aground at Punta Indigo, Argentina.[179] She was refloated on 21 July.[180] |
28 June[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Nervi | Italy | The cargo ship ran aground at Ténès, Algeria. She was refloated two days later but foundered in the Mediterranean Sea 20 nautical miles (37 km) north of Cape Ivi (36°44′N 0°12′E / 36.733°N 0.200°E). All crew were rescued.[181][182] |
29 June[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Kohso Maru | Japan | The cargo ship caught fire at Candon, Philippines and was beached.[162] She was refloated on 3 July.[183] |
July[edit]
1 July[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Currier | United States | The tanker was severely damaged by fire at Port Arthur, Texas.[182] |
| Gulf of Mexico | United States | The tanker was severely damaged by fire at Port Arthur.[182] |
| Shenango | United States | The tanker was severely damaged by fire at Port Arthur.[182] |
3 July[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Aleco | Greece | The cargo ship ran aground at Injeh Burnu, Turkey.[183] She was refloated on 6 July.[184] |
4 July[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Borg | Norway | The cargo ship grounded on the North Shoal. She refloated but was found to be holed and was beached in Birsay Bay, Orkney Islands, United Kingdom.[183] She was abandoned as a total loss.[185] |
7 July[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Yaye Maru No.2 | Japan | The tanker foundered in the Yellow Sea 200 nautical miles (370 km) west of Arusomu, Korea.[186] |
8 July[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Erik Larsen | Germany | The cargo ship ran aground at Slettnes, Norway. She was consequently beached at Honningsvåg.[187] She was refloated the next day.[188] |
10 July[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Annie B. Gerhardt | United Kingdom | The schooner was destroyed by fire in the Atlantic Ocean 10 nautical miles (19 km) off Miquelon. All crew survived.[189] |
| Erkki | Finland | The sailing ship came ashore east of Ystad, Sweden and was wrecked. The crew survived.[189] |
| Zampa | Denmark | The schooner came ashore at Ystad and was severely damaged. The crew were rescued. She was refloated on 18 July[189][190] |
11 July[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Basque | United Kingdom | The cargo ship struck rocks at Isle aux Morts, Newfoundland and was beached.[191] She was declared a total loss.[192] |
| Gote | Sweden | The auxiliary schooner sank in the Baltic Sea off North Cape, Öland with the loss of one crew member. Survivors were rescued by Irmgard ( Germany).[191] |
12 July[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Oregonian | United States | The 45.02-gross register ton fishing vessel sank in bad weather in Kvichak Bay on the Bristol Bay coast of the Territory of Alaska approximately 10 nautical miles (19 km; 12 mi) west of Middle Bluff Light (58°24′20″N 157°31′15″W / 58.40556°N 157.52083°W). Her entire crew of four survived.[193] |
15 July[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Fairland | United States | The 14-gross register ton fishing vessel was beached in Idaho Inlet (58°10′N 136°12′W / 58.167°N 136.200°W) in Southeast Alaska after she caught fire. The fire continued to burn out of control and destroyed her on the beach. Her crew of six survived.[194] |
| Porto Alegre | Portugal | The coaster sank off Calabar, Nigeria. The crew survived.[195] |
17 July[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| No. 00 | United States | While under tow by the vessel Kvichak ( United States) from Nushagak to Ugashik, Territory of Alaska, with a cargo of 80 tons of cans, can ends, boxes, and can tops, the unmanned 98-ton barge capsized and sank during a gale at Cape Grieg (57°43′30″N 157°41′30″W / 57.72500°N 157.69167°W) on the Bristol Bay coast of the Alaska Peninsula.[196] |
18 July[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Promptitude | United Kingdom | The Thames barge collided with Kew Railway Bridge and sank in the River Thames. Both crew survived.[190][197] |
| Towanjiro Maru | Japan | The cargo ship was destroyed by fire at Shimoda.[190] |
19 July[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Chitose |  Imperial Japanese Navy | The Kasagi-class cruiser was sunk as target in a live fire exercise off Kōchi. |
| Keishin Maru | Japan | The cargo ship ran aground at Nagasaki and was abandoned by her crew.[190] |
20 July[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Chohaku Maru | Japan | The cargo ship ran aground at Ushima and was beached.[198] She was refloated the next day.[180] |
| Northern | United States | The halibut schooner was destroyed by fire in Sumner Strait in the Alexander Archipelago in Southeast Alaska. The schooner Akutan ( United States) rescued her crew.[196] |
21 July[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Alice | United States | The 27-gross register ton motor vessel burned, suffered an engine room explosion, and sank 8 nautical miles (15 km; 9.2 mi) south of Point Baker, Territory of Alaska. Her crew of two survived.[141] |
22 July[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Dainichi Maru | Japan | The cargo ship ran aground at Ornai Zaki in the Suruga Gulf.[199] She was declared a total loss on 29 July.[200] |
23 July[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| HMAS Warrego | Royal Australian Navy | The decommissioned destroyer, in use as an accommodation hulk, sank at her berth at Cockatoo Island in Sydney Harbour, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. She was broken up in situ. |
27 July[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Pennsylvania | Denmark | The cargo ship ran aground on Swona, Orkney Islands, United Kingdom.[201] She was declared a total loss on 30 July.[202] |
30 July[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Cowlitz | United States | The shallow-draft sternwheeler was swamped by large waves, capsized, and sank in the Columbia River 5 miles (8 km) west of The Dalles, Oregon. All aboard survived.[203][204][205] |
August[edit]
2 August[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Lark | United Kingdom | The Thames barge sank at Pelican Wharf, Wapping, London.[206] |
3 August[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Dolphin | United Kingdom | The tug was sunk at Montreal, Quebec, Canada when Rapids Prince ( United Kingdom) struck lock gates in the Lachine Canal and carried them away.[206] |
6 August[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Kotare | United Kingdom | The coaster was destroyed by fire at Invercargill, New Zealand.[207] |
7 August[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| J. N. Challoner | United Kingdom | The schooner foundered in Bonne Bay, Newfoundland.[208] |
8 August[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Kwong Sang | United Kingdom | The cargo ship was last reported off Taichow Island, China. She subsequently foundered in a typhoon off Fuyan Island. with the loss of 53 of her 56 crew.[209] Survivors were rescued by Sepoy ( Royal Navy) after they had been captured by pirates.[210] |
| Western World | United States | The Design 1029 passenger ship ran aground at Porto do Boi, Brazil. The 85 passengers were taken off by General Osorio ( Germany) and landed at Rio de Janeiro. She was refloated on 10 September. |
11 August[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Ryburn | United Kingdom | The cargo ship foundered in the Norwegian Sea (62°39′N 4°50′E / 62.650°N 4.833°E) with the loss of one of her 26 crew. Survivors were rescued by Jotunfjeld ( Norway).[211][212] |
| Wai-Shing | China | The cargo ship ran aground off Soaliyan.[211] She was refloated on 20 August.[213] |
12 August[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Amity | Sweden | The cargo ship ran aground at Gravelines, Nord, France and broke in two.[214] |
| Democrat | United States | The 34-gross register ton fishing vessel sank in Cook Inlet on the south-central coast of the Territory of Alaska northwest of Yukon Island due to flooding from undetected damage she incurred when she struck a reef the previous day. Her crew of six survived.[165] |
| Marmot | United States | The 44-gross register ton halibut-fishing ketch was destroyed off Two Headed Island (56°54′N 153°35′W / 56.900°N 153.583°W) in the Kodiak Archipelago near Kodiak Island by a fire that broke out in her engine room. Her entire crew of seven abandoned ship in two dories; one of them died in one of the dories on the morning of 13 August.[92] |
| Omiros | Greece | The cargo ship struck rocks at Skantzoura and sank.[214] |
13 August[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Vorma | Norway | The cargo ship came ashore in Penobscot Bay, Maine, United States.[214] She was refloated on 17 August.[215] |
14 August[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Kronstad | Norway | The cargo ship sprang a leak in the Norwegian Sea and was beached at Sandtorg, Norway.[216] |
15 August[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Huasco |  Chile | The cargo ship ran aground on the Tres Hermanas Bank, off Corral.[217] She was refloatedd on 11 September.[218] |
17 August[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Jinju Maru | Japan | The cargo ship ran aground on the Kamchatka Peninsula, Soviet Union.[219] She was refloated on 28 August.[220] |
18 August[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Eagle | United Kingdom | The Thames barge sank at the Royal Arsenal Coaling Pier, Woolwich, London. She was raised later that day and towed to Rotherhithe.[221] |
| Electric Flash | United Kingdom | The schooner struck rocks off White Island, Labrador, Canada. She sailed to Griquet but was declared a total loss.[215] |
21 August[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Marija Petrinovic | Yugoslavia | The cargo ship ran aground in the Paraná River, Argentina.[222] She was refloated on 22 September.[223] |
23 August[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Flying Dutchman | Netherlands | The coaster foundered in the North Sea (52°54′30″N 4°01′30″E / 52.90833°N 4.02500°E). All seven on board were rescued by Heron ( United Kingdom).[224] |
25 August[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Antonio Diaz | Chile | The cargo ship sank at Puerto Caballo, Venezuela.[225] |
| Saint Mungo | United Kingdom | The coaster collided with the coaster Mayflower in the River Mersey at Liverpool, Lancashire. Saint Mungo sank with the loss of two of her eighteen crew. Mayflower was beached at New Brighton, Cheshire.[226] Mayflower was refloated on 27 August.[227] Saint Mungo was refloated on 4 September and beached at Tranmere, Cheshire.[228] |
26 August[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| King Edgar | United Kingdom | The cargo ship ran aground in the Black Sea off Berezan Island, Soviet Union.[227] She was refloated on 3 September.[228] |
27 August[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Liverpool Maru | Japan | The cargo ship ran aground on Kunshiri Island.[229] She was refloated on 2 September.[230] |
28 August[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Mary C. Fisher | United States | During a voyage from Kodiak on Kodiak Island to Dutch Harbor and Unalaska in the Aleutian Islands, the 12-gross register ton, two-masted vessel sank in a storm in the Shelikof Strait 3 nautical miles (5.6 km; 3.5 mi) east of Cape Kubugukli (57°53′50″N 155°03′35″W / 57.89722°N 155.05972°W) on the coast of the Alaska Peninsula. Her three-man crew abandoned ship and reached safety after a seven-day voyage in a skiff.[92] |
31 August[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Lady Allen | United Kingdom | The Thames barge collided with Llanstephan Castle ( United Kingdom) in the Thames Estuary and sank. Both crew were rescued by Llanstephan Castle.[220] |
September[edit]
1 September[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| HMS Emperor of India | Royal Navy | The decommissioned Iron Duke-class battleship was sunk as a gunnery target. Her wreck was refloated and on 6 February 1932 was sold for breaking up.[231] |
| Evgenia Chandri | Greece | The cargo ship ran aground on La Nata Island. She sank on 6 September.[232] |
| Uad Targa |  Spanish Navy | The Uad Ras-class naval trawler was wrecked on this date. |
2 September[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Balva | Latvia | The cargo ship struck a rock and sank at Pärnu, Estonia. The crew survived.[233] |
3 September[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Kaiapoi | United Kingdom | The cargo ship ran aground on a reef at 4°29′N 119°22′E / 4.483°N 119.367°E.[234] She was refloated on 1 October.[235] |
| Saint Anthony | United Kingdom | The coaster ran aground in Balephetrish Bay, Ireland and sank.[228] |
4 September[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Burgenland | Germany | The cargo liner ran aground in the Yellow Sea at Chinto, Korea (36°04′N 126°10′E / 36.067°N 126.167°E).[236][237] All 85 people on board abandoned ship.[238] She was refloated on 18 September.[237] |
5 September[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Gioconda | Italy | The cargo ship collided with Stampalia ( Italy) at Ancona, Marche and sank.[239] She was refloated on 5 November.[240] |
| Opal | United Kingdom | The coaster foundered in the Atlantic Ocean off Land's End, Cornwall with the loss of two of her eleven crew.[241] Survivors were rescued by Wild Rose ( United Kingdom).[242] |
| Zachariosa | Greece | The cargo ship grounded on the Mansell Shoal, Turkey and was holed. She was consequently beached.[239] Zachariosa was refloated on 14 September.[243] |
7 September[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| North Devon | United Kingdom | The cargo ship ran aground in Tutoya Bay, Brazil.[234] She was refloated on 11 September.[244] |
8 September[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Chiang Hung | Republic of China Navy | The gunboat was wrecked.[245] |
9 September[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Koraaga | United Kingdom | : The trawler ran aground off Bass Point, New South Wales. She sank the next day. |
10 September[edit]
| Ship | State |
|
|---|