List of shipwrecks in 1930
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The list of shipwrecks in 1930 includes ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during 1930.
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January[edit]
1 January[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Mapocho |  Chile | The cargo liner ran aground south of Samanco and was abandoned.[1] She was refloated on 3 January.[2] |
| Sönderberg |  Denmark | The cargo ship ran aground on Harris, Outer Hebrides, United Kingdom. All 27 crew survived.[3] |
4 January[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Busho Maru |  Japan | The cargo ship ran aground in thick fog. The vessel pulled herself off on 7 January.[4] |
| Edgar Quinet |  Marine Nationale | The Edgar Quinet-class cruiser ran aground off Oran, Algeria. All crew were rescued. She broke up on 8 January and was a total loss. |
5 January[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Hofplein |  Netherlands | The cargo ship ran aground on the Norwegian coast near the Svinøy Lighthouse and broke in two with the loss of five of her 32 crew.[2][5] |
6 January[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Albert Morillon |  France | The cargo ship ran aground off Diégo-Suarez, Madagascar and was wrecked.[6] |
| Ethel |  United Kingdom | The salvage vessel sank in the Bristol Channel off Breaksea Point, Glamorgan. The crew were rescued.[7] |
| Miraman |  Argentina | The cargo ship caught fire at Quequen and was a total loss.[8] |
7 January[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Limpopo |  Portugal | The coaster ran aground in Luderitz Bay on her maiden voyage and was a total loss.[9] |
| Olga | Denmark | The schooner was wrecked in the North Sea during a gale. She was towed into Ålesund being kept afloat by her cargo.[7] |
9 January[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Porthmeor | United Kingdom | The coaster sprang a leak in the Irish Sea and was beached at Ardglass, County Down.[10] She was refloated on 27 January.[11] |
10 January[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Edward Luckenbach |  United States | The cargo ship ran aground at Block Island, Rhode Island.[12] She was refloated on 5 March.[13] |
12 January[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Daiten Maru | Japan | The cargo ship ran aground on Rushiri Island, off Hokkaidō.[14] Salvage efforts were abandoned on 17 January and she was declared a total loss.[15] |
| Katie | United Kingdom | The schooner broke free from her moorings in Torbay and drifted into the English Channel. Four crew were rescued by the Padstow Lifeboat.[14] |
| Reine des Cieux | France | The ketch broke free from her moorings in Torbay. Three crew were rescued by the Padstow Lifeboat.[14] She came ashore at Bridport, Dorset and broke up.[16] |
| HMS St Genny |  Royal Navy | The tug foundered in the English Channel 32 nautical miles (59 km) north west of Ouessant, Finistère, France with the loss of 28 of her 33 crew.[17] Survivors were rescued by HMS St. Cyrus ( Royal Navy).[18] |
| The Forester | United Kingdom | The coaster broke free from her moorings in Portland Harbour, Dorset. She was driven against a breakwater and sank. All eight people on board survived.[14][19] |
13 January[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Skauts |  Latvia | The cargo ship was driven ashore on Texel, Netherlands.[14] She was refloated on 21 January.[20] |
| Thyra |  Sweden | The cargo ship's propeller shaft fractured. She was driven ashore on the Norwegian coast and was a total loss.[14] |
| Valentino Coda |  Italy | The cargo ship was abandoned in the North Sea (53°28′N 4°22′E / 53.467°N 4.367°E). She came ashore on Vlieland, Netherlands.[19] Valentino Coda was refloated on 19 January.[21] |
14 January[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Bradfyne | United Kingdom | The cargo ship was beached at Houston, Texas, United States in order to avoid a collision with South American towing the barge Tampico (both United States).[16] She was refloated on 24 January.[22] |
| Gulfqueen | United States | The cargo ship was driven ashore at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.[16] She was refloated on 17 January.[15] |
16 January[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Ko Chow | United Kingdom | The cargo ship struck rocks off Wuchow, China and was beached.[23] |
| Marietta Nomikou |  Greece | The cargo ship was holed in the Corinth Canal and was beached.[23] She was refloated on 20 January.[24] |
| Romanie |  Belgium | The cargo ship was wrecked in Pridmouth Bay, English Channel. The crew were rescued.[23] |
17 January[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Arctic | United States | The 64.42-foot (19.64 m), 62-gross register ton tug was officially abandoned after being disassembled and beached on the Lake Michigan coast of Wisconsin north of the harbor at Manitowoc. Her wreck separated into two sections 800 feet (240 m) apart that lie in 10 to 15 feet (3.0 to 4.6 m) of water 1.5 miles (2.4 km) northeast of the Manitowoc Harbor lighthouse and became partially covered by sand.[25][26] |
| Telegraaf 6 | Netherlands | The cargo ship collided with Main ( Germany) in the Scheldt at Liefkenshoek, Antwerp, Belgium and was beached.[15] She was refloated the next day.[21] |
21 January[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Ibero |  Spain | The cargo ship departed Cardiff, Glamorgan, United Kingdom for Barcelona. She passed Penarth Head that day. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[27] |
23 January[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Monte Cervantes | Germany |   Argentina).[28] |
26 January[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Daksa |  Yugoslavia | The cargo ship issued an SOS in the Atlantic Ocean (42°30′N 9°35′W / 42.500°N 9.583°W). No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[29] |
| W. H. Libby | United States | The cargo ship ran aground at Port Eads, Louisiana.[11] She was refloated on 31 January.[30] |
27 January[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Grace Hankinson | United Kingdom | The coaster was towing Ruby L II ( United Kingdom). Both vessels were wrecked in the Petit Passage, Nova Scotia, Canada.[11] |
| Knebworth | United Kingdom | The cargo ship was wrecked near Biarritz, Basses-Pyrénées, France.[31] |
28 January[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Edgar F. Coney | United States | The tug sank in the Gulf of Mexico in rough seas and high winds 70 miles (110 km) south east of Port Arthur, Texas. Lost with all 14 hands.[32][33] |
29 January[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Braaland |  Norway | The cargo ship ran aground on the Bombay Reef, Paracel Islands and the crew abandoned ship.[34][35] She was declared a total loss on 4 February.[36] |
30 January[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Koshun Maru | Japan | During a voyage from Puget Sound in Washington to East Asia with a cargo of lumber, the steamer ran aground and broke in two in Unimak Pass near Scotch Cap Light on the coast of Unimak Island in the Aleutian Islands.[37][38] |
31 January[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Tyrienne S | United Kingdom | The schooner was destroyed by fire at Harbour Le Cou, Newfoundland.[30] |
February[edit]
1 February[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Gatwick | United Kingdom | The cargo ship was driven ashore at Methil, Fife. The crew were taken off by breeches buoy.[30] She was refloated on 13 February.[39] |
2 February[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Brioni | Italy | The cargo ship foundered in the Adriatic Sea off Vis, Yugoslavia with the loss of two crew.[40] |
| Hans Maersk | Denmark | The cargo ship collided with Emsland ( Germany) in the Kaiser Wilhelm Canal and was beached.[30] |
3 February[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Scheldesop | Belgium | Ran aground on the Goodwin Sands, English Channel. Refloated but leaking, cargo discharged at Ramsgate the ship sailed to Antwerp where she was declared a constructive total loss. Later repaired and returned to service.[41] |
| Diva | Italy | The barque came ashore at Saint-Raphaël, Var, France. The crew were rescued.[40] |
4 February[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Albert Second | United Kingdom | The schooner was driven ashore on Isla Contoy, Quintana Roo, Mexico and was wrecked.[42] |
| Zalophus | United States | The yacht struck a submerged object off Lido Key near Sarasota, Florida and sank.[43] |
5 February[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Hav | Norway | The cargo ship broke free from her tow in the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Portugal. She came ashore at Cape Roca and was wrecked.[44] |
7 February[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Tatsuta Maru | Japan | The almost-completed ocean liner was severely damaged by fire at Nagasaki.[45] |
8 February[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Hartfield | United Kingdom | The cargo ship struck a rock and was holed in the Dardanelles. She was beached at Çanakkale, Turkey but was refloated the next day.[46] |
| Oranje | Netherlands | The auxiliary schooner sprang a leak and sank in the Thames Estuary off Southend Pier with the loss of two of her three crew.[47] She was raised on 20 February.[48] |
9 February[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Elcano | Spain | The cargo ship sank at her moorings at Valencia, Spain during a gale.[49] |
| Sveti Duje | Yugoslavia | The cargo ship was driven ashore in Mazarrón Bay.[49] She was refloated on 16 February.[50] |
10 February[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Dorothy Baird |  Dominion of Newfoundland | The schooner sprang a leak in the Atlantic Ocean (39°42′N 53°07′W / 39.700°N 53.117°W) and was abandoned. She was set on fire as salvage was impossible and she was a danger to navigation. The crew were rescued by British Valour ( United Kingdom).[51][52] |
11 February[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| München | Germany | The ocean liner caught fire and sank at New York, United States. She was subsequently salvaged, repaired and returned to service as General von Steuben. |
| Vineyard | United Kingdom | The auxiliary sailing vessel was sunk at Irvine, Ayrshire when a railway wagon overran coal drops and fell through the ship.[51] |
15 February[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Admiral Benson | United States | The cargo ship ran aground at the mouth of the Columbia River.[53] She was abandoned as a total loss.[54] |
16 February[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Beauport | United Kingdom | The cargo ship was wrecked off Guernsey Channel islands in the Little Russel. Towed to a beach next to St Peter Port harbour, she sank, could not be refloated and was blown up with explosives.[55] |
| Carroll | United States | The ocean-going barge, towed by Montrose ( United States), sank in a severe storm south west of Five Fathom Bank light station. Lost with all four hands.[56][57] |
| Henry A. McLellan | United Kingdom | The four-masted schooner broke free from here moorings at Meteghan, Nova Scotia, Canada. She was driven into the auxiliary schooners Avon Queen and Edwin G. Farrar (both United Kingdom). All three vessels were beached. Henry A. McLellan was a total loss.[58] |
17 February[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Bullmouth | United Kingdom | The tanker collided with Fiumana ( Italy) at Istanbul, Turkey and was beached. She was later refloated.[59] |
| El Paraguayo | United Kingdom | The cargo ship ran aground at Santos, São Paulo, Brazil.[50] She was refloated on 23 February.[60] |
| Mahone | United Kingdom | The schooner was driven ashore at St. John's, Newfoundland.[59] She was refloated on 22 February.[60] |
18 February[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Iron Monarch |  Australia | The cargo ship ran aground on Curlew Island, Australia, near the head of Spencer's Gulf. She was refloated, repaired, and returned to service.[61] |
| Lorraine | United States | While no one was on board, the 9-gross register ton, 36-foot (11.0 m) motor vessel sank in Saginaw Bay (56°55′N 134°16′W / 56.917°N 134.267°W) on the north coast of Kuiu Island in the Alexander Archipelago in Southeast Alaska.[62] |
19 February[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| John Blumer | Norway | The cargo ship caught fire at Rufisque, French West Africa and was beached.[54] She was a total loss.[63] |
21 February[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Alabama Maru | Japan | The cargo ship ran aground near Cape Inubō.[64] She broke in two on 7 March and was a total loss.[65] |
| Kohshun Maru | Japan | The cargo ship ran aground at the Scotch Cap Lighthouse, Unimak Island, Alaska, United States.[66] She was a total loss.[64] |
| Sembilan | Netherlands | The cargo ship collided with Halle ( Germany) at Port Said, Egypt and was beached in the Suez Roads.[66] She was refloated on 23 February.[64] |
23 February[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Batitu | Argentina | The tug collided with Vauban ( United Kingdom) in the Point India Channel and sank. The crew were rescued by Vauban.[64] |
25 February[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Fofo | Greece | The cargo ship suffered an onboard explosion in the Mediterranean Sea and sank 40 nautical miles (74 km) north east of Oran, Algeria (36°10′N 0°02′W / 36.167°N 0.033°W). All 22 crew were rescued by HMS Nelson ( Royal Navy).[67][68] |
27 February[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| HMCS Thiepval | Royal Canadian Navy | The Battle-class naval trawler struck an uncharted rock in Barkley Sound off the Broken Islands Group, British Columbia and was beached. She sank the next day. Her crew were rescued by HMCS Armentières ( Royal Canadian Navy). |
28 February[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Paling Maru | Japan | The cargo ship struck a rock on Namoa Island and was beached.[69] |
| Perilia | United Kingdom | The fishing drifter went aground in fog on rocks at Milleur Point, Loch Ryan, Wigtownshire, Scotland and sank; the crew took to the ship's boat.[70] |
March[edit]
2 March[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Kohlenimport | Germany | The cargo ship collided with Gudur ( Sweden) in the North Sea off Terschelling, Netherlands and sank. The crew were rescued by Gudur.[71] |
| Seantic | United States | The steamer was docked at the Alabo wharehouse dock, New Orleans in the Mississippi River when bales of cotton on the dock caught fire and spread to the ship so quickly the gangplank and lifeboat were unusable. Four crew, 3 women, and a child died.[72] |
3 March[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Cornwall | United Kingdom | The cargo ship ran aground on the south shore of Curaçao, Netherlands Antilles.[73] She was refloated on 17 March.[74] |
| Ulf | Denmark | The cargo ship collided with Iceland ( United Kingdom) in the North Sea off Norderney, Germany and sank. Her crew were rescued by Iceland.[71] |
4 March[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Fukuju Maru | Japan | The cargo ship was driven ashore at Shiriyasaki and was wrecked with the loss of all hands.[75] |
5 March[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Capable | United Kingdom | The coaster was driven ashore at Atherfield Point, Isle of Wight. All six crew were rescued.[13] She was refloated on 13 March.[76] |
| Mars | Latvia | The cargo ship ran aground at Ystad, Skåne County, Sweden.[13] She was refloated on 13 March and found to be severely damaged.[76] |
7 March[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Manfred | Sweden | The coaster ran aground at Steabjerg.[65] She was refloated on 18 March and found to be extensively damaged.[77] |
| Tyne Maru | Japan | The cargo ship ran aground in the Kurushima Strait.[65] She was refloated on 26 March.[78] |
| Urajio Maru | Japan | The cargo ship ran aground in the Ryukyu Islands.[65] She was refloated on 11 March.[79] |
8 March[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Lavinia M. Snow | United States | The four-masted schooner was driven ashore at Cape Hatteras, North Carolina and was wrecked.[80] |
10 March[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| General Plumer | United Kingdom | The schooner departed Barbados for Port aux Basques, Newfoundland. No further trace, presumed foundered in the Atlantic Ocean with the loss of all hands.[81] |
| Shimzu Maru | Japan | The cargo ship collided with Eurypylus ( United Kingdom) in the Astraea Channel and was beached.[82] |
11 March[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Munaires | United States | The cargo ship was severely damaged at New Orleans, Louisiana when a dockside fire spread to the ship.[83] Having sunk, she was refloated on 16 March.[74] |
12 March[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Geneva Kathleen | United States | The schooner was driven ashore in the Cayman Islands and was wrecked.[83] |
14 March[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Matemba | Belgium | The cargo ship was extensively damaged by fire at Antwerp.[84] |
15 March[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Ament | United Kingdom | The cargo ship ran aground in the North Sea off the Longsands Lightship ( United Kingdom) and broke up. Her crew were rescued by Train Ferry No.2 ( United Kingdom).[84] |
17 March[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Blijdendijk | Netherlands | The cargo ship caught fire at Suez, Egypt and was abandoned by her crew.[74] |
18 March[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Sprat | United States | Under tow on a voyage from Juneau to Wrangell in the waters of Southeast Alaska with no people or cargo aboard, the 27-gross register ton, 52.8-foot (16.1 m) scow sank without loss of life 7 nautical miles (13 km; 8.1 mi) south of Point Hugh (57°34′10″N 133°48′30″W / 57.56944°N 133.80833°W) in the Territory of Alaska.[85] |
20 March[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Nils | Norway | The cargo ship ran aground on Sable Island, Nova Scotia, Canada.[86] She was declared a total loss on 26 March.[78] |
21 March[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Titoki | United Kingdom | The cargo ship ran aground at Motucka, South Island, New Zealand.[87] She was refloated on 28 March.[88] |
26 March[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Panama | United States | The 51-gross register ton 68.7-foot (20.9 m) fishing vessel was wrecked on a reef off Marmot Island in the Kodiak Archipelago in a snowstorm with heavy seas and broke up in the surf. Her nine-man crew made it to the island in dories and spent 36 hours there, then reached Ouzinkie on Spruce Island in the dories.[89] |
27 March[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Secundus | Germany | The galiot sank off Falsterbo, Sweden. The crew were rescued.[90] |
| Wheatplain | United Kingdom | The coaster ran aground on Tory Island, County Donegal, Ireland and was wrecked. Her crew were rescued.[90] She broke in three during a gale on 29 March.[91] |
28 March[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Kirsten B | Norway | The cargo ship ran aground off Farsund, Norway.[88] She later broke in two, with the stern section sinking.[92] |
29 March[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Ben Doran | United Kingdom | The vessel went aground on the Ve Skerries, Shetland, deemed to have done so through because of poor visibility. Despite rescue efforts made by Arora and Smiling Morn, the full crew of at least seven were lost with the severity of the weather.[93] |
| Kosai Maru | Japan | The cargo ship ran aground at Kungtungtau, China and was abandoned in a sinking condition.[91] |
| HMS L1 | Royal Navy | The L-class submarine parted her tow and came ashore at Cape Cornwall, Cornwall.[91] |
| Rambler | United Kingdom | The auxiliary schooner was driven ashore in Glasserton Bay and was wrecked. Her crew survived.[91] |
| Rhine Maru | Japan | The cargo ship was driven ashore at Point Sur, California, United States. Her crew were rescued.[91] She was declared a total loss on 16 April.[94] |
30 March[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Königstein | Germany | The cargo ship ran aground at Varberg, Halland County, Sweden.[95] She was refloated on 7 April.[96] |
April[edit]
2 April[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Miguel de Cervantes |  Spanish Navy | The Almirante Cervera-class cruiser broke free from her moorings at Ferrol, Galicia. She collided with the quayside and sank. She was refloated the next day.[97] Later repaired and returned to service. |
| Shespoikrabolov |  Soviet Union | The cargo ship ran aground off Chōsi, Chiba, Japan. Salvage efforts were abandoned on 5 April.[98] |
3 April[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Persiano | Italy | The cargo ship ran aground at Bokalikale, Turkey.[99] She was refloated on 6 April.[98] |
4 April[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Ballena | Chile | The cargo ship was wrecked at Cape Chimpel.[98][100] |
5 April[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Paradigm | Sweden | The cargo ship ran aground in the Lessoe Channel. The crew were rescued by Kattegat ( Denmark).[98] |
6 April[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Cogandale | United Kingdom | The cargo ship sank at Eastern Gut, India. The crew were rescued.[98] |
8 April[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Colbert | France | The cargo ship ran aground at Alexandria, Egypt.[101] She was refloated on 15 April.[102] |
| General | United States | The tug sank at Detour Township, Michigan and was declared a total loss.[103] |
10 April[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Lila E. D. Young | United Kingdom | The schooner sprang a leak in the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Portugal (40°00′N 9°40′W / 40.000°N 9.667°W). She was abandoned and set on fire. The crew were rescued by Freixall (flag unknown).[104] |
| St. Sunniva | United Kingdom | The ferry ran aground on Mousa, Shetland Islands and was wrecked. All on board were rescued. |
11 April[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Benjamin C. Smith | United Kingdom | The schooner was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Nova Scotia, Canada. The crew were rescued.[105] |
| City of Pekin | United Kingdom | The cargo ship struck a submerged rock and sank off Brookes Island, Port Hamilton, Korea. The crew were rescued.[104] |
| Mazeppa | United Kingdom | The Thames barge collided with Steingrim ( Norway) in the North Sea off the Kentish Knock Lightship ( United Kingdom). All five crew were rescued by the Walton-on-the-Naze Lifeboat.[105] |
15 April[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| K. C. Gorden | United Kingdom | The schooner caught fire off St. John's, Newfoundland and was a total loss. The crew were rescued.[106] |
| Tiziano | Italy | The cargo ship came ashore at Mazzara, Sicily.[102] She was refloated on 18 April.[107] |
17 April[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Diamond C | United States | The 14-gross register ton motor vessel caught fire and exploded while refueling at Wrangell, Territory of Alaska. Her two-man crew survived.[108] |
20 April[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Kamiyoshi Maru | Japan | The cargo ship ran aground and sank off Swatow, China.[109] |
| Michalis Pontos | Greece | The cargo ship ran aground off Penarth Head, Glamorgan, United Kingdom.[107] She was refloated on 24 April.[110] |
| Nisshin Maru No.2 | Japan | The cargo ship ran aground on Okujiri Island and was a total loss. The crew were rescued.[111] |
22 April[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Vera E. Himmelman | United Kingdom | The schooner sprang a leak in the Atlantic Ocean off North Sydney, Nova Scotia, Canada and was abandoned.[111] |
23 April[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Famalicao Terceiro | Portugal | The schooner was discovered abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean (approximately 41°N 9°W / 41°N 9°W).[110] |
| Federico Garolla | Italy | The cargo ship suffered an explosion of her boilers and sank in the Ionian Sea between Zakynthos and Kephalonia with the loss of twenty of her 23 crew.[112] |
24 April[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Thames | United States | The 142-foot (43 m), 540-gross register ton steamer, a cargo ship, was beached off Sound Beach on Captain's Island, Long Island Sound off Norwalk, Connecticut, and burned to the waterline. Her crew abandoned ship in two lifeboats, which quickly were swamped in heavy seas. Sources differ on the size of her crew and the number of survivors: She either had a crew of 26 of which 16 died, or a crew of 16 of which six died.[113][114] |
25 April[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Margit | Sweden | The auxiliary three-masted schooner ran aground near Lysekil, Västra Götaland County and sank.[115] She was raised on 7 May.[116] |
26 April[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Kirkwood | United Kingdom | The collier was rammed and sunk in the North Sea off the Elbe No.1 Lightship ( Germany) by President Harding ( United States) with the loss of a crew member. The survivors were rescued by President Harding.[117][118] |
28 April[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Rosa | United Kingdom | The Admiralty fuelling craft ran aground at Flamborough Head, Yorkshire and was wrecked. All sixteen crew were rescued by the Flamborough Lifeboat.[119] |
29 April[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Gairsoppa | United Kingdom | The cargo ship ran aground at Fulton Point, India. She was refloated later that day. |
30 April[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Luzon Maru | Japan | The cargo ship ran aground at Inuboye-saki.[120] She broke in two, sank, and was declared a total loss.[121] |
| Westerner | United States | The cargo ship ran aground at Ak-bash-liman, Turkey.[109] She was refloated on 9 May.[122] |
Unknown date[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Omaney | United States | The halibut schooner was wrecked on Sitkinak Island in the Kodiak Archipelago[123] |
May[edit]
2 May[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Jessie | Italy | The cargo ship foundered in the Mediterranean Sea off Misrata, Libya.[124] |
| Raven | United Kingdom | The cargo ship collided with Cleopatra ( Greece) in the North Sea (53°52′N 6°50′E / 53.867°N 6.833°E) and sank. The crew were rescued by Cleopatra.[125] |
7 May[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Katiesau |  Honduras | The auxiliary schooner collided with Copan ( Honduras) in the Caribbean Sea 5 nautical miles (9.3 km) east of Puerto Cortés and sank.[126] |
8 May[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Richfield | United States | The tanker was driven ashore at Drake's Bay, California. The crew were rescued.[122] |
9 May[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Teddy H | United States | The 153-gross register ton, 74.3-foot (22.6 m) sternwheel paddle steamer, in operation as a cargo ship, was crushed by ice on the Tanana River 0.5-mile (0.80 km) above Nenana in the Territory of Alaska when an ice jam upriver from her broke free during the spring thaw, came downstream, and broke her apart. Her crew of 13 survived.[127] |
11 May[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Twins | United States | During a voyage in the Territory of Alaska from Cordova to Cape Hinchinbrook, the 11-gross register ton 35.9-foot (10.9 m) fishing vessel dragged her anchors, drifted onto Montague Island at the entrance to Prince William Sound, and was wrecked with no one aboard after her three occupants left her in a skiff which capsized as they tried to reach shore, killing one of them. With the skiff overturned, the two survivors were unable to return to Twins to save her from drifting ashore.[127] |
12 May[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Prima | United Kingdom | The dredger capsized in the English Channel off the Owers Lightship ( United Kingdom).[128] |
| Zia |  Turkey | The cargo ship caught fire in the Mediterranean Sea (approximately 37°N 26°E / 37°N 26°E) and was abandoned by her crew.[128][129] |
13 May[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Remenham | United Kingdom | The cargo ship struck a submerged object in the Baltic Sea (54°30′N 11°40′E / 54.500°N 11.667°E) and was holed. She was beached on the south coast of Falster, Denmark.[130] She was refloated the next day.[131] |
15 May[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Azua | United States | The schooner collided with City of Atlanta ( United States) in the Atlantic Ocean 47 nautical miles (87 km) south south east of the Barnegat Lighthouse, New Jersey.[132] |
| Motau | United Kingdom | The auxiliary schooner foundered in the Pacific Ocean off Suva, fiji.[132] |
| Principe de Asturias | Spain | The cargo ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean off Fernando Pó, French West Africa during a cyclone. The crew survived.[132] |
17 May[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Icarahy |  Brazil | The cargo ship collided with the breakwater at Rio Grande do Norte and sank with the loss of seven crew.[133] |
| Isobel Moore | United Kingdom | The schooner ran aground in Danzig Cove, Newfoundland and was a total loss. The crew survived.[133] |
18 May[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Josina | Spain | The cargo ship ran aground on Île d'Aix, Charente-Maritime, France, at the mouth of the Charente.[129] She was refloated on 23 May.[134] |
| Yonan Maru | Japan | The cargo ship was severely damaged by fire at Singapore.[135] |
19 May[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Maria S. Kastanou | Greece | The cargo ship ran aground at Carrumeiro Vejo, Spain.[135] She was declared a total loss on 22 May.[136] |
21 May[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Asia | France | The passenger ship caught fire at Jeddah, Nejd and Hejaz and was abandoned with the loss of about 100 lives.[136] She was declared a total loss.[137] |
| Portgwarra | United Kingdom | The cargo ship came ashore at Castle Island, Bermuda. She was refloated on 26 May.[137] |
22 May[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Eleftheria | Greece | The cargo ship foundered in the Aegean Sea off Skiathos.[134] |
| Maria Adelia | Portugal | The cargo ship was destroyed by fire at Melilla, Spain.[134] |
23 May[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Archiduc Rodolphe | Belgium | The cargo ship ran aground on Lissa Island, Yugoslavia and was wrecked.[41] |
| Normand | France | The cargo ship sank at Buncrana, County Donegal, Ireland.[138] |
25 May[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| City of Honolulu |  United States | The ocean liner caught fire, burned out and sank in Honolulu Harbour, Territory of Hawaii. She was raised on 9 June, patched up and sailed to Los Angeles, California, where she was declared a constructive total loss. City of Honolulu was scrapped at Osaka, Japan in December 1933. |
| St. Croix | United Kingdom | The tug ran aground 6 nautical miles (11 km) north of Walvis Bay, South Africa and was wrecked. The crew were rescued.[138] |
28 May[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Kruisschans | Belgium | The cargo ship struck a submerged object and sank in the English Channel, 20 nautical miles (37 km) west of Beachy Head, Sussex, United Kingdom. The crew were rescued by the trawler D.L.C. ( United Kingdom).[139] |
| Rimula | United Kingdom | The cargo ship ran aground on the south shore of Curaçao, Netherlands Antilles. Her crew were rescued.[140] She was refloated on 16 June.[141] |
30 May[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Taihoku Maru | Japan | The cargo ship ran aground and sank in the Chanjiku Channel, Korea.[142] |
June[edit]
1 June[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Dreadnaught | United States | The 8-gross register ton motor vessel sank in Southeast Alaska at a location described by her captain as the "other side Kletachekoff Island, near Leo's Anchorage, Chichagoff Island," probably a reference to Klokachef Island (57°24′41″N 135°53′23″W / 57.4114°N 135.8897°W) opposite Leo Anchorage (57°25′20″N 135°51′47″W / 57.4222°N 135.8631°W) on Chichagof Island in the Alexander Archipelago. The two people aboard survived.[108] |
| Inger | Sweden | The cargo ship collided with Literno ( Italy) in the English Channel 7 nautical miles (13 km) south west of Beachy Head, Sussex, United Kingdom and sank with the loss of fifteen of her eighteen crew. Survivors were rescued by Literno and the Eastbourne Lifeboat.[143][144] |
6 June[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Arpha | United Kingdom | The yacht ran aground in Moon Sound. She was refloated on 10 June. |
| Chang Wo | United Kingdom | The cargo ship ran aground in Tungting Lake, China.[145] She was refloated on 10 June.[146] |
8 June[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Buenos Aires Maru | Japan | The cargo ship collided with Kalinin ( Soviet Union) at Montevideo, Uruguay and was beached.[147] |
| Masula | United Kingdom | The cargo ship arrived at Gibraltar with her cargo on fire. She was beached the next day.[147] The fire was extinguished on 11 June,[148] and she was refloated on 23 June.[149] |
10 June[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Pinthis | United States | Carrying a cargo of gasoline, the 1,111-gross register ton coastal tanker collided in thick fog with the passenger ship Fairfax ( United States) in the Atlantic Ocean off Fourth Cliff at Scituate, Massachusetts. She caught fire, exploded and subsequently capsized and sank in up to 100 feet (30 m) of water 6 nautical miles (11 km; 6.9 mi) east of Fourth Cliff at 42°09′18″N 070°33′48″W / 42.15500°N 70.56333°W with the loss of her entire crew (either 19 or 20 people). Seventeen crew and 14 passengers on board Fairfax also were killed.[150][151][152][153][154] |
11 June[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Dorothy M. Smart | United Kingdom | The schooner foundered in the Atlantic Ocean off Cape Breton, Nova Scotia.[148] |
13 June[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Miss England II | United Kingdom | The speedboat struck a floating tree branch in Windermere during a world speed record attempt. She capsized and sank, killing Sir Henry Segrave and injuring the other two crew. |
| Muroran Maru | Japan | The cargo ship came ashore on the Kamchatka Peninsula, Soviet Union and was abandoned by her crew.[141] |
16 June[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Thirlby | United Kingdom | The cargo ship ran aground on a reef 7 nautical miles (13 km) west of Puerto Padre, Cuba.[141] She was refloated on 23 June.[149] |
17 June[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Dimitrios M. Diacakis | Greece | The cargo ship ran aground at Akbashliman, Turkey.[155] She was refloated on 24 June.[156] |
| N.A.F. | United Kingdom | The schooner was wrecked in Bay St. George, Newfoundland. Her crew were rescued.[157] |
18 June[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Aberdonian | United Kingdom | The passenger ship ran aground at Staithes, Yorkshire. Her 55 passengers were taken off by a tug.[155] She was refloated on 22 June.[158] |
19 June[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Baltic | United Kingdom | The four-masted schooner struck rocks in Penrhos Bay and capsized. All five people on board survived.[159] |
21 June[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Keishin Maru | Japan | The cargo ship ran aground at Keelung, China.[158] She was refloated on 25 June.[160] |
| Towy | United Kingdom | The coaster ran aground at Portstewart, County Londonderry.[158] She was refloated on 26 June and taken under tow with the intention of reaching Portrush but she capsized and sank. All crew were rescued.[161] |
23 June[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Casablanca | Germany | The cargo ship was in collision with Henry Stanley ( United Kingdom) in the English Channel (49°36′N 3°00′W / 49.600°N 3.000°W) and sank. All 27 people on board were rescued by Henry Stanley.[158] |
24 June[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Daian Maru | Japan | The cargo ship ran aground at Cape Patience, Sakhalin, Soviet Union. Salvage efforts were abandoned on 28 June and she was declared a total loss.[162][163] |
25 June[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Mary G. Maynard | United States | The schooner was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by Evina ( Norway). She was later reported derelict at 38°33′N 59°25′W / 38.550°N 59.417°W by Maindy Grange ( United Kingdom).[161] |
26 June[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| John B. King |  Canada | The scow exploded and sank in the St. Lawrence Seaway near Brockville, Ontario, Canada, when lightning struck her, detonating dynamite she had on board. Thirty of her crew were killed; the 12 survivors were rescued by the United States Coast Guard Cutter CGQ-II. |
| Niigata Maru | Japan | The cargo ship ran aground in the Oki Islands.[164] She was refloated on 4 July.[165] |
30 June[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Frida | Germany | The cargo ship ran aground on Saaremaa, Estonia. Her crew were rescued.[166] |
Unknown date[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Equity | United Kingdom | The cargo ship ran aground at Alderney in the Channel Islands. Although partially swamped, she was salvaged. |
July[edit]
1 July[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Koyo Maru | Japan | The cargo ship came ashore on Sakhalin, Soviet Union.[167] She was refloated on 6 July.[168] |
| Kurdistan | United Kingdom | The cargo ship came ashore in the Molyneux Sound.[169] She was refloated on 6 July.[168] |
| Moritz | United States | As a means of disposal, the retired 3,500-gross register ton cargo ship was partially burned and then scuttled in approximately 200 feet (61 m) of water 5 nautical miles (9.3 km; 5.8 mi) east of Halfway Rock off Marblehead, Massachusetts, at 42°30′15″N 70°39′18″W / 42.504261°N 070.65504°W.[170] |
2 July[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Mona |  Isle of Man |  |
4 July[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Knight of the Realm | United Kingdom | The cargo ship ran aground in the Paraná River 10 nautical miles (19 km) upstream of Rosario, Santa Fe, Argentina.[171] She was refloated on 11 July.[172] |
6 July[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Karagjorgje | Yugoslavia | The passenger ship collided with Francesco Morosini ( Italy) off Pašman with the loss of four lives. She was beached and all passengers were taken off by Francesco Morosini.[168][173] |
7 July[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Dampto | Norway | The cargo ship collided with Hoten Maru ( Japan) off the Shandong Promontory, China and sank. Her crew were rescued.[174] |
8 July[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Greypoint |  Nicaragua | The cargo ship caught fire at Twelve Mile Island, Alabama, United States.[175] She was a constructive total loss.[160] |
| Iwai Maru | Japan | The cargo ship ran aground off Notorosaki.[176] She was refloated on 12 July.[160] |
| Mac Hinery | United Kingdom | The cargo ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean off Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia, Canada.[175] |
10 July[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Dolores | Spain | The auxiliary schooner foundered in the Mediterranean Sea off Portsay. Her crew survived.[177] |
| Yorkton | United Kingdom | The cargo ship collided with Mantadoc ( United Kingdom) in Whitefish Bay and sank.[172] She was refloated on 9 August.[178] |
11 July[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Clara Blanche | United States | The 15-gross register ton purse seiner was destroyed by fire in port at Tyee, Territory of Alaska. Her crew of four survived.[179] |
| Evangeline | United States | The cargo ship suffered an onboard explosion at Rockaway Point, New York. She was beached in the Rockaway Inlet and was destroyed by the subsequent fire.[177] |
| Lauretta Frances | United Kingdom | The schooner sprang a leak and foundered in the Atlantic Ocean 15 nautical miles (28 km) off Cape Anguille, Newfoundland. The crew survived.[172] |
12 July[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Ascot | United Kingdom | The cargo ship ran aground in the Paraná River at Borghi, Argentina.[172] She was refloated on 15 July.[160] |
| Turuna | Portugal | The three-masted schooner was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean (44°30′N 60°55′W / 44.500°N 60.917°W). She was set on fire by her crew, who were rescued by Coiborno (flag unknown).[172] |
14 July[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Fawn | United Kingdom | The coaster struck a rock off Portnahaven, Islay and was beached.[180] She was refloated on 18 July.[181] |
| Kohatsu Maru | Japan | The cargo ship collided with Aeneas ( United Kingdom) in the East China Sea off Cape Shantung, China and sank.[180] |
| Pengreep | United Kingdom | The cargo ship ran aground in the Paraná River 25 nautical miles (46 km) downstream of Rosario, Argentina.[180] She was refloated on 18 July.[182] |
18 July[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| El Hurd | United States | The 39-gross register ton, 60.3-foot (18.4 m) motor schooner was stranded in Chichagof Bay (55°39′N 160°14′W / 55.650°N 160.233°W) on the south coast of the Alaska Peninsula in the Territory of Alaska. Her crew of five survived. She was refloated a few days later, but her damage was discovered to be so severe that she was declared a total loss.[183] |
19 July[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Aikoku Maru | Japan | The cargo ship sank at Nagasaki during a typhoon.[182] |
| Kalypso Vergotti | Greece | The cargo ship ran aground on the English Bank off Uruguay.[182] She was refloated on 1 August.[184] |
| Ryohi Maru | Japan | The cargo ship sank at Nagasaki during a typhoon.[182] |
| Targis | Germany | The cargo liner caught fire in the Atlantic Ocean and foundered (33°45′N 50°45′W / 33.750°N 50.750°W). All on board were rescued by Rangitata ( United Kingdom).[182][185] |
21 July[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Adele Traber | Germany | The cargo ship ran aground near the Pevna Lighthouse, Oulu, Finland.[186] She was refloated on 24 July.[187] |
| North Pacific | United Kingdom | The cargo ship ran aground in the Paraná River at Arroyo Seco, Santa Fe, Argentina.[186] She was refloated on 25 July.[187] |
22 July[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Anna Barron | United States | The 82-gross register ton steam cannery tender was stranded on rocks while trying to moor to a dolphin off Ansley Point (58°12′30″N 135°07′10″W / 58.20833°N 135.11944°W) in Icy Strait in the Alexander Archipelago in Southeast Alaska. Her crew of seven survived, but she was deemed a total loss.[188] |
| Saint Hilda | United States | The dredger struck a submerged object and foundered at Tampico, Tamaulipas, Mexico, with the loss of two crew.[189] |
23 July[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Dustu | France | The schooner struck a rock in the Bay of Biscay 5 nautical miles (9.3 km) off Lochtudy, Finistère and foundered.[190] |
| Raymond | Belgium | The coaster ran aground at Warkworth, Northumberland, United Kingdom.[190] She was refloated on 29 July.[191] |
28 July[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Kronprins Gustav Adolf | Sweden | The cargo ship caught fire in the Atlantic Ocean 82 nautical miles (152 km) off Vitória, Brazil. She was consequently abandoned 14 nautical miles (26 km) south east of the Rio Doce Lighthouse.[192] The crew were rescued by Alphacea ( Netherlands) and Vandyck ( United Kingdom). She drifted ashore 60 nautical miles (110 km) north of Vitória and was a total loss.[191][193] |
29 July[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| George J. Whalen | United States | The dredger foundered in Lake Erie six miles (9.7 km) off of Dunkirk, New York, 23 miles (37 km) east of Presque Isle. 15 crew killed.[193][194][195] |
| Twin B | United States | The 9-gross register ton, 40-foot (12 m) fishing vessel was destroyed by fire while departing Port Althorp, Territory of Alaska. Her three-man crew survived.[127] |
30 July[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Biyo Maru | Japan | The cargo ship ran aground off the Shiriyazaki Lighthouse, Honshu.[196] She was refloated on 24 August.[197] |
| Heijun Maru | Japan | The cargo ship ran aground off the Shiriyazaki Lighthouse.[196] She was refloated on 19 August.[198] |
31 July[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Nerbudda | United Kingdom | The cargo ship collided with Legazpi ( Spain) in the Atlantic Ocean (36°22′N 3°24′W / 36.367°N 3.400°W) and was holed.[199] She was taken in tow by Nankin ( United Kingdom) and beached at Castle Ferro, Spain.[184][200] Nerbudda was refloated on 4 August and towed to Gibraltar.[201] |
August[edit]
1 August[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Eastborough | United Kingdom | The cargo ship ran aground in the Paraná River, Argentina.[202] She was refloated on 7 August.[203] |
| Feltore | United States | The cargo ship ran aground at Cruz Grande, Mexico and was abandoned.[184][202] |
2 August[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Thyland | Germany | The cargo ship collided with Hedwigshütte ( Germany) in the Kaiser Wilhelm Canal and was beached.[202] |
3 August[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Akashi |  Imperial Japanese Navy | The decommissioned coast defense ship was sunk as a target by Imperial Japanese Navy dive bombers in the Pacific Ocean south of Izu Ōshima. |
7 August[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| August Thyssen | Germany | The cargo ship came ashore at Alligator Pond, Jamaica.[203] She was refloated on 10 August.[178] |
| Svea |  Estonia | The sailing ship collided with Jupiter ( Estonia) at Stockholm, Sweden and sank with the loss of a crew member.[204] |
| Tregenna | United Kingdom | The cargo ship ran aground at San Pedro de Macorís, Dominican Republic.[204] She was refloated on 15 August.[205] |
8 August[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Avgy | Greece | The cargo ship caught fire in the Atlantic Ocean and put into Leixões, Portugal and was beached.[206][207] She was refloated on 29 August.[208] |
| Hochelaga | United Kingdom | The cargo ship was beached on one of the Magdalen Islands, Quebec, Canada having previously run aground in the Bird Islands, Northwest Territories.[206] Following storm damage on August 18, she was a total loss.[209] |
9 August[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Sir Stafford Northcote | United Kingdom | The cargo ship collided with City of London ( United Kingdom) in the River Thames and sank.[210] |
10 August[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Caribou | United Kingdom | The passenger ship ran aground on Muse Island, Newfoundland. All passengers and crew took to the lifeboats.[207] She was a total loss.[178] |
12 August[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Baltic |  Danzig | The tanker ran aground at Punta Indio, Argentina.[211] She was refloated on 16 August.[212] |
| Dalila | France | The cargo ship ran aground in the Charente at Tonnay-Charente, Charente-Maritime.[211] |
| Halley's Comet | United Kingdom | The schooner foundered off Bell Island, Newfoundland.[213] |
| Taitsu Maru | Japan | The cargo ship ran aground at Urusan, Korea.[205] She was still aground on 22 October.[214] |
13 August[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Go Get | United States | The 29-gross register ton motor vessel was destroyed by fire while docked at the Kukak Bay Cannery on the south coast of the Alaska Peninsula in the Territory of Alaska. Her crew of four survived.[215] |
| Ryuho Maru No.1 | Japan | The cargo ship ran aground at Lopatka, Soviet Union.[213] She was refloated on 29 August.[208] |
15 August[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Verna |  United States | The 9-gross register ton 32.3-foot (9.8 m) fishing vessel was destroyed by fire in the Territory of Alaska at a place identified in contemporary accounts as "Point Rosalie," possibly a reference to Point Saint Rosalia (55°34′15″N 133°24′45″W / 55.57083°N 133.41250°W).[216] |
17 August[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Angele | France | The sailing ship departed Cardiff, Glamorgan, United Kingdom for Pont-l'Abbé, Finistère. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[217] |
| Tahiti | United Kingdom | .jpg) United States).[212][218][219] |
18 August[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Brilliant | United States | The coastal tanker suffered an onboard explosion and fire at Jacksonville, Florida and was a constructive total loss. Five crew were killed.[198][220] |
21 August[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Ba | Norway | The cargo ship struck rocks at Guardiana, Portugal and sank. Her crew were rescued.[221] |
| Izaro | Spain | The cargo ship struck a rock and sank in the Mediterranean Sea off Cape Palos, Murcia.[222] |
| Tami Maru | Japan | The cargo ship ran aground on the Shiretoko Peninsula.[222] She was refloated on 31 August.[223] |
22 August[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Mitchell | United States | The 14-gross register ton motor vessel was stranded in fog on a reef off Fannie Island (58°02′45″N 133°47′10″W / 58.04583°N 133.78611°W) in Southeast Alaska, then destroyed by a fire that broke out during an attempt to refloat her. The only person on board survived.[224] |
23 August[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Guine | Portugal | The cargo ship was wrecked at Bissau, Portuguese Guinea.[225] |
26 August[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Daring | United Kingdom | The tug caught fire and sank in the Pacific Ocean off Vancouver Island, Canada with the loss of six crew.[226] |
27 August[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Argentum | United Kingdom | The cargo ship ran aground at Nairn.[226] She was refloated on 23 September.[227] |
| Spica | Norway | The cargo ship ran aground on the Cerebus Shoal in the Strait of Canso.[228] She was declared a total loss on 10 September.[229] |
28 August[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Neches | United States | The cargo ship collided with a scow off the Coney Island Lighthouse, New York Harbor and sank, as did the scow.[228] |
| Starck | Sweden | The cargo ship ran aground at Ulkogrunni, Finland and was beached.[228] She was refloated on 4 September.[230] |
31 August[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Claretta | United Kingdom | The coaster collided with Borderland ( United Kingdom) in the Atlantic Ocean 11 nautical miles (20 km) of the Longships Lighthouse and sank. Her crew were rescued by Borderland.[231] |
| Maroussio | Greece | The cargo ship ran aground at Injeh Burno, Turkey.[232] |
| Shoreham | United Kingdom | The coaster was in collision with Annik ( France) in the Atlantic Ocean 5 nautical miles (9.3 km) off Trevose Head, Cornwall and sank. Her crew were rescued by Annik.[231] |
September[edit]
1 September[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Fort Union | United States | Suffering from a rotten hull, the 2,654-ton, 267-foot (81.4 m) barge was beached deliberately for salvage purposes at Ship's Cove (56°15′20″N 134°39′45″W / 56.25556°N 134.66250°W) at Port Conclusion (
|