List of shipwrecks in 1905
The list of shipwrecks in 1905 includes ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during 1905.
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January[edit]
1 January[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Helsingfors |  Grand Duchy of Finland | The passenger-cargo steamer ran aground and sank near Bengtskär, Grand Duchy of Finland, with the loss of two of her crew. She was on a voyage from Helsingfors, Grand Duchy of Finland, to Lübeck, Germany. |
| Protector | Grand Duchy of Finland | The ship ran aground and was wrecked near Bengtskär, Grand Duchy of Finland, while going to the assistance of Helsingfors( Grand Duchy of Finland). Three of her crew and a pilot were lost.[1] |
2 January[edit]
3 January[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Cornelia |  United States | The tug was holed by ice and sank at dock in the Charles River at Boston, Massachusetts. She later was raised.[5] |
| Defender | United States | The 514-gross register ton sternwheel paddle steamer sank when two of her boilers exploded on the Ohio River off Huntington, West Virginia. She sank to the main deck and everything left above water burned. There were 45 people on board; nine crewmen were killed and three people were injured.[6][7] |
| Haudaudine |  France | The full-rigged ship ran aground and sank off New Caledonia with no loss of life. |
10 January[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Dalles City | United States | The steamer struck a rock between The Dalles, Oregon, and Portland, Oregon, and was beached.[8] |
12 January[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Unidentified canal boat | United States | The canal boat, under tow of the steamer Pottsville ( United States), was sunk in a collision with the steamer J. Fred Lohman ( United States) off Governor's Island, New York.[9] |
13 January[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Clydesdale |  United Kingdom | The steamship ran aground on the Lady Rock, off Oban, Argyllshire, Scotland. She was a total loss.[10] |
14 January[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Sultana |  Greece | The steamer was abandoned in a storm and foundered in the Mediterranean Sea, 20 nautical miles (37 km; 23 mi) off Tekirova and Adalia (now Antalya, Turkey) while on a voyage from Payas to Constantinople via Messina, with oranges. Crew safe.[11][12] |
15 January[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Lodalen |  Sweden-Norway | The lake steamer was thrown some 350 metres (1,150 ft) ashore by a 40-metre (130 ft) tsunami created by a large rockfall into the lake Lovatnet in Norway. The wreck of Lodalen was thrown a further 150 m (490 ft) inland by another tsunami in 1936.[13][14] |
| Unidentified boats | In addition to Lodalen, about 70 to 80 boats were wrecked or sunk by three tsunamis in Lovatnet that reached up to 40.5 metres (133 ft) in height.[15] |
16 January[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Volunteer |  United States | The 26-gross register ton schooner sank at Sand Key in the Florida Keys. All eight people on board survived.[16][17] |
17 January[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Jack Jewett | United States | The steamer was moored at "Dolphins" in the East Haven River when ice crushed her bow. She was run onto some flats, but sank.[18] |
18 January[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Alexander Griggs | United States | The steamer stranded on rocks in the Entiat Rapids on the Columbia River, Washington. A total loss.[19] |
| Optima |  Germany | The four-masted barque was wrecked on Haisborough Sands, off the coast of Norfolk, United Kingdom, on voyage from Hamburg to Santa Rosalía, Mexico with coke.[20][21] |
21 January[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| George W. Elder | United States | The 1,709-gross register ton steel-hulled screw steamer struck a rock in the Columbia River at Reuben, Oregon, and either was stranded or sank (sources disagree). All 73 people on board survived. She was raised in May 1906.[6][22][23][24] |
| Volant | United States | The 172-gross register ton schooner was stranded in Bristol Bay on the coast of the Territory of Alaska. All six people aboard survived.[6] |
22 January[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Ray | United States | The motor vessel was sunk in a collision with Ocracoke ( United States) in thick fog, Norfolk, Virginia.[25] |
24 January[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Mariechen | Germany | The steamer was wrecked at Chicagoff, Territory of Alaska in Chatham Strait. She was eventually refloated and taken to Juneau, Alaska Territory, where temporary repairs were made. She was taken to Seattle, Washington, and beached in July 1906 and declared a total loss.[26][27] |
25 January[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Clarence | United States | The cargo ship sank in New York Harbor near Robbins Reef in a severe storm with the loss of her entire crew of seven. She later was raised by wreckers.[9] |
| Conqueror | United States | The steamer lost her rudder in a northwest gale and was blown ashore, probably in the vicinity of Norfolk, Virginia.[25] |
| S. D. Carlton | United States | The barge sank off Barnegat, New Jersey, in a severe gale and snowstorm. Her entire crew of four perished.[9] |
26 January[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Henry Whitney | United States | The 146-gross register ton schooner was stranded at Newport, Rhode Island. All three people on board survived.[28] |
| Roebuck | United Kingdom | The rail car ferry caught fire at dock at Milford. The Milford Fire Department put out the fire, but the volume of water sank her. Refloated on 4 February. Repaired and returned to service in June.[29] |
27 January[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Charley Hook | United States | The steamer struck a dike in the Cumberland River at Canton, Kentucky, and sank in eight feet (2.4 m) of water.[30] |
28 January[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Edna Murray | United States | The tow steamer burned to the waterline in the harbor at Milford, Connecticut.[18] |
| Manhanset | United States | The tow steamer burned and sank at the New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad Wharf in New London, Connecticut.[31] |
29 January[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Mary L. Colbourne | United States | The 23-gross register ton schooner was stranded on Virginia's Tangier Island in the Chesapeake Bay. Both people aboard survived.[32] |
31 January[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Anderson | United States | The steamer burned at dock at Grand Tower, Illinois, a total loss.[33] |
| Skidby | United Kingdom | The steamship ran aground on Sable Island, Nova Scotia. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from South Shields, County Durham to Baltimore, Maryland, United States.[34] |
Unknown date[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Robert Center | United States | The 59-gross register ton schooner sank at sea. Both people on board survived.[32] |
| Ollie Neville | United States | The 70-gross register ton sternwheel paddle steamer sank in the Ohio River at Ripley, Ohio, on 3 or 10 January. All three people on board survived.[35][36][37] |
February[edit]
4 February[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Atlas |  United States | With no one aboard, the 423-gross register ton barge was lost in a collision with the screw steamer Katahdin ( United States) at Long Island City, New York.[38] |
| Damara | United Kingdom | The Canadian-owned, British-registered steamer foundered off Sable Island, Newfoundland, or 30 miles (48 km) east of Halifax, Nova Scotia. 34 crewmen abandoned ship in two lifeboats. One lifeboat with her master and 14 crewmen was never seen again.[39][40] |
| Lief Eriksson | Norway | The steamer was sunk in a collision in thick fog with City of Everett ( United States) in the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of South Carolina (32°52′N 78°54′W / 32.867°N 78.900°W). Two crew were killed. 20 crew were rescued by City of Everett.[41] |
5 February[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Hudson | United States | The 741-gross register ton sternwheel paddle steamer burned at Cincinnati, Ohio. Both people on board survived.[42] |
| Ice Boat No. 3 | United States | The sidewheel icebreaker struck a submerged shipwreck and sank before she could be beached in the National Harbor of Refuge, Delaware Bay, Delaware, United States. Crew rescued by Gettysburg, Teaser, and Boxer(all United States).[43] |
7 February[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Chas. J. Baker | United States | The tug was sunk when a hawser to a car float parted under load causing her to heel over and go down in the harbor of Baltimore, Maryland. Later raised.[44] |
| Sully |  French Navy | The Gloire-class armored cruiser was wrecked in Ha Long Bay, French Indochina, without loss of life. |
9 February[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| F. K. Hulings | United States | The steamer was sunk by ice in the Monongahela River at Greensboro, Pennsylvania.[45] |
10 February[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Chevalier | United States | The steamer was sunk by ice at Gallipolis, Ohio. Raised and repaired.[7] |
| Mary N. | United States | The steamer sank over night at dock at Paducah, Kentucky.[30] |
| Portsmouth | United States | The 76-gross register ton sternwheel paddle steamer ferry was sunk by ice in the Ohio River at Lashells Landing, Pennsylvania. All five people on board survived.[35][45] |
12 February[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Gazelle | United States | The steamer was wrecked by ice at Wheeling Island, West Virginia. Total loss.[45] |
16 February[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Owasco | United States | The tow steamer was damaged in a collision with John S. Smith ( United States) in the North River. She returned to dock where she sank. Raised and repaired.[41] |
| Wm. K. Kavanaugh | United States | The steamer sprung a leak and sank at dock, or while opening a channel through ice broke timbers in her hull and sank, in St. Louis, Missouri. Raised, repaired, and returned to service.[33][46] |
17 February[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Orizaba | United Kingdom |  The mail steamer was wrecked on Five Fathom Bank off Fremantle, Western Australia. |
| William Orr | United States | The tow steamer caught fire in Newtown Creek, New York and was beached. Her four crewmen left in her boat.[41] |
18 February[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Waltham | United States | The schooner ran ashore on Race Rock, Fishers Island, New York. Later pulled off[47] |
22 February[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Eliza J. Pendleton | United States | The 751-gross register ton schooner was abandoned in the North Atlantic Ocean off Fire Island, New York. All eight people on board survived.[48] |
25 February[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Conveyor | United States | The laid up steamer was sunk at dock by ice across the river from Evansville, Indiana. raised and repaired.[49] |
| S. A. McCaulley | United States | The tow steamer was damaged by ice while towing the lighter Haverford ( United States) in the Delaware River off the mouth of Mantua Creek. She was beached in Mantua Creek.[50] |
| Southwark | United States | The tow steamer was crushed by ice while towing the lighter Haverford ( United States) in the Delaware River off the mouth of Mantua Creek and sank in 20 feet (6.1 m) of water. Her crew walked across the ice to shore.[50] |
27 February[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Amanda | United States | The steamer was sailing at the mouth of the harbor in New Haven, Connecticut when ice crushed some of her hull and she sank in 18 feet (5.5 m) of water. Later raised.[18] |
| Arthur B. | United States | The fishing steamer burned and sank at dock in Portland, Maine, a total loss.[51] |
| Josie | United States | The 197-gross register ton barge sank at St. Louis, Missouri. The only person on board survived.[38] |
| Katherine | United States | The ferry was sunk by ice, or an obstruction, between Cairo, Illinois and Birds Point, Missouri. Later raised, repaired, and returned to service.[49] |
| Oregon | United States | The steamer caught fire at sea off Crescent City, California. Passengers rescued by Del Norte ( United States). The vessel make it to the harbor and was beached and left to smolder after a 48-hour battle.[52][53] |
| Romulus | Germany | Russo-Japanese War: The steamer struck an iceberg on 21 February off Cape Soya on a trip to Vladivostok and sprung leaks. She was seized by a Japanese cruiser for inspection on 26 February and ordered to Hakodate. Her leaks grew worse and was beached at Aomori Ken on 27 February, became a total loss.[54][55] |
Unknown date[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Flora Temple | United States | The 7-gross register ton sloop was stranded at Gloucester, Virginia. All four people on board survived.[48] |
| Moy | United Kingdom | The iron sailing ship disappeared during a voyage from British Guiana to Liverpool. |
March[edit]
2 March[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Ava | United States | The tow steamer struck the jetty at Town Creek, North Carolina on the Peedee River and sank.[56] |
3 March[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Delta | United States | The steamer was destroyed by fire at dock at Harwood Landing, Arkansas.[36] |
5 March[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Ignacio Roca |  Uruguay | The cargo ship departed from West Hartlepool, County Durham, United Kingdom for Barcelona, Spain. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[57] |
| J. B. Leeds | United States | The 234-gross register ton schooner sank off Luzon in the Philippine Islands. All seven people on board survived.[28] |
6 March[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Nyack | United States | The steamer struck an obstruction on Lake Michigan putting two holes in her bow. She sank on arrival at Grand Haven, Michigan. Raised and taken to Milwaukee, Wisconsin for repairs.[58] |
9 March[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Delta | United States | The steamer sprung a leak and sank at dock at the foot of Lawrence Street, Cincinnati, Ohio. Immediately raised, repaired and returned to service.[7] |
| Geo. Matheson | United States | The steamer was sunk by ice at dock at the foot of Congress Avenue, Cincinnati, Ohio. Total loss.[7] |
| Relief | United States | The steamer was sunk by ice at dock at the foot of Lawrence Street, Cincinnati, Ohio. Total loss.[7] |
13 March[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Mildred | United States | The steamer was caught on the top of a wall at Lock 13 in the Ohio River and sank.[45] |
14 March[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Khyber | United Kingdom | The 1,967-ton barque was wrecked under the cliff at Tol-Pedn-Penwith, Cornwall. Neither the Penzance or Sennen Lifeboats could reach the ship and twenty-three crew lost their lives.[59] |
18 March[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Arctic | United States | The laid-up steamer was pushed against a riverbank by ice, causing her to careen, fill with water, and sink at Muscatine, Iowa. She was raised and repaired.[60] |
19 March[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Spartan | United States | The 1,596-gross register ton steel-hulled screw steamer was wrecked in fog just off the eastern shore of Block Island off Rhode Island, just south of Old Harbor Point. All 30 people on board survived. The wreck settled in 15 feet (4.6 m) of water at 41°09.680′N 071°32.566′W / 41.161333°N 71.542767°W.[35][61] |
25 March[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Parisian | United Kingdom | The steamship collided with the steamer Albano(flag unknown) during a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Halifax, Nova Scotia. She reached Halifax, where she sank from damage sustained in the collision.[62] |
26 March[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Honolulu | United States | The 1,053-gross register ton iron-hulled schooner departed Shanghai, China, bound for Port Townsend, Washington, with 11 people on board and was never heard from again.[28] |
27 March[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Key City | United States | The steamer was sunk by an obstruction at Belgrade, Illinois, two miles (3.2 km) above Metropolis, Illinois. The wreck was a total loss.[49] |
29 March[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Eagle | United States | The 6-gross register ton sloop sank in the Gulf of Mexico off Sarasota, Florida. All six people on board survived.[48] |
30 March[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Bart E. Linehan | United States | The steamer caught fire at dock at Ryman's Elevator, Nashville, Tennessee. She drifted several hundred feet down stream before sinking. Wreck removed in 1906 as a hazard to navigation.[30][63] |
31 March[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Annie Root | United States | The 47-gross register ton schooner was stranded on the bar off Galveston, Texas. Both people on board survived.[64] |
April[edit]
3 April[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Alison Briggs | United States | The tow steamer was damaged in a collision with Freighter Daniel Wheeler ( United States) in the East River off Pier 16. She tried to make it back to dock but sank near Pier 19. Raised and repaired.[65] |
4 April[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Sprite | United States | The steamer was wrecked three miles (4.8 km) north of Whitehall, Michigan.[58] |
6 April[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Texas | United States | The barge was wrecked in dense fog on Block Island, Rhode Island. Two crewmen were killed.[31] |
7 April[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Louisiana | United States | The steamer listed to starboard while loading cargo at New Orleans, Louisiana, causing her to fill with water through the portholes and sink. One crewman missing. She capsized and apparently broke up during salvage efforts eight months later.[66][67] |
8 April[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Greenville | United States | The tug was sunk in the North River when it passed a line to a scow, with the intention of pulling it down river, that was still being pulled up river. When the line tightened the tug was pulled over, filled with water and sank. Three of six crewmen were killed. Later raised.[68] |
10 April[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Sophie Wood | United States | The steamer was sunk by an open siphon pipe, Norfolk, Virginia. Apparently raised and hull found to be in bad condition.[25] |
12 April[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Bristol Packet | United Kingdom | The ketch was driven ashore and wrecked at Oxwich, Glamorgan.[69] |
| Indefatiguable | United Kingdom | The tug struck rocks in the Bristol Channel She was abandoned two days later.[69] |
15 April[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Cyclone | United States | The 92-gross register ton sternwheel paddle steamer was destroyed by fire on the Monongahela River at Dravosburg, Pennsylvania. All 15 people on board survived.[6][45] |
16 April[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Charlotte L. Morgan | United States | The 70-gross register ton schooner was stranded at Southern Island, Maine. All three people on board survived.[48] |
19 April[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Rover | United States | The tow steamer was sunk in a collision with tow steamer Maria Hoffman ( United States) in Newtown Creek, New York. She rolled over enough to fill with water and sank. Later raised.[68] |
20 April[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Alicia |  Spain | The cargo ship was wrecked on Ajax Reef, Florida. Her crew was rescued by passing ship and landed at Havana, Cuba. Wreck partially scrapped in place.[70][71] |
22 April[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Del Norte | United States | The schooner was in a collision with Sea Foam ( United States) at sea off the Coquille River, a total loss.[72] |
Unknown date[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Irma L. Wheeleror Inna L. Wheeler | United States | The 51-gross register ton screw steamer was destroyed by fire at Pine Lake, Michigan, or at Charlevoix, Michigan on either 1 or 3 April. All 14 people on board survived.[35][58] |
May[edit]
1 May[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Ettie M | United States | With no one aboard, the 14-gross register ton sternwheel motor paddle vessel was stranded on the Missouri River near Vermillion, South Dakota.[6] |
3 May[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Almedia | Norway | The full-rigged ship was wrecked near Nouméa, New Caledonia.[73][74] |
| Moonbeam | United States | The barge foundered off Point Judith, Rhode Island. Her master, his young son and daughter and two crewmen were killed.[31] |
| Rocket | United States | The tug struck a sunken crib in the harbor at Lorain, Ohio and sank. Later raised.[75] |
4 May[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Hesper | United States |  |
| John C. Gregory | United States | The 379-gross register ton schooner was sunk in a collision in thick fog with the screw steamer Ontario ( United States) 11 miles (18 km) southwest of Gay Head, Massachusetts. Her entire crew of eight survived and was rescued by Ontario.[78][79] |
| Unknown barge | United States | The dumper barge, under tow of John Fleming ( United States), foundered in the lower bay of the harbor of New York City. The man in charge of it drowned.[68] |
5 May[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Mary | United States | The steamer capsized and sank at dock in a high windstorm at Beardstown, Illinois. Later raised.[33] |
| Yawata Maru |  Japan | Russo-Japanese War: The 100-gross register ton merchant ship was captured and sunk in the Sea of Japan by Imperial Russian Navy torpedo boats.[80] |
7 May[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Aransas | United States | The 241-foot (73 m), 1,156-gross register ton passenger steamer sank in 65 feet (20 m) of water after colliding in thick fog with the schooner barge Glendower (flag unknown), which was under tow by Patience ( United States), off Pollock Rip Shoal off Chatham, Massachusetts. One passenger was killed. Glendower rescued the survivors. Aransas's wreck later was deemed a hazard to navigation and was blown up.[79][81] |
9 May[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| D. D. Haskell | United States | The 317-gross register ton schooner was stranded on the coast of North Carolina near Ocracoke Inlet. All five people on board survived.[48] |
11 May[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Maiko Maru | Japan | Russo-Japanese War: The cargo ship struck a mine and sank in Korea Bay off the Elliot Islands.[82] |
12 May[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Belle of Calhoun | United States | The steamer struck a log and sank near Squaw Island in the Mississippi River. Raised, repaired, and returned to service.[33] |
13 May[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| J. Nickerson | United States | The 179-gross register ton schooner was stranded at Johns Island Ledge on the coast of Maine. All six people on board survived.[28] |
14 May[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| H. and A. Morse | United States | The 133-gross register ton screw steamer burned at Crossman Dock on the Raritan River in New Jersey. All four people on board survived.[83] |
15 May[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Viking |  Canada | The schooner ran aground and was wrecked off Leigan Head, Nova Scotia (46°14′N 60°02′W / 46.233°N 60.033°W).[84] |
16 May[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Thomas W. Palmer | United States | The steamer was sunk in a collision with Harvard ( United States) in heavy fog 30 miles (48 km) off Manitou Island Light in Lake Superior. The crew were rescued by Harvard.[85] |
18 May[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Louise | United States | The steamer ran into Ironsides ( United States) while coming to dock at Middleport, Ohio crushing her stem. She was beached, but sank in shallow water and was wrecked.[7] |
25 May[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Alcona | United States | The steamer was in the Niagara River off Tonawanda, New York when she struck an obstruction breaking her shoe, stern post and wheel and causing a leak. She made it back to her dock where she sank.[86] |
27 May[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Borodino |  Imperial Russian Navy | Russo-Japanese War, Battle of Tsushima: The Borodino-class battleship exploded, capsized, and sank in the Tsushima Strait after various Imperial Japanese Navy battleships inflicted numerous shell hits on her. Only one member of her 855-man crew survived. |
| H. J. Hoole | United States | The tug capsized, filled with water, and sank while coaling at Wilkerson's Wharf, Virginia. She later was raised.[87] |
| Imperator Aleksandr III | Imperial Russian Navy | Russo-Japanese War, Battle of Tsushima: The Borodino-class battleship capsized and sank in the Tsushima Strait with the loss of all hands after numerous shell hits inflicted by various Imperial Japanese Navy ships over the course of several hours. |
| Kamchatka | Imperial Russian Navy | Russo-Japanese War: Battle of Tsushima: The armed repair ship was sunk by gunfire.[88] |
| Knyaz Suvorov | Imperial Russian Navy | Russo-Japanese War, Battle of Tsushima: The Borodino-class battleship capsized and sank in the Tsushima Strait with the loss of 928 of her crew after numerous shell and torpedo hits inflicted by various Imperial Japanese Navy ships over the course of several hours. Twenty officers taken off earlier by the destroyer Buinyi ( Imperial Russian Navy) were her only survivors. |
| No. 34 |  Imperial Japanese Navy | Russo-Japanese War, Battle of Tsushima: The torpedo boat was sunk by gunfire.[89] |
| No. 35 | Imperial Japanese Navy | Russo-Japanese War, Battle of Tsushima: The torpedo boat was sunk by gunfire.[89] |
| No. 69 | Imperial Japanese Navy | Russo-Japanese War, Battle of Tsushima: The torpedo boat sank after colliding with the destroyer Yamabiko ( Imperial Japanese Navy).[89][90] |
| Oslyabya | Imperial Russian Navy | Russo-Japanese War, Battle of Tsushima: The Peresvet-class battleship sank in the Tsushima Strait with the loss of at least 471 – and perhaps as many as 514 – lives after suffering numerous shell hits inflicted by several Imperial Japanese Navy battleships and armored cruisers. Between 376 and 385 of her crew were saved by various Russian warships. |
| Ural | Imperial Russian Navy | Russo-Japanese War, Battle of Tsushima: The armed merchant cruiser sank in the Tsushima Strait after being hit by a shell fired by an Imperial Japanese Navy battleship and torpedoed by an Imperial Japanese Navy destroyer. |
28 May[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Admiral Nakhimov | Imperial Russian Navy | Russo-Japanese War: Battle of Tsushima: Damaged by numerous shell hits from various Imperial Japanese Navy warships the previous day, the armored cruiser either struck a mine or was torpedoed by an unidentified ship and sank in the Tsushima Strait near Tsushima Island with the loss of 18 lives; her commanding officer claimed that she was scuttled. The auxiliary cruiser Sado Maru ( Imperial Japanese Navy) rescued 523 survivors, and another 103 survivors escaped in Admiral Nakhimov's lifeboats but were captured by the Japanese later. |
| Admiral Ushakov | Imperial Russian Navy | Russo-Japanese War: Battle of Tsushima: The Admiral Ushakov-class coastal defense ship, badly damaged in action with Imperial Japanese Navy warships and ablaze, was scuttled in the Tsushima Strait. |
| Bezuprechni | Imperial Russian Navy | Russo-Japanese War, Battle of Tsushima: The Boiki-class destroyer was sunk in Tsushima Strait by the protected cruiser Chitose ( Imperial Japanese Navy).[91] |
| Blestyashtchi | Imperial Russian Navy | Russo-Japanese War, Battle of Tsushima: The crew of the heavily damaged Boiki-class destroyer scuttled her in the Sea of Japan.[91] |
| Buinyi | Imperial Russian Navy | Russo-Japanese War: Battle of Tsushima: The Buinyi-class destroyer was scuttled in the Tsushima Strait either after her machinery broke down or she ran out of fuel (sources disagree). The wounded Russian Vice Admiral Zinovy Rozhestvensky was transferred from Buinyi to the destroyer Biedovi ( Imperial Russian Navy), and Buinyi's crew along with 205 survivors of the sunken battleship Oslyabya ( Imperial Russian Navy) aboard Buinyi were taken off by the armored cruiser Dmitrii Donskoi ( Imperial Russian Navy). Dmitri Donskoi then sank Buinyi with gunfire 70 nautical miles (130 km; 81 mi) south of Dagelet Island.[91] |
| Buistri | Imperial Russian Navy | Russo-Japanese War: In the aftermath of the Battle of Tsushima, the Boiki-class destroyer ran aground on the coast of Korea and was blown up by her crew to prevent her capture by Japanese forces. Survivors were rescued by the armed merchant cruiser America Maru ( Imperial Japanese Navy).[91][92] |
| Dewey | United States | The launch was sunk in a collision with Arctic ( United States) in San Francisco Bay. Two killed.[72] |
| Gromki | Imperial Russian Navy | Russo-Japanese War, Battle of Tsushima: The crew of the heavily damaged Boiki-class destroyer scuttled her in the Sea of Japan.[91] |
| Mollie L. Farmer | United States | The steamer burned at dock in Newbern, North Carolina.[93] |
| Navarin | Imperial Russian Navy | Russo-Japanese War: Battle of Tsushima: After suffering heavy damage from gunfire by Imperial Japanese Navy battleships the previous day, the battleship capsized and sank in the Tsushima Strait with the loss of 671 lives. Only three of her crew survived. |
| Sissoi Veliky | Imperial Russian Navy | Russo-Japanese War: Battle of Tsushima: Badly damaged by gunfire and torpedo hits inflicted by various Imperial Japanese Navy warships and with 47 of her crew killed, the battleship capsized and sank while under tow by the Japanese after surrendering to them. Her 613 survivors were rescued by the armed merchant cruisers Shinano Maru and Dainan Maru (both Imperial Japanese Navy). |
| Svetlana | Imperial Russian Navy | Russo-Japanese War: Battle of Tsushima: The protected cruiser was sunk by gunfire by the protected cruisers Niitaka and Otowa and the destroyer Murakumo (all Imperial Japanese Navy) in the Sea of Japan southwest of Dagelet Island at 37°6′N 129°50′E / 37.100°N 129.833°E with an estimated 169 members of her crew killed. The auxiliary cruiser America Maru ( Imperial Japanese Navy) rescued 290 survivors, of whom 23 were wounded.[92] |
| Vladimir Monomakh | Imperial Russian Navy | Russo-Japanese War: Battle of Tsushima: Badly damaged by an Imperial Japanese Navy torpedo hit the previous day, the armored cruiser was scuttled in the Tsushima Strait near Tsushima Island. Her survivors were rescued by the auxiliary cruisers Sado Maru and Manchu Maru (both Imperial Japanese Navy). |
29 May[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Dmitrii Donskoi | Imperial Russian Navy | Russo-Japanese War: Badly damaged in combat with Imperial Japanese Navy warships during the Battle of Tsushima the previous day, the armored cruiser was scuttled in the Sea of Japan off Ulleungdo. Her survivors were rescued by the destroyer Fubukiand armed merchant cruiser Kasugu Maru (both Imperial Japanese Navy). Her wreck was located in 2018.[94] |
| Hiram R. Bond | United States | The sand scow was sunk in a collision with Pere Marquette 20 ( United States) in heavy fog entering the harbor at Milwaukee, Wisconsin.[95] |
| Irtuish | Imperial Russian Navy | Russo-Japanese War: The armed transport foundered.[88] |
| Izumrud | Imperial Russian Navy |  Russo-Japanese War: The Izumrud-class protected cruiser ran aground near Vladivostok, Russia, and was destroyed by explosive charges set by her crew. |
| Seaconnet | United States | The 188-gross register ton steam screw fishing vessel was wrecked in heavy fog on the bar off Shinnecock Light on the coast of New York. All 23 people on board survived.[35][31] |
| Svetlana | Imperial Russian Navy | Russo-Japanese War: The protected cruiser was sunk by gunfire by the protected cruisers Niitaka and Otowa and destroyer Murakumo (all Imperial Japanese Navy) in the Sea of Japan off the east coast of the Korean Peninsula at (37°06′N 129°50′E / 37.100°N 129.833°E). The auxiliary cruiser America Maru ( Imperial Japanese Navy) rescued 290 survivors, 23 of whom were injured. |
30 May[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Tetartos | Germany | Russo-Japanese War: During a voyage from Otaru, Japan, to Tianjin, China, with a cargo of wooden sleepers, the 2,409-gross register ton merchant ship was captured and sunk in the Yellow Sea by the auxiliary cruiser Rion ( Imperial Russian Navy).[80] |
31 May[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| George T. Burroughs | United States | The steamer was sunk in a collision in the St. Clair River.[96] |
Unknown date[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Benguela | United Kingdom | The Elder Dempster 1,796 GRT cargo ship was wrecked at Nana Kroo, Sierra Leone. She was on a voyage to Hamburg with palm kernels and oil.[97] |
| Mary | United States | The schooner sank in the St. Jones River, Delaware one-half mile (0.80 km) above Trunk Ditch sometime in May. Wreck removed with dynamite.[98] |
| Katherine | United Kingdom | The fishing trawler was sunk in a collision in the North Sea sometime in May.[99] |
June[edit]
1 June[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Nanny | Germany | The barque was wrecked on the coast of Natal. She was on a voyage from Bombay, India, to East London, South Africa.[100] |
2 June[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| H. M. Carter | United States | The steamer struck a bridge just below Alexandria, Louisiana at the mouth of the Red River and sank, either without loss of life or 20 killed.[66][101] |
5 June[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Ikhona | United Kingdom | Russo-Japanese War: During a voyage from Rangoon to Yokohama, Japan, with a cargo of rice and mail, the 5,252-gross register ton merchant ship was captured and sunk at a position identified both as 150 nautical miles (280 km) north of Hong Kong and in the Philippine Sea at 20°02′N 134°01′E / 20.033°N 134.017°E.[102] by the auxiliary cruiser Terek ( Imperial Russian Navy).[80][102] |
| St Kilda | United Kingdom | Russo-Japanese War: During a voyage from Hong Kong to Yokohama, Japan, with a cargo that included rice, sugar, and gunnies, the 3,518-gross register ton merchant ship was captured and sunk off Hong Kong by the auxiliary cruiser Dnepr ( Imperial Russian Navy).[103] |
7 June[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Grace M. | United States | The fishing steamer was sunk in a collision with CGS Vigilant ( Canada) six miles (9.7 km) east of Middle Island in Lake Erie. Two crewmen killed.[104] |
8 June[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| HMS A8 |  Royal Navy | The A-class submarine foundered in Plymouth Sound off the coast of England when her bow dipped suddenly, causing her to be swamped by flooding via the open hatch on her conning tower. She was refloated, repaired, and returned to service.[105][106] |
10 June[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Yakima | United States | The steamer stranded on Stag Island in Lake Huron. On 13 June she was destroyed by fire. Later her remains were refloated, towed out into the lake and sunk.[96][107] |
13 June[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Tuscumbia | United States | With no one on board, the 20-gross register ton barge sank at Diermanns Landing, Missouri.[38] |
| Yakima | United States | The 1,986-gross register ton screw steamer burned on the St. Clair River in Michigan. All 17 people on board survived.[38] |
15 June[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Harriet A. Hart | United States | The steamer burned to the waterline on Lake Huron between Cheboygan, Michigan and Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan. Crew and passengers rescued from lifeboats by Juniata ( United States).[108][109] |
| Hydrangea | United Kingdom | The Milford Haven steam trawler was heading for the fishing grounds off the Isles of Scilly but was off course and hit the Seven Stones Reef. Her crew reached the Sevenstones Lightship.[110] |
| James Hughes | United States | The tug burned and sank off Plum Island in Long Island Sound.[31] |
| Queen Victoria | United States | The 6-gross register ton schooner sank in Adams Creek in North Carolina. Both people on board survived.[16] |
17 June[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Garden City | United States | The steamer burned at dock in Port Orchard, Washington.[111] |
18 June[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Etruria | United States | The steamer was sunk in a collision with the steamer Amasa Stone ( United States) in Lake Huron above Presque Isle, Wisconsin.[96] |
20 June[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Vulcan | United States | The steamer capsized and sank in the Monongahela River below Coal Center, Pennsylvania. Raised and repaired.[112] |
21 June[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| George W. Perkins | United States | The schooner was wrecked on the beach at Nome, Territory of Alaska.[113] |
| Volant | United States | Carrying a cargo of 100 tons of general merchandise, the 172-gross register ton, 123-foot (37.5 m) schooner dragged her anchors and was stranded on the shore of Kuskokwim Bay in the Territory of Alaska, becoming a total loss. Her seven-man crew survived.[114] |
22 June[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Archon | United States | The steamer sank off Plum Island Point just outside the Atchafalaya River.[66] |
| Hustler | United States | The steamer was capsized by high winds in a cloudburst in Lake Verret 2+1⁄2 miles (4.0 km) from shore in 11 feet (3.4 m) of water.[66] |
| Prinsesse Marie |  Denmark | Russo-Japanese War: During a voyage from Copenhagen, Denmark, to Yokohama, Japan, and other ports, the 5,416-gross register ton merchant ship was captured and sunk in the South China Sea at 13°57′N 113°15′E / 13.950°N 113.250°E by the auxiliary cruiser Terek ( Imperial Russian Navy).[102][103] |
23 June[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| J. E. Leonard | United States | The 83-gross register ton sternwheel paddle steamer was destroyed by fire either in Redstone Creek, Pennsylvania or in the Monongahela River near Redstone Creek (sources disagree). All eight people on board survived.[35][112] |
| Linden | United States | The steamer was sunk in a collision with City of Rome ( United States) in the St. Clair River. Two killed. Wreck was removed.[96][115][116] |
24 June[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Shamrock | United States | The barge became waterlogged in a gale between Toledo, Ohio and Midland, Ontario, but did not sink due to a buoyant cargo. She beached at Black River, Michigan, later towed to Alpena, then apparently abandoned near the mouth of the Thunder Bay River.[117] |
| Unknown launch | United States | The naptha launch was sunk in a collision with Nantasket ( United States) in the East River off One Hundred Thirty Fourth Street.[118] |
25 June[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Cousins Arbib |  Belgium | The steamer collided with the steamer IJmuiden ( Netherlands) 20 nautical miles (37 km) off Flamborough Head, England. Later raised, repaired and sold, re-entering service in 1909.[119] |
| Rattler | United States | The 82-gross register ton schooner was stranded at Todd Head, Nova Scotia. All three people on board survived.[32] |
26 June[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Shamrock | United States | The 403-gross register ton screw steamer sink in Lake Huron near Thunder Bay on the coast of Michigan. All 12 people on board survived.[35] |
30 June[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Shiloh | United States | The 7-gross register ton sloop sank in Narragansett Bay on the coast of Rhode Island. The only person on board survived.[32] |
Unknown date[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Kingfisher | United States | The steamer capsized and sank while tied to the bank at Fulton, Arkansas during a heavy storm. Had not been raised at end of 1906.[120] |
| Rose | United States | With no one on board, the 9-gross register ton motor paddle vessel sank at Paducah, Kentucky.[121] |
July[edit]
1 July[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Georgii Pobedonosets | Imperial Russian Navy | 1905 Russian Revolution: Potemkin mutiny: The Ekaterina II-class battleship was run aground at Odessa after Czarist sailors regained control. Later refloated.[122] |
| Mabel and Edith | United States | The schooner was aground in Stockton Slough when she was struck by the barge Argus and sank in ten feet (3.0 m) of water.[72] |
2 July[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Frank G. Rich | United States | The 105-gross register ton schooner was stranded at Liscomb, Nova Scotia. All 18 people on board survived.[28] |
3 July[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Argo | United States | The 14-gross register ton schooner sank off Ludlington, Michigan. Both people on board survived.[48] |
| Chromo | United States | The 8-gross register ton schooner was sunk in a collision in thick fog with the steamer Calvin Austen ( United States) in Boston Bay off Boston Light on the coast of Massachusetts. One crewman was killed. Two or four survivors (sources differ) were rescued by Calvin Austen.[48][79] |
| Louise | United States | The laid up steamer sprung a leak and sank at dock in the Kentucky River at Louisville, Kentucky. Raised and repaired.[49] |
4 July[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Walworth | United States | The 18-gross register ton steam yacht burned on the Illinois and Michigan Canal. Both people on board survived.[38] |
5 July[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Diana | United Kingdom | The Newlyn lugger steamed into the Hamburgans Rocks off Penzance promenade, Cornwall, when the watchman fell asleep after a night of fishing. She was refloated on the late afternoon tide.[123] |
| Farfadet | French Navy | The Farfadet-class submarine sank at Sidi Abdullah, French Tunisia with the loss of 14 lives. Raised, repaired and recommissioned in September 1909 as Follet. |
| Liberty | United States | With no one on board, the 18-gross register ton screw steamer was destroyed by fire at dock at St. Albans Bay, Vermont.[35][104] |
8 July[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Potemkin |  Royal Romanian Navy | The Imperial Russian Navy battleship was partly scuttled in the Port of Constanța by her mutinous Russian crew after surrendering to Romanian authorities, who hoisted the Romanian flag aboard her.[124] |
| Roy J. Cram(or Roys J. Cram) | United States | The 19-gross register ton steam screw tug was destroyed by fire at dock at New Baltimore, New York. All three people on board survived.[35][51] |
| Sarah C. Smith | United States | The 297-gross register ton schooner was sunk in a collision with the screw steamer Governor Dingley ( United States) in dense fog near Portland Head on the coast of Maine.[32][51] |
| W. W. O'Neil | United States | The steamer struck an obstruction and sank in the Louisville and Portland Canal. Raised and repaired.[49] |
| Welcome | United States | The steamer sank at dock in the Chicago River due to bad caulking. Raised and repaired.[125] |
11 July[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Normandie | United States | The 13-gross register ton steam screw yacht was sunk in a collision with the screw steamer Volund ( Norway) in the Hudson River off Dobbs Ferry, New York. Three people on board – two crewman and a female passenger – were killed; sources differ as to whether three people were rescued or there were no survivors.[35][126] |
13 July[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Beatrice | United States | The 48-ton schooner was lost at Nome, Territory of Alaska.[127] |
| Governor Perkins | United States | The steamer was anchored at Nome, Alaska with no crew aboard when a storm arose and the crew could not get back aboard. She parted her moorings and was wrecked.[128] |
| Senator(or The Senator) | United States | The laid-up 37-gross register ton steam yacht, out of commission since 1904, burned and sank at dock in the harbor at Wickford, Rhode Island. All five people on board survived.[35][129] |
14 July[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Governor Perkins | United States | While her crew of three was ashore, the 51-foot (15.5 m) steamer was washed ashore and wrecked at Nome, Territory of Alaska, near the mouth of the Snake River after her mooring lines parted during a storm.[113] |
| Walwarth | United States | The steamer was destroyed by fire at dock in the Illinois and Michigan Canal at Channahon, Illinois.[125] |
15 July[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Nimrod | United States | The schooner was sunk in a collision in thick fog with a barge towed by the steamer International ( United States) off Pollock Rip Lightship. The crew were rescued by a tug.[79] |
17 July[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Clyde | United States | The steamer was capsized by a sudden severe wind near Minneiska, Minnesota.[60] |
| Harry Brown | United States | The steamer struck a rock below Lock No. 2 in the Ohio River and sank. She was raised and repaired.[112] |
18 July[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| A. G. Ropes | United States | The 2,460-gross register ton full-rigged ship was abandoned at sea off Kobe, Japan. All 27 people on board survived. She later was salvaged, towed to New York City, and re-documented as a schooner.[48] |
| Catalina | United States | The 57-gross register ton schooner was stranded at Rockland, Maine. Both people on board survived.[48] |
| L. M. Eaton | United States | The 13-gross register ton schooner burned off Point Judith, Rhode Island. The only person on board survived.[28] |
| Reliance | United States | With no one on board, the 15-gross register ton motor vessel burned at Cape Charles, Virginia.[35] |
19 July[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| A. J. Johnson | United States | The steamer struck a stump sticking out from the bank at W. M. Corbett's Mill on the Cape Fear River and sank. Later raised.[56] |
21 July[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| USS Bennington | United States Navy | _at_San_Diego,_California_(USA),_sunk_by_boiler_explosion_in_July_1905_(NH_100929).jpg) The Yorktown-class gunboat suffered a boiler explosion and was holed. She was beached at San Diego, California. She was later repaired and returned to service as a non-commissioned barge in 1906. the vessel was stricken in 1910. |
22 July[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Minnivia Miles | United States | The 43-gross register ton schooner was stranded at Diamond Marsh in Virginia. All 10 people aboard survived.[32] |
24 July[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Barbara Hernster | United States | The 148-gross register ton two-masted schooner was wrecked at the entrance to Plover Bay inside Providence Bay near Bald Head on the east coast of Siberia.[127] |
| Reef | United States | The 9-gross register ton steam screw tug burned at dock at Pontiac, Washington. The only person on board survived.[35][111] |
25 July[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Caro | United States | The 6-gross register ton motor vessel burned at Begol Island on the Mississippi River. Both people on board survived.[6] |
| Gov. Perkins | United States | The 17-gross register ton screw steamer vessel was stranded at Nome, Territory of Alaska. All three people on board survived.[6] |
| Iola May | United States | The 13-gross register ton motor paddle vessel burned at Plaquemine, Louisiana. Both people on board survived.[42] |
26 July[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Coryphene | United States | During a voyage from Nome to Tin City, Territory of Alaska, with a crew of 15 and a cargo of 1,000 tons of general merchandise, coal, and lumber aboard, the 811-gross register ton, 160.2-foot (48.8 m) bark was wrecked without loss of life 1.5 nautical miles (2.8 km; 1.7 mi) off the west-central coast of the Territory of Alaska 16 nautical miles (30 km; 18 mi) north of Cape Prince of Wales. By 17 August she reportedly was being dismantled during efforts to salvage her cargo.[130] |
| George Presley | United States | The 2,164-gross register ton screw steamer burned in Green Bay near Washington Island, Wisconsin. The burning vessel drifted into West Harbor setting a dock on fire before sinking, a total loss. Later hull refloated, towed into Sturgeon Bay and resunk. All 15 people aboard survived.[6][131][132] |
| Robert White | United States | The tug was sunk in a collision with the tug New York Central No. 15 ( United States) off The Battery. Later raised.[126] |
27 July[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Sixeus | United Kingdom | The barque ran aground at Volunteer Point, Falkland Islands and was wrecked. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Barry, Glamorgan to Valparaíso, Chile.[133] |
28 July[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Martha Stevens | United States | The cargo ship was damaged in a collision with the United States Government lighter Williams ( United States) off Liberty Island in New York Harbor and was beached on mud flats.[134] |
| Barbara Hernster | United States | The 148-gross register ton motor vessel was stranded at Bald Head on the coast of Siberia. All eight people on board survived.[6] |
29 July[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Star of Russia | United States | The sailing ship ran aground in thick fog on a sand beach on the north west end of Chirikof Island. Refloated on 6 August, going to San Francisco, California for repairs.[135] |
30 July[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Livonia | United States | The 28-gross register ton schooner was stranded at Nauset Light on the coast of Massachusetts. All nine people on board survived.[28] |
Unknown date[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Chodoc | Flag unknown |  |
August[edit]
2 August[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Harry Reid | United States | The steamer sprung a leak and sank while lying at the bank at Winneberg, Illinois. She was raised, repaired, and returned to service.[136] |
4 August[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Freeman | United States | The 93-gross register ton schooner was abandoned at sea. All 10 people on board survived.[28] |
| Noisiel | France |  The 400-ton steel barque was blown ashore in a violent storm at Praa Sands, Cornwall. She was en route from Cherbourg to Savona with a 600-ton cargo of armour plate from gun turrets of obsolete battleships.[137][138] |
5 August[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| John J. Mitchell | United States | With no one on board, the 80-gross register ton barge was wrecked in the Yukon Flats near Fort Yukon in the central Territory of Alaska.[38][139] |
| Waunetta | United States | The 6-gross register ton schooner burned in the Strait of Mackinac off Michigan. Both people on board survived.[140] |
6 August[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Badger | United States | The barge was stranded on Race Point on Fishers Island, New York in Long Island Sound when her tow, Bay View ( United States), went ashore.[47] |
| Bavaria | United States | The barge was stranded on Race Point on Fishers Island, New York in Long Island Sound when her tow, Bay View ( United States), went ashore.[47] |
| Bay View | United States | The Tug stranded on Race Point on Fishers Island, New York, in Long Island Sound.[47] |
7 August[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Hopatcong | United States | The 854-gross register ton steel-hulled sidewheel steam paddle ferry was destroyed by fire at dock at Hoboken, New Jersey. All seven people on board survived.[6][134] |
8 August[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Hessie | United States | The steamer sank at dock in Mayport, Florida.[141] |
| Oldhamia | United Kingdom | Russo-Japanese War: The 3,639-gross register ton merchant ship's Russian prize crew ran her aground on Etorofu on or about this date and burned her. The Russian Second Pacific Squadron had captured her on 15 May 1905 off Formosa during a voyage from New York City to Hong Kong with a cargo of 165,000 cases of oil.[80] |
| Post Boy | United States | The 94-gross register ton screw steamer was destroyed by fire at Holland, Michigan. Both people on board survived.[35][58] |
10 August[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Joseph B. Williams | United States | The steamer was sunk by a snag at Sisters Island near Bay City, Illinois. Raised and repaired.[30] |
| Roanoke | United States | The 3,539-gross register ton four-masted bark was destroyed by fire while loading a cargo of chromium ore in Nehoue Bay near Nouméa, New Caledonia. All 30 people on board survived.[32] |
11 August[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Sego | United States | The steamer sank at dock at Carrabelle, Florida due to defective water tank piping. Later raised.[142] |
12 August[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Bertha E. Hedtler | United States | The 12-gross register ton screw naphtha launch burned at Ram Island in the Merrimack River in Massachusetts. Both people aboard survived.[6] |
| George Lewis | United States | The 27-gross register ton schooner sank in the Magothy River in Maryland. All eight people aboard survived.[28] |
| Joe | United States | The 119-gross register ton schooner was stranded at Bunkers Ledge on the coast of Maine. All three people on board survived.[28] |
13 August[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Charles W. Liken | United States | The 34-gross register ton screw steamer burned at Bay City, Michigan. All four people on board survived.[6] |
| Ocmulgee | United States | The 57-gross register ton sternwheel paddle steamer sank at Durhams Bluff, Georgia. All six people on board survived.[35] |
14 August[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Heros |  Sweden | The cargo ship, carrying copper ore and copper, went aground and sank at Rundholmen in Saltstraumen, Norway. All of the 23 men on board survived.[143] |
15 August[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| New Shorham |
|