List of shipwrecks in 1910
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The list of shipwrecks in 1910 includes ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during 1910.
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January[edit]
1 January[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Katie Darling |  United Kingdom | The ketch foundered off Cardigan. Two crew were rescued by Elizabeth Austin ( Royal National Lifeboat Institution).[1] |
| Mill Boy |  United States | The steamer was sunk by ice in the Missouri River two miles (3 km) east of Washington, Missouri.[2] |
3 January[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| New Haven | United States | The steamer was destroyed by ice at Uniontown, Kentucky.[3] |
4 January[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Emily | United States | The laid up steamer was sunk by ice at Portsmouth, Ohio.[3] |
5 January[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Farallon | United States | During a voyage from Valdez, Territory of Alaska, to Unalaska in the Aleutian Islands and way ports with eight passengers, a crew of 30, and a cargo of 30 tons of general merchandise aboard, the 749-gross register ton, 158.5-foot (48.3 m) passenger steamer was wrecked without loss of life on a reef in Cook Inlet on the south-central coast of the Territory of Alaska. Her passengers and crew survived for 29 days on an island until rescued by the steamer Victoria (flag unknown) on 3 February 1910.[4][5] |
6 January[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Dallas | United States | The U. S. Government steamer burned in the Trinity River just south of Dallas, Texas.[6] |
| Edwin Terry | United States | The steamer ran aground in heavy fog on Man of War Rock in the East River off 42nd Street, New York City, New York, and sank.[7] |
7 January[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| J. C. Mallonee | United States | The steamer burned at Darien, Georgia.[2] |
8 January[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| American | United States | The tow steamer was sunk in a collision in the Delaware River off the League Island Navy Yard with Chicago ( United States). Raised and proceeded in the direction of Camden, New Jersey, and sank again (date unclear).[8] |
9 January[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| New Haven | United States | The steamer struck a heavy drift and sank in the Tombigbee River just below Demopolis, Alabama.[9][10] |
10 January[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Edna | United States | The towing steamer, tied up at Pier 15 in the North River off 42nd Street, New York City, was holed by ice and sank. Later raised and repaired.[7] |
| Leader | United States | The steamer was sunk by ice at Brandenburg, Kentucky, on the Ohio River.[3] |
11 January[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Hadrian | United Kingdom | The steamer was anchored in the Humber off Grimsby when it was struck by the German mail steamer Mecklenburg and sank within twenty minutes. One crew member, William Oliver, a fireman, drowned.[11] |
12 January[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Czarina | United States | The steamer foundered in heavy seas crossing the Coos Bay Bar. 23 crewmen and 1 passenger killed. One crewman was the sole survivor.[12] |
14 January[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Chatham | United States | The cargo ship sank partially submerged at the entrance to the St. Johns River, Florida, after striking the North Jerry.[13] |
| City of Providence | United States | The steamer was pushed on to the river bank by ice in the Mississippi River just outside the city limits of St. Louis, Missouri. During an attempt to refloat her on 20 January she suddenly slipped off the bank and sank.[2] |
| Florence | United States | The ferry steamer was pushed on to the river bank and wrecked by ice in the Mississippi River at St. Louis, Missouri.[2] |
15 January[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Annie O'Donnell | United States | The coal boat was sunk by ice off Barren Island, Brooklyn, in New York Bay.[14] |
16 January[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Tourist | United States | The steamer filled with water and sank at her dock on the Calumet River.[15] |
17 January[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Estelle Randall | United States | The steamer burned at Norfolk, Virginia. One crewman killed.[2] |
| Florence Belle | United States | The laid up tow steamer was sunk by ice at Creighton, Pennsylvania, on the Allegheny River.[15] |
18 January[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Daylight | United States | The schooner was sunk in a collision with Anna W. ( United States) in New York Bay near the Quickstep bell buoy.[16] |
| Willard | United States | The steam tug was sunk by ice at Ambridge, Pennsylvania, on the Ohio River.[15] |
19 January[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Unknown | United States | The scow had to be beached after a collision with W. N. Bavier ( United States) in the North River at the 79th street pier.[16] |
| H. P. Dilworth | United States | The laid up tow steamer burned at Rices Landing, Pennsylvania.[15] |
22 January[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Indefatigable | United Kingdom | Under tow from Falmouth, Cornwall to Cardiff by the tug Challenge, they hit heavy weather at Land's End and returned to Falmouth. During the night Indefatigable dragged her anchors and drifted ashore under St Mawes Castle. She was pulled off the rocks by tugs Briton, Dragon and Marian, towed to Falmouth Docks and sold for scrap.[17] |
| James Moren | United States | The tow steamer collided with the wall of lock No. 5 at Freedom, Pennsylvania, and sank. Raised and repaired.[3] |
23 January[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Mertie B. Crowley | United States | Carrying a cargo of coal, the 297-foot (91 m), 2,824-gross register ton six-masted schooner was wrecked on Wasque Shoal off Wasque Point, or on Skiffs Island Shoal off Chappaquiddick, Martha's Vineyard off the coast of Massachusetts. She broke up 2 February. Her captain, his wife and the rest of the crew were rescued from her masts.[18][19][20] |
| Newburgh | United States | The barge was sunk in a collision with a lighter in the East River at Pier 52 in New York City.[16] |
24 January[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Archibald Watt | United States | The towing steamer was sunk in a collision with the propeller of Re D' Italia ( Italy) at Pier B Jersey City, New Jersey.[16] |
25 January[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Lloyd | United States | The motor vessel was crushed by ice in Carroll County, Missouri one mile (1.6 km) above Miami, Missouri.[2] |
26 January[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Unknown canal boat | United States | The canal boat, one of nine being towed by John Rugge ( United States), was carried by a flood tide into piers 48 and 49 on the East River causing her to sink.[16] |
29 January[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Echo | United States | The vessel struck a snag and sank at the entrance to the Trinity River. Raised on 2 February.[9] |
| Southport | United States | The passenger steamer sank in a collision with Mercur ( United States Army) in the Cape Fear River off Orton, North Carolina.[2] |
February[edit]
1 February[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Betty Owen | United States | The steamer was damaged by grounding at Brookport, Illinois, but continued down stream. She was found later to be badly leaking and sank in shallow water and then caught fire and burned.[3] |
| J. Henry Edmunds | United States | The schooner was sunk by a run away mud scow in the South Channel of New York Bay.[16] |
2 February[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Jewel | United States | The steamer burned at the mouth of the Green River.[3] |
3 February[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Diamond | United States | The passenger steamer grounded in the Ohio River near Elmsworth, Pennsylvania, she flooded and sank. Raised and repaired.[3] |
4 February[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Kentucky | United States | The steamer foundered off Hatteras, North Carolina, or over 200 miles (320 km) off Savanna, Georgia. All on board rescued by Alamo ( United States).[21][22] |
| Rowena | United States | The steamer struck an obstruction at Ford's Island in the Cumberland River nine miles (14 km) below Burnside, Kentucky. She was beached on a sand bar and sank in shallow water. Raised, repaired and returned to service on 8 February.[2] |
5 February[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Tom Rees No. 2 | United States | The tow steamer sprung a leak in the Ohio River above Clusters Islands, she flooded and sank in 20 feet (6.1 m) of water.[3] |
6 February[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Martha Helen | United States | The towing steamer burned at Jacksonville, Florida. One crewman killed.[2] |
| USS Nina | United States Navy | The tugboat sank in a gale in 90 feet (27 m) of water on Fenwick Island Shoals 11 miles (18 km) north north east of Ocean City, Maryland. Lost with all 31 hands.[23][24][25] |
8 February[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Margaret Irving | United States | The canal boat was sunk by ice in Newark Bay between the Newark Bay Light and the Bell Buoy.[16] |
9 February[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Unknown barge | United States | The barge was sunk in a collision with A. C. Rose ( United States) off Pier 1 in the East River.[16] |
10 February[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Belle of the Bends | United States | The steamer either sank in a snowstorm, or ran aground in a snowstorm and sank after leaving Fitler's Landing, 20 miles (32 km) below Lake Providence, or after leaving Hayes Landing in the Mississippi River. Raised, repaired and returned to service.[23][26] |
| Kentucky | United States | The steamer was abandoned in heavy seas in sinking conditions.[27] |
| Restless | United States | The 9-gross register ton, 31-foot (9.4 m) yawl was wrecked off the northern end of Prince of Wales Island in the Alexander Archipelago in Southeast Alaska. Her captain fell overboard and was lost about six hours before Restless was wrecked; the only other person aboard survived the wreck.[28] |
14 February[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Unknown | United States | The barge was damaged in a collision with City of Fall River ( United States) off Halletts Point in the East River causing the barge to be beached.[16] |
16 February[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Magic City | United States | The steamer was sunk in a collision with Parthian ( United States) between the No. 2 and No. 4 buoys in the St. Johns River near Mayport, Florida.[2] |
| Yucatan |  United States | During a voyage in the Territory of Alaska from Cordova to Juneau with 60 passengers and a crew of 84 aboard, the 3,525-gross register ton, 336-foot (102.4 m) schooner-rigged steamer was beached without loss of life to prevent her from sinking after an iceberg struck her bow and holed her hull while she was stopped off Mud Bay in Icy Strait in the Alexander Archipelago in Alaska Territory. Passengers were transferred to the steamer Georgia ( United States). Declared a constructive total loss, Yucatan was refloated, repaired, and returned to service as Shinkai Maru ( Japan). Or, Struck an Iceberg between Goose Island and Gull Cove while under way in Icy Strait in the Alexander Archipelago in Alaska Territory in a snowstorm. After striking the iceberg she struck a reef and bounced off of it. She sank one mile (1.6 km) from the collision site in 35 feet (11 m) of water with upper works above water. She was heavily damaged by storms from the time of her sinking until raised in June. Repaired in 1911 at Hall Brothers Shipyard in Eagle Harbor, Washington.[29][30][31] |
17 February[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Columbia | United States | The laid up passenger steamer burned at Camden, Pennsylvania, on the Monongahela River.[15] |
| Minnie Georges | United States | The tug burned to the waterline in Sweet Bay Lake, Louisiana.[23] |
| Queen City | United States | The steamer sank in the Chattahoochee River at a wharf at Columbus, Georgia.[27] |
19 February[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Arthur D. Bissell | United States | The canal boat was sunk by ice in the harbor at New Haven, Connecticut. Later raised.[32] |
21 February[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| C. H. Hugo | United States | The steamer sank at Memphis, Tennessee, from unknown causes.[3] |
23 February[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Champion | United States | The steamer sunk at her berth at Ironton, Ohio, due to a broke plank.[3] |
| La Boulonaisse |  France | The 67-ton ship carrying cement from Boulogne to Saint Malo sank on a reef of the Chausey Islands Channel Islands. Five men were saved.[33] |
24 February[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| "Columbia" | United States | The steamer burned at dock at Moss Side near Camden, Ohio.[23] |
25 February[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Orville A. Crandall | United States | The freighter was sunk by ice in the Branford River in eight feet (2.4 m) of water. Raised later.[32] |
| Wisconsin | United States | The passenger-freighter burned to the waterline in the Chicago River.[34] |
26 February[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Columbia | United States | The steamer struck a snag and sank at Bayou Sara, Louisiana.[23] |
| Unknown barges | United States | Three barges broke lose from their tow in Hell Gate and struck rocks causing one to sink near Hunt's Point and two of the barges to be beached.[16] |
27 February[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Earnest Rudolph | United States | The freighter burned and sank at the foot of 22nd Street, Bath Beach, New York.[14] |
| Hugh J. Derby | United States | The barge foundered in heavy seas in Long Island Sound 1+1⁄4 miles (2 km) southeast of Bridgeport Light. Raised later.[32] |
| Mamie | United States | The steamer sank at Memphis, Tennessee, from unknown causes. Raised 16 June.[3] |
28 February[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Nordenskjold |  Russia | The Russian wooden brigantine, on voyage from La Rochelle to Llanelly with a cargo of pit props, was wrecked in Belgrave Bay (Belle Grève), Guernsey Channel Islands.[35] |
March[edit]
2 March[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| M. Tuttle | United States | The laid up steam sand dredge was crushed by ice and sank at Perrysburg, Ohio, in the Maumee River.[36] |
3 March[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| No. 21 | United States | The canal boat was sunk in a collision with New York City Fire Department fireboat The New Yorker ( United States) in the North River, her tow vessel was tied up to Pier 1.[37] |
| Tinsley Brothers | United States | The canal boat was sunk in a collision with New York City Fire Department Fireboat The New Yorker ( United States) in the North River, her tow vessel was tied up to Pier 1.[37] |
5 March[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Dove | United States | The motor boat caught fire and was scuttled at Enterprise, South Carolina.[2] |
6 March[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Geraldine | United States | The steamer was holed by a log in the Big Sandy River and was beached to prevent sinking.[3] |
7 March[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Hunter No. 2 | United States | The steamer burned in the Monongahela River above Dravosburg, Pennsylvania, due to a failure in the boiler.[15] |
| Manhattan | United States | The steamer caught fire at Portland, Maine. She was towed away from dock and beached at South Portland where she burned to below the main deck. One crewman killed.[38] |
8 March[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Ann Arbor No. 1 | United States | The car ferry burned to the waterline while moored at Manitowoc, Wisconsin.[15][34][39][40] To extinguish the flames, she was scuttled in 15 feet (4.6 m) of water.[40] Deemed a hazard to navigation, she was refloated on 9 June 1911 and rebuilt as a sandsucker barge.[40] |
11 March[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Garrison | United States | The motor vessel was sunk by ice at Big Bend, North Dakota.[2] |
13 March[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Expansion | United States | The steamer was sunk by ice at Bismarck, North Dakota, on the Missouri River.[2] |
| Harry | United Kingdom | The Brixham trawler was stranded at Porthcurno, Cornwall and taken in tow by the Sennen Cove lifeboat Ann Newbon ( Royal National Lifeboat Institution).[41] |
15 March[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| R. L. Aubrey | United States | The steamer was sunk in the Ohio River when her boilers exploded off Arctic Springs, Indiana. One or 3 killed, and 3 or 5 injured.[42][39] |
21 March[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| William Fletcher | United States | The tow steamer's hull was holed by an unknown object causing her to sink in shallow water off Governor's Island. Later raised, repaired and returned to service.[37] |
25 March[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Frank | United States | The towing steamer sank at Jacksonville, Florida. Raised the next day.[2] |
28 March[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Stanley | United States | Carrying a cargo of 150 tons of salt, lumber, and provisions, the 355-gross register ton, 143.3-foot (43.7 m) schooner was wrecked at the entrance to Pavlof Harbor on Sanak Island in the Fox Islands in the eastern Aleutian Islands. Four of her eight crew members were lost.[43] |
30 March[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Iceland | United Kingdom | The sealer was crushed by ice off Newfoundland. As the crew abandoned her she was set on fire.[44][45] |
31 March[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Pericles | United Kingdom | The ocean liner struck an uncharted rock near Cape Leeuwin, Western Australia, and sank. All 238 passengers and 163 crew members abandoned ship safely. |
April[edit]
4 April[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Kensington | United States | The tow steamer was swept by a flood tide in Hell Gate into a dredge and scow at Mill Rock in the East River causing her to capsize and sink.[37] |
7 April[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| E. W. Edwards | United States | The steamer flooded and sank at Reedville, Virginia, due to water coming through the siphons. Refloated the next day[2] |
| Estelle | United States | The motor launch was sunk in a collision with Pearl ( United States) in the Madmalaw River in South Carolina.[2] |
11 April[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| D. D. Calvin |  Canada | The steamer was destroyed by fire at Garden Island, Ontario.[46] |
12 April[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Unknown float | United States | The float sank in the East River at the foot of Grand Street, New York City from a hole in her hull.[37] |
15 April[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Notre Dame de Lourdes | France | The ketch was driven ashore at Rhosilli, Glamorgan, United Kingdom. Her crew survived but the vessel subsequently broke up.[47] |
| No. 6 |  Imperial Japanese Navy | The Type 6 submarine sank in 10 fathoms (60 ft; 18 m) of water in Hiroshima Bay off Kure due to a faulty ventilator valve. Lost with all 16 crew. Raised the next day, repaired and returned to service.[48] |
17 April[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Defiance | United States | The tow steamer, laid up at the foot of Court Street, Brooklyn, New York, was sunk when Henry Lee ( United States) capsized on her and sank.[37] |
| Henry Lee | United States | The tow steamer, laid up at the foot of Court Street, Brooklyn, New York, capsized on Defiance ( United States) and sank.[37] |
18 April[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Minnehaha | United Kingdom | The ocean liner ran aground on rocks in the Isles of Scilly. Refloated on 13 May and returned to service after repairs were made. |
| Brabo |  Belgium | The steamer ran aground on Hoburger, off the coast of Sweden.[49] |
19 April[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Gypsum | United States | The steamer struck rocks in the East River at Hell Gate and sank.[14] |
| Reliable | United States | The tug ran aground in the harbor of East New Rochelle. She was then hit by three scows she was towing, causing her to over turn. This caused a stove to overturn and the resulting fire destroyed the tug.[32] |
| Sonoma | United States | The steamer sank in 6 feet (1.8 m) of water below Luke Chute on the Muskingum River.[15] |
22 April[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Unknown | United States | The motor boat capsized and sank in a collision with a barge in the Cuyahoga River. One of five on board was killed.[50] |
25 April[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Kate | Canada | The tug burned above the Soo Rapids.[46] |
29 April[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Bob Dudley | United States | The steamer sank at Nashville, Tennessee. Later raised and repaired.[3] |
May[edit]
3 May[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Santuree | United States | The steamer collided with Ligonier ( United States) in thick fog ten miles (16 km) southeast of the Highland Light off Cape Cod in the Atlantic Ocean. She was beached at Provincetown to avoid sinking.[8] |
11 May[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| City of Saltillo | United States | The steamer struck rocks on the Missouri side of the Mississippi River near Glen Cove, Missouri, and sank. 7 passengers and 5 crewmen killed.[2] |
10 May[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Ford City | United States | The steamer rolled over and sank while being hauled out for dry docking at Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Raised and repaired.[15] |
| Lizzie S. Sorenson | United States | The 76.1-gross register ton, 84.2-foot (25.7 m) motor whaling schooner sank in Iphigenia Bay (55°26′15″N 133°24′15″W / 55.43750°N 133.40417°W) in Southeast Alaska 8 nautical miles (15 km) southwest of Cape Addington (55°26′28.1″N 133°49′03″W / 55.441139°N 133.81750°W) after a whale her crew had harpooned rammed her and stove in her hull. Her crew of seven reached shore in a ship's boat, and the tug Fearless ( United States) rescued all hands on 12 May.[51] |
13 May[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Eddie A. Minot | United States | The fishing schooner sank in a collision with J. S. T. Stranahan ( United States) off 24th Street, Brooklyn, New York.[14] |
14 May[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Reliable | United States | The steamer sank at her dock in the Milwaukee River.[15] |
| Saint Michael #6 | United States | The 240-ton barge was destroyed by ice on the Tanana River in the central part of the Territory of Alaska.[43] |
15 May[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| "Brittania" | United States | The barge was stranded on Block Island, Rhode Island, after colliding with her tow, the Tug Bay City ( United States).[52] |
| Wear | United Kingdom | The British steel cargo ship Wear, built in 1905 by Austin S. P. & Son Ltd. and owned at the time of her loss by Witherington & Everett SS Co., on voyage from Sunderland to Saint-Servan with a cargo of coal, was wrecked on the west coast of Guernsey Channel Islands. There were no casualties.[33][53] |
17 May[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Faustin | United States | The steamer sank in heavy weather in 14 feet (4.3 m) of water in Lake Erie off Barr Point one mile (1.6 km) east of the Barr Point Lightship. Ship was raised.[54] |
| Forel |  Imperial Russian Navy | The submarine sank accidentally. All crew members escaped. Forel later was salvaged and scrapped. |
18 May[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| J. Marhoffer | United States | The steamer burned 14 miles (23 km) north of the Yaquina Lighthouse on the Oregon coast. One crewman killed.[12] |
| Uncle Sam | United States | The passenger steamer was beached and sank after a collision with a dredge and scow at Kansas City, Missouri.[2] |
19 May[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Cisco | United States | The fishing tug caught fire ten miles (16 km) west of Sleeping Bear Point, Lake Michigan. Her crew was unable to put out the fire and the vessel was run aground one-half mile (0.8 km) offshore.[15][46] |
| C. M. Johnston | United States | The steamer sank at the mouth of the White River.[3] |
20 May[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Union | United States | The steamer burned in Hood's Canal, Thorndyke Bay.[14] |
21 May[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| John B. Ketchum No.2 | United States | The steamer struck the east crib of the Neebish Cut in the St. Marys River and sank. Raised and taken to Bay City, Michigan, for repairs.[50] |
23 May[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Frank H. Goodyear | United States | The steamer broke in two and sunk in a collision in thick fog with James B. Wood ( United States) in Lake Huron 40 miles (64 km) below Thunder Bay Island. 18 crewmen were killed, along with the wife and 3-year-old son of the cook, who survived.[54][55][46][56] |
| James S. T. Stranahan | United States | The steamer caught fire in the East River, and was abandoned. She drifted near Clasons Point, Bronx and sank.[14] |
24 May[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| USS Dewey | United States Navy | The drydock sank at the U.S. Naval Base Subic Bay, Philippines, while filled to receive a Torpedo Boat. Refloated on 29 June undamaged.[57][58] |
25 May[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| James T. Morse | United States | The steamer was sunk in a collision by Belfast ( United States) at Rockland, Maine.[38] |
| Mizpah | United States | The 64-gross register ton, 70-foot (21.3 m) motor schooner was destroyed by an explosion and fire at Kvichak (58°58′N 156°56′W / 58.967°N 156.933°W) on the Bristol Bay coast of the Territory of Alaska.[59] |
26 May[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Pluviôse |  French Navy | The submarine sank with the loss of her entire crew of 27 after colliding with the packet boat Pas de Calais ( France) in the Strait of Dover off Calais, France. She was refloated, repaired, and returned to service. |
28 May[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Paul L | United States | The steamer sank at a dock at Oshkosh, Wisconsin.[15] |
30 May[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Forward | United States | The schooner foundered in Kewaunee Bay, Lake Michigan.[46] |
| Olivia | United Kingdom | The fishing trawler was hit by the torpedo boat destroyer HMS Quail ( Royal Navy) off Porthallow, Cornwall. Four men from the village of Flushing died.[60] |
June[edit]
1 June[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Evergreen | United States | The steamer sank with 4 feet (1.2 m) of water on her deck at Buffalo, West Virginia.[15] |
4 June[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Lucy V. | United States | The inland passenger steamer burned at Bucksport, South Carolina.[2] |
7 June[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Bertha | United States | The 13-gross register ton motor schooner was crushed in ice in the Bering Sea 22 nautical miles (41 km) west of Carter (59°17′N 161°56′W / 59.283°N 161.933°W) on the west-central coast of the Territory of Alaska. Her crew of three survived. She drifted ashore on 20 June and her gasoline engine was salvaged, but otherwise she was a total loss.[61] |
| Biscayne | United States | The steamer sank in 3+1⁄2 feet (1 m) of water. Location unknown.[2] |
| Felix de Abasolo |  Spain | Carrying a cargo of coal, she ran aground in dense fog on Les Boufresses reef just north of Île de Raz Alderney Channel Islands and broke her back.[62][63] |
8 June[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Rover | United States | The steamer was rolled and wrecked by a tow towed by Henry Lourey ( United States) at Pennsylvania Lock No. 2 on the Ohio River.[15] |
| Unknown scow | United States | The scow was sunk by an obstruction off Round Rock, Branford, Connecticut.[32] |
9 June[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Apache | United States | The steam yacht sank in shallow water after hitting the breakwater while leaving Cleveland, Ohio.[50] |
10 June[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Black Prince | United States | The steamer struck a snag in the Skagit River and sank. Later raised and repaired.[14] |
| Majestic | United States | The barge sank 14 miles (23 km) south southeast of the Highland Light, New Jersey. The barge's captain was killed when her lifeboat capsized, everyone else was rescued by the barge's tow steamer Harold ( United States).[14] |
11 June[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Cape Girardeau | United States | The steamer struck an obstruction in the Mississippi River near Turkey Island. She was beached, but sank.[2] |
| Rap |  Norway | The Norwegian cargo ship was on a voyage from Newcastle to Gibraltar with a cargo of coal, when she was wrecked, off Alderney, Channel Islands.[64] |
| Terra | United Kingdom | En route from the Port of Tyne to Genoa with a cargo of coal. She ran aground in fog at Chateau Letoc, Alderney Channel Islands[63][65] |
| Unknown barge | United States | The barge sank in a collision with Bornu ( United States) in Hell Gate. The barge's captain was killed.[14] |
15 June[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| J. Dallas Marviel | United States | The sailing vessel was sunk in a collision with Everett ( United States) off Sandy Point in the Chesapeake Bay.[2] |
16 June[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Norumbega | United States | The schooner collided with Mills ( United States) in thick fog 30 miles (48 km) from the Fire Island Lightship off Cape Cod in the Atlantic Ocean. She was abandoned due to heavy damage.[8] |
18 June[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Cheapside | United Kingdom | The collier collided with the armoured cruiser HMS King Alfred off Start Point and sank. King Alfred received little damage.[66][67][68] |
| Linn O-Dee | United Kingdom | The iron cargo ship, on voyage from Portsmouth to Guernsey in ballast, ran aground in fog and was wrecked at La Lague on Burhou Island, close to Alderney, Channel Islands.[69] |
19 June[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Lola | United States | The steamer filled with water after hitting bottom in Calumet Lake and sank in 3+1⁄2 feet (1.1 m) of water.[15] |
20 June[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| William C. Redfield | United States | The steamer burned at Athens, New York.[9] |
21 June[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Joe Mathews | United States | During a voyage from Nome to Golovin, Territory of Alaska, with 19 passengers, a crew of three, and a cargo of 15 tons of lumber on board, the 31-gross register ton, 45.8-foot (14.0 m) motor vessel was destroyed by ice in Norton Sound 3 nautical miles (6 km) northwest of Cape Darby (64°19′N 162°47′W / 64.317°N 162.783°W). All on board survived.[70] |
23 June[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Zelandia | Belgium | The vessel sprang a leak and foundered in the North Sea 100 nautical miles (190 km) off the Danish coast.[71] |
24 June[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| C. W. Elphicke | United States | The tugboat was sunk at Michigan City when United States ( United States) collided with a bridge causing it to collapse onto the tugboat.[15] |
25 June[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| J. S. | United States | The steamer burned in the Mississippi River at Victory, Wisconsin. Two passengers killed.[2] |
26 June[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Poughkeepsie | United States | The steamer burned at Highland, New York.[9] |
27 June[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Albania | United States | The tugboat burned in the Sabine-Neches Canal.[27] |
Unknown date[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Bob | United States | The 8-ton, 33.9-foot (10.3 m) schooner sank at Juneau, Territory of Alaska, and became a total loss.[61] |
| Raymond | United States | The Tug sank in the Connecticut River near Middlehaddam, Connecticut, probably in June.[52] |
July[edit]
9 July[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Annie E. Smale | United States | The schooner was wrecked in dense fog at Point Reyes, California. Everyone on board was rescued from their lifeboat by F. M. Plant ( United States).[12] |
10 July[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Charles Castle | United States | The steamer sank at her dock at the foot of Eighth Street, Detroit, Michigan.[15] |
11 July[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| USS Castine | United States Navy | The submarine tender was beached near North Truro, Massachusetts, after a collision with USS Bonita ( United States Navy). Later refloated, repaired and returned to service.[52] |
13 July[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Helen Blair | United States | The steamer struck an obstruction in the Mississippi River 3+1⁄2 miles (5.6 km) below Davenport, Iowa, and sank in 7 feet (2.1 m) of water. She was raised and repaired.[2] |
14 July[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| D. F. Skinner | United States | The tug caught fire one mile (1.6 km) off Hart's Island and was beached there, and was destroyed.[32] |
17 July[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Beatrice | United States | The motor boat was sunk in a collision with Sadie ( United States) in Canarsie Bay.[14] |
| KSL Co. Barge No. 7 | United States | While under tow from Cape Blossom to Kiwalik, Territory of Alaska, the 23-ton barge flooded, parted her hawser, and sank in Kotzebue Sound five nautical miles (9 km) south of Chamisso Island.[72] |
19 July[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Admiral Clark | United States | The barge struck a sunken log in the Delaware River near the Bordentown Bar and sank.[8] |
| C. F. Roe | United States | The tow steamer burned off Sewaren, New Jersey.[14] |
20 July[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Dode | United States |  |
21 July[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Trude R. Wiehe | United States | The steamer ran aground on Parker's Reef in heavy smoke. Burned the next day. Crew rescued by Field ( United States).[50] |
22 July[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Mollie | United States | The tow steamer, laid up for repairs, burned in the Delaware River at Cramer Hill, New Jersey, from an exploding lamp.[73] |
25 July[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| San Joaquin No. 3 | United States | The steamer burned, probably in the San Francisco, California, area.[12] |
26 July[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Johnstown | United States | The laid up tow steamer sank at her dock at 10th Street, Hoboken, New Jersey.[14] |
27 July[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Arthur W. Palmer | United States | The tow steamer sank at her dock at Pacific Street, Brooklyn, New York.[14] |
| USRC Commodore Perry | .png){kind=small} United States Revenue Cutter Service | The revenue cutter ran aground during dense fog off Tonki Point on St. Paul Island in the Pribilof Islands. All hands were rescued.[74] |
| H. F. Bucs | United States | The tug sprang a leak in heavy weather on Lake Erie off Point Pelee and sank. Crew made it to shore in her yawl.[54][46] |
28 July[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| William H. McCleve | United States | The barge foundered 5 miles (8.0 km) off Noves Point, Rhode Island.[9] |
29 July[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Helen Johnson | United States | The 39-ton, 58-foot (17.7 m) fishing vessel sank in the Chukchi Sea seven nautical miles (13 km) east of Point Hope, Territory of Alaska, after being ground to pieces over the course of five days by ice she was trapped in during a gale. The revenue cutter USRC Bear ( United States Revenue Cutter Service) rescued her crew of 10.[75] |
30 July[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Grace Whitney | United States | The barge was sunk in a collision with Ogdensburg ( United States) three miles (5 km) east of Bar Point, Lake Erie. Wreck later blown up as a hazard to navigation. The captain's wife and son drowned trying to enter the lifeboat.[54][76] |
| William Marvel | United States | The lighter was engaged in launching fireworks off the Manhattan Beach Hotel, New York that impaired visibility to the extent that she struck a rock and sank.[14] |
August[edit]
1 August[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Albion | United States | The freighter was damaged in a collision with Chippewa ( United States) in the Puget Sound two miles (3 km) off West Point, Washington. She was beached to prevent sinking.[14] |
2 August[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| James Rolph | United States | The four-masted schooner ran aground in San Pablo Bay, near San Francisco. No lives lost and the ship was later stripped of salvageable components and abandoned. |
3 August[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Sea Gannett | United States | The yacht burned 22 miles (35 km) off Barnegat, New Jersey. All aboard rescued by Joseph A. Fordney ( United States).[8] |
4 August[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Newark | United States | The motor schooner was sunk in a collision with Crowley Launch No. 5 ( United States) at Shelby's Wharf, California.[12] |
5 August[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Princess May | Canada |  |
9 August[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| USS Marcellus | United States Navy | The collier was rammed by the fruit steamer Rosario di Giorgio ( Norway) about 60 nautical miles (110 km; 69 mi) off Cape Hatteras, North Carolina. She sank ten hours later with no loss of life. Deemed too expensive to salvage, Marcellus was struck from the Navy list on 22 September 1910. |
13 August[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Martha Wilkes | United States | During a voyage from Anadyr on the Siberian coast of the Russian Empire to Nome, Territory of Alaska, with a crew of three and a cargo of 1,000 pounds (450 kg) of furs and hides on board, the 67-ton, 80-foot (24.4 m) schooner was wrecked in fog, high winds, and heavy seas on Cape Bering on the southwest coast of the Chukchi Peninsula in Siberia. Siberian natives rescued her crew on 14 August.[59] |
14 August[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Fidelio | United States | The yawl-rigged yacht sank in a collision with Vigilant ( United States) off Point Judith, Rhode Island. All hands rescued by Vigilant.[73] |
16 August[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Sesnon #6 | United States | While anchored off Nome, Territory of Alaska, with no cargo or crew aboard, the 16-ton barge broke loose from her moorings during a gale, was driven onto the beach four nautical miles (7 km) west of Nome, and was broken apart by waves.[43] |
| Sesnon #7 | United States | While anchored off Nome, Territory of Alaska, with no cargo or crew aboard, the 21-ton barge broke loose from her moorings during a gale and was pounded to pieces by waves against a wharf on the Nome waterfront.[43] |
17 August[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| SMS S32 |  Imperial German Navy | The torpedo boat sank after colliding with the torpedo boat SMS S76 ( Imperial German Navy) in the Baltic Sea.[77][78] |
| SMS S76 | Imperial German Navy | The torpedo boat sank after colliding with the torpedo boat SMS S32 ( Imperial German Navy) in the Baltic Sea. She was raised, repaired, and returned to service.[78][79] |
19 August[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Walter Needham | United States | The steamer sank in 12 feet (3.7 m) of water at Metropolis, Illinois.[3] |
20 August[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Geraldine | United States | The steamer burned at the entrance to the Little Kanawha River at Petersburg, West Virginia.[15] |
| Plymouth | United States | The steamer was holed by a log 4+1⁄2 miles (7 km) from Greensboro, Maryland, and sank. Later raised.[2] |
21 August[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| HMS Bedford | Royal Navy | The Monmouth-class armoured cruiser was wrecked at Quelpart Island in the East China Sea with 18 men killed. The wreck was sold on 10 October for breaking up. |
| C. G. Witbeck | United States | The laid up ferry burned in the canal basin in Watervliet, New York.[9] |
24 August[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Sun Ray | United States | The motor launch was sunk in Newark Bay in a collision with Majestic ( United States) at the Lehigh Valley Railroad bridge. One crewman and one passenger killed.[80] |
26 August[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Brazoria | United States | The freighter was struck by a large swell crossing the bar into Absecon Inlet resulting in the ship flooding and losing steerage. The ship hit a breakwater and broke in two after being abandoned by the crew.[73] |
| Pearly Mae | United States | The steamer burned in North West Creek, North Carolina.[2] |
27 August[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Geo. Chambers | United States | The canal boat was sunk in a collision on the Stone House Bar.[9] |
28 August[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Mars | United States | The steamer struck an obstruction in the Mississippi River near St. Paul, Minnesota, and sank in six feet (1.8 m) of water. She was raised and repaired.[2] |
29 August[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| West Point | United Kingdom | The cargo steamship caught fire in the North Atlantic on 27 August, and her crew abandoned her in two lifeboats the next day. She sank on 29 August at position 42°20′N 44°10′W / 42.333°N 44.167°W or 45°43′N 40°41′W / 45.717°N 40.683°W (accounts differ). Devonian and RMS Mauretania rescued all of her crew.[81][82][83][84] |
31 August[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Louie | United States | The tug sprang a leak and sank at Baltimore, Maryland. Later raised.[2] |
| Marie-Reine | Belgium | The ship caught fire at Thessalonika, Greece and sank.[85] |
September[edit]
1 September[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Leif Erickson | United States | The fishing schooner was sunk in a collision with Chesapeake ( United States) off the Fenwick Island Lightship. Three crewmen rescued by Chesapeake and eight by dories from the fishing schooner Edith M. Prior. Four crewmen lost.[14] |
2 September[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Breeze | United States | The passenger vessel sank in a collision with North America ( United States) in the Providence River a one-quarter mile (0.4 km) off Fox Point Dock. Crew and 13 passengers rescued by North America.[38] |
| Luella | United States | The 8-gross register ton motor vessel was driven ashore by a gale and ice and wrecked at North Head in Saint Lawrence Bay on the coast of Siberia.[51] |
3 September[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Pauline | United States | The steamer sprung a leak off Fort Diamond, New York, and was beached.[86] |
4 September[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Bristol | United States | The barge sank in a collision in thick fog with Dunneman ( Italy) 18 miles (29 km) east northeast of Barnegat, New Jersey, in the Atlantic Ocean. Her master and one crewman killed.[8] |
5 September[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Pastime | United States | The tow steamer sank at Pennsylvania Lock No. 5 in the Monongahela River, possibly from too much coal aboard. Raised immediately.[15] |
| William Cory | United Kingdom |  The cargo steamship, carrying a cargo of timber from Uleaborg to Newport, South Wales was wrecked at the foot of Boscaswell Cliff, near Pendeen Lighthouse.[87][88] |
6 September[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Robert White | United States | The laid up steamer sprung a leak and sank at the Atlantic Dock, Brooklyn, New York.[86] |
7 September[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Rosa | United Kingdom | The submarine HMS A11 ( Royal Navy), departing from Portsmouth Harbour, England ran into the sailing barge, which sank. Its two-man crew was rescued.[89] |
8 September[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Kellogg | United States | The scow foundered at Milwaukee, Wisconsin, 12 nautical miles (22 km) north west of Little Point au Sable.[46][90] |
9 September[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Pere Marquette 18 | United States |  United States). During the rescue a lifeboat was smashed on the side of Pere Marquette No.17 by heavy seas killing two rescuers.[27][76] |
| Protector | United States | The tug inadvertently flooded and sank when a seacock was accidentally left open at Charleston, South Carolina.[2] |
10 September[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| M. P. Howlett | United States | The canal boat foundered in Woodbury Creek.[73] |
11 September[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Pilot | Canada | The tug was destroyed by fire somewhere in the Great Lakes.[76] |
12 September[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Joseph Peene Sr. | United States | The vessel was sunk by a broken sea valve at Yonkers, New York.[9] |
16 September[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Unknown scow | United States | The dump scow capsized and sank after being hit by a wake in Lake Erie off Buffalo, New York.[36] |
18 September[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Thomas Quayle | United States | The schooner was lost to fire at Cleveland, Ohio.[76][91] |
19 September[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Wildwood | United States | The steamer burned at Leschi Park in Lake Washington.[14] |
20 September[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| KSL Co. Barge No. 4 | United States | With no crew or cargo aboard, the 23-gross register ton barge parted her anchor line in strong winds and heavy seas and was stranded on the coast of the Territory of Alaska in Willow Bay (66°05′N 162°21′W / 66.083°N 162.350°W) in Kotzebue Sound 12 nautical miles (22 km) northeast of Deering. Ice destroyed her during the winter of 1910–1911, ending her owner's hope of salvaging her in the spring of 1911.[72][92] |
22 September[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Dunbar | United States | The steamer sank in the Wolf River at Memphis, Tennessee. She was raised.[3] |
| Duplin | United States | The inland passenger steamer sank at Sanderson's Mill, South Carolina, in the North East River, South Carolina.[2] |
| Sallie Marmet | United States | The steamer sank in nine feet (2.7 m) of water in the Ohio River at Gallipolis Island after hitting an obstruction.[15] |
23 September[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Bethlehem | United States | The steamer ran aground in rain and fog on the west side of South Manitou Island, Michigan. Refloated on 4 October and taken to Manitowoc, Wisconsin.[15] |
24 September[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Brilliant | United States | The steamer sank at the Hunter's Point Bridge, Newtown Creek, when a water tank being filled overflowed and swamped the ship. Raised the next day.[80] |
25 September[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Rosamand | United States | The yacht burned at Moose Hollow, New York.[9] |
26 September[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Greenwood | United States | The steamer was holed by an obstruction and sank in 4+1⁄2 feet (1.4 m) of water at Riverton, Kentucky.[3] |
27 September[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| The Leader | United States | The tow steamer burned in the Ohio River at Economy, Pennsylvania.[15] |
28 September[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Chester | United Kingdom | The passenger-cargo ship was badly damaged in a collision in the River Elbe with a Swedish steamer and was beached to prevent her from sinking.[93] However, she sank quickly into the soft moving sand and became a total wreck, the water having flooded her holds.[94] |
29 September[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Catherine Davis | United States | The steamer sank in seven feet (2.1 m) of water at the foot of Ninth Street, Huntington, West Virginia, after hitting an obstruction.[15] |
Unknown date[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Arctic | United States | The vessel was lost off Cape Douglas of the coast of the Territory of Alaska. The wreck report does not specify whether the incident occurred off Cape Douglas (58°51′N 153°15′W / 58.850°N 153.250°W) on the northeast coast of the Alaska Peninsula or Cape Douglas (65°00′N 166°42′W / 65.000°N 166.700°W) on the Bering Sea 51 nautical miles (94 km) northwest of Nome.[95] |
| California | United States | The steamer was wrecked in Ward Cove off the western coast of Revillagigedo Island in the Alexander Archipelago in Southeast Alaska.[96] |
| Luella | United States | The 115-gross register ton, 90-foot (27.4 m) sternwheel paddle steamer was lost on the Tanana River near Chena, Territory of Alaska.[51] |
October[edit]
1 October[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| L. L. Barth | United States | The steamer sprung a leak near Muskegon, Michigan. She put into harbor where she ran aground in 15 feet (4.6 m) of water.[15] |
| New York | United States | The steamer foundered in Lake Huron 20 miles (32 km) off South Point, or Thunder Bay, Michigan, in Lake Huron. Crew rescued by Mataafa and Barge "Alex Holley", both ( United States).[54][76][97] |
2 October[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| New York | United States | The laid up steamer burned at Berkley Dock.[2] |
| Phenix | United States | The steamer sprang a leak and was beached at South Bay Point, Lake Ontario and was abandoned. Later refloated and towed to Ogdensburg, New York.[36] |
4 October[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Frank L. Vance | United States | The steamer burned on Lake Superior off Ludington, Michigan.[15][76] |
6 October[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Muskegon | United States | The steamer burned at Michigan City, Indiana.[15] |
7 October[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Teller | United States | During a voyage in the Territory of Alaska from Teller to Mary's Igloo with two crewmen and a cargo of 30 tons of general merchandise, the 15-ton scow sprang a leak and sank in Grantley Harbor at the mouth of the Tuksuk River while at anchor and with no one aboard. She was a total loss.[98] |