List of shipwrecks in 1901
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3 January
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Doretta |  United States |
The steamer ran aground and sank in Ramshorn Creek in South Carolina. Later raised.[1] |
7 January
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Tenzer |  United Kingdom |
The ketch foundered off Padstow harbour after striking a rock. The crew landed in the ship's boat.[2] |
8 January
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Sunrise | United States |
The steamer struck an obstruction in the Red River and sank off Caspiana Plantation, Louisiana. Later raised.[3] |
10 January
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| E. A. Hawes | United States |
The steamer sank at dock reportedly by being caught under the dock on a rising tide at Wilmington, North Carolina.[4] |
| Osceola | United States |
The steamer struck an obstruction in Grand Lake, Louisiana and sank off Pigeon Point, a total loss.[3] |
| Wenatchee | United States |
The 77 GRT sternwheel paddle steamer burned at Wenatchee, Washington. All five people on board survived.[5] |
11 January
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Unknown |  United States |
A scow, under tow of Dewitt C. Ivins ( United States), sank off Sandy Hook, New Jersey. One crewman was killed.[6] |
14 January
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Vigilancia | United States |
The steamer stranded on the Colorado Reef off the coast of Cuba, west of Havana, Cuba. She was refloated on 2 June 1901 and taken to New York city and declared a total loss. However, the vessel was repaired by 20 May 1902.[6][7] |
16 January
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| HMS Sybille |  Royal Navy |
The Apollo-class protected cruiser was wrecked at Lambert's Bay, South Africa.[8] |
17 January
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Beulah Benton | United States |
The schooner was sunk in a collision with Pilot Boy ( United States) near Rantowles Creek, South Carolina.[4] |
18 January
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Kaisari | United Kingdom |
The London steamer was wrecked on the coast of Réunion during a cyclone. Nineteen Lascars drowned along with four British officers and the captain.[9] |
19 January
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| City of Louisville | United States |
The laid up steamer burned at Benton Harbor, Michigan, apparently a total loss. Her watchman was killed.[10][11] |
| Edna | United States |
The tug was wrecked on the east side of Chesapeake Bay after a line fouled her propeller.[4] |
| Marie Celine |  France |
The schooner sank near Falmouth, Cornwall.[12] |
| Moen Tryvan | United Kingdom |
The sailing ship capsized and sank in the English Channel in a gale from shifting ballast. Ten crew died and eight were rescued by a French fishing boat.[13] |
20 January
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Eli Shriver Jr. | United States |
The steamer sank at dock in Bayonne, New Jersey. Later raised and repaired.[14] |
26 January
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Unnamed |  Spain |
The fishing fleet lost one boat and twenty-three lives during a storm.[15] |
28 January
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Buckeye State | United States |
The steamer burned in the Mississippi River off Barfield Point, Arkansas, a total loss. One crewman killed.[16] |
| Gardenia | United States |
The steamer was blown ashore by high winds and sunk in Capers Creek, South Carolina.[4] |
| Holland | United Kingdom |
The London steamer bound for Rotterdam sank near the Hook of Holland during a storm. Four passengers and eleven crew drowned.[15] |
| Lanarkshire | United Kingdom |
The barque was abandoned in the North Sea 6 nautical miles (11 km) north west of the Noord Hinder Lightship ( Netherlands). She subsequently foundered.[17] |
29 January
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Vincennes | United States |
The steamer struck an obstruction and sank in the Wabash River at Vincennes, Indiana. Raised and repaired.[1] |
Unknown date (January)
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Hannah | United Kingdom |
The schooner was abandoned in the Irish Sea. She came ashore on 28 January at Mwnt, Cardiganshire and was wrecked.[18] |
| Maxim | United States |
The 117 GRT schooner departed San Francisco, California, bound for Eureka, California, with six people aboard and was never heard from again.[19] |
February
3 February
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Daisy | United States |
The steamship was towing barges loaded with stone on the Warrior River, Alabama when she became unmanageable due to wind and tide and went over the dam at Lock #6. The loaded barges then fell upon her, resulting in a complete wreck. One crewman killed.[20] |
4 February
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Goonglaze | United Kingdom |
The St Agnes, Cornwall schooner foundered near Peppercombe Castle, in Bideford Bay. Four bodies were washed ashore near Westward Ho!, Devon.[21][22] |
| Janie Vivian | United Kingdom |
The Padstow, Cornwall schooner was driven ashore, near her home port, on the sands below Bray Hill in the Camel estuary. She was taking grain to Cardiff and all the crew survived.[22] |
| McPherson | United States |
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5 February
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Bob Connell | United States |
The steamer struck a sunken Flat in the Monongahela River near Woods Run and sank.[16] |
6 February
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| New York Central No. 11 | United States |
The tow steamer caught fire at her slip at Sixty-Fifth Street in the North River. She was towed to the Weehawken Flats and flooded to put out the fire.[6] |
12 February
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Scow No.38 | United States |
The scow was lost off Scotland Lightship. One crewman killed.[14] |
15 February
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Gem | United States |
The steamer struck a snag in the Red River and sank. Later raised.[3] |
16 February
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Rosa B. | United States |
The steamer was destroyed by fire while lying at Farmersville, Louisiana.[3] |
19 February
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Julien Marie | France |
The brigantine ran aground at St. Ives, Cornwall, United Kingdom. The crew were rescued by lifeboat[24][25] |
20 February
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Curlew | United States |
The tug was sunk in a collision with Robert S. Bradley ( United States) in Boston Harbor.[4] |
21 February
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Alert |  Australia |
The tug foundered off Nambucca Heads.[26] |
22 February
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| City of Rio de Janeiro | United States |
The Pacific Mail Steamship Company-owned passenger ship struck rocks and sank off Fort Point, San Francisco in 320 feet (98 m) of water in dense fog near the entrance to San Francisco Bay. About 127–135 were lost, of whom 68 were passengers.[27][28][29] |
| Surprise | United States |
The steamer was blown ashore in a gale at Koloa, Kauai, Territory of Hawaii, a total loss.[14] |
25 February
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Iliamma | United States |
The disabled 17-ton, 40-foot (12.2 m) schooner – adrift with one man aboard since 25 November 1900, when she slipped her moorings at Unga on Unga Island in the Shumagin Islands off the south coast of the Alaska Peninsula in the District of Alaska – was wrecked on the coast of Kagalaska Island in the Andreanof Islands subgroup of the Aleutian Islands during a gale. The man on board her survived.[30] |
Unknown date (February)
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Commonwealth | United States |
The schooner left Gloucester, Massachusetts on 22 January. Believed lost in a blizzard in the first week of February on the Georges Bank. Lost with all 17 crew.[31][32][33] |
| County of Haddington | United Kingdom |
The sailing ship departed New York City for Shanghai on 2 February and vanished. Lost with all 25 crew.[13] |
March
1 March
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Indiana | United Kingdom |
Following a collision, the abandoned Hull steamer went ashore in the English Channel at Worthing.[34] |
3 March
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Anna | United States |
After dragging her anchors during a storm, the 227-ton, 117-foot (35.7 m) schooner was blown ashore and wrecked at Company Harbor (54°29′N 162°49′W / 54.483°N 162.817°W) on the western end of Sanak Island in the Aleutian Islands. Her crew of eight survived.[35] |
8 March
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Aviona | United Kingdom |
The Glasgow vessel sank at the entrance to Bilbao harbour. Twenty-three of the crew lost their lives.[36] |
14 March
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Voorspoed | Netherlands |
The Amsterdam schooner ran aground at Perranporth, near Chapel Rock. The crew escaped via the breeches buoy. The vessel was carrying coal and machinery from Cardiff to Brazil.[37][38] |
16 March
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Willamette | United States |
The steamer was wrecked in thick fog at Village Point Reef, British Columbia. She was abandoned on 20 March.[39] |
17 March
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Bee | Australia |
The steamship was wrecked in Picnic Bay, Magnetic Island, Queensland, Australia. |
19 March
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Transit | United States |
The steamer struck rocks at the Falls of the Ohio, Lexington, Kentucky and sank. Raised and repaired.[1] |
21 March
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Rose | United Kingdom |
The brigantine ran aground on the Res Sands, in the North Sea off the coast of Kent, and sank with the loss of four of her seven crew. Survivors were rescued by Eliza Harriet ( Royal National Lifeboat Institution).[40] |
| Tay | United Kingdom |
The steamer was run into by the steamer Chemnitz ( Germany) and sank off Flushing, while anchored during a voyage to Antwerp from London. There were three survivors out of seventeen on board.[41][42] |
22 March
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Josie Siverly | United States |
The steamer was pushed onto the bank at Vicksburg, Mississippi when Belle of the Bends ( United States) tried to make a landing and swung in against her. She was then wrecked by a rising tide and high winds.[3] |
26 March
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| M. D. Wayman | United States |
The steamer struck an obstruction in the Allegheny River near Herrs Island Dam and sank in 18 feet (5 m) of water. Later raised.[16] |
29 March
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Annie M. Bauer | United States |
The tow steamer sprang a leak and sank in New York Bay off Erie Basin, Brooklyn. Two crewmen killed. Survivors rescued by John L. Berwind ( United States).[14] |
| Edgewater | United States |
The lighter was sunk in a collision with Elizabeth ( United States) off Pier 13 in the North River.[14] |
April
1 April
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Amelia | United States |
The steamer struck the ferry cable, capsized, and sank in the Suwanee River at Dudleyville, Florida. One crewman killed.[20] |
2 April
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Upolu | United States |
The steamer struck a submerged rock at Puoko, Territory of Hawaii, and was ordered abandoned by her owners the next day, a total loss.[14] |
5 April
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Eillen | United States |
The steamer was capsized by a gale and sunk in the Mississippi River near Owens Bar.[16] |
7 April
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Ivernia | United States |
The steam oyster boat sank at dock at American Oyster Company, Providence, Rhode Island. Raised shortly after.[4] |
8 April
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Glenerie | United States |
The steamer was sunk in a collision with John McCausland ( United States) near the mouth of Rondout Creek.[4] |
10 April
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| USAT Rawlins | United States |
The United States Army Transport sank at Brooklyn Army pier with deck awash from a volume of water pumped from six fire engines, two trucks and three fireboats responding to an engine room fire. Damage was estimated at $20,000 to refloat and $50,000 to repair. The vessel was raised, repaired and put into commercial service as Powhatan.[43][44] |
13 April
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Awashonks | United States |
The laid up passenger steamer was destroyed by fire at Tiverton, Rhode Island, possibly by Arson.[4] |
| Majestic | United States |
The steamer struck an obstruction or wreck off Dan Baker and was beached off Delaware City where she sank. Pumped out the next day.[4] |
| Palos | United States |
The yacht was destroyed by fire at Detroit, Michigan.[16] |
17 April
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| City of Charleston | United States |
The steamer blown from her moorings in a severe windstorm at Bridgeport, Alabama and sunk.[16] |
19 April
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Will J. Cummins | United States |
The steamer was blown in a severe windstorm onto shore at Beech Creek Island and sunk on an obstruction.[16] |
20 April
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Alcedo | United States |
The steamer was sunk by a flat she was trying to land. Later raised.[45] |
| Karagola | United Kingdom |
The steamship burned in Akyab, Burma, and was scuttled to quench the fire. Her wreck was later raised, condemned, and scrapped.[46] |
| Robert McKinley | United States |
The steamer burned and sank in the Monongahela River near Fayette City, Pennsylvania.[45] |
21 April
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Seham |  Ottoman Navy |
The Nasir-class torpedo boat was sunk by a boiler explosion in the outer harbor of Beirut. 27 crewmen were killed. |
22 April
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Colorado | United States |
While under tow from Juneau, District of Alaska, to Tacoma, Washington, by the tug Pilot ( United Kingdom) and carrying a cargo of 1,098 tons of sulphurite concentrate, the 983-ton barge was wrecked on a reef in Wrangell Narrows opposite Anchor Point (56°38′15″N 132°55′35″W / 56.63750°N 132.92639°W) in Southeast Alaska. She became a total loss.[47] |
23 April
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Emma C. Knowles | United States |
The schooner was damaged in a collision with Allianca ( United States) off Barnegat Light. Crew taken off by Allianca. Still afloat the next morning, but in sinking condition with decks awash in bad weather.[14] |
| Samuel Ricker | United States |
The schooner was sunk in a collision in dense fog with Pilgrim ( United States) six miles (9.7 km) west of Cornfield Lightship in Long Island Sound. Her master was reported missing.[4] |
| Vulcan | United States |
The steamer was holed by a log and sunk in the Willamette River off Swan Island, Oregon.[39] |
24 April
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Pilgrim | United States |
The steamer burned and sank at Ballard, Washington.[14] |
May
7 May
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Tantallon Castle | United Kingdom |
The mail steamer was wrecked on Robben Island, approaching Cape Town, South Africa, from Southampton, United Kingdom in fog. All passengers and crew were rescued; the ship broke up in the following days.[48][49] |
10 May
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Bon Voyage | United States |
The steamer caught fire between Ontonagon, Michigan and Hancock, Michigan. She was beached and burned to the waterline. four passengers killed. 33 survivors.[50] |
| France | France |
The barque was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean (approximately 34°S 48°W / 34°S 48°W). Her crew were later rescued by Hebe ( Germany). France was on a voyage from North Shields, County Durham to Valparaíso, Chile. France was sighted on 13 May by Josefa ( Spain). Presumed subsequently foundered.[51] |
11 May
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Climax | United States |
The two-thirds complete steamer burned at Wilmington, North Carolina by a spreading warehouse fire.[1] |
12 May
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| City of Paducah | United States |
The steamer struck a submerged obstacle and sank in 20 feet (6 m) of water at Brunckhorsts Landing, Illinois, a total loss. Two passengers killed.[52] |
14 May
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Owensboro | United States |
The steamer burned and sank at Calhoun, Kentucky. Two crewmen killed.[1] |
18 May
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| R. K. Wells | United States |
The steamer, laid up at Charleston, West Virginia sprung a leak and sank, then burned to the waters edge, then the lower section drifted away.[16] |
21 May
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Zenith | United States |
The tug struck a rock, rolled over, and sank in 20 feet (6 m) of water at the Mesaba Ore Dock. Raised and repaired.[1] |
24 May
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| City of Baltimore | United States |
The steamer struck a reef, broke in two foundered in a gale near Au Sable Township, Iosco County, Michigan on Gull Island Reef in Lake Huron. Her engine and boiler salvaged in October/November 1901, rest of equipment salvaged in 1903. 13 crewmen were killed.[53][54][55] |
| Dubuque | United States |
The steamer struck an obstruction in the Mississippi River three miles (4.8 km) below Keithsburg, Illinois between Buoy #192 and Buoy #193 and sank in seven and a half feet (2.3 m) of water. Later raised and repaired.[1] |
| Empire State | United States |
The steamer sprung a leak and was beached near Brockville, Ontario, Canada.[3] |
| Walston | United States |
The barge was punctured by an obstruction as the tide dropped off Roach's Shipyard, Chester, Pennsylvania and she sank.[4] |
25 May
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Louise | United States |
The steamer was sunk in the Black River near Poplar Bluff, Missouri by a falling tree.[16] |
27 May
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Dubuque | United States |
The steamer struck a submerged stump and sank in 7+1⁄2 feet (2.3 m) of water in the Mississippi River 3 miles (4.8 km) below Keithsburg, Illinois between Lights 192 and 193. Raised, taken to Dubuque, Iowa, and repaired.[56] |
29 May
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Unknown coal boats | United States |
Eight coal boats were sunk when their tow, Acorn ( United States), struck a bridge pier in fog at Kenova, West Virginia.[57] |
June
1 June
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| George S. Ross | United States |
The steamer was wrecked and abandoned after her boiler exploded at Bull Creek in the Allegheny River. Her Captain was killed.[57] |
2 June
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Mataafa | United States |
The steamship ran aground on Knife Island Reef in Lake Superior. She was refloated, repaired, and returned to service. |
4 June
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Ranald | United Kingdom |
The steamship capsized and sank in the Atlantic Ocean off Atlantic City, New Jersey, where she had anchored the previous day after her cargo of asphalt melted in hot weather and flowed throughout her holds, causing her to take on a dangerous list. Her crew made it to shore safely.[58][59] |
7 June
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Balaena | United States |
The whaler was wrecked on an uncharted reef in thick fog three miles (4.8 km) south south east of Cape Chitnak, St. Lawrence Island in the Bering Sea.[39] |
8 June
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| John S. Heath | United States |
The tug capsized and sank while under tow by Wm. S. Anderson ( United States) in the Buttermilk Channel. A boilermaker on board making repairs to the boiler was killed. Survivors were rescued by a passing steamer.[14] |
11 June
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| J. P. Gage | United States |
The steamer struck a log and sank in the Arkansas River between Dardanelle, Arkansas and St. Charles, Missouri.[16] |
12 June
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Harry Waltz | United States |
The steamer struck a snag and sank in the Arkansas River between Dardanelle, Arkansas and Lockharts Landing, Arkansas. Raised and repaired.[16] |
14 June
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Northfield | United States |
The ferry was damaged in a collision with Mauch Chunk ( United States) off The Battery, sinking off the end of Pier 9 in the East River. Five passengers were killed. Survivors were rescued by tugboats.[14] |
17 June
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| John B. Robinson | United States |
The steamer struck the bar at D'Arbonne Island in the Ouachita River and sank. Later raised.[3] |
18 June
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Julia R. | United States |
The steamer was destroyed by fire at Six Mile Lake near Morgan City, Louisiana.[3] |
23 June
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Unknown barge | United States |
A coal elevator barge, under tow by Erie ( United States), capsized in a sudden squall between Elizabethport, New Jersey and Bayonne, New Jersey. One person drowned.[6] |
26 June
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Lusitania | United Kingdom |
The ship was built by Laird Brothers in Birkenhead in 1871. Her original owners were the Pacific Steam Navigation Company. She was sold to Elder Dempster Line in 1900 and plied the Liverpool to Canada run. En route to Canada on 26 June 1901 she was lost in fog near the Newfoundland coast. Off course, the ship ended up on the rocks. Some of the crew threatened the passengers and a day later passengers began to panic. The crew then restored order. All occupants of the vessel survived.[60] |
28 June
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Sir Luke | United States |
The steamer was wrecked in a Gale between Portage Bay and Vans Harbor, Michigan. Her boiler and machinery was salvaged.[61] |
29 June
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Mohawk | United States |
The passenger steamer struck a reef and sank in the Huckleberry Channel, sinking in 13 feet (4 m) of water. Raised and returned to service.[14] |
30 June
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Fern | United States |
The wrecking steamer sank while salvaging iron from wrecks on Eagle River Reef in Lake Superior. Lost with all five crew.[61] |
Unknown date (June)
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Omar D. Conger | United States |
The steamer burned and sank at dock in the Black River, Port Huron, Michigan on 23 or 27 June. Raised and rebuilt at Port Huron, Michigan.[10][62] |
July
4 July
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Alert | United States |
The fishing steamer was punctured by an obstruction off Barnegat, New Jersey, she was then wrecked on near by shoals.[4] |
5 July
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Orlando | United States |
The steamer struck an obstruction and sank in the White River 2 miles (3.2 km) above Peach Orchard Bluff, a total loss.[63] |
6 July
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Old Dominion | United States |
The passenger steamer ran aground at Rye Neck, New York in thick fog. Refloated and taken to New York City on 10 August.[64] |
| Venice | United States |
The steamer struck an obstruction and sank in the Monongahela River near Fayette City, Pennsylvania. The vessel was abandoned.[16] |
12 July
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Lizzie Reid | United States |
The steamer burned at Gettysburg, South Dakota and sank in eight feet (2.4 m) of water, a total loss.[1] |
| Walter Thomas | United Kingdom |
The 2,213 GRT steamship sank after a collision with Romney off Europa Point, Straits of Gibraltar on a voyage from Penarth to Derindje |
13 July
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Charles D. Lane | United States |
While towing the schooner Vega ( United States), the 1,608-net register ton, 325.5-foot (99.2 m) fishing vessel was stranded in thick fog at Cape Mohican (60°12′N 167°25′W / 60.200°N 167.417°W) on the northwest end of Nunivak Island in the Bering Sea. By the evening of 16 July, she had filled with sand and water, a total loss. Vega rescued all 53 people aboard Charles D. Lane.[47] |
15 July
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Blanche | United Kingdom |
The 234 GRT steamship was wrecked on Île-Tudy on voyage Cardiff, Wales, to Quimper, France.[65] |
| Oakland |  United States |
With a crew of 12 and a cargo of 900 tons of lumber and shingles aboard, the 534 GRT 150.8-foot (46.0 m) bark was wrecked without loss of life on a reef 10 nautical miles (19 km; 12 mi) from the entrance to the harbor at Port Clarence, District of Alaska.[66] |
16 July
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Tremont | United States |
The steamer was damaged in a collision with the yacht Wild Duck ( United States) two miles (3.2 km) west of Plum Island in Long Island Sound. She was towed to New London, Connecticut where she sank.[4] |
18 July
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Grampus | United States |
The 326-ton steam whaling bark was beached on the coast of the District of Alaska near Point Barrow after suffering ice damage. She was condemned.[67] |
20 July
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| City of Metropolis | United States |
The laid up steamer, in custody of the United States Marshals Service, burned to the waterline in Quincy Bay, Illinois, a total loss.[1] |
| Peter Hontz | United States |
The steamer struck an obstruction and sank near Rumsey, Kentucky in the Green River. Raised and repaired.[1] |
24 July
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Stella | United States |
The steamer was destroyed by fire at Columbia, Louisiana on the Ouachita River.[3] |
25 July
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Edna | United States |
The steamer struck a snag near Lockport, Louisiana and sank in Bayou Lafourche.[3] |
| Monhegan | United States |
The sailing Yacht was wrecked on Assatigue Beach, a total loss.[68] |
26 July
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Empire |  New South Wales |
The barque caught fire in a gale while anchored in the Harbor of Mahukona, Territory of Hawaii, her anchor line parted and she drifted westward out to sea. She was abandoned by her crew after they were unable to extinguish the fire and she blew out to sea blazing, a total loss.[69] |
| Jos Goldsmith | United States |
The tug sank in a storm in Maumee Bay.[3] |
29 July
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Sagamore | United States |
The whaleback barge was rammed by the steamship Northern Queen (flag unknown) while at anchor in fog in Whitefish Bay, Lake Superior, off the coast of Michigan and sank with the loss of three lives. Her five survivors were rescued by Northern Queen. |
August
3 August
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| HMS Viper | Royal Navy |
The Viper-class torpedo boat destroyer foundered on rocks at Alderney in the Channel Islands during naval manoeuvers. All aboard survived.[70][71] |
4 August
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Ada Barrett | United States |
The steamer sank at dock in Duluth, Minnesota due to an open seacock.[1] |
| Ford City | United States |
The steamer struck an obstruction and sank in the Ohio River near Legionville, Pennsylvania. Later raised.[16] |
6 August
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Frank Pigeon Jr. | United States |
The tug sank at dock at Pusey & Jones' Wharf, Wilmington, Delaware. Pumped out the next day.[4] |
7 August
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| James Sennett | United States |
During a voyage in ballast from Nome and St. Michael, District of Alaska, to Port Townsend, Washington with a crew of 12 aboard, the 693 GRT, 194.5-foot (59.3 m) four-masted schooner was wrecked without loss of life in Unimak Pass just south of Sennett Point (54°29′00″N 164°54′30″W / 54.48333°N 164.90833°W) and 2 nautical miles (3.7 km; 2.3 mi) north of Scotch Cap on the coast of Unimak Island in the Aleutian Islands.[30] |
8 August
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Dewing & Sons | United States |
The steamer sank near Lock #7 in the Monongahela River due to a supply pipe rusting through. Later raised.[16] |
12 August
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Laura May | United States |
While under tow by the steamship Fram ( United States) and carrying a crew of 23 and a cargo of 90 tons of salted salmon in 800 barrels, the 234 GRT, 121.6-foot (37.1 m) three-masted schooner was wrecked without loss of life in the Kvichak River near the Bristol Bay coast of the District of Alaska.[72] |
14 August
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Biloxi | United States |
1901 Louisiana hurricane: The tug foundered in the storm near the Quarantine Station, Louisiana in the Mississippi River. Two crewmen killed.[3] |
| Maunsell White | United States |
1901 Louisiana hurricane: The laid up steamer was wrecked during the storm at Quarantine Station, Louisiana in the Mississippi River.[3] |
15 August
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Evelyn | United Kingdom |
1901 Louisiana hurricane: The steamer went ashore 15 miles (24 km) west of the Santa Rosa Island, Florida Life Saving station during the storm. Later refloated.[73] |
| Islander | United Kingdom |
With 109 passengers and 62 crew members aboard, the Canadian Pacific Steam Navigation Company-owned twin-screw 240-foot (73.2 m) passenger-cargo steamship struck an iceberg and sank in 365 feet (111 m) of water off Douglas Island at the foot of Lynn Canal near Juneau, District of Alaska, United States. Newspapers reported that up to 70 people lost their lives, while official reports place the death toll at 45. She was refloated in 1934 and towed into shallow water.[74] |
| Neptune | United States |
1901 Louisiana hurricane: The steamer foundered at dock in the storm at Milneburg, Louisiana in Lake Pontchartrain. Later raised.[3] |
| Tortugas | United States |
1901 Louisiana hurricane: The lumber schooner was sunk in a collision at Pensacola, Florida while seeking refuge during the storm.[73] |
18 August
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Vermont | United States |
The steamer burned at West Seattle, Washington.[14] |
19 August
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| City of Golconda | United States |
The steamer capsized in a severe windstorm near the Cottonwood Bar in the Ohio River between Elizabethtown, Illinois and Paducah, Kentucky. 11 passengers and 4 crewmen killed.[16] |
21 August
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| George Stauber | United States |
The steamer was sunk in a collision with Alexander McDougall ( United States) in the St. Clair River off Ft. Gratiot.[3] |
23 August
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Rambler | United States |
The tug caught fire at Diamond Street Wharf, Wilmington, Delaware and was sunk by the fire department's efforts to fight the fire.[4] |
24 August
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Dauntless | United States |
The steamer was damaged in a collision with Mary Garratt ( United States) near Kentucky Landing on the San Joaquin River and was beached to prevent sinking.[39] |
25 August
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Noranmore |  Belgium |
The W Johnston & Co.-owned cargo ship capsized and sank off Athens, Greece.[75] |
26 August
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Oakland | New South Wales |
The passenger-cargo ship ran aground at the mouth of the Richmond River in New South Wales, Australia. Although declared a total loss, she was refloated, repaired, and returned to service. |
27 August
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| George Law | United States |
The 414 GRT sidewheel paddle steamer burned at Camden, New Jersey. All nine people on board survived.[76] |
| Ida E. Comly | United States |
The sailing vessel sank after colliding with the steamship Endeavor ( United States) in the Chesapeake Bay.[4] |
28 August
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| City of Trenton | United States |
The steamers' port boiler exploded and she caught fire in the Delaware River off Torresdale, Pennsylvania burning all woodwork, and was beached on the Pennsylvania side of the river. 24 killed.[77][78] |
30 August
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Eliza H. Strong | United States |
The steamer sprang a leak and became waterlogged on Lake Superior. She was towed to Munising, Michigan and beached. Her crew was rescued by Courageous ( United States). Refloated and taken to Buffalo, New York for repairs.[79][80] |
| M. Sicken | United States |
The steamer was sunk at dock when Curry ( United States) swung wide and her stern hit M. Sicken in the Blackwell Canal, Buffalo, New York.[3] |
| Mary E. Justice | United States |
The steamer sprang a leak in the Delaware River off Brambles Point and sank in 11 feet (3 m) of water.[4] |
Unknown date (August)
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| City of Clifton | United States |
The steamer sank at 76 Landing a short distance above Grand Tower, Illinois sometime in August. Raised, repaired and returned to service.[81] |
| Neptune |  Russia |
1901 Louisiana hurricane: The barque sailed from Pensacola, Florida for Montevideo on 10 August and was probably sunk by the hurricane in the Gulf of Mexico on 12 August, never seen again.[82] |
| Unknown schooners | United States |
1901 Louisiana hurricane: Four fishing schooners were sunk at Pensacola, Florida.[82] |
September
3 September
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Brigantine | United States |
The steamer sank in 12 feet (4 m) of water at a wharf in Atlantic City, New Jersey.[4] |
4 September
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Gold Dust | United States |
The steamer was destroyed by fire at Hardins Landing, Kentucky.[1] |
| Mary F. Perley | United States |
The paddle steamer burned at Alki Point in Puget Sound.[14][83] |
| SMS Wacht |  Imperial German Navy |
The Wacht-class aviso sank after a colliding with the ironclad SMS Sachsen ( Imperial German Navy) off Germany. All crew survived. |
8 September
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Twilight | United States |
The steamer struck an obstruction entering Periwig and sank to her main deck. Pumped out on 11 September and towed to Camden, New Jersey for repairs.[4] |
15 September
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Monitor | United States |
The 15 GRT screw steamer sank in the Grand River in Ohio, possibly at Grand River itself. All six people on board survived.[76][84] |
16 September
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Hudson | United States |
The steamer foundered in a heavy gale eight miles (13 km) off Eagle River in Lake Superior. Lost with all 24 crew.[61][85] |
18 September
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Seabright | United States |
The steamer dragged anchor and was wrecked at the mouth of the Cape Fear River in a heavy gale and broke up.[1] |
19 September
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| HMS Cobra | Royal Navy |
The Cobra-class destroyer broke her back and sank due to design weakness near Cromer, Norfolk. 67 crew were lost. |
| Stewart | United States |
The steamer was destroyed by fire at dock at Ogdensburg, New York.[86] |
20 September
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Fedora | United States |
The steamer was destroyed by fire between Duluth, Minnesota and Ashland.[1] |
| Hallette | United States |
The steamer struck an obstruction and sank in the Mississippi River.[16] |
23 September
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| City of Clifton | United States |
The steamer struck an obstruction in the Mississippi River and sank in nine feet (3 m) of water. Raised and repaired.[1] |
| Highland | United States |
The steamer was destroyed by fire at the Marine Iron Works Dock in the Chicago River.[50] |
24 September
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Edna | United States |
The ferry burned in the Missouri River off St. James, Nebraska, a total loss.[1] |
| Unknown scow | United States |
A dumper scow, under the tow of John Fleming ( United States), capsized and sank off the Sandy Hook Light.[87] |
26 September
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Julia | United States |
The steamer struck an obstruction in the Snag Island Chute in the Mississippi River and sank in four feet (1.2 m) of water. Later raised.[1] |
29 September
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Ella Ellinwood | United States |
The three-masted schooner ran aground in smoke and mist on the coast of Lake Michigan south of Port Washington, Wisconsin, near Fox Point, 14 miles (23 km) north of the Milwaukee harbor entrance. Her crew abandoned ship in a yawl and survived. She became a total loss. He wreck lies within the boundaries of the Wisconsin Shipwreck Coast National Marine Sanctuary.[88][89] |
October
2 October
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| James A. Morris | United States |
The tug was destroyed by fire off Sunnyside Island in the Hudson River.[4] |
| M.M. Drake | United States |
The steam barge sank in Lake Superior after colliding with the schooner barge Michigan ( United States), which she was towing, while she was taking Michigan's crew off after Michigan began to sink during a gale. All crew from M. M. Drake and all but one crew member from Michigan, who drowned leaving M.M. Drake, were rescued by the cargo ships Crescent City and Northern Wave (both United States).[61] |
| Michigan | United States |
The schooner barge was abandoned when her seams parted and she began to sink during a gale with heavy seas on Lake Superior while she was under tow by the steam barge M.M. Drake ( United States). She collided while M. M. Drake was taking off her crew. All but one of her crew was rescued before Michigan sank.[61] |
4 October
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Unknown canal boat | United States |
A canal boat, under tow of E. C. Baker ( United States), was sunk in a collision with Goldsboro ( United States) off Wall Street, New York City, in the East River.[87] |
6 October
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Nannine | United States |
The steamer burned at dock at Wilmington Island, Georgia.[1] |
7 October
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Lafayette | United States |
The steamer caught fire off College Wharf in the Delaware River and was abandoned by her crew.[4] |
10 October
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Gowanus | United States |
The steamer split a seam and sank at dock in Gowanus Creek. Later raised.[4] |
13 October
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| City of Paris | United States |
On 12 or 13 October the sternwheel paddle steamer was destroyed by fire while winter quarters on the Koyukuk River at Bergman, District of Alaska (66°30′N 152°53′W / 66.500°N 152.883°W). The fire reportedly was started by people who had boarded her in a search for liquor to steal.[47][68] |
14 October
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Carrie Currens | United States |
The steamer foundered in a storm while under tow between Port Eads, Louisiana and Port Arthur, Texas.[20] |
18 October
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| State of Michigan | United States |
The steamer sprung a leak and sank two miles (3.2 km) offshore between Muskegon, Michigan and White Lake.[50] |
19 October
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| L'Esperance | Belgium |
The F Alexander-owned cargo ship was wrecked off the Skalskar Lighthouse, Finland.[75] |
| Samuel J. Christian | United States |
The tug collided with John J. Albright ( United States) and sank, a total loss. Her master, cook and fireman were killed.[90] |
| Swallow | United States |
The cargo steamer foundered in a gale 10 or 18 miles (29 km) west of Long Point, Ontario in Lake Erie. The crew made it to the barge Manitu that she had been towing.[91][92] |
20 October
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| City of Cleveland | United States |
The steamer in fog struck a rock and sank opposite Ballards Reef in the Detroit River.[16] |
22 October
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| A. J. Goddard | United States |
The Klondike Gold Rush-era sternwheeler was named after Seattle businessman Albert J. Goddard. She was built for use on the Upper Yukon River in Canada. Her prefabricated components were built in San Francisco and shipped to Skagway, Alaska. She sank in a storm on Lake Laberge on 22 October 1901. Her wreck was discovered in 2008. |
| Elizabeth | United States |
The ferry caught fire off Jersey City. She returned to her slip and evacuated passengers and then was beached on Communipaw Flats.[4] |
26 October
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Helen Miller Gould | United States |
The auxiliary fishing motor schooner was destroyed by fire at North Sydney, Nova Scotia.[93][94] |
29 October
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Bluestone | United States |
The tug sank at her dock when her bow was caught under the dock by a rising tide resulting her flooding through the bunker holes.[4] |
| Unknown barges | United States |
Some barges, under tow of Thomas Purcell, Jr. ( United States), were damaged in a collision with Buenaventura ( United States) in the North River. They were towed to Communipaw Flats where they sank.[95] |
| Unknown scow | United States |
A scow capsized and sank off the Sandy Hook Light. One crewman killed.[4] |
| Walrus | United States |
The steamer burned between Edmonds, Washington and Ballard, Washington.[14] |
November
2 November
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Phoenix | United States |
The tow steamer was swept by the tide into a collision with another vessel and sank in San Francisco Bay. Raised and repaired. One crewman killed.[39] |
4 November
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Ondine | United States |
The steamer struck an obstruction in the Mississippi River near Andalusia, Illinois and sank in seven feet (2.1 m) of water. Later raised and repaired.[1] |
6 November
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Ida L. Tebo | United States |
The tug was sunk in a collision in Hell Gate with the tug Wrestler ( United States).[4] |
7 November
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| A. B. Taylor | United States |
The steamer was destroyed by fire at Grand Haven, Michigan.[50] |
9 November
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| G. W. Wright | United States |
The tow steamer caught fire and sank at a dock at Ninety Ninth Street in the North River.[4] |
| Oriole | United States |
While towing the barges Nome City and Reception ( United States), the 6 GRT, 33.7-foot (10.3 m) steamship was carried out by ice and wrecked on the beach on the coast of the District of Alaska at the entrance to Kotzebue Sound about 10 nautical miles (19 km; 12 mi) east of Cape Espenberg. Her crew survived.[66] |
| Valkyrie | United Kingdom |
The German steamship Tijuca accidentally rammed the 2,270 GRT British sailing ship Valkyrie in the River Elbe off Brockdorf, sinking her.[96][97] |
10 November
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| S. S. Brewster | United States |
The steamer was trapped under a dock by the rising tide and was flooded and sunk at Georgetown, South Carolina.[1] |
12 November
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| White Abbey | United Kingdom |
The steam collier, on a voyage from Preston to Carrickfergus with coal, foundered off the coast of Groomsport, County Down, Ireland, in a heavy storm and was declared a total loss. The captain and his eight crew were lost.[98] (The wreck was later raised and rebuilt in 1902.)[99] |
14 November
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Beauchamp | Royal National Lifeboat Institution |
The local lifeboat capsized off Caister-on-Sea, Norfolk, England, with the loss of nine lives. Three of her crew rescued.[100][101] |
| Richmond | United States |
The passenger steamer burned at Fredericksburg, Virginia.[4] |
| Wenona | United States |
The steamer was sunk in a collision with Regulator ( United States) in the Willamette River off Post Office Bar, Oregon.[14] |
16 November
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Paul Le Roux | United States |
The steamer was destroyed by fire at dock in Rensselaer, New York.[4] |
| Titania | United Kingdom |
The barquentine, owned by Bowring Brothers, was wrecked in Pound Bay, Trepassey, Newfoundland, with loss of one crewmenber.[102] |
19 November
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Fred Hartweg | United States |
The steamer struck an obstruction and sank in the Mississippi River.[16] |
20 November
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Vigilant | United States |
The dredge was destroyed by fire near Blair, Pennsylvania due to gas escaping from the river bed while dredging being ignited by her furnace.[16] |
22 November
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Fritz | United States |
The steamer struck an obstruction and sank in the Mississippi River while on the way to assist Fred Hartweg. Raised and repaired.[16] |
23 November
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Robert Haddon | United States |
The tug drifted onto the beach at Long Branch, New Jersey after losing her rudder. Total loss.[4] |
| Unknown barge | United States |
A barge, under the tow of Navigator ( United States), was cut loose by her tow when a gale hit them off Manasquon, New Jersey and was blown ashore.[95] |
24 November
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Grant | United States |
The barge was driven ashore 12 miles (19 km) north of Barnegat, New Jersey in a severe storm after breaking loose from the tug Eureka ( United States). All crewmen killed.[4] |
| Wilmore | United States |
The barge was driven ashore 12 miles (19 km) north of Barnegat, New Jersey in a severe storm after breaking loose from the tug Eureka ( United States). One crewman killed.[4] |
27 November
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| John K. Speed | United States |
The steamer struck an obstruction and sank in the Mississippi River near Presidents Island three miles (4.8 km) below Memphis, Tennessee.[16] |
28 November
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Merle Spalding | United States |
The laid up steamer burned at Read's Landing Bay, Wisconsin, a total loss.[103] |
29 November
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| O. A. Crandall | United States |
The tug was sunk by ice, probably near Albany, New York.[4] |
| Occoquan | United States |
The steamer burned in Occoquan Creek on the Potomac River.[4] |
30 November
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Chilian | United States |
The 248 GRT bark was lost when she struck a rock on the south side of Dutch Harbor on Amaknak Island in the Aleutian Islands. She was abandoned and was sold at auction on 7 December.[104] |
| Fearless | United States |
The 248-ton steam whaling bark was lost when she struck a rock while at anchor on the south side of Dutch Harbor on Amaknak Island in the Aleutian Islands. Her crew of 28 survived.[104] |
| San Rafael | United States |
The ferry collided with Sausalito ( United States) and sank in San Francisco Bay in dense fog. One crewman and two passengers killed.[39] |
