List of shipwrecks in 1906

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The list of shipwrecks in 1906 includes ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during 1906.

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1 January

List of shipwrecks: 1 January 1906
ShipStateDescription
Annie Park  United Kingdom The 214-ton schooner was wrecked on St. Govan's Head. Her captain and three crewmen died, two others made it to shore.[1][2]
N.E.T. Co. No. 61  United States The 197-gross register ton scow sank off Duck Island at the mouth of the Housatonic River on the coast of Connecticut. The only person on board survived.[3]

2 January

List of shipwrecks: 2 January 1906
ShipStateDescription
Ailsa  Norway The 1,146-ton sailing vessel was abandoned off Rockall.[4]
Frank  United States The 31-gross register ton sidewheel paddle steamer filled with water and sank from unknown causes in the Mississippi River at O'Bryan's Landing or Brien's Landing (sources disagree) near Cairo, Illinois. All three people aboard survived, but she was a total loss.[5][6]
Genevieve  United States The steamer sank from an open seam in the Great Kanawha River at Charleston, West Virginia. Raised and recaulked.[7]
Jennie Wand  United States The 171-gross register ton schooner was stranded on the coast of the Baja California Peninsula 2 miles from La Paz, Mexico. All six people on board survived.[8][9]
Pepin  Spain The 1,026-ton cargo ship was wrecked on Scarweather Sands.[10]

3 January

List of shipwrecks: 3 January 1906
ShipStateDescription
Gwladys  Canada The 127-ton sailing vessel was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean.[11]
Kipling  United Kingdom The 142-ton sailing vessel was abandoned in the mid-Atlantic Ocean and sank in a gale. The crew were rescued.[12]
Priscilla  United Kingdom The 141-ton vessel was wrecked on Rocky Point, Torrisdale Bay.[13]
Rowtor  United Kingdom The 288-foot (88 m), 2,351-ton cargo vessel struck a reef north of the Fratelli Rocks near Bizerta, French Tunisia, in heavy rain and rough seas. She traveled over the reef into deep water where she sank 3⁄4 mile (1.2 km) west of the rocks.[14][15]

4 January

List of shipwrecks: 4 January 1906
ShipStateDescription
Ariosa  United States The 140-gross register ton screw steam tug grounded on Romer Shoal, New York, and sank in dense fog in six feet (1.8 m) of water. Wreck removed in 1914. All nine people on board survived.[5][16][17][18]
Caobang  France The 4,146-ton cargo ship was wrecked at Pulo Kampong.[19]
Carlisle  United Kingdom The 2,151-ton ship burned in the Saigon River.[20]
Inger  Denmark The 1,145-ton cargo ship was wrecked at Wheatall Point, near Sunderland.[21]

5 January

List of shipwrecks: 5 January 1907
ShipStateDescription
Cordillera  Norway The 635-ton sailing vessel was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean.[22]
Webbers Falls  United States The 26-gross register ton sidewheel paddle steamer sank in the Arkansas River at Webbers Falls, Oklahoma. Both people on board survived.[23]

6 January

List of shipwrecks: 6 January 1906
ShipStateDescription
Eva Belle Cain  United States The tow steamer was sunk in a gale off Salem, New Jersey. Later raised.[24]
Ordovician  United Kingdom The 1,112-ton cargo vessel was wrecked near Torres Vedras, Portugal.[25]

7 January

List of shipwrecks: 7 January 1906
ShipStateDescription
Royal Alfred  United Kingdom The 151-ton cargo ship sank off Avonmouth.[26]

8 January

List of shipwrecks: 8 January 1906
ShipStateDescription
James E. Stansbury  United States The 51-gross register ton schooner was stranded at Cedar Point, Maryland. All eight people on board survived.[8]
Samuel L. Russell  United States The 179-gross register ton schooner sank in Chesapeake Bay with the loss of all five people on board.[27]
Scioto  United States The 84-gross register ton sternwheel paddle steamer either struck a coal flat or collided with an unnamed car float (sources disagree) on the Mississippi River at Vicksburg, Mississippi, and sank in eight feet (2.4 m) of water. All six people on board survived.[28][29]

9 January

List of shipwrecks: 9 January 1906
ShipStateDescription
Richard  Canada The 148.6-foot (45.3 m), 466-ton steam barge struck a rock, or ran aground, and was wrecked at Blanche Island, Shelburne, Nova Scotia in thick weather.[30][31]

10 January

List of shipwrecks: 10 January 1906
ShipStateDescription
Nicholas Thayer  United States The 584-gross register ton bark departed Seattle, Washington, bound for Seward, District of Alaska, with 10 people on board and was never heard from again.[32]
Roberta  United States The steamer was wrecked when she struck a wooden projection of a bridge at Grand Ecore, Louisiana, and sank 500 yards (460 m) below the bridge. A deck hand and a chambermaid were killed.[29]

11 January

List of shipwrecks: 11 January 1906
ShipStateDescription
Altona  Canada The 149-foot (45 m), 691-ton barquentine went aground on Shovelful Shoals, she was pulled off by the tug Gypsum Queen. She sank the next day, 12 January, in the channel east, or 1+1⁄2 miles (2.4 km) west northwest of Pollock Rip Lightship in about 7 fathoms (42 ft; 13 m) of water.[33][34]
Cascade  United States The steamer grounded and sank in the Ohio River below the Union Bridge, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Raised, repaired and returned to service.[35]
Iris  Norway The 1,382-ton cargo ship was wrecked on Horns Reef, Denmark.[36]
Richard K. Fox  United States The 47-gross register ton schooner was stranded on the coast of Mexico in the Bay of Campeche. All four people on board survived.[27]
Servia  Norway The 1,227-ton sailing vessel was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean.[37]
Shafner Bros.  Canada The 148-ton vessel stranded on Gull Rocks southwest of Briar Island, Digby, Nova Scotia. She came off and stranded again on Green Island, Tusket Islands, a Total Loss.[38]
W. H. Kruger  United States The 469-gross register ton screw steamer sank off Point Arena, California. All 16 people on board survived.[28]

12 January

List of shipwrecks: 12 January 1906
ShipStateDescription
Cherokee  United States The steamer ran aground on Brigantine shoal in dense fog. Pulled off by tugs on 13 January.[39]
Itata  United Kingdom
Itata

The barque was destroyed by fire at Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia. She later was scuttled in Saltpan Creek, Middle Harbour, Sydney, Australia.

W. H. Kruger  United States The steamer either foundered at sea off Navarro, California, or ran aground and was wrecked near Greenwood, California, on 11 or 12 January.[40][41]

13 January

List of shipwrecks: 13 January 1906
ShipStateDescription
Orion  United Kingdom The 1,970-ton vessel was wrecked near Merlimont, France.[42]
Robert H. Stevenson  United States The 1,290-gross register ton schooner was stranded on Diamond Shoals on the coast of North Carolina with the loss of all 12 people on board.[27]
Unknown  United States A barge, under the tow of the tug Eugene F. Moran ( United States), capsized, and after her towline was cut she sank off the New York City dumping grounds. The only crewman on the barge was lost, and the only crewman on another barge that Eugene F. Moran was towing also was lost somehow.[16]

14 January

List of shipwrecks: 14 January 1906
ShipStateDescription
Boringuen  United States The 15-gross register ton schooner was stranded at Yabucoa, Puerto Rico. All three people on board survived.[43]
Hattie  United States The 66-gross register ton steam screw ferry burned at dock at Courtwright, Ontario. All four people on board survived, but she was a total loss.[5][44]
Serbia  Germany The 2,344-ton cargo ship was wrecked at Nieuwe Diep.[45]

15 January

List of shipwrecks: 15 January 1906
ShipStateDescription
Dione  Sweden The 221-ton vessel was wrecked near Dales Voe Walls.[46]

16 January

List of shipwrecks: 16 January 1906
ShipStateDescription
Manhattan  Canada The 100-ton vessel was wrecked near Canso, Nova Scotia.[47]

17 January

List of shipwrecks: 17 January 1906
ShipStateDescription
Atalanta  United States The 370-gross register ton brig was stranded on "No Man's Land", floated off and drifted onto Seal Island in Penobscot Bay off the coast of Maine. All seven people on board survived.[43][48]

18 January

List of shipwrecks: 18 January 1906
ShipStateDescription
Andrew Axton  United States The 99-gross register ton sternwheel paddle steamer caught fire in the Monongahela River and was beached at Duquesne, Pennsylvania, where she burned out and became a total loss. All 13 people on board survived.[5][49]
Cromartyshire United Kingdom The 248.8-foot (75.8 m), 1,554-ton sailing ship went aground off Vlissingen, Netherlands. She was refloated, arriving at Middelburg for repairs 12 February, repaired and returned to service 27 March.[50]

19 January

List of shipwrecks: 19 January 1906
ShipStateDescription
Horace G. Morse  United States The 437-gross register ton schooner was stranded on Bliss Island in New Brunswick, with the loss of two lives. There were five survivors.[51]
Vienna  United States The steamer struck an obstruction in the Tombigbee River at 10 Mile Shoal and sank.[52]

20 January

List of shipwrecks: 20 January 1906
ShipStateDescription
Zeta No. 2  United States The 17-gross register ton motor yacht was stranded in St. Augustine Inlet on the coast of Florida. Both people on board survived.[53]

21 January

List of shipwrecks: 21 January 1906
ShipStateDescription
Aquidabã Brazilian Navy The Aquidabã-class battleship blew up and sank while anchored off Jacarepaguá, Brazil, after her ammunition magazines exploded. The explosion and sinking killed 212 people. Of her 98 survivors, 36 were injured.
Trojan  United States The 2,632-gross register ton steel-hulled screw steamer sank after colliding in thick fog with the screw steamer Nacoochie ( United States) 3⁄8 mile (0.60 km) south west the Vineyard Sound Lightship in 15 fathoms (90 ft; 27 m) of water off Vineyard Haven, Massachusetts. wreck partially removed between 6 September and 11 October increasing clearance to 11 fathoms (66 ft; 20 m). Nacoochie rescued all 25 members of her crew.[28][54][55]

22 January

List of shipwrecks: 22 January 1906
ShipStateDescription
Antoinette  France The 130-ton sailing vessel was abandoned off Ushant.[56]
Gypsum King  United States The 562-gross register ton iron-hulled tug was wrecked in thick fog on St. Mary Ledge (part of the Murr Ledges), a reef 3 miles (4.8 km) south-southeast of Southwest Head Light near Grand Manan, New Brunswick, Canada. All 17 people on board survived and rowed to shore in a lifeboat, but she was a total loss. Her wreck settled in 35 feet (11 m) of water 44°28.8′N 066°49.9′W / 44.4800°N 66.8317°W / 44.4800; -66.8317 (Gypsum King).[5][57][58][59]
Jautris  Russia The 178-ton cargo ship was sunk in a collision 30 miles (48 km) off Ushant.[60]
Redcap  United Kingdom The 135-ton fishing vessel was wrecked at Redcap, Orkney Islands.[61]
Rees Lee  United States The 463-gross register ton sternwheel paddle steamer struck a submerged object in the Mississippi River at Burns Landing near Tiptonville, Tennessee, and sank. All 28 people on board survived, but she was a total loss.[28][62]
Valencia  United States
SS Valencia
With 164 people on board, the 1,598-gross register ton screw passenger steamer was wrecked off Pachena Point, Vancouver Island, British Columbia, in thick weather and heavy seas with the loss of 136 lives — 42 crew and 92 passengers — according to one source and 126 lives according to another. The ship broke up about 36 hours later.[28][63][64]

23 January

List of shipwrecks: 23 January 1906
ShipStateDescription
Helena  United States The 28-gross register ton sternwheel paddle steamer was destroyed by an explosion on the Amite River at Whitehall, Louisiana, killing all five people on board.[65]

24 January

List of shipwrecks: 24 January 1906
ShipStateDescription
Collingham  United Kingdom The 2,405-ton cargo vessel was wrecked at Cape Silleiro, Spain.[66]
Genesta  Canada The 393-ton barquentine was wrecked on Scorpion Reef in the Gulf of Mexico. The crew were rescued by the fishing schooner B. F. Sutter and landed at Pensacola, Florida.[67][68]
Morning Star  United Kingdom The 186-ton cargo ship was sunk in a collision 3 miles (4.8 km) from the Newarp Lightship.[69]
Regulator  United States
Regulator
The 508-gross register ton sternwheel paddle steamer was destroyed by an explosion and fire while undergoing an overhaul on the ways at St. Johns, Oregon.[28] One source says that all 20 people on board survived,[28] while another says that two crew members were killed.
Stephen Woolsey  United States The 32-gross register ton schooner was stranded at Montauk Point on the eastern end of Long Island, New York. All seven people on board survived.[27]
Tamagawa Maru  Japan The 565-ton cargo ship was wrecked in the Spex Straits.[70]
Wern  United Kingdom The 162-ton cargo ship was sunk in a collision 3 miles (4.8 km) southeast of Point Lynas, United Kingdom.[71]

25 January

List of shipwrecks: 25 January 1906
ShipStateDescription
Avenel  United Kingdom The 271-ton cargo vessel was wrecked outside Thurso harbour, Scotland.[72]
L. Odin  United States The 19-gross register ton sloop was stranded at Jones Inlet, Long Island, New York. All three people on board survived.[8]
Mariechen  Germany Disabled and adrift since 25 December 1905, when a deadlight in her coal bunker had sprung open, leaving her without steam power during a voyage from Seattle, Washington, to Vladivostok in the Russian Empire with a crew of 50 and cargo of 5,000 tons of general merchandise on board, the 2,521-gross register ton, 289.6-foot (88.3 m) cargo steamer was wrecked during a snowstorm on a rock in False Bay (57°58′N 134°55′W / 57.967°N 134.917°W / 57.967; -134.917 (False Bay)) in Chatham Strait in the Alexander Archipelago in Southeast Alaska. She was later salvaged.[73]

26 January

List of shipwrecks: 26 January 1906
ShipStateDescription
Dixon Rice  Canada The 196-ton barquentine was wrecked on Riding Rocks, Biminia, Bahamas, a total loss, though some equipment was salvaged.[74]
Lillian  United States The yacht caught fire at dock at South Portland, Maine, and burned to the waterline and sank. Total loss.[75]
Thyra  Germany The 991-ton cargo ship was sunk in a collision in the North Sea.[76]
Unknown  United States The car float, under tow of Defiance ( United States), sank two miles (3.2 km) below Brown Buoy.[39]
Willie  United States With no one on board, the 14-gross register ton sternwheel motor paddle vessel burned on the Ohio River at New Amsterdam, Indiana.[77]

27 January

List of shipwrecks: 27 January 1906
ShipStateDescription
Agnes  Australia The launch sank after a collision in Sydney Harbour.
Elisabetta  Italy The 390-ton cargo ship was wrecked at Stromboli.[78]

28 January

List of shipwrecks: 28 January 1906
ShipStateDescription
Irene  United States The 491-gross register ton brig was abandoned at sea 25 nautical miles (46 km; 29 mi) southeast of Cape Lookout, North Carolina. All seven people on board survived.[8]
Unknown  United States A car float, under tow by the tug Transfer No. 9 ( United States), was sunk in a collision with Calderon ( Belgium) off The Battery, New York City.[16]

29 January

List of shipwrecks: 29 January 1906
ShipStateDescription
Charlotte  Russia The 1,119-ton cargo ship was abandoned 20 miles (32 km) west of Lonstrup, Denmark. The crew survived, but the ship was a total loss.[79]
Telephone  Canada The 100-ton vessel was wrecked at Cape St. Marys near Cape Race.[80]

30 January

List of shipwrecks: 30 January 1906
ShipStateDescription
Kenilworth  United Kingdom The 327-ton cargo vessel struck a submerged rock and was beached to prevent sinking off Cove, near Aberdeen, a total loss.[81]

Unknown date

List of shipwrecks: unknown January 1906
ShipStateDescription
Franz  Germany The 160-ton fishing vessel departed Geestemunde on 2 January and vanished.[82]
Neptun  Denmark The 784-ton cargo vessel departed Burryport on 30 January and vanished. Debris was found on 5 February by the smacks Challenger and Sucessor about 65 miles (105 km) southeast of Lowestoft.[83][84]
Olive  United Kingdom The 824-ton cargo vessel departed Santander, Spain on 17 January and vanished.[85]
Othello  Chile The 71.2-metre (234 ft) 1,450-ton full rigged sailing ship departed Caleta Coloso on 8 January and vanished.[86]
Sumus  United Kingdom The 223-ton cargo vessel departed Middlesbrough on 18 January and vanished. Probably sank in a blizzard during the night of 18–19 January, Her boat and six bodies, out of nine crew, were found in the afternoon of 19 January ashore at Gristhorpe.[87][88]

February

1 February

List of shipwrecks: 1 February 1906
ShipStateDescription
Alma  Norway The 479-ton vessel was wrecked at Malden Island.[89]
Henry Harley  United States The steamer was pushed by wind during a gale into the bluff at Buffalo, Tennessee in the Cumberland River breaking a hole in her side causing her to sink in eight feet (2.4 m) of water. Raised and repaired.[90]
Laura  United States The tow steamer grounded on Burlington Island at low tide. When the tide came back in she listed to port and filled with water. Scheduled to be pumped out.[39]
Ludwig  Germany The 507-ton cargo ship was wrecked at Harboore.[91]

2 February

List of shipwrecks: 2 February 1906
ShipStateDescription
Ariadne  Germany The 1,671-ton vessel was wrecked off Crestan, Mazatlán, Mexico, in the Gulf of California.[92]
Giuseppina  Italy The 208-ton vessel was wrecked near Bona.[93]
Yankee Maid  United States The 58-gross register ton schooner was stranded on Seal Island off the coast of Maine. The only person aboard survived.[5]

3 February

List of shipwrecks: 3 February 1906
ShipStateDescription
Fortuna  United States With no one on board, the 10-gross register ton sloop-rigged yacht was stranded at Ipswich, Massachusetts.[8]
Marshal  United Kingdom The 1,785-ton vessel was wrecked west of Hook of Holland.[94]
Swansea Castle  United Kingdom The 160.2-foot (48.8 m) 594-ton barque sank in the South Atlantic Ocean (28°33′S 24°18′W / 28.550°S 24.300°W / -28.550; -24.300) after springing leaks in heavy weather. The crew were rescued by Alice ( France).[95][96]

4 February

List of shipwrecks: 4 February 1906
ShipStateDescription
Bessie Dodd  Canada The 125-ton vessel was wrecked at St. Shotts, Newfoundland.[97]
Costas  Greece The 1,329-ton cargo ship was stranded on Petro Island, Tenedos. Refloated and sold for scrap.[98]
Dunbritton  United Kingdom The 237.5-foot (72.4 m) 1,536-ton barque sank in the North Sea when her tow lines parted in heavy weather having been dismasted earlier.[99][100]
James Sowders  United States The 13-gross register ton sternwheel motor paddle vessel was "cut down by ice" on the Ohio River at Leavenworth, Indiana. Both people on board survived.[65]

5 February

List of shipwrecks: 5 February 1906
ShipStateDescription
Mobile Bay  United Kingdom The 1,117-ton cargo vessel burned at Anping, Formosa.[101]
Richard  United States The 1,338-ton cargo ship was wrecked on St. Andrew's Island.[102]
Starke  United States The 209-gross register ton schooner was stranded on Chandeleur Island in the Chandeleur Islands on the coast of Louisiana. All six people on board survived.[27]

6 February

List of shipwrecks: 6 February 1906
ShipStateDescription
Carey Bros.  United States The grain boat, under tow by New York Central No. 20 ( United States), suddenly sank in the North River off New York City.[103]
David  United States The 1,337-gross register ton steel-hulled steamer was stranded on San Andrés Island in Costa Rica. All 21 people on board survived.[5]
Domenico Padre  Italy The 116-ton vessel was wrecked at Licata, Sicily.[104]
Fearless  United Kingdom The 1,422-ton cargo ship was damaged in a collision at Egremont, Merseyside and was beached, breaking in half. The vessel was later refloated, beached again at Tranmere, Merseyside, and sold.[105]
Febo  Italy The 2,271-ton cargo ship was wrecked on Cannon Rock, near Cloughey, County Down, Ireland, United Kingdom.[106]
Hindustan  United Kingdom The 133-ton fishing vessel sank off Conningbeg Lightship, Ireland, United Kingdom.[107]

7 February

List of shipwrecks: 7 February 1906
ShipStateDescription
Tris Ichrarchai  Ottoman Empire The 389-ton vessel was wrecked at Ischia in the Gulf of Naples, about 30 kilometres (19 miles) from Naples.[108]

8 February

List of shipwrecks: 8 February 1906
ShipStateDescription
County of Roxburgh  United Kingdom The 285.5-foot (87.0 m) 2,209-ton barque was wrecked in a cyclone on a coral reef of Takaroa, Tuamotu archipelago, French Polynesia. Ten crewmen died.[109][110]
Dalles City  United States The steamer struck a rock in the Columbia River at Curtis Landing, Washington, and was beached in a sinking condition.[111]
Eimeo  France The 150-ton vessel was wrecked off Tikahau, Paumolee Group.[112]
Thomas J. Owen  United States The 68-gross register ton schooner burned at Sayreville, New Jersey. All four people aboard survived.[27]

10 February

List of shipwrecks: 10 February 1906
ShipStateDescription
Charleston  United States The 94-gross register ton sternwheel paddle steamer was stranded at Wolf Island Shute in Missouri. All 24 people on board survived.[5]

11 February

List of shipwrecks: 11 February 1906
ShipStateDescription
Christal  United States The 8-gross register ton motor vessel burned at Monhegan Isle in Maine. The only person on board survived.[5]
Joseph Hay  United States The 188-gross register ton schooner was stranded in the Sow and Pigs Islands off Massachusetts. All five people on board survived.[8]
Veronica  Norway The 150-ton fishing ship was wrecked 5 miles (8.0 km) east of Lossiemouth, Scotland.[113]
Vigilant  United Kingdom The 115-ton cargo vessel was wrecked at Covie, 10 miles (16 km) east of Banff.[114]

12 February

List of shipwrecks: 12 February 1906
ShipStateDescription
Kiuho Maru  Japan The 241-ton cargo ship was wrecked at Okushiri, Hokkaido.[115]
Unknown barges  United States Three barges, under tow of the tug Dauntless ( United States), broke loose when seas broke over the tug in a severe storm 35 miles (56 km) south of Cape Canaveral, Florida, and were lost.[116]

13 February

List of shipwrecks: 13 February 1906
ShipStateDescription
Darby  Norway The 883-ton vessel grounded at Yarmouth, Nova Scotia. She was refloated but very leaky and was condemned.[117]
Deer  United States The steamer went ashore in a gale four miles (6.4 km) south of Au Sable, Michigan.[44]
Easton  United States The covered barge was struck at dock at the foot of Twenty First Street, New York City, by the steamer Ganoga ( United States) after Ganoga's steering jammed in the East River. She was towed by Ganoga to Third Street, where she filled with water.[103]
Feronia  United Kingdom The 2,966-ton cargo vessel was wrecked in the Salween River at Moulmein, British Burma.[118]
Jennie Lockwood  United States The 433-gross register ton schooner was stranded on Pea Island on the Outer Banks of North Carolina. All six people on board survived.[8]
Mary E. Pierce  United States The 21-gross register ton screw steamer was wrecked four nautical miles (7.4 km; 4.6 mi) south of Au Sable, Michigan, when her wheel chains parted. Both people on board survived, but she was a total loss.[28][44]
Winifred A. Froan  United States The 858-gross register ton schooner was abandoned at sea off Cape Hatteras, North Carolina. All 14 people on board survived.[5]

14 February

List of shipwrecks: 14 February 1906
ShipStateDescription
Southcoates  United Kingdom The 232-ton fishing vessel was wrecked on the southeast coast of Iceland.[119]

15 February

List of shipwrecks: 15 February 1906
ShipStateDescription
Agamemnon  Greece The 1,096-ton cargo ship was wrecked at Zoungouldak.[120]
Blanche  United States The 48-gross register ton screw steamer burned at her dock at Hickman, Kentucky. All four people on board survived, but she was a total loss.[5][62]
Ira D. Sturgis  United States The 235-gross register ton schooner was stranded on the coast of Delaware near the Indian River. All five people on board survived.[8]
Maine  United States The laid-up 26-gross register ton sidewheel paddle steamer either was stranded or sank (sources disagree) in the Mississippi River at Albany, Illinois. All four people on board survived.[65][121]
Scotsman  United Kingdom The 189-ton cargo ship was lost in the Solway Firth.[122]

16 February

List of shipwrecks: 16 February 1906
ShipStateDescription
Abril  Spain The 1,295-ton cargo ship was wrecked 4 miles (6.4 km) from Clovelly, England.[123]
Dinnington  United Kingdom The 159-foot (48.5 m), 366-ton cargo vessel was wrecked on the Point of the Pool, Switha, breaking in two in a blinding snowstorm. Two crew died, nine others were rescued by the yawl Jack Reel ( United Kingdom).[124][125][126]

17 February

List of shipwrecks: 17 February 1906
ShipStateDescription
Golden Eagle  United Kingdom The 224-ton fishing vessel was wrecked near the Hvalsnes Reef, Iceland.[127]

18 February

List of shipwrecks: 18 February 1906
ShipStateDescription
Corennie  United Kingdom The 624-ton cargo ship was damaged in a collision in the Scheldt near Bath, Belgium and was beached, later breaking in half. The ship was declared a total loss.[128]
Württemberg  Germany The 253-ton fishing vessel was wrecked on the southeast coast of Iceland.[129]

19 February

List of shipwrecks: 19 February 1906
ShipStateDescription
L'Avenir  Belgium The steamer was wrecked two nautical miles (3.7 km) south of Flamborough Head, England.[130]
Tercera  Denmark The 205.1-foot (62.5 m), 1,063-ton barque was wrecked on a reef off Juan de Nova Island in the Madagascar Channel.[131][132]
Westphalia  Germany The 573-ton cargo ship was wrecked at Hanö.[133]

20 February

List of shipwrecks: 20 February 1906
ShipStateDescription
Rebecca B. Tennis  United States The 12-gross register ton sloop was stranded at Newport News, Virginia. The only person on board survived.[27]
Swan  United States The steamer sprung a leak and sank after being beached on a sandbar in the Savannah River 18 miles (29 km) west of Savannah, Georgia. Raised, repaired and returned to service.[116]

21 February

List of shipwrecks: 21 February 1906
ShipStateDescription
Dom Pedro  United States The 193-gross register ton barge was lost when she struck a dock at New York City. The only person on board survived.[77]
Kernwood  United States The launch was damaged in a collision off Florida with Ferry Palm Beach ( United States) resulting in a 2+1⁄2-foot (0.76 m) tear in her hull. She was towed to East side Landing where she sank.[116]
Kisshin Maru No. 2  Japan The 999-ton cargo ship was wrecked at Matoya, Shima Province, Japan.[134]
Phiscardon  Greece The 347-ton ship burned off Yniada.[135]

22 February

List of shipwrecks: 22 February 1906
ShipStateDescription
Corvin Matyas  Austria-Hungary The 3,093-ton cargo ship was wrecked on Cabezos, Tarifa.[136]
Lady Dora  United States The 14-gross register ton motor vessel sank in Galveston Bay on the coast of Texas. Both people on board survived.[28]
Maude Cassel  Netherlands The 3,917-ton, Doxford Turret-class cargo ship stranded on the Arkobadan Reef at Hapinge, Sweden. She later broke in two and was a total loss.[137][138]
Speke  United Kingdom The 310-foot (94 m), 2,712-ton sailing ship was wrecked in a gale on rocks on Philip Island, Kitty Miller Bay, Australia. One crewman died.[139][140]

23 February

List of shipwrecks: 23 February 1906
ShipStateDescription
Renner  United Kingdom The 100-ton vessel was wrecked near High Knock, Buxey.[141]
Valladares  Portugal The 158-ton cargo ship was sunk in a collision off Portugal.[142]

24 February

List of shipwrecks: 24 February 1906
ShipStateDescription
Jehan Ango  France The 114-ton cargo ship was sunk in a collision off "The Start".[143]

25 February

List of shipwrecks: 25 February 1906
ShipStateDescription
Germania  Germany The 802-ton sailing vessel was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean.[144]
Latwija  Russia The 428-ton vessel was wrecked near Ceara, Brazil.[145]
Linnet  United Kingdom The 127-ton fishing vessel was wrecked at Chalumna, South Africa.[146]
Mary V. Duncan  United States The 56-gross register ton schooner was lost when she collided with the schooner William and James ( United States) in the Chesapeake Bay. All four people on board survived.[147]

26 February

List of shipwrecks: 26 February 1906
ShipStateDescription
John Howard  United States The 32-gross register ton schooner burned at Portsmouth, Virginia. Both people on board survived.[8]
Quadra Canada The 174.5-foot (53.2 m), 573-ton lighthouse tender foundered in Nanaimo Harbour, Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada. Raised, repaired, and returned to service 1906.[148][149]

27 February

List of shipwrecks: 27 February 1906
ShipStateDescription
Baldwin Saint Vincent The 561-ton barquentine caught fire and was beached at St. Vincent, a total loss.[150]
Eliza J. Pendleton  United States The 672-ton coastal schooner was abandoned 190 miles (310 km) off Fire Island.[151]
Jesse W. Starr  United States The 307-gross register ton schooner was abandoned in the North Atlantic Ocean off Virginia at 37°37′N 074°36′W / 37.617°N 74.600°W / 37.617; -74.600 (Jesse W. Starr). All six people on board perished.[8]

28 February

List of shipwrecks: 28 February 1906
ShipStateDescription
Blonde  United Kingdom The 199-ton cargo ship sank in the North Sea.[152]
Gus Shammel  United States The 42-gross register ton screw steamer burned in Choctawhatchee Bay, Florida. All three people on board survived.[5]
Number Eleven  United States The 953-gross register ton schooner barge foundered in heavy seas in a gale off the coast of Maryland 10 nautical miles (19 km) east-southeast of the Fenwick Island Lightship with the loss of all five people on board. The crew of her tow steamer saw four of her crewmen abandon ship in a lifeboat, but they were never seen again.[27][153]
Thor  Norway The 299-ton cargo ship was wrecked at Lyngholmen, Norway.[154]

Unknown date

List of shipwrecks: Unknown February 1906
ShipStateDescription
Albert  Denmark The 94.5-foot (28.8 m) 125-ton schooner departed Svendborg, Denmark 24 February and vanished.[155][156]
Buller  United Kingdom The St Ives pilot boat, with seven pilots on board, capsized, in St Ives Bay, Cornwall, when a schooner hit her, throwing all her occupants into the water. There were no fatalities.[157]
Centennial  United States The 2,075-gross register ton, 324-foot (98.8 m) iron-hulled screw steamer departed Hakodate, Japan, bound for San Francisco, California, with a crew of 38 aboard on 24 February and was never heard from again. The steamer Pennsylvania (flag unknown) sighted wreckage from Centennial in the North Pacific Ocean in late March 1906. In 1912, Russian explorers found Centennial frozen in the ice and abandoned in the Sea of Okhotsk off Sakhalin Island with no lifeboats aboard and no sign of her crew.[5][158]
Ferdinand Fischer  Germany The 235.5-foot (71.8 m), 1,777-ton vessel departed Geelong, Victoria, Australia on 13 February and vanished, possibly in Bass Strait.[159][160]
Stainburn  United Kingdom The Workington collier almost wrecked on the Runnelstone, off Gwennap Head, Cornwall, and caught fire. She managed to make her way to Penzance where she was repaired.[161]

March

1 March

List of shipwrecks: 1 March 1906
ShipStateDescription
Africa  Italy The 716-ton vessel was wrecked off Mananzary, Portuguese Madagascar.[162][163]
Agincourt  United Kingdom The 4,232-ton cargo vessel was wrecked in the Pelew Islands.[164]
John R. Bergen  United States The 647-gross register ton schooner was abandoned in the North Atlantic Ocean at 36°12′N 072°30′W / 36.200°N 72.500°W / 36.200; -72.500 (John R. Bergen). All seven people on board survived.[8]
Willard  United States The tug sank off Rockport, Massachusetts. Three of five crewmen died.[165]

2 March

List of shipwrecks: 2 March 1906
ShipStateDescription
Augustine  United Kingdom The 1,106-ton cargo vessel was wrecked on Diamenta Rock, off Benghazi, Italian Libya.[166]
Ocean Queen  United Kingdom The 421-ton steamer was wrecked on rocks called Les Kaines d’Amont, just one-quarter mile (0.40 km) off of Creux Mahie on the south coast of Guernsey (49°25′N 03°39′W / 49.417°N 3.650°W / 49.417; -3.650) in fog. Some crew in her dinghy made it to shore, others in her lifeboat were rescued by the tug Alert.[167][168][169][170]

3 March

List of shipwrecks: 3 March 1906
ShipStateDescription
Lizzie Chadwick  United States The 472-gross register ton schooner was abandoned off Cape Hatteras, North Carolina. All six people on board survived.[8]
Myndert Starin  United States With no one on board, the 203-gross register ton barge sank at Weehawken, New Jersey.[77]
Navahoe  United States The steamer grounded on Middle Bar inside the bar at Cape Fear in a gale with heavy rain. Refloated on 9 March after removal of cargo.[171]

4 March

List of shipwrecks: 4 March 1906
ShipStateDescription
Mary Manning  United States The 1,233-gross register ton schooner was severely damaged and dismasted in a gale and was abandoned after a 110-hour struggle in the North Atlantic Ocean at 39°00′N 68°00′W / 39.000°N 68.000°W / 39.000; -68.000 (Mary Manning). All eight people aboard were rescued by Casilda.[27][172]
Thordis  Norway The 3,735-ton cargo ship was wrecked at Port Stephens, New South Wales, in heavy weather. She broke up a week later, a total loss.[173][174]

5 March

List of shipwrecks: 5 March 1906
ShipStateDescription
John S. Deering  United States The 478-gross register ton schooner was abandoned at sea in the North Atlantic Ocean east of Virginia at 37°05′N 071°50′W / 37.083°N 71.833°W / 37.083; -71.833 (John S. Deering). Reported still afloat in waterlogged condition as late as July as a hazard to navigation drifting some 3,000 miles (4,800 km) at that time. All seven people on board survived.[8]
Knaresbro  United Kingdom The 3,101-ton cargo vessel was wrecked at Lemvig, Denmark.[175]
Senior  Germany The 597-ton cargo ship was wrecked at The Scaw, Denmark.[176]

6 March

List of shipwrecks: 6 March 1906
ShipStateDescription
Francesco  Italy The 748-ton vessel was wrecked at Sapelo.[177]
Hamilton Fish  United States The 1,616-gross register ton schooner barge or scow barge burned and sank in the North Atlantic Ocean off Barnegat, New Jersey. All three people on board survived.[8][178]
Millie  Canada The 639-ton schooner was wrecked off Avery's Rock, Machias Bay near Machias, Maine.[179][180]
Mokihana  United States The 15-gross register ton schooner was stranded at "Kahnlula", Maui, Territory of Hawaii. All three people aboard survived.[27][181]
Senjen  Norway The 273-ton cargo ship was wrecked at Fiskenes, Andøya, Norway.[182]

9 March

List of shipwrecks: 9 March 1906
ShipStateDescription
Jack Osborn  United States The 125-gross register ton sternwheel paddle steamer burned overnight at dock at New Orleans, Louisiana. All 15 people on board survived, but she was a total loss.[28][29]

10 March

List of shipwrecks: 10 March 1906
ShipStateDescription
Baines Hawkins  Canada The 189.6-foot (57.8 m), 703-ton cargo vessel was sunk by ice off Port Morien, Nova Scotia.[183][184]
Chillan  Chile The 624-ton cargo ship grounded on Maule, Chile. The ship was refloated and beached in sinking condition, a total loss.[185]
Nelson  United Kingdom The 1,842-ton cargo vessel was stranded on Pierres Vertis and sank in the Fromveur Passage.[186]
Tom Lysle  United States The tow steamer sprang a leak, rolled over on her side, and sank in the Monongahela River at Braddock, Pennsylvania. While the crew was transferring to the barge Tom Lysle was towing, one female crewmember, a chambermaid, was crushed to death between the vessels. The wreck was abandoned.[49]

11 March

List of shipwrecks: 11 March 1906
ShipStateDescription
British King  United Kingdom The 4,717-ton cargo vessel sank in a gale in the North Atlantic Ocean after springing leaks and cargo shift. Of 47 crew, 8 cattlemen, and 2 stowaways, Mannheim ( Germany) rescued 12 and her third officer, Bostonian ( United Kingdom) rescued 11 and her captain, plus five others after she sank at (41°40′N 60°11′W / 41.667°N 60.183°W / 41.667; -60.183). Her captain died two days later from injuries sustained. 28 crew in total died. One of Bostonian's lifeboats was smashed.[187][188]
Carrie  United States The tug sank at the Barnes Brothers dock, Port Richmond, New York. The wreck was raised a couple of days later.[189]

12 March

List of shipwrecks: 12 March 1906
ShipStateDescription
Ayrshire  United Kingdom The 133-ton fishing vessel sank in the North Sea.[190]
Colne  United Kingdom The 875-ton cargo vessel sank in the North Sea after cargo shift off the Dutch coast. The fishing smack Uncle Dick ( United Kingdom) rescued six and her captain. 12 others died.[187][191]
Decima  Germany The 794-ton cargo ship was wrecked at Hainan.[192]
Gefion  Norway The 428-ton vessel grounded at Fredriksvaern. She was refloated but sold and was broken up.[193]
Golden Rod  United States The 132-gross register ton schooner was stranded at Burgeo, Newfoundland. All nine people aboard survived.[8]
Snefrid  Norway The 399-ton vessel was wrecked near Laesoe in the Kattegat.[194]

13 March

List of shipwrecks: 13 March 1906
ShipStateDescription
Alligator  United States The passenger steamer struck a snag just above Heather Island and sank in five feet (1.5 m) of water. Passengers and crew went to Silver Springs, Florida, in small boats.[116]
Hermann  Germany The 436-ton barque was abandoned in the North Sea. The crew was rescued by the trawler Poonah.[195][196]
Hirondelle  France The 107-ton vessel was wrecked in Thursoe Bay.[197]
Kobold  Germany The 384-ton cargo ship sank in the Jadeplate.[198]
Olympian  United States The sidewheel paddle steamer was wrecked at Possession Bay, Chile, while under tow by the steamer Zealandia ( United States).[199]
Rigi  Norway The 499-ton sailing vessel was abandoned off Borkum.[200]
Sidonian  Sweden The 389-ton vessel was stranded on Laesoe. Refloated, condemned, and sold.[201]

14 March

List of shipwrecks: 14 March 1906
ShipStateDescription
Desdemona  United Kingdom The 242-ton fishing vessel was wrecked on Stokkseyri Reef, east of Reykjanes, Iceland.[202]

15 March

List of shipwrecks: 15 March 1906
ShipStateDescription
Tamerlane  Norway The 898-ton sailing vessel was abandoned off Heligoland.[203]

16 March

List of shipwrecks: 16 March 1906
ShipStateDescription
Holland  Netherlands The 258-ton fishing vessel sank 22 miles (35 km) off Terschelling.[204]
S. E. Davis  United States The 79-gross register ton schooner was stranded at Clark Island, Maine. All three people on board survived.[27]

17 March

List of shipwrecks: 17 March 1906
ShipStateDescription
Sebago  United States The 307-gross register ton schooner was stranded at Beaver Harbour, New Brunswick. All five people on board survived.[27]

18 March

List of shipwrecks: 18 March 1906
ShipStateDescription
Athen  Germany The cargo ship was wrecked at Portland Bill, United Kingdom.
Atlanta  United States The 200.1-foot (61 m), 1,129-gross register ton screw steamer burned on Lake Michigan 14 nautical miles (26 km) south of Sheboygan, Wisconsin. One crewman was killed. The fish tug Tessler ( United States) rescued her 39 survivors and towed her to shore, where she burned to the waterline. She was declared a total loss. Her wreck lies 800 feet (244 m) off Cedar Grove, Wisconsin, in 17 feet (5.2 m) of water and is within the boundaries of the Wisconsin Shipwreck Coast National Marine Sanctuary.[5][205][206][207][208]
Swale  United Kingdom The 297-ton cargo ship was sunk in a collision off Bexhill.[209]

19 March

List of shipwrecks: 19 March 1906
ShipStateDescription
C. C. Lane  United States The 321-gross register ton schooner was stranded at Boston, Massachusetts. All six people on board survived.[43]
Gordon Rowe  United States The oyster steamer sank at dock over night at New Haven, Connecticut, due to water not being shut off after filling a tank. One crewman sleeping on board died.[210]
H. C. French  United States The 142-gross register ton steam canal boat was stranded at New Haven, Connecticut. All four people on board survived.[5]
Lady Antrim  United States The 87-gross register ton schooner sank off Marblehead, Massachusetts, with the loss of three lives. There was one survivor.[8]
N.E.T. Co. No. 10  United States The 197-gross register ton scow sank off the breakwater at New Haven, Connecticut. The only person on board survived.[3]
Oak  United States The 302-gross register ton barge was stranded in the Chesapeake Bay at Thimble Shoal off the coast of Virginia. Both people on board survived.[77]
Violet  United States The 15-gross register ton sternwheel motor paddle vessel was crushed by ice on the Missouri River at Blencoe, Iowa. The only person on board survived.[28]
Walter J. Schloefer  United States The 138-gross register ton canal boat was stranded at New Haven, Connecticut. All three people on board survived.[77]

20 March

List of shipwrecks: 20 March 1906
ShipStateDescription
Amanda Powell  United States The tow steamer caught on the dock when the tide came back and she filled with water. She was pumped out.[153]
Martha E. McCabe  United States The 345-gross register ton schooner barge or scow barge sank at Barnegat, New Jersey. All six people on board survived.[27]
Sainte Marie  Canada The 148-ton vessel was wrecked at Seaside, Brinker Island.[211]

21 March

List of shipwrecks: 21 March 1906
ShipStateDescription
Mary B.  United States The steamer struck an obstruction in the Mississippi River one-half mile (0.80 km) above Belle Point and sank in three minutes in 80 feet (24 m) of water. Four crewmen killed.[212]
Raymond T. Maull  United States The 538-gross register ton schooner was stranded on Gull Shoal on the coast of North Carolina. All six people on board survived.[27]
Restituta Madre  Italy The 567-ton cargo ship sank 50 miles (80 km) from Aboukir.[213]

22 March

List of shipwrecks: 22 March 1906
ShipStateDescription
Edith and May  United States The 128-gross register ton schooner was stranded in the Berry Islands in the Bahamas. All five people on board survived.[43]
Jennie and Florence Cahill  United States With no one on board, the 168-gross register ton barge sank off Oyster Bay, New York.[77]
Sard  United Kingdom The 480-ton cargo vessel was wrecked 2 miles (3.2 km) west of Portrush, Ireland, United Kingdom.[214]

24 March

List of shipwrecks: 24 March 1906
ShipStateDescription
Rutte  Russia The 348-ton cargo ship was sunk in a collision off the Isle of Wight.[215]
Unknown car float  United States A car float, under tow of the tug Harry G. Runkle ( United States), filled and sank in the North River off the Pennsylvania Railroad Ferry Dock, Jersey City, New Jersey.[189]

26 March

List of shipwrecks: 26 March 1906
ShipStateDescription
Arendal  Norway The 255-ton vessel was stranded at the entrance to Sunderland. Later refloated and broken up.[216]
Clara E. Uhler  United States The tug sunk at dock in East Boston, Massachusetts, possibly snagged on the dock when the tide went out. Raised and repaired.[165]
Joseph W. Ross  United States The tug struck a snag in the lower part of Boston Harbor and was beached on Lovells Island to prevent sinking in deep water. Raised and repaired.[165]
Nannie B  United States The 85-gross register ton screw steamer was stranded at Bennetts Point, South Carolina. All four people on board survived.[28]

27 March

List of shipwrecks: 27 March 1906
ShipStateDescription
Cecilia Hill  United States The steamer burned at dock at Fish Creek, Wisconsin.[205]

28 March

List of shipwrecks: 28 March 1906
ShipStateDescription
Aphrodite  Greece The 609-ton cargo ship was wrecked at Rettimo, Crete.[217]

29 March

List of shipwrecks: 29 March 1906
ShipStateDescription
George T. Hay  United Kingdom The 1,647-ton sailing ship sank 125 miles (201 km) from Cape St. Francis (36°00′S 25°00′E / 36.000°S 25.000°E / -36.000; 25.000) in a storm. The crew were rescued by Pestalozzi ( Norway).[218][219]
Montbars  France The 150-ton cargo ship was sunk in a collision on a voyage between Hennebont and Swansea.[220]

31 March

List of shipwrecks: 31 March 1906
ShipStateDescription
Antonio  Italy The 902-ton vessel was wrecked on Cape Henry.[221]
Mary B  United States The 84-gross register ton sternwheel paddle steamer sank with the loss of four lives when she struck a log at Belle Point, Louisiana. There were six survivors.[28]
Newsboy  United States The steamer was damaged/wrecked on the bar at the entrance to Humboldt Bay, California. The tug Ranger ( United States) attempted to take her under tow, but was struck by Wasp ( United States) and was damaged and had to give up the attempt. Wasp made an unsuccessful attempt at passing a line. The crew abandoned her that evening. She ended up wrecked on the beach.[28][222][223][224][225]
W. H. Van Name  United States The 97-gross register ton schooner was lost when she struck the submerged wreck of the barge Oak ( United States) in Hampton Roads on the coast of Virginia. All four people aboard survived.[5]

Unknown date

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date March 1906
ShipStateDescription
Adelene  Canada The 193-ton sailing vessel was abandoned at sea 60 miles (97 km) east of Highland Light on 18 March.[226]
SMS Albatross  Imperial German Navy The collier foundered in a storm.
Antonio  United Kingdom The 174-ton fishing vessel was last seen on 12 March in a severe storm in the North Sea. The vessel probably sank between 12 and 15 March.[227]
Carrie Easler  Canada The 179-ton sailing vessel was abandoned at sea off Nova Scotia on 18 March.[228]
Chersones  Russia The 1117-ton vessel left Antwerp on 15 March and vanished.[229]
Jonni  Germany The 155-ton fishing vessel departed Geestemunde on 11 March and vanished.[230]
Merchiston  United Kingdom The 1,840-ton cargo ship was sunk in a collision with Eda ( United Kingdom) 11 miles (18 km) north northeast of the Spurn Lightvessel off Spurn Head on 31 March or 1 April.[231][232][233]
Minister Jansen  Germany The 106-foot (32 m), 159-ton fishing trawler left Nordenham on 4 March and vanished.[234][235]
Nicholas Thayer  United States During a voyage from Seattle, Washington, to Seward, District of Alaska, with a crew of 16 and a cargo of 150 tons of coal, 150 tons of general merchandise, and 425,000 board feet (1,003 m3, 35,400 cu ft) of lumber, the 584-gross register ton, 138.9-foot (42.3 m) bark disappeared with the loss of all hands in the Gulf of Alaska. The discovery by Alaska Natives of wreckage and cargo on Sitkalidak Island in the Kodiak Archipelago led many to believe that she had sunk near Kodiak, although this was well west of her most likely route from Seattle to Seward.[236]

April

1 April

List of shipwrecks: 1 April 1906
ShipStateDescription
Minnie  United States The steamer sank at the Brownell Brothers Lumber Company dock in Berwick, Louisiana, in 35 feet (11 m) of water. Salvage not attempted.[212]

2 April

List of shipwrecks: 2 April 1906
ShipStateDescription
Alexander R.  Canada The cargo schooner was sunk in a collision with Afranmore (flag unknown) off Halifax, Nova Scotia. Total loss, later raised and sold.[237]
Edwardina Sweden The 845-ton vessel was wrecked near Nosara, Costa Rica.[238]
Epiros  Greece The 2,280-ton vessel sank off Crete.[239]
Henry O'Brien  United States The tug caught fire in Newark Bay and was beached on the flats. The fire was extinguished by the steamer Nanticoke ( United States).[240]
Loughrigg Holme  United Kingdom The 2,069-ton vessel was wrecked at Bari, refloated and later broken up at Palermo.[241]
Sarah E. Easton  United States The tow steamer sank in a collision with T. L. Sturtevant ( United States) in the North River off the Communipaw Coal Dock.[240]

3 April

List of shipwrecks: 3 April 1906
ShipStateDescription
Lady Lewis  United Kingdom The 2,930-ton vessel was wrecked near Motoges Point.[242]
Wyalusing  United States The 118-foot (36 m), 149-gross register ton steam screw tug was wrecked on Hardings Ledge, a reef off Hull, Massachusetts, and sank in up to 50 feet (15 m) of water at 42°18.315′N 070°50.869′W / 42.305250°N 70.847817°W / 42.305250; -70.847817 (Wyalusing). All nine people on board survived, but she was a total loss.[165][243]

6 April

List of shipwrecks: 6 April 1906
ShipStateDescription
Denbigh  United Kingdom The 301-ton vessel capsized and sank while under tow 25 miles (40 kilometres) northeast of Longships, Cornwall.[244]
J. B. Demange France The 417-ton vessel was wrecked at the entrance to St. Thomas, Virgin Islands.[245]
Royallieu  United Kingdom The 205-ton vessel was wrecked 3+1⁄2 miles (5.6 km) north of Flamborough Head.[246]

7 April

List of shipwrecks: 7 April 1906
ShipStateDescription
Cecilia Hill  United States With no one on board, the 93-gross register ton screw steamer burned at Fish Creek, Wisconsin.[247]
Duncan  Norway The 1,031-ton vessel stranded at Sherbrooke, Nova Scotia. Refloated and broken up at New York.[248]
Zeta Unknown British colony The 144-ton vessel was wrecked at Rodriguez.[249][250]

8 April

List of shipwrecks: 8 April 1906
ShipStateDescription
H. M. Hoxie  United States The steamer burned and sank after her starboard boiler exploded at Portland, Ohio. Two crewmen were killed in the explosion. She was refloated.[251][252]
Hounslow  United Kingdom The 2,902-ton vessel was wrecked near Aserradores.[253]
M. Struve  Germany The 1,582-ton vessel was wrecked at Foochow.[254]
Robert A. Scott  United States The towboat sank in a collision with J. H. Williams ( United States) in the East River off Pier 8 that caused her to careen to the point she filled with water and sank. One crewman was killed. The survivors were rescued by J. H. Williams.[240]

9 April

List of shipwrecks: 9 April 1906
ShipStateDescription
Game Cock  United States The 59-gross register ton schooner was stranded at Stonington, Maine. All three people on board survived.[255]
Lotna  United States The 12-gross register ton sloop was stranded at Swampscott, Massachusetts. The only person on board survived.[8]

10 April

List of shipwrecks: 10 April 1906
ShipStateDescription
D. Gifford  United States The 253-gross register ton schooner was stranded at Field Rocks, Massachusetts. All six people on board survived.[43]
Florence  United States The cargo ship was damaged in a collision with the steamer Captain Bennett ( Norway) in the Delaware River, tearing out her stem and causing her crew to beach her on flats off Fort Delaware, Delaware.[153]
Helen F. Ward  United States The 8-gross register ton schooner was stranded at Provincetown, Massachusetts. The only person on board survived.[8]
Rising Sun  United States The 80-gross register ton schooner was stranded at Drakes Island, Maine. Both people on board survived.[27]
Sallie B  United States The 286-gross register ton schooner sank in Casco Bay on the coast of Maine with the loss of four lives. There were two survivors.[27]

11 April

List of shipwrecks: 11 April 1906
ShipStateDescription
Bodo  Norway The 124-ton vessel was wrecked at Kalvik, Sofjord.[256]
Marion  United States The 235-gross register ton, 123-foot (37.5 m) cod-fishing schooner sank at Sanak Island in the Fox Islands group of the Aleutian Islands. Her crew of eight survived.[8][73]

12 April

List of shipwrecks: 12 April 1906
ShipStateDescription
Georgette  France The 612-ton vessel was sunk in a collision in the River Humber.[257]
Lyn  Argentina The 102.7-foot (31.3 m) 153-ton fishing schooner sank in Moltke Bay, Royal Bay, South Georgia Island.[258][259]

13 April

List of shipwrecks: 213 April 1906
ShipStateDescription
Nettie Cushing  United States The 117-gross register ton schooner was stranded on Cornfield Sand Shoal on the coast of Connecticut. All four people on board survived.[27]
Norwegia  Norway The 581-ton sailing vessel was abandoned in the Atlantic off the Blaskets, County Kerry, Ireland, U.K..[260]
Sirene France The 103-ton vessel was wrecked on Iceland.[261]

14 April

List of shipwrecks: 14 April 1906
ShipStateDescription
Bouquet  United States The barge, under tow by Hokendauqua ( United States), sank in Block Island Sound five miles (8.0 km) east of Watch Hill, Rhode Island, about three miles (4.8 km) offshore.[262]

16 April

List of shipwrecks: 16 April 1906
ShipStateDescription
Eugene Zimmerman  United States The steamer was sunk in a collision with Saxona ( United States) in the St. Marys River.[263]

17 April

List of shipwrecks: 17 April 1906
ShipStateDescription
Angelo Padre  Italy The 320.2-foot (97.6 m), 3,214-ton cargo vessel was damaged by an explosion and sank at La Corunna, Spain. The vessel was declared a constructive total loss. The wreck was raised, taken to Genoa and broken up.[264][265]
G. L. Daboll  United States The 49-gross register ton schooner was stranded at Egmont Key, Florida. All five people aboard survived.[8]
HM Torpedo Boat 84  Royal Navy The TB 82-class torpedo boat sank in the Mediterranean Sea after colliding with the destroyer HMS Ardent ( Royal Navy.[266][267]

18 April

List of shipwrecks: 18 April 1906
ShipStateDescription
City of Detroit  United States The 118-gross register ton steam canal boat was destroyed by fire at the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Dock in St. George, Staten Island, New York. All four people on board survived.[5]
Columbia  United States San Francisco earthquake: The Steamer capsized at the Union Iron Works dock while being refit, puncturing her hull and sinking. Raised, repaired and returned to service by January, 1907.[268]
Ella L. Slaymaker  United States The 34-gross register ton schooner burned on the Delaware River. Both people on board survived.[43]

19 April

List of shipwrecks: 19 April 1906
ShipStateDescription
Comte de Smet de Naeyer  Belgium The 267-foot (81 m) 1,863-ton full-rigged training ship was found to be leaking on 17 April and two days later water ingress became uncontrolable and she sank in the Bay of Biscay in about 47°12′N 04°30′W / 47.200°N 4.500°W / 47.200; -4.500 (Comte de Smet de Naeyer). Of the 24 crew and 30 cadets on board, 10 and 18 respectively were drowned. She was on a voyage from Antwerp for Port Natal, southern Africa, with cement. One lifeboat with 14 crew and 12 cadets was picked up by the French ship Dunkerque.[269][270][271][272]
Kazan  Russia The 5,472-ton vessel was wrecked on Nilkete Rock 2 miles (3.2 km) southwest of Panadura, Ceylon.[273]

20 April

List of shipwrecks: 20 April 1906
ShipStateDescription
Afrika  Ottoman Empire The 1,240-ton vessel was sunk in a collision off Kefken, Euxine..[274]
Louise Hastings  United States The 123-gross register ton schooner sank at Havana, Cuba. All three people on board survived.[8]

22 April

List of shipwrecks: 22 April 1906
ShipStateDescription
Nannie B.  United States The steamer sank while tied up at dock at Bennetts Point. One crewman possibly died.[275]

23 April

List of shipwrecks: 23 April 1906
ShipStateDescription
Mary F. Pike  United States The 125-gross register ton schooner was stranded on East Point on Prince Edward Island. All four people aboard survived.[27]
Norumbega  United States The 126-gross register ton schooner was lost when she collided with the schooner Edith L. Allen ( United States) off Fenwick Island on the coast of Maryland. All 17 people aboard survived.[27]
Stella Sweden The 171-ton vessel was sunk by ice near Grund Kollen.[276]

24 April

List of shipwrecks: 24 April 1906
ShipStateDescription
Anne Denmark The 87.9-foot (26.8 m) 132-ton schooner foundered near Marwick Head, Orkney.[277]
Anglo Peruvian  United Kingdom The steamer struck an iceberg on 21 April in the North Atlantic Ocean and sank on 24 April. Her entire crew was rescued by Mohawk ( United Kingdom).[278]
St. Peter  Canada The 551-ton schooner was wrecked at Calhouns Point, New Brunswick.[279]

25 April

List of shipwrecks: 25 April 1906
ShipStateDescription
Chu Kong  British Hong Kong The 134.8-foot (41.1 m) 490-ton ferry sank near Swatow.[280][281]
Mary Anne  United States The canal boat sank after the steamer Lansing ( United States) struck her, causing her to fill and sink at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.[282]

26 April

List of shipwrecks: 26 April 1906
ShipStateDescription
Bentong  Straits Settlements The cargo ship was sunk in a collision with Haversham Grange ( United Kingdom) off Cape Rachado, Malaya in the Malacca Strait. Survivors were rescued by Haversham Grange and Tosa Maru ( Japan).[283]
Havana  Canada The salvage vessel was sunk in a collision with Strathcona ( Canada) off Halifax, Nova Scotia.[284]
Shiloh  United States The steamer struck a snag between Washington, North Carolina, and Tarboro, North Carolina, and was beached off Indian Creek.[285]

27 April

List of shipwrecks: 27 April 1906
ShipStateDescription
Gudrun  Denmark The 108-ton vessel was wrecked at Stokkseyri, Iceland.[286]
Henriette  France The 119-ton fishing vessel was wrecked at Reykjavík Roads.[287]

28 April

List of shipwrecks: 28 April 1906
ShipStateDescription
Audacieuse  France The 145-ton vessel was abandoned in the Atlantic 25 miles east of Cape Broyle.[288]
Idria Sweden The 211-ton vessel grounded and condemned at Hide, Slite, Gotland.[289]
William F. Campbell  United States The 211-gross register ton schooner sank in Penobscot Bay off Owls Head, Maine. All five people aboard survived.[5]

29 April

List of shipwrecks: 29 April 1906
ShipStateDescription
River Hunter  New Zealand The 145.25-foot (44.27 m) 284-ton barkentine was wrecked while under tow at the entrance to Whangapē Harbour, New Zealand.[290][291]

30 April

List of shipwrecks: 30 April 1906
ShipStateDescription
Brenda  United Kingdom The 1,995-ton vessel burned at Valparaíso, Chile and was beached in sinking condition, a total Loss.[292]
Courier II  United Kingdom The steamer struck Les Anons, a rock south of Jethou.[293] There were 29 survivors and 10 deaths. The ship was salvaged on 1 August 1906 and returned to service after repairs.[294]
Maria Josefa Uruguay The 116-ton vessel was wrecked on the breakwater at Barcelona.[295]

Unknown date

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date April 1906
ShipStateDescription
Adeline  United States The 15-gross register ton screw steamer sank at Whealton, Virginia. All three people on board survived.[247]
Æolus Norway The 137-ton vessel departed Haugesund on 10 April and vanished.[296]
Merchiston  United Kingdom The 1,840-ton cargo ship was sunk in a collision with Eda ( United Kingdom) 11 miles (18 km) north north east of the Spurn Lightvessel off Spurn Head on 31 March or 1 April.[297][298][299]

May

1 May

List of shipwrecks: 1 May 1906
ShipStateDescription
Blanefield  United Kingdom The 3,411-ton cargo ship was sunk in a collision with the barque Kate Thomas ( United Kingdom) 3.6 miles (5.8 km) south of Beachy Head (50°40′N 0°14′W / 50.667°N 0.233°W / 50.667; -0.233). Twelve crew were rescued, but one died afterwards. Five others were reported missing.[300][301]

2 May

List of shipwrecks: 2 May 1906
ShipStateDescription
Alaska  United States The 60-gross register ton, 73.7-foot (22.5 m) iron-hulled screw steamer was destroyed by fire while in winter quarters at St. Michael, District of Alaska. All eight people aboard survived.[5][302]
Jessie B.  United States The steamer capsized in a windstorm and broke in two at Fairview, Illinois. A total loss.[6]
Preston  United Kingdom The 2,099-ton vessel was wrecked at Point Bay, near Camarinas, Spain.[303]

3 May

List of shipwrecks: 3 May 1906
ShipStateDescription
Explorer  United States With no one on board, the 15-gross register ton, 50-foot (15.2 m) sternwheel paddle steamer sank in the Yukon River at Russian Mission, District of Alaska.[304][305]

5 May

List of shipwrecks: 5 May 1906
ShipStateDescription
Float No. 33  United States The car float was sunk when struck in thick fog by the ferry Somerville ( United States) off Pier L, Jersey City, New Jersey.[306]
Red Wing  United States The tow steamer sank at dock at the Nelson & Son Mill in Boggy Creek, Nassau River, Florida when her rail hung up on the guard of a lighter. Later raised.[307]

6 May

List of shipwrecks: 6 May 1906
ShipStateDescription
Levy Bros.  United States The 24-gross register ton schooner barge or scow barge sank in Lake Pontchartrain in Louisiana. All three people on board survived.[8]
Rock Island  United States The 533-gross register ton, 134-foot (40.8 m) sternwheel paddle steamer was crushed by ice and sank at a wharf in the Tanana River at Chena, District of Alaska. All 30 people on board survived. Repeated attempts to refloat her failed.[308]
Rosa Norway The 281-ton vessel was wrecked 10 miles from Rio Grande do Sul.[309]

7 May

List of shipwrecks: 7 May 1906
ShipStateDescription
Alice  United States The 61-gross register ton schooner was stranded at Chincoteague Cove on the coast of Virginia. All four people on board survived.[43]
Eagle Point  United States The steamer struck a snag and sank at Cassville, Wisconsin, in the Mississippi River in seven feet (2.1 m) of water. Later raised.[121][310]

8 May

List of shipwrecks: 8 May 1906
ShipStateDescription
M. I. Wilcox  United States The 377-gross register ton schooner was stranded at Colchester Point on the coast of Ontario. All five people on board survived.[8]
Vandalia  United States The 41-gross register ton schooner sank in the Gulf of Mexico off Cape Romano on the coast of Florida with the loss of all four people aboard.[27]

9 May

List of shipwrecks: 9 May 1906
ShipStateDescription
Algeria  United States The 2,038-gross register ton schooner sank off Cleveland, Ohio, with the loss of one or two lives. There were 10 survivors. Wreck removed in November.[43][311]
Armenia  United States The 2,040-gross register ton schooner barge or scow barge, under tow by Pabst ( United States), sank in a storm on Lake Erie four miles (6.4 km) off the lighthouse at Pelee Island, Ontario (41°57′N 82°58′W / 41.950°N 82.967°W / 41.950; -82.967) in seven fathoms (42 ft; 13 m) of water. All seven people on board rescued by Pabst. Later the wreck was blown up with dynamite and dispersed by tugs with grapple hooks.[43][312][313]
Erbrin Norway The 576-ton vessel was wrecked at Caicos.[314]
Horn Point  United States The 12-gross register ton sloop sank in East Lynnhaven Inlet on the coast of Virginia. All three people on board survived.[51]

10 May

List of shipwrecks: 10 May 1906
ShipStateDescription
Tanana Chief  United States The 72-gross register ton, 59.2-foot (18.0 m) sternwheel paddle steamer was wrecked on the Kantishna River in the District of Alaska. All eight people on board survived.[23][315]

11 May

List of shipwrecks: 11 May 1906
ShipStateDescription
Europa  Russia The 984-ton vessel was wrecked at Skvattan.[316]
Mystery  Barbados The 162-ton schooner was wrecked at Cape Pine.[317][318]
Vigilant  United States The steamer ran aground and sank in the vicinity of Thessalon, Ontario, in the Canadian Channel.[319]

12 May

List of shipwrecks: 12 May 1906
ShipStateDescription
Blue Stone  United States The tug sank at the Communipaw Coal Dock in Jersey City, New Jersey, when the wake of the United States Government steamer Scout ( United States) washed across her deck, causing her to heel over and flood. She was raised by nightfall and towed to a drydock and found to be undamaged.[320]
Dream  United States The 12-gross register ton schooner was stranded at Savannah, Georgia. All four people on board survived.[255]
Sardinero  Spain The 2,096-ton vessel struck a submerged object in fog and sank 4 miles (6.4 km) east of Wolf Rock, Cornwall, England (50°01′N 05°41′W / 50.017°N 5.683°W / 50.017; -5.683). The crew were rescued by Golden Rule ( United Kingdom).[321][322]
Shokaku Maru  Japan The 285-ton vessel was wrecked near Port Kushiro, Hokkaido, Japan.[323]

13 May

List of shipwrecks: 13 May 1906
ShipStateDescription
Hattie G. Dixon  United States The 528-gross register ton barkentine was stranded on Chappaquiddick Island on the coast of Massachusetts. All eight people on board survived.[8]

14 May

List of shipwrecks: 14 May 1906
ShipStateDescription
Olga  United States The 444-ton vessel was wrecked on Molokai, Hawaii Territory.[324]

15 May

List of shipwrecks: 15 May 1906
ShipStateDescription
Selkirk  United States The 223-gross register ton sternwheel paddle steamer was wrecked in the Rock Island Rapids on the Columbia River near Rock Island, Washington. All nine people on board survived.[28]
Teresina Mignano  Italy The 607-ton vessel was sunk in a collision in the Gironde estuary.[325]

16 May

List of shipwrecks: 16 May 1906
ShipStateDescription
Baltimore  United States The ferry was damaged when struck by the lighter Greenwich ( United States) in the North River off Desbrosses Street in New York City, punching a hole in her hull. She made it to her Desbrosses Street slip and unloaded her passengers and cargo before sinking.[320]

17 May

List of shipwrecks: 17 May 1906
ShipStateDescription
Ivanhoe  Queensland The labor schooner was wrecked on a reef at Altar Cove, Malaita Island, British Protectorate of the Solomon Islands.[326][327]
HM Torpedo Boat 56  Royal Navy The TB26-class torpedo boat foundered in the Mediterranean Sea off Damietta, Egypt, while under tow by the cruiser HMS Arrogant ( Royal Navy).[266][328]

18 May

List of shipwrecks: 18 May 1906
ShipStateDescription
Nord  Sweden The 2,330-ton vessel was wrecked near Nexo, Bornholm, Denmark.[329]
Thealka  United States The steamer struck an obstruction and sank in the Big Sandy River at Red House, Kentucky.[35]
Unknown barge  United States The coal barge, under tow of the tug Alice ( United States), was sunk when she was sucked into the propeller of Langfond (flag unknown) off Twenty-Seventh street, Brooklyn.[320]

19 May

List of shipwrecks: 19 May 1906
ShipStateDescription
Eugenie Norway The 656-ton vessel was wrecked near Stockholm. Refloated, taken to Stockholm and condemned..[330]
Fortuna  Falkland Islands The 164-ton schooner was wrecked on a reef off the north end of West Falkland, Falkland Islands in a gale, a Total loss. Crew and passengers rescued by schooner "Lafonia".[331][332]
Waldemar Sweden The 111-ton vessel was wrecked on the east coast of Oland.[333]

20 May

List of shipwrecks: 20 May 1906
ShipStateDescription
Cassard  France The 85.1-metre (279 ft) 2,289-ton A type Chantiere de La Loire class Barque was wrecked on Bleaker Island, Falkland Islands in fog in a gale .[334][335]
Jupiter Sweden The 292-ton vessel was wrecked at Visby, Sweden.[336]
Koyukuk  United States During a voyage with 32 people aboard, the 280- or 286-gross register ton (sources disagree), 120.5-foot (36.7 m) sternwheel paddle steamer struck a rock and was wrecked at the mouth of the Little Delta River on the Tanana River below Chena, District of Alaska. All on board survived. She may have been salvaged.[28][337]

21 May

List of shipwrecks: 21 May 1906
ShipStateDescription
Golden Gate  United Kingdom The 899-ton vessel was wrecked 5 miles north of Port Desire, Argentina.[338]
Manau  United Kingdom The 2,745-ton vessel was wrecked 7 miles (11 km) north of Bahia.[339]
Oakburn  United Kingdom The 3,865-ton vessel was wrecked at Duiker Point, South Africa. Two crew were killed.[340]

22 May

List of shipwrecks: 22 May 1906
ShipStateDescription
Lotta Talbot  United States The 342-gross register ton, 145.7-foot (44.4 m) sternwheel paddle steamer was wrecked at Fairbanks, District of Alaska. Her crew of five survived.[28][341]
Thistle  United States The steamer sank at dock at Juneau, District of Alaska. Raised, machinery salvaged, and was broken up.[342]
Trio  Norway The 870-ton sailing vessel was abandoned in the Atlantic.[343]

23 May

List of shipwrecks: 23 May 1906
ShipStateDescription
John H. Crook  United States The 100-gross register ton canal boat was stranded in Quebec. The only person on board survived.[77]
Lucia Vittorio  Italy The 554-ton vessel was wrecked 16 miles (26 km) from Vladivostok.[344]
William J. Sewell  United States When the steamer attempted to pass between the disabled steamer Pennsylvania ( United States) and another tow off Portsmouth, Virginia, she struck Pennsylvania and had to be beached.[285]

24 May

List of shipwrecks: 24 May 1906
ShipStateDescription
City of Concord  United States The steamer sank at dock in Cleveland, Ohio, after springing a leak in Lake Erie. She was raised.[345]
Hugin  Norway The 1,332-ton vessel sank after striking a rock in the Sarmiento Channel.[346]
Thomas Tryon  United States The canal boat sank at the mouth of Glen Cove Creek in the harbor of Hempstead, New York, Long Island. The wreck was removed in December 1906.[347]

25 May

List of shipwrecks: 25 May 1906
ShipStateDescription
Gustavus A. Müller  United States The 21-gross register ton sloop was stranded at Tucker's Beach, New Jersey. Both people on board survived.[8]
Olga  United States The 498-gross register ton schooner was stranded on Kahoolawe in the Hawaiian Islands. All 12 people on board survived.[27]

26 May

List of shipwrecks: 26 May 1906
ShipStateDescription
Badger  United Kingdom The 200-ton fishing vessel was wrecked at Bow Aikerness, Westray.[348]
Carrick  United Kingdom The 186-foot (57 m), 577-ton cargo passenger ship was sunk in a collision with Duke of Gordon ( United Kingdom) in dense fog (55°06′N 05°10′W / 55.100°N 5.167°W / 55.100; -5.167). Two crewmen jumped aboard Duke of Gordon at time of the collision. The rest of the survivors were rescued by Mastiff. Her captain, a cabin boy, and four passengers died.[349]
Dixie  United States The 12-gross register ton sternwheel motor paddle vessel sank in the Tennessee River at Johnsonville, Tennessee. All 12 people on board survived.[5]
John Eggers  United States The 25-gross register ton schooner was stranded at Wind Point, Wisconsin. The only person on board survived.[8]
Katherine M  United States With no one on board, the 191-gross register ton barge burned at Hastings, Minnesota.[77]
Peter Berg  Denmark The 1,833-ton vessel was wrecked at Dunnet Head, Scotland.[350]
Queen of Cambia  United Kingdom The 834-ton vessel was wrecked at Vivero, Spain.[351]
Ribble  United Kingdom The 115.5-foot (35.2 m), 182-ton steam trawler was wrecked in fog at Mizen Head, United Kingdom.[352][353]

27 May

List of shipwrecks: 27 May 1906
ShipStateDescription
Canadian  Canada The 108-ton schooner was abandoned in the Atlantic on a voyage from Cadiz, Spain to St. John's, Newfoundland.[354][355]
Gem  United Kingdom The 180-ton vessel was sunk in a collision off the Coquet.[356]
Lismore  United Kingdom The 255-foot (78 m), 1,676-ton sailing ship was wrecked on Easterly Point, Santa Maria Island, Chile in heavy weather, breaking in two, a total loss. Four people survived the sinking while her master and 12 crew were killed.[357][358]

28 May

List of shipwrecks: 28 May 1906
ShipStateDescription
Invicta  United Kingdom The 178-ton vessel was towed while burning into Felixstowe where she sank. The wreck was later blown up.[359]
Mable Wilson  United States The 1,224-gross register ton schooner sank off Cleveland, Ohio, with the loss of one life. There were seven survivors.[8]
Trio Norway The 308-ton vessel grounded on Oregrund and was condemned.[360]

29 May

List of shipwrecks: 29 May 1906
ShipStateDescription
Antofagasta  Chile The 1,016-ton vessel was wrecked at Valparaiso, Chile.[361]
James A. Stetson  United States The 65-gross register ton schooner was stranded on Amherst in the Magdalen Islands in the Gulf of Saint Lawrence. All four people on board survived.[8]
Leros  Germany The steamer was en route from Newcastle to Lisbon with a cargo of Singer sewing machines when she ran aground in thick fog on Tasse de la Frette Rocks, northwest of Burhou near Alderney, Channel Islands.[362][363]

30 May

List of shipwrecks: 30 May 1906
ShipStateDescription
G. B. Lockhart  Canada The 120-foot (37 m) 305-ton brig was wrecked on Bonaire and broke up in high seas. Her Master and his wife died. Their 4 year old son and the rest of the crew survived.[364][365]
HMS Montagu  Royal Navy
HMS Montagu aground on Lundy Island

The Duncan-class battleship was wrecked on Lundy Island in thick fog. After her guns and other equipment was salvaged, Salvage was abandoned in 1907 and the ship was scrapped in situ.

Palestine  United Kingdom The trawler was damaged in a collision with Westmoor ( United Kingdom) off the "Smalls". Her captain tried to make it to port but she sank 31⁄2 hours later. The crew were rescued by the yacht Lorna ( United Kingdom).[366]

31 May

List of shipwrecks: 31 May 1906
ShipStateDescription
Erin  Canada The steamer sank after colliding with the steamer John B. Cowle ( United States) off St. Clair, Michigan in the St Clair River. Five crew, including two women, were killed.[44][345][367]
Gwendoline  United Kingdom The 724-ton vessel was sunk in a collision in the North Sea.[368]
Knias Gortschacow  Russia The 3,287-ton transport was sunk by a naval mine 25 miles (40 km) off Vladivostok, Russia.[369]
Loire Inferieure  United Kingdom The 180-ton vessel was sunk in a collision off Trafalgar.[370]
Maggie A. Phillips  United States The 95-gross register ton schooner departed Baltimore, Maryland, bound for Gregorytown in the Bahamas with six people on board and was never heard from again.[51]

Unknown date

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date May 1906
ShipStateDescription
E. and G. W. Hinds  United States The 115-gross register ton schooner was stranded at Plympton, Nova Scotia. All four people on board survived.[371]
Pitcairn Island  United Kingdom The 1,320-ton vessel burned before 17 May in the Pacific Ocean west of Chile (52°00′S 90°00′W / 52.000°S 90.000°W / -52.000; -90.000).[372]

June

1 June

List of shipwrecks: 1 June 1906
ShipStateDescription
Brookhill  United States The ferry sank at dock in a windstorm at Baton Rouge, Louisiana.[212]
Diana  Germany The 138-ton fishing vessel was sunk in a collision on the River Elbe.[373]
Three Sisters  United States The 33-gross register ton schooner was lost when she collided with an unidentified barge in Hampton Roads on the coast of Virginia. All three people on board survived.[247]

2 June

List of shipwrecks: 2 June 1906
ShipStateDescription
Clara E. Rogers  United States The 144-gross register ton schooner was lost off Vineyard Haven Light on the coast of Massachusetts after colliding with an unidentified screw steamer. All four people on board survived.[43]
Quickstep  United States The 66-gross register ton sternwheel paddle steamer capsized and burned in a windstorm at Lake Des Allemands, Louisiana. All 15 people on board survived, but she was a total loss.[28][212]

3 June

List of shipwrecks: 3 June 1906
ShipStateDescription
Aristide Marie Anne  France The 115-ton fishing vessel was abandoned 10 miles off the north coast of Iceland.[374]
Cornwall  United Kingdom The 181-ton vessel was wrecked on Cavallos de Fas, near Esposende, Portugal.[375]
Geromina  Italy The 102-ton vessel sank 10 miles southwest of Punta Falcone, near Asanaru Island.[376]
Magdeleine  France The 208-ton fishing vessel was wrecked in St. Mary's Sound, Scilly Islands.[377]
Mary  United States The 174-gross register ton screw steamer burned at dock at either Ogdensburg or Waddington, New York (sources disagree). All 25 people on board survived.[28][378]
Unknown barge  United States The barge, under tow by T. J. Wood ( United States), sank as a result of a collision between T. J. Wood and the tug Harry A. Laughlin ( United States) at Vesta Mine No. 4 in the Monongahela River.[49]

4 June

List of shipwrecks: 4 June 1906
ShipStateDescription
Bulgaria  United States The 1,888-gross register ton screw steamer was wrecked in heavy fog on Fisherman Shoal in Lake Michigan. All 15 people on board survived, but she was a total loss.[5][205]

5 June

List of shipwrecks: 5 June 1906
ShipStateDescription
General Roberts  United Kingdom The 142-ton fishing vessel sank 12 miles (19 km) northeast of Round Island, Scilly Islands.[379]
Volunteer  United States The 585-gross register ton schooner was stranded on the coast of California near Bodega Head with the loss of three of the 10 people aboard.[5]
Yorkshire  United Kingdom The 1,306-ton vessel was wrecked on Leman Sands.[380]

6 June

List of shipwrecks: 6 June 1906
ShipStateDescription
Otto Wathne  Norway The 547-ton vessel was wrecked at Siglefjord, Iceland.[381]

7 June

List of shipwrecks: 7 June 1906
ShipStateDescription
Adelaide  France The 223-ton vessel sank off Cape Prior.[382]
Dreadnot  United States The 9-gross register ton sloop was lost when she struck a submerged wharf off Charleston, South Carolina. The only person on board survived.[43]
Grecian  United States The cargo steamer, a steel bulk carrier, struck a rock in the St. Marys River off De Tour Village, Michigan, and sank in shallow water. She later was refloated, but sank again on 15 June.[383][384][385]
Park Bluff  United States The steamer struck a sunken log and sank at Stillwater, Minnesota. Her boiler and machinery were salvaged and used in another steamer.[386]

8 June

List of shipwrecks: 8 June 1906
ShipStateDescription
Lillie  United States The 53-gross register ton screw steamer was destroyed by fire while docked overnight at Southport, North Carolina. All eight people on board survived.[28][275]

9 June

List of shipwrecks: 9 June 1906
ShipStateDescription
Lulu  United States The 13-gross register ton motor paddle vessel sank off Pitts Point, Kentucky. All three people on board survived.[65]

10 June

List of shipwrecks: 10 June 1906
ShipStateDescription
Emma L. Cottingham  United States The 522-gross register ton schooner sank in the Gulf of Mexico at (26°58′N 085°10′W / 26.967°N 85.167°W / 26.967; -85.167 (Emma L. Cottingham)) with the loss of five lives. There were three survivors.[43]
Etolia  United Kingdom The cargo ship was wrecked off Cape Sable Island, Nova Scotia. Her crew survived.[387]
Miami  United States The 81.77-gross register ton, 71.6-foot (21.8 m) steam screw tug was wrecked on a sand bar in the District of Alaska about 14 miles (23 km) above the mouth of the Kvichak River when she grounded on a falling tide. The next rising tide twisted off her keel and she sank. Her entire crew of seven survived, but she was declared a total loss.[65][73][342]

11 June

List of shipwrecks: 11 June 1906
ShipStateDescription
Corinthian  United States The 94-gross register ton motor schooner was swamped and wrecked on the bar at the entrance to Humboldt Bay, California, eventually drifting on to the beach alongside the wreck of Newsboy ( United States). All but two crewmen were saved by the United States Life Saving Service.[222][388]
Fearless  United States The steamer sank at Colee, Florida two and a half miles (4.0 km) from Picolata, Florida, on the St. Johns River. Later raised.[307]
Unknown barge  United States The barge, under the tow of the tug R. S. Carter ( United States), was sunk in a collision with another barge, also under tow, off Pier 24 in the North River. Later towed to the Jersey Flats. It is unclear if still filled or was refloated at the time.[389]

12 June

List of shipwrecks: 12 June 1906
ShipStateDescription
Withlacoochee No. 9  United States The 119-gross register ton barge sank in port at Inglis, Florida. The only person on board survived.[3]

13 June

List of shipwrecks: 13 June 1906
ShipStateDescription
Argus  United States The 566-gross register ton motor vessel burned near Destruction Island off the coast of Washington. All 14 people aboard survived.[5]
Essex  United States A scow caught fire at the Savannah Wharf in the harbor of Baltimore, Maryland, setting the steamer on fire. She drifted across the harbor, filled with water, and grounded on the south side of the harbor. Was raised by July, not as damaged as first thought.[390][345]
Meuse  Belgium The 794-ton vessel was sunk in a collision off Haaks Lightship.[391]
Vauban France The 1,735-ton vessel was wrecked at Bonavista.[392]

14 June

List of shipwrecks: 14 June 1906
ShipStateDescription
Corriere Italy The 1,575-ton stranded on Ship Island, Mississippi. Refloated, taken to Mobile, Alabama, condemned and sold.[393]
Jennie Sweeney  United States The 643-gross register ton schooner sank off the coast of North Carolina near the Cape Fear Bar. All eight people on board survived.[8]
Rose  United States The barge was damaged when struck by Pennoil ( Germany) in the Delaware River causing her to be beached off the mouth of the Christiana River.[282]

15 June

List of shipwrecks: 15 June 1906
ShipStateDescription
Grecian  United States After sinking in the St. Marys River in Michigan on 7 June and being refloated, the 2,348-gross register ton steel-hulled steam cargo ship, a bulk carrier, was under tow to Detroit, Michigan, by the cargo ship Sir Henry Bessemer ( United States) for repairs when she foundered in Lake Huron four nautical miles (7.4 km; 4.6 mi) south of Thunder Bay on the coast of Michigan. All 20 people on board survived. Her wreck lies in 100 feet (30 m) of water at (44°58′07″N 83°12′03″W / 44.968611°N 83.200833°W / 44.968611; -83.200833 (Grecian)).[5][384][385][394][395]
Nordstern  Germany The 261-ton fishing vessel was wrecked on Iceland.[396]
Orion  United Kingdom The 150-ton fishing vessel sank in the North Sea.[397]
Toyotomi Maru  Japan The 1,456-ton transport was sunk by a naval mine off Myongchkyon, Korea.[398]

16 June

List of shipwrecks: 16 June 1906
ShipStateDescription
Mignonne  France The 102-ton vessel sank 10 miles east of Seydisfjord.[399]

17 June

List of shipwrecks: 17 June 1906
ShipStateDescription
Carrie A. Ryerson  United States The steamer was almost cut in two in a collision with Georgia ( United States) on Lake Michigan. Her passengers were taken off and she tried to beach, sinking in 12 feet (3.7 m) of water. Raised 5 July, repaired and returned to service.[345][400][401]
Drepano  Italy The 1,558-ton vessel was wrecked at Takura, 42 miles (68 km) east of Benghazi, Ottoman Tripolitania.[402]
Edith L. Allen  United States The 969-gross register ton schooner sank in the North Atlantic Ocean off Florida at (26°10′N 079°38′W / 26.167°N 79.633°W / 26.167; -79.633 (Edith L. Allen)). All nine people on board survived.[43]
Steel King  United States The steamer sank in shallow water near Harbor Beach, Michigan. Raised, repaired, and returned to service.[403]

18 June

List of shipwrecks: 18 June 1906
ShipStateDescription
Ares  Sweden The 70.1-metre (230 ft) 1,151-ton vessel was sunk in a collision with Hilversum ( Netherlands) in the North Sea in 33-metre (108 ft) of water.[404]
Carrie A. Ryerson  United States The steamer was damaged in a collision with Georgia ( United States) at the mouth of White Lake Harbor. She proceeded into the harbor where she sank.[405]
Hiddie Feore  United Kingdom The 341-ton vessel was wrecked at Bacurano.[406]
Silva Americano  Portugal The 179-ton vessel was wrecked at the entrance to the Kwanza River, Portuguese Angola.[407]

19 June

List of shipwrecks: 19 June 1906
ShipStateDescription
Napoleon  United States The 43-gross register ton screw steamer was sunk by a floating object while docked at the foot of Walnut Street in New Orleans, Louisiana. The only person on board survived.[23][408]
Portland  United States The 493-gross register ton barkentine was stranded in the harbor at San Pedro, California. All 10 people on board survived.[147]

20 June

List of shipwrecks: 20 June 1906
ShipStateDescription
Bertha  Denmark The 240-ton schooner, or barkentine, was sunk in a collision off South Goodwin or South Sand Head.[409]
Empress  United Kingdom The 484-ton vessel was sunk in a collision in the Irish Channel.[410]

23 June

List of shipwrecks: 23 June 1906
ShipStateDescription
F. T. Barry  United Kingdom The 839-ton vessel was damaged in a collision, and was beached at Gunfleet Sands to prevent sinking, but was a total loss.[411]

25 June

List of shipwrecks: 25 June 1906
ShipStateDescription
Argentina Unknown British colony The 583-ton barquentine was abandoned in the South Atlantic off Brazil at 28°00′S 46°00′W / 28.000°S 46.000°W / -28.000; -46.000.[412]
Ashford  United Kingdom The 1,909-ton vessel was sunk in a collision 8 miles (13 kilometres) west southwest of Beachy Head.[413]
Robert Holland  United States The steamer listed and sank at Duluth, Minnesota, when lumber was stacked too high causing her to list enough to fill with water.[386]

27 June

List of shipwrecks: 27 June 1906
ShipStateDescription
Alfred W.  United States The tug struck a rock in dense fog, slid off and sank between Duluth, Minnesota, and Port Arthur, Ontario. Later raised.[386]
Walkyrie France The 138-ton fishing vessel was wrecked at Langenes, Iceland.[414]

28 June

List of shipwrecks: 28 June 1906
ShipStateDescription
Carrier  United Kingdom The 346-ton vessel was wrecked on Southeast Tow Rock, off St. Govan's Head.[415]
E. C. Hay  United States The 63-gross register ton schooner was lost when she collided with the passenger screw steamer C. F. Tietgen ( Denmark) in the North River off the Desbrosses Street Ferry terminal in New York City. All four people on board survived.[255]
Lillie Unknown British colony The 311-ton vessel was wrecked on Grand Cayman Island.[416]

29 June

List of shipwrecks: 29 June 1906
ShipStateDescription
Dolphin  United Kingdom The 115-ton vessel was wrecked in the Pacific Ocean on the breakwater at Salina Cruz, Mexico.[417]
Swansea  United States The steamer struck a submerged object between Duluth, Minnesota, and Superior, Wisconsin, and started leaking. She sank in shallow water. Later raised.[386]

30 June

List of shipwrecks: 30 June 1906
ShipStateDescription
Argus  United States The 526-ton vessel was abandoned on fire 35 miles off Destruction Island, later towed while still burning into Neah Bay, Washington, a Total Loss.[418]
Claire  France The 192-ton vessel was sunk in a collision off Miquelon.[419]
Henrietta  United States The 62-gross register ton sternwheel paddle steamer burned in Bayou Felix in Louisiana. All 10 people on board survived.[65]
Hinode Maru  Japan The 1,115-ton vessel was sunk in a collision near Sasebo.[420]
Josephine Lincoln  United States The tow steamer sank at dock at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania over night. Raised at 4 p.m. that day.[421]
New Orleans  United States The 1,457-gross register ton screw steamer, a wooden bulk carrier, sank after colliding in fog with the screw steamer William R. Lynn ( United States) in Thunder Bay on the coast of Michigan 4 nautical miles (7.4 km; 4.6 mi) below Middle Island and north of Thunder Bay Island. Her wreck lies in 145 feet (44 m) of water at 45°10′03″N 83°13′03″W / 45.16755°N 83.217383°W / 45.16755; -83.217383 (New Orleans). William R. Lynn rescued all 16 people on board.[23][394][422][423][424]
Nivelle  United Kingdom The 2,241-ton vessel was wrecked at Point Grande, off Antofagasta, Chile.[425]

Unknown date

List of shipwrecks: unknown June 1906
ShipStateDescription
Elna  Denmark The 120-ton schooner was abandoned prior to 11 June in the Atlantic on a voyage from Cadiz, Spain to Robert Bay.[426][427]

July

2 July

List of shipwrecks: 2 July 1906
ShipStateDescription
Mary G. Powers  United States The 133-gross register ton schooner sank off Newfoundland. All eight people on board survived.[147]

3 July

List of shipwrecks: 3 July 1906
ShipStateDescription
Hanover  United States The 23-gross register ton schooner was stranded at Point Lookout, Maryland. Both people on board survived.[255]
Salem  Russia The 847-ton vessel was wrecked off Abo, Russia.[428]
Samuel R. Waite  United States The 39-gross register ton schooner was stranded at Cove Point, Virginia. All five people on board survived.[147]
Valdivia Argentina The 3,443-ton vessel was wrecked at Mocha.[429]
Viking Norway The 1,420-ton vessel was wrecked 61 miles north of Olga Bay.[430]

4 July

List of shipwrecks: 4 July 1906
ShipStateDescription
Ella G. Eells  United States The 256-gross register ton schooner was stranded on Libby Island on the coast of Maine with the loss of four lives. There was one survivor.[255]
George Edwin  United States The 99-gross register ton schooner sank in the Bay of Fundy off Grand Manan, New Brunswick. All four people on board survived.[255]
Kingston  United States The 1,070-gross register ton schooner barge or scow barge sank off Shinnecock, New York, with the loss of one life. There were two survivors.[51]
Louise Anna France The 149-ton sailing vessel was abandoned in the Atlantic.[431]
Unknown car float  United States The car float was sunk at dock when struck by barges that got out of control due to an eddy current off Rivington Street in the East River.[389]
Vinland  United States The 965-gross register ton schooner burned in the East River off Rikers Island in New York City. All five people on board survived.[247]

5 July

List of shipwrecks: 5 July 1906
ShipStateDescription
Hugo Keller  United States The freighter sank at dock at Pier 9S, Port Richmond, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, when punctured by an obstruction on a falling tide. Raised on 9 July and repaired.[421]

6 July

List of shipwrecks: 6 July 1906
ShipStateDescription
Agenor  United States The 1,487-gross register ton full-rigged ship was stranded at Yukimini, Tokushima Shioku Japan. All 17 people on board survived.[432][433]
Gold Star  United States With no one on board, the 168-ton barge was wrecked in the Tanana River at Tanana, District of Alaska.[3][434]
Keewaydin  Canada The schooner was sunk in a collision off Tarpaulin Cove.[435]
Plunket  United Kingdom The schooner sprung a leak in Lake Ontario and was beached, probably in the area of Oswego, New York.[436]
Somerset  United States The wrecking steamer sank at dock at Lewes, Delaware. Raised and inspected, Certificate of Inspection revoked for being in unsafe condition due to rotten timbers.[421]

7 July

List of shipwrecks: 7 July 1906
ShipStateDescription
Hanna Norway The 311-ton vessel was wrecked at Cape Langenaes, Iceland.[437]
R. L. Aubrey  United States The steamer struck a submerged object and sank in the Ohio River near Eighteen Mile Island.[438]

8 July

List of shipwrecks: 8 July 1906
ShipStateDescription
Duplin  United States The steamer struck a snag and sank in the North East River in North Carolina.[275]
Fishren  United Kingdom The 938-ton vessel was sunk in a collision with Langdale in fog in the English Channel.[439]
Harlyn  United Kingdom The 1,453-ton vessel was wrecked near Cape Negro.[440]

9 July

List of shipwrecks: 9 July 1906
ShipStateDescription
Cumbrian  United Kingdom The 1,306-ton vessel was sunk in a collision about 9 miles (14 km) from the Koppergrund lightship, near Stockholm.[441]

10 July

List of shipwrecks: 10 July 1906
ShipStateDescription
Eaglet  United States The 130-gross register ton schooner was lost when she collided with the protected cruiser Jurien de la Gravière ( French Navy) in the North River between New York City and New Jersey. All four people on board survived. Wreck removal completed 29 August 1907.[255][442]

11 July

List of shipwrecks: 11 July 1906
ShipStateDescription
Angola  United Kingdom The Elder Dempster 1,811 GRT steamship was on a voyage from Veracruz, Mexico, to Montreal, Quebec, when she ran aground and was wrecked 6 nautical miles (11 km) east of Louisbourg, Nova Scotia.[443]
Helen L. Martin  United States The 423-gross register ton schooner was stranded at Point Breeze on the coast of Newfoundland. All seven people on board survived.[51]
Quincy  United States The steamer took a shear off course in the Mississippi River near Trempealeau, Wisconsin, running her onto shore where a stump holed her hull, sinking her in 20 feet (6.1 m) of water. Later raised, repaired, sold and converted into an excursion boat.[121][444]

12 July

List of shipwrecks: 12 July 1906
ShipStateDescription
Mollie Barton  United States The 154-gross register ton canal boat was lost in a collision with an unidentified French Navy warship in the Hudson River off New York City. The only person on board survived.[445]
Quincy  United States The steamer sank in the Mississippi River near Trempealeu, Wisconsin. Raised beginning on August 19th and repaired.[345][446]
R. L. Myers  United States The steamer struck a snag in the Tar River and had to be beached for temporary repairs.[285]

13 July

List of shipwrecks: 13 July 1906
ShipStateDescription
Shaughraun  United States The steamer struck a boulder, rolled over and sank at Limekiln Crossing in the Detroit River. Raised the next day.[447]

14 July

List of shipwrecks: 14 July 1906
ShipStateDescription
Harald Norway The 164-ton fishing vessel was wrecked at Revsnaes, Iceland.[448]

15 July

List of shipwrecks: 15 July 1906
ShipStateDescription
Colonel Smith  United Kingdom The 241-ton fishing vessel foundered in the North Sea.[449]
Isle of Caldy  United Kingdom The 1,381-ton vessel was sunk in a collision off East Goodwin.[450]

16 July

List of shipwrecks: 16 July 1906
ShipStateDescription
Chico  United States The steamer was wrecked at Shelter Cove, California, a total loss.[451][452]
Matilda D. Borda  United States The coal schooner was stranded on Gull Shoals one mile (1.6 km) from the Little Kinnakeet, North Carolina Life Saving Station in smoky weather, a total loss. The crew were rescued by the United States Life Saving Service.[147][453]

17 July

List of shipwrecks: 17 July 1906
ShipStateDescription
Lizzie W. Hunt  United States The 9-gross register ton schooner was stranded at Isle au Haut in Penobscot Bay on the coast of Maine. All three people on board survived.[51]
Wilhelm and Elise Sweden The 186-ton vessel grounded at Christianopel, Sweden. Refloated and condemned at Kalmar.[454]

18 July

List of shipwrecks: 18 July 1906
ShipStateDescription
Pokanoket  United States The steamer sank at dock over night at Petersburg, Virginia, when her sea valves were opened, one man was arrested. Raised 24 July.[285][345]
Sir Henry New Zealand The brigantine was wrecked 1 1/2 miles from East Cape, New Zealand. Lost with all hands.[455]

20 July

List of shipwrecks: 20 July 1906
ShipStateDescription
Abrek  Imperial Russian Navy 1905 Russian Revolution: The Abrek-class torpedo cruiser was run aground to thwart a take over by mutineers at Reval. Later salvaged.[456]
M. L. Thornton  United States The steamer struck a rock and sank near Lock No. 11 in the Great Kanawha River. Raised and repaired.[251]
Voevoda  Imperial Russian Navy 1905 Russian Revolution: The Kazarskiy-class torpedo cruiser was run aground to thwart a take over by mutineers at Reval. Later salvaged.[457]

21 July

List of shipwrecks: 21 July 1906
ShipStateDescription
City of Toledo  United States The 245-gross register ton schooner was lost when she struck a bridge at Detroit, Michigan. All seven people on board survived.[255]
Cyril  United Kingdom The 2,294-ton vessel was wrecked in Trepassey Bay, Newfoundland.[458]
Earl of Beaconsfield  United Kingdom The 141-ton vessel was sunk in a collision off County Down, Ireland, U.K..[459]
Reaper  United States The 1,468-gross register ton bark burned at Port Ludlow, Washington. All 15 people on board survived.[147]

22 July

List of shipwrecks: 22 July 1906
ShipStateDescription
John A. Allen  United States The 43-gross register ton schooner was lost in a collision with the steam screw ocean liner Vaderland ( Belgium) off Georges Bank between the North Atlantic Ocean and the Gulf of Maine. All seven people on board survived.[51]
King Cadwallon  United Kingdom The 326.2-foot (99.4 m), 3,225-ton vessel was wrecked in fog on the Hard Lewis Rocks, Scilly Islands.[460][461]
Talis Sweden The 870-ton vessel was sunk in a collision with Roman near the Royal Sovereign Lightship.[462]

24 July

List of shipwrecks: 24 July 1906
ShipStateDescription
W. B. Castle  United States The 124-gross register ton tug sank after colliding with the screw steamer Robert Holland ( United States) in the Detroit River near Belle Isle in Michigan, a total loss. All eight people on board were rescued by Robert Holland.[447][345]

25 July

List of shipwrecks: 25 July 1906
ShipStateDescription
Diadem  United States The 67-gross register ton schooner was stranded on Ash Island in Penobscot Bay on the coast of Maine. All three people on board survived.[255]
Gard B. Reynolds  United States The steamer struck a submerged object while leaving the dock at Pier 12, Port Richmond, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and was beached to prevent her from sinking.[463]
Lilly K  United States With no one on board, the 13-gross register ton motor vessel burned at Sheboygan, Wisconsin.[65]
Loma  United States The 19-gross register ton schooner was stranded off the New Point Loma Lighthouse at Point Loma, San Diego, California. All six people on board survived.[51]
Vigilant  United Kingdom The steamer was wrecked eight nautical miles (15 km) south of Roches-Douvres Light.[464]

26 July

List of shipwrecks: 26 July 1906
ShipStateDescription
Hokuyu Maru  Japan The 920-ton vessel was wrecked off Shiriuchi, Hokkaido, Japan.[465]
Maggie Schultz  Belgium The steamer foundered 80 nautical miles (150 km) off Bilbao, Spain.[466]
Stella B. Canada The 100-ton vessel was sunk by an iceberg in the Strait of Belle Isle, Canada.[467]
William Case  United States The 266-gross register ton schooner sank in Lake Erie 50 nautical miles (93 km; 58 mi) northeast by north of Colchester Light. All six people on board rescued by her tug Saginaw ( United States).[247][345][468]

27 July

List of shipwrecks: 27 July 1906
ShipStateDescription
C. W. Elphicke  United States The steamer struck the government extension of the breakwater at Cleveland, Ohio, and sank. Raised 23 August, repaired and returned to service.[469][470][345]
Era  United States The 134-gross register ton schooner was stranded at Pointe Plate on Miquelon Island. All 14 people on board survived.[255]

28 July

List of shipwrecks: 28 July 1906
ShipStateDescription
Shenandoah  United States The sloop yacht capsized on Lake Michigan two miles (3.2 km) from the Jackson Park, Illinois Life Saving Station. The crew were rescued by a boat. The United States Life Saving Service towed her into harbor where she was beached.[471]

29 July

List of shipwrecks: 29 July 1906
ShipStateDescription
Alva B.  United States The motor launch broached and capsized crossing the Hereford, New Jersey Bar. Survivors were rescued by the power boat Israella ( United States), and auxiliary sloop Fanny E. Moffat ( United States).[472]
Kilmore  United Kingdom The 2,215-ton vessel was sunk in a collision near West Hinder Lightship.[473]
Nora  United States The motor sloop broached and capsized crossing the Hereford, New Jersey Bar. Survivors rescued by the United States Life Saving Service, power boat Violet, and a skiff.[472]
Valentine  United States The steamer struck a submerged log and sank in Mullet Lake. One passenger died.[345]

30 July

List of shipwrecks: 30 July 1906
ShipStateDescription
Marjorie J. Sumner  Canada The schooner capsized at Eatonville, Nova Scotia, during unloading. Subsequently salvaged, repaired and returned to service.[474]
Sanquoit  United States The sloop yacht ran ashore in thick fog and was wrecked in the area of the Jerrys Point, New Hampshire Life Saving Station. The crew reached shore on an air mattress.[475]

31 July

List of shipwrecks: 31 July 1906
ShipStateDescription
Earl Dunraven  United Kingdom The 1,310-ton vessel was wrecked 4 miles (6.4 km) east northeast of Viuda Island.[476]
Socoa  France
Socoa aground off Cadgwith. Plumes of steam from pumps being used to refloat her can be seen.
The three-masted full-rigged sailing ship was stranded off Kildonan Point, Lizard Point, in dense fog. She was re-floated after jettisoning 50,000 barrels of cement and beached in Cadgwith Cove. She was later towed round to Falmouth and repaired.[477]
Unknown  United States A motor launch broke loose from her moorings at Orleans, Massachusetts, eventually drifting ashore and was wrecked. Her machinery and equipment was salvaged.[475]

Unknown date

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1906
ShipStateDescription
Chico  United States The 362-gross register ton screw steamer ran aground and was wrecked at Shelter Cove, California, on either 16 or 18 July (sources disagree). All 17 people on board survived.[247][451]
Margarita Uruguay The 550-ton vessel was abandoned on fire in the North Atlantic about 9 July.[478]

August

1 August

List of shipwrecks: 1 August 1906
ShipStateDescription
Gertrude  United States The steamer struck a snag and sank in the Apalachicola River above Mary's Landing. Later raised.[479]
USS Nero  United States Navy The collier ran aground 1,800 yards (1,600 m) off the south coast Block Island in dense fog. Refloated by tugs.[480][481]
Thomas Newton  United States The steamer sank in shallow water when struck by the barge Mars, under tow by Frank K. Esherick ( United States), in the Pasquotank River. After sinking, her cargo of lime caught fire and she burned to the water level.[285]

3 August

List of shipwrecks: 3 August 1906
ShipStateDescription
John J. Hagan  United States The steamer sank at dock at Pier 8, Port Richmond, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, over night. The only crewman on board was killed.[463]

4 August

List of shipwrecks: 4 August 1906
ShipStateDescription
Sirio  Italy
Painting Wreckage of the Sirio, by Benedito Calixto.
The passenger steamer was wrecked on the Punta Hormigas, a reef off Hormigas Island east of Cape Palos, Cartagena, Spain, with the loss of at least 150 – and perhaps as many as 400 – lives.[482][483][484] The steamer Marie Louise ( France) and the merchant ships Joven Migeul and Vicente Llicano (both flag unknown) were among ships rescuing survivors.
Unknown launch  United States Navy The steam launch, belonging to USS Newark ( United States Navy), was sunk in a collision with the tug T. A. Scott, Jr. ( United States) in the harbor of New Haven, Connecticut.[262]

5 August

List of shipwrecks: 5 August 1906
ShipStateDescription
Hamlet Norway The 117.4-foot (35.8 m) 380-ton brig was wrecked at Hesselø, Læsø, Denmark. Her crew took to her lifeboat, but it capsized killing 5 of the 8 crew.[485][486]
Irene  United States The 650-ton barge foundered in the outer harbor at St. Michael, District of Alaska, when her seams opened while she was alongside the steamer San Mateo ( United States) to take on cargo. The vessel City ( United States) towed the partially sunken barge – with 300 tons of hay and general merchandise aboard – into the inner harbor, where she grounded.[487]
Sverre Sweden The laid up 381-ton vessel was wrecked 2 miles from Slite, Gotland, Sweden.[488]

6 August

List of shipwrecks: 6 August 1906
ShipStateDescription
Falcon  United States The 43-gross register ton screw steamer burned to the waterline while tied up at a dock in Houghton, Washington. All five people on board survived.[65][489]
Falcon  United States The 74-gross register ton screw steamer burned at Houghton, Washington. All five people on board survived.[65]
George V. Jordan  United States The 616-gross register ton schooner was stranded on Pollock Rip Shoal four miles (6.4 km) from the Monomoy Point Life Saving Station on 6 or 7 August, eventually sinking in 3 fathoms (18 ft; 5.5 m) of water. Wreck removed with dynamite between 12 October and 9 November. All eight people on board were rescued by the United States Life Saving Service.[255][490][491]

7 August

List of shipwrecks: 7 August 1906
ShipStateDescription
Forth  United Kingdom The 513-ton steamer ran aground in thick fog and was wrecked on Long Pierre Rock off Herm, Channel Islands, whilst on passage from Middlesbrough to St. Malo.[492][493]
Harlem River  United States The tug was sunk when struck by the tug Margaret D. ( United States) in the Harlem River off One Hundred Twenty Fifth Street causing her to list to the point of filling with water and sinking. Later raised.[494]

8 August

List of shipwrecks: 8 August 1906
ShipStateDescription
Lucille  United States The 71-gross register ton screw steamer sank in Lake Erie 4 nautical miles (7.4 km; 4.6 mi) off West Sister Island after losing the packing from her stuffing box, creating a leak that the pumps could not handle. All five people on board survived. She later was raised.[65][495]

9 August

List of shipwrecks: 9 August 1906
ShipStateDescription
Evelina  Russia The 289-ton vessel was stranded at Markets Hallar. Refloated for scrapping.[496]

10 August

List of shipwrecks: 10 August 1906
ShipStateDescription
Brooklyn  United States The steamer ran aground on rocks off the breakwater at Pointe Delgarde, St. Michaels, The Azores. Refloated on 21 August and sailed to Lisbon for repairs.[494]
Cornelia  United States The 60-gross register ton schooner sank in Back Creek in Virginia. All three people on board survived.[255]
John H. Pauly  United States The 197-gross register ton steam barge caught fire while tied up at a dock at Marine City, Michigan, but was cut loose drifting out into a storm beyond reach of the City Fire Department, a total loss. All eight people on board survived.[65][394][497]

11 August

List of shipwrecks: 11 August 1906
ShipStateDescription
Bulgaria  United States The barge sprung a leak on Lake Michigan and was beached near the Plum Island Life Saving Station.[498]

12 August

List of shipwrecks: 12 August 1906
ShipStateDescription
De Ruyter Netherlands The 1,682-ton vessel sank off Helsing Fors after striking a wreck.[499]
Joseph L. Hurd  United States The steamer sprung a leak 20 miles (32 km) north east of Grosse Point, Michigan. The crew abandoned ship after the pumps could not keep up with the leak. She was towed by tugs to Chicago, Illinois where she sank in a slip. Total loss.[500]
Umberto I  Italy The 766-ton sailing vessel was abandoned in the North Atlantic.[501]

13 August

List of shipwrecks: 13 August 1906
ShipStateDescription
Alexander  United States The 294-gross register ton screw steamer was stranded in the Arctic Ocean at Cape Parry on the coast of the Northwest Territories. All 48 people on board survived.[247]

15 August

List of shipwrecks: 15 August 1906
ShipStateDescription
Detroit  United States The steamer burned to the water's edge at dock at Edgewater Point, Gideon's Bay, Lake Minnetonka. Her captain and mate, only ones aboard, escaped.[497]
Island City  United States The 423-gross register ton schooner was stranded at Shediac, New Brunswick. All seven people on board survived.[51]
Maggie Todd  United States The schooner went ashore at Watch Hill, Rhode Island.[502]

17 August

List of shipwrecks: 17 August 1906
ShipStateDescription
Ada Warren  United States The steamer ran aground and capsized in the Sacramento River at Hog Island, California.[451]
Isabella Gill  United States The 585-gross register ton schooner departed New York City bound for Mayport, Florida, with eight people aboard and was never heard from again.[51]

18 August

List of shipwrecks: 18 August 1906
ShipStateDescription
Alexander  United States The 294-ton steam whaling bark was wrecked at "Chugak" in the District of Alaska, apparently a reference to Shuyak Island in the Kodiak Archipelago.[302]
Cingalese Norway The 662-ton sailing vessel ran aground at the Hood Point Lighthouse in East London, South Africa in the Eastern Cape. It was refloated and towed into the harbour, where it was broken up.[503][504]
J. W. Bennett  United States The steamer was sunk in a collision with Saugatuck ( United States) 11 miles (18 km) north north east of Long Tail Point in Green Bay.[505]

19 August

List of shipwrecks: 19 August 1906
ShipStateDescription
Adelphi Sifnio Greece The 2,215-ton vessel foundered 45 miles (72 km) west of Algiers, French Algeria.[506]
Ann Thomson  United States The 252-gross register ton barge sank off Point Lookout on the coast of Maryland. Both people on board survived.[3]
Gov. Smith  United States The 2,044-gross register ton screw steamer sank after colliding with the steamer Uranus ( United States) on Lake Huron off Pointe Aux Barques, Michigan. All 20 people on board survived.[65][394]
Julia D. Schmidt  United States The 9-gross register ton schooner sank off Thacher Island on the coast of Massachusetts. The only person on board survived.[51]
Oweene  United States The 24-gross register ton iron-hulled sloop-rigged yacht burned in Long Island Sound. Both people on board survived.[147]

20 August

List of shipwrecks: 20 August 1906
ShipStateDescription
Ardell  United States The 27-gross register ton schooner sank in Tampa Bay off the coast of Florida. All three people on board survived.[507]
Bat  United States The 101-gross register ton schooner was stranded in the Bay of Fundy on Grand Manan in New Brunswick. All four people on board survived.[432]
Boston Marine Canada The 150-ton vessel stranded near Cape Germain, then floated off and drifted ashore at Cape Tormintine. Dismantled.[508]
Freda Sweden The 217-ton vessel was wrecked near Roda Beacon, Oeland, Sweden.[509]
Lanoy  United Kingdom The 192-ton vessel was wrecked on Gunfleet Sands.[510]
M. H. Morris  United States The 16-gross register ton schooner sank off Block Island off the coast of Rhode Island. The only person on board survived.[511]
Manchuria  United States The steamer was stranded on the northeast end of Oahu in the Territory of Hawaii.[451]
Nemo  United States The 9-gross register ton screw steamer burned at anchor off Point Jefferson, Washington. All three people on board survived.[23]
Princess Irene  United Kingdom The 763-ton vessel was wrecked at Linney Head, Pembroke.[512][513]

21 August

List of shipwrecks: 21 August 1906
ShipStateDescription
Mary L. Cushing  United States The 1,658-gross register ton bark was stranded at Mazatlán, Mexico. All 16 people on board survived.[147]
Nemo  United States The 9-gross register ton screw steamer burned at anchor off Point Jefferson, Washington. All three people on board survived.[489]

23 August

List of shipwrecks: 23 August 1906
ShipStateDescription
Case  United States The steamer sprung a leak and was beached at Port Washington, Wisconsin. Later refloated and taken to Milwaukee for repairs.[497]
Majore  United States The launch went ashore on Lake Ontario two miles (3.2 km) north west of the Charlotte, New York Life Saving Station. Her machinery was salvaged.[514]
Primrose  United Kingdom On a journey from her home port of Garston with a cargo of coal, the steamer hit the Low Lee rocks, Mount's Bay in thick fog one mile (1.6 km) from her destination, Newlyn.[515]
Rapid Norway The 297-ton vessel was wrecked at Langenaes, Iceland.[516]

24 August

List of shipwrecks: 24 August 1906
ShipStateDescription
C. B. Rossell  United States The 178-gross register ton barge sank in the Chesapeake Bay off Poplar Island in Maryland. All three people on board survived.[3]
C. H. Conover  United States The freighter was destroyed by fire just south of the Illinois Slip, Chicago, Illinois, when her cargo caught fire. Her crew of 25 escaped.[497]
Princess  Canada The steamboat foundered off George Island in Lake Winnipeg in Manitoba.

25 August

List of shipwrecks: 25 August 1906
ShipStateDescription
Philadelphia  United States The steamer sank at dock at Pier 39 South, in the Delaware River over night. Raised and found leaky seams was the cause.[463]

27 August

List of shipwrecks: 27 August 1906
ShipStateDescription
Concordia Norway The 158.5-foot (48.3 m) 676-ton barque caught fire and was abandoned in the Atlantic.[517][518]
M. H. Perkins  United States The 76-gross register ton schooner was stranded at Rockport, Massachusetts. All 14 people on board survived.[51]
Rhoda Stewart  United States The steamer encountered a gale shortly after leaving Cleveland, Ohio. She returned to harbor but suffered a broke steam line resulting in her cutting loose two barges and then being beached. The two barges drifted ashore.[519]

28 August

List of shipwrecks: 28 August 1906
ShipStateDescription
Agnes L. Potter  United States The 279-gross register ton schooner was stranded at Cleveland, Ohio. All five people on board survived.[432]
Celia  United States The 173-gross register ton screw steamer ran aground in dense fog and was wrecked two miles (3.2 km) south of the Point Pinos Lighthouse, six miles (9.7 km) from Monterey, California. All 20 people on board survived.[23][520]
William Grandy  United States The 464-gross register ton schooner barge or scow barge was stranded at Cleveland, Ohio. All four people on board survived.[247]

29 August

List of shipwrecks: 29 August 1906
ShipStateDescription
America  United States The tug was sunk when struck by Lighter No. 228 that had developed a leak and a list to starboard while being towed by the tug Juniata ( United States). When the list got to a steep angle part of her cargo of scrap iron slid overboard causing her to turn to port and hitting America. Her crew were rescued by Juniata.
City of Hudson  United States The 61-gross register ton sternwheel paddle steamer burned to the waterline and sank while tied up at a dock overnight at Brownsville, Minnesota. Both people on board survived.[247]
Clover  France Recently bought from Gibraltar by French contractor André Boyer, the 108-gross register ton steam tug sank after becoming disabled in strong winds off Cape Salou, Tarragona, Spain. Two men on the launch died.[521][522]
Hudson  United States The launch was sunk in a collision with the ferry Red Bank ( United States) at Jersey City, New Jersey. Both men on the launch died.[523]
Mildred  United States The 6-gross register ton cat boat sank after colliding with the sidewheel paddle steamer Nantucket ( United States) in the harbor at Nantucket, Massachusetts. Both people on board survived.[147][524]
Mostyn  United Kingdom The 122-ton vessel was sunk in a collision off Holyhead, Wales, U.K..[525]

30 August

List of shipwrecks: 30 August 1906
ShipStateDescription
C. P. Dixon  United States The 717-gross register ton schooner departed Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, bound for Fajardo, Puerto Rico, with eight people on board and was never heard from again.[432]
Excelsior  United States The 348-gross register ton, 138-foot (42.1 m) three-masted schooner was wrecked on Cape Rozhnof (56°N 161°W / 56°N 161°W / 56; -161 (Cape Rozhnof)) at Nelson Lagoon, District of Alaska. Her crew of 19 survived.[255][305]
Virginia  United States The 704-gross register ton schooner barge sank off Cape Fear, North Carolina. All five people on board survived.[526]

31 August

List of shipwrecks: 31 August 1906
ShipStateDescription
Roi des Belges Belgium The 216-ton fishing vessel was wrecked on Corubello Rock, off Villagarcia.[527]
Rosalia Spain The 135-ton vessel was wrecked near Cape Penas.[528]
USAT Sheridan United States United States Army The transport ran aground on Barber's Point, Territory of Hawaii. Refloated later and returned to service.[529]
Yaralla Australia The 201.8-foot (61.5 m) 482-ton vessel was wrecked on Naselai Reef, Kuba Point near Numbaulau, Fiji after a boiler tube explosion and, later, her towline parted.[530][531][532]

Unknown date

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date in August 1906
ShipStateDescription
Cingalese  Norway The full-rigged ship was dismasted and abandoned in the Indian Ocean. She was on a voyage from Zanzibar to Hamburg, Germany. Cingalese was later towed in to East London, South Africa, where she was scrapped in 1907.[533]
Bennett  United States The tug sunk sometime in August off Long Tail Point Light. She was refloated in mid-1907 and taken to Sturgeon Bay.[534]

September

1 September

List of shipwrecks: 1 September 1906
ShipStateDescription
Alice M  United States The 9-gross register ton motor yacht burned at Algonac, Michigan. Both people on board survived.[247]
Annie L. Henderson  United States The 428-gross register ton schooner burned at Bangor, Maine. All seven people on board survived.[432]
Cavalier Canada The 299-ton lumber schooner was wrecked on Chantry Island Reef in Lake Huron. Crew rescued the next morning after spending the night in her rigging.[535][536]

2 September

List of shipwrecks: 2 September 1906
ShipStateDescription
Gipsy  United States The 11-gross register ton motor vessel was stranded at Rockaway Beach in Queens, New York. All four people on board survived.[65]

3 September

List of shipwrecks: 3 September 1906
ShipStateDescription
Hirondelle France The 321-ton vessel was wrecked off Morlaix.[537]
Lillie  United States The 61-gross register ton sternwheel paddle steamer capsized and sank at Trinity, Louisiana. All nine people on board survived, but she was declared a total loss.[65][408]
Theodore France The 176-ton vessel was wrecked at Pourcenaux Rock 2 miles (3.2 km) east of Quemenes.[538]

4 September

List of shipwrecks: 4 September 1906
ShipStateDescription
Elina Norway The 2,652-ton vessel was wrecked at Baccaro, Nova Scotia.[539]
Lavinia  United States The steamer sank at Palatka, Florida, on the St. Johns River. Later raised.[307]

5 September

List of shipwrecks: 5 September 1906
ShipStateDescription
Unknown scow  United States The scow, under tow of the tug A. R Skidmore ( United States), was sunk in a collision with an unidentified schooner under tow of Cresent ( United States) in the East River off Riker's Island, New York City.[540]
Wm. Crosthwaite  United States The barge sank in a collision with its tow steamer Homer Warren ( United States) in Lake Erie off Kellys Island.[247][495]

6 September

List of shipwrecks: 6 September 1906
ShipStateDescription
Chauncey E. Burk  United States The 916-gross register ton schooner was stranded at Sandy Point on Great Abaco in the Bahamas. All nine people on board survived.[432]
Nelson Mills  United States The 391-gross register ton screw steamer sank after colliding with the screw steamer Milwaukee ( United States) off McGregor Point in the St. Clair River on the Canada-United States border between Michigan and Ontario. One passenger and one crewman were killed. There were 14 survivors.[23][394][541][542]
Walrus  United States Carrying her captain, six passengers, and a 600-pound (270 kg) deck cargo of two stoves and two gas tanks, the 9-gross register ton, 30-foot (9.1 m) motor vessel was destroyed by fire in Tongass Narrows in the District of Alaska after a lantern exploded. Two passengers – a six-year-old girl and a 15-year-old girl – were trapped by the fire and burned to death. The captain and the other four passengers escaped in a lifeboat.[23][543]

7 September

List of shipwrecks: 7 September 1906
ShipStateDescription
Gertrude A. Bartlett United States The 139.4-foot (42.5 m) 374-ton schooner was abandoned in the Atlantic.[544][545]
Gosta Sweden The 169-ton vessel was abandoned in the North Sea.[546]

8 September

List of shipwrecks: 8 September 1906
ShipStateDescription
Emma R  United States The 251-gross register ton barge sank at New York City The only person on board survived.[445]
Maggie R  United States The 5-gross register ton catboat was stranded on Gay Head on the coast of Massachusetts. The only person on board survived.[547]
Uhlenhorst  Germany The 690-ton vessel foundered off Trindelen.[548]

9 September

List of shipwrecks: 9 September 1906
ShipStateDescription
Alice  United States The 72-gross register ton sternwheel paddle steamer sank in the Savannah River in Georgia. All six people on board survived.[247]
Elim Norway The 196-ton vessel was wrecked at Thorshavn, Faroe Islands.[549]
Metamora  United States The 36-gross register ton schooner sank at New Harbor, Maine. Both people on board survived.[147]
Oliver S. Barrett  United States On the day she departed Port Royal, South Carolina, for a voyage to New York City, the 634-gross register ton schooner capsized at sea with the loss of eight lives. There was one survivor.[147]

10 September

List of shipwrecks: 10 September 1906
ShipStateDescription
Irvin  United Kingdom The 989-ton vessel was wrecked 5 miles (8.0 km) north of Leixoes, Portugal.[550]
Leah  United States Operating as an inland passenger vessel with 199 people aboard, the 477-gross register ton, 138.7-foot (42.3 m) sternwheel paddle steamer sank after striking a submerged rock or snag in the Yukon River at Quail Island, 40 miles (64 km) below Kaltag, District of Alaska. Her wreck filled with ice and mud over the next eight months and became a total loss.[341]

11 September

List of shipwrecks: 11 September 1906
ShipStateDescription
Anna M. Stammer  United States The 419-gross register ton schooner departed Gulfport, Mississippi, bound for Cartagena, Colombia. She capsized during the voyage with the loss of all eight people on board. She was salvaged and was towed in to Key West, Florida, where she arrived on 11 January 1907.[432]
Lotus  Russia The 128-ton vessel was wrecked at Fieron, Oscarshamn, Sweden.[551]
Unknown canal boat  United States A canal boat, under tow of the tug Robert McAllister ( United States), was damaged when she struck a submerged log that went through her bottom in the Columbia Basin causing her to fill and be beached near Clinton Street, Brooklyn.[540]

12 September

List of shipwrecks: 12 September 1906
ShipStateDescription
Marec  United Kingdom The 142-ton fishing vessel foundered 80 miles (130 km) off St. Ann's Head.[552]
Semiramis France The 137-ton vessel was wrecked at Port Talbot, Wales, U.K..[553]

13 September

List of shipwrecks: 13 September 1906
ShipStateDescription
Emanuel Norway The 217-ton vessel was wrecked at Sandorbrok, Iceland.[554]
Oregon  United States The 2,335-gross register ton coastal passenger-cargo ship was wrecked in heavy rain squalls at Cape Hinchinbrook, Hinchinbrook Island, District of Alaska. All 121 people on board survived. A small party took a lifeboat to Valdez, Alaska, to seek help; the remaining 110 people stranded aboard the wreck were rescued by USLHS Columbine ( United States Lighthouse Service). Oregon was declared a total loss.[23][489]

14 September

List of shipwrecks: 14 September 1906
ShipStateDescription
Carl Both  Russia The 543-ton sailing vessel was abandoned off the Faroe Islands.[555]

15 September

List of shipwrecks: 15 September 1906
ShipStateDescription
Chas. B. Packard  United States The steamer struck an obstruction and sprung a leak three and a half miles (5.6 km) west north west of Middle Ground. She sank seven miles (11 km) west north west of Middle Ground Light before she could be beached. Crew left in boats and were rescued by the barge Harold.[556]
H. B. Tuttle  United States The steamer sprung a leak and was beached at Marblehead, Ohio, one-half mile (0.80 km) east of the Life Saving Station. Six of her crew removed to shore by the United States Life Saving Service, with seven choosing to remain on board. Refloated on 18 September and towed to Sandusky, Ohio, for repairs where she sank, a total loss. The vessel was raised on 26 June 1907, taken to Detroit where she was dismantled and abandoned in 1908.[556][557][558]
Oliver S. Barrett United States The 561-ton vessel sank in the North Atlantic.[559]
Virginia H. Hudson  United States The 579-gross register ton schooner barge or scow barge sank at Hereford, New Jersey. All four people on board survived.[247]

16 September

List of shipwrecks: 16 September 1906
ShipStateDescription
Adieu  United States The yacht foundered in heavy seas on Lake Erie midway between Stony Point, Michigan, and Point Moullee. Her captain and engineer, the only two people on board, were rescued by Maude ( United States).[556]
Coat Coal France The 479-ton vessel foundered in the English channel.[560]
Morales Mexico The schooner sank in a possible hurricane in the Gulf of Campeche. Her Captain and 4 crew were killed, survivors were rescued by "Bosefield" 24 hours later.[561]
Rapidan  United States The 26-gross register ton schooner burned at Lower East Pubnico, Nova Scotia. All eight people on board survived.[147]
Twilight  United States The 376-gross register ton schooner capsized in the North Atlantic Ocean 50 nautical miles (93 km; 58 mi) off Charleston, South Carolina, with the loss of six lives. There was one survivor.[247]

17 September

List of shipwrecks: 17 September 1906
ShipStateDescription
Cassie F. Bronson  United States The 1,124-gross register ton schooner was stranded near Cape Fear, North Carolina. All nine people on board survived.[432]
Charles F. Tuttle  United States The 776-gross register ton schooner sprung a leak then turned on her beams ends and was abandoned off Charleston, South Carolina in a hurricane. All eight people on board were rescued by "Seguranca" 48 hours later.[432][562]
Daniels Island  United States The steamer sank at dock in Charleston, South Carolina, when seas washed over her stern in a gale.[275]
Ethel  United States The 734-gross register ton bark was stranded at Singleton Swash, South Carolina, with the loss of two lives. There were nine survivors.[255]
James D. Dewell  United States The 603-gross register ton schooner sank in the North Atlantic Ocean off Charleston, South Carolina, with the loss of all seven people on board.[51]
Leslie  United States The 22-gross register ton motor yacht burned at New Haven, Connecticut. Both people on board survived.[65]
Nelson E. Newbury  United States The 658-gross register ton schooner sank, or capsized with the derelict vessel drifting ashore on Pea Island, with the loss of six lives in the North Atlantic Ocean off Charleston, South Carolina. There were two survivors.[147][563]
Ohio Canada The 325-ton sailing vessel was wrecked near Cape Hatteras.[564]
R. D. Bibber  United States The 769-gross register ton schooner was stranded on Frying Pan Shoals, North Carolina, or capsized off Frying Pan Shoals and was beached on the Cape Fear River bar. All five people on board survived.[147][565]

18 September

List of shipwrecks: 18 September 1906
ShipStateDescription
Albatross Unknown British colony The 146-ton vessel foundered near Futaunum Pass.[566]
Anna Precht  Russia The 37.5-metre (123 ft) 398-ton barque was wrecked on Barber Sands in a Force 6 gale. Two crew died, 6 rescued.[567][568]
Aspenrade  Germany 1906 Hong Kong typhoon: The 973-ton vessel was wrecked on Stonecutter's Island, Hong Kong.[569]
Castellano  United States 1906 Hong Kong typhoon: The steamer went ashore at Hong Kong in a typhoon.[570]
Changsha  British Hong Kong 1906 Hong Kong typhoon: The steamer went ashore at Hong Kong in a typhoon.[571]
Chinkai Maru  Japan 1906 Hong Kong typhoon: The steamer went ashore at Kelleta Island, Hong Kong in a typhoon.[572]
Chum Lee Unknown 1906 Hong Kong typhoon: The steamer went ashore at Hong Kong in a typhoon.[573]
HMS Dongala  Royal Navy 1906 Hong Kong typhoon: The gunboat went ashore at Hong Kong during a typhoon.[574]
Emma Luyken  Germany 1906 Hong Kong typhoon: The steamer went ashore at Hong Kong in a typhoon.[575][576]
Fatshan  British Hong Kong 1906 Hong Kong typhoon: The steamer went ashore at Hong Kong in a typhoon.[577]
Fronde  French Navy
Fronde
1906 Hong Kong typhoon: The Arquebuse-class destroyer was wrecked at Hong Kong in a typhoon. Five crew were killed. Later salvaged and returned to service.[578]
Fukaye Maru  Japan 1906 Hong Kong typhoon: The 232-ton vessel foundered off Wanchai.[579]
H. B. Tuttle  United States The steamer sank at Sandusky, Ohio, after arriving for repairs. Later raised, repaired and returned to service.[556]
Hermania Unknown 1906 Hong Kong typhoon: The steamer went ashore at Hong Kong in a typhoon.[580]
Hoi Cheong Unknown British colony 1906 Hong Kong typhoon: The 461-ton vessel was wrecked at Hong Kong.[581]
Keung Shan Unknown 1906 Hong Kong typhoon: The steamer went ashore at Hong Kong in a typhoon.[582]
Kongmoon Unknown 1906 Hong Kong typhoon: The steamer was sunk at Hong Kong in a typhoon.[583]
Kong Nam Unknown British colony 1906 Hong Kong typhoon: The 501-ton vessel was wrecked at Hong Kong.[584]
Monteagle  United Kingdom 1906 Hong Kong typhoon: The steamer went ashore at Hong Kong in a typhoon.[585]
Nellie Floyd  United States The 457-gross register ton schooner sank with the loss of her Captain in the North Atlantic Ocean 18 nautical miles (33 km) southwest of Frying Pan Shoals Light off the coast of North Carolina. There were six survivors.[147]
Pak Hong  British Hong Kong 1906 Hong Kong typhoon: The steamer went ashore at Hong Kong in a typhoon.[586]
Pak Kang Unknown British colony 1906 Hong Kong typhoon: The 434-ton vessel was wrecked at Hong Kong.[587]
Petrarch  Germany
Petrarch
1906 Hong Kong typhoon: The steamer went ashore at Hong Kong in a typhoon.[588]
HMS Phoenix  Royal Navy
HMS Phoenix
1906 Hong Kong typhoon: The Phoenix-class steel screw sloop foundered alongside a coaling pier in Hong Kong during a typhoon.
San Cheung Unknown
San Cheung
1906 Hong Kong typhoon: The steamer was sunk at Hong Kong in a typhoon.[589]
San Rosario Unknown 1906 Hong Kong typhoon: The steamer went ashore at Hong Kong in a typhoon.[590]
Sexta  Germany 1906 Hong Kong typhoon: The steamer went ashore at Hong Kong in a typhoon.[591]
Signal  Germany 1906 Hong Kong typhoon: The steamer went ashore at Hong Kong in a typhoon.[592][593]
Slava Unknown 1906 Hong Kong typhoon: The steamer went ashore at Hong Kong in a typhoon.[594]
Sorsogon  United States 1906 Hong Kong typhoon: The steamer was sunk at dock at Hong Kong in a typhoon.[595][596]
S. P. Hitchcock  United States 1906 Hong Kong typhoon: The schooner was sunk, or stranded, at Hong Kong in a typhoon. Refloated and condemned.[597][598]
Sun on  British Hong Kong 1906 Hong Kong typhoon: The steamer went ashore at Hong Kong in a typhoon.[599]
Takhing  British Hong Kong 1906 Hong Kong typhoon: The steamer went ashore at Hong Kong in a typhoon.[600]
Wing Chai  British Hong Kong 1906 Hong Kong typhoon: The steamer went ashore at Hong Kong in a typhoon.[601]

19 September

List of shipwrecks: 19 September 1906
ShipStateDescription
Austria  United Kingdom The 1,050-ton sailing vessel was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean.[602]
Charles B. Packard  United States The steamer struck the wreck of Armenia ( United States) in a gale on Lake Erie four miles (6.4 km) off the lighthouse at Pelee Island, Ontario (41°00′N 82°58′W / 41.000°N 82.967°W / 41.000; -82.967) in seven fathoms (42 ft; 13 m) of water.[497][603][604]
Edna Wallace Hopper  United States The 136-gross register ton motor vessel was stranded in Port au Port Bay on the coast of Newfoundland. All 15 people on board survived.[65]
Hanover  United States The motor vessel struck a submerged object and sank at Bethlehem, Indiana. Later raised.[438]
Leah  United States The 477-gross register ton sterwnheel paddle steamer struck a rock or snag off Quail Island in the Yukon River and sank 40 miles (64 km) below Kaltag, District of Alaska. She was declared a total loss. All 199 people on board survived.[605]
Princess  Canada The steamer was wrecked on a reef in Lake Winnipeg, suffering a broke back. She broke up in a storm on 26 September.[497]

20 September

List of shipwrecks: 20 September 1907
ShipStateDescription
Cassie F. Bronson United States The 952-ton vessel was wrecked at Conway, South Carolina.[606]
Hiawatha  United States The excursion steamer sank in shallow water at Port Huron, Michigan.[497]
Josepha Formosa Spain The 535-ton vessel was wrecked at San Feliú de Guixols, Catalonia, Spain.[607]
Vera  United States The 10-gross register ton motor vessel burned on the Queets River in Washington. All four people on board survived.[23]

21 September

List of shipwrecks: 21 September 1906
ShipStateDescription
Atlantic  United States The 221-gross register ton screw steamer sank off Battery Island in the Cape Fear River in North Carolina after colliding with the screw steamer Navahoe ( United States). All 24 people on board survived.[247][275]
Easdale  United Kingdom The 116-ton vessel was wrecked on Scaurs of Cruden near Aberdeen.[608]

22 September

List of shipwrecks: 22 September 1906
ShipStateDescription
Ellida Sweden The 117-ton vessel sprung a leak and capsized, drifting ashore at Faggerviken.[609][610]
Skip  United States The 16-gross register ton scow was wrecked at Mount Andrew (55°30′N 132°20′W / 55.500°N 132.333°W / 55.500; -132.333 (Barren Islands)) on the Kasaan Peninsula in Southeast Alaska after the lines mooring her to a wharf parted in a storm and she drifted ashore, where the surf broke her up. The only person on board survived.[3][611]

24 September

List of shipwrecks: 24 September 1906
ShipStateDescription
Linnea Norway The 355-ton vessel was wrecked at Cayo Hicacos.[612]

25 September

List of shipwrecks: 25 September 1906
ShipStateDescription
Columbian  Canada The sternwheel paddle steamer was destroyed by an explosion and fire on the Yukon River at Eagle Rock in Canada′s Yukon Territory, killing six members of the 25-man crew.
F. W. Webster, jr.  United States The 8-gross register ton sternwheel motor paddle vessel burned on the Tennessee River at Decatur, Alabama. The only person on board survived.[65]
Georgian  United Kingdom The 1,098-ton vessel went aground on Terschelling. Later refloated and sold for scrap.[613]
Harry A. Berwind  United States The 996-gross register ton schooner was stranded on the Isle of Pines off the coast of Cuba. All nine people on board survived, .[255][614]
Lila  United States 1906 Mississippi hurricane: The 6-gross register ton sloop sank in Dauphin Island Bay on the coast of Alabama. Both people on board survived.[51]
Marion Grimes  United States The 72-gross register ton schooner was stranded on Assateague Island, Virginia seven miles (11 km) north of the Life Saving Station, a total loss. All 15 people on board made it to the beach in the vessels boats.[51][615]
Newell B. Hawes  United States The schooner sprung a leak at Newburyport, Massachusetts, and was beached.[615]
Olivia  United States 1906 Mississippi hurricane: The 9-gross register ton schooner in Dauphin Island Bay on the coast of Alabama with the loss of all three people on board survived.[147]
Oneida  United States The 22-gross register ton screw steamer was lost after she collided with the screw steamer Charles B. Hill ( United States) in the Detroit River on the Canada-United States border between Michigan and Ontario. All three people on board survived.[23]
S. O. Co. No. 10  United States The tug was sunk in a collision with the tug Ella ( United States) in the East River off Adams Street, Brooklyn. One crewman died later on shore.[616]
S. O. Co. No. 90  United States 1906 Mississippi hurricane: The barge was separated from her tug Astral ( United States), during the hurricane 225 miles (362 km) west north west of the Dry Tortugas and was never seen again. Lost with all nine hands.[616]

26 September

List of shipwrecks: 26 September 1906
ShipStateDescription
Campbell  Norway 1906 Mississippi hurricane: The sailing bark was sunk at a pier at Pensacola, Florida.[617]
Daisy  United States 1906 Mississippi hurricane: The 33-gross register ton schooner was stranded on Horn Island on the coast of Mississippi with the loss of one life. There were four survivors.[255]
Elmer E. Randall  United States 1906 Mississippi hurricane: The 56-gross register ton schooner sank in the Gulf of Mexico 75 nautical miles (139 km; 86 mi) off Mobile, Alabama. All eight people on board survived.[255]
Fort Morgan  United States 1906 Mississippi hurricane: The steamer was driven ashore at the foot of St. Frances Street, Mobile, Alabama.[618]
Fred P. Litchfield  United States 1906 Mississippi hurricane: The 1,045-gross register ton schooner barge or scow barge sank in the Gulf of Mexico at 26°00′N 87°50′W / 26.000°N 87.833°W / 26.000; -87.833 (Fred P. Litchfield). All eight people on board survived.[255]
Gamma  United States 1906 Mississippi hurricane:With no one on board, the 89-gross register ton sternwheel paddle steamer sank off Mobile, Alabama.[619]
Governor Stone  United States 1906 Mississippi hurricane: The sailing vessel capsized in Herron Bay on the coast of Alabama and was driven 300 yards (270 m) into a marsh. Her owner was her sole survivor. She was refloated, repaired, and returned to service.[620]
Hastings  United Kingdom The 916-ton barge burned in the Irrawaddy River near Prome, British Burma.[621]
Hercules  Norway 1906 Mississippi hurricane: The sailing bark lumber ship was wrecked on Ship Island just north of Fort Massachusetts and was declared a total loss.[622]
Jennie Hulbert  United States 1906 Mississippi hurricane: The 440-gross register ton brig was abandoned in the Gulf of Mexico. All eight people on board survived. She remained afloat and was towed in to Port Eads, Louisiana, on 10 October.[51]
Navarre France The 304-ton fishing vessel was wrecked on Basses de St. Marie Rocks, St. Pierre and Miquelon.[623]
S. O. Co. No. 90  United States 1906 Mississippi hurricane: The 2,019-gross register ton schooner barge or scow barge sank in the Gulf of Mexico off the Dry Tortugas with the loss of all nine people on board.[147]
Unidentified schooners  United States 1906 Mississippi hurricane: A small fleet of several sailing schooners sank at Heron Bay, Alabama, with the loss of all hands.[620]

27 September

List of shipwrecks: 27 September 1906
ShipStateDescription
A. J. Chapman  United States With no one on board, the 48-gross register ton schooner was stranded at Wrights Mill Beach on the coast of Florida.[432]
Agnes  United States 1906 Mississippi hurricane: The 14-gross register ton schooner was stranded at Bayou La Batre, Alabama, with the loss of all three people on board.[432]
Agnes  United States 1906 Mississippi hurricane: With no one aboard, the 8-gross register ton schooner was stranded at Dauphin Island, Alabama.[432]
Altama  United States 1906 Mississippi hurricane: The 31-gross register ton schooner was stranded in Pensacola Bay, Florida. All six people on board survived.[432]
Amelia  United States 1906 Mississippi hurricane: The steamer was sunk at Mobile, Alabama.[624]
Angelo  United States 1906 Mississippi hurricane: After the 122-gross register ton sidewheel paddle steamer's dock at Pensacola, Florida, was blown away, she was stranded on the beach in Pensacola Bay and broke up. All six people on board survived.[247][624]
Antonietta  Italy The brigantine foundered at Alicante, Spain.[625]
Athena Unknown British Colony 1906 Mississippi hurricane: The 663-ton vessel was wrecked at Mobile.[626]
Aurore Portugal The 194-ton vessel was wrecked on the bar of the Limpopo River.[627]
Baunen Norway 1906 Mississippi hurricane: The 833-ton vessel was wrecked on Horn Island, Mississippi.[628]
B. F. Sutter  United States 1906 Mississippi hurricane: The 36-gross register ton schooner was stranded in Pensacola Bay, Florida. All seven people on board survived.[432]
Campbell Norway 1906 Mississippi hurricane: The 1,099-ton vessel was wrecked at Pensacola.[629]
Capt. Fritz  United States 1906 Mississippi hurricane: The packet ship was driven ashore at Pensacola, Florida. Refloated and repaired.[624]
Carrie N. Chase  United States The 48-gross register ton schooner was stranded at Fisherville, Florida. All seven people on board survived.[432]
City of Concord  United States The 385-gross register ton screw steamer sank in Lake Erie off Pelee Island, Ontario, with the loss of two lives. There were ten survivors.[247][630]
Clara R. Grimes  United States 1906 Mississippi hurricane: The 34-gross register ton schooner was stranded in Pensacola Bay, Florida. All eight people on board survived.[255]
D. W.  United States 1906 Mississippi hurricane: With no one on board, the 5-gross register ton sloop was stranded in Pensacola Bay, Florida.[255]
Ethel  United States 1906 Mississippi hurricane: The 7-gross register ton schooner sank at Heron Bay, Alabama, with the loss of one life. There were two survivors.[255]
Emma  Norway 1906 Mississippi hurricane: The lumber barque sank off Mobile, Alabama, after the hurricane passed over the city.[631]
Fluorine  United States 1906 Mississippi hurricane: The 386-gross register ton bark was stranded on Cat Island on the coast of Mississippi. All nine people on board survived.[255]
Francis and Margery  United States 1906 Mississippi hurricane: The 40-gross register ton schooner was stranded at Pensacola, Florida. All six people on board survived.[255]
Gertrude A. Bartlett  United States The 374-gross register ton schooner was abandoned in the North Atlantic Ocean at 29°15′N 71°45′W / 29.250°N 71.750°W / 29.250; -71.750 (Gertrude A. Bartlett). All seven people on board survived.[255]
Gracie S  United States 1906 Mississippi hurricane: The 9-gross register ton schooner was stranded in Pensacola Bay on the coast of Florida. All five people on board survived.[255]
Gussie  United States 1906 Mississippi hurricane: The 998-gross register ton steel-hullled sidewheel paddle steamer was stranded on Dauphin Island , Alabama. All 33 people on board survived.[619]
Hattie B. Moore  United States 1906 Mississippi hurricane: The steamer was wrecked at Mobile, Alabama. She was a Total Loss.[632]
Helen  United States 1906 Mississippi hurricane: The 20-gross register ton screw steamer's dock at Pensacola, Florida, was blown away, setting her adrift, and she broke up on the beach. All five people on board survived.[65][624]
Hercules Norway 1906 Mississippi hurricane: The 1,199-ton vessel was wrecked at Ship Island, Mississippi.[633]
Hilary  United States 1906 Mississippi hurricane: The 38-gross register ton schooner was stranded at Perdido Key, Florida. Both people on board survived.[51]
Irma  United States 1906 Mississippi hurricane: With no one on board, the 6-gross register ton schooner was stranded in Pensacola Bay on the coast of Florida.[51]
J. P. Schuh  United States 1906 Mississippi hurricane: The laid up steamer was driven ashore at Mobile, Alabama.[624]
J. Wago  United States 1906 Mississippi hurricane: The 19-gross register ton schooner was stranded at Biloxi, Mississippi. All four people on board survived.[51]
Jas. P. Collins  United States 1906 Mississippi hurricane: The 13-gross register ton schooner was stranded in Pensacola Bay, Florida. All four people on board survived.[51]
Jos. Favre-Baldwin  United States 1906 Mississippi hurricane: The 50-gross register ton screw steamer burned at Fairport, Mississippi. All three people on board survived.[65]
Josephine  United States 1906 Mississippi hurricane: With no one on board, the 774-gross register ton screw steamer was lost when she collided with the barge Black Diamond ( United States) at Mobile, Alabama.[65]
Josie Johnson  United States 1906 Mississippi hurricane: The 27-gross register ton schooner was stranded in Pensacola Bay, Florida. All six people on board survived.[51]
Kauikeaouli  United States The 140-gross register ton schooner was abandoned in the Pacific Ocean off Hawaii. All seven people on board survived.[51]
Lady Grace  United States 1906 Mississippi hurricane: With no one on board, the 144-gross register ton sternwheel paddle steamer was wrecked at Mobile, Alabama.[65][634]
Lila  United States 1906 Mississippi hurricane: The sloop was lost in Dauphin Island Bay (30°15′54″N 88°06′21″W / 30.2650°N 88.1059°W / 30.2650; -88.1059 (Dauphin Island Bay)) on the United States Gulf Coast in Alabama.[341]
Margaret S  United States 1906 Mississippi hurricane: With no one on board, the 11-gross register ton schooner was stranded on Cat Island, Mississippi.[51]
Margrette B  United States 1906 Mississippi hurricane: The 13-gross register ton schooner was stranded at Point of Pines, Alabama, with the loss of both people on board.[51]
Marie  Germany 1906 Mississippi hurricane: The 1,022-ton vessel was wrecked at Pensacola.[635]
Mary  United States 1906 Mississippi hurricane: With no one on board, the laid-up 198-gross register ton sternwheel paddle steamer — a packet ship — was blown from her moorings on the east side of the Mobile River to the city side at Mobile, Alabama, and was wrecked. She was a total loss.[65][624][636]
Mary E. Staples  United States 1906 Mississippi hurricane: The steamer was wrecked at Mobile, Alabama. She was later raised and repaired.[637]
Mary Gray  United States 1906 Mississippi hurricane: The 8-gross register ton schooner sank in Dauphin Island Bay (30°15′54″N 88°06′21″W / 30.2650°N 88.1059°W / 30.2650; -88.1059 (Dauphin Island Bay)) Alabama. All four people on board survived.[147][73]
Mary S. Bleese  United States 1906 Mississippi hurricane: The steamer was wrecked at Mobile, Alabama. She was later raised and repaired..[638]
Mary Wittich  United States 1906 Mississippi hurricane: The steamer's dock was blown away in lower Mobile Bay and she driven up on the beach. Refloated and repaired.[624]
Merzapore Norway 1906 Mississippi hurricane: The 1,144-ton vessel was stranded at Mobile. Later refloated, taken to Gulfport, Mississippi for conversion into a barge.[639]
Minerva  United States 1906 Mississippi hurricane: The 64-gross register ton schooner sank in Pensacola Bay, Florida. All eight people on board survived.[147]
Nelley Keyser  United States 1906 Mississippi hurricane: The 42-gross register ton screw steamer was blown away from her dock at Pensacola, Florida, and broke up on the beach in Pensacola Bay. All five people on board survived.[23][624]
Nellie B  United States 1906 Mississippi hurricane: With no one on board, the 6-gross register ton schooner was stranded in Pensacola Bay, Florida.[147]
Norge Norway 1906 Mississippi hurricane: The 1,580-ton vessel was stranded at Mobile. Later refloated, taken to Gulfport, Mississippi for conversion into a barge.[640]
Old Hickory  United States 1906 Mississippi hurricane: The 29-gross register ton schooner was stranded at Mobile, Alabama. Both people on board survived.[147]
Olivari  Italy 1906 Mississippi hurricane: The 1,008-ton vessel was wrecked at Pensacola.[641]
Olive  United States 1906 Mississippi hurricane: With no one on board, the 172-gross register ton schooner sank in the Mobile River in Alabama.[147]
Olivia  United States 1906 Mississippi hurricane: The schooner was lost in Dauphin Island Bay (30°15′54″N 88°06′21″W / 30.2650°N 88.1059°W / 30.2650; -88.1059 (Dauphin Island Bay)) Alabama.[642]
Phenix  United States The lighter sank at dock in the East River at One Hundred and Fifty-Sixth Street.[616]
Trojan  Italy 1906 Mississippi hurricane: The 1,624-ton vessel was wrecked at Mobile.[643]
Two Friends  United States 1906 Mississippi hurricane: The 6-gross register ton sloop sank at Heron Bay, Alabama, with the loss of both people on board.[247]
Two Sisters  United States 1906 Mississippi hurricane: The 21-gross register ton schooner was stranded at Bay Point, Alabama. Both people on board survived.[247]
Wm. H. Warren  United States 1906 Mississippi hurricane: The 31-gross register ton schooner sank off St. Joseph Point, Florida with the loss of all seven people on board.[247]

28 September

List of shipwrecks: 28 September 1906
ShipStateDescription
Ashbrooke  United Kingdom The 1,419-ton vessel was sunk in a collision near Brunshausen. Raised and sold for scrap.[644]
Felix  Russia The 119-ton sailing vessel was abandoned off Windau, Russia.[645][646]

29 September

List of shipwrecks: 29 September 1906
ShipStateDescription
No. 2 (or Car Ferry No. 2)  United States The 1,548-gross register ton barge — a train ferry — capsized and sank off Chicago, Illinois, in a gale. Her master and two crewmen were killed. There were three survivors: The steam tug Perfection ( United States) rescued two of them, and the United States Life-Saving Service rescued the other.[647]
City of Concord  United States The steamer sprung a leak and foundered in heavy seas on Lake Erie four miles (6.4 km) east of the south end of Kelleys Island. Two or three crewmen went down with the ship after refusing to get in the lifeboat when ordered to.[556][497]
Loch Etive  United Kingdom The 104-ton vessel was wrecked near Tarbert.[648]
M. W. Wood  United States The tow steamer filled and sank when a line to her tow parted causing a severe list in the Mississippi River 35 miles (56 km) south of New Orleans, Louisiana, sinking in 115 feet (35 m) of water.[408]

30 September

List of shipwrecks: 30 September 1906
ShipStateDescription
Akashi Maru  Japan The 1,571-ton vessel was wrecked near Amoy.[649]
Charterhouse Straits Settlements The 314-foot (96 m), 2,021-ton cargo ship sank in a typhoon in the Hainan Straits off Hainan Head. The crew were rescued by Kohsichang ( Germany).[650][651]
Lady Bird  United Kingdom The 219-ton fishing vessel was wrecked 2 miles north of Collieston, Scotland.[652]
Negaunee  United States The 640-gross register ton schooner was stranded in Lake Erie. All seven people on board survived.[147]
Oshkosh  United States The 16-gross register ton motor yacht burned at Oshkosh, Wisconsin. All seven people on board survived.[23]

Unknown date

List of shipwrecks: unknown September 1907
ShipStateDescription
Asa T. Stowell  United States The 419-gross register ton schooner departed Pensacola, Florida on 22 September, bound for Havana, Cuba, with seven people on board and was never heard from again. Probable victim of the 1906 Mississippi hurricane.[432]
Exception Unknown British colony The 380-ton vessel sailed from Pascagoula, Mississippi for Havana, Cuba on 16 September and vanished. Possible victim of the 1906 Mississippi hurricane[653]
Isabella Gill United States The 525-ton vessel sailed from New York for Mayport on 11 September and vanished.[654]
Launberga Norway The 1,215-ton vessel was stranded on Frying Pan Shoals sometime before 24 September. Refloated, towed to Southport and sold.[655]
Milton Unknown British colony The 348-ton vessel sailed from Cienfuegos, Cuba for Mobile, Alabama on 18 September and vanished. Probable victim of the 1906 Mississippi hurricane.[656]
Pharos  United Kingdom The trawler disappeared after leaving Grimsby for the Faeroe Isles fishing grounds. Lost with all hands.[657]

October

2 October

List of shipwrecks: 2 October 1906
ShipStateDescription
Pelican  United States The 13-gross register ton schooner was stranded at Pass-a-Grille on the west coast of Florida. Both people on board survived.[147]
Santa Ana  United States The steamer sprung a leak in a severe gale 50 miles (80 km) off Cape Flattery. She was beached in Callam Bay. After removing some cargo she was refloated and taken to Seattle, Washington, for repairs.[489]

3 October

List of shipwrecks: 3 October 1906
ShipStateDescription
Maunie  United States During a severe windstorm, the 36-gross register ton sternwheel paddle steamer either was stranded or foundered while tied up at a dock in the Ohio River at Eckel's Landing near Grand Chain, Illinois. All four people on board survived, but she was declared a total loss.[65][90]
Principessa Mafalda Italy The 2,391-ton sailing vessel was dismasted and abandoned 50 miles off Cape Espiritu Santo, Samar, The Philippines.[658]
W. R. Huntley Unknown British colony, probably Canada The 167-ton vessel was wrecked at Wabana, Newfoundland.[659]

4 October

List of shipwrecks: 4 October 1906
ShipStateDescription
HMS Landrail  Royal Navy The decommissioned Curlew-class torpedo gun vessel was sunk as a target.[660]

5 October

List of shipwrecks: 5 October 1906
ShipStateDescription
Camphill United Kingdom The 226-foot (69 m), 1,240-ton barque was wrecked on Point Tumbes, Chile.[661][662]
Shasta  United States The 722-gross register ton screw steamer ran aground in dense fog and was wrecked off Point Conception on the coast of California with the loss of one life. There were 15 survivors.[23][663][664]

6 October

List of shipwrecks: 6 October 1906
ShipStateDescription
Ada Medora  United States The 290-gross register ton schooner was stranded one mile (1.6 km) off Buffalo, New York, a total loss. Half her cargo was salvaged. All seven people on board survived.[432][665]
Edward Wright  United States The 23-gross register ton schooner capsized in the Chesapeake Bay off Thomas Point on the coast of Maryland with the loss of both people on board.[255]
Gracie A  United States With no one on board, the 7-gross register ton sloop was stranded on Squirrel Island off Boothbay Harbor, Maine.[255]
Manningtry  United Kingdom The 2,845-ton vessel was abandoned at sea 109 miles (175 km) west of Fayal, the Azores.[666]

7 October

List of shipwrecks: 7 October 1906
ShipStateDescription
Bessie Parker  Canada The schooner was wrecked in heavy seas and high winds one mile (1.6 km) south west of the Quoddy Head Life Saving Station, a total loss. Her six crewmen survived.[665]
Keewaydin  Canada The schooner dragged anchor in a gale and went ashore six miles (9.7 km) west of the Rocky Point, New York Life Saving Station. Crew rescued by the United States Life Saving Service.[665][502]
May Richards  United States The 530-gross register ton schooner was stranded on Ohio's North Bass Island in Lake Erie. All six people on board survived.[147]

8 October

List of shipwrecks: 8 October 1906
ShipStateDescription
Abram Smith  United States The 372-gross register ton schooner was stranded on Duck Island in Lake Huron. All seven people on board survived.[432]
Allegro Norway The 173.3-foot (52.8 m), 935-ton barque sprang a leak and was abandoned in the North Atlantic (50°08′N 11°00′W / 50.133°N 11.000°W / 50.133; -11.000). Crew rescued by trawler Gevalia ( United Kingdom).[667][668]
Hoo Hoo  United States The 82-gross register ton sternwheel paddle steamer burned either in the Mississippi River at New Orleans, Louisiana, or in Vermilion Bay on the coast of Louisiana, according to different sources. All six people on board survived, but she was declared a total loss.[408]
J. B. Comstock  United States The 325-gross register ton schooner was stranded in the Duck Islands in Lake Huron. All seven people on board survived.[51]
Lotus  United States The 148-gross register ton sand barge, under tow by the steamer Winfield S. Cahill ( United States), sprang a leak and sank near Egg Island off Cohansey Point on the coast of New Jersey. Winfield S. Cahill rescued her crew.[3][669]
Onward  United States The steamer broke loose from her moorings in high winds at Northport, Michigan. The winds blew her ashore where she broke up, a total loss.[263]
Pasadena  United States The 2,076-gross register ton schooner barge or scow barge was stranded on the Portage Canal Breakwater in Michigan with the loss of two lives. There were eight survivors.[147]
Port Stephens  United Kingdom The 3,554-ton vessel was abandoned at sea 150 miles south of New Zealand (49°21′S 164°48′E / 49.350°S 164.800°E / -49.350; 164.800) after breaking her propeller shaft and was drifting to the south rapidly. Her crew was taken off by barque "Ravenscourt" ( United Kingdom).[670][671]

9 October

List of shipwrecks: 9 October 1906
ShipStateDescription
E. A. Post Unknown British colony The 199-ton vessel was wrecked off Costa Rica.[672]
Samuel H. Foster  United States The 672-gross register ton schooner barge or scow barge was stranded ion the Portage Canal in Michigan. All seven people on board survived.[147]
Skulda  United Kingdom The 1,177-ton vessel was sunk in a collision with "Trento" ( Norway) in the Firth of Forth.[673]
W. H. Pringle  United States The 575-gross register ton sternwheel paddle steamer was wrecked after hitting a rock in the Entiat Rapids in the Columbia River off Entiat, Washington, a total loss. All 17 people aboard survived.[489]
Vasconia France The 3,084-ton vessel caught fire at Madeira and was sunk to extinguish the fire. Refloated and taken to Marseilles.[674]
Wayne  United States The 708-gross register ton schooner barge or scow barge was stranded 14 nautical miles (26 km; 16 mi) southwest of the Portage Canal in Michigan. All seven people on board survived.[147]

10 October

List of shipwrecks: 10 October 1906
ShipStateDescription
John R. Rees  United States The 81-gross register ton schooner sank off Dymers Wharves, Virginia. All four people on board survived.[51]
Roy  United States The steamer sank at dock in the Black River while under repair at Poplar Bluff, Missouri. She was scheduled to be raised later.[35]
Sparta  United States With no one on board, the 6-gross register ton schooner sank in Papys Bayou in Florida. Both people on board survived.[526]

11 October

List of shipwrecks: 11 October 1906
ShipStateDescription
Black Diamond  United States With no one on board, the 121-gross register ton barge was lost when she collided with the screw steamer Josephine ( United States) off Mobile, Alabama.[3]
Ella Powell  United States The 140-gross register ton schooner sank off New London, Connecticut, with the loss of one life. There was one survivor.[255]
Georges Rene France The 140-ton vessel sank in the Atlantic Ocean.[675]
Helen B. Crosby  United States Carrying a cargo of coal, the 227-foot (69 m), 1,776-gross register ton four-masted schooner was stranded on Inner Bay Ledge, a reef in Penobscot Bay 3 nautical miles (5.6 km; 3.5 mi) east of Owls Head, Maine. She broke up and sank at 44°04.403′N 068°57.164′W / 44.073383°N 68.952733°W / 44.073383; -68.952733 (Helen B. Crosby), a total loss. All 11 people on board survived.[51][676][677]
Joseph Baker  United States The tow steamer was entering "The Narrows" of the Saco River in New England when she was pushed ashore, causing damage that resulted in beaching and partial sinking.[54]
Saint Mungo United Kingdom The 1,852-ton ship caught fire and was abandoned in sinking condition in the Atlantic Ocean off Brazil (24°00′S 44°00′W / 24.000°S 44.000°W / -24.000; -44.000). Crew was rescued.[678][679]

12 October

List of shipwrecks: 12 October 1906
ShipStateDescription
Argonaut  United States While no one was on board, the 1,118-gross register ton screw steamer burned to the water's edge at Marysville, Michigan.[247][497]
Dolphin  United States The 5-gross register ton sloop-rigged yacht was lost when she struck a dock at Milwaukee, Wisconsin. The only person on board survived.[255]
Hattie Wells  United States The 376-gross register ton schooner burned at Marysville, Michigan. All three people on board survived.[680]
Southern Queen Unknown 1906 Florida Keys hurricane:The schooner was wrecked at Roatan, Nicaragua and went to pieces in a storm.[681]

13 October

List of shipwrecks: 13 October 1906
ShipStateDescription
Koh-i-Noor United Kingdom The 215-ton vessel was wrecked on Bonaire.[682]
Merom  United States The 925-gross register ton schooner was stranded on Bonaire in the Netherlands West Indies. All nine people on board survived.[147]
Oranje Nassau Netherlands The 1,308-ton cargo vessel was wrecked 3 miles (4.8 km) east of Willemstad, Curacao in a severe gale.[683][684]

14 October

List of shipwrecks: 14 October 1906
ShipStateDescription
Boone No. 4  United States The ferry struck a picket, holing her hull, and sank at Point Pleasant, West Virginia, in the Ohio River.[251]
Wanderer  United States The steamer sprang a leak and sank in Jew Fish Creek near Miami, Florida, in six feet (1.8 m) of water. Later raised.[307]

15 October

List of shipwrecks: 15 October 1906
ShipStateDescription
Moccasin  United States The 15-gross register ton schooner sank at Knights Key in the Florida Keys. The only person on board survived.[147]

16 October

List of shipwrecks: 16 October 1906
ShipStateDescription
Bissau Portugal The 2,459-ton cargo ship vessel was wrecked at Cay Sal, C.V..[685]
Ivanhoe Norway The 458-ton cargo ship vessel was wrecked at Whitton Sands, Humber.[686]
Lutin  French Navy The Farfadet-class submarine accidentally sank. Raised, repaired and returned to service.

17 October

List of shipwrecks: 17 October 1906
ShipStateDescription
Hanne Denmark The 125-ton vessel was wrecked off Nicolaistad.[687]
Nirvana  United States The 53-gross register ton schooner was stranded on the Isle of Pines off Cuba. All seven people on board survived.[147]
Star of Peace  United Kingdom (South Africa) The 211-ton fishing vessel was wrecked on Quion Point off Cape Town, South Africa.[688]

18 October

List of shipwrecks: 18 October 1906
ShipStateDescription
Henry Sutton  United States The 602-gross register ton schooner departed Chéverie, Nova Scotia, with seven people on board and was never heard from again.[51]
Houseboat No. 4  United States 1906 Florida Keys hurricane: The accommodations barge broke loose from her moorings, she broke up and sank in Hawke's Channel near Longboat Key, Florida. Of approximately 175 men aboard 72 were rescued by Jenny ( Austria-Hungary), the rest were lost.[689]
Palm  United States 1906 Florida Keys hurricane: The 12-gross register ton motor vessel was stranded on Long Key in the Florida Keys. Both people on board survived.[247]
Race  United States 1906 Florida Keys hurricane: The 28-gross register ton schooner was stranded on Knights Key in the central Florida Keys. All five people on board survived.[147]
Sidney  United States 1906 Florida Keys hurricane: The 7-gross register ton schooner sank off Metacumbie, Florida. All three people on board survived.[547]
Silver Heel  United States 1906 Florida Keys hurricane: The 10-gross register ton schooner was stranded at Miami, Florida. All seven people on board survived.[690]
St. Lucie  United States
St. Lucie
1906 Florida Keys hurricane: The 165-gross register ton iron-hulled passenger sternwheel paddle steamer was wrecked off Elliott Key in the Florida Keys with the loss of 21 lives. There were 76 survivors. She was a total loss.[23][307][691]
Sunbeam  United States The 7-gross register ton schooner sank at Cutler, Florida. Both people on board survived.[692]
Thistle  United States 1906 Florida Keys hurricane: The 10-gross register ton motor vessel was stranded on Key Largo in the Florida Keys. Both people on board survived.[23]
Two Brothers  United States 1906 Florida Keys hurricane: The 12-gross register ton schooner was stranded on Elliott Key in the Florida Keys. All three people on board survived.[147]

19 October

List of shipwrecks: 19 October 1906
ShipStateDescription
A. A. Rowe  United States The 45-gross register ton schooner was stranded on Egmont Key at the mouth of Tampa Bay on the coast of Florida. All five people on board survived.[432]
Duchesse de Berry France The 2,158-ton full rigged ship was wrecked in the Bay of Saint John, Chile, between Ile des États and Cape Horn.[693]
Wm. J. Blankfard  United States The steamer capsized and sank at the Drawbridge Wharf in the harbor of Baltimore.[171]

20 October

List of shipwrecks: 20 October 1906
ShipStateDescription
Anchovy  United States With no one on board, the 11-gross register ton scow was stranded on Mayne Island in the southern Gulf Islands in British Columbia, Canada.[3]
George Farwell  United States The 977-gross register ton steam barge was wrecked in thick fog on Cape Henry on the coast of Virginia one mile (1.6 km) south of the Cape Henry Lighthouse. The United States Life-Saving Service rescued her entire crew of 15 and some of her cargo was salvaged, but she was declared a total loss.[65][694][695][696]
Lebanon  United Kingdom The 565-ton vessel foundered 13 miles (21 km) off Cape Mayor.[697]

21 October

List of shipwrecks: 21 October 1906
ShipStateDescription
Archimedes United Kingdom The 199-ton vessel was wrecked in Cambois Bay, Blyth. Refloated and sold for scrap.[698]
Sesnon No. 5  United States While anchored off Nome, District of Alaska, the 27-gross register ton barge broke loose from her moorings during a gale and was stranded on the beach 6 nautical miles (11 km; 6.9 mi) west of Nome. The only person on board survived. On 4 January 1907, she was completely demolished when crushed by ice during a storm that struck while she still was stranded.[445][611]
Sesnon No. 9  United States While anchored off Nome, District of Alaska, with no cargo aboard, the 18-gross register ton barge broke loose from her moorings during a gale and was stranded on a beach 6 nautical miles (11 km; 6.9 mi) west of Nome. The only person on board survived. On 4 January 1907, she was completely demolished when crushed by ice during a storm that struck while she still was stranded.[445][611]

22 October

List of shipwrecks: 22 October 1906
ShipStateDescription
Abbotsford  United Kingdom The 1,058-ton vessel was sunk in a collision off Sunderland, England.[699]
Corona  United States The steamer burned to the waters edge at Duluth, Minnesota.[700]
H. M. Carter  United States The steamer sank at Marksville, Louisiana. Raised and repaired.[701]

23 October

List of shipwrecks: 23 October 1906
ShipStateDescription
Cumberland  United States The steamer struck the Ohio Street Bridge in Buffalo, New York, and sank.[378]
Frank Butler  United States The 74-gross register ton schooner was stranded in the Chesapeake Bay at Windmill Point on the coast of Virginia. All three people on board survived.[255]
Haversham Grange  United Kingdom The 7,550-ton vessel caught fire 675 to 800 miles (1,086 to 1,287 km) (depending on source) northwest of Cape Town, South Africa. Her crew was taken off by Matatua. She was still burning the next morning when hope of extinguishing the fire ended.[702][703]

24 October

List of shipwrecks: 24 October 1906
ShipStateDescription
Cromartyshire United Kingdom The 248.8-foot (75.8 m), 1,554-ton sailing ship was wrecked at Tetos Point, Printabu Island, Antofagasta.[704][705]
Grand View  United States The steamer was wrecked after dragging anchor and going ashore on Little Calumet Island. Her boiler and machinery was salvaged.[495]
Hastings  United States The 165-gross register ton screw steamer burned and sank off Long Neck Point or Shippan Point in Stamford, Connecticut (sources disagree) due to lamps overturning in a collision with an unidentified schooner. All 11 people on board were rescued by Middletown.[65][706][497]
Lewis H. Giles  United States The 135-gross register ton schooner was stranded on Wood Island, Newfoundland. All ten people on board survived.[51]
Venture  United States The motor launch filled and sank at dock in a gale with high seas near the Sturgeon Point Light. Her cargo, machinery, and propeller were salvaged, and then she was abandoned.[707]

25 October

List of shipwrecks: 25 October 1906
ShipStateDescription
Collins Howes, jr.  United States The 33-gross register ton schooner was stranded on Saddle Island in Penobscot Bay on the coast of Maine. Both people on board survived.[255]
Glenullen  United States The 73-gross register ton schooner was stranded in Machias Bay on the coast of Maine. Both people on board survived.[255]
Native  United States The 34-gross register ton sternwheel paddle steamer sank in the Ouachita River at Camden, Arkansas. All seven people on board survived.[23]
Peter Iredale  United Kingdom
Peter Iredale, 1906
The barque was wrecked in rainy weather at Clatsop Spit, Oregon. Crew rescued by the United States Life Saving Service.[707]
Scagit (or Skagit)  United States The 506-gross register ton barkentine was wrecked in fog on Vancouver Island near Clo-oose, British Columbia. Her master and the cook died, but the other eight people on board survived. She was a total loss.[247][708]
Teutonic  United Kingdom The 152-ton fishing vessel foundered in the North Sea.[709]

26 October

List of shipwrecks: 26 October 1906
ShipStateDescription
Isaac Pereire  France The steamer was wrecked in dense fog off Minorca or Puerto Mahon, Balearic Islands.[497][710]
Plow Boy  United States The 16-gross register ton schooner was stranded in northern Lake Michigan off Waugoshance Light on the coast of Michigan. Both people on board survived.[147]
Sehome  United States The 11-gross register ton, 38.2-foot (11.6 m) schooner was wrecked with the loss of her entire crew of three at Point Gardner (57°01′N 134°37′W / 57.017°N 134.617°W / 57.017; -134.617 (Point Gardner)) on Admiralty Island in the Alexander Archipelago in Southeast Alaska.[147][611]

27 October

List of shipwrecks: 27 October 1906
ShipStateDescription
Lackawanna  United States The package freighter struck the submerged breakwater extension at the entrance to the harbor of Cleveland, Ohio, holing her hull. The wind and seas worked her over the submerged extension and she sank east of the entrance. Though reported a total loss she was raised 28 November and repaired and returned to service. Her crew was rescued by the United States Life Saving Service.[519][711][712]
Onni Russian Empire The 402-ton vessel was sunk in a collision between Trelleborg and Falsterbo, Sweden.[713]
Swan  Australia The ketch was sunk in a collision with Queenscliff (flag unknown) off Cape Schank.[714]

28 October

List of shipwrecks: 28 October 1906
ShipStateDescription
Baron Huntly  United Kingdom The 1,398-ton vessel foundered off Cabo Raso, Portugal.[715]
Charley Curlin  United States The 92-gross register ton sternwheel paddle steamer burned while tied up at a dock on the Mississippi River at Caruthersville, Missouri. All ten people on board survived, but she was declared a total loss.[247][35]
Elgin  United States The 330-gross register ton barge was abandoned in Lake Superior off Grand Marais, Minnesota. Both people on board survived.[3]
Hermann  Germany The 2,243-ton cargo ship was sunk in a collision with Peter Rickmers ( Germany) in fog near the East Goodwin Lightvessel. Twenty crew died and four rescued.[716]
LB+  United States The 13-gross register ton motor paddle vessel burned on the Missouri River at Leavenworth, Kansas. All three people on board survived.[65]
Norna  United States The 23-gross register ton schooner sank off Lake Worth, Florida. Both people on board survived.[511]
Pathfinder  United States The steamer ran aground in a gale and high seas in Lake Huron 9 nautical miles (17 km; 10 mi) from the Harbor Beach, Michigan, Life-Saving Station. Her master scuttled her to prevent further damage and then her crew abandoned ship. The United States Life-Saving Service rescued her entire crew. She later was pumped out, refloated, and pulled off by tugs on 2 November.[717]
Skjalm Hvide Denmark The 603-ton cargo vessel was wrecked at Vorupor, near Thisted, Denmark.[718]

29 October

List of shipwrecks: 29 October 1906
ShipStateDescription
Elixir  United Kingdom The 2,746-ton vessel was wrecked on Cape Ballard.[719]
Planet Norway The 291-ton schooner was lost in the North Sea.[720]
Serbury  United Kingdom The 3,873-ton vessel was wrecked at Homborsund, Norway near Christiansand while under tow and her towline broke.[721]

30 October

List of shipwrecks: 30 October 1906
ShipStateDescription
Charterhouse  United Kingdom The steamer foundered off Hainan Head, Hainan Island with a loss of over 60 lives. 24 crewmen and 2 women were rescued from a raft after 43 hours by Kohsychang ( Germany).[497][722]
Checotah  United States The 658-gross register ton schooner barge or scow barge sank in Lake Huron off Harbor Beach, Michigan. All seven people on board survived.[255]
Grand View  Canada The 17-gross register ton screw steamer was wrecked after breaking her moorings and going ashore on Governor's Island or Little Calumet Island (sources disagree) in the St. Lawrence River opposite Clayton, New York. All three people on board survived.[65][723]
Vera Cruz 6 Portugal The 115-ton sailing vessel was lost in the Atlantic.[724]

31 October

List of shipwrecks: 31 October 1906
ShipStateDescription
Elizabeth  United States The schooner parted her anchor chain in a gale and high seas in the area of the Rocky Point, New York Life Saving Station. She drifted ashore 2 miles (3.2 km) east of the station and sank. Her crew was rescued by the United States Life Saving Service.[725]
Nemea  United Kingdom The 3,461-ton vessel was abandoned at sea in the North Atlantic.[726]
Silver Star  United States The 35-gross register ton schooner sank in the York River in Virginia. All three people on board survived.[147]

Unknown date

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date October 1906
ShipStateDescription
Henry Sutton United States The 530-ton vessel departed from Cheverie, Nova Scotia 31 October and vanished.[727]
Emma S  United States The 50-gross register ton schooner sank off Charleston, South Carolina, with the loss of all four people on board.[255]

November

1 November

List of shipwrecks: 1 November 1906
ShipStateDescription
Grace Deering  United States The 627-gross register ton barge sank in the Atlantic Ocean off Miami, Florida. All six people on board survived.[3]

2 November

List of shipwrecks: 2 November 1906
ShipStateDescription
Turret Bell  United Kingdom November gale of 1906: The 237-foot (72 m), 2,21-ton whaleback cargo ship went ashore on Cable Head near St. Peter's Lake, Prince Edward Island, in the Gulf of St. Lawrence, Canada. In 1908 she was towed off the beach and resunk for the Winter. Salvaged in the mid 1909, repaired and returned to service[728][729][730]

3 November

List of shipwrecks: 3 November 1906
ShipStateDescription
Harlingen  United Kingdom The 3,471-ton vessel was wrecked in fog 1+1⁄2 miles (2.4 km) northwest of Cabo Frio, Brazil.[731][732]

4 November

List of shipwrecks: 4 November 1906
ShipStateDescription
G. M. Cochrane  United Kingdom The schooner ran aground three miles (4.8 km) south of the Nauset, Massachusetts Life Saving Station in high winds and surf. Her crew was rescued by the United States Life Saving Service.[733]
Ida  United States The 11-gross register ton sternwheel paddle steamer sank. All five people on board survived.[65]
White Wings Canada The 142.1-foot (43.3 m), 430-ton barquentine was dismasted and swamped in the North Atlantic on 4 November in a gale. Her crew was taken off 48 hours later (40°50′N 66°46′W / 40.833°N 66.767°W / 40.833; -66.767) by Mannheim ( Germany).[734][735][736]

5 November

List of shipwrecks: 5 November 1906
ShipStateDescription
Concordia Sweden The 423-ton vessel foundered in the North Sea.[737]
Eldora  United States The 52-gross register ton schooner sank 52 nautical miles (96 km; 60 mi) north-northwest of the Cultivator Shoals off the coast of Maine. Both people on board survived.[255]
Fiora Dilloway Unknown British colony The 106-ton vessel was wrecked at Georgetown, Grand Cayman.[738]
Kielseng  Germany The 1,589-ton cargo vessel was wrecked on Filsand.[739]
Marion C. Canada The 457-ton barquentine foundered at (42°18′N 67°20′W / 42.300°N 67.333°W / 42.300; -67.333) in the North Atlantic east of Boston.[740][741]
Tellus Sweden The 227-ton cargo ship vessel was wrecked off Refsnaes Pullen.[742]

6 November

List of shipwrecks: 6 November 1906
ShipStateDescription
Crown  United Kingdom The 129.9-foot (39.6 m), 266-ton steam trawler was wrecked on the Isle of Man, one mile (1.6 km) southwest of Maughold Head.[743][744]

7 November

List of shipwrecks: 7 November 1906
ShipStateDescription
Mopang  United States The 77-gross register ton schooner was stranded at Gay Head, Massachusetts, a total loss. She was stripped by the Underwriters. All three people on board were rescued by the United States Life Saving Service.[147][745]

8 November

List of shipwrecks: 8 November 1906
ShipStateDescription
Hilda Horn  Germany The 1,412-ton cargo vessel was wrecked near Norderney, East Frisian Islands, Germany, declared a Total Loss. Salvaged, sold, repaired and returned to service as "Franziska Fischer".[746][747]
Nan M. Dantzler  United States The 224-gross register ton schooner was abandoned with the loss of one life in the Bay of Campeche off Coatzacoalcos, Mexico. There were five survivors.[147]

10 November

List of shipwrecks: 10 November 1906
ShipStateDescription
Fridthjov Nansen Norway The 2,563-ton whaling factory ship vessel hit an uncharted reef, broke into 3 pieces and sank off the Barff Peninsula, South Georgia Island. Nine crew died, 49 rescued by the accompanying whalers[748][749]

11 November

List of shipwrecks: 11 November 1906
ShipStateDescription
"Lennätin" Russian Empire The 705-ton sailing vessel was lost in the Baltic Sea.[750]
Margarethe Norway The 574-ton vessel was sunk in a collision off Sweden.[751]
Oscar G.  United States The steamer burned in Lacasine Bayou, a tributary of the Mermenton River.[479]

12 November

List of shipwrecks: 12 November 1906
ShipStateDescription
Arrow  United States The tug sank in a collision with Pequot ( United States) off Pier 20 in the East River.[752]

13 November

List of shipwrecks: 13 November 1906
ShipStateDescription
Choho Maru  Japan The 124-ton vessel was beached on fire near the Esaki Lighthouse, Awaji Island, Japan.[753]
Galena  United Kingdom
Galena

The barquentine was wrecked in fog, rain, wind, and high seas at the mouth of the Columbia River. Her crew made it to shore in the ship's boats.[754]

Heian Maru No. 2 Japan The 457-ton cargo vessel was wrecked in Kerama Bay.[755]
M. P. Grace  United States The 1,934-gross register ton schooner barge or scow barge was stranded at Shinnecock, New York after losing her tow line to Edward Luckenbach ( United States) on 12 November. Vessel and cargo a total loss. All four people on board rescued by Edward Luckenbach.[51][756]
Maxwell  United States With no one on board, the 14-gross register ton sidewheel motor paddle vessel sank in the Ohio River at Caseyville, Kentucky.[304]
Ross  United Kingdom The 240-foot (73 m) 1,384-ton vessel ran aground on rocks off Ireland. She got off but was leaking badly and foundered the next morning near North Bishop Rock. Her crew was picked up from her lifeboats by Argo.[757][758]

14 November

List of shipwrecks: 14 November 1906
ShipStateDescription
Calstock Mexico The 369-ton cargo vessel was wrecked 14 miles east of Coatzacoalcos in the Bay of Campeche.[759]
Emma Claudina  United States The 195-gross register ton schooner sank off Cape Elizabeth in Grays Harbor on the coast of Washington. All eight people on board survived.[255]
Icicle  United States The 14-gross register ton motor vessel burned at Brents Wharf, Maryland. All five people on board survived.[65]
James Fisk, Jr.  United States The 914-gross register ton screw steamer burned in the St. Clair River on the Canada-United States border between Michigan and Ontario and was beached on St. Clair Flats. All 14 people on board survived.[65][469][760]
Marshall Perrin United States The 142-ton vessel was wrecked near Fletcher's Neck, Maine.[761]
Reform Unknown British colony The 545-ton vessel was wrecked at Barbuda.[762]
Sir Isaac Lothian Bell  Canada The barge was sunk in a collision with Seguin ( Canada) in the St. Clair Rapids on the Canadian side of the St. Clair River in 20 feet (6.1 m) of water.[763]

15 November

List of shipwrecks: 11 December 1906
ShipStateDescription
James M. Hall  United States The 87-gross register ton schooner was stranded in a strong wind, rain, and high seas at Long Branch, New Jersey. All four people on board were rescued by the United States Life Saving Service.[51][764]
Lugano  United States The 174-gross register ton schooner was stranded in a Gale with rain, hail and high seas at Point Judith in Narragansett Bay on the coast of Rhode Island with the loss of three lives. There were two survivors.[51][764]
Mary Lee Newton  United States The 112-gross register ton schooner was stranded in Boston Harbor on the coast of Massachusetts. All four people on board made it to shore on the vessels boat.[147][754]
Samuel C. Holmes  United States The 79-gross register ton schooner was stranded on purpose to save the crew in a strong wind, rain, and high seas off Long Branch, New Jersey 1,500 yards (1,400 m) yards south of James M. Hall". All four people on board were rescued by the United States Life Saving Service.[764]
Unknown canal boat  United States The canal boat, under tow of the tug Geneva ( United States), was damaged in a collision with the ferry John Englis ( United States) off Grand Street, in the East River, She was towed to the foot of Rivington Street where she sank.[752]

16 November

List of shipwrecks: 16 November 1906
ShipStateDescription
City of Greenwood  United States The 97-gross register ton sternwheel paddle steamer struck a snag and sank in the Mississippi River at Torras Landing off Torras, Louisiana, near the mouth of the Red River of the South. All 20 people on board survived.[247][701]
Comenten Sweden The 468-ton barque was sunk in a collision off The Scaw, Denmark.[765]
J. D. Scott  United States The steamer, while under tow, sprung a leak in a severe storm and sank off Pultneyville, New York.[378]
Margaret Dall  United States The 149-gross register ton schooner dragged anchor was stranded in a Gale with rain and rough seas in Lake Michigan on South Manitou Island off the coast of Michigan . All five people on board survived.[51][766]
Marshall Perrin  United States The 149-gross register ton schooner was stranded and broke up at Fletchers Neck on Wood Island in Saco Bay on the coast of Maine after her anchor chains parted in a gale with snow, rain and hail. Her master perished and one of her two crewmen disappeared. Her other crewman washed ashore and was her sole survivor.[767]
Unknown  United States A dredge filled and sank in the channel of the Shrewsbury River one mile (1.6 km) south west of the Spermaceti Cove, New Jersey Life Saving Station with only her upper house above water.[766]

17 November

List of shipwrecks: 17 November 1906
ShipStateDescription
Australian  United Kingdom The 2,838-ton cargo vessel was wrecked on Vashon Head off Port Essington, 130 miles (210 km) from Palmerston, Northern Territory, Australia. The crew were rescued by Pretoria.[768][769]
Flyton  United States The 553-gross register ton barge sank in the Gulf of Mexico. All four people on board survived.[770]
Theano  United Kingdom The Canadian-owned, British-registered steamer struck a rock a rock off Marvin Island four miles (6.4 km) east of Thunder Cape, Lake Superior and sank, storms later pushed her into deep water off Trowbridge Island. The crew abandoned ship in her boats.[763][771]

18 November

List of shipwrecks: 18 November 1906
ShipStateDescription
Dix  United States The 130-gross register ton screw steamer sank after colliding with the steam screw schooner Jeannie ( United States) in Puget Sound off Alki Point just outside the harbor of Seattle, Washington. Of the 76 people on board, either 40 or 45 (sources disagree) lost their lives.[65][708]
Luis G. Rabel  United States The 582-gross register ton schooner was stranded on Bull Island on the coast of South Carolina. All seven people on board survived.[51]
Montobello  France The barque ran aground in South Australia on the south coast of Kangaroo Island near the mouth of the Stun Sail Boom River, whilst on passage from Hobart to Port Pirie.[772]

19 November

List of shipwrecks: 19 November 1906
ShipStateDescription
Perkins  United States With no one on board, the 14-gross register ton sternwheel paddle motor vessel sank in the Cumberland River at Clarksville, Tennessee.[23]

20 November

List of shipwrecks: 20 November 1906
ShipStateDescription
Bun Hersey  United States While no one was on board, the 35-gross register ton sternwheel paddle steamer burned to the waterline at either Stillwater or Duluth, Minnesota (sources disagree).[247][700]
Frances B. Thurber  United States The 131-gross register ton steam canal boat struck a submerged object in Long Island Sound 1⁄2 nautical mile (0.9 km; 0.6 mi) west-northwest of the Cornfield Point Lightship and sprang a leak. She was beached on Long Sand Shoal and was abandoned. All five people on boatrd survived.[65][75]
Inger Norway The 2,459-ton cargo ship vessel was wrecked in a gale when her prop was fouled at Ocean Island in the Pacific Ocean.[773]
Lothair United Kingdom The 164-ton vessel was wrecked on Goeree Bar, Netherlands.[774]
Lydia Wheeler  United States The steamer was tied to the bank of the Barren River at Bowling Green, Kentucky, when she was struck by a waterlogged barge that was drifting downriver, sinking her.[775]
Mamie Doherty  United States The canal boat grounded in the Hudson River off the mouth of Poesten Kill, Troy, New York, broke in two and was abandoned. Wreck had not been removed by June 1907.[776]

21 November

List of shipwrecks: 21 November 1906
ShipStateDescription
Conemaugh  United States The 1,609-gross register ton screw steamer was wrecked in Lake Erie on Point Pelee, Ontario, during a gale. All 21 people on board survived, but she was declared a total loss.[65][556][777]
Diamond  United States The steamer rolled over on her side and sank from unknown causes in the Monongahela River at Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania off Twenty-Fifth Street. Raised, repaired, and returned to service.[7]
Grayfield  United Kingdom The 2121-ton vessel was wrecked on Robin Rigg, near the Solway Lightship.[778]
Lurline  United States The paddle steamer was rammed and sunk in fog in the Columbia River at Rainier, Oregon, by the steam schooner Cascade. She was refloated, repaired, and returned to service.[779][780][64]
Panama  United States The steamer sprang a leak during a gale and snow storm between Erie, Pennsylvania, and Superior, Wisconsin, and went ashore at the mouth of the Mineral River near Ontonagon, Michigan, and was wrecked. Her crew made it to shore in boats. Total loss.[781][782]

22 November

List of shipwrecks: 22 November
ShipStateDescription
Charles B. Hill  United States The 1,731-gross register ton screw steamer was beached on the coast of Lake Erie 12 miles (19 km) east-northeast of the Fairport, Ohio, Life-Saving Station after springing a leak in high seas during a gale. All 21 people on board were rescued by the United States Life-Saving Service.[247][783][763][784]
Chauncy Hurlbut  United States The steamer developed leaks in heavy seas and was beached at Leamington, Ontario. Later pumped out and taken for repairs.[556]
J. D. Scott  United States The 87-gross register ton sidewheel paddle steamer was stranded in Lake Ontario off Pultneyville, New York. All three people on board survived.[65]
Setagawa Maru  Japan The 308-ton cargo vessel was wrecked near Nemuro, Hokkaido.[785]
Swainby  United Kingdom The 3,653-ton vessel was sunk in a collision off Hartland Point, Devon, England.[786]

23 November

List of shipwrecks: 23 November
ShipStateDescription
City of Loudon  United States The 23-gross register ton sternwheel paddle steamer destroyed by fire at Florence, Alabama. All five people on board survived, but she was declared a total loss.[247][62]
Gothe Sweden The 405-ton cargo ship vessel was wrecked near Landsort, Oja Island, sweden.[787]
Gerrittina The Netherlands The 30.36-metre (99.6 ft), 149-ton schooner was destroyed by fire at Elsfleth, Germany due to an explosion and fire in her cargo of barreled gasoline. The fire burned itself out at the end of the month.[788][789]
Montanes Spain The 741-ton cargo ship vessel was wrecked at St. Alban's Head (50°34′N 02°03′W / 50.567°N 2.050°W / 50.567; -2.050).[790][791]

24 November

List of shipwrecks: 24 November
ShipStateDescription
Gloria  United States The 7-gross register ton motor vessel burned in Bowery Bay off the East River in New York City. All three people on board survived.[619]
N. S. Hoskins  United States The steamer burned in the New Basin Canal in New Orleans, Louisiana. She was declared a total loss.[701]
Ophelia Denmark The 1,636-ton cargo vessel was wrecked at Lemvig, Denmark.[792]
Solide Sweden The 363-ton vessel foundered off Steinort.[793]

25 November

List of shipwrecks: 25 November
ShipStateDescription
E. W. Sutton Jr.  United States The steamer struck a rock and sank at Dunkirk, New York.[378]
La Rabida  United States The 52-gross register ton schooner was stranded at Naubinway, Michigan. All three people on board survived.[51]

26 November

List of shipwrecks: 26 November
ShipStateDescription
Acme  United States The coal boat was damaged in a collision with Transfer No. 7 ( United States) off Fourth Street, Long Island City, New York, in the East River and was beached.[794]
Black Cat  United States The motor boat was sunk in a collision with Jack Twophy ( United States) in the Elizabeth River.[694]

27 November

List of shipwrecks: 27 November 1906
ShipStateDescription
Jennie G. Pillsbury  United States The 154-gross register ton schooner was stranded on Two Bush Reef in Penobscot Bay on the coast of Maine. She floated off and was leaking badly, she rolled over and drifted out to sea. She eventually drifted ashore near the Burnt Island, Maine Life Saving Station. All four people on board were rescued by the United States Life Saving Service.[51][795]
Tecumseh  United Kingdom The steamer was wrecked in strong wind and heavy seas 8 miles north west of the Marblehead, Ohio Life Saving Station.[796]

28 November

List of shipwrecks: 28 November 1906
ShipStateDescription
Queen of the lakes Canada The 129-foot (39 m), 337-ton schooner sprung a leak in a gale and sank shortly after midnight approximately 8 miles off Sodus Point, New York in Lake Ontario. Her crew reached shore in her boat. Wreck located August, 2009.[797][798]

29 November

List of shipwrecks: 29 November 1906
ShipStateDescription
137S  Regia Marina The 72S-class torpedo boat was wrecked off Favignana, Sicily.[799]
John R. Zimmerman  United States The 336-gross register ton barge was stranded at the mouth of the Elizabeth River on the coast of Virginia. Both people on board survived.[3]
Kinsei Maru  Japan The 1,427-ton cargo vessel was wrecked on Quelpart.[800]
Reindeer  United States With no one on board, the 14-gross register ton schooner sank in Broad Cove off Eastport, Maine.[147]
Robbie  United States The steamer was tied to the bank at Grand Bayou, Louisiana, when out going tide left her grounded, she rolled over and sank. Was scheduled to be raised.[701]
Sugarland  United States The steamer was damaged in a collision with an oil barge in the Atchafalaya River at the Lagonda Bridge, she was beached to prevent sinking.[701]

30 November

List of shipwrecks: 30 November 1906
ShipStateDescription
Ancona United Kingdom The 280.2-foot (85.4 m), 2,852-ton barque was destroyed by fire in the Bay of Biscay.[801][802]
Belle Dijonnaise France The 121-ton schooner was wrecked on The Hinder, or in the Bokkegat.[803][804]
Celtic  United Kingdom The 170-ton vessel suffered a broken propeller shaft and was sunk in a collision with a vessel coming to her assistance in the North Sea.[805]
Monarch Netherlands The 140-ton fishing vessel foundered in the North Sea.[806]
Trilby  United States The steamer capsized during a heavy squall near Antioch, California. Raised and repaired.[111]

Unknown date

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1906
ShipStateDescription
All Grand  United States The tug was lost in a storm on Lake Erie sometime in November.[807]
Alsternix  Germany The barque departed from Callao, Peru for Melbourne, Australia on 26 November. No further trace, presumed foundered in the Pacific Ocean with the loss of all hands.[808]
Athens  United States The steamer was lost in a storm on Lake Erie sometime in November.[809]
Bay City  United States The steamer was lost in a storm on Lake Erie sometime in November.[810]
Little Malta  United Kingdom The steam trawler sank in the Teifi Estuary.[811]
Pratt  United States The steamer was lost in a storm on Lake Erie sometime in November.[812]
Ruth  United States The steamer was tied to the shore, New Orleans area, and was stranded by dropping water with her stern sunk low in the mud sometime in November. Was expected to be raised.[701]
Wagner  United States The tug was lost in a storm on Lake Erie sometime in November.[813]

December

1 December

List of shipwrecks: 1 December 1906
ShipStateDescription
Adam W. Spies  United States The 1,222-gross register ton schooner was stranded in the Gulf of Mexico 40 nautical miles (74 km; 46 mi) west of Stirrup Key (24°44′30″N 81°02′32″W / 24.7418°N 81.0423°W / 24.7418; -81.0423 (Adam W. Spies)) in the Florida Keys. All 10 people on board survived.[432]
Charles G. Hill  United States The 192-gross register ton barge sank in 50 feet (15 m) of water in the Hudson River off Marlborough, New York, her mast sticking several feet above the water. The only person on board survived. Wreck removed by 17 December.[3][814][815]

2 December

List of shipwrecks: 2 December 1906
ShipStateDescription
Morven  United Kingdom The 2,000-ton cargo barque was wrecked at Horse Island, Dunmore Head, Kilbaha, Shannon Estuary, County Clare, Ireland, United Kingdom.[816]
Petrel  United States The steamer caught fire and sank in 40 feet (12 m) of water near the White River, Michigan Life Saving Station.[817]
Virginian  United States The 309-gross register ton barge was stranded at Branford, Connecticut. The only person on board survived.[770]

3 December

List of shipwrecks: 3 December 1906
ShipStateDescription
A. P. Emerson  United States The 243-gross register ton schooner sank off Cape Sable, Newfoundland. All six people on board survived.[432]
Captain Jameson  United States The barge went ashore at Mumford Cove, near Groton Long Point, Connecticut.[502]
Emilie Andrea France The 119-ton vessel was wrecked 5 miles east of Louisbourg, Nova Scotia.[818]
Insularenen Denmark The 210-ton schooner sprung a leak and sank 60 miles south of Toulon, or 20 cm south of Marseille, in the Mediterranean Sea. Crew rescued by Valkyrien ( Sweden).[819][820]
Providence  United States The 1,651-gross register ton iron-hulled schooner barge or scow barge was abandoned in the North Atlantic Ocean east of North Carolina at 34°06′N 074°47′W / 34.100°N 74.783°W / 34.100; -74.783 (Providence). All eight people on board survived.[147]
Thomas M. Righter  United States The barge sank a one-half mile (0.80 km) off the Southwest Ledge Light, New Haven, Connecticut.[706]
Twins  United States The 27-gross register ton steam catamaran was destroyed by fire on the White River at Gainer's Ferry near Batesville, Arkansas. All eight people on board survived.[23][35]
Virginian  United States The barge sank in heavy seas between the Branford Beacon and the Southwest Ledge Light, New Haven, Connecticut.[706]

4 December

List of shipwrecks: 4 December 1906
ShipStateDescription
Alert  United States The 145-gross register ton motor vessel was stranded at Port au Port, Newfoundland, with the loss of one life. There were 11 survivors.[247]
Emma R. Harvey  United States The 286-gross register ton schooner was stranded in Digby Gut on the coast of Nova Scotia with the loss of two lives. There were five survivors.[255]
Stella  United States The 82-gross register ton sternwheel paddle steamer burned at Greenwood, Mississippi, at the confluence of the Tallahatchie, Yalobusha, and Yazoo Rivers. All 28 people on board survived.[3]

5 December

List of shipwrecks: 5 December 1906
ShipStateDescription
Geneva  United States The tug was damaged in a collision with the tug Delaware ( United States) off the Morris Canal basin, Jersey City, New Jersey, and was beached, but sank.[794]

6 December

List of shipwrecks: 6 December 1906
ShipStateDescription
Bonny Doon  United States The 570-gross register ton barkentine was stranded on Stone Horse Shoal on the coast of Massachusetts, sinking in 16 to 20 feet of water. Wreck removed with Dynamite starting between 21 and 24 January 1907, halted by weather and finishing between 24 March and 1 April 1907. All eight people on board survived.[432][821]
Cretan  United States The passenger steamer was grounded across the river from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on flats off Pettys Island where fireboats from Philadelphia extinguished a fire in her holds that had started on 5 December off Absecon Lighthouse. Pumped out on 7 December.[822]
Emily Sweden The 1,105-ton cargo ship vessel was wrecked 1 N.M. from Hafringe Lighthouse.[823]
Florence I. Lockwood  United States The 299-gross register ton schooner was stranded and sank on Williams Shoal at Chincoteague Inlet on the coast of Virginia. All six people on board were rescued by the United States Life Saving Service.[255][824]
Great Admiral  United States The 1,575-gross register ton full-rigged ship sank in a gale in the North Pacific Ocean 200 nautical miles (370 km; 230 mi) west of Cape Flattery, Washington, with the loss of her cook and a cabin Boy who died of exposure after the sinking. 16 survivors were rescued from debris on 8 December by Barcoe ( United Kingdom).[255][825]
Monarch  United States
The bow section of SS Monarch
The passenger-package freighter strayed off course and was wrecked when she ran into the palisade area on the north side of Blake Point on Isle Royale in Lake Superior at full speed at night with the loss of one life. All other passengers and crew evacuated safely onto Isle Royale, where they camped for four days until rescued on 10 December 1906. During the night of 11–12 December 1906, the wreck broke into two pieces, leaving only the bow section visible.[826][827][828]

7 December

List of shipwrecks: 7 December 1906
ShipStateDescription
Buena Vista  United States The 1,600-gross register ton steel-hulled schooner barge or scow barge, under tow of W. A. Luckenbach ( United States), foundered in a northeast gale 1.5 nautical miles (2.8 km; 1.7 mi) east-southeast of Montauk Point, Long Island, New York, with the loss of three crewmen. There were two survivors.[432][75]
Coloma  United States The 852-gross register ton bark was abandoned in the Pacific Ocean off Cape Beale, Vancouver Island, British Columbia in a gale and heavy seas 15 miles west of the Strait of San Juan, eventually going ashore and breaking up on Vargas Island. All ten people on board were rescued by a boat from lighthouse tender Quadra ( Canada).[255][829][830]
Ella Rohlffs  United States Carrying 10 passengers, a crew of 12, and a 10-ton cargo of empty beer kegs, lumber, and miscellaneous boxes on a voyage from Howkan to Ketchikan, District of Alaska, with a stop at Coppermount, the 149-gross register ton, 75.5-foot (23.0 m) steamer ran aground during a snowstorm on the north end of Long Island in the Alexander Archipelago in Southeast Alaska about 10 nautical miles (19 km; 12 mi) north of Howkan without loss of life. The steamer Cordova ( United States) took off her passengers on 8 December.[305]
isle of Iona  United Kingdom The 1,139-ton vessel was wrecked near Whitby, England.[831]
Rancocas  United States The lighter was damaged in a collision with a float towed by the tug W. H. Flannery ( United States) off Pier 6, North River and was abandoned by her crew. After being abandoned she had a slight collision with the tug S. O. Co. No. 14 ( United States), she was then towed by W. H. Flannery to the Bedloe Island flats where she sank.[832]
Sea Witch  United States The 1,289-gross register ton full-rigged ship or Barque became waterlogged and was abandoned in the Pacific Ocean at (45°41′N 127°30′W / 45.683°N 127.500°W / 45.683; -127.500 (Sea Witch)). All 16 people on board survived.[147][833][111]

8 December

List of shipwrecks: 8 December 1906
ShipStateDescription
Charles L. Mitchell  United States The 597-gross register ton schooner was abandoned off Cape Henry, Virginia. All seven people on board survived.[432]
Heinrich Gehrke  Germany The 1,278-ton vessel foundered off Rixhoft.[834]
Wellington Norway The 239.9-foot (73.1 m), 1,246-ton full rigged ship was abandoned in the Atlantic north of Bermuda (34°29′N 65°40′W / 34.483°N 65.667°W / 34.483; -65.667).[835][836]
William F. Hallstead  United States The 18-gross register ton screw steamer burned on Lake Erie at Dunkirk, New York. All five people on board survived.[23]
William Marshall  United States The 305-gross register ton schooner was abandoned in a waterlogged condition. She stranded off Highland Light on Cape Cod on the coast of Massachusetts on 11 December, and broke up in a storm later in the month. All six people on board survived.[247][837]

9 December

List of shipwrecks: 9 December 1906
ShipStateDescription
Heathpool  United Kingdom The 3,828-ton vessel was wrecked near the Outer Dowsing Lightship in a storm. The crew of 24 and a maritime pilot were lost.[838][839]

10 December

List of shipwrecks: 10 December 1906
ShipStateDescription
Atrato British Honduras The 107.6-foot (32.8 m), 215-ton schooner was wrecked at Liverpool, Nova Scotia.[840][841]
Segesta  Italy The 1,782-ton vessel was sunk in a collision with Lula ( Greece) off Cyrenaica, Italian Libya.[842]
Victoria Unknown The passenger steamer was sunk in 15 feet (4.6 m) of water at Brockville, Ontario.[843]

11 December

List of shipwrecks: 11 December 1906
ShipStateDescription
J. J. Stewart  United States The 51-gross register ton schooner sank in the James River in Virginia. All four people on board survived.[51]

12 December

List of shipwrecks: 12 December 1906
ShipStateDescription
Atlantic  Canada The schooner was wrecked off Goose Island, Isaac's Harbour, Nova Scotia.[844]
Gen′l J. L. Selfridge  United States The 20-gross register ton schooner was stranded at Fisherman Island on the coast of Virginia. Both people on board survived.[255]
John M. Nicol  United States The 2,126-gross register ton screw steamer ran aground on Big Summer Island in Michigan during a snowstorm and broke up. All 21 people on board survived.[65][205]
Marietta  United States The 9-gross register ton motor vessel sank in West Pass at Apalachicola Bay on the coast of Florida. All three people on board survived.[65]

14 December

List of shipwrecks: 14 December 1906
ShipStateDescription
Columbia  United States The tug struck an obstruction in the Patapsco River and developed a leak. She sank after making it to dock. Later raised.[171]
Edgar Randall  United States The 62-gross register ton schooner was lost when she collided with the screw steamer Delta ( Netherlands) off Mobile, Alabama. All eight people on board survived.[255]
Emerald Norway The 645-ton cargo vessel was wrecked on Vlieland, The Netherlands.[845]
No. 7  United States The 65-gross register ton scow was lost when she collided with the screw steamer Milwaukee ( United States) at Lime Kiln Crossing in the Detroit River on the Canada-United States border between Michigan and Ontario. All nine people on board survived.[3]
Themis  Norway During a voyage from Ketchikan, District of Alaska, to Crofton, British Columbia, carrying a load of copper ore and canned salmon, the 270-foot (82 m) steam cargo ship struck Crocker Rock 2 nautical miles (3.7 km; 2.3 mi) northwest of Scarlett Point on Vancouver Island and sank without loss of life.[315]

15 December

List of shipwrecks: 15 December 1906
ShipStateDescription
James Gordon Bennett  United States The 70-gross register ton schooner, a pilot boat, was sunk in a collision with the screw steamer Monterey ( United States) off Sandy Hook, New Jersey. All 10 people on board survived.[51][832] Note: In 1897, the James Gordon Bennett was bought by Miller J. Morse of the Atlantic Yacht Club and made into a yacht. He changed her name to Hermit.
Newark  United States After suffering a fire in her port coal bunker earlier in the day, the 59-gross register ton tow screw steamer reignited at 8 P.M. and got out of hand and she sank at dock at Mill's Shipyard in Camden, New Jersey, because of a fire in her starboard coal bunker. Her after house and decks was destroyed. All four people on board survived.[23][822]
Surprise  United Kingdom The 197-ton vessel was wrecked on Ardmore Island.[846]
The Rose  United Kingdom The 142-ton vessel was sunk in a collision off The Nash.[847]

16 December

List of shipwrecks: 16 December 1906
ShipStateDescription
Adventurer  United States With no one on board, the 16-gross register ton screw steamer was stranded at Ontonagon, Michigan.[247]
Billiton Straits Settlements The 137.8-foot (42.0 m) 302-ton vessel struck a coral reef and foundered off the Natuna Islands, Netherlands East Indies.[848][849]
Norwich  United States The sidewheel wrecking steamer caught fire at dock at Rondout, New York, and later sank when her seacocks were open to put out the fire. The vessel was scheduled to be raised in Spring 1907.[75][850]
Prinzessin Victoria Luise  Germany The passenger ship ran aground off Plum Point, Kingston, Jamaica, and was wrecked. The wreck sank during a seaquake in 1907.[851][852]

17 December

List of shipwrecks: 17 December 1906
ShipStateDescription
Cap Juby  Belgium The steamer sank after colliding with the steamer Arlington ( United Kingdom) in the English Channel 15 nautical miles (28 km) off Dungeness, Kent, United Kingdom.[853]
Fremad Denmark The 324-ton vessel was wrecked at St. Croix, Danish West Indies.[854]

18 December

List of shipwrecks: 18 December 1906
ShipStateDescription
Dania Norway The 897-ton cargo vessel was wrecked at Jaederen, Norway.[855]

19 December

List of shipwrecks: 19 December 1906
ShipStateDescription
Charlotte Ann Pigot  United States The 28-gross register ton schooner was stranded at Port Royal, South Carolina. All three people on board survived.[432]
Elfrida  United Kingdom The 2,257-ton vessel was sunk in a collision with Glenlee ( United Kingdom) in thick fog off Flamborough Head. The crew were rescued by Glenlee.[856][857]
Gjertrud Denmark The 144-ton vessel was sunk in a collision in the English Channel.[858]
P. T. Barnum  United States The 667-gross register ton schooner was abandoned in the North Atlantic Ocean 30 nautical miles (56 km; 35 mi) east of Bodie Island in the Outer Banks of North Carolina. All eight people on board survived.[147]
W. T. Scovell  United States The 244-gross register ton sternwheel paddle steamer was wrecked when her boilers exploded on the Mississippi River at Gold Dust Landing 17 miles below Vicksburg, Mississippi. Of the 65 people on board, either 10 (her master, eight crewmen, and one passenger) or 12 were killed, according to different sources.[23][701][859]

20 December

List of shipwrecks: 20 December 1906
ShipStateDescription
Lottie  United States With no one on board, the 9-gross register ton motor vessel was stranded at Brooklyn, New York.[65]

21 December

List of shipwrecks: 21 December 1906
ShipStateDescription
Edgar  United States The 15-gross register ton scow sank at Everett, Washington. The only person on board survived.[3]
Strathcona  Canada The passenger steamer caught fire and was beached off Port Dufferin, Nova Scotia.[860]
Tilley  United Kingdom The ketch sprang a leak in the Bristol Channel and was abandoned. Her three crew were rescued by Ragusa 2 ( United Kingdom).[861]

22 December

List of shipwrecks: 22 December 1906
ShipStateDescription
Arrow unknown British colony The 183-ton vessel was wrecked at Sabana Grande de Palenque, St. Domingo.[862]
Beatrice  United Kingdom The 712-ton vessel was wrecked at the mouth of the harbour at Sydney, Nova Scotia.[863]
Kong Enge Denmark The 688-ton vessel was wrecked in Skjalfand Bay Iceland.[864]
Strathconia Canada The 284-ton vessel burned off Port Dufferin.[865]

23 December

List of shipwrecks: 23 December 1906
ShipStateDescription
Three Sisters  United States The sail vessel sank in a collision in the Patapsco River near Seven Foot Knoll, Maryland, with the tug Peerless ( United States). The crew were rescued.[171]

24 December

List of shipwrecks: 24 December 1906
ShipStateDescription
Casper Heft  United States The 107-gross register ton schooner was stranded at Smiths Point, Virginia. All four people on board survived.[432]
Lytton  United Kingdom
Fire following the explosion
The petroleum barge exploded on a slipway at Dalla, British Burma.[866][867]
Patra United Kingdom The 101.4-foot (30.9 m), 183-ton brig was wrecked on a sandbank near Norderney, Germany and broke up. Her crew left in her 3 boats and were rescued.[868][869]

25 December

List of shipwrecks: 25 December 1906
ShipStateDescription
Chinkai Maru  Japan The 2,173-ton cargo vessel was wrecked at the entrance to the Shimonoseki Strait.[870]
Endeavour  United Kingdom The 226-ton vessel was wrecked at Providence.[871]
Teutonic  United Kingdom The 105.3-foot (32.1 m), 152-ton steam trawler sank in the North Sea.[872][873]

26 December

List of shipwrecks: 26 December 1906
ShipStateDescription
Alfred United Kingdom The 100-ton vessel was wrecked at Aldeburgh, England.[874]
Carrollton  United States The 1,450-gross register ton bark was stranded at Midway Atoll in the Pacific Ocean. All 15 people on board survived.[432]
Hazeldene  United Kingdom The 292-foot (89 m), 2,204-ton vessel was wrecked in snow squalls and sleet on Cannon Rock, 3 miles (4.8 km) from Cloughy, County Down, Ireland, U.K..[875][876]
Laurel  United States The 16-gross register ton screw steamer burned at Keyport, Washington. All three people on board survived.[65]
Ringleader United Kingdom The 167-ton vessel was wrecked at Dungeness, England.[877]

27 December

List of shipwrecks: 27 December 1906
ShipStateDescription
Jumbo  United States The 14-gross register ton screw steamer burned at Mobile, Alabama. All four people on board survived.[65]
Redwood  United Kingdom The 1,197-ton vessel was wrecked at Wyk.[878]

29 December

List of shipwrecks: 29 December 1906
ShipStateDescription
Alice McDonald  United States The schooner stranded on Jetty Sands four miles (6.4 km) west north west of the Point Adams, Oregon Life Saving Station. Refloated 14 January 1907.[879]
Orion Sweden The 1,097-ton vessel was sunk in a collision in The Humber.[880]
Paterson  United States The 1,057-gross register ton steel-hulled steam sidewheel paddle ferry sank with the loss of one life after colliding with the schooner barge Flora ( United States) – towed by the tug Joshua Lovett ( United States) – in the North River off Christopher Street in 65 feet (20 m) of water in New York City. Joshua Lovett and the tug John S. Smith ( United States) rescued Paterson's 14 survivors. Wreck reduced in height to 43 feet (13 m) clearance by June 1907.[23][165][881]
Ralph F. Hodgdon  United States The 90-gross register ton schooner burned in the Bay of Islands on the coast of Newfoundland. All six people on board survived.[147]

30 December

List of shipwrecks: 30 December 1906
ShipStateDescription
Creve Coeur  United States The 12-gross register ton sternwheel motor paddle vessel sank at Tiptonville, Tennessee. Both people on board survived.[65]
Lavinia  United States The 40-gross register ton schooner was stranded at Waikiki on Oahu, Hawaii. All five people on board survived.[51]

31 December

List of shipwrecks: 31 December 1906
ShipStateDescription
Santa Fe  United States The steamer sank at dock during a heavy gale at San Diego, California. Raised and repaired.[111]

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