List of shipwrecks in 1911
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1 January
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Saint Anthony |  United States |
During a voyage to Metlakatla, District of Alaska, with seven passengers, three crewmen, and no cargo aboard, the 7-gross register ton, 31-foot (9.4 m) motor passenger vessel was wrecked on a reef in Nichols Passage in Clarence Strait in the Alexander Archipelago in Southeast Alaska about 2 nautical miles (3.7 km; 2.3 mi) northwest of Metlakatla and was destroyed by a fire that broke out when her gasoline tank exploded. All on board survived and were rescued by the motorboat Eagle ( United States).[1] |
7 January
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Burton |  United Kingdom |
The ship was leaving Alderney Channel Islands harbour when it suffered steering problems and ran aground on the Grois Reef. Floating free she was anchored but broke up in a storm on 11 January and became a total loss.[2] |
10 January
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Treverton, Corbin, and Pine Forest | United States |
The coal barges broke their tow from Lykens ( United States) and were wrecked on Cape Cod. 17 killed.[3] |
11 January
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Mary E. Oyls | United States |
The schooner went aground on Edgartown Flats off Edgartown, Massachusetts.[4] |
25 January
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Rosario di Giorgio |  Norway |
The 1,037 GRT cargo ship ran aground the reef at the northern end entrance to Manchioneal Harbour on her way from Baltimore, Maryland, to load a cargo of bananas. An attempt to refloat the vessel was attempted on 11 February, but proved to be unsuccessful, and she was abandoned. |
28 January
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Stephen G. Hart | United States |
The barkentine was wrecked on Cuttyhunk Island. Apparently salvaged and returned to service.[5] |
29 January
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Wiln | United Kingdom |
The schooner was in collision with the steamship Irena ( United Kingdom) in the Bristol Channel and foundered with the loss of four of her six crew. She was on a voyage from Devonport, Devon to Llanelli, Glamorgan.[6] |
Unknown date
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Ardencraig | United Kingdom |
The vessel was wrecked off the Gunners, Isles of Scilly.[7] |
| Ella M. Goodwin | United States |
The fishing schooner probably lost in a gale later in the day after leaving the Bay of Islands on 21 January. All ten crew were killed.[8][9] |
| Knocker | United States |
With no one on board, the 9-gross register ton motor vessel burned on the Atchafalaya River at Morgan City, Louisiana.[10] |
February
2 February
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Allegheny |  Germany |
The steamer was wrecked 100 miles (160 km) off Norfolk, Virginia in a heavy snowstorm. All crew were rescued from her boats after four hours.[11] |
6 February
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Glenbank |  Russia |
A cyclone wrecked the Finnish-owned steel-hulled sailing ship off Legendre Island on the Pilbara Coast with the loss of 19 of her 20 crew.[12] The ship was rediscovered in 2022.[13] |
10 February
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Atlas | United Kingdom |
The salvage tug foundered off Venetikos islet, south of Chios, on a voyage from Smyrna to Piraeus.[14][15] |
15 February
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Czarina | United States |
The 230-gross register ton, 116-foot (35.4 m) schooner was wrecked during a gale on the east coast of Nagai Island in the District of Alaska's Shumagin Islands. Her crew of ten survived.[16] |
18 February
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Laura Sutcliffe | United States |
The 42-gross register ton sternwheel paddle steamer burned on the Atchafalaya River at Berwick, Louisiana. All six people on board survived.[10] |
Unknown date
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Weatherall | United Kingdom |
The Mousehole lugger sank about 4 nautical miles (7.4 km) off the Longships, Cornwall, United Kingdom, when she collided with the Lowestoft sailing trawler Trevone ( United Kingdom). All but one of the crew scrambled aboard the trawler.[17] |
March
2 March
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Cingetorix |  Belgium |
The vessel was wrecked one nautical mile (1.9 km; 1.2 mi) south of Hartland Point, Devon.[18] |
3 March
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Blue Bonnett | United States |
The barge, under the tow of Sarah E. McWilliams ( United States), went aground on Crane's Reef in Long Island Sound.[4] |
| Blue line | United States |
The barge, under the tow of Sarah E. McWilliams ( United States), went aground on Crane's Reef in Long Island Sound.[4] |
| Cap Spartel | Belgium |
The vessel departed Swansea, Glamorgan, United Kingdom bound for Palermo, Italy. No further trace.[19] |
| Jewel | United States |
The 32-gross register ton sternwheel paddle steamer was lost when she struck a snag on Bayou Macon in Louisiana. All 13 people on board survived.[10] |
| Sarah E. McWilliams | United States |
The tugboat went aground on Crane's Reef in Long Island Sound.[4] |
14 March
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Hope | United States |
The schooner was sunk in a collision with schooner Hattie S. Heckman in Gloucester, Massachusetts Harbor. Four crewmen killed.[20] |
15 March
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Silver Spray | United States |
The fishing tug foundered on the breakwater at Cleveland, Ohio in a snowstorm. Refloated by June. Repaired and returned to service as Charlotte. All nine crew froze to death in the water.[21][22] |
20 March
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Bessie Smith | United States |
The 127-gross register ton sternwheel paddle steamer burned at Parkersburg, West Virginia. All four people on board survived.[23] |
22 March
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Bruce |  Canada |
While en voyage from Channel-Port aux Basques, Newfoundland to Louisbourg, Nova Scotia, the vessel was driven on the rocks by ice, off Portnova Islands, (Main-a-Dieu Passage), southwest of Scatarie Island. Two crew members died.[24] |
| USS San Marcos |  United States Navy |
The target ship, a former battleship, was sunk as a gunnery target in shallow water in Tangier Sound off Tangier Island in Chesapeake Bay by the battleship USS New Hampshire ( United States Navy). |
23 March
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Yongala | Australia |
The passenger ship sank without trace off the Whitsunday Islands in a cyclone with the loss of all 122 passengers and crew, on a voyage from Melbourne to Cairns. The wreck was found in 1958.[25][26] |
24 March
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Sechelt | United States |
The steamboat sank in Strait of Juan de Fuca during a gale with the loss of 24 passengers and crew.[27] |
29 March
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Buteshire | United Kingdom |
The barque foundered whilst on a voyage from Pisagua, Chile to Hamburg, Germany.[28] |
April
4 April
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Lewiston | United States |
The 11-gross register ton motor vessel burned in Port Madison in Puget Sound off the coast of Washington. All four people on board survived.[10] |
| O. D. Witherell | United States |
 The schooner ran aground on the coast of Delaware 3+1⁄2 miles (5.6 km) south of Bethany Beach, 1.5 miles north of the Fenwick's Island Life-Saving Station.[29][30] |
7 April
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Jabez Howes | United States |
The 1,648-gross register ton, 218.8-foot (66.7 m) three-masted sloop, operating as a cannery tender, dragged her anchor during a storm and was stranded in Anchorage Bay (56°19′N 158°23′W / 56.317°N 158.383°W) near Chignik, District of Alaska. All on board – a ship′s crew of 37 and a cannery crew of 87 Chinese men – survived. Jabez Howes later slipped into deeper water and sank, becoming a total loss.[31] |
8 April
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Azor |  Spanish Navy |
The Azor-class torpedo boat was sunk in a collision with Orión ( Spanish Navy) off Cádiz, Spain. |
10 April
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Iroquois | Canada |
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21 April
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Scow #2 | United States |
The Boston Sanitary Department scow capsized and sank in the main ship channel at Boston, Massachusetts.[34] |
23 April
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Doric | United Kingdom |
The ocean liner ran aground in foggy conditions and was wrecked in the East China Sea near Taichow Islands, Wenzhou, China. Once all of the crew and passengers had been safely rescued, the ship was looted by local fishermen, who subsequently burnt its remains. |
27 April
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| The North Erin | United States |
The steamer went ashore in fog on Long Island between the Tiana and Quoque Lights.[4] |
29 April
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Craigoswald | United Kingdom |
Struck the Low Lee Rock, off Mousehole, Cornwall.[35] While on a journey from Barry Docks to Venice, with 4,000 tons of coal, she took a detour to drop off in Penzance the chief engineer who was ill. Later refloated.[36] |
30 April
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Sadie Willcut | United States |
The 365-gross register ton schooner was lost in a collision with the schooner George D. Edmands ( United States) off Cape Cod, Massachusetts. All six people on board survived.[23] |
Unknown date
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Helena F | United States |
The 11-gross register ton schooner was lost after she collided with the New Orleans and Northeastern Railroad bridge in Lake Pontchartrain in Louisiana. All three people on board survived.[37] |
May
3 May
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Rex |  United States |
The barge sank seven miles (11 km) west of Point Judith, Rhode Island.[4] |
5 May
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Wm. Edenborn | United States |
The 239-gross register ton sternwheel paddle steamer sank off Naples, Louisiana. All 10 people on board survived.[38] |
12 May
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Koyukuk | United States |
The 260-gross register ton, 120.9-foot (36.9 m) sternwheel paddle steamer sank in the Tanana River in the District of Alaska. All 14 people on board survived.[10][39] |
| Merida | United States |
The Ward Line liner was in collision in dense fog with American fruit steamship Admiral Farragut and sank 55 miles (89 km) off Cape Charles, Virginia in 210 feet (64 m) of water with the rumored loss of $2,000,000 of Mexican gold, silver, copper and jewels. All 319 people were saved by Admiral Farragut, with only one serious injury. Various attempts to salvage the treasure were attempted.[40] |
16 May
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Shawnee | United States |
The schooner barge sank near the west breakwater at Cleveland, Ohio. The wreck removed 14 October 1914.[41][42] |
18 May
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Tampico | United States |
The steamer sprung a leak at the Pacific Coast Coal Company dock in Elliott Bay, Seattle, Washington. She was towed away from the deep water slip and sank in shallow water off the Stetson-Post Lumber Mill around midnight on 18/19 May or just after midnight on 19 May. Refloated on 25 June.[43][44] |
20 May
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Nettie A. Ruark | United States |
The 14-gross register ton motor vessel burned in the Chesapeake Bay off Poplar Island off the coast of Maryland. All four people on board survived.[38] |
26 May
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Angler | United States |
The 93-gross register ton schooner was stranded on Duck Island in Long Island Sound off the coast of Connecticut. Both people on board survived.[45] |
Unknown date
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Unknown derrick | United States Navy |
The 75-ton floating crane/derrick sank at the Boston Navy Yard some time in May. Later raised.[46] |
June
1 June
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Fly Away | United States |
The 159-gross register ton schooner was stranded on Spruce Island in off the coast of New Brunswick in Canada. All seven people on board survived.[45] |
3 June
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| North West | United States |
The passenger ship caught fire at dock in the City Ship Canal at the foot of Tifft Street, Buffalo, New York. Most everything made of wood in the iron-hulled ship burned. The ship filled by water being pumped onto her by firefighters and sank in shallow water with most of the hull above water. Refloated on 15 June.[47][48] |
6 June
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Bayard | United Kingdom |
The sailing ship, in use as a coaling ship in Ocean Harbour, South Georgia, lost her mooring during a severe gale and ran aground on the southern side of the harbor, where her wreck was abandoned. |
7 June
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Alida B | United States |
The 118-gross register ton canal boat sank in Long Island Sound off Great Captain Island on the coast of Connecticut. The only person on board survived.[49] |
9 June
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Plumie E. Smith | United States |
The 16-gross register ton schooner was lost in a collision with the screw steamer City of Milford ( United States) on the Potomac River off Alexandria, Virginia. Both people on board survived.[23] |
10 June
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| P. R. R. 720 | United States |
The barge ran aground in the Taunton River near Dighton, Massachusetts. Later raised and taken to Fall River, Massachusetts[50] |
18 June
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Governor Andrew | United States |
The 495-gross register ton sidewheel paddle steamer burned at East Boston in Boston, Massachusetts, killing two of the 23 people on board.[10] |
22 June
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Bertha | United Kingdom |
Coronation of King George V: The out of service 67-foot (20 m), 52-ton auxiliary pilot tender and wreck light vessel was filled with highly flammable materials, towed to the middle of the harbour at Bangor, and burned as part of the local celebrations.[51] |
28 June
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Signal | United States |
The 475-gross register ton screw steamer was stranded at San Francisco, California. All seven people on board survived.[38] |
29 June
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Catherine and Ellen | United States |
The 145-gross register ton schooner was lost in a collision with the screw steamer Nacoochee ( United States) off Cape Cod, Massachusetts. All 23 people on board survived.[45] |
Unknown date
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Edward Harrigan | United States |
The 107-gross register ton canal boat was lost in a collision with an unidentified vessel off Sorel, Quebec. The only person on board survived.[49] |
July
1 July
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| USS Samar | United States Navy |
The gunboat ran aground in mud in the Yangtze off Kichau, China. She broke free of the mud two weeks later without damage and returned to service. |
| Sonoma | United States |
The 1,063-gross register ton schooner sank off Point Reyes, California. All nine people on board survived.[23] |
3 July
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Juno | United States |
The 13-gross register ton motor vessel burned at Lindenhurst, Long Island, New York. Both people on board survived.[10] |
4 July
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Julia and Martha | United States |
The 117-gross register ton schooner was stranded at Cuttyhunk, Massachusetts, a total loss. Cargo and some gear was salvaged. All five people on board survived.[37][52] |
| Mary | United States |
The 27-gross register ton screw steamer burned on the James River in Virginia. All five people on board survived.[10] |
5 July
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Uriah Timmons | United States |
The 24-gross register ton schooner sank off Springfield Bluff, Georgia. All three people on board survived.[23] |
7 July
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Grayling | United States |
The 121-gross register ton schooner was stranded on Cape Amalia on the coast of Greenland. All 18 people on board survived.[37] |
| Lady Ilka | United States |
The 25-gross register ton schooner burned at Bay St. Louis, Mississippi. All four people on board survived.[37] |
| Santa Rosa | United States |
The 2,416-gross register ton iron-hulled screw steamer was wrecked at Point Arguello, California in fog, a total loss. A boat overturned with the loss of four lives. There were 278 survivors.[38][53][54] |
8 July
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Harriet E. Ford | United States |
The 50-gross register ton schooner was stranded in the Chesapeake Bay at Love Point Light on the coast of Maryland with the loss of two lives. There was one survivor.[37] |
| River Queen | United States |
The 578-gross register ton sidewheel paddle steamer burned at Washington, D.C. All 15 people on board survived.[38] |
9 July
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| John Mitchell | United States |
The 4,468-gross register ton steel-hulled screw steamer was lost in a collision with the screw steamer W. H. Mack ( United States) on Lake Superior off Vermilion Point on the coast of Michigan. Three of the 28 people on board lost their lives.[10] |
| Kershaw | United States |
The steamer went aground on Shovelfull Shoal off Cape Cod.[4] |
14 July
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Robert T. Graham | United States |
The 70-gross register ton schooner was destroyed by an explosion and fire off Fire Island on the coast of Long Island, New York. All 12 people on board survived.[23] |
16 July
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Maine | United States |
The 332-gross register ton screw steamer burned at Marine City, Michigan. All 11 people on board survived.[10] |
18 July
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Tampa | United States |
The 1,972-gross register ton screw steamer was lost in a collision with the screw steamer John W. Gales ( United States) on the Detroit River off Walkerville, Ontario, Canada. All 16 people on board survived.[38] |
19 July
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Roebuck | United Kingdom |
The rail car ferry ran aground after leaving St. Helier. Refloated on 28 July, repaired and returned to service four months later.[55] |
20 July
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Magnolia | United States |
The 12-gross register ton motor vessel burned on the Delaware River at Paulsboro, New Jersey. Both people on board survived.[10] |
| Theresa | United States |
The 18-gross register ton motor vessel sank off Pico Island in the Azores. All three people on board survived.[38] |
22 July
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Alice | United States |
The 19-gross register ton schooner sank off Punta de Caballitos, Yabucoa, Puerto Rico. All four people on board survived.[45] |
23 July
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Brilliant | United States |
The 319-gross register ton barge sank off Fort Adams at Newport, Rhode Island. Both people on board survived.[49] |
| Dredge Hester | United States |
The 206-gross register ton sternwheel paddle steamer burned at Clearwater, Florida. All 19 people on board survived.[10] |
| Vencedor | United States |
The 18-gross register ton sloop-rigged yacht was stranded in Lake Michigan on Fisherman Island off the coast of Michigan. All 10 people on board survived.[23] |
24 July
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Elva | United States |
The 69-gross register ton schooner was stranded in Sturgeon Bay on the coast of Wisconsin. All four people on board survived.[45] |
| Romania | United States |
The 24-gross register ton motor yacht was stranded at Yarmouth, Nova Scotia, Canada. All five people on board survived.[38] |
25 July
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Rappahannock | United States |
The 2,380-gross register ton screw steamer sank in Jackfish Bay on the coast of Ontario, Canada, off Lake Superior. All 18 people on board survived.[38] |
27 July
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Mersing |  Straits Settlements |
The 64-ton passenger/cargo ship was sunk in a collision with Kheng Seng ( Straits Settlements) in the Strait of Malacca off Pulau Pahat, 30 miles (48 km) north of Singapore. Several survivors were rescued by Kheng Seng from her masts and 31 from the island. Three crew and four passengers were killed. The vessel was declared a total loss at the time she was salvaged in November 1911. She was scheduled to be repaired and returned to service.[56][57][58][59] |
28 July
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Almeda Willey | United States |
The 547-gross register ton schooner was abandoned off Swan's Island, Maine. All seven people on board survived.[45] |
| Catawamteak | United States |
The schooner ran aground on Peaked Hill bars near Provincetown, Massachusetts.[60] |
| Henry Chase | United States |
The 44-gross register ton schooner was stranded at Port Clyde, Maine. All three people on board survived.[37] |
| Lewie Warren | United States |
The 17-gross register ton motor vessel sank off Cape Cod, Massachusetts, with the loss of all five people on board.[10] |
| Nokomis | United States |
The 32-gross register ton motor vessel sank off Nantucket, Massachusetts, with the loss of five lives. There were four survivors.[38] |
| Tyre | United States |
The 13-gross register ton motor vessel burned at Jacksonville, Florida. Both people on board survived.[38] |
29 July
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Eugene H. Cathrall | United States |
The 42-gross register ton schooner sank at Ship John Shoal in Delaware Bay. All three people on board survived.[45] |
| Mary A. Downs | United States |
The 12-gross register ton motor vessel was stranded on Vinalhaven Island off the coast of Maine. All five people on board survived.[38] |
31 July
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Abbie A. Morton | United States |
The 9-gross register ton sloop was stranded on Vinalhaven Island on the coast of Maine. All three people on board survived.[45] |
Unknown date
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Cup Hunter | United States |
The 9-gross register ton sloop was stranded on Parris Island on the coast of South Carolina. All three people on board survived.[45] |
| Virginia C | United States |
The 102-gross register ton canal boat was lost in a collision with an unidentified vessel in the Saint Lawrence River off Chambly, Quebec, Canada. The only person on board survived.[49] |
August
1 August
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Sirius | United States |
The 22-gross register ton screw steamer sank in the Saint Lawrence River off Massena, New York, with the loss of seven lives. There were 48 survivors.[38] |
2 August
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Susie | United States |
The 25-gross register ton motor paddle vessel sank in the Missouri River at LeBeau, South Dakota. All five people on board survived.[38] |
3 August
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Frau Mini Peterson | Norway |
The 180-ton schooner was wrecked, after a collision, near the Seven Stones Reef, off the Isles of Scilly, United Kingdom.[61] |
| Jessie Minor | United States |
Carrying a cargo of 200 tons of salt and empty barrels and a crew of 11, the 261-gross register ton, 129-foot (39.3 m) schooner was blown ashore during a gale and wrecked without loss of life in Nelson Lagoon on the Alaska Peninsula in the District of Alaska.[31] |
5 August
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Rena | United States |
The 42-gross register ton schooner was stranded in Boston Harbor on the coast of Massachusetts. Both people on board survived.[23] |
8 August
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| F. H. Prince | United States |
The 2,047-gross register ton screw steamer burned on Lake Erie off Kelleys Island, Ohio. All 17 people on board survived.[10] |
| Stephen E. Babcock | United States |
The 46-gross register ton screw steamer burned at Bridgeport, Connecticut. All four people on board survived.[38] |
9 August
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Eleazer Boynton | United States |
The 88-gross register ton schooner was lost in a collision with the screw steamer Camden ( United States) in the harbor at Rockland, Maine. All four people on board survived.[45] |
| Fifeshire | United Kingdom |
The ocean liner ran aground 20 nautical miles (37 km) south of Cape Guardafui, Italian Somaliland. Six of her crew took to a lifeboat to seek assistance. They were rescued five days later by Ardandearg ( United Kingdom). The 99 passengers and crew later abandoned ship in four lifeboats, the last leaving on 11 August. Survivors from two of the boats were rescued by Adour ( France). Twenty-four lives were lost.[62] |
10 August
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Sarah D. Fell | United States |
The 578-gross register ton schooner was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean near Cape Fear on the coast of North Carolina. All seven people on board survived.[23] |
11 August
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Frances and Louisa | United States |
The 27-gross register ton schooner was stranded on Crooked Isle off the coast of Florida. All six people on board survived.[45] |
| Theresa Wolf | United States |
The 307-gross register ton schooner was stranded on Cape Cod on the coast of Massachusetts. All seven people on board survived.[23] |
12 August
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Henry H. Stanwood | United States |
The 44-gross register ton screw steamer was lost in a collision with the British screw steamer Stephans ( United Kingdom) at New York City. All nine people on board survived.[10] |
| San Giorgio |  Regia Marina |
The armored cruiser ran aground on a reef in the Tyrrhenian Sea off Naples-Posillipo, Italy and was badly damaged.[63] She was eventually refloated and repaired, but did not rejoin the fleet until June 1912.[64] |
15 August
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Priscilla | United States |
The 26-gross register ton motor vessel burned at Texas City, Texas. All three people on board survived.[38] |
16 August
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| SMS T21 |  Imperial German Navy |
The torpedo boat sank after colliding with the torpedo boat SMS T38 ( Imperial German Navy).[65] |
17 August
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Jennie | United States |
The 10-gross register ton sloop was destroyed by an explosion at Staten Island in New York City. Both people on board survived.[37] |
| Willie H. Child | United States |
The 626-gross register ton schooner was stranded on Beach Gull Shoal on the coast of North Carolina. All eight people on board survived.[23] |
18 August
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Tourist | United States |
The 66-gross register ton sternwheel paddle steamer burned on the Calumet River at Riverdale, Illinois. All four people on board survived.[38] |
19 August
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Bertha | United States |
The whaling bark went aground on Sow and Pigs Reef off Cuttyhunk Island, Massachusetts.[4] |
| F. S. Redfield | United States |
Carrying a crew of 23 and a cargo of 350 tons of general merchandise, the 469-gross register ton, 159.6-foot (48.6 m) motor cargo vessel was wrecked without loss of life on the coast of the District of Alaska 3 nautical miles (5.6 km; 3.5 mi) east of Cape Prince of Wales after she dragged her anchors during a gale. The revenue cutter USRC Bear (.png){kind=small} United States Revenue Cutter Service) rescued her crew on 22 August.[66] |
20 August
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| J. W. Swayze | United States |
The 86-gross register ton sternwheel paddle steamer sank at Jonesville, Louisiana. The only person on board survived.[10] |
| Wild Duck | United States |
The 15-gross register ton motor vessel was lost in a collision with the screw steamer Archie Crossman ( United States) in Newark Bay off the coast of New Jersey. All 41 people on board survived.[38] |
21 August
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Warrington | United States |
The 375-gross register ton screw steamer was stranded at Charlevoix, Michigan. All 12 people on board survived.[38] |
24 August
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Lyndhurst | United Kingdom |
The full-rigged ship's crew abandoned her off Port Elizabeth, South Africa, after she caught fire. The cruiser HMS Pandora ( Royal Navy) subsequently sank her with gunfire.[67] |
| Tacora | Norway |
The schooner was wrecked off Gorontalo, Celebes, Netherlands East Indies.[68] |
25 August
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Albert | United States |
With no one on board, the 135-gross register ton barge sank in Atchafalaya Bay in Louisiana.[49] |
| J. N. Harbin | United States |
The 142-gross register ton sternwheel paddle steamer was stranded at Lake Landing in the Mississippi River. All 23 people on board survived.[10] |
| Massachusetts | United States |
The 501-gross register ton schooner departed Wiggins, South Carolina, bound for Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, with seven people on board and was never heard from again.[37] |
26 August
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Edwina | United States |
Charleston-Savannah hurricane: The 459-gross register ton schooner was stranded at Charleston, South Carolina. All seven people on board survived.[45] |
| James Davidson | United States |
Charleston-Savannah hurricane: The 451-gross register ton schooner sank off Charleston, South Carolina. All six people on board survived.[37] |
| Margaret A. May | United States |
Charleston-Savannah hurricane: The 536-gross register ton schooner sank off Kiawah Island on the coast of South Carolina. All 10 people on board lost their lives.[37] |
| Vixen | United States |
The 14-gross register ton motor vessel burned at Silver Springs, Florida. All seven people on board survived.[38] |
27 August
28 August
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| George T. Clark | United States |
The 20-gross register ton screw steamer sank off Savannah, Georgia. All four people on board survived.[10] |
| Ruth E. Godfrey | United States |
The 597-gross register ton schooner departed Tocopilla, Chile, bound for Port Townsend, Washington, with nine people on board and was never heard from again.[23] |
29 August
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Charles H. Valentine | United States |
The 639-gross register ton schooner was stranded on Cape Fear on the coast of North Carolina. All seven people on board survived.[45] |
| Fannie E. Moffat | United States |
The 14-gross register ton motor vessel was stranded at Chadwick, New Jersey. All six people on board survived.[10] |
| John Rose | United States |
The 626-gross register ton schooner was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean at 33°12′N 77°00′W / 33.200°N 77.000°W. All eight people on board survived.[37] |
30 August
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Comet | United States |
The 429-gross register ton schooner was stranded on San Miguel Island in the Channel Islands off the coast of California with the loss of one life. There were seven survivors.[45] |
| Josie R. Burt | United States |
The 760-gross register ton schooner sank off Barnegat, New Jersey. All nine people on board survived.[37] |
31 August
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Rye | United States |
The 392-gross register ton barge sank off Point Judith, Rhode Island. The only person on board survived.[49] |
| W. D. Brimmer | United States |
The 334-gross register ton barge sank in Narragansett Bay off the coast of Rhode Island. The only person on board survived.[49] |
| William D. Brinnier | United States |
The barge sank near Saunderstown, Rhode Island, (could be same barge listed above).[69] |
September
3 September
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| David Faust | United States |
The 216-gross register ton schooner was stranded at Port Clyde, Maine. All six people on board survived.[45] |
4 September
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Tidy Adly | United States |
The 13-gross register ton motor vessel burned in Boston Harbor off the coast of Massachusetts. All three people on board survived.[38] |
| Tucapel |  Chile |
The steamship ran aground about 20 miles south of Lima, Peru, killing about 32 people.[70] |
5 September
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Papanui | United Kingdom |
 |
6 September
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Mary F. Smith | United States |
The 33-gross register ton motor vessel was stranded on Green Island in the Tusket Islands off the coast of Nova Scotia, Canada. All nine people on board survived.[38] |
8 September
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Iron City | United States |
The 118-gross register ton sternwheel paddle steamer was stranded on the Laurie Bar in the Ohio River. All 14 people on board survived.[10] |
9 September
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Stephen G. Hart | United States |
The barkentine was abandoned in a gale off Cape Henry, Virginia. Reported floating half submerged off the coast of Canada on 24 September. The crew were rescued by Bermudian (flag unknown).[71][72] |
10 September
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Ramona | United States |
During a voyage from Hunter Bay in the District of Alaska to Seattle, Washington, with 23 passengers, 52 crewmen, and 405 tons of salmon and general cargo on board, the 1,061-gross register ton, 195-foot (59.4 m) passenger screw steamer went off course in fog and was wrecked on an uncharted reef off Middle Spanish Island (55°57′N 134°07′W / 55.950°N 134.117°W) in Christian Sound in Southeast Alaska. All on board survived and were rescued by the steamers Grand, Northwestern, and Delhi (flags unknown).[38][73] |
14 September
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Capt. C. W. Howell | United States |
The US Army Corps of Engineers dredge was lost at sea off Texas.[74] |
| Pontiere | Italian Royal Navy |
The Soldato-class destroyer ran aground on a rock off Sardinia. She was refloated, repaired, relaunched on 1 November 1913, and returned to service.[75] |
15 September
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Hastings | United States |
The 84-gross register ton schooner was lost in the harbor at Rockland, Maine. All three people on board survived.[37] |
| Youtsey | United States |
The 8-gross register ton motor paddle vessel was destroyed by an explosion and fire on the Ohio River at Chilo, Ohio. The only person on board survived.[38] |
16 September
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Peggy | United States |
The yacht sank on the west side of the Connecticut River off Old Saybrook, Connecticut. Later raised.[4] |
18 September
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Harmony | United States |
The 96-gross register ton sternwheel paddle steamer was lost when she struck a pier at Lock No. 5 on the Ohio River. All nine people on board survived.[10] |
| Jessie Minor | United States |
The 261-gross register ton schooner was stranded at Nelson Lagoon on the Alaska Peninsula in the District of Alaska. All 11 people on board survived.[37] |
| Stella B. Kaplan | United States |
The 1,078-gross register ton schooner was stranded in the Chesapeake Bay on the coast of Virginia. All nine people on board survived.[23] |
19 September
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Eustathius |  Imperial Russian Navy |
The destroyer ran aground off Constanţa, Romania. She was refloated and taken in to Sevastopol.[76] |
| Panteleimon | Imperial Russian Navy |
The destroyer ran aground off Constanţa. She was refloated and taken in to Sevastopol.[76] |
22 September
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Joliet | United States |
The 1,935-gross register ton steel-hulled steam screw cargo ship sank while she was anchored off Port Huron, Michigan, in the St. Clair River on the United States-Canada border between Michigan and Ontario, after the steam screw cargo ship Henry Phipps ( United States) accidentally rammed her in dense fog. She sank almost directly over the railway tunnel between Sarnia, Ontario, and Port Huron. Wreck later blown up with dynamite to provide clearance for navigation. Remaining wreckage removed by U.S. Army Corps of Engineers in 1963. All 20 people on board survived.[10][77][78][79][80] |
23 September
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Naulahka | United States |
With no one on board, the 16-gross register ton motor vessel burned on the Guadalupe River in Texas.[38] |
24 September
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Ana Rita | United States |
The 7-gross register ton sloop sank off Piñones, Cabo Rojo, Puerto Rico. All four people on board survived.[45] |
| Séduisante | United Kingdom |
All hands lost at Nottingham Island in Arctic Canada. |
25 September
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Helen W. Martin | United States |
The schooner went aground on Eastern Point near Gloucester, Massachusetts. Later salvaged.[4] |
| Liberté |  French Navy |
 The Liberté-class battleship was destroyed by a magazine explosion in Toulon harbor, killing about 300 people. |
| Stephen G. Hart | United States |
The 605-gross register ton schooner was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean 25 nautical miles (46 km; 29 mi) west of Bermuda. All eight people on board survived.[23] |
| Thomas Cranage | United States |
The 2,219-gross register ton screw steamer was stranded on Watcher Island in Georgian Bay off the coast of Ontario, Canada. All 17 people on board survived.[38] |
26 September
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Edna Mae | United States |
The 6-gross register ton motor vessel was destroyed by an explosion at Manteo, North Carolina. All 10 people on board survived.[10] |
| Oliver Mitchell | United States |
The 320-gross register ton schooner was lost in a collision with the screw steamer Millinocket ( United States) in Long Island Sound near Plum Island off the coast of Long Island, New York. All six people on board survived.[37] |
| PCS Co. #1 (or P. C. S. Co. No.1) | United States |
While under tow from Nome to Cripple River (64°32′N 165°48′W / 64.533°N 165.800°W) along the Bering Sea coast of the District of Alaska, the empty 40-gross register ton barge sank about 2 nautical miles (3.7 km; 2.3 mi) offshore in Norton Sound southwest of Cripple River after her towline parted. All four people on board survived.[49][81] |
27 September
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Three Brothers | United States |
The 583-gross register ton steam screw cargo ship sprang a leak in heavy weather and sank in Lake Michigan off South Manitou Island. All 14 of her crew were saved.[38] |
29 September
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Despatch |  Australia |
The lighthouse tender struck the pier at Lakes Entrance, Victoria, Australia, and consequently foundered.[82] |
| Itinerant | United States |
The 38-gross register ton schooner was lost in a collision with the barge Keystone ( United States) on the Great Wicomico River in Maryland. All four people on board survived.[37] |
| Morgan | United States |
The 51-gross register ton sternwheel paddle steamer burned at Haddux Ferry, Kentucky. All nine people on board survived.[38] |
| Tokat |  Ottoman Navy |
Italo-Turkish War: Battle of Preveza: The torpedo boat was shelled, beached, and destroyed by Italian destroyers near Nicopolis, Greece. Nine of the crew were killed, including the captain. |
| W. C. Kirwan | United States |
The 39-gross register ton schooner sank in the Chesapeake Bay off Sandy Point, Maryland. All three people on board survived.[23] |
30 September
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Alpagot | Ottoman Navy |
Italo-Turkish War: Battle of Preveza: The Akhisar-class torpedo boat was shelled and sunk by Artigliere and Corazziere (both Regia Marina) in the harbour of Preveza, Greece. |
| Hamidiye | Ottoman Navy |
Italo-Turkish War: Battle of Preveza: The Hamidiye-class torpedo boat was shelled and sunk by Artigliere and Corazziere (both Regia Marina) in the harbour of Preveza, Greece. |
| Swarland |  Denmark |
The cargo ship disappeared while steaming from Rostock, Germany, to Rotterdam, the Netherlands, with the loss of all 15 crew members. |
| Trablus | Ottoman Navy |
Italo-Turkish War: The armed yacht was lost. |
October
1 October
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Ixion |  Netherlands |
The cargo ship caught fire and sank off the coast of the Netherlands East Indies, killing 24 crew members. Good Hope ( United Kingdom) rescued the 24 survivors. |
2 October
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| A. L. Hopkins | United States |
Bound from Bayfield, Wisconsin, for Buffalo, New York, with a crew of 13 and a cargo loaded both in her hold and on deck of 360,000 board feet (850 m3) of lumber and 300,000 board feet (710 m3) of lath, the 174-foot (53 m), 639-gross register ton screw steam barge nearly capsized and became waterlogged when she encountered heavy seas and a rain squall on Lake Superior off Ontonagon, Michigan. One man was washed overboard and one man was alone aboard the ship's lifeboat when it was washed away while the crew attempted to abandon ship, but both survived and managed to get back aboard the partially submerged A. L. Hopkins. The ore carrier Dinkey ( United States) rescued the entire crew on 3 October about 15 nautical miles (28 km; 17 mi) northeast of Michigan Island in the Apostle Islands. A. L. Hopkins did not sink for at least two weeks, and was last sighted about 50 nautical miles (93 km; 58 mi) east of Michigan Island by the steamer William F. Corey ( United States) on 17 October 1911. Her wreck lies in Lake Superior off Iron County, Wisconsin, at 46°52.463′N 090°18.499′W / 46.874383°N 90.308317°W.[23][83] |
| No. 4 | Ottoman Navy |
Italo-Turkish War: The No. 1-class motor gunboat was lost. |
3 October
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Oliver J. Olson | United States |
The 667-gross register ton schooner was stranded at Cape False on the coast of the Baja California Peninsula in Mexico. All 10 people on board survived.[23] |
4 October
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Jura | United States |
The 227-gross register ton schooner was stranded in Lake Michigan near Cross Village, Michigan. All six people on board survived.[37] |
6 October
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Occidental | United States |
The 22-gross register ton motor vessel burned in Holmes Harbor, an inlet of Saratoga Passage on the coast of Washington. All five people on board survived.[38] |
7 October
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Penn | United States |
The 476-gross register ton barge sank in Long Island Sound off Race Rock Light. The only person on board survived.[49] |
9 October
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Wm. Nottingham | United States |
The 1,204-gross register ton schooner was abandoned in the Pacific Ocean off Cape Disappointment, Washington. All 11 people on board survived.[23] |
| William K. Park | United States |
The 1,252-gross register ton schooner was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean southeast of Newfoundland at 45°N 50°W / 45°N 50°W. All nine people on board survived.[23] |
10 October
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| M. H. Read | United States |
The 160-gross register ton schooner was stranded at Boston, Massachusetts. All five people on board survived.[37] |
| Perdita | United States |
The 286-gross register ton motor vessel burned at the Ludlow Rocks in Washington. All 25 people on board survived.[38] |
12 October
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Freccia | Regia Marina |
Italo-Turkish War: The Lampo-class destroyer was wrecked at the entrance to the harbor at Tripoli on the coast of Ottoman Tripolitania.[84] |
13 October
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| E. Hempstead | United States |
The 19-gross register ton schooner sank in East Pass on the coast of Florida. All five people on board survived.[45] |
17 October
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| USLHT Lily |  United States Lighthouse Service |
The lighthouse tender struck a snag and sank, or was beached, near Washington, Missouri, or Wellington, Missouri, in the Missouri River. Raised, temporary repairs finished by 31 October.[85][86] |
| McKinley | United States |
The 66-gross register ton screw steamer burned in Wollochet Bay in Puget Sound off the coast of Washington. All four people on board survived.[10] |
18 October
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Arundel | United States |
The 339-gross register ton iron-hulled screw steamer burned at Douglas, Michigan. All 24 people on board survived.[23] |
| Mignon | United States |
The 14-gross register ton screw steamer burned on the Mississippi River at Rock Island, Illinois. Both people on board survived.[38] |
19 October
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Elizabeth E. Vane | United States |
The 405-gross register ton barge was lost in a collision with the screw steamer Columbia ( United States) in Baltimore Harbor on the coast of Maryland. Both people on board survived.[49] |
20 October
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Majestic | United States |
The 17-gross register ton motor vessel sank at New Orleans, Louisiana, with the loss of one life. There were eight survivors.[10] |
21 October
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Alice Latham | United Kingdom |
The schooner was wrecked in a gale at Kilmore. Sold for scrap and later broken up.[87] |
23 October
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Western Belle | United States |
The barge stranded on Race Rock, Fisher's Island, New York. Pumped out and repaired.[50] |
24 October
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Herald | United States |
The schooner went on the rocks at the east end of Wicopesset near Fisher's Island. Later pumped out, pulled off and taken to Stonington, Connecticut and Stamford, Connecticut for repairs.[4] |
25 October
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| George May | United States |
The 654-gross register ton schooner was stranded in the Bahamas. All seven people on board survived.[45] |
26 October
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Oliver Mitchell | United States |
The schooner was sunk in a collision with Millinocket (flag unknown) in Long Island Sound.[88][89] |
| Star of the Sea | United States |
The 967-gross register ton schooner was stranded on the Florida Reefs off the coast of Florida. All 11 people on board survived.[23] |
27 October
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| George L. Bass | United States |
The 53-gross register ton sternwheel paddle steamer was lost when she struck a snag at Sheppardstown, Mississippi. All 22 people on board survived.[10] |
| Multnomah | United States |
The 312-gross register ton sternwheel paddle steamer was lost in a collision with the screw steamer Iroquois ( United States) off Seattle, Washington. All 19 people on board survived.[38] |
| Winfield S. Shuster | United States |
The 1,481-gross register ton schooner was stranded on Isaac Shoal off the coast of Florida. All 11 people on board survived.[23] |
28 October
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Willie Wallace | United States |
The 22-gross register ton schooner was stranded on the Florida Reefs off the coast of Florida. All three people on board survived.[23] |
30 October
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Emily A. Staples | United States |
The 86-gross register ton schooner was stranded at Port Clyde, Maine. Both people on board survived.[45] |
| Flora Condon | United States |
The schooner was abandoned after being rammed by schooner Jost (flag unknown) west of Point Judith. She drifted aground on Fisher's Island 29 August 1914.[4] |
| Sicie | France |
The brigantine foundered in the Bristol Channel 2 nautical miles (3.7 km) south of the Helwick Lightship ( United Kingdom). She was on a voyage from Swansea, Glamorgan, United Kingdom to Lorient, Morbihan.[6] |
| Sunbeam | United States |
The 255-gross register ton bark was stranded on Sapelo Island on the coast of Georgia. All eight people on board survived.[23] |
31 October
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| D. Leuty | United States |
The 646-gross register ton screw steamer was stranded at Marquette, Michigan. All 13 people on board survived.[23] |
| Florence | United States |
The 14-gross register ton motor vessel was stranded on Annisquam Bar off Gloucester, Massachusetts. All three people on board survived.[10] |
November
1 November
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Susan and Mary | United States |
The 124-gross register ton schooner was stranded at Point Allerton on the coast of Massachusetts. All 18 people on board survived.[23] |
2 November
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Libbie Shearn | United States |
The 59-gross register ton schooner was stranded in Aransas Pass on the coast of Texas. All 11 people on board survived.[37] |
| Lois V. Chaples | United States |
The 230-gross register ton schooner sank in Nantucket Sound off the coast of Massachusetts. All five people on board survived.[37] |
3 November
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Fairhaven | United States |
 |
5 November
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Antalia | Ottoman Navy |
Italo-Turkish War: The Antalya-class torpedo boat was scuttled at Preveze. Salvaged and put in service as Nikopolis ( Hellenic Navy). |
| Tokad | Ottoman Navy |
Italo-Turkish War: The Antalya-class torpedo boat was scuttled at Preveze. Salvaged and put in service as Totoi ( Hellenic Navy). |
6 November
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| G. W. North | United States |
The 9-gross register ton schooner was lost when she struck an obstruction in Baltimore Harbor on the coast of Maryland. All five people on board survived.[45] |
7 November
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Bassein | United Kingdom |
The 106-foot (32 m), 153-ton steam trawler sank in a storm in the North Sea.[90] |
| Dena H | United States |
The 13-gross register ton motor vessel burned in Matagorda Bay off Alamo Beach, Texas. All four people on board survived.[10] |
| Nellie | United States |
With no one on board, the 14-gross register ton screw steamer burned at Mobile, Alabama.[38] |
9 November
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Eastern Light | United States |
The 85-gross register ton schooner was stranded on Pumpkin Rock at Boothbay Harbor, Maine. All three people on board survived.[45] |
10 November
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Julia Howard | United States |
The barge sank on the southwest side of Shelter Island, New York.[50] |
11 November
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| City of Kalamazoo | United States |
The 729-gross register ton screw steamer burned at Manistee, Michigan. All 22 people on board survived.[23] |
| Della May | United States |
The 7-gross register ton sloop was lost in a collision with the schooner Au Revoir ( United States) in Baltimore Harbor off the coast of Maryland. Two of the five people on board lost their lives.[45] |
12 November
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| A. R. Hall | United States |
The 60-gross register ton screw steamer sank off Greenville, Mississippi. All five people on board survived.[23] |
| Angele | The brigantine ran aground on the Doom Bar, Padstow, Cornwall, United Kingdom.[91] | |
| Bertha F. Walker | United States |
The schooner was wrecked on Pasque Island, Massachusetts.[45][92][93] |
| Genia | United States |
The 14-gross register ton motor vessel was stranded at Brooklyn, New York. Both people on board survived.[10] |
| Pottsville | United States |
The 72-gross register ton screw steamer burned off Wilson Point, Connecticut. All nine people on board survived.[38] |
| Samuel J. Goucher | United States |
The 2,547-gross register ton schooner was stranded in the Isles of Shoals on Duck Island off the coast of New Hampshire. All 13 people on board survived. Later refloated and became lodged on a breakwater at the Mouth of the Merrimack River. She later broke up with pieces washing ashore on Plum Island where they were buried by wave and tidal action.[23][94][95][96] |
| Searsport | United States |
The 1,159-gross register ton iron-hulled barge sank 1 nautical mile (1.9 km; 1.2 mi) south of Fire Island off the coast of Long Island, New York. All five people on board lost their lives.[49] |
| Witch Hazel | United States |
The 251-gross register ton schooner was stranded outside the west breakwater at New Haven, Connecticut with the loss of three lives. There were three survivors. Later brought inside the breakwater and broken up.[23][94] |
13 November
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Eastern Light | United States |
The schooner ran aground on Pumpkin Rock near Boothbay Harbor, Maine, probable total loss. The crew was saved.[97] |
| Evening Star | United States |
The 31-gross register ton motor vessel was stranded on the Missouri River at St. Joseph, Missouri. All seven people on board survived.[10] |
| Reliance | Canada |
The schooner ran aground on Cape Fourchu, Yarmouth Sound, Nova Scotia. Refloated, stripped, and broken up. The crew was saved.[97][98] |
| Sun | United States |
The 8-gross register ton motor paddle vessel was lost in a collision with the sternwheel paddle steamer Katherine ( United States) on the Tennessee River at Chattanooga, Tennessee. Both people on board survived.[38] |
14 November
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Jordan L. Mott | United States |
The 138-gross register ton schooner was stranded and burned at the mouth of the Georges River in Maine. All five people on board survived.[37] |
16 November
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Samuel J. Goucher | United States |
Carrying a cargo of coal, the 282-foot (86 m), 2,249-gross register ton five-masted schooner ran aground in fog without loss of life on the Northwest Ledges, a reef off Duck Island in the Isles of Shoals off the coast of New Hampshire. After her cargo was unloaded, she was refloated, towed into Portsmouth Harbor, and scrapped.[99] |
17 November
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Charles H. Wolston | United States |
The 350-gross register ton schooner was stranded at Great Point, Nantucket, Massachusetts. All six people on board survived.[45] |
| Lomie A. Burton | United States |
The 203-gross register ton schooner was stranded in Lake Michigan on South Manitou Island off the coast of Michigan. All six people on board survived.[37] |
| Wm. A. Young | United States |
The 434-gross register ton schooner barge sank in Lake Huron off the coast of Michigan between Middle Island and Thunder Bay Island. All six people on board survived.[37] |
18 November
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Abbie and Eva Hooper | United States |
The schooner was wrecked on Hedge Fence Shoal, in Vineyard Sound, near Vineyard Haven, Massachusetts. She was stripped by the owners. Removed under a US Army Corps of Engineers contract 22 April–5 May 1914. All three people on board survived.[45][92][100][101] |
| Henry Willis | United States |
The 80-gross register ton schooner sank off Menunketesuck Point, Connecticut, with the loss of two lives. There were two survivors.[37] |
| Monguagon | United States |
The 301-gross register ton schooner sank in the Detroit River in Michigan. Both people on board survived.[37] |
| Vermont | United States |
The 270-gross register ton barge sank in Long Island Sound off Plum Island off the coast of Long Island, New York with the loss of two lives. There was one survivor.[49] |
19 November
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Helen A. Wyman | United States |
The 1,717-gross register ton schooner barge sank off Montauk Point, Long Island, New York. All four people on board survived.[37] |
| Kuala | unknown | The cargo ship was wrecked on Ras Halaf Point, Socatra, in the Indian Ocean. Crew rescued by "Meteor" ( Russian Empire) on 21 November[102] |
20 November
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Joel F. Sheppard | United States |
The 567-gross register ton schooner burned at Harborton, Virginia. All seven people on board survived.[37] |
21 November
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Isaac Collins | United States |
The 98-gross register ton schooner was stranded in Biscayne Bay on the coast of Florida. All nine people on board survived.[37] |
23 November
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| USLHT Lily | United States Lighthouse Service |
The lighthouse tender hit a snag and was beached, or sank, near St. Albans, Missouri 50 miles (80 km) above the mouth of the Missouri River, a total loss. The wreck silted up to the extent that an island has formed known as "Lily Island".[103][104][105] |
| Lorene | United States |
With no one on board, the 14-gross register ton sternwheel paddle steamer burned at Fort Snelling in Minnesota.[10] |
| Minnesota | United States |
With no one on board, the 22-gross register ton sidewheel motor paddle vessel burned at Fort Snelling in Minnesota.[38] |
| Weasel | United States |
The 8-gross register ton motor vessel was stranded on Cape Ann on the coast of Massachusetts. All four people on board survived.[38] |
24 November
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Hannah F. Carleton | United States |
The 225-gross register ton schooner sank on Handkerchief Shoal off the coast of Massachusetts. All five people on board survived.[37] |
| Joseph G. Ray | United States |
The 1,253-gross register ton schooner was stranded in the Chesapeake Bay at Tail of Horseshoe, Virginia. All nine people on board survived.[37] |
25 November
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Edward Kelley | United States |
The 776-gross register ton schooner was stranded in Lake Erie at Port Colborne, Ontario, Canada. All four people on board survived.[45] |
| Silver Star | Canada |
The schooner was wrecked on Goose Island, New York.[92] |
27 November
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Lizzie H. Partrick | United States |
The 471-gross register ton schooner was stranded on the Cape Lookout Shoals off the coast of North Carolina. All six people on board survived.[37] |
28 November
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Alberta | United States |
With no one on board, the 8-gross register ton motor vessel burned at Medleys Landing, Missouri.[23] |
| Charles A. Gilberg | United States |
The 485-gross register ton schooner was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean 75 nautical miles (139 km; 86 mi) southeast of Cape Henlopen, Delaware. All eight people on board survived.[45] |
| I. F. Co. No. 1 | United States |
The 138-gross register ton scow burned at Victoria, British Columbia, Canada. The only person on board survived.[49] |
| Nautilus | United States |
The 9-gross register ton motor vessel burned at Blanchard, Washington. Both people on board survived.[38] |
| Vashon | United States |
The 342-gross register ton sternwheel paddle steamer burned at Victoria, British Columbia, Canada. ALl 12 people on board survived.[38] |
30 November
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Hiawatha | United States |
The 256-gross register ton sternwheel paddle steamer burned on the Ohio River at Louisville, Kentucky. Both people on board survived.[10] |
| Raleigh | United States |
The 1,205-gross register ton screw steamer sank off Port Colborne, Ontario, Canada, with the loss of three lives. There were 11 survivors.[38] |
| Trilby | United States |
The 80-gross register ton sternwheel paddle steamer burned at Oakland, California. All six people on board survived.[38] |
Unknown date
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Alice R. Lawson | United States |
The 121-gross register ton schooner departed Bonne Bay, Newfoundland 18 November, bound for Gloucester, Massachusetts, with either three or eight people on board (sources provides both numbers) and was never heard from again, believed sunk in a gale on 29 December.[45][106][107] |
| General | United States |
The tug was rammed and sunk near Detour Village, Michigan in 50 feet (15 m) of water. Raised and repaired in 1919.[108] |
| Hansy | Norway |
The sailing ship was wrecked at Penolver on the eastern side of The Lizard on the coast of Cornwall, United Kingdom. Three men were saved by a lifeboat and the rest were taken off by rocket apparatus.[109] |
| Southland | United States |
With no one on board, the 261-gross register ton sternwheel paddle steamer was stranded on the Oconee River at Dublin, Georgia.[38] |
