List of shipwrecks in 1912

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The list of shipwrecks in 1912 includes ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during 1912.

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January

1 January

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Jessie A. Bishop United States The 754-gross register ton schooner was stranded in Nassau Inlet on the coast of Florida. All eight people on board survived.[1]
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4 January

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Stella United States The 18-gross register ton sternwheel paddle steamer foundered at Mudds Landing, Illinois. All three people on board survived.[2]
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5 January

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James Thomas United States The 36-gross register ton schooner was stranded in Delaware Bay. All four people on board survived.[1]
New Boxer United States The 60-gross register ton schooner was stranded at Isle au Haut, Maine. The only person on board survived.[1]
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6 January

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Alabama United States The barge, under tow of Margeret ( United States), sank 30 miles (48 km) east south east of the Cape Lookout Lighthouse. Lost with all four hands.[3]
Emily B United States The 43-gross register ton motor vessel was stranded in Mosquito Inlet on the coast of Florida. All three people on board survived.[4]
Hattie F. Knowlton United States The 36-gross register ton schooner was stranded at Boston, Massachusetts. All four people on board survived.[1]
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7 January

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Ayintab  Ottoman Navy Italo-Turkish War: Battle of Kunfuda Bay: The Taskopru-class gunboat was sunk by Piemonte and Artigliere (both  Regia Marina) near Al Qunfudhah, Ottoman Arabia.
Bafra  Ottoman Navy Italo-Turkish War: Battle of Kunfuda Bay: The Taskopru-class gunboat was sunk by Piemonte and Artigliere (both  Regia Marina) near Al Qunfudhah, Ottoman Arabia.
Gökcedag  Ottoman Navy Italo-Turkish War: Battle of Kunfuda Bay: The Taskopru-class gunboat was sunk by Piemonte and Artigliere (both  Regia Marina) near Al Qunfudhah, Ottoman Arabia.
Kastamonu  Ottoman Navy Italo-Turkish War: Battle of Kunfuda Bay: The Kastamonu-class gunboat was sunk by Piemonte and Artigliere (both  Regia Marina) near Al Qunfudhah, Ottoman Arabia.
Muha  Ottoman Navy Italo-Turkish War: Battle of Kunfuda Bay: The gunboat was destroyed in action with Italian warships near Al Qunfudhah, Ottoman Arabia.
Ordu  Ottoman Navy Italo-Turkish War: Battle of Kunfuda Bay: The Taskopru-class gunboat was sunk by Piemonte and Artigliere (both  Regia Marina) near Al Qunfudhah, Ottoman Arabia.
Refahiye  Ottoman Navy Italo-Turkish War: Battle of Kunfuda Bay: The Taskopru-class gunboat was sunk by Piemonte and Artigliere (both  Regia Marina) near Al Qunfudhah, Ottoman Arabia.
Sipka  Ottoman Navy Italo-Turkish War: Battle of Kunfuda Bay: The armed yacht was sunk by Piemonte and Artigliere (both  Regia Marina) near Al Qunfudhah, Ottoman Arabia.
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8 January

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Annie F. Kimball United States The 401-gross register ton schooner foundered in the Atlantic Ocean off Cape Hatteras, North Carolina. All seven people on board lost their lives.[5]
Annie L. Russell United States The 49-gross register ton schooner was stranded in Hereford Inlet on the coast of New Jersey. All three people on board lost their lives.[5]
Empress United States The 120-gross register ton schooner was stranded at Cape Elizabeth, Maine. All four people on board survived.[5]
Jos. L. Stephens United States The 85-gross register ton sternwheel paddle steamer burned at Cairo, Illinois. All four people on board survived.[4]
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9 January

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Alabama United States The 881-gross register ton schooner barge foundered in the Atlantic Ocean 50 nautical miles (93 km; 58 mi) southwest of Cape Hatteras, North Carolina. All four people on board lost their lives.[5]
Creedmoor United States The 10-gross register ton motor vessel was stranded at Stonington, Maine. Both people on board survived.[6]
Pocomoke United States The 827-gross register ton schooner barge foundered in the Atlantic Ocean 50 nautical miles (93 km; 58 mi) southwest of Cape Hatteras, North Carolina. All four people on board survived.[6]
Sterling United States The 2,364-gross register ton schooner barge foundered off Block Island off the coast of Rhode Island. All six people on board survived.[6]
Tourist United States The 6-gross register ton motor vessel was stranded on the coast of Mexico at Point San Miguel. The only person on board survived.[6]
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10 January

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Carolyn United States The 2,241-gross register ton steel-hulled screw steamer was stranded on Metinic Island on the coast of Maine. Raised 17 August, repaired and returned to service. All 27 people on board survived.[6][7]
Jennie Thelin United States The 145-gross register ton schooner was stranded at Punta Maria on the Baja California Peninsula in Mexico. All eight people on board survived.[1]
Nellie United States With no one on board, the 17-gross register ton motor vessel foundered in Ocracoke Inlet on the coast of North Carolina.[2]
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11 January

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W. E. Morrissey United States The 123-gross register ton schooner was stranded on the coast of Newfoundland. All eight people on board survived.[6]
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13 January

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Admiral United States The 683-gross register ton schooner was stranded on the Oregon bank of the Columbia River. All 12 people on board survived.[5]
F. B. Williams United States The 86-gross register ton sternwheel paddle steamer burned on Bayou Teche at Belle River, Louisiana. All 11 people on board survived.[4]
T. T. Co. No. 11 United States The 395-gross register ton barge was abandoned in the Gulf of Mexico. The only person on board survived.[8]
Whale Bay United States The 12-gross register ton motor vessel burned on the Mississippi River at New Orleans, Louisiana. All four people on board survived.[2]
William R. Wilson United States The 1,385-gross register ton schooner was stranded on Pickles Reef off the coast of Florida. All 10 people on board survived.[6]
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16 January

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Hattie C. Luce United States The 335-gross register ton schooner was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean at 32°38′N 069°12′W. All seven people on board survived.[1]
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18 January

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Corozal United States The 283-gross register ton sternwheel paddle steamer burned at New Orleans, Louisiana. The only person on board survived.[6]
Harry Prescott United States The 433-gross register ton schooner foundered off Cape Hatteras, North Carolina. All seven people on board survived.[1]
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19 January

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Mary E United States The 11-gross register ton motor paddle vessel was crushed by ice at Paris Landing, Indiana. Both people on board survived.[4]
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20 January

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Adonis United States The tugboat was sunk by ice at the wharf of the Stone Express Company, in Lynn, Massachusetts.[7]
North Star No. 1 United States The 8-gross register ton motor vessel was stranded in Coos Bay on the coast of Oregon with the loss of all six people on board.[2]
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21 January

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Bayardo  United Kingdom
Bayardo
The refrigerated cargo ship ran aground on the Middle Sand, in the Humber and was wrecked.[9]
S. B. Duncan United States The 432-gross register ton sternwheel paddle steamer burned on the Mississippi River at Vicksburg, Mississippi. The only person on board survived.[2]
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23 January

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Calderon  United Kingdom Collided with Musketeer ( United Kingdom) in the Crosby Channel. Beached but broke in two, a total loss.[10]
Ebony United States The lighter sank at the wharf of the New England Coal and Coke Company, Everett, Massachusetts. Later raised.[7]
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26 January

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Black Head  United Kingdom The cargo ship was wrecked on the Tein Reef, off Bornholm, Denmark. She was on a voyage from Riga, Russia to Belfast, County Antrim.[11]
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27 January

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Esther United States The 15-gross register ton screw steamer was lost in a collision with the screw steamer No. 17 M.F.D. ( United States) at Milwaukee, Wisconsin. All four people on board survived.[4]
Paul United States The 91-gross register ton motor vessel was lost in a collision with the screw steamer Heredia ( United Kingdom) on the Mississippi River off Poverty Point in Louisiana. All 13 people on board survived.[2]
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29 January

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Morris L. Keen United States The 21-gross register ton screw steamer foundered in Baltimore Harbor off the coast of Maryland. All four people on board survived.[2]
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31 January

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J. C. Austin United States The canal boat struck a rock and sank at Northport, New York.[12]
Warner Miller Co United States The canal boat was sunk by ice at Northport, New York.[12]
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February

2 February

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HMS A3  Royal Navy The A-class submarine collided with the submarine tender HMS Hazard ( Royal Navy) in the Solent off the Isle of Wight with the loss of all 14 hands. Refloated in March and sunk as a gunnery target off Portland Bill on 17 May.
Ida McKay United States The 187-gross register ton schooner was abandoned in the Pacific Ocean at 40°59′N 130°41′W. All seven people on board survived.[1]
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3 February

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Lawrence Redican United States The barge sank in the Thames River off Allyns Point, Connecticut.[7]
Leona United States With no one on board, the 145-gross register ton sternwheel paddle steamer burned at La Center, Washington.[4]
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4 February

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Consols  United Kingdom The British steamer, laden with cotton from Galveston, Texas, for Hamburg, Germany, caught fire and sank approximately 40 miles (64 km) south of Cape Henry. All crew were rescued.[13]
Frank M. Low United States The 542-gross register ton schooner burned off Cape Romain, South Carolina. All six people on board survived.[5]
Josie M United States The 16-gross register ton schooner was stranded at New Orleans, Louisiana. All three people on board survived.[1]
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7 February

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Sulby  United Kingdom The 130.3-foot (39.7 m), 287-ton steam fishing trawler stranded 3 nautical miles (5.6 km) north of Ramsey. Initial efforts to refloat her on 19 February failed. She was eventually pulled off, arriving at Fleetwood on 7 April. Repaired and returned to service.[14]
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11 February

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Maud  United Kingdom The 125-foot (38 m), 233-ton steam trawler sprung a leak while under tow by the tug Challenger ( United Kingdom) on 10 February. Pumps were put aboard, the crew taken off, and the tow continued. On 11 February she started sinking in a gale, became waterlogged, went ashore and was wrecked in Kynance Bay near The Lizard.[15][16]
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12 February

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Elzada United States The 24-gross register ton schooner was stranded at Pensacola, Florida. All three people on board survived.[5]
Maud  United Kingdom The Fleetwood trawler drifted ashore at Kynance Cove, Cornwall, when her tow broke.[17]
Number Sixteen United States The 929-gross register ton schooner barge was stranded in Nantucket Sound at Great Point on the coast of Massachusetts. All five people on board survived.[5]
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14 February

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Swallow  United Kingdom The 71.3-foot (21.7 m), 53-ton fishing smack sank in Morecambe Bay.[18]
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15 February

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Emerald United States The 17-gross register ton schooner foundered off Bay Keys, Florida. All three people on board survived.[5]
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16 February

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Taurus United States The 228-gross register ton steel-hulled screw steamer was stranded in the Mississippi River in South Pass on the coast of Louisiana. All 16 people on board survived.[2]
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17 February

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Charioteer  United Kingdom The tug foundered in the Bristol Channel with the loss of all five crew.[19]
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18 February

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Charles K. Mulford United States The barge was sunk by ice on the west side of the channel at New Haven, Connecticut.[7]
Erne  United Kingdom The full-rigged ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean with the loss of ten of her nineteen crew. She was on a voyage from Boston, Massachusetts, United States, to Buenos Aires, Argentina.[20]
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19 February

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Marion E. Bulley United States The barge was sunk by ice near City Point, New Haven, Connecticut.[7]
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21 February

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Leora M. Thurlow United States The schooner went ashore in a gale on Goshen Point, Connecticut.[7]
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22 February

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Carolina United States The 334-gross register ton barge was lost in a collision with the barge Ellen S. Jennings ( United States) in the Chesapeake Bay off Poplar Island off the coast of Maryland. Both people on board survived.[8]
Ellen S. Jennings United States The 330-gross register ton barge was lost in a collision with the barge Carolina ( United States) in the Chesapeake Bay off Poplar Island off the coast of Maryland. Both people on board survived.[8]
Julia M. Dempsey United States The barge went ashore on Middle Pond Island, Rhode Island.[7]
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23 February

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Ada V United States With no one on board, the 23-gross register ton sternwheel paddle steamer burned on the Ohio River at Ripley, Ohio.[6]
Carrier Dove United States The 92-gross register ton motor vessel was stranded in Discovery Passage on the coast of British Columbia, Canada. All 15 people on board survived.[6]
Lolo United States The 13-gross register ton schooner foundered off Maunabo, Puerto Rico. All three people on board survived.[1]
Nearchus United States The 1,271-gross register ton barge burned at Point Judith, Rhode Island. All four people on board survived.[8]
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24 February

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Ankara  Ottoman Navy Italo-Turkish War: Battle of Beirut:
Ankara
The Antalya-class torpedo boat was sunk by gunfire in Beirut harbour by the armoured cruisers Francesco Ferruccio and Giuseppe Garibaldi (both  Regia Marina).
Avnillâh  Ottoman Navy Italo-Turkish War: Battle of Beirut: The hulked former Avnillah-class casemate ironclad coast defense vessel was damaged by gunfire by armoured cruisers Francesco Ferruccio and Giuseppe Garibaldi (both  Regia Marina) and then torpedoed and sunk with her decks awash in Beirut harbour by Giuseppe Garibaldi. 58 crewmen killed, 108 wounded.[21]
Unidentified lighters Ottoman Empire Italo-Turkish War: Battle of Beirut: Six lighters were sunk by a torpedo while tied up to the Mole in Beirut harbour by the armored cruiser Giuseppe Garibaldi ( Regia Marina).[22]
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26 February

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Mildred V. Nunan United States The 79-gross register ton schooner was stranded at Cape Porpoise, Maine. All 10 people on board survived.[1]
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27 February

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Goldsboro United States The 681-gross register ton screw steamer was stranded on the Brandywine Shoals off the coast of Delaware. All 14 people on board survived.[4]
H. K. Bedford United States
H. K. Bedford
The 139-gross register ton sternwheel paddle steamer was crushed by ice on the Ohio River at Waverly, West Virginia. All 29 people on board survived.[4]
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28 February

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Carrie B. Schwing United States The 98-gross register ton sternwheel paddle steamer burned in Bayou Natchez in Louisiana. All eight people on board survived.[6]
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29 February

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J. E. Trudeau United States The 242-gross register ton sternwheel paddle steamer burned at Belle River, Louisiana, killing 10 of the 45 people on board.[4]
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Augsburg  Germany On 2 February the 4,287 GRT cargo steamship left New York for Durban with a crew of 37 or 39 men.[23] She was listed as overdue, and a search by SMS Bremen, and the Hamburg America Line ships Ypiranga and Caledonia failed to find any trace of her.[24][25][26]
Blanche United States With no one on board, the 15-gross register ton barge was crushed by ice on the Ohio River at Wheeling, West Virginia.[8]
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March

1 March

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Float No. 1 United States The 592-gross register ton barge foundered in Mobjack Bay on the coast of Virginia. Both people on board survived.[8]
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2 March

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Bob Blanks United States The 265-gross register ton sternwheel paddle steamer burned at Raccourei Landing, Louisiana. All 70 people on board survived.[6]
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3 March

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Rosalia d'Ali  Italy The barque was sunk in a collision with Princess Anne ( United States) in a snowstorm off Sewall Point in Hampton Roads, sinking in 40 feet (12 m) of water.[27][28]
Undine United States The 42-gross register ton screw steamer was lost when she struck a log in Currituck Sound off the coast of North Carolina. All 11 people on board survived.[2]
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5 March

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Bessie  United Kingdom The Truro-registered three-masted schooner was forced to shelter in Newquay Bay, Cornwall in a strong north wind and drifted ashore when her anchor fouled. Two of the crew were saved by breeches buoy, the others clambered up the 100 ft (30 m) cliff on the cliff ladder. She was on a voyage from Ballincurragh, County Cork to Penryn.[29]
Helen Thomas United States The 1,470-gross register ton schooner was stranded on the Cape Charles Shoals off the coast of Virginia. All 11 people on board survived.[1]
Illawarra Norway The full-rigged ship was abandoned whilst on a voyage from Leith, Lothian, United Kingdom to Coquimbo, Chile.[30]
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6 March

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Curlew United States The 10-gross register ton motor vessel was lost in a collision with the screw steamer Columbia ( United States) in Coos Bay off North Bend, Oregon. The only person on board survived.[6]
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8 March

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Louisa R United States The 7-gross register ton sloop burned in Palacios Bayou in Texas. Both people on board survived.[1]
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9 March

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Jennie B United States The 48-gross register ton screw steamer burned on the Atchafalaya River at Berwick, Louisiana. All three people on board survived.[4]
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11 March

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Flora M. Hill United States The 623-gross register ton steel-hulled screw steamer was crushed by ice at Chicago, Illinois. All 30 people on board survived.[4]
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12 March

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John W. Hall United States The 346-gross register ton schooner was stranded at Ocean City, Maryland. All seven people on board survived.[1]
L. B. Shaw United States The steam barge was stranded on rocks on the West Island Bar, Buzzard's Bay, Massachusetts.[7]
Leo United States The 37-gross register ton motor vessel burned off Thacher Island off Cape Ann on the coast of Massachusetts. All eight people on board survived.[4]
Oceana  United Kingdom The passenger liner sank after a collision with Pisagua ( Germany) off Beachy Head, Sussex.
Wendur  United Kingdom The Glasgow sailing vessel struck the southernmost rock of the Seven Stones Reef while carrying grain from Plymouth, Devon. Three of the twenty-one crew lost their lives. She held the record for the fastest voyage between Newcastle and Valparaiso.[31]
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13 March

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Jessie Lena United States The 347-gross register ton schooner was stranded on Timber Island in Maine. All seven people on board survived.[1]
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15 March

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Enos Taylor United States The 64-gross register ton sternwheel paddle steamer burned on the Ohio River at Dekoven, Kentucky. All seven people on board survived.[4]
Patrician United States The 125-gross register ton schooner was stranded at Jordan Bay, Nova Scotia, Canada. Ten of the 20 people on board lost their lives.[6]
St. Leon United States The 83-gross register ton schooner was stranded in Pigeon Hill Bay on the coast of the Maine. All three people on board survived.[6]
Thaxter United States The 843-gross register ton schooner barge foundered in the Atlantic Ocean 12 nautical miles (22 km; 14 mi) southeast of Shinnecock, Long Island, New York. All four people on board lost their lives.[6]
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16 March

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Herbert D. Maxwell United States The schooner was sunk in a collision with Gloucester ( United States), near Thomas Point in the Chesapeake Bay. Lost with four hands killed.[32]
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20 March

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Koombana Australia The passenger, cargo, and mail steamer disappeared in a tropical cyclone in the Indian Ocean off the coast of Western Australia during a voyage from Port Hedland to Broome with the loss of all 150 people on board.
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21 March

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City of Cardiff  United Kingdom Wrecked at Nanjizal on the west coast of Cornwall.[33] All on board were rescued.[34]
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22 March

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Captain Ed Riley United States The canal boat, under tow of the canal boat William E. Cleary ( United States), was wrecked on Bartletts Reef near New London, Connecticut, and went to pieces.[7]
Fawn United States The 42-gross register ton screw steamer was stranded at Myrtle Beach, South Carolina. All five people on board survived.[4]
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23 March

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Pollux Sweden The steamship was sunk in the Skaggerak, near Hanstholm in collision with German battleship SMS Elsass.
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24 March

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Elm City United States The 672-gross register ton schooner foundered off Cape Hatteras, North Carolina, with the loss of two lives. There were five survivors.[5]
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25 March

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Gaston United States The 1,442-gross register ton schooner barge was stranded on Cobb Island on the coast of Virginia. All four people on board survived.[5]
S. D. Carleton United States The 1,874-gross register ton schooner barge was stranded on Cobb Island on the coast of Virginia. All five people on board survived.[6]
Wade United States The 33-gross register ton sternwheel paddle steamer foundered in the Mississippi River at New Orleans, Louisiana. All seven people on board survived.[2]
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27 March

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Florence United States The 9-gross register ton sloop foundered in the mouth of the Galveston Jetties on the coast of Texas. The only person on board survived.[5]
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28 March

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James M. Gifford United States The fishing steamer sank at the Oneco Works Wharf in New London, Connecticut. Later raised.[7]
Josefina United States The 9-gross register ton sloop was stranded at Guánica, Puerto Rico. Both people on board survived.[1]
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2 April

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Loula E. Dedrick United States With no one on board, the 12-gross register ton motor paddle vessel burned at Carrollton, Kentucky.[4]
USS Santee  United States Navy The school ship sank at her berth at the United States Naval Academy in Annapolis, Maryland. She was refloated six months later and was burned as a means of disposal and scrapping in 1913.
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3 April

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Augusta United States The 7-gross register ton sloop foundered in Galveston Bay off the coast of Texas. The only person on board survived.[35]
Margery United States The barge sank at the entrance to the harbor at Lynn, Massachusetts.[7]
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4 April

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Rose United States With no one on board, the 19-gross register ton motor vessel burned at Mandarin, Florida.[2]
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5 April

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G. W. Watson United States The 452-gross register ton schooner was stranded on the coast of Tahiti. All nine people on board survived.[5]
Pegg United States The 13-gross register ton motor vessel burned at Rock Slough in California, killing one of the four people on board.[2]
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6 April

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Gunvor Norway
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Wrecked on the Pedn-Men-an-Mor rocks, Black Head, The Lizard, Cornwall, United Kingdom. Her crew scrambled to safety.[36][37]

Mildred  United Kingdom The barquentine struck rocks at Gurnard's Head, Cornwall in dense fog and sank with her sails set. No lives lost.[36]
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7 April

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Gladys United States The 26-gross register ton sloop foundered off Charleston, South Carolina. All three people on board survived.[1]
Rhenania Netherlands She was wrecked on Burhou Island, Channel Islands when en route from Rotterdam for Bilbao.[38][39]
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8 April

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Arkinsaw United States The 14-gross register ton motor paddle vessel foundered in the Arkansas River in Arkansas. Both people on board survived.[6]
Ontario United States The steamer caught fire and ran ashore at Montauk Point, New York. 29 women and children passengers were taken off by the tug Tasco ( United States) while the crew remained aboard to fight the fire.[7][40]
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12 April

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Fredericka Schepp United States The 268-gross register ton schooner was stranded in the Cape Verde Islands. All nine people on board survived.[5]
P G #1 United States Under tow along with the scows P G #4 and P G #5 (both United States), the 33-ton scow was wrecked on rocks at Montague Island at the entrance to Prince William Sound on the south-central coast of the District of Alaska after her towing line parted in a gale.[41]
P G #4 United States Under tow along with the scows P G #1 and P G #5 (both United States), the 7-ton scow was wrecked on rocks at Montague Island at the entrance to Prince William Sound on the south-central coast of the District of Alaska after her towing line parted in a gale.[41]
P G #5 United States Under tow along with the scows P G #1 and P G #4 (both United States), the 7-ton scow was wrecked on rocks at Montague Island at the entrance to Prince William Sound on the south-central coast of the District of Alaska after her towing line parted in a gale.[41]
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15 April

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Titanic  United Kingdom Sank after striking an iceberg. Between 1,490 and 1,635 people died.
Der Untergang Titanic by Willi Stöwer
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18 April

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Kittee United States The 6-gross register ton motor vessel burned on the Mississippi River at Thebes, Illinois. All three people aboard survived.[4]
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20 April

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Addie and Carrie United States The wrecking lighter sank southwest of Shagwong Reef in Long Island Sound.[7]
Geisha United States The 23-gross register ton motor yacht was lost when she struck a dock at Charleston, South Carolina. All seven people on board survived.[4]
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21 April

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Joseph Russ United States The 247-gross register ton, 124-foot (37.8 m) schooner was wrecked with the loss of one life on the northeast coast of Chirikof Island in the Gulf of Alaska. Her 35 survivors reached the island. Six of them sailed to Chignik Bay on the Alaska Peninsula in two dories with news of the wreck, and the steamer Dora ( United States) arrived at Chirikof Island soon thereafter to rescue the 29 survivors who remained there.[1][42]
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25 April

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Telegraph United States The 386-gross register ton sternwheel paddle steamer was lost in a collision with the screw steamer Alameda ( United States) off Seattle, Washington. All 18 people on board survived.[2]
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27 April

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Vida United States With no one on board, the 42-gross register ton motor vessel was stranded on the Tillamook Bar off the coast of Oregon.[2]
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28 April

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Winnie Lawry United States The 246-gross register ton schooner was stranded at Rockport, Massachusetts. All five people on board survived.[6]
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29 April

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Texas United States Italo-Turkish War: The passenger/cargo ship was sunk by a mine in the entrance to the Gulf of Smyrna. 65 passengers and crew were killed and 70 rescued.[43][44]
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30 April

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James Duffield United States The 187-gross register ton schooner was stranded at Cape Henlopen, Delaware. All six people on board survived.[1]
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Laclabell United States With no one on board, the 12-gross register ton motor vessel foundered at Ketchikan, District of Alaska.[4]
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May

3 May

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Amarapoora  United Kingdom The 100.7-foot (30.7 m), 148-ton steam trawler was sunk in a collision with fishing steamer Martaban ( United Kingdom) who rescued her 9 crew.[45][46]
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5 May

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Katie Mc United States With no one on board, the 41-gross register ton sternwheel paddle steamer burned on the Ohio River at Proctorville, Ohio.[4]
Lottie United States The 19-gross register ton schooner burned in Choctawhatchee Bay on the coast of Florida. All four people on board survived.[1]
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8 May

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Estelle United States The 182-gross register ton barge was lost in a collision with the screw steamer Antaeus ( United Kingdom) on the Delaware River off New Castle, Delaware. Both people on board survived.[8]
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10 May

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Hayden Brown United States The barge, under tow by Pioneer ( United States), was cut loose by the tug in a heavy gale off Cape St. Elias to save herself. The barge was driven ashore and seven of eight crew died.[47]
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12 May

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HMS A3  Royal Navy The refloated wreck of the A-class submarine was sunk as a gunnery target in the English Channel near Portland Bill.
Walter P. Goulart United States The 84-gross register ton schooner was stranded at Shelburne, Nova Scotia, with the loss of one life. There were 13 survivors.[6]
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13 May

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Jennette United States The 11-gross register ton motor vessel burned in Puget Sound off Sandy Point, Washington. All three people on board survived.[4]
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14 May

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Henry May United States The 188-gross register ton schooner was stranded at Apple River, Nova Scotia. All five people on board survived.[1]
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15 May

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Annie M. Nixon United States The motor schooner was wrecked in Dixon Entrance in Southeast Alaska. She became a total loss.[48]
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20 May

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Armeria United States Lighthouse Service The lighthouse tender was wrecked on an uncharted rock while tending the Cape Hinchinbrook Light. She was declared a total loss and the wreck was sold.[49]
Frances United States The 93-gross register ton screw steamer burned at Cairo, Illinois. All five people on board survived.[4]
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21 May

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Lord Lansdowne  United Kingdom The cargo ship was wrecked on Cobbler's Reef, Barbados. She was on a voyage from Norfolk, Virginia, United States to Barbados.[50]
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24 May

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Lucile United States The 65-gross register ton sternwheel paddle steamer foundered in the Yazoo River in Mississippi. All 27 people on board survived.[4]
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29 May

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Fannie United States The 14-gross register ton screw steamer burned on Buffalo Bayou in Texas. All four people on board survived.[4]
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USLHT Armeria United States Lighthouse Service
USLHT Armeria aground. She flies the United States flag upside down as a distress signal.
The 1,502-displacement ton lighthouse tender was wrecked on an uncharted submerged rock off the south-central coast of the District of Alaska either on 15 May on the southern tip of Montgaue Island while rescuing the sole survivor of the barge Haydn Brown ( United States) or on 20 May off of Cape Hinchinbrook Light near the southern end of Hinchinbrook Island adjacent to Prince William Sound while landing supplies. All 37 people aboard – her crew of 36 plus the lone survivor of Haydn Brown – survived and were rescued up by the steamer Admiral Sampson ( United States).[48][51][52][53][54][55]
Haydn Brown United States Under tow by the tug Pioneer ( United States) from Akutan on Akutan Island in the Aleutian Islands to Gypsum, District of Alaska, and Seattle, Washington, with a crew of six, two stowaways, and a cargo of 30 tons of coal aboard but cut loose by Pioneer off Cape Saint Elias on Kayak Island on the south-central coast of the District of Alaska during a storm on either 10 or 16 May, the 864-gross register ton 162-foot (49.4 m) barge, a converted bark, drifted onto rocks at the southern tip of Montague Island and was wrecked on either 12 or 18 May with the loss of both stowaways and five members of her crew. The lighthouse tender USLHT Armeria ( United States Lighthouse Service) rescued her sole survivor.[1][51][55]
USS Pensacola  United States Navy The decommissioned screw steamer was burned and sunk in San Francisco Bay off Hunter's Point, San Francisco, California, by the United States Navy in early May as a means of disposal.
Semendar  Ottoman Navy Italo-Turkish War: The minelaying naval tugboat was sunk by mines in the Dardanelles in the middle of the month.[56]
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June

2 June

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Friendship New South Wales
Friendship aground in June 1912.
The cargo ship ran aground at Tweed Heads, New South Wales, Australia. She was refloated, repaired, and returned to service.
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4 June

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George Curtis United States The fishing steamer stranded on Long Island, New York, near the Ditch Plain Life-Saving Station.[7]
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8 June

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Gertrude Summers United States The 64-gross register ton schooner foundered in the Gulf of Mexico. All 15 people on board survived.[5]
Vendémiaire  French Navy The Pluviôse-class submarine was rammed near Cherbourg by the battleship Saint Louis ( French Navy) and sank with the loss of twenty-five sailors.
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9 June

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Judge Pennewill United States The 439-gross register ton schooner foundered off Charleston, South Carolina. All seven people on board survived.[1]
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12 June

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Nelson C. Smith United States The 35-gross register ton motor vessel burned at Port Monmouth, New Jersey. All nine people on board survived.[2]
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13 June

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Laclabell United States The 12-gross register ton, 41.3-foot (12.6 m) motor passenger vessel sank 1.5 nautical miles (2.8 km; 1.7 mi) west of Guard Island in Southeast Alaska.[57]
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14 June

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Precurser United States The 57-gross register ton screw steamer burned at Port Jefferson, New York. All four people on board survived.[2]
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17 June

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Imperial United States The 494-gross register ton sternwheel paddle steamer burned at New Orleans, Louisiana. The only person on board survived.[4]
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20 June

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La Canadienne Canada The hydrographic survey ship was sunk in Lock No. 22 in the Welland Canal when a handling line parted and she crashed into the upper gate. Two men on shore were drowned when the gate gave way causing a large wave that swept them away. The vessel was raised on 25 June and taken to Port Dalhousie, Ontario, for repairs. Returned to service by 28 July.[58]
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21 June

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Anna Kenney United States The 103-gross register ton canal boat foundered in the Hudson River 4 miles (6.4 km) south of Poughkeepsie, New York. The only person on board survived.[8]
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24 June

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Long Island City United States The barge sank at the wharf of the Sealshipt Oyster Company, East Providence, Rhode Island. Raised, repaired and returned to service.[7]
Stone Harbor United States The 10-gross register ton motor vessel burned at Stone Harbor, New Jersey. All 14 people on board survived.[2]
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25 June

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Dredge #4 United States The dredge was sunk in a collision with an unknown steamer in the St. Croix River three miles (4.8 km) below Calais, Maine. Later raised.[7]
Unknown scow United States The scow caught fire at dock in the East River near One hundred and seventh Street, New York City. Her mooring lines burned through and she drifted out into the river fully involved. Two men on board were forced overboard by the fire and were rescued from the water by two New York City Police Department officers who later received the United States Life Saving Service's Life saving Medal.[59]
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26 June

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Naniwa  Imperial Japanese Navy The Naniwa-class protected cruiser was wrecked on the coast of Uruppu (46°30′N 150°10′E) in the Kurile Islands.[60]
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27 June

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Sydney C. McLouth United States The 2,220-gross register ton screw steamer burned on Green Bay 8 nautical miles (15 km; 9.2 mi) northeast of Pensaukee, Wisconsin. All 15 people on board survived.[2]
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28 June

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W. R. Todd United States The 172-gross register ton sternwheel paddle steamer was lost when she struck a bridge on the Columbia River at Pasco, Washington. All 13 people on board survived.[2]
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29 June

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Ranger United States The 24-gross register ton schooner foundered in Vineyard Sound off Gay Head, Massachusetts. All 10 people on board survived.[6]
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July

11 July

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Frances Elizabeth United States An explosion destroyed the 30-gross register ton schooner at Southport, North Carolina. The only person on board died.[35]
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13 July

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Geneva United States The 874-gross register ton schooner was stranded on Itaparica Island on the coast of Brazil. All nine people on board survived.[35]
Town Harbor United States The motor boat sank at the wharf of the Sealshipt Oyster Company, Bridgeport, Connecticut. Raised, repaired and returned to service.[61]
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17 July

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Compeer United States The 347-gross register ton, 140.5-foot (42.8 m) three-masted schooner was wrecked at Cape Chichagof (58°20′N 157°32′W) near Egegik on the Bristol Bay coast of the District of Alaska. All 30 people aboard survived.[35][62]
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18 July

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Pioneer United States The motor launch sank at Port Wells (60°48′N 148°14′W) in the District of Alaska.[41]
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21 July

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Clara E. Comee United States With no one on board, the 138-gross register ton schooner foundered in the Providence River in Rhode Island, or in the harbor at Providence, Rhode Island. As the owners abandoned the vessel, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers office had to provide for her removal. The salvage company, the Scott Company, retained the schooner for its own use after raising her.[35][63]
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24 July

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C. W. Seward United States The 18-gross register ton schooner was lost in a collision with the screw steamer City of Norfolk ( United States) in the Chesapeake Bay with the loss of one life. There was one survivor.[35]
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Transporter  United Kingdom The North Shields ship in ballast from St Nazaire to the Tyne for coal went ashore in thick fog, to the south of Mousehole, Cornwall. The salvage steamer Lady of the Isles hauled her clear and she resumed her journey undamaged.[64]
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August

7 August

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Machado 2° Portugal The 204-gross register ton trawler was stranded 15 miles (24 km) north of Mogador, Morocco while fishing.[65]
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8 August

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Chancellor United Kingdom The 105.6-foot (32.2 m), 168-ton steam trawler stranded at Duncansby Head. Refloated on 10 August.[66]
G W Wolff  United Kingdom The full-rigged ship was wrecked on Prime Seal Island, Tasmania with the loss of her captain.[67]
HMS Holland 5  Royal Navy The decommissioned Holland-class submarine sank in the English Channel off Beachy Head while under tow to the breaker's yard.
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12 August

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Norumbega United States The steamer stranded on Clarks Point, Southwest Harbor, Maine.[61]
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17 August

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Leafield Canada The cargo ship ran aground on a rocky islet in Georgian Bay near Beausoleil Island, Ontario, Canada. She was refloated and repaired, and she returned to service about two months later.[68]
Newport United States The steamer was buried in a landslide in the Panama Canal. It took two months to dig her out, then she was repaired and returned to service.[69]
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19 August

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Addie Fuller United States The 217-gross register ton schooner was stranded on Cutler Head on the coast of Maine. All five people on board survived.[35]
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21 August

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Alianza United States The 6-gross register ton schooner foundered off Jacaboa, Puerto Rico, with the loss of one life. There were three survivors.[35]
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23 August

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Falcon United States The fishing steamer sank near Shovelful Shoal Lightship off Cape Cod, Massachusetts, after colliding with the fishing steamer Amagansett ( United States) near Handkerchief Shoal, south of Chatham, Massachusetts.[61][70]
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26 August

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Marnix Belgium Struck uncharted rocks at Umba, Russia (66°21′N 35°36′E) and wrecked.[71]
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29 August

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Florida United States The Barge was sunk in a collision in Hampton Roads off Fort Wool. Wreck removal finished 18 July 1913.[72][73]
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31 August

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Kursk Denmark Ran aground in a storm at Ouddorp, Netherlands. Thirty-two people killed.[74]
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Seneca United States The barge went ashore on Shelter Island, New York, sometime in August.[75]
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September

1 September

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HMS Waterwitch  Royal Navy
HMS Waterwitch
The Admiralty survey vessel sank after she was rammed by the governor's launch while anchored in Singapore Harbour.
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3 September

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HMS Holland 4  Royal Navy The decommissioned Holland-class submarine foundered while under tow. She was salvaged for use as a gunnery target.
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5 September

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Anna I. Gale United States The 38-gross register ton schooner was stranded in the Chesapeake Bay at Sandy Point on the coast of Maryland. All three people on board survived.[35]
Esperance France The schooner capsized in the Bristol Channel. Her five crew and the ship's dog were rescued by the trawler Picton Castle ( United Kingdom). Esperance was on a voyage from Boulogne, Pas-de-Calais to Swansea, Glamorgan, United Kingdom.[19]
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10 September

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Endeavor United States The 565-gross register ton schooner was stranded on Agna Reef in the Fiji Islands with the loss of one life. There were eight survivors.[35]
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13 September

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Scow #2 United States The scow sank at Belle Dock, New Haven, Connecticut.[75]
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14 September

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SMS G171  Imperial German Navy The G169-class torpedo boat was sunk in a collision with SMS Zähringen ( Imperial German Navy) in the North Sea. Seven crewmen killed.
K-8 United States The scow sank in Canal Channel near Onset, Massachusetts.[75]
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21 September

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Calabria Canada The schooner went ashore on Fishers Island, New York.[63]
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26 September

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Volturno  United Kingdom The cargo ship was sunk in a collision in Hull Roads. Raised and scrapped at Briton Ferry on 25 October.[76]
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28 September

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F. A. Smith United States The schooner sank in Broad Sound near Deer Island, Massachusetts.[75]
Kiche Maru  Japan The steam passenger ship sank off the coast of Japan during a typhoon with over 1,000 dead.
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October

4 October

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Addie M. Story United States The 61-gross register ton schooner was stranded at Rocky Harbour on the coast of Newfoundland. All six people on board survived.[35]
HMS B2  Royal Navy The B-class submarine collided with the passenger liner Amerika ( Germany) while surfacing in the North Sea northeast of Dover, England, and sank with the loss of 14 of her crew of 15.
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5 October

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Henry Weiler United States The 400-gross register ton schooner was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean at 33°50′N 075°35′W. All seven people on board survived.[35]
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7 October

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Charles A. Campbell United States The schooner ran ashore on Cape Cod near Nauset, Massachusetts.[75]
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12 October

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John B. Dallas United States The canal boat was run ashore near Quonochontaug, Rhode Island, to prevent her sinking. Her cargo of coal and her boiler were salvaged.[75]
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13 October

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Advent United States The 548-gross register ton schooner was lost in a collision with the screw steamer St. Helens ( United States) in the Pacific Ocean 10 nautical miles (19 km; 12 mi) off Fort Bragg, California. All nine people on board survived.[35]
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16 October

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Andrew Johnson United States The 13-gross register ton schooner was lost in a collision with the schooner Bessie Reed ( United States) in Baltimore Harbor off the coast of Maryland. Both people on board survived.[35]
Nicaragua United States
The wreck of SS Nicaragua on Padre Island in June 1913.
The cargo ship was wrecked on Padre Island, Texas, during a storm in the Gulf of Mexico.
Ralph Creyke  United Kingdom The Ouse Steamship Company passenger-cargo ship sank near Flushing after a collision with the steamer Viking ( Denmark).[77]
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19 October

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J. J. Loggie United States The 220-gross register ton lumber schooner was wrecked on rocks one mile (1.6 km) south of Point Argello, California. 18 crew were rescued; one seaman swept overboard managed to reach shore alive but badly cut and bruised. J. J. Loggie was wrecked on the same place that the steamer Santa Rosa had been wrecked a year before.[78]
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20 October

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No. 9 and No. 10  Ottoman Navy Italo-Turkish War: The No. 1-class motor gunboats were lost on this date.
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23 October

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Oakland United States Shortly after departing Dry Bay (59°08′N 138°25′W) in Southeast Alaska bound for Seattle, Washington, with a cargo of 25 tons of canned salmon and supplies and a deck load of empty oil drums, the 146-gross register ton, 103-foot (31.4 m) steamer was wrecked at the entrance of Dry Bay in a gale and snowstorm. Her entire crew of 11 survived.[79]
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24 October

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Crown United States The 9-gross register ton sloop was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean east of the North CarolinaVirginia border at 36°35′N 075°11′W. Both people on board survived.[35]
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29 October

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Corsair United States Carrying a crew of two and a 14-ton cargo of general wares, the 15.74-ton, 53.8-foot (16.4 m) steamer ran aground during a gale at Point Martin (60°10′N 144°36′W) near Katalla, Territory of Alaska, and was destroyed by a subsequent fire. Her captain survived; her engineer perished.[62]
Nashua United States The barge sank near the Wilkes-Barre Pier, Providence, Rhode Island. Raised and broken up.[80]
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31 October

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Feth-i Bülend  Ottoman Navy First Balkan War: The accommodation hulk, a former Feth-i Bülend-class ironclad coast defense vessel, was torpedoed and sunk in Thessaloniki harbour by NF-11 ( Hellenic Navy). Seven crew members died in the sinking.
Teleorman  Royal Romanian Navy The longboat Teleorman sank in the Danube River. 44 soldiers died.
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Admiral Lazarev  Imperial Russian Navy The Admiral Lazarev-class monitor foundered in the Baltic Sea whilst under tow to Germany for scrapping.[81]
Unnamed United States The scow sank in Massachusetts Bay sometime in October.[80]
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November

1 November

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Arion United States The yacht burned and sank near Manchester, Massachusetts. Items were salvaged from the wreck.[80]
Arrow United States The 30-gross register ton schooner was stranded at Cordory, Newfoundland. All four people on board survived.[35]
Sesnon #13 United States The 24-ton barge sank with no loss of life at Nome, Territory of Alaska.[82]
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6 November

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Hattie Wells United States The 376-gross register ton schooner foundered in Lake Michigan. All six people on board survived.[35]
Royal George  United Kingdom The ocean liner ran aground nine miles (14 km) below Quebec City, Quebec. Refloated on 23 November, repaired and returned to service.[83][84]
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7 November

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Monarch United States The Tug was wrecked on a shoal at the entrance to the Harbor of Charlotte Harbor, Florida, eventually breaking up. A 100 foot section of her starboard hull drifted to where it was a hazard to navigation. The section was blown loose, dragged ashore and burned 24–31 July 1913.[85]
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8 November

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De Mory Gray United States The 401-gross register ton schooner was stranded in Northport Bay on the coast of Long Island, New York. All seven people on board survived.[35]
Hustler United States The 13-gross register ton schooner burned on Lake Michigan. Both people on board survived.[35]
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10 November

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Seddulbahir  Ottoman Navy First Balkan War: The Taskopru-class gunboat was sunk by a Greek torpedo boat at Avila, north of Smyrna.
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12 November

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E. K. Wood United States The 519-gross register ton schooner was stranded on Barrier Island, British Columbia, Canada. All nine people on board survived.[35]
Oravia  United Kingdom
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The passenger ship ran aground off Port Stanley, Falkland Islands. She was abandoned on 16 November. Oravia was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Callao, Peru.[86]
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13 November

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Estelle United States The schooner ran ashore on Fishers Island, New York, after mistaking the beacon lights of the stranded schooner Maggie Ellen ( United States) for those of Little Gull Island and Race Rock, New York.[80]
Maggie Ellen United States The schooner ran ashore on Fishers Island, New York.[80]
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15 November

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Harriet United States The tug struck a rock off Napatree Point, Rhode Island. Refloated and returned to service.[80]
Hersilia  Germany The cargo vessel stranded near Porto and was lost.[87]
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21 November

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Balloon United States The barge sank near Duck Island, Connecticut.[80]
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23 November

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Gypsum Emperor United States The schooner went ashore on Bonnet Point near Saunderstown, Rhode Island. Refloated and returned to service.[80]
Rouse Simmons United States
Sonar image of the wreck of Rouse Simmons, 12 June 2022.
During a voyage from Thompson, Michigan, to Chicago, Illinois, with a cargo of Christmas trees, the 123-foot-6-inch (38 m), 205.26-gross register ton three-masted schooner disappeared with the loss of all 16 passengers and crew off Two Rivers, Wisconsin, during a storm on Lake Michigan. Her wreck was discovered in 1971 in 165 feet (50 m) of water 12 nautical miles (22 km; 14 mi) northeast of Two Rivers. In 2021, it was included within the boundaries of the Wisconsin Shipwreck Coast National Marine Sanctuary.[88][89]
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24 November

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Pioneer United States The barge stranded near Point Judith, Rhode Island. The vessel broke up before salvage could take place.[80]
Typhoon United States The barge stranded near Point Judith, Rhode Island. Refloated and returned to service.[80]
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25 November

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Hortensia United States The schooner went ashore on Savin Rock near New Haven, Connecticut.[80]
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28 November

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Friendship Australia The cargo ship ran aground and sank at the entrance to the Tweed River at Tweed Heads, New South Wales, Australia. There were no injuries or fatalities among her crew.[90]
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Chief No. 2 United States The barge sank off the end of Arrietta Street, Staten Island. Raised in June 1914.[91]
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3 December

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West Point United States The barge sank near the dock of Pardie and Young, Fall River, Massachusetts. The vessel's cargo was salvaged.[80]
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6 December

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Bessie C. Beach United States The 341-gross register ton schooner was stranded at Nepeague Beach on Long Island, New York. All six people on board survived.[35]
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7 December

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Lena United States The launch was lost off Grassy Island (60°55′20″N 147°37′00″W) between Galena Bay (60.9417°N 146.6986°W / 60.9417; -146.6986 (Galena Bay)) and Jack Bay (61.0427°N 146.6465°W / 61.0427; -146.6465 (Jack Bay)) on the south-central coast of the Territory of Alaska with the loss of two crewmen. Her captain survived.[57]
Uncle Sam United States The 24-gross register ton, 25-foot (7.6 m) steamer was wrecked in the harbor at Seward, Territory of Alaska. No one was aboard her at the time.[92]
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8 December

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Antonios  Greece The steamer was lost on rocks known as Old Bess, within the Isles of Scilly, United Kingdom. Her crew was lost and the wreck went unnoticed for three days when thousands of oranges were washed up on St Agnes along with wreckage.[31]
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15 December

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S. O. Co. No. 87 United States The tanker barge's towline parted from her tow ship, Perfection (flag unknown), in a severe gale in the Gulf of Mexico between Tampico, Tamaulipas, and Sabine, Texas, on 12 December. By the time Perfection could reach her she had capsized and her crew of nine lost. She sank on 15 December.[93][94]
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20 December

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L. Herbert Taft United States The Schooner was wrecked on Romer shoal, lower New York Bay. Masts fell in Winter of 1913/1914. Probably wreck removed in 1914.[95][96]
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21 December

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Conquest United States The fishing smack went ashore near Orient, New York.[80]
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23 December

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Golden Fleece United States The 47-gross register ton schooner burned at Warm Springs Landing in California. Both people on board survived.[35]
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24 December

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786 United States The barge, under tow of Lehigh ( United States), went ashore on Bartletts Reef, New London, Connecticut.[80]
791 United States The barge, under tow of Lehigh ( United States), went ashore on Bartletts Reef, New London, Connecticut.[80]
Lehigh United States The tug went ashore on Bartletts Reef, New London, Connecticut.[80]
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26 December

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Tripolitania  United Kingdom The vessel was wrecked on Loe Bar, near Porthleven, Cornwall in 100 mph (161 km/h) winds. Nearly all the crew were saved but the ship was a total loss.[97]
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30 December

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Vigilant  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Breaksea Point, Glamorgan. Her seven crew were rescued.[19]
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Brittanic  United Kingdom The steam trawler was Lost in a collision sometime in December.[98]
Margaret Ann United States The schooner was blown ashore on a mud flat near the mouth of the Yellow Mill Channel at Bridgeport, Connecticut, sometime in December and abandoned by the owners. In July/August 1913 she was raised, moved out of the way of traffic and resunk.[99]
Therese Horn  Germany The cargo vessel departed Port Arthur for Rotterdam on 26 December and vanished.[100][101]
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City of Adelaide Australia The coal storage hulk was burned out by a several-day-long fire at Townsville, Australia.
Emily F. Whitman United States The schooner was lost at Nushagak in either the District or Territory of Alaska.[102]
USS Ericsson  United States Navy The decommissioned torpedo boat was sunk as a target in ordnance tests.[103]
Fox  United Kingdom The steamer was wrecked on the coast of Greenland.
Pelayo  Spanish Navy The battleship was badly damaged in Fonduko Bay due to a navigational error.
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