List of shipwrecks in 1923

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The list of shipwrecks in 1923 includes ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during 1923.

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1 October

List of shipwrecks: 1 October 1923
ShipStateDescription
Troutpool United Kingdom The cargo ship was wrecked off Saint-Pierre, Saint Pierre and Miquelon.[1][2]
Yport France The cargo ship ran aground at Sydney, Nova Scotia, and was a total loss. Her crew were rescued.[3]

2 October

List of shipwrecks: 2 October 1923
ShipStateDescription
Electric Flash United Kingdom The schooner was driven ashore at Renews, Newfoundland, and was a total loss.[3]
Helen Swazy United Kingdom The schooner caught fire and was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean at 39°40′N 70°44′W / 39.667°N 70.733°W / 39.667; -70.733. All eight crew were rescued by Garonne (flag unknown).[4]
L'Auroch France The cargo ship was driven ashore at Saint-Pierre, Saint Pierre and Miquelon, and was abandoned by her crew.[3]
Lizzie Trenberth United Kingdom The schooner, which had departed from Runcorn, Cheshire, on 24 September for Mevagissey, Cornwall, was last reported on this date. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[5]

3 October

List of shipwrecks: 3 October 1923
ShipStateDescription
Adrana  Germany The cargo ship ran aground and sank on Storkallegrund, Sweden.[1]
Evelyn United Kingdom The ketch was reported in the English Channel 10 nautical miles (19 km) south east of the Royal Sovereign Lightship ( United Kingdom). No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[6]
Governor Parr United Kingdom the schooner sprang a leak and was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean (42°49′30″N 55°56′00″W / 42.82500°N 55.93333°W / 42.82500; -55.93333) with the loss of two of her eight crew. Survivors were rescued by Schodak ( United States).[1][4]

4 October

List of shipwrecks: 4 October 1923
ShipStateDescription
Stuartstar United Kingdom
The cargo ship ran aground at Hook of Holland (Rotterdam), Netherlands.[4] Forty-nine of her 51 crew were taken off the next day.[7] She was declared a total loss on 10 October.[8]

7 October

List of shipwrecks: 7 October 1923
ShipStateDescription
Else flag unknown The schooner capsized in the Gulf of Finland 4 nautical miles (7.4 km) west of Sommers, Finland. Her crew were rescued by Colinton ( United Kingdom).[9]

8 October

List of shipwrecks: 8 October 1923
ShipStateDescription
City of Westminster United Kingdom The cargo ship ran aground on the Runnelstone, Cornwall. All 48 people on board were rescued by the Penlee and Sennen Cove Lifeboats.[10]
Kennecott United States During a voyage from Cordova, Territory of Alaska, to Seattle, Washington, carrying a crew of 31 and a cargo of 6,000 tons of copper ore concentrates and 40,000 cases of salmon, the 3,620-ton cargo ship was wrecked without loss of life at Hunter Point on Graham Island in the Queen Charlotte Islands off the coast of British Columbia. The cutter USCGC Unalga ( United States Coast Guard), the survey ship USC&GS Surveyor ( United States Coast and Geodetic Survey), and the steamer Cordova (flag unknown) rescued 23 members of her crew. Her captain and seven other members of her crew remained behind to guard her wreck and were rescued later by the salvage tug Hercules (flag unknown). Kennecott soon broke up, and the two main parts of her hull drifted away and sank.[11][8]
Norman W. Strong United Kingdom The schooner ran aground in the Saint Lawrence River and was wrecked.[9]

9 October

List of shipwrecks: 9 October 1923
ShipStateDescription
John S. Emery United States The barquentine was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by Samland ( Belgium).[12]
Vital  Germany The cargo ship collided with Sekstant ( Norway) at Hull, Yorkshire and sank.[12]

10 October

List of shipwrecks: 10 October 1923
ShipStateDescription
Bretagne Denmark The cargo ship ran aground on Häfringe Island, Sweden with the loss of her captain. The survivors were rescued.[13]
Lutzen flag unknown The cargo ship departed Saint John, New Brunswick, for Havana, Cuba. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[14]
USS PG-40  United States Navy The PG-40/Quiros-class gunboat was sunk as a target.

11 October

List of shipwrecks: 11 October 1923
ShipStateDescription
City of Everett United States The cargo ship caught fire and foundered in the Gulf of Mexico with the loss of all 26 crew.
Montoro United Kingdom The cargo ship ran aground in the Torres Straits.[15]
Omono Maru  Japan The cargo ship was wrecked off Taneichi, Iwate.[16]
Phoeniciër Belgium The cargo ship ran aground at Memel, East Prussia, Germany. Her crew were rescued.[17] She was refloated on 4 May 1924, but was declared a constructive total loss. She was sold, repaired and returned to service.[18]

12 October

List of shipwrecks: 12 October 1923
ShipStateDescription
Agram United States After her anchor lines parted during a violent storm, the 22-gross register ton motor cannery tender was wrecked in Cook Inlet on the south-central coast of the Territory of Alaska on a beach in the vicinity of 59°16′N 154°07′W / 59.267°N 154.117°W / 59.267; -154.117 (Agram), between Cape Chinik and Amakdedori. Her crew of three survived.[19]

13 October

List of shipwrecks: 13 October 1923
ShipStateDescription
Aberdeen Canada The Canadian Government ship (CGS) ran aground on Black Ledge, Seal Island, Nova Scotia and was abandoned.[20]
Cetus United States The cargo ship collided with another vessel in Lake Michigan and sank. Her crew were rescued.[21]
Port Arthur United Kingdom The schooner collided with Howard Young ( United Kingdom) at St. John's, Newfoundland, and sank.[21]

14 October

List of shipwrecks: 14 October 1923
ShipStateDescription
Carlisle United States The 15-gross register ton, 43.9-foot (13.4 m) fishing vessel was wrecked on the coast of Gravina Island in the Alexander Archipelago in Southeast Alaska. The two people aboard survived.[22]

15 October

List of shipwrecks: 15 October 1923
ShipStateDescription
Jean Macdonald Duff United Kingdom The schooner was abandoned and set afire in the Atlantic Ocean (42°28′N 24°43′W / 42.467°N 24.717°W / 42.467; -24.717). Her crew were rescued by Arawa ( United Kingdom).[23]
Mabel flag unknown The four-masted schooner was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean off Nassau, Bahamas.[23]
Seine France The cargo ship collided with Andalusia ( Germany) in the Kaiser Wilhelm Canal, Germany and sank. She was refloated on 17 October.[16][24]

16 October

List of shipwrecks: 16 October 1923
ShipStateDescription
Egon Sweden The cargo ship struck a mine in the Baltic Sea 10 nautical miles (19 km) south of the Äransgrund Lighthouse and sank. Her crew were rescued by a German ship.[25][26]
Kaduskak United Kingdom The auxiliary sailing vessel was destroyed by fire at St. Martins, New Brunswick.[27]
USS Quiros  United States Navy United States Navy destroyer gunfire sank the decommissioned gunboat as a target off the coast of China.

17 October

List of shipwrecks: 17 October 1923
ShipStateDescription
Strathmore United Kingdom The Thames barge collided with Lapwing ( United Kingdom) in the River Thames at Erith, Kent and sank.[28]
Ville de Reims France The cargo ship came ashore between Noissi-Bé and Diego Suarez, Madagascar.[29] She was refloated on 22 October.[30] She was refloated on 23 October.[31]

18 October

List of shipwrecks: 18 October 1923
ShipStateDescription
Etoile D'Anjouan France The cargo ship ran aground on Nosyfaty Island, Madagascar, whilst going to the assistance of Ville de Reims ( France).[32] She was refloated on 23 October.[31]
General Smuts United Kingdom The cargo ship ran aground at Port Eads, Louisiana, United States.[27]
Portuense Portugal The sailing vessel caught fire and was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean (39°00′N 33°49′W / 39.000°N 33.817°W / 39.000; -33.817). Her crew were rescued by Presidente Wilson ( United Kingdom).[27]
Spider United States With no one aboard, the 7-gross register ton, 30.6-foot (9.3 m) fishing vessel was blown ashore during a gale and wrecked without loss of life on "Caroline Island" – probably Carolyn Island (64°27′N 162°53′W / 64.450°N 162.883°W / 64.450; -162.883 (Carolyn Island)) – in Golovnin Bay on the Bering Sea coast of the Territory of Alaska.[33]

19 October

List of shipwrecks: 19 October 1923
ShipStateDescription
Agatoelo  Italy The cargo ship struck a mine in the Gulf of İzmir off Karaburun, Turkey, and sank with the loss of eight crew.[34]

20 October

List of shipwrecks: 20 October 1923
ShipStateDescription
Polmanter United Kingdom The cargo ship ran aground at Porto, Portugal.[32]

21 October

List of shipwrecks: 21 October 1923
ShipStateDescription
Leonor France The schooner sank in the Atlantic Ocean off Corvo Island, Azores, Portugal. Her crew were rescued.[35]

22 October

List of shipwrecks: 22 October 1923
ShipStateDescription
Fernhill United Kingdom The cargo ship collided with Port Auckland ( United Kingdom) in the Elbe at Blankenese, Germany and sank. She was refloated on 13 December.[30][36]
San Gil United States The passenger ship ran aground on Old Providence Island, Colombia.[30] Her passengers were taken off by Pastores ( United States).[14]
Saxon Prince United Kingdom The cargo ship caught fire at Santos, São Paulo, Brazil and was beached.[37] She was refloated on 24 October.[14]

23 October

List of shipwrecks: 23 October 1923
ShipStateDescription
O-5  United States Navy
USS O-5, 30 October 1923

The O-class submarine was rammed and sunk in Bahía Limón by Abangarez ( United States) with the loss of three crew. She was partially raised on 30 October to enable the rescue of two survivors. Subsequently stricken in April 1924 and sold for scrap.

24 October

List of shipwrecks: 24 October 1923
ShipStateDescription
Wm S. McDonald United Kingdom The three-masted schooner caught fire in the Atlantic Ocean 16 nautical miles (30 km) off Sandy Hook, New Jersey. All seven crew were rescued by San manuel ( United Kingdom).[14]

25 October

List of shipwrecks: 25 October 1923
ShipStateDescription
Karin Sweden The auxiliary sailing vessel caught fire in the Øresund and was beached at Klampenborg, Denmark.[35]

27 October

List of shipwrecks: 27 October 1923
ShipStateDescription
Conovium United Kingdom The coaster, which had departed Garston, Lancashire for Dundalk, County Louth, Ireland on 26 October,[38] was reported 10 nautical miles (19 km) south west of the Chicken Rock, Isle of Man.[6] She subsequently foundered in the Irish Sea with the loss of all hands. The bodies of the crew washed up on the coast of Cumberland in late November.[38]
Raven France The schooner ran aground at Swansea, Glamorgan, United Kingdom and was wrecked. Her five crew were rescued by Charlie Medland ( Royal National Lifeboat Institution).[39]

29 October

List of shipwrecks: 29 October 1923
ShipStateDescription
Borgneuf France The cargo ship ran aground at Arcachon, Gironde.[40] She was refloated on 12 November.[41]
Delfin United Kingdom The schooner caught fire and sank at Alexandria, Egypt.[42]
Steelville United Kingdom The cargo ship ran aground in the Strait of Kertch.[42] She was refloated on 6 November.[43]
26  Imperial Japanese Navy The Type L submarine sank at Kure Naval Base. Her crew were rescued.[44] She was refloated on 2 November.[45]

31 October

List of shipwrecks: 31 October 1923
ShipStateDescription
Shinmei Maru  Japan The cargo ship collided with Kasuga Maru ( Japan) at Shimonoseki and sank.[40]

Unknown date

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1923
ShipStateDescription
Black Cat United Kingdom The schooner foundered on a voyage from Runcorn, Cheshire to Falmouth, Cornwall with the loss of all hands.[17]
Mary Manson Gruener United States The schooner foundered in the Atlantic Ocean. Her cre were rescued by Isabella ( United States) and landed at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on 5 October.[7]

November

1 November

List of shipwrecks: 1 November 1923
ShipStateDescription
Shinshu Maru  Japan The cargo ship collided with Kanei Naru ( Japan) in the South China Sea off the north east coast of Korea and sank with some loss of life.[46]

2 November

List of shipwrecks: 2 November 1923
ShipStateDescription
General J. B. Carr United States The cargo ship was destroyed by fire and sank at New York.[46]

3 November

List of shipwrecks: 3 November 1923
ShipStateDescription
Success United Kingdom The coaster ran aground at Peterhead, Aberdeenshire. She was refloated on 4 November and brought into the harbour where she sank.[46]

4 November

List of shipwrecks: 4 November 1923
ShipStateDescription
Domino United Kingdom The cargo ship ran aground off the Hombursund Lighthouse, Norway. Her crew were rescued.[46] She broke in two,[43] and was a total loss.[47]

5 November

List of shipwrecks: 5 November 1923
ShipStateDescription
Equator United Kingdom The sailing ship departed from Trinidad. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[48]
Tainan Maru  Japan The cargo ship collided with Itsukushima Maru ( Japan) in the Inland Sea of Japan and was beached. She was later refloated and brought into Kobe.[49]

6 November

List of shipwrecks: 6 November 1923
ShipStateDescription
Perun  Germany The cargo ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Portugal. Her crew were rescued by Wolf ( Germany).[50]

7 November

List of shipwrecks: 7 November 1923
ShipStateDescription
Conifer United Kingdom The cargo ship collided with Skogstad ( Norway) in the Thames Estuary at Tilbury, Essex. She was beached but subsequently foundered.[51]

9 November

List of shipwrecks: 9 November 1923
ShipStateDescription
Castleisland United Kingdom The coaster came ashore in Belfast Lough and was wrecked. Her crew were rescued by the Donaghadee Lifeboat.[52]
Goole United Kingdom The cargo ship collided with Wynding ( United Kingdom) in the River Humber. She was taken to Hull where she sank.[52]
Merche Spain The cargo ship sprang a leak in the Atlantic Ocean (30°59′N 11°00′W / 30.983°N 11.000°W / 30.983; -11.000) and was abandoned. Her crew were rescued by Indiana ( Italy).[53]

10 November

List of shipwrecks: 10 November 1923
ShipStateDescription
Martin Eduard Latvia The ship sprang a leak in the Baltic Sea off Gotland, Sweden and was abandoned.[41]

11 November

List of shipwrecks: 11 November 1923
ShipStateDescription
Hsin Lee  China The cargo ship ran aground near Yalukiang.[54] She was refloated on 25 November.[38]

12 November

List of shipwrecks: 12 November 1923
ShipStateDescription
Helios flag unknown The salvage vessel sank off Pihlajasaari, Finland.[41]

13 November

List of shipwrecks: 13 November 1923
ShipStateDescription
A. C. Kirk United Kingdom The coaster was reported off Flamborough Head, Yorkshire bound for Grangemouth, Stirlingshire. No further trace, presumed foundered in the North Sea with the loss of all hands.[6]

15 November

List of shipwrecks: 15 November 1923
ShipStateDescription
Danemark Denmark The cargo ship ran aground at Kristiania, Norway.[55] She was refloated on 19 November.[56]
Robert and Elizabeth United Kingdom The Thames barge foundered in the Thames Estuary off Southend Pier, Essex. both crew survived.[55]
Sagua United States The cargo ship ran aground at Bluefields, Nicaragua.[57] She was refloated on 21 November.[58]

17 November

List of shipwrecks: 17 November 1923
ShipStateDescription
Grace N Pendelton United States The auxiliary schooner was in collision with another vessel in the North Sea off Cuxhaven, Germany and foundered with the loss of all but two of her crew. Survivors were rescued by Hermes ( Germany).[57][59][60]
Ibis United Kingdom The cargo ship ran aground in Liverpool Bay. She refloated but then grounded again.[57] Declared a total loss, the wreck was dispersed by the Mersey Harbour Board using exploives.[56]
Kronos  Germany The cargo ship foundered in the Baltic Sea off Saaremaa, Estonia with the loss of all hands, at least fourteen crew.[56][59]
Rijperkerk Netherlands The cargo ship put into Bastia, Corsica, France on fire. She was scuttled by the coastal defense ship HNLMS Marten Harpertszoon Tromp ( Royal Netherlands Navy).[57]
Spurn United Kingdom The tug foundered in Liverpool Bay whilst going to the aid of Ibis ( United Kingdom). Her crew were rescued by the New Brighton Lifeboat.[57]

18 November

List of shipwrecks: 18 November 1923
ShipStateDescription
Java Denmark The cargo ship ran aground off the Sletterhage Lighthouse, Helgenæs.[56] She was refloated on 22 November.[58]

21 November

List of shipwrecks: 21 November 1923
ShipStateDescription
Picardier Belgium The cargo ship ran aground off Hornslandet Hudiksvall, Sweden (61°40′30″N 17°30′45″E / 61.67500°N 17.51250°E / 61.67500; 17.51250) with the loss of a crew member. She broke her back on 12 December and was declared a total loss.[58][59]

23 November

List of shipwrecks: 23 November 1923
ShipStateDescription
Otterburn United Kingdom The cargo ship suffered an onboard explosion and fire at Marseille, Bouches du Rhône, France and was beached. Several crew members were killed by the explosion.[58]
Victor Réveille  Marine Nationale The Type UE I submarine ran aground at Boulogne, Pas de Calais.[61]

24 November

List of shipwrecks: 24 November 1923
ShipStateDescription
Blankenese  Italy The cargo ship was towed into Gibraltar on fire and was beached.[62] She was refloated on 27 November.[38]
Kullaberg Sweden The coaster ran aground and capsized in the River Humber at Lower Whitton, Lincolnshire, United Kingdom.[62] She was refloated the next day cut ran aground at Broomfleet, Yorkshire.[38] She was refloated again on 29 November.[63]
Little Princess United Kingdom The schooner caught fire and was abandoned. Her crew were rescued by West Lashaway ( United States).[62]
River Wye United Kingdom The cargo ship came ashore at Port Mouton Island, Nova Scotia, Canada (44°00′N 64°20′W / 44.000°N 64.333°W / 44.000; -64.333) and was a total loss.[62][64]
Sam Norway The auxiliary sailing vessel ran aground off the Færder Lighthouse, Norway. She was refloated but subsequently sank. Her crew were rescued.[38]

26 November

List of shipwrecks: 26 November 1923
ShipStateDescription
Shinkoku Maru  Japan Disabled in the Aleutian Islands by a broken tail shaft during a voyage from Yokohama, Japan, to Portland, Oregon, and under tow by the tug Humaconna (flag unknown), the steamer was wrecked on the rocks off Montague Island at the entrance to Prince William Sound on the south-central coast of the Territory of Alaska after Humaconna was forced to cut her loose during a gale. One crew member died, but the rest reached shore safely.[33]

27 November

List of shipwrecks: 27 November 1923
ShipStateDescription
Russ flag unknown The cargo ship ran aground at Nida, Lithuania.[65]

29 November

List of shipwrecks: 29 November 1923
ShipStateDescription
Sainte Marie France The schooner was wrecked in the Pierre des Portes Rocks, off Saint-Malo, Finistère, France.[66]

30 November

List of shipwrecks: 30 November 1923
ShipStateDescription
Hermina  Germany The auxiliary sailing vessel was driven ashore at Wyk auf Föhr, Schleswig-Holstein and was wrecked.[66]

December

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