List of shipwrecks in April 1923
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| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Laurana |  Germany |
The cargo ship ran aground at Cádiz, Andalusia, Spain. She was refloated but was discovered to be leaking severely and was beached.[1] Laurana was refloated on 16 April.[2] |
| Portgwarra |  United Kingdom |
The cargo ship ran aground at Melilla, Spain.[3] She was refloated on 16 April.[4] |
3 April
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| HMS Ceres |  Royal Navy |
The C-class cruiser was in collision with USS Fox ( United States Navy) in the Bosporus. Both vessels sustained substantial damage.[5] |
| Free Will | United Kingdom |
The salvage vessel was holed during salvage operations at Portland, Dorset and was beached. Her crew were taken off by Conqueress and Petrel (both United Kingdom).[6] |
| Reta M. Cluett | United Kingdom |
The schooner was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean off Cape Race, Newfoundland (40°05′N 53°38′W / 40.083°N 53.633°W). She was set afire by her crew before they were rescued.[6] |
5 April
6 April
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Chika Maru |  Japan |
The cargo ship ran aground and sank in the Kurushima Channel.[8] She was refloated on 22 April.[9] |
| Competitor | United Kingdom |
The cargo ship ran aground at Cape Cod, Massachusetts.[10] She was refloated on 16 April.[4] |
| John S. Dwight | United States |
While smuggling a cargo of illegal ale, the 107-foot (33 m), 151-gross register ton coastal cargo ship — the former minesweeper USS Pawnee ( United States Navy) — was scuttled by her crew under mysterious circumstances in 85 feet (26 m) of water off the coast of Massachusetts in Vineyard Sound south of Nashawena Island at 41°23′26″N 070°52′36″W / 41.39056°N 70.87667°W. Eight members of her crew died in the incident. The minesweeper USS Falcon ( United States Navy) blew up her sunken wreck during the summer of 1923, sometime prior to 5 July.[11][12] |
| Nordhvalen |  Denmark |
The cargo ship was sunk in a collision with Barracoo ( United Kingdom) near the mouth of the Patapsco River in Chesapeake Bay.[13][14] |
7 April
8 April
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Unicorn | United Kingdom |
. The coaster foundered off Rame Head, Cornwall with the loss of three of her five crew.[16] |
9 April
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Pioneer #2 | United States |
During a voyage from Bellingham, Washington, to Snug Harbor, Territory of Alaska, under tow by the steamer North Star ( United States) with no people or cargo aboard, the 21-ton scow sank off Cape Hinchinbrook (60°14′N 146°39′W / 60.233°N 146.650°W) in Southeast Alaska after her tow line parted during a gale.[17] |
17 April
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Cité d'Aleth |  France |
The schooner was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean (46°47′00″N 6°46′30″W / 46.78333°N 6.77500°W). Her crew were rescued by Drake ( United Kingdom).[18] |
21 April
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| The Gay Gordon | .svg){kind=small} Newfoundland |
The schooner foundered in the Atlantic Ocean (41°40′N 41°55′W / 41.667°N 41.917°W). Her crew were rescued by Hollinside ( United Kingdom).[19][20] |
23 April
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Stranger | United States |
The schooner was destroyed by fire in the Gulf of Mexico. Her crew were rescued.[21] |
24 April
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Mossamedes |  Portugal |
The cargo ship, with 237 people on board, ran aground at Cape Frio, Namíbia, and was evacuated by lifeboats. She was a total loss.[22] Thirty-one died, seven when the Mossamedes capsized and 24 others who were in a lifeboat that sank. The 206 survivors were picked up by the French gunboat Cassiopee, the Portuguese gunboat Salvador Correia and by fishing vessels from Porto Alexandre in Angola. [23] |
25 April
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Maschyagandhi | United Kingdom |
The barque foundered in the Bay of Bengal. Her crew survived.[9] |
| Teja |  Chile |
The cargo ship struck rocks off Punta de Lobos and sank.[24] |
26 April
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Brush | United States |
The cargo ship ran aground at the South Cape Arago Lighthouse, Oregon. Her crew were rescued by a United States Coast Guard ship.[22] |