The cargo ship caught fire in the North Sea 40 nautical miles (74 km) south east of Lowestoft, Suffolk, United Kingdom. She was abandoned with the loss of ten of her twenty crew. Survivors were rescued by the trawler E.W.B. (United Kingdom).[13] The still-burning ship was taken in tow for Hook of Holland, Netherlands, by Zwarte Zee (Netherlands).[12]
The schooner sprang a leak in the Atlantic Ocean 40 nautical miles (74 km) west of Leixões, Portugal. She was abandoned by her crew, who were rescued by Hurliness (United Kingdom). Carmina was towed into Leixões by a British trawler.[33]
The cargo ship departed Burry Port, Glamorgan for Dublin, Ireland. No further trace, presumed foundered in the Irish Sea with the loss of all hands.[64]
The Laforey-class destroyer came ashore at Newhaven, Sussex after her tow parted.[64] She was later refloated and arrived at Dover on 13 March for scrapping.[71]
The concrete-hulled tanker was damaged when she struck a pier at Tampico, Mexico on 31 May 1920. Repairs seemed beyond the capabilities of the repair yards and she was towed to a specially dug channel and sunk off Pelican Island, Houston, Texas, partially submerged.[72]
The cargo ship ran aground near Elleness, West Lothian, United Kingdom.[79] She was later refloated and beached at Elie, Fife. Refloated again on 3 April.[80]
The cargo ship came ashore on the Chaussées des Pierres Noires, off Brest, Finistère, France. All fifteen people on board were rescued.[83] She broke in two on 27 March and was a total loss.[84]
The cargo ship ran aground on the White Rock, off Swatow, China. She was abandoned as a total loss on 13 April. Her crew were rescued by a British steamship.[60]
The steam tanker ran aground on Saunders Reef, about 10 miles (16 km) south of Point Arena, California and was wrecked. All on board were rescued.[111]
The ocean liner collided with Seine (France) in the English Channel 28 nautical miles (52 km) off the Armen Lighthouse, Finistère, France.[124] She sank with the loss of 86 of the 352 people on board. Survivors were rescued by Seine.
Kwinana aground in 1922.The hulk of the passenger-cargo ship, heavily damaged and sunk by a December 1920–January 1921 fire and subsequently refloated, broke her moorings at Careening Bay, Garden Island, Western Australia, in a storm, was blown across Cockburn Sound, and was wrecked 3 miles (5 km) north of Rockingham, Western Australia. The wreck was partly destroyed by explosive charges in May 1941 and cut down to water level in 1959.
The 12-gross register ton, 50-foot (15.2 m) sealing vessel was anchored near the mouth of Necker Bay (56°40′N135°05′W / 56.667°N 135.083°W / 56.667; -135.083 (Necker Bay)) in Southeast Alaska with only a small boy aboard and her crew of three and other four passengers ashore when her skiff broke loose and went adrift. One of her part-owners tried to swim out to the skiff from shore but was carried too far by the current. The boy followed instructions from shore to loosen the anchor line in the hope that Lake Bay would drift close enough to the man in the water to save him, but she did not and he drowned. Lake Bay then drifted onto rocks on the south side of the mouth of the bay and later slipped off and sank in deep water without further loss of life.[140]
The three-masted auxiliary schooner came ashore at Lowestoft, Suffolk, United Kingdom and was wrecked. Her crew were rescued by the Lowestoft Lifeboat.[143]
The passenger ship caught fire on a voyage from Batavia, Netherlands East Indies to Penang, Malaya. She was beached on the Telok Dalam Bay Reef.[159] She was refloated on 10 July and towed to Sabang, Netherlands East Indies for repairs.[161]
Cargo in the ocean liner's number 5 hold caught fire while she was at her pier in Hoboken, New Jersey. Her crew, Hoboken FD, and the New York FDfireboatJames Duane fought the fire. 100 firemen were overcome by toxic fumes. The fireboat Thomas Willett rescued James Duane's crew. The fire was extinguished after five and a half hours. The next day thousands of gallons of water were pumped out of Nieuw Amsterdam's number 5 hold. Damage was estimated at more than $100,000.[166]
The tanker suffered an explosion and fire in the Atlantic Ocean 75 nautical miles (139 km) east north east of Tampa, Florida and sank. Her crew survived.[173]
The cargo ship ran aground 3 nautical miles (5.6 km) north east by east of Cape Henry, Virginia, United States.[183] She was refloated on 7 August.[188]
The Hawkins-class cruiser ran aground in Forteau Bay, Labrador, Canada and was wrecked with the loss of eleven of her 690 crew. The wreck was dispersed in September 1926.
The 23-gross register tonmotor vessel was crushed against ground ice by an ice floe in the Chukchi Sea 5 nautical miles (9.3 km; 5.8 mi) off the coast of Siberia 14 nautical miles (26 km; 16 mi) east of Cape North and was lost. Her crew survived and was rescued by the motor vessel Chukotsk (flag unknown).[182]
The cargo ship ran aground on Panagatan Reef on the south coast of Mindoro, Philippines.[144] She was abandoned the next day as a total loss. Her crew were rescued.[200]Ryokai Maru was refloated on 31 August, repaired and returned to service.[201][202]
The coaster ran aground on the Kravastone Rock off the Farne Islands, Northumberland and was wrecked. Her crew survived.[209] She sank on 9 September.[218]
The coaster collided with Zuiderdijk (Netherlands) in the Scheldt at Vlissingen, Netherlands and sank with the loss of seven of the nineteen people on board. Survivors were rescued by Zuiderdijk, a Dutch fishing vessel and a German merchant ship.[221]
During a voyage in the Territory of Alaska from the upper part of the Nabesna River to Fairbanks, the 65-gross register ton, 60.5-foot (18.4 m) sternwheel paddle steamer struck a sandbar about 10 miles (16 km) above the mouth of the river, tearing her bottom out. She sank on the sand bar. All five members of her crew survived. Her machinery was salvaged, but ice completely destroyed her hull over the winter of 1922–1923.[224]
The cargo ship ran aground on the Middle Cross Sand, North Sea.[247] She was abandoned by her crew the next day pending salvage operations.[248] She was refloated on 6 October.[249]
The cargo ship ran aground 12 nautical miles (22 km) off the coast of Brazil 60 nautical miles (110 km) south of Rio Grande, Rio Grande do Sul. All but two of her crew were taken off on 8 October.[249][251]
The tanker on her way from San Pedro to Fall River with a cargo of 70,000 barrels of oil ran aground on the southern end of Block Island and became stranded. The crew was taken off the next day by the US submarine N-2 and the ship was refloated on the 15th and after extensive repairs returned to service.
The 77-or-84-foot (23.5 or 25.6 m) (sources disagree), 122-gross register tontug sank in 80 feet (24 m) of water in the North Atlantic Ocean south of Long Island, New York, 8 nautical miles (15 km; 9.2 mi) southeast of Atlantic Beach Inlet with the loss of her entire crew of eight or 13 (sources disagree) men. Her owners reported her as having no cargo aboard at the time of her loss, but an examination of her wreck in July 1977 discovered that she had been operating as a rum runner during Prohibition in the United States and had sunk with a cargo of Kentucky bourbon and Canadian rye whisky aboard. Her wreck is known as the "Rum Runner."[259]
The cargo ship foundered in the English Channel 5 nautical miles (9.3 km) north north west of the Armen Rock. Her crew were rescued by Gulpen (Norway).[276]
The cargo ship foundered in the North Sea 80 nautical miles (150 km) off Spurn Point, Yorkshire, United Kingdom, with the loss of all but one of her crew. The survivor was rescued by the trawler Riveira (United Kingdom).[277]
The tow steamer left Cleveland, Ohio for Buffalo, New York and vanished. On 26 December a lifeboat was found with the body of one of her firemen aboard, dead of exposure. Lost with all eight hands.[315]
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