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DeutschList of shipwrecks in 1907
The list of shipwrecks in 1907 includes ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during 1907.
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January[edit]
1 January[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Lelia E. Rowley |  United States | The 10-gross register ton sloop was stranded at Brunswick, Georgia. Both people on board survived.[1] |
4 January[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Alice T. Boardman |  United States | The 123-gross register ton schooner was stranded on Handkerchief Shoal off the coast of Massachusetts with the loss of one life. Refloated on 6 January and taken to Hyannis, Massachusetts, intact by USRC Gresham and a tug, or was blown in two with one part left in place and the other part taken to Hyannis Port, Massachusetts. There were four survivors who were rescued by the United States Life Saving Service.[2][3][4] |
| Greyhound | United States | While pulled out on the beach at Nome, Territory of Alaska, for the winter with no one aboard, the 9-ton or 11-gross register ton (sources disagree), 52-foot (15.8 m) motor vessel was crushed by ice on the sand spit between the Snake River and the Bering Sea. She was declared a total loss.[5][6] |
7 January[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Nellie | United States | The 41-gross register ton screw steamer burned at College Wharf on the Delaware River. All four people on board survived.[7] |
| Nymph | United States | The 10-gross register ton, 30.6-foot (9.3 m) sloop was wrecked at Hadley (57°09′N 134°17′W / 57.150°N 134.283°W), Territory of Alaska, in Lyman Anchorage on the Kenai Peninsula. The only person aboard survived.[8][9] |
8 January[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Point Firmin | United States | The 6-gross register ton motor vessel was stranded at Santa Barbara, California. Both people on board survived.[7] |
9 January[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Blanche Morgan | United States | The 44-gross register ton schooner sank in the East River off Brooklyn, New York, just east of the Brooklyn Bridge after colliding with the barge Lancaster ( United States), which was among barges under tow by the steam tug Covington ( United States). Her entire crew of eight survived and made it onto one of the barges.[10][11] |
| Favorite | United States | The 409-gross register ton screw steamer burned at St. Ignace, Michigan. Both people on board survived.[12] |
| Nellie | United States | The tow steamer burned to the waterline in the Delaware River off College Point.[13] |
10 January[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Delaware | United States | The 294-gross register ton barge was stranded either on Napatree Point, 1 mile (1.6 km) west-northwest of the United States Life-Saving Service station at Watch Hill, Rhode Island, or on Fishers Island in New York (sources disagree) when she lost her towline to Coastwise ( United States) in a gale in Long Island Sound. Her crew made it to shore in her boats.[14][15][3] |
| Favorite | United States | The laid-up steamer burned at St. Ignace, Michigan and was totally destroyed.[16] |
| Honesdale | United States | The 277-gross register ton barge was stranded when she lost her towline to Coastwise ( United States) in a gale in Long Island Sound either on Napatree Point 1 nautical mile (1.9 km; 1.2 mi) west-northwest of the United States Life-Saving Service station at Watch Hill, Rhode Island, or on Fishers Island in New York (sources disagree). Both people on board were rescued by the U.S. Life-Saving Service.[14][15][3] |
| Jessie L. Boyce | United States | The 196-gross register ton schooner was stranded on Stimpsons Island on the coast of Maine. All six people on board survived.[1] |
| Marvin | United States | The barge was stranded on Napatree Point, 1 mile (1.6 km) west-northwest of the Watch Hill, Rhode Island, Life-Saving Station, or on Fishers Island in New York (sources disagree) when she lost her towline after losing her towline to Coastwise ( United States) in a gale in Long Island Sound. Both people on board were rescued by the United States Life-Saving Service.[15][3] |
| Richard Wainwright | United States | The 133-gross register ton schooner was stranded in St. George's Bay on the coast of Newfoundland with the loss of one life. There were nine survivors.[8] |
| Tropic Bird | United States | The 347-gross register ton barkentine was stranded in Chamela Bay on the coast of Mexico. All 10 people on board survived.[17] |
11 January[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Alice Gertrude | United States | The wooden screw steamer was wrecked on Ship Point Reef or Slip Point Reef (sources disagree) while attempting to enter either Clallam Bay, Washington, or a port in Oregon (sources disagree) during a severe snowstorm. All 31 passengers and crew were rescued by the tugs Lorne and Wyadda and the passenger steamer Rosalie (all United States).[17][18] |
| Dash | United States | The 17-gross register ton schooner was stranded on Woman Key in the Florida Keys. All three people on board survived.[19] |
| Welcome | United States | With no one on board, the 30-gross register ton sternwheel passenger paddle steamer broke her moorings on the Coquille River in Oregon during high water, drifted into trees, and was wrecked at Myrtle Point.[7] |
12 January[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Ella Rohlffs | United States | The steamer ran aground on a reef off Fish-Egg Island. She was refloated on 14 January.[20] |
| Felicidad | United States | The 6-gross register ton sloop foundered off Isla de Ramos, Puerto Rico, with the loss of one life. There were two survivors.[21] |
| Joe Hooker | United States | The motor vessel was destroyed by a gas explosion at Vincennes, Indiana.[22] |
| King Edward VII |  United Kingdom | The fishing trawler was wrecked on Cape Utskalar, Ireland.[23] |
13 January[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Onondaga | United States | The 2,696 GRT steamer on a voyage from Boston to Charleston and Jacksonville with general cargo ran aground on Orleans Beach, near Orleans and got stranded. The ship was successfully refloated on 14 March, repaired and returned to service in April of the same year. |
14 January[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| John I. Snow | United States | The 196-gross register ton schooner was stranded, filled, and sank at Portsmouth Beach, Virginia. She was stripped and abandoned. All seven people on board were rescued by the United States Life-Saving Service.[1][24] |
| Sea Flower | United States | The 7-gross register ton sloop-rigged yacht was stranded in Green Bay on the coast of Wisconsin. All four people on board survived.[8] |
| Sequoia | United States | The steam screw cargo ship parted one of her wheel ropes while crossing the bar at Humboldt Bay on the North Coast of California. She lost steering and struck rocks off the North Jetty. She was backed off, but leaking water put out her boiler fire, causing her to lose propulsion. The United States Life Saving Service rescued her crew. She was stranded on the beach in Humboldt Bay. She was stripped and abandoned.[7][25][24] |
15 January[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Red Wing | United States | The tow steamer struck a snag in the Nassau River, Florida and sank. Raised immediately.[26] |
17 January[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Prinz Waldemar |  Germany | The 4,658 GRT ocean liner ran aground on a reef east of Plum Point Lighthouse while trying to enter Kingston Harbour. The lighthouse was not working due to a recent earthquake, contributing to the disaster. |
18 January[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Patricia |  Greece | The vessel collided with Moringen ( Norway) off the Haisboro' Light, England and sank.[27] |
19 January[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Marie | United States | The steamer sank in a strong windstorm while tied to the bank at Evansville, Indiana. Later raised.[28] |
| Marie Thérese |  France | The brigantine was wrecked on the Helwick Sands, in the Bristol Channel. Her eight crew survived. She was on a voyage from Arcachon, Loire-Inférieure to Swansea, Glamorgan, United Kingdom.[29] |
| Maud Malloch | United States | The 116-gross register ton schooner was stranded at Otter Point on the coast of Maine. All three people on board survived.[8] |
| Naworth Castle | United Kingdom | The steamer collided with the ocean liner Vaderland ( Belgium) in the English Channel off the Goodwin Sands and sank.[30] |
20 January[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| A. C. Brower | United States | The laid up steamer was washed ashore at Buffalo, New York, when part of the harbor's breakwater was destroyed in a gale and snowstorm.[22][31] |
| Annie M. Ash | United States | The 1,258-gross register ton schooner barge or scow barge foundered off Fire Island on the coast of Long Island, New York. All five people on board survived.[10] |
| Hurlbut W. Smith | United States | The laid up steamer was washed ashore at Buffalo, New York, when part of the harbor's breakwater was destroyed in a gale and snowstorm. The vessel was refloated on 15 July.[32] |
| J. Q. Riddle | United States | The laid up steamer was washed ashore at Buffalo, New York, when part of the harbor's breakwater was destroyed in a gale and snowstorm.[22][31] |
| Monroe C. Smith | United States | The laid up steamer was washed ashore at Buffalo, New York, when part of the harbor's breakwater was destroyed in a gale and snowstorm.[22][31] |
| Vigilant | United States | The 92-gross register ton motor vessel was stranded on Pearl Island, Newfoundland. All 10 people on board survived.[7] |
| William Nottingham | United States | The laid up steamer was washed ashore at Buffalo, New York, when part of the harbor's breakwater was destroyed in a gale and snowstorm. The vessel was refloated on 28 June.[32] |
21 January[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Dictator | United States | The tug was damaged in a collision with ferry Goshen ( United States) in the North River off Twentieth Street, New York City. She headed for dock at Thirteenth Street, Hoboken, New Jersey, but sank in shoal water off Hoboken.[33] |
| Montana | United States | Carrying a cargo of coal and lumber, the 165-foot (50 m), 852-gross register ton schooner barge (or scow barge) foundered in a gale with heavy seas 300 feet (91 m) off the entrance buoy for Great Salt Pond Harbor on Block Island off the coast of Rhode Island, sinking in up to 80 feet (24 m) of water 0.5 nautical miles (0.93 km; 0.58 mi) west-northwest of the Great Salt Pond jetty at 41°12′07″N 071°36′03″W / 41.20194°N 71.60083°W. All four people on board were rescued by a tug. The wreck was dynamited and partly removed between 1 and 16 May.[8][34][35][36][37] |
22 January[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Cohasset | United States | The 965-gross register ton schooner burned at Canton, Maryland. All five people on board survived.[21] |
| Fiheman | United States | The 174-gross register ton schooner foundered off Cape Elizabeth, Maine. All five people on board survived.[21] |
| Marie | United States | The steamer sank at Evansville, Indiana.[22] |
23 January[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Success | United States | With no one on board, the 13-gross register ton screw steamer foundered in Lake Washington in Washington.[7] |
24 January[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Adam W. Spies | United States | The 1,222-gross register ton schooner was stranded 40 nautical miles (74 km; 46 mi) west of Stirrup Key in the Florida Keys. All 10 people on board survived.[10] |
| Addie | United States | The 80-gross register ton schooner was stranded on Turtle Island Ledge off the coast of Maine. All three people on board survived.[10] |
25 January[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Clemente | United States | The 7-gross register ton motor vessel was lost when she collided with the screw steamer Carmel ( United States) in the harbor at San Pedro, California. Both people on board survived.[5] |
| J. C. Elliott | United States | The 29-gross register ton motor vessel was lost when she collided with the screw steamer Carmel ( United States) in the harbor at San Pedro, California. All four people on board survived.[5] |
| Richard III | United States | The 985-gross register ton barge was cast adrift and abandoned during a gale by her towing vessel, the steamer Alaskan ( United States), in Clarence Strait in the Alexander Archipelago in Southeast Alaska due to the bad weather and low fuel. All six people aboard survived. She eventually was wrecked without loss of life in Virago Sound on Graham Island in the Queen Charlotte Islands in British Columbia, Canada.[1][38] |
| Samuel H. Sharp | United States | The 236-gross register ton schooner was stranded on Cape May on the coast of New Jersey and broke up. The United States Life-Saving Service rescued all six people on board.[34][8] |
27 January[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| India Givens | United States | The 28-gross register ton sternwheel paddle steamer burned whiling lying at the bank of the Mississippi River at Hickman, Kentucky. All 20 people on board survived, but she was declared a total loss.[5][39] |
28 January[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| J. M. Bowell | United States | The steamer was at her landing in the upper Green River and sprung a leak and sank.[40] |
29 January[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| J. N. Pharr | United States | The 16-gross register ton sternwheel paddle steamer burned to the waterline and sank in six feet (1.8 m) of water in Lake Des Allemands, Louisiana. All six people on board survived,[5][41] |
31 January[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Andrew Adams | United States | The 812-gross register ton schooner was stranded on Isla Barú near Cartagena, Colombia. All eight people on board survived.[10] |
| G. T. Melton | United States | The 347-gross register ton sternwheel paddle steamer was stranded at Lumber City, Georgia. All eight people on board survived.[5] |
February[edit]
2 February[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Charles Loring | United States | The 552-gross register ton bark was lost in a collision with the screw steamer Seneca ( United States) off Sandy Hook, New Jersey, 15 nautical miles (28 km; 17 mi) off the Scotland Lightship. Her entire crew of 10 was taken off by Seneca and survived.[10][42] |
| Elsie | United States | The tug sank at Union Dock, Baltimore, Maryland. Raised on 4 February.[43] |
3 February[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Alpha | United States | The 300-gross register ton schooner was stranded on the coast of Oregon nine miles (14 km) north of the mouth of the Umpqua River. All eight people on board made it to shore on their own. After many failed attempts at refloating her, she was declared an economic total loss and abandoned in June or July 1907.[19][44] |
4 February[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Solano | United States | The 728-gross register ton schooner was stranded on the coast of Washington 4 miles (6.4 km) south of Willapa Bay. All 10 people on board survived.[45] |
| Tena A. Cotton | United States | The 377-gross register ton schooner was stranded at Ocean City, Maryland. All seven people on board survived.[8] |
| Zaza | United States | The 17-gross register ton schooner was stranded on San Clemente Island in the Channel Islands off California. All six people on board survived.[17] |
5 February[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Bala | United States | The 678-gross register ton schooner barge or scow barge foundered off Atlantic City, New Jersey with the loss of all three people on board.[10] |
| Darby | United States | The 1,513-gross register ton schooner barge or scow barge foundered off Atlantic City, New Jersey. All five people on board survived.[21] |
| Ellen F. Gleason | United States | The 72-gross register ton schooner sank when she collided with the screw steamer Winifredian ( United Kingdom) in the North Atlantic Ocean 300 nautical miles (560 km; 350 mi) northeast of Boston, Massachusetts. All 14 people on board survived.[21] |
| Parker | United States | The tow steamer's boiler exploded and she burned to the waterline and sank near Williams Island in the Tennessee River. Two crewmen were killed.[46] |
| Portland | United Kingdom | The Clyde Shipping Company-owned cargo ship collided with and was run down by Welshman near Greenock, Scotland. She was carrying a cargo of whisky valued at £8,000.[47] |
| Wm. F. Witzemann | United States | The 473-gross register ton schooner was stranded 4 miles (6.4 km) north of Bolinas, California. All seven people on board survived.[17] |
| Woodbury | United States | The 735-gross register ton schooner barge or scow barge was stranded off Highland Light on Cape Cod on the coast of Massachusetts in a gale and snowstorm. The United States Life-Saving Service rescued all three people on board. She broke up on 19 February.[48][17] |
6 February[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Bala | United States | The barge, under tow by the steamer Waltham ( United States), sprung a leak before midnight on 5 February, and then sank on 6 February near Absecon, New Jersey, with the loss of all three hands.[49] |
| Darby | United States | The barge sprung a leak before midnight on 5 February. Her crew was rescued by her tow steamer, Waltham ( United States), at 12:15 on 6 February. The barge then sank near Absecon, New Jersey.[49] |
| Hilda | United States | The 647-gross register ton schooner was stranded on Diamond Shoal off Cape Hatteras, North Carolina, in a heavy gale with the loss of all seven people on board.[1][48] |
7 February[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| John K. Kirkman | United States | The 37-gross register ton schooner was lost when she struck a pier at Jamestown Island on the James River in Virginia. All three people on board survived.[1] |
8 February[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Richmond | United States | The steamer was stranded on Pine Tree Point three miles (4.8 km) miles west north west of the Benton Point, Rhode Island Life Saving Station. Her crew made it to shore on their own. The vessel was refloated on 5 March.[50] |
9 February[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Helen J. Seitz | United States | The 2,547-gross register ton schooner was stranded at Beach Haven, New Jersey. All 12 people on board survived.[1] |
10 February[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Joseph B. Williams | United States | The steamer struck a landing at Memphis, Tennessee, and sank.[39] |
| Sara Louise | United States | The steamer struck a snag and sank in the Neuse River 21 miles (34 km) above Newbern, North Carolina. One deck hand missing.[51] |
| Unknown | United States | Three unidentified coal boats were destroyed in the sinking of Joseph B. Williams ( United States) at Memphis, Tennessee.[39] |
11 February[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Harry Knowlton | United States | The 317-gross register ton schooner was damaged in a collision with the sidewheel paddle steamer Larchmont ( United States) in Block Island Sound off Watch Hill, Rhode Island. Her crew of seven abandoned ship and survived. She eventually drifted ashore off the United States Life-Saving Service station at Quonochontaug, Rhode Island.[21][52] |
| Jean Bart |  French Navy | The Alger-class protected cruiser was wrecked at Ras Nouadhibou, French West Africa. |
| Larchmont | United States | The 252-foot (77 m), 1,605-gross register ton sidewheel paddle steamer sank in a gale in 120 to 140 feet (37 to 43 m) of water in Block Island Sound off Watch Hill, Rhode Island, at 41°16′00″N 071°49′18″W / 41.26667°N 71.82167°W after a collision with the schooner Harry Knowlton ( United States). Sources disagree on the death toll among the 150 people on board: Either 123 or 133 – 89 passengers and 44 crew – were lost, either in the sinking, or from exposure in her lifeboats, and one source claims approximately 200 people died. The United States Life-Saving Service rescued 20 survivors.[5][53][52][50][54][55] |
| Sprague | United States | The steamer struck a rock dike in the Mississippi River just below Memphis, Tennessee, and sank.[39] |
| Sylvester Hale | United States | After losing her rudder and going out of control, the 125-gross register ton schooner was damaged in a collision with barges being towed by the steamer Patience ( United States) off New Haven Light on the coast of Connecticut. She was taken in tow by Patience, but sank off Stratford, Connecticut. All four people on board survived.[8][56] |
| Unidentified coal boats | United States | Nine unidentified coal boats were destroyed in the sinking of Sprague ( United States) just below Memphis, Tennessee.[39] |
12 February[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Cascade | United States | The laid up steamer sprung a leak and sank at the foot of Twenty-Second Street, Pittsburgh on the Monongahela River. Raised and repaired.[57] |
| Sego | United States | The steamer sank at Sanborn Landing in the Crooked River.[58] |
13 February[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Pemberton | United States | The 184-foot (56 m), 839-gross register ton schooner barge (or scow barge) burned off Woods Hole, Massachusetts, and sank in 35 feet (11 m) of water 1.25 nautical miles (2.3 km; 1.4 mi) northeast of Nobska Light at 41°30′59″N 070°37′41″W / 41.51639°N 70.62806°W. All three people on board survived. Her wreck was removed with dynamite between 2 and 30 April.[8][59][60][61] |
14 February[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Florence Witherbee | United States | The 84-gross register ton screw steamer sank after colliding with the tug USS Accomac ( United States Navy) off the Palafox Street Wharf at Pensacola, Florida. All five people on board survived, but Florence Witherbee was declared a total loss.[5][62] |
| Hiawatha | United States | The tug struck a sunken coal boat 1,000 to 1,200 yards (910 to 1,100 m) off the old Fort Lee, New Jersey, ferry dock and sank.[42] |
16 February[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| F. Y. Batchelor | United States | The 313-gross register ton sternwheel paddle steamer was crushed by ice on the Missouri River at Running Water, South Dakota. All eight people on board survived.[12] |
| Portland | United States | The steamer ran aground on a reef off Entrance Island, she pulled herself off the rocks and was beached on Gabriola Island.[63] |
| Susie B | United States | The 41-gross register ton sternwheel motor paddle vessel was "cut down by ice" on the Missouri River at Running Water, South Dakota. Both people on board survived.[64] |
17 February[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Irene | United States | The 33-gross register ton schooner was stranded on Hospital Key in the Dry Tortugas in the Gulf of Mexico. All seven people on board survived.[1] |
| Marguerite Mirabaud | France | The barque ran aground and was wrecked in fog close to Glenledi on the southeast coast of New Zealand while carrying wine and coal briquettes from La Rochelle, France, to Tahiti. All lives saved.[65] |
| Madeira | United States | The tow steamer sank in the Delaware River while docked at Pier 40 South in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, when the rising tide caused the vessel to hang on the dock, tip, and fill with water.[49] |
| Red River | United States | The 97-gross register ton sternwheel paddle steamer sprang a leak and sank in the Red River of the South while docked at Alexandria, Louisiana. All 23 people on board survived.[7][41] |
18 February[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Alaska | United States | The 855-gross register ton schooner barge or scow barge sank in a gale and snowstorm off the coast of Massachusetts in shallow water one and a quarter nautical miles (2.3 km; 1.4 mi) north of the United States Life-Saving Service station at Highland with the loss of all four people on board. She later broke up.[10][66] |
| Girard | United States | The 841-gross register ton schooner barge or scow barge was stranded gale and snowstorm on the coast of Massachusetts 1 mile (1.6 km) north of the United States Life-Saving Service station at Highland with the loss of one life. The U.S. Life-Saving Service rescued her master and one crewman.[21][66] |
| H. P. Dilworth | United States | The laid-up steamer sprung a leak and sank in the Monongahela River at Rices Landing, Pennsylvania. She was raised and repaired.[57] |
| Helen M. Atwood | United States | The 718-gross register ton schooner was stranded on Arenas Bank on the coast of Puerto Rico. All eight people on board survived.[21] |
| Maggie Hastings | United States | The 31-gross register ton schooner sank in the Chickahominy River in Virginia. Both people on board survived.[1] |
19 February[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Oriole | United States | The 19-gross register ton sternwheel motor paddle vessel was "cut down by ice" on the Missouri River at Starcher, South Dakota. All three people on board survived.[12] |
20 February[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Darling | United States | The steamer was sunk in a collision with the tow of another steamer and sank near Brunot Island in the Ohio River.[57] |
| Hugoma | United States | The 2,183-gross register ton iron-hulled screw steamer – a cargo ship – was rammed in the Mississippi River off New Orleans, Louisiana, by the armored cruiser Kléber ( French Navy) and subsequently sank in 100 feet (30 m) of water. There were 25 people on board Hugoma; sources disagree as to whether all of them survived or seven crewmen died.[5][67] |
21 February[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Berlin | United Kingdom | The steam ferry ran aground, broke in two, broke apart, and sank on the granite breakwater at the entrance to the New Waterway, Hook of Holland in a gale, with the loss of 85 passengers and 48 crew, many from exposure or washed away by high waves. Eight people were rescued by the tug Hellevoetsilius and three women by the tug Wodan.[63][68] |
| Bessie K | United States | The 98-gross register ton motor vessel capsized in the Pacific Ocean off the mouth of the Coquille River on he coast of Oregon. All nine people on board perished.[17] |
22 February[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Caroline | United States | The tug struck a sheet of ice in the Seekonk River in Rhode Island and was beached. Her stern sank.[69] |
| Imperatrix |  Austria-Hungary | The steamer ran aground off Cape Elaphonissi, Crete and was wrecked. 38 died in a lifeboat trying to get to shore. 102 survived.[70] |
| Marion | United States | The 206-gross register ton screw steamer caught fire in Wadmalaw Sound on the coast of South Carolina between New Cut and Hart's Wharf. She was run to Hart's Wharf, where she burned to the waterline. Of the 58 people on board, 24 were killed.[5][71][72] |
23 February[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Victor | United States | The 100-gross register ton sternwheel paddle steamer was struck by a barge while pulling stranded barges off the bank at Sibley Chute in the Mississippi River at Pendleton, Arkansas, causing her to list, fill, and sink. All 10 people on board survived, but she was declared a total loss.[7][39] |
24 February[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Gjøa | Norway | The 3,645 GRT steamship on a passage from Port Talbot for Iquique with a cargo of dynamite and coal ran aground on Maio island and was wrecked. Attempts to refloat her failed and she broke up and was abandoned in early April. |
| Oriole | United States | The laid up motor boat was sunk by high water and ice in the Missouri River at Starcher, South Dakota.[73] |
25 February[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| William Neely | United States | The schooner developed a leak and was in danger of sinking and anchored in Lookout Bight, North Carolina, beached the next day.[74] |
26 February[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Utaca | United States | The tug sank at dock at Pier 41 in the North River. The engineer reported water inflow and a possible hit by a propeller of another steamer.[75] |
27 February[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Morancy | United States | The 198-gross register ton schooner sank 70 nautical miles (130 km; 81 mi) south of Monhegan Island off the coast of Maine. All six people on board survived.[8] |
Unknown date[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Anna Austin | United States | The 19-gross register ton sternwheel motor paddle vessel was "cut down by ice" on the Missouri River at Ponca, Nebraska. Both people on board survived.[45] |
March[edit]
1 March[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Corona | United States | With 153 people on board, the 1,492-gross register ton iron-hulled screw steamer was stranded on the bar at Humboldt Bay on the coast of California. A seaman sent out on a lifeboat to render assistance drowned. Sources disagree on the fate of the other people one board, claiming both that they all survived and that two passengers were killed. Survivors were rescued by the United States Life-Saving Service. Corona was declared a total loss.[5][76][74] |
| Pearl M. | United States | The 11-gross register ton screw steamer burned in 7 to 10 feet (2.1 to 3.0 m) of water at East Deglaize near Patterson, Louisiana. All three people on board survived, but she was declared a total loss.[7][77] |
3 March[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Dakota | United States |  United States) were the largest passenger ships ever built in the United States.[5][78] |
| Juniata | United States | The 9-gross register ton screw steamer ran aground on a reef near Sucia Island in Puget Sound on the coast of Washington. All three people on board survived, but she was declared a total loss.[5][79] |
| Oakland | United States | The motor vessel struck bottom and was damaged off the south jetty in Humboldt Bay on the coast of California after she went off course due to a missing buoy. She was beached to prevent her from sinking.[76] |
4 March[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Congo | United Kingdom | The Elder Dempster 1,687 GRT cargo/passenger ship was sunk after colliding with Nerissa (flag unknown) near Borkum, Netherlands at the Mouth of the Ems River.[80] |
5 March[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Gymnote | French Navy | The submarine ran aground. She was refloated, but became a total loss when she sank on 19 June while drydocked for repairs. |
6 March[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Fillmore | United States | The 50-gross register ton schooner was stranded in Boston Harbor on the coast of Massachusetts. Both people on board survived.[81] |
| John J. Ward | United States | The 295-gross register ton schooner dragged anchor in a heavy squall and snowstorm and struck the breakwater at Lewes, Delaware and sank. All six people on board survived.[1][82] |
7 March[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Dundonald | United Kingdom | The barque ran aground on Disappointment Island in the Auckland Islands south of New Zealand and sank. Twelve of crew drowned, and one other subsequently died. The remaining 15 crew members were shipwrecked for seven months until rescued by the government steamer NZGSS Hinemoa ( New Zealand). |
8 March[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| F. Y. Batchelor | United States | The laid-up steamer was sunk by ice at Running Water, South Dakota. She was a total loss.[83] |
| Stanley H. Minor | United States | The 696-gross register ton schooner was stranded on the Frying Pan Shoals off the coast of North Carolina. All eight people on board survived.[17] |
| Susie B. | United States | The laid-up ferry was sunk by ice at Running Water, South Dakota. She was a total loss.[83] |
| William H. Bailey | United States | The 489-gross register ton schooner was abandoned off Cape Hatteras, North Carolina. All six people on board survived.[17] |
| Woolton | United Kingdom | The 209 nrt schooner, on a voyage from Fowey, Cornwall, United Kingdom to Hamburg, Germany, with china-clay, was wrecked on the Haaks Sands in the Nieuwediep, near Den Helder, Netherlands. All hands were lost.[84][85] |
9 March[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Ryder | United States | The barge was sunk in a collision with Dover ( United States) in the Delaware River in the Horseshoe ranges.[86] |
10 March[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| John H. Kuck | United States | The 16-gross register ton schooner was stranded at Lockwoods Folly Inlet on the coast of North Carolina. Both people on board survived.[1] |
12 March[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Hattie Douglas | United States | The 13-gross register ton schooner was "cut down by ice" off Sandy Hook, New Jersey. All three people on board survived.[1] |
| Iéna | French Navy |  French Navy) in an adjacent drydock. Reduced to a hulk for ordnance trials, then sank on 2 December 1909. |
13 March[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Cruiser | United States | The steamer struck the wall of Lock No. 3, Ohio River in fog and sank. One crewman was killed. Survivors escaped in yawls.[57] |
| Hattie | United States | The coal boat was sunk in a collision with Baltic ( United Kingdom) in the North River off Desbrosses Street.[75] |
| Jessie | United States | The 7-gross register ton sternwheel motor paddle vessel sank in the Ohio River. Both people on board survived.[5] |
| Landseer | United States | The 1,372-gross register ton schooner barge or scow barge sank off Absecon, New Jersey. All four people on board survived.[1] |
| Ryder | United States | The barge, under tow of M. E. Scully ( United States), sprung a leak and sank in the Atlantic Ocean between Little Egg Harbor and Brigantine Shoal in a strong wind, rough seas, and fog. The crew were rescued by M. E. Scully.[87] |
| Winnifred | United States | While tied up at the mouth of Tenmile Creek on the Monongahela River in Pennsylvania, the 10-gross register ton sternwheel paddle steamer was swept away by a flood and was wrecked at Brownsville, Pennsylvania. All four people on board survived, but she foundered and was abandoned.[7][57] |
14 March[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Crescent | United States | The tug was sunk in a collision in thick fog with the steamer Margaret ( United States) at dock on the south side of Pier 1 in the North River in New York City. Raised and repaired.[75] |
| Gowanburn | United Kingdom | The steamer was stranded in thick fog on the coast of Long Island, New York, 12 miles (19 km) east of Fire Island Light, and 800 yards (730 m) southwest of the United States Life-Saving Service station at Blue Point, New York. The U.S. Life Saving Service rescued her crew. She was refloated on 23 March. One member of the wrecking crew died during the salvage operation.[82] |
| Queen City | United States | The 94-foot (29 m), 114- or 115-gross register ton steam screw coastal cargo ship burned and sank either while tied up at a dock in the harbor at Sakonnet, Rhode Island, or while off Sakonnet Point on the coast of Rhode Island (sources differ). All six people on board survived.[7][88][89] |
17 March[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Suevic | United Kingdom |  The White Star Line passenger ship ran aground in thick fog and heavy seas on Lizard Point, Cornwall, England on 17 March 1907. Four lifeboats saved 456 people from the wreck, the largest number ever saved by the Royal National Lifeboat Institution from a single vessel. Her wreck later was blown in half by salvagers using dynamite. Her stern section was taken to Southampton to be attached to a new bow. The old bow was left on the rocks.[90][91] |
| Tronador |  Netherlands | The steamer ran aground and was wrecked near Chanaral, Chile.[92] |
18 March[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Gondolier | United States | The steamer was fired upon by angry townspeople fearful that her wake would flood their homes during a high water event on the Kanawha River at Charleston, West Virginia. 15 rounds holed her hull causing her to be beached.[91] |
| Jebba | United Kingdom |  |
| Newstead | United Kingdom | The steamer ran aground near Cuckmere, England, in thick fog and heavy seas. Despite being declared a total loss, she was refloated, repaired, and returned to service.[91][95] |
19 March[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Northwestern | United States | The steamer ran aground on a reef when a storm pushed her onto a reef in Beatson Bay near Latouche. Refloated sometime in April.[91][96] |
| Tioga | United States | The tow canal boat, under tow of Alpha ( United States), was pushed by an ebb tide in the cribbing of the Grays Ferry Bridge causing her to sink in the Schuylkill River in 15 feet (4.6 m) of water.[87] |
| Walter J. Tice | United States | The tug was sunk at dock when a car float broke loose from tug Sayre ( United States) in the North River off Gansevoort Street striking her stern causing her to roll over and sink. Two rail cars were lost off the float.[97] |
21 March[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Minnette | United States | The 23-gross register ton schooner was lost off San Francisco, California, when she collided with the barge Ruth ( United States). Both people on board survived.[8] |
22 March[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Elsia Marie | United States | The 16-gross register ton sloop sank in the Gulf of Mexico off Florida between Anclote Key and Egmont Key. The only person on board survived.[21] |
| Mystery | United States | The 31-gross register ton schooner capsized off Point Pedro, California with the loss of all four people on board.[8] |
23 March[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| John Lambert | United States | The 30-gross register ton schooner was stranded off Angel Island in San Francisco Bay on the coast of California. Both people on board survived.[1] |
24 March[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| J. F. Whitcomb | United States | The 167-gross register ton schooner was stranded on the beach on Assateague Island on the coast of Virginia. All five people on board survived.[1] |
25 March[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Samson | United States | The laid up steamer was sunk by ice at Winona, Minnesota.[73] |
27 March[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Arthur C. Wade | United States | The 699-gross register ton schooner was stranded on the St. Helena Shoal in the Savannah River in South Carolina. All seven people on board survived.[10] |
| Julia | United States | The 798-gross register ton bark was stranded at Arecibo, Puerto Rico. All 13 people on board survived.[1] |
28 March[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Clarke Oil Tank No. 3 | United States | The 512-gross register ton barge sank in the harbor at Galveston, Texas. All four people on board survived.[64] |
| Kilbrennan | United Kingdom | The 3,640 GRT steamer on a voyage from Barry to Diego Suarez with coal ran aground on Fish Point, near Port Alfred and subsequently wrecked. |
30 March[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Lillie | United States | The schooner was wrecked at Unalaska in the Aleutian Islands.[98] |
| Rita | United States | The 29-gross register ton motor yacht departed Miami, Florida, bound for New York City with eight people on board and was never heard from again.[7] |
Unknown date[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Fairhaven | United States | The sternwheel paddle steamer was blown onto the dock at Coupeville, Washington, during a gale, and then on to the shore, suffering substantial damage. She was refloated, repaired, and returned to service. |
April[edit]
1 April[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Hereford | Norway | The barque was wrecked at Hatteras Island, North Carolina, United States with the loss of three of her crew. Survivors were rescued by Olivemore (flag unknown). Hereford was on a voyage from Pensacola, Florida, to Buenos Aires, Argentina. |
| John D. Dailey | United States | The tug was sunk in a collision with the ferry Musconetcong ( United States) in the North River off Christopher Street in New York City. Two crewmen were killed.[97] |
| Mascotte | United States | The laid-up steamer sank at dock at Hancock, Michigan.[99] |
| Sarah | United States | While no one was on board, the 11-gross register ton sloop was stranded at Pensacola, Florida.[8] |
2 April[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Odiak | United States | The steamer, while under tow by Alitak ( United States), sank in a gale off Port Etches in 10 fathoms (60 ft; 18 m) of water.[100] |
3 April[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Arthur Sewall | United States | The 3,209-gross register ton iron-hulled full-rigged ship departed Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, bound for Seattle, Washington, with 28 people on board and was never heard from again.[19] |
4 April[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Blue Wing | United States | The steamer struck an obstruction in the Kentucky River near Steels Landing and sank in 15 feet (4.6 m) of water. Raised and repaired.[40] |
| W. C. Jutte | United States | The steamer struck a hidden obstruction off Twenty-Sixth Street, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania on the Allegheny River and sank. One crewman was killed.[101] |
5 April[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| City of Troy | United States | The 1,527-gross register ton sidewheel paddle steamer caught fire on the Hudson River off Yonkers, New York. While her crew fought the fire, she docked at Gould's Dock at Dobbs Ferry, New York, on the Hudson River and landed her passengers. All 124 passengers and crew survived, but the fire destroyed the vessel.[17][102][103] |
| S. R. Lane | United States | The 72-gross register ton schooner sank off Mile End in Boston, Massachusetts. All three people on board survived.[8] |
7 April[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| William D. Becker | United States | The 1,046-gross register ton schooner barge or scow barge sank off Barnegat, New Jersey. All four people on board survived.[17] |
8 April[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Blanch | unknown | The schooner ran aground and was wrecked at Kalbacks Head, Lunenburg, Nova Scotia.[104] |
| John Moren | United States | The 284-gross register ton sternwheel paddle steamer burned while tied to the riverbank at Cairo, Illinois. The only person on board survived.[5][28] |
9 April[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Frank W. Cummiskey, jr. | United States | The 351-gross register ton barge sank in the Shenandoah River off Newport, Virginia, with the loss of both people on board.[1] |
| Jerome | United States | The 53-gross register ton schooner was stranded in Mobjack Bay on the coast of Virginia. All four people on board survived.[81] |
| N. J. Nessen | United States | The steamer was sunk by ice at Pine Lake, Michigan.[16] |
| Unidentified barge | United States | The tug Dixie ( United States) abandoned five barges in the Chesapeake Bay between Wolf Trap and New Point, Virginia. One barge sank, killing two people on board, and one death occurred on another barge.[43] |
10 April[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Adolph Ohrig | United States | The 1,448-gross register ton bark departed New York City bound for San Francisco, California, with 18 people on board and was never heard from again.[19] |
11 April[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| N. J. Nessen | United States | The steamer was running through heavy ice near East Jordan, Michigan, when ice cut through her hull and she sank. Raised and repaired. Crew was rescued.[105] |
12 April[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Chinook | United States | The 785-gross register ton barge lost her tow on the bar at Coos Bay, Oregon, and was anchored in the breakers. All six people on board made it to shore in her Lifeboat. On the 13th she dragged anchor, went ashore and broke up. $1,000 worth of property was salvaged.[14][106] |
| Everett Webster | United States | The 476-gross register ton schooner was abandoned in the North Atlantic Ocean either off Cape Hatteras, North Carolina, or at 41°41′N 057°10′W / 41.683°N 57.167°W (the source provides both locations). All eight people on board survived.[21] |
13 April[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Arcadia | United States | The 230-gross register ton screw steamer foundered in a wind and snowstorm off Big Sable, Michigan, on the east side of Lake Michigan between Manistee, Michigan, and Two Rivers, Wisconsin. Sources differ on the number of casualties, saying both that all 12 people on board lost their lives and that 11 people died, another that her captain, his wife, ten crewmen and another captain and his wife, who were passengers, all died.[45][107][16][105] |
16 April[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Delta | United States | The steamer caught fire, burned to the water's edge, and sank just below Lock No. 1 opposite Dickerson, West Virginia on the Great Kanawha River.[108] |
| Lucifer | United Kingdom | The 3,823 GRT steam tanker on a voyage from New York City to Dublin and Belfast with a cargo of oil sprang a leak on 8 April in the Atlantic Ocean about 870 miles from New York and was abandoned and eventually foundered on 16 April. The crew was saved by the steamer Sagami and landed at Falmouth on 28 April. |
| Sanders | United States | The steamer was damaged crossing the Bar of Little River, South Carolina and sank. Total loss.[72] |
| Ukiah | United States | The railroad ferry sank at the foot of East Street, San Francisco due to errors in handling the off loading of railroad cars. Later raised.[105] |
18 April[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Annie B. | United States | The steamer sank in the St. Johns River off Commodores Point just east of Jacksonville, Florida during a terrific storm. Later raised. Her master was killed.[26] |
| J. Bonner | United States | The steamer was sunk at dock while fitting out at Vans Harbor, Michigan, when a seacock was opened.[109] |
| Sanders | United States | The 74-gross register ton screw steamer was stranded on the Little River Bar on the coast of North Carolina. All seven people on board survived.[7] |
| Sardinian | United States | The 124-gross register ton schooner was stranded on Metinic Island on the coast of Maine. All five people on board survived.[8] |
19 April[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| HMS Ariel |  Royal Navy | The destroyer was wrecked when she struck a breakwater outside Grand Harbour, Valletta, Malta. All of her crew survived and were rescued by the destroyer HMS Bruiser ( Royal Navy).[110] |
20 April[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Marie Gilbert | United States | The 586-gross register ton motor vessel was stranded on Masson Bar near Mayport, Florida. All eight people on board survived.[5] |
21 April[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Catherine G. Howard | United States | The 122-gross register ton schooner was wrecked on Bantam Rocks 1 mile south south west of the Damiscove Island Life Saving Station. Ten dories and other equipment was salvaged. 15 crewmen rescued by private boat and 5 by the United States Life Saving Service.[10][111] |
22 April[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Eden | United States | The 40-gross register ton schooner sank off Billingsport, New Jersey, with the loss of three lives. There were seven survivors.[81] |
| Susquehanna | United States | The barge, under tow of Elmer E. Keeler ( United States), foundered three miles (4.8 km) west of the Cornfield lightship in Block Island Sound. Her captain died.[52] |
23 April[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| American Eagle | United States | The 18-gross register ton schooner was stranded on the York Spit Bar on the coast of Virginia. Both people on board survived.[19] |
| Attaquin | United States | The sail and steam yacht was wrecked on Two Cay Reef, British Honduras.[77] |
| Charles W. Parker | United States | The 57-gross register ton schooner was stranded in dense fog and sank at Absecon Inlet on the coast of New Jersey. She was stripped and abandoned. All 11 people on board made it to shore in the ship's boat.[10][111] |
| Searchlight (or Search Light) | United States | The 9-gross register ton steam screw fishing vessel, or tug, foundered on Lake Huron in a gale. She was lost with all six hands.[7][112][111] |
24 April[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| John Kelderhouse | United States | After the 43-gross register ton steam screw tug sprung a leak on Lake Erie, she was beached near Dunkirk, New York, to prevent her from sinking and was abandoned. All four people on board survived.[113] |
| Pioneer | United States | The freighter burned at Pier 24 at the foot of Harrison Street, New York City, in the North River.[105] |
25 April[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| J. Daggit | United States | The 8-gross register ton sloop was destroyed by an explosion in Albemarle Sound on the coast of North Carolina. All four people on board survived.[1] |
26 April[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Col. L. F. Peck | United States | The 166-gross register ton canal boat sank off Stamford, Connecticut. The only person on board survived.[114] |
| Phil Scheckel | United States | The steamer struck a rock and sank off Johnsons Key in four and a half feet (1.4 m) of water. Raised immediately.[26] |
27 April[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Radiant | United States | The tug was swamped by a large wave in Chesapeake Bay causing her to careen, fill with water and sink off the Magothy River.[43] |
| Searchlight | United States | The fishing tug was lost with crew of five (or six) in Lake Michigan outside Harbor Beach, Huron County Michigan.[115][116] In November 1913 some of the wreckage and the remains of an unknown crewman were found at Harbor Beach after the Great Lakes Storm of 1913.[117] |
29 April[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Alexander Nimick | United States | The steamer was running through heavy ice in the Portage River in Michigan when ice stove in her hull and she sank in 16 feet (4.9 m) of water. Raised and repaired.[105] |
| Anna | United States | The 488-gross register ton schooner was stranded in thick fog on Campobello Island in New Brunswick, or on Nancy Ledge in Quoddy Bay three miles (4.8 km) east of the Quoddy Head, Maine Life Saving Station. She broke up when the tide came in, a total loss. Some property was salvaged. All seven people on board survived.[10][118] |
| Buffalo | United States | The 60-gross register ton screw steamer was running through heavy ice in the Portage River in Michigan when ice stove in her hull and she sank in 48 feet (15 m) of water. All six people on board survived.[17][109][105] |
| Fearless | United States | The 24-gross register ton screw steamer burned to the waterline at Colee Dock in Jacksonville, Florida. All four people on board survived.[5][26] |
| Lakewood | United States | The 586-gross register ton schooner was lost in a collision with the screw steamer Livingstone ( Norway) in the North Atlantic Ocean off Cape Hatteras, North Carolina. All eight people on board survived.[1] |
| Pilgrim | United States | The 299-gross register ton passenger-cargo ship – a screw steamer – sprung a leak on Lake Huron after hitting ice and was beached at Fort Gratiot, Michigan, to prevent her from sinking, but she was run too far up the beach and became a total loss. She was stripped, abandoned, and broken up. All 31 or 34 people on board were rescued by the United States Life Saving Service.[7][112][119][118] |
30 April[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| L. B. Johnson | United States | The tow steamer sprung a leak on Lake Erie and was beached. Total loss.[120] |
| New York Central No. 4 | United States | The tug was sunk in a collision in fog with the passenger steamer C. W. Morse ( United States) in the North River off Twenty-ninth Street. One crewman was killed. Survivors rescued by C. W. Morse and a tug.[121] |
Unknown date[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Alice T. Boardman | United States | The 123-gross register ton schooner, or her remains, sank at dock in Hyannis, Massachusetts, some time in April.[3] |
| Flamengo |  Brazil | The 248-gross register ton steamship sailed from Pará city, Brazil on 22 April and was reported on 30 April to have foundered in the Mapuá River, State of Pará after damaging her propeller.[122][123] |
May[edit]
1 May[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| L. B. Johnson | United States | The 42-gross register ton screw steamer was stranded at Fairport, Ohio. All four people on board survived.[12] |
| Maggic | United States | The steamer sank four miles (6.4 km) in the Mississippi Delta above Greenwood, Mississippi, in shallow water. Her wreck burned.[124] |
| Silverlip | United Kingdom | During a voyage from Singapore to the United Kingdom with a cargo of benzine, the 7,492-gross register ton steam tanker exploded in the Bay of Biscay. Her crew abandoned her while she burned, and she eventually sank.[citation needed] |
| S. L. Crosby | United States | The steam tug sank after colliding with the steam cargo ship William C. Redfield ( United States) near Cranston, New York.[102] |
| Uncle Sam | United States | The 14-gross register ton motor vessel burned on the Indian River in Florida. All 78 people on board survived.[64] |
2 May[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Kenneth W. McNeil | United States | The 261-gross register ton barge sank at New York City. The only person on board survived.[64] |
3 May[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Benjamin A. Van Brunt | United States | The schooner was damaged in a collision with schooner Alicia B. Crosby ( United States) in the Atlantic Ocean six miles (9.7 km) west south west of the North End lightship. The vessel was towed to shore and beached inside the Delaware breakwater.[125] |
4 May[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Unidentified launch | United States | The motor launch was rammed and sunk by the steam yacht Priscilla ( United States) when her reverse lever broke leaving the Commercial Wharf in the harbor at Baltimore, Maryland.[126] |
6 May[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Gabrielle | United States | The 454-gross register ton brig was stranded at Jacmel, Haiti. All eight people on board survived.[21] |
7 May[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| William A. Street | United States | The 123-gross register ton canal boat was stranded at Fort Ann Creek, New York. The only person on board survived.[64] |
8 May[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Anna J. Kipp | United States | The steam screw tug collided with a scow she was towing and with the screw steamer Momus ( United States) in the North River off Pier 25 in New York City, rolled to starboard, filled with water, and sank. One crewman was killed. There were four survivors.[127][124] |
9 May[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Nellie |  Canada | The schooner was wrecked when she ran aground on Rooneys Point.[128] |
10 May[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| A. J. McBrier | United States | The 111-gross register ton screw steamer burned to the waterline in Georgian Bay in Ontario, after leaving Maxon Mill on Drummond Island in Michigan. All four people on board survived.[17][109] |
11 May[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Edgar | United States | The steamer caught fire at the mouth of the Pearl River and was scuttled in 40 feet (12 m) of water to save what was not burned.[124] |
| E. H. Heath | United States | The steamer was sunk when she collided with the center post of the Belt Railway of Chicago Bridge in the Chicago Drainage Canal due to the wheelman falling asleep. Later raised.[129] |
| May | United States | The 169-gross register ton canal boat was stranded on Wards Island in New York City. The only person on board survived.[64] |
| Sagamore | United States | Carrying a cargo of coal, the 220-foot (67 m), 1,415-gross register ton four-masted schooner sank in 80 feet (24 m) of water in Nantucket Sound off East Chop, Martha's Vineyard, Massachusetts, at 41°28.701′N 070°32.981′W / 41.478350°N 70.549683°W after colliding with the steamer Edda ( Norway).[130] |
12 May[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Byron Whitaker | United States | The steamer sank after colliding with the steamer John C. Gault ( United States) in the Detroit River near the head of Bois Blanc Island off Michigan in Lake Huron.[131] |
| City of Cleveland | United States | The new steamer, fitting out at the Detroit Shipbuilding Company, Detroit, Michigan, caught fire, burned and partially sank at dock. Everything wood was consumed. Her hull and machinery survived. She was raised and repaired, entering service in 1908.[132][133] |
| Sagamore | United States | The 1,415-gross register ton schooner was lost when she collided with the screw steamer Edla ( Norway) in Vineyard Sound off the coast of Massachusetts. All 10 people on board survived.[8] |
14 May[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Robert | United States | While under tow by the steamer Ramos ( United States), the 406-gross register ton steel-hulled schooner barge or scow barge filled with water and sank in 22 fathoms (132 ft; 40 m) of water off Barilles Reef near Culebra Island off Puerto Rico.[8][102] |
| Unidentified | United States | Four barges in tow of Bulley ( United States) foundered in a heavy gale in Long Island Sound approaching Norwalk, Connecticut. The master of one barge died. Three of the four barges were later raised.[56] |
15 May[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Marie-Therese | Belgium | The vessel foundered 60 nautical miles (110 km) off Toulon, France.[134] |
16 May[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Ellen M. Mitchell | United States | The 379-gross register ton schooner was stranded and wrecked on Stanley Ledge, west of Great Wass Island on the coast of Maine. All seven people on board were rescued by the United States Life Saving Service.[21][135] |
17 May[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Marian | United States | The 258-gross register ton schooner was stranded on the coast of Mexico at Tupilco, southwest of Frontera. All seven people on board survived.[1] |
18 May[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Morena | Canada | The steamer was wrecked near Cape Ray, Newfoundland.[136][137] |
20 May[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Chanzy | French Navy | The Amiral Charner-class armored cruiser was wrecked without loss of life in heavy fog on rocks off Ballard Island in the Chusan Islands while departing Shanghai, China. Her crew abandoned the wreck on 1 June, and French Navy cruisers demolished it on 12 June. |
| Izaro |  Spain | The steamer ran aground at the foot of Tomlin Rock, St Bees.[138] |
21 May[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Naomi | United States | The 1,181-gross register ton steel-hulled screw steamer burned on Lake Michigan 28 nautical miles (52 km; 32 mi) west of Grand Haven, Michigan, a total loss, with the loss of five lives. 86 survivors were rescued by Kansas ( United States).[7][139] |
| Pinta | United States | The 9-gross register ton yawl-rigged yacht, or Motor Launch, burned at Cocoa, Florida, or while beached at Holland, Michigan. Both people on board survived.[8][139] |
22 May[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Chevalier | United States | The 67-gross register ton sternwheel passenger paddle steamer was destroyed by a fire that started while she was tied up at the Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad Wharf at Huntington, West Virginia.[17][108] |
23 May[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| M. Moran | United States | The canal boat sank at dock at One Hundred and Fifty-Sixth Street, New York City in the East River. Raised and repaired.[140] |
25 May[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Rita Newman | United States | Operating in dense fog with her marine chronometer seven minutes off, the 182-gross register ton, 94-foot (28.7 m) motor vessel ran onto rocks off Simeonof Island (54°54′N 159°16′W / 54.900°N 159.267°W) in the Shumagin Islands off the south coast of the Territory of Alaska and was wrecked.[38] |
26 May[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Kate Cannon | United States | The steamer was beached at Mayport, Florida, to examine bearings, but filled and sank. Later raised.[26] |
| Mary Gregory | United States | The schooner was wrecked three miles (4.8 km) west of the Bois Blanc, Michigan Life Saving Station on Lake Huron.[141] |
27 May[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Israel W. Durham | United States | The 329-gross register ton steel-hulled barge was stranded on Bird Shoal off the coast of North Carolina. Both people on board survived.[14] |
29 May[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Lydia B. Cowperthwaite | United States | The 271-gross register ton barge sank in Long Island Sound off the coast of New York. The only person on board survived.[64] |
| Wizard | United States | The 139-gross register ton screw steamer sank off Punta Gorda, California. All 12 people on board survived.[64] |
June[edit]
1 June[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Emily and Irene | United States | The 33-gross register ton schooner was stranded in Great Peconic Bay on the coast of Long Island, New York. All three people on board survived.[21] |
| Selwyn Eddy | United States | The steamer was sunk when struck by the barge Maida in the Detroit River in 25 feet (7.6 m) of water 50 feet (15 m) offshore of Ecorse, Michigan.[132] |
2 June[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Pactolus | United States | The 1,199-gross register ton schooner barge or scow barge sank in the North Atlantic Ocean off Hog Island in the Virginia Barrier Islands off the coast of Virginia. All four people on board survived.[8] |
4 June[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Navarra | United Kingdom | The 3,066 GRT steamer on a voyage from Fernandina to Colon with a cargo of timber ran aground and wrecked on Old Providence Island Reef. |
| Tourist | United States | The 284-gross register ton screw steamer burned in Albemarle Sound off the coast of North Carolina between Elizabeth City and Columbia. Her entire crew of eight escaped in her lifeboats.[7][142] |
5 June[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Mary Steele | United States | The 69-gross register ton schooner sank off Eastern Point on Cape Ann on the coast of Massachusetts. All four people on board survived.[8] |
7 June[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| LaJalouse | France | The schooner capsized and sank in a storm off Barbados. Her captain and 21 others reached Barbados. 28 passengers, including 12 women and children, drowned.[143][144] |
10 June[edit]
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Alcazar | United States | The 263-gross register ton screw steamer tried to proceed to sea from Needle Rock, California, in a storm, but she struck rocks and lost her rudder. She then drifted onto the rocks and was abandoned. All 19 people on board survived, but she was wrecked. Her boiler and machinery were salvaged.[17][145] |
| Alma | United States | The 134-gross register ton schooner was abandoned off Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada. All six people on board survived.[19] |
| Bougainville | France | The schooner sprang a leak and |