List of shipwrecks in 1935

The list of shipwrecks in 1935 includes ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during 1935.

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January[edit]

1 January[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 1 January 1935
Ship State Description
Olivia  Estonia The cargo ship ran aground on Naissaar.[1] The crew were taken off on 12 January.[2] Salvage operations were reported as having been suspended on 18 January.[3]
Ragni  Norway The cargo ship collided with Alku ( Finland) in the Baltic Sea off Dragør, Denmark and was beached.[1]

2 January[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 2 January 1935
Ship State Description
Île de Los  France The cargo ship, on her maiden voyage, struck rocks off Casablanca, Morocco and broke in three. All 35 crew were rescued by the Casablanca Lifeboat.[4][5]
Lexington  United States The passenger ship was rammed and sunk in the East River, New York City by Jane Christenson ( United States) and sank.[6]

3 January[edit]

For the loss of the Norwegian cargo ship Sisto on this day, see the entry for 19 December 1934.

4 January[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 4 January 1935
Ship State Description
Jean Smith  United Kingdom The schooner was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean 8 nautical miles (15 km) off Codroy, Newfoundland and subsequently sank.[5]

6 January[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 6 January 1935
Ship State Description
Havana  United States The ocean liner ran aground on the Mantanilla Reef north of the Bahamas with the loss of one of the 177 people on board. Survivors were rescued by El Oceano and Peten (both  United States).[7] She was refloated on 3 March.[8]

8 January[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 8 January 1935
Ship State Description
Grosznyi  Soviet Union The cargo ship broke in two and sank in the Black Sea (44°00′N 35°25′E / 44.000°N 35.417°E / 44.000; 35.417).[9]

9 January[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 9 January 1935
Ship State Description
Valentine  United Kingdom The Thames barge collided with Agon Gwili ( United Kingdom) in the River Thames at East Greenwich and sank. She was later raised and beached.[10]

11 January[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 11 January 1935
Ship State Description
Kian  United Kingdom The cargo ship ran aground at Tongzhou, China.[11] She broke her back and was a constructive total loss.[12]

13 January[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 13 January 1935
Ship State Description
Lu  United States The 14-gross register ton, 38.3-foot (11.7 m) fishing vessel sank in Stephens Passage in the Alexander Archipelago in Southeast Alaska. Her crew of nine survived.[13]

14 January[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 14 January 1935
Ship State Description
Neptune Second  United Kingdom The schooner was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean (40°35′N 28°55′W / 40.583°N 28.917°W / 40.583; -28.917). Her crew were rescued by Wellfield ( United Kingdom) and the ship was set on fire.[12]

15 January[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 15 January 1935
Ship State Description
Aghios Spyridon  United Kingdom The cargo ship sprang a leak in the Goulet de Brest and was beached.[14]

17 January[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 17 January 1935
Ship State Description
Kenkerry  United Kingdom The cargo ship was driven ashore in Portuguese Cove, Nova Scotia, Canada with the loss of her captain. Survivors were rescued by breeches buoy.[15]
Ronnskar  Finland The cargo ship came ashore north of Capo Hora in the Sea of Marmara.[16] She was refloated on 22 January.[17]

18 January[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 18 January 1935
Ship State Description
Kenkerry  United Kingdom The cargo ship ran aground at Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada and broke in two. All crew were rescued by breeches buoy except for her captain, who drowned.[18]

19 January[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 19 January 1935
Ship State Description
Hurry On  United Kingdom The coaster came ashore in Chedabucto Bay.[19] She was refloated on 6 February.[20]
Violette  Italy The coaster sank at Trieste, Friuli-Venezia Giulia whilst under repair.[19]

21 January[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 21 January 1935
Ship State Description
Resolute  United States During a gale, the 82-gross register ton, 104-foot (31.7 m) motor vessel was beached in a sinking condition and wrecked 0.5 nautical miles (0.93 km; 0.58 mi) from the entrance to Oliver's Inlet (58°08′30″N 134°19′45″W / 58.14167°N 134.32917°W / 58.14167; -134.32917 (Oliver's Inlet)) in Stephens Passage in the Alexander Archipelago in Southeast Alaska. Her four-man crew survived and was rescued the following morning by the cutter USCGC Tallapoosa ( United States Coast Guard).[21]

22 January[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 22 January 1935
Ship State Description
Boatman  United Kingdom The tug capsized and sank in the River Humber with the loss of one of her four crew. She was assisting in the salvage of the fishing vessel Edgar Wallace ( United Kingdom) at the time.[22]
Hokuman Maru  Japan The cargo ship foundered in the Pacific Ocean 150 nautical miles (280 km) west of Estevan Point, British Columbia, Canada. The crew were rescued by President Jackson ( United States).[17]
Pioneer  United Kingdom The tug foundered in the North Sea off Withernsea, Yorkshire whilst under tow.[23]

24 January[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 24 January 1935
Ship State Description
Mohawk  United States The cargo liner collided with Talisman ( Norway) in New York Harbor and sank with the loss of 46 of the 163 people on board. Survivors were rescued by Algonquin and Limon (both  United States).[24]

25 January[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 25 January 1935
Ship State Description
Lochgorm  United Kingdom The ferry ran aground at Bowmore, Islay, Inner Hebrides.[25] She was refloated on 19 February.[26]
Rondo  Norway The Design 1020 cargo ship ran aground on Eileanan Glasn, off the Isle of Mull, Argyllshire, United Kingdom,[27] while seeking shelter from a storm and sank in the Sound of Mull.

26 January[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 26 January 1935
Ship State Description
Beatrice  Sweden The auxiliary schooner came ashore south of Varberg, Halland County. All crew were rescued.[27]
Cicelia  United Kingdom The ketch broke free from her moorings at St. Ives, Cornwall. She broke up on Pednolva Rocks; the crew were ashore at time.[27][28]
Maria di Pompei  Italy The sailing ship was in collision with Alhama ( United Kingdom) in the Tyrrhenian Sea 5 nautical miles (9.3 km) off Naples, Campania and sank. All crew were rescued by Alhama.[27]

27 January[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 27 January 1935
Ship State Description
Hjorthjolm  Denmark The cargo ship collided with Clan Macdougall ( United Kingdom) at Swansea, Glamorgan, United Kingdom and was beached.[27]
Harold Margett  United Kingdom The Thames barge foundered in the Thames Estuary north of Sheerness, Kent with the loss of both crew.[29]

28 January[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 28 January 1935
Ship State Description
Viola  United States During a voyage from Craig to Waterfall, Territory of Alaska, the 10-ton, 32-foot (9.8 m) fishing vessel became stranded on rocks and foundered at San Fernando Island about 10 nautical miles (19 km) southwest of Craig during a gale, becoming a total loss. Her two-man crew survived.[30]

29 January[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 29 January 1935
Ship State Description
Silveryew  United Kingdom The cargo liner ran aground at the entrance to Halifax Harbour, Nova Scotia, Canada. The passengers were put ashore.[31] She was refloated on 4 February.[32]

30 January[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 30 January 1935
Ship State Description
Chita Maru  Japan The cargo ship foundered in the South China Sea off Sasebo, Nagasaki. All crew survived.[31][33]

Unknown date[edit]

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date in January 1935
Ship State Description
Boug  Soviet Union The ship was driven ashore and damaged. She was later refloated.[34]

February[edit]

2 February[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 2 February 1935
Ship State Description
Tungchow  United Kingdom The cargo ship was seized by pirates at the mouth of the Yangtze, China. She was taken to Honghai Bay and abandoned. One of the crew was killed.[35]
Ville de Lyon  France The coaster ship sank in the Rhône at Port-Saint-Louis-du-Rhône, Bouches du Rhône. All three crew were rescued by the tug Artois ( France).[35]

4 February[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 4 February 1935
Ship State Description
West Vancouver No.5  United Kingdom The cargo ship collided with Princess Alice ( United Kingdom) at Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada and sank.[32]

5 February[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 5 February 1935
Ship State Description
Fro  Norway The cargo ship sank off Folda, Nord-Trøndelag, Norway with the loss of her pilot. The crew were rescued by Sakko ( Soviet Union).[32]

7 February[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 7 February 1935
Ship State Description
Dipping V  Netherlands The cargo ship collided with Fior D'Arancio ( Italy) in the North Sea off Cuxhaven, Germany. Both ships were beached.[20] Both vessels were refloated the next day. Dipping V was towed to Hamburg for repairs. Fior D'Arancio proceeded to Gdynia, Poland.[36]

8 February[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 8 February 1935
Ship State Description
Cape May  United States The ferry collided with London Corporation ( United Kingdom) in the Delaware River and was beached.[36] She was refloated on 14 March.[37]
Ming Kong  China The cargo ship struck a rock and sank in the Yangtze 10 nautical miles (19 km) upstream of Hankow. All crew survived.[38]
Record Reign  United Kingdom The coaster came ashore 2 nautical miles (3.7 km) west of Branscombe, Dorset.[36] She broke up on 22 February and was a total loss.[39]

9 February[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 9 February 1935
Ship State Description
Aghios Spyridon  Greece The cargo ship ran aground in the Euripus Strait.[40] She was refloated on 16 February.[41]

12 February[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 12 February 1935
Ship State Description
Martha Hendrik Fisser  Germany The cargo ship ran aground on Storfosen, Trondheimsfjord, Norway. All 30 crew were rescued.[42] She was refloated on 23 February and beached.[43] Martha Hendrik Fisser was subsequently towed to Trondheim, Norway, where she arrived on 6 March.[44]

14 February[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 14 February 1935
Ship State Description
Delphin IV  Germany The auxiliary schooner ran aground at Cape Arkona, Rügen, Germany.[45] She was refloated on 18 February.[46]
Mount Parnes  Greece The cargo ship ran aground at Corcubión, Galicia, Spain.[47] She developed a list, broke in tow and sank the next day.[41]
Spec  Norway The cargo ship departed from the Clyde, United Kingdom for Boston, Massachusetts, United States. No further trace, presumed foundered in the Atlantic Ocean with the loss of all hands.[48]

15 February[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 15 February 1935
Ship State Description
Staghound  United Kingdom The coaster ran aground at the entrance to Ayr harbour. All ten crew were rescued.[41] She was refloated on 20 February.[46]

16 February[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 16 February 1935
Ship State Description
Riverville  United Kingdom The coaster ran aground at Walney Island, Lancashire in a storm. All seven crew were rescued by breeches buoy.[41]

18 February[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 18 February 1935
Ship State Description
Rio Tambo  United Kingdom The cargo ship ran aground on Rocky Island, Maine, United States and was a total loss.[26]

20 February[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 20 February 1935
Ship State Description
Vila  Yugoslavia The cargo ship collided with Rodi ( Italy) at the mouth of the Piave, Jesolo, Province of Venice, Italy and sank with the loss of four crew. Rodi rescued survivors.[46][49]

21 February[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 21 February 1935
Ship State Description
Kasagisan Maru  Japan The cargo ship collided with Kuretake Maru ( Japan) off Wakamatsu Island and was beached.[49] She was refloated on 27 February.[50]
Taide  Italy The cargo ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean (46°20′N 7°00′W / 46.333°N 7.000°W / 46.333; -7.000). All crew were rescued by Galea ( Spain).[39]

22 February[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 22 February 1935
Ship State Description
Catherine Radcliffe  United Kingdom The cargo ship ran aground at Cape Hachiman, Japan near the Nojimazaki Lighthouse.[51] The subsequently started to break up and was declared a total loss on 26 March.[52]

24 February[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 24 February 1935
Ship State Description
MV St George Saint Lucia Excursion launch from Choiseul Village overturned Sunday afternoon and sunk 3 miles off Laborie Village. 41 lost at sea, 74 rescued.[53]

25 February[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 25 February 1935
Ship State Description
Eileen  United Kingdom The coaster was driven ashore at Bangor, County Down. She was refloated on 13 April.[54]

27 February[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 27 February 1935
Ship State Description
Blairgowrie  United Kingdom The cargo ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean (48°20′N 27°01′W / 48.333°N 27.017°W / 48.333; -27.017) with the loss of all 26 crew.[55][56]
Eldorado  United Kingdom The tug was driven ashore at Aberdeen. All ten crew were rescued by breeches buoy.[55]
Senkai Maru  Japan The cargo ship ran aground at Rason, Korea.[55] She was refloated on 3 March.[57]
Wallace Rose  United Kingdom The coaster broke free from her moorings at Torquay, Devon in a gale and sank.[55]

28 February[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 28 February 1935
Ship State Description
No. 8  United Kingdom The hopper ship sank in the Bristol Channel off Dale, Pembrokeshire.[58]

March[edit]

1 March[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 1 March 1935
Ship State Description
Brakoll  Norway The cargo ship ran aground on the west coast of Iceland. All crew were rescued.[59]
Five Brothers  United Kingdom The Thames barge collided with Highlander ( United Kingdom) in the River Thames and sank with the loss of all three crew.[60]

2 March[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 2 March 1935
Ship State Description
Pommern  Finland The barque ran aground at Port Germein, South Australia.[61]
Zubr  Poland The tug capsized and sank at Gdynia.[61]

6 March[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 6 March 1935
Ship State Description
Bio-Bio  Chile The cargo liner suffered a fire off Antofagasta, and was beached and hulked. The hulk, named Guardadora, was broken up in December 1940.[62]

15 March[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 15 March 1935
Ship State Description
Aghios Nicolaos  Greece The auxiliary caïque struck a mine in Eleusis Bay and sank with the loss of all four crew.[63]
Shinyei Maru No.3  Japan The cargo ship ran aground at Yesashi, Hokkaidō.[37] She was refloated on 2 May.[64]

20 March[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 20 March 1935
Ship State Description
Portland Maru  Japan The cargo ship was beached at Cape Torrens, Kangaroo Island, South Australia.[65] She was declared a total loss on 25 March.[66]

25 March[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 25 March 1935
Ship State Description
Attiki  Greece The cargo ship sprang a leak and was beached on Lemnos.[67]

Unknown date[edit]

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1935
Ship State Description
Ordu  Turkey The cargo ship ran aground at Bender Eregli. She was refloated on 11 May.[68]

April[edit]

1 April[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 1 April 1935
Ship State Description
Klem  Norway The whaler sank in the Atlantic Ocean off South Georgia. All crew survived.[69]
Splint  Norway The whaler sank in the Atlantic Ocean off South Georgia. All crew survived.[69]

2 April[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 2 April 1935
Ship State Description
Yorkvalley  United Kingdom The coaster struck a rock and sank off Saint Sampson, Guernsey, Channel Islands. All twelve crew survived.[70] She was raised on 15 April.[71]

5 April[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 5 April 1935
Ship State Description
British King  United Kingdom The Thames barge collided with Thames barge Savoy ( United Kingdom) in the River Thames at Gravesend and sank.[72]

7 April[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 7 April 1935
Ship State Description
King Philip  United States After being refloated after sinking at her dock, the 169-gross register ton excursion boat was scuttled as a means of disposal in 230 feet (70 m) of water off the coast of Massachusetts in Outer Boston Harbor.[73]

9 April[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 9 April 1935
Ship State Description
Havmøy  Norway The cargo ship foundered 30 nautical miles (56 km) off Jamaica with the loss of thirteen of her eighteen crew.[74][75]

10 April[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 10 April 1935
Ship State Description
Aquitania  United Kingdom The ocean liner ran aground in the Solent.[76] She was refloated the next day.[77]

11 April[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 11 April 1935
Ship State Description
Beta  Finland The coaster came ashore at Ristna, Estonia.[78] She was refloated on 25 May.[79]
Don  Norway The coaster ran aground at Cayo Mégano Chico, Cuba. She was refloated on 16 April.[80]
Letitia  United Kingdom The ocean liner ran aground at Cape Pappas, Patras, Greece. She was refloated two days later.
Martinet  United Kingdom The ketch ran aground at Wells-next-the-Sea, Norfolk.[78] She was refloated on 15 April.[81]

15 April[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 15 April 1935
Ship State Description
Hendrik  United Kingdom The cargo ship ran aground at Tarifa, Andalusia, Spain.[82] She was declared a total loss on 23 April.[83]
Kwaiten Maru  Japan The cargo ship sank in the East China Sea 4 nautical miles (7.4 km) south east of the Koshikijima Islands.[71]

24 April[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 24 April 1935
Ship State Description
HMAS Geranium  Royal Australian Navy The stripped hulk of the decommissioned Arabis-class sloop-of-war was sunk as a target in the Tasman Sea off Sydney Heads, Australia.
HMAS Mallow  Royal Australian Navy The decommissioned Lapwing-class minesweeper was sunk as a target off Australia.
Virginia IV  United States The 92-gross register ton, 97.6-foot (29.7 m) motor cargo ship became stranded and was lost off Yakobi Island, Territory of Alaska, near the entrance to Lisianski Strait.[30]

25 April[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 25 April 1935
Ship State Description
San Martin  Argentina The cargo ship ran aground in the Martín García Channel.[84] She was refloated on 13 May.[85]

26 April[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 26 April 1935
Ship State Description
Windward  United Kingdom The Thames barge capsized in the Thames Estuary off Southend, Essex. The crew survived.[86]

27 April[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 27 April 1935
Ship State Description
Agios Nicolaos  Greece The cargo ship collided with Thraki ( Greece) off Fleva Island and sank. All crew were rescued.[87]

May[edit]

1 May[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 1 May 1935
Ship State Description
Jan  Norway The cargo ship came ashore at Point Michaud, Nova Scotia, Canada.[88]

2 May[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 2 May 1935
Ship State Description
Berg No. 1  United States With no one aboard, the 42-gross register ton, 50-foot (15.2 m) scow sank without loss of life off Cape Saint Elias on the south-central coast of the Territory of Alaska.[89]

6 May[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 6 May 1935
Ship State Description
Silvonia  United Kingdom The cargo ship struck a rock and sank off Jersey, Channel Islands. The crew were rescued.[90][91]

7 May[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 7 May 1935
Ship State Description
Tagonoura Maru  Japan The cargo ship came ashore on Kabaitō, Soviet Union.[64] She was refloated on 13 May.[85]

8 May[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 8 May 1935
Ship State Description
Langleeridge  United Kingdom The cargo ship ran aground on Bull Rock, Guion Island, Nova Scotia, Canada and was a total loss. All crew were rescued by CGS N. B. McLean ( Canada).[92]
Ville de Paris  France The cargo ship ran aground at Fort Dauphin, Madagascar and subsequently foundered.[92][93]

9 May[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 9 May 1935
Ship State Description
Merenneito  Finland The cargo liner collided with Tyr ( Sweden) in the North Sea and sank. All on board were rescued.[92]

13 May[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 13 May 1935
Ship State Description
Hiravati  United Kingdom The coaster struck a rock at Malwan, India and was beached.[94] She was refloated on 22 May.[95]

15 May[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 15 May 1935
Ship State Description
Fraternity  United Kingdom The cargo ship sank a Richelieu, Quebec, Canada.[96]

17 May[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 17 May 1935
Ship State Description
Daigen Maru No.3  Japan The cargo ship came ashore on Sakhalin, Soviet Union.[97] She was refloated on 21 May.[98]

19 May[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 19 May 1935
Ship State Description
Denali  United States The cargo liner ran aground off the Zayas Islands, British Columbia, Canada. A fire subsequently developed, detonating her cargo of dynamite, and she was a total loss. All 42 people on board were rescued by the cutter USCGC Cyane ( United States Coast Guard).[99]
Gumersindo Junquera Spain The cargo ship ran aground off Cape Villano and was a total loss. All crew survived.[97][98]

20 May[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 20 May 1935
Ship State Description
Marguerite  United Kingdom The Thames barge was in collision with Hecht ( Germany) in the River Thames at Greenwich. She was consequently beached in a severely damaged state.[98]

22 May[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 22 May 1935
Ship State Description
Diligencia Spain The schooner came ashore 6 nautical miles (11 km) south of Valencia and was wrecked.[100]
Hawk  United States The 5-ton motor vessel was lost at Chignik, Territory of Alaska, during a storm.[101]

30 May[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 30 May 1935
Ship State Description
Roland  Germany The auxiliary three-masted schooner came ashore 5 nautical miles (9.3 km) south of Barra Seca, Brazil (19°14′S 39°36′W / 19.233°S 39.600°W / -19.233; -39.600) and was wrecked. The crew survived.[102]

June[edit]

5 June[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 5 June 1935
Ship State Description
Alt Heidelburg  United States The 102-ton motor vessel was destroyed by fire off Vank Island (56°28′N 132°36′W / 56.467°N 132.600°W / 56.467; -132.600 (Vank Island)) in Southeast Alaska 5 nautical miles (9.3 km; 5.8 mi) west of Wrangell, Territory of Alaska.[103]
Suyehiro Maru  Japan The cargo ship ran aground 30 nautical miles (56 km) south of Nagoya.[104] She broke in tow on 18 June and was abandoned as a total loss.[105]

7 June[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 7 June 1935
Ship State Description
Iddesleigh  United Kingdom The cargo ship ran aground on Black Rock, Alta Vela Island, Virgin Islands.[106] She was refloated on 13 June.[107]

8 June[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 8 June 1935
Ship State Description
Castine  United States The 71-foot (22 m), 69-gross register ton steam excursion boat struck the Inner Bay Ledges, a reef off Vinalhaven, Maine, and sank on the west side of the ledges at 44°04′42″N 068°57′31″W / 44.07833°N 68.95861°W / 44.07833; -68.95861 (Castine) with the loss of two lives.[108]

10 June[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 10 June 1935
Ship State Description
Noyo  United States The cargo ship ran aground at Point Arena, California.[109] She was abandoned the next day.[110]

12 June[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 12 June 1935
Ship State Description
HMS Hastings  Royal Navy The Hastings-class sloop ran aground on the Shabkutb Reef, Suakim, Sudan.[111] She was still aground on 29 July.[112]

20 June[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 20 June 1935
Ship State Description
D. L. Harper  United States The tanker ran aground at Lizard Head, Cornwall, United Kingdom.[113] All 38 crew were rescued the next day by the Penzance Lifeboat.[114]

21 June[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 21 June 1935
Ship State Description
Blairbeg  United Kingdom The cargo ship ran aground in the Firth of Clyde.[115] She was refloated on 25 June.[116]

22 June[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 22 June 1935
Ship State Description
Alecos  Greece The cargo ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean off Cameriñas, Galicia, Spain.[117]
City of Victoria  United Kingdom The cargo ship ran aground at Cape Erimo, Hokkaidō, Japan and was a total loss.[117][118]
Dana  Denmark The research vessel collided with the trawler Pickhuben ( Germany) in the North Sea 60 nautical miles (110 km) west of Jutland and sank. All 23 people on board were rescued by Pickhuben.[119]
Edna No. 2  United States The 28-gross register ton, 46.8-foot (14.3 m) fishing vessel was destroyed by fire at Ouzinkie, Territory of Alaska. All five people on board survived.[120]
Grainton  United Kingdom The cargo ship collided with Genua ( Germany) in the English Channel 7 nautical miles (13 km) west of Beachy Head, Sussex. She was beached at Dover, Kent but was refloated the next day.[117][119][121]

23 June[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 23 June 1935
Ship State Description
Leonard B. Miller  United States The cargo ship collided with Sumatra ( United States) in the St. Clair River. Both vessels were beached.[122]
St. Brandan  United Kingdom The coaster struck a rock and foundered in the English Channel off Cherbourg, Charente-Maritime, France. All eleven people on board were rescued.[121]

25 June[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 25 June 1935
Ship State Description
Deane  United Kingdom The whaler ran aground on the Penguin Islands, Newfoundland and was wrecked. All crew survived.[123]
USS Marcus  United States Navy The decommissioned Clemson-class destroyer was sunk as a gunnery target in the Pacific Ocean off San Diego, California.
Ming Hsien  China The cargo ship sank in the Yangtze 25 nautical miles (46 km) upstream of Ichang.[124]

26 June[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 26 June 1935
Ship State Description
USS Sloat  United States Navy The decommissioned Clemson-class destroyer was sunk as a target in the Pacific Ocean off San Diego, California.
Sunset Glow  United Kingdom The auxiliary schooner ran aground at Battle Harbour, Labrador, Canada.[123]

July[edit]

1 July[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 1 July 1935
Ship State Description
Forthbridge  United Kingdom The cargo ship ran aground on Semirara Island, Philippines. She was refloated on 4 July.[125]
South Wales  United Kingdom The cargo ship ran aground in the Paraná River at Buenos Aires, Argentina.[126] She was refloated on 9 July.[127]

2 July[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 2 July 1935
Ship State Description
Midori Maru  Japan The passenger ship was rammed and sunk by Sensan Maru ( Japan) in the Seto Inland Sea and sank with the loss of about 86 of the 232 people on board.[128][129][130]

3 July[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 3 July 1935
Ship State Description
Novice  France The tug collided with York ( United Kingdom) at Dunkerque, Nord and sank.[131]

4 July[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 4 July 1935
Ship State Description
Hopecrag  United Kingdom The cargo ship collided with the sailing ship Kanlu ( China) at Woosung, China and was beached. She was refloated on 6 July.[132]

6 July[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 6 July 1935
Ship State Description
Nivonia  United Kingdom The whaler came ashore at Umzumbe, South Africa and was a total loss.[133][134]
Reaveley  United Kingdom The cargo ship ran aground in the Baltic Sea off Viatlin Point, Soviet Union. She was refloated on 9 July.[135]

7 July[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 7 July 1935
Ship State Description
Navigator  Finland The cargo ship collided with Mervyn ( United Kingdom) in the Atlantic Ocean 100 nautical miles (190 km) north west of Cape Villano, Spain (44°48′N 8°25′W / 44.800°N 8.417°W / 44.800; -8.417). The crew abandoned ship and were rescued by Mervyn, which took Navigator in tow.[132] The tow was later transferred to Ceylon ( Sweden) but the ship subsequently foundered.[136]
Tolosa  Norway The cargo ship ran aground near the Glas Lighthouse, Scalpay, Outer Hebrides.[136] She was refloated on 11 July.[137]

9 July[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 9 July 1935
Ship State Description
Attilio  Italy The coaster foundered in the Mediterranean Sea off Benghazi, Libya with the loss of 21 of the 30 people on board.[127][138]
Maheno  New Zealand
Maheno in 1935
Maheno in 2004.

The retired ocean liner, being towed to Japan for scrapping, was caught in a cyclone, broke her towline and beached at Fraser Island, Queensland, Australia.[139] She was a total loss. The wreck remains on the beach.[140]

12 July[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 12 July 1935
Ship State Description
Mowli  China The cargo ship capsized and sank at Tinghai with the loss of six crew.[134]

14 July[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 14 July 1935
Ship State Description
Kannik  Norway The cargo ship collided with Les Issers ( France) off Dellys, Algeria and sank.[141]
Navigator  Norway The cargo ship sprang a leak and foundered in the Skaggerak 3 nautical miles (5.6 km) west north west of Hirtshals, Nordjylland, Denmark. All sixteen crew survived.[142][143]

15 July[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 15 July 1935
Ship State Description
Satsuma Maru  Japan The cargo ship ran aground on the east coast of Sakhalin.[143] She was refloated on 19 July.[144]

18 July[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 18 July 1935
Ship State Description
Bessie M  United States After the 13-gross register ton, 36.9-foot (11.2 m) motor vessel caught fire while moored to a dock at Excursion Inlet, Territory of Alaska, with no one on board, she was towed away from the dock and scuttled to extinguish the fire by chopping a hole in her side. Her gasoline engine and lower hull were salvaged.[89]

19 July[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 19 July 1935
Ship State Description
Polar Bear  United States During a voyage from Kodiak, Territory of Alaska, to Seattle, Washington, with a crew of 10 and a cargo of 55 tons of fish and trading goods on board, the 162-gross register ton, 83.6-foot (25.5 m) motor vessel was wrecked without loss of life in Kupreanof Strait between Kodiak Island and Afognak Island in the Kodiak Archipelago on a rock at the west end of Dry Spruce Island (57°57′20″N 153°02′30″W / 57.95556°N 153.04167°W / 57.95556; -153.04167 (Dry Spruce Island)). The cutter USCGC Aurora ( United States Coast Guard) rescued her crew off the beach.[145]

22 July[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 22 July 1935
Ship State Description
Batavia Maru  Japan The cargo liner ran aground on the Depond Reef, Thailan.[146] Passengers were transferred to London Maru ( Japan).[147] She was abandoned by her crew on 31 July.[148]
Sampo  Denmark The schooner was abandoned in the Baltic Sea (57°40′N 19°14′E / 57.667°N 19.233°E / 57.667; 19.233). The crew were rescued by Helene ( Germany).[146]
Sirvall  Sweden The cargo ship ran aground on Öland.[146] She was refloated on 1 August.[149]

23 July[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 23 July 1935
Ship State Description
Batavia Maru  Japan The Indus Maru-class cargo ship (4,393 GRT, 1927) ran aground of Cambodia, French Indochina. Later salvaged and returned to service.[150]

25 July[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 25 July 1935
Ship State Description
B 3  Soviet Navy The Bars-class submarine collided with Marat ( Soviet Navy) in the Gulf of Finland and sank with the loss of all 55 crew. She was raised on 4 August and scrapped.[151]

28 July[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 28 July 1935
Ship State Description
Jewel Guard  United States During a gale, the 12-gross register ton motor vessel was wrecked without loss of life on the beach at Spruce Creek (64°34′N 164°26′W / 64.567°N 164.433°W / 64.567; -164.433 (Spruce Creek)) on the coast of the Territory of Alaska 8 miles (13 km) below Solomon.[152]

30 July[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 30 July 1935
Ship State Description
Burmistan  United Kingdom The cargo liner struck a submerged object and sank at Kyaukpyu, Burma. All on board were rescued.[148][153]
Errol  United Kingdom The coaster collided with Cairnesk ( United Kingdom) in the Firth of Forth and sank. All crew were rescued by Cairnesk.[154] She was refloated on 20 August.[155]

August[edit]

1 August[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 1 August 1935
Ship State Description
Foxie  United States The 10-gross register ton, 33-foot (10.1 m) fishing vessel was destroyed by fire at Tenakee, Territory of Alaska. The two people on board survived.[156]
HMAS Marguerite  Royal Australian Navy The decommissioned Arabis-class sloop was sunk as a target.

2 August[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 2 August 1935
Ship State Description
Libby, McNeill & Libby No. 2  United States The 28-ton scow was anchored at Salamatof Beach in Cook Inlet on the south-central coast of the Territory of Alaska when a gale struck, causing her to drift onto the beach at East Foreland (60°43′N 151°24′W / 60.717°N 151.400°W / 60.717; -151.400 (East Foreland)), where she became stranded and broke up in the surf.[13]

3 August[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 3 August 1935
Ship State Description
Dwarka  United Kingdom The cargo ship ran aground at Chinde, Portuguese East Africa.[157] She was refloated on 16 August.[158]
Lakis Noumicos  Greece The cargo ship ran aground on Naxos and was a total loss.[157]

4 August[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 4 August 1935
Ship State Description
Methilhill  United Kingdom The cargo ship caught fire and was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean (36°50′N 7°55′W / 36.833°N 7.917°W / 36.833; -7.917). All 22 crew were rescued by Campeador ( Spain). Methilhill was taken in tow by Shetland.[157][159] She was taken to Lisbon, Portugal, where she was declared a constructive total loss.[160]
Princess Ena  United Kingdom The passenger ferry caught fire and sank in the English Channel 10 nautical miles (19 km) south of Jersey, Channel Islands. The crew were rescued by Duke of Normandy and St. Julien (both  United Kingdom).[161]

6 August[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 6 August 1935
Ship State Description
Beryl  Norway The cargo ship ran around at Almadi, French West Africa. She was abandoned the next day.[162]

8 August[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 8 August 1935
Ship State Description
Cragside  United Kingdom The coaster was in collision with Madura ( United Kingdom) in the River Thames at Woolwich and sank. All ten crew were rescued by Madura.[163] The wreck was raised on 29 August.[164]

14 August[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 14 August 1935
Ship State Description
Helen Payne  United States A gasoline explosion and fire destroyed the nine-ton fishing vessel in Salmon Bay (56°18′15″N 133°09′00″W / 56.30417°N 133.15000°W / 56.30417; -133.15000 (Salmon Bay)) on the coast of Prince of Wales Island in the Alexander Archipelago in Southeast Alaska. Her crew of three survived.[101]

16 August[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 16 August 1935
Ship State Description
Letitia  United Kingdom The ocean liner ran aground on the South Briggs Reef, at the entrance to Belfast Lough. She was refloated on 20 August.

17 August[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 17 August 1935
Ship State Description
Joseph Medill  United Kingdom The cargo ship, having departed from Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Northumberland on 10 August on her maiden voyage, was last reported on this date at 57°19′N 26°12′W / 57.317°N 26.200°W / 57.317; -26.200. Presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[165][166][167]

19 August[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 19 August 1935
Ship State Description
Gunnaren  Sweden The cargo ship ran aground on Swona, Orkney Islands, United Kingdom.[168] She was subsequently declared a total loss.[169]

21 August[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 21 August 1935
Ship State Description
Blue Bird  United States The 7-net register ton motor vessel was destroyed by fire in Cholmondeley Sound (55°17′N 132°04′W / 55.283°N 132.067°W / 55.283; -132.067 (Cholmondeley Sound)) in Southeast Alaska. Her crew of four survived.[89]
Konan Maru  Japan The cargo ship caught fire at Chemulpo, Korea, and was burnt out.[170]

23 August[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 23 August 1935
Ship State Description
Penguin  Chile The whaler ran aground on Santa María Island and was wrecked. All crew survived.[171]

25 August[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 25 August 1902
Ship State Description
Viking  United States Under tow by New Rustler ( United States) from Wingham Island in Prince William Sound bound for Petersburg, Territory of Alaska, the 15-ton, 46.4-foot (14.1 m) fishing vessel was lost without loss of life when New Rustler was forced to cut her adrift in a gale in the North Pacific Ocean 35 nautical miles (65 km) off Icy Bay, Southeast Alaska.[30]

26 August[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 26 August 1935
Ship State Description
Lizzie E. B.  United Kingdom The schooner ran aground on the Indian Islands, Fogo, Newfoundland and was a total loss.[172]
Phyllis and H. West  United Kingdom The schooner ran aground at Torbay, Newfoundland and was wrecked.[169]

27 August[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 27 August 1935
Ship State Description
Ikoma Maru  Japan The coaster collided with Kyodo Maru No.28 at Kobe and sank.[172]
Senator  United States The 41-gross register ton, 58-foot (18 m) fishing vessel was destroyed in Nutkwa Inlet (54°59′30″N 132°35′45″W / 54.99167°N 132.59583°W / 54.99167; -132.59583 (Nutkwa Inlet)) in Cordova Bay in the Alexander Archipelago in Southeast Alaska by a fire that started in her engine room and caused her fuel tanks to explode. She sank, and the motor vessel Tom and Al ( United States) rescued her entire crew of three.[173]

28 August[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 28 August 1935
Ship State Description
Svea  Finland The three-masted schooner ran aground on the Falsterbo Reef and was severely damaged.[174] She was refloated on 10 September.[175]

29 August[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 29 August 1935
Ship State Description
Aghios Vlassios  Greece The cargo ship ran aground on Hatter Rev, Denmark.[164] She was refloated on 4 September.[176]

Unknown date[edit]

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1935
Ship State Description
Henry Gust  United States
Sonar image of the wreck of Henry Gust, June 12, 2022.
The 65-foot (20 m), 37.5-gross register ton steam screw tug was towed into Lake Michigan and set afire as a means of disposal. She did not sink, so a United States Coast Guard vessel from Two Rivers, Wisconsin, rammed and sank her in 80 feet (24 m) of water off Manitowoc County, Wisconsin, at 44°08.398′N 087°29.29′W / 44.139967°N 87.48817°W / 44.139967; -87.48817 (Henry Gust). The wreck lies within the Wisconsin Shipwreck Coast National Marine Sanctuary.[177][178]

September[edit]

2 September[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 2 September 1935
Ship State Description
Kirsten  Denmark The cargo ship ran aground at Ristna, Estonia.[179]
Maria I. M.  Greece The cargo ship sank off Cape Maleas. All crew were rescued.[180]
United States  Italy The ocean liner was severely damaged by fire at Copenhagen, Denmark whilst undergoing conversion to a troopship.[181]

3 September[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 3 September 1935
Ship State Description
Aeolos  Greece The cargo ship ran aground at Sudruk Point, Novorossisk, Soviet Union.[176] She was refloated on 9 September.[182]
Capulet  United Kingdom The tanker ran aground off the Great Isaac Lighthouse, Bahamas.[176]
Dixie  United States The passenger ship ran aground on the Carysfort Reef, Florida.[181] All 352 people on board were rescued.[183][184] Dixie was refloated on 19 September.[185]

4 September[edit]

5 September[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 5 September 1935
Ship State Description
Doric  United Kingdom The ocean liner collided with Formigny ( France) off Cape Finisterre, Spain. Passengers were transferred to Orion and Viceroy of India (both  United Kingdom).[184] Although temporarily repairs were carried out, she was subsequently declared a constructive total loss and scrapped in November 1935.
Fayal  Portugal The cargo ship ran aground at Fogo, Newfoundland and was wrecked.[184]

7 September[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 7 September 1935
Ship State Description
Onassi Maria  Greece The cargo ship ran aground on Capraia Isola, Livorno, Italy and was wrecked.[187]

17 September[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 17 September 1935
Ship State Description
Kalba  Netherlands The coaster was abandoned in the North Sea off Westkapelle, Zeeland with the loss of one crew member. She came ashore at Domburg, Zeeland.[188] She was refloated on 29 September.[189]
Countess of Erne  United Kingdom The coal hulk foundered at Portland Harbour, Dorset.[188]
Goeland  France The auxiliary schooner came ashore at Rhoose, Glamorgan in a gale. All seven crew were rescued by the Barry Lifeboat Prince David ( Royal National Lifeboat Institution). She was on a voyage from Roscoff, Finistèère to Swansea, Glamorgan.[190][191]
HMS L52  Royal Navy The L-class submarine, under tow to be scrapped, broke free from the tug towing her when off Lundy Island, Devon.[190] She came ashore at Sully, Glamorgan.[192]

18 September[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 18 September 1935
Ship State Description
Bramow  Germany The cargo ship ran aground off Borkum, Germany and was a total loss. All crew survived.[193]

19 September[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 19 September 1935
Ship State Description
Lilburn  United Kingdom The cargo ship was beached at Stornoway, Isle of Lewis.[192] She was refloated on 5 October.[194]

23 September[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 23 September 1935
Ship State Description
San Antonio  France The cargo ship ran aground on the Salmedina Bank, Cartagena, Murcia, Spain.[195] She was refloated on 3 October.[196]

24 September[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 24 September 1935
Ship State Description
Hurry On  United Kingdom The cargo ship capsized and sank off Port Hood, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, Canada with the loss of five of her twelve crew.[197]

25 September[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 25 September 1935
Ship State Description
Velos  Greece The coaster sank off Cape Malea with the loss of three crew.[198]

26 September[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 26 September 1935
Ship State Description
Clan Malcolm  United Kingdom The cargo ship ran aground at Lizard Point, Cornwall.[199] She was abandoned as a total loss.[200]

27 September[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 27 September 1935
Ship State Description
Bramhall  United Kingdom The cargo ship ran aground at Les Fourches, Quimper, Finistère, France. All crew were rescued.[201][202] She subsequently broke in two and was a total loss.[189]
Rotterdam  Netherlands The ocean liner ran aground in the Morant Cays. All 450 passengers were transferred to Ariguani ( United Kingdom).[203] She was refloated on 6 October.[204]
Viliandi  Estonia The auxiliary schooner sprang a leak in the Baltic Sea off Gotland, Sweden. The crew were taken off by Gerania ( Sweden).[195]

28 September[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 28 September 1935
Ship State Description
Two Fats  United States The 8-gross register ton, 32.2-foot (9.8 m) motor vessel broke loose from her mooring at a dock in Seward, Territory of Alaska, during a gale and was wrecked on the beach without loss of life.[205]

29 September[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 29 September 1935
Ship State Description
Liahona  United States The 40-net register ton motor vessel began flooding heavily after she struck ground in heavy fog in Chatham Strait off Baranof Island near Red Bluff Bay (56°50′30″N 134°42′00″W / 56.84167°N 134.70000°W / 56.84167; -134.70000 (Red Bluff Bay)) in the northern Alexander Archipelago in Southeast Alaska, then sank before she could be beached. The cutter USCGC Cyane ( United States Coast Guard) assisted in rescuing her 10-man crew.[13]
Megna  United Kingdom The cargo ship was driven ashore at Cienfugos, Cuba.[206] She was refloated on 10 October.[207]
Swan  United Kingdom The Thames barge sank in the North Sea off the Barrow Deep. Both crew were rescued by Bamburgh ( United Kingdom).[208]
Wanderer  United Kingdom The cargo ship was driven ashore at Cienfugos.[206] She was refloated on 7 October.[204]

30 September[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 30 September 1935
Ship State Description
Bratholm  Norway The auxiliary sailing vessel sank off Marstrand, Sweden. All crew were rescued.[208]

October[edit]

2 October[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 2 October 1935
Ship State Description
Clydebank  United Kingdom The cargo ship ran aground at Lusaran Point, Guimaras Island, Philippines. She was refloated on 5 October.[194]

3 October[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 3 October 1935
Ship State Description
Sitka  United States During a voyage from Ketchikan to Juneau, Territory of Alaska, with 11 crewmen and a cargo of 1,500 pounds (680 kg) of general merchandise aboard, the 74-ton, 73-foot (22 m) motor vessel ran aground on a rock off Narrow Point (55°47′30″N 132°28′30″W / 55.79167°N 132.47500°W / 55.79167; -132.47500 (Narrow Point)) in Clarence Strait in Southeast Alaska. The motor vessel St. Nichols ( United States) assisted her in getting off the rock.[173]

8 October[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 8 October 1935
Ship State Description
Mairo  Norway The coaster departed from Lerwick, Shetland Islands, United Kingdom bound for Königsberg, East Prussia, Germany. No further trace, presumed foundered in the North Sea with the loss of all hands.[209]

10 October[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 10 October 1935
Ship State Description
British Oak  United Kingdom The Thames barge collided with the pier at Ramsgate Harbour and was consequently beached. The crew were rescued by the Ramsgate Lifeboat.[207] She was refloated the next day.[210]
Margit  Sweden The auxiliary three-masted schooner came ashore near Smyge. The crew were rescued.[207]
Sheaf Crown  United Kingdom The cargo ship ran aground in the Paraná River upstream of Constitución, Buenos Aires.[207] She was refloated on 17 October.[211]

15 October[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 15 October 1935
Ship State Description
Les Deux Frères  France The schooner sank in the English Channel 84 nautical miles (156 km) north west of Ouessant, Finistère. Twenty-six of her 31 crew were rescued by Abeille No.24 ( France).[212][213]
Lindenfels  Germany The cargo ship was driven ashore at Hoogly, India.[213] She was refloated on 16 October.[167]

16 October[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 16 October 1935
Ship State Description
Fido  Norway The Design 1020 cargo ship ran aground at Måløy, Norway. She was refloated but was subsequently beached.[214] She was refloated on 18 October.[211]

17 October[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 17 October 1935
Ship State Description
Adrar  France The cargo ship ran aground 4 nautical miles (7.4 km) north of Rotes Kliff, Sylt, Germany.[215] She was refloated on 18 August 1936.[216]
Ausonia  Italy The ocean liner was gutted by fire at Alexandria, Egypt. Six crew were killed and seven were seriously injured. They were treated on board RFA Maine ( Royal Navy).[217] She was declared a total loss on 12 November.[218]
Insterburg  Germany The coaster departed from Rotterdam, Netherlands for Königsberg, East Prussia, Germany. A lifeboat washed up at Egmond aan Zee, North Holland on 22 October. Presumed foundered in the North Sea with the loss of all hands.[219]
Lochgorm  United Kingdom The ferry was driven ashore at Bowmore, Islay, Inner Hebrides.[215] She was refloated on 10 November.[220]
Noemijulia  United Kingdom The cargo ship ran aground in the Danube at Brăila, Romania. She was refloated the next day.
Vardulia  United Kingdom The cargo ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean 700 nautical miles (1,300 km) west of Northern Ireland with the loss of all 37 crew.[221]

19 October[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 19 October 1935
Ship State Description
Carricklee  United Kingdom The coaster sank in the North Sea 2 nautical miles (3.7 km) off the Sunk Lightship ( United Kingdom).[215]
Drente  Netherlands The tug was driven ashore at Egmond aan Zee, North Holland. All crew were rescued by lifeboats.[215]
Douglas  United Kingdom The coaster was driven ashore at Knoydart, Inverness-shire.[219] She was refloated on 30 October.[222]
Esbo  Finland The cargo ship was driven ashore at Bootle, Cumberland. All 24 crew survived, with fifteen of them being rescued by the Bootle and Whitehaven Lifeboats. The cited report is incorrect (refer Whitehaven News 24 October 1935, pages 5 and 7), not least as Whitehaven Lifeboat had closed in 1924 and there never was a Bootle Lifeboat. Maryport and Barrow lifeboats launched on service (Maryport was a 14-hour service), but the rescue was by the Whitehaven and Bootle Rocket Brigades using breeches buoy apparatus. A number of medals were awarded to Maryport lifeboat crew by the Finnish government.[215]
Fair City  United Kingdom The coaster was driven ashore at Stannergate, Dundee, Perthshire.[223] She was refloated on 23 August.[224]
Kerkplein  Netherlands The cargo ship ran aground at Egmond aan Zee. She was refloated on 5 February 1936.[225]
Magrix  United Kingdom The coaster was driven ashore at Spurn Head, Yorkshire. The crew abandoned the ship the next day.[215] She was refloated on 13 November.[226]

20 October[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 20 October 1935
Ship State Description
Adrar  Germany The cargo ship was driven ashore on Sylt. She was refloated in August 1936. Subsequently repaired and returned to service.[227]
Ardfern  United Kingdom The coaster was driven ashore at Port Ellen, Islay, Inner Hebrides.[228] She was refloated on 31 December.[229]
Lough Fisher  United Kingdom The coaster was driven ashore at Cardross, Argyllshire.[223] She was refloated on 13 November.[226]
Nuevo Panama  Panama The coaster was driven ashore in Panama Bay and was abandoned as a total loss.[219][228]
Pendennis  United Kingdom The cargo ship foundered in the North Sea (54°05′N 5°32′E / 54.083°N 5.533°E / 54.083; 5.533). All crew and the ship's cat were rescued by Iris ( Norway).[230][231]

21 October[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 21 October 1935
Ship State Description
Bella  Sweden The coaster was wrecked on Saaremaa, Estonia with the loss of all but two crew.[228]
P.L.A. No.6  United Kingdom The dredger foundered in the Bristol Channel off Pendeen, Cornwall.[232]

22 October[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 22 October 1935
Ship State Description
E. Nielson  United States After her anchor line broke during a gale, the 18-gross register ton fishing vessel was blown ashore and wrecked without loss of life near Cora Point (55°54′50″N 134°06′55″W / 55.91389°N 134.11528°W / 55.91389; -134.11528 (Cora Point)) on Coronation Island in the Alexander Archipelago in Southeast Alaska. The motor vessel Venus ( United States) rescued her crew of two.[120]
Ibis  United States After becoming disabled in a gale, the 16-gross register ton motor vessel capsized and broke up in 102 feet (31 m) of water 0.5 nautical miles (0.9 km; 0.6 mi) east of Aats Point (55°55′45″N 134°16′00″W / 55.92917°N 134.26667°W / 55.92917; -134.26667 (Aats Point)) in Southeast Alaska after the motor vessel Venus ( United States), which was attempting to tow her to safety, was forced to cut the towline. Venus rescued the only person aboard Ibis.[233]
Premier  United States The 14-gross register ton, 37.8-foot (11.5 m) fishing vessel capsized and sank 0.75 nautical miles (1.39 km; 0.86 mi) from the mouth of Egg Harbor (55°55′30″N 134°19′15″W / 55.92500°N 134.32083°W / 55.92500; -134.32083 (Egg Harbor)) off Coronation Island in the Alexander Archipelago in Southeast Alaska during a gale. The only person aboard died, and his body was never found.[145]

23 October[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 23 October 1935
Ship State Description
Alcyon  Netherlands The coaster collided with Moreton Bay ( United Kingdom) in the River Thames at Erith, Kent. One crew member was killed. She was beached in Erith Reach.[224]
Berwindlea  United Kingdom The cargo ship ran aground on Deadman's Island, Magdalen Islands, Nova Scotia, Canada in a storm. Survivors were rescued by England Maru ( Japan) on 27 October. She was abandoned as a total loss on 5 November.[234][235][236]

25 October[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 25 October 1935
Ship State Description
America  United States The 23-net register ton motor vessel exploded while fueling at Hoonah, Territory of Alaska. The only person on board survived, but she was a total loss.[103]
Chapala flag unknown The tug capsized and sank whilst towing Lindenfels ( Germany) with the loss of six crew.[237]
Uskvalley  United Kingdom The cargo ship came ashore at Onega, Soviet Union.[238] She was declared a total loss on 31 October.[239]

27 October[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 27 October 1935
Ship State Description
Beaver  United States The 18-net register ton fishing vessel flooded and sank suddenly 1.5 nautical miles (2.8 km; 1.7 mi) south of Point Crowley (56°07′10″N 134°15′30″W / 56.11944°N 134.25833°W / 56.11944; -134.25833 (Point Crowley)) in Southeast Alaska. Her crew of two survived.[89]

29 October[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 29 October 1935
Ship State Description
Cuzco  United States The Design 1019 cargo ship ran aground on the Lempa Shoals, San Salvador, El Salvador.[240] She was refloated on 5 November.[241]
James Rockbreaker  United Kingdom The dredger lost her tow off St. Ann's Head and was driven ashore at Freshwater West, Pembrokeshire. She was refloated on 15 December.[242][243]
The Cable  United Kingdom The cable layer struck an uncharted rock at Saigon, French Indo-China and sank.[244] She was abandoned as a total loss on 14 November.[245]

30 October[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 30 October 1935
Ship State Description
Zabalbide Spain The cargo ship, carrying a cargo of esparto grass, caught fire at Garston, Lancashire.[246] She was scuttled the next day to extinguish the fire.[247] She was refloated on 18 November.[248]

31 October[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 31 October 1935
Ship State Description
Gazal  Turkey The cargo ship was driven ashore at Zonguldak and was wrecked with the loss of one crew member.[222]
Gerze  Turkey The cargo liner was driven ashore at Karaburnu and sank. All passengers and crew were rescued.[222]

November[edit]

1 November[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 1 November 1935
Ship State Description
Sørvangen  Norway The cargo ship ran aground at Morant Point, Jamaica.[249] She was refloated on 9 November.[250]

2 November[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 2 November 1935
Ship State Description
Dina  Sweden The schooner collided in the Baltic Sea off Visby, County with Sirius ( Sweden) and sank. All crew were rescued by Sirius.[251]
Elisabeth The coaster came ashore at Johnstone's Point, Argyllshire. All crew were rescued.[252] She was refloated on 28 November and beached at Campbelltown Loch.[253]
Gerd  Sweden The cargo ship collided with the barque Lingard ( Finland) in the Kattegat and sank with the loss of all 21 crew.[254] Lingard was deemed a constructive total loss.[255]

3 November[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 3 November 1935
Ship State Description
Penhir  France The cargo ship sprang a leak in the English Channel and was beached at Brest, Finistère.[251] She sank the next day.[256]

4 November[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 4 November 1935
Ship State Description
Shch-103  Soviet Navy The Shchuka-class submarine ran aground off "Boyle Island" in Ussuri Bay. She was refloated on 28 March 1936 and taken in tow, but sank on 1 April. She was raised and beached, subsequently taken in to port on 14 April. Declared a total loss and scrapped.[257]

5 November[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 5 November 1935
Ship State Description
Ronald West  United Kingdom The Thames barge was rammed and sunk at Harwich, Essex by Crossbill ( United Kingdom). All three crew were rescued by Crossbill.[256][258]

7 November[edit]