The steamer was sunk in a collision with the barque Max (France) 11 miles (18 km) north of Cape Mendocino, California. 20 passengers and 16 crewmen killed.[3][4]
The steamer damaged her propeller and tail shaft when she struck a submerged log while entering the harbor at Ketchikan, District of Alaska. She sank while tied up at a dock overnight. She was raised and repaired.[5]
The barque was wrecked at Lowland Point near Coverack, Cornwall, laden with 600 barrels of whisky, 400 barrels of brandy and barrels of rum.[13] The Coverack lifeboat Constance Melanie saved her 16 crewmen.[14][15]
The tow steamer heeled over due to strong tide and before she recovered she was swamped by the wake of a passing vessel and sank in 26 feet (7.9 m) of water in the East River off the foot of East Thirty-Sixth street.[19]
The barge foundered off Fire Island after losing her towline to Richmond (United States) in heavy seas. Lost with all hands, her captain's body washed ashore.[19]
The steamer foundered two miles (3.2 km) northeast of Sandy Hook Lightship in a severe storm after her forecastle house broke away and she filled with water. Crew rescued by Barcelona (Germany).[19]
The sailing ship was driven ashore at Long Beach, New York on Long Island after losing steerage in a severe storm and hitting a submerged wreck just off shore. Later refloated.[19]
The canal boat caught fire from a fire at Dock G of the Lehigh Valley Railroad and was sunk by the fire department's attempts to put out the fire. Not repaired.[25]
The schooner was run down and sunk by steamer Prince Rupert (flag unknown) while anchored in the shipping channel in fog at St. John's, Newfoundland, a total loss. Later raised and beached at high tide.[29]
The passenger liner left the River Clyde for St. John's, Newfoundland on 11 February and was never seen again. A message found in a bottle on the coast of Londonderry, Northern Ireland stated the ship sank in a gale, message was authenticated. Probably sank on 12 or 13 January with all hands.[7][38]
The barges drifted ashore and sank after losing their towline to Richmond (United States) in the Swash Channel off Romer Shoal in a snowstorm. Crews left in dories and were picked up by Richmond.[25]
The sternwheel passenger paddle steamer ran aground on the north flats of the Coquille River in Oregon during a squall. She was refloated undamaged that night and returned to service.
The wrecking steamer was caught by wind and current in the Ohio River at Advance Coal Landing and was capsized and sunk. Her captain and one crewman were killed.[12]
The steamer was sunk when a loaded car (RR?) ran off the end of a barge and crashed through the deck submerging the forecastle, Probably in area of St. Louis, Missouri. Scheduled to be raised later.[55]
The steamer was sunk in a collision with Dilkera (Australia) two miles (3.2 km) south of the Tyne River. Seven crewmen were killed. Survivors climbed aboard Dilkera as Hekla sank.[7][63]
The steamer struck a sunken barge loaded with steel rails causing her to capsize and sink in the Ohio River at Rising Sun, Indiana. Raised and repaired.[87]
The small sailboat capsized when it changed course turning under the bow of Hockomock (United States) at Bath, Maine. A number of people drowned, including three women, the wife and daughter of the man operating the boat included.[53]
The tow steamer was sunk off Communipaw, New Jersey when Sandy Hook (United States) passed so close to the scow she had lashed alongside, that the scow rolled severely, dumping her load of sand. When the scow righted she came down with such force on John A. Griswald that the tow steamer sank.[89]
The steamer sank in a gale on Lake Erie near Kellys Island. Seven crewmen killed, only the captain and his wife and daughter survived. The wreck was dispersed with dynamite in October.[75][91]
The laid up steamer broke loose from her dock during a sudden rise in the Allegheny River at Kittanning, Pennsylvania and was swept downstream and was wrecked and abandoned.[73]
The steamer dropped onto a snag when the river level dropped puncturing the hull and causing her to sink in the Menoskong River. Her machinery was salvaged.[103]
The Great Gale of 1902: The barque was wrecked in the gale on North End Beach, Algoa Bay, South Africa. Refloated in 1903, repaired and returned to service.[108][114]
The Great Gale of 1902: The barque was wrecked in the gale on North End Beach, Algoa Bay, South Africa. Refloated in 1903, repaired and returned to service.[108][117]
The Great Gale of 1902: The barque was wrecked in the gale on North End Beach, Algoa Bay, South Africa breaking in two. Her captain and seven crew died.[108][129]
The gunboat was scuttled by the deliberate detonation of her aft magazine at Gonaïves, Haiti, to prevent her capture by the gunboat SMS Panther (Imperial German Navy). All five crew remaining on board at the time of the explosion were killed, along with an admiral and a surgeon. Panther then fired 30 shots into her wreck to complete her destruction. $50,000 in gold was looted from the wreck before 1907, her guns salvaged in 1907. The wreck was scheduled to be destroyed in 1907.[130][131][132]
The 12-ton, 34-foot (10.4 m) or 39.9-foot (12.2 m) schooner slipped her anchor and was driven ashore and wrecked with the loss of both people on board 2 nautical miles (3.7 km; 2.3 mi) west of Lanes Derrick in the roadstead at Nome, District of Alaska.[137]
The schooner was wrecked in a storm at Kincardine, Ontario. Her captain, two crewmen, the female cook, and one in the rescue party were killed.[7][141][142]
The steamer was damaged in a collision with Iroquois (United States) in the harbor at Charleston, South Carolina. She was then grounded in 20 feet (6.1 m) of water until emergency repairs could be made.[20]
The whaleback barge sank in Lake Superior in a storm when holed by the anchor of her tow ship Mauna Loa (United States) 35 miles (56 km) off Vermilion Point in 650 feet (200 m) of water. The wreck was discovered in 2021 and identified in 2022, the last whaleback wreck to be located.[145][146]
The fishing steamer suffered a broken steam pipe on Lake Erie 13 miles (21 km) north north east of Fairport, Ohio and dropped anchor in a gale with heavy seas. Shortly after dropping anchor she sprung a leak and sank. Her crew abandoned ship in two boats. Part of her crew was rescued from one boat by a passing steamer, the other boat was found capsized the next day, ten crewmen drowned.[59]
The eight barges, all loaded with coal, under tow of Fred Wilson (United States), were sunk after the tow steamer Gleaner (United States) grounded on Twelve Pole Bar in the Ohio River then turned across the channel in front of Fred Wilson resulting in a collision. The barges were abandoned after some coal was recovered. They were later removed by the US Government snag boat E. A. Woodruff (United States).[22]
The three barges, of 22 barges and 1 flat, all loaded with coal, under tow of Gleaner (United States), were sunk after Gleaner grounded on Twelve Pole Bar in the Ohio River then turned across the channel in front of Fred Wilson (United States) resulting in a collision. The barges were later raised and some coal recovered.[22]
The two barges, both loaded with coal, under tow of Sam Brown (United States), were sunk after Sam Brown grounded on Sand Creek Bar in the Ohio River. Some coal was recovered.[22]
The steamer left Wellington for Hong Kong on 26 October 1902.[151] At about 12:30 am the next morning it struck a reef off Cape Egmont[152] leading to damage. The ship sank about 16 kilometres (9.9 mi) off the coast, in 147-metre-deep (482 ft) water, near Hokianga Heads on 27 October, with 13 crew killed as their lifeboat capsized.[153]
The tug, docked at the Minnesota Ore Docks, Superior, Wisconsin, was hit and sunk by Bransford (United States). One of her firemen was scalded in the sinking and died on 13 November.[122]
The passenger ship ran aground and was wrecked on West Island in the Three Kings Islands, New Zealand, in thick fog due to inaccurate maps. 28 passengers and 17 crew died out of 136 passengers and 58 crew.[7][156]
The 80-gross register ton sternwheel paddle steamer struck a rock in the Rogue River in Oregon one-half mile (0.80 km) below the mouth of the Illinois River, destroying her rudder. The helpless vessel drifted three miles (4.8 km) downstream before hitting another rock, which caused her to capsize and sink. All three people on board survived.[139][138]
The steamer struck a submerged log destroying her prop causing her to drift onto a reef and capsizing. Later righted and refloated and taken to Vancouver, British Columbia.[80]
The steamer became unmanageable in a terrific gale and snowstorm after losing her rudder on Lake Superior and was abandoned by her crew. She was wrecked on Point Mamaise, a total loss. The crew made it to shore in boats.[103][164]
The tow steamer became disabled off Mount Desert Rock and the vessel drifted ashore and was wrecked. 17 of 18 crewmen made it ashore on Mount Desert Rock, the mess boy was found frozen to death. They were rescued after seven days by Clara Clarita (United States).[71]
The schooner sank in the south channel to Absecon Inlet between Heinz Pier and Steel Pier in eight feet (2.4 m) of water. The wreck was blown up with dynamite on 22–23 June 1905.[167]
The laid up passenger steamer broke loose from her dock at Covington, Kentucky and was swept downstream and sank when she struck the Southern Railroad bridge, a total loss.[22]
The three-masted full-rigged ship[171] from Montevideo and, under tow, from IJmuiden for Hamburg, lost connection and was wrecked at Texel, the Netherlands.[172][173] The 17 crew members were rescued. Remains of the ship were still visible 50 years later.[174] In Canada a replica of the ship is built in the 2000s.
The steamer struck the pier of the Ninth Street Bridge, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania in the Monongahela River and sank taking two flats down with her. One person reported missing. Later raised.[107]
The tow steamer filled and sank over night at the Atlantic Dock in Brooklyn, probably from the vessel catching under the dock on a rising tide. No leak found when she was raised.[31]
The 1,433-ton ship broke loose from her moorings during a gale and was washed ashore on the spit at Dutch Harbor, District of Alaska. She was stripped and abandoned, and her hull eventually broke up.[61]
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