The cargo ship reported that she was 45 nautical miles (83 km) south west of Land's End, Cornwall, United Kingdom. She subsequently foundered, a lifebuoy came ashore in the Isles of Scilly on 8 January.[5]
The cargo ship hit the Gear Rock, off Penzance promenade, Cornwall. All nine crew were rescued by the Penlee Lifeboat. Taycraig broke up and sank three days later.[27][28]
The schooner foundered in the Atlantic Ocean 72 nautical miles (133 km) east south east of the Fastnet Rock. All six crew were rescued by the trawler Thomas Ansell (United Kingdom).[18]
The German barge, which had been recovered after drifting off the Lisbon Bar, was being towed into the River Tagus by the Portuguese salvage vessel alongside. Franz ran aground off Cascais, near the Bugio Lighthouse and, in sinking, her masts punctured the hull of the salvage vessel. Both vessels became total losses.[55][56][57]
The coaster collided with George Frusher (United Kingdom in the North Sea 11 nautical miles (20 km) south east of the mouth of the River Tyne and sank. All crew were rescued.[63]
The cargo ship collided with Aizkarai Mendi (Spain) in the North Sea 24 nautical miles (44 km) north west of Cromer, Norfolk, United Kingdom and sank with the loss of nine of her 22 crew. Survivors were rescued by Aizkarai Mendi, Caduceus (United Kingdom) and the Wells and Cromer lifeboats.[75]
The cargo ship sank in the North Sea 4 nautical miles (7.4 km) south east of Craig, Angus. All crew were rescued by Vanguard (United Kingdom). Like the original wreck in October 1935 the cited report is incorrect-see Whitehaven News 2 Apr 1936 page 4. She had been refloated at the 7th attempt on 26 March 1936 and was being towed to Troon, Firth of Clyde, Scotland, for breaking up. She sprang a leak and sank in deep water about 15 miles off Troon.[76]
The cargo ship ran aground south of Duncansby Head, Sutherland, United Kingdom. She was refloated but was leaking severely and was consequently beached in Sinclair Bay. The crew subsequently abandoned ship.[77] She was refloated on 31 August.[79]
The cargo liner struck rocks at Point Remedios and was beached at Acajutla, El Salvador, where the passengers were taken off.[87] She was refloated on 22 April.[88]
The four-masted barque ran around on the Ham Stone Rock, near Bolt Head, Devon, United Kingdom. She was beached at Starhole Bay but was wrecked there by the action of the waves.
The cargo ship collided with Mari (Estonia) in the English Channel 5 nautical miles (9.3 km) off Dungeness, Kent, United Kingdom and sank. All crew were rescued by Mari.[99]
The cargo ship struck a rock in the Columbia River 12 nautical miles (22 km) upstream of Astoria, Oregon and was consequently beached.[110] She was refloated the next day.[111]
The cargo ship sprang a leak and sank in the Kattegat 10 nautical miles (19 km) off the Ostreflak Lightship (Denmark). All crew were rescued by the trawler Betania (flag unknown).[136]
The passenger ship ran aground south of the Strommingsbadan Lighthouse and sank. All 62 people on board were rescued by Vollrath Tham (Sweden) or reached shore in their lifeboats.[138]
The cargo ship departed from Leningrad, Soviet Union for Gdynia, Poland.[151] She subsequently foundered with the loss of all hands. Wreckage from the ship washed up on Saaremaa, Estonia on 19 July.[152]
The fishing drifter sank after collision with the trawler Fernbank (United Kingdom), 5 miles (8.0 km) off Fraserburgh, Scotland; the crew were all rescued.[167]
Spanish Civil War: The Antonio Canovas del Castillo-class gunboat was shelled and sunk at Algeciras by Jaime I (Spanish Navy). Raised later in August and repaired by February 1937.
The survey ship was driven aground on a reef at Port San Vincente, Philippines in a typhoon. She was later refloated, repaired and returned to service.
1936 Naval Revolt: The Douro-classdestroyer was shelled by coast artillery and was beached in the Tagus with some loss of life. Refloated, repaired and returned to service.[195]
All boats on Lovatnet — a lake in Norway — were wrecked or sunk when a landslide near the lake′s southern end generated a megatsunami that ranged in size from 74 metres (243 ft) in the vicinity of the slide to 12.6 metres (41 ft) at the north end of the lake.[201]
The cargo ship ran aground on the east coast of Sakhalin, Soviet Union.[220] She was later refloated and taken in tow, but came ashore again on 23 October 1936.[221]
The cargo ship struck rocks off Kyleakin, Isle of Skye and was consequently beached.[226] She was refloated on 19 October and subsequently repaired.[227]
The passenger ship capsized and sank in the Java Sea with some loss of life amongst the 226 people on board. Thirty-four people were reported missing.[237]
The cargo ship ran aground in the Brazzinaga Canal near Split, Yugoslavia and broke in two. She was declared a total loss.[221] She was refloated on 27 October.[238]
The ocean liner ran aground on a reef 5 nautical miles (9.3 km) north of Bermuda.[242] Salvage efforts were abandoned on 6 November and she was declared a total loss.[243]
The cargo ship foundered with the loss of thirty nine crew members and two accompanying family member. Only one crewmember survived. She was on a voyage from Bilbao to Cardiff, Glamorgan, United Kingdom.[244]
Spanish Civil War: The Condestable Zaragoza-class fisheries protection vessel was scuttled at Rosas to prevent capture by Nationalists, or shelled and sunk by Canarias (Spanish Navy).[225]
The cargo ship was wrecked at Clodgy Point, St. Ives, Cornwall. All 33 crew were rescued by the St. Ives Lifeboat. The cargo was salvaged by local people after washing up on nearby beaches.[253][254]
The auxiliary three-masted schooner came ashore near the Lungö Lighthouse, Sweden.[260] She was refloated on 13 November and found to be severely damaged.[261]
The Type IIBsubmarine collided with another vessel in the Bight of Lübeck and sank with the loss of eight of her twenty crew.[270] Subsequently raised, repaired and returned to service.
The coaster foundered in Georgian Bay 4 nautical miles (7.4 km) north of Owen Sound, Ontario, Canada with the loss of seven of her seventeen crew.[263]
The icebreaker struck a rock in the Kara Sea and stuck fast. She was subsequently abandoned in late December. All crew were rescued by Lenin (Soviet Union).[275]
The out of service concrete hulled tanker had been run aground and converted into an entertainment facility connected to shore by a dock in Seacliff State Beach, Aptos, California. Sometime in 1936 a storm cracked her hull across midship. Stripped and used as a fishing pier.[311]
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