The list of shipwrecks in 1901 includes ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during 1901.
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January
[edit]3 January
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Doretta | ![]() |
The steamer ran aground and sank in Ramshorn Creek in South Carolina. Later raised.[1] |
7 January
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Tenzer | ![]() |
The ketch foundered off Padstow harbour after striking a rock. The crew landed on the ship's boat.[2] |
8 January
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Sunrise | ![]() |
The steamer struck an obstruction in the Red River and sank off Caspiana Plantation, Louisiana. Later raised.[3] |
10 January
[edit]Ship | State | Description |
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E. A. Hawes | ![]() |
The steamer sank at dock reportedly by being caught under the dock on a rising tide at Wilmington, North Carolina.[4] |
Osceola | ![]() |
The steamer struck an obstruction in Grand Lake, Louisiana and sank off Pigeon Point, a total loss.[3] |
Wenatchee | ![]() |
The 77 GRT sternwheel paddle steamer burned at Wenatchee, Washington. All five people on board survived.[5] |
11 January
[edit]Ship | State | Description |
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Unknown | ![]() |
The Scow, under tow of Dewitt C. Ivins (![]() |
14 January
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Vigilancia | ![]() |
The steamer stranded on the Colorado Reef off the Coast of Cuba, west of Havana, Cuba. She was refloated 2 June 1901 and taken to New York city, declared a total loss, but repaired by 20 May 1902.[6][7] |
16 January
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HMS Sybille | ![]() |
The Apollo-class protected cruiser was wrecked at Lambert's Bay, South Africa.[8] |
17 January
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Beulah Benton | ![]() |
The schooner was sunk in a collision with Pilot Boy (![]() |
18 January
[edit]Ship | State | Description |
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Kaisari | ![]() |
The London steamer was wrecked on the coast of Réunion during a cyclone. Nineteen Lascars drowned along with four British officers and the captain.[9] |
19 January
[edit]Ship | State | Description |
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City of Louisville | ![]() |
The laid up steamer burned at Benton Harbor, Michigan, apparently a total loss. Her watchman was killed.[10][11] |
Edna | ![]() |
The tug was wrecked on the east side of Chesapeake Bay after a line fouled her propeller.[4] |
Marie Celine | ![]() |
The schooner sank near Falmouth, Cornwall.[12] |
Moen Tryvan | ![]() |
The sailing ship capsized and sank in the English Channel in a gale from shifting ballast. Ten crew died, 8 rescued by a French fishing boat.[13] |
20 January
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Eli Shriver Jr. | ![]() |
The steamer sank at dock in Bayonne, New Jersey. Later raised and repaired.[14] |
26 January
[edit]Ship | State | Description |
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Unnamed | ![]() |
The fishing fleet lost one boat and twenty-three lives during a storm.[15] |
28 January
[edit]Ship | State | Description |
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Buckeye State | ![]() |
The steamer burned in the Mississippi River off Barfield Point, Arkansas, a total loss. One crewman killed.[16] |
Gardenia | ![]() |
The steamer was blown ashore by high winds and sunk in Capers Creek, South Carolina.[4] |
Holland | ![]() |
The London steamer bound for Rotterdam sank near the Hook of Holland during a storm. Four passengers and eleven crew drowned.[15] |
Lanarkshire | ![]() |
The barque was abandoned in the North Sea 6 nautical miles (11 km) north west of the Noord Hinder Lightship (![]() |
29 January
[edit]Ship | State | Description |
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Vincennes | ![]() |
The steamer struck an obstruction and sank in the Wabash River at Vincennes, Indiana. Raised and repaired.[1] |
Unknown date
[edit]Ship | State | Description |
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Hannah | ![]() |
The schooner was abandoned in the Irish Sea. She came ashore on 28 January at Mwnt, Cardiganshire and was wrecked.[18] |
Maxim | ![]() |
The 117 GRT schooner departed San Francisco, California, bound for Eureka, California, with six people aboard and was never heard from again.[19] |
February
[edit]3 February
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Daisy | ![]() |
The steamship was towing barges loaded with stone on the Warrior River, Alabama when she became unmanageable due to wind and tide and went over the dam at Lock #6. The loaded barges then fell upon her, resulting in a complete wreck. One crewman killed.[20] |
4 February
[edit]Ship | State | Description |
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Goonglaze | ![]() |
The St Agnes, Cornwall schooner foundered near Peppercombe Castle, in Bideford Bay. Four bodies were washed ashore near Westward Ho!, Devon.[21][22] |
Janie Vivian | ![]() |
The Padstow, Cornwall schooner was driven ashore, near her home port, on the sands below Bray Hill in the Camel estuary. She was taking grain to Cardiff and all the crew survived.[22] |
McPherson | ![]() |
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5 February
[edit]Ship | State | Description |
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Bob Connell | ![]() |
The steamer struck a sunken Flat in the Monongahela River near Woods Run and sank.[16] |
6 February
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New York Central No. 11 | ![]() |
The tow steamer caught fire at her slip at Sixty-Fifth Street in the North River. She was towed to the Weehawken Flats and flooded to put out the fire.[6] |
12 February
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Scow No.38 | ![]() |
The scow was lost off Scotland Lightship. One crewman killed.[14] |
15 February
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Gem | ![]() |
The steamer struck a snag in the Red River and sank. Later raised.[3] |
16 February
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Rosa B. | ![]() |
The steamer was destroyed by fire while lying at Farmersville, Louisiana.[3] |
19 February
[edit]Ship | State | Description |
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Julien Marie | ![]() |
The brigantine ran aground at St. Ives, Cornwall, United Kingdom. The crew were rescued by lifeboat[24][25] |
20 February
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Curlew | ![]() |
The tug was sunk in a collision with Robert S. Bradley (![]() |
21 February
[edit]Ship | State | Description |
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Alert | ![]() |
The Tug foundered off Nambucca Heads.[26] |
22 February
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City of Rio de Janeiro | ![]() |
The Pacific Mail Steamship Company-owned passenger ship struck rocks and sank off Fort Point, San Francisco in 320 feet (98 m) of water in dense fog near the entrance to San Francisco Bay. About 127–135 were lost, of whom 68 were passengers.[27][28][29] |
Surprise | ![]() |
The steamer was blown ashore in a gale at Koloa, Kauai, Territory of Hawaii, a total loss.[14] |
25 February
[edit]Ship | State | Description |
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Iliamma | ![]() |
The disabled 17-ton, 40-foot (12.2 m) schooner – adrift with one man aboard since 25 November 1900, when she slipped her moorings at Unga on Unga Island in the Shumagin Islands off the south coast of the Alaska Peninsula in the District of Alaska – was wrecked on the coast of Kagalaska Island in the Andreanof Islands subgroup of the Aleutian Islands during a gale. The man on board her survived.[30] |
Unknown date
[edit]Ship | State | Description |
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Commonwealth | ![]() |
The schooner left Gloucester, Massachusetts on 22 January. Believed lost in a blizzard in the first week of February on the Georges Bank. Lost with all 17 crew.[31][32][33] |
County of Haddington | ![]() |
The Sailing ship departed New York City for Shanghai on 2 February and vanished. Lost with all 25 hands.[13] |
March
[edit]1 March
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Indiana | ![]() |
Following a collision, the abandoned Hull steamer went ashore in the English Channel at Worthing.[34] |
3 March
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Anna | ![]() |
After dragging her anchors during a storm, the 227-ton, 117-foot (35.7 m) schooner was blown ashore and wrecked at Company Harbor (54°29′N 162°49′W / 54.483°N 162.817°W) on the western end of Sanak Island in the Aleutian Islands. Her crew of eight survived.[35] |
8 March
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Aviona | ![]() |
The Glasgow vessel sank at the entrance to Bilbao harbour. Twenty-three of the crew lost their lives.[36] |
14 March
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Voorspoed | ![]() |
The Amsterdam schooner ran aground at Perranporth, near Chapel Rock. The crew escaped via the breeches buoy. The vessel was carrying coal and machinery from Cardiff to Brazil.[37][38] |
16 March
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Willamette | ![]() |
The steamer was wrecked in thick fog at Village Point Reef, British Columbia. She was abandoned on 20 March.[39] |
17 March
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Bee | ![]() |
The steamship was wrecked in Picnic Bay, Magnetic Island, Queensland, Australia. |
19 March
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Transit | ![]() |
The steamer struck rocks at the Falls of the Ohio, Lexington, Kentucky and sank. Raised and repaired.[1] |
21 March
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Rose | ![]() |
The brigantine ran aground on the Res Sands, in the North Sea off the coast of Kent, and sank with the loss of four of her seven crew. Survivors were rescued by Eliza Harriet (![]() |
22 March
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Josie Siverly | ![]() |
The steamer was pushed onto the bank at Vicksburg, Mississippi when Belle of the Bends (![]() |
26 March
[edit]Ship | State | Description |
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M. D. Wayman | ![]() |
The steamer struck an obstruction in the Allegheny River near Herrs Island Dam and sank in 18 feet (5 m) of water. Later raised.[16] |
28 March
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Tay | ![]() |
The steamer collided with Chemuitz and sank off Flushing, while en route to Antwerp from London. There were three survivors out of sixteen on board.[41] |
29 March
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Annie M. Bauer | ![]() |
The tow steamer sprang a leak and sank in New York Bay off Erie Basin, Brooklyn. Two crewmen killed. Survivors rescued by John L. Berwind (![]() |
Edgewater | ![]() |
The lighter was sunk in a collision with Elizabeth (![]() |
April
[edit]1 April
[edit]Ship | State | Description |
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Amelia | ![]() |
The steamer struck the ferry cable, capsized, and sank in the Suwanee River at Dudleyville, Florida. One crewman killed.[20] |
2 April
[edit]Ship | State | Description |
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Upolu | ![]() |
The steamer struck a submerged rock at Puoko, Territory of Hawaii, and was ordered abandoned by her owners the next day, a total loss.[14] |
5 April
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Eillen | ![]() |
The steamer was capsized by a gale and sunk in the Mississippi River near Owens Bar.[16] |
7 April
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Ivernia | ![]() |
The steam oyster boat sank at dock at American Oyster Company, Providence, Rhode Island. Raised shortly after.[4] |
8 April
[edit]Ship | State | Description |
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Glenerie | ![]() |
The steamer was sunk in a collision with John McCausland (![]() |
10 April
[edit]Ship | State | Description |
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USAT Rawlins | ![]() |
The United States Army Transport sank at Brooklyn Army pier with deck awash from volume of water pumped from six engines, two trucks and three fireboats responding to engine room fire. Damage was estimated at $20,000 to refloat and $50,000 to repair.[42] |
13 April
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Awashonks | ![]() |
The laid up passenger steamer was destroyed by fire at Tiverton, Rhode Island, possibly by Arson.[4] |
Majestic | ![]() |
The steamer struck an obstruction or wreck off Dan Baker and was beached off Delaware City where she sank. Pumped out the next day.[4] |
Palos | ![]() |
The yacht was destroyed by fire at Detroit, Michigan.[16] |
17 April
[edit]Ship | State | Description |
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City of Charleston | ![]() |
The steamer blown from her moorings in a severe windstorm at Bridgeport, Alabama and sunk.[16] |
19 April
[edit]Ship | State | Description |
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Will J. Cummins | ![]() |
The steamer was blown in a severe windstorm onto shore at Beech Creek Island and sunk on an obstruction.[16] |
20 April
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Alcedo | ![]() |
The steamer was sunk by a flat she was trying to land. Later raised.[43] |
Karagola | ![]() |
The steamship burned in Akyab, Burma, and was scuttled to quench the fire. Her wreck was later raised, condemned, and scrapped.[44] |
Robert McKinley | ![]() |
The steamer burned and sank in the Monongahela River near Fayette City, Pennsylvania.[43] |
21 April
[edit]Ship | State | Description |
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Seham | ![]() |
The Nasir-class torpedo boat was sunk by a boiler explosion in the outer harbor of Beirut. 27 crewmen were killed. |
22 April
[edit]Ship | State | Description |
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Colorado | ![]() |
While under tow from Juneau, District of Alaska, to Tacoma, Washington, by the tug Pilot (![]() |
23 April
[edit]Ship | State | Description |
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Emma C. Knowles | ![]() |
The schooner was damaged in a collision with Allianca (![]() |
Samuel Ricker | ![]() |
The schooner was sunk in a collision in dense fog with Pilgrim (![]() |
Vulcan | ![]() |
The steamer was holed by a log and sunk in the Willamette River off Swan Island, Oregon.[39] |
24 April
[edit]Ship | State | Description |
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Pilgrim | ![]() |
The steamer burned and sank at Ballard, Washington.[14] |
May
[edit]7 May
[edit]Ship | State | Description |
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Tantallon Castle | ![]() |
The mail steamer was wrecked on Robben Island, approaching Cape Town, South Africa, from Southampton, United Kingdom in fog. All passengers and crew were rescued; the ship broke up in the following days.[46][47] |
10 May
[edit]Ship | State | Description |
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Bon Voyage | ![]() |
The steamer caught fire between Ontonagon, Michigan and Hancock, Michigan. She was beached and burned to the waterline. four passengers killed. 33 survivors.[48] |
France | ![]() |
The barque was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean (approximately 34°S 48°W / 34°S 48°W). Her crew were later rescued by Hebe (![]() ![]() |
11 May
[edit]Ship | State | Description |
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Climax | ![]() |
The two-thirds complete steamer burned at Wilmington, North Carolina by a spreading warehouse fire.[1] |
12 May
[edit]Ship | State | Description |
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City of Paducah | ![]() |
The steamer struck a submerged obstacle and sank in 20 feet (6 m) of water at Brunckhorsts Landing, Illinois, a total loss. Two passengers killed.[50] |
14 May
[edit]Ship | State | Description |
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Owensboro | ![]() |
The steamer burned and sank at Calhoun, Kentucky. Two crewmen killed.[1] |
18 May
[edit]Ship | State | Description |
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R. K. Wells | ![]() |
The steamer, laid up at Charleston, West Virginia sprung a leak and sank, then burned to the waters edge, then the lower section drifted away.[16] |
21 May
[edit]Ship | State | Description |
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Zenith | ![]() |
The tug struck a rock, rolled over, and sank in 20 feet (6 m) of water at the Mesaba Ore Dock. Raised and repaired.[1] |
24 May
[edit]Ship | State | Description |
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Baltimore | ![]() |
The steamer struck a Reef, broke in two foundered in a gale near Au Sable Township, Iosco County, Michigan on Gull Island Reef in Lake Huron. Her engine and boiler salvaged in Oct/Nov, 1901, rest of equipment salvaged in 1903. 13 crewmen killed.[51][52] |
Dubuque | ![]() |
The steamer struck an obstruction in the Mississippi River three miles (4.8 km) below Keithsburg, Illinois between Buoy #192 and Buoy #193 and sank in seven and a half feet (2.3 m) of water. Later raised and repaired.[1] |
Empire State | ![]() |
The steamer sprung a leak and was beached near Brockville, Ontario, Canada.[3] |
Walston | ![]() |
The barge was punctured by an obstruction as the tide dropped off Roach's Shipyard, Chester, Pennsylvania and she sank.[4] |
25 May
[edit]Ship | State | Description |
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Louise | ![]() |
The steamer was sunk in the Black River near Poplar Bluff, Missouri by a falling tree.[16] |
27 May
[edit]Ship | State | Description |
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Dubuque | ![]() |
The steamer struck a submerged stump and sank in 7 1/2 feet of water in the Mississippi River 3 miles below Keithsburg, Illinois between Lights 192 and 193. Raised, taken to Dubuque, Iowa, and repaired.[53] |
29 May
[edit]Ship | State | Description |
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Unknown coal boats | ![]() |
Eight coal boats were sunk when their tow, Acorn (![]() |
June
[edit]1 June
[edit]Ship | State | Description |
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George S. Ross | ![]() |
The steamer was wrecked and abandoned after her boiler exploded at Bull Creek in the Allegheny River. Her Captain was killed.[54] |
2 June
[edit]Ship | State | Description |
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Mataafa | ![]() |
The steamship ran aground on Knife Island Reef in Lake Superior. She was refloated, repaired, and returned to service. |
4 June
[edit]Ship | State | Description |
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Ranald | ![]() |
The steamship capsized and sank in the Atlantic Ocean off Atlantic City, New Jersey, where she had anchored the previous day after her cargo of asphalt melted in hot weather and flowed throughout her holds, causing her to take on a dangerous list. Her crew made it to shore safely.[55][56] |
7 June
[edit]Ship | State | Description |
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Balaena | ![]() |
The whaler was wrecked on an uncharted reef in thick fog three miles (4.8 km) south south east of Cape Chitnak, St. Lawrence Island in the Bering Sea.[39] |
8 June
[edit]Ship | State | Description |
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John S. Heath | ![]() |
The tug capsized and sank while under tow by Wm. S. Anderson (![]() |
11 June
[edit]Ship | State | Description |
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J. P. Gage | ![]() |
The steamer struck a log and sank in the Arkansas River between Dardanelle, Arkansas and St. Charles, Missouri.[16] |
12 June
[edit]Ship | State | Description |
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Harry Waltz | ![]() |
The steamer struck a snag and sank in the Arkansas River between Dardanelle, Arkansas and Lockharts Landing, Arkansas. Raised and repaired.[16] |
14 June
[edit]Ship | State | Description |
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Northfield | ![]() |
The Ferry was damaged in a collision with Mauch Chunk (![]() |
17 June
[edit]Ship | State | Description |
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John B. Robinson | ![]() |
The steamer struck the bar at D'Arbonne Island in the Ouachita River and sank. Later raised.[3] |
18 June
[edit]Ship | State | Description |
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Julia R. | ![]() |
The steamer was destroyed by fire at Six Mile Lake near Morgan City, Louisiana.[3] |
23 June
[edit]Ship | State | Description |
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Unknown | ![]() |
The coal elevator Barge, under tow by Erie (![]() |
26 June
[edit]Ship | State | Description |
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Lusitania | ![]() |
The ship was built by Laird Brothers in Birkenhead in 1871. Her original owners were the Pacific Steam Navigation Company. She was sold to Elder Dempster Line in 1900 and plied the Liverpool to Canada run. En route to Canada on 26 June 1901 she was lost in fog near the Newfoundland coast. Off course, the ship ended up on the rocks. Some of the crew threatened the passengers and a day later passengers began to panic. The crew then restored order. All occupants of the vessel survived.[57] |
28 June
[edit]Ship | State | Description |
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Sir Luke | ![]() |
The steamer was wrecked in a Gale between Portage Bay and Vans Harbor, Michigan. Her boiler and machinery was salvaged.[58] |
29 June
[edit]Ship | State | Description |
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Mohawk | ![]() |
The passenger steamer struck a reef and sank in the Huckleberry Channel, sinking in 13 feet (4 m) of water. Raised and returned to service.[14] |
30 June
[edit]Ship | State | Description |
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Fern | ![]() |
The wrecking steamer sank while salvaging iron from wrecks on Eagle River Reef in Lake Superior. Lost with all five crew.[58] |
Unknown date
[edit]Ship | State | Description |
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Omar D. Conger | ![]() |
The steamer burned and sank at dock in the Black River, Port Huron, Michigan on 23 or 27 June. Raised and rebuilt at Port Huron, Michigan.[10][59] |
July
[edit]4 July
[edit]Ship | State | Description |
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Alert | ![]() |
The fishing steamer was punctured by an obstruction off Barnegat, New Jersey, she was then wrecked on near by shoals.[4] |
5 July
[edit]Ship | State | Description |
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Orlando | ![]() |
The steamer struck an obstruction and sank in the White River 2 miles above Peach Orchard Bluff, a total loss.[60] |
6 July
[edit]Ship | State | Description |
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Old Dominion | ![]() |
The passenger steamer ran aground at Rye Neck, New York in thick fog. Refloated and taken to New York City 10 August.[61] |
Venice | ![]() |
The steamer struck an obstruction and sank in the Monongahela River near Fayette City, Pennsylvania. Vessel abandoned.[16] |
12 July
[edit]Ship | State | Description |
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Lizzie Reid | ![]() |
The steamer burned at Gettysburg, South Dakota and sank in eight feet (2.4 m) of water, a total loss.[1] |
Walter Thomas | ![]() |
The 2,213 GRT steamship sank after a collision with Romney off Europa Point, Straits of Gibraltar on a voyage from Penarth to Derindje |
13 July
[edit]Ship | State | Description |
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Charles D. Lane | ![]() |
While towing the schooner Vega (![]() |
15 July
[edit]Ship | State | Description |
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Blanche | ![]() |
The 234 GRT steamship was wrecked on Île-Tudy on voyage Cardiff, Wales, to Quimper, France.[62] |
Oakland | ![]() |
With a crew of 12 and a cargo of 900 tons of lumber and shingles aboard, the 534 GRT 150.8-foot (46.0 m) bark was wrecked without loss of life on a reef 10 nautical miles (19 km; 12 mi) from the entrance to the harbor at Port Clarence, District of Alaska.[63] |
16 July
[edit]Ship | State | Description |
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Tremont | ![]() |
The steamer was damaged in a collision with the yacht Wild Duck (![]() |
18 July
[edit]Ship | State | Description |
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Grampus | ![]() |
The 326-ton steam whaling bark was beached on the coast of the District of Alaska near Point Barrow after suffering ice damage. She was condemned.[64] |
20 July
[edit]Ship | State | Description |
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City of Metropolis | ![]() |
The laid up steamer, in custody of the United States Marshals Service, burned to the waterline in Quincy Bay, Illinois, a total loss.[1] |
Peter Hontz | ![]() |
The steamer struck an obstruction and sank near Rumsey, Kentucky in the Green River. Raised and repaired.[1] |
24 July
[edit]Ship | State | Description |
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Stella | ![]() |
The steamer was destroyed by fire at Columbia, Louisiana on the Ouachita River.[3] |
25 July
[edit]Ship | State | Description |
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Edna | ![]() |
The steamer struck a snag near Lockport, Louisiana and sank in Bayou Lafourche.[3] |
Monhegan | ![]() |
The sailing Yacht was wrecked on Assatigue Beach, a total loss.[65] |
26 July
[edit]Ship | State | Description |
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Empire | ![]() |
The Bark caught fire in a gale while anchored in the Harbor of Mahukona, Territory of Hawaii, her anchor line parted and she drifted westward out to sea. She was abandoned by her crew after they were unable to extinguish the fire and she blew out to sea blazing, a total loss.[66] |
Jos Goldsmith | ![]() |
The tug sank in a storm in Maumee Bay.[3] |
29 July
[edit]Ship | State | Description |
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Sagamore | ![]() |
The whaleback barge was rammed by the steamship Northern Queen (flag unknown) while at anchor in fog in Whitefish Bay, Lake Superior, off the coast of Michigan and sank with the loss of three lives. Her five survivors were rescued by Northern Queen. |
August
[edit]3 August
[edit]Ship | State | Description |
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HMS Viper | ![]() |
The Viper-class torpedo boat destroyer foundered on rocks at Alderney in the Channel Islands during naval manoeuvers. All aboard survived.[67][68] |
4 August
[edit]Ship | State | Description |
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Ada Barrett | ![]() |
The steamer sank at dock in Duluth, Minnesota due to an open seacock.[1] |
Ford City | ![]() |
The steamer struck an obstruction and sank in the Ohio River near Legionville, Pennsylvania. Later raised.[16] |
6 August
[edit]Ship | State | Description |
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Frank Pigeon Jr. | ![]() |
The tug sank at dock at Pusey & Jones' Wharf, Wilmington, Delaware. Pumped out the next day.[4] |
7 August
[edit]Ship | State | Description |
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James Sennett | ![]() |
During a voyage in ballast from Nome and St. Michael, District of Alaska, to Port Townsend, Washington with a crew of 12 aboard, the 693 GRT, 194.5-foot (59.3 m) four-masted schooner was wrecked without loss of life in Unimak Pass just south of Sennett Point (54°29′00″N 164°54′30″W / 54.48333°N 164.90833°W) and 2 nautical miles (3.7 km; 2.3 mi) north of Scotch Cap on the coast of Unimak Island in the Aleutian Islands.[30] |
8 August
[edit]Ship | State | Description |
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Dewing & Sons | ![]() |
The steamer sank near Lock #7 in the Monongahela River due to a supply pipe rusting through. Later raised.[16] |
12 August
[edit]Ship | State | Description |
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Laura May | ![]() |
While under tow by the steamship Fram (![]() |
14 August
[edit]Ship | State | Description |
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Biloxi | ![]() |
1901 Louisiana hurricane: The tug foundered in the storm near the Quarantine Station, Louisiana in the Mississippi River. Two crewmen killed.[3] |
Maunsell White | ![]() |
1901 Louisiana hurricane: The laid up steamer was wrecked during the storm at Quarantine Station, Louisiana in the Mississippi River.[3] |
15 August
[edit]Ship | State | Description |
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Evelyn | ![]() |
1901 Louisiana hurricane: The steamer went ashore 15 miles (24 km) west of the Santa Rosa Island, Florida Life Saving station during the storm. Later refloated.[70] |
Islander | ![]() |
With 109 passengers and 62 crew members aboard, the Canadian Pacific Steam Navigation Company-owned twin-screw 240-foot (73.2 m) passenger-cargo steamship struck an iceberg and sank in 365 feet (111 m) of water off Douglas Island at the foot of Lynn Canal near Juneau, District of Alaska, United States. Newspapers reported that up to 70 people lost their lives, while official reports place the death toll at 45. She was refloated in 1934 and towed into shallow water.[71] |
Neptune | ![]() |
1901 Louisiana hurricane: The steamer foundered at dock in the storm at Milneburg, Louisiana in Lake Pontchartrain. Later raised.[3] |
Tortugas | ![]() |
1901 Louisiana hurricane: The lumber schooner was sunk in a collision at Pensacola, Florida while seeking refuge during the storm.[70] |
18 August
[edit]Ship | State | Description |
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Vermont | ![]() |
The steamer burned at West Seattle, Washington.[14] |
19 August
[edit]Ship | State | Description |
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City of Golconda | ![]() |
The steamer capsized in a severe windstorm near the Cottonwood Bar in the Ohio River between Elizabethtown, Illinois and Paducah, Kentucky. 11 passengers and 4 crewmen killed.[16] |
21 August
[edit]Ship | State | Description |
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George Stauber | ![]() |
The steamer was sunk in a collision with Alexander McDougall (![]() |
23 August
[edit]Ship | State | Description |
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Rambler | ![]() |
The tug caught fire at Diamond Street Wharf, Wilmington, Delaware and was sunk by the fire department's efforts to fight the fire.[4] |
24 August
[edit]Ship | State | Description |
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Dauntless | ![]() |
The steamer was damaged in a collision with Mary Garratt (![]() |
25 August
[edit]Ship | State | Description |
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Noranmore | ![]() |
The W Johnston & Co.-owned cargo ship capsized and sank off Athens, Greece.[72] |
26 August
[edit]Ship | State | Description |
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Oakland | ![]() |
The passenger-cargo ship ran aground at the mouth of the Richmond River in New South Wales, Australia. Although declared a total loss, she was refloated, repaired, and returned to service. |
27 August
[edit]Ship | State | Description |
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George Law | ![]() |
The 414 GRT sidewheel paddle steamer burned at Camden, New Jersey. All nine people on board survived.[73] |
Ida E. Comly | ![]() |
The sailing vessel sank after colliding with the steamship Endeavor (![]() |
28 August
[edit]Ship | State | Description |
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City of Trenton | ![]() |
The steamers' port boiler exploded and she caught fire in the Delaware River off Torresdale, Pennsylvania burning all woodwork, and was beached on the Pennsylvania side of the river. 24 killed.[74][75] |
30 August
[edit]Ship | State | Description |
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Eliza H. Strong | ![]() |
The steamer sprang a leak and became waterlogged on Lake Superior. She was towed to Munising, Michigan and beached. Her crew was rescued by Courageous (![]() |
M. Sicken | ![]() |
The steamer was sunk at dock when Curry (![]() |
Mary E. Justice | ![]() |
The steamer sprang a leak in the Delaware River off Brambles Point and sank in 11 feet (3 m) of water.[4] |
Unknown date
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City of Clifton | ![]() |
The steamer sank at 76 Landing a short distance above Grand Tower, Illinois sometime in August. Raised, repaired and returned to service.[78] |
Neptune | ![]() |
1901 Louisiana hurricane: The barque sailed from Pensacola, Florida for Montevideo on 10 August and was probably sunk by the hurricane in the Gulf of Mexico on 12 August, never seen again.[79] |
Unknown schooners | ![]() |
1901 Louisiana hurricane: Four fishing schooners were sunk at Pensacola, Florida.[79] |
September
[edit]3 September
[edit]Ship | State | Description |
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Brigantine | ![]() |
The steamer sank in 12 feet (4 m) of water at a wharf in Atlantic City, New Jersey.[4] |
4 September
[edit]Ship | State | Description |
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Gold Dust | ![]() |
The steamer was destroyed by fire at Hardins Landing, Kentucky.[1] |
Mary F. Perley | ![]() |
The paddle steamer burned at Alki Point in Puget Sound.[14][80] |
SMS Wacht | ![]() |
The Wacht-class aviso sank after a colliding with the ironclad SMS Sachsen (![]() |
8 September
[edit]Ship | State | Description |
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Twilight | ![]() |
The steamer struck an obstruction entering Periwig and sank to her main deck. Pumped out on 11 September and towed to Camden, New Jersey for repairs.[4] |
15 September
[edit]Ship | State | Description |
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Monitor | ![]() |
The 15 GRT screw steamer sank in the Grand River in Ohio, possibly at Grand River itself. All six people on board survived.[73][81] |
16 September
[edit]Ship | State | Description |
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Hudson | ![]() |
The steamer foundered in a heavy gale eight miles (13 km) off Eagle River in Lake Superior. Lost with all 24 crew.[58][82] |
18 September
[edit]Ship | State | Description |
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Seabright | ![]() |
The steamer dragged anchor and was wrecked at the mouth of the Cape Fear River in a heavy gale and broke up.[1] |
19 September
[edit]Ship | State | Description |
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HMS Cobra | ![]() |
The Cobra-class destroyer broke her back and sank due to design weakness near Cromer, Norfolk. 67 crew were lost. |
Stewart | ![]() |
The steamer was destroyed by fire at dock at Ogdensburg, New York.[83] |
20 September
[edit]Ship | State | Description |
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Fedora | ![]() |
The steamer was destroyed by fire between Duluth, Minnesota and Ashland.[1] |
Hallette | ![]() |
The steamer struck an obstruction and sank in the Mississippi River.[16] |
23 September
[edit]Ship | State | Description |
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City of Clifton | ![]() |
The steamer struck an obstruction in the Mississippi River and sank in nine feet (3 m) of water. Raised and repaired.[1] |
Highland | ![]() |
The steamer was destroyed by fire at the Marine Iron Works Dock in the Chicago River.[48] |
24 September
[edit]Ship | State | Description |
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Edna | ![]() |
The ferry burned in the Missouri River off St. James, Nebraska, a total loss.[1] |
Unknown scow | ![]() |
The dumper scow, under the tow of John Fleming (![]() |
26 September
[edit]Ship | State | Description |
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Julia | ![]() |
The steamer struck an obstruction in the Snag Island Chute in the Mississippi River and sank in four feet (1.2 m) of water. Later raised.[1] |
October
[edit]2 October
[edit]Ship | State | Description |
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James A. Morris | ![]() |
The tug was destroyed by fire off Sunnyside Island in the Hudson River.[4] |
M.M. Drake | ![]() |
The steam barge sank in Lake Superior after colliding with the schooner barge Michigan (![]() ![]() |
Michigan | ![]() |
The schooner barge was abandoned when her seams parted and she began to sink during a gale with heavy seas on Lake Superior while she was under tow by the steam barge M.M. Drake (![]() |
4 October
[edit]Ship | State | Description |
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Unknown canal boat | ![]() |
The canal boat, under tow of E. C. Baker (![]() ![]() |
6 October
[edit]Ship | State | Description |
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Nannine | ![]() |
The steamer burned at dock at Wilmington Island, Georgia.[1] |
7 October
[edit]Ship | State | Description |
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Lafayette | ![]() |
The steamer caught fire off College Wharf in the Delaware River and was abandoned by her crew.[4] |
10 October
[edit]Ship | State | Description |
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Gowanus | ![]() |
The steamer split a seam and sank at dock in Gowanus Creek. Later raised.[4] |
13 October
[edit]Ship | State | Description |
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City of Paris | ![]() |
On 12 or 13 October the sternwheel paddle steamer was destroyed by fire while winter quarters on the Koyukuk River at Bergman, District of Alaska (66°30′N 152°53′W / 66.500°N 152.883°W). The fire reportedly was started by people who had boarded her in a search for liquor to steal.[45][65] |
14 October
[edit]Ship | State | Description |
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Carrie Currens | ![]() |
The steamer foundered in a storm while under tow between Port Eads, Louisiana and Port Arthur, Texas.[20] |
18 October
[edit]Ship | State | Description |
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State of Michigan | ![]() |
The steamer sprung a leak and sank two miles (3.2 km) offshore between Muskegon, Michigan and White Lake.[48] |
19 October
[edit]Ship | State | Description |
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L'Esperance | ![]() |
The F Alexander-owned cargo ship was wrecked off the Skalskar Lighthouse, Finland.[72] |
Samuel J. Christian | ![]() |
The tug collided with John J. Albright (![]() |
Swallow | ![]() |
The cargo steamer foundered in a gale 10 or 18 miles (29 km) west of Long Point in Lake Erie. The crew made it to the barge Manitu that she had been towing.[86][87] |
20 October
[edit]Ship | State | Description |
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City of Cleveland | ![]() |
The steamer in fog struck a rock and sank opposite Ballards Reef in the Detroit River.[16] |
22 October
[edit]Ship | State | Description |
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A. J. Goddard | ![]() |
The Klondike Gold Rush-era sternwheeler was named after Seattle businessman Albert J. Goddard. She was built for use on the Upper Yukon River in Canada. Her prefabricated components were built in San Francisco and shipped to Skagway, Alaska. She sank in a storm on Lake Laberge on 22 October 1901. Her wreck was discovered in 2008 by Doug Davidge. |
Elizabeth | ![]() |
The ferry caught fire off Jersey City. She returned to her slip and evacuated passengers and then was beached on Communipaw Flats.[4] |
26 October
[edit]Ship | State | Description |
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Helen Miller Gould | ![]() |
The auxiliary fishing motor schooner was destroyed by fire at North Sydney, Nova Scotia.[88][89] |
29 October
[edit]Ship | State | Description |
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Bluestone | ![]() |
The tug sank at her dock when her bow was caught under the dock by a rising tide resulting her flooding through the bunker holes.[4] |
Unknown barges | ![]() |
The barges, under tow of Thomas Purcell, Jr. (![]() ![]() |
Unknown scow | ![]() |
The scow capsized and sank off the Sandy Hook Light. One crewman killed.[4] |
Walrus | ![]() |
The steamer burned between Edmonds, Washington and Ballard, Washington.[14] |
November
[edit]2 November
[edit]Ship | State | Description |
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Phoenix | ![]() |
The tow steamer was swept by the tide into a collision with another vessel and sunk in San Francisco Bay. Raised and repaired. One crewman killed.[39] |
4 November
[edit]Ship | State | Description |
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Ondine | ![]() |
The steamer struck an obstruction in the Mississippi River near Andalusia, Illinois and sank in seven feet (2.1 m) of water. Later raised and repaired.[1] |
6 November
[edit]Ship | State | Description |
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Ida L. Tebo | ![]() |
The tug was sunk in a collision in Hell Gate with the tug Wrestler (![]() |
7 November
[edit]Ship | State | Description |
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A. B. Taylor | ![]() |
The steamer was destroyed by fire at Grand Haven, Michigan.[48] |
9 November
[edit]Ship | State | Description |
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G. W. Wright | ![]() |
The tow steamer caught fire and sank at a dock at Ninety Ninth Street in the North River.[4] |
Oriole | ![]() |
While towing the barges Nome City and Reception (![]() |
10 November
[edit]Ship | State | Description |
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S. S. Brewster | ![]() |
The steamer was trapped under a dock by the rising tide and was flooded and sunk at Georgetown, South Carolina.[1] |
13 November
[edit]Ship | State | Description |
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Beauchamp | ![]() |
The lifeboat capsized off Caister-on-Sea, Norfolk, England, with the loss of eight lives. Three of her crew survived. |
14 November
[edit]Ship | State | Description |
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Richmond | ![]() |
The passenger steamer burned at Fredericksburg, Virginia.[4] |
Wenona | ![]() |
The steamer was sunk in a collision with Regulator (![]() |
16 November
[edit]Ship | State | Description |
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Paul Le Roux | ![]() |
The steamer was destroyed by fire at dock in Rensselaer, New York.[4] |
Titania | ![]() |
The barquentine, owned by Bowring Brothers, was wrecked in Pound Bay, Trepassey, Newfoundland, with loss of one crewmenber.[91] |
19 November
[edit]Ship | State | Description |
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Fred Hartweg | ![]() |
The steamer struck an obstruction and sank in the Mississippi River.[16] |
20 November
[edit]Ship | State | Description |
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Vigilant | ![]() |
The dredge was destroyed by fire near Blair, Pennsylvania due to gas escaping from the river bed while dredging being ignited by her furnace.[16] |
22 November
[edit]Ship | State | Description |
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Fritz | ![]() |
The steamer struck an obstruction and sank in the Mississippi River while on the way to assist Fred Hartweg. Raised and repaired.[16] |
23 November
[edit]Ship | State | Description |
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Robert Haddon | ![]() |
The tug drifted onto the beach at Long Branch, New Jersey after losing her rudder. Total loss.[4] |
Unknown barge | ![]() |
The barge, under the tow of Navigator (![]() |
24 November
[edit]Ship | State | Description |
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Grant | ![]() |
The barge was driven ashore 12 miles (19 km) north of Barnegat, New Jersey in a severe storm after breaking loose from the tug Eureka (![]() |
Wilmore | ![]() |
The barge was driven ashore 12 miles (19 km) north of Barnegat, New Jersey in a severe storm after breaking loose from the tug Eureka (![]() |
27 November
[edit]Ship | State | Description |
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John K. Speed | ![]() |
The steamer struck an obstruction and sank in the Mississippi River near Presidents Island three miles (4.8 km) below Memphis, Tennessee.[16] |
28 November
[edit]Ship | State | Description |
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Merle Spalding | ![]() |
The laid up steamer burned at Read's Landing Bay, Wisconsin, a total loss.[92] |
29 November
[edit]Ship | State | Description |
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O. A. Crandall | ![]() |
The tug was sunk by ice, probably near Albany, New York.[4] |
Occoquan | ![]() |
The steamer burned in Occoquan Creek on the Potomac River.[4] |
30 November
[edit]Ship | State | Description |
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Chilian | ![]() |
The 248 GRT bark was lost when she struck a rock on the south side of Dutch Harbor on Amaknak Island in the Aleutian Islands. She was abandoned and was sold at auction on 7 December.[93] |
Fearless | ![]() |
The 248-ton steam whaling bark was lost when she struck a rock while at anchor on the south side of Dutch Harbor on Amaknak Island in the Aleutian Islands. Her crew of 28 survived.[93] |
San Rafael | ![]() |
The ferry collided with Sausalito (![]() |
December
[edit]1 December
[edit]Ship | State | Description |
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Skagit Chief | ![]() |
The steamer ran aground in thick fog on Orchard Rocks, Washington in Puget Sound and broke in two.[14] |
3 December
[edit]Ship | State | Description |
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Clara Brown | ![]() |
The steamer broached and was driven ashore at Alki Point, Washington.[14] |
4 December
[edit]Ship | State | Description |
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C.H. Wheeler | ![]() |
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7 December
[edit]Ship | State | Description |
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Rodney | ![]() |
The cargo ship was wrecked on the coast of Cornwall.[94] |
8 December
[edit]Ship | State | Description |
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Idlehour | ![]() |
The steamer burned to the waterline at dock at Elmwood Beach in the Niagara River.[3] |
9 December
[edit]Ship | State | Description |
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Unknown barge | ![]() |
The barge, under the tow of Transfer No. 4 (![]() ![]() |
13 December
[edit]Ship | State | Description |
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R. A. Speed | ![]() |
The steamer was destroyed by fire lying at Paducah, Kentucky.[16] |
15 December
[edit]Ship | State | Description |
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Agnes | ![]() |
The tow steamer filled with water and sank at the Atlantic Dock in Brooklyn. Later raised.[4] |
L. F. Malini | ![]() |
The steamer was destroyed by fire in Harveys Canal, Louisiana.[20] |
Sindia | ![]() |
During a voyage from Kobe, Japan, to New York City, with a cargo of china, porcelain vases, bamboo, camphor, and manganese, the 3,068 GRT bark ran aground at Ocean City, New Jersey, during a storm. Her crew of 34 was rescued and most of her cargo was salvaged. Her wreck was a tourist attraction for many years, but eventually became buried in the sand.[55][96][97] |
17 December
[edit]Ship | State | Description |
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Luna | ![]() |
The steamer struck a snag and sank in the Red River off Shady Grove Landing.[20] |
Ruth | ![]() |
The steamer struck a snag and sank in 15 feet (4.6 m) of water in the Willamette River off Corvallis, Oregon.[14] |
San Blas | ![]() |
The steamer was wrecked five miles (8.0 km) north of La Libertad, El Salvador.[39] |
18 December
[edit]Ship | State | Description |
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J. E. Rumbell | ![]() |
The steamer sank at dock at Marinette, Wisconsin.[58] |
Oscoda | ![]() |
The steamer sank in the Chicago River due to a broke plank. Pumped out and raised.[48] |
19 December
[edit]Ship | State | Description |
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Charlie Stone | ![]() |
The steamer, tied up at Point Pleasant, West Virginia, sprung a leak, broke loose, capsized and drifted two miles (3.2 km) downstream before grounding.[16] |
Geo. D. Purdy | ![]() |
The pleasure steamer was destroyed by fire at Verona, North Carolina.[1] |
Kanawha Belle | ![]() |
The steamer ran over Dam #3 in the Great Kanawha River and sank in 20 feet (6 m) of water. Eight crewmen killed. The rest of the crew and four passengers were rescued by Calvert (![]() |
21 December
[edit]Ship | State | Description |
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Highland | ![]() |
The steamer was sunk by ice in the Pocomoke River.[98] |
Pere Marquette 16 | ![]() |
The steamer was scuttled at Ludington, Michigan after she bottomed on a bar in a gale 200 yards (180 m) off the channel for the harbor causing steam pipes to break, killing one crewman and injuring two. The surviving crew were rescued by the United States Life Saving Service.[99] |
23 December
[edit]Ship | State | Description |
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James T. Easton | ![]() |
The barge was sunk in a collision by Allan Joy (![]() |
25 December
[edit]Ship | State | Description |
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Sun | ![]() |
The steamer burned and sank at Memphis, Tennessee. Four passengers, a woman and her child, plus a married couple, were killed.[16][101] |
T. C. Woodard | ![]() |
The steamer burned to the water's edge at Spottsville, Kentucky.[102] |
29 December
[edit]Ship | State | Description |
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Clifford | ![]() |
The anchored lighter was sunk when hit by Newburgh (![]() |
31 December
[edit]Ship | State | Description |
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Hero | ![]() |
The Kjaer & Isdal, (Bergen)-owned cargo ship ran aground between Baltimore, Ohio and Colón, Panama. The wreck was later refloated and sold.[72] |
Unknown date
[edit]Ship | State | Description |
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HMS Condor | ![]() |
During a voyage from Esquimalt, British Columbia, Canada, to Honolulu, Territory of Hawaii, the screw sloop-of-war disappeared after parting company with the armoured cruiser HMS Warspite (![]() |
Matteawan | ![]() |
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Unknown date
[edit]Ship | State | Description |
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Aloha | ![]() |
The 445 GRT steamship was wrecked on the southeast tip of Hinchinbrook Island on the south-central coast of the District of Alaska. She became a total loss[35] |
Balaena | ![]() |
The 390-net register ton, 149.5-foot (45.6 m) whaling steamer was wrecked on an uncharted reef off Saint Lawrence Island in the Bering Sea on either 1 May or 7 June, according to various sources. All 50 people on board – nine passengers and a crew of 41 – survived. Her captain and some crewmembers reach Nome, District of Alaska, with news of the wreck on 21 June, and the whaler Alexander immediately left Nome for Saint Lawrence Island, where she rescued the passengers and the rest of the crew from the beach.[106] |
Gardner | ![]() |
The river steamer was lost at Jones Point (65°07′N 166°38′W / 65.117°N 166.633°W) on the west-central coast of the District of Alaska.[64] |
Norman Sunde | ![]() |
The schooner was wrecked on Five Fingers Island (57°17′30″N 133°40′15″W / 57.29167°N 133.67083°W) in Southeast Alaska in 1900 or 1901.[107] |
Nor'West | ![]() |
While laid up for the winter, the 8 GRT, 35.4-foot (10.8 m) schooner dragged her anchor during either the winter of 1901–1902 or the winter of 1902–1903 and was blown so far inland at the head of "Wrangell Bay" in the District of Alaska – probably Wrangell Bay (57°01′N 156°31′W / 57.017°N 156.517°W) on Kodiak Island but possibly the harbor at Wrangell in Southeast Alaska – that she could not be relaunched. She was declared a total loss and was stripped and abandoned.[107] |
HMS Scorpion | ![]() |
The decommissioned Scorpion-class ironclad turret ship was sunk as a target. She was refloated in 1902 to be sold for scrap. |
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