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List of shipwrecks in 1901

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The list of shipwrecks in 1901 includes ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during 1901.

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1901
Jan Feb Mar Apr
May Jun Jul Aug
Sep Oct Nov Dec
Unknown date

January[]

16 January[]

List of shipwrecks: 16 January 1901
Ship Country Description
HMS Sybille Naval Ensign of the United Kingdom Royal Navy The Apollo-class protected cruiser ran aground at Lambert's Bay, South Africa.[1]

28 January[]

List of shipwrecks: 28 January 1901
Ship Country Description
Lanarkshire Civil Ensign of the United Kingdom United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland The barque was abandoned in the North Sea 6 nautical miles (11 km) north west of the Noord Hinder Lightship (Flag of the Netherlands Netherlands). She subsequently foundered.[2]

Unknown date[]

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1901
Ship Country Description
Hannah Civil Ensign of the United Kingdom United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland The schooner was abandoned in the Irish Sea, She came ashore on 28 January at Mwnt, Cardiganshire and was wrecked.[3]

February[]

2 February[]

List of shipwrecks: 2 February 1901
Ship Country Description
Goonlaze Civil Ensign of the United Kingdom United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland The schooner was wrecked near Peppercombe Castle, Devon with the loss of three crew.[4]

19 February[]

List of shipwrecks: 19 February 1901
Ship Country Description
Julien Marie Flag of France France The brigantine ran aground at St. Ives, Cornwall, United Kingdom. The crew were rescued by lifeboat [5][6]

22 February[]

List of shipwrecks: 22 February 1901
Ship Country Description
City of Rio De Janeiro US flag 45 stars United States The Pacific Mail Steamship Company-owned passenger ship struck rocks and sank at Golden Gate, San Francisco, California. Approx 135 were lost

March[]

17 March[]

List of shipwrecks: 17 March 1901
Ship Country Description
Bee Civil Ensign of Australia Australia The steamship was wrecked in Picnic Bay, Magnetic Island, Queensland, Australia.

21 March[]

List of shipwrecks: 21 March 1901
Ship Country Description
Rose Civil Ensign of the United Kingdom United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland 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 (Flag of the Royal National Lifeboat Institution Royal National Lifeboat Institution.[7]

Unknown date[]

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date in March 1901
Ship Country Description
Voorspoed Flag of the Netherlands Netherlands The sailing ship was wrecked in Perran Bay, Cornwall, United Kingdom with the loss of all hands. She was on a voyage from Newfoundland to Perranporth, Cornwall.[8]

April[]

10 April[]

List of shipwrecks: 10 April 1901
Ship Country Description
USAT Rawlins US flag 45 stars United States 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.[9]

May[]

10 May[]

List of shipwrecks: 29 March 1911
Ship Country Description
France Flag of France France The barque was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean (approximately 34°00′00″S 48°00′00″W / 34°S 48°W / -34; -48). Her crew were later rescued by Hebe (Flag of the German Empire German Empire). France was on a voyage from North Shields, County Durham to Valparaiso, Chile. France was sighted on 13 May by Josefa (Flag of Spain Spain). Presumed subsequently foundered.[10]

June[]

2 June[]

List of shipwrecks: 2 June 1901
Ship Country Description
Mataafa US flag 45 stars United States The steamship ran aground on Knife Island Reef in Lake Superior. She was refloated, repaired, and returned to service.

4 June[]

List of shipwrecks: 4 June 1901
Ship Country Description
Ranald Civil Ensign of the United Kingdom United Kingdom 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.[11][12]

July[]

12 July[]

List of shipwrecks: 12 July 1901
Ship Country Description
Walter Thomas Civil Ensign of the United Kingdom United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland The 2,213 grt steamship sank after a collision with Romney off Europa Point, Straits of Gibraltar on a voyage from Penarth to Derindje

15 July[]

List of shipwrecks: 15 July 1901
Ship Country Description
Blanche Civil Ensign of the United Kingdom United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland The 234 grt steamship was wrecked on Île-Tudy on voyage Cardiff for Quimper[13]

29 July[]

List of shipwrecks: 29 July 1901
Ship Country Description
Sagamore US flag 45 stars United States The whaleback barge was rammed by the steamer Northern Queen (flag unknown) while at anchor in fog in Whitefish Bay off the coast of Michigan and sank with the loss of three lives. Her five survivors were rescued by Northern Queen.

August[]

3 August[]

List of shipwrecks: 3 August 1901
Ship Country Description
HMS Viper Naval Ensign of the United Kingdom Royal Navy The Viper-class torpedo boat destroyer foundered on rocks at Alderney in the Channel Islands during naval manoeuvers. All aboard survived.[14][15]

15 August[]

List of shipwrecks: 15 August 1901
Ship Country Description
Islander Civil Ensign of the United Kingdom United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland The Canadian Pacific Steam Navigation Company-owned twin-screw steamer struck an iceberg and sank near Juneau, Territory of Alaska, United States. Forty passengers and crew were killed.

25 August[]

List of shipwrecks: 25 August 1901
Ship Country Description
Noranmore Flag of Belgium (civil) Belgium The W Johnston & Co.-owned cargo ship capsized and sank off Athens, Greece.[16]

26 August[]

List of shipwrecks: 26 August 1901
Ship Country Description
Oakland Flag of New South Wales New South Wales 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.

September[]

4 September[]

List of shipwrecks: 4 September 1901
Ship Country Description
SMS Wacht War Ensign of Germany 1903-1918 Kaiserliche Marine The Wacht-class aviso sank after a colliding with the ironclad SMS Sachsen (War Ensign of Germany 1903-1918 Kaiserliche Marine) off Germany. All crew survived.

19 September[]

List of shipwrecks: 19 September 1901
Ship Country Description
HMS Cobra Naval Ensign of the United Kingdom Royal Navy The destroyer broke her back and sank due to design weakness near Cromer, Norfolk. 67 crew were lost.

October[]

2 October[]

List of shipwrecks: 2 October 1901
Ship Country Description
M. M. Drake US flag 45 stars United States The steam barge sank in Lake Superior after colliding with the schooner barge Michigan (US flag 45 stars United States), which she was towing, while she was taking Michigan′s crew off after Michigan began to sink during a gale. All hands from M. M. Drake and all but one crew member from Michigan were rescued by the cargo ship Crescent City (flag unknown); one Michigan crewman was lost in the sinking of M. M. Drake.
Michigan US flag 45 stars United States The schooner barge was abandoned when her seams parted and she began to sink during a gale on Lake Superior while she was under tow by the steam barge M. M. Drake (US flag 45 stars United States). She collided while M. M. Drake while M. M. Drake was taking off her crew. Michigan was not seen again.

19 October[]

List of shipwrecks: 19 October 1901
Ship Country Description
L'Esperance Flag of Belgium (civil) Belgium The F Alexander-owned cargo ship was wrecked off the Skalskar Lighthouse, Finland.[16]

November[]

14 November[]

List of shipwrecks: 14 November 1901
Ship Country Description
Beauchamp Flag of the Royal National Lifeboat Institution Royal National Lifeboat Institution The lifeboat capsized off Caister-on-Sea, Norfolk, England, with the loss of eight lives. Three of her crew survived.

16 November[]

List of shipwrecks: 7 March 1901
Ship Country Description
Titania Civil Ensign of the United Kingdom United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland The barquentine, owned by Bowring Brothers, was wrecked in Pound Bay, Trepassey, Newfoundland, with loss of one crewmenber.[17]

December[]

4 December[]

List of shipwrecks: 4 December 1901
Ship Country Description
C. H. Wheeler US flag 45 stars United States
Sailing barge Wheeler wrecked 1901

C. H. Wheeler

The schooner-rigged unpowered barge, adrift in the Pacific Ocean since her tow line broke on 27 November, was wrecked on the coast of Oregon near Yaquina Bay with the loss of one life. The barge′s three survivors were rescued by a United States Life-Saving Service (Pennant of the United States Life-Saving Service) crew on the beach.

7 December[]

List of shipwrecks: 7 December 1901
Ship Country Description
Rodney Civil Ensign of the United Kingdom United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland The cargo ship was wrecked on the coast of Cornwall.[18]

15 December[]

List of shipwrecks: 15 December 1901
Ship Country Description
Sindia US flag 45 stars United States The barque was wrecked after running aground at Ocean City, New Jersey.[11][19]

31 December[]

List of shipwrecks: 31 December 1901
Ship Country Description
Hero Flag of Norway Norway The Kjaer & Isdal, (Bergen) owned cargo ship ran aground between Baltimore, Ohio and Colón, Panama. The wreck was later refloated and sold.[16]

Unknown date[]

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1901
Ship Country Description
HMS Scorpion Naval Ensign of the United Kingdom Royal Navy The decommissioned Scorpion-class ironclad turret ship was sunk as a target. She was refloated in 1902 to be sold for scrap.

References[]

  1. ↑ Clowes, William Laird (1903). The Royal Navy: A History From the Earliest Times to the Death of Queen Victoria: Volume VII. Sampson Low, Marston and Company. p. 584. https://archive.org/details/royalnavy07clow. 
  2. ↑ "LANARKSHIRE". Clydesite. http://www.clydesite.co.uk/clydebuilt/abandoned-ships/Lanarkshire_67.html. Retrieved 1 July 2016. 
  3. ↑ "CARDIGAN & DISTRICT SHIPWRECKS AND LIFEBOAT SERVICE". Glen Johnson. http://www.glen-johnson.co.uk/cardigan-district-shipwrecks-and-lifeboat-service/. Retrieved 1 February 2015. 
  4. ↑ Tovey, Ron. "A Chronology of Bristol Channel Shipwrecks". Swansea Docks. http://www.swanseadocks.co.uk/Gower%20wrecks%20Rons%20write-up%20site.pdf. Retrieved 21 December 2014. 
  5. ↑ "1893 – 1920". St. Ives Trust. http://www.stivestrust.co.uk/html/1893_-_1920.HTM. Retrieved 2008-03-16. 
  6. ↑ Noall, C (c. 1969). Cornish Shipwrecks Illustrated. Truro: Tor Mark Press. p. 27. 
  7. ↑ Bignell, Alan (2001). Kent Shipwrecks (Second ed.). Newbury: Countryside Books. ISBN 1 85306 719 9. 
  8. ↑ "Stunning images of shipwrecks taken by one family over 130 years". The Vintage News. http://www.thevintagenews.com/2016/06/02/46282-3-2/2/. Retrieved 27 September 2016. 
  9. ↑ San Francisco Call (1901). "Army Transport In Flames Is Sunk At Brooklyn Pier". San Francisco Call, San Francisco. p. 1. http://cdnc.ucr.edu/cgi-bin/cdnc?a=d&d=SFC19010411.2.4#. Retrieved 8 October 2014. 
  10. ↑ "FRANCE". Clydesite. http://www.clydesite.co.uk/clydebuilt/abandoned-ships/FRANCE_348.html. Retrieved 1 July 2016. 
  11. ↑ 11.0 11.1 Anonymous, Shipwrecks of the Mid-Atlantic: Maryland, Delaware & Southern New Jersey (poster), Sealake Products USA, undated.
  12. ↑ njscuba.net New Jersey Scuba Diving: Ranald (excerpt from June 4, 1901, edition of unidentified newspaper)
  13. ↑ Haws, Duncan (2000). Merchant Fleets 37: Furness, Withy (1. publ. ed.). Hereford. p. 28. ISBN 978-0946378388. 
  14. ↑ "HMS Viper [+1901"]. wrecksite.eu. http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?462. 
  15. ↑ "HMS Viper wrecked". Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XXVIII, Issue 9253, Page 4. 16 September 1901. http://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast?a=d&d=PBH19010916.2.44. 
  16. ↑ 16.0 16.1 16.2 "Belgian Merchant H-O". Belgische Koopvaardij. http://www.belgischekoopvaardij.net/belgian%20merchant%20H-O%2024.5.04.pdf. Retrieved 31 October 2010. [dead link]
  17. ↑ "The "Titania" - A Total Wreck". The Evening Telegram. St John, Newfoundland. 18 November 1901. p. 4. 
  18. ↑ "Rodney (1874)". http://www.bruzelius.info/Nautica/Ships/Merchant/Sail/R/Rodney%281874%29.html. Retrieved 2011-11-16. 
  19. ↑ "Sindia". The Yard. http://www.theyard.info/ships/ships.asp?entryid=204. Retrieved 19 February 2017. 
Ship events in 1901
Ship launches: 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906
Ship commissionings: 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906
Ship decommissionings: 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906
Shipwrecks: 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906
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