The cargo ship caught fire whilst ship berthed at Antwerp. Her hull was badly damaged and the ship was laid up. She was scrapped in 1923 at Hamburg, Germany.[7]
Stella II
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
The schooner was wrecked on the coast of Africa.[8]
3 January[]
List of shipwrecks: 3 January 1920
Ship
Country
Description
Figueira
Portugal
The cargo ship collided with Ango (France) at Oporto and was beached.[9]
The cargo ship caught fire at Saint Michaels, Maryland and was scuttled.[9]
Frances Gardner
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
The schooner foundered in the Atlantic Ocean 70 nautical miles (130 km) off Cape Race, Newfoundland. Her crew were rescued by Albr. W. Selmer (Norway).[9]
Joachim
Spain
The schooner was wrecked at Testadelaban. Her crew were rescued by Armenie (France).[11]
Melamson Bros
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
The schooner ran aground on Cobblers' Reef, Barbados and was wrecked with the loss of four crew.[9][12]
The schooner was abandoned and set afire in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued. The fire was extinguished and Metamora was towed into Saint Michaels, Maryland, United States by Lages (Brazil).[9]
7 January[]
List of shipwrecks: 7 January 1920
Ship
Country
Description
San Josefa
Kingdom of Italy
The auxiliary barque was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by Tartar Prince (United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland).[11]
8 January[]
List of shipwrecks: 8 January 1920
Ship
Country
Description
Gelasma
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
The auxiliary sailing ship came ashore 3 nautical miles (5.6 km) east of Dungeness, Kent. Her crew were rescued.[12]
The ocean liner caught fire at Hoboken, New Jersey and was scuttled. She was a total loss and was scrapped in 1925.
Spartan
France
The cargo ship sank in Rothesay Dock, Glasgow, Renfrewshire, United Kingdom.[12]
9 January[]
List of shipwrecks: 9 January 1920
Ship
Country
Description
Treveal
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
The cargo ship, on her maiden voyage, ran aground on the Kimmeridge Ledge, off the coast of Dorset and broke in two with the loss of 36 of her 43 crew. She was on a voyage from Calcutta, India to Dundee, Forfarshire.[16]
The Design 1019 cargo ship collided with Lancastrian (United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland) in New York Harbor and was beached. She was refloated over a month later and returned to service.
10 January[]
List of shipwrecks: 10 January 1920
Ship
Country
Description
Treveal
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
The cargo ship was wrecked in the English Channel off the coast of Dorset. Thirty six of her crew were killed.[17]
11 January[]
List of shipwrecks: 11 January 1920
Ship
Country
Description
Auguste Charles
France
The sailing ship was driven ashore at Knapp Head, Devon, United Kingdom and was wrecked with the loss of three of her five crew.[18]
Doyo Maru
Empire of Japan
The cargo ship departed from Chinwangtao, China for Yokohama. No further trace, presumed foundered by 15 January with the loss of all hands.[19]
12 January[]
List of shipwrecks: 12 January 1920
Ship
Country
Description
Afrique
France
Chargeurs Réunis' 5,404 GRT ocean liner foundered in the Bay of Biscay 32 nautical miles (59 km) off the Île de Ré with the loss of 556 of the 599 people on board. Survivors were rescued by Ceylan (France) and another vessel.[20][21][22]
The naval trawler ran aground at North Kearney Point, County Down. Her crew were rescued.[24] She was refloated on 20 January.[25]
Sancho Maru
Empire of Japan
The cargo ship foundered in the Pacific Ocean off Rikuchū Province with some loss of life.[26]
16 January[]
List of shipwrecks: 16 January 1920
Ship
Country
Description
Preveza
Kingdom of Greece
The cargo ship came ashore at Chesil Beach, Dorset, United Kingdom and was abandoned by her crew. She was later reboarded but attempts to refloat her in the early hours on 17 January were unsuccessful.[10]
W. T. White
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
The schooner foundered in the Atlantic Ocean. Six crew were rescued by Marion L. Mason (United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland).[27]
20 January[]
List of shipwrecks: 20 January 1920
Ship
Country
Description
Lavonia
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
The schooner caught fire in the Florida Straits off Bahía Honda, Cuba and was abandoned.[26]
Macona
United States
The cargo ship ran aground off the Nidingen Lighthouse, Sweden and foundered with the loss of 40 of her 41 crew.[25][28]
21 January[]
List of shipwrecks: 21 January 1920
Ship
Country
Description
Condor
Spain
The barque sprang a leak and foundered in the Atlantic Ocean 50 nautical miles (93 km) off San Juan, Puerto Rico with the loss of six of her 36 crew.[29][30]
22 January[]
List of shipwrecks: 22 January 1920
Ship
Country
Description
Catspaw
flag unknown
The cargo ship sank off the Segersjada Lighthouse, Öland, Sweden.[31]
Kifune Maru
Empire of Japan
The cargo ship collided with Gweneth (United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland) at Shanghai, China and sank.[32]
Mayport
United States
The cargo ship was wrecked on the Levana Bank. Her crew were rescued.[33]
23 January[]
List of shipwrecks: 23 January 1920
Ship
Country
Description
Arlette
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
The coaster was driven ashore on Walney Island, Lancashire. Her crew were rescued.[29]
Eos
Sweden
The cargo ship was wrecked at Stoktaskeri, Iceland.[30]
Sigvard
Sweden
The cargo ship collided with another ship off Barry, Glamorgan, United Kingdom and sank with the loss of one of her eighteen crew.[29]
25 January[]
List of shipwrecks: 25 January 1920
Ship
Country
Description
Marne
United States
The cargo ship suffered an explosion in her fuel tanks at Colón, Colombia and was scuttled by gunfire. She was a total loss.[34]
26 January[]
List of shipwrecks: 26 January 1920
Ship
Country
Description
Winga
Sweden
The coaster sprang a leak and foundered in the Skaggerak 12 nautical miles (22 km) north of hirtshals, Denmark with the loss of two of her twelve crew.[34]
27 January[]
List of shipwrecks: 27 January 1920
Ship
Country
Description
Rennen
Norway
The cargo ship collided with Fermia (Sweden) in the North Sea off Tynemouth, United Kingdom and sank. Her crew were rescued by the pilot boatQueen o' the May (United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland).[32]
28 January[]
List of shipwrecks: 28 January 1920
Ship
Country
Description
Eira
Sweden
The cargo liner was driven ashore at Cimbrishamn and was a total loss. All on board were rescued.[35]
The Novara-class cruiser sprang a leak in the Adriatic Sea and put into Brindisi, Apulia, Italy, where she sank.[37] She was refloated in early April.[38]Novara was subsequently repaired and entered service with the French Navy.
Samuel Faunce
United States
The tug departed Wilmington, Delaware for Key West, Florida. No further trace, presumed foundered in the Atlantic Ocean with the loss of all hands.[39]
The cargo ship ran aground 5 nautical miles (9.3 km) north of Scotston Head, Aberdeenshire. All fifteen crew were rescued.[41] She was refloated on 5 February.[42]
Hera
Sweden
The schooner came ashore at Hals, Denmark with the loss of four of her crew.[33]
Martin
Denmark
The schooner came ashore on the south coast of Skagen with the loss of two of her crew.[33]
Mielero
United States
The tanker broke in two and sank in the Atlantic Ocean with the loss of 22 of her 40 crew.[43] Survivors were rescued by Suerosa (flag unknown).[44]
31 January[]
List of shipwrecks: 31 January 1920
Ship
Country
Description
Nero
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
The cargo ship foundered in the Bay of Biscay 15 nautical miles (28 km) west of Molène, Finistère, France with the loss of her captain. Survivors reached land in their lifeboats.[33][44]
The passenger ship ran aground off Margate, Kent. She was refloated the next day by the tugs HMT Firm (Royal Navy), Java, Lady Brassey, Lady Duncan and Scotia (all United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland).[46]
The schooner foundered in the North Sea 9 nautical miles (17 km) off the mouth of the River Tyne. Her crew were rescued by the trawler Dover Patrol (United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland).[42]
The cargo ship collided with Veratyr (Denmark) off Barry, Glamorgan, United Kingdom and was beached.[51]
6 February[]
List of shipwrecks: 6 February 1920
Ship
Country
Description
Bradboyne
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
The cargo ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean (43°36′N36°10′W / 43.6°N 36.167°W / 43.6; -36.167) after her cargo shifted. Six of her 31 crew were lost. Survivors were rescued by Monmouth (United States) and Oxonian (United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland), which lost thirteen crew during the rescue when a lifeboat capsized.[49][52]
Brookland
United States
The cargo ship caught fire at Havana, Cuba.[47] She sank and was a total loss.[53]
Hyltonia
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
The cargo ship ran aground off Saint-Clément-des-Baleines, Finistère, France. Her crew were rescued.[51] She was refloated on 5 March.[54]
7 February[]
List of shipwrecks: 7 February 1920
Ship
Country
Description
Princess Anne
United States
The passenger ship ran aground off Long Island. Her passengers and 29 of her crew were taken off by a United States Coast Guard cutter.[55]
10 February[]
List of shipwrecks: 10 February 1920
Ship
Country
Description
Pylos
Weimar Republic
The cargo ship ran aground at Spannholmen, Utsira, Norway. She broke in two; the stern section sank with the loss of ten of her crew.[56]
11 February[]
List of shipwrecks: 11 February 1920
Ship
Country
Description
Douglas Adams
Canada
The schooner sprang a leak and was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean 20 nautical miles (37 km) north north east of Castro, Spain. Her crew were rescued by Spanish fishing boats. Douglas Adams was later towed into Bilbao.[50]
Gregor
Weimar Republic
The passenger ship ran aground at Kylios, Ottoman Turkey. She broke up and was a total loss. One hundred and fifty of her 200 passengers were rescued by rocket apparatus.[57]
Imperator Pierre le Grand
France
The cargo ship struck a mine and sank in the Black Sea off Varna, Romania. Her crew survived.[58]
Northwestern
United States
The tanker caugh fire at Galveston, Texas and was beached.[50] She burnt out and was a total loss.[57]
West Aleta
United States
The Design 1019 cargo ship ran aground on Terschelling, Netherlands.[50] Her crew were rescued.[57]
13 February[]
List of shipwrecks: 13 February 1920
Ship
Country
Description
Giacomo Pittalugo
Kingdom of Italy
The schooner foundered off the coast of Spanish Morocco. Her crew survived.[52]
The schooner was discovered abandoned in the North Sea. Her crew were rescued by Fritiof (Sweden). Regina was towed into IJmuiden, Netherland by the trawer Eendracht II (Netherlands).[59][60][61]
18 February[]
List of shipwrecks: 18 February 1920
Ship
Country
Description
Amelia Zeman
United States
The schooner departed from Norfolk, Virginia for Puerto Plata, Dominican Republic. No further trace, presumed foundered in the Atlantic Ocean with the loss of all hands.[62][63]
Joan Hickman
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
The schooner was driven ashore near Chipiona, Cádiz, Spain. Her crew were rescued by Cabo Roche (Spain).[61]
Rostellan
United States
The four-masted schooner sprang a leak in the Atlantic Ocean and was abandoned. Her crew were rescued.[64]
20 February[]
List of shipwrecks: 20 February 1920
Ship
Country
Description
Aghia Paraskevi
Kingdom of Greece
The cargo ship was wrecked off Cape St. Thomas, Argentina with the loss of fifteen of her crew. Survivors were rescued by Carnarvonshire (United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland).[65]
Commandant Dorise
France
The cargo ship was destroyed by fire at Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône.[65]
Kamma
Denmark
The schooner was driven ashore on the south coast of Skagen and was wrecked. Her crew were rescued by a lifeboat.[65]
21 February[]
List of shipwrecks: 21 February 1920
Ship
Country
Description
City of Cologne
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
The cargo ship collided with another vessel and was beached at Barry Island, Glamorgan.[65]
23 February[]
List of shipwrecks: 23 February 1920
Ship
Country
Description
Hilton
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
The full-rigged ship collided with Fahrwold (Finland) in the River Plate and sank with the loss of seven of her crew. Survivors were rescued by Cabo Santa Maria (Spain).[66][67]
Kemmel
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
The turret deck ship caught fire at São Vicente, Cape Verde, Portugal.[68] She was beached but was declared a total loss on 6 April.[69]
Maria I
Norway
The auxiliary schooner caught fire in the North Sea and was abandoned. Her crew were rescued by the trawler Nairana (United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland).[70]
Strathord
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
The fishing trawler struck a mine in the North Sea and sank with the loss of all nine crew.[71]
24 February[]
List of shipwrecks: 24 February 1920
Ship
Country
Description
Gwendolen Warren
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
The schooner foundered in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by Pikepool (United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland).[72]
26 February[]
List of shipwrecks: 26 February 1920
Ship
Country
Description
Llovet Hermanos
Spain
The schooner was destroyed by fire at Valencia.[73]
27 February[]
List of shipwrecks: 27 February 1920
Ship
Country
Description
Carrier Dove
United States
The schooner ran aground on a reef at Levuka, Fiji.[68]
The schooner ran aground at Hoek van Holland, South Holland. Her crew were rescued by rocket apparatus.[68]
Lucanio Manara
Kingdom of Italy
The cargo ship was destroyed by fire in the Sea of Marmara .[75]
War Casco
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
The cargo ship caught fire at Gibraltar and was a total loss.[68]
29 February[]
List of shipwrecks: 29 February 1920
Ship
Country
Description
Cubadist
United States
The cargo ship was reported to be 111 nautical miles (206 km) south of Cape Hatteras, North Carolina. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[39][76]
Pregel
Denmark
The cargo ship ran aground at Esbjerg. Her crew were rescued by HDMS Absalom (Royal Danish Navy).[77]
Tungus
Norway
The cargo ship ran aground on Cayo Arenas, Puerto Rico.[77] She was refloated on 10 March.[78]
March[]
1 March[]
List of shipwrecks: 1 March 1920
Ship
Country
Description
Bohemian
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
The cargo liner ran aground off Sambro, Nova Scotia, Canada.[79] She broke in two on 2 March,[80] and was a total loss. Five of her crew were killed.[81]
Tinto
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
The cargo liner ran aground on the wreck of Manorbier Castle (United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland). She refloated but was holed and sank. Her crew were rescued.[77] She was damaged by an explosion during salvage operations on 4 March.[82]Tinto was refloated in early June. She arrived at Grimsby, Lincolnshire for drydocking on 3 June.[83]
The schooner struck the breakwater at Cherbourg, Seine-Maritime, France and sank.[81]
6 March[]
List of shipwrecks: 6 March 1920
Ship
Country
Description
Bratto
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
The cargo ship was abandoned in the Bristol Channel. Her crew were rescued by St. Louis (United States). Bratto was towed into Padstow, where she sank.[86]
Dunstan
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
The cargo ship ran aground at Tutoya, Maranhão, Brazil.[87] She was refloated on 17 March.[88]
8 March[]
List of shipwrecks: 8 March 1920
Ship
Country
Description
Brookfield
United States
The cargo ship caught fire at Faial Island, Azores, Portugal and was a total loss. Her crew were rescued.[89]
Guildford
United States
The cargo ship sprang a leak and was abandoned off the Bujho Shoal in the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Massachusetts.[89] She was later towed into Vineyard Haven, arriving on 10 March.[90]
The H-class submarine ran aground off Santa Margarita Island with the loss of four crew. She sank during salvage attempts on 24 March.
Lejok
United States
The schooner was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Florida. Her crew were rescued by W. S. Rheem (United States).[89]
Natenna
United States
The cargo ship was driven ashore at Casablanca, French Morocco and was a total loss.[89]
Vénézuela
France
The cargo liner was driven ashore at Casablanca and was a total loss. Her crew were rescued.[91]
10 March[]
List of shipwrecks: 10 March 1920
Ship
Country
Description
Jutland
Canada
The beam trawler departed Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada, and was not seen or heard from again. On 11 March, the trawler Lemberg (Canada) discovered two damaged dories in the Atlantic Ocean 86 nautical miles (160 kilometers) southeast of Halifax, one of them containing the body of one of Jutland′s crew members. No trace of the other 20 men on board ever was found.[92][93]
11 March[]
List of shipwrecks: 11 March 1920
Ship
Country
Description
Hilda Rachel
Spain
The cargo ship caught fire and foundered whilst on a voyage from Penarth, Glamorgan, United Kingdom to Gibraltar. Her crew were rescued.[87][94]
Maid of La Have
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
The schooner was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean 500 nautical miles (930 km) east of New York, United States. Her crew were rescued by Adriatic (United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland).[95]
Per Marquette 3
United States
The passengers ship was crushed by ice and sank in Lake Michigan off Ludington, Michigan. All 35 people on board were rescued.[96]
12 March[]
List of shipwrecks: 12 March 1920
Ship
Country
Description
Carroo
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
The cargo ship suffered an onboard explosion in her cargo of benzine with the loss of a crew member. She caught fire and was beached at Townsville, Queensland, Australia.[90]
Commandant Mages
France
The ocean liner ran aground 20 nautical miles (37 km) east of Hong Kong. She was refloated on 25 March.[97]
Henriette
flag unknown
The sailing ship sank at Bordeaux, Gironde, France.[95]
Llai Llai
Chile
The cargo ship collided with O'Higgins (Chilean Navy) at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States and sank.[98]
Olockson
United States
The cargo ship caught fire in the Gulf of Panama 100 nautical miles (190 km) off Panama City, Colombia.[99] She was abandoned on 17 March.[100]Olockson came ashore at Balboa and sank.[85]
13 March[]
List of shipwrecks: 13 March 1920
Ship
Country
Description
Alexandra
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
The tug foundered in the River Humber with the loss of three of her four crew.[99] She was refloated on 10 May.[101]
Alfonzo
United States
The cargo ship was destroyed by fire at Manila, Philippines.[102]
Chatcauqua
United States
The cargo ship ran aground off Bermuda. Her crew were rescued.[90]
The cargo ship departed from Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône for Oran, Algeria. No further trace, presumed foundered in the Mediterranean Sea with the loss of all hands.[103]
16 March[]
List of shipwrecks: 16 March 1920
Ship
Country
Description
Balabac
United States
The cargo ship was destroyed by fire at a Trinidadian port.[98]
Rosa Harriette
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
The schooner sprang a leak and foundered in the English Channel off St Catherine's Point, Isle of Wight. Her crew were rescued by Odland (Norway) after 16 hours adrift.
17 March[]
List of shipwrecks: 17 March 1920
Ship
Country
Description
Adolf
Sweden
The cargo ship collided with Moliere (United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland) in the Bristol Channel off Barry, Glamorgan, United Kingdom and was beached.[100] A fire broke out on 18 March.[104]
Cadrier
France
The cargo ship sprang a leak in the English Channel north of Alderney, Channel Isles and sank. Four of her 23 crew were rescued by Wagland (Norway).[105]
Tewkesbury
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
The cargo ship was driven ashore at Cape Vine, Nova Scotia, Canada and was wrecked. Her crew were rescued.[88]
The motorboat was sunk by ice at Detroit, Michigan. She was sold for salvage but salvage efforts were abandoned in 1926.
Cordier
France
During her first commercial trip from Nantes (region Pays de la Loire, France) to Rotterdam (Netherlands) loaded with iron ore, sank following a leak at N of Alderney Channel Islands. 19 perished, only 4 sailors were rescued by the Norwegian steamer Wacland.[106][107]
Eva
Denmark
The cargo ship came ashore on the west coast of Skagen. Her crew survived.[104]
Jeremiah Smith
United States
The schooner foundered in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by Hatteras (United States).[108]
The schooner was driven ashore on Block Island, Rhode Island. Her crew were rescued.[105]
White Rose
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
The cargo ship collided with Fantee (United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland) in the Bristol Channel 8 nautical miles (15 km) off Trevose Head, Cornwall and sank. Her crew were rescued by Fantee.[109]
22 March[]
List of shipwrecks: 22 March 1920
Ship
Country
Description
Ambar
Portugal
The whaler was wrecked in the Congo River at Loanda, Portuguese East Africa. Some of her passengers and crew were rescued.[110]
Kara
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
The cargo ship was wrecked off Cape Quintres, Santoña, Spain. Her crew were rescued.[111][112]
Rock Island Bridge
United States
The cargo ship collided with Iroquois (flag unknown) in the English Channel 8 nautical miles (15 km) south south east of The Lizard, Cornwall, United Kingdom.[85] She was taken in tow by Kenowsha (United States) beached in the Helford River but subsequently sank.[113][114] The wreck was sold by auction in May 1920.[113]
24 March[]
List of shipwrecks: 24 March 1920
Ship
Country
Description
City of St. Helens
United States
The auxiliary schooner caught fire and was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean off the east coast of the United States.[115]
The cargo ship caught fire at Naples, Italy and sank.[19]
Teje
Norway
The cargo ship collided with Mimer (Norway) off Kristiansand, Norway, and was beached.[110]
25 March[]
List of shipwrecks: 25 March 1920
Ship
Country
Description
Botanist
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
The cargo liner ran aground on the Komuriya Reef, off the coast of Ceylon.[116] Her passengers were rescued by Arracan (United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland).[117] She was declared a total loss on 30 March.[118] Her crew were rescued.[119]
27 March[]
List of shipwrecks: 27 March 1920
Ship
Country
Description
Inga
France
The cargo ship ran aground at Villa San Giovanni, Calabria, Italy.[120] She was refloated on 31 March.[121]
28 March[]
List of shipwrecks: 28 March 1920
Ship
Country
Description
Crostafels
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
The cargo ship ran aground on the Ceiba Bank, off the coast of Cuba.[120] She was later refloated and arrived at Kingston, Jamaica on 5 March.[122]
Picardie
France
The cargo ship collided with New London (United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland) in the North Sea and sank.[123]
29 March[]
List of shipwrecks: 29 March 1920
Ship
Country
Description
City of St. Helens
United States
The auxiliary schooner foundered in the Atlantic Ocean off Caper Hatteras, North Carolina.[119]
Kitagawa Maru
Empire of Japan
The cargo ship sprang a leak and was abandoned off Chōsi, Chica.[115]
30 March[]
List of shipwrecks: 30 March 1920
Ship
Country
Description
Prince John
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
The cargo ship collided with Prince Albert (United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland) off Deadtree Point, British Columbia, Canada and was beached.[124] She was refloated on 8 April.[125]
The four-masted barque departed Bordeaux, France for Newport News, Virginia, United States. No further trace, presumed foundered in the Atlantic Ocean with the loss of all hands.[128]
4 April[]
List of shipwrecks: 4 April 1920
Ship
Country
Description
Malabar
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
The cargo ship ran aground near the Barns Ness Lighthouse, Lothian. Her crew were rescued.[127] She broke in two on 6 April.[122]
5 April[]
List of shipwrecks: 5 April 1920
Ship
Country
Description
Aughinish
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
The cargo ship struck a submerged object and was beached on Montague Island, New South Wales, Australia.[121] She was refloated on 12 April.[129]
Verdun
France
The auxiliary schooner caught fire in the River Seine and was a total loss.[121]
7 April[]
List of shipwrecks: 7 April 1920
Ship
Country
Description
Olinda
United States
The cargo ship ran aground off Manati, Cuba.[130] She was refloated on 14 April.[131]
8 April[]
List of shipwrecks: 8 April 1920
Ship
Country
Description
Clutha
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
The cargo ship sprang a leak at Manzanillo, Cuba and was beached.[132] She was refloated on 13 April.[133]
10 April[]
List of shipwrecks: 10 April 1920
Ship
Country
Description
Powel
United States
The cargo ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Florida. Her crew survived.[132]
11 April[]
List of shipwrecks: 11 April 1920
Ship
Country
Description
Bastia
Kingdom of Italy
The cargo ship caught fire at Naples.[132] She was scuttled the next day.[134]
Roye
France
The auxiliary sailing vessel arrived at Salonica, Greece on fire. She was a total loss.[134]
12 April[]
List of shipwrecks: 12 April 1920
Ship
Country
Description
Zilia
Kingdom of Italy
The auxiliary sailing vessel caught fire at Oporto, Portugal and was scuttled.[134]
13 April[]
List of shipwrecks: 13 April 1920
Ship
Country
Description
Meditation
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
The schooner was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean 5 nautical miles (9.3 km) north of Faial Island, Azores, Portugal.[134]
14 April[]
List of shipwrecks: 14 April 1920
Ship
Country
Description
Flensburg
Weimar Republic
The fishing trawler struck a mine and sank in the North Sea off List, Schleswig-Holstein.[135]
15 April[]
List of shipwrecks: 15 April 1920
Ship
Country
Description
Eagle Wing
United States
The schooner sprang a leak and was beached at Santa Cruz del Norte, Cuba.[135]
16 April[]
List of shipwrecks: 16 April 1920
Ship
Country
Description
Svelviksand I
Norway
The auxiliary sailing ship was wrecked on the Knock Sand, North Sea. Her crew sought refuge on the Knock Lightship (United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland).[135]
18 April[]
List of shipwrecks: 18 April 1920
Ship
Country
Description
William O'Brien
United States
The cargo ship probably foundered on this date.[136] She had issued a SOS in the Atlantic Ocean (40°00′N65°50′W / 40°N 65.833°W / 40; -65.833) which was answered by Baltic and Minniekahda (both United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland but no trace of the vessel or her crew was found.[137]
19 April[]
List of shipwrecks: 19 April 1920
Ship
Country
Description
St. Barcran
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
The coaster collided with Whinhill (United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland) at Liverpool, Lancashire and was beached. She was later refloated and taken to Manchester.[138]
20 April[]
List of shipwrecks: 20 April 1920
Ship
Country
Description
Bayonnaise
France
The schooner foundered in the Bristol Channel. Her crew were rescued by the Mumbles Lifeboat.[139]
22 April[]
List of shipwrecks: 22 April 1920
Ship
Country
Description
Matilde
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
The schooner was driven ashore at Whitby, Yorkshire and was wrecked.[140]
The barquentine foundered in the Atlantic Ocean 17 nautical miles (31 km) west of Tory Island, County Donegal. Her crew were rescued.[145]
3 May[]
List of shipwrecks: 3 May 1920
Ship
Country
Description
Munamar
United States
The passenger ship ran aground on Watling Island, Bahamas. All eighty passengers and crew were rescued by Athenic (United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland).[146] She was later refloated and beached.[147]Munamar was refloated on 20 May.[148]
Notre Dame d'Arvour
France
The barque came ashore on Wardang Island, South Australia. She was later gutted by fire.[145]
The three-masted schooner was wrecked in Bay Limonade, Haiti. Her crew were rescued.[149]
5 May[]
List of shipwrecks: 5 May 1920
Ship
Country
Description
Joseph Leopold
United States
The four-masted schooner ran aground on the Silver Bank, in the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of the Dominican Republic, and was a total loss.[150]
6 May[]
List of shipwrecks: 6 May 1920
Ship
Country
Description
Sunshine
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
The schooner struck a sunken wreck at Zeebrugge, West Flanders, Belgium and sank. Her crew were rescued.[151]
9 May[]
List of shipwrecks: 9 May 1920
Ship
Country
Description
Harlsywood
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
The cargo ship ran aground at Melilla, Spain. She was refloated on 25 May.[147][152]
Merkur
Finland
The cargo ship collided with Castro Alen (Spain) in the Bristol Channel off Barry, Glamorgan, United Kingdom and sank. Her crew were rescued by a pilot cutter.[153] Salvage efforts were abandoned in September 1920.[154]
The United States Armytroopship ran aground on Collnas Shoal at the entrance to the harbor at San Juan, Puerto Rico.[155] She was refloated and underway again the next day.[156]
Windrush
United States
The barque collided with Buenos Aires (Spain) in the Atlantic Ocean 1,000 nautical miles (1,900 km) east of Sandy Hook, New Jersey and sank with the loss of five crew.[157]
10 May[]
List of shipwrecks: 10 May 1920
Ship
Country
Description
Tibermede
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
The cargo ship ran aground near the Cabo Carvoeiro Lighthouse, Portugal. Her crew were rescued; the ship was declared a total loss.[157][158]
12 May[]
List of shipwrecks: 12 May 1920
Ship
Country
Description
Lake Stobi
United States
The Design 1099 cargo ship ran aground off the Koshiki Lighthouse, Gotō Islands, Japan and was wrecked.[159]
13 May[]
List of shipwrecks: 13 May 1920
Ship
Country
Description
Florence Thurlow
United States
The schooner collided with Laramie (United States) off New York and was abandoned. Her crew were rescued by Laramie.[160]
15 May[]
List of shipwrecks: 15 May 1920
Ship
Country
Description
Padouk
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
The barque ran aground 4 nautical miles (7.4 km) off Bassein, Burma. Her crew abandoned ship in the lifeboats.[159]
Tenzan Maru
Empire of Japan
The cargo ship departed Montevideo, Uruguay for Antwerp, Belgium. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[128]
16 May[]
List of shipwrecks: 16 May 1920
Ship
Country
Description
Lake Grafton
United States
The Design 1093 cargo ship ran aground on the Runnel Stone, off the coast of Cornwall, United Kingdom and was wrecked. Her crew were rescued.[157]
17 May[]
List of shipwrecks: 17 May 1920
Ship
Country
Description
Clewbay
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
The cargo ship ran aground on the west coast of Mutton Island, County Galway.[161] She was refloated on 2 June.[162]
The passenger ship caught fire in the Indian Ocean off Socotra and was abandoned. Her crew were rescued by Umtata (United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland).[164]
Manoussis
Kingdom of Greece
The cargo ship ran aground on the Carromeiro Rocks, off Corcubión, A Coruña, Spain and was a total loss.[165]
Tafna
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
The cargo ship ran aground in the Tunas Channel, Cuba.[166] She was refloated on 26 May.[167]
23 May[]
List of shipwrecks: 23 May 1920
Ship
Country
Description
Lurcher
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
The cargo liner ran aground 2 nautical miles (3.7 km) south Portpatrick, Wigtownshire. All 53 passengers were taken off.[165]
24 May[]
List of shipwrecks: 24 May 1920
Ship
Country
Description
John W. Wood
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
The schooner was rammed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean by Lake Elsah (United States). Her crew were rescued.[164]
Wasa
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
The cargo ship caught fire off Colonsay, Inner Hebrides and was a total loss. Four of her crew were killed.[152]
25 May[]
List of shipwrecks: 25 May 1920
Ship
Country
Description
Albertus
Weimar Republic
The cargo ship came ashore at Hustadvika, Norway and was a total loss.[166]
Equity
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
The cargo ship ran aground in fog on Alderney, Channel Islands carrying a cargo of potatoes from Jersey.[168] She was refloated on 15 June.[169]
26 May[]
List of shipwrecks: 26 May 1920
Ship
Country
Description
Fau Sang
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
The cargo ship ran aground off the Hainan Head Lighthouse, China.[170] She later broke her back and was declared a total loss on 3 June.[171]
27 May[]
List of shipwrecks: 27 May 1920
Ship
Country
Description
Deva
United States
The cargo ship caught fire at Faial Island, Azores, Portugal and was beached.[167]
Dunleith
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
The cargo ship ran aground at Proudfoot, Caithness. Her crew were rescued.[166] She was refloated on 2 June.[172]
Unknown date[]
List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1920
Ship
Country
Description
Prarial
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
The cargo ship ran aground at Melilla, Spain in early May. She was refloated at the end of the month.[173]
June[]
1 June[]
List of shipwrecks: 1 June 1920
Ship
Country
Description
Little Florence
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
The sailing ship foundered in the English Channel off Paimpol, Côtes-du-Nord, France.[174]
3 June[]
List of shipwrecks: 3 June 1920
Ship
Country
Description
Samos
Kingdom of Greece
The cargo ship ran aground at Pointe Fern, Ouessant, Finistère, France.[63] She broke in two on 11 June and was a total loss.[175]
7 June[]
List of shipwrecks: 7 June 1920
Ship
Country
Description
Britannia
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
The barque foundered in the North Sea 125 nautical miles (232 km) east by north of Spurn Point, Yorkshire with the loss of a crew member. Survivors were rescued by the trawler Dragon (United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland).[176]
The tug struck a mine and sank in the North Sea off Terschelling, Netherlands with the loss of sixteen of her 22 crew. Survivors were rescued a Dutch tug.[180]
14 June[]
List of shipwrecks: 14 June 1920
Ship
Country
Description
Arkley
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
The auxiliary sailing vessel ran aground on the Sow and Pig Sands, in the North Sea off Blyth, Northumberland. She was abandoned by her crew, but was later boarded by some of the crew of the Blyth Lifeboat. Arkley was refloated and brought into Blyth Harbour.[181]
15 June[]
List of shipwrecks: 15 June 1920
Ship
Country
Description
Anna
Soviet Union
The cargo ship was destroyed by fire in the Skagerrak off Kristiansand, Norway.[161]
Gladys
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
The Thames barge collided with Chifuku Maru (Empire of Japan) in the Thames Estuary off the Mucking Lightship (United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland) and sank. Her crew were rescued.[169]Gladys was later refloated.[182]
Pacifico
United States
The cargo ship was destroyed by fire in the Atlantic Ocean off Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil.[161]
Pauline M. Cummins
United States
The schooner ran aground on the Hogsty Reef, Barbados and was a total loss. Her crew survived.[169]
Robert Forest
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
The tug sprang a leak in the North Sea and was beached off Grimsby, Lincolnshire. Her crew were rescued by the Spurn Lifeboat.[183]
16 June[]
List of shipwrecks: 16 June 1920
Ship
Country
Description
Campos
Brazil
The cargo ship struck rocks in Victoria Girazill Bay and was beached at Rio de Janeiro.[184]
F. R. Hazard
United States
The cargo ship collided with another vessel in Whitefish Bay and was consequently beached at Whitefish Point.[161]
18 June[]
List of shipwrecks: 18 June 1920
Ship
Country
Description
Engineer
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
The cargo ship caught fire at Lourenço Marques, Mozambique and was severely damaged.[185] She sank on 20 June.[178]
Wico
United States
The cargo ship ran aground in the Rabbit Islands, Turkey.[186] She was refloated on 24 June.[187]
20 June[]
List of shipwrecks: 20 June 1920
Ship
Country
Description
Frontera
Norway
The cargo ship caught fire in the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Cuba and was abandoned. She was later towed into Gibara.[188]
21 June[]
List of shipwrecks: 21 June 1920
Ship
Country
Description
William C. May
United States
The schooner sprang a leak in the Atlantic Ocean and was abandoned. Her crew were rescued.[189]
26 June[]
List of shipwrecks: 26 June 1920
Ship
Country
Description
Ansaldo San Giorgio III
Kingdom of Italy
The cargo ship caught fire and sank at Cartagena, Murcia, Spain.[187]
29 June[]
List of shipwrecks: 29 June 1920
Ship
Country
Description
Gladys and Nellie
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
the schooner was destroyed by fire at Antilla, Cuba.[190]
Koyo Maru
Empire of Japan
The cargo ship ran aground on the Serrana Bank, Columbia.[191] She was refloated on 1 August.[192]
July[]
2 July[]
List of shipwrecks: 2 July 1920
Ship
Country
Description
Grayson
United States
The cargo ship ran aground on Stroma, Caithness, United Kingdom.[193] She was declared a total loss on 7 July.[194]
3 July[]
List of shipwrecks: 3 July 1920
Ship
Country
Description
Chas E. Moody
United States
The ship was destroyed by fire in Bristol Bay.[195]
The cargo ship arrived at Liverpool, Lancashire, United Kingdom leaking. She was beached at Tranmere, Cheshire.[203]
Unknown date[]
List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1920
Ship
Country
Description
Suki Maru
Empire of Japan
The cargo ship ran aground at Cooktown, Queensland, Australia in late July. She was refloated on 9 August.[204][205]
August[]
1 August[]
List of shipwrecks: 1 August 1920
Ship
Country
Description
Emanuel Repoulis
Kingdom of Greece
The cargo ship departed Salonica for Beirut, Greater Lebanon. No further trace, presumed foundered in the Mediterranean Sea with the loss of all hands.[206]
3 August[]
List of shipwrecks: 3 August 1920
Ship
Country
Description
Bitche
France
The cargo ship caught fire in the Mediterranean Sea off Cape Tiñoso, Spain and was abandoned.[207]
The cargo ship collided with Willis L. King (United States) in Whitefish Bay, Lake Superior and sank with the loss of 29 of her 33 crew. The boiler exploded as the vessel sank.[220]
21 August[]
List of shipwrecks: 21 August 1920
Ship
Country
Description
Hammonia
flag unknown
The ship struck a submerged wreck in the Baltic Sea off Fehmarn, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany and sank.[221]
Panos
Kingdom of Greece
The cargo ship foundered in the Bay of Biscay 55 nautical miles (102 km) off Bilbao, Biscay, Spain.[222]
23 August[]
List of shipwrecks: 23 August 1920
Ship
Country
Description
Haaber
Denmark
The schooner was wrecked at Hyrdalsand, Iceland with some loss of life.[222]
Hebe
Denmark
The schooner foundered off Keflavík, Iceland.[222]
Old Point Comfort
United States
The cargo ship was destroyed by fire at Baltimore, Maryland.[223]
26 August[]
List of shipwrecks: 26 August 1920
Ship
Country
Description
Electra
Netherlands
The schooner was driven ashore on Trinidad and was wrecked.[224]
Friend Ship
United States
The schooner collided with a scow she was towing in the Atlantic Ocean off Hoffman Island, New York and was beached.[224]
J. A. McKee
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
The cargo ship ran aground in the Saint Lawrence River at Saguenay, Quebec, Canada.[224] She was refloated on 29 August.[225]
Lady C
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
The schooner foundered in Placentia Bay. Her crew were rescued.[226]
29 August[]
List of shipwrecks: 29 August 1920
Ship
Country
Description
Anthracite Bridge
United States
The cargo ship ran aground at Nazik Point, Salonica, Greece.[225] She was refloated on 28 September.[227]
30 August[]
List of shipwrecks: 30 August 1920
Ship
Country
Description
Arakan
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
The cargo ship ran aground at Point Reyes, California and was abandoned by her crew.[228][229] She was refloated on 2 September.[226]
Carmenchu
Spain
The cargo ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean off Rosinos de la Requejada, Zamora.[225]
Hickleton
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
The cargo ship ran aground at Gurnard's Head, Cornwall. She later refloated but sank and was a total loss. Her thirteen crew survived.[228][230]
Lisette
France
The schooner foundered in the Atlantic Ocean off Cape Pine, Newfoundland with the loss of a crew member.[226]
Unknown date[]
List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1920
Ship
Country
Description
Dagny
Denmark
The ship foundered in pack ice off Shannon Island, Greenland. Her crew survived, but a number of them died before they were rescued in September 1921.[231]
Kamui Maru
Empire of Japan
The cargo ship ran aground on Formosa in early August. She was declared a total loss on 12 September.[232]
September[]
1 September[]
List of shipwrecks: 1 September 1920
Ship
Country
Description
Myron C. Taylor
United States
The three-masted schooner was destroyed by fire at Cadiz, Spain.[233]
The S-class submarine sank in the Atlantic Ocean off the Delaware Capes wit her stern above water, all crew rescued. S-5 sank completely during an attempt to tow her to port on 3 September.
The cargo ship sprang a leak and sank in the English Channel. All nine crew were rescued by Marshal Plumer (United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland).[226][235]
3 September[]
List of shipwrecks: 3 September 1920
Ship
Country
Description
Cristóba Cólon
Spain
The ocean liner was severely damaged by fire at Ferrol, Galicia whilst under construction.[236]
Genyei Maru
Empire of Japan
The cargo ship foundered in the South China Sea north of Formosa in a typhoon.[237]
George Fisher
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
The cargo ship sank on the Middle Cross Sand, North Sea. Her crew were rescued by Lucient (United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and the Caister Lifeboat. She was a total loss.[235]
5 September[]
List of shipwrecks: 5 September 1920
Ship
Country
Description
Astarte
France
The cargo ship collided with Hird (Norway) in the Bay of Biscay 6 nautical miles (11 km) off Ouessant, Finistère and sank.[238][239]
Dimitrios
Kingdom of Greece
The coaster foundered in the English Channel off Hartland Point, Devon, United Kingdom. All nine crew survived.[236]
The cargo ship sank at Port Kembla, New South Wales. She was later refloated, repaired and returned to service.
9 September[]
List of shipwrecks: 9 September 1920
Ship
Country
Description
Basaan
United States
The cargo ship sprang a leak. She was towed to Riverhead, Newfoundland by Portia (United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and beached.[242]
Loughborough
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
The cargo ship collided with Konigin Luise (United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland) in the Atlantic Ocean off Belém, Portugal and was beached.[242]
Pentakota
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
The cargo ship ran aground on the Gahha Reef.[243] She was refloated on 30 September.[244]
The passenger ship ran aground at Vigo, Galicia, Spain,[245] due to an error in navigation by her captain. Her 500 passengers were taken off on 10 September.[246] She was refloated on 30 September.[244]
War Fundy
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
The cargo ship ran aground in the Gulf of Bothnia off Grundkallen, Sweden and was a total loss. Her crew were rescued.[242]
The Pennsylvania-class cruiser ran aground in the Baltic Sea 3 nautical miles (5.6 km) off Liepāja, Latvia.[247] She was refloated on 11 September.[248]
14 September[]
List of shipwrecks: 14 September 1920
Ship
Country
Description
Fylla
Denmark
The schooner departed Campbellton, Newfoundland for Preston, Lancashire, United Kingdom. No further trace, presumed foundered in the Atlantic Ocean with the loss of all hands.[249]
Mary L. Oxner
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
The schooner ran aground on the Silver Bank, off the Turks Islands and was wrecked. Her crew were rescued.[250]
15 September[]
List of shipwrecks: 15 September 1920
Ship
Country
Description
Charles A. Ritcey
Canada
The schooner was wrecked at Rose Head, Lunenburg, Nova Scotia with the loss of her captain.[251]
Havfruen
Denmark
The cargo ship collided with United States (Denmark) in the Lessoe Channel. She was towed into Frederikshavn, Nordjylland, where she capsized with the loss of a crew member.[250]
Spyrios
Kingdom of Greece
The cargo ship sprang a leak and sank in the Atlantic Ocean off the Eddystone Lighthouse, Cornwall, United Kingdom. Her crew survived.[250]
16 September[]
List of shipwrecks: 16 September 1920
Ship
Country
Description
Charles A. Ritcey
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
The schooner was lost of Lunenburg, Nova Scotia, Canada.[252]
17 September[]
List of shipwrecks: 17 September 1920
Ship
Country
Description
Warita
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
The coaster was severely damaged by fire at Fleetwood, Lancashire.[252]
19 September[]
List of shipwrecks: 19 September 1920
Ship
Country
Description
Zelo
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
The cargo ship struck the wreck of Merkur ( Finland) and sank in the Bristol Channel off Barry Island, Glamorgan with the loss of one of her 27 crew.[253]
The cargo ship ran aground on Middelgrunden.[256] She was refloated on 28 September.[257]
25 September[]
List of shipwrecks: 25 September 1920
Ship
Country
Description
Annavore
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
The cargo ship collided with España No.4 (Spain) and was consequently beached at Bonanza, Cadiz, Spain.[258] She broke in two on 27 September.[257]
26 September[]
List of shipwrecks: 26 September 1920
Ship
Country
Description
Eikhang
Norway
The cargo ship collided with Trostan (United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland) in the Lessoe Channel and sank with the loss of three of her crew.[259]
27 September[]
List of shipwrecks: 27 September 1920
Ship
Country
Description
Northland
United States
The schooner foundered in the Atlantic Ocean off Cape Henry, Virginia.[257] She was later refloated in a severely leaking condition and beached.[227]
28 September[]
List of shipwrecks: 28 September 1920
Ship
Country
Description
Fujinoki Maru No.2
Empire of Japan
The cargo ship ran aground in Tobashima Province. She broke up and was wrecked with the loss of two lives.[260]
29 September[]
List of shipwrecks: 29 September 1920
Ship
Country
Description
Flandre
France
The cargo ship foundered in the English Channel off St. Brieuc, Côtes-du-Nord. Her crew survived.[261]
30 September[]
List of shipwrecks: 30 September 1920
Ship
Country
Description
Katingo A. Lemos
Kingdom of Greece
The cargo ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean 105 nautical miles (194 km) off Cape Finisterre, Spain.[262]
Unknown date[]
List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1920
Ship
Country
Description
Southern Cross
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
The brigantine was lost with all hands in Bass Strait, Australia.
October[]
1 October[]
List of shipwrecks: 1 October 1920
Ship
Country
Description
Albyn
Finland
The barque departed Norfolk, Virginia, United States for Gothenburg, Sweden. No further trace, presumed foundered in the Atlantic Ocean with the loss of all hands.[249]
3 October[]
List of shipwrecks: 3 October 1920
Ship
Country
Description
Yvonne
France
The barquentine ran aground at Plymouth, Devon, United Kingdom with the loss of a crew member. The survivors were rescued by a lifeboat.[260]
4 October[]
List of shipwrecks: 4 October 1920
Ship
Country
Description
Montclair
United States
The cargo ship ran aground on Ellis Island, New York.[263] She was refloated on 21 October.[264]
5 October[]
List of shipwrecks: 5 October 1920
Ship
Country
Description
Cometa
Norway
The coaster came ashore at Desterro, Brazil and was wrecked.[265]
Sorknes
Norway
The barque was dismasted and abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. She was subsequently towed in to Barry, Glamorgan, United Kingdom and was hulked.[266]
7 October[]
List of shipwrecks: 7 October 1920
Ship
Country
Description
Elizabeth Alice
Belgium
The schooner foundered in the Bristol Channel. All six crew survived.[267]
8 October[]
List of shipwrecks: 8 October 1920
Ship
Country
Description
Zuleika
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
The cargo ship came ashore at Las Palmas, Canary Islands, Spain.[268] She was declared a total loss on 11 November.[269]
The cargo ship came ashore at Bacton, Norfolk.[268] She was driven further up the beach on 10 October and was abandoned by her crew.[270]
10 October[]
List of shipwrecks: 10 October 1920
Ship
Country
Description
Benicia
United States
The barquentine ran aground on the Lafolle Reef off the coast of Haiti and was a total loss.[271]
Svartskog
Norway
The barque departed Newport News, Virginia, United States for Buenos Aires, Argentina. No further trace, presumed foundered in the Atlantic Ocean with the loss of all hands.[272]
11 October[]
List of shipwrecks: 11 October 1920
Ship
Country
Description
Dinorwic
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
The cargo ship struck rocks off Lambay Island, County Dublin. She proceeded to Dublin but sank at her moorings there.[273]
Esther Anne
United States
The four-masted schooner collided with Duquesne (United States) in the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Pennsylvania and sank. Her crew were rescued.[273]
The cargo ship ran aground on the Haisborough Sands.[270][274] She was refloated on 14 October.[275]
Peder Wessel
Denmark
The three-masted schooner collided with Ravensworth (United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland) in the English Channel off the Royal Sovereign Lightship (United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland) and sank. Her crew were rescued.[270]
13 October[]
List of shipwrecks: 13 October 1920
Ship
Country
Description
Nikon
Kingdom of Greece
The cargo ship struck a mine and sank in the Baltic Sea and sank off Västervik, Sweden.[276]
14 October[]
List of shipwrecks: 14 October 1920
Ship
Country
Description
Santiago Arago
Spain
The schooner was destroyed by fire in the Mediterranean Sea off Almería. Her crew were rescued.[271]
18 October[]
List of shipwrecks: 18 October 1920
Ship
Country
Description
Burnside
United States
The cargo ship caught fire in the Atlantic Ocean and was abandoned (49°22′N4°32′W / 49.367°N 4.533°W / 49.367; -4.533). Her crew were rescued by Goliath (United States).[277] She later broke in two, with both sections remaining afloat and coming ashore on the Cornish coast.[278]
20 October[]
List of shipwrecks: 20 October 1920
Ship
Country
Description
Rose
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
The Thames barge foundered in the Thames Estuary 1 nautical mile (1.9 km) off Slough Fort.[279]
21 October[]
List of shipwrecks: 21 October 1920
Ship
Country
Description
Adonis
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
The schooner came ashore on the east coast of the United States 300 nautical miles (560 km) from Jacksonville, Florida and was abandoned.[264]
Chama
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
The cargo ship ran aground on Bellechasse Island, Quebec, Canada.[280] She was refloated on 25 October.[281]
Georgie
France
The cargo ship came ashore at Quebec City, Canada.[280] She was refloted on 11 November.[269]
The cargo ship caught fire at Port of Spain, Trinidad and was beached.[282]
23 October[]
List of shipwrecks: 23 October 1920
Ship
Country
Description
Village Belle
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
The cargo ship sprang a leak and was abandoned off Cape St. Mary's, Newfoundland.[283]
25 October[]
List of shipwrecks: 25 October 1920
Ship
Country
Description
E. Hoel
Norway
The cargo ship collided with Grandlieu (France) in the Atlantic Ocean 40 nautical miles (74 km) off Vigo, Galicia, Spain and sank. Her crew were rescued.[281]
The cargo ship arrived at Antwerp with a fire in her cargo. She sank on 3 November. Hastier was raised in 1921 and scrapped in 1922.
28 October[]
List of shipwrecks: 28 October 1920
Ship
Country
Description
Minard Castle
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
The cargo ship collided with Maple (United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland) in the River Clyde and was beached at Dumbarton.[285] She was refloated the next day.[286]
29 October[]
List of shipwrecks: 29 October 1920
Ship
Country
Description
Sodegaura Maru
Empire of Japan
The cargo ship ran aground at Ninian, India.[284] She was refloated on 8 November.[287]
30 October[]
List of shipwrecks: 30 October 1920
Ship
Country
Description
Cape Fear
United States
The concrete ship collided with City of Atlanta (United States) off Providence, Rhode Island and sank with the loss of twenty crew.[288]
31 October[]
List of shipwrecks: 31 October 1920
Ship
Country
Description
New York Maru
Empire of Japan
The cargo ship ran aground in the Red Sea off Mocha, Aden Protectorate.[289] She was refloated on 17 November.[290]
Unknown date[]
List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1920
Ship
Country
Description
Ella C. Holley
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
The schooner was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by County of Cardigan (United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and were landed at Bermuda on 1 November.[291]
The crew of the armoured cruisermutinied and took over the ship off Kronstadt in late October. Commisars and officers were killed and the ship was scuttled.[292]
Coast Battleship Number 1, ex-USS Indiana, after sinking
The decommissioned Indiana-classbattleship (formerly USS Indiana) sank in shallow water in the Chesapeake Bay while in use as a target. Her wreck was sold for scrap.
Lothair
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
The Thames barge was driven ashore at Felixstowe, Suffolk and was wrecked. Her crew were rescued by the Walton Lifeboat.[284]
The cargo ship collided with Westwood (United States) at Saint-Nazaire, Loire-Atlantique, France and sank.[291]
Thomas Lagnelet
France
The schooner foundered on this date. Her crew were rescued.[293]
4 November[]
List of shipwrecks: 4 November 1920
Ship
Country
Description
Harvester
United States
The schooner departed Vavau, Tonga for San Francisco, California. No further trace, presumed foundered in the Pacific Ocean with the loss of all hands.[272]
Les Aulnays
France
The cargo ship ran aground at Pointe du Touquet, Pas-de-Calais.[294] She broke in two the next day and was a total loss.[295]
5 November[]
List of shipwrecks: 5 November 1920
Ship
Country
Description
Guillane Ness
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
The coaster was destroyed by fire in the North Sea off Montrose, Forfarshire. Her crew survived.[296]
Loring R. Haskell
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
The schooner foundered in White Bay. Her crew were rescued by Cactus (United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland).[296]
6 November[]
List of shipwrecks: 6 November 1920
Ship
Country
Description
Stella
Norway
The sail-powered cargo ship was driven ashore at Lyngvær, Norway, and was wrecked. Her crew were rescued.[296]
7 November[]
List of shipwrecks: 7 November 1920
Ship
Country
Description
Barbadoes
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
The trawler struck a mine and sank in the North Sea with the loss of all ten crew.[297]
9 November[]
List of shipwrecks: 9 November 1920
Ship
Country
Description
Ulla
Sweden
The steamer struck a mine in the North Sea, and sank immediately. The crew survived.[298]
10 November[]
List of shipwrecks: 10 November 1920
Ship
Country
Description
Baltabor
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
The passenger ship ran aground at Liepāja, Latvia. All 152 passengers were taken off.[269][299] She was refloated on 7 December.[300]
The tanker suffered an onboard explosion and caught fire at New York with the loss of a crew member. She was beached on Ellis Island.[301][302]El Mundo was refloated on 20 November.[303]
11 November[]
List of shipwrecks: 11 November 1920
Ship
Country
Description
Clan Graham
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
The cargo ship collided with another vessel and was beached at Vlissingen, Netherlands.[301] She was refloated on 21 November.[304]
Ekstrand
Norway
The cargo ship foundered in the Skagerrak off Larvik, Norway.[302]
Italian Prince
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
The cargo ship was destroyed by fire at Limassol, Cyprus.[302]
Lake Falk
United States
The cargo ship ran aground in the Paracel Islands.[305] She was later refloated and arrived at Hong Kong on 23 November.[306]
The Topaze-class cruiser parted tow from Eagle and Margaret Ham (both United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland) in the Irish Sea off the Smalls Lighthouse.[308] Most of her crew were taken off by the Aberystwyth Lifeboat.[309]
Maria José
Portugal
The schooner was driven ashore at Porthcawl, Glamorgan, United Kingdom with the loss of one of her six crew. Survivors were rescued by breeches buoy.[310]
The troopship sprang a leak and sank in the River Medway at Chatham, Kent.[312]
Waltraute
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
The depôt ship was driven ashore at Leith, Lothian.[313] She was refloated on 28 November.[314]
17 November[]
List of shipwrecks: 17 November 1920
Ship
Country
Description
Delta
Norway
The barque ran aground north of Bergen, Norway and was severely damaged.[313] She was towed to Hindö for examination with the expectation that she would be condemned as a constructive total loss.[303]
Yute
Spain
The cargo ship issued an SOS in the Atlantic Ocean 240 nautical miles (440 km) south east of Cape May, Newfoundland. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[315]
Russian civil war:The River Gunboat, a converted Bolinder type landing barge, was scuttled on this date.[316]
Neptunus
Netherlands
The auxiliary schooner foundered in the Irish Sea 5 nautical miles (9.3 km) off the Smalls Lighthouse after her cargo shifted with the loss of one of her five crew. Survivors were rescued by the trawler Kirkland (United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland).[297][317]
Scarpa
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
became stranded on the North Rock, Cloughey Bay, Country Down.[318] She was raised on 23 February 1921, repaired and returned to service.[74]
20 November[]
List of shipwrecks: 20 November 1920
Ship
Country
Description
General Horne
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
The schooner departed Catalina, Newfoundland for the Change Islands. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[319]
Grandest
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
The coaster struck rocks off the Hanois Lighthouse, Guernsey, Channel Islands and sank. All twelve crew were rescued by a trawler.[320]
Minnie Sommers
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
The barquentine departed Bo'ness, Lothian for Cherbourg, Seine-Maritime, France. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[321]
21 November[]
List of shipwrecks: 21 November 1920
Ship
Country
Description
Blenda
Sweden
The cargo ship struck a mine and sank in the Baltic Sea, en route from Finland to Hull. Her crew were rescued.[322][323]
22 November[]
List of shipwrecks: 22 November 1920
Ship
Country
Description
Chausey
France
The cargo ship sank south of Belle Île, Morbihan.[324]
Lizzie
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
The cargo ship struck a rock and sank at Cherbourg, Seine Maritime, France.[325]
Santa Rosa
Spain
The cargo ship sprang a leak and sank off Cape Prior, Galicia.[324]
23 November[]
List of shipwrecks: 23 November 1920
Ship
Country
Description
Gregory
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
The cargo ship ran aground at Tutóia, Brazil.[306] She broke her back on 29 November and was a total loss.[326]
The ocean liner caught fire and capsized at Wallsend, Northumberland.[327]
Taunton
Norway
The cargo ship ran aground in the Bahamas.[328] She was abandoned the next day and was a total loss.[314]
25 November[]
List of shipwrecks: 25 November 1920
Ship
Country
Description
Zenith
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
The barquentine foundered in the Atlantic Ocean 4 nautical miles (7.4 km) west of the Longships. All seven crew were rescued.[329]
26 November[]
List of shipwrecks: 26 November 1920
Ship
Country
Description
W J Pirrie
United States
The schooner barge foundered in the Pacific Ocean off La Push, Washington whilst under tow from Tacoma, Washington to Antofagasta, Chile. Only two of her sixteen crew survived.[330]
27 November[]
List of shipwrecks: 27 November 1920
Ship
Country
Description
Comboyne
Australia
The cargo ship sank off Shellharbour, New South Wales. Her crew survived.
Erminie
France
The schooner was abandoned in the Bay of Biscay 3.5 nautical miles (6.5 km) north west of Ouessant, Finistère. Her crew were rescued by West Maximus (United States).[314]
Evangelistria
Kingdom of Greece
The cargo ship foundered in the English Channel off the Casquets, Guernsey, Channel Islands. Her crew survived.[314]
28 November[]
List of shipwrecks: 28 November 1920
Ship
Country
Description
Betsy
Netherlands
The schooner sprang a leak and sank in the North Sea. Her crew were rescued by the trawler Unity (United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland).[331]
Ioannis Carras
Kingdom of Greece
The cargo ship sank in the Iroise Sea off the Pierres Noires, Finistère, France. Her crew survived.[332]
29 November[]
List of shipwrecks: 29 November 1920
Ship
Country
Description
Capitaine Remy
France
The auxiliary sailing vessel capsized in the English Channel 10 nautical miles (19 km) south of The Lizard, Cornwall, United Kingdom.[333]
Meta
France
The schooner foundered off in the Mediterranean Sea off Port-la-Nouvelle, Aude.[332]
Notre Dame de la Mer
France
The cargo ship capsized at Brunsbüttelkoog, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany.[334]
30 November[]
List of shipwrecks: 30 November 1920
Ship
Country
Description
Sheila Margaret
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
The cargo ship foundered in the English Channel. Wreckage from the ship washed up at Swanage, Dorset.[334][335]
December[]
1 December[]
List of shipwrecks: 1 December 1920
Ship
Country
Description
Betsy
Netherlands
The schooner sprang a leak in the North Sea and was abandoned. Her crew were rescued.[335]
Giant King
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
The schooner ran aground on Ambergris Cay, Turks Islands. Her passengers and crew were rescued.[336]
2 December[]
List of shipwrecks: 2 December 1920
Ship
Country
Description
Ansgir
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
The cargo ship ran aground near Mousehole, Cornwall. Her crew of 45 were rescued.[337]
Blanche H. King
United States
The schooner ran aground on the West Reef, Bahamas and was a total loss. Her crew survived.[338]
Dauntless
Norway
The cargo ship struck a mine in the Baltic Sea off the Närs Lighthouse, Sweden. Her crew were rescued.[337]
Eastern Tempest
United States
The cargo ship ran aground on the Bogskär, Finland and was abandoned by her crew. She was refloated on 7 December.[338][339]
Fiorino
Norway
The barque departed Kristiansand, Norway for the Hampton Roads. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[340]
Hathor
Weimar Republic
The cargo ship ran aground on the Lethegus Ledge off the Isles of Scilly, United Kingdom and was wrecked. All 24 crew were rescued by the St. Mary's Lifeboat.[337]
Kate
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
The schooner issued an SOS off Holyhead, Anglesey. Her crew were taken off by the Holyhead Lifeboat.[341]
4 December[]
List of shipwrecks: 4 December 1920
Ship
Country
Description
Hermina
Netherlands
The auxiliary schooner broke free from her mooring and was wrecked at Fishguard, Pembrokeshire, United Kingdom in a gale with the loss of one of her ten crew. Survivors were rescued by the Fishguard Lifeboat or by rocket apparatus.[341][342]
Renvoyle
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
The cargo ship was abandoned off Belle Île, Finistère, France.[341] she subsequently sank.[343]
Schoolcraft
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
The cargo ship was destroyed by fire at Kingston, Ontario, Canada.[343]
Timbo
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
The coaster was driven ashore near Clynnog Fawr, Caernarfonshire with the loss of four of her eight crew. Five of the thirteen crew of the Rhoscolyn Lifeboat were lost attempting to rescue her crew before she came ashore.[341][342]
Tourmaline
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
The coal hulk was driven ashore 16 nautical miles (30 km) west of Thurso, Caithness and was a total loss. Her crew were rescued by rocket apparatus.[341]
The cargo ship collided with Tregantle (United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland) in the River Thames at Gravesend, Kent. She then collided with Fairfield and the ice hulk Sumatra (both United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland) and was then beached. Fairfield sank and the other ships were damaged.[343]Graf Waldersee was refloated on 8 December.[339]
Taff
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
The cargo ship ran aground on the Dogger Bank in the North Sea and was a total loss.[343]
The cargo ship dragged her anchor and ran hard aground off Ponta Delgada in the Azores and was declared a total loss. All 45 of her crew were saved.
13 December[]
List of shipwrecks: 13 December 1920
Ship
Country
Description
Nikolaos Stathatos
Kingdom of Greece
The cargo ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean 40 nautical miles (74 km) off Cape Ortegal, Galicia, Spain. All 25 crew were rescued.[307]
15 December[]
List of shipwrecks: 15 December 1920
Ship
Country
Description
Limehouse
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
The cargo ship ran aground on the East Barrow Sands in the Thames Estuary.[344] She was refloated on 21 December.[345]
16 December[]
List of shipwrecks: 16 December 1920
Ship
Country
Description
Anna G. Lord
United States
The schooner was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Maryland. Her crew were rescued.[346]
Emma Belliveau
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
The schooner foundered off Saint Michael, Barbados.[347]
Inca
United States
The five-masted schooner was abandoned in the Pacific Ocean (approximately 34°00′00″S154°00′00″E / 34°S 154°E / -34; 154). Her crew were rescued by Cosmos (United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland).[346] She was towed into Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, arriving on 18 December.[347]
Monnow
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
The four-masted auxiliary schooner was destroyed by fire off Southend, Essex. All nineteen crew survived.[348]
Perry Setzer
United States
The four-masted schooner was beached at Jacksonville, Florida.[349]
The cargo ship foundered in the English Channel 11 nautical miles (20 km) south of St. Catherine's Point, Isle of Wight, United Kingdom. All eleven crew were rescued.[352]
21 December[]
List of shipwrecks: 21 December 1920
Ship
Country
Description
Ferdenborg
Denmark
The schooner was driven ashore 6 nautical miles (11 km) south of Johnshaven, Aberdeenshire, United Kingdom. Her crew were rescued by the Johnshaven Lifeboat, which later capsized with the loss of two of her crew and a lifeboatman.[353]
Robert H. McCurdy
United States
The schooner foundered in the Atlantic Ocean.[353]
23 December[]
List of shipwrecks: 23 December 1920
Ship
Country
Description
Curieuse
France
The schooner departed Fogo, Newfoundland for Alicante, Spain. No further trace, presumed foundered in the Atlantic Ocean with the loss of all hands.[354]
Vlassios
Kingdom of Greece
The cargo ship foundered in the Aegean Sea off Leipsoi with the loss of six of her fifteen crew.[355]
The cargo ship caught fire at Carnarvon, Western Australia and sank.[356][357]
Ougree
Belgium
The cargo ship collided with Aleppo (United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland) in the River Scheldt and was beached off Vlissingen, Netherlands.[358] She was declared a constructive total loss on 30 December.[5]
Photios
Kingdom of Greece
The cargo ship sprang a leak, broke in two, and sank in the Mediterranean Sea between Corsica and Elba, Italy. Her crew were rescued by Calliroi Saparis (Kingdom of Greece).[357]
Prah
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
The cargo liner ran aground 5 nautical miles (9.3 km) east of Grand-Bassam, French West Africa.[359] She was refloated on 3 January 1921.[360]
26 December[]
List of shipwrecks: 26 December 1920
Ship
Country
Description
Navarino
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
The cargo ship arrived at Queenstown, County Cork, United Kingdom on fire and was beached.[358] She was refloated on 31 December.[361]
The schooner foundered off Memory Rock, Bahamas.[356]
Tris Adelft
Kingdom of Greece
The cargo ship sank in theb Tyrrhenian Sea 18 nautical miles (33 km) north west of Monte Circeo, Lazio, Italy. Her crew were rescued.[357]
29 December[]
List of shipwrecks: 29 December 1920
Ship
Country
Description
Korsnæs
Norway
The auxiliary schooner was destroyed by fire off Chesapeake, Virginia, United States.[357]
Lakeside Bridge
United States
The cargo ship ran aground on Pico Island, Azores, Portugal and was a total loss.[356]
30 December[]
List of shipwrecks: 30 December 1920
Ship
Country
Description
Saint Oran
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
The cargo ship collided with Eveleen (United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland) off Ailsa Craig, Ayrshire and sank. Twenty of her crew were rescued.[357]
31 December[]
List of shipwrecks: 31 December 1920
Ship
Country
Description
Kentucky
Denmark
The cargo ship came ashore at Duncansby Head, Caithness, United Kingdom. Her crew were rescued.[361]
The schooner was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by Pennyworth (United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland) and landed at Tarragona, Spain on 15 December.[348]