List of shipwrecks in 1923

The list of shipwrecks in 1923 includes a chronological list of all shipwrecks in 1923.

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1923
Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr
May	Jun	Jul	Aug
Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec

January

3 January

List of shipwrecks: 3 January 1923

Ship	Country	Description
Four Brothers	United Kingdom	The schooner foundered in the Irish Sea off Rhyl, Denbighshire with the loss of two lives.

4 January

List of shipwrecks: 4 January 1923

Ship	Country	Description
The Victory	United Kingdom	The coaster ran aground at Youghal, County Cork. She was refloated and beached on 6 January but sank in the early hours of 7 January.

5 January

List of shipwrecks: 5 January 1923

Ship	Country	Description
Fundus	Weimar Republic	The cargo ship sank at Hamburg.

6 January

List of shipwrecks: 6 January 1923

Ship	Country	Description
Perrosien	France	The topsail schooner came ashore at Bucks Mills, Devon and was wrecked.

12 January

List of shipwrecks: 12 January 1923

Ship	Country	Description
West Calumb	United States	The cargo ship collided with Western Plains (United States) at New York and sank. She was refloated on 16 January.

15 January

List of shipwrecks: 15 January 1923

Ship	Country	Description
Carmen	Sweden	The four masted auxiliary schooner ran aground on the Isle of May, Fife, United Kingdom. All sixteen crew were rescued.
Cobden	United Kingdom	The schooner collided with the trawler Stronsay (United Kingdom) in the River Humber and sank. Her crew were rescued.
Dorothy	United Kingdom	The cargo ship came ashore 10 nautical miles (19 km) from Puerto Plata, Dominican Republic and was wrecked.
Patrick Henry	United States	The cargo ship ran aground on Sibay Island, Philippines. She was refloated but was leaking and was beached. Patrick Henry was refloated on 18 January.
Sacramento	Sweden	The schooner capsized in the Baltic Sea south east of Ystad, Skåne County. She was discovered derelict and towed into Saßnitz, Mecklenburg, Germany.

16 January

List of shipwrecks: 16 January 1923

Ship	Country	Description
Aleppo	Weimar Republic	The cargo ship collided with Uganglianza (Kingdom of Italy) at Antwerp, Belgium and sank.
Belle	United Kingdom	The tug was in collision with Trewidden (United Kingdom) off Cardiff, Glamorgan and sank with the loss of two crew members.
Germania	United Kingdom	The cargo ship struck rocks off Cape Malea, Greece and was wrecked. Her crew were rescued.
Heimat	Weimar Republic	The cargo ship sank at Sandhamn, Stockholm, Sweden with the loss of all hands.
Louise M. Richards	United States	The schooner was driven ashore at Bluefields, Nicaragua and was wrecked.
Nal	Free City of Danzig	The barque sank off the Wollaston Islands, Chile. Her crew were rescued.
Salvador	Spain	The cargo ship was wrecked near Bonanza, Andalusia. Her crew were rescued.

17 January

List of shipwrecks: 17 January 1923

Ship	Country	Description
Montello	Kingdom of Italy	The cargo ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean.

19 January

List of shipwrecks: 19 January 1923

Ship	Country	Description
Chilier	Belgium	The cargo ship was last reported in the Atlantic Ocean (approximately 50°N 21°W / 50; -21). No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all 39 crew.
Maligin	Soviet Navy	The icebreaker foundered in the Baltic Sea off the coast of Sweden. She was carrying a consignment of 200,000 German rifles which had been transshipped at sea a few days prior.
Nuestra Señora del Carmen	Spain	The sailing ship was wrecked at Cape San Lorenzo with the loss of two of her six crew.
Racconigi	Kingdom of Italy	The cargo ship caught fire in the Mediterranean Sea and was beached 30 nautical miles (56 km) east of Algiers, Algeria.
Speranza	Kingdom of Italy	The cargo ship collided with Cuidad de Montevideo (Uruguay) at Buenos Aires, Argentina and sank. Her crew were rescued.

20 January

List of shipwrecks: 20 January 1923

Ship	Country	Description
Yanagawa Maru	Japan	The cargo ship ran aground in the Hirado Strait. Her crew were rescued.

21 January

List of shipwrecks: 21 January 1923

Ship	Country	Description
Albert	United Kingdom	The tug struck the wreck of a coal grab at Liverpool, Lancashire and sank with the loss of three of her seven crew.
Farmand	Denmark	The cargo ship foundered in the Skaggerak with the loss of seven of her nine crew.
Nautilus	United Kingdom	The cargo liner collided with Australia (United Kingdom) in the Scheldt at Antwerp, Belgium and sank with the loss of three of the eighteen people on board.
Wilbo	Weimar Republic	The cargo ship foundered off Elbmündung with the loss of seven of her seventeen crew.

22 January

List of shipwrecks: 22 January 1923

Ship	Country	Description
Lillian	United Kingdom	The tug sank at Erith, Kent.

24 January

List of shipwrecks: 24 January 1923

Ship	Country	Description
Moween	Canada	The schooner was abandoned and set afire in the Atlantic Ocean (approximately 27°N 72°W / 27; -72). Her crew were rescued by Nord-Schleswig (Weimar Republic).

26 January

List of shipwrecks: 26 January 1923

Ship	Country	Description
Clintonia	United Kingdom	The schooner caught fire in the Atlantic Ocean and was abandoned (42°30′N 58°00′W). Her crew were rescued by Empress of Scotland (United Kingdom).
Maid of England	United Kingdom	The barquentine was dismasted in the Atlantic Ocean off Halifax, Nova Scotia Canada. She was abandoned by her crew, who were rescued by Manchester Shipper (United Kingdom). Maid of England was towed into Halifax by Manchester Shipper.

29 January

List of shipwrecks: 29 January 1923

Ship	Country	Description
Beukelsdijk	Netherlands	The cargo ship was wrecked at Bodø, Norway.

30 January

List of shipwrecks: 30 January 1923

Ship	Country	Description
Mar del Plata	Spain	The cargo ship departed the River Clyde, United Kingdom for Bilbao. Presumed later foundered in the Irish Sea with the loss of all hands. A lifeboat from the ship was discovered off Ramsey, Isle of Man on 2 February.

31 January

List of shipwrecks: 31 January 1923

Ship	Country	Description
Martha	United Kingdom	The three-masted schooner built 1903, sank in Swansea Bay. Her crew were rescued by Singleton (United Kingdom).

February

1 February

List of shipwrecks: 1 February 1923

Ship	Country	Description
Poseidon	Weimar Republic	The cargo ship ran aground in the Paraná River, Argentina. She was refloated on 4 February.

2 February

List of shipwrecks: 2 February 1923

Ship	Country	Description
Alroy	United Kingdom	The auxiliary sailing vessel came ashore at Camber Sands, East Sussex and was wrecked. Her crew were rescued by the Rye Lifeboat.
Garouda	France	The cargo ship was wrecked at Pulo Bintang, Netherlands East Indies. Her crew were rescued.
Marguerite Ryan	United Kingdom	The schooner was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by Corinthic (United Kingdom).
No. 2	United Kingdom	The bucket dredger capsized and sank in the River Humber at Hull, Yorkshire with the loss of six of her eight crew.

3 February

List of shipwrecks: 3 February 1923

Ship	Country	Description
Arfeld	Weimar Republic	The cargo ship collided with Lacuna (United Kingdom) in the Mississippi River at New Orleans, Louisiana, United States and was beached.

5 February

List of shipwrecks: 5 February 1923

Ship	Country	Description
Padova	Kingdom of Italy	The cargo ship ran aground at Fordeiro, A Coruña, Spain. Her crew were rescued. She was a total loss.

6 February

List of shipwrecks: 6 February 1923

Ship	Country	Description
Tamara 12	Weimar Republic	The sailing ship departed Leith, Lothian, United Kingdom for Hamburg. Presumed later foundered in the North Sea with the loss of all hands. A lifeboat with the body of a crew member washed up at Start Point, Sanday, Orkney Islands on 20 February.

7 February

List of shipwrecks: 7 February 1923

Ship	Country	Description
Frank M. Deering	United States	The schooner came ashore on Cobb Island, Maryland and was wrecked.
Goodwin	United Kingdom	The cargo ship collided with Maid of Orleans (United Kingdom) in the North Sea off the Girdler Lightship (United Kingdom). She was beached on the West Girdler Sands off Herne Bay, Kent. She was refloated on 12 February and towed to Greenhithe, Kent.
Slievenamon	Ireland	The coaster came ashore in Ballycotton Bay. She was refloated on 12 February.

7 February

List of shipwrecks: 7 February 1923

Ship	Country	Description
Centaurus	Denmark	The barquentine sailed from Harbour Buffett, Newfoundland for Málaga, Spain. No further trace, presumed foundered in the Atlantic Ocean with the loss of all hands.

8 February

List of shipwrecks: 8 February 1923

Ship	Country	Description
Figueira	Portugal	The cargo ship was driven ashore at Leixões and was wrecked. She was refloated in early June.
Rhona	Portugal	The tug ran aground at Lisbon and sank with the loss of five of her seven crew.

9 February

List of shipwrecks: 9 February 1923

Ship	Country	Description
Adolf Vinnen	Weimar Republic	Adolf Vinnen wrecked off Cornwall on her maiden voyage The five-masted barquentine was driven onto rocks at Bass Point, Cornwall, United Kingdom on her maiden voyage. All 24 crew were saved by means of rocket apparatus from the cliffs.
Romanitza	France	The cargo ship ran aground at Bessaker, Norway. She was refloated on 16 February.

10 February

List of shipwrecks: 10 February 1923

Ship	Country	Description
Sarah Latham	United Kingdom	The auxiliary schooner was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by Olympia (United Kingdom), which towed Sarah Latham to Liverpool, Lancashire.
Scotia Maiden	Canada	The auxiliary sailing vessel caught fire and was abandoned in the Mediterranean Sea (40°00′N 1°15′E). All crew were rescued by Fenchurch (United Kingdom).

13 February

List of shipwrecks: 13 February 1923

Ship	Country	Description
Esperanza	Spain	The four-masted schooner ran aground on the Luna Shoals off the coast of the Dominican Republic and was a total loss.

14 February

List of shipwrecks: 14 February 1923

Ship	Country	Description
Lukkos	Netherlands	The cargo ship passed Dungeness, Kent, United Kingdom bound for a port in Spanish Morocco. Presumed foundered in the English Channel with the loss of all hands. Wreckage washed up at Bexhill-on-Sea and Beachy Head, East Sussex on 20 February.
Regina	United Kingdom	The tug struck a submerged object and sank in the River Thames at Rainham, Essex. She was refloated on 18 February.

15 February

List of shipwrecks: 15 February 1923

Ship	Country	Description
Moncenisio	Kingdom of Italy	The cargo ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean (36°35′N 65°22′W) with the loss of all hands.
Tuscan Prince	United Kingdom	The cargo ship was wrecked on the coast of Washington, United States.

16 February

List of shipwrecks: 16 February 1923

Ship	Country	Description
Dorin	United Kingdom	The auxiliary sailing vessel was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean (39°54′N 73°30′W). She was set afire by her crew, who were rescued by Vasari (United Kingdom). Dorin was towed into New York by USCGC Seneca (United States Coast Guard), arriving on 19 February.
Giulio Cesare	Kingdom of Italy	The cargo ship struck a rock and foundered off Cape Trafalgar, Spain. Her crew were rescued.
Sagua	United States	The cargo ship caught fire and sank at Hoboken, New Jersey.
Wasa	Finland	The cargo ship was sunk by ice in the Gulf of Finland off the Kallbadan Lighthouse. Her crew were rescued.
West Hematite	United States	The Design 1013 cargo ship ran aground in the Weser, Germany.

17 February

List of shipwrecks: 17 February 1923

Ship	Country	Description
Dotterel	United Kingdom	The coaster ran aground at Rhue Point, Ross and Cromarty. Her crew were rescued.
Lawrence	United Kingdom	The cargo ship ran aground off Seaton Delaval, Northumberland and was wrecked. Her crew survived.
Radium	Kingdom of Yugoslavia	The cargo ship was wrecked at Speeton, Yorkshire. Her 28 crew were rescued by rocket apparatus.
Trefusis	United Kingdom	The coaster collided with Grace (United Kingdom in the North Sea off Spurn Point, Yorkshire and sank. Her crew were rescued. She was refloated on 10 March.

18 February

List of shipwrecks: 18 February 1923

Ship	Country	Description
Domingo	Kingdom of Italy	The cargo ship was driven ashore at Peniche, Portugal. Her crew were rescued.
Jacobus	United Kingdom	The coaster came ashore at Garton, Yorkshire and was severely damaged.
Valur	United Kingdom	The coaster foundered in the Atlantic Ocean west of the Orkney Islands with the loss of two crew. Survivors were rescued by a trawler.
Woodburn	United Kingdom	The cargo ship foundered off the Isle of Whithorn, Wigtownshire with the loss of all hands.

19 February

List of shipwrecks: 19 February 1923

Ship	Country	Description
Fenella	United Kingdom	The passenger ferry collided with Clan Cumming in the River Mersey and was beached at Tranmere, Cheshire. She was refloated on 22 February and drydocked.
Laumur	France	The cargo ship came ashore at Hardelot, Pas-de-Calais. She broke in two and was a total loss.
Santino	United States	The five-masted auxiliary schooner sprang a leak off Nantucket, Massachusetts and was abandoned.
Sapporo Maru No.3	Japan	The cargo ship ran aground on the Noto Peninsula. She was declared a total loss.
Toyo Maru No.3	Japan	The cargo ship ran aground at Kokusanto, Korea. She sank on 27 February. Her crew were rescued.

20 February

List of shipwrecks: 20 February 1923

Ship	Country	Description
Otto Fischer	Weimar Republic	The cargo ship foundered in the Mediterranean Sea 90 nautical miles (170 km) north of Cape Villano, Algeria (48°56′N 9°18′W). Her 39 crew were rescued by Hakozaki Maru (Japan) and Older (Norway).
Utopia	United Kingdom	The cargo liner sprang a leak in the Indian Ocean. She was beached at Antalaha, Madagascar and sank. All on board were rescued.

21 February

List of shipwrecks: 21 February 1923

Ship	Country	Description
T. H. Skogland	Norway	The cargo liner ran aground off Bayona, Galicia, Spain. All 36 people on board were rescued but she was a total loss.

22 February

List of shipwrecks: 22 February 1923

Ship	Country	Description
Empress	United Kingdom	The sailing ship was driven ashore at Bibette Head, Alderney, Channel Islands and sank. Her crew were rescued.
Wynor	United Kingdom	The cargo ship foundered in the North Sea north east of Lossiemouth, Morayshire. Her crew survived.

23 February

List of shipwrecks: 23 February 1923

Ship	Country	Description
Bourbancy	France	The cargo ship sank at Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône whilst laid up.
Cragside	United Kingdom	The cargo ship was driven on the breakwater at Portland Harbour, Dorset. Her crew were rescued before she capsized and sank.
Helen M. Coolen	United Kingdom	The schooner was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean (39°02′N 66°25′W). Her crew were rescued.
Elwick	United Kingdom	The cargo ship collided with Lisbon Maru (Japan) in the North Sea off Cuxhaven, Germany. She was towed in to Cuxhaven and beached.

24 February

List of shipwrecks: 24 February 1923

Ship	Country	Description
Heim	Norway	The cargo ship departed Cardiff, Glamorgan, United Kingdom for Barcelona, Spain. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.
Villaodrid	Spain	The cargo ship departed from the River Clyde, United Kingdom for Bilbao. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.

25 February

List of shipwrecks: 25 February 1923

Ship	Country	Description
Eslington Firth	United Kingdom	The cargo ship ran aground 2 nautical miles (3.7 km) north of Cushendun, County Antrim. Her crew were rescued. She was a total loss.
Sabina	Spain	The cargo ship ran aground in Fleshwick Bay, Isle of Man. She was refloated later that day and taken to Port Erin, Where she was beached 27 February.

26 February

List of shipwrecks: 26 February 1923

Ship	Country	Description
China Maru	Japan	The cargo ship ran aground at Kara Point, Greece. She was refloated on 3 March.
Echo	United Kingdom	The cargo ship collided with Coimbra (Portugal) in the North Sea off Terschelling, Netherlands and sank. Her eighteen crew were rescued by Yainville (France) and the trawler Richmond (United Kingdom).
Storaker	Norway	The cargo ship sprang a leak in the Atlantic Ocean and was abandoned (46°02′N 43°23′W). Her crew were rescued by City of Flint (United Kingdom).

27 February

List of shipwrecks: 27 February 1923

Ship	Country	Description
Blairlogie	United Kingdom	The cargo ship was abandoned in the Irish Sea 25 nautical miles (46 km) off the Smalls Lighthouse.
Bustard	United Kingdom	The cargo ship sank at Milford Haven, Pembrokeshire. She was refloated on 3 March.
Frank H. Adams (schooner)	United Kingdom	The schooner sprang a leak and was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by the trawler William Brady (United Kingdom).
Southwark	United Kingdom	The cargo ship was beached at Porthfawr, Caernarfonshire. Her crew were rescued.
Watson A. West	United States	The schooner came ashore at San Francisco, California and was wrecked. Her crew were rescued.

28 February

List of shipwrecks: 28 February 1923

Ship	Country	Description
Heimdal	Denmark	The schooner was abandoned in the Baltic Sea with the loss of two of her crew. Survivors were rescued by the trawler Vidette, which took her in tow She sank the next day (57°33′N 11°00′E).
Nicolao Tommaseo	Kingdom of Italy	The cargo ship ran aground near the Karabournou Lighthouse, Turkey. She was refloated on 3 March.

Unknown date

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1923

Ship	Country	Description
Majken	Sweden	The schooner was abandoned in the North Sea 155 nautical miles (287 km) east of Aberdeen, United Kingdom. Five crew were rescued by the trawler Strath Moray (United Kingdom) and landed at Aberdeen on 10 February.

March

3 March

List of shipwrecks: 3 March 1923

Ship	Country	Description
Babinda	United States	The cargo ship caught fire at San Francisco, California and was abandoned.
Hieronymus	Free City of Danzig	The auxiliary sailing ship foundered in the Skaggerak off Hanstholm, Denmark. Her crew were rescued by Aalborg (Denmark).

5 March

List of shipwrecks: 5 March 1923

Ship	Country	Description
Yunur	Norway	The cargo ship was driven ashore on the Westman Islands, Iceland and was wrecked. Her crew were rescued.

7 March

List of shipwrecks: 7 March 1923

Ship	Country	Description
Monte	United Kingdom	The auxiliary sailing ship came ashore at Mandal, Norway and was wrecked.

8 March

List of shipwrecks: 8 March 1923

Ship	Country	Description
Mindini	United Kingdom	The cargo liner ran aground at Samarai, New Guinea. Her passengers and crew were rescued by Nauru Chief (United Kingdom).

9 March

List of shipwrecks: 9 March 1923

Ship	Country	Description
Rigel	Finland	The cargo ship was sunk by ice 10 nautical miles (19 km) off Mariehamn.

12 March

List of shipwrecks: 12 March 1923

Ship	Country	Description
Marjane	France	The trawler was sunk in the Mediterranean Sea off Hyères, Var by the explosion of a mine which had caught in her nets. Two of her crew were killed.

14 March

List of shipwrecks: 14 March 1923

Ship	Country	Description
Cape Cod	United States	The cargo ship a struck rock in Long Island Sound and was beached on Plum Island.

15 March

List of shipwrecks: 15 March 1923

Ship	Country	Description
Eastway	United Kingdom	The cargo ship was wrecked at Lourenço Marques, Mozambique with the loss of two of her crew. Survivors were rescued by a tug.
Merville	United Kingdom	The cargo ship foundered in the North Sea with the loss of thirteen of her fifteen crew. Survivors were rescued by Frithjof Eide (Norway).

16 March

List of shipwrecks: 16 March 1923

Ship	Country	Description
Levanzo	Kingdom of Italy	The passenger ship ran aground off Elba. Her passengers were transferred to Bali, Ischia and Massaua (all Kingdom of Italy). She sank on 3 April.

17 March

List of shipwrecks: 17 March 1923

Ship	Country	Description
Banhei Maru No.2	Japan	The cargo ship foundered off Yokohama.
Buckleigh	United Kingdom	The cargo ship ran aground in Jones Inlet, New York. She was refloated on 31 March.
Freia	Uruguay	The cargo ship caught fire at La Boca, Buenos Aires, Argentina. She broke free from her moorings and sank.

18 March

List of shipwrecks: 18 March 1923

Ship	Country	Description
Maid of Sparta	United Kingdom	The cargo ship ran aground on Samsø, Denmark (56°04′N 11°00′E) and was abandoned by her crew. She was refloated on 22 March.

19 March

List of shipwrecks: 19 March 1923

Ship	Country	Description
Shannonmede	United Kingdom	The cargo ship was driven ashore at Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain.

20 March

List of shipwrecks: 20 March 1923

Ship	Country	Description
Peiho	Weimar Republic	The schooner came ashore 10 nautical miles (19 km) north of Cape San Diego, Argentina. Twenty four crew landed on New Year Island.

21 March

List of shipwrecks: 21 March 1923

Ship	Country	Description
Bohemia	United Kingdom	The schooner was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean (45°00′N 55°13′W).
Giulia	Kingdom of Italy	The cargo ship sprang a leak in the Atlantic Ocean (41°37′N 58°37′W). She was subsequently abandoned.

22 March

List of shipwrecks: 22 March 1923

Ship	Country	Description
Texan	United States	The cargo ship came ashore on Block Island, Rhode Island. She was refloated on 28 March.

23 March

List of shipwrecks: 23 March 1923

Ship	Country	Description
USS Coastal Battleship No. 4	United States Navy	Coastal Battleship No. 4 The target ship (formerly the battleship USS Iowa) was sunk in the Gulf of Panama by the battleship USS Mississippi (United States Navy).

25 March

List of shipwrecks: 25 March 1923

Ship	Country	Description
Felix	France	The schooner was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean (47°56′N 11°54′W). She was set afire by her crew, who were rescued by Nolisment (France).

26 March

List of shipwrecks: 26 March 1923

Ship	Country	Description
Aspen	United Kingdom	The cargo ship ran aground between Formby and Southport, Lancashire. She was refloated on 30 March.
Marco Aurelio	Kingdom of Italy	The cargo ship was abandoned in the Cerigo Channel.
Rey Jaime I	Spain	The cargo liner ran aground at Livorno, Tuscany, Italy. Her passengers were taken off. She was refloated on 29 March.
Taishin Maru	Japan	The cargo ship ran aground on the west coast of the Kwantung Peninsula and was abandoned by her crew.

27 March

List of shipwrecks: 27 March 1923

Ship	Country	Description
Amy Turner	United Kingdom	The barquentine foundered off Guam with the loss of ten of her fourteen crew. Survivors reached landed at Hinuatan, Philippines after 24 days
Charles F. Gordon	United Kingdom	The schooner was Wrecked at Double Head, Cuba. Her crew were rescued.
F. C. Lockhart	United Kingdom	The schooner ran aground on Lippy Island, Maine, United States and was a total loss.
Madelon	France	The schooner was destroyed by fire off the Bishop's Rock. Her crew were rescued by the trawler Capstone (United Kingdom).
Rusholme	United Kingdom	The cargo ship struck rocks 28 nautical miles (52 km) south of Port Nolloth, South Africa and was a total loss. Her crew survived.

31 March

List of shipwrecks: 31 March 1923

Ship	Country	Description
Chaldon	United Kingdom	The cargo ship struck a rock in the Pentland Firth and was beached at Scrabster, Caithness. She was refloated on 3 April.
Gladys M. Hollet	United Kingdom	The schooner was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean off Cape Race, Newfoundland. Her crew were rescued.

April

1 April

List of shipwrecks: 1 April 1923

Ship	Country	Description
Laurana	Weimar Republic	The cargo ship ran aground at Cadiz, Andalusia, Spain. She was refloated but was discovered to be leaking severely and was beached. Laurana was refloated on 16 April.
Portgwarra	United Kingdom	The cargo ship ran aground at Melilla, Spain. She was refloated on 16 April.

3 April

List of shipwrecks: 3 April 1923

Ship	Country	Description
HMS Ceres	Royal Navy	The C-class cruiser was in collision with USS Fox (United States Navy) in the Bosporus. Both vessels sustained substantial damage.
Free Will	United Kingdom	The salvage vessel was holed during salvage operations at Portland, Dorset and was beached. Her crew were taken off by Conqueress and Petrel (both United Kingdom).
Reta M. Cluett	United Kingdom	The schooner was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean off Cape Race, Newfoundland (40°05′N 53°38′W). She was set afire by her crew before they were rescued.

5 April

List of shipwrecks: 5 April 1923

Ship	Country	Description
Glutra	Norway	The cargo ship foundered in the North Sea. Her crew were rescued by the trawler Este Brügge (Weimar Republic).

6 April

List of shipwrecks: 6 April 1923

Ship	Country	Description
Chika Maru	Japan	The cargo ship ran aground and sank in the Kurushima Channel. She was refloated on 22 April.
Competitor	United Kingdom	The cargo ship ran aground at Cape Cod, Massachusetts. She was refloated on 16 April.

7 April

List of shipwrecks: 7 April 1923

Ship	Country	Description
Addington	United Kingdom	The cargo ship ran aground in the Danube at Sulina, Romania. She was refloated on 11 April.
Nordvalen	Denmark	The cargo ship collided with Baracoo (United States) in Chesapeake Bay and sank.

8 April

List of shipwrecks: 8 April 1923

Ship	Country	Description
Unicorn	United Kingdom	. The coaster foundered off Rame Head, Cornwall with the loss of three of her five crew.

17 April

List of shipwrecks: 17 April 1923

Ship	Country	Description
Cité d'Aleth	France	The schooner was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean (46°47′00″N 6°46′30″W). Her crew were rescued by Drake (United Kingdom).

21 April

List of shipwrecks: 21 April 1923

Ship	Country	Description
The Gay Gordon	Newfoundland	The schooner foundered in the Atlantic Ocean (41°40′N 41°55′W). Her crew were rescued by Hollinside (United Kingdom).

23 April

List of shipwrecks: 23 April 1923

Ship	Country	Description
Stranger	United States	The schooner was destroyed by fire in the Gulf of Mexico. Her crew were rescued.

24 April

List of shipwrecks: 24 April 1923

Ship	Country	Description
Mossamedes	Portugal	The cargo ship ran aground at Cape Frio, Namíbia. She was a total loss.

25 April

List of shipwrecks: 25 April 1923

Ship	Country	Description
Maschyagandhi	United Kingdom	The barque foundered in the Bay of Bengal. Her crew survived.
Teja	Chile	The cargo ship struck rocks off Punta de Lobos and sank.

26 April

List of shipwrecks: 26 April 1923

Ship	Country	Description
Brush	United States	The cargo ship ran aground at the South Cape Arago Lighthouse, Oregon. Her crew were rescued by a United States Coast Guard ship.

30 April

List of shipwrecks: 30 April 1923

Ship	Country	Description
Seaconnet	United States	The cargo ship foundered at Vineyard Haven, Massachusetts.

Unknown date

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1923

Ship	Country	Description
Dunmail	United Kingdom	The ship foundered in the Bristol Channel. Her crew were rescued by Thamesmead (United Kingdom).

May

3 May

List of shipwrecks: 3 May 1923

Ship	Country	Description
Alioth	United Kingdom	The ship was driven ashore and wrecked in West Bay, Dorset.
Elizabeth Ann Slater	United Kingdom	The cargo ship collided with Teesider (United Kingdom) in the North Sea off Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Northumberland. She was beached at South Shields.

4 May

List of shipwrecks: 4 May 1923

Ship	Country	Description
Kissho Maru	Japan	The cargo ship collided with Seikai Maru (Japan) at Shimonoseki and sank.

7 May

List of shipwrecks: 7 May 1923

Ship	Country	Description
Roxane	Sweden	The car ship collided with Harald (Weimar Republic) in the North Sea off the Elbe 1 Lightship (Weimar Republic) and sank. Her crew were rescued.

9 May

List of shipwrecks: 9 May 1923

Ship	Country	Description
Lake Gebhart	United States	The Design 1093 cargo ship ran aground on the Umatilla Reef off Cape Flattery, Washington. She broke in two and was a total loss.
Manhattan Island	United States	The cargo ship ran aground at Sari Siglar, Turkey. She was refloated on 17 May.
Yugala	Thailand	The cargo ship was severely damaged by fire at Singora with the loss of six crew. She was consequently beached.

10 May

List of shipwrecks: 10 May 1923

Ship	Country	Description
Kitanna	United Kingdom	The cargo ship foundered in the English Channel 32 nautical miles (59 km) north east by north of Alderney, Channel Isles.
Kum Sang	United Kingdom	The passenger ship came ashore near Ango, Philippines (approximately 16°N 120°E / 16; 120). She was refloated on 22 May.

14 May

List of shipwrecks: 14 May 1923

Ship	Country	Description
D'Aosta	Kingdom of Italy	The cargo ship ran aground off Munxar, Malta. She was refloated on 18 May.
David	Panama	The cargo ship collided with Yorba Linda (United States) in the Gulf of Panama 50 nautical miles (93 km) off Panama City and was beached at Bucaro.
Sagama River	United Kingdom	The cargo ship ran aground in the Paraná River, Argentina. She was refloated on 21 May.

16 May

List of shipwrecks: 16 May 1923

Ship	Country	Description
Gul-Djemal	Ottoman Empire	The cargo ship ran aground at Cape Jason. She was refloated on 22 May.
Jan	Denmark	The cargo ship ran aground in the Northumberland Strait. She was refloated on 23 May.
Picardiër	Belgium	Ran aground on Adler Grund, off Bornholm, Denmark. Refloated 23 May and towed to Stettin, Germany where repaired.

19 May

List of shipwrecks: 19 May 1923

Ship	Country	Description
Maggie Marshall	United Kingdom	The salvage vessel was wrecked at St. Esprit, Nova Scotia, Canada whilst going to the aid of Cymric Queen (United Kingdom).

21 May

List of shipwrecks: 21 May 1923

Ship	Country	Description
Glenburnie	United Kingdom	The cargo ship ran aground at Spot Point, Newfoundland. She was refloated on 24 May.
Marcella	United Kingdom	The schooner foundered in the Atlantic Ocean off Louisburg, Nova Scotia, Canada.
Rosa	United Kingdom	The coaster ran aground at Berwick upon Tweed, Northumberland. She was refloated on 28 May.

22 May

List of shipwrecks: 22 May 1923

Ship	Country	Description
Marvale	United Kingdom	The ocean liner struck the Capr Freel Rock off St. Shott's, Newfoundland and sank. All 436 people on board were rescued.
Shoyei Maru	Japan	The cargo ship ran aground on Shimushu Island, Kuril Islands and was abandoned by her crew.

26 May

List of shipwrecks: 26 May 1923

Ship	Country	Description
HM Gunboat Black Fly	Royal Navy	The Fly-class gunboat collided with a pontoon bridge over the Tigris at Baghdad, Iraq and sank with the loss of six crew.
Precheur	France	The tug foundered in the Atlantic Ocean (48°32′N 7°00′W).

27 May

List of shipwrecks: 27 May 1923

Ship	Country	Description
Baron Vernon	United Kingdom	The cargo ship collided with Metagama (United Kingdom): in the River Clyde at Dumbarton, West Dunbartonshire and was beached. She subsequently sank, but was refloated in late July 1924.

29 May

List of shipwrecks: 29 May 1923

Ship	Country	Description
Lady Shea	United Kingdom	The schooner sprang a leak and sank off Port Maria, Jamaica.
Waterway	United Kingdom	The cargo ship capsized at Nantes, Loire-Atlantique.

31 May

List of shipwrecks: 31 May 1923

Ship	Country	Description
Ranan Maru	Japan	The cargo liner ran aground at Tsingtao, China. All passengers and crew were rescued. She was refloated on 5 June.

June

1 June

List of shipwrecks: 1 June 1923

Ship	Country	Description
Shoyei Maru	Japan	The cargo ship was wrecked on the Kamchatka Peninsula, Soviet Union.

3 June

List of shipwrecks: 3 June 1923

Ship	Country	Description
Graphic	United Kingdom	The passenger ship collided with Balsam (United States) in Belfast Lough and sank off Carrickfergus, County Antrim. All 120 people on board were rescued. She was refloated on 24 June.

4 June

List of shipwrecks: 4 June 1923

Ship	Country	Description
Trevessa	United Kingdom	The cargo ship foundered in the Pacific Ocean between Australia and Mauritius (28°45′N 85°42′E). Her crew took to two lifeboats. Some survivors reached land after 24 days at sea.

6 June

List of shipwrecks: 6 June 1923

Ship	Country	Description
USS Cardinal	United States Navy	The Lapwing-class minesweeper ran aground at Chirikof Island, Alaska and was wrecked.

8 June

List of shipwrecks: 8 June 1923

Ship	Country	Description
Lark	United Kingdom	The Thames barge collided with Edmee (United Kingdom) in the River Thames at Millwall, London and sank.

10 June

List of shipwrecks: 10 June 1923

Ship	Country	Description
Maidan	United Kingdom	The cargo liner ran aground on St. John's Island, Egypt and sank.
Nivelle	United Kingdom	The cargo ship came ashore at Lizard Head, Cornwall. Her twenty crew were rescued by the Lizard Lifeboat. She was refloated on 25 June.

18 June

List of shipwrecks: 18 June 1923

Ship	Country	Description
Tensho Maru	Japan	The cargo ship came ashore at Hakodate and was wrecked.

19 June

List of shipwrecks: 19 June 1923

Ship	Country	Description
Ymer	Sweden	The cargo ship ran aground ank sank at Sandkamn. Her crew were rescued.

21 June

List of shipwrecks: 21 June 1923

Ship	Country	Description
Tokahachi Maru	Japan	The cargo ship collided with Kelio Maro (Japan at Hakodate and sank.

22 June

List of shipwrecks: 22 June 1923

Ship	Country	Description
Keisshin Maru No.3	Japan	The cargo ship collided with Kizukawa Maru (Japan) at Kobe and sank.
Maindy Grange	United Kingdom	The cargo ship ran aground at Pointe de Penmarc'h, Finistère, France. She was refloated on 25 June.

23 June

List of shipwrecks: 23 June 1923

Ship	Country	Description
Arantxa Mendi	Spain	The cargo ship ran aground at Cape Trafalgar. She was refloated on 27 June.
Caraquet	United Kingdom	The cargo ship was wrecked at Hamilton, Bermuda.

24 June

List of shipwrecks: 24 June 1923

Ship	Country	Description
Tenshin Maru	Japan	The cargo ship ran aground in the Hirado Strait. She was refloated on 28 June.

25 June

List of shipwrecks: 25 June 1923

Ship	Country	Description
Caraquet	United Kingdom	The cargo liner ran aground on the Northern Reefs, Bermuda. Her passengers were taken off.

26 June

List of shipwrecks: 26 June 1923

Ship	Country	Description
Cornelia	United States	The tug was destroyed by fire at New York.
Sicily	United Kingdom	The cargo ship ran aground in the Paraná River, Argentina. She was refloated on 5 July.
Sumatra	Australia	The cargo ship foundered off Port Maquarie, New South Wales with the loss of all 45 people on board.

29 June

List of shipwrecks: 29 June 1923

Ship	Country	Description
Minnie de Larrinaga	United Kingdom	The cargo ship ran aground st Saint-Louis-du-Rhône, Bouches du Rhône, France. She was refloated on 2 July.

30 June

List of shipwrecks: 30 June 1923

Ship	Country	Description
O. A. Knudsen	Norway	The cargo ship ran aground at Gull Island, Newfoundland and was abandoned by her crew. She had sun by 5 July and was a total loss.

July

1 July

List of shipwrecks: 1 July 1923

Ship	Country	Description
Reichenfels	Weimar Republic	The cargo ship struck rocks off Viipuri, Finland and was beached.

2 July

List of shipwrecks: 2 July 1923

Ship	Country	Description
Advance	United States	The cargo ship ran aground on Shut-in Island, Nova Scotia, Canada. She broke in two and was a total loss.

3 July

List of shipwrecks: 3 July 1923

Ship	Country	Description
Newtown	United Kingdom	The cargo ship was driven ashore at Lockeport, Nova Scotia, Canada. She was refloated on 14 July.

4 July

List of shipwrecks: 4 July 1923

Ship	Country	Description
Claudegallus	France	The cargo ship ran aground bear Mostaganem, Algeria. Her crew were rescued. She was refloated later that day and taken to Mostaganem for examination.
Hilarius	United Kingdom	The cargo ship came ashore at Port Hastings, Nova Scotia, Canada. She was refloated on 8 July.

5 July

List of shipwrecks: 5 July 1923

Ship	Country	Description
Liège	Belgium	The cargo ship ran aground at Buenos Aires, Argentina. She was refloated on 11 July.

7 July

List of shipwrecks: 7 July 1923

Ship	Country	Description
Butio	Portugal	The cargo ship was severely damaged by fire at Port da Cruz, Madeira.
Caesarea	United Kingdom	Caesarea. On departing St Helier harbour, the passenger ferry struck the Pignonet Rock, off Moilmont Point, Jersey Channel islands and was holed. Her captain decided to return to port, but she later struck the Oyster Rock and was beached at St Helier. All 370 passengers were rescued. She was refloated on 20 July and taken to England for repairs. She was later refloated and towed to Southampton, Hampshire, where she arrived on 4 August.
Coquimbo	Chile	The cargo ship was driven ashore at Valparaíso and sank.

9 July

List of shipwrecks: 9 July 1923

Ship	Country	Description
Alert	United States	The four-masted schooner was wrecked at Suva, Fiji.

10 July

List of shipwrecks: 10 July 1923

Ship	Country	Description
Devonier	Belgium	The cargo ship was stranded in the River Plate at Maldonado Point by an exceptionally high tide following a hurricane. The wreck was still in situ in 1953.
General Allenby	United Kingdom	The schooner was driven ashore at Povoa, Portugal and was wrecked. Her crew were rescued.
Montferland	Netherlands	The cargo ship was driven ashore in the River Plate in a hurricane. She was refloated on 22 November.
Rugia	Weimar Republic	The ocean liner was driven ashore in the River Plate at Montevideo, Uruguay in a hurricane. Nine hundred passengers were taken off. She was refloated on 29 December.
Tuscany	United Kingdom	The cargo ship sank in the River Plate at Montevideo during a hurricane.

12 July

List of shipwrecks: 12 July 1923

Ship	Country	Description
Assistance	United Kingdom	The tug was rammed and sunk in the Bristol Channel by Legarto(United Kingdom) with the loss of four crew.

13 July

List of shipwrecks: 13 July 1923

Ship	Country	Description
Swiftstar	United States	The tanker departed Colón, Panama. Burnt wreckage from the ship was reported in the Caribbean Sea off San Andrés Island, Colombia on 22 July. Foundered with the loss of all hands.

14 July

List of shipwrecks: 14 July 1923

Ship	Country	Description
Yonan Maru	Japan	The cargo ship ran aground in the Columbia River at Astoria, Oregon, United States.

15 July

List of shipwrecks: 15 July 1923

Ship	Country	Description
Begona No.5	Spain	The cargo ship collided with Eldorado (Sweden) and Sheridan (United Kingdom) in the North Sea off the Cross Sands Lightship (United Kingdom). Begona No.5 and Eldorado both sank. All 43 crew from the two vessels were rescued by George Jewson (United Kingdom).
City of Dunkirk	United Kingdom	The cargo ship collided with Miyajima Maru (Japan) off Quelpart, Japan and was beached.
Danish Rose	United Kingdom	The sailing ship foundered in the North Sea 4 nautical miles (7.4 km) off Brora, Sutherland. Her crew were rescued.

18 July

List of shipwrecks: 18 July 1923

Ship	Country	Description
Golden Crown	United Kingdom	The coaster ran aground on Robben Island, South Africa and was wrecked. Her crew were rescued.

19 July

List of shipwrecks: 19 July 1923

Ship	Country	Description
Jane	Sweden	The cargo ship foundered off Fetlar, Shetland Islands, United Kingdom. Her crew were rescued.

20 July

List of shipwrecks: 20 July 1923

Ship	Country	Description
Togo Maru	Japan	The cargo ship foundered off the coast of Korea.

22 July

List of shipwrecks: 22 July 1923

Ship	Country	Description
Pietro Brizollaria	Kingdom of Italy	The auxiliary sailing vessel caught fire and sank in the Mediterranea Sea 100 nautical miles (190 km) north west of Alexandra, Egypt.

24 July

List of shipwrecks: 24 July 1923

Ship	Country	Description
Seistan	United Kingdom	The cargo ship ran aground in the Hainan Strait. She was refloated on 1 August.

26 July

List of shipwrecks: 26 July 1923

Ship	Country	Description
Villareal	United Kingdom	The cargo ship foundered in the North Sea off Norderney, Germany. Her crew were rescued by Moskov (Denmark).

28 July

List of shipwrecks: 28 July 1923

Ship	Country	Description
Ranier	United States	The cargo ship collided with Mandasan Maru (Japan) at Victoria, V.I. and was beached.
St. Roch	France	The cargo ship foundered in the Mediterranean Sea off Cape San Sebastián, Catalonia, Spain. Her crew were rescued by Viborg (Denmark).

29 July

List of shipwrecks: 29 July 1923

Ship	Country	Description
Ferrera	United Kingdom	The cargo ship caught fire 10 nautical miles (19 km) east of Sabang, Netherlands East Indies and was abandoned. Her crew were rescued by Namwah (flag unknown).

31 July

List of shipwrecks: 31 July 1923

Ship	Country	Description
Drammen	Norway	The cargo ship caught fire at Gravesend, Kent and was beached.

August

1 August

List of shipwrecks: 1 August 1923

Ship	Country	Description
Magicstar	United Kingdom	The cargo ship ran aground in the Yangtze 10 nautical miles (19 km) downstream of Kiukiang, China. She was refloated on 4 August.

2 August

List of shipwrecks: 2 August 1923

Ship	Country	Description
Citriana	United Kingdom	The passenger ship struck a rock and foundered at Kilindini, Kenya. All on board were rescued.
Richard Welford	United Kingdom	The cargo ship capsized at Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland.

3 August

List of shipwrecks: 3 August 1923

Ship	Country	Description
Dina Accame	Kingdom of Italy	The cargo ship caught fire and sank at Genoa, Liguria.
Maria M.	Kingdom of Italy	The ship collided with Napoli (Kingdom of Italy) in the Bay of Naples and sank.

6 August

List of shipwrecks: 6 August 1923

Ship	Country	Description
Thursby	United Kingdom	The collier foundered 10 nautical miles (19 km) north north east of the Longships Lighthouse.
Tudorstar	United Kingdom	The cargo ship ran aground in the Paraná River, Argentina. She was refloated on 11 August.

8 August

List of shipwrecks: 8 August 1923

Ship	Country	Description
Baron Blantyre	United Kingdom	The cargo ship departed Port Natal, South Africa for Adelaide, South Australia. Presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.
Saian Maru	Japan	The ship sailed on this date, no further trace.
San Giuseppe	Kingdom of Italy	The cargo ship ran aground in the Strait of Canso. She was refloated on 14 August.

10 August

List of shipwrecks: 10 August 1923

Ship	Country	Description
Nyland	Sweden	The cargo ship ran aground near Trelleborg, Skåne County. She was refloated on 13 August.

13 August

List of shipwrecks: 13 August 1923

Ship	Country	Description
Sable Island	United Kingdom	The cargo liner ran aground at Lamaline, Newfoundland. Her passengers were taken off on 14 August. She was refloated on 24 August.

16 August

List of shipwrecks: 16 August 1923

Ship	Country	Description
Douglas	Isle of Man	The passenger ship collided with Artemisia (United Kingdom) in the River Mersey at Liverpool, Lancashire. All on board were rescued before she sank. The wreck was cleared in December.

18 August

List of shipwrecks: 18 August 1923

Ship	Country	Description
Ginyo Maru	Japan	The cargo ship sank at Hong Kong during a typhoon.
HMS L9	Royal Navy	The L-class submarine sank at Hong Kong during a typhoon. She was salvaged on 6 September, repaired and returned to service.
Loongsang	United Kingdom	The cargo ship foundered in a typhoon at Hong Kong with the loss of 25 lives.
Mylie	United Kingdom	The cargo ship foundered during a typhoon with the loss of all but one of her crew. The survivor was rescued by Sin Kiang (United Kingdom) on 30 August. She was on a voyage from Chinwangtao to Shanghai, China.
Sekino Maru	Japan	The cargo ship sank at Hong Kong during a typhoon.

19 August

List of shipwrecks: 19 August 1923

Ship	Country	Description
Changsha	United Kingdom	The refrigerated cargo liner was driven onto the Tiji Tiji Reef, off Simunul, Tawi-Tawi, Philippines. Her passengers were rescued by Victoria (United Kingdom). She was refloated on 23 September.
Leicester	United Kingdom	The cargo ship ran aground at Chicoutimi, Quebec, Canada. She was refloated on 22 August.
Sergei	United Kingdom	The cargo ship collided with Juno (United Kingdom) in the North Sea off Grimsby, Lincolnshire and sank.

21 August

List of shipwrecks: 21 August 1923

Ship	Country	Description
70	Imperial Japanese Navy	The Ro-29-class submarine foundered in the Seto Inland Sea off Awaji Island with the loss of 90 of her 95 crew. Salvage operations began on October.

22 August

List of shipwrecks: 22 August 1923

Ship	Country	Description
Onega	United Kingdom	The cargo ship ran aground on the Khaces Shoal, off Kristinestad, Finland. She was refloated on 30 August.

23 August

List of shipwrecks: 23 August 1923

Ship	Country	Description
Airston	United Kingdom	The cargo ship was discovered abandoned in the English Channel by Ben Henshaw and Ben Johnson (both United Kingdom) and was towed into Portland, Dorset.

24 August

List of shipwrecks: 24 August 1923

Ship	Country	Description
Braebeg	United Kingdom	The coaster struck a submerged wreck ay Ballyhack, County Wexford and was beached.

25 August

List of shipwrecks: 25 August 1923

Ship	Country	Description
Gutenfels	Weimar Republic	The cargo ship ran aground at Guadalmesí Point, Spain. She was abandoned as a total loss on 14 September.

26 August

List of shipwrecks: 26 August 1923

Ship	Country	Description
España	Armada Española	The España-class battleship ran aground at Cape Tres Forcas, Spanish Morocco. She broke in two in November and was declared a total loss.

27 August

List of shipwrecks: 27 August 1923

Ship	Country	Description
Thursby	United Kingdom	The coaster foundered in the Irish Sea 40 nautical miles (74 km) north east of the Longships Lighthouse with the loss of one of her thirteen crew.

29 August

List of shipwrecks: 29 August 1923

Ship	Country	Description
Glyndwr	United Kingdom	The cargo ship passed Dungeness, Kent for Oporto, Portugal. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.

30 August

List of shipwrecks: 30 August 1923

Ship	Country	Description
Deputé Emile Driant		The collier capsized and sank in the English Channel off boulogne, Pas-de-Calais with the loss of nineteen of her 24 crew.
Klüpfel	Weimar Republic	The cargo ship foundered in the North Sea with the loss of all but one of her crew. The survivor was rescued by a Dutch fishing vessel.
Rawlinson	United Kingdom	The cargo ship foundered in the North Sea. A lifeboat from the ship was recovered by a German trawler on 10 September. All hands lost.

31 August

List of shipwrecks: 31 August 1923

Ship	Country	Description
Sheikh Berkhud	Egypt	The cargo ship sank at Suez.

September

1 September

List of shipwrecks: 1 September 1923

Ship	Country	Description
Amagi	Imperial Japanese Navy	Great Kantō earthquake: The Amagi-class battlecruiser was damaged beyond economic repair at Yokosuka whilst under conversion to an aircraft carrier. She was scrapped in situ in 1924.

4 September

List of shipwrecks: 4 September 1923

Ship	Country	Description
Cronstadt	United Kingdom	The tanker was destroyed by fire at Lisbon, Portugal.

5 September

List of shipwrecks: 5 September 1923

Ship	Country	Description
USS New Jersey	United States Navy	The decommissioned Virginia-class battleship was sunk as target in the Atlantic Ocean off Diamond Shoals, North Carolina, by Martin NBS-1 bombers of the 2nd Bombardment Group ( United States Army Air Service).
USS Virginia	United States Navy	USS Virginia sinking. The decommissioned Virginia-class battleship was sunk as target in the Atlantic Ocean off Diamond Shoals, North Carolina, by Martin NBS-1 bombers of the 2nd Bombardment Group ( United States Army Air Service).

6 September

List of shipwrecks: 6 September 1923

Ship	Country	Description
Orkney	United Kingdom	The dredger foundered in the Atlantic Ocean off the Longships Lighthouse.
Sanno Maru	Japan	The cargo ship ran aground on Kinzan Island, Rikuzen Province. She had broken in two by 17 September and was a total loss

8 September

List of shipwrecks: 8 September 1923

Ship	Country	Description
Armour	United Kingdom	The cargo ship was gutted by fire and sank at Cleveland, Ohio, United States.
Chauncey	United States Navy	Wrecked ships at Honda Point Honda Point Disaster: The Clemson-class destroyer was wrecked at Honda Point, California. All 130 crew survived.
Cuba	United States	The cargo ship ran aground off San Miguel Island, California and was wrecked. Her crew were rescued.
Delphy	United States Navy	Honda Point Disaster: The Clemson-class destroyer was wrecked at Honda Point with the loss of three of her 130 crew.
Farragut	United States Navy	Honda Point Disaster: The Clemson-class destroyer ran aground at Honda Point. She was later refloated, repaired and returned to service.
Fuller	United States Navy	Honda Point Disaster: The Clemson-class destroyer was wrecked at Honda Point. All 122 crew survived.
Nicholas	United States Navy	Honda Point Disaster: The Clemson-class destroyer was wrecked at Honda Point. All 122 crew survived.
Somers	United States Navy	Honda Point Disaster: The Clemson-class destroyer grazed a rock at Honda Point and suffered slight damage.
S. P. Lee	United States Navy	Honda Point Disaster: The Clemson-class destroyer was wrecked at Honda Point.
Woodbury	United States Navy	Honda Point Disaster: The Clemson-class destroyer was wrecked at Honda Point. All 122 crew survived.
Young	United States Navy	Honda Point Disaster: The Clemson-class destroyer was wrecked at Honda Point with the loss of twenty of her 122 crew.

10 September

List of shipwrecks: 10 September 1923

Ship	Country	Description
Ono Maru No.12	Japan	The cargo ship ran aground at Torusaki, Aomori. She sank in a typhoon on 16 September.

12 September

List of shipwrecks: 12 September 1923

Ship	Country	Description
Despina	Greece	The cargo ship collided with Saxicava (United Kingdom) in the Strait of Gibraltar. She was taken in tow by Eemdijk (Netherlands) but sank 8 nautical miles (15 km) south south west of Gibraltar.
Fiume	Kingdom of Italy	The cargo ship struck a submerged wreck and sank in the Mediterranean Sea off the Planier Lighthouse, Bouches-du-Rhône, France.

15 September

List of shipwrecks: 15 September 1923

Ship	Country	Description
Antonios	Greece	The cargo ship exploded and sank in the English Channel in the Atlantic Ocean (49°36′N 6°08′W). Her crew were rescued by Andrea Costa (flag unknown).

17 September

List of shipwrecks: 17 September 1923

Ship	Country	Description
Pine Villa	United Kingdom	The coaster caught fire in the Irish Sea off South Stack, Anglesey and sank with the loss of four of her seven crew.

18 September

List of shipwrecks: 18 September 1923

Ship	Country	Description
Paulette	France	The schooner foundered in the Atlantic Ocean (48°05′N 23°15′W).

21 September

List of shipwrecks: 21 September 1923

Ship	Country	Description
Urrugne	France	The cargo ship was discovered abandoned in the English Channel off the Royal Sovereign Lightship (United Kingdom). She was towed into Dover, Kent by Lady Brassey (United Kingdom). Her crew were later rescued by Tallo (Netherlands) and landed at IJmuiden, Netherlands.

25 September

List of shipwrecks: 25 September 1923

Ship	Country	Description
Obernai	United Kingdom	The cargo ship sprang a leak at Sydney, Nova Scotia, Canada and was beached.

27 September

List of shipwrecks: 27 September 1923

Ship	Country	Description
Santa Maria	Portugal	The cargo ship came ashore at Cape Villano, Spain.

28 September

List of shipwrecks: 28 September 1923

Ship	Country	Description
Alcibiades	Belgium	The cargo ship sprang a leak and was beached at Varna, Romania.

29 September

List of shipwrecks: 29 September 1923

Ship	Country	Description
Brotonne	France	The cargo ship was in collision with another vessel in Falmouth Bay and sank. All seventeen crew survived.
Florence	United Kingdom	The schooner was in collision with Mokta (United Kingdom) in the English Channel between the South Goodwin and West Goodwin Lightships (both United Kingdom) with the loss of twelve or thirteen lives. The sole survivor was rescued by Zora (Kingdom of Yugoslavia).
La Guardia	Spain	The cargo ship sank at Tarragona, Catalonia.

30 September

List of shipwrecks: 30 September 1923

Ship	Country	Description
Clan Macmaster	United Kingdom	The cargo ship ran aground on the Calf of Man, Isle of Man. She was declared a total loss on 3 October.
Gutfeld	Weimar Republic	The cargo ship ran aground on the Longships, off Cornwall, United Kingdom. She was refloated but was discovered to be leaking severely and was beached in Falmouth Bay.

October

1 October

List of shipwrecks: 1 October 1923

Ship	Country	Description
Troutpool	United Kingdom	The cargo ship was wrecked off Saint-Pierre, Saint Pierre and Miquelon.
Yport	France	The cargo ship ran aground at Sydney, Nova Scotia, Canada and was a total loss. Her crew were rescued.

2 October

List of shipwrecks: 2 October 1923

Ship	Country	Description
Electric Flash	United Kingdom	The schooner was driven ashore at Renews, Newfoundland and was a total loss.
Helen Swazy	United Kingdom	The schooner caught fire and was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean 39°40′N 70°44′W. All eight crew were rescued by Garonne (flag unknown).
L'Auroch	France	The cargo ship was driven ashore at Saint-Pierre, Saint Pierre and Miquelon and was abandoned by her crew.
Lizzie Trenberth	United Kingdom	The schooner, which had departed from Runcorn, Cheshire on 24 September for Mevagissey, Cornwall was last reported on this date. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.

3 October

List of shipwrecks: 3 October 1923

Ship	Country	Description
Adrana	Weimar Republic	The cargo ship ran aground and sank on Storkallegrund, Sweden.
Evelyn	United Kingdom	The ketch was reported in the English Channel 10 nautical miles (19 km) south east of the Royal Sovereign Lightship (United Kingdom). No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.
Governor Parr	United Kingdom	the schooner sprang a leak and was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean (42°49′30″N 55°56′00″W) with the loss of two of her eight crew. Survivors were rescued by Schodak (United States).

4 October

List of shipwrecks: 4 October 1923

Ship	Country	Description
Stuartstar	United Kingdom	The cargo ship ran aground at Rotterdam, Netherlands. Forty-nine of her 51 crew were taken off the next day. She was declared a total loss on 10 October.

7 October

List of shipwrecks: 7 October 1923

Ship	Country	Description
Else	flag unknown	The schooner capsized in the Gulf of Finland 4 nautical miles (7.4 km) west of Sommers, Finland. Her crew were rescued by Colinton (United Kingdom).

8 October

List of shipwrecks: 8 October 1923

Ship	Country	Description
City of Westminster	United Kingdom	The cargo ship ran aground on the Runnelstone, Cornwall. All 48 people on board were rescued by the Penlee and Sennen Cove Lifeboats.
Norman W. Strong	United Kingdom	The schooner ran aground in the Saint Lawrence River and was wrecked.

9 October

List of shipwrecks: 9 October 1923

Ship	Country	Description
John S. Emery	United States	The barquentine was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by Samland (Belgium).
Kennecott	United Kingdom	The cargo ship came ashore on Frederick Island, Queen Charlotte Islands, British Columbia, Canada and was wrecked.
Vital	Weimar Republic	The cargo ship collided with Sekstant (Norway) at Hull, Yorkshire and sank.

10 October

List of shipwrecks: 10 October 1923

Ship	Country	Description
Bretagne	Denmark	The cargo ship ran aground on Häfringe Island, Sweden with the loss of her captain. The survivors were rescued.
Lutzen	flag unknown	The cargo ship departed Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada for Havana, Cuba. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.

11 October

List of shipwrecks: 11 October 1923

Ship	Country	Description
City of Everett	United States	The cargo ship caught fire and foundered in the Gulf of Mexico with the loss of all 26 crew.
Montoro	United Kingdom	The cargo ship ran aground in the Torres Straits.
Omono Maru	Japan	The cargo ship was wrecked off Taneichi, Iwate.
Phoeniciër	Belgium	The cargo ship ran aground at Memel, East Prussia, Germany. Her crew were rescued. She was refloated on 4 May 1924, but was declared a constructive total loss. She was sold, repaired and returned to service.

13 October

List of shipwrecks: 13 October 1923

Ship	Country	Description
Aberdeen	Canada	The Canadian Government ship (CGS) ran aground on Black Ledge, Seal Island, Nova Scotia and was abandoned.
Cetus	United States	The cargo ship collided with another vessel in Lake Michigan and sank. Her crew were rescued.
Port Arthur	United Kingdom	The schooner collided with Howard Young (United Kingdom) at St. John's, Newfoundland and sank.

15 October

List of shipwrecks: 15 October 1923

Ship	Country	Description
Jean Macdonald Duff	United Kingdom	The schooner was abandoned and set afire in the Atlantic Ocean (42°28′N 24°43′W). Her crew were rescued by Arawa (United Kingdom).
Mabel	flag unknown	The four-masted schooner was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean off Nassau, Bahamas.
Seine	France	The cargo ship collided with Andalusia (Weimar Republic) in the Kaiser Wilhelm Canal, Germany and sank. She was refloated on 17 October.

16 October

List of shipwrecks: 16 October 1923

Ship	Country	Description
Egon	Sweden	The cargo shp struck a mine in the Baltic Sea 10 nautical miles (19 km) south of the Äransgrund Lighthouse and sank. Her crew were rescued by a German ship.
Kaduskak	United Kingdom (United Kingdom	The auxiliary Sailing vessel was destroyed by fire at St. Martins, New Brunswick, Canada.
USS Quiros	United States Navy	The gunboat was sunk as a target off the coast of China.

17 October

List of shipwrecks: 17 October 1923

Ship	Country	Description
Strathmore	United Kingdom	The Thames barge collided with Lapwing (United Kingdom) in the River Thames at Erith, Kent and sank.
Ville de Reims	France	The cargo ship came ashore between Noissi-Bé and Diego Suarez, Madagascar. She was refloated on 22 October. She was refloated on 23 October.

18 October

List of shipwrecks: 18 October 1923

Ship	Country	Description
Etoile D'Anjouan	France	The cargo ship ran aground on Nosyfaty Island, Madagascar whilst going to the assistance of Ville de Reims (France). She was refloated on 23 October.
General Smuts	United Kingdom	The cargo ship ran aground at Port Eads, Louisiana, United States.
Portuense	Portugal	The sailing vessel caught fire and was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean (39°00′N 33°49′W). Her crew were rescued by Presidente Wilson (United Kingdom).

19 October

List of shipwrecks: 19 October 1923

Ship	Country	Description
Agatoelo	Kingdom of Italy	The cargo ship struck a mine in the Gulf of İzmir off Karaburun, Turkey and sank with the loss of eight crew.

20 October

List of shipwrecks: 20 October 1923

Ship	Country	Description
Polmanter	United Kingdom	The cargo ship ran aground at Oporto, Portugal.

21 October

List of shipwrecks: 21 October 1923

Ship	Country	Description
Leonor	France	The schooner sank in the Atlantic Ocean off Corvo Island, Azores, Portugal. Her crew were rescued.

22 October

List of shipwrecks: 22 October 1923

Ship	Country	Description
Fernhill	United Kingdom	The cargo ship collided with Port Auckland (United Kingdom) in the Elbe at Blankenese, Germany and sank. she was refloated on 13 December.
San Gil	United States	The passenger ship ran aground on Old Providence Island, Colombia. Her passengers were taken off by Pastores (United States).
Saxon Prince	United Kingdom	The cargo ship caught fire at Santos, São Paulo, Brazil and was beached. She was refloated on 24 October.

23 October

List of shipwrecks: 23 October 1923

Ship	Country	Description
O-5	United States Navy	USS O-5, 30 October 1923 The O-class submarine was rammed and sunk in Limon Bay by Abangarez (United States) with the loss of three crew. She was partially raised on 30 October to enable the rescue of two survivors. Subsequently stricken in April 1924 and sold for scrap.

24 October

List of shipwrecks: 24 October 1923

Ship	Country	Description
Wm S. McDonald	United Kingdom	The three-masted schooner caught fire in the Atlantic Ocean 16 nautical miles (30 km) off Sandy Hook, New Jersey. All seven crew were rescued by San manuel (United Kingdom).

25 October

List of shipwrecks: 25 October 1923

Ship	Country	Description
Karin	Sweden	The auxiliary sailing vessel caught fire in the Øresund and was beached at Klampenborg, Denmark.

27 October

List of shipwrecks: 27 October 1923

Ship	Country	Description
Conovium	United Kingdom	The coaster, which had departed Garston, Lancashire for Dundalk, County Louth, Ireland on 26 October, was reported 10 nautical miles (19 km) south west of the Chicken Rock, Isle of Man. She subsequently foundered in the Irish Sea with the loss of all hands. The bodies of the crew washed up on the coast of Cumberland in late November.
Raven	France	The schooner ran aground at Swansea, Glamorgan, United Kingdom and was wrecked. Her five crew were rescued by Charlie Medland ( Royal National Lifeboat Institution).

29 October

List of shipwrecks: 29 October 1923

Ship	Country	Description
Borgneuf	France	The cargo ship ran aground at Arcachon, Gironde. She was refloated on 12 November.
Delfin	United Kingdom	The schooner caught fire and sank at Alexandria, Egypt.
Steelville	United Kingdom	The cargo ship ran aground in the Strait of Kertch. She was refloated on 6 November.
26	Imperial Japanese Navy	The Type L submarine sank at Kure Naval Base. Her crew were rescued. She was refloated on 2 November.

31 October

List of shipwrecks: 31 October 1923

Ship	Country	Description
Shinmei Maru	Japan	The cargo ship collided with Kasuga Maru (Japan) at Shimonoseki and sank.

Unknown date

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1923

Ship	Country	Description
Black Cat	United Kingdom	The schooner foundered on a voyage from Runcorn, Cheshire to Falmouth, Cornwall with the loss of all hands.
Mary Manson Gruener	United States	The schooner foundered in the Atlantic Ocean. Her cre were rescued by Isabella (United States) and landed at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on 5 October.

November

1 November

List of shipwrecks: 1 November 1923

Ship	Country	Description
Shinshu Maru	Japan	The cargo ship collided with Kanei Naru (Japan) in the South China Sea off the north east coast of Korea and sank with some loss of life.

2 November

List of shipwrecks: 2 November 1923

Ship	Country	Description
General J. B. Carr	United States	The cargo ship was destroyed by fire and sank at New York.

3 November

List of shipwrecks: 3 November 1923

Ship	Country	Description
Success	United Kingdom	The coaster ran aground at Peterhead, Aberdeenshire. She was refloated on 4 November and brought into the harbour where she sank.

4 November

List of shipwrecks: 4 November 1923

Ship	Country	Description
Domino	United Kingdom	The cargo ship ran aground off the Hombursund Lighthouse, Norway. Her crew were rescued. She broke in two, and was a total loss.

5 November

List of shipwrecks: 5 November 1923

Ship	Country	Description
Equator	United Kingdom	The sailing ship departed from Trinidad. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.
Tainan Maru	Japan	The cargo ship collided with Itsukushima Maru (Japan) in the Inland Sea of Japan and was beached. She was later refloated and brought into Kobe.

6 November

List of shipwrecks: 6 November 1923

Ship	Country	Description
Perun	Weimar Republic	The cargo ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Portugal. Her crew were rescued by Wolf (Weimar Republic).

7 November

List of shipwrecks: 7 November 1923

Ship	Country	Description
Conifer	United Kingdom	The cargo ship collided with Skogstad (Norway) in the Thames Estuary at Tilbury, Essex. She was beached but subsequently foundered.

9 November

List of shipwrecks: 9 November 1923

Ship	Country	Description
Castleisland	United Kingdom	The coaster came ashore in Belfast Lough and was wrecked. Her crew were rescued by the Donaghadee Lifeboat.
Goole	United Kingdom	The cargo ship collided with Wynding (United Kingdom) in the River Humber. She was taken to Hull where she sank.
Merche	Spain	The cargo ship sprang a leak in the Atlantic Ocean (30°59′N 11°00′W) and was abandoned. Her crew were rescued by Indiana (Kingdom of Italy).

10 November

List of shipwrecks: 10 November 1923

Ship	Country	Description
Martin Eduard	Latvia	The ship sprang a leak in the Baltic Sea off Gotland, Sweden and was abandoned.

11 November

List of shipwrecks: 11 November 1923

Ship	Country	Description
Hsin Lee	Republic of China (1912–1949)	The cargo ship ran aground near Yalukiang. She was refloated on 25 November.

12 November

List of shipwrecks: 12 November 1923

Ship	Country	Description
Helios	flag unknown	The salvage vessel sank off Pihlajasaari, Finland.

13 November

List of shipwrecks: 13 November 1923

Ship	Country	Description
A. C. Kirk	United Kingdom	The coaster was reported off Flamborough Head, Yorkshire bound for Grangemouth, Stirlingshire. No further trace, presumed foundered in the North Sea with the loss of all hands.

15 November

List of shipwrecks: 15 November 1923

Ship	Country	Description
Danemark	Denmark	The cargo ship ran aground at Kristiania, Norway. She was refloated on 19 November.
Robert and Elizabeth	United Kingdom	The Thames barge foundered in the Thames Estuary off Southend Pier, Essex. both crew survived.
Sagua	United States	The cargo ship ran aground at Bluefields, Nicaragua. She was refloated on 21 November.

17 November

List of shipwrecks: 17 November 1923

Ship	Country	Description
Grace N Pendelton	United States	The auxiliary schooner was in collision with another vessell in the North Sea off Cuxhaven, Germany and foundered with the loss of all but two of her crew. Survivors were rescued by Hermes (Weimar Republic).
Ibis	United Kingdom	The cargo ship ran aground in Liverpool Bay. She refloated but then grounded again. Declared a total loss, the wreck was dispersed by the Mersey Harbour Board using exploives.
Kronos	Weimar Republic	The cargo ship foundered in the Baltic Sea off Saaremaa, Estonia with the loss of all hands, at least fourteen crew.
Rijperkerk	Netherlands	The cargo ship put into Bastia, Corsica, France on fire. She was scuttled by the coastal defense ship HNLMS Marten Harpertszoon Tromp (Royal Netherlands Navy).
Spurn	United Kingdom	The tug foundered in Liverpool Bay whilst going to the aid of Ibis (United Kingdom). Her crew were rescued by the New Brighton Lifeboat.

18 November

List of shipwrecks: 18 November 1923

Ship	Country	Description
Java	Denmark	The cargo ship ran aground off the Sletterhage Lighthouse, Helgenæs. She was refloated on 22 November.

21 November

List of shipwrecks: 21 November 1923

Ship	Country	Description
Picardier	Belgium	The cargo ship ran aground off Hernosand, Sweden (61°40′30″N 17°30′45″E) with the loss of a crew member. She broke her back on 12 December and was declared a total loss.

23 November

List of shipwrecks: 23 November 1923

Ship	Country	Description
Otterburn	United Kingdom	The cargo ship suffered an onboard explosion and fire at Marseille, Bouches du Rhône, France and was beached. Several crew members were killed by the explosion.
Victor Réveille	Marine Nationale	The German Type UE I submarine ran aground at Boulogne, Pas de Calais.

24 November

List of shipwrecks: 24 November 1923

Ship	Country	Description
Blankenese	Kingdom of Italy	The cargo ship was towed into Gibraltar on fire and was beached. She was refloated on 27 November.
Kullaberg	Sweden	The coaster ran aground and capsized in the River Humber at Lower Whitton, Lincolnshire, United Kingdom. She was refloated the next day cut ran aground at Broomfleet, Yorkshire. She was refloated again on 29 November.
Little Princess	United Kingdom	The schooner caught fire and was abandoned. Her crew were rescued by West Lashaway (United States).
River Wye	United Kingdom	The cargo ship came ashore at Port Mouton Island, Nova Scotia, Canada (44°00′N 64°20′W) and was a total loss.
Sam	Norway	The auxiliary sailing vessel ran aground off the Færder Lighthouse, Norway. She was refloated but subsequently sank. Her crew were rescued.

27 November

List of shipwrecks: 27 November 1923

Ship	Country	Description
Russ	flag unknown	The cargo ship ran aground at Nida, Lithuania.

29 November

List of shipwrecks: 29 November 1923

Ship	Country	Description
schooner	France	The schooner was wrecked in the Pierre des Portes Rocks, off Saint-Malo, Finistère.

30 November

List of shipwrecks: 30 November 1923

Ship	Country	Description
Hermina	Weimar Republic	The auxiliary sailing vessel was driven ashore at Wyk auf Föhr, Schleswig-Holstein and was wrecked.

December

1 December

List of shipwrecks: 1 December 1923

Ship	Country	Description
Jarl	Sweden	The cargo ship struck a mine in the Baltic Sea off Reval, Estonia and sank. Her crew survived.
Neptun	Soviet Union	The schooner was wrecked on Ven, Sweden.

3 December

List of shipwrecks: 3 December 1923

Ship	Country	Description
Günther	Weimar Republic	The cargo ship ran aground off the Bovbjerg Lighthouse, Denmark. She was refloated on 9 December.
Ilga	Latvia	The cargo ship was rammed by Hydrografs (Latvia) off Mühlgraben and was beached.

5 December

List of shipwrecks: 5 December 1923

Ship	Country	Description
Creek Fisher	United Kingdom	The cargo ship collided with Albia (Spain) off Penarth, Glamorgan and was beached. She was refloated later that day and drydocked at Cardiff.
Rhodopis	Weimar Republic	The cargo ship collided with Somme (United Kingdom) in the Scheldt at Antwerp, Belgium and was beached.
Rosa	United Kingdom	The coaster departed London for Gloucester No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.
Tone	Norway	The coaster departed Immingham, Lincolnshire, United Kingdom for Christiania. Presumed subsequently foundered in the North Sea with the loss of all hands. A lifeboat from the ship washed up at Lindesnes, Norway on 10 December.
T.W. Lake	United States	The coaster foundered off Lopez Island, San Juan Islands with the loss of all eighteen crew.

6 December

List of shipwrecks: 6 December 1923

Ship	Country	Description
Düsseldorf	Weimar Republic	The cargo ship ran aground 20 nautical miles (37 km) from Valparaíso, Chile and was wrecked.
Junior	Netherlands	The tug collided with Transporter (United Kingdom) at IJmuiden, North Holland and sank with the loss of a crew member.
Kalfsund	Sweden	The cargo ship ran aground at Järnäs and was wrecked.
Salta	Spain	The schooner came ashore at Bayonne, Pyrénées-Atlantiques, France and was wrecked with the loss of two of her crew.

7 December

List of shipwrecks: 7 December 1923

Ship	Country	Description
Kalmar	Sweden	The cargo ship collided with Bellglade (United Kingdom) in the North Sea off Cuxhaven, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany and sank with the loss of a crew member.
Mary Peers	United Kingdom	The auxiliary schooner was driven ashore in Whitesand Bay, Cornwall and was wrecked.

9 December

List of shipwrecks: 9 December 1923

Ship	Country	Description
Rosa	United Kingdom	The coaster foundered in the English Channel 5 nautical miles (9.3 km) south of Portland Bill, Dorset with the loss of all hands. Two bodies were recovered by Innisholm (United Kingdom).

10 December

List of shipwrecks: 10 December 1923

Ship	Country	Description
John R. Penrose	United Kingdom	The schooner sank at Barbados.
Somersby	United Kingdom	The cargo ship came ashore at Malpica de Berganti, A Coruña, Spain and was wrecked. Her crew were rescued.

11 December

List of shipwrecks: 11 December 1923

Ship	Country	Description
Bishopton	United Kingdom	The cargo ship came ashore at Kettleness, Yorkshire. She refloated but subsequently sank. Her crew survived.
Rose Marie	United Kingdom	The cargo ship collided with Livorno (United Kingdom) in the North Sea off the Haisbro Lightship (United Kingdom) and sank. All eighteen crew were rescued by Livorno.

13 December

List of shipwrecks: 13 December 1923

Ship	Country	Description
Bankdale	United Kingdom	The cargo ship caught fire at Barcelona, Spain and sank.

15 December

List of shipwrecks: 15 December 1923

Ship	Country	Description
Runa	Norway	The cargo ship sank in the Atlantic Ocean off Charleston, South Carolina, United States. Her crew were rescued by W. W. Mills (United States).

16 December

List of shipwrecks: 16 December 1923

Ship	Country	Description
Armagh	United Kingdom	The ocean liner ran aground in the River Mersey at Liverpool, Lancashire. All 106 people on board were rescued by the New Brighton Lifeboat and a number of tugs. Armagh later broke her back and was a total loss.
Martha	United Kingdom	The schooner was destroyed by fire at Yarmouth, Nova Scotia, Canada.

17 December

List of shipwrecks: 17 December 1923

Ship	Country	Description
Algora	United Kingdom	The cargo ship departed Hamburg, Germany for Rochester, Kent. No further trace, presumed foundered in the North Sea with the loss of all hands.
C. A. Smith	United States	The auxiliary schooner was wrecked in Coos Bay with the loss of ten crew.
Demerara Lightship	United Kingdom	The lightship sank off Georgetown, British Guiana.
Ravn	Norway	The cargo ship foundered in the North Sea. Her eighteen crew were rescued by the trawler Flow (United Kingdom).

18 December

List of shipwrecks: 18 December 1923

Ship	Country	Description
Asama Maro	Japan	The cargo ship collided with Paul Lecat (France) in the Inland Sea of Japan and was beached.

19 December

List of shipwrecks: 19 December 1923

Ship	Country	Description
Alesia	United Kingdom	The cargo ship, which was to be scrapped, broke free from her tow and came ashore on Terschelling, Netherlands. She was still there in April 1924.

20 December

List of shipwrecks: 20 December 1923

Ship	Country	Description
Limburg	Netherlands	The tug came ashore at Maasvlakte, South Holland. Her crew were rescued.

22 December

List of shipwrecks: 22 December 1923

Ship	Country	Description
Gotha	Sweden	The schooner ran aground on the Haisbro Sands. She was refloated but sank in the North Sea off the Wold Lightship (United Kingdom). Her crew were rescued by a Swedish steamship.

25 December

List of shipwrecks: 25 December 1923

Ship	Country	Description
Frielinghaus	Weimar Republic	The cargo ship ran aground and was beached at Risvær, Norway.
Hjortholm	Denmark	The cargo ship came ashore on Skagen. Her crew were rescued by the Skagen Lifeboat.

26 December

List of shipwrecks: 26 December 1923

Ship	Country	Description
J. Oswald Boyd	United States	The cargo ship ran aground at Port Eads, Louisiana. She was refloated on 29 December.
Tekirdagh	Turkey	The coaster sank at Constantinople in a blizzard.

27 December

List of shipwrecks: 27 December 1923

Ship	Country	Description
Gunlog	Sweden	The cargo ship was driven ashore on Fehmarn, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany. She was refloated on 31 December.
Kong Haakon	Denmark	The cargo liner ran aground north of Fanø. Forty passengers were taken off by a tug. She was refloated the next day.

28 December

List of shipwrecks: 28 December 1923

Ship	Country	Description
Algama	United Kingdom	The cargo ship ran aground at Les Baleines, Loire-Atlantique. Her crew were rescued.
Colibri	France	The tanker was driven ashore at San Stefano, Turkey. She was refloated on 2 January 1924.
Conejos	United States	The cargo ship sank in the Black Sea 130 nautical miles (240 km) west of Hatum, Turkey (42°14′N 38°19′E).
Isonzo	Kingdom of Italy	The cargo ship collided with Ak-Deniz (Turkey) off Zonguldak, Turkey and sank.

29 December

List of shipwrecks: 29 December 1923

Ship	Country	Description
Czarina	Newfoundland	The barquentine sprang a leak in the Atlantic Ocean and was abandoned. Her crew were rescued by Cairnmona (United Kingdom).
Margaret	Denmark	The auxiliary sailing ship caught fire at Copenhagen and was scuttled.
Mutlah	Kingdom of Italy	The cargo ship issued an SOS in the Mediterranean Sea (38°40′N 6°34′E). No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.
Sir Redvers Buller	United Kingdom	The cargo ship collided with Newtonards (United Kingdom) in the River Thames at Erith, Kent and sank. She was refloated on 2 January.

30 December

List of shipwrecks: 30 December 1923

Ship	Country	Description
Biesbosch	Belgium	The cargo ship was abandoned and foundered 3 nautical miles (5.6 km) off Flamborough Head, Yorkshire, United Kingdom. Her crew were rescued by the Bridlington Lifeboat.

31 December

List of shipwrecks: 31 December 1923

Ship	Country	Description
A. Moulton	United Kingdom	The schooner was wrecked at St. John's, Newfoundland.
Pruth	United Kingdom	The cargo ship ran aground on the Natara Reef, off Port Moresby, New Guinea and was wrecked.

Unknown date

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1923

Ship	Country	Description
Shinkoku Maru	Japan	The cargo ship ran aground on Montague Island, Alaska, United States in the early days of December. She was declared a total loss on 16 January 1924.

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