The sidewheel passenger steamer collided with the cargo shipSteel TraderUnited States) in heavy fog near the Little Choptank River in Maryland, suffering damage to her starboard side, including her paddle. She was towed to Baltimore, Maryland, repaired, and returned to service.
3 January[]
List of shipwrecks: 3 January 1924
Ship
Country
Description
Bertha
Weimar Republic
The cargo ship departed Jacksonville, Florida for Hamburg. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[1]
Florence
United Kingdom
The cargo ship sprang a leak and sank in the Atlantic Ocean off Buncrana, County Donegal, Ireland.[2]
4 January[]
List of shipwrecks: 4 January 1924
Ship
Country
Description
Annemarie
Weimar Republic
The cargo ship ran aground at Dragør, Denmark.[3] She was refloated on 7 January.[4]
Donald Silver
United Kingdom
The schooner was driven ashore at Fischells, Newfoundland and was wrecked with the loss of five lives.[5]
5 January[]
List of shipwrecks: 5 January 1924
Ship
Country
Description
Thetis
Greece
The cargo ship was struck by Diamant (Kingdom of Italy) at Istanbul, Turkey and was beached off Leander's Tower.[5] She was refloated on 15 January.[6]
6 January[]
List of shipwrecks: 6 January 1924
Ship
Country
Description
Juliane
United Kingdom
The auxiliary sailing vessel was in collision with Bur (Sweden) at Kiel, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany and sank.[5]
7 January[]
List of shipwrecks: 7 January 1924
Ship
Country
Description
Lynaes
Sweden
The schooner, on a voyage from Swansea, Glamorgan, United Kingdom to Lisbon, Portugal, was reported in the English Channel. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[7]
Macoris
Kingdom of Italy
The cargo ship foundered in the Mediterranean Sea 50 nautical miles (93 km) off Crete, Greece.[4]
Nigretia
United Kingdom
The cargo ship departed Swansea, Glamorgan for Rouen, Seine-Maritime, France. A lifebuoy from the ship washed up at Teignmouth, Devon at the end of January. Presumed foundered in the English Channel with the loss of all hands.[8]
8 January[]
List of shipwrecks: 8 January 1924
Ship
Country
Description
Carena
United Kingdom
The cargo ship departed Liverpool, Lancashire for Penryn, Cornwall. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[9]
Dagmar
Denmark
The three-masted schooner collided with Oakhurst (Denmark) in the English Channel 20 nautical miles (37 km) east north east of Alderney, Channel Islands and sank. Her seven crew were rescued by Ashton (United Kingdom). Oakhurst was disabled in the collision. She was towed to Le Havre, Seine-Maritime, France by a British steamship.[10][11]
Fellside
United Kingdom
The coaster was wrecked at Three Cliffs Bay, Glamorgan with the loss of one of her fourteen crew .[12][13][14]
The schooner was in collision with William Mitchell (United Kingdom) of the Norwegian Coast. No further trace, presumed sunk with the loss of all but one of her crew. The survivor managed to clamber aboard William Mitchell.[8]
Tempest
United Kingdom
The schooner was ramed by the fishing vessel Charles Boyes (United Kingdom) at Milford Haven, Penbrokeshire and sank.[13]
9 January[]
List of shipwrecks: 9 January 1924
Ship
Country
Description
Adolph
France
The schooner foundered in the Bristol Channel 6 nautical miles (11 km) south west of the Scarweather Lightship (United Kingdom) with the loss of one of her six crew. Survivors were rescued by Devonia (United Kingdom).[10]
Capitaine Winckler
France
The cargo ship ran aground at Calais, Pas-de-Calais.[15] She was refloated on 23 January.[16]
Feronia
Kingdom of Italy
The cargo ship sank in the Bay of Biscay 150 nautical miles (280 km) off the La Coubre Lighthouse (approximately 45°00′00″N6°00′00″W / 45°N 6°W / 45; -6). Her crew were rescued by Ontario (France).[15][17]
Mont Rose
France
The cargo ship, which had departed Oran, Algeria for Rouen, Seine-Maritime on 3 January, issued a distress call in the Atlantic Ocean. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[18][19]
River Lagan
United Kingdom
The cargo ship was driven ashore at Goodrington Sands, Devon. Her crew were rescued.[10] She was refloated on 5 February.[20]
The L-class submarine collided with HMS Resolution (Royal Navy) in the English Channel off Portland Bill, Dorset and sank with the loss of all hands.
Spurnpoint
United Kingdom
The cargo ship struck rocks in the Irish Sea off the Calf of Man, Isle of Man and was abandoned.[23] She was discovered derelict west of the Isle of Man by Mango (United Kingdom) and towed to Warrenpoint, County Down.[15]
Vicen-Tita
Spain
The cargo ship was wrecked at Pasaia, Gipuzkoa with the loss of all but one of her crew.[15]
11 January[]
List of shipwrecks: 11 January 1924
Ship
Country
Description
Cornelius H. Callaghan
United States
The schooner came ashore 8 nautical miles (15 km) from St. Andrews Bay, Florida. She broke her back and was a total loss.[22]
Holendrecht
Netherlands
The cargo ship collided with Corea (United Kingdom) in the River Thames at Silvertown, London and sank.[15] She was refloated on 17 January.[24]
The cargo ship ran aground in the River Plate off Martín García Island, Uruguay.[27] She was refloated on 24 February.[28]
Clan Kennedy
United Kingdom
The cargo ship ran aground in the North Sea off Sizewell, Suffolk.[24] Although she was refloated on 19 January,[29] she was declared a total loss.[30]
The Denver-class cruiser ran aground on the Blanquilla Reef off Veracruz, Mexico. During attempts at refloating over the following week, four crew were lost. Declared a total loss, she was stricken on 7 February and sold for scrap on 5 September.
17 January[]
List of shipwrecks: 17 January 1924
Ship
Country
Description
Polaris
Sweden
The cargo ship collided with Allegro (Sweden) at Helsingborg and sank.[24]
18 January[]
List of shipwrecks: 18 January 1924
Ship
Country
Description
Coalisland
United Kingdom
The cargo ship collided with the lighter Linie (United Kingdom) in the River Clyde at Bowling, West Dunbartonshire and was beached.[9] She was refloated on 21 January.[27]
19 January[]
List of shipwrecks: 19 January 1924
Ship
Country
Description
Chilier
Belgium
The cargo ship, which had departed from Antwerp for Savannah, Georgia, United States, was reported in the Atlantic Ocean (50°00′00″N21°00′00″W / 50°N 21°W / 50; -21). No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[31][32]
21 January[]
List of shipwrecks: 21 January 1924
Ship
Country
Description
Hadnot
United States
The tanker ran aground at Nyborg, Denmark.[27] She was refloated on 25 January.[33]
Thor Minor
Norway
The cargo ship came ashore at Kastrup, Denmark.[34] She was refloated on 25 January.[33]
23 January[]
List of shipwrecks: 23 January 1924
Ship
Country
Description
Clumberhall
United Kingdom
The cargo ship ran aground at Mykolaiv, Soviet Union.[33] She was refloated on 29 January.[35]
Port Lyttleton
United Kingdom
The cargo ship ran aground at Launceston, Tasmania, Australia.[16] She was refloated on 26 January.[19]
Prospect
United Kingdom
The cargo ship suffered a fractured propeller shaft, which punctured her hull. She foundered in the Irish Sea off Skibbereen, County Cork, Ireland.[16]
24 January[]
List of shipwrecks: 24 January 1924
Ship
Country
Description
Ithakos
Greece
The cargo ship ran aground in the River Plate off Martín García Island, Uruguay.[33] She was refloated on 31 January.[36]
Salford
United Kingdom
The cargo ship collided with Oroya (United Kingdom) in the River Mersey at New Brighton, Cheshire and was beached.[33]
Talisman
Norway
The cargo ship ran aground at Buenos Aires, Argentina.[33] Although refloated on 30 January, she grounded again.[37]
26 January[]
List of shipwrecks: 26 January 1924
Ship
Country
Description
S. B. Hirtle
United Kingdom
The schooner ran aground at Saint-Pierre, Saint Pierre and Miquelon.[19] She was refloated on 23 February.[8]
Maid of Spetsai
United Kingdom
The cargo ship collided with Maiella (Kingdom of Italy) in the English Channel 43 nautical miles (80 km) off the Casquets, Channel Islands and sank. Her crew were rescued.[38][39]
27 January[]
List of shipwrecks: 27 January 1924
Ship
Country
Description
El Monte
United States
The cargo ship came ashore 10 nautical miles (19 km) north of Le Havre, Seine-Maritime, France.[39] She was refloated on 2 February.[40]
Halstead
United Kingdom
The cargo ship sank in the Niger River at Atani, Nigeria.[19]
The cargo ship collided with Begonia (Sweden) in the North Sea off Vlissingen, Netherlands and was beached.[39]
February[]
1 February[]
List of shipwrecks: 1 February 1924
Ship
Country
Description
Erato
Netherlands
The cargo ship ran aground off Falsterbo, Sweden.[36] She was refloated on 4 February.[42]
Maid of Scotland
United Kingdom
The schooner collided with Perene (Peru) in the Atlantic Ocean 3.5 nautical miles (6.5 km) south of Partridge Island, Nova Scotia, Canada and sank with the loss of four crew. Perene also lost four crew.[36][40]
3 February[]
List of shipwrecks: 3 February 1924
Ship
Country
Description
Aimée Maria
France
The cargo ship was driven ashore at La Seyne-sur-Mer, Var.[42] She was refloated on 29 February.[43]
Moldegaard
Norway
The cargo ship ran aground at Cape Pappas, Greece.[42] She was refloated on 6 February.[44]
6 February[]
List of shipwrecks: 6 February 1924
Ship
Country
Description
British Light
United Kingdom
The tanker ran aground at Port Eads, Louisiana, United States.[44] She was refloated on 10 February.[45]
Choko Maru
Japan
The cargo ship foundered off Funakawa with the loss of all hands.[46]
Hercules
United Kingdom
The dredger was struck by Brest (France) and sunk at Newhaven, East Sussex.[47]
Ikuta Maru No.1
Japan
The coaster collided with Kaga Maru (Japan) at Genkainada and sank with the loss of four lives.[45]
President Leguia
Peru
The cargo ship was destroyed by fire at Callao.[46]
8 February[]
List of shipwrecks: 8 February 1924
Ship
Country
Description
Hwa Wu
Republic of China (1912–1949)
The cargo ship ran aground at Nine Pins. She was refloated and towed to Hong Kong by Keswick (United Kingdom) and beached.[45]
Kong Haakon
Norway
The cargo ship suffered the failure of her steering gear and was beached north of Bergen, Norway.[48]
Mora
United Kingdom
The cargo ship came ashore at Cape St. Vincent, Portugal and was wrecked.[49] She was abandoned on 9 February with the loss of seven of her 29 crew.[45][50]
Port de Brest
France
The cargo ship departed Bordeaux, Gironde for Dakar, French West Africa. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[51]
Usa Maru No.1
Japan
The cargo ship departed Hakodate for Tokyo. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[52]
9 February[]
List of shipwrecks: 9 February 1924
Ship
Country
Description
Elvier
United Kingdom
The cargo ship ran aground at Poole, Dorset.[49] She was refloated on 16 February.[53]
Persia
Kingdom of Italy
The cargo ship came ashore on the Amherst Rock at the mouth of the Yangtze, China. She was beached on the Tungsha Spit.[49]Persia was refloated on 10 February.[45]
10 February[]
List of shipwrecks: 10 February 1924
Ship
Country
Description
Brook
United Kingdom
The cargo ship collided with Capulin (United States) in the North Sea off the Shipwash Lightship (United Kingdom). She was severely damaged and was taken in tow by Felixtowe (United Kingdom). The tow subsequently parted and Brook was abandoned. Her crew were rescued by Felixtowe.[49]
11 February[]
List of shipwrecks: 11 February 1924
Ship
Country
Description
Hortensius
United Kingdom
The cargo ship ran aground at San Nicolás, Buenos Aires, Argentina.[45] She was refloated on 24 February.[28]
Mallock
United Kingdom
The cargo ship ran aground at Breaksea Point, Glamorgan. Her crew were rescued by Fastnet (United Kingdom).[45] She was refloated on 18 February.[54]
12 February[]
List of shipwrecks: 12 February 1924
Ship
Country
Description
Lord Hamilton
United Kingdom
The ship ran aground on the Goodwin Sands, Kent. Two of her four crew were rescued by the motor boat Champion (United Kingdom).[55]
The cargo ship ran aground off St. David's Lighthouse, Bermuda.[50] She was abandoned on 14 February,[59] She later broke in two and was a total loss.[60]
The schooner came ashore on the Oregon Islet and was wrecked. Her crew were rescued.[86]
Glyndon
United States
The cargo ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean 52 nautical miles (96 km) south east of Cape Hatteras, North Carolina with the loss of three crew. Survivors were rescued by Cananova (United States).[87]
The cargo ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean 10 nautical miles (19 km) north of Cape St. Vincent, Portugal. All 24 crew were rescued by Lexa Maersk (Denmark). Both ship's cats perished, but her pigeons were released before she sank.[86][88]
24 March[]
List of shipwrecks: 24 March 1924
Ship
Country
Description
Matatua
United Kingdom
The cargo ship collided with American Merchant (United States) in the River Thames at Canvey Island, Essex with the loss of eight crew. She was beached at Mucking.[89] She was refloated on 3 April.[90]
President Monroe
United States
The ocean liner ran aground on the Florida Reef.[87] She was refloated on 27 March.[91]
26 March[]
List of shipwrecks: 26 March 1924
Ship
Country
Description
Pelicano
Peru
The cargo ship was destroyed by fire in the Atlantic Ocean off Zorritos.[92]
Tokufuku Maru
Japan
The cargo ship collided with Heimdal (Weimar Republic) in the English Channel 3 nautical miles (5.6 km) south of Dungeness, Kent and sank with the loss of 23 of her 40 crew. Survivors were rescued by Heimdal and Hans Hemsoth (Weimar Republic).[93]
Unknown date[]
List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1924
Ship
Country
Description
Pelotas
Brazil
The cargo ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by San Gaspar (United Kingdom) and landed at Hamilton, Bermuda on 17 March.[81]
April[]
2 April[]
List of shipwrecks: 2 April 1924
Ship
Country
Description
Bella Vista
Portugal
The barque was dismasted in the Atlantic Ocean and abandoned by her crew. Seven crew were rescued on 5 April by Starlight (flag unknown).[94]
Liberty
United States
The cargo ship ran aground at Liberty.[95] She was refloated on 7 April.[96]
Malaya
United States
The passenger ship ran aground on Titan Island, Amoy, China and was wrecked. She was on a voyage from Manila, Philippines to Ningpo.[90][95]
Menominee
United States
The tug ran aground at Liberty whilst going to the assistance of Liberty.[95] She was refloated the next day.[97]
The cargo ship ran aground at Thyna, Tunisia.[97] She was refloated on 7 April.[96]
Westbury
United Kingdom
The cargo ship was driven ashore 22 nautical miles (41 km) west of the Quéquen Lighthouse, Argentina.[99] She was a total loss. Her crew were rescued.[97]
4 April[]
List of shipwrecks: 4 April 1924
Ship
Country
Description
Admiral Rodman
United States
The cargo ship ran aground at Point Calvert, British Columbia, Canada.[94] She was refloated on 18 April.[100]
Dover Maru
Japan
The cargo ship ran aground at Otomari, Sakhalin.[96] She was refloated on 7 April.[101]
5 April[]
List of shipwrecks: 5 April 1924
Ship
Country
Description
Sierra Grande
Belgium
The cargo ship collided with West Inskip (United States) in the Scheldt at Bath, Netherlands and sank. The wreck was broken up in situ in June 1924.[102]
The cargo ship was a total loss off Maui, Hawaii.[104]
Maple Branch
United Kingdom
The cargo ship ran aground on the Mala Bank, Ecuador.[104] She was refloated on 17 May.[105]
9 April[]
List of shipwrecks: 9 April 1924
Ship
Country
Description
Monte Pasubio
Kingdom of Italy
The cargo ship was driven ashore on the Argentine coast and was a total loss.[104]
Wyrallah
United Kingdom
The coaster collided with Dilkera (United Kingdom) off Port Phillip Heads, Victoria, Australia and sank with the loss of eight crew.[104][106]
10 April[]
List of shipwrecks: 10 April 1924
Ship
Country
Description
Sirius
France
The schooner collided with the fishing vessel Suzanne et Marie (France) in the English Channel off Boulogne, Pas-de-Calais and sank. Her crew were rescued.[107]
11 April[]
List of shipwrecks: 11 April 1924
Ship
Country
Description
Nunnington
United Kingdom
The cargo ship departed Swansea, Glamorgan for Sables. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[108]
The schooner was driven ashore at Cardiff, Glamorgan and was a total loss. Her crew survived.[109]
13 April[]
List of shipwrecks: 13 April 1924
Ship
Country
Description
Buchanness
United Kingdom
The cargo liner suffered a failure of her propeller shaft off Start Point in the English Channel and consequently drifted ashore at Burhou, Alderney Channel Islands. All on board were rescued by Baron Cawdor (United Kingdom) and RFA Slavol (Royal Fleet Auxiliary).[109][110]
14 April[]
List of shipwrecks: 14 April 1924
Ship
Country
Description
Tokwa Maru
Japan
The cargo ship ran aground near Marotsu, Yamaguchi.[111] She was refloated on 17 April.[112]
17 April[]
List of shipwrecks: 17 April 1924
Ship
Country
Description
Ran
Sweden
The cargo ship ran aground on Middelgrunden Øresund.[113] She was refloated on 22 April.[112]
19 April[]
List of shipwrecks: 19 April 1924
Ship
Country
Description
Mikuni Maru
Japan
The coaster caught fire and was abandoned off Hinomisaki Point.[100]
21 April[]
List of shipwrecks: 21 April 1924
Ship
Country
Description
Flandria
Sweden
The cargo liner came ashore near Hirtshals, Denmark. All on board were rescued.[114] She was refloated on 27 April.[115]
Llewellyn Howland
United States
The tanker ran aground on Brenton's Reef off the coast of New Jersey.[112] She was a total loss.[116]
Paul Beau
United Kingdom
The cargo ship collided with Les Fils de Doumer (France) 40 nautical miles (74 km) from Canton, China and was beached.[114] She was refloated on 27 April.[117]
22 April[]
List of shipwrecks: 22 April 1924
Ship
Country
Description
Aldebaran
Weimar Republic
The cargo ship came ashore on Saaremaa, Estonia and was abandoned by her crew.[116] She was refloated on 27 April.[117]
Zencons
Latvia
The three-masted schooner came ashore on the west coast of Skagen, Denmark and was abandoned by her crew.[112]
23 April[]
List of shipwrecks: 23 April 1924
Ship
Country
Description
Garthway
United Kingdom
The cargo ship ran aground on Santa María Island, Galapagos Islands and was a total loss.[116][118]
24 April[]
List of shipwrecks: 24 April 1924
Ship
Country
Description
Java Maru
Japan
The cargo ship ran aground in the Inland Sea of Japan.[115] She was refloated on 30 April.[119]
Gannet
United Kingdom
The passenger ship sprang a leak in the North Sea off Berwick-upon-Tweed, Northumberland and was abandoned.[118]
25 April[]
List of shipwrecks: 25 April 1924
Ship
Country
Description
Essex Abbey
United Kingdom
The cargo ship ran aground at Punta Entinas, Spain.[120] She was refloated in early May, arriving at Gibraltar on 6 May for drydocking and repairs.[121]
26 April[]
List of shipwrecks: 26 April 1924
Ship
Country
Description
Aurania
Kingdom of Italy
The cargo ship collided with Norrtelje (Sweden) in the Bay of Biscay off Ouessant, Finistère. Her crew were rescued by Norrtelje.[115]
Robert Dollar II
United States
The cargo ship was wrecked in the Yangtze 50 nautical miles (93 km) downstream of Chunking, China with heavy loss of life[115][117]
27 April[]
List of shipwrecks: 27 April 1924
Ship
Country
Description
City of Singapore
United Kingdom
The cargo ship caught fire at Adelaide, South Australia. A fireman was killed by an onboard explosion whilst fighting the fire.[115] Having sunk, she was refloated on 5 May.[122]
28 April[]
List of shipwrecks: 28 April 1924
Ship
Country
Description
Dios Irmaos
Brazil
The sailing ship suffered an onboard explosion of her cargo and capsized at Pernambuco.[117]
Ethel
United Kingdom
The Thames barge foundered in the Thames Estuary off the Maplin Sands, Essex. Both crew were rescued by the yacht Vanity (United Kingdom).[117]
James W. Parker
United Kingdom
The schooner ran aground at North Sydney, Nova Scotia, Canada.[123] She was declared a total loss,[119] but was refloated on 1 May.[124]
The cargo liner ran aground at Emden, Germany.[125] She was refloated on 29 April.[119]
29 April[]
List of shipwrecks: 29 April 1924
Ship
Country
Description
Lewis Luckenbach
United States
The cargo ship ran aground at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.[123] She was refloated on 4 May.[122]
30 April[]
List of shipwrecks: 30 April 1924
Ship
Country
Description
Aviateur Genthon
France
The auxiliary sailing ship ran aground at Alicante, Spain and was wrecked.[126]
Cragness
United Kingdom
The cargo ship ran aground at Barracouta Point, Portuguese East Africa and was abandoned. Her crew were rescued by Lady Denison Pender (United Kingdom).[126] She was declared a total loss.[127]
May[]
1 May[]
List of shipwrecks: 1 May 1924
Ship
Country
Description
Ootmarsum
Netherlands
The cargo ship ran aground in the Paraná River, Argentina.[126] She was refloated on 16 May.[128]
2 May[]
List of shipwrecks: 2 May 1924
Ship
Country
Description
Seewolf
Weimar Republic
The auxiliary sailing vessel caught fire at Dieppe, Seine-Maritime, France and sank.[127] She was refloated on 5 May.[122]
Trevier
Belgium
The cargo ship ran aground in the Paraná River, Argentina.[127] She was refloated on 16 May.[128]
5 May[]
List of shipwrecks: 5 May 1924
Ship
Country
Description
Nora Salieri
Greece
The cargo ship ran aground at Cape Blanc, on the border of French West Africa and Spanish Sahara.[122] She was refloated on 8 May.[129]
7 May[]
List of shipwrecks: 7 May 1924
Ship
Country
Description
St. Nikolai
United Kingdom
The barquentine ran aground at Saltburn, Yorkshire.[121] She broke up and was a total loss.[130]
Yeddo
Sweden
The cargo ship collided with Bärenfels (Weimar Republic) in the Scheldt at Fort Philip. She was beached but subsequently sank.[131]
8 May[]
List of shipwrecks: 8 May 1924
Ship
Country
Description
Eugenia
Greece
The cargo ship ran aground in the Paraná River, Argentina.[130] She was refloated on 12 May.[132]
Evelyn
United Kingdom
The schooner foundered in the Atlantic Ocean 150 nautical miles (280 km) east south east of Sable Island, Nova Scotia, Canada.[133]
Kinghorn
United Kingdom
The cargo ship came ashore on the south coast of Gran Canaria, Canary Islands, Spain.[130] She was refloated on 12 May.[134]
R. R. Govin
United States
The four-masted schooner came ashore on Bodies Island, North Carolina and was wrecked.[135]
Valnegra
Kingdom of Italy
The cargo ship ran aground in the Paraná River.[135] She was refloated on 12 May.[132]
Volturno
Kingdom of Italy
The cargo ship ran aground in the Paraná River.[130] She was refloated on 12 May.[136]
9 May[]
List of shipwrecks: 9 May 1924
Ship
Country
Description
Kamouraska
United Kingdom
The cargo ship came ashore at Schooner Pond, Nova Scotia, Canada.[135] She was refloated on 12 May.[136]
Neko
United Kingdom
The whaler ran aground at Cabo Frio, Argentina and was wrecked. Her crew were rescued by Sevilla (United Kingdom).[134][137]
10 May[]
List of shipwrecks: 10 May 1924
Ship
Country
Description
Marques de Campo
Spain
The cargo ship ran aground at Dar El Beïda, Algeria.[137] She was a total loss.[132]
Panviejo
Peru
The cargo ship caught fire and was abandoned at sea.[137]
12 May[]
List of shipwrecks: 12 May 1924
Ship
Country
Description
Glenamoy
United Kingdom
The cargo liner ran aground on Video Island, China. Her passengers were taken off by another ship.[134] She was refloated on 13 June.[138]
Ngahere
United Kingdom
The cargo ship came ashore at Greymouth, South Island, New Zealand and was wrecked.[136]
Shinfuku Maru
Japan
The cargo ship ran aground at Maska, Sakhalin.[136] She was refloated on 2 June.[139]
15 May[]
List of shipwrecks: 15 May 1924
Ship
Country
Description
Polarhavet
Denmark
The cargo ship ran aground at Söderhamn, Sweden.[140] She was refloated on 19 May.[105]
Trane
Norway
The cargo ship sank in the Raz de Sein, France. Her crew survived.[140]
17 May[]
List of shipwrecks: 17 May 1924
Ship
Country
Description
Gunter
Weimar Republic
The auxiliary sailing vessel collided with Kasan (Denmark) in the Kattegat and sank. Her crew were rescued by Kasan.[128]
18 May[]
List of shipwrecks: 18 May 1924
Ship
Country
Description
Alderney
United Kingdom
The coaster collided with Ewell (United Kingdom) in the River Thames at Victoria Embankment and sank.[128] She was refloated on 22 May.[141]
19 May[]
List of shipwrecks: 19 May 1924
Ship
Country
Description
Magda
Weimar Republic
The coaster was sunk in the Ems by the explosion of her boiler.[105]
20 May[]
List of shipwrecks: 20 May 1924
Ship
Country
Description
Odysseus
Greece
The cargo ship ran aground ion the Paraná River, Argentina.[142] She was refloated on 23 May.[143]
Orinoco
United States
The cargo ship foundered in Lake Superior with the loss of five of her 22 crew.[144][145]
Utopia
flag unknown
The sailing ship was wrecked on St François Island, Seychelles. Her crew were rescued by Aiglon (flag unknown).[133]
21 May[]
List of shipwrecks: 21 May 1924
Ship
Country
Description
Hoover and Madison
The cargo ship collided with J. S. Ashley (United States) in Lake Superior and was beached at Duluth, Minnesota, where she broke in two.[141]
Jan van Ryswyck
Belgium
The cargo ship was wrecked on Longstone Rock, Farne Islands, United Kingdom. Her crew survived.[142][146]
Koyei Maru
Japan
The cargo ship foundered off Choshi, Kazusa with the loss of all hands.[145]
State of Ohio
United States
The cargo ship was destroyed by fire at Cleveland, Ohio.[142]
23 May[]
List of shipwrecks: 23 May 1924
Ship
Country
Description
Lothar Bohlen
United Kingdom
The cargo ship ran aground in the Dardanelles.[143] She was refloated on 30 May.[147]
Neisei Maru
Japan
The cargo ship ran aground on the Korean coast. She was refloated and then beached.[145]
26 May[]
List of shipwrecks: 26 May 1924
Ship
Country
Description
La Bourdonnais
United Kingdom
The tug ran aground on a reef off Flat Island, Mauritius and was wrecked.[143]
The decommissioned minelayer was scuttled with explosive charges in the Pacific Ocean off Yokosuka, Japan.
Aulne
France
The cargo ship came ashore at Ras Amar, Tunisia and was abandoned by her crew.[125] She was refloated on 9 June.[148]
28 May[]
List of shipwrecks: 28 May 1924
Ship
Country
Description
Asahi Maru
Japan
The cargo ship sprang a leak off Wakannai, Hokkaidō and was beached.[149]
29 May[]
List of shipwrecks: 29 May 1924
Ship
Country
Description
Cliffmore
United Kingdom
The coaster struck the Oxcar Rocks in the Firth of Forth and was beached. Her crew were rescued.[150] She sank on 2 June.[151] She was refloated on 9 July and beached at Cramond, Lothian.[152]
Unknown date[]
List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1924
Ship
Country
Description
Kobasan Maru
Japan
The cargo ship ran aground at Cape Ashizuri. She had broke up by 10 May and was a total loss.[136]
June[]
5 June[]
List of shipwrecks: 5 June 1924
Ship
Country
Description
Olga Elisabeth
Weimar Republic
The cargo ship was abandoned in the North Sea 230 nautical miles (430 km) east north east of the mouth of the River Tyne due to her cargo shifting. Her crew were rescued by the drifter Cheviotdale (United Kingdom). Olga Elisabeth sank on 6 June.[153]
6 June[]
List of shipwrecks: 6 June 1924
Ship
Country
Description
Potrebillos
Chile
The cargo ship ran aground on North Quiriquina Island and was a total loss.[154]
The passenger ship struck a reef, capsized and sank off Isle Royale, Michigan. All 47 people on board survived.
Durham Coast
United Kingdom
The cargo ship collided with Sunoil (United Kingdom) in the River Mersey and was beached at Wallasey, Cheshire.[155] She was refloated on 10 June.[156]
Yahiko Maru
Japan
The cargo ship foundered in the Hainan Strait with the loss of all but three of her crew.[148]
10 June[]
List of shipwrecks: 10 June 1924
Ship
Country
Description
Hesperos
Norway
The cargo ship struck a rock and was beached in the Molyneaux Estuário.[156]
11 June[]
List of shipwrecks: 11 June 1924
Ship
Country
Description
Kayak
United Kingdom
The cargo ship ran aground in the Paraná River, Argentina.[157] She was refloated on 17 June.[158]
12 June[]
List of shipwrecks: 12 June 1924
Ship
Country
Description
White Rose
United Kingdom
The tug collided with Mungret (United Kingdom) in the Bristol Channel 2 nautical miles (3.7 km) off Penarth, Glamorgan and sank with the loss of two crew.[157]
The cargo ship foundered in the Bay of Bengal 30 nautical miles (56 km) east of Table Island.[168]
Metagama
United Kingdom
The passenger ship collided with Clara Camus (Kingdom of Italy) in the Atlantic Ocean 7 nautical miles (13 km) off Cape Race, Newfoundland. She was beached at St. John's.[169]
25 June[]
List of shipwrecks: 25 June 1924
Ship
Country
Description
Egremont Castle
United Kingdom
The cargo ship suffere an onboard explosion and fire. She was beached on the Bay Ridge mudflats, New York.[164][170] Her crew were rescued by Bowes Castle (United Kingdom).[171]
The cargo liner capsized 8 nautical miles (15 km) south of the Drogden Lightship (Denmark) with the loss of eleven of the 25 people on board.[172][173]
30 June[]
List of shipwrecks: 30 June 1924
Ship
Country
Description
Saguenay
United Kingdom
The passenger ship ran aground in the Saguenay River, Quebec, Canada. Her passengers were taken off.[173]
July[]
1 July[]
List of shipwrecks: 1 July 1924
Ship
Country
Description
Erik B
Denmark
The cargo ship ran aground at Norrskär, Finland.[174] She was refloated on 5 July.[175]
Kifune Maru No.3
Japan
The cargo ship ran aground and sank off Sendai.[174]
The cargo ship was destroyed by fire at Boston, Massachusetts.[176]
5 July[]
List of shipwrecks: 5 July 1924
Ship
Country
Description
Three Rivers
United States
The cargo ship was destroyed by fire at Buenos Aires, Argentina.[175]
7 July[]
List of shipwrecks: 7 July 1924
Ship
Country
Description
Pampa
Denmark
The schooner came ashore at Dunnet Head, Caithness, United Kingdom and was wrecked. All four crew survived.[177]
8 July[]
List of shipwrecks: 8 July 1924
Ship
Country
Description
Admiral Cochrane
United Kingdom
The cargo ship ran aground in the Paraná River, Argentina.[178] She was refloated on 25 July.[179]
9 July[]
List of shipwrecks: 9 July 1924
Ship
Country
Description
Sunheath
United Kingdom
The cargo ship arrived at Karachi, India with defective boilers. Attempts to tow her into port were unsuccessful and she dragged ger anchors and came ashore.[152][178] She was refloated on 6 December.[180]
The coaster capsized in the Irish Sea 15 nautical miles (28 km) off Newtown Head, County Waterford, Ireland with the loss of eighteen of her nineteen crew.[181][182][183]
The cargo ship ran aground at Chennampo and was a total loss.[152]
11 July[]
List of shipwrecks: 11 July 1924
Ship
Country
Description
Martha Woermann
Weimar Republic
The cargo ship ran aground in the Forcados River, Nigeria.[185] She was abandoned by her crew on 15 July,[186] but was later reboarded.[187]Martha Woermann was finally abandoned on 23 July,[188] and was declared a total loss on 28 July.[189]
Matsuyama Maru
Japan
The cargo ship foundered in the East China Sea west of the Gotō Islands with the loss of all but one of her crew.[190][191]
15 July[]
List of shipwrecks: 15 July 1924
Ship
Country
Description
Estrella
Norway
The cargo ship ran aground in the Paraná River, Argentina.[186] She was refloated on 19 July.[192]
Unten Maru
Japan
The cargo ship ran aground on Quelpart, Korea.[186] She was refloated in early August, arriving at Shimonoseki under tow on 5 August for repairs.[193]
Veerhaven
Netherlands
The cargo ship ran aground at Goredetsky, Kola Peninsula, Soviet Union.[185] She was abandoned the next day,[192] with her crew setting up camp in tents.[190] She was refloated on 21 August.[194]
21 July[]
List of shipwrecks: 21 July 1924
Ship
Country
Description
Friesland
Netherlands
The cargo ship capsized at Immingham, Lincolnshire, United Kingdom.[195]
The passenger ship suffered an explosion in her engine room and caught fire off Bergen, Norway.[200] She was beached.[202]
30 July[]
List of shipwrecks: 30 July 1924
Ship
Country
Description
Adam Smith
United Kingdom
The cargo ship ran aground at Westport, County Mayo, Ireland. She was still aground on 6 August.[203]
Italier
Belgium
The cargo ship foundered off Cape Villano, Algeria.[204] Her crew were rescued by Martinique (France).[12]
August[]
1 August[]
List of shipwrecks: 1 August 1924
Ship
Country
Description
Koun Maru No.1
Japan
The cargo ship ran aground and sank at Yetorofu.[205]
3 August[]
List of shipwrecks: 3 August 1924
Ship
Country
Description
Linkmoor
United Kingdom
The cargo ship ran aground at Métis-sur-Mer, Quebec, Canada. She was refloated but later beached at Tadoussac.[206] She was refloated on 4 August.[193]
5 August[]
List of shipwrecks: 5 August 1924
Ship
Country
Description
Everest
Spain
The cargo ship sprang a leak in the Mediterranean Sea and was beached at Mazagan, French Morocco.[193]
Newhaven
France
The passenger ferry ran aground at Berneval-le-Grand, Seine-Maritime, France. Her 125 passengers were able to walk ashore at low tide.[207] She was refloated on 14 August.[208]
River Ely
United Kingdom
The collier grounded on Mousehole Island, Cornwall. She was later towed to Penzance.[193][209]
8 August[]
List of shipwrecks: 8 August 1924
Ship
Country
Description
Newglyn
United Kingdom
The cargo ship ran aground at the Whiteford Point Lighthouse, Llanelly, Glamorgan.[210] She was declared a total loss on 14 August.[211]
10 August[]
List of shipwrecks: 10 August 1924
Ship
Country
Description
Urumea
Spain
The cargo ship collided with Tisnaren (Sweden) in the Atlantic Ocean off Cape Roca, Portugal.[212] She was taken in tow by Endymion (United Kingdom) but the tow had to be cast off,[211] and Urumea later sank.[213]
11 August[]
List of shipwrecks: 11 August 1924
Ship
Country
Description
Arlington Court
United Kingdom
The cargo ship ran aground at Buenos Aires, Argentina.[214] She was refloated on 22 August.[215]
13 August[]
List of shipwrecks: 13 August 1924
Ship
Country
Description
Orowaiti
United States
The tanker ran aground at Point Buchon, California.[216] She was abandoned as a total loss on 5 September.[217]
14 August[]
List of shipwrecks: 14 August 1924
Ship
Country
Description
Branstone
United Kingdom
The coaster collided with Merkara (United Kingdom) in the North Sea and off Flamborough Head, Yorkshire and sank.[211] Her crew were rescued by Merkara.[208]
15 August[]
List of shipwrecks: 15 August 1924
Ship
Country
Description
Kumiai Maru No.1
Japan
The cargo ship ran aground in the Hai River 60 nautical miles (110 km) upstream of the Taku Forts, Tianjin, China.[218] She was refloated on 23 August.[215]
17 August[]
List of shipwrecks: 17 August 1924
Ship
Country
Description
Elsdon
United Kingdom
The cargo ship ran aground on Middelgrunden, Öresund.[219] She was refloated on 20 August.[220]
Margarita
United Kingdom
The cargo ship ran aground in the Guadalquivir at Seville, Spain.[221] She was refloated on 28 August.[222]
The cargo ship ran aground in the Baltic Sea near the Plevna Lightship (Sweden).[224] She was refloated on 22 August.[221]
20 August[]
List of shipwrecks: 20 August 1924
Ship
Country
Description
Point Hope
United Kingdom
The tug ran aground and sank at Broughton Island, Northwest Territory, Canada and sank.[218]
21 August[]
List of shipwrecks: 21 August 1924
Ship
Country
Description
Mairo
Peru
The barque came ashore on Lobos Island, Canary Islands, Spain and was abandoned as a total loss.[194]
22 August[]
List of shipwrecks: 22 August 1924
Ship
Country
Description
Arctic
United States
The auxiliary schooner was crushed in ice 5 nautical miles (9.3 km) south of Cape Smyth, Balleny Islands, Antarctica. Her crew survived.[225]
23 August[]
List of shipwrecks: 23 August 1924
Ship
Country
Description
Wooston
United Kingdom
The coaster sprang a leak and foundered 12 nautical miles (22 km) south east of Sanda Island, Argyllshire.[215]
26 August[]
List of shipwrecks: 26 August 1924
Ship
Country
Description
Beaufort
United Kingdom
The dregder sprang a leak and sank at Aberdeen.[226]
Rosalie
United Kingdom
The cargo ship stuck a submerged wreck in the Bristol Channel and was beached at Fishguard, Pembrokeshire.[227]
Samuel W. Hathaway
United States
The schooner was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean 150 nautical miles (280 km) east by north east of Cape Hatteras, North Carolina. Six of her nine crew were rescued by Southern Cross (United Kingdom).[228]
27 August[]
List of shipwrecks: 27 August 1924
Ship
Country
Description
Espoir
France
The cargo ship was in collision with Miisaki Milli (Turkey) at Istanbul, Turkey and sank. Miisaki Milli was beached.[229]
28 August[]
List of shipwrecks: 28 August 1924
Ship
Country
Description
Augusta
United States
The cargo ship was driven ashore at Vineyard Haven, Massachusetts.[222] She was refloated on 2 September.[228]
Axholm
United Kingdom
The cargo ship collided with Walter Watts (United Kingdom) at Warri, Nigeria and sank with some loss of life.[230]
29 August[]
List of shipwrecks: 29 August 1924
Ship
Country
Description
Earl of Zetland
United Kingdom
The passenger ship ran aground at Lerwick, Shetland Islands. Her passengers were taken off by the fishing vessel Mizpah (United Kingdom).[222] She was refloated on 3 September.[231]
31 August[]
List of shipwrecks: 31 August 1924
Ship
Country
Description
Bardic
United Kingdom
The refrigerated cargo ship ran aground on The Stags, off Lizard Point, Cornwall. Her crew were taken off, but her officers later reboarded the ship.[230] On 8 September, they were taken off by a lifeboat.[232]Bardic was refloated on 29 September. She was towed to Falmouth, Cornwall and was beached.[233]
Unknown date[]
List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1924
Ship
Country
Description
Lady Kindersley
Canada
The cargo ship became mired in ice in the Arctic Ocean off Point Barrow in early August.[234] She was abandoned on 22 August,[225] but her crew later returned to the ship as they were unable to reach land.[235] By 21 August, she was 45 nautical miles (83 km) east of Point Barrow.[236] She had sunk by 16 September.[237]
Ripple
United Kingdom
The cargo ship foundered off Wellington, New Zealand in early August with the loss of all hands. Wreckage came ashore on 9 August.[238]
September[]
1 September[]
List of shipwrecks: 1 September 1924
Ship
Country
Description
Hongisto
Finland
The cargo ship came ashore at Lavernock Point, Glamorgan and was wrecked.[239]
Maryse
Belgium
The schooner struck a submerged wreck 35 nautical miles (65 km) off Guernsey, Channel Islands and sank.[146]
The schooner broke free from her moorings at Saint-Pierre, Saint Pierre and Miquelon and came ashore at Fortune, Newfoundland where she was wrecked.[217]
6 September[]
List of shipwrecks: 6 September 1924
Ship
Country
Description
Ettrick
United Kingdom
The cargo ship ran aground in the River Avon at Bristol.[240] She was refloated on 25 October.[241]
The cargo ship ran aground between Redcar and Whitby, Yorkshire, United Kingdom She was refloated but was leaking and was beached in the River Tees at Middlesbrough.[217][232]
11 September[]
List of shipwrecks: 11 September 1924
Ship
Country
Description
Dunrobin
United Kingdom
The cargo ship came ashore at Tunas de Zaza, Cuba.[242] She was refloated on 14 September.[243]
12 September[]
List of shipwrecks: 12 September 1924
Ship
Country
Description
P. J. Ralph
United States
The cargo ship was driven ashore on Manitou Island, Michigan and was wrecked.[244]
Verita
Kingdom of Italy
The cargo ship ran aground at El Ejido, Andalusia, Spain and was a total loss. Her crew were rescued.[244]
Wren
United Kingdom
The cargo ship came ashore 10 nautical miles (19 km) north of Davis Inlet, Newfoundland and was a total loss. Her crew were rescued.[242]
15 September[]
List of shipwrecks: 15 September 1924
Ship
Country
Description
Mesna
Norway
The cargo ship came ashore at Nukuʻalofa, Tonga and was a total loss. Her crew survived.[245]
16 September[]
List of shipwrecks: 16 September 1924
Ship
Country
Description
Mary Weems
United States
The cargo ship sank at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania whilst under repair.[246]
Moyallon
United Kingdom
The coaster foundered in the Bristol Channel off Strumble Head, Pembrokeshire. All ten crew were rescued by Hampshire Coast (United Kingdom).[243]
17 September[]
List of shipwrecks: 17 September 1924
Ship
Country
Description
Asian
United Kingdom
The cargo ship struck the Stag Rocks, off Galley Head, County Cork, Ireland and sank.[247]
Isonzo
Kingdom of Italy
The cargo ship caught fire and sank in the Port Arthur Canal, Texas, United States.[247]
20 September[]
List of shipwrecks: 20 September 1924
Ship
Country
Description
Ulf Jarl
Norway
The cargo ship struck a mine in the Gulf of Finland. Her crew were rescued.[248]
21 September[]
List of shipwrecks: 21 September 1924
Ship
Country
Description
Annie
United Kingdom
The coaster put into Holyhead, Anglesey with a fractured main steam pipe. She was later driven ashore in Church Bay and was wrecked. All eight crew were rescued by rocket apparatus.[249]
22 September[]
List of shipwrecks: 22 September 1924
Ship
Country
Description
Clifton
United States
The lake freighter foundered in a gale on Lake Huron near Thunder Bay Island during the night of 21–22 September with the loss of her entire crew of 25.[250]
Ivor
United Kingdom
The tanker suffered an explosion and fire in her bunker coals. She was subsequently abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean off Cape Race, Newfoundland. Her crew were rescued by Lituania (Denmark).[248][251]
Thistle
United Kingdom
The passenger ship put back into Heysham, Lancashire in a gale and became stranded on the north breakwater. Her passengers were transferred to Brier (United Kingdom).[251] She was refloated on 25 September.[252]
24 September[]
List of shipwrecks: 24 September 1924
Ship
Country
Description
Edward Peirce
United States
The cargo ship collided with Mundelta (United States) at Boston, Massachusetts and sank.[253] She was refloated on 4 October.[254]
28 September[]
List of shipwrecks: 28 September 1924
Ship
Country
Description
Courtown
United Kingdom
The cargo ship collided with La Rochefoucauld (France) in the Bristol Channel off Pendeen, Cornwall and sank. Her crew were rescued by La Rochefoucauld.[255]
Guarany
Argentina
The cargo ship sank at her moorings at Buenos Aires.[256]
29 September[]
List of shipwrecks: 29 September 1924
Ship
Country
Description
Shibaura Maru
Japan
The cargo ship ran aground in Kii Ōshima.[257] She was refloated on 5 October.[254]
30 September[]
List of shipwrecks: 30 September 1924
Ship
Country
Description
Anatolia
Weimar Republic
The cargo ship ran aground at Smyrna, Turkey.[257] She was refloated on 4 October.[258]
Kathleen Annie
United Kingdom
The auxiliary schooner came ashore in Greenholms Bay, Orkney Islands and was severely damaged. She was refloated on 2 October and beached on Egilsay.[259][260]
Santa Theresa
United Kingdom
The cargo ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean off Savannah, Georgia. All 34 crew were rescued by I. C. Whith (United Kingdom).[261][262]
Trecarrell
United Kingdom
The cargo ship ran aground st Ras Hafun, Italian Somaliland.[261] She was refloated on 3 October.[263]
October[]
1 October[]
List of shipwrecks: 1 October 1924
Ship
Country
Description
Don Arturo
Chile
The coaster ran aground 10 nautical miles (19 km) north of Constitutión.[264] She was a total loss.[262]
The cargo ship ran aground at Kanabuso. She broke in two and sank.[265]
Thor
Weimar Republic
The cargo ship sprang a leak and sank in the Gulf of Finland 15 nautical miles (28 km) north of Osmussaar, Estonia.[254]
3 October[]
List of shipwrecks: 3 October 1924
Ship
Country
Description
Else
United States
The four-masted schooner came ashore 20 nautical miles (37 km) east of Pensacola, Florida. Her crew were rescued.[258] She was refloated on 13 October.[266]
4 October[]
List of shipwrecks: 4 October 1924
Ship
Country
Description
Douglas H. Thomas
United Kingdom
The cargo ship sank at Ingonish, Nova Scotia, Canada.[254]
5 October[]
List of shipwrecks: 5 October 1924
Ship
Country
Description
Yachiyo Maru
Japan
The cargo ship ran aground at Niigata.[240] She was refloated on 28 October.[267]
7 October[]
List of shipwrecks: 7 October 1924
Ship
Country
Description
Rosefield
Free City of Danzig
The cargo ship ran aground at the Bjuröklubb Lighthouse, Västerbotten, Sweden.[240] She was refloated on 26 October.[241]
Toyokawa Maru
Japan
The cargo ship was wrecked on the coast of Sakhalien.[240]
The Thames barge was in collision with Western Coast (United Kingdom) and sank in the River Thames at Rotherhithe, London.[270]
H. L. Montague
United Kingdom
The schooner was driven ashore at Herring Neck, Newfoundland and was a total loss.[269]
13 October[]
List of shipwrecks: 13 October 1924
Ship
Country
Description
Flackwell
United Kingdom
The cargo ship ran aground 12 nautical miles (22 km) from the Manora Breakwater Lighthouse, near Karachi, India.[271] She was refloated on 22 October.[272]
Ciudad de Cadiz
Spain
The cargo ship was wrecked at Fernando Po, Spanish Guinea.[271]
16 October[]
List of shipwrecks: 16 October 1924
Ship
Country
Description
Benten Maru
Japan
The cargo ship came ashore on the east coast of Sakhalin.[273] She was refloated on 1 November.[274]
Caprera
Kingdom of Italy
The tanker caught fire at Tripoli, Libya and was a total loss.[275]
18 October[]
List of shipwrecks: 18 October 1924
Ship
Country
Description
Bellhill
United Kingdom
The cargo ship struck a submerged object and was holed. She was beached at Gedser, Denmark.[276]
Orion
Sweden
The cargo ship capsized and sank in the North Sea 10 nautical miles (19 km) south west of Lindesnes, Norway. Her crew survived.[277]
The cargo ship struck rocks at Isleta Point, Las Palmas, Canary Islands, Spain and was beached off the Port of Las Palmas. She was refloated on 6 November.[279]
24 October[]
List of shipwrecks: 24 October 1924
Ship
Country
Description
Fylgia
Sweden
The cargo ship foundered in the Baltic Sea off Örskär with the loss of all hands.[280]
Valdarno
Kingdom of Italy
The cargo ship was destroyed by fire at Panama City, Florida, United States.[281]
26 October[]
List of shipwrecks: 26 October 1924
Ship
Country
Description
Vizma
Soviet Union
The brig foundered in the Atlantic Ocean 50 nautical miles (93 km) off Vigo, Galicia, Spain. Her crew survived.[282]
28 October[]
List of shipwrecks: 28 October 1924
Ship
Country
Description
Floris
United Kingdom
The cargo ship ran aground on the Trupailles Rock off the Île d'Yeu, Vendée and was wrecked. Her crew were rescued.[267]
Kansas
United States
The cargo ship was destroyed by fire and sank in Lake Michigan.[283]
30 October[]
List of shipwrecks: 30 October 1924
Ship
Country
Description
Alden Anderson
United States
The tanker was destroyed by fire at San Francisco, California.[284]
Crow
United Kingdom
The Thames barge capsized and sank in the River Thames at Gravesend, Kent with the loss of one of her two crew.[284]
Erle
Norway
The cargo ship ran aground at Gedser, Zealand, Denmark.[284] She was refloated on 3 November.[285]
Glenorchy
United Kingdom
The cargo ship collided with Leonard B. Miller (United States) in Lake Huron and sank.[286]
H.R.A.
United Kingdom
The Thames barge sank in the Thames Estuary off Erith, Kent. Her crew were rescued.[284] She was refloated on 1 November.[287]
Kalevi Poeg
Estonia
The passenger ship ran aground at Hankö, Finland. All on board were rescued.[286]
31 October[]
List of shipwrecks: 31 October 1924
Ship
Country
Description
Arion
Kingdom of Italy
The cargo ship collided with Borneo (Netherlands) in the Tyrrhenian Sea and sank with the loss of a crew member.[287]
Jamaica
Nicaragua
The cargo ship caught fire at Bluefields and was a total loss.[286]
The cargo ship was driven ashore on the south coast of Iceland and was wrecked.[274]
5 November[]
List of shipwrecks: 5 November 1924
Ship
Country
Description
Niko
United States
The cargo ship foundered off Garden Island, Lake Michigan. Her crew survived.[291]
6 November[]
List of shipwrecks: 6 November 1924
Ship
Country
Description
Graham
United Kingdom
The whaler was reported off the South Shetland Islands. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[292]
7 November[]
List of shipwrecks: 7 November 1924
Ship
Country
Description
Marie Margaretha
Denmark
The auxiliary sailing vessel was in collision with HMS Princess Margaret (Royal Navy) in the English Channel 10 nautical miles (19 km) off the Owers Lightship (United Kingdom) and sank. Her twelve crew were rescued by Princess Margaret.[293]
8 November[]
List of shipwrecks: 8 November 1924
Ship
Country
Description
Alerte
Belgium
The tug collided with Marquise de Lubersac (France) in the Scheldt and sank.[294]
10 November[]
List of shipwrecks: 10 November 1924
Ship
Country
Description
Mars
United States
The cargo ship was wrecked in a cyclone at Daiquirí, Cuba.[294]
Zacapa
United States
The refrigerated cargo liner ran aground on Great Inagua, Bahamas. Her passengers were taken off by Teno (United States).[295]
11 November[]
List of shipwrecks: 11 November 1924
Ship
Country
Description
David Morris
United Kingdom
The schooner was driven ashore on Grand Turk and was a total loss. Her crew survived.[296]
Boz Kourd
Turkey
The cargo ship collided with Gul Nihal (Turkey) off San Stefano and was beached.[297]
12 November[]
List of shipwrecks: 12 November 1924
Ship
Country
Description
Enrico Toti
Kingdom of Italy
The cargo ship ran aground in the Patapsco River at Baltimore, Maryland, United States.[296] She was refloated on 18 November.[298]
The cargo ship foundered 20 nautical miles (37 km) off Capo Colonna, Calabria. Her crew survived.[292]
24 November[]
List of shipwrecks: 24 November 1924
Ship
Country
Description
Esperanza
United States
The cargo ship was driven ashore at Tampico, Tamaulipas, Mexico.[308] She was declared a total loss on 3 December.[309]
Marguerite M. Wemyss
United States
The four-masted schooner was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean off Cape Hatteras, North Carolina. Her crew were rescued by USS Utah (United States Navy).[308]
Perry Setzer
United States
The four-masted schooner collided with City of Montgomery (United States) off the Diamond Shoals with the loss of her captain and was abandoned. Survivors were rescued by Solana (United States).[308]
Strombus
United Kingdom
The cargo ship was driven ashore at Tampico, Tamaulipas, Mexico.[308] She was refloated on 27 November.[310]
25 November[]
List of shipwrecks: 25 November 1924
Ship
Country
Description
Heiyei Maru No.3
Japan
The cargo ship collided with Hokoyo Maru (Japan) in the Kurushima Channel and sank.[301]
The schooner was wrecked on Union Island, Saint Vincent.[311]
26 November[]
List of shipwrecks: 26 November 1924
Ship
Country
Description
Daleside
United Kingdom
The cargo ship departed Guernsey, Channel Islands for Harwich, Essex.[312] Presumed later foundered in the English Channel with the loss of all hands. A lifeboat from the ship washed up at Pagham, West Sussex on 3 December.[313]
The steam passenger ferry struck the breakwater in the harbor at Newhaven, Sussex, England, stern-first. The tugs Alert and Richmere (both United Kingdom) came to her assistance, but Richmere was disabled, dashed against the harbor wall, and sunk. Dieppe docked five hours later. She was repaired ad returned to service.[314]
Hartley
United Kingdom
The cargo ship foundered in the English Channel off Anvil Point, Swanage, Dorset with the loss of seventeen of her nineteen crew. Survivors were rescued by Machaon (United Kingdom).[315]
Richmere
United Kingdom
The tug was disabled when a cable became entangled around her propeller while she was coming to the assistance of the steam passenger ferry SS Dieppe (United Kingdom), which had struck the breakwater in the harbor at Newhaven, Sussex, England. Richmere was dashed against the harbor wall, and sank. Her crew was rescued by the Newhaven Lifeboat Sir Fitzroy Clayton (United Kingdom). Richmere later was refloated, repaired, and returned to service.[314]
Rupavati
United Kingdom
The passenger ship struck rocks off Vengurla, India and was beached at Malwan. Her passengers were landed.[316]
28 November[]
List of shipwrecks: 28 November 1924
Ship
Country
Description
Cornish Coast
The steamer stranded on the Seven Stones Reef between Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly. She survived and was involved in an incident with the sinking of the steamer Fagerness off Trevose Head on 17 March 1926.[317]
Gyptis
Belgium
The cargo ship ran aground at Pointe la Coubre, Gironde Estuary, France due to the failure of her engine and was wrecked.[12][318]
29 November[]
List of shipwrecks: 29 November 1924
Ship
Country
Description
Alexandre
Belgium
The cargo ship collided with Canadian Pioneer (United Kingdom) in the North Sea off Vlissingen, Netherlands and was beached.[318]
Astero
Kingdom of Italy
The cargo ship came ashore at Ras el Amar, Tunisia. Her crew were rescued by Belos (Sweden).[319] She was refloated on 3 December.[320]
Baltic
Denmark
The cargo ship collided with Frost (Sweden) in the Øresund off the Trindelon Lightship (Sweden) and sank with the loss of two crew. Survivors were rescued by Frost.[318]
The first-rateship of the line broke in two during a gale and sank in the English Channel off Selsey Bill, West Sussex with the loss of four of her seven crew. She was under tow to be scrapped.[322]
30 November[]
List of shipwrecks: 30 November 1924
Ship
Country
Description
Öresund
Sweden
The cargo ship came ashore 16 nautical miles (30 km) north of the Bovbjerg Lighthouse, Denmark.[318] She was refloated on 3 December.[323]
Valborg
Soviet Union
The schooner came ashore 16 nautical miles (30 km) north of the Bovbjerg Lighthouse.[318] She was refloated on 11 December.[324]
December[]
1 December[]
List of shipwrecks: 1 December 1924
Ship
Country
Description
Unity
United Kingdom
The Thames barge collided with San Dario (United Kingdom) in the River Thames at Shellhaven, Essex and sank.[312]
2 December[]
List of shipwrecks: 2 December 1924
Ship
Country
Description
Freedom
United Kingdom
The schooner foundered in the Atlantic Ocean 600 nautical miles (1,100 km) off Sydney, Nova Scotia, Canada.[323]
Taormina
Norway
The cargo ship ran aground at Österngarn, Sweden.[319] She was refloated on 9 December.[325]
3 December[]
List of shipwrecks: 3 December 1924
Ship
Country
Description
Lakeland
United States
The cargo ship foundered in Lake Michigan. Her crew were rescued.[320]
Port Caledonia
Finland
The four-masted barque was driven ashore at Pointe de Chassiron, Île d'Oléron, Charente-Maritime, France and was wrecked with the loss of all hands.[323]
4 December[]
List of shipwrecks: 4 December 1924
Ship
Country
Description
Falcon
United Kingdom
The sailing ship was wrecked on Easter Island.[320]
5 December[]
List of shipwrecks: 5 December 1924
Ship
Country
Description
Begona No.2
Spain
The cargo ship ran aground near Ghar al Milh, Tunisia.[288] She was refloated on 8 December.[180]
Cigale
France
The coaster caught fire and foundered in the Indian Ocean on a voyage between Mauritius and Réunion. She was abandoned with the loss of 19 of the 47 people on board. Some of the survivors were rescued by Secunder (Mauritius) and Ville de Havre (France).[326][327][328]
Siri
Sweden
The cargo ship was destroyed by fire in the Kattegat. Her crew were rescued.[288]
6 December[]
List of shipwrecks: 6 December 1924
Ship
Country
Description
River Tyne
United Kingdom
The cargo ship ran aground at Helsingør, Zealand, Denmark.[328] She was refloated on 9 December.[325]
8 December[]
List of shipwrecks: 8 December 1924
Ship
Country
Description
Emma and Esther
United Kingdom
The schooner came ashore at Bonnybefore, County Antrim.[180] She was refloated on 12 December.[329]
Tana
Sweden
The barque collided with the fishing vessel Ibis (Sweden) off Skagen, Denmark and sank with the loss of seven crew. Survivors were rescued by Ibis.[180]
9 December[]
List of shipwrecks: 9 December 1924
Ship
Country
Description
Oaxaca
Mexico
The cargo ship caught fire at sea and was beached at Mazatlán.[330] She was refloated the next day.[324]
The coaster sank at Brentwood Bay, British Columbia, Canada.[337]
Vard
Norway
The cargo ship sprang a leak and foundered in the North Sea off Dunnet Head, Caithness, United Kingdom. All fifteen crew were rescued by the trawler Lord Knaresborough (United Kingdom).[337][342]
22 December[]
List of shipwrecks: 22 December 1924
Ship
Country
Description
Chingford
United Kingdom
The cargo ship was driven ashore at Crail, Fife. Her 27 crew were rescued by rocket apparats and the Anstruther and St. Andrews Lifeboats.[342]
Claremorris
United Kingdom
The cargo ship was driven ashore at Corsewall Point, Wigtownshire with the loss of one of her eleven crew.[342] She was a total loss.[341]
Esther Maria
Denmark
The cargo ship was driven aground on the Big Rock, Stornoway, Isle of Lewis.[342] All crew except her officers were taken off.[341] She was refloated on 8 February 1925.[343]
Katherine
United Kingdom
The cargo ship ran aground at Dundrum, Dublin, Ireland.[344] She was driven further up the shore on 27 December.[345] She was refloated on 9 May 1925.[346]
United States
Weimar Republic
United Kingdom
Greece
Kingdom of Italy) at Istanbul, Turkey and was beached off Leander's Tower.[5] She was refloated on 15 January.[6]
Sweden) at Kiel, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany and sank.[5]
Denmark
France
United Kingdom) with the loss of one of her six crew. Survivors were rescued by Devonia (
Netherlands).[11]
Japan
Royal Navy
Spain
Canada
United States Navy
Belgium
Norway
Kingdom of Yugoslavia
Peru) in the Atlantic Ocean 3.5 nautical miles (6.5 km) south of Partridge Island, Nova Scotia, Canada and sank with the loss of four crew. Perene also lost four crew.[36][40]
Republic of China (1912–1949)
Finland
Isle of Man
Imperial Japanese Navy
Brazil
Portugal
United States) in the Scheldt at Bath, Netherlands and sank. The wreck was broken up in situ in June 1924.[102]
Estonia
Royal Australian Navy
Royal Fleet Auxiliary).[109][110]
Latvia
Chile
Soviet Union
Turkey) at Istanbul, Turkey and sank. Miisaki Milli was beached.[229]
Argentina
Free City of Danzig
Nicaragua
Mauritius) and Ville de Havre (
Mexico