The cargo ship sprang a leak off Kopervik, Norway and was beached in Høyevarde Bay.[1]
Katharina Dorothea Fritzen
Weimar Republic
The cargo ship was driven ashore at Skudesnes, Norway and was wrecked. Her crew were rescued.[2]
Mohawk
United States
The ocean liner caught fire and sank in Delaware Bay. Two hundred and seventy passengers were rescued by USCGC Kickapoo (United States Coast Guard) and an American tug.[2][3]
3 January[]
List of shipwrecks: 3 January 1925
Ship
Country
Description
Turnu Severin
Kingdom of Romania
The cargo ship came ashore near Cap Gris Nez, Pas-de-Calais, France. She broke in two on 12 January and was declared a total loss.[4] She was refloated on 23 March and beached at Boulogne.[5]
4 January[]
List of shipwrecks: 4 January 1925
Ship
Country
Description
Castlerock
United Kingdom
The cargo ship struck a breakwater at Fishguard, Pembrokeshire and was consequently beached at Goodwick Sands.[1] She was refloated on 12 January.[6]
Emmanuel
Greece
The cargo ship was driven ashore at St David's, Pembrokeshire and was wrecked. All 25 crew were rescued.[1] She was refloated on 24 March.[7]
6 January[]
List of shipwrecks: 6 January 1925
Ship
Country
Description
Kiang Wo
United Kingdom
The cargo ship ran aground in the Yangte 70 nautical miles (130 km) upstream of Hankow, China.[1] She was refloated on 12 January.[8]
Taiyu Maru
Japan
The cargo ship collided wiyh Yetorofu Maru (Japan) in the Straits of Shimonoseki and sank.[9]
8 January[]
List of shipwrecks: 8 January 1925
Ship
Country
Description
Mercurius
Netherlands
The cargo ship ran aground on Pearl Rock, Gibraltar. Her crew were rescued.[10] She broke in two on 11 January and was a total loss.[11]
Riding
United Kingdom
The cargo ship ran aground on the south coast of Iceland.[12] She was a total loss.[13]
The schooner ran aground at Holyhead, Anglesey. Her crew were rescued.[12]
Camborne
United Kingdom
The auxiliary schooner was driven ashore at Arthurstown, County Wexford, Ireland.[12] She was refloated on 27 January.[18]
Cardiff Hall
United Kingdom
The cargo ship was driven ashore at Seven Heads, County Cork, Ireland and was wrecked with the loss of all hands.[12][13]
18 January[]
List of shipwrecks: 18 January 1925
Ship
Country
Description
Arnold
Sweden
The cargo ship ran aground on Soay, Skye, United Kingdom. She broke in two and was a total loss.[19][20]
Raita
France
The sailing ship was wrecked at Carmannah whilst on a voyage from Port Gamble, Washington, United States to Papeete, Tahiti. All ten crew were rescued.[21]
19 January[]
List of shipwrecks: 19 January 1925
Ship
Country
Description
Goodig
United Kingdom
The cargo ship ran aground at Vlissingen, Netherlands.[22] She was refloated on 22 January.[23]
Terrier
United Kingdom
The three-masted schooner came ashore at St. Ann's Head, Pembrokeshire and was wrecked. Her crew were rescued.[22]
20 January[]
List of shipwrecks: 20 January 1925
Ship
Country
Description
Archangel
United Kingdom
The passenger ferry ran aground at Hoek van Holland, Netherlands. Passengers were landed by three tugs.[21]
The coastal tanker foundered in the Bristol Channel with the loss of eight of her nine crew.[25] The survivor was rescued by Thérese (France).[26]
21 January[]
List of shipwrecks: 21 January 1925
Ship
Country
Description
Europe
France
The cargo liner came ashore at Pirio Press, Cotonou, French Dahomey.[27] Her passengers were taken off by Scheldestroom (Netherlands).[28] She was refloated on 25 January.[29]
23 January[]
List of shipwrecks: 23 January 1925
Ship
Country
Description
Mars
France
The cargo ship struck rocks off the Jardin Lighthouse, Ille-et-Vilaine and was beached at Dinard. She was later refloated and taken to Saint-Malo.[16]
The motor launch suffered an engine explosion and sank at Hankow, China.[30]
25 January[]
List of shipwrecks: 25 January 1925
Ship
Country
Description
Speedway
United States
The auxiliary schooner caught fire in the Pacific Ocean off the Swiftsure Reef, British Columbia, Canada and was abandoned.[31]
26 January[]
List of shipwrecks: 26 January 1925
Ship
Country
Description
Olive Branch
United Kingdom
The schooner struck a submerged object in the Bristol Channel and sprang a leak. An attempt was made to reach Milford Haven, Pembrokeshire but she foundered off Dale Point.[31]
28 January[]
List of shipwrecks: 28 January 1925
Ship
Country
Description
Benvannoch
United Kingdom
The cargo ship ran aground in the Singapore Strait at Pulo Angup whilst on a voyage from Port Said, Egypt to Hakodate, Japan.[32] She was refloated on 2 February.[33]
Doon Glen
United Kingdom
The cargo ship sprang a leak and put into Larne, County Antrim.[34] She was beached there the next day.[35]
29 January[]
List of shipwrecks: 29 January 1925
Ship
Country
Description
Commack
United States
The schooner was driven ashore at False Hook, New Jersey. Some of her crew were taken off by a United States Coast Guard vessel.[36] She was refloated on 1 February.[37]
The cargo ship arrived at Tenerife, Canary Isles, Spain with her cargo on fire and was beached.[50]
22 February[]
List of shipwrecks: 22 February 1925
Ship
Country
Description
Castlereagh
United Kingdom
The coaster passed Prawle Point, Devon bound for Shoreham-by-Sea, West Sussex. No further trace, presumed foundered in the English Channel with the loss of all hands.[51]
23 February[]
List of shipwrecks: 23 February 1925
Ship
Country
Description
Caithness
United Kingdom
The cargo ship ran aground in the Paraná River, Argentina.[52] She was refloated on 8 March.[53]
24 February[]
List of shipwrecks: 24 February 1925
Ship
Country
Description
Boshomaru
Japan
The training ship foundered off the coast of Japan with the loss of six lives.[54]
Galdames
Spain
The cargo ship collided with the quayside at La Rochelle, Charente-Maritime, France and sank.[55]
Koanmaru
Japan
The cargo ship foundered off the coast of Japan.[54]
25 February[]
List of shipwrecks: 25 February 1925
Ship
Country
Description
Belita
Norway
The cargo ship sprang a leak and sank at New York, United States.[45]
Cristina Rueda
Spain
The cargo ship sank in the English Channel 4 nautical miles (7.4 km) off La Rochelle, Charente-Maritime, France,[45] with the loss of all hands. Seven lifeboatmen were also lost attempting a rescue. She broke up the next day in a gale and was a total loss.[56]
The Pennsylvania-classcruiser ran aground off Palawayan Island, Netherlands East Indies.[42] She was refloated the next day.[57]
Teesdale
United Kingdom
The cargo ship caught fire in the North Sea. She was abandoned 6 nautical miles (11 km) off the Dutch coast. All her crew were rescued by a Dutch pilot boat.[58]
Winga
France
The cargo ship struck rocks off the Isle of Skye and was beached in Loch Scaur.[58] She was refloated on 12 March.[59]
The ocean liner developed a fault in her steering gear whilst on a voyage to Canada. She returned to Cobh, County Cork, Ireland where she was beached and her passengers were taken off.[60] Subsequently refloated and towed to Liverpool, Lancashire for repairs.
28 February[]
List of shipwrecks: 28 February 1925
Ship
Country
Description
Hans Jensen
Denmark
The cargo ship ran aground in the Paraná River, Argentina.[61] She was refloated on 9 March.[62]
Villasandino
Spain
The cargo ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean off Land's End, Cornwall, United Kingdom. Her crew were rescued by British Chancellor (United Kingdom). She came ashore at Bude.[61]
March[]
4 March[]
List of shipwrecks: 4 March 1925
Ship
Country
Description
Flevo
United Kingdom
The cargo ship caught fire in the Indian Ocean and was abandoned 40 nautical miles (74 km) off Tandjung Priok, Netherlands East Indies with the loss of nine of her crew. Although reported to have sunk,[63] she was towed into Batavia later that day.[64]
Ravenscar
United Kingdom
The cargo ship collided with Ingerfire (Norway) off Vlissingen, Netherlands and was beached at Sardyngeul.[63] She was refloated on 1 April.[65]
8 March[]
List of shipwrecks: 8 March 1925
Ship
Country
Description
Aalsum
Netherlands
The cargo ship collided with Dannedaike (United States) in the Atlantic Ocean 25 nautical miles (46 km) south of Nantucket, Massachusetts. Although abandoned by her crew, she was later reboarded.[66]
9 March[]
List of shipwrecks: 9 March 1925
Ship
Country
Description
Schelde
Netherlands
The tug was driven onto the south breakwater at Hoek van Holland, Netherlands whilst going to the assistance of Soerakarta (Netherlands). She sank with the loss of eight of her fifteen crew. The survivors were rescued by rocket apparatus.[67]
Soerakarta
Netherlands
The cargo ship was driven onto the north breakwater at Hoek van Holland. Lifeboats rescued 48 crew, leaving her officers on board.[67] They were rescued the next day.[68] Although salvage operations were reported to have been abandoned on 13 March,[69] she was cut in two. A 350 feet (110 m) section of her 430 feet (130 m) length was refloated by 9 April and towed to Rotterdam.[70] The bow section sank on 16 April and was a total loss.[71][72]
11 March[]
List of shipwrecks: 11 March 1925
Ship
Country
Description
Phyllis
United Kingdom
The four-masted barque departed Adelaide, South Australia for the United Kingdom. Reported missing on 6 August.[73]
Stella Maris
United Kingdom
The sealer was crushed by ice in Notre Dame Bay, Newfoundland.[74] Her crew were rescued by Prospero (United Kingdom).[75]
12 March[]
List of shipwrecks: 12 March 1925
Ship
Country
Description
Uwajima Maru
Japan
The passenger ship foundered off Kyushu with the loss of 102 of the 118 people on board.[76]
13 March[]
List of shipwrecks: 13 March 1925
Ship
Country
Description
Anine
Denmark
The cargo ship passed Gibraltar bound for Civitavecchia, Italy. No further trace, presumed foundered in the Mediterranean Sea with the loss of all hands.[77]
Phyllis Hudson
United Kingdom
The cargo ship ran aground on the Brake Sands, Thames Estuary. Her crew were rescued by the Ramsgate Lifeboat and she was subsequently towed into Ramsgate, Kent by Aid (United Kingdom).[78]
14 March[]
List of shipwrecks: 14 March 1925
Ship
Country
Description
Kozan Maru No.1
Japan
The cargo ship departed Chichijima for Shimoda. No further trace.[79]
Modesta
Norway
The cargo ship ran aground in the Paraná River, Argentina.[80] She was refloated on 26 March.[81]
15 March[]
List of shipwrecks: 15 March 1925
Ship
Country
Description
Erissos
Greece
The cargo ship ran aground in the Paraná River at Arroyos Secos, Santa Fe, Argentina.[80]
Jameson
United Kingdom
The cargo ship ran aground in the Paraná River at Arroyos Secos.[80]
The cargo ship was abandoned in the Tyrrhenian Sea 15 nautical miles (28 km) west of Capri.[83]
Vulcano
Kingdom of Italy
The cargo ship ran aground in the Paraná River at Rosario, Argentina.[82] She was refloated on 20 March.[81]
19 March[]
List of shipwrecks: 19 March 1925
Ship
Country
Description
Bienville
United States
The cargo ship caught fire at New Orleans, Louisiana and was beached.[83][84] She was refloated on 22 March. Her hull was intact but her superstructure was destroyed.[85]
20 March[]
List of shipwrecks: 20 March 1925
Ship
Country
Description
Swona
Norway
The whaler foundered on a voyage from South Georgia to Cape Town, South Africa. Her crew were rescued.[86]
Thyra
Sweden
The cargo ship collided with Ardmore (United States) in the Atlantic Ocean 125 nautical miles (232 km) south of Sandy Hook, New Jersey, United States and sank.[86] Her crew survived.[84]
21 March[]
List of shipwrecks: 21 March 1925
Ship
Country
Description
Cité de Verdun
France
The steam-trawler struck Rosevear an island in the Western Rocks, Isles of Scilly during a snowstorm. The crew of thirty landed, lit a fire and sent distress signals which were answered by the St Mary's lifeboatElsie (Royal National Lifeboat Institution). The nameboards of the trawler can still be seen in the Mermaid and Atlantic public houses on St Mary's.[87]
PSS City of Brisbane
Australia
The iron paddle steamer was scuttled off Sydney Heads on 21 March 1925.[88]
The cargo ship ran aground at Les Baleines, Loire-Atlantique, France.[5] Her crew were taken off by the tug Atlas (France) on 26 March and she was declared a total loss on 30 March.[90][91]
27 March[]
List of shipwrecks: 27 March 1925
Ship
Country
Description
Ethel
United Kingdom
The coaster capsized and sank in Liverpool Bay. All seven crew were rescued by Harlaw Plain (United Kingdom).[92]
Yetajima Maru
Japan
The cargo ship collided with Tsugaru Maru (Japan) at Kobe and sank.[92]
28 March[]
List of shipwrecks: 28 March 1925
Ship
Country
Description
Aysgarth Force
United Kingdom
The cargo ship foundered in the North Sea off the Maas Lightship (Netherlands) with the loss of a crew member. Survivors were rescued by Maasdijk (Netherlands).[93]
30 March[]
List of shipwrecks: 30 March 1925
Ship
Country
Description
Asturiano
Argentina
The cargo liner collided with Buenos Aires (Argentina) at Puerto San Julian and was beached.[91][94]
Lavinia
United Kingdom
The coaster ran aground off Norderney, Germany.[91] She was refloated on 5 April.[95]
31 March[]
List of shipwrecks: 31 March 1925
Ship
Country
Description
Mazzini
Kingdom of Italy
The cargo ship ran aground on Graciosa, Azores, Portugal.[96] She broke in two on 5 April and was a total loss.[97]
The cargo liner caught fire in the Bay of Biscay off the coast of Finistère, France and was abandoned.[101][102] She was declared a constructive total loss.[103]
4 April[]
List of shipwrecks: 4 April 1925
Ship
Country
Description
Candiano
Kingdom of Italy
The cargo ship caught fire at Brindisi, Libya and was a total loss.[102][104]
The cargo ship ran aground 30 nautical miles (56 km) of Cap St. James, French Indochina. She broke up and was a total loss.[106]
Jonge Catharina
Netherlands
The cargo ship collided with Clan Monroe (United Kingdom) in the Scheldt and sank with the loss of fifteen of her 24 crew. Survivors were rescued by Clan Monroe and a tug.[100]
Tannenfels
Weimar Republic
The cargo ship ran aground 10 nautical miles (19 km) west of Karachi, India and was severely damaged.[100][107]
12 April[]
List of shipwrecks: 12 April 1925
Ship
Country
Description
Folden I
Norway
The cargo ship collided with Volos (Weimar Republic) and sank in the English Channel at a position between the Royal Sovereign Lightvessel (United Kingdom) and Dungeness, Kent, United Kingdom.[108] Her crew were rescued by Volos.[106]
13 April[]
List of shipwrecks: 13 April 1925
Ship
Country
Description
Challenge
United Kingdom
The Thames barge collided with Lisken (Norway) in the English Channel off Cherbourg, France and sank with the loss of three of the four people on board.[106]
Valrossa
Kingdom of Italy
The cargo ship caught fire at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States and was beached.[106]
Francesco
Kingdom of Italy
The schooner was driven ashore at Benghazi, Libya and was wrecked. Her crew survived.[109]
14 April[]
List of shipwrecks: 14 April 1925
Ship
Country
Description
Marion
United Kingdom
The schooner ran aground on Splough Rock, off Greenore Point, County Louth, Ireland and was wrecked.[109]
The ocean liner caught fire at Birkenhead, Cheshire whilst under repair and was severely damaged.[110] She was subsequently repaired and returned to service in July 1925 as Montnairn.
16 April[]
List of shipwrecks: 16 April 1925
Ship
Country
Description
S.A.C.
Spain
The cargo ship collided with Millgate (United Kingdom) in the Mediterranean Sea off Cartagena, Murcia and sank. Her 28 crew were rescued by Millgate.[71][111][112]
17 April[]
List of shipwrecks: 17 April 1925
Ship
Country
Description
Trehawke
United Kingdom
The cargo ship ran aground near Cape Upright, Chile and was abandoned. Her crew were rescued by Toluma (Norway).[112]
The schooner came ashore on the west coast of Miquelon and was wrecked.[120]
Hans Jensen
Denmark
The cargo ship was wrecked on the coast of Nova Scotia, Canada.[121]
Yutaka Maru
Japan
The passenger ship came ashore near Sasebo, Nagasaki. Her passengers were taken off.[120]
10 May[]
List of shipwrecks: 10 May 1925
Ship
Country
Description
Glenluce
United Kingdom
The cargo liner ran aground at Cairnbulg Briggs, Aberdeenshire.[122] She was refloated on 20 May.[123]
Sakurajima Maru
Japan
The cargo ship collided with Taiko Maru No.2 (Japan) off Shimonoseki and was beached.[120]
11 May[]
List of shipwrecks: 11 May 1925
Ship
Country
Description
Orion
Sweden
The schooner collided with Seemoos (Weimar Republic) in the Baltic Sea off Ystad and sank with the loss of three crew.[122]
12 May[]
List of shipwrecks: 12 May 1925
Ship
Country
Description
Morican
United States
The cargo ship caught fire at Jacksonville, Florida and was beached.[124]
14 May[]
List of shipwrecks: 14 May 1925
Ship
Country
Description
Rytoner
United Kingdom
The coaster was rammed and sunk in the English Channel off Beachy Head, East Sussex by Lyngern (Sweden). Her crew were rescued by Lyngern.[125]
15 May[]
List of shipwrecks: 15 May 1925
Ship
Country
Description
Corcrest
United Kingdom
The cargo ship collided with Chevington (United Kingdom) in the River Thames and was beached.[79] She was refloated later that day.[126]
Pennyworth
United Kingdom
The cargo ship ran aground in the River Neva at Leningrad, Soviet Union.[126] She was refloated on 19 May.[127]
18 May[]
List of shipwrecks: 18 May 1925
Ship
Country
Description
Dunard
United Kingdom
The cargo ship ran aground in the Bay of Biscay 3 nautical miles (5.6 km) off Roscoff, Finistère, France. Her crew were rescued.[128] She later capsized and was a total loss.[129]
19 May[]
List of shipwrecks: 19 May 1925
Ship
Country
Description
Margaret Spencer
United States
The schooner came ashore at the Oregon Inlet and was wrecked.[130]
The cargo ship struck a rock off Corrobdo, A Coruña, Spain and was beached.[133] She was refloated on 26 May.[134]
County of Cardigan
United Kingdom
The cargo ship ran aground at Cape Cée, Corcubión, Spain.[135] She was declared a total loss on 26 May.[136]
23 May[]
List of shipwrecks: 23 May 1925
Ship
Country
Description
Blus
Norway
The cargo ship ran aground in Canelinas Bay, Spain and was a total loss.[137]
Border Glen
United Kingdom
The coaster foundered in the North Sea 4 nautical miles (7.4 km) south south west of Findochty, Morayshire. All five crew survived.[137]
Kilelmi
Turkey
The coaster foundered in the Bosporus with the loss of 44 of the 49 people on board.[137][138]
Sceptre
United Kingdom
The cargo ship ran aground at Cap L'Agulhas, South Africa.[137] She broke her back on 27 May and was a total loss.[139]
24 May[]
List of shipwrecks: 24 May 1925
Ship
Country
Description
Cyrenia
United Kingdom
The cargo ship ran aground at Whanganui, North Island, New Zealand.[132] She broke in two on 28 May.[140]Cyrenia was subsequently scrapped in situ.[141]
Ebro
Norway
The cargo ship ran aground at Puerto Plata, Dominican Republic.[132] She was refloated on 28 May.[140]
The cargo ship ran aground at Gijón, Asturias and was wrecked.[143]
10 June[]
List of shipwrecks: 10 June 1925
Ship
Country
Description
Demosthenes
Greece
The cargo ship ran aground in the Comoros Islands.[151] She was abandoned as a total loss,[152] her crew were rescued by General Foch (flag unknown).[153]
Leodium
Belgium
The cargo ship ran aground in the Paraná River at Rosario, Santa Fe, Argentina.[141] She was refloated on 27 December.[154]
11 June[]
List of shipwrecks: 11 June 1925
Ship
Country
Description
Aebo
Denmark
The three-masted schooner came ashore at Terceira Island, Azores, Portugal and was wrecked.[141]
The Design 1013 cargo ship struck a submerged object in the Atlantic Ocean and was beached at Nantucket, Massachusetts. She was refloated the next day.
12 June[]
List of shipwrecks: 12 June 1925
Ship
Country
Description
Aikaterini M. Goulandris
Greece
The cargo ship ran aground at Maryport, Cumberland.[131] She was refloated on 13 June and was then beached.[152]
Equity
United Kingdom
The coaster collided with Rena (United Kingdom) in the North Sea off the Would Lightship (United Kingdom) and was beached at Horsey, Norfolk.[155]
Europe
France
The Boulogne steam-trawler struck Rosevear, an island in the Western Rocks, Isles of Scilly in fog. As the tide rose the trawler floated off the rocks and made for Dunkirk with slight damage.[87]
13 June[]
List of shipwrecks: 13 June 1925
Ship
Country
Description
Norseman
United Kingdom
The cargo ship collided with Burnside (United Kingdom) in the North Sea off Great Yarmouth, Norfolk and sank with the loss of two crew. The survivors were rescued by Burnside.[152]
The cargo ship ran aground in Lake Erie.[156] She was refloated on 30 June.[157] She was refloated on 8 July.[158]
18 June[]
List of shipwrecks: 18 June 1925
Ship
Country
Description
Chelanthos
Greece
The cargo ship ran aground in the Paraná River, Argentina.[159]
19 June[]
List of shipwrecks: 19 June 1925
Ship
Country
Description
Ioannis D
Greece
The cargo ship ran aground near Cape St. Vincent, Portugal.[160] She was a total loss.[153]
Mimi
Weimar Republic
The cargo ship ran aground in the Paraná River, Argentina.[161] She was refloated on 2 September.[162]
Waimate
Kingdom of Italy
The cargo ship ran aground 5 nautical miles (9.3 km) north east of Cape St. Vincent.[160][163] She was abandoned on 22 June.[153]
20 June[]
List of shipwrecks: 20 June 1925
Ship
Country
Description
Samoa
United Kingdom
The three-masted auxiliary schooner was driven ashore at Nassau, Bahamas and was wrecked.[161]
Valencia
Spain
The coaster was rammed and sunk by Alvarez Sala (Spain) at Valencia and sank. Her crew survived.[161]
24 June[]
List of shipwrecks: 24 June 1925
Ship
Country
Description
Edendale
United Kingdom
The cargo ship ran aground off Belitung, Netherlands East Indies.[164] She was refloated on 29 June.[165]
Goshu Maru
Japan
The cargo ship came ashore 260 nautical miles (480 km) north of Vladivostock, Soviet Union.[166] Although declared a total loss, she was refloated on 29 July.[167]
26 June[]
List of shipwrecks: 26 June 1925
Ship
Country
Description
Fushiki Maru
Japan
The cargo ship came ashore at Shiritokosaki, Hokkaidō and was wrecked.[168]
27 June[]
List of shipwrecks: 27 June 1925
Ship
Country
Description
Boulinier
France
The schooner came ashore at Fort-de-France, Martinique and was a total loss.[169]
Ocean King
United Kingdom
The tug was struck by Marloch (United Kingdom) at Quebec City, Canada and sank with the loss of all hands.[170]
28 June[]
List of shipwrecks: 28 June 1925
Ship
Country
Description
Wales Maru
Japan
The cargo ship ran aground in the Banka Strait.[171] She was refloated on 6 July.[172]
West Hesseltine
United States
The Design 1013 ship ran aground on Maio, Cape Verde Islands.[170] Most of her passengers and crew were taken off in early July by Sagres (United States).[173] She was refloated on 2 October.[174]
29 June[]
List of shipwrecks: 29 June 1925
Ship
Country
Description
Bartolo
Spain
The cargo ship collided with Rose Schiaffino (France) in the Strait of Gibraltar and sank.[175]
Rex
United States
The schooner was rammed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean 300 nautical miles (560 km) off Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada by Aurania (United Kingdom) with the loss of fifteen of her 24 crew. Survivors were rescued by Aurania.[176]
30 June[]
List of shipwrecks: 30 June 1925
Ship
Country
Description
Tonshin Maru
Japan
The cargo ship ran aground on Sakhalin and was a total loss.[175]
The tug was struck by Akabo (United Kingdom at Lagos, Nigeria and sank with the loss of six crew.[173][177]
10 July[]
List of shipwrecks: 10 July 1925
Ship
Country
Description
Halgan
France
The cargo ship ran aground at Pernambuco, Brazil.[178] She was refloated on 30 August.[179]
Thomas P. Beal
United States
The cargo ship struck rocks in the East River, New York and was beached.[178] She was refloated the next day.[180]
11 July[]
List of shipwrecks: 11 July 1925
Ship
Country
Description
Loongwo
United Kingdom
The cargo ship struck rocks in the Yangtze 250 nautical miles (460 km) downstream of Hankow, China and was beached.[180] She was refloated the next day.[181]
13 July[]
List of shipwrecks: 13 July 1925
Ship
Country
Description
Esquilino
Kingdom of Italy
The cargo ship ran aground on the Shumna Reef off Massowah, Italian Somaliland. She was refloated on 26 July.[172][182]
14 July[]
List of shipwrecks: 14 July 1925
Ship
Country
Description
Hebbedale
United Kingdom
The cargo ship ran aground in the River Plate, South America.[183] She was refloated on 28 August.[184]
Roxanna Frances
United States
The schooner was in collision with Ellaston (United Kingdom) at Chesapeake, Ohio and sank.[175]
15 July[]
List of shipwrecks: 15 July 1925
Ship
Country
Description
Luisa
Chile
The cargo ship ran aground south of Tacahualco.[149] She was refloated on 20 July.[185]
17 July[]
List of shipwrecks: 17 July 1925
Ship
Country
Description
Refloater
United Kingdom
The salvage vessel collided with HMS Tring (Royal Navy) at Harwich, Essex and was beached. She was refloated on 30 July.[186][187]
19 July[]
List of shipwrecks: 19 July 1925
Ship
Country
Description
Egremont Castle
United Kingdom
The cargo ship ran aground on the Tub-Bataka Reef, Philippines.[185] She slipped off the reef and sank on 26 July.[188]
The cargo ship was wrecked on Barren Island, in the Yangtze Estuary. Some of her crew survived.[197]
30 July[]
List of shipwrecks: 30 July 1925
Ship
Country
Description
Ingrid
Sweden
The tanker was severely damaged by fire at Constanţa, Romania.[198]
31 July[]
List of shipwrecks: 31 July 1925
Ship
Country
Description
Havur
Norway
The cargo ship ran aground in the White Sea at Three Islands, Soviet Union.[199] She was refloated on 4 August.[196]
August[]
1 August[]
List of shipwrecks: 1 August 1925
Ship
Country
Description
Georges
United Kingdom
The cargo ship struck a wreck off Patras, Greece and was beached in Molivo Bay.[200]
2 August[]
List of shipwrecks: 2 August 1925
Ship
Country
Description
Alexandre
Belgium
The cargo ship collided with Yang Tse (France) in the Scheldt and sank at Drempel de Parel with the loss of a crew member. The wreck was blown up in November 1925.[48][200]
The ocean liner ran aground in the Saint Lawrence River, Canada.[204] She was refloated on 10 August and drydocked for repairs to her rudder and port propeller.[202][205]
St. Abbs Head
United Kingdom
The cargo ship ran aground north east of the Gunfleet Lighthouse, in the North Sea off the coast of Essex.[204] She was refloated on 11 August.[206]
9 August[]
List of shipwrecks: 9 August 1925
Ship
Country
Description
Yue Ying Wa
United Kingdom
The cargo ship foundered in a cyclone whilst on a voyage from Hoihow, China to Hong Kong.[207]
11 August[]
List of shipwrecks: 11 August 1925
Ship
Country
Description
Hustler
United Kingdom
The tug was in collision with Kaikyu Maru (Japan) at Vancouver, British Columbia and sank.[208]
13 August[]
List of shipwrecks: 13 August 1925
Ship
Country
Description
Emden
Weimar Republic
The cargo ship ran aground in the Boca Jambell Gulf, off the coast of Ecuador.[207] She was refloated on 18 August.[209]
14 August[]
List of shipwrecks: 14 August 1925
Ship
Country
Description
Eolo
Spain
The cargo ship ran aground at Kettleness Point, Yorkshire, United Kingdom.[210] She was refloated on 25 August.[211]
St. Marc
France
The cargo ship foundered in the Bay of Biscay off Ouessant, Finistère.[210] Thirteen crew were rescued.[212]
16 August[]
List of shipwrecks: 16 August 1925
Ship
Country
Description
Ionion
Greece
The cargo ship ran aground at Buitra Point, near Cape Toriñana, Spain and was a total loss.[212][213]
17 August[]
List of shipwrecks: 17 August 1925
Ship
Country
Description
Caudebec
France
The ferry collided with Borthwick (United Kingdom) in the Seine at Rouen, Seine-Maritime and was beached.[203][214]
Ella
Denmark
The schooner sprang a leak and sank in the Baltic Sea off Skanör, Scania, Sweden. Her crew were rescued.[203]
21 August[]
List of shipwrecks: 21 August 1925
Ship
Country
Description
Pursuit
United Kingdom
The schooner collided with the ketch Boy Will (France) in Bigbury Bay. Both vessels were severely damaged and were beached at Salcombe, Devon where they broke up.[215]
23 August[]
List of shipwrecks: 23 August 1925
Ship
Country
Description
Therimal
Finland
The barque collided with the fishing vessel Christina Catarina (Netherlands) in the North Sea (approximately 55°00′00″N4°00′00″E / 55°N 4°E / 55; 4) and sank with the loss of her captain. Survivors were rescued by Christina Catarina.[216]
1605
Republic of China (1912–1949)
The fishing junk was in collision with Talthybius (United Kingdom) off Waglan Island, Hong Kong and sank. She was fishing at night with no lights and no blame was laid on Talthybius.
24 August[]
List of shipwrecks: 24 August 1925
Ship
Country
Description
Southland
United States
The cargo ship was destroyed by fire in Lake Ponchartrain, Louisiana.[217]
26 August[]
List of shipwrecks: 26 August 1925
Ship
Country
Description
Esther
Sweden
The schooner collided with Maolner (Sweden) off Malmö and sank. Her crew were rescued by Maolner.[217]
The lake freighter ran aground at the head of the Morrisburg Canal in Morrisburg, Ontario, Canada.[222] She was refloated, repaired, and returned to service.
Elna
Finland
The barque foundered in the Baltic Sea north of Gotland, Sweden. Nine crew were rescued by Amisia (Weimar Republic).[216]
September[]
1 September[]
List of shipwrecks: 1 September 1925
Ship
Country
Description
Colonial
United States
The passenger ship was destroyed by fire at Cleveland, Ohio with the loss of three crew.[162][223]
The Battle-class trawler sank in the Pipestem Inlet, Barkley Sound. She was later salvaged, repaired and returned to service.
3 September[]
List of shipwrecks: 3 September 1925
Ship
Country
Description
Keren
Kingdom of Italy
The cargo ship ran aground at Ceuta, Spain.[224] She was refloated on 8 September.[225]
4 September[]
List of shipwrecks: 4 September 1925
Ship
Country
Description
Pennant
United Kingdom
The coaster collided with Acasta (United Kingdom) in the River Thames near Gravesend, Kent and sank with the loss of two of the fourteen people on board. Survivors were rescued by Acasta.[226]
5 September[]
List of shipwrecks: 5 September 1925
Ship
Country
Description
Eldridge
United States
The cargo ship ran aground on the Ioula Ledge, Philippines.[227] She was refloated on 10 September.[228]
7 September[]
List of shipwrecks: 7 September 1925
Ship
Country
Description
Jordaens
Belgium
The cargo ship struck the wreck of Alexandre (Belgium) and was holed. She was towed to Antwerp for repairs.[229]
8 September[]
List of shipwrecks: 8 September 1925
Ship
Country
Description
Alcores
United Kingdom
The cargo ship sprang a leak and was beached at Dunfanaghy, County Londonderry.[225] Her crew were taken off on 10 September and the ship was further damaged in a gale.[228]
Bentem Maru No.3
Japan
The cargo ship foundered in a typhoon at Kavafuto.[228]
10 September[]
List of shipwrecks: 10 September 1925
Ship
Country
Description
Kimigayo Maru
Japan
The passenger ship was driven ashore at Quelpart, Korea. All on board were rescued.[228]
14 September[]
List of shipwrecks: 14 September 1925
Ship
Country
Description
Chita Maru
Japan
The cargo ship collided with Muroran Maru No.6 (Japan) off Wakamatsu and sank.[230]
The cargo ship was destroyed by fire at Pictou, Nova Scotia, Canada.[238]
29 September[]
List of shipwrecks: 29 September 1925
Ship
Country
Description
Bacicin Serra
Kingdom of Italy
The cargo ship sprang a leak, caught fire and foundered in the Mediterranean Sea 25 nautical miles (46 km) off Gozo, Malta. Her crew survived[108][242][243]
The S-class torpedo boat sank during a storm in the Gulf of Bothnia with the loss of all 53 crew.
6 October[]
List of shipwrecks: 6 October 1925
Ship
Country
Description
Ellerdale
United Kingdom
The cargo ship was beached at St. Anthony, Newfoundland.[251]
Esperansa
Finland
The schooner came ashore at Lysefyrt, Latvia and was wrecked with the loss of two crew.[252]
8 October[]
List of shipwrecks: 8 October 1925
Ship
Country
Description
Margarita
Greece
The cargo ship foundered in the Indian Ocean 20 nautical miles (37 km) off the mouth of the Great Fish River, South Africa with the loss of all hands.[251]
9 October[]
List of shipwrecks: 9 October 1925
Ship
Country
Description
Normann II
United Kingdom
The whaler foundered in the Caribbean Sea 10 nautical miles (19 km) off Saint Lucia. Her crew survived.[253]
Undine
Weimar Republic
The auxiliary sailing ship capsized in the Baltic Sea off Memel, East Prussia. Her crew survived.[254]
10 October[]
List of shipwrecks: 10 October 1925
Ship
Country
Description
Pizzaro
United Kingdom
The cargo ship caught fire and capsized at Liverpool, Lancashire.[255] She was refloated on 25 October.[256]
13 October[]
List of shipwrecks: 13 October 1925
Ship
Country
Description
Cochinchine
France
The concrete ship sprang a leak and sank at Saigon, French Indochina.[253]
14 October[]
List of shipwrecks: 14 October 1925
Ship
Country
Description
Emily
United Kingdom
The schooner was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean off Bermuda. Her crew were rescued by Capsa (United Kingdom).[257]
Songelv
Norway
The cargo ship was beached at Rørvik, Norway.[258] She was refloated on 17 October.[259]
15 October[]
List of shipwrecks: 15 October 1925
Ship
Country
Description
Derville
United Kingdom
The coaster departed St. Anthony, Newfoundland for Málaga, Spain. No further trace, presumed foundered in the Atlantic Ocean with the loss of all hands.[260]
Eemdijk
Netherlands
The cargo liner ran aground on the Race Rocks in the Strait of Juan de Fuca. She was refloated and beached on Bentinck Island, British Columbia, Canada.[261] She was refloated on 19 October.[262]
The ocean liner caught fire in the Atlantic Ocean 6 nautical miles (11 km) off Mayport, Florida with the loss of ten of the 166 people on board. Survivors were rescued by the tanker Reaper and the pilot boatMota (both United States). She was towed into Jacksonville, where she was beached in an extensively damaged condition.[259][263][264][265]
19 October[]
List of shipwrecks: 19 October 1925
Ship
Country
Description
Bito
United Kingdom
The cargo ship ran aground in the Paraná River, Argentina.[266] She was refloated on 26 October.[267]
Portgwarra
United Kingdom
The cargo ship ran aground in the Paraná River.[259] She was refloated on 29 October.[268]
Stockwell
United Kingdom
The cargo ship caught fire at Oran, Algeria and was scuttled.[262] She was refloated on 24 October.[269]
The coaster departed Granville, Manche, France for Liverpool, Lancashire. No further trace, presumed to have foundered with the loss of all hands.[286]
9 November[]
List of shipwrecks: 9 November 1925
Ship
Country
Description
Merwede
Netherlands
The cargo ship ran aground at Gravelines, Nord, France.[287] She was refloated on 13 November.[288]
Virginia
United States
The four-masted schooner came ashore at Arecibo, Puerto Rico. Her crew were rescued.[289]
11 November[]
List of shipwrecks: 11 November 1925
Ship
Country
Description
Carmello Polizzi
Kingdom of Italy
The cargo ship sprang a leak and was beached at Vigo, Galicia, Spain.[281]
Ruth
Denmark
The cargo ship sprang a leak and was beached at Skagen.[281] She was refloated on 21 November.[290]
The schooner ran aground in Liverpool Bay and was abandoned. Her crew were rescued by the Crosby Lightship (United Kingdom):[291] She was refloated the next day and beached at Tranmere, Cheshire severely damaged.[292]
The coaster departed Blyth, Northumberland for London. Presumed foundered in the North Sea with the loss of all hands.[306][307]
25 November[]
List of shipwrecks: 25 November 1925
Ship
Country
Description
Mahone
United Kingdom
The cargo ship came ashore at Codroy, Newfoundland.[295] She was declared a total loss on 2 December.[308]
Santon
United Kingdom
The sailing ship came ashore at Donna Nook, Lincolnshire. Her crew were rescued.[303]
Whinstone
United Kingdom
The cargo ship came ashore at Donna Nook.[303] She refloated but subsequently foundered off Saltfleet, Lincolnshire.[295]
26 November[]
List of shipwrecks: 26 November 1925
Ship
Country
Description
Cornelis
Netherlands
The tug was driven ashore at Delfzijl, Groningen. Her crew were rescued.[295]
Ellen Larsen
Weimar Republic
The cargo ship was driven ashore on Terschelling, Netherlands. Her crew were rescued.[295] She was refloated on 9 December.[304]
27 November[]
List of shipwrecks: 27 November 1925
Ship
Country
Description
La Palma
Spain
The cargo ship ran aground at Arrecife, Canary Islands.[309] She was refloated on 14 December.[310]
Sutton
United Kingdom
The coaster departed Aberystwyth, Cardiganshire for Antwerp, Belgium.[307] Believed foundered in Cardigan Bay with the loss of all hands. Wreckage from the ship washed up at Penbryn on 1 December.[311]
Valsesia
Kingdom of Italy
The cargo ship ran aground in the Paraná River, at Point Indio, Argentina.[309] She was refloated on 22 December.[312]
28 November[]
List of shipwrecks: 28 November 1925
Ship
Country
Description
Competitor
United Kingdom
The cargo ship issued an SOS in the India Ocean 75 nautical miles (139 km) south west of Algoa Bay, South Africa.[309] Believed foundered with the loss of all hands.[306]
29 November[]
List of shipwrecks: 29 November 1925
Ship
Country
Description
John C. Meyer
United States
The four-masted barquentine came ashore on Libby Island, Maine and was wrecked.[306]
Vestland
Denmark
The auxiliary three-masted schooner ran aground off Zoutelande, Netherlands with the loss of a crew member.[309]
30 November[]
List of shipwrecks: 30 November 1925
Ship
Country
Description
Marionga Mari
Greece
The cargo ship ran aground at Piraeus. She was refloated on 8 December.[313]
The cargo ship issued a distress signal whilst on a voyage from Charleston, South Carolina to Havana, Cuba. Believed to have foundered on this date with the loss of all 32 crew.
The coaster was rammed and sunk by Federal (United States) in the Scheldt with the loss of four of the ten people on board.[317]
Chatton
United Kingdom
The cargo ship ran aground in the Paraná River, Argentina.[318] She was refloated on 15 December.[310]
Mary Watkinson
United Kingdom
The three-masted schooner came ashore south of Flamborough Head, Yorkshire.[318] Her crew were rescued by the Bridlington Lifeboat.[319] She was refloated on 15 December.[310]
7 December[]
List of shipwrecks: 7 December 1925
Ship
Country
Description
Airedale
United Kingdom
The cargo ship ran aground in the Saint Lawrence River, Quebec, Canada.[320] She was refloated on 14 December.[321]
Palatino
Kingdom of Italy
The cargo ship ran aground in the Adriatic Sea whilst on a voyage from Mali Lošinj to Zadar, Yugoslavia.[318] She was refloated on 15 December.[310]
The cargo ship ran aground 40 nautical miles (74 km) north of Gothenburg, Sweden. Her crew were rescued.[323]
Headlight
United Kingdom
The cargo ship arrived at Larne, County Antrim with a fire in her cargo and was beached. She was refloated later that day.[323]
Pamir
United States
The tanker was abandoned in the Caribbean Sea with the loss of nine crew.[310] She was subsequently discovered derelict 17 nautical miles (31 km) north west of Maracaibo, Venezuela.[325]Pamir later came ashore on San Carlos Island.[310] She was declared a total loss.[326]
The cargo ship ran aground in the Bosporus and was a constructive total loss.[325]
13 December[]
List of shipwrecks: 13 December 1925
Ship
Country
Description
Berta
Sweden
The cargo ship was destroyed by fire at Styrso.[310]
Desirade
France
The passenger ship ran aground in the Paraná River, Argentina. Her passengers were taken off.[325] She was refloated the next day.[310]
Vedette
Honduras
The passenger ship ran aground at Cape Engaño, Dominican Republic. She was a total loss. Some of her 825 passengers were landed, others were transferred to Belgium Maru (Japan).[310][326]
The passenger ship collided with Lady Cynthia (United Kingdom) off the coast of British Columbia, Canada and sank. All 45 people on board were rescued by Lady Cynthia.
Edward J. Lawrence
United States
The six-masted schooner was destroyed by fire at Portland, Maine.[334]
28 December[]
List of shipwrecks: 28 December 1925
Ship
Country
Description
Oceana
Hungary
The cargo ship collided with Rinda (Norway) in the Scheldt and was beached. She was later refloated.[335]
29 December[]
List of shipwrecks: 29 December 1925
Ship
Country
Description
Harriet
United Kingdom
The schooner came ashore at Esposende, Portugal and was wrecked with the loss of one of her five crew.[329][335]
Tyne Maru
Japan
The cargo ship collided with Harada Maru (Japan) off Shimonoseki and was beached.[336]
30 December[]
List of shipwrecks: 30 December 1925
Ship
Country
Description
Comtesse de Flandre
Belgium
The cargo ship ran aground at Seven Sisters, East Sussex.[333] Although she was declared a constructive total loss, Comtesse de Flandre was refloated on 14 March 1926. She was sold, repaired and returned to service.[48]
The four-masted schooner came ashore at Guárico Point, Cuba. Her crew were rescued.[338]
Lady McCullum
United Kingdom
The passenger ship struck a rock and foundered in the Indian Ocean off Poolavi Point, Ceylon with the loss of four lives.[339][340]
Unknown date[]
List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1925
Ship
Country
Description
Poseidon
Weimar Republic
The cargo ship foundered in the Baltic Sea off Gotland, Sweden. All fourteen crew were rescued by three people drowned whilst attempting the rescued.[341]
Trieux
France
The schooner was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean off Oporto, Portugal. Her seven crew were rescued by Nestlea (United Kingdom) and landed at Falmouth, Cornwall on 26 December.[332]
The ocean liner collided with Hampshire Coast (United Kingdom) in the Mersey.
Croix
France
The cargo ship foundered in the North Sea off Hoek van Holland, Netherlands. A box containing the ship's papers washed up at Havre des Pas, Jersey, Channel Islands in May.[342]