The cargo ship ran aground off South Pass.[2] She was refloated on 11 January.[6]
Yawata Maru No.2
Japan
The cargo ship collided with Harada Maru No.7 (Japan) in the Shimonoseki Strait and sank with some loss of life.[2]
7 January[]
List of shipwrecks: 7 January 1927
Ship
Country
Description
Baralt
Netherlands
The cargo ship struck a sunken wreck at Maracaibo, Venezuela and was beached on Zapara Island.[7]
9 January[]
List of shipwrecks: 9 January 1927
Ship
Country
Description
Clan Maqcuarrie
United Kingdom
The cargo ship ran aground in the Paraná River, Argentina.[7] She was refloated on 21 January.[8]
11 January[]
List of shipwrecks: 11 January 1927
Ship
Country
Description
Louise Greer
United States
The tug collided with Howard (United States) at Norfolk, Virginia and sank.[9]
12 January[]
List of shipwrecks: 12 January 1927
Ship
Country
Description
Burpee L. Tucker
United Kingdom
The schooner was driven ashore on Seal Island, Nova Scotia, Canada and was a total loss.[10]
13 January[]
List of shipwrecks: 13 January 1927
Ship
Country
Description
Charles Whittemore
United States
The four-masted schooner caught fire and was then dismasted in a gale in the Atlantic Ocean off Cape Cod, Massachusetts. She was abandoned by her crew. A United States government ship towed her into Provincetown.[11]
Essex Isles
United Kingdom
The tanker caught fire and sank at Tampico, Tamaulipas, Mexico and was beached.[11][12]
14 January[]
List of shipwrecks: 14 January 1927
Ship
Country
Description
Swiftsure
United Kingdom
The cargo ship collided with another vessel in the Bristol Channel. She was beached at Cardiff, Glamorgan.[11]
15 January[]
List of shipwrecks: 15 January 1927
Ship
Country
Description
Arita Maru No.2
Japan
The cargo ship sank in the South China Sea off the east coast of Korea.[13]
Oscar Dickson
Sweden
The cargo ship collided with Alpha (Norway) off Oscarsborg Fortress in the Oslofjord, Norway and sank. Her crew were rescued.[12]
16 January[]
List of shipwrecks: 16 January 1927
Ship
Country
Description
Odysseus
Greece
The cargo ship departed Malta for Antwerp, Belgium on 16 January. A lifeboat and the body of a crew member washed up at Philippeville, Algeria on or around 8 February. Presumed foundered in the Mediterranean Sea with the loss of all hands.[14]
Shinten Maru
Japan
The cargo ship ran aground off the Shiriyazaki Lighthouse, Honshu.[15] She was refloated on 7 February.[16]
17 January[]
List of shipwrecks: 17 January 1927
Ship
Country
Description
Vidzeme
Latvia
The cargo ship ran aground at Sõrve.[15] She was refloated on 20 January.[17]
18 January[]
List of shipwrecks: 18 January 1927
Ship
Country
Description
Amelia and Jane
United Kingdom
The auxiliary schooner caught fire in the Irish Sea 8 nautical miles (15 km) off Drummore, Wigtownshire and sank. Her crew survived.[18]
Emilie Dunford
United Kingdom
The cargo ship collided with Sheaf Arrow (United Kingdom in the Seine at Quillebeuf-sur-Seine, Eure, France and sank with the loss of two crew. Survivors were rescued by Sheaf Arrow.[18] She was refloated on 25 March.[19]
19 January[]
List of shipwrecks: 19 January 1927
Ship
Country
Description
Mildred
United Kingdom
The tug struck a submerged object off Isle Haute, Nova Scotia, Canada and sank. Her crew were rescued.[13]
Sava
Kingdom of Yugoslavia
The cargo ship ran aground at Kustendje, Bulgaria.[17] She was refloated on 13 March.[20]
20 January[]
List of shipwrecks: 20 January 1927
Ship
Country
Description
Bilko
United States
The cargo ship collided with Creole (United States) in the Mississippi River 75 nautical miles (139 km) downstream of New Orleans, Louisiana and was beached.[8]
Enniskillen
United Kingdom
The coaster departed Blyth, Northumberland for Dundalk, County Louth, Ireland. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[21]
21 January[]
List of shipwrecks: 21 January 1927
Ship
Country
Description
Karroo
United Kingdom
The cargo ship caught fire at Staten Island, New York, United States. and settled. She was refloated the next day.[22][23]
23 January[]
List of shipwrecks: 23 January 1927
Ship
Country
Description
Terje
Norway
The cargo ship collided with Nassau (United States) in the East River at Astoria, New York and was beached.[22] She was refloated on 24 January.[24]
24 January[]
List of shipwrecks: 24 January 1927
Ship
Country
Description
Fukuoka Maru
Japan
The cargo ship was driven ashore and sank near Manao.[23]
25 January[]
List of shipwrecks: 25 January 1927
Ship
Country
Description
Antigoon
Belgium
The cargo ship collided with Elisabeth van België (Belgium) in the Scheldt at Boomke and was beached.[24]
The ocean liner was rammed by Anaconda (United States) in the Atlantic Ocean off Fire Island, New York. Both ships were repaired and returned to service.[29]
Hokoku Maru
Japan
The cargo ship ran aground in the Tsugaru Straits.[30] She was refloated on 19 February and sailed to Hakodate, where she was declared a constructive total loss.[31]
30 January[]
List of shipwrecks: 30 January 1927
Ship
Country
Description
Dundrennan
United Kingdom
The cargo ship collided with Tasso (Kingdom of Italy) in the Scheldt and was beached.[32] She was refloated on 2 February.[33]
Oberschlesien
Weimar Republic
The tanker collided with City of Salisbury (United Kingdom) off Brunsbüttelkoog, Schleswig-Holstein and was beached.[32]
31 January[]
List of shipwrecks: 31 January 1927
Ship
Country
Description
Izabran
Kingdom of Yugoslavia
The cargo ship ran aground at Cape Hatteras, North Carolina, United States.[34] She was refloated on 3 February.[33]
Juvigny
United States
The cargo ship collided with Valemore (United Kingdom) in Delaware Bay and sank. Her crew were rescued by Valemore.[35]
February[]
1 February[]
List of shipwrecks: 1 February 1927
Ship
Country
Description
Helene
Weimar Republic
The schooner collided with Scotscraig (United Kingdom) at Kiel, Schleswig-Holstein and sank with the loss of her captain. Survivors were rescued by Scotscraig.[34]
2 February[]
List of shipwrecks: 2 February 1927
Ship
Country
Description
Lodovica
Kingdom of Italy
The cargo ship ran aground 10 nautical miles (19 km) east of Maldonado, Uruguay and was abandoned by her crew.[36] She was refloated on 17 March.[37]
Oberon
United Kingdom
The cargo ship ran aground at Oban, Argyllshire.[38] She was refloated on 18 March.[37]
Tottenham
United Kingdom
The cargo ship ran aground at Novorossiysk, Soviet Union.[38] She was refloated on 6 February.[39]
3 February[]
List of shipwrecks: 3 February 1927
Ship
Country
Description
Maashaven
Netherlands
The cargo ship ran aground at Ventspils, Latvia. Salvage efforts were suspended on 4 February.[30] She was refloated on 14 February.[40]
Merannio
United Kingdom
The cargo ship collided with at Port of London Authorityhopper barge in the River Thames at Purfleet, Essex and sank.[33]
Sheerness
United Kingdom
The cargo ship ran aground on the Tuskar Rock and was wrecked with the loss of seventeen of her 31 crew. Survivors were rescued by Kingstown (United Kingdom).[33]
4 February[]
List of shipwrecks: 4 February 1927
Ship
Country
Description
Huallaga
Peru
The cargo ship ran aground at Ilo.[30] She was abandoned as a total loss on 10 February.[41]
Memfi
Kingdom of Italy
The cargo ship ran aground on the Berli Shoals.[30] She was declared a total loss.[42]
Muskogee
United States
The cargo ship ran aground in the South Pass.[43] She was refloated on 7 February.[42]
Phyllis Hudson
United Kingdom
The cargo ship collided with Java (Netherlands) off Walsoorden, Netherlands and sank. Her crew were rescued.[43]
San Martino
Kingdom of Italy
The cargo ship collided with Dubravka (Kingdom of Yugoslavia) in the Mediterranean Sea 4 nautical miles (7.4 km) north of Messina, Sicily and sank. Her crew were rescued.[44]
Selwyn Eddy
United States
The cargo ship came ashore in Vineyard Sound and was wrecked.[30]
Ulsnes
Norway
The cargo ship ran aground on the west coast of Skagen, Denmark. Her crew were rescued.[30] She was refloated on 9 February.[44]
5 February[]
List of shipwrecks: 5 February 1927
Ship
Country
Description
Fox
United Kingdom
The cargo ship sprang a leak and sank in the English Channel off Le Havre, Seine-Maritime, France. Her crew were rescued.[39]
King Robert
United Kingdom
The cargo ship ran aground in the Indio Channel.[44] She was refloated on 13 February.[45]
6 February[]
List of shipwrecks: 6 February 1927
Ship
Country
Description
Cape Cod
United States
The coaster collided with Michael Tracey (United States) in Hell Gate, New York and sank. Her crew were rescued.[43]
La Tourmente
France
The schooner sprang a leak and foundered off Sark, Channel Islands. Her crew were rescued.[42]
7 February[]
List of shipwrecks: 7 February 1927
Ship
Country
Description
Caraibe
France
The cargo ship ran aground at Antilla, Cuba.[39] She was later refloated, arriving at Santiago de Cuba on 15 February.[46]
Durostor
Kingdom of Romania
The cargo ship ran aground at Constanţa whilst going to the assistance of Imperatul Taian (Kingdom of Romania).[42] She was refloated on 22 February.[47]
Imperatul Traian
Kingdom of Romania
The cargo ship ran aground at Cape Tuzla, Soviet Union.[39] She was refloated on 2 September,[48] but was driven ashore again on 3 September.[49]
John Francis Stuard
United States
The four-masted schooner ran aground on a reef off Port-a-Piment, Haiti.[42] She was a total loss.[16]
Magrace
United Kingdom
The cargo ship was destroyed by fire at Slidell, Louisiana.[39]
M. T. Cicerone
Kingdom of Italy
The cargo ship ran aground at Ponta Delgada, Azores, Portugal.[50] She was declared a total loss on 10 February.[16]
8 February[]
List of shipwrecks: 8 February 1927
Ship
Country
Description
Shinchiku Maru
Japan
The cargo ship ran aground at Misaki, Aomori.[42] She was declared a total loss on 1 March.[51]
9 February[]
List of shipwrecks: 9 February 1927
Ship
Country
Description
Galava
United Kingdom
The coaster foundered off Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia with some loss of life.[44]
Lord Byron
United Kingdom
The cargo ship ran aground at Jaffa, Palestine.[44] Seven of her 28 crew were landed on 11 February.[52] She was refloated on 28 March.[53]
11 February[]
List of shipwrecks: 11 February 1927
Ship
Country
Description
Akti
Greece
The cargo ship struck rocks at Alexandria, Egypt and ran aground.[45] She was refloated on 3 March.[54]
Francesco Ciampini
Kingdom of Italy
The cargo ship collided with Signe (Denmark) in the English Channel off the South Goodwin Lightship (United Kingdom) and sank. All 30 crew were rescued by Signe.[52]
Plodder
United Kingdom
The coaster collided with Endymion (United Kingdom) in the English Channel 20 nautical miles (37 km) south east of Shoreham-by-Sea, West Sussex and sank.[55] All eleven crew were rescued by Harley and the fishing smack Bonny Lena (both United Kingdom).[45][56]
12 February[]
List of shipwrecks: 12 February 1927
Ship
Country
Description
Emma
United Kingdom
The Thames barge was struck by London Shipper (United Kingdom) in the River Thames at Greenwich, London and was beached.[45]
Rhenania
Weimar Republic
The cargo ship ran aground at Simrishamn, Sweden.[45] She was refloated on 16 February.[57]
13 February[]
List of shipwrecks: 13 February 1927
Ship
Country
Description
Raa
Norway
The coaster was rammed and sunk by Gordejuela (Spain) in the English Channel 4 nautical miles (7.4 km) off Folkestone, Kent and sank. All seventeen crew were rescued by Gordejuela.[56]
14 February[]
List of shipwrecks: 14 February 1927
Ship
Country
Description
Hibernia
United Kingdom
The auxiliary schooner collided with City of Birmingham (United Kingdom) in the Thames Estuary and sank. Her crew were rescued by City of Birmingham.[40]
Plawsworth
United Kingdom
The cargo ship collided with Goulandris (Greece) in the North Sea and was beached at Minsenersand, Germany.[58]
18 February[]
List of shipwrecks: 18 February 1927
Ship
Country
Description
Cecil P. Stewart
United States
The schooner was driven ashore at Harvey Cedars, New Jersey and was a total loss. Her crew were rescued.[46]
20 February[]
List of shipwrecks: 20 February 1927
Ship
Country
Description
Ak Deniz
Turkey
The mail ship ran aground at Istanbul.[59] She was refloated on 22 March.[60]
The schooner was driven ashore at Long Point, Ontario, Canada and was a total loss. Her crew were rescued.[62]
Vendlus
Estonia
The cargo ship ran aground and sank at Hermano, Sweden. Her crew were rescued.[47]
23 February[]
List of shipwrecks: 23 February 1927
Ship
Country
Description
Black Sea
United Kingdom
The tanker exploded, burnt and sank in New York Bay. Her crew survived.[63] She was later raised, repaird and returned to service.[64]
24 February[]
List of shipwrecks: 24 February 1927
Ship
Country
Description
Stenies
Greece
The cargo ship collided with another vessel in the Atlantic Ocean 5 nautical miles (9.3 km) off Land's End, Cornwall, United Kingdom and sank with the loss off twenty of her 21 crew. The survivor was rescued by the fishing vessel Fox Trott (France).[65][66]
The steam yacht was destroyed by fire in the Atlantic Ocean off Key West, Florida.[67]
City of Annapolis
United States
The cargo ship collided with City of Richmond (United States) at Baltimore, Maryland and sank.[68]
Grodno
United Kingdom
The cargo ship ran aground at Corfu, Greece.[68] She was refloated on 28 February and found to be extensively damaged.[51]
Industry
United Kingdom
The Thames barge collided with Marsden (United Kingdom) in the Thames Estuary and sank. Her crew were rescued.[67]
Kathleen Conrad
United Kingdom
The auxiliary sailing ship came ashore at Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada and was a total loss.[67]
Mary E. Moore
United States
The cargo ship sank in the Pacific Ocean off the mouth of the Coquille River. Her crew were rescued.[68]
Sarrebourg
France
The cargo ship ran aground on the Portsal Rocks, Brest, Finistère and was wrecked.[68]
26 February[]
List of shipwrecks: 26 February 1927
Ship
Country
Description
Gardenia
Kingdom of Italy
The cargo ship struck floating wreckage in the Great Belt and developed a leak. She was beached at Bandholm, Sweden.[65]
28 February[]
List of shipwrecks: 28 February 1927
Ship
Country
Description
Hilton
United States
The cargo ship struck a submerged object in the Kill Van Kull and was beached.[51] She was refloated on 31 March.[69]
Hoffnung
Weimar Republic
The auxiliary sailing ship sprang a leak and was beached at Hamburg.[70]
Unknown date[]
List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1927
Ship
Country
Description
City of Waterford
United Kingdom
The cargo ship came ashore in the Outer Hebrides. She was declared a total loss on 15 February.[40]
March[]
1 March[]
List of shipwrecks: 1 March 1927
Ship
Country
Description
Millocrat
United Kingdom
The cargo ship ran aground at Greenisland, County Antrim.[51] She was refloated on 4 March.[71]
3 March[]
List of shipwrecks: 3 March 1927
Ship
Country
Description
Amanda
Norway
The cargo ship was wrecked at Tamatave, Madagascar in a cyclone.[72]
Beechtree
United Kingdom
The cargo ship ran aground on Peel Rock, off the coast of Cornwall and was wrecked. Her crew were rescued.[73]
Catinat
France
The cargo ship was driven ashore at Tamitave in a cyclone.[74] She was declared a total loss on 23 March.[64]
De Riziny
France
The sailing ship was wrecked at Tamitave in a cyclone.[72]
Elizabeth
United Kingdom
The barque was driven ashore at Tamitave in a cyclone.[72][74]
Sainte-Anne
France
The cargo ship was driven ashore at Tamitave in a cyclone with the loss of seven crew.[74]
Ville de Marseille
France
The cargo ship was driven ashore at Tamitave in a cyclone.[74] She was refloated on 21 March.[60]
5 March[]
List of shipwrecks: 5 March 1927
Ship
Country
Description
Cabo Hatteras
Spain
The cargo ship caught fire in the Atlantic Ocean 140 nautical miles (260 km) east south east of Sandy Hook, New Jersey and was abandoned by her crew. They were rescued by Cabo Torres (Spain). Cabo Hatteras was shelled and sunk on 6 March by USCGC Seminole (United States Coast Guard).[72][75]
7 March[]
List of shipwrecks: 7 March 1927
Ship
Country
Description
Carna
Netherlands
The cargo ship ran aground in the Dominican Republic and was wrecked.[74][76]
Chaudiere
United Kingdom
The cargo ship ran aground at Ardrossan, Ayrshire whilst awaiting scrapping, which commenced on 14 February 1928.[77]
8 March[]
List of shipwrecks: 8 March 1927
Ship
Country
Description
Akashi Maru
The cargo ship was driven ashore at Dairen, China in a cyclone and wrecked.[78]
Paul Lecat
France
The ocean liner ran aground in the Yangtze 20 nautical miles (37 km) from Woosung, China.[79] She was refloated on 20 March.[80]
9 March[]
List of shipwrecks: 9 March 1927
Ship
Country
Description
Kinonne Maru
Japan
The cargo ship was wrecked at Mokpo, Korea.[60][81]
10 March[]
List of shipwrecks: 10 March 1927
Ship
Country
Description
Fedelma
United Kingdom
The coaster ran aground in the River Parrett downstream of Bridgwater, Somerset.[82] She was refloated on 16 March.[83]
Svanen
Sweden
The schooner came ashore at Larvik, Norway and was wrecked.[82]
Servaux No.6
France
The tug sank at Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône with the loss of a crew member.[82]
The cargo ship foundered at Montrose, Forfarshire. Her crew were rescued by Dunscore (United Kingdom).[83]
Vendome
France
The cargo ship ran aground at Libreville, French West Africa.[87] She was refloated on 23 March.[64]
18 March[]
List of shipwrecks: 18 March 1927
Ship
Country
Description
Comandante Manoel Lourenco
Brazil
The cargo ship foundered at Ilha Grande, Piauí.[85]
Hector
Weimar Republic
The cargo ship ran aground at Faro, Portugal.[85] Salvage efforts were suspended on 19 March.[76]
19 March[]
List of shipwrecks: 19 March 1927
Ship
Country
Description
Majestic IV
United Kingdom
The cargo ship foundered in the North Sea off Lindisfarne, Northumberland.[88]
20 March[]
List of shipwrecks: 20 March 1927
Ship
Country
Description
Wakamiya Maru
Japan
The cargo ship was driven ashore at Choshi and was a total loss.[80]
23 March[]
List of shipwrecks: 23 March 1927
Ship
Country
Description
Stig Gorthon
Sweden
The cargo ship collided with another vessel at Vegesack, Germany and was beached. She was later refloated and towed to Bremen.[89]
24 March[]
List of shipwrecks: 24 March 1927
Ship
Country
Description
Europa
Netherlands
The dredger struck a submerged object and sank at Huelva, Andalusia, Spain.[90]
Verdande
Norway
The cargo ship departed Cardiff, Glamorgan, United Kingdom for Las Palmas, Canary Islands, Spain. Five crew and two lifebelts and some lifeboats washed ashore at Boscastle and Bude, Cornwall, United Kingdom on 28 March. Believed foundered with the loss of all hands.[53][91]
26 March[]
List of shipwrecks: 26 March 1927
Ship
Country
Description
Chevalier
United Kingdom
The cargo ship ran aground on Barmore Island, Argyllshire.[19] She was refloated on 1 April.[69]
Maria
Weimar Republic
The schooner was driven ashore at Simrishamn, Sweden and was wrecked with the loss of all hands.[19]
28 March[]
List of shipwrecks: 28 March 1927
Ship
Country
Description
Fulmar
United Kingdom
The cargo ship collided with Rio Claro (United Kingdom) in the English Channel 1.5 nautical miles (2.8 km) off Dungeness, Kent and sank. Her crew survived.[53]
General Maude
United Kingdom
The schooner was abandoned and set afire in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by Aztec (Norway).[92]
29 March[]
List of shipwrecks: 29 March 1927
Ship
Country
Description
Sea Brand
United Kingdom
The schooner foundered in the Atlantic Ocean. All six crew were rescued by Ndolja (Sweden).[92]
Steel Inventor
United States
The cargo ship ran aground on Old Providence Island, Colombia.[93] She was refloated on 22 April.[94]
30 March[]
List of shipwrecks: 30 March 1927
Ship
Country
Description
Cairnhill
United Kingdom
The cargo ship ran aground at Matanzas, Cuba.[95] She was refloated on 2 April.[96]
April[]
1 April[]
List of shipwrecks: 1 April 1927
Ship
Country
Description
Beatty Rose
United Kingdom
The collier foundered off the Casquets, Channel Islands.[97] All thirteen crew were rescued.[98]
Gandara
United Kingdom
The cargo liner ran aground at Point Cires, Spanish Morocco.[99] She was refloated on 5 April.[97]
Jacinto
Spain
The cargo ship collided with Author (United Kingdom) in the Atlantic Ocean off Gibraltar and sank. Seven crew were rescued by Author.[69]
Louis Pasteur
France
The schooner foundered in the English Channel off Cherbourg, Manche with the loss of all hands.[100]
Neville
United Kingdom
The collier foundered in the Atlantic Ocean off Land's End, Cornwall. All thirteen crew were rescued by Teelin Head (United Kingdom).[69][100]
5 April[]
List of shipwrecks: 5 April 1927
Ship
Country
Description
Unkai Maru No.3
Japan
The cargo ship was abandoned in the East China Sea. Although she was presumed to have subsequently foundered,[101] she was later discovered still afloat.[102] She came ashore at Hinomisaki on 8 April.[103]
6 April[]
List of shipwrecks: 6 April 1927
Ship
Country
Description
Tjileboet
Netherlands
The cargo ship ran aground on Lingting Island, Hong Kong.[102] Her bow section was cut off and the ship was refloated on 28 April.[104]
8 April[]
List of shipwrecks: 8 April 1927
Ship
Country
Description
Hamlet
South Africa
The coaster came ashore in Saldanha Bay. She broke her back and was a total loss.[105]
Ida
Weimar Republic
The auxiliary sailing vessel was struck by Siretul (Kingdom of Romania) at Hamburg and sank.[106]
12 April[]
List of shipwrecks: 12 April 1927
Ship
Country
Description
Balto
Norway
The cargo ship was driven ashore at Melilla, Spanish Morocco and wrecked. Her crew survived.[107][108] She was refloated on 3 August.[109]
Castilla
Spain
The hospital ship was driven ashore at Melilla and was wrecked. Her crew survived.[107][108]
Collingdale
United Kingdom
The cargo ship was driven ashore at Melilla and was wrecked. All 28 crew were rescued after two days by a local motor boat.[108] She was declared a total loss on 19 April.[110]
The ocean liner ran aground at Buenos Aires, Argentina.[111] She was refloated the next day.[112]
Nicolas Pateras
Greece
The cargo ship was driven ashore at Melilla and was abandoned. Her crew were rescued by the Melilla Lifeboat after two days.[108] She was refloated on 16 May.[113]
13 April[]
List of shipwrecks: 13 April 1927
Ship
Country
Description
Chocolita
Spain
The coaster foundered at Santander, Cantabria with the loss of eight of her nine crew.[114]
Fina
Kingdom of Italy
The cargo ship came ashore on Kacova, Greece.[112] She was refloated on 16 April.[115]
Scotland Maru
Japan
The cargo ship struck rocks at Tathong Point, Hong Kong and was beached in Kowloon Bay.[112] She was later refloated and arrived at Hong Kong on 19 April.[116]
14 April[]
List of shipwrecks: 14 April 1927
Ship
Country
Description
Mariu
Kingdom of Italy
The cargo ship sprang a leak and sank in the Mediterranean Sea 6 nautical miles (11 km) south of Cape Camarat. Her crew survived.[115]
15 April[]
List of shipwrecks: 15 April 1927
Ship
Country
Description
Christel Vinnen
Kingdom of Italy
The barque came ashore on Old Providence Island, Colombia and was wrecked. Her crew survived.[110]
17 April[]
List of shipwrecks: 17 April 1927
Ship
Country
Description
Emmy L D
France
The cargo ship ran aground at Galata, Turkey.[117] She was refloated on 20 April.[118]
Riverina
United Kingdom
The passenger ship ran aground at Gabo. Her 250 passengers were taken off on 20 April.[119]
18 April[]
List of shipwrecks: 18 April 1927
Ship
Country
Description
Wrestler
United Kingdom
The tug struck a rock at Freshwater, Isle of Wight and sank with the loss of two of her ten crew.[117]
21 April[]
List of shipwrecks: 21 April 1927
Ship
Country
Description
Camano
United States
The four-masted schooner was driven ashore at San Juan, Puerto Rico and was wrecked.[94][120]
The cargo ship ran aground in Grays Harbor and was abandoned by her crew.[127] She was later refloated, repaired and returned to service.
Bessie C. Lake
United Kingdom
The schooner was driven ashore at Saint-Pierre, Saint Pierre and Miquelon and was wrecked. Her crew survived.[127]
Monteceniso
Kingdom of Italy
The cargo ship ran aground in the Point Indio Channel, Buenos Aires, Argentina.[127] She was refloated on 13 May.[128]
Ryvarden
Norway
The cargo ship ran aground at Vila Real, Portugal. She was refloated on 10 May.[131]
3 May[]
List of shipwrecks: 3 May 1927
Ship
Country
Description
Jack Frost
United Kingdom
The schooner was driven ashore at Port au Bras, Newfoundland and was wrecked.[122]
Miyazaki Maru
Japan
The passenger ship ran aground at Kwarenko, Formosa. All on board were rescued.[132][133] She broke in three on 1 June and was a total loss.[134]
President Wittock
Belgium
The fishing boat struck a mine and sank in the North Sea off the Dutch coast. Her crew were rescued by the fishing smack Blencathra (United Kingdom).[135]
8 May[]
List of shipwrecks: 8 May 1927
Ship
Country
Description
Jacob Luckenbach
United States
The cargo ship ran aground at Point Guinos, Costa Rica. She was refloated on 17 May.[113][136]
10 May[]
List of shipwrecks: 10 May 1927
Ship
Country
Description
Everett Hays
United States
The auxiliary schooner struck a reef off Unmak Island, Alaska and sank.[137]
Marietta Nominos
Greece
The cargo ship ran aground at the entrance to the Corinth Canal.[138] She was refloated on 14 May.[139]
12 May[]
List of shipwrecks: 12 May 1927
Ship
Country
Description
Delfina
United States
The cargo ship ran aground at San Pedro de Macorís, Dominican Republic.[140] She was later refloated, and arrived at Boston, Massachusetts on 25 May.[141]
18 May[]
List of shipwrecks: 18 May 1927
Ship
Country
Description
Athena
Kingdom of Italy
The cargo ship foundered in the Mediterranean Sea 1 nautical mile (1.9 km) off Sète, Hérault, France. Her crew were rescued.[142]
Karado Maru
Japan
The cargo ship came ashore at Nemuro, Hokkaidō and was wrecked.[137]
Ysseldijk
Netherlands
The cargo ship ran aground in the Paraná River 12 nautical miles (22 km) upstream of Rosario, Argentina.[142] She was refloated on 28 May.[143]
19 May[]
List of shipwrecks: 19 May 1927
Ship
Country
Description
Indiana Harbor
United States
The cargo ship came ashore on the Rodgers Reef, Gorda Point.[144] She was abandoned as a total loss on 20 May. Her crew were rescued.[145]
West Irmo
United States
The cargo ship ran aground at Calabar, Nigeria.[144] She was refloated on 24 May.[146]
22 May[]
List of shipwrecks: 22 May 1927
Ship
Country
Description
Ostsee
Weimar Republic
The cargo ship was driven ashore at Point Cires, Spanish Morocco.[147] She was still aground on 29 May, when a salvage tug arrived.[148]
23 May[]
List of shipwrecks: 23 May 1927
Ship
Country
Description
Amiral Jauréguiberry
France
The cargo ship ran aground at Pauillac, Gironde.[147] She was refloated on 26 May.[149]
Kifune Maru No.5
Japan
The cargo ship ran aground on Moenaushi.[141] She was refloated on 3 June.[150]
Sekkai Maru
Japan
The cargo ship collided with Daitoru Maru (Japan) at Shimonoseki and was beached.[151]
Tacoma Maru
Japan
The cargo ship ran aground on Iki Island.[147] She was refloated on 31 May.[152]
The cargo ship collided with another vessel off Takamatsu and was beached.[161]
Sumino-o Maru
Japan
The coaster collided with Taizan Maru (Japan) in the Tsugaru Strait and sank.[162]
20 June[]
List of shipwrecks: 20 June 1927
Ship
Country
Description
Craster Hall
United States
The cargo ship collided with Reginoltina (United Kingdom) at Talara, Peru and was beached.[165]
23 June[]
List of shipwrecks: 23 June 1927
Ship
Country
Description
Ozark
United States
The cargo ship collided with the trawler Surge (United States) at Boston, Massachusetts. Surge sank and Ozark was beached.[166]
29 June[]
List of shipwrecks: 29 June 1927
Ship
Country
Description
Felicité
France
The schooner was driven ashore at Tors Cove, Newfoundland and was abandoned by her crew.[167]
Sina
Latvia
The cargo ship was destroyed by fire at Riga.[167]
July[]
1 July[]
List of shipwrecks: 1 July 1927
Ship
Country
Description
Robert C Wente
United States
The cargo ship was destroyed by fire in the St. Clare River, Chicago, Illinois.[168]
Masuren
Weimar Republic
The coaster ran aground in the River Parrett at Bridgwater, Somerset, United Kingdom.[169] She was refloated on 4 July.[170]
2 July[]
List of shipwrecks: 2 July 1927
Ship
Country
Description
Chi Chuen
Republic of China (1912–1949)
The cargo ship ran aground in the Yangtze 32 nautical miles (59 km) upstream of Ichang.[171] She was refloated on 10 July.[172]
St. François Xavier
France
The passenger ship came ashore on Spratly Island, Vietnam. All on board were rescued.[171]
3 July[]
List of shipwrecks: 3 July 1927
Ship
Country
Description
Kyphissia
Greece
The cargo ship ran aground at Willemstad, Curaçao and Dependencies.[171] She was refloated on 9 July.[172]
4 July[]
List of shipwrecks: 4 July 1927
Ship
Country
Description
Nephrite
United Kingdom
The cargo ship ran aground off Derrybeg, County Donegal, Ireland. Her crew were rescued.[170]
5 July[]
List of shipwrecks: 5 July 1927
Ship
Country
Description
Mary Grace
United Kingdom
The schooner foundered in the Pentland Firth off Swona. Her crew were rescued.[173]
Presidente Saavedra
Bolivia
The cargo ship sank at Buenos Aires, Argentina. She was refloated on 12 July.[174][175]
7 July[]
List of shipwrecks: 7 July 1927
Ship
Country
Description
Aster
France
The cargo ship ran aground at Foundiougne, French West Africa.[176] She was refloated on 13 July.[177]
Gloria Swanson
United Kingdom
The schooner was destroyed by fire in the Atlantic Ocean off the Canadian coast.[178]
8 July[]
List of shipwrecks: 8 July 1927
Ship
Country
Description
Westowrie
United Kingdom
The coaster collided with Lambeth (United Kingdom) in the North Sea off Whitby, Yorkshire and sank. All six crew were rescued by Chartered (United Kingdom).[176][179]
9 July[]
List of shipwrecks: 9 July 1927
Ship
Country
Description
Boa Viagem
Portugal
The tug sprang a leak and was abandoned. Her crew were rescued by Benguela (Portugal).[175]
13 July[]
List of shipwrecks: 13 July 1927
Ship
Country
Description
Margaret
Canada
The ship ran aground in the Magdalen Islands, Quebec and was a total loss.[177]
Western Lass schooner
United Kingdom
The schooner came ashore on the Brison Rocks, off Cape Cornwall and was a total loss. Her crew survived.[177]
14 July[]
List of shipwrecks: 14 July 1927
Ship
Country
Description
Shahzada
United Kingdom
The cargo ship sprang a leak in the Bay of Bengal 50 nautical miles (93 km) off Sandheads, West Bengal, India and sank with the loss of 21 of her 72 crew. Survivors were rescued by Clintonia (United Kingdom).[180]
15 July[]
List of shipwrecks: 15 July 1927
Ship
Country
Description
Sagaland
Norway
The cargo ship collided with Veendam (Netherlands) in the Atlantic Ocean 4 nautical miles (7.4 km) east Nantucket, Massachusetts and sank with the loss of a crew member.[181]
16 July[]
List of shipwrecks: 16 July 1927
Ship
Country
Description
Lutetia
France
The cargo ship sank at Saint-Nazaire, Loire-Atlantique.[182] She was refloated on 25 July.[183]
18 July[]
List of shipwrecks: 18 July 1927
Ship
Country
Description
Birkdale
Peru
The barque caught fire off Lobos Island, Uruguay and was a total loss. Six of her twenty crew were lost. Survivors were rescued by Porvenir (Chilean Navy).[184][185]
20 July[]
List of shipwrecks: 20 July 1927
Ship
Country
Description
Empirestar
United Kingdom
The cargo ship ran aground in the Uruguay River downstream of Fray Bentos, Uruguay.[185] She was refloated on 24 July.[186]
Gerda
Sweden
The brig was abandoned by her crew. She was discovered derelict 2 nautical miles (3.7 km) south west of the Svenska Bjorn Lightship (Sweden) by Trolleholm (Sweden).[185]
The cargo ship ran aground in the Uruguay River downstream of Fray Bentos, Uruguay.[195] She was refloated on 4 August.[196]
Mary E. Sultan
United Kingdom
The schooner was driven ashore at Port Royal, Jamaica and was wrecked.[197]
30 July[]
List of shipwrecks: 30 July 1927
Ship
Country
Description
Admiral Watson
United States
The cargo ship ran aground in Milbanke Sound, British Columbia, Canada.[198] She was still aground on 4 August, but was expected to be refloated within a week.[109]
Oscar Midling
United Kingdom
The cargo ship ran aground in the Ibicuy Islands, Argentina.[198] She was refloated on 4 August.[199]
San Fraterno
United Kingdom
The tanker struck rocks at Bonet Island, Strait of Magellan and sank. Her crew were rescued by Inverarder (United Kingdom).[198]
August[]
3 August[]
List of shipwrecks: 3 August 1927
Ship
Country
Description
Silver City
United Kingdom
The cargo ship struck rocks in Domino Run, between the Island of Ponds and Spotted Island, Labrador, Canada and was beached at Domino Harbour.[196] She was refloated on 6 August.[200]
An American merchant ship sighted the derelict hulk of the Type U-43submarine – which had foundered off Japan in a storm on 21 April 1925 – floating in the Pacific Ocean west of Oahu, Hawaii. The hulk subsequently was scuttled. (Some sources claim O-2 was scrapped in 1922.)
Stad Vlaardingen
Netherlands
The cargo ship ran aground at La Plata, Argentina.[199] She was refloated on 12 August.[201]
6 August[]
List of shipwrecks: 6 August 1927
Ship
Country
Description
Elterwater
United Kingdom
The cargo ship ran aground south of Carr Point, Lothian.[200] It was reported on 16 August that she was thought to have broken her back,[202] but this proved not to be the case.[203]
7 August[]
List of shipwrecks: 7 August 1927
Ship
Country
Description
Ben Read
United Kingdom
The tanker ran aground near Robin Hood's Bay, Yorkshire.[200] She was refloated on 12 August but had to be beached.[204]Ben Read was refloated again on 14 August.[205]
Prohibition in the United States: The rum running cargo ship was intercepted at Staten Island, New York by a United States Coast Guard vessel. She rammed and sank a sand barge before running aground on a sandbank.[204]
The tug foundered in the River Tyne at Blaydon, Northumberland.[205]
Sicily
United Kingdom
The cargo ship ran aground in the Paraná River, Argentina.[205] She was refloated on 2 September.[207]
15 August[]
List of shipwrecks: 15 August 1927
Ship
Country
Description
Sambre
United Kingdom
The cargo ship struck an uncharted rock at Vitória, Brazil and was beached.[202] She was refloated on 4 September.[208]
Sumidagawa Maru
Japan
The cargo ship ran aground at Yenryumisaki.[209] She later broke up and salvage efforts were abandoned on 6 September.[49]
17 August[]
List of shipwrecks: 17 August 1927
Ship
Country
Description
Cherry Branch
United Kingdom
The cargo ship ran aground on Green Island or Ship Island, Ecuador.[210][211] She was refloated on 28 August and arrived at Guayaquil later that day.[212]
18 August[]
List of shipwrecks: 18 August 1927
Ship
Country
Description
Hennepin
United States
The barge sprang a leak and sank in Lake Michigan.
Kibi Maru No.2
Japan
The coaster was driven ashore at Cape Mirabetsu, Sakhalin, Soviet Union and was severely damaged.[211][213]
19 August[]
List of shipwrecks: 19 August 1927
Ship
Country
Description
Aransas
United States
The tug was destroyed by fire in Lake Ponchartrain.[214]
Glofield
United Kingdom
The cargo ship sprang a leak and sank in the Paraná River, Buenos Aires, Argentina.[214]
Marionga D. Thermiotis
Greece
The cargo ship caught fire at Corcubión, A Coruña, Spain.[215] She was abandoned by her crew on 21 August,[216] sinking later that day.[217] The fire was extinguished on 24 August.[218]
20 August[]
List of shipwrecks: 20 August 1927
Ship
Country
Description
Eros
United Kingdom
The cargo ship came ashore in Foal Bay, Jamaica.[216] She was refloated on 26 August.[212]
Teseo
Kingdom of Italy
The cargo ship ran aground in the Paraná River at Punta Indio, Argentina.[216] She was refloated on 1 September.[219]
22 August[]
List of shipwrecks: 22 August 1927
Ship
Country
Description
Nellie
Sweden
The cargo ship foundered in the Baltic Sea. Her crew were rescued by Trudvang (Norway).[217]
The cargo ship collided with Almirante Jacquay (Brazil) in the Scheldt at Fort Sainte Marie and was beached.[222] She was refloated on 26 August.[189]
26 August[]
List of shipwrecks: 26 August 1927
Ship
Country
Description
Marcel Schiaffino
France
The cargo ship ran aground at Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône.[223] She was refloated on 3 September.[48]
Noxall
United Kingdom
The schooner collided with Veda M. Mckown (United Kingdom) and sank off St. John's, Newfoundland with the loss of a crew member.[224]
27 August[]
List of shipwrecks: 27 August 1927
Ship
Country
Description
Minas Prince
United Kingdom
The schooner was dismasted and sprang a leak in the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Massachusetts, United States and was abandoned by her crew. She was later towed into Vineyard Haven by a United States Government vessel.[224]
Philomena
United States
The cargo ship was driven ashour at Port au Port, Newfoundland and was wrecked.[224]
Steingrim
Norway
The cargo ship ran aground off the Hellevik Lighthouse, Norway and was wrecked.[224]
28 August[]
List of shipwrecks: 28 August 1927
Ship
Country
Description
Mirabella
Sweden
The cargo ship ran aground at Ilhéus, Brazil.[212] She was aground for about a month, departing under tow for Rio de Janeiro, Brazil on 25 September.[225]
29 August[]
List of shipwrecks: 29 August 1927
Ship
Country
Description
Eva L.H.
United Kingdom
The auxiliary schooner was abandoned off Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada and was a total loss.[212]
Fair Helga
United Kingdom
The whaler sprang a leak and was abandoned 7 nautical miles (13 km) east of the mouth of the Durgaat River, South Africa. Her crew were rescued by Sandgate Castle (United Kingdom).[226]
Marie Maersk
Denmark
The cargo ship ran aground at Nuevitas, Cuba.[212] She was refloated on 2 September.[208]
30 August[]
List of shipwrecks: 30 August 1927
Ship
Country
Description
Calcutta
Netherlands
The cargo ship collided with Rabenfels (Weimar Republic) at Diamond Harbour, India.[227] She broke in two and was a total loss. Clan Mackellar (United Kingdom) ran aground avoiding the other ships. She was refloated the next day.[226][228]
Fulton
Denmark
The schooner capsized at Rostock, Mecklenburg, Germany. Her crew were rescued.[226]
31 August[]
List of shipwrecks: 31 August 1927
Ship
Country
Description
Branksea
United Kingdom
The cargo ship ran aground at Start Point, Devon.[219] She was refloated on 8 September.[229]
Nuestra Senhora de Begona
Spain
The cargo ship ran aground at Manila, Philippines and was wrecked.[219]
September[]
3 September[]
List of shipwrecks: 3 September 1927
Ship
Country
Description
Amicizia
Kingdom of Italy
The cargo ship was destroyed by fire at Augusta, Sicily.[48]
Dominic
United Kingdom
The cargo ship ran aground in the Amazon River at Matura, Brazil.[230] She was refloated on 18 September.[225]
Parkhill
United Kingdom
The cargo ship capsized at Almeria, Andalusia, Spain.[48]
6 September[]
List of shipwrecks: 6 September 1927
Ship
Country
Description
Grenadier
United Kingdom
The mail boat was severely damaged by fire and sank at Oban, Argyllshire. She was refloated on 13 September.[231][232]
Inga
Sweden
The cargo ship was rammed by Maj (Sweden) at Burntisland, Fife and sank.[231]
Jinsho Maru
Japan
The cargo ship ran aground on the east coast of Sakhalin, Soviet Union.[231] She broke up in December, salvage being reportd on 14 December as having been abandoned.[233]
7 September[]
List of shipwrecks: 7 September 1927
Ship
Country
Description
Austri
Iceland
The trawler was wrecked off Vatnsnes, Iceland.[234]
9 September[]
List of shipwrecks: 9 September 1927
Ship
Country
Description
Marie
Denmark
The schooner was wrecked at Gothenburg, Sweden. Her crew were rescued.[230]
Mossa
United Kingdom
The cargo ship ran aground on the coast of New Guinea and was wrecked. Her crew were rescued by Durour (United Kingdom).[230][235]
10 September[]
List of shipwrecks: 10 September 1927
Ship
Country
Description
Yselmonde
Netherlands
The cargo ship collided with Ellerdale (United Kingdom) in the Nieuwe Waterweg at Rotterdam, South Holland and sank.[236]
12 September[]
List of shipwrecks: 12 September 1927
Ship
Country
Description
Fidelitas
Kingdom of Italy
The cargo ship ran aground at Norfolk, Virginia, United States.[235] She was refloated on 19 September.[237]
13 September[]
List of shipwrecks: 13 September 1927
Ship
Country
Description
Adriana
Kingdom of Italy
The cargo ship ran aground at Buenos Aires, Argentina.[232] She was refloated on 16 September.[238]
14 September[]
List of shipwrecks: 14 September 1927
Ship
Country
Description
Shinyei Maru No.3
Japan
The cargo ship ran aground off the Kinkasan Lighthouse, Miyagi.[239] She was refloated on 3 December.[240]
16 September[]
List of shipwrecks: 16 September 1927
Ship
Country
Description
Pinguino
Mexico
The tug foundered off Tampico, Tamaulipas with the loss of five lives.[238]
17 September[]
List of shipwrecks: 17 September 1927
Ship
Country
Description
Strona
Norway
The cargo ship was driven ashore at Saudarkrok, Iceland and was wrecked.[241]
18 September[]
List of shipwrecks: 18 September 1927
Ship
Country
Description
Stranger
United States
The schooner caught fire in the Atlantic Ocean off Tampa, Florida and was abandoned. Her crew were rescued by Margaret (United States).[242] She was towed into Tampa on 21 September.[243]
19 September[]
List of shipwrecks: 19 September 1927
Ship
Country
Description
Rio Negro
Weimar Republic
The cargo ship ran aground in the Paraná River, Argentina.[237] She was refloated on 24 September.[244]
20 September[]
List of shipwrecks: 20 September 1927
Ship
Country
Description
Bracondale
United Kingdom
The cargo ship ran aground on the Serrana Bank, Colombia.[237] She was refloated on 23 September.[245]
21 September[]
List of shipwrecks: 21 September 1927
Ship
Country
Description
Amersfoort
Netherlands
The cargo ship was driven ashore on Barbuda and was a total loss.[242][243] Salvage operations were abandoned on 5 October.[246]
Speedy
United Kingdom
The tug capsized and sank in the Alexandra Dock, Bombay, India.[242] She was refloated the next day.[243]
22 September[]
List of shipwrecks: 22 September 1927
Ship
Country
Description
Ludovic Mrazec
Kingdom of Romania
The cargo ship collided with Principele Barbu Stirbei (Kingdom of Romania) in the Dardanelles and sank. Her crew were rescued.[243]
The schooner sank in the Atlantic Ocean 25 nautical miles (46 km) off Horta, Azores.[245]
25 September[]
List of shipwrecks: 25 September 1927
Ship
Country
Description
Pirat
Spain
The tug was driven ashore at Gijón and wrecked.[245]
Venturosa
Portugal
The sailing ship was driven ashore 6 nautical miles (11 km) south of Oporto and was wrecked.[247]
27 September[]
List of shipwrecks: 27 September 1927
Ship
Country
Description
Kennequhair
Canada
The dredger foundered off the coast of Labrador.[248]
Tartar
Norway
The cargo ship was driven ashore at Oslo, Norway.[247] She was refloated on 30 September.[249]
30 September[]
List of shipwrecks: 30 September 1927
Ship
Country
Description
Dimitrios N. Rallias
Greece
The cargo ship ran aground at Otchakoff, Soviet Union.[250] She was refloated on 2 October.[251]
October[]
1 October[]
List of shipwrecks: 1 October 1927
Ship
Country
Description
Punctum
Norway
The schooner departed Fredrikstad, Norway, for ports in the English Channel.[252] Believed foundered in the Skaggerak with the loss of all hands. Wreckage from the ship washed up at Hirtshals, Denmark on 12 October.[253]
The fleet collier foundered in the North Sea off the west coast of Jutland with the loss of all 21 hands.[254]
Sonja
Sweden
The cargo ship ran aground at Malo, 25 nautical miles (46 km) south of Gothenburg.[251] She was refloated on 6 October.[121]
4 October[]
List of shipwrecks: 4 October 1927
Ship
Country
Description
Quibdo
United Kingdom
The cargo ship sank in the Atrato River, Colombia and was a total loss.[255]
5 October[]
List of shipwrecks: 5 October 1927
Ship
Country
Description
Golden Rod
United States
The schooner caught fire in the Atlantic Ocean off the Bahamas and was abandoned. She came ashore on Mayaguana.[246] Her crew survived.[256]
6 October[]
List of shipwrecks: 6 October 1927
Ship
Country
Description
Favignana
Kingdom of Italy
The cargo ship collided with Gertrud (Finland) in the River Mersey, United Kingdom and was beached.[121] She broke her back on 8 October. Her crew were rescued by the Mersey FlatMersey (United Kingdom).[256]
8 October[]
List of shipwrecks: 8 October 1927
Ship
Country
Description
Chester
United Kingdom
The cargo ship collided with Yorkshire Coast (United Kingdom) in the River Thames at Greenhithe, Kent and was beached.[256]
10 October[]
List of shipwrecks: 10 October 1927
Ship
Country
Description
Michipicoten
United Kingdom
The cargo ship was destroyed by fire at Silverwater, New South Wales, Australia.[257]
Nil
France
The cargo ship ran aground 5 nautical miles (9.3 km) east of Cape Vilano, Galicia, Spain.[77][258]
11 October[]
List of shipwrecks: 11 October 1927
Ship
Country
Description
Tenkai Maru
Japan
The cargo ship ran aground at Tsingtao, China.[258] She was refloated on 17 October.[259]
Ostsee
Weimar Republic
The cargo ship ran aground off Point Cires, Spanish Morocco. She was refloated on 25 June but was declared a constructive total loss.[77]
Queen's County
Norway
The cargo ship collided with Luleå (Sweden) in the Nieuwe Waterweg at Rotterdam, Netherlands and was beached. She was later refloated.[258]
12 October[]
List of shipwrecks: 12 October 1927
Ship
Country
Description
Birk
Norway
The cargo ship ran aground on Old Providence Island, Colombia.[260] She was refloated on 15 October.[261]
13 October[]
List of shipwrecks: 13 October 1927
Ship
Country
Description
Glensanda
United Kingdom
The cargo ship ran aground at Punta Indio, Argentina.[252] She was refloated on 17 October but ran aground again later that day.[261]Glensanda was finally refloated on 25 October.[262]
The whale oil refining ship struck an iceberg and foundered in the Antarctic Ocean off the South Shetland Islands. Her crew survived.[261][263]
15 October[]
List of shipwrecks: 15 October 1927
Ship
Country
Description
Maurice R. Thurlow
United States
The schooner ran aground on the Diamond Shoals off the coast of North Carolina and was wrecked.[263]
16 October[]
List of shipwrecks: 16 October 1927
Ship
Country
Description
Besseggen
Norway
The cargo ship was rammed and sunk at New York, United States by Paris (France) with the loss of six crew. Survivors were rescued by Paris and the ferries American Legion and Brooklyn (both United States).[264]
Hilde
Weimar Republic
The schooner foundered in the Baltic Sea. Her crew were rescued.[263]
17 October[]
List of shipwrecks: 17 October 1927
Ship
Country
Description
Alexandros
Greece
The cargo ship ran aground off Lobos Island, Canary Islands, Spain.[265] She was refloated on 23 October.[266]
Burutu
United Kingdom
The cargo ship ran aground in the Sherbro River, Sierra Leone.[263] She was refloated on 23 October.[266]
Emilie L D
France
The cargo ship ran aground at Sardinero, Cantabria, Spain and was a total loss.[263]
Nile
United States
The cargo ship ran aground 10 nautical miles (19 km) east of Cape Bougaroni, Algeria.[265] She was abandoned as a total loss on 19 October.[267]
Redhand
United Kingdom
The cargo ship capsized in Liverpool Bay. Her crew survived.[261]
19 October[]
List of shipwrecks: 19 October 1927
Ship
Country
Description
Irene
United Kingdom
Irene Incident: The passenger ship was hijacked by pirates and sailed to Bias Bay. In an anti-piracy operation she was shelled and sunk by HMS L4 and HMS L5 (both Royal Navy) with the loss of at least one life with fourteen of her 258 passengers reported missing. Survivors were rescued by L4 and L5. Irene was subsequently salvaged, repaired and returned to service.
Vulcano
Kingdom of Italy
The cargo ship collided with Union (France) off Father Point, Quebec, Canada and sank. Her crew were rescued.[268][269]
22 October[]
List of shipwrecks: 22 October 1927
Ship
Country
Description
Coos Bay
United States
The cargo ship ran aground at the entrance to San Francisco Bay. She was a total loss.[266][270]
Horatio G. Foss
United States
The schooner foundered in the Atlantic Ocean 200 nautical miles (370 km) off Bermuda. All eight crew were rescued by Volendam (Netherlands).[271]
Karin
United Kingdom
The coaster capsized and sank at Durban, South Africa.[266]
23 October[]
List of shipwrecks: 23 October 1927
Ship
Country
Description
Elizabeth Freeman
United States
The four-masted schooner caught fire in the Atlantic Ocean of Jacksonville, Florida and was a total loss. Her crew were rescued by Scythian (United Kingdom).[272]
Louvain
France
The cargo ship ran aground at Rosario, Brazil.[266] She was refloated on 5 November.[273]
24 October[]
List of shipwrecks: 24 October 1927
Ship
Country
Description
Emlynmor
United Kingdom
The coaster passed Dungeness, Kent bound for Pembroke.[274] No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[275]
West Wales
United Kingdom
The cargo ship ran aground in the Paraná River, Argentina.[272] She was refloated on 9 November.[276]
25 October[]
List of shipwrecks: 25 October 1927
Ship
Country
Description
Astoria
United States
The auxiliary sailing vessel came ashore at Canso, Nova Scotia, Canada.[262] She was refloated on 1 November.[277]
The passenger liner broke a propeller shaft in the Atlantic Ocean 90 nautical miles (170 km) off the Abrolhos Archipelago, Brazil (16°56′S37°46′W / 16.933°S 37.767°W / -16.933; -37.767). She sank slowly in the presence of rescue vessels, however panic among the passengers and crew resulted in the deaths of 314 of 1,258 aboard. Survivors were rescued by Alhena (Netherlands), Avelona, Empire Star, Rosetti (all United Kingdom) and Formose (France).[278][279][280][281][282]
26 October[]
List of shipwrecks: 26 October 1927
Ship
Country
Description
Georg
Norway
The cargo ship sprang a leak and sank in the Skaggerak 25 nautical miles (46 km) north of Skagen, Denmark. Her crew were rescued by a Danish fishing vessel.[283]
The passenger ship ran aground at Mariehamn, Finland. Her passengers were taken off and landed at Turku.[284]
Helmsman
United Kingdom
The coaster departed the River Medway for the River Tees. No further trace, presumed foundered in the North Sea with the loss of all hands.[274]
Ibaro
Kingdom of Italy
The cargo ship ran aground on the Scilly Rock, Isles of Scilly, United Kingdom and was wrecked with the loss of six of her 38 crew.[285]
Loop Head
United Kingdom
The coaster departed Barry, Glamorgan for Limerick, Ireland. No further trace, presumed foundered in the Irish Sea with the loss of all hands.[275]
28 October[]
List of shipwrecks: 28 October 1927
Ship
Country
Description
Craigavon
United Kingdom
The coaster departed from Glasgow, Renfrewshire on 26 October for Swansea, Glamorgan. She was reported off Milford Haven on this day. Presumed foundered in the Bristol Channel with the loss of all 14 crew.[274][286]
Fortuna
Argentina
The sailing ship caught fire and sank in the Irish Sea 20 nautical miles (37 km) off the coast of Ireland with the loss of six of her 28 crew.[287]
29 October[]
List of shipwrecks: 29 October 1927
Ship
Country
Description
Clara
United Kingdom
The schooner was driven ashore at Kilmore Quay, County Wexford, Ireland and wrecked.[288]
Sneyd
United Kingdom
The cargo ship ran aground at Swanse, Glamorgan.[288] She was refloated on 8 November.[289]
The cargo ship ran aground on Pienkalastaja Island, Vysotsk, Soviet Union and was wrecked.[291][292]
November[]
2 November[]
List of shipwrecks: 2 November 1927
Ship
Country
Description
Gornik
Poland
The tug foundered in the Baltic Sea 6 nautical miles (11 km) north west of Rixhöft, Vorpommern, Germany with the loss of nine of her ten crew.[277]
3 November[]
List of shipwrecks: 3 November 1927
Ship
Country
Description
Greycliffe
Australia
Greycliffe disaster: The ferry collided with Tahiti (New Zealand) in Sydney Harbour, New South Wales and sank with the loss of 40 lives.
4 November[]
List of shipwrecks: 4 November 1927
Ship
Country
Description
Möwe
Weimar Republic
The cargo ship struck a mine and sank in the Baltic Sea off Saaremaa, Estonia.[293]
Valleluce
Kingdom of Italy
The cargo ship ran aground on Crane Island, Quebec, Canada.[273]
5 November[]
List of shipwrecks: 5 November 1927
Ship
Country
Description
Jarstein
Norway
The cargo ship foundered off the north coast of Iceland with the loss of a crew member. Survivors were rescued by a British trawler.[294]
Saltoun
United Kingdom
The coaster collided with the trawler Prince Leo (United Kingdom) in the North Sea off Spurn Head, Yorkshire and sank with the loss of one of her sixteen crew.[295]
6 November[]
List of shipwrecks: 6 November 1927
Ship
Country
Description
Emily E. Selid
United Kingdom
The schooner was driven ashore on Groais Island, Newfoundland and was a total loss.[276]
7 November[]
List of shipwrecks: 7 November 1927
Ship
Country
Description
Hafenbier
Weimar Republic
The cargo ship was shelled and sunk in the Baltic Sea by a Latvian Coast Guard vessel as she was intercepted whilst smuggling alcohol. Her crew were rescued.[296]
The cargo liner ran aground 40 nautical miles (74 km) north of the mouth of Prince Rupert, British Columbia, Canada. Her passengers were taken off.[289] She was refloated on 6 December.[297]
The schooner ran aground at Sagres Point and was a total loss.[289]
10 November[]
List of shipwrecks: 10 November 1927
Ship
Country
Description
Pepin
Spain
The cargo ship sustained a broke propeller shaft off Cabo Quintres and was abandoned with the loss of two of her crew.[299] She was towed into Santander, Cantabria on 12 November.[276]
12 November[]
List of shipwrecks: 12 November 1927
Ship
Country
Description
Jayanti
United Kingdom
The passenger ship departed Bombay on this day for Dapoli, India. Believed foundered in the Arabian Sea off Janjira with the loss of all 51 passengers and 46 crew.[301][302][303][304]
15 November[]
List of shipwrecks: 15 November 1927
Ship
Country
Description
Angele Achaque
France
The cargo ship foundered in the Mediterranean Sea off Tipaza, Algeria with the loss of all hands.[298]
The three-masted barque foundered in the Gulf of Bothnia with the loss of seven of her fourteen crew.[308][309]
20 November[]
List of shipwrecks: 20 November 1927
Ship
Country
Description
Maurita
Norway
The cargo ship ran aground at Barbate, Cádiz, Spain.[310] She was refloated on 9 December.[311]
21 November[]
List of shipwrecks: 21 November 1927
Ship
Country
Description
Claymont
United Kingdom
The cargo ship ran aground at Hornillo, Spain.[312] She was refloated on 30 November.[313]
Ditmar Koel
Weimar Republic
The cargo liner ran aground on the Amherst Rocks, off the coast of China.[312] She was abandoned on 22 November,[314] and was declared a total loss the next day.[315]
Djerissa
Weimar Republic
The cargo ship ran aground on the Cresswell Rocks, off Newbiggin-by-Sea, Northumberland, United Kingdom. Her crew were taken off by rocket apparatus.[310][312]
Eberfeld
Weimar Republic
The cargo liner ran aground at Cape Trafalgar, Spain. All on board were rescued by Rescue (United Kingdom).[312] She was a total loss.[314]
Efos
United Kingdom
The cargo ship was driven ashore at Roker, County Durham.[312] She was refloated on 25 November.[316]
The tanker ran aground on Haisborough Sands, off the coast of Norfolk, United Kingdom and broke in two. All 31 crew were rescued by H F Bailey (Royal National Lifeboat Institution) and Trent (United Kingdom).
22 November[]
List of shipwrecks: 22 November 1927
Ship
Country
Description
Ariel
United Kingdom
The schooner was driven ashore at La Scie, Newfoundland and was a total loss.[317]
E. P. Morris
United Kingdom
The schooner was driven ashore at La Scie and was wrecked.[317]
Hubro
Norway
The whaler ran aground in the Oliphant Islands.[316] She was refloated on 30 November.[313]
Huo Feng
Republic of China (1912–1949)
The cargo ship collided with Mogami Maru (Japan) in the Yangtze downstream of Nanking and sank.[314][317]
Uku
Estonia
The schooner ran aground at the mouth of the River Tay, Scotland with the loss of one of her ten crew. Survivors were rescued by rocket apparatus.[314][317]
23 November[]
List of shipwrecks: 23 November 1927
Ship
Country
Description
Copenhagen
United Kingdom
The cargo ship ran aground on the Chincorro Bank, Cuba.[317] She was refloated on 1 December.[318]
25 November[]
List of shipwrecks: 25 November 1927
Ship
Country
Description
Tenpaisan Maru
Japan
The cargo ship ran aground 12 nautical miles (22 km) north of Grays Harbor, Washington.[316] She broke up the next day and was a total loss.[307]
26 November[]
List of shipwrecks: 26 November 1927
Ship
Country
Description
Fearless
United States
The four-masted schooner was driven ashore at Lucretia Point, Cuba and wrecked. Her crew were rescued.[307]
Frances Anne
United States
The cargo ship caught fire at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and was scuttled.[319] She was refloated on 7 December.[320]
The cargo liner collided with a pier at Boulogne, Pas-de-Calais, France and was beached. She was later refloated, repaired and returned to service.
28 November[]
List of shipwrecks: 28 November 1927
Ship
Country
Description
Admiral Drake
United Kingdom
The schooner came ashore on Scatarie Island, Newfoundland and was wrecked.[321]
Ellen
United Kingdom
The tug collided with Cadogan Pier, Chelsea, London and sank with the loss of two of her five crew. She was refloated on 29 November.[319][322]
Kanazawa Maru
Japan
The cargo ship ran aground in the Kurushima Strait and sank.[323]
Perseus
United Kingdom
The Thames barge collided with Marienburg (Weimar Republic) in the River Thames at Rotherhithe, Kent and sank.[321]
Rose Murphy
United States
The cargo ship struck a submerged object in the Atlantic Ocean 12 nautical miles (22 km) off Key West, Florida and sank. Her crew survived.[323]
29 November[]
List of shipwrecks: 29 November 1927
Ship
Country
Description
Guardian
United Kingdom
The cargo ship foundered in the English Channel 6 nautical miles (11 km) east south east of the North Goodwin Lightship (United Kingdom). Her crew were rescued by the Ramsgate Lifeboat.[319]
Monte Bianco
Kingdom of Italy
The cargo ship came ashore at Brumhausen, Hamburg, Germany.[319] She was refloated on 3 December.[324]
30 November[]
List of shipwrecks: 30 November 1927
Ship
Country
Description
Home
United Kingdom
The schooner was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean off Harbour Grand, Newfoundland. She came ashore at Freshwaterdisambiguation needed and was wrecked.[325]
Kathleen W
United Kingdom
The schooner foundered in the Atlantic Ocean off Ingonish, Nova Scotia, Canada.[325]
Lochmonar
United Kingdom
The refrigerated cargo liner ran aground in the Mersey Estuary off the Crosby Lightship (United Kingdom) Her passengers and some of the crew were taken off.[326][327] She broke her back later that day.[318] The stern section was refloated on 8 December.[328] She was subsequently repaired and returned to service.
December[]
1 December[]
List of shipwrecks: 1 December 1927
Ship
Country
Description
Mary Watkinson
United Kingdom
The schooner was hit by S.N.A. 2 (France) in the English Channel 60 nautical miles (110 km) off The Lizard, Cornwall and sank with the loss of two of her six crew. The survivors were rescued by S.N.A. 2.[325][329]
3 December[]
List of shipwrecks: 3 December 1927
Ship
Country
Description
Dorothy Drover
United Kingdom
The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked on Long Island, Nova Scotia, Canada. Her crew were rescued.[324]
Una
United Kingdom
The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked at Bay de Verde, Labrador.[324]
5 December[]
List of shipwrecks: 5 December 1927
Ship
Country
Description
Cibao
Norway
The cargo ship was driven ashore at Cape Hatteras, North Carolina, United States and wrecked. All 24 crew were rescued.[330]
Paraguay
Greece
The tanker was driven ashore at Cape Hatteras with the loss of four of her 28 crew. Survivors were rescued by breeches buoy.[330]
6 December[]
List of shipwrecks: 6 December 1927
Ship
Country
Description
Gloria
United Kingdom
The ketch foundered off Rhosilli, Glamorgan. Her crew survived.[331]
7 December[]
List of shipwrecks: 7 December 1927
Ship
Country
Description
Agawa
United Kingdom
The cargo ship ran aground at Michael's Bay, Ontario, Canada.[311]
Altadoc
United Kingdom
The cargo ship suffered a failure of her steering gear in Lake Michigan. She drifted ashore at Eagle Harbor, Michigan, United States.[311] Some of her crew were taken off by General (United Kingdom) and a yawl.[332] She broke her back on 9 December,[333] and the rest of her crew were taken off two days later by USCGC Crawford (United States Coast Guard).[332]Altadoc was declared a total loss.[233]
The cargo ship ran aground on the Ile Parisienne, Lake Superior with the loss of two of her 21 crew. She was abandoned by the survivors.[233][332]
13 December[]
List of shipwrecks: 13 December 1927
Ship
Country
Description
Seminole
United Kingdom
The tanker ran aground in the River Mersey at Liverpool, Lancashire.[233] She was refloated on 20 December.[338]
14 December[]
List of shipwrecks: 14 December 1927
Ship
Country
Description
Agnes
United Kingdom
The Thames barge collided with Imanta (Latvia) in the River Thames at Gravesend, Kent and sank. Her crew were rescued.[339]
15 December[]
List of shipwrecks: 15 December 1927
Ship
Country
Description
Neponset
United States
The tug collided with Robert E. Lee (United States at Boston, Massachusetts and sank.[340]
Oldenburg
Weimar Republic
The dredger capsized and sank off Cuxhaven, Germany.[340]
Titania
Norway
The cargo ship ran aground at Gävle, Sweden.[340] She was refloated on 20 December.[338]
16 December[]
List of shipwrecks: 16 December 1927
Ship
Country
Description
Asta
Sweden
The cargo ship collided with Breslau (United Kingdom) off the Isle of May, Fife, United Kingdom and sank. Her crew were rescued by Breslau.[341]
Eden Force
United Kingdom
The cargo ship collided with Equity (United Kingdom at Antwerp, Belgium and was beached.[341] She was later patched and towed to Terneuzen, Netherlands.
Sweet May
United Kingdom
The sailing barge foundered at Porthoustock, Cornwall.[341]
The schooner lost her mast 300m from the Sevenstones Lightship (United Kingdom), between Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly. The crew of seven men was taken off by the St Mary's lifeboat and the Gougou was picked up the next day by Trinity vessel SS Mermaid (United Kingdom) and towed to Penzance.[348]
Hild
Sweden
The cargo ship collided with Arantzazu Mendi (Spain) in the Scheldt at Austruweel (nl), Belgium and was beached.[347]
Pyrope
United Kingdom
The cargo ship ran aground at Kettleness Point, Yorkshire. Her crew were rescued by the Runswick Lifeboat.[347]
Sylva Gouvei
Portugal
The cargo ship was driven ashore near Cape Torinana, Spain and was abandoned by her crew.[347]
24 December[]
List of shipwrecks: 24 December 1927
Ship
Country
Description
Gougou
France
The schooner was dismasted and abandoned off the Isles of Scilly, United Kingdom. All seven crew were rescued by the Scilly Lifeboat.[346]
25 December[]
List of shipwrecks: 25 December 1927
Ship
Country
Description
Clan Macwilliam
United Kingdom
The cargo ship was destroyed by fire and sank at Vavaʻu, Tonga.[346]
26 December[]
List of shipwrecks: 26 December 1927
Ship
Country
Description
Charles
Belgium
The cargo ship ran aground on Fidra, Berwickshire, United Kingdom. Her crew were landed by rocket apparatus.[346] She was refloated 8 January 1928, repaired and returned to service.[349]
David M
United Kingdom
The coaster was driven ashore at Birchington, Kent and was abandoned by her four crew.[350]
27 December[]
List of shipwrecks: 27 December 1927
Ship
Country
Description
Colytto
Netherlands
The cargo ship ran aground at Rosario, Brazil.[351] She was refloated on 1 January 1928.[352]
Fred Everard
United Kingdom
The Thames barge was driven ashore at Whitstable, Kent.[350] She was refloated on 3 January 1928.[353]
Hafsten
Sweden
The cargo ship was driven ashore at Cuxhaven, Germany. Her crew were rescued.[350] She was refloated on 30 December.[354]
Lady Daphne
United Kingdom
The Thames barge was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean off the Isles of Scilly and was a total loss. Her crew were rescued by the Lizard Lifeboat.[350]
Seviedj
Turkey
The coaster collided with Marmara (Turkey) in the Sea of Marmara off Boz Burun and sank with the loss of 26 lives.[350]
28 December[]
List of shipwrecks: 28 December 1927
Ship
Country
Description
Dainichizan Maru
Japan
The cargo ship was driven ashore and wrecked near Otaru, Hokkaidō with the loss of all hands.[343]
29 December[]
List of shipwrecks: 29 December 1927
Ship
Country
Description
Carpio
United Kingdom
The cargo ship ran aground at Seville, Andalusia, Spain.[344] She was refloated on 2 January 1928.[355]
Myogisan Maru
Japan
The cargo ship was driven ashore at Oshima, Hokkaidō and was wrecked.[356]
Toyo Maru
Japan
The cargo ship was driven ashore on the west coast of Tsushima Island and was wrecked with the loss of two crew.[344]