List of shipwrecks in 1906
The list of shipwrecks in 1906 includes ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during 1906.
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January
1 January
Ship | Country | Description |
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N.E.T. Co. No. 61 | United States | The 197-gross register ton scow sank off Duck Island at the mouth of the Housatonic River on the coast of Connecticut. The only person on board survived.[1] |
2 January
Ship | Country | Description |
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Frank | United States | The 31-gross register ton sidewheel paddle steamer filled with water and sank from unknown causes in the Mississippi River at O'Bryan's Landing or Brien's Landing (sources disagree) near Cairo, Illinois. All three people aboard survived, but she was a total loss.[2][3] |
Genevieve | United States | The steamer sank from an open seam in the Great Kanawha River at Charleston, West Virginia. Raised and recaulked.[3] |
Jennie Wand | United States | The 171-gross register ton schooner was stranded on the coast of the Baja California Peninsula near La Paz, Mexico. All six people on board survived.[4] |
4 January
Ship | Country | Description |
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Ariosa | United States | The 140-gross register ton screw steam tug grounded on Romer Shoal, New York, and sank in dense fog. All nine people on board survived.[2][3] |
5 January
Ship | Country | Description |
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Webbers Falls | United States | The 26-gross register ton sidewheel paddle steamer sank in the Arkansas River at Webbers Falls, Oklahoma. Both people on board survived.[5] |
6 January
Ship | Country | Description |
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Eva Belle Cain | United States | The tow steamer was sunk in a gale off Salem, New Jersey. Later raised.[3] |
8 January
Ship | Country | Description |
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James E. Stansbury | United States | The 51-gross register ton schooner was stranded at Cedar Point, Maryland. All eight people on board survived.[4] |
Samuel L. Russell | United States | The 179-gross register ton schooner sank in the Chesapeake Bay with the loss of all five people on board.[6] |
Scioto | United States | The 84-gross register ton sternwheel paddle steamer either struck a coal flat or collided with an unnamed car float (sources disagree) on the Mississippi River at Vicksburg, Mississippi, and sank in eight feet (2.4 m) of water. All six people on board survived.[7][3] |
10 January
Ship | Country | Description |
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Nicholas Thayer | United States | The 584-gross register ton bark departed Seattle, Washington, bound for Seward, Territory of Alaska, with 10 people on board and was never heard from again.[8] |
Roberta | United States | The steamer was wrecked when she struck a wooden projection of a bridge at Grand Ecore, Louisiana, and sank 500 yards (460 m) below the bridge. A deck hand and a chambermaid were killed.[3] |
11 January
Ship | Country | Description |
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Cascade | United States | The steamer grounded and sank in the Ohio River below the Union Bridge, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Raised, repaired and returned to service.[3] |
Richard K. Fox | United States | The 47-gross register ton schooner was stranded on the coast of Mexico in the Bay of Campeche. All four people on board survived.[6] |
W. H. Kruger | United States | The 469-gross register ton screw steamer sank off Point Arena, California. All 16 people on board survived.[7] |
12 January
Ship | Country | Description |
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Cherokee | United States | The steamer ran aground on Brigantine shoal in dense fog. Pulled off by tugs on 13 January.[9] |
Itata | United Kingdom | The barque was destroyed by fire at Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia. She later was scuttled in Saltpan Creek, Middle Harbour, Sydney, Australia. |
W. H. Kruger | United States | The steamer either foundered at sea off Navarro, California or ran aground and was wrecked near Greenwood, California on 11 or 12 January.[10][11] |
13 January
Ship | Country | Description |
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Robert H. Stevenson | United States | The 1,290-gross register ton schooner was stranded on Diamond Shoals on the coast of North Carolina with the loss of all 12 people on board.[6] |
Unknown | United States | The barge, under the tow of the tug Eugene F. Moran ( United States), capsized, and after her towline was cut she sank off the New York City dumping grounds. The only crewman on the barge was lost, and the only crewman on another barge that Eugene F. Moran was towing also was lost somehow.[12] |
14 January
Ship | Country | Description |
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Boringuen | United States | The 15-gross register ton schooner was stranded at Yabucoa, Puerto Rico. All three people on board survived.[13] |
Hattie | United States | The 66-gross register ton steam screw ferry burned at dock at Courtwright, Ontario. All four people on board survived, but she was a total loss.[2][3] |
17 January
Ship | Country | Description |
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Atalanta | United States | The 370-gross register ton brig was stranded on Seal Island in Penobscot Bay off the coast of Maine. All seven people on board survived.[13] |
18 January
Ship | Country | Description |
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Andrew Axton | United States | The 99-gross register ton sternwheel paddle steamer caught fire in the Monongahela River and was beached at Duquesne, Pennsylvania, where she burned out and became a total loss. All 13 people on board survived.[2][3] |
19 January
Ship | Country | Description |
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Horace G. Morse | United States | The 437-gross register ton schooner was stranded on Bliss Island in New Brunswick, with the loss of two lives. There were five survivors.[14] |
Vienna | United States | The steamer struck an obstruction in the Tombigbee River at 10 Mile Shoal and sank.[3] |
20 January
Ship | Country | Description |
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Zeta No. 2 | United States | The 17-gross register ton motor yacht was stranded in St. Augustine Inlet on the coast of Florida. Both people on board survived.[15] |
21 January
Ship | Country | Description |
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Aquidabã | Brazilian Navy | The Aquidabã-class battleship sank while anchored off Jacarepaguá, Brazil, after her ammunition magazines exploded. The explosion and sinking killed 212 people. Of her 98 survivors, 36 were injured. |
Trojan | United States | The 2,632-gross register ton steel-hulled screw steamer sank after colliding in thick fog with the screw steamer Nacoochie ( United States) 3⁄8 mile (0.60 km) south west the Vineyard Sound Lightship in 15 fathoms (90 ft; 27 m) of water off Vineyard Haven, Massachusetts. wreck partially removed between 6 September and 11 October increasing clearance to 11 fathoms (66 ft; 20 m). Nacoochie rescued all 25 members of her crew.[7][16][17] |
22 January
Ship | Country | Description |
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Gypsum King | United States | The 562-gross register ton iron-hulled screw steamer was wrecked in thick fog on St. Mary Ledge (part of the Murr Ledges), 3 miles (4.8 km) south southeast of Southwest Head Light near Grand Manan, New Brunswick. All 17 people on board survived, but she was a total loss.[2][3][18] |
Rees Lee | United States | The 463-gross register ton sternwheel paddle steamer struck a submerged object in the Mississippi River at Burns Landing near Tiptonville, Tennessee and sank. All 28 people on board survived, but she was a total loss.[7][3] |
Valencia | United States |
23 January
Ship | Country | Description |
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Helena | United States | The 28-gross register ton sternwheel paddle steamer was destroyed by an explosion on the Amite River at Whitehall, Louisiana, killing all five people on board.[20] |
24 January
Ship | Country | Description |
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Regulator | United States | |
Stephen Woolsey | United States | The 32-gross register ton schooner was stranded at Montauk Point on the eastern end of Long Island, New York. All seven people on board survived.[6] |
25 January
Ship | Country | Description |
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L. Odin | United States | The 19-gross register ton sloop was stranded at Jones Inlet, Long Island, New York. All three people on board survived.[4] |
Mariechen | Germany | Disabled and adrift since 25 December 1905, when a deadlight in her coal bunker had sprung open, leaving her without steam power during a voyage from Seattle, Washington, to Vladivostok in the Russian Empire with a crew of 50 and cargo of 5,000 tons of general merchandise on board, the 2,521-gross register ton, 289.6-foot (88.3 m) cargo steamer was wrecked during a snowstorm on a rock in False Bay (57°58′N 134°55′W) in Chatham Strait in the Alexander Archipelago in Southeast Alaska. She was later salvaged.[21] |
26 January
Ship | Country | Description |
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Lillian | United States | The yacht caught fire at dock at South Portland, Maine and burned to the waterline and sank. Total loss.[3] |
Unknown | United States | The car float, under tow of Defiance ( United States), sank two miles (3.2 km) below Brown Buoy.[22] |
Willie | United States | With no one on board, the 14-gross register ton sternwheel motor paddle vessel burned on the Ohio River at New Amsterdam, Indiana.[23] |
27 January
Ship | Country | Description |
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Agnes | Australia | The launch sank after a collision in Sydney Harbour. |
28 January
Ship | Country | Description |
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Irene | United States | The 491-gross register ton brig was abandoned at sea 25 nautical miles (46 km; 29 mi) southeast of Cape Lookout, North Carolina. All seven people on board survived.[4] |
Unknown | United States | The car float, under tow by the tug Transfer No. 9 ( United States), was sunk in a collision with Calderon ( Belgium) off The Battery, New York City.[24] |
February
1 February
Ship | Country | Description |
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Henry Harley | United States | The steamer was pushed by wind during a gale into the bluff at Buffalo, Tennessee in the Cumberland River breaking a hole in her side causing her to sink in eight feet (2.4 m) of water. Raised and repaired.[3] |
"Laura" | United States | The tow steamer grounded on Burlington Island at low tide. When the tide came back in she listed to port and filled with water. Scheduled to be pumped out.[3] |
2 February
Ship | Country | Description |
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Yankee Maid | United States | The 58-gross register ton schooner was stranded on Seal Island off the coast of Maine. The only person aboard survived.[2] |
3 February
Ship | Country | Description |
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Fortuna | United States | With no one on board, the 10-gross register ton sloop-rigged yacht was stranded at Ipswich, Massachusetts.[4] |
4 February
Ship | Country | Description |
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James Sowders | United States | The 13-gross register ton sternwheel motor paddle vessel was "cut down by ice" on the Ohio River at Leavenworth, Indiana. Both people on board survived.[20] |
5 February
Ship | Country | Description |
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Starke | United States | The 209-gross register ton schooner was stranded on Chandeleur Island in the Chandeleur Islands on the coast of Louisiana. All six people on board survived.[6] |
6 February
Ship | Country | Description |
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Carey Bros. | United States | The grain boat, under tow by New York Central No. 20 ( United States), suddenly sank in the North River off New York City.[3] |
David | United States | The 1,337-gross register ton steel-hulled steamer was stranded on San Andrés Island in Costa Rica. All 21 people on board survived.[2] |
8 February
Ship | Country | Description |
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Dalles City | United States | The steamer struck a rock in the Columbia River at Curtis Landing, Washington, and was beached in a sinking condition.[3] |
Thomas J. Owen | United States | The 68-gross register ton schooner burned at Sayreville, New Jersey. All four people aboard survived.[6] |
10 February
Ship | Country | Description |
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Charleston | United States | The 94-gross register ton sternwheel paddle steamer was stranded at Wolf Island Shute in Missouri. All 24 people on board survived.[2] |
Henry Harley | United States | The steamer was pushed by a gale of wind into the bluff at Buffalo, Tennessee in the Cumberland River sinking in eight feet (2.4 m) of water. Raised and repaired.[25] |
11 February
Ship | Country | Description |
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Christal | United States | The 8-gross register ton motor vessel burned at Monhegan Isle in Maine. The only person on board survived.[2] |
Joseph Hay | United States | The 188-gross register ton schooner was stranded in the Sow and Pigs Islands off Massachusetts. All five people on board survived.[4] |
12 February
Ship | Country | Description |
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Unknown barges | United States | Three barges, under tow of the tug Dauntless ( United States), broke loose when seas broke over the tug in a severe storm 35 miles (56 km) south of Cape Canaveral, Florida and were lost.[26] |
13 February
Ship | Country | Description |
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Deer | United States | The steamer went ashore in a gale four miles (6.4 km) south of Au Sable, Michigan.[3] |
Easton | United States | The covered barge was struck at dock at the foot of Twenty First Street, New York City, by the steamer Ganoga ( United States) after Ganoga's steering jammed in the East River. She was towed by Ganoga to Third Street, where she filled with water.[3] |
Jennie Lockwood | United States | The 433-gross register ton schooner was stranded on Pea Island on the Outer Banks of North Carolina. All six people on board survived.[4] |
Mary E. Pierce | United States | The 21-gross register ton screw steamer was wrecked four nautical miles (7.4 km; 4.6 mi) south of Au Sable, Michigan, when her wheel chains parted. Both people on board survived, but she was a total loss.[7][3] |
Winifred A. Froan | United States | The 858-gross register ton schooner was abandoned at sea off Cape Hatteras, North Carolina. All 14 people on board survived.[2] |
15 February
Ship | Country | Description |
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Blanche | United States | The 48-gross register ton screw steamer burned at her dock at Hickman, Kentucky. All four people on board survived, but she was a total loss.[2][3] |
Ira D. Sturgis | United States | The 235-gross register ton schooner was stranded on the coast of Delaware near the Indian River. All five people on board survived.[4] |
Maine | United States | The laid-up 26-gross register ton sidewheel paddle steamer either was stranded or sank (sources disagree) in the Mississippi River at Albany, Illinois. All four people on board survived.[20][3] |
19 February
Ship | Country | Description |
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L'Avenir | Belgium | The steamer was wrecked two nautical miles (3.7 km) south of Flamborough Head, England.[27] |
20 February
Ship | Country | Description |
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Rebecca B. Tennis | United States | The 12-gross register ton sloop was stranded at Newport News, Virginia. The only person on board survived.[6] |
Swan | United States | The steamer sprung a leak and sank after being beached on a sandbar in the Savannah River 18 miles (29 km) west of Savannah, Georgia. Raised, repaired and returned to service.[3] |
21 February
Ship | Country | Description |
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Dom Pedro | United States | The 193-gross register ton barge was lost when she struck a dock at New York City. The only person on board survived.[23] |
Kernwood | United States | The launch was damaged in a collision off Florida with Ferry Palm Beach ( United States) resulting in a 2 1⁄2-foot (0.76 m) tear in her hull. She was towed to East side Landing where she sank.[3] |
22 February
Ship | Country | Description |
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Lady Dora | United States | The 14-gross register ton motor vessel sank in Galveston Bay on the coast of Texas. Both people on board survived.[7] |
25 February
Ship | Country | Description |
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Mary V. Duncan | United States | The 56-gross register ton schooner was lost when she collided with the schooner William and James ( United States) in the Chesapeake Bay. All four people on board survived.[28] |
26 February
Ship | Country | Description |
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John Howard | United States | The 32-gross register ton schooner burned at Portsmouth, Virginia. Both people on board survived.[4] |
27 February
Ship | Country | Description |
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Jesse W. Starr | United States | The 307-gross register ton schooner was abandoned in the North Atlantic Ocean off Virginia at 37°37′N 074°36′W. All six people on board perished.[4] |
28 February
Ship | Country | Description |
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Number Eleven | United States | The 953-gross register ton schooner barge foundered in heavy seas in a gale off the coast of Maryland 10 nautical miles (19 km; 12 mi) east-southeast of the Fenwick Island Lightship with the loss of all five people on board. The crew of her tow steamer saw four of her crewmen abandon ship in a lifeboat, but they were never seen again.[6][3] |
Gus Shammel | United States | The 42-gross register ton screw steamer burned in Choctawhatchee Bay, Florida. All three people on board survived.[2] |
Unknown date
Ship | Country | Description |
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Centennial | United States | The 2,075-gross register ton, 324-foot (98.8 m) iron-hulled screw steamer departed Hakodate, Japan, bound for San Francisco, California, with a crew of 38 aboard on the 24th and was never heard from again. The steamer Pennsylvania (flag unknown) sighted wreckage from Centennial in the North Pacific Ocean in late March 1906. In 1912, Russian explorers found Centennial frozen in the ice and abandoned in the Sea of Okhotsk off Sakhalin Island with no lifeboats aboard and no sign of her crew.[2][29] |
Buller | United Kingdom | The St Ives pilot boat, with seven pilots on board, capsized, in St Ives Bay, Cornwall, when a schooner hit her, throwing all her occupants into the water. There were no fatalities.[30] |
Stainburn | United Kingdom | The Workington collier almost wrecked on the Runnelstone, off Gwennap Head, Cornwall, and caught fire. She managed to make her way to Penzance where she was repaired.[31] |
March
1 March
Ship | Country | Description |
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John R. Bergen | United States | The 647-gross register ton schooner was abandoned in the North Atlantic Ocean at 36°12′N 072°30′W. All seven people on board survived.[4] |
Willard | United States | The tug sank off Rockport, Massachusetts. Three of five crewmen died.[3] |
2 March
3 March
Ship | Country | Description |
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Lizzie Chadwick | United States | The 472-gross register ton schooner was abandoned off Cape Hatteras, North Carolina. All six people on board survived.[4] |
Myndert Starin | United States | With no one on board, the 203-gross register ton barge sank at Weehawken, New Jersey.[23] |
Navahoe | United States | The steamer grounded on Middle Bar inside the bar at Cape Fear in a gale with heavy rain. Refloated on 9 March after removal of cargo.[3] |
4 March
Ship | Country | Description |
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Mary Manning | United States | The 1,233-gross register ton schooner was abandoned in the North Atlantic Ocean at 39°00′N 68°00′W. All eight people aboard survived.[6] |
5 March
Ship | Country | Description |
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John S. Deering | United States | The 478-gross register ton schooner was abandoned at sea in the North Atlantic Ocean east of Virginia at 37°05′N 071°50′W. All seven people on board survived.[4] |
6 March
Ship | Country | Description |
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Hamilton Fish | United States | The 1,616-gross register ton schooner barge or scow barge sank in the North Atlantic Ocean off Barnegat, New Jersey. All three people on board survived.[4] |
Mokihana | United States | The 15-gross register ton schooner was stranded at "Kahnlula," Maui, Territory of Hawaii. All three people aboard survived.[6][34] |
9 March
Ship | Country | Description |
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Jack Osborn | United States | The 125-gross register ton sternwheel paddle steamer burned overnight at dock at New Orleans, Louisiana. All 15 people on board survived, but she was a total loss.[7][3] |
10 March
Ship | Country | Description |
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Tom Lysle | United States | The tow steamer sprang a leak, rolled over on her side, and sank in the Monongahela River at Braddock, Pennsylvania. While the crew was transferring to the barge Tom Lysle was towing, one female crewmember, a chambermaid, was crushed to death between the vessels. The wreck was abandoned.[3] |
11 March
Ship | Country | Description |
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Carrie | United States | The tug sank at the Barnes Brothers dock, Port Richmond, New York. The wreck was raised a couple of days later.[3] |
12 March
Ship | Country | Description |
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Golden Rod | United States | The 132-gross register ton schooner was stranded at Burgeo, Newfoundland. All nine people aboard survived.[4] |
13 March
Ship | Country | Description |
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Alligator | United States | The passenger steamer struck a snag just above Heather Island and sank in five feet (1.5 m) of water. Passengers and crew went to Silver Springs, Florida in small boats.[3] |
Olympian | United States | The sidewheel paddle steamer was wrecked at Possession Bay, Chile, while under tow by the steamer Zealandia ( United States).[35] |
16 March
Ship | Country | Description |
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S. E. Davis | United States | The 79-gross register ton schooner was stranded at Clark Island, Maine. All three people on board survived.[6] |
17 March
Ship | Country | Description |
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Sebago | United States | The 307-gross register ton schooner was stranded at Beaver Harbour, New Brunswick. All five people on board survived.[6] |
18 March
Ship | Country | Description |
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Athen | Germany | The cargo ship was wrecked at Portland Bill, United Kingdom. |
Atlanta | United States | The 1,129-gross register ton screw steamer burned on Lake Michigan 14 nautical miles (26 km; 16 mi) south of Sheboygan, Wisconsin. One crewman was killed. The fish tug Tessler ( United States) rescued her 39 survivors.[2][3][36] |
19 March
Ship | Country | Description |
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C. C. Lane | United States | The 321-gross register ton schooner was stranded at Boston, Massachusetts. All six people on board survived.[13] |
Gordon Rowe | United States | The oyster steamer sank at dock over night at New Haven, Connecticut, due to water not being shut off after filling a tank. One crewman sleeping on board died.[3] |
H. C. French | United States | The 142-gross register ton steam canal boat was stranded at New Haven, Connecticut. All four people on board survived.[2] |
Lady Antrim | United States | The 87-gross register ton schooner sank off Marblehead, Massachusetts, with the loss of three lives. There was one survivor.[4] |
N.E.T. Co. No. 10 | United States | The 197-gross register ton scow sank off the breakwater at New Haven, Connecticut. The only person on board survived.[1] |
Oak | United States | The 302-gross register ton barge was stranded in the Chesapeake Bay at Thimble Shoal off the coast of Virginia. Both people on board survived.[23] |
Violet | United States | The 15-gross register ton sternwheel motor paddle vessel was crushed by ice on the Missouri River at Blencoe, Iowa. The only person on board survived.[7] |
Walter J. Schloefer | United States | The 138-gross register ton canal boat was stranded at New Haven, Connecticut. All three people on board survived.[23] |
20 March
Ship | Country | Description |
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Amanda Powell | United States | The tow steamer caught on the dock when the tide came back and she filled with water. She was pumped out.[3] |
Martha E. McCabe | United States | The 345-gross register ton schooner barge or scow barge sank at Barnegat, New Jersey. All six people on board survived.[6] |
21 March
Ship | Country | Description |
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Mary B. | United States | The steamer struck an obstruction in the Mississippi River one-half mile (0.80 km) above Belle Point and sank in three minutes in 80 feet (24 m) of water. Four crewmen killed.[3] |
Raymond T. Maull | United States | The 538-gross register ton schooner was stranded on Gull Shoal on the coast of North Carolina. All six people on board survived.[6] |
22 March
Ship | Country | Description |
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Edith and May | United States | The 128-gross register ton schooner was stranded in the Berry Islands in the Bahamas. All five people on board survived.[13] |
Jennie and Florence Cahill | United States | With no one on board, the 168-gross register ton barge sank off Oyster Bay, New York.[23] |
24 March
Ship | Country | Description |
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Unknown car float | United States | The car float, under tow of the tug Harry G. Runkle ( United States), filled and sank in the North River off the Pennsylvania Railroad Ferry Dock, Jersey City, New Jersey.[37] |
26 March
Ship | Country | Description |
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Clara E. Uhler | United States | The tug sunk at dock in East Boston, Massachusetts, possibly snagged on the dock when the tide went out. Raised and repaired.[3] |
Joseph W. Ross | United States | The tug struck a snag in the lower part of Boston Harbor and was beached on Lovells Island to prevent sinking in deep water. Raised and repaired.[3] |
Nannie B | United States | The 85-gross register ton screw steamer was stranded at Bennetts Point, South Carolina. All four people on board survived.[7] |
27 March
Ship | Country | Description |
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Cecilia Hill | United States | The steamer burned at dock at Fish Creek, Wisconsin.[3] |
31 March
Ship | Country | Description |
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Mary B | United States | The 84-gross register ton sternwheel paddle steamer sank with the loss of four lives when she struck a log at Belle Point, Louisiana. There were six survivors.[7] |
Newsboy | United States | The steamer was damaged/wrecked on the bar at the entrance to Humboldt Bay, California. The tug Ranger ( United States) attempted to take her under tow, but was struck by Wasp ( United States) and was damaged and had to give up the attempt. Wasp made an unsuccessful attempt at passing a line. The crew abandoned her that evening. She ended up wrecked on the beach.[7][38][39][40][41] |
W. H. Van Name | United States | The 97-gross register ton schooner was lost when she struck the submerged wreck of the barge Oak ( United States) in Hampton Roads on the coast of Virginia. All four people aboard survived.[2] |
Unknown date
Ship | Country | Description |
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SMS Albatross | Imperial German Navy | The collier foundered in a storm. |
Nicholas Thayer | United States | During a voyage from Seattle, Washington, to Seward, Territory of Alaska, with a crew of 16 and a cargo of 150 tons of coal, 150 tons of general merchandise, and 425,000 board feet (1,003 m3, 35,400 cu ft) of lumber, the 584-gross register ton, 138.9-foot (42.3 m) bark disappeared with the loss of all hands in the Gulf of Alaska. The discovery by Alaska Natives of wreckage and cargo on Sitkalidak Island in the Kodiak Archipelago led many to believe that she had sunk near Kodiak, although this was well west of her most likely route from Seattle to Seward.[42] |
April
1 April
Ship | Country | Description |
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Minnie | United States | The steamer sank at the Brownell Brothers Lumber Company dock in Berwick, Louisiana in 35 feet (11 m) of water. Salvage not attempted.[3] |
2 April
Ship | Country | Description |
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Alexander R. | Canada | The cargo schooner was sunk in a collision with Afranmore (flag unknown) off Halifax, Nova Scotia. Total loss, later raised and sold.[43] |
Henry O'Brien | United States | The tug caught fire in Newark Bay and was beached on the flats. The fire was extinguished by the steamer Nanticoke ( United States).[3] |
Sarah E. Easton | United States | The tow steamer sank in a collision with T. L. Sturtevant ( United States) in the North River off the Communipaw Coal Dock.[3] |
3 April
Ship | Country | Description |
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Wyalusing | United States | The 149-gross register ton steam screw tug was wrecked on Hardings Ledge off the harbor at Boston, Massachusetts, and sank. All nine people on board survived, but she was a total loss.[3] |
7 April
Ship | Country | Description |
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Cecilia Hill | United States | With no one on board, the 93-gross register ton screw steamer burned at Fish Creek, Wisconsin.[44] |
8 April
Ship | Country | Description |
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H. M. Hoxie | United States | The steamer burned and sank after her starboard boiler exploded at Portland, Ohio. Two crewmen were killed in the explosion. She was refloated.[3][45] |
Robert A. Scott | United States | The towboat sank in a collision with J. H. Williams ( United States) in the East River off Pier 8 that caused her to careen to the point she filled with water and sank. One crewman was killed. The survivors were rescued by J. H. Williams.[3] |
9 April
Ship | Country | Description |
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Game Cock | United States | The 59-gross register ton schooner was stranded at Stonington, Maine. All three people on board survived.[46] |
Lotna | United States | The 12-gross register ton sloop was stranded at Swampscott, Massachusetts. The only person on board survived.[4] |
10 April
Ship | Country | Description |
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D. Gifford | United States | The 253-gross register ton schooner was stranded at Field Rocks, Massachusetts. All six people on board survived.[13] |
Florence | United States | The cargo ship was damaged in a collision with the steamer Captain Bennett ( Norway) in the Delaware River, tearing out her stem and causing her crew to beach her on flats off Fort Delaware, Delaware.[3] |
Helen F. Ward | United States | The 8-gross register ton schooner was stranded at Provincetown, Massachusetts. The only person on board survived.[4] |
Rising Sun | United States | The 80-gross register ton schooner was stranded at Drakes Island, Maine. Both people on board survived.[6] |
Sallie B | United States | The 286-gross register ton schooner sank in Casco Bay on the coast of Maine with the loss of four lives. There were two survivors.[6] |
11 April
Ship | Country | Description |
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Marion | United States | The 235-gross register ton, 123-foot (37.5 m) cod-fishing schooner sank at Sanak Island in the Fox Islands group of the Aleutian Islands. Her crew of eight survived.[4][21] |
13 April
Ship | Country | Description |
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Nettie Cushing | United States | The 117-gross register ton schooner was stranded on Cornfield Sand Shoal on the coast of Connecticut. All four people on board survived.[6] |
14 April
Ship | Country | Description |
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Bouquet | United States | The barge, under tow by Hokendauqua ( United States), sank in Block Island Sound five miles (8.0 km) east of Watch Hill, Rhode Island, about three miles (4.8 km) offshore.[3] |
16 April
Ship | Country | Description |
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Eugene Zimmerman | United States | The steamer was sunk in a collision with Saxona ( United States) in the St. Marys River.[3] |
17 April
Ship | Country | Description |
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G. L. Daboll | United States | The 49-gross register ton schooner was stranded at Egmont Key, Florida. All five people aboard survived.[4] |
HM Torpedo Boat 84 | Royal Navy | The TB 82-class torpedo boat sank in the Mediterranean Sea after colliding with the destroyer HMS Ardent ( Royal Navy.[47][48][49] |
18 April
Ship | Country | Description |
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City of Detroit | United States | The 118-gross register ton steam canal boat was destroyed by fire at the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Dock in St. George, Staten Island, New York. All four people on board survived.[2] |
Columbia | United States | San Francisco earthquake: The Steamer capsized at the Union Iron Works dock while being refit, puncturing her hull and sinking. Raised, repaired and returned to service by January, 1907.[50] |
Ella L. Slaymaker | United States | The 34-gross register ton schooner burned on the Delaware River. Both people on board survived.[13] |
20 April
Ship | Country | Description |
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Louise Hastings | United States | The 123-gross register ton schooner sank at Havana, Cuba. All three people on board survived.[4] |
22 April
Ship | Country | Description |
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Nannie B. | United States | The steamer sank while tied up at dock at Bennetts Point. One crewman possibly died.[3] |
23 April
Ship | Country | Description |
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Mary F. Pike | United States | The 125-gross register ton schooner was stranded on East Point on Prince Edward Island. All four people aboard survived.[6] |
Norumbega | United States | The 126-gross register ton schooner was lost when she collided with the schooner Edith L. Allen ( United States) off Fenwick Island on the coast of Maryland. All 17 people aboard survived.[6] |
24 April
Ship | Country | Description |
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Anglo Peruvian | United Kingdom | The steamer struck an iceberg on 21 April in the North Atlantic Ocean and sank on 24 April. Her entire crew was rescued by Mohawk ( United Kingdom).[51] |
25 April
Ship | Country | Description |
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Mary Anne | United States | The canal boat sank after the steamer Lansing ( United States) struck her, causing her to fill and sink at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.[3] |
26 April
Ship | Country | Description |
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Havana | Canada | The salvage vessel was sunk in a collision with Strathcona ( Canada) off Halifax, Nova Scotia.[52] |
Shiloh | United States | The steamer struck a snag between Washington, North Carolina and Tarboro, North Carolina and was beached off Indian Creek.[3] |
28 April
Ship | Country | Description |
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William F. Campbell | United States | The 211-gross register ton schooner sank in Penobscot Bay off Owls Head, Maine. All five people aboard survived.[2] |
30 April
Ship | Country | Description |
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Courier II | United Kingdom | The steamer struck Les Anons, a rock south of Jethou.[53] There were 29 survivors and 10 deaths. The ship was salvaged on 1 August 1906 and returned to service after repairs.[54] |
Unknown date
Ship | Country | Description |
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Adeline | United States | The 15-gross register ton screw steamer sank at Whealton, Virginia. All three people on board survived.[44] |
May
2 May
Ship | Country | Description |
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Alaska | United States | The 60-gross register ton, 73.7-foot (22.5 m) iron-hulled screw steamer was destroyed by fire while in winter quarters at St. Michael, Territory of Alaska. All eight people aboard survived.[2][55] |
Jessie B. | United States | The steamer capsized in a windstorm and broke in two at Fairview, Illinois. Total loss.[3] |
3 May
Ship | Country | Description |
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Explorer | United States | With no one on board, the 15-gross register ton, 50-foot (15.2 m) sternwheel paddle steamer sank in the Yukon River at Russian Mission, Territory of Alaska.[56][57] |
5 May
Ship | Country | Description |
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Float No. 33 | United States | The car float was sunk when struck in thick fog by the ferry Somerville ( United States) off Pier L, Jersey City, New Jersey.[3] |
Red Wing | United States | The tow steamer sank at dock at the Nelson & Son Mill in Boggy Creek, Nassau River, Florida when her rail hung up on the guard of a lighter. Later raised.[3] |
6 May
Ship | Country | Description |
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Levy Bros. | United States | The 24-gross register ton schooner barge or scow barge sank in Lake Pontchartrain in Louisiana. All three people on board survived.[4] |
Rock Island | United States | The 533-gross register ton, 134-foot (40.8 m) sternwheel paddle steamer was crushed by ice and sank at a wharf in the Tanana River at Chena, Territory of Alaska. All 30 people on board survived. Repeated attempts to refloat her failed.[58] |
7 May
Ship | Country | Description |
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Alice | United States | The 61-gross register ton schooner was stranded at Chincoteague Cove on the coast of Virginia. All four people on board survived.[13] |
Eagle Point | United States | The steamer struck a snag and sank at Cassville, Wisconsin in the Mississippi River in seven feet (2.1 m) of water. Later raised.[3][59] |
8 May
Ship | Country | Description |
---|---|---|
M. I. Wilcox | United States | The 377-gross register ton schooner was stranded at Colchester Point on the coast of Ontario. All five people on board survived.[4] |
Vandalia | United States | The 41-gross register ton schooner sank in the Gulf of Mexico off Cape Romano on the coast of Florida with the loss of all four people aboard.[6] |
9 May
Ship | Country | Description |
---|---|---|
Algeria | United States | The 2,038-gross register ton schooner sank off Cleveland, Ohio, with the loss of one or two lives. There were 10 survivors. Wreck removed in November.[13][60] |
Armenia | United States | The 2,040-gross register ton schooner barge or scow barge, under tow by Pabst ( United States), sank in a storm on Lake Erie four miles (6.4 km) off the lighthouse at Pelee Island, Ontario (41°57′N 82°58′W) in seven fathoms (42 ft; 13 m) of water. All seven people on board rescued by Pabst. Later the wreck was blown up with dynamite and dispersed by tugs with grapple hooks.[13][61][62] |
Horn Point | United States | The 12-gross register ton sloop sank in East Lynnhaven Inlet on the coast of Virginia. All three people on board survived.[14] |
10 May
Ship | Country | Description |
---|---|---|
Tanana Chief | United States | The 72-gross register ton, 59.2-foot (18.0 m) sternwheel paddle steamer was wrecked on the Kantishna River in the Territory of Alaska. All eight people on board survived.[5][63] |
11 May
Ship | Country | Description |
---|---|---|
Vigilant | United States | The steamer ran aground and sank in the vicinity of Thessalon, Ontario in the Canadian Channel.[3] |
12 May
Ship | Country | Description |
---|---|---|
Blue Stone | United States | The tug sank at the Communipaw Coal Dock in Jersey City, New Jersey, when the wake of the United States Government steamer Scout ( United States) washed across her deck, causing her to heel over and flood. She was raised by nightfall and towed to a drydock and found to be undamaged.[3] |
Dream | United States | The 12-gross register ton schooner was stranded at Savannah, Georgia. All four people on board survived.[46] |
13 May
Ship | Country | Description |
---|---|---|
Hattie G. Dixon | United States | The 528-gross register ton barkentine was stranded on Chappaquiddick Island on the coast of Massachusetts. All eight people on board survived.[4] |
15 May
Ship | Country | Description |
---|---|---|
Selkirk | United States | The 223-gross register ton sternwheel paddle steamer was wrecked in the Rock Island Rapids on the Columbia River near Rock Island, Washington. All nine people on board survived.[7] |
16 May
Ship | Country | Description |
---|---|---|
Baltimore | United States | The ferry was damaged when struck by the lighter Greenwich ( United States) in the North River off Desbrosses Street in New York City, punching a hole in her hull. She made it to her Desbrosses Street slip and unloaded her passengers and cargo before sinking.[3] |
17 May
Ship | Country | Description |
---|---|---|
HM Torpedo Boat 56 | Royal Navy | The TB26-class torpedo boat foundered in the Mediterranean Sea off Damietta, Egypt, while under tow by the cruiser HMS Arrogant ( Royal Navy).[47][64][65] |
18 May
Ship | Country | Description |
---|---|---|
Thealka | United States | The steamer struck an obstruction and sank in the Big Sandy River at Red House, Kentucky.[3] |
Unknown barge | United States | The coal barge, under tow of the tug Alice ( United States), was sunk when she was sucked into the propeller of Langfond (flag unknown) off Twenty-Seventh street, Brooklyn.[66] |
19 May
Ship | Country | Description |
---|---|---|
Comte de Smet de Meyer | Belgium | The training ship foundered in the Bay of Biscay (47°12′N 12°10′W) on her second voyage with the loss of 33 crew.[67] |
20 May
Ship | Country | Description |
---|---|---|
Koyukuk | United States | During a voyage with 32 people aboard, the 280- or 286-gross register ton (sources disagree), 120.5-foot (36.7 m) sternwheel paddle steamer struck a rock and was wrecked at the mouth of the Little Delta River on the Tanana River below Chena, Territory of Alaska. All on board survived. She may have been salvaged.[7][68] |
22 May
Ship | Country | Description |
---|---|---|
Lotta Talbot | United States | The 342-gross register ton, 145.7-foot (44.4 m) sternwheel paddle steamer was wrecked at Fairbanks, Territory of Alaska. Her crew of five survived.[7][69] |
Thistle | United States | The steamer sank at dock at Juneau, Territory of Alaska. Raised, machinery salvaged, and was broken up.[3] |
23 May
Ship | Country | Description |
---|---|---|
John H. Crook | United States | The 100-gross register ton canal boat was stranded in Quebec. The only person on board survived.[23] |
William J. Sewell | United States | When the steamer attempted to pass between the disabled steamer Pennsylvania ( United States) and another tow off Portsmouth, Virginia she struck Pennsylvania and had to be beached.[3] |
24 May
Ship | Country | Description |
---|---|---|
City of Concord | United States | The steamer sank at dock in Cleveland, Ohio after springing a leak in Lake Erie. She was raised.[70] |
Thomas Tryon | United States | The canal boat sank at the Mouth of Glen Cove Creek in the harbor of Hempstead, New York, Long Island. The wreck was removed in December 1906.[71] |
25 May
Ship | Country | Description |
---|---|---|
Gustavus A. Müller | United States | The 21-gross register ton sloop was stranded at Tucker's Beach, New Jersey. Both people on board survived.[4] |
Olga | United States | The 498-gross register ton schooner was stranded on Kahoolawe in the Hawaiian Islands. All 12 people on board survived.[6] |
26 May
Ship | Country | Description |
---|---|---|
Dixie | United States | The 12-gross register ton sternwheel motor paddle vessel sank in the Tennessee River at Johnsonville, Tennessee. All 12 people on board survived.[2] |
John Eggers | United States | The 25-gross register ton schooner was stranded at Wind Point, Wisconsin. The only person on board survived.[4] |
Katherine M | United States | With no one on board, the 191-gross register ton barge burned at Hastings, Minnesota.[23] |
28 May
Ship | Country | Description |
---|---|---|
Mable Wilson | United States | The 1,224-gross register ton schooner sank off Cleveland, Ohio, with the loss of one life. There were seven survivors.[4] |
29 May
Ship | Country | Description |
---|---|---|
James A. Stetson | United States | The 65-gross register ton schooner was stranded on Amherst in the Magdalen Islands in the Gulf of Saint Lawrence. All four people on board survived.[4] |
Leros | Germany | The steamer was en route from Newcastle to Lisbon with a cargo of Singer sewing machines when she ran aground in thick fog on Tasse de la Frette Rocks, northwest of Burhou near Alderney, Channel Islands.[72][73] |
30 May
Ship | Country | Description |
---|---|---|
HMS Montagu | Royal Navy | The Duncan-class battleship was wrecked on Lundy Island. Salvage was abandoned in 1907 and the ship was scrapped in situ. |
31 May
Ship | Country | Description |
---|---|---|
Erin | Canada | The steamer sank after colliding with the steamer John B. Cowle ( United States) off St. Clair, Michigan in the St Clair River. Five crew, including two women, were killed.[3][70][74] |
Maggie A. Phillips | United States | The 95-gross register ton schooner departed Baltimore, Maryland, bound for Gregorytown in the Bahamas with six people on board and was never heard from again.[14] |
Unknown date
Ship | Country | Description |
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E. and G. W. Hinds | United States | The 115-gross register ton schooner was stranded at Plympton, Nova Scotia. All four people on board survived.[75] |
June
1 June
Ship | Country | Description |
---|---|---|
Brookhill | United States | The ferry sank at dock in a windstorm at Baton Rouge, Louisiana.[3] |
Three Sisters | United States | The 33-gross register ton schooner was lost when she collided with an unidentified barge in Hampton Roads on the coast of Virginia. All three people on board survived.[44] |
2 June
Ship | Country | Description |
---|---|---|
Clara E. Rogers | United States | The 144-gross register ton schooner was lost off Vineyard Haven Light on the coast of Massachusetts after colliding with an unidentified screw steamer. All four people on board survived.[13] |
Quickstep | United States | The 66-gross register ton sternwheel paddle steamer capsized and burned in a windstorm at Lake Des Allemands, Louisiana. All 15 people on board survived, but she was a total loss.[7][3] |
3 June
Ship | Country | Description |
---|---|---|
Mary | United States | The 174-gross register ton screw steamer burned at dock at either Ogdensburg or Waddington, New York (sources disagree). All 25 people on board survived.[7][3] |
Unknown barge | United States | The barge, under tow by T. J. Wood ( United States), sank as a result of a collision between T. J. Wood and the tug Harry A. Laughlin ( United States) at Vesta Mine No. 4 in the Monongahela River.[76] |
4 June
Ship | Country | Description |
---|---|---|
Bulgaria | United States | The 1,888-gross register ton screw steamer was wrecked in heavy fog on Fisherman Shoal in Lake Michigan. All 15 people on board survived, but she was a total loss.[2][3] |
5 June
Ship | Country | Description |
---|---|---|
Volunteer | United States | The 585-gross register ton schooner was stranded on the coast of California near Bodega Head with the loss of three of the 10 people aboard.[2] |
7 June
Ship | Country | Description |
---|---|---|
Dreadnot | United States | The 9-gross register ton sloop was lost when she struck a submerged wharf off Charleston, South Carolina. The only person on board survived.[13] |
Grecian | United States | The steamer struck a rock in the St. Marys River off De Tour Village, Michigan and sank in shallow water. Later refloated.[77] |
Park Bluff | United States | The steamer struck a sunken log and sank at Stillwater, Minnesota. Her boiler and machinery were salvaged and used in another steamer.[3] |
8 June
Ship | Country | Description |
---|---|---|
Duplin | United States | The steamer struck a snag and sank in the North East River in North Carolina.[3] |
Lillie | United States | The 53-gross register ton screw steamer was destroyed by fire while docked overnight at Southport, North Carolina. All eight people on board survived.[7][3] |
9 June
Ship | Country | Description |
---|---|---|
Lulu | United States | The 13-gross register ton motor paddle vessel sank off Pitts Point, Kentucky. All three people on board survived.[20] |
10 June
Ship | Country | Description |
---|---|---|
Emma L. Cottingham | United States | The 522-gross register ton schooner sank in the Gulf of Mexico at 26°58′N 085°10′W with the loss of five lives. There were three survivors.[13] |
Etolia | United Kingdom | The cargo ship was wrecked off Cape Sable Island, Nova Scotia. Her crew survived.[78] |
Miami | United States | The 81.77-gross register ton, 71.6-foot (21.8 m) steam screw tug was wrecked on a sand bar in the Territory of Alaska about 14 miles (23 km) above the mouth of the Kvichak River when she grounded on a falling tide. The next rising tide twisted off her keel and she sank. Her entire crew of seven survived, but she was declared a total loss.[20][21][3] |
11 June
Ship | Country | Description |
---|---|---|
Corinthian | United States | The 94-gross register ton motor schooner was swamped and wrecked on the bar at the entrance to Humboldt Bay, California, eventually drifting on to the beach along side the wreck of Newsboy ( United States). All but two crewmen were saved by the United States Life Saving Service.[79][80] |
Fearless | United States | The steamer sank at Colee, Florida two and a half miles (4.0 km) from Picolata, Florida on the St. Johns River. Later raised.[3] |
Unknown barge | United States | The barge, under the tow of the tug R. S. Carter ( United States), was sunk in a collision with another barge, also under tow, off Pier 24 in the North River. Later towed to the Jersey Flats. It is unclear if still filled or was refloated at the time.[81] |
12 June
Ship | Country | Description |
---|---|---|
Withlacoochee No. 9 | United States | The 119-gross register ton barge sank in port at Inglis, Florida. The only person on board survived.[1] |
13 June
Ship | Country | Description |
---|---|---|
Argus | United States | The 566-gross register ton motor vessel burned near Destruction Island off the coast of Washington. All 14 people aboard survived.[2] |
Essex | United States | A scow caught fire at the Savannah Wharf in the harbor of Baltimore, Maryland, setting the steamer on fire. She drifted across the harbor, filled with water, and grounded on the south side of the harbor. Was raised by July, not as damaged as first thought.[3][70] |
14 June
Ship | Country | Description |
---|---|---|
Jennie Sweeney | United States | The 643-gross register ton schooner sank off the coast of North Carolina near the Cape Fear Bar. All eight people on board survived.[4] |
Rose | United States | The barge was damaged when struck by Pennoil ( German Empire) in the Delaware River causing her to be beached off the mouth of the Christiana River.[3] |
15 June
Ship | Country | Description |
---|---|---|
Grecian | United States | The 2,348-gross register ton iron-hulled screw steamer foundered in Lake Huron four nautical miles (7.4 km; 4.6 mi) south of Thunder Bay, Michigan, while being towed to Detroit, Michigan, for repairs. All 20 people on board survived.[2][3][82] |
17 June
Ship | Country | Description |
---|---|---|
Carrie A. Ryerson | United States | The steamer was almost cut in two in a collision with Georgia ( United States) on Lake Michigan. Her passengers were taken off and she tried to beach, sinking in 12 feet (3.7 m) of water. Raised 5 July, repaired and returned to service.[70][83][84] |
Edith L. Allen | United States | The 969-gross register ton schooner sank in the North Atlantic Ocean off Florida at 26°10′N 079°38′W. All nine people on board survived.[13] |
Steel King | United States | The steamer sank in shallow water near Harbor Beach, Michigan. Raised, repaired, and returned to service.[85] |
18 June
Ship | Country | Description |
---|---|---|
Carrie A. Ryerson | United States | The steamer was damaged in a collision with Georgia ( United States) at the mouth of White Lake Harbor. She proceeded into the harbor where she sank.[3] |
19 June
Ship | Country | Description |
---|---|---|
Napoleon | United States | The 43-gross register ton screw steamer was sunk by a floating object while docked at the foot of Walnut Street in New Orleans, Louisiana. The only person on board survived.[5][3] |
Portland | United States | The 493-gross register ton barkentine was stranded in the harbor at San Pedro, California. All 10 people on board survived.[28] |
25 June
Ship | Country | Description |
---|---|---|
Robert Holland | United States | The steamer listed and sank at Duluth, Minnesota when lumber was stacked too high causing her to list enough to fill with water.[3] |
27 June
Ship | Country | Description |
---|---|---|
Alfred W. | United States | The tug struck a rock in dense fog, slid off and sank between Duluth, Minnesota and Port Arthur, Ontario. Later raised.[3] |
28 June
Ship | Country | Description |
---|---|---|
E. C. Hay | United States | The 63-gross register ton schooner was lost when she collided with the passenger screw steamer C. F. Tietgen ( Denmark) in the North River off the Desbrosses Street Ferry terminal in New York City. All four people on board survived.[46] |
29 June
Ship | Country | Description |
---|---|---|
Swansea | United States | The steamer struck a submerged object between Duluth, Minnesota and Superior, Wisconsin and started leaking. She sank in shallow water. Later raised.[3] |
30 June
Ship | Country | Description |
---|---|---|
Henrietta | United States | The 62-gross register ton sternwheel paddle steamer burned in Bayou Felix in Louisiana. All 10 people on board survived.[20] |
Josephine Lincoln | United States | The tow steamer sank at dock at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania over night. Raised at 4 p.m. that day.[3] |
New Orleans | United States | The 1,457-gross register ton screw steamer sank after colliding in fog with the screw steamer William R. Lynn ( United States) in Thunder Bay on the coast of Michigan 4 nautical miles (7.4 km; 4.6 mi) below Middle Island. William R. Lynn rescued all 16 people on board.[5][3][86] |
July
2 July
Ship | Country | Description |
---|---|---|
Mary G. Powers | United States | The 133-gross register ton schooner sank off Newfoundland. All eight people on board survived.[28] |
3 July
Ship | Country | Description |
---|---|---|
Hanover | United States | The 23-gross register ton schooner was stranded at Point Lookout, Maryland. Both people on board survived.[46] |
Samuel R. Waite | United States | The 39-gross register ton schooner was stranded at Cove Point, Virginia. All five people on board survived.[28] |
4 July
Ship | Country | Description |
---|---|---|
Ella G. Eells | United States | The 256-gross register ton schooner was stranded on Libby Island on the coast of Maine with the loss of four lives. There was one survivor.[46] |
George Edwin | United States | The 99-gross register ton schooner sank in the Bay of Fundy off Grand Manan, New Brunswick. All four people on board survived.[46] |
Kingston | United States | The 1,070-gross register ton schooner barge or scow barge sank off Shinnecock, New York, with the loss of one life. There were two survivors.[14] |
Unknown car float | United States | The car float was sunk at dock when struck by barges that got out of control due to an eddy current off Rivington Street in the East River.[87] |
Vinland | United States | The 965-gross register ton schooner burned in the East River off Rikers Island in New York City. All five people on board survived.[44] |
5 July
Ship | Country | Description |
---|---|---|
Hugo Keller | United States | The freighter sank at dock at Pier 9S, Port Richmond, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania when punctured by an obstruction on a falling tide. Raised on 9 July and repaired.[3] |
6 July
Ship | Country | Description |
---|---|---|
Agenor | United States | The 1,487-gross register ton full-rigged ship was stranded at Yuki, Japan. All 17 people on board survived.[88] |
Gold Star | United States | With no one on board, the 168-ton barge was wrecked in the Tanana River at Tanana, Territory of Alaska.[1][89] |
Keewaydin | Canada | The schooner was sunk in a collision off Tarpaulin Cove.[90] |
Plunket | United Kingdom | The schooner sprung a leak in Lake Ontario and was beached, probably in the area of Oswego, New York.[91] |
Somerset | United States | The wrecking steamer sank at dock at Lewes, Delaware. Raised and inspected, Certificate of Inspection revoked for being in unsafe condition due to rotten timbers.[3] |
7 July
Ship | Country | Description |
---|---|---|
R. L. Aubrey | United States | The steamer struck a submerged object and sank in the Ohio River near Eighteen Mile Island.[3] |
10 July
Ship | Country | Description |
---|---|---|
Eaglet | United States | The 130-gross register ton schooner was lost when she collided with the protected cruiser Jurien de la Gravière ( French Navy) in the North River between New York City and New Jersey. All four people on board survived. Wreck removal completed 29 August 1907.[46][92] |
11 July
Ship | Country | Description |
---|---|---|
Angola | United Kingdom | The Elder Dempster 1,811 GRT steamship was on a voyage from Veracruz, Mexico, to Montreal, Quebec, when she ran aground and was wrecked 6 nautical miles (11 km) east of Louisbourg, Nova Scotia.[93] |
Helen L. Martin | United States | The 423-gross register ton schooner was stranded at Point Breeze on the coast of Newfoundland. All seven people on board survived.[14] |
Quincy | United States | The steamer took a shear off course in the Mississippi River near Trempealeau, Wisconsin running her onto shore where a stump holed her hull, sinking her in 20 feet (6.1 m) of water. Later raised, repaired, sold and converted into an excursion boat.[3][94] |
12 July
Ship | Country | Description |
---|---|---|
Mollie Barton | United States | The 154-gross register ton canal boat was lost in a collision with an unidentified French Navy warship in the Hudson River off New York City. The only person on board survived.[95] |
Quincy | United States | The steamer sank in the Mississippi River near Trempealeu, Wisconsin. Raised beginning on August 19th and repaired.[70][96] |
R. L. Myers | United States | The steamer struck a snag in the Tar River and had to be beached for temporary repairs.[3] |
13 July
Ship | Country | Description |
---|---|---|
Shaughraun | United States | The steamer struck a boulder, rolled over and sank at Limekiln Crossing in the Detroit River. Raised the next day.[3] |
16 July
Ship | Country | Description |
---|---|---|
Chico | United States | The steamer was wrecked at Shelter Cove, California, a total loss.[97][98] |
Matilda D. Borda | United States | The coal schooner was stranded on Gull Shoals one mile (1.6 km) from the Little Kinnakeet, North Carolina Life Saving Station in smoky weather, a total loss. The crew were rescued by the United States Life Saving Service.[28][91] |
17 July
Ship | Country | Description |
---|---|---|
Lizzie W. Hunt | United States | The 9-gross register ton schooner was stranded at Isle au Haut in Penobscot Bay on the coast of Maine. All three people on board survived.[14] |
18 July
Ship | Country | Description |
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Pokanoket | United States | The steamer sank at dock over night at Petersburg, Virginia when her sea valves were opened, one man was arrested. Raised 24 July.[3][70] |
20 July
Ship | Country | Description |
---|---|---|
M. L. Thornton | United States | The steamer struck a rock and sank near Lock No. 11 in the Great Kanawha River. Raised and repaired.[3] |
21 July
Ship | Country | Description |
---|---|---|
City of Toledo | United States | The 245-gross register ton schooner was lost when she struck a bridge at Detroit, Michigan. All seven people on board survived.[46] |
Reaper | United States | The 1,468-gross register ton bark burned at Port Ludlow, Washington. All 15 people on board survived.[28] |
22 July
Ship | Country | Description |
---|---|---|
John A. Allen | United States | The 43-gross register ton schooner was lost in a collision with the steam screw ocean liner Vaderland ( Belgium) off Georges Bank between the North Atlantic Ocean and the Gulf of Maine. All seven people on board survived.[14] |
24 July
Ship | Country | Description |
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W. B. Castle | United States | The 124-gross register ton Tug sank after colliding with the screw steamer Robert Holland ( United States) in the Detroit River near Belle Isle in Michigan, a total loss. All eight people on board were rescued by Robert Holland.[3][70] |
25 July
Ship | Country | Description |
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Diadem | United States | The 67-gross register ton schooner was stranded on Ash Island in Penobscot Bay on the coast of Maine. All three people on board survived.[46] |
Gard B. Reynolds | United States | The steamer struck a submerged object while leaving the dock at Pier 12, Port Richmond, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and was beached to prevent her from sinking.[3] |
Lilly K | United States | With no one on board, the 13-gross register ton motor vessel burned at Sheboygan, Wisconsin.[20] |
Loma | United States | The 19-gross register ton schooner was stranded off the New Point Loma Lighthouse at Point Loma, San Diego, California. All six people on board survived.[14] |
Vigilant | United Kingdom | The steamer was wrecked eight nautical miles (15 km) south of Roches-Douvres Light.[99] |
26 July
Ship | Country | Description |
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Maggie Schultz | Belgium | The steamer foundered 80 nautical miles (150 km) off Bilbao, Spain.[100] |
William Case | United States | The 266-gross register ton schooner sank in Lake Erie 50 nautical miles (93 km; 58 mi) northeast by north of Colchester Light. All six people on board rescued by her tug Saginaw ( United States).[44][70][101] |
27 July
Ship | Country | Description |
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C. W. Elphicke | United States | The steamer struck the government extension of the breakwater at Cleveland, Ohio and sank. Raised 23 August, repaired and returned to service.[3][102][70] |
Era | United States | The 134-gross register ton schooner was stranded at Pointe Plate on Miquelon Island. All 14 people on board survived.[46] |
28 July
Ship | Country | Description |
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Shenandoah | United States | The sloop yacht capsized on Lake Michigan two miles (3.2 km) from the Jackson Park, Illinois Life Saving Station. The crew were rescued by a boat.The United States Life Saving Service towed her into harbor where she was beached.[91] |
29 July
Ship | Country | Description |
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Alva B. | United States | The motor launch broached and capsized crossing the Hereford, New Jersey Bar. Survivors were rescued by the power boat Israella ( United States), and auxiliary sloop Fanny E. Moffat ( United States).[91] |
Nora | United States | The motor sloop broached and capsized crossing the Hereford, New Jersey Bar. Survivors rescued by the United States Life Saving Service, power boat Violet, and a skiff.[91] |
Valentine | United States | The steamer struck a submerged log and sank in Mullet Lake. One passenger died.[70] |
30 July
Ship | Country | Description |
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Marjorie J. Sumner | Canada | The schooner capsized at Eatonville, Nova Scotia during unloading. Subsequently salvaged, repaired and returned to service.[103] |
Sanquoit | United States | The sloop yacht ran ashore in thick fog and was wrecked in the area of the Jerrys Point, New Hampshire Life Saving Station. The crew reached shore on an air mattress.[91] |
31 July
Ship | Country | Description |
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Socoa | France | |
Unknown | United States | The motor launch broke loose from her moorings at Orleans, Massachusetts eventually drifting ashore and was wrecked. Her machinery and equipment was salvaged.[91] |
Unknown date
Ship | Country | Description |
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Chico | United States | The 362-gross register ton screw steamer ran aground and was wrecked at Shelter Cove, California, on either 16 or 18 July (sources disagree). All 17 people on board survived.[44][3] |
August
1 August
Ship | Country | Description |
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Gertrude | United States | The steamer struck a snag and sank in the Apalachicola River above Mary's Landing. Later raised.[3] |
USS Nero | United States Navy | The collier ran aground 1,800 yards (1,600 m) off the south coast Block Island in dense fog. Refloated by tugs.[105][106] |
Thomas Newton | United States | The steamer sank in shallow water when struck by the barge Mars, under tow by Frank K. Esherick ( United States), in the Pasquotank River. After sinking, her cargo of lime caught fire and she burned to the water level.[3] |
3 August
Ship | Country | Description |
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John J. Hagan | United States | The steamer sank at dock at Pier 8, Port Richmond, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania over night. The only crewman on board was killed.[3] |
4 August
Ship | Country | Description |
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Sirio | Italy | |
Unknown launch | United States Navy | The steam launch, belonging to USS Newark ( United States Navy), was sunk in a collision with the tug T. A. Scott, Jr. ( United States) in the harbor of New Haven, Connecticut.[110] |
5 August
Ship | Country | Description |
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Irene | United States | The 650-ton barge foundered in the outer harbor at St. Michael, Territory of Alaska, when her seams opened while she was alongside the steamer San Mateo ( United States) to take on cargo. The vessel City ( United States) towed the partially sunken barge – with 300 tons of hay and general merchandise aboard – into the inner harbor, where she grounded.[111] |
6 August
Ship | Country | Description |
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Falcon | United States | The 43-gross register ton screw steamer burned to the waterline while tied up at a dock in Houghton, Washington. All five people on board survived.[20][3] |
Falcon | United States | The 74-gross register ton screw steamer burned at Houghton, Washington. All five people on board survived.[20] |
George V. Jordan | United States | The 616-gross register ton schooner was stranded on Pollock Rip Shoal four miles (6.4 km) from the Monomoy Point Life Saving Station on 6 or 7 August, eventually sinking in 3 fathoms of water. Wreck removed with Dynamite between 12 October and 9 November. All eight people on board were rescued by the United States Life Saving Service.[46][91][112] |
7 August
Ship | Country | Description |
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Forth | United Kingdom | The steamer ran aground in thick fog and was wrecked on Long Pierre Rock off Herm, Channel Islands, whilst on passage from Middlesbrough to St. Malo.[113][114] |
Harlem River | United States | The tug was sunk when struck by the tug Margaret D. ( United States) in the Harlem River off One Hundred Twenty Fifth Street causing her to list to the point of filling with water and sinking. Later raised.[3] |
8 August
Ship | Country | Description |
---|---|---|
Lucille | United States | The 71-gross register ton screw steamer sank in Lake Erie 4 nautical miles (7.4 km; 4.6 mi) off West Sister Island after losing the packing from her stuffing box, creating a leak that the pumps could not handle. All five people on board survived. She later was raised.[20][3] |
10 August
Ship | Country | Description |
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Brooklyn | United States | The steamer ran aground on rocks off the breakwater at Pointe Delgarde, St. Michaels, The Azores. Refloated on 21 August and sailed to Lisbon for repairs.[3] |
Cornelia | United States | The 60-gross register ton schooner sank in Back Creek in Virginia. All three people on board survived.[46] |
John H. Pauly | United States | The 197-gross register ton steam barge caught fire while tied up at a dock at Marine City, Michigan, but was cut loose drifting out into a storm beyond reach of the City Fire Department, a total loss. All eight people on board survived.[20][3][115] |
11 August
Ship | Country | Description |
---|---|---|
Bulgaria | United States | The barge sprung a leak on Lake Michigan and was beached near the Plum Island Life Saving Station.[91] |
12 August
Ship | Country | Description |
---|---|---|
Joseph L. Hurd | United States | The steamer sprung a leak 20 miles (32 km) north east of Grosse Point, Michigan. The crew abandoned ship after the pumps could not keep up with the leak. She was towed by tugs to Chicago, Illinois where she sank in a slip. Total loss.[3] |
13 August
Ship | Country | Description |
---|---|---|
Alexander | United States | The 294-gross register ton screw steamer was stranded in the Arctic Ocean at Cape Parry on the coast of the Northwest Territories. All 48 people on board survived.[44] |
15 August
Ship | Country | Description |
---|---|---|
Detroit | United States | The steamer burned to the water's edge at dock at Edgewater Point, Gideon's Bay, Lake Minnetonka. Her captain and mate, only ones aboard, escaped.[115] |
Island City | United States | The 423-gross register ton schooner was stranded at Shediac, New Brunswick. All seven people on board survived.[14] |
17 August
Ship | Country | Description |
---|---|---|
Ada Warren | United States | The steamer ran aground and capsized in the Sacramento River at Hog Island, California.[3] |
Isabella Gill | United States | The 585-gross register ton schooner departed New York City bound for Mayport, Florida, with eight people aboard and was never heard from again.[14] |
18 August
Ship | Country | Description |
---|---|---|
Alexander | United States | The 294-ton steam whaling bark was wrecked at "Chugak" in the Territory of Alaska, apparently a reference to Shuyak Island in the Kodiak Archipelago.[55] |
J. W. Bennett | United States | The steamer was sunk in a collision with Saugatuck ( United States) 11 miles (18 km) north north east of Long Tail Point in Green Bay.[3] |
19 August
Ship | Country | Description |
---|---|---|
Ann Thomson | United States | The 252-gross register ton barge sank off Point Lookout on the coast of Maryland. Both people on board survived.[1] |
Gov. Smith | United States | The 2,044-gross register ton screw steamer sank after colliding with the steamer Uranus ( United States) on Lake Huron off Pointe Aux Barques, Michigan. All 20 people on board survived.[20][3] |
Julia D. Schmidt | United States | The 9-gross register ton schooner sank off Thacher Island on the coast of Massachusetts. The only person on board survived.[14] |
Oweene | United States | The 24-gross register ton iron-hulled sloop-rigged yacht burned in Long Island Sound. Both people on board survived.[28] |
20 August
Ship | Country | Description |
---|---|---|
Ardell | United States | The 27-gross register ton schooner sank in Tampa Bay off the coast of Florida. All three people on board survived.[116] |
Bat | United States | The 101-gross register ton schooner was stranded in the Bay of Fundy on Grand Manan in New Brunswick. All four people on board survived.[88] |
M. H. Morris | United States | The 16-gross register ton schooner sank off Block Island off the coast of Rhode Island. The only person on board survived.[117] |
Manchuria | United States | The steamer was stranded on the northeast end of Oahu in the Territory of Hawaii.[3] |
Nemo | United States | The 9-gross register ton screw steamer burned at anchor off Point Jefferson, Washington. All three people on board survived.[5][3] |
21 August
Ship | Country | Description |
---|---|---|
Mary L. Cushing | United States | The 1,658-gross register ton bark was stranded at Mazatlán, Mexico. All 16 people on board survived.[28] |
Nemo | United States | The steamer burned at anchor off Point Jefferson.[118] |
23 August
Ship | Country | Description |
---|---|---|
Case | United States | The steamer sprung a leak and was beached at Port Washington, Wisconsin. Later refloated and taken to Milwaukee for repairs.[115] |
Majore | United States | The launch went ashore on Lake Ontario two miles (3.2 km) north west of the Charlotte, New York Life Saving Station. Her machinery was salvaged.[91] |
Primrose | United Kingdom | On a journey from her home port of Garston with a cargo of coal, the steamer hit the Low Lee rocks, Mount's Bay in thick fog one mile (1.6 km) from her destination, Newlyn.[119] |
24 August
Ship | Country | Description |
---|---|---|
C. B. Rossell | United States | The 178-gross register ton barge sank in the Chesapeake Bay off Poplar Island in Maryland. All three people on board survived.[1] |
C. H. Conover | United States | The freighter was destroyed by fire just south of the Illinois Slip, Chicago, Illinois when her cargo caught fire. Her crew of 25 escaped.[115] |
Princess | Canada | The steamboat foundered off George Island in Lake Winnipeg in Manitoba. |
25 August
Ship | Country | Description |
---|---|---|
Philadelphia | United States | The steamer sank at dock at Pier 39 South, in the Delaware River over night. Raised and found leaky seams was the cause.[3] |
27 August
Ship | Country | Description |
---|---|---|
M. H. Perkins | United States | The 76-gross register ton schooner was stranded at Rockport, Massachusetts. All 14 people on board survived.[14] |
Rhoda Stewart | United States | The steamer encountered a gale shortly after leaving Cleveland, Ohio. She returned to harbor but suffered a broke steam line resulting in her cutting loose two barges and then being beached. The two barges drifted ashore.[3] |
28 August
Ship | Country | Description |
---|---|---|
Agnes L. Potter | United States | The 279-gross register ton schooner was stranded at Cleveland, Ohio. All five people on board survived.[88] |
Celia | United States | The 173-gross register ton screw steamer ran aground in dense fog and was wrecked two miles (3.2 km) south of the Point Pinos Lighthouse, six miles (9.7 km) from Monterey, California. All 20 people on board survived.[5][120] |
William Grandy | United States | The 464-gross register ton schooner barge or scow barge was stranded at Cleveland, Ohio. All four people on board survived.[44] |
29 August
Ship | Country | Description |
---|---|---|
America | United States | The tug was sunk when struck by Lighter No. 228 that had developed a leak and a list to starboard while being towed by the tug Juniata ( United States). When the list got to a steep angle part of her cargo of scrap iron slid overboard causing her to turn to port and hitting America. Her crew were rescued by Juniata. |
City of Hudson | United States | The 61-gross register ton sternwheel paddle steamer burned to the waterline and sank while tied up at a dock overnight at Brownsville, Minnesota. Both people on board survived.[44] |
Clover | France | Recently bought from Gibraltar by French contractor André Boyer, the 108-gross register ton steam tug sank after becoming disabled in strong winds off Cape Salou, Tarragona, Spain. Two men on the launch died.[121][122] |
Hudson | United States | The launch was sunk in a collision with the ferry Red Bank ( United States) at Jersey City, New Jersey. Both men on the launch died.[3] |
Mildred | United States | The 6-gross register ton cat boat sank after colliding with the sidewheel paddle steamer Nantucket ( United States) in the harbor at Nantucket, Massachusetts. Both people on board survived.[28][3] |
30 August
Ship | Country | Description |
---|---|---|
C. P. Dixon | United States | The 717-gross register ton schooner departed Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, bound for Fajardo, Puerto Rico, with eight people on board and was never heard from again.[88] |
Excelsior | United States | The 348-gross register ton, 138-foot (42.1 m) three-masted schooner was wrecked on Cape Rozhnof (56°N 161°W) at Nelson Lagoon, Territory of Alaska. Her crew of 19 survived.[46][57] |
Virginia | United States | The 704-gross register ton schooner barge sank off Cape Fear, North Carolina. All five people on board survived.[123] |
31 August
Ship | Country | Description |
---|---|---|
USAT Sheridan | United States Army | The transport ran aground on Barber's Point, Territory of Hawaii. Refloated later and returned to service.[124] |
Unknown date
Ship | Country | Description |
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Cingalese | Norway | The full-rigged ship was dismasted and abandoned in the Indian Ocean. She was on a voyage from Zanzibar to Hamburg, Germany. Cingalese was later towed in to East London, South Africa, where she was scrapped in 1907.[125] |
Bennett | United States | The tug sunk sometime in August off Long Tail Point Light. She was refloated in mid-1907 and taken to Sturgeon Bay.[126] |
September
1 September
Ship | Country | Description |
---|---|---|
Alice M | United States | The 9-gross register ton motor yacht burned at Algonac, Michigan. Both people on board survived.[44] |
Annie L. Henderson | United States | The 428-gross register ton schooner burned at Bangor, Maine. All seven people on board survived.[88] |
2 September
Ship | Country | Description |
---|---|---|
Gipsy | United States | The 11-gross register ton motor vessel was stranded at Rockaway Beach in Queens, New York. All four people on board survived.[20] |
3 September
Ship | Country | Description |
---|---|---|
Lillie | United States | The 61-gross register ton sternwheel paddle steamer capsized and sank at Trinity, Louisiana. All nine people on board survived, but she was declared a total loss.[20][3] |
4 September
Ship | Country | Description |
---|---|---|
Lavinia | United States | The steamer sank at Palatka, Florida on the St. Johns River. Later raised.[3] |
5 September
Ship | Country | Description |
---|---|---|
Unknown scow | United States | The scow, under tow of the tug A. R Skidmore ( United States), was sunk in a collision with an unidentified schooner under tow of Cresent ( United States) in the East River off Riker's Island, New York City.[127] |
Wm. Crosthwaite | United States | The barge sank in a collision with its tow steamer Homer Warren ( United States) in Lake Erie off Kellys Island.[44][3] |
6 September
Ship | Country | Description |
---|---|---|
Chauncey E. Burk | United States | The 916-gross register ton schooner was stranded at Sandy Point on Great Abaco in the Bahamas. All nine people on board survived.[88] |
Nelson Mills | United States | The 391-gross register ton screw steamer sank after colliding with the screw steamer Milwaukee ( United States) off McGregor Point in the St. Clair River on the Canada-United States border between Michigan and Ontario. One passenger and one crewman were killed. There were 14 survivors.[5][3][128][129] |
Walrus | United States | Carrying her captain, six passengers, and a 600-pound (270 kg) deck cargo of two stoves and two gas tanks, the 9-gross register ton, 30-foot (9.1 m) motor vessel was destroyed by fire in Tongass Narrows in the Territory of Alaska after a lantern exploded. Two passengers – a six-year-old girl and a 15-year-old girl – were trapped by the fire and burned to death. The captain and the other four passengers escaped in a lifeboat.[5][130] |
8 September
Ship | Country | Description |
---|---|---|
Emma R | United States | The 251-gross register ton barge sank at New York City The only person on board survived.[95] |
Maggie R | United States | The 5-gross register ton catboat was stranded on Gay Head on the coast of Massachusetts. The only person on board survived.[131] |
9 September
Ship | Country | Description |
---|---|---|
Alice | United States | The 72-gross register ton sternwheel paddle steamer sank in the Savannah River in Georgia. All six people on board survived.[44] |
Metamora | United States | The 36-gross register ton schooner sank at New Harbor, Maine. Both people on board survived.[28] |
Oliver S. Barrett | United States | On the day she departed Port Royal, South Carolina, for a voyage to New York City, the 634-gross register ton schooner capsized at sea with the loss of eight lives. There was one survivor.[28] |
10 September
Ship | Country | Description |
---|---|---|
Leah | United States | Operating as an inland passenger vessel with 199 people aboard, the 477-gross register ton, 138.7-foot (42.3 m) sternwheel paddle steamer sank after striking a submerged rock or snag in the Yukon River at Quail Island, 40 miles (64 km) below Kaltag, Territory of Alaska. Her wreck filled with ice and mud over the next eight months and became a total loss.[69] |
11 September
Ship | Country | Description |
---|---|---|
Anna M. Stammer | United States | The 419-gross register ton schooner departed Gulfport, Mississippi, bound for Cartagena, Colombia. She capsized during the voyage with the loss of all eight people on board. She was salvaged and was towed in to Key West, Florida, where she arrived on 11 January 1907.[88] |
Unknown canal boat | United States | The canal boat, under tow of the tug Robert McAllister ( United States), was damaged when she struck a submerged log that went through her bottom in the Columbia Basin causing her to fill and be beached near Clinton Street, Brooklyn.[132] |
13 September
Ship | Country | Description |
---|---|---|
Oregon | United States | The 2,335-gross register ton coastal passenger-cargo ship was wrecked in heavy rain squalls at Cape Hinchinbrook, Hinchinbrook Island, Territory of Alaska. All 121 people on board survived. A small party took a lifeboat to Valdez, Alaska, to seek help; the remaining 110 people stranded aboard the wreck were rescued by USLHS Columbine ( United States Lighthouse Service). Oregon was declared a total loss.[5][3] |
15 September
Ship | Country | Description |
---|---|---|
Chas. B. Packard | United States | The steamer struck an obstruction and sprung a leak three and a half miles (5.6 km) west north west of Middle Ground. She sank seven miles (11 km) west north west of Middle Ground Light before she could be beached. Crew left in boats and were rescued by the barge Harold.[3] |
H. B. Tuttle | United States | The steamer sprung a leak and was beached at Marblehead, Ohio, one-half mile (0.80 km) east of the Life Saving Station. Six of her crew removed to shore by the United States Life Saving Service, with seven choosing to remain on board. Refloated on 18 September and towed to Sandusky, Ohio for repairs where she sank, a total loss. The vessel was raised on 26 June 1907, taken to Detroit where she was dismantled and abandoned in 1908.[3][91][133] |
Virginia H. Hudson | United States | The 579-gross register ton schooner barge or scow barge sank at Hereford, New Jersey. All four people on board survived.[44] |
16 September
Ship | Country | Description |
---|---|---|
Adieu | United States | The yacht foundered in heavy seas on Lake Erie midway between Stony Point, Michigan and Point Moullee. Her captain and engineer, the only two people on board, were rescued by Maude ( United States).[3] |
Rapidan | United States | The 26-gross register ton schooner burned at Lower East Pubnico, Nova Scotia. All eight people on board survived.[28] |
Twilight | United States | The 376-gross register ton schooner capsized in the North Atlantic Ocean 50 nautical miles (93 km; 58 mi) off Charleston, South Carolina, with the loss of six lives. There was one survivor.[44] |
17 September
Ship | Country | Description |
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Cassie F. Bronson | United States | The 1,124-gross register ton schooner was stranded near Cape Fear, North Carolina. All nine people on board survived.[88] |
Charles F. Tuttle | United States | The 776-gross register ton schooner was abandoned off Charleston, South Carolina. All eight people on board survived.[88] |
Daniels Island | United States | The steamer sank at dock in Charleston, South Carolina, when seas washed over her stern in a gale.[3] |
Ethel | United States | The 734-gross register ton bark was stranded at Singleton Swash, South Carolina, with the loss of two lives. There were nine survivors.[46] |
James D. Dewell | United States | The 603-gross register ton schooner sank in the North Atlantic Ocean off Charleston, South Carolina, with the loss of all seven people on board.[14] |
Leslie | United States | The 22-gross register ton motor yacht burned at New Haven, Connecticut. Both people on board survived.[20] |
Nelson E. Newbury | United States | The 658-gross register ton schooner sank with the loss of six lives in the North Atlantic Ocean off Charleston, South Carolina. There were two survivors.[28] |
R. D. Bibber | United States | The 769-gross register ton schooner was stranded on Frying Pan Shoals off the coast of North Carolina. All five people on board survived.[28] |
18 September
Ship | Country | Description |
---|---|---|
H. B. Tuttle | United States | The steamer sank at Sandusky, Ohio after arriving for repairs. Later raised, repaired and returned to service.[3] |
Nellie Floyd | United States | The 457-gross register ton schooner sank with the loss of one life in the North Atlantic Ocean 18 nautical miles (33 km; 21 mi) southwest of Frying Pan Shoals Light off the coast of North Carolina. There were six survivors.[28] |
HMS Phoenix | Royal Navy |
19 September
Ship | Country | Description |
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Charles B. Packard | United States | The steamer struck the wreck of Armenia ( United States) in a gale on Lake Erie four miles (6.4 km) off the lighthouse at Pelee Island, Ontario (41°00′N 82°58′W) in seven fathoms (42 ft; 13 m) of water.[115][134][135] |
Edna Wallace Hopper | United States | The 136-gross register ton motor vessel was stranded in Port au Port Bay on the coast of Newfoundland. All 15 people on board survived.[20] |
Hanover | United States | The motor vessel struck a submerged object and sank at Bethlehem, Indiana. Later raised.[3] |
Leah | United States | The 477-gross register ton sterwnheel paddle steamer struck a rock or snag off Quail Island in the Yukon River and sank 40 miles (64 km) below Kaltag, Territory of Alaska. She was declared a total loss. All 199 people on board survived.[3] |
Princess | Canada | The steamer was wrecked on a reef in Lake Winnipeg, suffering a broke back. She broke up in a storm on 26 September.[115] |
20 September
Ship | Country | Description |
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Hiawatha | United States | The excursion steamer sank in shallow water at Port Huron, Michigan.[115] |
Vera | United States | The 10-gross register ton motor vessel burned on the Queets River in Washington. All four people on board survived.[5] |
21 September
Ship | Country | Description |
---|---|---|
Atlantic | United States | The 221-gross register ton screw steamer sank off Battery Island in the Cape Fear River in North Carolina after colliding with the screw steamer Navahoe ( United States). All 24 people on board survived.[44][3] |
22 September
Ship | Country | Description |
---|---|---|
Asa T. Stowell | United States | The 419-gross register ton schooner departed Pensacola, Florida, bound for Havana, Cuba, with seven people on board and was never heard from again.[88] |
Skip | United States | The 16-gross register ton scow was wrecked at Mount Andrew (55°30′N 132°20′W) on the Kasaan Peninsula in Southeast Alaska after the lines mooring her to a wharf parted in a storm and she drifted ashore, where the surf broke her up. The only person on board survived.[1][136] |
25 September
Ship | Country | Description |
---|---|---|
Columbian | Canada | The sternwheel paddle steamer was destroyed by an explosion and fire on the Yukon River at Eagle Rock in the Yukon Territory, killing six members of the 25-man crew. |
F. W. Webster, jr. | United States | The 8-gross register ton sternwheel motor paddle vessel burned on the Tennessee River at Decatur, Alabama. The only person on board survived.[20] |
Harry A. Berwind | United States | The 996-gross register ton schooner was stranded on the Isle of Pines off the coast of Cuba. All nine people on board survived, .[46][137] |
Lila | United States | 1906 Mississippi hurricane: The 6-gross register ton sloop sank in Dauphin Island Bay on the coast of Alabama. Both people on board survived.[14] |
Marion Grimes | United States | The 72-gross register ton schooner was stranded on Assateague Island, Virginia seven miles (11 km) north of the Life Saving Station, a total loss. All 15 people on board made it to the beach in the vessels boats.[14][91] |
Newell B. Hawes | United States | The schooner sprung a leak at Newburyport, Massachusetts, and was beached.[91] |
Olivia | United States | 1906 Mississippi hurricane: The 9-gross register ton schooner in Dauphin Island Bay on the coast of Alabama with the loss of all three people on board survived.[28] |
Oneida | United States | The 22-gross register ton screw steamer was lost after she collided with the screw steamer Charles B. Hill ( United States) in the Detroit River on the Canada-United States border between Michigan and Ontario. All three people on board survived.[5] |
S. O. Co. No. 10 | United States | The tug was sunk in a collision with the tug Ella ( United States) in the East River off Adams Street, Brooklyn. One crewman died later on shore.[3] |
S. O. Co. No. 90 | United States | 1906 Mississippi hurricane: The barge was separated from her tug Astral ( United States), during the hurricane 225 miles (362 km) west north west of the Dry Tortugas and was never seen again. Lost with all nine hands.[3] |
26 September
Ship | Country | Description |
---|---|---|
Campbell | Norway | 1906 Mississippi hurricane: The sailing bark was sunk at a pier at Pensacola, Florida.[138] |
Daisy | United States | 1906 Mississippi hurricane: The 33-gross register ton schooner was stranded on Horn Island on the coast of Mississippi with the loss of one life. There were four survivors.[46] |
Elmer E. Randall | United States | 1906 Mississippi hurricane: The 56-gross register ton schooner sank in the Gulf of Mexico 75 nautical miles (139 km; 86 mi) off Mobile, Alabama. All eight people on board survived.[46] |
Fort Morgan | United States | 1906 Mississippi hurricane: The steamer was driven ashore at the foot of St. Frances Street, Mobile, Alabama.[139] |
Fred P. Litchfield | United States | 1906 Mississippi hurricane: The 1,045-gross register ton schooner barge or scow barge sank in the Gulf of Mexico at 26°00′N 87°50′W. All eight people on board survived.[46] |
Gamma | United States | With no one on board, the 89-gross register ton sternwheel paddle steamer sank off Mobile, Alabama.[140] |
Governor Stone | United States | 1906 Mississippi hurricane: The sailing vessel capsized in Herron Bay on the coast of Alabama and was driven 300 yards (270 m) into a marsh. Her owner was her sole survivor. She was refloated, repaired, and returned to service.[141] |
Hercules | Norway | 1906 Mississippi hurricane: The sailing bark lumber ship was wrecked on Ship Island just north of Fort Massachusetts and was declared a total loss.[142] |
Jennie Hulbert | United States | 1906 Mississippi hurricane: The 440-gross register ton brig was abandoned in the Gulf of Mexico. All eight people on board survived. She remained afloat and was towed in to Port Eads, Louisiana, on 10 October.[14] |
S. O. Co. No. 90 | United States | 1906 Mississippi hurricane: The 2,019-gross register ton schooner barge or scow barge sank in the Gulf of Mexico off the Dry Tortugas with the loss of all nine people on board.[28] |
Unidentified schooners | United States | 1906 Mississippi hurricane: A small fleet of several sailing schooners sank at Heron Bay, Alabama, with the loss of all hands.[141] |
27 September
Ship | Country | Description |
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A. J. Chapman | United States | With no one on board, the 48-gross register ton schooner was stranded at Wrights Mill Beach on the coast of Florida.[88] |
Agnes | United States | 1906 Mississippi hurricane: The 14-gross register ton schooner was stranded at Bayou La Batre, Alabama, with the loss of all three people on board.[88] |
Agnes | United States | 1906 Mississippi hurricane: With no one aboard, the 8-gross register ton schooner was stranded at Dauphin Island, Alabama.[88] |
Altama | United States | 1906 Mississippi hurricane: The 31-gross register ton schooner was stranded in Pensacola Bay on the coast of Florida. All six people on board survived.[88] |
Amelia | United States | 1906 Mississippi hurricane: The steamer was sunk at Mobile, Alabama.[3] |
Angelo | United States | 1906 Mississippi hurricane: After the 122-gross register ton sidewheel paddle steamer's dock at Pensacola, Florida, was blown away, she was stranded on the beach in Pensacola Bay and broke up. All six people on board survived.[44][3] |
Antonietta | Kingdom of Italy | The Brigantine foundered at Alicante, Spain.[143] |
B. F. Sutter | United States | 1906 Mississippi hurricane: The 36-gross register ton schooner was stranded in Pensacola Bay on the coast of Florida. All seven people on board survived.[88] |
Capt. Fritz | United States | 1906 Mississippi hurricane: The packet ship was driven ashore at Pensacola, Florida. Refloated and repaired.[3] |
Carrie N. Chase | United States | The 48-gross register ton schooner was stranded at Fisherville, Florida. All seven people on board survived.[88] |
City of Concord | United States | The 385-gross register ton screw steamer sank in Lake Erie off Pelee Island, Ontario, with the loss of two lives. There were ten survivors.[44][144] |
Clara R. Grimes | United States | 1906 Mississippi hurricane: The 34-gross register ton schooner was stranded in Pensacola Bay on the coast of Florida. All eight people on board survived.[46] |
D. W. | United States | 1906 Mississippi hurricane: With no one on board, the 5-gross register ton sloop was stranded in Pensacola Bay on the coast of Florida.[46] |
Ethel | United States | 1906 Mississippi hurricane: The 7-gross register ton schooner sank at Heron Bay, Alabama, with the loss of one life. There were two survivors.[46] |
Emma | Norway | 1906 Mississippi hurricane: The lumber barque sank off Mobile, Alabama after the hurricane passed over the city.[145] |
Fluorine | United States | 1906 Mississippi hurricane: The 386-gross register ton bark was stranded on Cat Island on the coast of Mississippi. All nine people on board survived.[46] |
Francis and Margery | United States | 1906 Mississippi hurricane: The 40-gross register ton schooner was stranded at Pensacola, Florida. All six people on board survived.[46] |
Gertrude A. Bartlett | United States | The 374-gross register ton schooner was abandoned in the North Atlantic Ocean at 29°15′N 71°45′W. All seven people on board survived.[46] |
Gracie S | United States | 1906 Mississippi hurricane: The 9-gross register ton schooner was stranded in Pensacola Bay on the coast of Florida. All five people on board survived.[46] |
Gussie | United States | 1906 Mississippi hurricane: The 998-gross register ton steel-hullled sidewheel paddle steamer was stranded on Dauphin Island on the coast of Alabama. All 33 people on board survived.[140] |
Helen | United States | 1906 Mississippi hurricane: The 20-gross register ton screw steamer's dock at Pensacola, Florida, was blown away, setting her adrift, and she broke up on the beach. All five people on board survived.[20][3] |
Hilary | United States | 1906 Mississippi hurricane: The 38-gross register ton schooner was stranded at Perdido Key, Florida. Both people on board survived.[14] |
Irma | United States | 1906 Mississippi hurricane: With no one on board, the 6-gross register ton schooner was stranded in Pensacola Bay on the coast of Florida.[14] |
J. P. Schuh | United States | 1906 Mississippi hurricane: The laid up steamer was driven ashore at Mobile, Alabama.[3] |
J. Wago | United States | 1906 Mississippi hurricane: The 19-gross register ton schooner was stranded at Biloxi, Mississippi. All four people on board survived.[14] |
Jas. P. Collins | United States | 1906 Mississippi hurricane: The 13-gross register ton schooner was stranded in Pensacola Bay on the coast of Florida. All four people on board survived.[14] |
Jos. Favre-Baldwin | United States | 1906 Mississippi hurricane: The 50-gross register ton screw steamer burned at Fairport, Mississippi. All three people on board survived.[20] |
Josephine | United States | 1906 Mississippi hurricane: With no one on board, the 774-gross register ton screw steamer was lost when she collided with the barge Black Diamond ( United States) at Mobile, Alabama.[20] |
Josie Johnson | United States | 1906 Mississippi hurricane: The 27-gross register ton schooner was stranded in Pensacola Bay on the coast of Florida. All six people on board survived.[14] |
Kauikeaouli | United States | The 140-gross register ton schooner was abandoned in the Pacific Ocean off Hawaii. All seven people on board survived.[14] |
Lady Grace | United States | 1906 Mississippi hurricane: With no one on board, the 144-gross register ton sternwheel paddle steamer was wrecked at Mobile, Alabama.[20][146] |
Lila | United States | 1906 Mississippi hurricane: The sloop was lost in Dauphin Island Bay (30.2650°N 88.1059°W) on the United States Gulf Coast in Alabama.[69] |
Margaret S | United States | 1906 Mississippi hurricane: With no one on board, the 11-gross register ton schooner was stranded on Cat Island on the coast of Mississippi.[14] |
Margrette B | United States | 1906 Mississippi hurricane: The 13-gross register ton schooner was stranded at Point of Pines, Alabama, with the loss of both people on board.[14] |
Mary | United States | 1906 Mississippi hurricane: With no one on board, the laid-up 198-gross register ton sternwheel paddle steamer — a packet ship — was blown from her moorings on the east side of the Mobile River to the city side at Mobile, Alabama, and sank. She was a total loss.[20][3] |
Mary Gray | United States | 1906 Mississippi hurricane: The 8-gross register ton schooner sank in Dauphin Island Bay (30.2650°N 88.1059°W) on the United States Gulf Coast in Alabama. All four people on board survived.[28][21] |
Mary Wittich | United States | 1906 Mississippi hurricane: The steamer's dock was blown away in lower Mobile Bay and she driven up on the beach. Refloated and repaired.[3] |
Minerva | United States | 1906 Mississippi hurricane: The 64-gross register ton schooner sank in Pensacola Bay on the coast of Florida. All eight people on board survived.[28] |
Nelley Keyser | United States | 1906 Mississippi hurricane: The 42-gross register ton screw steamer was blown away from her dock at Pensacola, Florida, and broke up on the beach in Pensacola Bay. All five people on board survived.[5][3] |
Nellie B | United States | 1906 Mississippi hurricane: With no one on board, the 6-gross register ton schooner was stranded in Pensacola Bay on the coast of Florida.[28] |
Old Hickory | United States | 1906 Mississippi hurricane: The 29-gross register ton schooner was stranded at Mobile, Alabama. Both people on board survived.[28] |
Olive | United States | 1906 Mississippi hurricane: With no one on board, the 172-gross register ton schooner sank in the Mobile River in Alabama.[28] |
Olivia | United States | 1906 Mississippi hurricane: The schooner was lost in Dauphin Island Bay (30.2650°N 88.1059°W) on the United States Gulf Coast in Alabama.[147] |
Phenix | United States | The lighter sank at dock in the East River at One Hundred and Fifty-Sixth Street.[3] |
Two Friends | United States | 1906 Mississippi hurricane: The 6-gross register ton sloop sank at Heron Bay, Alabama with the loss of both people on board.[44] |
Two Sisters | United States | 1906 Mississippi hurricane: The 21-gross register ton schooner was stranded at Bay Point, Alabama. Both people on board survived.[44] |
Wm. H. Warren | United States | 1906 Mississippi hurricane: The 31-gross register ton schooner sank off St. Joseph Point, Florida with the loss of all seven people on board.[44] |
29 September
Ship | Country | Description |
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No. 2 (or Car Ferry No. 2) | United States | The 1,548-gross register ton barge — a train ferry — capsized and sank off Chicago, Illinois, in a gale. Her master and two crewmen were killed. There were three survivors: The steam tug Perfection ( United States) rescued two of them, and the United States Life-Saving Service rescued the other.[91] |
City of Concord | United States | The steamer sprung a leak and foundered in heavy seas on Lake Erie four miles (6.4 km) east of the south end of Kelleys Island. Two or three crewmen went down with the ship after refusing to get in the lifeboat when ordered to.[3][115] |
M. W. Wood | United States | The tow steamer filled and sank when a line to her tow parted causing a severe list in the Mississippi River 35 miles (56 km) south of New Orleans, Louisiana, sinking in 115 feet (35 m) of water.[3] |
30 September
Ship | Country | Description |
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Negaunee | United States | The 640-gross register ton schooner was stranded in Lake Erie. All seven people on board survived.[28] |
Oshkosh | United States | The 16-gross register ton motor yacht burned at Oshkosh, Wisconsin. All seven people on board survived.[5] |
Unknown September
Ship | Country | Description |
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Pharos | United Kingdom | The trawler disappeared after leaving Grimsby for the Faeroe Isles fishing grounds. Lost with all hands.[148] |
October
2 October
Ship | Country | Description |
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Pelican | United States | The 13-gross register ton schooner was stranded at Pass-a-Grille on the west coast of Florida. Both people on board survived.[28] |
Santa Ana | United States | The steamer sprung a leak in a severe gale 50 miles (80 km) off Cape Flattery. She was beached in Callam Bay. After removing some cargo she was refloated and taken to Seattle, Washington, for repairs.[3] |
3 October
Ship | Country | Description |
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Maunie | United States | During a severe windstorm, the 36-gross register ton sternwheel paddle steamer either was stranded or foundered while tied up at a dock in the Ohio River at Eckel's Landing near Grand Chain, Illinois. All four people on board survived, but she was declared a total loss.[20][3] |
4 October
Ship | Country | Description |
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HMS Landrail | Royal Navy | The decommissioned Curlew-class torpedo gunvessel was sunk as a target.[149] |
5 October
Ship | Country | Description |
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Shasta | United States | The 722-gross register ton screw steamer ran aground in dense fog and was wrecked off Point Conception on the coast of California with the loss of one life. There were 15 survivors.[5][3][150] |
6 October
Ship | Country | Description |
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Ada Medora | United States | The 290-gross register ton schooner was stranded one mile (1.6 km) off Buffalo, New York, a total loss. Half her cargo was salvaged. All seven people on board survived.[88][91] |
Edward Wright | United States | The 23-gross register ton schooner capsized in the Chesapeake Bay off Thomas Point on the coast of Maryland with the loss of both people on board.[46] |
Gracie A | United States | With no one on board, the 7-gross register ton sloop was stranded on Squirrel Island off Boothbay Harbor, Maine.[46] |
7 October
Ship | Country | Description |
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Bessie Parker | United Kingdom | The schooner was wrecked in heavy seas and high winds one mile (1.6 km) south west of the Quoddy Head Life Saving Station, a total loss. Her six crewmen survived.[91] |
Keewaydin | United Kingdom | The schooner dragged anchor in a gale and went ashore six miles (9.7 km) west of the Rocky Point, New York Life Saving Station. Crew rescued by the United States Life Saving Service.[91] |
May Richards | United States | The 530-gross register ton schooner was stranded on Ohio's North Bass Island in Lake Erie. All six people on board survived.[28] |
8 October
Ship | Country | Description |
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Abram Smith | United States | The 372-gross register ton schooner was stranded on Duck Island in Lake Huron. All seven people on board survived.[88] |
Hoo Hoo | United States | The 82-gross register ton sternwheel paddle steamer burned either in the Mississippi River at New Orleans, Louisiana, or in Vermilion Bay on the coast of Louisiana, according to different sources. All six people on board survived, but she was declared a total loss.[3] |
J. B. Comstock | United States | The 325-gross register ton schooner was stranded in the Duck Islands in Lake Huron. All seven people on board survived.[14] |
Lotus | United States | The 148-gross register ton sand barge, under tow by the steamer Winfield S. Cahill ( United States), sprang a leak and sank near Egg Island off Cohansey Point on the coast of New Jersey. Winfield S. Cahill rescued her crew.[1][3] |
Onward | United States | The steamer broke loose from her moorings in high winds at Northport, Michigan. The winds blew her ashore where she broke up, a total loss.[3] |
Pasadena | United States | The 2,076-gross register ton schooner barge or scow barge was stranded on the Portage Canal Breakwater in Michigan with the loss of two lives. There were eight survivors.[28] |
9 October
Ship | Country | Description |
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Samuel H. Foster | United States | The 672-gross register ton schooner barge or scow barge was stranded ion the Portage Canal in Michigan. All seven people on board survived.[28] |
W. H. Pringle | United States | The 575-gross register ton sternwheel paddle steamer was wrecked after hitting a rock in the Entiat Rapids in the Columbia River off Entiat, Washington, a total loss. All 17 people aboard survived.[3] |
Wayne | United States | The 708-gross register ton schooner barge or scow barge was stranded 14 nautical miles (26 km; 16 mi) southwest of the Portage Canal in Michigan. All seven people on board survived.[28] |
10 October
Ship | Country | Description |
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John R. Rees | United States | The 81-gross register ton schooner sank off Dymers Wharves, Virginia. All four people on board survived.[14] |
Roy | United States | The steamer sank at dock in the Black River while under repair at Poplar Bluff, Missouri. She was scheduled to be raised later.[3] |
Sparta | United States | With no one on board, the 6-gross register ton schooner sank in Papys Bayou in Florida. Both people on board survived.[123] |
11 October
Ship | Country | Description |
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Black Diamond | United States | With no one on board, the 121-gross register ton barge was lost when she collided with the screw steamer Josephine ( United States) off Mobile, Alabama.[1] |
Ella Powell | United States | The 140-gross register ton schooner sank off New London, Connecticut, with the loss of one life. There was one survivor.[46] |
Helen B. Crosby | United States | The 1,776-gross register ton schooner was stranded on Inner Bay Ledge in Penobscot Bay on the coast of Maine, a total loss. All 11 people on board survived.[14][91] |
Joseph Baker | United States | The tow steamer was entering "The Narrows" of the Saco River in New England when she was pushed ashore, causing damage that resulted in beaching and partial sinking.[3] |
12 October
Ship | Country | Description |
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Argonaut | United States | While no one was on board, the 1,118-gross register ton screw steamer burned to the water's edge at Marysville, Michigan.[44][115] |
Dolphin | United States | The 5-gross register ton sloop-rigged yacht was lost when she struck a dock at Milwaukee, Wisconsin. The only person on board survived.[46] |
Hattie Wells | United States | The 376-gross register ton schooner burned at Marysville, Michigan. All three people on board survived.[151] |
13 October
Ship | Country | Description |
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Merom | United States | The 925-gross register ton schooner was stranded on Bonaire in the Netherlands West Indies. All nine people on board survived.[28] |
14 October
Ship | Country | Description |
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Boone No. 4 | United States | The ferry struck a picket, holing her hull, and sank at Point Pleasant, West Virginia in the Ohio River.[3] |
Wanderer | United States | The steamer sprang a leak and sank in Jew Fish Creek near Miami, Florida in six feet (1.8 m) of water. Later raised.[3] |
15 October
Ship | Country | Description |
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Moccasin | United States | The 15-gross register ton schooner sank at Knights Key in the Florida Keys. The only person on board survived.[28] |
16 October
Ship | Country | Description |
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Lutin | French Navy | The Farfadet-class submarine accidentally sank. Raised, repaired and returned to service.[152] |
17 October
Ship | Country | Description |
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Nirvana | United States | The 53-gross register ton schooner was stranded on the Isle of Pines off Cuba. All seven people on board survived.[28] |
18 October
Ship | Country | Description |
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Henry Sutton | United States | The 602-gross register ton schooner departed Chéverie, Nova Scotia, with seven people on board and was never heard from again.[14] |
Houseboat No. 4 | United States | 1906 Florida Keys hurricane: The accommodations barge broke loose from her moorings, she broke up and sank in Hawke's Channel near Longboat Key, Florida. Of approximately 175 men aboard 72 were rescued by Jenny ( Austro-Hungarian Empire), the rest were lost.[153] |
Palm | United States | 1906 Florida Keys hurricane: The 12-gross register ton motor vessel was stranded on Long Key in the Florida Keys. Both people on board survived.[44] |
Race | United States | 1906 Florida Keys hurricane: The 28-gross register ton schooner was stranded on Knights Key in the central Florida Keys. All five people on board survived.[28] |
Sidney | United States | 1906 Florida Keys hurricane: The 7-gross register ton schooner sank off Metacumbie, Florida. All three people on board survived.[131] |
Silver Heel | United States | 1906 Florida Keys hurricane: The 10-gross register ton schooner was stranded at Miami, Florida. All seven people on board survived.[154] |
St. Lucie | United States | |
Sunbeam | United States | The 7-gross register ton schooner sank at Cutler, Florida. Both people on board survived.[156] |
Thistle | United States | 1906 Florida Keys hurricane: The 10-gross register ton motor vessel was stranded on Key Largo in the Florida Keys. Both people on board survived.[5] |
Two Brothers | United States | 1906 Florida Keys hurricane: The 12-gross register ton schooner was stranded on Elliott Key in the Florida Keys. All three people on board survived.[28] |
19 October
Ship | Country | Description |
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A. A. Rowe | United States | The 45-gross register ton schooner was stranded on Egmont Key at the mouth of Tampa Bay on the coast of Florida. All five people on board survived.[88] |
Wm. J. Blankfard | United States | The steamer capsized and sank at the Drawbridge Wharf in the harbor of Baltimore.[3] |
20 October
Ship | Country | Description |
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Anchovy | United States | With no one on board, the 11-gross register ton scow was stranded on Mayne Island in the southern Gulf Islands in British Columbia, Canada.[1] |
George Farwell | United States | The 977-gross register ton steam Barge was wrecked in thick fog on Cape Henry on the coast of Virginia one mile (1.6 km) south of the Cape Henry Lighthouse. The United States Life-Saving Service rescued her entire crew of 15 and some of her cargo was salvaged, but she was declared a total loss.[20][3][157][91] |
21 October
Ship | Country | Description |
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Sesnon No. 5 | United States | While anchored off Nome, Territory of Alaska, the 27-gross register ton barge broke loose from her moorings during a gale and was stranded on the beach 6 nautical miles (11 km; 6.9 mi) west of Nome. The only person on board survived. On 4 January 1907, she was completely demolished when crushed by ice during a storm that struck while she still was stranded.[95][136] |
Sesnon No. 9 | United States | While anchored off Nome, Territory of Alaska, with no cargo aboard, the 18-gross register ton barge broke loose from her moorings during a gale and was stranded on a beach 6 nautical miles (11 km; 6.9 mi) west of Nome. The only person on board survived. On 4 January 1907, she was completely demolished when crushed by ice during a storm that struck while she still was stranded.[95][136] |
22 October
Ship | Country | Description |
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Corona | United States | The steamer burned to the waters edge at Duluth, Minnesota.[3] |
H. M. Carter | United States | The steamer sank at Marksville, Louisiana. Raised and repaired.[3] |
23 October
Ship | Country | Description |
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Cumberland | United States | The steamer struck the Ohio Street Bridge in Buffalo, New York, and sank.[3] |
Frank Butler | United States | The 74-gross register ton schooner was stranded in the Chesapeake Bay at Windmill Point on the coast of Virginia. All three people on board survived.[46] |
24 October
Ship | Country | Description |
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Grand View | United States | The steamer was wrecked after dragging anchor and going ashore on Little Calumet Island. Her boiler and machinery was salvaged.[3] |
Hastings | United States | The 165-gross register ton screw steamer burned and sank off Long Neck Point or Shippan Point in Stamford, Connecticut (sources disagree) due to lamps overturning in a collision with an unidentified schooner. All 11 people on board were rescued by Middletown.[20][3][115] |
Lewis H. Giles | United States | The 135-gross register ton schooner was stranded on Wood Island, Newfoundland. All ten people on board survived.[14] |
Venture | United States | The motor launch filled and sank at dock in a gale with high seas near the Sturgeon Point Light. Her cargo, machinery, and propeller were salvaged, and then she was abandoned.[91] |
25 October
Ship | Country | Description |
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Collins Howes, jr. | United States | The 33-gross register ton schooner was stranded on Saddle Island in Penobscot Bay on the coast of Maine. Both people on board survived.[46] |
Glenullen | United States | The 73-gross register ton schooner was stranded in Machias Bay on the coast of Maine. Both people on board survived.[46] |
Native | United States | The 34-gross register ton sternwheel paddle steamer sank in the Ouachita River at Camden, Arkansas. All seven people on board survived.[5] |
Peter Iredale | United Kingdom | The barque was wrecked in rainy weather at Clatsop Spit, Oregon. Crew rescued by the United States Life Saving Service.[91] |
Scagit (or Skagit) | United States | The 506-gross register ton barkentine was wrecked in fog on Vancouver Island near Clo-oose, British Columbia. Her master and the cook died, but the other eight people on board survived. She was a total loss.[44][3] |
26 October
Ship | Country | Description |
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Isaac Pereire | France | The steamer was wrecked in dense fog off Minorca or Puerto Mahon, Balearic Islands.[115][158] |
Plow Boy | United States | The 16-gross register ton schooner was stranded in northern Lake Michigan off Waugoshance Light on the coast of Michigan. Both people on board survived.[28] |
Sehome | United States | The 11-gross register ton, 38.2-foot (11.6 m) schooner was wrecked with the loss of her entire crew of three at Point Gardner (57°01′N 134°37′W) on Admiralty Island in the Alexander Archipelago in Southeast Alaska.[28][136] |
27 October
Ship | Country | Description |
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Lackawanna | United States | The package freighter struck the submerged breakwater extension at the entrance to the harbor of Cleveland, Ohio, holing her hull. The wind and seas worked her over the submerged extension and she sank east of the entrance. Though reported a total loss she was raised 28 November and repaired and returned to service. Her crew was rescued by the United States Life Saving Service.[3][91][159] |
Swan | Australia | The ketch was sunk in a collision with Queenscliff (flag unknown) off Cape Schank.[160] |
28 October
Ship | Country | Description |
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Charley Curlin | United States | The 92-gross register ton sternwheel paddle steamer burned while tied up at a dock on the Mississippi River at Caruthersville, Missouri. All 10 people on board survived, but she was declared a total loss.[44][3] |
Elgin | United States | The 330-gross register ton barge was abandoned in Lake Superior off Grand Marais, Minnesota. Both people on board survived.[1] |
LB+ | United States | The 13-gross register ton motor paddle vessel burned on the Missouri River at Leavenworth, Kansas. All three people on board survived.[20] |
Norna | United States | The 23-gross register ton schooner sank off Lake Worth, Florida. Both people on board survived.[117] |
Pathfinder | United States | The steamer ran aground in a gale and high seas in Lake Huron 9 nautical miles (17 km; 10 mi) from the Harbor Beach, Michigan, Life-Saving Station. Her master scuttled her to prevent further damage and then her crew abandoned ship. The United States Life-Saving Service rescued her entire crew. She later was pumped out, refloated, and pulled off by tugs on 2 November.[91] |
30 October
Ship | Country | Description |
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Charterhouse | United Kingdom | The steamer foundered off Hainan Head, Hainan Island with a loss of 60+ lives. 24 crewmen and 2 women were rescued from a raft after 43 hours by Kohsychang ( German Empire).[115][161] |
Checotah | United States | The 658-gross register ton schooner barge or scow barge sank in Lake Huron off Harbor Beach, Michigan. All seven people on board survived.[46] |
Grand View | Canada | The 17-gross register ton screw steamer was wrecked after breaking her moorings and going ashore on Governor's Island or Little Calumet Island (sources disagree) in the St. Lawrence River opposite Clayton, New York. All three people on board survived.[20][162] |
31 October
Ship | Country | Description |
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Elizabeth | United States | The schooner parted her anchor chain in a Gale and high seas in the area of the Rocky Point, New York Life Saving Station. She drifted ashore 2 miles east of the Station and sank. Her crew was rescued by the United States Life Saving Service.[91] |
Silver Star | United States | The 35-gross register ton schooner sank in the York River in Virginia. All three people on board survived.[28] |
Unknown date
Ship | Country | Description |
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Australian | Canada | The steamer was wrecked on Vashon Head, Coburg Peninsula, North Australia on either 17 October, or 17 November.[163] |
Emma S | United States | The 50-gross register ton schooner sank off Charleston, South Carolina, with the loss of all four people on board.[46] |
November
1 November
Ship | Country | Description |
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Grace Deering | United States | The 627-gross register ton barge sank in the Atlantic Ocean off Miami, Florida. All six people on board survived.[1] |
4 November
Ship | Country | Description |
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G. M. Cochrane | United Kingdom | The schooner ran aground three miles (4.8 km) south of the Nauset, Massachusetts Life Saving Station in high winds and surf. Her crew was rescued by the United States Life Saving Service.[91] |
Ida | United States | The 11-gross register ton sternwheel paddle steamer sank. All five people on board survived.[20] |
5 November
Ship | Country | Description |
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Eldora | United States | The 52-gross register ton schooner sank 52 nautical miles (96 km; 60 mi) north-northwest of the Cultivator Shoals off the coast of Maine. Both people on board survived.[46] |
7 November
Ship | Country | Description |
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Mopang | United States | The 77-gross register ton schooner was stranded at Gay Head, Massachusetts, a total loss. She was stripped by the Underwriters. All three people on board were rescued by the United States Life Saving Service.[28][91] |
8 November
Ship | Country | Description |
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Nan M. Dantzler | United States | The 224-gross register ton schooner was abandoned with the loss of one life in the Bay of Campeche off Coatzacoalcos, Mexico. There were five survivors.[28] |
11 November
Ship | Country | Description |
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Oscar G. | United States | The steamer burned in Lacasine Bayou, a tributary of the Mermenton River.[3] |
12 November
Ship | Country | Description |
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Arrow | United States | The tug sank in a collision with Pequot ( United States) off Pier 20 in the East River.[3] |
13 November
Ship | Country | Description |
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Galena | United Kingdom | The barquentine was wrecked in fog, rain, wind, and high seas at the mouth of the Columbia River. Her crew made it to shore in the ship's boats.[91] |
M. P. Grace | United States | The 1,934-gross register ton schooner barge or scow barge was stranded at Shinnecock, New York after losing her tow line to Edward Luckenbach ( United States) on 12 November. Vessel and cargo a total loss. All four people on board rescued by Edward Luckenbach.[14][91] |
Maxwell | United States | With no one on board, the 14-gross register ton sidewheel motor paddle vessel sank in the Ohio River at Caseyville, Kentucky.[56] |
14 November
Ship | Country | Description |
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Emma Claudina | United States | The 195-gross register ton schooner sank off Cape Elizabeth in Grays Harbor on the coast of Washington. All eight people on board survived.[46] |
Icicle | United States | The 14-gross register ton motor vessel burned at Brents Wharf, Maryland. All five people on board survived.[20] |
James Fisk, Jr. | United States | The 914-gross register ton screw steamer burned in the St. Clair River on the Canada-United States border between Michigan and Ontario and was beached on St. Clair Flats. All 14 people on board survived.[20][3][164] |
Sir Isaac Lothian Bell | Canada | The barge was sunk in a collision with Seguin ( Canada) in the St. Clair Rapids on the Canadian side of the St. Clair River in 20 feet (6.1 m) of water.[165] |
15 November
Ship | Country | Description |
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James M. Hall | United States | The 87-gross register ton schooner was stranded in a strong wind, rain, and high seas at Long Branch, New Jersey. All four people on board were rescued by the United States Life Saving Service.[14][91] |
Lugano | United States | The 174-gross register ton schooner was stranded in a Gale with rain, hail and high seas at Point Judith in Narragansett Bay on the coast of Rhode Island with the loss of three lives. There were two survivors.[14][91] |
Mary Lee Newton | United States | The 112-gross register ton schooner was stranded in Boston Harbor on the coast of Massachusetts. All four people on board made it to shore on the vessels boat.[28][91] |
Samuel C. Holmes | United States | The 79-gross register ton schooner was stranded on purpose to save the crew in a strong wind, rain, and high seas off Long Branch, New Jersey 1,500 yards (1,400 m) yards south of James M. Hall". All four people on board were rescued by the United States Life Saving Service.[91] |
Unknown canal boat | United States | The canal boat, under tow of the tug Geneva ( United States), was damaged in a collision with the ferry John Englis ( United States) off Grand Street, in the East River, She was towed to the foot of Rivington Street where she sank.[166] |
16 November
Ship | Country | Description |
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City of Greenwood | United States | The 97-gross register ton sternwheel paddle steamer struck a snag and sank in the Mississippi River at Torras Landing off Torras, Louisiana, near the mouth of the Red River of the South. All 20 people on board survived.[44][3] |
J. D. Scott | United States | The steamer, while under tow, sprung a leak in a severe storm and sank off Pultneyville, New York.[3] |
Margaret Dall | United States | The 149-gross register ton schooner dragged anchor was stranded in a Gale with rain and rough seas in Lake Michigan on South Manitou Island off the coast of Michigan . All five people on board survived.[14][91] |
Marshall Perrin | United States | The 149-gross register ton schooner was stranded and broke up at Fletchers Neck on Wood Island in Saco Bay on the coast of Maine after her anchor chains parted in a gale with snow, rain and hail. Her master perished and one of her two crewmen disappeared. Her other crewman washed ashore and was her sole survivor.[167] |
Unknown | United States | The dredge filled and sank in the channel of the Shrewsbury River one mile (1.6 km) south west of the Spermaceti Cove, New Jersey Life Saving Station with only her upper house above water.[91] |
17 November
Ship | Country | Description |
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Flyton | United States | The 553-gross register ton barge sank in the Gulf of Mexico. All four people on board survived.[168] |
Theano | United Kingdom | The Canadian-owned, British-registered steamer struck a rock a rock off Marvin Island four miles (6.4 km) east of Thunder Cape, Lake Superior and sank, storms later pushed her into deep water off Trowbridge Island. The crew abandoned ship in her boats.[165][169] |
18 November
Ship | Country | Description |
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Dix | United States | The 130-gross register ton screw steamer sank after colliding with the steam screw schooner Jeannie ( United States) in Puget Sound off Alki Point just outside the harbor of Seattle, Washington. Of the 76 people on board, either 40 or 45 (sources disagree) lost their lives.[20][3] |
Luis G. Rabel | United States | The 582-gross register ton schooner was stranded on Bull Island on the coast of South Carolina. All seven people on board survived.[14] |
Montobello | France | The barque ran aground in South Australia on the south coast of Kangaroo Island near the mouth of the Stun Sail Boom River, whilst on passage from Hobart to Port Pirie.[170] |
19 November
Ship | Country | Description |
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Perkins | United States | With no one on board, the 14-gross register ton sternwheel paddle motor vessel sank in the Cumberland River at Clarksville, Tennessee.[5] |
20 November
Ship | Country | Description |
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Bun Hersey) | United States | While no one was on board, the 35-gross register ton sternwheel paddle steamer burned to the waterline at either Stillwater or Duluth, Minnesota (sources disagree).[44][3] |
Frances B. Thurber | United States | The 131-gross register ton steam canal boat struck a submerged object in Long Island Sound 1⁄2 nautical mile (0.9 km; 0.6 mi) west-northwest of the Cornfield Point Lightship and sprang a leak. She was beached on Long Sand Shoal and was abandoned. All five people on boatrd survived.[20][3] |
Lydia Wheeler | United States | The steamer was tied to the bank of the Barren River at Bowling Green, Kentucky, when she was struck by a waterlogged barge that was drifting downriver, sinking her.[171] |
Mamie Doherty | United States | The canal boat grounded in the Hudson River off the mouth of Poesten Kill, Troy, New York, broke in two and was abandoned. Wreck had not been removed by June 1907.[172] |
21 November
Ship | Country | Description |
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Conemaugh | United States | The 1,609-gross register ton screw steamer was wrecked in Lake Erie on Point Pelee, Ontario, during a gale. All 21 people on board survived, but she was declared a total loss.[20][3][173] |
Diamond | United States | The steamer rolled over on her side and sank from unknown causes in the Monongahela River at Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania off Twenty-Fifth Street. Raised, repaired, and returned to service.[3] |
Lurline | United States | The paddle steamer was rammed and sunk in fog in the Columbia River at Rainier, Oregon, by the steam schooner Cascade. She was refloated, repaired, and returned to service.[174][175][3] |
Panama | United States | The steamer sprang a leak during a gale and snow storm between Erie, Pennsylvania and Superior, Wisconsin and went ashore at the mouth of the Mineral River near Ontonagon, Michigan and was wrecked. Her crew made it to shore in boats. Total loss.[3][176] |
22 November
Ship | Country | Description |
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Charles B. Hill | United States | The 1,731-gross register ton screw steamer was beached on the coast of Lake Erie 12 miles (19 km) east-northeast of the Fairport, Ohio, Life-Saving Station after springing a leak in high seas during a gale. All 21 people on board were rescued by the United States Life-Saving Service.[44][91][165][177] |
Chauncy Hurlbut | United States | The steamer developed leaks in heavy seas and was beached at Leamington, Ontario. Later pumped out and taken for repairs.[3] |
J. D. Scott | United States | The 87-gross register ton sidewheel paddle steamer was stranded in Lake Ontario off Pultneyville, New York. All three people on board survived.[20] |
23 November
Ship | Country | Description |
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City of Loudon | United States | The 23-gross register ton sternwheel paddle steamer destroyed by fire at Florence, Alabama. All five people on board survived, but she was declared a total loss.[44][3] |
24 November
Ship | Country | Description |
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Gloria | United States | The 7-gross register ton motor vessel burned in Bowery Bay off the East River in New York City. All three people on board survived.[140] |
N. S. Hoskins | United States | The steamer burned in the New Basin Canal in New Orleans, Louisiana. She was declared a total loss.[3] |
25 November
Ship | Country | Description |
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E. W. Sutton Jr. | United States | The steamer struck a rock and sank at Dunkirk, New York.[3] |
La Rabida | United States | The 52-gross register ton schooner was stranded at Naubinway, Michigan. All three people on board survived.[14] |
26 November
Ship | Country | Description |
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Acme | United States | The coal boat was damaged in a collision with Transfer No. 7 ( United States) off Fourth Street, Long Island City, New York in the East River and was beached.[3] |
Black Cat | United States | The motor boat was sunk in a collision with Jack Twophy ( United States) in the Elizabeth River.[3] |
27 November
Ship | Country | Description |
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Jennie G. Pillsbury | United States | The 154-gross register ton schooner was stranded on Two Bush Reef in Penobscot Bay on the coast of Maine. She floated off and was leaking badly, she rolled over and drifted out to sea. She eventually drifted ashore near the Burnt Island, Maine Life Saving Station. All four people on board were rescued by the United States Life Saving Service.[14][91] |
Tecumseh | United Kingdom | The steamer was wrecked in strong wind and heavy seas 8 miles north west of the Marblehead, Ohio Life Saving Station.[91] |
29 November
Ship | Country | Description |
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137S | Regia Marina | The 72S-class torpedo boat was wrecked off Favignana, Sicily.[178][179] |
John R. Zimmerman | United States | The 336-gross register ton barge was stranded at the mouth of the Elizabeth River on the coast of Virginia. Both people on board survived.[1] |
Reindeer | United States | With no one on board, the 14-gross register ton schooner sank in Broad Cove off Eastport, Maine.[28] |
Robbie | United States | The steamer was tied to the bank at Grand Bayou, Louisiana when out going tide left her grounded, she rolled over and sank. Was scheduled to be raised.[3] |
Sugarland | United States | The steamer was damaged in a collision with an oil barge in the Atchafalaya River at the Lagonda Bridge, she was beached to prevent sinking.[3] |
30 November
Ship | Country | Description |
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Trilby | United States | The steamer capsized during a heavy squall near Antioch, California. Raised and repaired.[3] |
Unknown date
Ship | Country | Description |
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All Grand | United States | The tug was lost in a storm on Lake Erie sometime in November.[180] |
Alsternix | German Empire | The barque departed from Callao, Peru for Melbourne, Australia on 26 November. No further trace, presumed foundered in the Pacific Ocean with the loss of all hands.[181] |
Athens | United States | The steamer was lost in a storm on Lake Erie sometime in November.[182] |
Bay City | United States | The steamer was lost in a storm on Lake Erie sometime in November.[183] |
Little Malta | United Kingdom | The steam trawler sank in the Teifi Estuary.[184] |
Pratt | United States | The steamer was lost in a storm on Lake Erie sometime in November.[185] |
Ruth | United States | The steamer was tied to the shore, New Orleans area, and was stranded by dropping water with her stern sunk low in the mud sometime in November. Was expected to be raised.[3] |
Wagner | United States | The tug was lost in a storm on Lake Erie sometime in November.[186] |
December
1 December
Ship | Country | Description |
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Adam W. Spies | United States | The 1,222-gross register ton schooner was stranded in the Gulf of Mexico 40 nautical miles (74 km; 46 mi) west of Stirrup Key (24.7418°N 81.0423°W) in the Florida Keys. All 10 people on board survived.[88] |
Charles G. Hill | United States | The 192-gross register ton barge sank in 50 feet (15 m) of water in the Hudson River off Marlborough, New York, her mast sticking several feet above the water. The only person on board survived. Wreck removed by 17 December.[1][187][188] |
2 December
Ship | Country | Description |
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Petrel | United States | The steamer caught fire and sank in 40 feet (12 m) of water near the White River, Michigan Life Saving Station.[91] |
Virginian | United States | The 309-gross register ton barge was stranded at Branford, Connecticut. The only person on board survived.[168] |
3 December
Ship | Country | Description |
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A. P. Emerson | United States | The 243-gross register ton schooner sank off Cape Sable, Newfoundland. All six people on board survived.[88] |
Providence | United States | The 1,651-gross register ton iron-hulled schooner barge or scow barge was abandoned in the North Atlantic Ocean east of North Carolina at 34°06′N 074°47′W. All eight people on board survived.[28] |
Thomas M. Righter | United States | The barge sank a one-half mile (0.80 km) off the Southwest Ledge Light, New Haven, Connecticut.[3] |
Twins | United States | The 27-gross register ton steam catamaran was destroyed by fire on the White River at Gainer's Ferry near Batesville, Arkansas. All eight people on board survived.[5][3] |
Virginian | United States | The barge sank in heavy seas between the Branford Beacon and the Southwest Ledge Light, New Haven, Connecticut.[3] |
4 December
Ship | Country | Description |
---|---|---|
Alert | United States | The 145-gross register ton motor vessel was stranded at Port au Port, Newfoundland, with the loss of one life. There were 11 survivors.[44] |
Emma R. Harvey | United States | The 286-gross register ton schooner was stranded in Digby Gut on the coast of Nova Scotia with the loss of two lives. There were five survivors.[46] |
Stella | United States | The 82-gross register ton sternwheel paddle steamer burned at Greenwood, Mississippi, at the confluence of the Tallahatchie, Yalobusha, and Yazoo Rivers. All 28 people on board survived.[1] |
5 December
Ship | Country | Description |
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Geneva | United States | The tug was damaged in a collision with the tug Delaware ( United States) off the Morris Canal basin, Jersey City, New Jersey, and was beached, but sank.[3] |
6 December
Ship | Country | Description |
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Bonny Doon | United States | The 570-gross register ton barkentine was stranded on Stone Horse Shoal on the coast of Massachusetts, sinking in 16 to 20 feet of water. Wreck removed with Dynamite starting between 21–24 January 1907, halted by weather and finishing between 24 March and 1 April 1907. All eight people on board survived.[88][189] |
Cretan | United States | The passenger steamer was grounded across the river from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on flats off Pettys Island where fireboats from Philadelphia extinguished a fire in her holds that had started on 5 December off Absecon Lighthouse. Pumped out on 7 December.[3] |
Florence I. Lockwood | United States | The 299-gross register ton schooner was stranded and sank on Williams Shoal at Chincoteague Inlet on the coast of Virginia. All six people on board were rescued by the United States Life Saving Service.[46][91] |
Great Admiral | United States | The 1,575-gross register ton full-rigged ship sank in a gale in the North Pacific Ocean 200 nautical miles (370 km; 230 mi) west of Cape Flattery, Washington, with the loss of her cook and a cabin Boy who died of exposure after the sinking. 16 survivors were rescued from debris on 8 December by Barcoe ( United Kingdom).[46][190] |
Monarch | United States |
7 December
Ship | Country | Description |
---|---|---|
Buena Vista | United States | The 1,600-gross register ton steel-hulled schooner barge or scow barge, under tow of W. A. Luckenbach ( United States), foundered in a northeast gale 1.5 nautical miles (2.8 km; 1.7 mi) east-southeast of Montauk Point, Long Island, New York, with the loss of three crewmen. There were two survivors.[88][3] |
Coloma | United States | The 852-gross register ton bark was abandoned in the Pacific Ocean off Cape Beale, Vancouver Island, British Columbia. All ten people on board survived.[46] |
Ella Rohlffs | United States | Carrying 10 passengers, a crew of 12, and a 10-ton cargo of empty beer kegs, lumber, and miscellaneous boxes on a voyage from Howkan to Ketchikan, Territory of Alaska, with a stop at Coppermount, the 149-gross register ton, 75.5-foot (23.0 m) steamer ran aground during a snowstorm on the north end of Long Island in the Alexander Archipelago in Southeast Alaska about 10 nautical miles (19 km; 12 mi) north of Howkan without loss of life. The steamer Cordova ( United States) took off her passengers on 8 December.[57] |
Rancocas | United States | The lighter was damaged in a collision with a float towed by the tug W. H. Flannery ( United States) off Pier 6, North River and was abandoned by her crew. After being abandoned she had a slight collision with the tug S. O. Co. No. 14 ( United States), she was then towed by W. H. Flannery to the Bedloe Island flats where she sank.[3] |
Sea Witch | United States | The 1,289-gross register ton full-rigged ship or Barque became waterlogged and was abandoned in the Pacific Ocean at (45°41′N 127°30′W). All 16 people on board survived.[28][194][195] |
8 December
Ship | Country | Description |
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Charles L. Mitchell | United States | The 597-gross register ton schooner was abandoned off Cape Henry, Virginia. All seven people on board survived.[88] |
William F. Hallstead | United States | The 18-gross register ton screw steamer burned on Lake Erie at Dunkirk, New York. All five people on board survived.[5] |
William Marshall | United States | The 305-gross register ton schooner was abandoned in a waterlogged condition. She stranded off Highland Light on Cape Cod on the coast of Massachusetts on 11 December, and broke up in a storm later in the month. All six people on board survived.[44][91] |
10 December
Ship | Country | Description |
---|---|---|
Victoria | Unknown | The passenger steamer was sunk in 15 feet (4.6 m) of water at Brockville, Ontario.[196] |
11 December
Ship | Country | Description |
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J. J. Stewart | United States | The 51-gross register ton schooner sank in the James River in Virginia. All four people on board survived.[14] |
12 December
Ship | Country | Description |
---|---|---|
Atlantic | Canada | The schooner was wrecked off Goose Island, Isaac's Harbour, Nova Scotia.[197] |
Gen′l J. L. Selfridge | United States | The 20-gross register ton schooner was stranded at Fisherman Island on the coast of Virginia. Both people on board survived.[46] |
John M. Nicol | United States | The 2,126-gross register ton screw steamer ran aground on Big Summer Island in Michigan during a snowstorm and broke up. All 21 people on board survived.[20][3] |
Marietta | United States | The 9-gross register ton motor vessel sank in West Pass at Apalachicola Bay on the coast of Florida. All three people on board survived.[20] |
14 December
Ship | Country | Description |
---|---|---|
Columbia | United States | The tug struck an obstruction in the Patapsco River and developed a leak. She sank after making it to dock. Later raised.[3] |
Edgar Randall | United States | The 62-gross register ton schooner was lost when she collided with the screw steamer Delta ( Netherlands) off Mobile, Alabama. All eight people on board survived.[46] |
No. 7 | United States | The 65-gross register ton scow was lost when she collided with the screw steamer Milwaukee ( United States) at Lime Kiln Crossing in the Detroit River on the Canada-United States border between Michigan and Ontario. All nine people on board survived.[1] |
Themis | Norway | During a voyage from Ketchikan, Territory of Alaska, to Crofton, British Columbia, carrying a load of copper ore and canned salmon, the 270-foot (82 m) steam cargo ship struck Crocker Rock 2 nautical miles (3.7 km; 2.3 mi) northwest of Scarlett Point on Vancouver Island and sank without loss of life.[63] |
15 December
Ship | Country | Description |
---|---|---|
Hermit No. 7 | United States | The 70-gross register ton schooner, a pilot boat, was sunk in a collision with the screw steamer Monterey ( United States) off Sandy Hook, New Jersey. All 10 people on board survived.[14][3] |
Newark | United States | After suffering a fire in her port coal bunker earlier in the day, the 59-gross register ton tow screw steamer reignited at 8 P.M. and got out of hand and she sank at dock at Mill's Shipyard in Camden, New Jersey, because of a fire in her starboard coal bunker. Her after house and decks was destroyed. All four people on board survived.[5][3] |
16 December
Ship | Country | Description |
---|---|---|
Adventurer | United States | With no one on board, the 16-gross register ton screw steamer was stranded at Ontonagan, Michigan.[44] |
Norwich | United States | The sidewheel wrecking steamer caught fire at dock at Rondout, New York and later sank when her seacocks were open to put out the fire. The vessel was scheduled to be raised in Spring 1907.[3][198] |
Prinzessin Victoria Luise | German Empire | The passenger ship ran aground off Plum Point, Kingston, Jamaica, and was wrecked. Sank during a seaquake in 1907.[199][200] |
17 December
Ship | Country | Description |
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Cap Juby | Belgium | The steamer sank after colliding with the steamer Arlington ( United Kingdom) in the English Channel 15 nautical miles (28 km) off Dungeness, Kent, United Kingdom.[201] |
19 December
Ship | Country | Description |
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Charlotte Ann Pigot | United States | The 28-gross register ton schooner was stranded at Port Royal, South Carolina. All three people on board survived.[88] |
P. T. Barnum | United States | The 667-gross register ton schooner was abandoned in the North Atlantic Ocean 30 nautical miles (56 km; 35 mi) east of Bodie Island in the Outer Banks of North Carolina. All eight people on board survived.[28] |
W. T. Scovell | United States | The 244-gross register ton sternwheel paddle steamer was wrecked when her boilers exploded on the Mississippi River at Gold Dust Landing 17 miles below Vicksburg, Mississippi. Of the 65 people on board, either 10 (her master, eight crewmen, and one passenger) or 12 were killed, according to different sources.[5][3][202] |
20 December
Ship | Country | Description |
---|---|---|
Lottie | United States | With no one on board, the 9-gross register ton motor vessel was stranded at Brooklyn, New York.[20] |
21 December
Ship | Country | Description |
---|---|---|
Edgar | United States | The 15-gross register ton scow sank at Everett, Washington. The only person on board survived.[1] |
Strathcona | Canada | The passenger steamer caught fire and was beached off Port Dufferin, Nova Scotia.[203] |
Tilley | United Kingdom | The ketch sprang a leak in the Bristol Channel and was abandoned. Her three crew were rescued by Ragusa 2 ( United Kingdom).[204] |
23 December
Ship | Country | Description |
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Three Sisters | United States | The sail vessel sank in a collision in the Patapsco River near Seven Foot Knoll, Maryland with the tug Peerless ( United States). The crew were rescued.[3] |
24 December
Ship | Country | Description |
---|---|---|
Casper Heft | United States | The 107-gross register ton schooner was stranded at Smiths Point, Virginia. All four people on board survived.[88] |
26 December
Ship | Country | Description |
---|---|---|
Carrollton | United States | The 1,450-gross register ton bark was stranded at Midway Atoll in the Pacific Ocean. All 15 people on board survived.[88] |
Laurel | United States | The 16-gross register ton screw steamer burned at Keyport, Washington. All three people on board survived.[20] |
27 December
Ship | Country | Description |
---|---|---|
Jumbo | United States | The 14-gross register ton screw steamer burned at Mobile, Alabama. All four people on board survived.[20] |
29 December
Ship | Country | Description |
---|---|---|
Alice McDonald | United States | The schooner stranded on Jetty Sands four miles (6.4 km) west north west of the Point Adams, Oregon Life Saving Station. Refloated 14 January 1907.[91] |
Paterson | United States | The 1,057-gross register ton steel-hulled steam sidewheel paddle ferry sank with the loss of one life after colliding with the schooner barge Flora ( United States) – towed by the tug Joshua Lovett ( United States) – in the North River off Christopher Street in 65 feet (20 m) of water in New York City. Joshua Lovett and the tug John S. Smith ( United States) rescued Paterson's 14 survivors. Wreck reduced in height to 43 feet (13 m) clearance by June 1907.[5][3][205] |
Ralph F. Hodgdon | United States | The 90-gross register ton schooner burned in the Bay of Islands on the coast of Newfoundland. All six people on board survived.[28] |
30 December
Ship | Country | Description |
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Creve Coeur | United States | The 12-gross register ton sternwheel motor paddle vessel sank at Tiptonville, Tennessee. Both people on board survived.[20] |
Lavinia | United States | The 40-gross register ton schooner was stranded at Waikiki on Oahu, Hawaii. All five people on board survived.[14] |
31 December
Ship | Country | Description |
---|---|---|
Santa Fe | United States | The steamer sank at dock during a heavy gale at San Diego, California. Raised and repaired.[3] |
Unknown date
Ship | Country | Description |
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Alfred W. | United States | The tug struck a rock and sank off Pie Island in 60 feet (18 m) of water in either January, June or July. Raised, repaired and returned to service.[206] |
Annie | United States | The 15-gross register ton schooner was stranded at Brunswick, Georgia. Both people on board survived.[88] |
Aztec | United States | With no one on board, the 22-gross register ton motor paddle vessel was stranded in the Colorado River in the Arizona Territory.[44] |
Bergen | Norway | The lifeboat was lost during a rescue operation off Stave, Andøya.[207] |
Carita | United States | The vessel was lost in the Inside Passage in Tongass Narrows in the Alexander Archipelago in Southeast Alaska near Ketchikan, Territory of Alaska.[29] |
Catherine | United States | With no one aboard, the 12-gross register ton sloop-rigged yacht sank in the Christiana River in Delaware.[88] |
Gracie | United States | With no one on board, the 40-gross register ton schooner was stranded on the Savannah River in Georgia.[131] |
Harvest Home | United States | The 78-gross register ton schooner was lost when she collided with an unidentified British vessel off Cape Cod, Massachusetts. All three people on board survived.[46] |
Ina Mactavish | United Kingdom | The coaster sank. She was refloated, lengthened and repaired, and returned to service. |
Oregon | United States | The steamer sunk sometime in 1906 in the Menominee River at Milwaukee, Wisconsin. She was refloated in mid 1907.[208] |
Polly | United States | The steam tug sank in the Yukon River. |
Stetson and Ellison | United States | The 56-gross register ton schooner sank in Delaware Bay. All four people on board survived.[44] |
West Side | United States | The United States Department of Commerce and Labor publication Thirty-Ninth Annual List of Merchant Vessels of the United States for the Year Ending June 30, 1907, reported that the 324-gross register ton schooner was stranded in Georgian Bay near Parry Sound, Ontario, Canada, on an unidentified date. All six people on board survived.[44] |
See also
Ship events in 1906 | |||||||||||
Ship launches: | 1901 | 1902 | 1903 | 1904 | 1905 | 1906 | 1907 | 1908 | 1909 | 1910 | 1911 |
Ship commissionings: | 1901 | 1902 | 1903 | 1904 | 1905 | 1906 | 1907 | 1908 | 1909 | 1910 | 1911 |
Ship decommissionings: | 1901 | 1902 | 1903 | 1904 | 1905 | 1906 | 1907 | 1908 | 1909 | 1910 | 1911 |
Shipwrecks: | 1901 | 1902 | 1903 | 1904 | 1905 | 1906 | 1907 | 1908 | 1909 | 1910 | 1911 |
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