List of shipwrecks in 1901

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The list of shipwrecks in 1901 includes ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during 1901.

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1901
Jan Feb Mar Apr
May Jun Jul Aug
Sep Oct Nov Dec
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January

7 January

List of shipwrecks: 7 January 1901
ShipCountryDescription
Tenzer  United Kingdom The ketch foundered off Padstow harbour after striking a rock. The crew landed on the ship's boat.[1]

16 January

List of shipwrecks: 16 January 1901
ShipCountryDescription
HMS Sybille  Royal Navy The Apollo-class protected cruiser was wrecked at Lambert's Bay, South Africa.[2]

18 January

List of shipwrecks: 18 January 1901
ShipCountryDescription
Kaisari  United Kingdom The London steamer was wrecked on the coast of Réunion during a cyclone. Nineteen Lascars drowned along with four British officers and the captain.[3]

19 January

List of shipwrecks: 19 January 1901
ShipCountryDescription
Marie Celine  France The schooner sank near Falmouth, Cornwall.[4]

26 January

List of shipwrecks: 26 January 1901
ShipCountryDescription
Unnamed  Spain The fishing fleet lost one boat and twenty-three lives during a storm.[5]

28 January

List of shipwrecks: 28 January 1901
ShipCountryDescription
Holland  United Kingdom The London steamer bound for Rotterdam sank near the Hook of Holland during a storm. Four passengers and eleven crew drowned.[5]
Lanarkshire  United Kingdom The barque was abandoned in the North Sea 6 nautical miles (11 km) north west of the Noord Hinder Lightship ( Netherlands). She subsequently foundered.[6]

Unknown date

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1901
ShipCountryDescription
Hannah  United Kingdom The schooner was abandoned in the Irish Sea, She came ashore on 28 January at Mwnt, Cardiganshire and was wrecked.[7]

February

4 February

List of shipwrecks: 4 February 1901
ShipCountryDescription
Goonglaze  United Kingdom The St Agnes, Cornwall schooner foundered near Peppercombe Castle, in Bideford Bay. Four bodies were washed ashore near Westward Ho!, Devon.[8][9]
Janie Vivian  United Kingdom The Padstow, Cornwall schooner was driven ashore, near her home port, on the sands below Bray Hill in the Camel estuary. She was taking grain to Cardiff and all the crew survived.[9]

19 February

List of shipwrecks: 19 February 1901
ShipCountryDescription
Julien Marie  France The brigantine ran aground at St. Ives, Cornwall, United Kingdom. The crew were rescued by lifeboat [10][11]

22 February

List of shipwrecks: 22 February 1901
ShipCountryDescription
City of Rio De Janeiro  United States The Pacific Mail Steamship Company-owned passenger ship struck rocks and sank near the entrance to San Francisco Bay.[12] Approximately 135 were lost.

March

1 March

List of shipwrecks: 1 March 1901
ShipCountryDescription
Indiana  United Kingdom Following a collision, the abandoned Hull steamer went ashore in the English Channel at Worthing.[13]

8 March

List of shipwrecks: 8 March 1901
ShipCountryDescription
Aviona  United Kingdom The Glasgow vessel sank at the entrance to Bilbao harbour. Twenty-three of the crew lost their lives.[14]

14 March

List of shipwrecks: 8 March 1901
ShipCountryDescription
Voorspoed  Netherlands The Amsterdam schooner ran aground at Perranporth, near Chapel Rock. The crew escaped via the breeches buoy. The vessel was carrying coal and machinery from Cardiff to Brazil.[15][16]

17 March

List of shipwrecks: 17 March 1901
ShipCountryDescription
Bee  Australia The steamship was wrecked in Picnic Bay, Magnetic Island, Queensland, Australia.

21 March

List of shipwrecks: 21 March 1901
ShipCountryDescription
Rose  United Kingdom The brigantine ran aground on the Res Sands, in the North Sea off the coast of Kent, and sank with the loss of four of her seven crew. Survivors were rescued by Eliza Harriet ( Royal National Lifeboat Institution.[17]

28 March

List of shipwrecks: 28 March 1901
ShipCountryDescription
Tay  United Kingdom The steamer collided with the Chemuitz and sank off Flushing, while en route to Antwerp from London. There were three survivors out of sixteen on board.[18]

April

10 April

List of shipwrecks: 10 April 1901
ShipCountryDescription
USAT Rawlins  United States The United States Army Transport sank at Brooklyn Army pier with deck awash from volume of water pumped from six engines, two trucks and three fireboats responding to engine room fire. Damage was estimated at $20,000 to refloat and $50,000 to repair.[19]

21 April

List of shipwrecks: 21 April 1901
ShipCountryDescription
Seham  Ottoman Navy The Nasir-class torpedo boat was sunk by a boiler explosion in the outer harbor of Beirut. 27 crewmen were killed.[20]

May

10 May

List of shipwrecks: 29 March 1911
ShipCountryDescription
France  France The barque was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean (approximately 34°S 48°W / 34°S 48°W / -34; -48). Her crew were later rescued by Hebe ( Germany). France was on a voyage from North Shields, County Durham to Valparaiso, Chile. France was sighted on 13 May by Josefa ( Spain). Presumed subsequently foundered.[21]

June

2 June

List of shipwrecks: 2 June 1901
ShipCountryDescription
Mataafa  United States The steamship ran aground on Knife Island Reef in Lake Superior. She was refloated, repaired, and returned to service.

4 June

List of shipwrecks: 4 June 1901
ShipCountryDescription
Ranald  United Kingdom The steamship capsized and sank in the Atlantic Ocean off Atlantic City, New Jersey, where she had anchored the previous day after her cargo of asphalt melted in hot weather and flowed throughout her holds, causing her to take on a dangerous list. Her crew made it to shore safely.[22][23]

26 June

List of shipwrecks: 26 June 1901
ShipCountryDescription
Lusitania  United Kingdom The ship was built by Laird Brothers in Birkenhead in 1871. Her original owners were the Pacific Steam Navigation Company. She was sold to Elder Dempster Line in 1900 and plied the Liverpool to Canada run. Enroute to Canada on 26 June 1901 she was lost in fog near the Newfoundland coast. Off course, the ship ended up on the rocks. Some of the crew threatened the passengers and a day later passengers began to panic. The crew then restored order. All occupants of the vessel survived.[24]

July

12 July

List of shipwrecks: 12 July 1901
ShipCountryDescription
Walter Thomas  United Kingdom The 2,213 GRT steamship sank after a collision with Romney off Europa Point, Straits of Gibraltar on a voyage from Penarth to Derindje

15 July

List of shipwrecks: 15 July 1901
ShipCountryDescription
Blanche  United Kingdom The 234 grt steamship was wrecked on Île-Tudy on voyage Cardiff for Quimper[25]

29 July

List of shipwrecks: 29 July 1901
ShipCountryDescription
Sagamore  United States The whaleback barge was rammed by the steamer Northern Queen (flag unknown) while at anchor in fog in Whitefish Bay off the coast of Michigan and sank with the loss of three lives. Her five survivors were rescued by Northern Queen.

August

3 August

List of shipwrecks: 3 August 1901
ShipCountryDescription
HMS Viper  Royal Navy The Viper-class torpedo boat destroyer foundered on rocks at Alderney in the Channel Islands during naval manoeuvers. All aboard survived.[26][27]

15 August

List of shipwrecks: 15 August 1901
ShipCountryDescription
Islander  United Kingdom The Canadian Pacific Steam Navigation Company-owned twin-screw steamer struck an iceberg and sank near Juneau, Territory of Alaska, United States. Forty passengers and crew were killed.

25 August

List of shipwrecks: 25 August 1901
ShipCountryDescription
Noranmore  Belgium The W Johnston & Co.-owned cargo ship capsized and sank off Athens, Greece.[28]

26 August

List of shipwrecks: 26 August 1901
ShipCountryDescription
Oakland  New South Wales The passenger-cargo ship ran aground at the mouth of the Richmond River in New South Wales, Australia. Although declared a total loss, she was refloated, repaired, and returned to service.

September

4 September

List of shipwrecks: 4 September 1901
ShipCountryDescription
SMS Wacht  Imperial German Navy The Wacht-class aviso sank after a colliding with the ironclad SMS Sachsen ( Imperial German Navy) off Germany. All crew survived.

19 September

List of shipwrecks: 19 September 1901
ShipCountryDescription
HMS Cobra  Royal Navy The destroyer broke her back and sank due to design weakness near Cromer, Norfolk. 67 crew were lost.

October

2 October

List of shipwrecks: 2 October 1901
ShipCountryDescription
M. M. Drake  United States The steam barge sank in Lake Superior after colliding with the schooner barge Michigan ( United States), which she was towing, while she was taking Michigan′s crew off after Michigan began to sink during a gale. All hands from M. M. Drake and all but one crew member from Michigan were rescued by the cargo ship Crescent City (flag unknown); one Michigan crewman was lost in the sinking of M. M. Drake.
Michigan  United States The schooner barge was abandoned when her seams parted and she began to sink during a gale on Lake Superior while she was under tow by the steam barge M. M. Drake ( United States). She collided while M. M. Drake while M. M. Drake was taking off her crew. Michigan was not seen again.

19 October

List of shipwrecks: 19 October 1901
ShipCountryDescription
L'Esperance  Belgium The F Alexander-owned cargo ship was wrecked off the Skalskar Lighthouse, Finland.[28]

22 October

List of shipwrecks: 22 October 1901
ShipCountryDescription
A. J. Goddard  United States Was a Klondike Gold Rush era sternwheeler and named after Seattle businessman Albert J. Goddard. She was built for use on the Upper Yukon River in Canada. Her prefabricated components were built in San Francisco and shipped to Skagway, Alaska. She sank in a storm on Lake Laberge on October 22, 1901. Her wreck was discovered in 2008 by Doug Davidge.

November

13 November

List of shipwrecks: 13 November 1901
ShipCountryDescription
Beauchamp Royal National Lifeboat Institution The lifeboat capsized off Caister-on-Sea, Norfolk, England, with the loss of eight lives. Three of her crew survived.

16 November

List of shipwrecks: 7 March 1901
ShipCountryDescription
Titania  United Kingdom The barquentine, owned by Bowring Brothers, was wrecked in Pound Bay, Trepassey, Newfoundland, with loss of one crewmenber.[29]

December

4 December

List of shipwrecks: 4 December 1901
ShipCountryDescription
C. H. Wheeler  United States
C. H. Wheeler
The schooner-rigged unpowered barge, adrift in the Pacific Ocean since her tow line broke on 27 November, was wrecked on the coast of Oregon near Yaquina Bay with the loss of one life. The barge′s three survivors were rescued by a United States Life-Saving Service () crew on the beach.

7 December

List of shipwrecks: 7 December 1901
ShipCountryDescription
Rodney  United Kingdom The cargo ship was wrecked on the coast of Cornwall.[30]

15 December

List of shipwrecks: 15 December 1901
ShipCountryDescription
Sindia  United States The barque was wrecked after running aground at Ocean City, New Jersey.[22][31]

31 December

List of shipwrecks: 31 December 1901
ShipCountryDescription
Hero  Norway The Kjaer & Isdal, (Bergen) owned cargo ship ran aground between Baltimore, Ohio and Colón, Panama. The wreck was later refloated and sold.[28]

Unknown date

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1901
ShipCountryDescription
HMS Condor  Royal Navy During a voyage from Esquimalt, British Columbia, Canada, to Honolulu, Territory of Hawaii, the screw sloop-of-war disappeared after parting company with the armoured cruiser HMS Warspite ( Royal Navy) on 2 December off British Columbia. She presumably foundered with the loss of all hands during a strong storm somewhere off Cape Flattery, Washington, on or about 3 December. One of her boats and wreckage later washed up on the coast of Vancouver Island and along the shore of Queen Charlotte Sound.[32][33][34]

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List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1901
ShipCountryDescription
HMS Scorpion  Royal Navy The decommissioned Scorpion-class ironclad turret ship was sunk as a target. She was refloated in 1902 to be sold for scrap.

References

  1. ↑ "Foundering Of A Ketch". The Cornubian and Redruth Times (1960). 11 January 1901. p. 5.
  2. ↑ Clowes, William Laird (1903). The Royal Navy: A History From the Earliest Times to the Death of Queen Victoria: Volume VII. Sampson Low, Marston and Company. p. 584.
  3. ↑ "British Steamer Wrecked". The Cornubian and Redruth Times (1967). 1 March 1901. p. 8.
  4. ↑ "Falmouth". The Cornubian and Redruth Times (1962). 25 January 1901. p. 5.
  5. 1 2 "The Effects Of The Storm". The Cornubian and Redruth Times (1963). 1 February 1901. p. 8.
  6. ↑ "LANARKSHIRE". Clydesite. Retrieved 1 July 2016.
  7. ↑ "CARDIGAN & DISTRICT SHIPWRECKS AND LIFEBOAT SERVICE". Glen Johnson. Retrieved 1 February 2015.
  8. ↑ Tovey, Ron. "A Chronology of Bristol Channel Shipwrecks" (PDF). Swansea Docks. Archived from the original (PDF) on 22 December 2014. Retrieved 21 December 2014.
  9. 1 2 "The Storm On Monday". The Cornubian and Redruth Time (1963). 8 February 1901.
  10. ↑ "1893 – 1920". St. Ives Trust. Retrieved 2008-03-16.
  11. ↑ Noall, C (c. 1969). Cornish Shipwrecks Illustrated. Truro: Tor Mark Press. p. 27.
  12. ↑ "The Wreck Of A Pacific Liner". The Cornubian and Redruth Times (1971). 29 March 1901. p. 8.
  13. ↑ "Indiana". The Cornubian and Redruth Times (1968). 8 March 1901. p. 7.
  14. ↑ "Aviona". The Cornubian and Redruth Times (1969). 15 March 1901. p. 4.
  15. ↑ "Wreck At Perranporth". The Cornubian and Redruth Times (1969). 15 March 1901. p. 3.
  16. ↑ "Stunning images of shipwrecks taken by one family over 130 years". The Vintage News. Retrieved 9 March 2018.
  17. ↑ Bignell, Alan (2001). Kent Shipwrecks (Second ed.). Newbury: Countryside Books. pp. 63–66. ISBN 1 85306 719 9.
  18. ↑ "At Flushing". The Cornubian and Redruth Times (1971). 29 March 1901. p. 7.
  19. ↑ San Francisco Call (1901). "Army Transport In Flames Is Sunk At Brooklyn Pier". 87 (11 April 1901). San Francisco Call, San Francisco: 1. Retrieved 8 October 2014.
  20. ↑ "Nasir Torpedo Boats (1989-1890), Torpedo Ships, Ottoman/Turkish Navy". Navypedia. Retrieved 25 June 2018.
  21. ↑ "FRANCE". Clydesite. Retrieved 1 July 2016.
  22. 1 2 Anonymous, Shipwrecks of the Mid-Atlantic: Maryland, Delaware & Southern New Jersey (poster), Sealake Products USA, undated.
  23. ↑ njscuba.net New Jersey Scuba Diving: Ranald (excerpt from June 4, 1901, edition of unidentified newspaper)
  24. ↑ MaritimeQuest.com; by Michael W. Pocock
  25. ↑ Haws, Duncan (2000). Merchant Fleets 37: Furness, Withy (1. publ. ed.). Hereford. p. 28. ISBN 978-0946378388.
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  27. ↑ "HMS Viper wrecked". Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XXVIII, Issue 9253, Page 4. 16 September 1901.
  28. 1 2 3 "Belgian Merchant H-O" (PDF). Belgische Koopvaardij. Retrieved 31 October 2010.
  29. ↑ "The "Titania" - A Total Wreck". The Evening Telegram (277). St John, Newfoundland. 18 November 1901. p. 4.
  30. ↑ "Rodney (1874)". Retrieved 2011-11-16.
  31. ↑ "Sindia". The Yard. Retrieved 19 February 2017.
  32. ↑ dreadnoughtproject.org H.M.S. Condor (1898)
  33. ↑ olympiccoast.noaa.gov National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration: Living Sanctuary: H.M.S. Condor
  34. ↑ Dalton, Anthony, "Our History: Graveyard of the Pacific claimed many ships," timescolonist.com, September 19, 2014, 05:33 PM.
Ship events in 1901
Ship launches: 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906
Ship commissionings: 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906
Ship decommissionings: 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906
Shipwrecks: 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906
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