List of shipwrecks in 1902

The list of shipwrecks in 1902 includes ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during 1902.

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1902
Jan Feb Mar Apr
May Jun Jul Aug
Sep Oct Nov Dec
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January

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List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1902
ShipCountryDescription
Glenbervie  United Kingdom The barque was wrecked at Lowland Point near Coverack, Cornwall, laden with 600 barrels of whisky, 400 barrels of brandy and barrels of rum.[1] The 16 crewmen were saved by lifeboat.[2]

12 January

List of shipwrecks: 12 January 1902
ShipCountryDescription
Perseverance  Belgium The steamer collided with Andreas in the River Usk, Monmouthshire, United Kingdom and was severely damaged. Later repaired and returned to service.[3]

February

25 February

List of shipwrecks: 25 February 1902
ShipCountryDescription
Liverpool  United Kingdom The iron-hulled four-masted sailing ship was en route from Antwerp to San Francisco with general cargo when she sailed slowly onto the rocks at Hommeaux Florains, on the northeastern tip of Alderney in the Channel Islands in fog. There was no loss of life.[4][5]

March

5 March

List of shipwrecks: 5 March 1902
ShipCountryDescription
Waesland  United States The steamer collided with the steamer Harmonides ( United Kingdom) off Anglesey, United Kingdom and sank with the loss of two passengers.[6][7]

7 March

List of shipwrecks: 7 March 1902
ShipCountryDescription
Welcome  United States The sternwheel passenger paddle steamer ran aground on the north flats of the Coquille River in Oregon during a squall. She was refloated undamaged that night and returned to service.

25 March

List of shipwrecks: 25 March 1902
ShipCountryDescription
John Ewin  United Kingdom The schooner got into difficulties in the Teifi Estuary. Her crew were taken off by Lizzie & Charles Leigh Clare ( Royal National Lifeboat Institution). She was subsequently wrecked.[8]

April

13 April

List of shipwrecks: 13 April 1902
ShipCountryDescription
Legia  Belgium The steamer collided with the steamer Julia (flag unknown) off the Newarp Lightvessel ( United Kingdom) and sank.[3]

May

6 May

List of shipwrecks: 6 May 1902
ShipCountryDescription
Camorta  United Kingdom The passenger ship sank in the Irrawaddy Delta with the loss of all 737 passengers and crew.

24 May

List of shipwrecks: 24 May 1902
ShipCountryDescription
Stanleyville  Belgium The steamer was wrecked off Takoradi, Gold Coast.[6]

27 May

List of shipwrecks: 27 May 1902
ShipCountryDescription
HMS Recruit  Royal Navy The Brazen-class destroyer struck rocks half a mile north of Cape Cornwall. Refloated and towed to Penzance by tugs.[9]

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List of shipwrecks: Unknown date in May 1902
ShipCountryDescription
Ryvingen  Norway The full-rigged ship was driven ashore and wrecked in Table Bay. Her crew were rescued by lifeboat. She was on a voyage from Ardrossan, Ayrshire, United Kingdom to Cape Town.[10]

June

7 June

List of shipwrecks: 7 June 1902
ShipCountryDescription
Thomas Wilson  United States
Three capstans at the stern of the wreck of Thomas Wilson on 15 August 2007.
The whaleback cargo ship sank in the harbor at Duluth, Minnesota, after a collision with the steamer George Hadley ( United States). Nine crew were killed.

12 June

List of shipwrecks: 12 June 1902
ShipCountryDescription
Advance  Australia
Advance
The schooner was wrecked at Henry's Point, Botany Bay, New South Wales, Australia.

22 June

List of shipwrecks: 22 June 1902
ShipCountryDescription
Kai Che  Imperial Chinese Navy The unprotected cruiser was sunk by an accidental internal explosion at Nanking, China, and became a total loss.[11]

28 June

List of shipwrecks: 28 June 1902
ShipCountryDescription
Gustav Adolph  Norway The barque ran onto rocks near Port Elizabeth, South Africa, just west of the Palmiet River and was wrecked.

August

4 August

List of shipwrecks: 4 August 1902
ShipCountryDescription
Wordsworth  Belgium The ship was wrecked off Assu Torre, Bahia, Brazil.[12][6]

September

6 September

List of shipwrecks: 6 September 1902
ShipCountryDescription
Crête-à-Pierrot Haiti Haitian Navy
Crête-à-Pierrot

The gunboat was scuttled at Gonaïves to prevent her capture by SMS Panther ( Imperial German Navy). All five crew on board were killed.

October

10 October

List of shipwrecks: 10 October 1902
ShipCountryDescription
Yoshina Maru  Japan The steamer caught fire in the Van Diemen Strait and was abandoned. She then drifted ashore at Kagoshima, Japan.[13]

November

5 November

List of shipwrecks: 5 November 1902
ShipCountryDescription
Elingamite  Australia The passenger ship sank near the Three Kings Islands, New Zealand, with the loss of 45 passengers and crew.

18 November

List of shipwrecks: 18 November 1902
ShipCountryDescription
Greenock  UK The steamer collided with the steamer Ape (flag unknown) near Gourock Bay and Cloch Point in the River Clyde. One man missing.[14]

December

17 December

List of shipwrecks: 17 December 1902
ShipCountryDescription
Frank A. Palmer  United States The four-masted schooner collided with the schooner Louise B. Crary ( United States) in the Atlantic Ocean off Gloucester, Massachusetts, during a gale and sank with the loss of 11 of the 21 crew members aboard the two ships.
Louise B. Crary  United States The five-masted schooner collided with the schooner Frank A. Palmer ( United States) in the Atlantic Ocean off Gloucester, Massachusetts, during a gale and sank with the loss of 11 of the 21 crew members aboard the two ships.

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List of shipwrecks: Unknown date in December 1902
ShipCountryDescription
Broughton  United Kingdom The full-rigged ship was wrecked whilst on a voyage from Hamburg, Germany to the Clyde.[15]

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List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1902
ShipCountryDescription
George Rennie  Australia
George Rennie
The paddle steamer was scuttled to form a breakwater at Picnic Bay, Queensland, Australia.
SMS S42  Imperial German Navy The torpedo boat sank after a collision. She was refloated, repaired, and returned to service.[16]

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  10. "Tenasserim". The Yard. Retrieved 18 February 2017.
  11. Chesneau, Roger, and Eugene M. Kolesnik, Conway′s All the World′s Fighting Ships, 1860-1905, New York: Mayflower Books, 1979, ISBN 0-8317-0302-4, p. 396.]
  12. "SS Wordsworth". wrecksite.eu. Retrieved 23 Feb 2016.
  13. "Belgian Merchant A-G" (PDF). Belgische Koopvaardij. Retrieved 1 October 2010.
  14. Clyde Shipwrecks page 31 by Peter Moir
  15. "Broughton". The Yard. Retrieved 18 February 2017.
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Ship events in 1902
Ship launches: 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907
Ship commissionings: 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907
Ship decommissionings: 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907
Shipwrecks: 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907
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