List of shipwrecks in May 1923

The list of shipwrecks in May 1923 includes ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during May 1923.

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3 May
List of shipwrecks: 3 May 1923
ShipCountryDescription
Alioth  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked in West Bay, Dorset.[1]
Elizabeth Ann Slater  United Kingdom The cargo ship collided with Teesider ( United Kingdom) in the North Sea off Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Northumberland. She was beached at South Shields.[2]

4 May
List of shipwrecks: 4 May 1923
ShipCountryDescription
Kissho Maru  Japan The cargo ship collided with Seikai Maru ( Japan) at Shimonoseki and sank.[3]

7 May
List of shipwrecks: 7 May 1923
ShipCountryDescription
Roxane  Sweden The car ship collided with Harald ( Germany) in the North Sea off the Elbe 1 Lightship ( Germany) and sank. Her crew were rescued.[4]

9 May
List of shipwrecks: 9 May 1923
ShipCountryDescription
Lake Gebhart  United States The Design 1093 cargo ship ran aground on the Umatilla Reef off Cape Flattery, Washington. She broke in two and was a total loss.[5][6]
Manhattan Island  United States The cargo ship ran aground at Sari Siglar, Turkey.[7] She was refloated on 17 May.[8]
Yugala  Thailand The cargo ship was severely damaged by fire at Singora with the loss of six crew. She was consequently beached.[5][7]

10 May
List of shipwrecks: 10 May 1923
ShipCountryDescription
Kitanna  United Kingdom The cargo ship foundered in the English Channel 32 nautical miles (59 km) north east by north of Alderney, Channel Isles.[9]
Kum Sang  United Kingdom The passenger ship came ashore near Ango, Philippines (approximately 16°N 120°E).[5] She was refloated on 22 May.[10]

14 May
List of shipwrecks: 14 May 1923
ShipCountryDescription
D'Aosta  Italy The cargo ship ran aground off Munxar, Malta.[11] She was refloated on 18 May.[8]
David  Panama The cargo ship collided with Yorba Linda ( United States) in the Gulf of Panama 50 nautical miles (93 km) off Panama City and was beached at Bucaro.[12]
Sagama River  United Kingdom The cargo ship ran aground in the Paraná River, Argentina.[12] She was refloated on 21 May.[13]

16 May
List of shipwrecks: 16 May 1923
ShipCountryDescription
Gul-Djemal  Ottoman Empire The cargo ship ran aground at Cape Jason.[14] She was refloated on 22 May.[13]
Jan  Denmark The cargo ship ran aground in the Northumberland Strait.[14] She was refloated on 23 May.[15]
Olga  United States The 76-gross register ton motor schooner was stranded on a sand bar on the west-central coast of the Territory of Alaska opposite the mouth of Safety Lagoon (64°29′N 164°45′W). During the spring of 1923, she was crushed by ice and then wrecked by a gale.[16]
Picardiër  Belgium Ran aground on Adler Grund, off Bornholm, Denmark. Refloated 23 May and towed to Stettin, Germany where repaired.[17]

19 May
List of shipwrecks: 19 May 1923
ShipCountryDescription
Maggie Marshall  United Kingdom The salvage vessel was wrecked at St. Esprit, Nova Scotia, Canada whilst going to the aid of Cymric Queen ( United Kingdom).[18]

20 May
List of shipwrecks: 20 May 1923
ShipCountryDescription
Apex No. 8  United States While no one was on board, the 32-ton scow was wrecked in Stone Rock Bay (54°45′30″N 132°00′00″W) on the coast of Prince of Wales Island in the Alexander Archipelago in Southeast Alaska after she broke free of her mooring to a dolphin during a gale. She was deemed a total loss.[19]

21 May
List of shipwrecks: 21 May 1923
ShipCountryDescription
Glenburnie  United Kingdom The cargo ship ran aground at Spot Point, Newfoundland.[20] She was refloated on 24 May.[15]
Marcella  United Kingdom The schooner foundered in the Atlantic Ocean off Louisburg, Nova Scotia, Canada.[20]
Rosa  United Kingdom The coaster ran aground at Berwick upon Tweed, Northumberland.[20] She was refloated on 28 May.[21]

22 May
List of shipwrecks: 22 May 1923
ShipCountryDescription
Marvale  United Kingdom The ocean liner struck the Capr Freel Rock off St. Shott's, Newfoundland and sank. All 436 people on board were rescued.[22]
Shoyei Maru  Japan The cargo ship ran aground on Shimushu Island, Kuril Islands and was abandoned by her crew.[21]

26 May
List of shipwrecks: 26 May 1923
ShipCountryDescription
HM Gunboat Blackfly  Royal Navy The Fly-class gunboat collided with a pontoon bridge over the Tigris at Baghdad, Iraq and sank with the loss of six crew.[23][24]
Precheur  France The tug foundered in the Atlantic Ocean (48°32′N 7°00′W).[25]

27 May
List of shipwrecks: 27 May 1923
ShipCountryDescription
Baron Vernon  United Kingdom The cargo ship collided with Metagama ( United Kingdom): in the River Clyde at Dumbarton, West Dunbartonshire and was beached.[26] She subsequently sank,[27] but was refloated in late July 1924.[28]

29 May
List of shipwrecks: 29 May 1923
ShipCountryDescription
Lady Shea  United Kingdom The schooner sprang a leak and sank off Port Maria, Jamaica.[25]
Waterway  United Kingdom The cargo ship capsized at Nantes, Loire-Atlantique.[29]

31 May
List of shipwrecks: 31 May 1923
ShipCountryDescription
Ranan Maru  Japan The cargo liner ran aground at Tsingtao, China. All passengers and crew were rescued.[30] She was refloated on 5 June.[31]

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  2. "Casualty reports". The Times (43332). London. 4 May 1923. col E, p. 14.
  3. "Casualty reports". The Times (43333). London. 5 May 1923. col G, p. 8.
  4. "Casualty reports". The Times (43336). London. 9 May 1923. col E, p. 22.
  5. "Casualty reports". The Times (43338). London. 11 May 1923. col D, p. 25.
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  7. "Casualty reports". The Times (43337). London. 10 May 1923. col G, p. 23.
  8. "Casualty reports". The Times (43345). London. 19 May 1923. col G, p. 6.
  9. "Casualty reports". The Times (43340). London. May 1923. col B, p. 21.
  10. "Reinsurance rates". The Times (43348). London. 23 May 1923. col B, p. 19.
  11. "Casualty reports". The Times (43341). London. 15 May 1923. col E, p. 8.
  12. "Casualty reports". The Times (43342). London. 16 May 1923. col F-G, p. 24.
  13. "Casualty reports". The Times (43348). London. 23 May 1923. col C, p. 19.
  14. "Casualty reports". The Times (43343). London. 17 May 1923. col F, p. 16.
  15. "Casualty reports". The Times (43350). London. 25 May 1923. col E, p. 14.
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  21. "Casualty reports". The Times (43353). London. 29 May 1923. col G, p. 24.
  22. "Lost Canadian liner". The Times (43348). London. 23 May 1923. col C, p. 10.
  23. "Floods in Iraq". The Times (43352). London. 28 May 1923. col E, p. 11.
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  26. "Liner in collision". The Times (43352). London. 28 May 1923. col E, p. 9.
  27. "Casualty reports". The Times (43361). London. 7 June 1923. col F, p. 23.
  28. "Brazilian steamer refloated". The Times (43712). London. 24 July 1924. p. 10.
  29. "Casualty reports". The Times (43354). London. 30 May 1923. col G, p. 21.
  30. "Casualty reports". The Times (43358). London. 4 June 1923. col A, p. 21.
  31. "Casualty reports". The Times (43362). London. 8 June 1923. col C-D, p. 22.
Ship events in 1923
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