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List of shipwrecks in 1904 
Summary
The list of shipwrecks in 1904 includes ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during 1904.
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January edit
4 January edit
| Ship | State | Description |
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| Vernia |  United States
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While the 6-gross register ton 28-foot (8.5 m) sloop, carrying a cargo of 4,000 pounds (1,800 kg) of fish and fishing gear and a crew of two, was transiting Lynn Canal in the Territory of Alaska in darkness during a voyage from Juneau to Hunter Bay, a squall struck which blew her onto a rock. The rock holed her, and she flooded, sank, and was battered to pieces on rocks. Her crew survived.[1] |
5 January edit
| Ship | State | Description |
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| Connasauga | United States
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The packet struck a snag and sank in the Coosa River near Gadsden, Alabama. Raised and repaired.[2] |
7 January edit
| Ship | State | Description |
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| Fauvette |  France
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The schooner sank just north of the Chausey Islands in the Channel Islands.[3] |
9 January edit
| Ship | State | Description |
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| Clallam |  Canada
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The steamer sprung a leak in a storm, plus had a broken porthole, causing her to fill, capsize and sink between Port Townsend, Washington and Victoria, British Columbia. 40 passengers and 10 crewmen were killed. 22 crewmen and 9 passengers were rescued by Sea Lion (flag unknown).[4][5][6] |
| John H. Starin | United States
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The steamer struck a submerged wreck two miles (3.2 km) south east of Bridgeport Light. She was brought into Bridgeport, Connecticut and beached.[4] |
16 January edit
| Ship | State | Description |
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| John L. Brady | United States
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The packet struck a snag and sank in the Coosa River near Gadsden, Alabama. Raised and repaired.[4] |
18 January edit
| Ship | State | Description |
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| Yvonne | United States
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The schooner was sunk in a collision with Vaquero ( United States) in the Red Fish Channel. Total loss. The crew were rescued by boats from Vaquero.[7]
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19 January edit
| Ship | State | Description |
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| Avenger |  Norway
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The full-rigged sailing ship was wrecked in the Chandeleur Islands. Refloated in 1917 and rebuilt as a bark and put in service as John H. Kirby ( United States).[8]
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22 January edit
| Ship | State | Description |
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| Alcedo | United States
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The steamer was sunk by ice near New Geneva, Pennsylvania.[9][10] |
| Barge No. 3 | United States
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The barge sank in a collision with Barge No. 1 while anchored in Bayou St. John, Louisiana, during a storm. One crewman from each barge was killed.[11] |
| Hornet No. 2 | United States
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The steamer sunk by ice at Paden City, West Virginia.[12] |
| T. M. Bayne | United States
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The steamer sunk by ice at Paden City, West Virginia or Steubenville, Ohio.[12][13][14] |
23 January edit
| Ship | State | Description |
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| Lizzie Townsend | United States
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The steamer burned to the waterline at Wheeling, West Virginia.[4] |
| May | United States
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The steamer was crushed by ice in the Schuylkill River at the Walnut Street Wharf, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.[4] |
24 January edit
| Ship | State | Description |
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| Cascade | United States
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The tug was sunk by ice one-half mile (0.80 km) off Lorain, Ohio.[4] |
| Elizabeth | United States
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The laid up steamer was set on fire in the Allegheny River above the Sixth Street Bridge at Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, when Olivette ( United States), that she was tied up along side, caught fire. She was cut loose drifting down to the wooden Union Bridge setting it on fire also. She was then beached by a tug and burned out.[9][15]
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| John K. | United States
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The steamer was destroyed by fire at Indian Village in Bayou Plaquemine.[11] |
| Olivette | United States
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The laid up steamer was destroyed by fire in the Allegheny River above the Sixth Street Bridge at Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, setting Elizabeth ( United States), tied up along side, on fire also.[9][16]
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25 January edit
| Ship | State | Description |
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| Alice | United States
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The packet struck a snag and sank in the Pascagoula River. Raised and repaired.[2] |
| B. F. Bennett | United States
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The ferry was sunk by ice at the mouth of the Cioto River. Total loss.[12] |
| Unknown canal boat | United States
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A canal boat was sunk in a collision between Stella Moren and Clyde (both United States), probably under tow by one of them, above Lock No. 4 in the Monongahela River.[9]
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26 January edit
| Ship | State | Description |
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| Adelle | United States
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The steamer was sunk at dock by ice at Coal Haven, Kentucky. Total loss. Her master and two crewmen killed.[4] |
| Unidentified barges | United States
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Eight barges, under tow of E. Luckenbach ( United States), foundered in a heavy storm 0.5 nautical miles (0.9 km; 0.6 mi) west of the Penfield Reef Light.[17]
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28 January edit
| Ship | State | Description |
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| Maryland | United States
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The barge was wrecked after losing her towline to John L. Brady ( United States) in a gale in the Galveston, Texas, area.[4]
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| Sunbeam |  United Kingdom
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29 January edit
| Ship | State | Description |
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| Columbia | United States
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The laid-up steamer sank at dock at Cramp's Wharf in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. She probably got caught under the pier on a rising tide, filled up, and sank.[21] |
| Geo. M. Winslow | United States
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During a snowstorm, the 112-foot (34 m), 197-gross register ton tow steamer was wrecked on the southwest end of Sow and Pigs Reef off Cuttyhunk Island, Massachusetts. She broke up and sank in up to 50 feet (15 m) of water at 41°23.903′N 070°58.592′W / 41.398383°N 70.976533°W and was declared a total loss.[22][23] |
30 January edit
| Ship | State | Description |
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| Bellevue | United States
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The steamer was sunk by ice at Louisville, Kentucky. Later raised.[4] |
February edit
1 February edit
| Ship | State | Description |
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| Twilight | United States
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The tow steamer was driven on to rocks in Little Hell Gate in the East River by a squall and sank.[4] |
2 February edit
| Ship | State | Description |
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| Atlas | United States
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The steamer was holed and sunk by ice at dock in Thompsons Point, New Jersey.[21] |
| Wasp | United States
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The barge, under tow of Minnie ( United States), sprang a leak and sank off Winter Quarter in a gale with heavy seas.[21]
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3 February edit
| Ship | State | Description |
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| Ethel | United States
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The steamer struck a snag in the Savannah River near Augusta, Georgia, and sank.[4] |
| Puritan | United States
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The barge sprang a leak and sank 6 nautical miles (11 km; 6.9 mi) south of Cape Henlopen, Delaware, in a gale with heavy seas.[4] |
6 February edit
| Ship | State | Description |
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| Pere Marquette 19 | United States
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The car ferry ran aground on Fox Point, Wisconsin, or one mile (1.6 km) north of it, in Lake Michigan in dense fog and heavy ice. Refloated on 19 February, almost declared a total loss.[24][25] |
| Robert V. Rider | United States
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The 10-gross register ton sloop burned at Jones Bay, North Carolina. All three people on board survived.[26] |
8 February edit
| Ship | State | Description |
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| Eilene | United States
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The laid-up steamer was sunk at dock by ice in the Licking River at Newport, Kentucky. Raised and repaired.[4] |
| Tremont | United States
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The steamer burned to the waterline and sank at Pier 35 in the East River, a total loss. Wreckage was removed by a wrecking company. One crewman killed.[4][27][28] |
9 February edit
| Ship | State | Description |
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| Dora Retzlaff |  Germany
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The cargo ship, owned by Reederei Emil R. Retzlaff., foundered 66 nautical miles (122 km) north east of Cape Vilano.[29] |
| Korietz |  Imperial Russian Navy
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| Madalene Cooney | United States
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The schooner's bow was holed by ice off Wilmington Creek, Delaware in the Delaware River and was beached.[4] |
| Retvizan | Imperial Russian Navy
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Russo-Japanese War, Battle of Port Arthur: After a torpedo fired by an Imperial Japanese Navy destroyer struck her while she was anchored in the outer harbor at Port Arthur, Manchuria, China, the Retvizan-class battleship got underway and ran aground in the narrow channel between the outer and inner harbors while trying to steam into the inner harbor. Five members of her crew died in the torpedo explosion.[30] She was refloated on 8 March and moved into the inner harbor, where repairs were completed on 3 June. |
| Startle | United States
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The 19-gross register ton sloop sank off Newport, Rhode Island. All eight people on board survived.[31] |
| Tsesarevich | Imperial Russian Navy
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Russo-Japanese War, Battle of Port Arthur: After a torpedo fired by an Imperial Japanese Navy destroyer struck her while she was anchored in the outer harbor at Port Arthur, Manchuria, China, the Tsesarevich-class battleship got underway and steamed into the narrow channel into the inner harbor, where tugs took her in tow, but she ran aground in the channel before reaching the inner harbor.[30] One member of her crew died as a result of the torpedo hit. She was refloated and moved into the inner harbor, where repairs were completed on 7 June. |
| Varyag | Imperial Russian Navy
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  Imperial Japanese Navy).
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11 February edit
| Ship | State | Description |
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| Fulton | United States
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The steamer dragged anchor and beached in a heavy gale at Port Orford, Oregon. One crewman was killed by falling deck cargo.[4] |
| Yenisey | Imperial Russian Navy
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Russo-Japanese War: The minelayer exploded and sank in Dalian Bay off Dalniy, Manchuria, China, after striking one of her own mines. Her commanding officer refused to leave her and went down with the ship.[32] |
12 February edit
| Ship | State | Description |
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| Boyarin | Imperial Russian Navy
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Russo-Japanese War: The Boyarin-class protected cruiser struck a mine in Dalian Bay off Dalniy, Manchuria, China, on 11 February, killing ten crewmen, and was abandoned immediately. When she did not sink, her commanding officer ordered a destroyer to torpedo her, reaffirming the order twice when the destroyer′s commanding officer questioned scuttling a ship that was not in obvious danger of sinking. Both torpedoes fired at her missed, and she was left to drift as a derelict. Imperial Japanese Navy destroyers found her still afloat on 12 February and boarded her to remove some of her gear, again leaving her to drift unmanned in the bay. She finally sank in a storm on the evening of 12 February. An Imperial Russian Navy court of inquiry into her loss later found her commanding officer′s conduct in abandoning his ship so quickly and making no effort to save her despite her apparent continued seaworthiness to have been "irregular."[32] |
| Gertrude | United States
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The steamer struck rocks at Middle Francis Bend in the Chattahoochee River and sank in six feet (1.8 m) of water. Raised immediately.[7] |
| Juniata | United States
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The steamer was sunk by ice at Madison, Indiana, a total loss.[4] |
| Nagonoura Maru (or Nakanoura Maru) |  Japan
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 Imperial Russian Navy).[33][34]
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| Ruby Schultz |  Belgium
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The steamship was wrecked three nautical miles (5.6 km) north west of Flamborough Head, Yorkshire, United Kingdom.[35] |
14 February edit
| Ship | State | Description |
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| Eagle | United States
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The steamer was sunk by ice at Norwalk, Connecticut.[4] |
21 February edit
| Ship | State | Description |
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| Jim Brown | United States
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The steamer filled with water and sank at dock at Glenwood Landing. Raised, repaired and returned to service by early April.[9] |
22 February edit
| Ship | State | Description |
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| Thomas McNally | United States
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The canal boat was sunk in a collision with Baltimore ( United States) off Seventeenth Street, New York City in thick fog.[4]
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23 February edit
| Ship | State | Description |
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| Bushu Maru | Imperial Japanese Navy
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Russo-Japanese War: Approaching the harbor at Port Arthur, Manchuria, China, to be sunk as a blockship in the entrance, the 1,249-gross register ton transport was sunk with a scuttling charge outside the entrance by her crew, which had become disoriented by the glare of Russian searchlights and believed they had reached the entrance and that the blockship Jinsen Maru had scuttled herself up at the planned location and that they were in the correct scuttling place relative to Jinsen Maru's position.[36][37] Sources differ as to casualties and the rescue of the crews of the five blockships. Casualties among the five blockships combined either was one killed[36] or three wounded.[37] Either each blockship crew was rescued by its ship's designated escort/rescue vessel.[37] – Bushu Maru's was the torpedo boat Tsubami[36] ( Imperial Japanese Navy) – or the designated escort/rescue vessels rescued three of the blockship crews and the other two crews escaped in their ship's boats.[36]
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| Buyo Maru | Imperial Japanese Navy
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Russo-Japanese War: Approaching the harbor at Port Arthur, Manchuria, China, to be sunk as a blockship in the entrance, the 1,153-gross register ton transport was sunk with a scuttling charge outside the entrance by her crew, which had become disoriented by the glare of Russian searchlights and believed they had reached the entrance and that the blockship Jinsen Maru had scuttled herself up at the planned location and that they were in the correct scuttling place relative to Jinsen Maru's position.[36] Sources differ as to casualties and the rescue of the crews of the five blockships. Casualties among the five blockships combined either was one killed[36] or three wounded.[37] Either each blockship crew was rescued by its ship's designated escort/rescue vessel.[37] – Buyo Maru's was the torpedo boat Manazuru[36] ( Imperial Japanese Navy) – or the designated escort/rescue vessels rescued three of the blockship crews and the other two crews escaped in their ship's boats.[36]
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| Hokoku Maru | Imperial Japanese Navy
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Russo-Japanese War: Approaching the harbor at Port Arthur, Manchuria, China, to be sunk as a blockship in the entrance, the 2,776-gross register ton transport came under fire by the stranded battleship Retvizan ( Imperial Russian Navy). Retvizan's gunfire disabled her steering gear, cut the detonator wires to her scuttling charge, and set her on fire, and she ran aground just outside the west end of the harbor entrance. Her crew abandoned her, leaving her in flames.[36][37] Sources differ as to casualties and the rescue of the crews of the five blockships. Casualties among the five blockships combined either was one killed[36] or three wounded.[37] Either each blockship crew was rescued by its ship's designated escort/rescue vessel.[37] – Hokoku Maru's was the torpedo boat Hayabusa[36] ( Imperial Japanese Navy) – or the designated escort/rescue vessels rescued three of the blockship crews and the other two crews escaped in their ship's boats.[36]
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| Jinsen Maru | Imperial Japanese Navy
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Russo-Japanese War: Approaching the harbor at Port Arthur, Manchuria, China, to be sunk as a blockship in the entrance, the 2,331-gross register ton transport ran hard aground on a rock outside the entrance. Her crew sank her with a scuttling charge and abandoned her.[36] Sources differ as to casualties and the rescue of the crews of the five blockships. Casualties among the five blockships combined either was one killed[36] or three wounded.[37] Either each blockship crew was rescued by its ship's designated escort/rescue vessel.[37] – Jinsen Maru's was the torpedo boat Kasasagi[36] ( Imperial Japanese Navy) – or the designated escort/rescue vessels rescued three of the blockship crews and the other two crews escaped in their ship's boats.[36]
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| Mary and Ida | United States
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The 174-net register ton, 110.2-foot (33.6 m) cod-fishing schooner dragged her anchor during a gale and was wrecked at Unga Island in the Shumagin Islands off the south coast of the Alaska Peninsula. Her entire crew of eight survived.[38] |
| Tenshu Maru | Imperial Japanese Navy
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Russo-Japanese War: Steaming toward Port Arthur, Manchuria, China, to be sunk as a blockship in the entrance to the harbor there, the 2,943-gross register ton transport ran aground and was wrecked 3 miles (4.8 km) from the entrance.[36] Casualties among the five blockships combined either was one killed[36] or three wounded.[37] Either each blockship crew was rescued by its ship's designated escort/rescue vessel.[37] – Tenshu Maru's was the torpedo boat Chidori[36] ( Imperial Japanese Navy) – or the designated escort/rescue vessels rescued three of the blockship crews and the other two crews escaped in their ship's boats.[36]
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24 February edit
| Ship | State | Description |
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| Eliza | United States
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The steamer was pushed by ice and current into an obstruction at McKeesport, Pennsylvania causing her to sink. Raised and repaired.[4] |
| Teaser | United States
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The steamer was sunk by a piling while docked, Norfolk, Virginia. Raised and repaired.[4] |
25 February edit
| Ship | State | Description |
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| No. 221 | Imperial Russian Navy
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The torpedo boat capsized and sank in the Mediterranean Sea during a storm.[39][40] |
| Vnushitelniy | Imperial Russian Navy
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Russo-Japanese War: The Forel-class destroyer was sunk by gunfire in Golubinaya Bight in Pigeon Bay on the southwestern end of the Liaotung Peninsula, Manchuria, China, by the protected cruisers Chitose, Kasagi, Takasago, and Yoshino (all Imperial Japanese Navy).[41][42]
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27 February edit
| Ship | State | Description |
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| M. F. Plant | United States
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The steamer's bow was holed by an obstruction off Marcus Hook, Pennsylvania in the Delaware River and sank in shallow water. Later raised.[4] |
28 February edit
| Ship | State | Description |
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| Norfolk | United States
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The steamer burned to the waterline at Sewell's Point.[43] |
| Sehome | United States
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The 11-gross register ton, 38.2-foot (11.6 m) schooner dragged her anchors during a storm and was wrecked in Lynn Canal in Southeast Alaska. Her crew of two survived.[44] |
Unknown date edit
| Ship | State | Description |
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| Assante |  Italy
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The steamer stranded near Bereby, New Guinea.[45] |
| Josie | Canada
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The schooner was abandoned at sea sometime in February.[46] |
| Laome | United Kingdom
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The steamer struck a rock and sank 160 miles (260 km) south of Rangoon, Burma before 10 February. The crew were rescued the next day by Gracchus ( Australia).[47][48]
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| Pena Racias |  Spain
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The steamer stranded near Sunderland sometime before 10 February.[49] |
March edit
2 March edit
| Ship | State | Description |
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| Lotus | United States
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The laid up steamer was sunk at dock by ice at Cincinnati, Ohio. Total loss.[4] |
| Monterey | United States
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The steamer was caught in a heavy windstorm in the Ohio River and sank near Diamond Island, Kentucky. Raised and repaired.[4] |
3 March edit
| Ship | State | Description |
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| Mary U. Githens | United States
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The steamer burned to the waterline and sank at dock in Lebanon, Delaware. Wreck removed by 8 July with pieces of the wreckage pulled up above the high tide mark.[21][50] |
| Michael J. Coffey | United States
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The tow steamer listed in a squall causing her to fill and sink in the North River.[4] |
| Unidentified barge | United States
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The barge, under tow of Ashbourne ( United States), sank in a collision with the ferry Chicago ( United States) off the Packer Dock, Jersey City, New Jersey.[51]
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4 March edit
| Ship | State | Description |
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| Handel | Belgium
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The cargo ship foundered in the North Sea, off Ramsgate, England.[52] |
| Hyack | United States
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The launch, and the launch Wolverine ( United States), were towing the schooner Queen ( United States) when Wolverine's tow line parted and fouled Hyack's propeller. Queen then ran down and sank Hyack, probably somewhere around Seattle, Washington.[4]
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6 March edit
| Ship | State | Description |
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| Valvoline | United States
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The freighter caught fire at Pier 8 in the East River. She sank after being towed to the Jersey flats.[4] |
9 March edit
| Ship | State | Description |
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| Hailar |  Russia
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Russo-Japanese War: The steamer was reported on 15 March 1904 to have been scuttled as a blockship at the entrance to the harbor at Port Arthur, Manchuria, China, by the Imperial Russian Navy during March.[53] |
| Harbin | Russia
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Russo-Japanese War: The Chinese Eastern Railway steamer was reported on 15 March 1904 to have been scuttled as a blockship at the entrance to the harbor at Port Arthur, Manchuria, China, by the Imperial Russian Navy during March.[53] |
10 March edit
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Edgar Cherry | United States
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The steamer struck the lock gates of Lock No. 4 in the Monongahela River and sank.[4] |
| Steregushchiy | Imperial Russian Navy
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Russo-Japanese War: Badly damaged and having suffered heavy casualties in combat with four Imperial Japanese Navy destroyers in the Lau-ti-shan Channel near Port Arthur, Manchuria, China, the Kretchet-class destroyer surrendered to the Japanese destroyers. However, her crew had opened the ship's Kingston valves in order to scuttle her, and two crewmen locked themselves in her engine room, sacrificing their lives to ensure that the Japanese could not enter, close the valves, and take the ship as a prize of war. The Japanese attempted to tow the sinking destroyer, but the towline broke, and she sank off the Shandong Peninsula 7 nautical miles (13 km; 8.1 mi) southeast of Mount Laoteshan and 6 nautical miles (11 km; 6.9 mi) from the Lushun Lighthouse with the loss of 49 members of her crew. There were four survivors.[54][55] |
| Sunshine | United States
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The steamer burned between Memphis, Tennessee and Cincinnati, Ohio, probably close to Memphis, a total loss. One crewman killed.[56] |
11 March edit
| Ship | State | Description |
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| Shenango No. 1 | United States
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The 1,940-gross register ton railroad car ferry caught fire while trapped in ice in Lake Erie approximately 150 feet (46 m) east of the breakwater at Conneaut, Ohio, and became a total loss. One crewmen died.[57] |
| RMS Scotia | United Kingdom
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The cable layer was approaching Guam to deliver cable and spares when she went off course while entering Apra Harbor and ran hard aground on a nearby reef. Weather conditions deteriorated and the ship broke in two and sank. The wreck is now a popular diving location. |
13 March edit
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| City of Boston | United States
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The ferry struck a waterlogged and abandoned mud scow adrift in the channel in Boston Harbor off Boston, Massachusetts. and was beached to prevent her from sinking.[4] |
17 March edit
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| M. B. Goble | United States
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The steamer capsized at the mouth of the Big Sandy River. Total loss. Two crewmen killed.[4] |
18 March edit
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| HMS A1 |  Royal Navy
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The Holland-class submarine was accidentally rammed by Berwick Castle ( United Kingdom) and sunk with the loss of all eleven crew in The Solent. She was later raised, repaired, and returned to service.
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19 March edit
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Unidentified barge | United States
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The dumper barge, under tow of Harry G. Runkle ( United States), sank in a collision with El Alba ( United States) off the Scotland Lightship.[51]
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23 March edit
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Ida | United States
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The tow steamer struck a bridge pier and sank at Memphis, Tennessee, a total loss.[56] |
25 March edit
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Columbia | United States
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The steamer sank after striking a snag near Charleston, West Virginia. Raised and repaired.[4] |
26 March edit
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Hanyei Maru | Japan
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Russo-Japanese War: The 64- or 76-gross register ton (sources disagree) steamer was seized by a force of Imperial Russian Navy warships and after the removal of her crew and passengers was sunk by gunfire by Russian destroyers in Lau-ti-shan Channel just off the Miao-tao Islands.[34][58] |
27 March edit
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Chiyo Maru | Imperial Japanese Navy
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Russo-Japanese War: The crew of the 1,746-gross register ton transport used an explosive charge to scuttle her as a blockship just outside and to the west of the entrance to the harbor at Port Arthur, Manchuria, China, in a failed attempt to block the entrance.[59] |
| Fukui Maru | Imperial Japanese Navy
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Russo-Japanese War: The 2,943-gross register ton transport was torpedoed by Russian forces in the entrance to the harbor at Port Arthur, Manchuria, China, as she maneuvered to her planned scuttling position so that her crew could sink her in the entrance as a blockship. Her crew then used an explosive charge to scuttle her just outside and to the west of the entrance but failed to block it.[59] |
| Yahiko Maru | Imperial Japanese Navy
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Russo-Japanese War: The transport's crew used an explosive charge to scuttle her as a blockship just inside the west side of the entrance to the harbor at Port Arthur, Manchuria, China, in a failed attempt to block the entrance.[59] |
| Yoneyama Maru | Imperial Japanese Navy
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Russo-Japanese War: The 2,693-gross register ton transport was torpedoed by Russian forces while her crew prepared to scuttle her as a blockship at the entrance to the harbor at Port Arthur, Manchuria, China. She sank just outside and east of the entrance and failed to block it.[59] |
31 March edit
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| George P. Taylor | United States
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The tug was sunk in a collision with Navahoe ( United States) in the North River.[4]
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Unknown date edit
| Ship | State | Description |
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| Ninguta | Russia
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Russo-Japanese War: The steamer was reported on 15 March 1904 to have been scuttled as a blockship at the entrance to the harbor at Port Arthur, Manchuria, China, by the Imperial Russian Navy during March.[53] |
| Sungari | Russia
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Russo-Japanese War: The steamer was reported on 15 March 1904 to have been scuttled as a blockship at the entrance to the harbor at Port Arthur, Manchuria, China, by the Imperial Russian Navy during March.[53] |
April edit
8 April edit
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Rival | United States
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The schooner ran aground and was wrecked on the south end of Brigantine Beach.[60] |
9 April edit
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Aurora | United States
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The steamer struck an unknown object in the Blackwater River in Virginia and was beached.[4] |
| Peerless | United States
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The motor vessel was sunk by ice at Painted Woods, North Dakota, a total loss.[4] |
11 April edit
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Colon | United States
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The steamer was damaged on Remedios Reef, El Salvador and was beached at Acajutla. A total loss.[4] |
| Frank Canfield | United States
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The tug was wrecked at Point Au Sable, Michigan when her steering gear broke. The vessel was a total loss. Three crewmen were killed and two were rescued by life-saving crew stationed on the point.[4] |
12 April edit
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Alice | United States
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The barge was sunk in a collision with the steamer Barnstable ( United Kingdom) off the Eddystone Wharf at Eddystone, Pennsylvania.[4]
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13 April edit
| Ship | State | Description |
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| Petropavlovsk | Imperial Russian Navy
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Russo-Japanese War: The Petropavlovsk-class battleship struck a mine in Korea Bay off Port Arthur Manchuria, China. The mine's detonation caused the explosions of several ammunition magazines and boilers in a chain reaction, and she sank in about a minute with the loss of 646 lives. Vice Admiral Stepan Makarov, commander-in-chief of the Russian Pacific Squadron, was among the dead. Her 89 survivors were rescued by Russian warships.[61] |
| Strashniy | Imperial Russian Navy
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Russo-Japanese War: The Kretchet-class destroyer was sunk by six Imperial Japanese Navy torpedo boats in Korea Bay off the Elliot Islands.[54] |
14 April edit
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Baron Lambermont | Belgium
|
The SA Tonnage, Antwerp cargo ship struck rocks and sank at Cape Blanc, Bizerte, Tunisia.[62] |
| Evangeline | United States
|
The steamer was destroyed by fire in the Escambia River.[63] |
16 April edit
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| No. 185 | United States
|
The barge was sunk off the Horse Shoe Buoy[where?] in a gale.[4] |
18 April edit
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Unknown dredge | United States
|
A dredge sank in a collision with tow steamer Robert Palmer ( United States) in the Bay Ridge Channel in the harbor of New York City.[64]
|
20 April edit
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Levi Hart | United States
|
The schooner was sunk when she tried to cut between two barges being towed in Pollock Rip slue.[4] |
23 April edit
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Arthur McArdle | United States
|
The schooner was wrecked when forced onto Egg Island, near Bermuda, by a strong current.[4] |
25 April edit
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Goyo Maru | Japan
|
Russo-Japanese War: With a cargo of fish on board, the 600-gross register ton merchant ship was boarded, searched, torpedoed, and sunk by Imperial Russian Navy torpedo boats in the harbor at Gensan, Korea.[34][65] |
| Haginoura Maru (or Oginoura Maru) | Japan
|
Russo-Japanese War: The 219- or 220-gross register ton merchant ship was sunk in the Sea of Japan off Korea by a squadron consisting of the armored cruisers Gromoboi and Rossia, the protected cruiser Bogatyr, and torpedo boats (all Imperial Russian Navy).[34][65]
|
| Hai Tien |  Imperial Chinese Navy
|
Steaming in fog, the protected cruiser overshot the entrance to the Yangtze River and was wrecked on a pinnacle rock just off the Shengsi Islands in Hangzhou Bay on the coast of China. Chinese customs cruisers rescued her crew. |
26 April edit
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Kinshu Maru | Imperial Japanese Navy
|
 Imperial Russian Navy). Her crew surrendered and was removed, but a company of Imperial Japanese Army infantry on board refused to surrender, so the Russians torpedoed her with the soldiers still on board. The soldiers then opened rifle fire on the nearest cruiser, and the Russian squadron opened gunnery fire on Kinshu Maru and sank her in about 15 minutes, Rossia receiving the credit for the sinking. The Japanese soldiers continued to fire until Kinshu Maru sank beneath them.[66][67]
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28 April edit
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Lapwing | United Kingdom
|
The barque was destroyed by fire at Bermuda.[68] |
29 April edit
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Unknown barges | United States
|
Two barges, under the tow of Anthracite ( United States), sank in a collision with an anchored flatboat in the East River.[64]
|
30 April edit
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Pocahontas | United States
|
The steamer burned to the waterline at Richmond, Virginia.[4] |
Unknown date edit
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Carrie | United States
|
The coal barge sank at the entrance to Little Egg Harbor Bay, New Jersey sometime in April. Wreck removed with dynamite by 4 September.[69] |
May edit
3 May edit
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Aikoku Maru | Imperial Japanese Navy
|
Russo-Japanese War: Approaching the entrance to the harbor at Port Arthur, Manchuria, China, where she was to be scuttled as a blockship, the 1,781-gross register ton transport struck a mine 110 yards (100 m) off the entrance and sank instantly, failing in her attempt to block the entrance. Eight of her 24 crewmen were left missing.[70] |
| Asagao Maru | Imperial Japanese Navy
|
Russo-Japanese War: The 2,464-gross register ton transport was scuttled as a blockship just outside the entrance to the harbor at Port Arthur, Manchuria, China, in a failed attempt to block the entrance. Her entire crew of 18 was left missing.[70] |
| Mikawa Maru | Imperial Japanese Navy
|
Russo-Japanese War: The 1,967-gross register ton transport was scuttled as a blockship just inside the entrance to the harbor at Port Arthur, Manchuria, China, in a failed attempt to block the entrance. One of her 18 crewmen was killed.[70] |
| Odaru Maru | Imperial Japanese Navy
|
Russo-Japanese War: The 2,547-gross register ton transport was scuttled as a blockship at the entrance to the harbor at Port Arthur, Manchuria, China, in a failed attempt to block the entrance. Her entire crew of 18 men was left missing.[70] |
| Sagami Maru | Imperial Japanese Navy
|
Russo-Japanese War: The 1,926-gross register ton transport was scuttled as a blockship at the entrance to the harbor at Port Arthur, Manchuria, China, in a failed attempt to block the entrance. One member of her crew was killed, and her other 23 crewmen were left missing.[70] |
| Sakura Maru | Imperial Japanese Navy
|
Russo-Japanese War: The 2,978-gross register ton transport was scuttled as a blockship just outside the entrance to the harbor at Port Arthur, Manchuria, China, in a failed attempt to block the entrance. One member of her crew was killed, and her other 19 crewmen were left missing.[70] |
| Totomi Maru | Imperial Japanese Navy
|
Russo-Japanese War: The 1,953-gross register ton transport was scuttled as a blockship just inside the entrance to the harbor at Port Arthur, Manchuria, China, in a failed attempt to block the entrance. Three of her 18-man crew were left missing.[70] |
| Yedo Maru | Imperial Japanese Navy
|
Russo-Japanese War: The 1,724-gross register ton transport was scuttled as a blockship at the entrance to the harbor at Port Arthur, Manchuria, China, in a failed attempt to block the entrance. Two of her 18-man crew were killed.[70] |
12 May edit
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| No. 48 | Imperial Japanese Navy
|
Russo-Japanese War: The torpedo boat struck a mine and sank in Kerr Bay on the Korea Bay coast of the Liaotung Peninsula with the loss of seven of her crew.[71] |
13 May edit
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Ottawa | United States
|
The steamer became waterlogged 2+1⁄2 miles (4.0 km) off the Sturgeon Bay Canal. She was towed into the canal basin and sank. The crew made it to shore in small boats.[4] |
14 May edit
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| City of Rossford | United States
|
The steamer sank at anchor in Sandusky Bay when caulking worked out of her butts.[4] |
| Miyako | Imperial Japanese Navy
|
Russo-Japanese War: The Miyako-class unprotected cruiser struck a mine and sank in the harbor off Dalniy, Manchuria, China,[72] with the loss of two crewmen. |
| Pleiades | United States
|
The schooner was sunk in a collision in thick fog with Morro Castle ( United States).[4]
|
15 May edit
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Bogatyr | Imperial Russian Navy
|
Russo-Japanese War: The Bogatyr-class protected cruiser ran aground in a rock in Amur Bay near Vladivostok, Russia. She was later refloated and docked at Vladivostok, but was too badly damaged to be repaired until after the Russo-Japanese War ended in 1905. |
| Hatsuse | Imperial Japanese Navy
|
Russo-Japanese War: The Shikishima-class battleship sank in Korea Bay off Port Arthur, Manchuria, China, at 38°37′N 121°20′E / 38.617°N 121.333°E when her ammunition magazine detonated after she struck two Russian mines.[73] A total of 496 sailors were lost; 366 were saved. |
| Tatsuta | Imperial Japanese Navy
|
Russo-Japanese War: The dispatch vessel, a former unprotected cruiser, ran aground in the Elliot Islands in Korea Bay. She was refloated, repaired, and returned to service.[74] |
| Yashima | Imperial Japanese Navy
|
Russo-Japanese War: The Fuji-class battleship capsized and sank in Korea Bay near Encounter Rock at 38°34′N 121°40′E / 38.567°N 121.667°E eight hours after striking a Russian mine off Port Arthur, Manchuria, China.[73] |
| Yoshino | Imperial Japanese Navy
|
Russo-Japanese War: The Yoshino-class protected cruiser capsized and sank after she was accidentally rammed by the armored cruiser Kasuga ( Imperial Japanese Navy) in fog in Korea Bay. A total of 318 sailors were lost; of her 101 survivors, Kasuga's boats picked up 96 and other Japanese vessels rescued five.[75]
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16 May edit
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Balclutha | United States
|
During a voyage from San Francisco, California, to Karluk, Territory of Alaska, carrying 80 fishermen, 20 crewmen, and a cargo of cannery supplies, sheep and cattle, the 1,554-ton, 256.3-foot (78.1 m) ship was wrecked in fog and darkness without loss of life on a reef in the Geese Island Strait in the Kodiak Archipelago. She later was sold, refloated, repaired, and returned to service with the name Star of Alaska ( United States).[76]
|
17 May edit
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Akatsuki | Imperial Japanese Navy
|
Russo-Japanese War: The destroyer struck a mine and sank off Dalniy, Manchuria, China, at 38°38′N 121°05′E / 38.633°N 121.083°E.[67][77] |
18 May edit
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Ōshima | Imperial Japanese Navy
|
Russo-Japanese War: The gunboat collided in fog with the gunboat Akagi ( Imperial Japanese Navy) in Society Bay between Murchison Island and Point Hudson on the Liaotung Peninsula in Manchuria, China, and sank without loss of life at 39°01′N 121°08′E / 39.017°N 121.133°E.[77]
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22 May edit
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Dixie | United States
|
The small pleasure craft was destroyed when it ran under the wheel of Sunshine ( United States) in the Louisville, Kentucky area.[4]
|
24 May edit
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Alton | United States
|
The freighter foundered in rough weather in San Francisco Bay. Salvaged and converted into an oil barge.[4] |
25 May edit
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Thomas Chubb | United States
|
The tug struck a sunken wreck in the basin at Albany, New York and sank.[21] |
26 May edit
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Fred Wilson | United States
|
The tow steamer was destroyed when her boilers exploded at West Louisville, Kentucky. 17 crewmen were killed or mortally wounded, 5 were wounded, with 10 uninjured survivors.[4][78] |
| Vnimatelni | Imperial Russian Navy
|
Russo-Japanese War: The Forel-class destroyer ran aground either on a rock in Pigeon Bay or off Murchison Island in Kinchau Bay off the coast of the Liaotung Peninsula, Manchuria, China. The destroyer Vuinoslivi ( Imperial Russian Navy) destroyed her with a torpedo to prevent her capture by Japanese forces.[41][79][80]
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29 May edit
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Joe Pinkett | United States
|
The vessel caught fire at dock at Bensonhurst, Brooklyn, when a kerosene lamp exploded. The fire was put out by the fire department. When a fireman went to check to hold to make sure the fire was out there was an explosion that sank the vessel and mortally wounding the fireman who died on 31 May. The vessel was raised the next day.[4] |
30 May edit
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| M. Shields | United States
|
The steamer was destroyed by fire at dock at Portage Lake, Michigan.[4] |
| O. B. Green | United States
|
The tug capsized and sank in the south branch of the Chicago River.[81] |
| Westford | United States
|
The steamer burned to the waterline in Georgian Bay.[4] |
June edit
3 June edit
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Chattanooga | United States
|
The steamer struck a rock reef at Big Chain on the Tennessee River and sank due to an aide to navigation being out of place.[4] |
4 June edit
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Niagara | United States
|
The steamer was wrecked in fog and heavy seas on Knife Island off the north shore of Lake Superior and broke up. Her boiler and machinery were salvaged. Her crew was rescued by the tug Edna G. ( United States).[82][83]
|
5 June edit
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Josie | United States
|
The steamer burned at Cape Girardeau, Missouri, a total loss.[84] |
| Lorberry | United States
|
The barge, under tow of Gettysburg ( United States), sank in a collision with Tallahassee ( United States) near the west entrance to Vineyard Sound. Her captain was killed, the other three crewmen were rescued by Tallahassee.[85][86]
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11 June edit
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Del Norte | United States
|
The schooner ran ashore at the mouth of the Siuslaw River. She was salvaged, repaired and returned to service.[87] |
13 June edit
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Unknown motor launch | United States
|
A motor launch was sunk in a collision with Nautilus ( United States) at Burlington, Iowa. Two drowned, four were rescued by Nautilus.[88]
|
| Vixen | United States
|
The steamer sank in the St. Johns River. Her engineer jumped overboard and drowned.[89] |
15 June edit
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Fanchon | United States
|
The steamer was sunk in the Harbor at Duluth, Minnesota, when her hull was slashed by the prop of Sonora ( United States). Later raised.[4]
|
| General Slocum | United States
|
 |
| Hitachi Maru | Imperial Japanese Navy
|
Russo-Japanese War, Hitachi Maru Incident: The armed transport was sunk by gunfire by the armored cruiser Gromoboi ( Imperial Russian Navy) in the southern Korean Strait with the loss of 1,086 passengers and crew; 152 survived.[67]
|
| Izumi Maru | Imperial Japanese Navy
|
Russo-Japanese War, Hitachi Maru Incident: The armed transport, operating as an unmarked hospital ship, was sunk by gunfire from the armored cruiser Gromoboi ( Imperial Russian Navy) in the southern Korean Strait.[67]
|
16 June edit
17 June edit
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Costa Rican | United Kingdom
|
The cargo ship ran aground at Plum Point, Jamaica. She later was refloated and towed to New York City in the United States. She subsequently was scrapped.[91] |
| HMS Sparrowhawk | Royal Navy
|
During fleet exercises off the coast of China, the destroyer struck an uncharted rock in the East China Sea off the mouth of the Yangtze and sank without loss of life. |
18 June edit
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Highlander | United States
|
The steamer burned to the waterline and sank in the Santee River 25 miles (40 km) above Georgetown.[4] |
20 June edit
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| T. N. Barnesdall | United States
|
The steamer struck a log and sank at Broadfields Landing, West Virginia, in five feet (1.5 m) of water.[12] |
22 June edit
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| 39T |  Regia Marina
|
The Aldebaran-class torpedo boat sank after colliding with the torpedo boats 68S and 153S (both Regia Marina).[92]
|
| Cleo L | United States
|
An explosion destroyed the auxiliary sloop yacht in New York Harbor opposite 34th Street in South Brooklyn, killing 2 men.[93][94] |
| Mabel | United States
|
The tow boat caught fire in the Passaic River and was beached and the fire put out.[95] |
23 June edit
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| F. H. Prince | United States
|
The freighter struck an obstruction off the Cleveland, Ohio breakwater and was beached.[4] |
| Norge | Norway
|
The passenger ship struck Rockall Reef and sank. 585 passengers and 45 crew were killed. 127 survivors were rescued, 27 by the trawler Sylvia, 32 by Cervona (flag unknown), her captain and 69 others were rescued from a lifeboat by Energie (flag unknown).[96][97] |
26 June edit
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Nonpareil | United States
|
The steamer was sunk in the harbor at Duluth, Minnesota, by a large chunk of coal that was dropped into her hold.[4] |
28 June edit
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Monohansett | United States
|
The paddle steamer ran aground at Little Misery Island, Massachusetts. |
| No. 51 | Imperial Japanese Navy
|
Russo-Japanese War: The torpedo boat was wrecked on Dangerous Reef in Korea Bay off Kerr Bay near Port Arthur, Manchuria, China, and sank.[67] |
| Norge |  Denmark
|
The Dampskibs-selskabet Thingvalla A/S ocean liner ran aground, then sank on Hasselwood Rock, Atlantic Ocean. A total of 635 lives were lost. |
30 June edit
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Koun Maru | Japan
|
Russo-Japanese War: The 57-gross register ton merchant ship was sunk by Imperial Russian Navy torpedo boats at Gensan, Korea.[90] |
| Seisho Maru | Japan
|
Russo-Japanese War: The 122-gross register ton merchant ship was sunk by Imperial Russian Navy torpedo boats at Gensan, Korea.[90] |
| No. 204 | Imperial Russian Navy
|
Russo-Japanese War: The torpedo boat ran aground off Gensan, Korea, and was blown up by her crew to prevent her capture by Japanese forces.[98] |
July edit
2 July edit
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Jeanette | United States
|
The steamer while at dock unloading cargo took on a list breaking 1 of her deadlights through which water filled her and she sank at dock in Salem, Massachusetts. Later raised with no damage.[86] |
4 July edit
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Wichita | United States
|
The steamer was destroyed by fire at dock over night at Vicksburg, Mississippi.[11] |
5 July edit
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| City of Denver | United States
|
The steamer burned in Sullivan's Slough, Puget Sound.[99][100] |
| Kaimon | Imperial Japanese Navy
|
Russo-Japanese War: The corvette struck a mine and sank at Port Arthur, Manchuria, China, at 38°50′N 121°50′E / 38.833°N 121.833°E[101] with the loss of 23 crew members. |
| Mary D. Hume | United States
|
The steamer grounded on the bottom of the Nushagak River and started leaking. She freed herself four hours later and either sank in seven fathoms (42 ft; 13 m) of water. Reportedly was saved.[4] |
6 July edit
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| George W. Humphrey | United States
|
The 142-foot (43 m), 214-ton fishing trawler struck Brenton Reef off Newport, Rhode Island, in dense fog and sank without loss of life off the northern end of the southernmost part of the reef in 20 feet (6.1 m) of water at 41°26.58′N 071°21.41′W / 41.44300°N 71.35683°W, a total loss.[17][102] |
| Mabel Bird | United States
|
The fishing steamer was wrecked on a rock in Ipswich Bay.[4] |
8/9 July edit
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| SS Nemesis (1880) | United Kingdom
|
Foundered south of Sydney on 8/9 July 1904 during a storm, with the loss of 32 crew.[103] |
10 July edit
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Jennie Hays | United States
|
The fishing steamer caught fire eight miles (13 km) off Fairport, Ohio in Lake Erie and was beached.[4] |
11 July edit
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Chalmette | United States
|
The steamer struck an obstruction 35 miles (56 km) below Natchez, Mississippi tearing a hole in her hull. Total loss.[4] |
13 July edit
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| No. 208 | Imperial Russian Navy
|
Russo-Japanese War: The No. 208-class torpedo boat struck a mine and sank off Skryplev Island near Vladivostok, Russia. |
15 July edit
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Henry D. McCord | United States
|
The tug was sunk in a collision with the freight lighter USS Apache ( United States Navy) in the East River off Pier 5, New York City.[4]
|
| West Farms | United States
|
The tug capsized in a collision with a float being towed by Transfer No. 16 ( United States) off Pier 3 in the East River.[4]
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16 July edit
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Hipsang | United Kingdom
|
Russo-Japanese War: During a voyage from Niuzhuang to Yantai, China, with a cargo that included provisions, the 1,659-ton merchant ship was torpedoed and sunk by the destroyer Rastoropni ( Imperial Russian Navy) after she refused to stop for inspection.[104]
|
| Unknown barges | United States
|
Eight barges, under the tow of E. Luckenback ( United States), foundered in a heavy storm 1⁄2 mile (0.80 km) west of the Penfield Reef Light.[17]
|
17 July edit
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Unknown motor launch | United States
|
A motor launch was sunk in a collision with Harry Randall ( United States) in the Potomac River at Washington, D.C. One person died.[105]
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20 July edit
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Hokusei Maru | Japan
|
Russo-Japanese War: The 91-gross register ton schooner was captured and sunk in the Pacific Ocean near the Tsugaru Strait by a squadron consisting of the armored cruisers Gromoboi, Rossia, and Rurik (all Imperial Russian Navy).[104]
|
| Ida | United States
|
The steamer was attempting to land at a dock at Catawba Island on Lake Erie in heavy seas when she was thrown into the dock, breaking her bulwarks. She then listed, losing part of her cargo of stone, and sank. Her engine and gear were salvaged, then she was towed off and abandoned, eventually washing ashore on the island again.[4][106] |
| Kiho Maru | Japan
|
Russo-Japanese War: The 140-gross register ton sailing vessel was captured and sunk in the Pacific Ocean near the Tsugaru Strait by a squadron consisting of the armored cruisers Gromoboi, Rossia, and Rurik (all Imperial Russian Navy).[104]
|
| Okassima Maru | Japan
|
Russo-Japanese War: The merchant ship was captured and sunk in the Sea of Japan by Imperial Russian Navy forces.[104] |
| Takashima Maru | Japan
|
Russo-Japanese War: Carrying a cargo of 160 boxes of gunpowder for use in mining and 589 bales of miscellaneous goods, the 319-gross register ton merchant ship was captured and sunk off the Tsugaru Strait by a squadron consisting of the armored cruisers Gromoboi, Rossia, and Rurik (all Imperial Russian Navy).[104]
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21 July edit
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Geo. C. Markham | United States
|
The steamer was sunk at dock when struck by Geo. L. Craig ( United States) at Marine City, Michigan.[4]
|
| R. Dunbar | United States
|
The steamer struck a hidden obstruction at Mitlocks Bar in the Cumberland River and sank in five feet (1.5 m) of water.[4] |
22 July edit
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Castanet | United States
|
The steamer caught fire shortly after leaving Kingston, Ontario due to a failure in her furnace. She was beached after the fire was extinguished. with light damage.[4] |
24 July edit
25 July edit
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Della A. | United States
|
The fishing steamer burned at McKees Harbor, Lopez Island.[4] |
| Thea | Germany
|
Russo-Japanese War: During a voyage to Yokohama with a cargo of fish manure and fish oil, the 1,613-gross register ton merchant ship was captured and sunk in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of Japan by a squadron consisting of the armored cruisers Gromoboi, Rossia, and Rurik (all Imperial Russian Navy).[107]
|
| Thomas Chubb | United States
|
The tug struck a sunken wreck in the basin at Albany, New York, and sank.[4] |
26 July edit
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| City of Rockland | United States
|
The steamer ran aground in dense fog on the Upper Gangway Ledge, Mussel Ridge Channel, Maine. Her pumps could not keep up and she drifted onto the Northwest Ledge and sank. Raised and repaired.[108] |
28 July edit
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Enigma | United States
|
The steamer burned in San Juan Pass. The vessel's crew escaped in her boat.[4] |
| John P. Hopkins | United States
|
The steamer was sunk at dock when New Orleans ( United States) lost the tow line to her tow causing her to veer off course and strike a scow tied up at the same dock and pushing it into the Hopkins at the Lake Street Bridge, Chicago sinking her. Raised and repaired.[109]
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29 July edit
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Burnyi | Imperial Russian Navy
|
Russo-Japanese War: The Buinyi-class destroyer ran aground off Shantung, China. She was on a voyage from Port Arthur, China to Vladivostok. She was scuttled to prevent capture by the Japanese.[40] |
| Oregon | United States
|
The steamer was destroyed by fire in Florida in the Halifax River near the mouth of the Tomoka River.[4] |
31 July edit
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Unknown canal boat | United States
|
A drifting canal boat collided with the docked Richard Peck ( United States) and sank at Pier 20 in the East River.[110]
|
Unknown date edit
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| W J Pirrie | United Kingdom
|
The full-rigged ship was severely damaged by fire at Tocopilla, Chile. Subsequently hulked.[111] |
August edit
1 August edit
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Montgomery | United Kingdom
|
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2 August edit
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Sivuch | Imperial Russian Navy
|
Russo-Japanese War: The Sivuch-class gunboat's crew scuttled her by blowing her up on the Liao River in China to prevent her capture by approaching Imperial Japanese Army forces.[114] |
3 August edit
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Monohansett | United States
|
The steamer was wrecked in dense fog on rocks between Big Misery Island and Little Misery Island off Beverly, Massachusetts, a total loss.[115] |
4 August edit
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Viking | United States
|
Carrying a 200-ton cargo of general merchandise and lumber on a voyage from San Francisco, California, to Wales, Teller, and Unalaska in the Territory of Alaska, the 146-ton, 108-foot (32.9 m) schooner dragged her anchors in a gale and was stranded off Cape Prince of Wales, Alaska, becoming a total loss. Her crew of six survived and unloaded her cargo with the help of Alaska Natives.[1] |
5 August edit
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Rebecca M. Smith | United States
|
The schooner ran aground and was wrecked at the entrance to Little Egg Harbor Bay, New Jersey in eight feet (2.4 m) feet of water. Wreck removed with dynamite by 28 September. The vessel's bowsprit towed to Atlantic City, while the rest of the wreckage was pulled ashore for use as firewood.[116] |
6 August edit
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Ella Francis | United States
|
The schooner was sunk in a collision in thick fog with Nantucket ( United States) off Cape Cod. Four killed, one survivor rescued by Nantucket.[4]
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7 August edit
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| City of Berlin | United States
|
The steamer was sunk in a collision with Chili ( United States) at Detroit.[4]
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8 August edit
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Elizabeth | United States
|
While under tow by the steamer Irene ( United States) from Unalaska in the Aleutian Islands to St. Michael, Territory of Alaska, with a cargo of 190 tons of cargo including 40 tons of coal and 100 cords of wood, the 327-ton scow sank in the Bering Sea 270 nautical miles (500 km; 310 mi) north-northwest of Cape Cheerful (54°00′50″N 166°40′20″W / 54.01389°N 166.67222°W) on Unalaska Island. Elizabeth's only crewman was aboard Irene when Elizabeth sank.[117]
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| Ganda | Belgium
|
The T Nolson & Co. 474-ton cargo ship was wrecked at Hell's Mouth, Llŷn Peninsula, Caernarfonshire. Ganda broke from her moorings, and one of her ropes tangled around her propeller, as her captain tried to get his ship away from the jetty. She drifted helplessly onto the rocky shore.[118] |
| Otagawa Maru | Imperial Japanese Navy
|
Russo-Japanese War: The improvised gunboat was sunk by a mine near Port Arthur, Manchuria, China.[67] |
| Queen | United States
|
The 12-gross register ton sternwheel paddle steamer was stranded on the Missouri River at Decatur, Nebraska. Both people on board survived.[119] |
9 August edit
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Valleta | United States
|
The steamer was destroyed by fire at dock at Long Island in the St. Lawrence River.[120] |
10 August edit
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Frederick | United States
|
The steamer sprung a leak, she then caught on a barge, careened and sank at Jefferson City, Missouri, a total loss.[84][121] |
11 August edit
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Burni | Imperial Russian Navy
|
Russo-Japanese War: The Boiki-class destroyer ran aground in the Yellow Sea off Shantung, China. Her crew blew her up to prevent her capture by Japanese forces.[41] |
| Ryeshitelni | Imperial Russian Navy
|
Russo-Japanese War: The Kretchet-class destroyer was blown up and abandoned by her crew at Chefoo, China, but did not sink. The Japanese captured her the next day, repaired her, and commissioned her as the destroyer Yamabiko ( Imperial Japanese Navy).[54]
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13 August edit
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| HMS Decoy | Royal Navy
|
The Daring-class destroyer was in collision with the destroyer HMS Arun ( Royal Navy) off the Isles of Scilly and sank. One crew member was lost.
|
| Dunsinane | United Kingdom
|
The ship, carrying granite, set sail at 7pm and ran into strong tides forcing it onto the Black Rock outside St Sampsons' harbour, Guernsey. The next few days the planking was removed from the hull and the cargo removed into waiting carts.[122][123] |
| Recreation | United States
|
The 25-foot (7.6 m) motorboat capsized on the Potomac River off the Georgetown section of Washington, D.C., drowning 10 of the 14 people on board.[124] |
14 August edit
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Rurik | Imperial Russian Navy
|
Russo-Japanese War, Battle off Ulsan: The armored cruiser was scuttled to avoid capture after suffering heavy damage in action with the armored cruisers Iwate, Izumo, Tokiwa, and Azuma (all Imperial Japanese Navy). Japanese ships rescued about 625 survivors.
|
| Dunsinane | United Kingdom
|
The barquentine, carrying a cargo of granite, set sail from Saint Sampson, Guernsey, in the Channel Islands at 7:00 p.m. and ran into strong tides which forced her onto Black Rock outside the harbour. Over the next few days, the planking was removed from her hull and her cargo removed and transferred to waiting carts.[125][123] |
16 August edit
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Elwood | United States
|
The steamer burned at Avon, Washington.[4] |
17 August edit
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| HDMS Havhesten |  Royal Danish Navy
|
The Narvhvalen-class torpedo boat collided with HDMS Støren ( Royal Danish Navy) and sank in the Great Belt. Her crew were rescued. Subsequently salvaged, repaired and returned to service.[126]
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18 August edit
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Gremyashchi | Imperial Russian Navy
|
Russo-Japanese War: Siege of Port Arthur: The armored gunvessel sank after striking a mine near Port Arthur, Manchuria, China.[80][127] |
19 August edit
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Vigilant | United States
|
The passenger steamer sprung a leak and sank off Barkers Landing, Delaware. Pumped out and towed to Philadelphia.[4] |
20 August edit
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Novik | Imperial Russian Navy
|
 Imperial Japanese Navy) during the Battle of Korsakov, her crew scuttled her in shallow water on a sandbank off Korsakov, Sakhalin Island, Russia. The protected cruiser Chitose ( Imperial Japanese Navy) entered the harbor on 21 August and further damaged the wreck with gunfire. The Japanese refloated her in 1906, repaired her, and commissioned her into service as the aviso Suzuya ( Imperial Japanese Navy).
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21 August edit
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| No. 201 | Imperial Russian Navy
|
Russo-Japanese War: The torpedo boat was wrecked near Vladivostok, Russia.[80][128] |
22 August edit
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Viking | United Kingdom
|
The cable ship ran aground and was wreck off Belle Isle, Labrador.[129] |
24 August edit
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Vuinoslivi | Imperial Russian Navy
|
Russo-Japanese War, Siege of Port Arthur: The Forel-class destroyer was sunk by a mine off Port Arthur, China.[41] |
25 August edit
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Mischief | United States
|
The tug struck a hidden obstruction in New York Harbor off New York City, the momentum of her tow rolled her to starboard, she filled and sank. She was raised the same day.[110] |
28 August edit
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| A. J. Johnson | United States
|
The steamer capsized at Wilmington, North Carolina, when the tide dropped with her railing hung up on the dock.[4] |
31 August edit
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Lady Kindersley | Canada
|
The motor schooner was crushed by ice in the Arctic Ocean off Point Barrow, Territory of Alaska. The schooner Boxer ( United States) rescued her crew.[38]
|
September edit
1 September edit
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Corunna | United Kingdom
|
The barque ran aground at Miramar, Buenos Aires Province, Argentina. She was refloated on 12 October 1904.[130] |
| Lily L | United States
|
During a storm, the schooner was driven ashore and wrecked on the coast of the Russian Empire at East Cape on the Chukchi Peninsula in Siberia.[131] |
2 September edit
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Laura M. Riggin | United States
|
The 16-gross register ton motor vessel burned on the Nanticoke River in Delaware. Both people on board survived.[132] |
| Lewie | United States
|
The 11-gross register ton schooner sank at Two Harbors, Minnesota. Both people on board survived.[133] |
3 September edit
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Hayatori | Imperial Japanese Navy
|
Russo-Japanese War, Siege of Port Arthur: The destroyer struck an Imperial Russian Navy mine and sank with the loss of 17 lives in Korea Bay off Ping-tu-tao on the Liaotung Peninsula, Manchuria, China.[67][134] |
4 September edit
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Annie B. | United States
|
The steamer sank at dock in South Jacksonville, Florida. Probably raised.[4] |
| Sadie | United States
|
During a voyage along the coast of the Territory of Alaska from Cape York to Kotzebue Sound and intermediate ports with 16 passengers, a crew of 22, and a cargo of 50 tons of general merchandise and coal on board, the 276-gross register ton, 150-foot (45.7 m) sidewheel paddle steamer struck a rock and settled on the bottom in 6 feet (1.8 m) of water in the Bering Sea near York City (65°30′N 167°41′W / 65.500°N 167.683°W). The motor schooner Augusta C ( United States) took off some passengers on 4 September. The crew and remaining passengers abandoned ship and fled to shore when a gale struck on 6 September, and waves began to break over the ship continually on 7 September. The steamer Seddon ( United States) arrived on 9 September and departed with the remaining passengers on 10 September. There were no deaths, but salvage efforts failed and the ship became a total loss.[44]
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5 September edit
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Mineola | United States
|
The freighter struck an uncharted rock in the Sea of Okhotsk off the Tigil River. A total loss.[4] |
9 September edit
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Longfellow | United States
|
The steamer sprung a leak and foundered off Cape Cod, Highland Light. Her 16 crew abandoned ship in her boats.[115][135] |
10 September edit
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Lucia | United Kingdom
|
Russo-Japanese War, Siege of Port Arthur: A news article dated 10 September reported that the 658-gross register ton sailing ship had been sunk by a mine at Port Arthur, Manchuria, China. Only one member of her crew survived.[136] |
| Vernie Mac | United States
|
The steamer sank at the mouth of Eagle Lake in 17 feet (5.2 m) of water.[4] |
11 September edit
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| City of Topeka | United States
|
The steamer sank at dock at Seattle, Washington. raised and pumped out by 29 October.[99] |
14 September edit
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Alaska | United States
|
1904 Hurricane No. 2: The fishing steamer broke loose from her moorings, colliding with the dock and fishing steamer Quickstep ( United States), then filled and sank at dock at Lewes, Delaware.[137]
|
| John A. Hughes | United States
|
1904 Hurricane No. 2: The tow steamer was lying at dock at the Iron Pier at the Delaware Breakwater in Delaware Bay when the hurricane hit. Her crew abandoned her, except for one who could not get to shore. She drifted ashore. Refloated on 15 or 16 September.[137] |
| Majestic | United States
|
1904 Hurricane No. 2: The tow steamer was driven ashore on the New Jersey side of the Delaware River just above Alloway Creek opposite Reedy Island when the hurricane hit. She drifted ashore. Refloated on 15 September.[138] |
| Nathan Lawrence | United States
|
1904 Hurricane No. 2: The schooner became waterlogged and was abandoned off Virginia.[4] |
| Osaka | United Kingdom
|
The clipper ship was wrecked on 14 September 1904 on Kuril Islands on a voyage from Tsingtao to Nicolaieosk with general cargo.[139] |
| William H. Archer | United States
|
The 95-gross register ton schooner sank during a voyage from Bangor, Maine, to Vineyard Haven, Massachusetts, with the loss of all four people aboard.[140] |
15 September edit
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Alden S. Swan | United States
|
1904 Hurricane No. 2: The fishing steamer, at dock in Lewes, Delaware, broke loose and was driven ashore.[137] |
| D. K. Neal | United States
|
The steamer struck a snag and sank, probably at Norfolk, Virginia.[4] |
| Dependence | United States
|
With no one on board, the 14-gross register ton motor vessel burned at Tampa, Florida.[140] |
| Georgie D. Loud | United States
|
The 175-gross register ton schooner was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean 50 nautical miles (93 km; 58 mi) northeast of Cape Cod, Massachusetts. All five people on board survived.[141] |
| Hanna A. Lennon | United States
|
1904 Hurricane No. 2: The fishing steamer was driven high and dry when the hurricane hit. Later pulled off.[137] |
| I. W. Durham | United States
|
1904 Hurricane No. 2: The tow steamer suffered superstructure damage, then filled and sank 1⁄2 mile (0.80 km) off and below the mouth of the Christiana River. Eight of the ten crewmen were killed.[137] |
| Joseph Church | United States
|
The steamer dragged anchor in a gale and was wrecked on Peaked Hill bar, off Cape Cod, where she was broken up by the waves.[4] |
18 September edit
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Heien | Imperial Japanese Navy
|
Russo-Japanese War, Siege of Port Arthur: The armored gunboat struck an Imperial Russian Navy mine and sank in five minutes with the loss of 196 lives off Reef Island in Pigeon Bay off the southwest end of the Liaotung Peninsula, Manchuria, China. Imperial Japanese Navy forces discovered four survivors on Reef Island on 19 September.[67][142] |
22 September edit
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Vesta | United States
|
The tug was in a collision with the steamer H. F. Dimock ( United States) in Boston Harbor off Boston, Massachusetts, and was beached to prevent her from sinking in deep water.[4]
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25 September edit
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Noord |  Netherlands
|
The ship was wrecked southeast of Burhou, Alderney, Channel Islands.[143] |
26 September edit
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| HMS Chamois | Royal Navy
|
The Star-class destroyer lost a propeller blade at speed. The blade pierced the hull and the ship foundered in the Gulf of Patras without loss of life. |
| Osaka | United Kingdom
|
Russo-Japanese War: Japanese forces found the 546-gross register ton sailing vessel stranded on Etorofu in the Kuril Islands and captured her. She had run aground during a voyage from Shanghai, China, to Vladivostok, Russia.[144] |
| Ruby | United States
|
The steamer was sunk in a collision with Heck ( United States) in the St. Johns River 1⁄4 mile (0.40 km) south of the Mandarin Dock, Jacksonville, Florida.[4]
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29 September edit
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Dewey | United States
|
The steamer sank at dock over night at Norfolk, Virginia.[4] |
30 September edit
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Adolphe | France
|
 |
Unknown date edit
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Willard Mudgett | United States
|
The bark sailed from Newport News, Virginia on 10 September to Bangor, Maine with a cargo of coal. It was last reported on 13 September from a location "30 miles east-southeast from Fenwicks Island".[145] Willard Mudgett perhaps "foundered in the heavy southeast gale that prevailed on 13 September"[146] or was caught in the second hurricane of the 1904 season as it worked its way up the eastern coast. With a crew of ten men, Captain Fred Blanchard was in command of the ship at the time of its disappearance. His father, Captain William H. Blanchard, was a passenger. |
October edit
1 October edit
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| No. 202 | Imperial Russian Navy
|
Russo-Japanese War: The torpedo boat was sunk in a collision near Vladivostok, Russia.[147] |
| Nellie | United States
|
The tow steamer struck a submerged object one-half mile (0.80 km) below San Hickney and was beached. The hole was patched and the vessel was pulled off.[4] |
| Volunteer | United States
|
The 23-gross register ton schooner was stranded in "Bdat" Harbor in Michigan. All three people on board survived.[148] |
3 October edit
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Iron Chief | United States
|
The steamer sprung a leak and sank in Saginaw Bay.[4] |
| Mayflower | United States
|
The steamer burned and sank at dock at Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.[4][149] |
4 October edit
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Congress | United States
|
The lumber steamer burned at anchor in a gale at South Manitou Island and sank in 165 feet (50 m) of water.[150][151][152] |
| Osprey | United States
|
The ferry burned to the waterline at the Ferry House of the Philadelphia and Billingsport Ferry Company in Billingsport, New Jersey.[137] |
| Ralph W. | United States
|
The launch was sunk in a collision with a barge in the Christiana River.[137] |
| Rock Island | United States
|
The steamer grounded on a shoal in the Yukon River seven miles (11 km) above Eagle City, Alaska. She backed off the shoal and sank with the bow in four feet (1.2 m) of water and the stern in six feet (1.8 m). Raised fairly soon after.[4] |
| Sitka | United States
|
The steamer in fog and rain struck a rocky ledge off Point Au Sable in Lake Superior. The ship was beaten to pieces over the next couple days. Her boilers were salvaged and towed to Grand Marais, Minnesota in the Fall of 1906 where they remained submerged until brought up in July 1907.[153][154][155][156] |
| West Side | United States
|
The laid up ferry burned to the waterline at the Ferry House of the Philadelphia and Billingsport Ferry Company in Billingsport, New Jersey.[137] |
5 October edit
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Hunter | United States
|
The steamer caught fire at dock at Grand Marais, Michigan and burned to the waterline, a total loss.[4] |
| John W. Thomas | United States
|
The steamer struck a log at Blue River Island and sank. Raised and repaired.[4] |
8 October edit
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | United Kingdom
|
The Elder Dempster 1,862-gross register ton passenger-cargo ship was holed and beached on the coast of Liberia.[157] |
10 October edit
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| F. A. Goebel | United States
|
The steamer was sunk by a snag near Kenova, West Virginia. Raised and repaired.[4] |
11 October edit
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Bob Dudley | United States
|
The steamer struck a hidden obstruction near Smithland, Kentucky, and sank in six feet (1.8 m) of water. Later raised.[4] |
12 October edit
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| C. H. Bradley | United States
|
The tug became a total loss at St. Michael, District of Alaska.[158] |
13 October edit
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Gromoboi | Imperial Russian Navy
|
The cruiser ran aground at the entrance to Posyet Bay and was damaged. She was on a voyage from Vladivostok to Posyet Bay. She was refloated and was assisted back to Vladivostok by the cruiser Bogatyr ( Imperial Russian Navy). Subsequently repaired and returned to service.[40]
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16 October edit
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Georges Valentine | Italy
|
The barque sank in a storm off Hutchinson Island, Florida, United States (27°11′55.8″N 80°09′49.8″W / 27.198833°N 80.163833°W). |
| Seneca Chief | United States
|
The out of commission steamer was destroyed by fire in Wilson Harbor on Lake Ontario.[4] |
17 October edit
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Eloise | United States
|
1904 Hurricane No. 4: The steamer was sunk in a hurricane at Sanford, Florida.[89] |
| Junius S. Morgan | United States
|
The steamer struck a hidden obstruction at Bird's Point, Missouri and sank in nine feet (2.7 m) of water. Total loss.[159][160] |
22 October edit
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Crane | United Kingdom
|
Russo-Japanese War, Dogger Bank incident: The steam fishing trawler was sunk by gunfire by ships of the Second Pacific Squadron ( Imperial Russian Navy) near the Dogger Bank in the North Sea with the loss of her captain and first mate after the Russian warships mistook a fleet of British fishing trawlers from Kingston upon Hull for Imperial Japanese Navy torpedo boats during the early morning hours of darkness.[107]
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| Ohio | United Kingdom
|
The steamer was wrecked at Ping Yang Inlet, Korea.[161] |
23 October edit
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| L. J. Perry | United States
|
Carrying a cargo of 21 tons of general merchandise and a crew of five, the 41-gross register ton, 77-foot (23.5 m) steam cargo vessel was blown onto the beach and wrecked during a gale in the harbor at Kayak (59°59′45″N 144°22′10″W / 59.99583°N 144.36944°W) on Kayak Island off the south-central coast of the Territory of Alaska.[131] |
24 October edit
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Seminole | United States
|
The steamer sank over night at Clark's Dock, Jacksonville, Florida.[4] |
25 October edit
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Zabiyaka | Imperial Russian Navy
|
Russo-Japanese War, Siege of Port Arthur: The gunboat was sunk by Imperial Japanese Army artillery fire at Port Arthur, Manchuria, China.[147] |
26 October edit
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Eliza H. Strong | United States
|
The steamer burned in Lake Huron off Lexington, Michigan.[4] |
27 October edit
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Doctor York | United States
|
The steamer burned to the waterline at Kenova, West Virginia.[12] |
| Mainlander | United States
|
The steamer was sunk in a collision with the tug Sea Lion ( United States) off West Point Light in Puget Sound in dense fog.[4][162]
|
| Sibilla | United States
|
The steamer struck a snag and sank five miles (8.0 km) above the mouth of Bayou Grosse Tete in six feet (1.8 m) of water. Probably raised.[4] |
28 October edit
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Skagit Queen | United States
|
The steamer was loading cargo from the river bank near Fir, Washington, when she was caught on a snag tilting her till she filled and sank. Later raised and was undamaged.[4] |
29 October edit
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Bart E. Linehan | United States
|
The steamer sank at City dock, Louisville, Kentucky when her seams opened up. Later raised.[4] |
30 October edit
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Angara | Imperial Russian Navy
|
Russo-Japanese War, Siege of Port Arthur: The auxiliary cruiser was sunk by Imperial Japanese Army field guns at Port Arthur, Manchuria, China. |
November edit
2 November edit
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Bruce | United States
|
The steamer caught fire in the engine room at dock at Escanaba, Michigan and burned to the waterline.[4] |
| Volunteer | Canada
|
The schooner was wrecked off Lingan Bar, Bridgeport.[163] |
4 November edit
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Columbia | United States
|
The ferry collided with the steamer City of Lowell ( United States) in dense fog on the East River in New York City, pushing her toward the Brooklyn shore, where she sank. She was raised and repaired.[4]
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6 November edit
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Atago | Imperial Japanese Navy
|
Russo-Japanese War, Siege of Port Arthur: The Maya-class gunboat was wrecked on the coast of the Liaotung Peninsula near Port Arthur, Manchuria, China.[164] |
| Panther | United States
|
The laid-up pleasure steamer was destroyed at Provuncher's Shipyard in East Providence, Rhode Island, by a fire that spread from a nearby building.[4] |
7 November edit
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Challenger | United States
|
The lime schooner caught fire off Willapa, Washington and put into port, but was a total loss.[165] |
10 November edit
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| George T. Hope | United States
|
The steamer sprung a leak and sank at dock at Escanaba, Michigan. Raised, temporarily repaired and taken to Cleveland, Ohio for repairs.[4] |
| Wm. Armstrong | United States
|
The railroad ferry attempted to leave dock in Ogdensburg, New York with two insecure loaded rail cars. One of them broke loose and rolled where it was dangling off the stern causing the ferry to begin filling with water. She was run onto the bar and sank in 14 feet (4.3 m) of water. Raised and repaired.[4] |
11 November edit
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| John Denessen | United States
|
The steamer struck a log near the Red River near Green Bay, Wisconsin. She was beached in the Red River and was patched and refloated.[4] |
12 November edit
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Fanny H | United States
|
The pleasure yacht was destroyed by fire at St. Martin Island.[150] |
| Wyoming | United States
|
The steamer sprang a leak and sank in Lake Huron eight miles (13 km) east of Burnt Cabin Point.[4] |
13 November edit
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| C. T. No. 5 | United States
|
The 177-gross register ton barge sank in Long Island Sound. The only person on board survived.[166] |
| John Gregory | United States
|
The tug foundered in a gale and heavy seas in Lake Erie just off the breakwater at Cleveland, Ohio at the mouth of the Cuyahoga River. The harbor pilot and captain were killed.[4] |
| Missouri | United States
|
The 15-gross register ton schooner sank in Pamlico Sound on the coast of North Carolina with the loss of all three people on board.[26] |
| Stroini | Imperial Russian Navy
|
Russo-Japanese War, Siege of Port Arthur: The Kretchet-class destroyer struck an Imperial Russian Navy mine and sank in Korea Bay off Port Arthur, China.[54][167] |
14 November edit
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Penllyn | United States
|
The tow steamer sank at dock at Philadelphia, possibly her stern was caught under the dock with a rise in water level. Raised on 18 November and found to be undamageed. The vessel was back in service by 23 November.[168] |
| Texas | United States
|
The barge was sunk in a collision with Dorchester ( United States) at the entrance to the harbor of Providence, Rhode Island.[17]
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15 November edit
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Helen Barton | United States
|
The tug was sunk while tied up at the Ascension Coal Fleet Dock in Donaldsonville, Louisiana, when a coal boat struck her. She was a total loss.[4] |
| Kitty Horr | United States
|
The 17-gross register ton schooner was stranded at Marco, Florida. The only person on board survived.[133] |
16 November edit
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Hunter Savidge | United States
|
The steamer was destroyed by fire at dock at Manistee, Michigan.[4] |
| Rastoropni | Imperial Russian Navy
|
Russo-Japanese War: After her crew was put ashore, the Puiliki-class destroyer was blown up by her commanding officer at Chefoo, China, apparently to avoid any possibility of Imperial Japanese Navy forces entering the harbor and capturing her.[54][169][170] |
| Ten Broeck | United States
|
The steamer was destroyed by fire at Cairo, Illinois.[159] |
| Vidia M. Brigham | United States
|
The schooner was sunk in a collision with Walter A. Luckenbach ( United States) six miles (9.7 km) off Cape Elizabeth, Maine. One crewman was lost, while the rest of the crew were rescued by Walter A. Luckenbach.[108]
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17 November edit
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Uncle Sam | United States
|
The laid up steamer burned to the water's edge at St. Louis, Missouri, probably a total loss.[171] |
18 November edit
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Mohawk | United States
|
The freighter burned off the Cornfield Lightship in Long Island Sound. One crewman killed. Survivors rescued by Boston ( United States).[4]
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19 November edit
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Laura | Canada
|
The schooner was wrecked off Mushaboom Point, Sheet Harbour, Nova Scotia.[172] |
| Philip Minch | United States
|
The steamer burned in Lake Erie 8 miles (13 km) east of Marblehead, Ohio and was abandoned by her crew who made it to shore in her boats. She sank in 45 feet (14 m) of water 6 miles (9.7 km) east of Chickenole Reef, 8 miles off Middle Island.[173][174][175] |
21 November edit
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| J. N. Harbin | United States
|
The steamer struck a snag and sank at Bickers Landing in the Arkansas River. Raised and repaired.[56] |
22 November edit
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Marie | United States
|
The tug sank at dock overnight in East Boston, Massachusetts due to an open syphon pipe. Later raised.[21] |
| Valora | United States
|
The tug sank in a collision with the tug Annie ( United States) near the wharf in East Boston, Massachusetts.[21]
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23 November edit
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| City of Seattle | United States
|
The steamer struck an uncharted rock in Eagle River Harbor and was beached. Repaired quickly and proceeded on its way.[4] |
| Joe Seay | United States
|
The tug capsized and sank near Vicksburg, Mississippi. Total loss. One crewman killed.[4] |
24 November edit
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Kongo | United States
|
The steamer struck an obstruction leaving dock at Au Sable, twisting her stern post, she filled and sank.[4] |
| Massasoit | United States
|
The 842-gross register ton schooner barge or scow barge was stranded at Waterworks Crib on the Niagara River in New York. All six people aboard survived.[31] |
| Wm. Henry | United States
|
The 52-gross register ton schooner was stranded at Old Point, Virginia. All three people aboard survived.[140] |
26 November edit
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Marie | United States
|
The launch was sunk in a collision with the steamer P. R. R. No. 32 ( United States) in the East River in New York City.[4]
|
28 November edit
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Kelsey | United States
|
The 203-gross register ton barge sank at New York City. The only person on board survived.[166] |
| Thos. White | United States
|
The steamer burned in the Calumet River due to a lamp exploding in her engine room. She was a total loss.[4] |
29 November edit
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| B. W. Blanchard | United States
|
The steamer ran aground and was wrecked in a blinding snowstorm on North Point in Lake Huron and broke up.[176][4] |
| John T. Johnson | United States
|
The schooner barge ran aground and was wrecked in a blinding snowstorm on North Point in Lake Huron and broke up.[177] |
| Minnie | United States
|
The laid up steamer burned to the waterline at Thornley's Landing, West Virginia and sank.[12] |
30 November edit
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Columbia | United States
|
The 41-ton, 60-foot (18.3 m) schooner was driven ashore in "McLeods Bay" – probably a reference to McLeod Harbor (59°53′N 147°15′W / 59.883°N 147.250°W) – on the coast of Montague Island on the south-central coast of the Territory of Alaska. Her crew of four survived, but she was a total loss.[158] |
| Saien | Imperial Japanese Navy
|
Russo-Japanese War, Siege of Port Arthur: The protected cruiser struck a mine and sank in three minutes with the loss of 38 lives in the Gulf of Pechili between Pigeon Bay and Louisa Bay at 38°51′N 121°05′E / 38.850°N 121.083°E, 1 nautical mile (1.9 km; 1.2 mi) off the coast of the Liaotung Peninsula, Manchuria, China.[178] |
Unknown date edit
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Ann Virginia | United States
|
The schooner sank in the Cohansey River, New Jersey sometime in November. The wreck was removed with dynamite, with the work completed by 13 June 1905.[179] |
| Rex | United States
|
With no one on board, the 18-gross register ton scow was stranded at Bellingham, Washington.[166] |
| Slieve Bawn | United Kingdom
|
The full-rigged ship was wrecked at Baira Rio Contas, Chile.[180] |
December edit
2 December edit
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Dixie | United States
|
The steamer struck a hidden obstruction in fog and sank three miles (4.8 km) below Fort Adams, Mississippi.[7] |
3 December edit
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Santiago | United States
|
The 1,918-gross register ton schooner barge or scow barge at anchor and without lights was lost when struck by screw steamer Philadelphia ( United States) at 2:50 A.M. in heavy rain off the Delaware Breakwater north of Cape Henlopen, Delaware. All four people aboard were rescued by boats from Philadelphia.[31][168]
|
4 December edit
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Gustavo | United States
|
The 12-gross register ton sloop sank at Salinas, Puerto Rico. Both people on board survived.[133] |
5 December edit
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Poltava | Imperial Russian Navy
|
 Imperial Japanese Navy).
|
6 December edit
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Retvizan | Imperial Russian Navy
|
 Imperial Japanese Navy).
|
7 December edit
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Pearl | United States
|
The 87-gross register ton, 95.5-foot (29.1 m) schooner departed San Francisco, California, bound for Sanak Island in the Sanak Islands subgroup of the Fox Islands group of the Aleutian Islands with 28 fisherman and a crew of eight aboard and was never heard from again. Many months later, the schooner John F. Miller ( United States) found evidence of her wreck on a reef northeast of Caton Island (54°23′30″N 162°25′30″W / 54.39167°N 162.42500°W) in the Sanak Islands.[181][182]
|
| Peresvet | Imperial Russian Navy
|
 Imperial Japanese Navy).
|
| Pobeda | Imperial Russian Navy
|
 Imperial Japanese Navy).
|
8 December edit
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Gilyak | Imperial Russian Navy
|
Russo-Japanese War, Siege of Port Arthur: The gunboat was sunk at Port Arthur, Manchuria, China, by Imperial Japanese Army artillery fire.[147] |
| Pallada | Imperial Russian Navy
|
Imperial Japanese Navy).
|
9 December edit
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Bayan | Imperial Russian Navy
|
Russo-Japanese War, Siege of Port Arthur: The Bayan-class armored cruiser was sunk at her moorings at Port Arthur, Manchuria, China, by Imperial Japanese Army artillery fire. The Japanese refloated and repaired her and put into service as Aso ( Imperial Japanese Navy).
|
10 December edit
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Antverpia | Belgium
|
The G Albrecht cargo ship ran aground on the River Scheldt. She was refloated in 1905 and scrapped in Antwerp.[62] |
11 December edit
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Jessie | United States
|
While she was under tow in the waters of the Territory of Alaska from Ketchikan to Niblack with a cargo of 60 tons of lumber and shingles, the 44-ton scow's towline parted and she drifted ashore on the coast of Prince of Wales Island in the Alexander Archipelago in Southeast Alaska somewhere near Chasina Point (56°16′50″N 132°01′30″W / 56.28056°N 132.02500°W), 2 nautical miles (3.7 km; 2.3 mi) north of Wedge Island (55°08′50″N 131°57′53″W / 55.1472222°N 131.9647222°W). She broke up on the rocks.[183] |
12 December edit
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Continental | United States
|
The steamer was wrecked one mile (1.6 km) north of Twin River Point Light in Lake Michigan in a blinding snowstorm after she was disabled in heavy seas. She broke in two, a total loss[184][185] |
| Flora | United States
|
The tug struck a sand bar at Kellogg's Landing, capsized and sank in ten feet (3.0 m) of water.[4] |
13 December edit
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Takasago | Imperial Japanese Navy
|
Russo-Japanese War, Siege of Port Arthur: The protected cruiser struck a mine and sank at Port Arthur, Manchuria, China (38°10′N 121°15′E / 38.167°N 121.250°E).[186] A total of 273 crew were killed. |
14 December edit
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| John Dexter | United States
|
The 24-gross register ton schooner was stranded in East Bay on the Pembroke River in Maine. All four people on board survived.[187] |
| No. 53 | Imperial Japanese Navy
|
Russo-Japanese War, Siege of Port Arthur: The torpedo boat was sunk off Port Arthur, Manchuria, China, during an attack on the battleship Sevastopol ( Imperial Russian Navy).[67]
|
15 December edit
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Baker | United States
|
The coal barge sprang a leak and sank at Pier 2, South wharves, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.[168] |
| No. 42 | Imperial Japanese Navy
|
Russo-Japanese War, Siege of Port Arthur: During an attack on the battleship Sevastopol ( Imperial Russian Navy), the No. 39-class torpedo boat was sunk off Port Arthur, Manchuria, China, by the destroyer Serdity ( Imperial Russian Navy).[67]
|
| Vsadnik | Imperial Russian Navy
|
Russo-Japanese War, Siege of Port Arthur: The torpedo gunboat was sunk at Port Arthur, Manchuria, China, by Imperial Japanese Army artillery fire. The Japanese refloated and repaired her and commissioned her into service as Makikumo ( Imperial Japanese Navy).[147][188]
|
16 December edit
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Glen Island | United States
|
The passenger ship — a 238-foot (73 m), 328-gross register ton sidewheel paddle steamer — burned in Long Island Sound at a location identified both as east of Execution Light and as off Glen Cove, New York, inside of Mantinecock Point, about 100 yards (91 m) offshore. Two passengers and seven crew were killed. Her 21 survivors escaped in her lifeboats. She sank in 15 to 25 feet (4.6 to 7.6 m) of water.[22][189][190] |
| Storozhevoi | Imperial Russian Navy
|
Russo-Japanese War, Siege of Port Arthur: The Kretchet-class destroyer was torpedoed by an Imperial Japanese Navy torpedo boat at Port Arthur, Manchuria, China, and beached.[54] |
18 December edit
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Amur | Imperial Russian Navy
|
 |
| Laura | United States
|
The tow steamer sank at dock at Pier 63, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, when her guard was caught under the dock during a rise in the water level.[4] |
19 December edit
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Lime Rock | United States
|
The freighter sank in the East River while tied up at Pier 3 after probably being damaged by ice while en route from South Amboy, New Jersey. Later raised.[22] |
22 December edit
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Robert E. Lee | United States
|
The steamer struck a stump and sank between Memphis, Tennessee and Ashport, Tennessee, or sank off Craighead Point, or Saighead Point, Arkansas during a rising of the river level.[56][193][194] |
24 December edit
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Iron Duke | United States
|
The laid-up steamer burned to the waterline at Charlotte, New York around midnight.[120] |
| Unidentified scow | United States
|
The scow, under tow by the steamer Charles E. Matthews ( United States), sank in a collision with Umbria ( United Kingdom) off New York City.[22]
|
25 December edit
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Drumelzier | United Kingdom
|
During a voyage from New York City to Swansea, Wales, with a cargo of copper, steel, oil, lead ingots, and a luxury automobile, the 3,625-gross register ton steam cargo ship was wrecked during a snowstorm on the bar about 0.75 nautical miles (1.4 km; 0.9 mi) off Fire Island off the south coast of Long Island, New York. Her entire crew of 30 survived. She broke up during a gale on 28–29 December, and her wreck sank in 20 feet (6 m) of water. Her wreck became known as the "Fire Island Wreck" and the "Quadrant Wreck."[195][196][197][198][199] |
| Rees Pritchard | United States
|
The steamer burned while docked on the Yazoo River at Yazoo City, Mississippi. She was declared a total loss.[4] |
26 December edit
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Bobr | Imperial Russian Navy
|
Russo-Japanese War, Siege of Port Arthur: The Sivuch-class gunboat, already badly damaged by Imperial Japanese Army artillery and then stripped and demolished by her crew, was sunk by additional hits by Japanese artillery.[114] |
27 December edit
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Lesnoy | United States
|
The 8-gross register ton, 35-foot (10.7 m) schooner was wrecked during a gale on the northwest end of Wosnesenski Island in the Shumagin Islands off the south coast of the Alaska Peninsula.[131] |
| Northeastern | United States
|
The steamer was wrecked and broke up on shoals near Cape Hatteras due to navigation errors during a gale with rain and high seas.[200] |
| Two Brothers | United States
|
The 10-gross register ton schooner was lost when she collided with the screw steamer Cambridge ( United States) in the Chesapeake Bay off Claiborne, Maryland. All five people on board survived.[148][201]
|
30 December edit
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Lom | Norway
|
The three masted schooner wrecked at Terschelling, the Netherlands. The captain was killed, the other crew members were rescued. The wreck was found by divers in 1983.[202] |
Unknown date edit
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Alice M | United States
|
During a voyage in the waters of the Territory of Alaska from Juneau to Kayak Island with a cargo of 11 tons of merchandise, the 13-ton schooner was wrecked during a gale on a sandbar behind "Kanuck Island" – probably a reference to Kanak Island (60°08′N 144°21′W / 60.133°N 144.350°W) in Controller Bay (60°04′37″N 144°13′04″W / 60.0770°N 144.2178°W) – on the coast of Southcentral Alaska. All six people aboard – three passengers and three crewmen – abandoned ship and survived, but Alice M soon was refloated by the rising tide, drifted out to sea, and sank.[203] |
| Highland Lassie | United Kingdom
|
The Nelson Line steamer sailed from Swansea, Wales on 10 December 1904 for Buenos Aires and was not seen again; she was formally declared missin on 23 May 1905.[204] |
| Texas |  United States
|
The US Army Corps of Engineers Dredge broke up and sank off Galveston, Texas.[205] |
Unknown date edit
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Anna Evans | United States
|
The 6-gross register ton schooner sank in Mobjack Bay on the coast of Virginia. All three people on board survived.[206] |
| Australia | United Kingdom
|
 |
| Conemaugh | Belgium
|
The steamer disappeared after leaving Coronel, Chile, bound for Sainta Lucia in the West Indies.[207] |
| Laura | Italy
|
The sailing ship went missing after leaving Newcastle, New South Wales on 1 February for Tocopilla.[208] |
| Maharaja |  Hong Kong
|
The cargo ship was wrecked.[209] |
| Maid of Patuca |  United States
|
With no one on board, the 84-gross register ton screw steamer was lost in Honduras. Sources disagree on whether she sank in the Patuca River on 13 September[210] or was blown out to sea by a hurricane on 1 October and dashed to pieces on a bar offshore.[211] |
| Norseman | United States
|
The 7-gross register ton sloop was stranded at South Orrington, Maine. The only person on board survived.[26] |
| Sir Wilfred | The dredge sank off Port Hope, Ontario sometime in 1904.[212] |
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