List of shipwrecks in January 1923
The list of shipwrecks in January 1923 includes ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during January 1923.
January 1923 | ||||||
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8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 |
15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 |
22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 |
29 | 30 | 31 | ||||
References |
3 January
Ship | Country | Description |
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Four Brothers | ![]() |
The schooner foundered in the Irish Sea off Rhyl, Denbighshire with the loss of two lives.[1] |
4 January
Ship | Country | Description |
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Anita Phillips | ![]() |
After her gasoline engine broke down and her two anchors dragged, the 21-gross register ton motor vessel ran aground and sank in 210 feet (64 m) of water in Port Snettisham off Stephens Passage in the Alexander Archipelago in Southeast Alaska. The mail boat George Jr. (![]() |
The Victory | ![]() |
The coaster ran aground at Youghal, County Cork. She was refloated and beached on 6 January but sank in the early hours of 7 January.[3] |
5 January
6 January
Ship | Country | Description |
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Perrosien | ![]() |
The topsail schooner came ashore at Bucks Mills, Devon and was wrecked.[5] |
12 January
Ship | Country | Description |
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President | ![]() |
While laid up for the winter at Graveyard Point (58°52′N 157°01′W) on the Bristol Bay coast of the Territory of Alaska, the 50-gross register ton, 72.2-foot (22.0 m) fishing vessel was wrecked in a storm.[6] |
West Calumb | ![]() |
The cargo ship collided with Western Plains (![]() |
15 January
Ship | Country | Description |
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Carmen | ![]() |
The four masted auxiliary schooner ran aground on the Isle of May, Fife, United Kingdom. All sixteen crew were rescued.[10] |
Cobden | ![]() |
The schooner collided with the trawler Stronsay (![]() |
Dorothy | ![]() |
The cargo ship came ashore 10 nautical miles (19 km) from Puerto Plata, Dominican Republic and was wrecked.[11][12] |
Patrick Henry | ![]() |
The cargo ship ran aground on Sibay Island, Philippines. She was refloated but was leaking and was beached.[10] Patrick Henry was refloated on 18 January.[9] |
Sacramento | ![]() |
The schooner capsized in the Baltic Sea south east of Ystad, Skåne County.[10] She was discovered derelict and towed into Saßnitz, Mecklenburg, Germany.[13] |
16 January
Ship | Country | Description |
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Aleppo | ![]() |
The cargo ship collided with Uganglianza (![]() |
Belle | ![]() |
The tug was in collision with Trewidden (![]() |
Germania | ![]() |
The cargo ship struck rocks off Cape Malea, Greece and was wrecked. Her crew were rescued.[12] |
Heimat | ![]() |
The cargo ship sank at Sandhamn, Stockholm, Sweden with the loss of all hands.[11] |
Louise M. Richards | ![]() |
The schooner was driven ashore at Bluefields, Nicaragua and was wrecked.[10] |
Nal | ![]() |
The barque sank off the Wollaston Islands, Chile. Her crew were rescued.[14] |
Salvador | ![]() |
The cargo ship was wrecked near Bonanza, Andalusia. Her crew were rescued.[11] |
17 January
Ship | Country | Description |
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Montello | ![]() |
The cargo ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean.[15] |
19 January
Ship | Country | Description |
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Maligin | ![]() |
The icebreaker foundered in the Baltic Sea off the coast of Sweden. She was carrying a consignment of 200,000 German rifles which had been transshipped at sea a few days prior.[16] |
Nuestra Señora del Carmen | ![]() |
The sailing ship was wrecked at Cape San Lorenzo with the loss of two of her six crew.[17] |
Racconigi | ![]() |
The cargo ship caught fire in the Mediterranean Sea and was beached 30 nautical miles (56 km) east of Algiers, Algeria.[13] |
Speranza | ![]() |
The cargo ship collided with Cuidad de Montevideo (![]() |
20 January
21 January
Ship | Country | Description |
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Albert | ![]() |
The tug struck the wreck of a coal grab at Liverpool, Lancashire and sank with the loss of three of her seven crew.[20] |
Farmand | ![]() |
The cargo ship foundered in the Skaggerak with the loss of seven of her nine crew.[21] |
Nautilus | ![]() |
The cargo liner collided with Australia (![]() |
Wilbo | ![]() |
The cargo ship foundered off Elbmündung with the loss of seven of her seventeen crew.[23] |
22 January
Ship | Country | Description |
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Lillian | ![]() |
The tug sank at Erith, Kent.[19] |
24 January
Ship | Country | Description |
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Flora | ![]() |
The 22-gross register ton motor vessel was wrecked without loss of life during a snowstorm at Duck Island (54°59′00″N 131°14′30″W) in Southeast Alaska, becoming a total loss. The motor vessel Hideveld (![]() |
Moween | ![]() |
The schooner was abandoned and set afire in the Atlantic Ocean (approximately 27°N 72°W). Her crew were rescued by Nord-Schleswig (![]() |
26 January
Ship | Country | Description |
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Clintonia | ![]() |
The schooner caught fire in the Atlantic Ocean and was abandoned (42°30′N 58°00′W). Her crew were rescued by Empress of Scotland (![]() |
Maid of England | ![]() |
The barquentine was dismasted in the Atlantic Ocean off Halifax, Nova Scotia Canada.[26] She was abandoned by her crew, who were rescued by Manchester Shipper (![]() |
29 January
Ship | Country | Description |
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Beukelsdijk | ![]() |
The cargo ship was wrecked at Bodø, Norway. |
30 January
Ship | Country | Description |
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Mar del Plata | ![]() |
The cargo ship departed the River Clyde, United Kingdom for Bilbao. Presumed later foundered in the Irish Sea with the loss of all hands. A lifeboat from the ship was discovered off Ramsey, Isle of Man on 2 February.[28] |
31 January
Ship | Country | Description |
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Martha | ![]() |
The three-masted schooner built 1903, sank in Swansea Bay. Her crew were rescued by Singleton (![]() |
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References
- "Casualty reports". The Times (43230). London. 4 January 1923. col G, p. 18.
- alaskashipwreck.com Alaska Shipwrecks (A)
- "Casualty reports". The Times (43234). London. 9 January 1923. col B, p. 18.
- "Casualty reports". The Times (43232). London. 6 January 1923. col G, p. 16.
- "Casualty reports". The Times (43233). London. 18 January 1923. col C, p. 23.
- alaskashipwreck.com Alaska Shipwrecks (P)
- "Casualty reports". The Times (43238). London. 13 January 1923. col E, p. 10.
- "Casualty reports". The Times (43239). London. 15 January 1923. col B, p. 20.
- "Casualty reports". The Times (43243). London. 19 January 1923. col B, p. 18.
- "Casualty reports". The Times (43240). London. 16 January 1923. col E, p. 19.
- "Casualty reports". The Times (43241). London. 17 January 1923. col B, p. 18.
- "Casualty reports". The Times (43242). London. 18 January 1923. col E, p. 17.
- "Casualty reports". The Times (43245). London. 22 January 1923. col C, p. 18.
- "Casualty reports". The Times (43254). London. 1 February 1923. col D, p. 20.
- "City notes". The Times (43267). London. 16 February 1923. col B-C, p. 16.
- "Casualty reports". The Times (43244). London. 20 January 1923. col E, p. 8.
- "Casualty reports". The Times (43247). London. 24 January 1923. col G, p. 20.
- "Casualty reports". The Times (43244). London. 20 January 1923. col F, p. 10.
- "Casualty reports". The Times (43246). London. 23 January 1923. col C, p. 18.
- ""Coal-grab" and tug sunk". The Times (43245). London. 22 January 1923. col E, p. 7.
- "Imperial and Foreign news items". The Times (43245). London. 22 January 1923. col G, p. 9.
- "British steamer sunk in the Scheldt". The Times (43245). London. 22 January 1923. col E, p. 9.
- "Seven men drowned". The Times (43245). London. 22 January 1923. col G, p. 9.
- alaskashipwreck.com Alaska Shipwrecks (F)
- "Casualty reports". The Times (43249). London. 26 January 1923. col E, p. 12.
- "Casualty reports". The Times (43251). London. 29 January 1923. col G, p. 18.
- "Casualty reports". The Times (43253). London. 31 January 1923. col C, p. 18.
- "Casualty reports". The Times (43256). London. 3 February 1923. col D, p. 18.
- "Casualty reports". The Times (43255). London. 2 February 1923. col C, p. 21.
Ship events in 1923 | |||||||||||
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Ship commissionings: | 1918 | 1919 | 1920 | 1921 | 1922 | 1923 | 1924 | 1925 | 1926 | 1927 | 1928 |
Ship decommissionings: | 1918 | 1919 | 1920 | 1921 | 1922 | 1923 | 1924 | 1925 | 1926 | 1927 | 1928 |
Shipwrecks: | 1918 | 1919 | 1920 | 1921 | 1922 | 1923 | 1924 | 1925 | 1926 | 1927 | 1928 |
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