The steamer ran aground and sank in in South Carolina. Later raised.[1]
7 January[]
List of shipwrecks: 7 January 1901
Ship
Country
Description
Tenzer
United Kingdom
The ketch foundered off Padstow harbour after striking a rock. The crew landed on the ship's boat.[2]
8 January[]
List of shipwrecks: 8 January 1901
Ship
Country
Description
United States
The steamer struck an obstruction in the Red River and sank off . Later raised.[3]
10 January[]
List of shipwrecks: 10 January 1901
Ship
Country
Description
United States
The steamer sank at dock reportedly by being caught under the dock on a rising tide at Wilmington, North Carolina.[4]
United States
The steamer struck an obstruction in Grand Lake, Louisiana and sank off Pigeon Point, a total loss.[5]
United States
The 77-gross register ton sternwheel paddle steamer burned at Wenatchee, Washington. All five people on board survived.[6]
11 January[]
List of shipwrecks: 11 January 1901
Ship
Country
Description
Unknown
United States
The Scow, under tow of (United States), sank off Sandy Hook, New Jersey. One crewman was killed.[7]
14 January[]
List of shipwrecks: 14 January 1901
Ship
Country
Description
United States
The steamer stranded on the Colorado Reef off the Coast of Cuba, west of Havana, Cuba. She was refloated 2 June, 1901 and taken to New York city, declared a total loss, but repaired by 20 May, 1902.[8][9]
The schooner was sunk in a collision with (United States) near .[11]
18 January[]
List of shipwrecks: 18 January 1901
Ship
Country
Description
Kaisari
United Kingdom
The London steamer was wrecked on the coast of Réunion during a cyclone. Nineteen Lascars drowned along with four British officers and the captain.[12]
19 January[]
List of shipwrecks: 19 January 1901
Ship
Country
Description
United States
The laid up steamer burned at Benton Harbor, Michigan, apparently a total loss. Her watchman was killed.[13][14]
United States
The tug was wrecked on the east side of Chesapeake Bay after a line fouled her propeller.[15]
The sailing ship capsized and sank in the English channel in a gale from shifting ballast. Ten crew died, 8 rescued by a French fishing boat.[17]
20 January[]
List of shipwrecks: 20 January 1901
Ship
Country
Description
United States
The steamer sank at dock in Bayonne, New Jersey. Later raised and repaired.[18]
26 January[]
List of shipwrecks: 26 January 1901
Ship
Country
Description
Unnamed
Spain
The fishing fleet lost one boat and twenty-three lives during a storm.[19]
28 January[]
List of shipwrecks: 28 January 1901
Ship
Country
Description
United States
The steamer burned in the Mississippi River off , Arkansas, a total loss. One crewman killed.[20]
United States
The steamer was blown ashore by high winds and sunk in .[21]
Holland
United Kingdom
The London steamer bound for Rotterdam sank near the Hook of Holland during a storm. Four passengers and eleven crew drowned.[19]
Lanarkshire
United Kingdom
The barque was abandoned in the North Sea 6 nautical miles (11 km) north west of the Noord Hinder Lightship (Netherlands). She subsequently foundered.[22]
29 January[]
List of shipwrecks: 29 January 1901
Ship
Country
Description
United States
The steamer struck an obstruction and sank in the Wabash River at Vincennes, Indiana. Raised and repaired.[23]
Unknown date[]
List of shipwrecks: Unknown January 1901
Ship
Country
Description
Hannah
United Kingdom
The schooner was abandoned in the Irish Sea. She came ashore on 28 January at Mwnt, Cardiganshire and was wrecked.[24]
Maxim
United States
The 117-gross register tonschooner departed San Francisco, California, bound for Eureka, California, with six people aboard and was never heard from again.[25]
February[]
3 February[]
List of shipwrecks: 3 February 1901
Ship
Country
Description
United States
The steamer was towing barges loaded with stone on the , Alabama when she became unmanageable due to wind and tide and went over the dam at Lock #6. The loaded barges then fell upon her, resulting in a complete wreck. One crewman killed.[26]
4 February[]
List of shipwrecks: 4 February 1901
Ship
Country
Description
Goonglaze
United Kingdom
The St Agnes, Cornwall schooner foundered near Peppercombe Castle, in Bideford Bay. Four bodies were washed ashore near Westward Ho!, Devon.[27][28]
Janie Vivian
United Kingdom
The Padstow, Cornwall schooner was driven ashore, near her home port, on the sands below Bray Hill in the Camel estuary. She was taking grain to Cardiff and all the crew survived.[28]
United States
The wrecked transport McPherson, looking from seaward.
The U.S. Army transport ran aground on a reef about 8 miles (13 km) west of Matanzas.[29] All crew and passengers rescued. Refloated later in the year and sold for scrap.
5 February[]
List of shipwrecks: 5 February 1901
Ship
Country
Description
United States
The steamer struck a sunken Flat in the Monongahela River near Woods Run and sank.[30]
6 February[]
List of shipwrecks: 6 February 1901
Ship
Country
Description
United States
The tow steamer caught fire at her slip at Sixty-Fifth Street in the North River. She was towed to the Weehawken Flats and flooded to put out the fire.[31]
12 February[]
List of shipwrecks: 12 February 1901
Ship
Country
Description
Scow No.38
United States
The scow was lost off Scotland Lightship. One crewman killed.[32]
15 February[]
List of shipwrecks: 15 February 1901
Ship
Country
Description
United States
The steamer struck a snag in the Red River and sank. Later raised.[33]
16 February[]
List of shipwrecks: 16 February 1901
Ship
Country
Description
United States
The steamer was destroyed by fire while lying at .[34]
19 February[]
List of shipwrecks: 19 February 1901
Ship
Country
Description
Julien Marie
France
The brigantine ran aground at St. Ives, Cornwall, United Kingdom. The crew were rescued by lifeboat[35][36]
20 February[]
List of shipwrecks: 20 February 1901
Ship
Country
Description
United States
The tug was sunk in a collision with (United States) in Boston Harbor.[37]
The Pacific Mail Steamship Company-owned passenger ship struck rocks and sank off Fort Point, San Francisco in 320 feet (98 m) of water in dense fog near the entrance to San Francisco Bay. Approximately 127–135 were lost, of them 68 were passengers.[39][40][41]
Surprise
United States
The steamer was blown ashore in a gale at Koloa, Island of Kauai, Territory of Hawaii, a total loss.[42]
The schooner left Gloucester, Massachusetts on 22 January. Believed lost in a blizzard in the first week of February on the Georges Bank. Lost with all 17 crew.[44][45][46]
United Kingdom
The Sailing ship departed New York City for Shanghai on 2 February and vanished. Lost with all 25 hands.[47]
March[]
1 March[]
List of shipwrecks: 1 March 1901
Ship
Country
Description
Indiana
United Kingdom
Following a collision, the abandoned Hull steamer went ashore in the English Channel at Worthing.[48]
The Glasgow vessel sank at the entrance to Bilbao harbour. Twenty-three of the crew lost their lives.[50]
14 March[]
List of shipwrecks: 14 March 1901
Ship
Country
Description
Voorspoed
Netherlands
The Amsterdam schooner ran aground at Perranporth, near Chapel Rock. The crew escaped via the breeches buoy. The vessel was carrying coal and machinery from Cardiff to Brazil.[51][52]
16 March[]
List of shipwrecks: 16 March 1901
Ship
Country
Description
United States
The steamer was wrecked in thick fog at . She was abandoned on 20 March.[53]
The steamship was wrecked in Picnic Bay, Magnetic Island, Queensland, Australia.
19 March[]
List of shipwrecks: 19 March 1901
Ship
Country
Description
United States
The steamer struck rocks at the Falls of the Ohio, Lexington, Kentucky and sank. Raised and repaired.[54]
21 March[]
List of shipwrecks: 21 March 1901
Ship
Country
Description
Rose
United Kingdom
The brigantine ran aground on the Res Sands, in the North Sea off the coast of Kent, and sank with the loss of four of her seven crew. Survivors were rescued by Eliza Harriet ( Royal National Lifeboat Institution).[55]
22 March[]
List of shipwrecks: 22 March 1901
Ship
Country
Description
United States
The steamer was pushed onto the bank at Vicksburg, Mississippi when (United States) tried to make a landing and swung in against her. She was then wrecked by a rising tide and high winds.[56]
26 March[]
List of shipwrecks: 26 March 1901
Ship
Country
Description
United States
The steamer struck an obstruction in the Allegheny River near Herrs Island Dam and sank in 18 feet (5.5 m) of water. Later raised.[57]
28 March[]
List of shipwrecks: 28 March 1901
Ship
Country
Description
Tay
United Kingdom
The steamer collided with Chemuitz and sank off Flushing, while en route to Antwerp from London. There were three survivors out of sixteen on board.[58]
29 March[]
List of shipwrecks: 29 March 1901
Ship
Country
Description
United States
The tow steamer sprang a leak and sank in New York Bay off Erie Basin, Brooklyn. Two crewmen killed. Survivors rescued by (United States).[59]
Edgewater
United States
The lighter was sunk in a collision with (United States) off Pier 13 in the North River.[60]
April[]
1 April[]
List of shipwrecks: 1 April 1901
Ship
Country
Description
United States
The steamer struck the ferry cable, capsized, and sank in the Suwanee River at . One crewman killed.[61]
2 April[]
List of shipwrecks: 2 April 1901
Ship
Country
Description
United States
The steamer struck a submerged rock at Puoko, Territory of Hawaii and was ordered abandoned by her owners the next day, a total loss.[62]
5 April[]
List of shipwrecks: 5 April 1901
Ship
Country
Description
United States
The steamer was capsized by a gale and sunk in the Mississippi River near .[63]
7 April[]
List of shipwrecks: 7 April 1901
Ship
Country
Description
Ivernia
United States
The steam oyster boat sank at dock at , Providence, Rhode Island. Raised shortly after.[64]
8 April[]
List of shipwrecks: 8 April 1901
Ship
Country
Description
United States
The steamer was sunk in a collision with (United States) near the mouth of Rondout Creek.[65]
The United States Army Transport sank at Brooklyn Army pier with deck awash from volume of water pumped from six engines, two trucks and three fireboats responding to engine room fire. Damage was estimated at $20,000 to refloat and $50,000 to repair.[66]
13 April[]
List of shipwrecks: 13 April 1901
Ship
Country
Description
United States
The laid up passenger steamer was destroyed by fire at Tiverton, Rhode Island, possibly by Arson.[67]
Majestic
United States
The steamer struck an obstruction or wreck off Dan Baker and was beached off Delaware City where she sank. Pumped out the next day.[68]
United States
The yacht was destroyed by fire at Detroit, Michigan.[69]
17 April[]
List of shipwrecks: 17 April 1901
Ship
Country
Description
United States
The steamer blown from her moorings in a severe windstorm at Bridgeport, Alabama and sunk.[70]
19 April[]
List of shipwrecks: 19 April 1901
Ship
Country
Description
United States
The steamer was blown in a severe windstorm onto shore at and sunk on an obstruction.[71]
20 April[]
List of shipwrecks: 20 April 1901
Ship
Country
Description
United States
The steamer was sunk by a flat she was trying to land. Later raised.[72]
The schooner was damaged in a collision with (United States) off Barnegat Light. Crew taken off by Allianca. Still afloat the next morning, but in sinking condition with decks awash in bad weather.[76]
United States
The schooner was sunk in a collision in dense fog with (United States) six miles (9.7 km) west of in Long Island Sound. Her master was reported missing.[77]
United States
The steamer was holed by a log and sunk in the Willamette River off Swan Island, Oregon.[78]
24 April[]
List of shipwrecks: 24 April 1901
Ship
Country
Description
United States
The steamer burned and sank at Ballard, Washington.[79]
May[]
10 May[]
List of shipwrecks: 10 May 1901
Ship
Country
Description
United States
The steamer caught fire between Ontonagon, Michigan and Hancock, Michigan. She was beached and burned to the waterline. four passengers killed. 33 survivors.[80]
France
France
The barque was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean (approximately 34°S48°W / 34°S 48°W / -34; -48). Her crew were later rescued by Hebe (Germany). France was on a voyage from North Shields, County Durham to Valparaiso, Chile. France was sighted on 13 May by Josefa (Spain). Presumed subsequently foundered.[81]
11 May[]
List of shipwrecks: 11 May 1901
Ship
Country
Description
United States
The two-thirds complete steamer burned at Wilmington, North Carolina by a spreading warehouse fire.[82]
12 May[]
List of shipwrecks: 12 May 1901
Ship
Country
Description
United States
The steamer struck a submerged obstacle and sank in 20 feet (6.1 m) of water at Brunckhorsts Landing, Illinois, a total loss. Two passengers killed.[83]
The steamer, laid up at Charleston, West Virginia sprung a leak and sank, then burned to the waters edge, then the lower section drifted away.[85]
21 May[]
List of shipwrecks: 21 May 1901
Ship
Country
Description
United States
The tug struck a rock, rolled over, and sank in 20 feet (6.1 m) of water at the Mesaba Ore Dock. Raised and repaired.[86]
24 May[]
List of shipwrecks: 24 May 1901
Ship
Country
Description
Baltimore
United States
The steamer struck a Reef, broke in two foundered in a gale near Au Sable Township, Iosco County, Michigan on Gull Island Reef in Lake Huron. Her engine and boiler salvaged in Oct/Nov, 1901, rest of equipment salvaged in 1903. 13 crewmen killed.[87][88]
United States
The steamer struck an obstruction in the Mississippi River three miles (4.8 km) below Keithsburg, Illinois between Buoy #192 and Buoy #193 and sank in seven and a half feet (2.3 m) of water. Later raised and repaired.[89]
Empire State
United States
The steamer sprung a leak and was beached near Brockville, Ontario, Canada.[90]
United States
The barge was punctured by an obstruction as the tide dropped off Roach's Shipyard, Chester, Pennsylvania and she sank.[91]
25 May[]
List of shipwrecks: 25 May 1901
Ship
Country
Description
United States
The steamer was sunk in the Black River near Poplar Bluff, Missouri by a falling tree.[92]
27 May[]
List of shipwrecks: 27 May 1901
Ship
Country
Description
United States
The steamer struck a submerged stump and sank in 7 1/2 feet of water in the Mississippi River 3 miles below Keithsburg, Illinois between Lights 192 and 193. Raised, taken to Dubuque, Iowa, and repaired.[93]
29 May[]
List of shipwrecks: 29 May 1901
Ship
Country
Description
Unknown coal boats
United States
Eight coal boats were sunk when their tow, (United States), struck a bridge pier in fog at Kenova, West Virginia.[94]
June[]
1 June[]
List of shipwrecks: 1 June 1901
Ship
Country
Description
United States
The steamer was wrecked and abandoned after her boiler exploded at Bull Creek in the Allegheny River. Her Captain was killed.[95]
The steamship ran aground on Knife Island Reef in Lake Superior. She was refloated, repaired, and returned to service.
4 June[]
List of shipwrecks: 4 June 1901
Ship
Country
Description
United Kingdom
The steamship capsized and sank in the Atlantic Ocean off Atlantic City, New Jersey, where she had anchored the previous day after her cargo of asphalt melted in hot weather and flowed throughout her holds, causing her to take on a dangerous list. Her crew made it to shore safely.[96][97]
7 June[]
List of shipwrecks: 7 June 1901
Ship
Country
Description
United States
The whaler was wrecked on an uncharted reef in thick fog three miles (4.8 km) south south east of , St. Lawrence Island in the Bering Sea.[98]
8 June[]
List of shipwrecks: 8 June 1901
Ship
Country
Description
United States
The tug capsized and sank while under tow by (United States) in the Buttermilk Channel. A boilermaker on board making repairs to the boiler was killed. Survivors rescued by a passing steamer.[99]
11 June[]
List of shipwrecks: 11 June 1901
Ship
Country
Description
United States
The steamer struck a log and sank in the Arkansas River between Dardanelle, Arkansas and St. Charles, Missouri.[100]
12 June[]
List of shipwrecks: 12 June 1901
Ship
Country
Description
United States
The steamer struck a snag and sank in the Arkansas River between Dardanelle, Arkansas and Lockharts Landing, Arkansas. Raised and repaired.[101]
14 June[]
List of shipwrecks: 14 June 1901
Ship
Country
Description
United States
The Ferry was damaged in a collision with (United States) off The Battery, sinking off the end of Pier 9 in the East River. Five passengers killed. Survivors rescued by tugboats.[102]
17 June[]
List of shipwrecks: 17 June 1901
Ship
Country
Description
United States
The steamer struck the bar at in the Ouachita River and sank. Later raised.[103]
18 June[]
List of shipwrecks: 18 June 1901
Ship
Country
Description
United States
The steamer was destroyed by fire at Six Mile Lake near Morgan City, Louisiana.[104]
23 June[]
List of shipwrecks: 23 June 1901
Ship
Country
Description
Unknown
United States
The coal elevator Barge, under tow by (United States), capsized in a sudden squall between Elizabethport, New Jersey and Bayonne, New Jersey. One person drowned.[105]
26 June[]
List of shipwrecks: 26 June 1901
Ship
Country
Description
United Kingdom
The ship was built by Laird Brothers in Birkenhead in 1871. Her original owners were the Pacific Steam Navigation Company. She was sold to Elder Dempster Line in 1900 and plied the Liverpool to Canada run. En route to Canada on 26 June 1901 she was lost in fog near the Newfoundland coast. Off course, the ship ended up on the rocks. Some of the crew threatened the passengers and a day later passengers began to panic. The crew then restored order. All occupants of the vessel survived.[106]
28 June[]
List of shipwrecks: 28 June 1901
Ship
Country
Description
United States
The steamer was wrecked in a Gale between Portage Bay and . Her boiler and machinery was salvaged.[107]
29 June[]
List of shipwrecks: 29 June 1901
Ship
Country
Description
Mohawk
United States
The passenger steamer struck a reef and sank in the , sinking in 13 feet (4.0 m) of water. Raised and returned to service.[108]
30 June[]
List of shipwrecks: 30 June 1901
Ship
Country
Description
United States
The wrecking steamer sank while salvaging iron from wrecks on in Lake Superior. Lost with all five crew.[109]
Unknown date[]
List of shipwrecks: unknown June 1901
Ship
Country
Description
United States
The steamer burned and sank at dock in the Black River, Port Huron, Michigan on 23 or 27 June. Raised and rebuilt at Port Huron, Michigan.[110][111]
July[]
4 July[]
List of shipwrecks: 4 July 1901
Ship
Country
Description
Alert
United States
The fishing steamer was punctured by an obstruction off Barnegat, New Jersey, she was then wrecked on near by shoals.[112]
5 July[]
List of shipwrecks: 5 July 1901
Ship
Country
Description
United States
The steamer struck an obstruction and sank in the White River 2 miles above , a total loss.[113]
6 July[]
List of shipwrecks: 6 July 1901
Ship
Country
Description
United States
The passenger steamer ran aground at Rye Neck, New York in thick fog. Refloated and taken to New York City 10 August.[114]
The 234-gross register tonsteamship was wrecked on Île-Tudy on voyage Cardiff, Wales, to Quimper, France.[117]
Oakland
United States
With a crew of 12 and a cargo of 900 tons of lumber and shingles aboard, the 534-gross register ton 150.8-foot (46.0 m) bark was wrecked without loss of life on a reef 10 nautical miles (19 km; 12 mi) from the entrance to the harbor at Port Clarence, Territory of Alaska.[118]
16 July[]
List of shipwrecks: 16 July 1901
Ship
Country
Description
United States
The steamer was damaged in a collision with the yacht (United States) two miles (3.2 km) west of Plum Island in Long Island Sound. She was towed to New London, Connecticut where she sank.[119]
The sailing Yacht was wrecked on , a total loss.[125]
26 July[]
List of shipwrecks: 26 July 1901
Ship
Country
Description
New South Wales
The Bark caught fire in a gale while anchored in the Harbor of Mahukona, Territory of Hawaii, her anchor line parted and she drifted westward out to sea. She was abandoned by her crew after they were unable to extinguish the fire and she blew out to sea blazing, a total loss.[126]
The whalebackbarge was rammed by the steamer (flag unknown) while at anchor in fog in Whitefish Bay, Lake Superior, off the coast of Michigan and sank with the loss of three lives. Her five survivors were rescued by Northern Queen.
1901 Louisiana hurricane: The tug foundered in the storm near the in the Mississippi River. Two crewmen killed.[135]
United States
1901 Louisiana hurricane: The laid up steamer was wrecked during the storm at in the Mississippi River.[136]
15 August[]
List of shipwrecks: 15 August 1901
Ship
Country
Description
United Kingdom
1901 Louisiana hurricane: The steamer went ashore 15 miles (24 km) west of the Santa Rosa Island, Florida Life Saving station during the storm. Later refloated.[137]
With 109 passengers and 62 crew members aboard, the Canadian Pacific Steam Navigation Company-owned twin-screw 240-foot (73.2 m) passenger-cargosteamer struck an iceberg and sank in 365 feet (111 m) of water off Douglas Island at the foot of Lynn Canal near Juneau, Territory of Alaska, United States. Newspapers reported that up to 70 people lost their lives, while official reports place the death toll at 45. She was refloated in 1934 and towed into shallow water.[138]
United States
1901 Louisiana hurricane: The steamer foundered at dock in the storm at Milneburg, Louisiana in Lake Pontchartrain. Later raised.[139]
United States
1901 Louisiana hurricane: The lumber schooner was sunk in a collision at Pensacola, Florida while seeking refuge during the storm.[140]
18 August[]
List of shipwrecks: 18 August 1901
Ship
Country
Description
United States
The steamer burned at West Seattle, Washington.[141]
19 August[]
List of shipwrecks: 19 August 1901
Ship
Country
Description
United States
The steamer capsized in a severe windstorm near the in the Ohio River between Elizabethtown, Illinois and Paducah, Kentucky. 11 passengers and 4 crewmen killed.[142]
21 August[]
List of shipwrecks: 21 August 1901
Ship
Country
Description
United States
The steamer was sunk in a collision with Alexander McDougall (United States) in the St. Clair River off Ft. Gratiot.[143]
23 August[]
List of shipwrecks: 23 August 1901
Ship
Country
Description
United States
The tug caught fire at Diamond Street Wharf, Wilmington, Delaware and was sunk by the fire department's efforts to fight the fire.[144]
24 August[]
List of shipwrecks: 24 August 1901
Ship
Country
Description
United States
The steamer was damaged in a collision with (United States) near Kentucky Landing on the San Joaquin River and was beached to prevent sinking.[145]
25 August[]
List of shipwrecks: 25 August 1901
Ship
Country
Description
Belgium
The W Johnston & Co.-owned cargo ship capsized and sank off Athens, Greece.[146]
The passenger-cargo ship ran aground at the mouth of the Richmond River in New South Wales, Australia. Although declared a total loss, she was refloated, repaired, and returned to service.
27 August[]
List of shipwrecks: 27 August 1901
Ship
Country
Description
United States
The 414-gross register ton sidewheel paddle steamer burned at Camden, New Jersey. All nine people on board survived.[147]
United States
The sailing vessel sank after colliding with the steamer (United States) in the Chesapeake Bay.[148]
28 August[]
List of shipwrecks: 28 August 1901
Ship
Country
Description
United States
The steamers' port boiler exploded and she caught fire in the Delaware River off Torresdale, Pennsylvania burning all woodwork, and was beached on the Pennsylvania side of the river. 24 killed.[149][150]
30 August[]
List of shipwrecks: 30 August 1901
Ship
Country
Description
United States
The steamer sprang a leak and became waterlogged on Lake Superior. She was towed to Munising, Michigan and beached. Her crew was rescued by Courageous (United States). Refloated and taken to Buffalo, New York for repairs.[151][152]
United States
The steamer was sunk at dock when (United States) swung wide and her stern hit M. Sicken in the , Buffalo, New York.[153]
United States
The steamer sprang a leak in the Delaware River off and sank in 11 feet (3.4 m) of water.[154]
Unknown date[]
List of shipwrecks: Unknown August 1901
Ship
Country
Description
United States
The steamer sank at 76 Landing a short distance above Grand Tower, Illinois sometime in August. Raised, repaired and returned to service.[155]
Russia
1901 Louisiana hurricane: The barque sailed from Pensacola, Florida for Montevideo on 10 August and was probably sunk by the hurricane in the Gulf of Mexico on 12 August, never seen again.[156]
Unknown schooners
United States
1901 Louisiana hurricane: Four fishing schooners were sunk at Pensacola, Florida.[157]
September[]
3 September[]
List of shipwrecks: 3 September 1901
Ship
Country
Description
United States
The steamer sank in 12 feet (3.7 m) of water at a wharf in Atlantic City, New Jersey.[158]
4 September[]
List of shipwrecks: 4 September 1901
Ship
Country
Description
United States
The steamer was destroyed by fire at Hardins Landing, Kentucky.[159]
United States
The paddle steamer burned at Alki Point in Puget Sound.[160][161]
SMS Wacht
Imperial German Navy
The Wacht-classaviso sank after a colliding with the ironcladSMS Sachsen (Imperial German Navy) off Germany. All crew survived.
8 September[]
List of shipwrecks: 8 September 1901
Ship
Country
Description
Twilight
United States
The steamer struck an obstruction entering Periwig and sank to her main deck. Pumped out on 11 September and towed to Camden, New Jersey for repairs.[162]
The steambarge sank in Lake Superior after colliding with the schooner barge Michigan (United States), which she was towing, while she was taking Michigan's crew off after Michigan began to sink during a gale. All hands from M. M. Drake and all but one crew member from Michigan, who drowned leaving M.M. Drake, were rescued by the cargo ships and (both United States).[177]
Michigan
United States
The schooner barge was abandoned when her seams parted and she began to sink during a gale with heavy seas on Lake Superior while she was under tow by the steam barge M.M. Drake (United States). She collided while M. M. Drake while M. M. Drake was taking off her crew. Michigan was not seen again.[178]
4 October[]
List of shipwrecks: 4 October 1901
Ship
Country
Description
Unknown canal boat
United States
The canal boat, under tow of (United States), was sunk in a collision with (United States) off Wall Street, New York City, in the East River.[179]
The steamer foundered in a storm while under tow between Port Eads, Louisiana and Port Arthur, Texas.[184]
18 October[]
List of shipwrecks: 18 October 1901
Ship
Country
Description
State of Michigan
United States
The steamer sprung a leak and sank two miles (3.2 km) offshore between Muskegon, Michigan and White Lake.[185]
19 October[]
List of shipwrecks: 19 October 1901
Ship
Country
Description
Belgium
The F Alexander-owned cargo ship was wrecked off the Skalskar Lighthouse, Finland.[146]
United States
The tug collided with (United States) and sank, a total loss. Her master, cook and fireman were killed.[186]
United States
The cargo steamer foundered in a gale 10 or 18 miles (29 km) west of Long Point in Lake Erie. The crew made it to the barge Manitu that she had been towing.[187][188]
20 October[]
List of shipwrecks: 20 October 1901
Ship
Country
Description
United States
The steamer in fog struck a rock and sank opposite Ballards Reef in the Detroit River.[189]
The Klondike Gold Rush-era sternwheeler was named after Seattle businessman Albert J. Goddard. She was built for use on the Upper Yukon River in Canada. Her prefabricated components were built in San Francisco and shipped to Skagway, Alaska. She sank in a storm on Lake Laberge on 22 October 1901. Her wreck was discovered in 2008 by Doug Davidge.
United States
The ferry caught fire off Jersey City. She returned to her slip and evacuated passengers and then was beached on .[190]
The tug sank at her dock when her bow was caught under the dock by a rising tide resulting her flooding through the bunker holes.[193]
Unknown barges
United States
The barges, under tow of (United States), were damaged in a collision with (United States) in the North River. They were towed to Communipaw Flats where they sank.[194]
The steamer burned between Edmonds, Washington and Ballard, Washington.[196]
November[]
2 November[]
List of shipwrecks: 2 November 1901
Ship
Country
Description
Phoenix
United States
The tow steamer was swept by the tide into a collision with another vessel and sunk in San Francisco Bay. Raised and repaired. One crewman killed.[197]
4 November[]
List of shipwrecks: 4 November 1901
Ship
Country
Description
United States
The steamer struck an obstruction in the Mississippi River near Andalusia, Illinois and sank in seven feet (2.1 m) of water. Later raised and repaired.[198]
6 November[]
List of shipwrecks: 6 November 1901
Ship
Country
Description
United States
The tug was sunk in a collision in Hell Gate with the tug (United States).[199]
7 November[]
List of shipwrecks: 7 November 1901
Ship
Country
Description
United States
The steamer was destroyed by fire at Grand Haven, Michigan.[200]
9 November[]
List of shipwrecks: 9 November 1901
Ship
Country
Description
United States
The tow steamer caught fire and sank at a dock at Ninety Ninth Street in the North River.[201]
Oriole
United States
While towing the bargesNome City and Reception (United States), the 6-gross register ton, 33.7-foot (10.3 m) steamer was carried out by ice and wrecked on the beach on the coast of the Territory of Alaska at the entrance to Kotzebue Sound about 10 nautical miles (19 km; 12 mi) east of Cape Espenberg. Her crew survived.[118]
10 November[]
List of shipwrecks: 10 November 1901
Ship
Country
Description
United States
The steamer was trapped under a dock by the rising tide and was flooded and sunk at Georgetown, South Carolina.[202]
The steamer struck an obstruction and sank in the Mississippi River.[207]
20 November[]
List of shipwrecks: 20 November 1901
Ship
Country
Description
United States
The dredge was destroyed by fire near due to gas escaping from the river bed while dredging being ignited by her furnace.[208]
22 November[]
List of shipwrecks: 22 November 1901
Ship
Country
Description
United States
The steamer struck an obstruction and sank in the Mississippi River while on the way to assist . Raised and repaired.[209]
23 November[]
List of shipwrecks: 23 November 1901
Ship
Country
Description
United States
The tug drifted onto the beach at Long Branch, New Jersey after losing her rudder. Total loss.[210]
Unknown barge
United States
The barge, under the tow of (United States), was cut loose by her tow when a gale hit them off and was blown ashore.[211]
24 November[]
List of shipwrecks: 24 November 1901
Ship
Country
Description
Grant
United States
The barge was driven ashore 12 miles (19 km) north of Barnegat, New Jersey in a severe storm after breaking loose from the tug (United States). All crewmen killed.[212]
Wilmore
United States
The barge was driven ashore 12 miles (19 km) north of Barnegat, New Jersey in a severe storm after breaking loose from the tug (United States). One crewman killed.[213]
27 November[]
List of shipwrecks: 27 November 1901
Ship
Country
Description
United States
The steamer struck an obstruction and sank in the Mississippi River near three miles (4.8 km) below Memphis, Tennessee.[214]
28 November[]
List of shipwrecks: 28 November 1901
Ship
Country
Description
United States
The laid up steamer burned at Read's Landing Bay, Wisconsin, a total loss.[215]
29 November[]
List of shipwrecks: 29 November 1901
Ship
Country
Description
United States
The tug was sunk by ice, probably near Albany, New York.[216]
The 248-gross register tonbark was lost when she struck a rock on the south side of Dutch Harbor on Amaknak Island in the Aleutian Islands. She was abandoned and was sold at auction on 7 December.[218]
The schooner-rigged unpowered barge, adrift in the Pacific Ocean since her tow line broke on 27 November, was wrecked on the coast of Oregon near Yaquina Bay with the loss of one life. The barge's three survivors were rescued by a United States Life-Saving Service () crew on the beach.
During a voyage from Kobe, Japan, to New York City, with a cargo of china, porcelainvases, bamboo, camphor, and manganese, the 3,068-gross register tonbark ran aground at Ocean City, New Jersey, during a storm. Her crew of 34 was rescued and most of her cargo was salvaged. Her wreck was a tourist attraction for many years, but eventually became buried in the sand.[96][228][229]
17 December[]
List of shipwrecks: 17 December 1901
Ship
Country
Description
United States
The steamer struck a snag and sank in the Red River off Shady Grove Landing.[230]
United States
The steamer struck a snag and sank in 15 feet (4.6 m) of water in the Willamette River off Corvallis, Oregon.[231]
United States
The steamer was wrecked five miles (8.0 km) north of La Libertad, El Salvador.[232]
18 December[]
List of shipwrecks: 18 December 1901
Ship
Country
Description
United States
The steamer sank at dock at Marinette, Wisconsin.[233]
United States
The steamer sank in the Chicago River due to a broke plank. Pumped out and raised.[234]
19 December[]
List of shipwrecks: 19 December 1901
Ship
Country
Description
United States
The steamer, tied up at Point Pleasant, West Virginia, sprung a leak, broke loose, capsized and drifted two miles (3.2 km) downstream before grounding.[235]
The steamer ran over Dam #3 in the Great Kanawha River and sank in 20 feet (6.1 m) of water. Eight crewmen killed. The rest of the crew and four passengers were rescued by (United States). One of the passengers died on Calvert.[237]
The steamer was scuttled at Ludington, Michigan after she bottomed on a bar in a gale 200 yards (180 m) off the channel for the harbor causing steam pipes to break, killing one crewman and injuring two. The surviving crew were rescued by the United States Life Saving Service.[239]
23 December[]
List of shipwrecks: 23 December 1901
Ship
Country
Description
James T. Easton
United States
The barge was sunk in a collision by (United States) in the Harbor Channel of Bridgeport, Connecticut.[240]
25 December[]
List of shipwrecks: 25 December 1901
Ship
Country
Description
Sun
United States
The steamer burned and sank at Memphis, Tennessee. Four passengers, a woman and her child, plus a married couple, were killed.[241][242]
The anchored lighter was sunk when hit by Newburgh (United States) in dense fog off Ninety-fifth Street in the North River, Brooklyn. Later raised and repaired.[244]
During a voyage from Esquimalt, British Columbia, Canada, to Honolulu, Territory of Hawaii, the screwsloop-of-war disappeared after parting company with the armoured cruiserHMS Warspite (Royal Navy) on 2 December off British Columbia. She presumably foundered with the loss of all hands during a strong storm somewhere off Cape Flattery, Washington, on or about 3 December. One of her boats and wreckage later washed up on the coast of Vancouver Island and along the shore of Queen Charlotte Sound.[245][246][247]
United States
The steamer left Nanaimo, British Columbia on 2 December and was never seen again. Lost with all 33 crew.[248]
The 390-net register ton, 149.5-foot (45.6 m) whalingsteamer was wrecked on an uncharted reef off Saint Lawrence Island in the Bering Sea on either 1 May or 7 June, according to various sources. All 50 people on board – nine passengers and a crew of 41 – survived. Her captain and some crewmembers reach Nome, Territory of Alaska, with news of the wreck on 21 June, and the whalerAlexander immediately left Nome for Saint Lawrence Island, where she rescued the passengers and the rest of the crew from the beach.[249]
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