During a voyage from Valdez, Territory of Alaska, to Unalaska in the Aleutian Islands and way ports with eight passengers, a crew of 30, and a cargo of 30 tons of general merchandise aboard, the 749-gross register ton, 158.5-foot (48.3 m) passengersteamer was wrecked without loss of life on a reef in Cook Inlet on the south-central coast of the Territory of Alaska. Her passengers and crew survived for 29 days on an island until rescued by the steamer Victoria (flag unknown) on 3 February 1910.[4][5]
6 January[]
List of shipwrecks: 6 January 1910
Ship
Country
Description
United States
The U. S. Government steamer burned in the Trinity River just south of Dallas, Texas.[6]
United States
The steamer ran aground in heavy fog on in the East River off 42nd Street, New York City, New York, and sank.[7]
The tow steamer was sunk in a collision in the Delaware River off the League Island Navy Yard with Chicago (United States). Raised and proceeded in the direction of Camden, New Jersey and sank again (date unclear).[8]
9 January[]
List of shipwrecks: 9 January 1910
Ship
Country
Description
United States
The steamer struck a heavy drift and sank in the Tombigbee River just below Demopolis, Alabama.[9][10]
10 January[]
List of shipwrecks: 10 January 1910
Ship
Country
Description
United States
The towing steamer, tied up at Pier 15 in the North River off 42nd Street, New York City, was holed by ice and sank. Later raised and repaired.[7]
United States
The steamer was sunk by ice at Brandenburg, Kentucky on the Ohio River.[3]
12 January[]
List of shipwrecks: 12 January 1910
Ship
Country
Description
United States
The steamer foundered in heavy seas crossing the Coos Bay Bar. 23 crewmen and 1 passenger killed. One crewman was the sole survivor.[11]
14 January[]
List of shipwrecks: 14 January 1910
Ship
Country
Description
Chatham
United States
The cargo ship sank partially submerged at the entrance to the St. Johns River, Florida, after striking the North Jerry.[12]
United States
The steamer was pushed on to the river bank by ice in the Mississippi River just outside the city limits of St. Louis, Missouri. During an attempt to refloat her on 20 January she suddenly slipped off the bank and sank.[2]
United States
The ferry steamer was pushed on to the river bank and wrecked by ice in the Mississippi River at St. Louis, Missouri.[2]
The schooner was sunk in a collision with (United States) in New York Bay near the Quickstep bell buoy.[15]
United States
The steam tug was sunk by ice at Ambridge, Pennsylvania on the Ohio River.[14]
19 January[]
List of shipwrecks: 19 January 1910
Ship
Country
Description
Unknown
United States
The scow had to be beached after a collision with (United States) in the North River at the 79th street pier.[15]
United States
The laid up tow steamer burned at Rices Landing, Pennsylvania.[14]
22 January[]
List of shipwrecks: 22 January 1910
Ship
Country
Description
Indefatigable
United Kingdom
Under tow from Falmouth, Cornwall to Cardiff by the tug Challenge, they hit heavy weather at Land's End and returned to Falmouth. During the night Indefatigable dragged her anchors and drifted ashore under St Mawes Castle. She was pulled off the rocks by tugs Briton, Dragon and Marian, towed to Falmouth Docks and sold for scrap.[16]
United States
The tow steamer collided with the wall of lock No. 5 at Freedom, Pennsylvania and sank. Raised and repaired.[3]
23 January[]
List of shipwrecks: 23 January 1910
Ship
Country
Description
United States
Carrying a cargo of coal, the 297-foot (91 m), 2,824-gross register ton six-mastedschooner was wrecked on off , or on Skiffs Island Shoal off Chappaquiddick, Martha's Vineyard off the coast of Massachusetts. She broke up 2 February. Her captain, his wife and the rest of the crew were rescued from her masts.[17][18][19]
United States
The barge was sunk in a collision with a lighter in the East River at Pier 52 in New York City.[15]
24 January[]
List of shipwrecks: 24 January 1910
Ship
Country
Description
United States
The towing steamer was sunk in a collision with the propeller of (Italy) at Pier B Jersey City, New Jersey.[15]
25 January[]
List of shipwrecks: 25 January 1910
Ship
Country
Description
United States
The motor vessel was crushed by ice in Carroll County, Missouri one mile (1.6 km) above Miami, Missouri.[2]
26 January[]
List of shipwrecks: 26 January 1910
Ship
Country
Description
Unknown canal boat
United States
The canal boat, one of nine being towed by (United States), was carried by a flood tide into piers 48 and 49 on the East River causing her to sink.[15]
29 January[]
List of shipwrecks: 29 January 1910
Ship
Country
Description
United States
The vessel struck a snag and sank at the entrance to the Trinity River. Raised on 2 February.[9]
United States
The passenger steamer sank in a collision with (United States Army) in the Cape Fear River off .[2]
February[]
1 February[]
List of shipwrecks: 1 February 1910
Ship
Country
Description
United States
The steamer was damaged by grounding at Brookport, Illinois, but continued down stream. She was found later to be badly leaking and sank in shallow water and then caught fire and burned.[3]
United States
The schooner was sunk by a run away mud scow in the South Channel of New York Bay.[15]
2 February[]
List of shipwrecks: 2 February 1910
Ship
Country
Description
United States
The steamer burned at the mouth of the Green River.[3]
3 February[]
List of shipwrecks: 3 February 1910
Ship
Country
Description
United States
The passenger steamer grounded in the Ohio River near , she flooded and sank. Raised and repaired.[3]
4 February[]
List of shipwrecks: 4 February 1910
Ship
Country
Description
United States
The steamer foundered off Hatteras, North Carolina, or over 200 miles (320 km) off Savanna, Georgia. All on board rescued by (United States).[20][21]
United States
The steamer struck an obstruction at Ford's Island in the Cumberland River nine miles (14 km) below Burnside, Kentucky. She was beached on a sand bar and sank in shallow water. Raised, repaired and returned to service on 8 February.[2]
5 February[]
List of shipwrecks: 5 February 1910
Ship
Country
Description
United States
The tow steamer sprung a leak in the Ohio River above , she flooded and sank in 20 feet (6.1 m) of water.[3]
6 February[]
List of shipwrecks: 6 February 1910
Ship
Country
Description
United States
The towing steamer burned at Jacksonville, Florida. One crewman killed.[2]
The tugboat sank in a gale in 90 feet (27 m) of water on Fenwick Island Shoals 11 miles (18 km) north north east of Ocean City, Maryland. Lost with all 31 hands.[22][23][24]
8 February[]
List of shipwrecks: 8 February 1910
Ship
Country
Description
United States
The canal boat was sunk by ice in Newark Bay between the and the Bell Buoy.[15]
9 February[]
List of shipwrecks: 9 February 1910
Ship
Country
Description
Unknown barge
United States
The barge was sunk in a collision with (United States) off Pier 1 in the East River.[15]
10 February[]
List of shipwrecks: 10 February 1910
Ship
Country
Description
United States
The steamer either sank in a snowstorm, or ran aground in a snowstorm and sank after leaving Fitler's Landing, 20 miles (32 km) below Lake Providence, or after leaving Hayes Landing in the Mississippi River. Raised, repaired and returned to service.[22][25]
United States
The steamer was abandoned in heavy seas in sinking conditions.[26]
Restless
United States
The 9-gross register ton, 31-foot (9.4 m) yawl was wrecked off the northern end of Prince of Wales Island in the Alexander Archipelago in Southeast Alaska. Her captain fell overboard and was lost about six hours before Restless was wrecked; the only other person aboard survived the wreck.[27]
14 February[]
List of shipwrecks: 14 February 1910
Ship
Country
Description
Unknown
United States
The barge was damaged in a collision with (United States) off Halletts Point in the East River causing the barge to be beached.[15]
16 February[]
List of shipwrecks: 16 February 1910
Ship
Country
Description
United States
The steamer was sunk in a collision with (United States) between the No. 2 and No. 4 buoys in the St. Johns River near Mayport, Florida.[2]
United States
During a voyage in the Territory of Alaska from Cordova to Juneau with 60 passengers and a crew of 84 aboard, the 3,525-gross register ton, 336-foot (102.4 m) schooner-rigged steamer was beached without loss of life to prevent her from sinking after an iceberg struck her bow and holed her hull while she was stopped off Mud Bay in Icy Strait in the Alexander Archipelago in Alaska Territory. Passengers were transferred to the steamer Georgia (United States). Declared a constructive total loss, Yucatan was refloated, repaired, and returned to service as Shinkai Maru (Japan). Or, Struck an Iceberg between Goose Island and Gull Cove while under way in Icy Strait in the Alexander Archipelago in Alaska Territory in a snowstorm. After striking the iceberg she struck a reef and bounced off of it. She sank one mile (1.6 km) from the collision site in 35 feet (11 m) of water with upper works above water. She was heavily damaged by storms from the time of her sinking until raised in June. Repaired in 1911 at Hall Brothers Shipyard in .[28][29][30]
17 February[]
List of shipwrecks: 17 February 1910
Ship
Country
Description
Columbia
United States
The laid up passenger steamer burned at on the Monongahela River.[14]
United States
The tug burned to the waterline in , Louisiana.[22]
United States
The steamer sank in the Chattahoochee River at a wharf at Columbus, Georgia.[26]
19 February[]
List of shipwrecks: 19 February 1910
Ship
Country
Description
United States
The canal boat was sunk by ice in the harbor at New Haven, Connecticut. Later raised.[31]
21 February[]
List of shipwrecks: 21 February 1910
Ship
Country
Description
United States
The steamer sank at Memphis, Tennessee from unknown causes.[3]
23 February[]
List of shipwrecks: 23 February 1910
Ship
Country
Description
United States
The steamer sunk at her berth at Ironton, Ohio due to a broke plank.[3]
La Boulonaisse
France
The 67-ton ship carrying cement from Boulogne to Saint Malo sank on a reef of the Chausey Islands Channel Islands. Five men were saved.[32]
24 February[]
List of shipwrecks: 24 February 1910
Ship
Country
Description
"Columbia"
United States
The steamer burned at dock at Moss Side near Camden, Ohio.[22]
25 February[]
List of shipwrecks: 25 February 1910
Ship
Country
Description
United States
The freighter was sunk by ice in the in eight feet (2.4 m) of water. Raised later.[31]
The passenger-freighter burned to the waterline in the Chicago River.[33]
26 February[]
List of shipwrecks: 26 February 1910
Ship
Country
Description
Columbia
United States
The steamer struck a snag and sank at Bayou Sara, Louisiana.[22]
Unknown barges
United States
Three barges broke lose from their tow in Hell Gate and struck rocks causing one to sink near Hunt's Point and two of the barges to be beached.[15]
27 February[]
List of shipwrecks: 27 February 1910
Ship
Country
Description
United States
The freighter burned and sank at the foot of 22nd Street, .[13]
Hugh J. Derby
United States
The barge foundered in heavy seas in Long Island Sound1+1⁄4 miles (2.0 km) southeast of . Raised later.[31]
United States
The steamer sank at Memphis, Tennessee from unknown causes. Raised 16 June.[3]
28 February[]
List of shipwrecks: 28 February 1910
Ship
Country
Description
Nordenskjold
Russia
The Russian wooden brigantine, on voyage from La Rochelle to Llanelly with a cargo of pit props, was wrecked in Belgrave Bay (Belle Grève), GuernseyChannel Islands.[34]
March[]
2 March[]
List of shipwrecks: 2 March 1910
Ship
Country
Description
United States
The laid up steam sand dredge was crushed by ice and sank at Perrysburg, Ohio in the Maumee River.[35]
3 March[]
List of shipwrecks: 3 March 1910
Ship
Country
Description
United States
The canal boat was sunk in a collision with New York City Fire Department fireboat The New Yorker (United States) in the North River, her tow vessel was tied up to Pier 1.[36]
United States
The canal boat was sunk in a collision with New York City Fire Department Fireboat The New Yorker (United States) in the North River, her tow vessel was tied up to Pier 1.[36]
5 March[]
List of shipwrecks: 5 March 1910
Ship
Country
Description
Dove
United States
The motor boat caught fire and was scuttled at .[2]
6 March[]
List of shipwrecks: 6 March 1910
Ship
Country
Description
United States
The steamer was holed by a log in the Big Sandy River and was beached to prevent sinking.[3]
7 March[]
List of shipwrecks: 7 March 1910
Ship
Country
Description
United States
The steamer burned in the Monongahela River above Dravosburg, Pennsylvania due to a failure in the boiler.[14]
Manhattan
United States
The steamer caught fire at Portland, Maine. She was towed away from dock and beached at South Portland where she burned to below the main deck. One crewman killed.[37]
8 March[]
List of shipwrecks: 8 March 1910
Ship
Country
Description
United States
The car ferry burned to the waterline while moored at Manitowoc, Wisconsin.[14][33][38][39] To extinguish the flames, she was scuttled in 15 feet (4.6 m) of water.[39] Deemed a hazard to navigation, she was refloated on 9 June 1911 and rebuilt as a sandsucker barge.[39]
The steamer was sunk in the Ohio River when her boilers exploded off Arctic Springs, Indiana. One or 3 killed, and 3 or 5 injured.[41][38]
21 March[]
List of shipwrecks: 21 March 1910
Ship
Country
Description
United States
The tow steamer's hull was holed by an unknown object causing her to sink in shallow water off Governor's Island. Later raised, repaired and returned to service.[36]
25 March[]
List of shipwrecks: 25 March 1910
Ship
Country
Description
United States
The towing steamer sank at Jacksonville, Florida. Raised the next day.[2]
28 March[]
List of shipwrecks: 28 March 1910
Ship
Country
Description
Stanley
United States
Carrying a cargo of 150 tons of salt, lumber, and provisions, the 355-gross register ton, 143.3-foot (43.7 m) schooner was wrecked at the entrance to Pavlof Harbor on Sanak Island in the Fox Islands in the eastern Aleutian Islands. Four of her eight crew members were lost.[42]
30 March[]
List of shipwrecks: 30 March 1910
Ship
Country
Description
United Kingdom
The sealer was crushed by ice off Newfoundland. As the crew abandoned her she was set on fire.[43][44]
The ocean liner struck an uncharted rock near Cape Leeuwin, Western Australia, and sank. All 238 passengers and 163 crew members abandoned ship safely.
April[]
4 April[]
List of shipwrecks: 4 April 1910
Ship
Country
Description
United States
The tow steamer was swept by a flood tide in Hell Gate into a dredge and scow at Mill Rock in the East River causing her to capsize and sink.[36]
7 April[]
List of shipwrecks: 7 April 1910
Ship
Country
Description
United States
The steamer flooded and sank at Reedville, Virginia due to water coming through the siphons. Refloated the next day[2]
Estelle
United States
The motor launch was sunk in a collision with (United States) in the in South Carolina.[2]
11 April[]
List of shipwrecks: 11 April 1910
Ship
Country
Description
Canada
The steamer was destroyed by fire at Garden Island, Ontario.[45]
12 April[]
List of shipwrecks: 12 April 1910
Ship
Country
Description
Unknown float
United States
The float sank in the East River at the foot of Grand Street, New York City from a hole in her hull.[36]
15 April[]
List of shipwrecks: 15 April 1910
Ship
Country
Description
Notre Dame de Lourdes
France
The ketch was driven ashore at Rhosilli, Glamorgan, United Kingdom. Her crew survived but the vessel subsequently broke up.[46]
Imperial Japanese Navy
The Type 6 submarine sank in 10 fathoms (60 ft; 18 m) of water in Hiroshima Bay off Kure due to a faulty ventilator valve. Lost with all 16 crew. Raised the next day, repaired and returned to service.[47]
17 April[]
List of shipwrecks: 17 April 1910
Ship
Country
Description
United States
The tow steamer, laid up at the foot of Court Street, Brooklyn, New York, was sunk when (United States) capsized on her and sank.[36]
United States
The tow steamer, laid up at the foot of Court Street, Brooklyn, New York, capsized on (United States) and sank.[36]
The ocean liner ran aground on rocks in the Isles of Scilly. Refloated on 13 May and returned to service after repairs were made.
Belgium
The steamer ran aground on Hoburger, off the coast of Sweden.[48]
19 April[]
List of shipwrecks: 19 April 1910
Ship
Country
Description
United States
The steamer struck rocks in the East River at Hell Gate and sank.[13]
United States
The tug ran aground in the harbor of . She was then hit by three scows she was towing, causing her to over turn. This caused a stove to overturn and the resulting fire destroyed the tug.[31]
United States
The steamer sank in 6 feet (1.8 m) of water below Luke Chute on the Muskingum River.[14]
22 April[]
List of shipwrecks: 22 April 1910
Ship
Country
Description
Unknown
United States
The motor boat capsized and sank in a collision with a barge in the Cuyahoga River. One of five on board was killed.[49]
The steamer sank at Nashville, Tennessee. Later raised and repaired.[3]
May[]
3 May[]
List of shipwrecks: 3 May 1910
Ship
Country
Description
United States
The steamer collided with (United States) in thick fog ten miles (16 km) southeast of the Highland Light off Cape Cod in the Atlantic Ocean. She was beached at Provincetown to avoid sinking.[8]
11 May[]
List of shipwrecks: 11 May 1910
Ship
Country
Description
United States
The steamer struck rocks on the Missouri side of the Mississippi River near and sank. 7 passengers and 5 crewmen killed.[2]
10 May[]
List of shipwrecks: 10 May 1910
Ship
Country
Description
United States
The steamer rolled over and sank while being hauled out for dry docking at Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Raised and repaired.[14]
The 240-ton barge was destroyed by ice on the Tanana River in the central part of the Territory of Alaska.[42]
15 May[]
List of shipwrecks: 15 May 1910
Ship
Country
Description
"Brittania"
United States
The barge was stranded on Block Island, Rhode Island after colliding with her tow, the Tug (United States).[52]
United Kingdom
The British steel cargo ship Wear, built in 1905 by Austin S. P. & Son Ltd. and owned at the time of her loss by Witherington & Everett SS Co., on voyage from Sunderland to Saint-Servan with a cargo of coal, was wrecked on the west coast of GuernseyChannel Islands. There were no casualties.[32][53]
17 May[]
List of shipwrecks: 17 May 1910
Ship
Country
Description
United States
The steamer sank in heavy weather in 14 feet (4.3 m) of water in Lake Erie off one mile (1.6 km) east of the . Ship was raised.[54]
The submarine sank accidentally. All crew members escaped. Forel later was salvaged and scrapped.
18 May[]
List of shipwrecks: 18 May 1910
Ship
Country
Description
United States
The steamer burned 14 miles (23 km) north of the on the Oregon coast. One crewman killed.[11]
United States
The passenger steamer was beached and sank after a collision with a dredge and scow at Kansas City, Missouri.[2]
19 May[]
List of shipwrecks: 19 May 1910
Ship
Country
Description
United States
The fishing tug caught fire ten miles (16 km) west of , Lake Michigan. Her crew was unable to put out the fire and the vessel was run aground one-half mile (0.80 km) offshore.[14][55]
United States
The steamer sank at the mouth of the White River.[3]
The steamer struck the east crib of the in the St. Marys River and sank. Raised and taken to Bay City, Michigan for repairs.[49]
23 May[]
List of shipwrecks: 23 May 1910
Ship
Country
Description
United States
The steamer broke in two and sunk in a collision in thick fog with (United States) in Lake Huron 40 miles (64 km) below Thunder Bay Island. 18 crewmen were killed, along with the wife and 3-year-old son of the cook, who survived.[54][56][57][58]
United States
The steamer caught fire in the East River, and was abandoned. She drifted near Clasons Point, Bronx and sank.[13]
The steamer sank in 3+1⁄2 feet (1.1 m) of water. Location unknown.[2]
Spain
Carrying a cargo of coal, she ran aground in dense fog on Les Boufresses reef just north of Île de Raz AlderneyChannel Islands and broke her back.[65][66]
8 June[]
List of shipwrecks: 8 June 1910
Ship
Country
Description
United States
The steamer was rolled and wrecked by a tow towed by (United States) at Pennsylvania Lock No. 2 on the Ohio River.[14]
Unknown scow
United States
The scow was sunk by an obstruction off Round Rock, Branford, Connecticut.[31]
9 June[]
List of shipwrecks: 9 June 1910
Ship
Country
Description
United States
The steam yacht sank in shallow water after hitting the breakwater while leaving Cleveland, Ohio.[49]
10 June[]
List of shipwrecks: 10 June 1910
Ship
Country
Description
Black Prince
United States
The steamer struck a snag in the Skagit River and sank. Later raised and repaired.[13]
Majestic
United States
The barge sank 14 miles (23 km) south southeast of the . The barge's captain was killed when her lifeboat capsized, everyone else was rescued by the barge's tow steamer (United States).[13]
11 June[]
List of shipwrecks: 11 June 1910
Ship
Country
Description
Cape Girardeau
United States
The steamer struck an obstruction in the Mississippi River near Turkey Island. She was beached, but sank.[2]
Norway
The Norwegian cargo ship was on a voyage from Newcastle to Gibraltar with a cargo of coal, when she was wrecked, off Alderney, Channel Islands.[67]
United Kingdom
En route from the Port of Tyne to Genoa with a cargo of coal. She ran aground in fog at Chateau Letoc, AlderneyChannel Islands[66][68]
Unknown barge
United States
The barge sank in a collision with (United States) in Hell Gate. The barge's captain was killed.[13]
15 June[]
List of shipwrecks: 15 June 1910
Ship
Country
Description
United States
The sailing vessel was sunk in a collision with (United States) off Sandy Point in the Chesapeake Bay.[2]
16 June[]
List of shipwrecks: 16 June 1910
Ship
Country
Description
Norumbega
United States
The schooner collided with (United States) in thick fog 30 miles (48 km) from the off Cape Cod in the Atlantic Ocean. She was abandoned due to heavy damage.[8]
The iron cargo ship, on voyage from Portsmouth to Guernsey in ballast, ran aground in fog and was wrecked at La Lague on Burhou Island, close to Alderney, Channel Islands.[72]
19 June[]
List of shipwrecks: 19 June 1910
Ship
Country
Description
United States
The steamer filled with water after hitting bottom in and sank in 3+1⁄2 feet (1.1 m) of water.[14]
During a voyage from Nome to Golovin, Territory of Alaska, with 19 passengers, a crew of three, and a cargo of 15 tons of lumber on board, the 31-gross register ton, 45.8-foot (14.0 m) motor vessel was destroyed by ice in Norton Sound 3 nautical miles (5.6 km; 3.5 mi) northwest of (64°19′N162°47′W / 64.317°N 162.783°W / 64.317; -162.783 (Cape Darby)). All on board survived.[73]
23 June[]
List of shipwrecks: 23 June 1910
Ship
Country
Description
Belgium
The vessel sprang a leak and foundered in the North Sea 100 nautical miles (190 km) off the Danish coast.[74]
24 June[]
List of shipwrecks: 24 June 1910
Ship
Country
Description
United States
The tugboat was sunk at Michigan City when United States (United States) collided with a bridge causing it to collapse onto the tugboat.[14]
25 June[]
List of shipwrecks: 25 June 1910
Ship
Country
Description
United States
The steamer burned in the Mississippi River at Victory, Wisconsin. Two passengers killed.[2]
The submarine tender was beached near North Truro, Massachusetts after a collision with USS Bonita (United States Navy). Later refloated, repaired and returned to service.[52]
13 July[]
List of shipwrecks: 13 July 1910
Ship
Country
Description
United States
The steamer struck an obstruction in the Mississippi River3+1⁄2 miles (5.6 km) below Davenport, Iowa and sank in 7 feet (2.1 m) of water. She was raised and repaired.[2]
14 July[]
List of shipwrecks: 14 July 1910
Ship
Country
Description
United States
The tug caught fire one mile (1.6 km) off Hart's Island and was beached there, and was destroyed.[31]
17 July[]
List of shipwrecks: 17 July 1910
Ship
Country
Description
United States
The motor boat was sunk in a collision with (United States) in .[13]
The 39-ton, 58-foot (17.7 m) fishing vessel sank in the Chukchi Sea seven nautical miles (13 km; 8.1 mi) east of Point Hope, Territory of Alaska, after being ground to pieces over the course of five days by ice she was trapped in during a gale. The revenue cutterUSRC Bear (United States Revenue Cutter Service) rescued her crew of 10.[79]
30 July[]
List of shipwrecks: 30 July 1910
Ship
Country
Description
United States
The barge was sunk in a collision with (United States) three miles (4.8 km) east of Bar Point, Lake Erie. Wreck later blown up as a hazard to navigation. The captain's wife and son drowned trying to enter the lifeboat.[54][80]
United States
The lighter was engaged in launching fireworks off the , New York that impaired visibility to the extent that she struck a rock and sank.[13]
August[]
1 August[]
List of shipwrecks: 1 August 1910
Ship
Country
Description
United States
The freighter was damaged in a collision with (United States) in the Puget Sound two miles (3.2 km) off . She was beached to prevent sinking.[13]
The four-masted schooner ran aground in San Pablo Bay, near San Francisco. No lives lost and the ship was later stripped of salvageable components and abandoned.
3 August[]
List of shipwrecks: 3 August 1910
Ship
Country
Description
United States
The yacht burned 22 miles (35 km) off Barnegat, New Jersey. All aboard rescued by (United States).[8]
4 August[]
List of shipwrecks: 4 August 1910
Ship
Country
Description
Newark
United States
The motor schooner was sunk in a collision with Crowley Launch No. 5 (United States) at .[11]
The collier was rammed by the fruit steamerRosario di Giorgio (Norway) about 60 nautical miles (110 km; 69 mi) off Cape Hatteras, North Carolina. She sank ten hours later with no loss of life. Deemed too expensive to salvage, Marcellus was struck from the Navy list on 22 September 1910.
13 August[]
List of shipwrecks: 13 August 1910
Ship
Country
Description
Martha Wilkes
United States
During a voyage from Anadyr on the Siberian coast of the Russian Empire to Nome, Territory of Alaska, with a crew of three and a cargo of 1,000 pounds (450 kg) of furs and hides on board, the 67-ton, 80-foot (24.4 m) schooner was wrecked in fog, high winds, and heavy seas on Cape Bering on the southwest coast of the Chukchi Peninsula in Siberia. Siberian natives rescued her crew on 14 August.[61]
While anchored off Nome, Territory of Alaska, with no cargo or crew aboard, the 16-ton barge broke loose from her moorings during a gale, was driven onto the beach four nautical miles (7.4 km; 4.6 mi) west of Nome, and was broken apart by waves.[42]
Sesnon #7
United States
While anchored off Nome, Territory of Alaska, with no cargo or crew aboard, the 21-ton barge broke loose from her moorings during a gale and was pounded to pieces by waves against a wharf on the Nome waterfront.[42]
The torpedo boat sank after colliding with the torpedo boat (Imperial German Navy) in the Baltic Sea.[81][82]
Imperial German Navy
The torpedo boat sank after colliding with the torpedo boat SMS S32 (Imperial German Navy) in the Baltic Sea. She was raised, repaired, and returned to service.[82][83]
19 August[]
List of shipwrecks: 19 August 1910
Ship
Country
Description
United States
The steamer sank in 12 feet (3.7 m) of water at Metropolis, Illinois.[3]
The steamer was holed by a log 4+1⁄2 miles (7.2 km) from Greensboro, Maryland and sank. Later raised.[2]
21 August[]
List of shipwrecks: 21 August 1910
Ship
Country
Description
HMS Bedford
Royal Navy
The Monmouth-classarmoured cruiser was wrecked at Quelpart Island in the East China Sea with 18 men killed. The wreck was sold on 10 October for breaking up.
The motor launch was sunk in Newark Bay in a collision with Majestic (United States) at the Lehigh Valley Railroad bridge. One crewman and one passenger killed.[84]
26 August[]
List of shipwrecks: 26 August 1910
Ship
Country
Description
United States
The freighter was struck by a large swell crossing the bar into Absecon Inlet resulting in the ship flooding and losing steerage. The ship hit a breakwater and broke in two after being abandoned by the crew.[76]
United States
The steamer burned in North West Creek, North Carolina.[2]
27 August[]
List of shipwrecks: 27 August 1910
Ship
Country
Description
United States
The canal boat was sunk in a collision on the Stone House Bar.[9]
28 August[]
List of shipwrecks: 28 August 1910
Ship
Country
Description
United States
The steamer struck an obstruction in the Mississippi River near St. Paul, Minnesota and sank in six feet (1.8 m) of water. She was raised and repaired.[2]
31 August[]
List of shipwrecks: 31 August 1910
Ship
Country
Description
United States
The tug sprang a leak and sank at Baltimore, Maryland. Later raised.[2]
Belgium
The ship caught fire at Thessalonika, Greece and sank.[85]
September[]
1 September[]
List of shipwrecks: 1 September 1910
Ship
Country
Description
United States
The fishing schooner was sunk in a collision with (United States) off the . Three crewmen rescued by Chesapeake and eight by dories from the fishing schooner . Four crewmen lost.[13]
2 September[]
List of shipwrecks: 2 September 1910
Ship
Country
Description
United States
The passenger vessel sank in a collision with (United States) in the Providence River a 1⁄4 mile (0.40 km) off Fox Point Dock. Crew and 13 passengers rescued by North America.[37]
Luella
United States
The 8-gross register tonmotor vessel was driven ashore by a gale and ice and wrecked at North Head in Saint Lawrence Bay on the coast of Siberia.[51]
3 September[]
List of shipwrecks: 3 September 1910
Ship
Country
Description
United States
The steamer sprung a leak off and was beached.[86]
4 September[]
List of shipwrecks: 4 September 1910
Ship
Country
Description
Bristol
United States
The barge sank in a collision in thick fog with (Italy) 18 miles (29 km) east northeast of Barnegat, New Jersey in the Atlantic Ocean. Her master and one crewman killed.[8]
5 September[]
List of shipwrecks: 5 September 1910
Ship
Country
Description
United States
The tow steamer sank at Pennsylvania Lock No. 5 in the Monongahela River, possibly from too much coal aboard. Raised immediately.[14]
United Kingdom
William Cory aground at Pendeen
The cargo steamship, carrying a cargo of timber from Uleaborg to Newport, South Wales was wrecked at the foot of Boscaswell Cliff, near Pendeen Lighthouse.[87][88]
6 September[]
List of shipwrecks: 6 September 1910
Ship
Country
Description
United States
The laid up steamer sprung a leak and sank at the Atlantic Dock, Brooklyn, New York.[86]
7 September[]
List of shipwrecks: 7 September 1910
Ship
Country
Description
Unidentified barge
Unknown
The barge sank after colliding with the submarineHMS A11 (Royal Navy) while A11 was departing Portsmouth Harbour on the coast of England. Its two-man crew was rescued.
8 September[]
List of shipwrecks: 8 September 1910
Ship
Country
Description
"Kellogg"
United States
The Scow foundered at Milwaukee, Wisconsin, or 12 N.M. north west of .[89][90]
Pere Marquette 18, with Pere Marquette 17 assisting.
The train ferry sank in Lake Michigan from unknown causes. Her Captain and 27 crewmen killed. 33 survivors rescued by (United States). During the rescue a lifeboat was smashed on the side of Pere Marquette No.17 by heavy seas killing two rescuers.[26][91]
United States
The tug inadvertently flooded and sank when a seacock was accidentally left open at Charleston, South Carolina.[2]
With no crew or cargo aboard, the 23-gross register tonbarge parted her anchor line in strong winds and heavy seas and was stranded on the coast of the Territory of Alaska in (66°05′N162°21′W / 66.083°N 162.350°W / 66.083; -162.350 (Willow Bay)) in Kotzebue Sound 12 nautical miles (22 km; 14 mi) northeast of Deering. Ice destroyed her during the winter of 1910–1911, ending her owner's hope of salvaging her in the spring of 1911.[75][95]
22 September[]
List of shipwrecks: 22 September 1910
Ship
Country
Description
United States
The steamer sank in the Wolf River at Memphis, Tennessee. She was raised.[3]
United States
The inland passenger steamer sank at in the North East River, South Carolina.[2]
United States
The steamer sank in nine feet (2.7 m) of water in the Ohio River at Gallipolis Island after hitting an obstruction.[14]
23 September[]
List of shipwrecks: 23 September 1910
Ship
Country
Description
United States
The steamer ran aground in rain and fog on the west side of . Refloated on 4 October and taken to Manitowoc, Wisconsin.[14]
24 September[]
List of shipwrecks: 24 September 1910
Ship
Country
Description
United States
The steamer sank at the , Newtown Creek, when a water tank being filled overflowed and swamped the ship. Raised the next day.[84]
The passenger-cargo ship was badly damaged in a collision in the River Elbe with a Swedish steamer and was beached to prevent her from sinking.[96] However, she sank quickly into the soft moving sand and became a total wreck, the water having flooded her holds.[97]
29 September[]
List of shipwrecks: 29 September 1910
Ship
Country
Description
United States
The steamer sank in seven feet (2.1 m) of water at the foot of Ninth Street, Huntington, West Virginia after hitting an obstruction.[14]
The 115-gross register ton, 90-foot (27.4 m) sternwheel paddle steamer was lost on the Tanana River near Chena, Territory of Alaska.[51]
October[]
1 October[]
List of shipwrecks: 1 October 1910
Ship
Country
Description
United States
The steamer sprung a leak near Muskegon, Michigan. She put into harbor where she ran aground in 15 feet (4.6 m) of water.[14]
United States
The steamer foundered in Lake Huron 20 miles (32 km) off South Point, or in Lake Huron. Crew rescued by Mataafa and Barge "Alex Holley", both (United States).[54][100][101]
During a voyage in the Territory of Alaska from Teller to Mary's Igloo with two crewmen and a cargo of 30 tons of general merchandise, the 15-ton scow sprang a leak and sank in Grantley Harbor at the mouth of the while at anchor and with no one aboard. She was a total loss.[103]
The Barkentine went ashore near Orient Point, New York. Refloated and returned to service.[52]
16 October[]
List of shipwrecks: 16 October 1910
Ship
Country
Description
United Kingdom
1910 Cuba hurricane: The cargo ship was wrecked 200 yards (180 m) offshore of in a hurricane, a total loss. One crewman killed. The crew removed from beach on 24 October by the schooner (Cuba) arriving at Havana, Cuba on 28 October.[109][110]
1910 Cuba hurricane: The steamer capsized at Tampa, Florida when a hurricane blew the water out of the bay. She flooded when the water returned. Raised before the end of the year.[26]
Unknown schooner
1910 Cuba hurricane: The schooner burned and sank in the Gulf of Mexico during the hurricane 130 miles (210 km) north west of . A few hours earlier (United Kingdom) sighted a lifeboat with six people in it, but it sank before they could be rescued.[111]
United States
1910 Cuba hurricane: The towing steamer broke up during a hurricane, location unknown.[2]
18 October[]
List of shipwrecks: 178 October 1910
Ship
Country
Description
United States
The cargo ship was wrecked on Sawtooth Reef, Lake Superior off Eagle River. Her bow broke off and sank in deep water. Her stern section was salvaged, towed to Detroit, Michigan, and declared beyond repair and resunk off Port Huron, Michigan in Lake Huron. The stern was raised again in 1916 and used to build Sir Trevor Dawson, and machinery salvaged.[112][113]
19 October[]
List of shipwrecks: 19 October 1910
Ship
Country
Description
James and Agness
United Kingdom
The schooner was lost in the Bristol Channel off Lundy Island, Devon with the loss of all five crew.[46]
20 October[]
List of shipwrecks: 20 October 1910
Ship
Country
Description
United States
With no one on board, the 6-gross register tonmotor vessel burned at Keokuk, Iowa.[114]
22 October[]
List of shipwrecks: 22 October 1910
Ship
Country
Description
United States
The steamer struck a dock at , caught fire, burned to the waterline and sank, a total loss. Raised and beached in May 1911, probably scrapped. Crew rescued by another steamer.[115][116][117]
United States
The laid up steamer foundered at Wilmington, Delaware. Raised the next day.[76]
23 October[]
List of shipwrecks: 23 October 1910
Ship
Country
Description
United States
The steamer burned at anchor off in , Lake Superior.[14][118]
United States
The tow steamer sank at the foot of Warren Street, Brooklyn, New York.[86]
1910 Cuba hurricane: The cargo steamship departed New Orleans, Louisiana on 11 October for San Juan, Puerto Rico and was never heard from again. Probably lost in a hurricane on 14 October. Lost with all 33 crew and 4 passengers. One of her lifeboats was found on the coast of .[26][120]
The 116-gross register toncanal boat was lost in a collision with an unidentified vessel on the Saint Lawrence River off Chambly, Quebec. The only person on board survived.[95]
United Kingdom
1910 Cuba hurricane: The cargo steamship departed New York City on 7 October for Havana, Cuba and was never heard from again. Possibly lost in a hurricane in the area of Cuba on 14 October. Lost with all 24 crew.[122]
November[]
1 November[]
List of shipwrecks: 1 November 1910
Ship
Country
Description
Winona
United States
The steamer was found to be leaking badly just after leaving . She was beached, but sank in the Mississippi River in five feet (1.5 m) of water. Raised and repaired.[2]
The wreck of the 8-gross register ton, 34-foot (10.4 m) motorcargo vessel, crushed by ice, was found on the coast of the Territory of Alaska 1 nautical mile (1.9 km; 1.2 mi) northeast of Cape Prince of Wales. She had departed Anadyr, Siberia, on 1 November bound for Nome, Territory of Alaska. The bodies of the four men who had been on board – two crewmen and two passengers – were never found.[51]
United States
The steamer swamped and sank in a dry dock in a heavy storm at Perth Amboy. Later raised.[86]
5 November[]
List of shipwrecks: 5 November 1910
Ship
Country
Description
United States
The steamer was wrecked on a reef off Yeo Island, Georgian Bay, Lake Ontario, Canada.[54]
The five-masted ship-riggedwindjammer was accidentally rammed by Brighton (United Kingdom) in the English Channel off Dover, England, and beached without loss of life.
Canada
The steamer caught fire, burned to the waterline and sank in 35 feet of water at Copper Harbor, Michigan, , in Lake Superior. Crew rescued by Westmount (Canada).[123][124][125]
8 November[]
List of shipwrecks: 8 November 1910
Ship
Country
Description
Wimborne
United Kingdom
The steamer was wrecked under Carn Barra Point near Land's End, Cornwall, United Kingdom. The crew were rescued by rocket lines from the shore.[126]
10 November[]
List of shipwrecks: 10 November 1910
Ship
Country
Description
Baroness
United States
The barge sank in a collision with an unknown sail vessel ten miles (16 km) west southwest of the in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew was rescued by the sailing vessel and landed in Europe.[8]
The steamer was holed by a log near the Blue River Bar in the Ohio River 5 miles (8.0 km) below New Amsterdam, Indiana. She sank in shallow water on the Kentucky side of the river. Raised and repaired.[3]
United States
The steamer was holed by a log at on the Mississippi River and sank. She was raised.[3]
The steamer sank in a storm off the Presque Isle Peninsula near Erie, Pennsylvania in Lake Erie.[35]
18 November[]
List of shipwrecks: 18 November 1910
Ship
Country
Description
United States
The canal boat collided with cribbing of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad bridge over the Schuylkill River and sank.[76]
United States
The steamer was sunk in a collision in San Francisco Bay with (United Kingdom). Four crewmen killed.[11]
21 November[]
List of shipwrecks: 21 November 1910
Ship
Country
Description
May
United States
The launch was sunk at a dock in when (United States) drifted into her.[11]
United States
The steamer sank near Garden Island, Lake Michigan in shallow water. Raised in 1911, repaired and lengthened, returned to service.[128][129]
22 November[]
List of shipwrecks: 22 November 1910
Ship
Country
Description
Norway
The steamer was sunk in a collision three miles (4.8 km) off Point Reyes, California with Beaver (United States). Two crewmen killed.[11][130]
23 November[]
List of shipwrecks: 23 November 1910
Ship
Country
Description
United States
The steamer sank after someone broke in to the laid up vessel and opened a valve at Moline, Illinois. Vessel was raised.[2]
United States
The steamer struck an obstruction in the Mississippi River and sank at a wharf at New Orleans, Louisiana. Raised, repaired, and returned to service.[131]
"Henry C. Cadmus"
United States
The barge went ashore on Duck Island off Clinton, Connecticut.[52]
"Typhoon"
United States
The barge went ashore on Duck Island off Clinton, Connecticut.[52]
24 November[]
List of shipwrecks: 24 November 1910
Ship
Country
Description
United States
The tugboat ran aground in the Niagara River. She burned over night.[35]
The tug was cut in two and sunk in a collision in a blinding snowstorm near Lime Island in the St. Marys River with (Canada). Three crewmen killed.[49][135]
United States
The steamer was damaged by ice and sank entering the Kahkle Bros. Boat Yard on the Mississippi River at Rock Island, Illinois. Vessel was raised and repaired.[2]
The cargo steamer, which also used the name Nord America, ran aground off Morocco. She was refloated and towed to Genoa, Italy, where she was laid up before being scrapped in 1911.
Unknown barge
United States
The barge became waterlogged and sank in the entering New York Harbor and sank.[86]
7 December[]
List of shipwrecks: 7 December 1910
Ship
Country
Description
United States
The steamer was holed by ice and sank in Lake St. Clair in 24 feet (7.3 m) of water. Her crew of 7 made it to shore on the 9th.[14][136]
8 December[]
List of shipwrecks: 8 December 1910
Ship
Country
Description
"John S. Parsons"
United States
The barge was wrecked on Rock Shoal in the St. Lawrence River.[137][138]
Stella O'Callaghan
United States
The barge fouled another barge and sank one mile (1.6 km) south southeast of New Haven Light. Later raised.[9]
9 December[]
List of shipwrecks: 9 December 1910
Ship
Country
Description
Annie C. Grace
United States
The 516-gross register tonschooner departed Port Royal, South Carolina, bound for Baltimore, Maryland, with seven people on board and was never heard from again.[139]
United Kingdom
The Elder Dempster 2,804 GRT cargo ship left London on 9 December, bound for the Canary Islands but did not arrive. There were reports from another British ship that left Liverpool around the same time of violent storms, so it was presumed that she foundered and sank.[140]
United States
The steamer hull was damaged by ice while leaving the harbor of Grand Marais, Michigan on Lake Superior. She sank after returning to the dock. Raised, repaired and returned to service.[49]
10 December[]
List of shipwrecks: 10 December 1910
Ship
Country
Description
Royal Navy
While transporting Royal Navy sailors to the depot shipHMS Thames (Royal Navy), the tender collided with the submarineHMS C8 (Royal Navy) in the harbor at Harwich, England, and sank with the loss of five lives. She was refloated, repaired, and returned to service.
Canada
The tug burned to the waterline at Amherstburg, Ontario.[141]
During a voyage from Cordova to Valdez, Territory of Alaska, carrying 56 passengers, 60 crewmen, and a cargo of 350 tons of coal and general merchandise, the 2,827-gross register ton, 335-foot (102.1 m) steamship was wrecked without loss of life on Bligh Reef northwest of Bligh Island in Prince William Sound on the coast of Southcentral Alaska during a gale. Tugs from Valdez and Fort Liscum rescued her passengers and crew. Following the wreck, Steamboat Inspection Service investigators accused her captain of "unskillful navigation." Her wreck remained upright and visible on the reef until February 1922.[142][143]
12 December[]
List of shipwrecks: 12 December 1910
Ship
Country
Description
United States
The tow steamer rolled on its side and sank at No. 6 Lock, Rice's Landing, Pennsylvania on the Monongahela River after hitting an obstruction. Raised, repaired and returned to service.[14]
13 December[]
List of shipwrecks: 13 December 1910
Ship
Country
Description
" Stella O'Callahan"
United States
The Barge was rammed and sunk by a scow at New Haven, Connecticut.[52]
14 December[]
List of shipwrecks: 14 December 1910
Ship
Country
Description
Columbia
United States
The motor launch was sunk in a collision with (United States) in heavy fog in the area of Seattle harbor. One crewman killed, one rescued by Kitsap.[13]
United States
The steamer was sunk in a collision with (United States) in heavy fog in Seattle harbor. Everyone on board rescued by Indianapolis.[13]
United States
The delivery steamer was sunk by ice in the commercial slip in the harbor at Buffalo, New York.[35]
Ottawa
United States
The steamer burned at Cape Vincent, New York due to spontaneous combustion of her cargo of coal.[35]
16 December[]
List of shipwrecks: 16 December 1910
Ship
Country
Description
United States
The schooner was wrecked on and broke up. Her crew was rescued by USRC Gresham (United States Revenue Cutter Service).[144][145]
Canada
The schooner, dismasted in a gale, was blown over Pollock Rip Shoal eventually sinking five or six miles (8.0 or 9.7 km) south east of Monomoy Island. Just before sinking her crew was rescued by USRC Gresham (United States Revenue Cutter Service). Nine members of Gresham's crew later received the United States Life Saving Service's Life Saving Medal for the rescue.[146][147]
United States
The tow steamer sank off Pier 45 in the North River from unknown causes. raised before end of year and repaired.[86]
17 December[]
List of shipwrecks: 17 December 1910
Ship
Country
Description
United States
The canal boat struck a submerged wreck a short distance west of and sank.[86]
The steamer sank at the City Coal Dock at New Bedford, Massachusetts. Raised on 24 December.[37]
21 December[]
List of shipwrecks: 21 December 1910
Ship
Country
Description
Russia
Belgium
Her cargo of Esparto grass caught fire and she was abandoned 100 nautical miles (190 km) southwest of Ouessant, France. All forty-one crew rescued by (United Kingdom).[149]
22 December[]
List of shipwrecks: 22 December 1910
Ship
Country
Description
United States
The tugboat struck a rock in the Niagara River and was beached. She burned over night.[35]
24 December[]
List of shipwrecks: 24 December 1910
Ship
Country
Description
Canada
The steamer was destroyed by fire at , Canada.[150]
The ore carrying ship hit an unnamed rock to the northeast of the Runnel Stone, near Land's End, Cornwall, England. All hands were lost except for the cook.[155]
Loch Katrine
United Kingdom
The ship was dismasted and abandoned. She was later towed to Sydney and hulked.[156]
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United Kingdom
Royal National Lifeboat Institution).[1]
United States
Italy) at Pier B Jersey City, New Jersey.[15]
United States Army) in the Cape Fear River off .[2]
United States
Japan). Or, Struck an Iceberg between Goose Island and Gull Cove while under way in Icy Strait in the Alexander Archipelago in Alaska Territory in a snowstorm. After striking the iceberg she struck a reef and bounced off of it. She sank one mile (1.6 km) from the collision site in 35 feet (11 m) of water with upper works above water. She was heavily damaged by storms from the time of her sinking until raised in June. Repaired in 1911 at Hall Brothers Shipyard in .[28][29][30]
France
Russia
Royal National Lifeboat Institution).[40]
Canada
Imperial Japanese Navy
Belgium
United States) rescued all hands on 12 May.[51]
Imperial Russian Navy
Royal Navy) off Porthallow, Cornwall. Four men from the village of Flushing died.[63]
Spain
Norway
United States Revenue Cutter Service
Imperial German Navy
Cuba) arriving at Havana, Cuba on 28 October.[109][110]
United States
Cuba
Germany
United States Revenue Cutter Service).[144][145]
Peru
