During a voyage to Metlakatla, Territory of Alaska, with seven passengers, three crewmen, and no cargo aboard, the 7-gross register ton, 31-foot (9.4 m) motorpassenger vessel was wrecked on a reef in in Clarence Strait in the Alexander Archipelago in Southeast Alaska about 2 nautical miles (3.7 km; 2.3 mi) northwest of Metlakatla and was destroyed by a fire that broke out when her gasoline tank exploded. All on board survived and were rescued by the motorboatEagle (United States).[1]
7 January[]
List of shipwrecks: 7 January 1911
Ship
Country
Description
United Kingdom
The ship was leaving AlderneyChannel Islands harbour when it suffered steering problems and ran aground on the Grois Reef. Floating free she was anchored but broke up in a storm on 11 January and became a total loss.[2]
10 January[]
List of shipwrecks: 10 January 1911
Ship
Country
Description
Treverton, Corbin, and Pine Forest
United States
The coal barges broke their tow from (United States) and were wrecked on Cape Cod. 17 killed.[3]
11 January[]
List of shipwrecks: 11 January 1911
Ship
Country
Description
United States
The schooner went aground on Edgartown Flats off Edgartown, Massachusetts.[4]
The 1,037 GRT cargo ship ran aground the reef at the northern end entrance to Manchioneal Harbour on her way from Baltimore, Maryland, to load a cargo of bananas. An attempt to refloat the vessel was attempted on 11 February, but proved to be unsuccessful, and she was abandoned.
28 January[]
List of shipwrecks: 28 January 1911
Ship
Country
Description
United States
The barkentine was wrecked on Cuttyhunk Island. Apparently salvaged and returned to service.[5]
29 January[]
List of shipwrecks: 29 January 1911
Ship
Country
Description
Wiln
United Kingdom
The schooner was in collision with the steamship Irena (United Kingdom) in the Bristol Channel and foundered with the loss of four of her six crew. She was on a voyage from Devonport, Devon to Llanelli, Glamorgan.[6]
Unknown date[]
List of shipwrecks: Unknown date January 1911
Ship
Country
Description
United Kingdom
The vessel was wrecked off the Gunners, Isles of Scilly.[7]
United States
The fishing schooner probably lost in a gale later in the day after leaving the Bay of Islands on 21 January. All ten crew were killed.[8][9]
United States
With no one on board, the 9-gross register tonmotor vessel burned on the Atchafalaya River at Morgan City, Louisiana.[10]
February[]
2 February[]
List of shipwrecks: 2 February 1911
Ship
Country
Description
Germany
The steamer was wrecked 100 miles (160 km) off Norfolk, Virginia in a heavy snowstorm. All crew were rescued from her boats after four hours.[11]
15 February[]
List of shipwrecks: 15 February 1911
Ship
Country
Description
Czarina
United States
The 230-gross register ton, 116-foot (35.4 m) schooner was wrecked during a gale on the east coast of Nagai Island in the Territory of Alaska's Shumagin Islands. Her crew of ten survived.[12]
18 February[]
List of shipwrecks: 18 February 1911
Ship
Country
Description
United States
The 42-gross register ton sternwheel paddle steamer burned on the Atchafalaya River at Berwick, Louisiana. All six people on board survived.[10]
Unknown date[]
List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1911
Ship
Country
Description
Weatherall
United Kingdom
The Mouseholelugger sank about 4 nautical miles (7.4 km) off the Longships, Cornwall, United Kingdom, when she collided with the LowestoftsailingtrawlerTrevone (United Kingdom). All but one of the crew scrambled aboard the trawler.[13]
March[]
2 March[]
List of shipwrecks: 2 March 1911
Ship
Country
Description
Belgium
The vessel was wrecked one nautical mile (1.9 km; 1.2 mi) south of Hartland Point, Devon.[14]
3 March[]
List of shipwrecks: 3 March 1911
Ship
Country
Description
Blue Bonnett
United States
The barge, under the tow of (United States), went aground on Crane's Reef in Long Island Sound.[15]
Blue line
United States
The barge, under the tow of (United States), went aground on Crane's Reef in Long Island Sound.[16]
Belgium
The vessel departed Swansea, Glamorgan, United Kingdom bound for Palermo, Italy. No further trace.[17]
United States
The 32-gross register ton sternwheel paddle steamer was lost when she struck a snag on Bayou Macon in Louisiana. All 13 people on board survived.[10]
United States
The tugboat went aground on Crane's Reef in Long Island Sound.[18]
14 March[]
List of shipwrecks: 14 March 1911
Ship
Country
Description
United States
The schooner was sunk in a collision with schooner in Gloucester, Massachusetts Harbor. Four crewmen killed.[19]
15 March[]
List of shipwrecks: 15 March 1911
Ship
Country
Description
United States
The fishing tug foundered on the breakwater at Cleveland, Ohio in a snowstorm. Refloated by June. Repaired and returned to service as Charlotte. All nine crew froze to death in the water.[20][21]
20 March[]
List of shipwrecks: 20 March 1911
Ship
Country
Description
Bessie Smith
United States
The 127-gross register ton sternwheel paddle steamer burned at Parkersburg, West Virginia. All four people on board survived.[22]
22 March[]
List of shipwrecks: 22 March 1911
Ship
Country
Description
Canada
While en voyage from Channel-Port aux Basques, Newfoundland to Louisbourg, Nova Scotia, the vessel was driven on the rocks by ice, off , (Main-a-Dieu Passage), southwest of Scatarie Island. Two crew members died.[23]
USS San Marcos
United States Navy
The target ship, a former battleship, was sunk as a gunnery target in shallow water in Tangier Sound off Tangier Island in Chesapeake Bay by the battleship USS New Hampshire (United States Navy).
The steamer sank in the Strait of Georgia off Sidney, British Columbia after her cargo, having been poorly stowed, shifted when she encountered a squall.[29] Twenty-one people died as a result of the accident and her captain was charged with, but acquitted of, manslaughter.[30]
21 April[]
List of shipwrecks: 21 April 1911
Ship
Country
Description
Scow #2
United States
The scow capsized and sank in the main ship channel at Boston, Massachusetts.[31]
The ocean liner ran aground in foggy conditions and was wrecked in the East China Sea near , Wenzhou, China. Once all of the crew and passengers had been safely rescued, the ship was looted by local fishermen, who subsequently burnt its remains.
27 April[]
List of shipwrecks: 27 April 1911
Ship
Country
Description
United States
The steamer went ashore in fog on Long Island between the Tiana and Quoque Lights.[32]
29 April[]
List of shipwrecks: 29 April 1911
Ship
Country
Description
United Kingdom
Struck the Low Lee Rock, off Mousehole, Cornwall.[33] While on a journey from Barry Docks to Venice, with 4,000 tons of coal, she took a detour to drop off in Penzance the chief engineer who was ill. Later refloated.[34]
30 April[]
List of shipwrecks: 30 April 1911
Ship
Country
Description
Sadie Willcut
United States
The 365-gross register tonschooner was lost in a collision with the schooner George D. Edmands (United States) off Cape Cod, Massachusetts. All six people on board survived.[22]
The barge sank seven miles (11 km) west of Point Judith, Rhode Island.[36]
5 May[]
List of shipwrecks: 5 May 1911
Ship
Country
Description
United States
The 239-gross register ton sternwheel paddle steamer sank off , Louisiana. All 10 people on board survived.[37]
12 May[]
List of shipwrecks: 12 May 1911
Ship
Country
Description
United States
The 260-gross register ton, 120.9-foot (36.9 m) sternwheel paddle steamer sank in the Tanana River in the Territory of Alaska. All 14 people on board survived.[10][38]
The Ward Line liner was in collision in dense fog with American fruit steamship Admiral Farragut and sank 55 miles (89 km) off Cape Charles, Virginia in 210 feet (64 m) of water with the rumored loss of $2,000,000 of Mexican gold, silver, copper and jewels. All 319 people were saved by Admiral Farragut, with only one serious injury. Various attempts to salvage the treasure were attempted.[39]
16 May[]
List of shipwrecks: 16 May 1911
Ship
Country
Description
United States
The schooner barge sank near the west breakwater at Cleveland, Ohio. The wreck removed 14 October, 1914.[40][41]
18 May[]
List of shipwrecks: 18 May 1911
Ship
Country
Description
United States
The steamer sprung a leak at the dock in Elliott Bay, Seattle, Washington. She was towed away from the deep water slip and sank in shallow water off the Stetson-Post Lumber Mill around midnight on 18/19 May or just after midnight on 19 May. Refloated on 25 June.[42][43]
20 May[]
List of shipwrecks: 20 May 1911
Ship
Country
Description
United States
The 14-gross register tonmotor vessel burned in the Chesapeake Bay off Poplar Island off the coast of Maryland. All four people on board survived.[37]
26 May[]
List of shipwrecks: 26 May 1911
Ship
Country
Description
Angler
United States
The 93-gross register tonschooner was stranded on Duck Island in Long Island Sound off the coast of Connecticut. Both people on board survived.[44]
Unknown date[]
List of shipwrecks: Unknown date May 1911
Ship
Country
Description
Unknown derrick
United States Navy
The 75-ton floating crane/derrick sank at the Boston Navy Yard some time in May. Later raised.[45]
June[]
1 June[]
List of shipwrecks: 1 June 1911
Ship
Country
Description
Fly Away
United States
The 159-gross register tonschooner was stranded on in off the coast of New Brunswick in Canada. All seven people on board survived.[44]
3 June[]
List of shipwrecks: 3 June 1911
Ship
Country
Description
United States
The passenger ship caught fire at dock in the at the foot of Tifft Street, Buffalo, New York. Most everything made of wood in the iron-hulled ship burned. The ship filled by water being pumped onto her by firefighters and sank in shallow water with most of the hull above water. Refloated on 15 June.[46][47]
The sailing ship, in use as a coaling ship in Ocean Harbour, South Georgia, lost her mooring during a severe gale and ran aground on the southern side of the harbor, where her wreck was abandoned.
7 June[]
List of shipwrecks: 7 June 1911
Ship
Country
Description
Alida B
United States
The 118-gross register toncanal boat sank in Long Island Sound off Great Captain Island on the coast of Connecticut. The only person on board survived.[48]
9 June[]
List of shipwrecks: 9 June 1911
Ship
Country
Description
Plumie E. Smith
United States
The 16-gross register tonschooner was lost in a collision with the screw steamer (United States) on the Potomac River off Alexandria, Virginia. Both people on board survived.[22]
10 June[]
List of shipwrecks: 10 June 1911
Ship
Country
Description
P. R. R. 720
United States
The barge ran aground in the Taunton River near Dighton, Massachusetts. Later raised and taken to Fall River, Massachusetts[49]
18 June[]
List of shipwrecks: 18 June 1911
Ship
Country
Description
United States
The 495-gross register ton sidewheel paddle steamer burned at East Boston in Boston, Massachusetts, killing two of the 23 people on board.[10]
28 June[]
List of shipwrecks: 28 June 1911
Ship
Country
Description
United States
The 475-gross register tonscrew steamer was stranded at San Francisco, California. All seven people on board survived.[37]
29 June[]
List of shipwrecks: 29 June 1911
Ship
Country
Description
Catherine and Ellen
United States
The 145-gross register tonschooner was lost in a collision with the screw steamer (United States) off Cape Cod, Massachusetts. All 23 people on board survived.[44]
Unknown date[]
List of shipwrecks: Unknown date June 1911
Ship
Country
Description
Edward Harrigan
United States
The 107-gross register toncanal boat was lost in a collision with an unidentified vessel off Sorel, Quebec. The only person on board survived.[48]
The gunboat ran aground in mud in the Yangtze off , China. She broke free of the mud two weeks later without damage and returned to service.
Sonoma
United States
The 1,063-gross register tonschooner sank off Point Reyes, California. All nine people on board survived.[22]
3 July[]
List of shipwrecks: 3 July 1911
Ship
Country
Description
United States
The 13-gross register tonmotor vessel burned at Lindenhurst, Long Island, New York. Both people on board survived.[10]
4 July[]
List of shipwrecks: 4 July 1911
Ship
Country
Description
United States
The 117-gross register tonschooner was stranded at Cuttyhunk, Massachusetts, a total loss. Cargo and some gear was salvaged. All five people on board survived.[35][50]
United States
The 27-gross register tonscrew steamer burned on the James River in Virginia. All five people on board survived.[10]
5 July[]
List of shipwrecks: 5 July 1911
Ship
Country
Description
Uriah Timmons
United States
The 24-gross register tonschooner sank off , Georgia. All three people on board survived.[22]
7 July[]
List of shipwrecks: 7 July 1911
Ship
Country
Description
Grayling
United States
The 121-gross register tonschooner was stranded on on the coast of Greenland. All 18 people on board survived.[35]
Lady Ilka
United States
The 25-gross register tonschooner burned at Bay St. Louis, Mississippi. All four people on board survived.[35]
United States
The 2,416-gross register toniron-hulledscrew steamer was wrecked at Point Arguello, California in fog, a total loss. A boat overturned with the loss of four lives. There were 278 survivors.[37][51][52]
8 July[]
List of shipwrecks: 8 July 1911
Ship
Country
Description
Harriet E. Ford
United States
The 50-gross register tonschooner was stranded in the Chesapeake Bay at Love Point Light on the coast of Maryland with the loss of two lives. There was one survivor.[35]
United States
The 578-gross register ton sidewheel paddle steamer burned at Washington, D.C. All 15 people on board survived.[37]
The 4,468-gross register tonsteel-hulledscrew steamer was lost in a collision with the screw steamer (United States) on Lake Superior off Vermilion Point on the coast of Michigan. Three of the 28 people on board lost their lives.[10]
United States
The steamer went aground on Shovelfull Shoal off Cape Cod.[53]
14 July[]
List of shipwrecks: 14 July 1911
Ship
Country
Description
Robert T. Graham
United States
The 70-gross register tonschooner was destroyed by an explosion and fire off Fire Island on the coast of Long Island, New York. All 12 people on board survived.[22]
The 1,972-gross register tonscrew steamer was lost in a collision with the screw steamer (United States) on the Detroit River off Walkerville, Ontario, Canada. All 16 people on board survived.[37]
19 July[]
List of shipwrecks: 19 July 1911
Ship
Country
Description
United Kingdom
The rail car ferry ran aground after leaving St. Helier. Refloated on 28 July, repaired and returned to service four months later.[54]
20 July[]
List of shipwrecks: 20 July 1911
Ship
Country
Description
United States
The 12-gross register tonmotor vessel burned on the Delaware River at Paulsboro, New Jersey. Both people on board survived.[10]
United States
The 18-gross register tonmotor vessel sank off Pico Island in the Azores. All three people on board survived.[37]
22 July[]
List of shipwrecks: 22 July 1911
Ship
Country
Description
Alice
United States
The 19-gross register tonschooner sank off , Yabucoa, Puerto Rico. All four people on board survived.[44]
23 July[]
List of shipwrecks: 23 July 1911
Ship
Country
Description
Brilliant
United States
The 319-gross register tonbarge sank off Fort Adams at Newport, Rhode Island. Both people on board survived.[48]
United States
The 206-gross register ton sternwheel paddle steamer burned at Clearwater, Florida. All 19 people on board survived.[10]
Vencedor
United States
The 18-gross register tonsloop-rigged yacht was stranded in Lake Michigan on Fisherman Island off the coast of Michigan. All 10 people on board survived.[22]
24 July[]
List of shipwrecks: 24 July 1911
Ship
Country
Description
Elva
United States
The 69-gross register tonschooner was stranded in Sturgeon Bay on the coast of Wisconsin. All four people on board survived.[44]
United States
The 24-gross register tonmotoryacht was stranded at Yarmouth, Nova Scotia, Canada. All five people on board survived.[37]
25 July[]
List of shipwrecks: 25 July 1911
Ship
Country
Description
United States
The 2,380-gross register tonscrew steamer sank in on the coast of Ontario, Canada, off Lake Superior. All 18 people on board survived.[37]
28 July[]
List of shipwrecks: 28 July 1911
Ship
Country
Description
Almeda Willey
United States
The 547-gross register tonschooner was abandoned off Swan's Island, Maine. All seven people on board survived.[44]
United States
The schooner ran aground on Peaked Hill bars near Provincetown, Massachusetts.[55]
Henry Chase
United States
The 44-gross register tonschooner was stranded at Port Clyde, Maine. All three people on board survived.[35]
United States
The 17-gross register tonmotor vessel sank off Cape Cod, Massachusetts, with the loss of all five people on board.[10]
United States
The 32-gross register tonmotor vessel sank off Nantucket, Massachusetts, with the loss of five lives. There were four survivors.[37]
United States
The 13-gross register tonmotor vessel burned at Jacksonville, Florida. Both people on board survived.[37]
29 July[]
List of shipwrecks: 29 July 1911
Ship
Country
Description
Eugene H. Cathrall
United States
The 42-gross register tonschooner sank at Ship John Shoal in Delaware Bay. All three people on board survived.[44]
United States
The 12-gross register tonmotor vessel was stranded on Vinalhaven Island off the coast of Maine. All five people on board survived.[37]
31 July[]
List of shipwrecks: 31 July 1911
Ship
Country
Description
Abbie A. Morton
United States
The 9-gross register tonsloop was stranded on Vinalhaven Island on the coast of Maine. All three people on board survived.[44]
Unknown date[]
List of shipwrecks: Unknown date July 1911
Ship
Country
Description
Cup Hunter
United States
The 9-gross register tonsloop was stranded on Parris Island on the coast of South Carolina. All three people on board survived.[44]
Virginia C
United States
The 102-gross register toncanal boat was lost in a collision with an unidentified vessel in the Saint Lawrence River off Chambly, Quebec, Canada. The only person on board survived.[48]
August[]
1 August[]
List of shipwrecks: 1 August 1911
Ship
Country
Description
Sirius
United States
The 22-gross register tonscrew steamer sank in the Saint Lawrence River off Massena, New York, with the loss of seven lives. There were 48 survivors.[37]
2 August[]
List of shipwrecks: 2 August 1911
Ship
Country
Description
United States
The 25-gross register tonmotorpaddle vessel sank in the Missouri River at LeBeau, South Dakota. All five people on board survived.[37]
3 August[]
List of shipwrecks: 3 August 1911
Ship
Country
Description
Frau Mini Peterson
Norway
The 180-ton schooner was wrecked, after a collision, near the Seven Stones Reef, off the Isles of Scilly, United Kingdom.[56]
Jessie Minor
United States
Carrying a cargo of 200 tons of salt and empty barrels and a crew of 11, the 261-gross register ton, 129-foot (39.3 m) schooner was blown ashore during a gale and wrecked without loss of life in Nelson Lagoon on the Alaska Peninsula in the Territory of Alaska.[27]
5 August[]
List of shipwrecks: 5 August 1911
Ship
Country
Description
Rena
United States
The 42-gross register tonschooner was stranded in Boston Harbor on the coast of Massachusetts. Both people on board survived.[22]
8 August[]
List of shipwrecks: 8 August 1911
Ship
Country
Description
United States
The 2,047-gross register tonscrew steamer burned on Lake Erie off Kelleys Island, Ohio. All 17 people on board survived.[10]
United States
The 46-gross register tonscrew steamer burned at Bridgeport, Connecticut. All four people on board survived.[37]
9 August[]
List of shipwrecks: 9 August 1911
Ship
Country
Description
Eleazer Boynton
United States
The 88-gross register tonschooner was lost in a collision with the screw steamerCamden (United States) in the harbor at Rockland, Maine. All four people on board survived.[44]
United Kingdom
The ocean liner ran aground 20 nautical miles (37 km) south of Cape Guardafui, Italian Somaliland. Six of her crew took to a lifeboat to seek assistance. They were rescued five days later by Ardandearg (United Kingdom). The 99 passengers and crew later abandoned ship in four lifeboats, the last leaving on 11 August. Survivors from two of the boats were rescued by (France). Twenty-four lives were lost.[57]
10 August[]
List of shipwrecks: 10 August 1911
Ship
Country
Description
Sarah D. Fell
United States
The 578-gross register tonschooner was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean near Cape Fear on the coast of North Carolina. All seven people on board survived.[22]
11 August[]
List of shipwrecks: 11 August 1911
Ship
Country
Description
Frances and Louisa
United States
The 27-gross register tonschooner was stranded on off the coast of Florida. All six people on board survived.[44]
Theresa Wolf
United States
The 307-gross register tonschooner was stranded on Cape Cod on the coast of Massachusetts. All seven people on board survived.[22]
12 August[]
List of shipwrecks: 12 August 1911
Ship
Country
Description
United States
The 44-gross register tonscrew steamer was lost in a collision with the British screw steamer (United Kingdom) at New York City. All nine people on board survived.[10]
15 August[]
List of shipwrecks: 15 August 1911
Ship
Country
Description
United States
The 26-gross register tonmotor vessel burned at Texas City, Texas. All three people on board survived.[37]
16 August[]
List of shipwrecks: 16 August 1911
Ship
Country
Description
Imperial German Navy
The torpedo boat sank after colliding with the torpedo boat (Imperial German Navy).[58]
17 August[]
List of shipwrecks: 17 August 1911
Ship
Country
Description
Jennie
United States
The 10-gross register tonsloop was destroyed by an explosion at Staten Island in New York City. Both people on board survived.[35]
Willie H. Child
United States
The 626-gross register tonschooner was stranded on on the coast of North Carolina. All eight people on board survived.[22]
Carrying a crew of 23 and a cargo of 350 tons of general merchandise, the 469-gross register ton, 159.6-foot (48.6 m) motorcargo vessel was wrecked without loss of life on the coast of the Territory of Alaska 3 nautical miles (5.6 km; 3.5 mi) east of Cape Prince of Wales after she dragged her anchors during a gale. The revenue cutterUSRC Bear (United States Revenue Cutter Service) rescued her crew on 22 August.[60]
20 August[]
List of shipwrecks: 20 August 1911
Ship
Country
Description
United States
The 86-gross register ton sternwheel paddle steamer sank at Jonesville, Louisiana. The only person on board survived.[10]
United States
The 15-gross register tonmotor vessel was lost in a collision with the screw steamer (United States) in Newark Bay off the coast of New Jersey. All 41 people on board survived.[37]
21 August[]
List of shipwrecks: 21 August 1911
Ship
Country
Description
United States
The 375-gross register tonscrew steamer was stranded at Charlevoix, Michigan. All 12 people on board survived.[37]
24 August[]
List of shipwrecks: 24 August 1911
Ship
Country
Description
Lyndhurst
United Kingdom
The full-rigged ship's crew abandoned her off Port Elizabeth, South Africa, after she caught fire. The cruiserHMS Pandora (Royal Navy) subsequently sank her with gunfire.[61]
With no one on board, the 135-gross register tonbarge sank in Atchafalaya Bay in Louisiana.[48]
United States
The 142-gross register ton sternwheel paddle steamer was stranded at in the Mississippi River. All 23 people on board survived.[10]
Massachusetts
United States
The 501-gross register tonschooner departed , South Carolina, bound for Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, with seven people on board and was never heard from again.[35]
26 August[]
List of shipwrecks: 26 August 1911
Ship
Country
Description
Edwina
United States
Charleston-Savannah hurricane: The 459-gross register tonschooner was stranded at Charleston, South Carolina. All seven people on board survived.[44]
James Davidson
United States
Charleston-Savannah hurricane: The 451-gross register tonschooner sank off Charleston, South Carolina. All six people on board survived.[35]
Margaret A. May
United States
Charleston-Savannah hurricane: The 536-gross register tonschooner sank off Kiawah Island on the coast of South Carolina. All 10 people on board lost their lives.[35]
United States
The 14-gross register tonmotor vessel burned at Silver Springs, Florida. All seven people on board survived.[37]
27 August[]
List of shipwrecks: 27 August 1911
Ship
Country
Description
Advance
United States
Charleston-Savannah hurricane: The 27-gross register tonsloop sank off Charleston, South Carolina. All four people on board survived.[44]
Alice
United States
Charleston-Savannah hurricane: With no one on board, the 13-gross register tonmotor vessel was stranded at Charleston, South Carolina.[22]
Daniels Island
United States
Charleston-Savannah hurricane: With no one on board, the 18-gross register tonscrew steamer sank at Charleston, South Carolina.[10]
Dora
United States
Charleston-Savannah hurricane: The 13-gross register tonsloop sank off Charleston, South Carolina. Both people on board survived.[44]
Emma Sheppard
United States
Charleston-Savannah hurricane: With no one on board, the 8-gross register tonsloop sank at Charleston, South Carolina.[44]
United States
The 469-gross register tonmotor vessel was stranded at Cape Prince of Wales on the coast of the Territory of Alaska. All 23 people on board survived.[10]
Fannie E
United States
Charleston-Savannah hurricane: With no one on board, the 10-gross register tonschooner sank at Charleston, South Carolina.[44]
United States
Charleston-Savannah hurricane: With no one on board, the 36-gross register tonscrew steamer sank at Charleston, South Carolina.[10]
United States
The 20-gross register tonmotoryacht sank at Charleston, South Carolina. All three people on board survived.[10]
United States
Charleston-Savannah hurricane: With no one on board, the 9-gross register tonmotor vessel sank at Charleston, South Carolina.[10]
Marietta
United States
Charleston-Savannah hurricane: The 7-gross register tonsloop sank off Charleston, South Carolina. Both people on board survived.[35]
United States
Charleston-Savannah hurricane: On passage from Port Tampa, Florida, to Baltimore, Maryland, with a cargo of phosphate rock, the 1,247 GRT four-mastedschooner encountered a hurricane off Cape Romain, South Carolina, on 26 August and foundered on 27 August in 36 ft (11 m) of water. One crew member was swept off the deck and drowned, but the other nine members of the crew were saved by the steamerMohawk (United States) on 29 August.[35]
Our Fritz
United States
Charleston-Savannah hurricane: With no one on board, the 16-gross register tonsloop sank at Charleston, South Carolina.[22]
S. B. Latham
United States
Charleston-Savannah hurricane: With no one on board, the 10-gross register tonsloop sank at Charleston, South Carolina.[22]
United States
Charleston-Savannah hurricane: With no one on board, the 20-gross register tonmotor vessel sank at Charleston, South Carolina.[37]
Sophie Amelia K
United States
Charleston-Savannah hurricane: The 47-gross register tonsloop sank off Charleston, South Carolina. All five people on board survived.[22]
United States
Charleston-Savannah hurricane: The 19-gross register tonscrew steamer sank at Charleston, South Carolina. All five people on board survived.[37]
United States
Charleston-Savannah hurricane: With no one on board, the 52-gross register tonscrew steamer sank at Charleston, South Carolina.[37]
United States
The 164-gross register tonscrew steamer sank in off the coast of Washington with the loss of one life. There were 16 surivors.[37]
28 August[]
List of shipwrecks: 28 August 1911
Ship
Country
Description
United States
The 20-gross register tonscrew steamer sank off Savannah, Georgia. All four people on board survived.[10]
Ruth E. Godfrey
United States
The 597-gross register tonschooner departed Tocopilla, Chile, bound for Port Townsend, Washington, with nine people on board and was never heard from again.[22]
29 August[]
List of shipwrecks: 29 August 1911
Ship
Country
Description
Charles H. Valentine
United States
The 639-gross register tonschooner was stranded on Cape Fear on the coast of North Carolina. All seven people on board survived.[44]
United States
The 14-gross register tonmotor vessel was stranded at , New Jersey. All six people on board survived.[10]
The 429-gross register tonschooner was stranded on San Miguel Island in the Channel Islands off the coast of California with the loss of one life. There were seven survivors.[44]
Josie R. Burt
United States
The 760-gross register tonschooner sank off Barnegat, New Jersey. All nine people on board survived.[35]
31 August[]
List of shipwrecks: 31 August 1911
Ship
Country
Description
Rye
United States
The 392-gross register tonbarge sank off Point Judith, Rhode Island. The only person on board survived.[48]
W. D. Brimmer
United States
The 334-gross register tonbarge sank in Narragansett Bay off the coast of Rhode Island. The only person on board survived.[48]
"William D. Brinnier"
United States
The Barge sunk near Saunderstown, Rhode Island, (could be same barge listed above).[63]
September[]
3 September[]
List of shipwrecks: 3 September 1911
Ship
Country
Description
David Faust
United States
The 216-gross register tonschooner was stranded at Port Clyde, Maine. All six people on board survived.[44]
4 September[]
List of shipwrecks: 4 September 1911
Ship
Country
Description
United States
The 13-gross register tonmotor vessel burned in Boston Harbor off the coast of Massachusetts. All three people on board survived.[37]
Tucapel
Chile
The steamship ran aground about 20 miles south of Lima, Peru, killing about 32 people.[64]
5 September[]
List of shipwrecks: 5 September 1911
Ship
Country
Description
United Kingdom
Papanui
The steamship caught fire in the Atlantic Ocean. She was beached at Saint Helena on 11 September. All on board survived.
6 September[]
List of shipwrecks: 6 September 1911
Ship
Country
Description
United States
The 33-gross register tonmotor vessel was stranded on Green Island in the Tusket Islands off the coast of Nova Scotia, Canada. All nine people on board survived.[37]
8 September[]
List of shipwrecks: 8 September 1911
Ship
Country
Description
United States
The 118-gross register ton sternwheel paddle steamer was stranded on the in the Ohio River. All 14 people on board survived.[10]
9 September[]
List of shipwrecks: 9 September 1911
Ship
Country
Description
United States
The barkentine was abandoned in a gale off Cape Henry, Virginia. Reported floating half submerged off the coast of Canada on 24 September. The crew were rescued by Bermudian (flag unknown).[65][66]
The Soldato-classdestroyer ran aground on a rock off Sardinia. She was refloated, repaired, relaunched on 1 November 1913, and returned to service.[69]
15 September[]
List of shipwrecks: 15 September 1911
Ship
Country
Description
Hastings
United States
The 84-gross register tonschooner was lost in the harbor at Rockland, Maine. All three people on board survived.[35]
United States
The 8-gross register tonmotorpaddle vessel was destroyed by an explosion and fire on the Ohio River at Chilo, Ohio. The only person on board survived.[37]
16 September[]
List of shipwrecks: 16 September 1911
Ship
Country
Description
Peggy
United States
The yacht sank on the west side of the Connecticut River off Old Saybrook, Connecticut. Later raised.[70]
18 September[]
List of shipwrecks: 18 September 1911
Ship
Country
Description
United States
The 96-gross register ton sternwheel paddle steamer was lost when she struck a pier at Lock No. 5 on the Ohio River. All nine people on board survived.[10]
Jessie Minor
United States
The 261-gross register tonschooner was stranded at Nelson Lagoon on the Alaska Peninsula in the Territory of Alaska. All 11 people on board survived.[35]
Stella B. Kaplan
United States
The 1,078-gross register tonschooner was stranded in the Chesapeake Bay on the coast of Virginia. All nine people on board survived.[22]
19 September[]
List of shipwrecks: 19 September 1911
Ship
Country
Description
Eustathius
Imperial Russian Navy
The destroyer ran aground off Constanţa, Romania. She was refloated and taken in to Sevastopol.[71]
Panteleimon
Imperial Russian Navy
The destroyer ran aground off Constanţa. She was refloated and taken in to Sevastopol.[71]
22 September[]
List of shipwrecks: 22 September 1911
Ship
Country
Description
United States
The 1,935-gross register tonsteel-hulledsteam screwcargo ship sank while she was anchored off Port Huron, Michigan, in the St. Clair River on the United States-Canada border between Michigan and Ontario, after the steam screw cargo ship Henry Phipps (United States) accidentally rammed her in dense fog. She sank almost directly over the railwaytunnel between Sarnia, Ontario, and Port Huron. Wreck later blown up with dynamite to provide clearance for navigation. Remaining wreckage removed by U.S. Army Corps of Engineers in 1963. All 20 people on board survived.[10][72][73][74][75]
23 September[]
List of shipwrecks: 23 September 1911
Ship
Country
Description
United States
With no one on board, the 16-gross register tonmotor vessel burned on the Guadalupe River in Texas.[37]
24 September[]
List of shipwrecks: 24 September 1911
Ship
Country
Description
Ana Rita
United States
The 7-gross register tonsloop sank off , Cabo Rojo, Puerto Rico. All four people on board survived.[44]
25 September[]
List of shipwrecks: 25 September 1911
Ship
Country
Description
United States
The schooner went aground on near Gloucester, Massachusetts. Later salvaged.[76]
The Liberté-classbattleship was destroyed by a magazine explosion in Toulon harbor, killing about 300 people.[77]
Stephen G. Hart
United States
The 605-gross register tonschooner was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean 25 nautical miles (46 km; 29 mi) west of Bermuda. All eight people on board survived.[22]
United States
The 2,219-gross register tonscrew steamer was stranded on in Georgian Bay off the coast of Ontario, Canada. All 17 people on board survived.[37]
26 September[]
List of shipwrecks: 26 September 1911
Ship
Country
Description
United States
The 6-gross register tonmotor vessel was destroyed by an explosion at Manteo, North Carolina. All 10 people on board survived.[10]
Oliver Mitchell
United States
The 320-gross register tonschooner was lost in a collision with the screw steamer (United States) in Long Island Sound near Plum Island off the coast of Long Island, New York. All six people on board survived.[35]
The 583-gross register tonsteam screwcargo ship sprang a leak in heavy weather and sank in Lake Michigan off South Manitou Island. All 14 of her crew were saved.[37]
29 September[]
List of shipwrecks: 29 September 1911
Ship
Country
Description
Australia
The lighthouse tender struck the pier at Lakes Entrance, Victoria, Australia, and consequently foundered.[79]
Itinerant
United States
The 38-gross register tonschooner was lost in a collision with the bargeKeystone (United States) on the Great Wicomico River in Maryland. All four people on board survived.[35]
United States
The 51-gross register ton sternwheel paddle steamer burned at , Kentucky. All nine people on board survived.[37]
Italo-Turkish War: Battle of Preveza: The torpedo boat was shelled, beached, and destroyed by Italian destroyers near Nicopolis, Greece. Nine of the crew were killed, including the captain.
W. C. Kirwan
United States
The 39-gross register tonschooner sank in the Chesapeake Bay off Sandy Point, Maryland. All three people on board survived.[22]
Italo-Turkish War: Battle of Preveza: The Akhisar-class torpedo boat was shelled and sunk by and (both Regia Marina) in the harbour of Preveza, Greece.[80]
Italo-Turkish War: Battle of Preveza: The Hamidiye-class torpedo boat was shelled and sunk by and (both Regia Marina) in the harbour of Preveza, Greece.[81]
The cargo ship caught fire and sank off the coast of the Netherlands East Indies, killing 24 crew members. (United Kingdom) rescued the 24 survivors.
2 October[]
List of shipwrecks: 2 October 1911
Ship
Country
Description
A. L. Hopkins
United States
Bound from Bayfield, Wisconsin, for Buffalo, New York, with a crew of 13 and a cargo loaded both in her hold and on deck of 360,000 board feet (849.6 m3) of lumber and 300,000 board feet (708 m3) of lath, the 174-foot (53 m), 639-gross register tonscrew steambarge nearly capsized and became waterlogged when she encountered heavy seas and a rain squall on Lake Superior off Ontonagon, Michigan. One man was washed overboard and one man was alone aboard the ship's lifeboat when it was washed away while the crew attempted to abandon ship, but both survived and managed to get back aboard the partially submerged A. L. Hopkins. The ore carrierDinkey (United States) rescued the entire crew on 3 October about 15 nautical miles (28 km; 17 mi) northeast of Michigan Island in the Apostle Islands. A. L. Hopkins did not sink for at least two weeks, and was last sighted about 50 nautical miles (93 km; 58 mi) east of Michigan Island by the steamerWilliam F. Corey (United States) on 17 October 1911. Her wreck lies in Lake Superior off Iron County, Wisconsin, at 46°52.463′N090°18.499′W / 46.874383°N 90.308317°W / 46.874383; -90.308317 (A. L. Hopkins).[22][83]
The 19-gross register tonschooner sank in East Pass on the coast of Florida. All five people on board survived.[44]
17 October[]
List of shipwrecks: 17 October 1911
Ship
Country
Description
United States Lighthouse Service
The lighthouse tender struck a snag and sank, or was beached, near Washington, Missouri, or Wellington, Missouri, in the Missouri River. Raised, temporary repairs finished by 31 October.[86][87]
United States
The 66-gross register tonscrew steamer burned in Wollochet Bay in Puget Sound off the coast of Washington. All four people on board survived.[10]
18 October[]
List of shipwrecks: 18 October 1911
Ship
Country
Description
United States
The 339-gross register toniron-hulledscrew steamer burned at Douglas, Michigan. All 24 people on board survived.[22]
United States
The 14-gross register tonscrew steamer burned on the Mississippi River at Rock Island, Illinois. Both people on board survived.[37]
19 October[]
List of shipwrecks: 19 October 1911
Ship
Country
Description
Elizabeth E. Vane
United States
The 405-gross register tonbarge was lost in a collision with the screw steamerColumbia (United States) in Baltimore Harbor on the coast of Maryland. Both people on board survived.[48]
20 October[]
List of shipwrecks: 20 October 1911
Ship
Country
Description
United States
The 17-gross register tonmotor vessel sank at New Orleans, Louisiana, with the loss of one life. There were eight survivors.[10]
The schooner went on the rocks at the east end of near Fisher's Island. Later pumped out, pulled off and taken to Stonington, Connecticut and Stamford, Connecticut for repairs.[89]
25 October[]
List of shipwrecks: 25 October 1911
Ship
Country
Description
George May
United States
The 654-gross register tonschooner was stranded in the Bahamas. All seven people on board survived.[44]
26 October[]
List of shipwrecks: 26 October 1911
Ship
Country
Description
United States
The schooner was sunk in a collision with (flag unknown) in Long Island Sound.[90][91]
Star of the Sea
United States
The 967-gross register tonschooner was stranded on the off the coast of Florida. All 11 people on board survived.[22]
27 October[]
List of shipwrecks: 27 October 1911
Ship
Country
Description
United States
The 53-gross register ton sternwheel paddle steamer was lost when she struck a snag at , Mississippi. All 22 people on board survived.[10]
The 312-gross register ton sternwheel paddle steamer was lost in a collision with the screw steamerIroquois (United States) off Seattle, Washington. All 19 people on board survived.[37]
Winfield S. Shuster
United States
The 1,481-gross register tonschooner was stranded on off the coast of Florida. All 11 people on board survived.[22]
28 October[]
List of shipwrecks: 28 October 1911
Ship
Country
Description
Willie Wallace
United States
The 22-gross register tonschooner was stranded on the off the coast of Florida. All three people on board survived.[22]
30 October[]
List of shipwrecks: 30 October 1911
Ship
Country
Description
Emily A. Staples
United States
The 86-gross register tonschooner was stranded at Port Clyde, Maine. Both people on board survived.[44]
United States
The schooner was abandoned after being rammed by schooner (flag unknown) west of Point Judith. She drifted aground on Fisher's Island 29 August 1914.[92]
Sicie
France
The brigantine foundered in the Bristol Channel 2 nautical miles (3.7 km) south of the (United Kingdom). She was on a voyage from Swansea, Glamorgan, United Kingdom to Lorient, Morbihan.[6]
Sunbeam
United States
The 255-gross register tonbark was stranded on Sapelo Island on the coast of Georgia. All eight people on board survived.[22]
31 October[]
List of shipwrecks: 31 October 1911
Ship
Country
Description
United States
The 646-gross register tonscrew steamer was stranded at Marquette, Michigan. All 13 people on board survived.[22]
United States
The 14-gross register tonmotor vessel was stranded on off Gloucester, Massachusetts. All three people on board survived.[10]
November[]
1 November[]
List of shipwrecks: 1 November 1911
Ship
Country
Description
Susan and Mary
United States
The 124-gross register tonschooner was stranded at on the coast of Massachusetts. All 18 people on board survived.[22]
2 November[]
List of shipwrecks: 2 November 1911
Ship
Country
Description
Libbie Shearn
United States
The 59-gross register tonschooner was stranded in Aransas Pass on the coast of Texas. All 11 people on board survived.[35]
Lois V. Chaples
United States
The 230-gross register tonschooner sank in Nantucket Sound off the coast of Massachusetts. All five people on board survived.[35]
The 9-gross register tonschooner was lost when she struck an obstruction in Baltimore Harbor on the coast of Maryland. All five people on board survived.[44]
7 November[]
List of shipwrecks: 7 November 1911
Ship
Country
Description
United States
The 13-gross register tonmotor vessel burned in Matagorda Bay off Alamo Beach, Texas. All four people on board survived.[10]
United States
With no one on board, the 14-gross register tonscrew steamer burned at Mobile, Alabama.[37]
9 November[]
List of shipwrecks: 9 November 1911
Ship
Country
Description
Eastern Light
United States
The 85-gross register tonschooner was stranded on at Boothbay Harbor, Maine. All three people on board survived.[44]
10 November[]
List of shipwrecks: 10 November 1911
Ship
Country
Description
Julia Howard
United States
The barge sank on the southwest side of Shelter Island, New York.[95]
11 November[]
List of shipwrecks: 11 November 1911
Ship
Country
Description
United States
The 729-gross register tonscrew steamer burned at Manistee, Michigan. All 22 people on board survived.[22]
Della May
United States
The 7-gross register tonsloop was lost in a collision with the schoonerAu Revoir (United States) in Baltimore Harbor off the coast of Maryland. Two of the five people on board lost their lives.[44]
12 November[]
List of shipwrecks: 12 November 1911
Ship
Country
Description
A. R. Hall
United States
The 60-gross register tonscrew steamer sank off Greenville, Mississippi. All five people on board survived.[22]
The 14-gross register tonmotor vessel was stranded at Brooklyn, New York. Both people on board survived.[10]
United States
The 72-gross register tonscrew steamer burned off Wilson Point, Connecticut. All nine people on board survived.[37]
United States
The 2,547-gross register tonschooner was stranded in the Isles of Shoals on off the coast of New Hampshire. All 13 people on board survived. Later refloated and became lodged on a breakwater at the Mouth of the Merrimack River. She later broke up with pieces washing ashore on Plum Island where they were buried by wave and tidal action.[22][99][100][101]
Searsport
United States
The 1,159-gross register toniron-hulledbarge sank 1 nautical mile (1.9 km; 1.2 mi) south of Fire Island off the coast of Long Island, New York. All five people on board lost their lives.[48]
Witch Hazel
United States
The 251-gross register tonschooner was stranded outside the west breakwater at New Haven, Connecticut with the loss of three lives. There were three survivors. Later brought inside the breakwater and broken up.[22][102]
The 31-gross register tonmotor vessel was stranded on the Missouri River at St. Joseph, Missouri. All seven people on board survived.[10]
Canada
The schooner ran aground on , , Nova Scotia. Refloated, stripped, and broken up. The crew was saved.[104][105]
United States
The 8-gross register tonmotorpaddle vessel was lost in a collision with the sternwheel paddle steamer (United States) on the Tennessee River at Chattanooga, Tennessee. Both people on board survived.[37]
14 November[]
List of shipwrecks: 14 November 1911
Ship
Country
Description
Jordan L. Mott
United States
The 138-gross register tonschooner was stranded and burned at the mouth of the in Maine. All five people on board survived.[35]
16 November[]
List of shipwrecks: 16 November 1911
Ship
Country
Description
Samuel J. Goucher
United States
Carrying a cargo of coal, the 282-foot (86 m), 2,249-gross register ton five-mastedschooner ran aground in fog without loss of life on the Northwest Ledges, a reef off in the Isles of Shoals off the coast of New Hampshire. After her cargo was unloaded, she was refloated, towed into Portsmouth Harbor, and scrapped.[106]
17 November[]
List of shipwrecks: 17 November 1911
Ship
Country
Description
Charles H. Wolston
United States
The 350-gross register tonschooner was stranded at Great Point, Nantucket, Massachusetts. All six people on board survived.[44]
Lomie A. Burton
United States
The 203-gross register tonschooner was stranded in Lake Michigan on South Manitou Island off the coast of Michigan. All six people on board survived.[35]
Wm. A. Young
United States
The 434-gross register tonschoonerbarge sank in Lake Huron off the coast of Michigan between and Thunder Bay Island. All six people on board survived.[35]
18 November[]
List of shipwrecks: 18 November 1911
Ship
Country
Description
United States
The schooner was wrecked on , in Vineyard Sound, near Vineyard Haven, Massachusetts. She was stripped by the owners. Removed under a US Army Corps of Engineers contract 22 April–5 May 1914. All three people on board survived.[44][107][108][109]
Henry Willis
United States
The 80-gross register tonschooner sank off Menunketesuck Point, Connecticut, with the loss of two lives. There were two survivors.[35]
Monguagon
United States
The 301-gross register tonschooner sank in the Detroit River in Michigan. Both people on board survived.[35]
Vermont
United States
The 270-gross register tonbarge sank in Long Island Sound off Plum Island off the coast of Long Island, New York with the loss of two lives. There was one survivor.[48]
19 November[]
List of shipwrecks: 19 November 1911
Ship
Country
Description
Helen A. Wyman
United States
The 1,717-gross register tonschoonerbarge sank off Montauk Point, Long Island, New York. All four people on board survived.[35]
20 November[]
List of shipwrecks: 20 November 1911
Ship
Country
Description
Joel F. Sheppard
United States
The 567-gross register tonschooner burned at Harborton, Virginia. All seven people on board survived.[35]
21 November[]
List of shipwrecks: 21 November 1911
Ship
Country
Description
Isaac Collins
United States
The 98-gross register tonschooner was stranded in Biscayne Bay on the coast of Florida. All nine people on board survived.[35]
23 November[]
List of shipwrecks: 23 November 1911
Ship
Country
Description
United States Lighthouse Service
The lighthouse tender hit a snag and was beached, or sank, near St. Albans, Missouri 50 miles (80 km) above the mouth of the Missouri River, a total loss. The wreck silted up to the extent that an island has formed known as "Lily Island".[110][111][112]
With no one on board, the 22-gross register ton sidewheel motorpaddle vessel burned at Fort Snelling in Minnesota.[37]
United States
The 8-gross register tonmotor vessel was stranded on Cape Ann on the coast of Massachusetts. All four people on board survived.[37]
24 November[]
List of shipwrecks: 24 November 1911
Ship
Country
Description
Hannah F. Carleton
United States
The 225-gross register tonschooner sank on off the coast of Massachusetts. All five people on board survived.[35]
Joseph G. Ray
United States
The 1,253-gross register tonschooner was stranded in the Chesapeake Bay at , Virginia. All nine people on board survived.[35]
25 November[]
List of shipwrecks: 25 November 1911
Ship
Country
Description
Edward Kelley
United States
The 776-gross register tonschooner was stranded in Lake Erie at Port Colborne, Ontario, Canada. All four people on board survived.[44]
Canada
The schooner was wrecked on Goose Island, New York.[113]
27 November[]
List of shipwrecks: 27 November 1911
Ship
Country
Description
Lizzie H. Partrick
United States
The 471-gross register tonschooner was stranded on the off the coast of North Carolina. All six people on board survived.[35]
28 November[]
List of shipwrecks: 28 November 1911
Ship
Country
Description
Alberta
United States
With no one on board, the 8-gross register tonmotor vessel burned at , Missouri.[22]
Charles A. Gilberg
United States
The 485-gross register tonschooner was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean 75 nautical miles (139 km; 86 mi) southeast of Cape Henlopen, Delaware. All eight people on board survived.[44]
I. F. Co. No. 1
United States
The 138-gross register tonscow burned at Victoria, British Columbia, Canada. The only person on board survived.[48]
United States
The 9-gross register tonmotor vessel burned at Blanchard, Washington. Both people on board survived.[37]
United States
The 342-gross register ton sternwheel paddle steamer burned at Victoria, British Columbia, Canada. ALl 12 people on board survived.[37]
30 November[]
List of shipwrecks: 30 November 1911
Ship
Country
Description
United States
The 256-gross register ton sternwheel paddle steamer burned on the Ohio River at Louisville, Kentucky. Both people on board survived.[10]
United States
The 1,205-gross register tonscrew steamer sank off Port Colborne, Ontario, Canada, with the loss of three lives. There were 11 survivors.[37]
United States
The 80-gross register ton sternwheel paddle steamer burned at Oakland, California. All six people on board survived.[37]
Unknown date[]
List of shipwrecks: Unknown date unknown November 1911
Ship
Country
Description
United States
The 121-gross register tonschooner departed Bonne Bay, Newfoundland 18 November, bound for Gloucester, Massachusetts, with either three or eight people on board (sources provides both numbers) and was never heard from again, believed sunk in a gale on 29 December.[44][114][115]
United States
The tug was rammed and sunk near Detour Village, Michigan in 50 feet (15 m) of water. Raised and repaired in 1919.[116]
Norway
The sailing ship was wrecked at on the eastern side of The Lizard on the coast of Cornwall, United Kingdom. Three men were saved by a lifeboat and the rest were taken off by rocket apparatus.[117]
United States
With no one on board, the 261-gross register ton sternwheel paddle steamer was stranded on the Oconee River at Dublin, Georgia.[37]
December[]
1 December[]
List of shipwrecks: 1 December 1911
Ship
Country
Description
Carondelet
United States
The 1,368-gross register tonschooner sank off Prince Rupert, British Columbia, Canada. All six people on board survived.[44]
Mexico
The cargo-liner was wrecked at Tampico, Mexico. Raised in 1918.[118][119]
Genevieve Loretta
United States
The 45-gross register tonschooner was stranded on off the coast of Mexico. All eight people on board survived.[44]
The 84-gross register ton sternwheel paddle steamer was destroyed by an explosion on the Ohio River at Avalon, Pennsylvania. Five of the 15 people on board lost their lives.[10]
Westfield
United States
The 458-gross register tonsteel-hulledschooner was stranded at Havana, Cuba. All seven people on board survived.[44]
The 65-gross register tonbarge, previously the sidewheel paddle steamerGeneral Slocum, sank without loss of life in the Atlantic Ocean off on the southeast coast of New Jersey near Strathmere and Sea Isle City during a storm while carrying a cargo of coal. All four people on board survived.[48][120][121]
5 December[]
List of shipwrecks: 5 December 1911
Ship
Country
Description
Madagascar
United States
The 112-gross register tonschooner was stranded at Plymouth, Massachusetts. All five people on board survived.[35]
Mary Eliza
United States
The 13-gross register tonschooner was stranded on Garden Key in the Dry Tortugas. All three people on board survived.[35]
The 96-gross register tonschooner was stranded at York, Maine, with the loss of one life. There were two survivors.[44]
12 December[]
List of shipwrecks: 12 December 1911
Ship
Country
Description
Mooween
United States
The 122-gross register tonschooner was stranded at , Lunenburg, Nova Scotia, Canada. All 18 people on board survived.[35]
Silicon
United States
The 448-gross register tonbark was stranded on off the coast of Cuba. All eight people on board survived.[22]
13 December[]
List of shipwrecks: 13 December 1911
Ship
Country
Description
Norway
The Christiansand barque was wrecked at Cudden Point in Mount's Bay, Cornwall, United Kingdom.[124] The ship was a total loss but the Newlyn lifeboat saved the crew of 13 men. The ship was bound for the West Indies.[125]
15 December[]
List of shipwrecks: 15 December 1911
Ship
Country
Description
Clarke Oil Tank No. 2
United States
The 382-gross register tonbarge sank in Sabine Pass on the border between Louisiana and Texas. Both people on board survived.[48]
17 December[]
List of shipwrecks: 17 December 1911
Ship
Country
Description
Katherine D. Perry
United States
The 1,125-gross register tonschooner was stranded on Cape Charles on the coast of Virginia. All nine people on board survived.[35]
19 December[]
List of shipwrecks: 19 December 1911
Ship
Country
Description
United States
The canal boat sank at Belle Dock, New Haven, Connecticut.[126]
20 December[]
List of shipwrecks: 20 December 1911
Ship
Country
Description
Lee
United States
The 5-gross register tonsloop was lost when she struck a pier at Galveston, Texas. Both people on board survived.[35]
22 December[]
List of shipwrecks: 22 December 1911
Ship
Country
Description
United States
The 122-gross register tonscrew steamer burned at , New York. All five people on board survived.[10]
23 December[]
List of shipwrecks: 23 December 1911
Ship
Country
Description
Clarke Oil Tank No. 1
United States
The 304-gross register tonbarge was stranded on the coast of Texas in Sabine Pass. Both people on board survived.[48]
26 December[]
List of shipwrecks: 26 December 1911
Ship
Country
Description
Charles J. Dumas
United States
The 697-gross register tonschooner was stranded on Pea Island in the Outer Banks of North Carolina. All seven people on board survived.[44]
United States
The 35-gross register ton sternwheel paddle steamer burned on the Mississippi River at Memphis, Tennessee. Both people on board survived.[37]
27 December[]
List of shipwrecks: 27 December 1911
Ship
Country
Description
United States
The 327-gross register toniron-hulledscrew steamer was stranded in Hecate Strait in British Columbia, Canada. All 40 people on board survived.[10]
28 December[]
List of shipwrecks: 28 December 1911
Ship
Country
Description
Madalene Cooney
United States
The 790-gross register tonschooner was lost in a collision with the screw steamer (United States) in the Atlantic Ocean 12 nautical miles (22 km; 14 mi) north of Cape Hatteras, North Carolina. All nine people on board lost their lives.[35]
United States
The 1,166-gross register tonschooner was stranded on Block Island off the coast of Rhode Island. Wreck later removed. All nine people on board survived.[35][127][128]
United Kingdom
The cargo ship wrecked off Cape Lookout, North Carolina a total loss.[129][130]
29 December[]
List of shipwrecks: 29 December 1911
Ship
Country
Description
James B. Jordan
United States
The 722-gross register tonschooner departed Norfolk, Virginia, bound for Paramaribo, Surinam, with seven people on board and was never heard from again.[35]
31 December[]
List of shipwrecks: 31 December 1911
Ship
Country
Description
Annabell King
United States
The 86-gross register ton sternwheel paddle steamer was lost when she struck a pier on the Tennessee River at Knoxville, Tennessee. All eight people on board survived.[22]
Mary E. Eskridge
United States
The 378-gross register tonschooner was stranded at , North Carolina. All six people on board survived.[35]
Mary Farrow
United States
The 99-gross register tonschooner sank in Nantucket Sound off the coast of Massachusetts. All five people on board survived.[35]
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List of shipwrecks: Unknown date unknown December 1911
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Country
Description
United States
The 121-gross register tonschooner departed Bonne Bay, Newfoundland on 18 November, bound for Gloucester, Massachusetts, with either three or eight people on board (sources provides both numbers) and was never heard from again, believed sunk in a gale on 29 December.[44][131][132]
The decommissioned destroyer was sunk as a target.
United States
While attempting to conduct salvage operations on the wreck of the steamerRoda, the steamtug dragged her anchor during a gale and was wrecked off Jones Beach Island off the south coast of Long Island, New York. Her crew of nine survived.[135][136]
The four-masted barque was wrecked in the River Plate in South America.
LaFrance
United States
During a river voyage from Fairbanks, Territory of Alaska, to Dawson City, Yukon Territory, the steamer was lost when she struck a rock at Twelve Mile Point in central Alaska in the spring of 1911. A fire destroyed her soon afterward.[137]
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United States
United States).[1]
United Kingdom
Norway
Germany
Belgium
Canada
United States Navy
Spanish Navy
United States
France). Twenty-four lives were lost.[57]
Imperial German Navy
United States Revenue Cutter Service) rescued her crew on 22 August.[60]
Royal Navy) subsequently sank her with gunfire.[61]
Chile
Italian Royal Navy
Imperial Russian Navy
French Navy
Australia
Ottoman Navy
Denmark
Netherlands
United States Lighthouse Service
United Kingdom). She was on a voyage from Swansea, Glamorgan, United Kingdom to Lorient, Morbihan.[6]
Hellenic Navy).[93]
Mexico