The cargo ship caught fire whilst ship berthed at Antwerp. Her hull was badly damaged and the ship was laid up. She was scrapped in 1923 at Hamburg, Germany.[8]
United Kingdom
The schooner was wrecked on the coast of Africa.[9]
3 January[]
List of shipwrecks: 3 January 1920
Ship
Country
Description
Portugal
The cargo ship collided with (France) at Oporto and was beached.[10]
The cargo ship caught fire at Saint Michaels, Maryland and was scuttled.[10]
United Kingdom
The schooner foundered in the Atlantic Ocean 70 nautical miles (130 km) off Cape Race, Newfoundland. Her crew were rescued by (Norway).[10]
Spain
The schooner was wrecked at Testadelaban. Her crew were rescued by (France).[12]
United Kingdom
The schooner ran aground on Cobblers' Reef, Barbados and was wrecked with the loss of four crew.[10][13]
6 January[]
List of shipwrecks: 6 January 1920
Ship
Country
Description
Denmark
The schooner came ashore at Easington, County Durham, United Kingdom and was wrecked,[10]
United Kingdom
The schooner was abandoned and set afire in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued. The fire was extinguished and Metamora was towed into Saint Michaels, Maryland, United States by (Brazil).[10]
7 January[]
List of shipwrecks: 7 January 1920
Ship
Country
Description
Italy
The auxiliary barque was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by (United Kingdom).[12]
8 January[]
List of shipwrecks: 8 January 1920
Ship
Country
Description
Gelasma
United Kingdom
The auxiliary sailing ship came ashore 3 nautical miles (5.6 km) east of Dungeness, Kent. Her crew were rescued.[13]
Royal Navy
The naval trawler foundered off the coast of Scotland with the loss of all nine crew.[14][15]
France
The tug foundered with the loss of between 25 and 30 lives.[16]
The ocean liner caught fire at Hoboken, New Jersey and was scuttled. She was a total loss and was scrapped in 1925.
Spartan
France
The cargo ship sank in Rothesay Dock, Glasgow, Renfrewshire, United Kingdom.[13]
9 January[]
List of shipwrecks: 9 January 1920
Ship
Country
Description
Northstar
United States
After the only person aboard was knocked unconscious while in the engine room in stormy weather, the 11-gross register tonmotor vessel drifted onto a reef in (60°04′30″N147°50′00″W / 60.07500°N 147.83333°W / 60.07500; -147.83333 (Sleepy Bay)) on the coast of Latouche Island off the south-central coast of the Territory of Alaska and was wrecked, becoming a constructive total loss. The vessel′s sole occupant reached safety after regaining consciousness.[17]
United Kingdom
The cargo ship, on her maiden voyage, ran aground on the Kimmeridge Ledge, off the coast of Dorset and broke in two with the loss of 36 of her 43 crew. She was on a voyage from Calcutta, India to Dundee, Forfarshire.[18]
West Avenal
United States
The Design 1019 cargo ship collided with (United Kingdom) in New York Harbor and was beached. She was refloated over a month later and returned to service.
10 January[]
List of shipwrecks: 10 January 1920
Ship
Country
Description
United Kingdom
The cargo ship was wrecked in the English Channel off the coast of Dorset. Thirty six of her crew were killed.[19]
11 January[]
List of shipwrecks: 11 January 1920
Ship
Country
Description
Auguste Charles
France
The sailing ship was driven ashore at Knapp Head, Devon, United Kingdom and was wrecked with the loss of three of her five crew.[20]
Japan
The cargo ship departed from Chinwangtao, China for Yokohama. No further trace, presumed foundered by 15 January with the loss of all hands.[21]
Chargeurs Réunis' 5,404 GRTocean liner foundered in the Bay of Biscay 32 nautical miles (59 km) off the Île de Ré with the loss of 556 of the 599 people on board. Survivors were rescued by Ceylan (France) and another vessel.[22][23][24]
The schooner was driven ashore at St. Anne's on Sea, Lancashire and was wrecked.[20]
Willy
Norway
The cargo ship collided with (United Kingdom) in the Atlantic Ocean off the Longships and sank.[20]
15 January[]
List of shipwrecks: 15 January 1920
Ship
Country
Description
Royal Navy
The naval trawler ran aground at North Kearney Point, County Down. Her crew were rescued.[27] She was refloated on 20 January.[28]
Japan
The cargo ship foundered in the Pacific Ocean off Rikuchū Province with some loss of life.[29]
16 January[]
List of shipwrecks: 16 January 1920
Ship
Country
Description
Preveza
Greece
The cargo ship came ashore at Chesil Beach, Dorset, United Kingdom and was abandoned by her crew. She was later reboarded but attempts to refloat her in the early hours on 17 January were unsuccessful.[11]
United Kingdom
The schooner foundered in the Atlantic Ocean. Six crew were rescued by (United Kingdom).[30]
20 January[]
List of shipwrecks: 20 January 1920
Ship
Country
Description
Denmark
The schooner was wrecked off , Denmark and broke up in stormy weather.[31]
The survey vessel/yacht suffered a breached hull on a sunken wreck and was beached to prevent sinking near St. Augustine, Florida. She was later destroyed by a storm before salvage could begin.[32]
The cargo ship ran aground off the , Sweden and foundered with the loss of 40 of her 41 crew.[28][33]
21 January[]
List of shipwrecks: 21 January 1920
Ship
Country
Description
Spain
The barque sprang a leak and foundered in the Atlantic Ocean 50 nautical miles (93 km) off San Juan, Puerto Rico with the loss of six of her 36 crew.[34][35]
23 January[]
List of shipwrecks: 23 January 1920
Ship
Country
Description
United Kingdom
The coaster was driven ashore on Walney Island, Lancashire. Her crew were rescued.[34]
The cargo ship collided with another ship off Barry, Glamorgan, United Kingdom and sank with the loss of one of her eighteen crew.[34]
24 January[]
List of shipwrecks: 24 January 1920
Ship
Country
Description
Niagara
United States
The 20-gross register ton, 42.5-foot (13.0 m) halibut-fishing vessel ran aground and sank in Moira Sound in Southeast Alaska near Lane′s Cannery. She was refloated, repaired, and returned to service.[17]
25 January[]
List of shipwrecks: 25 January 1920
Ship
Country
Description
United States
The cargo ship suffered an explosion in her fuel tanks at Colón, Colombia and was scuttled by gunfire. She was a total loss.[36]
The tanker broke in two and sank in the Atlantic Ocean east of Savanna, Georgia (31°45′N78°41′W / 31.750°N 78.683°W / 31.750; -78.683). Her master, his wife and 2 children, and 18 crew died in a lifeboat that left and was never seen again.[37] The rest of her crew in her other lifeboat were rescued by Ozette (United States).[38][39][40]
Sweden
The coaster sprang a leak and foundered in the Skaggerak 12 nautical miles (22 km) north of hirtshals, Denmark with the loss of two of her twelve crew.[36]
27 January[]
List of shipwrecks: 27 January 1920
Ship
Country
Description
Norway
The cargo ship collided with (Sweden) in the North Sea off Tynemouth, United Kingdom and sank. Her crew were rescued by the pilot boatQueen o' the May (United Kingdom).[41]
28 January[]
List of shipwrecks: 28 January 1920
Ship
Country
Description
Sweden
The cargo liner was driven ashore at Cimbrishamn and was a total loss. All on board were rescued.[42]
The steamer sank off Jekyl Island. Lost with all 13 crew.[44]
Novara
French Navy
The Novara-class cruiser sprang a leak in the Adriatic Sea and put into Brindisi, Apulia, Italy, where she sank.[45] She was refloated in early April.[46]Novara was subsequently repaired and entered service with the French Navy.
United States
The tug departed Wilmington, Delaware for Key West, Florida. No further trace, presumed foundered in the Atlantic Ocean with the loss of all hands.[47]
The cargo ship ran aground 5 nautical miles (9.3 km) north of Scotston Head, Aberdeenshire. All fifteen crew were rescued.[49] She was refloated on 5 February.[50]
Sweden
The schooner came ashore at Hals, Denmark with the loss of four of her crew.[51]
Denmark
The schooner came ashore on the south coast of Skagen with the loss of two of her crew.[51]
31 January[]
List of shipwrecks: 31 January 1920
Ship
Country
Description
United Kingdom
The cargo ship foundered in the Bay of Biscay 15 nautical miles (28 km) west of Molène, Finistère, France with the loss of her captain. Survivors reached land in their lifeboats.[51][38]
Unknown date[]
List of shipwrecks: Unknown date January 1920
Ship
Country
Description
France
The trawler ran ashore on Loe Bar, Mount's Bay, Cornwall, United Kingdom.[52]
The passenger ship ran aground off Margate, Kent. She was refloated the next day by the tugs (Royal Navy), Java, Lady Brassey, Lady Duncan and Scotia (all United Kingdom).[53]
United Kingdom
The schooner was driven ashore at and wrecked. Her crew were rescued by HMS Fearless (Royal Navy).[43]
2 February[]
List of shipwrecks: 2 February 1920
Ship
Country
Description
United Kingdom
The barque sprang a leak and was abandoned in the Indian Ocean off Mauritius.[54]
United States
The cargo ship caught fire at New York and was beached.[55]
United Kingdom
The cargo ship was abandoned in the Bristol Channel off Lundy Island, Devon. Her crew were rescued by an Admiraltytrawler.[43]
The schooner foundered in the North Sea 9 nautical miles (17 km) off the mouth of the River Tyne. Her crew were rescued by the trawler Dover Patrol (United Kingdom).[50]
United States
The 310-foot (94 m), 1,505-gross register tonsteam screwpassenger ship was wrecked without loss of life at the western end of Long Island Sound off the Cow Neck Peninsula on the North Shore of Long Island, New York, 100 yards (91 m) off the Execution Rocks Light when pack ice pushed her onto rocks during a gale and snowstorm with very high tides. Her wreck sank in 15 feet (4.6 m) of water and was stripped and burned in place.[56][57][58]
The cargo ship collided with (Denmark) off Barry, Glamorgan, United Kingdom and was beached.[61]
6 February[]
List of shipwrecks: 6 February 1920
Ship
Country
Description
United Kingdom
The cargo ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean (43°36′N36°10′W / 43.600°N 36.167°W / 43.600; -36.167) after her cargo shifted. Six of her 31 crew were lost. Survivors were rescued by (United States) and (United Kingdom), which lost thirteen crew during the rescue when a lifeboat capsized.[59][62]
United States
The cargo ship caught fire at Havana, Cuba.[54] She sank and was a total loss.[63]
The 2,500-gross register toncargo ship — a concrete ship — ran aground on Old Cilly Ledge, a reef off Port Clyde, Maine, in a blizzard. Eleven crew members abandoned ship against orders and died when their lifeboat was smashed against the hull. The rest of the crew left in boats the next day when she started breaking up and were rescued by the cutterUSCGC Acushnet (United States Coast Guard). The wreck later slid off the reef and sank in up to 40 feet (12 m) of water at (43°53′16″N069°15′24″W / 43.88778°N 69.25667°W / 43.88778; -69.25667 (Polias)).[65][66][67][68]
United States
While trying to enter New York Harbor during a storm, the passenger ship ran aground on the off Long Island, New York. A United States Life-Saving Servicelifeboat took her 32 passengers off on 7 February. Her crew of 74 remained aboard until she began to break up on 15 February, and her crew was taken off before she broke in two later that day. She sank in 20 feet (6 m) of water and remained visible for many years before becoming buried in sand.[69][70][71][72]
10 February[]
List of shipwrecks: 10 February 1920
Ship
Country
Description
Germany
The cargo ship ran aground at Spannholmen, Utsira, Norway. She broke in two; the stern section sank with the loss of ten of her crew.[73]
11 February[]
List of shipwrecks: 11 February 1920
Ship
Country
Description
Canada
The schooner sprang a leak and was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean 20 nautical miles (37 km) north north east of Castro, Spain. Her crew were rescued by Spanish fishing boats. Douglas Adams was later towed into Bilbao.[60]
Germany
The passenger ship ran aground at , Ottoman Turkey. She broke up and was a total loss. One hundred and fifty of her 200 passengers were rescued by rocket apparatus.[74]
France
The cargo ship struck a mine and sank in the Black Sea off Varna, Romania. Her crew survived.[75]
Northwestern
United States
The tanker caugh fire at Galveston, Texas and was beached.[60] She burnt out and was a total loss.[74]
The cargo ship sprang a leak in the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Portugal. She was beached at Leixões.[62]
14 February[]
List of shipwrecks: 14 February 1920
Ship
Country
Description
United Kingdom
The schooner came ashore on the east coast of Barbados and was wrecked.[62]
15 February[]
List of shipwrecks: 15 February 1920
Ship
Country
Description
Regina
Norway
The schooner was discovered abandoned in the North Sea. Her crew were rescued by (Sweden). Regina was towed into IJmuiden, Netherland by the trawler Eendracht II (Netherlands).[76][77][78]
18 February[]
List of shipwrecks: 18 February 1920
Ship
Country
Description
United States
The schooner departed from Norfolk, Virginia for Puerto Plata, Dominican Republic. No further trace, presumed foundered in the Atlantic Ocean with the loss of all hands.[79][80]
United Kingdom
The schooner was driven ashore near Chipiona, Cádiz, Spain. Her crew were rescued by (Spain).[78]
United States
The four-masted schooner sprang a leak in the Atlantic Ocean and was abandoned. Her crew were rescued.[81]
20 February[]
List of shipwrecks: 20 February 1920
Ship
Country
Description
Greece
The cargo ship was wrecked off Cape St. Thomas, Argentina with the loss of fifteen of her crew. Survivors were rescued by (United Kingdom).[82]
The schooner was driven ashore on the south coast of Skagen and was wrecked. Her crew were rescued by a lifeboat.[82]
21 February[]
List of shipwrecks: 21 February 1920
Ship
Country
Description
United Kingdom
The cargo ship collided with another vessel and was beached at Barry Island, Glamorgan.[82]
22 February[]
List of shipwrecks: 22 February 1920
Ship
Country
Description
Valdez
United States
The 12 GRT 35.7-foot (10.9 m) cargo ship was wrecked in Portage Bay near , Territory of Alaska. All four people on board survived.[83]
23 February[]
List of shipwrecks: 23 February 1920
Ship
Country
Description
United Kingdom
The full-rigged ship collided with (Finland) in the River Plate and sank with the loss of seven of her crew. Survivors were rescued by (Spain).[84][85]
United Kingdom
The turret deck ship caught fire at São Vicente, Cape Verde, Portugal.[86] She was beached but was declared a total loss on 6 April.[87]
Norway
The auxiliary schooner caught fire in the North Sea and was abandoned. Her crew were rescued by the trawler Nairana (United Kingdom).[88]
Strathord
United Kingdom
The fishing trawler struck a mine in the North Sea and sank with the loss of all nine crew.[89]
24 February[]
List of shipwrecks: 24 February 1920
Ship
Country
Description
United Kingdom
The schooner foundered in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by (United Kingdom).[90]
25 February[]
List of shipwrecks: 25 February 1920
Ship
Country
Description
Reichsmarine
The Osnabruck-class Vorpostenboot was sunk by a mine.[91]
26 February[]
List of shipwrecks: 26 February 1920
Ship
Country
Description
Spain
The schooner was destroyed by fire at Valencia.[92]
The cargo ship was reported to be 111 nautical miles (206 km) south of Cape Hatteras, North Carolina. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[47][94]
Denmark
The cargo ship ran aground at Esbjerg. Her crew were rescued by (Royal Danish Navy).[95]
Norway
The cargo ship ran aground on , Puerto Rico.[95] She was refloated on 10 March.[96]
Unknown date[]
List of shipwrecks: Unknown date February 1920
Ship
Country
Description
Delight
United States
The 11-gross register ton, 35.1-foot (10.7 m) motor vessel broke apart while on the ways at Ketchikan, Territory of Alaska.[97]
Zante
Armed Forces of South Russia
The incomplete Fidonisy-classdestroyer was driven ashore and wrecked at whilst being towed from Nicholaieff to Odessa. She was refloated in September and towed to Nicholaieff. Subsequently completed and entered service with the Soviet Navy as Nezamozhnik.[98]
March[]
1 March[]
List of shipwrecks: 1 March 1920
Ship
Country
Description
United Kingdom
The cargo liner ran aground off Sambro, Nova Scotia, Canada.[99] She broke in two on 2 March,[100] and was a total loss. Five of her crew were killed.[101]
United Kingdom
The cargo liner ran aground on the wreck of Manorbier Castle (United Kingdom). She refloated but was holed and sank. Her crew were rescued.[95] She was damaged by an explosion during salvage operations on 4 March.[102]Tinto was refloated in early June. She arrived at Grimsby, Lincolnshire for drydocking on 3 June.[103]
The cargo ship was abandoned in the Bristol Channel. Her crew were rescued by St. Louis (United States). Bratto was towed into Padstow, where she sank.[107]
United Kingdom
The cargo ship ran aground at Tutoya, Maranhão, Brazil.[108] She was refloated on 17 March.[109]
7 March[]
List of shipwrecks: 7 March 1920
Ship
Country
Description
United States
The cargo ship was sunk by ice in Lake Michigan three miles (4.8 km) south west of Ludington, Michigan in 43 feet (13 m) of water. Raised on 11 or 26 July and taken to Manitowoc, Wisconsin. Declared a total loss and broken up in 1921.[110][111]
8 March[]
List of shipwrecks: 8 March 1920
Ship
Country
Description
United States
The cargo ship caught fire at Faial Island, Azores, Portugal and was a total loss. Her crew were rescued.[112]
United States
The cargo ship sprang a leak and was abandoned off the Bujho Shoal in the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Massachusetts.[112] She was later towed into Vineyard Haven, arriving on 10 March.[113]
The beam trawler departed Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada, and was not seen or heard from again. On 11 March, the trawler Lemberg (Canada) discovered two damaged dories in the Atlantic Ocean 86 nautical miles (160 kilometers) southeast of Halifax, one of them containing the body of one of Jutland's crew members. No trace of the other 20 men on board ever was found.[115][116]
11 March[]
List of shipwrecks: 11 March 1920
Ship
Country
Description
Spain
The cargo ship caught fire and foundered whilst on a voyage from Penarth, Glamorgan, United Kingdom to Gibraltar. Her crew were rescued.[108][117]
United Kingdom
The schooner was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean 500 nautical miles (930 km) east of New York, United States. Her crew were rescued by Adriatic (United Kingdom).[118]
United States
The passenger ship was crushed by ice and sank in Lake Michigan off Ludington, Michigan. All 35 people on board were rescued.[119]
San Juan #3
United States
Under tow by a tug during a voyage along the coast of the Territory of Alaska from to in Prince William Sound with a 10-ton deck load of cannery supplies, the 24-ton scow sank in the Gulf of Alaska about 6 nautical miles (11 km; 6.9 mi) offshore at 59°11′N139°05′W / 59.183°N 139.083°W / 59.183; -139.083 (San Juan #3).[120]
12 March[]
List of shipwrecks: 12 March 1920
Ship
Country
Description
United Kingdom
The cargo ship suffered an onboard explosion in her cargo of benzine with the loss of a crew member. She caught fire and was beached at Townsville, Queensland, Australia.[113]
France
The ocean liner ran aground 20 nautical miles (37 km) east of Hong Kong. She was refloated on 25 March.[121]
Henriette
flag unknown
The sailing ship sank at Bordeaux, Gironde, France.[118]
Chile
The cargo ship collided with O'Higgins (Chilean Navy) at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States and sank.[122]
13 March[]
List of shipwrecks: 13 March 1920
Ship
Country
Description
United Kingdom
The tug foundered in the River Humber with the loss of three of her four crew.[123] She was refloated on 10 May.[124]
United States
The cargo ship was destroyed by fire at Manila, Philippines.[125]
United States
The cargo ship ran aground off Bermuda. Her crew were rescued.[113]
The cargo ship caught fire in the Gulf of Panama 100 nautical miles (190 km) off Panama City, Colombia.[123] She was taken under tow by (United States) Her crew abandoned on 17 March.[126]Olockson was beached at Balboa and the hull holed to fight the fires.[105][127]
Reichsmarine
Kapp-Lüttwitz Putsch: The training ship, a former S90-classtorpedo boat, was scuttled by Putschists at Wilhelmshaven. Later raised and broken up.[128]
The cargo ship departed from Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône, France, bound for Oran, Algeria. No further trace, presumed foundered in the Mediterranean Sea with the loss of all hands.[130]
The cargo ship was destroyed by fire at a Trinidadian port.[122]
Dashing Wave
United States
During a voyage from Seattle, Washington, to Taku via Ketchikan in the Territory of Alaska with a crew of nine and a cargo of general cannery supplies aboard, the 1,054-gross register tonbarge was wrecked without loss of life off (49°55′51″N125°11′06″W / 49.9307°N 125.1849°W / 49.9307; -125.1849 (Shelter Point)) on the coast of Vancouver Island in British Columbia, Canada. The steamerSan Juan (flag unknown) towed her wreck to shore, but it was declared a total loss.[97]
United Kingdom
The schooner sprang a leak and foundered in the English Channel off St Catherine's Point, Isle of Wight. Her crew were rescued by Odland (Norway) after 16 hours adrift.
17 March[]
List of shipwrecks: 17 March 1920
Ship
Country
Description
Sweden
The cargo ship collided with (United Kingdom) in the Bristol Channel off Barry, Glamorgan, United Kingdom and was beached.[126] A fire broke out on 18 March.[133]
France
The cargo ship sprang a leak in the English Channel north of Alderney, Channel Isles and sank. Four of her 23 crew were rescued by (Norway).[134]
United Kingdom
The cargo ship was driven ashore at , Nova Scotia, Canada and was wrecked. Her crew were rescued.[109]
The motorboat was sunk by ice at Detroit, Michigan. She was sold for salvage but salvage efforts were abandoned in 1926.
France
During her first commercial trip from Nantes (region Pays de la Loire, France) to Rotterdam (Netherlands) loaded with iron ore, sank following a leak north of AlderneyChannel Islands. 19 perished, only 4 sailors were rescued by the Norwegian steamer Wacland.[135][136]
Denmark
The cargo ship came ashore on the west coast of Skagen. Her crew survived.[133]
United States
The schooner foundered in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by (United States).[137]
19 March[]
List of shipwrecks: 19 March 1920
Ship
Country
Description
Scandia
United States
The 116-gross register ton, 90.8-foot (27.7 m) fishing vessel was stranded in the Gulf of Alaska on the north end of Montague Island at the entrance to Prince William Sound in the Territory of Alaska. All 17 people on board survived. She was salvaged, repaired, and returned to service.[120]
The schooner was driven ashore on Block Island, Rhode Island. Her crew were rescued.[134]
United Kingdom
The cargo ship collided with (United Kingdom) in the Bristol Channel 8 nautical miles (15 km) off Trevose Head, Cornwall and sank. Her crew were rescued by Fantee.[138]
22 March[]
List of shipwrecks: 22 March 1920
Ship
Country
Description
Portugal
The whaler was wrecked in the Congo River at Loanda, Portuguese East Africa. Some of her passengers and crew were rescued.[139]
United Kingdom
The cargo ship was wrecked off , Santoña, Spain. Her crew were rescued.[140][141]
The cargo ship collided with tanker Iroquois (United Kingdom) in the English Channel 8 nautical miles (15 km) south south east of The Lizard, Cornwall, United Kingdom.[105] She was taken in tow by (United States) beached in the Helford River but subsequently sank. Later raised and sold for scrap.[142][143] The wreck was sold by auction in May 1920.[142]
24 March[]
List of shipwrecks: 24 March 1920
Ship
Country
Description
United States
The auxiliary schooner caught fire and was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean off the east coast of the United States.[144]
The H-classsubmarine ran aground on a reef off Margarita Island, Baja California, Mexico in stormy weather and high seas. She was pulled off by USS Vestal (United States Navy) on 26 March and taken under tow but sank an hour later in 50 feet (15 m) of water. Three crewmen drowned trying to reach shore and her captain was washed overboard from the conning tower and drowned. Survivors were rescued from shore by Mazatlan (flag unknown).[145][146][147]
Mutlah
United Kingdom
The cargo ship caught fire at Naples, Italy, and sank.[21]
Norway
The cargo ship collided with (Norway) off Kristiansand, Norway, and was beached.[139]
25 March[]
List of shipwrecks: 25 March 1920
Ship
Country
Description
United Kingdom
The cargo liner ran aground on the Komuriya Reef, off the coast of Ceylon.[148] Her passengers were rescued by (United Kingdom).[149] She was declared a total loss on 30 March.[150] Her crew were rescued.[151]
27 March[]
List of shipwrecks: 27 March 1920
Ship
Country
Description
France
The cargo ship ran aground at Villa San Giovanni, Calabria, Italy.[152] She was refloated on 31 March.[153]
Soviet Navy
The Bars-classsubmarine was sunk by ice in the Neva. The submarine was later salvaged.[154]
28 March[]
List of shipwrecks: 28 March 1920
Ship
Country
Description
United Kingdom
The cargo ship ran aground on the Ceiba Bank, off the coast of Cuba.[152] She was later refloated and arrived at Kingston, Jamaica on 5 March.[155]
White Movement
Russian Civil War: The destroyer, sunk in May 1919 and refloated on 10 January 1920 but not repaired, was scuttled by gunfire in the Caspian Sea by ships of the Caspian Flotilla of the White Movement.[156]
France
The cargo ship collided with (United Kingdom) in the North Sea and sank.[157]
29 March[]
List of shipwrecks: 29 March 1920
Ship
Country
Description
United States
The sailing vessel caught fire and sank in the Atlantic Ocean 80 miles off Cape Hatteras, North Carolina.[151][158]
Japan
The cargo ship sprang a leak and was abandoned off .[144]
30 March[]
List of shipwrecks: 30 March 1920
Ship
Country
Description
United Kingdom
The cargo ship collided with (United Kingdom) off , British Columbia, Canada and was beached.[159] She was refloated on 8 April.[160]
The cargo ship was wrecked in the Weser, Germany in late March.[163] She broke in two on 25 March.[139]
April[]
1 April[]
List of shipwrecks: 1 April 1920
Ship
Country
Description
Murre
United States Bureau of Fisheries
The fisherypatrol vessel struck a rock in in the Territory of Alaska and was beached to prevent her from sinking. She was refloated, repaired, and returned to service.[164]
2 April[]
List of shipwrecks: 2 April 1920
Ship
Country
Description
USCGC Leader
United States Coast Guard
The motorboat was destroyed by fire.
Regia Marina
The torpedo boat sank after running aground on the coast of Ottoman Turkey near .[165]
The cargo ship ran aground at Goswick, Northumberland, United Kingdom.[166]
France
The tug came ashore at Ryhope, County Durham, United Kingdom and sank.[166]
Norway
The four-masted barque departed Bordeaux, France, for Newport News, Virginia, United States. No further trace, presumed foundered in the Atlantic Ocean with the loss of all hands.[167]
4 April[]
List of shipwrecks: 4 April 1920
Ship
Country
Description
United Kingdom
The cargo ship ran aground near the Barns Ness Lighthouse, Lothian. Her crew were rescued.[166] She broke in two on 6 April.[155]
5 April[]
List of shipwrecks: 5 April 1920
Ship
Country
Description
United Kingdom
The cargo ship struck a submerged object and was beached on Montague Island, New South Wales, Australia.[153] She was refloated on 12 April.[168]
France
The auxiliary schooner caught fire in the River Seine and was a total loss.[153]
7 April[]
List of shipwrecks: 7 April 1920
Ship
Country
Description
United States
The cargo ship ran aground off Manati, Cuba.[169] She was refloated on 14 April.[170]
8 April[]
List of shipwrecks: 8 April 1920
Ship
Country
Description
Red Movement
Russian Civil War: The auxiliary cruiser foundered in a storm in the Caspian Sea with the loss of 52 of her 65 crew. Survivors were rescued by the destroyerProletarskiy (Red Movement). Caspian was raised in 1934, repaired and returned to service as a transport.[162][98]
United Kingdom
The cargo ship sprang a leak at Manzanillo, Cuba and was beached.[171] She was refloated on 13 April.[172]
10 April[]
List of shipwrecks: 10 April 1920
Ship
Country
Description
United States
The cargo ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Florida. Her crew survived.[171]
11 April[]
List of shipwrecks: 11 April 1920
Ship
Country
Description
Italy
The cargo ship caught fire at Naples.[171] She was scuttled the next day.[173]
Roye
France
The auxiliary sailing vessel arrived at Salonica, Greece on fire. She was a total loss.[173]
12 April[]
List of shipwrecks: 12 April 1920
Ship
Country
Description
Zilia
Italy
The auxiliary sailing vessel caught fire at Oporto, Portugal and was scuttled.[173]
13 April[]
List of shipwrecks: 13 April 1920
Ship
Country
Description
United Kingdom
The schooner was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean 5 nautical miles (9.3 km) north of Faial Island, Azores, Portugal.[173]
14 April[]
List of shipwrecks: 14 April 1920
Ship
Country
Description
Flensburg
Germany
The fishing trawler struck a mine and sank in the North Sea off List, Schleswig-Holstein.[174]
15 April[]
List of shipwrecks: 15 April 1920
Ship
Country
Description
United States
The schooner sprang a leak and was beached at Santa Cruz del Norte, Cuba.[174]
16 April[]
List of shipwrecks: 16 April 1920
Ship
Country
Description
Svelviksand I
Norway
The auxiliary sailing ship was wrecked on the Knock Sand, North Sea. Her crew sought refuge on the (Trinity House).[174]
The cargo ship probably foundered on this date.[175] She had issued a SOS that she was leaking in a severe storm and had lost her cargo hatches in the Atlantic Ocean (40°00′N65°50′W / 40.000°N 65.833°W / 40.000; -65.833) which was answered by Baltic and (both United Kingdom), some debris was found. Lost with all 40 hands.[176][177][178]
19 April[]
List of shipwrecks: 19 April 1920
Ship
Country
Description
United Kingdom
The coaster collided with (United Kingdom) at Liverpool, Lancashire and was beached. She was later refloated and taken to Manchester.[179]
20 April[]
List of shipwrecks: 20 April 1920
Ship
Country
Description
France
The schooner foundered in the Bristol Channel. Her crew were rescued by the Mumbles Lifeboat.[180]
The schooner came ashore on the east coast of Barbados.[182] She was a total loss.[176]
Westgate
United Kingdom
The cargo ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean.[182]
Sweden
The sailing ship struck a mine at Herthas Flak in Kattegat on 24 or 25 April and sank with all hands, 22 in all.[183]
27 April[]
List of shipwrecks: 27 April 1920
Ship
Country
Description
Soviet NavyRed Movement
Polish-Soviet War: The gunboat was shelled and sunk at Chernobyl on the Pripyat River by Polish artillery. Salvaged post war.[162]
Unknown date[]
List of shipwrecks: Unknown date April 1920
Ship
Country
Description
United States
The schooner caught fire in the Atlantic Ocean in early April. Her crew were rescued by (United Kingdom).[184]
Gladys Street
United Kingdom
The sailing ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by (United States).[184]
Canada
The schooner caught fire in the Caribbean Sea. Her crew were rescued by USS Chemung (United States Navy).[185]
May[]
2 May[]
List of shipwrecks: 2 May 1920
Ship
Country
Description
United Kingdom
The barquentine foundered in the Atlantic Ocean 17 nautical miles (31 km) west of Tory Island, County Donegal. Her crew were rescued.[186]
3 May[]
List of shipwrecks: 3 May 1920
Ship
Country
Description
United States
The passenger ship ran aground on Watling Island, Bahamas. All eighty passengers and crew were rescued by Athenic (United Kingdom).[187] She was later refloated and beached.[188]Munamar was refloated on 20 May.[189]
France
The barque came ashore on Wardang Island, South Australia. She was later gutted by fire.[186]
The three-masted schooner was wrecked in Bay Limonade, Haiti. Her crew were rescued.[190]
5 May[]
List of shipwrecks: 5 May 1920
Ship
Country
Description
United States
The four-masted schooner ran aground on the Silver Bank, in the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of the Dominican Republic, and was a total loss.[191]
6 May[]
List of shipwrecks: 6 May 1920
Ship
Country
Description
United Kingdom
The schooner struck a sunken wreck at Zeebrugge, West Flanders, Belgium and sank. Her crew were rescued.[192]
9 May[]
List of shipwrecks: 9 May 1920
Ship
Country
Description
United Kingdom
The cargo ship ran aground at Melilla, Spain. She was refloated on 25 May.[188][193]
Finland
The cargo ship collided with (Spain) in the Bristol Channel off Barry, Glamorgan, United Kingdom and sank. Her crew were rescued by a pilot cutter.[194] Salvage efforts were abandoned in September 1920.[195]
USAT Northern Pacific
United States
The United States Armytroopship ran aground on Collnas Shoal at the entrance to the harbor at San Juan, Puerto Rico.[196] She was refloated and underway again the next day.[197]
United States
The barque collided with (Spain) in the Atlantic Ocean 1,000 nautical miles (1,900 km) east of Sandy Hook, New Jersey and sank with the loss of five crew.[198]
10 May[]
List of shipwrecks: 10 May 1920
Ship
Country
Description
United Kingdom
The cargo ship ran aground near the , Portugal. Her crew were rescued; the ship was declared a total loss.[198][199]
11 May[]
List of shipwrecks: 11 May 1920
Ship
Country
Description
Shusana
United States
The 49-gross register ton, 79.8-foot (24.3 m) sternwheel paddle steamer was wrecked on the Tanana River near NenanaTerritory of Alaska. All 11 people on board survived.[120]
The cargo ship ran aground in fog on Alderney, Channel Islands carrying a cargo of potatoes from Jersey.[211] She was refloated on 15 June.[212]
Leota
United States
The 36-gross register tonsteamer was crushed by ice during the spring ice breakup while laid up on the bank of a river for the winter of 1919–1920 near Fairbanks, Territory of Alaska.[206]
While beached at Cordova, Territory of Alaska, to have her hull cleaned and copper painted, the fisherypatrol vessel settled into the gravel on the beach, rolled away from the shore onto her side, filled with water, and became partially submerged. She was refloated and returned to service.[213]
26 May[]
List of shipwrecks: 26 May 1920
Ship
Country
Description
United Kingdom
The cargo ship ran aground off the Hainan Head Lighthouse, China.[214] She later broke her back and was declared a total loss on 3 June.[215]
27 May[]
List of shipwrecks: 27 May 1920
Ship
Country
Description
United States
The cargo ship caught fire at Faial Island, Azores, Portugal and was beached.[210]
United Kingdom
The cargo ship ran aground at , Caithness. Her crew were rescued.[209] She was refloated on 2 June.[216]
29 May[]
List of shipwrecks: 29 May 1920
Ship
Country
Description
Cypress
United States
The 33-gross register tonfishing vessel was wrecked on a shoal in Dry Bay on the south-central or southeast coast of the Territory of Alaska. Her crew of four survived. The wreck report does not specify in which of several bays of the name the loss took place. Her gasoline engine was salvaged.[217]
Unknown date[]
List of shipwrecks: Unknown date May 1920
Ship
Country
Description
United Kingdom
The cargo ship ran aground at Melilla, Spain in early May. She was refloated at the end of the month.[218]
June[]
1 June[]
List of shipwrecks: 1 June 1920
Ship
Country
Description
Little Florence
United Kingdom
The sailing ship foundered in the English Channel off Paimpol, Côtes-du-Nord, France.[219]
3 June[]
List of shipwrecks: 3 June 1920
Ship
Country
Description
Greece
The cargo ship ran aground at Pointe Fern, Ouessant, Finistère, France.[80] She broke in two on 11 June and was a total loss.[220]
7 June[]
List of shipwrecks: 7 June 1920
Ship
Country
Description
United Kingdom
The barque foundered in the North Sea 125 nautical miles (232 km) east by north of Spurn Point, Yorkshire with the loss of a crew member. Survivors were rescued by the trawler Dragon (United Kingdom).[221]
The tug struck a mine and sank in the North Sea off Terschelling, Netherlands with the loss of sixteen of her 22 crew. Survivors were rescued a Dutch tug.[225]
United States Navy
The SC-1-classsubmarine chaser sank in the Pacific Ocean off Mexico[226]
14 June[]
List of shipwrecks: 14 June 1920
Ship
Country
Description
Arkley
United Kingdom
The auxiliary sailing vessel ran aground on the Sow and Pig Sands, in the North Sea off Blyth, Northumberland. She was abandoned by her crew, but was later boarded by some of the crew of the Blyth Lifeboat. Arkley was refloated and brought into Blyth Harbour.[227]
15 June[]
List of shipwrecks: 15 June 1920
Ship
Country
Description
Anna
Soviet Union
The cargo ship was destroyed by fire in the Skagerrak off Kristiansand, Norway.[203]
United Kingdom
The Thames barge collided with (Japan) in the Thames Estuary off the (Trinity House) and sank. Her crew were rescued.[212]Gladys was later refloated.[228]
United States
The cargo ship was destroyed by fire in the Atlantic Ocean off Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil.[203]
United States
The schooner ran aground on the Hogsty Reef, Barbados and was a total loss. Her crew survived.[212]
United Kingdom
The tug sprang a leak in the North Sea and was beached off Grimsby, Lincolnshire. Her crew were rescued by the Spurn Lifeboat.[229]
16 June[]
List of shipwrecks: 16 June 1920
Ship
Country
Description
Brazil
The cargo ship struck rocks in and was beached at Rio de Janeiro.[230]
United States
The cargo ship collided with another vessel in Whitefish Bay and was consequently beached at Whitefish Point.[203]
17 June[]
List of shipwrecks: 17 June 1920
Ship
Country
Description
RussiaWhite Movement
Russian Civil War: The tanker caught fire at Batumi while loading kerosene and was scuttled by shelling by HMS Swallow (Royal Navy).[231][232]
The cargo ship ran aground in the , Turkey.[234] She was refloated on 24 June.[235]
19 June[]
List of shipwrecks: 19 June 1920
Ship
Country
Description
Heroine
United States
The 136-foot (41 m), 296-gross register tonfishing vessel sprang a leak and sank without loss of life in 80 feet (24 m) of water off Watch Hill, Rhode Island.[236]
20 June[]
List of shipwrecks: 20 June 1920
Ship
Country
Description
Norway
The cargo ship caught fire in the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Cuba and was abandoned. She was later towed into Gibara.[237]
21 June[]
List of shipwrecks: 21 June 1920
Ship
Country
Description
United States
The schooner sprang a leak in the Atlantic Ocean and was abandoned. Her crew were rescued.[238]
26 June[]
List of shipwrecks: 26 June 1920
Ship
Country
Description
Italy
The cargo ship caught fire and sank at Cartagena, Murcia, Spain.[235]
28 June[]
List of shipwrecks: 28 June 1920
Ship
Country
Description
Charles E. Moody
United States
The 2,003-gross register ton, 233.9-foot (71.3 m) wooden ship was destroyed by fire while anchored in the roadstead at Naknek, Territory of Alaska. The only person aboard survived.[217]
The 17-gross register tonmotor vessel was wrecked on the eastern spit at the entrance to – most likely the body of water of that name located at 59°08′N138°25′W / 59.133°N 138.417°W / 59.133; -138.417 (Dry Bay) – on the south-central coast of the Territory of Alaska after her gasoline engine broke down and her anchors failed to hold in strong currents.[240]
Japan
The cargo ship ran aground on the Serrana Bank, Columbia.[241] She was refloated on 1 August.[242]
July[]
2 July[]
List of shipwrecks: 2 July 1920
Ship
Country
Description
United States
The cargo ship ran aground on Stroma, Caithness, United Kingdom.[243] She was declared a total loss on 7 July.[244]
3 July[]
List of shipwrecks: 3 July 1920
Ship
Country
Description
Chas E. Moody
United States
The ship was destroyed by fire in Bristol Bay.[245]
4 July[]
List of shipwrecks: 4 July 1920
Ship
Country
Description
Soviet NavyRed Movement
Polish-Soviet War: : The paddle gunboat was wrecked at Loyev with its paddle wheels broken. The ship was abandoned and later shelled by Polish artillery.[162]
6 July[]
List of shipwrecks: 6 July 1920
Ship
Country
Description
Standard #1
United States
While anchored in Norton Sound off the Bering Sea coast of the Territory of Alaska 0.5 nautical miles (0.93 km; 0.58 mi) south of the (64°02′N160°55′W / 64.033°N 160.917°W / 64.033; -160.917 (Egavik River)) with no people or cargo aboard, the 15-gross register tonscow was blown ashore by a sudden storm and broke up in the surf without loss of life.[120]
The cargo ship collided with (United States) off Atlantic City and sank with the loss of two of her crew.[247]
19 July[]
List of shipwrecks: 19 July 1920
Ship
Country
Description
France
The barque caught fite at Antofagasta, Chile and was beached.[248][249]
Coastwise
United States
The 109-foot (33.2 m), 269-gross register tontug sprang a leak and sank in the North Atlantic Ocean south of Long Island, New York. Her entire crew of 17 survived.[250]
20 July[]
List of shipwrecks: 20 July 1920
Ship
Country
Description
Netherlands
The tug foundered off Wenchow, China in a typhoon.[251]
Shanghai
Netherlands
The dredger foundered off Wenchow in a typhoon.[251]
Allied intervention in the Russian Civil War: The Mirabello-classdestroyer sank in the Black Sea after striking a mine off Odessa, Ukraine.[252]
Saint Michael #9
United States
Loaded with a cargo of 406 tons of fuel oil in tanks, the 366-ton barge sank at the dock at St. Michael, Territory of Alaska, when a gale struck and heavy seas swamped her. She was a total loss.[120]
22 July[]
List of shipwrecks: 22 July 1920
Ship
Country
Description
Kolyma
United States
The 29-gross register tonmotor vessel was wrecked on the northwest coast of Sledge Island in the Bering Sea during a gale. Her crew of two survived.[253]
The Admiralty-type drifter foundered on passage from Canada to the United Kingdom.[254]
26 July[]
List of shipwrecks: 26 July 1920
Ship
Country
Description
United Kingdom
The coaster ran aground at Bideford, Devon. Her crew were rescued.[255]
United Kingdom
The cargo ship collided with (United Kingdom) in the Thames Estuary and sank. Her crew were rescued.[255]
27 July[]
List of shipwrecks: 27 July 1920
Ship
Country
Description
United States
The cargo ship was destroyed by fire at Valparaíso, Chile.[256]
28 July[]
List of shipwrecks: 28 July 1920
Ship
Country
Description
Niki
Greece
The cargo ship arrived at Liverpool, Lancashire, United Kingdom leaking. She was beached at Tranmere, Cheshire.[256]
31 July[]
List of shipwrecks: 31 July 1920
Ship
Country
Description
Cuba
The cargo ship was destroyed by fire after an explosion in one of her fuel tanks at Santiago de Cuba. One crewman killed, 2 badly burned.[257][258]
Unknown date[]
List of shipwrecks: Unknown date July 1920
Ship
Country
Description
Japan
The cargo ship ran aground at Cooktown, Queensland, Australia, in late July. She was refloated on 9 August.[259][260]
Tinea
United States
The motor vessel was lost in Cook Inlet in the Territory of Alaska.[261]
August[]
1 August[]
List of shipwrecks: 1 August 1920
Ship
Country
Description
Greece
The cargo ship departed Salonica for Beirut, Greater Lebanon. No further trace, presumed foundered in the Mediterranean Sea with the loss of all hands.[262]
3 August[]
List of shipwrecks: 3 August 1920
Ship
Country
Description
France
The cargo ship caught fire in the Mediterranean Sea off , Spain and was abandoned.[263]
Russian Civil War: The cargo ship was sunk in the Sea of Azov off by mines.[162]
15 August[]
List of shipwrecks: 15 August 1920
Ship
Country
Description
The Thames barge was destroyed by fire in the River Thames at Woolwich, London with the loss of one of her three crew.[272]
United States
During a voyage from Baltimore, Maryland, to Portland, Maine, the cargo ship sank in 60 feet (18 m) of water in the Atlantic Ocean 4.5 nautical miles (8.3 km; 5.2 mi) east by north of Montauk Point Light on Montauk Point, Long Island, New York, after colliding with the bargePottsville (United States), which was under tow by Covington (United States). Snug Harbor was declared a total loss.[273][274][275]
16 August[]
List of shipwrecks: 16 August 1920
Ship
Country
Description
Belgium
The cargo ship collided with (Belgium) at Antwerp and was beached.[271] She was refloated on 18 August.[273]
17 August[]
List of shipwrecks: 17 August 1920
Ship
Country
Description
United Kingdom
The cargo ship ran aground at Kaskinen, Finland.[270] She was refloated on 24 August.[276]
18 August[]
List of shipwrecks: 18 August 1920
Ship
Country
Description
Canada
The cargo ship was wrecked/beached or foundered one-half mile (0.80 km) off Braddock Point Light, Lake Ontario. She was stripped and abandoned. The crew were rescued by the United States Coast Guard.[277][278]
United Kingdom
The dredger was reported to have gone ashore near São Martinho do Porto, Portugal.[279] She was refloated by 27 August.[280]
19 August[]
List of shipwrecks: 19 August 1920
Ship
Country
Description
Russian NavyWhite Movement
Russian Civil War: The torpedo boat was sunk in the Sea of Azov off by mines.[162]
RussiaWhite Movement
Russian Civil War: The transport was sunk in the Sea of Azov off Akhtar by mines.[162]
The cargo ship collided with Willis L. King (United States) in Whitefish Bay, Lake Superior and sank with the loss of 29 of her 33 crew. The boiler exploded as the vessel sank.[281]
21 August[]
List of shipwrecks: 21 August 1920
Ship
Country
Description
Hammonia
flag unknown
The ship struck a submerged wreck in the Baltic Sea off Fehmarn, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany and sank.[282]
Greece
The cargo ship foundered in the Bay of Biscay 55 nautical miles (102 km) off Bilbao, Biscay, Spain.[283]
23 August[]
List of shipwrecks: 23 August 1920
Ship
Country
Description
Denmark
The schooner was wrecked at , Iceland with some loss of life.[283]
The cargo ship ran aground at Gurnard's Head, Cornwall. She later refloated but sank and was a total loss. Her thirteen crew survived.[289][291]
France
The schooner foundered in the Atlantic Ocean off Cape Pine, Newfoundland with the loss of a crew member.[287]
Unknown date[]
List of shipwrecks: Unknown date August 1920
Ship
Country
Description
Denmark
The ship foundered in pack ice off Shannon Island, Greenland. Her crew survived, but a number of them died before they were rescued in September 1921.[292]
John H. Dwight
United States
The 221-gross register tonbarge was wrecked on rocks during a gale at St. Michael, Territory of Alaska. The only person aboard survived.[293]
Japan
The cargo ship ran aground on Formosa in early August. She was declared a total loss on 12 September.[294]
September[]
1 September[]
List of shipwrecks: 1 September 1920
Ship
Country
Description
United States
The three-masted schooner was destroyed by fire at Cadiz, Spain.[295]
The S-class submarine partially flooded due to a jammed valve in the Atlantic Ocean 40 miles (64 km) off the Delaware Capes with her stern above water. All crew were rescued on 3 September. S-5 sank completely during an attempt to tow her to port on 3 September, 15 miles (24 km) off the Delaware Capes.[145][296]
The passenger ship ran aground at Vigo, Galicia, Spain,[309] due to an error in navigation by her captain. Her 500 passengers were taken off on 10 September.[310] She was refloated on 30 September.[308]
United Kingdom
The cargo ship ran aground in the Gulf of Bothnia off Grundkallen, Sweden and was a total loss. Her crew were rescued.[306]
10 September[]
List of shipwrecks: 10 September 1920
Ship
Country
Description
USS Pittsburgh
United States Navy
The Pennsylvania-class cruiser ran aground in the Baltic Sea 3 nautical miles (5.6 km) off Liepāja, Latvia.[311] She was refloated on 11 September.[312]
14 September[]
List of shipwrecks: 14 September 1920
Ship
Country
Description
Denmark
The schooner departed Campbellton, Newfoundland for Preston, Lancashire, United Kingdom. No further trace, presumed foundered in the Atlantic Ocean with the loss of all hands.[313]
United Kingdom
The schooner ran aground on the Silver Bank, off the Turks Islands and was wrecked. Her crew were rescued.[314]
Vermillion
United States
Under tow by the tugBarrelton (United States) from Norfolk, Virginia, to Fall River, Massachusetts, with a cargo of coal, the barge sank in the Atlantic Ocean 4.5 nautical miles (8.3 km; 5.2 mi) east by north of Montauk Point Light on Montauk Point, Long Island, New York, after colliding with the sunken wreck of the cargo ship (United States). Vermillion and her cargo were declared a total loss.[274][275]
Winstead
United States
Under tow by the tugBarrelton (United States) from Norfolk, Virginia, to Fall River, Massachusetts, with a cargo off coal, the barge sank in the Atlantic Ocean 4.5 nautical miles (8.3 km; 5.2 mi) east by north of Montauk Point Light on Montauk Point, Long Island, New York, after colliding with the sunken wreck of the cargo ship (United States). Winstead and her cargo were declared a total loss.[274][275]
15 September[]
List of shipwrecks: 15 September 1920
Ship
Country
Description
Canada
The schooner was wrecked at Rose Head, Lunenburg, Nova Scotia with the loss of her captain.[315]
Denmark
The cargo ship collided with United States (Denmark) in the . She was towed into Frederikshavn, Nordjylland, where she capsized with the loss of a crew member.[314]
Russian NavyWhite Movement
Russian Civil War: Battle of Obytichnyi Spit: The gunboat was shelled and sunk in the Sea of Azov off Berdyansk by (Soviet Navy). Two crewmen killed. Survivors were rescued by (Russian NavyWhite Movement).[162]
Greece
The cargo ship sprang a leak and sank in the Atlantic Ocean off the Eddystone Lighthouse, Cornwall, United Kingdom. Her crew survived.[314]
16 September[]
List of shipwrecks: 16 September 1920
Ship
Country
Description
United Kingdom
The schooner was lost off Lunenburg, Nova Scotia, Canada.[316]
17 September[]
List of shipwrecks: 17 September 1920
Ship
Country
Description
United Kingdom
The coaster was severely damaged by fire at Fleetwood, Lancashire.[316]
19 September[]
List of shipwrecks: 19 September 1920
Ship
Country
Description
United Kingdom
The cargo ship struck the wreck of (Finland) and sank in the Bristol Channel off Barry Island, Glamorgan with the loss of one of her 27 crew.[317]
The passenger ship struck a reef in Swanson Bay on the coast of British Columbia in Canada and was beached in a sinking condition. After her passengers and crew had been put ashore, she became almost completely submerged at high tide. She was refloated, repaired, and returned to service.[318][319]
The yacht was wrecked on Flinders Island, Tasmania with the loss of all hands. An Airco DH.9A aircraft of the Australian Air Corps was lost whilst searching for her, along with both crew. Amelia J. was on a voyage from Newcastle, New South Wales to Hobart, Tasmania.[322]
The decommissioned torpedo boat was sunk as a target.
25 September[]
List of shipwrecks: 25 September 1920
Ship
Country
Description
United Kingdom
The cargo ship collided with (Spain) and was consequently beached at Bonanza, Cadiz, Spain.[325] She broke in two on 27 September.[324]
26 September[]
List of shipwrecks: 26 September 1920
Ship
Country
Description
Norway
The cargo ship collided with (United Kingdom) in the and sank with the loss of three of her crew.[326]
27 September[]
List of shipwrecks: 27 September 1920
Ship
Country
Description
United States
The schooner foundered in the Atlantic Ocean off Cape Henry, Virginia.[324] She was later refloated in a severely leaking condition and beached.[288]
28 September[]
List of shipwrecks: 28 September 1920
Ship
Country
Description
Japan
The cargo ship ran aground in . She broke up and was wrecked with the loss of two lives.[327]
29 September[]
List of shipwrecks: 29 September 1920
Ship
Country
Description
France
The cargo ship foundered in the English Channel off St. Brieuc, Côtes-du-Nord. Her crew survived.[328]
United States
The cargo ship sank in the Gulf of Mexico during a hurricane. Everyone abandoned ship in her lifeboats, but eight died in the boats from exhaustion and privation.[329][330]
30 September[]
List of shipwrecks: 30 September 1920
Ship
Country
Description
Greece
The cargo ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean 105 nautical miles (194 km) off Cape Finisterre, Spain.[331]
Unknown date[]
List of shipwrecks: Unknown date September 1920
Ship
Country
Description
Luella
United States
The sternwheel paddle steamer was lost at Chena, Territory of Alaska.[206]
Southern Cross
United Kingdom
The brigantine was lost with all hands in Bass Strait, Australia.
October[]
1 October[]
List of shipwrecks: 1 October 1920
Ship
Country
Description
Finland
The barque departed Norfolk, Virginia, United States for Gothenburg, Sweden. No further trace, presumed foundered in the Atlantic Ocean with the loss of all hands.[313]
3 October[]
List of shipwrecks: 3 October 1920
Ship
Country
Description
France
The barquentine ran aground at Plymouth, Devon, United Kingdom with the loss of a crew member. The survivors were rescued by a lifeboat.[327]
4 October[]
List of shipwrecks: 4 October 1920
Ship
Country
Description
Royal Canadian Navy
The Admiralty-type drifter foundered on passage from Canada to the United Kingdom.[254]
United States
The cargo ship ran aground on Ellis Island, New York.[332] She was refloated on 21 October.[333]
5 October[]
List of shipwrecks: 5 October 1920
Ship
Country
Description
Norway
The coaster came ashore at Desterro, Brazil and was wrecked.[334]
Sorknes
Norway
The barque was dismasted and abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. She was subsequently towed in to Barry, Glamorgan, United Kingdom and was hulked.[335]
7 October[]
List of shipwrecks: 7 October 1920
Ship
Country
Description
Belgium
The schooner foundered in the Bristol Channel. All six crew survived.[336]
8 October[]
List of shipwrecks: 8 October 1920
Ship
Country
Description
United Kingdom
The cargo ship came ashore at Las Palmas, Canary Islands, Spain.[337] She was declared a total loss on 11 November.[338]
The barquentine ran aground on the Lafolle Reef off the coast of Haiti and was a total loss.[340]
Norway
The barque departed Newport News, Virginia, United States for Buenos Aires, Argentina. No further trace, presumed foundered in the Atlantic Ocean with the loss of all hands.[341]
11 October[]
List of shipwrecks: 11 October 1920
Ship
Country
Description
Royal Canadian Navy
The Admiralty-type drifter foundered on passage from Canada to the United Kingdom.[254]
United Kingdom
The cargo ship struck rocks off Lambay Island, County Dublin. She proceeded to Dublin but sank at her moorings there.[342]
United States
The four-masted schooner collided with (United States) in the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Pennsylvania and sank. Her crew were rescued.[342]
The three-masted schooner collided with (United Kingdom) in the English Channel off the (Trinity House) and sank. Her crew were rescued.[339]
12 October[]
List of shipwrecks: 12 October 1920
Ship
Country
Description
Royal Canadian Navy
The Admiralty-type drifter foundered on passage from Canada to the United Kingdom.[254]
13 October[]
List of shipwrecks: 13 October 1920
Ship
Country
Description
Greece
The cargo ship struck a mine and sank in the Baltic Sea and sank off Västervik, Sweden.[345]
United States
The auxiliary schooner was sunk in a collision with (United States) at Santiago, Cuba. 12 killed.[346]
14 October[]
List of shipwrecks: 14 October 1920
Ship
Country
Description
Spain
The schooner was destroyed by fire in the Mediterranean Sea off Almería. Her crew were rescued.[340]
18 October[]
List of shipwrecks: 18 October 1920
Ship
Country
Description
United States
The cargo ship caught fire in the Atlantic Ocean and was abandoned (49°22′N4°32′W / 49.367°N 4.533°W / 49.367; -4.533). Her crew were rescued by (United States).[347] She later broke in two, with both sections remaining afloat and coming ashore on the Cornish coast. Later scrapped.[348][349]
20 October[]
List of shipwrecks: 20 October 1920
Ship
Country
Description
Rose
United Kingdom
The Thames barge foundered in the Thames Estuary 1 nautical mile (1.9 km) off Slough Fort.[350]
21 October[]
List of shipwrecks: 21 October 1920
Ship
Country
Description
United Kingdom
The schooner came ashore on the east coast of the United States 300 nautical miles (560 km) from Jacksonville, Florida and was abandoned.[333]
United Kingdom
The cargo ship ran aground on , Quebec, Canada.[351] She was refloated on 25 October.[352]
France
The cargo ship came ashore at Quebec City, Canada.[351] She was refloated on 11 November.[338]
The cargo ship arrived at Antwerp with a fire in her cargo. She sank on 3 November. Hastier was raised in 1921 and scrapped in 1922.
28 October[]
List of shipwrecks: 28 October 1920
Ship
Country
Description
United Kingdom
The cargo ship collided with (United Kingdom) in the River Clyde and was beached at Dumbarton.[356] She was refloated the next day.[357]
29 October[]
List of shipwrecks: 29 October 1920
Ship
Country
Description
Japan
The cargo ship ran aground at Ninian, India.[355] She was refloated on 8 November.[358]
30 October[]
List of shipwrecks: 30 October 1920
Ship
Country
Description
United States
The concrete ship collided with (United States) off Providence, Rhode Island and sank with the loss of twenty crew.[359]
31 October[]
List of shipwrecks: 31 October 1920
Ship
Country
Description
Japan
The cargo ship ran aground in the Red Sea off Mocha, Aden Protectorate.[360] She was refloated on 17 November.[361]
Unknown date[]
List of shipwrecks: Unknown date October 1920
Ship
Country
Description
United Kingdom
The schooner was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by (United Kingdom) and were landed at Bermuda on 1 November.[362]
Gromoboi
Soviet Navy
The crew of the armoured cruisermutinied and took over the ship off Kronstadt in late October. Commisars and officers were killed and the ship was scuttled. Later refloated and sold for scrap.[363]
November[]
1 November[]
List of shipwrecks: 1 November 1920
Ship
Country
Description
Coast Battleship Number 1
United States Navy
Coast Battleship Number 1, ex-USS Indiana, after sinking
The decommissioned Indiana-classbattleship (formerly USS Indiana) sank in shallow water in the Chesapeake Bay while in use as a target. Her wreck was sold for scrap.
United Kingdom
The Thames barge was driven ashore at Felixstowe, Suffolk and was wrecked. Her crew were rescued by the Walton Lifeboat.[355]
The captured Nassau-class battleship (ex-Imperial German Navy) was driven ashore at Hawkcraig, Fife.[355]
2 November[]
List of shipwrecks: 2 November 1920
Ship
Country
Description
Germany
The cargo ship collided with (United States) at Saint-Nazaire, Loire-Inférieure, France and sank.[362]
France
The schooner foundered on this date. Her crew were rescued.[364]
4 November[]
List of shipwrecks: 4 November 1920
Ship
Country
Description
United States
The schooner departed Vavau, Tonga for San Francisco, California. No further trace, presumed foundered in the Pacific Ocean with the loss of all hands.[341]
France
The cargo ship ran aground at Pointe du Touquet, Pas-de-Calais.[365] She broke in two the next day and was a total loss.[366]
5 November[]
List of shipwrecks: 5 November 1920
Ship
Country
Description
United Kingdom
The coaster was destroyed by fire in the North Sea off Montrose, Forfarshire. Her crew survived.[367]
The sail-powered cargo ship was driven ashore at , Norway, and was wrecked. Her crew were rescued.[367]
Royal Navy
The destroyer was wrecked on the coast of the Ottoman Empire near Smyrna.[368]
7 November[]
List of shipwrecks: 7 November 1920
Ship
Country
Description
Barbadoes
United Kingdom
The trawler struck a mine and sank in the North Sea with the loss of all ten crew.[369]
8 November[]
List of shipwrecks: 8 November 1920
Ship
Country
Description
Cheechaco
United States
Stored for the winter on blocks high on the beach at Gambell on Saint Lawrence Island in the Bering Sea, the 9-ton schooner was destroyed during a gale when an unusually high tide floated her off the blocks and she drifted away and was dashed to pieces on rocks and the beach.[217]
9 November[]
List of shipwrecks: 9 November 1920
Ship
Country
Description
Sweden
The steamer struck a mine in the North Sea, and sank immediately. The crew survived.[370]
10 November[]
List of shipwrecks: 10 November 1920
Ship
Country
Description
United Kingdom
The passenger ship ran aground at Liepāja, Latvia. All 152 passengers were taken off.[338][371] She was refloated on 7 December.[372]
The tanker suffered an onboard explosion and caught fire at New York with the loss of a crew member. She was beached on Ellis Island.[373][374]El Mundo was refloated on 20 November.[375]
11 November[]
List of shipwrecks: 11 November 1920
Ship
Country
Description
United Kingdom
The cargo ship collided with another vessel and was beached at Vlissingen, Netherlands.[373] She was refloated on 21 November.[376]
Norway
The cargo ship foundered in the Skagerrak off Larvik, Norway.[374]
United Kingdom
The cargo ship was destroyed by fire at Limassol, Cyprus.[374]
United States
The cargo ship ran aground in the Paracel Islands.[377] She was later refloated and arrived at Hong Kong on 23 November.[378]
The Topaze-class cruiser parted tow from and (both United Kingdom) in the Irish Sea off the Smalls Lighthouse.[381] Most of her crew were taken off by the Aberystwyth Lifeboat.[382]
Portugal
The schooner was driven ashore at Porthcawl, Glamorgan, United Kingdom with the loss of one of her six crew. Survivors were rescued by breeches buoy.[383]
Reichsmarine
The torpedo boat foundered at Cuxhaven, Germany.[384]
Greece
The cargo ship foundered in the Black Sea 5 nautical miles (9.3 km) off , Soviet Union. Her crew survived.[381]
Russian Civil War, Evacuation of the Crimea: The destroyer foundered in the Black Sea with the loss of all on board - her crew and 250 passengers. She was on a voyage from Kertch to Constantinople, Ottoman Empire.[98]
The troopship sprang a leak and sank in the River Medway at Chatham, Kent.[385]
United Kingdom
The depôt ship was driven ashore at Leith, Lothian.[386] She was refloated on 28 November.[387]
White Movement
Russian Civil War: The destroyer sank at Sevastopol during a storm.[388][389]
17 November[]
List of shipwrecks: 17 November 1920
Ship
Country
Description
Norway
The barque ran aground north of Bergen, Norway and was severely damaged.[386] She was towed to for examination with the expectation that she would be condemned as a constructive total loss.[375]
Spain
The cargo ship issued an SOS in the Atlantic Ocean 240 nautical miles (440 km) south east of Cape May, Newfoundland. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[390]
The auxiliary schooner foundered in the Irish Sea 5 nautical miles (9.3 km) off the Smalls Lighthouse after her cargo shifted with the loss of one of her five crew. Survivors were rescued by the trawler Kirkland (United Kingdom).[369][392]
United Kingdom
The vessel became stranded on the North Rock, Cloughey Bay, Country Down.[393] She was raised on 23 February 1921, repaired and returned to service[394]
The ocean liner caught fire and capsized at Wallsend, Northumberland.[403]
Norway
The cargo ship ran aground in the Bahamas.[404] She was abandoned the next day and was a total loss.[387]
25 November[]
List of shipwrecks: 25 November 1920
Ship
Country
Description
United Kingdom
The barquentine foundered in the Atlantic Ocean 4 nautical miles (7.4 km) west of the Longships. All seven crew were rescued.[405]
26 November[]
List of shipwrecks: 26 November 1920
Ship
Country
Description
United States
The schooner barge wrecked on rocks in the Pacific Ocean off La Push, Washington after being cut loose from her tow in a gale and heavy seas, originally under tow from Tacoma, Washington to Antofagasta, Chile, or to San Francisco. Only two of her sixteen crew survived, Her Captain, his Wife and baby among the lost, or all 20 lost.[406][407]
The schooner was abandoned in the Bay of Biscay 3.5 nautical miles (6.5 km) north west of Ouessant, Finistère. Her crew were rescued by West Maximus (United States).[387]
Greece
The cargo ship foundered in the English Channel off the Casquets, Guernsey, Channel Islands. Her crew survived.[387]
28 November[]
List of shipwrecks: 28 November 1920
Ship
Country
Description
Netherlands
The schooner sprang a leak and sank in the North Sea. Her crew were rescued by the trawler Unity (United Kingdom).[408]
Greece
The cargo ship sank in the Iroise Sea off the Pierres Noires, Finistère, France. Her crew survived.[409]
29 November[]
List of shipwrecks: 29 November 1920
Ship
Country
Description
Capitaine Remy
France
The auxiliary sailing vessel capsized in the English Channel 10 nautical miles (19 km) south of The Lizard, Cornwall, United Kingdom.[410]
France
The schooner foundered off in the Mediterranean Sea off Port-la-Nouvelle, Aude.[409]
Russian Civil War: The minesweeper depot ship, a former battleship, in use by White forces under Pyotr Wrangel, was scuttled in the Kerch Strait.
December[]
1 December[]
List of shipwrecks: 1 December 1920
Ship
Country
Description
Netherlands
The schooner sprang a leak in the North Sea and was abandoned. Her crew were rescued.[412]
United Kingdom
The schooner ran aground on Ambergris Cay, Turks Islands. Her passengers and crew were rescued.[413]
2 December[]
List of shipwrecks: 2 December 1920
Ship
Country
Description
United Kingdom
The cargo ship ran aground near Mousehole, Cornwall. Her crew of 45 were rescued.[414]
United States
The schooner ran aground on the West Reef, Bahamas and was a total loss. Her crew survived.[415]
Norway
The cargo ship struck a mine in the Baltic Sea off the , Sweden. Her crew were rescued.[414]
United States
The cargo ship ran aground on the Bogskär, Finland and was abandoned by her crew. She was refloated on 7 December.[415][416]
Norway
The barque departed Kristiansand, Norway for the Hampton Roads. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[417]
Germany
The cargo ship ran aground on the Lethegus Ledge off the Isles of Scilly, United Kingdom and was wrecked. All 24 crew were rescued by the St. Mary's Lifeboat.[414]
United Kingdom
The schooner issued an SOS off Holyhead, Anglesey. Her crew were taken off by the Holyhead Lifeboat.[418]
4 December[]
List of shipwrecks: 4 December 1920
Ship
Country
Description
Netherlands
The auxiliary schooner broke free from her mooring and was wrecked at Fishguard, Pembrokeshire, United Kingdom in a gale with the loss of one of her ten crew. Survivors were rescued by the Fishguard Lifeboat or by rocket apparatus.[418][419]
The cargo ship was destroyed by fire at Kingston, Ontario, Canada.[420]
United Kingdom
The coaster was driven ashore near Clynnog Fawr, Caernarfonshire with the loss of four of her eight crew. Five of the thirteen crew of the Rhoscolyn Lifeboat were lost attempting to rescue her crew before she came ashore.[418][419]
United Kingdom
The coal hulk was driven ashore 16 nautical miles (30 km) west of Thurso, Caithness and was a total loss. Her crew were rescued by rocket apparatus.[418]
The cargo ship collided with (United Kingdom) in the River Thames at Gravesend, Kent. She then collided with Fairfield and the ice hulk (both United Kingdom) and was then beached. Fairfield sank and the other ships were damaged.[420]Graf Waldersee was refloated on 8 December.[416]
United Kingdom
The cargo ship ran aground on the Dogger Bank in the North Sea and was a total loss.[420]
The cargo ship dragged her anchor and ran hard aground off Ponta Delgada in the Azores and was declared a total loss. All 45 of her crew were saved.
13 December[]
List of shipwrecks: 13 December 1920
Ship
Country
Description
Mabel A
United States
After her gasoline engine broke down, the 32-ton fishing vessel drifted onto the coast of "Noise Island" – apparently Noyes Island – in the Alexander Archipelago in Southeast Alaska and was stranded, breaking up in the surf in about two hours. Her crew of three survived.[106]
Greece
The cargo ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean 40 nautical miles (74 km) off Cape Ortegal, Galicia, Spain. All 25 crew were rescued.[380]
15 December[]
List of shipwrecks: 15 December 1920
Ship
Country
Description
United Kingdom
The cargo ship ran aground on the East Barrow Sands in the Thames Estuary.[422] She was refloated on 21 December.[423]
16 December[]
List of shipwrecks: 16 December 1920
Ship
Country
Description
United States
The schooner was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Maryland. Her crew were rescued.[424]
United Kingdom
The schooner foundered off Saint Michael, Barbados.[425]
The five-masted schooner was abandoned in the Pacific Ocean (approximately 34°S154°E / 34°S 154°E / -34; 154). Her crew were rescued by Cosmos (United Kingdom).[424] She was towed into Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, arriving on 18 December.[425]
United Kingdom
The four-masted auxiliary schooner was destroyed by fire off Southend, Essex. All nineteen crew survived.[426]
United States
The four-masted schooner was beached at Jacksonville, Florida.[427]
The ocean liner was severely damaged by fire at New York.[427]
United States
The cargo ship was driven ashore at Saint Michael, Barbados and was wrecked.[426]
17 December[]
List of shipwrecks: 17 December 1920
Ship
Country
Description
French Navy
The despatch boat was wrecked off Euboea, Greece with the loss of 26 of her 105 crew.[428][429]
18 December[]
List of shipwrecks: 18 December 1920
Ship
Country
Description
Denmark
The schooner came ashore on the south coast of Iceland and was a total loss. Her crew were rescued.[425]
Joseph Pulitzer
United States
During a mail voyage from Seward, Territory of Alaska, to the Aleutian Islands, the 73-gross register ton, 75-foot (22.9 m) two-mastedmotorschooner sank in (56°42′N157°22′W / 56.700°N 157.367°W / 56.700; -157.367 (Aniakchak Bay)) on the south coast of the Alaska Peninsula. All eight people on board survived. Joseph Pulitzer's wreck later was salvaged, taken to Chignik, Territory of Alaska, and stripped.[293]
During a voyage from Seattle, Washington, to Unga, Territory of Alaska, and way ports with a cargo of general merchandise and a crew of 29 aboard, the 320-gross register tonsteamer was wrecked without loss of life on the coast of in British Columbia, Canada.[97]
Greece
The cargo ship foundered in the English Channel 11 nautical miles (20 km) south of St. Catherine's Point, Isle of Wight, United Kingdom. All eleven crew were rescued.[430]
21 December[]
List of shipwrecks: 21 December 1920
Ship
Country
Description
Denmark
The schooner was driven ashore 6 nautical miles (11 km) south of Johnshaven, Aberdeenshire, United Kingdom. Her crew were rescued by the Johnshaven Lifeboat, which later capsized with the loss of two of her crew and a lifeboatman.[431]
United States
The schooner foundered in the Atlantic Ocean.[431]
23 December[]
List of shipwrecks: 23 December 1920
Ship
Country
Description
France
The schooner departed Fogo, Newfoundland for Alicante, Spain. No further trace, presumed foundered in the Atlantic Ocean with the loss of all hands.[432]
Greece
The cargo ship foundered in the Aegean Sea off Leipsoi with the loss of six of her fifteen crew.[433]
The Admiralty-type drifter was lost at sea sometime before August 1920.[254]
Gunner
United States
The whaling boat was lost in Prince William Sound on the south-central coast of the Territory of Alaska after her harpoon cannon exploded.[264]
On Time
United States
The 27-gross register ton, 56.1-foot (17.1 m) motorcargo vessel was wrecked in Cook Inlet on the south-central coast of the Territory of Alaska. Her loss was not reported until 1928.[442]
Outline
United States
The vessel was lost in Cook Inlet on the south-central coast of the Territory of Alaska.[442]
The decommissionedfrigate, sold for scrap, was burned on the beach at Eastport, Maine, sometime during the first half of 1920 to ease the retrieval of valuable metals.[443]
UB-21
United Kingdom
The Type UB II submarine foundered off the coast of England whilst under tow to be scrapped.
Varyag
United Kingdom
The protected cruiser ran aground at Lendalfoot, Ayrshire whilst under tow to be scrapped. She sank in 1925.
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United States
United Kingdom).[3]
Sweden
Netherlands
Belgium
Norway).[7]
Portugal
France) at Oporto and was beached.[10]
Italy
Spain
Denmark
Brazil).[10]
Royal Navy
Japan
Greece
Canada
French Navy
United States Coast and Geodetic Survey
United States Coast Guard). The wreck later slid off the reef and sank in up to 40 feet (12 m) of water at (43°53′16″N 069°15′24″W / 43.88778°N 69.25667°W).[65][66][67][68]
Germany
Finland) in the River Plate and sank with the loss of seven of her crew. Survivors were rescued by (
Reichsmarine
Royal Danish Navy).[95]
Armed Forces of South Russia
United States Navy
Canada
Chile
United States
Soviet Navy
White Movement
United States Bureau of Fisheries
United States Coast Guard
Regia Marina
Trinity House).[174]
Swedish Navy
United States Bureau of Fisheries
Soviet Union
Royal Canadian Navy
Cuba
Russian Navy Bolshevik
Australia
Finland) and sank in the Bristol Channel off Barry Island, Glamorgan with the loss of one of her 27 crew.[317]
United Kingdom
Imperial German Navy) was driven ashore at Hawkcraig, Fife.[355]
