The cargo ship sprang a leak and sank in the Tyrrhenian Sea 25 nautical miles (46 km) east of Mount Circeo, Lazio, Italy.[7]
UB-88
United States
The Type UB IIIsubmarine was scuttled in the Pacific Ocean off San Pedro, California by USS Wilkes (United States Navy).[8]
5 January[]
List of shipwrecks: 5 January 1921
Ship
Country
Description
United Kingdom
The cargo ship ran aground at Cape Frio, Brazil.[5] She was refloated on 18 January.[9]
6 January[]
List of shipwrecks: 6 January 1921
Ship
Country
Description
USS Coast Defense Battleship No. 2
United States Navy
USS Coast Defense Battleship No. 2 sinking.
The decommissioned battleship (ex-USS Massachusetts) was scuttled in shallow water in the Gulf of Mexico off Pensacola, Florida. The wreck subsequently was used as a United States Army Coast Artillery Corps target, then became an artificial reef and recreational diving site.
The schooner departed Liverpool, Lancashire for Fowey, Cornwall. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[11]
9 January[]
List of shipwrecks: 9 January 1921
Ship
Country
Description
Russia
Russian Civil War: The Elipidifor type auxiliary gunboat was damaged by Sakalave (French Navy) at Anapa in the Black Sea. She was beached and abandoned.[12]
10 January[]
List of shipwrecks: 10 January 1921
Ship
Country
Description
Spain
The coaster caught fire and foundered in the Ligurian Sea 6 nautical miles (11 km) off , Liguria, Italy. Her crew were rescued.[13][14]
The coaster was struck by another vessel in the River Thames at Blackwall, London and sank.[18] She was refloated on 18 January.[19]
16 January[]
List of shipwrecks: 16 January 1921
Ship
Country
Description
Venezuela
The cargo ship was destroyed by fire at Puerto Cabello and was a total loss.[20]
17 January[]
List of shipwrecks: 17 January 1921
Ship
Country
Description
United Kingdom
The cargo ship struck rocks at and was beached in the Sound of Islay.[20]
Royal Navy
Bound for Haulbowline, where she was to undergo a refit to become the drill ship HMS President, the Anchusa-classsloop-of-war was wrecked on .[20][21]
18 January[]
List of shipwrecks: 18 January 1921
Ship
Country
Description
United Kingdom
The brigantine came ashore at Zierikzee, Netherlands and was wrecked.[16][22]
United Kingdom
The schooner sprang a leak and was abandoned in the Irish Sea off Beaumaris, Anglesey. Her crew were rescued by the Beaumaris Lifeboat.[16]
19 January[]
List of shipwrecks: 19 January 1921
Ship
Country
Description
Germany
The schooner was abandoned in the North Sea off IJmuiden, Netherlands. Her crew were rescued by the trawler Ymuiden 146 (Netherlands).[22]Daisy was discovered derelict by the trawler Hohenfels (Germany) and towed into Nordenham, Germany, arriving on 27 January.[23]
The K-class submarine foundered in the Atlantic Ocean 120 nautical miles (220 km) south west of the Isles of Scilly with the loss of all fifty-seven crew.[26]
22 January[]
List of shipwrecks: 22 January 1921
Ship
Country
Description
Greece
The cargo ship ran aground at , Yorkshire, United Kingdom. Her crew were rescued before she sank.[27]
United Kingdom
The schooner was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Virginia, United States. Her crew were rescued.[27]
The cargo ship en route from Portman, Spain to Middlesbrough foundered near GuernseyChannel Islands. She had previously been salvaged in April 1919 by HM Tug St Issey.[29]
The cargo ship last reported from the Atlantic Ocean 250 nautical miles (460 km) north of Jupiter Inlet, Florida. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands. She made her regular radio calls on 24 January and 25 January,[30] and reported nothing unusual. She was last seen 250 nautical miles (460 km) north of Jupiter Inlet, Florida. From that time to this, she remains missing. No further radio signals from her were received.[31] After the Hewitt failed to arrive in Boston on its expected due date of 29 January, Union Sulphur sent the ship's wireless call (K I L) through Atlantic coastal stations, and notified the United States Navy.[30] A huge search along her route found nothing.
US Coast Guard officials in Atlantic City reported hearing an explosion and seeing a flash approximately 20 miles offshore on the night of 3 February 1921, and connected this event with the Hewitt.[32]
Greece
The cargo ship sank in the Aegean Sea 25 nautical miles (46 km) north west of Sapientza. Her crew were rescued.[33]
26 January[]
List of shipwrecks: 26 January 1921
Ship
Country
Description
United Kingdom
The coaster sailed from Saint Sampson, Guernsey, Channel Islands for Portsmouth, Hampshire. No further trace, presumed foundered in the English Channel with the loss of all hands.[34]
28 January[]
List of shipwrecks: 28 January 1921
Ship
Country
Description
United Kingdom
The schooner was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued.[23]
The decommissioned former Imperial German Navybattleship foundered in heavy seas in the English Channel off Whale Island, Hampshire, England, after use as a gunnery target by the shore establishment HMS Excellent and the monitorHMS Terror (both Royal Navy). Baden was refloated three months later and put back into use as a target ship.
Under tow after being sold out of naval service, the decommissioned Diadem-classprotected cruiser sank off Corsica in a gale. She later was refloated and scrapped.
The cargo ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean between Cape Roca and the Berlengas, Portugal. Her crew were rescued by a Spanish merchant ship.[37]
2 February[]
List of shipwrecks: 2 February 1921
Ship
Country
Description
United Kingdom
The cargo ship departed from Norfolk, Virginia for Reggio Calabria, Italy. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[38]
United States
The ran aground in the Kaiser Wilhelm Canal, Germany.[39] She was refloated on 7 February.[40]
France
The schooner ran aground on the Crym Rocks off the Isles of Scilly, United Kingdom and was wrecked.[41]
3 February[]
List of shipwrecks: 3 February 1921
Ship
Country
Description
Sweden
The cargo ship ran aground at the entrance of the Trondheimsfjord, Norway. She was refloated but consequently beached.[42]
United Kingdom
The cargo ship ran aground east of The Skerries, Anglesey and was abandoned by her crew.[41] She was later refloated and towed into Holyhead.[39]
6 February[]
List of shipwrecks: 6 February 1921
Ship
Country
Description
Ottawa
United Kingdom
The cargo ship, on a voyage from Norfolk, Virginia, United States to Manchester, Lancashire was in communication with (United Kingdom). No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[38]
7 February[]
List of shipwrecks: 7 February 1921
Ship
Country
Description
United States
The cargo ship was wrecked whilst on a voyage from San Francisco, California to Portland, Oregon. Her crew were rescued.[40]
Germany
The cargo ship collided with another vessel and sank off Delfzijl, Netherlands. Her crew were rescued by the other vessel.[43]
8 February[]
List of shipwrecks: 8 February 1921
Ship
Country
Description
United Kingdom
The cargo ship came ashore at the Heugh Lighthouse, Hartlepool, County Durham and was wrecked.[43]
The cargo ship parted from her tow and cane ashore at Covehithe, Suffolk. She was refloated on 25 February.[47][50]
Osiris
United States
The houseboat/yacht burned and sank off Miami, Florida.[51]
13 February[]
List of shipwrecks: 13 February 1921
Ship
Country
Description
United Kingdom
The schooner departed Patras, Greece, for Trapani, Sicily, Italy. No further trace, presumed foundered in the Mediterranean Sea with the loss of all hands.[52]
The schooner struck a mine and sank in the Atlantic Ocean 60 nautical miles (110 km) north east of Cuba.[54]
Progreso
Spain
The sailing ship sprang a leak and foundered in the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Portugal. Her crew were rescued by a British merchant ship.[54]
United States
The cargo ship ran aground on Ven, Sweden.[56] She was refloated on 24 February.[50]
17 February[]
List of shipwrecks: 17 February 1921
Ship
Country
Description
United Kingdom
The tanker caught fire in the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Florida, United States and was abandoned. Her crew were rescued by (United States).[54]Delmira was towed in to Key West, Florida by (United States).[55]
The Wickes-class destroyer sank after colliding with the steamer (United States) in the Pacific Ocean off Panama City, Panama. Survivors were rescued by the destroyer USS Aaron Ward (United States Navy).[60][61]
The passenger ship struck the White Rocks off near Swatow, China and sank with the loss of about 1,000 lives. HMS Carlisle, HMS Foxglove (both Royal Navy) and (flag unknown) rescued 294 survivors between them.
Maria
Greece
The cargo ship caught fire and sank in the Mediterranean Sea off Phourni, Crete.[68]
Greece
The cargo ship ran aground off Kum Kale, Turkey. She was refloated on 8 March.[69]
United States
The barquentine departed Hobart, Tasmania, Australia for Lyttelton, New Zealand. No further trace; presumed foundered in the Pacific Ocean with the loss of all hands.[70]
The cargo ship struck a submerged wreck at Constantinople, Turkey and was beached.[68]
Norway
The cargo liner was wrecked at , north-west of Hadseløya, Norway.[75]
9 March[]
List of shipwrecks: 9 March 1921
Ship
Country
Description
United Kingdom
The 3,981-gross register toncargo ship was wrecked in fog without loss of life just off Walker's Point in Kennebunkport, Maine. Her wreck settled in up to 20 feet (6.1 m) of water.[76]
The motor vessel capsized at New Orleans in heavy fog. Six drowned.[78]
United Kingdom
The schooner departed Lisbon, Portugal for Twillingate, Newfoundland. No further trace, presumed foundered in the Atlantic Ocean with the loss of all hands.[79]
The cargo ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean off Oporto, Portugal.[80] Her crew were rescued by Niki (Greece).[82]
18 March[]
List of shipwrecks: 18 March 1921
Ship
Country
Description
Spain
The cargo ship was driven ashore near Bilbao and was wrecked.[83]
21 March[]
List of shipwrecks: 21 March 1921
Ship
Country
Description
United Kingdom
The ocean liner ran aground off Petite Passage, New Brunswick, Canada. She was subsequently declared a total loss.[84]
United Kingdom
The three-masted schooner departed King's Lynn, Norfolk for the Tyne. No further trace, presumed foundered in the North Sea with the loss of all hands.[85]
United States
The schooner ran aground at Castillo and was abandoned. Her crew were rescued by (United Kingdom).[86]
28 March[]
List of shipwrecks: 28 March 1921
Ship
Country
Description
United Kingdom
The cargo ship struck a mine and sank in the Ionian Sea off Santa Maura, Greece.[87]
The cargo ship came ashore at Nantucket, Massachusetts, United States.[89] She was refloated on 7 April.[90]
Spain
The cargo ship sprang a leak in the Atlantic Ocean off San Sebastián, Gipuzkoa. She sank in the early hours of 1 April. Her crew were rescued by (Spanish Navy).[91]
Zilla May
United States
The 70-gross register ton, 77.3-foot (23.6 m) fishing vessel was wrecked without loss of life near (56°23′10″N133°42′30″W / 56.38611°N 133.70833°W / 56.38611; -133.70833 (Strait Island)) in Southeast Alaska. Her crew of 17 abandoned ship early on 1 April, and Zilla May sank about 20 minutes later. After spending 1 April on Strait Island, the crew rowed to Wrangell, Territory of Alaska, in three dories on 2 April.[92]
The tug disappeared after departing Mare Island Navy Yard in Vallejo, California, on 25 March 1921 with the loss of her entire crew of 56. Her wreck was not discovered until 2014; it lies in the Pacific Ocean 3.1 nautical miles (5.7 km) off Southeast Farallon Island. She presumably sank in a gale on 26 March 1921.[93]
April[]
1 April[]
List of shipwrecks: 1 April 1921
Ship
Country
Description
United States
The passenger ship collided with (United States) in the Pacific Ocean one and a quarter miles (2.0 km) south east of Point Wilson off Port Townsend, Washington, or Seattle, Washington and sank. All on board were rescued by West Hartland, or nine killed, survivors transferred.[91][94]
The cargo ship sprung a leak in heavy weather and foundered in the Gulf of Mexico between Beaumont, Texas and Tampico, Mexico with the loss of nineteen, or seven, of her 22 crew.[98][99]
The cargo ship collided with (Denmark) in the Skagerrak 6 nautical miles (11 km) south of Fredrikshavn, Nordjylland, Denmark and sank. Her crew were rescued.[96]
14 April[]
List of shipwrecks: 14 April 1921
Ship
Country
Description
Kamchatka
United States
During a voyage from Seattle, Washington, to Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky on the Kamchatka Peninsula in Siberia carrying 436 tons of general trading cargo, the 552-ton motor ship was abandoned in the North Pacific Ocean 400 nautical miles (740 km; 460 mi) south of the Territory of Alaska's Shumagin Islands at a position determined by dead reckoning as 51°57′N154°53′W / 51.950°N 154.883°W / 51.950; -154.883 (Kamchatka) after an engine room fire went out of control. Her crew of 23 abandoned ship in a launch and a whaleboat and reached the Shumagin Islands safely 86 hours later. Kamchatka's burned-out and dismasted hulk drifted far to the south, where it was last sighted on 23 May 1921.[101]
15 April[]
List of shipwrecks: 15 April 1921
Ship
Country
Description
United Kingdom
The coaster ran aground at Dunfanaghy, County Donegal. Her crew survived.[97] She was refloated on 21 April.[102]
16 April[]
List of shipwrecks: 16 April 1921
Ship
Country
Description
Greece
The cargo ship foundered off the Berlengas, Portugal.[103]
United Kingdom
The cargo ship was driven ashore and sank at Chefoo, China.[104]
18 April[]
List of shipwrecks: 18 April 1921
Ship
Country
Description
Iron Monarch
United Kingdom
The cargo ship ran aground at Port Pirie, South Australia.[104] She was refloated on 21 April.[105]
United Kingdom
The schooner foundered in the Atlantic Ocean off Bermuda. Her crew were rescued by (United Kingdom).[104]
20 April[]
List of shipwrecks: 20 April 1921
Ship
Country
Description
S & C
United States
Still hauled out on the shore of the Taku River in the Territory of Alaska for the winter of 1920–1921 and with no one on board, the 8-gross register ton, 34.3-foot (10.5 m) motor vessel was destroyed when ice breaking up on the river during the spring thaw crushed her.[106]
21 April[]
List of shipwrecks: 21 April 1921
Ship
Country
Description
United Kingdom
The coaster, which had struck a submerged object on 19 April, sank in the Bristol Channel 5 nautical miles (9.3 km) north east of Skokholm, Pembrokeshire. Her crew survived.[107]
22 April[]
List of shipwrecks: 22 April 1921
Ship
Country
Description
Russian Navy
The K-class armored river gunboat was lost on this date.[108]
23 April[]
List of shipwrecks: 23 April 1921
Ship
Country
Description
Italy
The schooner was driven onto rocks at Sliema, Malta and was wrecked. All six crew were rescued.[109]
Elpis
Greece
The cargo ship foundered in the Mediterranean Sea 24 nautical miles (44 km) north east of Acre, Palestine.[109]
27 April[]
List of shipwrecks: 27 April 1921
Ship
Country
Description
Spain
The cargo ship sprang a leak and foundered whilst on a voyage from Viveiro, Spain, to Rotterdam, Netherlands. Twenty-one of her 33 crew were rescued.[110]
28 April[]
List of shipwrecks: 28 April 1921
Ship
Country
Description
United Kingdom
The schooner was destroyed by fire off Havana, Cuba.[111]
29 April[]
List of shipwrecks: 29 April 1921
Ship
Country
Description
Spain
The passenger ship sdprang a leak and foundered in the Atlantic Ocean (approximately 48°N5°W / 48°N 5°W / 48; -5). All on board were rescued by (Netherlands).[110][111]
Portugal
The passenger ship ran aground on the south of Block Island, Rhode Island, United States. Her passengers were taken off.[110] She was refloated on 2 May.[112]
United Kingdom
The cargo ship was sunk by barratry in the Atlantic Ocean off Ericeira, Portugal. Her crew were rescued.[110][113]
30 April[]
List of shipwrecks: 30 April 1921
Ship
Country
Description
United Kingdom
The schooner sprang a leak and sank in the Atlantic Ocean off Pensacola, Florida. Her crew were rescued.[114]
Gloria
France
The ship foundered in the Mediterranean Sea off Soller, Majorca, Spain. All 28 crew were rescued.[110]
The barge foundered in Lake Superior 10 nautical miles (19 km) off , Michigan, with the loss of all seven crew.
14 May[]
List of shipwrecks: 14 May 1921
Ship
Country
Description
United Kingdom
The coaster caught fire 20 nautical miles (37 km) off Cape Town, South Africa and was abandoned. All passengers and crew were rescued. Karatara was subsequently towed into Cape Town extensively damaged.[120]
The cargo ship caught fire at Quebec City, Canada and was beached.[134]
10 June[]
List of shipwrecks: 10 June 1921
Ship
Country
Description
Greece
The cargo ship struck a mine and sank in the Gulf of Smyrna off Uzunada, Turkey with the loss of 22 of her 30 crew. Two of the survivors were rescued by Lemnos (Greece Navy).[135][136]
Spain
The cargo ship sprang a leak and sank in the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Portugal.[137]
The cargo ship departed Sydney, New South Wales, Australia for Wellington, New Zealand. Presumed foundered in the Pacific Ocean with the loss of all hands.[79] Fire-damaged wreckage from the ship washed up on Lord Howe Island, New South Wales on 10 August.[138]
16 June[]
List of shipwrecks: 16 June 1921
Ship
Country
Description
Spain
The cargo ship caught fire at Bilbao and was beached. She was declared a total loss.[139]
Olympia
Greece
The cargo ship ran aground on the Formigas Rocks, Azores, Portugal and was wrecked. Her crew survived.[140]
The cargo ship sank at Piraeus, Greece.[141] Ship was refloated on 27 June.[143]
22 June[]
List of shipwrecks: 22 June 1921
Ship
Country
Description
USS U-117
United States Navy
The Type UE IIsubmarine was bombed and sunk as a target in the Atlantic Ocean 50 nautical miles (93 km) east of the (United States Coast Guard) by three Felixstowe F5L aircraft of the United States Navy.
The auxiliary sailing ship sprang a leak and foundered in the North Sea 240 nautical miles (440 km) north north east of Spurn Point, Yorkshire, United Kingdom. All five crew were rescued by the trawler Romilly (United Kingdom).[148][149]
28 June[]
List of shipwrecks: 28 June 1921
Ship
Country
Description
United Kingdom
The cargo ship came ashore at Roscoff, Finistère, France and was wrecked. Her crew were rescued.[128]
Spain
The cargo ship sprang a leak and sank in the Mediterranean Sea 5 nautical miles (9.3 km) south east of the Medes Islands. Her crew were rescued by a Spanish fishing vessel.[128]
United States
The dredger caught fire and sank at Tampico, Tamaulipas, Mexico. She was a total loss.[150]
30 June[]
List of shipwrecks: 30 June 1921
Ship
Country
Description
United Kingdom
The schooner was destroyed by fire at Pascagoula, Mississippi, United States.[151]
The Type UE IIsubmarine was sunk as a target in the English Channel off Cherbourg, Manche.
4 July[]
List of shipwrecks: 4 July 1921
Ship
Country
Description
United Kingdom
The schooner was destroyed by fire at Galveston, Texas, United States.[157]
Gertrude
United States
During a voyage from Nome, Territory of Alaska, to Siberia with a crew of five and a cargo of 15 tons of general merchandise, the 17-gross register tonmotorschooner was beached in a sinking condition after colliding with ice and becoming trapped in it for seven hours approximately 12 nautical miles (22 km; 14 mi) southwest of a location identified in the wreck report as "East Cape," probably Cape Dezhnev on the coast of Siberia but possibly (63°08′39″N168°52′16″W / 63.1442°N 168.8711°W / 63.1442; -168.8711 (Apavawook Cape)) on the coast of Saint Lawrence Island in the Bering Sea. Her crew survived, but the surf pounded her to pieces.[158]
6 July[]
List of shipwrecks: 6 July 1921
Ship
Country
Description
Margaret
United States
The 55-gross register tonmotor vessel was destroyed by an explosion and fire while loading distillate oil at a dock at Katalla, Territory of Alaska. All three crewmen aboard her at the time suffered burns but survived.[159]
7 July[]
List of shipwrecks: 7 July 1921
Ship
Country
Description
United States
The cargo ship ran aground at Belfast, County Antrim, United Kingdom.[160] She was refloated on 10 July.[161]
8 July[]
List of shipwrecks: 8 July 1921
Ship
Country
Description
France
The cargo ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean off Peniche, Portugal. Her crew were rescued.[161]
The steamship foundered several miles west of the Isles of Scilly when she caught fire after an explosion. She was carrying 7,000 tons of naval stores, including naphtha, turpentine and resin from Jacksonville to London. One member of the crew lost his life.[166][167][168]
12 July[]
List of shipwrecks: 12 July 1921
Ship
Country
Description
Spain
The passenger ship struck rocks off the coast of Nigeria. She broke in two and sank. All on board were rescued.[169]
13 July[]
List of shipwrecks: 13 July 1921
Ship
Country
Description
United Kingdom
The cargo ship struck a mine and sank in the Black Sea off Cape Kaliakra, Bulgaria. Her crew were rescued.[170]
United Kingdom
The schooner was abandoned in the Mediterranean Sea 60 nautical miles (110 km) south east of Cape Palos, Spain. Her crew were rescued by the sailing ship Novelty (flag unknown).[165]
15 July[]
List of shipwrecks: 15 July 1921
Ship
Country
Description
United States
The schooner was rammed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean 30 nautical miles (56 km) east of Fire Island, New York by (United Kingdom). Four of her crew were killed.[171]
The ex-German large torpedo boat, allocated to the United States under the Treaty of Versailles, was sunk as a target off Cape Henry by the American battleship Florida.[172][173]
16 July[]
List of shipwrecks: 16 July 1921
Ship
Country
Description
Netherlands
The schooner was wrecked in the Caribbean Sea whilst on a voyage from Puerto Padre, Cuba to Barbados. All on board were rescued.[171]
18 July[]
List of shipwrecks: 18 July 1921
Ship
Country
Description
USS Frankfurt
United States Navy
USS Frankfurt
The Wiesbaden-classlight cruiser (formerly Imperial German Navy) was sunk as a target ship by United States Army Air Service and United States Navy bombers in the Atlantic Ocean off Cape Henry, Virginia.
The Helgoland-classbattleship (ex-Imperial German Navy) was sunk as a target by United States Army Air Service aircraft in the Atlantic Ocean off Cape Hatteras, North Carolina.
Sawa
Soviet Union
Russian Civil War: The ship was shelled and sunk by (Soviet Navy) in the Black Sea while trying to defect to the Whites. The vessel was lost with most of her crew, four rescued.[176]
22 July[]
List of shipwrecks: 22 July 1921
Ship
Country
Description
United Kingdom
The schooner caught fire in the Mozambique Channel and was abandoned.[163] She was later towed into Majunga, Madagascar in a severely damaged state.[177]
USS U-140
United States Navy
The Type U 139submarine was sunk as a target in the Atlantic Ocean off Cape Charles, Virginia by USS Dickerson (United States Navy).
23 July[]
List of shipwrecks: 23 July 1921
Ship
Country
Description
United Kingdom
The schooner was destroyed by fire in the Turks Islands. Her crew were rescued.[169]
The cargo ship came ashore 20 nautical miles (37 km) south of Cape Guardafui, Italian Somaliland.[177] She was abandoned on 3 August and her crew were rescued by Kashima (Imperial Japanese Navy).[187]Siam Maru was later destroyed by fire and was a total loss.[188]
2 August[]
List of shipwrecks: 2 August 1921
Ship
Country
Description
Japan
The coaster was driven ashore on Tsushima Island and was wrecked. Her crew were rescued.[189]
The coaster struck a mine in the Adriatic Sea off the coast of Foggia and sank with the loss of a crew member. Survivors were rescued by (Greece).[187]
6 August[]
List of shipwrecks: 6 August 1921
Ship
Country
Description
United States
The passenger ship ran aground on Blunts Reef, 40 nautical miles (74 km) south of Eureka, California, and sank with the loss of 48, or 31 passengers and 11 crew, of the 214 people on board. Some of the survivors were rescued by (United Kingdom).[192][193][194][195]
7 August[]
List of shipwrecks: 7 August 1921
Ship
Country
Description
Greece
The cargo ship suffered an onboard explosion in her cargo and sank in the Mediterranean Sea. Her crew were rescued by (Sweden).[196]
United States
The barque ran aground on a reef 31 nautical miles (57 km) east of , Panama.[138] She was refloated on 15 August.[197]
8 August[]
List of shipwrecks: 8 August 1921
Ship
Country
Description
United Kingdom
The schooner caught fire in the Atlantic Ocean 60 nautical miles (110 km) off Cape Hatteras, North Carolina and was abandoned. Her crew were rescued by (United States).[198]
United Kingdom
The passenger ship ran aground at Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada.[199] She was declared a total loss on 19 August.[200]
9 August[]
List of shipwrecks: 9 August 1921
Ship
Country
Description
United States
The cargo ship ran aground at , Algeria.[138] She was refloated on 20 August.[201]
10 August[]
List of shipwrecks: 10 August 1921
Ship
Country
Description
United Kingdom
The schooner ran aground on Holy Isle, Firth of Clyde.[138] She was refloated on 23 August.[188]
United States
The cargo ship ran aground on Asuncion Island, Northern Mariana Islands.[190] She was declared a total loss on 21 August.[200]
12 August[]
List of shipwrecks: 12 August 1921
Ship
Country
Description
France
The cargo ship caught fire at Mex, Egypt and was beached.[190] She was a total loss.[202]
13 August[]
List of shipwrecks: 13 August 1921
Ship
Country
Description
Albatross
Germany
The sailing ship collided with (Sweden) at Holtenau and sank. She was refloated on 16 August.[203][204]
United Kingdom
The cargo ship ran aground at Little Bras d'Or, Nova Scotia, Canada.[203] She was refloated on 18 August.[204]
United Kingdom
The lightship was rammed and sunk in Liverpool Bay by Greenbrier (United Kingdom). All six crew were rescued.[205] She was refloated and beached on 19 August.[206]
14 August[]
List of shipwrecks: 14 August 1921
Ship
Country
Description
United Kingdom
The cargo ship caught fire, was abandoned and capsized in the Atlantic Ocean.[202]
15 August[]
List of shipwrecks: 15 August 1921
Ship
Country
Description
United States
The schooner foundered in the Atlantic Ocean 30 nautical miles (56 km) off Key West, Florida. Her crew survived.[197]
The decommissioned former Imperial German Navybattleship was scuttled in Hurd's Deep in the English Channel immediately after use as a gunnery target by the monitorHMS Erebus (Royal Navy) and as an aerial bombing target by Royal Air Force aircraft.
The collier collided with (United Kingdom) in the Saint Lawrence River and sank.[207]
King Orry
Isle of Man
The passenger ferry ran aground at New Brighton, Cheshire, United Kingdom. Over 1,300 people were rescued. King Orry was refloated later that day.[208]
20 August[]
List of shipwrecks: 20 August 1921
Ship
Country
Description
United Kingdom
The schooner was driven ashore at Saint-Pierre, Saint Pierre and Miquelon and was wrecked. Her crew were rescued.[209]
22 August[]
List of shipwrecks: 22 August 1921
Ship
Country
Description
France
The passenger ship was driven ashore on the Tungsha Spit, at the mouth of the Yangtze, China in a typhoon.[210][211] Her passengers and some of the crew were taken off on 24 August.[212] She was refloated on 5 September.[213]
United Kingdom
The cargo ship was driven ashore on the Tungsha Spit during a typhoon.[210] She was refloated on 5 September.[213]
United Kingdom
The schooner came ashore at Blakeney, Norfolk. She broke her back and was a total loss.[182]
Norway
The cargo ship was driven ashore at the mouth of the Yangtze during a typhoon.[212] She was refloated on 5 September.[213]
23 August[]
List of shipwrecks: 23 August 1921
Ship
Country
Description
United Kingdom
The ex Naval patrol vessel stranded on rocks at Gurnard's Head, Cornwall.[214]
26 August[]
List of shipwrecks: 26 August 1921
Ship
Country
Description
Caddo
United States
The barge sank in 65 feet (20 m) of water in the North Atlantic Ocean off the coast of New Jersey southeast of Barnegat Inlet.[215]
On passage from Mobile, Alabama, to Antwerp, Belgium, with a cargo of grain and lumber, the cargo ship ran aground off Sambro Island, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada, and subsequently was wrecked.
The schooner was destroyed by fire off Watlings Island, Bahamas.[179]
5 September[]
List of shipwrecks: 5 September 1921
Ship
Country
Description
United Kingdom
The cargo ship was wrecked at the entrance to St. Sampson's, on the Roustel Rock, Guernsey, Channel Islands inward from Newhaven, Sussex in ballast and sank. All seven crew were rescued.[218]
Italy
The cargo ship struck a mine in the Black Sea 40 nautical miles (74 km) from the entrance to the Bosphorus and sank. The crew were rescued.[219][220]
7 September[]
List of shipwrecks: 7 September 1921
Ship
Country
Description
United Kingdom
The ocean liner ran aground at Oporto, Portugal.[221] Her 1,200 passengers were taken off on 8 September.[222] She was refloated on 13 September.[223]
The cargo ship ran aground at Río Gallegos, Santa Cruz, Argentina and was abandoned.[225] She was declared a total loss on 12 September.[226]
United Kingdom
The cargo ship ran aground on the west coast of Tory Island, County Donegal. Her crew were rescued.[224] She was abandoned as a total loss on 14 October.[227]
10 September[]
List of shipwrecks: 10 September 1921
Ship
Country
Description
United States
The schooner caught fire in the Pacific Ocean and was abandoned.[228]
12 September[]
List of shipwrecks: 12 September 1921
Ship
Country
Description
Spain
The schooner sank at her moorings at Santiago de Cuba, Cuba.[226]
15 September[]
List of shipwrecks: 15 September 1921
Ship
Country
Description
France
The three-masted schooner caught fire in the English Channel and was abandoned 8 nautical miles (15 km) north west of Guernsey, Channel Isles.[229]
16 September[]
List of shipwrecks: 16 September 1921
Ship
Country
Description
United Kingdom
The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked on the north east coast of Barbados.[230]
The coaster struck a mine and sank in the Black Sea 14 nautical miles (26 km) off Constanţa, Romania. Her crew were rescued.[231]
17 September[]
List of shipwrecks: 17 September 1921
Ship
Country
Description
Portugal
The cargo ship was wrecked at Mpando, French Equatorial Africa.[232]
18 September[]
List of shipwrecks: 18 September 1921
Ship
Country
Description
France
The cargo ship foundered in the Mediterranean Sea off Peñón de Alhucemas, Spanish Morocco.[232]
19 September[]
List of shipwrecks: 19 September 1921
Ship
Country
Description
United States
After colliding with the steamer (United States) off Montauk Point, Long Island, New York, in dense fog on 18 September during a voyage from Norfolk, Virginia, to Boston, Massachusetts, the 5,054-gross register toncargo ship was beached on Long Island 1 mile (1.6 km) north of Montauk Point and 1 nautical mile (1.9 km; 1.2 mi) off shore. Her wreck settled in 40 feet (12 m) of water, and she was declared a total loss. Her crew of 42 survived and was rescued by Jonancy and the cutterUSCGC Achushnet (United States Coast Guard)[233][234]
21 September[]
List of shipwrecks: 21 September 1921
Ship
Country
Description
Tunisia
The brig was in collision with (United Kingdom at Valletta, Malta and sank. All on board were rescued.[235]
22 September[]
List of shipwrecks: 22 September 1921
Ship
Country
Description
Norway
The cargo ship collided with (Belgium) in the English Channel between the and South Goodwin Lightships (both United Kingdom) and sank with the loss of fourteen of her 25 crew. Survivors were rescued by Jan Breydel.[236][237]
USS Alabama struck by a bomb on 23 September 1921 while in use as a target ship.
The decommissioned Illinois-classbattleship sank in the Chesapeake Bay after use as a target from 23 to 25 September by aircraft of the 1st Provisional Air Brigade (United States Army Air Service).[240]
28 September[]
List of shipwrecks: 28 September 1921
Ship
Country
Description
United Kingdom
The cargo ship ran aground at Land's End, Cornwall. Her crew were rescued by the Sennen Lifeboat.[241]
Denmark
The schooner ran aground at Akureyri, Iceland, and was wrecked. Her crew survived.[239]
29 September[]
List of shipwrecks: 29 September 1921
Ship
Country
Description
Sweden
The auxiliary schooner caught fire at Amsterdam, Netherlands and was scuttled.[239]
The cargo ship ran aground at Gosvarosen, Norway and sank.[243]
Tanana
United States
During a voyage in the Territory of Alaska from Fairbanks to Tolovana with 21 crewmen but no passengers or cargo aboard, the 495-gross register ton, 149.6-foot (45.6 m) passenger ship – a sternwheel paddle steamer – struck a submerged snag on the Tanana River 1 mile (1.6 km) above Minto, turned toward shore to beach herself before she could sink in deep water, and sank in 6 feet (1.8 m) of water. Salvage was impossible in 1921 due to the imminent onset of winter, and by the time the weather began to moderate in the spring of 1922 she was beyond economical repair, so she was stripped of her machinery and equipment and abandoned.[244]
3 October[]
List of shipwrecks: 3 October 1921
Ship
Country
Description
Corona
Peru
The sailing ship foundered. Her crew were rescued.[243]
The passenger ship was rammed from astern by (United States) in fog in the North Channel. Her passengers were mustered on deck. (United Kingdom) then rammed her from starboard and cut her in two. Rowan sank with the loss of 22 of the 97 people on board. Survivors were rescued by Clan Malcolm, West Camak and HMS Wrestler (Royal Navy).[249][250]
The cargo ship ran aground off Rebun Island, Hokkaidō. She was refloated but found to be leaking and was beached.[256]
Finland
The auxiliary schooner was driven ashore at Agger, Denmark and was wrecked.[257]
16 October[]
List of shipwrecks: 16 October 1921
Ship
Country
Description
Thérese Marie
France
The sailing ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued.[258]
17 October[]
List of shipwrecks: 17 October 1921
Ship
Country
Description
United States
During a voyage from Toledo, Ohio, to Green Bay, Wisconsin, with a cargo of soft coal,[disambiguation needed] the bulk carrier went ashore on the coast of Wisconsin in Sand Bay, part of Green Bay, in Door County 3 miles (4.8 km) south of Sherwood Point. After removal of some of her cargo to lighten her, she was refloated on 22 October and returned to service.[259][260]
France
The cargo liner sprang a leak and foundered off Opobo, Nigeria. All on board were rescued.[261]
19 October[]
List of shipwrecks: 19 October 1921
Ship
Country
Description
United States
While unloading soft coal,[disambiguation needed] from the bulk carrier (United States) — which was stranded on the coast of Wisconsin in Sand Bay, part of Green Bay, in Door County 3 miles (4.8 km) south of Sherwood Point – in an effort to lighten Frank Billings so she could be refloated, the 139-foot (42 m), 366-gross register tonbarge began to take on water in high winds and heavy seas, was cut loose from Frank Billings, and drifted ashore. The United States Coast Guard rescued Advance's five-man crew, but she was pounded to pieces by the surf. Her wreck lies in 8 feet (2.4 m) of water at 44°51.803′N087°29.817′W / 44.863383°N 87.496950°W / 44.863383; -87.496950 (Advance), 560 feet (170 m) off the eastern shore of , with a 40-foot (12 m) section of her hull located approximately 75 feet (23 m) east of the main wreck site.[259][260]
San Miguel
Uruguay
The cargo ship caught fire in the Atlantic Ocean and was abandoned. She was towed into Maldonado by (Uruguay and beached.[255]
20 October[]
List of shipwrecks: 20 October 1921
Ship
Country
Description
Italy
The cargo ship sprang a leak and sank in the Tyrrhenian Sea off Ischia.[262]
Santa Rita
United States
The cargo ship departed New Orleans, Louisiana for an Italian port on this date. She was last reported off Key West, Florida.[263] Presumed foundered in the Atlantic Ocean with the loss of all hands.[264]
23 October[]
List of shipwrecks: 23 October 1921
Ship
Country
Description
Sweden
The cargo ship caught fire in the Baltic Sea and was beached on Öland, Sweden. Her crew were rescued.[265]
United Kingdom
The cargo ship was driven ashore at Huntcliff, Yorkshire. Her crew were rescued.[266] She was refloated on 14 November.[267]
24 October[]
List of shipwrecks: 24 October 1921
Ship
Country
Description
United Kingdom
The cargo ship sprang a leak and sank in the North Sea with the loss of two lives. Survivors were rescued by the trawlers Cayrian, Cetus, Evergreen and Lombard.[252]
Elizabeth
Germany
The three-masted schooner ran aground off Vlieland. Friesland, Netherlands and was wrecked.[252]
United Kingdom
The schooner was driven ashore at Caister-on-Sea, Norfolk. Her crew were rescued.[252]
25 October[]
List of shipwrecks: 25 October 1921
Ship
Country
Description
David Evans
flag unknown
The sailing ship was destroyed by fire at Dilhi, Timor, Netherlands East Indies.[265]
United Kingdom
The schooner was driven ashore at , Corsica, France. Her crew were rescued.[268] She was a total loss.[269]
26 October[]
List of shipwrecks: 26 October 1921
Ship
Country
Description
United States
The tanker ran aground on in the Bahamas eventually grinding her way one mile (1.6 km) to where she stuck, sinking in 5+1⁄2fathoms (33 ft; 10.1 m) of water. Refloated later and towed to New York, repaired and returned to service.[270]
27 October[]
List of shipwrecks: 27 October 1921
Ship
Country
Description
Alta
United States
The halibut-fishing vessel was wrecked on False Island in Clarence Strait in the Alexander Archipelago in Southeast Alaska during a storm.[271]
Japan
The passenger ship foundered in the Pacific Ocean 340 nautical miles (630 km) off Cape Flattery, Washington, United States. All on board were rescued.[272][273]
India
Portugal
The cargo ship caught fire at Lisbon.[269] She was a total loss.[273]
Mallard
United States
The halibut-fishing vessel was wrecked on False Island in Clarence Strait in the Alexander Archipelago in Southeast Alaska while trying to assist the stranded halibut-fishing vessel Alta (United States) during a storm.[159]
Germany
The cargo ship collided with (Germany) in the Skaggerak off Gedser, Denmark and was beached. Her crew were rescued.[269] She was refloated on 13 November.[274]
Thames
United States
The cargo ship sprang a leak and sank at Jacksonville, Florida.[269]
28 October[]
List of shipwrecks: 28 October 1921
Ship
Country
Description
Italy
The ocean liner struck a mine and sank in the . Her crew survived.[273]
Margaret
United Kingdom
The cargo ship foundered in . Her crew survived.[269]
West Point
United States
During a gale with heavy seas, the 19-gross register ton, 44-foot (13 m) fishing vessel broke loose from her dock at Quadra Cannery in Boca de Quadra in Southeast Alaska with no one on board, drifted 8 nautical miles (15 km; 9.2 mi) away, and sank.[275]
31 October[]
List of shipwrecks: 31 October 1921
Ship
Country
Description
Mauritius
The brig, which was on a voyage from Singapore to Port Louis was in communication with (United Kingdom) on this date. No further trace, presumed foundered in the Indian Ocean with the loss of all hands.[276]
Norway
The cargo ship ran aground in the , off Bergen, Norway.[277] She was refloated on 4 November.[278]
Unknown date[]
List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1921
Ship
Country
Description
Swiftsure
United States
The 32-gross register ton, 54-foot (16 m) fishing vessel sank on 5 or 6 October during a storm in the Gulf of Alaska 50 nautical miles (93 km; 58 mi) off Yakutat, Territory of Alaska, with the loss of her entire crew of six men.[106]
November[]
1 November[]
List of shipwrecks: 1 November 1921
Ship
Country
Description
Imogene
United Kingdom
The auxiliary sailing ship ran aground on The Needles, Isle of Wight. Her crew were rescued by the Totland Lifeboat,[279] She broke up and was a total loss.[280]
2 November[]
List of shipwrecks: 2 November 1921
Ship
Country
Description
Sweden
The cargo ship foundered in the North Sea off Lønstrup, Denmark with the loss of fifteen of her nineteen crew.[281]
France
The cargo ship capsized and sank in the Thames Estuary (54°05′N1°17′E / 54.083°N 1.283°E / 54.083; 1.283) with the loss of one of her 28 crew. Survivors were rescued by the trawlers Belmont and King Frederick III (both United Kingdom).[282]
The four-masted schooner struck a reef off Molokai, Hawaii, and sank.[283]
United States
The schooner capsized in Lake Michigan with the loss of her crew. She was towed into Milwaukee, Wisconsin.[283]
4 November[]
List of shipwrecks: 4 November 1921
Ship
Country
Description
France
The cargo ship departed Penarth, Glamorgan, United Kingdom for Rouen, Seine-Inférieure. She later foundered in the Bristol Channel. The bodies of six of her crew washed up on the north coast of Cornwall.[284][285]
The coaster was in collision with (France) in the English Channel off Le Havre, Seine-Inférieure, France and sank. All eleven crew were rescued.[286]
United Kingdom
The cargo ship ran aground near Hunstanton, Norfolk.[287] She was refloated on 1 December.[288]
Belgium
The cargo ship was driven ashore at Heyst. Her crew were rescued.[287]
Japan
The cargo ship ran aground on the Bombay Reef, Paracel Islands.[289] Her crew were rescued by (Japan) on 17 November and she was declared a total loss.[290]
7 November[]
List of shipwrecks: 7 November 1921
Ship
Country
Description
Norway
The cargo ship foundered in the North Sea 60 nautical miles (110 km) north of Lowestoft, Suffolk, United Kingdom with the loss of sixteen of her eighteen crew. Survivors were rescued by the trawler Laureate (United Kingdom).[284]
United Kingdom
The schooner was dismasted in the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Newfoundland and was abandoned. Her crew were rescued by (United Kingdom).[287]
United States
The schooner collided with (United States) in the Atlantic Ocean 10 nautical miles (19 km) off the (United States Coast Guard). She was abandoned with the loss of a crew member.[287]
France
The cargo ship ran aground off Vlissingen, Netherlands. Her crew were rescued.[291]
9 November[]
List of shipwrecks: 9 November 1921
Ship
Country
Description
Colombia
The cargo ship sank whilst on a voyage from Panama City, Colombia to Buenaventura with the loss of seven of her eighteen crew.[267]
11 November[]
List of shipwrecks: 11 November 1921
Ship
Country
Description
Sweden
The schooner was driven ashore at Deal, KentUnited Kingdom. Her crew were rescued.[292] She was a total loss.[274]
Rex
Finland
The auxiliary sailing ship was lost on this date.[274]
France
The cargo ship ran aground at Rotterdam, Netherlands.[274] She was refloated on 20 November.[293]
13 November[]
List of shipwrecks: 13 November 1921
Ship
Country
Description
Elpis
Greece
The cargo ship ran aground off Conejera, Balearic Islands, Spain. Her crew were rescued.[294] She was declared a total loss.[295]
14 November[]
List of shipwrecks: 14 November 1921
Ship
Country
Description
Nevis
United Kingdom
The sailing ship ran aground on Cabrera, Balearic Islands, Spain and was wrecked. Her crew were rescued.[294]
United Kingdom
The cargo ship came ashore at Greymouth, South Island, New Zealand and was wrecked.[294]
The tug foundered in a storm off Yaquina Head, lost with all nine crew.[299]
21 November[]
List of shipwrecks: 21 November 1921
Ship
Country
Description
United States
The cargo ship caught fire at New York and was beached.[300][301]
23 November[]
List of shipwrecks: 23 November 1921
Ship
Country
Description
United Kingdom
The schooner came ashore at , Cornwall. Her crew were rescued.[301]
24 November[]
List of shipwrecks: 24 November 1921
Ship
Country
Description
City of New York
flag unknown
The cargo ship foundered 10 nautical miles (19 km) off Stony Point, New York United States with the loss of nine lives.[302]
Spain
The cargo ship caught fire at Valencia. She was towed out of port and beached.[303] She broke in two and was declared a total loss.[304][305]
25 November[]
List of shipwrecks: 25 November 1921
Ship
Country
Description
United Kingdom
The cargo ship ran aground at Red Head, Forfarshire. Her crew were rescued.[303]
28 November[]
List of shipwrecks: 28 November 1921
Ship
Country
Description
Carrie Clark
United States
The barge foundered in a gale and fog between Barnegat, New Jersey and Sandy Hook.[306]
Governor Robie
United States
The barge foundered in a gale and fog between Barnegat, New Jersey and Sandy Hook.[307]
Norway
The cargo liner came ashore 20 nautical miles (37 km) east of the mouth of the Great Fish River, South Africa.[308] All on board were rescued.[305] She was abandoned as a total loss on 5 December.[309]
Sylvanus
United States
The 281-foot (85.6 m) schoonerbarge sank in 85 feet (26 m) of water in the North Atlantic Ocean off New Jersey during a storm.[310]
United Kingdom
The schooner sprang a leak and was abandoned with the loss of a crew member. The survivors were rescued.[308]
29 November[]
List of shipwrecks: 29 November 1921
Ship
Country
Description
Greece
The cargo ship caught fire in the Black Sea and was beached 12 nautical miles (22 km) east of Varna, Romania.[311]
The steamship, travelling in ballast from Rouen to Fowey, stranded on the eastern side of Praa Sands. Driven further ashore by successive gales, she was refloated in January 1922 by The Lady of the Isles and Greencastle of the Little Western Salvage Company.[315][316]
December[]
1 December[]
List of shipwrecks: 1 December 1921
Ship
Country
Description
United Kingdom
The coaster foundered in the Firth of Forth. Her crew were rescued by a tug.[312]
The Wickes-classdestroyerdestroyer ran aground in Half Moon Bay, California. She was salvaged, decommissioned, and scrapped.
2 December[]
List of shipwrecks: 2 December 1921
Ship
Country
Description
United Kingdom
The cargo ship ran aground at Brest, Finistère, France and was beached.[317] She was refloated on 3 December.[263]
United Kingdom
The cargo ship ran aground on Rathlin Island, County Antrim.[318] She was declared a total loss on 12 December.[319]
United Kingdom
The schooner foundered on this date. Five crew were rescued by (United Kingdom).[318]
3 December[]
List of shipwrecks: 3 December 1921
Ship
Country
Description
Norway
The barque departed Sydney, New South Wales, Australia for Falmouth, Cornwall, United Kingdom. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[320]
The schooner sprang a leak and was abandoned off Santa Maria Island, Azores, Portugal. Her crew were rescued by (Portugal).[263]
Norway
The mailboat ran aground at Rønne, Bornholm, Denmark. All on board were rescued.[321]
7 December[]
List of shipwrecks: 7 December 1921
Ship
Country
Description
United Kingdom
The schooner was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by (Germany).[322]
United Kingdom
The cargo ship sank in the Mediterranean Sea whilst on a voyage from Syracuse, Sicily, Italy to Alexandria, Egypt. Her crew were rescued. Barratry was suspected to be the cause of her loss.[323][324]
United Kingdom
The schooner was abandoned and set afire in the Atlantic Ocean 400 nautical miles (740 km) south of Cape Race, Newfoundland. Her crew were rescued.[324]
The S-classsubmarine sank off Penfield Reef in Long Island Sound during pre-commissioning builder's trails. All aboard survived by bringing her bow to the surface and escaping via one of her torpedo tubes. She was refloated on 20 December, repaired, and commissioned in 1922.
8 December[]
List of shipwrecks: 8 December 1921
Ship
Country
Description
United Kingdom
The cargo ship ran aground at Alberoni, near Venice, Italy.[325] She was refloated on 12 December.[319]
9 December[]
List of shipwrecks: 9 December 1921
Ship
Country
Description
Estonia
The cargo ship collided with another vessel off Kronstadt, Soviet Union and sank with the loss of 23 lives.[326]
10 December[]
List of shipwrecks: 10 December 1921
Ship
Country
Description
Norway
The coaster was destroyed by fire at Arendal, Norway. Her crew were rescued.[325]
The schooner caught fire in the Atlantic Ocean off Maldonado, Uruguay and was abandoned.[328]
13 December[]
List of shipwrecks: 13 December 1921
Ship
Country
Description
United Kingdom
The cargo ship ran aground on Aegna, Estonia.[328] She was abandoned by her crew on 14 December.[329]
Sweden
The cargo ship came ashore, but was refloated and beached at Hönö, Sweden.[329]
14 December[]
List of shipwrecks: 14 December 1921
Ship
Country
Description
United Kingdom
The coaster struck submerged wreckaged in the English Channel and foundered 9 nautical miles (17 km) west south west of the (United Kingdom). Her crew were rescued byb (United Kingdom).[329]
United Kingdom
The cargo ship came ashore near Lübeck, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany.[330] She was refloated on 17 December.[331]
United Kingdom
The cargo ship ran aground at Helsinki, Finland and was abandoned.[329]
United Kingdom
The cargo ship was abandoned in the Irish Sea off Rathlin Island, County Antrim. She drifted ashore and was wrecked.[329] She was declared a total loss on 1 February.[332]
15 December[]
List of shipwrecks: 15 December 1921
Ship
Country
Description
United Kingdom
The coaster departed Seaham, County Durham for Lerwick, Shetland Islands. No further trace, presumed foundered in the North Sea with the loss of all hands.[333]
The cargo liner ran aground in the . All on board were rescued.[335]
19 December[]
List of shipwrecks: 19 December 1921
Ship
Country
Description
Germany
The cargo ship foundered in the Baltic Sea. Her crew were rescued by Lenin (Soviet Union).[336]
United Kingdom
The schooner was abandoned in the Gulf of Mexico. Her crew were rescued by (United Kingdom).[331]
21 December[]
List of shipwrecks: 21 December 1921
Ship
Country
Description
Norway
The schooner was crushed in pack ice and sank at Burnt Church, New Brunswick, Canada.[337]
United Kingdom
The cargo ship foundered in the North Sea. Her crew were rescued by (Germany).[336]
24 December[]
List of shipwrecks: 24 December 1921
Ship
Country
Description
Japan
The cargo ship departed Dalny, China for Takao, Formosa. Presumed subsequently foundered with the loss of all hands.[338] Wreckage from the ship washed up on the Pescadores in mid-January 1922.[339]
Katharina
flag unknown
The ship sprang a leak and was abandoned in the North Sea 28 nautical miles (52 km) off the Noord Hinder Lightship (Netherlands).[340]
Totem
United States
The 12-gross register ton, 46-foot (14 m) passenger vessel disappeared in the Gulf of Alaska with the loss of all three people on board after departing Katalla, Territory of Alaska. One witness claimed to have seen her sink on 7 January 1922 off of Yakutat, Territory of Alaska.[244]
25 December[]
List of shipwrecks: 25 December 1921
Ship
Country
Description
United Kingdom
The cargo ship capsized in the Thames Estuary near the (United Kingdom). Her crew were rescued by Falcon (United Kingdom) before she sank.[341]
Spain
The cargo ship ran aground in the and was a total loss. Her crew were rescued.[342]
26 December[]
List of shipwrecks: 26 December 1921
Ship
Country
Description
France
The schooner collided with the Noord Hinder Lightship (Netherlands) and sank. Her crew were rescued by the lightship.[340]
The cargo ship was stranded on the eastern side of Praa Sands, Cornwall, United Kingdom.[342] She was driven further ashore by successive gales. Yannakis was refloated in January 1922 and towed to Penzance by the salvage vessels The Lady and Greencastle (both United Kingdom).[344][345]
The cargo ship ran aground on Deal Island, Tasmania, Australia and was wrecked.[347]
30 December[]
List of shipwrecks: 30 December 1921
Ship
Country
Description
United Kingdom
The cargo ship departed from the River Tyne for Hamburg, Germany. No further trace, presumed foundered in the North Sea with the loss of all nineteen crew.[348]
Denmark
The cargo ship departed for Køge, Sjælland. No further trace, presumed foundered in the Baltic Sea with the loss of all hands.[349]
United Kingdom
The auxiliary schooner foundered in the Irish Sea. Her six crew were rescued by the Wicklow Lifeboat.[350]
31 December[]
List of shipwrecks: 31 December 1921
Ship
Country
Description
United Kingdom
The schooner was wrecked in the Nieuwe Diep, Amsterdam, Netherlands.[351]
The cargo ship grounded and sank during a passage from Jersey, Channel Islands, to Goole, Yorkshire, England. She later was raised, repaired, and returned to service.
Minto
United States
The sternwheel paddle steamer was lost on the Yukon River in the Territory of Alaska.[159]
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United Kingdom
Spain
Greece
United States
Norway
Russia
French Navy) at Anapa in the Black Sea. She was beached and abandoned.[12]
Greece
Venezuela
Royal Navy
Germany
Netherlands).[22] Daisy was discovered derelict by the trawler Hohenfels (
United States
Japan
Spanish Navy
France
Sweden
Belgium
Portugal
Italy
Greece).[82]
Peru
Denmark) in the Skagerrak 6 nautical miles (11 km) south of Fredrikshavn, Nordjylland, Denmark and sank. Her crew were rescued.[96]
United States Army) rescued 65 people.[116]
Brazil
Spain
United States Coast Guard) by three Felixstowe F5L aircraft of the United States Navy.
Australia
United Kingdom
German Empire
Soviet Union
Soviet Navy) in the Black Sea while trying to defect to the Whites. The vessel was lost with most of her crew, four rescued.[176]
Canada
Imperial Japanese Navy).[187] Siam Maru was later destroyed by fire and was a total loss.[188]
Isle of Man
Ottoman Navy
Finland
Uruguay
Mauritius
Newfoundland
United States Coast Guard). She was abandoned with the loss of a crew member.[287]
Colombia
Estonia
Turkish Naval Forces