The coaster foundered in the North Sea 10 nautical miles (19 km) off Lowestoft, Suffolk. All fifteen people on board were rescued by (United Kingdom).[11]
13 January[]
List of shipwrecks: 13 January 1922
Ship
Country
Description
Spain
The cargo ship struck the Beduidos Rocks, off Vigo and foundered.[10]
The cargo ship sank off Kombusch, Germany. Her crew were rescued by (Finland).[12]
Germany
The cargo ship caught fire in the North Sea 40 nautical miles (74 km) south east of Lowestoft, Suffolk, United Kingdom. She was abandoned with the loss of ten of her twenty crew. Survivors were rescued by the trawler E.W.B. (United Kingdom).[13] The still-burning ship was taken in tow for Hook of Holland, Netherlands, by (Netherlands).[12]
The schooner foundered in the Atlantic Ocean west of Newfoundland. Five crew were rescued by Persier (Belgium).[15]
Marceau
Marine Nationale
The Marceau-class ironclad came ashore at Tunis, Tunisia and was wrecked.[16]
20 January[]
List of shipwrecks: 20 January 1922
Ship
Country
Description
Germany
The cargo ship came ashore at Agger, Denmark. Her crew were rescued.[14]
22 January[]
List of shipwrecks: 22 January 1922
Ship
Country
Description
Norway
The cargo ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean 1,200 nautical miles (2,200 km) off Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada with the loss of nine of her 32 crew. Survivors were rescued by and (both United Kingdom).[17][18]
23 January[]
List of shipwrecks: 23 January 1922
Ship
Country
Description
United Kingdom
The cargo ship was wrecked in the estuary of the Seine at Rouen, Seine Maritime, France.[19][20]
United States
The cargo ship suffered an engine failure and was beached on the north coast of Haitan Island, China.[21]
The schooner sprang a leak in the Pacific Ocean 150 nautical miles (280 km) north of Three Kings, New Zealand and was abandoned. Her crew were rescued by HMAS Melbourne (Royal Australian Navy).[22][24]
25 January[]
List of shipwrecks: 25 January 1922
Ship
Country
Description
France
The schooner was driven ashore at Viana do Castelo, Portugal with the loss of two crew. The survivors were rescued.[25]
27 January[]
List of shipwrecks: 27 January 1922
Ship
Country
Description
United Kingdom
The tug collided with (Norway) in the River Thames at Tilbury, Essex and sank. Her crew were rescued.[26]
Rosa
Belgium
The cargo ship ran aground at Arbroath, Forfarshire, United Kingdom. All sixteen crew were rescued.[26]
28 January[]
List of shipwrecks: 28 January 1922
Ship
Country
Description
Denmark
The schooner sprang a leak and sank off the Shetland Islands, United Kingdom. Four crew were rescued by a German trawler.[27]
United Kingdom
The schooner was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. Six crew were rescued by (United Kingdom).[28][29]
29 January[]
List of shipwrecks: 29 January 1922
Ship
Country
Description
United Kingdom
The cargo ship ran aground off Oporto, Portugal. She broke her back the next day and was abandoned as a total loss.[15]
Santander
Spain
The bucket dredger sank at Santander, Cantabria.[30]
Unknown date[]
List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1922
Ship
Country
Description
USS A-2
United States Navy
The Plunger-classsubmarine was sunk as a target in mid-January.
USS B-3
United States Navy
The B-class submarine was sunk as a target before 17 January.
Denmark
The coaster foundered in the Baltic Sea with the loss of all twelve crew.[31] A lifeboat from the ship was discovered on 11 January.[9]
United States
The schooner was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by (United States) and landed at New York on 16 January.[12] She was later towed to New York by USCGC Seneca (United States Coast Guard).[32]
United Kingdom
The schooner ran aground at White Abbey, County Antrim at the end of January. She was refloated on 14 February.[33]
The tanker caught fire in the Atlantic Ocean 12 nautical miles (22 km) west south west of the Sand Key Lighthouse, Florida, United States. Her crew were rescued by (United States).[34][40]
The decommissioned 8,256-gross register ton former passenger ship and troopship burned, capsized, and sank in the Atlantic Ocean in 140 to 150 feet (43 to 46 m) of water while under tow 30 nautical miles (56 km; 35 mi) south of Cape May, New Jersey. Four of her 28-member crew died.[44][45][46]
9 February[]
List of shipwrecks: 9 February 1922
Ship
Country
Description
United States
The schooner came ashore in the Marquesas Islands, French Polynesia and was wrecked.[47]
10 February[]
List of shipwrecks: 10 February 1922
Ship
Country
Description
Yugoslavia
The cargo ship suffered a boiler explosion and sank in the Bosphorus.[40]
14 February[]
List of shipwrecks: 14 February 1922
Ship
Country
Description
Spain
The schooner sprang a leak in the Atlantic Ocean 40 nautical miles (74 km) wast of Leixões, Portugal. She was abandoned by her crew, who were rescued by (United Kingdom). Carmina was towed into Leixões by a British trawler.[33]
The cargo ship departed Muroran. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[48]
Wasp
United States
After 80 mph (130 km/h) winds tore her loose from her moorings at a dock at Metlakatla in Southeast Alaska, the 13-gross register ton, 38.6-foot (11.8 m) fishing vessel became stranded and broke up on the beach without loss of life.[49]
The three-masted schooner caught fire in the Atlantic Ocean off Pensacola, Florida and was abandoned.[50] She was towed into Pensacola in a capsized state on 23 February.[51]
Denmark
The cargo ship sprang a leak and ran aground at Skallingen. Her crew were rescued.[50] She broke in two on 9 March and was a total loss.[52]
19 February[]
List of shipwrecks: 19 February 1922
Ship
Country
Description
United States
The cargo ship ran aground in Lough Foyle.[50] She was refloated on 27 February.[53]
United Kingdom
The schooner was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by (United Kingdom).[54]
20 February[]
List of shipwrecks: 20 February 1922
Ship
Country
Description
French Navy
The sloop-of-war was struck by (flag unknown) at Constantinople, Turkey and was severely damaged.[55]
The coaster ran aground in the River Witham at Boston, Lincolnshire. She was refloated on 24 June.[62]
March[]
1 March[]
List of shipwrecks: 1 March 1922
Ship
Country
Description
Norway
The whaler was wrecked off the South Shetland Islands.[63]
United Kingdom
The cargo ship departed Burry Port, Glamorgan for Dublin, Ireland. No further trace, presumed foundered in the Irish Sea with the loss of all hands.[64]
2 March[]
List of shipwrecks: 2 March 1922
Ship
Country
Description
Eider
United Kingdom
The coaster sprang a leak and foundered in the English Channel off Berry Head, Devon. All ten crew were rescued by the Brixham Lifeboat.[65]
The cargo ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean 20 nautical miles (37 km) south by west of the Wolf Rock, Cornwall, United Kingdom. Her crew were rescued by (United Kingdom).[48]
6 March[]
List of shipwrecks: 6 March 1922
Ship
Country
Description
United Kingdom
The schooner caught fire in the Indian Ocean off Port Louis, Mauritius. Her crew were rescued.[68] She drifted ashore on 7 March and was a total loss.[69]
The cargo ship was wrecked in the Yangtze Estuary, China.[68]
7 March[]
List of shipwrecks: 7 March 1922
Ship
Country
Description
United Kingdom
The coaster passed The Lizard, Cornwall bound for Fécamp, Seine-Inférieure, France. No further trace, presumed foundered in the English Channel with the loss of all hands.[70]
United States
The Design 1013 cargo ship came ashore on Heligoland, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany.[68] She was abandoned by her crew on 8 March.[69]
The Laforey-class destroyer came ashore at Newhaven, Sussex after her tow parted.[64] She was later refloated and arrived at Dover on 13 March for scrapping.[71]
Swanston
United Kingdom
The cargo ship was driven ashore on Queen Anne's Rocks, Cattewater, Plymouth, Devon and was wrecked. Her crew were rescued.[69]
10 March[]
List of shipwrecks: 10 March 1922
Ship
Country
Description
United Kingdom
The schooner departed Ramsey, Isle of Man for Truro, Cornwall. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[72]
The cargo ship collided with (United States) in the , Shanghai, China and was beached.[80]
Norway
The cargo ship was abandoned in the Bay of Biscay. Her crew were rescued by (France).[81]
24 March[]
List of shipwrecks: 24 March 1922
Ship
Country
Description
Portugal
The schooner was destroyed by fire at Falmouth, Cornwall, United Kingdom.[80]
United Kingdom
The cargo ship struck the wreck of (United Kingdom) in the English Channel off St Alban's Head, Dorset and foundered. Her crew survived.[80]
United Kingdom
The coaster was destroyed by fire off Ornsay, Inner Hebrides.[82]
25 March[]
List of shipwrecks: 25 March 1922
Ship
Country
Description
United Kingdom
The cargo ship came ashore on the Chaussées des Pierres Noires, off Brest, Finistère, France. All fifteen people on board were rescued.[82] She broke in two on 27 March and was a total loss.[83]
United States
The ferry was destroyed at dock in the Black River at Port Huron, Michigan by a boiler explosion. The four crewmen on board were killed.[45][84]
27 March[]
List of shipwrecks: 27 March 1922
Ship
Country
Description
Diana
United Kingdom
The sealer was abandoned and set afire off the coast of Newfoundland. Her crew were rescued by Sagona (United Kingdom).[83]
United Kingdom
The coaster foundered off Sanda Island, Argyllshire. All four crew survived.[85]
Norway
The cargo liner came ashore on Sandön, Sweden and sank. All on board were rescued.[85]
The cargo ship ran aground on the White Rock, off Swatow, China. She was abandoned as a total loss on 13 April. Her crew were rescued by a British steamship.[60]
4 April[]
List of shipwrecks: 4 April 1922
Ship
Country
Description
Egypt
The cargo ship foundered in the Mediterranean Sea 70 nautical miles (130 km) north east of Derna, Libya.[91]
5 April[]
List of shipwrecks: 5 April 1922
Ship
Country
Description
United Kingdom
The cargo ship collided with (United Kingdom) at the mouth of the River Usk and was beached.[89] She was refloated on 8 April.[91]
United Kingdom
The cargo ship sprang a leak at Reval, Estonia and was beached.[92]
7 April[]
List of shipwrecks: 7 April 1922
Ship
Country
Description
United Kingdom
The cargo ship caught fire and sank in the North Sea off Peterhead, Aberdeenshire.[91]
11 April[]
List of shipwrecks: 11 April 1922
Ship
Country
Description
France
The schooner departed Cardiff, Glamorgan, United Kingdom for Lannion, Côtes-du-Nord. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[93]
12 April[]
List of shipwrecks: 12 April 1922
Ship
Country
Description
United States
The schooner sank in the Atlantic Ocean of . Her crew were rescued.[94]
13 April[]
List of shipwrecks: 13 April 1922
Ship
Country
Description
United Kingdom
The schooner was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean off Cape Hatteras, North Carolina, United States.[94][95] She was towed into Norfolk, Virginia by a United States Coast Guard cutter.[60]
The cargo ship was destroyed by fire whilst on a voyage from Shusi to Hankow.[112]
3 May[]
List of shipwrecks: 3 May 1922
Ship
Country
Description
France
The cargo ship ran aground at Mahdia, Tunisia.[112] She was refloated on 10 May.[113]
5 May[]
List of shipwrecks: 5 May 1922
Ship
Country
Description
United Kingdom
The schooner was wrecked on a reef north east of Grand Turk.[111] Her crew were rescued.[114]
8 May[]
List of shipwrecks: 8 May 1922
Ship
Country
Description
United Kingdom
The cargo ship collided with (United Kingdom) at Antwerp, Belgium and was beached.[115] She was refloated later that day.[116]
10 May[]
List of shipwrecks: 10 May 1922
Ship
Country
Description
United Kingdom
The cargo ship ran aground on Renew's Rock, off the coast of Newfoundland and was wrecked. Her crew were rescued.[113]
Greece
The cargo ship ran aground at , A Coruña, Spain.[116] She broke in two the next day and was a total loss.[117]
15 May[]
List of shipwrecks: 15 May 1922
Ship
Country
Description
United Kingdom
The cargo ship sank at Hennebont, Morbihan, France.[118]
Olive
United States
During a voyage from Eagle to Iditarod, the 50-gross register tonscow was crushed by ice and lost on the Iditarod River in the central Territory of Alaska. Her crew of six survived.[119]
18 May[]
List of shipwrecks: 18 May 1922
Ship
Country
Description
United Kingdom
The cargo ship ran aground at Port-de-Bouc, Bouches-du-Rhône, France.[120] She was refloated on 22 May.[121]
19 May[]
List of shipwrecks: 19 May 1922
Ship
Country
Description
United States
The cargo ship was wrecked at Portland, Maine.[120]
20 May[]
List of shipwrecks: 20 May 1922
Ship
Country
Description
Dongola
United Kingdom
The cargo ship collided with (Japan) off Woosung, China and was beached. She was refloated on 22 May.[121][122]
The ocean liner collided with (France) in the English Channel 28 nautical miles (52 km) off the , Finistère, France.[123] She sank with the loss of 86 of the 352 people on board. Survivors were rescued by Seine.
The hulk of the passenger-cargo ship, heavily damaged and sunk by a December 1920–January 1921 fire and subsequently refloated, broke her moorings at Careening Bay, Garden Island, Western Australia, in a storm, was blown across Cockburn Sound, and was wrecked 3 miles (5 km) north of Rockingham, Western Australia. The wreck was partly destroyed by explosive charges in May 1941 and cut down to water level in 1959.
United Kingdom
The cargo ship collided with Iowan (United States) in the Columbia River at Astoria, Oregon, United States and sank with the loss of seven of her crew.[127][128]
30 May[]
List of shipwrecks: 30 May 1922
Ship
Country
Description
Portugal
The schooner foundered in the Bay of Biscay off Ouessant, Finistère, France. All eleven crew were rescued by (Germany).[129]
31 May[]
List of shipwrecks: 31 May 1922
Ship
Country
Description
United Kingdom
The cargo ship ran aground of the , Zanzibar.[130] She was refloated on 5 June.[131]
United Kingdom
The cargo ship had an engine fire 16 nm NNW of the Hanois Lighthouse, GuernseyChannel Islands and sank.[132]
June[]
1 June[]
List of shipwrecks: 1 June 1922
Ship
Country
Description
United Kingdom
The cargo liner struck a reef and foundered in the Pacific Ocean off the Great Barrier Island, New Zealand. All 103 crew were rescued.[133]
2 June[]
List of shipwrecks: 2 June 1922
Ship
Country
Description
Germany
The cargo ship collided with (United Kingdom) in the North Sea and was beached at , Yorkshire. Her crew were rescued.[134]
The cargo ship ran aground at Roscoff, Finistère, France.[136] She was refloated on 6 June.[137]
United Kingdom
The ocean liner ran aground in the St. Lawrence River, at Bécancour, Quebec, Canada. All 848 passengers were taken off.[136] She was refloated on 5 June.[138]
5 June[]
List of shipwrecks: 5 June 1922
Ship
Country
Description
Lake Bay
United States
The 12-gross register ton, 50-foot (15.2 m) sealing vessel was anchored near the mouth of (56°40′N135°05′W / 56.667°N 135.083°W / 56.667; -135.083 (Necker Bay)) in Southeast Alaska with only a small boy aboard and her crew of three and other four passengers ashore when her skiff broke loose and went adrift. One of her part-owners tried to swim out to the skiff from shore but was carried too far by the current. The boy followed instructions from shore to loosen the anchor line in the hope that Lake Bay would drift close enough to the man in the water to save him, but she did not and he drowned. Lake Bay then drifted onto rocks on the south side of the mouth of the bay and later slipped off and sank in deep water without further loss of life.[139]
8 June[]
List of shipwrecks: 8 June 1922
Ship
Country
Description
Danzig
The tug collided with (Denmark) at Danzig and sank with the loss of a crew member.[140]
10 June[]
List of shipwrecks: 10 June 1922
Ship
Country
Description
United States
The four-masted schooner was wrecked in the Windward Islands.[141]
12 June[]
List of shipwrecks: 12 June 1922
Ship
Country
Description
Royal Navy
The Admiralty-type drifter foundered in the North Sea off the Thames Estuary.[142]
14 June[]
List of shipwrecks: 14 June 1922
Ship
Country
Description
Norway
The three-masted auxiliary schooner came ashore at Lowestoft, Suffolk, United Kingdom and was wrecked. Her crew were rescued by the Lowestoft Lifeboat.[143]
16 June[]
List of shipwrecks: 16 June 1922
Ship
Country
Description
Brazil
The cargo ship sank at Hamburg, Germany. She was refloated on 17 August.[144]
The Bouclier-class destroyer collided with Paris (French Navy) at Toulon, Var. Both vessels were severely damaged.[148]
29 June[]
List of shipwrecks: 29 June 1922
Ship
Country
Description
Fairfield
United States
The decommissioned wooden steamer was disposed of by burning off Governor's Island in Boston Harbor.[149]
United States
The passenger ship ran aground off Rhode Island. Her passengers were taken off.[150] She was refloated on 30 June.[151]
United States
The decommissioned wooden steamer was disposed of by burning off Governor's Island in Boston Harbor.[149]
Unknown date[]
List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1922
Ship
Country
Description
Prinz Eugen
French Navy
The Tegetthoff-classbattleship (ex-Austro-Hungarian Navy) was sunk as a target in the Atlantic Ocean by the battleships France, Jean Bart and Paris (all French Navy).
July[]
1 July[]
List of shipwrecks: 1 July 1922
Ship
Country
Description
United Kingdom
The cargo ship ran aground 7 nautical miles (13 km) off Martín García Island, Uruguay. She was refloated on 13 July.[152][153]
Royal Navy
The flatiron gunboat foundered in Portsmouth Harbour. Her wreck was sold on 18 June 1925 for breaking up.[154]
France
The tanker caught fire at Constanţa, Romania and was a total loss.[155]
The refrigerated cargo ship ran aground at Saint Pierre and Miquelon. She was refloated on 16 July.
4 July[]
List of shipwrecks: 4 July 1922
Ship
Country
Description
United Kingdom
The tug collided with (United Kingdom) at Montreal, Quebec, Canada and sank with the loss of six lives.[157]
5 July[]
List of shipwrecks: 5 July 1922
Ship
Country
Description
Brussels
United Kingdom
The cargo ship ran aground at Shoreham-by-Sea, Sussex.[157] She was wrecked in a gale the next day.[158]
United Kingdom
The cargo ship collided with (United Kingdom) in the Atlantic Ocean off Father Point, Quebec, Canada.[157] She was beached 1 nautical mile (1.9 km) off the (Canada). Her crew were rescued.[158]
Netherlands
The passenger ship caught fire on a voyage from Batavia, Netherlands East Indies to Penang, Malaya. She was beached on the Telok Dalam Bay Reef.[157] She was refloated on 10 July and towed to Sabang, Netherlands East Indies for repairs.[159]
6 July[]
List of shipwrecks: 6 July 1922
Ship
Country
Description
Louis Ernest
United Kingdom
The sailing ship struck the wreck of HMS Glatton (Royal Navy) and sank at Dover, Kent.[158]
7 July[]
List of shipwrecks: 7 July 1922
Ship
Country
Description
Nor-Kap
United States
The 15-gross register tonmotor vessel was destroyed by fire in on the coast of the Territory of Alaska.[160]
The cargo ship passed St. Catherine's Point, Isle of Wight bound for Algiers, Algeria. Presumed later foundered in the English Channel with the loss of all hands.[161] The body of her captain washed up at Cap Gris Nez, Pas-de-Calais, France in the early days of August 1922.[162]
The cargo ship ran aground in the Gulf of Bothnia off the (Finland).[169] She was refloated on 25 July and put into Holmsund, Västerbotten County, Sweden leaking severely.[170]
The cargo ship ran aground north of Cape St. Vincent, Portugal.[174] She was declared a total loss. Her crew were rescued.[175]
25 July[]
List of shipwrecks: 25 July 1922
Ship
Country
Description
United States
The tanker suffered an explosion and fire in the Atlantic Ocean 75 nautical miles (139 km) east north east of Tampa, Florida and sank. Her crew survived.[170]
26 July[]
List of shipwrecks: 26 July 1922
Ship
Country
Description
USS Granite State
United States Navy
While under tow to be scrapped, the hulk — the former 2,600-displacement tonship-of-the-lineUSS New Hampshire — which had burned and sunk on 23 May 1921 and been refloated in July 1922, burned and sank again in the Atlantic Ocean off Half Way Rock near Manchester-by-the-Sea, Massachusetts, after her tow line parted in a storm. Her wreck settled in up to 30 feet (9.1 m) of water just off the east end of at 42°34′16″N070°44′45″W / 42.57111°N 70.74583°W / 42.57111; -70.74583 (USS Granite State).[176]
France
The cargo ship collided with (Italy) at Constantinople and was beached.[177] She was refloated on 31 July.[156]
27 July[]
List of shipwrecks: 27 July 1922
Ship
Country
Description
United States
The coaster collided with (Japan) at Seattle, Washington and sank.[178]
The cargo ship ran aground 3 nautical miles (5.6 km) north east by east of Cape Henry, Virginia, United States.[180] She was refloated on 7 August.[185]
31 July[]
List of shipwrecks: 31 July 1922
Ship
Country
Description
United Kingdom
The passenger ship ran aground in the Lachine Rapids, Saint Lawrence River, Quebec, Canada. Her passengers were taken off.[180]
The destroyer was rammed by (Italy) at Constantinople, Turkey and was severely damaged. She was beached but later refloated and taken to the Golden Horn for drydocking.[180][186]
Unknown date[]
List of shipwrecks: Unknown July 1922
Ship
Country
Description
United States
The fishing schooner left Gloucester, Massachusetts in early July for the Georges Bank and vanished. Lost with all five crewmen.[187][188]
The cargo ship ran aground at , China. She was refloated on 23 August.[194]
8 August[]
List of shipwrecks: 8 August 1922
Ship
Country
Description
HMS Raleigh
Royal Navy
HMS Raleigh aground.
The Hawkins-class cruiser ran aground in Forteau Bay, Labrador, Canada and was wrecked with the loss of eleven of her 690 crew. The wreck was dispersed in September 1926.
9 August[]
List of shipwrecks: 9 August 1922
Ship
Country
Description
United Kingdom
The cargo ship caught fire in the North Sea off Lerwick, Shetland Islands and was beached in Nesting Bay. Her crew were rescued.[185]
The cargo ship came ashore at and was a total loss. Her crew were rescued.[195]
15 August[]
List of shipwrecks: 15 August 1922
Ship
Country
Description
Eagle
United States
The 23-gross register tonmotor vessel was crushed against ground ice by an ice floe in the Chukchi Sea 5 nautical miles (9.3 km; 5.8 mi) off the coast of Siberia 14 nautical miles (26 km; 16 mi) east of Cape North and was lost. Her crew survived and was rescued by the motor vessel Chukotsk (flag unknown).[179]
The cargo ship ran aground on the south coast of Mindoro, Philippines.[144] She was abandoned the next day as a total loss. Her crew were rescued.[197]Ryokai Maru was refloated on 31 August.[198]
20 August[]
List of shipwrecks: 20 August 1922
Ship
Country
Description
United Kingdom
The cargo ship collided with in the North Sea and sank.[197][199] She was refloated on 15 November and beached.[200]
The schooner struck the Brandy Rocks and was beached at Kilmore, County Wexford. She was refloated on 24 August.[201][202]
United Kingdom
The cargo ship sprang a leak and was beached at Portpatrick, Wigtownshire.[203] She was refloated on 26 August.[204]
23 August[]
List of shipwrecks: 23 August 1922
Ship
Country
Description
Nieves
Spain
The sailing vessel was in collision with (Germany) in the Atlantic Ocean off Cape St. Vincent, Portugal and sank. Her crew were rescued by Freifeld.[202]
The cargo ship ran aground in the Saint Lawrence River downstream of Quebec City, Canada.[209] She was refloated on 4 September.[207]
Chile
The passenger ship struck a rock and sank in the Pacific Ocean off . There were 21 survivors of about 350 people on board.[208][210][211]
29 August[]
List of shipwrecks: 29 August 1922
Ship
Country
Description
United Kingdom
The cargo ship was destroyed by fire at Charleston, South Carolina, United States.[212]
United Kingdom
The coaster ran aground on the Kravastone Rock off the Farne Islands, Northumberland and was wrecked. Her crew survived.[205] She sank on 9 September.[213]
The despatch boat was rammed, split in two, and sunk at Buenos Aires by American Legion (United States). , , , and (all Argentine Navy) were damaged in the incident.[214]
September[]
1 September[]
List of shipwrecks: 1 September 1922
Ship
Country
Description
United Kingdom
The cargo ship was crushed by pack ice and sank 15 nautical miles (28 km) of North Cape, Prince Edward Island, Canada.[215]
United Kingdom
The cargo ship collided with (United Kingdom) in the Elbe at Blankenese, Hamburg, Germany and was beached.[215]
2 September[]
List of shipwrecks: 2 September 1922
Ship
Country
Description
United Kingdom
The coaster collided with (Netherlands) in the Scheldt at Vlissingen, Netherlands and sank with the loss of seven of the nineteen people on board. Survivors were rescued by Zuiderdijk, a Dutch fishing vessel and a German merchant ship.[216]
United States
The four-masted schooner arrived at Jacksonville, Florida with her cargo on fire and was scuttled.[217]
The coaster foundered 8 nautical miles (15 km) off the Mull of Kintyre, Argyllshire. Her crew survived.[198]
Tetlin
United States
During a voyage in the Territory of Alaska from the upper part of the Nabesna River to Fairbanks, the 65-gross register ton, 60.5-foot (18.4 m) sternwheel paddle steamer struck a sandbar about 10 miles (16 km) above the mouth of the river, tearing her bottom out. She sank on the sand bar. All five members of her crew survived. Her machinery was salvaged, but ice completely destroyed her hull over the winter of 1922–1923.[219]
5 September[]
List of shipwrecks: 5 September 1922
Ship
Country
Description
France
The schooner collided with (France) in the Mediterranean Sea off Bec d'Ambès, Gironde and sank.[220]
United Kingdom
The schooner collided with (United Kingdom) at Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada and sank. Her crew survived.[221]
United States
The cargo ship caught fire at Pensacola, Florida and was severely damaged.[220][222]
The collier departed Newcastle-upon-Tyne for Hamburg, Germany.[227] She was apparently abandoned on 16 September. She was discovered derelict on 22 September by the trawler Seefahrt (Germany) and taken in tow, but the tow had to be abandoned. She sank off the (Germany) (54°05′N6°59′E / 54.083°N 6.983°E / 54.083; 6.983).[228] There were no survivors of her crew.[227]
18 September[]
List of shipwrecks: 18 September 1922
Ship
Country
Description
Sweden
The cargo ship sank off Gedser, Denmark. Six crew were rescued by a Danish merchant ship.[229]
United Kingdom
The cargo ship collided with (United Kingdom) in the River Ouse at Goole, Yorkshire and sank.[230]
United States
The cargo ship came ashore at and was a total loss.[231]
19 September[]
List of shipwrecks: 19 September 1922
Ship
Country
Description
Spain
The cargo ship foundered 7 nautical miles (13 km) south west of Cape Roca.[231]
Chile
The cargo ship was destroyed by fire at Huasco.[232]
20 September[]
List of shipwrecks: 20 September 1922
Ship
Country
Description
United Kingdom
The tug struck a submerged wreck and sank at Milford Haven, Pembrokeshire. She was refloated on 22 September.[233][234]
21 September[]
List of shipwrecks: 21 September 1922
Ship
Country
Description
United Kingdom
The schooner came ashore at , Sweden and was wrecked. Her crew were rescued.[232]
Svaland
Norway
The auxiliary sailing ship was driven ashore at Höganäs, Sweden. She was refloated on 9 October.[232][235]
The destroyer sank after colliding with a tug in the Sea of Marmara.[238]
25 September[]
List of shipwrecks: 25 September 1922
Ship
Country
Description
Spain
The cargo ship was wrecked off Aljezur, Portugal and was wrecked.[239]
26 September[]
List of shipwrecks: 26 September 1922
Ship
Country
Description
France
The cargo ship came ashore at , Portugal.[240] She was a total loss.[241]
28 September[]
List of shipwrecks: 28 September 1922
Ship
Country
Description
United Kingdom
The cargo ship came ashore at Theddlethorpe, Lincolnshire.[242] She was refloated on 1 October.[228]
United Kingdom
The cargo ship ran aground on the Middle Cross Sand, North Sea.[242] She was abandoned by her crew the next day pending salvage operations.[243] She was refloated on 6 October.[244]
The cargo ship struck an iceberg in the Icy Strait and was beached.[228]
3 October[]
List of shipwrecks: 3 October 1922
Ship
Country
Description
United Kingdom
The schooner sprang a leak and was towed in to the Turks Islands by HMS Capetown (Royal Navy).[245] She sank at her moorings the next day and was a total loss.[244]
5 October[]
List of shipwrecks: 5 October 1922
Ship
Country
Description
Italy
The cargo ship ran aground 12 nautical miles (22 km) off the coast of Brazil 60 nautical miles (110 km) south of Rio Grande, Rio Grande do Sul. All but two of her crew were taken off on 8 October.[244][246]
The Union Oil tanker on her way from San Francisco to Seattle with a cargo of oil and gasoline collided with freighter (United States) in Golden Gate and had to be beached to avoid sinking. She was later declared a total loss, Her crew were taken off.[235]
10 October[]
List of shipwrecks: 10 October 1922
Ship
Country
Description
Latvia
The schooner sprang a leak in the Atlantic Ocean off Faial Island, Azores, Portugal and was abandoned. Her crew were rescued.[247]
The tanker on her way from San Pedro to Fall River with a cargo of 70,000 barrels of oil ran aground on the southern end of Block Island and became stranded. The crew was taken off the next day by the US submarine N-2 and the ship was refloated on the 15th and after extensive repairs returned to service.
The cargo ship was wrecked on Scroby Sands, Norfolk. All 24 crew and the ship's cat were rescued.
18 October[]
List of shipwrecks: 18 October 1922
Ship
Country
Description
United Kingdom
The schooner came ashore at Nantucket, Massachusetts.[251] She was refloated on 23 October.[252]
19 October[]
List of shipwrecks: 19 October 1922
Ship
Country
Description
United States
The passenger ship caught fire in the Atlantic Ocean whilst on a voyage from New York to Providence, Rhode Island. Her passengers were taken off by Mohegan (United States).[251]
United States
The cargo ship ran aground off Jacksonville, Florida. She was refloated on 6 November.[253]
Lizzie D. (or Lizzie D. A.)
United States
The 77-or-84-foot (23.5 or 25.6 m) (sources disagree), 122-gross register tontug sank in 80 feet (24 m) of water in the North Atlantic Ocean south of Long Island, New York, 8 nautical miles (15 km; 9.2 mi) southeast of with the loss of her entire crew of eight or 13 (sources disagree) men. Her owners reported her as having no cargo aboard at the time of her loss, but an examination of her wreck in July 1977 discovered that she had been operating as a rum runner during Prohibition in the United States and had sunk with a cargo of Kentucky bourbon and Canadian rye whisky aboard. Her wreck is known as the "Rum Runner."[254]
Norway
The cargo ship ran aground at Montreal, Quebec, Canada.[251] She was refloated on 23 October.[255]
20 October[]
List of shipwrecks: 20 October 1922
Ship
Country
Description
Sweden
The coaster capsized at Landsort with the loss of three crew.[256]
21 October[]
List of shipwrecks: 21 October 1922
Ship
Country
Description
Germany
The tanker collided with (Denmark) in the Kaiser Wilhelm Canal and sank. Knud II also collided with (Germany) which was beached.[257]
The cargo ship sprang a leak and was abandoned in the North Sea off Happisburgh, Norfolk. Her crew were rescued by (United Kingdom).[257] She was towed into Hull, Yorkshire by (United Kingdom).[255]
United Kingdom
The salvage vessel sank in the Helford River at Falmouth, Cornwall.[257]
The Type UB IIsubmarine sprang a leak and was abandoned in the English Channel west of Guernsey, Channel Islands. Her crew were rescued by Daphne (France). Roland Morillot was subsequently towed into Cherbourg, Seine-Inférieure by (France).[258]
24 October[]
List of shipwrecks: 24 October 1922
Ship
Country
Description
Fagerlund
Norway
The auxiliary sailing ship sank at East Greenwich, London, United Kingdom.[252]
United States
The cargo ship caught fire at San Francisco, California and was beached.[259]
The cargo ship caught fire off Poole, Dorset and was a total loss.[260]
30 October[]
List of shipwrecks: 30 October 1922
Ship
Country
Description
Gromoboi
Soviet Navy
The decommissioned armoured cruiser ran aground in a storm near Liepāja while under tow to Germany in October 1922 for scrapping. Scrapped in place.[267][268]
The cargo ship foundered in the English Channel 14 nautical miles (26 km) south of St. Michael's Mount, Cornwall, United Kingdom.[269]
November[]
2 November[]
List of shipwrecks: 2 November 1922
Ship
Country
Description
Convention
United States
The 23-gross register ton, 45-foot (13.7 m) fishing vessel sank in Hecate Strait off the coast of British Columbia, Canada, with the loss of her entire crew of five.[270]
United Kingdom
The cargo ship foundered in the English Channel 5 nautical miles (9.3 km) north north west of the Armen Rock. Her crew were rescued by (Norway).[271]
3 November[]
List of shipwrecks: 3 November 1922
Ship
Country
Description
Germany
The cargo ship foundered in the North Sea 80 nautical miles (150 km) off Spurn Point, Yorkshire, United Kingdom, with the loss of all but one of her crew. The survivor was rescued by the trawler Riveira (United Kingdom).[272]
6 November[]
List of shipwrecks: 6 November 1922
Ship
Country
Description
United Kingdom
The cargo ship ran aground at Buenos Aires, Argentina.[272] She was refloated on 15 November.[273]
United Kingdom
The cargo ship collided with a lighter and sank at Tampico, Tamaulipas, Mexico.[272]
7 November[]
List of shipwrecks: 7 November 1922
Ship
Country
Description
Rattler
United States
After an explosion that resulted from the lighting of a match in her hold, the 17-gross register ton, 45-foot (13.7 m) fishing vessel was destroyed by fire without loss of life while moored at a cannery dock at Cordova, Territory of Alaska.[74]
9 November[]
List of shipwrecks: 9 November 1922
Ship
Country
Description
Spain
The cargo ship ran aground at Málaga.[274] She was refloated on 13 November.[275]
10 November[]
List of shipwrecks: 10 November 1922
Ship
Country
Description
United Kingdom
The cargo ship ran aground off , Quebec, Canada.[276] She was refloated on 23 November.[277]
United States
The cargo ship caught fire in the Gulf of Mexico off New Orleans, Louisiana and was abandoned. Her crew were rescued by Missouri (United States).[278]
Oregon City
United States
During a voyage from , Territory of Alaska, to Tacoma, Washington, with a crew of seven and a cargo of four tons of herring on board, the 23-gross register tonmotorsloop was destroyed in Warm Springs Bay on the coast of Baranof Island in the Alexander Archipelago in Southeast Alaska by a fire that began when her engine backfired. Her crew survived and was rescued by the motorboatMonitor (United States).[119]
11 November[]
List of shipwrecks: 11 November 1922
Ship
Country
Description
Spain
The cargo ship was driven ashore at Garfanta ny Noja, Cantabria and was wrecked.[276]
Valorous
United States
The fishing vessel foundered in a violent storm in the North Pacific Ocean off the Territory of Alaska or British Columbia.[279]
The cargo ship was driven ashore at Newchwang, China and was a total loss.[285]
22 November[]
List of shipwrecks: 22 November 1922
Ship
Country
Description
Italy
The coaster was rammed by (United Kingdom) at Valletta, Malta and sank. Her crew were rescued.[284][286]
France
The cargo ship foundered in the English Channel off Saint-Valery-sur-Somme, Somme. Her crew were rescued by (France).[287]
24 November[]
List of shipwrecks: 24 November 1922
Ship
Country
Description
Al
United States
The 6-gross register tonmotorboat suffered a gasoline explosion and was destroyed by the resulting fire off in British Columbia, Canada, south of Dixon Entrance. The launchRalph (flag unknown) rescued her crew of two.[218]
Spain
The cargo ship collided with the trawler Kermelo (France) in the Bay of Biscay north of Cape Prior and sank. Her crew were rescued by Kermelo.[288]
25 November[]
List of shipwrecks: 25 November 1922
Ship
Country
Description
Norway
The cargo ship foundered off Kristiansand, Norway. Her crew were rescued by (Norway).[288]
France
The cargo ship departed from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland for Boulogne, Pas de Calais. She subsequently foundered in the North Sea. A lifebuoy was discovered off the Hook of Holland, Netherlands on 5 December.[289]
The cargo ship was wrecked at Wei-Hai-Wei, China.[253]
Morengen
United States
The 25-gross register tonfishing vessel disappeared without trace in a storm in the Gulf of Alaska somewhere between Cape Spencer and Yakutat, Territory of Alaska. Her entire crew of six perished.[290]
The barge ran aground off Sable Island, Nova Scotia. She was refloated and taken in to Sydney, Nova Scotia, where she ran aground again. Subsequently refloated.
December[]
1 December[]
List of shipwrecks: 1 December 1922
Ship
Country
Description
Canada
The cargo ship foundered in Lake Superior 2 nautical miles (3.7 km) north of the with the loss of eleven of her twenty crew.[291]
United Kingdom
The schooner was abandoned and set afire in the Atlantic Ocean 90 nautical miles (170 km) north west of Saint-Pierre, Saint Pierre and Miquelon. Her crew were rescued by (United Kingdom).[292]
4 December[]
List of shipwrecks: 4 December 1922
Ship
Country
Description
Leytenant Dydymov
Imperial Russian Navy
The auxiliary cruiser foundered 180 nautical miles (330 km) off Shanghai, China with the loss of all 74 people on board.[268]
6 December[]
List of shipwrecks: 6 December 1922
Ship
Country
Description
United Kingdom
The schooner departed Whitehaven, Cumberland for the Isle of Whithorn, Wigtownshire. She subsequently foundered in the Irish Sea, wreckage from the ship washed up on the Cumbrian coast on 11 December.[293]
The cargo ship ran aground at Buenos Aires, Argentina.[304] She was refloated on 17 December.[299]
17 December[]
List of shipwrecks: 17 December 1922
Ship
Country
Description
United Kingdom
The cargo ship collided with (United Kingdom) in the River Mersey at Liverpool, Lancashire and sank with the loss of ten of her eighteen crew.[305]
18 December[]
List of shipwrecks: 18 December 1922
Ship
Country
Description
Germany
The cargo ship issued an SOS in the Baltic Sea off Utlängan, Sweden.[299] She came ashore the next day at Karlskrona and was wrecked. Her crew were rescued.[281]
The coaster foundered in the English Channel 15 nautical miles (28 km) south of , Isle of Wight with the loss of two of her eight crew. Survivors were rescued by the trawler Lapwing (United Kingdom).[308]
France
The cargo ship caught fire at Marseille. She was towed out to sea and scuttled.[306]
United Kingdom
The coastal tanker was driven ashore at Portland, Dorset. All twelve crew were rescued.[308]
Norway
The cargo ship foundered in the Bay of Biscay off Biscay, Spain. Her crew survived.[281]
20 December[]
List of shipwrecks: 20 December 1922
Ship
Country
Description
Swanston
United Kingdom
The cargo ship foundered in the English Channel off Start Point, Devon. Her crew were rescued by (Netherlands).[309]
21 December[]
List of shipwrecks: 21 December 1922
Ship
Country
Description
United States
The tow steamer left Cleveland, Ohio for Buffalo, New York and vanished. On 26 December a lifeboat was found with the body of one of her firemen aboard, dead of exposure. Lost with all eight hands.[310]
United Kingdom
The cargo ship ran aground on the Mantle Rock in Galway Bay and was abandoned by her crew.[311]
The cargo ship ran aground and sank in the and sank with the loss of a crew member.[312]
France
The cargo ship collided with (Norway) in the Bay of Biscay and sank.[312]
22 December[]
List of shipwrecks: 22 December 1922
Ship
Country
Description
United Kingdom
The cargo ship lost her propeller in the Bristol Channel 6 nautical miles (11 km) off St. Ives Head, Cornwall. Her crew were taken off by (United Kingdom). Eleanor came ashore near the Godrevy Lighthouse and was wrecked.[309]
Denmark
The schooner was abandoned in the English Channel 5 nautical miles (9.3 km) east of the (United Kingdom). She was later towed in to Portland, Dorset by and (both United Kingdom).[309]
23 December[]
List of shipwrecks: 23 December 1922
Ship
Country
Description
United Kingdom
The schooner foundered in the Atlantic Ocean 30 nautical miles (56 km) off Cape St. Vincent, Portugal. Her crew were rescued by (United Kingdom).[311]
Finland
The cargo ship collided with (Denmark) in the Skagerrak off Moss, Norway and sank. Her crew were rescued.[311]
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France
United States).[1]
Denmark
United Kingdom). Her crew survived.[5]
Italy
Japan
Germany
Spain
Norway
Finland).[12]
Netherlands).[12]
Newfoundland
Belgium).[15]
Marine Nationale
Brazil).[22]
Royal Australian Navy).[22][24]
United States Navy
United States Coast Guard).[32]
United States Army
Portugal
Poland
Latvia
Yugoslavia
Greece
Sweden
Australia
Egypt
Canada
Mexico
China
Danzig
Austro-Hungarian Navy) was sunk as a target in the Atlantic Ocean by the battleships France, Jean Bart and Paris (all 
Imperial German Navy
Regia Marina) in the Bay of Biscay and sank with the loss of one of her 33 crew.[180][183][184]
Chile
Imperial Japanese Navy
Argentine Navy
Soviet Navy
United States
Imperial Russian Navy
Reichsmarine
Turkey