The schooner, which had departed from Runcorn, Cheshire, on 24 September for Mevagissey, Cornwall, was last reported on this date. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[5]
3 October[]
List of shipwrecks: 3 October 1923
Ship
Country
Description
Germany
The cargo ship ran aground and sank on Storkallegrund, Sweden.[1]
United Kingdom
The ketch was reported in the English Channel 10 nautical miles (19 km) south east of the (United Kingdom). No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[6]
The cargo ship ran aground at Hook of Holland (Rotterdam), Netherlands.[4] Forty-nine of her 51 crew were taken off the next day.[7] She was declared a total loss on 10 October.[8]
7 October[]
List of shipwrecks: 7 October 1923
Ship
Country
Description
flag unknown
The schooner capsized in the Gulf of Finland 4 nautical miles (7.4 km) west of Sommers, Finland. Her crew were rescued by (United Kingdom).[9]
8 October[]
List of shipwrecks: 8 October 1923
Ship
Country
Description
United Kingdom
The cargo ship ran aground on the Runnelstone, Cornwall. All 48 people on board were rescued by the Penlee and Sennen Cove Lifeboats.[10]
United States
During a voyage from Cordova, Territory of Alaska, to Seattle, Washington, carrying a crew of 31 and a cargo of 6,000 tons of copper oreconcentrates and 40,000 cases of salmon, the 3,620-ton cargo ship was wrecked without loss of life at on Graham Island in the Queen Charlotte Islands off the coast of British Columbia. The cutterUSCGC Unalga (United States Coast Guard), the survey shipUSC&GS Surveyor (United States Coast and Geodetic Survey), and the steamerCordova (flag unknown) rescued 23 members of her crew. Her captain and seven other members of her crew remained behind to guard her wreck and were rescued later by the salvage tugHercules (flag unknown). Kennecott soon broke up, and the two main parts of her hull drifted away and sank.[11][8]
United Kingdom
The schooner ran aground in the Saint Lawrence River and was wrecked.[9]
The cargo ship ran aground at Memel, East Prussia, Germany. Her crew were rescued.[18] She was refloated on 4 May 1924, but was declared a constructive total loss. She was sold, repaired and returned to service.[19]
The O-class submarine was rammed and sunk in Limon Bay by (United States) with the loss of three crew. She was partially raised on 30 October to enable the rescue of two survivors. Subsequently stricken in April 1924 and sold for scrap.
24 October[]
List of shipwrecks: 24 October 1923
Ship
Country
Description
United Kingdom
The three-masted schooner caught fire in the Atlantic Ocean 16 nautical miles (30 km) off Sandy Hook, New Jersey. All seven crew were rescued by (United Kingdom).[14]
25 October[]
List of shipwrecks: 25 October 1923
Ship
Country
Description
Karin
Sweden
The auxiliary sailing vessel caught fire in the Øresund and was beached at Klampenborg, Denmark.[36]
27 October[]
List of shipwrecks: 27 October 1923
Ship
Country
Description
United Kingdom
The coaster, which had departed Garston, Lancashire for Dundalk, County Louth, Ireland on 26 October,[39] was reported 10 nautical miles (19 km) south west of the Chicken Rock, Isle of Man.[6] She subsequently foundered in the Irish Sea with the loss of all hands. The bodies of the crew washed up on the coast of Cumberland in late November.[39]
Raven
France
The schooner ran aground at Swansea, Glamorgan, United Kingdom and was wrecked. Her five crew were rescued by Charlie Medland (Royal National Lifeboat Institution).[40]
29 October[]
List of shipwrecks: 29 October 1923
Ship
Country
Description
France
The cargo ship ran aground at Arcachon, Gironde.[41] She was refloated on 12 November.[42]
The coaster was reported off Flamborough Head, Yorkshire bound for Grangemouth, Stirlingshire. No further trace, presumed foundered in the North Sea with the loss of all hands.[6]
15 November[]
List of shipwrecks: 15 November 1923
Ship
Country
Description
Denmark
The cargo ship ran aground at Kristiania, Norway.[56] She was refloated on 19 November.[57]
United Kingdom
The Thames barge foundered in the Thames Estuary off Southend Pier, Essex. both crew survived.[56]
United States
The cargo ship ran aground at Bluefields, Nicaragua.[58] She was refloated on 21 November.[59]
17 November[]
List of shipwrecks: 17 November 1923
Ship
Country
Description
United States
The auxiliary schooner was in collision with another vessel in the North Sea off Cuxhaven, Germany and foundered with the loss of all but two of her crew. Survivors were rescued by (Germany).[58][60][61]
United Kingdom
The cargo ship ran aground in Liverpool Bay. She refloated but then grounded again.[58] Declared a total loss, the wreck was dispersed by the using exploives.[57]
Germany
The cargo ship foundered in the Baltic Sea off Saaremaa, Estonia with the loss of all hands, at least fourteen crew.[57][60]
The cargo ship suffered an onboard explosion and fire at Marseille, Bouches du Rhône, France and was beached. Several crew members were killed by the explosion.[59]
The cargo ship was towed into Gibraltar on fire and was beached.[63] She was refloated on 27 November.[39]
Sweden
The coaster ran aground and capsized in the River Humber at Lower Whitton, Lincolnshire, United Kingdom.[63] She was refloated the next day cut ran aground at Broomfleet, Yorkshire.[39] She was refloated again on 29 November.[64]
United Kingdom
The schooner caught fire and was abandoned. Her crew were rescued by West Lashaway (United States).[63]
Disabled in the Aleutian Islands by a broken tail shaft during a voyage from Yokohama, Japan, to Portland, Oregon, and under tow by the tugHumaconna (flag unknown), the steamer was wrecked on the rocks off Montague Island at the entrance to Prince William Sound on the south-central coast of the Territory of Alaska after Humaconna was forced to cut her loose during a gale. One crew member died, but the rest reached shore safely.[34]
The cargo ship ran aground off the , Denmark.[69] She was refloated on 9 December.[70]
Latvia
The cargo ship was rammed by (Latvia) off Mühlgraben, Riga, Latvia and was beached.[69][71]
5 December[]
List of shipwrecks: 5 December 1923
Ship
Country
Description
United Kingdom
The cargo ship collided with (Spain) off Penarth, Glamorgan and was beached. She was refloated later that day and drydocked at Cardiff.[72]
Germany
The cargo ship collided with (United Kingdom) in the Scheldt at Antwerp, Belgium and was beached.[73]
United Kingdom
The coaster departed London for Gloucester No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[74][75]
Norway
The coaster departed Immingham, Lincolnshire, United Kingdom for Christiania. Presumed subsequently foundered in the North Sea with the loss of all hands. A lifeboat from the ship washed up at Lindesnes, Norway on 10 December.[76]
The coaster foundered/wrecked in strong winds and heavy seas between Shannon Point and Decatur Island, or Lopez Island, San Juan Islands, a total loss. Lost with of all 18 crew, or 13 of them.[77]
6 December[]
List of shipwrecks: 6 December 1923
Ship
Country
Description
Germany
The cargo ship ran aground 20 nautical miles (37 km) from Valparaíso, Chile and was wrecked.[78]
Netherlands
The tug collided with (United Kingdom) at IJmuiden, North Holland and sank with the loss of a crew member.[78]
Sweden
The cargo ship ran aground at and was wrecked.[78]
Spain
The schooner came ashore at Bayonne, Basses-Pyrénées, France and was wrecked with the loss of two of her crew.[78]
Viking
United States
The 27-ton, 47-foot (14 m) gasoline-powered vessel washed ashore at Sitkinak Island in the Kodiak Archipelago during a gale. She had broken her anchor chain when the storm struck while she was anchored in the harbor at on the Alaska Peninsula in the Territory of Alaska on 3 December and drifted over 70 miles (110 km) to the southeast before coming ashore. She was a total loss, but her cook survived the ordeal.[79]
7 December[]
List of shipwrecks: 7 December 1923
Ship
Country
Description
Sweden
The cargo ship collided with (United Kingdom) in the North Sea off Cuxhaven, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany and sank with the loss of a crew member.[78]
The coaster foundered in the English Channel 5 nautical miles (9.3 km) south of Portland Bill, Dorset with the loss of all hands. Two bodies were recovered by (United Kingdom).[80]
The cargo ship came ashore at , A Coruña, Spain and was wrecked. Her crew were rescued.[76]
11 December[]
List of shipwrecks: 11 December 1923
Ship
Country
Description
United Kingdom
The cargo ship came ashore at Kettleness, Yorkshire. She refloated but subsequently sank. Her crew survived.[82]
United Kingdom
The cargo ship collided with (United Kingdom) in the North Sea off the (United Kingdom) and sank.[82] All eighteen crew were rescued by Livorno.[83]
13 December[]
List of shipwrecks: 13 December 1923
Ship
Country
Description
United Kingdom
The cargo ship caught fire at Barcelona, Spain and sank.[37]
15 December[]
List of shipwrecks: 15 December 1923
Ship
Country
Description
Norway
The cargo ship sank in the Atlantic Ocean off Charleston, South Carolina, United States. Her crew were rescued by (United States).[84]
16 December[]
List of shipwrecks: 16 December 1923
Ship
Country
Description
United Kingdom
The ocean liner ran aground in the River Mersey at Liverpool, Lancashire. All 106 people on board were rescued by the New Brighton Lifeboat and a number of tugs.[85]Armagh later broke her back and was a total loss.[84]
United States
The steamer grounded on the submerged breakwater while crossing the Bar at Coos Bay, a total loss. Four to nine crew killed.[86][87]
United Kingdom
The schooner was destroyed by fire at Yarmouth, Nova Scotia, Canada.[84]
17 December[]
List of shipwrecks: 17 December 1923
Ship
Country
Description
United Kingdom
The cargo ship departed Hamburg, Germany for Rochester, Kent. No further trace, presumed foundered in the North Sea with the loss of all hands.[74][88]
The cargo ship collided with (France) in the Inland Sea of Japan and was beached.[89]
19 December[]
List of shipwrecks: 19 December 1923
Ship
Country
Description
Alesia
United Kingdom
The cargo ship, which was to be scrapped, broke free from her tow and came ashore on Terschelling, Netherlands.[92] She was still there in April 1924.[93]
20 December[]
List of shipwrecks: 20 December 1923
Ship
Country
Description
Netherlands
The tug came ashore at Maasvlakte, South Holland. Her crew were rescued.[94]
22 December[]
List of shipwrecks: 22 December 1923
Ship
Country
Description
Sweden
The schooner ran aground on the . She was refloated but sank in the North Sea off the (United Kingdom). Her crew were rescued by a Swedish steamship.[91]
25 December[]
List of shipwrecks: 25 December 1923
Ship
Country
Description
Germany
The cargo ship ran aground and was beached at , Norway.[95][96]
Denmark
The cargo ship came ashore on Skagen.[95] Her crew were rescued by the Skagen Lifeboat.[97]
The cargo ship collided with (United Kingdom) in the River Thames at Erith, Kent and sank.[98] She was refloated on 2 January.[106]
30 December[]
List of shipwrecks: 30 December 1923
Ship
Country
Description
Belgium
The cargo ship was abandoned and foundered 3 nautical miles (5.6 km) off Flamborough Head, Yorkshire, United Kingdom. Her crew were rescued by the Bridlington Lifeboat.[107][98]
The cargo ship ran aground on Montague Island, Alaska, United States in the early days of December. She was declared a total loss on 16 January 1924.[75]
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