List of shipwrecks in 1923

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The list of shipwrecks in 1923 includes ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during 1923.

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January[]

Further information: List of shipwrecks in January 1923

February[]

Further information: List of shipwrecks in February 1923

March[]

Further information: List of shipwrecks in March 1923

April[]

Further information: List of shipwrecks in April 1923

May[]

Further information: List of shipwrecks in May 1923

June[]

Further information: List of shipwrecks in June 1923

July[]

Further information: List of shipwrecks in July 1923

August[]

Further information: List of shipwrecks in August 1923

September[]

Further information: List of shipwrecks in September 1923

October[]

1 October[]

List of shipwrecks: 1 October 1923
Ship Country Description
 United Kingdom The cargo ship was wrecked off Saint-Pierre, Saint Pierre and Miquelon.[1][2]
 France The cargo ship ran aground at Sydney, Nova Scotia, and was a total loss. Her crew were rescued.[3]

2 October[]

List of shipwrecks: 2 October 1923
Ship Country Description
 United Kingdom The schooner was driven ashore at Renews, Newfoundland, and was a total loss.[3]
 United Kingdom The schooner caught fire and was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean at 39°40′N 70°44′W / 39.667°N 70.733°W / 39.667; -70.733. All eight crew were rescued by (flag unknown).[4]
 France The cargo ship was driven ashore at Saint-Pierre, Saint Pierre and Miquelon, and was abandoned by her crew.[3]
 United Kingdom 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]
 United Kingdom the schooner sprang a leak and was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean (42°49′30″N 55°56′00″W / 42.82500°N 55.93333°W / 42.82500; -55.93333) with the loss of two of her eight crew. Survivors were rescued by ( United States).[1][4]

4 October[]

List of shipwrecks: 4 October 1923
Ship Country Description
 United Kingdom
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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 ore concentrates 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 cutter USCGC Unalga (Ensign of the United States Coast Guard (1915–1953).png United States Coast Guard), the survey ship USC&GS Surveyor (Flag of the United States Coast and Geodetic Survey.svg United States Coast and Geodetic Survey), and the steamer Cordova (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 tug Hercules (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]

9 October[]

List of shipwrecks: 9 October 1923
Ship Country Description
 United States The barquentine was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by ( Belgium).[12]
 Germany The cargo ship collided with ( Norway) at Hull, Yorkshire and sank.[12]

10 October[]

List of shipwrecks: 10 October 1923
Ship Country Description
 Denmark The cargo ship ran aground on , Sweden with the loss of her captain. The survivors were rescued.[13]
flag unknown The cargo ship departed Saint John, New Brunswick, for Havana, Cuba. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[14]
 United States Navy The PG-40/Quiros class Gunboat was sunk as a target, probably in the Philippines.[15]

11 October[]

List of shipwrecks: 11 October 1923
Ship Country Description
City of Everett  United States The cargo ship caught fire and foundered in the Gulf of Mexico with the loss of all 26 crew.
 United Kingdom The cargo ship ran aground in the Torres Straits.[16]
 Japan The cargo ship was wrecked off Taneichi, Iwate.[17]
 Belgium 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]

12 October[]

List of shipwrecks: 12 October 1923
Ship Country Description
Agram  United States After her anchor lines parted during a violent storm, the 22-gross register ton motor cannery tender was wrecked in Cook Inlet on the south-central coast of the Territory of Alaska on a beach in the vicinity of 59°16′N 154°07′W / 59.267°N 154.117°W / 59.267; -154.117 (Agram), between and . Her crew of three survived.[20]

13 October[]

List of shipwrecks: 13 October 1923
Ship Country Description
Aberdeen  Canada The Canadian Government ship (CGS) ran aground on Black Ledge, Seal Island, Nova Scotia and was abandoned.[21]
 United States The cargo ship collided with another vessel in Lake Michigan and sank. Her crew were rescued.[22]
 United Kingdom The schooner collided with ( United Kingdom) at St. John's, Newfoundland, and sank.[22]

14 October[]

List of shipwrecks: 14 October 1923
Ship Country Description
Carlisle  United States The 15-gross register ton, 43.9-foot (13.4 m) fishing vessel was wrecked on the coast of Gravina Island in the Alexander Archipelago in Southeast Alaska. The two people aboard survived.[23]

15 October[]

List of shipwrecks: 15 October 1923
Ship Country Description
 United Kingdom The schooner was abandoned and set afire in the Atlantic Ocean (42°28′N 24°43′W / 42.467°N 24.717°W / 42.467; -24.717). Her crew were rescued by ( United Kingdom).[24]
Mabel flag unknown The four-masted schooner was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean off Nassau, Bahamas.[24]
 France The cargo ship collided with ( Germany) in the Kaiser Wilhelm Canal, Germany and sank. She was refloated on 17 October.[17][25]

16 October[]

List of shipwrecks: 16 October 1923
Ship Country Description
 Sweden The cargo ship struck a mine in the Baltic Sea 10 nautical miles (19 km) south of the and sank. Her crew were rescued by a German ship.[26][27]
Kaduskak  United Kingdom The auxiliary sailing vessel was destroyed by fire at St. Martins, New Brunswick.[28]
USS Quiros  United States Navy United States Navy destroyer gunfire sank the decommissioned gunboat as a target off the coast of China.

17 October[]

List of shipwrecks: 17 October 1923
Ship Country Description
 United Kingdom The Thames barge collided with ( United Kingdom) in the River Thames at Erith, Kent and sank.[29]
 France The cargo ship came ashore between and Diego Suarez, Madagascar.[30] She was refloated on 22 October.[31] She was refloated on 23 October.[32]

18 October[]

List of shipwrecks: 18 October 1923
Ship Country Description
 France The cargo ship ran aground on , Madagascar, whilst going to the assistance of ( France).[33] She was refloated on 23 October.[32]
 United Kingdom The cargo ship ran aground at Port Eads, Louisiana, United States.[28]
Portuense  Portugal The sailing vessel caught fire and was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean (39°00′N 33°49′W / 39.000°N 33.817°W / 39.000; -33.817). Her crew were rescued by ( United Kingdom).[28]
Spider  United States With no one aboard, the 7-gross register ton, 30.6-foot (9.3 m) fishing vessel was blown ashore during a gale and wrecked without loss of life on "Caroline Island" – probably (64°27′N 162°53′W / 64.450°N 162.883°W / 64.450; -162.883 (Carolyn Island)) – in Golovnin Bay on the Bering Sea coast of the Territory of Alaska.[34]

19 October[]

List of shipwrecks: 19 October 1923
Ship Country Description
 Italy The cargo ship struck a mine in the Gulf of İzmir off Karaburun, Turkey, and sank with the loss of eight crew.[35]

20 October[]

List of shipwrecks: 20 October 1923
Ship Country Description
 United Kingdom The cargo ship ran aground at Oporto, Portugal.[33]

21 October[]

List of shipwrecks: 21 October 1923
Ship Country Description
 France The schooner sank in the Atlantic Ocean off Corvo Island, Azores, Portugal. Her crew were rescued.[36]

22 October[]

List of shipwrecks: 22 October 1923
Ship Country Description
 United Kingdom The cargo ship collided with ( United Kingdom) in the Elbe at Blankenese, Germany and sank. She was refloated on 13 December.[31][37]
 United States The passenger ship ran aground on Old Providence Island, Colombia.[31] Her passengers were taken off by ( United States).[14]
 United Kingdom The cargo ship caught fire at Santos, São Paulo, Brazil and was beached.[38] She was refloated on 24 October.[14]

23 October[]

List of shipwrecks: 23 October 1923
Ship Country Description
O-5  United States Navy
USS O-5, 30 October 1923

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 (Flag of the Royal National Lifeboat Institution.svg 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]
 United Kingdom The schooner caught fire and sank at Alexandria, Egypt.[43]
 United Kingdom The cargo ship ran aground in the .[43] She was refloated on 6 November.[44]
26  Imperial Japanese Navy The Type L submarine sank at Kure Naval Base. Her crew were rescued.[45] She was refloated on 2 November.[46]

31 October[]

List of shipwrecks: 31 October 1923
Ship Country Description
 Japan The cargo ship collided with Kasuga Maru ( Japan) at Shimonoseki and sank.[41]

Unknown date[]

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1923
Ship Country Description
 United Kingdom The schooner foundered on a voyage from Runcorn, Cheshire to Falmouth, Cornwall with the loss of all hands.[18]
 United States The schooner foundered in the Atlantic Ocean. Her cre were rescued by ( United States) and landed at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on 5 October.[7]

November[]

1 November[]

List of shipwrecks: 1 November 1923
Ship Country Description
 Japan The cargo ship collided with ( Japan) in the South China Sea off the north east coast of Korea and sank with some loss of life.[47]

2 November[]

List of shipwrecks: 2 November 1923
Ship Country Description
 United States The cargo ship was destroyed by fire and sank at New York.[47]

3 November[]

List of shipwrecks: 3 November 1923
Ship Country Description
 United Kingdom The coaster ran aground at Peterhead, Aberdeenshire. She was refloated on 4 November and brought into the harbour where she sank.[47]

4 November[]

List of shipwrecks: 4 November 1923
Ship Country Description
 United Kingdom The cargo ship ran aground off the , Norway. Her crew were rescued.[47] She broke in two,[44] and was a total loss.[48]

5 November[]

List of shipwrecks: 5 November 1923
Ship Country Description
Equator  United Kingdom The sailing ship departed from Trinidad. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[49]
 Japan The cargo ship collided with ( Japan) in the Inland Sea of Japan and was beached. She was later refloated and brought into Kobe.[50]

6 November[]

List of shipwrecks: 6 November 1923
Ship Country Description
 Germany The cargo ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Portugal. Her crew were rescued by ( Germany).[51]

7 November[]

List of shipwrecks: 7 November 1923
Ship Country Description
 United Kingdom The cargo ship collided with ( Norway) in the Thames Estuary at Tilbury, Essex. She was beached but subsequently foundered.[52]

9 November[]

List of shipwrecks: 9 November 1923
Ship Country Description
 United Kingdom The coaster came ashore in Belfast Lough and was wrecked. Her crew were rescued by the Donaghadee Lifeboat.[53]
 United Kingdom The cargo ship collided with ( United Kingdom) in the River Humber. She was taken to Hull where she sank.[53]
 Spain The cargo ship sprang a leak in the Atlantic Ocean (30°59′N 11°00′W / 30.983°N 11.000°W / 30.983; -11.000) and was abandoned. Her crew were rescued by ( Italy).[54]

10 November[]

List of shipwrecks: 10 November 1923
Ship Country Description
Martin Eduard  Latvia The ship sprang a leak in the Baltic Sea off Gotland, Sweden and was abandoned.[42]

11 November[]

List of shipwrecks: 11 November 1923
Ship Country Description
 China The cargo ship ran aground near Yalukiang.[55] She was refloated on 25 November.[39]

12 November[]

List of shipwrecks: 12 November 1923
Ship Country Description
flag unknown The salvage vessel sank off Pihlajasaari, Finland.[42]

13 November[]

List of shipwrecks: 13 November 1923
Ship Country Description
 United Kingdom 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]
 Netherlands The cargo ship put into Bastia, Corsica, France on fire. She was scuttled by the coastal defense ship HNLMS Marten Harpertszoon Tromp ( Royal Netherlands Navy).[58]
 United Kingdom The tug foundered in Liverpool Bay whilst going to the aid of ( United Kingdom). Her crew were rescued by the New Brighton Lifeboat.[58]

18 November[]

List of shipwrecks: 18 November 1923
Ship Country Description
 Denmark The cargo ship ran aground off the Sletterhage Lighthouse, Helgenæs.[57] She was refloated on 22 November.[59]

21 November[]

List of shipwrecks: 21 November 1923
Ship Country Description
 Belgium The cargo ship ran aground off , Sweden (61°40′30″N 17°30′45″E / 61.67500°N 17.51250°E / 61.67500; 17.51250) with the loss of a crew member. She broke her back on 12 December and was declared a total loss.[59][60]

23 November[]

List of shipwrecks: 23 November 1923
Ship Country Description
 United Kingdom 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]
Victor Réveille  Marine Nationale The Type UE I submarine ran aground at Boulogne, Pas de Calais.[62]

24 November[]

List of shipwrecks: 24 November 1923
Ship Country Description
 Italy 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]
 United Kingdom The cargo ship came ashore at , Nova Scotia, Canada (44°00′N 64°20′W / 44.000°N 64.333°W / 44.000; -64.333) and was a total loss.[63][65]
Sam  Norway The auxiliary sailing vessel ran aground off the Færder Lighthouse, Norway. She was refloated but subsequently sank. Her crew were rescued.[39]

26 November[]

List of shipwrecks: 26 November 1923
Ship Country Description
Shinkoku Maru  Japan Disabled in the Aleutian Islands by a broken tail shaft during a voyage from Yokohama, Japan, to Portland, Oregon, and under tow by the tug Humaconna (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]

27 November[]

List of shipwrecks: 27 November 1923
Ship Country Description
flag unknown The cargo ship ran aground at Nida, Lithuania.[66]

29 November[]

List of shipwrecks: 29 November 1923
Ship Country Description
Sainte Marie  France The schooner was wrecked in the Pierre des Portes Rocks, off Saint-Malo, Finistère, France.[67]

30 November[]

List of shipwrecks: 30 November 1923
Ship Country Description
Hermina  Germany The auxiliary sailing vessel was driven ashore at Wyk auf Föhr, Schleswig-Holstein and was wrecked.[67]

December[]

1 December[]

List of shipwrecks: 1 December 1923
Ship Country Description
 Sweden The cargo ship struck a mine in the Baltic Sea off Reval, Estonia and sank. Her crew survived.[68]
 Soviet Union The schooner was wrecked on Ven, Sweden.[68]

3 December[]

List of shipwrecks: 3 December 1923
Ship Country Description
 Germany 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]
T.W. Lake  United States 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]
 United Kingdom The auxiliary schooner was driven ashore in Whitesand Bay, Cornwall and was wrecked.[78]

9 December[]

List of shipwrecks: 9 December 1923
Ship Country Description
 United Kingdom 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]
San Marco  United States The 30-gross register ton, 49.8-foot (15.2 m) fishing vessel was stranded at (60°08′N 144°21′W / 60.133°N 144.350°W / 60.133; -144.350 (Kanak Island)) off south central Alaska. Her entire crew of eight survived. She later was refloated, repaired, and returned to service.[34]
Universe  United States During a voyage from Cordova, Territory of Alaska, to Seattle, Washington, the 39-gross register ton, 59.2-foot (18.0 m) fishing vessel was stranded on a sandbar on the west side of (60°08′N 144°21′W / 60.133°N 144.350°W / 60.133; -144.350 (Kanak Island)) off south central Alaska during a snowstorm. Her entire crew of seven survived. She later was refloated, repaired, and returned to service.[81]

10 December[]

List of shipwrecks: 10 December 1923
Ship Country Description
 United Kingdom The schooner sank at Barbados.[82]
Somersby  United Kingdom 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]
 United States The auxiliary schooner was wrecked in Coos Bay with the loss of ten crew.[89]
 United Kingdom The lightship sank off Georgetown, British Guiana.[89]
 Norway The cargo ship foundered in the North Sea. Her eighteen crew were rescued by the trawler Flow ( United Kingdom).[90][91]

18 December[]

List of shipwrecks: 18 December 1923
Ship Country Description
 Japan 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]

26 December[]

List of shipwrecks: 26 December 1923
Ship Country Description
 United States The cargo ship ran aground at Port Eads, Louisiana.[95] She was refloated on 29 December.[98]
 Turkey The coaster sank at Constantinople in a blizzard.[96]

27 December[]

List of shipwrecks: 27 December 1923
Ship Country Description
 Sweden The cargo ship was driven ashore on Fehmarn, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany.[99] She was refloated on 31 December.[100]
 Denmark The cargo liner ran aground north of Fanø. Forty passengers were taken off by a tug. She was refloated the next day.[99]

28 December[]

List of shipwrecks: 28 December 1923
Ship Country Description
 United Kingdom The cargo ship ran aground at Les Baleines, Loire-Atlantique. Her crew were rescued.[101]
 France The tanker was driven ashore at San Stefano, Turkey.[96] She was refloated on 2 January 1924.[102]
 United States The cargo ship sank in the Black Sea 130 nautical miles (240 km) west of (42°14′N 38°19′E / 42.233°N 38.317°E / 42.233; 38.317).[101][103]
 Italy The cargo ship collided with ( Turkey) off Zonguldak, Turkey and sank.[99]
 United States The vessel was lost with seven crewmen.[104]

29 December[]

List of shipwrecks: 29 December 1923
Ship Country Description
Dominion of Newfoundland Red Ensign.svg Newfoundland The barquentine sprang a leak in the Atlantic Ocean and was abandoned. Her crew were rescued by ( United Kingdom).[98]
Margaret  Denmark The auxiliary sailing ship caught fire at Copenhagen and was scuttled.[98]
Mutlah  Italy The cargo ship issued an SOS in the Mediterranean Sea (38°40′N 6°34′E / 38.667°N 6.567°E / 38.667; 6.567). No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[105]
 United Kingdom 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]

31 December[]

List of shipwrecks: 31 December 1923
Ship Country Description
 United Kingdom The schooner was wrecked at St. John's, Newfoundland.[100]
Pruth  United Kingdom The cargo ship ran aground on the Natara Reef, off Port Moresby, New Guinea and was wrecked.

Unknown date[]

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1923
Ship Country Description
No. 242 (or Number 242)  United States The halibut-fishing vessel was lost in a storm at (58°24′45″N 134°57′15″W / 58.41250°N 134.95417°W / 58.41250; -134.95417 (Point Retreat)) in Southeast Alaska.[108]
 Japan 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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Ship events in 1923
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Ship commissionings: 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928
Ship decommissionings: 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1926 1927
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