The sidewheelpassenger steamer collided with the cargo ship (United States) in heavy fog near the Little Choptank River in Maryland, suffering damage to her starboard side, including her paddle. She was towed to Baltimore, Maryland, repaired, and returned to service.
3 January[]
List of shipwrecks: 3 January 1924
Ship
Country
Description
Germany
The cargo ship departed Jacksonville, Florida for Hamburg. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[1]
Florence
United Kingdom
The cargo ship sprang a leak and sank in the Atlantic Ocean off Buncrana, County Donegal, Ireland.[2]
4 January[]
List of shipwrecks: 4 January 1924
Ship
Country
Description
Germany
The cargo ship ran aground at Dragør, Denmark.[3] She was refloated on 7 January.[4]
United Kingdom
The schooner was driven ashore at , Newfoundland and was wrecked with the loss of five lives.[5]
5 January[]
List of shipwrecks: 5 January 1924
Ship
Country
Description
Greece
The cargo ship was struck by (Italy) at Istanbul, Turkey and was beached off Leander's Tower.[5] She was refloated on 15 January.[6]
6 January[]
List of shipwrecks: 6 January 1924
Ship
Country
Description
Juliane
United Kingdom
The auxiliary sailing vessel was in collision with (Sweden) at Kiel, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany and sank.[5]
7 January[]
List of shipwrecks: 7 January 1924
Ship
Country
Description
Sweden
The schooner, on a voyage from Swansea, Glamorgan, United Kingdom to Lisbon, Portugal, was reported in the English Channel. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[7]
Italy
The cargo ship foundered in the Mediterranean Sea 50 nautical miles (93 km) off Crete, Greece.[4]
United Kingdom
The cargo ship departed Swansea, Glamorgan for Rouen, Seine-Inférieure, France. A lifebuoy from the ship washed up at Teignmouth, Devon at the end of January. Presumed foundered in the English Channel with the loss of all hands.[8]
8 January[]
List of shipwrecks: 8 January 1924
Ship
Country
Description
United Kingdom
The cargo ship departed Liverpool, Lancashire for Penryn, Cornwall. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[9]
Denmark
The three-masted schooner collided with (Denmark) in the English Channel 20 nautical miles (37 km) east north east of Alderney, Channel Islands and sank. Her seven crew were rescued by (United Kingdom). Oakhurst was disabled in the collision. She was towed to Le Havre, Seine-Inférieure, France by a British steamship.[10][11]
The schooner was in collision with (United Kingdom) of the Norwegian Coast. No further trace, presumed sunk with the loss of all but one of her crew. The survivor managed to clamber aboard William Mitchell.[8]
United Kingdom
The schooner was ramed by the fishing vessel Charles Boyes (United Kingdom) at Milford Haven, and sank.[12]
9 January[]
List of shipwrecks: 9 January 1924
Ship
Country
Description
Adolph
France
The schooner foundered in the Bristol Channel 6 nautical miles (11 km) south west of the (United Kingdom) with the loss of one of her six crew. Survivors were rescued by (United Kingdom).[10]
France
The cargo ship ran aground at Calais, Pas-de-Calais.[14] She was refloated on 23 January.[15]
The cargo ship, which had departed Oran, Algeria for Rouen, Seine-Inférieure on 3 January, issued a distress call in the Atlantic Ocean. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[17][18]
United Kingdom
The cargo ship was driven ashore at Goodrington Sands, Devon. Her crew were rescued.[10] She was refloated on 5 February.[19]
The L-class submarine collided with HMS Resolution (Royal Navy) in the English Channel off Portland Bill, Dorset and sank with the loss of all hands.
United Kingdom
The cargo ship struck rocks in the Irish Sea off the Calf of Man, Isle of Man and was abandoned.[22] She was discovered derelict west of the Isle of Man by (United Kingdom) and towed to Warrenpoint, County Down.[14]
Spain
The cargo ship was wrecked at Pasaia, Gipuzkoa with the loss of all but one of her crew.[14]
The sailing ship ran aground at Black Rock, and was wrecked. Her crew were saved.[21]
Nordead
France
The was driven ashore crewless at Seatown, Dorset, United Kingdom.[25]
United States
Carrying a cargo of coal, the 301-foot (92 m), 3,003-gross register ton six-mastedschooner sank without loss of life in up to 20 feet (6.1 m) of water in Vineyard Sound — reportedly on — off West Chop, Martha's Vineyard, Massachusetts, after running aground on a shoal during a storm.[21][26]
13 January[]
List of shipwrecks: 13 January 1924
Ship
Country
Description
United Kingdom
The cargo ship ran aground at East Cape, North Island, New Zealand. Her crew were rescued.[16][21] She was declared a total loss on 18 January.[9]
The cargo ship ran aground in the North Sea off Sizewell, Suffolk.[23] Although she was refloated on 19 January,[30] she was declared a total loss.[31]
The Denver-class cruiser ran aground on the Blanquilla Reef off Veracruz, Mexico. During attempts at refloating over the following week, four crew were lost. Declared a total loss, she was stricken on 7 February and sold for scrap on 5 September.
17 January[]
List of shipwrecks: 17 January 1924
Ship
Country
Description
Sweden
The cargo ship collided with (Sweden) at Helsingborg and sank.[23]
18 January[]
List of shipwrecks: 18 January 1924
Ship
Country
Description
United Kingdom
The cargo ship collided with the lighter Linie (United Kingdom) in the River Clyde at Bowling, West Dunbartonshire and was beached.[9] She was refloated on 21 January.[28]
19 January[]
List of shipwrecks: 19 January 1924
Ship
Country
Description
Belgium
The cargo ship, which had departed from Antwerp for Savannah, Georgia, United States, was reported in the Atlantic Ocean (50°N21°W / 50°N 21°W / 50; -21). No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[32][33]
21 January[]
List of shipwrecks: 21 January 1924
Ship
Country
Description
United States
The tanker ran aground at Nyborg, Denmark.[28] She was refloated on 25 January.[34]
Norway
The cargo ship came ashore at Kastrup, Denmark.[35] She was refloated on 25 January.[34]
23 January[]
List of shipwrecks: 23 January 1924
Ship
Country
Description
United Kingdom
The cargo ship ran aground at Mykolaiv, Soviet Union.[34] She was refloated on 29 January.[36]
United Kingdom
The cargo ship ran aground at Launceston, Tasmania, Australia.[15] She was refloated on 26 January.[18]
United Kingdom
The cargo ship suffered a fractured propeller shaft, which punctured her hull. She foundered in the Irish Sea off Skibbereen, County Cork, Ireland.[15]
The cargo ship collided with (United Kingdom) in the River Mersey at New Brighton, Cheshire and was beached.[34]
Norway
The cargo ship ran aground at Buenos Aires, Argentina.[34] Although refloated on 30 January, she grounded again.[38]
25 January[]
List of shipwrecks: 25 January 1924
Ship
Country
Description
Sigrid
United States
During a voyage from Seattle, Washington, to Katalla, Territory of Alaska, the 11-gross register ton, 36.2-foot (11.0 m) fishing vessel was wrecked on a reef off the east coast of Vancouver Island 7 nautical miles (13 km; 8.1 mi) south of Campbell River, British Columbia, Canada. All three people aboard survived.[39]
26 January[]
List of shipwrecks: 26 January 1924
Ship
Country
Description
United Kingdom
The schooner ran aground at Saint-Pierre, Saint Pierre and Miquelon.[18] She was refloated on 23 February.[8]
United Kingdom
The cargo ship collided with (Italy) in the English Channel 43 nautical miles (80 km) off the Casquets, Channel Islands and sank. Her crew were rescued.[40][41]
27 January[]
List of shipwrecks: 27 January 1924
Ship
Country
Description
United States
The cargo ship came ashore 10 nautical miles (19 km) north of Le Havre, Seine-Inférieure, France.[41] She was refloated on 2 February.[42]
The cargo ship was abandoned in the Pacific Ocean (approximately 32°N153°E / 32°N 153°E / 32; 153). Her crew were rescued by President Taft (United States).[18]
The cargo ship was destroyed by fire at Washington, D.C.[43]
Belgium
The cargo ship collided with (Sweden) in the North Sea off Vlissingen, Netherlands and was beached.[41]
31 January[]
List of shipwrecks: 31 January 1924
Ship
Country
Description
United States
The steamer struck an obstruction and sank off Wilson Light between Paducah, Kentucky and Nashville, a total loss. Five crew killed.[44]
February[]
1 February[]
List of shipwrecks: 1 February 1924
Ship
Country
Description
Netherlands
The cargo ship ran aground off Falsterbo, Sweden.[37] She was refloated on 4 February.[45]
United Kingdom
The schooner collided with (Peru) in the Atlantic Ocean 3.5 nautical miles (6.5 km) south of Partridge Island, Nova Scotia, Canada and sank with the loss of four crew. Perene also lost four crew.[37][42]
3 February[]
List of shipwrecks: 3 February 1924
Ship
Country
Description
France
The cargo ship was driven ashore at La Seyne-sur-Mer, Var.[45] She was refloated on 29 February.[46]
Norway
The cargo ship ran aground at Cape Pappas, Greece.[45] She was refloated on 6 February.[47]
The cargo ship ran aground at Nine Pins. She was refloated and towed to Hong Kong by (United Kingdom) and beached.[48]
Norway
The cargo ship suffered the failure of her steering gear and was beached north of Bergen, Norway.[51]
United Kingdom
The cargo ship came ashore at Cape St. Vincent, Portugal and was wrecked.[52] She was abandoned on 9 February with the loss of seven of her 29 crew.[48][53]
France
The cargo ship departed Bordeaux, Gironde for Dakar, French West Africa. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[54]
Japan
The cargo ship departed Hakodate for Tokyo. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[55]
9 February[]
List of shipwrecks: 9 February 1924
Ship
Country
Description
United Kingdom
The cargo ship ran aground at Poole, Dorset.[52] She was refloated on 16 February.[56]
Italy
The cargo ship came ashore on the Amherst Rock at the mouth of the Yangtze, China. She was beached on the Tungsha Spit.[52]Persia was refloated on 10 February.[48]
10 February[]
List of shipwrecks: 10 February 1924
Ship
Country
Description
United Kingdom
The cargo ship collided with (United States) in the North Sea off the (United Kingdom). She was severely damaged and was taken in tow by (United Kingdom). The tow subsequently parted and Brook was abandoned. Her crew were rescued by Felixtowe.[52]
The cargo ship ran aground off St. David's Lighthouse, Bermuda.[53] She was abandoned on 14 February,[62] She later broke in two and was a total loss.[63]
After her gasoline engine stopped running during a voyage in Southeast Alaska from Ketchikan to Metlakatla, the 10-gross register ton, 32.2-foot (9.8 m) fishing vessel drifted onto a rock and was wrecked in off (55°10′40″N131°36′15″W / 55.17778°N 131.60417°W / 55.17778; -131.60417 (Driest Point)). Her crew of three survived. Her wreck later slid off the rock and sank in deeper water, leaving only her mast above water, and by 23 February she had disappeared entirely.[39]
21 February[]
List of shipwrecks: 21 February 1924
Ship
Country
Description
Japan
The cargo ship ran aground at Shimonoseki and sank.[68]
Sweden
The cargo ship was damaged by ice and sank off Holmstad.[69]
22 February[]
List of shipwrecks: 22 February 1924
Ship
Country
Description
Greece
The cargo ship ran aground in the Scheldt.[55] She broke in two the next day and was a total loss.[66]
24 February[]
List of shipwrecks: 24 February 1924
Ship
Country
Description
Cyclops
United Kingdom
The dredger capsized and sank in the Firth of Forth 3 nautical miles (5.6 km) east south east of the Bass Rock.[66][69]
Italy
The cargo ship collided with (Italy) at La Spezia and sank. Her crew were rescued.[70]
The cargo ship came ashore on , Barclay Sound, British Columbia, Canada and was wrecked.[73] Later raised and renamed Drammensfjord.[74]
March[]
2 March[]
List of shipwrecks: 2 March 1924
Ship
Country
Description
Director
United States
The 18-gross register tonfishing vessel was wrecked on the coast of Hinchinbrook Island off the south-central coast of the Territory of Alaska during a gale. Her crew of four survived.[75]
3 March[]
List of shipwrecks: 3 March 1924
Ship
Country
Description
United Kingdom
The schooner was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean 15 nautical miles (28 km) off Burgeo, Newfoundland.[76]
Sweden
The cargo ship was damaged by ice and put into Åhus, where she sank.[77] She was refloated on 6 March.[54]
Belgium
The cargo ship ran aground in the Paraná River, Argentina.[77] She was refloated on 11 March.[78]
4 March[]
List of shipwrecks: 4 March 1924
Ship
Country
Description
Belgium
The ship was run into by (United Kingdom) at Antwerp and sank.[76]
Sweden
The cargo ship ran aground off Falsterbo.[76] She was refloated on 9 March.[59]
5 March[]
List of shipwrecks: 5 March 1924
Ship
Country
Description
Finland
The cargo ship ran aground on Kalkgrundet, Baltic Sea.[79] She slipped off the rocks and sank on 14 March.[80]
7 March[]
List of shipwrecks: 7 March 1924
Ship
Country
Description
Japan
The cargo ship ran aground on , in the Shimonoseki Strait.[81] She was refloated on 12 March.[82]
Carrying a cargo of coal, the 329-foot (100 m), 3,730-gross register ton six-mastedschooner foundered in a storm while at anchor off the coast of Massachusetts in Pollock Rip Channel off the Pollock Rip Lightship in Nantucket Sound. Her entire crew — reported as both 13 and 14 by different sources — was lost. After finding the wreck with some of its masts still above water, the cutterUSCGC Acushnet ( United States Coast Guard) leveled the wreck because it was a danger to navigation.[87][88]
12 March[]
List of shipwrecks: 12 March 1924
Ship
Country
Description
Isle of Man
The coaster ran aground at , County Down, United Kingdom.[82] She was refloated on 15 March.[89]
Finland
The cargo ship was damaged by ice at Malmö, Sweden and was abandoned.[82]
13 March[]
List of shipwrecks: 13 March 1924
Ship
Country
Description
United Kingdom
The cargo ship ran aground at Cardiff, Glamorgan.[72] She was refloated on 17 March.[90]
Niki
Greece
The cargo ship ran aground in the River Neath, Glamorgan.[72] She was refloated on 17 March.[84]
Norway
The cargo ship ran aground at Tjøtta, Norway.[72] She was refloated on 17 March.[84]
14 March[]
List of shipwrecks: 14 March 1924
Ship
Country
Description
Deva
United Kingdom
The sand grab caught fire off Liverpool, Lancashire. The barge Ellesburn (United Kingdom) took off her crew before she capsized and sank.[89]
16 March[]
List of shipwrecks: 16 March 1924
Ship
Country
Description
France
The cargo ship was in collision with (United Kingdom) off Le Havre, Seine-Inférieure and sank. Her crew were rescued by Sarthe.[89]
17 March[]
List of shipwrecks: 17 March 1924
Ship
Country
Description
United Kingdom
The passenger ship ran aground at Nyriros, Turkey and was abandoned.[84]
The Ro-16-class submarine was rammed and sunk by the light cruiserTatsuta (Imperial Japanese Navy) at Sasebo, Japan, and sank with the loss of all 44 crew.[91]
21 March[]
List of shipwrecks: 21 March 1924
Ship
Country
Description
United Kingdom
The cargo ship struck rocks in the Yangtze at and was beached.[92] She was refloated on 29 March.[93]
The schooner came ashore on the and was wrecked. Her crew were rescued.[95]
United States
The cargo ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean 52 nautical miles (96 km) south east of Cape Hatteras, North Carolina with the loss of three crew. Survivors were rescued by (United States).[96]
The cargo ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean 10 nautical miles (19 km) north of Cape St. Vincent, Portugal. All 24 crew were rescued by (Denmark). Both ship's cats perished, but her pigeons were released before she sank.[95][97]
24 March[]
List of shipwrecks: 24 March 1924
Ship
Country
Description
United Kingdom
The cargo ship collided with (United States) in the River Thames at Canvey Island, Essex with the loss of eight crew. She was beached at Mucking.[98] She was refloated on 3 April.[99]
United States
The ocean liner ran aground on the Florida Reef.[96] She was refloated on 27 March.[100]
26 March[]
List of shipwrecks: 26 March 1924
Ship
Country
Description
Peru
The cargo ship was destroyed by fire in the Atlantic Ocean off Zorritos.[101]
Japan
The cargo ship collided with (Germany) in the English Channel 3 nautical miles (5.6 km) south of Dungeness, Kent and sank with the loss of 23 of her 40 crew. Survivors were rescued by Heimdal and (Germany).[102]
31 March[]
List of shipwrecks: 31 March 1924
Ship
Country
Description
Plymouth
United States
The 199-foot (60.7 m), 474-gross register tonschooner barge sank with the loss of five lives in the North Atlantic Ocean during a heavy snowstorm and gale off New Jersey in 65 feet (20 m) of water.[103]
Pocono
United States
The 150-foot (45.7 m) (?), 698-gross register tonschooner barge sank in the North Atlantic Ocean during a heavy snowstorm and gale 1.6 nautical miles (3.0 km; 1.8 mi) off Sea Bright Beach, New Jersey, in 60 feet (18 m) of water. Her wreck is known as the "Rudder Wreck."[104]
Unknown date[]
List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1924
Ship
Country
Description
Brazil
The cargo ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by (United Kingdom) and landed at Hamilton, Bermuda on 17 March.[90]
April[]
2 April[]
List of shipwrecks: 2 April 1924
Ship
Country
Description
Portugal
The barque was dismasted in the Atlantic Ocean and abandoned by her crew. Seven crew were rescued on 5 April by Starlight (flag unknown).[105]
Liberty
United States
The cargo ship ran aground at Liberty.[106] She was refloated on 7 April.[107]
United States
The passenger ship ran aground on Titan Island, Amoy, China and was wrecked. She was on a voyage from Manila, Philippines to Ningpo.[99][106]
United States
The tug ran aground at Liberty whilst going to the assistance of Liberty.[106] She was refloated the next day.[108]
The cargo ship was a total loss off Maui, Hawaii.[115]
United Kingdom
The cargo ship ran aground on the Mala Bank, Ecuador.[115] She was refloated on 17 May.[116]
9 April[]
List of shipwrecks: 9 April 1924
Ship
Country
Description
Italy
The cargo ship was driven ashore on the Argentine coast and was a total loss.[115]
United Kingdom
The coaster collided with (United Kingdom) off Port Phillip Heads, Victoria, Australia and sank with the loss of eight crew.[115][117]
10 April[]
List of shipwrecks: 10 April 1924
Ship
Country
Description
France
The schooner collided with the fishing vessel Suzanne et Marie (France) in the English Channel off Boulogne, Pas-de-Calais and sank. Her crew were rescued.[118]
11 April[]
List of shipwrecks: 11 April 1924
Ship
Country
Description
United Kingdom
The cargo ship departed Swansea, Glamorgan for Sables. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[119]
Washington Naval Treaty: The decommissioned Indefatigable-classbattlecruiser was scuttled in the Tasman Sea off the coast of Australia 25 nautical miles (46 km; 29 mi) northeast of the Sydney Heads.
United Kingdom
The schooner was driven ashore at Cardiff, Glamorgan and was a total loss. Her crew survived.[120]
13 April[]
List of shipwrecks: 13 April 1924
Ship
Country
Description
United Kingdom
The cargo liner suffered a failure of her propeller shaft off Start Point in the English Channel and consequently drifted ashore at Burhou, AlderneyChannel Islands. All on board were rescued by (United Kingdom) and (Royal Navy).[120][121]
14 April[]
List of shipwrecks: 14 April 1924
Ship
Country
Description
Japan
The cargo ship ran aground near .[122] She was refloated on 17 April.[123]
The cargo ship ran aground in the Inland Sea of Japan.[126] She was refloated on 30 April.[131]
United Kingdom
The passenger ship sprang a leak in the North Sea off Berwick-upon-Tweed, Northumberland and was abandoned.[130]
25 April[]
List of shipwrecks: 25 April 1924
Ship
Country
Description
United Kingdom
The cargo ship ran aground at , Spain.[132] She was refloated in early May, arriving at Gibraltar on 6 May for drydocking and repairs.[133]
26 April[]
List of shipwrecks: 26 April 1924
Ship
Country
Description
Italy
The cargo ship collided with (Sweden) in the Bay of Biscay off Ouessant, Finistère. Her crew were rescued by Norrtelje.[126]
United States
The cargo ship was wrecked in the Yangtze 50 nautical miles (93 km) downstream of Chunking, China with heavy loss of life[126][129]
27 April[]
List of shipwrecks: 27 April 1924
Ship
Country
Description
United Kingdom
The cargo ship caught fire at Adelaide, South Australia. A fireman was killed by an onboard explosion whilst fighting the fire.[126] Having sunk, she was refloated on 5 May.[134]
The cargo liner ran aground at Emden, Germany.[138] She was refloated on 29 April.[131]
29 April[]
List of shipwrecks: 29 April 1924
Ship
Country
Description
United States
The cargo ship ran aground at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.[136] She was refloated on 4 May.[134]
30 April[]
List of shipwrecks: 30 April 1924
Ship
Country
Description
Aviateur Genthon
France
The auxiliary sailing ship ran aground at Alicante, Spain and was wrecked.[139]
United Kingdom
The cargo ship ran aground at , Portuguese East Africa and was abandoned. Her crew were rescued by (United Kingdom).[139] She was declared a total loss.[140]
May[]
1 May[]
List of shipwrecks: 1 May 1924
Ship
Country
Description
Netherlands
The cargo ship ran aground in the Paraná River, Argentina.[139] She was refloated on 16 May.[141]
The cargo ship caught fire and was abandoned at sea.[151]
12 May[]
List of shipwrecks: 12 May 1924
Ship
Country
Description
United Kingdom
The cargo liner ran aground on , China. Her passengers were taken off by another ship.[148] She was refloated on 13 June.[152]
United Kingdom
The cargo ship came ashore at Greymouth, South Island, New Zealand and was wrecked.[150]
Japan
The cargo ship ran aground at Maska, Sakhalin.[150] She was refloated on 2 June.[153]
15 May[]
List of shipwrecks: 15 May 1924
Ship
Country
Description
Denmark
The cargo ship ran aground at Söderhamn, Sweden.[154] She was refloated on 19 May.[116]
Norway
The cargo ship sank in the Raz de Sein, France. Her crew survived.[154]
17 May[]
List of shipwrecks: 17 May 1924
Ship
Country
Description
Gunter
Germany
The auxiliary sailing vessel collided with (Denmark) in the Kattegat and sank. Her crew were rescued by Kasan.[141]
18 May[]
List of shipwrecks: 18 May 1924
Ship
Country
Description
United Kingdom
The coaster collided with (United Kingdom) in the River Thames at Victoria Embankment and sank.[141] She was refloated on 22 May.[155]
Orinoco
United States
The freighter's hull split in two after her seams opened up and she sank in a storm in Lake Superior between Michipicoten Island and Whitefish Point. Most of the crew abandoned ship in her lifeboats, ten in one and nine in the other. One person in each boat died of exposure. The Captain, chief engineer and helmsman remained on board and died.[156]
19 May[]
List of shipwrecks: 19 May 1924
Ship
Country
Description
Germany
The coaster was sunk in the Ems by the explosion of her boiler.[116]
20 May[]
List of shipwrecks: 20 May 1924
Ship
Country
Description
Greece
The cargo ship ran aground ion the Paraná River, Argentina.[157] She was refloated on 23 May.[158]
Orinoco
United States
The cargo ship foundered in Lake Superior with the loss of five of her 22 crew.[159][160]
Utopia
flag unknown
The sailing ship was wrecked on St François Island, Seychelles. Her crew were rescued by Aiglon (flag unknown).[147]
21 May[]
List of shipwrecks: 21 May 1924
Ship
Country
Description
The cargo ship collided with (United States) in Lake Superior and was beached at Duluth, Minnesota, where she broke in two.[155]
Belgium
The cargo ship was wrecked on Longstone Rock, Farne Islands, United Kingdom. Her crew survived.[157][161]
Japan
The cargo ship foundered off with the loss of all hands.[160]
United States
The cargo ship was destroyed by fire at Cleveland, Ohio.[157]
23 May[]
List of shipwrecks: 23 May 1924
Ship
Country
Description
United Kingdom
The cargo ship ran aground in the Dardanelles.[158] She was refloated on 30 May.[162]
Japan
The cargo ship ran aground on the Korean coast. She was refloated and then beached.[160]
26 May[]
List of shipwrecks: 26 May 1924
Ship
Country
Description
United Kingdom
The tug ran aground on a reef off Flat Island, Mauritius and was wrecked.[158]
The decommissioned minelayer was scuttled with explosive charges in the Pacific Ocean off Yokosuka, Japan.
France
The cargo ship came ashore at , Tunisia and was abandoned by her crew.[138] She was refloated on 9 June.[163]
28 May[]
List of shipwrecks: 28 May 1924
Ship
Country
Description
Asahi Maru
Japan
The cargo ship sprang a leak off Wakannai, Hokkaidō, Japan, and was beached.[164]
29 May[]
List of shipwrecks: 29 May 1924
Ship
Country
Description
United Kingdom
The coaster struck the Oxcar Rocks in the Firth of Forth and was beached. Her crew were rescued.[165] She sank on 2 June.[166] She was refloated on 9 July and beached at Cramond, Lothian.[167]
Unknown date[]
List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1924
Ship
Country
Description
Japan
The cargo ship ran aground at Cape Ashizuri. She had broke up by 10 May and was a total loss.[150]
June[]
3 June[]
List of shipwrecks: 3 June 1924
Ship
Country
Description
Pogor
United States
While beached on Warren Island in the Alexander Archipelago in Southeast Alaska for repairs, the 12-gross register ton, 28-foot (8.5 m) motor vessel was destroyed by fire. Her crew of two survived.[168]
5 June[]
List of shipwrecks: 5 June 1924
Ship
Country
Description
Germany
The cargo ship was abandoned in the North Sea 230 nautical miles (430 km) east north east of the mouth of the River Tyne due to her cargo shifting. Her crew were rescued by the drifter Cheviotdale (United Kingdom). Olga Elisabeth sank on 6 June.[169]
6 June[]
List of shipwrecks: 6 June 1924
Ship
Country
Description
B.B.-59
United States
The scow sank about 3 nautical miles (5.6 km; 3.5 mi) off Sandy Hook, New Jersey.[170]
Chile
The cargo ship ran aground on and was a total loss.[171]
The passenger ship struck a reef, capsized and sank off Isle Royale, Michigan. All 47 people on board survived.
United Kingdom
The cargo ship collided with (United Kingdom) in the River Mersey and was beached at Wallasey, Cheshire.[172] She was refloated on 10 June.[173]
Japan
The cargo ship foundered in the Hainan Strait with the loss of all but three of her crew.[163]
10 June[]
List of shipwrecks: 10 June 1924
Ship
Country
Description
Norway
The cargo ship struck a rock and was beached in the Molyneaux Estuário.[173]
11 June[]
List of shipwrecks: 11 June 1924
Ship
Country
Description
United Kingdom
The cargo ship ran aground in the Paraná River, Argentina.[174] She was refloated on 17 June.[175]
12 June[]
List of shipwrecks: 12 June 1924
Ship
Country
Description
United Kingdom
The tug collided with (United Kingdom) in the Bristol Channel 2 nautical miles (3.7 km) off Penarth, Glamorgan and sank with the loss of two crew.[174]
13 June[]
List of shipwrecks: 13 June 1924
Ship
Country
Description
France
The schooner sprang a leak and foundered in the Atlantic Ocean (approximately 41°N19°W / 41°N 19°W / 41; -19). Her crew were rescued by the sailing ship Estrella III (Portugal).[176]
Germany
The cargo liner ran aground at Tapagadja, Sabang, North Borneo.[177] She was refloated on 17 June.[178]
14 June[]
List of shipwrecks: 14 June 1924
Ship
Country
Description
Royal Navy
The Fly-classgunboat was sunk in the Euphrates by insurgents.[179]
16 June[]
List of shipwrecks: 16 June 1924
Ship
Country
Description
Norway
The cargo ship ran aground at the , Hanko, Finland.[180] She was refloated on 10 July.[167]
Soviet Union
The cargo ship ran aground at , Sakhalin.[180] She was refloated on 21 June.[181]
17 June[]
List of shipwrecks: 17 June 1924
Ship
Country
Description
Norway
The passenger ship collided with (Norway) in Vestfjorden, Norway, and sank with the loss of sixteen lives.[175][182]
Shogiku Maru No.2
Japan
The cargo ship ran aground on the west coast of Sakhalin and subsequently sank.[183]
The passenger ship collided with (Italy) in the Atlantic Ocean 7 nautical miles (13 km) off Cape Race, Newfoundland. She was beached at St. John's.[186]
The cargo ship suffere an onboard explosion and fire. She was beached on the Bay Ridge mudflats, New York.[181][187] Her crew were rescued by Bowes Castle (United Kingdom).[188]
United States
The five-masted schooner caught fire in the Atlantic Ocean between Key West, Florida and Tortugas. Her crew were rescued by a United States Revenue Cutter Service vessel.[181]
29 June[]
List of shipwrecks: 29 June 1924
Ship
Country
Description
Denmark
The cargo liner capsized 8 nautical miles (15 km) south of the (Denmark) with the loss of eleven of the 25 people on board.[189][190]
30 June[]
List of shipwrecks: 30 June 1924
Ship
Country
Description
United Kingdom
The passenger ship ran aground in the Saguenay River, Quebec, Canada. Her passengers were taken off.[190]
July[]
1 July[]
List of shipwrecks: 1 July 1924
Ship
Country
Description
Denmark
The cargo ship ran aground at [sv], Finland.[191] She was refloated on 5 July.[192]
Japan
The cargo ship ran aground and sank off Sendai.[191]
Sankaty
United States
The cargo ship was destroyed by fire at Boston, Massachusetts.[193]
5 July[]
List of shipwrecks: 5 July 1924
Ship
Country
Description
United States
The cargo ship was destroyed by fire at Buenos Aires, Argentina.[192]
7 July[]
List of shipwrecks: 7 July 1924
Ship
Country
Description
Denmark
The schooner came ashore at Dunnet Head, Caithness, United Kingdom and was wrecked. All four crew survived.[194]
8 July[]
List of shipwrecks: 8 July 1924
Ship
Country
Description
United Kingdom
The cargo ship ran aground in the Paraná River, Argentina.[195] She was refloated on 25 July.[196]
9 July[]
List of shipwrecks: 9 July 1924
Ship
Country
Description
United Kingdom
The cargo ship arrived at Karachi, India with defective boilers. Attempts to tow her into port were unsuccessful and she dragged ger anchors and came ashore.[167][195] She was refloated on 6 December.[197]
10 July[]
List of shipwrecks: 10 July 1924
Ship
Country
Description
Iwami
Imperial Japanese Navy
Washington Naval Treaty: The decommissioned Borodino-classbattleship sank west of Jōgashima near the mouth of Tokyo Bay after being used as a target for Imperial Japanese Navy aircraft from 5 to 8 July.
United Kingdom
The coaster capsized in the Irish Sea 15 nautical miles (28 km) off Newtown Head, County Waterford, Ireland with the loss of eighteen of her nineteen crew.[198][199][200]
The cargo ship ran aground at and was a total loss.[167]
11 July[]
List of shipwrecks: 11 July 1924
Ship
Country
Description
Germany
The cargo ship ran aground in the Forcados River, Nigeria.[202] She was abandoned by her crew on 15 July,[203] but was later reboarded.[204]Martha Woermann was finally abandoned on 23 July,[205] and was declared a total loss on 28 July.[206]
Japan
The cargo ship foundered in the East China Sea west of the Gotō Islands with the loss of all but one of her crew.[207][208]
The cargo ship ran aground in the Paraná River, Argentina.[203] She was refloated on 19 July.[210]
Japan
The cargo ship ran aground on Quelpart, Korea.[203] She was refloated in early August, arriving at Shimonoseki under tow on 5 August for repairs.[211]
Netherlands
The cargo ship ran aground at , Kola Peninsula, Soviet Union.[202] She was abandoned the next day,[210] with her crew setting up camp in tents.[207] She was refloated on 21 August.[212]
The cargo ship ran aground at Métis-sur-Mer, Quebec, Canada. She was refloated but later beached at Tadoussac.[225] She was refloated on 4 August.[211]
Lithgow
United States
While under tow by the vessel Meteor (United States) from St. Michael to Bethel, Territory of Alaska, with two crewmen aboard, the 370-ton river barge flooded in the Bering Sea 100 nautical miles (190 km; 120 mi) off the mouth of the Yukon River. Her house was washed overboard and her hull became submerged, but Meteor rescued her crew and towed her submerged lower hull to St. Michael for salvage.[67]
5 August[]
List of shipwrecks: 5 August 1924
Ship
Country
Description
Spain
The cargo ship sprang a leak in the Mediterranean Sea and was beached at Mazagan, French Morocco.[211]
The passenger ferry ran aground at Berneval-le-Grand, Seine-Inférieure, France. Her 125 passengers were able to walk ashore at low tide.[227] She was refloated on 14 August.[228]
United Kingdom
The collier grounded on Mousehole Island, Cornwall. She was later towed to Penzance.[211][229]
8 August[]
List of shipwrecks: 8 August 1924
Ship
Country
Description
United Kingdom
The cargo ship ran aground at the Whiteford Point Lighthouse, Llanelly, Glamorgan.[230] She was declared a total loss on 14 August.[231]
The cargo ship collided with (Sweden) in the Atlantic Ocean off Cape Roca, Portugal.[233] She was taken in tow by (United Kingdom) but the tow had to be cast off,[231] and Urumea later sank.[234]
11 August[]
List of shipwrecks: 11 August 1924
Ship
Country
Description
United Kingdom
The cargo ship ran aground at Buenos Aires, Argentina.[235] She was refloated on 22 August.[236]
13 August[]
List of shipwrecks: 13 August 1924
Ship
Country
Description
United States
The tanker ran aground at Point Buchon, California.[237] She was abandoned as a total loss on 5 September.[238]
14 August[]
List of shipwrecks: 14 August 1924
Ship
Country
Description
United Kingdom
The coaster collided with (United Kingdom) in the North Sea and off Flamborough Head, Yorkshire and sank.[231] Her crew were rescued by Merkara.[228]
15 August[]
List of shipwrecks: 15 August 1924
Ship
Country
Description
Japan
The cargo ship ran aground in the Hai River 60 nautical miles (110 km) upstream of the Taku Forts, Tianjin, China.[239] She was refloated on 23 August.[236]
The barque came ashore on Lobos Island, Canary Islands, Spain and was abandoned as a total loss.[212]
22 August[]
List of shipwrecks: 22 August 1924
Ship
Country
Description
United States
The auxiliary schooner was crushed in ice 5 nautical miles (9.3 km) south of Cape Smyth, Balleny Islands, Antarctica. Her crew survived.[246]
23 August[]
List of shipwrecks: 23 August 1924
Ship
Country
Description
United Kingdom
The coaster sprang a leak and foundered 12 nautical miles (22 km) south east of Sanda Island, Argyllshire.[236]
26 August[]
List of shipwrecks: 26 August 1924
Ship
Country
Description
United Kingdom
The dregder sprang a leak and sank at Aberdeen.[247]
United States
Hurricane No. 3: The fishing schooner sank in the hurricane, had been anchored off the Nantucket Lightship the night before. Lost with all six crew.[248][249]
United Kingdom
The cargo ship stuck a submerged wreck in the Bristol Channel and was beached at Fishguard, Pembrokeshire.[250]
United States
Hurricane No. 3: The schooner was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean 150 nautical miles (280 km) northeast by east of Cape Hatteras, North Carolina. Six of her nine crew were rescued by Southern Cross (United Kingdom).[251]
The cargo ship was in collision with (Turkey) at Istanbul, Turkey and sank. Miisaki Milli was beached.[253]
28 August[]
List of shipwrecks: 28 August 1924
Ship
Country
Description
United States
The cargo ship was driven ashore at Vineyard Haven, Massachusetts.[243] She was refloated on 2 September.[251]
United Kingdom
The cargo ship collided with (United Kingdom) at Warri, Nigeria and sank with some loss of life.[254]
29 August[]
List of shipwrecks: 29 August 1924
Ship
Country
Description
United Kingdom
The passenger ship ran aground at Lerwick, Shetland Islands. Her passengers were taken off by the fishing vessel Mizpah (United Kingdom).[243] She was refloated on 3 September.[255]
The refrigerated cargo ship ran aground on The Stags, off Lizard Point, Cornwall. Her crew were taken off, but her officers later reboarded the ship.[254] On 8 September, they were taken off by a lifeboat.[256]Bardic was refloated on 29 September. She was towed to Falmouth, Cornwall and was beached.[257]
Unknown date[]
List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1924
Ship
Country
Description
Canada
The cargo ship became mired in ice in the Arctic Ocean off Point Barrow in early August.[258] She was abandoned on 22 August,[246] but her crew later returned to the ship as they were unable to reach land.[259] By 21 August, she was 45 nautical miles (83 km) east of Point Barrow.[260] She had sunk by 16 September.[261]
P G #4
United States
With no one on board, the 8-ton scow was wrecked in Cook Inlet on the south-central coast of the Territory of Alaska.[168]
United Kingdom
The cargo ship foundered off Wellington, New Zealand in early August with the loss of all hands. Wreckage came ashore on 9 August.[262]
The schooner struck a submerged wreck 35 nautical miles (65 km) off Guernsey, Channel Islands and sank.[161]
2 September[]
List of shipwrecks: 2 September 1924
Ship
Country
Description
Aki
Imperial Japanese Navy
Washington Naval Treaty: The decommissioned Satsuma-classbattleship was sunk as a gunnery target by the battleship Hyūga and battlecruiserKongō (both Imperial Japanese Navy) in Tokyo Bay.
4 September[]
List of shipwrecks: 4 September 1924
Ship
Country
Description
CPPC #1
United States
While under tow with a 10-ton cargo of salt, barrels, and equipment, the 22-ton scow was lost when her towline parted off a location identified as "Gord Point" or "Point Gord" – probably a reference to (59°12′00″N150°57′30″W / 59.20000°N 150.95833°W / 59.20000; -150.95833 (Gore Point)) – on the coast of Afognak Island in the Territory of Alaska′s Kodiak Archipelago and she blew out to sea.[264]
5 September[]
List of shipwrecks: 5 September 1924
Ship
Country
Description
Ray
United States
The 142-gross register tonscow was wrecked on Marmot Island in the Kodiak Archipelago.[24]
France
The schooner broke free from her moorings at Saint-Pierre, Saint Pierre and Miquelon and came ashore at Fortune, Newfoundland where she was wrecked.[238]
6 September[]
List of shipwrecks: 6 September 1924
Ship
Country
Description
United Kingdom
The cargo ship ran aground in the River Avon at Bristol.[265] She was refloated on 25 October.[266]
7 September[]
List of shipwrecks: 7 September 1924
Ship
Country
Description
Satsuma
Imperial Japanese Navy
Washington Naval Treaty: The decommissioned Satsuma-classbattleship was sunk as a gunnery target by the battleships Nagato and Mutsu (both Imperial Japanese Navy) off the southern tip of the Bōsō Peninsula near the mouth of Tokyo Bay.
Sweden
The cargo ship ran aground between Redcar and Whitby, Yorkshire, United Kingdom She was refloated but was leaking and was beached in the River Tees at Middlesbrough.[238][256]
9 September[]
List of shipwrecks: 9 September 1924
Ship
Country
Description
Lettie
United States
Due to a navigational error, the 33-gross register tonmotor vessel was wrecked 1.5 nautical miles (2.8 km; 1.7 mi) northeast of the mouth of Wainwright Inlet, Territory of Alaska, and about 1.5 nautical miles (2.8 km; 1.7 mi) off shore. Her crew of three survived.[67]
11 September[]
List of shipwrecks: 11 September 1924
Ship
Country
Description
United Kingdom
The cargo ship came ashore at , Cuba.[267] She was refloated on 14 September.[268]
12 September[]
List of shipwrecks: 12 September 1924
Ship
Country
Description
United States
The cargo ship was driven ashore on Manitou Island, Michigan and was wrecked.[269]
Italy
The cargo ship ran aground at El Ejido, Andalusia, Spain and was a total loss. Her crew were rescued.[269]
United Kingdom
The cargo ship came ashore 10 nautical miles (19 km) north of Davis Inlet, Newfoundland and was a total loss. Her crew were rescued.[267]
15 September[]
List of shipwrecks: 15 September 1924
Ship
Country
Description
Norway
The cargo ship came ashore at Nukuʻalofa, Tonga and was a total loss. Her crew survived.[270]
16 September[]
List of shipwrecks: 16 September 1924
Ship
Country
Description
United States
The cargo ship sank at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania whilst under repair.[271]
United Kingdom
The coaster foundered in the Bristol Channel off Strumble Head, Pembrokeshire. All ten crew were rescued by (United Kingdom).[268]
17 September[]
List of shipwrecks: 17 September 1924
Ship
Country
Description
United Kingdom
The cargo ship struck the Stag Rocks, off Galley Head, County Cork, Ireland and sank.[272]
Italy
The cargo ship caught fire and sank in the , Texas, United States.[272]
20 September[]
List of shipwrecks: 20 September 1924
Ship
Country
Description
Norway
The cargo ship struck a mine in the Gulf of Finland. Her crew were rescued.[273]
21 September[]
List of shipwrecks: 21 September 1924
Ship
Country
Description
Annie
United Kingdom
The coaster put into Holyhead, Anglesey with a fractured main steam pipe. She was later driven ashore in Church Bay and was wrecked. All eight crew were rescued by rocket apparatus.[274]
The tanker suffered an explosion and fire in her bunker coals. She was subsequently abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean off Cape Race, Newfoundland. Her crew were rescued by Lituania (Denmark).[273][278]
United Kingdom
The passenger ship put back into Heysham, Lancashire in a gale and became stranded on the north breakwater. Her passengers were transferred to (United Kingdom).[278] She was refloated on 25 September.[279]
23 September[]
List of shipwrecks: 23 September 1924
Ship
Country
Description
Lotsiia
Soviet Navy
The Uragan-class monitor ran aground at Cronstadt. She was consequently scrapped.
The cargo ship collided with (France) in the Bristol Channel off Pendeen, Cornwall and sank. Her crew were rescued by La Rochefoucauld.[284]
Argentina
The cargo ship sank at her moorings at Buenos Aires.[285]
29 September[]
List of shipwrecks: 29 September 1924
Ship
Country
Description
Japan
The cargo ship ran aground in Kii Ōshima.[286] She was refloated on 5 October.[282]
30 September[]
List of shipwrecks: 30 September 1924
Ship
Country
Description
Germany
The cargo ship ran aground at Smyrna, Turkey.[286] She was refloated on 4 October.[287]
United Kingdom
The auxiliary schooner came ashore in , Orkney Islands and was severely damaged. She was refloated on 2 October and beached on Egilsay.[288][289]
United Kingdom
The cargo ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean off Savannah, Georgia. All 34 crew were rescued by (United Kingdom).[290][291]
United Kingdom
The cargo ship ran aground st Ras Hafun, Italian Somaliland.[290] She was refloated on 3 October.[292]
Unknown date[]
List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1924
Ship
Country
Description
Fridolf Gek
Soviet Union
The 26.98-gross register tonschooner was wrecked on the north bank of the Snake River at Nome, Territory of Alaska, after she dragged her anchor. Deemed a threat to navigation and an obstacle to the construction of new jetties, her wreck was refloated in August 1925 and deliberately grounded on a mud flat along the river's north bank, where it was abandoned.[293]
October[]
1 October[]
List of shipwrecks: 1 October 1924
Ship
Country
Description
Chile
The coaster ran aground 10 nautical miles (19 km) north of .[294] She was a total loss.[291]
The cargo ship ran aground at . She broke in two and sank.[295]
Germany
The cargo ship sprang a leak and sank in the Gulf of Finland 15 nautical miles (28 km) north of Osmussaar, Estonia.[282]
3 October[]
List of shipwrecks: 3 October 1924
Ship
Country
Description
United States
The four-masted schooner came ashore 20 nautical miles (37 km) east of Pensacola, Florida. Her crew were rescued.[287] She was refloated on 13 October.[296]
4 October[]
List of shipwrecks: 4 October 1924
Ship
Country
Description
United Kingdom
The cargo ship sank at Ingonish, Nova Scotia, Canada.[282]
5 October[]
List of shipwrecks: 5 October 1924
Ship
Country
Description
Japan
The cargo ship ran aground at Niigata.[265] She was refloated on 28 October.[297]
7 October[]
List of shipwrecks: 7 October 1924
Ship
Country
Description
Danzig
The cargo ship ran aground at the , Västerbotten, Sweden.[265] She was refloated on 26 October.[266]
The cargo ship ran aground 12 nautical miles (22 km) from the Manora Breakwater Lighthouse, near Karachi, India.[301] She was refloated on 22 October.[302]
The cargo ship struck rocks at Isleta Point, Las Palmas, Canary Islands, Spain and was beached off the Port of Las Palmas. She was refloated on 6 November.[309]
24 October[]
List of shipwrecks: 24 October 1924
Ship
Country
Description
Sweden
The cargo ship foundered in the Baltic Sea off Örskär with the loss of all hands.[310]
Italy
The cargo ship was destroyed by fire at Panama City, Florida, United States.[311]
26 October[]
List of shipwrecks: 26 October 1924
Ship
Country
Description
Soviet Union
The brig foundered in the Atlantic Ocean 50 nautical miles (93 km) off Vigo, Galicia, Spain. Her crew survived.[312]
28 October[]
List of shipwrecks: 28 October 1924
Ship
Country
Description
United Kingdom
The cargo ship ran aground on the Trupailles Rock off the Île d'Yeu, Vendée and was wrecked. Her crew were rescued.[297]
United States
The cargo ship was destroyed by fire and sank in Lake Michigan.[313]
29 October[]
List of shipwrecks: 29 October 1924
Ship
Country
Description
Silver Wave
United States
Carrying five passengers, a crew of four, and a cargo of 12 tons of general merchandise, the 32-gross register ton, 54.8-foot (16.7 m) motorschooner became frozen in ice in Kotzebue Sound about 8 nautical miles (15 km; 9.2 mi) off the coast of the Territory of Alaska and about 12 nautical miles (22 km; 14 mi) from Cape Espenberg and was abandoned without loss of life, becoming a total loss.[39]
The cargo ship ran aground in Lake Superior off Isle Royale, Michigan. She broke in two on 4 December.[319]Glenlyon later sank. All crew were rescued.
3 November[]
List of shipwrecks: 3 November 1924
Ship
Country
Description
Chile
The coaster ran aground in the .[309] She was declared a total loss.[320]
Waif
United States
After departing Cordova, Territory of Alaska, and picking up coal from Shinkoku Maru (Japan), the 25-gross register ton, 56-foot (17 m) motor vessel was returning to Cordova when she struck rocks off (60°37′N145°46′W / 60.617°N 145.767°W / 60.617; -145.767 (Salmo Point)) in Cordova Bay and foundered. Her hull later was reported to be decaying on the beach, a total loss.[321]
The cargo ship was driven ashore on the south coast of Iceland and was wrecked.[304]
5 November[]
List of shipwrecks: 5 November 1924
Ship
Country
Description
United States
The cargo ship foundered off Garden Island, Lake Michigan. Her crew survived.[323]
6 November[]
List of shipwrecks: 6 November 1924
Ship
Country
Description
United Kingdom
The whaler was reported off the South Shetland Islands. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[324]
7 November[]
List of shipwrecks: 7 November 1924
Ship
Country
Description
Marie Margaretha
Denmark
The auxiliary sailing vessel was in collision with the minelayerHMS Princess Margaret (Royal Navy) in the English Channel 10 nautical miles (19 km) off the (United Kingdom) and sank. Her twelve crew were rescued by Princess Margaret.[325]
8 November[]
List of shipwrecks: 8 November 1924
Ship
Country
Description
Belgium
The tug collided with (France) in the Scheldt and sank.[326]
10 November[]
List of shipwrecks: 10 November 1924
Ship
Country
Description
United States
The cargo ship was wrecked in a cyclone at Daiquirí, Cuba.[326]
United States
The refrigerated cargo liner ran aground on Great Inagua, Bahamas. Her passengers were taken off by Teno (United States).[327]
11 November[]
List of shipwrecks: 11 November 1924
Ship
Country
Description
United Kingdom
The schooner was driven ashore on Grand Turk and was a total loss. Her crew survived.[328]
Turkey
The cargo ship collided with (Turkey) off San Stefano and was beached.[329]
12 November[]
List of shipwrecks: 12 November 1924
Ship
Country
Description
Italy
The cargo ship ran aground in the Patapsco River at Baltimore, Maryland, United States.[328] She was refloated on 18 November.[330]
While anchored in the roadstead at Nome, Territory of Alaska, 2 nautical miles (3.7 km; 2.3 mi) west of the mouth of the Snake River with no cargo or crew aboard, the 39-ton barge broke loose from her moorings during a gale, was driven ashore, and was broken apart by waves.[39]
17 November[]
List of shipwrecks: 17 November 1924
Ship
Country
Description
Canestio
United States
The barge sank in a gale after the tug 's (United States) steering became disabled between New York City and Rockland, Maine. Her crew were rescued by USCGC Ossipee ( United States Coast Guard), but her Master died on the Cutter.[332]
Japan
The cargo ship ran aground at Nekogashira, Hokkaidō.[333] She was wrecked in a storm on 25 November and sank.[334]
The barge sank in a gale after her tug 's (United States) steering became disabled between New York City and Rockland, Maine. Her crew abandoned ship in a lifeboat, but were lost.[336]
Strafford
United States
The barge sank in a gale after her tug 's (United States) steering became disabled between New York City and Rockland, Maine. Her crew was rescued by Kingfisher.[337]
The cargo ship foundered 20 nautical miles (37 km) off Capo Colonna, Calabria. Her crew survived.[324]
24 November[]
List of shipwrecks: 24 November 1924
Ship
Country
Description
United States
The cargo ship was driven ashore at Tampico, Tamaulipas, Mexico.[344] She was declared a total loss on 3 December.[345]
United States
The four-masted schooner was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean off Cape Hatteras, North Carolina. Her crew were rescued by the battleshipUSS Utah (United States Navy).[344]
United States
The four-masted schooner collided with (United States) off the Diamond Shoals with the loss of her captain and was abandoned. Survivors were rescued by (United States).[344]
United Kingdom
The cargo ship was driven ashore at Tampico, Tamaulipas, Mexico.[344] She was refloated on 27 November.[346]
25 November[]
List of shipwrecks: 25 November 1924
Ship
Country
Description
Japan
The cargo ship collided with (Japan) in the and sank.[334]
USS Washington
United States
Washington sinking.
Washington Naval Treaty: The incomplete Colorado-classbattleship was sunk as a target off the Virginia Capes by the battleships USS New York and USS Texas (both United States Navy).
United Kingdom
The schooner was wrecked on Union Island, Saint Vincent.[347]
26 November[]
List of shipwrecks: 26 November 1924
Ship
Country
Description
United Kingdom
The cargo ship departed Guernsey, Channel Islands for Harwich, Essex.[348] Presumed later foundered in the English Channel with the loss of all hands. A lifeboat from the ship washed up at Pagham, Sussex on 3 December.[349]
The steam passenger ferry struck the breakwater in the harbor at Newhaven, Sussex, stern-first. The tugsAlert and Richmere (both United Kingdom) came to her assistance, but Richmere was disabled, dashed against the harbor wall, and sunk. Dieppe docked five hours later. She was repaired and returned to service.[350]
United Kingdom
The cargo ship foundered in the English Channel off Anvil Point, Swanage, Dorset with the loss of seventeen of her nineteen crew. Survivors were rescued by (United Kingdom).[351]
Richmere
United Kingdom
The tug was disabled when a cable became entangled around her propeller while she was coming to the assistance of the steam passenger ferry Dieppe (United Kingdom), which had struck the breakwater in the harbor at Newhaven, Sussex. Richmere was dashed against the harbor wall, and sank. Her crew was rescued by the Newhaven Lifeboat Sir Fitzroy Clayton ( Royal National Lifeboat Institution). Richmere later was refloated, repaired, and returned to service.[350]
United Kingdom
The passenger ship struck rocks off Vengurla, India and was beached at Malwan. Her passengers were landed.[352]
28 November[]
List of shipwrecks: 28 November 1924
Ship
Country
Description
Cornish Coast
The steamer stranded on the Seven Stones Reef between Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly. She survived and was involved in an incident with the sinking of the steamer Fagerness off Trevose Head on 17 March 1926.[353]
Belgium
The cargo ship ran aground at Pointe la Coubre, Gironde Estuary, France due to the failure of her engine and was wrecked.[354]
29 November[]
List of shipwrecks: 29 November 1924
Ship
Country
Description
Belgium
The cargo ship collided with (United Kingdom) in the North Sea off Vlissingen, Netherlands and was beached.[354]
Italy
The cargo ship came ashore at , Tunisia. Her crew were rescued by (Sweden).[355] She was refloated on 3 December.[356]
Denmark
The cargo ship collided with (Sweden) in the Øresund off the (Sweden) and sank with the loss of two crew. Survivors were rescued by Frost.[354]
The first-rateship of the line broke in two during a gale and sank in the English Channel off Selsey Bill, Sussex with the loss of four of her seven crew. She was under tow to be scrapped.[358]
30 November[]
List of shipwrecks: 30 November 1924
Ship
Country
Description
Sweden
The cargo ship came ashore 16 nautical miles (30 km) north of the , Denmark.[354] She was refloated on 3 December.[359]
Soviet Union
The schooner came ashore 16 nautical miles (30 km) north of the Bovbjerg Lighthouse.[354] She was refloated on 11 December.[360]
Unknown date[]
List of shipwrecks: Unknown date November 1924
Ship
Country
Description
New England
United States
Sometime after leaving Latouche Island on 20 November, the 29-gross register ton, 52.3-foot (15.9 m) fishing vessel was lost when her crew of six was forced to abandon ship in the Gulf of Alaska 6 nautical miles (11 km; 6.9 mi) from Cape Saint Elias, Territory of Alaska, after she lost her propeller.[361]
December[]
1 December[]
List of shipwrecks: 1 December 1924
Ship
Country
Description
United Kingdom
The Thames barge collided with (United Kingdom) in the River Thames at Shellhaven, Essex and sank.[348]
2 December[]
List of shipwrecks: 2 December 1924
Ship
Country
Description
United Kingdom
The schooner foundered in the Atlantic Ocean 600 nautical miles (1,100 km) off Sydney, Nova Scotia, Canada.[359]
Norway
The cargo ship ran aground at , Sweden.[355] She was refloated on 9 December.[362]
The cargo ship foundered in Lake Michigan. Her crew were rescued.[356]
Finland
The four-masted barque was driven ashore at Pointe de Chassiron, Île d'Oléron, Charente-Maritime, France and was wrecked with the loss of all hands.[359]
4 December[]
List of shipwrecks: 4 December 1924
Ship
Country
Description
Falcon
United Kingdom
The sailing ship was wrecked on Easter Island.[356]
5 December[]
List of shipwrecks: 5 December 1924
Ship
Country
Description
Spain
The cargo ship ran aground near Ghar al Milh, Tunisia.[319] She was refloated on 8 December.[197]
France
The coaster caught fire and foundered in the Indian Ocean on a voyage between Mauritius and Réunion. She was abandoned with the loss of 19 of the 47 people on board. Some of the survivors were rescued by (Mauritius) and (France).[363][364][365]
Sweden
The cargo ship was destroyed by fire in the Kattegat. Her crew were rescued.[319]
6 December[]
List of shipwrecks: 6 December 1924
Ship
Country
Description
United Kingdom
The cargo ship ran aground at Helsingør, Zealand, Denmark.[365] She was refloated on 9 December.[362]
8 December[]
List of shipwrecks: 8 December 1924
Ship
Country
Description
United States
The freighter burned in Chesapeake Bay. Lost with all seven hands.[366]
United Kingdom
The schooner came ashore at Bonnybefore, County Antrim.[197] She was refloated on 12 December.[367]
Sweden
The barque collided with the fishing vessel Ibis (Sweden) off Skagen, Denmark and sank with the loss of seven crew. Survivors were rescued by Ibis.[197]
9 December[]
List of shipwrecks: 9 December 1924
Ship
Country
Description
Mexico
The cargo ship caught fire at sea and was beached at Mazatlán.[368] She was refloated the next day.[360]
The cargo ship sprang a leak and foundered in the North Sea off Dunnet Head, Caithness, United Kingdom. All fifteen crew were rescued by the trawler Lord Knaresborough (United Kingdom).[375][380]
22 December[]
List of shipwrecks: 22 December 1924
Ship
Country
Description
United Kingdom
The cargo ship was driven ashore at Crail, Fife. Her 27 crew were rescued by rocket apparats and the Anstruther and St. Andrews Lifeboats.[380]
United Kingdom
The cargo ship was driven ashore at Corsewall Point, Wigtownshire with the loss of one of her eleven crew.[380] She was a total loss.[379]
Denmark
The cargo ship was driven aground on the Big Rock, Stornoway, Isle of Lewis.[380] All crew except her officers were taken off.[379] She was refloated on 8 February 1925.[381]
United Kingdom
The cargo ship ran aground at Dundrum, Dublin, Ireland.[382] She was driven further up the shore on 27 December.[383] She was refloated on 9 May 1925.[384]
United Kingdom
The cargo ship ran aground at Whale Point, South Island, New Zealand and was a total loss.[382]
Finland
The cargo ship struck rocks at Viborg, Denmark and was beached.[378] She was refloated later that day.[385]
Greece
The cargo ship ran aground and sank at Laurium.[379]
23 December[]
List of shipwrecks: 23 December 1924
Ship
Country
Description
Sweden
The cargo ship ran aground north of Bergen, Norway.[386] She was refloated on 27 December.[383]
24 December[]
List of shipwrecks: 24 December 1924
Ship
Country
Description
Greece
The cargo ship ran aground at Karaburun, Turkey.[386] She was refloated on 29 December.[385]
Italy
The cargo ship collided with the steamer St. Paul (France) off Ventimiglia, Liguria and sank with the loss of two crew.[386]
United Kingdom
The Thames barge collided with (United Kingdom) in the River Thames and sank.[386]
The cargo ship ran aground on Lady Isle in the Firth of Forth.[386] She was a total wreck by 28 December.[385]
Meteore
France
The sailing ship foundered in the English Channel off Perros, Côtes-du-Nord.[386]
26 December[]
List of shipwrecks: 26 December 1924
Ship
Country
Description
United Kingdom
The collier departed the River Tyne for Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands. Presumed foundered in the North Sea with the loss of all hands.[388] A lifeboat from the ship washed up on Wyk auf Föhr, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany on 10 January 1925.[389]
27 December[]
List of shipwrecks: 27 December 1924
Ship
Country
Description
United Kingdom
The cargo ship sank off Louisburg, Nova Scotia, Canada.[383]
Denmark
The three-masted schooner ran aground at Toward Point, Argyllshire, United Kingdom.[383] She was refloated on 29 January 1925.[390]
United Kingdom
The cargo ship ran aground at , Gold Coast. She was refloated on 5 January 1925.[383][391]
United Kingdom
The cargo ship ran aground in the North Sea off .[383] She was refloated and later beached at Sunk Island, Yorkshire. Gleneden was refloated on 31 December and taken to Immingham, Lincolnshire.[392]
Norway
The coaster was wrecked in , Norway, with the loss of a crew member.[383]
United Kingdom
The three-masted schooner came ashore at Freshwater West, Pembrokeshire and was wrecked with the loss of one of her six crew.[383]
28 December[]
List of shipwrecks: 28 December 1924
Ship
Country
Description
Sweden
The cargo ship was abandoned in the North Sea off the (United Kingdom). Her fourteen crew were rescued by (Greece) and the Walton Lifeboat.[383] She was later towed into Harwich, Essex and beached.[385]
United Kingdom
The cargo ship caught fire in the North Sea off Kinnaird Head, Aberdeenshire and was beached at Cairnbulg. She was a total loss but her crew were rescued.[385]
29 December[]
List of shipwrecks: 29 December 1924
Ship
Country
Description
Spain
The collier foundered in the Bay of Biscay off Ouessant, Finistère, France with the loss of six of her nineteen crew.[393]
Norway
The cargo ship was rammed and sunk by the trawler Skallagrimur (Iceland) at Reykjavík, Iceland. Her crew were rescued.[385]
30 December[]
List of shipwrecks: 30 December 1924
Ship
Country
Description
United Kingdom
The cargo ship was wrecked at Amroth, Pembrokeshire.[394]
31 December[]
List of shipwrecks: 31 December 1924
Ship
Country
Description
The Thames barge collided with (United Kingdom) in the River Thames at Rainham, Essex and sank. Her crew were rescued.[395]
Norway
The whaler struck rocks and sank 15 nautical miles (28 km) off Swain Island, American Samoa.[396][392] Her crew were rescued by (United Kingdom).[397]
United Kingdom
The cargo ship came ashore at Heysham, Lancashire. She broke in two and was a total loss.[398]
The 63-ton barge was wrecked at "Bluff Point" on the coast of the Territory of Alaska. The wreck report does not specify at which of many locations of the name the wreck took place.[400]
United Kingdom
The schooner foundered in the Atlantic Ocean sometime in late January or early February. Wreckage washed up at , Newfoundland on 2 February.[19][42]