The 10-gross register ton, 33.8-foot (10.3 m) motor vessel sank off Prince of Wales Island in the Alexander Archipelago opposite Ketchikan, Territory of Alaska. Only one of the three people aboard survived.[6]
6 January[]
List of shipwrecks: 6 January 1927
Ship
Country
Description
United States
The cargo ship ran aground off South Pass.[2] She was refloated on 11 January.[7]
Japan
The cargo ship collided with (Japan) in the Shimonoseki Strait and sank with some loss of life.[2]
7 January[]
List of shipwrecks: 7 January 1927
Ship
Country
Description
Netherlands
The cargo ship struck a sunken wreck at Maracaibo, Venezuela and was beached on Zapara Island.[8]
9 January[]
List of shipwrecks: 9 January 1927
Ship
Country
Description
United Kingdom
The cargo ship ran aground in the Paraná River, Argentina.[8] She was refloated on 21 January.[9]
11 January[]
List of shipwrecks: 11 January 1927
Ship
Country
Description
United States
The tug collided with (United States) at Norfolk, Virginia and sank.[10]
12 January[]
List of shipwrecks: 12 January 1927
Ship
Country
Description
United Kingdom
The schooner was driven ashore on Seal Island, Nova Scotia, Canada and was a total loss.[11]
The four-masted schooner caught fire and was then dismasted in a gale in the Atlantic Ocean off Cape Cod, Massachusetts. She was abandoned by her crew. A United States government ship towed her into Provincetown.[12]
United Kingdom
The tanker caught fire and sank at Tampico, Tamaulipas, Mexico and was beached.[12][13]
14 January[]
List of shipwrecks: 14 January 1927
Ship
Country
Description
United Kingdom
The cargo ship collided with another vessel in the Bristol Channel. She was beached at Cardiff, Glamorgan.[12]
15 January[]
List of shipwrecks: 15 January 1927
Ship
Country
Description
Japan
The cargo ship sank in the South China Sea off the east coast of Korea.[14]
Sweden
The cargo ship collided with (Norway) off Oscarsborg Fortress in the Oslofjord, Norway and sank. Her crew were rescued.[13]
16 January[]
List of shipwrecks: 16 January 1927
Ship
Country
Description
Greece
The cargo ship departed Malta for Antwerp, Belgium on 16 January. A lifeboat and the body of a crew member washed up at Philippeville, Algeria on or around 8 February. Presumed foundered in the Mediterranean Sea with the loss of all hands.[15]
The cargo ship ran aground at Sõrve.[16] She was refloated on 20 January.[18]
18 January[]
List of shipwrecks: 18 January 1927
Ship
Country
Description
United Kingdom
The auxiliary schooner caught fire in the Irish Sea 8 nautical miles (15 km) off Drummore, Wigtownshire and sank. Her crew survived.[19]
United Kingdom
The cargo ship collided with (United Kingdom in the Seine at Quillebeuf-sur-Seine, Eure, France and sank with the loss of two crew. Survivors were rescued by Sheaf Arrow.[19] She was refloated on 25 March.[20]
19 January[]
List of shipwrecks: 19 January 1927
Ship
Country
Description
Mildred
United Kingdom
The tug struck a submerged object off Isle Haute, Nova Scotia, Canada and sank. Her crew were rescued.[14]
Yugoslavia
The cargo ship ran aground at Kustendje, Bulgaria.[18] She was refloated on 13 March.[21]
20 January[]
List of shipwrecks: 20 January 1927
Ship
Country
Description
United States
The cargo ship collided with Creole (United States) in the Mississippi River 75 nautical miles (139 km) downstream of New Orleans, Louisiana and was beached.[9]
United Kingdom
The coaster departed Blyth, Northumberland for Dundalk, County Louth, Ireland. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[22]
21 January[]
List of shipwrecks: 21 January 1927
Ship
Country
Description
United Kingdom
The cargo ship caught fire at Staten Island, New York, United States. and settled. She was refloated the next day.[23][24]
23 January[]
List of shipwrecks: 23 January 1927
Ship
Country
Description
Norway
The cargo ship collided with (United States) in the East River at Astoria, New York and was beached.[23] She was refloated on 24 January.[25]
24 January[]
List of shipwrecks: 24 January 1927
Ship
Country
Description
Japan
The cargo ship was driven ashore and sank near Manao.[24]
25 January[]
List of shipwrecks: 25 January 1927
Ship
Country
Description
Belgium
The cargo ship collided with (Belgium) in the Scheldt at Boomke and was beached.[25]
United States Coast Guard
The cutter caught fire in the Atlantic Ocean and sank with the loss of six of her eight crew. Survivors were rescued by (United Kingdom).[26]
26 January[]
List of shipwrecks: 26 January 1927
Ship
Country
Description
United Kingdom
The cargo ship ran aground at Portrush, County Antrim and was abandoned by her crew.[27]
27 January[]
List of shipwrecks: 27 January 1927
Ship
Country
Description
United Kingdom
The cargo ship ran aground at Molara Island, Sardinia, Italy and was wrecked. Her crew were rescued.[27]
Mary
Latvia
The cargo ship collided with (United Kingdom) in the Weser at Höherweg and was beached.[25] She was refloated on 31 January.[28]
Spain
The cargo ship was wrecked at Pravia, Asturias with the loss of seventeen crew.[25]
28 January[]
List of shipwrecks: 28 January 1927
Ship
Country
Description
United Kingdom
The cargo ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by President Roosevelt (United States).[29]
29 January[]
List of shipwrecks: 29 January 1927
Ship
Country
Description
Celtic
United Kingdom
The ocean liner was rammed by Anaconda (United States) in the Atlantic Ocean off Fire Island, New York. Both ships were repaired and returned to service.[30]
Japan
The cargo ship ran aground in the .[31] She was refloated on 19 February and sailed to Hakodate, where she was declared a constructive total loss.[32]
30 January[]
List of shipwrecks: 30 January 1927
Ship
Country
Description
United Kingdom
The cargo ship collided with (Italy) in the Scheldt and was beached.[33] She was refloated on 2 February.[34]
Germany
The tanker collided with (United Kingdom) off Brunsbüttelkoog, Schleswig-Holstein and was beached.[33]
31 January[]
List of shipwrecks: 31 January 1927
Ship
Country
Description
Yugoslavia
The cargo ship ran aground at Cape Hatteras, North Carolina, United States.[35] She was refloated on 3 February.[34]
United States
The cargo ship collided with (United Kingdom) in Delaware Bay and sank. Her crew were rescued by Valemore.[36]
February[]
1 February[]
List of shipwrecks: 1 February 1927
Ship
Country
Description
Germany
The schooner collided with (United Kingdom) at Kiel, Schleswig-Holstein and sank with the loss of her captain. Survivors were rescued by Scotscraig.[35]
2 February[]
List of shipwrecks: 2 February 1927
Ship
Country
Description
Italy
The cargo ship ran aground 10 nautical miles (19 km) east of Maldonado, Uruguay and was abandoned by her crew.[37] She was refloated on 17 March.[38]
United Kingdom
The cargo ship ran aground at Oban, Argyllshire.[39] She was refloated on 18 March.[38]
United Kingdom
The cargo ship ran aground at Novorossiysk, Soviet Union.[39] She was refloated on 6 February.[40]
3 February[]
List of shipwrecks: 3 February 1927
Ship
Country
Description
Netherlands
The cargo ship ran aground at Ventspils, Latvia. Salvage efforts were suspended on 4 February.[31] She was refloated on 14 February.[41]
United Kingdom
The cargo ship collided with at Port of London Authorityhopper barge in the River Thames at Purfleet, Essex and sank.[34]
United Kingdom
The cargo ship ran aground on the Tuskar Rock and was wrecked with the loss of seventeen of her 31 crew. Survivors were rescued by (United Kingdom).[34]
4 February[]
List of shipwrecks: 4 February 1927
Ship
Country
Description
Peru
The cargo ship ran aground at Ilo.[31] She was abandoned as a total loss on 10 February.[42]
Italy
The cargo ship ran aground on the Berli Shoals.[31] She was declared a total loss.[43]
United States
The cargo ship ran aground in the South Pass.[44] She was refloated on 7 February.[43]
United Kingdom
The cargo ship collided with Java (Netherlands) off Walsoorden, Netherlands and sank. Her crew were rescued.[44]
Italy
The cargo ship collided with (Yugoslavia) in the Mediterranean Sea 4 nautical miles (7.4 km) north of Messina, Sicily and sank. Her crew were rescued.[45]
The cargo ship ran aground at , Soviet Union.[40] She was refloated on 2 September,[49] but was driven ashore again on 3 September.[50]
United States
The four-masted schooner ran aground on a reef off Port-a-Piment, Haiti.[43] She was a total loss.[17]
United Kingdom
The cargo ship was destroyed by fire at Slidell, Louisiana.[40]
Italy
The cargo ship ran aground at Ponta Delgada, Azores, Portugal.[51] She was declared a total loss on 10 February.[17]
8 February[]
List of shipwrecks: 8 February 1927
Ship
Country
Description
Japan
The cargo ship ran aground at Misaki, Aomori.[43] She was declared a total loss on 1 March.[52]
9 February[]
List of shipwrecks: 9 February 1927
Ship
Country
Description
United Kingdom
The coaster foundered off Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia with some loss of life.[45]
United Kingdom
The cargo ship ran aground at Jaffa, Palestine.[45] Seven of her 28 crew were landed on 11 February.[53] She was refloated on 28 March.[54]
11 February[]
List of shipwrecks: 11 February 1927
Ship
Country
Description
Greece
The cargo ship struck rocks at Alexandria, Egypt and ran aground.[46] She was refloated on 3 March.[55]
Italy
The cargo ship collided with (Denmark) in the English Channel off the South Goodwin Lightship (United Kingdom) and sank. All 30 crew were rescued by Signe.[53]
United Kingdom
The coaster collided with (United Kingdom) in the English Channel 20 nautical miles (37 km) south east of Shoreham-by-Sea, Sussex and sank.[56] All eleven crew were rescued by and the fishing smack Bonny Lena (both United Kingdom).[46][57]
12 February[]
List of shipwrecks: 12 February 1927
Ship
Country
Description
Cape Clear
United States
The 17-gross register tonfishing vessel was wrecked in heavy fog and darkness on the northeast coast of Langara Island in the Queen Charlotte Islands in British Columbia, Canada. Her crew of five survived, but she became a total loss.[58]
Emma
United Kingdom
The Thames barge was struck by (United Kingdom) in the River Thames at Greenwich, London and was beached.[46]
Germany
The cargo ship ran aground at Simrishamn, Sweden.[46] She was refloated on 16 February.[59]
13 February[]
List of shipwrecks: 13 February 1927
Ship
Country
Description
Norway
The coaster was rammed and sunk by (Spain) in the English Channel 4 nautical miles (7.4 km) off Folkestone, Kent and sank. All seventeen crew were rescued by Gordejuela.[57]
14 February[]
List of shipwrecks: 14 February 1927
Ship
Country
Description
United Kingdom
The auxiliary schooner collided with (United Kingdom) in the Thames Estuary and sank. Her crew were rescued by City of Birmingham.[41]
United Kingdom
The cargo ship collided with (Greece) in the North Sea and was beached at Minsenersand, Germany.[60]
18 February[]
List of shipwrecks: 18 February 1927
Ship
Country
Description
United States
The schooner was driven ashore at Harvey Cedars, New Jersey and was a total loss. Her crew were rescued.[47]
20 February[]
List of shipwrecks: 20 February 1927
Ship
Country
Description
Turkey
The mail ship ran aground at Istanbul.[61] She was refloated on 22 March.[62]
The 259-foot (79 m), 2,117-gross register ton five-mastedschooner dragged her anchor during a storm and was wrecked without loss of life on Nantasket Beach at Hull, Massachusetts. Her wreck subsequently was a tourist attraction for many years until it ultimately was burned and her keel became buried in sand.[64]
22 February[]
List of shipwrecks: 22 February 1927
Ship
Country
Description
United Kingdom
The schooner was driven ashore at Long Point, Ontario, Canada and was a total loss. Her crew were rescued.[65]
Estonia
The cargo ship ran aground and sank at Hermano, Sweden. Her crew were rescued.[48]
23 February[]
List of shipwrecks: 23 February 1927
Ship
Country
Description
United Kingdom
The tanker exploded, burnt and sank in New York Bay. Her crew survived.[66] She was later raised, repairs and returned to service.[67]
Scandia
United States
The 116-gross register ton, 90.8-foot (27.7 m) fishing vessel was wrecked on rocks at the entrance to the harbor at Kodiak, Territory of Alaska. Her entire crew of 15 survived and were rescued by the vessel Duncan 1 (United States).[68]
24 February[]
List of shipwrecks: 24 February 1927
Ship
Country
Description
Greece
The cargo ship collided with another vessel in the Atlantic Ocean 5 nautical miles (9.3 km) off Land's End, Cornwall, United Kingdom and sank with the loss off twenty of her 21 crew. The survivor was rescued by the fishing vessel Fox Trott (France).[69][70]
The steam yacht was destroyed by fire in the Atlantic Ocean off Key West, Florida.[71]
United States
The cargo ship collided with (United States) at Baltimore, Maryland and sank.[72]
United Kingdom
The cargo ship ran aground at Corfu, Greece.[72] She was refloated on 28 February and found to be extensively damaged.[52]
Industry
United Kingdom
The Thames barge collided with (United Kingdom) in the Thames Estuary and sank. Her crew were rescued.[71]
Kathleen Conrad
United Kingdom
The auxiliary sailing ship came ashore at Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada and was a total loss.[71]
United States
The cargo ship sank in the Pacific Ocean off the mouth of the Coquille River. Her crew were rescued.[72]
France
The cargo ship ran aground on the Portsal Rocks, Brest, Finistère and was wrecked.[72]
26 February[]
List of shipwrecks: 26 February 1927
Ship
Country
Description
Italy
The cargo ship struck floating wreckage in the Great Belt and developed a leak. She was beached at Bandholm, Sweden.[69]
28 February[]
List of shipwrecks: 28 February 1927
Ship
Country
Description
United States
The cargo ship struck a submerged object in the Kill Van Kull and was beached.[52] She was refloated on 31 March.[73]
Hoffnung
Germany
The auxiliary sailing ship sprang a leak and was beached at Hamburg.[74]
Unknown date[]
List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1927
Ship
Country
Description
City of Waterford
United Kingdom
The cargo ship came ashore in the Outer Hebrides. She was declared a total loss on 15 February.[41]
Venus
United States
The vessel was severely damaged during a storm in the Gulf of Alaska off Kodiak, Territory of Alaska, losing her wheelhouse, deck gear, and dories. She arrived at Kodiak in a wrecked condition, with little left of her other than her hull and Bollinger engine.[75]
March[]
1 March[]
List of shipwrecks: 1 March 1927
Ship
Country
Description
United Kingdom
The cargo ship ran aground at Greenisland, County Antrim.[52] She was refloated on 4 March.[76]
2 March[]
List of shipwrecks: 2 March 1927
Ship
Country
Description
United States
The schooner broke up in a hurricane in the Atlantic Ocean. Three crewmen were washed overboard and drowned. Eight survivors drifted on a part of the quarterdeck until rescued by the steamer (Norway) on 7 March.[77]
3 March[]
List of shipwrecks: 3 March 1927
Ship
Country
Description
Norway
The cargo ship was wrecked at Tamatave, Madagascar in a cyclone.[78]
United Kingdom
The cargo ship ran aground on Peel Rock, off the coast of Cornwall and was wrecked. Her crew were rescued.[79]
France
The cargo ship was driven ashore at Tamitave in a cyclone.[80] She was declared a total loss on 23 March.[67]
De Riziny
France
The sailing ship was wrecked at Tamitave in a cyclone.[78]
Elizabeth
United Kingdom
The barque was driven ashore at Tamitave in a cyclone.[78][80]
France
The cargo ship was driven ashore at Tamitave in a cyclone with the loss of seven crew.[80]
France
The cargo ship was driven ashore at Tamitave in a cyclone.[80] She was refloated on 21 March.[62]
4 March[]
List of shipwrecks: 4 March 1927
Ship
Country
Description
Montclair
Canada
During a voyage from Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada, to New York City with a cargo of wood lath, the 142-foot (43 m), 371-gross register ton three-mastedschooner ran aground on Orleans Bar off Nauset Beach on Cape Cod, Massachusetts, and broke up. Her wreck then washed ashore on the beach. Five members of her crew perished; two survived.[81]
5 March[]
List of shipwrecks: 5 March 1927
Ship
Country
Description
Spain
The cargo ship caught fire in the Atlantic Ocean 140 nautical miles (260 km) east south east of Sandy Hook, New Jersey and was abandoned by her crew. They were rescued by (Spain). Cabo Hatteras was shelled and sunk on 6 March by USCGC Seminole (United States Coast Guard).[78][82]
WTB Co. No. 33
United States
While moored in a cove near Ward Cove in Southeast Alaska for the winter to four dolphins that had been weakened by teredos, the 733-ton, 160-foot (48.8 m) scow was blown ashore and wrecked when the dolphins gave way in high winds. No one was aboard the scow at the time.[83]
7 March[]
List of shipwrecks: 7 March 1927
Ship
Country
Description
Netherlands
The cargo ship ran aground in the Dominican Republic and was wrecked.[80][84]
United Kingdom
The cargo ship ran aground at Ardrossan, Ayrshire whilst awaiting scrapping, which commenced on 14 February 1928.[85]
8 March[]
List of shipwrecks: 8 March 1927
Ship
Country
Description
Akashi Maru
The cargo ship was driven ashore at Dairen, China in a cyclone and wrecked.[86]
France
The ocean liner ran aground in the Yangtze 20 nautical miles (37 km) from Woosung, China.[87] She was refloated on 20 March.[88]
9 March[]
List of shipwrecks: 9 March 1927
Ship
Country
Description
Japan
The cargo ship was wrecked at Mokpo, Korea.[62][89]
10 March[]
List of shipwrecks: 10 March 1927
Ship
Country
Description
United Kingdom
The coaster ran aground in the River Parrett downstream of Bridgwater, Somerset.[90] She was refloated on 16 March.[91]
Sweden
The schooner came ashore at Larvik, Norway and was wrecked.[90]
The cargo ship ran aground at Faro, Portugal.[93] Salvage efforts were suspended on 19 March.[84]
19 March[]
List of shipwrecks: 19 March 1927
Ship
Country
Description
United Kingdom
The cargo ship foundered in the North Sea off Lindisfarne, Northumberland.[96]
20 March[]
List of shipwrecks: 20 March 1927
Ship
Country
Description
Japan
The cargo ship was driven ashore at Choshi and was a total loss.[88]
23 March[]
List of shipwrecks: 23 March 1927
Ship
Country
Description
Sweden
The cargo ship collided with another vessel at Vegesack, Germany and was beached. She was later refloated and towed to Bremen.[97]
24 March[]
List of shipwrecks: 24 March 1927
Ship
Country
Description
Europa
Netherlands
The dredger struck a submerged object and sank at Huelva, Andalusia, Spain.[98]
Norway
The cargo ship departed Cardiff, Glamorgan, United Kingdom for Las Palmas, Canary Islands, Spain. Five crew and two lifebelts and some lifeboats washed ashore at Boscastle and Bude, Cornwall, United Kingdom on 28 March. Believed foundered with the loss of all hands.[54][99]
26 March[]
List of shipwrecks: 26 March 1927
Ship
Country
Description
United Kingdom
The cargo ship ran aground on , Argyllshire.[20] She was refloated on 1 April.[73]
Maria
Germany
The schooner was driven ashore at Simrishamn, Sweden and was wrecked with the loss of all hands.[20]
28 March[]
List of shipwrecks: 28 March 1927
Ship
Country
Description
United Kingdom
The cargo ship collided with (United Kingdom) in the English Channel 1.5 nautical miles (2.8 km) off Dungeness, Kent and sank. Her crew survived.[54]
United Kingdom
The schooner was abandoned and set afire in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by Aztec (Norway).[100]
29 March[]
List of shipwrecks: 29 March 1927
Ship
Country
Description
United Kingdom
The schooner foundered in the Atlantic Ocean. All six crew were rescued by (Sweden).[100]
United States
The cargo ship ran aground on Old Providence Island, Colombia.[101] She was refloated on 22 April.[102]
30 March[]
List of shipwrecks: 30 March 1927
Ship
Country
Description
United Kingdom
The cargo ship ran aground at Matanzas, Cuba.[103] She was refloated on 2 April.[104]
April[]
1 April[]
List of shipwrecks: 1 April 1927
Ship
Country
Description
United Kingdom
The collier foundered off the Casquets, Channel Islands.[105] All thirteen crew were rescued.[106]
United Kingdom
The cargo liner ran aground at Point Cires, Spanish Morocco.[107] She was refloated on 5 April.[105]
Spain
The cargo ship collided with (United Kingdom) in the Atlantic Ocean off Gibraltar and sank. Seven crew were rescued by Author.[73]
France
The schooner foundered in the English Channel off Cherbourg, Manche with the loss of all hands.[108]
United Kingdom
The collier foundered in the Atlantic Ocean off Land's End, Cornwall. All thirteen crew were rescued by (United Kingdom).[73][108]
5 April[]
List of shipwrecks: 5 April 1927
Ship
Country
Description
Japan
The cargo ship was abandoned in the East China Sea. Although she was presumed to have subsequently foundered,[109] she was later discovered still afloat.[110] She came ashore at on 8 April.[111]
6 April[]
List of shipwrecks: 6 April 1927
Ship
Country
Description
Netherlands
The cargo ship ran aground on , Hong Kong.[110] Her bow section was cut off and the ship was refloated on 28 April.[112]
8 April[]
List of shipwrecks: 8 April 1927
Ship
Country
Description
South Africa
The coaster came ashore in Saldanha Bay. She broke her back and was a total loss.[113]
Ida
Germany
The auxiliary sailing vessel was struck by (Romania) at Hamburg and sank.[114]
12 April[]
List of shipwrecks: 12 April 1927
Ship
Country
Description
Norway
The cargo ship was driven ashore at Melilla, Spanish Morocco and wrecked. Her crew survived.[115][116] She was refloated on 3 August.[117]
Spain
The hospital ship was driven ashore at Melilla and was wrecked. Her crew survived.[115][116]
United Kingdom
The cargo ship was driven ashore at Melilla and was wrecked. All 28 crew were rescued after two days by a local motor boat.[116] She was declared a total loss on 19 April.[118]
The ocean liner ran aground at Buenos Aires, Argentina.[119] She was refloated the next day.[120]
Greece
The cargo ship was driven ashore at Melilla and was abandoned. Her crew were rescued by the Melilla Lifeboat after two days.[116] She was refloated on 16 May.[121]
13 April[]
List of shipwrecks: 13 April 1927
Ship
Country
Description
Spain
The coaster foundered at Santander, Cantabria with the loss of eight of her nine crew.[122]
Italy
The cargo ship came ashore on , Greece.[120] She was refloated on 16 April.[123]
Japan
The cargo ship struck rocks at , Hong Kong and was beached in Kowloon Bay.[120] She was later refloated and arrived at Hong Kong on 19 April.[124]
14 April[]
List of shipwrecks: 14 April 1927
Ship
Country
Description
Italy
The cargo ship sprang a leak and sank in the Mediterranean Sea 6 nautical miles (11 km) south of Cape Camarat. Her crew survived.[123]
15 April[]
List of shipwrecks: 15 April 1927
Ship
Country
Description
Italy
The barque came ashore on Old Providence Island, Colombia and was wrecked. Her crew survived.[118]
17 April[]
List of shipwrecks: 17 April 1927
Ship
Country
Description
France
The cargo ship ran aground at Galata, Turkey.[125] She was refloated on 20 April.[126]
United Kingdom
The passenger ship ran aground at Gabo. Her 250 passengers were taken off on 20 April.[127]
18 April[]
List of shipwrecks: 18 April 1927
Ship
Country
Description
United Kingdom
The tug struck a rock at Freshwater, Isle of Wight and sank with the loss of two of her ten crew.[125]
21 April[]
List of shipwrecks: 21 April 1927
Ship
Country
Description
United States
The four-masted schooner was driven ashore at San Juan, Puerto Rico and was wrecked.[102][128]
The passenger ship ran aground at , Formosa. All on board were rescued.[140][141] She broke in three on 1 June and was a total loss.[142]
President Wittock
Belgium
The fishing boat struck a mine and sank in the North Sea off the Dutch coast. Her crew were rescued by the fishing smack Blencathra (United Kingdom).[143]
8 May[]
List of shipwrecks: 8 May 1927
Ship
Country
Description
United States
The cargo ship ran aground at Point Guinos, Costa Rica. She was refloated on 17 May.[121][144]
10 May[]
List of shipwrecks: 10 May 1927
Ship
Country
Description
United States
The 39-gross register tonsteam auxiliary schooner struck a reef off Nikolski on Umnak Island in the Aleutian Islands and sank. Her crew of seven survived.[145][146]
Greece
The cargo ship ran aground at the entrance to the Corinth Canal.[147] She was refloated on 14 May.[148]
12 May[]
List of shipwrecks: 12 May 1927
Ship
Country
Description
United States
The cargo ship ran aground at San Pedro de Macorís, Dominican Republic.[149] She was later refloated, and arrived at Boston, Massachusetts on 25 May.[150]
The cargo ship collided with another vessel off Takamatsu and was beached.[170]
Japan
The coaster collided with (Japan) in the Tsugaru Strait and sank.[171]
20 June[]
List of shipwrecks: 20 June 1927
Ship
Country
Description
United States
The cargo ship collided with (United Kingdom) at Talara, Peru and was beached.[174]
23 June[]
List of shipwrecks: 23 June 1927
Ship
Country
Description
United States
The cargo ship collided with the trawler (United States) at Boston, Massachusetts, or 22 miles (35 km) south east of Nauset Light, Cape Cod. Ozark was beached.[175][176]
United States
The fishing steamer was sunk in a collision with (United States) 22 miles (35 km) south east of Nauset Light, Cape Cod. Three crewmen killed.[177]
The barque caught fire off Diego de Almagro Island, Chile on 24 June, and was a total loss when she ran aground on the island [es], in the Nelson Strait three days later. Six of her twenty crew were lost. Survivors were rescued by (Chilean Navy).[178][179]
The 22-gross register tonmotor vessel was destroyed while moored at Nushagak, Territory of Alaska, by a fire that began in her galleystove. All three people aboard survived.[186]
4 July[]
List of shipwrecks: 4 July 1927
Ship
Country
Description
United Kingdom
The cargo ship ran aground off Derrybeg, County Donegal, Ireland. Her crew were rescued.[183]
5 July[]
List of shipwrecks: 5 July 1927
Ship
Country
Description
United Kingdom
The schooner foundered in the Pentland Firth off Swona. Her crew were rescued.[187]
Bolivia
The cargo ship sank at Buenos Aires, Argentina. She was refloated on 12 July.[188][189]
7 July[]
List of shipwrecks: 7 July 1927
Ship
Country
Description
France
The cargo ship ran aground at Foundiougne, French West Africa.[190] She was refloated on 13 July.[191]
United Kingdom
The schooner was destroyed by fire in the Atlantic Ocean off the Canadian coast.[192]
8 July[]
List of shipwrecks: 8 July 1927
Ship
Country
Description
United Kingdom
The coaster collided with (United Kingdom) in the North Sea off Whitby, Yorkshire and sank. All six crew were rescued by (United Kingdom).[190][193]
9 July[]
List of shipwrecks: 9 July 1927
Ship
Country
Description
Portugal
The tug sprang a leak and was abandoned. Her crew were rescued by (Portugal).[189]
13 July[]
List of shipwrecks: 13 July 1927
Ship
Country
Description
Margaret
Canada
The ship ran aground in the Magdalen Islands, Quebec and was a total loss.[191]
United Kingdom
The schooner came ashore on the Brison Rocks, off Cape Cornwall and was a total loss. Her crew survived.[191]
The cargo ship sprang a leak in the Bay of Bengal 50 nautical miles (93 km) off , West Bengal, India and sank with the loss of 21 of her 72 crew. Survivors were rescued by (United Kingdom).[194]
15 July[]
List of shipwrecks: 15 July 1927
Ship
Country
Description
Iowa
United States
The 12-gross register tonmotor vessel was destroyed by fire at Ketchikan, Territory of Alaska.[195]
Norway
The cargo ship collided with (Netherlands) in the Atlantic Ocean 4 nautical miles (7.4 km) east Nantucket, Massachusetts and sank with the loss of a crew member.[196]
The cargo ship ran aground in the Uruguay River downstream of Fray Bentos, Uruguay.[179] She was refloated on 24 July.[200]
Sweden
The brig was abandoned by her crew. She was discovered derelict 2 nautical miles (3.7 km) south west of the (Sweden) by (Sweden).[179]
Japan
The cargo ship was wrecked on the west coast of the Kamchatka Peninsula, Soviet Union.[201] Her crew were rescued by an Imperial Japanese Navy destroyer.[202]
21 July[]
List of shipwrecks: 21 July 1927
Ship
Country
Description
United Kingdom
The cargo ship ran aground in the Banana Creek, Congo River. She was refloated on 2 August.[203][204]
United States
The cargo ship was abandoned off the Laccadive Islands, India. Her crew were rescued by (United Kingdom).[205]
Greece
The cargo ship collided with (Italy) at Istanbul, Turkey and was beached.[200] She was refloated on 26 July.[206]
The cargo ship ran aground in the Uruguay River downstream of Fray Bentos, Uruguay.[210] She was refloated on 4 August.[211]
United States
The passenger vessel was struck by a squall causing her to roll on her port side, fill and sink in Lake Michigan one-half mile (0.80 km) off North Avenue, Chicago. 27 passengers drowned.[212]
United Kingdom
The schooner was driven ashore at Port Royal, Jamaica and was wrecked.[213]
30 July[]
List of shipwrecks: 30 July 1927
Ship
Country
Description
United States
The cargo ship ran aground in Milbanke Sound, British Columbia, Canada.[214] She was still aground on 4 August, but was expected to be refloated within a week.[117]
United Kingdom
The cargo ship ran aground in the Ibicuy Islands, Argentina.[214] She was refloated on 4 August.[215]
United Kingdom
The tanker struck rocks at , Strait of Magellan and sank. Her crew were rescued by (United Kingdom).[214]
The decommissioned cruiser was sunk as a gunnery target in the Bungo Channel by the heavy cruiserFurutaka (Imperial Japanese Navy).
O-2
Imperial Japanese Navy
An American merchant ship sighted the derelict hulk of the Type U-43submarine – which had foundered off Japan in a storm on 21 April 1925 – floating in the Pacific Ocean west of Oahu, Hawaii. The hulk subsequently was scuttled. (Some sources claim O-2 was scrapped in 1922.)
Netherlands
The cargo ship ran aground at La Plata, Argentina.[215] She was refloated on 12 August.[217]
6 August[]
List of shipwrecks: 6 August 1927
Ship
Country
Description
United Kingdom
The cargo ship ran aground south of , Lothian.[216] It was reported on 16 August that she was thought to have broken her back,[218] but this proved not to be the case.[219]
7 August[]
List of shipwrecks: 7 August 1927
Ship
Country
Description
United Kingdom
The tanker ran aground near Robin Hood's Bay, Yorkshire.[216] She was refloated on 12 August but had to be beached.[220]Ben Read was refloated again on 14 August.[221]
Prohibition in the United States: The rum running cargo ship was intercepted at Staten Island, New York by a United States Coast Guard vessel. She rammed and sank a sand barge before running aground on a sandbank.[220]
The tug foundered in the River Tyne at Blaydon, Northumberland.[221]
United Kingdom
The cargo ship ran aground in the Paraná River, Argentina.[221] She was refloated on 2 September.[223]
14 August[]
List of shipwrecks: 14 August 1927
Ship
Country
Description
Mission
United States
The 13-gross register tonmotor vessel caught fire after a hand lantern ignited gasoline in her bilge, then exploded and sank in 132 feet (40 m) of water 2 nautical miles (3.7 km; 2.3 mi) south of Burnett Cannery – probably now (56°04′N132°29′W / 56.067°N 132.483°W / 56.067; -132.483 (Cannery Point)) in – in Southeast Alaska. Her crew abandoned ship in a dinghy and survived even though the dinghy was only 15 feet (4.6 m) from Mission at the time of the explosion.[209]
15 August[]
List of shipwrecks: 15 August 1927
Ship
Country
Description
United Kingdom
The cargo ship struck an uncharted rock at Vitória, Brazil and was beached.[218] She was refloated on 4 September.[224]
Japan
The cargo ship ran aground at .[225] She later broke up and salvage efforts were abandoned on 6 September.[50]
17 August[]
List of shipwrecks: 17 August 1927
Ship
Country
Description
United Kingdom
The cargo ship ran aground on Green Island or Ship Island, Ecuador.[226][227] She was refloated on 28 August and arrived at Guayaquil later that day.[228]
18 August[]
List of shipwrecks: 18 August 1927
Ship
Country
Description
Hennepin
United States
The barge sprang a leak and sank in Lake Michigan.
Japan
The coaster was driven ashore at , Sakhalin, Soviet Union and was severely damaged.[227][229]
19 August[]
List of shipwrecks: 19 August 1927
Ship
Country
Description
United States
The tug was destroyed by fire in Lake Ponchartrain.[230]
United Kingdom
The cargo ship sprang a leak and sank in the Paraná River, Buenos Aires, Argentina.[230]
Greece
The cargo ship caught fire at Corcubión, , Spain.[231] She was abandoned by her crew on 21 August,[232] sinking later that day.[233] The fire was extinguished on 24 August.[234]
20 August[]
List of shipwrecks: 20 August 1927
Ship
Country
Description
United Kingdom
The cargo ship came ashore in , Jamaica.[232] She was refloated on 26 August.[228]
Italy
The cargo ship ran aground in the Paraná River at , Argentina.[232] She was refloated on 1 September.[235]
21 August[]
List of shipwrecks: 21 August 1927
Ship
Country
Description
Canada
The steamer ran aground at Louisbourg, Nova Scotia.[236]
Canada
The sailing vessel foundered off Flint Island.[237]
22 August[]
List of shipwrecks: 22 August 1927
Ship
Country
Description
Sweden
The cargo ship foundered in the Baltic Sea. Her crew were rescued by (Norway).[233]
The passenger ship ran aground on Ripple Rock in the Seymour Narrows in the Discovery Passage in British Columbia, Canada. The steamerCardena (Canada) pulled her off and towed her into port. Prince Rupert was repaired and returned to service.[238]
1927 Nova Scotia hurricane: The fishing schooner was wrecked off Sable Island, Nova Scotia. Lost with all 21 hands.[239][240]
United States
1927 Nova Scotia hurricane: The fishing schooner sank in a gale, possibly off Sable Island, Nova Scotia. Lost with all 22 hands.[241][242][243]
Canada
1927 Nova Scotia hurricane: The schooner was wrecked at River Bourgeois, Nova Scotia.[244]
Canada
1927 Nova Scotia hurricane: The schooner burned off Lunenburg, Nova Scotia.[245]
Canada
1927 Nova Scotia hurricane: The 10-ton sailing vessel was sunk in a collision with Nellie J. King (flag unknown) at North Sydney, Nova Scotia.[246][247]
Canada
1927 Nova Scotia hurricane: The motor vessel ran aground off Cherry Hill.[248]
Canada
1927 Nova Scotia hurricane: The fishing schooner was lost in a hurricane. Lost with all hands.[249]
Canada
1927 Nova Scotia hurricane: The schooner dragged anchor in a hurricane and was driven ashore at Medford, Nova Scotia, Minas Basin and broke in two, a total loss.[250]
Canada
1927 Nova Scotia hurricane: The sailing vessel ran aground off Sydney, Nova Scotia.[251]
or
Canada
1927 Nova Scotia hurricane: The schooner was wrecked off Sable Island, Nova Scotia. Lost with all 24 hands.[252][253]
Canada
1927 Nova Scotia hurricane: The schooner was wrecked off Sable Island, Nova Scotia. Lost with all 20 hands.[254][255]
Canada
1927 Nova Scotia hurricane: The sailing vessel was lost off the South Channel of Nova Scotia.[256]
Canada
1927 Nova Scotia hurricane: The sailing vessel sank off a dry dock at Halifax, Nova Scotia.[257]
Northern Light
United States
The cargo ship was destroyed by fire at Mobile, Alabama.[229]
or
Canada
1927 Nova Scotia hurricane: The schooner sank off Sable Island, Nova Scotia. Lost with all 19 hands.[258][259]
The Momi-class destroyer was rammed and sunk in the Bungo Channel 20 nautical miles (37 km) north east of Mihonoseki by Jintsū (Imperial Japanese Navy) with the loss of 111 crew.[260][261]
25 August[]
List of shipwrecks: 25 August 1927
Ship
Country
Description
United Kingdom
The cargo ship collided with (Brazil) in the Scheldt at and was beached.[262] She was refloated on 26 August.[203]
26 August[]
List of shipwrecks: 26 August 1927
Ship
Country
Description
France
The cargo ship ran aground at Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône.[263] She was refloated on 3 September.[49]
1927 Nova Scotia hurricane: The schooner collided with (United Kingdom) and sank off St. John's, Newfoundland, in a hurricane with the loss of a crew member.[265][266]
Canada
1927 Nova Scotia hurricane: The fishing schooner was wrecked at Gabarus, Cape Breton Island. Lost with all four hands.[267]
27 August[]
List of shipwrecks: 27 August 1927
Ship
Country
Description
Canada
1927 Nova Scotia hurricane: The fishing schooner was wrecked in Placentia Bay. Lost with two hands.[268]
United Kingdom
The schooner was dismasted and sprang a leak in the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Massachusetts, United States and was abandoned by her crew. She was later towed into Vineyard Haven by a United States Government vessel.[265]
The cargo ship ran aground at Ilhéus, Brazil.[228] She was aground for about a month, departing under tow for Rio de Janeiro, Brazil on 25 September.[269]
29 August[]
List of shipwrecks: 29 August 1927
Ship
Country
Description
Canada
1927 Nova Scotia hurricane: The fishing schooner was wrecked in Placentia Bay. Lost with all seven hands.[270][271]
or
Canada
1927 Nova Scotia hurricane: The fishing schooner was wrecked off . Lost with all four hands.[272][273]
1927 Nova Scotia hurricane: The auxiliary schooner was abandoned off Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada and was a total loss.[228]
United Kingdom
The whaler sprang a leak and was abandoned 7 nautical miles (13 km) east of the mouth of the , South Africa. Her crew were rescued by (United Kingdom).[276]
Canada
1927 Nova Scotia hurricane: The fishing schooner was lost off Rushoon. Lost with all eight hands.[277][278]
Canada
1927 Nova Scotia hurricane: The fishing schooner was wrecked in Placentia Bay. Lost with all four or seven hands.[279][280]
Canada
1927 Nova Scotia hurricane: The fishing schooner was wrecked in Placentia Bay. Lost with all four hands.[281][282]
Denmark
The cargo ship ran aground at Nuevitas, Cuba.[228] She was refloated on 2 September.[224]
Canada
1927 Nova Scotia hurricane: The fishing schooner was wrecked in Placentia Bay. Lost with all four hands.[283]
Canada
1927 Nova Scotia hurricane: The fishing schooner was wrecked in Placentia Bay. Lost with all four or six hands.[284][285]
30 August[]
List of shipwrecks: 30 August 1927
Ship
Country
Description
Netherlands
The cargo ship collided with (Germany) at Diamond Harbour, India.[286] She broke in two and was a total loss. (United Kingdom) ran aground avoiding the other ships. She was refloated the next day.[276][287]
Denmark
The schooner capsized at Rostock, Mecklenburg, Germany. Her crew were rescued.[276]
The cargo ship ran aground at Manila, Philippines and was wrecked.[235]
September[]
3 September[]
List of shipwrecks: 3 September 1927
Ship
Country
Description
Italy
The cargo ship was destroyed by fire at Augusta, Sicily.[49]
United Kingdom
The cargo ship ran aground in the Amazon River at .[289] She was refloated on 18 September.[269]
United Kingdom
The cargo ship capsized at Almeria, Andalusia, Spain.[49]
6 September[]
List of shipwrecks: 6 September 1927
Ship
Country
Description
United Kingdom
The mail boat was severely damaged by fire and sank at Oban, Argyllshire. She was refloated on 13 September.[290][291]
Sweden
The cargo ship was rammed by (Sweden) at Burntisland, Fife and sank.[290]
Japan
The cargo ship ran aground on the east coast of Sakhalin, Soviet Union.[290] She broke up in December, salvage being reported on 14 December as having been abandoned.[292]
The tug foundered off Tampico, Tamaulipas with the loss of five lives.[297]
Japan
The steamship was reported lost near the Kuril Islands, with about 900 people killed.[300]
17 September[]
List of shipwrecks: 17 September 1927
Ship
Country
Description
Norway
The cargo ship was driven ashore at , Iceland and was wrecked.[301]
18 September[]
List of shipwrecks: 18 September 1927
Ship
Country
Description
United States
The schooner caught fire in the Atlantic Ocean off Tampa, Florida and was abandoned. Her crew were rescued by Margaret (United States).[302] She was towed into Tampa on 21 September.[303]
19 September[]
List of shipwrecks: 19 September 1927
Ship
Country
Description
Germany
The cargo ship ran aground in the Paraná River, Argentina.[296] She was refloated on 24 September.[304]
20 September[]
List of shipwrecks: 20 September 1927
Ship
Country
Description
United Kingdom
The cargo ship ran aground on the Serrana Bank, Colombia.[296] She was refloated on 23 September.[305]
21 September[]
List of shipwrecks: 21 September 1927
Ship
Country
Description
Netherlands
The cargo ship was driven ashore on Barbuda and was a total loss.[302][303] Salvage operations were abandoned on 5 October.[306]
United Kingdom
The tug capsized and sank in the Alexandra Dock, Bombay, India.[302] She was refloated the next day.[303]
The schooner sank in the Atlantic Ocean 25 nautical miles (46 km) off Horta, Azores.[305]
25 September[]
List of shipwrecks: 25 September 1927
Ship
Country
Description
Spain
The tug was driven ashore at Gijón and wrecked.[305]
Venturosa
Portugal
The sailing ship was driven ashore 6 nautical miles (11 km) south of Oporto and was wrecked.[307]
27 September[]
List of shipwrecks: 27 September 1927
Ship
Country
Description
Canada
The dredger foundered off the coast of Labrador.[308]
Norway
The cargo ship was driven ashore at Oslo, Norway.[307] She was refloated on 30 September.[309]
29 September[]
List of shipwrecks: 29 September 1927
Ship
Country
Description
Alco
United States
The 15-gross register tonmotor vessel caught fire while fueling at Juneau, Territory of Alaska. The vessels Progress and Three Brothers (both United States) towed her to the nearest beach, where she burned to the waterline, a total loss. All five people on board Alco – three passengers and her crew of two – survived.[310]
30 September[]
List of shipwrecks: 30 September 1927
Ship
Country
Description
Greece
The cargo ship ran aground at , Soviet Union.[311] She was refloated on 2 October.[312]
Unknown date[]
List of shipwrecks: Unknown date September 1927
Ship
Country
Description
Acushla
United States
The 10-gross register ton, 32.2-foot (9.8 m) fishing vessel was destroyed by fire in Cook Inlet on the south-central coast of the Territory of Alaska. The only person on board survived.[310]
October[]
1 October[]
List of shipwrecks: 1 October 1927
Ship
Country
Description
Norway
The schooner departed Fredrikstad, Norway, for ports in the English Channel.[313] Believed foundered in the Skaggerak with the loss of all hands. Wreckage from the ship washed up at Hirtshals, Denmark on 12 October.[314]
The tug sank in the River Thames at Rotherhithe, London.[309]
3 October[]
List of shipwrecks: 3 October 1927
Ship
Country
Description
Royal Danish Navy
The fleet collier foundered in the North Sea off the west coast of Jutland with the loss of all 21 hands.[315]
Sweden
The cargo ship ran aground at , 25 nautical miles (46 km) south of Gothenburg.[312] She was refloated on 6 October.[129]
4 October[]
List of shipwrecks: 4 October 1927
Ship
Country
Description
United Kingdom
The cargo ship sank in the Atrato River, Colombia and was a total loss.[316]
5 October[]
List of shipwrecks: 5 October 1927
Ship
Country
Description
United States
The schooner caught fire in the Atlantic Ocean off the Bahamas and was abandoned. She came ashore on Mayaguana.[306] Her crew survived.[317]
6 October[]
List of shipwrecks: 6 October 1927
Ship
Country
Description
Italy
The cargo ship collided with (Finland) in the River Mersey, United Kingdom and was beached.[129] She broke her back on 8 October. Her crew were rescued by the Mersey FlatMersey (United Kingdom).[317]
8 October[]
List of shipwrecks: 8 October 1927
Ship
Country
Description
United Kingdom
The cargo ship collided with (United Kingdom) in the River Thames at Greenhithe, Kent and was beached.[317]
The cargo ship ran aground and was wrecked5 nautical miles (9.3 km) east of Cape Vilano, Galicia, Spain.[319][320]
11 October[]
List of shipwrecks: 11 October 1927
Ship
Country
Description
Japan
The cargo ship ran aground at Tsingtao, China.[319] She was refloated on 17 October.[321]
Germany
The cargo ship ran aground off Point Cires, Spanish Morocco. She was refloated on 25 June but was declared a constructive total loss.[85]
Norway
The cargo ship collided with (Sweden) in the Nieuwe Waterweg at Rotterdam, Netherlands and was beached. She was later refloated.[319]
12 October[]
List of shipwrecks: 12 October 1927
Ship
Country
Description
Norway
The cargo ship ran aground on Old Providence Island, Colombia.[322] She was refloated on 15 October.[323]
13 October[]
List of shipwrecks: 13 October 1927
Ship
Country
Description
United Kingdom
The cargo ship ran aground at , Argentina.[313] She was refloated on 17 October but ran aground again later that day.[323]Glensanda was finally refloated on 25 October.[324]
The cargo ship was rammed and sunk at New York, United States by Paris (France) with the loss of six crew. Survivors were rescued by Paris and the ferries American Legion and Brooklyn (both United States).[326]
Germany
The schooner foundered in the Baltic Sea. Her crew were rescued.[325]
The cargo ship ran aground off Lobos Island, Canary Islands, Spain.[327] She was refloated on 23 October.[328]
United Kingdom
The cargo ship ran aground in the Sherbro River, Sierra Leone.[325] She was refloated on 23 October.[328]
France
The cargo ship ran aground at Sardinero, Cantabria, Spain and was a total loss.[325]
United States
The cargo ship ran aground 10 nautical miles (19 km) east of , Algeria.[327] She was abandoned as a total loss on 19 October.[329]
United Kingdom
The cargo ship capsized in Liverpool Bay. Her crew survived.[323]
19 October[]
List of shipwrecks: 19 October 1927
Ship
Country
Description
Irene
United Kingdom
Irene Incident: The passenger ship was hijacked by pirates and sailed to Bias Bay. In an anti-piracy operation she was shelled and sunk by HMS L4 and HMS L5 (both Royal Navy) with the loss of at least one life with fourteen of her 258 passengers reported missing. Survivors were rescued by L4 and L5. Irene was subsequently salvaged, repaired and returned to service.
Italy
The cargo ship collided with (France) off Father Point, Quebec, Canada and sank. Her crew were rescued.[330][331]
22 October[]
List of shipwrecks: 22 October 1927
Ship
Country
Description
United States
The cargo ship ran aground at the entrance to San Francisco Bay. She was a total loss.[328][332]
United States
The schooner foundered in the Atlantic Ocean 200 nautical miles (370 km) off Bermuda. All eight crew were rescued by Volendam (Netherlands).[333]
United Kingdom
The coaster capsized and sank at Durban, South Africa.[328]
23 October[]
List of shipwrecks: 23 October 1927
Ship
Country
Description
United States
The four-masted schooner caught fire in the Atlantic Ocean of Jacksonville, Florida and was a total loss. Her crew were rescued by (United Kingdom).[334]
France
The cargo ship ran aground at Rosario, Brazil.[328] She was refloated on 5 November.[335]
The coaster passed Dungeness, Kent bound for Pembroke.[336] No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[337]
United Kingdom
The cargo ship ran aground in the Paraná River, Argentina.[334] She was refloated on 9 November.[338]
25 October[]
List of shipwrecks: 25 October 1927
Ship
Country
Description
Astoria
United States
The auxiliary sailing vessel came ashore at Canso, Nova Scotia, Canada.[324] She was refloated on 1 November.[339]
Principessa Mafalda
Italy
The passenger liner broke a propeller shaft in the Atlantic Ocean 90 nautical miles (170 km) off the Abrolhos Archipelago, Brazil (16°56′S37°46′W / 16.933°S 37.767°W / -16.933; -37.767). She sank slowly in the presence of rescue vessels, however panic among the passengers and crew resulted in the deaths of 314 of 1,258 aboard. Survivors were rescued by (Netherlands), , , (all United Kingdom) and (France).[340][341][342][343][344]
26 October[]
List of shipwrecks: 26 October 1927
Ship
Country
Description
Georg
Norway
The cargo ship sprang a leak and sank in the Skaggerak 25 nautical miles (46 km) north of Skagen, Denmark. Her crew were rescued by a Danish fishing vessel.[345]
The passenger ship ran aground at Mariehamn, Finland. Her passengers were taken off and landed at Turku.[346]
United Kingdom
The coaster departed the River Medway for the River Tees. No further trace, presumed foundered in the North Sea with the loss of all hands.[336]
Italy
The cargo ship ran aground on the Scilly Rock, Isles of Scilly, United Kingdom and was wrecked with the loss of six of her 38 crew.[347]
United Kingdom
The coaster departed Barry, Glamorgan for Limerick, Ireland. No further trace, presumed foundered in the Irish Sea with the loss of all hands.[337]
28 October[]
List of shipwrecks: 28 October 1927
Ship
Country
Description
United Kingdom
The coaster departed from Glasgow, Renfrewshire on 26 October for Swansea, Glamorgan. She was reported off Milford Haven on this day. Presumed foundered in the Bristol Channel with the loss of all 14 crew.[336][348]
Flora
United States
The 10-gross register tonmotor vessel was destroyed by fire while moored at Petersburg, Territory of Alaska. Her crew of three survived.[349]
Fortuna
Argentina
The sailing ship caught fire and sank in the Irish Sea 20 nautical miles (37 km) off the coast of Ireland with the loss of six of her 28 crew.[350]
The fishing schooner was rammed and sank by (Italy) in fog off . 11 crewmen were killed. Survivors were rescued by a United States Navy patrol craft and USCGC Burrows (United States Coast Guard).[351][352]
United Kingdom
The schooner was driven ashore at Kilmore Quay, County Wexford, Ireland and wrecked.[353]
United Kingdom
The cargo ship ran aground at , Glamorgan.[353] She was refloated on 8 November.[354]
The cargo ship struck a mine and sank in the Baltic Sea off Saaremaa, Estonia.[358]
Italy
The cargo ship ran aground on Crane Island, Quebec, Canada.[335]
5 November[]
List of shipwrecks: 5 November 1927
Ship
Country
Description
Norway
The cargo ship foundered off the north coast of Iceland with the loss of a crew member. Survivors were rescued by a British trawler.[359]
United Kingdom
The coaster collided with the trawler Prince Leo (United Kingdom) in the North Sea off Spurn Head, Yorkshire and sank with the loss of one of her sixteen crew.[360]
The cargo ship was shelled and sunk in the Baltic Sea by a Latvian Coast Guard vessel as she was intercepted whilst smuggling alcohol. Her crew were rescued.[361]
The cargo liner ran aground 40 nautical miles (74 km) north of the mouth of Prince Rupert, British Columbia, Canada. Her passengers were taken off.[354] She was refloated on 6 December.[362]
Carrying her captain, a passenger, and a cargo of supplies for a mine, the 11-gross register tonmotor vessel departed Valdez, Territory of Alaska, bound for Shoup Bay (61°07′15″N146°35′30″W / 61.12083°N 146.59167°W / 61.12083; -146.59167 (Shoup Bay)) but never arrived. She was reported missing on 14 November. A search party later found her stranded on a rock inside the entrance to Shoup Bay and also found the body of her passenger. Her captain′s body was never found. Efforts to refloat her were abandoned when a storm struck, and she disappeared during the storm, presumably sliding off the rock and sinking in deep water.[209]
The cargo ship sustained a broke propeller shaft off and was abandoned with the loss of two of her crew.[364] She was towed into Santander, Cantabria on 12 November.[338]
12 November[]
List of shipwrecks: 12 November 1927
Ship
Country
Description
United Kingdom
The passenger ship departed Bombay on this day for Dapoli, India. Believed foundered in the Arabian Sea off Janjira with the loss of all 51 passengers and 46 crew.[366][367][368][369]
15 November[]
List of shipwrecks: 15 November 1927
Ship
Country
Description
France
The cargo ship foundered in the Mediterranean Sea off Tipaza, Algeria with the loss of all hands.[363]
The three-masted barque foundered in the Gulf of Bothnia with the loss of seven of her fourteen crew.[373][374]
19 November[]
List of shipwrecks: 19 November 1927
Ship
Country
Description
Universe
United States
After being hove to for three days in the lee of Chirikof Island to take shelter from a gale during a voyage there from Kodiak, Territory of Alaska, with a crew of four and a cargo of ten tons of general merchandise on board, the 39-gross register ton, 59.2-foot (18.0 m) fishing vessel finally was blown ashore on Chirikof Island and wrecked without loss of life. The steamerStarr (United States) picked up her crew.[375]
20 November[]
List of shipwrecks: 20 November 1927
Ship
Country
Description
Norway
The cargo ship ran aground at Barbate, Cádiz, Spain.[376] She was refloated on 9 December.[377]
21 November[]
List of shipwrecks: 21 November 1927
Ship
Country
Description
United Kingdom
The cargo ship ran aground at Hornillo, Spain.[378] She was refloated on 30 November.[379]
Germany
The cargo liner ran aground on the Amherst Rocks, off the coast of China.[378] She was abandoned on 22 November,[380] and was declared a total loss the next day.[381]
Germany
The cargo ship ran aground on the Cresswell Rocks, off , Northumberland, United Kingdom. Her crew were taken off by rocket apparatus.[376][378]
Germany
The cargo liner ran aground at Cape Trafalgar, Spain. All on board were rescued by (United Kingdom).[378] She was a total loss.[380]
United Kingdom
The cargo ship was driven ashore at Roker, County Durham.[378] She was refloated on 25 November.[382]
The tanker ran aground on Haisborough Sands, off the coast of Norfolk, United Kingdom and broke in two. All 31 crew were rescued by H F Bailey (Royal National Lifeboat Institution) and Trent (United Kingdom).
The cargo ship collided with (Japan) in the Yangtze downstream of Nanking and sank.[380][383]
Estonia
The schooner ran aground at the mouth of the River Tay, Scotland with the loss of one of her ten crew. Survivors were rescued by rocket apparatus.[380][383]
23 November[]
List of shipwrecks: 23 November 1927
Ship
Country
Description
Copenhagen
United Kingdom
The cargo ship ran aground on the Chincorro Bank, Cuba.[383] She was refloated on 1 December.[384]
25 November[]
List of shipwrecks: 25 November 1927
Ship
Country
Description
Japan
The cargo ship ran aground 12 nautical miles (22 km) north of Grays Harbor, Washington.[382] She broke up the next day and was a total loss.[372]
26 November[]
List of shipwrecks: 26 November 1927
Ship
Country
Description
United States
The four-masted schooner was driven ashore at Lucretia Point, Cuba and wrecked. Her crew were rescued.[372]
United States
The cargo ship caught fire at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and was scuttled.[385] She was refloated on 7 December.[386]
The Thames barge collided with (Germany) in the River Thames at Rotherhithe, Kent and sank.[387]
United States
The cargo ship struck a submerged object in the Atlantic Ocean 12 nautical miles (22 km) off Key West, Florida and sank. Her crew survived.[389]
29 November[]
List of shipwrecks: 29 November 1927
Ship
Country
Description
United Kingdom
The cargo ship foundered in the English Channel 6 nautical miles (11 km) east south east of the North Goodwin Lightship (United Kingdom). Her crew were rescued by the Ramsgate Lifeboat.[385]
Italy
The cargo ship came ashore at Brumhausen, Hamburg, Germany.[385] She was refloated on 3 December.[390]
The schooner foundered in the Atlantic Ocean off Ingonish, Nova Scotia, Canada.[391]
United Kingdom
The refrigeratedcargo liner ran aground in the Mersey Estuary off the (United Kingdom) Her passengers and some of the crew were taken off.[393][394] She broke her back later that day.[384] The stern section was refloated on 8 December.[395] She was subsequently repaired and returned to service.
December[]
1 December[]
List of shipwrecks: 1 December 1927
Ship
Country
Description
United Kingdom
The schooner was hit by (France) in the English Channel 60 nautical miles (110 km) off The Lizard, Cornwall and sank with the loss of two of her six crew. The survivors were rescued by S.N.A. 2.[391][396]
3 December[]
List of shipwrecks: 3 December 1927
Ship
Country
Description
United Kingdom
The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked on Long Island, Nova Scotia, Canada. Her crew were rescued.[390]
United Kingdom
The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked at Bay de Verde, .[390]
4 December[]
List of shipwrecks: 4 December 1927
Ship
Country
Description
Millville
United States
The 230-foot (70.1 m), 1,213-gross register tonschoonerbarge sank in a storm in the North Atlantic Ocean off Point Pleasant Beach, New Jersey, without loss of life in 80 feet (24 m) of water. Her wreck is known as the "String Wreck."[397]
5 December[]
List of shipwrecks: 5 December 1927
Ship
Country
Description
Norway
The cargo ship was driven ashore at Cape Hatteras, North Carolina, United States and wrecked. All 24 crew were rescued.[398]
John H. Winstead
United States
The 215-foot (65.5 m), 1,160-gross register tonschoonerbarge sank in a storm in the North Atlantic Ocean off Point Pleasant Beach, New Jersey, without loss of life in 80 feet (24 m) of water. Her wreck is known as "Cramer′s wreck" and erroneously as the "Cadet wreck."[399]
Greece
The tanker was driven ashore at Cape Hatteras with the loss of four of her 28 crew. Survivors were rescued by breeches buoy.[398]
The cargo ship suffered a failure of her steering gear in Lake Michigan. She drifted ashore at Eagle Harbor, Michigan, United States.[377] Some of her crew were taken off by (United Kingdom) and a yawl.[401] She broke her back on 9 December,[402] and the rest of her crew were taken off two days later by USCGC Crawford (United States Coast Guard).[401]Altadoc was declared a total loss.[292]
The tanker ran aground in the River Mersey at Liverpool, Lancashire.[292] She was refloated on 20 December.[408]
14 December[]
List of shipwrecks: 14 December 1927
Ship
Country
Description
Agnes
United Kingdom
The Thames barge collided with (Latvia) in the River Thames at Gravesend, Kent and sank. Her crew were rescued.[409]
15 December[]
List of shipwrecks: 15 December 1927
Ship
Country
Description
United States
The tug collided with (United States) at Boston, Massachusetts and sank.[410]
Germany
The dredger capsized and sank off Cuxhaven, Germany.[410]
Norway
The cargo ship ran aground at Gävle, Sweden.[410] She was refloated on 20 December.[408]
16 December[]
List of shipwrecks: 16 December 1927
Ship
Country
Description
Sweden
The cargo ship collided with (United Kingdom) off the Isle of May, Fife, United Kingdom and sank. Her crew were rescued by Breslau.[411]
United Kingdom
The cargo ship collided with Equity (United Kingdom) at Antwerp, Belgium and was beached.[411] She was later patched and towed to Terneuzen, Netherlands.
The S-class submarine was rammed accidentally by the cutterUSCGC Paulding(United States Coast Guard) and sank in 100 feet (30 m) of water 0.75 nautical miles (1.4 km; 0.9 mi) off Wood End Light, Provincetown, Massachusetts, with the loss of all 40 members of her crew. She was raised in March 1928, repaired, and returned to service.[412]
19 December[]
List of shipwrecks: 19 December 1927
Ship
Country
Description
Pioneer
United States
Carrying a cargo of 27 tons of gasoline and a crew of two, the 37-gross register ton, 60.8-foot (18.5 m) motor vessel departed Katalla, Territory of Alaska, bound for Cordova, Territory of Alaska. Sometime soon thereafter, she was wrecked during a gale and snowstorm on (60°24′N146°03′W / 60.400°N 146.050°W / 60.400; -146.050 (Strawberry Bar)), a shoal off Hinchinbrook Island at the entrance to Prince William Sound on the coast of Southcentral Alaska. Both crew members perished.[413]
20 December[]
List of shipwrecks: 20 December 1927
Ship
Country
Description
Doris Crane
United Kingdom
The three-masted schooner caught fire on 19 December when fuel for her auxiliary diesel engine was spilt. Her engineer was burned and later died. The crew fought to contain the fire but it spread, and after 18 hours they abandoned ship on 20 December about 350 nautical miles (650 km) north of Hawaii. Doris Crane had no wireless, but RMS Niagara saw smoke from the fire and rescued 14 survivors.[414]
Pearl
United Kingdom
The schooner was driven ashore at , County Cork, Ireland and was wrecked with the loss of all five crew.[415]
Penelope
Iraq
The tanker ran aground at Istanbul, Turkey.[408] She was refloated on 29 December.[416]
United Kingdom
The cargo ship ran aground in the Paraná River, Argentina.[408] She was refloated on 29 December.[417]
The 28-gross register ton, 46.4-foot (14.1 m) fishing vessel caught fire while at anchor in Kachemak Bay on the coast of the Territory of Alaska. She was towed ashore and beached, but the fire burned out of control and destroyed her. Both members of her crew survived.[6]
22 December[]
List of shipwrecks: 22 December 1927
Ship
Country
Description
United Kingdom
The cargo ship was destroyed by fire at Toronto, Ontario, Canada.[418]
The schooner lost her mast 300 m from the Sevenstones Lightship (United Kingdom), between Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly. The crew of seven men was taken off by the St Mary's lifeboat and the Gougou was picked up the next day by Trinity vesselSS Mermaid (United Kingdom) and towed to Penzance.[421]
Sweden
The cargo ship collided with (Spain) in the Scheldt at [nl], Belgium and was beached.[420]
United Kingdom
The cargo ship ran aground at , Yorkshire. Her crew were rescued by the Runswick Lifeboat.[420]
Portugal
The cargo ship was driven ashore near , Spain and was abandoned by her crew.[420]
24 December[]
List of shipwrecks: 24 December 1927
Ship
Country
Description
France
The schooner was dismasted and abandoned off the Isles of Scilly, United Kingdom. All seven crew were rescued by the Scilly Lifeboat.[419]
25 December[]
List of shipwrecks: 25 December 1927
Ship
Country
Description
United Kingdom
The cargo ship was destroyed by fire and sank at Vavaʻu, Tonga.[419]
26 December[]
List of shipwrecks: 26 December 1927
Ship
Country
Description
Belgium
The cargo ship ran aground on Fidra, Berwickshire, United Kingdom. Her crew were landed by rocket apparatus.[419] She was refloated 8 January 1928, repaired and returned to service.[422]
United Kingdom
The coaster was driven ashore at Birchington, Kent and was abandoned by her four crew.[423]
27 December[]
List of shipwrecks: 27 December 1927
Ship
Country
Description
Netherlands
The cargo ship ran aground at Rosario, Brazil.[424] She was refloated on 1 January 1928.[425]
Fred Everard
United Kingdom
The Thames barge was driven ashore at Whitstable, Kent.[423] She was refloated on 3 January 1928.[426]
Sweden
The cargo ship was driven ashore at Cuxhaven, Germany. Her crew were rescued.[423] She was refloated on 30 December.[427]
Lady Daphne
United Kingdom
The Thames barge was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean off the Isles of Scilly and was a total loss. Her crew were rescued by the Lizard Lifeboat.[423]
Turkey
The coaster collided with (Turkey) in the Sea of Marmara off and sank with the loss of 26 lives.[423]
28 December[]
List of shipwrecks: 28 December 1927
Ship
Country
Description
Japan
The cargo ship was driven ashore and wrecked near Otaru, Hokkaidō with the loss of all hands.[416]
29 December[]
List of shipwrecks: 29 December 1927
Ship
Country
Description
United Kingdom
The cargo ship ran aground at Seville, Andalusia, Spain.[417] She was refloated on 2 January 1928.[428]
Japan
The cargo ship was driven ashore at and was wrecked.[429]
Japan
The cargo ship was driven ashore on the west coast of Tsushima Island and was wrecked with the loss of two crew.[417]
30 December[]
List of shipwrecks: 30 December 1927
Ship
Country
Description
Italy
The cargo ship was wrecked in the Black Sea between and Cape Kaliakra.[430]
United States Navy
The patrol boat collided with (United States) in the Ambrose Channel and sank. Her crew were rescued by J. A. Moffett.[416]
Seneca
United States
The cargo ship was severely damaged by fire at Hoboken, New Jersey.[416] She was a constructive total loss.[428]
31 December[]
List of shipwrecks: 31 December 1927
Ship
Country
Description
Consul Horn
Germany
The cargo ship ran aground on Ven, Sweden.[427] She was refloated on 4 January 1928.[431]
Japan
The cargo ship ran aground on the and sank with the loss of all hands.[431]
Japan
The cargo liner collided with (United Kingdom) in the River Thames at Barking, Essex and was beached. She was refloated later that day.[427][432]
Finland
The cargo ship ran aground at , Argyllshire and was abandoned by her crew. She was later reboarded and refloated.[427]
United States
The cargo ship collided with (United States) at Boston, Massachusetts and was beached.[427]
The passenger and package delivery steamer rammed a pier and ran aground while entering a port on the Great Lakes. She was repaired and returned to service.
The whaleback steamer was stranded on in Lake Erie sometime in 1927. She was abandoned by her owners to the insurance company and sold. Later raised.[434]
Mafeking
United Kingdom
The ship sank in Loch Torridon during the attempt to salvage (United Kingdom).[435]
Canada
1927 Nova Scotia hurricane: The fishing schooner sank in a Hurricane near Halifax, Nova Scotia in 1927, probably the 1927 Nova Scotia hurricane. Lost with 2 hands.[436]
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Greece
Bulgaria
United Kingdom
United States
Japan
Netherlands
Sweden
Norway) off Oscarsborg Fortress in the Oslofjord, Norway and sank. Her crew were rescued.[13]
Latvia
Yugoslavia
Belgium
United States Coast Guard
Spain
United Kingdom
Italy) in the Scheldt and was beached.[33] She was refloated on 2 February.[34]
Germany
Peru
France
Romania
Denmark) in the English Channel off the South Goodwin Lightship (
Turkey
Estonia
Honduras
United States
Canada
United States
Brazil
South Africa
Philippines
Chilean Navy).[178][179]
China
Bolivia
Portugal
United States
Imperial Japanese Navy
Canada
Iceland
Mexico
Japan
Royal Danish Navy
Finland) in the River Mersey, United Kingdom and was beached.[129] She broke her back on 8 October. Her crew were rescued by the Mersey Flat Mersey (
Royal Navy) with the loss of at least one life with fourteen of her 258 passengers reported missing. Survivors were rescued by L4 and L5. Irene was subsequently salvaged, repaired and returned to service.
Argentina
Poland
Australia
New Zealand) in Sydney Harbour, New South Wales, Australia, and sank with the loss of 40 lives.
Venezuela
Royal National Lifeboat Institution) and Trent (
Swedish Navy) at Salvador, Bahia and sank. All 40 crew were rescued.[405][406]
Iraq
Italy
