List of shipwrecks in 1929

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The list of shipwrecks in 1929 includes ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during 1929.

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January[]

2 January[]

List of shipwrecks: 2 January 1929
Ship Country Description
 France The cargo ship struck rocks and foundered in the Mediterranean Sea off Cape Artruitx, Menorca, Spain with the loss of 27 of her 33 crew.[1][2]
 United Kingdom The cargo ship ran aground at Ouistreham, Calvados, France.[3] She was refloated on 7 January.[4]

3 January[]

List of shipwrecks: 3 January 1929
Ship Country Description
 Japan The cargo ship foundered in the East China Sea off Sasebo, Nagasaki with the loss of all but four of her crew.[5]

4 January[]

List of shipwrecks: 4 January 1929
Ship Country Description
 Denmark The schooner foundered in the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Surinam. Her crew survived.[6]
 United Kingdom The auxiliary sailing vessel was wrecked in the North Sea on the Middle Muck Sands, off the coast of Moray. All four crew survived.[4][7]
 Japan The cargo ship suffered a failure of her sea valve and was abandoned off the Japanese coast. All crew were rescued by another vessel.[2]

5 January[]

List of shipwrecks: 5 January 1929
Ship Country Description
 United States The tug collided with Siboney ( United States) in the East River, New York and sank, as did the scow she was towing. Two crew were rescued.[7]

7 January[]

List of shipwrecks: 7 January 1929
Ship Country Description
 United Kingdom The cargo ship ran aground at Aberdeen.[8] She was refloated on 17 July.[9]
 United Kingdom The cargo ship collided with ( United Kingdom) in the River Hooghly, India and sank.[4]
 Germany The cargo ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean. All crew were rescued by ( United States).[10]

9 January[]

List of shipwrecks: 9 January 1929
Ship Country Description
 Italy The cargo ship came ashore south of Cap Gris Nez, Pas-de-Calais, France and broke up.[11] She was refloated on 12 July and brought into Boulogne for scrapping.[12]

11 January[]

List of shipwrecks: 11 January 1929
Ship Country Description
 United Kingdom The passenger ship ran aground at the mouth of the Weichsel River, a total loss. All 83 people on board were rescued. She was on a voyage from Liepāja, Latvia to Gdynia, Poland.[13]
 Germany The cargo ship collided with ( Sweden) in the English Channel off the Goodwin Sands, Kent. She was beached at St. Margaret's Bay but was later refloated and towed into Dover.[14]
 United States The ocean liner ran aground off Toro Point, Panama. The passengers were taken off. She was refloated a few days later.[15][16]

14 January[]

List of shipwrecks: 14 January 1929
Ship Country Description
 United Kingdom The passenger ship ran aground at Schlewenhorst, Danzig and was wrecked. All on board were rescued.[17][18] She broke in two and was a total loss.[19]
 Netherlands The cargo ship collided with ( United Kingdom) in the River Thames at Erith, Kent, United Kingdom and was beached She was refloated later that day.[18]

15 January[]

List of shipwrecks: 15 January 1929
Ship Country Description
 Norway The cargo ship ran aground on Bornholm, Denmark and broke in two.[20]
Vineta  Finland The sailing vessel came ashore south of Visby, Gotland, Sweden and was wrecked. Her crew were rescued.[21]

16 January[]

List of shipwrecks: 16 January 1929
Ship Country Description
Hsin Wah  China The passenger ship ran aground at Waglan with the loss of over 400 lives.[22]

18 January[]

List of shipwrecks: 18 January 1929
Ship Country Description
 Canada The schooner ran aground in St Mary's Bay, Nova Scotia.[23]

19 January[]

List of shipwrecks: 19 January 1929
Ship Country Description
Marie  Germany The cargo ship ran aground at Åhus, Skåne County, Sweden and then sank.[24] She was refloated on 25 January.[25]

20 January[]

List of shipwrecks: 20 January 1929
Ship Country Description
 United Kingdom The coaster departed Sydney, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, Canada for St. John's, Newfoundland. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[26]
President Garfield  United States The ocean liner ran aground on the Matanilla Reef, Bahamas. Her passengers were taken off by Pan America ( United States).[27] She was refloated on 23 January.[28]
 United Kingdom The cargo ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean 300 nautical miles (560 km) south east of Cape Race, Newfoundland, with the loss of all 30 crew.[29]

21 January[]

List of shipwrecks: 21 January 1929
Ship Country Description
 United Kingdom The cargo ship ran agroung on , Philippines.[16] She was refloated on 23 January.[28]
Uniluco  United States The 17-gross register ton, 37.5-foot (11.4 m) fishing vessel was destroyed off Gravina Island in the Alexander Archipelago in Southeast Alaska by a fire that started in her engine room when her gasoline engine backfired. The only person on board abandoned ship and survived.[30]

22 January[]

List of shipwrecks: 22 January 1929
Ship Country Description
 Italy The cargo ship suffered an explosion and fire and was beached at Buenos Aires, Argentina.[31]
Coaster  United States After the 14-gross register ton motor vessel grounded stern-first as the tide fell while her crew unloaded her on the coast of Southeast Alaska six nautical miles (11 km) west of Tenakee Springs, Territory of Alaska, her bilge water ran down into her bow, where a stove in her forecastle ignited oil floating on the bilge water′s surface, causing an explosion which blew her entire crew of three overboard. Her crew survived, but a fire that followed the explosion burned her hull to the waterline. She was a total loss.[32]
 Italy The cargo ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean 700 nautical miles (1,300 km) off the Virginia Capes, United States (38°05′N 60°12′W / 38.083°N 60.200°W / 38.083; -60.200). The crew were rescued by the passenger liner America ( United States).[33][34]

23 January[]

List of shipwrecks: 23 January 1929
Ship Country Description
 United Kingdom The cargo ship collided with ( United Kingdom) in the Atlantic Ocean (39°13′N 9°39′W / 39.217°N 9.650°W / 39.217; -9.650) and sank with the loss of two crew.[34]

24 January[]

List of shipwrecks: 24 January 1929
Ship Country Description
 China The cargo ship foundered in the East China Sea 16 nautical miles (30 km) north of the , at the mouth of the Yangtze, with the loss of 72 of her 90 crew.[35]

25 January[]

List of shipwrecks: 25 January 1929
Ship Country Description
Lily  United Kingdom The trow foundered in the Bristol Channel off Newport, Monmouthshire. Her two crew were rescued by the pilot cutter Nancy ( United Kingdom).[36]

28 January[]

List of shipwrecks: 28 January 1929
Ship Country Description
 United Kingdom The schooner caught fire and was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean (38°14′N 48°40′W / 38.233°N 48.667°W / 38.233; -48.667). Her crew survived.[37]
 Netherlands The cargo ship collided with ( Greece) in the English Channel and was beached at Hythe, Kent, United Kingdom. The crew were taken off by ( United Kingdom).[37][38] She was refloated on 6 February.[39]

29 January[]

List of shipwrecks: 29 January 1929
Ship Country Description
 United Kingdom The cargo ship ran aground at Bridgeness, West Lothian.[40] She was refloated on 12 March.[41]
 United Kingdom The tug was struck by the propeller of City of Cairo ( United Kingdom) at Liverpool, Lancashire and sank.[37]

30 January[]

List of shipwrecks: 30 January 1929
Ship Country Description
Angela  United Kingdom The auxiliary schooner was wrecked at Valparaiso, Chile.[42]
 United States The cargo ship ran aground off Castle Island, Bermuda.[43] She was refloated on 5 February.[44]
 United Kingdom The schooner sprang a leak in the Atlantic Ocean and was abandoned (33°30′N 57°30′W / 33.500°N 57.500°W / 33.500; -57.500). Her crew were rescued by Manistee ( United Kingdom).[42]

Unknown January[]

List of shipwrecks: unknown January 1929
Ship Country Description
 United States The trawler left the harbor of New York City for the Georges Bank on 10 January. She was last heard from on 13 January. A lifeboat from the trawler was found empty on 30 January. Lost with all 21 hands.[45]

February[]

1 February[]

List of shipwrecks: 1 February 1929
Ship Country Description
 France The cargo ship foundered in the Mediterranean Sea off Cape Villano Algeria with the loss of a crew member.[46]
 United Kingdom The schooner was abandoned and set on fire in the Atlantic Ocean (32°33′N 41°47′W / 32.550°N 41.783°W / 32.550; -41.783). Her crew were rescued by ( United Kingdom).[47]

2 February[]

List of shipwrecks: 2 February 1929
Ship Country Description
 United States The cargo liner ran aground in Cawsand Bay, Cornwall, United Kingdom. Her 21 passengers were landed before she was refloated later that day.[46][47]
 United Kingdom The cargo ship ran aground off Dungeness, Kent.[47] She was refloated on 6 February.[39]
 United Kingdom The cargo ship collided with ( United Kingdom) in the North Sea 4 nautical miles (7.4 km) north east of Flamborough Head, Yorkshire and sank. All sixteen crew were rescued by Olavus.[48][49]
 Soviet Union The cargo ship ran aground at the north entrance to the Bosporus.[50] She was refloated on 26 February.[51]

3 February[]

List of shipwrecks: 3 February 1929
Ship Country Description
 United Kingdom The cargo ship was driven ashore at Beira, Portuguese East Africa in a storm.[52] She was refloated on 9 February.[53]

4 February[]

List of shipwrecks: 4 February 1929
Ship Country Description
 Germany The cargo ship ran aground at Oporto, Portugal and sank with the loss of all hands.[49]
 Belgium The cargo ship ran aground 4 nautical miles (7.4 km) south of Valencia, Spain. She was refloated on 13 February.[49][54]

5 February[]

List of shipwrecks: 5 February 1929
Ship Country Description
 United Kingdom The schooner caught fire and sank at Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada.[55]
 United States The cargo ship ran aground near Banes, Cuba.[56] She was refloated on 11 February.[57]
 Greece The cargo ship was abandoned off Cape Spartivento, Calabria, Italy after her tow parted. All five crew were rescued by ( Italy).[55]

6 February[]

List of shipwrecks: 6 February 1929
Ship Country Description
 United States The schooner came ashore near , North Carolina and was a total loss.[56]
 Norway The cargo ship foundered in the North Sea 280 nautical miles (520 km) off Aberdeen, United Kingdom. All thirteen crew were rescued by the trawler Sophie Busse ( Germany).[56]

7 February[]

List of shipwrecks: 7 February 1929
Ship Country Description
 Italy The passenger ship ran aground at Constanţa, Romania.[58] She was refloated on 10 February.[59]

9 February[]

List of shipwrecks: 9 February 1929
Ship Country Description
 Australia The collier foundered off , South Australia with the loss of six crew.[53]

11 February[]

List of shipwrecks: 11 February 1929
Ship Country Description
 United Kingdom The cargo ship collided with ( Belgium) in the Scheldt at , Belgium and was beached.[59]
 France The cargo ship ran aground in the Scheldt at Antwerp, Belgium.[59] She was refloated the next day, but the tug ( France) capsized and sank killing five of her seven crew.[60][61]
 Belgium The passenger ferry ran aground in Dover Harbour, Kent and sank. All passengers and crew were rescued.[60] She was refloated on 20 February.[62]

12 February[]

List of shipwrecks: 12 February 1929
Ship Country Description
A.B.70  Netherlands The tug foundered in the North Sea off the ( Netherlands).[61]
Alloway  United States After her engine failed during a voyage with a cargo of 4,500 tons of lumber from Seattle, Washington, to Yokohama, Japan, on 10 February and the steamer ( United States) took her under tow on 11 February, the 6,113-gross register ton cargo steamer was wrecked on the coast of Ugamak Island in the Aleutian Islands after the towline broke in Unimak Pass during a gale and an attempt to anchor her failed when she dragged her anchor. Her crew of 35 survived, but she broke up on 14 February and became a total loss.[63]
 Germany The cargo ship ran aground on Anholt, Denmark. Her crew were rescued by the icebreaker ( Denmark).[64]
 United Kingdom The cargo ship ran aground west of , Devon. All crew were rescued.[65]
 United Kingdom The cargo ship collided with ( Norway) in the River Thames at Gravesend, Kent and was beached. She was refloated later that day.[61]

13 February[]

List of shipwrecks: 13 February 1929
Ship Country Description
 Japan The cargo ship ran aground on , Alaska, United States.[54] She broke in two on 22 February and was a total loss.[66]

14 February[]

List of shipwrecks: 14 February 1929
Ship Country Description
 Sweden The cargo ship was rammed by ( Denmark) at Methil, Fife, United Kingdom and sank.[67]
 Isle of Man The auxiliary three-masted schooner was destroyed by fire at Maryport, Cumberland, United Kingdom.[67][68]

15 February[]

List of shipwrecks: 15 February 1929
Ship Country Description
 France The ship foundered in the Black Sea. All crew and a passenger survived.[68]
 Belgium The tanker collided with Galicia ( Germany) in the Scheldt and was beached. She was refloated later that day.[68]
 Soviet Union The cargo ship foundered in the Black Sea south of Sozopol. Her crew took to two lifeboats, but one of them was lost.[69]
 France The cargo ship ran aground in the Black Sea off , Soviet Union. Her crew were rescued.[69]

19 February[]

List of shipwrecks: 19 February 1929
Ship Country Description
Kanowa  Australia The cargo liner sank after running aground the previous day on Cleft Island, Victoria. All on board were rescued by ( Australia).[70]

19 February[]

List of shipwrecks: 19 February 1929
Ship Country Description
 United Kingdom The passenger ferry came ashore at Dunkerque, Nord, France. All 29 passengers were taken off by a tender.[71] She was refloated the next day.[72]
 Norway The cargo ship ran aground at Sagres Point, Portugal.[73] She was a total loss.[66]

21 February[]

List of shipwrecks: 21 February 1929
Ship Country Description
 United Kingdom The cargo ship ran aground at , Denmark.[74] She was refloated on 8 March.[75]

22 February[]

List of shipwrecks: 22 February 1929
Ship Country Description
 United Kingdom The cargo ship ran aground on Ailsa Craig in the Firth of Forth.[76]

23 February[]

List of shipwrecks: 23 February 1929
Ship Country Description
 Latvia The cargo ship ran aground at Skagen, Denmark. Her crew were taken off. She refloated herself on 24 February and drifted out to sea.[76]
 Germany The cargo ship ran aground on the Lephtari Rocks, Skiathos, Greece.[77] She was declared a total loss on 16 March.[78]

24 February[]

List of shipwrecks: 24 February 1929
Ship Country Description
 United Kingdom The cargo ship collided with ( United Kingdom) at Newhaven, Sussex and was beached. She was refloated later that day and found to be severely damaged.[76]

25 February[]

List of shipwrecks: 25 February 1929
Ship Country Description
 Germany The cargo ship collided with West Hika ( United States) in the Scheldt and was beached at Walsoorden, Netherlands.[79] She was refloated the next day.[51]
 Germany The cargo ship collided with ( United Kingdom) in the Scheldt and was beached at Bath, the Netherlands.[79]
 United Kingdom The cargo ship collided with Media ( United Kingdom) in the River Thames at Tilbury, Essex and was beached.[79] She was refloated the next day.[51]

26 February[]

List of shipwrecks: 26 February 1929
Ship Country Description
 Italy The cargo ship collided with ( United Kingdom) at Suez, Egypt and sank.[51]

27 February[]

List of shipwrecks: 27 February 1929
Ship Country Description
 Greece The cargo ship ran aground at Tuzla, Constanţa, Romania.[80]

28 February[]

List of shipwrecks: 28 February 1929
Ship Country Description
 United Kingdom The cargo ship ran aground on the Sandettie Bank, North Sea. She was refloated but subsequently foundered 4 nautical miles (7.4 km) south of the ( Belgium). Her crew were rescued.[81][82]
Liberty Glo  United States The Design 1022 cargo ship ran aground off Terneuzen, Netherlands.[82] She was refloated on 2 March.[83]
 France The coaster sprang a leak and sank in the English Channel off Barfleur, Manche with the loss of six of her thirteen crew.[84]
 United Kingdom The cargo ship caught fire at Buenaventura, Valle del Cauca, Colombia. She was carrying a cargo of explosives and all but four crew evacuated the ship. She then exploded and sank with the loss of the four crew aboard.[85][86]

March[]

1 March[]

List of shipwrecks: 1 March 1929
Ship Country Description
 Italy The cargo ship was driven ashore at Trieste, Friuli-Venezia Giulia in a storm.[83] She had been refloated by 7 March.[87]
 Italy The cargo ship was driven ashore at Trieste in a storm.[83] She had been refloated by 7 March.[87]
 Italy The cargo ship was driven ashore at Trieste in a storm.[83] She had been refloated by 7 March.[87]
 Italy The cargo ship was driven ashore at Trieste in a storm.[83] She had been refloated by 7 March.[87]
 Italy The cargo ship was driven ashore at Trieste in a storm.[83] She had been refloated by 7 March.[87]
 Italy The cargo ship was driven ashore at Trieste in a storm.[83] She had been refloated by 7 March.[87]

2 March[]

List of shipwrecks: 2 March 1929
Ship Country Description
 Greece The cargo ship ran aground at Chania, Crete.[83] She was declared a total loss on 5 March.[88]
 Sweden The cargo ship struck ice and sank in the Skaggerak 5 nautical miles (9.3 km) off the . The crew were rescued by Sampo (Flag of Finland (state).svg Finland).[83]

3 March[]

List of shipwrecks: 3 March 1929
Ship Country Description
 United States The passenger ship ran aground in Narragansett Bay. The passengers were taken off by four United States Navy vessels. She was refloated later that day and sailed to Providence, Rhode Island where her passengers were reboarded.[89]
 United Kingdom The tug sank in the River Humber.[83]

5 March[]

List of shipwrecks: 5 March 1929
Ship Country Description
 United Kingdom The tanker ran aground at Bo'ness, West Lothian.[88] She was refloated on 8 March.[75]
 United Kingdom The coaster ran aground at Ballinacurra, County Cork, Ireland.[88] She was refloated on 8 March.[75]

6 March[]

List of shipwrecks: 6 March 1929
Ship Country Description
Alfe (or Alf E)  United States The 11-gross register ton motor vessel broke her moorings in Yakutat Bay on the south-central coast of the Territory of Alaska and washed ashore at (59°33′30″N 139°50′15″W / 59.55833°N 139.83750°W / 59.55833; -139.83750 (Point Carrew)), where she became a complete wreck.[63]

7 March[]

List of shipwrecks: 7 March 1929
Ship Country Description
 Japan The cargo ship ran aground on Kama Island, Guam.[90] She was declared a total loss on 11 March.[91]
 United States The cargo ship ran aground on the Oregon coast (approximately 44°N 124°W / 44°N 124°W / 44; -124).[90] She was still aground on 9 May.[92]

8 March[]

List of shipwrecks: 8 March 1929
Ship Country Description
 United Kingdom The collier was in collision with ( France) in the Thames Estuary and was beached off Mucking, Essex.[75]

10 March[]

List of shipwrecks: 10 March 1929
Ship Country Description
Phoenix VII  United States The 28-gross register ton 46.4-foot (14.1 m) motor vessel was wrecked on rocks at (55°10′40″N 131°36′15″W / 55.17778°N 131.60417°W / 55.17778; -131.60417 (Driest Point)) on Annette Island in the Alexander Archipelago in Southeast Alaska after her engine broke down during a gale. Her crew survived.[93]

11 March[]

List of shipwrecks: 11 March 1929
Ship Country Description
 United States The passenger ship ran aground on Ticao, Philippines and was wrecked. The passengers were rescued.[94]

12 March[]

List of shipwrecks: 12 March 1929
Ship Country Description
 United Kingdom The coaster collided with ( United Kingdom) in the North Sea off the Farne Islands and sank with the loss of four of her seven crew.[95]

13 March[]

List of shipwrecks: 13 March 1929
Ship Country Description
 United Kingdom The barque ran aground at Carteret, Basse Normandie, France and was wrecked.[96]
 Germany The cargo ship ran aground on Button Rock off the mouth of the Yangtze, China. She broke in two and was a total loss. The crew were rescued by ( United Kingdom).[96][97]

14 March[]

List of shipwrecks: 14 March 1929
Ship Country Description
 United Kingdom The barquentine was in collision with ( United Kingdom) in the North Sea off Flamborough Head, Yorkshire and sank. Her crew were rescued by Broadgarth.[98]
 Belgium The cargo ship struck a submerged wreck in the Mediterranean Sea off Vesta Rock or Plane Island, Tunisia and sank. Her crew were rescued by ( United Kingdom).[98]

18 March[]

List of shipwrecks: 18 March 1929
Ship Country Description
 United Kingdom The lightship was rammed and sunk in the English Channel off Deal, Kent by ( United Kingdom) with the loss of one of her seven crew. Survivors were rescued by the motorboat Lady Beatty and transferred to City of York.[99] Having been refloated, she was beached between Pegwell Bay and Deal on 6 July.[100] She was repaired and entered service as the ( United Kingdom).[101]

20 March[]

List of shipwrecks: 20 March 1929
Ship Country Description
 Portugal The cargo ship collided with the trawler Adine ( France) in the English Channel off St. Catherine's Point, Isle of Wight (50°27′N 0°35′W / 50.450°N 0.583°W / 50.450; -0.583) and sank. Her crew were rescued by Adine.[102]

21 March[]

List of shipwrecks: 21 March 1929
Ship Country Description
 Norway The cargo ship came ashore on the Santa Fe coast, Brazil.[103] She was refloated on 25 March.[104]

22 March[]

List of shipwrecks: 22 March 1929
Ship Country Description
I'm Alone  Canada Prohibition in the United States: The auxiliary schooner was intercepted in the Gulf of Mexico off the coast of Louisiana by ( United States Coast Guard), which suspected her of rum-running. She disobeyed orders to stop and was shelled and sunk by USCGC Dexter ( United States Coast Guard) with the loss of a crew member.[105]

24 March[]

List of shipwrecks: 24 March 1929
Ship Country Description
 United Kingdom The cargo ship ran aground at Prawle Point, Devon. She was refloated on 12 June and beached at Horsley Sand,[106] then refloated again on 13 July.[107]

25 March[]

List of shipwrecks: 25 March 1929
Ship Country Description
Germaine L D  France The cargo ship collided with ( United Kingdom) in the North Sea off Vlissingen, Netherlands and was beached at . She was refloated the next day.
 Greece The cargo ship ran aground on Lundy Island, Devon, United Kingdom.[104][108] Her eighteen crew were rescued. Maria Kyriakides was refloated eighteen months later.[36]
 United Kingdom The cargo ship ran aground at Warnemünde, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany.[104] She was refloated on 15 April.[109]

26 March[]

List of shipwrecks: 26 March 1929
Ship Country Description
Europa  Germany
Europa

The ocean liner was severely damaged by fire during fitting-out at Hamburg. She was subsequently repaired and entered service in February 1930.

27 March[]

List of shipwrecks: 27 March 1929
Ship Country Description
 Germany The cargo ship collided with ( Netherlands) in the North Sea off the Dutch coast and sank. Her crew were rescued by Batavier I.[110]

28 March[]

List of shipwrecks: 28 March 1929
Ship Country Description
 China The coaster collided with Libia ( Regia Marina) off Woosung and sank with the loss of 30 crew.[111]
 Denmark The cargo ship collided with ( France) in the Bay of Biscay (approximately 46°N 7°W / 46°N 7°W / 46; -7) and sank. Her crew were rescued by Elima.[111]

29 March[]

List of shipwrecks: 29 March 1929
Ship Country Description
 United Kingdom The cargo ship ran aground in the Paraná River, Argentina.[111] She was refloated on 17 April.[112]
Selje  Norway The cargo ship collided with ( United Kingdom) in the Pacific Ocean 120 nautical miles (220 km) west of Port Phillip, Victoria, Australia and sank. Her crew were rescued by Kaituna.[111][113]

30 March[]

List of shipwrecks: 30 March 1929
Ship Country Description
 United Kingdom The coaster ran aground at Enniscrone, County Sligo, Ireland.[113] She was refloated on 6 April.[114]

31 March[]

List of shipwrecks: 31 March 1929
Ship Country Description
 United Kingdom The cargo ship struck rocks in the Yangtze 80 nautical miles (150 km) downstream of Hangkow, China and sank.[113]

Unknown date[]

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date March 1929
Ship Country Description
Alice B  United States The halibut schooner was wrecked in "West Bay" — presumably a reference to (60°54′N 146°47′W / 60.900°N 146.783°W / 60.900; -146.783 (West Bay Cove)) — on the south-central coast of the Territory of Alaska.[63]

April[]

5 April[]

List of shipwrecks: 5 April 1929
Ship Country Description
Discoverer  United States The motor vessel was stranded on the south-central coast of the Territory of Alaska 12 nautical miles (22 km; 14 mi) southwest of (59°12′00″N 150°57′30″W / 59.20000°N 150.95833°W / 59.20000; -150.95833 (Gore Point)).[115]

6 April[]

List of shipwrecks: 6 April 1929
Ship Country Description
 United States The four-masted schooner collided with USS Childs ( United States Navy) in the Atlantic Ocean off North Carolina and sank.[114]
 Greece The cargo ship was abandoned in the Mediterranean Sea (41°15′N 3°50′E / 41.250°N 3.833°E / 41.250; 3.833).[116]

7 April[]

List of shipwrecks: 7 April 1929
Ship Country Description
 United Kingdom The passenger ship caught fire at Fishguard, Pembrokeshire and was declared a constructive total loss and was scrapped in 1930.[116][117]
Paris  France The ocean liner ran aground in New York Harbor, United States. She was refloated 36 hours later.[118]

8 April[]

List of shipwrecks: 8 April 1929
Ship Country Description
 United States The cargo ship ran aground at , South Africa.[119] She was declared a constructive total loss on 12 April.[120] She broke in two on 1 June.[121]

11 April[]

List of shipwrecks: 11 April 1929
Ship Country Description
Wilhelmina  Sweden The cargo ship ran aground on Gisseloresand and was wrecked.[122]

12 April[]

List of shipwrecks: 12 April 1929
Ship Country Description
 United Kingdom The whaler foundered off South Georgia with the loss of all hands.[123]
 United Kingdom The cargo ship sank at Launceston, Tasmania, Australia.[124]

13 April[]

List of shipwrecks: 13 April 1929
Ship Country Description
 Germany The schooner collided with ( Sweden) off the ( Germany) and sank.[125]
 France The cargo ship caught fire in the Atlantic Ocean (42°37′N 48°34′W / 42.617°N 48.567°W / 42.617; -48.567) and was abandoned.[124]

14 April[]

List of shipwrecks: 14 April 1929
Ship Country Description
 United Kingdom The cargo ship foundered in the North Sea ran aground on the Haisborough Sands, Norfolk and sank.[126]
 United Kingdom The coaster collided with ( United Kingdom) in the North Sea off Great Yarmouth, Norfolk and sank with the loss of one of her eight crew. Survivors were rescued by Andelle.[127]

17 April[]

List of shipwrecks: 17 April 1929
Ship Country Description
 Norway The cargo ship ran aground on the Alligator Reef, in the Caribbean Sea 51 nautical miles (94 km) west south west of Kingston, Jamaica. She was refloated on 23 April.[112][128]
 United States The schooner sank in the Atlantic Ocean 25 nautical miles (46 km) north of Bermuda. Eight crew were rescued by the yacht Amida ( United States) off the coast of Florida (24°25′N 64°35′W / 24.417°N 64.583°W / 24.417; -64.583) on 25 April, a ninth crew member had died the previous day.[129][130]

18 April[]

List of shipwrecks: 18 April 1929
Ship Country Description
Paris  France The ocean liner ran aground on the Eddystone Rocks, Cornwall, United Kingdom. She was refloated two hours later. She was anchored off Penlee, Cornwall where 157 of her passengers were taken off by a tender and landed at Plymouth, Devon.[131]
 Netherlands The dredger came ashore at Cadiz, Spain and sank.[132]

20 April[]

List of shipwrecks: 20 April 1929
Ship Country Description
 United Kingdom The schooner came ashore at Channel, Newfoundland and was a total loss.[132]
Johanne  Germany The auxiliary sailing vessel collided with ( United States) at Hamburg and sank with the loss of a crew member.[132]

22 April[]

List of shipwrecks: 22 April 1929
Ship Country Description
Shamrock  United States The 13-gross register ton, 38.5-foot (11.7 m) motor vessel was wrecked in rough weather on the south-central coast of the Territory of Alaska about 2 nautical miles (3.7 km; 2.3 mi) south of Ninilchik.[133]
 Japan The cargo liner struck rocks and sank off Cape Erimo, Hokkaidō with heavy loss of life.[134][135]

25 April[]

List of shipwrecks: 25 April 1929
Ship Country Description
 Norway The cargo ship caught fire in the North Sea and was beached at Egersund, Norway.[136]

27 April[]

List of shipwrecks: 27 April 1929
Ship Country Description
Duchess of Richmond  United Kingdom The ocean liner ran aground at Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada. Her passengers were taken off. She was refloated the next day.[137][138]

29 April[]

List of shipwrecks: 29 April 1929
Ship Country Description
 Argentina The cargo ship ran aground on . She refloated but subsequently foundered.[138]
 Sweden The cargo ship collided with ( Denmark) off Dragør, Denmark and sank. Her crew were rescued by Douro.[138]
Francis L. Taussig  United States While at anchor in fog in Vineyard Sound off the coast of Massachusetts, 1 nautical mile (1.9 km; 1.2 mi) north of East Chop Light on Martha's Vineyard, with a cargo of coal on board, the 194-foot (59 m) four-masted schooner sank with no loss of life in 60 feet (18 m) of water at 42°29.14′N 070°33.88′W / 42.48567°N 70.56467°W / 42.48567; -70.56467 (Francis L. Taussig) after another ship accidentally rammed her.[139]
 Norway The cargo ship ran aground on the Alacran Reef, Mexico and was a total loss.[140]
Viking  United Kingdom The cargo ship caught fire and sank in the Philippine Sea (approximately 11°N 123°E / 11°N 123°E / 11; 123) with the loss of seventeen crew.[138]

Unknown date[]

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date April 1929
Ship Country Description
Franconia  United Kingdom The ocean liner collided in Shanghai harbour with an Italian gunboat and a Japanese cargo steamer.[141]

May[]

2 May[]

List of shipwrecks: 2 May 1929
Ship Country Description
 United Kingdom The cargo ship collided with ( Spain) at New York, United States and was beached. Her crew were rescued by the fireboat Zophar Mills ( United States) and a tug.[142][143] She was refloated on 10 May.[144]

3 May[]

List of shipwrecks: 3 May 1929
Ship Country Description
 United Kingdom The cargo ship collided with ( United Kingdom) at Montevideo, Uruguay and was beached near the Recalada a Bahía Blanca Lighthouse, Argentina.[143]

4 May[]

List of shipwrecks: 4 May 1929
Ship Country Description
Margaret Olsen  United States The tug sank off Hamilton Avenue, Brooklyn, New York, five minutes after colliding with the ferry Joseph A. Guider ( United States). All six people on board Margaret Olsen survived.[145]

5 May[]

List of shipwrecks: 5 May 1929
Ship Country Description
Roald Amundson  United States The 30-gross register ton, 49.5-foot (15.1 m) fishing vessel was destroyed by a fire that broke out in her engine room and sank in on the coast of British Columbia, Canada. Her crew abandoned ship in a lifeboat and poled it by hand for 40 nautical miles (74 km; 46 mi) before the lighthouse tender Newington ( Canada) rescued them.[146]
Winnipeg  United Kingdom The Thames barge sank off Southend Pier, Essex.[147]

10 May[]

List of shipwrecks: 10 May 1929
Ship Country Description
September  United Kingdom The Thames barge was struck by ( United Kingdom) and sank in the River Thames at West Thurrock, Essex.[144]

12 May[]

List of shipwrecks: 12 May 1929
Ship Country Description
 United States The cargo ship caught fire at Victoria, British Columbia, Canada and was a total loss.[148]

15 May[]

List of shipwrecks: 15 May 1929
Ship Country Description
 United States The cargo ship ran aground at Eagle River, Michigan and was abandoned.[149]

26 May[]

List of shipwrecks: 26 May 1929
Ship Country Description
Aleutian  United States The 5,708-gross register ton passenger steamer sank with the loss of one crewman seven minutes after striking a pinnacle rock off the south end of (57°25′30″N 153°50′30″W / 57.42500°N 153.84167°W / 57.42500; -153.84167 (Amook Island)) in (57°48′00″N 154°04′00″W / 57.8000°N 154.0667°W / 57.8000; -154.0667 (Uyak Bay)) on the coast of Kodiak Island in the Territory of Alaska. Everyone else on board – 39 passengers and 114 crewmen – was rescued by a small motorboat and a cannery tender.[63][150][151][152]

27 May[]

List of shipwrecks: 27 May 1929
Ship Country Description
 United Kingdom The cargo ship collided with ( United Kingdom) in the North Sea off Cromer, Norfolk and sank. Her crew were rescued by The Sultan.[153]

28 May[]

List of shipwrecks: 28 May 1929
Ship Country Description
 Greece The cargo ship ran aground 2 nautical miles (3.7 km) off Staithes, Yorkshire, United Kingdom. Her crew were rescued.[154][155]
Sea Bird  United States The 12-gross register ton, 35.5-foot (10.8 m) fishing vessel was destroyed in (56°59′55″N 133°05′30″W / 56.99861°N 133.09167°W / 56.99861; -133.09167 (Cape Strait)) in Southeast Alaska by a fire that started when her carburetor backfired. The only person on board abandoned ship and was rescued from the water by the motor vessel Betty ( United States).[133]
 Japan The passenger ship caught fire in the Pacific Ocean off Sakhalin, Soviet Union and sank with the loss of all on board.[156][157]

June[]

3 June[]

List of shipwrecks: 3 June 1929
Ship Country Description
 United States The cargo ship ran aground in the Neches River, Texas.[158] She was refloated on 15 June.[159]
 United Kingdom The coaster ran aground on the west coast of Guernsey, Channel Islands. She broke in tow and sank. All eleven crew survived.[160]
 United Kingdom The cargo ship came ashore at Atwood Cay, Bahamas.[121] She was refloated on 10 June.[161]
Valvadere  United States The 10-gross register ton 40-foot (12 m) gasoline-powered wooden fishing vessel burned near the Copper River in the Territory of Alaska. Her crew of two survived. She later was salvaged, repaired, and returned to service.[162]

4 June[]

List of shipwrecks: 4 June 1929
Ship Country Description
Jane  United Kingdom The schooner foundered in the Irish Sea 6 nautical miles (11 km) east of Annalong, County Down.[156][158]
 United Kingdom The tanker caught fire in the Atlantic Ocean off Rio Grande and was severely damaged.[158]

7 June[]

List of shipwrecks: 7 June 1929
Ship Country Description
 Norway The cargo ship ran aground east of Astove Island, Seychelles. Her crew were rescued.[163][164]

10 June[]

List of shipwrecks: 10 June 1929
Ship Country Description
 United Kingdom The cargo ship ran aground off the San Carlos Lighthouse, Philippines.[165] She was refloated on 14 June.[166]
 United States The auxiliary schooner caught fire in the Atlantic Ocean and was abandoned (44°03′N 58°50′W / 44.050°N 58.833°W / 44.050; -58.833).[167]

11 June[]

List of shipwrecks: 11 June 1929
Ship Country Description
 Greece The cargo ship sprang a leak in the Sea of Marmara and was beached at , Turkey.[167] She was refloated later that day.[168]
 Italy The cargo ship ran aground in the Paraná River, Argentina.[167]
 United Kingdom The schooner lost her rudder and was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean (37°28′N 67°26′W / 37.467°N 67.433°W / 37.467; -67.433). She was set afire by her crew, who were rescued by ( United Kingdom).[106]
 United States The cargo ship ran aground on the , Bahamas.[167] She was refloated some days later and arrived at Key West, Florida on 22 June.[169]

14 June[]

List of shipwrecks: 14 June 1929
Ship Country Description
 United Kingdom The cargo ship ran aground in the and was beached on White Island, Northwest Territories, Canada.[170] She was refloated on 9 July.[171]
 Greece The cargo ship ran aground on the Grundkallegrund, Baltic Sea. She was refloated on 17 June.[172]

16 June[]

List of shipwrecks: 16 June 1929
Ship Country Description
 United Kingdom The tug sank in the River Thames at North Woolwich, London.[159] She was raised on 18 June.[173]

17 June[]

List of shipwrecks: 17 June 1929
Ship Country Description
 United States The cargo ship ran aground in the Columbia River and broke in two with the loss of a crew member.[172][174]

21 June[]

List of shipwrecks: 21 June 1929
Ship Country Description
 Norway The cargo ship ran aground at Storbaaen Stadt and sank. Her crew were rescued.[169]

24 June[]

List of shipwrecks: 24 June 1929
Ship Country Description
 United Kingdom The cargo ship ran aground at American River, South Australia.[175] She was refloated on 27 June.[176]

25 June[]

List of shipwrecks: 25 June 1929
Ship Country Description
Passat  Germany The barque collided with the ( United Kingdom) in the North Sea off the ( United Kingdom) and was severely damaged. She was towed into Rotterdam, Netherlands by British Governor.[176][177]
 Norway The coaster sprang a leak in the Kattegat off Lyngør, Norway and sank with the loss of a crew member.[177]

27 June[]

List of shipwrecks: 27 June 1929
Ship Country Description
 United Kingdom The cargo ship came ashore on the west coast of Madagascar.[176]
 United Kingdom The cargo ship sank after colliding with ( United Kingdom) off .[178]

July[]

1 July[]

List of shipwrecks: 1 July 1929
Ship Country Description
 United Kingdom The cargo ship came ashore at Cape Cornwall. Her crew were rescued,[179] but she broke in two on 5 July and was a total loss.[100]

2 July[]

List of shipwrecks: 2 July 1929
Ship Country Description
 United States The cargo ship came ashore at Point Conception, California.[180] She was refloated on 11 July.[107]

5 July[]

List of shipwrecks: 5 July 1929
Ship Country Description
 Japan The cargo ship ran aground at Kamaishi.[181] She was declared a total loss on 6 August.[182]

7 July[]

List of shipwrecks: 7 July 1929
Ship Country Description
 Greece The cargo ship ran aground on , Var, France. Her crew abandoned ship.[183] She was declared a total loss on 17 July.[12]
 United Kingdom The schooner foundered at North West River, Labrador. Her crew survived.[184]

8 July[]

List of shipwrecks: 8 July 1929
Ship Country Description
 Sweden The cargo ship ran aground in the North Sea off Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, United Kingdom and sank. All eighteen crew were rescued by ( Netherlands).[185]
 United Kingdom The cargo ship ran aground in the Paraná River, Argentina.[186] She was refloated on 11 July.[187]
 United States The salvage vessel sank in the . All crew were rescued.[186]
 Belgium The cargo ship foundered in the harbour at Zeebrugge after her cargo shifted.[188][171]
Solent  United Kingdom The Thames barge sank at Zeebrugge, West Flanders, Belgium.[183]
 Japan The cargo ship collided with ( Japan) at Shimonoseki and was beached.[183] She was refloated on 11 July.[189]

9 July[]

List of shipwrecks: 9 July 1929
Ship Country Description
HMS H47  Royal Navy The H-class submarine collided with HMS L12 ( Royal Navy) in the Bristol Channel off Milford Haven, Pembrokeshire and sank with the loss of 21 of her 24 crew.
Tay  United Kingdom The auxiliary sailing ship was wrecked at Sunderland, Co. Durham.[183]

10 July[]

List of shipwrecks: 10 July 1929
Ship Country Description
 Japan The passenger ship came ashore at Tokuyama. All on board were rescued.[171] She was refloated on 20 July.[190]
 United Kingdom The collier caught fire in the Indian Ocean off Durban, South Africa (32°01′S 40°41′E / 32.017°S 40.683°E / -32.017; 40.683).[187][191] She was abandoned on 12 July, with her crew being rescued by ( United Kingdom).[107] On 31 July, she was reported by ( United Kingdom) to be still afloat and was again reported on 14 August as being 50 nautical miles (93 km) north of Durban. The minesweepers and (both  South African Navy) were despatched to locate her.[192] She was anchored of East London on 20 August.[193] She was driven ashore on 12 September and was a total loss.[194]
 Japan The cargo ship collided with ( Japan) at and was beached.[171] She was refloated on 14 July.[195]

11 July[]

List of shipwrecks: 11 July 1929
Ship Country Description
Margarethe  Germany The auxiliary sailing ship collided with ( Finland) in the North Sea off Cuxhaven, Germany and sank with the loss of two crew.[189]

12 July[]

List of shipwrecks: 12 July 1929
Ship Country Description
 United Kingdom The cargo ship ran aground in the Paraná River, Argentina.[107] She was refloated on 15 July.[196]
 United Kingdom The cargo ship collided with ( Spain) in the Bristol Channel (50°42′N 5°07′W / 50.700°N 5.117°W / 50.700; -5.117) and sank. Her crew were rescued by Cristina.[187][197]
 Japan The cargo ship ran aground at , Sakhalin, Soviet Union.[187] She was refloated on 17 July.[12]

13 July[]

List of shipwrecks: 13 July 1929
Ship Country Description
Rose Marie  United States The 22-gross register ton, 41.7-foot (12.7 m) fishing vessel burned and sank off the Porcupine Islands (57°48′N 136°23′W / 57.800°N 136.383°W / 57.800; -136.383 (Porcupine Islands)) in Southeast Alaska. Her crew of two was rescued by the troller T860 and the vessel Virginia III (both  United States).[146]

15 July[]

List of shipwrecks: 15 July 1929
Ship Country Description
 United Kingdom The cargo ship ran aground at Llanelli, Carmarthenshire.[196] She was refloated on 19 July.[198]

16 July[]

List of shipwrecks: 16 July 1929
Ship Country Description
 Chilean Navy The transport ship foundered in the Pacific Ocean off San Antonio with the loss of 42 of her 43 crew.[199][200]
 United Kingdom The schooner can aground at Ireland's Eye, Newfoundland and was a total loss.[196][201]

17 July[]

List of shipwrecks: 17 July 1929
Ship Country Description
 Germany The cargo liner ran aground at , China. Her passengers were taken off by USS Paul Jones and some of the crew were taken off by USS Black Hawk (both  United States Navy).[12][201] She was refloated on 20 July and beached off Tsingtao.[198] She had to be beached again on 22 August but was refloated later that day.[202]
USS General Alava  United States Navy The cargo ship was sunk as a target off the coast of China.

19 July[]

List of shipwrecks: 19 July 1929
Ship Country Description
 United Kingdom The cargo ship ran aground on Anticosti Island, Quebec, Canada.[203] She was refloated on 24 July.[204]
 Italy The cargo ship ran aground on , Djibouti, French Somaliland.[203] She was refloated on 23 July.[205]

21 July[]

List of shipwrecks: 21 July 1929
Ship Country Description
 Germany The cargo ship ran aground at Djibouti, French Somaliland whilst assisting in the refloating of ( Italy).[198] She was refloated on 23 July.[206]
 Japan The ship collided with ( Japan) 3 nautical miles (5.6 km) off the and sank with the loss of 60 lives.[190]

22 July[]

List of shipwrecks: 22 July 1929
Ship Country Description
 United Kingdom The schooner was destroyed by fire and sank at Raiatea, French Polynesia.[205]
 Norway The passenger ship was sunk off the Tvistein Lighthouse, Norway. All on board survived.[190]
 France The coaster collided with ( Germany) in the English Channel and sank. Her crew were rescued by Palermo.[207]
Pep  United States The 10-gross register ton 31.7-foot (9.7 m) fishing vessel sank in (60°38′N 146°04′W / 60.633°N 146.067°W / 60.633; -146.067 (Sheep Bay)) on the south-central coast of the Territory of Alaska. Her crew of three survived.[93]

23 July[]

List of shipwrecks: 23 July 1929
Ship Country Description
 Greece The cargo ship ran aground on Martín García Island, Uruguay.[204] She was refloated on 29 July.[208]

24 July[]

List of shipwrecks: 24 July 1929
Ship Country Description
 United Kingdom The cargo ship ran aground on the Mucarus Reef off the coast of Florida, United States.[204] She was refloated on 30 July.[209]
 United Kingdom The cargo ship collided with ( United Kingdom) in the English Channel 30 nautical miles (56 km) off , Dieppe, Seine-Inférieure, France and capsized and sank.[204]

26 July[]

List of shipwrecks: 26 July 1929
Ship Country Description
 United States The cargo ship ran aground on one of the Aleutian Islands, Alaska and was beached in .[210] She was refloated on 4 September.[211] but went aground again on 7 September in the . She was abandoned as a total loss on 13 September.[212]
 Greece The cargo ship ran aground at Aden. She broke her back and was a total loss.[213]
Unuk  United States With a crew of four aboard, the 12-gross register ton, 35.8-foot (10.9 m) fishing vessel collided with the vessel Confidence ( United States) about 1 nautical mile (1.9 km; 1.2 mi) north of near Ketchikan, Territory of Alaska. There was no loss of life. Confidence towed the wrecked Unuk into Wards Cove, where she was declared a total loss.[30]

29 July[]

List of shipwrecks: 29 July 1929
Ship Country Description
 United Kingdom The cargo ship collided with ( United Kingdom) off the Moria Shoal, Quebec, Canada and was beached.[208] She was refloated on 31 July.[214]

30 July[]

List of shipwrecks: 30 July 1929
Ship Country Description
 Chile The tug was wrecked in the .[209]

31 July[]

List of shipwrecks: 31 July 1929
Ship Country Description
 United Kingdom The schooner sprang a leak in the Bristol Channel and was beached at Margam, Glamorgan, Wales.[209]
 United States The tug lost her propeller in the Pacific Ocean 1,500 nautical miles (2,800 km) south of San Pedro, California. She was abandoned and sank.[215]
Norman A  United States The 10-net register ton motor vessel ran aground, burned, and sank on the northeast coast of (54°52′N 131°16′W / 54.867°N 131.267°W / 54.867; -131.267 (Kelp Island)) in Southeast Alaska. Her entire crew of three survived.[216]

August[]

3 August[]

List of shipwrecks: 3 August 1929
Ship Country Description
Aurora  Sweden The cargo ship foundered in the Baltic Sea (approximately 59°N 19°E / 59°N 19°E / 59; 19).[217]
 United States The ship suffered a breakage of her steering gear and ran aground in the Connecticut River. Her passengers were taken off and she was later refloated after discharging her cargo.[218]
Medway Queen  United Kingdom The paddle steamer collided with Southend Pier, Essex and was extensively damaged at the bows.[217]

4 August[]

List of shipwrecks: 4 August 1929
Ship Country Description
 Netherlands The cargo ship capsized and sank in the Mediterranean Sea 8 nautical miles (15 km) off Cape Ferrat, Alpes-Maritimes, France. All crew survived.[182][215]

5 August[]

List of shipwrecks: 5 August 1929
Ship Country Description
 United States The cargo ship ran aground off Providence, Rhode Island.[215] She was refloated on 10 August.[219]

6 August[]

List of shipwrecks: 6 August 1929
Ship Country Description
 United Kingdom The cargo ship ran aground in the Paraná River at , Argentina.[220] She was refloated on 12 August.[221]

8 August[]

List of shipwrecks: 8 August 1929
Ship Country Description
 United Kingdom The tanker caught fire off Canso, Nova Scotia, Canada and was abandoned.[222]

9 August[]

List of shipwrecks: 9 August 1929
Ship Country Description
 United Kingdom The cargo ship ran aground in the Paraná River at , Argentina.[219] She was refloated on 12 August but then ran aground again.[223]
 Italy The tug was in collision with Viceroy of India ( United Kingdom) at Venice and was beached.[219]

11 August[]

List of shipwrecks: 11 August 1929
Ship Country Description
 Honduras The four-masted schooner caught fire in the Atlantic Ocean off Uruguay (34°00′S 52°27′W / 34.000°S 52.450°W / -34.000; -52.450) and was abandoned.[224]

14 August[]

List of shipwrecks: 14 August 1929
Ship Country Description
 Portugal The auxiliary schooner was destroyed by fire at Beira, Portuguese East Africa.[223]

16 August[]

List of shipwrecks: 16 August 1929
Ship Country Description
 United Kingdom The cargo ship sank off the Minquiers Rocks, Jersey, Channel Islands. Her crew were rescued.[225]

17 August[]

List of shipwrecks: 17 August 1929
Ship Country Description
 Norway The cargo ship ran aground on Valsörarna, Finland.[226] She was refloated on 20 August but foundered later that day.[227] She was refloated again on 1 September.[228]

18 August[]

List of shipwrecks: 18 August 1929
Ship Country Description
 Spain The cargo ship collided with ( United Kingdom) in the North Sea off the ( United Kingdom) and sank with the loss of fifteen of her 25 crew. Survivors were rescued by King's Cross.[229]
 Japan The cargo ship ran aground on .[230] She was refloated on 10 September.[231]

19 August[]

List of shipwrecks: 19 August 1929
Ship Country Description
Deutschland  Germany The cargo ship collided with ( Germany) at Stettin, West Pomerania and sank.[232]
 United Kingdom The cargo ship ran aground at Oneglia, Liguria, Italy.[232] She was refloated on 24 August.[233]

20 August[]

List of shipwrecks: 20 August 1929
Ship Country Description
Paris  France The ocean liner was severely damaged by fire at Le Havre, Seine-Inférieure.[227] She was refloated on 11 September.

22 August[]

List of shipwrecks: 22 August 1929
Ship Country Description
 United Kingdom The tug capsized and sank at Yarmouth, Nova Scotia, Canada.[234]
Tresness  United Kingdom The auxiliary sailing vessel sank in the River Barrow at New Ross, County Wexford, Ireland.[202]
Cereal  United Kingdom The Thames barge ran aground, capsized and sank at Whitstable, Kent.[202] She was refloated on 25 August.[233]

25 August[]

List of shipwrecks: 25 August 1929
Ship Country Description
 Japan The cargo ship collided with ( United Kingdom) at Shimonoseki and was beached.[235]

26 August[]

List of shipwrecks: 26 August 1929
Ship Country Description
Corona  United States The 36-gross register ton motor schooner was destroyed by a fire and a series of explosions while fishing for halibut 15 nautical miles (28 km; 17 mi) west-southwest of Noyes Island in the Alexander Archipelago in Southeast Alaska. Her crew of 11 survived and was rescued by the motor vessel Tordenskold ( United States).[32]
 United Kingdom The cargo ship collided with the steamer ( United Kingdom) off the mouth of the Tyne in England and was beached.[236]

27 August[]

List of shipwrecks: 27 August 1929
Ship Country Description
Aurora  United States The 10-gross register ton fishing vessel was destroyed in Southeast Alaska near Sanitarium (now 56°50′05″N 135°22′20″W / 56.83472°N 135.37222°W / 56.83472; -135.37222 (Goddard)), 16 nautical miles (30 km; 18 mi) from Sitka, by a fire that began when her gasoline engine backfired. Her crew survived.[63]
 Spain The cargo ship ran aground on Brisant Rock, off .[237] She was refloated on 2 September.[238]
 United Kingdom The schooner came ashore at , Newfoundland and was a total loss.[236]
 Germany The cargo ship ran aground at , Denmark. Her crew were rescued.[237]

29 August[]

List of shipwrecks: 29 August 1929
Ship Country Description
San Juan  United States The passenger ship collided with ( United States) in the Pacific Ocean 15 miles (24 km) south east of Pigeon Point, California in dense fog and sank with the loss of 20 crew, including her captain, and 55 passengers of the 100 people on board.[228][239][240][241]

31 August[]

List of shipwrecks: 31 August 1929
Ship Country Description
Eagle  United Kingdom The tug collided with Alice ( United Kingdom) at Cardiff, Glamorgan and sank.[228] She was refloated on 3 September.[242]

Unknown date[]

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1929
Ship Country Description
Elisif  Norway The auxiliary schooner was lost in ice off the coast of Siberia while on an Arctic trading voyage. Her captain and crew of 20 reached Little Diomede Island in the Bering Strait in two launches, and the cutter USCGC Northland (Ensign of the United States Coast Guard (1915–1953).png United States Coast Guard) picked them up there.[243]

September[]

1 September[]

List of shipwrecks: 1 September 1929
Ship Country Description
 Norway The cargo ship was driven ashore at Cape Pine, Newfoundland and was a total loss. Her crew were rescued.[238]

2 September[]

List of shipwrecks: 2 September 1929
Ship Country Description
 Italy The cargo ship ran aground in the Paraná River, Argentina.[238] She was refloated on 5 September.[244]
 United Kingdom The sloop collided with ( United Kingdom) in the River Ouse at Blacktoft, Yorkshire and sank with the loss of both crew.[245]
 United States The cargo ship collided with Eurana ( United States) in Chesapeake Bay and sank with the loss of a crew member.[246]

3 September[]

List of shipwrecks: 3 September 1929
Ship Country Description
Dominion Coaster  United Kingdom The auxiliary sailing ship ran aground on Gammons Rocks, off White Head Island, New Brunswick, Canada and was a total loss.[242]
 United Kingdom The tug collided with the dredged G. B. Crow in the River Mersey at Liverpool, Lancashire and sank.[242]
 Norway The cargo ship ran aground at La Plata, Argentina.[242] She was refloated on 9 September.[231]
H I C #4  United States While under tow from Yakutat to the (59°20′55″N 139°18′00″W / 59.34861°N 139.30000°W / 59.34861; -139.30000 (Dangerous River)) in the Territory of Alaska with no crew or cargo aboard, the 27-ton scow's towline parted during a gale, and she drifted onto the Dangerous River Bar, where the surf pounded her to pieces.[247]

4 September[]

List of shipwrecks: 4 September 1929
Ship Country Description
Bluff  United States The 25-ton scow was broken up by surf during a gale while moored on the beach at (64°02′N 160°55′W / 64.033°N 160.917°W / 64.033; -160.917 (Egavik)) on the west-central coast of the Territory of Alaska. Her lone crewman survived.[248]
 Greece The cargo ship ran aground in the Paraná River, Argentina.[211] She was refloated on 24 September.[249]
 United Kingdom The schooner was destroyed by fire at St. Mary's Bay, Newfoundland.[250]

5 September[]

List of shipwrecks: 5 September 1929
Ship Country Description
Golden Forest  United States Badly damaged on 24 July when she struck a rock off when she diverted during a voyage from San Francisco, California, to Yokohama, Japan, to transfer a sick crew member to the cutter USCGC Haida (Ensign of the United States Coast Guard (1915–1953).png United States Coast Guard) in Unimak Pass in the Aleutian Islands, the 5,658-gross register ton steamer, with a crew of 34 and a 6,413 tons of cargo aboard, was wrecked in fog at (58°01′15″N 154°34′45″W / 58.02083°N 154.57917°W / 58.02083; -154.57917 (Cape Ilktugitak)) in the Shelikof Strait on the south coast of the Alaska Peninsula in the Territory of Alaska while steaming from Akutan in the Aleutians to Victoria, British Columbia, Canada, for repairs. The steamer Salvage King ( United Kingdom), which had been escorting Golden Forest, and an unidentified motor vessel rescued her crew.[251]
 Germany The auxiliary schooner collided with ( Denmark) in the Kaiser Wilhelm Canal and sank.[244]
 Norway The cargo ship ran at Florø, Norway.[252] She was refloated on 11 September.[253]
 Japan The cargo ship came ashore on Sesokojima.[250]

7 September[]

List of shipwrecks: 7 September 1929
Ship Country Description
 Denmark The cargo ship foundered in the Baltic Sea with the loss of all but one of her crew.[254]
Kuru  Finland The passenger ship capsized and sank in Näsijärvi lake, near Tampere with the loss of 136 of the 162 people on board. She was later raised, repaired and returned to service.
Libby, McNeill & Libby No. 1  United States While under tow by the tug North Star ( United States) with no people or cargo on board, the 11-ton scow sank in bad weather in Dixon Entrance in Southeast Alaska.[255][216]
 United Kingdom The schooner was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean off Cape Race, Newfoundland (44°23′N 50°09′W / 44.383°N 50.150°W / 44.383; -50.150).[250] Her crew were rescued by ( Portuguese Navy).[231]

8 September[]

List of shipwrecks: 8 September 1929
Ship Country Description
 Spain The cargo ship ran aground in the Mediterranean Sea on the Quoyrios Bank.[250] She was refloated on 11 September.[253]
 Sweden The passenger ship ran aground on Vaxholm. All 70 people on board survived.[254]
N. P. Petersen  Denmark The sailing ship ran aground in the River Parret at Bridgwater, Somerset, United Kingdom.[256] She was refloated on 17 September.[257]

9 September[]

List of shipwrecks: 9 September 1929
Ship Country Description
Andaste  United States The cargo ship sank in Lake Michigan between Grand Haven, Michigan and Chicago. Lost with all 25 crew.[258][259]
 United Kingdom The cargo liner ran aground on the Carillones Rocks, , Spain. All on board were rescued.[256] She broke in two and sank on 10 September.[231]
 United Kingdom The cargo ship collided with ( United Kingdom) in the Paraná River, Argentina and was beached. She was refloated on 19 September.[254][260]
 United Kingdom The cargo ship ran aground at Shoreham-by-Sea, Sussex.[231] She was refloated on 15 September.[261]
 Reichsmarine The tanker caught fire in the North Sea 7 nautical miles (13 km) off the ( United Kingdom) and was abandoned by her crew. She was towed into Vlissingen, Netherlands by ( Netherlands).[231][256]

10 September[]

List of shipwrecks: 10 September 1929
Ship Country Description
Kurt Georg  Germany The auxiliary sailing vessel sprang a leak and sank at Rostock, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern. Her crew survived.[231]
 United States The cargo ship ran aground in the Morant Cays, Jamaica.[231] She was refloated on 21 September.[262]

11 September[]

List of shipwrecks: 11 September 1929
Ship Country Description
Acielle  Australia The ketch was driven ashore and wrecked 15 nautical miles (28 km) south of the , New South Wales.
 Belgium The cargo ship collided with ( Germany) in the Scheldt and sank with the loss of fourteen of her sixteen crew. Survivors were rescued by ( Belgium).[253][263][264]
 Japan The cargo ship was driven ashore on the Saratoga Spit during a typhoon.[253] She was refloated on 16 September.[261]

12 September[]

For the loss of the British collier King Cadwallon on this day, see the entry for 10 July 1929.

List of shipwrecks: 12 September 1929
Ship Country Description
 France The cargo ship ran aground at Point Amour, Labrador, Canada.[265] Salvage efforts were abandoned on 19 September.[260]
Estonaval  Estonia The sailing vessel capsized in and drifted ashore with the loss of all hands.[265]
 Italy The cargo ship was driven ashore at Sète, Hérault, France. She broke up and was a total loss. Her crew survived.[266]

14 September[]

For the loss of the American cargo ship Golden Forest on this day, see the entry for 26 July 1929.

17 September[]

List of shipwrecks: 17 September 1929
Ship Country Description
 Japan The cargo ship ran aground at Mokpo, Korea.[267] She was refloated on 24 September.[249]

20 September[]

List of shipwrecks: 20 September 1929
Ship Country Description
 Greece The cargo ship ran aground at Pahalueto, Sweden.[268] She was refloated on 26 September.[269]
 Spain The cargo ship ran aground off Hook of Holland, Netherlands.[268] She was refloated on 28 September.[270]
 Germany The cargo ship ran aground off Viborg, Denmark. She was refloated but was consequently beached.[271]
 Norway The cargo ship sank in the Norwegian Sea of the east coast of Iceland. Her crew were rescued.[268]

21 September[]

List of shipwrecks: 21 September 1929
Ship Country Description
 Norway The auxiliary schooner sprang a leak in the North Sea (56°48′N 6°46′E / 56.800°N 6.767°E / 56.800; 6.767) and was abandoned. Her crew were rescued by the trawler Gebruder Bracke ( Germany).[272]
 Germany The cargo ship ran aground on Minicoy, Maldive Islands.[268] She was destroyed by an explosion and fire on 13 October. All 28 crew were rescued by ( United Kingdom).[273]
 Japan The cargo ship came ashore on the west coast of Sakhalin, Soviet Union.[249] She was refloated on 27 September.[270]

23 September[]

List of shipwrecks: 23 September 1929
Ship Country Description
 Sweden The cargo ship came ashore at Norfolk, Virginia, United States. She broke in two and was a total loss.[268]

24 September[]

List of shipwrecks: 24 September 1929
Ship Country Description
 United Kingdom The coaster foundered in the North Sea (56°32′N 7°03′E / 56.533°N 7.050°E / 56.533; 7.050). All fourteen crew were rescued, eleven of them by ( Norway) and three by another vessel.[274]

25 September[]

List of shipwrecks: 25 September 1929
Ship Country Description
 United Kingdom 1929 Bahamas hurricane: The cargo ship was driven ashore at Abaco Island, Bahamas.[275] She was declared a total loss on 2 October.[276]
 Norway The coaster was in collision with ( Norway) off Haugesund, Norway and sank with the loss of all but her captain.[277]

26 September[]

List of shipwrecks: 26 September 1929
Ship Country Description
 France The cargo ship collided with in the River Seine at Rouen, Seine Maritime and sank.[272]

27 September[]

List of shipwrecks: 27 September 1929
Ship Country Description
 United Kingdom The collier foundered in the Bay of Biscay south of Ouessant, Finistère, France. Her crew survived.[269]

28 September[]

List of shipwrecks: 28 September 1929
Ship Country Description
 Spain The cargo ship ran aground on the Allen Rock, off the coast of Wigtownshire, United Kingdom and was abandoned by her crew.[270] She was a total loss.[278]
 United Kingdom 1929 Bahamas hurricane: The cargo ship sank at Nassau, Bahamas during a hurricane.[270]
United Kingdom Bahama Islands 1929 Bahamas hurricane: The cargo ship foundered at Nassau during a hurricane.[270]
Linnet  United States The fishing vessel was lost in Chatham Strait in the Alexander Archipelago in Southeast Alaska.[255]
 United Kingdom 1929 Bahamas hurricane: The tanker was driven ashore on Andros, Bahamas. She broke in two and was a total loss.[279]
 United States 1929 Bahamas hurricane: The cargo ship foundered at Nassau during a hurricane.[270]
 United States 1929 Bahamas hurricane: The cargo ship was driven ashore in the Abaco Islands.[276] She was declared a constructive total loss on 5 October.[280]

30 September[]

List of shipwrecks: 30 September 1929
Ship Country Description
 United Kingdom The cargo ship ran aground at Öregrund, Uppsala County, Sweden and was abandoned.[278]
 Japan The passenger ship ran aground at and sank with the loss of all on board.[278]
 Japan The cargo ship collided with a pod of whales 14 nautical miles (26 km) off Etorofu Island and foundered.[280]

Unknown date[]

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1929
Ship Country Description
 Soviet Union The ship foundered in the White Sea off the Solovetsky Islands.[281]

October[]

2 October[]

List of shipwrecks: 2 October 1929
Ship Country Description
 United Kingdom The cargo ship struck the Tamise Bridge, Antwerp, Belgium and sank in the Scheldt.[282] She was refloated on 7 October.[283]
Favor  Venezuela The auxiliary sailing vessel was destroyed by fire in the Caribbean Sea off the coast of Venezuela.[284]
 United Kingdom The ship collided with the drifter Girl Patricia ( United Kingdom) in the North Sea off Hartlepool, County Durham and was consequently beached. Subsequently sold for scrap.[285]
Commandant Bultinck  Belgium The Trawler ran aground off Fleetwood, Lancashire, United Kingdom with the loss of three lives. She was scrapped on site after attempts to refloat her failed.[286]

3 October[]

List of shipwrecks: 3 October 1929
Ship Country Description
 United Kingdom The schooner sank in the Strait of Belle Isle off Batteau, Labrador, Canada.[284]
 Belgium The cargo ship ran aground on , Greece and was severely damaged. She was refloated on 10 October.[287][288]

5 October[]

List of shipwrecks: 5 October 1929
Ship Country Description
NRP Adamastor  Portuguese Navy The cruiser ran aground at Bolama, Portuguese Guinea.[280] She was refloated on 7 October.[283]
 Norway The cargo ship ran aground in Bras d'Or Lake, Nova Scotia, Canada.[280] She was refloated on 9 October.[289]
Bretagne  France The auxiliary sailing ship sprang a leak and was abandoned in the Pacific Ocean south off Cape Flattery, Washington, United States. The crew were rescued by ( United States).[280]

6 October[]

List of shipwrecks: 6 October 1929
Ship Country Description
 Greece The cargo ship ran aground at Constanţa, Romania.[280] She was refloated on 11 October.[290]

7 October[]

List of shipwrecks: 7 October 1929
Ship Country Description
Excelia  United States During a voyage from Golovin to Elim, Territory of Alaska, with two passengers, a crew of two, a cargo of 5 tons of merchandise, and $2,300 of United States Mail aboard, the 9-gross register ton motor vessel was wrecked without loss of life on a shoal 7 nautical miles (13 km; 8.1 mi) south of the mouth of the Koyuk River.[243]
 Norway The passenger ship ran aground in at Florø, Norway and sank with the loss of a number of lives.[291]
 Germany The cargo ship ran aground on Minicoy, Maldive Islands whilst going to the assistance of ( Germany).[292] She was refloated on 18 October.[293]

8 October[]

List of shipwrecks: 8 October 1929
Ship Country Description
 United Kingdom The cargo ship ran aground at Tobago.[294] She was refloated on 26 October.[295]
 Norway The cargo ship ran aground at Bajos Azagua, Niquero, Cuba.[294] She was refloated on 10 October.[290]

10 October[]

List of shipwrecks: 10 October 1929
Ship Country Description
 United Kingdom The schooner sank in the Atlantic Ocean off Jacksonville, Florida, United States.[289]
 United Kingdom The schooner was driven ashore at Drum Point, Caicos and was a total loss. Her crew survived.[296]
 Sweden The cargo ship ran aground at Florø, Norway. She was refloated but subsequently beached and was refloated again the next day.[289][296]
 Greece The cargo ship ran aground east of , Sweden.[288] She was declared a total loss on 18 October.[293]

11 October[]

List of shipwrecks: 11 October 1929
Ship Country Description
 Greece The cargo ship came ashore on the Norwegian coast (69°15′N 18°00′E / 69.250°N 18.000°E / 69.250; 18.000).[297] She was refloated on 14 October.[273]

12 October[]

List of shipwrecks: 12 October 1929
Ship Country Description
 Soviet Navy Sino-Soviet conflict of 1929: : The gunboat ran aground during the battle.[298]
 Republic of China Navy Sino-Soviet conflict of 1929: : The gunboat was shelled and sunk by ( Soviet Navy).[298]
 Republic of China Navy Sino-Soviet conflict of 1929: : The gunboat was shelled and sunk by ( Soviet Navy).[298]
 Republic of China Navy Sino-Soviet conflict of 1929: : The gunboat was shelled by ( Soviet Navy) and run aground. The ship was later shelled and destroyed by Krasnyi Vostock.[298]
Denmark Faroe Islands The three-masted schooner caught fire in the North Sea off Fair Isle, United Kingdom. Her crew were rescued by the trawler Strathugie ( United Kingdom).[290]
USFS Widgeon Flag of the United States Bureau of Fisheries.svg United States Bureau of Fisheries The fishery patrol vessel ran aground without loss of life on off the Territory of Alaska's , suffering propeller and rudder damage. The rising tide refloated her, and she proceeded to port for repairs under her own power.[299]
 Republic of China Navy Sino-Soviet conflict of 1929: : The gunboat was shelled and sunk by ( Soviet Navy).[298]

13 October[]

List of shipwrecks: 13 October 1929
Ship Country Description
Empress of Canada  United Kingdom The ocean liner ran aground off Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada. Ninety-six passengers were taken off by tender and landed at Victoria. She was refloated on 15 October and towed to Esquimalt for drydocking.[300][301]

14 October[]

List of shipwrecks: 14 October 1929
Ship Country Description
Hellen A  United States With no one on board, the 10-gross register ton, 33-foot (10.1 m) motor vessel dragged her anchor during a gale and was wrecked in (57°10′50″N 135°28′30″W / 57.18056°N 135.47500°W / 57.18056; -135.47500 (Pyramid Harbor)) in Southeast Alaska, 4 nautical miles (7.4 km; 4.6 mi) southwest of Haines, Territory of Alaska.[247]
Ruth May  United States The 19-gross register ton, 41-foot (12.5 m) fishing vessel sank after striking a floating or submerged object approximately 2 nautical miles (3.7 km; 2.3 mi) north of (58°04′40″N 152°45′50″W / 58.07778°N 152.76389°W / 58.07778; -152.76389 (Back Bay)) in Southeast Alaska. Both people on board survived.[146]
 United Kingdom The tanker ran aground at Tampico, Mexico.[300] She was declared a total loss on 16 October.[302]

15 October[]

List of shipwrecks: 15 October 1929
Ship Country Description
 France The cargo ship caught fire at Liverpool, Lancashire, United Kingdom. She broke her back and sank following and explosion.[303][304]
 France The cargo ship ran aground at Cape Villano, Algeria. and was abandoned by her crew.[302][305]

16 October[]

List of shipwrecks: 16 October 1929
Ship Country Description
 United Kingdom The cargo ship collided with ( Sweden) in the English Channel off Le Havre, Seine Maritime, France and sank. Her crew were rescued by Hedrun.[302][306] She was refloated on 5 November.[307]
 United Kingdom The ship was a total loss at Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.[308]

17 October[]

List of shipwrecks: 17 October 1929
Ship Country Description
 Sweden The dredger collided with ( Norway) at Luleå, Sweden and sank.[308]

19 October[]

List of shipwrecks: 19 October 1929
Ship Country Description
Bowes Castle  United Kingdom The cargo ship came ashore 26 nautical miles (48 km) north of Macassar, Dutch East Indies.[309] She was refloated on 29 October.[310]

20 October[]

List of shipwrecks: 20 October 1929
Ship Country Description
 France The tug was in collision with Liberty ( United States) at Le Havre, Seine Maritime and sank with the loss of two crew.[309]
 Belgium The coaster capsized and sank in the English Channel off the ( United Kingdom) with the loss of nine of her twelve crew. Survivors were rescued by ( Sweden).[311]

21 October[]

List of shipwrecks: 21 October 1929
Ship Country Description
 China The cargo ship collided with ( Japan) in the Yangtze at Shanghai and sank with the loss of a crew member.[312]

22 October[]

List of shipwrecks: 22 October 1929
Ship Country Description
Milwaukee  United States The train ferry foundered in Lake Michigan off Fox Point, Wisconsin in a gale in 115 feet (35 m) of water with the loss of all 52 hands. Wreck located 1972.[313][314]
 United Kingdom The schooner sank off , Quebec, Canada.[315]

25 October[]

List of shipwrecks: 25 October 1929
Ship Country Description
Spray  United States The 13-gross register ton, 50-foot (15 m) motor towing vessel was destroyed off (55°31′50″N 131°49′30″W / 55.53056°N 131.82500°W / 55.53056; -131.82500 (Tatoosh Point)) in Behm Canal in the Alexander Archipelago in Southeast Alaska by a fire that began when a clogged carburetor stopped her gasoline engine and the engine backfired during preparations to restart it, emitting a flame that set the entire engine room ablaze. Both members of her crew abandoned ship in a lifeboat and were rescued by the vessel T587 ( United States).[133]

28 October[]

List of shipwrecks: 28 October 1929
Ship Country Description
 Portugal The cargo ship was driven ashore on São Tomé and was a total loss.[316]

29 October[]

List of shipwrecks: 29 October 1929
Ship Country Description
Wisconsin  United States The cargo ship foundered in Lake Michigan 4 nautical miles (7.4 km) off Kenosha, Wisconsin. Most of her crew was rescued.[317]

30 October[]

List of shipwrecks: 30 October 1929
Ship Country Description
 Greece The cargo ship ran aground at Santo António, .[317] Salvage efforts were abandoned on 21 November.[318]
 Italy The cargo ship ran aground at , , Spain.[317] She was refloated on 6 November.[319]
 United Kingdom The cargo ship ran aground at Ipswich, Suffolk.[317] She was refloated on 3 November.[320]
Senator  United States The cargo ship collided with Marquette ( United States) in Lake Michigan and sank with the loss of 24 of her 27 crew. Survivors were rescued by Marquette.[321]

31 October[]

List of shipwrecks: 31 October 1929
Ship Country Description
 Republic of China Navy Sino-Soviet conflict (1929): : The auxiliary gunboat was scuttled at Fugdin.[298]
 Republic of China Navy Sino-Soviet conflict (1929): : The auxiliary gunboat was scuttled at Fugdin.[298]
 Republic of China Navy Sino-Soviet conflict (1929): : The auxiliary gunboat was scuttled at Fugdin.[298]
 Republic of China Navy Sino-Soviet conflict (1929): : The gunboat was bombed and sunk by Polikarpov MR-1 aircraft from ( Soviet Navy). Salvaged by the Chinese, captured by the Japanese but not repaired. Broken up in 1935.[298][322]
 Republic of China Navy Sino-Soviet conflict (1929): : The armed transport was bombed and sunk by Polikarpov MR-1 aircraft from ( Soviet Navy).[298]
 United Kingdom The cargo ship collided with another vessel in the River Thames. She subsequently sank in the docks at Poplar.[323]
Senator  United States The cargo ship was rammed and sunk in Lake Michigan 20 miles (32 km) east of Port Washington, Wisconsin by Marquette ( United States) with the loss of nine or ten of her 28 crew.[324][325]

Unknown[]

List of shipwrecks: Unknown October 1929
Ship Country Description
Chung Shan  Republic of China Navy The gunboat was sunk at Canton, China by an ammunition explosion. Raised, repaired, returned to service.[326]

November[]

1 November[]

List of shipwrecks: 1 November 1929
Ship Country Description
 Spain The cargo ship sank in the Bay of Biscay 7 nautical miles (13 km) off Ondarroa, Biscay when her boilers exploded. All hands were lost.[320]
 Sweden The cargo ship was rammed and sunk by ( France) at Port-Vendres, Pyrénées-Orientales, France.[327]

3 November[]

List of shipwrecks: 3 November 1929
Ship Country Description
 Belgium The cargo ship collided with ( Germany) in the Scheldt and was beached.[320] She was refloated later that day.[328]

4 November[]

List of shipwrecks: 4 November 1929
Ship Country Description
Gilbert San  Australia The fishing boat was wrecked at Cape Howe, on the New South Wales/Victoria border.
 United Kingdom The schooner sprang a leak and sank off , Nova Scotia, Canada.[329]

5 November[]

List of shipwrecks: 5 November 1929
Ship Country Description
Explora  United States The 10-gross register ton motor vessel was destroyed by fire at "Herring Creek" – probably a reference to (55°19′30″N 131°31′20″W / 55.3250°N 131.5222°W / 55.3250; -131.5222 (Herring Cove)) – on the east coast of Wrangell Island in the Alexander Archipelago in Southeast Alaska. Her crew of two survived.[243]

5 November[]

List of shipwrecks: 5 November 1929
Ship Country Description
 Norway The cargo ship ran aground north of Åland, Finland and was abandoned as a total loss.[307][330]

6 November[]

List of shipwrecks: 6 November 1929
Ship Country Description
 Italy The cargo ship collided with Barbana G ( Italy) in the Nieuwe Waterweg at Rotterdam, Netherlands and was beached.[330] She was refloated on 13 November.[331]

7 November[]

List of shipwrecks: 7 November 1929
Ship Country Description
 Italy The cargo ship ran aground 15 nautical miles (28 km) east of Father Point, Quebec, Canada.[332] She was refloated on 14 November.[333]
 United States The cargo ship ran aground in the Gulf of Bothnia near , Sweden. She caught fire and was abandoned.[332][334] She sank the next day.[335]

8 November[]

List of shipwrecks: 8 November 1929
Ship Country Description
 United Kingdom The schooner came ashore at Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada and was a total loss.[334]
 France The barque came ashore 2 nautical miles (3.7 km) south of Cap Gris Nez, Pas-de-Calais and was wrecked. Her crew were rescued.[334]
 Denmark The schooner passed Spithead bound for Bideford, Devon, United Kingdom. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[336]
 Spain The cargo ship ran aground at Cape Villano, Algeria. She broke in two and was a total loss. One crew member was killed.[335][337]
 Germany The cargo ship ran aground at .[338] She was refloated on 19 December.[339]

9 November[]

List of shipwrecks: 9 November 1929
Ship Country Description
Alaska  United States After her wooden hull had rotted and her owner had decided she had lost all her value, the 53-gross register ton steamer was towed into Zimovia Strait in the Alexander Archipelago in Southeast Alaska 3 nautical miles (5.6 km; 3.5 mi) south of Wrangell, Territory of Alaska, and abandoned.[63]

10 November[]

List of shipwrecks: 10 November 1929
Ship Country Description
Grace  United Kingdom The schooner was abandoned 15 nautical miles (28 km) west north west of , Nova Scotia, Canada. She drifted ashore on Silver Fox Island and was a total loss.[331]

11 November[]

List of shipwrecks: 11 November 1929
Ship Country Description
 United Kingdom The four-masted ship ran aground on Boa Vista, Cape Verde Islands, Portugal.[340] She was a total loss.[333]
 Italy The cargo ship was driven ashore at Brighton, Sussex, United Kingdom. All crew were rescued.[341]
Kanatak  United States The 43-gross register ton, 62-foot (18.9 m) halibut-fishing vessel was seen for the last time, 30 nautical miles (56 km; 35 mi) northeast of Cape Saint Elias on Kayak Island on the south-central coast of Alaska. She subsequently disappeared in a storm with the loss of her entire crew of nine.[342]
Onward  United Kingdom The Thames barge was driven ashore at Warden Point, Isle of Sheppey, Kent. Both crew were rescued by the Southend Lifeboat.[343] She was refloated the next day.[331]

12 November[]

List of shipwrecks: 12 November 1929
Ship Country Description
Hillside II  United States The 34-gross register ton motor vessel sank in the Gulf of Alaska 65 nautical miles (120 km; 75 mi) west of (59°32′30″N 139°51′30″W / 59.54167°N 139.85833°W / 59.54167; -139.85833 (Ocean Cape)) on the south-central coast of the Territory of Alaska after losing her rudder. The motor vessel Middleton ( United States) rescued her crew of seven.[247]
 Germany The cargo ship lost her tow and was driven ashore on Skagen, Denmark. Her crew survived.[343]

13 November[]

List of shipwrecks: 13 November 1929
Ship Country Description
 Denmark The schooner ran aground near Gothenburg, Sweden and was abandoned. She was later refloated and towed to Lysekil.[331] Fylla was declared a constructive total loss.[344]

14 November[]

List of shipwrecks: 14 November 1929
Ship Country Description
 United Kingdom The cargo ship collided with ( United Kingdom) in Swansea Bay and was beached.[345]
 United Kingdom The cargo ship came ashore at , Lake Superior.[333] Although declared a total loss,[344] She was refloated on 5 December.[346]

15 November[]

List of shipwrecks: 15 November 1929
Ship Country Description
 United States The 3,475-ton, 320-foot (97.5 m) cargo ship struck rocks at Cape Decision, Territory of Alaska, and was beached in a sinking condition near an hour later. Her crew of 35 survived, and she later was salvaged and returned to service.[115][347]

17 November[]

List of shipwrecks: 17 November 1929
Ship Country Description
 United Kingdom The schooner was driven out to sea in a gale at Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. Her crew were rescued on 19 November by ( Norway) and she was left in a sinking condition.[329][348]
 Denmark The motor schooner collided with another vessel at Dragør and sank.[349] She was refloated on 21 November.[350]

18 November[]

List of shipwrecks: 18 November 1929
Ship Country Description
Christine  Netherlands The cargo ship collided with ( Greece) at Sulina, Romania and was beached.[344]
 France The cargo ship ran aground at Assinie, Côte d'Ivoire.[351] She was refloated on 22 November.[350]

19 November[]

List of shipwrecks: 19 November 1929
Ship Country Description
 United States The cargo ship ran aground at Buffalo, New York.[352] She was declared a total loss on 4 December.[353]

20 November[]

List of shipwrecks: 20 November 1929
Ship Country Description
 Germany The cargo ship collided with Pioneer ( Belgium) in the Paraná River at Buenos Aires, Argentina and was beached.[329]
 United Kingdom The auxiliary schooner was driven ashore at Sainte-Anne-des-Monts, Quebec, Canada and was a total loss. Her crew were rescued.[329]
Sea Bird  United States At anchor off in Prince William Sound in the Territory of Alaska since 14 November after suffering severe damage during a gale in the Gulf of Alaska off Cape Saint Elias on 11 November that carried away her pilot house, other deck structures, and two members of her seven-man crew, the 41-gross register ton, 51.6-foot (15.7 m) halibut-fishing schooner was driven ashore and wrecked on Wingham Island without further loss of life by another gale. The cutter (Ensign of the United States Coast Guard (1915–1953).png United States Coast Guard) picked up her five surviving crewmen from Wingham Island on 27 November.[133]

22 November[]

List of shipwrecks: 22 November 1929
Ship Country Description
Parizhskaya Kommuna  Soviet Navy The Gangut-class battleship was severely damaged at the bow in a storm in the Bay of Biscay. She put in to Brest, Finistère, France for repairs.[354]
 Norway The cargo ship ran aground at Suances, Cantabria, Spain. She was refloated on 17 March 1930.[355]

23 November[]

List of shipwrecks: 23 November 1929
Ship Country Description
Gladstone  United States The 35-gross register ton motor vessel was destroyed by fire while moored for her winter layup in Hood Bay (57°23′N 134°24′W / 57.383°N 134.400°W / 57.383; -134.400 (Hood Bay)) on the west coast of Admiralty Island in the Alexander Archipelago in Southeast Alaska. Her crew of five survived[251]

25 November[]

List of shipwrecks: 25 November 1929
Ship Country Description
 United Kingdom The tanker exploded at Grangemouth, Cumberland and was severely damaged.[356][357]
 United Kingdom The cargo ship was driven ashore on Skomer, Pembrokeshire and was wrecked with the loss of seven of her 33 crew.[358][359]

28 November[]

List of shipwrecks: 28 November 1929
Ship Country Description}
 United States While tied up for the winter at Steamboat Wharf in Hull, Massachusetts, the paddle steamer was destroyed by fire.[360][361][362][363]
 United Kingdom The cargo ship ran aground at Greenore, County Louth, Ireland.[364] She was refloated on 12 December.[365]
Mars  United States The tug ran aground at the edge of the channel at Hull, Massachusetts, while attempting to assist burning paddle steamers at Steamboat Wharf.[363]
 United States While tied up for the winter at Steamboat Wharf in Hull, Massachusetts, the paddle steamer was destroyed by fire.[360][361][362][363]
Mayflower  United States While tied up for the winter at Steamboat Wharf in Hull, Massachusetts, the paddle steamer was damaged by fire. She was pulled free, repaired, and returned to service.[360][361][362][363]
 United States While tied up for the winter at Steamboat Wharf in Hull, Massachusetts, the paddle steamer was destroyed by fire.[360][361][362][363]
 United States While tied up for the winter at Steamboat Wharf in Hull, Massachusetts, the paddle steamer was destroyed by fire.[360][361][362][363]
 United States While tied up for the winter at Steamboat Wharf in Hull, Massachusetts, the paddle steamer was destroyed by fire.[360][361][362][363]

29 November[]

List of shipwrecks: 29 November 1929
Ship Country Description
 United Kingdom The schooner was driven ashore at , Newfoundland and was a total loss. Her crew survived.[336]
 Japan The cargo ship ran aground at Sanshokaku, Keelung, Formosa.[336] She broke in tow and sank on 4 December.[366]
Norwich City  United Kingdom The cargo ship ran aground on Nikumaroro Island in the Phoenix Islands and was wrecked with the loss of eleven of her 35 crew.

30 November[]

List of shipwrecks: 30 November 1929
Ship Country Description
 United States The cargo ship was wrecked on , Lake Superior in a Gale, a total loss. 5 crewmen killed, 18 rescued by the United States Coast Guard.[367][368]

December[]

1 December[]

List of shipwrecks: 1 December 1929
Ship Country Description
 United Kingdom The schooner was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean (47°47′N 51°22′W / 47.783°N 51.367°W / 47.783; -51.367). Her crew were rescued.[336]

2 December[]

List of shipwrecks: 2 December 1929
Ship Country Description
 United States The cargo ship came ashore in Lake Michigan at Amble Point, Michigan with the loss of six crew.[336][348]
 Greece The cargo ship ran aground on Hovens Rock, Axim, Gold Coast and was wrecked.[369]

3 December[]

List of shipwrecks: 3 December 1929
Ship Country Description
Bärenfels  Germany The cargo ship ran aground in the Persian Gulf 24 nautical miles (44 km) south of Bahrein.[348] She was refloated on 11 December.[370]

4 December[]

List of shipwrecks: 4 December 1929
Ship Country Description
 Germany The cargo ship collided with ( Germany) in the Scheldt and was beached at Terneuzen, Netherlands. She was refloated later that day and towed to Antwerp, Belgium.[366]

5 December[]

List of shipwrecks: 5 December 1929
Ship Country Description
 United Kingdom The schooner was driven ashore at Cat Harbour, Newfoundland and was a total loss.[371]
 United Kingdom The schooner was driven ashore at Seldom-Little Seldom, Newfoundland and was a total loss.[372]
 United Kingdom The cargo ship was driven ashore at Ard na Caithne, County Kerry, Ireland. Her crew were rescued.[371]
 United Kingdom The cargo ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean off Land's End, Cornwall with the loss of sixteen of her 21 crew. Survivors were rescued by ( United Kingdom).[373]

6 December[]

List of shipwrecks: 6 December 1929
Ship Country Description
 Netherlands The coaster was driven ashore 2 nautical miles (3.7 km) east of Newhaven, Sussex, United Kingdom. All ten crew were rescued by breeches buoy.[374] She was refloated on 20 December.[375]
 United Kingdom The schooner foundered in the Atlantic (47°48′N 51°45′W / 47.800°N 51.750°W / 47.800; -51.750). Her crew were rescued.[376]
 United Kingdom The schooner sprang a leak in the Atlantic Ocean (45°54′N 43°32′W / 45.900°N 43.533°W / 45.900; -43.533) and was abandoned with the loss of one of her six crew. Survivors were rescued by Baltic ( United Kingdom).[376][377]

7 December[]

List of shipwrecks: 7 December 1929
Ship Country Description
Ägir  Reichsmarine The Odin-class coastal defense ship ran aground on Stora Karlsö, Sweden and was wrecked.[376]
 Italy The cargo ship was abandoned in the English Channel (49°35′N 3°14′W / 49.583°N 3.233°W / 49.583; -3.233). Her crew were rescued by RMS Arlanza ( United Kingdom) and ( Norway).[378][379]
 Italy The cargo ship foundered in the Bay of Biscay 80 nautical miles (150 km) off Ouessant, Finistère, France (approximately 47°N 6°W / 47°N 6°W / 47; -6) with th loss of 35 of her 41 crew. Survivors were rescued by the trawler Gascoyne ( France).[378][380]
 Norway The cargo ship was driven ashore at Aberavon, Glamorgan.[378] She was refloated on 17 December.[381]
 Denmark The cargo ship was abandoned in the Bay of Biscay after her tow broke. She came ashore in the Raz de Sein, Finistère and was wrecked with the loss of a crew member.[263][378]
 United Kingdom The cargo ship was driven ashore at , Dorset.[376]
 Denmark The four-masted schooner was driven ashore at Cuckmere, Sussex, United Kingdom. Her crew were rescued.[376] She was refloated on 17 December.[381]
 France The collier was driven ashore at Perranuthnoe, Cornwall, United Kingdom and wrecked. All crew survived.[378][382]
 United Kingdom The cargo ship foundered in the Bristol Channel off the coast of Devon with the loss of all 25 crew.[383][384]
 United Kingdom The cargo ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean (51°16′N 27°43′W / 51.267°N 27.717°W / 51.267; -27.717) and sank. Her crew were rescued by ( United Kingdom).[385]

8 December[]

List of shipwrecks: 8 December 1929
Ship Country Description
 Spain The passenger ship was driven ashore between San Carlos and Santa Isabel. All on board were rescued.[385]
 Greece The cargo ship ran aground off Garding, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany.[378]

9 December[]

List of shipwrecks: 9 December 1929
Ship Country Description
 United Kingdom The cargo ship was driven ashore on Terschelling, Netherlands.[385] She was refloated on 16 January 1930.[386]
 Japan The cargo ship ran aground and sank.[385] Her crew were rescued by Fathomer (Flag of the United States Coast and Geodetic Survey.svg United States Coast and Geodetic Survey) and landed at Sandakan, Borneo.[387]
 United Kingdom The cargo ship was hit by ( United Kingdom) at Falmouth, Cornwall and was beached.[385]
 United Kingdom The tug sank at North Woolwich, London.[387]
Notre Dame de Bonne Nouvelle  France The sailing ship foundered in the Bay of Biscay. Her crew were rescued.[387]

10 December[]

List of shipwrecks: 10 December 1929
Ship Country Description
 United Kingdom The four-masted schooner came ashore north of Gothenburg, Sweden and was wrecked. Her crew were rescued.[387]
 France The brigantine foundered in the Atlantic Ocean (49°00′N 8°45′W / 49.000°N 8.750°W / 49.000; -8.750). Her crew were rescued by ( Sweden).[387]

12 December[]

List of shipwrecks: 12 December 1929
Ship Country Description
 United Kingdom The schooner was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean (47°40′N 50°08′W / 47.667°N 50.133°W / 47.667; -50.133).[388] Her crew were rescued by Nova Scotia ( United Kingdom).[389]

13 December[]

List of shipwrecks: 13 December 1929
Ship Country Description
 Spain The cargo ship collided with ( Greece) in the Atlantic Ocean off Vigo, Galicia, Spain and sank with the loss of four crew. Survivors were rescued by Hydra.[389]
 United Kingdom The cargo ship ran aground at Cape Finisterre, Spain and was wrecked. All crew were rescued.[390]
Lingfield  United Kingdom The Thames barge collided with ( United States) in the River Thames at Greenwich, London and sank. Both crew were rescued.[391]
 Royal Navy The R-class destroyer foundered in the Irish Sea off Manorbier, Pembrokeshire with the loss of all four crew. She was under tow to be scrapped at Troon, Ayrshire.[392]

14 December[]

List of shipwrecks: 14 December 1929
Ship Country Description
 United States The cargo ship ran aground at Galveston, Texas.[389] She was refloated on 18 December.[393]
Cabo Espichel  Portugal The sailing ship ran aground at Portimao and was wrecked.[389]
 United Kingdom The whaler struck an icefloe in the Ross Sea and sank. Her crew were rescued by ( United Kingdom).[379]

15 December[]

List of shipwrecks: 15 December 1929
Ship Country Description
 Spain The cargo ship collided with ( Norway) off Ons Island, Spain, and sank. Her crew were rescued by Ciss.[379]
Marigo  Greece The sailing ship sank at Chania, Crete.[389]
Skagway  United States The 1,838-ton steamer burned at the Tatoosh Islands (58°57′N 152°15′W / 58.950°N 152.250°W / 58.950; -152.250 (Tatoosh Islands)) in Southeast Alaska. All 27 people on board survived.[133]

17 December[]

List of shipwrecks: 17 December 1929
Ship Country Description
 United Kingdom The cargo liner ran aground on Long Point, Dunedin, New Zealand and was wrecked. All on board were rescued.[394]
 Sweden The schooner was abandoned in the Baltic Sea north of Gotska Sandön. Her crew were rescued.[381]
 United States The cargo ship ran aground on Tatoosh Island, Washington and was wrecked. Her crew were rescued by ( United States Coast Guard).[395]

18 December[]

List of shipwrecks: 18 December 1929
Ship Country Description
Fort Victoria  United Kingdom Bound for Bermuda from New York City, the 7,784-gross register ton cruise ship collided with the ocean liner Algonquin ( United States) in the Ambrose Channel off New York City, United States, and sank in 50 feet (15 m) of water at 40°28.907′N 073°54.398′W / 40.481783°N 73.906633°W / 40.481783; -73.906633 (Fort Victoria). All 371 passengers and crew on board were rescued.[396]
 United Kingdom The schooner was driven ashore at Harbour Breton, Newfoundland, and was wrecked.[375]

20 December[]

List of shipwrecks: 20 December 1929
Ship Country Description
 Netherlands The tug suffered an onboard explosion and sank at Groningen, the Netherlands with loss of life.[375]
 United States The cargo ship ran aground 5 nautical miles (9.3 km) west of Puerto México, Veracruz, Mexico.[397] She was refloated on 13 May 1930.[398]

21 December[]

List of shipwrecks: 21 December 1929
Ship Country Description
 Norway The cargo ship was anchored off Blyth, Northumberland (56°10′N 1°30′E / 56.167°N 1.500°E / 56.167; 1.500) and abandoned.[397]
 Royal Danish Navy The patrol vessel was wrecked in Húnaflói. Her crew were rescued.[399]

22 December[]

List of shipwrecks: 22 December 1929
Ship Country Description
 United Kingdom The cargo ship capsized and sank in the North Channel. All eighteen crew survived.[400][401]

23 December[]

List of shipwrecks: 23 December 1929
Ship Country Description
 Italy The cargo ship sprang a leak in the Mediterranean Sea (30°25′N 30°50′E / 30.417°N 30.833°E / 30.417; 30.833) and was abandoned. Her 26 crew were rescued by Viceroy of India ( United Kingdom).[402]
 United Kingdom The cargo ship ran aground in the Guaíba River, Brazil.[403] She was refloated on 27 December.[404]

24 December[]

List of shipwrecks: 24 December 1929
Ship Country Description
 Norway The coaster ran aground at Bayona, Galicia, Spain and sank with the loss of all 22 crew.[403]
 Norway The coaster foundered in the North Sea 40 nautical miles (74 km) off Rattray Head, Aberdeenshire, United Kingdom. All ten crew were rescued by the trawler Embassy ( United Kingdom).[405]
 United Kingdom The cargo ship ran aground in the Yangtze 30 nautical miles (56 km) upstream of Ichang, China.[403] She was refloated on 28 December.[404]
 China The passenger ship foundered in the South China Sea with the loss of about 220 lives.[403]
 United Kingdom The cargo ship ran aground at Riff Denbril, 65 nautical miles (120 km) south of Makassar, Dutch East Indies.[403] She was refloated on 30 December.[406]

25 December[]

List of shipwrecks: 25 December 1929
Ship Country Description
Varna  Bulgaria The cargo liner collided with ( Greece) in the Mediterranean Sea (approximately 40°N 28°E / 40°N 28°E / 40; 28) and sank with the loss of 27 of the 32 people on board. Survivors were rescued by Chrissi.[403][407]

26 December[]

List of shipwrecks: 26 December 1929
Ship Country Description
 United Kingdom The cargo ship ran aground on , Estonia.[403] She was refloated on 28 March 1930.[408]
Cannakale  Italy The hydroplane foundered in the Mediterranean Sea south of with the loss of nine lives.[403]
 Norway The cargo ship ran aground at Silwick, Shetland Islands and was wrecked. Her crew were rescued.[403]

27 December[]

List of shipwrecks: 27 December 1929
Ship Country Description
 France The three-masted schooner caught fire in the North Sea off the ( Netherlands) and was a total loss. Her crew were rescued.[409]
Shuho  China The auxiliary sailing ship caught fire in the Yangtze downstream of Ichang and was a total loss.[409]

28 December[]

List of shipwrecks: 28 December 1929
Ship Country Description
 United Kingdom The cargo ship ran aground on the Cabzos Shoals and was beached at Gibraltar.[404]

29 December[]

List of shipwrecks: 29 December 1929
Ship Country Description
 France The tug was sunk at Le Havre, Seine Maritime when a dockside crane was blown down in a gale. Three crew were lost.[406]
 Germany The coaster ran aground at Margate, Kent and was abandoned, All twelve people on board were rescued by a pilot boat. She later refloated and drifted into the North Sea.[404]

30 December[]

List of shipwrecks: 30 December 1929
Ship Country Description
 United Kingdom The three-masted schooner was driven ashore on Sable Island, Nova Scotia, Canada and was wrecked. Her crew were rescued.[410]
 Belgium The cargo ship ran aground at , Tunisia.[411] She was refloated on 10 January 1930.[412]
Wards Cove  United States During a voyage from Ketchikan to , Territory of Alaska, the 34-gross register ton, 58.1-foot (17.7 m) fishing vessel was destroyed in Clover Pass opposite by a fire that began when her engine backfired while her captain was draining its carburetor, igniting gasoline. Both people on board survived.[413]

31 December[]

List of shipwrecks: 31 December 1929
Ship Country Description
 United Kingdom The cargo ship ran aground at Calabar, Nigeria.[414]
 France The schooner was driven ashore at Wyk auf Föhr, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany and was a total loss.[406]
 Greece The cargo ship ran aground on Socorro Island, Mexico.[414] She broke up on 2 January 1930 and was a total loss.[415]

Unknown date[]

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1929
Ship Country Description
 Soviet Union The barque foundered in the White Sea. She was refloated 1932 and then scrapped.[264]
 United Kingdom The Thames barge capsized and sank with the loss of two crew.[416]
Marjorie M  United States With no one on board, the 14-gross register ton, 40-foot (12.2 m) fishing vessel was destroyed by fire at Haines, Territory of Alaska.[417]
San Antonio  Germany The sailing ship capsized near Copenhagen, Denmark. She was salvaged and returned to service.[418]

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Ship events in 1929
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Ship commissionings: 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934
Ship decommissionings: 1926 1927 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934
Shipwrecks: 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934
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