The cargo ship ran aground on , off Hokkaidō.[13] Salvage effors were abandoned on 17 January and she was declared a total loss.[14]
United Kingdom
The coaster broke free from her moorings in Portland Harbour, Dorset. She was driven against a breakwater and sank. All eight people on board survived.[13][15]
Katie
United Kingdom
The schooner broke free from her moorings in Torbay and drifted into the English Channel. Four crew were rescued by the Padstow Lifeboat.[13]
Reine des Cieux
France
The ketch broke free from her moorings in Torbay. Three crew were rescued by the Padstow Lifeboat.[13] She came ashore at Bridport, Dorset and broke up.[16]
Royal Navy
The tug foundered in the English Channel 32 nautical miles (59 km) north west of Ouessant, Finistère, France with the loss of 28 of her 33 crew.[17] Survivors were rescued by (Royal Navy).[18]
13 January[]
List of shipwrecks: 13 January 1930
Ship
Country
Description
Latvia
The cargo ship was driven ashore on Texel, Netherlands.[13] She was refloated on 21 January.[19]
Thyra
Sweden
The cargo ship's propeller shaft fractured. She was driven ashore on the Norwegian coast and was a total loss.[13]
The cargo ship was beached at Houston, Texas, United States in order to avoid a collision with towing barge Tampico (both United States).[16] She was refloated on 24 January.[21]
United States
The cargo ship was driven ashore at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.[16] She was refloated on 17 January.[14]
16 January[]
List of shipwrecks: 16 January 1930
Ship
Country
Description
United Kingdom
The cargo ship struck rocks off Wuchow, China and was beached.[22]
Greece
The cargo ship was holed in the Corinth Canal and was beached.[22] She was refloated on 20 January.[23]
Belgium
The cargo ship was wrecked in Pridmouth Bay, English Channel. The crew were rescued.[22]
The 64.42-foot (19.64 m), 62-gross register tontug was officially abandoned after being disassembled and beached on the Lake Michigan coast of Wisconsin north of the harbor at Manitowoc. Her wreck separated into two sections 800 feet (240 m) apart that lie in 10 to 15 feet (3.0 to 4.6 m) of water 1.5 miles (2.4 km) northeast of the Manitowoc Harbor lighthouse and became partially covered by sand.[24][25]
Netherlands
The cargo ship collided with Main (Germany) in the Scheldt at , Antwerp, Belgium and was beached.[14] She was refloated the next day.[20]
21 January[]
List of shipwrecks: 21 January 1930
Ship
Country
Description
Spain
The cargo ship departed Cardiff, Glamorgan, United Kingdom for Barcelona. She passed Penarth Head that day. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[26]
23 January[]
List of shipwrecks: 23 January 1930
Ship
Country
Description
Monte Cervantes
Germany
Monte Cervantes.
The passenger ship sank a day after striking a rock off Ushuaia, Argentina, and sank with the loss of her captain. The rest of her crew and all of her passengers – nearly 1,500 people – were rescued by (Argentina).
The tug sank in the Gulf of Mexico in rough seas and high winds 70 miles (110 km) south east of Port Arthur, Texas. Lost with all 14 hands.[30][31]
29 January[]
List of shipwrecks: 29 January 1930
Ship
Country
Description
Norway
The cargo ship ran aground on the Bombay Reef, Paracel Islands and the crew abandoned ship.[32][33] She was declared a total loss on 4 February.[34]
30 January[]
List of shipwrecks: 30 January 1930
Ship
Country
Description
Koshun Maru
Japan
During a voyage from Puget Sound in Washington to East Asia with a cargo of lumber, the steamer ran aground and broke in two in Unimak Pass near Scotch Cap Light on the coast of Unimak Island in the Aleutian Islands.[35][36]
The cargo ship was driven ashore at Methil, Fife. The crew were taken off by breeches buoy.[28] She was refloated on 13 February.[37]
2 February[]
List of shipwrecks: 2 February 1930
Ship
Country
Description
Italy
The cargo ship foundered in the Adriatic Sea off Vis, Yugoslavia with the loss of two crew.[38]
Denmark
The cargo ship collided with (Germany) in the Kaiser Wilhelm Canal and was beached.[28]
3 February[]
List of shipwrecks: 3 February 1930
Ship
Country
Description
Belgium
Ran aground on the Goodwin Sands, English Channel. Refloated but leaking, cargo discharged at Ramsgate the ship sailed to Antwerp where she was declared a constructive total loss. Later repaired and returned to service.[39]
The almost-completed ocean liner was severely damaged by fire at Nagasaki.[43]
8 February[]
List of shipwrecks: 8 February 1930
Ship
Country
Description
United Kingdom
The cargo ship struck a rock and was holed in the Dardanelles. She was beached at Çanakkale, Turkey but was refloated the next day.[44]
Oranje
Netherlands
The auxiliary schooner sprang a leak and sank in the Thames Estuary off Southend Pier with the loss of two of her three crew.[45] She was raised on 20 February.[46]
9 February[]
List of shipwrecks: 9 February 1930
Ship
Country
Description
Spain
The cargo ship sank at her moorings at Valencia, Spain during a gale.[47]
Yugoslavia
The cargo ship was driven ashore in Mazarrón Bay.[47] She was refloated on 16 February.[48]
The ocean liner caught fire and sank at New York, United States. She was subsequently salvaged, repaired and returned to service as General von Steuben.
Vineyard
United Kingdom
The auxiliary sailing vessel was sunk at Irvine, Ayrshire when a railway wagon overran coal drops and fell through the ship.[49]
15 February[]
List of shipwrecks: 15 February 1930
Ship
Country
Description
United States
The cargo ship ran aground at the mouth of the Columbia River.[51] She was abandoned as a total loss.[52]
16 February[]
List of shipwrecks: 16 February 1930
Ship
Country
Description
United Kingdom
The cargo ship was wrecked off GuernseyChannel islands in the Little Russel. Towed to a beach next to St Peter Port harbour, she sank, could not be refloated and was blown up with explosives.[53]
Carroll
United States
The ocean-going barge, towed by Montrose (United States), sank in a severe storm south west of Five Fathom Bank light station. Lost with all four hands.[54][55]
United Kingdom
The four-masted schooner broke free from here moorings at Meteghan, Nova Scotia, Canada. She was driven into the auxiliary schooners and (both United Kingdom). All three vessels were beached. Henry A. McLellan was a total loss.[56]
17 February[]
List of shipwrecks: 17 February 1930
Ship
Country
Description
United Kingdom
The tanker collided with (Italy) at Istanbul, Turkey and was beached. She was later refloated.[57]
The cargo ship collided with (Germany) at Port Said, Egypt and was beached in the Suez Roads.[64] She was refloated on 23 February.[62]
23 February[]
List of shipwrecks: 23 February 1930
Ship
Country
Description
Argentina
The tug collided with Vauban (United Kingdom) in the Point India Channel and sank. The crew were rescued by Vauban.[62]
25 February[]
List of shipwrecks: 25 February 1930
Ship
Country
Description
Greece
The cargo ship suffered an onboard explosion in the Mediterranean Sea and sank 40 nautical miles (74 km) north east of Oran, Algeria (36°10′N0°02′W / 36.167°N 0.033°W / 36.167; -0.033). All 22 crew were rescued by HMS Nelson (Royal Navy).[65][66]
The Battle-classnaval trawler struck an uncharted rock in Barkley Sound off the Broken Islands Group, British Columbia and was beached. She sank the next day. Her crew were rescued by HMCS Armentières (Royal Canadian Navy).
The cargo ship struck a rock on Namoa Island and was beached.[67]
March[]
2 March[]
List of shipwrecks: 2 March 1930
Ship
Country
Description
Germany
The cargo ship collided with (Sweden) in the North Sea off Terschelling, Netherlands and sank. The crew were rescued by Gudur.[68]
United States
The steamer was docked at the Alabo wharehouse dock, New Orleans in the Mississippi River when bales of cotton on the dock caught fire and spread to the ship so quickly the gangplank and lifeboat were unusable. Four crew, 3 women, and a child died.[69]
3 March[]
List of shipwrecks: 3 March 1930
Ship
Country
Description
United Kingdom
The cargo ship ran aground on the south shore of Curaçao, Netherlands Antilles.[70] She was refloated on 17 March.[71]
Denmark
The cargo ship collided with (United Kingdom) in the North Sea off Norderney, Germany and sank. Her crew were rescued by Iceland.[68]
The cargo ship ran aground in the Ryukyu Islands.[63] She was refloated on 11 March.[76]
8 March[]
List of shipwrecks: 8 March 1930
Ship
Country
Description
United States
The four-masted schooner was driven ashore at Cape Hatteras, North Carolina and was wrecked.[77]
10 March[]
List of shipwrecks: 10 March 1930
Ship
Country
Description
United Kingdom
The schooner departed Barbados for Port aux Basques, Newfoundland. No further trace, presumed foundered in the Atlantic Ocean with the loss of all hands.[78]
The cargo ship collided with (United Kingdom) in the and was beached.[79]
11 March[]
List of shipwrecks: 11 March 1930
Ship
Country
Description
United States
The cargo ship was severely damaged at New Orleans, Louisiana when a dockside fire spread to the ship.[80] Having sunk, she was refloated on 16 March.[71]
12 March[]
List of shipwrecks: 12 March 1930
Ship
Country
Description
United States
The schooner was driven ashore in the Cayman Islands and was wrecked.[80]
14 March[]
List of shipwrecks: 14 March 1930
Ship
Country
Description
Belgium
The cargo ship was extensively damaged by fire at Antwerp.[81]
15 March[]
List of shipwrecks: 15 March 1930
Ship
Country
Description
United Kingdom
The cargo ship ran aground in the North Sea off the (United Kingdom) and broke up. Her crew were rescued by (United Kingdom).[81]
17 March[]
List of shipwrecks: 17 March 1930
Ship
Country
Description
Netherlands
The cargo ship caught fire at Suez, Egypt and was abandoned by her crew.[71]
The cargo ship ran aground on Sable Island, Nova Scotia, Canada.[83] She was declared a total loss on 26 March.[75]
21 March[]
List of shipwrecks: 21 March 1930
Ship
Country
Description
United Kingdom
The cargo ship ran aground at Motucka, South Island, New Zealand.[84] She was refloated on 28 March.[85]
26 March[]
List of shipwrecks: 26 March 1930
Ship
Country
Description
Panama
United States
The 51-gross register ton 68.7-foot (20.9 m) fishing vessel was wrecked on a reef off Marmot Island in the Kodiak Archipelago in a snowstorm with heavy seas and broke up in the surf. Her nine-man crew made it to the island in dories and spent 36 hours there, then reached Ouzinkie on Spruce Island in the dories.[86]
27 March[]
List of shipwrecks: 27 March 1930
Ship
Country
Description
Secundus
Germany
The galiot sank off Falsterbo, Sweden. The crew were rescued.[87]
United Kingdom
The coaster ran aground on Tory Island, County Donegal, Ireland and was wrecked. Her crew were rescued.[87] She broke in three during a gale on 29 March.[88]
28 March[]
List of shipwrecks: 28 March 1930
Ship
Country
Description
Norway
The cargo ship ran aground off Farsund, Norway.[85] She later broke in two, with the stern section sinking.[89]
Went aground on the Ve Skerries, Shetland, deemed to have done so through because of poor visibility. Despite rescue efforts made by Arora and Smiling Morn, the full crew of at least 7 were lost with the severity of the weather.[90]
The Almirante Cervera-classcruiser broke free from her moorings at Ferrol, Galicia. She collided with the quayside and sank. She was refloated the next day.[94] Later repaired and returned to service.
Soviet Union
The cargo ship ran aground off , Japan. Salvage efforts were abandoned on 5 April.[95]
3 April[]
List of shipwrecks: 3 April 1930
Ship
Country
Description
Italy
The cargo ship ran aground at , Turkey.[96] She was refloated on 6 April.[95]
The ferry ran aground on Mousa, Shetland Islands and was wrecked. All on board were rescued.
11 April[]
List of shipwrecks: 11 April 1930
Ship
Country
Description
United Kingdom
The schooner was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Nova Scotia, Canada. The crew were rescued.[102]
United Kingdom
The cargo ship struck a submerged rock and sank off Brookes Island, Port Hamilton, Korea. The crew were rescued.[101]
Mazeppa
United Kingdom
The Thames barge collided with (Norway) in the North Sea off the Kentish Knock Lightship (United Kingdom). All five crew were rescued by the Walton-on-the-Naze Lifeboat.[102]
The cargo ship suffered an explosion of her boilers and sank in the Ionian Sea between Zakynthos and Kephalonia with the loss of twenty of her 23 crew.[109]
24 April[]
List of shipwrecks: 24 April 1930
Ship
Country
Description
Thames
United States
The 142-foot (43 m), 540-gross register tonsteamer, a cargo ship, was beached off Sound Beach on , Long Island Sound off Norwalk, Connecticut, and burned to the waterline. Her crew abandoned ship in two lifeboats, which quickly were swamped in heavy seas. Sources differ on the size of her crew and the number of survivors: She either had a crew of 26 of which 16 died, or a crew of 16 of which six died.[110][111]
The collier was rammed and sunk in the North Sea off the (Germany) by (United States) with the loss of a crew member. The survivors were rescued by President Harding.[114][115]
28 April[]
List of shipwrecks: 28 April 1930
Ship
Country
Description
Rosa
United Kingdom
The Admiralty fuelling craft ran aground at Flamborough Head, Yorkshire and was wrecked. All sixteen crew were rescued by the Flamborough Lifeboat.[116]
29 April[]
List of shipwrecks: 29 April 1930
Ship
Country
Description
Gairsoppa
United Kingdom
The cargo ship ran aground at Fulton Point, India. She was refloated later that day.
The auxiliary schooner collided with (Honduras) in the Caribbean Sea 5 nautical miles (9.3 km) east of Puerto Cortés and sank.[123]
8 May[]
List of shipwrecks: 8 May 1930
Ship
Country
Description
United States
The tanker was driven ashore at Drake's Bay, California. The crew were rescued.[119]
9 May[]
List of shipwrecks: 9 May 1930
Ship
Country
Description
Teddy H
United States
The 153-gross register ton, 74.3-foot (22.6 m) sternwheel paddle steamer, in operation as a cargo ship, was crushed by ice on the Tanana River 0.5-mile (0.80 km) above Nenana in the Territory of Alaska when an ice jam upriver from her broke free during the spring thaw, came downstream, and broke her apart. Her crew of 13 survived.[124]
11 May[]
List of shipwrecks: 11 May 1930
Ship
Country
Description
Twins
United States
During a voyage in the Territory of Alaska from Cordova to Cape Hinchinbrook, the 11-gross register ton 35.9-foot (10.9 m) fishing vessel dragged her anchors, drifted onto Montague Island at the entrance to Prince William Sound, and was wrecked with no one aboard after her three occupants left her in a skiff which capsized as they tried to reach shore, killing one of them. With the skiff overturned, the two survivors were unable to return to Twins to save her from drifting ashore.[124]
12 May[]
List of shipwrecks: 12 May 1930
Ship
Country
Description
Prima
United Kingdom
The dredger capsized in the English Channel off the (United Kingdom).[125]
The schooner collided with (United States) in the Atlantic Ocean 47 nautical miles (87 km) south south east of the Barnegat Lighthouse, New Jersey.[129]
United Kingdom
The auxiliary schooner foundered in the Pacific Ocean off Suva, fiji.[129]
Spain
The cargo ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean off Fernando Pó, French West Africa during a cyclone. The crew survived.[129]
17 May[]
List of shipwrecks: 17 May 1930
Ship
Country
Description
Brazil
The cargo ship collided with the breakwater at Rio Grande do Norte and sank with the loss of seven crew.[130]
The cargo ship foundered in the Aegean Sea off Skiathos.[131]
Portugal
The cargo ship was destroyed by fire at Melilla, Spain.[131]
23 May[]
List of shipwrecks: 23 May 1930
Ship
Country
Description
Belgium
The cargo ship ran aground on Lissa Island, Yugoslavia and was wrecked.[39]
France
The cargo ship sank at Buncrana, County Donegal, Ireland.[135]
25 May[]
List of shipwrecks: 25 May 1930
Ship
Country
Description
City of Honolulu
United States
The ocean liner caught fire, burned out and sank in Honolulu Harbour, Hawaii. She was raised on 9 June, patched up and sailed to Los Angeles, California, where she was declared a constructive total loss. City of Honolulu was scrapped at Osaka, Japan in December 1933.
United Kingdom
The tug ran aground 6 nautical miles (11 km) north of Walvis Bay, South Africa and was wrecked. The crew were rescued.[135]
28 May[]
List of shipwrecks: 28 May 1930
Ship
Country
Description
Belgium
The cargo ship struck a submerged object and sank in the English Channel, 20 nautical miles (37 km) west of Beachy Head, Sussex, United Kingdom. The crew were rescued by the trawler D.L.C. (United Kingdom).[136]
United Kingdom
The cargo ship ran aground on the south shore of Curaçao, Netherlands Antilles. Her crew were rescued.[137] She was refloated on 16 June.[138]
The cargo ship collided with (Italy) in the English Channel 7 nautical miles (13 km) south west of Beachy Head, Sussex, United Kingdom and sank with the loss of fifteen of her eighteen crew. Survivors were rescued by Literno and the Eastbourne Lifeboat.[140][141]
The cargo ship collided with (Soviet Union) at Montevideo, Uruguay and was beached.[144]
United Kingdom
The cargo ship arrived at Gibraltar with her cargo on fire. She was beached the next day.[144] The fire was extinguished on 11 June,[145] and she was refloated on 23 June.[146]
10 June[]
List of shipwrecks: 10 June 1930
Ship
Country
Description
United States
Carrying a cargo of gasoline, the 1,111-gross register ton coastal tanker collided in thick fog with the passenger ship (United States) in the Atlantic Ocean off Fourth Cliff at Scituate, Massachusetts. She caught fire, exploded and subsequently capsized and sank in up to 100 feet (30 m) of water 6 nautical miles (11 km; 6.9 mi) east of Fourth Cliff at 42°09′18″N070°33′48″W / 42.15500°N 70.56333°W / 42.15500; -70.56333 (Pinthis) with the loss of her entire crew (either 19 or 20 people). Seventeen crew and 14 passengers on board Fairfax also were killed.[147][148][149][150][151]
11 June[]
List of shipwrecks: 11 June 1930
Ship
Country
Description
United Kingdom
The schooner foundered in the Atlantic Ocean off Cape Breton, Nova Scotia.[145]
The speedboat struck a floating tree branch in Windermere during a world speed record attempt. She capsized and sank, killing Sir Henry Segrave and injuring the other two crew.
The cargo ship ran aground at Keelung, China.[155] She was refloated on 25 June.[157]
United Kingdom
The coaster ran aground at Portstewart, County Londonderry.[155] She was refloated on 26 June and taken under tow with the intention of reaching Portrush but she capsized and sank. All crew were rescued.[158]
The cargo ship ran aground at Cape Patience, Sakhalin, Soviet Union. Salvage efforts were abandoned on 28 June and she was declared a total loss.[159][160]
The scow exploded and sank in the St. Lawrence Seaway near Brockville, Ontario, Canada, when lightning struck her, detonating dynamite she had on board. Thirty of her crew were killed; the 12 survivors were rescued by the United States Coast Guard CutterCGQ-II.
The packet steamer ran aground on the Conister Rock in Douglas Harbour, Isle of Man. She later was refloated, repaired, and returned to service.
4 July[]
List of shipwrecks: 4 July 1930
Ship
Country
Description
United Kingdom
The cargo ship ran aground in the Paraná River 10 nautical miles (19 km) upstream of Rosario, Santa Fe, Argentina.[168] She was refloated on 11 July.[169]
6 July[]
List of shipwrecks: 6 July 1930
Ship
Country
Description
Yugoslavia
The passenger ship collised with (Italy) off Pašman with the loss of four lives. She was beached and all passengers were taken off by Francesco Morosini.[165][170]
7 July[]
List of shipwrecks: 7 July 1930
Ship
Country
Description
Norway
The cargo ship collided with (Japan) off the Shangtung Promontory, China and sank. Her crew were rescued.[171]
8 July[]
List of shipwrecks: 8 July 1930
Ship
Country
Description
Nicaragua
The cargo ship caught fire at Twelve Mile Island, Alabama, United States.[172] She was a constructive total loss.[157]
The cargo ship ran aground off .[173] She was refloated on 12 July.[157]
United Kingdom
The cargo ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean off Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia, Canada.[172]
10 July[]
List of shipwrecks: 10 July 1930
Ship
Country
Description
Spain
The auxiliary schooner foundered in the Mediterranean Sea off Portsay. Her crew survived.[174]
United Kingdom
The cargo ship collided with (United Kingdom) in Whitefish Bay and sank.[169] She was refloated on 9 August.[175]
11 July[]
List of shipwrecks: 11 July 1930
Ship
Country
Description
Clara Blanche
United States
The 15-gross register tonpurse seiner was destroyed by fire in port at Tyee, Territory of Alaska. Her crew of four survived.[176]
United States
The cargo ship suffered an onboard explosion at Rockaway Point, New York. She was beached in the Rockaway Inlet and was destroyed by the subsequent fire.[174]
The dredger struck a submerged object and foundered at Tampico, Tamaulipas, Mexico, with the loss of two crew.[186]
23 July[]
List of shipwrecks: 23 July 1930
Ship
Country
Description
France
The schooner struck a rock in the Bay of Biscay 5 nautical miles (9.3 km) off , Finistère and foundered.[187]
Belgium
The coaster ran aground at Warkworth, Northumberland, United Kingdom.[187] She was refloated on 29 July.[188]
28 July[]
List of shipwrecks: 28 July 1930
Ship
Country
Description
Sweden
The cargo ship caught fire in the Atlantic Ocean 82 nautical miles (152 km) off Vitória, Brazil. She was consequently abandoned 14 nautical miles (26 km) south east of the .[189] The crew were rescued by (Netherlands) and (United Kingdom). She drifted ashore 60 nautical miles (110 km) north of Vitória and was a total loss.[188][190]
29 July[]
List of shipwrecks: 29 July 1930
Ship
Country
Description
United States
The dredger foundered in Lake Erie six miles (9.7 km) off of Dunkirk, New York, 23 miles (37 km) east of Presque Isle. 15 crew killed.[190][191][192]
Twin B
United States
The 9-gross register ton, 40-foot (12 m) fishing vessel was destroyed by fire while departing , Territory of Alaska. Her three-man crew survived.[124]
The cargo ship caught fire in the Atlantic Ocean and put into Leixões, Portugal and was beached.[203][204] She was refloated on 29 August.[205]
United Kingdom
The cargo ship was beached on one of the Magdalen Islands, Quebec, Canada having previously run aground in the Bird Islands, Northwest Territories.[203] Following storm damage on August 18, she was a total loss.[206]
9 August[]
List of shipwrecks: 9 August 1930
Ship
Country
Description
United Kingdom
The cargo ship collided with (United Kingdom) in the River Thames and sank.[207]
10 August[]
List of shipwrecks: 10 August 1930
Ship
Country
Description
Caribou
United Kingdom
The passenger ship ran aground on , Newfoundland. All passengers and crew took to the lifeboats.[204] She was a total loss.[175]
12 August[]
List of shipwrecks: 12 August 1930
Ship
Country
Description
Danzig
The tanker ran aground at , Argentina.[208] She was refloated on 16 August.[209]
France
The cargo ship ran aground in the Charente at Tonnay-Charente, Charente-Maritime.[208]
The cargo ship ran aground at Urusan, Korea.[202] She was still aground on 22 October.[211]
13 August[]
List of shipwrecks: 13 August 1930
Ship
Country
Description
Go Get
United States
The 29-gross register tonmotor vessel was destroyed by fire while docked at the Kukak Bay Cannery on the south coast of the Alaska Peninsula in the Territory of Alaska. Her crew of four survived.[212]
The sailing ship departed Cardiff, Glamorgan, United Kingdom for Pont-l'Abbé, Finistère. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[214]
The cargo ship ran aground at , Finland and was beached.[225] She was refloated on 4 September.[227]
31 August[]
List of shipwrecks: 31 August 1930
Ship
Country
Description
United Kingdom
The coaster collided with (United Kingdom) in the Atlantic Ocean 11 nautical miles (20 km) of the Longships Lighthouse and sank. Her crew were rescued by Borderland.[228]
The coaster was in collision with (France) in the Atlantic Ocean 5 nautical miles (9.3 km) off Trevose Head, Cornwall and sank. Her crew were rescued by Annik.[228]
The fishing vessel was sunk in a collision with (United States) one-half mile (0.80 km) north north west of Sisters Island light, British Columbia. Ten killed.[231]
The ocean survey ship ran aground on the Lobster Rocks, Islesboro, Maine.[234] She was refloated, repaired, and returned to service.
7 September[]
List of shipwrecks: 7 September 1930
Ship
Country
Description
Chase
United States
Carrying a cargo of three tons of canned clams and coal and a crew of one, the 11-gross register ton, 38.8-foot (11.8 m) motor vessel departed Kodiak on Kodiak Island bound for Seward, Territory of Alaska, and was never heard from again. She disappeared without trace.[176]
The cargo ship struck submerged wreckage in the English Channel 5.5 nautical miles (10.2 km) south of Portland Bill, Dorset and sank. All crew survived.[237]
Greece
The cargo ship was severely damaged by fire at Drapetsona when benzine leaked from the tanker (United Kingdom) and caught fire. Seven other sailing vessels were destroyed by fire, and many others were damaged.[237]
United Kingdom
The cargo ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean off Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia, Canada.[238]
9 September[]
List of shipwrecks: 9 September 1930
Ship
Country
Description
Brazil
The cargo ship was wrecked 30 nautical miles (56 km) south of Vitória.[237]
10 September[]
List of shipwrecks: 10 September 1930
Ship
Country
Description
United Kingdom
The cargo ship ran aground on the Jacob Reef, off the coast of South Africa and was abandoned. The crew were rescued.[226] She broke in tow on 16 September and was a total loss.[239]
11 September[]
List of shipwrecks: 11 September 1930
Ship
Country
Description
Italy
The cargo ship ran aground in the North Sea on Bollen Hinder Bank of the coast of the Netherlands.[240] She was refloated on 16 October.[241]
13 September[]
List of shipwrecks: 13 September 1930
Ship
Country
Description
, Pacific Gatherer
United Kingdom
Second Narrows Bridge
The tug and barge collided with the Second Narrows Bridge, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada and jammed under it. The rising tide eventually caused the collapse of the bridge,[242] which took four years to repair.
United Kingdom
The cargo ship ran aground on the Sealark Reef, Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands and was a total loss. The crew were rescued.[214]
The cargo ship ran aground in the Yangtze downstream of Antung, China. She broke in two and was a total loss.[214]
United Kingdom
The cargo ship ran aground on the Rabbit Islands, Turkey.[214] She was refloated on 29 September but again ran aground.[244] She was refloated again on 1 October.[245]
Belgium
The cargo ship passed Dungeness, Kent, United Kingdom, bound for Alexandria, Egypt. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[246]
United Kingdom
The cargo ship ran aground on the Girdler Sands, in the North Sea off the Essex coast. The crew were rescued by (United Kingdom) and the Margate Lifeboat. She was a total loss.[214]
20 September[]
List of shipwrecks: 20 September 1930
Ship
Country
Description
France
The three-masted schooner was driven ashore at Chesil Beach, Dorset, United Kingdom and was wrecked. All seven crew were rescued.[247]
The coaster foundered in the Thames Estuary with the loss of three of the five people on board. Survivors were rescued by the trawler Notre Dame des Ardents (France).[248]
22 September[]
List of shipwrecks: 22 September 1930
Ship
Country
Description
Belgium
The coaster ran aground at Prawle Point, Devon, United Kingdom in dense fog. All twelve crew were rescued.[249] She broke in two on 9 October,[250] and had broken up by November.[251]
The schooner came ashore at the mouth of the River Tees, County Durham. Her crew were rescued.[256] She broke her back the next day and was a total loss.[253]
United Kingdom
The cargo ship collided with (Spain) in the Strait of Gibraltar and was beached in Gibraltar Bay.[257] She was refloated the next day.[244]
United States
The gas steamer sank in Lake Michigan between Benton Harbor, Michigan and Milwaukee, Wisconsin, in a gale. Wreckage found floating 30 miles (48 km) north of Racine, Wisconsin. Lost with her captain, his wife and all five hands.[258][259]
28 September[]
List of shipwrecks: 28 September 1930
Ship
Country
Description
United Kingdom
The schooner collided with (Norway) in the Atlantic Ocean 3 nautical miles (5.6 km) off Ferryland, Newfoundland with the loss of five of the six people on board.[253][260]
The steamer sank in the Pacific Ocean between Coos Bay, Oregon and Crescent City, California possibly between Brookings and Gold Beach after leaving port on 14 or 16 September. Wreckage found later indicated she broke up on rocks. Lost with all 19 hands.[261][262]
October[]
2 October[]
List of shipwrecks: 2 October 1930
Ship
Country
Description
Elmo II
United States
With her captain ashore and only one crewman aboard, the 8-gross register tonmotor vessel drifted ashore and broke up at , Territory of Alaska, after her anchor line broke during a gale. The crewman escaped unharmed.[180]
3 October[]
List of shipwrecks: 3 October 1930
Ship
Country
Description
United Kingdom
The cargo ship came ashore in the Richardson Islands, Northwest Territories, Canada, and was wrecked.[263]
During a voyage in the Territory of Alaska from Nome to Kotzebue, the 7-gross register ton, 37-foot (11.3 m) motorlighterage vessel sank in bad weather in Kotzebue Sound near Cape Blossom. The steamerArthur J. Baldwin (United States) rescued her crew of four.[105]
Greece
The cargo ship ran aground off the Leander's Tower, Istanbul, Turkey.[267] She was refloated on 22 October.[268]
16 October[]
List of shipwrecks: 16 October 1930
Ship
Country
Description
Italy
The passenger ship collided with the steamer (United Kingdom) in the Atlantic Ocean 10 nautical miles (19 km) off Mariel, Cuba, and sank. Hallmoor rescued all on board.[266]
17 October[]
List of shipwrecks: 17 October 1930
Ship
Country
Description
United Kingdom
The tanker was destroyed by fire at Thameshaven, Essex, england.[269]
19 October[]
List of shipwrecks: 19 October 1930
Ship
Country
Description
Millie
United Kingdom
The Thames barge foundered in the Thames Estuary in England. The steamerBaltrader (United Kingdom) rescued her crew of two.[270]
21 October[]
List of shipwrecks: 21 October 1930
Ship
Country
Description
Spain
The cargo ship collided with another vessel 12 nautical miles (22 km) east of Sálvora, Galicia, Spain, and sank.[271]
22 October[]
List of shipwrecks: 22 October 1930
Ship
Country
Description
Greece
The cargo ship ran aground on island in the Aegean Sea and sank. Her crew survived.[272]
24 October[]
List of shipwrecks: 24 October 1930
Ship
Country
Description
Norway
The cargo ship came ashore at Randøy, Norway, and sank with the loss of six crew.[271]
Ortona
United Kingdom
The cargo ship ran aground in the River Tees at Middlesbrough, Yorkshire, England.[271] She was refloated on 8 November.[273]
25 October[]
List of shipwrecks: 25 October 1930
Ship
Country
Description
United Kingdom
The cargo ship foundered 7 nautical miles (13 km) northeast of The Skerries, Isle of Anglesey. The crew took to the lifeboats and landed at Moelfre, Anglesey, England. Her captain was rescued by the fishing trawlerJeanne (Belgium).[274]
The schooner capsized in the Bristol Channel off Cardiff, Glamorgan, United Kingdom.[277]
Ethel
United Kingdom
The cargo ship ran aground at Bideford, Devon.[279] She was refloated on 5 November.[281]
United Kingdom
The cargo ship ran aground on Als, Denmark.[279] She was refloated on 6 November.[282]
Julia
United Kingdom
The schooner ran aground at The Needles, Isle of Wight. She was refloated on 10 November.[280]
France
The cargo ship foundered in the English Channel off Portland Bill, Dorset, United Kingdom. Three crew were rescued by (Belgium).[277]
Greece
The cargo ship (1,588 GRT, 1898) was abandoned in the English Channel about 6 nautical miles (11 km) south south west of Selsey Bill, Sussex, United Kingdom. Her crew were rescued by and (both United Kingdom).[277]
5 November[]
List of shipwrecks: 5 November 1930
Ship
Country
Description
United Kingdom
The cargo ship was driven ashore at Trapani, Sicily, Italy.[281] She was refloated on 11 November.[283]
The cargo ship ran aground at the mouth of the Adour river, Bayonne, Basses-Pyrénées, France and broke her back. She was a total loss.[273]
United States
The tanker ran aground off the Pigeon Point Lighthouse, California. She was refloated on 26 November.[285]
8 November[]
List of shipwrecks: 8 November 1930
Ship
Country
Description
United States
The coaster was disabled when her engine room filled with water crossing the bar at Eureka, California. She drifted ashore three miles (4.8 km) up the coast and broke up in heavy surf. 17 crewmen and 1 stowaway were killed, there was 1 survivor.[286]
United States
The schooner foundered in the Atlantic Ocean off Cape Canaveral, Florida. Ten crew were rescued by (Honduras).[283]
United Kingdom
The cargo ship ran aground at Akban Liman, Turkey.[273] She was refloated on 16 November.[287]
Northern Light
United States
The barge, a former freighter, foundered in a storm off Key Largo in the Florida Keys after losing her tow. Five crew were killed and one was rescued by the tugboat Ontario.[288]
The coaster passed Dover, Kent, United Kingdom bound for Gothenburg, Sweden. No further trace. Presumed foundered in the North Sea off Sylt, Schleswig-Holstein, where a lifeboat washed up on 15 November.[289]
Sweden
The coaster departed the Free City of Danzig for Trollhättan. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[290]
10 November[]
List of shipwrecks: 10 November 1930
Ship
Country
Description
United Kingdom
The cargo ship ran aground at São Vicente, Cape Verde Islands, Portugal.[283] She was refloated on 14 November.[291]
United Kingdom
The cargo ship ran aground at Skarfskerry Head, Caithness. All crew were rescued.[280] She was declared a total loss on 19 November.[292]
United Kingdom
The cargo ship struck a submerged object in the Bristol Channel off Cardiff, Glamorgan and sank. Her crew survived. She may have struck the wreck of the French schoonerCommandant Marchand.[280]
11 November[]
List of shipwrecks: 11 November 1930
Ship
Country
Description
United Kingdom
The coaster ran aground at Ballina, County Mayo, Ireland.[283] She was refloated on 10 December.[293]
12 November[]
List of shipwrecks: 12 November 1930
Ship
Country
Description
Denmark
The coaster ran aground in the Kattegat off Hjelm and sank.[278]
United Kingdom
The cargo ship ran aground in the Penfeld at Brest, Finistère, France.[294] She was refloated on 16 November.[287]
United Kingdom
The cargo ship came ashore on the west coast of Ven, Sweden.[294] She was refloated on 16 November.[295]
Spain
The schooner collided with the trawler Santa Eulala (Spain) in the Atlantic Ocean off Las Palmas, Canary Islands and sank. Her crew were rescued by Santa Eulala.[294]
13 November[]
List of shipwrecks: 13 November 1930
Ship
Country
Description
Greece
The ship was driven ashore at , Chile. She was on a voyage from Montevideo, Uruguay to Valparaiso, Chile. Yero Callas was refloated on 6 December.[296][297]
14 November[]
List of shipwrecks: 14 November 1930
Ship
Country
Description
Doreena
United Kingdom
The Thames barge collided with (United Kingdom) in the River Thames and sank with the loss of a crew member.[298]
Latvia
The cargo ship ran aground on the Curonian Spit. Her crew were rescued.[295]
Italy
The schooner was abandoned in the Tyrrhenian Sea 2 nautical miles (3.7 km) off Punta Imperatore, Ischia.[291]
Greece
The cargo ship came ashore at , Chile. She was declared a total loss on 18 November,[291][299] but was refloated on 6 December and beached at Baker Cove.[300][301]
15 November[]
List of shipwrecks: 15 November 1930
Ship
Country
Description
United Kingdom
The cargo ship ran aground at Yarmouth, Isle of Wight.[295] She was refloated on 18 November.[302]
The auxiliary three masted schooner departed Port Talbot, Glamorgan for New Ross, County Wexford, Ireland. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[303]
The cargo ship collided with Hebble (United Kingdom) in the Scheldt at Antwerp, Belgium and sank.[302] She was refloated on 4 December.[305]
United Kingdom
The ocean liner ran aground on Farilhões Island, Berlengas, Portugal and was a total loss. All on board were rescued by a Portuguese Navy vessel and Portuguese fishing boats.[289][290][306]
United Kingdom
The schooner was driven ashore in the River Severn at Oldbury-on-Severn, Gloucestershire.[302] She was refloated on 22 November.[307]
The cargo ship was driven on the Grosser Vogel sandbank, in the North Sea off the mouth of the Elbe and sank with the loss of all 31 crew.[311]
24 November[]
List of shipwrecks: 24 November 1930
Ship
Country
Description
Greece
The cargo ship caught fire in the Atlantic Ocean 75 nautical miles (139 km) off Cristóbal, Colón, Panama and was abandoned. All crew were rescued by (United Kingdom) before she sank.[311]
The River-classtorpedo-boat destroyer was sunk in the Tasman Sea off Australia's Sydney Heads by a gelignite charge after use as a gunnery target during the day.
25 November[]
List of shipwrecks: 25 November 1930
Ship
Country
Description
Anna Helen
United States
During a voyage via the Inland Passage from Seattle, Washington, to the Territory of Alaska, the 80-gross register tonmotoryacht was destroyed by fire in Discovery Passage 8 nautical miles (15 km; 9.2 mi) west of Seymour Narrows on the coast of British Columbia in Canada. He crew of four survived, but she was deemed a total loss.[185]
United Kingdom
The auxiliary schooner was wrecked in the Abaco Islands.[312]
29 November[]
List of shipwrecks: 29 November 1930
Ship
Country
Description
Germany
The auxiliary three-masted schooner capsized in the Baltic Sea off Rugenwalde, Western Pomerania.[313] She was towed into on 9 December.[314]
30 November[]
List of shipwrecks: 30 November 1930
Ship
Country
Description
Spain
The schooner was driven ashore at Valencia and was wrecked. Her crew were rescued.[313]
The ocean liner caught fire at Saint-Nazaire, Loire-Inférieure whilst being fitted out. She was completed in January 1932 and was lost on her maiden voyage.
2 December[]
List of shipwrecks: 2 December 1930
Ship
Country
Description
Norway
The cargo ship ran aground at Holyhead, Anglesey, United Kingdom.[315] She sank on 7 December.[316]
United States
The retired 1,521-gross register toncargo liner was burned and scuttled as a means of disposal in 160 feet (49 m) of water off Scituate, Massachusetts.[317][318]
The cargo ship ran aground at Navia, Asturias.[305] She was refloated on 9 December.[321]
5 December[]
List of shipwrecks: 5 December 1930
Ship
Country
Description
United Kingdom
The auxiliary schooner was abandoned 8 nautical miles (15 km) off Ramea, Newfoundland. Her crew were rescued.[263]
Netherlands
The cargo ship collided with (United Kingdom) in the Weser at Nordenham, Germany and was beached.[322] She was refloated on 9 December.[321]
7 December[]
List of shipwrecks: 7 December 1930
Ship
Country
Description
Irene B
United States
During a gale, large waves struck the 7-gross register tonmotor vessel while she was hauled out on the beach 0.5 miles (0.8 km) south of Wrangell, Territory of Alaska, and broke her up.[323]
8 December[]
List of shipwrecks: 8 December 1930
Ship
Country
Description
Artiglio
Italy
The salvage vessel was sunk in the Bay of Biscay between Belle Île and Houat, Morbihan, France by the explosion of munitions on board (United States), which she was salvaging, with the loss of fourteen of her nineteen crew. Survivors were rescued by (Italy).[324][325]
The coaster sank in the Uruguay River, Buenos Aires with the loss of one of her eleven crew.[293][326]
Empress of Scotland
United Kingdom
The ocean liner was gutted by fire at a shipbreakers' yard in Blyth, Northumberland. She broke in two and sank. Scrapping was completed in 1933.
United Kingdom
The barquentine collided with the trawler Kudos (United Kingdom) in the North Sea 15 nautical miles (28 km) off Hartlepool, County Durham and sank. All six crew were rescued by Kudos.[327]
Sweden
The cargo ship collided with (Germany) at Gothenburg and sank.[293]
The ocean liner collided with the cargo ship (United Kingdom) in the River Thames near Gravesend, England. Both ships suffered sight damage.[332]
Greece
The cargo ship sprang a leak in the Atlantic Ocean (approximately 33°N69°W / 33°N 69°W / 33; -69) and was abandoned in a sinking condition. Her crew were rescued by (Italy).[333]
The ferry collided with (Finland) in the Kattegat off Læsø, Denmark and sank with the loss of 42 of the 82 people on board. Survivors were rescued by Arcturus.[334]
20 December[]
List of shipwrecks: 20 December 1930
Ship
Country
Description
United Kingdom
The cargo ship caught fire in the North Sea off Happisburgh, Norfolk and was abandoned. Her crew were rescued by (United Kingdom). Glen Derry later sank.[335]
21 December[]
List of shipwrecks: 21 December 1930
Ship
Country
Description
Greece
The cargo ship ran aground at Nicolaeff, Ukraine.[336] She was refloated on 29 December.[337]
United Kingdom
The cargo ship collided with (United States) at Istanbul, Turkey and was beached.[335]
22 December[]
List of shipwrecks: 22 December 1930
Ship
Country
Description
Finland
The cargo ship ran aground at Knollen Drogden.[331]
Norway
The cargo ship ran aground at , Norway.[331] She was refloated on 29 December.[336]
United Kingdom
The coaster ran aground at King's Lynn, Norfolk.[331] She was refloated on 5 January 1931.[338]
Lucy
United Kingdom
The cargo ship ran aground at Kettleness, Yorkshire and was abandoned. The cre were rescued by the Whitby Lifeboat.[339][340]
The 60-foot (18.3 m) sailing vessel sank in Bernard Harbour on the coast of the Northwest Territories in Canada due to damage she suffered while in winter lay-up there. She was refloated, repaired, and returned to service.[345]
Baymaud
United Kingdom
The wreck of Baymaud, June 1998
The auxiliary three-masted schooner sank in Cambridge Bay, Northwest Territories, Canada.
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