The ocean liner caught fire off Guernsey, Channel Islands. She was towed into Cherbourg, Seine Maritime but was declared a total loss. L'Atlantique was scrapped in February 1936 after her insurers insisted she was salvageable but lost the resultant court case.
The cargo ship was driven ashore at Alexandretta, Turkey.[26] She was refloated on 3 February.[27]
Umnak Native
United States
During a voyage from Unalaska to Atka with ten passengers, four crewmembers, and a cargo that included furs, 100 blue fox pups, and general merchandise, the 49-gross register ton, 59.2-foot (18.0 m) Unangan Aleut trading vessel – a motor vessel – broke up and sank when her engine failed to start after her anchor chain broke during a violent storm while she was moored in at Umnak in the Fox Islands, part of the Aleutian Islands in the Territory of Alaska.[28][29] There were four survivors, all of them crew members; the other 11 people on board drowned or died of exposure.[28][29]
The cargo ship ran aground at Taidon Gan, on the west coast of Korea.[33] She broke in two and was a total loss.[18]
30 January[]
List of shipwrecks: 30 January 1933
Ship
Country
Description
United Kingdom
The coaster ran aground 6 nautical miles (11 km) west of Hartland Point, Devon. All nine crew were rescued.[34]
United States
The cargo ship ran aground in Long Island Sound off City Island, Bronx, New York.[34] She was refloated on 3 February.[35]
31 January[]
List of shipwrecks: 31 January 1933
Ship
Country
Description
Germany
The cargo ship ran aground on the Juisan Reef, in the Philippine Sea 50 nautical miles (93 km) south of Cebu City, Philippines.[18] She was refloated on 4 February.[27]
Kate
United Kingdom
The schooner caught fire and sank in the Irish Sea off Anglesey. All five crew were rescued by the Moelfre Lifeboat.[36]
Soviet Union
The cargo ship ran aground in Brønnøysund and was beached.[34] She was still aground on 2 February with salvage efforts continuing with the expectation that she would be refloated within a week.[37]
The cargo ship ran aground at Audierne, Finistère, France. The crew were rescued.[35]
Sweden
The coaster came ashore at Varberg, Halland County. The crew were rescued by lifeboat.[39]
Norway
The cargo ship ran aground at Constanţa, Romania.[27] She was refloated on 7 February.[40]
4 February[]
List of shipwrecks: 4 February 1933
Ship
Country
Description
Greece
The cargo ship ran aground in the English Channel off the Seven Sisters, Sussex, United Kingdom. Nineteen of her 29 crew were taken off by the Eastbourne Lifeboat.[41] She was refloated on 7 February.[40]
5 February[]
List of shipwrecks: 5 February 1933
Ship
Country
Description
Brazil
The passenger ship was stranded on a breakwater at Rio Grande do Norte and was a total loss. All on board were rescued.[27]
Greece
The cargo ship ran aground at Etinas Point, Italy. She was refloated on 10 February.[42][43]
6 February[]
List of shipwrecks: 6 February 1933
Ship
Country
Description
United Kingdom
The coaster ran aground off Arranmore, County Donegal, Ireland and was wrecked. The crew survived.[42]
Spain
The cargo ship ran aground on the south of Menorca, Balearic Islands.[42] She was refloated on 16 February.[44]
Thistle
United Kingdom
The Thames barge collided with the cutterVigilant the Second (United Kingdom) in the River Thames at Woolwich and sank with the loss of one of her three crew.[45]
9 February[]
List of shipwrecks: 9 February 1933
Ship
Country
Description
Norway
The cargo ship ran aground west of Skagen, Denmark. The crew were rescued.[46]
11 February[]
List of shipwrecks: 11 February 1933
Ship
Country
Description
Santiago
Chile
The cargo ship caught fire at Puntamala, Panama and was abandoned by her crew.[24]
The cargo ship came ashore at Obtasaki, Ōshima. She broke in two on 20 January and was a total loss.[15]
19 February[]
List of shipwrecks: 19 February 1933
Ship
Country
Description
United Kingdom
The ocean liner ran aground in Liverpool Bay off the (United Kingdom). (United Kingdom) took off 186 passengers and landed them at Liverpool, Lancashire. Montrose was refloated later that day.[50]
20 February[]
List of shipwrecks: 20 February 1933
Ship
Country
Description
Spain
The coaster was driven ashore at Luarca, Asturias and sank with the loss of ten of her eleven crew.[51]
Italy
The cargo ship ran aground on Pellestrina, Venice, Italy.[52] The crew were taken off the next day.[53]
Italy
The cargo ship sprang a leak in the Tyrrhenian Sea 15 nautical miles (28 km) south of Capri, Campania and was abandoned by her crew.[15] She sank the next day.[53]
Sold to Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer for use in the filming the movie Hell Below, the decommissioned Clemson-classdestroyer was sunk with explosive charges during filming of a scene depicting the sinking of a World War I German destroyer.
23 February[]
List of shipwrecks: 23 February 1933
Ship
Country
Description
Finland
The cargo ship came ashore 4 nautical miles (7.4 km) south of the , Denmark and was wrecked.[54]
The cargo ship collided with (Japan) in the Yangtze at Tientsin and was beached.[55]
25 February[]
List of shipwrecks: 25 February 1933
Ship
Country
Description
United Kingdom
The coaster came ashore at , Mull of Galloway, Wigtownshire and was wrecked. All passengers and crew were rescued.[56]
United Kingdom
The coaster struck a rock off Saint Peter Port, Guernsey, Channel Islands and sank. All crew were rescued.[56] She was refloated on 3 March.[57]
26 February[]
List of shipwrecks: 26 February 1933
Ship
Country
Description
Edna
United Kingdom
The coaster ran aground on the Mull of Galloway, Wigtownshire. All passengers and crew were taken off by (United Kingdom).[58]
United Kingdom
The coaster ran aground in the Tyne Estuary. All crew were rescued by the North Shields Lifeboat.[58] She was refloated on 11 March.[59]
28 February[]
List of shipwrecks: 28 February 1933
Ship
Country
Description
Denmark
The schooner was abandoned in the Mediterranean Sea 75 nautical miles (139 km) off Tripoli, Libya. The crew survived.[60]
March[]
1 March[]
List of shipwrecks: 1 March 1933
Ship
Country
Description
United Kingdom
The coaster was driven ashore at Bridlington, Yorkshire after losing her rudder.[61] She was refloated on 10 March.[62]
2 March[]
List of shipwrecks: 2 March 1933
Ship
Country
Description
Denmark
The cargo ship collided with (United Kingdom) in the North Sea off the Hook of Holland, South Holland, Netherlands and was beached.[63]
Clara
Netherlands
The cargo ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean off , County Wexford, Ireland. All on board were rescued by (Ireland).[64]
6 March[]
List of shipwrecks: 6 March 1933
Ship
Country
Description
United Kingdom
The ship ran aground at Mofu Point, China and was wrecked. All passengers and crew were rescued by (United Kingdom).[65]
Norway
The sealer foundered in the White Sea. All crew were rescued.[66]
Chile
The coaster sprang a leak and came ashore at .[67] The crew were rescued. She was subsequently declared a total loss.[68]
Norway
The cargo ship ran aground at Kiberg, Norway and was consequently beached.[65]
7 March[]
List of shipwrecks: 7 March 1933
Ship
Country
Description
Anne
Sweden
The motor schooner collided with (Sweden) in the Baltic Sea off Malmö and sank. The crew were rescued by Iwan.[69] She was raised on 15 March.[70]
Italy
The tanker ran aground at Marmara Point, Tenedos, Turkey.[71] She was refloated on 12 March.[68]
8 March[]
List of shipwrecks: 8 March 1933
Ship
Country
Description
Turkey
The cargo ship ran aground off .[72] She was refloated on 11 March.[59]
Soviet Union
The cargo ship ran aground on the Turkish coast 7 nautical miles (13 km) from the entrance to the Bosporus.[72] She was still aground on 16 March, with salvage operations continuing.[73] She was refloated on 18 April, towed to Istanbul and beached there.[74]
10 March[]
List of shipwrecks: 10 March 1933
Ship
Country
Description
Greece
The cargo ship ran aground at Gothenburg, Sweden.[75] She was refloated on 13 March.[68]
United States
The cargo ship ran aground off San Juan, Puerto Rico.[75] She was refloated on 21 March.[76]
11 March[]
List of shipwrecks: 11 March 1933
Ship
Country
Description
Norway
The cargo ship struck a submerged wreck and sank in the Skaggerak off Mandal, Norway.[59]
14 March[]
List of shipwrecks: 14 March 1933
Ship
Country
Description
United Kingdom
The cargo ship caught fire at Lochmaddy, Outer Hebrides and sank. All eight crew survived.[77]
The ocean liner capsized and sank at Seattle, Washington with the loss of two lives.[86] She was refloated on 13 April,[87] repaired, and returned to service.
Tum Tum
United States
The 13-gross register ton, 36-foot (11 m) motor vessel was destroyed by fire at Petersburg, Territory of Alaska. The only person aboard survived.[88]
26 March[]
List of shipwrecks: 26 March 1933
Ship
Country
Description
United Kingdom
The cargo ship ran aground at Ceuta, Spain.[89] She later broke her back and salvage attempts were abandoned.[90]
27 March[]
List of shipwrecks: 27 March 1933
Ship
Country
Description
Greece
The cargo ship foundered off Rosas, Catalonia, Spain. The crew were rescued.[91]
Italy
The cargo ship came ashore at Riposto, Sicily. The crew were rescued.[91]
The ship foundered in the Mediterranean Sea before 31 March. Sixteen crew were rescued by (United Kingdom) and landed at Bizerta, Algeria on that date.[94]
The cargo ship ran aground at , South Africa. She was refloated and taken in tow but foundered the next day.[99]
5 April[]
List of shipwrecks: 5 April 1933
Ship
Country
Description
France
The cargo ship ran aground 30 nautical miles (56 km) south of Tuléar, Madagascar.[100] She was still aground on 11 April and was described as being in "a critical condition".[101]
The cargo ship struck rocks off the , Spain and was consequently beached at Cape Palos, Murcia. She was refloated on 22 April.[105]
20 April[]
List of shipwrecks: 20 April 1933
Ship
Country
Description
Italy
The tanker ran aground at , French West Africa.[106] She was refloated later that day and sailed to Dakar.[105] She was declared a constructive total loss, and was taken out to sea and sunk on 24 May.[107]
23 April[]
List of shipwrecks: 23 April 1933
Ship
Country
Description
United Kingdom
The cargo ship ran aground on , Canada. She broke in two and was a total loss. The crew were rescued.[108]
Sweden
The cargo ship collided with Regulus (Sweden) at Gothenburg and sank. All crew survived[109]
The cargo ship ran aground on the North East Reef, off Yap Island, Caroline Islands.[108] Salvage efforts were abandoned on 16 May and she was declared a total loss.[110]
24 April[]
List of shipwrecks: 24 April 1933
Ship
Country
Description
Ruslan
Soviet Navy
The rescue ship was sunk by ice. She was on a voyage from Spitsbergen to Murmansk.[111]
26 April[]
List of shipwrecks: 26 April 1933
Ship
Country
Description
Soviet Union
The salvage vessel foundered in the Atlantic Ocean south of South Cape, Spitzbergen with the loss of twenty of her 23 crew. Survivors were rescued by (Norway).[112][113]
27 April[]
List of shipwrecks: 27 April 1933
Ship
Country
Description
United States
The refrigerated cargo ship ran aground 60 nautical miles (110 km) north of Progreso, Texas.[114] She was abandoned as a total loss on 3 May. The crew were rescued by (United States).[115]
The refrigerated cargo liner came ashore in Eddrachillis Bay, Sutherland whilst being towed from Belfast to Rosyth for scrapping. Salvage was deemed impracticable.[116]
The cargo ship ran aground on Martinique. She was refloated on 6 May.[117]
5 May[]
List of shipwrecks: 5 May 1933
Ship
Country
Description
Eurasia
Latvia
The four-masted schooner came ashore at Bocas, Panama and was wrecked.[118][119]
6 May[]
List of shipwrecks: 6 May 1933
Ship
Country
Description
Englishman
United Kingdom
The schooner foundered in Musselwick Bay, Pembrokeshire. The crew were rescued by the ketchAgnes (United Kingdom).[120]
7 May[]
List of shipwrecks: 7 May 1933
Ship
Country
Description
Sweden
The coaster collided with (United Kingdom) in the Scheldt off Vlissingen, South Holland, Netherlands and sank. The crew were rescued.[120] Salvage efforts were abandoned on 14 May.[121]
8 May[]
List of shipwrecks: 8 May 1933
Ship
Country
Description
City of Anacortes
United States
The 41-gross register ton, 62.8-foot (19.1 m) motorpassenger vessel was wrecked in Portland Canal in Southeast Alaska near the border with British Columbia, Canada. All six people aboard survived.[95]
12 May[]
List of shipwrecks: 12 May 1933
Ship
Country
Description
Peru
The four-masted schooner sprang a leak off Callao and was beached. She was a total loss.[122]
The 22-gross register ton, 38-foot (11.6 m) fishing vessel was wrecked on Near Island at Kodiak, Territory of Alaska. The only person on board survived.[125]
The Thames barge collided with (United Kingdom) in the English Channel off Portland Bill, Dorset and sank with the loss of two of her three crew. The survivor was rescued by Cambridge.[128]
The passenger ship ran aground near the Rock of Ages Lighthouse, Michigan. All 127 passengers and crew were rescued. She remained on the rocks until the following October when she broke up in a storm.
The cargo ship struck a rock off Korea and was beached.[137]
June[]
1 June[]
List of shipwrecks: 1 June 1933
Ship
Country
Description
United Kingdom
The cargo ship ran aground10 nautical miles (19 km) north of Óbidos, Brazil.[137] She was refloated on 14 June.[138]
United Kingdom
The Union-Castle Linecargo ship collided with in the Elbe upstream of Cuxhaven, Germany and was beached.[139] She was declared a total loss.[140][141]
5 June[]
List of shipwrecks: 5 June 1933
Ship
Country
Description
United Kingdom
The cargo ship ran aground in the Paraná River, Argentina.[142] She was refloated on 10 June.[143]
United Kingdom
The cargo ship ran aground in the Paraná River.[142] She was refloated on 13 June.[144]
8 June[]
List of shipwrecks: 8 June 1933
Ship
Country
Description
Brazil
The cargo ship collided with a sunken lighter at Rio Grande do Norte and was consequently beached.[145]
United Kingdom
The cargo ship sank in the Magdalena River at Puerto Berrío, Columbia and was a total loss.[146]
Herbert and Harold
United Kingdom
The Thames barge collided with (United Kingdom) in the River Thames at Gravesend, Kent and sank. The crew were rescued.[146]
United Kingdom
The cargo ship ran aground in the Paraná River, Argentina.[146] She was refloated on 12 June.[147]
11 June[]
List of shipwrecks: 11 June 1933
Ship
Country
Description
Wellamo
Finland
The schooner ran aground at Thyborøn, Jutland, Denmark. She was refloated but found to be leaking and was consequently beached.[143] She was refloated on 13 June and towed to Aalborg.[144]
14 June[]
List of shipwrecks: 14 June 1933
Ship
Country
Description
United Kingdom
The cargo ship ran aground in the Paraná River, Argentina.[138] She was refloated on 25 June.[148]
The cargo ship collided with (Greece) in the River Plate estuary off Argentina. Both ships sustained bow damage and flooding in their forepeaks[150]
19 June[]
List of shipwrecks: 19 June 1933
Ship
Country
Description
United Kingdom
The cargo ship ran aground on the Nekmangrund Shoal, Baltic Sea.[149] She was refloated on 25 June.[148]
Spain
The cargo ship was beached at Setúbal, Portugal.[151]
24 June[]
List of shipwrecks: 24 June 1933
Ship
Country
Description
United Kingdom
The cargo ship ran aground at , Cuba.[152] She was refloated on 5 July.[153]
United Kingdom
The coaster last seen off Gabo Island, Victoria, Australia and believed to have foundered soon afterwards in a storm, with the loss of all seventeen crew.[154][155]
United Kingdom
The cargo ship ran aground at Cape Gallant, in the Straits of Magellan.[152] She was refloated on 8 July.[156]
25 June[]
List of shipwrecks: 25 June 1933
Ship
Country
Description
Italy
The cargo ship lost her starboard propeller shaft and was subsequently beached at , Cuba.[148]
26 June[]
List of shipwrecks: 26 June 1933
Ship
Country
Description
Greece
The cargo ship caught fire at Alexandretta, Turkey. Four of her crew were killed.[157] She sank on 2 July and was a total loss.[158]
The cargo ship capsized and sank off the (Denmark). The crew survived.[161]
Corregidor
flag unknown
The ship collided with (United States) in Manila Bay off Corregidor Island, Philippines and sank.[153]
Frederick H
United Kingdom
The schooner came ashore on Silver Bank, Turks and Caicos Islands and was wrecked. The crew survived.[153]
6 July[]
List of shipwrecks: 6 July 1933
Ship
Country
Description
France
Nicholas Paquet
The passenger ship ran aground 3.5 nautical miles (6.5 km) off Cape Spartel, Morocco and was wrecked. All 162 people on board were rescued by (France).[162]
The cargo ship collided with (Japan) at Dairen and sank.[164]
13 July[]
List of shipwrecks: 13 July 1933
Ship
Country
Description
United States
The ocean liner collided with (United States) in Chesapeake Bay off Gibson Island, Maryland and was beached.[165] She was later refloated and sailed to Baltimore, Ohio for inspection.[160]
14 July[]
List of shipwrecks: 14 July 1933
Ship
Country
Description
United States
The tanker exploded and sank in the Atlantic Ocean off Wilmington, North Carolina with the loss of at least three of her 34 crew. Survivors were rescued by and (both United States).[166][167]
The cargo ship collided with (Turkey) at Istanbul and was consequently beached.[170] AShe was refloated on 25 July.[171]
23 July[]
List of shipwrecks: 23 July 1933
Ship
Country
Description
Spain
The cargo ship ran aground off the , Galicia and was abandoned by her crew.[172] She broke her back two days later and was a total loss.[171]
24 July[]
List of shipwrecks: 24 July 1933
Ship
Country
Description
Egypt
The cargo ship foundered in the Mediterranean Sea 40 nautical miles (74 km) off Alexandria. The crew survived.[173]
United Kingdom
The cargo ship collided with (Germany) in the River Seine at Rouen, Seine-Inférieure, France and was beached.[172] She was refloated later that day.[171]
Brazil
The cargo ship ran aground at Porto Alegre.[174] She was refloated on 6 August.[175]
25 July[]
List of shipwrecks: 25 July 1933
Ship
Country
Description
Northwestern
United States
The cargo liner ran aground off the Sentinel Island Light, Territory of Alaska, and was subsequently beached on the Eagle River Sand Spit. The passengers were taken off by a United States Government steamship. She later was salvaged and returned to service.[176]
The trawler ran aground on Horsebank, Southport. She was used for target practice during the World War II.[181]
August[]
3 August[]
List of shipwrecks: 3 August 1933
Ship
Country
Description
Greece
The cargo ship caught fire and was beached off the , Espírito Santo, Brazil.[182] She was a total loss. The crew were rescued by Alice (United Kingdom) and (Brazil).[183]
The cargo ship ran aground at Lancaster, Lancashire.[189] She was still aground on 15 August.[190]
13 August[]
List of shipwrecks: 13 August 1933
Ship
Country
Description
Fernglen
Norway
The cargo ship ran aground 30 nautical miles (56 km) south of Cape Guardafui, Italian Somaliland whilst on a voyage from Macassar, Netherlands East Indies to Aarhus, Denmark. She was refloated on 8 November.[190][191] Subsequently repaired and returned to service.
14 August[]
List of shipwrecks: 14 August 1933
Ship
Country
Description
Danzig
The cargo ship ran aground at Bridgwater, Somerset, United Kingdom.[192]
France
The cargo ship ran aground in the Saloum River, French West Africa.[192] She was refloated on 19 August.[193]
United Kingdom
The coaster came ashore at Pointe des Monts, Quebec, Canada.[192] She was refloated on 20 August.[194]
1933 Cuba-Brownsville hurricane: The gunboat foundered at Sagua la Grande along with seven other vessels.[210]
2 September[]
List of shipwrecks: 2 September 1933
Ship
Country
Description
United States
The cargo ship collided with President Coolidge (United States) in the Atlantic Ocean 80 nautical miles (150 km) south of Cape Hatteras, North Carolina. She caught fire and sank.[199] All 36 people on board were rescued by President Coolidge.[211]
6 September[]
List of shipwrecks: 6 September 1933
Ship
Country
Description
Greece
The cargo ship collided with (United Kingdom) in the North Sea 8 nautical miles (15 km) off Margate, Kent, United Kingdom and sank. All 24 crew were rescued by (United Kingdom).[212]
United States
The cargo ship ran aground 16 nautical miles (30 km) north of the Jupiter Lighthouse, Florida.[213] She was refloated on 9 October.[214]
10 September[]
List of shipwrecks: 10 September 1933
Ship
Country
Description
United Kingdom
The auxiliary three-masted schooner departed Nassau, Bahamas for Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. No further trace, presumed foundered in the Atlantic Ocean with the loss of all hands.[215]
Spain
The cargo ship collided with ( Spain) in the Atlantic Ocean off Leixões, Portugal and sank with the loss of thirteen of her nineteen crew.[216]
Estonia
The cargo ship ran aground in the Kara Strait.[217] She was abandoned on 19 September. The crew were rescued by (Soviet Union).[218]
The passenger ship collided with the lighter C.S.D. (Romania) in the Danube at Brăila and was beached.[222]
15 September[]
List of shipwrecks: 15 September 1933
Ship
Country
Description
United Kingdom
The cargo ship caught fire in the North Sea and was beached off Caister-on-Sea, Norfolk.[179] She was a total loss.[223]
16 September[]
List of shipwrecks: 16 September 1933
Ship
Country
Description
Sweden
The auxiliary schooner was abandoned off Westervik with the loss of two crew. She was subsequently towed into Kalmar.[224][225]
17 September[]
List of shipwrecks: 17 September 1933
Ship
Country
Description
Norway
The cargo ship collided with (Denmark) off Malmö, Sweden and sank. All seventeen crew were rescued by Malmoe. One of Malmoe's 400 passengers was reported to be missing.[226]
The tanker was driven aground in the Pánuco River, Mexico during a hurricane.[221] She was refloated on 25 September.[230]
Italy
The barque struck the breakwater at Vegliaia and sank. The crew survived.[231]
22 September[]
List of shipwrecks: 22 September 1933
Ship
Country
Description
United Kingdom
The coaster foundered in the English Channel 6 nautical miles (11 km) south east of St Anthony's Lighthouse, Cornwall. The crew survived.[221]
23 September[]
List of shipwrecks: 23 September 1933
Ship
Country
Description
Norway
The cargo liner ran aground on Ko Sichang, Thailand. Passengers were taken off by (United Kingdom).[229] She was declared a constructive total loss on 2 November.[232]
Mary J
United States
The 9-gross register ton, 36-foot (11.0 m) fishing vessel sank near Sitka, Territory of Alaska. The only person aboard survived.[233]
24 September[]
List of shipwrecks: 24 September 1933
Ship
Country
Description
United States
1933 Tampico hurricane: The ocean liner was driven ashore at Tampico, Mexico, in a hurricane.[234] She was refloated on 8 October.[235]
27 September[]
List of shipwrecks: 27 September 1933
Ship
Country
Description
Panama
The cargo ship ran aground at Heraklion, Crete, Greece.[236] She was refloated on 2 October.[237]
30 September[]
List of shipwrecks: 30 September 1933
Ship
Country
Description
Denmark
The auxiliary four-masted schooner collided with (United States) in the Baltic Sea off Utklippan, Sweden and sank. The crew were rescued by Scanmail.[238]
October[]
1 October[]
List of shipwrecks: 1 October 1933
Ship
Country
Description
Latvia
The cargo ship sank in the English Channel 80 nautical miles (150 km) north west of Brest, Finistère, France with the loss of one of her 21 crew. Survivors were rescued by (United Kingdom).[239]
United Kingdom
The cargo ship ran aground off Ouessant, Finistère, France. She was abandoned as a total loss, the crew were rescued by (Germany).[237]
3 October[]
List of shipwrecks: 3 October 1933
Ship
Country
Description
Greece
The cargo ship struck a submerged object off , Romania and was consequently beached.[240] She was refloated on 6 October.[241]
4 October[]
List of shipwrecks: 4 October 1933
Ship
Country
Description
Norway
The cargo ship caught fire in the Arctic Sea 25 nautical miles (46 km) west of Svyatoy Nos, Soviet Union.[242] She was declared a total loss. The crew were rescued by (Norway).[241]
Valdivia
Chile
The passenger ship ran aground at . She was declared a total loss. All on board except two passengers were rescued.[215][242]
6 October[]
List of shipwrecks: 6 October 1933
Ship
Country
Description
Swan
United States
The 12-gross register ton, 36-foot (11 m) fishing vessel sank off Black Island off the coast of the Territory of Alaska. Her four-man crew survived.[25]
8 October[]
List of shipwrecks: 8 October 1933
Ship
Country
Description
Visitor
United States
The 13-gross register ton, 39.1-foot (11.9 m) motor vessel burned at , Territory of Alaska. All three people on board survived.[243]
9 October[]
List of shipwrecks: 9 October 1933
Ship
Country
Description
Greece
The cargo ship ran aground at Civitavecchia, Rome.[214] She was refloated on 15 October.[244]
The ocean liner ran aground in the Mediterranean Sea off the , France.[252] She was refloated the next day.[253]
United Kingdom
The cargo ship ran aground in the Black Sea 6 nautical miles (11 km) east of the Dzharylgach Lighthouse, Soviet Union.[254] She was refloated on 27 October.[255]
18 October[]
List of shipwrecks: 18 October 1933
Ship
Country
Description
Spain
The cargo ship ran aground off Cape Tourinana and was abandoned. She refloated and subsequently foundered in the Bay of Biscay off Punta Casinadura.[256]
The coaster caught fire and foundered in the off Kobe with the loss of 70 of the 117 people on board.[257][259] She was refloated on 3 June 1939 and towed to Kobe.[260]
22 October[]
List of shipwrecks: 22 October 1933
Ship
Country
Description
United Kingdom
The coaster foundered off Singapore with the loss of 46 lives.[261]
23 October[]
List of shipwrecks: 23 October 1933
Ship
Country
Description
United Kingdom
The cargo ship ran aground on the Plana Cays, Bahamas.[262] She was refloated on 27 October.[255]
Norway
The cargo ship came ashore at Cawton, Aberdeenshire, United Kingdom. All eleven crew were rescued by breeches buoy.[263] She was declared a total loss on 27 October.[255]
United States
The cargo ship ran aground north of Cebu, Philippines.[262] She was damaged by a typhoon on 3 November and was a total loss.[264]
24 October[]
List of shipwrecks: 24 October 1933
Ship
Country
Description
United Kingdom
The schooner, which had departed from George Town, Bahamas for Saint Pierre and Miquelon, reported her position by radio. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[265]
The Northampton-classcruiser collided with (United Kingdom) in the Pacific Ocean 100 nautical miles (190 km) south of San Francisco, California. Both vessels were severely damaged. Chicago had two crew killed and two seriously injured.[266]
26 October[]
List of shipwrecks: 26 October 1933
Ship
Country
Description
Greece
The cargo ship ran aground at Panomi Point.[267] She was refloated on 30 October.[268]
29 October[]
List of shipwrecks: 29 October 1933
Ship
Country
Description
United Kingdom
The cargo liner ran aground at Liverpool, Lancashire. She was refloated the same day but was beached again.[269] She broke in two and was a total loss.[268]
Spain
The cargo ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean off Oporto, Portugal. The crew were rescued by (United Kingdom).[270]
31 October[]
List of shipwrecks: 31 October 1933
Ship
Country
Description
Panama
The cargo ship ran aground on Gotska Sandön, Sweden and was a total loss. The crew survived.[271]
Arno
United Kingdom
The auxiliary schooner came ashore in Montego Bay, Jamaica and was abandoned.[271]
Sweden
The cargo ship was driven ashore at , Gotland and was a total loss.[271]
Elin
Sweden
The schooner was driven ashore at Smoejen and was a total loss.[271]
Latvia
The coaster ran aground at Rhyl, Denbighshire, United Kingdom.[271] She was still aground on 3 November with refloating not expected before 17 November.[272]
November[]
2 November[]
List of shipwrecks: 2 November 1933
Ship
Country
Description
Marion McLoon
United Kingdom
The auxiliary sailing vessel sank at Port aux Basques, Newfoundland.[264]
3 November[]
List of shipwrecks: 3 November 1933
Ship
Country
Description
Belgium
The cargo ship ran aground off the Llanelli Lighthouse, Glamorgan, Wales. She broke her back and was declared a constructive total loss.[273] She was refloated on 3 January 1934 and towed to Llanelli where she was scrapped.[274]
4 November[]
List of shipwrecks: 4 November 1933
Ship
Country
Description
United Kingdom
The whaler communicated with (United Kingdom) whilst on her way from Cape Town, South Africa to the Antarctic. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[275]
5 November[]
List of shipwrecks: 5 November 1933
Ship
Country
Description
Panama
The cargo ship ran aground at Douala, French Cameroun.[276] She was refloated on 8 November.[191]
7 November[]
List of shipwrecks: 7 November 1933
Ship
Country
Description
Nova V
flag unknown
The auxiliary sailing ship ran aground on Seal Island, Nova Scotia, Canada. She caught fire and was a total loss.[277]
United Kingdom
The coaster was wrecked in the Agalega Islands during a cyclone.[278]
The cargo ship collided with Deutschland (Germany) in New York Harbor. She was severely damaged and was beached north of Bedloe's Island.[284] She was refloated on 18 November.[285]
12 November[]
List of shipwrecks: 12 November 1933
Ship
Country
Description
Denmark
The cargo ship came ashore at Heath Point, Quebec, Canada and sank.[286]
14 November[]
List of shipwrecks: 14 November 1933
Ship
Country
Description
Denmark
The cargo ship ran aground at Kirkkonummi, Finland.[287] She was refloated on 20 November but was found to have sustained extensive damage.[285]
15 November[]
List of shipwrecks: 15 November 1933
Ship
Country
Description
United States
The cargo ship ran aground on the north shore of Lake Erie.[288] She was refloated on 20 November.[289]
United Kingdom
The tug foundered in Lake Ontario. The crew were rescued.[288]
The auxiliary schooner ran aground at Wexford, Ireland. All nine people on board were rescued by the Rosslare Harbour Lifeboat.[292]
17 November[]
List of shipwrecks: 17 November 1933
Ship
Country
Description
Yugoslavia
The cargo ship ran aground in the Paraná River at Rosario, Santa Fe, Argentina.[284] She was refloated on 24 November.[293]
Suemez
United States
The 26-gross register ton, 41.7-foot (12.7 m) fishing vessel was destroyed by fire at Waterfall, Territory of Alaska.[25]
18 November[]
List of shipwrecks: 18 November 1933
Ship
Country
Description
Imarta
United States
The 8-gross register ton, 34.4-foot (10.5 m) fishing vessel was destroyed by fire at Ketchikan, Territory of Alaska. The two people on board survived.[294]
United Kingdom
The cargo ship ran aground on the Île d'Orléans in the St Lawrence River. Salvage efforts were abandoned until the following spring.[284][295]
19 November[]
List of shipwrecks: 19 November 1933
Ship
Country
Description
Arrow
United States
The 20-gross register ton, 40.1-foot (12.2 m) fishing vessel was destroyed by fire at Craig, Territory of Alaska. Her crew of five survived.[125]
20 November[]
List of shipwrecks: 20 November 1933
Ship
Country
Description
Denmark
The coaster ran aground in the .[285] She was refloated on 23 November.[293]
United Kingdom
The coaster came ashore at East Runton, Norfolk. The crew were rescued by H F Bailey III ( Royal National Lifeboat Institution).[289] She was refloated on 29 November.[296]
The torpedo boat collided with (France) off Saint-Nazaire, Loire Atlantique, France and sank.[297]
23 November[]
List of shipwrecks: 23 November 1933
Ship
Country
Description
United Kingdom
The refrigerated cargo ship caught fire in the East India Dock, London. She was taken into the River Thames for firefighting operations and consequently sank due to the amount of water pumped on board whilst fighting the fire.[298]
Ohioan
United States
The cargo ship collided with (United States) in the Ambrose Channel and was beached near the West Bank Lighthouse. She was refloated on 26 November.
24 November[]
List of shipwrecks: 24 November 1933
Ship
Country
Description
Germany
The cargo ship ran aground near Juodkrantė, Lithuania. The crew were rescued.[293] She was refloated on 27 November and taken to Memel.[299]
26 November[]
List of shipwrecks: 26 November 1933
Ship
Country
Description
Douglas E. Parks
United Kingdom
The auxiliary schooner was abandoned off Forchu, Nova Scotia, Canada.[300]
United Kingdom
The schooner was dismasted in the Atlantic Ocean 60 nautical miles (110 km) west of Ouessant, Finistère, France. She was taken in tow by (Egypt) but the tow parted off the Wolf Rock.[296][301] The six crew and a dog were rescued by the St Mary's Lifeboat on 28 December.[302] the derelict Mynonie R. Kirby was reported at 50°08′N8°06′W / 50.133°N 8.100°W / 50.133; -8.100 on 4 December in a sinking condition.[303]
27 November[]
List of shipwrecks: 27 November 1933
Ship
Country
Description
Diana
Sweden
The three-masted auxiliary schooner came ashore at Lofstaoukten and was wrecked.[299]
The cargo ship ran aground in the Black Sea 3 nautical miles (5.6 km) south of , Romania and was a total loss. The crew were rescued by (United Kingdom).[314]
United Kingdom
The coaster ran aground at Montrose, Angus. The crew were rescued by lifeboat.[315]
Gazelle
United States
With no one aboard, the 9-gross register ton, 32.4-foot (9.9 m) fishing vessel was wrecked at Juneau, Territory of Alaska.[251]
The ship caught fire off , France and was abandoned. All passengers and crew were rescued by (Germany).[317] The burning derelict was towed into the Gulf of St Tropez by a French fishing boat and was beached.[304]
Ruth
Sweden
The auxiliary three-masted schooner ran aground at Skanör, Scania.[319] She was a total loss.[320]
12 December[]
List of shipwrecks: 12 December 1933
Ship
Country
Description
United Kingdom
The schooner was driven ashore on the east coast of Canada and was a total loss.[304]
13 December[]
List of shipwrecks: 13 December 1933
Ship
Country
Description
United Kingdom
The coaster was driven ashore at Carnalea, County Antrim. The crew were rescued.[321]
United Kingdom
The coaster foundered in the North Sea off the coast of Norfolk with the loss of all thirteen crew.[322]
The cargo ship ran aground on Sand Island in the Columbia River.[326] She was refloated on 30 December.[329]
18 December[]
List of shipwrecks: 18 December 1933
Ship
Country
Description
United Kingdom
The coaster ran aground and sank in the Bristol Channel off Porteynon Point, Glamorgan. All seven crew were rescued by the Mumbles Lifeboat Edward, Prince of Wales ( Royal National Lifeboat Institution).[326][330][331]
Belgium
The coaster ran aground at Slapton Sands, Devon, United Kingdom. Ten of the eleven people on board were rescued by breeches buoy, with her captain remaining on board.[330] She was refloated 2 January 1934, repaired and returned to service.[332]
The passenger ship struck a rock in the Portland Canal and ran aground. All 80 passengers and crew were taken off.[336] She was refloated the next day.[337]
The patrol vessel ran aground and sank in . She was raised in 1934, repaired and returned to service.
Juno
Germany
The cargo ship collided with (Yugoslavia) at Rotterdam, Netherlands and was beached.[335]
23 December[]
List of shipwrecks: 23 December 1933
Ship
Country
Description
Panama
The cargo ship ran aground at Memphis Rock, English Narrows, Straits of Magellan.[308] She was refloated on 4 January 1934.[338]Mount Taygetus was sold for scrap in 1935.[339]
The cargo ship ran aground off Tripoli, Libya and was beached.[341]
Denmark
The auxiliary schooner was in distress in the Irish Sea off Rosslare Harbour, County Wexford, Ireland. All eight crew were rescued by the Rosslare Harbour Lifeboat.[320]
The whaleback steamer was holed by ice and sank at the Nicholson Transit Co. dock in the Detroit River at Ecorse, Michigan sometime in 1933. Later raised.[346]
Mary G
United States
With no one on board, the 31-gross register ton, 51.4-foot (15.7 m) fishing vessel sank southwest of the Alaska Peninsula near the Shumagin Islands.[233]
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