The cargo ship ran aground on Naissaar.[1] The crew were taken off on 12 January.[2] Salvage operations were reported as having been suspended on 18 January.[3]
Norway
The cargo ship collided with (Finland) in the Baltic Sea off Dragør, Denmark and was beached.[1]
2 January[]
List of shipwrecks: 2 January 1935
Ship
Country
Description
France
The cargo ship, on her maiden voyage, struck rocks off Casablanca, Morocco and broke in three. All 35 crew were rescued by the Casablanca Lifeboat.[4][5]
The passenger ship was rammed and sunk in the East River, New York by (United States) and sank.[6]
3 January[]
For the loss of the Norwegian cargo ship Sisto on this day, see the entry for 19 December 1934.
4 January[]
List of shipwrecks: 4 January 1935
Ship
Country
Description
Jean Smith
United Kingdom
The schooner was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean 8 nautical miles (15 km) off Codroy, Newfoundland and subsequently sank.[5]
6 January[]
List of shipwrecks: 6 January 1935
Ship
Country
Description
Havana
United States
The ocean liner ran aground on the Mantanilla Reef north of the Bahamas with the loss of one of the 177 people on board. Survivors were rescued by and Peten (both United States).[7] She was refloated on 3 March.[8]
The cargo ship was driven ashore in Portuguese Cove, Nova Scotia, Canada with the loss of her captain. Survivors were rescued by breeches buoy.[15]
Finland
The cargo ship came ashore north of Capo Hora in the Sea of Marmara.[16] She was refloated on 22 January.[17]
18 January[]
List of shipwrecks: 18 January 1935
Ship
Country
Description
United Kingdom
The cargo ship ran aground at Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada and broke in two. All crew were rescued by breeches buoy except for her captain, who drowned.[18]
The tug capsized and sank in the River Humber with the loss of one of her four crew. She was assisting in the salvage of the fishing vessel Edgar Wallace (United Kingdom) at the time.[22]
The cargo ship foundered in the Pacific Ocean 150 nautical miles (280 km) west of Estevan Point, British Columbia, Canada. The crew were rescued by President Jackson (United States).[17]
United Kingdom
The tug foundered in the North Sea off Withernsea, Yorkshire whilst under tow.[23]
The cargo liner collided with (Norway) in New York Harbor and sank with the loss of 46 of the 163 people on board. Survivors were rescued by Algonquin and (both United States).[24]
25 January[]
List of shipwrecks: 25 January 1935
Ship
Country
Description
United Kingdom
The ferry ran aground at Bowmore, Islay, Inner Hebrides.[25] She was refloated on 19 February.[26]
The Design 1020 cargo ship ran aground on Eileanan Glasn, off the Isle of Mull, Argyllshire, United Kingdom,[27] while seeking shelter from a storm and sank in the Sound of Mull.
26 January[]
List of shipwrecks: 26 January 1935
Ship
Country
Description
Beatrice
Sweden
The auxiliary schooner came ashore south of Varberg, Halland County. All crew were rescued.[27]
Cicelia
United Kingdom
The ketch broke free from her moorings at St. Ives, Cornwall. She broke up on Pednolva Rocks; the crew were ashore at time.[27][28]
Maria di Pompei
Italy
The sailing ship was in collision with (United Kingdom) in the Tyrrhenian Sea 5 nautical miles (9.3 km) off Naples, Campania and sank. All crew were rescued by Alhama.[27]
27 January[]
List of shipwrecks: 27 January 1935
Ship
Country
Description
Denmark
The cargo ship collided with (United Kingdom) at Swansea, Glamorgan, United Kingdom and was beached.[27]
Harold Margett
United Kingdom
The Thames barge foundered in the Thames Estuary north of Sheerness, Kent with the loss of both crew.[29]
28 January[]
List of shipwrecks: 28 January 1935
Ship
Country
Description
Viola
United States
During a voyage from Craig to Waterfall, Territory of Alaska, the 10-ton, 32-foot (9.8 m) fishing vessel became stranded on rocks and foundered at San Fernando Island about 10 nautical miles (19 km) southwest of Craig during a gale, becoming a total loss. Her two-man crew survived.[30]
29 January[]
List of shipwrecks: 29 January 1935
Ship
Country
Description
United Kingdom
The cargo liner ran aground at the entrance to Halifax Harbour, Nova Scotia, Canada. The passengers were put ashore.[31] She was refloated on 4 February.[32]
The cargo ship collided with Princess Alice (United Kingdom) at Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada and sank.[32]
5 February[]
List of shipwrecks: 5 February 1935
Ship
Country
Description
Norway
The cargo ship sank off Folda, Nord-Trøndelag, Norway with the loss of her pilot. The crew were rescued by (Soviet Union).[32]
7 February[]
List of shipwrecks: 7 February 1935
Ship
Country
Description
Netherlands
The cargo ship collided with (Italy) in the North Sea off Cuxhaven, Germany. Both ships were beached.[20] Both vessels were refloated the next day. Dipping V was towed to Hamburg for repairs. Fior D'Arancio proceeded to Gdynia, Poland.[35]
8 February[]
List of shipwrecks: 8 February 1935
Ship
Country
Description
United States
The ferry collided with (United Kingdom) in the Delaware River and was beached.[35] She was refloated on 14 March.[36]
The cargo ship struck a rock and sank in the Yangtze 10 nautical miles (19 km) upstream of Hankow. All crew survived.[37]
United Kingdom
The coaster came ashore 2 nautical miles (3.7 km) west of Branscombe, Dorset.[35] She broke up on 22 February and was a total loss.[38]
9 February[]
List of shipwrecks: 9 February 1935
Ship
Country
Description
Greece
The cargo ship ran aground in the Euripus Strait.[39] She was refloated on 16 February.[40]
12 February[]
List of shipwrecks: 12 February 1935
Ship
Country
Description
Germany
The cargo ship ran aground on Storfosen, Trondheimsfjord, Norway. All 30 crew were rescued.[41] She was refloated on 23 February and beached.[42]Martha Hendrik Fisser was subsequently towed to Trondheim, Norway, where she arrived on 6 March.[43]
14 February[]
List of shipwrecks: 14 February 1935
Ship
Country
Description
Germany
The auxiliary schooner ran aground at Cape Arkona, Rügen, Germany.[44] She was refloated on 18 February.[45]
Greece
The cargo ship ran aground at Corcubión, Galicia, Spain.[46] She developed a list, broke in tow and sank the next day.[40]
Norway
The cargo ship departed from the Clyde, United Kingdom for Boston, Massachusetts, United States. No further trace, presumed foundered in the Atlantic Ocean with the loss of all hands.[47]
15 February[]
List of shipwrecks: 15 February 1935
Ship
Country
Description
United Kingdom
The coaster ran aground at the entrance to Ayr harbour. All ten crew were rescued.[40] She was refloated on 20 February.[45]
The cargo ship ran aground on , United States and was a total loss.[26]
20 February[]
List of shipwrecks: 20 February 1935
Ship
Country
Description
Yugoslavia
The cargo ship collided with (Italy) at the mouth of the Piave, Jesolo, Province of Venice, Italy and sank with the loss of four crew. Survivors were rescued by Rodi.[45][48]
The cargo ship ran aground at Cape Hachiman, Japan near the Nojimazaki Lighthouse.[50] The subsequently started to break up and was declared a total loss on 26 March.[51]
24 February[]
List of shipwrecks: 24 February 1935
Ship
Country
Description
MV St George
Saint Lucia
Excursion launch from Choiseul Village overturned Sunday afternoon and sunk 3 miles off Laborie Village. 41 lost at sea, 74 rescued.[52]
25 February[]
List of shipwrecks: 25 February 1935
Ship
Country
Description
Eileen
United Kingdom
The coaster was driven ashore at Bangor, County Down. She was refloated on 13 April.[53]
The cargo ship was beached at , Kangaroo Island, South Australia.[64] She was declared a total loss on 25 March.[65]
25 March[]
List of shipwrecks: 25 March 1935
Ship
Country
Description
Greece
The cargo ship sprang a leak and was beached on Lemnos.[66]
Unknown date[]
List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1935
Ship
Country
Description
Turkey
The cargo ship ran aground at . She was refloated on 11 May.[67]
April[]
1 April[]
List of shipwrecks: 1 April 1935
Ship
Country
Description
Norway
The whaler sank in the Atlantic Ocean off South Georgia. All crew survived.[68]
Norway
The whaler sank in the Atlantic Ocean off South Georgia. All crew survived.[68]
2 April[]
List of shipwrecks: 2 April 1935
Ship
Country
Description
United Kingdom
The coaster struck a rock and sank off Saint Sampson, Guernsey, Channel Islands. All twelve crew survived.[69] She was raised on 15 April.[70]
5 April[]
List of shipwrecks: 5 April 1935
Ship
Country
Description
British King
United Kingdom
The Thames barge collided with Thames barge Savoy (United Kingdom) in the River Thames at Gravesend and sank.[71]
7 April[]
List of shipwrecks: 7 April 1935
Ship
Country
Description
King Philip
United States
After being refloated after sinking at her dock, the 169-gross register ton excursion boat was scuttled as a means of disposal in 230 feet (70 m) of water off the coast of Massachusetts in Outer Boston Harbor.[72]
9 April[]
List of shipwrecks: 9 April 1935
Ship
Country
Description
Norway
The cargo ship foundered 30 nautical miles (56 km) off Jamaica with the loss of thirteen of her eighteen crew.[73][74]
The decommissioned Lapwing-classminesweeper was sunk as a target off Australia.
Virginia IV
United States
The 92-gross register ton, 97.6-foot (29.7 m) motorcargo ship became stranded and was lost off Yakobi Island, Territory of Alaska, near the entrance to .[30]
25 April[]
List of shipwrecks: 25 April 1935
Ship
Country
Description
Argentina
The cargo ship ran aground in the .[83] She was refloated on 13 May.[84]
26 April[]
List of shipwrecks: 26 April 1935
Ship
Country
Description
Windward
United Kingdom
The Thames barge capsized in the Thames Estuary off Southend, Essex. The crew survived.[85]
27 April[]
List of shipwrecks: 27 April 1935
Ship
Country
Description
Greece
The cargo ship collided with (Greece) off and sank. All crew were rescued.[86]
With no one aboard, the 42-gross register ton, 50-foot (15.2 m) scow sank without loss of life off Cape Saint Elias on the south-central coast of the Territory of Alaska.[88]
6 May[]
List of shipwrecks: 6 May 1935
Ship
Country
Description
United Kingdom
The cargo ship struck a rock and sank off Jersey, Channel Islands. The crew were rescued.[89][90]
The cargo ship came ashore on Sakhalin, Soviet Union.[96] She was refloated on 21 May.[97]
19 May[]
List of shipwrecks: 19 May 1935
Ship
Country
Description
United States
The cargo liner ran aground off the , British Columbia, Canada. A fire subsequently developed, detonating her cargo of dynamite, and she was a total loss. All 42 people on board were rescued by the cutter ( United States Coast Guard).[98]
The research vessel collided with the trawler Pickhuben (Germany) in the North Sea 60 nautical miles (110 km) west of Jutland and sank. All 23 people on board were rescued by Pickhuben.[118]
Edna No. 2
United States
The 28-gross register ton, 46.8-foot (14.3 m) fishing vessel was destroyed by fire at Ouzinkie, Territory of Alaska. All five people on board survived.[119]
United Kingdom
The cargo ship collided with (Germany) in the English Channel 7 nautical miles (13 km) west of Beachy Head, Sussex. She was beached at Dover, Kent but was refloated the next day.[116][118][120]
23 June[]
List of shipwrecks: 23 June 1935
Ship
Country
Description
United States
The cargo ship collided with (United States) in the St. Clair River. Both vessels were beached.[121]
United Kingdom
The coaster struck a rock and foundered in the English Channel off Cherbourg, Charente-Maritime, France. All eleven people on board were rescued.[120]
The passenger ship was rammed and sunk by (Japan) in the Seto Inland Sea and sank with the loss of about 86 of the 232 people on board.[127][128][129]
3 July[]
List of shipwrecks: 3 July 1935
Ship
Country
Description
France
The tug collided with York (United Kingdom) at Dunkerque, Nord and sank.[130]
4 July[]
List of shipwrecks: 4 July 1935
Ship
Country
Description
United Kingdom
The cargo ship collided with the sailing ship Kanlu (China) at Woosung, China and was beached. She was refloated on 6 July.[131]
6 July[]
List of shipwrecks: 6 July 1935
Ship
Country
Description
United Kingdom
The whaler came ashore at Umzumbe, South Africa and was a total loss.[132][133]
United Kingdom
The cargo ship ran aground in the Baltic Sea off Viatlin Point, Soviet Union. She was refloated on 9 July.[134]
7 July[]
List of shipwrecks: 7 July 1935
Ship
Country
Description
Finland
The cargo ship collided with (United Kingdom) in the Atlantic Ocean 100 nautical miles (190 km) north west of Cape Villano, Spain (44°48′N8°25′W / 44.800°N 8.417°W / 44.800; -8.417). The crew abandoned ship and were rescued by Mervyn, which took Navigator in tow.[131] The tow was later transferred to (Sweden) but the ship subsequently foundered.[135]
Norway
The cargo ship ran aground near the , Scalpay, Outer Hebrides.[135] She was refloated on 11 July.[136]
9 July[]
List of shipwrecks: 9 July 1935
Ship
Country
Description
Italy
The coaster foundered in the Mediterranean Sea off Benghazi, Libya with the loss of 21 of the 30 people on board.[126][137]
The ocean liner was caught in a cyclone and beached at Fraser Island, Queensland, Australia.[138] She was a total loss. The wreck remains on the beach.
The cargo ship capsized and sank at Tinghai with the loss of six crew.[133]
14 July[]
List of shipwrecks: 14 July 1935
Ship
Country
Description
Norway
The cargo ship collided with (France) off Dellys, Algeria and sank.[139]
Norway
The cargo ship sprang a leak and foundered in the Skaggerak 3 nautical miles (5.6 km) west north west of Hirtshals, Nordjylland, Denmark. All sixteen crew survived.[140][141]
The cargo ship ran aground on the east coast of Sakhalin.[141] She was refloated on 19 July.[142]
18 July[]
List of shipwrecks: 18 July 1935
Ship
Country
Description
Bessie M
United States
After the 13-gross register ton, 36.9-foot (11.2 m) motor vessel caught fire while moored to a dock at Excursion Inlet, Territory of Alaska, with no one on board, she was towed away from the dock and scuttled to extinguish the fire by chopping a hole in her side. Her gasoline engine and lower hull were salvaged.[88]
19 July[]
List of shipwrecks: 19 July 1935
Ship
Country
Description
Polar Bear
United States
During a voyage from Kodiak, Territory of Alaska, to Seattle, Washington, with a crew of 10 and a cargo of 55 tons of fish and trading goods on board, the 162-gross register ton, 83.6-foot (25.5 m) motor vessel was wrecked without loss of life in between Kodiak Island and Afognak Island in the Kodiak Archipelago on a rock at the west end of (57°57′20″N153°02′30″W / 57.95556°N 153.04167°W / 57.95556; -153.04167 (Dry Spruce Island)). The cutterUSCGC Aurora ( United States Coast Guard) rescued her crew off the beach.[143]
The cargo liner ran aground on the Depond Reef, Thailan.[144] Passengers were transferred to (Japan).[145] She was abandoned by her crew on 31 July.[146]
The cargo ship ran aground on Öland.[144] She was refloated on 1 August.[147]
25 July[]
List of shipwrecks: 25 July 1935
Ship
Country
Description
Soviet Navy
The Bars-classsubmarine collided with Marat (Soviet Navy) in the Gulf of Finland and sank with the loss of all 55 crew. She was raised on 4 August and scrapped.[148][149]
The cargo liner struck a submerged object and sank at Kyaukpyu, Burma. All on board were rescued.[146][151]
United Kingdom
The coaster collided with (United Kingdom) in the Firth of Forth and sank. All crew were rescued by Cairnesk.[152] She was refloated on 20 August.[153]
August[]
1 August[]
List of shipwrecks: 1 August 1935
Ship
Country
Description
Foxie
United States
The 10-gross register ton, 33-foot (10.1 m) fishing vessel was destroyed by fire at Tenakee, Territory of Alaska. The two people on board survived.[154]
The cargo ship ran aground at Chinde, Portuguese East Africa.[155] She was refloated on 16 August.[156]
Greece
The cargo ship ran aground on Naxos and was a total loss.[155]
4 August[]
List of shipwrecks: 4 August 1935
Ship
Country
Description
United Kingdom
The cargo ship caught fire and was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean (36°50′N7°55′W / 36.833°N 7.917°W / 36.833; -7.917). All 22 crew were rescued by (Spain). Methilhill was taken in tow by .[155][157] She was taken to Lisbon, Portugal, where she was declared a constructive total loss.[158]
The passenger ferry caught fire and sank in the English Channel 10 nautical miles (19 km) south of Jersey, Channel Islands. The crew were rescued by and (both United Kingdom).[159]
6 August[]
List of shipwrecks: 6 August 1935
Ship
Country
Description
Norway
The cargo ship ran around at Almadi, French West Africa. She was abandoned the next day.[160]
8 August[]
List of shipwrecks: 8 August 1935
Ship
Country
Description
United Kingdom
The coaster was in collision with (United Kingdom) in the River Thames at Woolwich and sank. All ten crew were rescued by Madura.[161] The wreck was raised on 29 August.[162]
Under tow by New Rustler (United States) from in Prince William Sound bound for Petersburg, Territory of Alaska, the 15-ton, 46.4-foot (14.1 m) fishing vessel was lost without loss of life when New Rustler was forced to cut her adrift in a gale in the North Pacific Ocean 35 nautical miles (65 km) off Icy Bay, Southeast Alaska.[30]
The passenger ship ran aground on the Carysfort Reef, Florida.[177] All 352 people on board were rescued.[179][180]Dixie was refloated on 19 September.[181]
The ocean liner collided with (France) off Cape Finisterre, Spain. Passengers were transferred to and Viceroy of India (both United Kingdom).[180] Although temporarily repairs were carried out, she was subsequently declared a constructive total loss and scrapped in November 1935.
The cargo ship ran aground on Capraia Isola, Livorno, Italy and was wrecked.[183]
17 September[]
List of shipwrecks: 17 September 1935
Ship
Country
Description
Netherlands
The coaster was abandoned in the North Sea off Westkapelle, Zeeland with the loss of one crew member. She came ashore at Domburg, Zeeland.[184] She was refloated on 29 September.[185]
United Kingdom
The coal hulk foundered at Portland Harbour, Dorset.[184]
France
The auxiliary schooner came ashore at Rhoose, Glamorgan in a gale. All seven crew were rescued by the Barry Lifeboat Prince David ( Royal National Lifeboat Institution). She was on a voyage from Roscoff, to Swansea, Glamorgan.[186][187]
The L-classsubmarine, under tow to be scrapped, broke free from the tug towing her when off Lundy Island, Devon.[186] She came ashore at Sully, Glamorgan.[188]
18 September[]
List of shipwrecks: 18 September 1935
Ship
Country
Description
Germany
The cargo ship ran aground off Borkum, Germany and was a total loss. All crew survived.[189]
19 September[]
List of shipwrecks: 19 September 1935
Ship
Country
Description
United Kingdom
The cargo ship was beached at Stornoway, Isle of Lewis.[188] She was refloated on 5 October.[190]
23 September[]
List of shipwrecks: 23 September 1935
Ship
Country
Description
France
The cargo ship ran aground on the Salmedina Bank, Cartagena, Murcia, Spain.[191] She was refloated on 3 October.[192]
24 September[]
List of shipwrecks: 24 September 1935
Ship
Country
Description
United Kingdom
The cargo ship capsized and sank off Port Hood, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, Canada with the loss of five of her twelve crew.[193]
25 September[]
List of shipwrecks: 25 September 1935
Ship
Country
Description
Greece
The coaster sank off Cape Malea with the loss of three crew.[194]
26 September[]
List of shipwrecks: 26 September 1935
Ship
Country
Description
United Kingdom
The cargo ship ran aground at Lizard Point, Cornwall.[195] She was abandoned as a total loss.[196]
27 September[]
List of shipwrecks: 27 September 1935
Ship
Country
Description
United Kingdom
The cargo ship ran aground at Les Fourches, Quimper, Finistère, France. All crew were rescued.[197][198] She subsequently broke in two and was a total loss.[185]
The ocean liner ran aground in the Morant Cays. All 450 passengers were transferred to (United Kingdom).[199] She was refloated on 6 October.[200]
Viliandi
Estonia
The auxiliary schooner sprang a leak in the Baltic Sea off Gotland, Sweden. The crew were taken off by (Sweden).[191]
28 September[]
List of shipwrecks: 28 September 1935
Ship
Country
Description
Two Fats
United States
The 8-gross register ton, 32.2-foot (9.8 m) motor vessel broke loose from her mooring at a dock in Seward, Territory of Alaska, during a gale and was wrecked on the beach without loss of life.[201]
The coaster departed from Lerwick, Shetland Islands, United Kingdom bound for Königsberg, East Prussia, Germany. No further trace, presumed foundered in the North Sea with the loss of all hands.[205]
10 October[]
List of shipwrecks: 10 October 1935
Ship
Country
Description
British Oak
United Kingdom
The Thames barge collided with the pier at Ramsgate Harbour and was consequently beached. The crew were rescued by the Ramsgate Lifeboat.[203] She was refloated the next day.[206]
Margit
Sweden
The auxiliary three-masted schooner came ashore near Smyge. The crew were rescued.[203]
The schooner sank in the English Channel 84 nautical miles (156 km) north west of Ouessant, Finistère. Twenty-six of her 31 crew were rescued by (France).[208][209]
Germany
The cargo ship was driven ashore at Hoogly, India.[209] She was refloated on 16 October.[165]
The cargo ship ran aground 4 nautical miles (7.4 km) north of Rotes Kliff, Sylt, Germany.[211] She was refloated on 18 August 1936.[212]
Italy
The ocean liner was gutted by fire at Alexandria, Egypt. Six crew were killed and seven were seriously injured. They were treated on board RFA Maine (Royal Navy).[213] She was declared a total loss on 12 November.[214]
Germany
The coaster departed from Rotterdam, Netherlands for Königsberg, East Prussia, Germany. A lifeboat washed up at Egmond aan Zee, North Holland on 22 October. Presumed foundered in the North Sea with the loss of all hands.[215]
United Kingdom
The ferry was driven ashore at Bowmore, Islay, Inner Hebrides.[211] She was refloated on 10 November.[216]
Noemijulia
United Kingdom
The cargo ship ran aground in the Danube at Brăila, Romania. She was refloated the next day.
United Kingdom
The cargo ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean 700 nautical miles (1,300 km) west of Northern Ireland with the loss of all 37 crew.[217]
19 October[]
List of shipwrecks: 19 October 1935
Ship
Country
Description
United Kingdom
The coaster sank in the North Sea 2 nautical miles (3.7 km) off the (United Kingdom).[211]
Netherlands
The tug was driven ashore at Egmond aan Zee, North Holland. All crew were rescued by lifeboats.[211]
United Kingdom
The coaster was driven ashore at Knoydart, Inverness-shire.[215] She was refloated on 30 October.[218]
Finland
The cargo ship was driven ashore at Bootle, Cumberland. All 24 crew survived, with fifteen of them being rescued by the Bootle and Whitehaven Lifeboats. The cited report is incorrect (refer Whitehaven News 24 October 1935, pages 5 and 7), not least as Whitehaven Lifeboat had closed in 1924 and there never was a Bootle Lifeboat. Maryport and Barrow lifeboats launched on service (Maryport was a 14-hour service), but the rescue was by the Whitehaven and Bootle Rocket Brigades using breeches buoy apparatus. A number of medals were awarded to Maryport lifeboat crew by the Finnish government.[211]
United Kingdom
The coaster was driven ashore at Stannergate, Dundee, Perthshire.[219] She was refloated on 23 August.[220]
Netherlands
The cargo ship ran aground at Egmond aan Zee. She was refloated on 5 February 1936.[221]
United Kingdom
The coaster was driven ashore at Spurn Head, Yorkshire. The crew abandoned the ship the next day.[211] She was refloated on 13 November.[222]
20 October[]
List of shipwrecks: 20 October 1935
Ship
Country
Description
United Kingdom
The coaster was driven ashore at Port Ellen, Islay, Inner Hebrides.[223] She was refloated on 31 December.[224]
United Kingdom
The coaster was driven ashore at Cardross, Argyllshire.[219] She was refloated on 13 November.[222]
Panama
The coaster was driven ashore in Panama Bay and was abandoned as a total loss.[215][223]
The coaster collided with (United Kingdom) in the River Thames at Erith, Kent. One crew member was killed. She was beached in Erith Reach.[220]
United Kingdom
The cargo ship ran aground on Deadman's Island, Nova Scotia, Canada.[229] She was abandoned as a total loss on 5 November.[230]
25 October[]
List of shipwrecks: 25 October 1935
Ship
Country
Description
Americ
United States
The 23-net register tonmotor vessel exploded while fueling at Hoonah, Territory of Alaska. The only person on board survived, but she was a total loss.[102]
Chapala
flag unknown
The tug capsized and sank whilst towing (Germany) with the loss of six crew.[231]
United Kingdom
The cargo ship came ashore at Onega, Soviet Union.[232] She was declared a total loss on 31 October.[233]
The Design 1019 cargo ship ran aground on the Lempa Shoals, San Salvador, El Salvador.[234] She was refloated on 5 November.[235]
United Kingdom
The dredger lost her tow off and was driven ashore at Freshwater West, Pembrokeshire. She was refloated on 15 December.[236][237]
United Kingdom
The cable layer struck an uncharted rock at Saigon, French Indo-China and sank.[238] She was abandoned as a total loss on 14 November.[239]
30 October[]
List of shipwrecks: 30 October 1935
Ship
Country
Description
Spain
The cargo ship, carrying a cargo of esparto grass, caught fire at Garston, Lancashire.[240] She was scuttled the next day in order to extinguish the fire.[241] She was refloated on 18 November.[242]
31 October[]
List of shipwrecks: 31 October 1935
Ship
Country
Description
Turkey
The cargo ship was driven ashore at Zonguldak and was wrecked with the loss of one crew member.[218]
Turkey
The cargo liner was driven ashore at Karaburnu and sank. All passengers and crew were rescued.[218]
November[]
1 November[]
List of shipwrecks: 1 November 1935
Ship
Country
Description
Norway
The cargo ship ran aground at Morant Point, Jamaica.[243] She was refloated on 9 November.[244]
2 November[]
List of shipwrecks: 2 November 1935
Ship
Country
Description
Dina
Sweden
The schooner collided in the Baltic Sea off Visby, County with Sirius (Sweden) and sank. All crew were rescued by Sirius.[245]
Elisabeth
The coaster came ashore at Johnstone's Point, Argyllshire. All crew were rescued.[246] She was refloated on 28 November and beached at .[247]
Sweden
The cargo ship collided with the barque (Finland) in the Kattegat and sank with the loss of all 21 crew.[248]Lingard was deemed a constructive total loss.[249]
3 November[]
List of shipwrecks: 3 November 1935
Ship
Country
Description
France
The cargo ship sprang a leak in the English Channel and was beached at Brest, Finistère.[245] She sank the next day.[250]
4 November[]
List of shipwrecks: 4 November 1935
Ship
Country
Description
Soviet Navy
The Shchuka-classsubmarine ran aground off "Boyle Island" in Ussuri Bay. She was refloated on 28 March 1936 and taken in tow, but sank on 1 April. She was raised and beachd, subsequently taken in to port on 14 April. Declared a total loss and scrapped.[251]
5 November[]
List of shipwrecks: 5 November 1935
Ship
Country
Description
Ronald West
United Kingdom
The Thames barge was rammed and sunk at Harwich, Essex by (United Kingdom). All three crew were rescued by Crossbill.[250][252]
The passenger ship ran aground on , Philippines and broke in two with the loss of four of the 54 people on board. Rescue attempts and survivors were rescued by Trabajador, USS Bulmer and USS Peary, Governor Taft (Philippine coasting vessel), Chicago Maru (damaged in the attempt) and other local craft.[222][253][254][255]
11 November[]
List of shipwrecks: 11 November 1935
Ship
Country
Description
Turkey
The cargo liner foundered in the with the loss of 70 of the 190 people on board. Survivors were rescued by (Turkey), (United Kingdom) or swam to shore.[256]
12 November[]
List of shipwrecks: 12 November 1935
Ship
Country
Description
United Kingdom
The ocean liner ran aground in the Amazon River 170 nautical miles (310 km) downstream of Manaus, Brazil.[257] She had been refloated by 21 November.[258]
13 November[]
List of shipwrecks: 13 November 1935
Ship
Country
Description
Spain
The cargo ship foundered off Capo Busto, Spain with the loss of all hands.[259]
17 November[]
List of shipwrecks: 17 November 1935
Ship
Country
Description
Germany
The auxiliary sailing ship collided with (Latvia) in the Elbe at Blankenese, Hamburg, Germany and sank. The crew were rescued.[260]
The cargo ship foundered in the North Sea 110 nautical miles (200 km) south east of the mouth of the Tyne with the loss of all nineteen crew.[268]
21 November[]
List of shipwrecks: 21 November 1935
Ship
Country
Description
Netherlands
The cargo ship ran aground at Keelung, China and was wrecked.[266]
United Kingdom
The three-masted schooner departed Lisbon, Portugal bound for Grand Bank. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[269]
22 November[]
List of shipwrecks: 22 November 1935
Ship
Country
Description
United Kingdom
The cargo ship collided with (Norway) in the English Channel off Ramsgate, Kent and sank with the loss of one of her eleven crew.[270] The wreck was dispersed by explosives in February 1936.[271]
The cargo ship foundered in the South China Sea off Korea sometime between 1 and 12 November.[275]
December[]
1 December[]
List of shipwrecks: 1 December 1935
Ship
Country
Description
Denmark
The tanker ran aground at .[263] She was refloated on 4 December.[276]
Spain
The cargo ship sank off Mete. The crew survived.[263]
2 December[]
List of shipwrecks: 2 December 1935
Ship
Country
Description
Brazil
The cargo ship ran aground at Rio Grande do Sul and was wrecked.[277]
3 December[]
List of shipwrecks: 3 December 1935
Ship
Country
Description
Crosby
United States
The steamship was destroyed by fire whilst laid up at Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin.[278]
Petoskey
United States
The steamship was destroyed by fire whilst laid up at Sturgeon Bay.[278]
Swift
United States
The steamship was destroyed by fire whilst laid up at Sturgeon Bay.[278]
Waukegan
United States
The steamship was destroyed by fire whilst laid up at Sturgeon Bay.[278]
4 December[]
List of shipwrecks: 4 December 1935
Ship
Country
Description
Eddystone
United Kingdom
The Thames barge was rammed and sunk in the River Thames by (United Kingdom). The three crew were rescued by a tug.[278]
Sweden
The cargo ship ran aground in the . The crew were rescued.[276]
5 December[]
List of shipwrecks: 5 December 1935
Ship
Country
Description
United Kingdom
The cargo ship ran aground at Ballycastle, County Antrim.[278] She was refloated on 9 December.[279]
6 December[]
List of shipwrecks: 6 December 1935
Ship
Country
Description
Norway
The cargo ship ran aground on a reef 6 nautical miles (11 km) north east of Christiansted, United States Virgin Islands.[280] She was refloated on 10 December.[281]
Svanen
Sweden
The auxiliary schooner collided with (Sweden) in the Baltic Sea off Vaxholm, Stockholm County and sank with some loss of life.[282]
9 December[]
List of shipwrecks: 9 December 1935
Ship
Country
Description
United States
The tug collided with (United States) at New York Harbor and sank with the loss of one crew member.[279]
10 December[]
List of shipwrecks: 10 December 1935
Ship
Country
Description
France
The tug was rammed and sunk by (United Kingdom) at Sète, Hérault.[283]
The schooner sank 250 nautical miles (460 km) south of Lunenburg, Nova Scotia.[285]
United Kingdom
The coaster ran aground on Lindisfarne, Northumberland and was wrecked. The eight crew were rescued by the Lindisfarne Lifeboat.[285][286]
Norway
The cargo ship ran aground in the Hudson River 12 nautical miles (22 km) downstream of Albany, New York, United States.[285] She was refloated on 22 December.[287]
20 December[]
List of shipwrecks: 20 December 1935
Ship
Country
Description
Sweden
The cargo ship sank at , Brazil when her cargo of nitrates caught fire and exploded. Three crew were killed.[288]
Greece
The cargo ship ran aground at , Turkey.[289] She was refloated on 27 December.[290]
21 December[]
List of shipwrecks: 21 December 1935
Ship
Country
Description
Germany
The cargo ship was rammed and sunk in the Baltic Sea off Gdynia, Poland by (Germany) and sank.[289] She was refloated on 3 January.[291]
Norway
The cargo ship ran aground at Nuevitas, Cuba.[289] She was refloated on 28 December.[292]
23 December[]
List of shipwrecks: 23 December 1935
Ship
Country
Description
Germany
The tug foundered off Beira, Portuguese East Africa. All 23 crew were rescued by (United Kingdom).[287]
24 December[]
List of shipwrecks: 24 December 1935
Ship
Country
Description
Greece
The cargo ship ran aground at , United Kingdom. She broke her back and was a total loss. The wreck was refloated the next day. All 29 crew survived.[293]
Stour
United Kingdom
The Thames barge ran aground off Brightlingsea, Essex and sank. All three crew were rescued by the Thames barge Genesta (United Kingdom).[290] She was a total loss.[294]
25 December[]
List of shipwrecks: 25 December 1935
Ship
Country
Description
Loustic
France
The schooner was blown ashore at Gyllyngvase Beach, Falmouth, Cornwall, United Kingdom.[295] Although badly damaged it was later possible to refloat the ship.[296] Or, she broke up a few days later.[297]
26 December[]
List of shipwrecks: 26 December 1935
Ship
Country
Description
United Kingdom
The coaster departed Plymouth, Devon for Portsmouth, Hampshire. No further trace, presumed foundered in the English Channel with the loss of all seven crew.[298]
The cargo ship ran aground in the Irish Sea 3 nautical miles (5.6 km) north west of Barrow-in-Furness, Lancashire and sank. All nine crew survived.[290]
29 December[]
List of shipwrecks: 29 December 1935
Ship
Country
Description
United Kingdom
The cargo ship broke free from her moorings and was beached in the Douro at Oporto, Portugal. The crew were taken off by breeches buoy.[290]
United Kingdom
The cargo ship broke free from her moorings and was beached in the Douro at Oporto. The crew were taken off by breeches buoy.[290]
30 December[]
List of shipwrecks: 30 December 1935
Ship
Country
Description
Soviet Union
The cargo ship is believed to have foundered off Helsingfors, Finland.[300]
The retired 190-foot (58 m), 710-gross register ton coastal cargo ship was scuttled as a means of disposal in 300 feet (91 m) of water in the Atlantic Ocean 10 nautical miles (19 km; 12 mi) east of Nahant, Massachusetts.[304]
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