The cargo ship struck a mine and sank in the Gulf of Finland off the Styrsudd Lighthouse with the loss of at least two crew.[4]
Sweden
The cargo ship reported that she was 45 nautical miles (83 km) south west of Land's End, Cornwall, United Kingdom. She subsequently foundered, a lifebuoy came ashore in the Isles of Scilly on 8 January.[5]
5 January[]
List of shipwrecks: 5 January 1936
Ship
Country
Description
Beryl
United Kingdom
The auxiliary sailing barge fouled her anchor and sank at Cowes, Isle of Wight. All three crew survived.[6]
The Design 1013 cargo ship ran aground at Seaham, County Durham, United Kingdom.[17] Salvage operations were abandoned on 12 February and she was declared a constructive total loss.[18] She was refloated on 6 September.[19]
16 January[]
List of shipwrecks: 16 January 1936
Ship
Country
Description
Germany
The cargo ship ran off Lyngholmen, Nordland, Norway.[20]
17 January[]
List of shipwrecks: 17 January 1936
Ship
Country
Description
United States
The cargo liner collided with (United Kingdom) in the St. Johns River, at Jacksonville, Florida. Cherokee was beached and Welcombe sank.[21]
The cargo ship came ashore at Fukuyama, Hiroshima and sank.[27]
United Kingdom
The cargo ship hit the Gear Rock, off Penzance promenade, Cornwall. All nine crew were rescued by the Penlee Lifeboat. Taycraig broke up and sank three days later.[27][28]
28 January[]
List of shipwrecks: 28 January 1936
Ship
Country
Description
Denmark
The cargo ship ran aground in .[29] She was refloated on 1 February.[30]
29 January[]
List of shipwrecks: 29 January 1936
Ship
Country
Description
United States
The cargo ship ran aground at Port Aransas, Texas.[5] She was refloated on 10 February.[31]
The lightship was abandoned in the Irish Sea. Her crew were rescued by the Ballycotton Lifeboat.[38]
Spain
The cargo ship foundered in the Adriatic Sea off Ancona, Marche, Italy. All 33 crew were rescued.[39] She was refloated on 12 March.[40]
12 February[]
List of shipwrecks: 12 February 1936
Ship
Country
Description
Germany
The cargo ship was driven ashore at Mersin, Turkey.[41] She was refloated on 20 February.[42]
Greece
The cargo ship was wrecked on Andros with the loss of all but one of her crew.[43]
Germany
The cargo ship was driven ashore at Mersin.[41] She was refloated on 20 February.[42]
France
The schooner foundered in the Atlantic Ocean 72 nautical miles (133 km) east south east of the Fastnet Rock. All six crew were rescued by the trawler Thomas Ansell (United Kingdom).[18]
Greece
The cargo ship ran aground at Cape Rotja, Formentera, Spain.[41] She was refloated on 21 February.[42]
13 February[]
List of shipwrecks: 13 February 1936
Ship
Country
Description
Greece
The cargo ship ran aground at Epanomi Point with the loss of three crew. Salvage efforts were abandoned.[44]
The coaster collided with (United Kingdom) in the North Sea off the (United Kingdom) and sank. All crew were rescued.[53]
10 March[]
List of shipwrecks: 10 March 1936
Ship
Country
Description
Netherlands
The coaster collided with the fishing vessel Leyland (United Kingdom) in the North Sea 20 nautical miles (37 km) north north west of Flamborough Head, Yorkshire, United Kingdom and sank.[61]
Greece
The cargo ship caught fire and sank at Piraeus and was a total loss.[62]
Phyllis
United States
The cargo ship came ashore 200 nautical miles (370 km) south of the mouth of the Columbia River and was wrecked. The crew survived.[62]
United Kingdom
The coaster collided with (United Kingdom in the North Sea 11 nautical miles (20 km) south east of the mouth of the River Tyne and sank. All crew were rescued.[61]
11 March[]
List of shipwrecks: 11 March 1936
Ship
Country
Description
Norway
The coaster collided with (United Kingdom in the River Humber and sank. All sixteen crew were rescued.[59]
The coaster suffered an explosion an sank in the Red Sea 125 nautical miles (232 km) off Port Sudan, Sudan (22°47′N36°56′E / 22.783°N 36.933°E / 22.783; 36.933) with the loss of ten of her seventeen crew. Survivors were rescued by Brighton (United Kingdom).[63][64]
14 March[]
List of shipwrecks: 14 March 1936
Ship
Country
Description
Greece
The cargo ship caught fire and sank in the Red Sea (approximately 17°N39°E / 17°N 39°E / 17; 39) and was abandoned by her crew, who were rescued by (Italy).[64]
15 March[]
List of shipwrecks: 15 March 1936
Ship
Country
Description
United Kingdom
The cargo ship ran aground at Port Hedland, Western Australia.[65] She was refloated on 23 March.[66]
The cargo ship collided with (Spain) in the North Sea 24 nautical miles (44 km) north west of Cromer, Norfolk, United Kingdom and sank with the loss of nine of her 22 crew. Survivors were rescued by Aizkarai Mendi, (United Kingdom) and the Wells and Cromer lifeboats.[73]
Greece
The cargo ship ran aground at Abu Zenima, Egypt. Her captain committed suicide.[74]
27 March[]
List of shipwrecks: 27 March 1936
Ship
Country
Description
Finland
The cargo ship sank in the North Sea 4 nautical miles (7.4 km) south east of Craig, Angus. All crew were rescued by (United Kingdom). Like the original wreck in October 1935 the cited report is incorrect-see Whitehaven News 2 Apr 1936 page 4. She had been refloated at the 7th attempt on 26 March 1936 and was being towed to Troon, Firth of Clyde, Scotland, for breaking up. She sprang a leak and sank in deep water about 15 miles off Troon.[74]
28 March[]
List of shipwrecks: 28 March 1936
Ship
Country
Description
United Kingdom
The coaster ran aground in .[75] She was refloated on 19 May 1937.[76]
Finland
The cargo ship ran aground south of Duncansby Head, Sutherland, United Kingdom. She was refloated but was leaking severely and was consequently beached in . The crew subsequently abandoned ship.[75] She was refloated on 31 August.[77]
29 March[]
List of shipwrecks: 29 March 1936
Ship
Country
Description
Norway
The cargo ship ran aground at Oporto, Portugal. The crew were rescued by the Oporto Lifeboat.[78]
The Clemson-classdestroyer was rammed amidships by the destroyer USS Whipple (United States Navy) during exercises in Subic Bay in the Philippines. No lives lost. Towed back to base by the destroyer USS Barker (United States Navy), she was deemed beyond economical repair. She was decommissioned and sunk as a target on 25 July 1935.[87]
The Clemson-classdestroyer rammed the destroyer USS Smith Thompson (United States Navy) during exercises in Subic Bay in the Philippines. No lives lost. Although her bow was bent around backwards, Whipple was repaired using Smith Thompson's undamaged bow and returned to service.[87]
15 April[]
List of shipwrecks: 15 April 1936
Ship
Country
Description
United States
The cargo ship was burnt out at Benton Harbor, Michigan.[88]
16 April[]
List of shipwrecks: 16 April 1936
Ship
Country
Description
Norway
The auxiliary three-masted sealing schooner was crushed by ice and sank. All crew were rescued by (Soviet Union).[88][89]
17 April[]
List of shipwrecks: 17 April 1936
Ship
Country
Description
Sweden
The cargo ship ran aground in Lake Cener and sank.[90]
Spain
The cargo ship was driven ashore at Bilbao and was wrecked.[90]
20 April[]
List of shipwrecks: 20 April 1936
Ship
Country
Description
Norway
The cargo liner ran aground on Green Island, China and was beached. Passengers were rescued by (United Kingdom).[91] She was refloated later that day.[92]
22 April[]
List of shipwrecks: 22 April 1936
Ship
Country
Description
United Kingdom
The cargo ship was scuttled off Lagos, Nigeria.[93]
The four-masted barque ran around on the Ham Stone Rock, near Bolt Head, Devon, United Kingdom. She was beached at Starhole Bay but was wrecked there by the action of the waves.
29 April[]
List of shipwrecks: 29 April 1936
Ship
Country
Description
Yugoslavia
The cargo ship collided with (Estonia) in the English Channel 5 nautical miles (9.3 km) off Dungeness, Kent, United Kingdom and sank. All crew were rescued by Mari.[97]
Belgium
The cargo ship caught fire at Alicante, Spain and sank.[98] She was refloated on 2 May.[99]
30 April[]
List of shipwrecks: 30 April 1936
Ship
Country
Description
Norway
The cargo ship ran aground and was beached at Lista, Norway.[100] She was refloated on 4 May.[99]
Germany
The cargo ship caught fire at Mogadishu, Italian Somaliland and was a total loss.[98]
May[]
1 May[]
List of shipwrecks: 1 May 1936
Ship
Country
Description
United Kingdom
The coaster came ashore 10 nautical miles (19 km) from Lamberts Bay, South Africa and was a total loss.[101]
4 May[]
List of shipwrecks: 4 May 1936
Ship
Country
Description
United States
The cargo ship caught fire in Chesapeake Bay and burnt down to the waterline.[102]
Greece
The cargo ship collided with (Italy) in the Bay of Biscay off Ouessant, Finistère, France (48°10′N6°08′W / 48.167°N 6.133°W / 48.167; -6.133). She was abandoned by her crew, who were rescued by Assunzione. Katingo was taken in tow by (France), which made for Brest.[102]Katingo subsequently foundered. One crew member was lost.[103]
5 May[]
List of shipwrecks: 5 May 1936
Ship
Country
Description
United Kingdom
The cargo ship ran aground near the Souter Lighthouse, County Durham.[104] She was refloated on 2 December.[105]
6 May[]
List of shipwrecks: 6 May 1936
Ship
Country
Description
United Kingdom
The coastal collier ran aground on Bishops and Clerks, Pembrokeshire and sank. The crew were rescued by (United Kingdom).[106]
7 May[]
List of shipwrecks: 7 May 1936
Ship
Country
Description
Netherlands
The cargo ship collided with New York (Germany) in the North Sea north of Ostend, Belgium and sank. All 26 crew were rescued by New York.[107]
The cargo ship struck a rock in the Columbia River 12 nautical miles (22 km) upstream of Astoria, Oregon and was consequently beached.[108] She was refloated the next day.[109]
11 May[]
List of shipwrecks: 11 May 1936
Ship
Country
Description
Germany
The cargo liner ran aground at , Portugal and sank. All on board survived.[110]
The cargo ship ran aground at Alexandria, Egypt.[116] She was refloated on 3 June.[117]
31 May[]
List of shipwrecks: 31 May 1936
Ship
Country
Description
Alice
United Kingdom
The ketch was driven ashore in Palm Bay, Margate, Kent. All five crew waded ashore.[118]
June[]
6 June[]
List of shipwrecks: 6 June 1936
Ship
Country
Description
Norway
The cargo ship came ashore at Mistaken Point, Newfoundland and was a total loss.[119]
9 June[]
List of shipwrecks: 9 June 1936
Ship
Country
Description
W. N. Dicks
flag unknown
The schooner sprang a leak and sank in the Atlantic Ocean 25 nautical miles (46 km) off Miquelon.[120]
11 June[]
List of shipwrecks: 11 June 1936
Ship
Country
Description
Aycliffe Hall
United Kingdom
The cargo ship collided with A. P. Berwind (flag unknown) in Lake Erie and sank. The crew were rescued by A. P. Berwind.[121]
12 June[]
List of shipwrecks: 12 June 1936
Ship
Country
Description
United Kingdom
The coaster ran aground 5 nautical miles (9.3 km) south of Hartland Point, Devon and was wrecked.[121][122]
14 June[]
List of shipwrecks: 14 June 1936
Ship
Country
Description
Rudolph N
United States
The 29-gross register ton, 51.9-foot (15.8 m) motor vessel caught fire after her gasoline enginebackfired while she was moored at the Nakeem Cannery, 1.5 miles (2.4 km) north of (58°46′10″N157°02′15″W / 58.76944°N 157.03750°W / 58.76944; -157.03750 (Telephone Point)) on the west bank of the Kvichak River in the Territory of Alaska. After the fire went out of control, the vessels Fanny and Nakeen (both United States) towed her out into the river, where the fire destroyed her. Her crew of four survived.[123]
18 June[]
List of shipwrecks: 18 June 1936
Ship
Country
Description
Greece
The cargo liner ran aground at , Morocco.[124] She was abandoned on 21 June and the crew were rescued by (United Kingdom).[125]
19 June[]
List of shipwrecks: 19 June 1936
Ship
Country
Description
Greece
The cargo ship caught fire at Salvador, Bahia, Brazil.[126] She exploded and capsized on 25 June and was a total loss.[127]
Tashmoo
United States
The passenger steamboat struck a rock and sank in the Detroit River at Amherstburg, Ontario, Canada.
21 June[]
List of shipwrecks: 21 June 1936
Ship
Country
Description
France
The passenger ship sank off Palamós, Catalonia, Spain. All on board, including 450 passengers, were rescued.[128]
22 June[]
List of shipwrecks: 22 June 1936
Ship
Country
Description
United Kingdom
The cargo ship sprang a leak. She was beached at Portrush, County Antrim and was abandoned by her crew.[129]
24 June[]
List of shipwrecks: 24 June 1936
Ship
Country
Description
Norway
The cargo liner ran aground on a reef 2 nautical miles (3.7 km) off Geraldton, Western Australia and was wrecked.[130]
25 June[]
List of shipwrecks: 25 June 1936
Ship
Country
Description
United Kingdom
The cargo ship ran aground at Isla Palenque, Panama.[130] She was refloated on 21 July.[131]
28 June[]
List of shipwrecks: 28 June 1936
Ship
Country
Description
United States
The schooner barge was scuttled in the Atlantic Ocean 50 nautical miles (93 km) north of Dragon's Mouth, Trinidad.[132]
Denmark
The coaster ran aground in the River Humber at Brough, Yorkshire and was a total loss. All crew survived.[133]
29 June[]
List of shipwrecks: 29 June 1936
Ship
Country
Description
Luciano A
Italy
The schooner sprang a leak and sank in the Mediterranean Sea 5 nautical miles (9.3 km) east of .[134]
Sweden
The cargo ship sprang a leak and sank in the Kattegat 10 nautical miles (19 km) off the (Denmark). All crew were rescued by the trawler Betania (flag unknown).[134]
July[]
2 July[]
List of shipwrecks: 2 July 1936
Ship
Country
Description
Eagle
United States
The 20-gross register tonmotor vessel was destroyed by a gasoline explosion and fire at Unga, Territory of Alaska. Her crew of four survived.[135]
United Kingdom
The passenger ship ran aground on Onekotan, Kuril Islands.[136] She was refloated on 8 July.[137]
4 July[]
List of shipwrecks: 4 July 1936
Ship
Country
Description
United States
The cargo ship ran aground 4 nautical miles (7.4 km) south west of Punta Mogotes, Argentina.[138] She was refloated on 8 July.[139]
The passenger ship ran aground south of the Strommingsbadan Lighthouse and sank. All 62 people on board were rescued by (Sweden) or reached shore in their lifeboats.[136]
Sol Nascente
Portugal
The schooner foundered in the Atlantic Ocean off the Cape Verde Islands. All crew survived.[140]
United Kingdom
The tug was rammed and sunk at , Hong Kong by (China).[136]
7 July[]
List of shipwrecks: 7 July 1936
Ship
Country
Description
Alice
United States
The 31-ton fishingsteamer was destroyed by fire while on a slipway on the Bristol Bay coast of the Territory of Alaska.[54]
8 July[]
List of shipwrecks: 8 July 1936
Ship
Country
Description
USS Alton
United States Navy
After being sold out of naval service, the decommissioned accommodation ship – formerly the protected cruiserUSS Chicago – foundered in the Pacific Ocean while under tow from Honolulu, Hawaii, to San Francisco, California, for delivery to her buyers.[141]
The coaster departed Georgetown, Grand Cayman for Tampa, Florida, United States. She subsequently caught fire and foundered in the Gulf of Mexico off Dry Tortugas with the loss of all 22 people on board.[131][143][144]
9 July[]
List of shipwrecks: 9 July 1936
Ship
Country
Description
United Kingdom
The cargo ship ran aground at the mouth of the Forcados River, Burutu, Nigeria.[137] She was refloated on 15 July.[145]
The cargo ship departed from Leningrad, Soviet Union for Gdynia, Poland.[149] She subsequently foundered with the loss of all hands. Wreckage from the ship washed up on Saaremaa, Estonia on 19 July.[150]
15 July[]
List of shipwrecks: 15 July 1936
Ship
Country
Description
United Kingdom
The tug struck a rock and sank off Dartmouth, Devon, England. The crew were rescued by the fishing vessel Owl (United Kingdom).[148]
Peru
The transport ship struck a rock and sank 180 nautical miles (330 km) south of Lima, Peru.[151][152]
18 July[]
List of shipwrecks: 18 July 1936
Ship
Country
Description
Oso
United States
The 8-gross register tonsalmontroller began flooding and sank 20 minutes later in the Gulf of Alaska off Lituya Bay on the coast of the Territory of Alaska. The motor vesselMine (United States) rescued her two-man crew.[153]
19 July[]
List of shipwrecks: 19 July 1936
Ship
Country
Description
Denmark
The cargo ship caught fire at Zamboanga, Philippines. She was severely damaged and was declared a constructive total loss.[154]
The sailing ship struck rocks on the west side of St. Kilda, Outer Hebrides, United Kingdom, and sprang a leak. She was abandoned by her crew, and came ashore on Shillay.[164][165]
4 August[]
List of shipwrecks: 4 August 1936
Ship
Country
Description
Emmirson
United States
The 17-gross register ton, 37.4-foot (11.4 m) fishing vessel sank near Chignik, Territory of Alaska.[135]
5 August[]
List of shipwrecks: 5 August 1936
Ship
Country
Description
Ocean Hope
United Kingdom
The fishing drifter sank after collision with the trawler Fernbank (United Kingdom), 5 miles (8.0 km) off Fraserburgh, Scotland; the crew were all rescued.[166]
Spanish Civil War: The Antonio Canovas del Castillo-class gunboat was shelled and sunk at Algeciras by Jaime I (Spanish Navy). Raised later in August and repaired by February 1937.[170]
France
The cargo ship ran aground on the Haisborough Sands off the coast of Norfolk, United Kingdom.[171] She was refloated on 12 August.[168]
9 August[]
List of shipwrecks: 9 August 1936
Ship
Country
Description
Blue Shadow
United Kingdom
Spanish Civil War: The yacht was shelled and wrecked by the Nationalist cruiser Almirante Cervera (Spanish Navy) at Gijón with the loss of one of her two crew.[172] The hull was later saved by her owner.[173]
The decommissioned Wickes-classdestroyer was sunk in the Pacific Ocean during experimental tests.
United Kingdom
The whaler struck a rock in Saldanha Bay and sank. She was declared a total loss.[168]
13 August[]
List of shipwrecks: 13 August 1936
Ship
Country
Description
France
The cargo liner capsized and sank in the Mediterranean Sea 40 nautical miles (74 km) off Mostaganem, Algeria with the loss of 38 of the 40 people on board.[174][175]
The passenger ship collided with Corinaldo (United Kingdom) in the Atlantic Ocean 90 nautical miles (170 km) north of Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil. Eubee was left with her engine room flooded,[176] and five stokers killed. Passengers were taken off by Corinaldo. Eubee was taken in tow by (Brazil) and (Uruguay),[169] but she foundered on 16 August. The crew were rescued by Antonio Azambuja.[177]
All boats on Lovatnet — a lake in Norway — were wrecked or sunk when a landslide near the lake′s southern end generated a megatsunami that ranged in size from 74 metres (243 ft) in the vicinity of the slide to 12.6 metres (41 ft) at the north end of the lake.[198]
14 September[]
List of shipwrecks: 14 September 1936
Ship
Country
Description
United States
During a voyage from Chicago, Illinois, to St. Paul, Minnesota, the 21-gross register tonmotoryacht was destroyed on the Mississippi River at Guttenberg, Iowa, by a fire that began when her gasoline engineback-fired while she was anchored at the Guttenberg lock. Both members of her crew survived.[199][200]
United Kingdom
The cargo ship ran aground in the , Sierra Leone.[201] She was refloated on 21 September.[202]
Westport
United States
The 116-gross register ton, 88-foot (26.8 m) whalingsteamer was wrecked without loss of life on a reef off Akutan Island in the Fox Islands group of the eastern Aleutian Islands during a gale. The cutter ( United States Coast Guard) rescued all 12 people aboard Westport.[203]
The research vessel was wrecked off Álftanes, Iceland with the loss of 39 of the 40 people on board.
17 September[]
List of shipwrecks: 17 September 1936
Ship
Country
Description
United Kingdom
The cargo ship ran aground on Mansel Island, Northern Territory, Canada.[204] She was abandoned as a total loss on 20 September. The crew were rescued by N. B. McLean (Canada).[205]
19 September[]
List of shipwrecks: 17 September 1936
Ship
Country
Description
Spanish Navy
Spanish Civil War: The submarine was shelled and sunk off by and both (Spanish Navy), or damaged and scuttled to prevent capture.[206][207]
21 September[]
List of shipwrecks: 21 September 1936
Ship
Country
Description
Netherlands
The coaster, on her maiden voyage ran aground at Blakeney, Norfolk, United Kingdom.[208] She was refloated on 1 October.[209]
The motor yacht was in collision with (Netherlands) at Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands and was severely damaged. She was subsequently repaired and returned to service.
23 September[]
List of shipwrecks: 23 September 1936
Ship
Country
Description
Denmark
The cargo ship collided with Angelina Lauro (Italy) in the English Channel off Ouessant, France and was severely damaged.[210]
Spanish Civil War: Battle of Cape Espartel: The Churruca-classdestroyer was shelled and sunk in the Strait of Gibraltar off Tarifa by Canarias (Spanish Navy). 104 crewmen were killed, 31 were rescued and made prisoners of war and 25 were rescued by (France).[189]
The decommissioned submarine tender – formerly an Admiral Ushakov-classcoastal defense ship – was sunk as a gunnery target in the Pacific Ocean off Kushima, Miyazaki Prefecture, Japan.
The cargo ship ran aground on the east coast of Sakhalin, Soviet Union.[218] She was later refloated and taken in tow, but came ashore again on 23 October 1936.[219]
The coaster ran aground on the Moma Bar, 75 nautical miles (139 km) south of Angoche, Portuguese East Africa.[220] She was refloated on 12 October.[221]
The cargo ship struck rocks off Kyleakin, Isle of Skye and was consequently beached.[227] She was refloated on 19 October and subsequently repaired.[228]
12 October[]
List of shipwrecks: 12 October 1936
Ship
Country
Description
Spanish Navy
Spanish Civil War: The submarine was bombed and sunk (or just damaged) in Málaga Harbour. Raised soon after but never repaired.[207]
14 October[]
List of shipwrecks: 14 October 1936
Ship
Country
Description
Greece
The cargo ship ran aground at Gallipoli, Turkey.[229] She was refloated by 23 October.[230]
The cargo ship foundered in the South China Sea. All crew were rescued by (Norway).[231][232]
Olympic
United States
With no one on board, the 12-gross register tonmotor vessel dragged her anchor and was blown ashore and wrecked in the harbor at Sitka, Territory of Alaska.[153]
17 October[]
List of shipwrecks: 17 October 1936
Ship
Country
Description
Sand Merchant
United Kingdom
The dredger capsized and sank in Lake Erie 16 nautical miles (30 km) north west of Cleveland, Ohio, United States with the loss of twenty crew.[233]
United Kingdom
The cargo ship ran aground on Islay, Outer Hebrides.[234] She subsequently broke in two and was abandoned as a total loss.[235]
18 October[]
List of shipwrecks: 18 October 1936
Ship
Country
Description
Finland
The three-masted schooner ran aground at Signildskar and was wrecked.[228]
Norway
The cargo ship ran aground on the Grey Rocks, Sound of Mull.[234] She was refloated on 12 November.[236]
19 October[]
List of shipwrecks: 19 October 1936
Ship
Country
Description
United Kingdom
The schooner foundered in the Atlantic Ocean 19 nautical miles (35 km) off North Sydney, Nova Scotia, Canada. All crew were rescued by (United Kingdom).[228]
20 October[]
List of shipwrecks: 20 October 1936
Ship
Country
Description
Greece
The cargo ship was abandoned in the North Sea 50 nautical miles (93 km) off IJmuiden, North Holland, Netherlands. The crew were rescued by (Greece). Okeanis was later towed into IJmuiden by (Netherlands).[237]
Netherlands
The passenger ship capsized and sank in the Java Sea with some loss of life amongst the 226 people on board. Thirty-four people were reported missing.[238]
22 October[]
List of shipwrecks: 22 October 1936
Ship
Country
Description
Italy
The cargo ship ran aground in the near Split, Yugoslavia and broke in two. She was declared a total loss.[219] She was refloated on 27 October.[239]
The cargo ship was driven ashore on the west coast of Hokkaidō after her tow parted.[219]
24 October[]
List of shipwrecks: 24 October 1936
Ship
Country
Description
Albion
Netherlands
The coaster foundered in The Wash. All crew were rescued by (United Kingdom).[240]
Thailand
The cargo ship came ashore at Kemaman, Malaya and was a total loss.[241]
Norway
The cargo ship departed the Clyde for Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[242]
25 October[]
List of shipwrecks: 25 October 1936
Ship
Country
Description
Spain
The ocean liner ran aground on a reef 5 nautical miles (9.3 km) north of Bermuda.[243] Salvage efforts were abandoned on 6 November and she was declared a total loss.[244]
Spain
The cargo ship foundered with the loss of one crew member. She was on a voyage from Bilbao to Cardiff, Glamorgan, United Kingdom.[245]
Nanna
Finland
The cargo ship sank in the Baltic Sea off Odensholm, Estonia. All crew survived.[246]
Spanish Civil War: The Condestable Zaragoza-class fisheries protection vessel was scuttled at Rosas to prevent capture by Nationalists, or shelled and sunk by Canarias (Spanish Navy).[255][223]
Greece
The cargo ship collided with another vessel in the Bay of Biscay and was beached at Ouessant, Finistère, France. She was declared a total loss.[249]
Unknown[]
List of shipwrecks: unknown October 1936
Ship
Country
Description
Spanish Navy
Spanish Civil War: The submarine was either sunk by a Nationalist seaplane in the Strait of Gibraltar on 12 October, or scuttled by her commanding officer on 16 October.[256]
November[]
1 November[]
List of shipwrecks: 1 November 1936
Ship
Country
Description
United States
The cargo ship was wrecked at Clodgy Point, St. Ives, Cornwall. All 33 crew were rescued by the St. Ives Lifeboat. The cargo was salvaged by local people after washing up on nearby beaches.[254][257]
2 November[]
List of shipwrecks: 2 November 1936
Ship
Country
Description
Germany
The cargo ship ran aground at Östergarn, Sweden.[254] She was refloated on 6 November.[258]
The cargo ship ran aground at Ilhéus, Brazil.[235] She was refloated on 12 November.[259]
8 November[]
List of shipwrecks: 8 November 1936
Ship
Country
Description
Germany
The passenger ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean 200 nautical miles (370 km) west of Land's End, Cornwall, United Kingdom. The only survivor was rescued by (Germany).[260]
9 November[]
List of shipwrecks: 9 November 1936
Ship
Country
Description
United States
The tanker ran aground on Simmons Reef, Lake Michigan and was wrecked. She was destroyed in an explosion and fire on 2 January 1937.[261]
The Type IIBsubmarine collided with another vessel in the and sank with the loss of eight of her twenty crew.[273] Subsequently raised, repaired and returned to service.
21 November[]
List of shipwrecks: 21 November 1936
Ship
Country
Description
United Kingdom
The coaster foundered in Georgian Bay 4 nautical miles (7.4 km) north of Owen Sound, Ontario, Canada with the loss of seven of her seventeen crew.[266]
22 November[]
List of shipwrecks: 22 November 1936
Ship
Country
Description
United Kingdom
The coaster sprang a leak in the English Channel 17 nautical miles (31 km) south south east of The Lizard, Cornwall and was abandoned. All crew were rescued by (Norway). Colwith Force was towed into Falmouth, Cornwall by (Netherlands).[274][275]
Netherlands
The coaster ran aground on the Paternosters, 5 nautical miles (9.3 km) north of Jersey, Channel Islands. All crew survived.[276]
23 November[]
List of shipwrecks: 23 November 1936
Ship
Country
Description
United Kingdom
The tanker ran aground at Suva, Fiji. She was refloated on 23 November.[277]
24 November[]
List of shipwrecks: 24 November 1936
Ship
Country
Description
Ceres
United Kingdom
The ketch sank at anchor at Baggy Point, Devon. She was launched at Salcombe, Devon in 1811.[28][277]
Soviet Union
The icebreaker struck a rock in the Kara Sea and stuck fast. She was subsequently abandoned in late December. All crew were rescued by (Soviet Union).[278]
25 November[]
List of shipwrecks: 25 November 1936
Ship
Country
Description
Greece
The cargo ship struck a submerged wreck at , Turkey and was beached.[277] She was refloated on 7 February 1937.[279]
United States
The cargo ship collided with a pier at Muskegon, Michigan and sank.[280]
Turkey
The cargo ship was driven ashore at Bender Eregli in a storm.[280] She was refloated on 1 December.[281]
The cargo ship sank in the Atlantic Ocean off Miquelon. All crew were rescued.[283]
Unknown date[]
List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1936
Ship
Country
Description
Italy
The cargo ship foundered in the English Channel before 20 November.[245]
Spanish Navy
Spanish Civil War: The I-1-class motor patrol boat was shelled and sunk in the Strait of Gibraltar by Almirante Cervera (Spanish Navy) on either 6 October or 1 November 1936.[223][224]
The cargo ship ran aground off Dakar, French West Africa and was wrecked.
Norway
Spanish Civil War, bombed by aircraft at Seville, Spain. Broken up in Vado Ligure, Italy, in May 1937.[290]
8 December[]
List of shipwrecks: 8 December 1936
Ship
Country
Description
Latvia
The cargo ship foundered in the Gulf of Riga with the loss of all hands.[291]
9 December[]
List of shipwrecks: 9 December 1936
Ship
Country
Description
Sweden
The cargo ship collided with Neptun (Germany) and was beached at Dragør, Denmark.[292] She was later refloated but was severely damaged.[293]
12 December[]
List of shipwrecks: 12 December 1936
Ship
Country
Description
Spanish Navy
Spanish Civil War, Operation Ursula: The submarine was torpedoed and sunk in the Mediterranean Sea south east of Málaga (36°40′N04°21′W / 36.667°N 4.350°W / 36.667; -4.350) by U-34 (Kriegsmarine) with the loss of 39 crewmen. Two crewmen and a civilian pilot survived. The wreck was located in October 1998.
The ocean liner, on her maiden voyage, ran aground in the Solent. She was refloated on 27 December.
26 December[]
List of shipwrecks: 26 December 1936
Ship
Country
Description
Greece
The cargo ship ran aground on the Frying Pan Shoals, North Carolina, United States and was abandoned as unsalvable.[296][303]
27 December[]
List of shipwrecks: 27 December 1936
Ship
Country
Description
Dredge No.2
United States
The dredger sank in the San Juan River 150 nautical miles (280 km) north of Buenaventura, Colombia.[304]
28 December[]
List of shipwrecks: 28 December 1936
Ship
Country
Description
Germany
The cargo ship foundered in the Baltic Sea off Königsberg, East Prussia, Germany.[304]
30 December[]
List of shipwrecks: 30 December 1936
Ship
Country
Description
Spanish Navy
Spanish Civil War: The submarine was lost either by accident or by scuttling by her commanding officer off Bilbao.[305]
United Kingdom
The coaster collided with (Norway) in the River Thames at Greenhithe, Kent and sank with the loss of two of her seven crew.[306][307]
Unknown date[]
List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1936
Ship
Country
Description
Chacon
United States
The 80-foot (24.4 m) mail and passenger vessel was stranded on a rock and then sank in Zimovia Strait in the Alexander Archipelago in Southeast Alaska. All 14 people aboard – eight passengers and her crew of six – were rescued from a lifeboat.[297]
The decommissioned Velasco-classcruiser was sunk as a target.
Hai-Kan No. 6
Imperial Japanese Navy
The decommissioned Kasuga-classarmored cruiser (ex-Nisshin) was sunk as a target at the Kamegakubi Naval Proving Ground in the Inland Sea off Kure, Japan. She later was refloated and sunk again as a target ship in January 1942.
The 210-foot (64 m), 1,348-gross register ton four-mastedschooner was abandoned at a wharf in the Sheepscot River at Wiscasset, Maine, upon the death of their owner sometime during 1936 and subsequently deteriorated into a wreck. The wreck was removed in 1998.[311]
The 210-foot (64 m), 1,234-gross register ton four-mastedschooner was abandoned at a wharf in the Sheepscot River at Wiscasset, Maine, upon the death of their owner sometime during 1936 and subsequently deteriorated into a wreck. The wreck was removed in 1998.[311]
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