The former tanker was driven ashore at Coronado, California, and was wrecked.
United Kingdom
The cargo ship ran aground on Scroby Sands, Norfolk, England.[1] She was refloated on 5 January.[2]
2 January[]
List of shipwrecks: 2 January 1937
Ship
Country
Description
Harold Bird
United States
The mail boat was destroyed by fire when the tanker (United States) exploded and caught fire in Lake Michigan with the loss of five lives. J. Oswald Boyd was also destroyed.[3]
United States
The tanker was destroyed by an explosion and fire in Lake Michigan with the loss of five lives.[3]
The cargo ship came ashore near Paximadi lighthouse, southwest of Milos Island in the Aegean Sea on a voyage from Mersin to Hamburg with a cargo of grain. Salvage was abandoned on 16 January and she was declared a total loss.[13][14]
12 January[]
List of shipwrecks: 12 January 1937
Ship
Country
Description
Japan
The cargo ship broke in two and foundered in a snowstorm off the Shakotan Cape, Hokkaidō with some loss of life.[15][16]
Finland
The cargo ship ran aground on Swona, Orkney Islands, United Kingdom with the loss of 30 of her 38 crew.[13][17]
St. Michel
France
The ketch was driven ashore and wrecked between Charmouth and Lyme Regis, Dorset, United Kingdom.[18]
United Kingdom
The cargo ship came ashore at Golspie, Sutherland. All crew were rescued.[13][19]
13 January[]
List of shipwrecks: 13 January 1937
Ship
Country
Description
United Kingdom
This cargo ship, built 1930 Sunderland, developed a fire in her engine room which spread to the rest of the ship. She was beached at Guimaris Island near Iloilo, Philippines.[15]Silvercypress was declared a constructive total loss.[20] She was towed to Manila and sold to Japanese breakers. She was repaired and renamed Yasukawa Maru.[21]
14 January[]
List of shipwrecks: 14 January 1937
Ship
Country
Description
Norway
The cargo ship ran aground at Nuevitas, Cuba, she broke in two and sank.[22]
Greece
The cargo ship was driven ashore at Mantoudi in a storm.[22] She was refloated on 17 January.[23]
16 January[]
List of shipwrecks: 16 January 1937
Ship
Country
Description
Mary Sinclair
United Kingdom
The schooner was abandoned in a sinking condition off Liverpool, Lancashire. The crew were rescued by the dredger Hilbre Island (United Kingdom). Mary Sinclair was towed into Liverpool by (United Kingdom).[14]
17 January[]
List of shipwrecks: 17 January 1937
Ship
Country
Description
Spanish Navy
Spanish Civil War: The Basque Navy auxiliary patrol ship/Naval trawler was sunk by a mine in the Cantabrian Sea.[6][24]
The schooner was driven ashore on Fehmarn, Germany.[27]
Germany
The tug was driven ashore on Fehmarn, Germany. The crew were rescued by a Kriegsmarine minesweeper.[27]
Felce
Italy
The cargo ship ran aground at Djibouti, French Somaliland. Cargo was discharged and she was refloated with the assistance of a tug.
Spanish Navy
Spanish Civil War: The Basque Navy auxiliary minesweeper was sunk by a mine in the Cantabrian Sea. Six crewmen killed.[28][29]
United Kingdom
The cargo ship ran aground at Gorleston, Suffolk. All crew were rescued by the Gorleston Lifeboat.[19] She was refloated on 21 October.[30]
Norway
The cargo ship sprang a leak in the North Sea during a storm and issued an SOS. All crew were rescued by Venus (United Kingdom) on 20 May. Trym foundered.[31][32]
Kriegsmarine
The converted trawler foundered in the Bight of Kiel off Fehmarn with the loss of all 25 crew.[27]
19 January[]
List of shipwrecks: 19 January 1937
Ship
Country
Description
France
The cargo ship ran aground at , Morocco.[33] She was refloated on 10 May.[34]
The oceangoing steamtug was deliberately beached in the at Cristóbal, Panama Canal Zone, and abandoned.[38][39][40]
Therese
United Kingdom
The cargo ship ran aground in . She was refloated on 13 March.[41]
23 January[]
List of shipwrecks: 23 January 1937
Ship
Country
Description
Norway
The cargo ship foundered in the North Sea 70 nautical miles (130 km) north of the Shetland Islands, United Kingdom with the loss of one of her sixteen crew. Survivors were rescued by (Norway).[42][43]
The cargo ship ran aground at Dartmouth, Devon. All 52 crew were rescued by the Torbay Lifeboat.[44] She was refloated on 22 February.[45]
25 January[]
List of shipwrecks: 25 January 1937
Ship
Country
Description
Germany
The cargo ship ran aground at Brønnøysund, Norway and broke in two.[46]
Italy
The cargo ship ran aground at Punta Mala, Spain.[46] She was refloated on 8 February.[47]
Greece
The cargo ship was wrecked off Portimão, Algarve, Portugal with the loss of seven crew.[46]
26 January[]
List of shipwrecks: 26 January 1937
Ship
Country
Description
United Kingdom
The tug foundered at Scapa Flow, Orkney Islands in a storm.[48]
United Kingdom
The cargo ship ran aground at Setúbal, Portugal in a storm.[49] Salvage operations were abandoned on 15 April.[50] She was refloated on 20 September.[51]
27 January[]
List of shipwrecks: 27 January 1937
Ship
Country
Description
Fairy
United Kingdom
The coaster was driven ashore 6 nautical miles (11 km) north of Aberdeen in a gale. All crew were rescued by the Aberdeen Lifeboat.[49]
Portugal
The schooner sank in Leixões harbour after a collision with (Norway). She was refloated in 1939, repaired and returned to service.[52]
Netherlands
The cargo ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Portugal with the loss of all hands.[53][54]
United States
The cargo ship struck a submerged object in the Cape Cod Canal and was beached.[53]
The tug capsized and sank at Brunswick Dock, Liverpool, Lancashire with the loss of four of her five crew. She was assisting (United Kingdom) at the time.[53]Toxteth was raised on 1 February and beached.[55]
28 January[]
List of shipwrecks: 28 January 1937
Ship
Country
Description
United Kingdom
The coaster was driven aground at Leixões, Portugal in a storm.[56] She was refloated on 10 May.[57]
29 January[]
List of shipwrecks: 29 January 1937
Ship
Country
Description
United Kingdom
The coaster collided with another vessel and sank in Port Philip Bay, Victoria, Australia with the loss of six of her 24 crew.[58]
The cargo ship ran aground on Juan de Nova Island, Madagascar. She broke her back and was a total loss.[60]
Unknown date[]
List of shipwrecks: Unknown Date January 1937
Ship
Country
Description
Nellie Juan #33
United States
The 8-gross register tonmotor vessel sank in Prince William Sound on the south-central coast of the Territory of Alaska with the loss of the only person aboard. An Alaska Native found his body on 31 January.[61]
The decommissioned Wickes-classdestroyer was sunk as a target in the Pacific Ocean off San Pedro, California.
February[]
1 February[]
List of shipwrecks: 1 February 1937
Ship
Country
Description
United Kingdom
The coaster was driven ashore at Fair Isle and was wrecked.[62]
2 February[]
List of shipwrecks: 2 February 1937
Ship
Country
Description
Latvia
The cargo ship foundered in the Baltic Sea due to ice near Kolkasrags whilst on a voyage from Ventspils to Riga. The crew were rescued by the icebreakers and Krišjānis Valdemārs (Latvia).[63][64]
France
The passenger ship collided with (Sweden) in the Scheldt off Terneuzen, Zeeland Netherlands. She was severely damaged and was beached to prevent her sinking.[65]
Spain
Spanish Civil War: The cargo ship was torpedoed and damaged in the Mediterranean Sea by a submarine, suspected to be German. She was beached at Torrox.[10]
United Kingdom
The cargo ship ran aground at Kristiansand, Norway, sprang a leak and then was beached.[65]
3 February[]
List of shipwrecks: 3 February 1937
Ship
Country
Description
Denmark
The cargo ship came ashore on the west coast of Bornholm. She was refloated on 8 February but was severely damaged.[47][66]
Norway
The cargo ship collided with (Denmark) at Esbjerg, Denmark and sank. All crew were rescued.[67]
Japan
The cargo ship came ashore at Hachinohe, Aomori.[68] She was refloated on 13 February.[69]
7 February[]
List of shipwrecks: 7 February 1937
Ship
Country
Description
Spanish Navy
Spanish Civil War: The patrol boat was sunk at Malaga by Nationalist aircraft.[24]
and
Spanish Navy
Spanish Civil War: The I-1-class motor patrol boats were scuttled at Malaga. Salvaged and placed in Nationalist service.[70]
8 February[]
List of shipwrecks: 8 February 1937
Ship
Country
Description
Spain
Spanish Civil War: The cargo ship was torpedoed and damaged in the Mediterranean Sea. She was beached at Altafulla, Catalonia.[47]
Spanish Navy
Spanish Civil War: The Uad Kert-classnaval trawler was scuttled at Melaga. Raised, repaired and put in Nationalist service in 1938.[71]
10 February[]
List of shipwrecks: 10 February 1937
Ship
Country
Description
United States
The auxiliary schooner ran aground on Battle Rock, Port Orford, Oregon and was wrecked.[72][73]
11 February[]
List of shipwrecks: 11 February 1937
Ship
Country
Description
Greece
The coaster ran aground at Katakolo after her rudder broke and was wrecked.[74]
12 February[]
List of shipwrecks: 12 February 1937
Ship
Country
Description
Japan
The cargo ship sank off Hirado, Nagasaki with the loss of six of her fourteen crew.[75]
13 February[]
List of shipwrecks: 13 February 1937
Ship
Country
Description
Greece
The cargo ship collided in the Mediterranean Sea off Tarifa, Andalusia, Spain (35°38′N6°40′W / 35.633°N 6.667°W / 35.633; -6.667) with an unidentified warship during foggy weather. She was abandoned by her crew, who were rescued by (United Kingdom). Elent T was escorted to and beached.[75] She was refloated the next day and towed to Gibraltar.[72]
United Kingdom
The coaster struck a rock in the Irish Sea, was abandoned by her eleven crew and sank.[75][76]
Japan
The cargo ship ran aground at . She was refloated on 29 June.[77]
The cargo ship sprang a leak off and a distress signal was sent.[75] She foundered with the loss of all hands.[79]
Zapora
United States
During a voyage in the Territory of Alaska from Hoonah to Petersburg with seven passengers, a crew of 20, and a cargo of 66,000 pounds (29,937 kg) of frozen fish and baggage, the 479-gross register ton, 151.3-foot (46.1 m) steamer was wrecked without loss of life at Rocky Point off (57°19′N134°35′W / 57.317°N 134.583°W / 57.317; -134.583 (Chaik Bay)) in Southeast Alaska.[80]
The cargo ship was beached after she collided with the cargo ship (Italy) in the Columbia River at Rainier, Oregon. She eventually was refloated.[82][83][84]
Italy
The cargo ship sank after she collided with the cargo ship Edward Luckenbach (United States) in the Columbia River at Rainier, Oregon. She was raised on 22 March.[82][83][84]
18 February[]
List of shipwrecks: 18 February 1937
Ship
Country
Description
United Kingdom
The coal hulk was hit by (Royal Navy) at Portland, Dorset and sank. The crew of 14 was rescued.[85][86] She was raised on 24 August,[87] returned to service; during World War II she was bombed and sunk.[88]
25 February[]
List of shipwrecks: 25 February 1937
Ship
Country
Description
United Kingdom
Spanish Civil War: The ocean liner struck a mine off Cape Creus, Spain and was damaged. She sailed to Port-Vendres, Pyrénées-Orientales, France and was beached.[89][90]
28 February[]
List of shipwrecks: 28 February 1937
Ship
Country
Description
United Kingdom
The coaster foundered in the North Sea off Clacton-on-Sea, Essex with the loss of all four crew.[91]
Greece
The cargo ship ran aground at Warrenby, Yorkshire, United Kingdom.[92] She was refloated on 13 March.[41]
United Kingdom
The coaster passed St. Catherine's Point, Isle of Wight. No further trace, presumed foundered in the English Channel with the loss of all nine crew.[93]
Unknown[]
List of shipwrecks: Unknown Date February 1937
Ship
Country
Description
Spanish Navy
Spanish Civil War: The auxiliary patrol ship was lost sometime in February.[6]
March[]
1 March[]
List of shipwrecks: 1 March 1937
Ship
Country
Description
Italy
The cargo ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean 80 nautical miles (150 km) west of Gibraltar. Seventeen crew were rescued by Tuscania (United Kingdom).[94]
4 March[]
List of shipwrecks: 4 March 1937
Ship
Country
Description
Spain
The cargo ship passed Flamborough Head, Yorkshire, United Kingdom bound for Bilbao. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[95]
Loukia
Greece
Spanish Civil War: The tanker hit a mine and sank in the off San Sebastián, Gipuzkoa, Spain. There was only one survivor.[96][97][98]
Sweden
The ocean liner was rammed and sunk at Gothenburg, Sweden, by (Norway), which was being launched by Eriksbergs Mekaniska VerkstadsAB. She was raised, repaired and returned to service in June 1937.[99][100][101]
5 March[]
List of shipwrecks: 5 March 1937
Ship
Country
Description
Spain
Spanish Civil War: The ship was bombed by Nationalist aircraft at and was abandoned by her crew. She came ashore at .[101][102]
Spanish Navy
Spanish Civil War: : The Basque Navy patrol boat/naval trawler was sunk at Malaga by Canarias (Spanish Navy). 29 crewmen killed, 20 captured.[24]
6 March[]
List of shipwrecks: 6 March 1937
Ship
Country
Description
United States
The tanker collided with President Coolidge (United States) in San Francisco Bay near the Golden Gate Bridge and sank. All crew were rescued.[103] She broke in two on 20 March and was declared a total loss.[84]
7 March[]
List of shipwrecks: 7 March 1937
Ship
Country
Description
Netherlands
The dredger sprang a leak, capsized in the Atlantic Ocean 3 nautical miles (5.6 km) off the Eddystone Lighthouse.[104] She was beached at Fowey, Cornwall and was refloated on 7 September.[105]
8 March[]
List of shipwrecks: 8 March 1937
Ship
Country
Description
Delia
Canada
The cargo ship was crushed by ice in the Atlantic Ocean off Cape Race, Newfoundland and was abandoned by her crew.[106]
10 March[]
List of shipwrecks: 10 March 1937
Ship
Country
Description
United Kingdom
The cargo ship caught fire at Bastia, Corsica, France. She sank on 12 March.[107][108]
Denmark
The cargo ship caught fire at Charleston, South Carolina, was beached and was refloated the following day.[108][109]
Jeanette
Netherlands
The cargo ship struck the pier at Londonderry Port, County Londonderry, Northern Ireland and was holed. She was beached at Moville, County Donegal, Ireland.[107]
The R-classdestroyer ran aground at Flushing, Cornwall whilst under tow to the breakers. Declared unsalvageable, the wreck was scrapped in situ in 1940.[112][113][114]
18 March[]
List of shipwrecks: 18 March 1937
Ship
Country
Description
United Kingdom
The cargo ship foundered off Broken Bay, New South Wales, Australia. All crew were rescued by (United Kingdom).[112]
20 March[]
List of shipwrecks: 20 March 1937
Ship
Country
Description
America
Argentina
The passenger ship ran aground near the Punta Delgada Lighthouse. All 44 passengers and 31 crew were rescued by (Argentina). The ship was abandoned as a total loss.[115][116]
22 March[]
List of shipwrecks: 22 March 1937
Ship
Country
Description
United Kingdom
The cargo ship caught fire in the Irish Sea, exploded and was abandoned in the early hours of 23 March off Holyhead, Anglesey. All crew survived.[84]Marie Moller came ashore at Holyhead.[117]
Finland
The cargo ship caught fire in the Baltic Sea 50 nautical miles (93 km) off Öland, Sweden, was abandoned by her crew[84] She and was towed into Oscarshamn despite being severely damaged.[117]
24 March[]
List of shipwrecks: 24 March 1937
Ship
Country
Description
Norway
The cargo ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean 570 nautical miles (1,060 km) south east of Boston, Massachusetts, United States. All crew were rescued by the cutterUSCGC Chelan (United States Coast Guard).[117][118]
Panama
The cargo ship suffered an on-board explosion and sank in the Pacific Ocean 5 nautical miles (9.3 km) off Auch Island, Marshall Islands. All crew were rescued by a Japanese ship.[119]
Japan
The cargo ship ran aground at Waglan Island, Hong Kong. She sank on 26 March.[120][121]
25 March[]
List of shipwrecks: 25 March 1937
Ship
Country
Description
Spain
The cargo ship struck a rock at Santander, Cantabria and was beached.[122]
27 March[]
List of shipwrecks: 27 March 1937
Ship
Country
Description
Netherlands
The cargo ship ran aground on Vlieland, Friesland. She was refloated on 12 April.[116][123]
28 March[]
List of shipwrecks: 28 March 1937
Ship
Country
Description
Pilgrim
United States
The excursion steamer was destroyed by fire at Elizabethport, New Jersey.[116]
29 March[]
List of shipwrecks: 29 March 1937
Ship
Country
Description
Spain
Spanish Civil War: The cargo ship was shelled and damaged in the Bay of Biscay by two Nationalistnaval trawlers off Capbreton, Landes, France. She was beached at the mouth of the Adour.[124]
30 March[]
List of shipwrecks: 30 March 1937
Ship
Country
Description
Germany
The ship ran aground in the River Plate 90 nautical miles (170 km) upstream of Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil. Salvage efforts were abandoned on 7 April.[95][121]
Unknown date[]
List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1937
Ship
Country
Description
Denmark
The cargo ship ran aground near Drogheda, County Louth, Ireland. She was refloated on 24 September.[125]
April[]
2 April[]
List of shipwrecks: 2 April 1937
Ship
Country
Description
Poli
Greece
Spanish Civil War: The ship was shelled and sunk by the Nationalist cruiser Baleares (Spanish Navy) in the Central Mediterranean.[96]
United Kingdom
The cargo ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean of the coast of Portugal. All 25 crew were rescued by (United Kingdom).[126]
4 April[]
List of shipwrecks: 4 April 1937
Ship
Country
Description
United Kingdom
The coaster was hit by whilst anchored in Carlingford Lough and sank with the loss of six of her nine crew. Survivors were rescued by Lady Cavan.[127]
6 April[]
List of shipwrecks: 6 April 1937
Ship
Country
Description
Panama
Spanish Civil War: The cargo ship was shelled and sunk by the Nationalist armed trawler Galerna (Spanish Navy) off Castro Urdiales.[96][128]
Italy
The cargo ship ran aground at St. Catherine's Point, Isle of Wight, United Kingdom and was abandoned by her crew, who were rescued by the Yarmouth Lifeboat.[129][130] She was refloated on 31 May.[131]
7 April[]
List of shipwrecks: 7 April 1937
Ship
Country
Description
United Kingdom
The cargo liner was in collision with (United Kingdom) west of Portpatrick, Wigtownshire and sank with loss of two of the 38 people on board. Survivors were rescued by Taranaki.[130][132][133]
The cargo ship sank in the Yangtze River 30 nautical miles (56 km) upstream of Ichang.[134]
10 April[]
List of shipwrecks: 10 April 1937
Ship
Country
Description
Radiant
United States
The tug capsized and sank in the Delaware River at Chester, Pennsylvania with the loss of eight of the ten people on board.[135]
12 April[]
List of shipwrecks: 12 April 1937
Ship
Country
Description
Denmark
The cargo ship ran aground at Leixões, Portugal.[136] She was refloated on 20 April.[137]
13 April[]
List of shipwrecks: 13 April 1937
Ship
Country
Description
Denmark
The passenger ship ran aground on the Isle of May, Fife, United Kingdom. All 28 passengers on board were rescued by the Anstruther Lifeboat.[138]
Norway
The cargo ship ran aground at Helman Head, Caithness, United Kingdom. All sixteen crew were rescued by the fishing vessel Smiling Morn (United Kingdom).[138]
23 April[]
List of shipwrecks: 23 April 1937
Ship
Country
Description
Saint Martin
United States
During a voyage in the waters of the Territory of Alaska from Petersburg to Ketchikan with two people and no cargo on board, the 36-gross register ton, 55-foot (17 m) motor vessel was destroyed in Wrangell Narrows in the Alexander Archipelago in Southeast Alaska by a fire that began in her engine. There was no loss of life.[139]
24 April[]
List of shipwrecks: 24 April 1937
Ship
Country
Description
Charles & Vernon
United Kingdom
The schooner was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean off the (United States Lighthouse Service). Her crew was rescued by the motor vessel (United States).[140]
25 April[]
List of shipwrecks: 25 April 1937
Ship
Country
Description
United States
The cargo ship struck a submerged object in Lake Michigan and was beached at Detour, Michigan.[140]
The passenger ship ran aground in the River Clyde at Dunure, Ayrshire in fog. All 700 passengers were put ashore using the ship's lifeboats. Dalriada later refloated and proceeded to Ayr.[143]
Spanish Civil War: The España-classbattleship struck a mine at Santander, Cantabria, Spain,[147] and then she was bombed by Gourdou-Leseurre GL-633 aircraft and sunk; those that survived were rescued by (Spanish Navy).[148][24]
United States
The cargo ship ran aground in the Yangtze at Chinkiang, China,[149] she remained so for a number of days until she came free and departed China from Shanghai on 16 May.[150]
May[]
1 May[]
List of shipwrecks: 1 May 1937
Ship
Country
Description
Germany
The coaster collided with (Germany) in the Kiel Canal and sank.[151]
The cargo ship ran aground at Şile, Turkey.[34][145]
United States
The coaster ran aground in Willapa Bay, Washington and broke up with the loss of one crew member.[34][145]
United Kingdom
The cargo ship collided with (Italy) in the English Channel off Dover, Kent during dense fog. She later collided with (United Kingdom) off Dungeness, Kent, was beached, was refloated the next day and towed to Dover.[145][158]
9 May[]
List of shipwrecks: 9 May 1937
Ship
Country
Description
Greece
The cargo ship collided with (United States) in the North Sea 32 nautical miles (59 km) south east of Bornholm, Denmark. The crew were rescued by Nashaba.[145]
10 May[]
List of shipwrecks: 10 May 1937
Ship
Country
Description
Greece
The cargo ship ran aground in the River Plate, Argentina.[34] She was refloated on 23 May.[159]
12 May[]
List of shipwrecks: 12 May 1937
Ship
Country
Description
Germany
The tug collided with (Germany) in the Weser and sank with the loss of one crew member.[160]
United Kingdom
The cargo ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean off the Berlengas Islands, Portugal.[96]
13 May[]
List of shipwrecks: 13 May 1937
Ship
Country
Description
United Kingdom
The collier ran aground on the Cape Banks, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. She broke in three and sank with the loss of two crew.[161][162]
14 May[]
List of shipwrecks: 14 May 1937
Ship
Country
Description
Leda
Sweden
The coaster collided with (Denmark) in Øresund off Hven and sank with the loss of all three crew.[163]
Germany
The cargo ship ran aground on the Carysfort Reef, Florida, United States. Her captain committed suicide.[164] She was refloated the next day.[150]
15 May[]
List of shipwrecks: 15 May 1937
Ship
Country
Description
United Kingdom
The cargo ship ran aground off the , Finistère, France and was a total loss.[150][164]
Germany
The cargo ship ran aground in the Bay of Biscay 6 nautical miles (11 km) off the Île Vierge Lighthouse. All crew were rescued by (Germany).[164]
16 May[]
List of shipwrecks: 16 May 1937
Ship
Country
Description
United Kingdom
The cargo ship collided with Umtali (United Kingdom) in the River Thames at Greenhithe with the loss of a crew member. She was beached.[165] She was refloated on 27 May.[166]
17 May[]
List of shipwrecks: 17 May 1937
Ship
Country
Description
The sealer ran aground on a reef off Speedwell Island, Falkland Islands and was wrecked.[167]
A fire broke out in one of the cargo ship's holds after she departed Calcutta, India, bound for Genoa, Italy. It was brought under control and she returned to port.[168]
20 May[]
List of shipwrecks: 20 May 1937
Ship
Country
Description
United Kingdom
The cargo ship collided with another vessel in the North Sea off the mouth of the Humber. She was beached at Immingham, Lincolnshire. She was refloated the next day and docked at Immingham.[169][170]
Spain
Spanish Civil War: The cargo ship was bombed by Nationalist aircraft at Benicàssim and beached to prevent sinking. Refloated, taken to Sagunto for scrapping but bombed and sunk there.[102][170]
The passenger ship ran aground in the Yangtze at the Kap Shuimun Pass. About 170 people were taken off by (United Kingdom).[171] She was refloated on 29 May.[172]
Germany
The tug capsized and sank at Rostock, Germany, whilst assisting (Germany) with the loss of two of her crew.[170]
Germany
The cargo ship collided with Siena (Italy) in the North Sea off the (Netherlands) and sank.[159]
23 May[]
List of shipwrecks: 23 May 1937
Ship
Country
Description
France
The tanker came ashore at Audierne, Finistère. All crew were rescued.[159]
26 May[]
List of shipwrecks: 26 May 1937
Ship
Country
Description
Spain
The cargo ship departed Bilbao bound for the Tees. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[173]
Spanish Civil War: The ship was torpedoed and sunk by the Nationalist submarine General Sanjurjo (Spanish Navy) off Malgrat, Spain, while carrying members of the International Brigades. Heavy loss of life.[177]
June[]
1 June[]
List of shipwrecks: 1 June 1937
Ship
Country
Description
B.M. Co. No. 2
United States
Carrying a cargo of fishing gear, lumber, and oils, the 321-ton wooden barge was under tow from Anacortes, Washington, to Akhiok (also known as Alitak), Territory of Alaska, by the tugGeorgia (United States) when her tow line broke during a gale with 75-mile-per-hour (121 km/h) winds. She drifted ashore on Hinchinbrook Island, 30 nautical miles (56 km; 35 mi) east of Cape Hinchinbrook, Territory of Alaska, and was wrecked, becoming a total loss. Some of her cargo was salvaged.[178]
5 June[]
List of shipwrecks: 5 June 1937
Ship
Country
Description
United Kingdom
The cargo ship collided at Calcutta, India with riverboat Palanpur (India). Both vessels were severely damaged and were beached.[179]
6 June[]
List of shipwrecks: 6 June 1937
Ship
Country
Description
United Kingdom
The cargo ship ran aground in the River Plate at Buenos Aires, Argentina. She was then hit by (Brazil). Later refloated and proceeded to Buenos Aires.[180]
Argentina
The passenger ship ran aground in the River Plate and was wrecked. All passengers and crew survived.[181]
7 June[]
List of shipwrecks: 7 June 1937
Ship
Country
Description
Greece
The cargo ship caught fire in the Atlantic Ocean off Pernambuco, Brazil, the crew abandoned ship and were rescued by Westfalen (Germany).[182]
Germany
The whaler capsized and sank in the Weser, Germany, with the loss of twelve crew.[182]
8 June[]
List of shipwrecks: 8 June 1937
Ship
Country
Description
Turkey
The cargo ship collided with (Italy) in the Bosphorus and was severely damaged. She was beached to prevent her sinking.[173]
10 June[]
List of shipwrecks: 10 June 1937
Ship
Country
Description
Joseph Augustus
United Kingdom
The Thames barge collided with (United Kingdom) in the River Thames at Dartford, Kent and sank.[183]
11 June[]
List of shipwrecks: 11 June 1937
Ship
Country
Description
Spain
The cargo ship collided with (Spain) off Comillas, Cantabria and sank with the loss of one crew member.[184]
Golden Eagle
United Kingdom
The Thames barge collided with another vessel in the River Thames at Barking, Essex and sank. All crew were rescued.[184]
12 June[]
List of shipwrecks: 12 June 1937
Ship
Country
Description
Germany
The cargo ship ran aground on Viel Island, Smyth Channel, Chile.[185] She was refloated on 17 June.[186]
14 June[]
List of shipwrecks: 14 June 1937
Ship
Country
Description
United States
The cargo ship ran aground on the Feitceiras Reef, Argentina. She was refloated on 19 June.[187]
United Kingdom
The passenger ferry ran aground at Bride, Isle of Man.[188] She was refloated the following day.[132]
15 June[]
List of shipwrecks: 15 June 1937
Ship
Country
Description
France
The passenger ship ran aground in the Sandwich Islands and was wrecked. All on board survived.[189]
United Kingdom
The cargo ship struck a mooring buoy at Swatow, China and was holed. She was beached.[189]Hong Peng was refloated the next day.[190]
The passenger ship ran aground and sank in the Yangtze at Ichang.[189]
16 June[]
List of shipwrecks: 16 June 1937
Ship
Country
Description
Spanish Navy
Spanish Civil War: The Basque Navy auxiliary patrol ship was scuttled at Bilbao, Spain, to prevent capture upon the fall of the city to the Nationalists. Salvaged and put in Nationalist service as Alava.[6]
Spanish Navy
Spanish Civil War: The auxiliary patrol ship was lost.[6]
17 June[]
List of shipwrecks: 17 June 1937
Ship
Country
Description
Jaime I
Spanish Navy
The España-classbattleship was wrecked by an explosion and fire at Cartagena, Spain. Declared beyond economical repair, she was scrapped in 1941.
Spanish Civil War: The Falange-class motor torpedo boat was lost on this date.[192]
19 June[]
List of shipwrecks: 19 June 1937
Ship
Country
Description
Netherlands
The cargo liner ran aground on the Negrillos Rocks, Buenaventura, Camagüey, Cuba. All passengers were taken off and landed at Buenaventura.[187]
Spanish Navy
Spanish Civil War: The Basque Navy auxiliary patrol ship was lost on this date.[6]
22 June[]
List of shipwrecks: 22 June 1937
Ship
Country
Description
WTB Co. No. 7
United States
During a voyage in the Territory of Alaska from to Olga Strait carrying a cargo of five tons of cans, crab traps, and rope, the 488-ton, 91-foot (28 m) scow was destroyed by fire in Olga Strait. The only person on board survived.[193]
25 June[]
List of shipwrecks: 25 June 1937
Ship
Country
Description
Italy
The cargo liner collided with (Spain) in the Dardanelles and sank. All passengers and crew were rescued.[194]
26 June[]
List of shipwrecks: 26 June 1937
Ship
Country
Description
Spain
Spanish Civil War: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Mediterranean Sea with the loss of five of her 50 crew.[195]
United Kingdom
The cargo liner ran aground off Cape Norman, Newfoundland in fog. She was refloated on 6 July.[196]
Kanchazu Island incident: The K-class gunboat was shelled and sunk in the Amur River by Imperial Japanese Armyartillery. Her captain and four crewmen killed. 6 of the 11 survivors wounded. The vessel was raised by the Empire of Japan, fate unknown.[201]
Unknown date[]
List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1937
Ship
Country
Description
Italy
The cargo ship ran aground on Castle Rocks, St. Just, Cornwall, United Kingdom in dense fog. Fifteen crew saved, cargo written off.[202]
United Kingdom
The coaster departed from Tampa, Florida, United States on 2 June bound for Belize. She caught fire and sank in the Atlantic Ocean off Cuba with the loss of all nine crew.[190]
July[]
2 July[]
List of shipwrecks: 2 July 1937
Ship
Country
Description
Italy
The cargo ship ran aground on Lundy Island, Devon, United Kingdom. All crew were rescued.[203] Salvage efforts were abandoned on 16 July.[204]
Iris
France
The schooner ran aground at Roscoff, Finistère and was wrecked.[205]
Greece
The cargo ship caught fire in the Atlantic Ocean 120 nautical miles (220 km) north of Fernando de Noronha, Brazil. She was escorted to the island by (United Kingdom) and beached on 3 July. She was declared a total loss,[203][206] but was refloated on 24 August.[87]
Sophia
Greece
The sailing ship was in collision with (Netherlands) at Thessaloniki and sank.[207]
3 July[]
List of shipwrecks: 3 July 1937
Ship
Country
Description
Japan
The cargo ship ran aground on Palaui Island, Philippines.[203] She was refloated on 10 July.[208]
The 9-net register tonmotor vessel caught fire after an explosion that occurred while she was filling one of her fuel tanks with gasoline at a dock at Ketchikan, Territory of Alaska. With the fire out of control, she was towed away from the dock and beached on Pennock Island, where she sank in 10 to 15 feet (3.0 to 4.6 m) of water, a total loss. Her crew of five survived.[174]
12 July[]
List of shipwrecks: 12 July 1937
Ship
Country
Description
Netherlands
The coaster was in collision with (Germany) at Bremen, Germany and sank.[215] She was raised the next day.[216]
13 July[]
List of shipwrecks: 13 July 1937
Ship
Country
Description
Norway
The cargo ship ran aground on Cerebus Rock, Strait of Canso. She was abandoned on 15 July, all crew were rescued.[217][218]
Italy
The cargo ship foundered in the Danube at Brăila, Romania after her cargo shifted.[216] She was declared a constructive total loss.[219]
Belgium
The coaster stranded on Lundy Island, Devon, United Kingdom on 7 July.[220] She was refloated the next day but capsized and sank. All ten crew were rescued by (United Kingdom).</ref>[221]
The cargo ship ran aground at , United States and was a total loss.[204][223]
16 July[]
List of shipwrecks: 16 July 1937
Ship
Country
Description
Alten
United States
The 43-net register tonhalibut-fishing boat collided with the heavy cruiserUSS Louisville (United States Navy) in the harbor at Ketchikan, Territory of Alaska. Louisville and the cutter (United States Coast Guard) assisted her crew of 11 and there was no loss of life, but Alten was so badly damaged that she was a constructive total loss.[224]
Greece
The coaster sank in the Mediterranean Sea whilst on a voyage from Chekka to Beirut, Lebanon with the loss of two of her five crew.[225]
17 July[]
List of shipwrecks: 17 July 1937
Ship
Country
Description
United States
The tug was gutted by fire at New Orleans, Louisiana.[225]
18 July[]
List of shipwrecks: 18 July 1937
Ship
Country
Description
Greece
The cargo ship ran aground in the Paraná River, Argentina. She was refloated on 31 July.[225][226]
Sweden
The cargo ship collided with (Germany) in the River Thames at Gravesend, Kent, United Kingdom and was beached.[225]
Spanish Civil War: The cargo ship was machine gunned, shelled, and sunk in the Mediterranean Sea off Le Grau-du-Roi, Gard by two submarines with the loss of twenty of her 31 crew. Three survivors were rescued by a French fishing vessel.[230][231]
Spanish Civil War: The tanker was attacked off Algeria by Nationalist aircraft and was damaged.
Italy
Spanish Civil War: The cargo ship was attacked by Nationalist aircraft off Algeria with the loss of one crew member.[238]
8 August[]
List of shipwrecks: 8 August 1937
Ship
Country
Description
Bonita
United States
While docked at Chignik, Territory of Alaska, the 14-gross register tonfishing vessel suffered an engine room explosion that set her on fire. After the fire went out of control, she was towed out into (56°17′44″N158°24′05″W / 56.2956°N 158.4015°W / 56.2956; -158.4015 (Chignik Bay)), where she burned until she sank about 3 nautical miles (5.6 km; 3.5 mi) offshore. One of her five crewmembers was injured.[239]
France
Spanish Civil War: The cargo ship was attacked by Nationalist aircraft off Algeria.[240]
Second Sino-Japanese War: Japanese aircraft sank the torpedo boat in the Yangtze.[241]
Greece
Spanish Civil War: The cargo ship was attacked by Nationalist aircraft off Algeria.[240]
Belgium
The cargo ship collided with Clan Macneil (United Kingdom) in the North Sea off Dunkerque, Nord, France and was beached there. She was refloated on 10 August.[237][242]
9 August[]
List of shipwrecks: 9 August 1937
Ship
Country
Description
Nereus
Greece
The cargo ship ran aground at Cape Beale, British Columbia, Canada and was wrecked.[243]
The tug was in collision with the steamer (United States) at Chicago, Illinois, and sank.[244]
11 August[]
List of shipwrecks: 11 August 1937
Ship
Country
Description
Spain
Spanish Civil War: The tanker was torpedoed and sunk by Saetta (Regia Marina) off Tunis, French protectorate of Tunisia (36°55′N11°15′E / 36.917°N 11.250°E / 36.917; 11.250). There were twelve casualties amongst her 42 crew. Some of the survivors were rescued by and (both United Kingdom).[245][246][247]
Second Sino-Japanese War: The decommissioned Hai Yung-class protected cruiser, named either Hai Chen[251] or Hai Tan[248] (sources disagree), was scuttled in the Yangtze as a blockship.[248][251]
While taking on fuel at the Standard Oil of California dock at Ketchikan, Territory of Alaska, the 14-gross register ton, 52-foot (15.8 m) gasoline-poweredmotor vessel suffered an explosion and was destroyed by an ensuing fire. One man was injured in the explosion; he survived.[253]
Spanish Civil War: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Mediterranean Sea off Cape Bon, Tunisia by the Italian destroyer Ostro (Regia Marina).[254]
Japan
The ferry collided with the cargo ship (Japan) at Kobe and sank. Kiyokawa Maru was beached but later refloated undamaged.[255]
14 August[]
List of shipwrecks: 14 August 1937
Ship
Country
Description
Denmark
Spanish Civil War: The cargo ship was bombed and sunk in the Mediterranean Sea 15 nautical miles (28 km) off Villa Nueva Geltru. All crew survived.[256]
Panama
Spanish Civil War: The tanker was shelled and set on fire 20 nautical miles (37 km) north west of Cape Bon, Tunisia by two torpedo boats. She was abandoned, all 38 crew were rescued by (United Kingdom), which took the ship in tow.[256][257]
15 August[]
List of shipwrecks: 15 August 1937
Ship
Country
Description
Spain
Spanish Civil War: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Aegean Sea 15 nautical miles (28 km) off Tenedos, Turkey by a Nationalist submarine. All crew were rescued by a Soviet merchant ship.[254]
Spanish Civil War: The cargo ship was torpedoed and damaged in the Aegean Sea off Tenedos, Turkey by a Nationalist submarine. She was beached, but was a constructive total loss. All crew survived.[259][260]
The cargo ship ran aground in the Yangtze at . She was refloated on 24 August.[87][262]
Greece
The cargo ship collided with (Netherlands) at Hook of Holland, South Holland, Netherlands. She sank the next day due to damage received.[263] Refloated on 25 August.[264]
25 August[]
List of shipwrecks: 25 August 1937
Ship
Country
Description
Spanish Navy
Spanish Civil War: The naval trawler was shelled and sunk by José Luis Díez (Spanish Navy).[265]
Spanish Navy
Spanish Civil War: The naval trawler was shelled and sunk by José Luis Díez (Spanish Navy).[265]
Second Sino-Japanese War: The gunboat was sunk by Japanese aircraft on the Yangtze while she was under repair at a shipyard in Kiangnan, China. She was captured by the Japanese in November 1937; they refloated and repaired her and placed in her service on 25 October 1938 as the depot shipAsuka (Imperial Japanese Navy).[232]
Second Sino-Japanese War: The survey ship, a former gunboat, was sunk by Imperial Japanese Navydestroyers on the Yangtze near Suzhou, China.[249][268]
27 August[]
List of shipwrecks: 27 August 1937
Ship
Country
Description
United Kingdom
The cargo ship was bombed and damaged at Gijon, Asturias, Spain by Nationalist aircraft. She was beached at Sablanceau, Charente-Maritime, France.[269][270]
28 August[]
List of shipwrecks: 28 August 1937
Ship
Country
Description
Taimi
Finland
The auxiliary three-masted schooner caught fire in the Baltic Sea west of Trelleborg, Skåne County, Sweden and was severely damaged. All crew were rescued, the ship was towed into Trelleborg.[270][271]
29 August[]
List of shipwrecks: 29 August 1937
Ship
Country
Description
United Kingdom
The coaster collided in the North Sea off the mouth of the Humber with (United Kingdom). She was taken in tow but sank; entire crew were rescued.[272]
30 August[]
List of shipwrecks: 30 August 1937
Ship
Country
Description
Panama
The cargo ship caught fire at Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône, France. She was beached at the entrance to the port and abandoned by her crew.[270]
Silo
Sweden
The auxiliary schooner sank off Landskrona, Skåne County. All crew survived.[270]
Tarpon
United States
The cargo steamer foundered in high seas in the Gulf of Mexico 7.8 nautical miles (14.4 km) off Panama City, Florida, with heavy loss of life among the 31 people on board.
31 August[]
List of shipwrecks: 31 August 1937
Ship
Country
Description
Soviet Union
Spanish Civil War: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk by Turbine (Regia Marina) off Tunis, Tunisia. All 29 crew survived.[96][273]
Second Sino-Japanese War: The gunboat was scuttled in the Yangtze at Kiangyin, China, as a blockship on 11 August 1937, or sunk at Canton, China by aircraft from Ryūjō and Hōshō (both Imperial Japanese Navy) on 29 September 1937.[232][274]
Second Sino-Japanese War: Sunk as a blockship in the Yangtze.[275]
September[]
1 September[]
List of shipwrecks: 1 September 1937
Ship
Country
Description
Mexico
The cargo ship collided with (Mexico) off Ensenada, Baja California and sank.[276]
Tarpon
United States
The coaster foundered in the Atlantic Ocean off the East Passage, Rhode Island with the loss of 24 of her 25 crew.[277]
United Kingdom
The coaster ran aground at the mouth of the , New South Wales, Australia. She broke in two and was a total loss.[276]
Woodford
Greece/United Kingdom
Spanish Civil War: The ship was torpedoed and sunk by the Italian submarine Diaspro (Regia Marina) with the loss of one crew member.[96][278] At the time of sinking still was under Greek registry.
The coaster broke free from her moorings at Hong Kong in a typhoon. She collided with HMS Diamond, HMS Duchess and HMS Suffolk (all Royal Navy) before coming ashore.[279] She was refloated on 28 December.[280]
Japan
The ocean liner was driven aground at in a typhoon.[281] She was refloated on 12 March 1938 and towed to Nagasaki, Japan for repairs.[282]
Soviet Union
Spanish Civil War: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Aegean Sea 15 nautical miles (28 km) off Skyros, Greece by the Italian submarine Luigi Settembrini (Regia Marina) with the loss of one crew member.[283][284]
The passenger ship was driven ashore at Hong Kong in a typhoon. She was abandoned by her crew as salvage prospects were stated to be poor and was declared a constructive total loss.[105][285][291]
The coastal tanker collided with pleasure steamer Kingswood (United Kingdom) in the River Thames near Wandsworth Bridge, London and sank. Both crew were rescued.[298]
9 September[]
List of shipwrecks: 9 September 1937
Ship
Country
Description
Germany
The cargo ship sprang a leak at Amsterdam, Netherlands and was beached.[299]
K T
United States
The 8-gross register tontroller was wrecked on in Sitka Sound in Southeast Alaska after she became disabled in high winds when a line fouled her propeller. The only person aboard survived.[300]
Kodiak
United States
The 16-gross register tonmotor vessel caught fire at the entrance to (57°43′N152°31′W / 57.717°N 152.517°W / 57.717; -152.517 (Womens Bay)) on the coast of Kodiak Island in the Territory of Alaska, after her gasoline enginebackfired, igniting her gasoline tanks and bilges. A skiff towed her to the beach, where the fire and the explosion of the gasoline tanks at her stern completely destroyed her. Her crew of three survived.[300]
Second Sino-Japanese War: The Ning Hai-classlight cruiser was sunk in shallow water in the Yangtze by Japanese aircraft. The Japanese refloated and repaired her and commissioned her into service as Ioshima (Imperial Japanese Navy).[313]
Second Sino-Japanese War: The Ning Hai-classlight cruiser was sunk in shallow water in the Yangtze by Japanese aircraft. The Japanese refloated and repaired her and commissioned her into service as Yasoshima (Imperial Japanese Navy).[313]
Second Sino-Japanese War: The gunboat was beached at Nanking, China, after suffering damage in Japanese air attacks. The Japanese captured, refloated, and repaired her and commissioned her into service as the training shipAtada (Imperial Japanese Navy).[317]
Second Sino-Japanese War: The Yi Hsien-class gunboat (also known as Yat Sen) was damaged by aircraft from Kaga (Imperial Japanese Navy) on 23 September 1937, then sunk in the Yangtze at Jiangyin by Japanese aircraft on this date. Salvaged by Japan, repaired at Kure and put in service as (Imperial Japanese Navy).[319]
Second Sino-Japanese War: The Yung Feng-class gunboat was scuttled at Tsingtao, China. She was refloated and repaired by the Japanese and placed in Imperial Japanese Navy service, then was returned to the Republic of China in 1945.[232][320]
27 September[]
List of shipwrecks: 27 September 1937
Ship
Country
Description
United Kingdom
The cargo ship collided with (flag unknown) in the North Sea off Grangemouth, Stirlingshire and was beached.[321]
Second Sino-Japanese War: Japanese aircraft sank the destroyer in the Yangtze at Chiangyin, China. The Japanese refloated and repaired her and placed her in service as Yamasemi (Imperial Japanese Navy).[241]
Germany
The cargo ship ran aground on Saaremaa, Estonia.[321] She was refloated on 30 September.[322]
United Kingdom
The cargo ship ran aground on Bell Island, Newfoundland.[323] She was refloated on 14 October.[305]
28 September[]
List of shipwrecks: 28 September 1937
Ship
Country
Description
Portugal
The passenger ship collided with (Norway) in the Bay of Biscay 40 nautical miles (74 km) north west of Ouessant, Finistère, France. She was abandoned by her crew, who were rescued by (France), which took the ship in tow.[324]
Second Sino-Japanese War: The gunboat either was sunk off , China, by Japanese aircraft, or scuttled at Tsingtao, China.[249][250]
Limit
United States
The 50-gross register tonpurse seiner and her crew of eight men disappeared in the vicinity of Baranof Island and Chatham Strait in the Alexander Archipelago in Southeast Alaska sometime during the night of 28–29 September. Searchers found only a few pieces of floating wreckage from the vessel.[258]
Myrna
United States
The 11-gross register ton, 34.4-foot (10.5 m) fishing vessel was destroyed by fire at Wrangell, Territory of Alaska. All three people on board survived.[174]
Second Sino-Japanese War: The motor torpedo boat was lost on this date.[307]
30 September[]
List of shipwrecks: 30 September 1937
Ship
Country
Description
Norway
The cargo ship ran aground on Thormanby Island, British Columbia, Canada.[325] She was refloated on 8 October.[326]
United Kingdom
The coaster capsized and sank in the North Sea off , Aberdeenshire, Scotland, with the loss of five of her six crew. The survivor was rescued by the trawler Ocean Princess (United Kingdom).[327]
Second Sino-Japanese War: The Chao Ho-classlight cruiser was disabled at Canton, China by Imperial Japanese Navy warships, then ran aground and sank on 28 September, or sunk at Canton, China by aircraft from Ryūjō and Hōshō (both Imperial Japanese Navy) on 30 September 1937.[248][329]
Second Sino-Japanese War: The gunboat was scuttled in the Yangtze at Kiangyin, China, as a blockship on 11 August 1937, or sunk at Canton, China by aircraft from Ryūjō and Hōshō (both Imperial Japanese Navy) on 29 September 1937.[232][274]
October[]
1 October[]
List of shipwrecks: 1 October 1937
Ship
Country
Description
France
The coaster struck a rock and sank in Perelle Bay, Guernsey, Channel Islands. All 28 crew were rescued by local fishing boats.[327][332]
Second Sino-Japanese War: Japanese aircraft sank the Hu Peng-class torpedo boat in the Yangtze at Zhenjiang. Salvaged and put in Japanese service in 1938.[241][333]
Second Sino-Japanese War: Japanese aircraft sank the gunboat at Hankow, China. The Japanese refloated and repaired her in 1939 and commissioned her into service as the repair shipHitonose (Imperial Japanese Navy).[317]
United States
The cargo ship ran aground at Saint-Vaast-la-Hougue, Manche, France. She was refloated on 15 October.[334][335]
4 October[]
List of shipwrecks: 4 October 1937
Ship
Country
Description
Mexico
The coastal passenger ship foundered in the Gulf of Mexico with the loss of 22 of the 30 people on board.[336]
5 October[]
List of shipwrecks: 5 October 1937
Ship
Country
Description
Denmark
The auxiliary three-masted schooner ran aground at Eyrarbakki, Iceland and was wrecked.[337]
Second Sino-Japanese War: The Hai Chow-class gunboat was sunk by aircraft from Hōshō and Ryūjō (both Imperial Japanese Navy) on the Yangtze at Canton, China.[338]
Second Sino-Japanese War: Japanese aircraft sank the Hu Peng-class torpedo boat (a.k.a. Hu Oah) in the Yangtze at Zhenjiang. Salvaged and put in Japanese service in 1938.[241][333]
9 October[]
List of shipwrecks: 9 October 1937
Ship
Country
Description
United Kingdom
The cargo ship collided with (Norway) in the Ghent–Terneuzen Canal, Belgium and sank.[339] She was refloated on 27 October.[340]
10 October[]
List of shipwrecks: 10 October 1937
Ship
Country
Description
Spanish Navy
Spanish Civil War: The blockade runner was shelled and damaged in the Mediterranean Sea 45 nautical miles (83 km) off the coast of Algeria by and (both Spanish Navy) with the loss of one crew member. She was beached near El Kala. Survivors were rescued by local fishing vessels.[341][342][343]
12 October[]
List of shipwrecks: 12 October 1937
Ship
Country
Description
Rex
United States
Leaking and experiencing engine trouble during a voyage from the Aquay River (now the ) to Yakutat, Territory of Alaska, with a cargo of about 12 tons of salted salmon, the 37-net register ton was wrecked without loss of life on the south-central coast of Alaska six nautical miles (11 km; 6.9 mi) southwest of (59°32′30″N139°51′30″W / 59.54167°N 139.85833°W / 59.54167; -139.85833 (Ocean Cape)) during a gale. A small gasoline-powered motorboat rescued her two-man crew.[228]
13 October[]
List of shipwrecks: 13 October 1937
Ship
Country
Description
Italy
The tanker suffered an explosion and fire at Naples, Campania; she was beached.[344][345]
The schooner ran aground at Greenspond, Newfoundland and was a total loss.[346][347]
17 October[]
List of shipwrecks: 17 October 1937
Ship
Country
Description
United Kingdom
The cargo ship collided with (Norway) in the River Thames at Gravesend, Kent and was beached. She was later refloated.[347]
18 October[]
List of shipwrecks: 18 October 1937
Ship
Country
Description
Spanish Navy
Spanish Civil War: The submarine was bombed and damaged off Gijon. The submarine was scuttled two days later. Raised and broken up in 1948.[348]
19 October[]
List of shipwrecks: 19 October 1937
Ship
Country
Description
Panama
Spanish Civil War: The cargo ship was bombed and sunk at Gijón, Asturias. She was refloated, repaired and put in service again in 1938 as Castillo Olmedo.[96]
20 October[]
List of shipwrecks: 20 October 1937
Ship
Country
Description
France
The cargo ship ran aground at Guilvinec, Finistère and was a total loss.[349][350]
21 October[]
List of shipwrecks: 21 October 1937
Ship
Country
Description
Spanish Navy
Spanish Civil War: The Churruca-classdestroyer was sunk by Nationalist aircraft at Gijon. Raised in March, 1938, repaired and put in Nationalist service.[24][351]
The cargo ship collided with (United Kingdom) off Liverpool, Lancashire and sank.[352]Clan Mackenzie was refloated on 18 November.[353]
United Kingdom
The cargo ship collided with (United Kingdom) off Liverpool, Lancashire was beached, patched and refloated but was abandoned by her crew and foundered off Hoylake.[352]
Turkey
The cargo ship collided with Hamidiye (Turkish Navy) at Beşiktaş and sank with the loss of two crew members.[352]
Spanish Civil War: The cargo ship was bombed and sunk off the Balearic Islands, Spain. All 34 crew survived, 22 of them were rescued by Milan (Marine Nationale).[96][356]
Haida
United Kingdom
The cargo ship departed from Seattle, Washington, United States on a voyage to Hong Kong. No further trace.[357] A lifebelt from the vessel was discovered in January 1938 on Vancouver Island, Canada.[358]
25 October[]
List of shipwrecks: 25 October 1937
Ship
Country
Description
United Kingdom
The tanker exploded, caught fire and sank in the South China Sea 180 nautical miles (330 km) south of Hong Kong. She sank with the loss of nineteen of her 48 crew.[355][359][360]
Second Sino-Japanese War: The training ship, a former transport, was scuttled at Canton, China as a blockship in early October.[368]
November[]
1 November[]
List of shipwrecks: 1 November 1937
Ship
Country
Description
United Kingdom
The cargo ship ran aground on the Goa Island Reef, Mozambique.[369] The crew were taken off on 16 November.[370] She was declared a total loss on 17 November.[371]
4 November[]
List of shipwrecks: 4 November 1937
Ship
Country
Description
Norway
The cargo ship ran aground at Bergen, Norway. She was refloated but then beached.[292]
Finland
The cargo ship ran aground on Åland and was severely damaged.[292]
The cargo ship ran aground 15 nautical miles (28 km) north north east of Cabo San Antonio, Cuba.[374]
9 November[]
List of shipwrecks: 9 November 1937
Ship
Country
Description
Germany
The coaster collided with (Norway) in the Rijn near Hook of Holland, Netherlands. She was beached at Hook of Holland; later refloated, towed to Maassluis, South Holland and beached there.[375]
The Thames barge sprang a leak in the North Sea off Cromer, Norfolk. All three crew were rescued by Cromer lifeboat H F Bailey (Royal National Lifeboat Institution). Hibernia came ashore at East Runton, Norfolk and was wrecked.
11 November[]
List of shipwrecks: 11 November 1937
Ship
Country
Description
United Kingdom
The cargo ship was driven ashore at Calabanga, Camarines Sur, Philippines in a typhoon.[376]
12 November[]
List of shipwrecks: 12 November 1937
Ship
Country
Description
United Kingdom
The coaster foundered in the English Channel off Fécamp, Seine-Inférieure, France. All crew were rescued by the trawler Duquesnes (France).[377]
13 November[]
List of shipwrecks: 13 November 1937
Ship
Country
Description
Greece
The cargo ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean east of Cape Hatteras, North Carolina, United States with the loss of nine of her 29 crew. Survivors were rescued by (United States) and a United States Coast Guard cutter.[378]
United Kingdom
The cargo ship came ashore at Kettleness Point, Yorkshire after her tow parted in a gale.[379]
Second Sino-Japanese War: The motor torpedo boat was lost on this date.[307]
14 November[]
List of shipwrecks: 14 November 1937
Ship
Country
Description
United Kingdom
The cargo ship foundered in the North Sea off the (Belgium).[380]
17 November[]
List of shipwrecks: 17 November 1937
Ship
Country
Description
United Kingdom
The coaster collided with (United Kingdom) in the River Tyne and was beached at Jenningtree Point. She was refloated later that day.[381]
Lord Roseberry
United Kingdom
The Thames barge sank at Great Yarmouth, Norfolk.[382]
Japan
The cargo ship was last reported on this date. She was on a voyage from Tientsin to Dairen, China.[383]
18 November[]
List of shipwrecks: 18 November 1937
Ship
Country
Description
Italy
The cargo ship sank in the Bay of Biscay 29 nautical miles (54 km) off Brest, France (48°12′N5°15′W / 48.200°N 5.250°W / 48.200; -5.250) following an onboard explosion and fire with the loss of one crew member. All 31 survivors were rescued by (Netherlands).[382][384] The explosion was caused by a bomb placed by anti-fascist saboteurs while the ship was in port.[385]
19 November[]
List of shipwrecks: 19 November 1937
Ship
Country
Description
Greece
The cargo ship foundered in the Aegean Sea off Cythera. All crew were rescued by (Greece).[386]
United Kingdom
The coaster ran aground at Humewood, South Africa.[386] She was refloated on 23 November.[290]
21 November[]
List of shipwrecks: 21 November 1937
Ship
Country
Description
Martha
Estonia
The four-masted schooner sprang a leak off Ystad, Skåne County, Sweden and was beached.[387] She was refloated on 26 November.[388]
22 November[]
List of shipwrecks: 22 November 1937
Ship
Country
Description
United Kingdom
The cargo ship collided with (Norway) in the River Thames and was beached at North Woolwich, London.[290] She was refloated the next day.[389]
24 November[]
List of shipwrecks: 24 November 1937
Ship
Country
Description
United Kingdom
The cargo ship struck a submerged object off the Turks Islands and was severely damaged. She attempted to reach Tortuga but broke in two and sank. The crew of 35 were rescued by and (both United Kingdom).[390][391]
25 November[]
List of shipwrecks: 25 November 1937
Ship
Country
Description
Japan
The cargo ship suffered an explosion, caught fire and sank in the Pacific Ocean off the Ryukyu Islands.[388]
Japan
The cargo ship ran aground off the Muletive Lighthouse, Ceylon.[392] She caught fire on 6 June 1938,[393] but was refloated on 18 August 1938.[394]
Norway
The coaster collided with (Norway) in the Kiel Canal, Germany, and was beached in a severely damaged state.[395] She was refloated on 29 November.[396]
Greece
The cargo ship departed Dedeagatch for Patras. No further trace.[397]
26 November[]
List of shipwrecks: 26 November 1937
Ship
Country
Description
Finland
The passenger ship ran aground on Åland. All passengers and crew were rescued.[388]
United Kingdom
The cargo ship collided with (United Kingdom) in the North Sea off Fraserburgh, Aberdeenshire and sank.[398]
The cargo ship ran aground at Puerto México, Mexico and was abandoned by her crew.[396] She was declared a total loss on 9 December.[400]
29 November[]
List of shipwrecks: 29 November 1937
Ship
Country
Description
United Kingdom
The cargo ship ran aground at Madras, India.[401] She was refloated on 10 December.[402]
30 November[]
List of shipwrecks: 30 November 1937
Ship
Country
Description
France
The cargo ship ran aground at Dohan Aslan, Turkey.[383] She was refloated on 8 December.[403]
Geraldton
United Kingdom
The auxiliary schooner struck a submerged object and sank 5 nautical miles (9.3 km) west south west of Cape Baskervill, Western Australia. All crew were rescued.[401]
December[]
2 December[]
List of shipwrecks: 2 December 1937
Ship
Country
Description
Belgium
The cargo ship ran aground off Southampton, Hampshire, United Kingdom. She was later refloated and scrapped.[404]
Roger-Robert
France
The schooner suffered an onboard explosion and sank 2 nautical miles (3.7 km) off Roscoff, Finistère. All crew were rescued.[398]
3 December[]
List of shipwrecks: 3 December 1937
Ship
Country
Description
Meta
Germany
The schooner collided with (Latvia) at Kiel, Germany, and was beached.[405]
7 December[]
List of shipwrecks: 7 December 1937
Ship
Country
Description
Germany
The cargo ship came ashore at .[406] She was declared a total loss on 18 December.[407]
United Kingdom
The cargo ship sprang a leak in the Gulf of Suez off Shadwan, Egypt. She was taken in tow by (France).[408] She sank the next day 79 nautical miles (146 km) south of the island. All crew were rescued by (Italy) and (United Kingdom).[403]
10 December[]
List of shipwrecks: 10 December 1937
Ship
Country
Description
Netherlands
The cargo ship ran aground at Cape Santa Marta, Brazil.[400] She broke in three and was declared a total loss on 28 December.[280][409]
Germany
The cargo ship collided with (Norway) at Brunshausen and was beached. She was later refloated and towed to Hamburg, Germany.[410]
11 December[]
List of shipwrecks: 11 December 1937
Ship
Country
Description
United Kingdom
The coaster foundered in the Irish Sea off Groomsport, County Down with the loss of nine of her ten crew.[411]
United Kingdom
The coaster foundered in the English Channel of Dover, Kent with the loss of two of her four crew. Survivors were rescued by (United States).[412]
The ocean liner ran aground on Kasho-to, an island east of Formosa. All 503 passengers and 330 crew were safely brought ashore, and President McKinley and President Pierce (both United States) evacuated them from Kasho-to Manila.[413]Hoover broke her back on 18 December and was declared a total loss.[414]
The coaster developed defects in her steering gear whilst in the Irish Sea off Hoylake, Lancashire. All five crew were rescued by the Blackpool Lifeboat. The ship later drifted ashore at Fleetwood, Lancashire. She was refloated the next day.[415][416]
United States
Second Sino-Japanese War, USS Panay incident: The Standard Oiltanker was bombed and sunk in the Yangtze River by Imperial Japanese NavyYokosuka B4Y aircraft. Her captain was among those killed.
United States
Second Sino-Japanese War, USS Panay incident: The Standard Oiltanker was bombed and sunk in the Yangtze River by Imperial Japanese NavyYokosuka B4Y aircraft.
United States
Second Sino-Japanese War, USS Panay incident: The Standard Oiltanker was bombed and sunk in the Yangtze River by Imperial Japanese NavyYokosuka B4Y aircraft.
Second Sino-Japanese War, USS Panay incident: The river gunboat was bombed and sunk in the Yangtze River by Imperial Japanese NavyYokosuka B4Y aircraft with the loss of three of her 59 crew members.
Japan
The cargo ship ran aground on Sakhalin Island, Soviet Union. She was refloated on 20 December.[417]
Estonia
The four-masted schooner capsized and sank at Hanko, Finland with some loss of life. Refloated on 3 May 1938.[418]
13 December[]
List of shipwrecks: 13 December 1937
Ship
Country
Description
Blue Fox
United States
During a voyage in the Territory of Alaska from Pauloff Harbor on Sanak Island to Sand Point on Popof Island, the 56.47-gross register ton, 60.4-foot (18.4 m) motor vessel went off course in a heavy snowstorm and was stranded on the beach at the southeast point of (55°28′N160°50′W / 55.467°N 160.833°W / 55.467; -160.833 (Beaver Bay)) on the south coast of the Alaska Peninsula. With seas breaking over her, she flooded in a few minutes, but her crew of four survived and escaped in a dory. While still aground on 17 December, she was smashed to pieces by the surf during a gale.[239]
15 December[]
List of shipwrecks: 15 December 1937
Ship
Country
Description
Child
United Kingdom
The dredger lost her tow in the Atlantic Ocean off , Portugal and came ashore. She was a total loss.[407][419]
Edith Newhall
United Kingdom
The auxiliary schooner caught fire in the Atlantic Ocean 5 nautical miles (9.3 km) south west of Catalina, Newfoundland and was abandoned by her crew. They were rescued by (United Kingdom).[419]
Germany
The cargo ship ran aground off Söderhamn, Sweden.[420] She was refloated on 7 January 1938.[421]
Mabel G
United Kingdom
The schooner came ashore at Conception Bay, Newfoundland.
16 December[]
List of shipwrecks: 16 December 1937
Ship
Country
Description
Dan
Panama
The auxiliary three-masted schooner ran aground at Gisslan, Sweden.[422] She was refloated on 28 December.[409]
17 December[]
List of shipwrecks: 17 December 1937
Ship
Country
Description
United Kingdom
The cargo ship ran aground at East London, Eastern Cape, South Africa. She was abandoned as a total loss.[407][423]
23 December[]
List of shipwrecks: 23 December 1937
Ship
Country
Description
Turkey
The cargo ship struck a sunken wreck at and was beached.[424][425]
Greece
The cargo ship came ashore at Bender Eregli.[424] She was refloated on 10 January.[426]
24 December[]
List of shipwrecks: 24 December 1937
Ship
Country
Description
31-B-118
United States
The riverboat was wrecked on a beach on Lincoln Island in Lynn Canal near Shelter island in the Alexander Archipelago in Southeast Alaska. The only person aboard was presumed to have lost his life.[427]
Greece
The cargo ship ran aground off the Crimean coast, Soviet Union (approximately 44°N33°E / 44°N 33°E / 44; 33). She later broke her back and was abandoned as a total loss.[425][428]
Germany
The cargo ship collided with (United Kingdom) off and was beached.[425]
The trawler collided with Wanganella (Australia) of Montague Island, New South Wales, Australia.
Vagabond
United States
The motor vessel was blown adrift from the Lundy fox farm on Sullivan Island, Territory of Alaska, and disappeared with the loss of the one person on board.[430]
29 December[]
List of shipwrecks: 29 December 1937
Ship
Country
Description
Yugoslavia
The cargo ship collided with (Sweden) in the Scheldt, at Walsoorden, Zeeland, Netherlands and sank with the loss of three crew. Survivors were rescued by (Netherlands).[431][432] She broke in two on 31 December.[433]
31 December[]
List of shipwrecks: 31 December 1937
Ship
Country
Description
Estonia
The cargo ship sprang a leak and foundered in the Baltic Sea north of Bornholm, Denmark.[295]
Abandoned on the beach at Ashland, Wisconsin, in the early 1930s because of financial problems during the Great Depression, the 96.4-foot (29.4 m) 176.63-gross register tonsteamtug was salvaged and towed to on the coast of Wisconsin, where she sank in 1937 in the vicinity of 46°52.993′N090°46.190′W / 46.883217°N 90.769833°W / 46.883217; -90.769833 (Ashland).[434]
The decommissioned armored cruiser was sunk as a target by the submarine (French Navy).
Prospector
United States
The 7-gross register ton, 34-foot (10.4 m) motor vessel sank during a gale in Prince William Sound on the south-central coast of the Territory of Alaska. The cutterUSCGC Morris (United States Coast Guard) rescued all six people – five passengers and one crewman – aboard.[438]
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United States
United Kingdom
Spanish Navy
Denmark
China
Japan
Italy
Greece
Finland
France
Norway
Kriegsmarine
Germany
Poland
Portugal
Netherlands
United States Navy
Latvia
Sweden) in the Scheldt off Terneuzen, Zeeland Netherlands. She was severely damaged and was beached to prevent her sinking.[65]
Royal Navy) at Portland, Dorset and sank. The crew of 14 was rescued.[85][86] She was raised on 24 August,[87] returned to service; during World War II she was bombed and sunk.[88]
Canada
Argentina
United States Coast Guard).[117][118]
Panama
Spanish Navy) in the Central Mediterranean.[96]
Spanish Navy) off Castro Urdiales.[96][128]
United States
United States Lighthouse Service). Her crew was rescued by the motor vessel (
Yugoslavia) and sank with the loss of ten of her fourteen crew. Survivors were rescued by Plavnik.[151][152]
Italy
Belgium).[175]
India). Both vessels were severely damaged and were beached.[179]
Brazil). Later refloated and proceeded to Buenos Aires.[180]
Turkey
Spanish Navy
Soviet Navy
Mexico
Republic of China Navy
Regia Marina) off Tunis, French protectorate of Tunisia (36°55′N 11°15′E / 36.917°N 11.250°E). There were twelve casualties amongst her 42 crew. Some of the survivors were rescued by and (both 
Imperial Japanese Navy).[232]
Soviet Union
United Kingdom
Chile
Haiti
Marine Nationale).[96][356]
Royal National Lifeboat Institution). Hibernia came ashore at East Runton, Norfolk and was wrecked.
Estonia
Australia) of Montague Island, New South Wales, Australia.