List of shipwrecks in April 1923

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The list of shipwrecks in April 1923 includes ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during April 1923.

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1 April[]

List of shipwrecks: 1 April 1923
Ship Country Description
 Germany The cargo ship ran aground at Cadiz, Andalusia, Spain. She was refloated but was discovered to be leaking severely and was beached.[1] Laurana was refloated on 16 April.[2]
 United Kingdom The cargo ship ran aground at Melilla, Spain.[3] She was refloated on 16 April.[4]

3 April[]

List of shipwrecks: 3 April 1923
Ship Country Description
HMS Ceres  Royal Navy The C-class cruiser was in collision with USS Fox ( United States Navy) in the Bosporus. Both vessels sustained substantial damage.[5]
 United Kingdom The salvage vessel was holed during salvage operations at Portland, Dorset and was beached. Her crew were taken off by and (both  United Kingdom).[6]
 United Kingdom The schooner was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean off Cape Race, Newfoundland (40°05′N 53°38′W / 40.083°N 53.633°W / 40.083; -53.633). She was set afire by her crew before they were rescued.[6]

5 April[]

List of shipwrecks: 5 April 1923
Ship Country Description
 Norway The cargo ship foundered in the North Sea. Her crew were rescued by the trawler Este Brügge ( Germany).[7]

6 April[]

List of shipwrecks: 6 April 1923
Ship Country Description
 Japan The cargo ship ran aground and sank in the .[8] She was refloated on 22 April.[9]
 United Kingdom The cargo ship ran aground at Cape Cod, Massachusetts.[10] She was refloated on 16 April.[4]
John S. Dwight  United States While smuggling a cargo of illegal ale, the 107-foot (33 m), 151-gross register ton coastal cargo ship — the former minesweeper USS Pawnee ( United States Navy) — was scuttled by her crew under mysterious circumstances in 85 feet (26 m) of water off the coast of Massachusetts in Vineyard Sound south of Nashawena Island at 41°23′26″N 070°52′36″W / 41.39056°N 70.87667°W / 41.39056; -70.87667 (John S. Dwight). Eight members of her crew died in the incident. The minesweeper USS Falcon ( United States Navy) blew up her sunken wreck during the summer of 1923, sometime prior to 5 July.[11][12]

7 April[]

List of shipwrecks: 7 April 1923
Ship Country Description
 United Kingdom The cargo ship ran aground in the Danube at Sulina, Romania.[10] She was refloated on 11 April.[13]
 Denmark The cargo ship collided with ( United States) in Chesapeake Bay and sank.[8][10]

8 April[]

List of shipwrecks: 8 April 1923
Ship Country Description
Unicorn  United Kingdom . The coaster foundered off Rame Head, Cornwall with the loss of three of her five crew.[14]

9 April[]

List of shipwrecks: 9 April 1923
Ship Country Description
Pioneer #2  United States During a voyage from Bellingham, Washington, to , Territory of Alaska, under tow by the steamer North Star ( United States) with no people or cargo aboard, the 21-ton scow sank off Cape Hinchinbrook (60°14′N 146°39′W / 60.233°N 146.650°W / 60.233; -146.650 (Cape Hinchinbrook)) in Southeast Alaska after her tow line parted during a gale.[15]

17 April[]

List of shipwrecks: 17 April 1923
Ship Country Description
 France The schooner was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean (46°47′00″N 6°46′30″W / 46.78333°N 6.77500°W / 46.78333; -6.77500). Her crew were rescued by ( United Kingdom).[16]

21 April[]

List of shipwrecks: 21 April 1923
Ship Country Description
Dominion of Newfoundland Red Ensign.svg Newfoundland The schooner foundered in the Atlantic Ocean (41°40′N 41°55′W / 41.667°N 41.917°W / 41.667; -41.917). Her crew were rescued by ( United Kingdom).[17][18]

23 April[]

List of shipwrecks: 23 April 1923
Ship Country Description
 United States The schooner was destroyed by fire in the Gulf of Mexico. Her crew were rescued.[19]

24 April[]

List of shipwrecks: 24 April 1923
Ship Country Description
 Portugal The cargo ship ran aground at Cape Frio, Namíbia. She was a total loss.[20]

25 April[]

List of shipwrecks: 25 April 1923
Ship Country Description
 United Kingdom The barque foundered in the Bay of Bengal. Her crew survived.[9]
 Chile The cargo ship struck rocks off Punta de Lobos and sank.[21]

26 April[]

List of shipwrecks: 26 April 1923
Ship Country Description
 United States The cargo ship ran aground at the , Oregon. Her crew were rescued by a United States Coast Guard ship.[20]

29 April[]

List of shipwrecks: 29 April 1923
Ship Country Description
 United States Carrying a cargo of coal, the 3,372-gross register ton collier sank during a storm with the loss of seven lives in 75 to 100 feet (23 to 30 m) of water off the coast of Massachusetts in Vineyard Sound southwest of Cuttyhunk Island at 41°21′48″N 070°00′10″W / 41.36333°N 70.00278°W / 41.36333; -70.00278 (Seaconnet).[18][22]

Unknown date[]

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1923
Ship Country Description
Dunmail  United Kingdom The ship foundered in the Bristol Channel. Her crew were rescued by ( United Kingdom).[23]

References[]

  1. ^ "Casualty reports". The Times. No. 43305. London. 3 April 1923. col G, p. 16.
  2. ^ "Casualty reports". The Times. No. 43317. London. 17 April 1923. col E, p. 19.
  3. ^ "Casualty reports". The Times. No. 43304. London. 2 April 1923. col B, p. 15.
  4. ^ a b "Reinsurance rates". The Times. No. 43317. London. 17 April 1923. col E, p. 19.
  5. ^ "Casualty reports". The Times. No. 43307. London. 5 April 1923. col E, p. 16.
  6. ^ a b "Casualty reports". The Times. No. 43306. London. 4 April 1923. col C, p. 18.
  7. ^ "Casualty reports". The Times. No. 43309. London. 7 April 1923. col F, p. 4.
  8. ^ a b "Casualty reports". The Times. No. 43311. London. 10 April 1923. col E, p. 23.
  9. ^ a b "Casualty reports". The Times. No. 43328. London. 30 April 1923. col G, p. 20.
  10. ^ a b c "Casualty reports". The Times. No. 43310. London. 9 April 1923. col G, p. 21.
  11. ^ "John S. Dwight". Hunting New England Shipwrecks. Retrieved 11 February 2021.
  12. ^ Dresser, Thomas, Hidden History of Martha′s Vineyard, The History Press: Charleston, South Carolina, 2017, ISBN 9781467135955, pp. 66–71.
  13. ^ "Reinsurance rates". The Times. No. 43313. London. 12 April 1923. col B, p. 22.
  14. ^ "Casualty reports". The Times. No. 43310. London. 9 April 1923. col F, p. 12.
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  16. ^ "Casualty reports". The Times. No. 43318. London. 18 April 1923. col B, p. 23.
  17. ^ "Reinsurance rates". The Times. No. 43323. London. 24 April 1923. col C, p. 25.
  18. ^ a b "Casualty reports". The Times. No. 43329. London. 1 May 1923. col E, p. 25.
  19. ^ "Casualty reports". The Times. No. 43324. London. 25 April 1923. col C, p. 23.
  20. ^ a b "Casualty reports". The Times. No. 43327. London. 28 April 1923. col F, p. 12.
  21. ^ "Casualty reports". The Times. No. 43326. London. 27 April 1923. col D, p. 18.
  22. ^ "Seaconnet". Hunting New England Shipwrecks. Retrieved 25 February 2021.
  23. ^ Tovey, Ron. "A Chronology of Bristol Channel Shipwrecks" (PDF). Swansea Docks. Archived from the original (PDF) on 22 December 2014. Retrieved 23 December 2014.
Ship events in 1923
Ship launches: 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928
Ship commissionings: 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928
Ship decommissionings: 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1926 1927
Shipwrecks: 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928
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