List of shipwrecks in July 1923

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

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1 July[]

List of shipwrecks: 1 July 1923
Ship Country Description
 Germany The cargo ship struck rocks off Viipuri, Finland and was beached.[1]

2 July[]

List of shipwrecks: 2 July 1923
Ship Country Description
Advance  United States The cargo ship ran aground on , Nova Scotia, Canada.[2] She broke in two and was a total loss.[3]

3 July[]

List of shipwrecks: 3 July 1923
Ship Country Description
Newtown  United Kingdom The cargo ship was driven ashore at Lockeport, Nova Scotia, Canada.[3] She was refloated on 14 July.[4]

4 July[]

List of shipwrecks: 4 July 1923
Ship Country Description
 France The cargo ship ran aground bear Mostaganem, Algeria. Her crew were rescued.[3] She was refloated later that day and taken to Mostaganem for examination.[5]
 United Kingdom The cargo ship came ashore at Port Hastings, Nova Scotia, Canada.[3] She was refloated on 8 July.[6]

5 July[]

List of shipwrecks: 5 July 1923
Ship Country Description
 Belgium The cargo ship ran aground at Buenos Aires, Argentina.[5] She was refloated on 11 July.[7]

6 July[]

List of shipwrecks: 6 July 1923
Ship Country Description
Standard  United States The 15-gross register ton, 45.8-foot (14.0 m) fishing vessel sank suddenly between (55°25′35″N 131°51′00″W / 55.42639°N 131.85000°W / 55.42639; -131.85000 (Point Vallenor)) and Guard Island in Southeast Alaska. The only person on board survived.[8]

7 July[]

List of shipwrecks: 7 July 1923
Ship Country Description
 Portugal The cargo ship was severely damaged by fire at , Madeira.[6]
Caesarea  United Kingdom
Caesarea.

On departing St Helier harbour, the passenger ferry struck the Pignonet Rock, off Moilmont Point, Jersey Channel islands and was holed. Her captain decided to return to port, but she later struck the Oyster Rock and was beached at St Helier. All 370 passengers were rescued. She was refloated on 20 July and taken to England for repairs.[9] She was later refloated and towed to Southampton, Hampshire, where she arrived on 4 August.[10]

 Chile The cargo ship was driven ashore at Valparaíso and sank.[6]

9 July[]

List of shipwrecks: 9 July 1923
Ship Country Description
 United States The four-masted schooner was wrecked at Suva, Fiji.[6]

10 July[]

List of shipwrecks: 10 July 1923
Ship Country Description
 Belgium The cargo ship was stranded in the River Plate at Maldonado Point by an exceptionally high tide following a hurricane. The wreck was still in situ in 1953.[11]
 United Kingdom The schooner was driven ashore at , Portugal and was wrecked. Her crew were rescued.[12]
 Netherlands The cargo ship was driven ashore in the River Plate in a hurricane.[13] She was refloated on 22 November.[14]
 Germany The ocean liner was driven ashore in the River Plate at Montevideo, Uruguay in a hurricane. Nine hundred passengers were taken off.[13] She was refloated on 29 December.[15]
 United Kingdom The cargo ship sank in the River Plate at Montevideo during a hurricane.[13]

12 July[]

List of shipwrecks: 12 July 1923
Ship Country Description
 United Kingdom The tug was rammed and sunk in the Bristol Channel by ( United Kingdom) with the loss of four crew.[7]

13 July[]

List of shipwrecks: 13 July 1923
Ship Country Description
Swiftstar  United States The tanker departed Colón, Panama. Burnt wreckage from the ship was reported in the Caribbean Sea off San Andrés Island, Colombia on 22 July.[16] Foundered with the loss of all hands.[17]

14 July[]

List of shipwrecks: 14 July 1923
Ship Country Description
 Japan The cargo ship ran aground in the Columbia River at Astoria, Oregon, United States.[4]

15 July[]

List of shipwrecks: 15 July 1923
Ship Country Description
 Spain The cargo ship collided with ( Sweden) and ( United Kingdom) in the North Sea off the ( United Kingdom). Begona No.5 and Eldorado both sank. All 43 crew from the two vessels were rescued by ( United Kingdom).[11][4][18]
 United Kingdom The cargo ship collided with ( Japan) off Quelpart, Japan and was beached.[4]
Danish Rose  United Kingdom The sailing ship foundered in the North Sea 4 nautical miles (7.4 km) off Brora, Sutherland. Her crew were rescued.[4]

18 July[]

List of shipwrecks: 18 July 1923
Ship Country Description
 United Kingdom The coaster ran aground on Robben Island, South Africa and was wrecked. Her crew were rescued.[19]

19 July[]

List of shipwrecks: 19 July 1923
Ship Country Description
Jane  Sweden The cargo ship foundered off Fetlar, Shetland Islands, United Kingdom. Her crew were rescued.[20]

20 July[]

List of shipwrecks: 20 July 1923
Ship Country Description
 Japan The cargo ship foundered off the coast of Korea.[21]

22 July[]

List of shipwrecks: 22 July 1923
Ship Country Description
Pietro Brizollaria  Italy The auxiliary sailing vessel caught fire and sank in the Mediterranean Sea 100 nautical miles (190 km) north west of Alexandria, Egypt.[21]

24 July[]

List of shipwrecks: 24 July 1923
Ship Country Description
 United Kingdom The cargo ship ran aground in the Hainan Strait.[22] She was refloated on 1 August.[23]

26 July[]

List of shipwrecks: 26 July 1923
Ship Country Description
 United Kingdom The cargo ship foundered in the North Sea off Norderney, Germany. Her crew were rescued by ( Denmark).[24]

28 July[]

List of shipwrecks: 28 July 1923
Ship Country Description
 United States The cargo ship collided with ( Japan) at Victoria, V.I. Victoria Island, Nigeria? and was beached.[25]
 France The cargo ship foundered in the Mediterranean Sea off , Catalonia, Spain. Her crew were rescued by ( Denmark).[25]

29 July[]

List of shipwrecks: 29 July 1923
Ship Country Description
 United Kingdom The cargo ship caught fire 10 nautical miles (19 km) east of Sabang, Netherlands East Indies and was abandoned. Her crew were rescued by (flag unknown).[26]

31 July[]

List of shipwrecks: 31 July 1923
Ship Country Description
 Norway The cargo ship caught fire at Gravesend, Kent and was beached.[23]

References[]

  1. ^ "Casualty reports". The Times. No. 43383. London. 3 July 1923. col E, p. 20.
  2. ^ "Casualty reports". The Times. No. 43384. London. 4 July 1923. col C, p. 23.
  3. ^ a b c d "Casualty reports". The Times. No. 43385. London. 5 July 1923. col A, p. 24.
  4. ^ a b c d e "Casualty reports". The Times. No. 43394. London. 16 July 1923. col F, p. 19.
  5. ^ a b "Casualty reports". The Times. No. 43386. London. 6 July 1923. col D, p. 21.
  6. ^ a b c d "Casualty reports". The Times. No. 43389. London. 10 July 1923. col G, p. 23.
  7. ^ a b "Casualty reports". The Times. No. 43392. London. 13 July 1923. col E, p. 12.
  8. ^ alaskashipwreck.com Alaska Shipwrecks (S)
  9. ^ "Channel steamer aground". The Times. No. 43388. London. 9 July 1923. col F, p. 9.
  10. ^ "Casualty reports". The Times. No. 43412. London. 6 August 1923. col F, p. 15.
  11. ^ a b "Belgian Merchant A-G" (PDF). Belgische Koopvaardij. Retrieved 30 September 2010.[permanent dead link]
  12. ^ "Casualty reports". The Times. No. 43391. London. 12 July 1923. col E, p. 18.
  13. ^ a b c "German liner ashore in River Plate". The Times. No. 43392. London. 13 July 1923. col E, p. 11.
  14. ^ "Casualty reports". The Times. No. 43506. London. 23 November 1923. col F, p. 24.
  15. ^ "Casualty reports". The Times. No. 43536. London. 31 December 1923. col C, p. 19.
  16. ^ "Casualty reports". The Times. No. 43417. London. 11 August 1923. col B, p. 17.
  17. ^ "Casualty reports". The Times. No. 43424. London. 20 August 1923. col G, p. 16.
  18. ^ "Collision in North Sea". The Times. No. 43394. London. 16 July 1923. col F, p. 12.
  19. ^ "Casualty reports". The Times. No. 43397. London. 5 July 1923. col G, p. 5.
  20. ^ "Casualty reports". The Times. No. 43398. London. 20 July 1923. col F, p. 18.
  21. ^ a b "Casualty reports". The Times. No. 43400. London. 23 July 1923. col D, p. 19.
  22. ^ "Casualty reports". The Times. No. 43402. London. 25 July 1923. col D, p. 22.
  23. ^ a b "Casualty reports". The Times. No. 43409. London. 2 August 1923. col B, p. 18.
  24. ^ "Casualty reports". The Times. No. 433405. London. 28 July 1923. col B, p. 18.
  25. ^ a b "Casualty reports". The Times. No. 43406. London. 30 July 1923. col B, p. 17.
  26. ^ "Casualty reports". The Times. No. 43407. London. 31 July 1923. col F, p. 17.
Ship events in 1923
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