The Odomari-class icebreaker ran aground at
Oniwaki,
Rishiri Island off the coast of
Hokkaido in bad weather. Refloated and in drydock for repair by 4 February.[9]
The schooner was in collision with
William Mitchell (United Kingdom) of the Norwegian Coast. No further trace, presumed sunk with the loss of all but one of her crew. The survivor managed to clamber aboard William Mitchell.[8]
The cargo ship, which had departed
Oran,
Algeria for
Rouen,
Seine-Inférieure on 3 January, issued a distress call in the Atlantic Ocean. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[18][19]
The cargo ship ran aground in the
North Sea off
Sizewell,
Suffolk.[25] Although she was refloated on 19 January,[32] she was declared a total loss.[33]
The
Denver-class cruiser ran aground on the Blanquilla Reef off
Veracruz, Mexico. During attempts at refloating over the following week, four crew were lost. Declared a total loss, she was stricken on 7 February and sold for scrap on 5 September.
The cargo ship suffered a fractured propeller shaft, which punctured her hull. She foundered in the
Irish Sea off
Skibbereen,
County Cork, Ireland.[16]
The cargo ship came ashore at
Cape St. Vincent, Portugal and was wrecked.[54] She was abandoned on 9 February with the loss of seven of her 29 crew.[50][55]
The cargo ship came ashore on the Amherst Rock at the mouth of the
Yangtze, China. She was beached on the Tungsha Spit.[54]Persia was refloated on 10 February.[50]
The cargo ship ran aground off
St. David's Lighthouse, Bermuda in heavy weather. No casualties and her cargo was salvaged.[55] She was abandoned on 14 February,[64] She later broke in two and was a total loss.[65][66]
The cargo ship was driven ashore 22 nautical miles (41 km) west of the
Quéquen Lighthouse, Argentina.[113] She was a total loss. Her crew were rescued.[111]
The cargo ship caught fire at
Adelaide,
South Australia. A
fireman was killed by an onboard explosion whilst fighting the fire.[129] Having sunk, she was refloated on 5 May.[137]
The freighter's hull split in two after her seams opened up and she sank in a storm in
Lake Superior between
Michipicoten Island and
Whitefish Point. Most of the crew abandoned ship in her lifeboats, ten in one and nine in the other. One person in each boat died of exposure. The Captain, chief engineer and helmsman remained on board and died.[159]
The coaster struck the Oxcar Rocks in the
Firth of Forth and was beached. Her crew were rescued.[170] She sank on 2 June.[171] She was refloated on 9 July and beached at
Cramond,
Lothian.[172]
The cargo ship was abandoned in the
North Sea 230 nautical miles (430 km) east north east of the mouth of the
River Tyne due to her cargo shifting. Her crew were rescued by the drifter Cheviotdale (United Kingdom). Olga Elisabeth sank on 6 June.[174]
The cargo liner capsized 8 nautical miles (15 km) south of the Drogden Lightship (Denmark) with the loss of eleven of the 25 people on board.[194][195]
The cargo ship arrived at
Karachi,
India with defective boilers. Attempts to tow her into port were unsuccessful and she dragged ger anchors and came ashore.[172][200] She was refloated on 6 December.[202]
The coaster capsized in the
Irish Sea 15 nautical miles (28 km) off Newtown Head,
County Waterford, Ireland with the loss of eighteen of her nineteen crew.[204][205][206]
The cargo ship ran aground in the
Forcados River,
Nigeria.[208] She was abandoned by her crew on 15 July,[209] but was later reboarded.[210]Martha Woermann was finally abandoned on 23 July,[211] and was declared a total loss on 28 July.[212]
While under
tow by the vessel Meteor (United States) from
St. Michael to
Bethel,
Territory of Alaska, with two crewmen aboard, the 370-ton river
barge flooded in the
Bering Sea 100 nautical miles (190 km; 120 mi) off the mouth of the
Yukon River. Her
house was washed overboard and her
hull became submerged, but Meteor rescued her crew and towed her submerged lower hull to St. Michael for
salvage.[70]
The passenger ferry ran aground at
Berneval-le-Grand,
Seine-Inférieure, France. Her 125 passengers were able to walk ashore at low tide.[234] She was refloated on 14 August.[235]
The cargo ship ran aground in the
Hai River 60 nautical miles (110 km) upstream of the
Taku Forts,
Tianjin, China.[246] She was refloated on 23 August.[243]
Hurricane No. 3: The fishing schooner sank in the hurricane, had been anchored off the
Nantucket Lightship the night before. Lost with all six crew.[255][256]
The refrigerated cargo ship ran aground on The Stags, off
Lizard Point, Cornwall. Her crew were taken off, but her officers later reboarded the ship.[261] On 8 September, they were taken off by a lifeboat.[263]Bardic was refloated on 29 September. She was towed to
Falmouth, Cornwall and was beached.[264]
The cargo ship became mired in ice in the
Arctic Ocean off
Point Barrow in early August.[265] She was abandoned on 22 August,[253] but her crew later returned to the ship as they were unable to reach land.[266] By 21 August, she was 45 nautical miles (83 km) east of Point Barrow.[267] She had sunk by 16 September.[268]
The coaster put into
Holyhead,
Anglesey with a fractured main steam pipe. She was later driven ashore in Church Bay and was wrecked. All eight crew were rescued by rocket apparatus.[284]
The passenger ship put back into
Heysham,
Lancashire in a gale and became stranded on the north breakwater. Her passengers were transferred to
Brier (United Kingdom).[288] She was refloated on 25 September.[289]
The 26.98-
gross register tonschooner was wrecked on the north bank of the
Snake River at
Nome,
Territory of Alaska, after she dragged her
anchor. Deemed a threat to navigation and an obstacle to the construction of new
jetties, her wreck was refloated in August 1925 and deliberately grounded on a mud
flat along the river's north bank, where it was abandoned.[302]
The four-masted
schooner came ashore 20 nautical miles (37 km) east of
Pensacola, Florida. Her crew were rescued.[296] She was refloated on 13 October.[305]
The cargo ship ran aground 12 nautical miles (22 km) from the Manora Breakwater Lighthouse, near
Karachi,
India.[310] She was refloated on 22 October.[311]
Carrying five passengers, a crew of four, and a cargo of 12 tons of general merchandise, the 32-
gross register ton, 54.8-foot (16.7 m)
motorschooner became frozen in ice in
Kotzebue Sound about 8 nautical miles (15 km; 9.2 mi) off the coast of the
Territory of Alaska and about 12 nautical miles (22 km; 14 mi) from
Cape Espenberg and was abandoned without loss of life, becoming a
total loss.[41]
While anchored in the
roadstead at
Nome,
Territory of Alaska, 2 nautical miles (3.7 km; 2.3 mi) west of the mouth of the
Snake River with no cargo or crew aboard, the 39-ton
barge broke loose from her moorings during a
gale, was driven ashore, and was broken apart by waves.[41]
The barge sank in a gale after her tug
Kingfisher's (United States) steering became disabled between New York City and
Rockland, Maine. Her crew abandoned ship in a lifeboat, but were lost.[345]
The barge sank in a gale after her tug
Kingfisher's (United States) steering became disabled between New York City and
Rockland, Maine. Her crew was rescued by Kingfisher.[346]
The steam passenger ferry struck the
breakwater in the harbor at
Newhaven, Sussex, stern-first. The
tugsAlert and Richmere (both United Kingdom) came to her assistance, but Richmere was disabled, dashed against the harbor wall, and sunk. Dieppe docked five hours later. She was repaired and returned to service.[359]
The
tug was disabled when a cable became entangled around her propeller while she was coming to the assistance of the steam passenger ferry
Dieppe (United Kingdom), which had struck the
breakwater in the harbor at
Newhaven, Sussex. Richmere was dashed against the harbor wall, and sank. Her crew was rescued by the Newhaven Lifeboat Sir Fitzroy Clayton (Royal National Lifeboat Institution). Richmere later was refloated, repaired, and returned to service.[359]
The
barque collided with the fishing vessel Ibis (Sweden) off
Skagen, Denmark and sank with the loss of seven crew. Survivors were rescued by Ibis.[202]
The cargo ship was driven aground on the Big Rock,
Stornoway,
Isle of Lewis.[389] All crew except her officers were taken off.[388] She was refloated on 8 February 1925.[390]
The cargo ship ran aground at
Dundrum, Dublin, Ireland.[391] She was driven further up the shore on 27 December.[392] She was refloated on 9 May 1925.[393]
The 63-ton
barge was wrecked at "Bluff Point" on the coast of the
Territory of Alaska. The wreck report does not specify at which of many locations of the name the wreck took place.[409]
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