List of shipwrecks in April 1923
The list of shipwrecks in April 1923 includes ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during April 1923.
| April 1923 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mon | Tue | Wed | Thu | Fri | Sat | Sun |
| 1 | ||||||
| 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 |
| 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 |
| 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 |
| 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 |
| 30 | Unknown date | |||||
| References | ||||||
1 April
[edit]| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Laurana |  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] |
| Portgwarra |  United Kingdom
|
The cargo ship ran aground at Melilla, Spain.[3] She was refloated on 16 April.[4] |
3 April
[edit]| Ship | State | 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]
|
| Free Will | United Kingdom
|
The salvage vessel was holed during salvage operations at Portland, Dorset and was beached. Her crew were taken off by Conqueress and Petrel (both United Kingdom).[6]
|
| Reta M. Cluett | 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). She was set afire by her crew before they were rescued.[6] |
5 April
[edit]| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Glutra |  Norway
|
The cargo ship foundered in the North Sea. Her crew were rescued by the trawler Este Brügge ( Germany).[7]
|
6 April
[edit]| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Chika Maru |  Japan
|
The cargo ship ran aground and sank in the Kurushima Channel.[8] She was refloated on 22 April.[9] |
| Competitor | 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. 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]
|
| Nordhvalen |  Denmark
|
The cargo ship was sunk in a collision with Barracoo ( United Kingdom) near the mouth of the Patapsco River in Chesapeake Bay.[13][14]
|
7 April
[edit]| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Addington | United Kingdom
|
The cargo ship ran aground in the Danube at Sulina, Romania.[10] She was refloated on 11 April.[15] |
8 April
[edit]| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Unicorn | United Kingdom
|
. The coaster foundered off Rame Head, Cornwall with the loss of three of her five crew.[16] |
9 April
[edit]| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Pioneer #2 | United States
|
During a voyage from Bellingham, Washington, to Snug Harbor, 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) in Southeast Alaska after her tow line parted during a gale.[17]
|
17 April
[edit]| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Cité d'Aleth |  France
|
The schooner was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean (46°47′00″N 6°46′30″W / 46.78333°N 6.77500°W). Her crew were rescued by Drake ( United Kingdom).[18]
|
21 April
[edit]| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| The Gay Gordon |  Newfoundland
|
The schooner foundered in the Atlantic Ocean (41°40′N 41°55′W / 41.667°N 41.917°W). Her crew were rescued by Hollinside ( United Kingdom).[19][20]
|
23 April
[edit]| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Stranger | United States
|
The schooner was destroyed by fire in the Gulf of Mexico. Her crew were rescued.[21] |
24 April
[edit]| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Mossamedes |  Portugal
|
The cargo ship, with 237 people on board, ran aground at Cape Frio, Namíbia, and was evacuated by lifeboats. She was a total loss.[22] Thirty-one died, seven when the Mossamedes capsized and 24 others who were in a lifeboat that sank. The 206 survivors were picked up by the French gunboat Cassiopee, the Portuguese gunboat Salvador Correia and by fishing vessels from Porto Alexandre in Angola. [23] |
25 April
[edit]| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Maschyagandhi | United Kingdom
|
The barque foundered in the Bay of Bengal. Her crew survived.[9] |
| Teja |  Chile
|
The cargo ship struck rocks off Punta de Lobos and sank.[24] |
26 April
[edit]| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Brush | United States
|
The cargo ship ran aground at the South Cape Arago Lighthouse, Oregon. Her crew were rescued by a United States Coast Guard ship.[22] |
29 April
[edit]| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Seaconnet | 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.[20][25] |
Unknown date
[edit]| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Dunmail | United Kingdom
|
The ship foundered in the Bristol Channel. Her crew were rescued by Thamesmead ( United Kingdom).[26]
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References
[edit]- ^ "Casualty reports". The Times. No. 43305. London. 3 April 1923. col G, p. 16.
- ^ "Casualty reports". The Times. No. 43317. London. 17 April 1923. col E, p. 19.
- ^ "Casualty reports". The Times. No. 43304. London. 2 April 1923. col B, p. 15.
- ^ a b "Reinsurance rates". The Times. No. 43317. London. 17 April 1923. col E, p. 19.
- ^ "Casualty reports". The Times. No. 43307. London. 5 April 1923. col E, p. 16.
- ^ a b "Casualty reports". The Times. No. 43306. London. 4 April 1923. col C, p. 18.
- ^ "Casualty reports". The Times. No. 43309. London. 7 April 1923. col F, p. 4.
- ^ "Casualty reports". The Times. No. 43311. London. 10 April 1923. col E, p. 23.
- ^ a b "Casualty reports". The Times. No. 43328. London. 30 April 1923. col G, p. 20.
- ^ a b "Casualty reports". The Times. No. 43310. London. 9 April 1923. col G, p. 21.
- ^ "John S. Dwight". Hunting New England Shipwrecks. Retrieved 11 February 2021.
- ^ Dresser, Thomas, Hidden History of Martha′s Vineyard, The History Press: Charleston, South Carolina, 2017, ISBN 9781467135955, pp. 66–71.
- ^ "Japanese Army Auxiliary transports". Combinedfleet.com. Retrieved 1 December 2022.
- ^ "Nordhvalen (+1923)". Wrecksite. Retrieved 1 December 2022.
- ^ "Reinsurance rates". The Times. No. 43313. London. 12 April 1923. col B, p. 22.
- ^ "Casualty reports". The Times. No. 43310. London. 9 April 1923. col F, p. 12.
- ^ alaskashipwreck.com Alaska Shipwrecks (P)
- ^ "Casualty reports". The Times. No. 43318. London. 18 April 1923. col B, p. 23.
- ^ "Reinsurance rates". The Times. No. 43323. London. 24 April 1923. col C, p. 25.
- ^ a b "Casualty reports". The Times. No. 43329. London. 1 May 1923. col E, p. 25.
- ^ "Casualty reports". The Times. No. 43324. London. 25 April 1923. col C, p. 23.
- ^ a b "Casualty reports". The Times. No. 43327. London. 28 April 1923. col F, p. 12.
- ^ SS Mossamedes (1923)", Wrecksite.eu
- ^ "Casualty reports". The Times. No. 43326. London. 27 April 1923. col D, p. 18.
- ^ "Seaconnet". Hunting New England Shipwrecks. Retrieved 25 February 2021.
- ^ Tovey, Ron. "A Chronology of Bristol Channel Shipwrecks" (PDF). Swansea Docks. Archived from the original (PDF) on 22 December 2014. Retrieved 23 December 2014.