List of shipwrecks in 1907
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The list of shipwrecks in 1907 includes all ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during 1907.
[edit] March
[edit] March 3
SS Dakota, Great Northern Steamship Company, ran aground on reef in Yokohama, Japan on March 3 and began taking on water. All passengers were evacuated using the lifeboats. Ship later scrapped on site.
[edit] March 12
- Iéna'
France onboard explosion caused by nitrocellulose self-igniting. 118 killed. - Suffren France almost capsized by explosion on Iéna.
[edit] March 17
SS Suevic White Star Line vessel ran aground on Lizard Point, Cornwall, England on March 17, 1907. Ship was blown in half by salvagers using dynamite. The stern section was taken to Southampton to be assembled to a new bow. The old bow was dispensed to the sea.
[edit] April
[edit] date unknown
- Hereford
New Zealand wrecked at Hatteras Island, North Carolina.
[edit] May
[edit] May 20
[edit] October
[edit] October 11
- SS Cyprus
United States sank in Lake Superior. Twenty two crew drowned.
[edit] October 17
- SS Ina Mactavish (
United Kingdom) ran aground at Amble, Northumberland. Two people drowned.
- Schooner Susan Elizabeth wrecked on Porthminster Beach, St Ives, Cornwall. Crew rescued by lifeboat.[2] Remains dynamited two years later.[3]
[edit] December
[edit] December 14
- Thomas W. Lawson United States ran aground on Hellweather's Reef, Scilly Isles. Sixteen crew killed.
[edit] December 21
- Cap Lopez
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Belgium ran aground on the Goodwin Sands, all crew saved.
[edit] References
- ^ Shipwrecks at St Bees. St Bees Publications. Retrieved on 2008-04-27.
- ^ 1893 - 1920. St. Ives Trust. Retrieved on 2008-03-16.
- ^ Leonard, Alan (2008), “Profiting from Shipwrecks”, Picture Postcard Annual: pp14-16
[edit] See also
| Ship launches: | 1900 | 1901 | 1902 | 1903 | 1904 | 1905 | 1906 | 1907 | 1908 | 1909 |
| Ship commissionings: | 1900 | 1901 | 1902 | 1903 | 1904 | 1905 | 1906 | 1907 | 1908 | 1909 |
| Ship decommissionings: | 1900 | 1901 | 1902 | 1903 | 1904 | 1905 | 1906 | 1907 | 1908 | 1909 |
| Shipwrecks: | 1900 | 1901 | 1902 | 1903 | 1904 | 1905 | 1906 | 1907 | 1908 | 1909 |
| Ship launches: | 1910 | 1911 | 1912 | 1913 | 1914 | 1915 | 1916 | 1917 | 1918 | 1919 |
| Ship commissionings: | 1910 | 1911 | 1912 | 1913 | 1914 | 1915 | 1916 | 1917 | 1918 | 1919 |
| Ship decommissionings: | 1910 | 1911 | 1912 | 1913 | 1914 | 1915 | 1916 | 1917 | 1918 | 1919 |
| Shipwrecks: | 1910 | 1911 | 1912 | 1913 | 1914 | 1915 | 1916 | 1917 | 1918 | 1919 |
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