List of shipwrecks in 1909

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List of shipwrecks in 1909 includes all ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during 1909.

Contents 1 January 1.1 January 23 2 February 2.1 February 12 3 July 3.1 July 15 3.2 July 27 4 August 4.1 August 5 5 September 5.1 September 5 6 December 6.1 December 3 7 Date unknown 8 References

[edit] January

• FV Pendeen  United Kingdom lost in a gale.^[1]

[edit] January 23

• RMS Republic  United Kingdom and SS Florida  Italy collided. A total of five people killed, Republic sank on 24 January.

[edit] February

[edit] February 12

• SS Penguin  New Zealand struck Toms Rock in the Cook Strait and sank with the loss of 85 passengers and crew. Thirty survivors.

[edit] July

[edit] July 15

• HMS C11  United Kingdom sunk in collision with Eddystone  United Kingdom off Cromer. Three survivors.

[edit] July 27

• Last sighting of SS Waratah  Australia which was due to reach Cape Town on 29 July. No trace ever found, over 750 passengers and crew lost.

[edit] August

[edit] August 5

• • SS Maori'  United Kingdom wrecked near Llandudno, Cape Town with 32 crew killed.

[edit] September

[edit] September 5

• Eduard Bohlen ran aground off of Namibia's Skeleton Coast in a heavy fog.

[edit] December

[edit] December 3

• SS Ellan Vannin  Isle of Man sank in Liverpool Bay. All 36 passengers and crew killed.

[edit] Date unknown

• SS Congress  United Kingdom swamped by a wave off St. Ives, Cornwall. Three people swept overboard were rescued.^[1]

• Schooner Loango  United Kingdom raised a distress signal off St. Ives, Cornwall. Four crew rescued.^[1]

[edit] References

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