List of shipwrecks in 1901
The list of shipwrecks in 1901 includes all ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during 1901.
|
Operator |
Ship |
Flag |
Class |
Cause |
Location |
Notes |
| 19 February |
|
Julien Marie |
|
Brigantine |
ran aground |
St. Ives, Cornwall |
crew rescued by lifeboat [1] |
| 22 February |
Pacific Mail Steamship Company |
City of Rio De Janeiro |
|
passenger ship |
struck rocks and sank |
Golden Gate, San Francisco, California |
approx 135 lost |
| 7 March |
|
Voorspoed |
|
Barquentine |
|
lost on voyage to Newfoundland at Perranporth, Cornwall, United Kingdom[2] |
all aboard lost [3] |
| 3 August |
Royal Navy |
Viper |
|
Viper class destroyer |
foundered on rocks |
Alderney |
all survived |
| 15 August |
Canadian Pacific Steam Navigation Co |
Islander |
|
twin screw steamer |
struck iceberg and sank |
near Juneau, Alaska |
40 passengers and crew killed |
| 25 August |
W Johnston & Co.[4] |
Noranmore |
|
Cargo ship.[4] |
Capsized and sank.[4] |
Off Athens, Greece.[4] |
|
| 19 September |
Royal Navy |
Cobra |
|
Steam turbine destroyer |
broke back and sank due to design weakness |
near Cromer, Norfolk |
67 lost |
| 19 October |
F Alexander.[4] |
L'Esperance |
|
Cargo ship.[4] |
Wrecked.[4] |
Off the Skalskar Lighthouse, Finland.[4] |
|
| 7 December |
|
Rodney |
|
Cargo ship. |
Wrecked. |
On the coast of Cornwall.[5] |
|
| 31 December |
Kjaer & Isdal, Bergen.[4] |
Hero |
|
Cargo ship.[4] |
Ran aground.[4] |
Between Baltimore, Ohio and Colón, Panama.[4] |
Wreck later refloated and sold.[4] |
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