List of shipwrecks in 1905

The list of shipwrecks in 1905 includes all ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during 1905.

January

2 January

• Sevastopol ( Russian Navy) scuttled off Port Arthur.

18 January

• Optima ( Germany): Ran aground on Haisborough Sands, off the coast of Norfolk. A total loss.

March

14 March

• 1967 ton barque Khyber wrecked under the cliff at Tol-Pedn-Penwith, Cornwall. Neither the Penzance or Sennen Lifeboats could reach the ship and 23 crew lost^[1]

May

4 May

• Hesper ( United States) sank in Silver Bay, Lake Superior.^[2]

27 May

• Knyaz Suvorov ( Russian Navy) sunk in the Battle of Tsushima.
• Imperator Aleksander III ( Russian Navy) sunk in the Battle of Tsushima.
• Borodino ( Russian Navy) sunk in the Battle of Tsushima.
• Oslyabya ( Russian Navy) sunk in the Battle of Tsushima.
• Navarin ( Russian Navy) sunk in the Battle of Tsushima.

28 May

• Admiral Nakhimov ( Russian Navy) sunk in the Battle of Tsushima.
• Admiral Ushakov ( Russian Navy) sunk in the Battle of Tsushima.
• Sissoi Veliky ( Russian Navy) scuttled after the Battle of Tsushima.
• Vladimir Monomakh ( Russian Navy) scuttled after the Battle of Tsushima.
• Dmitrii Donskoi ( Russian Navy) scuttled after the Battle of Tsushima.

29 May

• Izumrud ( Russian Navy) ran aground near Vladivostok.

June

25 June

• Cousins Arbib ( Belgium) collided with IJmuiden ( Netherlands) 20 nautical miles (37 km) off Flamborough Head, England. Later raised, repaired and sold, re-entering service in 1909.^[3]

July

5 July

• Farfadet ( French Navy) sank at Sidi Abdullah, Tunisia with the loss of four lives.
• Newlyn lugger Diana ( United Kingdom) steamed into the Hamburgans Rocks off Penzance promenade, Cornwall when the watchman fell asleep after a nights fishing. Floated on the late afternoon tide.^[4]

21 July

• Bennington ( United States Navy) suffered a boiler explosion and was holed, beached at San Diego. Later repaired and returned to service.

August

4 August

• The 400 ton steel barque Noisiel ( France) was blown ashore in a violent storm at Praa Sands, Cornwall, United Kingdom. She was en route from Cherbourg to Savona with a 600 ton cargo of armour plate from gun turrets of obsolete battleships.^[5][6]

Unknown date

• The small ketch Albatross' ( United Kingdom) sank in the Solent when her cargo of oil barrels exploded.^[4]

September

1 September

• Pretoria ( United States) sank in Lake Superior.^[7]

Unknown date

• Loch Vennachar ( United Kingdom) sank at West Bay, Kangaroo Island, Australia some time between 6 and 29 September.

October

31 October

• Zelandia ( Belgium) Wrecked off Warkworth, England.^[8]

November

2 November

• Appomattox ( United States) ran aground at North Point, Lake Michigan. Abandoned as a constructive total loss.^[9]

18 November

• Hilda ( United Kingdom) ran aground on La Pierre des Portes reef, Saint-Malo, France with the loss of 125 lives.

28 November

• Madeira ( United States) sank in Lake Superior.

December

11 December

• Lv-58 ( United States) sank off Nantucket.

References

See also

Ship events in 1905
Ship launches:	1900	1901	1902	1903	1904	1905	1906	1907	1908	1909	1910
Ship commissionings:	1900	1901	1902	1903	1904	1905	1906	1907	1908	1909	1910
Ship decommissionings:	1900	1901	1902	1903	1904	1905	1906	1907	1908	1909	1910
Shipwrecks:	1900	1901	1902	1903	1904	1905	1906	1907	1908	1909	1910