List of shipwrecks in 1906

The list of shipwrecks in 1906 includes all ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during 1906.

January

21 January

• Aquidabã ( Marinha do Brasil): sank after an explosion in her magazines with the loss of 212 lives.

22 January

• Valencia ( United States): Ran aground off Pachena Point, British Columbia with the loss of at least 136 lives.

27 January

• Agnes ( Australia): Sank after collision, Sydney Harbour.

February

19 February

• L'Avenir ( Belgium): Wrecked 2 nautical miles (3.7 km) south of Flamborough Head, England.^[1]

Unknown date

• Workington collier Stainburn ( United Kingdom) almost wrecked on the Runnelstone, off Gwennap Head, Cornwall and caught fire. Managed to make her way to Penzance where she was repaired.^[2]
• St Ives pilot boat Buller with seven pilots on board, capsized, in St Ives Bay, Cornwall when she was hit by a schooner, throwing all her occupants into the water. No fatalities.^[3]

March

13 March

• Olympian ( United States): Wrecked at Possession Bay, South Georgia.

May

19 May

• Training ship Comte de Smet de Meyer ( Belgium): Foundered in the Bay of Biscay () on her second voyage with the loss of 33 crew.^[4]

30 May

• Montagu ( Royal Navy): Ran aground on Lundy Island and wrecked. Salvage abandoned in 1907 and scrapped in situ.

July

26 July

• Maggie Schultz ( Belgium): Foundered 80 nautical miles (150 km) off Bilbao, Spain.^[1]

31 July

• The French ship Socoa was stranded off Kildonan Point, Lizard in dense fog, she was re-floated after jettisoning 50000 barrels of cement and beached in Cadgwith Cove. She was later towed round to Falmouth and repaired.^[5]

August

23 August

• Primrose ( United Kingdom) on a journey from her home port of Garston with coal, hit the Low Lee rocks, Mount's Bay in thick fog one mile from her destination, Newlyn.^[6]

24 August

• Princess ( Canada): Foundered off George Island, Manitoba.

September

18 September

• Phoenix ( Royal Navy): Foundered alongside a coaling pier in Hong Kong in a typhoon.

October

25 October

• Peter Iredale ( United Kingdom): Ran aground at Clatsop Spit, Oregon and was wrecked.

November

18 November

• Dix ( United States): Sank after a collision with steam-powered schooner Jeannie ( United States). Over 45 lives lost.

December

16 December

• Prinzessin Victoria Luise ( German Empire): Ran aground off Kingston, Jamaica, declared a constructive total loss.

17 December

• Cap Juby ( Belgium): Sank after collision with Arlington ( United Kingdom) in the English Channel 15 nautical miles (28 km) off Dungeness.^[4]

References

See also

Ship events in 1906
Ship launches:	1901	1902	1903	1904	1905	1906	1907	1908	1909	1910	1911
Ship commissionings:	1901	1902	1903	1904	1905	1906	1907	1908	1909	1910	1911
Ship decommissionings:	1901	1902	1903	1904	1905	1906	1907	1908	1909	1910	1911
Shipwrecks:	1901	1902	1903	1904	1905	1906	1907	1908	1909	1910	1911