List of shipwrecks in 1907
The list of shipwrecks in 1907 includes all ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during 1907.
January
18 January
Patricia ( Greece): Collided with Moringen ( Norway) off the Haisboro' Light, England and sank.[1]
19 January
Vaderland ( Belgium): Collided with Naworth Castle ( United Kingdom) off the Goodwin Sands. Naworth Castle sank.[1]
February
11 February
17 February
Unknown date
March
3 March
- Dakota ( United States): Great Northern Steamship Company, ran aground on reef in Yokohama, Japan on 3 March and began taking on water. All passengers were evacuated using the lifeboats. Ship later scrapped on site.
12 March
17 March
- Suevic ( United Kingdom): White Star Line vessel ran aground on Lizard Point, Cornwall, England on 17 March 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. Four lifeboats saved 456 persons from the wreck (the largest number ever saved by the RNLI from a single vessel).[3]
18 March
April
date unknown
May
13 May
15 May
20 May
July
4 July
October
11 October
17 October
November
1 November
- Thames sailing barge Baltic ( United Kingdom): ran onto St Clement's Isle, Mousehole en route to Newlyn with cement for the harbour works. Her crew were saved by Mousehole fishermen who were unimpressed with the non–appearance of the lifeboat stuck in the mud at Penzance. The Baltic ended her days as a hulk in an Essex creek.[9]
December
14 December
21 December
Unknown date
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