List of shipwrecks in 1926

The list of shipwrecks in 1926 includes all ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during 1926.

Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec

February

11 February

• Heian Maru ( Japan): Wrecked at Cape Soyedomani, Hokkaidō.

June

1 June

• Washington Irving ( United States): Collided with one of the barges being pushed by the tug boat Thomas E. Moran  United States.

8 June

• Atlantus ( United States): Ran aground at Sunset Beach, New Jersey, a total loss.

13 June

• Hastings County ( Norway): Wrecked off the Auskerry lighthouse, Orkney Islands, Scotland.^[1]

July

• Trelawney ( United Kingdom): Collided with Gaelic Prince ( United Kingdom) in thick fog. All crew saved but the ship's cat perished.^[2]

2 July

• Queen of Nassau ( United States): Sank off Islamorada, Florida.

September

2 September

• Platypus II ( Royal Australian Navy): Sunk as breakwater, Half Moon Bay, Victoria.

October

• Falcon ( United Kingdom): Caught fire, drifted ashore at Langdon Cliffs, Kent, a total loss.^[3]

November

26 November

• Andrios ( Greece): Struck rocks and sank off the Burlings.^[4]

November 30

• City of Bangor ( United States): Stranded on Keeweenaw Point. Crew rescued, cargo salvaged. Ship scrapped in situ in 1942.

Exact date unknown

• Sapona ( United States): Ran ashore in a hurricane at Bimini, Bahamas.

• Silvanus ( Netherlands): Collided with Thomas H. Wheeler ( United States), Mississippi River with the loss of 26 lives. Declared a total loss but rebuilt as Papoose.

References

See also

Ship events in 1926
Ship launches:	1921	1922	1923	1924	1925	1926	1927	1928	1929	1930	1931
Ship commissionings:	1921	1922	1923	1924	1925	1926	1927	1928	1929	1930	1931
Ship decommissionings:	1921	1922	1923	1924	1925	1926	1927	1928	1929	1930	1931
Shipwrecks:	1921	1922	1923	1924	1925	1926	1927	1928	1929	1930	1931