List of shipwrecks in 1900

The list of shipwrecks in 1900 includes all ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during 1900.

January

Lady Elizabeth ( United Kingdom) carried barrels of napha and gasoline and caught fire at the Cattewater in Plymouth, UK.^[1]

Ugie ( United Kingdom) sank following a collision with another ship.^[3]
Concord ( United Kingdom) sank on the Triggs, just outside her home port, Porthleven, Cornwall, UK.^[4]

in the 1900 Hoboken Docks Fire, the Norddeutscher Lloyd ships Bremen, Kaiser Wilhelm der Grosse, Main, and Saale (all registered in Germany), were set on fire at Hoboken, New Jersey by windspread fire after cotton bales on a wharf caught fire, then ignited turpentine and oil barrels. The Saale, Main, and Bremen burned and settled with the loss of over 300 lives, but were later raised, repaired and returned to service. The Kaiser Wilhelm der Grosse remained afloat and suffered only moderate damage.

Tug American ( United States) collided with SS Minnehaha ( United Kingdom) and sank in New York Harbour. Two of the tug's crewmen were killed. Later salvaged and recommissioned.

Carmen ( Germany) collided with Hernosand and sank in the Baltic Sea ().^[3]

Barque Primrose Hill ( United Kingdom) was wrecked on South Stack off Holyhead, Wales, with the loss of 33 lives.^[6]

Ketch Star of Scilly United Kingdom wrecked on Porthminster Point, St. Ives, Cornwall, crew rescued by lifeboat.^[7]

Manchester ( United Kingdom) wrecked on Bikar Atoll, Marshall Islands. Wreckage discovered in July 1901.

^ Carter, C (1998). The Port of Penznace. A History. Lydney: Black Drawf Publications.
^ "Belgian Merchant A-G". Belgische Koopvaardij. http://www.belgischekoopvaardij.net/belgian%20merchant%20A-G%2023.5.04.pdf. Retrieved 1 October 2010.
^ ^a ^b "Belgian Merchant P-Z". Belgische Koopvaardij. http://www.belgischekoopvaardij.net/belgian%20Merchant%20%20P-Z.pdf. Retrieved 1 December 2010.
^ Carter, C (1998). The Port of Penznace. A History. Lydney: Black Drawf Publications.
^ Noall, C. (1969?) Cornish Shipwrecks Illustrated. Truro: Tor Mark Press; p. 32
^ "The Shipwreck of the Primrose Hill in 1900 off South Stack, Holyhead.". Anglesey. http://www.anglesey.info/primrosehill.htm. Retrieved 7 October 2010.
^ "1893 - 1920". St. Ives Trust. http://www.stivestrust.co.uk/html/1893_-_1920.HTM. Retrieved 2008-03-16.