List of shipwrecks in 1903

The list of shipwrecks in 1903 includes all ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during 1903.

January

9 January

• Crosby ( United Kingdom) wrecked at Bempton Cliffs, Flamborough Head.^[1]

31 January

• Maskelyne ( Belgium) foundered at .^[2]

February

4 February

• Berwick ( United Kingdom) of Newcastle wrecked on the Runnelstone; the crew took to two boats one of which reached land and the other with five crew taken to Penzance in the Sennen Cove Lifeboat Station Ann Newbon ( Royal National Lifeboat Institution)^[3]

12 February

• Ruby Schultz ( Belgium) wrecked 3 nautical miles (5.6 km)) north west of Flamborough Head, England.^[1]

Unknown date

• Scorpion ( Royal Navy) sank under tow in the Caribbean.
• End of February or early March – barque Luna ( United Kingdom) on passage from New Zealand to Liverpool lost part of her mast and head gear off Pendeen, and drifted onto the Brisons in a north–west–by–west gale. All the crew were lost.^[3]

March

31 March

• Shamrock ( United Kingdom): Sprang a leak at Catherine Hill Bay, New South Wales, Australia and sank. Scrapped in situ after it was found she was too badly damaged to repair.^[2]

June

10 June

• Rubens ( Belgium): Capsized and sank in the North Sea. Eleven crew killed, four rescued by Privo ( Norway).^[1]

August

2 August

• Tennie and Laura ( United States) capsized and sank 9 nautical miles (17 km) off Port Washington, Wisconsin.

September

26 September

Barge Harold ( United States) sank off Staten Island, New York.

Unknown date

• Enterprise ( United Kingdom) lost her sails and wrecked in hurricane force winds off St Ives. The three crew rescued by lifeboat.^[4]

October

Unknown date

• Paradox ( United Kingdom) wrecked off Les Sables-d'Olonne, France. Later salvaged, repaired, sold and returned to service.^[1]

November

27 November

Alwina ( Netherlands) passed Pointe Saint-Mathieu, Finistère, France bound for Rotterdam, no further trace.^[1]

December

22 December

• Brugia ( Belgium) wrecked near Beadnell, United Kingdom.^[5]

Date unknown

• Marquette  United States sank in Lake Michigan.

• Vega ( United Kingdom): Sank in Melville Bay, Greenland

References

See also

Ship events in 1903
Ship launches:	1898	1899	1900	1901	1902	1903	1904	1905	1906	1907	1908
Ship commissionings:	1898	1899	1900	1901	1902	1903	1904	1905	1906	1907	1908
Ship decommissionings:	1898	1899	1900	1901	1902	1903	1904	1905	1906	1907	1908
Shipwrecks:	1898	1899	1900	1901	1902	1903	1904	1905	1906	1907	1908