List of shipwrecks in 1929

The list of shipwrecks in 1929 includes all ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during 1929.

Operator Ship Flag Class Cause Location Fatalities Notes
January Danish East Asiatic Company København Barque Foundered Between Buenos Aires, Argentina and Australia 60
18 February Australian United Steam Navigation Company Kanowa Steamer Ran into rocks and sunk in the fog Between Sydney and Melbourne near Cleft Island, south of Wilsons Promontory Nil (transferred passengers and crews to another ships in time)
14 March T Nolson & Co.[1] Scheldepas Cargo ship.[1] Wrecked.[1] Off Vesta Rock, Plane Island.[1]
8 July T Nolson & Co.[1] Scheldejol Cargo ship.[1] Foundered.[1] Off Zeebrugge.[1]
9 July Royal Navy H47 H class submarine Sank after collision with HMS L12 Off Milford Haven, Wales 21
7 September Kuru Steam ship Capsized and sank due to heavy wind In the lake Näsijärvi, near Tampere, Finland 136 Most severe maritime disaster in Finnish lakes or rivers
11 September Acielle Ketch Driven ashore and wrecked Kempsey, New South Wales
11 September Van Regemortel[2] Estella Cargo ship[2] Collided with German cargo ship Indra and sank[2] River Scheldt[2] 14[2] Two survivors rescued by Kruisschans.[3]
20 October Lola Steamship Co Ltd Lola Cargo ship.[3] Foundered.[3] Off Selsey Bill, England.[3] All hands lost.[3]
22 October Grand Trunk Milwaukee Car Ferry Company Milwaukee Train ferry Sank in storm Lake Michigan 52
5 December Ornais II Collier Driven ashore in hurricane force winds and broke up Perranuthnoe, Cornwall, UK nil [4]
8 December J Lauritzen, Esbjerg.[2] Helene Cargo ship.[2] Abandoned after tow broke and wrecked.[2] Raz de Sein, Brittany, France.[2] Nil[2]
8 December Reichsmarine Ägir Odin-class coast defense ship Ran aground Gotland
18 December Bermuda & West Indies Steamship Company Fort Victoria Cruise ship Sank after collision with Algonquin Ambrose Channel, off New York Nil
22 December Burns Lairn Line Lairdselm Steamship Sank in storm[5] North Channel 20
Unknown date China Merchants Steam Navigation Company Hsin Wah Steamship Ran aground Waglan Over 400
Unknown date Albatros Barque.[3] Sank.[3] White Sea.[3] Refloated 1932 then scrapped.[3]
Unknown date Goldsmith's.[6] Gloria Thames barge.[6] Capsized and sank.[6] Two crew lost.[6]

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h "Belgian Merchant P-Z". Belgische Koopvaardij. http://www.belgischekoopvaardij.net/belgian%20Merchant%20%20P-Z.pdf. Retrieved 1 December 2010. 
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i j "Belgian Merchant A-G". Belgische Koopvaardij. http://www.belgischekoopvaardij.net/belgian%20merchant%20A-G%2023.5.04.pdf. Retrieved 1 October 2010. 
  3. ^ a b c d e f g h i "Belgian Merchant H-O". Belgische Koopvaardij. http://www.belgischekoopvaardij.net/belgian%20merchant%20H-O%2024.5.04.pdf. Retrieved 31 October 2010. 
  4. ^ Larn, R; Larn, B. (1991). Shipwrecks Around Mounts Bay. Penryn: Tor Mark Press. 
  5. ^ Patton, Brian (2007). Irish Sea Shipping. Kettering: Silver Link Publications. pp. p178–84. ISBN 978 1 85794 271 2. 
  6. ^ a b c d Simper, Robert (1998). River Medway and the Swale. Lavenham: Creekside Publishing. ISBN 0951997 7 5. 

See also

Ship events in 1929
Ship launches: 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934
Ship commissionings: 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934
Ship decommissionings: 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934
Shipwrecks: 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934