List of shipwrecks in 1900
The list of shipwrecks in 1900 includes some ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during 1900.
January
Unknown date
- Lady Elizabeth (
United Kingdom) carried barrels of naphtha and gasoline and caught fire at the Cattewater in Plymouth, UK.[1]
February
16 February
- Cashier (
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Belgium) sank of Green Scar, St Brides Bay.[2]
25 February
- Ethiopia ( United Kingdom): The steamship ran aground at Oxwich Point, Glamorgan. She was refloated several days later.[3]
March
Unknown date
- Ugie ( United Kingdom) sank following a collision with another ship.[4]
- Concord ( United Kingdom) sank on the Triggs, just outside her home port, Porthleven, Cornwall, UK.[1]
June
15 June
- Tivyside ( United Kingdom): The ship ran aground at Overton, Glamorgan. All thirteen people on board survived.[3]
30 June
- in the 1900 Hoboken Docks Fire, the Norddeutscher Lloyd ships Bremen, Kaiser Wilhelm der Grosse, Main, and Saale (all
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.
August
16 August
- Futami Maru (
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Japan): The steamship went aground on a reef at Mindoro Island, near Manila, while on a voyage from Australia to Eastern ports.[5] All the crew and 150 passengers were taken to shore, and a consignment of gold bullion was salvaged.[6]
September
18 September
- American (
United States): The tug collided with Minnehaha ( United Kingdom) and sank in New York Harbour. Two of the tug's crewmen were killed. Later salvaged and recommissioned.
October
10 October
- City of Monticello ( United Kingdom): The paddle steamer foundered in the Bay of Fundy 4 nautical miles (7.4 km) off Yarmouth, Nova Scotia, Canada with the loss of 36 of her 40 crew. She was on a voyage from Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada to Yarmouth.[7]
November
7 November
- Mouse ( United Kingdom): The smack was wrecked at Cardigan. Her three crew were rescued by Lizzie & Charles Leigh Clare (
Royal National Lifeboat Institution). She was on a voyage from Chester, Cheshire to Fishguard, Pembrokeshire.[8]
17 November
- Fife (
Canada): On her maiden voyage, she ran aground and was sunk at Twin Island, St John's Bay, Strait of Belle Isle.[9]
23 November
- Carmen ( Germany) collided with Hernosand (flag unknown) and sank in the Baltic Sea (54°43′N 12°52′E / 54.717°N 12.867°E).[4]
Unknown date
- Agot ( United Kingdom): The barque was wrecked on the Whitford Sands, in the Bristol Channel. Her crew were rescued by the Llanelli pilot boat.[3]
December
28 December
- Pegasus ( United Kingdom): The ship was driven ashore at Lavernack Point, Glamorgan with the loss of four of her crew. She was on a voyage from San Francisco, California, United States to Sharpness, Gloucestershire. Pegasus was later refloated an taken in to Sharpness for repairs.[3]
- Zefiro (
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Italy): The barque was in collision with the steamship King 's County ( Canada in the Bristol Channel off the English and Welsh Grounds Lightship (
United Kingdom) and was consequently beached at Clevedon, Somerset, United Kingdom.[3]
Unknown date
- Capricorno (
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Austria-Hungary): The barque was wrecked at Bude, Cornwall, United Kingdom.[10]
10 December
- Nordland (
Norway): The lifeboat ran aground and was wrecked near Kjelvik, Norway. All crew members survived.[11]
28 December
- Primrose Hill ( United Kingdom)The barque was wrecked on South Stack off Holyhead, Wales, with the loss of 33 lives.[12]
Unknown date
- Copenhagen ( United Kingdom) sank near Pompano Beach, Florida.
- Manchester ( United Kingdom) wrecked on Bikar Atoll, Marshall Islands. Wreckage discovered in July 1901.
- Star of Scilly United Kingdom:The ketch was wrecked on Porthminster Point, St. Ives, Cornwall, crew rescued by lifeboat.[13]
- Welbury ( United Kingdom): The ship was wrecked near Hartland Point, Devon.[3]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Carter, C. (1998). The Port of Penzance: a history. Lydney: Black Dwarf Publications.
- ↑ "Belgian Merchant A-G" (PDF). Belgische Koopvaardij. Retrieved 1 October 2010.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 Tovey, Ron. "A Chronology of Bristol Channel Shipwrecks" (PDF). Swansea Docks. Retrieved 21 December 2014.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 "Belgian Merchant P-Z" (PDF). Belgische Koopvaardij. Retrieved 1 December 2010.
- ↑ The Futami Maru Disaster: Vessel a total wreck Bendigo Advertiser, 30 August 1900, at Trove
- ↑ The Wreck of the Futami Maru The West Australian, 6 September 1900, at Trove
- ↑ "City of Monticello - 1900". Maritime Museum of the Atlantic. Retrieved 19 January 2015.
- ↑ "CARDIGAN & DISTRICT SHIPWRECKS AND LIFEBOAT SERVICE". Glen Johnson. Retrieved 1 February 2015.
- ↑ "SS Fife (+1900)".
- ↑ Noall, C. (1969?) Cornish Shipwrecks Illustrated. Truro: Tor Mark Press; p. 32
- ↑ Knudsen, Reidar (2011), "RS 24 ”Risør” 100 år - Dystert mysterium", Båtmagasinet (in Norwegian) 5, retrieved 24 May 2014
- ↑ "The Shipwreck of the Primrose Hill in 1900 off South Stack, Holyhead.". Anglesey. Retrieved 7 October 2010.
- ↑ "1893 - 1920". St. Ives Trust. Retrieved 2008-03-16.
| Ship events in 1900 | |||||||||||
| Ship launches: | 1895 | 1896 | 1897 | 1898 | 1899 | 1900 | 1901 | 1902 | 1903 | 1904 | 1905 |
| Ship commissionings: | 1895 | 1896 | 1897 | 1898 | 1899 | 1900 | 1901 | 1902 | 1903 | 1904 | 1905 |
| Ship decommissionings: | 1895 | 1896 | 1897 | 1898 | 1899 | 1900 | 1901 | 1902 | 1903 | 1904 | 1905 |
| Shipwrecks: | 1895 | 1896 | 1897 | 1898 | 1899 | 1900 | 1901 | 1902 | 1903 | 1904 | 1905 |
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