List of shipwrecks in 1901
The list of shipwrecks in 1901 includes some ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during 1901.
January
Unknown date
- Hannah (
United Kingdom): The schooner was abandoned in the Irish Sea, She came ashore on 28 January at Mwnt, Cardiganshire and was wrecked.[1]
February
2 February
- Goonlaze ( United Kingdom): The schooner was wrecked near Peppercombe Castle, Devon with the loss of three crew.[2]
19 February
- Julien Marie (
France) : The brigantine ran aground at St. Ives, Cornwall, United Kingdom. The crew were rescued by lifeboat [3][4]
22 February
- City of Rio De Janeiro (
United States) : The Pacific Mail Steamship Company owned passenger ship struck rocks and sank at Golden Gate, San Francisco, California. Approx 135 were lost
March
7 March
- Voorspoed (
Netherlands) : The barquentine was lost on a voyage to Newfoundland at Perranporth, Cornwall, United Kingdom.[5] All aboard were lost [6]
April
- USAT Rawlins ( United States): The United States Army Transport sank at Brooklyn Army pier with deck awash from volume of water pumped from six engines, two trucks and three fireboats responding to engine room fire. Damage was estimated at $20,000 to refloat and $50,000 to repair.[7]
July
12 July
- Walter Thomas ( United Kingdom): The 2,213 grt steamship sank after a collision with Romney off Europa Point, Straits of Gibraltar on a voyage from Penarth to Derindje
August
3 August
- HMS Viper (
Royal Navy) : The Viper-class destroyer foundered on rocks at Alderney. All survived
15 August
- Islander ( United Kingdom) : The Canadian Pacific Steam Navigation Co owned twin screw steamer struck an iceberg and sank near Juneau, Alaska, united States. Forty passengers and crew were killed.
25 August
- Noranmore (
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Belgium) : The W Johnston & Co. owned cargo ship capsized and sank off Athens, Greece.[8]
September
4 September
- SMS Wacht (
Kaiserliche Marine) : The Wacht-class aviso sank after a collision off Germany. All crew survived.
19 September
- HMS Cobra ( Royal Navy) : The destroyer broke her back and sank due to design weakness near Cromer, Norfolk. Sicty-seven crew were lost.
October
19 October
- L'Esperance ( Belgium) : The F Alexander owned cargo ship was wrecked off the Skalskar Lighthouse, Finland.[8]
December
7 December
- Rodney ( United Kingdom) : The cargo ship was wrecked on the coast of Cornwall.[9]
31 December
- Hero (
Norway) : The Kjaer & Isdal, (Bergen) owned cargo ship ran aground between Baltimore, Ohio and Colón, Panama. The wreck was later refloated and sold.[8]
References
- ↑ "CARDIGAN & DISTRICT SHIPWRECKS AND LIFEBOAT SERVICE". Glen Johnson. Retrieved 1 February 2015.
- ↑ Tovey, Ron. "A Chronology of Bristol Channel Shipwrecks". Swansea Docks. Retrieved 21 December 2014.
- ↑ "1893 – 1920". St. Ives Trust. Retrieved 2008-03-16.
- ↑ Noall, C (c. 1969). Cornish Shipwrecks Illustrated. Truro: Tor Mark Press. p. 27.
- ↑ Noall, C. (1969?) Cornish Shipwrecks Illustrated. Truro: Tor Mark Press; p. 28-29
- ↑ Leonard, Alan (2008). "Profiting from Shipwrecks". Picture Postcard Annual: 14–16.
- ↑ San Francisco Call (1901). "Army Transport In Flames Is Sunk At Brooklyn Pier" 87 (11 April 1901). San Francisco Call, San Francisco. p. 1. Retrieved 8 October 2014.
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 8.2 "Belgian Merchant H-O". Belgische Koopvaardij. Retrieved 31 October 2010.
- ↑ "Rodney (1874)". Retrieved 2011-11-16.
| Ship events in 1901 | |||||||||||
| Ship launches: | 1896 | 1897 | 1898 | 1899 | 1900 | 1901 | 1902 | 1903 | 1904 | 1905 | 1906 |
| Ship commissionings: | 1896 | 1897 | 1898 | 1899 | 1900 | 1901 | 1902 | 1903 | 1904 | 1905 | 1906 |
| Ship decommissionings: | 1896 | 1897 | 1898 | 1899 | 1900 | 1901 | 1902 | 1903 | 1904 | 1905 | 1906 |
| Shipwrecks: | 1896 | 1897 | 1898 | 1899 | 1900 | 1901 | 1902 | 1903 | 1904 | 1905 | 1906 |
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