List of shipwrecks in 1905
The list of shipwrecks in 1905 includes some ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during 1905.
January
2 January
- Sevastopol (
Imperial Russian Navy): Russo-Japanese War: The Petropavlovsk-class battleship was scuttled off Port Arthur, Manchuria, China.
3 January
- Haudaudine (
France): Ran aground and sank off New Caledonia with no loss of life.
15 January
- Lodalen (
Norway): The lake steamer was thrown some 350 m (1,150 ft) ashore by a flood wave created by a large rockfall into the lake Loenvatnet. The wreck of Lodalen was thrown a further 150 m (490 ft) inland by another flood wave in 1936.[1]
18 January
- Optima (
Germany): Ran aground on Haisborough Sands, off the coast of Norfolk, United Kingdom. A total loss.
31 January
- Skidby (
United Kingdom): The ship ran aground on Sable Island, Nova Scotia, Canada. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from South Shields, County Durham to Baltimore, Maryland, United States.[2]
February
5 February
- Ice Boat No. 3 (
United States): Struck a submerged shipwreck and sank in National Harbor of Refuge, Delaware, US.
17 February
Orizaba in 1910.
- RMS Orizaba ( United Kingdom): Went aground on Five Fathom Bank off Fremantle, Western Australia.
March
14 March
- Khyber ( United Kingdom): The 1,967 ton barque was wrecked under the cliff at Tol-Pedn-Penwith, Cornwall. Neither the Penzance or Sennen Lifeboats could reach the ship and twenty-three crew lost their lives.[3]
25 March
- Parisian ( United Kingdom): The ship collided with Albano (flag unknown) whilst on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. She reached Halifax, where she sank from damage sustained in the collision.[4]
April
12 April
- Bristol Packet ( United Kingdom): The ketch was driven ashore and wrecked at Oxwich, Glamorgan.[5]
- Indefatiguable ( United Kingdom): The tug struck rocks in the Bristol Channel She was abandoned two days later.[5]
May
- Benguela ( United Kingdom): The Elder Dempster 1,796 grt cargo ship was wrecked in May 1905 at Nana Kroo, Sierra Leone. She was on a voyage to Hamburg with palm kernels and oil.[6]
4 May
- Hesper ( United States): Sank in Silver Bay, Lake Superior.[7]
27 May
- Knyaz Suvorov ( Imperial Russian Navy): Russo-Japanese War: Sunk in the Battle of Tsushima.
- Imperator Aleksandr III ( Imperial Russian Navy): Russo-Japanese War: Sunk in the Battle of Tsushima.
- Borodino ( Imperial Russian Navy): Russo-Japanese War: Sunk in the Battle of Tsushima.
- Oslyabya ( Imperial Russian Navy): Russo-Japanese War: Sunk in the Battle of Tsushima.
- Navarin ( Imperial Russian Navy): Russo-Japanese War: Sunk in the Battle of Tsushima.
- Ural ( Imperial Russian Navy): Russo-Japanese War: Sunk in the Battle of Tsushima.
28 May
- Admiral Nakhimov ( Imperial Russian Navy): Russo-Japanese War: Sunk in the Battle of Tsushima.
- Admiral Ushakov ( Imperial Russian Navy): Russo-Japanese War: Sunk in the Battle of Tsushima.
- Sissoi Veliky ( Imperial Russian Navy): Russo-Japanese War: Scuttled after the Battle of Tsushima.
- Vladimir Monomakh ( Imperial Russian Navy): Russo-Japanese War: Scuttled after the Battle of Tsushima.
- Dmitrii Donskoi ( Imperial Russian Navy): Russo-Japanese War: Scuttled after the Battle of Tsushima.
29 May
- Izumrud ( Imperial Russian Navy): Ran aground near Vladivostok.
June
15 June
- Hydrangea ( United Kingdom): The Milford Haven steam trawler was heading for the fishing grounds off the Isles of Scilly but was off course and hit the Seven Stones Reef. Her crew reached the Sevenstones Lightship.[8]
25 June
- Cousins Arbib (
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Belgium): Collided with IJmuiden (
Netherlands) 20 nautical miles (37 km) off Flamborough Head, England. Later raised, repaired and sold, re-entering service in 1909.[9]
July
5 July
- Farfadet (
French Navy): Sank at Sidi Abdullah, Tunisia with the loss of four lives. - Newlyn lugger Diana ( United Kingdom): Steamed into the Hamburgans Rocks off Penzance promenade, Cornwall when the watchman fell asleep after a nights fishing. Floated on the late afternoon tide.[10]
21 July
- USS Bennington ( United States Navy): Suffered a boiler explosion and was holed, beached at San Diego. Later repaired and returned to service.
August
4 August
Noisiel
- The 400 ton steel barque Noisiel ( France): Was blown ashore in a violent storm at Praa Sands, Cornwall, United Kingdom. She was en route from Cherbourg to Savona with a 600-ton cargo of armour plate from gun turrets of obsolete battleships.[11][12]
Unknown date
- Albatross ( United Kingdom): The small ketch sank in the Solent when her cargo of oil barrels exploded.[10]
September
2 September
- Pretoria ( United States): The wooden schooner sank in a storm on Lake Superior near the Apostle Islands.[13]
- Sevona ( United States): The steamboat sank in a storm on Lake Superior near Sand Island (Wisconsin).
26 September
- Cantabria (
Philippines): Sank at the north end of Ticao Island, Philippines in a typhoon. Total loss of ship and all sixty-nine on board drowned.[14]
Unknown date
- Loch Vennachar ( United Kingdom): Sank at West Bay, Kangaroo Island, Australia some time between 6 and 29 September.
October
5 October
- Noquebay ( United States): The wooden schooner caught fire and sank in Lake Superior off the coast of Stockton Island, in Chequamegon Bay, Wisconsin.
31 October
November
2 November
- Appomattox ( United States): The wooden steamship ran aground in smoke and fog near Milwaukee, Lake Michigan. Abandoned as a constructive total loss.[16]
5 November
- Blackadder ( Norway): The clipper ship foundered off Bahia, Brazil.[17]
18 November
Hilda
- Hilda ( United Kingdom): Ran aground on La Pierre des Portes reef, Saint-Malo, France with the loss of 125 lives.
28 November
- Madeira ( United States): Sank in Lake Superior.
December
11 December
- LV-58 (
United States Lighthouse Service): Sank off Nantucket.[18]
References
- ↑ Starheim, Ottar (2009). "Lodalsulukkene 1905 og 1936". In Bjerkaas, Hans-Tore. Sogn og Fjordane Fylkesleksikon (in Norwegian). NRK.
- ↑ "Skidby - 1905". Maritime Museum of the Atlantic. Retrieved 19 January 2015.
- ↑ Corin, J; Farr, G (1983). Penlee Lifeboat. Penzance: Penlee & Penzance Branch of the Royal National Lifeboat Institution. p. 120. ISBN 0-9508611-0-3.
- ↑ "Parisian - 1905". Maritime Museum of the Atlantic. Retrieved 19 January 2015.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 Tovey, Ron. "A Chronology of Bristol Channel Shipwrecks". Swansea Docks. Retrieved 22 December 2014.
- ↑ "Benguela". wrecksite.eu. Retrieved 2 September 2013.
- ↑ "Hesper". Minnesota Historical Society. Retrieved 13 December 2009.
- ↑ Larn, Richard (1992). The Shipwrecks of the Isles of Scilly. Nairn: Thomas & Lochar. ISBN 0-946537-84-4.
- ↑ "Belgian Merchant H-O". Belgische Koopvaardij. Retrieved 31 October 2010.
- ↑ 10.0 10.1 Carter, C (1998). The Port of Penzance. A History. Lydney: Black Dwarf Publications.
- ↑ Noall, C. (1969?) Cornish Shipwrecks Illustrated. Truro: Tor Mark Press; p. 16
- ↑ Larn, R. and Larn, B. (1991) Shipwrecks around Mounts Bay. Penryn: Tor Mark Press.
- ↑ "Final Voyage". Wisconsin Shipwrecks. Retrieved 13 December 2009.
- ↑ Shipwrecks of the Philippines, Tom Bennett, 2012
- ↑ "Belgian Merchant P-Z". Belgische Koopvaardij. Retrieved 1 December 2010.
- ↑ "Final Voyage". Wisconsin Shipwrecks. Retrieved 13 December 2009.
- ↑ "Blackadder (1063573)". Miramar Ship Index. Retrieved 24 November 2013. (subscription required (help)).
- ↑ http://www.uscg.mil/history/cutters/WLV/LV58.asp
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