List of shipwrecks in 1907
The list of shipwrecks in 1907 includes some ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during 1907.
January
11 January
- Alice Gertrude (
United States): The wooden steamship was wrecked while attempting to enter Clallam Bay, Washington during a severe snowstorm.
18 January
19 January
- Marie Thérese (
France): The brigantine was wrecked on the Helwick Sands, in the Bristol Channel. Her eight crew survived. She was on a voyage from Arcachon, Loire-Atlantique to Swansea, Glamorgan, United Kingdom.[2] - Vaderland (
.svg.png)
Belgium): Collided with Naworth Castle (
United Kingdom) off the Goodwin Sands. Naworth Castle sank.[1]
February
5 February
- Portland ( United Kingdom): The Clyde Shipping Company owned cargo ship collided with and was run down by Welshman near Greenock. She carrying a cargo of whisky valued at £8,000[3]
11 February
- Jean Bart (
French Navy): Ran aground at Ras Nouadhibou, French West Africa.
17 February
- Dundonald ( United Kingdom): Ran aground and sank on Disappointment Island one of Auckland Islands south of New Zealand. 12 of crew drowned, 1 subsequently died. A barque, she was carrying a cargo of wheat from Australia to England.
21 February
- Berlin ( United Kingdom): Ran aground, broke apart and sank on the granite breakwater at the entrance to the New Waterway, Hook of Holland. 128 souls lost, 15 saved.
March
3 March
- Dakota ( United States): Great Northern Steamship Company, ran aground on reef in Yokohama, Japan on 3 March and began taking on water. All passengers were evacuated using the lifeboats. Ship later scrapped on site.
4 March
- Congo ( United Kingdom): The Elder Dempster 1,687 grt cargo/passenger ship was sunk after colliding with an unknown vessel near Borkum, Netherlands.[4]
12 March
- Iéna ( French Navy): Onboard explosion caused by nitrocellulose self-igniting. 118 killed.
- Suffren ( French Navy): Almost capsized by explosion on Iéna.
17 March
.jpg)
Bow section of Suevic
- Suevic ( United Kingdom): White Star Line vessel ran aground on Lizard Point, Cornwall, England on 17 March 1907. Ship was blown in half by salvagers using dynamite. The stern section was taken to Southampton to be assembled to a new bow. The old bow was dispensed to the sea. Four lifeboats saved 456 persons from the wreck (the largest number ever saved by the RNLI from a single vessel).[5]
18 March
- Jebba ( United Kingdom): Ran aground at Bolt Tail and wrecked.[6]
April
date unknown
- Hereford (
Norway): Wrecked at Hatteras Island, North Carolina.
May
13 May
- General Grant ( United States): Ran aground and sank in Auckland Islands south of New Zealand, with 68 (55 passengers and 13 crew) drowned. There have been several attempts to salvage the gold she was carrying.
15 May
20 May
June
10 June
- Bougainville ( France): The schooner sprang a leak and was abandoned in the Bristol Channel 4 nautical miles (7.4 km) off Oxwich Point, Glamorgan, United Kingdom. She subsequently foundered.[2]
July
4 July
16 July
19 July
.jpg)
Fido aground off Tweed Heads, NSW
- Fido ( Norway) The 1,433 GRT cargo and passenger ship was wrecked on a reef off Cook's Island, near Tweed Heads on the border between New South Wales Queensland.[10]
21 July
Columbia sinking after colliding with San Pedro
- Columbia ( United States); San Francisco and Portland Steamship Company, collided with the steam schooner San Pedro ( United States) in dense fog off Shelter Cove, California. Columbia subsequently sank, killing 88 people. Although badly damaged and flooded, San Pedro remained afloat. The survivors of the Columbia were rescued by the San Pedro and transferred to the coastal liner George W. Elder ( United States) and the steamship Roanoke ( United States).[11]
30 July
- Brothers ( United Kingdom): The ketch foundered off Cardigan. Her three crew were rescued by Elizabeth Austin (
Royal National Lifeboat Institution).[12]
October
10 October
- Volund ( Norway): The ship ran aground at Cape Blomidon, Nova Scotia, Dominion of Canada. She was on a voyage from Windsor, Nova Scotia to New York, United States.[13]
11 October
- Cyprus ( United States): Sank in Lake Superior. Twenty two crew drowned.
17 October
- Ina Mactavish ( United Kingdom): Ran aground at Amble, Northumberland. Two people drowned.
- Schooner Susan Elizabeth ( United Kingdom): Wrecked on Porthminster Beach, St Ives, Cornwall. Crew rescued by lifeboat.[14] Remains dynamited two years later.[15]
November
1 November
- Baltic ( United Kingdom): The Thames barge ran onto St Clement's Isle, Mousehole en route to Newlyn with cement for the harbour works. Her crew were saved by Mousehole fishermen who were unimpressed with the non–appearance of the lifeboat stuck in the mud at Penzance. The Baltic ended her days as a hulk in an Essex creek.[16]
22 November
- Jane ( United Kingdom): The ketch was wrecked in Pwll Du Bay. Her two crew survived.[2]
December
2 December
Mount Temple.
- Mount Temple ( United Kingdom): The cargo liner ran aground on West Ironbound Island, Nova Scotia, Canada. All on board survived. She was refloated in 1908, repaired and returned to service.
14 December
- Thomas W. Lawson ( United States): Ran aground on Hellweather's Reef, Scilly Isles. Sixteen crew killed.
21 December
- Cap Lopez ( Belgium): The cargo shipRan aground on the Goodwin Sands, in the English Channel. Her crew were rescued.
Unknown date
- Coronel ( Norway): Ran aground at Foreness Point, Broadstairs, Kent, United Kingdom. Later refloated and returned to service.[17]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 "Belgian Merchant P-Z". Belgische Koopvaardij. Retrieved 1 December 2010.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Tovey, Ron. "A Chronology of Bristol Channel Shipwrecks". Swansea Docks. Retrieved 22 December 2014.
- ↑ "Portland ? [+1907]". www.wrecksite.eu. Retrieved 8 October 2013.
- ↑ "SS Congo (II) (+1907)". Retrieved 4 September 2013.
- ↑ Noall, C (c. 1969). Cornish Shipwrecks Illustrated. Truro: Tor Mark Press. p. 10.
- ↑ "Belgian Merchant A-G". Belgische Koopvaardij. Retrieved 30 September 2010.
- ↑ "Belgian Merchant H-O". Belgische Koopvaardij. Retrieved 31 October 2010.
- ↑ "Shipwrecks at St Bees". St Bees Publications. Retrieved 27 April 2008.
- ↑ "Toro (5617002)". Miramar Ship Index. Retrieved 18 August 2014. (subscription required (help)).
- ↑ Tweed Heads Shipwrecks. Sydney: Government of New South Wales, Heritage Branch. 2000. p. 2. ISBN 1-876415-42-8. Retrieved 15 September 2014.
- ↑ Belyk, Robert C (2001). Great Shipwrecks of the Pacific Coast. New York: Wiley. ISBN 0-471-38420-8.
- ↑ "CARDIGAN & DISTRICT SHIPWRECKS AND LIFEBOAT SERVICE". Glen Johnson. Retrieved 1 February 2015.
- ↑ "Volund - 1907". Maritime Museum of the Atlantic. Retrieved 19 January 2015.
- ↑ "1893–1920". St. Ives Trust. Retrieved 16 March 2008.
- ↑ Leonard, Alan (2008). "Profiting from Shipwrecks". Picture Postcard Annual: 14–16.
- ↑ Carter, C (1998). The Port of Penzance. A History. Lydney: Black Dwarf Publications.
- ↑ Lane, Anthony (2009). Shipwrecks of Kent. Stroud: The History Press. p. 18. ISBN 978-0-7524-1720-2.
| Ship events in 1907 | |||||||||||
| Ship launches: | 1902 | 1903 | 1904 | 1905 | 1906 | 1907 | 1908 | 1909 | 1910 | 1911 | 1912 |
| Ship commissionings: | 1902 | 1903 | 1904 | 1905 | 1906 | 1907 | 1908 | 1909 | 1910 | 1911 | 1912 |
| Ship decommissionings: | 1902 | 1903 | 1904 | 1905 | 1906 | 1907 | 1908 | 1909 | 1910 | 1911 | 1912 |
| Shipwrecks: | 1902 | 1903 | 1904 | 1905 | 1906 | 1907 | 1908 | 1909 | 1910 | 1911 | 1912 |
- This list is incomplete; you can help by expanding it.