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List of shipwrecks in 1909

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List of shipwrecks in 1909 includes sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during 1909.

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1909
Jan Feb Mar Apr
May Jun Jul Aug
Sep Oct Nov Dec
Unknown date

January[]

12 January[]

List of shipwrecks: 12 January 1909
Ship Country Description
Sibyl Marston Flag of the United States United States
Sibmar

The wreck of Sibyl Marston in 2010.

The wooden schooner was wrecked during a storm near Surf Beach, California, with the loss of two lives.

23 January[]

List of shipwrecks: 23 January 1909
Ship Country Description
RMS Republic Civil Ensign of the United Kingdom United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
RMS Republic sinking

RMS Republic sinking.

The ocean liner collided in fog with the ocean liner Florida (Flag of Italy (1861-1946) Kingdom of Italy) off Nantucket, Massachusetts, killing six people (three passengers and three crew). Republic sank on 24 January. Over 1,500 rescued.

26 January[]

List of shipwrecks: 26 January 1909
Ship Country Description
SS Mjølner Flag of Norway Norway The cargo ship was on a voyage from N. Shields to Napoli with a cargo of coal and coke, when she was wrecked, off Burhou, Alderney Channel Islands.[1]

Unknown date[]

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1909
Ship Country Description
Pendeen Civil Ensign of the United Kingdom United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland The fishing vessel was lost in a gale. A search by the St Ives Lifeboat found no wreckage.[2]

February[]

4 February[]

List of shipwrecks: 4 February 1909
Ship Country Description
Lobito Flag of Portugal Portugal The passenger-cargo ship sank at Ilha do Maio in the Cape Verde Islands while on passage from São Vicente for Cape Verde.

12 February[]

List of shipwrecks: 12 February 1909
Ship Country Description
Penguin Civil Ensign of New Zealand New Zealand The inter-island steam ferry struck Toms Rock in the Cook Strait and sank off New Zealand′s Cape Terawhiti near the entrance to Wellington Harbour with the loss of 85 passengers and crew. Thirty survivors.
Australia Flag of Belgium (civil) Belgium The steamer collided with a sailing ship and sank in the Mediterranean Sea off Alborán Island.[3]

21 February[]

List of shipwrecks: 21 February 1909
Ship Country Description
Renown Civil Ensign of the United Kingdom United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland The East coast drifter went aground at Penzance railway station, Cornwall, UK after missing the harbour mouth in a fresh breeze and rough seas. The lifeboat Cape of Good Hope (Flag of the Royal National Lifeboat Institution Royal National Lifeboat Institution) passed a wire rope from the drifter to the Albert pier where hundreds of people hauled the ship off, and she was escorted into harbour.[4] 3 February according to Carter.[5]

March[]

29 March[]

List of shipwrecks: 29 March 1909
Ship Country Description
Ilorin Civil Ensign of the United Kingdom United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland . The 946 GRT Elder Dempster cargo ship ran aground and sank on the bar at Forçados River, Nigeria while attempting to assist the Andoni.[6]

April[]

8 April[]

List of shipwrecks: 8 April 1909
Ship Country Description
Mahratta Civil Ensign of the United Kingdom United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
S S Mahratta Showing Break 1

Mahratta broken in half.

The passenger-cargo ship was wrecked on Goodwin Sands in the English Channel off Kent, England, and broke in half two days later. One crew member committed suicide.
Dagenham Civil Ensign of the United Kingdom United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland A British cargo steamer of 1,466 grt built in 1907 by John Crown & Son for Furness, Withy & Co. On the 18th April 1909, when north-west Grunes, Cobo Bay, Guernsey Channel islands, she ran aground and was wrecked while on a voyage from the Tyne to Saint-Malo with a cargo of coal.[7][8]

20 April[]

List of shipwrecks: 20 April 1909
Ship Country Description
Eber Ward Flag of the United States United States The steam cargo ship struck ice and sank in the Straits of Mackinac west of Mackinaw City, Michigan, with the loss of five of her 14 crew members.

26 April[]

List of shipwrecks: 26 April 1909
Ship Country Description
Foca Flag of Italy (1861-1946) crowned Italian Royal Navy The submarine was scuttled in the harbor at Naples, Italy, to extinguish a fuel fire that resulted from an internal gasoline explosion. She was refloated, repaired, and returned to service.[9]

May[]

13 May[]

List of shipwrecks: 13 May 1909
Ship Country Description
Palomares Flag of Belgium (civil) Belgium Abandoned in the Gulf of Finland. Later salvaged, repaired and sold.[10]

29 May[]

List of shipwrecks: 13 May 1909
Ship Country Description
Narara Civil Ensign of Australia Australia The cargo steamer sprang a leak and sank in the Narrabeen Bight off Sydney, Australia, with no loss of life.

Unknown date[]

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1909
Ship Country Description
Loango flag unknown The schooner was wrecked near St Ives, Cornwall, United Kingdom[11] Four crew rescued[2]

June[]

11 June[]

List of shipwrecks: 11 June 1909
Ship Country Description
RMS Slavonia Civil Ensign of the United Kingdom United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland The passenger ship ran aground at Punda dos Fenais, Flores, Azores, Portugal and was wrecked. All passengers were rescued by Prinzess Irene and Batavia (both Flag of the German Empire German Empire).

20 June[]

List of shipwrecks: 20 June 1909
Ship Country Description
Louise Flag of Belgium (civil) Belgium foundered 28 nautical miles (52 km) off Ventimiglia, Italy.[12]

25 June[]

List of shipwrecks: 25 June 1909
Ship Country Description
Lord Londonderry Civil Ensign of the United Kingdom United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland The cargo ship, which had caught fire the day before, was abandoned 30 nautical miles (56 km) off Sines, Portugal. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Huelva, Spain to Savannah, Georgia, United States.[13]

July[]

12 July[]

List of shipwrecks: 12 July 1909
Ship Country Description
John B. Cowle US flag 45 stars United States The 420 feet (130 m), 4,731 GRT Cowle was laden with 7,023 tons of iron ore loaded at Two Harbors, Minnesota and bound for Cleveland, Ohio, when she was rammed in dense fog by Isaac M. Scott. The Cowle sank in three minutes, taking 14 of her 24-man crew with her.

15 July[]

List of shipwrecks: 15 July 1909
Ship Country Description
HMS C11 Naval Ensign of the United Kingdom Royal Navy The C-class submarine sank in collision with Eddystone (Civil Ensign of the United Kingdom United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland) in the North Sea off Cromer, Norfolk, England. Three survivors

27 July[]

List of shipwrecks: 27 July 1909
Ship Country Description
Waratah Civil Ensign of the United Kingdom United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland . The Blue Anchor Line ocean liner was due to reach Cape Town on 29 July. No trace was ever found and over 750 passengers and crew lost. Last sighted by Guelph (Civil Ensign of the United Kingdom United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland) on 27 July.

August[]

5 August[]

List of shipwrecks: 5 August 1909
Ship Country Description
Lucania Civil Ensign of the United Kingdom United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland The ocean liner caught fire at Huskisson Dock at Liverpool, England. She sank at her moorings and later was sold for scrap.
Maori Civil Ensign of the United Kingdom United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Maori-sinking

SS Maori

The steamer was wrecked near on the Cape Peninsula neat Llandudno, Cape Town, South Africa, with 32 crew killed.

11 August[]

List of shipwrecks: 11 August 1909
Ship Country Description
USS Nezinscot US flag 45 stars United States Navy The tug capsized and sank in the Atlantic Ocean off Cape Ann, Massachusetts.[14]

20 August[]

List of shipwrecks: 20 August 1909
Ship Country Description
Adolphe Civil Ensign of the United Kingdom United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland The ketch was wrecked in the Teifi Estuary.[15]

September[]

5 September[]

List of shipwrecks: 5 September 1909
Ship Country Description
Eduard Bohlen Flag of the German Empire German Empire
Eduard Bohlen anagoria

The wreck of Eduard Bohlen.

The cargo ship ran aground on German South-West Africa's Skeleton Coast in a heavy fog.

12 September[]

List of shipwrecks: 12 September 1909
Ship Country Description
Sarah Ann Civil Ensign of the United Kingdom United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland The ship was wrecked at Porthgain, Pembrokeshire.[15]

15 September[]

List of shipwrecks: 15 September 1909
Ship Country Description
Francesco Morosini Flag of Italy (1861-1946) crowned Regia Marina The decommissioned Ruggiero di Lauria-class ironclad battleship was sunk as a torpedo target at La Spezia, Italy.

Unknown date[]

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date September 1909
Ship Country Description
USS Katahdin Flag of the United States United States Navy The decommissioned harbor defense ram was sunk as a gunnery target at Rappahannock Spit, Virginia.

October[]

15 October[]

List of shipwrecks: 15 October 1909
Ship Country Description
Quatrino US flag 45 stars United States The barge was wrecked between Green Island and Grey Island.[16]

23 October[]

List of shipwrecks: 23 October 1909
Ship Country Description
Anne Marie Flag of France France Barge based Erquy (region of Brittany, France). Carrying cobblestone from its home port to Saint Malo (same area), was wrecked on the Minquiers Channel Islands tray.[17]

November[]

5 November[]

List of shipwrecks: 5 November 1909
Ship Country Description
Alligator Flag of the United States United States The paddle steamer burned and sank on Lake Crescent in Florida without loss of life.

24 November[]

List of shipwrecks: 24 November 1909
Ship Country Description
Alf Flag of Norway Norway The barque ran aground on Haisborough Sands and was wrecked. Crew of 16 rescued by the Cromer lifeboat Louisa Heartwell (Flag of the Royal National Lifeboat Institution Royal National Lifeboat Institution).

27 November[]

List of shipwrecks: 27 November 1909
Ship Country Description
Lancelot Civil Ensign of the United Kingdom United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland The spritsail barge was driven ashore in West Bay, Dorset.[18]

29 November[]

List of shipwrecks: 29 November 1909
Ship Country Description
Levernbank Civil Ensign of the United Kingdom United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland The barque was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean 300 nautical miles (560 km) west of the Isles of Scilly. She was on a voyage from Bilbao, Spain to Cardiff, Glamorgan.[19]
Ottawa US flag 45 stars United States The tug caught fire, burned to the waterline, and sank in Lake Superior off Russell, Wisconsin, after rescuing another vessel.

December[]

2 December[]

List of shipwrecks: 2 December 1909
Ship Country Description
Whitewood Civil Ensign of the United Kingdom United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland The Screw Collier left Hull 2 Dec 1909 bound for Bremen. Not heard of after this date.[citation needed]

3 December[]

List of shipwrecks: 3 December 1909
Ship Country Description
Ellan Vannin United Kingdom Isle of Man The paddle steamer sank in Liverpool Bay in a Force 11 gale. All 36 passengers and crew killed.

8 December[]

List of shipwrecks: 8 December 1909
Ship Country Description
Marquette & Bessemer No. 2 Flag of the United States United States The train ferry sank in Lake Erie in a storm with the loss of all hands, variously reported as between 30 and 38 lives.

13 December[]

List of shipwrecks: 13 December 1909
Ship Country Description
Governor Ames Flag of the United States United States The 5-masted schooner was wrecked in a gale 4 nautical miles (7.4 km) off Cape Hatteras on the North Carolina coast. Thirteen of the fourteen aboard perished, including the master, Captain King, and his wife. The sole survivor was Joseph Speering of New York.

26 December[]

List of shipwrecks: 26 December 1909
Ship Country Description
Ada K. Damon Flag of the United States United States
Ada K Damon

The wreck of Ada K. Damon in 2005.

The schooner was wrecked on Crane Beach in Ipswich, Massachusetts, after her anchor chain broke during a snowstorm, setting her adrift.[20][21] Her five crew members survived.[22]

Unknown date[]

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1909
Ship Country Description
America Flag of the United States United States The passenger and package delivery steamer ran aground in the Great Lakes. She was refloated, repaired, and returned to service.
Congress Civil Ensign of the United Kingdom United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland The steamer was swamped by a wave off St. Ives, Cornwall. Three people swept overboard were rescued.[2]

References[]

  1. ↑ "SS Mjølner (+1909)". wrecksite.eu. http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?175588. Retrieved 26 August 2015. 
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 "1893–1920". St. Ives Trust. http://www.stivestrust.co.uk/html/1893_-_1920.HTM. Retrieved 16 March 2008. 
  3. ↑ "Belgian Merchant A-G". Belgische Koopvaardij. http://www.belgischekoopvaardij.net/belgian%20merchant%20A-G%2023.5.04.pdf. Retrieved 1 October 2010. 
  4. ↑ Larn, R; Larn, B (1991). Shipwrecks around Mounts Bay. Penryn: Tor Mark Press. [page needed]
  5. ↑ Carter, C (1998). The Port of Penzance. Lydney: Black Dwarf Publications. ISBN 0-9533028-0-6. [page needed]
  6. ↑ Lettens, Jan; Allen, Tony (30 December 2010). "SS Andoni (+1917)". http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?144713. 
  7. ↑ [title=SS Dagenham [+1909 "Error: no |title= specified when using {{Cite web}}"]. wrecksite.eu. title=SS Dagenham [+1909. 
  8. ↑ "Wreck Report for 'Dagenham', 1909". http://www.plimsoll.org/resources/SCCLibraries/WreckReports2002/19569.asp?view=text. 
  9. ↑ Gray, Randal, ed., Conway′s All the World′s Fighting Ships 1906-1921, Annapolis, Maryland: Naval Institute Press, 1985, ISBN 0-87021-907-3, p. 276.
  10. ↑ "Belgian Merchant P-Z". Belgische Koopvaardij. http://www.belgischekoopvaardij.net/belgian%20Merchant%20%20P-Z.pdf. Retrieved 1 December 2010. [dead link]
  11. ↑ Noall, C (c. 1969). Cornish Shipwrecks Illustrated. Truro: Tor Mark Press. p. 27. 
  12. ↑ "Belgian Merchant H-O". Belgische Koopvaardij. http://www.belgischekoopvaardij.net/belgian%20merchant%20H-O%2024.5.04.pdf. Retrieved 31 October 2010. [dead link]
  13. ↑ "Lord Londonderry". The Yard. http://www.theyard.info/ships/ships.asp?entryid=213. Retrieved 19 February 2017. 
  14. ↑ "Nezinscot". Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. Navy Department, Naval History & Heritage Command. http://www.hazegray.org/danfs/yard/nezinscot.htm. Retrieved 4 May 2012. 
  15. ↑ 15.0 15.1 "CARDIGAN & DISTRICT SHIPWRECKS AND LIFEBOAT SERVICE". Glen Johnson. http://www.glen-johnson.co.uk/cardigan-district-shipwrecks-and-lifeboat-service/. Retrieved 1 February 2015. 
  16. ↑ "British Merchant". The Yard. http://www.theyard.info/ships/ships.asp?entryid=137. Retrieved 18 February 2017. 
  17. ↑ "Anne Marie (+1909)". wrecksite.eu. http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?207010. Retrieved 27 Aug 2015. 
  18. ↑ "Historical List of Shipwrecks at Chesil Beach & from Bridport to Lyme Regis". Burton Bradstock Online. http://www.burtonbradstock.org.uk/History/Wrecks%20off%20Burton%20Bradstock/Historical%20list%20of%20wrecks.htm. Retrieved 27 December 2014. 
  19. ↑ "LEVERNBANK". Clydesite. http://www.clydesite.co.uk/clydebuilt/abandoned-ships/LEVERNBANK_328.html. Retrieved 1 July 2016. 
  20. ↑ Congressional Serial Set. United States Government Printing Office. 1910. p. 404. https://books.google.com/books?id=xCJUAAAAIAAJ&pg=PA404&dq=%22Ada+K.+Damon%22+shipwreck&hl=en&sa=X&ei=k5s_UdbQJ4_Y9ATD44GgCA&ved=0CEoQ6AEwBQ#v=onepage&q=%22Ada%20K.%20Damon%22%20shipwreck&f=false. 
  21. ↑ "Christmas on The Atlantic". 5 January 1910. p. 3. https://books.google.com/books?id=SdEsAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA28-IA215&dq=%22Ada+K.+Damon%22+shipwreck&hl=en&sa=X&ei=k5s_UdbQJ4_Y9ATD44GgCA&ved=0CEMQ6AEwBA#v=onepage&q=%22Ada%20K.%20Damon%22%20shipwreck&f=false. Retrieved 8 January 2014. 
  22. ↑ "STORM VICTIMS ADDED TO LIST ANOTHER WRECK REPORTED OFF BOSTON SHOALS". 29 December 1909. http://cdnc.ucr.edu/cgi-bin/cdnc?a=d&d=LAH19091229.2.17#. Retrieved 9 January 2014. 
Ship events in 1909
Ship launches: 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914
Ship commissionings: 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914
Ship decommissionings: 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914
Shipwrecks: 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914
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