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DeutschList of shipwrecks in 1904
The list of shipwrecks in 1904 includes ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during 1904.
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January
[edit]4 January
[edit]| Ship | State | Description |
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| Vernia |  United States | While the 6-gross register ton 28-foot (8.5 m) sloop, carrying a cargo of 4,000 pounds (1,800 kg) of fish and fishing gear and a crew of two, was transiting Lynn Canal in the District of Alaska in darkness during a voyage from Juneau to Hunter Bay, a squall struck which blew her onto a rock. The rock holed her, and she flooded, sank, and was battered to pieces on rocks. Her crew survived.[1] |
5 January
[edit]| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Connasauga | United States | The packet struck a snag and sank in the Coosa River near Gadsden, Alabama. Raised and repaired.[2] |
7 January
[edit]| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Fauvette |  France | The schooner sank just north of the Chausey Islands in the Channel Islands.[3] |
9 January
[edit]| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Clallam |  Canada | The steamer sprung a leak in a storm, plus had a broken porthole, causing her to fill, capsize and sink between Port Townsend, Washington and Victoria, British Columbia. 40 passengers and 10 crewmen were killed. 22 crewmen and 9 passengers were rescued by Sea Lion (flag unknown).[4][5][6] |
| John H. Starin | United States | The steamer struck a submerged wreck two miles (3.2 km) south east of Bridgeport Light. She was brought into Bridgeport, Connecticut and beached.[4] |
16 January
[edit]| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| John L. Brady | United States | The packet struck a snag and sank in the Coosa River near Gadsden, Alabama. Raised and repaired.[4] |
18 January
[edit]| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Yvonne | United States | The schooner was sunk in a collision with Vaquero ( United States) in the Red Fish Channel. Total loss. The crew were rescued by boats from Vaquero.[7] |
19 January
[edit]| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Avenger |  Norway | The full-rigged sailing ship was wrecked in the Chandeleur Islands. Refloated in 1917 and rebuilt as a bark and put in service as John H. Kirby ( United States).[8] |
22 January
[edit]| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Alcedo | United States | The steamer was sunk by ice near New Geneva, Pennsylvania.[9][10] |
| Barge No. 3 | United States | The barge sank in a collision with Barge No. 1 while anchored in Bayou St. John, Louisiana, during a storm. One crewman from each barge was killed.[11] |
| Hornet No. 2 | United States | The steamer sunk by ice at Paden City, West Virginia.[12] |
| T. M. Bayne | United States | The steamer sunk by ice at Paden City, West Virginia or Steubenville, Ohio.[12][13][14] |
23 January
[edit]| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Lizzie Townsend | United States | The steamer burned to the waterline at Wheeling, West Virginia.[4] |
| May | United States | The steamer was crushed by ice in the Schuylkill River at the Walnut Street Wharf, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.[4] |
24 January
[edit]| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Cascade | United States | The tug was sunk by ice one-half mile (0.80 km) off Lorain, Ohio.[4] |
| Elizabeth | United States | The laid up steamer was set on fire in the Allegheny River above the Sixth Street Bridge at Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, when Olivette ( United States), that she was tied up along side, caught fire. She was cut loose drifting down to the wooden Union Bridge setting it on fire also. She was then beached by a tug and burned out.[9][15] |
| John K. | United States | The steamer was destroyed by fire at Indian Village in Bayou Plaquemine.[11] |
| Olivette | United States | The laid up steamer was destroyed by fire in the Allegheny River above the Sixth Street Bridge at Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, setting Elizabeth ( United States), tied up along side, on fire also.[9][16] |
25 January
[edit]| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Alice | United States | The packet struck a snag and sank in the Pascagoula River. Raised and repaired.[2] |
| B. F. Bennett | United States | The ferry was sunk by ice at the mouth of the Cioto River. Total loss.[12] |
| Unknown canal boat | United States | A canal boat was sunk in a collision between Stella Moren and Clyde (both United States), probably under tow by one of them, above Lock No. 4 in the Monongahela River.[9] |
26 January
[edit]| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Adelle | United States | The steamer was sunk at dock by ice at Coal Haven, Kentucky. Total loss. Her master and two crewmen killed.[4] |
| Unidentified barges | United States | Eight barges, under tow of E. Luckenbach ( United States), foundered in a heavy storm 0.5 nautical miles (0.9 km; 0.6 mi) west of the Penfield Reef Light.[17] |
28 January
[edit]| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Maryland | United States | The barge was wrecked after losing her towline to John L. Brady ( United States) in a gale in the Galveston, Texas, area.[4] |
| Sunbeam |  United Kingdom |  |
29 January
[edit]| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Columbia | United States | The laid-up steamer sank at dock at Cramp's Wharf in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. She probably got caught under the pier on a rising tide, filled up, and sank.[21] |
| Geo. M. Winslow | United States | During a snowstorm, the 112-foot (34 m), 197-gross register ton tow steamer was wrecked on the southwest end of Sow and Pigs Reef off Cuttyhunk Island, Massachusetts. She broke up and sank in up to 50 feet (15 m) of water at 41°23.903′N 070°58.592′W / 41.398383°N 70.976533°W and was declared a total loss.[22][23] |
30 January
[edit]| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Bellevue | United States | The steamer was sunk by ice at Louisville, Kentucky. Later raised.[4] |
February
[edit]1 February
[edit]| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Twilight | United States | The tow steamer was driven on to rocks in Little Hell Gate in the East River by a squall and sank.[4] |
2 February
[edit]| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Atlas | United States | The steamer was holed and sunk by ice at dock in Thompsons Point, New Jersey.[21] |
| Wasp | United States | The barge, under tow of Minnie ( United States), sprang a leak and sank off Winter Quarter in a gale with heavy seas.[21] |
3 February
[edit]| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Ethel | United States | The steamer struck a snag in the Savannah River near Augusta, Georgia, and sank.[4] |
| Puritan | United States | The barge sprang a leak and sank 6 nautical miles (11 km; 6.9 mi) south of Cape Henlopen, Delaware, in a gale with heavy seas.[4] |
6 February
[edit]| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Pere Marquette 19 | United States | The car ferry ran aground on Fox Point, Wisconsin, or one mile (1.6 km) north of it, in Lake Michigan in dense fog and heavy ice. Refloated on 19 February, almost declared a total loss.[24][25] |
| Robert V. Rider | United States | The 10-gross register ton sloop burned at Jones Bay, North Carolina. All three people on board survived.[26] |
8 February
[edit]| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Eilene | United States | The laid-up steamer was sunk at dock by ice in the Licking River at Newport, Kentucky. Raised and repaired.[4] |
| Tremont | United States | The steamer burned to the waterline and sank at Pier 35 in the East River, a total loss. Wreckage was removed by a wrecking company. One crewman killed.[4][27][28] |
9 February
[edit]| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Dora Retzlaff |  Germany | The cargo ship, owned by Reederei Emil R. Retzlaff., foundered 66 nautical miles (122 km) north east of Cape Vilano.[29] |
| Korietz |  Imperial Russian Navy |  |
| Madalene Cooney | United States | The schooner's bow was holed by ice off Wilmington Creek, Delaware in the Delaware River and was beached.[4] |
| Retvizan | Imperial Russian Navy | Russo-Japanese War, Battle of Port Arthur: After a torpedo fired by an Imperial Japanese Navy destroyer struck her while she was anchored in the outer harbor at Port Arthur, Manchuria, China, the Retvizan-class battleship got underway and ran aground in the narrow channel between the outer and inner harbors while trying to steam into the inner harbor. Five members of her crew died in the torpedo explosion.[30] She was refloated on 8 March and moved into the inner harbor, where repairs were completed on 3 June. |
| Startle | United States | The 19-gross register ton sloop sank off Newport, Rhode Island. All eight people on board survived.[31] |
| Tsesarevich | Imperial Russian Navy | Russo-Japanese War, Battle of Port Arthur: After a torpedo fired by an Imperial Japanese Navy destroyer struck her while she was anchored in the outer harbor at Port Arthur, Manchuria, China, the Tsesarevich-class battleship got underway and steamed into the narrow channel into the inner harbor, where tugs took her in tow, but she ran aground in the channel before reaching the inner harbor.[30] One member of her crew died as a result of the torpedo hit. She was refloated and moved into the inner harbor, where repairs were completed on 7 June. |
| Varyag | Imperial Russian Navy |   Imperial Japanese Navy). |
11 February
[edit]| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Fulton | United States | The steamer dragged anchor and beached in a heavy gale at Port Orford, Oregon. One crewman was killed by falling deck cargo.[4] |
| Yenisey | Imperial Russian Navy | Russo-Japanese War: The minelayer exploded and sank in Dalian Bay off Dalniy, Manchuria, China, after striking one of her own mines. Her commanding officer refused to leave her and went down with the ship.[32] |
12 February
[edit]| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Boyarin | Imperial Russian Navy | Russo-Japanese War: The Boyarin-class protected cruiser struck a mine in Dalian Bay off Dalniy, Manchuria, China, on 11 February, killing ten crewmen, and was abandoned immediately. When she did not sink, her commanding officer ordered a destroyer to torpedo her, reaffirming the order twice when the destroyer′s commanding officer questioned scuttling a ship that was not in obvious danger of sinking. Both torpedoes fired at her missed, and she was left to drift as a derelict. Imperial Japanese Navy destroyers found her still afloat on 12 February and boarded her to remove some of her gear, again leaving her to drift unmanned in the bay. She finally sank in a storm on the evening of 12 February. An Imperial Russian Navy court of inquiry into her loss later found her commanding officer′s conduct in abandoning his ship so quickly and making no effort to save her despite her apparent continued seaworthiness to have been "irregular."[32] |
| Gertrude | United States | The steamer struck rocks at Middle Francis Bend in the Chattahoochee River and sank in six feet (1.8 m) of water. Raised immediately.[7] |
| Juniata | United States | The steamer was sunk by ice at Madison, Indiana, a total loss.[4] |
| Nagonoura Maru (or Nakanoura Maru) |  Japan |  Imperial Russian Navy).[33][34] |
| Ruby Schultz |  Belgium | The steamship was wrecked three nautical miles (5.6 km) north west of Flamborough Head, Yorkshire, United Kingdom.[35] |
14 February
[edit]| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Eagle | United States | The steamer was sunk by ice at Norwalk, Connecticut.[4] |
21 February
[edit]| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Jim Brown | United States | The steamer filled with water and sank at dock at Glenwood Landing. Raised, repaired and returned to service by early April.[9] |
22 February
[edit]| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Thomas McNally | United States | The canal boat was sunk in a collision with Baltimore ( United States) off Seventeenth Street, New York City in thick fog.[4] |
23 February
[edit]| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Bushu Maru | Imperial Japanese Navy | Russo-Japanese War: Approaching the harbor at Port Arthur, Manchuria, China, to be sunk as a blockship in the entrance, the 1,249-gross register ton transport was sunk with a scuttling charge outside the entrance by her crew, which had become disoriented by the glare of Russian searchlights and believed they had reached the entrance and that the blockship Jinsen Maru had scuttled herself up at the planned location and that they were in the correct scuttling place relative to Jinsen Maru's position.[36][37] Sources differ as to casualties and the rescue of the crews of the five blockships. Casualties among the five blockships combined either was one killed[36] or three wounded.[37] Either each blockship crew was rescued by its ship's designated escort/rescue vessel.[37] – Bushu Maru's was the torpedo boat Tsubami[36] ( Imperial Japanese Navy) – or the designated escort/rescue vessels rescued three of the blockship crews and the other two crews escaped in their ship's boats.[36] |
| Buyo Maru | Imperial Japanese Navy | Russo-Japanese War: Approaching the harbor at Port Arthur, Manchuria, China, to be sunk as a blockship in the entrance, the 1,153-gross register ton transport was sunk with a scuttling charge outside the entrance by her crew, which had become disoriented by the glare of Russian searchlights and believed they had reached the entrance and that the blockship Jinsen Maru had scuttled herself up at the planned location and that they were in the correct scuttling place relative to Jinsen Maru's position.[36] Sources differ as to casualties and the rescue of the crews of the five blockships. Casualties among the five blockships combined either was one killed[36] or three wounded.[37] Either each blockship crew was rescued by its ship's designated escort/rescue vessel.[37] – Buyo Maru's was the torpedo boat Manazuru[36] ( Imperial Japanese Navy) – or the designated escort/rescue vessels rescued three of the blockship crews and the other two crews escaped in their ship's boats.[36] |
| Hokoku Maru | Imperial Japanese Navy | Russo-Japanese War: Approaching the harbor at Port Arthur, Manchuria, China, to be sunk as a blockship in the entrance, the 2,776-gross register ton transport came under fire by the stranded battleship Retvizan ( Imperial Russian Navy). Retvizan's gunfire disabled her steering gear, cut the detonator wires to her scuttling charge, and set her on fire, and she ran aground just outside the west end of the harbor entrance. Her crew abandoned her, leaving her in flames.[36][37] Sources differ as to casualties and the rescue of the crews of the five blockships. Casualties among the five blockships combined either was one killed[36] or three wounded.[37] Either each blockship crew was rescued by its ship's designated escort/rescue vessel.[37] – Hokoku Maru's was the torpedo boat Hayabusa[36] ( Imperial Japanese Navy) – or the designated escort/rescue vessels rescued three of the blockship crews and the other two crews escaped in their ship's boats.[36] |
| Jinsen Maru | Imperial Japanese Navy | Russo-Japanese War: Approaching the harbor at Port Arthur, Manchuria, China, to be sunk as a blockship in the entrance, the 2,331-gross register ton transport ran hard aground on a rock outside the entrance. Her crew sank her with a scuttling charge and abandoned her.[36] Sources differ as to casualties and the rescue of the crews of the five blockships. Casualties among the five blockships combined either was one killed[36] or three wounded.[37] Either each blockship crew was rescued by its ship's designated escort/rescue vessel.[37] – Jinsen Maru's was the torpedo boat Kasasagi[36] ( Imperial Japanese Navy) – or the designated escort/rescue vessels rescued three of the blockship crews and the other two crews escaped in their ship's boats.[36] |
| Mary and Ida | United States | The 174-net register ton, 110.2-foot (33.6 m) cod-fishing schooner dragged her anchor during a gale and was wrecked at Unga Island in the Shumagin Islands off the south coast of the Alaska Peninsula. Her entire crew of eight survived.[38] |
| Tenshu Maru | Imperial Japanese Navy | Russo-Japanese War: Steaming toward Port Arthur, Manchuria, China, to be sunk as a blockship in the entrance to the harbor there, the 2,943-gross register ton transport ran aground and was wrecked 3 miles (4.8 km) from the entrance.[36] Casualties among the five blockships combined either was one killed[36] or three wounded.[37] Either each blockship crew was rescued by its ship's designated escort/rescue vessel.[37] – Tenshu Maru's was the torpedo boat Chidori[36] ( Imperial Japanese Navy) – or the designated escort/rescue vessels rescued three of the blockship crews and the other two crews escaped in their ship's boats.[36] |
24 February
[edit]| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Eliza | United States | The steamer was pushed by ice and current into an obstruction at McKeesport, Pennsylvania causing her to sink. Raised and repaired.[4] |
| Teaser | United States | The steamer was sunk by a piling while docked, Norfolk, Virginia. Raised and repaired.[4] |
25 February
[edit]| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| No. 221 | Imperial Russian Navy | The torpedo boat capsized and sank in the Mediterranean Sea during a storm.[39][40] |
| Vnushitelniy | Imperial Russian Navy | Russo-Japanese War: The Forel-class destroyer was sunk by gunfire in Golubinaya Bight in Pigeon Bay on the southwestern end of the Liaotung Peninsula, Manchuria, China, by the protected cruisers Chitose, Kasagi, Takasago, and Yoshino (all Imperial Japanese Navy).[41][42] |
27 February
[edit]| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| M. F. Plant | United States | The steamer's bow was holed by an obstruction off Marcus Hook, Pennsylvania in the Delaware River and sank in shallow water. Later raised.[4] |
28 February
[edit]| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Norfolk | United States | The steamer burned to the waterline at Sewell's Point.[43] |
| Sehome | United States | The 11-gross register ton, 38.2-foot (11.6 m) schooner dragged her anchors during a storm and was wrecked in Lynn Canal in Southeast Alaska. Her crew of two survived.[44] |
Unknown date
[edit]| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Assante |  Italy | The steamer stranded near Bereby, New Guinea.[45] |
| Josie | Canada | The schooner was abandoned at sea sometime in February.[46] |
| Laome | United Kingdom | The steamer struck a rock and sank 160 miles (260 km) south of Rangoon, Burma before 10 February. The crew were rescued the next day by Gracchus ( Australia).[47][48] |
| Pena Racias |  Spain | The steamer stranded near Sunderland sometime before 10 February.[49] |
March
[edit]2 March
[edit]| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Lotus | United States | The laid up steamer was sunk at dock by ice at Cincinnati, Ohio. Total loss.[4] |
| Monterey | United States | The steamer was caught in a heavy windstorm in the Ohio River and sank near Diamond Island, Kentucky. Raised and repaired.[4] |
3 March
[edit]| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Mary U. Githens | United States | The steamer burned to the waterline and sank at dock in Lebanon, Delaware. Wreck removed by 8 July with pieces of the wreckage pulled up above the high tide mark.[21][50] |
| Michael J. Coffey | United States | The tow steamer listed in a squall causing her to fill and sink in the North River.[4] |
| Unidentified barge | United States | The barge, under tow of Ashbourne ( United States), sank in a collision with the ferry Chicago ( United States) off the Packer Dock, Jersey City, New Jersey.[51] |
4 March
[edit]| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Handel | Belgium | The cargo ship foundered in the North Sea, off Ramsgate, England.[52] |
| Hyack | United States | The launch, and the launch Wolverine ( United States), were towing the schooner Queen ( United States) when Wolverine's tow line parted and fouled Hyack's propeller. Queen then ran down and sank Hyack, probably somewhere around Seattle, Washington.[4] |
6 March
[edit]| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Valvoline | United States | The freighter caught fire at Pier 8 in the East River. She sank after being towed to the Jersey flats.[4] |
9 March
[edit]| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Hailar |  Russia | Russo-Japanese War: The steamer was reported on 15 March 1904 to have been scuttled as a blockship at the entrance to the harbor at Port Arthur, Manchuria, China, by the Imperial Russian Navy during March.[53] |
| Harbin | Russia | Russo-Japanese War: The Chinese Eastern Railway steamer was reported on 15 March 1904 to have been scuttled as a blockship at the entrance to the harbor at Port Arthur, Manchuria, China, by the Imperial Russian Navy during March.[53] |
10 March
[edit]| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Edgar Cherry | United States | The steamer struck the lock gates of Lock No. 4 in the Monongahela River and sank.[4] |
| Steregushchiy | Imperial Russian Navy | Russo-Japanese War: Badly damaged and having suffered heavy casualties in combat with four Imperial Japanese Navy destroyers in the Lau-ti-shan Channel near Port Arthur, Manchuria, China, the Kretchet-class destroyer surrendered to the Japanese destroyers. However, her crew had opened the ship's Kingston valves in order to scuttle her, and two crewmen locked themselves in her engine room, sacrificing their lives to ensure that the Japanese could not enter, close the valves, and take the ship as a prize of war. The Japanese attempted to tow the sinking destroyer, but the towline broke, and she sank off the Shandong Peninsula 7 nautical miles (13 km; 8.1 mi) southeast of Mount Laoteshan and 6 nautical miles (11 km; 6.9 mi) from the Lushun Lighthouse with the loss of 49 members of her crew. There were four survivors.[54][55] |
| Sunshine | United States | The steamer burned between Memphis, Tennessee and Cincinnati, Ohio, probably close to Memphis, a total loss. One crewman killed.[56] |
11 March
[edit]| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Shenango No. 1 | United States | The 1,940-gross register ton railroad car ferry caught fire while trapped in ice in Lake Erie approximately 150 feet (46 m) east of the breakwater at Conneaut, Ohio, and became a total loss. One crewmen died.[57] |
| RMS Scotia | United Kingdom | The cable layer was approaching Guam to deliver cable and spares when she went off course while entering Apra Harbor and ran hard aground on a nearby reef. Weather conditions deteriorated and the ship broke in two and sank. The wreck is now a popular diving location. |
13 March
[edit]| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| City of Boston | United States | The ferry struck a waterlogged and abandoned mud scow adrift in the channel in Boston Harbor off Boston, Massachusetts. and was beached to prevent her from sinking.[4] |
17 March
[edit]| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| M. B. Goble | United States | The steamer capsized at the mouth of the Big Sandy River. Total loss. Two crewmen killed.[4] |
18 March
[edit]| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| HMS A1 |  Royal Navy | The Holland-class submarine was accidentally rammed by Berwick Castle ( United Kingdom) and sunk with the loss of all eleven crew in The Solent. She was later raised, repaired, and returned to service. |
19 March
[edit]| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Unidentified barge | United States | The dumper barge, under tow of Harry G. Runkle ( United States), sank in a collision with El Alba ( United States) off the Scotland Lightship.[51] |
23 March
[edit]| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Ida | United States | The tow steamer struck a bridge pier and sank at Memphis, Tennessee, a total loss.[56] |
25 March
[edit]| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Columbia | United States | The steamer sank after striking a snag near Charleston, West Virginia. Raised and repaired.[4] |
26 March
[edit]| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Hanyei Maru | Japan | Russo-Japanese War: The 64- or 76-gross register ton (sources disagree) steamer was seized by a force of Imperial Russian Navy warships and after the removal of her crew and passengers was sunk by gunfire by Russian destroyers in Lau-ti-shan Channel just off the Miao-tao Islands.[34][58] |
27 March
[edit]| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Chiyo Maru | Imperial Japanese Navy | Russo-Japanese War: The crew of the 1,746-gross register ton transport used an explosive charge to scuttle her as a blockship just outside and to the west of the entrance to the harbor at Port Arthur, Manchuria, China, in a failed attempt to block the entrance.[59] |
| Fukui Maru | Imperial Japanese Navy | Russo-Japanese War: The 2,943-gross register ton transport was torpedoed by Russian forces in the entrance to the harbor at Port Arthur, Manchuria, China, as she maneuvered to her planned scuttling position so that her crew could sink her in the entrance as a blockship. Her crew then used an explosive charge to scuttle her just outside and to the west of the entrance but failed to block it.[59] |
| Yahiko Maru | Imperial Japanese Navy | Russo-Japanese War: The transport's crew used an explosive charge to scuttle her as a blockship just inside the west side of the entrance to the harbor at Port Arthur, Manchuria, China, in a failed attempt to block the entrance.[59] |
| Yoneyama Maru | Imperial Japanese Navy | Russo-Japanese War: The 2,693-gross register ton transport was torpedoed by Russian forces while her crew prepared to scuttle her as a blockship at the entrance to the harbor at Port Arthur, Manchuria, China. She sank just outside and east of the entrance and failed to block it.[59] |
31 March
[edit]| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| George P. Taylor | United States | The tug was sunk in a collision with Navahoe ( United States) in the North River.[4] |
Unknown date
[edit]| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Ninguta | Russia | Russo-Japanese War: The steamer was reported on 15 March 1904 to have been scuttled as a blockship at the entrance to the harbor at Port Arthur, Manchuria, China, by the Imperial Russian Navy during March.[53] |
| Sungari | Russia | Russo-Japanese War: The steamer was reported on 15 March 1904 to have been scuttled as a blockship at the entrance to the harbor at Port Arthur, Manchuria, China, by the Imperial Russian Navy during March.[53] |
April
[edit]8 April
[edit]| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Rival | United States | The schooner ran aground and was wrecked on the south end of Brigantine Beach.[60] |
9 April
[edit]| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Aurora | United States | The steamer struck an unknown object in the Blackwater River in Virginia and was beached.[4] |
| Peerless | United States | The motor vessel was sunk by ice at Painted Woods, North Dakota, a total loss.[4] |
11 April
[edit]| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Colon | United States | The steamer was damaged on Remedios Reef, El Salvador and was beached at Acajutla. A total loss.[4] |
| Frank Canfield | United States | The tug was wrecked at Point Au Sable, Michigan when her steering gear broke. The vessel was a total loss. Three crewmen were killed and two were rescued by life-saving crew stationed on the point.[4] |
12 April
[edit]| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Alice | United States | The barge was sunk in a collision with the steamer Barnstable ( United Kingdom) off the Eddystone Wharf at Eddystone, Pennsylvania.[4] |
13 April
[edit]| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Petropavlovsk | Imperial Russian Navy | Russo-Japanese War: The Petropavlovsk-class battleship struck a mine in Korea Bay off Port Arthur Manchuria, China. The mine's detonation caused the explosions of several ammunition magazines and boilers in a chain reaction, and she sank in about a minute with the loss of 646 lives. Vice Admiral Stepan Makarov, commander-in-chief of the Russian Pacific Squadron, was among the dead. Her 89 survivors were rescued by Russian warships.[61] |
| Strashniy | Imperial Russian Navy | Russo-Japanese War: The Kretchet-class destroyer was sunk by six Imperial Japanese Navy torpedo boats in Korea Bay off the Elliot Islands.[54] |
14 April
[edit]| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Baron Lambermont | Belgium | The SA Tonnage, Antwerp cargo ship struck rocks and sank at Cape Blanc, Bizerte, Tunisia.[62] |
| Evangeline | United States | The steamer was destroyed by fire in the Escambia River.[63] |
16 April
[edit]| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| No. 185 | United States | The barge was sunk off the Horse Shoe Buoy[where?] in a gale.[4] |
18 April
[edit]| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Unknown dredge | United States | A dredge sank in a collision with tow steamer Robert Palmer ( United States) in the Bay Ridge Channel in the harbor of New York City.[64] |
20 April
[edit]| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Levi Hart | United States | The schooner was sunk when she tried to cut between two barges being towed in Pollock Rip slue.[4] |
23 April
[edit]| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Arthur McArdle | United States | The schooner was wrecked when forced onto Egg Island, near Bermuda, by a strong current.[4] |
25 April
[edit]| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Goyo Maru | Japan | Russo-Japanese War: With a cargo of fish on board, the 600-gross register ton merchant ship was boarded, searched, torpedoed, and sunk by Imperial Russian Navy torpedo boats in the harbor at Gensan, Korea.[34][65] |
| Haginoura Maru (or Oginoura Maru) | Japan | Russo-Japanese War: The 219- or 220-gross register ton merchant ship was sunk in the Sea of Japan off Korea by a squadron consisting of the armored cruisers Gromoboi and Rossia, the protected cruiser Bogatyr, and torpedo boats (all Imperial Russian Navy).[34][65] |
| Hai Tien |  Imperial Chinese Navy | Steaming in fog, the protected cruiser overshot the entrance to the Yangtze River and was wrecked on a pinnacle rock just off the Shengsi Islands in Hangzhou Bay on the coast of China. Chinese customs cruisers rescued her crew. |
26 April
[edit]| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Kinshu Maru | Imperial Japanese Navy |  Imperial Russian Navy). Her crew surrendered and was removed, but a company of Imperial Japanese Army infantry on board refused to surrender, so the Russians torpedoed her with the soldiers still on board. The soldiers then opened rifle fire on the nearest cruiser, and the Russian squadron opened gunnery fire on Kinshu Maru and sank her in about 15 minutes, Rossia receiving the credit for the sinking. The Japanese soldiers continued to fire until Kinshu Maru sank beneath them.[66][67] |
28 April
[edit]| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Lapwing | United Kingdom | The barque was destroyed by fire at Bermuda.[68] |
29 April
[edit]| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Unknown barges | United States | Two barges, under the tow of Anthracite ( United States), sank in a collision with an anchored flatboat in the East River.[64] |
30 April
[edit]| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Pocahontas | United States | The steamer burned to the waterline at Richmond, Virginia.[4] |
Unknown date
[edit]| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Carrie | United States | The coal barge sank at the entrance to Little Egg Harbor Bay, New Jersey sometime in April. Wreck removed with dynamite by 4 September.[69] |
May
[edit]3 May
[edit]| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Aikoku Maru | Imperial Japanese Navy | Russo-Japanese War: Approaching the entrance to the harbor at Port Arthur, Manchuria, China, where she was to be scuttled as a blockship, the 1,781-gross register ton transport struck a mine 110 yards (100 m) off the entrance and sank instantly, failing in her attempt to block the entrance. Eight of her 24 crewmen were left missing.[70] |
| Asagao Maru | Imperial Japanese Navy | Russo-Japanese War: The 2,464-gross register ton transport was scuttled as a blockship just outside the entrance to the harbor at Port Arthur, Manchuria, China, in a failed attempt to block the entrance. Her entire crew of 18 was left missing.[70] |
| Mikawa Maru | Imperial Japanese Navy | Russo-Japanese War: The 1,967-gross register ton transport was scuttled as a blockship just inside the entrance to the harbor at Port Arthur, Manchuria, China, in a failed attempt to block the entrance. One of her 18 crewmen was killed.[70] |
| Odaru Maru | Imperial Japanese Navy | Russo-Japanese War: The 2,547-gross register ton transport was scuttled as a blockship at the entrance to the harbor at Port Arthur, Manchuria, China, in a failed attempt to block the entrance. Her entire crew of 18 men was left missing.[70] |
| Sagami Maru | Imperial Japanese Navy | Russo-Japanese War: The 1,926-gross register ton transport was scuttled as a blockship at the entrance to the harbor at Port Arthur, Manchuria, China, in a failed attempt to block the entrance. One member of her crew was killed, and her other 23 crewmen were left missing.[70] |
| Sakura Maru | Imperial Japanese Navy | Russo-Japanese War: The 2,978-gross register ton transport was scuttled as a blockship just outside the entrance to the harbor at Port Arthur, Manchuria, China, in a failed attempt to block the entrance. One member of her crew was killed, and her other 19 crewmen were left missing.[70] |
| Totomi Maru | Imperial Japanese Navy | Russo-Japanese War: The 1,953-gross register ton transport was scuttled as a blockship just inside the entrance to the harbor at Port Arthur, Manchuria, China, in a failed attempt to block the entrance. Three of her 18-man crew were left missing.[70] |
| Yedo Maru | Imperial Japanese Navy | Russo-Japanese War: The 1,724-gross register ton transport was scuttled as a blockship at the entrance to the harbor at Port Arthur, Manchuria, China, in a failed attempt to block the entrance. Two of her 18-man crew were killed.[70] |
12 May
[edit]| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| No. 48 | Imperial Japanese Navy | Russo-Japanese War: The torpedo boat struck a mine and sank in Kerr Bay on the Korea Bay coast of the Liaotung Peninsula with the loss of seven of her crew.[71] |
13 May
[edit]| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Ottawa | United States | The steamer became waterlogged 2+1⁄2 miles (4.0 km) off the Sturgeon Bay Canal. She was towed into the canal basin and sank. The crew made it to shore in small boats.[4] |
14 May
[edit]| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| City of Rossford | United States | The steamer sank at anchor in Sandusky Bay when caulking worked out of her butts.[4] |
| Miyako | Imperial Japanese Navy | Russo-Japanese War: The Miyako-class unprotected cruiser struck a mine and sank in the harbor off Dalniy, Manchuria, China,[72] with the loss of two crewmen. |
| Pleiades | United States | The schooner was sunk in a collision in thick fog with Morro Castle ( United States).[4] |
15 May
[edit]| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Bogatyr | Imperial Russian Navy | Russo-Japanese War: The Bogatyr-class protected cruiser ran aground in a rock in Amur Bay near Vladivostok, Russia. She was later refloated and docked at Vladivostok, but was too badly damaged to be repaired until after the Russo-Japanese War ended in 1905. |
| Hatsuse | Imperial Japanese Navy | Russo-Japanese War: The Shikishima-class battleship sank in Korea Bay off Port Arthur, Manchuria, China, at 38°37′N 121°20′E / 38.617°N 121.333°E when her ammunition magazine detonated after she struck two Russian mines.[73] A total of 496 sailors were lost; 366 were saved. |
| Tatsuta | Imperial Japanese Navy | Russo-Japanese War: The dispatch vessel, a former unprotected cruiser, ran aground in the Elliot Islands in Korea Bay. She was refloated, repaired, and returned to service.[74] |
| Yashima | Imperial Japanese Navy | Russo-Japanese War: The Fuji-class battleship capsized and sank in Korea Bay near Encounter Rock at 38°34′N 121°40′E / 38.567°N 121.667°E eight hours after striking a Russian mine off Port Arthur, Manchuria, China.[73] |
| Yoshino | Imperial Japanese Navy | Russo-Japanese War: The Yoshino-class protected cruiser capsized and sank after she was accidentally rammed by the armored cruiser Kasuga ( Imperial Japanese Navy) in fog in Korea Bay. A total of 318 sailors were lost; of her 101 survivors, Kasuga's boats picked up 96 and other Japanese vessels rescued five.[75] |
16 May
[edit]| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Balclutha | United States | During a voyage from San Francisco, California, to Karluk, District of Alaska, carrying 80 fishermen, 20 crewmen, and a cargo of cannery supplies, sheep and cattle, the 1,554-ton, 256.3-foot (78.1 m) ship was wrecked in fog and darkness without loss of life on a reef in the Geese Island Strait in the Kodiak Archipelago. She later was sold, refloated, repaired, and returned to service with the name Star of Alaska ( United States).[76] |
17 May
[edit]| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Akatsuki | Imperial Japanese Navy | Russo-Japanese War: The destroyer struck a mine and sank off Dalniy, Manchuria, China, at 38°38′N 121°05′E / 38.633°N 121.083°E.[67][77] |
18 May
[edit]| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Ōshima | Imperial Japanese Navy | Russo-Japanese War: The gunboat collided in fog with the gunboat Akagi ( Imperial Japanese Navy) in Society Bay between Murchison Island and Point Hudson on the Liaotung Peninsula in Manchuria, China, and sank without loss of life at 39°01′N 121°08′E / 39.017°N 121.133°E.[77] |
22 May
[edit]| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Dixie | United States | The small pleasure craft was destroyed when it ran under the wheel of Sunshine ( United States) in the Louisville, Kentucky area.[4] |
24 May
[edit]| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Alton | United States | The freighter foundered in rough weather in San Francisco Bay. Salvaged and converted into an oil barge.[4] |
25 May
[edit]| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Thomas Chubb | United States | The tug struck a sunken wreck in the basin at Albany, New York and sank.[21] |
26 May
[edit]| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Fred Wilson | United States | The tow steamer was destroyed when her boilers exploded at West Louisville, Kentucky. 17 crewmen were killed or mortally wounded, 5 were wounded, with 10 uninjured survivors.[4][78] |
| Vnimatelni | Imperial Russian Navy | Russo-Japanese War: The Forel-class destroyer ran aground either on a rock in Pigeon Bay or off Murchison Island in Kinchau Bay off the coast of the Liaotung Peninsula, Manchuria, China. The destroyer Vuinoslivi ( Imperial Russian Navy) destroyed her with a torpedo to prevent her capture by Japanese forces.[41][79][80] |
29 May
[edit]| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Joe Pinkett | United States | The vessel caught fire at dock at Bensonhurst, Brooklyn, when a kerosene lamp exploded. The fire was put out by the fire department. When a fireman went to check to hold to make sure the fire was out there was an explosion that sank the vessel and mortally wounding the fireman who died on 31 May. The vessel was raised the next day.[4] |
30 May
[edit]| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| M. Shields | United States | The steamer was destroyed by fire at dock at Portage Lake, Michigan.[4] |
| O. B. Green | United States | The tug capsized and sank in the south branch of the Chicago River.[81] |
| Westford | United States | The steamer burned to the waterline in Georgian Bay.[4] |
June
[edit]3 June
[edit]| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Chattanooga | United States | The steamer struck a rock reef at Big Chain on the Tennessee River and sank due to an aide to navigation being out of place.[4] |
4 June
[edit]| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Niagara | United States | The steamer was wrecked in fog and heavy seas on Knife Island off the north shore of Lake Superior and broke up. Her boiler and machinery were salvaged. Her crew was rescued by the tug Edna G. ( United States).[82][83] |
5 June
[edit]| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Josie | United States | The steamer burned at Cape Girardeau, Missouri, a total loss.[84] |
| Lorberry | United States | The barge, under tow of Gettysburg ( United States), sank in a collision with Tallahassee ( United States) near the west entrance to Vineyard Sound. Her captain was killed, the other three crewmen were rescued by Tallahassee.[85][86] |
11 June
[edit]| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Del Norte | United States | The schooner ran ashore at the mouth of the Siuslaw River. She was salvaged, repaired and returned to service.[87] |
13 June
[edit]| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Unknown motor launch | United States | A motor launch was sunk in a collision with Nautilus ( United States) at Burlington, Iowa. Two drowned, four were rescued by Nautilus.[88] |
| Vixen | United States | The steamer sank in the St. Johns River. Her engineer jumped overboard and drowned.[89] |
15 June
[edit]| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Fanchon | United States | The steamer was sunk in the Harbor at Duluth, Minnesota, when her hull was slashed by the prop of Sonora ( United States). Later raised.[4] |
| General Slocum | United States |  |
| Hitachi Maru | Imperial Japanese Navy | Russo-Japanese War, Hitachi Maru Incident: The armed transport was sunk by gunfire by the armored cruiser Gromoboi ( Imperial Russian Navy) in the southern Korean Strait with the loss of 1,086 passengers and crew; 152 survived.[67] |
| Izumi Maru | Imperial Japanese Navy | Russo-Japanese War, Hitachi Maru Incident: The armed transport, operating as an unmarked hospital ship, was sunk by gunfire from the armored cruiser Gromoboi ( Imperial Russian Navy) in the southern Korean Strait.[67] |
16 June
[edit]17 June
[edit]| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Costa Rican | United Kingdom | The cargo ship ran aground at Plum Point, Jamaica. She later was refloated and towed to New York City in the United States. She subsequently was scrapped.[91] |
| HMS Sparrowhawk | Royal Navy | During fleet exercises off the coast of China, the destroyer struck an uncharted rock in the East China Sea off the mouth of the Yangtze and sank without loss of life. |
18 June
[edit]| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Highlander | United States | The steamer burned to the waterline and sank in the Santee River 25 miles (40 km) above Georgetown.[4] |
20 June
[edit]| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| T. N. Barnesdall | United States | The steamer struck a log and sank at Broadfields Landing, West Virginia, in five feet (1.5 m) of water.[12] |
22 June
[edit]| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| 39T |  Regia Marina | The Aldebaran-class torpedo boat sank after colliding with the torpedo boats 68S and 153S (both Regia Marina).[92] |
| Cleo L | United States | An explosion destroyed the auxiliary sloop yacht in New York Harbor opposite 34th Street in South Brooklyn, killing 2 men.[93][94] |
| Mabel | United States | The tow boat caught fire in the Passaic River and was beached and the fire put out.[95] |
23 June
[edit]| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| F. H. Prince | United States | The freighter struck an obstruction off the Cleveland, Ohio breakwater and was beached.[4] |
| Norge | Norway | The passenger ship struck Rockall Reef and sank. 585 passengers and 45 crew were killed. 127 survivors were rescued, 27 by the trawler Sylvia, 32 by Cervona (flag unknown), her captain and 69 others were rescued from a lifeboat by Energie (flag unknown).[96][97] |
26 June
[edit]| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Nonpareil | United States | The steamer was sunk in the harbor at Duluth, Minnesota, by a large chunk of coal that was dropped into her hold.[4] |
28 June
[edit]| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Monohansett | United States | The paddle steamer ran aground at Little Misery Island, Massachusetts. |
| No. 51 | Imperial Japanese Navy | Russo-Japanese War: The torpedo boat was wrecked on Dangerous Reef in Korea Bay off Kerr Bay near Port Arthur, Manchuria, China, and sank.[67] |
| Norge |  Denmark | The Dampskibs-selskabet Thingvalla A/S ocean liner ran aground, then sank on Hasselwood Rock, Atlantic Ocean. A total of 635 lives were lost. |
30 June
[edit]| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Koun Maru | Japan | Russo-Japanese War: The 57-gross register ton merchant ship was sunk by Imperial Russian Navy torpedo boats at Gensan, Korea.[90] |
| Seisho Maru | Japan | Russo-Japanese War: The 122-gross register ton merchant ship was sunk by Imperial Russian Navy torpedo boats at Gensan, Korea.[90] |
| No. 204 | Imperial Russian Navy | Russo-Japanese War: The torpedo boat ran aground off Gensan, Korea, and was blown up by her crew to prevent her capture by Japanese forces.[98] |
July
[edit]2 July
[edit]| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Jeanette | United States | The steamer while at dock unloading cargo took on a list breaking 1 of her deadlights through which water filled her and she sank at dock in Salem, Massachusetts. Later raised with no damage.[86] |
4 July
[edit]| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Wichita | United States | The steamer was destroyed by fire at dock over night at Vicksburg, Mississippi.[11] |
5 July
[edit]| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| City of Denver | United States | The steamer burned in Sullivan's Slough, Puget Sound.[99][100] |
| Kaimon | Imperial Japanese Navy | Russo-Japanese War: The corvette struck a mine and sank at Port Arthur, Manchuria, China, at 38°50′N 121°50′E / 38.833°N 121.833°E[101] with the loss of 23 crew members. |
| Mary D. Hume | United States | The steamer grounded on the bottom of the Nushagak River and started leaking. She freed herself four hours later and either sank in seven fathoms (42 ft; 13 m) of water. Reportedly was saved.[4] |
6 July
[edit]| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| George W. Humphrey | United States | The 142-foot (43 m), 214-ton fishing trawler struck Brenton Reef off Newport, Rhode Island, in dense fog and sank without loss of life off the northern end of the southernmost part of the reef in 20 feet (6.1 m) of water at 41°26.58′N 071°21.41′W / 41.44300°N 71.35683°W, a total loss.[17][102] |
| Mabel Bird | United States | The fishing steamer was wrecked on a rock in Ipswich Bay.[4] |
8/9 July
[edit]| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| SS Nemesis (1880) | United Kingdom | Foundered south of Sydney on 8/9 July 1904 during a storm, with the loss of 32 crew.[103] |
10 July
[edit]| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Jennie Hays | United States | The fishing steamer caught fire eight miles (13 km) off Fairport, Ohio in Lake Erie and was beached.[4] |
11 July
[edit]| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Chalmette | United States | The steamer struck an obstruction 35 miles (56 km) below Natchez, Mississippi tearing a hole in her hull. Total loss.[4] |
13 July
[edit]| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| No. 208 | Imperial Russian Navy | Russo-Japanese War: The No. 208-class torpedo boat struck a mine and sank off Skryplev Island near Vladivostok, Russia. |
15 July
[edit]| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Henry D. McCord | United States | The tug was sunk in a collision with the freight lighter USS Apache ( United States Navy) in the East River off Pier 5, New York City.[4] |
| West Farms | United States | The tug capsized in a collision with a float being towed by Transfer No. 16 ( United States) off Pier 3 in the East River.[4] |
16 July
[edit]| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Hipsang | United Kingdom | Russo-Japanese War: During a voyage from Niuzhuang to Yantai, China, with a cargo that included provisions, the 1,659-ton merchant ship was torpedoed and sunk by the destroyer Rastoropni ( Imperial Russian Navy) after she refused to stop for inspection.[104] |
| Unknown barges | United States | Eight barges, under the tow of E. Luckenback ( United States), foundered in a heavy storm 1⁄2 mile (0.80 km) west of the Penfield Reef Light.[17] |
17 July
[edit]| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Unknown motor launch | United States | A motor launch was sunk in a collision with Harry Randall ( United States) in the Potomac River at Washington, D.C. One person died.[105] |
20 July
[edit]| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Hokusei Maru | Japan | Russo-Japanese War: The 91-gross register ton schooner was captured and sunk in the Pacific Ocean near the Tsugaru Strait by a squadron consisting of the armored cruisers Gromoboi, Rossia, and Rurik (all Imperial Russian Navy).[104] |
| Ida | United States | The steamer was attempting to land at a dock at Catawba Island on Lake Erie in heavy seas when she was thrown into the dock, breaking her bulwarks. She then listed, losing part of her cargo of stone, and sank. Her engine and gear were salvaged, then she was towed off and abandoned, eventually washing ashore on the island again.[4][106] |
| Kiho Maru | Japan | Russo-Japanese War: The 140-gross register ton sailing vessel was captured and sunk in the Pacific Ocean near the Tsugaru Strait by a squadron consisting of the armored cruisers Gromoboi, Rossia, and Rurik (all Imperial Russian Navy).[104] |
| Okassima Maru | Japan | Russo-Japanese War: The merchant ship was captured and sunk in the Sea of Japan by Imperial Russian Navy forces.[104] |
| Takashima Maru | Japan | Russo-Japanese War: Carrying a cargo of 160 boxes of gunpowder for use in mining and 589 bales of miscellaneous goods, the 319-gross register ton merchant ship was captured and sunk off the Tsugaru Strait by a squadron consisting of the armored cruisers Gromoboi, Rossia, and Rurik (all Imperial Russian Navy).[104] |
21 July
[edit]| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Geo. C. Markham | United States | The steamer was sunk at dock when struck by Geo. L. Craig ( United States) at Marine City, Michigan.[4] |
| R. Dunbar | United States | The steamer struck a hidden obstruction at Mitlocks Bar in the Cumberland River and sank in five feet (1.5 m) of water.[4] |
22 July
[edit]| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Castanet | United States | The steamer caught fire shortly after leaving Kingston, Ontario due to a failure in her furnace. She was beached after the fire was extinguished. with light damage.[4] |
24 July
[edit]25 July
[edit]| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Della A. | United States | The fishing steamer burned at McKees Harbor, Lopez Island.[4] |
| Thea | Germany | Russo-Japanese War: During a voyage to Yokohama with a cargo of fish manure and fish oil, the 1,613-gross register ton merchant ship was captured and sunk in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of Japan by a squadron consisting of the armored cruisers Gromoboi, Rossia, and Rurik (all Imperial Russian Navy).[107] |
| Thomas Chubb | United States | The tug struck a sunken wreck in the basin at Albany, New York, and sank.[4] |
26 July
[edit]| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| City of Rockland | United States | The steamer ran aground in dense fog on the Upper Gangway Ledge, Mussel Ridge Channel, Maine. Her pumps could not keep up and she drifted onto the Northwest Ledge and sank. Raised and repaired.[108] |
28 July
[edit]| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Enigma | United States | The steamer burned in San Juan Pass. The vessel's crew escaped in her boat.[4] |
| John P. Hopkins | United States | The steamer was sunk at dock when New Orleans ( United States) lost the tow line to her tow causing her to veer off course and strike a scow tied up at the same dock and pushing it into the Hopkins at the Lake Street Bridge, Chicago sinking her. Raised and repaired.[109] |
29 July
[edit]| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Burnyi | Imperial Russian Navy | Russo-Japanese War: The Buinyi-class destroyer ran aground off Shantung, China. She was on a voyage from Port Arthur, China to Vladivostok. She was scuttled to prevent capture by the Japanese.[40] |
| Oregon | United States | The steamer was destroyed by fire in Florida in the Halifax River near the mouth of the Tomoka River.[4] |
31 July
[edit]| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Unknown canal boat | United States | A drifting canal boat collided with the docked Richard Peck ( United States) and sank at Pier 20 in the East River.[110] |
Unknown date
[edit]| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| W J Pirrie | United Kingdom | The full-rigged ship was severely damaged by fire at Tocopilla, Chile. Subsequently hulked.[111] |
August
[edit]1 August
[edit]| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Montgomery | United Kingdom |  |
2 August
[edit]| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Sivuch | Imperial Russian Navy | Russo-Japanese War: The Sivuch-class gunboat's crew scuttled her by blowing her up on the Liao River in China to prevent her capture by approaching Imperial Japanese Army forces.[114] |
3 August
[edit]| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Monohansett | United States | The steamer was wrecked in dense fog on rocks between Big Misery Island and Little Misery Island off Beverly, Massachusetts, a total loss.[115] |
4 August
[edit]| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Viking | United States | Carrying a 200-ton cargo of general merchandise and lumber on a voyage from San Francisco, California, to Wales, Teller, and Unalaska in the District of Alaska, the 146-ton, 108-foot (32.9 m) schooner dragged her anchors in a gale and was stranded off Cape Prince of Wales, Alaska, becoming a total loss. Her crew of six survived and unloaded her cargo with the help of Alaska Natives.[1] |
5 August
[edit]| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Rebecca M. Smith | United States | The schooner ran aground and was wrecked at the entrance to Little Egg Harbor Bay, New Jersey in eight feet (2.4 m) feet of water. Wreck removed with dynamite by 28 September. The vessel's bowsprit towed to Atlantic City, while the rest of the wreckage was pulled ashore for use as firewood.[116] |
6 August
[edit]| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Ella Francis | United States | The schooner was sunk in a collision in thick fog with Nantucket ( United States) off Cape Cod. Four killed, one survivor rescued by Nantucket.[4] |
7 August
[edit]| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| City of Berlin | United States | The steamer was sunk in a collision with Chili ( United States) at Detroit.[4] |
8 August
[edit]| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Elizabeth | United States | While under tow by the steamer Irene ( United States) from Unalaska in the Aleutian Islands to St. Michael, District of Alaska, with a cargo of 190 tons of cargo including 40 tons of coal and 100 cords of wood, the 327-ton scow sank in the Bering Sea 270 nautical miles (500 km; 310 mi) north-northwest of Cape Cheerful (54°00′50″N 166°40′20″W / 54.01389°N 166.67222°W) on Unalaska Island. Elizabeth's only crewman was aboard Irene when Elizabeth sank.[117] |
| Ganda | Belgium | The T Nolson & Co. 474-ton cargo ship was wrecked at Hell's Mouth, Llŷn Peninsula, Caernarfonshire. Ganda broke from her moorings, and one of her ropes tangled around her propeller, as her captain tried to get his ship away from the jetty. She drifted helplessly onto the rocky shore.[118] |
| Otagawa Maru | Imperial Japanese Navy | Russo-Japanese War: The improvised gunboat was sunk by a mine near Port Arthur, Manchuria, China.[67] |
| Queen | United States | The 12-gross register ton sternwheel paddle steamer was stranded on the Missouri River at Decatur, Nebraska. Both people on board survived.[119] |
9 August
[edit]| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Valleta | United States | The steamer was destroyed by fire at dock at Long Island in the St. Lawrence River.[120] |
10 August
[edit]| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Frederick | United States | The steamer sprung a leak, she then caught on a barge, careened and sank at Jefferson City, Missouri, a total loss.[84][121] |