List 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
4 January
Ship | State | Description |
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Vernia | ![]() | 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
Ship | State | Description |
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Connasauga | ![]() | The packet struck a snag and sank in the Coosa River near Gadsden, Alabama. Raised and repaired.[2] |
7 January
Ship | State | Description |
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Fauvette | ![]() | The schooner sank just north of the Chausey Islands in the Channel Islands.[3] |
9 January
Ship | State | Description |
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Clallam | ![]() | 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 | ![]() | 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
Ship | State | Description |
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John L. Brady | ![]() | The packet struck a snag and sank in the Coosa River near Gadsden, Alabama. Raised and repaired.[4] |
18 January
Ship | State | Description |
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Yvonne | ![]() | The schooner was sunk in a collision with Vaquero (![]() |
19 January
Ship | State | Description |
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Avenger | ![]() | 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 (![]() |
22 January
Ship | State | Description |
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Alcedo | ![]() | The steamer was sunk by ice near New Geneva, Pennsylvania.[9][10] |
Barge No. 3 | ![]() | 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 | ![]() | The steamer sunk by ice at Paden City, West Virginia.[12] |
Schouwen II | ![]() | |
T. M. Bayne | ![]() | The steamer sunk by ice at Paden City, West Virginia or Steubenville, Ohio.[12][13][14] |
23 January
Ship | State | Description |
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Lizzie Townsend | ![]() | The steamer burned to the waterline at Wheeling, West Virginia.[4] |
May | ![]() | The steamer was crushed by ice in the Schuylkill River at the Walnut Street Wharf, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.[4] |
24 January
Ship | State | Description |
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Cascade | ![]() | The tug was sunk by ice one-half mile (0.80 km) off Lorain, Ohio.[4] |
Elizabeth | ![]() | The laid up steamer was set on fire in the Allegheny River above the Sixth Street Bridge at Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, when Olivette (![]() |
John K. | ![]() | The steamer was destroyed by fire at Indian Village in Bayou Plaquemine.[11] |
Olivette | ![]() | The laid up steamer was destroyed by fire in the Allegheny River above the Sixth Street Bridge at Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, setting Elizabeth (![]() |
25 January
Ship | State | Description |
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Alice | ![]() | The packet struck a snag and sank in the Pascagoula River. Raised and repaired.[2] |
B. F. Bennett | ![]() | The ferry was sunk by ice at the mouth of the Cioto River. Total loss.[12] |
Unknown canal boat | ![]() | A canal boat was sunk in a collision between Stella Moren and Clyde (both ![]() |
26 January
Ship | State | Description |
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Adelle | ![]() | The steamer was sunk at dock by ice at Coal Haven, Kentucky. Total loss. Her master and two crewmen killed.[4] |
Unidentified barges | ![]() | Eight barges, under tow of E. Luckenbach (![]() |
28 January
Ship | State | Description |
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Maryland | ![]() | The barge was wrecked after losing her towline to John L. Brady (![]() |
Sunbeam | ![]() | ![]() |
29 January
Ship | State | Description |
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Columbia | ![]() | 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 | ![]() | 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 / 41.398383; -70.976533 (Geo. M. Winslow) and was declared a total loss.[22][23] |
30 January
Ship | State | Description |
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Bellevue | ![]() | The steamer was sunk by ice at Louisville, Kentucky. Later raised.[4] |
February
1 February
Ship | State | Description |
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Twilight | ![]() | The tow steamer was driven on to rocks in Little Hell Gate in the East River by a squall and sank.[4] |
2 February
Ship | State | Description |
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Atlas | ![]() | The steamer was holed and sunk by ice at dock in Thompsons Point, New Jersey.[21] |
Wasp | ![]() | The barge, under tow of Minnie (![]() |
3 February
Ship | State | Description |
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Ethel | ![]() | The steamer struck a snag in the Savannah River near Augusta, Georgia, and sank.[4] |
Puritan | ![]() | 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
Ship | State | Description |
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Pere Marquette 19 | ![]() | 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 | ![]() | The 10-gross register ton sloop burned at Jones Bay, North Carolina. All three people on board survived.[26] |
8 February
Ship | State | Description |
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Eilene | ![]() | The laid-up steamer was sunk at dock by ice in the Licking River at Newport, Kentucky. Raised and repaired.[4] |
Tremont | ![]() | 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
Ship | State | Description |
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Dora Retzlaff | ![]() | The cargo ship, owned by Reederei Emil R. Retzlaff., foundered 66 nautical miles (122 km) north east of Cape Vilano.[29] |
Korietz | ![]() | ![]() |
Madalene Cooney | ![]() | The schooner's bow was holed by ice off Wilmington Creek, Delaware in the Delaware River and was beached.[4] |
Retvizan | ![]() | 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 | ![]() | The 19-gross register ton sloop sank off Newport, Rhode Island. All eight people on board survived.[31] |
Tsesarevich | ![]() | 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 | ![]() | ![]() ![]() |
11 February
Ship | State | Description |
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Fulton | ![]() | The steamer dragged anchor and beached in a heavy gale at Port Orford, Oregon. One crewman was killed by falling deck cargo.[4] |
Yenisey | ![]() | 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
Ship | State | Description |
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Boyarin | ![]() | 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 | ![]() | 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 | ![]() | The steamer was sunk by ice at Madison, Indiana, a total loss.[4] |
Nagonoura Maru (or Nakanoura Maru) | ![]() | ![]() |
Ruby Schultz | ![]() | The steamship was wrecked three nautical miles (5.6 km) north west of Flamborough Head, Yorkshire, United Kingdom.[35] |
14 February
Ship | State | Description |
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Eagle | ![]() | The steamer was sunk by ice at Norwalk, Connecticut.[4] |
21 February
Ship | State | Description |
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Jim Brown | ![]() | The steamer filled with water and sank at dock at Glenwood Landing. Raised, repaired and returned to service by early April.[9] |
22 February
Ship | State | Description |
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Thomas McNally | ![]() | The canal boat was sunk in a collision with Baltimore (![]() |
23 February
Ship | State | Description |
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Bushu Maru | ![]() | 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] (![]() |
Buyo Maru | ![]() | 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] (![]() |
Hokoku Maru | ![]() | 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 (![]() ![]() |
Jinsen Maru | ![]() | 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] (![]() |
Mary and Ida | ![]() | 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 | ![]() | 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] (![]() |
24 February
Ship | State | Description |
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Eliza | ![]() | The steamer was pushed by ice and current into an obstruction at McKeesport, Pennsylvania causing her to sink. Raised and repaired.[4] |
Teaser | ![]() | The steamer was sunk by a piling while docked, Norfolk, Virginia. Raised and repaired.[4] |
25 February
Ship | State | Description |
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No. 221 | ![]() | The torpedo boat capsized and sank in the Mediterranean Sea during a storm.[39][40] |
Vnushitelniy | ![]() | 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 ![]() |
27 February
Ship | State | Description |
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M. F. Plant | ![]() | 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
Ship | State | Description |
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Norfolk | ![]() | The steamer burned to the waterline at Sewell's Point.[43] |
Sehome | ![]() | 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
Ship | State | Description |
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Assante | ![]() | The steamer stranded near Bereby, New Guinea.[45] |
Josie | ![]() | The schooner was abandoned at sea sometime in February.[46] |
Laome | ![]() | 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 (![]() |
Pena Racias | ![]() | The steamer stranded near Sunderland sometime before 10 February.[49] |
March
2 March
Ship | State | Description |
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Lotus | ![]() | The laid up steamer was sunk at dock by ice at Cincinnati, Ohio. Total loss.[4] |
Monterey | ![]() | The steamer was caught in a heavy windstorm in the Ohio River and sank near Diamond Island, Kentucky. Raised and repaired.[4] |
3 March
Ship | State | Description |
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Mary U. Githens | ![]() | 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 | ![]() | The tow steamer listed in a squall causing her to fill and sink in the North River.[4] |
Unidentified barge | ![]() | The barge, under tow of Ashbourne (![]() ![]() |
4 March
Ship | State | Description |
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Handel | ![]() | The cargo ship foundered in the North Sea, off Ramsgate, England.[52] |
Hyack | ![]() | The launch, and the launch Wolverine (![]() ![]() |
6 March
Ship | State | Description |
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Valvoline | ![]() | The freighter caught fire at Pier 8 in the East River. She sank after being towed to the Jersey flats.[4] |
9 March
Ship | State | Description |
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Hailar | ![]() | 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 | ![]() | 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
Ship | State | Description |
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Edgar Cherry | ![]() | The steamer struck the lock gates of Lock No. 4 in the Monongahela River and sank.[4] |
Steregushchiy | ![]() | 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 | ![]() | The steamer burned between Memphis, Tennessee and Cincinnati, Ohio, probably close to Memphis, a total loss. One crewman killed.[56] |
11 March
Ship | State | Description |
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Shenango No. 1 | ![]() | 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 | ![]() | 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
Ship | State | Description |
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City of Boston | ![]() | 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
Ship | State | Description |
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M. B. Goble | ![]() | The steamer capsized at the mouth of the Big Sandy River. Total loss. Two crewmen killed.[4] |
18 March
Ship | State | Description |
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HMS A1 | ![]() | The Holland-class submarine was accidentally rammed by Berwick Castle (![]() |
19 March
Ship | State | Description |
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Unidentified barge | ![]() | The dumper barge, under tow of Harry G. Runkle (![]() ![]() |
23 March
Ship | State | Description |
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Ida | ![]() | The tow steamer struck a bridge pier and sank at Memphis, Tennessee, a total loss.[56] |
25 March
Ship | State | Description |
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Columbia | ![]() | The steamer sank after striking a snag near Charleston, West Virginia. Raised and repaired.[4] |
26 March
Ship | State | Description |
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Hanyei Maru | ![]() | 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
Ship | State | Description |
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Chiyo Maru | ![]() | 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 | ![]() | 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 | ![]() | 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 | ![]() | 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
Ship | State | Description |
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George P. Taylor | ![]() | The tug was sunk in a collision with Navahoe (![]() |
Unknown date
Ship | State | Description |
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Ninguta | ![]() | 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 | ![]() | 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
8 April
Ship | State | Description |
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Rival | ![]() | The schooner ran aground and was wrecked on the south end of Brigantine Beach.[60] |
9 April
Ship | State | Description |
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Aurora | ![]() | The steamer struck an unknown object in the Blackwater River in Virginia and was beached.[4] |
Peerless | ![]() | The motor vessel was sunk by ice at Painted Woods, North Dakota, a total loss.[4] |
11 April
Ship | State | Description |
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Colon | ![]() | The steamer was damaged on Remedios Reef, El Salvador and was beached at Acajutla. A total loss.[4] |
Frank Canfield | ![]() | 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
Ship | State | Description |
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Alice | ![]() | The barge was sunk in a collision with the steamer Barnstable (![]() |
13 April
Ship | State | Description |
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Petropavlovsk | ![]() | 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 | ![]() | 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
Ship | State | Description |
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Baron Lambermont | ![]() | The SA Tonnage, Antwerp cargo ship struck rocks and sank at Cape Blanc, Bizerte, Tunisia.[62] |
Evangeline | ![]() | The steamer was destroyed by fire in the Escambia River.[63] |
16 April
Ship | State | Description |
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No. 185 | ![]() | The barge was sunk off the Horse Shoe Buoy[where?] in a gale.[4] |
18 April
Ship | State | Description |
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Unknown dredge | ![]() | A dredge sank in a collision with tow steamer Robert Palmer (![]() |
20 April
Ship | State | Description |
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Levi Hart | ![]() | The schooner was sunk when she tried to cut between two barges being towed in Pollock Rip slue.[4] |
23 April
Ship | State | Description |
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Arthur McArdle | ![]() | The schooner was wrecked when forced onto Egg Island, near Bermuda, by a strong current.[4] |
25 April
Ship | State | Description |
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Goyo Maru | ![]() | 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) | ![]() | 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 ![]() |
Hai Tien | ![]() | 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
Ship | State | Description |
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Kinshu Maru | ![]() | ![]() |
28 April
Ship | State | Description |
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Lapwing | ![]() | The barque was destroyed by fire at Bermuda.[68] |
29 April
Ship | State | Description |
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Unknown barges | ![]() | Two barges, under the tow of Anthracite (![]() |
30 April
Ship | State | Description |
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Pocahontas | ![]() | The steamer burned to the waterline at Richmond, Virginia.[4] |
Unknown date
Ship | State | Description |
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Carrie | ![]() | 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
3 May
Ship | State | Description |
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Aikoku Maru | ![]() | 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 | ![]() | 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 | ![]() | 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 | ![]() | 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 | ![]() | 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 | ![]() | 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 | ![]() | 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 | ![]() | 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
Ship | State | Description |
---|---|---|
No. 48 | ![]() | 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
Ship | State | Description |
---|---|---|
Ottawa | ![]() | 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
Ship | State | Description |
---|---|---|
City of Rossford | ![]() | The steamer sank at anchor in Sandusky Bay when caulking worked out of her butts.[4] |
Miyako | ![]() | 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 | ![]() | The schooner was sunk in a collision in thick fog with Morro Castle (![]() |
15 May
Ship | State | Description |
---|---|---|
Bogatyr | ![]() | 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 | ![]() | 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 / 38.617; 121.333 ("Japanese battleship Hatsuse") when her ammunition magazine detonated after she struck two Russian mines.[73] A total of 496 sailors were lost; 366 were saved. |
Tatsuta | ![]() | 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 | ![]() | 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 / 38.567; 121.667 ("Japanese battleship Yashima") eight hours after striking a Russian mine off Port Arthur, Manchuria, China.[73] |
Yoshino | ![]() | Russo-Japanese War: The Yoshino-class protected cruiser capsized and sank after she was accidentally rammed by the armored cruiser Kasuga (![]() |
16 May
Ship | State | Description |
---|---|---|
Balclutha | ![]() | 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 (![]() |
17 May
Ship | State | Description |
---|---|---|
Akatsuki | ![]() | 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 / 38.633; 121.083 (Akatsuki).[67][77] |
18 May
Ship | State | Description |
---|---|---|
Ōshima | ![]() | Russo-Japanese War: The gunboat collided in fog with the gunboat Akagi (![]() |
22 May
Ship | State | Description |
---|---|---|
Dixie | ![]() | The small pleasure craft was destroyed when it ran under the wheel of Sunshine (![]() |
24 May
Ship | State | Description |
---|---|---|
Alton | ![]() | The freighter foundered in rough weather in San Francisco Bay. Salvaged and converted into an oil barge.[4] |
25 May
Ship | State | Description |
---|---|---|
Thomas Chubb | ![]() | The tug struck a sunken wreck in the basin at Albany, New York and sank.[21] |
26 May
Ship | State | Description |
---|---|---|
Fred Wilson | ![]() | 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 | ![]() | 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 (![]() |
29 May
Ship | State | Description |
---|---|---|
Joe Pinkett | ![]() | 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
Ship | State | Description |
---|---|---|
M. Shields | ![]() | The steamer was destroyed by fire at dock at Portage Lake, Michigan.[4] |
O. B. Green | ![]() | The tug capsized and sank in the south branch of the Chicago River.[81] |
Westford | ![]() | The steamer burned to the waterline in Georgian Bay.[4] |
June
3 June
Ship | State | Description |
---|---|---|
Chattanooga | ![]() | 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
Ship | State | Description |
---|---|---|
Niagara | ![]() | 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. (![]() |
5 June
Ship | State | Description |
---|---|---|
Josie | ![]() | The steamer burned at Cape Girardeau, Missouri, a total loss.[84] |
Lorberry | ![]() | The barge, under tow of Gettysburg (![]() ![]() |
11 June
Ship | State | Description |
---|---|---|
Del Norte | ![]() | The schooner ran ashore at the mouth of the Siuslaw River. She was salvaged, repaired and returned to service.[87] |
13 June
Ship | State | Description |
---|---|---|
Unknown motor launch | ![]() | A motor launch was sunk in a collision with Nautilus (![]() |
Vixen | ![]() | The steamer sank in the St. Johns River. Her engineer jumped overboard and drowned.[89] |
15 June
Ship | State | Description |
---|---|---|
Fanchon | ![]() | The steamer was sunk in the Harbor at Duluth, Minnesota, when her hull was slashed by the prop of Sonora (![]() |
General Slocum | ![]() | ![]() |
Hitachi Maru | ![]() | Russo-Japanese War, Hitachi Maru Incident: The armed transport was sunk by gunfire by the armored cruiser Gromoboi (![]() |
Izumi Maru | ![]() | Russo-Japanese War, Hitachi Maru Incident: The armed transport, operating as an unmarked hospital ship, was sunk by gunfire from the armored cruiser Gromoboi (![]() |
16 June
Ship | State | Description |
---|---|---|
Ansei Maru | ![]() | Russo-Japanese War: The 105-gross register ton sailing vessel was captured and sunk in the Sea of Japan near the Oki Islands by a squadron consisting of the armored cruisers Gromoboi, Rossia, and Rurik (all ![]() |
Hatsiman Maru | ![]() | Russo-Japanese War: The schooner was captured and sunk in the Sea of Japan by a squadron consisting of the armored cruisers Gromoboi, Rossia, and Rurik (all ![]() |
Sado Maru | ![]() | Russo-Japanese War, Hitachi Maru Incident: The auxiliary cruiser, operating as a troopship, grounded on Okinoshima 30 hours after the armored cruiser Rurik (![]() |
Seiyei Maru | ![]() | Russo-Japanese War: The 114-gross register ton sailing vessel was captured and sunk in the Sea of Japan by a squadron consisting of the armored cruisers Gromoboi, Rossia, and Rurik (all ![]() |
Yawata Maru | ![]() | Russo-Japanese War: The 198-gross register ton sailing vessel was captured and sunk in the Sea of Japan near the Oki Islands by a squadron consisting of the armored cruisers Gromoboi, Rossia, and Rurik (all ![]() |
17 June
Ship | State | Description |
---|---|---|
Costa Rican | ![]() | 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 | ![]() | 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
Ship | State | Description |
---|---|---|
Highlander | ![]() | The steamer burned to the waterline and sank in the Santee River 25 miles (40 km) above Georgetown.[4] |
20 June
Ship | State | Description |
---|---|---|
T. N. Barnesdall | ![]() | The steamer struck a log and sank at Broadfields Landing, West Virginia, in five feet (1.5 m) of water.[12] |
22 June
Ship | State | Description |
---|---|---|
39T | ![]() | The Aldebaran-class torpedo boat sank after colliding with the torpedo boats 68S and 153S (both ![]() |
Cleo L | ![]() | An explosion destroyed the auxiliary sloop yacht in New York Harbor opposite 34th Street in South Brooklyn, killing 2 men.[93][94] |
Mabel | ![]() | The tow boat caught fire in the Passaic River and was beached and the fire put out.[95] |
23 June
Ship | State | Description |
---|---|---|
F. H. Prince | ![]() | The freighter struck an obstruction off the Cleveland, Ohio breakwater and was beached.[4] |
Norge | ![]() | 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
Ship | State | Description |
---|---|---|
Nonpareil | ![]() | 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
Ship | State | Description |
---|---|---|
Monohansett | ![]() | The paddle steamer ran aground at Little Misery Island, Massachusetts. |
No. 51 | ![]() | 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 | ![]() | 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
Ship | State | Description |
---|---|---|
Koun Maru | ![]() | Russo-Japanese War: The 57-gross register ton merchant ship was sunk by Imperial Russian Navy torpedo boats at Gensan, Korea.[90] |
Seisho Maru | ![]() | Russo-Japanese War: The 122-gross register ton merchant ship was sunk by Imperial Russian Navy torpedo boats at Gensan, Korea.[90] |
No. 204 | ![]() | 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
2 July
Ship | State | Description |
---|---|---|
Jeanette | ![]() | 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
Ship | State | Description |
---|---|---|
Wichita | ![]() | The steamer was destroyed by fire at dock over night at Vicksburg, Mississippi.[11] |
5 July
Ship | State | Description |
---|---|---|
City of Denver | ![]() | The steamer burned in Sullivan's Slough, Puget Sound.[99][100] |
Kaimon | ![]() | 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 / 38.833; 121.833[101] with the loss of 23 crew members. |
Mary D. Hume | ![]() | 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
Ship | State | Description |
---|---|---|
George W. Humphrey | ![]() | 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 / 41.44300; -71.35683 (George W. Humphrey), a total loss.[17][102] |
Mabel Bird | ![]() | The fishing steamer was wrecked on a rock in Ipswich Bay.[4] |
8/9 July
Ship | State | Description |
---|---|---|
SS Nemesis (1880) | ![]() | Foundered south of Sydney on 8/9 July 1904 during a storm, with the loss of 32 crew.[103] |
10 July
Ship | State | Description |
---|---|---|
Jennie Hays | ![]() | The fishing steamer caught fire eight miles (13 km) off Fairport, Ohio in Lake Erie and was beached.[4] |
11 July
Ship | State | Description |
---|---|---|
Chalmette | ![]() | The steamer struck an obstruction 35 miles (56 km) below Natchez, Mississippi tearing a hole in her hull. Total loss.[4] |
13 July
Ship | State | Description |
---|---|---|
No. 208 | ![]() | Russo-Japanese War: The No. 208-class torpedo boat struck a mine and sank off Skryplev Island near Vladivostok, Russia. |
15 July
Ship | State | Description |
---|---|---|
Henry D. McCord | ![]() | The tug was sunk in a collision with the freight lighter USS Apache (![]() |
West Farms | ![]() | The tug capsized in a collision with a float being towed by Transfer No. 16 (![]() |
16 July
Ship | State | Description |
---|---|---|
Hipsang | ![]() | 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 (![]() |
Unknown barges | ![]() | Eight barges, under the tow of E. Luckenback (![]() |
17 July
Ship | State | Description |
---|---|---|
Unknown motor launch | ![]() | A motor launch was sunk in a collision with Harry Randall (![]() |
20 July
Ship | State | Description |
---|---|---|
Hokusei Maru | ![]() | 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 ![]() |
Ida | ![]() | 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 | ![]() | 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 ![]() |
Okassima Maru | ![]() | Russo-Japanese War: The merchant ship was captured and sunk in the Sea of Japan by Imperial Russian Navy forces.[104] |
Takashima Maru | ![]() | 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 ![]() |
21 July
Ship | State | Description |
---|---|---|
Geo. C. Markham | ![]() | The steamer was sunk at dock when struck by Geo. L. Craig (![]() |
R. Dunbar | ![]() | 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
Ship | State | Description |
---|---|---|
Castanet | ![]() | 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
Ship | State | Description |
---|---|---|
Fukuju Maru | ![]() | Russo-Japanese War: The 121-gross register ton schooner was captured and sunk in the Pacific Ocean near Tokyo Bay by a squadron consisting of the armored cruisers Gromoboi, Rossia, and Rurik (all ![]() |
Hakutsu Maru | ![]() | Russo-Japanese War: The 91-gross register ton merchant vessel was captured and sunk in the Sea of Japan by Imperial Russian Navy forces.[107] |
Jizai Maru | ![]() | Russo-Japanese War: The 199-gross register ton schooner was captured and sunk in the Pacific Ocean near Tokyo Bay by a squadron consisting of the armored cruisers Gromoboi, Rossia, and Rurik (all ![]() |
Knight Commander | ![]() | Russo-Japanese War: During a voyage from New York City to Chemulpo, Korea, with a cargo of general and railway material, the 4,306-gross register ton merchant ship was captured and sunk in the Pacific Ocean 75 nautical miles (139 km) southwest of Yokohama, Japan, by a squadron consisting of the armored cruisers Gromoboi, Rossia, and Rurik (all ![]() |
Leitenant Burakov | ![]() | Russo-Japanese War: The destroyer was torpedoed and sunk in Ta Ho Bay on the coast of China east of Port Arthur by picket boats from the battleships Mikasa and Fuji (both ![]() |
25 July
Ship | State | Description |
---|---|---|
Della A. | ![]() | The fishing steamer burned at McKees Harbor, Lopez Island.[4] |
Thea | ![]() | 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 ![]() |
Thomas Chubb | ![]() | The tug struck a sunken wreck in the basin at Albany, New York, and sank.[4] |
26 July
Ship | State | Description |
---|---|---|
City of Rockland | ![]() | 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
Ship | State | Description |
---|---|---|
Enigma | ![]() | The steamer burned in San Juan Pass. The vessel's crew escaped in her boat.[4] |
John P. Hopkins | ![]() | The steamer was sunk at dock when New Orleans (![]() |
29 July
Ship | State | Description |
---|---|---|
Burnyi | ![]() | 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 | ![]() | The steamer was destroyed by fire in Florida in the Halifax River near the mouth of the Tomoka River.[4] |
31 July
Ship | State | Description |
---|---|---|
Unknown canal boat | ![]() | A drifting canal boat collided with the docked Richard Peck (![]() |
Unknown date
Ship | State | Description |
---|---|---|
W J Pirrie | ![]() | The full-rigged ship was severely damaged by fire at Tocopilla, Chile. Subsequently hulked.[111] |
August
1 August
Ship | State | Description |
---|---|---|
Montgomery | ![]() | ![]() |
2 August
Ship | State | Description |
---|---|---|
Sivuch | ![]() | 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
Ship | State | Description |
---|---|---|
Monohansett | ![]() | 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
Ship | State | Description |
---|---|---|
Viking | ![]() | 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
Ship | State | Description |
---|---|---|
Rebecca M. Smith | ![]() | 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
Ship | State | Description |
---|---|---|
Ella Francis | ![]() | The schooner was sunk in a collision in thick fog with Nantucket (![]() |
7 August
Ship | State | Description |
---|---|---|
City of Berlin | ![]() | The steamer was sunk in a collision with Chili (![]() |
8 August
Ship | State | Description |
---|---|---|
Elizabeth | ![]() | While under tow by the steamer Irene (![]() |
Ganda | ![]() | 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 | ![]() | Russo-Japanese War: The improvised gunboat was sunk by a mine near Port Arthur, Manchuria, China.[67] |
Queen | ![]() | 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
Ship | State | Description |
---|---|---|
Valleta | ![]() | The steamer was destroyed by fire at dock at Long Island in the St. Lawrence River.[120] |
10 August
Ship | State | Description |
---|---|---|
Frederick | ![]() | The steamer sprung a leak, she then caught on a barge, careened and sank at Jefferson City, Missouri, a total loss.[84][121] |
11 August
Ship | State | Description |
---|---|---|
Burni | ![]() | Russo-Japanese War: The Boiki-class destroyer ran aground in the Yellow Sea off Shantung, China. Her crew blew her up to prevent her capture by Japanese forces.[41] |
Ryeshitelni | ![]() | Russo-Japanese War: The Kretchet-class destroyer was blown up and abandoned by her crew at Chefoo, China, but did not sink. The Japanese captured her the next day, repaired her, and commissioned her as the destroyer Yamabiko (![]() |
13 August
Ship | State | Description |
---|---|---|
HMS Decoy | ![]() | The Daring-class destroyer was in collision with the destroyer HMS Arun (![]() |
Dunsinane | ![]() | The ship, carrying granite, set sail at 7pm and ran into strong tides forcing it onto the Black Rock outside St Sampsons' harbour, Guernsey. The next few days the planking was removed from the hull and the cargo removed into waiting carts.[122][123] |
Recreation | ![]() | The 25-foot (7.6 m) motorboat capsized on the Potomac River off the Georgetown section of Washington, D.C., drowning 10 of the 14 people on board.[124] |
14 August
Ship | State | Description |
---|---|---|
Rurik | ![]() | Russo-Japanese War, Battle off Ulsan: The armored cruiser was scuttled to avoid capture after suffering heavy damage in action with the armored cruisers Iwate, Izumo, Tokiwa, and Azuma (all ![]() |
Dunsinane | ![]() | The barquentine, carrying a cargo of granite, set sail from Saint Sampson, Guernsey, in the Channel Islands at 7:00 p.m. and ran into strong tides which forced her onto Black Rock outside the harbour. Over the next few days, the planking was removed from her hull and her cargo removed and transferred to waiting carts.[125][123] |
16 August
Ship | State | Description |
---|---|---|
Elwood | ![]() | The steamer burned at Avon, Washington.[4] |
17 August
Ship | State | Description |
---|---|---|
HDMS Havhesten | ![]() | The Narvhvalen-class torpedo boat collided with HDMS Støren (![]() |
18 August
Ship | State | Description |
---|---|---|
Gremyashchi | ![]() | Russo-Japanese War: Siege of Port Arthur: The armored gunvessel sank after striking a mine near Port Arthur, Manchuria, China.[80][127] |
19 August
Ship | State | Description |
---|---|---|
Vigilant | ![]() | The passenger steamer sprung a leak and sank off Barkers Landing, Delaware. Pumped out and towed to Philadelphia.[4] |
20 August
Ship | State | Description |
---|---|---|
Novik | ![]() | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
21 August
Ship | State | Description |
---|---|---|
No. 201 | ![]() | Russo-Japanese War: The torpedo boat was wrecked near Vladivostok, Russia.[80][128] |
22 August
Ship | State | Description |
---|---|---|
Viking | ![]() | The cable ship ran aground and was wreck off Belle Isle, Labrador.[129] |
24 August
Ship | State | Description |
---|---|---|
Vuinoslivi | ![]() | Russo-Japanese War, Siege of Port Arthur: The Forel-class destroyer was sunk by a mine off Port Arthur, China.[41] |
25 August
Ship | State | Description |
---|---|---|
Mischief | ![]() | The tug struck a hidden obstruction in New York Harbor off New York City, the momentum of her tow rolled her to starboard, she filled and sank. She was raised the same day.[110] |
28 August
Ship | State | Description |
---|---|---|
A. J. Johnson | ![]() | The steamer capsized at Wilmington, North Carolina, when the tide dropped with her railing hung up on the dock.[4] |
31 August
Ship | State | Description |
---|---|---|
Lady Kindersley | ![]() | The motor schooner was crushed by ice in the Arctic Ocean off Point Barrow, District of Alaska. The schooner Boxer (![]() |
September
1 September
Ship | State | Description |
---|---|---|
Corunna | ![]() | The barque ran aground at Miramar, Buenos Aires Province, Argentina. She was refloated on 12 October 1904.[130] |
Lily L | ![]() | During a storm, the schooner was driven ashore and wrecked on the coast of the Russian Empire at East Cape on the Chukchi Peninsula in Siberia.[131] |
2 September
Ship | State | Description |
---|---|---|
Laura M. Riggin | ![]() | The 16-gross register ton motor vessel burned on the Nanticoke River in Delaware. Both people on board survived.[132] |
Lewie | ![]() | The 11-gross register ton schooner sank at Two Harbors, Minnesota. Both people on board survived.[133] |
3 September
Ship | State | Description |
---|---|---|
Hayatori | ![]() | Russo-Japanese War, Siege of Port Arthur: The destroyer struck an Imperial Russian Navy mine and sank with the loss of 17 lives in Korea Bay off Ping-tu-tao on the Liaotung Peninsula, Manchuria, China.[67][134] |
4 September
Ship | State | Description |
---|---|---|
Annie B. | ![]() | The steamer sank at dock in South Jacksonville, Florida. Probably raised.[4] |
Sadie | ![]() | During a voyage along the coast of the District of Alaska from Cape York to Kotzebue Sound and intermediate ports with 16 passengers, a crew of 22, and a cargo of 50 tons of general merchandise and coal on board, the 276-gross register ton, 150-foot (45.7 m) sidewheel paddle steamer struck a rock and settled on the bottom in 6 feet (1.8 m) of water in the Bering Sea near York City (65°30′N 167°41′W / 65.500°N 167.683°W / 65.500; -167.683 (York City)). The motor schooner Augusta C (![]() ![]() |
5 September
Ship | State | Description |
---|---|---|
Mineola | ![]() | The freighter struck an uncharted rock in the Sea of Okhotsk off the Tigil River. A total loss.[4] |
9 September
Ship | State | Description |
---|---|---|
Longfellow | ![]() | The steamer sprung a leak and foundered off Cape Cod, Highland Light. Her 16 crew abandoned ship in her boats.[115][135] |
10 September
Ship | State | Description |
---|---|---|
Lucia | ![]() | Russo-Japanese War, Siege of Port Arthur: A news article dated 10 September reported that the 658-gross register ton sailing ship had been sunk by a mine at Port Arthur, Manchuria, China. Only one member of her crew survived.[136] |
Vernie Mac | ![]() | The steamer sank at the mouth of Eagle Lake in 17 feet (5.2 m) of water.[4] |
11 September
Ship | State | Description |
---|---|---|
City of Topeka | ![]() | The steamer sank at dock at Seattle, Washington. raised and pumped out by 29 October.[99] |
14 September
Ship | State | Description |
---|---|---|
Alaska | ![]() | 1904 Hurricane No. 2: The fishing steamer broke loose from her moorings, colliding with the dock and fishing steamer Quickstep (![]() |
John A. Hughes | ![]() | 1904 Hurricane No. 2: The tow steamer was lying at dock at the Iron Pier at the Delaware Breakwater in Delaware Bay when the hurricane hit. Her crew abandoned her, except for one who could not get to shore. She drifted ashore. Refloated on 15 or 16 September.[137] |
Majestic | ![]() | 1904 Hurricane No. 2: The tow steamer was driven ashore on the New Jersey side of the Delaware River just above Alloway Creek opposite Reedy Island when the hurricane hit. She drifted ashore. Refloated on 15 September.[138] |
Nathan Lawrence | ![]() | 1904 Hurricane No. 2: The schooner became waterlogged and was abandoned off Virginia.[4] |
Osaka | ![]() | The clipper ship was wrecked on 14 September 1904 on Kuril Islands on a voyage from Tsingtao to Nicolaieosk with general cargo.[139] |
William H. Archer | ![]() | The 95-gross register ton schooner sank during a voyage from Bangor, Maine, to Vineyard Haven, Massachusetts, with the loss of all four people aboard.[140] |
15 September
Ship | State | Description |
---|---|---|
Alden S. Swan | ![]() | 1904 Hurricane No. 2: The fishing steamer, at dock in Lewes, Delaware, broke loose and was driven ashore.[137] |
D. K. Neal | ![]() | The steamer struck a snag and sank, probably at Norfolk, Virginia.[4] |
Dependence | ![]() | With no one on board, the 14-gross register ton motor vessel burned at Tampa, Florida.[140] |
Georgie D. Loud | ![]() | The 175-gross register ton schooner was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean 50 nautical miles (93 km; 58 mi) northeast of Cape Cod, Massachusetts. All five people on board survived.[141] |
Hanna A. Lennon | ![]() | 1904 Hurricane No. 2: The fishing steamer was driven high and dry when the hurricane hit. Later pulled off.[137] |
I. W. Durham | ![]() | 1904 Hurricane No. 2: The tow steamer suffered superstructure damage, then filled and sank 1⁄2 mile (0.80 km) off and below the mouth of the Christiana River. Eight of the ten crewmen were killed.[137] |
Joseph Church | ![]() | The steamer dragged anchor in a gale and was wrecked on Peaked Hill bar, off Cape Cod, where she was broken up by the waves.[4] |
18 September
Ship | State | Description |
---|---|---|
Heien | ![]() | Russo-Japanese War, Siege of Port Arthur: The armored gunboat struck an Imperial Russian Navy mine and sank in five minutes with the loss of 196 lives off Reef Island in Pigeon Bay off the southwest end of the Liaotung Peninsula, Manchuria, China. Imperial Japanese Navy forces discovered four survivors on Reef Island on 19 September.[67][142] |
22 September
Ship | State | Description |
---|---|---|
Vesta | ![]() | The tug was in a collision with the steamer H. F. Dimock (![]() |
25 September
Ship | State | Description |
---|---|---|
Noord | ![]() | The ship was wrecked southeast of Burhou, Alderney, Channel Islands.[143] |
26 September
Ship | State | Description |
---|---|---|
HMS Chamois | ![]() | The Star-class destroyer lost a propeller blade at speed. The blade pierced the hull and the ship foundered in the Gulf of Patras without loss of life. |
Osaka | ![]() | Russo-Japanese War: Japanese forces found the 546-gross register ton sailing vessel stranded on Etorofu in the Kuril Islands and captured her. She had run aground during a voyage from Shanghai, China, to Vladivostok, Russia.[144] |
Ruby | ![]() | The steamer was sunk in a collision with Heck (![]() |
29 September
Ship | State | Description |
---|---|---|
Dewey | ![]() | The steamer sank at dock over night at Norfolk, Virginia.[4] |
30 September
Ship | State | Description |
---|---|---|
Adolphe | ![]() | ![]() |
Unknown date
Ship | State | Description |
---|---|---|
Willard Mudgett | ![]() | The bark sailed from Newport News, Virginia on 10 September to Bangor, Maine with a cargo of coal. It was last reported on 13 September from a location "30 miles east-southeast from Fenwicks Island".[145] Willard Mudgett perhaps "foundered in the heavy southeast gale that prevailed on 13 September"[146] or was caught in the second hurricane of the 1904 season as it worked its way up the eastern coast. With a crew of ten men, Captain Fred Blanchard was in command of the ship at the time of its disappearance. His father, Captain William H. Blanchard, was a passenger. |
October
1 October
Ship | State | Description |
---|---|---|
No. 202 | ![]() | Russo-Japanese War: The torpedo boat was sunk in a collision near Vladivostok, Russia.[147] |
Nellie | ![]() | The tow steamer struck a submerged object one-half mile (0.80 km) below San Hickney and was beached. The hole was patched and the vessel was pulled off.[4] |
Volunteer | ![]() | The 23-gross register ton schooner was stranded in "Bdat" Harbor in Michigan. All three people on board survived.[148] |
3 October
Ship | State | Description |
---|---|---|
Iron Chief | ![]() | The steamer sprung a leak and sank in Saginaw Bay.[4] |
Mayflower | ![]() | The steamer burned and sank at dock at Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.[4][149] |
4 October
Ship | State | Description |
---|---|---|
Congress | ![]() | The lumber steamer burned at anchor in a gale at South Manitou Island and sank in 165 feet (50 m) of water.[150][151][152] |
Osprey | ![]() | The ferry burned to the waterline at the Ferry House of the Philadelphia and Billingsport Ferry Company in Billingsport, New Jersey.[137] |
Ralph W. | ![]() | The launch was sunk in a collision with a barge in the Christiana River.[137] |
Rock Island | ![]() | The steamer grounded on a shoal in the Yukon River seven miles (11 km) above Eagle City, Alaska. She backed off the shoal and sank with the bow in four feet (1.2 m) of water and the stern in six feet (1.8 m). Raised fairly soon after.[4] |
Sitka | ![]() | The steamer in fog and rain struck a rocky ledge off Point Au Sable in Lake Superior. The ship was beaten to pieces over the next couple days. Her boilers were salvaged and towed to Grand Marais, Minnesota in the Fall of 1906 where they remained submerged until brought up in July 1907.[153][154][155][156] |
West Side | ![]() | The laid up ferry burned to the waterline at the Ferry House of the Philadelphia and Billingsport Ferry Company in Billingsport, New Jersey.[137] |
5 October
Ship | State | Description |
---|---|---|
Hunter | ![]() | The steamer caught fire at dock at Grand Marais, Michigan and burned to the waterline, a total loss.[4] |
John W. Thomas | ![]() | The steamer struck a log at Blue River Island and sank. Raised and repaired.[4] |
8 October
Ship | State | Description |
---|---|---|
Cameroon | ![]() | The Elder Dempster 1,862-gross register ton passenger-cargo ship was holed and beached on the coast of Liberia.[157] |
10 October
Ship | State | Description |
---|---|---|
F. A. Goebel | ![]() | The steamer was sunk by a snag near Kenova, West Virginia. Raised and repaired.[4] |
11 October
Ship | State | Description |
---|---|---|
Bob Dudley | ![]() | The steamer struck a hidden obstruction near Smithland, Kentucky, and sank in six feet (1.8 m) of water. Later raised.[4] |
12 October
Ship | State | Description |
---|---|---|
C. H. Bradley | ![]() | The tug became a total loss at St. Michael, District of Alaska.[158] |
13 October
Ship | State | Description |
---|---|---|
Gromoboi | ![]() | The cruiser ran aground at the entrance to Posyet Bay and was damaged. She was on a voyage from Vladivostok to Posyet Bay. She was refloated and was assisted back to Vladivostok by the cruiser Bogatyr (![]() |
16 October
Ship | State | Description |
---|---|---|
Georges Valentine | ![]() | The barque sank in a storm off Hutchinson Island, Florida, United States (27°11′55.8″N 80°09′49.8″W / 27.198833°N 80.163833°W / 27.198833; -80.163833). |
Seneca Chief | ![]() | The out of commission steamer was destroyed by fire in Wilson Harbor on Lake Ontario.[4] |
17 October
Ship | State | Description |
---|---|---|
Eloise | ![]() | 1904 Hurricane No. 4: The steamer was sunk in a hurricane at Sanford, Florida.[89] |
Junius S. Morgan | ![]() | The steamer struck a hidden obstruction at Bird's Point, Missouri and sank in nine feet (2.7 m) of water. Total loss.[159][160] |
22 October
Ship | State | Description |
---|---|---|
Crane | ![]() | Russo-Japanese War, Dogger Bank incident: The steam fishing trawler was sunk by gunfire by ships of the Second Pacific Squadron (![]() |
Ohio | ![]() | The steamer was wrecked at Ping Yang Inlet, Korea.[161] |
23 October
Ship | State | Description |
---|---|---|
L. J. Perry | ![]() | Carrying a cargo of 21 tons of general merchandise and a crew of five, the 41-gross register ton, 77-foot (23.5 m) steam cargo vessel was blown onto the beach and wrecked during a gale in the harbor at Kayak (59°59′45″N 144°22′10″W / 59.99583°N 144.36944°W / 59.99583; -144.36944 (Kayak, Alaska)) on Kayak Island off the south-central coast of the District of Alaska.[131] |
24 October
Ship | State | Description |
---|---|---|
Seminole | ![]() | The steamer sank over night at Clark's Dock, Jacksonville, Florida.[4] |
25 October
Ship | State | Description |
---|---|---|
Zabiyaka | ![]() | Russo-Japanese War, Siege of Port Arthur: The gunboat was sunk by Imperial Japanese Army artillery fire at Port Arthur, Manchuria, China.[147] |
26 October
Ship | State | Description |
---|---|---|
Eliza H. Strong | ![]() | The steamer burned in Lake Huron off Lexington, Michigan.[4] |
27 October
Ship | State | Description |
---|---|---|
Doctor York | ![]() | The steamer burned to the waterline at Kenova, West Virginia.[12] |
Mainlander | ![]() | The steamer was sunk in a collision with the tug Sea Lion (![]() |
Sibilla | ![]() | The steamer struck a snag and sank five miles (8.0 km) above the mouth of Bayou Grosse Tete in six feet (1.8 m) of water. Probably raised.[4] |
28 October
Ship | State | Description |
---|---|---|
Skagit Queen | ![]() | The steamer was loading cargo from the river bank near Fir, Washington, when she was caught on a snag tilting her till she filled and sank. Later raised and was undamaged.[4] |
29 October
Ship | State | Description |
---|---|---|
Bart E. Linehan | ![]() | The steamer sank at City dock, Louisville, Kentucky when her seams opened up. Later raised.[4] |
30 October
Ship | State | Description |
---|---|---|
Angara | ![]() | Russo-Japanese War, Siege of Port Arthur: The auxiliary cruiser was sunk by Imperial Japanese Army field guns at Port Arthur, Manchuria, China. |
November
2 November
Ship | State | Description |
---|---|---|
Bruce | ![]() | The steamer caught fire in the engine room at dock at Escanaba, Michigan and burned to the waterline.[4] |
Volunteer | ![]() | The schooner was wrecked off Lingan Bar, Bridgeport.[163] |
4 November
Ship | State | Description |
---|---|---|
Columbia | ![]() | The ferry collided with the steamer City of Lowell (![]() |
6 November
Ship | State | Description |
---|---|---|
Atago | ![]() | Russo-Japanese War, Siege of Port Arthur: The Maya-class gunboat was wrecked on the coast of the Liaotung Peninsula near Port Arthur, Manchuria, China.[164] |
Panther | ![]() | The laid-up pleasure steamer was destroyed at Provuncher's Shipyard in East Providence, Rhode Island, by a fire that spread from a nearby building.[4] |
7 November
Ship | State | Description |
---|---|---|
Challenger | ![]() | The lime schooner caught fire off Willapa, Washington and put into port, but was a total loss.[165] |
10 November
Ship | State | Description |
---|---|---|
George T. Hope | ![]() | The steamer sprung a leak and sank at dock at Escanaba, Michigan. Raised, temporarily repaired and taken to Cleveland, Ohio for repairs.[4] |
Wm. Armstrong | ![]() | The railroad ferry attempted to leave dock in Ogdensburg, New York with two insecure loaded rail cars. One of them broke loose and rolled where it was dangling off the stern causing the ferry to begin filling with water. She was run onto the bar and sank in 14 feet (4.3 m) of water. Raised and repaired.[4] |
11 November
Ship | State | Description |
---|---|---|
John Denessen | ![]() | The steamer struck a log near the Red River near Green Bay, Wisconsin. She was beached in the Red River and was patched and refloated.[4] |
12 November
Ship | State | Description |
---|---|---|
Fanny H | ![]() | The pleasure yacht was destroyed by fire at St. Martin Island.[150] |
Wyoming | ![]() | The steamer sprang a leak and sank in Lake Huron eight miles (13 km) east of Burnt Cabin Point.[4] |
13 November
Ship | State | Description |
---|---|---|
C. T. No. 5 | ![]() | The 177-gross register ton barge sank in Long Island Sound. The only person on board survived.[166] |
John Gregory | ![]() | The tug foundered in a gale and heavy seas in Lake Erie just off the breakwater at Cleveland, Ohio at the mouth of the Cuyahoga River. The harbor pilot and captain were killed.[4] |
Missouri | ![]() | The 15-gross register ton schooner sank in Pamlico Sound on the coast of North Carolina with the loss of all three people on board.[26] |
Stroini | ![]() | Russo-Japanese War, Siege of Port Arthur: The Kretchet-class destroyer struck an Imperial Russian Navy mine and sank in Korea Bay off Port Arthur, China.[54][167] |
14 November
Ship | State | Description |
---|---|---|
Penllyn | ![]() | The tow steamer sank at dock at Philadelphia, possibly her stern was caught under the dock with a rise in water level. Raised on 18 November and found to be undamageed. The vessel was back in service by 23 November.[168] |
Texas | ![]() | The barge was sunk in a collision with Dorchester (![]() |
15 November
Ship | State | Description |
---|---|---|
Helen Barton | ![]() | The tug was sunk while tied up at the Ascension Coal Fleet Dock in Donaldsonville, Louisiana, when a coal boat struck her. She was a total loss.[4] |
Kitty Horr | ![]() | The 17-gross register ton schooner was stranded at Marco, Florida. The only person on board survived.[133] |
16 November
Ship | State | Description |
---|---|---|
Hunter Savidge | ![]() | The steamer was destroyed by fire at dock at Manistee, Michigan.[4] |
Rastoropni | ![]() | Russo-Japanese War: After her crew was put ashore, the Puiliki-class destroyer was blown up by her commanding officer at Chefoo, China, apparently to avoid any possibility of Imperial Japanese Navy forces entering the harbor and capturing her.[54][169][170] |
Ten Broeck | ![]() | The steamer was destroyed by fire at Cairo, Illinois.[159] |
Vidia M. Brigham | ![]() | The schooner was sunk in a collision with Walter A. Luckenbach (![]() |
17 November
Ship | State | Description |
---|---|---|
Uncle Sam | ![]() | The laid up steamer burned to the water's edge at St. Louis, Missouri, probably a total loss.[171] |
18 November
Ship | State | Description |
---|---|---|
Mohawk | ![]() | The freighter burned off the Cornfield Lightship in Long Island Sound. One crewman killed. Survivors rescued by Boston (![]() |
19 November
Ship | State | Description |
---|---|---|
Laura | ![]() | The schooner was wrecked off Mushaboom Point, Sheet Harbour, Nova Scotia.[172] |
Philip Minch | ![]() | The steamer burned in Lake Erie 8 miles (13 km) east of Marblehead, Ohio and was abandoned by her crew who made it to shore in her boats. She sank in 45 feet (14 m) of water 6 miles (9.7 km) east of Chickenole Reef, 8 miles off Middle Island.[173][174][175] |
21 November
Ship | State | Description |
---|---|---|
J. N. Harbin | ![]() | The steamer struck a snag and sank at Bickers Landing in the Arkansas River. Raised and repaired.[56] |
22 November
Ship | State | Description |
---|---|---|
Marie | ![]() | The tug sank at dock overnight in East Boston, Massachusetts due to an open syphon pipe. Later raised.[21] |
Valora | ![]() | The tug sank in a collision with the tug Annie (![]() |
23 November
Ship | State | Description |
---|---|---|
City of Seattle | ![]() | The steamer struck an uncharted rock in Eagle River Harbor and was beached. Repaired quickly and proceeded on its way.[4] |
Joe Seay | ![]() | The tug capsized and sank near Vicksburg, Mississippi. Total loss. One crewman killed.[4] |
24 November
Ship | State | Description |
---|---|---|
Kongo | ![]() | The steamer struck an obstruction leaving dock at Au Sable, twisting her stern post, she filled and sank.[4] |
Massasoit | ![]() | The 842-gross register ton schooner barge or scow barge was stranded at Waterworks Crib on the Niagara River in New York. All six people aboard survived.[31] |
Wm. Henry | ![]() | The 52-gross register ton schooner was stranded at Old Point, Virginia. All three people aboard survived.[140] |
26 November
Ship | State | Description |
---|---|---|
Marie | ![]() | The launch was sunk in a collision with the steamer P. R. R. No. 32 (![]() |
28 November
Ship | State | Description |
---|---|---|
Kelsey | ![]() | The 203-gross register ton barge sank at New York City. The only person on board survived.[166] |
Thos. White | ![]() | The steamer burned in the Calumet River due to a lamp exploding in her engine room. She was a total loss.[4] |
29 November
Ship | State | Description |
---|---|---|
B. W. Blanchard | ![]() | The steamer ran aground and was wrecked in a blinding snowstorm on North Point in Lake Huron and broke up.[176][4] |
John T. Johnson | ![]() | The schooner barge ran aground and was wrecked in a blinding snowstorm on North Point in Lake Huron and broke up.[177] |
Minnie | ![]() | The laid up steamer burned to the waterline at Thornley's Landing, West Virginia and sank.[12] |
30 November
Ship | State | Description |
---|---|---|
Columbia | ![]() | The 41-ton, 60-foot (18.3 m) schooner was driven ashore in "McLeods Bay" – probably a reference to McLeod Harbor (59°53′N 147°15′W / 59.883°N 147.250°W / 59.883; -147.250 (McLeod Harbor)) – on the coast of Montague Island on the south-central coast of the District of Alaska. Her crew of four survived, but she was a total loss.[158] |
Saien | ![]() | Russo-Japanese War, Siege of Port Arthur: The protected cruiser struck a mine and sank in three minutes with the loss of 38 lives in the Gulf of Pechili between Pigeon Bay and Louisa Bay at 38°51′N 121°05′E / 38.850°N 121.083°E / 38.850; 121.083 (Saien), 1 nautical mile (1.9 km; 1.2 mi) off the coast of the Liaotung Peninsula, Manchuria, China.[178] |
Unknown date
Ship | State | Description |
---|---|---|
Ann Virginia | ![]() | The schooner sank in the Cohansey River, New Jersey sometime in November. The wreck was removed with dynamite, with the work completed by 13 June 1905.[179] |
Rex | ![]() | With no one on board, the 18-gross register ton scow was stranded at Bellingham, Washington.[166] |
Slieve Bawn | ![]() | The full-rigged ship was wrecked at Baira Rio Contas, Chile.[180] |
December
2 December
Ship | State | Description |
---|---|---|
Dixie | ![]() | The steamer struck a hidden obstruction in fog and sank three miles (4.8 km) below Fort Adams, Mississippi.[7] |
3 December
Ship | State | Description |
---|---|---|
Santiago | ![]() | The 1,918-gross register ton schooner barge or scow barge at anchor and without lights was lost when struck by screw steamer Philadelphia (![]() |
4 December
Ship | State | Description |
---|---|---|
Gustavo | ![]() | The 12-gross register ton sloop sank at Salinas, Puerto Rico. Both people on board survived.[133] |
5 December
Ship | State | Description |
---|---|---|
Poltava | ![]() | ![]() ![]() |
6 December
Ship | State | Description |
---|---|---|
Retvizan | ![]() | ![]() ![]() |
7 December
Ship | State | Description |
---|---|---|
Pearl | ![]() | The 87-gross register ton, 95.5-foot (29.1 m) schooner departed San Francisco, California, bound for Sanak Island in the Sanak Islands subgroup of the Fox Islands group of the Aleutian Islands with 28 fisherman and a crew of eight aboard and was never heard from again. Many months later, the schooner John F. Miller (![]() |
Peresvet | ![]() | ![]() ![]() |
Pobeda | ![]() | ![]() ![]() |
8 December
Ship | State | Description |
---|---|---|
Gilyak | ![]() | Russo-Japanese War, Siege of Port Arthur: The gunboat was sunk at Port Arthur, Manchuria, China, by Imperial Japanese Army artillery fire.[147] |
Pallada | ![]() | ![]() ![]() |
9 December
Ship | State | Description |
---|---|---|
Bayan | ![]() | Russo-Japanese War, Siege of Port Arthur: The Bayan-class armored cruiser was sunk at her moorings at Port Arthur, Manchuria, China, by Imperial Japanese Army artillery fire. The Japanese refloated and repaired her and put into service as Aso (![]() |
10 December
Ship | State | Description |
---|---|---|
Antverpia | ![]() | The G Albrecht cargo ship ran aground on the River Scheldt. She was refloated in 1905 and scrapped in Antwerp.[62] |
11 December
Ship | State | Description |
---|---|---|
Jessie | ![]() | While she was under tow in the waters of the District of Alaska from Ketchikan to Niblack with a cargo of 60 tons of lumber and shingles, the 44-ton scow's towline parted and she drifted ashore on the coast of Prince of Wales Island in the Alexander Archipelago in Southeast Alaska somewhere near Chasina Point (56°16′50″N 132°01′30″W / 56.28056°N 132.02500°W / 56.28056; -132.02500 (Chasina Point)), 2 nautical miles (3.7 km; 2.3 mi) north of Wedge Island (55°08′50″N 131°57′53″W / 55.1472222°N 131.9647222°W / 55.1472222; -131.9647222 (Wedge Island)). She broke up on the rocks.[183] |
12 December
Ship | State | Description |
---|---|---|
Continental | ![]() | The steamer was wrecked one mile (1.6 km) north of Twin River Point Light in Lake Michigan in a blinding snowstorm after she was disabled in heavy seas. She broke in two, a total loss[184][185] |
Flora | ![]() | The tug struck a sand bar at Kellogg's Landing, capsized and sank in ten feet (3.0 m) of water.[4] |
13 December
Ship | State | Description |
---|---|---|
Takasago | ![]() | Russo-Japanese War, Siege of Port Arthur: The protected cruiser struck a mine and sank at Port Arthur, Manchuria, China (38°10′N 121°15′E / 38.167°N 121.250°E / 38.167; 121.250).[186] A total of 273 crew were killed. |
14 December
Ship | State | Description |
---|---|---|
John Dexter | ![]() | The 24-gross register ton schooner was stranded in East Bay on the Pembroke River in Maine. All four people on board survived.[187] |
No. 53 | ![]() | Russo-Japanese War, Siege of Port Arthur: The torpedo boat was sunk off Port Arthur, Manchuria, China, during an attack on the battleship Sevastopol (![]() |
15 December
Ship | State | Description |
---|---|---|
Baker | ![]() | The coal barge sprang a leak and sank at Pier 2, South wharves, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.[168] |
No. 42 | ![]() | Russo-Japanese War, Siege of Port Arthur: During an attack on the battleship Sevastopol (![]() ![]() |
Vsadnik | ![]() | Russo-Japanese War, Siege of Port Arthur: The torpedo gunboat was sunk at Port Arthur, Manchuria, China, by Imperial Japanese Army artillery fire. The Japanese refloated and repaired her and commissioned her into service as Makikumo (![]() |
16 December
Ship | State | Description |
---|---|---|
Glen Island | ![]() | The passenger ship — a 238-foot (73 m), 328-gross register ton sidewheel paddle steamer — burned in Long Island Sound at a location identified both as east of Execution Light and as off Glen Cove, New York, inside of Mantinecock Point, about 100 yards (91 m) offshore. Two passengers and seven crew were killed. Her 21 survivors escaped in her lifeboats. She sank in 15 to 25 feet (4.6 to 7.6 m) of water.[22][189][190] |
Storozhevoi | ![]() | Russo-Japanese War, Siege of Port Arthur: The Kretchet-class destroyer was torpedoed by an Imperial Japanese Navy torpedo boat at Port Arthur, Manchuria, China, and beached.[54] |
18 December
Ship | State | Description |
---|---|---|
Amur | ![]() | |
Laura | ![]() | The tow steamer sank at dock at Pier 63, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, when her guard was caught under the dock during a rise in the water level.[4] |
19 December
Ship | State | Description |
---|---|---|
Lime Rock | ![]() | The freighter sank in the East River while tied up at Pier 3 after probably being damaged by ice while en route from South Amboy, New Jersey. Later raised.[22] |
22 December
Ship | State | Description |
---|---|---|
Robert E. Lee | ![]() | The steamer struck a stump and sank between Memphis, Tennessee and Ashport, Tennessee, or sank off Craighead Point, or Saighead Point, Arkansas during a rising of the river level.[56][193][194] |
24 December
Ship | State | Description |
---|---|---|
Iron Duke | ![]() | The laid-up steamer burned to the waterline at Charlotte, New York around midnight.[120] |
Unidentified scow | ![]() | The scow, under tow by the steamer Charles E. Matthews (![]() ![]() |
25 December
Ship | State | Description |
---|---|---|
Drumelzier | ![]() | During a voyage from New York City to Swansea, Wales, with a cargo of copper, steel, oil, lead ingots, and a luxury automobile, the 3,625-gross register ton steam cargo ship was wrecked during a snowstorm on the bar about 0.75 nautical miles (1.4 km; 0.9 mi) off Fire Island off the south coast of Long Island, New York. Her entire crew of 30 survived. She broke up during a gale on 28–29 December, and her wreck sank in 20 feet (6 m) of water. Her wreck became known as the "Fire Island Wreck" and the "Quadrant Wreck."[195][196][197][198][199] |
Rees Pritchard | ![]() | The steamer burned while docked on the Yazoo River at Yazoo City, Mississippi. She was declared a total loss.[4] |
26 December
Ship | State | Description |
---|---|---|
Bobr | ![]() | Russo-Japanese War, Siege of Port Arthur: The Sivuch-class gunboat, already badly damaged by Imperial Japanese Army artillery and then stripped and demolished by her crew, was sunk by additional hits by Japanese artillery.[114] |
27 December
Ship | State | Description |
---|---|---|
Lesnoy | ![]() | The 8-gross register ton, 35-foot (10.7 m) schooner was wrecked during a gale on the northwest end of Wosnesenski Island in the Shumagin Islands off the south coast of the Alaska Peninsula.[131] |
Northeastern | ![]() | The steamer was wrecked and broke up on shoals near Cape Hatteras due to navigation errors during a gale with rain and high seas.[200] |
Two Brothers | ![]() | The 10-gross register ton schooner was lost when she collided with the screw steamer Cambridge (![]() |
30 December
Ship | State | Description |
---|---|---|
Lom | ![]() | The three masted schooner wrecked at Terschelling, the Netherlands. The captain was killed, the other crew members were rescued. The wreck was found by divers in 1983.[202] |
Unknown date
Ship | State | Description |
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Alice M | ![]() | During a voyage in the waters of the District of Alaska from Juneau to Kayak Island with a cargo of 11 tons of merchandise, the 13-ton schooner was wrecked during a gale on a sandbar behind "Kanuck Island" – probably a reference to Kanak Island (60°08′N 144°21′W / 60.133°N 144.350°W / 60.133; -144.350 (Kanak Island)) in Controller Bay (60°04′37″N 144°13′04″W / 60.0770°N 144.2178°W / 60.0770; -144.2178 (Controller Bay)) – on the coast of Southcentral Alaska. All six people aboard – three passengers and three crewmen – abandoned ship and survived, but Alice M soon was refloated by the rising tide, drifted out to sea, and sank.[203] |
Highland Lassie | ![]() | The Nelson Line steamer sailed from Swansea, Wales on 10 December 1904 for Buenos Aires and was not seen again; she was formally declared missing on 23 May 1905.[204] |
Texas | ![]() | The US Army Corps of Engineers Dredge broke up and sank off Galveston, Texas.[205] |
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Anna Evans | ![]() | The 6-gross register ton schooner sank in Mobjack Bay on the coast of Virginia. All three people on board survived.[206] |
Australia | ![]() | ![]() |
Conemaugh | ![]() | The steamer disappeared after leaving Coronel, Chile, bound for Sainta Lucia in the West Indies.[207] |
Laura | ![]() | The sailing ship went missing after leaving Newcastle, New South Wales on 1 February for Tocopilla.[208] |
Maharaja | ![]() | The cargo ship was wrecked.[209] |
Maid of Patuca | ![]() | With no one on board, the 84-gross register ton screw steamer was lost in Honduras. Sources disagree on whether she sank in the Patuca River on 13 September[210] or was blown out to sea by a hurricane on 1 October and dashed to pieces on a bar offshore.[211] |
Norseman | ![]() | The 7-gross register ton sloop was stranded at South Orrington, Maine. The only person on board survived.[26] |
Sir Wilfred | The dredge sank off Port Hope, Ontario sometime in 1904.[212] |
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