List of shipwrecks in 1905

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The list of shipwrecks in 1905 includes ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during 1905.

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1905
Jan Feb Mar Apr
May Jun Jul Aug
Sep Oct Nov Dec
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January

2 January

List of shipwrecks: 2 January 1905
Ship Country Description
Razyashchi  Imperial Russian Navy Russo-Japanese War: Siege of Port Arthur: The Puilki-class destroyer was scuttled at Port Arthur, Manchuria, China.[1]
Sevastopol  Imperial Russian Navy Russo-Japanese War: Siege of Port Arthur: The Petropavlovsk-class battleship was scuttled off Port Arthur, Manchuria, China.
Silni  Imperial Russian Navy Russo-Japanese War: Siege of Port Arthur: The Puilki-class destroyer was scuttled at Port Arthur, Manchuria, China. She was refloated and repaired by the Japanese and placed in service as Fumizuki ( Imperial Japanese Navy).[1]
Storozhevoi  Imperial Russian Navy Russo-Japanese War: Siege of Port Arthur: The Puilki-class destroyer was scuttled at Port Arthur, Manchuria, China.[1]

3 January

List of shipwrecks: 3 January 1905
Ship Country Description
Haudaudine  France The full-rigged ship ran aground and sank off New Caledonia with no loss of life.

15 January

List of shipwrecks: 15 January 1905
Ship Country Description
Lodalen  Norway The lake steamer was thrown some 350 m (1,150 ft) ashore by a flood wave created by a large rockfall into the lake Loenvatnet. The wreck of Lodalen was thrown a further 150 m (490 ft) inland by another flood wave in 1936.[2]

18 January

List of shipwrecks: 18 January 1905
Ship Country Description
Optima  Germany The four-masted barque was wrecked on Haisborough Sands, off the coast of Norfolk, United Kingdom.

31 January

List of shipwrecks: 31 January 1905
Ship Country Description
Skidby  United Kingdom The steamship ran aground on Sable Island, Nova Scotia, Canada. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from South Shields, County Durham to Baltimore, Maryland, United States.[3]

February

5 February

List of shipwrecks: 5 February 1905
Ship Country Description
Ice Boat No. 3  United States The sidewheel icebreaker struck a submerged shipwreck and sank in the National Harbor of Refuge, Delaware Bay, Delaware, United States.

7 February

List of shipwrecks: 7 February 1905
Ship Country Description
Sully  French Navy The Gloire-class armored cruiser was wrecked in Ha Long Bay, French Indochina, without loss of life.

17 February

List of shipwrecks: 17 February 1905
Ship Country Description
Orizaba  United Kingdom
The wreck of Orizaba in 1910.

The mail steamer was wrecked on Five Fathom Bank off Fremantle, Western Australia.

Unknown date

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date February 1905
Ship Country Description
Moy  United Kingdom The iron sailing ship disappeared during a voyager from British Guiana to Liverpool.


March

14 March

List of shipwrecks: 14 March 1905
Ship Country Description
Khyber  United Kingdom The 1,967 ton barque was wrecked under the cliff at Tol-Pedn-Penwith, Cornwall. Neither the Penzance or Sennen Lifeboats could reach the ship and twenty-three crew lost their lives.[4]

25 March

List of shipwrecks: 25 March 1905
Ship Country Description
Parisian  United Kingdom The steamship collided with the steamer Albano (flag unknown) during a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. She reached Halifax, where she sank from damage sustained in the collision.[5]

April

12 April

List of shipwrecks: 12 April 1905
Ship Country Description
Bristol Packet  United Kingdom The ketch was driven ashore and wrecked at Oxwich, Glamorgan.[6]
Indefatiguable  United Kingdom The tug struck rocks in the Bristol Channel She was abandoned two days later.[6]

May

List of shipwrecks: May 1905
Ship Country Description
Benguela  United Kingdom The Elder Dempster 1,796 grt cargo ship was wrecked in May 1905 at Nana Kroo, Sierra Leone. She was on a voyage to Hamburg with palm kernels and oil.[7]

4 May

List of shipwrecks: 4 May 1905
Ship Country Description
Hesper  United States
Part of the wreck of Hesper on 8 September 2007.
The bulk carrier sank in Silver Bay, Lake Superior.[8]

11 May

List of shipwrecks: 11 May 1905
Ship Country Description
Maiko Maru  Japan Russo-Japanese War: The cargo ship struck a mine and sank off the Elliot Islands, China.[9]

27 May

List of shipwrecks: 27 May 1905
Ship Country Description
Knyaz Suvorov  Imperial Russian Navy Russo-Japanese War: Battle of Tsushima: The Borodino-class battleship capsized and sank in the Tsushima Straitwith the loss of 928 of her crew after numerous shell and torpedo hits inflicted by various Imperial Japanese Navy ships over the course of several hours. Twenty officers taken off earlier by the destroyer Buinyi ( Imperial Russian Navy) are her only survivors.
Imperator Aleksandr III  Imperial Russian Navy Russo-Japanese War: Battle of Tsushima: The Borodino-class battleship capsized and sank in the Tsushima Strait with the loss of all hands after numerous shell hits inflicted by various Imperial Japanese Navy ships over the course of several hours.
Borodino  Imperial Russian Navy Russo-Japanese War: Battle of Tsushima: The Borodino-class battleship exploded, capsized, and sank in the Tsushima Strait after various Imperial Japanese Navy battleships inflicted numerous shell hits on her. Only one member of her 855-man crew survived.
Oslyabya  Imperial Russian Navy Russo-Japanese War: Battle of Tsushima: The Peresvet-class battleship sank in the Tsushima Strait with the loss of at least 471 – and perhaps as many as 514 – lives after suffering numerous shell hits inflicted by several Imperial Japanese Navy battleships and armored cruisers. Between 376 and 385 of her crew were saved by various Russian warships.
Ural  Imperial Russian Navy Russo-Japanese War: Battle of Tsushima: The armed merchant cruiser sank in the Tsushima Strait after being hit by a shell fired by an Imperial Japanese Navy battleship and torpedoed by an Imperial Japanese Navy destroyer.

28 May

List of shipwrecks: 28 May 1905
Ship Country Description
Admiral Nakhimov  Imperial Russian Navy Russo-Japanese War: Battle of Tsushima: Damaged by numerous shell hits from various Imperial Japanese Navy warships the previous day, the armored cruiser either struck a mine or was torpedoed by an unidentified ship and sank in the Tsushima Strait near Tsushima Island with the loss of 18 lives; her commanding officer claimed that she was scuttled. The auxiliary cruiser Sado Maru ( Imperial Japanese Navy) rescued 523 survivors, and another 103 survivors escaped in Admiral Nakhimov′s lifeboats but were captured by the Japanese later.
Admiral Ushakov  Imperial Russian Navy Russo-Japanese War: Battle of Tsushima: The Admiral Ushakov-class coastal defense ship, badly damaged in action with Imperial Japanese Navy warships and ablaze, was scuttled in the Tsushima Strait.
Buinyi  Imperial Russian Navy Russo-Japanese War: Battle of Tsushima: The Buinyi-class destroyer was scuttled in the Tsushima Strait after her machinery broke down. The wounded Russian Vice Admiral Zinovy Rozhestvensky was transferred from Buinyi to the destroyer Biedovi ( Imperial Russian Navy), and Buinyi′s crew along with 205 survivors of the sunken battleship Oslyabya ( Imperial Russian Navy) aboard Buinyi were taken off by the armored cruiser Dmitrii Donskoi ( Imperial Russian Navy).
Navarin  Imperial Russian Navy Russo-Japanese War: Battle of Tsushima: After suffering heavy damage from gunfire by Imperial Japanese Navy battleships the previous day, the battleship capsized and sank in the Tsushima Strait with the loss of 671 lives. Only three of her crew survived.
Sissoi Veliky  Imperial Russian Navy Russo-Japanese War: Battle of Tsushima: Badly damaged by gunfire and torpedo hits inflicted by various Imperial Japanese Navy warships and with 47 of her crew killed, the battleship capsized and sank while under tow by the Japanese after surrendering to them. Her 613 survivors were rescued by the armed merchant cruisers Shinano Maru and Dainan Maru (both  Imperial Japanese Navy).
Vladimir Monomakh  Imperial Russian Navy Russo-Japanese War: Battle of Tsushima: Badly damaged by an Imperial Japanese Navy torpedo hit the previous day, the armored cruiser was scuttled in the Tsushima Strait near Tsushima Island. Her survivors were rescued by the auxiliary cruisers Sado Maru and Manchu Maru (both  Imperial Japanese Navy).

29 May

List of shipwrecks: 29 May 1905
Ship Country Description
Dmitrii Donskoi  Imperial Russian Navy Russo-Japanese War: Battle of Tsushima: Badly damaged in combat with Imperial Japanese Navy warships the previous day, the armored cruiser was scuttled in the Sea of Japan off Ulleungdo. Her survivors were rescued by the destroyer Fubuki and armed merchant cruiser Kasugu Maru (both  Imperial Japanese Navy).
Izumrud  Imperial Russian Navy Russo-Japanese War: The Izumrud-class protected cruiser ran aground near Vladivostok and was destroyed by explosive charges set by her crew.

June

15 June

List of shipwrecks: 15 June 1905
Ship Country Description
Hydrangea  United Kingdom The Milford Haven steam trawler was heading for the fishing grounds off the Isles of Scilly but was off course and hit the Seven Stones Reef. Her crew reached the Sevenstones Lightship.[10]

25 June

List of shipwrecks: 25 June 1905
Ship Country Description
Cousins Arbib  Belgium The steamer collided with the steamer IJmuiden ( Netherlands) 20 nautical miles (37 km) off Flamborough Head, England. Later raised, repaired and sold, re-entering service in 1909.[11]

July

5 July

List of shipwrecks: 5 July 1905
Ship Country Description
Farfadet  French Navy The submarine sank at Sidi Abdullah, Tunisia with the loss of four lives.
Diana  United Kingdom The Newlyn lugger steamed into the Hamburgans Rocks off Penzance promenade, Cornwall, England, when the watchman fell asleep after a night of fishing. She was refloated on the late afternoon tide.[12]

8 July

List of shipwrecks: 8 July 1905
Ship Country Description
Potemkin  Romanian Naval Forces The battleship was partly scuttled in the Port of Constanța by her mutinous Russian crew after surrendering to Romanian authorities.[13]

21 July

List of shipwrecks: 21 July 1905
Ship Country Description
USS Bennington  United States Navy
USS Bennington.

The gunboat suffered a boiler explosion and was holed. She was beached at San Diego, California. She later was repaired and returned to service.

August

4 August

List of shipwrecks: 4 August 1905
Ship Country Description
Noisiel  France
Noisiel

The 400-ton steel barque was blown ashore in a violent storm at Praa Sands, Cornwall, United Kingdom. She was en route from Cherbourg to Savona with a 600-ton cargo of armour plate from gun turrets of obsolete battleships.[14][15]

10 August

List of shipwrecks: 10 August 1905
Ship Country Description
Roanoke  United States The four-masted barque was destroyed by fire while loading a cargo of chromium ore near Nouméa, New Caledonia.

Unknown date

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1905
Ship Country Description
Albatross  United Kingdom The small ketch sank in the Solent when her cargo of oil barrels exploded.[12]

September

2 September

List of shipwrecks: 2 September 1905
Ship Country Description
Pretoria  United States The wooden schooner sank in a storm on Lake Superior near the Apostle Islands.[16]
Sevona  United States The lake freighter sank in a storm on Lake Superior near Sand Island in the Apostle Islands.

26 September

List of shipwrecks: 26 September 1905
Ship Country Description
Cantabria  Philippines The ship sank at the north end of Ticao Island, Philippines in a typhoon. Total loss of ship and all sixty-nine on board drowned.[17]

Unknown date

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1905
Ship Country Description
Loch Vennachar  United Kingdom The three-masted clipper ship sank at West Bay, Kangaroo Island, Australia some time between 6 and 29 September.

October

5 October

List of shipwrecks: 5 October 1905
Ship Country Description
HMS Irresistible  Royal Navy The Formidable-class battleship ran aground at Malta. She was refloated, underwent an overhaul, and returned to service.
Noquebay  United States The wooden schooner caught fire and sank in Lake Superior off the coast of Stockton Island, in Chequamegon Bay, Wisconsin.

28 October

List of shipwrecks: 28 October 1905
Ship Country Description
Cardenal Cisneros  Spanish Navy The Princesa de Asturias-class armored cruiser sank in the Atlantic Ocean off northern Spain without loss of life after striking an uncharted rock during a voyage from Muros to Ferrol.

31 October

List of shipwrecks: 31 October 1905
Ship Country Description
Zelandia  Belgium The steamer was wrecked off Warkworth, England.[18]

November

2 November

List of shipwrecks: 2 November 1905
Ship Country Description
Appomattox  United States The wooden steamship ran aground in smoke and fog near Milwaukee, Lake Michigan. Abandoned as a constructive total loss.[19]

5 November

List of shipwrecks: 5 November 1905
Ship Country Description
Blackadder  Norway The clipper ship foundered off Bahia, Brazil.[20]

12 November

List of shipwrecks: 12 November 1905
Ship Country Description
R. J. Hackett  United States The steamer caught fire, was deliberately run aground on Whaleback Reef off Washington Island in Lake Michigan′s Green Bay, and sank. All 13 crew members were saved.

18 November

List of shipwrecks: 18 November 1905
Ship Country Description
Hilda  United Kingdom
Hilda

The steamship ran aground on La Pierre des Portes reef, Saint-Malo, France with the loss of 125 lives.

27 November

List of shipwrecks: 27 November 1905
Ship Country Description
Mataafa  United States
The wreck of SS Mataafa.
Mataafa Storm: The bulk carrier was wrecked in Lake Superior just outside the harbor at Duluth, Minnesota, and broke in two, with the loss of nine lives. Fifteen survivors were rescued. She later was refloated, repaired, and returned to service.

28 November

List of shipwrecks: 28 November 1905
Ship Country Description
Madeira  United States
Rigging onb the wreck of Madeira, September 7, 2007.
Mataafa Storm: The schooner-barge sank in Lake Superior.

December

10 December

List of shipwrecks: 10 December 1905
Ship Country Description
Ariete  Spanish Navy The first-class torpedo boat was destroyed by fire at Cadiz, Spain.
Rayo  Spanish Navy The first-class torpedo boat was destroyed by fire at Cadiz, Spain.

11 December

List of shipwrecks: 11 December 1905
Ship Country Description
LV-58 United States Lighthouse Service The lightvessel sank off Nantucket.[21]

Unknown date

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1905
Ship Country Description
George W. Elder  United States The passenger-cargo ship struck a rock in the Columbia River and sank. She was refloated, repaired, and returned to service.

References

  1. 1 2 3 Chesneau, Roger, and Eugene M. Kolesnik, Conway′s All the World′s Fighting Ships 1860-1905, New York: Mayflower Books, 1979, ISBN 0-8317-0302-4, p. 206.
  2. ↑ Starheim, Ottar (2009). "Lodalsulukkene 1905 og 1936". In Bjerkaas, Hans-Tore. Sogn og Fjordane Fylkesleksikon (in Norwegian). NRK.
  3. ↑ "Skidby - 1905". Maritime Museum of the Atlantic. Retrieved 19 January 2015.
  4. ↑ Corin, J; Farr, G (1983). Penlee Lifeboat. Penzance: Penlee & Penzance Branch of the Royal National Lifeboat Institution. p. 120. ISBN 0-9508611-0-3.
  5. ↑ "Parisian - 1905". Maritime Museum of the Atlantic. Retrieved 19 January 2015.
  6. 1 2 Tovey, Ron. "A Chronology of Bristol Channel Shipwrecks" (PDF). Swansea Docks. Retrieved 22 December 2014.
  7. ↑ "Benguela". wrecksite.eu. Retrieved 2 September 2013.
  8. ↑ "Hesper". Minnesota Historical Society. Retrieved 13 December 2009.
  9. ↑ "Maiko Maru (4001499)". Miramar Ship Index. Retrieved 28 June 2015. (subscription required (help)).
  10. ↑ Larn, Richard (1992). The Shipwrecks of the Isles of Scilly. Nairn: Thomas & Lochar. ISBN 0-946537-84-4.
  11. ↑ "Belgian Merchant H-O" (PDF). Belgische Koopvaardij. Retrieved 31 October 2010.
  12. 1 2 Carter, C (1998). The Port of Penzance. A History. Lydney: Black Dwarf Publications.
  13. ↑ Neal Bascomb, Red Mutiny: Eleven Fateful Days on the Battleship Potemkin, pp. 286-99
  14. ↑ Noall, C. (1969?) Cornish Shipwrecks Illustrated. Truro: Tor Mark Press; p. 16
  15. ↑ Larn, R. and Larn, B. (1991) Shipwrecks around Mounts Bay. Penryn: Tor Mark Press.
  16. ↑ "Final Voyage". Wisconsin Shipwrecks. Retrieved 13 December 2009.
  17. ↑ Shipwrecks of the Philippines, Tom Bennett, 2012
  18. ↑ "Belgian Merchant P-Z" (PDF). Belgische Koopvaardij. Retrieved 1 December 2010.
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  21. ↑ http://www.uscg.mil/history/cutters/WLV/LV58.asp
Ship events in 1905
Ship launches: 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910
Ship commissionings: 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910
Ship decommissionings: 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910
Shipwrecks: 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910
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