List of shipwrecks in 1909
List of shipwrecks in 1909 includes sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during 1909.
January
12 January
23 January
26 January
List of shipwrecks: 26 January 1909
Ship | Country | Description |
SS Mjølner |
Norway |
The cargo ship was on a voyage from N. Shields to Napoli with a cargo of coal and coke, when she was wrecked, off Burhou, Alderney Channel Islands.[1] |
Unknown date
List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1909
Ship | Country | Description |
Pendeen |
United Kingdom |
The fishing vessel was lost in a gale. A search by the St Ives Lifeboat found no wreckage.[2] |
February
4 February
12 February
21 February
March
29 March
April
8 April
20 April
May
13 May
List of shipwrecks: 13 May 1909
Ship | Country | Description |
Palomares |
Belgium |
Abandoned in the Gulf of Finland. Later salvaged, repaired and sold.[9] |
29 May
Unknown date
List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1909
Ship | Country | Description |
Loango |
flag unknown |
The schooner was wrecked near St Ives, Cornwall, United Kingdom[10] Four crew rescued[2] |
June
11 June
20 June
List of shipwrecks: 20 June 1909
Ship | Country | Description |
Louise |
Belgium |
foundered 28 nautical miles (52 km) off Ventimiglia, Italy.[11] |
July
12 July
List of shipwrecks: 12 July 1909
Ship | Country | Description |
John B. Cowle |
United States |
The 420 feet (130 m), 4,731 GRT Cowle was laden with 7,023 tons of iron ore loaded at Two Harbors, Minnesota and bound for Cleveland, Ohio, when she was rammed in dense fog by Isaac M. Scott. The Cowle sank in three minutes, taking 14 of her 24-man crew with her. |
15 July
Unknown date
August
5 August
11 August
20 August
September
5 September
12 September
15 September
Unknown date
October
23 October
List of shipwrecks: 23 October 1909
Ship | Country | Description |
Anne Marie |
France |
Barge based Erquy (region of Brittany, France). Carrying cobblestone from its home port to Saint Malo (same area), was wrecked on the Minquiers Channel Islands tray.[14] |
November
5 November
24 November
27 November
29 November
December
2 December
List of shipwrecks: 2 December 1909
Ship | Country | Description |
Whitewood |
United Kingdom |
The Screw Collier left Hull 2 Dec 1909 bound for Bremen. Not heard of after this date. |
3 December
8 December
13 December
List of shipwrecks: 13 December 1909
Ship | Country | Description |
Governor Ames |
United States |
The 5-masted schooner was wrecked in a gale 4 nautical miles (7.4 km) off Cape Hatteras on the North Carolina coast. Thirteen of the fourteen aboard perished, including the master, Captain King, and his wife. The sole survivor was Joseph Speering of New York. |
26 December
Unknown date
List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1909
Ship | Country | Description |
America |
United States |
The passenger and package delivery steamer ran aground in the Great Lakes. She was refloated, repaired, and returned to service. |
Congress |
United Kingdom |
The steamer was swamped by a wave off St. Ives, Cornwall. Three people swept overboard were rescued.[2] |
References
- ↑ cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?175588 |name=SS Mjølner (+1909) |publisher=wrecksite.eu |accessdate= 26 Aug 2015
- 1 2 3 "1893–1920". St. Ives Trust. Retrieved 16 March 2008.
- ↑ "Belgian Merchant A-G" (PDF). Belgische Koopvaardij. Retrieved 1 October 2010.
- ↑ Larn, R; Larn, B (1991). Shipwrecks around Mounts Bay. Penryn: Tor Mark Press.
- ↑ Carter, C (1998). The Port of Penzance. Lydney: Black Dwarf Publications. ISBN 0-9533028-0-6.
- ↑ Lettens, Jan; Allen, Tony (30 December 2010). "SS Andoni (+1917)".
- ↑ cite web |url=title=SS Dagenham [+1909 |publisher=wrecksite.eu
- ↑ cite web |url=http://www.plimsoll.org/resources/SCCLibraries/WreckReports2002/19569.asp?view=text |title=Wreck Report for 'Dagenham', 1909
- ↑ "Belgian Merchant P-Z" (PDF). Belgische Koopvaardij. Retrieved 1 December 2010.
- ↑ Noall, C (c. 1969). Cornish Shipwrecks Illustrated. Truro: Tor Mark Press. p. 27.
- ↑ "Belgian Merchant H-O" (PDF). Belgische Koopvaardij. Retrieved 31 October 2010.
- ↑ "Nezinscot". Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. Navy Department, Naval History & Heritage Command. Retrieved 4 May 2012.
- 1 2 "CARDIGAN & DISTRICT SHIPWRECKS AND LIFEBOAT SERVICE". Glen Johnson. Retrieved 1 February 2015.
- ↑ cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?207010 |name=Anne Marie (+1909) |publisher=wrecksite.eu |accessdate= 27 Aug 2015
- ↑ "Historical List of Shipwrecks at Chesil Beach & from Bridport to Lyme Regis". Burton Bradstock Online. Retrieved 27 December 2014.
- ↑ "LEVERNBANK". Clydesite. Retrieved 1 July 2016.
- ↑ Congressional Serial Set. United States Government Printing Office. 1910. p. 404.
- ↑ "Christmas on The Atlantic". Seamen's Journal: A Journal of Seamen, by Seamen, for Seamen. 23 (16): 3. 5 January 1910. Retrieved 8 January 2014.
- ↑ "STORM VICTIMS ADDED TO LIST ANOTHER WRECK REPORTED OFF BOSTON SHOALS". Los Angeles Herald. 29 December 1909. Retrieved 9 January 2014.