The list of shipwrecks in 1903 includes ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during 1903.
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January
edit2 January
editShip | State | Description |
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Prince Arthur | The barque was wrecked in a storm on a reef 10 miles (16 km) south of Cape Alava and broke up. 18 were killed, 2 survivors.[1] |
3 January
editShip | State | Description |
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Remedios Pascual | During a voyage from Buenos Aires, Argentina, to New York City carrying a crew of 21 men and a cargo of animal bones destined for a fertilizer factory, the 1,605-ton schooner was wrecked in thick fog during a gale about 200 yards (183 m) off Ship Bottom, New Jersey, and about 1.5 miles (2.4 km) north of the Ship Bottom Life-Saving Station. The United States Life-Saving Service rescued her entire crew. Her wreck sank in 20 to 30 feet (6 to 9 m) of water and is known as the "Bone Wreck" and the "Surf City Wreck."[2][3][4] |
7 January
editShip | State | Description |
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Jas. A. Carney | The steamer struck an obstruction at the mouth of the Mobile River in Alabama and was beached. She was refloated and repaired.[5] |
8 January
editShip | State | Description |
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Lucille Nowland | The steamer struck a hidden obstruction in the Arkansas River between Memphis, Tennessee and Pine Bluff, Arkansas and sank.[6] |
9 January
editShip | State | Description |
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Alligator | The steamer sank at dock at Palatka, Florida due to a broken pipe. Raised, repaired and returned to service.[7][8] | |
Crosby | The steamship was wrecked at Bempton Cliffs, Flamborough Head, Yorkshire, United Kingdom.[9] | |
Otto | The laid up steamer burned at Freeport, Florida.[5] | |
Palmas | The cargo ship was sighted whilst on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Boston, Massachusetts, United States. No further trace, presumed foundered in the Atlantic Ocean with the loss of all 39 crew.[10] |
13 January
editShip | State | Description |
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Thomas Morgan | The tug ran aground at high tide on a steep bank in the harbor at Charleston, South Carolina. When the tide dropped she slid off and sank. One crewman killed.[11] |
16 January
editShip | State | Description |
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Grit | The tow steamer sank at dock in Tottenville, New York due to a damaged plank.[12] |
17 January
editShip | State | Description |
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Earl | The steamer capsized and sank at the mouth of the Tangipahoa River, possibly from being close to the bank edge with the river level dropping.[5] |
21 January
editShip | State | Description |
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USS Leyden | While on a return passage from Puerto Rico in heavy fog, the tug was wrecked on rocks just off Southeast Point on Block Island off the coast of Rhode Island, 0.75 nautical miles (1.39 km; 0.86 mi) west of Block Island Southeast Light. Her wreck settled in 15 feet (4.6 m) of water at 41°08.85′N 071°33.86′W / 41.14750°N 71.56433°W.[13] | |
Nanticoke | The steamer was sunk by ice in Newark Bay. Later raised and drydocked.[14] | |
Seaboard | The steamer ran aground in high winds, heavy seas, and dense fog on Dutch Island in Narragansett Bay. Later refloated.[15] |
22 January
editShip | State | Description |
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Fawn | The laid up steamer sank at St. Louis, Missouri when cold weather opened up her seams. She was a total loss.[16] |
23 January
editShip | State | Description |
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John T. Pratt | The tow steamer sank at dock at the foot of Van Brunt Street, Brooklyn when her seams opened up. Later raised and repaired.[15] |
25 January
editShip | State | Description |
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Otto | The steamer was wrecked off Terschelling.[17] |
29 January
editShip | State | Description |
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Bay Ridge | The tow steamer sank at dock in thick fog at The Battery when she was struck by New York Central No. 6 ( |
30 January
editShip | State | Description |
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Crescent City | The steamer was wrecked on Fish Rocks near Point Arena, California, a total loss.[18] | |
Gulf Stream | The steamer was wrecked on the bar at Hereford, New Jersey in heavy seas and dense fog. Her cargo was salvaged.[15] |
February
edit1 February
editShip | State | Description |
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James Stevens No. 12 | The Mumbles lifeboat capsized at the mouth of the River Afan with the loss of six of her fourteen crew.[19] | |
Maskelyne | The steamship foundered at 41°35′N 34°40′W / 41.583°N 34.667°W.[20] |
2 February
editShip | State | Description |
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Alert | The steamer sprung a leak in a gale and foundered 100 miles (160 km) off Spurn Point. All nine crew were rescued by the trawler Cepheus ( |
4 February
editShip | State | Description |
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Berwick | The Newcastle steamer was wrecked on the Runnelstone. Her crew took to two lifeboats, one of which reached land and the other, with five crew members on board, was taken to Penzance in the Sennen Cove Lifeboat Station lifeboat Ann Newbon ( | |
Espingole | The Durandal-class destroyer hit a rock and sank in Cavalaire Bay off Cavalaire-sur-Mer, France. Her wreck was sold as scrap in December 1909. | |
Marina (or Mariana) | During a voyage from Killisnoo to Hoonah, District of Alaska, with her owner, five passengers, and a cargo of camp supplies and potatoes on board, the 5-ton, 30-foot (9.1 m) sloop was wrecked on a reef in Chatham Strait in the Alexander Archipelago in Southeast Alaska, probably at Fishery Point (57°47′30″N 134°42′35″W / 57.79167°N 134.70972°W). All on board survived the initial wreck and all of her cargo was brought ashore, but her owner and two other men who went back aboard her to await the rising tide to refloat her perished, two of them disappearing completely.[23] | |
New York Central No. 22 | The tow steamer ran aground in thick fog at Sunken Meadows, New York in the East River. Refloated on 7 February.[15] |
5 February
editShip | State | Description |
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Red Cloud | The steamer was sunk by ice in the Pend d'Oreille River below Newport, Oregon.[15] |
6 February
editShip | State | Description |
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Gladys | The steamer listed on a rising tide and sank at Pier 83 North, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Raised the next day.[15] |
7 February
editShip | State | Description |
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Isabel | The steamer was destroyed by fire at Stokes Wharf, Rancocas Creek, Pennsylvania.[15] |
8 February
editShip | State | Description |
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Brunswick | The steamer went aground at Fort Bragg, California. Later refloated and repaired.[18] | |
Southern Cross | The schooner capsized at Port Greville, Nova Scotia. She was later salvaged, repaired and returned to service.[24] | |
Wm. S. McGowan | The lighter sank at dock over night due to leaky seams at Boston, Massachusetts. Raised and repaired.[15] |
11 February
editShip | State | Description |
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Bay City | The steamer was lost to fire at West Point, Washington, between Seattle and Ballard.[25][26] |
16 February
editShip | State | Description |
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Decantur | The schooner was sunk in a severe squall at Newport News, Virginia. Later raised.[27] | |
Olive | The steamer foundered in what is described as a "hurricane" or "whirlwind" in the Chowan River that caused her to careen, and fill with water, she righted herself and sank between Mount Pleasant and Oliver's Wharf with only her pilothouse above water. 18 killed, her captain and 5 others were rescued from the pilothouse by Pettit ( | |
Roger Quarles | The schooner was sunk in a severe squall at Newport News, Virginia. Later raised.[27] |
17 February
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Ida | The barque was lost in a snowstorm off Blue Rocks, Nova Scotia.[29] |
18 February
editShip | State | Description |
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Charlotte | The laid up steamer was destroyed by fire at Charlotte, New York, on the Genesee River.[30] |
20 February
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City of Clifton | The steamer was destroyed by fire in the Tennessee River at Clifton, Tennessee.[31][32][33] |
21 February
editShip | State | Description |
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William Schaubel Sr. | The tow steamer sank at dock at Erie Basin, Brooklyn, New York due to a sheared rivet. Later raised.[15] |
24 February
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Commodore | The steamer foundered at Miami, Missouri.[34] |
26 February
editShip | State | Description |
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Ottercaps | The steamship was wrecked off Feunteun Aod, Finistère, France.[35] |
27 February
editShip | State | Description |
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Daisy | The steamer ran aground and was wrecked three nautical miles (5.6 km; 3.5 mi) west of Polhawn Cove in Whitsand Bay.[36] | |
Mouse | The smack got into difficulties off Cardigan. All four people on board were rescued by Lizzie & Charles Leigh Clare ( |
28 February
editShip | State | Description |
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Etruria | The ocean liner ran aground on sand and mud in the entrance to Gedney Channel while leaving New York City. She was refloated late the same day, found to be undamaged, and proceeded with her voyage. | |
Excel | The steamer struck a snag, capsized and sank at Lock No. 5 in the Little Kanawha River. Raised and repaired.[38] |
Unknown date
editShip | State | Description |
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Ambriz | The Cie Française Charbonnage et de la Batelage ("French Coaling & Shipping Co.") vessel was wrecked off the coast of Madagascar while serving as a coal depot ship. | |
L. H. Buhrman | The steamer was destroyed by fire either in the Ohio River near Derby, Indiana on 25 February, or at Stevenson, Kentucky on the Cumberland River in March.[39][40][41] | |
Luna | The barque was on passage from New Zealand to Liverpool when she lost part of her mast and head gear off the Pendeen Lighthouse, and drifted onto the Brisons in a northwest–by–west gale and was wrecked. All the crew were lost.[22] |
March
edit1 March
editShip | State | Description |
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Valley Queen | The steamer burned on the Mississippi River near Bruinsburg Landing, a total loss.[5][42] |
2 March
editShip | State | Description |
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Bassinger | The steamer burned at dock in Punta Gorda, Florida, a total loss.[43] | |
Maggie | The steamer struck a snag and sank on the Yazoo River near Simmons Landing, Mississippi, a total loss. One crewman killed.[44] | |
Trojan | The steamer burned to the waterline at Jacksonville, Florida.[45] |
4 March
editShip | State | Description |
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Charlie Curlin | The steamer struck a submerged obstruction in the Green River between Calhoun, Kentucky and Livermore, Kentucky and sank. Raised and repaired.[46] | |
Commodore | The laid up steamer was sunk by an ice flow at St. Louis, Missouri. Scheduled to be raised after June.[47] |
7 March
editShip | State | Description |
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Neptune | The ferry was wrecked when backed into by Margaret ( |
9 March
editShip | State | Description |
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Alexandra | flag unknown | Cyclone Leonta: The cargo ship was driven ashore at Townsville, Queensland, Australia. |
Delta | The steamer struck a snag in the Mississippi River near Mayersville, Mississippi and sank. Raised and repaired.[47] |
10 March
editShip | State | Description |
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Kongo Maru | The steamer foundered off Misaki, Japan.[48] |
11 March
editShip | State | Description |
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W. H. Flint | The steamer struck a submerged buoy in the Ohio River near Louisville, Kentucky and sank. Raised and repaired.[47] |
12 March
editShip | State | Description |
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Albion | The schooner was wrecked in West Bay, Dorset.[49] |
13 March
editShip | State | Description |
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Unknown car float | The car float, under tow of Lowell M. Palmer ( |
15 March
editShip | State | Description |
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Harry No. 2 | The steamer burned at Charleroi, Pennsylvania. Later rebuilt.[38] |
19 March
editShip | State | Description |
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Metamora | The steamer sank up to her 2nd deck in the Ocklawaha River in 20 feet (6.1 m) of water. Two crewmen killed. Raised in April, repaired and returned to service.[7][8] | |
Varuna | The steamer burned and sank in the Sacramento River near Meriden Landing, California when an oil lamp fell off a bulkhead, a total loss.[18] |
20 March
editShip | State | Description |
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Pilot | The tug, while assisting steamer Winifred ( |
23 March
editShip | State | Description |
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Dreadnought | The schooner was sunk in a collision with Huron ( |
24 March
editShip | State | Description |
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Mary E. Morse | The schooner was sunk in a collision with Parthian ( |
27 March
editShip | State | Description |
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William A. Kane | The tow steamer was backing out of dock at Rivington Street, New York City and was caught on a spile causing her to capsize and sink. Her captain was killed. Later raised.[15] |
31 March
editShip | State | Description |
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Shamrock | The steamer sprang a leak at Catherine Hill Bay, New South Wales, Australia, and sank. She was scrapped in situ after it was found she was too badly damaged to repair.[53] |
Unknown date
editShip | State | Description |
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Hougomont | Flag unknown | The barque ran aground at Allonby, Cumbria, England. She was refloated, repaired, and returned to service. |
L. H. Buhrman | The steamer was destroyed by fire either in the Ohio River near Derby, Indiana on 25 February, or at Stevenson, Kentucky on the Cumberland River in March.[39][54][41] |
April
edit3 April
editShip | State | Description |
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Albion River | The steamer was wrecked in thick fog on Bodega Head, California.[55] | |
J. C. L. | The steamer burned due to an over turned lamp at Burlington, Vermont, a total loss.[56] | |
John C. Fitzpatrick | The 242-foot (73.8 m), 1,277-gross register ton schooner barge suffered an explosion and sank in 130 feet (40 m) of water in the North Atlantic Ocean south of Long Island near East Hampton, New York. Her entire crew of five perished.[57] | |
Unknown barge | The dumper barge, under tow of Franklin N. Brown ( |
9 April
editShip | State | Description |
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Victoria | Shortly after the steamer Albion River was wrecked on 3 April, another Swayne & Hoyt owned steamer ran ashore on Little Bamboo Island in the Straits of Pechili and became a total loss.[58][59] |
13 April
editShip | State | Description |
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Margaret Ward | The schooner was sunk in a collision with El Rio in dense fog, either at the Entrance to Galveston Harbor, or 28 miles (45 km) south east of Galveston in 8+1⁄2 fathoms (51 ft; 15.5 m) of water, which ever place, it was shallow enough for the wreck to be marked with a buoy.[60][61][62] |
21 April
editShip | State | Description |
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Freia | The steamer was wrecked near Scharhörn on her passage from Kristiana to Harlingen, Friesland, Netherlands.[63] |
28 April
editShip | State | Description |
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Maud Kilgore | The steamer foundered at the mouth of the La Anguille River. Raised and repaired.[64] |
29 April
editShip | State | Description |
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Belle P. Cross | The steamer was wrecked in a blizzard and gale on a reef off Gooseberry River on the north shore of Lake Superior and broke up.[47][65] |
30 April
editShip | State | Description |
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Clarence | The steamer was destroyed by fire at dock in Charleston, South Carolina.[11] |
May
edit1 May
editShip | State | Description |
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Fedelia | The barge sprung a leak and sank near Hen and Chickens Light.[11] | |
Unknown canal boat | A canal boat, under tow, was sunk in a collision with another towed canal boat off Sixth Street, Jersey City, New Jersey.[50] |
5 May
editShip | State | Description |
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Saginaw | The steamer was sunk in a collision with Hamilton ( |
6 May
editShip | State | Description |
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Gloriana | The fishing schooner was wrecked off Whale Cove near White Point Ledges. Her captain and 14 crew died, 3 made it to shore.[67][68] |
9 May
editShip | State | Description |
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Olympia | The schooner was wrecked off Sable Island, Nova Scotia.[69] |
12 May
editShip | State | Description |
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Quaker City | The 46-gross register ton screw steamer sank in the Delaware River after colliding with the steam screw tug Harry M. Wall ( |
18 May
editShip | State | Description |
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Edward Gillen | The tug was sunk in a collision in fog with Maunaloa ( |
20 May
editShip | State | Description |
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Pfohl | The steamer was destroyed by fire 20 miles (32 km) north west of Goderich, Ontario.[73][74] | |
Unknown schooner | The schooner sank in a collision with a barge under the tow of steamer Cuba ( |
25 May
editShip | State | Description |
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Falcon | The steamer burned at dock in Satilla River.[11] | |
M. Dougherty | The steamer sprung a leak and sank at Brown's Station, Pennsylvania. Raised, repaired and returned to service.[38] |
26 May
editShip | State | Description |
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Huddersfield | On leaving Antwerp, the passenger-cargo ship was in collision in the River Scheldt with the steamer Uto ( | |
Oakland | The passenger-cargo ship foundered in mountainous seas in the Tasman Sea near Cabbage Tree Island off New South Wales, Australia, with the loss of 11 lives. The steamer Bellinger (flag unknown) rescued her seven survivors. |
28 May
editShip | State | Description |
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Nellie Walton | The steamer capsized and sank when the coal barge she was towing grounded at "The Trap" in the Ohio River. The wreck was abandoned. Her engines and other machinery was salvaged and placed in another steamer.[77][78] |
29 May
editShip | State | Description |
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Nord | The steamer ran aground and was wrecked on Burhou Island off Alderney Channel Islands on a voyage from Boulogne to Bayonne with general cargo.[79] |
30 May
editShip | State | Description |
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Jack Rabbit | The steamer struck a snag and sank in the White River near Sibleys Island.[47] |
31 May
editShip | State | Description |
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Helen | The launch burned at dock in Dover Point, New Hampshire.[15] | |
Mike Bauer | The steamer broke loose from her dock at Kansas City, Kansas and was swept by a strong current in the Kaw River into bridge piers and sunk. Total loss.[47] | |
Nellie | The steamer was sunk at Wetherill's Wharf, Cohansey Creek, New Jersey when a falling tide dropped her on a stump punching a hole in her bottom.[15] |
Unknown date
editShip | State | Description |
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Columbia | The steamer caught fire and sank at dock in Washington, D.C. on 10 or 13 May.[80][81] | |
Luna | The steamer was lost to fire in the Detroit River at the foot of Chase Street, Detroit on 18 or 25 May.[82][83] |
June
edit3 June
editShip | State | Description |
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Flying Eagle | The stern paddle wheel steamer, towing the excursion barge Little Gate, while passing under the Wabash Railroad Bridge at Hannibal, Missouri was turned sideways by the current striking the bridge piers with her stern and then backing into the riverbank destroying her paddle wheel, rendering her helpless. She sank in 40 feet (12 m) of water below the bridge, a total loss. Three passengers and one crewman killed, either from the ship or the barge. Survivors climbed onto the bridge or were rescued by a ferry and skiffs.[84][85] | |
Little Gate | The excursion barge struck the Wabash Railroad Bridge at Hannibal, Missouri and turned on her side after her tow steamer was wrecked, she drifted down stream and eventually drifted ashore. Three passengers and one crewman killed, either from the ship or the barge. Survivors climbed onto the bridge or were rescued by a ferry and skiffs.[84][85] |
5 June
editShip | State | Description |
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Empire State | The laid up steamer was destroyed by fire over night at dock at Kingston, Ontario.[5] |
7 June
editShip | State | Description |
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Olivette | The steamer struck a rock and sank at Six Mile Island in the Allegheny River. Raised and repaired.[86] |
9 June
editShip | State | Description |
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Otto | The laid up steamer burned at Freeport, Florida, probably arson.[87] |
10 June
editShip | State | Description |
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Puritan | The canal boat sank at dock at Jersey City, New Jersey.[15] | |
Rubens | The steamer capsized and sank in the North Sea. Eleven crew killed, four rescued by Privo ( |
12 June
editShip | State | Description |
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Ariel | The steamer sunk by flooding while hauled out for repairs at Lexington, Missouri. Total loss.[47] | |
Washington B. Thomas | Carrying a cargo of coal, the 287-foot (87 m), 2,638-gross register ton five-masted schooner — which had been launched only two months earlier — dragged her anchor during a gale and was wrecked on a reef just off the east side of Stratton Island in Saco Bay off Prouts Neck, Maine, at 43°30′12.30″N 070°18′22.17″W / 43.5034167°N 70.3061583°W. The captain's wife was the only fatality. The wreck settled in shallow water.[89] |
13 June
editShip | State | Description |
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Charles H. Davis | The steamer foundered in a severe gale and heavy seas in Lake Erie 1,500 feet (460 m) off the light for Cleveland, Ohio in 38 feet (12 m) of water, a total loss. Her master was killed, two tugs rescued the rest of the crew.[90][91] |
17 June
editShip | State | Description |
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HMS Scorpion | The decommissioned Scorpion-class ironclad turret ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean while under tow from the United Kingdom to the United States for scrapping. |
23 June
editShip | State | Description |
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O. W. Cheney | The tug was sunk in a collision with Chemung ( |
25 June
editShip | State | Description |
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Bolinas | The motorboat struck a snag near Isleton, California in the Sacramento River and was beached and repaired.[18] | |
Vicksburg | The steamer struck a submerged piling during a rapid drop in river level and sank at dock in the Mississippi River at Vicksburg, Mississippi.[47] |
30 June
editShip | State | Description |
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James G. Swan | The 44-ton sealing schooner sank on the coast of the District of Alaska.[93] | |
M. M. Morill | The 43-ton sealing schooner sank without loss of life on the coast of the District of Alaska.[23] | |
Thomas D. Stimson | The steamer was destroyed by fire in the St. Clair River. Removal of wreck completed 13 August.[73][94][95] |
July
edit2 July
editShip | State | Description |
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Eltinge Anderson | The ferry was destroyed by fire between Athens, New York and Coxsackie, New York.[15] |
8 July
editShip | State | Description |
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Lucille Nowland | The steamer struck a submerged obstruction in the Arkansas River near Fites Landing and sank. One crewman killed.[47] |
13 July
editShip | State | Description |
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Champion | The schooner sank in the St. Clair River near the head of Russell Island. Wreck removed by 3 September.[95] |
14 July
editShip | State | Description |
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Monterey | The 5,455 GRT cargo steamer on a voyage from Montreal to Bristol and Liverpool with a cargo of cattle, lumber and foodstuffs ran aground near the Plate Point Lighthouse on the island of Petite Miquelon, and was subsequently abandoned. |
17 July
editShip | State | Description |
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Contrivance | The sloop was sunk in a collision with Central Hudson ( |
18 July
editShip | State | Description |
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Contrivance | The sloop was sunk in a collision with Central Hudson ( |
19 July
editShip | State | Description |
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North Pacific |
22 July
editShip | State | Description |
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Gardner | The laid up tug sank at dock when struck by Eastland ( | |
Waverly | The steamer sunk in a collision on Lake Huron with Turret Court ( |
23 July
editShip | State | Description |
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Walsh | The steamer burned at Port Orchard, Washington.[15] |
24 July
editShip | State | Description |
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Shawmut | The fuel scow was damaged when rammed at the Lackawanna Coal dock, Buffalo, New York, by Mahoning ( |
25 July
editShip | State | Description |
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V. Swain | The steamer was sunk at dock at Two Harbors, Minnesota when a bilge pump failed. Raised and beached in Howard's Bay to await repairs.[98][99] |
27 July
editShip | State | Description |
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Southwark | The steamer burned to the waterline at Pier 28 South, Philadelphia.[15] |
August
edit2 August
editShip | State | Description |
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Tennie and Laura | The schooner capsized and sank in Lake Michigan nine nautical miles (17 km) off Port Washington, Wisconsin. One of her two-man crew died. |
3 August
editShip | State | Description |
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Amiral Gueydon | The steamer caught fire on 30 July 46 miles (74 km) off Socotra Island in the Indian Ocean after an explosion of either her boiler or volatile material in her cargo in heavy seas. The crew fought the fire until the ship was wrecked on the Arabian Peninsula half way between Aden and Muscat at Ras Haseik. The Sheik of Merbat learned of the castaways and sent three small boats that picked up the crew on 15 September. They were then rescued at sea by Trouvon ( |
4 August
editShip | State | Description |
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Scow No. 23 | The scow sprung a leak and sank near Popasquash Point, Rhode Island in Narragansett Bay.[11] |
5 August
editShip | State | Description |
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Bradley | The barge foundered in a strong gale and heavy seas five miles (8.0 km) off Montauk Point, New York. The crew were rescued by her tow steamer Mars ( | |
Monarch | The barge foundered in a strong gale and heavy seas five miles (8.0 km) off Montauk Point, New York. The crew were rescued by her tow steamer Mars ( |
6 August
editShip | State | Description |
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John E. Thropp | The steamer was sunk off Bristol, Pennsylvania when she collided with a barge towed by Eva Belle Cain ( |
7 August
editShip | State | Description |
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Metropole | The steamer sprang a leak and sank in Saginaw Bay. The crew made it to shore in the ship's boat.[102] |
8 August
editShip | State | Description |
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Dana B. Wotkyns | The tug was destroyed by fire between Albany, New York and Troy, New York off Breaker Island.[103] |
9 August
editShip | State | Description |
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Volunteer | The barge sprung a leak and sank between Point Judith, Rhode Island and Beavertail Lighthouse.[11] |
11 August
editShip | State | Description |
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Daisy | The launch was sunk in a collision with Pokomoke ( | |
Henry | The tow steamer sprung a leak on Lake Erie off Cleveland, Ohio and was beached.[102] |
12 August
editShip | State | Description |
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D. Maria Amelia | The steamer caught fire off Boston, Massachusetts and was beached where she burned to the waterline. She later floated off and sank, a total loss.[15] |
13 August
editShip | State | Description |
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Waiontha | The steamer was destroyed by fire below Shears Shoal in the Connecticut River.[15] |
17 August
editShip | State | Description |
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Huan T'ai | The Kai Chi-class unprotected cruiser sank off Hong Kong after colliding with the passenger ship Empress of India ( | |
Mary | The steamer sank at dock at the foot of Dubois Street, Detroit, Michigan. Later scheduled to be raised.[38] |
18 August
editShip | State | Description |
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John J. White | The laid up tow steamer sank at dock at the foot of Essex Street, Jersey City, New Jersey for unknown reasons. Raised and repaired.[15] |
20 August
editShip | State | Description |
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Massina | The steamer was destroyed by fire over night at dock in Ogdensburg, New York.[5] | |
Queen of the West | The steamer sprung a leak in heavy seas on Lake Erie off Fairport, Ohio and sank, a total loss. Crew rescued by Cordorus ( |
21 August
editShip | State | Description |
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Oslyabya | The Peresvet-class battleship ran aground in the Strait of Gibraltar. She was refloated and repaired and she returned to active service in late November. |
23 August
editShip | State | Description |
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Narara | The screw steamer burned to the waterline and was scuttled at her moorings at Sackville, New South Wales, Australia. Her crew survived. She was refloated, repaired, and returned to service. |
25 August
editShip | State | Description |
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Myrtle | The steamer was destroyed by fire at Thousand Island Park in the St. Lawrence River due to an exploding lamp.[5] |
26 August
editShip | State | Description |
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John Booth | The schooner was cut in half and sunk in a collision with H. M. Whitney ten miles (16 km) east of Stratford Shoal. Five crewmen and a friend of the captain were killed.[106] | |
Oneida | The tug sank at dock in Tonawanda, New York over night for unknown reasons. Later raised with no damage found.[5] |
Unknown date
editShip | State | Description |
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Cyclone | The steamer, being used as a launch tender, was lost at Baron Koff Bay, Kamchatka, Siberia.[107] | |
George W. Kelley | 1903 Jamaica hurricane: The steamer sank in the Hurricane between Central America and New Orleans after leaving Bluefields, Nicaragua on 9 August. Lost with everyone on board, all 18 crewmen and 1 passenger.[5][108] | |
Vigilant | Operating on the Ketchikan mail route, the steam tug was wrecked when her helmsman fell asleep at her wheel and she ran onto rocks at full speed on Fox Island in northeastern Dixon Entrance off Cape Fox, District of Alaska. One crewman was injured.[109] |
September
edit2 September
editShip | State | Description |
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Clipper | The steamer burned at Walton's Coal Works on the Monongahela River, a total loss.[110] |
4 September
editShip | State | Description |
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Abbie M. Deering | The 101-gross register ton, 90.5-foot (27.6 m) schooner was wrecked on a reef off Baby Island (53°59′51″N 166°03′42″W / 53.9974°N 166.0616°W) in the northwestern part of Akutan Pass (54°00′N 166°10′W / 54.000°N 166.167°W) in the Aleutian Islands and was deemed a total loss. Leaving her first mate in charge of the wreck, the revenue cutter USRC Manning ( | |
Pittsburg | The dredge sprung a leak and sank in the Allegheny River below 43rd Street, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Raised and repaired.[38] |
5 September
editShip | State | Description |
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Jennie R. Dubois | Carrying a cargo of coal, the 249-foot (76 m), 2,227-gross register ton five-masted schooner sank in 90 feet (27 m) of water in the Atlantic Ocean off Rhode Island 5 nautical miles (9.3 km; 5.8 mi) southeast of Southeast Light on Block Island within five minutes of colliding with the cargo steamer Schonfels ( |
7 September
editShip | State | Description |
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J. P. Gage | The steamer struck an obstruction at St. Charles, Missouri and sank. Total loss.[64] | |
R. Kanters | The schooner was wrecked in a storm south of Manistee, Michigan. Total loss. Wreck discovered 19 April 2020.[114] |
9 September
editShip | State | Description |
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W. T. Scovell | The steamer struck an obstruction and sank between New Orleans and Shreveport, Louisiana. Raised on 11 September.[5] | |
Wa Wa | The pleasure steamer burned at Burlington, Vermont, a total loss.[56] |
10 September
editShip | State | Description |
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Glenfeadon | The schooner was driven ashore at The Mumbles, Glamorgan. She was refloated the next day.[19] | |
Ierne | The ship foundered in the Bristol Channel with the loss of all hands. She was on a voyage from Newport, Monmouthshire to Dublin.[19] | |
J. K. Allport | The ship foundered in the Bristol Channel.[19] |
11 September
editShip | State | Description |
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Inchulva | The steamer sank in Delray Beach, Florida opposite the beach in what was later termed the Delray Wreck. Nine crewman died.[115] |
12 September
editShip | State | Description |
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Park Bluff | The steamer sank in the St. Croix River opposite Stillwater, Minnesota. One crewman killed.[64] |
14 September
editShip | State | Description |
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Eunola | The steamer burned at dock in Chattahoochee, Florida, a total loss.[43] |
15 September
editShip | State | Description |
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Champion | The steamer burned at anchor in Put-In-Bay, Ohio.[5] | |
Howard B. Peck | In the evening of 15 September 1903, while between Cape Poge and Cross Rip Shoal in hazy weather, schooner Howard B. Peck, on her way from Norfolk for Calais with cargo of coal was struck on her port bow by steamer Kiowa, on passage from Boston to Charleston. The schooner had her bowsprit and flying jibboom carried away together with all sails and rigging, and had a 20-foot (6.1 m)-wide gap opened in her hull. The schooner was towed by Kiowa into Vineyard Haven on the same day and after undergoing repairs worth about US$2,500, returned to service. Kiowa suffered little damage and was able to continue on her voyage. |
16 September
editShip | State | Description |
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Alma | The steamer burned and sank at a wharf, probably at Norfolk, Virginia.[11] | |
Ceres | The yacht sank in a storm at the New Haven Yacht Club, New Haven, Connecticut. Her hull was a total loss, her machinery was scheduled to be salvaged.[11] | |
Gilberton | 1903 New Jersey hurricane: The 841-gross register ton schooner barge sank on Brown Shoal off the coast of Delaware. All three people on board survived.[116] | |
John R. Williams | The Tug was destroyed by fire between Albany, New York and Athens, New York off Castleton-on-Hudson, New York.[15] | |
S. E. Spring | The passenger steamer went ashore in a severe storm at Woods Point, Indian Harbor, New York on Long Island.[15] | |
Spartan | 1903 New Jersey hurricane: The tug sank in a hurricane in Delaware Bay below Brow Shoal. Two crewmen killed.[15] | |
Welcome | The steamer was wrecked two miles (3.2 km) west of Charlevoix Bay.[38] |
17 September
editShip | State | Description |
---|---|---|
Narragansett | The barge sank in a severe storm, probably off New York.[15] |
19 September
editShip | State | Description |
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A. A. Parker | The steamer sprang a leak and foundered in 120 feet (37 m) of water in a gale 4 miles (6.4 km) off Grand Marais, Minnesota. The crew were rescued by the United States Life Saving Service.[38][117][118] |
21 September
editShip | State | Description |
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Charles S. Parnell | The tug capsized while towing a steamer near Little Island in Tonawanda Harbor.[5] |
26 September
editShip | State | Description |
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Harold | The barge sank off Staten Island, New York. She was carrying jewels belonging to the Guggenheim family. |
27 September
editShip | State | Description |
---|---|---|
Meriden | The steamer burned at dock in Toledo, Ohio, possibly due to an exploding lamp, a total loss.[56] |
29 September
editShip | State | Description |
---|---|---|
Bida | The Elder Dempster 1,477 GRT cargo ship caught fire in the North Sea during a voyage from Lagos, Southern Nigeria Protectorate, to Hamburg, Germany, with a cargo of palm kernels and was abandoned 45 nautical miles (83 km) south by east of the Maas lightship ( |
30 September
editShip | State | Description |
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Sara | The steamer struck rocks at "Chain of Rocks" in the Yukon River and sank in 5+1⁄2 feet (1.7 m) of water.[15] |
Unknown date
editShip | State | Description |
---|---|---|
Enterprise | The ship lost her sails and was wrecked in hurricane-force winds off St Ives, Cornwall, England. The three crew were rescued by lifeboat.[120] | |
Joe | The steamer was wrecked one mile (1.6 km) south of Holland, Michigan on 26 September, or near Grand Haven, Michigan on 29 November.[82][121] | |
Moonlight | The schooner sank in Lake Superior off Michigan Island, Wisconsin. | |
William Clark | The 37-gross register ton schooner was stranded at Bay Ridge, New York. All three people aboard survived.[122] |
October
edit1 October
editShip | State | Description |
---|---|---|
Celtic | The steamer foundered one-half mile (0.80 km) south west of Saybrook, Connecticut. Her machinery was salvaged.[11] | |
Oregon | The steamer was destroyed by fire over night at dock at Fisherworks Wharf, Black Point, Connecticut.[15] |
3 October
editShip | State | Description |
---|---|---|
Erie L. Hackley | The steamer foundered in heavy squall an hour out of Egg Harbor, Wisconsin in Green Bay. Her captain, two crewmen and eight passengers were killed. Eight survivors were rescued the next day by a passing ship.[123][124][125][126] |
4 October
editShip | State | Description |
---|---|---|
Benjamin Sewall | The schooner was heavily damaged by a typhoon and abandoned off Formosa. The survivors sailed to Botel Tobago Island, off Formosa, on 5 October in a lifeboat. Six of the survivors drowned when their lifeboat overturned after it was damaged in an attack by natives. The natives rescued one Japanese woman.[127] |
7 October
editShip | State | Description |
---|---|---|
Adventure | The steamer was destroyed by fire at the Kelly Island Lime and Transport Co. dock in Kelleys Island, Ohio.[5][128] | |
Mary McLane | The steamer was destroyed by fire at Sour Spring Grove Dock in the Niagara River.[5] | |
Rover | The freighter grounded on West Way causing a leak and was beached.[129] |
8 October
editShip | State | Description |
---|---|---|
General Rivera | The General Rivera-class gunboat sank after an internal explosion.[130] |
9 October
editShip | State | Description |
---|---|---|
Admiral | The motorboat capsized in a squall in San Francisco Bay. One passenger and one crewman killed.[55] | |
J. R. Sharp | The steamer sprang a leak at dock at Jones Landing, Georgia on the Flint River and sank.[5] | |
John N. Glidden | The steamer was sunk in a collision with the barge Magna in the St. Clair Flats Ship Canal, a total loss. The wreck was removed over a period of months ending in May 1904.[131][132] |
10 October
editShip | State | Description |
---|---|---|
Louisa | The steamer struck a snag in the Santee River and sank.[11] | |
Mermaid | The 9-gross register ton motor vessel burned at Mukilteo, Washington. The only person on board survived.[133] | |
Nellie | The steamer struck a snag near the head of Willamette Slough, Oregon damaging a plank and she was beached in shallow water.[15] | |
Sunshine | The steamer struck a submerged obstruction in the Ohio River at Marshalls Landing, Kentucky and sank. Raised and repaired.[47] |
11 October
editShip | State | Description |
---|---|---|
Itasca | The steamer sank in the Rainy River when cargo shifted. Later raised undamaged.[47] | |
John L. Day | The steamer sank at Ocmulgee Depot in the Ocmulgee River.[11] |
12 October
editShip | State | Description |
---|---|---|
John J. Healy | The river steamer was lost at St. Michael, District of Alaska.[93] | |
Unidentified canal boat | The canal boat, under tow of Empire ( |
15 October
editShip | State | Description |
---|---|---|
Gerald C. | The boat struck the Nestucca Bar, Nestucca Bay and went ashore. Refloated on 3 November.[135] | |
Marquette | The lake freighter sank in Lake Superior about five nautical miles (9.3 km; 5.8 mi) east of Michigan Island.[47][136] | |
Spy | The fishing steamer was destroyed by fire at dock in Tiverton, Rhode Island.[11] |
17 October
editShip | State | Description |
---|---|---|
Carnsew | The coastal steamer collided with the steamer Everest (flag unknown) and sank off Bull Point, North Devon, United Kingdom. All the crew survived.[137] | |
Champion No. 2 | The ferry was holed in the hull and sank at Gallipolis, Ohio. Raised and repaired.[38] |
19 October
editShip | State | Description |
---|---|---|
South Portland | The steamer struck a rock in thick fog off Cape Blanco, Oregon and sank in 45 minutes. Eight passengers, two stowaways, and nine crewmen died, five of those from exposure on life rafts.[18] |
23 October
editShip | State | Description |
---|---|---|
Florence Marmet | The steamer struck a submerged obstruction in the Ohio River near the mouth of the Little Miami River and sank. Raised and repaired.[38] |
25 October
editShip | State | Description |
---|---|---|
Emma Maria | The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked at Chesil Beach, Dorset, United Kingdom.[49] | |
Rainier | The 179-gross register ton, 81.4-foot (24.8 m) fishing steamer was wrecked on an uncharted rock in Icy Strait in the Alexander Archipelago in Southeast Alaska, 1.5 nautical miles (2.8 km; 1.7 mi) roughly west-northwest of "Spasskaia Island," now called Spasski Island (58°06′15″N 135°17′20″W / 58.10417°N 135.28889°W). All 25 members of her crew survived.[138] |
26 October
editShip | State | Description |
---|---|---|
Columbia | The steamer sprang a leak and was beached in Saginaw Bay.[102][118] | |
Manhattan | The steamer's steering gear failed causing her to ground on Grand Island, Michigan. She then burned to the waterline, a total loss. Her machinery was salvaged. The wreck was dynamited later.[38] | |
Patria | The barque was driven ashore and wrecked at Chesil Beach, Dorset, United Kingdom.[49] | |
Silver Spray | The fishing tug burned to the keel in drydock at Buffalo, New York. Repaired and returned to service.[139] | |
William F. Sauber | The steamer foundered in heavy seas on Lake Superior off Whitefish Point. Her captain and one crewman killed. Survivors were rescued by Yale ( |
29 October
editShip | State | Description |
---|---|---|
Lotus Sims | The steamer was destroyed by fire at St. Louis, Missouri, a total loss.[47] | |
Unidentified sailing vessel | During a voyage from Awa Province to Manazuru, the sailing vessel was wrecked during a storm 24 miles (39 km) from Izu Ōshima, Japan. The cruiser Bugeaud ( |
30 October
editShip | State | Description |
---|---|---|
City of St. Louis | The steamer was destroyed by fire at St. Louis, Missouri and sank. One crewman missing. Total loss.[47] |
31 October
editShip | State | Description |
---|---|---|
Saveland | The schooner broke loose from her tow in a snowstorm and went ashore one mile (1.6 km) east of Grand Marais, Minnesota, a total loss. The crew were saved by the United States Life Saving Service.[118] |
November
edit1 November
editShip | State | Description |
---|---|---|
Discovery | The 209-gross register ton, 90-foot (27.4 m) steamer departed Yakutat, District of Alaska, with an estimated 30 people – about 14 passengers and a crew of about 16 – aboard and was never heard from again. In 1904, authorities received a credible report by an Alaskan Native chief that he had seen Discovery sink in a storm just outside Lituya Bay in Southeast Alaska on 3 November 1903 with no survivors.[142] |
2 November
editShip | State | Description |
---|---|---|
Petroleum #1 | Carrying a cargo of three tons of miscellaneous merchandise and under tow by a motor launch from Katalla, District of Alaska, to Kayak Island off Southcentral Alaska, the 18-net register ton scow sank in a gale in the Gulf of Alaska off Kayak Island after her tow line parted.[143] |
3 November
editShip | State | Description |
---|---|---|
Peerless | The steamer caught fire at sea after being stolen by 4 boys from her dock at Eureka, California. The tug Ranger caught up with the steamer, rescued the boys and beached the steamer in Humboldt Bay, a total loss.[18] |
4 November
editShip | State | Description |
---|---|---|
Walter L. Frost | The steamer ran aground in fog on south end of South Manitou Island, in Lake Michigan. She was scuttled to prevent further damage, refloated on the 6th but rescuttled for unknown reasons. She broke in two on 10 November and was abandoned on 14 November. Completely went to pieces over the winter.[144][145] |
7 November
editShip | State | Description |
---|---|---|
Connecticut | The 99-gross register ton schooner sank off Chatham, Massachusetts. Both people on board survived.[146] |
9 November
editShip | State | Description |
---|---|---|
Imnaha | The steamer snagged a mooring line causing her to drift in to the Mountain Sheep Rapids on the Snake River and was wrecked.[15] |
11 November
editShip | State | Description |
---|---|---|
Ruth | The steamer broke a mooring line at Bihlers Point Landing, California allowing her to be damaged on a rock. She drifted ashore, a total loss.[18] |
12 November
editShip | State | Description |
---|---|---|
S. C. Baldwin | The steamer was sunk by ice 7+1⁄2 miles (12.1 km) north east of Long Tail Point.[38] |
13 November
editShip | State | Description |
---|---|---|
Cassie | The sloop was sunk in a collision with Albemarle ( |
14 November
editShip | State | Description |
---|---|---|
Pioneer | The motor vessel struck a submerged object and sank in Chesapeake Bay. Her crew was saved.[11] |
15 November
editShip | State | Description |
---|---|---|
Avarana | The pleasure steamer was destroyed by fire at dock in Ogdensburg, New York. Fire reported as caused by embers from a passing locomotive.[147] |
17 November
editShip | State | Description |
---|---|---|
Minnesota | The steamer burned in the St. Clair River and sank 1,500–2,000 feet (460–610 m) off the Grande Pointe Hotel pier of Grande Pointe, Michigan. Wreck removal was underway at end of year.[102][95] | |
Return | The steamer struck a hidden obstruction and sank in the Allegheny River, probably near Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.[38] |
18 November
editShip | State | Description |
---|---|---|
Nellie | The steamer was destroyed by fire at dock at Grants Ferry, Washington on the Columbia River.[15] |
19 November
editShip | State | Description |
---|---|---|
May Flower | The steamer sank when ice gouged the caulking out of her seams between Warsaw, Illinois and Burlington, Iowa.[47] |
20 November
editShip | State | Description |
---|---|---|
Anna Catherine | The 8-gross register ton, 30-foot (9.1 m) sloop was wrecked in Tongass Narrows in Southeast Alaska 0.5 nautical miles (0.9 km; 0.6 mi) south of Hollis, District of Alaska, during a storm.[111] | |
Gladstone | The steamer was sunk in a collision with Sacramento ( |
21 November
editShip | State | Description |
---|---|---|
Araby Maid | The bark was sunk in a collision with Denver 30 miles (48 km) north of the Dry Tortugas, Florida. The crew transferred to Denver. Two crewmen who were ill with a fever before the collision died shortly after coming aboard Denver.[148][75] |
22 November
editShip | State | Description |
---|---|---|
Saugerties | The steamer burned to the waterline at dock in Saugerties, New York, a total loss. Some fittings salvaged. Refloated and scuttled in a cove north of the Saugerties Lighthouse. One crewman was killed trying to retrieve clothing after being ordered to abandon ship.[15][149] |
26 November
editShip | State | Description |
---|---|---|
S. C. Baldwin | During a voyage from Green Bay, Wisconsin, to Buffalo, New York, with a cargo of lumber, the 160-foot (49 m), 356-gross register ton steam barge struck ice and sank off Wisconsin in Green Bay near Long Tail Point, 10 nautical miles (19 km; 12 mi) north of the entrance to the Fox River. By the beginning of April 1904, she had been refloated. She subsequently was converted into an unpowered barge and placed back in service.[150][151] |
27 November
editShip | State | Description |
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Alwina | The steamship passed Pointe Saint-Mathieu, Finistère, France, bound for Rotterdam, the Netherlands, then disappeared without trace.[152] | |
Hustler | The steamer was sunk in a collision with USS Yankton ( |
28 November
editShip | State | Description |
---|---|---|
Coal City | The steamer struck a snag in the Ohio River near Vanceburg, Kentucky and sank. Raised and repaired.[38] | |
Petriana | The oil tanker struck a reef east of Point Nepean, Victoria, Australia, at the entrance to Port Phillip Bay. Two days later its cargo of 1,300 tonnes of crude oil was released into the ocean, causing one of the first major maritime oil spills.[153] |
29 November
editShip | State | Description |
---|---|---|
George W. Moredock | The steamer was destroyed by fire in the Ohio River at Neil's Landing, Pennsylvania.[38] |
30 November
editShip | State | Description |
---|---|---|
Frank | The tug sank at dock at New Berlin, Florida. Promptly raised.[11] |
Unknown date
editShip | State | Description |
---|---|---|
Joe | The steamer was wrecked one mile (1.6 km) south of Holland, Michigan on 26 September, or near Grand Haven, Michigan on 29 November.[82][121] |
December
edit1 December
editShip | State | Description |
---|---|---|
Idlewild | The tow steamer was sunk in a collision with Hercules ( |
4 December
editShip | State | Description |
---|---|---|
Embury | The steamer was destroyed by fire at the Eldorado Dock, Grand Island, New York in the Niagara River.[56][154] | |
Jessie Russell | The tow steamer was sunk in a collision with a scow in the North River.[12] |
5 December
editShip | State | Description |
---|---|---|
J. Emory Owen | The steamer caught fire four miles (6.4 km) off Manitowoc, Wisconsin. She was towed by three steamers to the Sturgeon Bay Ship Canal where the fire was extinguished, but she sank in 18 feet (5.5 m) of water. She was raised, rebuilt and returned to service as F. A. Meyer.[73][155] |
6 December
editShip | State | Description |
---|---|---|
Warrington | The passenger-cargo ship was wrecked on the sands near Happisburgh on the coast of Norfolk, England.[156] |
7 December
editShip | State | Description |
---|---|---|
Ann & Betsey | The smack got into difficulties off Cardigan. Her crew were rescued by Lizzie & Charles Leigh Clare ( | |
Ella | The passenger steamer was sunk by ice at dock in Athens, New York.[15] |
9 December
editShip | State | Description |
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Fordyce | The steamer struck rocks in a snow storm and sank in the Mississippi River two miles (3.2 km) above Thebes, Illinois. Total loss.[47] | |
Lucretia | The motor vessel burned at Atlantic Wharf, Baltimore, Maryland.[157] |
12 December
editShip | State | Description |
---|---|---|
Al Martin | The tow steamer struck a submerged obstruction in the Kentucky River near Sand Ripple and sank, a total loss.[47] |
15 December
editShip | State | Description |
---|---|---|
Mattie M. | The steamer struck a hidden obstruction on the Mississippi River six miles (9.7 km) above Natchez, Mississippi and sank. Six crewmen killed.[5] |
16 December
editShip | State | Description |
---|---|---|
Alice M. Jacobs | The steamer was wrecked in a gale and snowstorm at Duram Island off Newfoundland, a total loss.[158] | |
Columbia | The steam lighter was sunk in a collision with the ferry Kingston in the North River.[12] |
18 December
editShip | State | Description |
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Mary Buhne | The schooner was sunk in a collision with Del Norte ( |
20 December
editShip | State | Description |
---|---|---|
Ada V. | The laid up steamer sank at dock when her bitts pulled out causing leaks at Newport, Kentucky. Raised and repaired.[38] |
21 December
editShip | State | Description |
---|---|---|
Champion | The barque was wrecked at Outer Parajos, near Coquimbo.[159] | |
Brugia | The steamship was wrecked near Beadnell, United Kingdom.[160] | |
Sophia | The tug struck burned at Eagle Harbor, Washington.[15] |
24 December
editShip | State | Description |
---|---|---|
Erastus Corning | The steamer struck a submerged object west south west of Stratford Point Light and was beached.[11] |
25 December
editShip | State | Description |
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Clarence S. Bement | The sailing ship caught fire on 22 December and was abandoned on 24 or 25 December in Fox Bay, Falkland Islands, a total loss. The crew went to shore in her boats.[161][162][163] | |
Mahngotaysee | none | The unfinished and unregistered steamer was totally destroyed by arson at dock at Boyd's Shipyard, Palatka, Florida.[164] |
26 December
editShip | State | Description |
---|---|---|
Kiowa | While anchored off Hull, Massachusetts, about two nautical miles (3.7 km; 2.3 mi) south of Boston Light in a heavy snowstorm, the 2,953-gross register ton cargo ship was struck on her port side by the outgoing steamer Admiral Dewey ( |
27 December
editShip | State | Description |
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Alert | The steamer burned at Chase's Wharf, Baltimore, Maryland.[11] | |
W. H. Grapevine | The steamer was sunk by ice at dock at the foot of Vine Street, Cincinnati, Ohio.[38] |
28 December
editShip | State | Description |
---|---|---|
Pomona | The steamer struck a snag near Careys Bend, Oregon on the Willamette River and sank.[15] |
30 December
editShip | State | Description |
---|---|---|
Peerless | The steamer was sunk in six feet (1.8 m) of water by ice at St. Charles, Missouri. Scheduled to be raised in 1904.[47] | |
Polar Wave | The steamer was destroyed by fire over night at dock at Helena, Arkansas. Total loss.[168] |
31 December
editShip | State | Description |
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Burnside | The steamer burned in the Cumberland River. One crewman killed.[169] | |
El Sueno | The 23-ton steamer sank off Nome, District of Alaska. She was declared a total loss.[170] | |
USS Quiros | The gunboat was reported to have gone aground on the Pearl Banks in the Sulu Sea off Borneo.[171][172] She was reported on 15 January 1904 to have been refloated with minimal damage.[173] |
Unknown date
editShip | State | Description |
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Aristides | The clipper ship left Caleta Buena, Chile, for San Francisco on 28 May and was never seen again.[174] | |
Delphine | The launch was lost at Karluk, District of Alaska.[142] | |
Edith | The full-rigged ship sprang a leak and was beached in the Solomon Islands, where she was wrecked. Her crew survived.[175] | |
Fannie Kerr | The barque was abandoned on 29 May 1902 after her cargo of coal caught fire near the Territory of Hawaii (20°00′N 169°00′W / 20.000°N 169.000°W). She drifted ashore and was wrecked on South Cape, Formosa sometime in March–August, 1903.[176][177] | |
Helen Brewer | The sailing ship went missing after leaving Surabaya, Netherlands East Indies for Philadelphia on March 7.[178] | |
Jane A. Falkenberg | Abandoned at sea during a storm in 1899 and again during a later voyage while under tow in 1900, and recovered both times after suffering serious damage, the wrecked 310.63-gross register ton, 131-foot (39.9 m) barkentine was filled with stones and sand and scuttled in 6 feet (1.8 m) of water to form a breakwater at St. Michael, District of Alaska, sometime prior to 26 October.[93] | |
Jennie | Unknown | The cannery steamer sank after running aground on Denman Island in the Gulf Islands in British Columbia.[93] |
Loch Bredan | The barque disappeared without trace after departing Adelaide, South Australia, in September 1903. | |
Nor'West | While laid up for the winter, the 8-gross register ton, 35.4-foot (10.8 m) schooner dragged her anchor during either the winter of 1901–1902 or the winter of 1902–1903 and was blown so far inland at the head of "Wrangell Bay" in the District of Alaska – probably Wrangell Bay (57°01′N 156°31′W / 57.017°N 156.517°W) on Kodiak Island but possibly the harbor at Wrangell in Southeast Alaska – that she could not be relaunched. She was declared a total loss and was stripped and abandoned.[179] | |
Samuel N. Lapsley | The Presbyterian missionary riverboat, built by William R. Trigg Co., Richmond, Virginia in 1901 and assembled in the Congo, capsized in the Congo River during a supply run between Leopoldville and Luebo Station with loss of twenty-four people. The vessel was replaced by Samuel N. Lapsley II in 1906.[180][181] | |
Thomas | The 167-gross register ton barge sank off Velasco, Texas. Both people on board survived.[182] | |
Vega | The barque sank in Melville Bay, Greenland |
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