List of shipwrecks in 1909
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List of shipwrecks in 1909 includes some ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during 1909.
1909 | |||
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Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr |
May | Jun | Jul | Aug |
Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
Unknown date |
January
Unknown date
Ship | Country | Description |
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Pendeen | ![]() |
The fishing vessel was lost in a gale. A search by the St Ives Lifeboat found no wreckage.[1] |
23 January
Ship | Country | Description |
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RMS Republic | ![]() |
and Florida (![]() |
26 January
Ship | Country | Description |
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SS Mjølner | ![]() |
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.[2] |
February
4 February
Ship | Country | Description |
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Lobito | ![]() |
She sank at Ilha do Maio, Cape Verde on passage from St Vincent for Cape Verde. |
12 February
Ship | Country | Description |
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Penguin | ![]() |
struck Toms Rock in the Cook Strait and sank with the loss of 85 passengers and crew. Thirty survivors. |
Australia | ![]() |
collided with a sailing ship and sank off Alboran, Mediterranean Sea.[3] |
21 February
Ship | Country | Description |
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Renown | ![]() |
The East coast drifter went aground at Penzance railway station, Cornwall, UK after missing the harbour mouth in a fresh breeze and rough seas. The lifeboat Cape of Good Hope (![]() |
March
29 March
Ship | Country | Description |
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Ilorin | ![]() |
. The 946 GRT Elder Dempster cargo ship ran aground and sank on the bar at Forçados River, Nigeria while attempting to assist the Andoni.[6] |
April
8 April
Ship | Country | Description |
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Mahratta | ![]() |
ran aground on Goodwin Sands, broke in half two days later and wrecked. One crew member committed suicide. |
Dagenham | ![]() |
a British cargo steamer of 1,466 grt built in 1907 by John Crown & Sons for Furness, Withy & Co. On the 18th April 1909, when north-west Grunes, Cobo Bay, Guernsey Channel islands, she ran aground and was wrecked while on a voyage from the Tyne to Saint-Malo with a cargo of coal.[7] [8] |
May
13 May
Ship | Country | Description |
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Palomares | ![]() |
Abandoned in the Gulf of Finland. Later salvaged, repaired and sold.[9] |
Unknown date
Ship | Country | Description |
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Loango | flag unknown | The schooner was wrecked near St Ives, Cornwall, United Kingdom[10] Four crew rescued[1] |
June
11 June
Ship | Country | Description |
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RMS Slavonia | ![]() |
The passenger ship ran aground at Punda dos Fenais, Flores, Azores, Portugal and was wrecked. All passengers were rescued by Prinzess Irene and Batavia (both ![]() |
20 June
Ship | Country | Description |
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Louise | ![]() |
foundered 28 nautical miles (52 km) off Ventimiglia, Italy.[11] |
July
12 July
Ship | Country | Description |
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John B. Cowle | ![]() |
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
Ship | Country | Description |
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HMS C11 | ![]() |
sunk in collision with Eddystone (![]() |
27 July
Ship | Country | Description |
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Waratah | ![]() |
. The Blue Anchor Line ocean liner was due to reach Cape Town on 29 July. No trace was ever found and over 750 passengers and crew lost. |
August
5 August
Ship | Country | Description |
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Maori | ![]() |
wrecked near Llandudno, Cape Town with 32 crew killed. |
Lucania | ![]() |
caught fire at Huskisson Dock at Liverpool. Sank at her moorings and later sold for scrap. |
11 August
Ship | Country | Description |
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Nezinscot | ![]() |
The tug capsized and sank in the Atlantic Ocean off Cape Ann, Massachusetts.[12] |
20 August
Ship | Country | Description |
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Adolphe | ![]() |
The ketch was wrecked in the Teifi Estuary.[13] |
September
5 September
Ship | Country | Description |
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Eduard Bohlen | ![]() |
The ship ran aground off of Namibia's Skeleton Coast in a heavy fog. |
12 September
Ship | Country | Description |
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Sarah Ann | ![]() |
The ship was wrecked at Porthgain, Pembrokeshire.[13] |
15 September
Ship | Country | Description |
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Francesco Morosini | ![]() |
The decommissioned Ruggiero di Lauria-class ironclad battleship was sunk as a torpedo target at La Spezia, Italy. |
Unknown date
Ship | Country | Description |
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USS Katahdin | ![]() |
The decommissioned harbor defense ram was sunk as a gunnery target at Rappahannock Spit, Virginia. |
October
23 October
Ship | Country | Description |
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Anne Marie | ![]() |
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
24 November
Ship | Country | Description |
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Alf | ![]() |
The barque ran aground on Haisborough Sands and was wrecked. Crew of 16 rescued by the Cromer lifeboat Louisa Heartwell (![]() |
27 November
Ship | Country | Description |
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Lancelot | ![]() |
The spritsail barge was driven ashore in West Bay, Dorset.[15] |
29 November
Ship | Country | Description |
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Ottawa | ![]() |
The tug caught fire off the coast of Russell, Bayfield County, Wisconsin after rescuing another vessel. |
December
2 December
Ship | Country | Description |
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Whitewood | ![]() |
The Screw Collier left Hull 2 Dec 1909 bound for Bremen. Not heard of after this date.[citation needed] |
3 December
Ship | Country | Description |
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Ellan Vannin | ![]() |
The paddle steamer sank in Liverpool Bay in a Force 11 gale. All 36 passengers and crew killed. |
13 December
Ship | Country | Description |
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Governor Ames | ![]() |
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. |
Unknown date
Ship | Country | Description |
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Congress | ![]() |
swamped by a wave off St. Ives, Cornwall. Three people swept overboard were rescued.[1] |
References
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- ↑ cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?175588 |name=SS Mjølner (+1909) |publisher=wrecksite.eu |accessdate= 26 Aug 2015
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- ↑ cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?4505 |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
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- ↑ cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?207010 |name=Anne Marie (+1909) |publisher=wrecksite.eu |accessdate= 27 Aug 2015
- ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
Ship events in 1909 | |||||||||||
Ship launches: | 1904 | 1905 | 1906 | 1907 | 1908 | 1909 | 1910 | 1911 | 1912 | 1913 | 1914 |
Ship commissionings: | 1904 | 1905 | 1906 | 1907 | 1908 | 1909 | 1910 | 1911 | 1912 | 1913 | 1914 |
Ship decommissionings: | 1904 | 1905 | 1906 | 1907 | 1908 | 1909 | 1910 | 1911 | 1912 | 1913 | 1914 |
Shipwrecks: | 1904 | 1905 | 1906 | 1907 | 1908 | 1909 | 1910 | 1911 | 1912 | 1913 | 1914 |
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