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List of shipwrecks in May 1923

The list of shipwrecks in May 1923 includes ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during May 1923.

This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by adding missing items with reliable sources.

3 May

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List of shipwrecks: 3 May 1923
Ship State Description
Alioth   United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked in West Bay, Dorset.[1]
Elizabeth Ann Slater   United Kingdom The cargo ship collided with Teesider (  United Kingdom) in the North Sea off Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Northumberland. She was beached at South Shields.[2]

4 May

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List of shipwrecks: 4 May 1923
Ship State Description
Kissho Maru   Japan The cargo ship collided with Seikai Maru (  Japan) at Shimonoseki and sank.[3]

7 May

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List of shipwrecks: 7 May 1923
Ship State Description
Roxane   Sweden The car ship collided with Harald (  Germany) in the North Sea off the Elbe 1 Lightship (  Germany) and sank. Her crew were rescued.[4]

9 May

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List of shipwrecks: 9 May 1923
Ship State Description
Lake Gebhart   United States The Design 1093 cargo ship ran aground on the Umatilla Reef off Cape Flattery, Washington. She broke in two and was a total loss.[5][6]
Manhattan Island   United States The cargo ship ran aground at Sari Siglar, Turkey.[7] She was refloated on 17 May.[8]
Yugala   Thailand The cargo ship was severely damaged by fire at Singora with the loss of six crew. She was consequently beached.[5][7]

10 May

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List of shipwrecks: 10 May 1923
Ship State Description
Kitanna   United Kingdom The cargo ship foundered in the English Channel 32 nautical miles (59 km) north east by north of Alderney, Channel Isles.[9]
Kum Sang   United Kingdom The passenger ship came ashore near Ango, Philippines (approximately 16°N 120°E / 16°N 120°E / 16; 120).[5] She was refloated on 22 May.[10]

14 May

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List of shipwrecks: 14 May 1923
Ship State Description
D'Aosta   Italy The cargo ship ran aground off Munxar, Malta.[11] She was refloated on 18 May.[8]
David   Panama The cargo ship collided with Yorba Linda (  United States) in the Gulf of Panama 50 nautical miles (93 km) off Panama City and was beached at Bucaro.[12]
Sagama River   United Kingdom The cargo ship ran aground in the Paraná River, Argentina.[12] She was refloated on 21 May.[13]

16 May

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List of shipwrecks: 16 May 1923
Ship State Description
Gul-Djemal   Ottoman Empire The cargo ship ran aground at Cape Jason.[14] She was refloated on 22 May.[13]
Jan   Denmark The cargo ship ran aground in the Northumberland Strait.[14] She was refloated on 23 May.[15]
Olga   United States The 76-gross register ton motor schooner was stranded on a sand bar on the west-central coast of the Territory of Alaska opposite the mouth of Safety Lagoon (64°29′N 164°45′W / 64.483°N 164.750°W / 64.483; -164.750 (Safety Lagoon)). During the spring of 1923, she was crushed by ice and then wrecked by a gale.[16]

19 May

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List of shipwrecks: 19 May 1923
Ship State Description
Maggie Marshall   United Kingdom The salvage vessel was wrecked at St. Esprit, Nova Scotia, Canada whilst going to the aid of Cymric Queen (  United Kingdom).[17]

20 May

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List of shipwrecks: 20 May 1923
Ship State Description
Apex No. 8   United States While no one was on board, the 32-ton scow was wrecked in Stone Rock Bay (54°45′30″N 132°00′00″W / 54.75833°N 132.00000°W / 54.75833; -132.00000 (Stone Rock Bay)) on the coast of Prince of Wales Island in the Alexander Archipelago in Southeast Alaska after she broke free of her mooring to a dolphin during a gale. She was deemed a total loss.[18]

21 May

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List of shipwrecks: 21 May 1923
Ship State Description
Glenburnie   United Kingdom The cargo ship ran aground at Spot Point, Newfoundland.[19] She was refloated on 24 May.[15]
Marcella   United Kingdom The schooner foundered in the Atlantic Ocean off Louisburg, Nova Scotia, Canada.[19]
Rosa   United Kingdom The coaster ran aground at Berwick upon Tweed, Northumberland.[19] She was refloated on 28 May.[20]

22 May

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List of shipwrecks: 22 May 1923
Ship State Description
Marvale   United Kingdom The ocean liner struck the Capr Freel Rock off St. Shott's, Newfoundland and sank. All 436 people on board were rescued.[21]
Shoyei Maru   Japan The cargo ship ran aground on Shimushu Island, Kuril Islands and was abandoned by her crew.[20]

26 May

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List of shipwrecks: 26 May 1923
Ship State Description
HM Gunboat Blackfly   Royal Navy The Fly-class gunboat collided with a pontoon bridge over the Tigris at Baghdad, Iraq and sank with the loss of six crew.[22][23]
Precheur   France The tug foundered in the Atlantic Ocean (48°32′N 7°00′W / 48.533°N 7.000°W / 48.533; -7.000).[24]

27 May

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List of shipwrecks: 27 May 1923
Ship State Description
Baron Vernon   United Kingdom The cargo ship collided with Metagama (  United Kingdom): in the River Clyde at Dumbarton, West Dunbartonshire and was beached.[25] She subsequently sank,[26] but was refloated in late July 1924.[27]

29 May

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List of shipwrecks: 29 May 1923
Ship State Description
Lady Shea   United Kingdom The schooner sprang a leak and sank off Port Maria, Jamaica.[24]
Waterway   United Kingdom The cargo ship capsized at Nantes, Loire-Atlantique.[28]

31 May

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List of shipwrecks: 31 May 1923
Ship State Description
Ranan Maru   Japan The cargo liner ran aground at Qingdao, China. All passengers and crew were rescued.[29] She was refloated on 5 June.[30]

References

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  1. ^ "Historical List of Shipwrecks at Chesil Beach & from Bridport to Lyme Regis". Burton Bradstock Online. Retrieved 27 December 2014.
  2. ^ "Casualty reports". The Times. No. 43332. London. 4 May 1923. col E, p. 14.
  3. ^ "Casualty reports". The Times. No. 43333. London. 5 May 1923. col G, p. 8.
  4. ^ "Casualty reports". The Times. No. 43336. London. 9 May 1923. col E, p. 22.
  5. ^ a b c "Casualty reports". The Times. No. 43338. London. 11 May 1923. col D, p. 25.
  6. ^ "Reinsurance rates". The Times. No. 43339. London. 12 May 1923. col E, p. 20.
  7. ^ a b "Casualty reports". The Times. No. 43337. London. 10 May 1923. col G, p. 23.
  8. ^ a b "Casualty reports". The Times. No. 43345. London. 19 May 1923. col G, p. 6.
  9. ^ "Casualty reports". The Times. No. 43340. London. May 1923. col B, p. 21.
  10. ^ "Reinsurance rates". The Times. No. 43348. London. 23 May 1923. col B, p. 19.
  11. ^ "Casualty reports". The Times. No. 43341. London. 15 May 1923. col E, p. 8.
  12. ^ a b "Casualty reports". The Times. No. 43342. London. 16 May 1923. col F-G, p. 24.
  13. ^ a b "Casualty reports". The Times. No. 43348. London. 23 May 1923. col C, p. 19.
  14. ^ a b "Casualty reports". The Times. No. 43343. London. 17 May 1923. col F, p. 16.
  15. ^ a b "Casualty reports". The Times. No. 43350. London. 25 May 1923. col E, p. 14.
  16. ^ alaskashipwreck.com Alaska Shipwrecks (O)
  17. ^ "Casualty reports". The Times. No. 43346. London. 21 May 1923. col D, p. 14.
  18. ^ alaskashipwreck.com Alaska Shipwrecks (A)
  19. ^ a b c "Casualty reports". The Times. No. 43347. London. 22 May 1923. col F, p. 19.
  20. ^ a b "Casualty reports". The Times. No. 43353. London. 29 May 1923. col G, p. 24.
  21. ^ "Lost Canadian liner". The Times. No. 43348. London. 23 May 1923. col C, p. 10.
  22. ^ "Floods in Iraq". The Times. No. 43352. London. 28 May 1923. col E, p. 11.
  23. ^ "Baghdad bridge victims". The Times. No. 43353. London. 29 May 1923. col F, p. 13.
  24. ^ a b "Casualty reports". The Times. No. 43355. London. 31 May 1923. col E, p. 25.
  25. ^ "Liner in collision". The Times. No. 43352. London. 28 May 1923. col E, p. 9.
  26. ^ "Casualty reports". The Times. No. 43361. London. 7 June 1923. col F, p. 23.
  27. ^ "Brazilian steamer refloated". The Times. No. 43712. London. 24 July 1924. p. 10.
  28. ^ "Casualty reports". The Times. No. 43354. London. 30 May 1923. col G, p. 21.
  29. ^ "Casualty reports". The Times. No. 43358. London. 4 June 1923. col A, p. 21.
  30. ^ "Casualty reports". The Times. No. 43362. London. 8 June 1923. col C-D, p. 22.
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