The steamer was damaged in a collision in thick fog with Julia Luckenbach (United States) in Chesapeake Bay. After the incident she either anchored or was beached to prevent sinking.[6][7][8]
The ocean liner was sunk in a collision in thick fog with Indrakuala (United Kingdom) in Chesapeake Bay. Her captain, his wife, and 13 crew were killed. Survivors were rescued by Indrakuala and Pennsylvania (Netherlands).[9][7][8]
The whaleback barge sank in a gale in Nantucket Sound five miles (8.0 km) northwest of Handkerchief Lightship in 36 feet of water. Two crew killed, the other 3 crew rescued by her tow vessel.[1][10][11]
Cheslakee undergoing salvage.The steamer capsized and sank at Van Anda, British Columbia, killing seven people. She was later refloated, repaired, and returned to service.
The oil tanker on her voyage from Monterrey, Mexico, to Portland, Oregon ran into gale of the mouth of the Columbia River and went aground on Peacock Spit. The vessel broke into two and sank with the loss of 30 or 33 of her 36 crew.[13][14]
The sternwheel paddle steamer, registered as Jas. T. Staples, was destroyed by a boiler explosion on the Tombigbee River in Alabama six miles (9.7 km) above the current day Coffeeville Lock and Dam. The explosion killed 26 people, including her captain, and injured 21. Survivors were rescued by the sternwheel paddle steamer John Quill (United States).[8][15]
The 7,877 GRTLamport and Holt Line general cargo/passenger vessel. Sailing from Liverpool with a stop in Vigo, Spain, and carrying 221 people on board to Venezuela, Brazil, and Argentina, collided in fog with rocks near Leça da Palmeira, Portugal. The rescue lasted more than 48 hours due to sea state using cables back and forth and two rescue boats to recover those who threw themselves into the sea. There were 38 casualties, 5 of them crewmen.[24]
First Balkan War: The Âsâr-ı Tevfik-class ironclad ran aground on a rock during operations against Bulgarian forces near Yalıköy, Istanbul. The grounded vessel was destroyed by seas and Bulgarian artillery over the next few days.
The schooner sank in the long Island Sound one mile (1.6 km) east south east of Shippan Point. Part of her cargo was salvaged. Wreck raised on 23 July 1913. Her spars were removed and she was resunk in deep water.[11]
A barge/scow was sunk at Baltimore, Maryland, by the explosion of Alum Chine (United Kingdom). She was alongside transferring the cargo of dynamite.[35]
The 778 GRTschooner, when caught in a hurricane, dismasted, lost all its boats and deck cargo, and was partly filled with water, in the Lau islands of Fiji. All survived, after abandoning the barely floating hull, on 1 May 1913, and making for Kabara using sailing scows that the crew had made themselves. The hull and part of the cargo of lumber were salvaged.[43][44][45]
The schooner ran on the rocks at Nahant, Massachusetts. Salvage operations were abandoned shortly after they were begun, owing to the unfavorable conditions at the location of the wreck.[36]
The steamer struck a railroad bridge in the Tensas River at Clayton, Louisiana. After striking she bounced off, struck it again, and careened over filling with water. The swift flood current carried her 1+1⁄2 miles (2.4 km) down river before fully sinking. 14 or 22 drowned, with 107 persons saved, many by getting on the bridge.[13][51]
The gunboat — officially classified as a third-class cruiser — ran aground in dense fog on the coast of the Spanish protectorate in Morocco near Alhucemas. Moroccanguerrillas attacked her, and her badly outnumbered crew of 53 defended her successfully for 15 hours until all of her survivors and dead had been transferred to several other Spanish Navy warships, which subsequently drove off the Moroccans with gunfire and then sank General Concha – deemed beyond repair – with gunfire to prevent the Moroccans from looting her wreck. General Concha's crew suffered 16 men dead, 17 wounded, and 11 captured during the engagement; the attacking Moroccans' casualties are not known.[58]
The Schooner burned and sank in the St. Clair River abreast the coal docks at Algonac, Michigan. The wreck was removed in November, or site is a popular dive site.[55][66]
After departing Nunivak Island in the Bering Sea with four crewmen and two passengers aboard, the 17 GRT, 42.2-foot (12.9 m) motor trading schooner was stranded near Cape Avinoff, Territory of Alaska. All six people aboard abandoned ship and survived a five-day voyage to St. Michael, Alaska, in a dory without food or water. During the autumn of 1913, the abandoned Wasp suffered severe ice damage, dragged her anchor during a storm, and sank near the mouth of the Kuskokwim River.[79]
The Elder Dempster 2,802 GRT cargo ship ran aground and was wrecked at Half Assini, Ghana in West Africa. She was carrying a cargo of wood from the West coast of Africa to Liverpool.[80]
The tow steamer was sunk when her boilers exploded opposite Glenfield, Pennsylvania, seven miles (11 km) below Pittsburgh in the Ohio River 200 feet (61 m) above Lock No. 2. The ship was later raised. Eight people were killed, six injured.[81][82][83]
1913 Hurricane No. 4: The schooner was wrecked in a hurricane 500 yards (460 m) off Ocracoke Island, a total loss. The wreck was later burned. All 20 passengers and crew were rescued by the United States Life Saving Service before she broke up.[87][88]
The schooner went ashore on Skiffs Island Shoal, off Chappaquiddick, Martha's Vineyard, Massachusetts in fog and a gale. Refloated, repaired and returned to service. All on board, 11 crew and the wives of the Captain and Steward, were rescued by Prescilla II (United States).[92][93]
The launch was sunk in a collision with schooner Rhodora in the harbor of Gloucester, Massachusetts. Three people were killed and two survivors were rescued by Rhodora.[85]
After lying on the beach at Teller, Territory of Alaska, since 14 August 1912 without anyone coming aboard to perform maintenance and already in a partly wrecked condition, the 54 GRTmotor vessel was destroyed by a gale.[94]
While anchored off Nome, Territory of Alaska, with no cargo or crew aboard, the 39-ton barge broke loose from her moorings during a gale, was driven ashore on a beach 2 nautical miles (3.7 km; 2.3 mi) west of Nome, and was broken apart by waves.[77]
Volturno The Uranium Line passenger-cargo ship caught fire in mid-Atlantic and was abandoned; 510 passengers and crew were rescued by ships including Kroonland (United States) and Minneapolis (United Kingdom), but 136 died. The derelict ship was scuttled on 18 October in the North Atlantic Ocean.[99][100]
After departing St. Michael, Territory of Alaska, on 9 October bound for the Kuskokwim River under tow by the motorboatNora (United States) with a cargo of about 10 tons of general merchandise aboard, the 16 GRT, 41.4-foot (12.6 m) schooner was found washed up on the beach bottom-up in Norton Sound, apparently having been blown there by a storm. All three people aboard both vessels were lost.[102]
The schooner barge was sunk and broke up in a gale south east of the Highland Light after being cut loose by her tow vessel Paoli (United States). Two people were killed.[107]
The steamer ran aground in a gale off False Presque Isle. She was scuttled to prevent pounding to pieces. She was pulled off by two wrecking tugs on 23 October.[108]
The steamer struck a submerged obstruction off Long Point, Ontario on Lake Erie in a gale. She was beached just above Long Point Lighthouse, a total loss.[109]
The schooner sank in Long Island Sound off Sheffield Point, New York in 12 fathoms (72 ft; 22 m) of water with her mast tops above water. Parts of the wreck less than 40 feet (12 m) below water were removed in November.[69][11]
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List of shipwrecks: Unknown October 1913
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Unknown scow
An unregistered scow sank in the Rouge River, Michigan near the foot of Chase Street. The scow was towed out of the channel on 28 October.[55]
Great Lakes Storm: The cargo ship sank in Lake Huron with the loss of all crew, last seen on 8 or 9 November, 14 miles (23 km) north of Tawas Point.[117]
The schooner sank in Long Island Sound five miles (8.0 km) from the Stratford Light in 15 fathoms (90 ft; 27 m) of water with her mast tops above water. On 5 February 1914 all parts of the wreck with in 35 feet (11 m) of the surface was removed by the lighter Panuco (United States).[11]
Great Lakes Storm: The steamer ran aground off the Harbor Beach Life-Saving Station, Michigan, solidly on the bottom. She pumped herself out the next night.[120]
Great Lakes Storm: The steamer was wrecked on Port Austen Reef 1+1⁄2 miles (2.4 km) offshore of Pointe aux Barques, Michigan, in Lake Huron during a gale. Nine crew made it to shore in her yawl, the rest were rescued by the United States Life Saving Service. Salvaged in 1915, repaired and return to service as Glenshee (Canada).[128][129]
Great Lakes Storm: The steamer went on the rocks off Pointe aux Barques in Lake Michigan. A wrecking tug salvaged part of her cargo of coal and took off her crew on 14 November. She was salvaged in 1914 and taken to Sarnia, Ontario for repairs.[134][135]
The 12 GRT, 40-foot (12 m) fishing vessel was stranded on an island 1.33 nautical miles (2.46 km; 1.53 mi) west of Metlakatla in Southeast Alaska. Both crewmembers survived. Winnie later was refloated, repaired, and returned to service.[79]
The schooner barge was wrecked at Cape Lookout Beach, Beaufort, North Carolina after she sprung a leak in a gale and became waterlogged, a total loss. Her crew was rescued by her tug, Wellington (United States), except for her cook who drowned during the transfer.[142][143]
The steamer stranded on North Point Reef, Thunder Bay, in Lake Superior during a gale. The crew were taken off the next day. She broke in two on 29 November while being towed. The vessel was refloated on 13 December and salvaged in 1914. The steamer was repaired and returned to service as Inland (Canada).[148][149][150]
The C-classsubmarine sank without loss of life after colliding with the hopper bargeHopper No. 27 (flag unknown) in Plymouth Sound. She was refloated, repaired, and returned to service.
The schooner barge was cut loose in heavy weather by its tow vessel Edgar F. Luckenbach (United States) four miles (6.4 km) north of Barnegat, New Jersey. She was anchored just offshore and was dashed to a sinking mass by contact with Undaunted that she was still tied to, with the loss of all five hands.[157][158]
The schooner barge was cut loose in heavy weather by its tow vessel Edgar F. Luckenbach (United States) four miles (6.4 km) north of Barnegat, New Jersey. She was dashed by A. G. Ropes that she was still tied to, breaking in two with the loss of all five hands.[157][159]
The oil service vessel capsized in Puget Sound immediately after being launched at Dockton, Washington, in either 1913 or 1914. She was righted, completed, and eventually entered service.
The barge had sunk by August in Frankford Creek, Pennsylvania 50 feet (15 m) above the drawbridge of Bridge Street, Philadelphia. Wreck removal was finished by 16 October.[3]
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