The list of shipwrecks in 1926 includes ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during 1926.

January

1 January

List of shipwrecks: 1 January 1926

Ship	State	Description
Myrtle Piercy	United Kingdom	The three-masted schooner was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean (47°13′N 35°54′W / 47.217°N 35.900°W / 47.217; -35.900). Her crew were rescued by Beemsterdijk ( Netherlands).[1]

2 January

List of shipwrecks: 2 January 1926

Ship	State	Description
Juno	Finland	The cargo ship ran aground at Kökarsörn and sank. Her crew were rescued.[1]
Lady Macullum	United Kingdom	The cargo ship ran aground at Poolavl Point, 5 nautical miles (9.3 km) north of Kalkudah, Ceylon and sank with some loss of life.[1]
Maralie	United Kingdom	The cargo ship ran aground in the River Fal at Falmouth, Cornwall.[1] She was refloated on 5 January.[2]

4 January

List of shipwrecks: 4 January 1926

Ship	State	Description
Cecile	France	The schooner foundered in the Bay of Biscay. Her crew were rescued by Capri ( United Kingdom).[3]

5 January

List of shipwrecks: 5 January 1926

Ship	State	Description
Omega	France	The schooner came ashore off the La Coubre Lighthouse, Charente-Maritime. Five of her nine crew were landed.[3] She broke in two the next day and was a total loss. The remainder of her crew were rescued.[4]

6 January

List of shipwrecks: 6 January 1926

Ship	State	Description
Ardgarroch	United Kingdom	The cargo ship ran aground at Villerville, Calvados, France.[3] She was refloated on 10 January.[5]

7 January

List of shipwrecks: 7 January 1926

Ship	State	Description
Audace	Italy	The cargo ship collided with Petka ( Yugoslavia) at Dubrovnik, Yugoslavia and sank.[6]

8 January

List of shipwrecks: 8 January 1926

Ship	State	Description
Manuela Pla	Spain	The coaster capsized at Mobile, Alabama, United States.[7]
Ormond	United States	The barge, towed by Goliath ( United States), broke loose between Norfolk, Virginia and New York City, she anchored, but sank. Lost with all four hands.[8]
T. J. Hooper	United States	The barge, towed by Goliath ( United States), broke loose between Norfolk, Virginia and New York city, she anchored, but sank. Lost with all four hands.[9]

9 January

List of shipwrecks: 9 January 1926

Ship	State	Description
Prins Valdemar	United States	The ship ran aground in the Miami Shipping Channel off Miami, Florida, capsized and sank partially submerged, blocking the channel. Refloated 42 days later, hauled ashore for use as a building. Scrapped in 1952.[10]

11 January

List of shipwrecks: 11 January 1926

Ship	State	Description
Tung Shing	United Kingdom	The coaster was rammed and sunk by Empress of Asia ( United Kingdom) in the Yangtze at Shanghai, China with the loss of between five and ten lives.[11]

12 January

List of shipwrecks: 12 January 1926

Ship	State	Description
John Gibson	United Kingdom	The schooner was in collision with Empress ( France) in the English Channel off Dover, Kent and sank. All four crew were rescued by Empress.[12]
Nesta	United Kingdom	The Thames barge collided with Jolly Charles ( United Kingdom) in the River Medway at Cliffe, Kent and sank.[12]

13 January

List of shipwrecks: 13 January 1926

Ship	State	Description
Valdura	United Kingdom	The cargo ship ran aground in Ballyteighe Bay.[13] She was still aground on 28 January.[14] She was refloated on 13 March.[15]
Volga	Italy	The tanker caught fire in the Persian Gulf off Oman.[16] Her crew were rescued on 19 January by British Rose ( United Kingdom).[17]

15 January

List of shipwrecks: 15 January 1926

Ship	State	Description
King #1	United States	A gasoline vapor explosion that occurred while her crew was lighting her stove destroyed the 8-gross register ton motor vessel while she was at anchor in Green Island Harbor (60°15′00″N 147°28′30″W / 60.25000°N 147.47500°W / 60.25000; -147.47500 (Green Island Harbor)) in Southeast Alaska. Her crew of two survived and escaped in a dory.[18]

16 January

List of shipwrecks: 16 January 1926

Ship	State	Description
SS Pere Marquette (2)	United States	The train ferry ran aground at Manitowoc, Wisconsin.[19] She was refloated in late December.[20]
Rosabelle	United Kingdom	The cargo ship collided with Lady Longford ( United Kingdom) in the River Mersey and was beached.[21] She was refloated on 18 January.[22]

17 January

List of shipwrecks: 17 January 1926

Ship	State	Description
Clovelly	United Kingdom	The cargo ship ran aground at Ortigueira, Galicia, Spain.[23] She was declared a total loss on 27 January.[14]
Daishin Maru No.3	Japan	The cargo ship departed from Yokohama for Muroran, Hokkaidō. Although presumed foundered off Yamata, Iwatw with the loss of all hands,[24][25] she was discovered on 18 February drifting at 33°44′N 155°26′E / 33.733°N 155.433°E / 33.733; 155.433 by Java Arrow ( United Kingdom) and her 14 crew were taken off.[26]

18 January

List of shipwrecks: 18 January 1926

Ship	State	Description
Onda	Greece	The cargo ship ran aground at Epanomi Point.[23] She was refloated on 23 January.[27]

19 January

List of shipwrecks: 19 January 1926

Ship	State	Description
Heinrich Schuldt	Germany	The cargo ship ran aground in Holbek Fjord.[17] She was refloated on 23 January.[27]
Palma	United Kingdom	The cargo ship ran aground in the Bonny River, Nigeria.[28] She was refloated on 27 January.[14]

20 January

List of shipwrecks: 20 January 1926

Ship	State	Description
Maria	Chile	The four-masted barque sprang a leak off Chañaral and was abandoned by her crew. She came ashore and was a total loss.[29][30]
W.B.	United Kingdom	The Thames barge was struck by Weser ( Germany) in the River Thames at Blackwall, London and sank.[31]

23 January

List of shipwrecks: 23 January 1926

Ship	State	Description
Principessa Jolanda	Italy	The cargo ship ran aground at Cape Kaliakra, Bulgaria.[32] She was declared a constructive total loss.[33]

25 January

List of shipwrecks: 25 January 1926

Ship	State	Description
Antinoë	United Kingdom	The cargo ship issued an SOS in the Atlantic Ocean (46°10′N 39°58′W / 46.167°N 39.967°W / 46.167; -39.967).[34] She was abandoned on 28 January (47°50′N 36°00′W / 47.833°N 36.000°W / 47.833; -36.000). Her crew were rescued by President Roosevelt ( United States).[35]
Aspasia Despousi	Greece	The cargo ship ran aground at Cuxhaven, Germany.[33] She was refloated on 1 February.[36]
Maridal	Norway	The cargo ship was beached on Possession Island, South-West Africa having struck the Angra Reef on 11 January.[34]
Risøy	Norway	The cargo ship was abandoned in the North Sea off Jæren, Norway. Her crew were rescued by Kongshavn ( Norway).[37]
Solvang	Norway	The cargo ship collided with Vacuum ( United States) in the Atlantic Ocean off the Winter Quarter Lighthouse, Delaware and sank.[34]

26 January

List of shipwrecks: 26 January 1926

Ship	State	Description
Buckeye	United States	While anchored in Whiskey Cove (55°19′40″N 131°37′45″W / 55.32778°N 131.62917°W / 55.32778; -131.62917 (Whiskey Cove)) on the north coast of Pennock Island in the Alexander Archipelago in Southeast Alaska, the 15-gross register ton motor vessel suffered an explosion which set her on fire. After the fire went out of control, she was scuttled to extinguish it. The only person aboard survived.[38]
Vassilos Destounis	Greece	The cargo ship ran aground in the Danube downstream of Galaţi, Romania.[24] She was refloated on 1 February.[25]

27 January

List of shipwrecks: 27 January 1926

Ship	State	Description
Filia E. Tricoglu	Greece	The cargo ship ran aground on Siphanto.[39] She was abandoned as a total loss.[40]
Laristan	United Kingdom	The cargo ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean (45°12′N 43°12′W / 45.200°N 43.200°W / 45.200; -43.200) with the loss of 24 of her 30 crew. Survivors were rescued by Bremen ( Germany).[41]

28 January

List of shipwrecks: 28 January 1926

Ship	State	Description
Gertrud	Netherlands	The schooner, which had departed St. John's, Newfoundland on 25 January for Oporto, Portugal, was reported on this date in the Atlantic Ocean (47°37′N 35°14′W / 47.617°N 35.233°W / 47.617; -35.233). No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[42]
Spencer Lake	United Kingdom	The schooner was dismasted and abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean (36°37′N 41°00′W / 36.617°N 41.000°W / 36.617; -41.000). Her crew were rescued by Ogontz ( United States).[43][44]

29 January

List of shipwrecks: 29 January 1926

Ship	State	Description
Eleftheris M. Tricoglu	Greece	The cargo ship ran aground off Arranmore, County Donegal, Ireland.[40] She was declared a total loss on 10 February.[45]
Gordon T. Tibbo	United Kingdom	The schooner was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of the United States. Her crew were rescued.[43]

30 January

List of shipwrecks: 30 January 1926

Ship	State	Description
Johanne Dybwad	Norway	The cargo ship issued an SOS in the Atlantic Ocean (45°50′N 37°20′W / 45.833°N 37.333°W / 45.833; -37.333).[46] All 25 crew were taken off the ship on 3 February by Arminco ( Belgium).[47] The ship was left drifting, and was discovered at 46°10′N 30°05′W / 46.167°N 30.083°W / 46.167; -30.083 on 21 February by West Ira ( United States), which took her in tow .[26][48] She arrived at Falmouth, Cornwall on 28 February.[49]

Unknown January

List of shipwrecks: Unknown January 1926

Ship	State	Description
Bronx No. 1	United States	The barge, towed by W. F. Mattich ( United States), sank in a storm 3 or 4 miles (4.8 or 6.4 km) south east of Frying Pan Shoals Lightship between 26 and 29 January. Four lives lost between the two barges.[50]
Severan	United States	The barge, towed by W. F. Mattich ( United States), sank in a storm 3 or 4 miles (4.8 or 6.4 km) south east of Frying Pan Shoals Lightship between 26 and 29 January. Four lives lost between the two barges[51]

February

1 February

List of shipwrecks: 1 February 1926

Ship	State	Description
Searsport	United States	The barge, towed by Battleboto ( United States), broke loose from her tow in a gale and snowstorm off Barnegat, New Jersey and was never seen again. Lost with all four hands.[52]
Yankee II	United States	The 38-gross register ton, 83-foot (25 m) vessel sank at Cordova, Territory of Alaska. Her two crewmen survived.[53]

2 February

List of shipwrecks: 2 February 1926

Ship	State	Description
Porthcawl	United Kingdom	The cargo ship ran aground off West Inchcolm in the Firth of Forth.[54] She was refloated on 23 February and beached at Leith, Lothian.[55]

3 February

List of shipwrecks: 3 February 1926

Ship	State	Description
Amerika	Germany	The cargo ship ran aground on the west coast of Gothland, Sweden.[56] She was refloated on 6 February.[57]
Maitland	Sweden	The cargo ship was in collision with Bazalgette ( United Kingdom) in the River Thames and sank. All 20 people aboard survived. The wreck was subsequently struck by Brockley, Corness (both  United Kingdom) and Marcato ( Sweden). The Marcato also sank. All 21 people aboard were rescued by Southampton ( United Kingdom).[58][59]
Tolosa	United Kingdom	The cargo ship ran aground in the Saloum River, French West Africa.[56] She was refloated on 6 February.[57]
Unidentified barges	United States	Three barges, towed by Georges Creek ( United States), sank in a storm north east of Brigantine, New Jersey. Seven crewmen killed, two rescued by the United States Coast Guard.[60]
Whimbrel	United Kingdom	The cargo ship collided with Marloch ( United Kingdom) in the Scheldt off Vlissingen, Netherlands and sank.[61]

4 February

List of shipwrecks: 4 February 1926

Ship	State	Description
Burma	Italy	The cargo ship ran aground on Tree Island, China.[59] She was refloated on 7 February.[57]
City of Agra	United Kingdom	The cargo ship ran aground at Cochin, India.[62] She was refloated on 15 February.[63]
Kenwood	United States	Carrying a cargo of lumber, the 184-foot (56 m), 929-gross register ton four-masted schooner was blown onto rocks during a gale just offshore on the north side of Cedar Point at Scituate, Massachusetts. Her wreck settled in 10 feet (3.0 m) of water.[64]

5 February

List of shipwrecks: 5 February 1926

Ship	State	Description
Amsterdam	Sweden	The cargo ship ran aground at Paskallavik.[65] She was refloated on 10 February.[66]

6 February

List of shipwrecks: 6 February 1926

Ship	State	Description
Avarca	United Kingdom	The auxiliary sailing vessel was destroyed by fire in Davao Gulf.[57]
Jean Dupuis	France	The cargo ship ran aground in the Maskali Islands, French Somaliland. She was still aground on 11 February.[66]
Retraction	United Kingdom	The schooner was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean in a sinking condition. She was set afire by her crew, who were rescued by El Oso ( United Kingdom).[57]
Wellington	United States	The tug collided with Ardmore ( United States) in the Atlantic Ocean off New Jersey and sank.[57]

7 February

List of shipwrecks: 7 February 1926

Ship	State	Description
Ooma	United Kingdom	The cargo ship ran aground on Ocean Island.[45]

8 February

List of shipwrecks: 8 February 1926

Ship	State	Description
Muguet	France	The schooner was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean (36°15′N 36°36′W / 36.250°N 36.600°W / 36.250; -36.600). She was set afire and her crew were rescued by West Harcuvar ( United States).[67]
Yosemite	United States	The schooner ran aground at Point Reyes, California. Her crew were rescued by Willamette ( United States). Yosemite was taken in tow by Sea Ranger ( United States) but was wrecked when part of her cargo of dynamite exploded.[67]

9 February

List of shipwrecks: 9 February 1926

Ship	State	Description
Altai Mendi	Spain	The cargo ship ran aground at Hong Kong. She was refloated on 11 March.[68]
Munin	Sweden	The cargo ship ran aground at Brogsbredan.[67] She broke in two about a month later and was a total loss.[69]
Pinto	United Kingdom	The cargo ship foundered 115 nautical miles (213 km) west by north of "Lindnaze". Her crew were rescued by Casper ( United States).[67]

10 February

List of shipwrecks: 10 February 1926

Ship	State	Description
Cuttie Sark	United Kingdom	The Thames barge collided with Foam Queen ( United Kingdom) in the River Thames at Deptford, London and sank.[70]
Imica	Norway	The cargo ship foundered in the North Sea. Her crew were rescued by the trawler Irene Wray ( United Kingdom).[70]

11 February

List of shipwrecks: 11 February 1926

Ship	State	Description
Harald Caspar	United Kingdom	The cargo ship ran aground off Sable Island, Nova Scotia, Canada and was a total loss.[71]
Heian Maru	Japan	The cargo ship was wrecked at Cape Soyedomani, Hokkaidō.
Ignazio	Italy	The cargo ship ran aground at Alexandria, Egypt. She was refloated on 1 March.[72]

12 February

List of shipwrecks: 12 February 1926

Ship	State	Description
Moneyspinner	United Kingdom	The coaster ran aground at Oporto, Portugal and was abandoned by her crew.[73] She was declared a total loss on 16 February.[74]

13 February

List of shipwrecks: 13 February 1926

Ship	State	Description
Antwerp	United Kingdom	The passenger ferry collided with Darlington ( United Kingdom) in the North Sea off Terneuzen, Netherlands. Both vessels were beached. All passengers were taken off Antwerp by other ships.[75][76]
Député Henri Durré	France	The cargo ship collided with Poseidon ( Germany) in the Scheldt at Antwerp, Belgium and sank.[75][76] The wreck was cleared in January 2013.[77]
Marie Thereze	Danzig	The cargo ship was rammed and sunk in the North Sea by British Earl ( United Kingdom) off the Cross Sands Lightship ( United Kingdom). All 23 crew were rescued by British Earl.[78]
Sumo Maru	Japan	The passenger ship ran aground at Good Hope Cape, near Swatow, China. Her passengers and mails were taken off by Taikwa Maru ( Japan).[79]

14 February

List of shipwrecks: 14 February 1926

Ship	State	Description
Strauss	Germany	The cargo ship ran aground on Nygrund, Estonia.[79] She was refloated on 27 April.[80]

15 February

List of shipwrecks: 15 February 1926

Ship	State	Description
Cirilo Amoros	Spain	The cargo ship ran aground at Ballyvooney Cove, County Waterford, Ireland and was abandoned.[79][63]
Jane	United Kingdom	The coaster ran aground at Port Logan, Wigtownshire.[79] She was refloated on 14 March.[81]
Libertà	Italy	The cargo ship ran aground off Bolt Head, Devon, United Kingdom and was abandoned.[63]

16 February

List of shipwrecks: 16 February 1926

Ship	State	Description
Useful	United Kingdom	The schooner was driven ashore near the Southerness Lighthouse, Dumfriesshire and was wrecked with the loss of a crew member.[74]

17 February

List of shipwrecks: 17 February 1926

Ship	State	Description
Edith	United Kingdom	The cargo ship ran aground at Westkapelle, Netherlands.[82] She was refloated on 25 February.[83]
Marita	Netherlands	The cargo ship ran aground in the River Avon, Somerset, United Kingdom.[82] She was refloated on 14 March.[81]
Naparima	Trinidad	The passenger ship was rammed and sunk by Vandyck ( United Kingdom) with the loss of twelve lives.[84]

19 February

List of shipwrecks: 19 February 1926

Ship	State	Description
Boeton	Netherlands	The cargo ship caught fire at Brest, Finistère, France and was beached.[85] She was refloated on 26 February.[86]
Pearl	United Kingdom	The coaster ran aground in the Ture River, County Donegal, Ireland.[85] She was refloated on 24 February.[87]
Prospera	Brazil	The cargo ship caught fire at Rio de Janeiro and was beached.[26]
Westerham	United Kingdom	The cargo ship ran aground at Saint-Valery-sur-Somme, Somme France.[85] She was refloated on 24 February.[88]

20 February

List of shipwrecks: 20 February 1926

Ship	State	Description
Varanger	Norway	The tanker ran aground in the Paraná River at Point Indio, Argentina.[26] She was refloated on 25 February.[83]

21 February

List of shipwrecks: 21 February 1926

Ship	State	Description
Maron	Germany	The cargo ship ran aground at Falsterbo, Sweden.[26] She was refloated on 1 June.[89]

24 February

List of shipwrecks: 24 February 1926

Ship	State	Description
Touraine	Norway	The cargo ship ran aground at Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.[87] She was refloated on 3 March.[90]

26 February

List of shipwrecks: 26 February 1926

Ship	State	Description
General Belgrano	Germany	The cargo ship collided with Burutu ( United Kingdom) at Hamburg and was beached.[86]
Sheaf Don	United Kingdom	The cargo ship came ashore at Langesund, Norway.[86] She subsequently sank and was a total loss.[49]

27 February

List of shipwrecks: 27 February 1926

Ship	State	Description
HMML 287	Royal Navy	The motor launch foundered in the English Channel. Her crew were rescued by HMS Turquoise ( Royal Navy).[91]

28 February

List of shipwrecks: 28 February 1926

Ship	State	Description
Karu	United Kingdom	The coaster sprang a leak and foundered in the Pacific Ocean off Cape Maria van Diemen, North Island, New Zealand with some loss of life.[92]

March

2 March

List of shipwrecks: 2 March 1926

Ship	State	Description
Elly	United Kingdom	The auxiliary sailing vessel was wrecked at Golden Bay, Newfoundland. Her crew survived.[93]

3 March

List of shipwrecks: 3 March 1926

Ship	State	Description
Arabia	Germany	The cargo ship foundered in the Irish Sea with the loss of all 19 crew.[94]
Harry Herbert	United Kingdom	The schooner was wrecked on the Lynch Bank, in the Bristol Channel. Her crew survived.[95]

5 March

List of shipwrecks: 5 March 1926

Ship	State	Description
Daina	Latvia	The three-masted schooner was driven ashore at Zeebrugge, West Flanders, Belgium and was wrecked with the loss of one of her six crew.[96]
Horaisan Maru	Japan	The cargo ship ran aground at Aberdeen, Washington, United States and was wrecked. Her crew were rescued.[97]

6 March

List of shipwrecks: 6 March 1926

Ship	State	Description
Hillcrest	United Kingdom	The sailing ship foundered off Red Island, Dominion of Newfoundland, with the loss of a crew member.[98]
Klar	Norway	The tug collided with Venus ( Norway) at Karmsundet, Norway, and sank with the loss of three crew.[98]
Neo Hebridais	France	The cargo ship was struck by Refrigerant ( France) at Alexandria, Egypt and was beached.[98]
W. C. Kennedy	United Kingdom	The schooner was driven ashore on the North Reef, Grand Turk Island and was wrecked. Her crew survived.[98]

7 March

List of shipwrecks: 7 March 1926

Ship	State	Description
Chojun Maru	Japan	The cargo ship collided with Nichinan Maru ( Japan) at Shimonoseki and was beached.[69] She was refloated on 17 March.[99]

10 March

List of shipwrecks: 10 March 1926

Ship	State	Description
America	United States	The ocean liner was severely damaged by fire at Newport News, Virginia.[68] She was subsequently repaired and returned to service.
Camellia	United Kingdom	The Thames barge collided with Sapper ( United Kingdom) in the River Thames at Charlton, London and sank.[100]
Chi Yung	China	The ship was destroyed by fire in the Yantze.[101]
Grado	Norway	The cargo ship ran aground at Lemvig, Denmark.[102] She was refloated on 16 March.[103]

11 March

List of shipwrecks: 11 March 1926

Ship	State	Description
Sirena	Italy	The cargo ship ran aground at Hook of Holland, Netherlands and was abandoned as a total loss.[104]
Skra	Greece	The cargo ship ran aground at Aigio.[104]

12 March

List of shipwrecks: 12 March 1926

Ship	State	Description
Alleanza	Italy	The cargo ship ran aground at the Ras el-Tin Palace, Alexandria, Egypt.[81] She was refloated on 15 March.[103]

13 March

List of shipwrecks: 13 March 1926

Ship	State	Description
Bragi	Germany	The cargo ship ran aground at Rattray Head, Aberdeenshire, United Kingdom.[81] She was refloated on 27 March.[105]
Maria Altieri	Italy	The barquentine was abandoned in the Mediterranean Sea (35°25′N 17°37′E / 35.417°N 17.617°E / 35.417; 17.617). All eight crew were rescued by Ningchow ( United Kingdom).[81]
Suduffco	United States	The cargo ship departed Newark, New Jersey for San Francisco, California. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[106]

14 March

List of shipwrecks: 14 March 1926

Ship	State	Description
Eastern City	United Kingdom	The cargo ship ran aground at Nuevitas, Cuba.[81] She was refloated on 20 March.[107]

16 March

List of shipwrecks: 16 March 1926

Ship	State	Description
Cavalaire	France	The cargo ship came ashore at Point Blevee, Saint Marie Island, Madagascar and was abandoned.[99]

17 March

List of shipwrecks: 17 March 1926

Ship	State	Description
Fagerness		The steamer sank off Trevose Head, Cornwall after she was run down by steamer Cornish Coast.[108]
Paparoa	United Kingdom	The cargo ship caught fire in the Indian Ocean (29°38′S 14°25′E / 29.633°S 14.417°E / -29.633; 14.417).[109] She was abandoned at 28°26′S 13°42′E / 28.433°S 13.700°E / -28.433; 13.700 and subsequently sank.[110][111]

18 March

List of shipwrecks: 18 March 1926

Ship	State	Description
Fagernes	Italy	The cargo ship collided with Cornish Coast ( United Kingdom) in the Bristol Channel off the Scarweather Lightship ( United Kingdom) and sank.[110]

22 March

List of shipwrecks: 22 March 1926

Ship	State	Description
Cecil Junior	Newfoundland	The schooner foundered in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by RFA War Diwan ( Royal Navy).[112]
Paes de Carvalho	Brazil	The passenger ship caught fire and sank in the Amazon River at Coury with the loss of 104 of the 189 people aboard.[113]

26 March

List of shipwrecks: 26 March 1926

Ship	State	Description
Anne Sophie	United Kingdom	The sailing vessel sank at Légué, Côtes-du-Nord, France.[105]

27 March

List of shipwrecks: 27 March 1926

Ship	State	Description
Rubislaw	United Kingdom	The cargo ship collided with Mercur ( Denmark) at Hamburg, Germany and was beached.[105]

April

1 April

List of shipwrecks: 1 April 1926

Ship	State	Description
C. Steward	United States	The 10-gross register ton motor vessel broke up while at anchor with no one aboard at Chignik, Territory of Alaska. Her wreck was abandoned.[114]
Laleham	United Kingdom	The cargo ship was abandoned and set afire in the Atlantic Ocean (39°06′N 56°36′W / 39.100°N 56.600°W / 39.100; -56.600).[115] Her crew were rescued by Shirvan ( United Kingdom).[116]

2 April

List of shipwrecks: 2 April 1926

Ship	State	Description
Dorrigo	Australia	The coaster foundered off Double Island Point, Queensland, Australia with the loss of 22 of her 24 crew.[117][118]

3 April

List of shipwrecks: 3 April 1926

Ship	State	Description
Uncle John	United States	During a voyage in the Territory of Alaska from Petersburg to Cordova carrying four crewmen and a cargo of eight tons of cannery supplies, the 26-gross register ton, 46.5-foot (14.2 m) motor vessel was wrecked without loss of life on a sandbar at the entrance of Dry Bay while seeking shelter from an offshore sandstorm.[119]

6 April

List of shipwrecks: 6 April 1926

Ship	State	Description
Ryuyo Maru	Japan	The cargo ship struck a submerged object at Tasuke and sank.[118]

8 April

List of shipwrecks: 8 April 1926

Ship	State	Description
O. T. Waring	United States	The tanker was severely damaged by and explosion and fire at New Orleans, Louisiana. Manx Isles ( United Kingdom) was also damaged.[120]

9 April

List of shipwrecks: 9 April 1926

Ship	State	Description
Aeolus	Sweden	The coaster was severely damaged by fire at Stockholm.[120]
Atlanta City	United States	The cargo ship caught fire and sank at Manila, Philippines.[120]
Seal	United Kingdom	The cargo ship suffered an explosion aboard and fire at Grates Cove, Newfoundland and sank. Her crew were rescued by Eagle ( United Kingdom).[121]
Silvanus	Netherlands	The tanker collided with Thomas H. Wheeler ( United States) in the Mississippi River 41 nautical miles (76 km) downstream from New Orleans, Louisiana. She caught fire and subsequently sank with some loss of life.[120][122] Declared a total loss but subsequently rebuilt as Papoose.
Tokiwa Maru	Japan	The cargo ship ran aground at Chiuchu. She was still aground five days later.[106]

12 April

List of shipwrecks: 12 April 1926

Ship	State	Description
Bournemouth	United Kingdom	The cargo ship ran aground in the Paraná River at Rosario, Santa Fe, Argentina.[123] She was refloated on 24 April.[124]
Diamond O.	United States	The sternwheeler was destroyed by fire at Portland, Oregon.[123]

14 April

List of shipwrecks: 14 April 1926

Ship	State	Description
Tilly Russ I	Germany	The cargo ship struck a rock in Barösund, Finland and was beached in Hycklösund. She subsequently capsized and sank. Her crew survived.[125]

15 April

List of shipwrecks: 15 April 1926

Ship	State	Description
Morawitz	Hungary	The cargo ship ran aground in the Paraná River, Argentina.[126] She was refloated on 19 April.[127]

16 April

List of shipwrecks: 16 April 1926

Ship	State	Description
Chiton	United Kingdom	The former War-class fleet oiler ran aground on Klein Curaçao, Netherlands Antilles.[128] She was refloated on 27 April.[80]

18 April

List of shipwrecks: 18 April 1926

Ship	State	Description
Tana	Norway	The cargo ship caught fire at Valencia, Spain and was beached.[129]

20 April

List of shipwrecks: 20 April 1926

Ship	State	Description
Elena	Italy	The coaster foundered in the Tyrrhenian Sea off Amantea, Calabria.[130]
Little Stefano	United Kingdom	The schooner was dismasted and abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean (approximately 35°N 35°W / 35°N 35°W / 35; -35). Her crew were rescued by Carimare ( France).[130]
M.F.C.	France	The schooner was abandoned and set afire in the Atlantic Ocean (49°14′N 10°05′W / 49.233°N 10.083°W / 49.233; -10.083). Her crew were rescued by West Eldara ( United States).[130]

22 April

List of shipwrecks: 22 April 1926

Ship	State	Description
Fratelli Monteneri	Italy	The schooner was sunk in the Mediterranean Sea (34°35′N 19°15′E / 34.583°N 19.250°E / 34.583; 19.250) by the explosion of her cargo of benzine. Five of her six crew were lost, the survivor was rescued by Greldon ( United Kingdom).[131]

25 April

List of shipwrecks: 25 April 1926

Ship	State	Description
WTB Co. No. 35	United States	The barge was wrecked at Cape Hinchinbrook, Territory of Alaska, near the southern end of Hinchinbrook Island adjacent to Prince William Sound, during a gale.[132]
WTB Co. No. 55	United States	While under tow by the tug Forest T. Crosby ( United States) and carrying a 300-ton cargo that included machinery and boilers on a voyage from Seattle, Washington to Port Hobron on Kodiak Island, the 458-ton, 153-foot (47 m) scow's towline broke when a gale with 80 mph (130 km/h) winds suddenly struck. She was driven ashore at Cape Hinchinbrook, Territory of Alaska, near the southern end of Hinchinbrook Island adjacent to Prince William Sound, and broke up, becoming a total loss. There was no loss of life.[132]
WTB Co. No. 58	United States	The barge was wrecked at Cape Hinchinbrook, Territory of Alaska, near the southern end of Hinchinbrook Island adjacent to Prince William Sound, during a gale.[132]

26 April

List of shipwrecks: 26 April 1926

Ship	State	Description
Aghios Georgios	Greece	The cargo ship struck a submerged wreck in the River Plate and was beached.[133] She was refloated on 30 April.[134]
Agios Georgios	Greece	The brigantine ran aground on Kea and was wrecked.[133]

27 April

List of shipwrecks: 27 April 1926

Ship	State	Description
Chichubu Maru	Japan	The passenger ship sank off Horomushiro with the loss of all 259 people aboard.[135]
Eugenio Dutrus	Spain	The cargo ship ran aground on the Cabezos Shoals and was beached north of Tarifa, Andalusia.[136] She was declared a total loss on 29 April.[137]
Mentor	Greece	The cargo ship ran aground in the Danube at Sulina, Romania.[80] She was refloated on 1 May.[138]

30 April

List of shipwrecks: 30 April 1926

Ship	State	Description
Earl of Powis	United Kingdom	The tug ran aground at Leith, Lothian and sank. Her crew were rescued.[138] She was refloated on 29 May. Subsequently repaired and returned to service.[89]

May

11 May

List of shipwrecks: 11 May 1926

Ship	State	Description
H.A.M. No.3	Netherlands	While in tow of tug Kraus from Surabaya, Dutch East Indies to Melbourne, Australia, the 339-ton cutter suction dredger foundered in stormy weather off Sugar Loaf Point, near Newcastle, New South Wales.[139] H.A.M. No.3 was converted from the hull of the gunboat SMS Wespe of 1876.[140]

13 May

List of shipwrecks: 13 May 1926

Ship	State	Description
Edith	United States	With no one on board, the 245-gross register ton, 120-foot (36.6 m) freight barge was wrecked at Big Port Walter in Port Walter, Territory of Alaska.[141]

18 May

List of shipwrecks: 18 May 1926

Ship	State	Description
Kanazawa Maru	Japan	The cargo ship sank in the Yellow Sea off Chemulpo, Korea.[142]

19 May

List of shipwrecks: 19 May 1926

Ship	State	Description
Ella M	United States	With no one aboard, the 17-ton motor vessel dragged her anchor during a gale and was wrecked on Afognak Beach (58°00′30″N 152°46′00″W / 58.00833°N 152.76667°W / 58.00833; -152.76667 (Afognak Beach)) on Afognak Island in the Territory of Alaska's Kodiak Archipelago.[141]

20 May

List of shipwrecks: 20 May 1926

Ship	State	Description
Chiayang	United Kingdom	The cargo ship struck rocks in the Yangtze 48 nautical miles (89 km) in China above Ichang. She was beached at Yehtan.[143] She was declared a total loss on 26 May.[144]

23 May

List of shipwrecks: 23 May 1926

Ship	State	Description
Dr. Martin	United States	During a voyage in the Territory of Alaska from Fortuna Ledge to Holy Cross, the 28-gross register ton motor vessel caught fire on the Yukon River near Paimiut. Her crew of six beached her and survived, but she became a total loss.[145]

25 May

List of shipwrecks: 25 May 1926

Ship	State	Description
Manchester Civilian	United Kingdom	The cargo ship ran aground at Cloridorme, Quebec, Canada.[146] She was refloated on 19 July.[147]

26 May

List of shipwrecks: 26 May 1926

Ship	State	Description
USS L-8	United States Navy	The decommissioned L-class submarine was sunk as a target in a torpedo test in 120 feet (37 m) of water off Newport, Rhode Island, 3 nautical miles (5.6 km; 3.5 mi) south of the Brenton Reef light tower.[148][149]

29 May

List of shipwrecks: 29 May 1926

Ship	State	Description
Fukuoka Maru	Japan	The cargo ship ran aground at Shriyasaki, Japan. She was refloated on 6 June.[150]

June

1 June

List of shipwrecks: 1 June 1926

Ship	State	Description
Washington Irving	United States	The paddle steamer collided with one of the barges being pushed by the tug Thomas E. Moran ( United States) and sank in the Hudson River at New York with the loss of three lives. She was raised on 13 February 1927 but was subsequently declared a total loss.

3 June

List of shipwrecks: 3 June 1926

Ship	State	Description
Cecelie	France	The schooner was dismasted in the Atlantic Ocean (49°10′N 4°07′W / 49.167°N 4.117°W / 49.167; -4.117) and was abandoned. Her crew were rescued by Wagogo ( Germany).[151]
Else	Finland	The barque ran aground at Skag, Örnsköldsvik, Sweden and was wrecked.[151]

6 June

List of shipwrecks: 6 June 1926

Ship	State	Description
Herbert	United Kingdom	The Thames barge collided with Carrickmore ( United Kingdom) in the River Thames at Gravesend, Kent and sank. Her crew were rescued.[152]

7 June

List of shipwrecks: 7 June 1926

Ship	State	Description
Barsac	France	The cargo ship struck a rock and was beached at Le Conquet, Finistère.[153]

8 June

List of shipwrecks: 8 June 1926

Ship	State	Description
Atlantus	United States	The concrete ship, scheduled to be used as a pier, broke loose from her moorings in a storm and went aground 150 feet off Sunset Beach, New Jersey. All attempts to refloat her were unsuccessful and she was abandoned. The wreck was still on the beach in September 2007.[154]

10 June

List of shipwrecks: 10 June 1926

Ship	State	Description
Chasseloup Laubat	Marine Nationale	The Friant-class cruiser was struck by St. Louis ( France) at Dakar, French West Africa and sank.[155] She was refloated on 15 June.[156]

11 June

List of shipwrecks: 11 June 1926

Ship	State	Description
Araucania	Chile	The coaster was driven ashore at Valparaiso and wrecked.[157]
Campanita	United Kingdom	The tug was struck by Miramar ( Chile) at Valparaiso and sank.[157]
Cophive	United Kingdom	The tug was struck by Miramar ( Chile) at Valparaiso and sank.[157]
Cordillera	Chile	The tug was struck by Brasilia ( Germany) at Valparaiso and sank.[157]
Don Roberto	Chile	The coaster was driven ashore at Valparaiso and wrecked.[157]
Edith	Chile	The sailing ship was driven ashore at Chiloe and was wrecked.[157]
Golden Fleece	United Kingdom	The tug was struck by Miramar ( Chile) at Valparaiso and sank.[157]
Jasper	United Kingdom	The tug was driven ashore at Valparaiso and wrecked.[157]
Miramar	Chile	The cargo ship broke free from her mooring at Valparaiso. She struck several tugs and was wrecked.[157]
Nita	United Kingdom	The tug was struck by Miramar ( Chile) at Valparaiso and sank.[157]
Wallaroo	United Kingdom	The tug was struck by Miramar ( Chile) at Valparaiso and sank.[157]

13 June

List of shipwrecks: 13 June 1926

Ship	State	Description
Alps Maru	Japan	The cargo ship ran aground off Vlissingen, Netherlands and broke in two.[158] She further broke up on 3 July,[159] the sterns section sinking with the loss of two lives.[160]
Hastings County	Norway	The cargo ship ran aground off the Auskerry Lighthouse, Orkney Islands, United Kingdom.[161] She was declared a total loss on 21 July.[162]
Eliopoli	Italy	The cargo ship struck a submerged object 70 nautical miles (130 km) north east of Cabo Polonio, Uruguay and sank. Her crew were rescued by Bibbco ( United States).[163]
Hwa Tai	China	The cargo ship collided with Eumaeus ( United Kingdom) in the Whangpo River at Shanghai and was beached.[158]

14 June

List of shipwrecks: 14 June 1926

Ship	State	Description
Geneva	United States	The schooner was abandoned on fire in the Atlantic Ocean south east of Florida. Her crew were rescued by an American steamship.[163]
S & E #3	United States	Under tow during a voyage from Seattle, Washington, to Hidden Inlet, Territory of Alaska, with a deck cargo of anchors, cables, wire netting, and rails, the 25-gross register ton scow capsized in Johnstone Strait along the northeast coast of Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada, off the south end of Hanson Island, apparently after springing a leak. After making four attempts to right S & E #3 over the course of almost 4+1⁄2 hours, the tug towing her was forced to give up on trying to save her.[164]

15 June

List of shipwrecks: 15 June 1926

Ship	State	Description
Storm King	United States	The Design 1025 cargo ship ran aground at Cape Serrat, Tunisia.[165] She was declared a total loss on 27 July.[166]

16 June

List of shipwrecks: 16 June 1926

Ship	State	Description
City of Naples	United Kingdom	The cargo ship ran aground off Ommaizaki, Japan.[165] Her crew were taken off the next day by Kasuga ( Imperial Japanese Navy).[167][168][169]
Delft	Netherlands	The cargo ship ran aground on Santa Clara Island, Chile. She was declared a total loss on 12 July.[170]

17 June

List of shipwrecks: 17 June 1926

Ship	State	Description
Rheinland	Germany	The cargo ship collided with Mitsuki Maru ( Japan) in the Yantze at Hankow, China and was beached.[150] Salvage efforts were abandoned on 22 June.[171]

18 June

List of shipwrecks: 18 June 1926

Ship	State	Description
USFS Sea Gull	United States Bureau of Fisheries	The 31-foot (9.4 m) fishery patrol vessel was destroyed by fire in the Territory of Alaska.[172]

20 June

List of shipwrecks: 20 June 1926

Ship	State	Description
Minnie	United States	The 8-gross register ton, 34.7-foot (10.6 m) fishing vessel was destroyed by fire at Excursion Inlet in Southeast Alaska. The only person on board survived.[173]
Winnie	United States	The motor vessel was lost at Excursion Inlet in Southeast Alaska.[132]

24 June

List of shipwrecks: 24 June 1926

Ship	State	Description
Falmouth	United States	The schooner was destroyed by fire in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued.[174]

27 June

List of shipwrecks: 27 June 1926

Ship	State	Description
Ancud	United Kingdom	The cargo ship was destroyed by fire at Valparaiso, Chile. She was towed out of port, sinking on 28 June.[175][176]

30 June

List of shipwrecks: 30 June 1926

Ship	State	Description
Gardelaki	Greece	The cargo ship ran aground at Kouroytchesme, Turkey.[177] She was refloated on 2 July.[178]
Maria Parera	Argentina	The ferry collided with Lucia Cardo ( Argentina) and sank.[179] Salvage efforts were abandoned on 22 July.[180]

July

1 July

List of shipwrecks: 1 July 1926

Ship	State	Description
Taiyu Maru	Japan	The cargo ship came ashore on at Samaruka, Siberia, Soviet Union. She was refloated on 30 July.[181][182]

2 July

List of shipwrecks: 2 July 1926

Ship	State	Description
North Wind	United States	The cargo ship struck rocks and foundered in Lake Erie.[181]
Queen of Nassau	United States	The passenger ship sank in the Atlantic Ocean off Islamorada, Florida.

7 July

List of shipwrecks: 7 July 1926

Ship	State	Description
Ruth	Norway	The cargo ship ran aground in the Paraná River, Argentina.[183] She was refloated on 13 July.[184]

8 July

List of shipwrecks: 8 July 1926

Ship	State	Description
Cooma	United Kingdom	The cargo liner ran aground on the North Reef, off the coast of Queensland.[185] She was abandoned on 10 July.[186] Cooma was declared a total loss on 12 July.[170] She was gutted by fire on 1 January 1927.[187]
Port Kembla	United States	The cargo ship ran aground on San Salvador Island, Bahamas.[185] Her crew were taken off towards the end of July by Marair.[188] Salvage efforts were abandoned in early August.[189]

9 July

List of shipwrecks: 9 July 1926

Ship	State	Description
Aylestone	United Kingdom	The cargo ship ran aground at Fernando de Noronha in the Atlantic Ocean off Brazil. Her crew were rescued.[190]
Gladys	United States	The 11-gross register ton fishing vessel was destroyed in Southeast Alaska approximately 28 nautical miles (52 km; 32 mi) south-southeast of Coronation Island by a fire that began when a kerosene blowtorch being used on her machinery ignited a fire that went out of control. Her crew of three abandoned ship in a lifeboat and was picked up by a trolling boat between the Spanish Islands (55°57′38″N 134°07′33″W / 55.9605556°N 134.1258333°W / 55.9605556; -134.1258333 (Spanish Islands)) and Cape Decision.[191]

10 July

List of shipwrecks: 10 July 1926

Ship	State	Description
Meteor	United States	Carrying a cargo of 3,500 tons of coal, the collier was wrecked in fog without loss of life 150 yards (137 m) off Spar Point on the southern shore of Block Island off the coast of Rhode Island at 41°08′46″N 071°35′04″W / 41.14611°N 71.58444°W / 41.14611; -71.58444 (Meteor). Her wreck settled in 10 to 20 feet (3.0 to 6.1 m) of water.[192]

12 July

List of shipwrecks: 12 July 1926

Ship	State	Description
Cambria	United Kingdom	The passenger ship, a paddle steamer, ran aground in Combe Martin Bay, Devon. Her 500 passengers were taken off by Richard Crowley ( Royal National Lifeboat Institution). She was refloated later that day.[95][193]
Kirkwynd	United Kingdom	The cargo ship ran aground in Cymyran Bay. Her crew were rescued.[193] She was refloated the next day.[184]
Melrose Abbey	United Kingdom	The coaster collided with Girasol ( United Kingdom) off The Lizard, Cornwall and sank. Her crew were rescued by Girasol.[193]

14 July

List of shipwrecks: 14 July 1926

Ship	State	Description
Fontainbleu	France	The cargo liner caught fire and was abandoned at Djibouti, French Somaliland and was abandoned. She was declared a total loss.[194]

15 July

List of shipwrecks: 15 July 1926

Ship	State	Description
Gannet	United Kingdom	The Thames barge collided with Corcove ( United Kingdom) in the River Thames at Gravesend, Kent and sank. Her crew were rescued.[195]
Louisiana	Denmark	The cargo ship ran aground at Point Indio, Argentina.[195] She was refloated on 19 July.[196]

16 July

List of shipwrecks: 16 July 1926

Ship	State	Description
Emma L	Canada	The tug collided with Brulin ( Canada) in Lake St. Louis and sank with the loss of six lives.[197]
Home	United Kingdom	The cargo ship ran aground at Fogo, Dominion of Newfoundland.[198] She was refloated on 24 July.[199]
Kooringa	United Kingdom	The coaster caught fire and sank off Cape Shanck, Victoria, Australia.[197]

17 July

List of shipwrecks: 17 July 1926

Ship	State	Description
Julia Luckenbach	United States	The cargo ship ran aground at Kalama, Washington.[195] She was refloated on 22 July.[180]

18 July

List of shipwrecks: 18 July 1926

Ship	State	Description
Buster	United States	The 31-gross register ton motor vessel sank just outside Funter Bay on the west coast of Admiralty Island in the Alexander Archipelago in Southeast Alaska. She had caught fire the previous day and burned all night before sinking. Her crew of six survived.[38]
Trelawney	United Kingdom	The cargo ship collided with Gaelic Prince ( United Kingdom) in the Bristol Channel during thick fog. All crew 28 crew were rescued by Gaelic Prince but the ship's cat perished.[196][200]
William Shepherd	United Kingdom	The ketch sank at Connah's Quay, Flintshire.[198]

20 July

List of shipwrecks: 20 July 1926

Ship	State	Description
Burnside	United Kingdom	The cargo ship ran aground at Port Edgar, Lothian.[147] She was refloated on 26 July.[201]

21 July

List of shipwrecks: 21 July 1926

Ship	State	Description
Pompei	Italy	The tug foundered in the Mediterranean Sea 8 nautical miles (15 km) off Bastia, Corsica, France. Her crew survived.[162]

22 July

List of shipwrecks: 22 July 1926

Ship	State	Description
Harry R. Jones	United States	The cargo ship collided with Francis E. House ( United States) in the Soo River and was beached.[202]
Yoko Maru	Japan	The cargo ship ran aground at Rumoye, Hokkaidō.[202] She was refloated on 27 July.[203]

23 July

List of shipwrecks: 23 July 1926

Ship	State	Description
Myrtle H	United States	The 23-gross register ton motor vessel was wrecked on a sandbar 2 nautical miles (3.7 km; 2.3 mi) from Boswell Bay (60°24′N 146°08′W / 60.400°N 146.133°W / 60.400; -146.133 (Boswell Bay)) on Hinchinbrook Island at the entrance to Prince William Sound on the south-central coast of the Territory of Alaska.[173]

26 July

List of shipwrecks: 26 July 1926

Ship	State	Description
West Faralon	United States	The Design 1133 cargo ship ran aground on Vries Island in the Kuril Islands.[199] She was refloated on 29 July.[204]

27 July

List of shipwrecks: 27 July 1926

Ship	State	Description
Hakuho Maru	Japan	The cargo ship ran aground at Mera.[166] She was refloated on 3 August.[189]

30 July

List of shipwrecks: 30 July 1926

Ship	State	Description
Cawdor Castle	United Kingdom	The cargo ship ran aground in Conception Bay, South-West Africa.[205][206] She broke up over the following weeks and was a complete wreck by early September.[207]
Nordpol	Norway	The cargo ship sank in the Atlantic Ocean off the west coast of Iceland.[208]

Unknown date

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date July 1926

Ship	State	Description
Reiyo Maru	Japan	The cargo ship hit a submerged rock off the Aleutian Islands. She flooded and settled on the bottom up to the bridge sometime in July before being salvaged at an unknown date.[209]

August

2 August

List of shipwrecks: 2 August 1926

Ship	State	Description
A. F. Coats	United States	The schooner was destroyed by fire at Ponce, Puerto Rico.[210]

4 August

List of shipwrecks: 4 August 1926

Ship	State	Description
Bitar	Brazil	The coaster collided with a pontoon in the Bay of Araras and sank with the loss of 26 lives.[211]
Discovery	United States	The 17-gross register ton fishing vessel struck a rock and sank in Chatham Strait in the Alexander Archipelago in Southeast Alaska. Her crew of four survived.[145]

5 August

List of shipwrecks: 5 August 1926

Ship	State	Description
Norlina	United States	The cargo ship ran aground at Gerstle Cove near Salt Point, California and was a total loss.[212]

6 August

List of shipwrecks: 6 August 1926

Ship	State	Description
Llangorse	United Kingdom	The cargo ship ran aground in the Paraná River, Argentina.[213] She was refloated on 13 August.[214]

7 August

List of shipwrecks: 7 August 1926

Ship	State	Description
Ringhorn	Norway	The cargo ship ran aground on Scatarie Island, Nova Scotia, Canada with some loss of life.[213][215] She broke up and was a total loss.[216]
Tayuen Maru	Japan	The cargo ship was destroyed by fire in the Yangtze 50 nautical miles (93 km) upstream of Hankow, China.[217]

9 August

List of shipwrecks: 9 August 1926

Ship	State	Description
HMS H29	Royal Navy	The H-class submarine sank at HMNB Devonport with the loss of six lives.
Pemba	United Kingdom	The coaster foundered in the Indian Ocean off the east coast of South Africa.[215]

10 August

List of shipwrecks: 10 August 1926

Ship	State	Description
Daisy	United Kingdom	The cargo ship sank at San Francisco, California.[218]
Sadie A. Knickle	United Kingdom	The schooner foundered off Sable Island, Nova Scotia, Canada with the loss of all 22 crew.[219][220]
Sylvia Mosher	United Kingdom	The schooner was wrecked at Halifax, Nova Scotia with the loss of all 26 crew.[221]
Yayoi	Imperial Japanese Navy	Japanese aircraft sank the decommissioned destroyer as a target off the Oki Islands in the Sea of Japan.[222]

13 August

List of shipwrecks: 13 August 1926

Ship	State	Description
Albert San	Australia	The former Castle-class trawler was wrecked on this date.

14 August

List of shipwrecks: 14 August 1926

Ship	State	Description
Oak Branch	United Kingdom	The cargo ship ran aground on the Negrilla Reef, Colombia. She was refloated but was consequently beached at Buenaventura, Valle del Cauca.[223]
Tokei Maru	Japan	The cargo ship ran aground in the Yangtze 20 nautical miles (37 km) downstream of Nanking, China.[224] She was refloated on 30 August.[225]

15 August

List of shipwrecks: 15 August 1926

Ship	State	Description
Kwaiun Maru No.2	Japan	The cargo ship was wrecked off Tsaofeitien Lighthouse, China. She broke into three sections, but her crew were rescued.[226][227]

16 August

List of shipwrecks: 16 August 1926

Ship	State	Description
J. J.	United States	After salvaging her gasoline engine and fittings, the 15-gross register ton motor vessel's owner broke her up and abandoned her wreck at Kodiak, Territory of Alaska.[228]
Orna	United Kingdom	The cargo ship ran aground in the River Hooghly, India.[229] She was refloated on 19 August.[230]

18 August

List of shipwrecks: 18 August 1926

Ship	State	Description
Pyrite	France	The cargo ship came ashore at Tintingoe, Madagascar and was a total loss.[230]

19 August

List of shipwrecks: 19 August 1926

Ship	State	Description
Artico	Italy	The cargo ship ran aground in the Paraná River at Point Indio, Argentina.[230]
Eleanor F. Bartram	United States	The schooner departed Norfolk, Virginia for Puerto Cabello, Venezuela. No further trace, presumed foundered in the Atlantic Ocean with the loss of all hands.[231][232]

20 August

List of shipwrecks: 20 August 1926

Ship	State	Description
Espagne	France	The cargo ship ran aground in Algiers Bay.[224] She was refloated on 26 August.[233]
Howard M. Grekin	United States	The ship foundered in Lake Erie five miles (8.0 km) east of Erie, Pennsylvania with the loss of four crew.[234][235]
Julia	Sweden	The cargo ship capsized off Gotland. Her crew were rescued.[224]

25 August

List of shipwrecks: 25 August 1926

Ship	State	Description
Ambria	Germany	The cargo ship collided with Mimi ( United Kingdom) in the Atlantic Ocean off the Longships Lighthouse. She was towed by Mimi to Plymouth, Devon and was beached.[227] She was refloated on 27 August.[233]
L. E. Patton	United States	1926 Louisiana hurricane: The steamer sank during a hurricane near Convent, Louisiana with the loss of nine of ten crew.[236]
Valsesia	Italy	The cargo ship ran aground at Treharne Point, Glamorgan. Her crew survived. She broke her back and was a total loss.[95][227]

26 August

List of shipwrecks: 26 August 1926

Ship	State	Description
Reciprocity	United Kingdom	The coaster caught fire off Bull Bay, Anglesey and was abandoned by her crew.[233]
Storviken	Norway	The cargo ship ran aground at the mouth of the Yangtze, China.[237] She was refloated on 4 September.[238]

27 August

List of shipwrecks: 27 August 1926

Ship	State	Description
Pisagua	Chilean Navy	The tender was in collision with Magallanes ( Chile) off Point Puchoo and sank.[233]

28 August

List of shipwrecks: 28 August 1926

Ship	State	Description
Heian Maru	Japan	The coaster foundered off the west coast of Sakhalin, Soviet Union with the loss of 12 of her 13 crew.[239]

29 August

List of shipwrecks: 29 August 1926

Ship	State	Description
Budeny	Soviet Union	The cargo ship collided with Kut ( United Kingdom) in the English Channel off Dungeness, Kent. She was towed to Dover and beached.[240]

30 August

List of shipwrecks: 30 August 1926

Ship	State	Description
Burevestnik	Soviet Union	The passenger ship collided with a pier at Leningrad and sank with great loss of life.[241]
Galileo	United Kingdom	The cargo ship caught fire in New York Harbor, United States. She capsized and sank.[242]
Kaikyu Maru	Japan	The cargo ship struck a rock and was beached in Vere Cove, Newfoundland.[225] She was refloated on 5 October.[243]
Nootka	United States	The 40-gross register ton fishing vessel caught fire after her gasoline engine backfired, then sank 1.5 nautical miles (2.8 km; 1.7 mi) off the coast of Southeast Alaska about 3 nautical miles (5.6 km; 3.5 mi) south of Gut Bay (56°44′00″N 134°38′30″W / 56.73333°N 134.64167°W / 56.73333; -134.64167 (Gut Bay)). Her two crew members survived and were rescued by the motor vessel Ellrington ( United States).[244]
North	United States	The motor schooner was lost at Great Bay – now Starrigavan Bay (57°08′00″N 135°22′30″W / 57.13333°N 135.37500°W / 57.13333; -135.37500 (Starrigavan Bay)) – in Southeast Alaska.[244]
Tampa	United States	The cargo ship collided with Solitaire ( United States) at Tampa, Florida and was beached.[242] She was refloated on 4 September.[238]
Zillah	United States	The cargo ship foundered in Whitefish Bay off Whitefish Point, Michigan.[242]

September

1 September

List of shipwrecks: 1 September 1926

Ship	State	Description
Kambole	United Kingdom	The cargo ship collided with J. Duncan ( United Kingdom) in the Thames Estuary and was beached.[245]
Karl	Latvia	The cargo ship collided with the trawler Caldy ( United Kingdom) in the English Channel 10 nautical miles (19 km) off Start Point, Devnon, United Kingdom. She towed Caldy into Plymouth but she had to be beached on arrival.[245]

2 September

List of shipwrecks: 2 September 1926

Ship	State	Description
HMAS Platypus II	Royal Australian Navy	The breastwork monitor was sunk as breakwater at Half Moon Bay, Victoria.
Felipe	Spain	The cargo ship collided with El Uruguayo ( United Kingdom) in the English Channel off St Catherine's Point, Isle of Wight, United Kingdom and sank. Her crew were rescued by El Uruguayo.[207]
Santa Julia	Peru	The cargo ship sprang a leak and was beached at Samanco.[207]

3 September

List of shipwrecks: 3 September 1926

Ship	State	Description
Cassard	France	The cargo ship collided with Kurdistan ( United Kingdom) in the English Channel 10 nautical miles (19 km) off Dungeness, Kent, United Kingdom and was severely damaged. Her crew were rescued by Kurdistan and she was beached at Sandgate.[207][246] She was refloated on 13 September.[247]
Sapele	United Kingdom	The cargo liner ran aground at Forcados, Nigeria (5°26′00″N 5°11′30″E / 5.43333°N 5.19167°E / 5.43333; 5.19167). Her passengers were transferred to Boma ( United Kingdom).[238][248] Sapele was refloated on 9 September.[249]
Volumnia	United Kingdom	The cargo ship collided with Djembi ( Netherlands) in the English Channel 4 nautical miles (7.4 km) west of Dover, Kent and was beached at Folkestone Warren.[248][250]

4 September

List of shipwrecks: 4 September 1926

Ship	State	Description
Clevennes	France	The cargo ship struck a rock and was beached at Brest, Finistère.[251]
Golden Cape	United States	The cargo ship departed the Hampton Roads for Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. No further trace, presumed foundered in the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Florida in a hurricane.[252][253]
Ricardo Hernandez	Spain	The sailing ship came ashore 80 nautical miles (150 km) west of Havana, Cuba and was abandoned.[251]

7 September

List of shipwrecks: 7 September 1926

Ship	State	Description
Albert W. Robinson	United States	The schooner caught fire in the Atlantic Ocean 150 nautical miles (280 km) off the Virginia Capes and was abandoned. Her crew were rescued.[254]

8 September

List of shipwrecks: 8 September 1926

Ship	State	Description
Haleakala	United States	The cargo ship, which had departed the Hampton Roads on 3 September for Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, was in contact with Nevada ( Denmark), which was unable to re-establish contact the following day. Believed foundered in the Atlantic Ocean off Florida with the loss of all hands.[255][256]

9 September

List of shipwrecks: 9 September 1926

Ship	State	Description
Neubad	Latvia	The passenger ship foundered in the Baltic Sea off the mouth of the Aa with the loss of over 30 lives.[257]

10 September

List of shipwrecks: 10 September 1926

Ship	State	Description
Schenectady	United States	The cargo ship ran aground in the Baltic Sea 4 nautical miles (7.4 km) south east of the Saipan Lightship ( Finland).[258] She was refloated on 15 September.[259]

11 September

List of shipwrecks: 11 September 1926

Ship	State	Description
Christel Vinnen	Germany	The auxiliary sailing vessel collided with Canadian Transport ( United Kingdom) in the Paraná River at Ibkoy, Argentina and sank.[260]

14 September

List of shipwrecks: 14 September 1926

Ship	State	Description
Loyal Citizen	United Kingdom	The cargo ship sprang a leak in the Atlantic Ocean off Bermuda (31°18′N 67°00′W / 31.300°N 67.000°W / 31.300; -67.000) and sank.[259][261]
Roseway	United States	The schooner sank at Wolfville, Nova Scotia Canada.[261]
Utah	France	The cargo ship ran aground at Punta San Juan, Peru and was a total loss.[261]

15 September

List of shipwrecks: 15 September 1926

Ship	State	Description
Douglas	United Kingdom	The cargo ship struck a rock off Sheep Island, Argyllshire and was wrecked.[259]
Virginia Dare	United States	The schooner ran aground at Manaubo, Puerto Rico and was abandoned with the loss of her captain. Her crew later reboarded her and she was refloated on 17 September.[262][263]

16 September

List of shipwrecks: 16 September 1926

Ship	State	Description
Bru	Norway	The cargo ship sprang a leak in the North Sea and was beached at Kristiansand, Norway.[264]
Bulgarian	United Kingdom	The cargo ship ran aground at Marmara, Turkey.[264] She was refloated on 20 September.[265]
USCGC CG-247	United States Coast Guard	The cutter was lost in a hurricane.[266]
USCGC CG-248	United States Coast Guard	The cutter was lost in a hurricane.[266]
Ellenia	Italy	The cargo ship collided with Induna ( United Kingdom) in the Atlantic Ocean (49°50′N 11°30′W / 49.833°N 11.500°W / 49.833; -11.500) and sank. Assistance offered by Olympic ( United Kingdom) was refused. Her crew were rescued by the fishing vessel Petite Suzanne ( France).[263][264][267]
Westlea	United Kingdom	The cargo ship collided with Dosina in the English Channel off Portland Bill, Dorset. She proceeded to Portsmouth, Hampshire where she was beached.[264]

17 September

List of shipwrecks: 17 September 1926

Ship	State	Description
Aizawa Maru	Japan	The coaster sank off Cape Omaezaki.[268]
Annie	United States	While drifting so her captain could investigate a problem with her gasoline engine during a voyage from Ketchikan, Territory of Alaska, to Baranof Island with a cargo of eight tons of ice, the 11-net register ton motor vessel sank three minutes after the motor vessel Commonwealth ( United States) collided with her off Point Colpoys (56°20′N 133°12′W / 56.333°N 133.200°W / 56.333; -133.200 (Point Colpoys)) in Sumner Strait in the Alexander Archipelago in Southeast Alaska. Commonwealth rescued both members of her crew.[269]
Dagmar	Sweden	The cargo ship foundered in the Baltic Sea with some loss of life.[270]

20 September

List of shipwrecks: 20 September 1926

Ship	State	Description
Kiowa	United States	The cargo ship ran aground in the Bahamas.[265] She was refloated on 28 September.[271]
Ribblebank	United Kingdom	The cargo ship ran aground near Annan, Dumfriesshire. She was still aground a week later.[272]
Temeraire	Norway	The cargo ship ran aground at Renhallen.[273] She was declared a total loss on 11 November.[274]

22 September

List of shipwrecks: 22 September 1926

Ship	State	Description
J. B. Llovera	Spain	The passenger ship collided with Antonio Cola ( Spain) and sank in the Mediterranean Sea 4 nautical miles (7.4 km) off Alboaza Point, Spanish Morocco. All aboard were rescued by Antonio Cola.[275]

23 September

List of shipwrecks: 23 September 1926

Ship	State	Description
Kentucky	United States	The 39-gross register ton, 55.3-foot (16.9 m) fishing vessel was destroyed by fire at Halibut Cove on the coast of the Territory of Alaska. The wreck report does not indicate which of various places named "Halibut Cove" along the Alaskan coast the fire occurred in.[18]
Thorpe Grange	United Kingdom	The cargo ship ran aground in the Paraná River 12 nautical miles (22 km) upstream of Zarate, Argentina.[276] She was refloated on 26 September.[272]

24 September

List of shipwrecks: 24 September 1926

Ship	State	Description
Carl White	United States	Deemed unfit for further use and a total loss, the 43-gross register ton sternwheel paddle steamer was reported abandoned at Fairbanks, Territory of Alaska.[114]

25 September

List of shipwrecks: 25 September 1926

Ship	State	Description
Moon	United Kingdom	The cargo ship sprang a leak and was beached on Scatarie Island, Nova Scotia, Canada. She was declared a constructive total loss.[277][278]
Uppland	Sweden	The passenger ship collided with Levante ( Italy) in the Atlantic Ocean (36°05′N 5°10′W / 36.083°N 5.167°W / 36.083; -5.167) and sank with the loss of a crew member.[277]

26 September

List of shipwrecks: 26 September 1926

Ship	State	Description
Sea Serpent	United Kingdom	The cargo ship arrived at Port-au-Prince, Haiti on fire and was scuttled.[277] She was declared a total loss.[268]
Shonga	United Kingdom	The cargo ship caught fire at Sapele, Nigeria and was scuttled.[272] She was refloated on 5 October.[279]

27 September

List of shipwrecks: 27 September 1926

Ship	State	Description
Hudson Maru	Japan	The cargo ship was driven ashore on Sakhalin during a typhoon.[280] She was refloated on 29 September.[281] She was refloated on 1 October.[282]
Kohyo Maru	Japan	The cargo ship was driven ashore on Sakhalin during a typhoon.[280] She was refloated on 8 October.[253]
Mary	United States	The 10-gross register ton motor vessel was towed to shore by the motor vessel Virginia E ( United States) and beached in a sinking condition after she collided with Virginia E in Tongass Narrows in the Inside Passage in Southeast Alaska during a voyage from Saxman to Chomly, Territory of Alaska. She was declared a total loss. Virginia E rescued all four people aboard Mary.[173]
Mexico	United States	The passenger ship ran aground off Sisal, Yucatán, Mexico. All 90 passengers were taken off and landed at Havana, Cuba.[283][284] She was refloated on 29 September.[271]
Seiwa Maru	Japan	The cargo ship was driven ashore on Sakhalin during a typhoon.[280] She was refloated on 8 October.[253]
Shinnoh Maru	Japan	The cargo ship was driven ashore on Sakhalin during a typhoon.[280] She was refloated on 29 September.[281]
Taibu Maru	Japan	The cargo ship was driven ashore on Sakhalin during a typhoon.[280] She was refloated on 28 September.[284] She was refloated on 1 October.[282]
Tokai Maru	Japan	The cargo ship was driven ashore on Sakhalin during a typhoon.[280] She was refloated on 13 October.[285]
Yeboshi Maru	Japan	The cargo ship was driven ashore on Sakhalin during a typhoon.[280] She was refloated on 1 October.[282]

28 September

List of shipwrecks: 28 September 1926

Ship	State	Description
City of Edmunds	United States	The passenger ferry was destroyed by fire at Port Gamble, Washington.[284]
Nancy Lee	United States	The cargo ship was stranded at New York in a storm.[271] She was refloated on 29 October.[286]

29 September

List of shipwrecks: 29 September 1926

Ship	State	Description
San Juan	United States	The cargo ship was wrecked in a hurricane at Vera Cruz.[281]

Unknown date

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date September 1926

Ship	State	Description
HMS Raleigh	Royal Navy	The wreck of the Hawkins-class cruiser – aground in Forteau Bay, Labrador, Dominion of Newfoundland, since 8 August 1922 – was destroyed with explosives.

October

3 October