The list of shipwrecks in 1927 includes all ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during 1927.

January

1 January

List of shipwrecks: 1 January 1927

Ship	State	Description
Mentor	Greece	The cargo ship ran aground at Horli, Soviet Union.[1] She was refloated on 6 January.[2]
Tzar Ferdinand	Bulgaria	The cargo ship came ashore on Kos, Greece.[3] She was refloated on 6 January.[4]

2 January

List of shipwrecks: 2 January 1927

Ship	State	Description
Sheila	United Kingdom	The cargo ship ran aground at Fern na More Point, Ross and Cromarty (57°34′N 5°51′W / 57.567°N 5.850°W / 57.567; -5.850).[3] She was abandoned on 4 January.[5]

5 January

List of shipwrecks: 5 January 1927

Ship	State	Description
Three Twins	United States	The 10-gross register ton, 33.8-foot (10.3 m) motor vessel sank off Prince of Wales Island in the Alexander Archipelago opposite Ketchikan, Territory of Alaska. Only one of the three people aboard survived.[6]

6 January

List of shipwrecks: 6 January 1927

Ship	State	Description
Charles G. Black	United States	The cargo ship ran aground off South Pass.[2] She was refloated on 11 January.[7]
Yawata Maru No.2	Japan	The cargo ship collided with Harada Maru No.7 ( Japan) in the Shimonoseki Strait and sank with some loss of life.[2]

7 January

List of shipwrecks: 7 January 1927

Ship	State	Description
Baralt	Netherlands	The cargo ship struck a sunken wreck at Maracaibo, Venezuela and was beached on Zapara Island.[8]

9 January

List of shipwrecks: 9 January 1927

Ship	State	Description
Clan Maqcuarrie	United Kingdom	The cargo ship ran aground in the Paraná River, Argentina.[8] She was refloated on 21 January.[9]

11 January

List of shipwrecks: 11 January 1927

Ship	State	Description
Louise Greer	United States	The tug collided with Howard ( United States) at Norfolk, Virginia and sank.[10]

12 January

List of shipwrecks: 12 January 1927

Ship	State	Description
Burpee L. Tucker	United Kingdom	The schooner was driven ashore on Seal Island, Nova Scotia, Canada and was a total loss.[11]

13 January

List of shipwrecks: 13 January 1927

Ship	State	Description
Charles Whittemore	United States	The four-masted schooner caught fire and was then dismasted in a gale in the Atlantic Ocean off Cape Cod, Massachusetts. She was abandoned by her crew. A United States government ship towed her into Provincetown.[12]
Essex Isles	United Kingdom	The tanker caught fire and sank at Tampico, Tamaulipas, Mexico and was beached.[12][13]

14 January

List of shipwrecks: 14 January 1927

Ship	State	Description
Swiftsure	United Kingdom	The cargo ship collided with another vessel in the Bristol Channel. She was beached at Cardiff, Glamorgan.[12]

15 January

List of shipwrecks: 15 January 1927

Ship	State	Description
Arita Maru No.2	Japan	The cargo ship sank in the South China Sea off the east coast of Korea.[14]
Oscar Dickson	Sweden	The cargo ship collided with Alpha ( Norway) off Oscarsborg Fortress in the Oslofjord, Norway and sank. Her crew were rescued.[13]

16 January

List of shipwrecks: 16 January 1927

Ship	State	Description
Odysseus	Greece	The cargo ship departed Malta for Antwerp, Belgium on 16 January. A lifeboat and the body of a crew member washed up at Philippeville, Algeria on or around 8 February. Presumed foundered in the Mediterranean Sea with the loss of all hands.[15]
Shinten Maru	Japan	The cargo ship ran aground off the Shiriyazaki Lighthouse, Honshu.[16] She was refloated on 7 February.[17]

17 January

List of shipwrecks: 17 January 1927

Ship	State	Description
Vidzeme	Latvia	The cargo ship ran aground at Sõrve.[16] She was refloated on 20 January.[18]

18 January

List of shipwrecks: 18 January 1927

Ship	State	Description
Amelia and Jane	United Kingdom	The auxiliary schooner caught fire in the Irish Sea 8 nautical miles (15 km) off Drummore, Wigtownshire and sank. Her crew survived.[19]
Emilie Dunford	United Kingdom	The cargo ship collided with Sheaf Arrow ( United Kingdom in the Seine at Quillebeuf-sur-Seine, Eure, France and sank with the loss of two crew. Survivors were rescued by Sheaf Arrow.[19] She was refloated on 25 March.[20]

19 January

List of shipwrecks: 19 January 1927

Ship	State	Description
Mildred	United Kingdom	The tug struck a submerged object off Isle Haute, Nova Scotia, Canada and sank. Her crew were rescued.[14]
Sava	Yugoslavia	The cargo ship ran aground at Kustendje, Bulgaria.[18] She was refloated on 13 March.[21]

20 January

List of shipwrecks: 20 January 1927

Ship	State	Description
Bilko	United States	The cargo ship collided with Creole ( United States) in the Mississippi River 75 nautical miles (139 km) downstream of New Orleans, Louisiana and was beached.[9]
Enniskillen	United Kingdom	The coaster departed Blyth, Northumberland for Dundalk, County Louth, Ireland. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[22]

21 January

List of shipwrecks: 21 January 1927

Ship	State	Description
Karroo	United Kingdom	The cargo ship caught fire at Staten Island, New York, United States. and settled. She was refloated the next day.[23][24]

23 January

List of shipwrecks: 23 January 1927

Ship	State	Description
Terje	Norway	The cargo ship collided with Nassau ( United States) in the East River at Astoria, New York and was beached.[23] She was refloated on 24 January.[25]

24 January

List of shipwrecks: 24 January 1927

Ship	State	Description
Fukuoka Maru	Japan	The cargo ship was driven ashore and sank near Manao.[24]

25 January

List of shipwrecks: 25 January 1927

Ship	State	Description
Antigoon	Belgium	The cargo ship collided with Elisabeth van België ( Belgium) in the Scheldt at Boomke and was beached.[25]
USCGC Lincoln	United States Coast Guard	The cutter caught fire in the Atlantic Ocean and sank with the loss of six of her eight crew. Survivors were rescued by Defender ( United Kingdom).[26]

26 January

List of shipwrecks: 26 January 1927

Ship	State	Description
Lonsdale	United Kingdom	The cargo ship ran aground at Portrush, County Antrim and was abandoned by her crew.[27]

27 January

List of shipwrecks: 27 January 1927

Ship	State	Description
Rodonto	United Kingdom	The cargo ship ran aground at Molara Island, Sardinia, Italy and was wrecked. Her crew were rescued.[27]
Mary	Latvia	The cargo ship collided with Hero ( United Kingdom) in the Weser at Höherweg and was beached.[25] She was refloated on 31 January.[28]
Retuerto	Spain	The cargo ship was wrecked at Pravia, Asturias with the loss of seventeen crew.[25]

28 January

List of shipwrecks: 28 January 1927

Ship	State	Description
Antinoë	United Kingdom	The cargo ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by President Roosevelt ( United States).[29]

29 January

List of shipwrecks: 29 January 1927

Ship	State	Description
Celtic	United Kingdom	The ocean liner was rammed by Anaconda ( United States) in the Atlantic Ocean off Fire Island, New York. Both ships were repaired and returned to service.[30]
Hokoku Maru	Japan	The cargo ship ran aground in the Tsugaru Straits.[31] She was refloated on 19 February and sailed to Hakodate, where she was declared a constructive total loss.[32]

30 January

List of shipwrecks: 30 January 1927

Ship	State	Description
Dundrennan	United Kingdom	The cargo ship collided with Tasso ( Italy) in the Scheldt and was beached.[33] She was refloated on 2 February.[34]
Oberschlesien	Germany	The tanker collided with City of Salisbury ( United Kingdom) off Brunsbüttelkoog, Schleswig-Holstein and was beached.[33]

31 January

List of shipwrecks: 31 January 1927

Ship	State	Description
Izabran	Yugoslavia	The cargo ship ran aground at Cape Hatteras, North Carolina, United States.[35] She was refloated on 3 February.[34]
Juvigny	United States	The cargo ship collided with Valemore ( United Kingdom) in Delaware Bay and sank. Her crew were rescued by Valemore.[36]

February

1 February

List of shipwrecks: 1 February 1927

Ship	State	Description
Helene	Germany	The schooner collided with Scotscraig ( United Kingdom) at Kiel, Schleswig-Holstein and sank with the loss of her captain. Survivors were rescued by Scotscraig.[35]

2 February

List of shipwrecks: 2 February 1927

Ship	State	Description
Lodovica	Italy	The cargo ship ran aground 10 nautical miles (19 km) east of Maldonado, Uruguay and was abandoned by her crew.[37] She was refloated on 17 March.[38]
Oberon	United Kingdom	The cargo ship ran aground at Oban, Argyllshire.[39] She was refloated on 18 March.[38]
Tottenham	United Kingdom	The cargo ship ran aground at Novorossiysk, Soviet Union.[39] She was refloated on 6 February.[40]

3 February

List of shipwrecks: 3 February 1927

Ship	State	Description
Maashaven	Netherlands	The cargo ship ran aground at Ventspils, Latvia. Salvage efforts were suspended on 4 February.[31] She was refloated on 14 February.[41]
Merannio	United Kingdom	The cargo ship collided with at Port of London Authority hopper barge in the River Thames at Purfleet, Essex and sank.[34]
Sheerness	United Kingdom	The cargo ship ran aground on the Tuskar Rock and was wrecked with the loss of seventeen of her 31 crew. Survivors were rescued by Kingstown ( United Kingdom).[34]

4 February

List of shipwrecks: 4 February 1927

Ship	State	Description
Huallaga	Peru	The cargo ship ran aground at Ilo.[31] She was abandoned as a total loss on 10 February.[42]
Memfi	Italy	The cargo ship ran aground on the Berli Shoals.[31] She was declared a total loss.[43]
Muskogee	United States	The cargo ship ran aground in the South Pass.[44] She was refloated on 7 February.[43]
Phyllis Hudson	United Kingdom	The cargo ship collided with Java ( Netherlands) off Walsoorden, Netherlands and sank. Her crew were rescued.[44]
San Martino	Italy	The cargo ship collided with Dubravka ( Yugoslavia) in the Mediterranean Sea 4 nautical miles (7.4 km) north of Messina, Sicily and sank. Her crew were rescued.[45]
Selwyn Eddy	United States	The cargo ship came ashore in Vineyard Sound and was wrecked.[31]
Ulsnes	Norway	The cargo ship ran aground on the west coast of Skagen, Denmark. Her crew were rescued.[31] She was refloated on 9 February.[45]

5 February

List of shipwrecks: 5 February 1927

Ship	State	Description
Fox	United Kingdom	The cargo ship sprang a leak and sank in the English Channel off Le Havre, Seine-Inférieure, France. Her crew were rescued.[40]
King Robert	United Kingdom	The cargo ship ran aground in the Indio Channel.[45] She was refloated on 13 February.[46]

6 February

List of shipwrecks: 6 February 1927

Ship	State	Description
Cape Cod	United States	The coaster collided with Michael Tracey ( United States) in Hell Gate, New York and sank. Her crew were rescued.[44]
La Tourmente	France	The schooner sprang a leak and foundered off Sark, Channel Islands. Her crew were rescued.[43]

7 February

List of shipwrecks: 7 February 1927

Ship	State	Description
Caraibe	France	The cargo ship ran aground at Antilla, Cuba.[40] She was later refloated, arriving at Santiago de Cuba on 15 February.[47]
Durostor	Romania	The cargo ship ran aground at Constanţa whilst going to the assistance of Imperatul Taian ( Romania).[43] She was refloated on 22 February.[48]
Imperatul Traian	Romania	The cargo ship ran aground at Cape Tuzla, Soviet Union.[40] She was refloated on 2 September,[49] but was driven ashore again on 3 September.[50]
John Francis Stuard	United States	The four-masted schooner ran aground on a reef off Port-a-Piment, Haiti.[43] She was a total loss.[17]
Magrace	United Kingdom	The cargo ship was destroyed by fire at Slidell, Louisiana.[40]
M. T. Cicerone	Italy	The cargo ship ran aground at Ponta Delgada, Azores, Portugal.[51] She was declared a total loss on 10 February.[17]

8 February

List of shipwrecks: 8 February 1927

Ship	State	Description
Shinchiku Maru	Japan	The cargo ship ran aground at Misaki, Aomori.[43] She was declared a total loss on 1 March.[52]

9 February

List of shipwrecks: 9 February 1927

Ship	State	Description
Galava	United Kingdom	The coaster foundered off Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia with some loss of life.[45]
Lord Byron	United Kingdom	The cargo ship ran aground at Jaffa, Palestine.[45] Seven of her 28 crew were landed on 11 February.[53] She was refloated on 28 March.[54]

11 February

List of shipwrecks: 11 February 1927

Ship	State	Description
Akti	Greece	The cargo ship struck rocks at Alexandria, Egypt and ran aground.[46] She was refloated on 3 March.[55]
Francesco Ciampini	Italy	The cargo ship collided with Signe ( Denmark) in the English Channel off the South Goodwin Lightship ( United Kingdom) and sank. All 30 crew were rescued by Signe.[53]
Plodder	United Kingdom	The coaster collided with Endymion ( United Kingdom) in the English Channel 20 nautical miles (37 km) south east of Shoreham-by-Sea, Sussex and sank.[56] All eleven crew were rescued by Harley and the fishing smack Bonny Lena (both  United Kingdom).[46][57]

12 February

List of shipwrecks: 12 February 1927

Ship	State	Description
Cape Clear	United States	The 17-gross register ton fishing vessel was wrecked in heavy fog and darkness on the northeast coast of Langara Island in the Queen Charlotte Islands in British Columbia, Canada. Her crew of five survived, but she became a total loss.[58]
Emma	United Kingdom	The Thames barge was struck by London Shipper ( United Kingdom) in the River Thames at Greenwich, London and was beached.[46]
Rhenania	Germany	The cargo ship ran aground at Simrishamn, Sweden.[46] She was refloated on 16 February.[59]

13 February

List of shipwrecks: 13 February 1927

Ship	State	Description
Raa	Norway	The coaster was rammed and sunk by Gordejuela ( Spain) in the English Channel 4 nautical miles (7.4 km) off Folkestone, Kent and sank. All seventeen crew were rescued by Gordejuela.[57]

14 February

List of shipwrecks: 14 February 1927

Ship	State	Description
Hibernia	United Kingdom	The auxiliary schooner collided with City of Birmingham ( United Kingdom) in the Thames Estuary and sank. Her crew were rescued by City of Birmingham.[41]
Plawsworth	United Kingdom	The cargo ship collided with Goulandris ( Greece) in the North Sea and was beached at Minsenersand, Germany.[60]

18 February

List of shipwrecks: 18 February 1927

Ship	State	Description
Cecil P. Stewart	United States	The schooner was driven ashore at Harvey Cedars, New Jersey and was a total loss. Her crew were rescued.[47]

20 February

List of shipwrecks: 20 February 1927

Ship	State	Description
Ak Deniz	Turkey	The mail ship ran aground at Istanbul.[61] She was refloated on 22 March.[62]
USCGC CG-238	United States Coast Guard	The cutter capsized in a storm.[63]
Nancy	United States	The 259-foot (79 m), 2,117-gross register ton five-masted schooner dragged her anchor during a storm and was wrecked without loss of life on Nantasket Beach at Hull, Massachusetts. Her wreck subsequently was a tourist attraction for many years until it ultimately was burned and her keel became buried in sand.[64]

22 February

List of shipwrecks: 22 February 1927

Ship	State	Description
Evelyn V. Miller	United Kingdom	The schooner was driven ashore at Long Point, Ontario, Canada and was a total loss. Her crew were rescued.[65]
Vendlus	Estonia	The cargo ship ran aground and sank at Hermano, Sweden. Her crew were rescued.[48]

23 February

List of shipwrecks: 23 February 1927

Ship	State	Description
Black Sea	United Kingdom	The tanker exploded, burnt and sank in New York Bay. Her crew survived.[66] She was later raised, repairs and returned to service.[67]
Scandia	United States	The 116-gross register ton, 90.8-foot (27.7 m) fishing vessel was wrecked on rocks at the entrance to the harbor at Kodiak, Territory of Alaska. Her entire crew of 15 survived and were rescued by the vessel Duncan 1 ( United States).[68]

24 February

List of shipwrecks: 24 February 1927

Ship	State	Description
Stenies	Greece	The cargo ship collided with another vessel in the Atlantic Ocean 5 nautical miles (9.3 km) off Land's End, Cornwall, United Kingdom and sank with the loss off twenty of her 21 crew. The survivor was rescued by the fishing vessel Fox Trott ( France).[69][70]

25 February

List of shipwrecks: 25 February 1927

Ship	State	Description
Artemis	Honduras	The steam yacht was destroyed by fire in the Atlantic Ocean off Key West, Florida.[71]
City of Annapolis	United States	The cargo ship collided with City of Richmond ( United States) at Baltimore, Maryland and sank.[72]
Grodno	United Kingdom	The cargo ship ran aground at Corfu, Greece.[72] She was refloated on 28 February and found to be extensively damaged.[52]
Industry	United Kingdom	The Thames barge collided with Marsden ( United Kingdom) in the Thames Estuary and sank. Her crew were rescued.[71]
Kathleen Conrad	United Kingdom	The auxiliary sailing ship came ashore at Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada and was a total loss.[71]
Mary E. Moore	United States	The cargo ship sank in the Pacific Ocean off the mouth of the Coquille River. Her crew were rescued.[72]
Sarrebourg	France	The cargo ship ran aground on the Portsal Rocks, Brest, Finistère and was wrecked.[72]

26 February

List of shipwrecks: 26 February 1927

Ship	State	Description
Gardenia	Italy	The cargo ship struck floating wreckage in the Great Belt and developed a leak. She was beached at Bandholm, Sweden.[69]

28 February

List of shipwrecks: 28 February 1927

Ship	State	Description
Hilton	United States	The cargo ship struck a submerged object in the Kill Van Kull and was beached.[52] She was refloated on 31 March.[73]
Hoffnung	Germany	The auxiliary sailing ship sprang a leak and was beached at Hamburg.[74]

Unknown date

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1927

Ship	State	Description
City of Waterford	United Kingdom	The cargo ship came ashore in the Outer Hebrides. She was declared a total loss on 15 February.[41]
Venus	United States	The vessel was severely damaged during a storm in the Gulf of Alaska off Kodiak, Territory of Alaska, losing her wheelhouse, deck gear, and dories. She arrived at Kodiak in a wrecked condition, with little left of her other than her hull and Bollinger engine.[75]

March

1 March

List of shipwrecks: 1 March 1927

Ship	State	Description
Millocrat	United Kingdom	The cargo ship ran aground at Greenisland, County Antrim.[52] She was refloated on 4 March.[76]

2 March

List of shipwrecks: 2 March 1927

Ship	State	Description
Jessie G. Noyes	United States	The schooner broke up in a hurricane in the Atlantic Ocean. Three crewmen were washed overboard and drowned. Eight survivors drifted on a part of the quarterdeck until rescued by the steamer Topeka ( Norway) on 7 March.[77]

3 March

List of shipwrecks: 3 March 1927

Ship	State	Description
Amanda	Norway	The cargo ship was wrecked at Tamatave, Madagascar in a cyclone.[78]
Beechtree	United Kingdom	The cargo ship ran aground on Peel Rock, off the coast of Cornwall and was wrecked. Her crew were rescued.[79]
Catinat	France	The cargo ship was driven ashore at Tamitave in a cyclone.[80] She was declared a total loss on 23 March.[67]
De Riziny	France	The sailing ship was wrecked at Tamitave in a cyclone.[78]
Elizabeth	United Kingdom	The barque was driven ashore at Tamitave in a cyclone.[78][80]
Sainte-Anne	France	The cargo ship was driven ashore at Tamitave in a cyclone with the loss of seven crew.[80]
Ville de Marseille	France	The cargo ship was driven ashore at Tamitave in a cyclone.[80] She was refloated on 21 March.[62]

4 March

List of shipwrecks: 4 March 1927

Ship	State	Description
Montclair	Canada	During a voyage from Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada, to New York City with a cargo of wood lath, the 142-foot (43 m), 371-gross register ton three-masted schooner ran aground on Orleans Bar off Nauset Beach on Cape Cod, Massachusetts, and broke up. Her wreck then washed ashore on the beach. Five members of her crew perished; two survived.[81]

5 March

List of shipwrecks: 5 March 1927

Ship	State	Description
Cabo Hatteras	Spain	The cargo ship caught fire in the Atlantic Ocean 140 nautical miles (260 km) east south east of Sandy Hook, New Jersey and was abandoned by her crew. They were rescued by Cabo Torres ( Spain). Cabo Hatteras was shelled and sunk on 6 March by USCGC Seminole ( United States Coast Guard).[78][82]
WTB Co. No. 33	United States	While moored in a cove near Ward Cove in Southeast Alaska for the winter to four dolphins that had been weakened by teredos, the 733-ton, 160-foot (48.8 m) scow was blown ashore and wrecked when the dolphins gave way in high winds. No one was aboard the scow at the time.[83]

7 March

List of shipwrecks: 7 March 1927

Ship	State	Description
Carna	Netherlands	The cargo ship ran aground in the Dominican Republic and was wrecked.[80][84]
Chaudiere	United Kingdom	The cargo ship ran aground at Ardrossan, Ayrshire whilst awaiting scrapping, which commenced on 14 February 1928.[85]

8 March

List of shipwrecks: 8 March 1927

Ship	State	Description
Akashi Maru		The cargo ship was driven ashore at Dairen, China in a cyclone and wrecked.[86]
Paul Lecat	France	The ocean liner ran aground in the Yangtze 20 nautical miles (37 km) from Woosung, China.[87] She was refloated on 20 March.[88]

9 March

List of shipwrecks: 9 March 1927

Ship	State	Description
Kinonne Maru	Japan	The cargo ship was wrecked at Mokpo, Korea.[62][89]

10 March

List of shipwrecks: 10 March 1927

Ship	State	Description
Fedelma	United Kingdom	The coaster ran aground in the River Parrett downstream of Bridgwater, Somerset.[90] She was refloated on 16 March.[91]
Svanen	Sweden	The schooner came ashore at Larvik, Norway and was wrecked.[90]
Servaux No.6	France	The tug sank at Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône with the loss of a crew member.[90]

11 March

List of shipwrecks: 11 March 1927

Ship	State	Description
El Sol	United States	The cargo ship collided with Sac City ( United States) in New York Harbor and sank.
Kilcredane	United Kingdom	The cargo ship ran aground at Hakodate, Japan.[92] She was refloated on 18 March.[93]
Kirishima Maru	Japan	The training ship foundered in the Pacific Ocean 100 nautical miles (190 km) off Cape Inubō with the loss of all hands.[94]

13 March

List of shipwrecks: 13 March 1927

Ship	State	Description
Ines Fierro	Spain	The cargo ship ran aground at Llastres, Asturias and was wrecked. Her crew survived.[84]

15 March

List of shipwrecks: 15 March 1927

Ship	State	Description
G. J. Cherry	United States	The schooner was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean (34°02′N 72°05′W / 34.033°N 72.083°W / 34.033; -72.083). Her crew were rescued by Gulfpoint ( United States).[92] G. J. Cherry was later taken in tow by Carrabasset ( United States).[84]

16 March

List of shipwrecks: 16 March 1927

Ship	State	Description
Clint	United Kingdom	The cargo ship foundered at Montrose, Forfarshire. Her crew were rescued by Dunscore ( United Kingdom).[91]
Vendome	France	The cargo ship ran aground at Libreville, French West Africa.[95] She was refloated on 23 March.[67]

18 March

List of shipwrecks: 18 March 1927

Ship	State	Description
Comandante Manoel Lourenco	Brazil	The cargo ship foundered at Ilha Grande, Piauí.[93]
Hector	Germany	The cargo ship ran aground at Faro, Portugal.[93] Salvage efforts were suspended on 19 March.[84]

19 March

List of shipwrecks: 19 March 1927

Ship	State	Description
Majestic IV	United Kingdom	The cargo ship foundered in the North Sea off Lindisfarne, Northumberland.[96]

20 March

List of shipwrecks: 20 March 1927

Ship	State	Description
Wakamiya Maru	Japan	The cargo ship was driven ashore at Choshi and was a total loss.[88]

23 March

List of shipwrecks: 23 March 1927

Ship	State	Description
Stig Gorthon	Sweden	The cargo ship collided with another vessel at Vegesack, Germany and was beached. She was later refloated and towed to Bremen.[97]

24 March

List of shipwrecks: 24 March 1927

Ship	State	Description
Europa	Netherlands	The dredger struck a submerged object and sank at Huelva, Andalusia, Spain.[98]
Verdande	Norway	The cargo ship departed Cardiff, Glamorgan, United Kingdom for Las Palmas, Canary Islands, Spain. Five crew and two lifebelts and some lifeboats washed ashore at Boscastle and Bude, Cornwall, United Kingdom on 28 March. Believed foundered with the loss of all hands.[54][99]

26 March

List of shipwrecks: 26 March 1927

Ship	State	Description
Chevalier	United Kingdom	The cargo ship ran aground on Barmore Island, Argyllshire.[20] She was refloated on 1 April.[73]
Maria	Germany	The schooner was driven ashore at Simrishamn, Sweden and was wrecked with the loss of all hands.[20]

28 March

List of shipwrecks: 28 March 1927

Ship	State	Description
Fulmar	United Kingdom	The cargo ship collided with Rio Claro ( United Kingdom) in the English Channel 1.5 nautical miles (2.8 km) off Dungeness, Kent and sank. Her crew survived.[54]
General Maude	United Kingdom	The schooner was abandoned and set afire in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by Aztec ( Norway).[100]

29 March

List of shipwrecks: 29 March 1927

Ship	State	Description
Sea Brand	United Kingdom	The schooner foundered in the Atlantic Ocean. All six crew were rescued by Ndolja ( Sweden).[100]
Steel Inventor	United States	The cargo ship ran aground on Old Providence Island, Colombia.[101] She was refloated on 22 April.[102]

30 March

List of shipwrecks: 30 March 1927

Ship	State	Description
Cairnhill	United Kingdom	The cargo ship ran aground at Matanzas, Cuba.[103] She was refloated on 2 April.[104]

Unknown date

List of shipwrecks: unknown date March 1927

Ship	State	Description
Oliver Ellsworth	United States	The steamer was sunk by a boiler explosion in Long Island Sound. One person was killed.[105]

April

1 April

List of shipwrecks: 1 April 1927

Ship	State	Description
Beatty Rose	United Kingdom	The collier foundered off the Casquets, Channel Islands.[106] All thirteen crew were rescued.[107]
Gandara	United Kingdom	The cargo liner ran aground at Point Cires, Spanish Morocco.[108] She was refloated on 5 April.[106]
Jacinto	Spain	The cargo ship collided with Author ( United Kingdom) in the Atlantic Ocean off Gibraltar and sank. Seven crew were rescued by Author.[73]
Louis Pasteur	France	The schooner foundered in the English Channel off Cherbourg, Manche with the loss of all hands.[109]
Neville	United Kingdom	The collier foundered in the Atlantic Ocean off Land's End, Cornwall. All thirteen crew were rescued by Teelin Head ( United Kingdom).[73][109]

5 April

List of shipwrecks: 5 April 1927

Ship	State	Description
Unkai Maru No.3	Japan	The cargo ship was abandoned in the East China Sea. Although she was presumed to have subsequently foundered,[110] she was later discovered still afloat.[111] She came ashore at Hinomisaki on 8 April.[112]

6 April

List of shipwrecks: 6 April 1927

Ship	State	Description
Tjileboet	Netherlands	The cargo ship ran aground on Lingting Island, Hong Kong.[111] Her bow section was cut off and the ship was refloated on 28 April.[113]

8 April

List of shipwrecks: 8 April 1927

Ship	State	Description
Hamlet	South Africa	The coaster came ashore in Saldanha Bay. She broke her back and was a total loss.[114]
Ida	Germany	The auxiliary sailing vessel was struck by Siretul ( Romania) at Hamburg and sank.[115]

12 April

List of shipwrecks: 12 April 1927

Ship	State	Description
Balto	Norway	The cargo ship was driven ashore at Melilla, Spanish Morocco and wrecked. Her crew survived.[116][117] She was refloated on 3 August.[118]
Castilla	Spain	The hospital ship was driven ashore at Melilla and was wrecked. Her crew survived.[116][117]
Collingdale	United Kingdom	The cargo ship was driven ashore at Melilla and was wrecked. All 28 crew were rescued after two days by a local motor boat.[117] She was declared a total loss on 19 April.[119]
Conte Verde	Italy	The ocean liner ran aground at Buenos Aires, Argentina.[120] She was refloated the next day.[121]
Nicolas Pateras	Greece	The cargo ship was driven ashore at Melilla and was abandoned. Her crew were rescued by the Melilla Lifeboat after two days.[117] She was refloated on 16 May.[122]

13 April

List of shipwrecks: 13 April 1927

Ship	State	Description
Chocolita	Spain	The coaster foundered at Santander, Cantabria with the loss of eight of her nine crew.[123]
Fina	Italy	The cargo ship came ashore on Kacova, Greece.[121] She was refloated on 16 April.[124]
Scotland Maru	Japan	The cargo ship struck rocks at Tathong Point, Hong Kong and was beached in Kowloon Bay.[121] She was later refloated and arrived at Hong Kong on 19 April.[125]

14 April

List of shipwrecks: 14 April 1927

Ship	State	Description
Mariu	Italy	The cargo ship sprang a leak and sank in the Mediterranean Sea 6 nautical miles (11 km) south of Cape Camarat. Her crew survived.[124]

15 April

List of shipwrecks: 15 April 1927

Ship	State	Description
Christel Vinnen	Italy	The barque came ashore on Old Providence Island, Colombia and was wrecked. Her crew survived.[119]

17 April

List of shipwrecks: 17 April 1927

Ship	State	Description
Emmy L D	France	The cargo ship ran aground at Galata, Turkey.[126] She was refloated on 20 April.[127]
Riverina	United Kingdom	The passenger ship ran aground at Gabo. Her 250 passengers were taken off on 20 April.[128]

18 April

List of shipwrecks: 18 April 1927

Ship	State	Description
Wrestler	United Kingdom	The tug struck a rock at Freshwater, Isle of Wight and sank with the loss of two of her ten crew.[126]

21 April

List of shipwrecks: 21 April 1927

Ship	State	Description
Camano	United States	The four-masted schooner was driven ashore at San Juan, Puerto Rico and was wrecked.[102][129]
Suez Maru	Japan	The cargo ship ran aground on the west coast of Sakhalin, Soviet Union.[129] She was refloated on4 October.[130]
Westland	United States	The cargo ship ran aground on a reef in Lake Huron.[127] She was refloated on 1 May.[131]

26 April

List of shipwrecks: 26 April 1927

Ship	State	Description
Angeliki	Greece	The sailing ship sprang a leak and sank at Patras.[132] She was refloated on 28 April. Subsequently repaired and returned to service.[133]
Stanley Hall	United Kingdom	The cargo ship ran aground at Tanga, Tanganyika.[132] She was refloated on 30 April.[134]

27 April

List of shipwrecks: 27 April 1927

Ship	State	Description
Henri Desmarais	France	The tanker ran aground at Cabo de Gata, Almeria, Spain.[135] She was refloated on 1 May.[136]

30 April

List of shipwrecks: 30 April 1927

Ship	State	Description
Tasman	Netherlands	The cargo ship ran aground on Clerke Island, Queensland, Australia.[131] She was refloated on 13 May.[137]

May

1 May

List of shipwrecks: 1 May 1927

Ship	State	Description
USS Colorado	United States Navy	The Colorado-class battleship ran aground on the Diamond Shoals off Cape Hatteras, North Carolina.[138] She was refloated on 2 May.[139]

2 May

List of shipwrecks: 2 May 1927

Ship	State	Description
Astoria	United States	The cargo ship ran aground in Grays Harbor and was abandoned by her crew.[136] She was later refloated, repaired and returned to service.
Bessie C. Lake	United Kingdom	The schooner was driven ashore at Saint-Pierre, Saint Pierre and Miquelon and was wrecked. Her crew survived.[136]
Monteceniso	Italy	The cargo ship ran aground in the Point Indio Channel, Buenos Aires, Argentina.[136] She was refloated on 13 May.[137]
Ryvarden	Norway	The cargo ship ran aground at Vila Real, Portugal. She was refloated on 10 May.[140]

3 May

List of shipwrecks: 3 May 1927

Ship	State	Description
Jack Frost	United Kingdom	The schooner was driven ashore at Port au Bras, Newfoundland and was wrecked.[131]
Miyazaki Maru	Japan	The passenger ship ran aground at Kwarenko, Formosa. All on board were rescued.[141][142] She broke in three on 1 June and was a total loss.[143]
President Wittock	Belgium	The fishing boat struck a mine and sank in the North Sea off the Dutch coast. Her crew were rescued by the fishing smack Blencathra ( United Kingdom).[144]

8 May

List of shipwrecks: 8 May 1927

Ship	State	Description
Jacob Luckenbach	United States	The cargo ship ran aground at Point Guinos, Costa Rica. She was refloated on 17 May.[122][145]

10 May

List of shipwrecks: 10 May 1927

Ship	State	Description
Everett Hays	United States	The 39-gross register ton steam auxiliary schooner struck a reef off Nikolski on Umnak Island in the Aleutian Islands and sank. Her crew of seven survived.[146][147]
Marietta Nominos	Greece	The cargo ship ran aground at the entrance to the Corinth Canal.[148] She was refloated on 14 May.[149]

12 May

List of shipwrecks: 12 May 1927

Ship	State	Description
Delfina	United States	The cargo ship ran aground at San Pedro de Macorís, Dominican Republic.[150] She was later refloated, and arrived at Boston, Massachusetts on 25 May.[151]

18 May

List of shipwrecks: 18 May 1927

Ship	State	Description
Athena	Italy	The cargo ship foundered in the Mediterranean Sea 1 nautical mile (1.9 km) off Sète, Hérault, France. Her crew were rescued.[152]
Karado Maru	Japan	The cargo ship came ashore at Nemuro, Hokkaidō and was wrecked.[146]
Ysseldijk	Netherlands	The cargo ship ran aground in the Paraná River 12 nautical miles (22 km) upstream of Rosario, Argentina.[152] She was refloated on 28 May.[153]

19 May

List of shipwrecks: 19 May 1927

Ship	State	Description
Indiana Harbor	United States	The cargo ship came ashore on the Rodgers Reef, Gorda Point.[154] She was abandoned as a total loss on 20 May. Her crew were rescued.[155]
West Irmo	United States	The cargo ship ran aground at Calabar, Nigeria.[154] She was refloated on 24 May.[156]

22 May

List of shipwrecks: 22 May 1927

Ship	State	Description
Ostsee	Germany	The cargo ship was driven ashore at Point Cires, Spanish Morocco.[157] She was still aground on 29 May, when a salvage tug arrived.[158]

23 May

List of shipwrecks: 23 May 1927

Ship	State	Description
Amiral Jauréguiberry	France	The cargo ship ran aground at Pauillac, Gironde.[157] She was refloated on 26 May.[159]
Kifune Maru No.5	Japan	The cargo ship ran aground on Moenaushi.[151] She was refloated on 3 June.[160]
Sekkai Maru	Japan	The cargo ship collided with Daitoru Maru ( Japan) at Shimonoseki and was beached.[161]
Tacoma Maru	Japan	The cargo ship ran aground on Iki Island.[157] She was refloated on 31 May.[162]

25 May

List of shipwrecks: 25 May 1927

Ship	State	Description
Big Jimsie	United Kingdom	The schooner was driven ashore at Moenaushi, Sakhalin, Soviet Union and was a total loss.[151]
Thomas R. Buckham	United States	The cargo ship struck a bridge at Simmesport, Louisiana and sank in the Atchafalaya River.[151]

28 May

List of shipwrecks: 28 May 1927

Ship	State	Description
Ekaterina C	Greece	The cargo ship ran aground in the Martin Garcia Channel. She was still aground on 18 July.[163]
Negros	Philippines	The passenger ferry foundered in a typhoon with the loss of 108 of the 178 people on board.[164]

30 May

List of shipwrecks: 30 May 1927

Ship	State	Description
Borée	France	The schooner was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean (47°51′N 9°58′W / 47.850°N 9.967°W / 47.850; -9.967). Her crew were rescued by Aquarius ( United States).[165]

31 May

List of shipwrecks: 31 May 1927

Ship	State	Description
Baltanic	United Kingdom	The cargo ship ran aground on Surop, off Reval, Estonia. She was refloated on 2 June.[162][166]
Okinawa Maru	Japan	The cargo ship ran aground at Gyeryuto, Korea and sank.[143]

June

4 June

List of shipwrecks: 4 June 1927

Ship	State	Description
City of Nome	United States	The cargo ship was destroyed by fire at Aberdeen, Washington.[167]
Clan Macintyre	United Kingdom	The cargo ship ran aground in the Paraná River, Argentina.[167] She was refloated on 11 June.[168]

9 June

List of shipwrecks: 9 June 1927

Ship	State	Description
Abron	United States	The cargo ship ran aground on Old Providence Island, Colombia.[169] She was refloated on 17 June.[170]
Kenkon Maru No.5	Japan	The cargo ship ran aground at Mombetsu, Hokkaidō.[171] She was refloated on 15 June.[172]

10 June

List of shipwrecks: 10 June 1927

Ship	State	Description
Touraco	United Kingdom	The coaster ran aground in Little Vasa Water, Orkney Islands. She was refloated on 16 June.[173]

11 June

List of shipwrecks: 11 June 1927

Ship	State	Description
Martaban	United Kingdom	The cargo ship ran aground in the Paraná River, Argentina.[168] She was refloated on 16 June.[170]

12 June

List of shipwrecks: 12 June 1927

Ship	State	Description
Bluestone	United Kingdom	The cargo ship capsized in the Beryozovye Islands, Soviet Union. Her crew were rescued.[168] She was later raised and sold.[174]</ref>

13 June

List of shipwrecks: 13 June 1927

Ship	State	Description
Kumano Maru	Japan	The cargo liner collided with Yamashiro Maru ( Japan) at Kobe and was beached. All on board were rescued.[171]

14 June

List of shipwrecks: 14 June 1927

Ship	State	Description
Hollandia	Netherlands	The schooner capsized in the Atlantic Ocean (13°25′N 70°13′W / 13.417°N 70.217°W / 13.417; -70.217) whilst under tow of Melilla ( Germany). Her crew were rescued but she was declared a total loss.[172][175]

15 June

List of shipwrecks: 15 June 1927

Ship	State	Description
Kumano Maru	Japan	The cargo ship collided with another vessel off Takamatsu and was beached.[171]
Sumino-o Maru	Japan	The coaster collided with Taizan Maru ( Japan) in the Tsugaru Strait and sank.[172]

20 June

List of shipwrecks: 20 June 1927

Ship	State	Description
Craster Hall	United States	The cargo ship collided with Reginolite ( Canada) at Talara, Peru and was beached.[176]

23 June

List of shipwrecks: 23 June 1927

Ship	State	Description
Ozark	United States	The cargo ship collided with the trawler Surge ( United States) at Boston, Massachusetts, or 22 miles (35 km) south east of Nauset Light, Cape Cod. Ozark was beached.[177][178]
Surge	United States	The fishing steamer was sunk in a collision with Ozark ( United States) 22 miles (35 km) south east of Nauset Light, Cape Cod. Three crewmen killed.[179]

27 June

List of shipwrecks: 27 June 1927

Ship	State	Description
Birkdale	United Kingdom	The barque caught fire off Diego de Almagro Island, Chile on 24 June, and was a total loss when she ran aground on the island Islas Lobos [es], in the Nelson Strait three days later. Six of her twenty crew were lost. Survivors were rescued by Porvenir ( Chilean Navy).[180][181]

29 June

List of shipwrecks: 29 June 1927

Ship	State	Description
Felicité	France	The schooner was driven ashore at Tors Cove, Newfoundland and was abandoned by her crew.[182]
Sina	Latvia	The cargo ship was destroyed by fire at Riga.[182]

July

1 July

List of shipwrecks: 1 July 1927

Ship	State	Description
Robert C Wente	United States	The cargo ship was destroyed by fire in the St. Clare River, Chicago, Illinois.[183]
Masuren	Germany	The coaster ran aground in the River Parrett at Bridgwater, Somerset, United Kingdom.[184] She was refloated on 4 July.[185]

2 July

List of shipwrecks: 2 July 1927

Ship	State	Description
Chi Chuen	China	The cargo ship ran aground in the Yangtze 32 nautical miles (59 km) upstream of Ichang.[186] She was refloated on 10 July.[187]
St. François Xavier	France	The passenger ship came ashore on Spratly Island, Vietnam. All on board were rescued.[186]

3 July

List of shipwrecks: 3 July 1927

Ship	State	Description
Kyphissia	Greece	The cargo ship ran aground at Willemstad, Curaçao and Dependencies.[186] She was refloated on 9 July.[187]
Nuten	United States	The 22-gross register ton motor vessel was destroyed while moored at Nushagak, Territory of Alaska, by a fire that began in her galley stove. All three people aboard survived.[188]

4 July

List of shipwrecks: 4 July 1927

Ship	State	Description
Nephrite	United Kingdom	The cargo ship ran aground off Derrybeg, County Donegal, Ireland. Her crew were rescued.[185]

5 July

List of shipwrecks: 5 July 1927

Ship	State	Description
Mary Grace	United Kingdom	The schooner foundered in the Pentland Firth off Swona. Her crew were rescued.[189]
Presidente Saavedra	Bolivia	The cargo ship sank at Buenos Aires, Argentina. She was refloated on 12 July.[190][191]

7 July

List of shipwrecks: 7 July 1927

Ship	State	Description
Aster	France	The cargo ship ran aground at Foundiougne, French West Africa.[192] She was refloated on 13 July.[193]
Gloria Swanson	United Kingdom	The schooner was destroyed by fire in the Atlantic Ocean off the Canadian coast.[194]

8 July

List of shipwrecks: 8 July 1927

Ship	State	Description
Westowrie	United Kingdom	The coaster collided with Lambeth ( United Kingdom) in the North Sea off Whitby, Yorkshire and sank. All six crew were rescued by Chartered ( United Kingdom).[192][195]

9 July

List of shipwrecks: 9 July 1927

Ship	State	Description
Boa Viagem	Portugal	The tug sprang a leak and was abandoned. Her crew were rescued by Benguela ( Portugal).[191]

13 July

List of shipwrecks: 13 July 1927

Ship	State	Description
Margaret	Canada	The ship ran aground in the Magdalen Islands, Quebec and was a total loss.[193]
Western Lass	United Kingdom	The schooner came ashore on the Brison Rocks, off Cape Cornwall and was a total loss. Her crew survived.[193]

14 July

List of shipwrecks: 14 July 1927

Ship	State	Description
Shahzada	United Kingdom	The cargo ship sprang a leak in the Bay of Bengal 50 nautical miles (93 km) off Sandheads, West Bengal, India and sank with the loss of 21 of her 72 crew. Survivors were rescued by Clintonia ( United Kingdom).[196]

15 July

List of shipwrecks: 15 July 1927

Ship	State	Description
Iowa	United States	The 12-gross register ton motor vessel was destroyed by fire at Ketchikan, Territory of Alaska.[197]
Sagaland	Norway	The cargo ship collided with Veendam ( Netherlands) in the Atlantic Ocean 4 nautical miles (7.4 km) east Nantucket, Massachusetts and sank with the loss of a crew member.[198]

16 July

List of shipwrecks: 16 July 1927

Ship	State	Description
Lutetia	France	The cargo ship sank at Saint-Nazaire, Loire-Inférieure.[199] She was refloated on 25 July.[200]

19 July

List of shipwrecks: 19 July 1927

Ship	State	Description
Olga	United States	The 8-gross register ton fishing vessel was wrecked on the northwest end of Hump Island (58°27′30″N 134°59′00″W / 58.45833°N 134.98333°W / 58.45833; -134.98333 (Hump Island)) in Lynn Canal in Southeast Alaska after her steering gear broke and her gasoline engine failed.[201]

20 July

List of shipwrecks: 20 July 1927

Ship	State	Description
Empirestar	United Kingdom	The cargo ship ran aground in the Uruguay River downstream of Fray Bentos, Uruguay.[181] She was refloated on 24 July.[202]
Gerda	Sweden	The brig was abandoned by her crew. She was discovered derelict 2 nautical miles (3.7 km) south west of the Svenska Bjorn Lightship ( Sweden) by Trolleholm ( Sweden).[181]
Toto Maru	Japan	The cargo ship was wrecked on the west coast of the Kamchatka Peninsula, Soviet Union.[203] Her crew were rescued by an Imperial Japanese Navy destroyer.[204]

21 July

List of shipwrecks: 21 July 1927

Ship	State	Description
Carspey	United Kingdom	The cargo ship ran aground in the Banana Creek, Congo River. She was refloated on 2 August.[205][206]
Chios	Greece	The cargo ship collided with Rafaello ( Italy) at Istanbul, Turkey and was beached.[202] She was refloated on 26 July.[207]
Homestead	United States	The cargo ship was abandoned off the Laccadive Islands, India. Her crew were rescued by Aungban ( United Kingdom).[208]

23 July

List of shipwrecks: 23 July 1927

Ship	State	Description
Bayrupert	United Kingdom	The cargo liner struck an uncharted rock near Cape Harrigan, Labrador, Canada (55°59′N 59°59′W / 55.983°N 59.983°W / 55.983; -59.983) and was wrecked. All on board survived.[209] She was declared a total loss on 3 August.[118]
Rose	United Kingdom	The cargo ship sprang a leak and was beached at Holyhead, Anglesey.[202]

26 July

List of shipwrecks: 26 July 1927

Ship	State	Description
Majestic	United Kingdom	The paddle steamer sank at Baltimore, Ohio.[210]

27 July

List of shipwrecks: 27 July 1927

Ship	State	Description
Mikkidura	United States	The 10-gross register ton auxiliary schooner was destroyed by fire while at anchor in Barlow Cove (58°24′N 134°55′W / 58.400°N 134.917°W / 58.400; -134.917 (Barlow Cove)) in Southeast Alaska. The two people aboard survived.[211]

28 July

List of shipwrecks: 28 July 1927

Ship	State	Description
Celticstar	United Kingdom	The cargo ship ran aground in the Uruguay River downstream of Fray Bentos, Uruguay.[212] She was refloated on 4 August.[213]
Favorite	United States	The passenger vessel was struck by a squall causing her to roll on her port side, fill and sink in Lake Michigan one-half mile (0.80 km) off North Avenue, Chicago. 27 passengers drowned.[214]
Mary E. Sultan	United Kingdom	The schooner was driven ashore at Port Royal, Jamaica and was wrecked.[215]

30 July

List of shipwrecks: 30 July 1927

Ship	State	Description
Admiral Watson	United States	The cargo ship ran aground in Milbanke Sound, British Columbia, Canada.[216] She was still aground on 4 August, but was expected to be refloated within a week.[118]
Oscar Midling	United Kingdom	The cargo ship ran aground in the Ibicuy Islands, Argentina.[216] She was refloated on 4 August.[217]
San Fraterno	United Kingdom	The tanker struck rocks at Bonet Island, Strait of Magellan and sank. Her crew were rescued by Inverarder ( United Kingdom).[216]

August

3 August

List of shipwrecks: 3 August 1927

Ship	State	Description
Silver City	United Kingdom	The cargo ship struck rocks in Domino Run, between the Island of Ponds and Spotted Island, Labrador and was beached at Domino Harbour.[213] She was refloated on 6 August.[218]

5 August

List of shipwrecks: 5 August 1927

Ship	State	Description
Chiyoda	Imperial Japanese Navy	The decommissioned cruiser was sunk as a gunnery target in the Bungo Channel by the heavy cruiser Furutaka ( Imperial Japanese Navy).
O-2	Imperial Japanese Navy	An American merchant ship sighted the derelict hulk of the Type U-43 submarine – which had foundered off Japan in a storm on 21 April 1925 – floating in the Pacific Ocean west of Oahu, Hawaii. The hulk subsequently was scuttled. (Some sources claim O-2 was scrapped in 1922.)
Stad Vlaardingen	Netherlands	The cargo ship ran aground at La Plata, Argentina.[217] She was refloated on 12 August.[219]

6 August

List of shipwrecks: 6 August 1927

Ship	State	Description
Elterwater	United Kingdom	The cargo ship ran aground south of Carr Point, Lothian.[218] It was reported on 16 August that she was thought to have broken her back,[220] but this proved not to be the case.[221]

7 August

List of shipwrecks: 7 August 1927

Ship	State	Description
Ben Read	United Kingdom	The tanker ran aground near Robin Hood's Bay, Yorkshire.[218] She was refloated on 12 August but had to be beached.[222] Ben Read was refloated again on 14 August.[223]

8 August

List of shipwrecks: 8 August 1927

Ship	State	Description
Rafael Nunez	Spain	The cargo ship sank at Herida, Murcia.[224]

12 August

List of shipwrecks: 12 August 1927

Ship	State	Description
Ansonia	United States	Prohibition in the United States: The rum running cargo ship was intercepted at Staten Island, New York by a United States Coast Guard vessel. She rammed and sank a sand barge before running aground on a sandbank.[222]
Burlington	United States	The cargo ship sank at Cleveland, Ohio.[219]

13 August

List of shipwrecks: 13 August 1927

Ship	State	Description
Granite City	United Kingdom	The tug foundered in the River Tyne at Blaydon, Northumberland.[223]
Sicily	United Kingdom	The cargo ship ran aground in the Paraná River, Argentina.[223] She was refloated on 2 September.[225]

14 August

List of shipwrecks: 14 August 1927

Ship	State	Description
Mission	United States	The 13-gross register ton motor vessel caught fire after a hand lantern ignited gasoline in her bilge, then exploded and sank in 132 feet (40 m) of water 2 nautical miles (3.7 km; 2.3 mi) south of Burnett Cannery – probably now Cannery Point (56°04′N 132°29′W / 56.067°N 132.483°W / 56.067; -132.483 (Cannery Point)) in Burnett Inlet – in Southeast Alaska. Her crew abandoned ship in a dinghy and survived even though the dinghy was only 15 feet (4.6 m) from Mission at the time of the explosion.[211]

15 August

List of shipwrecks: 15 August 1927

Ship	State	Description
Sambre	United Kingdom	The cargo ship struck an uncharted rock at Vitória, Brazil and was beached.[220] She was refloated on 4 September.[226]
Sumidagawa Maru	Japan	The cargo ship ran aground at Yenryumisaki.[227] She later broke up and salvage efforts were abandoned on 6 September.[50]

17 August

List of shipwrecks: 17 August 1927

Ship	State	Description
Cherry Branch	United Kingdom	The cargo ship ran aground on Green Island or Ship Island, Ecuador.[228][229] She was refloated on 28 August and arrived at Guayaquil later that day.[230]

18 August

List of shipwrecks: 18 August 1927

Ship	State	Description
Hennepin	United States	The barge sprang a leak and sank in Lake Michigan.
Kibi Maru No.2	Japan	The coaster was driven ashore at Cape Mirabetsu, Sakhalin, Soviet Union and was severely damaged.[229][231]

19 August

List of shipwrecks: 19 August 1927

Ship	State	Description
Aransas	United States	The tug was destroyed by fire in Lake Pontchartrain.[232]
Glofield	United Kingdom	The cargo ship sprang a leak and sank in the Paraná River, Buenos Aires, Argentina.[232]
Marionga D. Thermiotis	Greece	The cargo ship caught fire at Corcubión, A Coruña, Spain.[233] She was abandoned by her crew on 21 August,[234] sinking later that day.[235] The fire was extinguished on 24 August.[236]

20 August

List of shipwrecks: 20 August 1927

Ship	State	Description
Eros	United Kingdom	The cargo ship came ashore in Foal Bay, Jamaica.[234] She was refloated on 26 August.[230]
Teseo	Italy	The cargo ship ran aground in the Paraná River at Punta Indio, Argentina.[234] She was refloated on 1 September.[237]

21 August

List of shipwrecks: 21 August 1927

Ship	State	Description
Adana C.	Canada	The steamer ran aground at Louisbourg, Nova Scotia.[238]
Oliva	Canada	The sailing vessel foundered off Flint Island.[239]

22 August

List of shipwrecks: 22 August 1927

Ship	State	Description
Nellie	Sweden	The cargo ship foundered in the Baltic Sea. Her crew were rescued by Trudvang ( Norway).[235]
Prince Rupert	Canada	The passenger ship ran aground on Ripple Rock in the Seymour Narrows in the Discovery Passage in British Columbia, Canada. The steamer Cardena ( Canada) pulled her off and towed her into port. Prince Rupert was repaired and returned to service.[240]

24 August

List of shipwrecks: 24 August 1927

Ship	State	Description
Aguia Acoreana	Portugal	The schooner caught fire in the Atlantic Ocean (48°24′N 7°20′W / 48.400°N 7.333°W / 48.400; -7.333) and was abandoned. Her crew were rescued by Tuscany ( United Kingdom).[236]
Clayton Walters or Clayton W. Walters	Canada	1927 Nova Scotia hurricane: The fishing schooner was wrecked off Sable Island, Nova Scotia. Lost with all 21 hands.[241][242]
Columbia	United States	1927 Nova Scotia hurricane: The fishing schooner sank in a gale, possibly off Sable Island, Nova Scotia. Lost with all 22 hands.[243][244][245]
Edward S. Falt	Canada	1927 Nova Scotia hurricane: The schooner was wrecked at River Bourgeois, Nova Scotia.[246]
Equitable	Canada	1927 Nova Scotia hurricane: The schooner burned off Lunenburg, Nova Scotia.[247]
Florence May	Canada	1927 Nova Scotia hurricane: The 10-ton sailing vessel was sunk in a collision with Nellie J. King (flag unknown) at North Sydney, Nova Scotia.[248][249]
G. B. Zwicker	Canada	1927 Nova Scotia hurricane: The motor vessel ran aground off Cherry Hill.[250]
Haligonian	Canada	1927 Nova Scotia hurricane: The fishing schooner was lost in a hurricane. Lost with all hands.[251]
Hattie McKay	Canada	1927 Nova Scotia hurricane: The schooner dragged anchor in a hurricane and was driven ashore at Medford, Nova Scotia, Minas Basin and broke in two, a total loss.[252]
John Halifax	Canada	1927 Nova Scotia hurricane: The sailing vessel ran aground off Sydney, Nova Scotia.[253]
Joyce M. Smith or Joyce Smith	Canada	1927 Nova Scotia hurricane: The schooner was wrecked off Sable Island, Nova Scotia. Lost with all 24 hands.[254][242]
Mahala	Canada	1927 Nova Scotia hurricane: The schooner was wrecked off Sable Island, Nova Scotia. Lost with all 20 hands.[255][242]
Minas Princess	Canada	1927 Nova Scotia hurricane: The sailing vessel was lost off the South Channel of Nova Scotia.[256]
No. 1	Canada	1927 Nova Scotia hurricane: The sailing vessel sank off a dry dock at Halifax, Nova Scotia.[257]
Northern Light	United States	The cargo ship was destroyed by fire at Mobile, Alabama.[231]
Uda F. Corkum or Uda L. Corkum	Canada	1927 Nova Scotia hurricane: The schooner sank off Sable Island, Nova Scotia. Lost with all 19 hands.[258][242]
Warabi	Imperial Japanese Navy	The Momi-class destroyer was rammed and sunk in the Mihogaseki Bight four miles (6.4 km) east of Jizo Zaki lighthouse, Shimane Prefecture 20 nautical miles (37 km; 23 mi) north east of Mihonoseki by Jintsū ( Imperial Japanese Navy) with the loss of 92 or 111 crew.[259][260][261]

25 August

List of shipwrecks: 25 August 1927

Ship	State	Description
Silarus	United Kingdom	The cargo ship collided with Almirante Jacquay ( Brazil) in the Scheldt at Fort Sainte Marie and was beached.[262] She was refloated on 26 August.[205]

26 August

List of shipwrecks: 26 August 1927

Ship	State	Description
Marcel Schiaffino	France	The cargo ship ran aground at Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône.[263] She was refloated on 3 September.[49]
Mystery II	Canada	1927 Nova Scotia hurricane: The fishing schooner sank at Clattice Harbour, Newfoundland. Lost with four hands.[264]
Noxall	United Kingdom	1927 Nova Scotia hurricane: The schooner collided with Veda M. Mckown ( United Kingdom) and sank off St. John's, Newfoundland, in a hurricane with the loss of a crew member.[265][266]
Stanley Hubley	Canada	1927 Nova Scotia hurricane: The fishing schooner was wrecked at Gabarus, Cape Breton Island. Lost with all four hands.[267]

27 August

List of shipwrecks: 27 August 1927

Ship	State	Description
McLaughlan	Canada	1927 Nova Scotia hurricane: The fishing schooner was wrecked in Placentia Bay. Lost with two hands.[268]
Minas Prince	United Kingdom	The schooner was dismasted and sprang a leak in the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Massachusetts, United States and was abandoned by her crew. She was later towed into Vineyard Haven by a United States Government vessel.[265]
Philomena	United States	The cargo ship was driven ashore at Port au Port, Newfoundland and was wrecked.[265]
Steingrim	Norway	The cargo ship ran aground off the Hellevik Lighthouse, Norway and was wrecked.[265]

28 August

List of shipwrecks: 28 August 1927

Ship	State	Description
Mirabella	Sweden	The cargo ship ran aground at Ilhéus, Brazil.[230] She was aground for about a month, departing under tow for Rio de Janeiro, Brazil on 25 September.[269]

29 August

List of shipwrecks: 29 August 1927

Ship	State	Description
Annie Healey	Canada	1927 Nova Scotia hurricane: The fishing schooner was wrecked in Placentia Bay. Lost with all seven hands.[270][242]
Annie Jane or Annie Jean	Canada	1927 Nova Scotia hurricane: The fishing schooner was wrecked off Ile aux Morts. Lost with all four hands.[271][242]
Effie May or Ella	Canada	1927 Nova Scotia hurricane: The fishing schooner was wrecked off Rencontre West, Newfoundland. Lost with all six hands.[272][242]
Eva L.H.	United Kingdom	1927 Nova Scotia hurricane: The auxiliary schooner was abandoned off Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada and was a total loss.[230]
Fair Helga	United Kingdom	The whaler sprang a leak and was abandoned 7 nautical miles (13 km) east of the mouth of the Durgaat River, South Africa. Her crew were rescued by Sandgate Castle ( United Kingdom).[273]
Hilda Gertrude	Canada	1927 Nova Scotia hurricane: The fishing schooner was lost off Rushoon. Lost with all eight hands.[274][242]
John C. Loughlin	Canada	1927 Nova Scotia hurricane: The fishing schooner was wrecked in Placentia Bay. Lost with all four or seven hands.[275][242]
Loretta	Canada	1927 Nova Scotia hurricane: The fishing schooner was wrecked in Placentia Bay. Lost with all four hands.[276][242]
Marie Maersk	Denmark	The cargo ship ran aground at Nuevitas, Cuba.[230] She was refloated on 2 September.[226]
Valena	Canada	1927 Nova Scotia hurricane: The fishing schooner was wrecked in Placentia Bay. Lost with all four hands.[277]
Vienna	Canada	1927 Nova Scotia hurricane: The fishing schooner was wrecked in Placentia Bay. Lost with all four or six hands.[278][242]

30 August

List of shipwrecks: 30 August 1927

Ship	State	Description
Calcutta	Netherlands	The cargo ship collided with Rabenfels ( Germany) at Diamond Harbour, India.[279] She broke in two and was a total loss. Clan Mackellar ( United Kingdom) ran aground avoiding the other ships. She was refloated the next day.[273][280]
Fulton	Denmark	The schooner capsized at Rostock, Mecklenburg, Germany. Her crew were rescued.[273]

31 August

List of shipwrecks: 31 August 1927

Ship	State	Description
Branksea	United Kingdom	The cargo ship ran aground at Start Point, Devon.[237] She was refloated on 8 September.[281]
Nuestra Senhora de Begona	Spain	The cargo ship ran aground at Manila, Philippines and was wrecked.[237]

September

3 September

List of shipwrecks: 3 September 1927

Ship	State	Description
Amicizia	Italy	The cargo ship was destroyed by fire at Augusta, Sicily.[49]
Dominic	United Kingdom	The cargo ship ran aground in the Amazon River at Matura, Brazil.[282] She was refloated on 18 September.[269]
Parkhill	United Kingdom	The cargo ship capsized at Almeria, Andalusia, Spain.[49]

6 September

List of shipwrecks: 6 September 1927

Ship	State	Description
Grenadier	United Kingdom	The mail boat was severely damaged by fire and sank at Oban, Argyllshire. She was refloated on 13 September.[283][284]
Inga	Sweden	The cargo ship was rammed by Maj ( Sweden) at Burntisland, Fife and sank.[283]
Jinsho Maru	Japan	The cargo ship ran aground on the east coast of Sakhalin, Soviet Union.[283] She broke up in December, salvage being reported on 14 December as having been abandoned.[285]

7 September

List of shipwrecks: 7 September 1927

Ship	State	Description
Austri	Iceland	The trawler was wrecked off Vatnsnes, Iceland.[286]

9 September

List of shipwrecks: 9 September 1927

Ship	State	Description
Marie	Denmark	The schooner was wrecked at Gothenburg, Sweden. Her crew were rescued.[282]
Mossa	United Kingdom	The cargo ship ran aground on the coast of New Guinea and was wrecked. Her crew were rescued by Durour ( United Kingdom).[282][287]

10 September

List of shipwrecks: 10 September 1927

Ship	State	Description
Yselmonde	Netherlands	The cargo ship collided with Ellerdale ( United Kingdom) in the Nieuwe Waterweg at Rotterdam, South Holland and sank.[288]

12 September

List of shipwrecks: 12 September 1927

Ship	State	Description
Fidelitas	Italy	The cargo ship ran aground at Norfolk, Virginia, United States.[287] She was refloated on 19 September.[289]

13 September

List of shipwrecks: 13 September 1927

Ship	State	Description
Adriana	Italy	The cargo ship ran aground at Buenos Aires, Argentina.[284] She was refloated on 16 September.[290]

14 September

List of shipwrecks: 14 September 1927

Ship	State	Description
Shinyei Maru No.3	Japan	The cargo ship ran aground off the Kinkasan Lighthouse, Miyagi.[291] She was refloated on 3 December.[292]

16 September

List of shipwrecks: 16 September 1927

Ship	State	Description
Pinguino	Mexico	The tug foundered off Tampico, Tamaulipas with the loss of five lives.[290]
Wusung	Japan	The steamship was reported lost near the Kuril Islands, with about 900 people killed.[293]

17 September

List of shipwrecks: 17 September 1927

Ship	State	Description
Strona	Norway	The cargo ship was driven ashore at Saudarkrok, Iceland and was wrecked.[294]

18 September

List of shipwrecks: 18 September 1927

Ship	State	Description
Stranger	United States	The schooner caught fire in the Atlantic Ocean off Tampa, Florida and was abandoned. Her crew were rescued by Margaret ( United States).[295] She was towed into Tampa on 21 September.[296]

19 September

List of shipwrecks: 19 September 1927

Ship	State	Description
Rio Negro	Germany	The cargo ship ran aground in the Paraná River, Argentina.[289] She was refloated on 24 September.[297]

20 September

List of shipwrecks: 20 September 1927

Ship	State	Description
Bracondale	United Kingdom	The cargo ship ran aground on the Serrana Bank, Colombia.[289] She was refloated on 23 September.[298]

21 September

List of shipwrecks: 21 September 1927

Ship	State	Description
Amersfoort	Netherlands	The cargo ship was driven ashore on Barbuda and was a total loss.[295][296] Salvage operations were abandoned on 5 October.[299]
Speedy	United Kingdom	The tug capsized and sank in the Alexandra Dock, Bombay, India.[295] She was refloated the next day.[296]

22 September

List of shipwrecks: 22 September 1927

Ship	State	Description
Ludovic Mrazec	Romania	The cargo ship collided with Principele Barbu Stirbei ( Romania) in the Dardanelles and sank. Her crew were rescued.[296]

24 September

List of shipwrecks: 24 September 1927

Ship	State	Description
San Pedro Goncalves	Portugal	The sailing ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean (approximately 36°N 26°W / 36°N 26°W / 36; -26). Fifteen crew were rescued by Perseo ( Italy).[298]
Terceirensh	Portugal	The schooner sank in the Atlantic Ocean 25 nautical miles (46 km) off Horta, Azores.[298]

25 September

List of shipwrecks: 25 September 1927

Ship	State	Description
Pirat	Spain	The tug was driven ashore at Gijón and wrecked.[298]
Venturosa	Portugal	The sailing ship was driven ashore 6 nautical miles (11 km) south of Oporto and was wrecked.[300]

27 September

List of shipwrecks: 27 September 1927

Ship	State	Description
Kennequhair	Canada	The dredger foundered off the coast of Labrador.[301]
Tartar	Norway	The cargo ship was driven ashore at Oslo, Norway.[300] She was refloated on 30 September.[302]

29 September

List of shipwrecks: 29 September 1927

Ship	State	Description
Alco	United States	The 15-gross register ton motor vessel caught fire while fueling at Juneau, Territory of Alaska. The vessels Progress and Three Brothers (both  United States) towed her to the nearest beach, where she burned to the waterline, a total loss. All five people on board Alco – three passengers and her crew of two – survived.[303]

30 September

List of shipwrecks: 30 September 1927

Ship	State	Description
Dimitrios N. Rallias	Greece	The cargo ship ran aground at Otchakoff, Soviet Union.[304] She was refloated on 2 October.[305]

Unknown date

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date September 1927

Ship	State	Description
Acushla	United States	The 10-gross register ton, 32.2-foot (9.8 m) fishing vessel was destroyed by fire in Cook Inlet on the south-central coast of the Territory of Alaska. The only person on board survived.[303]

October

1 October

List of shipwrecks: 1 October 1927

Ship	State	Description
Punctum	Norway	The schooner departed Fredrikstad, Norway, for ports in the English Channel.[306] Believed foundered in the Skaggerak with the loss of all hands. Wreckage from the ship washed up at Hirtshals, Denmark on 12 October.[307]