The list of shipwrecks in 1937 includes ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during 1937.

January

1 January

List of shipwrecks: 1 January 1937

Ship	State	Description
Crackshot	United Kingdom	The cargo ship ran aground on Scroby Sands, Norfolk, England.[1] She was refloated on 5 January.[2]
Monte Carlo	United States	The former tanker was driven ashore at Coronado, California, and was wrecked.

2 January

List of shipwrecks: 2 January 1937

Ship	State	Description
Harold Bird	United States	The mail boat was destroyed by fire when the tanker J. Oswald Boyd ( United States) exploded and caught fire in Lake Michigan with the loss of five lives. J. Oswald Boyd was also destroyed.[3]
J. Oswald Boyd	United States	The tanker was destroyed by an explosion and fire in Lake Michigan with the loss of five lives.[3]

3 January

List of shipwrecks: 3 January 1937

Ship	State	Description
Elmira	United States	The 14-gross register ton motor vessel drifted ashore and broke up on Fanshaw Beach (57°12′N 133°33′W / 57.200°N 133.550°W / 57.200; -133.550 (Fanshaw Beach)) in Southeast Alaska after her mooring chain broke during a gale. Her crew of two survived.[4]
Glen Tanar	United Kingdom	The coaster foundered in Hardangerfjord, Norway. All crew were rescued.[5]

6 January

List of shipwrecks: 6 January 1937

Ship	State	Description
Jose Maria Martinez	Spanish Navy	Spanish Civil War: The auxiliary patrol ship was lost on this date.
San Antonio	Spain	The tug collided with Stanhill ( United Kingdom) at Gijón and sank with the loss of twelve crew.[6]

7 January

List of shipwrecks: 7 January 1937

Ship	State	Description
Sally Maersk	Denmark	The cargo ship ran aground in the Saloum River, French West Africa. She was refloated about a month later.[7]

9 January

List of shipwrecks: 9 January 1937

Ship	State	Description
Chinning	China	The cargo ship collided with Haiyi ( China) off Nanking and was beached.[8]
Hoyo Maru	Japan	The tanker ran aground on Tanegashima.[9] She was reported as still aground in March 1937.[10]
Ubertas	Italy	The cargo ship collided with Morea ( Italy) off Grossa, Corsica, France and sank. The crew were rescued by Morea.[11]

11 January

List of shipwrecks: 11 January 1937

Ship	State	Description
Volgas	Greece	The cargo ship came ashore near Paximadi lighthouse, southwest of Milos Island in the Aegean Sea on a voyage from Mersin to Hamburg with a cargo of grain. Salvage was abandoned on 16 January and she was declared a total loss.[12][13]

12 January

List of shipwrecks: 12 January 1937

Ship	State	Description
Aikoku Maru	Japan	The cargo ship broke in two and foundered in a snowstorm off the Shakotan Cape, Hokkaidō with some loss of life.[14][15]
Johanna Thornden	Finland	The cargo ship ran aground on Swona, Orkney Islands, United Kingdom with the loss of 30 of her 38 crew.[12][16]
St. Michel	France	The ketch was driven ashore and wrecked between Charmouth and Lyme Regis, Dorset, United Kingdom.[17]
Totnes	United Kingdom	The cargo ship came ashore at Golspie, Sutherland. All crew were rescued.[12][18]

13 January

List of shipwrecks: 13 January 1937

Ship	State	Description
Silvercypress	United Kingdom	This cargo ship, built 1930 Sunderland, developed a fire in her engine room which spread to the rest of the ship. She was beached at Guimaris Island near Iloilo, Philippines.[14] Silvercypress was declared a constructive total loss.[19] She was towed to Manila and sold to Japanese breakers. She was repaired and renamed Yasukawa Maru.[20]

14 January

List of shipwrecks: 14 January 1937

Ship	State	Description
Aladdin	Norway	The cargo ship ran aground at Nuevitas, Cuba, she broke in two and sank.[21]
Frangoula Vrondisi	Greece	The cargo ship was driven ashore at Mantoudi in a storm.[21] She was refloated on 17 January.[22]

16 January

List of shipwrecks: 16 January 1937

Ship	State	Description
Mary Sinclair	United Kingdom	The schooner was abandoned in a sinking condition off Liverpool, Lancashire. The crew were rescued by the dredger Hilbre Island ( United Kingdom). Mary Sinclair was towed into Liverpool by Salvor ( United Kingdom).[13]

17 January

List of shipwrecks: 17 January 1937

Ship	State	Description
Goizeko Izarra	Spanish Navy	Spanish Civil War: The Basque Navy auxiliary patrol ship/Naval trawler was sunk by a mine in the Cantabrian Sea.[23]
Michalis	Greece	The cargo ship ran aground at Paloma, California, United States.[24] She was refloated on 13 March.[25]

18 January

List of shipwrecks: 18 January 1937

Ship	State	Description
Duhnen	Kriegsmarine	The schooner was driven ashore on Fehmarn, Germany.[26]
Fairplay 10	Germany	The tug was driven ashore on Fehmarn, Germany. The crew were rescued by a Kriegsmarine minesweeper.[26]
Felce	Italy	The cargo ship ran aground at Djibouti, French Somaliland. Cargo was discharged and she was refloated with the assistance of a tug.
Mary-Toya	Spanish Navy	Spanish Civil War: The Basque Navy auxiliary minesweeper was sunk by a mine in the Cantabrian Sea. Six crewmen killed.[27]
Penton	United Kingdom	The cargo ship ran aground at Gorleston, Suffolk. All crew were rescued by the Gorleston Lifeboat.[18] She was refloated on 21 October.[28]
Trym	Norway	The cargo ship sprang a leak in the North Sea during a storm and issued an SOS. All crew were rescued by Venus ( United Kingdom) on 20 May. Trym foundered.[29][30]
Welle	Kriegsmarine	The converted trawler foundered in the Bight of Kiel off Fehmarn with the loss of all 25 crew.[26]

19 January

List of shipwrecks: 19 January 1937

Ship	State	Description
Oued Zem	France	The cargo ship ran aground at Mazagam, Morocco.[31] She was refloated on 10 May.[32]

20 January

List of shipwrecks: 20 January 1937

Ship	State	Description
Mewa XIII	Poland	The coaster became stranded by ice at Darßer Ort, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany. All crew left the ship.[33]
Savonmaa	Finland	The cargo ship ran aground near the Songvår Lighthouse, Norway and sank with the loss of all hands.[33]
Shige Maru	Japan	The coaster sank off Idzu with the loss of all hands.[34]

21 January

List of shipwrecks: 21 January 1937

Ship	State	Description
M 12	France	The dredger foundered in a storm near Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône.[35]
Roosevelt	United States	The oceangoing steam tug was deliberately beached in the Old French Canal at Cristóbal, Panama Canal Zone, and abandoned.[36][37][38]
Therese	United Kingdom	The cargo ship ran aground in Blyth Bay. She was refloated on 13 March.[39]

23 January

List of shipwrecks: 23 January 1937

Ship	State	Description
Karmt	Norway	The cargo ship foundered in the North Sea 70 nautical miles (130 km) north of the Shetland Islands, United Kingdom with the loss of one of her sixteen crew. Survivors were rescued by Leda ( Norway).[40][41]

24 January

List of shipwrecks: 24 January 1937

Ship	State	Description
English Trader	United Kingdom	The cargo ship ran aground at Dartmouth, Devon. All 52 crew were rescued by the Torbay Lifeboat.[42] She was refloated on 22 February.[43]

25 January

List of shipwrecks: 25 January 1937

Ship	State	Description
Griesheim	Germany	The cargo ship ran aground at Brønnøysund, Norway and broke in two.[44]
Spartivento	Italy	The cargo ship ran aground at Punta Mala, Spain.[44] She was refloated on 8 February.[45]
Spyros	Greece	The cargo ship was wrecked off Portimão, Algarve, Portugal with the loss of seven crew.[44]

26 January

List of shipwrecks: 26 January 1937

Ship	State	Description
Metinda	United Kingdom	The tug foundered at Scapa Flow, Orkney Islands in a storm.[46]
Terneuzen	United Kingdom	The cargo ship ran aground at Setúbal, Portugal in a storm.[47] Salvage operations were abandoned on 15 April.[48] She was refloated on 20 September.[49]

27 January

List of shipwrecks: 27 January 1937

Ship	State	Description
Fairy	United Kingdom	The coaster was driven ashore 6 nautical miles (11 km) north of Aberdeen in a gale. All crew were rescued by the Aberdeen Lifeboat.[47]
Horisonte	Portugal	The schooner sank in Leixões harbour after a collision with Ingria ( Norway). She was refloated in 1939, repaired and returned to service.[50]
Jonge Jacobus	Netherlands	The cargo ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Portugal with the loss of all hands.[51][52]
Peter H. Crowell	United States	The cargo ship struck a submerged object in the Cape Cod Canal and was beached.[51]
Satis	United Kingdom	The sailing barge was blown ashore at North Wootton, Norfolk in a storm.[51]
Toxteth	United Kingdom	The tug capsized and sank at Brunswick Dock, Liverpool, Lancashire with the loss of four of her five crew. She was assisting Pegu ( United Kingdom) at the time.[51] Toxteth was raised on 1 February and beached.[53]

28 January

List of shipwrecks: 28 January 1937

Ship	State	Description
Ashanti	United Kingdom	The coaster was driven aground at Leixões, Portugal in a storm.[54] She was refloated on 10 May.[55]

29 January

List of shipwrecks: 29 January 1937

Ship	State	Description
Kakariki	United Kingdom	The coaster collided with another vessel and sank in Port Philip Bay, Victoria, Australia with the loss of six of her 24 crew.[56]
Olifer	Germany	The tanker ran aground off Borkum, Germany and sank (53°50′N 6°32′E / 53.833°N 6.533°E / 53.833; 6.533) with the loss of eleven of her fourteen crew.[52][57]

30 January

List of shipwrecks: 30 January 1937

Ship	State	Description
Baron Polwarth	United Kingdom	The cargo ship ran aground on Juan de Nova Island, Madagascar. She broke her back and was a total loss.[58]

Unknown date

List of shipwrecks: Unknown Date January 1937

Ship	State	Description
Nellie Juan #33	United States	The 8-gross register ton motor vessel sank in Prince William Sound on the south-central coast of the Territory of Alaska with the loss of the only person aboard. An Alaska Native found his body on 31 January.[59]
USS Stribling	United States Navy	The decommissioned Wickes-class destroyer was sunk as a target in the Pacific Ocean off San Pedro, California.

February

1 February

List of shipwrecks: 1 February 1937

Ship	State	Description
Good Shepherd	United Kingdom	The coaster was driven ashore at Fair Isle and was wrecked.[60]

2 February

List of shipwrecks: 2 February 1937

Ship	State	Description
Aija	Latvia	The cargo ship foundered in the Baltic Sea due to ice near Kolkasrags whilst on a voyage from Ventspils to Riga. The crew were rescued by the icebreakers Lāčplēsis and Krišjānis Valdemārs ( Latvia).[61][62]
Conde	France	The passenger ship collided with Bullaren ( Sweden) in the Scheldt off Terneuzen, Zeeland Netherlands. She was severely damaged and was beached to prevent her sinking.[63]
Delfin	Spain	Spanish Civil War: The cargo ship was torpedoed and damaged in the Mediterranean Sea by a submarine, suspected to be German. She was beached at Torrox.[9]
Greenland	United Kingdom	The cargo ship ran aground at Kristiansand, Norway, sprang a leak and then was beached.[63]

3 February

List of shipwrecks: 3 February 1937

Ship	State	Description
Aaro	Denmark	The cargo ship came ashore on the west coast of Bornholm. She was refloated on 8 February but was severely damaged.[45][64]
Lysaker II	Norway	The cargo ship collided with A. P. Bernstoff ( Denmark) at Esbjerg, Denmark and sank. All crew were rescued.[65]
Roko Maru	Japan	The cargo ship came ashore at Hachinohe, Aomori.[66] She was refloated on 13 February.[67]

7 February

List of shipwrecks: 7 February 1937

Ship	State	Description
Artabro	Spanish Navy	Spanish Civil War: The patrol boat was sunk at Malaga by Nationalist aircraft.[23]
I-2 and I-4	Spanish Navy	Spanish Civil War: The I-1-class motor patrol boats were scuttled at Malaga. Salvaged and placed in Nationalist service.

8 February

List of shipwrecks: 8 February 1937

Ship	State	Description
Navarra	Spain	Spanish Civil War: The cargo ship was torpedoed and damaged in the Mediterranean Sea. She was beached at Altafulla, Catalonia.[45]
Xauen	Spanish Navy	Spanish Civil War: The Uad Kert-class naval trawler was scuttled at Melaga. Raised, repaired and put in Nationalist service in 1938.

10 February

List of shipwrecks: 10 February 1937

Ship	State	Description
Cottoneva	United States	The auxiliary schooner ran aground on Battle Rock, Port Orford, Oregon and was wrecked.[68][69]

11 February

List of shipwrecks: 11 February 1937

Ship	State	Description
Grigorio P	Greece	The coaster ran aground at Katakolo after her rudder broke and was wrecked.[70]

12 February

List of shipwrecks: 12 February 1937

Ship	State	Description
Choho Maru	Japan	The cargo ship sank off Hirado, Nagasaki with the loss of six of her fourteen crew.[71]

13 February

List of shipwrecks: 13 February 1937

Ship	State	Description
Eleni T	Greece	The cargo ship collided in the Mediterranean Sea off Tarifa, Andalusia, Spain (35°38′N 6°40′W / 35.633°N 6.667°W / 35.633; -6.667) with an unidentified warship during foggy weather. She was abandoned by her crew, who were rescued by Berwickshire ( United Kingdom). Elent T was escorted to Campamento and beached.[71] She was refloated the next day and towed to Gibraltar.[68]
Hematite	United Kingdom	The coaster struck a rock in the Irish Sea, was abandoned by her eleven crew and sank.[71][72]
Misaki Maru No.2	Japan	The cargo ship ran aground at Same, Aomori. She was refloated on 29 June.[73]

14 February

List of shipwrecks: 14 February 1937

Ship	State	Description
Konoshita Maru	Japan	The tanker ran aground near the Ōmazaki Lighthouse, Honshū.[74]
Otaru Maru	Japan	The cargo ship sprang a leak off Same, Aomori and a distress signal was sent.[71] She foundered with the loss of all hands.[75]
Zapora	United States	During a voyage in the Territory of Alaska from Hoonah to Petersburg with seven passengers, a crew of 20, and a cargo of 66,000 pounds (29,937 kg) of frozen fish and baggage, the 479-gross register ton, 151.3-foot (46.1 m) steamer was wrecked without loss of life at Rocky Point off Chaik Bay (57°19′N 134°35′W / 57.317°N 134.583°W / 57.317; -134.583 (Chaik Bay)) in Southeast Alaska.[76]

15 February

List of shipwrecks: 15 February 1937

Ship	State	Description
Yung Chi	China	Struck rocks off Makung, Pescadores and was beached.[25] In August 1937 she was used as a blockship at Kiangyin, Yangtse River.[77]

16 February

List of shipwrecks: 16 February 1937

Ship	State	Description
Our Girls	United Kingdom	The Thames barge sank in the River Thames at Greenwich with the loss of her master.[67]

17 February

List of shipwrecks: 17 February 1937

Ship	State	Description
Edward Luckenbach	United States	The cargo ship was beached after she collided with the cargo ship Feltre ( Italy) in the Columbia River at Rainier, Oregon. She eventually was refloated.[78][79][80]
Feltre	Italy	The cargo ship sank after she collided with the cargo ship Edward Luckenbach ( United States) in the Columbia River at Rainier, Oregon. She was raised on 22 March.[78][79][80]

18 February

List of shipwrecks: 18 February 1937

Ship	State	Description
Haytian	United Kingdom	The coal hulk was hit by HMS PC.74 ( Royal Navy) at Portland, Dorset and sank. The crew of 14 was rescued.[81][82] She was raised on 24 August,[83] returned to service; during World War II she was bombed and sunk.[84]

25 February

List of shipwrecks: 25 February 1937

Ship	State	Description
Llandovery Castle	United Kingdom	Spanish Civil War: The ocean liner struck a mine off Cape Creus, Spain and was damaged. She sailed to Port-Vendres, Pyrénées-Orientales, France and was beached.[85][86]

28 February

List of shipwrecks: 28 February 1937

Ship	State	Description
Airston	United Kingdom	The coaster foundered in the North Sea off Clacton-on-Sea, Essex with the loss of all four crew.[87]
Athina Livanos	Greece	The cargo ship ran aground at Warrenby, Yorkshire, United Kingdom.[88] She was refloated on 13 March.[39]
Stancrest	United Kingdom	The coaster passed St. Catherine's Point, Isle of Wight. No further trace, presumed foundered in the English Channel with the loss of all nine crew.[89]

Unknown date

List of shipwrecks: Unknown Date February 1937

Ship	State	Description
Arapiles	Spanish Navy	Spanish Civil War: The auxiliary patrol ship was lost sometime in February.

March

1 March

List of shipwrecks: 1 March 1937

Ship	State	Description
Jolanda	Italy	The cargo ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean 80 nautical miles (150 km; 92 mi) west of Gibraltar. Seventeen crew were rescued by Tuscania ( United Kingdom).[90]

4 March

List of shipwrecks: 4 March 1937

Ship	State	Description
Achuri	Spain	The cargo ship passed Flamborough Head, Yorkshire, United Kingdom bound for Bilbao. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[91]
Loukia	Greece	Spanish Civil War: The tanker hit a mine and sank in the Gulf of Rosas off San Sebastián, Gipuzkoa, Spain. There was only one survivor.[92][93][94]
Suecia	Sweden	The ocean liner was rammed and sunk at Gothenburg, Sweden, by Kollbjørg ( Norway), which was being launched by Eriksbergs Mekaniska Verkstads AB. She was raised, repaired and returned to service in June 1937.[95][96][97]

5 March

List of shipwrecks: 5 March 1937

Ship	State	Description
Legazpi	Spain	Spanish Civil War: The ship was bombed by Nationalist aircraft at Tamarit and was abandoned by her crew. She came ashore at Llefrach.[97][98]
Nabarra	Spanish Navy	Spanish Civil War: Battle of Cape Machichao: The Basque Navy patrol boat/naval trawler was sunk at Malaga by Canarias ( Spanish Navy). 29 crewmen including her captain were killed and 20 captured.[23]

6 March

List of shipwrecks: 6 March 1937

Ship	State	Description
Frank H. Buck	United States	The tanker collided with President Coolidge ( United States) in San Francisco Bay near the Golden Gate Bridge and sank. All crew were rescued.[99] She broke in two on 20 March and was declared a total loss.[80]

7 March

List of shipwrecks: 7 March 1937

Ship	State	Description
Kantoeng	Netherlands	The dredger sprang a leak, capsized in the Atlantic Ocean three nautical miles (5.6 km; 3.5 mi) off the Eddystone Lighthouse.[100] She was beached at Fowey, Cornwall and was refloated on 7 September.[101]

8 March

List of shipwrecks: 8 March 1937

Ship	State	Description
Delia	Canada	The cargo ship was crushed by ice in the Atlantic Ocean off Cape Race, Newfoundland and was abandoned by her crew.[102]

10 March

List of shipwrecks: 10 March 1937

Ship	State	Description
Galatia T	United Kingdom	The cargo ship caught fire at Bastia, Corsica, France. She sank on 12 March.[103][104]
Jeanette	Netherlands	The cargo ship struck the pier at Londonderry Port, County Londonderry, Northern Ireland and was holed. She was beached at Moville, County Donegal, Ireland.[103]
Laila	Denmark	The cargo ship caught fire at Charleston, South Carolina, was beached and was refloated the following day.[104][105]

14 March

List of shipwrecks: 14 March 1937

Ship	State	Description
Oldenburg	Nazi Germany	The cargo ship was heavily damaged in a collision with Fulda ( Nazi Germany) on the Schelde River and was beached. The vessel was refloated and returned to service.[106]

16 March

List of shipwrecks: 16 March 1937

Ship	State	Description
Avon Queen	United Kingdom	The schooner was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean (24°36′N 74°17′W / 24.600°N 74.283°W / 24.600; -74.283). Her crew were rescued by USS Fairfax ( United States Navy), which scuttled the ship.[107]
Iristo	Norway	The cargo ship ran aground five nautical miles (9.3 km; 5.8 mi) north of St. George's Island, Bermuda. She was refloated but sank whilst under tow to St. George's.[107][108]
HMS Torrid	Royal Navy	The R-class destroyer ran aground at Flushing, Cornwall whilst under tow to the breakers. Declared unsalvageable, the wreck was scrapped in situ in 1940.[109][110][111]

18 March

List of shipwrecks: 18 March 1937

Ship	State	Description
Hall Caine	United Kingdom	The cargo ship foundered off Broken Bay, New South Wales, Australia. All crew were rescued by Idant ( United Kingdom).[109]

20 March

List of shipwrecks: 20 March 1937

Ship	State	Description
America	Argentina	The passenger ship ran aground near the Punta Delgada Lighthouse. All 44 passengers and 31 crew were rescued by Chaco ( Argentina). The ship was abandoned as a total loss.[112][113]

22 March

List of shipwrecks: 22 March 1937

Ship	State	Description
Marie Moller	United Kingdom	The cargo ship caught fire in the Irish Sea, exploded and was abandoned in the early hours of 23 March off Holyhead, Anglesey. All crew survived.[80] Marie Moller came ashore at Holyhead.[114]
Ziva	Finland	The cargo ship caught fire in the Baltic Sea 50 nautical miles (93 km; 58 mi) off Öland, Sweden, was abandoned by her crew[80] She and was towed into Oscarshamn despite being severely damaged.[114]

24 March

List of shipwrecks: 24 March 1937

Ship	State	Description
Bjerkli	Norway	The cargo ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean 570 nautical miles (1,060 km; 660 mi) south east of Boston, Massachusetts, United States. All crew were rescued by the cutter USCGC Chelan ( United States Coast Guard).[114][115]
Fijian	Panama	The cargo ship suffered an on-board explosion and sank in the Pacific Ocean five nautical miles (9.3 km; 5.8 mi) off Auch Island, Marshall Islands. All crew were rescued by a Japanese ship.[116]
Jinkai Maru	Japan	The cargo ship ran aground at Waglan Island, Hong Kong. She sank on 26 March.[117][118]

25 March

List of shipwrecks: 25 March 1937

Ship	State	Description
Jaime Girona	Spain	The cargo ship struck a rock at Santander, Cantabria and was beached.[119]

27 March

List of shipwrecks: 27 March 1937

Ship	State	Description
Democraat	Netherlands	The cargo ship ran aground on Vlieland, Friesland. She was refloated on 12 April.[113][120]

28 March

List of shipwrecks: 28 March 1937

Ship	State	Description
Pilgrim	United States	The excursion steamer was destroyed by fire at Elizabethport, New Jersey.[113]

29 March

List of shipwrecks: 29 March 1937

Ship	State	Description
Mar Caspio	Spain	Spanish Civil War: The cargo ship was shelled and damaged in the Bay of Biscay by two Nationalist naval trawlers off Capbreton, Landes, France. She was beached at the mouth of the Adour.[121]

30 March

List of shipwrecks: 30 March 1937

Ship	State	Description
Paraguay	Germany	The ship ran aground in the River Plate 90 nautical miles (170 km; 100 mi) upstream of Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil. Salvage efforts were abandoned on 7 April.[91][118]

Unknown date

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date March 1937

Ship	State	Description
Asnaes	Denmark	The cargo ship ran aground near Drogheda, County Louth, Ireland. She was refloated on 24 September.[122]

April

2 April

List of shipwrecks: 2 April 1937

Ship	State	Description
Poli	Greece	Spanish Civil War: The ship was shelled and sunk by the Nationalist cruiser Baleares ( Spanish Navy) in the Central Mediterranean.[92]
Standale	United Kingdom	The cargo ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean of the coast of Portugal. All 25 crew were rescued by Vandyck ( United Kingdom).[123]

4 April

List of shipwrecks: 4 April 1937

Ship	State	Description
Alder	United Kingdom	The coaster was hit by Lady Cavan whilst anchored in Carlingford Lough and sank with the loss of six of her nine crew. Survivors were rescued by Lady Cavan.[124]

6 April

List of shipwrecks: 6 April 1937

Ship	State	Description
Andra	Panama	Spanish Civil War: The cargo ship was shelled and sunk by the Nationalist armed trawler Galerna ( Spanish Navy) off Castro Urdiales.[92][125]
Luigi Accame	Italy	The cargo ship ran aground at St. Catherine's Point, Isle of Wight, United Kingdom and was abandoned by her crew, who were rescued by the Yarmouth Lifeboat.[126][127] She was refloated on 31 May.[128]

7 April

List of shipwrecks: 7 April 1937

Ship	State	Description
Lairdsmoor	United Kingdom	The cargo liner was in collision with Taranaki ( United Kingdom) west of Portpatrick, Wigtownshire and sank with loss of two of the 38 people on board. Survivors were rescued by Taranaki.[127][129][130]

9 April

List of shipwrecks: 9 April 1937

Ship	State	Description
Ming Yue	China	The cargo ship sank in the Yangtze River 30 nautical miles (56 km) upstream of Ichang.[131]

10 April

List of shipwrecks: 10 April 1937

Ship	State	Description
Radiant	United States	The tug capsized and sank in the Delaware River at Chester, Pennsylvania with the loss of eight of the ten people on board.[132]

12 April

List of shipwrecks: 12 April 1937

Ship	State	Description
Broholm	Denmark	The cargo ship ran aground at Leixões, Portugal.[133] She was refloated on 20 April.[134]

13 April

List of shipwrecks: 13 April 1937

Ship	State	Description
Island	Denmark	The passenger ship ran aground on the Isle of May, Fife, United Kingdom. All 28 passengers on board were rescued by the Anstruther Lifeboat.[135]
Rein	Norway	The cargo ship ran aground at Helman Head, Caithness, United Kingdom. All sixteen crew were rescued by the fishing vessel Smiling Morn ( United Kingdom).[135]

23 April

List of shipwrecks: 23 April 1937

Ship	State	Description
Saint Martin	United States	During a voyage in the waters of the Territory of Alaska from Petersburg to Ketchikan with two people and no cargo on board, the 36-gross register ton, 55-foot (17 m) motor vessel was destroyed in Wrangell Narrows in the Alexander Archipelago in Southeast Alaska by a fire that began in her engine. There was no loss of life.[136]

24 April

List of shipwrecks: 24 April 1937

Ship	State	Description
Charles & Vernon	United Kingdom	The schooner was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean off the Winter Quarter Lightship ( United States Lighthouse Service). Her crew was rescued by the motor vessel Lake Ormoc ( United States).[137]

25 April

List of shipwrecks: 25 April 1937

Ship	State	Description
William R. Linn	United States	The cargo ship struck a submerged object in Lake Michigan and was beached at Detour, Michigan.[137]

26 April

List of shipwrecks: 26 April 1937

Ship	State	Description
C. B. Pedersen	Sweden	The four-masted barque collided with Chagres ( United Kingdom) in the Atlantic Ocean 600 nautical miles (1,100 km) south east of the Azores, Portugal (35°46′N 35°48′W / 35.767°N 35.800°W / 35.767; -35.800) and sank. All 32 crew were rescued by Chagres.[138][139]

28 April

List of shipwrecks: 28 April 1937

Ship	State	Description
Dalriada	United Kingdom	The passenger ship ran aground in the River Clyde at Dunure, Ayrshire in fog. All 700 passengers were put ashore using the ship's lifeboats. Dalriada later refloated and proceeded to Ayr.[140]

29 April

List of shipwrecks: 29 April 1937

Ship	State	Description
Macclesfield	United Kingdom	The cargo ship ran aground at Sunk Island, Yorkshire. She was refloated on 8 May.[141][142]

30 April

List of shipwrecks: 30 April 1937

Ship	State	Description
Clan Macwhirter	United Kingdom	The cargo ship arrived at Lourenço Marques, Portuguese East Africa, with her cargo on fire. She was beached whilst the fire was extinguished.[55][143]
España	Spanish Navy	Spanish Civil War: The España-class battleship struck a mine at Santander, Cantabria, Spain,[144] and then she was bombed by Gourdou-Leseurre GL-633 aircraft and sunk; those that survived were rescued by Velasco ( Spanish Navy).[145][23]
Golden Sun	United States	The cargo ship ran aground in the Yangtze at Chinkiang, China,[146] she remained so for a number of days until she came free and departed China from Shanghai on 16 May.[147]

May

1 May

List of shipwrecks: 1 May 1937

Ship	State	Description
Delphin IV	Germany	The coaster collided with Aenne ( Germany) in the Kiel Canal and sank.[148]

2 May

List of shipwrecks: 2 May 1937

Ship	State	Description
Alecto	United Kingdom	The coaster collided in the North Sea (51°34′30″N 2°23′30″E / 51.57500°N 2.39167°E / 51.57500; 2.39167) with Plavnik ( Yugoslavia) and sank with the loss of ten of her fourteen crew. Survivors were rescued by Plavnik.[148][149]
Ary Lensen	United Kingdom	The cargo ship ran aground in the Gulf of Smyrna (38°25′N 26°56′E / 38.417°N 26.933°E / 38.417; 26.933).[148] She was refloated on 7 May.[142]

3 May

List of shipwrecks: 3 May 1937

Ship	State	Description
Anna T	Greece	The cargo ship ran aground in the Charente at Tonnay-Charente, Charente-Maritime, France.[150] She was refloated on 6 May.[151]
Michalios	Greece	The cargo ship ran aground at Çanakkale, Turkey.[152] She was refloated on 13 May.[153]

7 May

List of shipwrecks: 7 May 1937

Ship	State	Description
Javier Ouiroga	Spanish Navy	Spanish Civil War: The Candidio Perez-class motor torpedo boat was sunk in a collision near Gibraltar with Candidio Perez ( Spanish Navy).[23]

8 May

List of shipwrecks: 8 May 1937

Ship	State	Description
Thetis	Germany	The cargo ship ran aground at Şile, Turkey.[32][142]
Trinidad	United States	The coaster ran aground in Willapa Bay, Washington and broke up with the loss of one crew member.[32][142]
Willesden	United Kingdom	The cargo ship collided with Gianfranco ( Italy) in the English Channel off Dover, Kent during dense fog. She later collided with Thistleglen ( United Kingdom) off Dungeness, Kent, was beached, was refloated the next day and towed to Dover.[142][154]

9 May

List of shipwrecks: 9 May 1937

Ship	State	Description
Aegeus	Greece	The cargo ship collided with Nashaba ( United States) in the North Sea 32 nautical miles (59 km) south east of Bornholm, Denmark. The crew were rescued by Nashaba.[142]

10 May

List of shipwrecks: 10 May 1937

Ship	State	Description
Ekaterini Nicclaou	Greece	The cargo ship ran aground in the River Plate, Argentina.[32] She was refloated on 23 May.[155]

12 May

List of shipwrecks: 12 May 1937

Ship	State	Description
Hermes	Germany	The tug collided with Lippe ( Germany) in the Weser and sank with the loss of one crew member.[156]
Standale	United Kingdom	The cargo ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean off the Berlengas Islands, Portugal.[92]

13 May

List of shipwrecks: 13 May 1937

Ship	State	Description
Minmi	United Kingdom	The collier ran aground on the Cape Banks, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. She broke in three and sank with the loss of two crew.[157][158]

14 May

List of shipwrecks: 14 May 1937

Ship	State	Description
Leda	Sweden	The coaster collided with C. F. Tietgen ( Denmark) in Øresund off Hven and sank with the loss of all three crew.[159]
Wiegand	Germany	The cargo ship ran aground on the Carysfort Reef, Florida, United States. Her captain committed suicide.[160] She was refloated the next day.[147]

15 May

List of shipwrecks: 15 May 1937

Ship	State	Description
Beatsa	United Kingdom	The cargo ship ran aground off the Île-Moléne, Finistère, France and was a total loss.[147][160]
Wandsbek	Germany	The cargo ship ran aground in the Bay of Biscay 6 nautical miles (11 km) off the Île Vierge Lighthouse. All crew were rescued by Sofia ( Germany).[160]

16 May

List of shipwrecks: 16 May 1937

Ship	State	Description
Corrientes	United Kingdom	The cargo ship collided with Umtali ( United Kingdom) in the River Thames at Greenhithe with the loss of a crew member. She was beached.[161] She was refloated on 27 May.[162]

17 May

18 May

List of shipwrecks: 17 May 1937

Ship	State	Description
Monte Piana	Italy	A fire broke out in one of the cargo ship's holds after she departed Calcutta, India, bound for Genoa, Italy. It was brought under control and she returned to port.[164]

20 May

List of shipwrecks: 20 May 1937

Ship	State	Description
Houlburn Head	United Kingdom	The cargo ship collided with another vessel in the North Sea off the mouth of the Humber. She was beached at Immingham, Lincolnshire. She was refloated the next day and docked at Immingham.[165][166]
Legazpi	Spain	Spanish Civil War: The cargo ship was bombed by Nationalist aircraft at Benicàssim and beached to prevent sinking. Refloated, taken to Sagunto for scrapping but bombed and sunk there.[98][166]

21 May

List of shipwrecks: 21 May 1937

Ship	State	Description
D 18	Spanish Navy	Spanish Civil War: The Basque auxiliary minesweeper was sunk in a collision with Ciscar ( Spanish Navy).[167]
Hai Yuan	China	The passenger ship ran aground in the Yangtze at the Kap Shuimun Pass. About 170 people were taken off by Yunnan ( United Kingdom).[168] She was refloated on 29 May.[169]
Steinmetz	Germany	The tug capsized and sank at Rostock, Germany, whilst assisting Kaiser ( Germany) with the loss of two of her crew.[166]
Visurgis	Germany	The cargo ship collided with Siena ( Italy) in the North Sea off the Terschelling Lightship ( Netherlands) and sank.[155]

23 May

List of shipwrecks: 23 May 1937

Ship	State	Description
La Nièvre	France	The tanker came ashore at Audierne, Finistère. All crew were rescued.[155]

26 May

List of shipwrecks: 26 May 1937

Ship	State	Description
Itxas Alde	Spain	The cargo ship departed Bilbao bound for the Tees. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[170]
Mary Louise	United States	While standing on a cradle on the beach among cannery buildings and warehouses at Hidden Cove (54°57′N 130°21′W / 54.950°N 130.350°W / 54.950; -130.350 (Hidden Cove)) in Southeast Alaska, the 19-gross register ton motor vessel was destroyed by a fire that spread to her from the buildings.[171]

28 May

List of shipwrecks: 28 May 1937

Ship	State	Description
Boscobel	United Kingdom	The cargo ship struck a floating object in the North Sea and sank. All crew were rescued by the trawler Maurice Marguerite ( Belgium).[172]
Cadin	United Kingdom	Spanish Civil War: The cargo ship was bombed and sunk at Valencia with the loss of seven crew.[173]

30 May

List of shipwrecks: 30 May 1937

Ship	State	Description
Ciudad de Barcelona	Spain	Spanish Civil War: The ship was torpedoed and sunk by the Nationalist submarine General Sanjurjo ( Spanish Navy) off Malgrat, Spain, while carrying members of the International Brigades. Heavy loss of life.[174]

June

1 June

List of shipwrecks: 1 June 1937

Ship	State	Description
B.M. Co. No. 2	United States	Carrying a cargo of fishing gear, lumber, and oils, the 321-ton wooden barge was under tow from Anacortes, Washington, to Akhiok (also known as Alitak), Territory of Alaska, by the tug Georgia ( United States) when her tow line broke during a gale with 75-mile-per-hour (121 km/h) winds. She drifted ashore on Hinchinbrook Island, 30 nautical miles (56 km; 35 mi) east of Cape Hinchinbrook, Territory of Alaska, and was wrecked, becoming a total loss. Some of her cargo was salvaged.[175]

5 June

List of shipwrecks: 5 June 1937

Ship	State	Description
Homefield	United Kingdom	The cargo ship collided at Calcutta, India with riverboat Palanpur ( India). Both vessels were severely damaged and were beached.[176]

6 June

List of shipwrecks: 6 June 1937

Ship	State	Description
Glaisdale	United Kingdom	The cargo ship ran aground in the River Plate at Buenos Aires, Argentina. She was then hit by Alegrete ( Brazil). Later refloated and proceeded to Buenos Aires.[177]
Viena	Argentina	The passenger ship ran aground in the River Plate and was wrecked. All passengers and crew survived.[178]

7 June

List of shipwrecks: 7 June 1937

Ship	State	Description
Maria	Greece	The cargo ship caught fire in the Atlantic Ocean off Pernambuco, Brazil, the crew abandoned ship and were rescued by Westfalen ( Germany).[179]
Rau III	Germany	The whaler capsized and sank in the Weser, Germany, with the loss of twelve crew.[179]

8 June

List of shipwrecks: 8 June 1937

Ship	State	Description
Sami	Turkey	The cargo ship collided with Riva Ligure ( Italy) in the Bosphorus and was severely damaged. She was beached to prevent her sinking.[170]

10 June

List of shipwrecks: 10 June 1937

Ship	State	Description
Joseph Augustus	United Kingdom	The Thames barge collided with Farfield ( United Kingdom) in the River Thames at Dartford, Kent and sank.[180]

11 June

List of shipwrecks: 11 June 1937

Ship	State	Description
Faustino R. San Pedro	Spain	The cargo ship collided with Mari Amilia ( Spain) off Comillas, Cantabria and sank with the loss of one crew member.[181]
Golden Eagle	United Kingdom	The Thames barge collided with another vessel in the River Thames at Barking, Essex and sank. All crew were rescued.[181]

12 June

List of shipwrecks: 12 June 1937

Ship	State	Description
Planet	Germany	The cargo ship ran aground on Viel Island, Smyth Channel, Chile.[182] She was refloated on 17 June.[183]

13 June

List of shipwrecks: 1. June 1937

Ship	State	Description
D 14	Spanish Navy	Spanish Civil War: The small Basque auxiliary minesweeper was sunk in an air raid at Portugalete.[184]
D 20	Spanish Navy	Spanish Civil War: The small Basque auxiliary minesweeper was sunk in an air raid at Portugalete, a total loss.[185]
D 24	Spanish Navy	Spanish Civil War: The small Basque auxiliary minesweeper was sunk in an air raid at Portugalete.[186]
L 2	Spanish Navy	Spanish Civil War: The small Basque auxiliary minesweeping launch was sunk in an air raid at Portugalete.[187]

14 June

List of shipwrecks: 14 June 1937

Ship	State	Description
Delalba	United States	The cargo ship ran aground on the Feitceiras Reef, Argentina. She was refloated on 19 June.[188]
Duke of Lancaster	United Kingdom	The passenger ferry ran aground at Bride, Isle of Man.[189] She was refloated the following day.[129]

15 June

List of shipwrecks: 15 June 1937

Ship	State	Description
Bucephale	France	The passenger ship ran aground in the Sandwich Islands and was wrecked. All on board survived.[190]
Hong Peng	United Kingdom	The cargo ship struck a mooring buoy at Swatow, China and was holed. She was beached.[190] Hong Peng was refloated the next day.[191]
Yunghun	China	The passenger ship ran aground and sank in the Yangtze at Ichang.[190]

16 June

List of shipwrecks: 16 June 1937

Ship	State	Description
Araba	Spanish Navy	Spanish Civil War: The Basque Navy auxiliary patrol ship was scuttled at Bilbao, Spain, to prevent capture upon the fall of the city to the Nationalists. Salvaged and put in Nationalist service as Alava.
Ayeta-Mendi	Spanish Navy	Spanish Civil War: The auxiliary patrol ship was lost.

17 June

List of shipwrecks: 17 June 1937

Ship	State	Description
Jaime I	Spanish Navy	The España-class battleship was wrecked by an explosion and fire at Cartagena, Spain. Declared beyond economical repair, she was scrapped in 1941.
Pauline E. Lohnes	United Kingdom	The schooner collided with Jean Jadot ( Belgium) in the Atlantic Ocean (45°05′N 52°05′W / 45.083°N 52.083°W / 45.083; -52.083) and sank. All crew were rescued by Jean Jadot.[192]

18 June

List of shipwrecks: 18 June 19367

Ship	State	Description
Falange	Spanish Navy	The Falange-class motor torpedo boat was sunk by accidental fire at Malaga.[193]

19 June

List of shipwrecks: 19 June 1937

Ship	State	Description
Bennekom	Netherlands	The cargo liner ran aground on the Negrillos Rocks, Buenaventura, Camagüey, Cuba. All passengers were taken off and landed at Buenaventura.[188]
Gazteiz	Spanish Navy	Spanish Civil War: The Basque Navy auxiliary patrol ship was lost on this date.

22 June

List of shipwrecks: 22 June 1937

Ship	State	Description
WTB Co. No. 7	United States	During a voyage in the Territory of Alaska from Appleton Cove to Olga Strait carrying a cargo of five tons of cans, crab traps, and rope, the 488-ton, 91-foot (28 m) scow was destroyed by fire in Olga Strait. The only person on board survived.[194]

25 June

List of shipwrecks: 25 June 1937

Ship	State	Description
Capo Pino	Italy	The cargo liner collided with Magallanes ( Spain) in the Dardanelles and sank. All passengers and crew were rescued.[195]

26 June

List of shipwrecks: 26 June 1937

Ship	State	Description
Cabo Palos	Spain	Spanish Civil War: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Mediterranean Sea with the loss of five of her 50 crew.[196]
Kyno	United Kingdom	The cargo liner ran aground off Cape Norman, Newfoundland in fog. She was refloated on 6 July.[197]
USS Sanderling	United States Navy	The Lapwing-class minesweeper sank at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. She was declared a constructive total loss.
Sandgate Castle	United Kingdom	The cargo ship caught fire in the Atlantic Ocean (36°51′N 60°05′W / 36.850°N 60.083°W / 36.850; -60.083) and was abandoned by her crew. All on board were rescued by President Pierce ( United States) and USCGC Icarus ( United States Coast Guard).[198]
Sonja	Sweden	The schooner was run down and sunk by Hermes (flag unknown) at Gothenburg.[198]
Taxiarhis	Greece	The cargo ship foundered.[198]

29 June

List of shipwrecks: 29 June 1937

Ship	State	Description
Olga	Germany	The auxiliary schooner capsized at Riga, Latvia.[199]

30 June

List of shipwrecks: 30 June 1937

Ship	State	Description
Aranda	Norway	The cargo ship ran aground at Neil's Harbour, Nova Scotia, Canada.[200] She was declared a total loss.[201]
BK-72	Soviet Navy	Kanchazu Island incident: The K-class gunboat was shelled and sunk in the Amur River by Imperial Japanese Army artillery. Her captain and four crewmen killed. 6 of the 11 survivors wounded. The vessel was raised by the Empire of Japan, fate unknown.[202]

Unknown date

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1937

Ship	State	Description
Aida Lauro	Italy	The cargo ship ran aground on Castle Rocks, St. Just, Cornwall, United Kingdom in dense fog. Fifteen crew saved, cargo written off.[203]
Maloa	United Kingdom	The coaster departed from Tampa, Florida, United States on 2 June bound for Belize. She caught fire and sank in the Atlantic Ocean off Cuba with the loss of all nine crew.[191]

July

2 July

List of shipwrecks: 2 July 1937

Ship	State	Description
Carmine Filomena	Italy	The cargo ship ran aground on Lundy Island, Devon, United Kingdom. All crew were rescued.[204] Salvage efforts were abandoned on 16 July.[205]
Iris	France	The schooner ran aground at Roscoff, Finistère and was wrecked.[206]
Sophia	Greece	The sailing ship was in collision with Hermes ( Netherlands) at Thessaloniki and sank.[207]
Themoni	Greece	The cargo ship caught fire in the Atlantic Ocean 120 nautical miles (220 km) north of Fernando de Noronha, Brazil. She was escorted to the island by Royal Star ( United Kingdom) and beached on 3 July. She was declared a total loss,[204][208] but was refloated on 24 August.[83]

3 July

List of shipwrecks: 3 July 1937

Ship	State	Description
Ronsan Maru	Japan	The cargo ship ran aground on Palaui Island, Philippines.[204] She was refloated on 10 July.[209]

4 July

List of shipwrecks: 4 July 1937

Ship	State	Description
Excelda	United Kingdom	The schooner was wrecked in Confusion Bay, Newfoundland.[210]
Uga Maru	Japan	The cargo ship ran aground near the Nojimazaki Lighthouse.[211] She was refloated on 9 July.[212]

8 July

List of shipwrecks: 8 July 1937

Ship	State	Description
Pindos	Greece	The cargo ship was rammed and holed at Dakar, French West Africa by Perthshire ( United Kingdom). She was beached, and was refloated on 12 July.[213][214]

9 July

List of shipwrecks: 9 July 1937

Ship	State	Description
West Mahwah	United States	The cargo ship ran aground at Pescadero, California. She was refloated on 12 July.[214][215]

11 July

List of shipwrecks: 11 July 1937

Ship	State	Description
Margaret	United States	The 9-net register ton motor vessel caught fire after an explosion that occurred while she was filling one of her fuel tanks with gasoline at a dock at Ketchikan, Territory of Alaska. With the fire out of control, she was towed away from the dock and beached on Pennock Island, where she sank in 10 to 15 feet (3.0 to 4.6 m) of water, a total loss. Her crew of five survived.[171]

12 July

List of shipwrecks: 12 July 1937

Ship	State	Description
Lies	Netherlands	The coaster was in collision with Gauss ( Germany) at Bremen, Germany and sank.[216] She was raised the next day.[217]

13 July

List of shipwrecks: 13 July 1937

Ship	State	Description
Gard	Norway	The cargo ship ran aground on Cerebus Rock, Strait of Canso. She was abandoned on 15 July, all crew were rescued.[218][219]
Messapia	Italy	The cargo ship foundered in the Danube at Brăila, Romania after her cargo shifted.[217] She was declared a constructive total loss.[220]
Nellie	Belgium	The coaster stranded on Lundy Island, Devon, United Kingdom on 7 July.[221] She was refloated the next day but capsized and sank. All ten crew were rescued by Ranger ( United Kingdom).</ref>[222]

14 July

List of shipwrecks: 14 July 1937

Ship	State	Description
Southern Prince	United Kingdom	The ocean liner collided with Elstree Grange ( United Kingdom) in the River Plate, Argentina. She was beached and 52 passengers were taken off by Armada de la República Argentina boats.[223] She was refloated on 19 July.[220]

15 July

List of shipwrecks: 15 July 1937

Ship	State	Description
Mexico	Mexico	The cargo ship ran aground at Tampico, Florida, United States and was a total loss.[205][224]

16 July

List of shipwrecks: 16 July 1937

Ship	State	Description
Alten	United States	The 43-net register ton halibut-fishing boat collided with the heavy cruiser USS Louisville ( United States Navy) in the harbor at Ketchikan, Territory of Alaska. Louisville and the cutter USCGC Cyane ( United States Coast Guard) assisted her crew of 11 and there was no loss of life, but Alten was so badly damaged that she was a constructive total loss.[225]
Elliniki Dimokratia	Greece	The coaster sank in the Mediterranean Sea whilst on a voyage from Chekka to Beirut, Lebanon with the loss of two of her five crew.[226]

17 July

List of shipwrecks: 17 July 1937

Ship	State	Description
Captain Bud	United States	The tug was gutted by fire at New Orleans, Louisiana.[226]

18 July

List of shipwrecks: 18 July 1937

Ship	State	Description
Nicolaou Ourania	Greece	The cargo ship ran aground in the Paraná River, Argentina. She was refloated on 31 July.[226][227]
Skaraborg	Sweden	The cargo ship collided with Hermia ( Germany) in the River Thames at Gravesend, Kent, United Kingdom and was beached.[226]

20 July

List of shipwrecks: 20 July 1937

Ship	State	Description
USS Sproston	United States Navy	The decommissioned Wickes-class destroyer was sunk as a target.

21 July

List of shipwrecks: 21 July 1937

Ship	State	Description
Havso	Norway	The cargo ship struck rocks and foundered in the Irish Sea off Rhoscolyn Head, Anglesey, United Kingdom. All sixteen crew survived.[228]

22 July

List of shipwrecks: 22 July 1937

Ship	State	Description
USS Anthony	United States Navy	The decommissioned Wickes-class light minelayer was sunk as a target in the Pacific Ocean off California.

24 July

List of shipwrecks: 24 July 1937

Ship	State	Description
Rolfe	United States	The 38-gross register ton, 55.9-foot (17.0 m) fishing vessel was wrecked on Black Sand Island (59°25′15″N 139°29′30″W / 59.42083°N 139.49167°W / 59.42083; -139.49167 (Black Sand Island)) in Ahrnklin Inlet at the entrance to the Ahrnklin River on the south-central coast of the Territory of Alaska. The two people on board survived.[229]

27 July

List of shipwrecks: 27 July 1937

Ship	State	Description
Zeantunes	Brazil	The cargo ship caught fire and sank.[230]

29 July

List of shipwrecks: 29 July 1937

Ship	State	Description
Andutz Mendi	Spain	Spanish Civil War: The cargo ship was machine gunned, shelled, and sunk in the Mediterranean Sea off Le Grau-du-Roi, Gard by two submarines with the loss of twenty of her 31 crew. Three survivors were rescued by a French fishing vessel.[231][232]
Hai Yen	Republic of China Navy	Second Sino-Japanese War: The Hai Yen-class river gunboat was sunk in Canton, China by Japanese aircraft.[233]

30 July

List of shipwrecks: 30 July 1937

Ship	State	Description
Num. 41	Spanish Navy	Spanish Civil War: The Num. 11-class motor torpedo boat was sunk by Nationalist Heinkel He 59 aircraft.[23]

August

1 August

List of shipwrecks: 1 August 1937

Ship	State	Description
Essex Manor	United Kingdom	The cargo ship ran aground at Cape Yerimozaki, Japan and was declared a total loss.[201][230] She was refloated on 19 August.[234]

2 August

List of shipwrecks: 2 August 1937

Ship	State	Description
Anastassis	Greece	The auxiliary sailing vessel collided with Hydra ( Greece) at Piraeus and sank with an unknown number of casualties.[230]

3 August

List of shipwrecks: 3 August 1937

Ship	State	Description
Tijerberg	United Kingdom	The whaler was wrecked in Saldanha Bay, South Africa.[235]

5 August

List of shipwrecks: 5 August 1937

Ship	State	Description
Maaskerk	Netherlands	The cargo liner struck the Brenton Rock, Cape Palmas, Liberia and was beached at 4°22′20″N 7°44′40″W / 4.37222°N 7.74444°W / 4.37222; -7.74444. All passengers were disembarked. She was refloated on 7 August.[236][237]

7 August

List of shipwrecks: 7 August 1937

Ship	State	Description
British Corporal	United Kingdom	Spanish Civil War: The tanker was attacked off Algeria by Nationalist aircraft and was damaged.
Mongioia	Italy	Spanish Civil War: The cargo ship was attacked by Nationalist aircraft off Algeria with the loss of one crew member.[238]

8 August

List of shipwrecks: 8 August 1937

Ship	State	Description
Bonita	United States	While docked at Chignik, Territory of Alaska, the 14-gross register ton fishing vessel suffered an engine room explosion that set her on fire. After the fire went out of control, she was towed out into Chignik Bay (56°17′44″N 158°24′05″W / 56.2956°N 158.4015°W / 56.2956; -158.4015 (Chignik Bay)), where she burned until she sank about 3 nautical miles (5.6 km; 3.5 mi) offshore. One of her five crewmembers was injured.[239]
Djebel Amour	France	Spanish Civil War: The cargo ship was attacked by Nationalist aircraft off Algeria.[240]
Hu Ying	Republic of China Navy	Second Sino-Japanese War: Japanese aircraft sank the torpedo boat in the Yangtze.[241]
K Ktistakis	Greece	Spanish Civil War: The cargo ship was attacked by Nationalist aircraft off Algeria.[240]
Princess Marie Jose	Belgium	The cargo ship collided with Clan Macneil ( United Kingdom) in the North Sea off Dunkerque, Nord, France and was beached there. She was refloated on 10 August.[237][242]

9 August

List of shipwrecks: 9 August 1937

Ship	State	Description
Nereus	Greece	The cargo ship ran aground at Cape Beale, British Columbia, Canada and was wrecked.[243]

10 August

List of shipwrecks: 10 August 1937

Ship	State	Description
Atlantic	United States	After dragging her anchors during a gale, the 14-ton purse seiner was wrecked in Little Pybus Bay (57°12′45″N 134°05′05″W / 57.21250°N 134.08472°W / 57.21250; -134.08472 (Little Pybus Bay)) on the northwest coast of Spruce Island in Frederick Sound in the Alexander Archipelago in Southeast Alaska. Her crew of five survived and her gasoline engine was salvaged, but otherwise she was a total loss.[225]
Kebco	United States	The tug was in collision with the steamer Sandcraft ( United States) at Chicago, Illinois, and sank.[244]

11 August

List of shipwrecks: 11 August 1937

Ship	State	Description
Campeador	Spain	Spanish Civil War: The tanker was torpedoed and sunk by Saetta ( Regia Marina) off Tunis, French protectorate of Tunisia (36°55′N 11°15′E / 36.917°N 11.250°E / 36.917; 11.250). There were twelve casualties amongst her 42 crew. Some of the survivors were rescued by Dido and Clintonia (both  United Kingdom).[245][246][247]
Chu Chien	Republic of China Navy	Second Sino-Japanese War: The Chu Yu-class gunboat was scuttled in the Yangtze.[248]
Hai Chen or Hai Tan	Republic of China Navy	Second Sino-Japanese War: The decommissioned Hai Yung-class protected cruiser, named either Hai Chen[249] or Hai Tan[250] (sources disagree), was scuttled in the Yangtze as a blockship.[250][249]
Hai Chi	Republic of China Navy	Second Sino-Japanese War: The Hai Chi-class protected cruiser was scuttled in the Yangtze at Jiangyin as a blockship.[250][249]
Hai Chou	Republic of China Navy	Second Sino-Japanese War: The decommissioned Hai Yung-class protected cruiser was scuttled in the Yangtze as a blockship.[250][249]
Hai Yung	Republic of China Navy	Second Sino-Japanese War: The decommissioned Hai Yung-class protected cruiser was scuttled in the Yangtze as a blockship.[250][249]
No. 2 Chen Tse	Republic of China Navy	Second Sino-Japanese War: The Chen Tse-class torpedo boat was scuttled in the Yangtze at Kiangyin, China as a blockship.[250]
No. 4 Su Tse	Republic of China Navy	Second Sino-Japanese War: The Chen Tse-class torpedo boat was scuttled in the Yangtze at Kiangyin, China as a blockship.[250]
Ta Tung	Republic of China Navy	Second Sino-Japanese War: The Chien Wei-class torpedo gunboat was scuttled in the Yangtze as a blockship.[250][251]
Taku II	United States	While taking on fuel at the Standard Oil of California dock at Ketchikan, Territory of Alaska, the 14-gross register ton, 52-foot (15.8 m) gasoline-powered motor vessel suffered an explosion and was destroyed by an ensuing fire. One man was injured in the explosion; he survived.[252]
Tse Chion (or Tze Chiang)	Republic of China Navy	Second Sino-Japanese War: The Chien Wei-class torpedo gunboat was scuttled in the Yangtze as a blockship.[250][251]
Tung Chi	Republic of China Navy	Second Sino-Japanese War: The training ship, a former Tung Chi-class unprotected cruiser, was scuttled in the Yangtze as a blockship.[250][249]
Unknown	Republic of China	Second Sino-Japanese War: Twenty merchant ships and eight barges were scuttled and sunk in the river as blockships.[253]

12 August

List of shipwrecks: 12 August 1937

Ship	State	Description
Helouan	Italy	The hospital ship caught fire at Naples, Campania, Italy. She was taken outside the harbour and scuttled.[246][247]
Maine	Denmark	The cargo ship collided with RMS Duchess of Atholl ( United Kingdom) in the Atlantic Ocean (41°37′N 66°50′W / 41.617°N 66.833°W / 41.617; -66.833). She was taken in tow but foundered with the entire crew rescued by Duchess of Atholl.[246][247]

13 August

List of shipwrecks: 13 August 1937

Ship	State	Description
Conde de Abásolo	Spain	Spanish Civil War: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Mediterranean Sea off Cape Bon, Tunisia by the Italian destroyer Ostro ( Regia Marina).[254]
Uko Maru No.1	Japan	The ferry collided with the cargo ship Kiyokawa Maru ( Japan) at Kobe and sank. Kiyokawa Maru was beached but later refloated undamaged.[255]

14 August

List of shipwrecks: 14 August 1937

Ship	State	Description
D 17	Spanish Navy	Spanish Civil War: The small Basque auxiliary minesweeper was sunk by accident in the Cantabrian Sea.[256]
Edith	Denmark	Spanish Civil War: The cargo ship was bombed and sunk in the Mediterranean Sea 15 nautical miles (28 km) off Villa Nueva Geltru. All crew survived.[257]
Geo. W. McKnight	Panama	Spanish Civil War: The tanker was shelled and set on fire 20 nautical miles (37 km) north west of Cape Bon, Tunisia by two torpedo boats. She was abandoned, all 38 crew were rescued by British Commodore ( United Kingdom), which took the ship in tow.[257][258]

15 August

List of shipwrecks: 15 August 1937

Ship	State	Description
Ciudad de Cadiz	Spain	Spanish Civil War: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Aegean Sea 15 nautical miles (28 km) off Tenedos, Turkey by a Nationalist submarine. All crew were rescued by a Soviet merchant ship.[254]

16 August

List of shipwrecks: 16 August 1937

Ship	State	Description
SHI-102	Republic of China Navy	Second Sino-Japanese War: The coastal motor boat was crippled during an attack on the cruiser Izumo ( Imperial Japanese Navy) and was scuttled in the Huangpu River.[259]

17 August

List of shipwrecks: 17 August 1937

Ship	State	Description
Little Glory	United States	During a voyage from Naknek to King Cove, Territory of Alaska, the 50-gross register ton motor vessel ran aground in St. Catherine's Cove (55°01′N 163°30′W / 55.017°N 163.500°W / 55.017; -163.500 (St. Catherine's Cove)) in False Pass in the Aleutian Islands and was pounded to pieces by the surf. Her crew of nine survived.[260]
North Dakota	United States	The 18-gross register ton, 41.5-foot (12.6 m) motor cargo vessel sank 12 nautical miles (22 km; 14 mi) northwest of Barren Island (54°44′45″N 131°20′30″W / 54.74583°N 131.34167°W / 54.74583; -131.34167 (Barren Island)) in Southeast Alaska. All four people on board survived.[59]

18 August

List of shipwrecks: 18 August 1937

Ship	State	Description
An Kong	China	The cargo ship ran aground in the Yangtze at Haichow. She was refloated on 24 August.[83][261]
Armuru	Spain	Spanish Civil War: The cargo ship was torpedoed and damaged in the Aegean Sea off Tenedos, Turkey by a Nationalist submarine. She was beached, but was a constructive total loss. All crew survived.[262][263]
China Trader	China	Second Sino-Japanese War: Sunk as a blockship in the Yangtze.[264]
Possidon	Greece	The cargo ship collided with Yssel ( Netherlands) at Hook of Holland, South Holland, Netherlands. She sank the next day due to damage received.[265] Refloated on 25 August.[266]

25 August

List of shipwrecks: 25 August 1937

Ship	State	Description
Con	Spanish Navy	Spanish Civil War: The naval trawler was shelled and sunk by José Luis Díez ( Spanish Navy).[267]
San Fausto	Spanish Navy	Spanish Civil War: The naval trawler was shelled and sunk by José Luis Díez ( Spanish Navy).[267]
Yung Chien	Republic of China Navy	Second Sino-Japanese War: The Yung Chien-class gunboat was sunk by Japanese aircraft on the Yangtze while she was under repair at a shipyard in Kiangnan, China. She was captured by the Japanese in November 1937; they refloated and repaired her and placed in her service on 25 October 1938 as the depot ship Asuka ( Imperial Japanese Navy).[233]

26 August

List of shipwrecks: 26 August 1937

Ship	State	Description
Cantabria	Spain	The ship came ashore at Lacanau, Gironde, France. All 500 passengers and crew were rescued.[268]
Chi Jih	Republic of China Navy	Second Sino-Japanese War: The survey ship, a former gunboat, was sunk by Imperial Japanese Navy destroyers on the Yangtze near Suzhou, China.[248]
Gazteiz	Spanish Republican Navy	Spanish Civil War: The Basque Navy auxiliary patrol ship was lost on this date.

27 August

List of shipwrecks: 27 August 1937

Ship	State	Description
African Trader	United Kingdom	The cargo ship was bombed and damaged at Gijon, Asturias, Spain by Nationalist aircraft. She was beached at Sablanceau, Charente-Maritime, France.[269][270]

28 August

List of shipwrecks: 28 August 1937

Ship	State	Description
Taimi	Finland	The auxiliary three-masted schooner caught fire in the Baltic Sea west of Trelleborg, Skåne County, Sweden and was severely damaged. All crew were rescued, the ship was towed into Trelleborg.[270][271]

29 August

List of shipwrecks: 29 August 1937

Ship	State	Description
Rayford	United Kingdom	The coaster collided in the North Sea off the mouth of the Humber with London ( United Kingdom). She was taken in tow but sank; entire crew were rescued.[272]

30 August

List of shipwrecks: 30 August 1937

Ship	State	Description
Gyuri	Panama	The cargo ship caught fire at Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône, France. She was beached at the entrance to the port and abandoned by her crew.[270]
Silo	Sweden	The auxiliary schooner sank off Landskrona, Skåne County. All crew survived.[270]
Tarpon	United States	The cargo steamer foundered in high seas in the Gulf of Mexico 7.8 nautical miles (14.4 km) off Panama City, Florida, with heavy loss of life among the 31 people on board.

31 August

List of shipwrecks: 31 August 1937

Ship	State	Description
Timiryazev	Soviet Union	Spanish Civil War: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk by Turbine ( Regia Marina) off Tunis, Tunisia. All 29 crew survived.[92][273]

Unknown date

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1937

Ship	State	Description
Wu Feng	Republic of China Navy	Second Sino-Japanese War: The Wu Feng-class gunboat was scuttled in the Yangtze at Kiangyin, China, as a blockship on 11 August 1937, or sunk at Canton, China by aircraft from Ryūjō and Hōshō (both  Imperial Japanese Navy) on 29 September 1937.[233]
Yung Chi	China	Second Sino-Japanese War: Sunk as a blockship in the Yangtze.[274]

September

1 September

List of shipwrecks: 1 September 1937

Ship	State	Description
Cedros	Mexico	The cargo ship collided with Hidalgo ( Mexico) off Ensenada, Baja California and sank.[275]
Tarpon	United States	The coaster foundered in the Atlantic Ocean off the East Passage, Rhode Island with the loss of 24 of her 25 crew.[276]
Urana	United Kingdom	The coaster ran aground at the mouth of the River Manning, New South Wales, Australia. She broke in two and was a total loss.[275]
Woodford	Greece/ United Kingdom	Spanish Civil War: The ship was torpedoed and sunk by the Italian submarine Diaspro ( Regia Marina) with the loss of one crew member.[92][277] At the time of sinking still was under Greek registry.

2 September

List of shipwrecks: 2 September 1937

Ship	State	Description
An Lee	China	The coaster broke free from her moorings at Hong Kong in a typhoon. She collided with HMS Diamond, HMS Duchess and HMS Suffolk (all  Royal Navy) before coming ashore.[278] She was refloated on 28 December.[279]
Asama Maru	Japan	The ocean liner was driven aground at Junk Bay, Hong Kong in a typhoon.[280] She was refloated on 12 March 1938 and towed to Nagasaki, Japan for repairs.[281]
Blagoev	Soviet Union	Spanish Civil War: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Aegean Sea 15 nautical miles (28 km) off Skyros, Greece by the Italian submarine Luigi Settembrini ( Regia Marina) with the loss of one crew member.[282][283]
Bonneville	Unknown	The ship was driven aground at Hong Kong in a typhoon.[284]
Conte Verde	Italy	The ocean liner was driven ashore at Hong Kong in a typhoon and was severely damaged.[285] She was refloated on 22 September.[286]
Cormorant	Italy	The salvage vessel sank at Hong Kong in a typhoon.[287]
HMS Cornflower	Royal Navy	The training ship, a former Arabis-class sloop, was driven ashore at Hong Kong in a typhoon.[278]
Dahun	Unknown	The ship was driven aground at Hong Kong in a typhoon.[288]
Da Shing	China	The cargo ship was driven ashore at Hong Kong in a typhoon. She was refloated on 17 January 1938.[289]
Emmy	Greece	The cargo ship was driven aground at Hong Kong in a typhoon and was severely damaged.[285] She was refloated on 16 September.[290]
Englee	China	The cargo ship was driven ashore at Hong Kong in a typhoon. She was refloated on 23 November.[291]
Fenglee	China	The cargo ship was driven ashore at Hong Kong in a typhoon. She was refloated on 23 November.[291]
Gertrude Maersk	Denmark	The cargo ship was driven ashore at Hong Kong in a typhoon.[285] She was refloated on 4 September.[287]
Hunan	United Kingdom	The cargo ship was driven ashore at Peangchau Island, Hong Kong in a typhoon.[292] She was refloated on 4 November.[293]
Hsin Ping	China	The cargo ship was driven ashore at Lantau Island, Hong Kong (22°19′N 114°02′E / 22.317°N 114.033°E / 22.317; 114.033) in a typhoon.[287][294]
Kalgan	United Kingdom	The passenger ship was driven ashore at Hong Kong in a typhoon.[285] She was refloated on 4 September.[287]
Kausing	United Kingdom	The tug was driven ashore on Green Island, Hong Kong in a typhoon.[280]
Kwangchow	United Kingdom	The passenger ship was driven ashore at Hong Kong in a typhoon. She was abandoned by her crew as salvage prospects were stated to be poor and was declared a constructive total loss.[101][285][292]
Lu Hsing	China	The cargo ship was driven ashore at Hong Kong in a typhoon.[287] She was refloated on 17 October.[295]
Lycemoon	United Kingdom	The passenger ship was driven ashore at Hong Kong in a typhoon.[285] She was refloated on 4 September.[287]
Mao Lee	China	The cargo ship sank at Hong Kong in a typhoon.[287] She was refloated on 31 December.[296]
On Lee	China	The cargo ship was driven ashore on the Praya, Hong Kong.[280]
Perola	Portugal	The passenger ship sank at Hong Kong in a typhoon with the loss of two crew members.[292] She was refloated on 14 September.[297]
Produce	Norway	The cargo ship was driven ashore at Hong Kong in a typhoon.[285] She was refloated on 4 September.[287]
Shenandoah	Unknown	The ship was driven aground at Hong Kong in a typhoon.[298]
Sheng Lee	China	The cargo ship was driven ashore at Hong Kong in a typhoon.[285]
Shuntien	United Kingdom	The cargo ship was driven ashore at Hong Kong in a typhoon. She was refloated the next day.[292]
Talamba	United Kingdom	The cargo ship, chartered by the Chinese government, was driven ashore in a typhoon at Hong Kong.[278] She was refloated on 23 November.[291]
Teh Hsing	China	The cargo ship sank at Hong Kong in a typhoon. She was refloated on 4 September.[287]
Tymeric	United Kingdom	The cargo ship was driven ashore at Quarry Bay, Hong Kong in a typhoon.[285]
Unknown	Unknown	1937 Hong Kong typhoon:40 Junks sunk at sea. Estimated 450 died, 5 rescued.[299]
Van Heutsz	Netherlands	The passenger ship was driven ashore at Green Island, Hong Kong in a typhoon.[282] She was refloated on 10 September.[300]
Yuet On	China	The passenger ship sank at Hong Kong in a typhoon.[285]
Yun Mow	China	The cargo ship was driven ashore at Hong Kong in a typhoon.[287]

7 September

List of shipwrecks: 7 September 1937

Ship	State	Description
Salamis	Greece	The cargo ship ran aground on the Rabbit Islands, Çanakkale, Turkey.[101]
Shell Spark	United Kingdom	The coastal tanker collided with pleasure steamer Kingswood ( United Kingdom) in the River Thames near Wandsworth Bridge, London and sank. Both crew were rescued.[301]

9 September

List of shipwrecks: 9 September 1937

Ship	State	Description
Elbing IV	Germany	The cargo ship sprang a leak at Amsterdam, Netherlands and was beached.[302]
K T	United States	The 8-gross register ton troller was wrecked on Lazaria Island in Sitka Sound in Southeast Alaska after she became disabled in high winds when a line fouled her propeller. The only person aboard survived.[303]
Kodiak	United States	The 16-gross register ton motor vessel caught fire at the entrance to Womens Bay (57°43′N 152°31′W / 57.717°N 152.517°W / 57.717; -152.517 (Womens Bay)) on the coast of Kodiak Island in the Territory of Alaska, after her gasoline engine backfired, igniting her gasoline tanks and bilges. A skiff towed her to the beach, where the fire and the explosion of the gasoline tanks at her stern completely destroyed her. Her crew of three survived.[303]