List of shipwrecks in 1900
The list of shipwrecks in 1900 includes ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during 1900.
January
5 January
List of shipwrecks: 5 January 1900
Ship | Country | Description |
Ibex |
United Kingdom |
The passenger and mail ship hit the Platte Fougere reef off Guernsey in the Channel Islands in bad visibility and sank with two fatalities.[1] |
Unknown date
February
16 February
25 February
List of shipwrecks: 25 February 1900
Ship | Country | Description |
Ethiopia |
United Kingdom |
The steamship ran aground at Oxwich Point, Glamorgan. She was refloated several days later.[4] |
March
5 March
List of shipwrecks: 5 March 1900
Ship | Country | Description |
Hermann Köppen |
Germany |
The steamer ran aground on the rocks at Barsier, west of Alderney in the Channel Islands, and was wrecked.[5][6] |
Unknown date
June
15 June
List of shipwrecks: 15 June 1900
Ship | Country | Description |
Tivyside |
United Kingdom |
The ship ran aground at Overton, Glamorgan. All thirteen people on board survived.[4] |
30 June
List of shipwrecks: 30 June 1900
Ship | Country | Description |
Bremen |
Germany |
1900 Hoboken Docks Fire: The Norddeutscher Lloyd ocean liner was set on fire at Hoboken, New Jersey, by windspread fire after cotton bales on a wharf caught fire, then ignited turpentine and oil barrels. She broke free of her moorings, ran aground on the Weehawken flats in the Hudson River, and burned. The tug Nettie Tice ( United States) rescued about 100 people from the ship. The combined death toll aboard Bremen, Main, and Saale (all Germany) was over 300 lives. Bremen was later refloated, repaired, and returned to service.[8] |
Kaiser Wilhelm der Grosse |
Germany |
1900 Hoboken Docks Fire: The Norddeutscher Lloyd ocean liner was set on fire in several places at Hoboken, New Jersey, by wind-spread fire after cotton bales on a wharf caught fire, then ignited turpentine and oil barrels. She suffered only moderate damage and all aboard got off the ship safely. She was repaired and returned to service.[8] |
Main |
Germany |
1900 Hoboken Docks Fire: The Norddeutscher Lloyd ocean liner was set on fire at Hoboken, New Jersey, by wind-spread fire after cotton bales on a wharf caught fire, then ignited turpentine and oil barrels. She broke free of her moorings, ran aground on the Weehawken flats in the Hudson River, and burned with the loss of 44 crew members. Fifteen crew members survived by taking refuge in an empty coal bunker while the fire raged and were rescued after it was put out. Main was later refloated, repaired, and returned to service.[8] |
Saale |
Germany |
1900 Hoboken Docks Fire: The Norddeutscher Lloyd ocean liner was set on fire at Hoboken, New Jersey, by wind-spread fire after cotton bales on a wharf caught fire, then ignited turpentine and oil barrels. She broke her moorings, drifted into the Hudson River, burned, and sank. The remains of 99 people killed aboard Saale were recovered from her interior later; the combined death toll aboard Saale, Bremen, and Main (all Germany) was over 300 lives. Saale was later refloated, repaired, and returned to service.[8] |
August
11 August
16 August
List of shipwrecks: 16 August 1900
Ship | Country | Description |
Futami Maru |
Japan |
The steamship went aground on a reef at Mindoro Island, near Manila, while on a voyage from Australia to Eastern ports.[9] All the crew and 150 passengers were taken to shore, and a consignment of gold bullion was salvaged.[10] |
22 August
24 August
September
18 September
October
5 October
List of shipwrecks: 5 October 1900
Ship | Country | Description |
Narvik |
Norway |
The cargo ship struck an object and sank in the White Sea.[13] |
7 October
10 October
20 October
Unknown date
November
7 November
16 November
17 November
List of shipwrecks: 17 November 1900
Ship | Country | Description |
Fife |
Canada |
On her maiden voyage, the steamer ran aground and sank at Twin Island, St John's Bay, Strait of Belle Isle.[18] |
23 November
Unknown date
December
4 December
10 December
List of shipwrecks: 10 December 1900
Ship | Country | Description |
Nordland |
Norway |
The lifeboat ran aground and was wrecked near Kjelvik, Norway. All crew members survived.[21] |
16 December
28 December
List of shipwrecks: 28 December 1900
Ship | Country | Description |
Pegasus |
United Kingdom |
The ship was driven ashore at Lavernack Point, Glamorgan with the loss of four of her crew. She was on a voyage from San Francisco, California, United States to Sharpness, Gloucestershire. Pegasus was later refloated an taken in to Sharpness for repairs.[4] |
Primrose Hill |
United Kingdom |
The barque was wrecked on South Stack off Holyhead, Wales, with the loss of 33 lives.[22] |
Seine |
France |
The barque was driven ashore and wrecked at Perranporth, Cornwall, United Kingdom. Her crew were rescued.[23] |
Zefiro |
Italy |
The barque was in collision with the steamship King's County ( Canada in the Bristol Channel off the English and Welsh Grounds Lightship ( United Kingdom) and was consequently beached at Clevedon, Somerset, United Kingdom.[4] |
Unknown date
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- 1 2 3 4 5 6 Tovey, Ron. "A Chronology of Bristol Channel Shipwrecks" (PDF). Swansea Docks. Retrieved 21 December 2014.
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- ↑ "THE FUTAMI MARU DISASTER.". Bendigo Advertiser (Vic. : 1855 - 1918). Vic.: National Library of Australia. 30 August 1900. p. 3. Retrieved 23 October 2015.
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- ↑ "City of Monticello - 1900". Maritime Museum of the Atlantic. Retrieved 19 January 2015.
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- ↑ "THE WRECK OF THE ROSSGULL.". The Mercury (Hobart, Tas. : 1860 - 1954). Hobart, Tas.: National Library of Australia. 11 December 1900. p. 3. Retrieved 23 October 2015.
- ↑ Knudsen, Reidar (2011), "RS 24 "Risør" 100 år - Dystert mysterium", Båtmagasinet (in Norwegian), 5, retrieved 24 May 2014
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