List of shipwrecks in 1901

The list of shipwrecks in 1901 includes ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during 1901.

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1901
Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr
May	Jun	Jul	Aug
Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Unknown date

January

16 January

List of shipwrecks: 16 January 1901

Ship	Country	Description
HMS Sybille	Royal Navy	The Apollo-class protected cruiser ran aground at Lambert's Bay, South Africa.[1]

28 January

List of shipwrecks: 28 January 1901

Ship	Country	Description
Lanarkshire	United Kingdom	The barque was abandoned in the North Sea 6 nautical miles (11 km) north west of the Noord Hinder Lightship ( Netherlands). She subsequently foundered.[2]

Unknown date

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1901

Ship	Country	Description
Hannah	United Kingdom	The schooner was abandoned in the Irish Sea, She came ashore on 28 January at Mwnt, Cardiganshire and was wrecked.[3]

February

2 February

List of shipwrecks: 2 February 1901

Ship	Country	Description
Goonlaze	United Kingdom	The schooner was wrecked near Peppercombe Castle, Devon with the loss of three crew.[4]

19 February

List of shipwrecks: 19 February 1901

Ship	Country	Description
Julien Marie	France	The brigantine ran aground at St. Ives, Cornwall, United Kingdom. The crew were rescued by lifeboat [5][6]

22 February

List of shipwrecks: 22 February 1901

Ship	Country	Description
City of Rio De Janeiro	United States	The Pacific Mail Steamship Company-owned passenger ship struck rocks and sank at Golden Gate, San Francisco, California. Approx 135 were lost

March

17 March

List of shipwrecks: 17 March 1901

Ship	Country	Description
Bee	Australia	The steamship was wrecked in Picnic Bay, Magnetic Island, Queensland, Australia.

21 March

List of shipwrecks: 21 March 1901

Ship	Country	Description
Rose	United Kingdom	The brigantine ran aground on the Res Sands, in the North Sea off the coast of Kent, and sank with the loss of four of her seven crew. Survivors were rescued by Eliza Harriet ( Royal National Lifeboat Institution.[7]

Unknown date

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date in March 1901

Ship	Country	Description
Voorspoed	Netherlands	The sailing ship was wrecked in Perran Bay, Cornwall, United Kingdom with the loss of all hands. She was on a voyage from Newfoundland to Perranporth, Cornwall.[8]

April

10 April

List of shipwrecks: 10 April 1901

Ship	Country	Description
USAT Rawlins	United States	The United States Army Transport sank at Brooklyn Army pier with deck awash from volume of water pumped from six engines, two trucks and three fireboats responding to engine room fire. Damage was estimated at $20,000 to refloat and $50,000 to repair.[9]

May

10 May

List of shipwrecks: 29 March 1911

Ship	Country	Description
France	France	The barque was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean (approximately 34°S 48°W / 34°S 48°W). Her crew were later rescued by Hebe ( Germany). France was on a voyage from North Shields, County Durham to Valparaiso, Chile. France was sighted on 13 May by Josefa ( Spain). Presumed subsequently foundered.[10]

June

2 June

List of shipwrecks: 2 June 1901

Ship	Country	Description
Mataafa	United States	The steamship ran aground on Knife Island Reef in Lake Superior. She was refloated, repaired, and returned to service.

4 June

List of shipwrecks: 4 June 1901

Ship	Country	Description
Ranald	United Kingdom	The steamship capsized and sank in the Atlantic Ocean off Atlantic City, New Jersey, where she had anchored the previous day after her cargo of asphalt melted in hot weather and flowed throughout her holds, causing her to take on a dangerous list. Her crew made it to shore safely.[11][12]

July

12 July

List of shipwrecks: 12 July 1901

Ship	Country	Description
Walter Thomas	United Kingdom	The 2,213 grt steamship sank after a collision with Romney off Europa Point, Straits of Gibraltar on a voyage from Penarth to Derindje

15 July

List of shipwrecks: 15 July 1901

Ship	Country	Description
Blanche	United Kingdom	The 234 grt steamship was wrecked on Île-Tudy on voyage Cardiff for Quimper[13]

29 July

List of shipwrecks: 29 July 1901

Ship	Country	Description
Sagamore	United States	The whaleback barge was rammed by the steamer Northern Queen (flag unknown) while at anchor in fog in Whitefish Bay off the coast of Michigan and sank with the loss of three lives. Her five survivors were rescued by Northern Queen.

August

3 August

List of shipwrecks: 3 August 1901

Ship	Country	Description
HMS Viper	Royal Navy	The Viper-class torpedo boat destroyer foundered on rocks at Alderney in the Channel Islands during naval manoeuvers. All aboard survived.[14][15]

15 August

List of shipwrecks: 15 August 1901

Ship	Country	Description
Islander	United Kingdom	The Canadian Pacific Steam Navigation Company-owned twin-screw steamer struck an iceberg and sank near Juneau, Territory of Alaska, United States. Forty passengers and crew were killed.

25 August

List of shipwrecks: 25 August 1901

Ship	Country	Description
Noranmore	Belgium	The W Johnston & Co.-owned cargo ship capsized and sank off Athens, Greece.[16]

26 August

List of shipwrecks: 26 August 1901

Ship	Country	Description
Oakland	New South Wales	The passenger-cargo ship ran aground at the mouth of the Richmond River in New South Wales, Australia. Although declared a total loss, she was refloated, repaired, and returned to service.

September

4 September

List of shipwrecks: 4 September 1901

Ship	Country	Description
SMS Wacht	Kaiserliche Marine	The Wacht-class aviso sank after a colliding with the ironclad SMS Sachsen ( Kaiserliche Marine) off Germany. All crew survived.

19 September

List of shipwrecks: 19 September 1901

Ship	Country	Description
HMS Cobra	Royal Navy	The destroyer broke her back and sank due to design weakness near Cromer, Norfolk. 67 crew were lost.

October

2 October

List of shipwrecks: 2 October 1901

Ship	Country	Description
M. M. Drake	United States	The steam barge sank in Lake Superior after colliding with the schooner barge Michigan ( United States), which she was towing, while she was taking Michigan′s crew off after Michigan began to sink during a gale. All hands from M. M. Drake and all but one crew member from Michigan were rescued by the cargo ship Crescent City (flag unknown); one Michigan crewman was lost in the sinking of M. M. Drake.
Michigan	United States	The schooner barge was abandoned when her seams parted and she began to sink during a gale on Lake Superior while she was under tow by the steam barge M. M. Drake ( United States). She collided while M. M. Drake while M. M. Drake was taking off her crew. Michigan was not seen again.

19 October

List of shipwrecks: 19 October 1901

Ship	Country	Description
L'Esperance	Belgium	The F Alexander-owned cargo ship was wrecked off the Skalskar Lighthouse, Finland.[16]

November

14 November

List of shipwrecks: 14 November 1901

Ship	Country	Description
Beauchamp	Royal National Lifeboat Institution	The lifeboat capsized off Caister-on-Sea, Norfolk, England, with the loss of eight lives. Three of her crew survived.

16 November

List of shipwrecks: 7 March 1901

Ship	Country	Description
Titania	United Kingdom	The barquentine, owned by Bowring Brothers, was wrecked in Pound Bay, Trepassey, Newfoundland, with loss of one crewmenber.[17]

December

4 December

List of shipwrecks: 4 December 1901

Ship	Country	Description
C. H. Wheeler	United States	C. H. Wheeler The schooner-rigged unpowered barge, adrift in the Pacific Ocean since her tow line broke on 27 November, was wrecked on the coast of Oregon near Yaquina Bay with the loss of one life. The barge′s three survivors were rescued by a United States Life-Saving Service () crew on the beach.

7 December

List of shipwrecks: 7 December 1901

Ship	Country	Description
Rodney	United Kingdom	The cargo ship was wrecked on the coast of Cornwall.[18]

15 December

List of shipwrecks: 15 December 1901

Ship	Country	Description
Sindia		The barque was wrecked after running aground at Ocean City, New Jersey.[11]

31 December

List of shipwrecks: 31 December 1901

Ship	Country	Description
Hero	Norway	The Kjaer & Isdal, (Bergen) owned cargo ship ran aground between Baltimore, Ohio and Colón, Panama. The wreck was later refloated and sold.[16]

Unknown date

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1901

Ship	Country	Description
HMS Scorpion	Royal Navy	The decommissioned Scorpion-class ironclad turret ship was sunk as a target. She was refloated in 1902 to be sold for scrap.

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11. Anonymous, Shipwrecks of the Mid-Atlantic: Maryland, Delaware & Southern New Jersey (poster), Sealake Products USA, undated.
12. njscuba.net New Jersey Scuba Diving: Ranald (excerpt from June 4, 1901, edition of unidentified newspaper)
13. Haws, Duncan (2000). Merchant Fleets 37: Furness, Withy (1. publ. ed.). Hereford. p. 28. ISBN 978-0946378388.
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15. "HMS Viper wrecked". Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XXVIII, Issue 9253, Page 4. 16 September 1901.
16. "Belgian Merchant H-O" (PDF). Belgische Koopvaardij. Retrieved 31 October 2010.
17. "The "Titania" - A Total Wreck". The Evening Telegram (277). St John, Newfoundland. 18 November 1901. p. 4.
18. "Rodney (1874)". Retrieved 2011-11-16.

Ship events in 1901
Ship launches:	1896	1897	1898	1899	1900	1901	1902	1903	1904	1905	1906
Ship commissionings:	1896	1897	1898	1899	1900	1901	1902	1903	1904	1905	1906
Ship decommissionings:	1896	1897	1898	1899	1900	1901	1902	1903	1904	1905	1906
Shipwrecks:	1896	1897	1898	1899	1900	1901	1902	1903	1904	1905	1906