List of shipwrecks in 1908
List of shipwrecks in 1908 includes ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during 1908.
January
7 January
8 January
19 January
February
5 February
14 February
18 February
Unknown date
March
12 March
List of shipwrecks: 12 March 1908
Ship | Country | Description |
Newark Castle |
United Kingdom |
The Union-Castle Line passenger/cargo ship ran aground in calm weather 4 nautical miles (7.4 km) from Richard's Bay, South Africa[3] |
29 March
April
2 April
List of shipwrecks: 2 April 1908
Ship | Country | Description |
HMS Tiger |
Royal Navy |
The three-funnel 30-knot destroyer was sliced in two when she crossed the bows of the armoured cruiser HMS Berwick ( Royal Navy) during night exercises and Berwick collided with her. Both sections of her hull sank, although her bow section remained afloat long enough for 22 members of her crew to be rescued. Thirty-six members of her crew were lost. |
9 April
24 April
List of shipwrecks: 24 April 1908
Ship | Country | Description |
Ben Macdui |
Belgium |
Foundered off Egerö, Norway.[5] |
25 April
27 April
30 April
May
3 May
31 May
List of shipwrecks: 31 May 1908
Ship | Country | Description |
Loanda |
United Kingdom |
The Elder Dempster 2,702 GRT cargo ship was sunk while travelling from Hamburg to South Africa after hitting the Russian steamer Junona. The cargo was: Hundreds of cases of gin, rum, champagne and barrels of gunpowder. Thousands of newly minted shillings were presumed aboard but not borne out by manifest.[7] |
June
7 June
17 June
20 June
July
18 July
21 July
22 July
August
29 August
September
1 September
List of shipwrecks: 1 September 1908
Ship | Country | Description |
Amazon |
United Kingdom |
The ship was driven ashore and wrecked west of Port Talbot, Glamorgan with the loss of twenty of her 28 crew. She was on a voyage from Port Talbot to Iquique, Chile.[11] |
16 September
October
4 October
List of shipwrecks: 4 October 1908
Ship | Country | Description |
Alice Marie |
France |
The steel barque hit the Runnelstone, drifted and sank in Mount's Bay, Cornwall, where it is now a dive site.[14] |
17 October
List of shipwrecks: 17 October 1908
Ship | Country | Description |
Velasquez |
United Kingdom |
The Lamport and Holt Line 7,452-grt General Cargo/Passenger ship. On 17 October 1908 soon after leaving Santos harbour and heading N with a cargo of coffee, post and passengers, on the route New York to Buenos Aires, she entered an area of intense fog and eventually hit the rocks at Ponta da Sela (Ilhabela) suffering serious damage. All passengers and crew managed to leave the ship and took shelter on a nearby beach (Praia do Veloso) being rescued the day after by another vessel.[15] |
30 October
Unknown date
November
4 November
List of shipwrecks: 4 November 1908
Ship | Country | Description |
Schelde |
Belgium |
Wrecked 20 nautical miles (37 km) north of Sapienza, Italy.[16] |
14 November
15 November
December
4 December
List of shipwrecks: 4 December 1908
Ship | Country | Description |
USS Yankee |
United States Navy |
On 23 September 1908, during a training exercise, she ran aground on Spindle Rock near Hen and Chickens lightship. She remained there until refloated on 4 December. However while being subsequently towed to New Bedford, Massachusetts she sank in Buzzards Bay, Massachusetts later that day. |
12 December
25 December
29 December
Unknown date
Unknown date
References
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- ↑ "SS Newark Castle [+1908]".
- ↑ Cameron, Stuart; Robinson, George. "SS Bega". Clydebuilt Database. Retrieved 13 September 2014.
- 1 2 "Belgian Merchant A-G" (PDF). Belgische Koopvaardij. Retrieved 30 September 2010.
- ↑ "Belgian Merchant H-O" (PDF). Belgische Koopvaardij. Retrieved 31 October 2010.
- ↑ "SS Loanda [+1908]". Retrieved 4 September 2013.
- ↑ "SS Egga (+1908)". Retrieved 4 September 2013.
- ↑ Larn, Richard (1992). The Shipwrecks of the Isles of Scilly. Nairn: Thomas & Lochar. ISBN 0-946537-84-4.
- ↑ "SS Dodo (hull) (+1908)". Retrieved 4 September 2013.
- 1 2 Tovey, Ron. "A Chronology of Bristol Channel Shipwrecks" (PDF). Swansea Docks. Retrieved 22 December 2014.
- ↑ "SS Rosella (+1908)". wrecksite.eu. Retrieved 25 Aug 2015.
- ↑ "Wreck Report for 'Rosella', 1908".
- ↑ "Dive Sites". Undersea Adventures Ltd. Retrieved 18 November 2011.
- ↑ "SS Velasquez (1908)". wrecksite.eu. Retrieved 23 Feb 2016.
- 1 2 "Belgian Merchant P-Z" (PDF). Belgische Koopvaardij. Retrieved 1 December 2010.
- ↑ "SV France (+1908)". wrecksite.eu. Retrieved 27 Aug 2015.
- ↑ Christopher, P., (1990), South Australian Shipwrecks 1802 – 1989, Society for Underwater Historical Research, North Adelaide, South Australia, page 49.
- ↑ "SS Dahomey (+1908)". Retrieved 4 September 2013.
- ↑ "SS Kwarra (I) (+1908)". Retrieved 4 September 2013.
- ↑ "SS Kittiwake [+1908]". Retrieved 4 September 2013.