The list of shipwrecks in 1903 includes ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during 1903.
January
2 January
List of shipwrecks: 2 January 1903
| Ship |
State |
Description
|
| Prince Arthur
|
Norway
|
The barque was wrecked in a storm on a reef 10 miles (16 km) south of Cape Alava and broke up. 18 were killed, 2 survivors.[1]
|
3 January
7 January
List of shipwrecks: 7 January 1903
| Ship |
State |
Description
|
| Jas. A. Carney
|
United States
|
The steamer struck an obstruction at the mouth of the Mobile River in Alabama and was beached. She was refloated and repaired.[5]
|
8 January
9 January
List of shipwrecks: 9 January 1903
| Ship |
State |
Description
|
| Alligator
|
United States
|
The steamer sank at dock at Palatka, Florida due to a broken pipe. Raised, repaired and returned to service.[7][8]
|
| Crosby
|
United Kingdom
|
The steamship was wrecked at Bempton Cliffs, Flamborough Head, Yorkshire, United Kingdom.[9]
|
| Otto
|
United States
|
The laid up steamer burned at Freeport, Florida.[5]
|
| Palmas
|
United Kingdom
|
The cargo ship was sighted whilst on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Boston, Massachusetts, United States. No further trace, presumed foundered in the Atlantic Ocean with the loss of all 39 crew.[10]
|
13 January
List of shipwrecks: 13 January 1903
| Ship |
State |
Description
|
| Thomas Morgan
|
United States
|
The tug ran aground at high tide on a steep bank in the harbor at Charleston, South Carolina. When the tide dropped she slid off and sank. One crewman killed.[11]
|
16 January
17 January
List of shipwrecks: 17 January 1903
| Ship |
State |
Description
|
| Earl
|
United States
|
The steamer capsized and sank at the mouth of the Tangipahoa River, possibly from being close to the bank edge with the river level dropping.[5]
|
21 January
22 January
23 January
List of shipwrecks: 23 January 1903
| Ship |
State |
Description
|
| John T. Pratt
|
United States
|
The tow steamer sank at dock at the foot of Van Brunt Street, Brooklyn when her seams opened up. Later raised and repaired.[15]
|
25 January
List of shipwrecks: 25 January 1903
| Ship |
State |
Description
|
| Otto
|
Sweden
|
The steamer was wrecked off Terschelling.[17]
|
29 January
List of shipwrecks: 29 January 1903
| Ship |
State |
Description
|
| Bay Ridge
|
United States
|
The tow steamer sank at dock in thick fog at The Battery when she was struck by New York Central No. 6 ( United States).[15]
|
30 January
List of shipwrecks: 30 January 1903
| Ship |
State |
Description
|
| Crescent City
|
United States
|
The steamer was wrecked on Fish Rocks near Point Arena, California, a total loss.[18]
|
| Gulf Stream
|
United States
|
The steamer was wrecked on the bar at Hereford, New Jersey in heavy seas and dense fog. Her cargo was salvaged.[15]
|
February
1 February
2 February
List of shipwrecks: 2 February 1903
| Ship |
State |
Description
|
| Alert
|
Norway
|
The steamer sprung a leak in a gale and foundered 100 miles (160 km) off Spurn Point. All nine crew were rescued by the trawler Cepheus ( United Kingdom).[21]
|
4 February
List of shipwrecks: 4 February 1903
| Ship |
State |
Description
|
| Berwick
|
|
The Newcastle steamer was wrecked on the Runnelstone. Her crew took to two lifeboats, one of which reached land and the other, with five crew members on board, was taken to Penzance in the Sennen Cove Lifeboat Station lifeboat Ann Newbon ( Royal National Lifeboat Institution).[22]
|
| Espingole
|
French Navy
|
The Durandal-class destroyer hit a rock and sank in Cavalaire Bay off Cavalaire-sur-Mer, France. Her wreck was sold as scrap in December 1909.
|
| Marina (or Mariana)
|
United States
|
During a voyage from Killisnoo to Hoonah, District of Alaska, with her owner, five passengers, and a cargo of camp supplies and potatoes on board, the 5-ton, 30-foot (9.1 m) sloop was wrecked on a reef in Chatham Strait in the Alexander Archipelago in Southeast Alaska, probably at Fishery Point (57°47′30″N 134°42′35″W / 57.79167°N 134.70972°W / 57.79167; -134.70972 (Fishery Point)). All on board survived the initial wreck and all of her cargo was brought ashore, but her owner and two other men who went back aboard her to await the rising tide to refloat her perished, two of them disappearing completely.[23]
|
| New York Central No. 22
|
United States
|
The tow steamer ran aground in thick fog at Sunken Meadows, New York in the East River. Refloated on 7 February.[15]
|
5 February
6 February
7 February
8 February
11 February
List of shipwrecks: 11 February 1903
| Ship |
State |
Description
|
| Bay City
|
United States
|
The steamer was lost to fire at West Point, Washington, between Seattle and Ballard.[25][26]
|
16 February
List of shipwrecks: 16 February 1903
| Ship |
State |
Description
|
| Decantur
|
United States
|
The schooner was sunk in a severe squall at Newport News, Virginia. Later raised.[27]
|
| Olive
|
United States
|
The steamer foundered in what is described as a "hurricane" or "whirlwind" in the Chowan River that caused her to careen, and fill with water, she righted herself and sank between Mount Pleasant and Oliver's Wharf with only her pilothouse above water. 18 killed, her captain and 5 others were rescued from the pilothouse by Pettit ( United States). Eight others left in a lifeboat and boarded a barge, from which they were rescued by Gazelle ( United States).[11][28][27]
|
| Roger Quarles
|
United States
|
The schooner was sunk in a severe squall at Newport News, Virginia. Later raised.[27]
|
17 February
18 February
20 February
21 February
List of shipwrecks: 21 February 1903
| Ship |
State |
Description
|
| William Schaubel Sr.
|
United States
|
The tow steamer sank at dock at Erie Basin, Brooklyn, New York due to a sheared rivet. Later raised.[15]
|
24 February
26 February
27 February
28 February
List of shipwrecks: 28 February 1903
| Ship |
State |
Description
|
| Etruria
|
United Kingdom
|
The ocean liner ran aground on sand and mud in the entrance to Gedney Channel while leaving New York City. She was refloated late the same day, found to be undamaged, and proceeded with her voyage.
|
| Excel
|
United States
|
The steamer struck a snag, capsized and sank at Lock No. 5 in the Little Kanawha River. Raised and repaired.[38]
|
Unknown date
March
1 March
2 March
4 March
7 March
9 March
10 March
List of shipwrecks: 10 March 1903
| Ship |
State |
Description
|
| Kongo Maru
|
Japan
|
The steamer foundered off Misaki, Japan.[48]
|
11 March
12 March
13 March
List of shipwrecks: 13 March 1903
| Ship |
State |
Description
|
| Unknown car float
|
United States
|
A car float, under tow of Lowell M. Palmer ( United States), sank in a collision in fog with the passenger steamer New Hampshire off Tenth St. in the East River. 14 rail cars on board rolled off as she sank.[50]
|
15 March
19 March
List of shipwrecks: 19 March 1903
| Ship |
State |
Description
|
| Metamora
|
United States
|
The steamer sank up to her 2nd deck in the Ocklawaha River in 20 feet (6.1 m) of water. Two crewmen killed. Raised in April, repaired and returned to service.[7][8]
|
| Varuna
|
United States
|
The steamer burned and sank in the Sacramento River near Meriden Landing, California when an oil lamp fell off a bulkhead, a total loss.[18]
|
20 March
List of shipwrecks: 20 March 1903
| Ship |
State |
Description
|
| Pilot
|
United States
|
The tug, while assisting steamer Winifred ( United States) in the Delaware River off Marcus Hook, Pennsylvania, was run into by Winifred causing her to careen, fill and sink. Five crewmen were killed. Two crewmen were rescued by a barge towed by Winifred and one crewman climbed Winifred's anchor chain.[51]
|
23 March
List of shipwrecks: 23 March 1903
| Ship |
State |
Description
|
| Dreadnought
|
United States
|
The schooner was sunk in a collision with Huron ( United States) in dense fog and heavy seas. The crew were rescued by Huron's boats.[15]
|
24 March
27 March
List of shipwrecks: 27 March 1903
| Ship |
State |
Description
|
| William A. Kane
|
United States
|
The tow steamer was backing out of dock at Rivington Street, New York City and was caught on a spile causing her to capsize and sink. Her captain was killed. Later raised.[15]
|
31 March
Unknown date
April
3 April
9 April
13 April
List of shipwrecks: 13 April 1903
| Ship |
State |
Description
|
| Margaret Ward
|
United States
|
The schooner was sunk in a collision with El Rio in dense fog, either at the Entrance to Galveston Harbor, or 28 miles (45 km) south east of Galveston in 8+1⁄2 fathoms (51 ft; 15.5 m) of water, which ever place, it was shallow enough for the wreck to be marked with a buoy.[60][61][62]
|
21 April
28 April
List of shipwrecks: 28 April 1903
| Ship |
State |
Description
|
| Maud Kilgore
|
United States
|
The steamer foundered at the mouth of the La Anguille River. Raised and repaired.[64]
|
29 April
30 April
May
1 May
List of shipwrecks: 1 May 1903
| Ship |
State |
Description
|
| Fedelia
|
United States
|
The barge sprung a leak and sank near Hen and Chickens Light.[11]
|
| Unknown canal boat
|
United States
|
A canal boat, under tow, was sunk in a collision with another towed canal boat off Sixth Street, Jersey City, New Jersey.[50]
|
5 May
List of shipwrecks: 5 May 1903
| Ship |
State |
Description
|
| Saginaw
|
United States
|
The steamer was sunk in a collision with Hamilton ( United States) in dense fog off Hog Island, Virginia. Eight passengers and six crew were killed. 21 crew and 11 passengers were rescued by Hamilton's boats, but one stewardess died in the boat.[51][66]
|
6 May
List of shipwrecks: 6 May 1903
| Ship |
State |
Description
|
| Gloriana
|
United States
|
The fishing schooner was wrecked off Whale Cove near White Point Ledges. Her captain and 14 crew died, 3 made it to shore.[67][68]
|
9 May
12 May
18 May
20 May
25 May
List of shipwrecks: 25 May 1903
| Ship |
State |
Description
|
| Falcon
|
United States
|
The steamer burned at dock in Satilla River.[11]
|
| M. Dougherty
|
United States
|
The steamer sprung a leak and sank at Brown's Station, Pennsylvania. Raised, repaired and returned to service.[38]
|
26 May
28 May
List of shipwrecks: 28 May 1903
| Ship |
State |
Description
|
| Nellie Walton
|
United States
|
The steamer capsized and sank when the coal barge she was towing grounded at "The Trap" in the Ohio River. The wreck was abandoned. Her engines and other machinery was salvaged and placed in another steamer.[77][78]
|
29 May
30 May
List of shipwrecks: 30 May 1903
| Ship |
State |
Description
|
| Jack Rabbit
|
United States
|
The steamer struck a snag and sank in the White River near Sibleys Island.[47]
|
31 May
List of shipwrecks: 31 May 1903
| Ship |
State |
Description
|
| Helen
|
United States
|
The launch burned at dock in Dover Point, New Hampshire.[15]
|
| Mike Bauer
|
United States
|
The steamer broke loose from her dock at Kansas City, Kansas and was swept by a strong current in the Kaw River into bridge piers and sunk. Total loss.[47]
|
| Nellie
|
United States
|
The steamer was sunk at Wetherill's Wharf, Cohansey Creek, New Jersey when a falling tide dropped her on a stump punching a hole in her bottom.[15]
|
Unknown date
June
3 June
List of shipwrecks: 3 June 1903
| Ship |
State |
Description
|
| Flying Eagle
|
United States
|
The stern paddle wheel steamer, towing the excursion barge Little Gate, while passing under the Wabash Railroad Bridge at Hannibal, Missouri was turned sideways by the current striking the bridge piers with her stern and then backing into the riverbank destroying her paddle wheel, rendering her helpless. She sank in 40 feet (12 m) of water below the bridge, a total loss. Three passengers and one crewman killed, either from the ship or the barge. Survivors climbed onto the bridge or were rescued by a ferry and skiffs.[85][86]
|
| Little Gate
|
United States
|
The excursion barge struck the Wabash Railroad Bridge at Hannibal, Missouri and turned on her side after her tow steamer was wrecked, she drifted down stream and eventually drifted ashore. Three passengers and one crewman killed, either from the ship or the barge. Survivors climbed onto the bridge or were rescued by a ferry and skiffs.[85][86]
|
5 June
7 June
List of shipwrecks: 7 June 1903
| Ship |
State |
Description
|
| Liban
|
France
|
The passenger steamer sank following a collision with Insulaire near the port of Marseille. Estimates of those lost varied widely as no accurate count of the passengers and crew was made before sailing. Conservative estimates put the death toll at 97 out of between 200–240 persons aboard. Some estimates of the lost were near twice that number. The vast majority of fatalities were women and children.[87]
|
| Olivette
|
United States
|
The steamer struck a rock and sank at Six Mile Island in the Allegheny River. Raised and repaired.[88]
|
9 June
10 June
12 June
13 June
List of shipwrecks: 13 June 1903
| Ship |
State |
Description
|
| Charles H. Davis
|
United States
|
The steamer foundered in a severe gale and heavy seas in Lake Erie 1,500 feet (460 m) off the light for Cleveland, Ohio in 38 feet (12 m) of water, a total loss. Her master was killed, two tugs rescued the rest of the crew.[92][93]
|
17 June
23 June
25 June
30 June
July
2 July
8 July
List of shipwrecks: 8 July 1903
| Ship |
State |
Description
|
| Lucille Nowland
|
United States
|
The steamer struck a submerged obstruction in the Arkansas River near Fites Landing and sank. One crewman killed.[47]
|
13 July
14 July
List of shipwrecks: 14 July 1903
| Ship |
State |
Description
|
| Monterey
|
United Kingdom
|
The 5,455 GRT cargo steamer on a voyage from Montreal to Bristol and Liverpool with a cargo of cattle, lumber and foodstuffs ran aground near the Plate Point Lighthouse on the island of Petite Miquelon, and was subsequently abandoned.
|
17 July
18 July
19 July
22 July
23 July
24 July
List of shipwrecks: 24 July 1903
| Ship |
State |
Description
|
| Shawmut
|
United States
|
The fuel scow was damaged when rammed at the Lackawanna Coal dock, Buffalo, New York, by Mahoning ( United States). She drifted around the end of the dock and sank.[101]
|
25 July
27 July
List of shipwrecks: 27 July 1903
| Ship |
State |
Description
|
| Southwark
|
United States
|
The steamer burned to the waterline at Pier 28 South, Philadelphia.[15]
|
August
2 August
3 August
List of shipwrecks: 3 August 1903
| Ship |
State |
Description
|
| Amiral Gueydon
|
France
|
The steamer caught fire on 30 July 46 miles (74 km) off Socotra Island in the Indian Ocean after an explosion of either her boiler or volatile material in her cargo in heavy seas. The crew fought the fire until the ship was wrecked on the Arabian Peninsula half way between Aden and Muscat at Ras Haseik. The Sheik of Merbat learned of the castaways and sent three small boats that picked up the crew on 15 September. They were then rescued at sea by Trouvon ( Russia) on 19 August.[107][108]
|
4 August
List of shipwrecks: 4 August 1903
| Ship |
State |
Description
|
| Scow No. 23
|
United States
|
The scow sprung a leak and sank near Popasquash Point, Rhode Island in Narragansett Bay.[11]
|
5 August
6 August
7 August
8 August
9 August
11 August
12 August
List of shipwrecks: 12 August 1903
| Ship |
State |
Description
|
| D. Maria Amelia
|
United States
|
The steamer caught fire off Boston, Massachusetts and was beached where she burned to the waterline. She later floated off and sank, a total loss.[15]
|
13 August
17 August
18 August
List of shipwrecks: 18 August 1903
| Ship |
State |
Description
|
| John J. White
|
United States
|
The laid up tow steamer sank at dock at the foot of Essex Street, Jersey City, New Jersey for unknown reasons. Raised and repaired.[15]
|
20 August
21 August
23 August
25 August
26 August
List of shipwrecks: 26 August 1903
| Ship |
State |
Description
|
| John Booth
|
United States
|
The schooner was cut in half and sunk in a collision with H. M. Whitney ten miles (16 km) east of Stratford Shoal. Five crewmen and a friend of the captain were killed.[113]
|
| Oneida
|
United States
|
The tug sank at dock in Tonawanda, New York over night for unknown reasons. Later raised with no damage found.[5]
|
Unknown date
List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1903
| Ship |
State |
Description
|
| Cyclone
|
United States
|
The steamer, being used as a launch tender, was lost at Baron Koff Bay, Kamchatka, Siberia.[114]
|
| George W. Kelley
|
United States
|
1903 Jamaica hurricane: The steamer sank in the Hurricane between Central America and New Orleans after leaving Bluefields, Nicaragua on 9 August. Lost with everyone on board, all 18 crewmen and 1 passenger.[5][115]
|
| Vigilant
|
United States
|
Operating on the Ketchikan mail route, the steam tug was wrecked when her helmsman fell asleep at her wheel and she ran onto rocks at full speed on Fox Island in northeastern Dixon Entrance off Cape Fox, District of Alaska. One crewman was injured.[116]
|
| Enterprise
|
Canada
|
Sank in August, 1903 while docking, following a major mechanical failure. She was later refloated and scuttled in deeper waters. No lives were lost. [117]
|
September
2 September
4 September
5 September
7 September
9 September
10 September
11 September
12 September
14 September
15 September
List of shipwrecks: 15 September 1903
| Ship |
State |
Description
|
| Champion
|
United States
|
The steamer burned at anchor in Put-In-Bay, Ohio.[5]
|
| Howard B. Peck
|
United States
|
In the evening of 15 September 1903, while between Cape Poge and Cross Rip Shoal in hazy weather, schooner Howard B. Peck, on her way from Norfolk for Calais with cargo of coal was struck on her port bow by steamer Kiowa, on passage from Boston to Charleston. The schooner had her bowsprit and flying jibboom carried away together with all sails and rigging, and had a 20-foot (6.1 m)-wide gap opened in her hull. The schooner was towed by Kiowa into Vineyard Haven on the same day and after undergoing repairs worth about US$2,500, returned to service. Kiowa suffered little damage and was able to continue on her voyage.
|
16 September
List of shipwrecks: 16 September 1903
| Ship |
State |
Description
|
| Alma
|
United States
|
The steamer burned and sank at a wharf, probably at Norfolk, Virginia.[11]
|
| Ceres
|
United States
|
The yacht sank in a storm at the New Haven Yacht Club, New Haven, Connecticut. Her hull was a total loss, her machinery was scheduled to be salvaged.[11]
|
| Gilberton
|
United States
|
1903 New Jersey hurricane: The 841-gross register ton schooner barge sank on Brown Shoal off the coast of Delaware. All three people on board survived.[124]
|
| John R. Williams
|
United States
|
The Tug was destroyed by fire between Albany, New York and Athens, New York off Castleton-on-Hudson, New York.[15]
|
| S. E. Spring
|
United States
|
The passenger steamer went ashore in a severe storm at Woods Point, Indian Harbor, New York on Long Island.[15]
|
| Spartan
|
United States
|
1903 New Jersey hurricane: The tug sank in a hurricane in Delaware Bay below Brow Shoal. Two crewmen killed.[15]
|
| Welcome
|
United States
|
The steamer was wrecked two miles (3.2 km) west of Charlevoix Bay.[38]
|
17 September
List of shipwrecks: 17 September 1903
| Ship |
State |
Description
|
| Narragansett
|
United States
|
The barge sank in a severe storm, probably off New York.[15]
|
19 September
21 September
List of shipwrecks: 21 September 1903
| Ship |
State |
Description
|
| Charles S. Parnell
|
United States
|
The tug capsized while towing a steamer near Little Island in Tonawanda Harbor.[5]
|
26 September
27 September
List of shipwrecks: 27 September 1903
| Ship |
State |
Description
|
| Meriden
|
United States
|
The steamer burned at dock in Toledo, Ohio, possibly due to an exploding lamp, a total loss.[56]
|
29 September
30 September
List of shipwrecks: 30 September 1903
| Ship |
State |
Description
|
| Sara
|
United States
|
The steamer struck rocks at "Chain of Rocks" in the Yukon River and sank in 5+1⁄2 feet (1.7 m) of water.[15]
|
Unknown date
October
1 October
3 October
4 October
List of shipwrecks: 4 October 1903
| Ship |
State |
Description
|
| Benjamin Sewall
|
United States
|
The schooner was heavily damaged by a typhoon and abandoned off Formosa. The survivors sailed to Botel Tobago Island, off Formosa, on 5 October in a lifeboat. Six of the survivors drowned when their lifeboat overturned after it was damaged in an attack by natives. The natives rescued one Japanese woman.[135]
|
7 October
8 October
9 October
List of shipwrecks: 9 October 1903
| Ship |
State |
Description
|
| Admiral
|
United States
|
The motorboat capsized in a squall in San Francisco Bay. One passenger and one crewman killed.[55]
|
| J. R. Sharp
|
United States
|
The steamer sprang a leak at dock at Jones Landing, Georgia on the Flint River and sank.[5]
|
| John N. Glidden
|
United States
|
The steamer was sunk in a collision with the barge Magna in the St. Clair Flats Ship Canal, a total loss. The wreck was removed over a period of months ending in May 1904.[139][140]
|
10 October
11 October
12 October
15 October
17 October
19 October
List of shipwrecks: 19 October 1903
| Ship |
State |
Description
|
| South Portland
|
United States
|
The steamer struck a rock in thick fog off Cape Blanco, Oregon and sank in 45 minutes. Eight passengers, two stowaways, and nine crewmen died, five of those from exposure on life rafts.[18]
|
23 October
List of shipwrecks: 23 October 1903
| Ship |
State |
Description
|
| Florence Marmet
|
United States
|
The steamer struck a submerged obstruction in the Ohio River near the mouth of the Little Miami River and sank. Raised and repaired.[38]
|
25 October
26 October
29 October
30 October
List of shipwrecks: 30 October 1903
| Ship |
State |
Description
|
| City of St. Louis
|
United States
|
The steamer was destroyed by fire at St. Louis, Missouri and sank. One crewman missing. Total loss.[47]
|
31 October
November
1 November
2 November
3 November
List of shipwrecks: 3 November 1903
| Ship |
State |
Description
|
| Peerless
|
United States
|
The steamer caught fire at sea after being stolen by 4 boys from her dock at Eureka, California. The tug Ranger caught up with the steamer, rescued the boys and beached the steamer in Humboldt Bay, a total loss.[18]
|
4 November
List of shipwrecks: 4 November 1903
| Ship |
State |
Description
|
| Walter L. Frost
|
United States
|
The steamer ran aground in fog on south end of South Manitou Island, in Lake Michigan. She was scuttled to prevent further damage, refloated on the 6th but rescuttled for unknown reasons. She broke in two on 10 November and was abandoned on 14 November. Completely went to pieces over the winter.[152][153]
|
7 November
9 November
List of shipwrecks: 9 November 1903
| Ship |
State |
Description
|
| Imnaha
|
United States
|
The steamer snagged a mooring line causing her to drift in to the Mountain Sheep Rapids on the Snake River and was wrecked.[15]
|
11 November
List of shipwrecks: 11 November 1903
| Ship |
State |
Description
|
| Ruth
|
United States
|
The steamer broke a mooring line at Bihlers Point Landing, California allowing her to be damaged on a rock. She drifted ashore, a total loss.[18]
|
12 November
List of shipwrecks: 12 November 1903
| Ship |
State |
Description
|
| S. C. Baldwin
|
United States
|
The steamer was sunk by ice 7+1⁄2 miles (12.1 km) north east of Long Tail Point.[38]
|
13 November
14 November
List of shipwrecks: 14 November 1903
| Ship |
State |
Description
|
| Pioneer
|
United States
|
The motor vessel struck a submerged object and sank in Chesapeake Bay. Her crew was saved.[11]
|
15 November
List of shipwrecks: 15 November 1903
| Ship |
State |
Description
|
| Avarana
|
United States
|
The pleasure steamer was destroyed by fire at dock in Ogdensburg, New York. Fire reported as caused by embers from a passing locomotive.[155]
|
17 November
18 November
List of shipwrecks: 18 November 1903
| Ship |
State |
Description
|
| Nellie
|
United States
|
The steamer was destroyed by fire at dock at Grants Ferry, Washington on the Columbia River.[15]
|
19 November
20 November
21 November
List of shipwrecks: 21 November 1903
| Ship |
State |
Description
|
| Araby Maid
|
Norway
|
The bark was sunk in a collision with Denver 30 miles (48 km) north of the Dry Tortugas, Florida. The crew transferred to Denver. Two crewmen who were ill with a fever before the collision died shortly after coming aboard Denver.[156][75]
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22 November
List of shipwrecks: 22 November 1903
| Ship |
State |
Description
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| Saugerties
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United States
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The steamer burned to the waterline at dock in Saugerties, New York, a total loss. Some fittings salvaged. Refloated and scuttled in a cove north of the Saugerties Lighthouse. One crewman was killed trying to retrieve clothing after being ordered to abandon ship.[15][157]
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26 November
27 November
28 November
29 November
30 November
List of shipwrecks: 30 November 1903
| Ship |
State |
Description
|
| Frank
|
United States
|
The tug sank at dock at New Berlin, Florida. Promptly raised.[11]
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Unknown date
December
1 December
List of shipwrecks: 1 December 1903
| Ship |
State |
Description
|
| Idlewild
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United States
|
The tow steamer was sunk in a collision with Hercules ( United States) in New York Bay. Three crewmen were killed, one injured.[15]
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4 December
5 December
List of shipwrecks: 4 December 1903
| Ship |
State |
Description
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| J. Emory Owen
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United States
|
The steamer caught fire four miles (6.4 km) off Manitowoc, Wisconsin. She was towed by three steamers to the Sturgeon Bay Ship Canal where the fire was extinguished, but she sank in 18 feet (5.5 m) of water. She was raised, rebuilt and returned to service as F. A. Meyer.[73][165]
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6 December
7 December
9 December
12 December
List of shipwrecks: 12 December 1903
| Ship |
State |
Description
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| Al Martin
|
United States
|
The tow steamer struck a submerged obstruction in the Kentucky River near Sand Ripple and sank, a total loss.[47]
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15 December
16 December
List of shipwrecks: 16 December 1903
| Ship |
State |
Description
|
| Alice M. Jacobs
|
United States
|
The steamer was wrecked in a gale and snowstorm at Duram Island off Newfoundland, a total loss.[168]
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| Columbia
|
United States
|
The steam lighter was sunk in a collision with the ferry Kingston in the North River.[12]
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18 December
List of shipwrecks: 18 December 1903
| Ship |
State |
Description
|
| Mary Buhne
|
United States
|
The schooner was sunk in a collision with Del Norte ( United States) off Humboldt Bay, California. Everyone on board was rescued by boats from Del Norte, but one crewman from Del Norte died in the rescue.[18]
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20 December
List of shipwrecks: 20 December 1903
| Ship |
State |
Description
|
| Ada V.
|
United States
|
The laid up steamer sank at dock when her bitts pulled out causing leaks at Newport, Kentucky. Raised and repaired.[38]
|
21 December
24 December
25 December
List of shipwrecks: 25 December 1903
| Ship |
State |
Description
|
| Clarence S. Bement
|
United States
|
The sailing ship caught fire on 22 December and was abandoned on 24 or 25 December in Fox Bay, Falkland Islands, a total loss. The crew went to shore in her boats.[171][172][173]
|
| Mahngotaysee
|
none
|
The unfinished and unregistered steamer was totally destroyed by arson at dock at Boyd's Shipyard, Palatka, Florida.[174]
|
26 December
27 December
28 December
List of shipwrecks: 28 December 1903
| Ship |
State |
Description
|
| Pomona
|
United States
|
The steamer struck a snag near Careys Bend, Oregon on the Willamette River and sank.[15]
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30 December
31 December
Unknown date
List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1903
| Ship |
State |
Description
|
| Aristides
|
United Kingdom
|
The clipper ship left Caleta Buena, Chile, for San Francisco on 28 May and was never seen again.[184]
|
| Delphine
|
United States
|
The launch was lost at Karluk, District of Alaska.[150]
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| Edith
|
Germany
|
The full-rigged ship sprang a leak and was beached in the Solomon Islands, where she was wrecked. Her crew survived.[185]
|
| Fannie Kerr
|
United Kingdom
|
The barque was abandoned on 29 May 1902 after her cargo of coal caught fire near the Territory of Hawaii (20°00′N 169°00′W / 20.000°N 169.000°W / 20.000; -169.000). She drifted ashore and was wrecked on South Cape, Formosa sometime in March–August, 1903.[186][187]
|
| Helen Brewer
|
United States
|
The sailing ship went missing after leaving Surabaya, Netherlands East Indies for Philadelphia on March 7.[188]
|
| Jane A. Falkenberg
|
United States
|
Abandoned at sea during a storm in 1899 and again during a later voyage while under tow in 1900, and recovered both times after suffering serious damage, the wrecked 310.63-gross register ton, 131-foot (39.9 m) barkentine was filled with stones and sand and scuttled in 6 feet (1.8 m) of water to form a breakwater at St. Michael, District of Alaska, sometime prior to 26 October.[95]
|
| Jennie
|
Unknown
|
The cannery steamer sank after running aground on Denman Island in the Gulf Islands in British Columbia.[95]
|
| Loch Bredan
|
United Kingdom
|
The barque disappeared without trace after departing Adelaide, South Australia, in September 1903.
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| Nor'West
|
United States
|
While laid up for the winter, the 8-gross register ton, 35.4-foot (10.8 m) schooner dragged her anchor during either the winter of 1901–1902 or the winter of 1902–1903 and was blown so far inland at the head of "Wrangell Bay" in the District of Alaska – probably Wrangell Bay (57°01′N 156°31′W / 57.017°N 156.517°W / 57.017; -156.517 (Wrangell Bay)) on Kodiak Island but possibly the harbor at Wrangell in Southeast Alaska – that she could not be relaunched. She was declared a total loss and was stripped and abandoned.[189]
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| Samuel N. Lapsley
|
|
The Presbyterian missionary riverboat, built by William R. Trigg Co., Richmond, Virginia in 1901 and assembled in the Congo, capsized in the Congo River during a supply run between Leopoldville and Luebo Station with loss of twenty-four people. The vessel was replaced by Samuel N. Lapsley II in 1906.[190][191]
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| Thomas
|
United States
|
The 167-gross register ton barge sank off Velasco, Texas. Both people on board survived.[192]
|
| Vega
|
United Kingdom
|
The barque sank in Melville Bay, Greenland
|
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- ^ "ABANDON BURNING VESSEL IN MIDST OF HOWLING GALE Captain Grant of the Ill-Fated Ship Clarence S. Bement Arrives in Port With His Mate and Carpenter on the Pacific Mail Panama Liner City of Sydney". San Francisco Call. Vol. 95, no. 114. 23 March 1904. Page 13, columns 3-5. Retrieved 9 February 2022 – via California Digital Newspaper Collection.
- ^ "Annual report of the Supervising Inspector-general Steamboat-inspection Service, Year ending June 30, 1905". Washington: Government Printing Office. 1905. p. 25. Retrieved 19 May 2020 – via Haithi Trust.
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- ^ "ALLIGATOR HAER No. FL-23" (PDF). HISTORIC AMERICAN ENGINEERING RECORD National Park Service U.S. Department of the Interior. Retrieved 15 May 2020.
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- ^ Anonymous, "Gunboat Is Grounded Off Borneo Coast: Quiros Strikes a Reef in Asiatic Waters," Los Angeles Herald, January 1, 1904, p. 14.
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- ^ "Hannir Kerr (+1902)". Wrecksite. Retrieved 30 December 2020.
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- ^ Department of Commerce and Labor Bureau of Navigation Thirty-Ninth Annual List of Merchant Vessels of the United States for the Year Ending June 30, 1907, Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office, 1907, p. 378.
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