List of shipwrecks in 1909 includes ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during 1909.
January
2 January
5 January
6 January
8 January
11 January
List of shipwrecks: 11 January 1909
| Ship |
State |
Description
|
| B. Hersey
|
United States
|
The steamer, laid up for the winter, sank at Dubuque, Iowa. Later raised, repaired and returned to service before April.[8]
|
| Glendale
|
United Kingdom
|
The 1,000 GRT steamer on a passage from Bo'ness, Scotland for Hamburg, Germany with a cargo of 1,200 tons of coal ran aground shortly after 03:00 in thick weather 2.5 miles (4.0 km) north of Helgoland. Attempts were made to move the vessel, but rising water forced the crew to abandon the ship by about noon. The master visited the ship two days later and found her completely wrecked.[9]
|
| Wangard
|
Germany
|
The 4,222 GRT steamer on a passage from Tacoma, Washington to Europe with cargo of cereals ran aground at Punta Mogotes and was subsequently abandoned.[10][11]
|
12 January
15 January
List of shipwrecks: 15 January 1909
| Ship |
State |
Description
|
| Dave Wood
|
United States
|
The steamer struck an obstruction and sank in 12 feet (3.7 m) of water in the Ohio River at Lock No. 4. Raised and laid up.[14]
|
| Fidra
|
United Kingdom
|
The 1,218 GRT steamer on a passage from Burntisland for Rendsburg, Germany with a cargo of coal ran aground at Jungnamensand, Amrum and subsequently broke up with the loss of her entire crew.[15][16]
|
17 January
19 January
20 January
List of shipwrecks: 20 January 1909
| Ship |
State |
Description
|
| Adato
|
United Kingdom
|
The 3,347 GRT steamer on a passage from Seattle for Hong Kong with a cargo consisting of 2,400 bales of cotton, 3,500 packages of general cargo, and 99,000 bags of flour went ashore on Oshima after leaving Yokohama for Kobe and subsequently sunk.[20][21]
|
| Bengar
|
United Kingdom
|
The 2,531 GRT steamer on a passage from Huelva for Garston with a cargo of 3,300 tons of ore ran ashore on a bank outside the entrance to Garston Old Dock. Attempts to tow the ship off failed and about 02:00 on 21 January the vessel broke down abaft the engine-room with both ends filling with water.[22]
|
21 January
22 January
23 January
24 January
25 January
List of shipwrecks: 25 January 1909
| Ship |
State |
Description
|
| Alnmere
|
United Kingdom
|
The 3,252 GRT steamer on a passage from Baltimore to Vera Cruz with a cargo of 4,450 tons of coal and coke ran aground on the reefs off the western end of Pensacola Cay, Little Abaco, Bahamas around 23:20 while travelling at about 8 knots (15 km/h; 9.2 mph). The crew tried to save the ship but the storms that developed soon after forced them to abandon the vessel on 1 February as she began breaking up.[27]
|
| William C. Tanner
|
United States
|
The 1,033-gross register ton schooner departed Rockport, Massachusetts, bound for Key West, Florida, with ten people on board and was never heard from again.[17]
|
26 January
27 January
28 January
30 January
31 January
Unknown date
List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1909
| Ship |
State |
Description
|
| Pendeen
|
United Kingdom
|
The fishing vessel was lost in a gale. A search by the St Ives Lifeboat found no wreckage.[33]
|
February
1 February
2 February
4 February
5 February
8 February
9 February
List of shipwrecks: 9 February 1909
| Ship |
State |
Description
|
| Ocean View
|
United States
|
The steamer was destroyed by fire at dock in Norfolk, Virginia. Three burned to death.[13]
|
10 February
12 February
13 February
List of shipwrecks: 13 February 1909
| Ship |
State |
Description
|
| Forest Castle
|
United Kingdom
|
The 2,788 GRT steamer on a passage from Bilbao to Rotterdam with a cargo of 4,600 tons of iron ore struck the La Vandrée rock in heavy weather around 15:30 and sank. Seven of her 24-men crew, including the ship's master, three engineers, and second officer, and 2 stowaways drowned in the incident.[35]
|
14 February
15 February
List of shipwrecks: 15 February 1909
| Ship |
State |
Description
|
| Lady Mildred
|
Australia
|
The 2,180 GRT steamer on a passage from Newcastle to Melbourne with a cargo of coal ran ashore a few minutes after midnight in hazy weather on the eastern side of Wilsons Promontory Lighthouse. The vessel could not be salvaged and was abandoned.[39]
|
16 February
17 February
19 February
20 February
21 February
22 February
23 February
24 February
26 February
28 February
March
1 March
3 March
4 March
List of shipwrecks: 4 March 1909
| Ship |
State |
Description
|
| Plymouth
|
United States
|
The steamer sank at Henderson's Wharf at the foot of Fells Street, Baltimore, Maryland.[4][46]
|
5 March
6 March
List of shipwrecks: 6 March 1909
| Ship |
State |
Description
|
| Uncle Tom
|
United States
|
The steamer sank while lying on the bank at St. Louis, a total loss.[8]
|
8 March
10 March
11 March
12 March
15 March
List of shipwrecks: 15 March 1909
| Ship |
State |
Description
|
| Tarboro
|
United States
|
The steamer struck a snag and sank in the Tar River.[13]
|
20 March
21 March
22 March
23 March
24 March
25 March
26 March
29 March
31 March
Unknown date
April
3 April
6 April
7 April
List of shipwrecks: 7 April 1909
| Ship |
State |
Description
|
| Beacon
|
United States
|
The 341-gross register ton barge foundered off Watch Hill, Rhode Island. Both people on board survived.[12]
|
| Beaver
|
United States
|
The 314-gross register ton sternwheel paddle steamer burned at Cairo, Illinois while tied up alongside Geo. Gardner ( United States), with the loss of one life. There were 24 survivors.[28]
|
| Cubana
|
United States
|
The steamer was damaged in a collision with Havana ( United States) while anchored in fog at Quarantine, New York. She was run aground on a mud bank off Clifton, New Jersey as a precaution.[56]
|
| Geo. Gardner
|
United States
|
The 72-gross register ton sternwheel paddle steamer burned at Cairo, Illinois while tied up alongside Beaver ( United States). The only person on board survived.[7][4]
|
| J. J. H. Brown
|
United States
|
The steamer dragged anchor in a severe gale and went ashore at Buffalo, New York. Refloated same day by tugs.[1]
|
| Slatington
|
United States
|
The tow steamer shipped water in rough weather, sinking after arrival at her dock at Pier 41, Brooklyn, New York. Raised and repaired.[44]
|
| William H. Truesdale
|
United States
|
The steamer dragged anchor in a severe gale and went ashore at Buffalo, New York. Refloated on 13 April.[1]
|
8 April
List of shipwrecks: 8 April 1909
| Ship |
State |
Description
|
| Beacon
|
United States
|
The inland barge, under tow by John Scully ( United States), sank in Block Island Sound after breaking loose from R. M. Waterman ( United States) during a gale the night before. No casualties.[13]
|
| Dagenham
|
United Kingdom
|
The 1,466 GRT British cargo steamer built in 1907 by John Crown & Sons for Furness, Withy & Co. On 18 April 1909, when northwest Grunes, Cobo Bay, Guernsey Channel Islands, she ran aground and was wrecked while on a voyage from the Tyne to Saint-Malo with a cargo of coal.[57][58]
|
| Geo. A. Floss
|
United States
|
The fishing steamer sank off Cleveland, Ohio in a heavy gale and lost with all seven crew. Raised later.[59]
|
| Mahratta
|
United Kingdom
|
The passenger-cargo ship was wrecked on Goodwin Sands in the English Channel off Kent, England, and broke in half two days later. One crew member committed suicide.
|
9 April
List of shipwrecks: 9 April 1909
| Ship |
State |
Description
|
| Hetty Agnes
|
United States
|
The launch sprang a leak, capsized and sank in Boston harbor. The crew abandoned ship in her boat, but it was capsized when the ship capsized. Her captain died of exposure.[23]
|
12 April
13 April
14 April
15 April
16 April
17 April
18 April
19 April
21 April
22 April
25 April
26 April
29 April
30 April
May
1 May
2 May
List of shipwrecks: 1 May 1909
| Ship |
State |
Description
|
| St. Lucie
|
United States
|
The steamer struck an obstruction and sank in ten feet (3.0 m) of water in Sawyer's Key Channel, Florida. Ship was raised.[45]
|
3 May
List of shipwrecks: 3 May 1909
| Ship |
State |
Description
|
| Alice
|
United States
|
The barge, being towed by Hokendaqua ( United States), foundered in strong wind off the Branford, Connecticut Beacon.[13]
|
| Anthracite
|
United States
|
The barge went ashore on Falkner Island, Connecticut.[71]
|
| Florence
|
United States
|
The barge, being towed by Hokendaqua ( United States), foundered in strong wind off the Branford, Connecticut Beacon.[13]
|
| Moosic
|
United States
|
The barge went ashore on Falkner Island, Connecticut.[71]
|
| Susquehana
|
United States
|
The barge, being towed by C. B. Sandford ( United States), broke loose from her tow in strong wind off Goose Island in Long Island Sound and went ashore. Her captain, his wife and son, and one crewman died trying to get to shore.[13]
|
| Unidentified barge
|
United States
|
The barge, being towed by Resolute ( United States), foundered in strong wind off the Branford, Connecticut Beacon after loosing her towline.[13]
|
| Unidentified barge
|
United States
|
The barge, being towed by C. B. Sandford ( United States), broke loose from her tow in strong wind off Goose Island in Long Island Sound and went ashore.[13]
|
| Unidentified scows
|
United States
|
Three scows, being towed by Resolute ( United States), broke loose from their tow in strong wind off the Branford, Connecticut Beacon and went ashore.[13]
|
5 May
7 May
10 May
14 May
18 May
19 May
20 May
21 May
24 May
26 May
27 May
29 May
30 May
31 May
Unknown date
June
4 June
6 June
8 June
9 June
11 June
12 June
14 June
15 June
17 June
18 June
20 June
List of shipwrecks: 20 June 1909
| Ship |
State |
Description
|
| Louise
|
Belgium
|
The ship foundered 28 nautical miles (52 km) off Ventimiglia, Italy.[81]
|
21 June
List of shipwrecks: 21 June 1909
| Ship |
State |
Description
|
| Rambler
|
United States
|
The steamer was destroyed by fire while moored in Hampton Roads.[4]
|
22 June
24 June
25 June
List of shipwrecks: 25 June 1909
| Ship |
State |
Description
|
| Charles Hanson
|
United States
|
The motor vessel, or schooner, caught fire 30 miles (48 km) off Cleopatra Island, Mexico. The fire got out of hand and the crew abandoned ship in two lifeboats. Shortly after she was abandoned dynamite in her cargo detonated destroying the ship. The crew made it to Cleopatra Island where the ship's cook died there, the rest of the crew was rescued on 4 July by a Mexican launch.[85][86]
|
| Geo. R. Bailey
|
United States
|
The motor vessel was wrecked in thick fog at Pebble Beach, California, a total loss.[85]
|
| Jane
|
United States
|
The 26-gross register ton motor yacht burned at New Orleans, Louisiana. Both people on board survived.[7]
|
| Lord Londonderry
|
United Kingdom
|
The cargo ship, which had caught fire the day before, was abandoned 30 nautical miles (56 km) off Sines, Portugal. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Huelva, Spain, to Savannah, Georgia, United States.[87]
|
27 June
List of shipwrecks: 27 June 1909
| Ship |
State |
Description
|
| Bradwell
|
United States
|
The vessel, being towed by Fearless ( United States), sank from waves breaking over her in Lake Borgne four miles (6.4 km) off New Orleans in nine feet (2.7 m) of water. She was raised.[65]
|
| Fearless
|
United States
|
The steamer struck a piling at the mouth of the Lake Borgne Canal and sank in seven feet (2.1 m) of water.[65]
|
28 June
30 June
July
1 July
2 July
8 July
9 July
10 July
12 July
15 July
16 July
List of shipwrecks: 16 July 1909
| Ship |
State |
Description
|
| Miles Standish
|
United States
|
The tug ran aground on the north west end of Old Silas Reef, near Plum Island in dense fog. Beached on Plum Island to prevent sinking.[13]
|
20 July
23 July
24 July
25 July
List of shipwrecks: 25 July 1909
| Ship |
State |
Description
|
| Vigilancia
|
United States
|
The steamer caught fire while laying off Pier 18, Brooklyn and was scuttled to extinguish the fire. Raised and repaired.[92]
|
27 July
28 July
31 July
August
1 August
4 August
List of shipwrecks: 4 August 1909
| Ship |
State |
Description
|
| Perfection
|
United States
|
The steamer sprung a leak and sank in shallow water in the Chicago River.[14]
|
5 August
6 August
List of shipwrecks: 6 August 1909
| Ship |
State |
Description
|
| Daily
|
United States
|
The steamer sprung a leak and sank two miles (3.2 km) below Commerce, Missouri, a total loss.[8]
|
10 August
List of shipwrecks: 10 August 1909
| Ship |
State |
Description
|
| Josephine Lincoln
|
United States
|
The tug sank in the Schuylkill River near the Penrose Ferry Bridge. Raised, repaired and returned to service before 22 September.[18]
|
| Nunivak
|
United States
|
The inland freighter, while laid up for the winter, was crushed by ice at dock at the mouth of the Neenana River, District of Alaska, a total loss.[99]
|
11 August
List of shipwrecks: 11 August 1909
| Ship |
State |
Description
|
| USS Nezinscot
|
United States Navy
|
During a voyage from the Portsmouth Navy Yard in Kittery, Maine, to Boston, Massachusetts, with a cargo of chains, anchors, and searchlight equipment for the battleship USS Missouri, ( United States Navy), the 85-foot (26 m), 115-gross register ton tug capsized in heavy seas in the Atlantic Ocean off Cape Ann, Massachusetts, when her deck cargo shifted. She sank in three minutes with the loss of four lives in approximately 300 feet (91 m) of water, 8 nautical miles (15 km; 9.2 mi) bearing 17 degrees true from Straitsmouth Island Light in Rockport, Massachusetts. There were nine survivors.[100][101][102]
|
13 August
15 August
List of shipwrecks: 15 August 1909
| Ship |
State |
Description
|
| Notter
|
United States
|
The freight and tow steamer ran aground on Hen and Chickens rocks near the west end of Long Sand Shoal, in Long Island Sound and sank, a total loss.[13]
|
17 August
List of shipwrecks: 17 August 1909
| Ship |
State |
Description
|
| Shawpoint or Shawmont
|
United States
|
The barge foundered in the Atlantic Ocean off the Shinnecock Light with the loss of all five crewmen.[103][18]
|
18 August
19 August
List of shipwrecks: 19 August 1909
| Ship |
State |
Description
|
| City of Green Bay
|
United States
|
The steamer was destroyed by fire in Saginaw Bay.[59]
|
20 August
22 August
23 August
25 August
26 August
List of shipwrecks: 26 August 1909
| Ship |
State |
Description
|
| Collingwood
|
Canada
|
The steamer was sunk in a collision with George L. Craig ( United States) in the Detroit River.[105]
|
| McCormack
|
United States
|
The ship sprung a leak and just made it to dock at Oswego, New York before sinking.[105]
|
| Ohio
|
United States
|
Carrying 188 passengers, a crew of 88, and a cargo of 1,100 tons of general merchandise on a voyage from Seattle, Washington, to Prince William Sound on the south-central coast of the District of Alaska, the 3,488-gross register ton, 343-foot (104.5 m) steamer began flooding after she struck a reef in Finlayson Channel on the coast of British Columbia, then sank quickly just before reaching Carter Bay when her boilers exploded after cold seawater reached them. A seasick soldier and three crewmen who remained behind to assist him were lost; the other 187 passengers and 85 crew members reached shore by swimming or in lifeboats and were rescued by the fishing vessel Kingfisher and steamers Humbolt and Rupert City (all flags unknown).[109]
|
28 August
30 August
31 August
Unknown date
List of shipwrecks: Unknown date August 1909
| Ship |
State |
Description
|
| Excelsior
|
United States
|
The decommissioned steamer, stripped of her boiler, engine and everything else of value, was disposed of by burning as a spectator event. She was covered with pitch, tar and oil, anchored off Big Island in Lake Minnetonka and set ablaze. She burned to the waterline and sank in view of 5,000 spectators.[110]
|
September
3 September
List of shipwrecks: 3 September 1909
| Ship |
State |
Description
|
| Gracey Childers
|
United States
|
The out of commission steamer was totally destroyed by fire at Paducah, Kentucky.[4]
|
4 September
List of shipwrecks: 4 September 1909
| Ship |
State |
Description
|
| Dalzelline
|
United States
|
The steamer filled with water and sank at dock at the foot of Congress Street, Brooklyn, New York, when the fireman fell asleep while filling her water tank, flooding her.[92]
|
5 September
7 September
8 September
12 September
13 September
List of shipwrecks: 13 September 1909
| Ship |
State |
Description
|
| Eleanor
|
United States
|
The tow steamer was destroyed by fire at Galveston, Texas.[45]
|
| Uyak
|
United States
|
During a voyage along the coast of Kodiak Island from Uyak Bay to Karluk with two people but no cargo aboard, the 22-ton, 55-foot (16.8 m) steamer was wrecked on what was reported as "Walcott Rock" – probably a reference to Walcott Reef – with no loss of life.[111]
|
15 September
16 September
List of shipwrecks: 16 September 1909
| Ship |
State |
Description
|
| Islander
|
United States
|
The passenger steamer caught fire at the Cornwalls Dock at Alexandria Bay, New York. She burned to the waterline and sank, a total loss.[19][112]
|
| Ocean Queen
|
Norway
|
The 3,188 GRT cargo steamer grounded on a reef off the coast of Makatea while on her maiden journey, and subsequently sunk in 200 fathoms (1,200 ft; 370 m) of water.
|
18 September
19 September
List of shipwrecks: 19 September 1909
| Ship |
State |
Description
|
| C. W. Standart
|
United States
|
The steamer filled with water and sank at dock at West New Brighton, New York on Staten Island, when the fireman fell asleep while filling her water tank, flooding her. Later raised. The fireman was found drowned in his cabin.[92]
|
| Monteagle
|
United States
|
The steamer struck the submerged foundation of a turning buoy on Mud Lake in the St. Marys River and was beached on Pilot Island. During an attempt to raise her she was destroyed by fire 2 days later.[70][117][118][119]
|
20 September
List of shipwrecks: 20 September 1909
| Ship |
State |
Description
|
| Ascension
|
United States
|
1909 Grand Isle hurricane: The steamer was sunk at dock in a violent storm at the foot of Napoleon Avenue, New Orleans, Louisiana.[65]
|
| Bell of the Bends
|
United States
|
1909 Grand Isle hurricane: The steamer was sunk at dock by high winds and a submerged floating object at Vicksburg, Mississippi.[120][121]
|
| Buck Elk
|
United States
|
1909 Grand Isle hurricane: The steamer was sunk at dock by a submerged floating object at Vicksburg, Mississippi, a total loss.[120][121]
|
| Carrie B.
|
United States
|
1909 Grand Isle hurricane: The steamer, being used as a pump boat, broke loose from her moorings in heavy wind at Algiers, Louisiana, blowing down the Mississippi River to the foot of Esplanade St. New Orleans where she rolled over and sank.[120]
|
| Conners
|
United States
|
1909 Grand Isle hurricane: The steamer was sunk at Vicksburg, Mississippi.[121]
|
| Conquest
|
United States
|
1909 Grand Isle hurricane: The steamer was blown loose from her moorings at Bayou Sara, Louisiana and blown up the Mississippi River where she swamped and sank.[65]
|
| F. & J.
|
United States
|
1909 Grand Isle hurricane: The motor vessel swamped at Grand Isle, Louisiana.[120]
|
| Fawn
|
United States
|
1909 Grand Isle hurricane: The steamer was sunk at Vicksburg, Mississippi.[121]
|
| Francis H.
|
United States
|
1909 Grand Isle hurricane: The fishing schooner sank in the hurricane in the Gulf of Mexico off Pensacola, Florida. Lost with all eight crew.[122]
|
| H. C. Bronkman
|
United States
|
1909 Grand Isle hurricane: The steamer sank in a severe storm while moored at Arkansas City, Arkansas. Later raised.[14]
|
| Handy
|
United States
|
1909 Grand Isle hurricane: The steamer was wrecked and sank in a violent storm in the Mississippi River at Baton Rouge, Louisiana.[120]
|
| Harvester
|
United States
|
1909 Grand Isle hurricane: The steamer blew loose from her moorings while tied up at Donaldsonville, Louisiana, and blew out into the Mississippi River where she sank in 98 feet (30 m) of water, a total loss. Her female cook died. The captain and chief engineer survived.[120]
|
| Heloise
|
United States
|
1909 Grand Isle hurricane: The steamer broke loose from her moorings in a violent storm at Thibodeaux, Louisiana and sank.[120]
|
| Joe
|
United States
|
1909 Grand Isle hurricane: The steamer sank in a violent storm in the Mississippi River at Hanson City, Louisiana.[120]
|
| Lola S.
|
United States
|
1909 Grand Isle hurricane: The steamer sank in the Mississippi River in a heavy wind storm at Water Valley, Louisiana.[120]
|
| M. C. Neff
|
United States
|
The steamer burned to the waterline while anchored at Duluth, Minnesota.[4]
|
| Maine
|
United States
|
1909 Grand Isle hurricane: The launch sank in the hurricane at Grand Bay, Alabama.[123]
|
| Millie W.
|
United States
|
1909 Grand Isle hurricane: The steamer broke loose from her moorings in a violent storm at Mount Pleasant Landing, Louisiana and sank in the Mississippi River. Later raised.[120]
|
| Samoa
|
United States
|
The steamer was struck by lightning and destroyed by fire at Osceola Mills, Lake Linden, Michigan on the 20th, 21st, or 22nd, a total loss.[70][116][124]
|
| S. S. Princess
|
United States
|
1909 Grand Isle hurricane: The steamer was sunk by the hurricane at the mouth of St. Catherine Creek.[120]
|
| Troy
|
United States
|
The steamer struck a snag and sank in four feet (1.2 m) of water at Poplar Grove, Louisiana, near Columbia, Louisiana.[120]
|
| V. L. Watson
|
United States
|
1909 Grand Isle hurricane: The steamer sank in a violent storm while tied up in Bayou des Allemands, Louisiana.[120]
|
| Wade
|
United States
|
1909 Grand Isle hurricane: The steamer was sunk while tied to the bank in a violent storm at Water Valley, Louisiana near the head of the Atchafalaya River.[65]
|
| Washington
|
United States
|
1909 Grand Isle hurricane: The ferry was sunk while tied up at Donaldsonville, Louisiana, a total loss.[120]
|
| White Rose
|
United States
|
1909 Grand Isle hurricane: The steamer was sunk at dock in a violent storm at Baton Rouge, Louisiana.[65]
|
| X Ray
|
United States
|
1909 Grand Isle hurricane: The steamer was sunk at dock by the Hurricane at Berwick, Louisiana.[120]
|
21 September
25 September
26 September
List of shipwrecks: 26 September 1909
| Ship |
State |
Description
|
| Zeeburg
|
Netherlands
|
The cargo ship was wrecked in a storm on the south jetty at the entrance to the St. Johns River, she broke her back, a total loss. At least some of her cargo was salvaged. Crew rescued.[127][8]
|
27 September
List of shipwrecks: 27 September 1909
| Ship |
State |
Description
|
| Sir C. T. Van Straubenzie
|
Canada
|
The schooner was rammed and sunk by City of Erie ( United States) in Lake Erie 8 miles (13 km) off Long Point, Dunkirk, New York in 200 feet (61 m) of water. The captain, the mate, and the female cook died, possibly one other, and two crewmen survived.[1][128][129]
|
29 September
List of shipwrecks: 29 September 1909
| Ship |
State |
Description
|
| Riverside
|
United States
|
The lighter sank at dock at Pier 37, Atlantic Docks, Brooklyn, New York overnight on 28–29 September. Raised on 30 September. The engineer's body was found in the engine room.[126]
|
| West Virginia
|
United States
|
The freight barge, being towed by Murrell ( United States), grounded off Pollock Rip Shoal after losing her towline and drifting. She was pulled off, but sank in 10 fathoms (60 ft; 18 m) of water, a total loss.[23]
|
30 September
List of shipwrecks: 30 September 1909
| Ship |
State |
Description
|
| Ethel
|
United States
|
The freighter had mechanical problems resulting in a collision in the Delaware River with a steel buoy on Chester Island Flats causing a leak. She was beached at Thurlow, Pennsylvania. One of her firemen drowned.[18]
|
| Henry Sheldon
|
United States
|
The steamer sank from unknown causes at City Landing, Vicksburg, Mississippi.[130]
|
Unknown date
October
1 October
List of shipwrecks: 1 October 1909
| Ship |
State |
Description
|
| City of Salem
|
United States
|
The freighter was rammed and sunk at dock at Arch Street Wharf, Philadelphia by the Philadelphia Police and Fire Department steamer Edwin S. Stewart ( United States).[18]
|
3 October
4 October
5 October
6 October
9 October
10 October
11 October
List of shipwrecks: 11 October 1909
| Ship |
State |
Description
|
| Antillies
|
United States
|
The steamer grounded on the Bahama Banks. Refloated on 20 October.[126]
|
| Biscayne
|
United States
|
1909 Florida Keys hurricane: The tow steamer, laid up for repairs, sank at Boot Key Harbor, Marathon, Florida. Raised on 14 September 1910.[8]
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| Florida
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United States
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1909 Florida Keys hurricane: The auxiliary cargo schooner was sunk in the hurricane at Key West, a total loss.[45]
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| Frontenac
|
United States
|
1909 Florida Keys hurricane: The schooner was driven ashore in the hurricane at Key West.[48]
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| John B. Trevor
|
United States
|
The steamer struck a reef between Grace Harbor and Rainbow Cove, Isle Royale in heavy winds and snow and was wrecked.[70][137]
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| Nettie J.
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United States
|
1909 Florida Keys hurricane: The tug was sunk in the hurricane at Key West.[45]
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| Peerless
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United States
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1909 Florida Keys hurricane: The tow steamer sank at Boot Key Harbor, Marathon, Florida.[8]
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| Sadie
|
United States
|
1909 Florida Keys hurricane: The tug was wrecked or sunk in the hurricane at Key West.[45]
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| Sybil
|
United States
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1909 Florida Keys hurricane: The tug sank in the hurricane near Key West, Florida, killing 11.[138][139]
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12 October
List of shipwrecks: 12 October 1909
| Ship |
State |
Description
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| George Stone
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United States
|
The cargo ship struck Grubb Reef, off Point Pelee, Lake Erie in a heavy gale and was wrecked, partially breaking up forward. One lifeboat capsized drowning her master, a passenger and four crewmen. Two crewmen held on until the wreck drifted ashore. Nine survivors were taken off the ship by F. M. Osborne ( United States). Some of her machinery was salvaged.[19][140]
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| Quatsino
|
United States
|
During a voyage from Nanaimo, British Columbia, to Cordova, District of Alaska, with a cargo of 3,000 tons of coal, the barge was wrecked in Dixon Entrance on the Canada–United States border.[141]
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13 October
14 October
15 October
16 October
List of shipwrecks: 16 October 1909
| Ship |
State |
Description
|
| Anna M. II
|
United States
|
The motor boat was wrecked in a collision with a train ferry towed by Transfer No. 20 ( United States) in the East River. The three people aboard the motor boat were rescued by Transfer No. 20.[23]
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18 October
19 October
23 October
24 October
25 October
List of shipwrecks: 25 October 1909
| Ship |
State |
Description
|
| Lizzie Gardner
|
United States
|
The steamer, laid up for the winter, caught fire and was destroyed at Davenport, Iowa.[8]
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| Marion
|
United States
|
The tug, while pulling mud scows near Hawgood ( United States) in the harbor of Cleveland, Ohio, was capsized and sunk by strong current and prop wash from Hawgood when the towline to one of the mud scows snapped, destabilizing the tug. Probably raised.[78]
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26 October
28 October
List of shipwrecks: 28 October 1909
| Ship |
State |
Description
|
| Gertrude
|
United States
|
The motor vessel was damaged in a collision with Pickwick ( United States). Pickwick towed Gertrude into shoal water where she filled and sank, probably in the Norfolk, Virginia area.[4]
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| Shenandoah
|
United States
|
The schooner barge was sunk in a collision with Powhattan ( United States) one mile (1.6 km) west of the Shovel Lightship. Her engineer was killed.[148][149]
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29 October
30 October
31 October
November
2 November
List of shipwrecks: 2 November 1909
| Ship |
State |
Description
|
| Stagg No. 2
|
United States
|
The motor launch was sunk in a collision with City of Savannah ( United States) at Paducah, Kentucky. The two occupants were thrown into the river. One was rescued by City of Savannah and the other one by George Cowing ( United States).[4]
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3 November
List of shipwrecks: 3 November 1909
| Ship |
State |
Description
|
| Butterfly
|
United States
|
The steamer burned at Martin's Island in the Columbia River, a total loss.[30]
|
4 November
5 November
6 November
List of shipwrecks: 6 November 1909
| Ship |
State |
Description
|
| Suwanee
|
United States
|
The steamer foundered at the mouth of the Orange River in heavy seas.[45]
|
7 November
12 November
13 November
14 November
List of shipwrecks: 14 November 1909
| Ship |
State |
Description
|
| La Seyne
|
France
|
The 2,379 GRT French Messageries Maritimes liner out of Batavia, collided with the 5,247 GRT steamship Onda ( United Kingdom), departing Singapore in the Rhio Strait, near Pulo Sau Light near Singapore at 04:35. La Seyne sank in under two minutes with 61 of the crew and passengers saved by Onda with some 97 lost. Many of the lost were lost to shark attack. There was no loss of life aboard Onda but that ship had heavy bow damage.[156][157][158]
|
| Ramapo
|
United States
|
The tow steamer filled and sank at dock at the Manhassett steamship Pier, Jersey City, New Jersey when she was snagged on the dock on a rising tide. Raised and returned to service.[23]
|
| W. M. Porter
|
United States
|
The steamer burned at Oak Hill Landing, Bayou Teche, Louisiana.[130]
|
16 November
List of shipwrecks: 16 November 1909
| Ship |
State |
Description
|
| Commerce
|
United States
|
The schooner barge became waterlogged, capsized, broke up, and sank off Sheboygan, Wisconsin. The crew were rescued by the tug Reiss ( United States).[117][159]
|
| Frances Fisher
|
United Kingdom
|
The barque, on a voyage with coke from River Tyne, England, to Carrizal Bajo, Chile, collided with the steamer Dalmatia ( United Kingdom), Calcutta for London, near the Royal Sovereign Lightship, English Channel, and was abandoned; the crew recued by Dalmatia; she drifted ashore on the same day at Saint-Valery-en-Caux, France.[160] Refloated on 27 November and towed towards Dieppe and beached.[161] Completely broke up in a storm on 30 November.
|
| Francis Hinton
|
United States
|
The steam barge became waterlogged in a gale with 60-mile-per-hour (97 km/h) winds on Lake Michigan and stranded on Two Rivers Point in Maritime Bay on the coast of Wisconsin, 1.9 miles (3.1 km) northeast of the Manitowoc River. Her crew of 12 reached shore safely in a yawl. Her wreck eventually broke up and sank, a total loss. It lies in 15 to 20 feet (4.6 to 6.1 m) of water at 44°06.67′N 087°37.876′W / 44.11117°N 87.631267°W / 44.11117; -87.631267 (Francis Hinton), within the boundaries of the Wisconsin Shipwreck Coast National Marine Sanctuary.[59][162][163]
|
| Varuna
|
United States
|
The steam yacht was wrecked at Madeira in a gale. One crewman was lost.[151][164]
|
17 November
18 November
List of shipwrecks: 18 November 1909
| Ship |
State |
Description
|
| Louis Pahlow
|
United States
|
The steamer broke her steering chains two miles (3.2 km) off the Sturgeon Bay Ship Canal in a gale and snowstorm on 16 November. She was anchored and abandoned. One crewman drowned after refusing to abandon ship and was washed overboard after her lifeboat left. Most of the crew made it to shore in the boat. Her captain and two crewmen were rescued by the lighthouse tender Sumac ( United States). By 17 November she had dragged anchor within one mile (1.6 km) of the beach and she was beached on 18 November to be pumped out.[167]
|
20 November
List of shipwrecks: 20 November 1909
| Ship |
State |
Description
|
| St. Croix
|
United States
|
The steamer burned off Point Dume, California. Her 96 passengers and all crew members made it to shore in her lifeboats.[144][30][168]
|
22 November
23 November
List of shipwrecks: 23 November 1909
| Ship |
State |
Description
|
| Gem
|
United States
|
The steamer hit a snag, sprung a leak, and sank at a wharf in New Orleans.[130]
|
24 November
25 November
26 November
List of shipwrecks: 26 November 1909
| Ship |
State |
Description
|
| Argo
|
United States
|
The steamer broke her wheel crossing the bar of the Tillamook River, she drifted out to sea and sank. Passengers and crew taken off by life saving crew, their lifeboat capsized drowning two women passengers. One crewman did not make it to the lifeboats and was lost.[30]
|
27 November
29 November
30 November
List of shipwrecks: 30 November 1909
| Ship |
State |
Description
|
| Nueces
|
United States
|
The steamer ran aground on French Reef, Florida Keys. Refloated on 4 December.[45]
|
| Ottawa
|
Canada
|
The wrecking tug burned to the waterline and sank off Outer Island, of the Apostle Islands after pulling off the wrecked John H. Hoyt ( United States). Machinery and equipment were salvaged in May 1910 and September 1911. The crew transferred to John H. Hoyt.[117][174][175]
|
Unknown date
List of shipwrecks: unknown November 1909
| Ship |
State |
Description
|
| John H. Hoyt
|
United States
|
The steamer ran aground on Outer Island, of the Apostle Islands sometime between 13–16 November. The vessel was pulled off by tugs on 29 November.[117][174][175]
|
December
1 December
2 December
3 December
5 December
6 December
8 December
List of shipwrecks: 8 December 1909
| Ship |
State |
Description
|
| Bob Ballard
|
United States
|
The steamer struck an obstruction and sank in eight feet (2.4 m) of water in the Ohio River at Ironton, Ohio. Raised and repaired.[14]
|
| Clarion
|
United States
|
The freighter struck a shoal, caught fire, burned and sank in Lake Erie one mile (1.6 km) south east of Southeast Shoal Lightship in Lake Michigan. One crewman died fighting the fire, one died on a lifeboat and another lifeboat with 13 crew on board disappeared and were lost. Six were rescued by L. C. Hanna ( United States).[50][181]
|
| Marquette & Bessemer No. 2
|
United States
|
The train ferry sank in Lake Erie in a heavy gale with snow with the loss of all crew, variously reported as between 30 and 38 lives.[50][182]
|
| Oregona
|
United States
|
The steamer struck a floating obstruction and sank near "Coffey Chute".[30]
|
| W. C. Richardson
|
United States
|
The cargo ship went aground on a shoal one and a half miles (2.4 km) off Buffalo, New York in Lake Erie in a storm, took a severe list and sank, a total loss. The ship's female cook was washed overboard and drowned. Four crewmen set off in a lifeboat against orders and also drowned. Survivors were rescued by William A. Payne ( United States). The wreck was broken up with explosives beginning on 9 October 1913 and ending in September 1914 with her boilers, machinery, and metal brought up for scrap.[19][183][184]
|
9 December
List of shipwrecks: 9 December 1909
| Ship |
State |
Description
|
| J. S. Blazier
|
United States
|
The tow steamer sank at dock overnight at Ironville Dock in the Maumee River at Toledo, Ohio. She had been used for icebreaking the day before and may have been damaged.[19]
|
10 December
12 December
13 December
16 December
List of shipwrecks: 16 December 1909
| Ship |
State |
Description
|
| Bernie Holmes
|
United States
|
The tug burned and sank in the Brazos River.[45]
|
| F. A. Meyer
|
United States
|
The steamer sprung a leak, probably caused by ice, on Lake Erie and sank 22 miles (35 km) east north east of South East Shoal Light in 12 fathoms (72 ft; 22 m) of water.[1]
|
17 December
List of shipwrecks: 17 December 1909
| Ship |
State |
Description
|
| City of Warsaw
|
United States
|
The unmanned steamer was broke loose from her moorings by ice at Cape Girardeau, Missouri and lodged on rocks one mile (1.6 km) below Ray's Landing, Missouri. Probable total loss.[8]
|
20 December
List of shipwrecks: 20 December 1909
| Ship |
State |
Description
|
| Acorn
|
United States
|
The steamer was sunk by ice in the Mississippi River near Davenport, Iowa. She was raised and repaired.[187]
|
| Penelope
|
United States
|
The tug caught fire on Lake Erie off Avon Point. Her crew abandoned ship in her boat and made it to shore. The tug drifted until grounding in shallow water and burned to the waterline, a total loss.[1][2]
|
22 December
List of shipwrecks: 26 December 1909
| Ship |
State |
Description
|
| Wonderer
|
United States
|
The tug sank at dock over night at Pier 46, Philadelphia. Raised on 24 December.[13]
|
26 December
List of shipwrecks: 26 December 1909
| Ship |
State |
Description
|
| Ada K. Damon
|
United States
|
The schooner was wrecked on Crane Beach in Ipswich, Massachusetts, after her anchor chain broke during a snowstorm, setting her adrift.[188][189] Her five crew members survived.[190]
|
| Columbia
|
United States
|
The steamer was hit and sunk at the Standard Oil Company dock at Seattle, Washington, by the steamer Tiverton ( United States).[144]
|
| Crown
|
Norway
|
The barque was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean at 28°39′N 44°39′W / 28.650°N 44.650°W / 28.650; -44.650. The steamer Kilsyth ( United Kingdom) rescued her crew. She was reported still afloat off the East Coast of the United States in the summer of 1910.[191][192]
|
| Davis Palmer
|
United States
|
Carrying a cargo of coal, the 305-foot (93 m), 2,965-gross register ton five-masted schooner ran aground on Graves Ledge — a reef in Broad Sound — off the coast of Massachusetts, drifted off the reef, and sank in an estimated 30 to 40 feet (9.1 to 12.2 m) of water at 42°22′19″N 070°55′29″W / 42.37194°N 70.92472°W / 42.37194; -70.92472 (Davis Palmer) with the loss of her entire crew of 14.[193]
|
| John A. Briggs
|
United States
|
The barge, under tow by the tow steamer Thurmond ( United States), broke her tow in a strong gale 15 nautical miles (28 km; 17 mi) northeast of Barnegat, New Jersey, and was lost with all six crew.[23]
|
| Thurmond
|
United States
|
While searching for survivors of the crews of barges she had been forced to cut loose, the 1,253-gross register ton whaleback — operating as a tow steamer — filled with water and became waterlogged in a strong gale and was wrecked on a bar 200 feet (61 m) off Seaside Park, New Jersey, with the loss of 10 lives. Her survivors were rescued by United States Life-Saving Service personnel from the Toms River Life-Saving Station. Her wreck broke up and sank in 14 feet (4.3 m) of water and was long known as the "Boiler Wreck". It was not identified as that of Thurmond until 1984.[23][194][195]
|
29 December
31 December
Unknown date
List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1909
| Ship |
State |
Description
|
| Jimmie
|
United States
|
The tug left Sabine, Texas for Galveston, Texas on 5 December and disappeared, with a crew of five.[45]
|
Unknown date
List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1909
| Ship |
State |
Description
|
| America
|
United States
|
The passenger and package delivery steamer ran aground in the Great Lakes. She was refloated, repaired, and returned to service.
|
| Charmer No. 2
|
United States
|
With no one on board, the 12-gross register ton sternwheel motor paddle vessel foundered in the Mississippi River at New Madrid, Missouri.[28]
|
| Congress
|
United Kingdom
|
The steamer was swamped by a wave off St. Ives, Cornwall. Three people swept overboard were rescued.[33]
|
| Kyle
|
United States
|
With no one on board, the 9-gross register ton sternwheel motor paddle vessel foundered in the Mississippi River off Tiptonville, Tennessee.[7]
|
| Leal
|
United States
|
The 20-gross register ton screw steamer was lost in a collision with the screw steamer Perico ( United Kingdom) in the Panama Canal Zone. All three people on board survived.[196]
|
| Lillian
|
United States
|
The motor boat, laid up for the Winter, sank and filled with mud at Galena, Illinois sometime in the Spring.[8]
|
| USS Nicholson
|
United States Navy
|
The decommissioned Blakely-class torpedo boat was sunk as a target.[197]
|
| USS O'Brien
|
United States Navy
|
The decommissioned Blakely-class torpedo boat was sunk as a target.[197]
|
| San Mateo
|
United States
|
The steamer was damaged by ice and went aground in the Bering Sea, becoming a total loss.[54]
|
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