List of shipwrecks in 1909
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List of shipwrecks in 1909 includes some ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during 1909.
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[edit] January
- FV Pendeen (
United Kingdom) lost in a gale. A search by the St Ives Lifeboat did not find any wreckage[1]
[edit] 23 January
- RMS Republic ( United Kingdom) and SS Florida (
Italy) collided. A total of six people killed (3 passengers 3crew), Republic sank on 24 January. Over 1500 rescued.
[edit] February
[edit] 12 February
- SS Penguin (
New Zealand) struck Toms Rock in the Cook Strait and sank with the loss of 85 passengers and crew. Thirty survivors. - SS Australia (
Belgium) collided with a sailing ship and sank off Alboran, Mediterranean Sea.[2]
[edit] 21 February
- East coast drifter Renown went aground at Penzance railway station, Cornwall, UK after missing the harbour mouth in a fresh breeze and rough seas. The lifeboat Cape of Good Hope passed a wire rope from the drifter to the Albert pier where hundreds of people hauled the ship off, and she was escorted into harbour.[3] 3 February according to Carter.[4]
[edit] April
[edit] 8 April
- SS Mahratta ( United Kingdom) ran aground on Goodwin Sands, broke in half two days later and wrecked. One crew member committed suicide.
[edit] May
[edit] 13 May
- Palomares ( Belgium) Abandoned in the Gulf of Finland. Later salvaged, repaired and sold.[5]
[edit] Unknown date
- Schooner Loango near St Ives, Cornwall, United Kingdom[6] Four crew rescued[1]
[edit] June
[edit] 20 June
- Louise ( Belgium) foundered 28 nautical miles (52 km) off Ventimiglia, Italy.[7]
[edit] July
[edit] 15 July
- HMS C11 (
Royal Navy) sunk in collision with Eddystone ( United Kingdom) off Cromer. Three survivors
[edit] 27 July
- Last sighting of SS Waratah
Australia which was due to reach Cape Town on 29 July. No trace ever found, over 750 passengers and crew lost.
[edit] August
[edit] 5 August
- SS Maori ( United Kingdom) wrecked near Llandudno, Cape Town with 32 crew killed.
- RMS Lucania ( United Kingdom), caught fire at Huskisson Dock at Liverpool. Sank at her moorings and later sold for scrap.
[edit] September
[edit] 5 September
- Eduard Bohlen (
Germany) ran aground off of Namibia's Skeleton Coast in a heavy fog.
[edit] November
[edit] 24 November
- Barque Alf (
Norway) ran aground on Haisborough Sands and was wrecked. Crew of 16 rescued by the Cromer lifeboat Louisa Heartwell.
[edit] 29 November
- Ottawa (
United States) caught fire off the coast of Russell, Bayfield County, Wisconsin after rescuing another vessel.
[edit] December
[edit] 2 December
- Screw Collier SS Whitewood United Kingdom Left Hull 2 Dec 1909 bound for Bremen. Not heard of after this date.[citation needed]
[edit] 3 December
- SS Ellan Vannin United Kingdom Isle of Man sank in Liverpool Bay. All 36 passengers and crew killed.
[edit] Date unknown
- SS Congress United Kingdom swamped by a wave off St. Ives, Cornwall. Three people swept overboard were rescued.[1]
[edit] References
- ^ a b c "1893 - 1920". St. Ives Trust. http://www.stivestrust.co.uk/html/1893_-_1920.HTM. Retrieved 2008-03-16.
- ^ "Belgian Merchant A-G". Belgische Koopvaardij. http://www.belgischekoopvaardij.net/belgian%20merchant%20A-G%2023.5.04.pdf. Retrieved 1 October 2010.
- ^ Larn, R. and Larn, B. (1991) Shipwrecks around Mounts Bay. Penryn: Tor Mark Press.
- ^ Carter, C (1998). The Port of Penzance. Lydney: Black Dwarf Publications. ISBN 0 9533028 0 6.
- ^ "Belgian Merchant P-Z". Belgische Koopvaardij. http://www.belgischekoopvaardij.net/belgian%20Merchant%20%20P-Z.pdf. Retrieved 1 December 2010.
- ^ Noall, C. (1969?) Cornish Shipwrecks Illustrated. Truro: Tor Mark Press; p. 27
- ^ "Belgian Merchant H-O". Belgische Koopvaardij. http://www.belgischekoopvaardij.net/belgian%20merchant%20H-O%2024.5.04.pdf. Retrieved 31 October 2010.
| Ship events in 1909 | |||||||||||
| Ship launches: | 1904 | 1905 | 1906 | 1907 | 1908 | 1909 | 1910 | 1911 | 1912 | 1913 | 1914 |
| Ship commissionings: | 1904 | 1905 | 1906 | 1907 | 1908 | 1909 | 1910 | 1911 | 1912 | 1913 | 1914 |
| Ship decommissionings: | 1904 | 1905 | 1906 | 1907 | 1908 | 1909 | 1910 | 1911 | 1912 | 1913 | 1914 |
| Shipwrecks: | 1904 | 1905 | 1906 | 1907 | 1908 | 1909 | 1910 | 1911 | 1912 | 1913 | 1914 |
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