List of shipwrecks in 1921
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The list of shipwrecks in 1921 includes all ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during 1921.
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[edit] February
[edit] 11 February
- Bombardier (
Belgium): Foundered in the Atlantic Ocean (45°53′N 54°10′W / 45.883°N 54.167°W).[1]
[edit] 19 February
- Ioanna (
Greece): Sunk by barratry off Cape Tiñoso, Spain[2]
[edit] March
[edit] 5 March
- Italier ( Belgium): Collided with Madimba ( Belgium), which sank.[1] The location was off the Ruytingen Lighthouse (51°19′N 2°06′E / 51.317°N 2.1°E). All 43 crew on board Madimba were lost.[3]
[edit] June
[edit] 13 June
- UC-97 (
United States): Sunk about 20 miles east of Highland Park, IL in Lake Michigan as a target ship by the USS Wilmette (
United States Navy). Records indicate the location of its sinking at 41°10′N 87°20′W / 41.167°N 87.333°W.
[edit] 23 June
- Monte Bianco (
Italy) caught fire in the Pacific Ocean (29°S 151°W / 29°S 151°W) and abandoned.[3]
[edit] July
[edit] 18 July
- Frankfurt ( United States): Sunk as a target ship by aircraft as part of demonstrations by Billy Mitchell
[edit] 21 July
- U-117 ( United States Navy): Sunk off the coast of Virginia, near Cape Charles as a target ship by aircraft as part of demonstrations by Billy Mitchell
- USS Ostfriesland ( United States Navy): Sunk as a target ship by aircraft as part of demonstrations by Billy Mitchell
[edit] September
[edit] 21 September
- Woolsey ( United States Navy): Sunk near Panama in the Pacific Ocean in a collision with the merchant SS Steel Inventor
[edit] 27 September
- Alabama ( United States Navy): Sunk in Chesapeake Bay as a target ship by aircraft as part of demonstrations by Billy Mitchell
[edit] October
[edit] 8 October
- Rowan (
United Kingdom): Rammed from astern by West Camak ( USA) in fog in the North Channel. Passengers mustered on deck. Clan Campbell ( United Kingdom) then rammed her from starboard and cut her in two. Rowan sank with the loss of twenty lives.[4]
[edit] November
- steamship Jannakis (Greek: Γιαννάκης) ( Greece): travelling in ballast from Rouen to Fowey and stranded on the eastern side of Praa Sands, Cornwall, UK. Driven further ashore by successive gales, she was refloated in January 1922 and towed to Penzance by The Lady and Greencastle, two Little Western Salvage vessels.[5][6]
[edit] References
- ^ a b "Belgian Merchant A-G". Belgische Koopvaardij. http://www.belgischekoopvaardij.net/belgian%20merchant%20A-G%2023.5.04.pdf. Retrieved 1 October 2010.
- ^ "WWI STANDARD BUILT SHIPS A-K". Mariners. http://www.mariners-l.co.uk/WWIStandardShipsA-K.htm#A. Retrieved 8 May 2011.
- ^ a b "Belgian Merchant H-O". Belgische Koopvaardij. http://www.belgischekoopvaardij.net/belgian%20merchant%20H-O%2024.5.04.pdf. Retrieved 31 October 2010.
- ^ Patton, Brian (2007). Irish Sea Shipping. Kettering: Silver Link Publications. pp. p178–84. ISBN 978 1 85794 271 2.
- ^ Larn, R; Larn, B. (1991). Shipwrecks Around Mounts Bay. Penryn: Tor Mark Press.
- ^ Carter, C. (1998). The Port of Penzance. A History. Lydney: Black Dwarf Publications.
[edit] See also
| Ship events in 1921 | |||||||||||
| Ship launches: | 1916 | 1917 | 1918 | 1919 | 1920 | 1921 | 1922 | 1923 | 1924 | 1925 | 1926 |
| Ship commissionings: | 1916 | 1917 | 1918 | 1919 | 1920 | 1921 | 1922 | 1923 | 1924 | 1925 | 1926 |
| Ship decommissionings: | 1916 | 1917 | 1918 | 1919 | 1920 | 1921 | 1922 | 1923 | 1924 | 1925 | 1926 |
| Shipwrecks: | 1916 | 1917 | 1918 | 1919 | 1920 | 1921 | 1922 | 1923 | 1924 | 1925 | 1926 |
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