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The list of shipwrecks in 1922 includes ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during 1922.

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January

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2 January

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List of shipwrecks: 2 January 1922
Ship State Description
Freddysmith  United Kingdom The cargo ship ran aground at Gaasehagen, Denmark.[1] She was refloated on 5 January.[2]
Reine des Mers  France The schooner was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. (44°50′N 51°29′W / 44.833°N 51.483°W / 44.833; -51.483) with the loss of her captain. Survivors were rescued by Hudson ( United States).[1]
Storebelt  Denmark The cargo ship lost her propeller and consequently came ashore at Hirtshals. Her crew were rescued by rocket apparatus.[1]

3 January

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List of shipwrecks: 3 January 1922
Ship State Description
Elleray  United Kingdom The cargo ship departed Hartlepool, County Durham for London. No further trace, presumed foundered in the North Sea with the loss of all hands.[3]
Laurence Edith  France The auxiliary schooner was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean (39°54′N 11°13′W / 39.900°N 11.217°W / 39.900; -11.217). Her crew were rescued by Indianic ( United Kingdom).[4]

4 January

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List of shipwrecks: 4 January 1922
Ship State Description
Roi Rene  France The schooner ran aground at Morant Cays, Jamaica. Her crew were rescued.[5]

5 January

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List of shipwrecks: 5 January 1922
Ship State Description
Active  United Kingdom The coaster foundered in the Irish Sea between the Blackwater and Lucifer Lightships (both  United Kingdom). Her crew survived.[5]
Canterbury Hill  United Kingdom The cargo ship capsized and sank in the bristol Channel. Her crew were rescued by Branstone ( United Kingdom).[2]

6 January

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List of shipwrecks: 6 January 1922
Ship State Description
Ernesto I  Italy The cargo ship sank off Smyrna, Turkey.[2]
Manji Maru  Japan The cargo ship ran aground at Heinan Head, China.[6] She broke in two of 17 February and was a total loss.[7]
Nuovo Due Cugini  Italy The sailing ship was wrecked with the loss of three crew. She was on a voyage from Tobruk, Libya to Chania, Crete, Greece.[2]

7 January

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List of shipwrecks: 7 January 1922
Ship State Description
Chassie Maersk  Denmark The cargo ship ran aground on Rondo Island, Netherlands East Indies. She broke in two and was a total loss.[6]

8 January

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List of shipwrecks: 8 January 1922
Ship State Description
Atilla  Germany The cargo ship sank off Rügen, Vorpommern.[8]

11 January

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List of shipwrecks: 11 January 1922
Ship State Description
Inaho Maru  Japan The cargo ship came ashore on Rossel Island and was wrecked. Her crew were rescued by Meiko Maru ( Japan).[9]

12 January

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List of shipwrecks: 12 January 1922
Ship State Description
C. C. Mengel, Jr.  United States The schooner came ashore on Morant Cays, Jamaica and was wrecked.[10]
Tidal  United Kingdom The coaster foundered in the North Sea 10 nautical miles (19 km) off Lowestoft, Suffolk. All fifteen people on board were rescued by Dalton ( United Kingdom).[11]

13 January

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List of shipwrecks: 13 January 1922
Ship State Description
Italica  Spain The cargo ship struck the Beduidos Rocks, off Vigo and foundered.[10]

16 January

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List of shipwrecks: 16 January 1922
Ship State Description
Mark H. Gray  United Kingdom The schooner was abandoned in ice off Lark Harbour, Newfoundland.[12]
Roma  Norway The cargo ship sank off Kombusch, Germany. Her crew were rescued by Rhea ( Finland).[12]
Vesta  Germany The cargo ship caught fire in the North Sea 40 nautical miles (74 km) south east of Lowestoft, Suffolk, United Kingdom. She was abandoned with the loss of ten of her twenty crew. Survivors were rescued by the trawler E.W.B. ( United Kingdom).[13] The still-burning ship was taken in tow for Hook of Holland, Netherlands, by Zwarte Zee ( Netherlands).[12]

19 January

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List of shipwrecks: 19 January 1922
Ship State Description
Agnes P. Duff  United Kingdom The schooner was wrecked at St. John's, Newfoundland. Her crew were rescued.[14]
Eileen Lake Newfoundland The schooner foundered in the Atlantic Ocean west of Newfoundland. Five crew were rescued by Persier ( Belgium).[15]
Marceau  Marine Nationale The Marceau-class ironclad came ashore at Tunis, Tunisia and was wrecked.[16]

20 January

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List of shipwrecks: 20 January 1922
Ship State Description
Emma Haubuss  Germany The cargo ship came ashore at Agger, Denmark. Her crew were rescued.[14]

22 January

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List of shipwrecks: 22 January 1922
Ship State Description
Mod  Norway The cargo ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean 1,200 nautical miles (2,200 km) off Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada with the loss of nine of her 32 crew. Survivors were rescued by Melmore Head and Montcalm (both  United Kingdom).[17][18]

23 January

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List of shipwrecks: 23 January 1922
Ship State Description
Pivoc  United Kingdom The cargo ship was wrecked in the estuary of the Seine at Rouen, Seine Maritime, France.[19][20]
Vigan  United States The cargo ship suffered an engine failure and was beached on the north coast of Haitan Island, China.[21]

24 January

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List of shipwrecks: 24 January 1922
Ship State Description
Asquith  United Kingdom The schooner foundered in the Atlantic Ocean (42°19′N 42°30′W / 42.317°N 42.500°W / 42.317; -42.500). Her crew were rescued by Arcturus ( United States).[22]
Balmyle  United Kingdom The cargo ship ran aground in Larne Lough.[22] She was refloated on 16 February.[23]
Cairnside  United Kingdom The coaster struck a rock west of Sark, Channel Islands and sank. All thirteen crew survived.[21]
Cormorant  United Kingdom The cargo ship sprang a leak in the Atlantic Ocean (33°00′00″S 52°21′30″W / 33.00000°S 52.35833°W / -33.00000; -52.35833) and was abandoned. Her crew were rescued by Ruy Barboza ( Brazil).[22]
Helen B. Sterling  United Kingdom The schooner sprang a leak in the Pacific Ocean 150 nautical miles (280 km) north of Three Kings, New Zealand and was abandoned. Her crew were rescued by HMAS Melbourne ( Royal Australian Navy).[22][24]

25 January

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List of shipwrecks: 25 January 1922
Ship State Description
Quo Vadis  France The schooner was driven ashore at Viana do Castelo, Portugal with the loss of two crew. The survivors were rescued.[25]

27 January

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List of shipwrecks: 27 January 1922
Ship State Description
Champion  United Kingdom The tug collided with San Jose ( Norway) in the River Thames at Tilbury, Essex and sank. Her crew were rescued.[26]
Rosa  Belgium The cargo ship ran aground at Arbroath, Forfarshire, United Kingdom. All sixteen crew were rescued.[26]

28 January

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List of shipwrecks: 28 January 1922
Ship State Description
Laura  Denmark The schooner sprang a leak and sank off the Shetland Islands, United Kingdom. Four crew were rescued by a German trawler.[27]
Optimist  United Kingdom The schooner was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. Six crew were rescued by Ampetico ( United Kingdom).[28][29]

29 January

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List of shipwrecks: 29 January 1922
Ship State Description
Antinous  United Kingdom The cargo ship ran aground off Oporto, Portugal. She broke her back the next day and was abandoned as a total loss.[15]
Santander  Spain The bucket dredger sank at Santander, Cantabria.[30]

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List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1922
Ship State Description
USS A-2  United States Navy The Plunger-class submarine was sunk as a target in mid-January.
USS B-3  United States Navy The B-class submarine was sunk as a target before 17 January.
James M. W. Hall  United States The schooner was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by West Canon ( United States) and landed at New York on 16 January.[12] She was later towed to New York by USCGC Seneca ( United States Coast Guard).[31]
Klampenborg  Denmark The coaster foundered in the Baltic Sea with the loss of all twelve crew.[32] A lifeboat from the ship was discovered on 11 January.[9]
Moses Parry  United Kingdom The schooner ran aground at White Abbey, County Antrim at the end of January. She was refloated on 14 February.[33]

February

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1 February

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List of shipwrecks: 1 February 1922
Ship State Description
Eastern Dawn  United States The cargo ship sank at Baltimore, Maryland.[15]

2 February

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List of shipwrecks: 2 February 1922
Ship State Description
USAT Northern Pacific  United States Army The troopship caught fire and sank in the Atlantic Ocean 25 nautical miles (46 km) off Cape May, New Jersey.[34][35]

3 February

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List of shipwrecks: 3 February 1922
Ship State Description
Felix  Denmark The schooner came ashore south of Leixões, Portugal. Her crew were rescued.[29]
Gaspe  United Kingdom The barquentine was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by Queen Louise ( United Kingdom).[28][36]
Joseph S. Zeman  United States Carrying a cargo of coal, the 253-foot (77 m), 1,956-gross register ton five-masted schooner ran aground off the coast of Maine on Metinic Island Ledge — a reef off Metinic Island — broke up, and sank without loss of life in up to 50 feet (15 m) of water at 43°53.76′N 069°10.00′W / 43.89600°N 69.16667°W / 43.89600; -69.16667 (Joseph S. Zeman).[37]
Malpas Belle  United Kingdom The schooner came ashore at Seaton, Devon. All six crew were rescued.[38]

4 February

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List of shipwrecks: 4 February 1922
Ship State Description
Bonn  Norway The cargo ship collided with Southwestern Miller ( United Kingdom) in the River Thames at Greenwich, London and was beached.[29] She was refloated on 14 February.[33]
Fellside  United Kingdom The cargo ship came ashore 4 nautical miles (7.4 km) north of Aberdeen. Her crew were rescued.[29] She was refloated on 28 February.[39]

6 February

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List of shipwrecks: 6 February 1922
Ship State Description
Luso  Portugal The cargo ship caught fire at Lisbon.[34] She was scuttled on 10 February.[40]

7 February

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List of shipwrecks: 7 February 1922
Ship State Description
Bessie A. White  United Kingdom The auxiliary schooner was driven ashore at Smiths Point, Long Island, New York, United States and was a total loss. Her crew survived.[36]
E. M. Sellars  United Kingdom The schooner was driven ashore at Inagua, Bahamas and was wrecked.[41]
Krakow  Poland The cargo ship became mired in ice at Tangen, Norway and sank. Her crew survived.[36]
Thistlemore  United Kingdom The cargo ship came ashore at Cape Cod, Massachusetts, United States.[41] She was refloated on 11 February.[42]

8 February

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List of shipwrecks: 8 February 1922
Ship State Description
Anna Maria  Latvia The ship sank in the North Sea. Her crew were rescued.[41]
Stramore  United Kingdom The coaster struck a submerged wreck off Inishtrahull Island, County Donegal, Ireland and sank. All nine crew survived.[43]
Coylet  United Kingdom The tanker caught fire in the Atlantic Ocean 12 nautical miles (22 km) west south west of the Sand Key Lighthouse, Florida, United States. Her crew were rescued by Sucrosa ( United States).[34][40]
Norma B. Strong  United Kingdom The schooner sprang a leak in the Atlantic Ocean (39°15′N 29°05′W / 39.250°N 29.083°W / 39.250; -29.083). Her crew survived.[34]
Northern Pacific  United States The decommissioned 8,256-gross register ton former passenger ship and troopship burned, capsized, and sank in the Atlantic Ocean in 140 to 150 feet (43 to 46 m) of water while under tow 30 nautical miles (56 km; 35 mi) south of Cape May, New Jersey. Four of her 28-member crew died.[44][45][46]

9 February

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List of shipwrecks: 9 February 1922
Ship State Description
Herbert May  United States The schooner came ashore in the Marquesas Islands, French Polynesia and was wrecked.[47]

10 February

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List of shipwrecks: 10 February 1922
Ship State Description
Seyar  Yugoslavia The cargo ship suffered a boiler explosion and sank in the Bosphorus.[40]

14 February

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List of shipwrecks: 14 February 1922
Ship State Description
Carmina  Spain The schooner sprang a leak in the Atlantic Ocean 40 nautical miles (74 km) west of Leixões, Portugal. She was abandoned by her crew, who were rescued by Hurliness ( United Kingdom). Carmina was towed into Leixões by a British trawler.[33]
Kibi Maru No.11  Japan The cargo ship departed Muroran. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[48]
Wasp  United States After 80 mph (130 km/h) winds tore her loose from her moorings at a dock at Metlakatla in Southeast Alaska, the 13-gross register ton, 38.6-foot (11.8 m) fishing vessel became stranded and broke up on the beach without loss of life.[49]

15 February

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List of shipwrecks: 15 February 1922
Ship State Description
Suiyer Maru  Japan The cargo ship struck a rock and foundered in the Kurushima Strait.[50]

16 February

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List of shipwrecks: 16 February 1922
Ship State Description
Ojo Maru  Japan The cargo ship collided with an Imperial Japanese Navy submarine off Yoshima, Shiwaku Islands and was beached.[23]

18 February

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List of shipwrecks: 18 February 1922
Ship State Description
Golden State  United States The three-masted schooner caught fire in the Atlantic Ocean off Pensacola, Florida and was abandoned.[50] She was towed into Pensacola in a capsized state on 23 February.[51]
Poseidon  Denmark The cargo ship sprang a leak and ran aground at Skallingen. Her crew were rescued.[50] She broke in two on 9 March and was a total loss.[52]

19 February

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List of shipwrecks: 19 February 1922
Ship State Description
Balsam  United States The cargo ship ran aground in Lough Foyle.[50] She was refloated on 27 February.[53]
Kathleen Spindler  United Kingdom The schooner was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by Argalia ( United Kingdom).[54]

20 February

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List of shipwrecks: 20 February 1922
Ship State Description
Dédaigneuse  French Navy The sloop-of-war was struck by City of Algiers (flag unknown) at Constantinople, Turkey and was severely damaged.[55]
Glynwood  United Kingdom The schooner came ashore at Lindesnes, Norway and was wrecked.[55]

21 February

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List of shipwrecks: 21 February 1922
Ship State Description
Taisho Maru No.2  Japan The cargo ship collided with Wakamatsu Maru ( Japan) at Shimonoseki and sank.[51]

22 February

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List of shipwrecks: 22 February 1922
Ship State Description
Assimina M Embiricos  Greece The cargo ship was wrecked in the Scheldt, Belgium.[56]
J. N. Rafeuse Newfoundland The schooner sprang a leak in the Atlantic Ocean and was abandoned (46°01′N 35°08′W / 46.017°N 35.133°W / 46.017; -35.133). Her crew were rescued by Terrier ( United Kingdom).[57]

24 February

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List of shipwrecks: 24 February 1922
Ship State Description
Chokyu Maru No.5  Japan The cargo ship struck a submerged object at Kobezaki and sank with the loss of a crew member.[39]
Cobra  United Kingdom The cargo liner was wrecked at Chinde, Portuguese West Africa in a cyclone.[58]
Punduma  United Kingdom The cargo ship was wrecked at Chinde in a cyclone with the loss of three lives.[58]
NRP Salvador  Portuguese Navy The river gunboat was wrecked at Chinde in a cyclone.[58]

25 February

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List of shipwrecks: 25 February 1922
Ship State Description
Lowell F. Parks  United Kingdom The schooner was abandoned and set afire in the Atlantic Ocean.[59]

27 February

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List of shipwrecks: 27 February 1922
Ship State Description
Rothenburg  Germany The cargo ship struck a submerged object in the Kattegat and sank. Her crew survived.[39] She was refloated on 18 April.[60]
Valerie  United Kingdom The schooner sprang a leak and sank off the Cape Verde Islands, Portugal. Her crew were rescued by Fernando ( Portugal).[39]

28 February

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List of shipwrecks: 28 February 1922
Ship State Description
Danehurst  United Kingdom The salvage vessel sank at Liverpool, Lancashire.[61]
Roma  United Kingdom The cargo ship came ashore in Loch Eriboll and was wrecked.[39]

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List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1922
Ship State Description
Lockwood  United Kingdom The coaster ran aground in the River Witham at Boston, Lincolnshire. She was refloated on 24 June.[62]

March

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1 March

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List of shipwrecks: 1 March 1922
Ship State Description
Minerva  Norway The whaler was wrecked off the South Shetland Islands.[63]
Pembsco  United Kingdom The cargo ship departed Burry Port, Glamorgan for Dublin, Ireland. No further trace, presumed foundered in the Irish Sea with the loss of all hands.[64]

2 March

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List of shipwrecks: 2 March 1922
Ship State Description
Eider  United Kingdom The coaster sprang a leak and foundered in the English Channel off Berry Head, Devon. All ten crew were rescued by the Brixham Lifeboat.[65]
Grøntoft  Norway The cargo ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean (47°48′N 42°24′W / 47.800°N 42.400°W / 47.800; -42.400) with the loss of all twenty crew.[66][67]

5 March

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List of shipwrecks: 5 March 1922
Ship State Description
Christine  France The cargo ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean 20 nautical miles (37 km) south by west of the Wolf Rock, Cornwall, United Kingdom. Her crew were rescued by War Nawab ( United Kingdom).[48]

6 March

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List of shipwrecks: 6 March 1922
Ship State Description
Motherland  United Kingdom The schooner caught fire in the Indian Ocean off Port Louis, Mauritius. Her crew were rescued.[68] She drifted ashore on 7 March and was a total loss.[69]
Satsuki Maru  Japan The cargo ship was wrecked in the Yangtze Estuary, China.[68]

7 March

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List of shipwrecks: 7 March 1922
Ship State Description
Cheshire  United Kingdom The coaster passed The Lizard, Cornwall bound for Fécamp, Seine-Inférieure, France. No further trace, presumed foundered in the English Channel with the loss of all hands.[70]
West Munham  United States The Design 1013 cargo ship came ashore on Heligoland, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany.[68] She was abandoned by her crew on 8 March.[69]

8 March

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List of shipwrecks: 8 March 1922
Ship State Description
HMS Laertes  Royal Navy The Laforey-class destroyer came ashore at Newhaven, Sussex after her tow parted.[64] She was later refloated and arrived at Dover on 13 March for scrapping.[71]
Swanston  United Kingdom The cargo ship was driven ashore on Queen Anne's Rocks, Cattewater, Plymouth, Devon and was wrecked. Her crew were rescued.[69]

9 March

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List of shipwrecks: 9 March 1922
Ship State Description
Selma  United States The concrete-hulled tanker was damaged when she struck a pier at Tampico, Mexico on 31 May 1920. Repairs seemed beyond the capabilities of the repair yards and she was towed to a specially dug channel and sunk off Pelican Island, Houston, Texas, partially submerged.[72]

10 March

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List of shipwrecks: 10 March 1922
Ship State Description
Brackenholm  United Kingdom The schooner departed Ramsey, Isle of Man for Truro, Cornwall. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[73]
Holdal II  United States The halibut-fishing vessel struck a rock and sank at the entrance to a harbor on the coast of Bushy Island (56°16′N 132°59′W / 56.267°N 132.983°W / 56.267; -132.983 (Bushy Island)) in Southeast Alaska.[74]

12 March

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List of shipwrecks: 12 March 1922
Ship State Description
Rosario  United States The 24-gross register ton, 40.6-foot (12.4 m) fishing vessel dragged her anchor during a storm and was wrecked in Katlian Bay (57°09′N 135°23′W / 57.150°N 135.383°W / 57.150; -135.383 (Katlian Bay)) opposite Kruzof Island in the Alexander Archipelago in Southeast Alaska near Sitka, Territory of Alaska. Her crew of five survived.[75]
Tajima Maru  Japan The cargo ship ran aground at Qingdao, China.[76] She was refloated on 19 March.[70]

13 March

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List of shipwrecks: 13 March 1922
Ship State Description
Gauntlet  United Kingdom The tug ran aground and sank at Newhaven, Sussex.[71]
Myriophiton  Greece The cargo ship was wrecked at Soukhoum, Soviet Union.[71]

17 March

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List of shipwrecks: 17 March 1922
Ship State Description
Elizabeth D  United Kingdom The schooner came ashore at Saint-Pierre, St. Pierre and Miquelon and was wrecked.[77]

18 March

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List of shipwrecks: 18 March 1922
Ship State Description
Fred Cleeves  United Kingdom The cargo ship sank in the Atlantic Ocean 4 nautical miles (7.4 km) off Pomarão, Portugal. Her crew survived.[78]

19 March

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List of shipwrecks: 19 March 1922
Ship State Description
Emlynton  United Kingdom The cargo ship sprang a leak in the Atlantic Ocean and was abandoned. She was later sighted derelict at 41°48′N 9°00′W / 41.800°N 9.000°W / 41.800; -9.000.[78]

21 March

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List of shipwrecks: 21 March 1922
Ship State Description
Kullaberg  Sweden The cargo ship ran aground near Elleness, West Lothian, United Kingdom.[79] She was later refloated and beached at Elie, Fife. Refloated again on 3 April.[80]

23 March

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List of shipwrecks: 23 March 1922
Ship State Description
HMS H42  Royal Navy The H-class submarine was rammed off Gibraltar by HMS Versatile ( Royal Navy) and sank with the loss of all 22 crew.
Sakaki Maru  Japan The cargo ship collided with Eastern Sailor ( United States) in the Whangpo River, Shanghai, China and was beached.[81]
Salamanca  Norway The cargo ship was abandoned in the Bay of Biscay. Her crew were rescued by Argonne ( France).[82]

24 March

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List of shipwrecks: 24 March 1922
Ship State Description
Curvos  Portugal The schooner was destroyed by fire at Falmouth, Cornwall, United Kingdom.[81]
Glenmore  United Kingdom The cargo ship struck the wreck of Treveal ( United Kingdom) in the English Channel off St Alban's Head, Dorset and foundered. Her crew survived.[81]
Maggie Read  United Kingdom The coaster was destroyed by fire off Ornsay, Inner Hebrides.[83]

25 March

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List of shipwrecks: 25 March 1922
Ship State Description
City of Frankfort  United Kingdom The cargo ship came ashore on the Chaussées des Pierres Noires, off Brest, Finistère, France. All fifteen people on board were rescued.[83] She broke in two on 27 March and was a total loss.[84]
Omar D. Conger  United States The ferry was destroyed at dock in the Black River at Port Huron, Michigan by a boiler explosion. The four crewmen on board were killed.[45][85]

27 March

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List of shipwrecks: 27 March 1922
Ship State Description
Diana  United Kingdom The sealer was abandoned and set afire off the coast of Newfoundland. Her crew were rescued by Sagona ( United Kingdom).[84]
Macleod  United Kingdom The coaster foundered off Sanda Island, Argyllshire. All four crew survived.[86]
Sterling  Norway The cargo liner came ashore on Sandön, Sweden and sank. All on board were rescued.[86]

29 March

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List of shipwrecks: 29 March 1922
Ship State Description
Majestic  United Kingdom The ocean liner ran aground at Pagensand, Schleswig-Holstein.[87] She was refloated on 30 March.[88]

30 March

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List of shipwrecks: 30 March 1922
Ship State Description
General Currie  United Kingdom The schooner came ashore at Saint-Pierre, Saint Pierre and Miquelon.[89] She was refloated on 3 April, but capsized whilst being towed into port.[90]

31 March

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List of shipwrecks: 31 March 1922
Ship State Description
Manurewa  Australia The barque departed Sydney, New South Wales for Grafton, New South Wales. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[91]

April

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3 April

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List of shipwrecks: 3 April 1922
Ship State Description
Suwa Maru  Japan The cargo ship ran aground on the White Rock, off Swatow, China. She was abandoned as a total loss on 13 April. Her crew were rescued by a British steamship.[60]

4 April

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List of shipwrecks: 4 April 1922
Ship State Description
Palitana  Egypt The cargo ship foundered in the Mediterranean Sea 70 nautical miles (130 km) north east of Derna, Libya.[92]

5 April

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List of shipwrecks: 5 April 1922
Ship State Description
Lys  United Kingdom The cargo ship collided with The Baron ( United Kingdom) at the mouth of the River Usk and was beached.[90] She was refloated on 8 April.[92]
Peveril  United Kingdom The cargo ship sprang a leak at Reval, Estonia and was beached.[93]

7 April

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List of shipwrecks: 7 April 1922
Ship State Description
Countess of Seafield  United Kingdom The cargo ship caught fire and sank in the North Sea off Peterhead, Aberdeenshire.[92]

11 April

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List of shipwrecks: 11 April 1922
Ship State Description
Kerrier  France The schooner departed Cardiff, Glamorgan, United Kingdom for Lannion, Côtes-du-Nord. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[94]

12 April

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List of shipwrecks: 12 April 1922
Ship State Description
Grace van Dusen  United States The schooner sank in the Atlantic Ocean of West Quoddy, Maine. Her crew were rescued.[95]

13 April

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List of shipwrecks: 13 April 1922
Ship State Description
Cumberland Queen  United Kingdom The schooner was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean off Cape Hatteras, North Carolina, United States.[95][96] She was towed into Norfolk, Virginia by a United States Coast Guard cutter.[60]

16 April

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List of shipwrecks: 16 April 1922
Ship State Description
Lusitania  Portugal The schooner was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean (52°24′N 5°10′W / 52.400°N 5.167°W / 52.400; -5.167). All fifteen crew were rescued by Gaelic Star ( United Kingdom).[96]

17 April

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List of shipwrecks: 17 April 1922
Ship State Description
Ardachy  United Kingdom The cargo ship ran aground off Moville, County Donegal, Ireland.[97] She was refloated on 24 April.[63]
Berlin  United States The 1,634-gross register ton bark was wrecked without loss of life on the Egegik Flats (58°13′N 157°31′W / 58.217°N 157.517°W / 58.217; -157.517 (Egegik Flats)) on the south-central coast of the Territory of Alaska southwest of Naknek and became a total loss. The steamers Nushagak and San Juan (both  United States) rescued all 225 people on board.[98]

18 April

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List of shipwrecks: 18 April 1922
Ship State Description
Lambton  Canada Lost in a storm in Whitefish Bay on Lake Superior.

19 April

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List of shipwrecks: 19 April 1922
Ship State Description
Bisnod  United Kingdom The cargo ship foundered off Jellasore, India.[99]
Wargwoltic  United Kingdom The schooner ran aground on the Hog Sty Reef, Bahamas and was wrecked.[100]

20 April

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List of shipwrecks: 20 April 1922
Ship State Description
General Gordon  Spain The cargo ship capsized and sank at Casablanca, French Morocco.[101] She was refloated on 2 May.[102]
Zero  United Kingdom The cargo ship collided with Aeolus ( United States) at Montevideo, Uruguay and sank.[101]

21 April

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List of shipwrecks: 21 April 1922
Ship State Description
Andree  United Kingdom The cargo ship was severely damaged by fire at New York, United States.[103][104]

22 April

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List of shipwrecks: 22 April 1922
Ship State Description
George Andre  Spain The sailing ship was wrecked at Rosas, Catalonia. Her crew were rescued.[63]

24 April

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List of shipwrecks: 24 April 1922
Ship State Description
Sirdar  United Kingdom The tug collided with Old North State ( United States) at Tilbury, Essex and sank. Her crew survived.[63]

25 April

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List of shipwrecks: 25 April 1922
Ship State Description
Kyma  Greece The cargo ship caught fire at Constanţa, Romania and sank. She was a total loss.[105]
Stolwijk  Netherlands The cargo ship ran aground at Åhus, Skåne County, Sweden.[106] She was refloated on 29 April.[107]

26 April

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List of shipwrecks: 26 April 1922
Ship State Description
Député Albert Taillandier  France The cargo ship sank in the Atlantic Ocean (approximately 49°N 3°W / 49°N 3°W / 49; -3) with the loss of all but one of her crew.[105]

28 April

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List of shipwrecks: 28 April 1922
Ship State Description
Gutterrez Zamora  Mexico The cargo ship sprang a leak and was beached at Tampico, Tamaulipas. She was plundered by locals and was declared a constructive total loss.[107]

29 April

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List of shipwrecks: 29 April 1922
Ship State Description
Ilia  Germany The auxiliary sailing ship was destroyed by fire at Emden, Germany.[107]
Victoria de Larrinaga  United Kingdom The cargo ship ran aground on the Mouchoir Bank, Bahamas.[108] She was abandoned on 1 May. Her crew were rescued by Lake Fairlie ( United States).[109]

May

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1 May

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List of shipwrecks: 1 May 1922
Ship State Description
Sterling  Norway The cargo liner came ashore in Seydisfjord, Iceland, and was wrecked. All on board were rescued.[109][110]
Whittier  United States The steam tanker ran aground on Saunders Reef, about 10 miles (16 km) south of Point Arena, California and was wrecked. All on board were rescued.[111]

2 May

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List of shipwrecks: 2 May 1922
Ship State Description
Fear Not  United Kingdom The cargo ship foundered at Clackland Point, Isle of Arran, Buteshire. Her crew were rescued.[102]
Josephine  United States The schooner was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean.[102] She was towed to Southport, North Carolina and was beached.[112]
Kiang Tung  China The cargo ship was destroyed by fire whilst on a voyage from Shusi to Hankow.[113]

3 May

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List of shipwrecks: 3 May 1922
Ship State Description
Turenne  France The cargo ship ran aground at Mahdia, Tunisia.[113] She was refloated on 10 May.[114]

5 May

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List of shipwrecks: 5 May 1922
Ship State Description
B. R. Tower  United Kingdom The schooner was wrecked on a reef north east of Grand Turk.[112] Her crew were rescued.[115]

8 May

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List of shipwrecks: 8 May 1922
Ship State Description
City of Charleroy  United Kingdom The cargo ship collided with Bittern ( United Kingdom) at Antwerp, Belgium and was beached.[116] She was refloated later that day.[117]

10 May

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List of shipwrecks: 10 May 1922
Ship State Description
Arbeeco  United Kingdom The cargo ship ran aground on Renew's Rock, off the coast of Newfoundland and was wrecked. Her crew were rescued.[114]
Constantinos Pateras  Greece The cargo ship ran aground at Carromeiro, A Coruña, Spain.[117] She broke in two the next day and was a total loss.[118]

15 May

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List of shipwrecks: 15 May 1922
Ship State Description
Dragoon  United Kingdom The cargo ship sank at Hennebont, Morbihan, France.[119]
Olive  United States During a voyage from Eagle to Iditarod, the 50-gross register ton scow was crushed by ice and lost on the Iditarod River in the central Territory of Alaska. Her crew of six survived.[120]

18 May

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List of shipwrecks: 18 May 1922
Ship State Description
Lothar Bohren  United Kingdom The cargo ship ran aground at Port-de-Bouc, Bouches-du-Rhône, France.[121] She was refloated on 22 May.[122]

19 May

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List of shipwrecks: 19 May 1922
Ship State Description
Middlesex  United States The cargo ship was wrecked at Portland, Maine.[121]

20 May

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List of shipwrecks: 20 May 1922
Ship State Description
Dongola  United Kingdom The cargo ship collided with Kumano Maru ( Japan) off Woosung, China and was beached. She was refloated on 22 May.[122][123]
Egypt  United Kingdom The ocean liner collided with Seine ( France) in the English Channel 28 nautical miles (52 km) off the Armen Lighthouse, Finistère, France.[124] She sank with the loss of 86 of the 352 people on board. Survivors were rescued by Seine.
Gen. John Wilkins  United States The ship was wrecked on this date.[123]

21 May

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List of shipwrecks: 21 May 1922
Ship State Description
Conestoga  Canada The cargo ship caught fire and sank in the St Lawrence River.
Emily Eveson  United Kingdom The cargo ship ran aground on the Clougne Rock, on the south east coast of Alderney, Channel Islands and was wrecked. Her crew were rescued.[125]
Iro  Greece The cargo ship caught fire at Salonica and was scuttled to extinguish the fire.[126]
St. Patrice  United Kingdom The cargo ship came ashore west of The Lizard, Cornwall. Her crew were rescued by the Lizard Lifeboat.[123]

22 May

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List of shipwrecks: 22 May 1922
Ship State Description
Virginia Olson  United States The cargo ship was rammed and sunk by a United States Navy submarine at San Francisco, California.[122]

23 May

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List of shipwrecks: 23 May 1922
Ship State Description
Andree  United Kingdom The cargo ship collided with H. F. Alexander ( United States) at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and was beached. She was refloated on 27 June.[122][127]

25 May

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List of shipwrecks: 25 May 1922
Ship State Description
Rosyland  United States During a voyage along the coast of Kodiak Island from Kodiak to Three Saints Bay carrying seven passengers, four crewmen, and a cargo of two tons of merchandise and lumber, the 42-gross register ton, 54.4-foot (16.6 m) fishing vessel dragged her anchor during a gale in the Gulf of Alaska and was wrecked on a beach – since known locally as Rosyland Beach – in the first bight east of the entrance to Kalsin Bay (57°40′N 152°21′W / 57.667°N 152.350°W / 57.667; -152.350 (Kalsin Bay)) about 5 nautical miles (9.3 km; 5.8 mi) west of Cape Chiniak (57°37′N 152°10′W / 57.617°N 152.167°W / 57.617; -152.167 (Cape Chiniak)). The vessel Erskin ( United States) rescued her passengers and crew.[75]

29 May

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List of shipwrecks: 29 May 1922
Ship State Description
Kwinana  Australia
Kwinana aground in 1922.
The hulk of the passenger-cargo ship, heavily damaged and sunk by a December 1920–January 1921 fire and subsequently refloated, broke her moorings at Careening Bay, Garden Island, Western Australia, in a storm, was blown across Cockburn Sound, and was wrecked 3 miles (5 km) north of Rockingham, Western Australia. The wreck was partly destroyed by explosive charges in May 1941 and cut down to water level in 1959.
Welsh Prince  United Kingdom The cargo ship collided with Iowan ( United States) in the Columbia River at Astoria, Oregon, United States and sank with the loss of seven of her crew.[128][129]

30 May

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List of shipwrecks: 30 May 1922
Ship State Description
Diamantino  Portugal The schooner foundered in the Bay of Biscay off Ouessant, Finistère, France. All eleven crew were rescued by Ymir ( Germany).[130]

31 May

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List of shipwrecks: 31 May 1922
Ship State Description
Tuna  United Kingdom The cargo ship ran aground of the Fanjove Lighthouse, Zanzibar.[131] She was refloated on 5 June.[132]
Western Belle  United Kingdom The cargo ship had an engine fire 16 nautical miles (30 km; 18 mi) north northwest of the Hanois Lighthouse, Guernsey Channel Islands and sank.[133]

June

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1 June

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List of shipwrecks: 1 June 1922
Ship State Description
Wiltshire  United Kingdom The cargo liner struck a reef and foundered in the Pacific Ocean off the Great Barrier Island, New Zealand. All 103 crew were rescued.[134]

2 June

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List of shipwrecks: 2 June 1922
Ship State Description
Grimgerde  Germany The cargo ship collided with Dalston ( United Kingdom) in the North Sea and was beached at Saltwick, Yorkshire. Her crew were rescued.[135]
Sirena  Netherlands The schooner was wrecked in Lake Maracaibo.[136]

3 June

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List of shipwrecks: 3 June 1922
Ship State Description
Adam Smith  United Kingdom The cargo ship ran aground at Roscoff, Finistère, France.[137] She was refloated on 6 June.[138]
Montcalm  United Kingdom The ocean liner ran aground in the St. Lawrence River, at Bécancour, Quebec, Canada. All 848 passengers were taken off.[137] She was refloated on 5 June.[139]

5 June

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List of shipwrecks: 5 June 1922
Ship State Description
Lake Bay  United States The 12-gross register ton, 50-foot (15.2 m) sealing vessel was anchored near the mouth of Necker Bay (56°40′N 135°05′W / 56.667°N 135.083°W / 56.667; -135.083 (Necker Bay)) in Southeast Alaska with only a small boy aboard and her crew of three and other four passengers ashore when her skiff broke loose and went adrift. One of her part-owners tried to swim out to the skiff from shore but was carried too far by the current. The boy followed instructions from shore to loosen the anchor line in the hope that Lake Bay would drift close enough to the man in the water to save him, but she did not and he drowned. Lake Bay then drifted onto rocks on the south side of the mouth of the bay and later slipped off and sank in deep water without further loss of life.[140]

8 June

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List of shipwrecks: 8 June 1922
Ship State Description
Weichsel  Danzig The tug collided with Polonio ( Denmark) at Danzig and sank with the loss of a crew member.[141]

10 June

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List of shipwrecks: 10 June 1922
Ship State Description
Edward R. West  United States The four-masted schooner was wrecked in the Windward Islands.[142]

12 June

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List of shipwrecks: 12 June 1922
Ship State Description
HMS Blue Sky  Royal Navy The Admiralty-type drifter foundered in the North Sea off the Thames Estuary.

14 June

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List of shipwrecks: 14 June 1922
Ship State Description
Kirstene  Norway The three-masted auxiliary schooner came ashore at Lowestoft, Suffolk, United Kingdom and was wrecked. Her crew were rescued by the Lowestoft Lifeboat.[143]

16 June

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List of shipwrecks: 16 June 1922
Ship State Description
Avaré  Brazil The cargo ship sank at Hamburg, Germany. She was refloated on 17 August.[144]

18 June

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List of shipwrecks: 18 June 1922
Ship State Description
Spyridon  Greece The cargo ship issued an SOS in the Atlantic Ocean (42°07′N 8°00′W / 42.117°N 8.000°W / 42.117; -8.000).[145] She came ashore on the Bendino Rocks off Vigo, Spain and sank. Her crew survived.[146]

19 June

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List of shipwrecks: 19 June 1922
Ship State Description
Cabo Mondego  Portugal The sailing vessel foundered in the Atlantic Ocean (approximately 36°N 22°W / 36°N 22°W / 36; -22). Her crew survived.[146]
Robert C. Pringle  United States
Sonar image of the wreck of Robert C. Pringle, 10 June 2022.
While towing the steamer Venezuela ( United States), the 101-foot (31 m), 141-gross register ton steam tug sank almost immediately in over 300 feet (91 m) of water in Lake Michigan off Sheboygan County, Wisconsin, about 12 nautical miles (22 km; 14 mi) north of Sheboygan, Wisconsin, at 43°41.508′N 087°33.292′W / 43.691800°N 87.554867°W / 43.691800; -87.554867 (SS Robert C. Pringle) after striking a submerged object. Venezuela rescued her entire crew. The wreck was discovered in 2008 and included in the Wisconsin Shipwreck Coast National Marine Sanctuary in 2021.[147][148]

23 June

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List of shipwrecks: 23 June 1922
Ship State Description
Puritan The schooner ran aground off Sable Island, Nova Scotia, Canada and foundered with the loss of sixteen of her nineteen crew.[149]

27 June

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List of shipwrecks: 27 June 1922
Ship State Description
Bouclier  French Navy The Bouclier-class destroyer collided with Paris ( French Navy) at Toulon, Var. Both vessels were severely damaged.[150]

29 June

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List of shipwrecks: 29 June 1922
Ship State Description
Fairfield  United States The decommissioned wooden steamer was disposed of by burning off Governor's Island in Boston Harbor.[151]
Providence  United States The passenger ship ran aground off Rhode Island. Her passengers were taken off.[152] She was refloated on 30 June.[153]
Wakanna  United States The decommissioned wooden steamer was disposed of by burning off Governor's Island in Boston Harbor.[151]

Unknown date

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Ship State Description
Prinz Eugen  French Navy The Tegetthoff-class battleship (ex- Austro-Hungarian Navy) was sunk as a target in the Atlantic Ocean by the battleships France, Jean Bart and Paris (all  French Navy).

July

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1 July

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List of shipwrecks: 1 July 1922
Ship State Description
Heathside  United Kingdom The cargo ship ran aground 7 nautical miles (13 km) off Martín García Island, Uruguay. She was refloated on 13 July.[154][155]
HMS Insolent  Royal Navy The Bouncer-class flatiron gunboat foundered in Portsmouth Harbour. Her wreck was sold on 18 June 1925 for breaking up.[156]
Moineau  France The tanker caught fire at Constanţa, Romania and was a total loss.[157]

3 July

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List of shipwrecks: 3 July 1922
Ship State Description
Anasthasios  Greece The cargo ship ran aground off Martín García Island, Uruguay.[157] She was refloated on 31 July.[158]
Canadian Commander  United Kingdom The refrigerated cargo ship ran aground at Saint Pierre and Miquelon. She was refloated on 16 July.

4 July

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List of shipwrecks: 4 July 1922
Ship State Description
Spray  United Kingdom The tug collided with Cairndhu ( United Kingdom) at Montreal, Quebec, Canada and sank with the loss of six lives.[159]

5 July

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List of shipwrecks: 5 July 1922
Ship State Description
Brussels  United Kingdom The cargo ship ran aground at Shoreham-by-Sea, Sussex.[159] She was wrecked in a gale the next day.[160]
Duymaer van Twist  Netherlands The passenger ship caught fire on a voyage from Batavia, Netherlands East Indies to Penang, Malaya. She was beached on the Telok Dalam Bay Reef.[159] She was refloated on 10 July and towed to Sabang, Netherlands East Indies for repairs.[161]
Orthia  United Kingdom The cargo ship collided with Airedale ( United Kingdom) in the Atlantic Ocean off Father Point, Quebec, Canada.[159] She was beached 1 nautical mile (1.9 km) off the White Island Lightship ( Canada). Her crew were rescued.[160]

6 July

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List of shipwrecks: 6 July 1922
Ship State Description
Louis Ernest  United Kingdom The sailing ship struck the wreck of HMS Glatton ( Royal Navy) and sank at Dover, Kent.[160]

7 July

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List of shipwrecks: 7 July 1922
Ship State Description
Nor-Kap  United States The 15-gross register ton motor vessel was destroyed by fire in Triangle Bay on the coast of the Territory of Alaska.[162]
SMS Nürnberg  Imperial German Navy The captured Königsberg-class light cruiser was sunk as a target in the English Channel off the Isle of Wight by British forces.

8 July

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List of shipwrecks: 8 July 1922
Ship State Description
El Kahira  United Kingdom The cargo ship passed St. Catherine's Point, Isle of Wight bound for Algiers, Algeria. Presumed later foundered in the English Channel with the loss of all hands.[163] The body of her captain washed up at Cap Gris Nez, Pas-de-Calais, France in the early days of August 1922.[164]
Nantwa Maru  Japan The cargo ship ran aground and sank at Shikotsosaki.[165]
Nieuw Amsterdam  Netherlands Cargo in the ocean liner's number 5 hold caught fire while she was at her pier in Hoboken, New Jersey. Her crew, Hoboken FD, and the New York FD fireboat James Duane fought the fire. 100 firemen were overcome by toxic fumes. The fireboat Thomas Willett rescued James Duane's crew. The fire was extinguished after five and a half hours. The next day thousands of gallons of water were pumped out of Nieuw Amsterdam's number 5 hold. Damage was estimated at more than $100,000.[166]

10 July

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List of shipwrecks: 10 July 1922
Ship State Description
Lord Harrington  United Kingdom The cargo ship ran aground on the Pelican Spit, Smyrna, Turkey.[167] She was refloated on 13 July.[155]

11 July

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List of shipwrecks: 11 July 1922
Ship State Description
France  France The barque ran aground on reefs in New Caledonia, at approximately 21°00′S 165°00′E / 21.000°S 165.000°E / -21.000; 165.000, near Nouméa. She was thrown ashore by a large wave on 13 July. Attempts to refloat the vessel failed and she sank later in the year.[168][169]

12 July

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List of shipwrecks: 12 July 1922
Ship State Description
Cananova  United States The cargo ship ran aground on Green Island, Jamaica.[161] She was refloated on 20 July.[170]
Somme  France The schooner foundered in the English Channel off Lézardrieux, Côtes-du-Nord. Her crew survived.[171]

13 July

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List of shipwrecks: 13 July 1922
Ship State Description
Aviateur de Terlines  France The schooner caught fire at Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône and was a total loss.[161]

14 July

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List of shipwrecks: 14 July 1922
Ship State Description
Allie  United Kingdom The cargo ship ran aground in the Gulf of Bothnia off the Snipan Lightship ( Finland).[172] She was refloated on 25 July and put into Holmsund, Västerbotten County, Sweden leaking severely.[173]

16 July

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List of shipwrecks: 16 July 1922
Ship State Description
Hjeltenæs  Norway The schooner caught fire and sank in the Atlantic Ocean (51°00′N 13°00′W / 51.000°N 13.000°W / 51.000; -13.000). All sixteen crew were rescued by Bannack ( United States).[174]

17 July

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List of shipwrecks: 17 July 1922
Ship State Description
Ursus  United Kingdom The cargo ship ran aground on Holmögadd, Västerbotten County, Sweden.[175] She was refloated on 21 July.[176]

19 July

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List of shipwrecks: 19 July 1922
Ship State Description
John R. Fox  United States The schooner was driven ashore at Bottlenose Carcos, Turks Islands and was wrecked.[177]

21 July

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List of shipwrecks: 21 July 1922
Ship State Description
Holmes A. Frank  United Kingdom The schooner was driven ashore at Querpon, Newfoundland and was wrecked.[177]

23 July

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List of shipwrecks: 23 July 1922
Ship State Description
Roi Albert  Belgium The cargo ship ran aground north of Cape St. Vincent, Portugal.[177] She was declared a total loss. Her crew were rescued.[178]

25 July

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List of shipwrecks: 25 July 1922
Ship State Description
Charles Braley  United States The tanker suffered an explosion and fire in the Atlantic Ocean 75 nautical miles (139 km) east north east of Tampa, Florida and sank. Her crew survived.[173]

26 July

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List of shipwrecks: 26 July 1922
Ship State Description
USS Granite State  United States Navy While under tow to be scrapped, the hulk — the former 2,600-displacement ton ship-of-the-line USS New Hampshire — which had burned and sunk on 23 May 1921 and been refloated in July 1922, burned and sank again in the Atlantic Ocean off Half Way Rock near Manchester-by-the-Sea, Massachusetts, after her tow line parted in a storm. Her wreck settled in up to 30 feet (9.1 m) of water just off the east end of Graves Island at 42°34′16″N 070°44′45″W / 42.57111°N 70.74583°W / 42.57111; -70.74583 (USS Granite State).[179]
Metschta  France The cargo ship collided with Bitinia ( Italy) at Constantinople and was beached.[180] She was refloated on 31 July.[158]

27 July

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List of shipwrecks: 27 July 1922
Ship State Description
Calista  United States The coaster collided with Hawaii Maru ( Japan) at Seattle, Washington and sank.[181]
Empress  United States The 23-gross register ton motor vessel sank off Angle Point (55°14′20″N 131°25′30″W / 55.23889°N 131.42500°W / 55.23889; -131.42500 (Angle Point)) on the coast of Bold Island (55°14′57″N 131°25′01″W / 55.2492°N 131.4169°W / 55.2492; -131.4169 (Bold Island)) in Southeast Alaska about two minutes after the 25-ton motor vessel Vega ( United States) collided with her, cutting her stern off. Vega rescued her crew of two.[182]
Tartar  Norway The cargo ship was driven ashore at Korsør, Denmark.[180] She was refloated on 31 July but found to be leaking severely and was beached.[183]

29 July

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List of shipwrecks: 29 July 1922
Ship State Description
County of Carmarthen  United Kingdom The cargo ship ran aground on Maio, Cape Verde Islands, Portugal.[184] She was declared a total loss on 1 August.[185]

30 July

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List of shipwrecks: 30 July 1922
Ship State Description
Ayala Mendi  Spain The cargo ship collided with Francesco Ferruccio ( Regia Marina) in the Bay of Biscay and sank with the loss of one of her 33 crew.[183][186][187]
Vancouver Maru  Japan The cargo ship ran aground 3 nautical miles (5.6 km) north east by east of Cape Henry, Virginia, United States.[183] She was refloated on 7 August.[188]

31 July

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List of shipwrecks: 31 July 1922
Ship State Description
Guglielmo Pepe  Regia Marina The Alessandro Poerio-class destroyer was rammed by Bolsena ( Italy) at Constantinople, Turkey and was severely damaged. She was beached but later refloated and taken to the Golden Horn for drydocking.[183][189]
Rapids Prince  United Kingdom The passenger ship ran aground in the Lachine Rapids, Saint Lawrence River, Quebec, Canada. Her passengers were taken off.[183]

Unknown date

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List of shipwrecks: Unknown July 1922
Ship State Description
Malicia Enos  United States The fishing schooner left Gloucester, Massachusetts in early July for the Georges Bank and vanished. Lost with all five crewmen.[190][191]

August

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1 August

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List of shipwrecks: 1 August 1922
Ship State Description
Aoku Maru  Japan The cargo ship suffered an onboard explosion at Kobe and was a total loss.[189]
John A. Campbell  United States The schooner was destroyed by fire at Tarawa, Gilbert and Ellice Islands.[192]

2 August

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List of shipwrecks: 2 August 1922
Ship State Description
Brumath  United Kingdom The cargo ship was destroyed by fire at Port-Daniel, Quebec, Canada.[189]
Edward  United States The tow steamer was sunk by an explosion off Gold Street, Brooklyn, a total loss. Five crew killed.[193]
Gondia  United Kingdom
Gondia
The cargo ship was last reported on this date in the Pacific Ocean (22°38′N 117°15′E / 22.633°N 117.250°E / 22.633; 117.250). No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[91]
San Maurizio  Italy The coaster was driven ashore at Karaburun, Turkey. Her crew were rescued.[187]

4 August

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List of shipwrecks: 4 August 1922
Ship State Description
Ella F.  United Kingdom The schooner sank at Stripe Island, Labrador, Canada.[194]

5 August

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List of shipwrecks: 5 August 1922
Ship State Description
Grey Abbey  United Kingdom The coaster foundered in the North Sea 10 nautical miles (19 km) off Holborn Head, Caithness. Her crew survived.[195]

6 August

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List of shipwrecks: 6 August 1922
Ship State Description
Petrell  Norway The cargo ship struck a rock and sank between Cape Spartell and Cape Arzila, Spain. All seventeen crew were rescued by Neutral ( Germany).[196]
Shinyei Maru  Japan The cargo ship ran aground at Shaweishan, China. She was refloated on 23 August.[197]

8 August

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List of shipwrecks: 8 August 1922
Ship State Description
HMS Raleigh  Royal Navy
HMS Raleigh aground.

The Hawkins-class cruiser ran aground in Forteau Bay, Labrador, Canada and was wrecked with the loss of eleven of her 690 crew. The wreck was dispersed in September 1926.

9 August

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List of shipwrecks: 9 August 1922
Ship State Description
G.S.L.  United Kingdom The cargo ship caught fire in the North Sea off Lerwick, Shetland Islands and was beached in Nesting Bay. Her crew were rescued.[188]
Hartside  United Kingdom The cargo ship came ashore at Punta Palmar, Uruguay (34°00′S 53°32′W / 34.000°S 53.533°W / -34.000; -53.533).[188] Fifteen of her crew were taken off on 10 August by Powerful ( United Kingdom).[198]

10 August

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List of shipwrecks: 10 August 1922
Ship State Description
Gaarden  Germany The auxiliary sailing ship foundered in the North Sea[198]
Shinyei Maru  Japan The cargo ship came ashore at Shaweishan and was a total loss. Her crew were rescued.[198]

15 August

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List of shipwrecks: 15 August 1922
Ship State Description
Eagle  United States The 23-gross register ton motor vessel was crushed against ground ice by an ice floe in the Chukchi Sea 5 nautical miles (9.3 km; 5.8 mi) off the coast of Siberia 14 nautical miles (26 km; 16 mi) east of Cape North and was lost. Her crew survived and was rescued by the motor vessel Chukotsk (flag unknown).[182]
José Salgado  Spain The schooner sank at Santiago de Cuba, Cuba.[196]

16 August

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List of shipwrecks: 16 August 1922
Ship State Description
Henriette  United States The schooner was wrecked in the Gilbert and Ellice Islands.[192]
Henry T. Scott  United States The steamer was sunk in a collision with Henry Luckenbach ( United States) 11 miles (18 km) east of Cape Flattery. Four crew killed.[193]

17 August

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List of shipwrecks: 17 August 1922
Ship State Description
Olga  Chile The cargo ship sank at Valparaíso.[199]

18 August

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List of shipwrecks: 18 August 1922
Ship State Description
Ryokai Maru  Japan The cargo ship ran aground on Panagatan Reef on the south coast of Mindoro, Philippines.[144] She was abandoned the next day as a total loss. Her crew were rescued.[200] Ryokai Maru was refloated on 31 August, repaired and returned to service.[201][202]

20 August

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List of shipwrecks: 20 August 1922
Ship State Description
Manordilo  United Kingdom The cargo ship collided with Chindwara in the North Sea and sank.[200][203] She was refloated on 15 November and beached.[204]

22 August

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List of shipwrecks: 22 August 1922
Ship State Description
Cymric  United Kingdom The schooner struck the Brandy Rocks and was beached at Kilmore, County Wexford. She was refloated on 24 August.[205][206]
Leerdam  United Kingdom The cargo ship sprang a leak and was beached at Portpatrick, Wigtownshire.[207] She was refloated on 26 August.[208]

23 August

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List of shipwrecks: 23 August 1922
Ship State Description
Nieves  Spain The sailing vessel was in collision with Freifeld ( Germany) in the Atlantic Ocean off Cape St. Vincent, Portugal and sank. Her crew were rescued by Freifeld.[206]

24 August

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List of shipwrecks: 24 August 1922
Ship State Description
Asahi Maru  Japan The cargo ship sank at Inuboyezaki in a typhoon.[209]
Kibi Maru No.16  Japan The cargo ship sank at Inuboyezaki in a typhoon.[209]

25 August

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List of shipwrecks: 25 August 1922
Ship State Description
Cordelia  United Kingdom The tanker ran aground off Fort Tigné, Malta.[210] She was refloated on 4 September.[211]

26 August

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List of shipwrecks: 26 August 1922
Ship State Description
Borulos  United Kingdom The passenger ship ran aground in the Red Sea. Her passengers were taken off by Mahmoudieh ( United Kingdom). She was refloated on 29 August.[208][212]
France  French Navy The Courbet-class battleship struck an uncharted rock in Quiberon Bay and sank with the loss of 3 of her 1,115 crew.
Niitaka  Imperial Japanese Navy The Niitaka-class cruiser ran ground, capsized, and sank in a storm off the Kamchatka Peninsula with the loss of 284 of her 299 crew.[213]
Philadelphia  United States The ocean liner was beached at Naples, Italy.[208]

28 August

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List of shipwrecks: 28 August 1922
Ship State Description
Baluchistan  United Kingdom The cargo ship ran aground in the Saint Lawrence River downstream of Quebec City, Canada.[214] She was refloated on 4 September.[211]
Itata  Chile The passenger ship struck a rock and sank in the Pacific Ocean off Choros Island. There were 21 survivors of about 350 people on board.[212][215][216]

29 August

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List of shipwrecks: 29 August 1922
Ship State Description
Cubwood  United Kingdom The cargo ship was destroyed by fire at Charleston, South Carolina, United States.[217]
Horley  United Kingdom The coaster ran aground on the Kravastone Rock off the Farne Islands, Northumberland and was wrecked. Her crew survived.[209] She sank on 9 September.[218]

30 August

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List of shipwrecks: 30 August 1922
Ship State Description
J. Edward Drake  United States The schooner foundered in the Atlantic Ocean (approximately 36°N 57°W / 36°N 57°W / 36; -57). Her crew were rescued by Ciscar ( United Kingdom).[217]

31 August

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List of shipwrecks: 31 August 1922
Ship State Description
Azopardo  Argentine Navy The despatch boat was rammed, split in two, and sunk at Buenos Aires by American Legion ( United States). Alfarez Mackinlay, Gaviota, La Pampa, Patagonia and Patria (all  Argentine Navy) were damaged in the incident.[219]

September

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1 September

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List of shipwrecks: 1 September 1922
Ship State Description
Eagle  United Kingdom The cargo ship was crushed by pack ice and sank 15 nautical miles (28 km) of North Cape, Prince Edward Island, Canada.[220]
Eurydamas  United Kingdom The cargo ship collided with Carnarvonshire ( United Kingdom) in the Elbe at Blankenese, Hamburg, Germany and was beached.[220]

2 September

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List of shipwrecks: 2 September 1922
Ship State Description
Ezardian  United Kingdom The coaster collided with Zuiderdijk ( Netherlands) in the Scheldt at Vlissingen, Netherlands and sank with the loss of seven of the nineteen people on board. Survivors were rescued by Zuiderdijk, a Dutch fishing vessel and a German merchant ship.[221]
Queen Bee  Australia
Queen Bee in Sydney Harbour.
The 1907 steam collier was sunk off Barrenjoey lighthouse, Australia in 1922.
W. J. Patterson  United States The four-masted schooner arrived at Jacksonville, Florida with her cargo on fire and was scuttled.[222]

3 September

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List of shipwrecks: 3 September 1922
Ship State Description
Barrenfork  United States The tug capsized and sank at Jacksonville, Florida.[201]

4 September

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List of shipwrecks: 4 September 1922
Ship State Description
Adrian Klein  United States The motor schooner was lost at the Okalee River (60°03′N 144°01′W / 60.050°N 144.017°W / 60.050; -144.017 (Okalee River)) on the south-central coast of the Territory of Alaska.[223]
Benfinch  United Kingdom The coaster foundered 8 nautical miles (15 km) off the Mull of Kintyre, Argyllshire. Her crew survived.[201]
Tetlin  United States During a voyage in the Territory of Alaska from the upper part of the Nabesna River to Fairbanks, the 65-gross register ton, 60.5-foot (18.4 m) sternwheel paddle steamer struck a sandbar about 10 miles (16 km) above the mouth of the river, tearing her bottom out. She sank on the sand bar. All five members of her crew survived. Her machinery was salvaged, but ice completely destroyed her hull over the winter of 1922–1923.[224]

5 September

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List of shipwrecks: 5 September 1922
Ship State Description
Bluet  France The schooner collided with Baoule ( France) in the Mediterranean Sea off Bec d'Ambès, Gironde and sank.[225]
Colthraps  United States The cargo ship caught fire at Pensacola, Florida and was severely damaged.[225][226]
Maid of Canada  United Kingdom The schooner collided with Sadie Mac ( United Kingdom) at Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada and sank. Her crew survived.[227]

9 September

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List of shipwrecks: 9 September 1922
Ship State Description
Hammonia  Germany The ocean liner foundered in the Atlantic Ocean 80 nautical miles (150 km) off Vigo, Spain (41°55′N 10°50′W / 41.917°N 10.833°W / 41.917; -10.833). All 557 people on board were rescued by Boldway, City of Chester, City of Valencia, Darro, Euclid, Kinfauns Castle, Soldier Prince (all  United Kingdom) and a Greek merchant ship.[228][229]

11 September

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List of shipwrecks: 11 September 1922
Ship State Description
Tamara Eleven  Germany The barque was wrecked at Oulu, Finland.[230]

13 September

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List of shipwrecks: 13 September 1922
Ship State Description
Vanse  Norway The cargo ship ran aground on the Haisborough Sands, Norfolk, United Kingdom and was wrecked. Her crew were rescued by Vulcan City ( United Kingdom).[231]

14 September

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List of shipwrecks: 14 September 1922
Ship State Description
Ahrnklim  United States After she lost power and steering while exiting the "Aqua River" – probably a reference to the Akwe River (59°16′58″N 139°02′58″W / 59.2828°N 139.0494°W / 59.2828; -139.0494 (Akwe River)) – on the south-central coast of the Territory of Alaska, the 64-gross register ton, 66-foot (20.1 m) motor vessel was washed ashore and wrecked about 0.5 nautical miles (0.9 km; 0.6 mi) west of the entrance to the river. She became a total loss.[223]

15 September

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List of shipwrecks: 15 September 1922
Ship State Description
Earlshall  United Kingdom) The collier departed Newcastle-upon-Tyne for Hamburg, Germany.[232] She was apparently abandoned on 16 September. She was discovered derelict on 22 September by the trawler Seefahrt ( Germany) and taken in tow, but the tow had to be abandoned. She sank off the Norderney Lightship ( Germany) (54°05′N 6°59′E / 54.083°N 6.983°E / 54.083; 6.983).[233] There were no survivors of her crew.[232]

18 September

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List of shipwrecks: 18 September 1922
Ship State Description
Lisbeth  Sweden The cargo ship sank off Gedser, Denmark. Six crew were rescued by a Danish merchant ship.[234]
Rellim  United Kingdom The cargo ship collided with John S. Calvert ( United Kingdom) in the River Ouse at Goole, Yorkshire and sank.[235]
Thomas L. Wand  United States The cargo ship came ashore at Point Sur, California and was a total loss.[236]

19 September

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List of shipwrecks: 19 September 1922
Ship State Description
Begona No.1  Spain The cargo ship foundered 7 nautical miles (13 km) south west of Cape Roca.[236]
Corral  Chile The cargo ship was destroyed by fire at Huasco.[237]

20 September

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List of shipwrecks: 20 September 1922
Ship State Description
Bustard  United Kingdom The tug struck a submerged wreck and sank at Milford Haven, Pembrokeshire. She was refloated on 22 September.[238][239]

21 September

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List of shipwrecks: 21 September 1922
Ship State Description
Ballybrack  United Kingdom The schooner came ashore at Soerdal, Sweden and was wrecked. Her crew were rescued.[237]
Svaland  Norway The auxiliary sailing ship was driven ashore at Höganäs, Sweden. She was refloated on 9 October.[237][240]

22 September

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List of shipwrecks: 22 September 1922
Ship State Description
Sidi Abdallah  France The cargo ship collided with N. Hadzikyriakos ( Greece) in the Mediterranean Sea (36°52′N 0°22′W / 36.867°N 0.367°W / 36.867; -0.367). Her crew were rescued.[241]

23 September

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List of shipwrecks: 23 September 1922
Ship State Description
City of Amiens  United Kingdom The cargo ship ran aground off Camariñas, Galicia, Spain and sank. Her crew were rescued.[241]

24 September

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List of shipwrecks: 24 September 1922
Ship State Description
Fearless  United States The 10-gross register ton motor vessel was wrecked in Howkan Narrows (54°52′N 132°48′W / 54.867°N 132.800°W / 54.867; -132.800 (Howkan Narrows)) in Southeast Alaska when the anchor chain on a log boom she was moored to give way during a gale and the logs forced her ashore. Her crew of two survived.[242]
HMS Speedy  Royal Navy The destroyer sank after colliding with a tug in the Sea of Marmara.[243]

25 September

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List of shipwrecks: 25 September 1922
Ship State Description
Cabo San Antonio  Spain The cargo ship was wrecked off Aljezur, Portugal and was wrecked.[244]

26 September

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List of shipwrecks: 26 September 1922
Ship State Description
P.L.M. 8  France The cargo ship came ashore at Cape Raso, Portugal.[245] She was a total loss.[246]

28 September

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List of shipwrecks: 28 September 1922
Ship State Description
Chaddesley  United Kingdom The cargo ship came ashore at Theddlethorpe, Lincolnshire.[247] She was refloated on 1 October.[233]
Enterprise  United Kingdom The cargo ship ran aground on the Middle Cross Sand, North Sea.[247] She was abandoned by her crew the next day pending salvage operations.[248] She was refloated on 6 October.[249]

29 September

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List of shipwrecks: 29 September 1922
Ship State Description
Alecto  United States After she suffered engine trouble during a voyage from Juneau to Seldovia, Territory of Alaska, the 8.92-gross register ton launch was stranded 0.25 nautical miles (0.5 km; 0.3 mi) west of Ocean Cape Light (59°33′N 139°50′W / 59.550°N 139.833°W / 59.550; -139.833 (Ocean Cape Light)) near Yakutat, Territory of Alaska. The only person aboard survived. Her hull was pounded to pieces by the surf, but her diesel engine was salvaged on 2 October.[223]

October

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2 October

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List of shipwrecks: 2 October 1922
Ship State Description
Ketchikan  United States The cargo ship struck an iceberg in the Icy Strait and was beached.[233]

3 October

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List of shipwrecks: 3 October 1922
Ship State Description
Helen Jean  United Kingdom The schooner sprang a leak and was towed in to the Turks Islands by HMS Capetown ( Royal Navy).[250] She sank at her moorings the next day and was a total loss.[249]

5 October

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List of shipwrecks: 5 October 1922
Ship State Description
Rovigno  Italy The cargo ship ran aground 12 nautical miles (22 km) off the coast of Brazil 60 nautical miles (110 km) south of Rio Grande, Rio Grande do Sul. All but two of her crew were taken off on 8 October.[249][251]

6 October

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List of shipwrecks: 6 October 1922
Ship State Description
Bessie  United Kingdom The schooner ran aground at Ecum Secum, Nova Scotia, Canada. She was declared a constructive total loss.[251]
St. Hedro  United Kingdom The schooner caught fire in the Atlantic Ocean (44°00′N 47°23′W / 44.000°N 47.383°W / 44.000; -47.383). Her crew were rescued by Creoula ( United Kingdom).[251]

7 October

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List of shipwrecks: 7 October 1922
Ship State Description
Lyman Stewart  United States The Union Oil tanker on her way from San Francisco to Seattle with a cargo of oil and gasoline collided with freighter Walter A. Luckenbach ( United States) in Golden Gate and had to be beached to avoid sinking. She was later declared a total loss, Her crew were taken off.[240]

10 October

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List of shipwrecks: 10 October 1922
Ship State Description
Kaupo  Latvia The schooner sprang a leak in the Atlantic Ocean off Faial Island, Azores, Portugal and was abandoned. Her crew were rescued.[252]
Swiftstar  United States The tanker on her way from San Pedro to Fall River with a cargo of 70,000 barrels of oil ran aground on the southern end of Block Island and became stranded. The crew was taken off the next day by the US submarine N-2 and the ship was refloated on the 15th and after extensive repairs returned to service.

12 October

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List of shipwrecks: 12 October 1922
Ship State Description
City of Honolulu  United States The ocean liner caught fire in the Pacific Ocean whilst on a voyage between Los Angeles, California and Honolulu, Hawaii (31°07′N 131°40′W / 31.117°N 131.667°W / 31.117; -131.667). The passengers and crew were rescued by the steamer West Faralon ( United States). City of Honolulu was scuttled on 17 October by the cutter USCGC Shawnee ( United States Coast Guard) at 32°30′N 129°45′W / 32.500°N 129.750°W / 32.500; -129.750.

15 October

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List of shipwrecks: 15 October 1922
Ship State Description
Cornelis  Netherlands The cargo ship ran aground off the Grundballen Lightship ( Sweden).[253] She later sank with the loss of all hands.[254]

16 October

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List of shipwrecks: 16 October 1922
Ship State Description
USS PE-31  United States Navy The Eagle-class patrol craft ran aground on Sow and Pigs Reef off Cuttyhunk Island, Massachusetts, broke up, and sank without loss of life on the south side of the reef at 41°24′18″N 070°57′54″W / 41.40500°N 70.96500°W / 41.40500; -70.96500 (USS PE-31).[255]
Rossia  Soviet Navy The armored cruiser broke free from her tow in the Baltic Sea and stranded on the Dyvelseye Shoal.[254] She was refloated in July 1922.

17 October

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List of shipwrecks: 17 October 1922
Ship State Description
Hopelyn  United Kingdom The cargo ship was wrecked on Scroby Sands, Norfolk. All 24 crew and the ship's cat were rescued.

18 October

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List of shipwrecks: 18 October 1922
Ship State Description
Seaman A. O.  United Kingdom The schooner came ashore at Nantucket, Massachusetts.[256] She was refloated on 23 October.[257]

19 October

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List of shipwrecks: 19 October 1922
Ship State Description
Concord  United States The passenger ship caught fire in the Atlantic Ocean whilst on a voyage from New York to Providence, Rhode Island. Her passengers were taken off by Mohegan ( United States).[256]
Lenape  United States The cargo ship ran aground off Jacksonville, Florida. She was refloated on 6 November.[258]
Lizzie D. (or Lizzie D. A.)  United States The 77-or-84-foot (23.5 or 25.6 m) (sources disagree), 122-gross register ton tug sank in 80 feet (24 m) of water in the North Atlantic Ocean south of Long Island, New York, 8 nautical miles (15 km; 9.2 mi) southeast of Atlantic Beach Inlet with the loss of her entire crew of eight or 13 (sources disagree) men. Her owners reported her as having no cargo aboard at the time of her loss, but an examination of her wreck in July 1977 discovered that she had been operating as a rum runner during Prohibition in the United States and had sunk with a cargo of Kentucky bourbon and Canadian rye whisky aboard. Her wreck is known as the "Rum Runner."[259]
Modica  Norway The cargo ship ran aground at Montreal, Quebec, Canada.[256] She was refloated on 23 October.[260]

20 October

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List of shipwrecks: 20 October 1922
Ship State Description
Viktor Rydberg  Sweden The coaster capsized at Landsort with the loss of three crew.[261]

21 October

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List of shipwrecks: 21 October 1922
Ship State Description
Fritz Schindler  Germany The tanker collided with Knud II ( Denmark) in the Kaiser Wilhelm Canal and sank. Knud II also collided with Umealf ( Germany) which was beached.[262]

22 October

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List of shipwrecks: 22 October 1922
Ship State Description
British General  United Kingdom The tanker came ashore in the Persian Gulf (20°24′N 56°23′E / 20.400°N 56.383°E / 20.400; 56.383).[260] She was abandoned the next day. Her crew were rescued by Aras ( United Kingdom).[257] British General was refloated on 6 November.[258]
Canada  United Kingdom The cargo ship sprang a leak and was abandoned in the North Sea off Happisburgh, Norfolk. Her crew were rescued by Kyle Bute ( United Kingdom).[262] She was towed into Hull, Yorkshire by Nina ( United Kingdom).[260]
Gundreda  United Kingdom The salvage vessel sank in the Helford River at Falmouth, Cornwall.[262]

23 October

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List of shipwrecks: 23 October 1922
Ship State Description
Corsaire  France The schooner sprang a leak in the Atlantic Ocean (approximately 47°N 5°W / 47°N 5°W / 47; -5). Her crew were rescued by Sonnenberg ( Germany).[257]
Roland Morillot  French Navy The Type UB II submarine sprang a leak and was abandoned in the English Channel west of Guernsey, Channel Islands. Her crew were rescued by Daphne ( France). Roland Morillot was subsequently towed into Cherbourg, Seine-Inférieure by Centaure ( France).[263]

24 October

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List of shipwrecks: 24 October 1922
Ship State Description
Fagerlund  Norway The auxiliary sailing ship sank at East Greenwich, London, United Kingdom.[257]
Golden Shore  United States The cargo ship caught fire at San Francisco, California and was beached.[264]
Hokuyu Maru  Japan The cargo ship was struck by Okinawa Maru ( Japan) at Osaka and sank.[265]
Karal  Latvia The sailing ship was driven ashore at Steinsort and was wrecked.[257]

27 October

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List of shipwrecks: 27 October 1922
Ship State Description
Genesta  United Kingdom The Thames barge collided with Corea ( United Kingdom) in the River Thames at Rotherhithe, London and sank.[266]
Viking  United Kingdom The cargo ship was destroyed by fire at Port of Spain, Trinidad.[266]

28 October

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List of shipwrecks: 28 October 1922
Ship State Description
Canteleu  France The cargo ship was driven ashore at Brest, Finistère and was wrecked.[266]
Moneyspinner  United Kingdom The coaster was abandoned in the Bay of Biscay (45°00′N 3°57′W / 45.000°N 3.950°W / 45.000; -3.950) after her cargo shifted. Her crew were rescued by La Fontaine ( France).[267][268] Moneyspinner was towed into La Rochelle, Charente-Maritime, arriving on 6 November.[269]

29 October

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List of shipwrecks: 29 October 1922
Ship State Description
Duckland  United States The 10-gross register ton, 42-foot (12.8 m) fishing vessel dragged her anchor and was wrecked at the mouth of Anita Bay (56°14′N 132°23′W / 56.233°N 132.383°W / 56.233; -132.383 (Anita Bay)) on the northeast coast of Etolin Island in the Alexander Archipelago in Southeast Alaska, becoming a total loss. Her crew of two survived.[270]
Guillem Sorolla  Spain The cargo ship issued an SOS in the Atlantic Ocean (48°33′N 8°00′W / 48.550°N 8.000°W / 48.550; -8.000).[266] No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[271]
Pioneer  United Kingdom The cargo ship caught fire off Poole, Dorset and was a total loss.[265]

30 October

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List of shipwrecks: 30 October 1922
Ship State Description
Gromoboi  Soviet Navy The decommissioned Gromoboi-class armoured cruiser ran aground in a storm near Liepāja while under tow to Germany in October 1922 for scrapping. Scrapped in place.[272][273]
St. Jacques flag unknown The sailing ship sank in the Atlantic Ocean (4°12′N 8°15′W / 4.200°N 8.250°W / 4.200; -8.250). Her crew were rescued by Else Hugo Stinnes ( Germany).[268]

31 October

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List of shipwrecks: 31 October 1922
Ship State Description
Teti  Italy The cargo ship foundered in the English Channel 14 nautical miles (26 km) south of St. Michael's Mount, Cornwall, United Kingdom.[274]

November

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2 November

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List of shipwrecks: 2 November 1922
Ship State Description
Convention  United States The 23-gross register ton, 45-foot (13.7 m) fishing vessel sank in Hecate Strait off the coast of British Columbia, Canada, with the loss of her entire crew of five.[275]
Francia  United Kingdom The cargo ship foundered in the English Channel 5 nautical miles (9.3 km) north north west of the Armen Rock. Her crew were rescued by Gulpen ( Norway).[276]

3 November

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List of shipwrecks: 3 November 1922
Ship State Description
Herman Sauber  Germany The cargo ship foundered in the North Sea 80 nautical miles (150 km) off Spurn Point, Yorkshire, United Kingdom, with the loss of all but one of her crew. The survivor was rescued by the trawler Riveira ( United Kingdom).[277]

6 November

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List of shipwrecks: 6 November 1922
Ship State Description
Elswick Manor  United Kingdom The cargo ship ran aground at Buenos Aires, Argentina.[277] She was refloated on 15 November.[278]
Helen White  United Kingdom The cargo ship collided with a lighter and sank at Tampico, Tamaulipas, Mexico.[277]

7 November

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List of shipwrecks: 7 November 1922
Ship State Description
Rattler  United States After an explosion that resulted from the lighting of a match in her hold, the 17-gross register ton, 45-foot (13.7 m) fishing vessel was destroyed by fire without loss of life while moored at a cannery dock at Cordova, Territory of Alaska.[75]

9 November

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List of shipwrecks: 9 November 1922
Ship State Description
Oran  Spain The cargo ship ran aground at Málaga.[279] She was refloated on 13 November.[280]

10 November

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List of shipwrecks: 10 November 1922
Ship State Description
Beckenham  United Kingdom The cargo ship ran aground off Cape St. Michel, Quebec, Canada.[281] She was refloated on 23 November.[282]
Nola  United States The cargo ship caught fire in the Gulf of Mexico off New Orleans, Louisiana and was abandoned. Her crew were rescued by Missouri ( United States).[283]
Oregon City  United States During a voyage from Evans Bay, Territory of Alaska, to Tacoma, Washington, with a crew of seven and a cargo of four tons of herring on board, the 23-gross register ton motor sloop was destroyed in Warm Springs Bay on the coast of Baranof Island in the Alexander Archipelago in Southeast Alaska by a fire that began when her engine backfired. Her crew survived and was rescued by the motorboat Monitor ( United States).[120]

11 November

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List of shipwrecks: 11 November 1922
Ship State Description
Arenas  Spain The cargo ship was driven ashore at Garfanta ny Noja, Cantabria and was wrecked.[281]
Valorous  United States The fishing vessel foundered in a violent storm in the North Pacific Ocean off the Territory of Alaska or British Columbia.[284]
Washington  United States With 25,000 pounds (11,000 kg) of fresh halibut aboard, the 36-gross register ton, 54-foot (16 m) fishing schooner was stranded near Cape Suckling (59°59′30″N 143°53′00″W / 59.99167°N 143.88333°W / 59.99167; -143.88333 (Cape Suckling)) in the Territory of Alaska during a gale, becoming a total loss. He entire cargo also was lost, but everyone on board survived.[49]

12 November

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List of shipwrecks: 12 November 1922
Ship State Description
Grizzly  United States During a voyage from Kodiak to Kanatak, Territory of Alaska, with a crew of four and a cargo of 29 tons of lumber, the 28-gross register ton motor vessel was beached in Jute Bay (57°32′30″N 155°51′00″W / 57.54167°N 155.85000°W / 57.54167; -155.85000 (Jute Bay)) in the Shelikof Strait to avoid loss of life after she became heavily iced and sprang a leak. She was declared a total loss.[285]

14 November

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List of shipwrecks: 14 November 1922
Ship State Description
Agga  Norway The cargo ship ran aground 5 nautical miles (9.3 km) south of Valencia, Spain. She was refloated on 19 December.[286]
Hattie Hickman  United Kingdom The schooner was wrecked at Duck Island, Newfoundland.[278]
Monte Grappa  Italy The cargo ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean (43°08′N 30°57′W / 43.133°N 30.950°W / 43.133; -30.950). Pittsburgh ( United Kingdom) rescued her 45 crew.[204][287]
Norland  United States The cargo ship foundered in Lake Michigan off Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Her crew were rescued.[278]

15 November

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List of shipwrecks: 15 November 1922
Ship State Description
Bonnie Jean  United States While no one was aboard, the 11-gross register ton, 36-foot (11.0 m) motor passenger vessel sank in "Scow Bay" in Southeast Alaska. The wreck report does not specify whether she sank in Scow Bay (56°46′20″N 132°57′50″W / 56.77222°N 132.96389°W / 56.77222; -132.96389 (Scow Bay)) on the coast of Mitkof Island in the Alexander Archipelago near Petersburg, Territory of Alaska, or in Scow Bay (56°42′45″N 135°16′30″W / 56.71250°N 135.27500°W / 56.71250; -135.27500 (Scow Bay)) on Baranof Island in the Alexander Archipelago southeast of Goddard, Territory of Alaska.[98]

17 November

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List of shipwrecks: 17 November 1922
Ship State Description
Cataluña  Spain The cargo ship ran aground on Sálvora, Galicia and was a total loss. Her crew were rescued.[288]
Lister  United States During a voyage in the Aleutian Islands from Umnak Island to Unalaska, the 21-gross register ton motor vessel was wrecked on the coast of Unalaska Island 10 nautical miles (19 km; 12 mi) south of Makushin Point (53°45′30″N 167°01′20″W / 53.75833°N 167.02222°W / 53.75833; -167.02222 (Makushin Point)) because of a navigational error due to a faulty compass. Her crew of four survived.[140]

19 November

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List of shipwrecks: 19 November 1922
Ship State Description
San José  Spain The schooner was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean (37°46′N 12°54′W / 37.767°N 12.900°W / 37.767; -12.900) having sprung a leak five days before. Her crew were rescued by Stella ( Italy).[288]
Santi  Spain The cargo ship ran aground on Plana Island, off Cape Santa Pola, Valencia.[288] She broke in two on 21 November and was a total loss.[289]

20 November

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List of shipwrecks: 20 November 1922
Ship State Description
Masuko Maru  Japan The cargo ship was driven ashore at Newchwang, China and was a total loss.[290]

22 November

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List of shipwrecks: 22 November 1922
Ship State Description
Sara  Italy The coaster was rammed by Singleton Abbey ( United Kingdom) at Valletta, Malta and sank. Her crew were rescued.[289][291]
Sequana 7  France The cargo ship foundered in the English Channel off Saint-Valery-sur-Somme, Somme. Her crew were rescued by Honfleur ( France).[292]

24 November

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List of shipwrecks: 24 November 1922
Ship State Description
Al  United States The 6-gross register ton motorboat suffered a gasoline explosion and was destroyed by the resulting fire off North Dundas Island in British Columbia, Canada, south of Dixon Entrance. The launch Ralph (flag unknown) rescued her crew of two.[223]
Rabo  Spain The cargo ship collided with the trawler Kermelo ( France) in the Bay of Biscay north of Cape Prior and sank. Her crew were rescued by Kermelo.[293]

25 November

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List of shipwrecks: 25 November 1922
Ship State Description
Havbryn  Norway The cargo ship foundered off Kristiansand, Norway. Her crew were rescued by Idefjord ( Norway).[293]
Outreau  France The cargo ship departed from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland for Boulogne, Pas de Calais. She subsequently foundered in the North Sea. A lifebuoy was discovered off the Hook of Holland, Netherlands on 5 December.[294]

27 November

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List of shipwrecks: 27 November 1922
Ship State Description
Heiwa Maru  Japan The cargo ship was wrecked at Honjō, Akita.[290]

28 November

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List of shipwrecks: 28 November 1922
Ship State Description
Carlos Maria  Spain The cargo ship foundered in the Cantabrian Sea off Tapia, Asturias.[290]

Unknown date

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List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1922
Ship State Description
Koong Shing  United Kingdom The cargo ship was wrecked at Wei-Hai-Wei, China.[258]
Morengen  United States The 25-gross register ton fishing vessel disappeared without trace in a storm in the Gulf of Alaska somewhere between Cape Spencer and Yakutat, Territory of Alaska. Her entire crew of six perished.[295]
Pelican Canada Canada The barge ran aground off Sable Island, Nova Scotia. She was refloated and taken in to Sydney, Nova Scotia, where she ran aground again. Subsequently refloated.

December

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1 December

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List of shipwrecks: 1 December 1922
Ship State Description
Maplehurst  Canada The cargo ship foundered in Lake Superior 2 nautical miles (3.7 km) north of the Portage Ship Canal with the loss of eleven of her twenty crew.[296]
Winifred  United Kingdom The schooner was abandoned and set afire in the Atlantic Ocean 90 nautical miles (170 km) north west of Saint-Pierre, Saint Pierre and Miquelon. Her crew were rescued by Catherine Moulton ( United Kingdom).[297]

4 December

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List of shipwrecks: 4 December 1922
Ship State Description
Leytenant Dydymov  Imperial Russian Navy The auxiliary cruiser foundered 180 nautical miles (330 km) off Shanghai, China with the loss of all 74 people on board.[273]

6 December

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List of shipwrecks: 6 December 1922
Ship State Description
Enigma  United Kingdom The schooner departed Whitehaven, Cumberland for the Isle of Whithorn, Wigtownshire. She subsequently foundered in the Irish Sea, wreckage from the ship washed up on the Cumbrian coast on 11 December.[298]
Heinrich Kayser  Germany The cargo ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean north east of Bermuda (38°31′N 62°12′W / 38.517°N 62.200°W / 38.517; -62.200) with the loss of all hands.[299][300]
Warda flag unknown The sailing ship was wrecked at Antalya, Turkey.[301]

7 December

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List of shipwrecks: 7 December 1922
Ship State Description
Yoshinogawa Maru  Japan The cargo ship foundered in the Kii Channel off Tanabe.[302]

11 December

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List of shipwrecks: 11 December 1922
Ship State Description
Erissos  Greece The cargo ship ran aground off Martín García Island, Uruguay.[303] She was refloated on 17 December.[304]
Wales Maru  Japan The cargo ship ran aground at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States.[298] She was refloated on 16 December.[305]

13 December

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List of shipwrecks: 13 December 1922
Ship State Description
Elizabeth Bennett  United Kingdom The schooner ran aground in the Thames Estuary and was abandoned by her five crew.[306] She was later declared a total loss.[305]
Orteric  United Kingdom The cargo ship ran aground off Point Arena, California, United States.[307] She was a total loss.[308]

14 December

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List of shipwrecks: 14 December 1922
Ship State Description
King David  United Kingdom The cargo ship ran aground at Buenos Aires, Argentina.[309] She was refloated on 17 December.[304]

17 December

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List of shipwrecks: 17 December 1922
Ship State Description
Smerdis  United Kingdom The cargo ship collided with City of London ( United Kingdom) in the River Mersey at Liverpool, Lancashire and sank with the loss of ten of her eighteen crew.[310]

18 December

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List of shipwrecks: 18 December 1922
Ship State Description
Bertha  Germany The cargo ship issued an SOS in the Baltic Sea off Utlängan, Sweden.[304] She came ashore the next day at Karlskrona and was wrecked. Her crew were rescued.[286]
Rio Prento  United Kingdom The cargo ship ran aground in the English Channel off St. Quentin Point, Somme, France (50°18′N 1°31′E / 50.300°N 1.517°E / 50.300; 1.517). She broke her back and was a total loss. Her crew survived.[304][311]
Thunder Bay  United Kingdom The cargo ship ran aground in Lake Erie.[286] She was refloated on 25 December.[312]

19 December

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List of shipwrecks: 19 December 1922
Ship State Description
Anna Diackis  Greece The cargo ship caught fire and sank at Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône, France.[311]
May  United Kingdom The coaster foundered in the English Channel 15 nautical miles (28 km) south of St. Catharine's Point, Isle of Wight with the loss of two of her eight crew. Survivors were rescued by the trawler Lapwing ( United Kingdom).[313]
Redemirol  France The cargo ship caught fire at Marseille. She was towed out to sea and scuttled.[311]
Scandinavia  United Kingdom The coastal tanker was driven ashore at Portland, Dorset. All twelve crew were rescued.[313]
Start  Norway The cargo ship foundered in the Bay of Biscay off Biscay, Spain. Her crew survived.[286]

20 December

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List of shipwrecks: 20 December 1922
Ship State Description
Swanston  United Kingdom The cargo ship foundered in the English Channel off Start Point, Devon. Her crew were rescued by Yssel ( Netherlands).[314]

21 December

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List of shipwrecks: 21 December 1922
Ship State Description
Cornell  United States The tow steamer left Cleveland, Ohio for Buffalo, New York and vanished. On 26 December a lifeboat was found with the body of one of her firemen aboard, dead of exposure. Lost with all eight hands.[315]
Cornubia  United Kingdom The cargo ship ran aground on the Mantle Rock in Galway Bay and was abandoned by her crew.[316]
Gordon C. Fudge  United Kingdom The schooner was abandoned and set afire in the Atlantic Ocean (41°56′N 48°31′W / 41.933°N 48.517°W / 41.933; -48.517). All six crew were rescued by Menominee ( United Kingdom).[314][316]
Ogawa Maru  Japan The cargo ship ran aground and sank in the Hirado Strait and sank with the loss of a crew member.[317]
Vindilis  France The cargo ship collided with Asturias ( Norway) in the Bay of Biscay and sank.[317]

22 December

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List of shipwrecks: 22 December 1922
Ship State Description
Eleanor  United Kingdom The cargo ship lost her propeller in the Bristol Channel 6 nautical miles (11 km) off St. Ives Head, Cornwall. Her crew were taken off by Sturdee Rose ( United Kingdom). Eleanor came ashore near the Godrevy Lighthouse and was wrecked.[314]
Meta  Denmark The schooner was abandoned in the English Channel 5 nautical miles (9.3 km) east of the Shambles Lightship ( United Kingdom). She was later towed in to Portland, Dorset by Albert Victor and Petrel (both  United Kingdom).[314]

23 December

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List of shipwrecks: 23 December 1922
Ship State Description
Armistice  United Kingdom The schooner foundered in the Atlantic Ocean 30 nautical miles (56 km) off Cape St. Vincent, Portugal. Her crew were rescued by Homer City ( United Kingdom).[316]
Gustaf  Finland The cargo ship collided with M. G. Melchior ( Denmark) in the Skagerrak off Moss, Norway and sank. Her crew were rescued.[316]
Maid of Delos  United Kingdom The cargo ship foundered in St George's Channel off Skomer, Pembrokeshire (51°42′N 5°22′W / 51.700°N 5.367°W / 51.700; -5.367) with the loss of all 26 crew.[316][318]

24 December

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List of shipwrecks: 24 December 1922
Ship State Description
Imperial  United States The two-masted halibut schooner departed Juneau, Territory of Alaska, and was never heard from again.[319]

25 December

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List of shipwrecks: 25 December 1922
Ship State Description
Speedwell  United Kingdom The coaster ran aground at the mouth of the river Adour, Basses-Pyrénées, France and was wrecked. Her crew were rescued.[312][320]

26 December

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List of shipwrecks: 26 December 1922
Ship State Description
Santa Rosa  United States The cargo liner ran aground at Charleston, South Carolina.[321] She was refloated on 31 December.[322]
Tenun Maru  Japan The cargo ship collided with Mayasan Maru ( Japan) off Shiribeshi, Hokkaidō and sank.[321]

27 December

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List of shipwrecks: 27 December 1922
Ship State Description
Admiral Keyes  United Kingdom The abandoned schooner drifted ashore in the Christianiafjord at Rauer, Norway.[312]
A. G. Eisnor  United Kingdom The schooner was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Newfoundland. Her crew were rescued by Frank R. Forsey ( United Kingdom).[321]
Glenshee  Norway The barque ran aground and sank at Arendal, Norway.[312]

28 December

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List of shipwrecks: 28 December 1922
Ship State Description
Vasco