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The '''list of shipwrecks in 1931''' includes [[ship]]s sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during [[1931]].
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==January==

===1 January===
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|ship={{ship||John W. Miller|schooner|2}} 
|flag={{flag|Canada|1921}}
|desc=The [[schooner]] was abandoned in the [[Atlantic Ocean]] ({{coord|33|41|N|36|14|W}}). The crew were rescued by {{SS|Wibo||2}} ({{Flagcountry|Weimar Republic|civil}}).<ref name=Times020131a>{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Casualty reports |date=2 January 1931 |page=18 |issue=45710 |column=G }}</ref> }}
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===2 January===
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|ship={{SS|Fotini Carras||2}} 
|flag={{Flag|Greece}}
|desc=The cargo ship ran aground south of Fontana.<ref name=Times030131a>{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Casualty reports |date=3 January 1931 |page=19 |issue=45711 |column=G }}</ref> She was refloated on 5 February.<ref name=Times060131c/>
}}
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|ship={{SS|Hesperos||2}} 
|flag={{flag|Norway}}
|desc=The cargo ship ran aground at [[Karelina Bougaz]], [[Soviet Union]].<ref name=Times030131a/> She was refloated on 5 January.<ref name=Times060131c/> }}
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===5 January===
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|ship={{SS|Raritan||2}} 
|flag={{flag|United States|1912}}
|desc=The dredger collided with {{SS|City of Montgomery||2}} ({{flag|United States|1912}})<ref name=Times060131c>{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Casualty reports |date=6 January 1931 |page=21 |issue=45713 |column=G }}</ref>
}}
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|ship={{MV|Tricolor|1925|2}} 
|flag={{flag|Norway}}
|desc=The cargo liner caught fire, exploded and sank in the [[Indian Ocean]] {{convert|5|nmi|km}} off [[Barberyn]], [[Ceylon]] with the loss of four lives. Survivors were rescued by {{SS|Porthos||2}} ({{flag|France}}).<ref name=Times060131a>{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Motor-ship sunk by explosion |date=6 January 1931 |page=11 |issue=45713 |column=C }}</ref><ref name=Times060131b>{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Norwegian motor vessel lost |date=6 January 1931 |page=21 |issue=45713 |column=G }}</ref> }}
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===6 January===
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|ship={{SS|Fleurus|1919|2}} 
|flag={{flag|Norway}}
|desc=The cargo ship ran aground on [[West Falkland]], [[Falkland Islands]].<ref name=Times120131a/> She was refloated on 18 January.<ref name=Times200131a/>
}}
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|ship={{SS|Nurtureton||2}} 
|flag={{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}
|desc=The cargo ship came ashore at [[Lade, Kent]] and broke her back.<ref name=Times070131a>{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=British steamer aground |date=7 January 1931 |page=12 |issue=45714 |column=E }}</ref><ref name=Times070131b>{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Casualty reports |date=7 January 1931 |page=12 |issue=45714 |column=G }}</ref> She was abandoned as a total loss on 12 January.<ref name=Times130131b>{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=British steamer abandoned off Dungeness |date=13 January 1931 |page=9 |issue=45719 |column=D }}</ref> The stern section was towed to [[Gravesend, Kent]], arriving on 4 February.<ref name=Times050231a>{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Casualty reports |date=5 February 1931 |page=17 |issue=45739 |column=F }}</ref> The bow section arrived on 20 February.<ref name=Times210231a>{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Casualty reports |date=21 February 1931 |page=17 |issue=45753 |column=G }}</ref> She was subsequently repaired and returned to service.<ref name=Times280532>{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=News in Brief |date=28 May 1932 |page=9 |issue=46145 |column=G }}</ref> }}
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===7 January===
{{shipwreck list begin |date=7 January 1931 |sort=}}
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|ship=''Carl''<!--needs dabbing--> 
|flag={{flagcountry|Weimar Republic|civil}}
|desc=The cargo ship collided with {{SS|Themis||2}} ({{flag|Sweden}}) off [[Swinemünde]], [[Province of Pomerania (1815-1945)|Pomerania]] and sank.<ref name=Times080131a>{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Casualty reports |date=8 January 1931 |page=20 |issue=45715 |column=G }}</ref>
}}
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|ship={{ship|ST|Hercules||2}} 
|flag={{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}
|desc=The tug collided with {{SS|Napier Star||2}} ({{Flag|United Kingdom|civil}}) and sank in the [[River Tyne]] at [[Newcastle-upon-Tyne]], [[Northumberland]] with the loss of three crew.<ref name=Times080131a/> }}
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===10 January===
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|ship={{SS|Cesar||2}} 
|flag={{flag|Spain|civil-1785}}
|desc=The cargo ship foundered off [[Gozón|Cape Peñas]], [[Asturias]].<ref name=Times120131a>{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Casualty reports |date=12 January 1931 |page=18 |issue=45718 |column=G }}</ref>
}}
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|ship={{SS|Werdenfels||2}} 
|flag={{flagcountry|Weimar Republic|civil}}
|desc=The cargo ship came ashore {{convert|16|nmi|km}} south of [[Okha Port]], [[British Raj|India]].<ref name=Times120131a/> She was refloated on 15 January.<ref name=Times160131a>{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=The Werdenfels refloated |date=16 January 1931 |page=22 |issue=45722 |column=C }}</ref> }}
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===12 January===
{{shipwreck list begin |date=12 January 1931 |sort=}}
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|ship={{ship||Barbara|galeas|2}} 
|flag={{flagcountry|Weimar Republic|civil}}
|desc=The auxiliary [[galeas]] was driven ashore at [[Arnager]], Denmark. The crew were rescued.<ref name=Times130131a>{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Casualty reports |date=13 January 1931 |page=17 |issue=45719 |column=F }}</ref>
}}
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|ship={{SS|Hakutetsu Maru No.2||2}} 
|flag={{flagcountry|Empire of Japan}}
|desc=The cargo ship ran aground {{convert|25|nmi|km}} west of [[Moji-ku, Kitakyūshū|Moji]]. She sank the next day.<ref name=Times130131a/> }}
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===13 January===
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|ship={{ship||Crown of Denmark|schooner|2}} 
|flag={{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}
|desc=The auxiliary [[schooner]] came ashore at [[Portland, Dorset]] and was wrecked. The crew were rescued by {{ship|ST|Portwey||2}} ({{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}).<ref name=Times140131a>{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Casualty reports |date=14 January 1931 |page=22 |issue=45720 |column=C }}</ref> 
}}
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|ship={{ship|FV|Hanseat|1926|2}}
|flag={{flagcountry|Weimar Republic|civil}}
|desc=The [[fishing trawler]] sank at [[Bremerhaven]].<ref name=Times140131>{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Casualty Reports |date=14 January 1931 |issue=45720 |page=22 |column=C }}</ref> She was refloated on 15 January.<ref name=Times160131>{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Casualty Reports |date=16 January 1931 |issue=45722 |page=22 |column=C }}</ref>
}}
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===17 January===
{{shipwreck list begin |date=17 January 1931 |sort=}}
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|ship={{SS|Steingrim||2}} 
|flag={{flag|Norway}}
|desc=The cargo ship ran aground at [[Vyborg]], Finland. She was refloated on 11 February.<ref name=Times120231a>{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Casualty reports |date=12 February 1931 |page=17 |issue=45745 |column=E }}</ref> }}
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===18 January===
{{shipwreck list begin |date=18 January 1931 |sort=}}
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|ship={{SS|Kabinda||2}} 
|flag={{flag|Belgium}}
|desc=The cargo ship ran aground on [[Mafia Island]], [[Tanganyika (territory)|Tanganyika]].<ref name=Times190131a>{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Casualty reports |date=19 January 1931 |page=21 |issue=45724 |column=G }}</ref> She was refloated on 4 February.<ref name=Times050231a/>
}}
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|ship={{SS|Tatra||2}} 
|flag={{flag|Hungary|1920}}
|desc=The cargo ship was abandoned in the [[Aegean Sea]] off [[Serifos]] ({{coord|37|07|N|24|25|E}}), where she drifted ashore.<ref name=Times200131a/><ref name=Times190131a/>
}}
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|ship={{ship||Vesuvio|barquentine|2}} 
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Italy|civil}}
|desc=The [[barquentine]] came ashore as [[Scilla, Calabria]] and was wrecked. The crew were rescued.<ref name=Times200131a/> }}
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===19 January===
{{shipwreck list begin |date=19 January 1931 |sort=}}
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|ship={{SS|Baron de Catelin||2}} 
|flag={{flag|Belgium}}
|desc=The cargo ship was driven ashore at [[Zonguldak]], Turkey and sank.<ref name=Times200131a>{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Casualty reports |date=20 January 1931 |page=17 |issue=45725 |column=E }}</ref> }}
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===20 January===
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|ship={{SS|Lindisfarne||2}} 
|flag={{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}
|desc=The cargo ship collided with {{MS|Tancred|1925|2}} ({{flag|Norway}}) in the [[Nieuwe Waterweg]] between [[Schiedam]] and [[Vlaardingen]], [[South Holland]], Netherlands and was beached.<ref name=Times220131a>{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Casualty reports |date=22 January 1931 |page=19 |issue=45727 |column=E }}</ref>
}}
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|ship=''Sirius''<!--needs dabbing--> 
|flag={{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}
|desc=The cargo ship collided with {{SS|Otava||2}} ({{Flag|Finland}}) in the [[River Thames]] at [[Charlton, London]] and was beached.<ref name=Times210131a>{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Casualty reports |date=21 January 1931 |page=8 |issue=45726 |column=E }}</ref> }}
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===22 January===
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|ship={{SS|Commercial Mariner||2}} 
|flag={{flag|United States|1912}}
|desc=The cargo ship collided with {{SS|San Simeon||2}} ({{flag|United States|1912}}) at [[Philadelphia, Pennsylvania]] and sank.<ref name=Times230131b>{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Casualty reports |date=23 January 1931 |page=24 |issue=45728 |column=G }}</ref>
}}
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|ship={{SS|Glenarch||2}} 
|flag={{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}
|desc=The cargo ship ran aground at the [[Inishmore Lighthouse]], [[County Galway]], Ireland. She was refloated on 5 February.<ref name=Times060231a>{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Casualty reports |date=6 February 1931 |page=24 |issue=45740 |column=G }}</ref>
}}
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|ship={{SS|Zavaslia||2}} 
|flag={{flag|Soviet Union|1924}}
|desc=The ship foundered in the [[Black Sea]] with the loss of all 50 people on board.<ref name=Times230131a>{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Telegrams in Brief |date=23 January 1931 |page=13 |issue=45728 |column=G }}</ref> }}
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===23 January===
{{shipwreck list begin |date=23 January 1931 |sort=}}
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|ship={{MV|Frank M||2}} 
|flag={{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}
|desc=The cargo ship collided with the motor barge ''Louis Ghemor 7'' ({{flag|Belgium}}) in the [[Scheldt]] at [[Tamise]], Belgium, and was beached.<ref name=Times240131a>{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Casualty reports |date=24 January 1931 |page=19 |issue=45731 |column=E }}</ref> }}
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===25 January===
{{shipwreck list begin |date=25 January 1931 |sort=}}
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|ship={{SS|Hato Maru||2}} 
|flag={{flagcountry|Empire of Japan}}
|desc=The cargo ship ran aground on the [[Korea]]n coast and sank.<ref name=Times020231a/> }}
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===26 January===
{{shipwreck list begin |date=26 January 1931 |sort=}}
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|ship={{SS|Drina||2}} 
|flag={{Flagcountry|Kingdom of Yugoslavia}}
|desc=The cargo ship ran aground on Pearl Rock, [[Gibraltar]].<ref name=Times080131b>{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Casualty reports |date=28 January 1931 |page=22 |issue=45732 |column=E }}</ref> She was declared a total loss.<ref name=Times020231a>{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Casualty reports |date=2 February 1931 |page=20 |issue=45736 |column=G }}</ref>
}}
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|ship={{SS|Gleneden||2}} 
|flag={{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}
|desc=The cargo ship ran aground at [[Ras Fatma]], [[Italian Eritrea]].<ref name=Times270131a>{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Reinsurance rates |date=27 January 1931 |page=19 |issue=45731 |column=E }}</ref> She was refloated on 30 January.<ref name=Times310131b>{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Higher rate on the Enton |date=31 January 1931 |page=21 |issue=45735 |column=F }}</ref> }}
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===27 January===
{{shipwreck list begin |date=27 January 1931 |sort=}}
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|ship={{MV|Enton||2}} 
|flag={{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}
|desc=The cargo ship ran aground on a reef off [[New Caledonia]] ({{coord|22|50|S|176|45|E}}).<ref name=Times280131a>{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=British ship ashore off New Caledonia |date=28 January 1931 |page=11 |issue=45732 |column=E }}</ref> She was declared a total loss.<ref name=Times020231b>{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=The Enton uninsurable |date=2 February 1931 |page=20 |issue=45736 |column=G }}</ref> }}
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===30 January===
{{shipwreck list begin |date=30 January 1931 |sort=}}
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|ship={{ship|ST|Enterprise II||2}} 
|flag={{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}
|desc=The tug sank at [[Preston, Lancashire]].<ref name=Times310131a>{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Casualty reports |date=31 January 1931 |page=21 |issue=45735 |column=E }}</ref> }}
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===31 January===
{{shipwreck list begin |date=31 January 1931 |sort=}}
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|ship={{SS|Dancho Maru||2}} 
|flag={{flagcountry|Empire of Japan}}
|desc=The cargo ship ran aground and sank off [[Wakayama, Wakayama|Wakayama]].<ref name=Times030231a>{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Casualty reports |date=3 February 1931 |page=19 |issue=45737 |column=F }}</ref>
}}
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|ship=''Elise'' 
|flag={{flagcountry|Weimar Republic|civil}}
|desc=The auxiliary sailing vessel was struck by {{SS|Teal||2}} ({{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}) at [[Hamburg]] and sank.<ref name=Times020231a/> }}
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===Unknown date===
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|ship={{SS|Yesil Irmak||2}} 
|flag={{flag|Turkey}}
|desc=The cargo ship ran aground at [[Zonguldak]]. She was refloated on 20 September.<ref name=Times210931b/> }}
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==February==

===1 February===
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|ship={{SS|Arabia Maru||2}} 
|flag={{flagcountry|Empire of Japan}}
|desc=The cargo ship collided with {{SS|Takao Maru||2}} ({{flagcountry|Empire of Japan}}) in [[Tokyo Bay]] off [[Kannonzaki Lighthouse]] and was beached on muddy sand off Onuki Town, [[Chiba Prefecture]]. She was refloated on 5 or 6 February. Repaired and returned to service.<ref name=Times070231a>{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Casualty reports |date=7 February 1931 |page=21 |issue=45741 |column=E }}</ref><ref name=Times030231a/><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.combinedfleet.com/Arabia_t.htm |title=Japanese Army Auxiliary Hospital ships |publisher=Combinedfleet.com |access-date=3 December 2022}}</ref>  
}}
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===2 February===
{{shipwreck list begin |date=2 February 1931 |sort=}}
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|ship={{SS|Valvanera||2}} 
|flag={{flag|Spain|civil-1785}}
|desc=The cargo ship was beached at [[Saint-Jean-de-Luz]], [[Basses-Pyrénées]], France.<ref name=Times030231a/> }}
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===5 February===
{{shipwreck list begin |date=5 February 1931 |sort=}}
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|ship={{SS|Gardelaki||2}} 
|flag={{flag|Greece}}
|desc=The cargo ship ran aground north east of [[Sulaki]].<ref name=Times060231a/> She was refloated on 18 February.<ref name=Times200231b/>
}}
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|ship={{SS|Ichang||2}} 
|flag={{flagcountry|Republic of China (1912–1949)|civil}}
|desc=The ship collided with another vessel in the [[Yangtze]] and was beached downstream of Tungchow.<ref name=Times060231a/> }}
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===6 February===
{{shipwreck list begin |date=6 February 1931 |sort=}}
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|ship={{SS|Chofuku Maru||2}} 
|flag={{flagcountry|Empire of Japan}}
|desc=The cargo ship ran aground on a reef at [[Point Cloates]], [[Western Australia]] about {{convert|3|or|4|mi|spell=in}} north of the [[North West Whaling Station]] whilst going to the aid of {{SS|Shunsei Maru||2}} ({{flagcountry|Empire of Japan}}), and about {{convert|1|mi|spell=in}} from ''Shunsei Maru''. Her [[coal]] [[Bunkering|bunkers]] caught fire the next day destroying most of her [[superstructure]]. [[Marine salvage|Salvagers]] salvaged equipment and anchors. The wreck eventually keeled over and sank.<ref name=Times100231a>{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=The wreck of the Chofuku Maru |date=10 February 1931 |page=23 |issue=45743 |column=F }}</ref><ref name=Times070231b/><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?30749 |title=Chofuku Maru (+1931) |publisher=Wecksite |access-date=4 November 2022}}</ref>
}}
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|ship={{SS|Golden Rod||2}} 
|flag={{flag|United States}}
|desc=The [[cargo ship]] ran aground at the mouth of the [[Fraser River]], [[British Columbia]], Canada. She was refloated the next day and returned to service. 
}}
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|ship={{MV|Mado||2}} 
|flag={{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}
|desc=The tug sank in the [[River Thames]] at [[Canning Town]], [[London]].<ref name=Times070231a/>
}}
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|ship={{SS|Shunsei Maru||2}} 
|flag={{flagcountry|Empire of Japan}}
|desc=The cargo ship ran aground on a reef at Point Cloates about {{convert|3|or|4|mi|spell=in}} north of the [[North West Whaling Station]]. Salvagers, using her equipment, refloated her on 5 April. She was taken to [[Carnarvon, Western Australia]] for temporary repairs and steamed under her own power to [[Surabaya]], [[Netherlands East Indies]] for permanent repairs.<ref name=Times200231c/><ref name=Times070231b>{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Japanese steamers ashore |date=7 February 1931 |page=21 |issue=45741 |column=E }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?30749 |title=Chofuku Maru (+1931) |publisher=Wecksite |access-date=4 November 2022}}</ref> 
}}
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===7 February===
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|ship=''Sumner''
|flag={{flag|United States|1912}}
|desc=After striking a submerged object with great force {{convert|1|nmi}} off [[Davidson Point]] ({{coord|54.9333333|N|132.4|W|name=Davidson Point}}), the 11-[[gross register ton]], {{convert|46.7|ft|m|adj=on}} [[fishing vessel]] caught fire and sank in approximately {{convert|600|ft|m}} of water {{convert|3|nmi}} north-northwest of [[Point Percy]] ({{coord|54|56|50|N|131|37|00|W|name=Point Percy}}) in [[Southeast Alaska]]. The only person on board escaped in a [[Lifeboat (shipboard)|lifeboat]] and survived.<ref name=alaskashipwreckss>[https://alaskashipwreck.com/shipwrecks-a-z/alaska-shipwrecks-s/ alaskashipwreck.com Alaska Shipwrecks (S)]</ref>
}}
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===10 February===
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|ship={{SS|Daliu Maru||2}} 
|flag={{flagcountry|Empire of Japan}}
|desc=The cargo ship collided with a tug at [[Shibauru]] and was beached.<ref name=Times110231a>{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Casualty reports |date=11 February 1931 |page=18 |issue=45744 |column=F }}</ref>
}}
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|ship={{SS|Kikusui Maru||2}} 
|flag={{flagcountry|Empire of Japan}}
|desc=The passenger ship collided with {{SS|Porthos||2}} ({{flag|France}}) at [[Kobe]] and sank with the loss of twenty lives.<ref name=Times110231a/> }}
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===12 February===
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|ship={{ship||Leo le Blanc|schooner|2}} 
|flag={{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}
|desc=The [[schooner]] came ashore on [[Grand Turk Island]] and was wrecked.<ref name=Times130231a>{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Casualty reports |date=13 February 1931 |page=24 |issue=45746 |column=B }}</ref>
}}
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|ship={{ship|ST|Penobscot||2}} 
|flag={{flag|United States|1912}}
|desc=The tug was destroyed by fire at [[Bucksport, Maine]].<ref name=Times140231a/> }}
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===13 February===
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|ship=''Nereus''<!--needs dabbing--> 
|flag={{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}
|desc=The [[dredger]] foundered off [[Tamar Heads]], [[Tasmania]], Australia with the loss of two crew.<ref name=Times140231a>{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Casualty reports |date=14 February 1931 |page=20 |issue=45747 |column=F }}</ref> }}
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===17 February===
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|ship={{SS|Hallmoor||2}} 
|flag={{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}
|desc=The cargo ship was driven ashore on the Pin Cushion Rocks in the [[North Sea]] off [[Sunderland, Co Durham]].<ref name=Times180231a>{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=British ship aground |date=18 February 1931 |page=14 |issue=45750 |column=E }}</ref> She was refloated on 21 February.<ref name=Times230231a/> }}
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===18 February===
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|ship={{SS|Captain Rokos||2}} 
|flag={{flag|Greece}}
|desc=The cargo ship ran aground on [[Anegada]], [[British Virgin Islands]]. She was abandoned as a total loss on 20 February.<ref name=Times210231b>{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=The Captain Rokos uninsurable |date=21 February 1931 |page=17 |issue=45753 |column=G }}</ref>
}}
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|ship={{SS|Leander|1925|2}} 
|flag={{Flagcountry|Weimar Republic|civil}}
|desc=The coaster caught fire off [[Kolka, Latvia|Kolka]], Latvia and was abandoned by her crew.
}}
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|ship={{HMAS|Pioneer}} 
|flag={{nowrap begin}}{{naval|Australia|1913}}{{nowrap end}}
|desc=The decommissioned {{sclass|Pelorus|cruiser|0}} [[cruiser]] was [[Scuttling|scuttled]] in the [[Tasman Sea]] off [[Sydney Heads]], [[Australia]]. }}
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===19 February===
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|ship={{SS|Diana|1904|2}} 
|flag={{flag|Norway}}
|desc=The cargo ship collided with {{SS|Alferrarede||2}} ({{flag|Portugal}}) off [[Cuxhaven]], Germany, and was beached.<ref name=Times200231b>{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Casualty reports |date=20 February 1931 |page=19 |issue=45752 |column=F }}</ref>
}}
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|ship=''Julia'' 
|flag={{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}
|desc=The [[schooner]] was wrecked on the [[Arklow Banks]], [[Irish Sea]] with the loss of all five crew.<ref name=Times260231b/><ref name=Times260231c>{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Irish schooner wrecked on sandbank |date=26 February 1931 |page=9 |issue=45757 |column=C }}</ref>
}}
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|ship={{SS|Theotokos||2}} 
|flag={{Flag|Greece}}
|desc=The cargo ship collided with {{SS|P.L.M. 14||2}} ({{flag|France}}) off the ''[[Longships Lightship]]'' ({{flag|United Kingdom|government}}).<ref name=Times200231c>{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Greek steamer lost |date=20 February 1931 |page=24 |issue=45752 |column=B }}</ref> All 29 crew survived.<ref name=Times200231a>{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Steamer sunk off Land's End |date=20 February 1931 |page=11 |issue=45752 |column=C }}</ref> }}
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===21 February===
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|ship={{SS|Krawang||2}} 
|flag=flag unknown
|desc=The dredger sank at [[Rotterdam]], [[South Holland]], Netherlands.<ref name=Times230231a>{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Casualty reports |date=23 February 1931 |page=21 |issue=45754 |column=D }}</ref> }}
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===22 February===
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|ship={{SS|Kurland||2}} 
|flag={{flagcountry|Weimar Republic|civil}}
|desc=The cargo ship sank in the [[North Sea]] {{convert|15|nmi|km}} north west of the ''[[Terschelling Lightship]]'' ({{Flag|Netherlands}}). The crew survived.<ref name=Times250231a>{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Casualty reports |date=25 February 1931 |page=26 |issue=45756 |column=C }}</ref>
}}
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|ship={{SS|Sea Foam|1905|2}} 
|flag={{flag|United States|1912}}
|desc=The coaster came ashore {{convert|120|nmi|km}} north of [[San Francisco, California]] and was wrecked. The crew were rescued.<ref name=Times240231b>{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Casualty reports |date=24 February 1931 |page=19 |issue=45755 |column=E }}</ref>
}}
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|ship={{SS|Volos|1902|2}} 
|flag={{flagcountry|Weimar Republic|civil}}
|desc=The cargo ship ran aground on the Lephari Rocks, [[Skiathos]].<ref name=Times240231a>{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Heavy weather damage |date=24 February 1931 |page=19 |issue=45755 |column=E }}</ref> She was abandoned as a total loss on 16 March.<ref name=Times170331a>{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=The Volos uninsurable |date=17 March 1931 |page=24 |issue=45773 |column=F }}</ref> }}
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===24 February===
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|ship={{SS|Solfrid||2}} 
|flag={{flag|Sweden}}
|desc=The coaster ran aground in the [[Menai Strait]] at [[Caernarfon]], United Kingdom.<ref name=Times260231b/> She was refloated on 2 March.<ref name=Times050331a>{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Casualty reports |date=5 March 1931 |page=4 |issue=45763 |column=F }}</ref> }}
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===25 February===
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|ship={{MV|Agiena II||2}} 
|flag={{flag|Netherlands}}
|desc=The cargo ship ran aground north of [[Rønne]], Denmark and was abandoned.<ref name=Times260231b>{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Casualty reports |date=26 February 1931 |page=23 |issue=45757 |column=D }}</ref>
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|ship={{SS|Benmohr|1928|2}} 
|flag={{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}
|desc=The cargo ship ran aground at [[Prawle Point]], [[Devon]].<ref name=Times260231d>{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Steamer ashore at Prawle Point |date=26 February 1931 |page=9 |issue=45757 |column=C }}</ref> All 49 crew were taken off by {{ship|ST|Restorer||2}} ({{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}) via [[breeches buoy]] or landed on shore using rocket apparatus.<ref name=Times270231a>{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Crew of stranded steamer rescued |date=27 February 1931 |page=16 |issue=45758 |column=D }}</ref>
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|ship={{ship|ST|Mumbles||2}} 
|flag={{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}
|desc=The tug came ashore at [[Oxwich Point]], [[Glamorgan]]. The crew were rescued.<ref name=Times260231b/>
}}
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|ship={{SS|Trevean||2}} 
|flag={{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}
|desc=The cargo ship ran aground in the [[Black Sea]] east of the entrance to the [[Bosporus]]. She broke in two and sank. All 36 crew were rescued by {{SS|Raila||2}} ({{flag|Norway}}).<ref name=Times260231b/><ref name=Times260231a>{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Two British steamers wrecked |date=26 February 1931 |page=23 |issue=45757 |column=D }}</ref> She was refloated on 23 May.<ref name=Times250531a>{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Casualty reports |date=25 May 1931 |page=16 |issue=45831 |column=G }}</ref>
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|ship={{MV|Wellfield||2}} 
|flag={{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}
|desc=The tanker ran aground in the Black Sea near the entrance to the Bosporus and was wrecked. All crew survived.<ref name=Times260231a/> She was refloated on 6 May.<ref name=Times070531b>{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=The Wellfield refloated |date=7 May 1931 |page=24 |issue=45816 |column=C }}</ref> }}
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===26 February===
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|ship={{SS|Ceres|1922|2}} 
|flag={{flagcountry|Weimar Republic|civil}}
|desc=The cargo ship ran aground in the [[Black Sea]] {{convert|4|nmi|km}} east of the entrance to the [[Bosporus]]. She was refloated on 10 March.<ref name=Times110331a>{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=British steamer ashore |date=11 March 1931 |page=5 |issue=45768 |column=F }}</ref>
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|ship={{SS|Teceliadalet||2}} 
|flag={{flag|Turkey}}
|desc=The cargo ship was driven ashore at [[Şile]].<ref name=Times270231b>{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Casualty reports |date=27 February 1931 |page=26 |issue=45758 |column=C }}</ref> She broke in two on 28 February and was abandoned as a total loss.<ref name=Times020331a>{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Casualty reports |date=2 March 1931 |page=21 |issue=45760 |column=E }}</ref> }}
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===27 February===
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|ship={{SS|Maria Grazia||2}} 
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Italy|civil}}
|desc=The coaster caught fire in the [[Mediterranean Sea]] {{convert|60|nmi|km}} south of [[Capri]], Italy (approximately {{coord|40|N|14|E}}) and was abandoned.<ref name=Times280231a>{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Casualty reports |date=28 February 1931 |page=21 |issue=45759 |column=D }}</ref> }}
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===28 February===
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|ship={{SS|Comercio Luarca||2}} 
|flag={{Flag|Spain|civil-1785}}
|desc=The coaster foundered off [[Gozón|Cabo Peñas]], [[Asturias]] with the loss of six of her seven crew. The survivor was rescued by {{SS|Alzkori Mendi||2}} ({{flag|Spain|1785}}).<ref name=Times030331a>{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Casualty reports |date=3 March 1931 |page=25 |issue=45761 |column=B }}</ref><ref name=Times040331a>{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Casualty reports |date=4 March 1931 |page=24 |issue=45762 |column=A }}</ref>
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|ship={{ship|Polish minesweeper|Mena||2}} 
|flag={{navy|Poland}}
|desc=The [[minesweeper (ship)|minesweeper]] was driven against the quayside at [[Gdynia]], [[Pomeranian Voivodeship]] and sank.<ref name=Times030331a/> }}
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===Unknown date===
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|ship={{SS|Kurtland||2}} 
|flag={{Flagcountry|Weimar Republic|civil}}
|desc=The cargo ship foundered in the [[North Sea]] following an onboard explosion. Twelve crew were rescued by the trawler ''Chikara'' ({{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}) and landed at [[Grimsby]], [[Lincolnshire]] on 28 February.<ref name=Times020331b>{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=News in Brief |date=2 March 1931 |page=9 |issue=45760 |column=G }}</ref> }}
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==March==

===1 March===
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|ship={{ship||John Manning|schooner|2}} 
|flag={{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}
|desc=The auxiliary three-masted [[schooner]] foundered {{convert|100|nmi|km}} south east of the [[Ambrose Channel]].<ref name=Times050331a/> }}
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===5 March===
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|ship={{ship||Emerett|schooner|2}} 
|flag={{flag|United States|1912}}
|desc=The [[schooner]] sprang a leak in the Atlantic Ocean and was abandoned by her crew. She was sighted by {{SS|Sea Thrush||2}} ({{flag|United States|1912}}) at {{coord|31|45|N|73|20|W}}.<ref name=Times060331a>{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Casualty reports |date=6 March 1931 |page=4 |issue=45764 |column=G }}</ref> }}
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===6 March===
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|ship={{SS|Hsin Chang||2}} 
|flag={{flagcountry|Republic of China (1912–1949)|civil}}
|desc=The passenger ship ran aground in the Elliot Islands. The passengers and some of the crew were taken off.<ref name=Times100331a>{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Casualty reports |date=10 March 1931 |page=25 |issue=45767 |column=C }}</ref>
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|ship={{SS|Prince Rupert||2}} 
|flag={{flag|Canada|1921}}
|desc=The [[passenger ship]] was undergoing an annual refit at [[Yarrow Shipbuilders#Yarrows in Canada|Yarrows]] in [[Victoria, British Columbia|Victoria]], [[British Columbia]], [[Canada]], when water leaking into her [[Hold (ship)|hold]] caused her to list 45 degrees and sink alongside a [[pier]] in {{convert|26|ft|m}} of water. She was refloated, repaired, and returned to service.<ref>{{cite book |last=Hacking |first=Norman |date=1995 |title=Prince Ships of Northern BC: Ships of the Grand Trunk Pacific and Canadian Northern Railways |publisher=Heritage House Publishing Company |location= Surrey, British Columbia |isbn=1-895811-28-7}}, p. 29.</ref>
}}
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|ship={{SS|Yawata Maru|1898|2}} 
|flag={{flagcountry|Empire of Japan}}
|desc=The cargo ship ran aground at [[Ōshima, Fukuoka]].<ref name=Times070331a>{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Casualty reports |date=7 March 1931 |page=18 |issue=45765 |column=G }}</ref> She was refloated on 9 March.<ref name=Times100331a/> }}
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===7 March===
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|ship={{ship|USCGC|CG-111}} 
|flag={{nowrap begin}}[[File:Ensign of the United States Coast Guard (1915–1953).png|22px]] [[United States Coast Guard]]{{nowrap end}}
|desc=The [[United States Coast Guard Cutter|cutter]] was destroyed by a fire.<ref name="uscg.mil">{{Cite web |url=http://www.uscg.mil/history/webcutters/USCG_Cutter_Losses.asp |title=U.S. Coast Guard Cutter History |access-date=10 September 2014 |archive-date=5 August 2012 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120805225853/http://www.uscg.mil/history/webcutters/USCG_Cutter_Losses.asp |url-status=dead }}</ref>
}}
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|ship={{MV|Roseville|1930|2}} 
|flag={{flag|Norway}}
|desc=The cargo ship ran aground on [[Kiushan Tao]], China.<ref name=Times090331a/> She was refloated on 11 June.<ref name=Times120631a>{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Towage of a floating dock |date=12 June 1931 |page=27 |issue=45847 |column=C }}</ref> }}
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===8 March===
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|ship={{SS|Tern|1875|2}} 
|flag={{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}
|desc=The coaster collided with {{SS|City of Malines||2}} ({{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}) in the [[North Sea]] off the ''[[Hull Lightship]]'' ({{flag|United Kingdom|government}}) and sank.<ref name=Times100331a/><ref name=Times090331a>{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Casualty reports |date=9 March 1931 |page=22 |issue=45766 |column=E }}</ref> The seventeen crew were rescued by the [[pilot vessel|pilot cutter]] ''J. H. Fisher''.<ref name=Times160431a>{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Brave rescue at sea |date=16 April 1931 |page=11 |issue=45798 |column=C }}</ref> }}
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===9 March===
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|ship={{ship||Warons|schooner|2}} 
|flag={{flag|Latvia}}
|desc=The [[schooner]] ran aground on Salt Island Point, [[Holyhead]], [[Anglesey]], United Kingdom and was wrecked.<ref name=Times100331a/> }}
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===11 March===
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|ship={{SS|Ta Chi||2}} 
|flag={{flagcountry|Republic of China (1912–1949)|civil}}
|desc=The cargo liner caught fire in the [[Yangtze]] {{convert|80|nmi|km}} upstream of [[Wusong|Woosung]]. She was beached, but about 300 of the approximately 500 people were killed. {{ship|Chinese cutter|Chuentiao||2}} ({{navy|Republic of China|name=Chinese Navy}}) and {{SS|Taho||2}} ({{flagcountry|Republic of China (1912–1949)|civil}}) rescued 183 people between them.<ref name=Times130331a>{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=300 lives lost in burning ship |date=13 March 1931 |page=14 |issue=45770 |column=C }}</ref> ''Ta Chi'' was a total loss.<ref name=Times140331a/> }}
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===13 March===
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|ship={{MV|Cormoran|1927|2}} 
|flag={{flag|Netherlands}}
|desc=The coaster struck a submerged wreck in [[Kiel Bay]] and was beached.<ref name=Times140331a>{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Casualty reports |date=14 March 1931 |page=20 |issue=45771 |column=F }}</ref> }}
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===14 March===
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|ship={{Ship|ST|Britannia|1914|2}} 
|flag={{flag|United States|1912}}
|desc=The tug collided with {{SS|Coahoma County||2}} ({{flag|United States|1912}}) at [[New York City|New York]] and sank.<ref name=Times160331a>{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Casualty reports |date=16 March 1931 |page=20 |issue=45772 |column=C }}</ref> }}
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===15 March===
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|ship={{SS|Viking||2}} 
|flag={{flag|Canada|1921}}
|desc=The whaler exploded and sank off [[Horse Islands (Newfoundland and Labrador)|Horse Islands]]. Twenty seven of her crew were killed. }}
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===16 March===
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|ship={{SS|Andreas K||2}} 
|flag={{flag|Greece}}
|desc=The cargo ship ran aground at Kilias Point, Turkey.<ref name=Times170331b>{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Casualty reports |date=17 March 1931 |page=24 |issue=45773 |column=F }}</ref> She was refloated on 23 March.<ref name=Times240331a>{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=The Andreas K. refloated |date=24 March 1931 |page=27 |issue=45779 |column=C }}</ref>
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|ship={{SS|Chang Kiang||2}} 
|flag={{flag|France}}
|desc=The cargo ship ran aground on the [[Heihan Islands]] and was a total loss.<ref name=Times200331a/>
}}
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|ship={{SS|Shinsei Maru No.6||2}} 
|flag={{flagcountry|Empire of Japan}}
|desc=The cargo ship ran aground on Hainan Bluff, China.<ref name=Times170331b/> She was still aground on 28 March.<ref name=Times280331a>{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=British motor-ship ashore |date=28 March 1931 |page=6 |issue=45783 |column=G }}</ref> }}
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===17 March===
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|ship={{SS|Citrine||2}} 
|flag={{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}
|desc=The coaster struck rocks at [[Bradda Head]], [[Port Erin]], [[Isle of Man]] and sank with the loss of nine of her eleven crew.<ref name=Times190331a>{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=British steamer lost |date=19 March 1931 |page=25 |issue=45775 |column=C }}</ref><ref name=Times190331b>{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Casualty reports |date=19 March 1931 |page=25 |issue=45775 |column=C }}</ref> }}
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===19 March===
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|ship={{SS|Hera|1889|2}} 
|flag={{Flag|Norway}}
|desc=The cargoliner ran aground at [[Havøygavlen]], Norway, and sank with the loss of seven crew.<ref name=Times200331a>{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Two steamers lost |date=20 March 1931 |page=21 |issue=45776 |column=G }}</ref>
}}
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|ship=''Pet'' 
|flag={{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}
|desc=The [[schooner]] came ashore at Bruns Ness, [[Caithness]]. Her crew were rescued by lifeboat.<ref name=Times200331b>{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Casualty reports |date=20 March 1931 |page=21 |issue=45776 |column=G }}</ref> }}
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===20 March===
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|ship={{ship||Sir William|schooner|2}} 
|flag={{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}
|desc=The [[schooner]] became trapped in ice off [[Horse Islands (Newfoundland and Labrador)|Horse Islands]], [[Dominion of Newfoundland|Newfoundland]]. She was set on fire and abandoned by her crew, who were rescued by {{ship||Eagle|schooner|2}} ({{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}).<ref name=Times210331a>{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=British schooner lost |date=21 March 1931 |page=6 |issue=45777 |column=G }}</ref> }}
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===21 March===
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|ship={{RMS|Montclare||2}} 
|flag={{Flag|United Kingdom|civil}}
|desc=The [[ocean liner]] ran aground on [[Little Cumbrae]], [[Ayrshire]]. Approximately 300 passengers were taken off by the ship's lifeboats. She was refloated the next day.<ref name=Times230331a>{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Casualty reports |date=23 March 1931 |page=12 |issue=45778 |column=C }}</ref>
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|ship=''Monroe''
|flag={{flag|United States|1912}}
|desc=Carrying a cargo of 20 tons of [[salt]], [[barrel]]s. and [[English wine cask units|tierces]], the 34-[[gross register ton]] [[motor vessel]] dragged her [[anchor]] during a [[gale]] and [[snowstorm]] and was wrecked on a [[reef]] off the southeast point of [[Wingham Island]] ({{coord|59|59|45|N|144|22|10|W|name=Wingham Island}}) on the [[Southcentral Alaska|south-central]] coast of the [[Territory of Alaska]]. Her crew of two survived by clinging to her wreckage all night and swimming to shore the following day.<ref name=alaskashipwrecksm>[https://alaskashipwreck.com/shipwrecks-a-z/alaska-shipwrecks-m/ alaskashipwreck.com Alaska Shipwrecks (M)]</ref>
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|ship={{SS|Norma|1903|2}} 
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Italy|civil}}
|desc=The [[cargo ship]] collided with the [[Steamship|steamer]] {{SS|Registan|1930|2}} ({{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}) in the [[English Channel]] off [[Dungeness (headland)|Dungeness]], [[Kent]], [[United Kingdom]]. ''Norma'' was towed to [[Dover]] and beached.<ref name=Times230331b>{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Collision in the Channel |date=23 March 1931 |page=12 |issue=45778 |column=C }}</ref><ref name=Times230331c>{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Casualty reports |date=23 March 1931 |page=22 |issue=45778 |column=C }}</ref> }}
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===23 March===
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|ship={{SS|Evgenia Malona||2}} 
|flag={{flag|Greece}}
|desc=The cargo ship ran aground at [[Sigri (village)|Sigri]], [[Lesbos]].<ref name=Times240331b>{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Casualty reports |date=24 March 1931 |page=27 |issue=45779 |column=C }}</ref> She was refloated on 3 April.<ref name=Times060431a/>
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|ship={{SS|Kanju Maru||2}} 
|flag={{flagcountry|Empire of Japan}}
|desc=The cargo ship ran aground at [[Erimosaki]].<ref name=Times240331b/> She was declared a total loss on 8 April.<ref name=Times090431a>{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Casualty reports |date=9 April 1931 |page=23 |issue=45792 |column=C }}</ref>
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|ship={{SS|Mangana|1876|2}}
|flag={{flag|Australia|civil}} 
|desc=The [[hulk (ship)|hulk]] was beached and abandoned at [[Port Adelaide]], [[South Australia]].<ref name=Mangana>{{cite web |url=http://www.clydesite.co.uk/clydebuilt/abandoned-ships/MANGANA_169.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150316003934/http://www.clydesite.co.uk/clydebuilt/abandoned-ships/MANGANA_169.html|url-status=usurped|archive-date=16 March 2015|title=MANGANA |publisher=Clydesite |accessdate=1 July 2016 }}</ref>
}}
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|ship={{SS|Ruta||2}} 
|flag={{Flagcountry|Kingdom of Italy|civil}}
|desc=The cargo ship was abandoned in the [[Atlantic Ocean]] off [[Madeira]], Portugal (approximately {{coord|30|N|25|W}}). Her crew were rescued by {{SS|Ville de Verdun||2}} ({{Flag|France}}).<ref name=Times250331a>{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Italian steamer lost |date=25 March 1931 |page=26 |issue=45780 |column=F }}</ref><ref name=Times260331a>{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Casualty reports |date=26 March 1931 |page=24 |issue=45781 |column=G }}</ref> }}
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===24 March===
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|ship={{ship||Aghios Ioannis|schooner|2}} 
|flag={{flag|Greece}}
|desc=The three-masted schooner collided with {{SS|Frinton||2}} ({{flag|Greece}}) at [[Piraeus]] and sank.<ref name=Times250331b>{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Casualty reports |date=25 March 1931 |page=26 |issue=45780 |column=F }}</ref> }}
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===27 March===
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|ship={{SS|Lucerna||2}} 
|flag={{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}
|desc=The cargo ship ran aground on the Angelica Reef in the [[Flores Sea]].<ref name=Times280331a/> She was refloated on 4 April.<ref name=Times060431a>{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Casualty reports |date=6 April 1931 |page=16 |issue=45789 |column=G }}</ref> }}
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===28 March===
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|ship={{SS|Arniston||2}} 
|flag={{Flag|United Kingdom|civil}}
|desc=The cargo ship was crushed by ice in the [[Gulf of Riga]] ({{coord|57|35|N|23|03|E}}) and sank. The crew survived.<ref name=Times300331a>{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=British steamer lost |date=30 March 1931 |page=19 |issue=45784 |column=G }}</ref>
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|ship=''[[USS Nahma (SP-771)|Istar]]''
|flag={{Flag|United Kingdom|civil}}
|desc=The retired fish [[factory ship]] was [[Scuttling|scuttled]] in the [[Indian Ocean]] {{convert|7|km|nmi mi}} off the harbor at [[Durban]], [[South Africa]].<ref>{{cite web|last1=Shipwreck Database (Compiled from: Levine 1986; Turner 1988)|title=Underwater Heritage: Shipwreck Database|url=https://sahris.sahra.org.za/sites/default/files/heritagereports/CSIR%20HIA%20Pier%201%20%26%202%20Scoping%20Report%202011%20Port%20of%20Durban.pdf|website=South African Heritage Resources Agency, (SAHRA)|accessdate=27 August 2017}}</ref>
}}
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|ship={{SS|Taxiarchis||2}} 
|flag={{Flag|Greece}}
|desc=The cargo ship ran aground on [[Lundy Island]], [[Devon]], United Kingdom.<ref name=Times300331b/> She was a total loss.<ref name=Times310331a>{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Greek steamer wrecked |date=31 March 1931 |page=26 |issue=45785 |column=G }}</ref> }}
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===29 March===
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|ship={{ship||Naiad|schooner|2}} 
|flag={{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}
|desc=The [[schooner]] ran aground on the Nailce Rocks, [[Looe]], [[Cornwall]] and was wrecked. The crew were rescued.<ref name=Times300331b>{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Casualty reports |date=30 March 1931 |page=19 |issue=45784 |column=G }}</ref><ref name=Times310331b/> }}
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===30 March===
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|ship={{SS|Tai Hing||2}} 
|flag={{Flag|United Kingdom|civil}}
|desc=The cargo ship struck rocks at [[Hong Kong]] and was beached.<ref name=Times310331b>{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Casualty reports |date=31 March 1931 |page=26 |issue=45785 |column=G }}</ref> }}
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==April==

===2 April===
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|ship={{SS|Florida|1926|2}} 
|flag={{Flag|France}}
|desc=The [[ocean liner]] was rammed by {{HMS|Glorious}} ({{navy|UK}}) in the [[Mediterranean Sea]] off [[Málaga]], [[Andalusia]], Spain.<ref name=Times040431b>{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Casualty reports |date=4 April 1931 |page=10 |issue=45788 |column=G }}</ref> One of ''Glorious''{{'}}s crew was killed, as were 24 passengers on board ''Florida''.<ref name=Hayward>{{cite book |last=Hayward |first=Roger |title=The Fleet Air Arm in Camera |year=1998 |publisher=Sutton Publishing |location=Stroud |page=47 |isbn=978-0-7509-1979-1}}</ref> The passengers were transferred to ''Glorious'', which towed ''Florida'' stern-first to [[Gibraltar]], where she was beached.<ref name=Times040431b/>
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|ship={{MV|Malabar|1925|2}} 
|flag={{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}
|desc=[[File:MV Malabar.jpg|thumb|''Malabar'']]
The [[cargo liner]] ran aground off [[Malabar, New South Wales|Long Bay]], [[Sydney]], [[New South Wales]], Australia and was a total loss.<ref name=Times040431a>{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Valuable vessel wrecked |date=4 April 1931 |page=19 |issue=45788 |column=G }}</ref> All on board survived.<ref name=Times040431b/>
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|ship={{SS|Tonjer||2}} 
|flag={{flag|Norway}}
|desc=The cargo ship ran aground at Chingmae Point, China.<ref name=Times040431b/> She was refloated on 6 April.<ref name=Times070431a>{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Casualty reports |date=7 April 1931 |page=18 |issue=45790 |column=E }}</ref> }}
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===3 April===
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|ship={{SS|Ipswich Trader||2}} 
|flag={{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}
|desc=The cargo ship sprang a leak and was beached in [[Morlaix|Morlaix Bay]], [[Finistère]], France.<ref name=Times040431b/> She was refloated the next day.<ref name=Times060431a/>
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|ship={{MV|Symor||2}} 
|flag={{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}
|desc=The cargo ship was rammed and sunk by {{USCGC|Legare|WSC-144|6}} ({{navy|USA|coast guard|name=United States Coast Guard}}) in the [[Atlantic Ocean]] {{convert|30|nmi|km}} north of the ''[[United States lightship LV-117|Nantucket Lightship]]'' ({{navy|USA|coast guard|name=United States Coast Guard}}) and sank. All ten crew were rescued by ''Legare''.<ref name=Times060431b>{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=British vessel rammed off U.S. coast |date=6 April 1931 |page=9 |issue=45789 |column=B }}</ref> }}
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===4 April===
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|ship={{ship||Harold Conrad|schooner|2}} 
|flag={{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}
|desc=The [[schooner]] sank in [[Garnish Fortune Bay]], [[dominion of Newfoundland|Newfoundland]]. The crew were rescued.<ref name=Times130431a>{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Casualty reports |date=13 April 1931 |page=19 |issue=45795 |column=F }}</ref>
}}
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|ship={{SS|Sagona|1912|2}} 
|flag={{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}
|desc=The coaster was driven ashore at [[Fogo, Newfoundland and Labrador|Fogo]], [[Dominion of Newfoundland|Newfoundland]].<ref name=Times060431c>{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=News in Brief |date=6 April 1931 |page=9 |issue=45789 |column=G }}</ref> She was refloated on 8 April.<ref name=Times100431b>{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=The Sagona refloated |date=10 April 1931 |page=6 |issue=45793 |column=E }}</ref> }}
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===7 April===
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|ship={{SS|Cleone||2}} 
|flag={{flag|United States|1912}}
|desc=The cargo ship sprang a leak in the [[Pacific Ocean]] and was abandoned by her crew.<ref name=Times100431a>{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Casualty reports |date=10 April 1931 |page=6 |issue=45793 |column=D }}</ref>
}}
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|ship={{SS|Hiyeizan Maru||2}} 
|flag={{flagcountry|Empire of Japan}}
|desc=The cargo ship ran aground at the western entrance of the [[Shimonoseki Strait]]. She was refloated on 20 April.<ref name="Times210431a">{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Casualty reports |date=21 April 1931 |page=24 |issue=45802 |column=C }}</ref> }}
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===9 April===
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|ship={{ship||Harry and Verna|schooner|2}} 
|flag={{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}
|desc=The schooner was abandoned in the [[Atlantic Ocean]].<ref name=Times100431a/>
}}
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|ship=''Nuna Alvirez D. Laviero'' 
|flag={{flag|Portugal}}
|desc=The sailing ship caught fire and was abandoned in the [[Atlantic Ocean]] ({{coord|40|49|N|9|31|W}}). The crew were rescued by {{SS|Marrakech||2}} ({{Flag|France}}).<ref name=Times110431a>{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Casualty reports |date=11 April 1931 |page=5 |issue=45794 |column=F-G }}</ref> }}
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===10 April===
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|ship={{HMAS|Huon|D50|6}} 
|flag={{naval|Australia|1913}}
|desc=The {{sclass2|River|torpedo-boat destroyer}} was [[Scuttling|scuttled]] after use as a gunnery target by the [[heavy cruiser]]s {{HMAS|Australia|D84|6}} and {{HMAS|Canberra|D33|6}}, the [[destroyer leader]] {{HMAS|Anzac|G90|6}}, and the [[seaplane tender]] {{HMAS|Albatross|1928|6}} (all {{naval|Australia|1913}}). }}
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===13 April===
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|ship=''Glenlyon''<!--needs dabbing--> 
|flag={{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}
|desc=The cargo ship was driven onto a reef and sank in Palephterish Bay, [[Tiree]], [[Inner Hebrides]]. The crew were rescued.<ref name=Times140431a>{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Casualty reports |date=14 April 1931 |page=23 |issue=45796 |column=G }}</ref>
}}
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|ship={{SS|Wisla||2}} 
|flag={{flag|Poland|state}}
|desc=The cargo ship sprang a leak off [[Gedser]], [[Region Sjælland|Sjælland]], Denmark and was beached.<ref name=Times140431a/> }}
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===14 April===
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|ship={{SS|Dah Chong||2}} 
|flag={{flagcountry|Republic of China (1912–1949)|civil}}
|desc=The cargo ship collided with {{SS|Tah Hwa||2}} ({{flagcountry|Republic of China (1912–1949)|civil}}) at [[Wusong|Woosung]] and sank with the loss of six crew.<ref name=Times180431a>{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Casualty reports |date=18 April 1931 |page=19 |issue=45800 |column=C }}</ref> }}
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===15 April===
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|ship=''Iskum''
|flag={{flag|United States|1912}}
|desc=The 82-[[gross register ton]], {{convert|72.2|ft|m|1|adj=on}} [[motor vessel]] struck and slid off a submerged rock at {{coord|52|02|N|174|22|W|name=MV ''Iskum''}} – a position described by her [[Sea captain|captain]] as approximately {{convert|3|nmi}} "[[east by north]] of Aasatanak, Pacific of south side of [[Aleutian Islands]]," apparently a reference to a submerged rock {{convert|3|nmi}} northeast of [[Sadatanak Island]] ({{coord|52|02|00|N|174|25|30|W|name=Sadatanak Island}}) in the Aleutians – and was abandoned 70 minutes later due to flooding, eventually sinking a few hours after striking the rock. Her 18 passengers and crew abandoned ship in [[Dory (boat)|dories]] and spent the night on the beach, where the motor vessel ''Umnak Native'' ({{flag|United States|1912}}) arrived from [[Atka, Alaska|Atka]] to rescue them the next day.<ref name=alaskashipwrecksi>[https://alaskashipwreck.com/shipwrecks-a-z/alaska-shipwrecks-i/ alaskashipwreck.com Alaska Shipwrecks (I)]</ref>
}}
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===17 April===
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|ship={{SS|Calder||2}} 
|flag={{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}
|desc=The cargo ship departed [[Hamburg]], Germany, for [[Goole]], [[East Riding of Yorkshire|Yorkshire]]. A lifeboat washed up at [[Chapel St. Leonards]], [[Lincolnshire]] on 20 April. Presumed foundered in the [[North Sea]] with the loss of all hands.<ref name=Times220431a>{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=British steamer overdue |date=22 April 1931 |page=22 |issue=45803 |column=G }}</ref> }}
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===18 April===
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|ship={{SS|Cyclope||2}} 
|flag={{Flag|France}}
|desc=The dredger foundered in the [[North Sea]] {{convert|15|nmi|km}} south east of [[Flamborough Head]], [[East Riding of Yorkshire|Yorkshire]].<ref name=Times210431a/> }}
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===20 April===
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|ship=''City of Washington''<!--needs dabbing--> 
|flag={{flag|United States|1912}}
|desc=The ship was destroyed by fire at [[Wilmington, Delaware]].<ref name="Times210431a"/>
}}
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|ship={{SS|West River||2}} 
|flag={{flag|United States|1912}}
|desc=The cargo ship was destroyed by fire at Wilmington.<ref name=Times210431a/> }}
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===21 April===
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|ship={{SS|Hwah Yang||2}} 
|flag={{flagcountry|Republic of China (1912–1949)|civil}}
|desc=The passenger ship came ashore on Saddle Island, Heinan Group, [[South China Sea]]. All on board were rescued by {{SS|Kung Ping||2}} ({{flagcountry|Republic of China (1912–1949)|civil}}) and {{SS|Rajputana||2}} ({{Flag|United Kingdom|civil}}).<ref name=Times240431a>{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Casualty reports |date=24 April 1931 |page=23 |issue=45804 |column=G }}</ref><ref name=Times220531a>{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Rescue in the China Sea |date=22 May 1931 |page=13 |issue=45829 |column=A }}</ref> }}
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===23 April===
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|ship=''White Star'' 
|flag={{flag|United States}}
|desc=The [[halibut]] [[schooner]] exploded and burned off the [[Tatoosh Islands (Alaska)|Tatoosh Islands]] in [[Southeast Alaska]]. Her entire crew of five escaped and rowed to safety at [[Neah Bay, Washington|Neah Bay]], [[Washington (state)|Washington]].<ref name=alaskashipwrecksw>[https://alaskashipwreck.com/shipwrecks-a-z/alaska-shipwrecks-w/ alaskashipwreck.com Alaska Shipwrecks (W)]</ref>
}}
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===25 April===
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|ship=''Maria''
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Italy|civil}}
|desc=The [[brigantine]] was rammed by {{MV|Citta di Marsala||2}} ({{flagcountry|Kingdom of Italy|civil}}) at [[Trapani]], [[Sicily]] and sank.<ref name=Times270431a>{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Casualty reports |date=27 April 1931 |page=22 |issue=45807 |column=F }}</ref> }}
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===27 April===
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|ship={{SS|Ten-An Maru||2}} 
|flag={{flagcountry|Empire of Japan}}
|desc=The cargo ship ran aground on the south coast of [[Korea]] and sank. The crew were rescued.<ref name=Times280431a>{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Casualty reports |date=28 April 1931 |page=22 |issue=45808 |column=E }}</ref><ref name=Times290431a>{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Casualty reports |date=29 April 1931 |page=26 |issue=45809 |column=F }}</ref> }}
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===28 April===
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|ship={{MV|Castor|1928|2}} 
|flag={{flag|Sweden}}
|desc=The tanker caught fire in the [[Atlantic Ocean]] ({{coord|39|47|N|21|44|W}}) and was abandoned. The crew were rescued by {{SS|Excalibur|1930|2}} ({{flag|United States|1912}}).<ref name=Times290431b>{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Swedish motor-vessel abandoned |date=29 April 1931 |page=26 |issue=45806 |column=F }}</ref> She was taken in tow by {{SS|Ousebridge||2}} ({{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}) and arrived at [[Ponta Delgada (Azores)|Ponta Delgada]], [[Azores]], Portugal on 2 May.<ref name=Times040531a>{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Casualty reports |date=4 May 1931 |page=24 |issue=45813 |column=C }}</ref>
}}
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|ship={{SS|Hirosaki Maru||2}} 
|flag={{flagcountry|Empire of Japan}}
|desc=The cargo ship ran aground at [[Nemuro City, Hokkaido|Nemuro]].<ref name=Times290431a/> She was refloated on 4 May.<ref name=Times050531b/> }}
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===30 April===
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|ship={{SS|Nefeli||2}} 
|flag={{flag|Greece}}
|desc=The cargo ship ran aground at [[Cape Akin]].<ref name=Times010531a>{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Greek steamer ashore |date=1 May 1931 |page=25 |issue=45811 |column=E }}</ref> She was refloated on 4 May.<ref name=Times050531a>{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=The Nefeli refloated |date=5 May 1931 |page=20 |issue=45814 |column=F }}</ref>
}}
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|ship={{ship||Raymond R|schooner|2}} 
|flag={{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}
|desc=The [[schooner]] departed [[Saint Pierre and Miquelon|Miquelon]] for [[Oporto]], Portugal. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.<ref name=Times030931b>{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Overdue vessel |date=3 September 1931 |page=18 |issue=45918 |column=G }}</ref> }}
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==May==

===4 May===
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|ship={{ship||Ibasa|barque|2}} 
|flag={{flag|Spain|civil-1931}}
|desc=The [[barque]] came ashore at [[Zumaya]], Spain and was wrecked.<ref name=Times050531b>{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Casualty reports |date=5 May 1931 |page=20 |issue=45814 |column=F }}</ref>
}}
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|ship={{SS|Koit||2}} 
|flag={{flag|Latvia}}
|desc=The cargo ship caught fire in the [[Baltic Sea]] and was abandoned. Her crew were rescued.<ref name=Times050531b/> }}
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===6 May===
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|ship={{SS|Raffio||2}} 
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Italy|civil}}
|desc=The salvage vessel capsized and sank off [[Sark]], [[Channel Islands]] with the loss of one of her eighteen crew.<ref name=Times070531a>{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Casualty reports |date=7 May 1931 |page=11 |issue=45816 |column=E }}</ref><ref name=Times080531a>{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Salvage ship sunk off Sark |date=8 May 1931 |page=18 |issue=45817 |column=A }}</ref> }}
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===7 May===
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|ship={{ship|ST|Trimount||2}} 
|flag={{flag|United States|1912}}
|desc=The tug collided with {{SS|New York|1889|2}} ({{flag|United States|1912}}) in [[Long Island Sound]] and sank. Four crew were rescued by ''New York''.<ref name=Times080531b>{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Casualty reports |date=8 May 1931 |page=21 |issue=45817 |column=F }}</ref> }}
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===8 May===
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|ship={{SS|Ruth Kellogg||2}} 
|flag={{flag|United States|1912}}
|desc=The [[Tanker (ship)|tanker]] caught fire 250 nautical miles (460 km) south of [[Cape Hatteras]], [[North Carolina]]. The [[Steamship|steamer]] {{SS|John D. Archbold||2}} stood by to assist. The fire was extinguished the next day, and ''Ruth Kellogg'' proceeded to New York, arriving on 11 May 1931.<ref>{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Casualty Reports |date=11 May 1931 |page=22 |issue=45819 |column=C }}</ref><ref>{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Casualty Reports |date=12 May 1931 |page=26 |issue=45820 |column=D }}</ref> She was repaired and returned to service. }}
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===10 May===
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|ship={{ship|ST|Milewater||2}} 
|flag={{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}
|desc=The tug ran aground on the [[Mull of Oa]], [[Islay]] and was wrecked. All seven crew were rescued.<ref name=Times110531a>{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Casualty reports |date=11 May 1931 |page=22 |issue=45819 |column=C }}</ref> }}
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===12 May===
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|ship={{ship||Lucille B. Creaser||2}} 
|flag={{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}
|desc=The [[schooner]] foundered off [[Cape St. Mary's]], [[Dominion of Newfoundland|Newfoundland]]. The crew were rescued by {{ship||Alice B. Hayden|schooner|2}} ({{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}).<ref name=Times150531a>{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Casualty reports |date=15 May 1931 |page=22 |issue=45823 |column=E }}</ref> }}
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===13 May===
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|ship=''Audrey'' 
|flag={{flag|United States|1912}}
|desc=A fire broke out in the [[engine room]] of the 22-[[gross register ton]] [[motor vessel]] while she was in [[Sukkwan Strait]] in the [[Alexander Archipelago]] in [[Southeast Alaska]] during a voyage from [[Craig, Alaska|Craig]] to [[Hydaburg, Alaska|Hydaburg]], [[Territory of Alaska]]. After it went out of control, her crew of three abandoned ship in a [[rowboat]] and survived. ''Audrey'' drifted ashore on the north end of [[Sukkwan Island]], where the fire destroyed her.<ref name=alaskashipwrecksa>[https://alaskashipwreck.com/shipwrecks-a-z/alaska-shipwrecks-a/ alaskashipwreck.com Alaska Shipwrecks (A)]</ref>
}}
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|ship={{ship||J. O. Webster|schooner|2}} 
|flag={{flag|United States|1912}}
|desc=The [[schooner]] came ashore in [[Long Island Sound]] and was wrecked.<ref name=Times150531a/><ref name=Times140531a>{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Casualty reports |date=14 May 1931 |page=24 |issue=45822 |column=G }}</ref> }}
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===14 May===
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|ship={{HNLMS|Sumatra|1920|6}} 
|flag={{nowrap begin}}{{navy|Netherlands}}{{nowrap end}}
|desc=The {{sclass|Java|cruiser}} ran aground off Koemba Island, [[Netherlands East Indies]]. She was refloated three days later. Subsequently repaired and returned to service. }}
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===15 May===
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|ship={{USS|PE-42}} 
|flag={{navy|United States|1912}}
|desc=The [[Ship decommissioning|decommissioned]] [[Eagle-class patrol craft|Eagle-class]] [[patrol craft]] was [[Scuttling|scuttled]] in {{convert|240|ft}} of water east of [[Boston]], [[Massachusetts]], {{convert|10|nmi}} east of [[Graves Light]].<ref>{{Cite web| url=http://wreckhunter.net/DataPages/eagleboat-pe42-dat.htm |title=Eagle Boat (PE-42)  | publisher=Hunting New England Shipwrecks |accessdate=1 February 2021 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web| url=https://northernatlanticdive.com/shipwrecks/eagle-boat/ |title=USS PE-42 Eagle Boat  | publisher=Northern Atlantic Dive Expeditions |accessdate=1 February 2021 }}</ref> 
}}
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===17 May===
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|ship={{SS|Pravia||2}} 
|flag={{flag|Spain|civil-1931}}
|desc=The cargo ship foundered off the Spanish coast.<ref name=Times180531a>{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Casualty reports |date=18 May 1931 |page=2 |issue=45825 |column=C }}</ref> }}
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===22 May===
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|ship={{ship|Soviet submarine|Rabochiy|9|2}} 
|flag={{navy|Soviet Union|1924}}
|desc=The {{sclass|Bars|submarine|||1915}} collided with {{ship|Soviet submarine|Krasnoarmeyets||2}} ({{navy|Soviet Union|1924}}) in the [[Gulf of Finland]] {{convert|5|nmi|km}} south west of the ''[[Aerandsgrund Lightship]]'' ({{flag|Finland}}) and sank with the loss of all 39 crew. The submarine was raised in 1933 and scrapped.<ref name=Times270531b>{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Feared loss of Soviet submarine |date=27 May 1931 |page=11 |issue=45833 |column=D }}</ref><ref name=Times280531a>{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Lost Soviet submarine |date=28 May 1931 |page=11 |issue=45834 |column=B }}</ref><ref name=Lostsubs>{{cite web |url=http://www.lostsubs.com/Soviet.htm |title=Russian & Soviet Peacetime Submarine Losses |publisher=Lostsubs |accessdate=27 June 2012}}</ref>
 }}
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===26 May===
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|ship={{SS|El Golea||2}} 
|flag={{flag|France}}
|desc=The cargo ship ran aground at [[Cape Freu]], [[Majorca]], Spain.<ref name=Times270531a>{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Casualty reports |date=27 May 1931 |page=17 |issue=45833 |column=G }}</ref> She was still agrount on 15 June,<ref name=Times150631a>{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Reinsurance rates |date=15 June 1931 |page=21 |issue=45849 |column=D }}</ref> but was subsequently declared a total loss.<ref name=Times200631a>{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=British steamer ashore |date=20 June 1931 |page=22 |issue=45854 |column=C }}</ref> }}
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===27 May===
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|ship={{SS|Corretora Primeiro||2}} 
|flag={{flag|Portugal}}
|desc=The coaster caught fire in the [[Bay of Biscay]] ({{coord|45|04|N|7|55|W}}). The crew were rescued by {{MV|Dunkwa||2}} ({{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}).<ref name=Times280531b>{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Casualty reports |date=28 May 1931 |page=9 |issue=45834 |column=G }}</ref> She was taken in tow by {{Ship|ST|Seine||2}} ({{flag|France}}) but foundered the next day ({{coord|44|58|N|7|56|W}}).<ref name=Times290531a>{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Casualty reports |date=29 May 1931 |page=25 |issue=45835 |column=G }}</ref> }}
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===28 May===
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|ship=''Imperial ''
|flag={{flag|United States|1912}}
|desc=While no one was aboard, the 22-[[gross register ton]] [[motor vessel]] was destroyed by fire while at [[anchor]] in the [[Copper River (Alaska)|Copper River]] [[Flat (landform)|Flats]] on the [[Southcentral Alaska|south-central]] coast of the [[Territory of Alaska]].<ref name=alaskashipwrecksi>[https://alaskashipwreck.com/shipwrecks-a-z/alaska-shipwrecks-i/ alaskashipwreck.com Alaska Shipwrecks (I)]</ref>
}}
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===30 May===
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|ship={{SS|Harvard||2}} 
|flag={{flag|United States|1912}}
|desc=[[File:Wreck of Harvard.jpg|thumb|''Harvard''.]]
The passenger ship was wrecked {{convert|4|nmi|km}} north of [[Point Arguello]], [[California]]. All on board were rescued by {{SS|Louisville||2}} ({{flag|United States|1912}}) and {{USCGC|Tamaroa|1921|6}} ([[File:Ensign of the United States Coast Guard (1915–1953).png|22px]] [[United States Coast Guard]]).<ref name=Times010631a>{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Casualty reports |date=1 June 1931 |page=24 |issue=45837 |column=C }}</ref>
}}
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|ship={{SS|Shirakami Maru||2}} 
|flag={{flagcountry|Empire of Japan}}
|desc=The cargo ship collided with {{SS|Sanjin Maru||2}} ({{flagcountry|Empire of Japan}}) off [[Muroran]] and sank.<ref name=Times020631a>{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Casualty reports |date=2 June 1931 |page=26 |issue=45838 |column=C }}</ref> }}
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==June==

===5 June===
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|ship=''Amphitrite'' 
|flag={{flag|France}}
|desc=The auxiliary sailing vessel sank off the French coast. All crew were rescued.<ref name=Times050631a>{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Casualty reports |date=5 June 1931 |page=24 |issue=45841 |column=C }}</ref>
}}
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|ship={{ship||Vera|schooner|2}} 
|flag={{flag|Denmark}}
|desc=The [[schooner]] ran was driven ashore at [[Bolderāja]], Latvia.<ref name=Times060631b/> She was refloated on 9 June.<ref name=Times100631a>{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Casualty reports |date=10 June 1931 |page=27 |issue=45845 |column=C }}</ref>
}}
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|ship={{ship||Via|schooner|2}} 
|flag={{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}
|desc=The auxiliary schooner ran aground on the Helly Hunter Reef off [[Carlingford Lough]], Ireland and was wrecked. The crew were rescued.<ref name=Times060631b>{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Casualty reports |date=6 June 1931 |page=22 |issue=45842 |column=C }}</ref> }}
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===7 June===
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|ship={{SS|Anatolia||2}} 
|flag={{flagcountry|Weimar Republic|civil}}
|desc=The cargo ship ran aground in the [[River Amazon]], Brazil.<ref name=Times090631a>{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Casualty reports |date=9 June 1931 |page=20 |issue=45844 |column=F }}</ref> She was refloated on 12 June.<ref name=Times150631c/> }}
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===9 June===
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|ship={{HMS|Poseidon|1929|6}} 
|flag={{Navy|UK}}
|desc=The {{sclass|Parthian|submarine}} collided with {{SS|Yuta||2}} ({{flagcountry|Republic of China (1912–1949)|civil}}) off [[Weihai]], China and sank with the loss of 22 of her 59 crew. }}
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===11 June===
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|ship={{HMAS|Yarra|D79|6}}
|flag={{naval|Australia|1913}}
|desc=The hulk of the decommissioned {{sclass2|River|torpedo-boat destroyer}} was probably scuttled on this date off Sydney Heads.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.navy.gov.au/hmas-yarra-i |title=HMAS Yarra (I) |publisher=navy.gov.au |access-date=4 March 2023}}</ref> 
}}
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|ship={{SS|Yeijin Maru||2}} 
|flag={{flagcountry|Empire of Japan}}
|desc=The cargo ship passed the [[Hinomisaki Lighthouse]], [[Izumo, Shimane]] bound for [[Tokyo]]. No further trace, presumed foundered in a typhoon with the loss of all hands.<ref name=Times300631a>{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Casualty reports |date=30 June 1931 |page=8 |issue=45862 |column=E }}</ref> 
}}
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===12 June===
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|ship={{SS|Shuben Acadia||2}} 
|flag={{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}
|desc=The cargo ship collided with a [[United States Coast Guard]] [[destroyer]] in the [[Atlantic Ocean]] {{convert|50|nmi|km}} south of [[Montauk Point]], [[New York (state)|New York]], United States and sank.<ref name=Times150631b>{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Telegrams in Brief |date=15 June 1931 |page=11 |issue=45849 |column=G }}</ref>
}}
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|ship={{SS|U.S. La Vallee|1880|2}} 
|flag={{flag|United States|1912}}
|desc=The retired {{convert|56|ft|adj=on}} [[Tugboat|tug]] was [[Scuttling|scuttled]] in deep water in [[Shelburne Bay (Lake Champlain)|Shelburne Bay]] on [[Lake Champlain]], just south of [[Burlington, Vermont|Burlington]], [[Vermont]].<ref>{{Cite web| url=http://wreckhunter.net/DataPages/us-LaVallee-dat.htm |title=U.S. La Vallee | publisher=Hunting New England Shipwrecks |accessdate=26 February 2021 }}</ref> 
}}
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===13 June===
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|ship={{SS|Urania||2}} 
|flag={{flag|Greece}}
|desc=The cargo ship collided with {{SS|Beaufort|1929|2}} ({{flag|Norway}}) in the [[North Sea]] ({{coord|51|44|N|2|43|E}}) and sank. The crew were rescued by ''Beaufort''.<ref name=Times150631c/> }}
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===14 June===
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|ship=''Delaware''
|flag={{flag|United States|1960}}
|desc=Carrying a cargo of 4.5 tons of [[barrel]]ed [[salt]], [[ballast]], and tools, the 32-[[gross register ton]] [[motor vessel]] sank after striking a submerged object {{convert|18|nmi}} north of the [[Barren Islands]] near the entrance to [[Cook Inlet]] on the [[Southcentral Alaska|south-central]] coast of the [[Territory of Alaska]]. Her crew of four survived.<ref name=alaskashipwrecksd>[https://alaskashipwreck.com/shipwrecks-a-z/alaska-shipwrecks-d/ alaskashipwreck.com Alaska Shipwrecks (D)]</ref>
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|ship=''[[Saint-Philibert disaster|St. Philibert]]'' 
|flag={{flag|France}}
|desc=[[File:Saint-Philibert (bateau renfloué).jpg|thumb|''St. Philibert'']]
The passenger ship foundered in the [[Bay of Biscay]] off Pointe Saint-Gildas, [[Loire-Inférieure]]. There were eight survivors of the 500 people on board.
}}
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|ship={{SS|Ungheria||2}} 
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Italy|civil}}
|desc=The cargo ship collided with {{SS|Rochambeau||2}} ({{flag|France}}) in the [[Bay of Biscay]] off [[Ouessant]], [[Finistère]], France and sank. All crew were rescued by ''Rochambeau''.<ref name=Times150631c>{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Casualty reports |date=15 June 1931 |page=21 |issue=45849 |column=D }}</ref>
}}
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|ship={{ship||Werner Vinnen|schooner|2}} 
|flag={{flagcountry|Weimar Republic|civil}}
|desc=The auxiliary five-masted [[schooner]] ran aground in the [[Paraná River]], Argentina.<ref name=Times160631a>{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Casualty reports |date=16 June 1931 |page=20 |issue=45850 |column=E }}</ref> She was refloated on 15 August.<ref name=Times170831a>{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Casualty reports |date=17 August 1931 |page=17 |issue=45903 |column=F }}</ref> }}
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===17 June===
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|ship={{MV|Bermuda|1927|2}} 
|flag={{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}
|desc=The ocean liner caught fire at [[Hamilton, Bermuda]] with the loss of two lives.<ref name=Times180631a>{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Fire in British liner |date=18 June 1931 |page=14 |issue=45852 |column=F }}</ref> She was extensively damaged, with her superstructure destroyed.<ref name=Times190631a>{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=French motor vessel ashore |date=19 June 1931 |page=25 |issue=45853 |column=C}}</ref> She departed Bermuda on 6 July for repair at [[Belfast]].<ref name=Times070731a>{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=British motor-ship fire |date=7 July 1931 |page=13 |issue=45868 |column=F }}</ref> A further fire occurred on 19 November whilst she was under repair.<ref name=Times201131a>{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Luxury liner on Fire |date=20 November 1931 |page=14 |issue=45985 |column=C }}</ref> ''Bermuda'' was declared a total loss.<ref name=Times031231a>{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Contract for new liner |date=3 December 1931 |page=12 |issue=45996 |column=E }}</ref> }}
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===18 June===
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|ship={{SS|Anglia|1904|2}} 
|flag={{flag|Sweden}}
|desc=The cargo ship collided with {{SS|Agire Mendi||2}} ({{flag|Spain|civil-1931}}) at [[San Nicolás, Buenos Aires]], Argentina and sank. Her crew were rescued.<ref name=Times200631b>{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Casualty reports |date=20 June 1931 |page=22 |issue=45854 |column=C }}</ref>
}}
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|ship=''Elisabeth''<!--needs dabbing 1902/04?--> 
|flag={{flagcountry|Weimar Republic|civil}}
|desc=The coaster was rammed and sunk by {{MV|Penelope|1925|2}} ({{flagcountry|Danzig}}) at [[Nordenham]], Germany.<ref name=Times200631b/> }}
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===19 June===
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|ship={{SS|Anastassios Pateras||2}} 
|flag={{flag|Greece}}
|desc=The cargo ship ran aground in the [[Paraná River]], Argentina.<ref name=Times200631b/> She was refloated on 23 June.<ref name=Times240631a>{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Casualty reports |date=24 June 1931 |page=21 |issue=45857 |column=G }}</ref> }}
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===20 June===
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|ship={{Ship||Dixmude|schooner|2}} 
|flag={{Flag|United Kingdom|civil}}
|desc=The [[schooner]] sprang a leak and sank in [[Placentia Bay]].<ref name=Times220631a>{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Casualty reports |date=22 June 1931 |page=22 |issue=45855 |column=B }}</ref>
}}
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|ship=''Hilda''
|flag={{flag|United States|1912}}
|desc=The 10-[[gross register ton]] [[fishing vessel]] was wrecked on rocks at [[Cape Ulitka]] ({{coord|55|33|45|N|133|43|35|W|name=Cape Ulitka}}) in [[Southeast Alaska]] after her [[anchor]] line parted. The only person aboard survived.<ref name=alaskashipwrecksh>[https://alaskashipwreck.com/shipwrecks-a-z/alaska-shipwrecks-h/ alaskashipwreck.com Alaska Shipwrecks (H)]</ref>
}}
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===22 June===
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|ship={{SS|Empress|1906|2}} 
|flag={{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}
|desc=The passenger ship was destroyed by fire at [[Saint John, New Brunswick]], Canada.<ref name=Times230631a>{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Big New Brunswick fire |date=23 June 1931 |page=15 |issue=45856 |column=B }}</ref> }}
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===23 June===
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|ship=''Cumberland''
|flag={{flagicon|United States}} [[United States Army]]
|desc=The United States Army Corps of Engineers [[dredge]] struck a pile of cement and sank off [[Fort Lauderdale]], Florida.<ref>{{cite book|title=Florida's Shipwrecks|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=E9rCexEYazUC&pg=PA93 |last=Barnette |first=Michael |series=Images of America |year=2008 |publisher=Arcadia Publishing |location=Charleston, South Carolina |pages=104|isbn = 9780738554136}}</ref>
}}
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===27 June===
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|ship={{SS|King Bleddyn||2}} 
|flag={{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}
|desc=The cargo ship ran aground at Punta Indigo, Argentina.<ref name=Times290631a>{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Casualty reports |date=29 June 1931 |page=22 |issue=45861 |column=E }}</ref> She was refloated on 21 July.<ref name=Times220731a>{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Casualty reports |date=22 July 1931 |page=17 |issue=45881 |column=E }}</ref> }}
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===28 June===
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|ship={{SS|Nervi||2}} 
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Italy|civil}}
|desc=The cargo ship ran aground at [[Ténès]], [[French Algeria|Algeria]]. She was refloated two days later but foundered in the [[Mediterranean Sea]] {{convert|20|nmi|km}} north of [[Cape Ivi]] ({{coord|36|44|N|0|12|E}}). All crew were rescued.<ref name=Times030731a>{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Italian steamer lost |date=3 July 1931 |page=19 |issue=45865 |column=E }}</ref><ref name=Times030731b>{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Casualty reports |date=3 July 1931 |page=19 |issue=45865 |column=E }}</ref> }}
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===29 June===
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|ship={{SS|Kohso Maru||2}} 
|flag={{flagcountry|Empire of Japan}}
|desc=The cargo ship caught fire at [[Candon]], Philippines and was beached.<ref name=Times300631a/> She was refloated on 3 July.<ref name="Times040731a">{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Casualty reports |date=7 July 1931 |page=20 |issue=45868 |column=F }}</ref> }}
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==July==

===1 July===
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|ship={{SS|Currier||2}} 
|flag={{flag|United States|1912}}
|desc=The tanker was severely damaged by fire at [[Port Arthur, Texas]].<ref name=Times030731b/>
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|ship={{SS|Gulf of Mexico||2}} 
|flag={{flag|United States|1912}}
|desc=The tanker was severely damaged by fire at Port Arthur.<ref name=Times030731b/>
}}
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|ship={{SS|Shenango||2}} 
|flag={{flag|United States|1912}}
|desc=The tanker was severely damaged by fire at Port Arthur.<ref name=Times030731b/> }}
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===3 July===
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|ship={{SS|Aleco||2}} 
|flag={{flag|Greece}}
|desc=The cargo ship ran aground at [[Injeh Burnu]], Turkey.<ref name=Times040731a/> She was refloated on 6 July.<ref name=Times080731b>{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=The Alecos refloated |date=8 July 1931 |page=23 |issue=45869 |column=G }}</ref> }}
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===4 July===
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|ship={{SS|Borg|1901|2}} 
|flag={{flag|Norway}}
|desc=The cargo ship grounded on the North Shoal. She refloated but was found to be holed and was beached in [[Birsay Bay]], [[Orkney Islands]], United Kingdom.<ref name="Times040731a"/> She was abandoned as a total loss.<ref name=Times060731a>{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Casualty reports |date=6 July 1931 |page=22 |issue=45867 |column=G }}</ref> }}
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===7 July===
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|ship={{SS|Yaye Maru No.2||2}} 
|flag={{flagcountry|Empire of Japan}}
|desc=The tanker foundered in the [[Yellow Sea]] {{convert|200|nmi|km}} west of [[Arusomu]], [[Korea]].<ref name=Times080731a>{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Casualty reports |date=8 July 1931 |page=23 |issue=45869 |column=G }}</ref> }}
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===8 July===
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|ship={{SS|Erik Larsen|1896|2}} 
|flag={{flagcountry|Weimar Republic|civil}}
|desc=The cargo ship ran aground at [[Slettnes Lighthouse|Slettnes]], Norway. She was consequently beached at [[Honningsvåg]].<ref name=Times090731a>{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Casualty reports |date=9 July 1931 |page=23 |issue=45870 |column=E }}</ref> She was refloated the next day.<ref name=Times100731a>{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Casualty reports |date=10 July 1931 |page=25 |issue=45871 |column=F }}</ref> }}
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===10 July===
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|ship={{ship||Annie B. Gerhardt|schooner|2}} 
|flag={{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}
|desc=The [[schooner]] was destroyed by fire in the [[Atlantic Ocean]] {{convert|10|nmi|km}} off [[Saint Pierre and Miquelon|Miquelon]]. All crew survived.<ref name=Times110731a>{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Casualty reports |date=11 July 1931 |page=21 |issue=45872 |column=C }}</ref>
}}
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|ship=''Erkki'' 
|flag={{flag|Finland}}
|desc=The sailing ship came ashore east of [[Ystad]], Sweden and was wrecked. The crew survived.<ref name=Times110731a/>
}}
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|ship={{ship||Zampa|schooner|2}} 
|flag={{flag|Denmark}}
|desc=The [[schooner]] came ashore at Ystad and was severely damaged. The crew were rescued. She was refloated on 18 July<ref name=Times110731a/><ref name=Times200731a/> }}
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===11 July===
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|ship={{SS|Basque||2}} 
|flag={{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}
|desc=The cargo ship struck rocks at [[Isle aux Morts]], [[Dominion of Newfoundland|Newfoundland]] and was beached.<ref name=Times130731a>{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Casualty reports |date=13 July 1931 |page=19 |issue=45873 |column=G }}</ref> She was declared a total loss.<ref name=Times170731a>{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Casualty reports |date=17 July 1931 |page=19 |issue=45877 |column=E }}</ref>
}}
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|ship={{ship||Gote|schooner|2}} 
|flag={{flag|Sweden}}
|desc=The auxiliary [[schooner]] sank in the [[Baltic Sea]] off North Cape, [[Öland]] with the loss of one crew member. Survivors were rescued by {{SS|Irmgard|1922|2}} ({{flagcountry|Weimar Republic|civil}}).<ref name=Times130731a/> }}
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===12 July===
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|ship=''Oregonian''
|flag={{flag|United States|1912}}
|desc=The 45.02-[[gross register ton]] [[fishing vessel]] sank in bad weather in [[Kvichak Bay]] on the [[Bristol Bay]] coast of the [[Territory of Alaska]] approximately {{convert|10|nmi}} west of [[Middle Bluff Light]] ({{coord|58|24|20|N|157|31|15|W|name=Middle Bluff Light}}). Her entire crew of four survived.<ref name=alaskashipwreckso>[https://alaskashipwreck.com/shipwrecks-a-z/alaska-shipwrecks-o/ alaskashipwreck.com Alaska Shipwrecks (O)]</ref>
}}
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===15 July===
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|ship=''Fairland''
|flag={{flag|United States|1912}}
|desc=The 14-[[gross register ton]] [[fishing vessel]] was beached in [[Idaho Inlet]] ({{coord|58|10|N|136|12|W|name=Idaho Inlet}}) in [[Southeast Alaska]] after she caught fire. The fire continued to burn out of control and destroyed her on the beach. Her crew of six survived.<ref name=alaskashipwrecksf>[https://alaskashipwreck.com/shipwrecks-a-z/alaska-shipwrecks-f/ alaskashipwreck.com Alaska Shipwrecks (F)]</ref>
}}
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|ship={{SS|Porto Alegre|1901|2}} 
|flag={{flag|Portugal}}
|desc=The coaster sank off [[Calabar]], Nigeria. The crew survived.<ref name=Times160731a>{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Casualty reports |date=16 July 1931 |page=21 |issue=45876 |column=E }}</ref> }}
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===17 July===
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|ship=''No. 00''
|flag={{flag|United States|1912}}
|desc=While under [[Towing|tow]] by the vessel ''Kvichak'' ({{flag|United States|1912}}) from [[Nushagak, Alaska|Nushagak]] to [[Ugashik, Alaska|Ugashik]], [[Territory of Alaska]], with a cargo of 80 tons of cans, can ends, boxes, and can tops, the unmanned 98-ton [[barge]] [[capsize]]d and sank during a [[gale]] at [[Cape Grieg]] ({{coord|57|43|30|N|157|41|30|W|name=Cape Grieg}}) on the [[Bristol Bay]] coast of the [[Alaska Peninsula]].<ref name=alaskashipwrecksn>[https://alaskashipwreck.com/shipwrecks-a-z/alaska-shipwrecks-n/ alaskashipwreck.com Alaska Shipwrecks (N)]</ref>
}}
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===18 July===
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|ship=''Promptitude'' 
|flag={{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}
|desc=The [[Thames barge]] collided with [[Kew Railway Bridge]] and sank in the [[River Thames]]. Both crew survived.<ref name=Times200731a/><ref name=Times200731b>{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=News in Brief |date=20 July 1931 |page=9 |issue=45879 |column=G }}</ref>
}}
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|ship={{MV|Towanjiro Maru||2}} 
|flag={{flagcountry|Empire of Japan}}
|desc=The cargo ship was destroyed by fire at [[Shimoda, Shizuoka|Shimoda]].<ref name=Times200731a/> }}
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===19 July===
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|ship={{ship|Japanese cruiser|Chitose||2}} 
|flag={{Navy|Empire of Japan}}
|desc=The {{sclass|Kasagi|cruiser}} was sunk as target in a live fire exercise off [[Kōchi, Kōchi|Kōchi]].
}}
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|ship={{SS|Keishin Maru||2}} 
|flag={{flagcountry|Empire of Japan}}
|desc=The cargo ship ran aground at [[Nagasaki]] and was abandoned by her crew.<ref name=Times200731a>{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Casualty reports |date=20 July 1931 |page=21 |issue=45879 |column=B }}</ref> }}
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===20 July===
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|ship={{SS|Chohaku Maru||2}} 
|flag={{flagcountry|Empire of Japan}}
|desc=The cargo ship ran aground at [[Ushima]] and was beached.<ref name=Times210731a>{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Casualty reports |date=21 July 1931 |page=23 |issue=45880 |column=E }}</ref> She was refloated the next day.<ref name=Times220731a/> }}
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|ship=''Northern''
|flag={{flag|United States|1912}}
|desc=The [[halibut]] [[schooner]] was destroyed by fire in [[Sumner Strait]] in the [[Alexander Archipelago]] in [[Southeast Alaska]]. The schooner ''Akutan'' ({{flag|United States|1912}}) rescued her crew.<ref name=alaskashipwrecksn>[https://alaskashipwreck.com/shipwrecks-a-z/alaska-shipwrecks-n/ alaskashipwreck.com Alaska Shipwrecks (N)]</ref>
}}
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===21 July===
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|ship=''Alice'' 
|flag={{flag|United States|1912}}
|desc=The 27-[[gross register ton]] [[motor vessel]] burned, suffered an [[engine room]] explosion, and sank {{convert|8|nmi}} south of [[Point Baker, Alaska|Point Baker]], [[Territory of Alaska]]. Her crew of two survived.<ref name=alaskashipwrecksa>[https://alaskashipwreck.com/shipwrecks-a-z/alaska-shipwrecks-a/ alaskashipwreck.com Alaska Shipwrecks (A)]</ref>
}}
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===22 July===
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|ship={{SS|Dainichi Maru|1893|2}} 
|flag={{flagcountry|Empire of Japan}}
|desc=The cargo ship ran aground at [[Ornai Zaki]] in the [[Suruga Gulf]].<ref name=Times230731a>{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Japanese steamer ashore |date=23 July 1931 |page=23 |issue=45882 |column=E }}</ref> She was declared a total loss on 29 July.<ref name=Times300731a>{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Two vessels uninsurable |date=30 July 1931 |page=17 |issue=45888 |column=F }}</ref> }}
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===23 July===
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|ship={{HMAS|Warrego|D70|6}} 
|flag={{nowrap begin}}{{naval|Australia|1913}}{{nowrap end}}
|desc=The decommissioned [[destroyer]], in use as an [[accommodation ship|accommodation]] [[Hulk (ship)|hulk]], sank at her berth at [[Cockatoo Island (New South Wales)|Cockatoo Island]] in [[Port Jackson|Sydney Harbour]], [[Sydney]], [[New South Wales]], [[Australia]]. She was broken up ''in situ''.  }}
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===27 July===
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|ship={{SS|Pennsylvania|1907|2}} 
|flag={{flag|Denmark}}
|desc=The cargo ship ran aground on [[Swona]], [[Orkney Islands]], United Kingdom.<ref name=Times280731a>{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Casualty reports |date=28 July 1931 |page=21 |issue=45886 |column=F }}</ref> She was declared a total loss on 30 July.<ref name=Times310731a>{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=The Pennsylvania uninsurable |date=31 July 1931 |page=23 |issue=45889 |column=C }}</ref> }}
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===30 July===
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|ship=''[[Cowlitz (sternwheeler)|Cowlitz]]''
|flag={{flag|United States|1912}}
|desc=The shallow-draft [[sternwheeler]] was swamped by large waves, capsized, and sank in the [[Columbia River]] 5 miles (8 km) west of [[The Dalles, Oregon|The Dalles]], [[Oregon]]. All aboard survived.<ref name = RiverBoatSinks>{{Citation 
| title = River Boat Sinks, 12 Aboard Saved – Steamer Cowlitz Lost Near The Dalles
| url = http://infoweb.newsbank.com/resources/openurl?ctx_ver=z39.88-2004&rft_dat=document_id%3Aimage%252Fv2%253A11A73E5827618330%2540EANX-NB-12A1715943C7B1EF%25402426544-129829CF8DF91638%25400-12A1D6FE9A2A5FE6%2540&rft_id=info%3Asid%2Finfoweb.newsbank.com&rft_val_format=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Actx&svc_dat=AMNEWS&req_dat=0D10F2CADB4B24C0
| newspaper = [[Morning Oregonian]]
| location = [[Portland, Oregon|Portland, OR]]
| volume = 70
| issue  = ((22,058))
| date = 21 July 1931
| page  =1 col. 4
}}</ref><ref name = McCurdy>{{Cite book | editor1-last = Newell | editor1-first = Gordon R. | title = H.W. McCurdy Marine History of the Pacific Northwest | publisher = Superior Pub. Co | date = 1966  | location = Seattle, WA |pages=290, 324, 404  | lccn =66025424 }}</ref><ref>{{cite book 
| author1-last = Marshall
| author1-first = Don 
| title = Oregon Shipwrecks 
| isbn =  978-0-8323-0430-9 
| lccn = 84071477 
| location = Portland, OR 
| publisher = [[Binford & Mort|Binford and Mort Publishing]] 
| date = 1984 
|page=205 
}}</ref>
}}
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==August==

===2 August===
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|ship=''Lark'' 
|flag={{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}
|desc=The [[Thames barge]] sank at Pelican Wharf, [[Wapping]], [[London]].<ref name=Times040831a>{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Casualty reports |date=4 August 1931 |page=15 |issue=45892 |column=C }}</ref> }}
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===3 August===
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|ship=''Dolphin'' 
|flag={{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}
|desc=The tug was sunk at [[Montreal]], [[Quebec]], Canada when {{SS|Rapids Prince||2}} ({{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}) struck lock gates in the [[Lachine Canal]] and carried them away.<ref name=Times040831a/> }}
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===6 August===
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|ship={{SS|Kotare||2}} 
|flag={{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}
|desc=The coaster was destroyed by fire at [[Invercargill]], New Zealand.<ref name=Times070831a>{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Casualty reports |date=7 August 1931 |page=19 |issue=45895 |column=C }}</ref> }}
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===7 August===
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|ship={{ship||J. N. Challoner|schooner|2}} 
|flag={{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}
|desc=The [[schooner]] foundered in [[Bonne Bay]], [[Dominion of Newfoundland|Newfoundland]].<ref name=Times100831a>{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Casualty reports |date=10 August 1931 |page=19 |issue=45897 |column=C }}</ref> }}
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===8 August===
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|ship={{SS|Kwong Sang||2}} 
|flag={{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}
|desc=The cargo ship was last reported off [[Taichow Island]], China. She subsequently foundered in a typhoon off [[Fuyan Island]]. with the loss of 53 of her 56 crew.<ref name=Times220831a>{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=The Kwong Sang wreck |date=22 August 1931 |page=10 |issue=45908 |column=F }}</ref> Survivors were rescued by {{HMS|Sepoy|1918|2}} ({{navy|UK}}) after they had been captured by pirates.<ref name=Times240831a>{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Kwong Sang survivors rescued |date=24 August 1931 |page=10 |issue=45909 |column=C }}</ref>
}}
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|ship={{SS|Western World||2}} 
|flag={{flag|United States|1912}}
|desc=The [[Design 1029 ship|Design 1029 passenger ship]] ran aground at [[Porto do Boi]], Brazil. The 85 passengers were taken off by {{SS|General Osorio||2}} ({{Flagcountry|Weimar Republic|civil}}) and landed at [[Rio de Janeiro]]. She was refloated on 10 September. }}
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===11 August===
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|ship={{SS|Ryburn||2}} 
|flag={{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}
|desc=The cargo ship foundered in the [[Norwegian Sea]] ({{coord|62|39|N|4|50|E}}) with the loss of one of her 26 crew. Survivors were rescued by {{SS|Jotunfjeld||2}} ({{flag|Norway}}).<ref name=Times120831a>{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Casualty reports |date=12 August 1931 |page=19 |issue=45899 |column=D }}</ref><ref name=Times130831a>{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Casualty reports |date=13 August 1931 |page=18 |issue=45900 |column=C }}</ref>
}}
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|ship={{SS|Wai-Shing||2}} 
|flag={{flagcountry|Republic of China (1912–1949)|civil}}
|desc=The cargo ship ran aground off [[Soaliyan]].<ref name=Times120831a/> She was refloated on 20 August.<ref name=Times210831a>{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=The Wai-Shing refloated |date=21 August 1931 |page=17 |issue=45907 |column=C }}</ref> }}
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===12 August===
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|ship={{SS|Amity||2}} 
|flag={{flag|Sweden}}
|desc=The cargo ship ran aground at [[Gravelines]], [[Nord (French department)|Nord]], France and broke in two.<ref name=Times140831a>{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Casualty reports |date=14 August 1931 |page=15 |issue=45901 |column=E }}</ref>
}}
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|ship=''Democrat''
|flag={{flag|United States|1912}}
|desc=The 34-[[gross register ton]] [[fishing vessel]] sank in [[Cook Inlet]] on the [[Southcentral Alaska|south-central]] coast of the [[Territory of Alaska]] northwest of [[Yukon Island]] due to flooding from undetected damage she incurred when she struck a [[reef]] the previous day. Her crew of six survived.<ref name=alaskashipwrecksd>[https://alaskashipwreck.com/shipwrecks-a-z/alaska-shipwrecks-d/ alaskashipwreck.com Alaska Shipwrecks (D)]</ref>
}}
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|ship=''Marmot''
|flag={{flag|United States|1912}}
|desc=The 44-[[gross register ton]] [[halibut]]-[[Fishing vessel|fishing]] [[ketch]] was destroyed off [[Two Headed Island]] ({{coord|56|54|N|153|35|W|name=Two Headed Island}}) in the [[Kodiak Archipelago]] near [[Kodiak Island]] by a fire that broke out in her [[engine room]]. Her entire crew of seven abandoned ship in two [[Dory (boat)|dories]]; one of them died in one of the dories on the morning of 13 August.<ref name=alaskashipwrecksm>[https://alaskashipwreck.com/shipwrecks-a-z/alaska-shipwrecks-m/ alaskashipwreck.com Alaska Shipwrecks (M)]</ref>
}}
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|ship={{SS|Omiros||2}} 
|flag={{flag|Greece}}
|desc=The cargo ship struck rocks at [[Skantzoura]] and sank.<ref name=Times140831a/> }}
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===13 August===
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|ship={{SS|Vorma|1918|2}} 
|flag={{flag|Norway}}
|desc=The cargo ship came ashore in [[Penobscot Bay]], Maine, United States.<ref name=Times140831a/> She was refloated on 17 August.<ref name=Times200831a/> }}
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===14 August===
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|ship={{SS|Kronstad||2}} 
|flag={{flag|Norway}}
|desc=The cargo ship sprang a leak in the [[Norwegian Sea]] and was beached at [[Sandtorg]], Norway.<ref name=Times150831a>{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Casualty reports |date=15 August 1931 |page=17 |issue=45902 |column=D }}</ref> }}
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===15 August===
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|ship={{SS|Huasco||2}} 
|flag={{flag|Chile}}
|desc=The cargo ship ran aground on the Tres Hermanas Bank, off [[Corral, Chile|Corral]].<ref name=Times180831a>{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Chilean steamer stranded |date=18 August 1931 |page=18 |issue=45904 |column=D }}</ref> She was refloatedd on 11 September.<ref name=Times140931a>{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Casualty reports |date=14 September 1931 |page=20 |issue=45927 |column=G }}</ref> }}
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===17 August===
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|ship={{SS|Jinju Maru||2}} 
|flag={{flagcountry|Empire of Japan}}
|desc=The cargo ship ran aground on the [[Kamchatka Peninsula]], [[Soviet Union]].<ref name=Times180831b>{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Casualty reports |date=18 August 1931 |page=18 |issue=45904 |column=D }}</ref> She was refloated on 28 August.<ref name=Times010931a/> }}
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===18 August===
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|ship=''Eagle'' 
|flag={{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}
|desc=The [[Thames barge]] sank at the Royal Arsenal Coaling Pier, [[Woolwich]], [[London]]. She was raised later that day and towed to [[Rotherhithe]].<ref name=Times190831a>{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Casualty reports |date=17 August 1931 |page=15 |issue=45905 |column=G }}</ref>
}}
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|ship={{ship||Electric Flash|schooner|2}} 
|flag={{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}
|desc=The [[schooner]] struck rocks off [[White Island (Nunavut)|White Island]], [[Labrador]], Canada. She sailed to [[Griquet, Newfoundland and Labrador|Griquet]] but was declared a total loss.<ref name=Times200831a>{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Casualty reports |date=20 August 1931 |page=15 |issue=45906 |column=G }}</ref> }}
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===21 August===
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|ship={{SS|Marija Petrinovic||2}} 
|flag={{Flagcountry|Kingdom of Yugoslavia}}
|desc=The cargo ship ran aground in the [[Paraná River]], Argentina.<ref name=Times220831b>{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Casualty reports |date=22 August 1931 |page=5 |issue=45908 |column=F-G }}</ref> She was refloated on 22 September.<ref name=Times230931a>{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Casualty reports |date=23 September 1931 |page=21 |issue=45936 |column=G }}</ref> }}
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===23 August===
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|ship={{MV|Flying Dutchman|1925|2}} 
|flag={{flag|Netherlands}}
|desc=The coaster foundered in the [[North Sea]] ({{coord|52|54|30|N|4|01|30|E}}). All seven on board were rescued by {{SS|Heron|1920|2}} ({{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}).<ref name=Times250831a>{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Casualty reports |date=25 August 1931 |page=20 |issue=45910 |column=D }}</ref> }}
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===25 August===
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|ship={{SS|Antonio Diaz||2}} 
|flag={{Flag|Chile}}
|desc=The cargo ship sank at [[Puerto Caballo]], Venezuela.<ref name=Times270831b>{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Casualty reports |date=27 August 1931 |page=18 |issue=45912 |column=C }}</ref>
}}
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|ship={{SS|Saint Mungo|1920|2}} 
|flag={{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}
|desc=The coaster collided with the coaster '''{{SS|Mayflower|1905|2}}''' in the [[River Mersey]] at [[Liverpool]], [[Lancashire]]. ''Saint Mungo'' sank with the loss of two of her eighteen crew. ''Mayflower'' was beached at [[New Brighton, Merseyside|New Brighton]], [[Cheshire]].<ref name=Times270831a>{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Steamers in collision |date=27 August 1931 |page=7 |issue=45912 |column=B }}</ref> ''Mayflower'' was refloated on 27 August.<ref name=Times280831a>{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Casualty reports |date=28 August 1931 |page=19 |issue=45913 |column=C }}</ref> ''Saint Mungo'' was refloated on 4 September and beached at [[Tranmere, Merseyside|Tranmere]], Cheshire.<ref name=Times050931a/> }}
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===26 August===
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|ship={{SS|King Edgar||2}} 
|flag={{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}
|desc=The cargo ship ran aground in the [[Black Sea]] off [[Berezan Island]], [[Soviet Union]].<ref name=Times280831a/> She was refloated on 3 September.<ref name=Times050931a>{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Casualty reports |date=5 September 1931 |page=3 |issue=45920 |column=G }}</ref> }}
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===27 August===
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|ship={{SS|Liverpool Maru||2}} 
|flag={{flagcountry|Empire of Japan}}
|desc=The cargo ship ran aground on [[Kunshiri Island]].<ref name=Times280831b>{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Japanese steamer stranded |date=28 August 1931 |page=19 |issue=45913 |column=F }}</ref> She was refloated on 2 September.<ref name=Times030931c>{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=The Liverpool Maru refloated |date=3 September 1931 |page=18 |issue=45918 |column=F }}</ref> }}
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===28 August===
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|ship=''Mary C. Fisher ''
|flag={{flag|United States|1912}}
|desc=During a voyage from [[Kodiak, Alaska|Kodiak]] on [[Kodiak Island]] to [[Dutch Harbor, Alaska|Dutch Harbor]] and [[Unalaska, Alaska|Unalaska]] in the [[Aleutian Islands]], the 12-[[gross register ton]], two-[[Mast (ship)|masted]] vessel sank in a storm in the [[Shelikof Strait]] {{convert|3|nmi}} east of [[Cape Kubugukli]] ({{coord|57|53|50|N |155|03|35|W|name=Cape Kubugukli}}) on the coast of the [[Alaska Peninsula]]. Her three-man crew abandoned ship and reached safety after a seven-day voyage in a [[skiff]].<ref name=alaskashipwrecksm>[https://alaskashipwreck.com/shipwrecks-a-z/alaska-shipwrecks-m/ alaskashipwreck.com Alaska Shipwrecks (M)]</ref>
}}
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===31 August===
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|ship=''Lady Allen'' 
|flag={{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}
|desc=The [[Thames barge]] collided with {{SS|Llanstephan Castle||2}} ({{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}) in the [[Thames Estuary]] and sank. Both crew were rescued by ''Llanstephan Castle''.<ref name=Times010931a>{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Casualty reports |date=1 September 1931 |page=6 |issue=45916 |column=E }}</ref> }}
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==September==

===1 September===
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|ship={{HMS|Emperor of India}} 
|flag={{navy|United Kingdom}}
|desc=The decommissioned {{sclass|Iron Duke|battleship|0}} [[battleship]] was sunk as a gunnery target. Her wreck was refloated and on 6 February 1932 was sold for breaking up.<ref>Gray, Randal, ed., ''Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906-1921'', Annapolis, Maryland: Naval Institute Press, 1985, {{ISBN|9780851772455}}, pp. 31-32.</ref> 
}}
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|ship={{SS|Evgenia Chandri||2}} 
|flag={{Flag|Greece}}
|desc=The cargo ship ran aground on [[La Nata Island]]. She sank on 6 September.<ref name=Times070931c>{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=The Evgenia Chandri uninsurable |date=7 September 1931 |page=17 |issue=45921 |column=E }}</ref> 
}}
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|ship=[[HMS Patrick Bowe FY3591|''Uad Targa'']] 
|flag={{navy|Spain|1931}}
|desc=The [[Castle-class trawler|''Uad Ras''-class]] [[naval trawler]] was wrecked on this date.
}}
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===2 September===
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|ship={{SS|Balva||2}} 
|flag={{flag|Latvia}}
|desc=The cargo ship struck a rock and sank at [[Pärnu]], Estonia. The crew survived.<ref name=Times030931a>{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Casualty reports |date=3 September 1931 |page=18 |issue=45918 |column=F }}</ref> }}
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===3 September===
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|ship={{SS|Kaiapoi||2}} 
|flag={{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}
|desc=The cargo ship ran aground on a reef at {{coord|4|29|N|119|22|E}}.<ref name=Times080931a>{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Casualty reports |date=8 September 1931 |page=19 |issue=45922 |column=G }}</ref> She was refloated on 1 October.<ref name=Times021031a>{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Casualty reports |date=2 October 1931 |page=5 |issue=45943 |column=F-G }}</ref>
}}
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|ship={{SS|Saint Anthony|1899|2}} 
|flag={{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}
|desc=The coaster ran aground in [[Balephetrish Bay]], Ireland and sank.<ref name=Times050931a/> }}
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===4 September===
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|ship={{MV|Burgenland||2}} 
|flag={{flagcountry|Weimar Republic|civil}}
|desc=The cargo liner ran aground in the [[Yellow Sea]] at [[Chinto]], [[Korea]] ({{coord|36|04|N|126|10|E}}).<ref name=Times050931b>{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=German motor vessel stranded |date=5 September 1931 |page=3 |issue=45920 |column=G }}</ref><ref name=Times190931a>{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=The Burgenland refloated |date=19 September 1931 |page=15 |issue=45932 |column=G }}</ref> All 85 people on board abandoned ship.<ref name=Times050931c>{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=German steamer abandoned |date=5 September 1931 |page=9 |issue=45920 |column=C }}</ref> She was refloated on 18 September.<ref name=Times190931a/> }}
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===5 September===
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|ship={{SS|Gioconda||2}} 
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Italy|civil}}
|desc=The cargo ship collided with {{SS|Stampalia||2}} ({{flagcountry|Kingdom of Italy|civil}}) at [[Ancona]], [[Marche]] and sank.<ref name=Times070931b>{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Casualty reports |date=7 September 1931 |page=17 |issue=45921 |column=E }}</ref> She was refloated on 5 November.<ref name=Times061131a>{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Casualty reports |date=6 November 1931 |page=20 |issue=45973 |column=E }}</ref>
}}
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|ship={{SS|Opal||2}} 
|flag={{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}
|desc=The coaster foundered in the [[Atlantic Ocean]] off [[Land's End]], [[Cornwall]] with the loss of two of her eleven crew.<ref name=Times050931d>{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Steamer sunk off Land's End |date=5 September 1931 |page=10 |issue=45920 |column=D }}</ref> Survivors were rescued by {{SS|Wild Rose||2}} ({{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}).<ref name=Times070931a>{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=The loss of SS. Opal |date=7 September 1931 |page=7 |issue=45921 |column=C }}</ref>
}}
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|ship={{SS|Zachariosa||2}} 
|flag={{flag|Greece}}
|desc=The cargo ship grounded on the Mansell Shoal, Turkey and was holed. She was consequently beached.<ref name=Times070931b/> ''Zachariosa'' was refloated on 14 September.<ref name=Times150931a>{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Casualty reports |date=15 September 1931 |page=22 |issue=45928 |column=C }}</ref> }}
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===7 September===
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|ship={{SS|North Devon||2}} 
|flag={{Flag|United Kingdom|civil}}
|desc=The cargo ship ran aground in [[Tutóia|Tutoya Bay]], Brazil.<ref name=Times080931a/> She was refloated on 11 September.<ref name=Times120931a>{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=The North Devon refloated |date=12 September 1931 |page=19 |issue=45926 |column=F }}</ref> }}
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===8 September===
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|ship=''[[Chinese gunboat Chiang Hung|Chiang Hung]]''
|flag={{nowrap begin}}{{navy|Republic of China}}{{nowrap end}}
|desc=The [[gunboat]] was wrecked.<ref>Gray, Randal, ed., ''Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906-1921'', Annapolis, Maryland: Naval Institute Press, 1985, {{ISBN|0870219073}}, p. 398.</ref>
}}
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===9 September===
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|ship={{ship|ST|Koraaga|1914|2}} 
|flag={{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}
|desc=<!--Per Lloyd's Register-->: The trawler ran aground off [[Bass Point (Australia)|Bass Point]], [[New South Wales]]. She sank the next day. }}
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===10 September===
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|ship=''Tagalak'' 
|flag={{flag|United States|1912}}
|desc=The 71-[[gross register ton]], {{convert|65.3|ft|m|adj=on}} [[fishing vessel]] was destroyed in [[Sukkwan Strait]] {{convert|2|nmi}} southeast of [[Hydaburg, Alaska|Hydaburg]] in [[Southeast Alaska]] by a fire that began in the [[engine room]], presumably due to crossed [[Electrical wiring|electrical wires]], and engulfed the vessel only three minutes after her six-member crew first noticed smoke. All on board survived.<ref name=alaskashipwreckst>[https://alaskashipwreck.com/shipwrecks-a-z/alaska-shipwrecks-t/ alaskashipwreck.com Alaska Shipwrecks (T)]</ref> }}
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===12 September===
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|ship=''Cecilia M. Dunlap''
|flag={{flag|United States|1912}}
|desc=While under [[Towing|tow]] from [[Pennsylvania]] to [[New Jersey]] with a cargo of 10,000 barrels of oil, the {{convert|199|ft|m|1|adj=on}}, 793-[[gross register ton]] [[schooner barge]] — a converted [[Barque|bark]] — sank in heavy seas in {{convert|60|ft|m|0}} of water in the [[North Atlantic Ocean]] off [[Sandy Hook, New Jersey|Sandy Hook]], New Jersey, at {{coord|40|25.374|N|073|52.828|W|name=''Cecilia M. Dunlap''}}.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://njscuba.net/sites/chart_nj-1_sandy_hook.php#Dunlap |title=njscuba.net ''Cecilia M. Dunlap'' |access-date=21 February 2020 |archive-date=21 February 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200221192524/http://njscuba.net/sites/chart_nj-1_sandy_hook.php#Dunlap |url-status=dead }}</ref>
}}
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===13 September===
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|ship={{SS|Colombia|1915|2}} 
|flag={{flag|United States|1912}}
|desc=The ocean liner ran aground at Point Tosco. [[Lower California]], Mexico. All 234 people on board were rescued by {{SS|La Perla||2}} and {{SS|San Mateo|1922|2}} (both {{flag|United States|1912}}).<ref name=Times150931b>{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=U.S. liner wrecked |date=15 September 1931 |page=11 |issue=45928 |column=G }}</ref> }}
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===15 September===
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|ship=''Carmen'' 
|flag={{flag|United States|1912}}
|desc=During a voyage from [[Petersburg, Alaska|Petersburg]] to [[Juneau, Alaska|Juneau]], [[Territory of Alaska]], with a cargo of 10 tons of [[wikt:shingle|shingle]]s, the 35-[[gross register ton]] [[motor vessel]] was destroyed in [[Gastineau Channel]] in the [[Alexander Archipelago]] in [[Southeast Alaska]] by a fire that began when her [[gasoline engine]] [[Back-fire|backfired]]. Her crew of three survived unharmed.<ref name=alaskashipwrecksc>[https://alaskashipwreck.com/shipwrecks-a-z/alaska-shipwrecks-c/ alaskashipwreck.com Alaska Shipwrecks (C)]</ref>
}}
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|ship={{SS|Siangwo||2}} 
|flag={{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}
|desc=The [[cargo ship]] ran aground between [[Hangkow]] and [[Shasi]], [[China]]. She was refloated on 19 September.<ref name=Times210931c>{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=The Siangwo refloated |date=21 September 1931 |page=21 |issue=45933 |column=C }}</ref> }}
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===16 September===
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|ship={{SS|Herbert Green||2}} 
|flag={{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}
|desc=The cargo ship foundered in the [[Atlantic Ocean]] whilst on a voyage from [[Burgeo]], [[Dominion of Newfoundland|Newfoundland]] to [[Halifax, Nova Scotia]], Canada. The crew survived.<ref name=Times230931a/>
}}
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|ship={{SS|Norna||2}} 
|flag={{Flagcountry|Danzig}}
|desc=The cargo ship ran aground near the [[Grinna Lighthouse]], Norway.<ref name=Times170931a>{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Casualty reports |date=17 September 1931 |page=4 |issue=45930 |column=G }}</ref> She was declared a total loss.<ref name=Times230931a/> }}
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===18 September===
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|ship={{SS|Roma|1903|2}} 
|flag={{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}
|desc=The coaster ran aground at [[Barrow-in-Furness]], [[Lancashire]].<ref name=Times190931b>{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Casualty reports |date=19 September 1931 |page=15 |issue=45932 |column=G }}</ref> She was refloated on 24 September.<ref name=Times250931a/> }}
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===19 September===
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|ship= {{SS|Lyminge||2}} 
|flag={{Flag|United Kingdom|civil}}
|desc=The cargo ship ran aground on Ebal Rocks off [[Gurnard's Head]] and was a total loss. All nineteen crew and three passengers rowed ashore. The [[ship's cat]] was rescued later.<ref name=Times210931b>{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Casualty reports |date=21 September 1931 |page=21 |issue=45933 |column=C }}</ref><ref name=Ives>{{cite web| url = http://www.stivestrust.co.uk/html/1923_-_1939.HTM| publisher = St. Ives Trust| title = 1923&ndash;1939| accessdate = 16 March 2008| url-status = dead| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20080305055827/http://www.stivestrust.co.uk/html/1923_-_1939.HTM| archive-date = 5 March 2008}}</ref><ref name=Times210931a>{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Steamer aground in Cornwall |date=21 September 1931 |page=7 |issue=45933 |column=B }}</ref> }}
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===22 September===
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|ship=''Gladiator''
|flag={{flag|United States|1912}}
|desc=During a voyage from [[Nome, Alaska|Nome]], [[Territory of Alaska]], to [[Seattle]], [[Washington (state)|Washington]], with a crew of three and a 7-ton cargo of [[oil]], [[Alaska]] [[Bric-à-brac|curio]]s, and other items, the 21-[[gross register ton]] [[motor vessel]] drifted ashore and was wrecked on the coast of [[Unimak Island]] in the [[Aleutian Islands]], {{convert|20|nmi}} northeast of [[Cape Sarichef (Alaska)|Cape Sarichef]] ({{coord|58|24|20|N|157|31|15|W|name=Middle Bluff}}) after her steering gear broke during a [[gale]]. The [[United States Coast Guard Cutter|cutter]] {{USCGC|Chelan|1928|6}} ([[File:Ensign of the United States Coast Guard (1915–1953).png|22px]] [[United States Coast Guard]]) rescued her crew.<ref name=alaskashipwrecksg>[https://alaskashipwreck.com/shipwrecks-a-z/alaska-shipwrecks-g/ alaskashipwreck.com Alaska Shipwrecks (G)]</ref>
}}
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===23 September===
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|ship={{ship||Tokalou|schooner|2}} 
|flag={{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}
|desc=The [[schooner]] came ashore on [[Noggin Cove Island]], [[Dominion of Newfoundland|Newfoundland]] and was a total loss.<ref name=Times250931a>{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Casualty reports |date=25 September 1931 |page=8 |issue=45937 |column=F }}</ref> }}
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===24 September===
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|ship={{SS|Atlanticos||2}} 
|flag={{Flag|Greece}}
|desc=The cargo ship ran aground at [[Diamante, Calabria]], Italy.<ref name=Times250931a/> She was refloated on 29 September.<ref name=Times300931a/> }}
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===25 September===
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|ship=''Fritz'' 
|flag={{flagcountry|Weimar Republic|civil}}
|desc=The dredger foundered in the [[Bay of Biscay]] whilst under tow.<ref name=Times021031a/> }}
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===27 September===
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|ship={{SS|Laine|1883|2}} 
|flag={{flag|Estonia}}
|desc=The cargo ship sank in the [[Baltic Sea]] off [[Oviši Lighthouse|Lyserort]], Latvia. The crew were rescued.<ref name=Times280931a>{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Casualty reports |date=28 September 1931 |page=23 |issue=45938 |column=B }}</ref> }}
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===28 September===
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|ship={{SS|Rosandra||2}} 
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Italy|civil}}
|desc=The cargo ship ran aground at [[Walvis Bay]], at that time a [[Union of South Africa|South African]] [[enclave]] in [[South-West Africa]].<ref name=Times290931a>{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Italian steamer ashore |date=29 September 1931 |page=24 |issue=45940 |column=C }}</ref> She was refloated on 11 October.<ref name="Times131031a">{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Casualty reports |date=13 October 1931 |page=19 |issue=45952 |column=E }}</ref> }}
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===29 September===
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|ship=''[[Baychimo]]'' 
|flag={{Flag|United Kingdom|civil}}
|desc=The cargo ship became mired in ice near [[Barrow, Alaska]], United States.<ref name=Times300931a>{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Casualty reports |date=30 September 1931 |page=16 |issue=45941 |column=F }}</ref>
}}
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|ship={{SS|Elloughton||2}} 
|flag={{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}
|desc=The cargo ship sank in the [[Blavet]] at [[Hennebont]], [[Morbihan]], France.<ref name=Times300931a/> She was refloated on 13 October.<ref name=Times141031a/> }}
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===Unknown date===
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|ship={{SS|Ostrea||2}}
|flag={{flagicon|Canada|1921}} [[Canada]]
|desc=The towboat struck a submerged object at [[Port Morien]], [[Nova Scotia]] and consequently sank {{convert|3+1/2|nmi|km}} offshore. Her crew took to the [[lifeboat (shipboard)|lifeboats]] and survived.<ref name=Ostrea>{{Cite web |url=https://www.canlii.org/en/ca/scc/doc/1939/1939canlii29/1939canlii29.html |title=The King v. Hochelaga Shipping & Towing Co. Ltd., 1939 CanLII 29 (SCC), [1940] SCR 153 |publisher=Canli |accessdate=1 July 2023 }}</ref>
}}
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==October==

===1 October===
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|ship={{SS|Hesleyside||2}} 
|flag={{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}
|desc=The coaster ran aground in the [[River Foyle]] at [[Derry]], [[County Londonderry]].<ref name=Times021031a/> She was refloated on 6 October.<ref name=Times071031a>{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Casualty reports |date=7 October 1931 |page=23 |issue=447 |column=D }}</ref> }}
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===2 October===
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|ship={{SS|Abington||2}} 
|flag={{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}
|desc=The coaster ran aground at [[Ramsey, Isle of Man]].<ref name=Times031031a>{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Casualty reports |date=3 October 1931 |page=19 |issue=45944 |column=E }}</ref> She was refloated on 9 October.<ref name=Times101031a>{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Casualty reports |date=10 October 1931 |page=21 |issue=45950 |column=D }}</ref>
}}
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|ship={{ship||Margaret Lake|schooner|2}} 
|flag={{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}
|desc=The schooner came ashore on [[Wadham Islands|Peckford Island]], [[dominion of Newfoundland|Newfoundland]] and was a total loss.<ref name=Times071031a/><ref name=Times051031a/> }}
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===3 October===
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|ship={{SS|Johanna|1917|2}} 
|flag={{flag|Netherlands}}
|desc=The cargo ship ran aground off the [[Ar Men|Ar Men Lighthouse]], [[Île de Sein]], [[Finistère]], France. All passengers and crew were taken off. She was a total loss.<ref name=Times051031a>{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Dutch steamer stranded |date=5 October 1931 |page=25 |issue=45945 |column=C }}</ref> }}
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===5 October===
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|ship={{SS|Agios Nicolaos||2}} 
|flag={{flag|Greece}}
|desc=The coaster ran aground at Cape Drepano and sank with the loss of a crew member.<ref name=Times071031a/><ref name=Times061031a>{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Casualty reports |date=6 October 1931 |page=18 |issue=45946 |column=C }}</ref> }}
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===6 October===
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|ship={{SS|Henri Mory||2}} 
|flag={{flag|France}}
|desc=The cargo ship ran aground at [[Cabo Carvoeiro]], Portugal.<ref name=Times071031b>{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=French steamer ashore |date=7 October 1931 |page=23 |issue=45947 |column=D }}</ref> She was abandoned as a total loss.<ref name=Times091031a>{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=The Henri Mory uninsurable |date=9 October 1931 |page=17 |issue=45949 |column=E }}</ref> }}
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===11 October===
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|ship={{SS|Maria Celina||2}} 
|flag={{flag|Spain|civil-1931}}
|desc=The cargo ship ran aground at [[Cabo de Perros]]. The crew were rescued.<ref name="Times131031a"/> }}
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===12 October===
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|ship={{SS|Charles H. Bradley||2}} 
|flag={{flag|United States|1912}}
|desc=The cargo ship caught fire in the [[Great Lakes]] and was destroyed.<ref name=Times141031a>{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Casualty reports |date=14 October 1931 |page=22 |issue=45953 |column=G }}</ref>
}}
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|ship={{Ship||Cynthia G. Parker|schooner|2}} 
|flag={{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}
|desc=The [[schooner]] came ashore at English Point, [[dominion of Newfoundland|Newfoundland]] and was a total loss.<ref name=Times141031a/> }}
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===13 October===
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|ship={{SS|Hyugo Maru||2}} 
|flag={{flagcountry|Empire of Japan}}
|desc=The cargo ship ran aground at [[Nomo, Nagasaki]]. The crew were rescued.<ref name=Times151031a>{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Casualty reports |date=15 October 1931 |page=23 |issue=45954 |column=E }}</ref>
}}
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|ship={{SS|Tosei Maru||2}} 
|flag={{flagcountry|Empire of Japan}}
|desc=The cargo ship foundered off the [[Okinawa Islands]]. The crew were rescued.<ref name=Times151031a/> }}
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===15 October===
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|ship={{MV|Canusa||2}} 
|flag={{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}
|desc=The cargo ship foundered in the [[Atlantic Ocean]] {{convert|150|nmi|km}} east of [[Watlings Island]], [[Bahamas]]. The crew were rescued.<ref name=Times221031a>{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Casualty reports |date=22 October 1931 |page=22 |issue=45960 |column=E }}</ref> }}
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===16 October===
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|ship={{SS|Kaitsu Maru||2}} 
|flag={{flagcountry|Empire of Japan}}
|desc=The cargo ship ran aground off the east coast of [[Sakhalin]], [[Soviet Union]].<ref name=Times171031a/> She was refloated on 27 October.<ref name=Times281031a/>
}}
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|ship={{SS|Selfoss||2}} 
|flag={{flag|Iceland|1918}}
|desc=The coaster ran aground at [[Stykkisholm]].<ref name=Times171031b>{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=German steamer ashore |date=17 October 1931 |page=21 |issue=45956 |column=C }}</ref> She was refloated on 23 October.<ref name=Times241031a/>
}}
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|ship={{SS|Yonan Maru||2}} 
|flag={{flagcountry|Empire of Japan}}
|desc=The cargo ship foundered in the [[Pacific Ocean]] off [[Sitka, Alaska|Sitka]], [[Alaska]], United States.<ref name=Times171031a>{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Casualty reports |date=17 October 1931 |page=21 |issue=45956 |column=C }}</ref> }}
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===17 October===
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|ship=''Ketchum''
|flag={{flag|United States|1912}}
|desc=During a voyage from [[Ketchikan, Alaska|Ketchikan]] to [[Dolomi, Alaska|Dolomi]], [[Territory of Alaska]], with a cargo of one ton of household furniture, the 8-[[gross register ton]] [[motor vessel]]'s [[anchor]] lines broke during a storm in [[Clarence Strait]] in the [[Alexander Archipelago]] in [[Southeast Alaska]] {{convert|1.5|nmi|1}} north of [[Wedge Island (Alaska)|Wedge Island]] ({{coord|55|09|N|131|58|W|name=Wedge Island}}), causing her to become stranded on a rock and then run aground on the beach, where she was pounded to pieces by the surf.<ref name=alaskashipwrecksk>[https://alaskashipwreck.com/shipwrecks-a-z/alaska-shipwrecks-k/ alaskashipwreck.com Alaska Shipwrecks (K)]</ref>
}}
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===19 October===
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|ship={{SS|Aghios Spyridon||2}} 
|flag={{flag|Greece}}
|desc=The cargo ship sprang a leak and was beached at [[Ustica]], [[Province of Palermo|Palermo]], Italy.<ref name=Times201031a>{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Casualty reports |date=20 October 1931 |page=24 |issue=45958 |column=E }}</ref> She was refloated on 24 or 25 October.<ref name=Times261031a>{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Casualty reports |date=26 October 1931 |page=20 |issue=45963 |column=F }}</ref>
}}
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|ship={{ship||Emile Louis|schooner}} 
|flag={{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}
|desc=The [[schooner]] came ashore at South Point, [[Anticosti Island]], [[Quebec]], Canada and was abandoned by her crew.<ref name=Times211031a>{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Casualty reports |date=21 October 1931 |page=24 |issue=45959 |column=F }}</ref> }}
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===21 October===
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|ship={{SS|Magallanes||2}} 
|flag={{flag|Chile}}
|desc=The cargo ship ran aground on [[Cahuache Island]] and was beached at [[Point Chonos]].<ref name=Times221031b>{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Chilean steamer beached |date=22 October 1931 |page=22 |issue=45960 |column=E }}</ref> She was refloated on 26 October.<ref name=Times271031b>{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Two steamers refloated |date=27 October 1931 |page=19 |issue=45964 |column=F }}</ref>
}}
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|ship={{SS|Peder Most||2}} 
|flag={{flag|Denmark}}
|desc=The cargo ship ran aground on [[Scharhörn]], [[Hamburg]], Germany.<ref name=Times221031a/> She was refloated on 24 October.<ref name=Times261031a/> }}
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===22 October===
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|ship=''Emil'' 
|flag={{flagcountry|Weimar Republic|civil}}
|desc=The auxiliary three-masted [[schooner]] came ashore at the [[Bjørnøy Lighthouse]], Norway and was wrecked.<ref name=Times231031a>{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Casualty reports |date=23 October 1931 |page=19 |issue=45961 |column=F }}</ref>
}}
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|ship={{SS|Oakford||2}} 
|flag={{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}
|desc=The cargo ship collided with {{SS|Portia|1911|2}} ({{flagcountry|Weimar Republic|civil}}) in the [[River Thames]] at [[Woolwich]], [[London]] with the loss of one of her crew. She was beached.<ref name=Times241031a>{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Casualty reports |date=24 October 1931 |page=19 |issue=45962 |column=C }}</ref> She was refloated on 24 October.<ref name=Times261031a/> }}
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===23 October===
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|ship={{ship|USCGC|CG-243}} 
|flag={{nowrap begin}}[[File:Ensign of the United States Coast Guard (1915–1953).png|22px]] [[United States Coast Guard]]{{nowrap end}}
|desc=The [[United States Coast Guard Cutter|cutter]] was destroyed, circumstances unknown.<ref name="uscg.mil"/>
}}
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|ship={{SS|Shinyetsu Maru||2}} 
|flag={{flagcountry|Empire of Japan}}
|desc=The cargo ship ran aground at Yetorup, [[Kurile Islands]] and sank.<ref name=Times271031a>{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Casualty reports |date=27 October 1931 |page=19 |issue=45964 |column=F }}</ref> }}
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===27 October===
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|ship={{SS|City of Stamford||2}} 
|flag={{flag|United States|1912}}
|desc=The cargo ship sank in the [[East River]] off [[Blackwell's Island]], [[New York (state)|New York]].<ref name=Times281031a>{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Casualty reports |date=28 October 1931 |page=20 |issue=45965 |column=F }}</ref>
}}
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|ship={{ship||Marelton|schooner|2}} 
|flag={{Flag|United Kingdom|civil}}
|desc=The [[schooner]] caught fire at [[Saint-Pierre, Saint Pierre and Miquelon]] and was a total loss.<ref name=Times291031a>{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Casualty reports |date=29 October 1931 |page=22 |issue=45966 |column=C }}</ref>
}}
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|ship={{SS|Ullstad||2}} 
|flag={{flag|Norway}}
|desc=The cargo ship ran aground at [[Yeniköy, Istanbul]], Turkey.<ref name=Times281031a/> She was refloated on 7 November.<ref name=Times091131a>{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Casualty reports |date=9 November 1931 |page=19 |issue=45975 |column=F }}</ref>
}}
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|ship={{SS|Yoro Maru||2}} 
|flag={{flagcountry|Empire of Japan}}
|desc=The cargo ship ran aground in the [[Bonin Islands]] and was a total loss.<ref name=Times281031a/> }}
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===28 October===
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|ship={{SS|Bronte||2}} 
|flag={{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}
|desc=The cargo ship ran aground at [[Rosario]], Brazil.<ref name=Times291031a/> She was refloated on 31 October.<ref name=Times021131a>{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Casualty reports |date=2 November 1931 |page=23 |issue=45969 |column=B }}</ref>
}}
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|ship={{SS|Heddy||2}} 
|flag={{flag|Sweden}}
|desc=The cargo ship ran aground in [[Lake Vener]].<ref name=Times291031a/> She was refloated on 2 November.<ref name=Times031131a>{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Casualty reports |date=3 November 1931 |page=19 |issue=45970 |column=E }}</ref> }}
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===31 October===
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|ship={{SS|Saka||2}} 
|flag={{flag|Latvia}}
|desc=The cargo ship sprang a leak and sank in the [[Baltic Sea]] off [[Trelleborg]], [[Skåne County]], Sweden. The crew were rescued.<ref name=Times021131a/> }}
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==November==

===1 November===
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|ship={{ship|ST|Persephone||2}} 
|flag={{flag|Greece}}
|desc=The tug foundered in the [[Aegean Sea]] off [[Kythnos]] with the loss of all four crew.<ref name=Times031131a/> }}
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===3 November===
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|ship={{ship||Ansio|barquentine|2}} 
|flag={{flag|Finland}}
|desc=The [[barquentine]] ran aground at [[Holmsund]], [[Västerbotten County]], Sweden and was wrecked.<ref name=Times051131a>{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Casualty reports |date=5 November 1931 |page=21 |issue=45972 |column=F }}</ref>
}}
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|ship={{SS|Maurice Colignon||2}} 
|flag={{flag|Belgium}}
|desc=The cargo ship was driven ashore at [[Alexandretta]], Turkey.<ref name=Times051131a/> She was refloated on 6 November.<ref name=Times071131a>{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Casualty reports |date=7 November 1931 |page=19 |issue=45974 |column=D }}</ref>
}}
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|ship={{ship||Sainte Annen|schooner|2}} 
|flag={{Flag|France}}
|desc=The [[schooner]] lost her rudder and sails in heavy seas and went ashore at [[Porthleven]], [[Cornwall]], United Kingdom whilst trying to put into the harbour for repairs.<ref name=PPA>{{Cite journal| last = Leonard| first = Alan| title = Profiting from Shipwrecks| journal =  Picture Postcard Annual| pages =14–16| year = 2008}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|last=Larn|first=R|title=Around Mounts Bay|year=1991|publisher=Tor Mark Press|location=Penryn|isbn=0-85025-326-8|author2=Larn B }}</ref> }}
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===4 November===
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|ship={{ship||Havet|schooner|2}} 
|flag={{flag|Denmark}}
|desc=The auxiliary [[schooner]] collided with {{SS|Konsul Schulte|1898|2}} ({{flagcountry|Weimar Republic|civil}}) in the [[Baltic Sea]] off [[Swinemünde]], [[Western Pomerania]], Germany. She capsized and sank.<ref name=Times051131a/>
}}
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|ship={{SS|Vettern II||2}} 
|flag={{flag|Sweden}}
|desc=The cargo ship collided with {{SS|Elfkungen||2}} ({{flag|Sweden}}) at [[Gothenburg]] and sank.<ref name=Times051131a/> She was raised on 14 November.<ref name=Times161131a/> }}
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===6 November===
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|ship={{SS|Hybert||2}} 
|flag={{Flag|United States|1912}}
|desc=The cargo ship ran aground on the [[Goodwin Sands]], [[Kent]], United Kingdom.<ref name=Times071131b>{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Cargo steamer on the Goodwins |date=7 November 1931 |page=12 |issue=45974 |column=A }}</ref> She was refloated on 9 November.<ref name=Times101131a>{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=The Hybert refloated |date=10 November 1931 |issue=45976 |column=E }}</ref> }}
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===7 November===
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|ship=''Theologos'' 
|flag={{flag|Greece}}
|desc=The sailing ship foundered in the [[Aegean Sea]] off [[Laurium]].<ref name=Times091131a/> }}
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===8 November===
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|ship={{ship||Baden-Baden|schooner|2}} 
|flag={{flag|Costa Rica}}
|desc=The auxiliary [[schooner]] foundered in the [[Caribbean Sea]] off [[Cartagena, Colombia]] with the loss of five of her sixteen crew. Survivors were rescued by {{USS|Swan|AM-34|6}} ({{navy|USA|1912}}).<ref name=Times141131a>{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Casualty reports |date=14 November 1931 |page=17 |issue=45980 |column=G }}</ref>
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|ship={{SS|Pakri||2}} 
|flag={{flag|Estonia}}
|desc=The cargo ship ran aground at Ristna Point, [[Hiiumaa]].<ref name=Times091131a/> She was refloated on 13 November.<ref name=Times141131a/> }}
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===11 November===
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|ship={{SS|Georgios M||2}} 
|flag={{flag|Greece}}
|desc=The cargo ship foundered in the [[Atlantic Ocean]] ({{coord|45|25|N|7|30|W}}) with the loss of eighteen of her 23 crew. Survivors were rescued by {{SS|P.L.M. 22||2}} ({{flag|France}}).<ref name=Times121131a/><ref name=Times121131b>{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Casualty reports |date=12 November 1931 |page=19 |issue=45978 |column=E }}</ref><ref name=Times131131a>{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Casualty reports |date=13 November 1931 |page=9 |issue=45979 |column=E }}</ref>
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|ship={{SS|Panama Transport||2}} 
|flag={{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}
|desc=The cargo ship ran aground in the [[Paraná River]], Argentina.<ref name=Times131131a/> She was refloated on 18 November.<ref name=Times201131b/>
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|ship= {{HMS|Petersfield}} 
|flag={{navy|United Kingdom}}
|desc=The {{sclass|Aberdare|minesweeper}} was wrecked on [[Dongyin, Lienchiang|Tung Yung Island]], [[Republic of China (1912–1949)|Republic of China]] (part of the [[Matsu Islands]]).
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|ship=''St. Ives'' 
|flag={{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}
|desc=The dredger sank in the [[North Sea]] ({{coord|52|21|N|2|26|E}}) whilst under tow.<ref name=Times121131a>{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Vessels in distress |date=12 November 1931 |page=19 |issue=45978 |column=E }}</ref> }}
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===12 November===
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|ship={{MV|Petrolea||2}} 
|flag={{flag|Finland}}
|desc=The cargo ship caught fire at [[Hangö]] and was beached.<ref name=Times131131a/> }}
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===15 November===
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|ship={{SS|Aranguren||2}} 
|flag={{flag|Spain|civil-1931}}
|desc=The cargo ship was rammed and sunk in the [[Sea of Marmara]] off Khairsis Island, Turkey by {{ship|French tanker|Le Loing||2}} ({{navy|France|name=Marine Nationale}}) with the loss of one crew member. The survivors were rescued by ''Le Loing''.<ref name=Times161131a>{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Casualty reports |date=16 November 1931 |page=23 |issue=45981 |column=C }}</ref><ref name=Times171131a>{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Casualty reports |date=17 November 1931 |page=24 |issue=45982 |column=E }}</ref> 
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|ship=''Unione Secundo'' 
|flag={{Flagcountry|Kingdom of Italy|civil}}
|desc=The sailing ship was in collision with {{SS|Christina|1898|2}} ({{flag|Greece}}) at [[Genoa]] and sank with the loss of a crew member.<ref name=Times161131a/> }}
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===17 November===
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|ship=''Alice Cook'' 
|flag={{flag|United States|1912}}
|desc=The 782-[[gross register ton]] [[schooner]] caught fire outside [[Johnstone Point]] ({{coord|60|28|N|146|37|W|name=Johnstone Point}}) in [[Prince William Sound]] on the [[Southcentral Alaska|south-central]] coast of the [[Territory of Alaska]]. When the fire could not be controlled, she was beached and the [[cannery tender]] ''Francis'' ({{flag|United States|1912}}) took off her crew of nine men. ''Alice Cook'' became a [[total loss]].<ref name=alaskashipwrecksa>[https://alaskashipwreck.com/shipwrecks-a-z/alaska-shipwrecks-a/ alaskashipwreck.com Alaska Shipwrecks (A)]</ref>
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|ship=''Ria'' 
|flag={{flag|Dominion of Newfoundland}}
|desc=The [[schooner]] foundered in the [[Atlantic Ocean]] ({{coord|35|58|N|38|10|W}}). All six crew were rescued by {{SS|Aztec||2}} ({{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}).<ref name=Times181131a>{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Casualty reports |date=18 November 1931 |page=21 |issue=45983 |column=F }}</ref><ref name=LG33955>{{London Gazette |issue=33955 |date=30 June 1933 |page=4380 }}</ref> }}
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===18 November===
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|ship={{SS|Itu||2}} 
|flag={{flag|United States|1912}}
|desc=The cargo ship caught fire in the [[Yangtze]] above [[Ichang]], China and was beached.<ref name=Times191131a>{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Casualty reports |date=19 November 1931 |page=21 |issue=45984 |column=G }}</ref> She was refloated on 23 November.<ref name=Times241131b/>
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|ship={{ship||Lady Green|schooner|2}} 
|flag={{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}
|desc=The [[schooner]] caught fire off [[St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador|St. John's]], [[dominion of Newfoundland|Newfoundland]] and was abandoned. She was towed into port by {{SS|Prospero|1904|2}} ({{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}).<ref name=Times201131b>{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Casualty reports |date=20 November 1931 |page=24 |issue=45985 |column=E }}</ref>
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|ship={{SS|Pandelis||2}} 
|flag={{flag|Greece}}
|desc=The cargo ship ran aground in the [[Dardanelles]] at Ak Bashi Liman, Turkey.<ref name=Times191131b>{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Casualty reports |date= November 1931 |issue=459 }}</ref> she was refloated on 24 November.<ref name=Times251131a/> She was refloated on 24 November.<ref name=Times251131a/> }}
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===19 November===
''For the loss of the British ocean liner ''Bermuda'' on this day, see the entry for [[List of shipwrecks in 1931#17 June|17 June 1931]]''
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|ship={{SS|Howe||2}} 
|flag={{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}
|desc=This steam trawler ran aground on the west coast of [[Bear Island (Norway)|Bear Island]].<ref name=wrecksite237495>>[https://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?237495 ‘’Howe’’] at wrecksite eu</ref> Her 15 man crew were rescued after a 60 hour effort by over 100 men from the fishing fleet.<ref name=wrecksite237495/>
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|ship={{SS|Nambucca||2}} 
|flag={{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}
|desc=The cargo ship ran aground at [[Sydney]], [[New South Wales]], Australia.<ref name=Times201131b/> She was still aground on 24 November.<ref name=Times251131a>{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Casualty reports |date=25 November 1931 |page=22 |issue=45989 |column=C }}</ref>
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|ship=''Pilgrim''
|flag={{flag|United States|1912}}
|desc=The 12-[[gross register ton]], {{convert|35.2|ft|m|1|adj=on}} [[motor vessel]] sank in "Malina Strait" – probably a local name for [[Raspberry Strait]] ({{coord|58|00|30|N|152|46|00|W|name=Raspberry Strait}}) – off [[Afognak Island]] in the [[Kodiak Archipelago]] after her [[gasoline engine]] [[Back-fire|backfired]], igniting a fire in her [[engine room]] that led to an explosion of her [[gasoline]] tank which blew out her [[Port and starboard|port]] side. Her two of crew abandoned ship in a [[Lifeboat (shipboard)|lifeboat]] and survived.<ref name=alaskashipwrecksp>[https://alaskashipwreck.com/shipwrecks-a-z/alaska-shipwrecks-p/ alaskashipwreck.com Alaska Shipwrecks (P)]</ref>
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|ship={{SS|Planorbis||2}} 
|flag={{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}
|desc=The tanker ran aground at [[Balikpapan]], [[Netherlands East Indies]].<ref name=Times201131b/> She was refloated on 26 November.<ref name=Times301131b/> }}
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===20 November===
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|ship={{ship||Mayals|schooner|2}} 
|flag={{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}
|desc=The auxiliary three-masted [[schooner]] was rammed and sunk at [[Milford Haven]], [[Pembrokeshire]] by the fishing vessel ''Neves'' ({{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}). The crew were rescued.<ref name=Times211131a>{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Casualty reports |date=21 November 1931 |page=21 |issue=45986 |column=C }}</ref> }}
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===21 November===
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|ship={{SS|Baron Glenconner||2}} 
|flag={{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}
|desc=The cargo ship ran aground at [[Point Judith, Rhode Island]], United States.<ref name=Times231131a/> She was refloated on 27 November.<ref name=Times281131a>{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=The Baron Glenconner refloated |date=28 November 1931 |page=15 |issue=45992 |column=G }}</ref> }}
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===22 November===
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|ship={{SS|Michael L. Embiricos||2}} 
|flag={{Flag|Greece}}
|desc=The cargo ship ran aground on [[Plane Island]], [[French protectorate of Tunisia|Tunisia]] and was beached in Andaluses Bay. Thirty crew were rescued by {{SS|Alaya||2}} ({{flagcountry|Weimar Republic|civil}}).<ref name=Times231131a>{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Casualty reports |date=23 November 1931 |page=21 |issue=45987 |column=B }}</ref><ref name=Times241131a>{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Greek steamer beached |date=24 November 1931 |page=20 |issue=45988 |column=G }}</ref> She was refloated on 28 November.<ref name=Times301131a>{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=The Michael L. Embiricos refloated |date=20 November 1931 |page=23 |issue=45993 |column=D }}</ref> }}
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===23 November===
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|ship=''Eleni'' 
|flag={{flag|Greece}}
|desc=The sailing vessel ran aground whilst on a voyage from [[Salonica]] to [[Kavala]] and was destroyed by fire with the loss of a crew member.<ref name=Times241131b>{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Casualty reports |date=24 November 1931 |page=20 |issue=45988 |column=B }}</ref>
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|ship={{MV|Maraboe||2}} 
|flag={{flag|Netherlands}}
|desc=The cargo ship collided with {{MV|Sibier||2}} ({{flag|Soviet Union}}) in the [[Kaiser Wilhelm Canal]] and sank.<ref name=Times241131b/> She was refloated on 26 November.<ref name=Times271131a/> }}
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===24 November===
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|ship=''Mary G II''
|flag={{flag|United States|1912}}
|desc=The 34-[[gross register ton]] [[fishing vessel]] was destroyed near [[Coffman Island]] ({{coord|56|01|45|N|132|50|30|W|name=Coffman Island}}) at the entrance to [[Lake Bay (Alexander Archipelago)|Lake Bay]] ({{coord|56|02|N|132|58|W|name=Lake Bay}}) on the northeast coast of [[Prince of Wales Island (Alaska)|Prince of Wales Island]] in the [[Alexander Archipelago]] in [[Southeast Alaska]] by a fire that began in her [[engine room]] when her [[gasoline engine]]'s [[carburetor]] [[Back-fire|backfired]]. Her crew of two survived.<ref name=alaskashipwrecksm>[https://alaskashipwreck.com/shipwrecks-a-z/alaska-shipwrecks-m/ alaskashipwreck.com Alaska Shipwrecks (M)]</ref>
}}
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===25 November===
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|ship={{ship||Edith and Elinor|schooner|2}} 
|flag={{flag|United States|1912}}
|desc=The [[schooner]] collided with {{SS|Gypsum Prince||2}} ({{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}) in the [[Atlantic Ocean]] off the [[Baccaro Lighthouse]], [[Nova Scotia]], Canada and sank with the loss of six of her nineteen crew.<ref name=Times271131a>{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Casualty reports |date=27 November 1931 |page=17 |issue=45991 |column=G }}</ref>
}}
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|ship={{SS|Sanokawa Maru No.2||2}} 
|flag={{flagcountry|Empire of Japan}}
|desc=The cargo ship ran aground at [[Hirado, Nagasaki]].<ref name=Times261131a>{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Casualty reports |date=26 November 1931 |page=22 |issue=45990 |column=G }}</ref> She was refloated on 5 December.<ref name=Times071231a>{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Casualty reports |date=7 December 1931 |page=23 |issue=45999 |column=C }}</ref> }}
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===27 November===
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|ship={{RMS|Duke of Lancaster|1927|2}} 
|flag={{Flag|United Kingdom|civil}}
|desc=The passenger ship caught fire in [[Heysham Harbour]], [[Lancashire]]. She capsized on 28 November. ''Duke of Lancaster'' was raised in January 1932, repaired and returned to service.<ref name=Irish>{{cite book | first = Brian| last = Patton| year = 2007| title = Irish Sea Shipping| pages = 178–84| publisher = Silver Link Publications| location = Kettering|isbn= 978-1-85794-271-2}}</ref> }}
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===28 November===
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|ship={{SS|Alameda||2}} 
|flag={{flag|United States|1912}}
|desc=The cargo liner caught fire at [[Seattle]], Washington and was a total loss.<ref name=Times301131b>{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Casualty reports |date=30 November 1931 |page=23 |issue=45993 |column=D }}</ref> }}
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===29 November===
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|ship={{SS|Mildburg||2}} 
|flag={{flagcountry|Weimar Republic|civil}}
|desc=The cargo ship ran aground on [[Öland]], Sweden.<ref name=Times301131b/> She was refloated on 21 December.<ref name=Times221231a/>
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|ship={{SS|River Ribble||2}} 
|flag={{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}
|desc=The cargo ship collided with {{SS|Selby||2}} ({{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}) at [[Hamburg]], Germany, and was beached at [[Altona, Hamburg|Altona]]. She was refloated the next day. ''Selby'' was severely damaged.<ref name=Times301131b/><ref name=Times011231a>{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Casualty reports |date=1 December 1931 |page=22 |issue=45994 |column=E }}</ref> }}
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===30 November===
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|ship={{SS|Alameda||2}} 
|flag={{flag|United States|1912}}
|desc=The passenger ship caught fire at [[Seattle]], Washington and was severely damaged.<ref name=Times011231b>{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Fire in the Alameda |date=1 December 1931 |page=22 |issue=45994 |column=E }}</ref> }}
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==December==

===1 December===
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|ship=''Victoria''<!--needs dabbing, 1911/14--> 
|flag={{flagcountry|Weimar Republic|civil}}
|desc=The cargo ship ran aground in lake [[Mälaren]], Sweden.<ref name=Times021231a>{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Casualty reports |date=2 December 1931 |page=18 |issue=45995 |column=E }}</ref> She was refloated on 7 December.<ref name=Times081231a/> }}
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===3 December===
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|ship={{ship||Pasages|steam trawler|2}}
|flag={{flagcountry|United Kingdom|civil}}
|desc=The fishing trawler ran aground on the [[Isle of Man]].<ref name="ReferenceA">''Ramsey Courier'' 4 December 1931. page 5</ref>
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===4 December===
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|ship=''Betty'' 
|flag={{flag|Sweden}}
|desc=The auxiliary three-masted schooner ran aground near [[Oxelosund]]. She refloated but subsequently foundered.<ref name=Times051231a>{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Casualty reports |date=5 December 1931 |page=19 |issue=45998 |column=C }}</ref>
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|ship=''East Anglia'' 
|flag={{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}
|desc=The [[Thames barge]] was struck by another Thames barge, ''Edgar Scholey'', in the [[River Thames]] at [[Erith]], [[Kent]] and sank.<ref name=Times051231a/> She was refloated the next day.<ref name=Times071231a/> }}
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===5 December===
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|ship={{SS|Kwanan Maru||2}} 
|flag={{flagcountry|Empire of Japan}}
|desc=The cargo ship ran aground on the north east coast of [[Formosa]].<ref name=Times071231a/> She broke in two on 10 December, with the stern section sinking. ''Kwanan Maru'' was declared a total loss.<ref name=Times111231a>{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Casualty reports |date=11 December 1931 |page=23 |issue=46003 |column=G }}</ref> }}
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===6 December===
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|ship={{MV|Egitto||2}} 
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Italy|civil}}
|desc=The cargo ship ran aground at [[Alexandria]], Egypt and was beached.<ref name=Times071231a/> She was refloated on 10 December and later [[drydock]]ed for repairs.<ref name=Times111231a/>
}}
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|ship={{SS|Fushiki Maru||2}} 
|flag={{flagcountry|Empire of Japan}}
|desc=The ship ran aground on [[Quelpart]], [[Korea]]. The passengers and crew were taken off.<ref name=Times091231a>{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Casualty reports |date=9 December 1931 |page=4 |issue=46001 |column=G }}</ref> }}
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===7 December===
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|ship={{SS|Inga|Svendborg, 1907|2}} 
|flag={{flag|Sweden}}
|desc=The cargo ship came ashore at Vano Kalkskar and was wrecked with the loss of a crew member.<ref name=Times081231a>{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Casualty reports |date=8 December 1931 |page=24 |issue=46000 |column=C }}</ref> }}
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===8 December===
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|ship={{SS|Marjan||2}} 
|flag={{Flagcountry|Kingdom of Yugoslavia}}
|desc=The cargo ship ran aground at [[Medulin]].<ref name=Times091231a/> She was refloated on 22 December.<ref name=Times241231a/> }}
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===9 December===
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|ship=''Grete'' 
|flag={{Flag|Denmark}}
|desc=The [[schooner]] sprang a leak and sank in the [[Baltic Sea]] off [[Falsterbo]], [[Skåne County]], Sweden. The crew were rescued.<ref name=Times101231a>{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Casualty reports |date=10 December 1931 |page=24 |issue=46002 |column=C }}</ref> }}
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===13 December===
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|ship={{SS|Georgios Paleocrassis||2}} 
|flag={{flag|Greece}}
|desc=The cargo ship ran aground at [[Gallipoli]], Turkey and was abandoned.<ref name=Times141231a>{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Casualty reports |date=14 December 1931 |page=23 |issue=46005 |column=E }}</ref> She was declared a total loss on 15 December.<ref name=Times161231a>{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Casualty reports |date=16 December 1931 |page=23 |issue=4607 |column=C }}</ref>
}}
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|ship={{ship||Teseo||2}} 
|flag={{navy|Italy}}
|desc=The tug foundered in the [[Tyrrhenian Sea]] off [[Sardinia]], Italy, with the loss of all 36 crew.<ref name=Times151231a>{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Italian naval vessel sunk |date=15 December 1931 |page=11 |issue=46006 |column=E }}</ref><ref name=Times151231b/> }}
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===14 December===
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|ship={{SS|Asta||2}} 
|flag={{flag|Sweden}}
|desc=The cargo ship ran aground at [[Falsterbo]], [[Skåne County]].<ref name=Times151231b/> She was refloated on 21 December.<ref name=Times221231b>{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Casualty reports |date=22 December 1931 |page=19 |issue=46012 |column=F }}</ref>
}}
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|ship={{SS|Ta Te||2}} 
|flag={{flagcountry|Republic of China (1912–1949)|civil}}
|desc=The passenger ship caught fire in the [[Yangtze]] {{convert|40|nmi|km}} from [[Shanghai]] and sank with the loss of twenty of the approximately 300 people on board.<ref name=Times161231a/><ref name=Times151231b>{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Casualty reports |date=15 December 1931 |page=22 |issue=46006 |column=F }}</ref> }}
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===16 December===
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|ship={{ship||Admiral Beatty|schooner|2}} 
|flag={{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}
|desc=The [[schooner]] was driven ashore on [[Grand Turk Island|Grand Turk]] and was wrecked.<ref name=Times171231a>{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Casualty reports |date=17 December 1931 |page=22 |issue=46008 |column=E }}</ref>
}}
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|ship=''Gertrude'' 
|flag={{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}
|desc=The [[Thames barge]] collided with {{MV|Havel|1928|2}} ({{flagcountry|Weimar Republic|civil}}) in the [[River Thames]] at [[Barking, Essex]] and sank.<ref name=Times171231a/>
}}
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|ship={{ship||Lukas|schooner|2}} 
|flag={{flag|Estonia}}
|desc=The [[schooner]] collided with a breakwater at [[Liepāja]], Latvia and sank with the loss of all hands.<ref name=Times171231a/> }}
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===19 December===
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|ship={{MV|Eland|1909|2}} 
|flag={{flag|Netherlands}}
|desc=The coaster struck a rock at [[Tønsberg]], Norway. An attempt was made to beach her but she foundered.<ref name=Times211231a>{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Casualty reports |date=21 December 1931 |page=16 |issue=46011 |column=G }}</ref> She was refloated on 23 December.<ref name=Times241231a>{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Casualty reports |date=24 December 1931 |page=23 |issue=46014 |column=C }}</ref>
}}
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|ship={{SS|Newton Elm||2}} 
|flag={{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}
|desc=The cargo ship ran aground at [[Crescent Head, New South Wales]], Australia.<ref name=Times211231a/> She was refloated on 28 December but was found to be extensively damaged.<ref name=NE>{{cite web |url=http://www.plimsoll.org/images/14088_tcm4-55783.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303235307/http://www.plimsoll.org/images/14088_tcm4-55783.pdf |url-status=usurped |archive-date=3 March 2016 |title=Stranding of steamship "Newton Elm." |author=Board of Trade |publisher=His Majestey's Stationery Office |date=11 March 1932 |accessdate=4 July 2012}}</ref>
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|ship=''Regina''
|flag={{flag|Finland}}
|desc=The auxiliary [[schooner]] ran aground on [[Middelgrunden (Øresund)|Middelgrunden]], [[Øresund]].<ref name=Times211231a/> She was refloated on 24 December.<ref name=Times281231a/> }}
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===21 December===
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|ship={{ship|ST|Lucas||2}} 
|flag={{Flag|United Kingdom|civil}}
|desc=The tug capsized and sank in the [[River Ribble]] at [[Preston, Lancashire]] whilst assisting to refloat {{SS|Fido|1918|2}} ({{flag|Norway}}). The crew were rescued.<ref name=Times231231a>{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Casualty reports |date=23 December 1931 |page=17 |issue=46013 |column=F }}</ref> She was refloated on 23 December.<ref name=Times241231a/>
}}
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|ship=[[USS Ariel (AF-22)|''Segovia'']] 
|flag={{flag|United States|1912}}
|desc=The almost completed [[United Fruit Company]] refrigerated cargo liner was destroyed by fire at [[Newport News, Virginia]]. The ship was rebuilt and renamed ''Peten'' and later ''Jamaica'' operating for United Fruit Company.<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Pacific Marine Review |date=January 1932 |title=Fire on Segovia |journal=Pacific Marine Review |page=34 |location=San Francisco |publisher=J.S. Hines |url=https://archive.org/details/pacificmarinerev2932paci/page/n41/mode/1up |accessdate=10 August 2021}}</ref><ref name=Times221231a>{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=British steamer ashore |date=22 December 1931 |page=19 |issue=46012 |column=G }}</ref> }}
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===24 December===
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|ship={{SS|Yayewara Maru||2}} 
|flag={{flagcountry|Empire of Japan}}
|desc=The passenger ship collided with {{SS|Kwansai Maru||2}} ({{flagcountry|Empire of Japan}}) in the [[Kurushima Strait]] and sank with the loss of 50 lives.<ref name=Times281231a/> }}
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===25 December===
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|ship={{SS|Bārtava||2}} 
|flag={{flag|Latvia}}
|desc=The cargo ship ran aground near [[Liepāja]].<ref name=Times281231a/> She was refloated on 25 January 1932.<ref name=Times280132>{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Casualty reports |date=28 January 1932 |page=19 |issue=46042 |column=B }}</ref>
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|ship={{SS|Livonia||2}} 
|flag={{flag|Latvia}}
|desc=The cargo ship was driven ashore at [[Oviši Lighthouse|Lyserort]].<ref name=Times281231a/> All 23 crew were rescued by {{ship|ST|Rota||2}} ({{flag|Latvia}}).<ref name=Times020132>{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=A Baltic rescue |date=2 January 1932 |page=9 |issue=46020 |column=C }}</ref>
}}
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|ship=''Minnie'' 
|flag={{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}
|desc=The [[Thames barge]] was rammed by {{SS|Hunterfield||2}} ({{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}) and sunk in the [[River Thames]] at [[Woolwich]], [[London]].<ref name=Times281231a>{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Casualty reports |date=28 December 1931 |page=19 |issue=46015 |column=C }}</ref> }}
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===26 December===
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|ship={{SS|Mariongoula||2}} 
|flag={{Flag|Greece}}
|desc=The cargo ship ran aground at [[Gedser]], [[Region Sjælland|Sjælland]], Denmark.<ref name=Times281231a/> She was refloated on 3 January 1932.<ref name=Times040132>{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=The Mariongoula refloated |date=4 January 1932 |page=19 |issue=46021 |column=G }}</ref> }}
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===28 December===
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|ship={{SS|Dos Esquis||2}} 
|flag={{flag|Mexico|1916}}
|desc=The cargo ship ran aground at [[Cabo Roio]], [[Florida]], United States.<ref name=Times301231a/> She was refloated on 6 January 1932.<ref name=Times070132>{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Casualty reports |date=7 January 1932 |page=15 |issue=46024 |column=C }}</ref>
}}
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|ship=''Helga'' 
|flag={{flagcountry|Weimar Republic|civil}}
|desc=The auxiliary [[schooner]] ran aground at [[Kungshamn]], [[Västra Götaland County]], Sweden.<ref name=Times291231b>{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Casualty reports |date=29 December 1931 |page=17 |issue=46016 |column=C }}</ref> She was refloated on 4 January 1932.<ref name=Times060132>{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Casualty reports |date=6 January 1932 |page=18 |issue=46023 |column=C }}</ref>
}}
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|ship={{SS|Orion|1884|2}} 
|flag={{flag|Finland}}
|desc=The cargo ship ran aground off [[Helsingfors]]. All twenty crew were rescued.<ref name=Times301231b>{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Wreck off Helsingfors |date=30 December 1931 |page=7 |issue=46017 |column=E }}</ref>
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|ship={{ship|ST|Royalist||2}} 
|flag={{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}
|desc=The tug collided with {{SS|American Trader||2}} ({{flag|United States|1912}}) in the [[River Thames]] at [[Woolwich]], [[London]] and sank with the loss of seven of the eight people on board.<ref name=Times291231a>{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Thames collision at night |date=29 December 1931 |page=8 |issue=46016 |column=G }}</ref> She was raised the next day and beached at [[Charlton, London|Charlton]].<ref name=Times301231a>{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Casualty reports |date=30 December 1931 |page=17 |issue=46017 |column=D }}</ref> }}
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===29 December===
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|ship={{SS|Wenchow||2}} 
|flag={{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}
|desc=The cargo ship ran aground in the [[Yangtze]] {{convert|40|nmi|km}} downstream of [[Kiukang]].<ref name=Times301231a/> She was refloated on 5 January 1932.<ref name=Times060132/> }}
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===31 December===
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|ship={{SS|Danaos||2}} 
|flag={{Flag|Greece}}
|desc=The cargo ship ran aground in the [[Paraná River]], Argentina.<ref name=Times010132>{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Casualty reports |date=1 January 1932 |page=4 |issue=46019 |column=E-F }}</ref> She was refloated on 10 January 1932.<ref name=Times120132>{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Casualty reports |date=12 January 1932 |page=20 |issue=46028 |column=D }}</ref> }}
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===Unknown date===
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|ship={{SS|Liro||2}} 
|flag={{flag|Estonia}}
|desc=The cargo ship departed [[Kingston upon Hull|Hull]], [[East Riding of Yorkshire|Yorkshire]], United Kingdom for [[Tallinn]].<ref name=Times281231b>{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Overdue vessel |date=28 December 1931 |page=19 |issue=46015 |column=C }}</ref> She foundered in the [[Baltic Sea]] with the loss of all twenty people on board.<ref name=Times311231a>{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=News in Brief |date=31 December 1931 |page=9 |issue=46018 |column=G }}</ref> Wreckage from the ship washed up at [[Rybachy, Kaliningrad Oblast]], [[Soviet Union]] on 30 December.<ref name=Times311231b>{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Casualty reports |date=31 December 1931 |page=16 |issue=46018 |column=F }}</ref> }}
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==Unknown date==
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|ship={{SS|Alacrity|1893|2}}
|flag={{flag|Australia|civil}}
|desc=The [[tugboat]] was driven ashore and wrecked by a gale while anchored in [[Cockburn Sound]], [[Western Australia]]. 
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|ship=''Baychimo'' 
|flag={{flag|United States|1912}}
|desc=The 1,322-ton trading supply [[Steamship|steamer]] was abandoned in ice in the [[Arctic Ocean]] in the autumn of 1931. According to one report, she remained adrift in the [[Arctic ice pack]] for 52 months before she finally disappeared early in 1934; other reports claim she was sighted adrift as late as 1969, resulting in references to her as the "Ghost Ship of the Arctic."<ref name=alaskashipwrecksb>[https://alaskashipwreck.com/shipwrecks-a-z/alaska-shipwrecks-b/ alaskashipwreck.com Alaska Shipwrecks (B)]</ref>
}}
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|ship={{SS|City of Taunton|1892|2}} 
|flag={{flag|United States|1912}}
|desc=The {{convert|292|ft|adj=on}} [[cargo ship]], a sidewheel [[paddle steamer]], was beached and abandoned at [[Somerset, Massachusetts|Somerset]], [[Massachusetts]], on the west bank of the [[Taunton River]] at {{coord|41|42|39|N|071|10|33|W|name=''City of Taunton''}}, just south of the future site of the [[Charles M. Braga Jr. Memorial Bridge]], sometime during the 1930s. The wreck settled on the river bottom in very shallow water.<ref>{{Cite web| url=http://wreckhunter.net/DataPages/cityoftaunton-dat.htm |title=City of Taunton | publisher=Hunting New England Shipwrecks |accessdate=1 February 2021 }}</ref> 
}}
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|ship={{ship|French cruiser|Ernest Renan||2}} 
|flag={{navy|France|1931}}
|desc=The decommissioned [[armored cruiser]] was sunk as a target by ships and aircraft.
}}
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|ship=''F. C. Pendleton'' 
|flag={{flag|United States|1912}}
|desc=The {{convert|145|ft|adj=on}}, 408-[[gross register ton]] three-[[Mast (ship)|masted]] [[schooner]] burned and sank without loss of life in up to {{convert|45|ft}} of water at {{coord|44|19|38|N|068|54|27|W|name=''F. C. Pendleton''}} while at [[anchor]] in Seal Harbor at [[Islesboro, Maine|Islesboro]], [[Maine]], sometime during the 1930s.<ref>{{Cite web| url=http://wreckhunter.net/DataPages/fcpendleton-dat.htm |title=F. C. Pendleton | publisher=Hunting New England Shipwrecks |accessdate=3 February 2021 }}</ref> 
}}
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|ship=''Gardner G. Deering'' 
|flag={{flag|United States|1912}}
|desc=The {{convert|251|ft|adj=on}}, 1,982-[[gross register ton]] five-[[Mast (ship)|masted]] [[schooner]] was abandoned and later burned in Smith Cove off [[West Brooksville, Maine|West Brooksville]], [[Maine]], sometime during the 1930s. Her wreck settled in {{convert|10|to|30|ft}} of water approximately {{convert|500|ft}} off the north shore of the cove at {{coord|44|22|55|N|068|46|30|W|name=''Gardner G. Deering''}}.<ref>{{Cite web| url=http://wreckhunter.net/DataPages/gardnergdeeringt-dat.htm |title=Gardner G. Deering | publisher=Hunting New England Shipwrecks |accessdate=6 February 2021 }}</ref> 
}}
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|ship=''M S P Co. No. 1''
|flag={{flag|United States|1912}}
|desc=The 20-[[gross register ton]], {{convert|36|ft|m|1|adj=on}} [[scow]] sank in the waters of the [[Territory of Alaska]] ca. 1931.<ref name=alaskashipwrecksm>[https://alaskashipwreck.com/shipwrecks-a-z/alaska-shipwrecks-m/ alaskashipwreck.com Alaska Shipwrecks (M)]</ref>
}}
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|ship=''Mildred Robinson''
|flag={{flag|United States|1912}}
|desc=The [[motorboat]] was lost at [[Madeline Point]] in the [[Territory of Alaska]].<ref name=alaskashipwrecksm>[https://alaskashipwreck.com/shipwrecks-a-z/alaska-shipwrecks-m/ alaskashipwreck.com Alaska Shipwrecks (M)]</ref>
}}
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==References==
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[[Category:Lists of shipwrecks by year|1931]]
[[Category:1931-related lists|Shipwrecks]]
[[Category:Maritime incidents in 1931| ]]