List of shipwrecks in 1931

List of shipwrecks in 1931

The list of shipwrecks in 1931 includes all ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during 1931.

March

March 15

* SS "Viking" CAN exploded and sank off Horse Islands. Twenty seven crew killed.

June

June 9

* HMS "Poseidon" UK collided with SS "Yula" CHN off Weihai. Twenty two crew killed.

July

July 19

* IJN "Chitose" JPN scuttled of Kochi.

eptember

* SS "Lyminge" UK ran aground on Ebal Rocks of Gurnard's Head. Crew and passengers rowed ashore, Ship's cat rescued later.cite web | url = http://www.stivestrust.co.uk/html/1923_-_1939.HTM| publisher = St. Ives Trust| title = 1923 - 1939| accessdate = 2008-03-16]

October

October 1

* "Baychimo" (CAN): Mired in ice near Barrow, Alaska and never recovered

November

November 3

* Schooner "St Anne" FRA lost her rudder in heavy seas and beached at Porthleven beach, Cornwall.Citation| last = Leonard| first = Alan| title = Profiting from Shipwrecks| journal = Picture Postcard Annual| pages = pp14-16| year = 2008]

References

See also


Wikimedia Foundation. 2010.

Игры ⚽ Поможем написать курсовую

Look at other dictionaries:

  • List of shipwrecks — Contents 1 Africa 1.1 East Africa 1.2 North Africa 1.2.1 Algeria …   Wikipedia

  • List of United Kingdom disasters by death toll — is a list of major disasters (excluding acts of war) which occurred in the United Kingdom (including territory that later became the Republic of Ireland) or involved UK citizens, in a definable incident or accident, e.g. a shipwreck, where the… …   Wikipedia

  • List of disasters of the United Kingdom and preceding states — is a list of major disasters (excluding acts of war but including acts of terrorism) which relate to the United Kingdom since 1707, the states that preceded it (including territory that later became the Republic of Ireland), or involved UK… …   Wikipedia

  • List of Canadian disasters by death toll — is a list of major disasters (excluding acts of war) which occurred in Canada or involved Canadian citizens, in a definable incident, where the loss of life was 10 or more. * 50,000 – Spanish flu pandemic, 1918 to 1919 [estimate for Canada] *… …   Wikipedia

  • List of National Parks of the United States — 1938 poster for Yellowstone National Park The United States has 58 protected areas known as national parks, which are operated by the National Park Service, an agency of the Department of the Interior. National parks must be established by an act …   Wikipedia

  • List of historians — This is a list of historians.The names are grouped by order of the historical period in which they were writing, which is not necessarily the same as the period in which they specialized.Chroniclers and annalists, though they are not historians… …   Wikipedia

  • List of Minnesota state parks — …   Wikipedia

  • List of Empire ships (Ta–Te) — The Empire ships were a series of ships in the service of the British Government. Their names were all prefixed with Empire . Mostly they were used during World War II by the Ministry of War Transport (MoWT), who owned the ships but contracted… …   Wikipedia

  • RMS Empress of Britain (1931) — The RMS Empress of Britain was an ocean liner built between 1928 and 1931 by the John Brown shipyard in Scotland owned by Canadian Pacific Steamship Company. This ship the second of three CP vessels to be named Empress of Britain [The first SS… …   Wikipedia

  • Baychimo — The Baychimo was a steel 1,322 ton cargo steamer built in 1914 in Sweden and owned by the Hudson s Bay Company, used to trade pelts for provisions in Inuit settlements along the Victoria Island coast of the Northwest Territories of Canada. It… …   Wikipedia

Share the article and excerpts

Direct link
Do a right-click on the link above
and select “Copy Link”