List of shipwrecks in 1909
- List of shipwrecks in 1909
List of shipwrecks in 1909 includes all ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during 1909.
January
* FV "Pendeen" UK lost in a gale.January 23
* RMS "Republic" UK and SS "Florida" ITA collided. A total of five people killed, "Republic" sank on 24 January.
February
February 12
* SS "Penguin" NZ struck Toms Rock in the Cook Strait and sank with the loss of 85 passengers and crew. Thirty survivors.
July
July 15
* HMS "C11" UK sunk in collision with "Eddystone" UK off Cromer. Three survivors.
July 27
* Last sighting of SS "Waratah" AUS which was due to reach Cape Town on 29 July. No trace ever found, over 750 passengers and crew lost.
August
August 5
** SS "Maori' UK wrecked near Llandudno, Cape Town with 32 crew killed.
eptember
September 5
* Eduard Bohlen ran aground off of Namibia's Skeleton Coast in a heavy fog.
December
December 3
* SS "Ellan Vannin" IOM sank in Liverpool Bay. All 36 passengers and crew killed.
Date unknown
* SS "Congress" UK swamped by a wave off St. Ives, Cornwall. Three people swept overboard were rescued.[cite web | url = http://www.stivestrust.co.uk/html/1893_-_1920.HTM| publisher = St. Ives Trust| title = 1893 - 1920| accessdate = 2008-03-16] ]* Schooner "Loango" UK raised a distress signal off St. Ives, Cornwall. Four crew rescued.References
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