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The list of shipwrecks in June 1923 includes ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during June 1923.

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1 June[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 1 June 1923
Ship State Description
Shoyei Maru  Japan The cargo ship was wrecked on the Kamchatka Peninsula, Soviet Union.[1]

3 June[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 3 June 1923
Ship State Description
Graphic  United Kingdom The passenger ship collided with Balsam ( United States) in Belfast Lough and sank off Carrickfergus, County Antrim. All 120 people on board were rescued.[2] She was refloated on 24 June.[3]

4 June[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 4 June 1923
Ship State Description
Trevessa  United Kingdom The cargo ship foundered in the Pacific Ocean between Australia and Mauritius (28°45′N 85°42′E / 28.750°N 85.700°E / 28.750; 85.700). Her crew took to two lifeboats. Some survivors reached land after 24 days at sea.[4][5][6]

6 June[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 6 June 1923
Ship State Description
USS Cardinal  United States Navy The Lapwing-class minesweeper ran aground on the eastern coast of Chirikof Island in the Gulf of Alaska and was wrecked without loss of life. The oiler Cuyama ( United States Navy) and the survey ship USC&GS Discoverer ( United States Coast and Geodetic Survey) rescued her crew.[7]

8 June[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 8 June 1923
Ship State Description
Lark  United Kingdom The Thames barge collided with Edmee ( United Kingdom) in the River Thames at Millwall, London and sank.[8]

10 June[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 10 June 1923
Ship State Description
Maidan  United Kingdom The cargo liner ran aground on St. John's Island, Egypt and sank.[9]
Nivelle  United Kingdom The cargo ship came ashore at Lizard Head, Cornwall. Her twenty crew were rescued by the Lizard Lifeboat.[10] She was refloated on 25 June.[3]
Unknown fishing vessel  Japan The fishing vessel was sunk in a collision with the cruiser Isuzu ( Imperial Japanese Navy) during the cruiser's trials, probably off Tokyo. Both crewmen were rescued.[11]

13 June[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 13 June 1923
Ship State Description
Agnes  United States The schooner was sunk in a collision with the trawler Alden Mills (flag unknown) in the main channel of Boston Harbor off the fish pier. One crewman was killed.[12][13]

18 June[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 18 June 1923
Ship State Description
Tensho Maru  Japan The cargo ship came ashore at Hakodate and was wrecked.[14]

19 June[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 19 June 1923
Ship State Description
Ymer  Sweden The cargo ship ran aground and sank at Sandkamn. Her crew were rescued.[15]

21 June[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 21 June 1923
Ship State Description
Tokahachi Maru  Japan The cargo ship collided with Kelio Maro ( Japan) at Hakodate and sank.[16]

22 June[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 22 June 1923
Ship State Description
Keisshin Maru No.3  Japan The cargo ship collided with Kizukawa Maru ( Japan) at Kobe and sank.[17]
Maindy Grange  United Kingdom The cargo ship ran aground at Pointe de Penmarc'h, Finistère, France.[17] She was refloated on 25 June.[3]

23 June[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 23 June 1923
Ship State Description
Arantxa Mendi  Spain The cargo ship ran aground at Cape Trafalgar.[18] She was refloated on 27 June.[19]
Caraquet  United Kingdom The cargo ship was wrecked at Hamilton, Bermuda.[20]

24 June[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 24 June 1923
Ship State Description
Tenshin Maru  Japan The cargo ship ran aground in the Hirado Strait.[21] She was refloated on 28 June.[22]

25 June[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 25 June 1923
Ship State Description
Caraquet  United Kingdom The cargo liner ran aground on the Northern Reefs, Bermuda.[3] Her passengers were taken off.[21]

26 June[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 26 June 1923
Ship State Description
Cornelia  United States The tug was destroyed by fire at New York.[21]
Sicily  United Kingdom The cargo ship ran aground in the Paraná River, Argentina.[21] She was refloated on 5 July.[23]
Sumatra  Australia The cargo ship foundered off Port Maquarie, New South Wales with the loss of all 45 people on board.[24][25]

29 June[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 29 June 1923
Ship State Description
Minnie de Larrinaga  United Kingdom The cargo ship ran aground st Saint-Louis-du-Rhône, Bouches du Rhône, France. She was refloated on 2 July.[26]

30 June[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 30 June 1923
Ship State Description
O. A. Knudsen  Norway The cargo ship ran aground at Gull Island, Newfoundland and was abandoned by her crew.[22] She had sun by 5 July and was a total loss.[23]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Casualty reports". The Times. No. 43357. London. 2 June 1923. col B, p. 21.
  2. ^ "Liverpool passenger boat sunk". The Times. No. 43358. London. 4 June 1923. col E, p. 12.
  3. ^ a b c d "Casualty reports". The Times. No. 43377. London. 26 June 1923. col E, p. 14.
  4. ^ "1923–1939". St. Ives Trust. Archived from the original on 5 March 2008. Retrieved 16 March 2008.
  5. ^ "Survivors of the Trevissa". The Times. No. 43380. London. 29 June 1923. col E, p. 14.
  6. ^ "The loss of the Trevissa". The Times. No. 43380. London. 29 June 1923. col D, p. 20.
  7. ^ alaskashipwreck.com Alaska Shipwrecks (C)
  8. ^ "Casualty reports". The Times. No. 43363. London. 9 June 1923. col G, p. 18.
  9. ^ "Serious shipping casualties". The Times. No. 43364. London. 11 June 1923. col D, p. 18.
  10. ^ "Casualty reports". The Times. No. 43364. London. 11 June 1923. col B, p. 20.
  11. ^ "Imperial Cruisers". Combinedfleet.com. Retrieved 2 April 2023.
  12. ^ "Lost at sea". gloucester-ma.gov. Archived from the original on 6 May 2021. Retrieved 15 May 2021.
  13. ^ "The Agnes". Out of Glouster. Retrieved 15 May 2021.
  14. ^ "Casualty reports". The Times. No. 43372. London. 20 June 1923. col G, p. 5.
  15. ^ "Casualty reports". The Times. No. 43373. London. 21 June 1923. col F, p. 23.
  16. ^ "Casualty reports". The Times. No. 43374. London. 22 June 1923. col E, p. 23.
  17. ^ a b "Casualty reports". The Times. No. 43395. London. 23 June 1923. col G, p. 20.
  18. ^ "Casualty reports". The Times. No. 43376. London. 25 June 1923. col D, p. 20.
  19. ^ "Casualty reports". The Times. No. 43379. London. 28 June 1923. col D, p. 25.
  20. ^ "Guelph". The Yard. Retrieved 19 February 2017.
  21. ^ a b c d "Casualty reports". The Times. No. 43378. London. 27 June 1923. col B, p. 23.
  22. ^ a b "Casualty reports". The Times. No. 43382. London. 2 July 1923. col E, p. 25.
  23. ^ a b "Casualty reports". The Times. No. 43386. London. 6 July 1923. col D, p. 21.
  24. ^ "Sumatra". Australian Government, Department of Sustainability, Environment, Water, Population and Communities. Archived from the original on 28 November 2012. Retrieved 29 August 2011.
  25. ^ "Australian steamer's fate". The Times. No. 43382. London. 2 July 1923. col F, p. 13.
  26. ^ "Casualty reports". The Times. No. 43384. London. 4 July 1923. col C, p. 23.
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