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

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1 July

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List of shipwrecks: 1 July 1923
Ship State Description
Reichenfels  Germany The cargo ship struck rocks off Viipuri, Finland and was beached.[1]

2 July

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List of shipwrecks: 2 July 1923
Ship State Description
Advance  United States The cargo ship ran aground on Shut-in Island, Nova Scotia, Canada.[2] She broke in two and was a total loss.[3]

3 July

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List of shipwrecks: 3 July 1923
Ship State Description
Newtown  United Kingdom The cargo ship was driven ashore at Lockeport, Nova Scotia, Canada.[3] She was refloated on 14 July.[4]

4 July

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List of shipwrecks: 4 July 1923
Ship State Description
Claudegallus  France The cargo ship ran aground bear Mostaganem, Algeria. Her crew were rescued.[3] She was refloated later that day and taken to Mostaganem for examination.[5]
Hilarius  United Kingdom The cargo ship came ashore at Port Hastings, Nova Scotia, Canada.[3] She was refloated on 8 July.[6]

5 July

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List of shipwrecks: 5 July 1923
Ship State Description
Liège  Belgium The cargo ship ran aground at Buenos Aires, Argentina.[5] She was refloated on 11 July.[7]

6 July

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List of shipwrecks: 6 July 1923
Ship State Description
Standard  United States The 15-gross register ton, 45.8-foot (14.0 m) fishing vessel sank suddenly between Point Vallenor (55°25′35″N 131°51′00″W / 55.42639°N 131.85000°W / 55.42639; -131.85000 (Point Vallenor)) and Guard Island in Southeast Alaska. The only person on board survived.[8]

7 July

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List of shipwrecks: 7 July 1923
Ship State Description
Butio  Portugal The cargo ship was severely damaged by fire at Port da Cruz, Madeira.[6]
Caesarea  United Kingdom
Caesarea.

On departing St Helier harbour, the passenger ferry struck the Pignonet Rock, off Moilmont Point, Jersey, Channel Islands, and was holed. Her captain decided to return to port, but she later struck the Oyster Rock and was beached at St Helier. All 370 passengers were rescued. She was refloated on 20 July and taken to England for repairs.[9] She was later refloated and towed to Southampton, Hampshire, where she arrived on 4 August.[10]

Coquimbo  Chile The cargo ship was driven ashore at Valparaíso and sank.[6]

9 July

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List of shipwrecks: 9 July 1923
Ship State Description
Alert  United States The four-masted schooner was wrecked at Suva, Fiji.[6]

10 July

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List of shipwrecks: 10 July 1923
Ship State Description
Devonier  Belgium The cargo ship was stranded in the River Plate at Maldonado Point by an exceptionally high tide following a hurricane. The wreck was still in situ in 1953.[11]
General Allenby  United Kingdom The schooner was driven ashore at Povoa, Portugal and was wrecked. Her crew were rescued.[12]
Montferland  Netherlands The cargo ship was driven ashore in the River Plate in a hurricane.[13] She was refloated on 22 November.[14]
Rugia  Germany The ocean liner was driven ashore in the River Plate at Montevideo, Uruguay in a hurricane. Nine hundred passengers were taken off.[13] She was refloated on 29 December.[15]
Tuscany  United Kingdom The cargo ship sank in the River Plate at Montevideo during a hurricane.[13]

12 July

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List of shipwrecks: 12 July 1923
Ship State Description
Assistance  United Kingdom The tug was rammed and sunk in the Bristol Channel by Legarto ( United Kingdom) with the loss of four crew.[7]

13 July

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List of shipwrecks: 13 July 1923
Ship State Description
Swiftstar  United States The tanker departed Colón, Panama. Burnt wreckage from the ship was reported in the Caribbean Sea off San Andrés Island, Colombia on 22 July.[16] Foundered with the loss of all hands.[17]

14 July

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List of shipwrecks: 14 July 1923
Ship State Description
Yonan Maru  Japan The cargo ship ran aground in the Columbia River at Astoria, Oregon, United States.[4]

15 July

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List of shipwrecks: 15 July 1923
Ship State Description
Begona No.5  Spain The cargo ship collided with Eldorado ( Sweden) and Sheridan ( United Kingdom) in the North Sea off the Cross Sands Lightship ( United Kingdom). Begona No.5 and Eldorado both sank. All 43 crew from the two vessels were rescued by George Jewson ( United Kingdom).[4][18][19]
City of Dunkirk  United Kingdom The cargo ship collided with Miyajima Maru ( Japan) off Quelpart, Japan and was beached.[4]
Danish Rose  United Kingdom The sailing ship foundered in the North Sea 4 nautical miles (7.4 km) off Brora, Sutherland. Her crew were rescued.[4]

18 July

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List of shipwrecks: 18 July 1923
Ship State Description
Golden Crown  United Kingdom The coaster ran aground on Robben Island, South Africa and was wrecked. Her crew were rescued.[20]

19 July

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List of shipwrecks: 19 July 1923
Ship State Description
Jane  Sweden The cargo ship foundered off Fetlar, Shetland Islands, United Kingdom. Her crew were rescued.[21]

20 July

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List of shipwrecks: 20 July 1923
Ship State Description
Togo Maru  Japan The cargo ship foundered off the coast of Korea.[22]

22 July

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List of shipwrecks: 22 July 1923
Ship State Description
Pietro Brizollaria  Italy The auxiliary sailing vessel caught fire and sank in the Mediterranean Sea 100 nautical miles (190 km) north west of Alexandria, Egypt.[22]

24 July

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List of shipwrecks: 24 July 1923
Ship State Description
Seistan  United Kingdom The cargo ship ran aground in the Hainan Strait.[23] She was refloated on 1 August.[24]

26 July

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List of shipwrecks: 26 July 1923
Ship State Description
Villareal  United Kingdom The cargo ship foundered in the North Sea off Norderney, Germany. Her crew were rescued by Moskov ( Denmark).[25]

28 July

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List of shipwrecks: 28 July 1923
Ship State Description
Ranier  United States The cargo ship collided with Mandasan Maru ( Japan) at Victoria, V.I. Victoria Island, Nigeria? and was beached.[26]
St. Roch  France The cargo ship foundered in the Mediterranean Sea off Cape San Sebastián, Catalonia, Spain. Her crew were rescued by Viborg ( Denmark).[26]

29 July

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List of shipwrecks: 29 July 1923
Ship State Description
Ferrera  United Kingdom The cargo ship caught fire 10 nautical miles (19 km) east of Sabang, Netherlands East Indies and was abandoned. Her crew were rescued by Namwah (flag unknown).[27]

31 July

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List of shipwrecks: 31 July 1923
Ship State Description
Drammen  Norway The cargo ship caught fire at Gravesend, Kent and was beached.[24]

References

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  1. ^ "Casualty reports". The Times. No. 43383. London. 3 July 1923. col E, p. 20.
  2. ^ "Casualty reports". The Times. No. 43384. London. 4 July 1923. col C, p. 23.
  3. ^ a b c d "Casualty reports". The Times. No. 43385. London. 5 July 1923. col A, p. 24.
  4. ^ a b c d e "Casualty reports". The Times. No. 43394. London. 16 July 1923. col F, p. 19.
  5. ^ a b "Casualty reports". The Times. No. 43386. London. 6 July 1923. col D, p. 21.
  6. ^ a b c d "Casualty reports". The Times. No. 43389. London. 10 July 1923. col G, p. 23.
  7. ^ a b "Casualty reports". The Times. No. 43392. London. 13 July 1923. col E, p. 12.
  8. ^ alaskashipwreck.com Alaska Shipwrecks (S)
  9. ^ "Channel steamer aground". The Times. No. 43388. London. 9 July 1923. col F, p. 9.
  10. ^ "Casualty reports". The Times. No. 43412. London. 6 August 1923. col F, p. 15.
  11. ^ "Devonier". wrecksite.eu. Retrieved 1 July 2022.
  12. ^ "Casualty reports". The Times. No. 43391. London. 12 July 1923. col E, p. 18.
  13. ^ a b c "German liner ashore in River Plate". The Times. No. 43392. London. 13 July 1923. col E, p. 11.
  14. ^ "Casualty reports". The Times. No. 43506. London. 23 November 1923. col F, p. 24.
  15. ^ "Casualty reports". The Times. No. 43536. London. 31 December 1923. col C, p. 19.
  16. ^ "Casualty reports". The Times. No. 43417. London. 11 August 1923. col B, p. 17.
  17. ^ "Casualty reports". The Times. No. 43424. London. 20 August 1923. col G, p. 16.
  18. ^ "Collision in North Sea". The Times. No. 43394. London. 16 July 1923. col F, p. 12.
  19. ^ "Begona No.5". wrecksite.eu. Retrieved 1 July 2022.
  20. ^ "Casualty reports". The Times. No. 43397. London. 5 July 1923. col G, p. 5.
  21. ^ "Casualty reports". The Times. No. 43398. London. 20 July 1923. col F, p. 18.
  22. ^ a b "Casualty reports". The Times. No. 43400. London. 23 July 1923. col D, p. 19.
  23. ^ "Casualty reports". The Times. No. 43402. London. 25 July 1923. col D, p. 22.
  24. ^ a b "Casualty reports". The Times. No. 43409. London. 2 August 1923. col B, p. 18.
  25. ^ "Casualty reports". The Times. No. 433405. London. 28 July 1923. col B, p. 18.
  26. ^ a b "Casualty reports". The Times. No. 43406. London. 30 July 1923. col B, p. 17.
  27. ^ "Casualty reports". The Times. No. 43407. London. 31 July 1923. col F, p. 17.
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