List of shipwrecks in 1906 (July–December)

The list of shipwrecks in 1906 (July–December) includes ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during the last six months of 1906. __NOTOC__ table of contents Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov DecUnknown dateReferences

July 2 July

|Mary G. Powers | |The 133-gross register ton schooner sank off Newfoundland. All eight people on board survived.

3 July

4 July

|Ella G. Eells | |The 256-gross register ton schooner was stranded on Libby Island on the coast of Maine with the loss of four lives. There was one survivor. |- |George Edwin | |The 99-gross register ton schooner sank in the Bay of Fundy off Grand Manan, New Brunswick. All four people on board survived. |- |Kingston | |The 1,070-gross register ton schooner barge or scow barge sank off Shinnecock, New York, with the loss of one life. There were two survivors. |- |Louise Anna | |The 149-ton sailing vessel was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. |- |Unknown car float | |The car float was sunk at dock when struck by barges that got out of control due to an eddy current off Rivington Street, New York City, in the East River. |- |Vinland | |The 965-gross register ton schooner burned in the East River off Rikers Island in New York City. All five people on board survived.

5 July

|The freighter sank at dock at Pier 9S, Port Richmond, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, when punctured by an obstruction on a falling tide. Raised on 9 July and repaired.

6 July

|Agenor | |The 1,487-gross register ton full-rigged ship was stranded at Yukimini, Tokushima Shioku, Japan. All 17 people on board survived.Department of Commerce and Labor Bureau of Navigation Thirty-Ninth Annual List of Merchant Vessels of the United States for the Year Ending June 30, 1907, Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office, 1907, p. 374. |- |Gold Star | |With no one on board, the 168-ton barge was wrecked in the Tanana River at Tanana, District of Alaska.alaskashipwreck.com Alaska Shipwrecks (G)

|The schooner was sunk in a collision off Tarpaulin Cove.

|The schooner sprung a leak in Lake Ontario and was beached, probably in the area of Oswego, New York.

|The wrecking steamer sank at dock at Lewes, Delaware. Raised and inspected, Certificate of Inspection revoked for being in unsafe condition due to rotten timbers.

7 July

|Hanna | |The 311-ton vessel was wrecked at Cape Langenaes, Iceland.

|The steamer struck a submerged object and sank in the Ohio River near Eighteen Mile Island.

8 July

9 July

|Cumbrian | |The 1,306-ton vessel was sunk in a collision about from the Koppergrund lightship, near Stockholm.

10 July

|Eaglet | |The 130-gross register ton schooner was lost when she collided with the protected cruiser () in the North River between New York City and New Jersey. All four people on board survived. Wreck removal completed 29 August 1907.

11 July

|The Elder Dempster steamship was on a voyage from Veracruz, Mexico, to Montreal, Quebec, when she ran aground and was wrecked east of Louisbourg, Nova Scotia. |- |Helen L. Martin | |The 423-gross register ton schooner was stranded at Point Breeze on the coast of Newfoundland. All seven people on board survived.

|The steamer took a shear off course in the Mississippi River near Trempealeau, Wisconsin, running her onto shore where a stump holed her hull, sinking her in of water. Later raised, repaired, sold and converted into an excursion boat.

12 July

|Mollie Barton | |The 154-gross register ton canal boat was lost in a collision with an unidentified French Navy warship in the Hudson River off New York City. The only person on board survived.Department of Commerce and Labor Bureau of Navigation Fortieth Annual List of Merchant Vessels of the United States for the Year Ending June 30, 1908, Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office, 1908, p. 383.

|The steamer sank in the Mississippi River near Trempealeau, Wisconsin. Raised beginning on 19 August and repaired.

|The steamer struck a snag in the Tar River and had to be beached for temporary repairs.

13 July

|The steamer struck a boulder, rolled over and sank at Limekiln Crossing in the Detroit River. Raised the next day.

14 July

|Harald | |The 164-ton fishing vessel was wrecked at Revsnaes, Iceland.

15 July

16 July

|The steamer was wrecked at Shelter Cove, California, a total loss.

|The coal schooner was stranded on Gull Shoals from the Little Kinnakeet, North Carolina Life Saving Station in smoky weather, a total loss. The crew were rescued by the United States Life Saving Service.

17 July

|Lizzie W. Hunt | |The 9-gross register ton schooner was stranded at Isle au Haut in Penobscot Bay on the coast of Maine. All three people on board survived. |- |Wilhelm and Elise | |The 186-ton vessel grounded at Christianopel, Sweden. Refloated and condemned at Kalmar.

18 July

|The steamer sank at dock over night at Petersburg, Virginia, when her sea valves were opened, one man was arrested. Raised 24 July. |- |Sir Henry | |The brigantine was wrecked from East Cape, New Zealand. Lost with all hands.

20 July

|1905 Russian Revolution: The torpedo cruiser was run aground to thwart a take over by mutineers at Reval. Later salvaged.

|The steamer struck a rock and sank near Lock No. 11 in the Great Kanawha River. Raised and repaired.

|1905 Russian Revolution: The torpedo cruiser was run aground to thwart a take over by mutineers at Reval. Later salvaged.

21 July

22 July

|John A. Allen | |The 43-gross register ton schooner was lost in a collision with the steam screw ocean liner () off Georges Bank between the North Atlantic Ocean and the Gulf of Maine. All seven people on board survived. |- |King Cadwallon | |The , 3,225-ton vessel was wrecked in fog on the Hard Lewis Rocks, Scilly Islands. |- |Talis | |The 870-ton vessel was sunk in a collision with Roman near the Royal Sovereign Lightship.

24 July

|The 124-gross register ton tug sank after colliding with the screw steamer () in the Detroit River near Belle Isle in Michigan, a total loss. All eight people on board were rescued by .

25 July

|Diadem | |The 67-gross register ton schooner was stranded on Ash Island in Penobscot Bay on the coast of Maine. All three people on board survived.

|The steamer struck a submerged object while leaving the dock at Pier 12, Port Richmond, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and was beached to prevent her from sinking.

|With no one on board, the 13-gross register ton motor vessel burned at Sheboygan, Wisconsin. |- |Loma | |The 19-gross register ton schooner was stranded off the New Point Loma Lighthouse at Point Loma, San Diego, California. All six people on board survived.

|The steamer was wrecked south of Roches-Douvres Light.

26 July

|Hokuyu Maru | |The 920-ton vessel was wrecked off Shiriuchi, Hokkaido, Japan.

|The 266-gross register ton schooner sank in Lake Erie northeast by north of Colchester Light. All six people on board rescued by her tug ().

27 July

|The steamer struck the government extension of the breakwater at Cleveland, Ohio, and sank. Raised 23 August, repaired and returned to service. |- |Era | |The 134-gross register ton schooner was stranded at Pointe Plate on Miquelon Island. All 14 people on board survived.

28 July

|The sloop yacht capsized on Lake Michigan from the Jackson Park, Illinois Life Saving Station. The crew were rescued by a boat. The United States Life Saving Service towed her into harbor where she was beached.

29 July

|The motor launch broached and capsized crossing the Hereford, New Jersey Bar. Survivors were rescued by the power boat (), and auxiliary sloop (). |- |Kilmore | |The 2,215-ton vessel was sunk in a collision near West Hinder Lightship.

|The motor sloop broached and capsized crossing the Hereford, New Jersey Bar. Survivors rescued by the United States Life Saving Service, power boat Violet, and a skiff.

|The steamer struck a submerged log and sank in Mullett Lake. One passenger died.

30 July

|The schooner capsized at Eatonville, Nova Scotia, during unloading. Subsequently salvaged, repaired and returned to service.

|The sloop yacht ran ashore in thick fog and was wrecked in the area of the Jerrys Point, New Hampshire Life Saving Station. The crew reached shore on an air mattress.

31 July

|Earl Dunraven | |The 1,310-ton vessel was wrecked east northeast of Viuda Island. |- |Socoa | | The three-masted full-rigged sailing ship was stranded off Kildonan Point, Lizard Point, in dense fog. She was re-floated after jettisoning 50,000 barrels of cement and beached in Cadgwith Cove. She was later towed round to Falmouth and repaired. |- |Unknown | |A motor launch broke loose from her moorings at Orleans, Massachusetts, eventually drifting ashore and was wrecked. Her machinery and equipment was salvaged.

Unknown date

|The 362-gross register ton screw steamer ran aground and was wrecked at Shelter Cove, California, on either 16 or 18 July (sources disagree). All 17 people on board survived. |- |Margarita | |The 550-ton vessel was abandoned on fire in the North Atlantic about 9 July.

August 1 August

|The steamer struck a snag and sank in the Apalachicola River above Mary's Landing. Later raised.

|The collier ran aground off the south coast Block Island in dense fog. Refloated by tugs.

|The steamer sank in shallow water when struck by the barge Mars, under tow by (), in the Pasquotank River. After sinking, her cargo of lime caught fire and she burned to the water level.

3 August

|The steamer sank at dock at Pier 8, Port Richmond, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, over night. The only crewman on board was killed.

4 August

| The passenger steamer was wrecked on the Punta Hormigas, a reef off Hormigas Island east of Cape Palos, Cartagena, Spain, with the loss of at least 150 – and perhaps as many as 400 – lives. The steamer () and the merchant ships Joven Migeul and Vicente Llicano (both flag unknown) were among ships rescuing survivors. |- |Unknown launch | |The steam launch, belonging to (), was sunk in a collision with the tug () in the harbor of New Haven, Connecticut.

5 August

|Hamlet | |The 380-ton brig was wrecked at Hesselø, Læsø, Denmark. Her crew took to her lifeboat, but it capsized killing 5 of the 8 crew. |- |Irene | |The 650-ton barge foundered in the outer harbor at St. Michael, District of Alaska, when her seams opened while she was alongside the steamer San Mateo () to take on cargo. The vessel City () towed the partially sunken barge – with 300 tons of hay and general merchandise aboard – into the inner harbor, where she grounded.alaskashipwreck.com Alaska Shipwrecks (I)

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