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List of shipwrecks in 1906

The list of shipwrecks in 1906 includes ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during 1906.

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January edit

1 January edit

List of shipwrecks: 1 January 1906
Ship Country Description
N.E.T. Co. No. 61   United States The 197-gross register ton scow sank off Duck Island at the mouth of the Housatonic River on the coast of Connecticut. The only person on board survived.[1]

2 January edit

List of shipwrecks: 2 January 1906
Ship Country Description
Frank   United States The 31-gross register ton sidewheel paddle steamer filled with water and sank from unknown causes in the Mississippi River at O'Bryan's Landing or Brien's Landing (sources disagree) near Cairo, Illinois. All three people aboard survived, but she was a total loss.[2][3]
Genevieve   United States The steamer sank from an open seam in the Great Kanawha River at Charleston, West Virginia. Raised and recaulked.[4]
Jennie Wand   United States The 171-gross register ton schooner was stranded on the coast of the Baja California Peninsula near La Paz, Mexico. All six people on board survived.[5]

4 January edit

List of shipwrecks: 4 January 1906
Ship Country Description
Ariosa   United States The 140-gross register ton screw steam tug grounded on Romer Shoal, New York, and sank in dense fog in six feet (1.8 m) of water. Wreck removed in 1914. All nine people on board survived.[2][6][7][8]

5 January edit

List of shipwrecks: 5 January 1907
Ship Country Description
Webbers Falls   United States The 26-gross register ton sidewheel paddle steamer sank in the Arkansas River at Webbers Falls, Oklahoma. Both people on board survived.[9]

6 January edit

List of shipwrecks: 6 January 1906
Ship Country Description
Eva Belle Cain   United States The tow steamer was sunk in a gale off Salem, New Jersey. Later raised.[10]

8 January edit

List of shipwrecks: 8 January 1906
Ship Country Description
James E. Stansbury   United States The 51-gross register ton schooner was stranded at Cedar Point, Maryland. All eight people on board survived.[5]
Samuel L. Russell   United States The 179-gross register ton schooner sank in the Chesapeake Bay with the loss of all five people on board.[11]
Scioto   United States The 84-gross register ton sternwheel paddle steamer either struck a coal flat or collided with an unnamed car float (sources disagree) on the Mississippi River at Vicksburg, Mississippi, and sank in eight feet (2.4 m) of water. All six people on board survived.[12][13]

10 January edit

List of shipwrecks: 10 January 1906
Ship Country Description
Nicholas Thayer   United States The 584-gross register ton bark departed Seattle, Washington, bound for Seward, Territory of Alaska, with 10 people on board and was never heard from again.[14]
Roberta   United States The steamer was wrecked when she struck a wooden projection of a bridge at Grand Ecore, Louisiana, and sank 500 yards (460 m) below the bridge. A deck hand and a chambermaid were killed.[13]

11 January edit

List of shipwrecks: 11 January 1906
Ship Country Description
Cascade   United States The steamer grounded and sank in the Ohio River below the Union Bridge, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Raised, repaired and returned to service.[15]
Richard K. Fox   United States The 47-gross register ton schooner was stranded on the coast of Mexico in the Bay of Campeche. All four people on board survived.[11]
W. H. Kruger   United States The 469-gross register ton screw steamer sank off Point Arena, California. All 16 people on board survived.[12]

12 January edit

List of shipwrecks: 12 January 1906
Ship Country Description
Cherokee   United States The steamer ran aground on Brigantine shoal in dense fog. Pulled off by tugs on 13 January.[16]
Itata   United Kingdom
 
Itata

The barque was destroyed by fire at Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia. She later was scuttled in Saltpan Creek, Middle Harbour, Sydney, Australia.

W. H. Kruger   United States The steamer either foundered at sea off Navarro, California, or ran aground and was wrecked near Greenwood, California, on 11 or 12 January.[17][18]

13 January edit

List of shipwrecks: 13 January 1906
Ship Country Description
Robert H. Stevenson   United States The 1,290-gross register ton schooner was stranded on Diamond Shoals on the coast of North Carolina with the loss of all 12 people on board.[11]
Unknown   United States The barge, under the tow of the tug Eugene F. Moran (  United States), capsized, and after her towline was cut she sank off the New York City dumping grounds. The only crewman on the barge was lost, and the only crewman on another barge that Eugene F. Moran was towing also was lost somehow.[6]

14 January edit

List of shipwrecks: 14 January 1906
Ship Country Description
Boringuen   United States The 15-gross register ton schooner was stranded at Yabucoa, Puerto Rico. All three people on board survived.[19]
Hattie   United States The 66-gross register ton steam screw ferry burned at dock at Courtwright, Ontario. All four people on board survived, but she was a total loss.[2][20]

17 January edit

List of shipwrecks: 17 January 1906
Ship Country Description
Atalanta   United States The 370-gross register ton brig was stranded on Seal Island in Penobscot Bay off the coast of Maine. All seven people on board survived.[19]

18 January edit

List of shipwrecks: 18 January 1906
Ship Country Description
Andrew Axton   United States The 99-gross register ton sternwheel paddle steamer caught fire in the Monongahela River and was beached at Duquesne, Pennsylvania, where she burned out and became a total loss. All 13 people on board survived.[2][21]

19 January edit

List of shipwrecks: 19 January 1906
Ship Country Description
Horace G. Morse   United States The 437-gross register ton schooner was stranded on Bliss Island in New Brunswick, with the loss of two lives. There were five survivors.[22]
Vienna   United States The steamer struck an obstruction in the Tombigbee River at 10 Mile Shoal and sank.[23]

20 January edit

List of shipwrecks: 20 January 1906
Ship Country Description
Zeta No. 2   United States The 17-gross register ton motor yacht was stranded in St. Augustine Inlet on the coast of Florida. Both people on board survived.[24]

21 January edit

List of shipwrecks: 21 January 1906
Ship Country Description
Aquidabã   Brazilian Navy The Aquidabã-class battleship sank while anchored off Jacarepaguá, Brazil, after her ammunition magazines exploded. The explosion and sinking killed 212 people. Of her 98 survivors, 36 were injured.
Trojan   United States The 2,632-gross register ton steel-hulled screw steamer sank after colliding in thick fog with the screw steamer Nacoochie (  United States) 38 mile (0.60 km) south west the Vineyard Sound Lightship in 15 fathoms (90 ft; 27 m) of water off Vineyard Haven, Massachusetts. wreck partially removed between 6 September and 11 October increasing clearance to 11 fathoms (66 ft; 20 m). Nacoochie rescued all 25 members of her crew.[12][25][26]

22 January edit

List of shipwrecks: 22 January 1906
Ship Country Description
Gypsum King   United States The 562-gross register ton iron-hulled screw steamer was wrecked in thick fog on St. Mary Ledge (part of the Murr Ledges), a reef 3 miles (4.8 km) south-southeast of Southwest Head Light near Grand Manan, New Brunswick, Canada. All 17 people on board survived and rowed to shore in a lifeboat, but she was a total loss. Her wreck settled in 35 feet (11 m) of water 44°28.8′N 066°49.9′W / 44.4800°N 66.8317°W / 44.4800; -66.8317 (Gypsum King).[2][27][28][29]
Rees Lee   United States The 463-gross register ton sternwheel paddle steamer struck a submerged object in the Mississippi River at Burns Landing near Tiptonville, Tennessee, and sank. All 28 people on board survived, but she was a total loss.[12][30]
Valencia   United States
 
SS Valencia
With 164 people on board, the 1,598-gross register ton screw passenger steamer was wrecked off Pachena Point, Vancouver Island, British Columbia, in thick weather and heavy seas with the loss of 136 lives — 42 crew and 92 passengers — according to one source and 126 lives according to another. The ship broke up about 36 hours later.[12][31][32]

23 January edit

List of shipwrecks: 23 January 1906
Ship Country Description
Helena   United States The 28-gross register ton sternwheel paddle steamer was destroyed by an explosion on the Amite River at Whitehall, Louisiana, killing all five people on board.[33]

24 January edit

List of shipwrecks: 24 January 1906
Ship Country Description
Regulator   United States
 
Regulator
The 508-gross register ton sternwheel paddle steamer was destroyed by an explosion and fire while undergoing an overhaul on the ways at St. Johns, Oregon.[12] One source says that all 20 people on board survived,[12] while another says that two crew members were killed.
Stephen Woolsey   United States The 32-gross register ton schooner was stranded at Montauk Point on the eastern end of Long Island, New York. All seven people on board survived.[11]

25 January edit

List of shipwrecks: 25 January 1906
Ship Country Description
L. Odin   United States The 19-gross register ton sloop was stranded at Jones Inlet, Long Island, New York. All three people on board survived.[5]
Mariechen   Germany Disabled and adrift since 25 December 1905, when a deadlight in her coal bunker had sprung open, leaving her without steam power during a voyage from Seattle, Washington, to Vladivostok in the Russian Empire with a crew of 50 and cargo of 5,000 tons of general merchandise on board, the 2,521-gross register ton, 289.6-foot (88.3 m) cargo steamer was wrecked during a snowstorm on a rock in False Bay (57°58′N 134°55′W / 57.967°N 134.917°W / 57.967; -134.917 (False Bay)) in Chatham Strait in the Alexander Archipelago in Southeast Alaska. She was later salvaged.[34]

26 January edit

List of shipwrecks: 26 January 1906
Ship Country Description
Lillian   United States The yacht caught fire at dock at South Portland, Maine, and burned to the waterline and sank. Total loss.[35]
Unknown   United States The car float, under tow of Defiance (  United States), sank two miles (3.2 km) below Brown Buoy.[16]
Willie   United States With no one on board, the 14-gross register ton sternwheel motor paddle vessel burned on the Ohio River at New Amsterdam, Indiana.[36]

27 January edit

List of shipwrecks: 27 January 1906
Ship Country Description
Agnes   Australia The launch sank after a collision in Sydney Harbour.

28 January edit

List of shipwrecks: 28 January 1906
Ship Country Description
Irene   United States The 491-gross register ton brig was abandoned at sea 25 nautical miles (46 km; 29 mi) southeast of Cape Lookout, North Carolina. All seven people on board survived.[5]
Unknown   United States The car float, under tow by the tug Transfer No. 9 (  United States), was sunk in a collision with Calderon (  Belgium) off The Battery, New York City.[6]

February edit

1 February edit

List of shipwrecks: 1 February 1906
Ship Country Description
Henry Harley   United States The steamer was pushed by wind during a gale into the bluff at Buffalo, Tennessee in the Cumberland River breaking a hole in her side causing her to sink in eight feet (2.4 m) of water. Raised and repaired.[37]
Laura   United States The tow steamer grounded on Burlington Island at low tide. When the tide came back in she listed to port and filled with water. Scheduled to be pumped out.[16]

2 February edit

List of shipwrecks: 2 February 1906
Ship Country Description
Yankee Maid   United States The 58-gross register ton schooner was stranded on Seal Island off the coast of Maine. The only person aboard survived.[2]

3 February edit

List of shipwrecks: 3 February 1906
Ship Country Description
Fortuna   United States With no one on board, the 10-gross register ton sloop-rigged yacht was stranded at Ipswich, Massachusetts.[5]

4 February edit

List of shipwrecks: 4 February 1906
Ship Country Description
James Sowders   United States The 13-gross register ton sternwheel motor paddle vessel was "cut down by ice" on the Ohio River at Leavenworth, Indiana. Both people on board survived.[33]

5 February edit

List of shipwrecks: 5 February 1906
Ship Country Description
Starke   United States The 209-gross register ton schooner was stranded on Chandeleur Island in the Chandeleur Islands on the coast of Louisiana. All six people on board survived.[11]

6 February edit

List of shipwrecks: 6 February 1906
Ship Country Description
Carey Bros.   United States The grain boat, under tow by New York Central No. 20 (  United States), suddenly sank in the North River off New York City.[38]
David   United States The 1,337-gross register ton steel-hulled steamer was stranded on San Andrés Island in Costa Rica. All 21 people on board survived.[2]

8 February edit

List of shipwrecks: 8 February 1906
Ship Country Description
Dalles City   United States The steamer struck a rock in the Columbia River at Curtis Landing, Washington, and was beached in a sinking condition.[39]
Thomas J. Owen   United States The 68-gross register ton schooner burned at Sayreville, New Jersey. All four people aboard survived.[11]

10 February edit

List of shipwrecks: 10 February 1906
Ship Country Description
Charleston   United States The 94-gross register ton sternwheel paddle steamer was stranded at Wolf Island Shute in Missouri. All 24 people on board survived.[2]

11 February edit

List of shipwrecks: 11 February 1906
Ship Country Description
Christal   United States The 8-gross register ton motor vessel burned at Monhegan Isle in Maine. The only person on board survived.[2]
Joseph Hay   United States The 188-gross register ton schooner was stranded in the Sow and Pigs Islands off Massachusetts. All five people on board survived.[5]

12 February edit

List of shipwrecks: 12 February 1906
Ship Country Description
Unknown barges   United States Three barges, under tow of the tug Dauntless (  United States), broke loose when seas broke over the tug in a severe storm 35 miles (56 km) south of Cape Canaveral, Florida, and were lost.[40]

13 February edit

List of shipwrecks: 13 February 1906
Ship Country Description
Deer   United States The steamer went ashore in a gale four miles (6.4 km) south of Au Sable, Michigan.[20]
Easton   United States The covered barge was struck at dock at the foot of Twenty First Street, New York City, by the steamer Ganoga (  United States) after Ganoga's steering jammed in the East River. She was towed by Ganoga to Third Street, where she filled with water.[38]
Jennie Lockwood   United States The 433-gross register ton schooner was stranded on Pea Island on the Outer Banks of North Carolina. All six people on board survived.[5]
Mary E. Pierce   United States The 21-gross register ton screw steamer was wrecked four nautical miles (7.4 km; 4.6 mi) south of Au Sable, Michigan, when her wheel chains parted. Both people on board survived, but she was a total loss.[12][20]
Winifred A. Froan   United States The 858-gross register ton schooner was abandoned at sea off Cape Hatteras, North Carolina. All 14 people on board survived.[2]

15 February edit

List of shipwrecks: 15 February 1906
Ship Country Description
Blanche   United States The 48-gross register ton screw steamer burned at her dock at Hickman, Kentucky. All four people on board survived, but she was a total loss.[2][30]
Ira D. Sturgis   United States The 235-gross register ton schooner was stranded on the coast of Delaware near the Indian River. All five people on board survived.[5]
Maine   United States The laid-up 26-gross register ton sidewheel paddle steamer either was stranded or sank (sources disagree) in the Mississippi River at Albany, Illinois. All four people on board survived.[33][41]

19 February edit

List of shipwrecks: 19 February 1906
Ship Country Description
L'Avenir   Belgium The steamer was wrecked two nautical miles (3.7 km) south of Flamborough Head, England.[42]

20 February edit

List of shipwrecks: 20 February 1906
Ship Country Description
Rebecca B. Tennis   United States The 12-gross register ton sloop was stranded at Newport News, Virginia. The only person on board survived.[11]
Swan   United States The steamer sprung a leak and sank after being beached on a sandbar in the Savannah River 18 miles (29 km) west of Savannah, Georgia. Raised, repaired and returned to service.[40]

21 February edit

List of shipwrecks: 21 February 1906
Ship Country Description
Dom Pedro   United States The 193-gross register ton barge was lost when she struck a dock at New York City. The only person on board survived.[36]
Kernwood   United States The launch was damaged in a collision off Florida with Ferry Palm Beach (  United States) resulting in a 2+12-foot (0.76 m) tear in her hull. She was towed to East side Landing where she sank.[40]

22 February edit

List of shipwrecks: 22 February 1906
Ship Country Description
Lady Dora   United States The 14-gross register ton motor vessel sank in Galveston Bay on the coast of Texas. Both people on board survived.[12]

25 February edit

List of shipwrecks: 25 February 1906
Ship Country Description
Mary V. Duncan   United States The 56-gross register ton schooner was lost when she collided with the schooner William and James (  United States) in the Chesapeake Bay. All four people on board survived.[43]

26 February edit

List of shipwrecks: 26 February 1906
Ship Country Description
John Howard   United States The 32-gross register ton schooner burned at Portsmouth, Virginia. Both people on board survived.[5]

27 February edit

List of shipwrecks: 27 February 1906
Ship Country Description
Jesse W. Starr   United States The 307-gross register ton schooner was abandoned in the North Atlantic Ocean off Virginia at 37°37′N 074°36′W / 37.617°N 74.600°W / 37.617; -74.600 (Jesse W. Starr). All six people on board perished.[5]

28 February edit

List of shipwrecks: 28 February 1906
Ship Country Description
Number Eleven   United States The 953-gross register ton schooner barge foundered in heavy seas in a gale off the coast of Maryland 10 nautical miles (19 km; 12 mi) east-southeast of the Fenwick Island Lightship with the loss of all five people on board. The crew of her tow steamer saw four of her crewmen abandon ship in a lifeboat, but they were never seen again.[11][44]
Gus Shammel   United States The 42-gross register ton screw steamer burned in Choctawhatchee Bay, Florida. All three people on board survived.[2]

Unknown date edit

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1906
Ship Country Description
Centennial   United States The 2,075-gross register ton, 324-foot (98.8 m) iron-hulled screw steamer departed Hakodate, Japan, bound for San Francisco, California, with a crew of 38 aboard on the 24th and was never heard from again. The steamer Pennsylvania (flag unknown) sighted wreckage from Centennial in the North Pacific Ocean in late March 1906. In 1912, Russian explorers found Centennial frozen in the ice and abandoned in the Sea of Okhotsk off Sakhalin Island with no lifeboats aboard and no sign of her crew.[2][45]
Buller   United Kingdom The St Ives pilot boat, with seven pilots on board, capsized, in St Ives Bay, Cornwall, when a schooner hit her, throwing all her occupants into the water. There were no fatalities.[46]
Stainburn   United Kingdom The Workington collier almost wrecked on the Runnelstone, off Gwennap Head, Cornwall, and caught fire. She managed to make her way to Penzance where she was repaired.[47]

March edit

1 March edit

List of shipwrecks: 1 March 1906
Ship Country Description
John R. Bergen   United States The 647-gross register ton schooner was abandoned in the North Atlantic Ocean at 36°12′N 072°30′W / 36.200°N 72.500°W / 36.200; -72.500 (John R. Bergen). All seven people on board survived.[5]
Willard   United States The tug sank off Rockport, Massachusetts. Three of five crewmen died.[48]

2 March edit

List of shipwrecks: 2 March 1906
Ship Country Description
Ocean Queen   United Kingdom The steamer was wrecked on the south coast of Guernsey during a voyage from London to Jersey carrying cement and general cargo.[49][50]

3 March edit

List of shipwrecks: 3 March 1906
Ship Country Description
Lizzie Chadwick   United States The 472-gross register ton schooner was abandoned off Cape Hatteras, North Carolina. All six people on board survived.[5]
Myndert Starin   United States With no one on board, the 203-gross register ton barge sank at Weehawken, New Jersey.[36]
Navahoe   United States The steamer grounded on Middle Bar inside the bar at Cape Fear in a gale with heavy rain. Refloated on 9 March after removal of cargo.[51]

4 March edit

List of shipwrecks: 4 March 1906
Ship Country Description
Mary Manning   United States The 1,233-gross register ton schooner was abandoned in the North Atlantic Ocean at 39°00′N 68°00′W / 39.000°N 68.000°W / 39.000; -68.000 (Mary Manning). All eight people aboard survived.[11]

5 March edit

List of shipwrecks: 5 March 1906
Ship Country Description
John S. Deering   United States The 478-gross register ton schooner was abandoned at sea in the North Atlantic Ocean east of Virginia at 37°05′N 071°50′W / 37.083°N 71.833°W / 37.083; -71.833 (John S. Deering). All seven people on board survived.[5]

6 March edit

List of shipwrecks: 6 March 1906
Ship Country Description
Hamilton Fish   United States The 1,616-gross register ton schooner barge or scow barge sank in the North Atlantic Ocean off Barnegat, New Jersey. All three people on board survived.[5]
Mokihana   United States The 15-gross register ton schooner was stranded at "Kahnlula," Maui, Territory of Hawaii. All three people aboard survived.[11][52]

9 March edit

List of shipwrecks: 9 March 1906
Ship Country Description
Jack Osborn   United States The 125-gross register ton sternwheel paddle steamer burned overnight at dock at New Orleans, Louisiana. All 15 people on board survived, but she was a total loss.[12][13]

10 March edit

List of shipwrecks: 10 March 1906
Ship Country Description
Tom Lysle   United States The tow steamer sprang a leak, rolled over on her side, and sank in the Monongahela River at Braddock, Pennsylvania. While the crew was transferring to the barge Tom Lysle was towing, one female crewmember, a chambermaid, was crushed to death between the vessels. The wreck was abandoned.[21]

11 March edit

List of shipwrecks: 11 March 1906
Ship Country Description
Carrie   United States The tug sank at the Barnes Brothers dock, Port Richmond, New York. The wreck was raised a couple of days later.[53]

12 March edit

List of shipwrecks: 12 March 1906
Ship Country Description
Golden Rod   United States The 132-gross register ton schooner was stranded at Burgeo, Newfoundland. All nine people aboard survived.[5]

13 March edit

List of shipwrecks: 13 March 1906
Ship Country Description
Alligator   United States The passenger steamer struck a snag just above Heather Island and sank in five feet (1.5 m) of water. Passengers and crew went to Silver Springs, Florida, in small boats.[40]
Olympian   United States The sidewheel paddle steamer was wrecked at Possession Bay, Chile, while under tow by the steamer Zealandia (  United States).[54]

16 March edit

List of shipwrecks: 16 March 1906
Ship Country Description
S. E. Davis   United States The 79-gross register ton schooner was stranded at Clark Island, Maine. All three people on board survived.[11]

17 March edit

List of shipwrecks: 17 March 1906
Ship Country Description
Sebago   United States The 307-gross register ton schooner was stranded at Beaver Harbour, New Brunswick. All five people on board survived.[11]

18 March edit

List of shipwrecks: 18 March 1906
Ship Country Description
Athen   Germany The cargo ship was wrecked at Portland Bill, United Kingdom.
Atlanta   United States The 200.1-foot (61 m), 1,129-gross register ton screw steamer burned on Lake Michigan 14 nautical miles (26 km; 16 mi) south of Sheboygan, Wisconsin. One crewman was killed. The fish tug Tessler (  United States) rescued her 39 survivors and towed her to shore, where she burned to the waterline. She was declared a total loss. Her wreck lies 800 feet (244 m) off Cedar Grove, Wisconsin, in 17 feet (5.2 m) of water and is within the boundaries of the Wisconsin Shipwreck Coast National Marine Sanctuary.[2][55][56][57][58]

19 March edit

List of shipwrecks: 19 March 1906
Ship Country Description
C. C. Lane   United States The 321-gross register ton schooner was stranded at Boston, Massachusetts. All six people on board survived.[19]
Gordon Rowe   United States The oyster steamer sank at dock over night at New Haven, Connecticut, due to water not being shut off after filling a tank. One crewman sleeping on board died.[59]
H. C. French   United States The 142-gross register ton steam canal boat was stranded at New Haven, Connecticut. All four people on board survived.[2]
Lady Antrim   United States The 87-gross register ton schooner sank off Marblehead, Massachusetts, with the loss of three lives. There was one survivor.[5]
N.E.T. Co. No. 10   United States The 197-gross register ton scow sank off the breakwater at New Haven, Connecticut. The only person on board survived.[1]
Oak   United States The 302-gross register ton barge was stranded in the Chesapeake Bay at Thimble Shoal off the coast of Virginia. Both people on board survived.[36]
Violet   United States The 15-gross register ton sternwheel motor paddle vessel was crushed by ice on the Missouri River at Blencoe, Iowa. The only person on board survived.[12]
Walter J. Schloefer   United States The 138-gross register ton canal boat was stranded at New Haven, Connecticut. All three people on board survived.[36]

20 March edit

List of shipwrecks: 20 March 1906
Ship Country Description
Amanda Powell   United States The tow steamer caught on the dock when the tide came back and she filled with water. She was pumped out.[44]
Martha E. McCabe   United States The 345-gross register ton schooner barge or scow barge sank at Barnegat, New Jersey. All six people on board survived.[11]

21 March edit

List of shipwrecks: 21 March 1906
Ship Country Description
Mary B.   United States The steamer struck an obstruction in the Mississippi River one-half mile (0.80 km) above Belle Point and sank in three minutes in 80 feet (24 m) of water. Four crewmen killed.[60]
Raymond T. Maull   United States The 538-gross register ton schooner was stranded on Gull Shoal on the coast of North Carolina. All six people on board survived.[11]

22 March edit

List of shipwrecks: 22 March 1906
Ship Country Description
Edith and May   United States The 128-gross register ton schooner was stranded in the Berry Islands in the Bahamas. All five people on board survived.[19]
Jennie and Florence Cahill   United States With no one on board, the 168-gross register ton barge sank off Oyster Bay, New York.[36]

24 March edit

List of shipwrecks: 24 March 1906
Ship Country Description
Unknown car float   United States The car float, under tow of the tug Harry G. Runkle (  United States), filled and sank in the North River off the Pennsylvania Railroad Ferry Dock, Jersey City, New Jersey.[53]

26 March edit

List of shipwrecks: 26 March 1906
Ship Country Description
Clara E. Uhler   United States The tug sunk at dock in East Boston, Massachusetts, possibly snagged on the dock when the tide went out. Raised and repaired.[48]
Joseph W. Ross   United States The tug struck a snag in the lower part of Boston Harbor and was beached on Lovells Island to prevent sinking in deep water. Raised and repaired.[48]
Nannie B   United States The 85-gross register ton screw steamer was stranded at Bennetts Point, South Carolina. All four people on board survived.[12]

27 March edit

List of shipwrecks: 27 March 1906
Ship Country Description
Cecilia Hill   United States The steamer burned at dock at Fish Creek, Wisconsin.[55]

31 March edit

List of shipwrecks: 31 March 1906
Ship Country Description
Mary B   United States The 84-gross register ton sternwheel paddle steamer sank with the loss of four lives when she struck a log at Belle Point, Louisiana. There were six survivors.[12]
Newsboy   United States The steamer was damaged/wrecked on the bar at the entrance to Humboldt Bay, California. The tug Ranger (  United States) attempted to take her under tow, but was struck by Wasp (  United States) and was damaged and had to give up the attempt. Wasp made an unsuccessful attempt at passing a line. The crew abandoned her that evening. She ended up wrecked on the beach.[12][61][62][63][64]
W. H. Van Name   United States The 97-gross register ton schooner was lost when she struck the submerged wreck of the barge Oak (  United States) in Hampton Roads on the coast of Virginia. All four people aboard survived.[2]

Unknown date edit

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date March 1906
Ship Country Description
SMS Albatross   Imperial German Navy The collier foundered in a storm.
Nicholas Thayer   United States During a voyage from Seattle, Washington, to Seward, Territory of Alaska, with a crew of 16 and a cargo of 150 tons of coal, 150 tons of general merchandise, and 425,000 board feet (1,003 m3, 35,400 cu ft) of lumber, the 584-gross register ton, 138.9-foot (42.3 m) bark disappeared with the loss of all hands in the Gulf of Alaska. The discovery by Alaska Natives of wreckage and cargo on Sitkalidak Island in the Kodiak Archipelago led many to believe that she had sunk near Kodiak, although this was well west of her most likely route from Seattle to Seward.[65]

April edit

1 April edit

List of shipwrecks: 1 April 1906
Ship Country Description
Minnie   United States The steamer sank at the Brownell Brothers Lumber Company dock in Berwick, Louisiana, in 35 feet (11 m) of water. Salvage not attempted.[60]

2 April edit

List of shipwrecks: 2 April 1906
Ship Country Description
Alexander R.   Canada The cargo schooner was sunk in a collision with Afranmore (flag unknown) off Halifax, Nova Scotia. Total loss, later raised and sold.[66]
Henry O'Brien   United States The tug caught fire in Newark Bay and was beached on the flats. The fire was extinguished by the steamer Nanticoke (  United States).[67]
Sarah E. Easton   United States The tow steamer sank in a collision with T. L. Sturtevant (  United States) in the North River off the Communipaw Coal Dock.[67]

3 April edit

List of shipwrecks: 3 April 1906
Ship Country Description
Wyalusing   United States The 118-foot (36 m), 149-gross register ton steam screw tug was wrecked on Hardings Ledge, a reef off Hull, Massachusetts, and sank in up to 50 feet (15 m) of water at 42°18.315′N 070°50.869′W / 42.305250°N 70.847817°W / 42.305250; -70.847817 (Wyalusing). All nine people on board survived, but she was a total loss.[48][68]

7 April edit

List of shipwrecks: 7 April 1906
Ship Country Description
Cecilia Hill   United States With no one on board, the 93-gross register ton screw steamer burned at Fish Creek, Wisconsin.[69]

8 April edit

List of shipwrecks: 8 April 1906
Ship Country Description
H. M. Hoxie   United States The steamer burned and sank after her starboard boiler exploded at Portland, Ohio. Two crewmen were killed in the explosion. She was refloated.[70][71]
Robert A. Scott   United States The towboat sank in a collision with J. H. Williams (  United States) in the East River off Pier 8 that caused her to careen to the point she filled with water and sank. One crewman was killed. The survivors were rescued by J. H. Williams.[67]

9 April edit

List of shipwrecks: 9 April 1906
Ship Country Description
Game Cock   United States The 59-gross register ton schooner was stranded at Stonington, Maine. All three people on board survived.[72]
Lotna   United States The 12-gross register ton sloop was stranded at Swampscott, Massachusetts. The only person on board survived.[5]

10 April edit

List of shipwrecks: 10 April 1906
Ship Country Description
D. Gifford   United States The 253-gross register ton schooner was stranded at Field Rocks, Massachusetts. All six people on board survived.[19]
Florence   United States The cargo ship was damaged in a collision with the steamer Captain Bennett (  Norway) in the Delaware River, tearing out her stem and causing her crew to beach her on flats off Fort Delaware, Delaware.[44]
Helen F. Ward   United States The 8-gross register ton schooner was stranded at Provincetown, Massachusetts. The only person on board survived.[5]
Rising Sun   United States The 80-gross register ton schooner was stranded at Drakes Island, Maine. Both people on board survived.[11]
Sallie B   United States The 286-gross register ton schooner sank in Casco Bay on the coast of Maine with the loss of four lives. There were two survivors.[11]

11 April edit

List of shipwrecks: 11 April 1906
Ship Country Description
Marion   United States The 235-gross register ton, 123-foot (37.5 m) cod-fishing schooner sank at Sanak Island in the Fox Islands group of the Aleutian Islands. Her crew of eight survived.[5][34]

13 April edit

List of shipwrecks: 213 April 1906
Ship Country Description
Nettie Cushing   United States The 117-gross register ton schooner was stranded on Cornfield Sand Shoal on the coast of Connecticut. All four people on board survived.[11]

14 April edit

List of shipwrecks: 14 April 1906
Ship Country Description
Bouquet   United States The barge, under tow by Hokendauqua (  United States), sank in Block Island Sound five miles (8.0 km) east of Watch Hill, Rhode Island, about three miles (4.8 km) offshore.[73]

16 April edit

List of shipwrecks: 16 April 1906
Ship Country Description
Eugene Zimmerman   United States The steamer was sunk in a collision with Saxona (  United States) in the St. Marys River.[74]

17 April edit

List of shipwrecks: 17 April 1906
Ship Country Description
G. L. Daboll   United States The 49-gross register ton schooner was stranded at Egmont Key, Florida. All five people aboard survived.[5]
HM Torpedo Boat 84   Royal Navy The TB 82-class torpedo boat sank in the Mediterranean Sea after colliding with the destroyer HMS Ardent (  Royal Navy.[75][76]

18 April edit

List of shipwrecks: 18 April 1906
Ship Country Description
City of Detroit   United States The 118-gross register ton steam canal boat was destroyed by fire at the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Dock in St. George, Staten Island, New York. All four people on board survived.[2]
Columbia   United States San Francisco earthquake: The Steamer capsized at the Union Iron Works dock while being refit, puncturing her hull and sinking. Raised, repaired and returned to service by January, 1907.[77]
Ella L. Slaymaker   United States The 34-gross register ton schooner burned on the Delaware River. Both people on board survived.[19]

20 April edit

List of shipwrecks: 20 April 1906
Ship Country Description
Louise Hastings   United States The 123-gross register ton schooner sank at Havana, Cuba. All three people on board survived.[5]

22 April edit

List of shipwrecks: 22 April 1906
Ship Country Description
Nannie B.   United States The steamer sank while tied up at dock at Bennetts Point. One crewman possibly died.[78]

23 April edit

List of shipwrecks: 23 April 1906
Ship Country Description
Mary F. Pike   United States The 125-gross register ton schooner was stranded on East Point on Prince Edward Island. All four people aboard survived.[11]
Norumbega   United States The 126-gross register ton schooner was lost when she collided with the schooner Edith L. Allen (  United States) off Fenwick Island on the coast of Maryland. All 17 people aboard survived.[11]

24 April edit

List of shipwrecks: 24 April 1906
Ship Country Description
Anglo Peruvian   United Kingdom The steamer struck an iceberg on 21 April in the North Atlantic Ocean and sank on 24 April. Her entire crew was rescued by Mohawk (  United Kingdom).[79]

25 April edit

List of shipwrecks: 25 April 1906
Ship Country Description
Mary Anne   United States The canal boat sank after the steamer Lansing (  United States) struck her, causing her to fill and sink at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.[80]

26 April edit

List of shipwrecks: 26 April 1906
Ship Country Description
Havana   Canada The salvage vessel was sunk in a collision with Strathcona (  Canada) off Halifax, Nova Scotia.[81]
Shiloh   United States The steamer struck a snag between Washington, North Carolina, and Tarboro, North Carolina, and was beached off Indian Creek.[82]

28 April edit

List of shipwrecks: 28 April 1906
Ship Country Description
William F. Campbell   United States The 211-gross register ton schooner sank in Penobscot Bay off Owls Head, Maine. All five people aboard survived.[2]

30 April edit

List of shipwrecks: 30 April 1906
Ship Country Description
Courier II   United Kingdom The steamer struck Les Anons, a rock south of Jethou.[83] There were 29 survivors and 10 deaths. The ship was salvaged on 1 August 1906 and returned to service after repairs.[84]

Unknown date edit

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date April 1906
Ship Country Description
Adeline   United States The 15-gross register ton screw steamer sank at Whealton, Virginia. All three people on board survived.[69]

May edit

2 May edit

List of shipwrecks: 2 May 1906
Ship Country Description
Alaska   United States The 60-gross register ton, 73.7-foot (22.5 m) iron-hulled screw steamer was destroyed by fire while in winter quarters at St. Michael, Territory of Alaska. All eight people aboard survived.[2][85]
Jessie B.   United States The steamer capsized in a windstorm and broke in two at Fairview, Illinois. Total loss.[3]

3 May edit

List of shipwrecks: 3 May 1906
Ship Country Description
Explorer   United States With no one on board, the 15-gross register ton, 50-foot (15.2 m) sternwheel paddle steamer sank in the Yukon River at Russian Mission, Territory of Alaska.[86][87]

5 May edit

List of shipwrecks: 5 May 1906
Ship Country Description
Float No. 33   United States The car float was sunk when struck in thick fog by the ferry Somerville (  United States) off Pier L, Jersey City, New Jersey.[88]
Red Wing   United States The tow steamer sank at dock at the Nelson & Son Mill in Boggy Creek, Nassau River, Florida when her rail hung up on the guard of a lighter. Later raised.[89]

6 May edit

List of shipwrecks: 6 May 1906
Ship Country Description
Levy Bros.   United States The 24-gross register ton schooner barge or scow barge sank in Lake Pontchartrain in Louisiana. All three people on board survived.[5]
Rock Island   United States The 533-gross register ton, 134-foot (40.8 m) sternwheel paddle steamer was crushed by ice and sank at a wharf in the Tanana River at Chena, Territory of Alaska. All 30 people on board survived. Repeated attempts to refloat her failed.[90]

7 May edit

List of shipwrecks: 7 May 1906
Ship Country Description
Alice   United States The 61-gross register ton schooner was stranded at Chincoteague Cove on the coast of Virginia. All four people on board survived.[19]
Eagle Point   United States The steamer struck a snag and sank at Cassville, Wisconsin, in the Mississippi River in seven feet (2.1 m) of water. Later raised.[41][91]

8 May edit

List of shipwrecks: 8 May 1906
Ship Country Description
M. I. Wilcox   United States The 377-gross register ton schooner was stranded at Colchester Point on the coast of Ontario. All five people on board survived.[5]
Vandalia   United States The 41-gross register ton schooner sank in the Gulf of Mexico off Cape Romano on the coast of Florida with the loss of all four people aboard.[11]

9 May edit

List of shipwrecks: 9 May 1906
Ship Country Description
Algeria   United States The 2,038-gross register ton schooner sank off Cleveland, Ohio, with the loss of one or two lives. There were 10 survivors. Wreck removed in November.[19][92]
Armenia   United States The 2,040-gross register ton schooner barge or scow barge, under tow by Pabst (  United States), sank in a storm on Lake Erie four miles (6.4 km) off the lighthouse at Pelee Island, Ontario (41°57′N 82°58′W / 41.950°N 82.967°W / 41.950; -82.967) in seven fathoms (42 ft; 13 m) of water. All seven people on board rescued by Pabst. Later the wreck was blown up with dynamite and dispersed by tugs with grapple hooks.[19][93][94]
Horn Point   United States The 12-gross register ton sloop sank in East Lynnhaven Inlet on the coast of Virginia. All three people on board survived.[22]

10 May edit

List of shipwrecks: 10 May 1906
Ship Country Description
Tanana Chief   United States The 72-gross register ton, 59.2-foot (18.0 m) sternwheel paddle steamer was wrecked on the Kantishna River in the Territory of Alaska. All eight people on board survived.[9][95]

11 May edit

List of shipwrecks: 11 May 1906
Ship Country Description
Vigilant   United States The steamer ran aground and sank in the vicinity of Thessalon, Ontario, in the Canadian Channel.[96]

12 May edit

List of shipwrecks: 12 May 1906
Ship Country Description
Blue Stone   United States The tug sank at the Communipaw Coal Dock in Jersey City, New Jersey, when the wake of the United States Government steamer Scout (  United States) washed across her deck, causing her to heel over and flood. She was raised by nightfall and towed to a drydock and found to be undamaged.[97]
Dream   United States The 12-gross register ton schooner was stranded at Savannah, Georgia. All four people on board survived.[72]

13 May edit

List of shipwrecks: 13 May 1906
Ship Country Description
Hattie G. Dixon   United States The 528-gross register ton barkentine was stranded on Chappaquiddick Island on the coast of Massachusetts. All eight people on board survived.[5]

15 May edit

List of shipwrecks: 15 May 1906
Ship Country Description
Selkirk   United States The 223-gross register ton sternwheel paddle steamer was wrecked in the Rock Island Rapids on the Columbia River near Rock Island, Washington. All nine people on board survived.[12]

16 May edit

List of shipwrecks: 16 May 1906
Ship Country Description
Baltimore   United States The ferry was damaged when struck by the lighter Greenwich (  United States) in the North River off Desbrosses Street in New York City, punching a hole in her hull. She made it to her Desbrosses Street slip and unloaded her passengers and cargo before sinking.[97]

17 May edit

List of shipwrecks: 17 May 1906
Ship Country Description
HM Torpedo Boat 56   Royal Navy The TB26-class torpedo boat foundered in the Mediterranean Sea off Damietta, Egypt, while under tow by the cruiser HMS Arrogant (  Royal Navy).[75][98]

18 May edit

List of shipwrecks: 18 May 1906
Ship Country Description
Thealka   United States The steamer struck an obstruction and sank in the Big Sandy River at Red House, Kentucky.[15]
Unknown barge   United States The coal barge, under tow of the tug Alice (  United States), was sunk when she was sucked into the propeller of Langfond (flag unknown) off Twenty-Seventh street, Brooklyn.[97]

19 May edit

List of shipwrecks: 19 May 1906
Ship Country Description
Comte de Smet de Meyer   Belgium The training ship foundered in the Bay of Biscay (47°12′N 12°10′W / 47.200°N 12.167°W / 47.200; -12.167) on her second voyage with the loss of 33 crew.[99]

20 May edit

List of shipwrecks: 20 May 1906
Ship Country Description
Koyukuk   United States During a voyage with 32 people aboard, the 280- or 286-gross register ton (sources disagree), 120.5-foot (36.7 m) sternwheel paddle steamer struck a rock and was wrecked at the mouth of the Little Delta River on the Tanana River below Chena, Territory of Alaska. All on board survived. She may have been salvaged.[12][100]

22 May edit

List of shipwrecks: 22 May 1906
Ship Country Description
Lotta Talbot   United States The 342-gross register ton, 145.7-foot (44.4 m) sternwheel paddle steamer was wrecked at Fairbanks, Territory of Alaska. Her crew of five survived.[12][101]
Thistle   United States The steamer sank at dock at Juneau, Territory of Alaska. Raised, machinery salvaged, and was broken up.[102]

23 May edit

List of shipwrecks: 23 May 1906
Ship Country Description
John H. Crook   United States The 100-gross register ton canal boat was stranded in Quebec. The only person on board survived.[36]
William J. Sewell   United States When the steamer attempted to pass between the disabled steamer Pennsylvania (  United States) and another tow off Portsmouth, Virginia, she struck Pennsylvania and had to be beached.[82]

24 May edit

List of shipwrecks: 24 May 1906
Ship Country Description
City of Concord   United States The steamer sank at dock in Cleveland, Ohio, after springing a leak in Lake Erie. She was raised.[103]
Thomas Tryon   United States The canal boat sank at the Mouth of Glen Cove Creek in the harbor of Hempstead, New York, Long Island. The wreck was removed in December 1906.[104]

25 May edit

List of shipwrecks: 25 May 1906
Ship Country Description
Gustavus A. Müller   United States The 21-gross register ton sloop was stranded at Tucker's Beach, New Jersey. Both people on board survived.[5]
Olga   United States The 498-gross register ton schooner was stranded on Kahoolawe in the Hawaiian Islands. All 12 people on board survived.[11]

26 May edit

List of shipwrecks: 26 May 1906
Ship Country Description
Dixie   United States The 12-gross register ton sternwheel motor paddle vessel sank in the Tennessee River at Johnsonville, Tennessee. All 12 people on board survived.[2]
John Eggers   United States The 25-gross register ton schooner was stranded at Wind Point, Wisconsin. The only person on board survived.[5]
Katherine M   United States With no one on board, the 191-gross register ton barge burned at Hastings, Minnesota.[36]

28 May edit

List of shipwrecks: 28 May 1906
Ship Country Description
Mable Wilson   United States The 1,224-gross register ton schooner sank off Cleveland, Ohio, with the loss of one life. There were seven survivors.[5]

29 May edit

List of shipwrecks: 29 May 1906
Ship Country Description
James A. Stetson   United States The 65-gross register ton schooner was stranded on Amherst in the Magdalen Islands in the Gulf of Saint Lawrence. All four people on board survived.[5]
Leros   Germany The steamer was en route from Newcastle to Lisbon with a cargo of Singer sewing machines when she ran aground in thick fog on Tasse de la Frette Rocks, northwest of Burhou near Alderney, Channel Islands.[105][106]

30 May edit

List of shipwrecks: 30 May 1906
Ship Country Description
HMS Montagu   Royal Navy
 
HMS Montagu aground on Lundy Island

The Duncan-class battleship was wrecked on Lundy Island in thick fog. After her guns and other equipment was salvaged, Salvage was abandoned in 1907 and the ship was scrapped in situ.

Palestine   United Kingdom The trawler was damaged in a collision with Westmoor (  United Kingdom) off the "Smalls". Her captain tried to make it to port but she sank 312 hours later. The crew were rescued by the yacht Lorna (  United Kingdom).[107]

31 May edit

List of shipwrecks: 31 May 1906
Ship Country Description
Erin   Canada The steamer sank after colliding with the steamer John B. Cowle (  United States) off St. Clair, Michigan in the St Clair River. Five crew, including two women, were killed.[20][103][108]
Maggie A. Phillips   United States The 95-gross register ton schooner departed Baltimore, Maryland, bound for Gregorytown in the Bahamas with six people on board and was never heard from again.[22]

Unknown date edit

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date May 1906
Ship Country Description
E. and G. W. Hinds   United States The 115-gross register ton schooner was stranded at Plympton, Nova Scotia. All four people on board survived.[109]

June edit

1 June edit

List of shipwrecks: 1 June 1906
Ship Country Description
Brookhill   United States The ferry sank at dock in a windstorm at Baton Rouge, Louisiana.[60]
Three Sisters   United States The 33-gross register ton schooner was lost when she collided with an unidentified barge in Hampton Roads on the coast of Virginia. All three people on board survived.[69]

2 June edit

List of shipwrecks: 2 June 1906
Ship Country Description
Clara E. Rogers   United States The 144-gross register ton schooner was lost off Vineyard Haven Light on the coast of Massachusetts after colliding with an unidentified screw steamer. All four people on board survived.[19]
Quickstep   United States The 66-gross register ton sternwheel paddle steamer capsized and burned in a windstorm at Lake Des Allemands, Louisiana. All 15 people on board survived, but she was a total loss.[12][60]

3 June edit

List of shipwrecks: 3 June 1906
Ship Country Description
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The list of shipwrecks in 1906 includes ships sunk foundered grounded or otherwise lost during 1906 This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness You can help by adding missing items with reliable sources table of contents 1905 1906 1907 Jan Feb Mar AprMay Jun Jul AugSep Oct Nov DecUnknown dateReferencesJanuary edit1 January edit List of shipwrecks 1 January 1906 Ship Country DescriptionN E T Co No 61 nbsp United States The 197 gross register ton scow sank off Duck Island at the mouth of the Housatonic River on the coast of Connecticut The only person on board survived 1 2 January edit List of shipwrecks 2 January 1906 Ship Country DescriptionFrank nbsp United States The 31 gross register ton sidewheel paddle steamer filled with water and sank from unknown causes in the Mississippi River at O Bryan s Landing or Brien s Landing sources disagree near Cairo Illinois All three people aboard survived but she was a total loss 2 3 Genevieve nbsp United States The steamer sank from an open seam in the Great Kanawha River at Charleston West Virginia Raised and recaulked 4 Jennie Wand nbsp United States The 171 gross register ton schooner was stranded on the coast of the Baja California Peninsula near La Paz Mexico All six people on board survived 5 4 January edit List of shipwrecks 4 January 1906 Ship Country DescriptionAriosa nbsp United States The 140 gross register ton screw steam tug grounded on Romer Shoal New York and sank in dense fog in six feet 1 8 m of water Wreck removed in 1914 All nine people on board survived 2 6 7 8 5 January edit List of shipwrecks 5 January 1907 Ship Country DescriptionWebbers Falls nbsp United States The 26 gross register ton sidewheel paddle steamer sank in the Arkansas River at Webbers Falls Oklahoma Both people on board survived 9 6 January edit List of shipwrecks 6 January 1906 Ship Country DescriptionEva Belle Cain nbsp United States The tow steamer was sunk in a gale off Salem New Jersey Later raised 10 8 January edit List of shipwrecks 8 January 1906 Ship Country DescriptionJames E Stansbury nbsp United States The 51 gross register ton schooner was stranded at Cedar Point Maryland All eight people on board survived 5 Samuel L Russell nbsp United States The 179 gross register ton schooner sank in the Chesapeake Bay with the loss of all five people on board 11 Scioto nbsp United States The 84 gross register ton sternwheel paddle steamer either struck a coal flat or collided with an unnamed car float sources disagree on the Mississippi River at Vicksburg Mississippi and sank in eight feet 2 4 m of water All six people on board survived 12 13 10 January edit List of shipwrecks 10 January 1906 Ship Country DescriptionNicholas Thayer nbsp United States The 584 gross register ton bark departed Seattle Washington bound for Seward Territory of Alaska with 10 people on board and was never heard from again 14 Roberta nbsp United States The steamer was wrecked when she struck a wooden projection of a bridge at Grand Ecore Louisiana and sank 500 yards 460 m below the bridge A deck hand and a chambermaid were killed 13 11 January edit List of shipwrecks 11 January 1906 Ship Country DescriptionCascade nbsp United States The steamer grounded and sank in the Ohio River below the Union Bridge Pittsburgh Pennsylvania Raised repaired and returned to service 15 Richard K Fox nbsp United States The 47 gross register ton schooner was stranded on the coast of Mexico in the Bay of Campeche All four people on board survived 11 W H Kruger nbsp United States The 469 gross register ton screw steamer sank off Point Arena California All 16 people on board survived 12 12 January edit List of shipwrecks 12 January 1906 Ship Country DescriptionCherokee nbsp United States The steamer ran aground on Brigantine shoal in dense fog Pulled off by tugs on 13 January 16 Itata nbsp United Kingdom nbsp ItataThe barque was destroyed by fire at Newcastle New South Wales Australia She later was scuttled in Saltpan Creek Middle Harbour Sydney Australia W H Kruger nbsp United States The steamer either foundered at sea off Navarro California or ran aground and was wrecked near Greenwood California on 11 or 12 January 17 18 13 January edit List of shipwrecks 13 January 1906 Ship Country DescriptionRobert H Stevenson nbsp United States The 1 290 gross register ton schooner was stranded on Diamond Shoals on the coast of North Carolina with the loss of all 12 people on board 11 Unknown nbsp United States The barge under the tow of the tug Eugene F Moran nbsp United States capsized and after her towline was cut she sank off the New York City dumping grounds The only crewman on the barge was lost and the only crewman on another barge that Eugene F Moran was towing also was lost somehow 6 14 January edit List of shipwrecks 14 January 1906 Ship Country DescriptionBoringuen nbsp United States The 15 gross register ton schooner was stranded at Yabucoa Puerto Rico All three people on board survived 19 Hattie nbsp United States The 66 gross register ton steam screw ferry burned at dock at Courtwright Ontario All four people on board survived but she was a total loss 2 20 17 January edit List of shipwrecks 17 January 1906 Ship Country DescriptionAtalanta nbsp United States The 370 gross register ton brig was stranded on Seal Island in Penobscot Bay off the coast of Maine All seven people on board survived 19 18 January edit List of shipwrecks 18 January 1906 Ship Country DescriptionAndrew Axton nbsp United States The 99 gross register ton sternwheel paddle steamer caught fire in the Monongahela River and was beached at Duquesne Pennsylvania where she burned out and became a total loss All 13 people on board survived 2 21 19 January edit List of shipwrecks 19 January 1906 Ship Country DescriptionHorace G Morse nbsp United States The 437 gross register ton schooner was stranded on Bliss Island in New Brunswick with the loss of two lives There were five survivors 22 Vienna nbsp United States The steamer struck an obstruction in the Tombigbee River at 10 Mile Shoal and sank 23 20 January edit List of shipwrecks 20 January 1906 Ship Country DescriptionZeta No 2 nbsp United States The 17 gross register ton motor yacht was stranded in St Augustine Inlet on the coast of Florida Both people on board survived 24 21 January edit List of shipwrecks 21 January 1906 Ship Country DescriptionAquidaba nbsp Brazilian Navy The Aquidaba class battleship sank while anchored off Jacarepagua Brazil after her ammunition magazines exploded The explosion and sinking killed 212 people Of her 98 survivors 36 were injured Trojan nbsp United States The 2 632 gross register ton steel hulled screw steamer sank after colliding in thick fog with the screw steamer Nacoochie nbsp United States 3 8 mile 0 60 km south west the Vineyard Sound Lightship in 15 fathoms 90 ft 27 m of water off Vineyard Haven Massachusetts wreck partially removed between 6 September and 11 October increasing clearance to 11 fathoms 66 ft 20 m Nacoochie rescued all 25 members of her crew 12 25 26 22 January edit List of shipwrecks 22 January 1906 Ship Country DescriptionGypsum King nbsp United States The 562 gross register ton iron hulled screw steamer was wrecked in thick fog on St Mary Ledge part of the Murr Ledges a reef 3 miles 4 8 km south southeast of Southwest Head Light near Grand Manan New Brunswick Canada All 17 people on board survived and rowed to shore in a lifeboat but she was a total loss Her wreck settled in 35 feet 11 m of water 44 28 8 N 066 49 9 W 44 4800 N 66 8317 W 44 4800 66 8317 Gypsum King 2 27 28 29 Rees Lee nbsp United States The 463 gross register ton sternwheel paddle steamer struck a submerged object in the Mississippi River at Burns Landing near Tiptonville Tennessee and sank All 28 people on board survived but she was a total loss 12 30 Valencia nbsp United States nbsp SS Valencia With 164 people on board the 1 598 gross register ton screw passenger steamer was wrecked off Pachena Point Vancouver Island British Columbia in thick weather and heavy seas with the loss of 136 lives 42 crew and 92 passengers according to one source and 126 lives according to another The ship broke up about 36 hours later 12 31 32 23 January edit List of shipwrecks 23 January 1906 Ship Country DescriptionHelena nbsp United States The 28 gross register ton sternwheel paddle steamer was destroyed by an explosion on the Amite River at Whitehall Louisiana killing all five people on board 33 24 January edit List of shipwrecks 24 January 1906 Ship Country DescriptionRegulator nbsp United States nbsp RegulatorThe 508 gross register ton sternwheel paddle steamer was destroyed by an explosion and fire while undergoing an overhaul on the ways at St Johns Oregon 12 One source says that all 20 people on board survived 12 while another says that two crew members were killed Stephen Woolsey nbsp United States The 32 gross register ton schooner was stranded at Montauk Point on the eastern end of Long Island New York All seven people on board survived 11 25 January edit List of shipwrecks 25 January 1906 Ship Country DescriptionL Odin nbsp United States The 19 gross register ton sloop was stranded at Jones Inlet Long Island New York All three people on board survived 5 Mariechen nbsp Germany Disabled and adrift since 25 December 1905 when a deadlight in her coal bunker had sprung open leaving her without steam power during a voyage from Seattle Washington to Vladivostok in the Russian Empire with a crew of 50 and cargo of 5 000 tons of general merchandise on board the 2 521 gross register ton 289 6 foot 88 3 m cargo steamer was wrecked during a snowstorm on a rock in False Bay 57 58 N 134 55 W 57 967 N 134 917 W 57 967 134 917 False Bay in Chatham Strait in the Alexander Archipelago in Southeast Alaska She was later salvaged 34 26 January edit List of shipwrecks 26 January 1906 Ship Country DescriptionLillian nbsp United States The yacht caught fire at dock at South Portland Maine and burned to the waterline and sank Total loss 35 Unknown nbsp United States The car float under tow of Defiance nbsp United States sank two miles 3 2 km below Brown Buoy 16 Willie nbsp United States With no one on board the 14 gross register ton sternwheel motor paddle vessel burned on the Ohio River at New Amsterdam Indiana 36 27 January edit List of shipwrecks 27 January 1906 Ship Country DescriptionAgnes nbsp Australia The launch sank after a collision in Sydney Harbour 28 January edit List of shipwrecks 28 January 1906 Ship Country DescriptionIrene nbsp United States The 491 gross register ton brig was abandoned at sea 25 nautical miles 46 km 29 mi southeast of Cape Lookout North Carolina All seven people on board survived 5 Unknown nbsp United States The car float under tow by the tug Transfer No 9 nbsp United States was sunk in a collision with Calderon nbsp Belgium off The Battery New York City 6 February edit1 February edit List of shipwrecks 1 February 1906 Ship Country DescriptionHenry Harley nbsp United States The steamer was pushed by wind during a gale into the bluff at Buffalo Tennessee in the Cumberland River breaking a hole in her side causing her to sink in eight feet 2 4 m of water Raised and repaired 37 Laura nbsp United States The tow steamer grounded on Burlington Island at low tide When the tide came back in she listed to port and filled with water Scheduled to be pumped out 16 2 February edit List of shipwrecks 2 February 1906 Ship Country DescriptionYankee Maid nbsp United States The 58 gross register ton schooner was stranded on Seal Island off the coast of Maine The only person aboard survived 2 3 February edit List of shipwrecks 3 February 1906 Ship Country DescriptionFortuna nbsp United States With no one on board the 10 gross register ton sloop rigged yacht was stranded at Ipswich Massachusetts 5 4 February edit List of shipwrecks 4 February 1906 Ship Country DescriptionJames Sowders nbsp United States The 13 gross register ton sternwheel motor paddle vessel was cut down by ice on the Ohio River at Leavenworth Indiana Both people on board survived 33 5 February edit List of shipwrecks 5 February 1906 Ship Country DescriptionStarke nbsp United States The 209 gross register ton schooner was stranded on Chandeleur Island in the Chandeleur Islands on the coast of Louisiana All six people on board survived 11 6 February edit List of shipwrecks 6 February 1906 Ship Country DescriptionCarey Bros nbsp United States The grain boat under tow by New York Central No 20 nbsp United States suddenly sank in the North River off New York City 38 David nbsp United States The 1 337 gross register ton steel hulled steamer was stranded on San Andres Island in Costa Rica All 21 people on board survived 2 8 February edit List of shipwrecks 8 February 1906 Ship Country DescriptionDalles City nbsp United States The steamer struck a rock in the Columbia River at Curtis Landing Washington and was beached in a sinking condition 39 Thomas J Owen nbsp United States The 68 gross register ton schooner burned at Sayreville New Jersey All four people aboard survived 11 10 February edit List of shipwrecks 10 February 1906 Ship Country DescriptionCharleston nbsp United States The 94 gross register ton sternwheel paddle steamer was stranded at Wolf Island Shute in Missouri All 24 people on board survived 2 11 February edit List of shipwrecks 11 February 1906 Ship Country DescriptionChristal nbsp United States The 8 gross register ton motor vessel burned at Monhegan Isle in Maine The only person on board survived 2 Joseph Hay nbsp United States The 188 gross register ton schooner was stranded in the Sow and Pigs Islands off Massachusetts All five people on board survived 5 12 February edit List of shipwrecks 12 February 1906 Ship Country DescriptionUnknown barges nbsp United States Three barges under tow of the tug Dauntless nbsp United States broke loose when seas broke over the tug in a severe storm 35 miles 56 km south of Cape Canaveral Florida and were lost 40 13 February edit List of shipwrecks 13 February 1906 Ship Country DescriptionDeer nbsp United States The steamer went ashore in a gale four miles 6 4 km south of Au Sable Michigan 20 Easton nbsp United States The covered barge was struck at dock at the foot of Twenty First Street New York City by the steamer Ganoga nbsp United States after Ganoga s steering jammed in the East River She was towed by Ganoga to Third Street where she filled with water 38 Jennie Lockwood nbsp United States The 433 gross register ton schooner was stranded on Pea Island on the Outer Banks of North Carolina All six people on board survived 5 Mary E Pierce nbsp United States The 21 gross register ton screw steamer was wrecked four nautical miles 7 4 km 4 6 mi south of Au Sable Michigan when her wheel chains parted Both people on board survived but she was a total loss 12 20 Winifred A Froan nbsp United States The 858 gross register ton schooner was abandoned at sea off Cape Hatteras North Carolina All 14 people on board survived 2 15 February edit List of shipwrecks 15 February 1906 Ship Country DescriptionBlanche nbsp United States The 48 gross register ton screw steamer burned at her dock at Hickman Kentucky All four people on board survived but she was a total loss 2 30 Ira D Sturgis nbsp United States The 235 gross register ton schooner was stranded on the coast of Delaware near the Indian River All five people on board survived 5 Maine nbsp United States The laid up 26 gross register ton sidewheel paddle steamer either was stranded or sank sources disagree in the Mississippi River at Albany Illinois All four people on board survived 33 41 19 February edit List of shipwrecks 19 February 1906 Ship Country DescriptionL Avenir nbsp Belgium The steamer was wrecked two nautical miles 3 7 km south of Flamborough Head England 42 20 February edit List of shipwrecks 20 February 1906 Ship Country DescriptionRebecca B Tennis nbsp United States The 12 gross register ton sloop was stranded at Newport News Virginia The only person on board survived 11 Swan nbsp United States The steamer sprung a leak and sank after being beached on a sandbar in the Savannah River 18 miles 29 km west of Savannah Georgia Raised repaired and returned to service 40 21 February edit List of shipwrecks 21 February 1906 Ship Country DescriptionDom Pedro nbsp United States The 193 gross register ton barge was lost when she struck a dock at New York City The only person on board survived 36 Kernwood nbsp United States The launch was damaged in a collision off Florida with Ferry Palm Beach nbsp United States resulting in a 2 1 2 foot 0 76 m tear in her hull She was towed to East side Landing where she sank 40 22 February edit List of shipwrecks 22 February 1906 Ship Country DescriptionLady Dora nbsp United States The 14 gross register ton motor vessel sank in Galveston Bay on the coast of Texas Both people on board survived 12 25 February edit List of shipwrecks 25 February 1906 Ship Country DescriptionMary V Duncan nbsp United States The 56 gross register ton schooner was lost when she collided with the schooner William and James nbsp United States in the Chesapeake Bay All four people on board survived 43 26 February edit List of shipwrecks 26 February 1906 Ship Country DescriptionJohn Howard nbsp United States The 32 gross register ton schooner burned at Portsmouth Virginia Both people on board survived 5 27 February edit List of shipwrecks 27 February 1906 Ship Country DescriptionJesse W Starr nbsp United States The 307 gross register ton schooner was abandoned in the North Atlantic Ocean off Virginia at 37 37 N 074 36 W 37 617 N 74 600 W 37 617 74 600 Jesse W Starr All six people on board perished 5 28 February edit List of shipwrecks 28 February 1906 Ship Country DescriptionNumber Eleven nbsp United States The 953 gross register ton schooner barge foundered in heavy seas in a gale off the coast of Maryland 10 nautical miles 19 km 12 mi east southeast of the Fenwick Island Lightship with the loss of all five people on board The crew of her tow steamer saw four of her crewmen abandon ship in a lifeboat but they were never seen again 11 44 Gus Shammel nbsp United States The 42 gross register ton screw steamer burned in Choctawhatchee Bay Florida All three people on board survived 2 Unknown date edit List of shipwrecks Unknown date 1906 Ship Country DescriptionCentennial nbsp United States The 2 075 gross register ton 324 foot 98 8 m iron hulled screw steamer departed Hakodate Japan bound for San Francisco California with a crew of 38 aboard on the 24th and was never heard from again The steamer Pennsylvania flag unknown sighted wreckage from Centennial in the North Pacific Ocean in late March 1906 In 1912 Russian explorers found Centennial frozen in the ice and abandoned in the Sea of Okhotsk off Sakhalin Island with no lifeboats aboard and no sign of her crew 2 45 Buller nbsp United Kingdom The St Ives pilot boat with seven pilots on board capsized in St Ives Bay Cornwall when a schooner hit her throwing all her occupants into the water There were no fatalities 46 Stainburn nbsp United Kingdom The Workington collier almost wrecked on the Runnelstone off Gwennap Head Cornwall and caught fire She managed to make her way to Penzance where she was repaired 47 March edit1 March edit List of shipwrecks 1 March 1906 Ship Country DescriptionJohn R Bergen nbsp United States The 647 gross register ton schooner was abandoned in the North Atlantic Ocean at 36 12 N 072 30 W 36 200 N 72 500 W 36 200 72 500 John R Bergen All seven people on board survived 5 Willard nbsp United States The tug sank off Rockport Massachusetts Three of five crewmen died 48 2 March edit List of shipwrecks 2 March 1906 Ship Country DescriptionOcean Queen nbsp United Kingdom The steamer was wrecked on the south coast of Guernsey during a voyage from London to Jersey carrying cement and general cargo 49 50 3 March edit List of shipwrecks 3 March 1906 Ship Country DescriptionLizzie Chadwick nbsp United States The 472 gross register ton schooner was abandoned off Cape Hatteras North Carolina All six people on board survived 5 Myndert Starin nbsp United States With no one on board the 203 gross register ton barge sank at Weehawken New Jersey 36 Navahoe nbsp United States The steamer grounded on Middle Bar inside the bar at Cape Fear in a gale with heavy rain Refloated on 9 March after removal of cargo 51 4 March edit List of shipwrecks 4 March 1906 Ship Country DescriptionMary Manning nbsp United States The 1 233 gross register ton schooner was abandoned in the North Atlantic Ocean at 39 00 N 68 00 W 39 000 N 68 000 W 39 000 68 000 Mary Manning All eight people aboard survived 11 5 March edit List of shipwrecks 5 March 1906 Ship Country DescriptionJohn S Deering nbsp United States The 478 gross register ton schooner was abandoned at sea in the North Atlantic Ocean east of Virginia at 37 05 N 071 50 W 37 083 N 71 833 W 37 083 71 833 John S Deering All seven people on board survived 5 6 March edit List of shipwrecks 6 March 1906 Ship Country DescriptionHamilton Fish nbsp United States The 1 616 gross register ton schooner barge or scow barge sank in the North Atlantic Ocean off Barnegat New Jersey All three people on board survived 5 Mokihana nbsp United States The 15 gross register ton schooner was stranded at Kahnlula Maui Territory of Hawaii All three people aboard survived 11 52 9 March edit List of shipwrecks 9 March 1906 Ship Country DescriptionJack Osborn nbsp United States The 125 gross register ton sternwheel paddle steamer burned overnight at dock at New Orleans Louisiana All 15 people on board survived but she was a total loss 12 13 10 March edit List of shipwrecks 10 March 1906 Ship Country DescriptionTom Lysle nbsp United States The tow steamer sprang a leak rolled over on her side and sank in the Monongahela River at Braddock Pennsylvania While the crew was transferring to the barge Tom Lysle was towing one female crewmember a chambermaid was crushed to death between the vessels The wreck was abandoned 21 11 March edit List of shipwrecks 11 March 1906 Ship Country DescriptionCarrie nbsp United States The tug sank at the Barnes Brothers dock Port Richmond New York The wreck was raised a couple of days later 53 12 March edit List of shipwrecks 12 March 1906 Ship Country DescriptionGolden Rod nbsp United States The 132 gross register ton schooner was stranded at Burgeo Newfoundland All nine people aboard survived 5 13 March edit List of shipwrecks 13 March 1906 Ship Country DescriptionAlligator nbsp United States The passenger steamer struck a snag just above Heather Island and sank in five feet 1 5 m of water Passengers and crew went to Silver Springs Florida in small boats 40 Olympian nbsp United States The sidewheel paddle steamer was wrecked at Possession Bay Chile while under tow by the steamer Zealandia nbsp United States 54 16 March edit List of shipwrecks 16 March 1906 Ship Country DescriptionS E Davis nbsp United States The 79 gross register ton schooner was stranded at Clark Island Maine All three people on board survived 11 17 March edit List of shipwrecks 17 March 1906 Ship Country DescriptionSebago nbsp United States The 307 gross register ton schooner was stranded at Beaver Harbour New Brunswick All five people on board survived 11 18 March edit List of shipwrecks 18 March 1906 Ship Country DescriptionAthen nbsp Germany The cargo ship was wrecked at Portland Bill United Kingdom Atlanta nbsp United States The 200 1 foot 61 m 1 129 gross register ton screw steamer burned on Lake Michigan 14 nautical miles 26 km 16 mi south of Sheboygan Wisconsin One crewman was killed The fish tug Tessler nbsp United States rescued her 39 survivors and towed her to shore where she burned to the waterline She was declared a total loss Her wreck lies 800 feet 244 m off Cedar Grove Wisconsin in 17 feet 5 2 m of water and is within the boundaries of the Wisconsin Shipwreck Coast National Marine Sanctuary 2 55 56 57 58 19 March edit List of shipwrecks 19 March 1906 Ship Country DescriptionC C Lane nbsp United States The 321 gross register ton schooner was stranded at Boston Massachusetts All six people on board survived 19 Gordon Rowe nbsp United States The oyster steamer sank at dock over night at New Haven Connecticut due to water not being shut off after filling a tank One crewman sleeping on board died 59 H C French nbsp United States The 142 gross register ton steam canal boat was stranded at New Haven Connecticut All four people on board survived 2 Lady Antrim nbsp United States The 87 gross register ton schooner sank off Marblehead Massachusetts with the loss of three lives There was one survivor 5 N E T Co No 10 nbsp United States The 197 gross register ton scow sank off the breakwater at New Haven Connecticut The only person on board survived 1 Oak nbsp United States The 302 gross register ton barge was stranded in the Chesapeake Bay at Thimble Shoal off the coast of Virginia Both people on board survived 36 Violet nbsp United States The 15 gross register ton sternwheel motor paddle vessel was crushed by ice on the Missouri River at Blencoe Iowa The only person on board survived 12 Walter J Schloefer nbsp United States The 138 gross register ton canal boat was stranded at New Haven Connecticut All three people on board survived 36 20 March edit List of shipwrecks 20 March 1906 Ship Country DescriptionAmanda Powell nbsp United States The tow steamer caught on the dock when the tide came back and she filled with water She was pumped out 44 Martha E McCabe nbsp United States The 345 gross register ton schooner barge or scow barge sank at Barnegat New Jersey All six people on board survived 11 21 March edit List of shipwrecks 21 March 1906 Ship Country DescriptionMary B nbsp United States The steamer struck an obstruction in the Mississippi River one half mile 0 80 km above Belle Point and sank in three minutes in 80 feet 24 m of water Four crewmen killed 60 Raymond T Maull nbsp United States The 538 gross register ton schooner was stranded on Gull Shoal on the coast of North Carolina All six people on board survived 11 22 March edit List of shipwrecks 22 March 1906 Ship Country DescriptionEdith and May nbsp United States The 128 gross register ton schooner was stranded in the Berry Islands in the Bahamas All five people on board survived 19 Jennie and Florence Cahill nbsp United States With no one on board the 168 gross register ton barge sank off Oyster Bay New York 36 24 March edit List of shipwrecks 24 March 1906 Ship Country DescriptionUnknown car float nbsp United States The car float under tow of the tug Harry G Runkle nbsp United States filled and sank in the North River off the Pennsylvania Railroad Ferry Dock Jersey City New Jersey 53 26 March edit List of shipwrecks 26 March 1906 Ship Country DescriptionClara E Uhler nbsp United States The tug sunk at dock in East Boston Massachusetts possibly snagged on the dock when the tide went out Raised and repaired 48 Joseph W Ross nbsp United States The tug struck a snag in the lower part of Boston Harbor and was beached on Lovells Island to prevent sinking in deep water Raised and repaired 48 Nannie B nbsp United States The 85 gross register ton screw steamer was stranded at Bennetts Point South Carolina All four people on board survived 12 27 March edit List of shipwrecks 27 March 1906 Ship Country DescriptionCecilia Hill nbsp United States The steamer burned at dock at Fish Creek Wisconsin 55 31 March edit List of shipwrecks 31 March 1906 Ship Country DescriptionMary B nbsp United States The 84 gross register ton sternwheel paddle steamer sank with the loss of four lives when she struck a log at Belle Point Louisiana There were six survivors 12 Newsboy nbsp United States The steamer was damaged wrecked on the bar at the entrance to Humboldt Bay California The tug Ranger nbsp United States attempted to take her under tow but was struck by Wasp nbsp United States and was damaged and had to give up the attempt Wasp made an unsuccessful attempt at passing a line The crew abandoned her that evening She ended up wrecked on the beach 12 61 62 63 64 W H Van Name nbsp United States The 97 gross register ton schooner was lost when she struck the submerged wreck of the barge Oak nbsp United States in Hampton Roads on the coast of Virginia All four people aboard survived 2 Unknown date edit List of shipwrecks Unknown date March 1906 Ship Country DescriptionSMS Albatross nbsp Imperial German Navy The collier foundered in a storm Nicholas Thayer nbsp United States During a voyage from Seattle Washington to Seward Territory of Alaska with a crew of 16 and a cargo of 150 tons of coal 150 tons of general merchandise and 425 000 board feet 1 003 m3 35 400 cu ft of lumber the 584 gross register ton 138 9 foot 42 3 m bark disappeared with the loss of all hands in the Gulf of Alaska The discovery by Alaska Natives of wreckage and cargo on Sitkalidak Island in the Kodiak Archipelago led many to believe that she had sunk near Kodiak although this was well west of her most likely route from Seattle to Seward 65 April edit1 April edit List of shipwrecks 1 April 1906 Ship Country DescriptionMinnie nbsp United States The steamer sank at the Brownell Brothers Lumber Company dock in Berwick Louisiana in 35 feet 11 m of water Salvage not attempted 60 2 April edit List of shipwrecks 2 April 1906 Ship Country DescriptionAlexander R nbsp Canada The cargo schooner was sunk in a collision with Afranmore flag unknown off Halifax Nova Scotia Total loss later raised and sold 66 Henry O Brien nbsp United States The tug caught fire in Newark Bay and was beached on the flats The fire was extinguished by the steamer Nanticoke nbsp United States 67 Sarah E Easton nbsp United States The tow steamer sank in a collision with T L Sturtevant nbsp United States in the North River off the Communipaw Coal Dock 67 3 April edit List of shipwrecks 3 April 1906 Ship Country DescriptionWyalusing nbsp United States The 118 foot 36 m 149 gross register ton steam screw tug was wrecked on Hardings Ledge a reef off Hull Massachusetts and sank in up to 50 feet 15 m of water at 42 18 315 N 070 50 869 W 42 305250 N 70 847817 W 42 305250 70 847817 Wyalusing All nine people on board survived but she was a total loss 48 68 7 April edit List of shipwrecks 7 April 1906 Ship Country DescriptionCecilia Hill nbsp United States With no one on board the 93 gross register ton screw steamer burned at Fish Creek Wisconsin 69 8 April edit List of shipwrecks 8 April 1906 Ship Country DescriptionH M Hoxie nbsp United States The steamer burned and sank after her starboard boiler exploded at Portland Ohio Two crewmen were killed in the explosion She was refloated 70 71 Robert A Scott nbsp United States The towboat sank in a collision with J H Williams nbsp United States in the East River off Pier 8 that caused her to careen to the point she filled with water and sank One crewman was killed The survivors were rescued by J H Williams 67 9 April edit List of shipwrecks 9 April 1906 Ship Country DescriptionGame Cock nbsp United States The 59 gross register ton schooner was stranded at Stonington Maine All three people on board survived 72 Lotna nbsp United States The 12 gross register ton sloop was stranded at Swampscott Massachusetts The only person on board survived 5 10 April edit List of shipwrecks 10 April 1906 Ship Country DescriptionD Gifford nbsp United States The 253 gross register ton schooner was stranded at Field Rocks Massachusetts All six people on board survived 19 Florence nbsp United States The cargo ship was damaged in a collision with the steamer Captain Bennett nbsp Norway in the Delaware River tearing out her stem and causing her crew to beach her on flats off Fort Delaware Delaware 44 Helen F Ward nbsp United States The 8 gross register ton schooner was stranded at Provincetown Massachusetts The only person on board survived 5 Rising Sun nbsp United States The 80 gross register ton schooner was stranded at Drakes Island Maine Both people on board survived 11 Sallie B nbsp United States The 286 gross register ton schooner sank in Casco Bay on the coast of Maine with the loss of four lives There were two survivors 11 11 April edit List of shipwrecks 11 April 1906 Ship Country DescriptionMarion nbsp United States The 235 gross register ton 123 foot 37 5 m cod fishing schooner sank at Sanak Island in the Fox Islands group of the Aleutian Islands Her crew of eight survived 5 34 13 April edit List of shipwrecks 213 April 1906 Ship Country DescriptionNettie Cushing nbsp United States The 117 gross register ton schooner was stranded on Cornfield Sand Shoal on the coast of Connecticut All four people on board survived 11 14 April edit List of shipwrecks 14 April 1906 Ship Country DescriptionBouquet nbsp United States The barge under tow by Hokendauqua nbsp United States sank in Block Island Sound five miles 8 0 km east of Watch Hill Rhode Island about three miles 4 8 km offshore 73 16 April edit List of shipwrecks 16 April 1906 Ship Country DescriptionEugene Zimmerman nbsp United States The steamer was sunk in a collision with Saxona nbsp United States in the St Marys River 74 17 April edit List of shipwrecks 17 April 1906 Ship Country DescriptionG L Daboll nbsp United States The 49 gross register ton schooner was stranded at Egmont Key Florida All five people aboard survived 5 HM Torpedo Boat 84 nbsp Royal Navy The TB 82 class torpedo boat sank in the Mediterranean Sea after colliding with the destroyer HMS Ardent nbsp Royal Navy 75 76 18 April edit List of shipwrecks 18 April 1906 Ship Country DescriptionCity of Detroit nbsp United States The 118 gross register ton steam canal boat was destroyed by fire at the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Dock in St George Staten Island New York All four people on board survived 2 Columbia nbsp United States San Francisco earthquake The Steamer capsized at the Union Iron Works dock while being refit puncturing her hull and sinking Raised repaired and returned to service by January 1907 77 Ella L Slaymaker nbsp United States The 34 gross register ton schooner burned on the Delaware River Both people on board survived 19 20 April edit List of shipwrecks 20 April 1906 Ship Country DescriptionLouise Hastings nbsp United States The 123 gross register ton schooner sank at Havana Cuba All three people on board survived 5 22 April edit List of shipwrecks 22 April 1906 Ship Country DescriptionNannie B nbsp United States The steamer sank while tied up at dock at Bennetts Point One crewman possibly died 78 23 April edit List of shipwrecks 23 April 1906 Ship Country DescriptionMary F Pike nbsp United States The 125 gross register ton schooner was stranded on East Point on Prince Edward Island All four people aboard survived 11 Norumbega nbsp United States The 126 gross register ton schooner was lost when she collided with the schooner Edith L Allen nbsp United States off Fenwick Island on the coast of Maryland All 17 people aboard survived 11 24 April edit List of shipwrecks 24 April 1906 Ship Country DescriptionAnglo Peruvian nbsp United Kingdom The steamer struck an iceberg on 21 April in the North Atlantic Ocean and sank on 24 April Her entire crew was rescued by Mohawk nbsp United Kingdom 79 25 April edit List of shipwrecks 25 April 1906 Ship Country DescriptionMary Anne nbsp United States The canal boat sank after the steamer Lansing nbsp United States struck her causing her to fill and sink at Philadelphia Pennsylvania 80 26 April edit List of shipwrecks 26 April 1906 Ship Country DescriptionHavana nbsp Canada The salvage vessel was sunk in a collision with Strathcona nbsp Canada off Halifax Nova Scotia 81 Shiloh nbsp United States The steamer struck a snag between Washington North Carolina and Tarboro North Carolina and was beached off Indian Creek 82 28 April edit List of shipwrecks 28 April 1906 Ship Country DescriptionWilliam F Campbell nbsp United States The 211 gross register ton schooner sank in Penobscot Bay off Owls Head Maine All five people aboard survived 2 30 April edit List of shipwrecks 30 April 1906 Ship Country DescriptionCourier II nbsp United Kingdom The steamer struck Les Anons a rock south of Jethou 83 There were 29 survivors and 10 deaths The ship was salvaged on 1 August 1906 and returned to service after repairs 84 Unknown date edit List of shipwrecks Unknown date April 1906 Ship Country DescriptionAdeline nbsp United States The 15 gross register ton screw steamer sank at Whealton Virginia All three people on board survived 69 May edit2 May edit List of shipwrecks 2 May 1906 Ship Country DescriptionAlaska nbsp United States The 60 gross register ton 73 7 foot 22 5 m iron hulled screw steamer was destroyed by fire while in winter quarters at St Michael Territory of Alaska All eight people aboard survived 2 85 Jessie B nbsp United States The steamer capsized in a windstorm and broke in two at Fairview Illinois Total loss 3 3 May edit List of shipwrecks 3 May 1906 Ship Country DescriptionExplorer nbsp United States With no one on board the 15 gross register ton 50 foot 15 2 m sternwheel paddle steamer sank in the Yukon River at Russian Mission Territory of Alaska 86 87 5 May edit List of shipwrecks 5 May 1906 Ship Country DescriptionFloat No 33 nbsp United States The car float was sunk when struck in thick fog by the ferry Somerville nbsp United States off Pier L Jersey City New Jersey 88 Red Wing nbsp United States The tow steamer sank at dock at the Nelson amp Son Mill in Boggy Creek Nassau River Florida when her rail hung up on the guard of a lighter Later raised 89 6 May edit List of shipwrecks 6 May 1906 Ship Country DescriptionLevy Bros nbsp United States The 24 gross register ton schooner barge or scow barge sank in Lake Pontchartrain in Louisiana All three people on board survived 5 Rock Island nbsp United States The 533 gross register ton 134 foot 40 8 m sternwheel paddle steamer was crushed by ice and sank at a wharf in the Tanana River at Chena Territory of Alaska All 30 people on board survived Repeated attempts to refloat her failed 90 7 May edit List of shipwrecks 7 May 1906 Ship Country DescriptionAlice nbsp United States The 61 gross register ton schooner was stranded at Chincoteague Cove on the coast of Virginia All four people on board survived 19 Eagle Point nbsp United States The steamer struck a snag and sank at Cassville Wisconsin in the Mississippi River in seven feet 2 1 m of water Later raised 41 91 8 May edit List of shipwrecks 8 May 1906 Ship Country DescriptionM I Wilcox nbsp United States The 377 gross register ton schooner was stranded at Colchester Point on the coast of Ontario All five people on board survived 5 Vandalia nbsp United States The 41 gross register ton schooner sank in the Gulf of Mexico off Cape Romano on the coast of Florida with the loss of all four people aboard 11 9 May edit List of shipwrecks 9 May 1906 Ship Country DescriptionAlgeria nbsp United States The 2 038 gross register ton schooner sank off Cleveland Ohio with the loss of one or two lives There were 10 survivors Wreck removed in November 19 92 Armenia nbsp United States The 2 040 gross register ton schooner barge or scow barge under tow by Pabst nbsp United States sank in a storm on Lake Erie four miles 6 4 km off the lighthouse at Pelee Island Ontario 41 57 N 82 58 W 41 950 N 82 967 W 41 950 82 967 in seven fathoms 42 ft 13 m of water All seven people on board rescued by Pabst Later the wreck was blown up with dynamite and dispersed by tugs with grapple hooks 19 93 94 Horn Point nbsp United States The 12 gross register ton sloop sank in East Lynnhaven Inlet on the coast of Virginia All three people on board survived 22 10 May edit List of shipwrecks 10 May 1906 Ship Country DescriptionTanana Chief nbsp United States The 72 gross register ton 59 2 foot 18 0 m sternwheel paddle steamer was wrecked on the Kantishna River in the Territory of Alaska All eight people on board survived 9 95 11 May edit List of shipwrecks 11 May 1906 Ship Country DescriptionVigilant nbsp United States The steamer ran aground and sank in the vicinity of Thessalon Ontario in the Canadian Channel 96 12 May edit List of shipwrecks 12 May 1906 Ship Country DescriptionBlue Stone nbsp United States The tug sank at the Communipaw Coal Dock in Jersey City New Jersey when the wake of the United States Government steamer Scout nbsp United States washed across her deck causing her to heel over and flood She was raised by nightfall and towed to a drydock and found to be undamaged 97 Dream nbsp United States The 12 gross register ton schooner was stranded at Savannah Georgia All four people on board survived 72 13 May edit List of shipwrecks 13 May 1906 Ship Country DescriptionHattie G Dixon nbsp United States The 528 gross register ton barkentine was stranded on Chappaquiddick Island on the coast of Massachusetts All eight people on board survived 5 15 May edit List of shipwrecks 15 May 1906 Ship Country DescriptionSelkirk nbsp United States The 223 gross register ton sternwheel paddle steamer was wrecked in the Rock Island Rapids on the Columbia River near Rock Island Washington All nine people on board survived 12 16 May edit List of shipwrecks 16 May 1906 Ship Country DescriptionBaltimore nbsp United States The ferry was damaged when struck by the lighter Greenwich nbsp United States in the North River off Desbrosses Street in New York City punching a hole in her hull She made it to her Desbrosses Street slip and unloaded her passengers and cargo before sinking 97 17 May edit List of shipwrecks 17 May 1906 Ship Country DescriptionHM Torpedo Boat 56 nbsp Royal Navy The TB26 class torpedo boat foundered in the Mediterranean Sea off Damietta Egypt while under tow by the cruiser HMS Arrogant nbsp Royal Navy 75 98 18 May edit List of shipwrecks 18 May 1906 Ship Country DescriptionThealka nbsp United States The steamer struck an obstruction and sank in the Big Sandy River at Red House Kentucky 15 Unknown barge nbsp United States The coal barge under tow of the tug Alice nbsp United States was sunk when she was sucked into the propeller of Langfond flag unknown off Twenty Seventh street Brooklyn 97 19 May edit List of shipwrecks 19 May 1906 Ship Country DescriptionComte de Smet de Meyer nbsp Belgium The training ship foundered in the Bay of Biscay 47 12 N 12 10 W 47 200 N 12 167 W 47 200 12 167 on her second voyage with the loss of 33 crew 99 20 May edit List of shipwrecks 20 May 1906 Ship Country DescriptionKoyukuk nbsp United States During a voyage with 32 people aboard the 280 or 286 gross register ton sources disagree 120 5 foot 36 7 m sternwheel paddle steamer struck a rock and was wrecked at the mouth of the Little Delta River on the Tanana River below Chena Territory of Alaska All on board survived She may have been salvaged 12 100 22 May edit List of shipwrecks 22 May 1906 Ship Country DescriptionLotta Talbot nbsp United States The 342 gross register ton 145 7 foot 44 4 m sternwheel paddle steamer was wrecked at Fairbanks Territory of Alaska Her crew of five survived 12 101 Thistle nbsp United States The steamer sank at dock at Juneau Territory of Alaska Raised machinery salvaged and was broken up 102 23 May edit List of shipwrecks 23 May 1906 Ship Country DescriptionJohn H Crook nbsp United States The 100 gross register ton canal boat was stranded in Quebec The only person on board survived 36 William J Sewell nbsp United States When the steamer attempted to pass between the disabled steamer Pennsylvania nbsp United States and another tow off Portsmouth Virginia she struck Pennsylvania and had to be beached 82 24 May edit List of shipwrecks 24 May 1906 Ship Country DescriptionCity of Concord nbsp United States The steamer sank at dock in Cleveland Ohio after springing a leak in Lake Erie She was raised 103 Thomas Tryon nbsp United States The canal boat sank at the Mouth of Glen Cove Creek in the harbor of Hempstead New York Long Island The wreck was removed in December 1906 104 25 May edit List of shipwrecks 25 May 1906 Ship Country DescriptionGustavus A Muller nbsp United States The 21 gross register ton sloop was stranded at Tucker s Beach New Jersey Both people on board survived 5 Olga nbsp United States The 498 gross register ton schooner was stranded on Kahoolawe in the Hawaiian Islands All 12 people on board survived 11 26 May edit List of shipwrecks 26 May 1906 Ship Country DescriptionDixie nbsp United States The 12 gross register ton sternwheel motor paddle vessel sank in the Tennessee River at Johnsonville Tennessee All 12 people on board survived 2 John Eggers nbsp United States The 25 gross register ton schooner was stranded at Wind Point Wisconsin The only person on board survived 5 Katherine M nbsp United States With no one on board the 191 gross register ton barge burned at Hastings Minnesota 36 28 May edit List of shipwrecks 28 May 1906 Ship Country DescriptionMable Wilson nbsp United States The 1 224 gross register ton schooner sank off Cleveland Ohio with the loss of one life There were seven survivors 5 29 May edit List of shipwrecks 29 May 1906 Ship Country DescriptionJames A Stetson nbsp United States The 65 gross register ton schooner was stranded on Amherst in the Magdalen Islands in the Gulf of Saint Lawrence All four people on board survived 5 Leros nbsp Germany The steamer was en route from Newcastle to Lisbon with a cargo of Singer sewing machines when she ran aground in thick fog on Tasse de la Frette Rocks northwest of Burhou near Alderney Channel Islands 105 106 30 May edit List of shipwrecks 30 May 1906 Ship Country DescriptionHMS Montagu nbsp Royal Navy nbsp HMS Montagu aground on Lundy IslandThe Duncan class battleship was wrecked on Lundy Island in thick fog After her guns and other equipment was salvaged Salvage was abandoned in 1907 and the ship was scrapped in situ Palestine nbsp United Kingdom The trawler was damaged in a collision with Westmoor nbsp United Kingdom off the Smalls Her captain tried to make it to port but she sank 31 2 hours later The crew were rescued by the yacht Lorna nbsp United Kingdom 107 31 May edit List of shipwrecks 31 May 1906 Ship Country DescriptionErin nbsp Canada The steamer sank after colliding with the steamer John B Cowle nbsp United States off St Clair Michigan in the St Clair River Five crew including two women were killed 20 103 108 Maggie A Phillips nbsp United States The 95 gross register ton schooner departed Baltimore Maryland bound for Gregorytown in the Bahamas with six people on board and was never heard from again 22 Unknown date edit List of shipwrecks Unknown date May 1906 Ship Country DescriptionE and G W Hinds nbsp United States The 115 gross register ton schooner was stranded at Plympton Nova Scotia All four people on board survived 109 June edit1 June edit List of shipwrecks 1 June 1906 Ship Country DescriptionBrookhill nbsp United States The ferry sank at dock in a windstorm at Baton Rouge Louisiana 60 Three Sisters nbsp United States The 33 gross register ton schooner was lost when she collided with an unidentified barge in Hampton Roads on the coast of Virginia All three people on board survived 69 2 June edit List of shipwrecks 2 June 1906 Ship Country DescriptionClara E Rogers nbsp United States The 144 gross register ton schooner was lost off Vineyard Haven Light on the coast of Massachusetts after colliding with an unidentified screw steamer All four people on board survived 19 Quickstep nbsp United States The 66 gross register ton sternwheel paddle steamer capsized and burned in a windstorm at Lake Des Allemands Louisiana All 15 people on board survived but she was a total loss 12 60 3 June edit List of shipwrecks 3 June 1906 Ship Country DescriptionMary nbsp United States The 174 a, wikipedia, 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