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

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1 April

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List of shipwrecks: 1 April 1923
Ship State Description
Laurana  Germany The cargo ship ran aground at Cadiz, Andalusia, Spain. She was refloated but was discovered to be leaking severely and was beached.[1] Laurana was refloated on 16 April.[2]
Portgwarra  United Kingdom The cargo ship ran aground at Melilla, Spain.[3] She was refloated on 16 April.[4]

3 April

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List of shipwrecks: 3 April 1923
Ship State Description
HMS Ceres  Royal Navy The C-class cruiser was in collision with USS Fox ( United States Navy) in the Bosporus. Both vessels sustained substantial damage.[5]
Free Will  United Kingdom The salvage vessel was holed during salvage operations at Portland, Dorset and was beached. Her crew were taken off by Conqueress and Petrel (both  United Kingdom).[6]
Reta M. Cluett  United Kingdom The schooner was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean off Cape Race, Newfoundland (40°05′N 53°38′W / 40.083°N 53.633°W / 40.083; -53.633). She was set afire by her crew before they were rescued.[6]

5 April

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List of shipwrecks: 5 April 1923
Ship State Description
Glutra  Norway The cargo ship foundered in the North Sea. Her crew were rescued by the trawler Este Brügge ( Germany).[7]

6 April

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List of shipwrecks: 6 April 1923
Ship State Description
Chika Maru  Japan The cargo ship ran aground and sank in the Kurushima Channel.[8] She was refloated on 22 April.[9]
Competitor  United Kingdom The cargo ship ran aground at Cape Cod, Massachusetts.[10] She was refloated on 16 April.[4]
John S. Dwight  United States While smuggling a cargo of illegal ale, the 107-foot (33 m), 151-gross register ton coastal cargo ship — the former minesweeper USS Pawnee ( United States Navy) — was scuttled by her crew under mysterious circumstances in 85 feet (26 m) of water off the coast of Massachusetts in Vineyard Sound south of Nashawena Island at 41°23′26″N 070°52′36″W / 41.39056°N 70.87667°W / 41.39056; -70.87667 (John S. Dwight). Eight members of her crew died in the incident. The minesweeper USS Falcon ( United States Navy) blew up her sunken wreck during the summer of 1923, sometime prior to 5 July.[11][12]
Nordhvalen  Denmark The cargo ship was sunk in a collision with Barracoo ( United Kingdom) near the mouth of the Patapsco River in Chesapeake Bay.[13][14]

7 April

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List of shipwrecks: 7 April 1923
Ship State Description
Addington  United Kingdom The cargo ship ran aground in the Danube at Sulina, Romania.[10] She was refloated on 11 April.[15]

8 April

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List of shipwrecks: 8 April 1923
Ship State Description
Unicorn  United Kingdom . The coaster foundered off Rame Head, Cornwall with the loss of three of her five crew.[16]

9 April

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List of shipwrecks: 9 April 1923
Ship State Description
Pioneer #2  United States During a voyage from Bellingham, Washington, to Snug Harbor, Territory of Alaska, under tow by the steamer North Star ( United States) with no people or cargo aboard, the 21-ton scow sank off Cape Hinchinbrook (60°14′N 146°39′W / 60.233°N 146.650°W / 60.233; -146.650 (Cape Hinchinbrook)) in Southeast Alaska after her tow line parted during a gale.[17]

17 April

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List of shipwrecks: 17 April 1923
Ship State Description
Cité d'Aleth  France The schooner was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean (46°47′00″N 6°46′30″W / 46.78333°N 6.77500°W / 46.78333; -6.77500). Her crew were rescued by Drake ( United Kingdom).[18]

21 April

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List of shipwrecks: 21 April 1923
Ship State Description
The Gay Gordon Newfoundland The schooner foundered in the Atlantic Ocean (41°40′N 41°55′W / 41.667°N 41.917°W / 41.667; -41.917). Her crew were rescued by Hollinside ( United Kingdom).[19][20]

23 April

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List of shipwrecks: 23 April 1923
Ship State Description
Stranger  United States The schooner was destroyed by fire in the Gulf of Mexico. Her crew were rescued.[21]

24 April

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List of shipwrecks: 24 April 1923
Ship State Description
Mossamedes  Portugal The cargo ship, with 237 people on board, ran aground at Cape Frio, Namíbia, and was evacuated by lifeboats. She was a total loss.[22] Thirty-one died, seven when the Mossamedes capsized and 24 others who were in a lifeboat that sank. The 206 survivors were picked up by the French gunboat Cassiopee, the Portuguese gunboat Salvador Correia and by fishing vessels from Porto Alexandre in Angola. [23]

25 April

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List of shipwrecks: 25 April 1923
Ship State Description
Maschyagandhi  United Kingdom The barque foundered in the Bay of Bengal. Her crew survived.[9]
Teja  Chile The cargo ship struck rocks off Punta de Lobos and sank.[24]

26 April

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List of shipwrecks: 26 April 1923
Ship State Description
Brush  United States The cargo ship ran aground at the South Cape Arago Lighthouse, Oregon. Her crew were rescued by a United States Coast Guard ship.[22]

29 April

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List of shipwrecks: 29 April 1923
Ship State Description
Seaconnet  United States Carrying a cargo of coal, the 3,372-gross register ton collier sank during a storm with the loss of seven lives in 75 to 100 feet (23 to 30 m) of water off the coast of Massachusetts in Vineyard Sound southwest of Cuttyhunk Island at 41°21′48″N 070°00′10″W / 41.36333°N 70.00278°W / 41.36333; -70.00278 (Seaconnet).[20][25]

Unknown date

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List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1923
Ship State Description
Dunmail  United Kingdom The ship foundered in the Bristol Channel. Her crew were rescued by Thamesmead ( United Kingdom).[26]

References

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  1. ^ "Casualty reports". The Times. No. 43305. London. 3 April 1923. col G, p. 16.
  2. ^ "Casualty reports". The Times. No. 43317. London. 17 April 1923. col E, p. 19.
  3. ^ "Casualty reports". The Times. No. 43304. London. 2 April 1923. col B, p. 15.
  4. ^ a b "Reinsurance rates". The Times. No. 43317. London. 17 April 1923. col E, p. 19.
  5. ^ "Casualty reports". The Times. No. 43307. London. 5 April 1923. col E, p. 16.
  6. ^ a b "Casualty reports". The Times. No. 43306. London. 4 April 1923. col C, p. 18.
  7. ^ "Casualty reports". The Times. No. 43309. London. 7 April 1923. col F, p. 4.
  8. ^ "Casualty reports". The Times. No. 43311. London. 10 April 1923. col E, p. 23.
  9. ^ a b "Casualty reports". The Times. No. 43328. London. 30 April 1923. col G, p. 20.
  10. ^ a b "Casualty reports". The Times. No. 43310. London. 9 April 1923. col G, p. 21.
  11. ^ "John S. Dwight". Hunting New England Shipwrecks. Retrieved 11 February 2021.
  12. ^ Dresser, Thomas, Hidden History of Martha′s Vineyard, The History Press: Charleston, South Carolina, 2017, ISBN 9781467135955, pp. 66–71.
  13. ^ "Japanese Army Auxiliary transports". Combinedfleet.com. Retrieved 1 December 2022.
  14. ^ "Nordhvalen (+1923)". Wrecksite. Retrieved 1 December 2022.
  15. ^ "Reinsurance rates". The Times. No. 43313. London. 12 April 1923. col B, p. 22.
  16. ^ "Casualty reports". The Times. No. 43310. London. 9 April 1923. col F, p. 12.
  17. ^ alaskashipwreck.com Alaska Shipwrecks (P)
  18. ^ "Casualty reports". The Times. No. 43318. London. 18 April 1923. col B, p. 23.
  19. ^ "Reinsurance rates". The Times. No. 43323. London. 24 April 1923. col C, p. 25.
  20. ^ a b "Casualty reports". The Times. No. 43329. London. 1 May 1923. col E, p. 25.
  21. ^ "Casualty reports". The Times. No. 43324. London. 25 April 1923. col C, p. 23.
  22. ^ a b "Casualty reports". The Times. No. 43327. London. 28 April 1923. col F, p. 12.
  23. ^ SS Mossamedes (1923)", Wrecksite.eu
  24. ^ "Casualty reports". The Times. No. 43326. London. 27 April 1923. col D, p. 18.
  25. ^ "Seaconnet". Hunting New England Shipwrecks. Retrieved 25 February 2021.
  26. ^ Tovey, Ron. "A Chronology of Bristol Channel Shipwrecks" (PDF). Swansea Docks. Archived from the original (PDF) on 22 December 2014. Retrieved 23 December 2014.
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