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

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3 January

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List of shipwrecks: 3 January 1923
Ship State Description
Alice M. Colburn  United States The 225-foot (69 m), 1,603-gross register ton four-masted schooner ran aground on Great Egg Rock off Manchester, Massachusetts, during a storm, broke up, and sank in up to 30 feet (9.1 m) of water just off the northwest side of the rock.[1]
Four Brothers  United Kingdom The schooner foundered in the Irish Sea off Rhyl, Denbighshire, Wles, with the loss of two lives.[2]

4 January

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List of shipwrecks: 4 January 1923
Ship State Description
Anita Phillips  United States After her gasoline engine broke down and her two anchors dragged, the 21-gross register ton motor vessel ran aground and sank in 210 feet (64 m) of water in Port Snettisham off Stephens Passage in the Alexander Archipelago in Southeast Alaska. The mail boat George Jr. ( United States) rescued all four people – two passengers and two crew members – on board.[3]
The Victory  United Kingdom The coaster ran aground at Youghal, County Cork. She was refloated and beached on 6 January but sank in the early hours of 7 January.[4]

5 January

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List of shipwrecks: 5 January 1923
Ship State Description
Fundus  Germany The cargo ship sank at Hamburg.[5]

6 January

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List of shipwrecks: 6 January 1923
Ship State Description
Perrosien  France The topsail schooner came ashore at Bucks Mills, Devon and was wrecked.[6]

12 January

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List of shipwrecks: 12 January 1923
Ship State Description
President  United States While laid up for the winter at Graveyard Point (58°52′N 157°01′W / 58.867°N 157.017°W / 58.867; -157.017 (Graveyard Point)) on the Bristol Bay coast of the Territory of Alaska, the 50-gross register ton, 72.2-foot (22.0 m) fishing vessel was wrecked in a storm.[7]
West Calumb  United States The cargo ship collided with Western Plains ( United States) at New York and sank.[8][9] She was refloated on 16 January.[10]

15 January

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List of shipwrecks: 15 January 1923
Ship State Description
Carmen  Sweden The four masted auxiliary schooner ran aground on the Isle of May, Fife, United Kingdom. All sixteen crew were rescued.[11]
Cobden  United Kingdom The schooner collided with the trawler Stronsay ( United Kingdom) in the River Humber and sank. Her crew were rescued.[12][13]
Dorothy  United Kingdom The cargo ship came ashore 10 nautical miles (19 km) from Puerto Plata, Dominican Republic and was wrecked.[12][13]
Patrick Henry  United States The cargo ship ran aground on Sibay Island, Philippines. She was refloated but was leaking and was beached.[11] Patrick Henry was refloated on 18 January.[10]
Sacramento  Sweden The schooner capsized in the Baltic Sea south east of Ystad, Skåne County.[11] She was discovered derelict and towed into Saßnitz, Mecklenburg, Germany.[14]

16 January

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List of shipwrecks: 16 January 1923
Ship State Description
Aleppo  Germany The cargo ship collided with Uganglianza ( Italy) at Antwerp, Belgium and sank.[12]
Belle  United Kingdom The tug was in collision with Trewidden ( United Kingdom) off Cardiff, Glamorgan and sank with the loss of two crew members.[12]
Germania  United Kingdom The cargo ship struck rocks off Cape Malea, Greece and was wrecked. Her crew were rescued.[13]
Heimat  Germany The cargo ship sank at Sandhamn, Stockholm, Sweden with the loss of all hands.[12]
Louise M. Richards  United States The schooner was driven ashore at Bluefields, Nicaragua and was wrecked.[11]
Nal  Danzig The barque sank off the Wollaston Islands, Chile. Her crew were rescued.[15]
Salvador  Spain The cargo ship was wrecked near Bonanza, Andalusia. Her crew were rescued.[12]

17 January

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List of shipwrecks: 17 January 1923
Ship State Description
Montello  Italy The cargo ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean.[16]

19 January

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List of shipwrecks: 19 January 1923
Ship State Description
Maligin  Soviet Navy The icebreaker foundered in the Baltic Sea off the coast of Sweden. She was carrying a consignment of 200,000 German rifles which had been transshipped at sea a few days prior.[17]
Nuestra Señora del Carmen  Spain The sailing ship was wrecked at Cape San Lorenzo with the loss of two of her six crew.[18]
Racconigi  Italy The cargo ship caught fire in the Mediterranean Sea and was beached 30 nautical miles (56 km) east of Algiers, Algeria.[14]
Speranza  Italy The cargo ship collided with Cuidad de Montevideo ( Uruguay) at Buenos Aires, Argentina and sank. Her crew were rescued.[19]

20 January

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List of shipwrecks: 20 January 1923
Ship State Description
Yanagawa Maru  Japan The cargo ship ran aground in the Hirado Strait. Her crew were rescued.[20]

21 January

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List of shipwrecks: 21 January 1923
Ship State Description
Albert  United Kingdom The tug struck the wreck of a coal grab at Liverpool, Lancashire and sank with the loss of three of her seven crew.[21]
Farmand  Norway The cargo ship foundered in the Skaggerak with the loss of seven of her nine crew.[22]
Nautilus  United Kingdom The cargo liner collided with Australia ( United Kingdom) in the Scheldt at Antwerp, Belgium and sank with the loss of three of the eighteen people on board.[23]
Wilbo  Germany The cargo ship foundered off Elbmündung with the loss of seven of her seventeen crew.[24]

22 January

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List of shipwrecks: 22 January 1923
Ship State Description
Lillian  United Kingdom The tug sank at Erith, Kent.[20]

24 January

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List of shipwrecks: 24 January 1923
Ship State Description
Flora  United States The 22-gross register ton motor vessel was wrecked without loss of life during a snowstorm at Duck Island (54°59′00″N 131°14′30″W / 54.98333°N 131.24167°W / 54.98333; -131.24167 (Duck Island)) in Southeast Alaska, becoming a total loss. The motor vessel Hideveld ( United States) rescued her crew.[25]
Moween  Canada The schooner was abandoned and set afire in the Atlantic Ocean (approximately 27°N 72°W / 27°N 72°W / 27; -72). Her crew were rescued by Nord-Schleswig ( Germany).[26]

26 January

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List of shipwrecks: 26 January 1923
Ship State Description
Clintonia  United Kingdom The schooner caught fire in the Atlantic Ocean and was abandoned (42°30′N 58°00′W / 42.500°N 58.000°W / 42.500; -58.000). Her crew were rescued by Empress of Scotland ( United Kingdom).[27]
Maid of England  United Kingdom The barquentine was dismasted in the Atlantic Ocean off Halifax, Nova Scotia Canada.[27] She was abandoned by her crew, who were rescued by Manchester Shipper ( United Kingdom). Maid of England was towed into Halifax by Manchester Shipper.[28]

29 January

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List of shipwrecks: 29 January 1923
Ship State Description
Beukelsdijk  Netherlands The cargo ship was wrecked at Bodø, Norway.

30 January

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List of shipwrecks: 30 January 1923
Ship State Description
Mar del Plata  Spain The cargo ship departed the River Clyde, United Kingdom for Bilbao. Presumed later foundered in the Irish Sea with the loss of all hands. A lifeboat from the ship was discovered off Ramsey, Isle of Man on 2 February.[29]

31 January

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List of shipwrecks: 31 January 1923
Ship State Description
Martha  United Kingdom The three-masted schooner built 1903, sank in Swansea Bay. Her crew were rescued by Singleton ( United Kingdom).[30]

References

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  2. ^ "Casualty reports". The Times. No. 43230. London. 4 January 1923. col G, p. 18.
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  4. ^ "Casualty reports". The Times. No. 43234. London. 9 January 1923. col B, p. 18.
  5. ^ "Casualty reports". The Times. No. 43232. London. 6 January 1923. col G, p. 16.
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  8. ^ "Casualty reports". The Times. No. 43238. London. 13 January 1923. col E, p. 10.
  9. ^ "Casualty reports". The Times. No. 43239. London. 15 January 1923. col B, p. 20.
  10. ^ a b "Casualty reports". The Times. No. 43243. London. 19 January 1923. col B, p. 18.
  11. ^ a b c d "Casualty reports". The Times. No. 43240. London. 16 January 1923. col E, p. 19.
  12. ^ a b c d e f "Casualty reports". The Times. No. 43241. London. 17 January 1923. col B, p. 18.
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  14. ^ a b "Casualty reports". The Times. No. 43245. London. 22 January 1923. col C, p. 18.
  15. ^ "Casualty reports". The Times. No. 43254. London. 1 February 1923. col D, p. 20.
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  27. ^ a b "Casualty reports". The Times. No. 43251. London. 29 January 1923. col G, p. 18.
  28. ^ "Casualty reports". The Times. No. 43253. London. 31 January 1923. col C, p. 18.
  29. ^ "Casualty reports". The Times. No. 43256. London. 3 February 1923. col D, p. 18.
  30. ^ "Casualty reports". The Times. No. 43255. London. 2 February 1923. col C, p. 21.
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