The ketch broke free from her moorings in Torbay. Three crew were rescued by the Padstow Lifeboat.[14] She came ashore at Bridport, Dorset and broke up.[16]
The tug foundered in the English Channel 32 nautical miles (59 km) north west of Ouessant, Finistère, France with the loss of 28 of her 33 crew.[17] Survivors were rescued by HMS St. Cyrus (Royal Navy).[18]
The coaster broke free from her moorings in Portland Harbour, Dorset. She was driven against a breakwater and sank. All eight people on board survived.[14][19]
The cargo ship was beached at Houston, Texas, United States in order to avoid a collision with South American towing the barge Tampico (both United States).[16] She was refloated on 24 January.[22]
The 64.42-foot (19.64 m), 62-gross register tontug was officially abandoned after being disassembled and beached on the Lake Michigan coast of Wisconsin north of the harbor at Manitowoc. Her wreck separated into two sections 800 feet (240 m) apart that lie in 10 to 15 feet (3.0 to 4.6 m) of water 1.5 miles (2.4 km) northeast of the Manitowoc Harbor lighthouse and became partially covered by sand. It is within the boundaries of the Wisconsin Shipwreck Coast National Marine Sanctuary.[25][26]
The cargo ship departed Cardiff, Glamorgan, United Kingdom for Barcelona. She passed Penarth Head that day. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[27]
Monte Cervantes.The passenger ship sank with the loss of her captain a day after striking a rock off Ushuaia, Argentina. The rest of her crew and all of her passengers – nearly 1,500 people – were rescued by Vincente Fidel Lopez (Argentina).[28]
Ran aground on the Goodwin Sands, English Channel. Refloated but leaking, cargo discharged at Ramsgate the ship sailed to Antwerp where she was declared a constructive total loss. Later repaired and returned to service.[41]
The ocean liner caught fire and sank at New York, United States. She was subsequently salvaged, repaired and returned to service as General von Steuben.
The cargo ship was wrecked off Guernsey, Channel Islands, in the Little Russel. Towed to a beach next to St Peter Port harbour, she sank, could not be refloated and was blown up with explosives.[55]
The four-masted schooner broke free from here moorings at Meteghan, Nova Scotia, Canada. She was driven into the auxiliary schooners Avon Queen and Edwin G. Farrar (both United Kingdom). All three vessels were beached. Henry A. McLellan was a total loss.[58]
The steamer was docked at the Alabo wharehouse dock, New Orleans in the Mississippi River when bales of cotton on the dock caught fire and spread to the ship so quickly the gangplank and lifeboat were unusable. Four crew, 3 women, and a child died.[72]
The 91.9-foot (28.0 m), 115-ton steam trawler was wrecked off South Bishops Rock, Pembrokeshire. The crew were rescued from her boat by Cheshire Coast (United Kingdom).[75][76]
The cargo ship was severely damaged at New Orleans, Louisiana when a dockside fire spread to the ship.[85] Having sunk, she was refloated on 16 March.[74]
The cargo ship ran aground in the North Sea off the Longsands Lightship (United Kingdom) and broke up. Her crew were rescued by Train Ferry No.2 (United Kingdom).[86]
The coaster ran aground on Tory Island, County Donegal, Ireland and was wrecked. Her crew were rescued.[92] She broke in three during a gale on 29 March.[93]
The vessel went aground on the Ve Skerries, Shetland, deemed to have done so through because of poor visibility. Despite rescue efforts made by Arora and Smiling Morn, the full crew of at least seven were lost with the severity of the weather.[95]
The Almirante Cervera-classcruiser broke free from her moorings at Ferrol, Galicia. She collided with the quayside and sank. She was refloated the next day.[99] Later repaired and returned to service.
The cargo ship suffered an explosion of her boilers and sank in the Ionian Sea between Zakynthos and Kephalonia with the loss of twenty of her 23 crew.[114]
The 142-foot (43 m), 540-gross register tonsteamer, a cargo ship, was beached off Sound Beach on Captain's Island, Long Island Sound off Norwalk, Connecticut, and burned to the waterline. Her crew abandoned ship in two lifeboats, which quickly were swamped in heavy seas. Sources differ on the size of her crew and the number of survivors: She either had a crew of 26 of which 16 died, or a crew of 16 of which six died.[115][116]
The collier was rammed and sunk in the North Sea off the Elbe No.1 Lightship (Germany) by President Harding (United States) with the loss of a crew member. The survivors were rescued by President Harding.[119][120]
The 153-gross register ton, 74.3-foot (22.6 m) sternwheel paddle steamer, in operation as a cargo ship, was crushed by ice on the Tanana River 0.5-mile (0.80 km) above Nenana in the Territory of Alaska when an ice jam upriver from her broke free during the spring thaw, came downstream, and broke her apart. Her crew of 13 survived.[129]
The fishing trawler, under tow of tug Lynx from Aberdeen to Grimsby for repairs following a stranding, began leaking five miles north-east of the Longstone lighthouse, off the Northumberland coast and the six riding crew were taken off. Soon after, the trawler suddenly capsized and sank.[139]
The cargo ship struck a submerged object and sank in the English Channel, 20 nautical miles (37 km) west of Beachy Head, Sussex, United Kingdom. The crew were rescued by the trawler D.L.C. (United Kingdom).[142]
The cargo ship collided with Literno (Italy) in the English Channel 7 nautical miles (13 km) south west of Beachy Head, Sussex, United Kingdom and sank with the loss of fifteen of her eighteen crew. Survivors were rescued by Literno and the Eastbourne Lifeboat.[146][147]
The cargo ship arrived at Gibraltar with her cargo on fire. She was beached the next day.[150] The fire was extinguished on 11 June,[151] and she was refloated on 23 June.[152]
The speedboat struck a floating tree branch in Windermere during a world speed record attempt. She capsized and sank, killing Sir Henry Segrave and injuring the other two crew.
The governor's yacht run aground on a reef or rock ledge off the Perhentian Islands, Kelantan. Refloated on 21 June, repaired, and returned to service.[161]
The 287-ton steam trawler had a carbide drum fall into the engine crankcase and explode. She was beached at Fleetwood. Refloated, repaired, and returned to service.[162]
The coaster grounded on rocks when leaving Portstewart, Northern Ireland for Irvine, Scotland in ballast. She was refloated on 26 June by tug Milewater and towed towards Portrush, but foundered one mile from Portrush harbour.[165][166]
The coaster ran aground at Portstewart, County Londonderry.[163] She was refloated on 26 June and taken under tow with the intention of reaching Portrush but she capsized and sank. All crew were rescued.[168]
The passenger ship collided with Francesco Morosini (Italy) off Pašman with the loss of four lives. She was beached and all passengers were taken off by Francesco Morosini.[175][180]
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List of shipwrecks: 7 July 1930
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Description
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Norway
The cargo ship collided with Hoten Maru (Japan) off the Shandong Promontory, China and sank. Her crew was rescued.[181]
The cargo ship caught fire in the Atlantic Ocean 82 nautical miles (152 km) off Vitória, Brazil. She was consequently abandoned 14 nautical miles (26 km) south east of the Rio Doce Lighthouse.[199] The crew were rescued by Alphacea (Netherlands) and Vandyck (United Kingdom). She drifted ashore 60 nautical miles (110 km) north of Vitória and was a total loss.[198][200]
The 120.4-foot (36.7 m), 239.34-ton steam trawler was wrecked in a gale on Hough Skerries. She broke up between 22–25 August in heavy swells, a total loss. The crew rowed 5 miles (8.0 km) to shore in her boat to Tiree beach.[231]
The coaster was in collision with Annik (France) in the Atlantic Ocean 5 nautical miles (9.3 km) off Trevose Head, Cornwall and sank. Her crew were rescued by Annik.[240]
The fishing vessel was sunk in a collision with Admiral Nulton (United States) one-half mile (0.80 km) north north west of Sisters Island light, British Columbia. Ten killed.[243]
The cargo ship struck submerged wreckage in the English Channel 5.5 nautical miles (10.2 km) south of Portland Bill, Dorset and sank. All crew survived.[249]
The cargo ship was severely damaged by fire at Drapetsona when benzine leaked from the tanker Donax (United Kingdom) and caught fire. Seven other sailing vessels were destroyed by fire, and many others were damaged.[249]
The cargo ship ran aground on the Jacob Reef, off the coast of South Africa and was abandoned. The crew were rescued.[238] She broke in tow on 16 September and was a total loss.[251]
The tug and barge collided with the Second Narrows Bridge, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada and jammed under it. The rising tide eventually caused the collapse of the bridge,[254] which took four years to repair.
The cargo ship ran aground on the Rabbit Islands, Turkey.[225] She was refloated on 29 September but again ran aground.[256] She was refloated again on 1 October.[257]
The cargo ship passed Dungeness, Kent, United Kingdom, bound for Alexandria, Egypt. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[258]
The cargo ship ran aground on the Girdler Sands, in the North Sea off the Essex coast. The crew were rescued by Queen of Thanet (United Kingdom) and the Margate Lifeboat. She was a total loss.[225]
The coaster foundered in the Thames Estuary with the loss of three of the five people on board. Survivors were rescued by the trawler Notre Dame des Ardents (France).[260]
The coaster ran aground at Prawle Point, Devon, United Kingdom in dense fog. All twelve crew were rescued.[261] She broke in two on 9 October,[262] and had broken up by November.[263]
The steamer sank in the Pacific Ocean between Coos Bay, Oregon and Crescent City, California possibly between Brookings and Gold Beach after leaving port on 14 or 16 September. Wreckage found later indicated she broke up on rocks. Lost with all 19 hands.[273][274]
The cargo ship (1,588 GRT, 1898) was abandoned in the English Channel about 6 nautical miles (11 km) south south west of Selsey Bill, Sussex, United Kingdom. Her crew were rescued by Canute and Naperian (both United Kingdom).[289]
The coaster was disabled when her engine room filled with water crossing the bar at Eureka, California. She drifted ashore three miles (4.8 km) up the coast and broke up in heavy surf. 17 crewmen and 1 stowaway were killed, there was 1 survivor.[298]
The barge, a former freighter, foundered in a storm off Key Largo in the Florida Keys after losing her tow. Five crew were killed and one was rescued by the tugboat Ontario.[300]
The cargo ship struck a submerged object in the Bristol Channel off Cardiff, Glamorgan and sank. Her crew survived. She may have struck the wreck of the French schoonerCommandant Marchand.[292]
The ship was driven ashore at Cape Upright, Chile. She was on a voyage from Montevideo, Uruguay to Valparaiso, Chile. Yero Callas was refloated on 6 December.[308][309]
The cargo ship came ashore at Cape Upright, Chile. She was declared a total loss on 18 November,[303][311] but was refloated on 6 December and beached at Baker Cove.[312][313]
The 125-foot (38 m), 275-ton steam trawler was wrecked in fog on Frenchman's Rocks, or Fisherman's Rocks, northwest of Portnahaven, Rinns of Islay and then slipped off into deeper water. The crew rowed 4 miles (6.4 km) to shore in her boat.[321][322]
The 405-foot (123 m) 6,550-ton cargo ship was abandoned on 4 November after losing her rudder and listing in a typhoon south of the Aleutian Islands in the Pacific Ocean on 2 November. Her crew were rescued by Shiraha Maru (Japan).[329][330]
The salvage vessel was sunk in the Bay of Biscay between Belle Île and Houat, Morbihan, France by the explosion of munitions on board Florence H (United States), which she was salvaging, with the loss of fourteen of her nineteen crew. Survivors were rescued by Rostro (Italy).[340][341]
The ferry collided with Arcturus (Finland) in the Kattegat off Læsø, Denmark and sank with the loss of 42 of the 82 people on board. Survivors were rescued by Arcturus.[352]
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