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List of shipwrecks in 1934

The list of shipwrecks in 1934 includes ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during 1934.

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January

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1 January

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List of shipwrecks: 1 January 1934
Ship State Description
Catherine  United States The schooner caught fire at Canso, Nova Scotia, Canada, and was a total loss.[1]
White Bear  United States While on a voyage from Killisnoo to Hood Bay, Territory of Alaska, the 27-gross register ton, 45.3-foot (13.8 m) fishing vessel struck a rock during a snowstorm and sank in 210 feet (64 m) of water near Killisnoo Island in the Alexander Archipelago in Southeast Alaska. Both people on board survived[2]

3 January

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List of shipwrecks: 3 January 1934
Ship State Description
Indian City  United Kingdom The cargo ship ran aground at Constanţa, Romania.[3] She was refloated on 8 January.[4]

4 January

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List of shipwrecks: 4 January 1934
Ship State Description
Arpad  Hungary The cargo ship sprang a leak in the Indian Ocean (16°45′S 88°20′E / 16.750°S 88.333°E / -16.750; 88.333) and was abandoned. The crew were rescued by Levernbank ( United Kingdom).[3]
Ceres  Germany The coaster collided with Chagres ( United Kingdom) off Hook of Holland, Netherlands and was beached.[3]
Topmast No.1  United Kingdom The hopper barge came ashore at Hove, Sussex.[5] She was refloated on 13 January,[6] but broke moorings in heavy seas on the following morning and was badly damaged when again going ashore.[7]

5 January

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List of shipwrecks: 5 January 1934
Ship State Description
Paris City  United Kingdom The cargo ship ran aground in the Tsugaru Strait near Omasake, Japan.[8] She was refloated on 8 January.[4]

6 January

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List of shipwrecks: 6 January 1934
Ship State Description
Torlak  Norway The cargo ship sprang a leak and was abandoned in the Norwegian Sea (64°50′N 8°10′E / 64.833°N 8.167°E / 64.833; 8.167). All crew were rescued by Queen's Cross ( United Kingdom) which was towing the ship to Rosyth, Argyllshire, United Kingdom for scrapping.[9] Torlak was towed into Bodø, Nordland by Hadsel ( Norway),[10] where she was beached. She was refloated on 29 January.

7 January

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List of shipwrecks: 7 January 1934
Ship State Description
Erling Lindøe  Norway The cargo ship collided with Hakone Maru ( Japan) in the River Thames at Belvedere, Kent, United Kingdom and sank. All crew survived.[11][12] She was refloated on 18 January.[13]

12 January

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List of shipwrecks: 12 January 1934
Ship State Description
Goncalves Zarco  Portugal The auxiliary sailing ship was wrecked at San Thiago, Cape Verde Islands.[6]
HMS Nelson  Royal Navy The Nelson-class battleship ran aground off Portsmouth, Hampshire, England.

14 January

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List of shipwrecks: 14 January 1934
Ship State Description
Sagamore  United States The 2,592-gross register ton cargo ship struck Corwin Rock off Prouts Neck, Scarborough, Maine, during a storm and sank without loss of life in 40 to 50 feet (12 to 15 m) of water 300 yards (270 m) off the south end of Jordan's Beach.[14]

16 January

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List of shipwrecks: 16 January 1934
Ship State Description
Plawsworth  United Kingdom The cargo ship was driven ashore at Workington, Cumberland. All eighteen crew survived.[15] She was refloated on 30 January.[16]

17 January

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List of shipwrecks: 17 January 1934
Ship State Description
Dinorwic  United Kingdom The coaster capsized at Bideford, Devon.[13]

18 January

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List of shipwrecks: 18 January 1934
Ship State Description
Leverkusen  Germany The cargo ship collided with Frederiksborg ( Denmark) at Rotterdam, Netherlands and was beached[13]
Oakford  United Kingdom The cargo ship ran aground off Vlieland, Friesland, Netherlands and was wrecked with the loss of nine crew.[13]

19 January

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List of shipwrecks: 19 January 1934
Ship State Description
Brereton  United Kingdom The coaster ran aground south of Rosslare Harbour, County Wexford and was a total loss.[17]

22 January

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List of shipwrecks: 22 January 1934
Ship State Description
Brion  Netherlands The coaster sprang a leak and capsized in the Panama Canal near the Gatun Locks.[18]
Harptree Combe  United Kingdom The coaster ran aground at Bideford, Devon.[10] She was refloated on 31 January.[19]

23 January

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List of shipwrecks: 23 January 1934
Ship State Description
Hadrian  Norway The cargo ship ran aground at Gandia, Valencia, Spain.[20]

24 January

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List of shipwrecks: 24 January 1934
Ship State Description
Aquitania  United Kingdom The ocean liner ran aground in the Solent. She was refloated later that day.[21]
Porthcarrack  United Kingdom The coaster ran aground at Quimper, Finistère, France.[21] She was refloated on 31 January.[19]
T. P. Tilling  United Kingdom The coaster ran aground at Silloth, Cumberland.[21] She was refloated on 29 January.[20]

25 January

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List of shipwrecks: 25 January 1934
Ship State Description
Edda Iceland The cargo ship came ashore at Hornafjord. The crew were rescued.[22] She was declared a total loss.[16]
Gnat  United Kingdom The tug collided with August Cords ( Germany) in the River Thames at Northfleet, Kent and sank with the loss of two of her four crew.[22][23]
Winnipeg  United Kingdom The Thames barge collided with Dennis Rose ( United Kingdom) in the River Thames at Plumstead, London. Although taken in tow by Culex ( United Kingdom) she subsequently sank.[22]

29 January

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List of shipwrecks: 29 January 1934
Ship State Description
Chungshing  China The cargo liner was crushed by ice and sank in the Bohai Sea (approximately 38°N 119°E / 38°N 119°E / 38; 119). All passengers and crew were rescued.[20]

February

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1 February

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List of shipwrecks: 1 February 1934
Ship State Description
Catalonia  Sweden The cargo ship departed Venice, Italy for Rouen, Haute Normandie, France. A lifebelt washed up at Bari, Apulia on 19 February.[24] Other wreckage came ashore between 16 and 19 February.[25]
Yrsa  Denmark The coaster struck some flotsam and sank off Cape Finisterre, Spain.[26]

2 February

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List of shipwrecks: 2 February 1934
Ship State Description
Parramatta  Australia The former River-class torpedo-boat destroyer/prison hulk broke loose from her tow in a storm while on her way to the breakers yard and went aground near Milson Island about one kilometre (0.62 mi) from Hawkesbury River Road bridge, on the western side of the Hawkesbury River and was abandoned. Her stern and bow were salvaged in 1973 for memorials, the rest of the wreck remains in place.[27]
Swan  Australia The former River-class torpedo-boat destroyer/prison hulk broke loose from her tow in a storm while on her way to the breakers yard, her hull filling with rainwater until capsizing and sinking west of Juno Point at Little Wobby in the Hawkesbury River.[27]

6 February

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List of shipwrecks: 6 February 1934
Ship State Description
Ryvingen  Norway The coaster departed from Methil, Fife for Klaksvík, Faroe Islands. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[28]

7 February

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List of shipwrecks: 7 February 1934
Ship State Description
Marion Traber  Germany The cargo ship ran aground on the Hermit Rocks, Firth of Forth, United Kingdom.[29] She was refloated on 13 February.[30]
San Miguel  Spain The barque ran aground at Faramant, France.[31] She was refloated on 14 February, found to be severely damaged and drydocked at Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône.[32]

8 February

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List of shipwrecks: 8 February 1934
Ship State Description
Disperser  United Kingdom The salvage vessel foundered in the North Sea off Staithes, Yorkshire. All seven crew were rescued by Trover ( United Kingdom).[33][34]
Hanestrom III  Sweden The cargo ship ran aground at Thyborøn, Jutland, Denmark. All crew were rescued.[34]
Magdalena  Germany The cargo ship ran aground at Klein Curaçao, Netherlands Antilles.[35] She was refloated on 28 May.[36]

10 February

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List of shipwrecks: 10 February 1934
Ship State Description
Dimitrios L. Daniolos  Greece The cargo ship collided with Anna Vassilaki ( Greece) at Çanakkale, Turkey and was beached.[37] She was refloated the next day.[38]
Flevomeer  Netherlands The cargo ship ran aground at Nykjoping, Sjælland, Denmark.[37] She was refloated on 19 February.[39]
Konstantinos  Greece The barge foundered off Karystos with the loss of three crew.[37]
Noreg  Sweden The cargo ship ran aground on the Soren Jessens Sand, off Fanø, Denmark. The crew were rescued.[37]

12 February

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List of shipwrecks: 12 February 1934
Ship State Description
Anfitrite  Italy The cargo ship ran aground on the Medolino Shoals off Pula, Yugoslavia. She was abandoned as a total loss.[28][40]
Meandross  Greece The cargo ship collided with Dartford ( United Kingdom) in the English Channel off St. Catherine's Point, Isle of Wight. One survivor was rescued by Dartford,[41] and 27 were rescued by Eleth ( United Kingdom).[42]
Saturn  Germany The cargo ship foundered at Danzig.[38]
Varholm  Norway The cargo ship came ashore at Jæren, Norway and was wrecked. The crew were rescued.[40]

13 February

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List of shipwrecks: 13 February 1934
Ship State Description
Chelyuskin  Soviet Union The cargo ship was crushed by ice and sank in the Chukchi Sea 155 nautical miles (287 km) off Cape Syevenoi with the loss of one of the 104 people on board.[43]
Hardy  Norway The cargo ship foundered in the Baltic Sea off Pillau, East Prussia, Germany.[40]
Rosa Luxemburg  Soviet Union The cargo ship collided with Lifland ( Denmark) in the English Channel. She was beached at Netley, Hampshire, United Kingdom.[30][32] Subsequently repaired and returned to service.[44]

15 February

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List of shipwrecks: 15 February 1934
Ship State Description
Sara  United Kingdom The Thames barge collided with Wandle ( United Kingdom) in the River Thames at the West India Docks and sank.[45]

16 February

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List of shipwrecks: 16 February 1934
Ship State Description
Black Dwarf  United Kingdom The coaster ran aground in the River Severn at Sharpness, Gloucestershire.[28] She was refloated on 15 March.[46]
Wallsend  United Kingdom The cargo ship was driven ashore at Caesarea, Palestine.[47] Salvage attempts were abandoned on 5 April and she was declared a total loss.[48]

17 February

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List of shipwrecks: 17 February 1934
Ship State Description
Ramsholm  Norway The cargo ship collided with Stancor ( Latvia) in the English Channel 20 nautical miles (37 km) south of St Catherine's Point, Isle of Wight and sank. All seventeen crew were rescued by Stancor.[49][50]

18 February

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List of shipwrecks: 18 February 1934
Ship State Description
Lochiel  United Kingdom The cargo ship struck a rock off Bruichladdich, Islay, Inner Hebrides and was holed. She was consequently beached off Bowmore.[44] She was refloated the next day.[39]

19 February

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List of shipwrecks: 19 February 1934
Ship State Description
Banyei Maru  Japan The cargo ship foundered in the Sea of Japan (approximately 40°N 132°E / 40°N 132°E / 40; 132) with the loss of all hands.[24]
Canby  United Kingdom The cargo ship ran aground east of Guion Island, Nova Scotia Canada.[51] She was abandoned as a total loss on 21 March.[52]
Commercial Guide  United States The cargo ship caught fire at New Orleans, Louisiana and was beached outside the port.[39]
Glenshesk  United Kingdom The cargo ship ran aground at Lannion, Brittany, France.[39] She was refloated on 3 March.[53]
Tokiwa Maru No.2  Japan The cargo ship ran aground at Yokohama. She broke in two on 23 February and was a total loss.[39][54]
Wuppertal  Germany The trawler ran aground and was wrecked at Andøya, south-east of Andenes, Norway (69°16′N 16°11′E / 69.267°N 16.183°E / 69.267; 16.183).[55]

20 February

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List of shipwrecks: 20 February 1934
Ship State Description
Northern Sword  United States The cargo ship ran aground at Winthrop Head, Massachusetts.[24] She was refloated on 27 February.[25]
Urania  Italy The cargo ship ran aground in Marajó Bay, Brazil.[56] She was refloated on 24 February.[57]

22 February

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List of shipwrecks: 22 February 1934
Ship State Description
Grit  United Kingdom The coaster collided with another ship in the English Channel off Sandgate, Kent and sank. All six crew were rescued by the Hythe lifeboat City of Nottingham ( Royal National Lifeboat Institution).[58][59]
Swifteagle  United States The tanker ran aground on Cerros Island, Baja California, Mexico.[60] She was damaged by a gale on 27 February and was consequently declared a total loss.[61]

23 February

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List of shipwrecks: 23 February 1934
Ship State Description
Pollux  Norway The cargo ship ran aground at Jaffa, Palestine.[62] She was refloated on 17 or 18 March.[63]

26 February

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List of shipwrecks: 26 February 1934
Ship State Description
Fauvette  United Kingdom The coaster collided with Penelope ( Panama) in the North Sea 40 nautical miles (74 km) east of North Foreland, Kent (51°28′N 2°13′E / 51.467°N 2.217°E / 51.467; 2.217) and sank. All twenty people on board were rescued by Penelope.[64][65][66]

27 February

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List of shipwrecks: 27 February 1934
Ship State Description
Liebre  United States The tanker ran aground in the Delaware River at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.[25] She was refloated on 2 March.[67]

28 February

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List of shipwrecks: 28 February 1934
Ship State Description
Cieszyn  Poland The passenger ship ran aground at Porkkala, Finland.[68]

March

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1 March

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List of shipwrecks: 1 March 1934
Ship State Description
Bangor  United Kingdom The coaster foundered in the Irish Sea off South Rock, County Down. The crew survived.[69]

5 March

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List of shipwrecks: 5 March 1934
Ship State Description
Santoni  Italy The tanker ran aground 5 nautical miles (9.3 km) south of Constanţa, Romania and broke in two. Seven crew were killed attempting to abandon the ship.[70]

6 March

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List of shipwrecks: 6 March 1934
Ship State Description
Concordia  United Kingdom The cargo ship collided with Black Eagle ( United States) in the Atlantic Ocean 200 nautical miles (370 km) east of Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada and sank. All crew were rescued by Black Eagle.[71]

7 March

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List of shipwrecks: 7 March 1934
Ship State Description
Emil  Spain The schooner sprang a leak and sank at Sagunto, Valencia.[72]

8 March

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List of shipwrecks: 8 March 1934
Ship State Description
Thelma M  United States The 10-gross register ton, 31-foot (9.4 m) fishing vessel sank off Portage Island (57°01′10″N 133°20′50″W / 57.01944°N 133.34722°W / 57.01944; -133.34722 (Portage Island)) in Southeast Alaska. Her three crewmen survived.[73]

9 March

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List of shipwrecks: 9 March 1934
Ship State Description
Bealiba  United Kingdom The coaster ran aground at Norah Head, New South Wales, Australia. All crew were rescued.[74]
Myotaian Maru  Japan The cargo ship came ashore in the Ryukyu Islands and was wrecked.[75]

12 March

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List of shipwrecks: 12 March 1934
Ship State Description
Aviz  Portugal The coaster collided with the harbour wall at Leixões and was beached.[76] She was refloated on 22 April.[77]
Svale  United Kingdom The passenger ship struck a rock off Foochow, China and was beached. Passengers were rescued by a Chinese cruiser.[78] She was plundered by local inhabitants and abandoned as a total loss.[79]
Tomozuru  Imperial Japanese Navy The torpedo boat capsized with the loss of 100 lives off Sasebo, Japan, during a night torpedo exercise in stormy weather. She was towed to Sasebo on 13 March and was righted, repaired, and returned to service.

13 March

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List of shipwrecks: 13 March 1934
Ship State Description
Prince Henry  Canada The ocean liner ran aground at St. George's, Bermuda.[80]

14 March

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List of shipwrecks: 14 March 1934
Ship State Description
USS Fulton  United States Navy The Fulton-class submarine tender caught fire in the South China Sea. All 135 crew were rescued by Tsinan ( United Kingdom) and HMS Wishart ( Royal Navy). She was towed to Hong Kong but declared a constructive total loss.

15 March

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List of shipwrecks: 15 March 1934
Ship State Description
Oscar Edu  Panama The coaster foundered off the coast of County Galway, Ireland (50°50′N 8°25′W / 50.833°N 8.417°W / 50.833; -8.417) with the loss of seven of her twelve crew. Survivors were rescued by Inverarder ( United Kingdom).[81][82]
Herefordshire  United Kingdom The cargo ship ran aground on Cardigan Island, Cardiganshire, a total loss.[83]

17 March

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List of shipwrecks: 17 March 1934
Ship State Description
Clodoald  France The cargo ship came ashore at Saint-Jean-de-Luz, Pyrénées-Atlantique and was wrecked with the loss of one crewmember.[84]

20 March

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List of shipwrecks: 20 March 1934
Ship State Description
Otranto  Italy The cargo ship foundered in the South China Sea (15°00′N 119°43′E / 15.000°N 119.717°E / 15.000; 119.717).[52]

21 March

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List of shipwrecks: 21 March 1934
Ship State Description
Wearbridge  United Kingdom The cargo ship ran aground off Hakodate, Japan. She was refloated on 4 April.[85]

22 March

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List of shipwrecks: 22 March 1934
Ship State Description
Girafe  France The tanker exploded and sank at Port-Jérôme, Seine Maritime with the loss of thirteen crew.[86]

25 March

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List of shipwrecks: 25 March 1934
Ship State Description
Stella  Estonia The cargo ship collided with Bomarsund ( Finland) in the English Channel and sank with the loss of three crew.[87]

26 March

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List of shipwrecks: 26 March 1934
Ship State Description
Bantry  United Kingdom The coaster collided with Cardita ( United Kingdom) in the English Channel 7 nautical miles (13 km) south of Selsey Bill, Sussex (50°36′N 0°46′W / 50.600°N 0.767°W / 50.600; -0.767) and sank with the loss of six of her ten crew.[88][89]

27 March

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List of shipwrecks: 27 March 1934
Ship State Description
Tsiropinas  Greece The cargo ship collided with Doris ( Greece) in the Bristol Channel off Barry, Glamorgan and was consequently beached in Whitmore Bay.[90]

28 March

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List of shipwrecks: 28 March 1934
Ship State Description
Citta di Spezia  Italy The cargo ship ran aground on Molara Island, Sardinia.[91] She was refloated on 3 April.[92]

29 March

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List of shipwrecks: 29 March 1934
Ship State Description
Fryser I  Norway The sealer was abandoned in the Arctic Sea off Jan Mayen. She sank on 18 April.[93]
Sophie Costala  Greece The cargo ship caught fire at Piraeus. She was scuttled outside the port in order to extinguish the fire.[94]

April

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2 April

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List of shipwrecks: 2 April 1934
Ship State Description
Mazout  United Kingdom The tanker ran aground at Butrinto, Albania.[95] She was refloated on 5 April.[96]

4 April

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List of shipwrecks: 4 April 1934
Ship State Description
John A. Cooney  United States The 30-gross register ton, 55-foot (16.8 m) cod-fishing vessel sank at "Nashawena Island." Some reports place the island in the Territory of Alaska, but in fact Nashawena Island is on the coast of Massachusetts. It is possible that the sinking occurred off Massachusetts or off Nakwasina Island in Sitka Sound in the Alexander Archipelago in Southeast Alaska.[97]
Jap  United Kingdom The cargo ship was driven ashore at Cape Hawke, New South Wales, Australia and was wrecked.[96]

7 April

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List of shipwrecks: 7 April 1934
Ship State Description
Yuanzen  China The cargo ship foundered in the East China Sea off Ningpo with the loss of 29 crew.[98]

8 April

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List of shipwrecks: 8 April 1934
Ship State Description
Leonidas II  Greece The cargo ship ran aground at Ranzow, Germany.[99] She was refloated on 7 May.[100]

9 April

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List of shipwrecks: 9 April 1934
Ship State Description
Fillochard  France The coaster foundered in the Bay of Biscay off Brest, Finistère. The crew were rescued by the trawler Ducouedic ( France).[98]

12 April

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List of shipwrecks: 12 April 1934
Ship State Description
Galatee  France The schooner caught fire in the Atlantic Ocean (39°22′N 31°33′W / 39.367°N 31.550°W / 39.367; -31.550) and was abandoned. The crew were rescued by Dagrun ( Norway).[101]
Guayas  Chile The cargo ship caught fire in the Atlantic Ocean of Pisagua and sank.[101]
Wolfgang  Germany The auxiliary sailing ship foundered in the Baltic Sea off Stolpmünde, Pomerania, Germany. The crew were rescued.[101]

13 April

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List of shipwrecks: 13 April 1934
Ship State Description
Rio de Janeiro Maru  Japan The cargo ship ran aground at Port Eads, Louisiana, United States.[102] She was refloated on 18 April.[93]
Toran  Norway The cargo ship ran aground on Alden Island, Norway.[103] She was refloated on 19 April.[93]

14 April

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List of shipwrecks: 14 April 1934
Ship State Description
Kinjo Maru  Japan The cargo ship collided with Chile Maru off Moji-ko, Kitakyūshū and sank. The crew were rescued.[103]

17 April

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List of shipwrecks: 17 April 1934
Ship State Description
Puszta  Hungary The 5,000-gross register ton cargo ship ran aground in fog off the northeast shore of Block Island off the coast of Rhode Island. Her wreck settled in 10 to 20 feet (3.0 to 6.1 m) of water at 41°13.04′N 071°33.27′W / 41.21733°N 71.55450°W / 41.21733; -71.55450 (Puszta).[104]

22 April

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List of shipwrecks: 22 April 1934
Ship State Description
Aymore  United Kingdom The cargo liner, off Pará, Brazil, suffered an onboard explosion of petrol she was carrying. She caught fire and was destroyed. All on board were rescued.[105]

23 April

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List of shipwrecks: 23 April 1934
Ship State Description
Mayachi Maru  Japan The cargo ship ran aground at Tsutzusaki.[106] She was refloated on 23 May.[107]

25 April

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List of shipwrecks: 25 April 1934
Ship State Description
Kassos  Greece The cargo ship collided with Premuda ( Italy) in the Bosporus and was consequently beached at Bebek, Istanbul, Turkey.[108] She was refloated on 29 April.[109]

May

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3 May

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List of shipwrecks: 3 May 1934
Ship State Description
Castor  Netherlands The coaster collided with the trawler Parthian ( United Kingdom) in the North Sea off Grimsby, Lincolnshire and was consequently beached.[110]

5 May

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List of shipwrecks: 5 May 1934
Ship State Description
Rutenfjell  Norway The cargo ship ran aground at Cape Egmont, Nova Scotia Canada.[111] She was declared a total loss on 25 May.[112]

7 May

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List of shipwrecks: 7 May 1934
Ship State Description
Walter Junior  United Kingdom The ship sank in the Atlantic Ocean.[113]

8 May

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List of shipwrecks: 8 May 1934
Ship State Description
Nambucca  United Kingdom The cargo ship ran aground at Nambucca Heads, New South Wales, Australia. She was declared a total loss.[114][115]

10 May

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List of shipwrecks: 10 May 1934
Ship State Description
Petrel  United Kingdom The coaster sprang a leak and was abandoned off Grand Entry, Nova Scotia, Canada.[113]
Vindex  France The cargo ship sank at Oran, Algeria.[113]

11 May

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List of shipwrecks: 11 May 1934
Ship State Description
King Loong  China The cargo ship ran aground at Amoy. The crew abandoned ship and her captain committed suicide.[113]

13 May

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List of shipwrecks: 13 May 1934
Ship State Description
Mercur  Germany The tug collided with Albert Ballin ( Germany) at Bremen, Germany, and sank.[116]

15 May

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List of shipwrecks: 15 May 1934
Ship State Description
Louhi  Finland The passenger ship capsized and sank in Lake Kallevesi with the loss of nineteen lives.[117]
LV-117 United States Lighthouse Service The 135-foot (41 m), 630-displacement ton lightvessel, operating as the Nantucket Lightship, sank in 180 feet (55 m) of water in the Atlantic Ocean 40 nautical miles (74 km; 46 mi) southeast of Nantucket with the loss of seven of her eleven crew after the passenger liner Olympic ( United Kingdom) accidentally rammed her.[118][119]

17 May

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List of shipwrecks: 17 May 1934
Ship State Description
Eugenio  Italy The auxiliary three-masted schooner collided with Youngstown ( United States) in the Ligunian Sea off Livorno, Tuscany and sank.[120]

18 May

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List of shipwrecks: 18 May 1934
Ship State Description
Ronald M. Pearson  United Kingdom The schooner came ashore on the east coast of Miquelon and was wrecked.[121]

20 May

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List of shipwrecks: 20 May 1934
Ship State Description
Sam Weller  United Kingdom The Thames barge collided with Ardgryfe ( United Kingdom) in the River Thames at Blackwall and sank. She was raised the next day.[122]

22 May

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List of shipwrecks: 22 May 1934
Ship State Description
Phyllis S  United States The 46-gross register ton 59.7-foot (18.2 m) fishing vessel was wrecked in fog on the outer part of Left Cape (57°15′30″N 152°57′00″W / 57.25833°N 152.95000°W / 57.25833; -152.95000 (Left Cape)) on the southeast coast of Kodiak Island in the Territory of Alaska. Her crew of three survived.[123]

26 May

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List of shipwrecks: 26 May 1934
Ship State Description
Seneff  United Kingdom The cargo ship sank at St. John's, Newfoundland due to a faulty condenser outlet. She was subsequently refloated.[124]

27 May

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List of shipwrecks: 27 May 1934
Ship State Description
Elisabetha  United Kingdom The barquentine was wrecked in the Agalega Islands, Mauritius. The crew survived.[124]

28 May

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List of shipwrecks: 28 May 1934
Ship State Description
Vaidava  Latvia The cargo ship ran aground at Llanelli, Carmarthenshire. She broke her back and was a total loss.[36][125]

29 May

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List of shipwrecks: 29 May 1934
Ship State Description
Assistance  France The tug capsized and sank at Rouen, Seine-Inférieure whilst assisting Mirza ( Netherlands).[36]

June

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1 June

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List of shipwrecks: 1 June 1934
Ship State Description
Gertrud  Finland The cargo ship ran aground on Stroma, Caithness and sank.[126][127]
Pertusola  Italy The cargo ship was wrecked at Punta Salina, Sardinia.[127]
Tomi Maru  Japan The cargo ship ran aground on or near Pratas Island, China. She was refloated on 9 June.[128]

5 June

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List of shipwrecks: 5 June 1934
Ship State Description
Maigue  United Kingdom The coaster ran aground at Inniscrone, County Sligo, Ireland.[129] She was refloated on 10 June.[130]

8 June

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List of shipwrecks: 8 June 1934
Ship State Description
Wilhelmine  Germany The tanker ran aground at Port Colborne, Ontario, Canada.[131] She was refloated on 23 June but found to be severely damaged.[132]

9 June

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List of shipwrecks: 9 June 1934
Ship State Description
Berengar  Germany The cargo ship ran aground in the Paraná River, Brazil.[131] She was refloated on 22 June.[133]
Rostellan  Ireland The coaster sank at the O'Bevine Lighthouse, Rathlin Island, County Antrim, United Kingdom.[130]
Sprightly  United Kingdom The cargo ship came ashore at Lyngby, Sjælland, Denmark.[131] She was refloated on 18 June.[134]

10 June

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List of shipwrecks: 10 June 1934
Ship State Description
Knut Hamsun  Norway The cargo ship caught fire and sank in the Caribbean Sea 30 nautical miles (56 km) south west of the Roncador Bank. Seventeen of her 34 crew were rescued by Zacapa ( United States).[135]

11 June

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List of shipwrecks: 11 June 1934
Ship State Description
Aysen  Chile The cargo ship was holed by her anchor and beached at Coquimbo.[130] She was refloated the next day.[136]
Frida  Germany The schooner sprang a leak and sank off Lågskär, Finland. The crew survived.[130]

15 June

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List of shipwrecks: 15 June 1934
Ship State Description
Fauna  United Kingdom The schooner sprang a leak and sank in the Caribbean Sea off Baliceau, Saint Vincent.[137]

16 June

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List of shipwrecks: 16 June 1934
Ship State Description
Invercloy  United Kingdom The cargo ship ran aground off the Arranman Barrels Lighthouse, Mull of Kintyre, Argyllshire. The crew were rescued.[137]

17 June

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List of shipwrecks: 17 June 1934
Ship State Description
Marguerite Emilie  France The coaster ran aground off Concarneau, Finistère. The crew were rescued by lifeboats.[138]
Merisaar  Estonia The cargo ship ran aground near Pärnu.[137] She was refloated on 21 June.[139]

19 June

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List of shipwrecks: 19 June 1934
Ship State Description
Yelkenci  Turkey The cargo ship ran aground at Mytilene, Lesbos, Greece.[140] She was refloated on 25 June.[132]

20 June

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List of shipwrecks: 20 June 1934
Ship State Description
Col di Lana  Italy The cargo ship ran aground in the South China Sea (approximately 20°N 116°E / 20°N 116°E / 20; 116).[139] She was refloated on 25 June.[132]
Dresden  Germany The ocean liner struck a rock off Bokn, Norway. She was beached at Karmøy. Passengers were taken off by Ardent ( France), Kong Harald, Kong Haakon, Kronprinsesse Märtha, Kvitsøy and Stavanger (all  Norway). Of the 323 crew and 975 passengers on board, four passengers were killed in the incident. The wreck was subsequently scrapped in situ.

28 June

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List of shipwrecks: 28 June 1934
Ship State Description
Ryuho Maru  Japan The cargo ship ran aground at Mokpo, Korea.[141] She broke in two on 2 July and was a total loss.[142]

29 June

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List of shipwrecks: 29 June 1934
Ship State Description
Miyuki  Imperial Japanese Navy The Fubuki-class destroyer collided with Inazuma ( Imperial Japanese Navy) and sank with the loss of at least five lives.
Water Pearl  United Kingdom The schooner was wrecked on Bequia, Grenadines.[143]

July

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5 July

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List of shipwrecks: 5 July 1934
Ship State Description
Shamrock  United States The dredger caught fire at Bay City, Michigan. She was a total loss.[144][145]

6 July

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List of shipwrecks: 6 July 1934
Ship State Description
Witch  United Kingdom The coal hulk was struck at Portland, Dorset by a practice torpedo and sank. She was later refloated and returned to service.[144]

9 July

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List of shipwrecks: 9 July 1934
Ship State Description
Electro  United Kingdom The schooner was abandoned off the Magdalen Islands, Ontario, Canada.[146]
Ville de Papeete  France The coaster ran aground on Haraiki, French Polynesia and was a total loss. All on board were rescued.[147][148]

12 July

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List of shipwrecks: 12 July 1934
Ship State Description
Rosabelle  United Kingdom The coaster struck The Manacles, off the coast of Cornwall and sank. All crew survived.[149] She was refloated on 16 July and beached at Coverack Bay.[150] She was subsequently towed into Falmouth.[151]

13 July

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List of shipwrecks: 13 July 1934
Ship State Description
af Chapman  Marinen The barquentine ran aground at Port Aleza, Puerto Rico.[148]
Scot  United Kingdom The Thames barge was rammed and sunk at Harwich, Essex by England ( United Kingdom). The crew were rescued.[152]

15 July

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List of shipwrecks: 15 July 1934
Ship State Description
Bernice  United States The 15-gross register ton, 44.3-foot (13.5 m) fishing vessel was destroyed by fire at the Koggiung Cannery Dock on the Kvichak River on the Bristol Bay coast of the Territory of Alaska. Her crew of three survived.[153]

17 July

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List of shipwrecks: 17 July 1934
Ship State Description
Hellas  Greece The cargo ship ran aground at Laurium.[150] She was refloated on 23 July.[154]

20 July

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List of shipwrecks: 20 July 1934
Ship State Description
Autocrat  United Kingdom The tug capsized and sank in the River Humber whilst assisting with the refloating of Ouse ( United Kingdom). All six crew were rescued by Salvage ( United Kingdom), which later refloated Ouse.[155]

23 July

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List of shipwrecks: 23 July 1934
Ship State Description
Chi Chuen  China The cargo ship struck rocks in the Yangtze upstream of Ichang and was beached.[156] She was refloated on 27 July.[157] She was subsequently declared a total loss.[158]
Monte Rosa  Germany The ocean liner ran aground off Thorshavn, Faroe Islands.[159] She was refloated the next day.[160]

24 July

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List of shipwrecks: 24 July 1934
Ship State Description
Astrid  United Kingdom The schooner suffered an onboard explosion in the Atlantic Ocean (45°09′N 59°15′W / 45.150°N 59.250°W / 45.150; -59.250) and sank. Five crew were rescued by Alssund ( Denmark).[161]

25 July

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List of shipwrecks: 25 July 1934
Ship State Description
Charlotte Cords  Germany The cargo ship collided with the cargo ship Pear Branch ( United Kingdom) in the North Sea off Grimsby, Lincolnshire, England, United Kingdom.
Defiance  United States The 27-gross register ton, 47.2-foot (14.4 m) fishing vessel sank off Anchor Point, Territory of Alaska. Her crew of three survived.[162]

26 July

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List of shipwrecks: 26 July 1934
Ship State Description
Atenas  United States The cargo ship caught fire and sank at New York.[157] She was refloated on 29 July.[163]
Marion Gladys  United Kingdom The schooner was driven ashore at Indian Tickle, Labrador, Canada and was wrecked.[157]

28 July

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List of shipwrecks: 28 July 1934
Ship State Description
Winton  United Kingdom The cargo ship ran aground in Table Bay, South Africa, on a voyage from Thevenard, South Australia to United Kingdom/Continent ports with wheat.[161] She later broke her back and was consequently declared a total loss.[164][165]

31 July

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List of shipwrecks: 31 July 1934
Ship State Description
Ruy Barbosa  Brazil The cargo liner ran aground at Leixões, Portugal and was wrecked. All on board survived.[166][167]

August

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1 August

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List of shipwrecks: 1 August 1934
Ship State Description
Indauchu  Spain The cargo ship ran aground at Workington, Cumberland.[168] She was refloated on 10 August.[169]

8 August

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List of shipwrecks: 8 August 1934
Ship State Description
Dardanella  United States The 19-gross register ton motor vessel was wrecked at Barlow Point (58°22′45″N 134°53′30″W / 58.37917°N 134.89167°W / 58.37917; -134.89167 (Barlow Point)) in Stephens Passage in the Alexander Archipelago in Southeast Alaska. The three people aboard abandoned ship in a small boat and survived.[170]

9 August

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List of shipwrecks: 9 August 1934
Ship State Description
Bluebell  United Kingdom The Bluebell Collision: The ferry collided with Waraneen ( United Kingdom) in the Hunter River at Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia and sank with the loss of three lives.

13 August

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List of shipwrecks: 13 August 1934
Ship State Description
Hilda  Portugal The sailing ship ran aground at Aveiro and was wrecked.[171]
Monsunen  Denmark The auxiliary sailing ship was wrecked off the Samoan Islands. All crew survived.[171]
St. Tudwal  United Kingdom The coaster sank 4 nautical miles (7.4 km) south west by west of Texa, Inner Hebrides.[172]

15 August

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List of shipwrecks: 15 August 1934
Ship State Description
Nell Gwyn  United Kingdom The Thames Barge sprang a leak and sank in the River Thames.[173]

20 August

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List of shipwrecks: 20 August 1934
Ship State Description
Boris Sheboldaiev  Soviet Union The tanker ran aground on the Camelle Rocks, 6 nautical miles (11 km) east of Cape Vilano, Galicia, Spain. She broke in two and was a total loss.[174][175]
Whiteway  Canada The schooner was driven ashore on Seal Island, Nova Scotia.[176]

22 August

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List of shipwrecks: 22 August 1934
Ship State Description
George Watts  United Kingdom The coaster was driven ashore and wrecked at Kribi, Cameroon.[175]
Mona  Czechoslovakia Collided with Berezina ( Soviet Union) in the Kiel Canal, Germany and was damaged. Laid up pending sale which took place in 1935.[81]

25 August

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List of shipwrecks: 25 August 1934
Ship State Description
Whiteway  United Kingdom The auxiliary three-masted schooner was wrecked at Blackrock Devils Limb, Seal Island, Nova Scotia, Canada.[177]

26 August

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List of shipwrecks: 26 August 1934
Ship State Description
Midland City  United Kingdom The cargo ship struck a reef in Georgian Bay and was beached.[178] She was repaired and returned to service.

27 August

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List of shipwrecks: 27 August 1934
Ship State Description
Duchess of Devonshire  United Kingdom The paddle steamer ran aground at Sidmouth, Devon. All passengers were taken off, but the crew remained on board.[179]

28 August

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List of shipwrecks: 28 August 1934
Ship State Description
Flora  Spain The cargo ship ran aground on Cape St. Vincent, Portugal. She was refloated but subsequently sank. All crew were rescued.[180]

September

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2 September

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List of shipwrecks: 2 September 1934
Ship State Description
Tabor  Norway The auxiliary schooner came ashore on Rønne, Denmark and was wrecked.[181]

3 September

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List of shipwrecks: 3 September 1934
Ship State Description
J. B. Stetson  United States The coaster ran aground at Monterey, California and was wrecked. All crew were rescued.[182]
Līva  Latvia The coaster sank in the North Sea.[183]

4 September

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List of shipwrecks: 4 September 1934
Ship State Description
Auslag  Denmark The coaster sprang a leak and sank in the North Sea 110 nautical miles (200 km) east by north of the Humber Lightship ( United Kingdom). All eight crew were rescued by Anna Dorthea ( Denmark).[182]
Gyda  United Kingdom The cargo ship ran aground at Dingwall, Nova Scotia, Canada.[182] She was refloated on 10 September.[184]

7 September

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List of shipwrecks: 7 September 1934
Ship State Description
Aliki  Greece The cargo ship ran aground at Rosario, Santa Fe, Brazil.[185] She was refloated on 16 September.[186]
Queenmoor  United Kingdom The cargo ship ran aground at Chelsea Point, South Africa and was wrecked.[183][185]

8 September

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List of shipwrecks: 8 September 1934
Ship State Description
Burrhard No.2  United States The dredger sank in the Columbia River.[187]
Morro Castle  United States
Morro Castle

The cruise ship caught fire and was beached at Asbury Park, New Jersey with the loss of 135 of the 549 people on board.

9 September

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List of shipwrecks: 9 September 1934
Ship State Description
Stylalanos Castanos  Greece The cargo ship ran aground on the Vest Rock, 30 nautical miles (56 km) west of Oran, Algeria.[185] She was refloated on 16 September.[186]

10 September

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List of shipwrecks: 10 September 1934
Ship State Description
Holmdene  United Kingdom The cargo ship ran aground at Goapnuth Point, Gujarat, India.[184] She subsequently broke in two.[188]

12 September

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List of shipwrecks: 12 September 1934
Ship State Description
Schiaffino XXIV  France The ship departed Port-Saint-Louis-du-Rhône for Algiers, Algeria. She foundered on the voyage; some wreckage washed up near the Espiguette Lighthouse, Le Grau-du-Roi, Gard on 7 April 1935.[49]

16 September

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List of shipwrecks: 16 September 1934
Ship State Description
Dusken  Norway The cargo ship capsized and sank at Danzig.[189] She was refloated on 19 September.[190] Dusken was not repaired, being broken up in Danzig.[191]

20 September

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List of shipwrecks: 20 September 1934
Ship State Description
Marechal Foch  France The schooner was wrecked in the Austral Islands. All crew were rescued.[192]
Thistlebrae  United Kingdom The cargo ship ran aground in the Paraná River.[192] She was refloated on 26 September.[193]

21 September

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List of shipwrecks: 21 September 1934
Ship State Description
Taijin Maru  Japan The cargo ship ran aground at Omaezaki, Shizuoka.[192] She was refloated on 30 September.[194]

24 September

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List of shipwrecks: 24 September 1934
Ship State Description
Emily  United Kingdom The ketch foundered in the Bristol Channel off Flat Holm. Both crew survived.[195]
Ostrea  United Kingdom The coaster sank off Flint Island, Nova Scotia, Canada.[196]

25 September

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List of shipwrecks: 25 September 1934
Ship State Description
Jefferson Myers  United States The cargo ship ran aground at Kiukiang, China.[196] She was refloated on 1 October.[197]

27 September

[edit]
List of shipwrecks: 27 September 1934
Ship State Description
Penthames  United Kingdom The cargo ship ran aground at Cape Huertas, Spain. She was refloated on 3 October.[198]

29 September

[edit]
List of shipwrecks: 29 September 1934
Ship State Description
Suiwah  China The cargo ship caught fire and sank in the East China Sea. All crew survived.[197]

October

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2 October

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List of shipwrecks: 2 October 1934
Ship State Description
Millpool  United Kingdom The cargo ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean 700 nautical miles (1,300 km) off Labrador, Canada with the loss of all 26 crew.[199]

4 October

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List of shipwrecks: 4 October 1934
Ship State Description
Charles Jose  Belgium The cargo ship capsized and sank in the North Sea 4 nautical miles (7.4 km) off the Haaks Lightship ( Netherlands) with the loss of nine crew. Her captain was rescued by Wildenfels ( Germany).[49][200]

4–5 October (overnight)

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List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1934
Ship State Description
E J N  United States While moored in Lynn Canal in Southeast Alaska with no one aboard, the 24-gross register ton motor vessel drifted ashore and was smashed to pieces on the rocks sometime between 9:00 p.m. and 2:00 a.m. after her mooring cable broke.[201]

5 October

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List of shipwrecks: 5 October 1934
Ship State Description
City of Cambridge  United Kingdom The cargo liner ran aground on or near Pratas Island.[202] Sixty of her 80 crew were taken off the next day by HMS Suffolk ( Royal Navy).[203] City of Cambridge was abandoned on 9 October as a total loss and the remaining twenty crew were rescued by HMS Suffolk.[204] The wreck was looted and eventually destroyed by fire around Christmas 1933.[205]
Stanwell  United Kingdom The cargo ship sprang a leak in the Atlantic Ocean and was abandoned (46°34′N 7°00′W / 46.567°N 7.000°W / 46.567; -7.000). The crew were rescued by the fishing vessel Recang ( France).[200]

6 October

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List of shipwrecks: 6 October 1934
Ship State Description
Fjeld  Norway The cargo ship ran aground, she refloated and put into Lødingen, Norway where she was beached.[206]

8 October

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List of shipwrecks: 8 October 1934
Ship State Description
Elise Schulte  Germany The cargo ship ran aground on the Juister Riff in the North Sea off Bremen, Germany. She broke in two and was a total loss. The crew were rescued.[207][208]

9 October

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List of shipwrecks: 9 October 1934
Ship State Description
Eskil  Sweden The cargo ship collided with Sigurd I ( Norway) in the Baltic Sea and was beached at Hveen. She was later refloated and taken to Landskrona, where she was repaired and returned to service.[209]
Ruy  Portugal The schooner foundered at Beira, Mozambique.[210]
Saint Andrew  United States During a voyage from Mist Harbor to Unga (55°11′00″N 160°30′10″W / 55.18333°N 160.50278°W / 55.18333; -160.50278 (Unga Bay)) on Unga Island in the Shumagin Islands off the Alaska Peninsula in the Territory of Alaska with six passengers and a crew of two on board, the 40-gross register ton, 34-foot (10 m) fishing vessel was lost in Unga Bay. Three of her passengers and both crewmen lost their lives.[211]

11 October

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List of shipwrecks: 11 October 1934
Ship State Description
Valiant  United States The tug collided with Lumberman ( United States) in San Francisco Bay and sank with the loss of two crew.[210]

13 October

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List of shipwrecks: 13 October 1934
Ship State Description
Eddie  United Kingdom The coaster capsized and sank at Goole, Yorkshire. The crew survived.[212]
Winona  United Kingdom The auxiliary sailing ship caught fire of Newfoundland and was a total loss.[213]

15 October

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List of shipwrecks: 15 October 1934
Ship State Description
Viking  Denmark The cargo ship was abandoned in Clew Bay.[214] She was subsequently towed to Limerick by Zwarte Zee ( Netherlands).[215]

16 October

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List of shipwrecks: 16 October 1934
Ship State Description
Bussard  Germany The cargo ship was driven ashore at Kiel, Germany, in a gale.[213] She was refloated on 22 October.[216]

18 October

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List of shipwrecks: 18 October 1934
Ship State Description
Edna  United Kingdom The sloop collided with Irwell in the River Humber at Whitton, Lincolnshire and sank.[215]

19 October

[edit]
List of shipwrecks: 19 October 1934
Ship State Description
Clan Mackay  United Kingdom The cargo ship foundered at a Sierra Leone port.[217]

21 October

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List of shipwrecks: 21 October 1934
Ship State Description
Actuosity  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Colhugh Point, Glamorgan. Salvage was completed in December 1934.[218]
Harvester  United States The cargo ship was hit by President Madison ( United States) at Seattle, Washington and sunk when President Madison broke free from her moorings in a storm. All twenty crew survived.[219]
Virginia  United States The passenger ship was hit by President Madison ( United States) at Seattle, Washington and sunk when President Madison broke free from her moorings in a storm. Fifty passengers were rescued.[219]

23 October

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List of shipwrecks: 23 October 1934
Ship State Description
Espuzito G  Italy The cargo ship was wrecked at Capo Rizzuto. The crew were rescued.[220]

27 October

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List of shipwrecks: 27 October 1934
Ship State Description
James M  United Kingdom The coaster collided with Norna ( Sweden) at Boston, Lincolnshire and sank.[221] She was later refloated.[222]
Sostrene  Denmark The auxiliary schooner was abandoned west of Trelleborg, Skåne County, Sweden and came ashore there.[217]

28 October

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List of shipwrecks: 28 October 1934
Ship State Description
Kongshaug  Norway The coaster came ashore at Siglufjordur, Iceland. She was declared a total loss but was repaired and returned to service as Snœfjell.[223]

29 October

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List of shipwrecks: 29 October 1934
Ship State Description
Whiteabbey  United Kingdom The coaster ran aground at Ballyshannon, County Donegal, Ireland and was wrecked. All crew survived.[222]

30 October

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List of shipwrecks: 30 October 1934
Ship State Description
Marie Lydia  United Kingdom The auxiliary schooner was wrecked 10 nautical miles (19 km) north of Quebec City, Canada with the loss of three crew.[224]

31 October

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List of shipwrecks: 31 October 1934
Ship State Description
Jupiter  Netherlands The schooner foundered in the North Sea 60 nautical miles (110 km) east of Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, United Kingdom. The crew were rescued by a German fishing vessel.[225]

November

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1 November

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List of shipwrecks: 1 November 1934
Ship State Description
Johanne  Germany The auxiliary sailing vessel suffered an onboard explosion and sank in the North Sea off the Elbe 2 Lightship ( Germany). The crew were rescued.[225]

2 November

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List of shipwrecks: 2 November 1934
Ship State Description
Golden Sea  United Kingdom The cargo ship ran aground in Tetjuhe Bay, Soviet Union.[226] She was refloated on 26 December.[227]
Tung Foo  China The cargo ship foundered in the Yellow Sea west of Korea during a typhoon.[228]
Yeiryo Maru  Japan The cargo ship issued an SOS in the East China Sea (35°40′N 131°20′E / 35.667°N 131.333°E / 35.667; 131.333).[229] No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[230]

5 November

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List of shipwrecks: 5 November 1934
Ship State Description
Kairouan  France The cargo ship came ashore at Cape Juby, Morocco and was wrecked.[231]

7 November

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List of shipwrecks: 7 November 1934
Ship State Description
Erik Boye  Denmark The cargo ship collided with Edith Howaldt ( Germany) in the Scheldt at Bath, Zeeland, Netherlands and was consequently beached.[232] She was refloated the next day and towed to Antwerp, Belgium for repairs.[233]
Schorn  United States The 29-gross register ton, 46.2-foot (14.1 m) fishing vessel sank at Key Reef (56°09′35″N 132°49′45″W / 56.15972°N 132.82917°W / 56.15972; -132.82917 (Key Reef)) in Clarence Strait in the Alexander Archipelago in Southeast Alaska. Her entire crew of five survived.[211]

8 November

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List of shipwrecks: 8 November 1934
Ship State Description
Ranan Maru  Japan The cargo ship caught fire in the Sea of Japan and sank with the loss of all hands.[232][233]

9 November

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List of shipwrecks: 9 November 1934
Ship State Description
Caliche  United States The tanker exploded and caught fire in the Mobile Channel at Mobile, Alabama. She was abandoned by her crew.[233]
Liguria  Sweden The cargo ship ran aground at Ilhéus, Bahia, Brazil.[233] She was refloated on 16 November.[234]

14 November

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List of shipwrecks: 14 November 1934
Ship State Description
Marionga J. Goulandri  Greece The cargo ship ran aground at Necochea, Argentina. She broke her back and was a total loss.[235]
Seven Seas Trader  United Kingdom The cargo ship ran aground on Long Island, New York, United States.[235] She was declared a total loss on 19 November. All crew were rescued.[236]

17 November

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List of shipwrecks: 17 November 1934
Ship State Description
Clara Paolino  Italy The cargo ship ran aground at Sainte-Maxime, Var, France and broke up. The crew were rescued.[237]

18 November

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List of shipwrecks: 18 November 1934
Ship State Description
Helouan  Greece The cargo ship ran aground at Cape Aliki, Imbros, Turkey.[237] She was refloated on 24 November.[238]

20 November

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List of shipwrecks: 20 November 1934
Ship State Description
Christel Vinnen  Germany The cargo ship ran aground south east of Lagos, Nigeria.[236] She was refloated on 25 November.[239]
Sumatra  United Kingdom The coaster sank at Hong Kong whilst under repair.[236]

21 November

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List of shipwrecks: 21 November 1934
Ship State Description
W. C. Franz  Canada The motor bulk carrier collided with the cargo ship Edward E. Loomis ( United States) in Lake Huron and sank in 230 feet (70 m) of water 30 nautical miles (35 mi; 56 km) southeast of Thunder Bay Island at 44°38′53″N 82°54′24″W / 44.647917°N 82.906533°W / 44.647917; -82.906533 (W.C. Franz) with the loss of four members of her crew.[240][241][242][243][244]

22 November

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List of shipwrecks: 22 November 1934
Ship State Description
Nonpareil  United Kingdom The Thames barge was hit by Auk ( United Kingdom) in the River Thames at Woolwich and sank. All three crew were rescued.[241]

23 November

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List of shipwrecks: 23 November 1934
Ship State Description
Aeolos  Greece The cargo ship ran aground on the Zindjir-Bozan Bank.[245] She was refloated on 7 December.[246]
Euthalia  Greece The cargo ship ran aground in the River Humber at Sunk Island, Yorkshire, United Kingdom.[238] She was refloated on 3 December.[247]
Iron Monarch  United Kingdom The cargo ship ran aground at Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia.[238] She was refloated on 3 December.[247]
Magna  Sweden The cargo ship ran aground at Limerick, Ireland.[238] She was refloated on 4 December.[248]

24 November

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List of shipwrecks: 24 November 1934
Ship State Description
Rosemount  Canada The cargo ship sank at Montreal, Quebec, Canada.[239] She was refloated on 16 December but sank again later that day and salvage operations were suspended.[249] She was refloated again on 15 May 1935 but declared a constructive total loss and sold for use as a grain hulk.[250]
Sovinto  Finland The three-masted schooner was dismasted in the Baltic Sea in a gale. She came ashore on Hiiumaa, Estonia and was wrecked.[238]

27 November

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List of shipwrecks: 27 November 1934
Ship State Description
Frithjof Eide  Norway The cargo ship ran aground at Prestogalten, Nord-Trøndelag, Norway and was abandoned.[251]
Lolita A  Spain The cargo ship ran aground at Vieux-Boucau-les-Bains, Landes, France and was abandoned. She broke in two and was a total loss.[252][253]

29 November

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List of shipwrecks: 29 November 1934
Ship State Description
Kosti  Greece The cargo ship ran aground at Ochakiv, Soviet Union.[254] She was refloated on 8 December.[255]
Maroula  Greece The cargo ship ran aground 2 nautical miles (3.7 km) east of Necochea, Argentina.[256] She broke in two and was a total loss.[257]

30 November

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List of shipwrecks: 30 November 1934
Ship State Description
Henry Cort  United States The whaleback steamer was wrecked on the breakwater at Muskegon, Michigan. Her crew was rescued by the United States Coast Guard, but one Coast Guardsman died. She broke in two in December and was scrapped in 1935.[258]

Unknown date

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Ship State Description
Popi  Greece The passenger ship ran aground at Fleves Islet, Saronic Gulf on or before 28 November. She was later refloated and towed to Piraeus.[251][259]

December

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1 December

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List of shipwrecks: 1 December 1934
Ship State Description
Henry Cort  United States The cargo ship came ashore at Muskegon, Michigan in a gale and was a total loss. All crew were saved.[260]
Kong Magnus  Norway The cargo ship ran aground in the Ullsfjorden, Norway.[260] She was refloated on 7 December.[246]
Sea King  United States The tug sank at Galveston, Texas.[260]

2 December

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List of shipwrecks: 2 December 1934
Ship State Description
Coramba  United Kingdom The coaster foundered off Westernport, Victoria, Australia with the loss of all seventeen crew.[261]

3 December

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List of shipwrecks: 3 December 1934
Ship State Description
Frida Peters  Germany The cargo ship ran aground at Asnæs, Zealand, Denmark.[262] She was refloated on 7 December.[246]

4 December

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List of shipwrecks: 4 December 1934
Ship State Description
Walter Kennedy  United Kingdom The cargo ship sprang a leak and sank in the Atlantic Ocean east of Miquelon. The crew survived.[248]

5 December

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List of shipwrecks: 5 December 1934
Ship State Description
Dunscore  United Kingdom The coaster sank in the North Sea 5 nautical miles (9.3 km) east north east of St Abb's Head, Berwickshire. All six crew were rescued by the St Abb's Lifeboat.[230]

8 December

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List of shipwrecks: 8 December 1934
Ship State Description
Wilhelm Tham  Sweden The cargo ship ran aground off Trosa, Södermanland County and sank. The crew were rescued.[263]

9 December

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List of shipwrecks: 9 December 1934
Ship State Description
Falksten  Sweden The cargo ship ran aground on Hiiumaa, Estonia.[255] She was refloated on 16 December.[264]
Glen Head  United Kingdom The cargo ship ran aground on Bornholm, Denmark.[263] She was declared a total loss on 17 December.[249]
Thielbek  Germany The cargo ship ran aground at Befanaes, Denmark. She was later refloated and returned to service.

10 December

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List of shipwrecks: 10 December 1934
Ship State Description
Arcadia  Italy The cargo ship ran aground on the Almadi Reef off Dakar, French West Africa.[255] The wreck was sold on 1 January 1935 for scrapping.[265]
HSwMS Klas Uggla  Swedish Navy The destroyer ran aground at Malmö.[266] She was refloated on 15 December. Subsequently repaired and returned to service.[264]
Oxbird  United Kingdom The coaster collided with Dagmar ( Denmark) in the Thames Estuary and sank. All seven crew were rescued by Dagmar.[267] She was raised on 12 December and beached on the Yantlet Flats, Kent.[268]

11 December

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List of shipwrecks: 11 December 1934
Ship State Description
Osprey  United Kingdom The salvage tug fouled the wreck of Eddie ( United Kingdom) and sank at Goole, Yorkshire whilst assisting with the salvage of Eddie.[269]

13 December

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List of shipwrecks: 13 December 1934
Ship State Description
Cushendun  United Kingdom The coaster ran aground at Mostyn, Flintshire.[270] She was refloated on 19 December.[271]

14 December

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List of shipwrecks: 14 December 1934
Ship State Description
Usworth  United Kingdom The cargo ship sank in the Atlantic Ocean. The crew were rescued by Jean Jadot ( Belgium).[81]

17 December

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List of shipwrecks: 17 December 1934
Ship State Description
Hachilah  United Kingdom The motor schooner caught fire and sank in Campbeltown Loch.[249]
Hervar  Norway The cargo ship collided with Tung Tuck ( China) at Whangpo, China and sank.[249]

18 December

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List of shipwrecks: 18 December 1934
Ship State Description
Vinga  Sweden The schooner came ashore on Öland. The crew were rescued.[272]

19 December

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List of shipwrecks: 19 December 1934
Ship State Description
Ann Stathatos  Greece The cargo ship ran aground on Hainan Island, China.[273] She was refloated on 22 December.[274]
Orania  Netherlands The ocean liner was rammed and sunk at Leixões, Portugal by Loanda ( Portugal). The crew and all 122 passengers were rescued.[275]
Sisto  Norway The cargo ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. All sixteen crew were rescued by New York ( Weimar Republic).[276] Sisto was taken in tow by Zwarte Zee ( Netherlands) on 2 January 1937 but subsequently capsized and sank (51°25′N 11°32′W / 51.417°N 11.533°W / 51.417; -11.533) on 3 January.[277]

24 December

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List of shipwrecks: 24 December 1934
Ship State Description
Jean Smith  United Kingdom The schooner was abandoned off Codroy, Newfoundland.[227]

31 December

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List of shipwrecks: 31 December 1934
Ship State Description
Alstern  Sweden The cargo ship ran aground at Nidingarna.[278] She was refloated on 3 January 1935.[279]

Unknown date

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List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1934
Ship State Description
Schiaffino 24  France The cargo ship sank in the Mediterranean Sea or Strait of Gibraltar on or before 13 December.[270]

Unknown date

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List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1934
Ship State Description
Adriatic  United States Partially dismantled and abandoned in 1927 and since tied up at an abandoned pier at Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin, and used as fishing site, the 202-foot (62 m), 915.67-gross register ton self-unloading schooner barge burned and sank. Her wreckage lies in Sturgeon Bay only 6 feet (1.8 m) from shore in 2 to 15 feet (0.6 to 4.6 m) of water.[280]
Arnold Liebes  United States The motor vessel was wrecked at Point Barrow on the north coast of the Territory of Alaska and became a total loss.[281]
C. B. Brower  United States The vessel was wrecked in the Arctic Ocean off Point Barrow on the north coast of the Territory of Alaska.[282]
City of Taunton  United States The 292-foot (89 m) cargo ship, a sidewheel paddle steamer, was beached and abandoned at Somerset, Massachusetts, on the west bank of the Taunton River at 41°42′39″N 071°10′33″W / 41.71083°N 71.17583°W / 41.71083; -71.17583 (City of Taunton), just south of the future site of the Charles M. Braga Jr. Memorial Bridge, sometime during the 1930s. The wreck settled on the river bottom in very shallow water.[283]
F. C. Pendleton  United States The 145-foot (44 m), 408-gross register ton three-masted schooner burned and sank without loss of life in up to 45 feet (14 m) of water at 44°19′38″N 068°54′27″W / 44.32722°N 68.90750°W / 44.32722; -68.90750 (F. C. Pendleton) while at anchor in Seal Harbor at Islesboro, Maine, sometime during the 1930s.[284]
Gardner G. Deering  United States The 251-foot (77 m), 1,982-gross register ton five-masted schooner was abandoned and later burned in Smith Cove off West Brooksville, Maine, sometime during the 1930s. Her wreck settled in 10 to 30 feet (3.0 to 9.1 m) of water approximately 500 feet (150 m) off the north shore of the cove at 44°22′55″N 068°46′30″W / 44.38194°N 68.77500°W / 44.38194; -68.77500 (Gardner G. Deering).[285]
Herefordshire  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on Cardigan Island, Cardiganshire.[286]
M-8  Soviet Navy The Malyutka-class submarine sank in Ussuri Bay whilst under tow. Her crew survived. She was refloated two days later, repaired and returned to service.[287]
Patria  France The ocean liner grounded on a bank while entering Alexandria Port in Egypt.
T-1028  United States The fishing vessel and her sole occupant disappeared during a voyage in the Territory of Alaska from Stikine to Wrangell. Her wreckage and the remains of the only person aboard were discovered on the beach between Sitkagi Bluffs and the Yana River near Yakutat, Alaska, on 2 June 1940.[73]

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