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The '''list of shipwrecks in 1902''' includes [[ship]]s sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during [[1902]].
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==January==
===2 January===
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|ship=''Bristol''
|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}
|desc=During a voyage from [[Ladysmith, British Columbia|Ladysmith]], [[British Columbia]], to the [[Treadwell gold mine|Treadwell]] [[gold]] [[Mining|mine]] in the [[District of Alaska]] with a cargo of [[coal]], the 1,274-ton [[Steamboat|steamer]] was stranded on a [[reef]] in [[Chatham Strait]] off [[Grey Island (Canada)|Grey Island]], north of [[Dundas Island (British Columbia)|Dundas Island]] on the [[British Columbia Coast|coast]] of British Columbia, during a [[gale]]. She slid off the reef and sank in {{convert|204|ft|m}} of water on the morning of 3 January with the loss of seven lives. There were 21 survivors.<ref name=alaskashipwrecksb>[https://alaskashipwreck.com/shipwrecks-a-z/alaska-shipwrecks-b/ alaskashipwreck.com Alaska Shipwrecks (B)]</ref>
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|ship={{MS|Marie Cooper||2}}
|flag={{flag|United States|1897}}
|desc=The motor schooner was destroyed by fire in [[Mississippi Sound]].<ref name=":44">{{cite web |url=https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=hvd.hb1k9g&view=1up&seq=87 |title=Annual report of the Supervising Inspector-general Steamboat-inspection Service, Year ending June 30, 1903|access-date=29 July 2019}}</ref>
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|ship={{SS|Walla Walla||2}}
|flag={{flag|United States|1897}}
|desc=The steamer was sunk in a collision with the barque {{SV|Max||2}} ({{flag|France}}) {{convert|11|mi}} north of [[Cape Mendocino]], [[California]]. 20 passengers and 16 crewmen killed.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=hvd.hb1k9g&view=1up&seq=19 |title=Annual report of the Supervising Inspector-general Steamboat-inspection Service, Year ending June 30, 1903|access-date=24 July 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?23805 |title=Walla Walla (+1902) |publisher=Wrecksite |access-date=1 May 2020}}</ref>
}}
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===3 January===
{{shipwreck list begin |date=3 January 1902 |sort=}}
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|ship=''Alert''
|flag={{flag|United States|1897}}
|desc=The [[Steamship|steamer]] damaged her [[propeller]] and tail shaft when she struck a submerged log while entering the harbor at [[Ketchikan, Alaska|Ketchikan]], [[District of Alaska]]. She sank while tied up at a dock overnight. She was raised and repaired.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=hvd.hb1k9g&view=1up&seq=25 |title=Annual report of the Supervising Inspector-general Steamboat-inspection Service, Year ending June 30, 1903|access-date=24 July 2019}}</ref>
}}
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|ship={{SS|Sparta||2}}
|flag={{flag|United States|1897}}
|desc=The [[Fishing vessel|fishing]] [[Steamship|steamer]] sprung a leak in the [[Atlantic Ocean]] off [[Atlantic City, New Jersey|Atlantic City]], [[New Jersey]] and was abandoned. Her crew were rescued by the steamer {{SS|Eldorado||2}} ({{flag|United States|1897}}).<ref name=":18">{{cite web |url=https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=hvd.hb1k9g&view=1up&seq=40 |title=Annual report of the Supervising Inspector-general Steamboat-inspection Service, Year ending June 30, 1903|access-date=24 July 2019}}</ref>
}}
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===4 January===
{{shipwreck list begin |date=4 January 1902 |sort=}}
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|ship={{SS|Alfonso||2}}
|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}
|desc=The steamer was sunk in a collision with {{SS|Vilvela||2}} or {{SS|Hullera Espanola||2}} ({{flag|Spain|civil-1785}}) off [[Aveiro, Portugal]] in thick fog. Her captain was the sole survivor. He was rescued by {{SV|Randolphe||2}} ({{flag|Portugal|civil}}). 19 crewmen killed.<ref name=":2">{{cite web |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=hMRNAQAAMAAJ&dq=ship:+boiler+explosion+on+Jacob+Kuper+,+1902&pg=PA282 |title=The Chicago Daily News Almanac and Yearbook for 1902 |publisher=Chicago Daily News|via=Googlebooks|access-date=2 May 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?134628 |title=Alfonso (+1902) |publisher=Wrecksite |access-date=2 May 2020}}</ref>
}}
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|ship={{SS|Hullera Espanola||2}}
|flag={{flag|Spain|civil-1785}}
|desc=The steamer was sunk in a collision with {{SS|Alfonso||2}} ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}) off [[Aveiro, Portugal]] in thick fog. One crewman killed. Survivors rescued by {{SV|Randolphe||2}} ({{flag|Portugal|civil}}).<ref name=":2"/><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?139493 |title=Hullera Espanola (+1902) |publisher=Wrecksite |access-date=2 May 2020}}</ref>
}}
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===6 January===
{{shipwreck list begin |date=6 January 1902 |sort=}}
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|ship={{SS|M. W. Kelly||2}}
|flag={{flag|United States|1897}}
|desc=The steamer struck an obstruction in the [[Chattahoochee River]] in [[Frances Bend]] and sank.<ref name=":43">{{cite web |url=https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=hvd.hb1k9g&view=1up&seq=86 |title=Annual report of the Supervising Inspector-general Steamboat-inspection Service, Year ending June 30, 1903|access-date=29 July 2019}}</ref>
}}
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===12 January===
{{shipwreck list begin |date=12 January 1902 |sort=}}
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|ship={{SS|Rambler||2}}
|flag={{flag|United States|1897}}
|desc=The passenger steamer was destroyed by fire at dock at [[Fall River, Massachusetts]].<ref name=":21">{{cite web |url=https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=hvd.hb1k9g&view=1up&seq=43 |title=Annual report of the Supervising Inspector-general Steamboat-inspection Service, Year ending June 30, 1903|access-date=24 July 2019}}</ref>
}}
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|ship={{SS|Valley Scout||2}}
|flag={{flag|United States|1897}}
|desc=The pleasure steamer was crushed by ice and sank at [[Allegheny, Pennsylvania]] in the [[Allegheny River]], a total loss.<ref name=":4">{{cite web |url=https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=hvd.hb1k9g&view=1up&seq=66 |title=Annual report of the Supervising Inspector-general Steamboat-inspection Service, Year ending June 30, 1903|access-date=25 July 2019}}</ref>
}}
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===13 January===
{{shipwreck list begin |date=13 January 1902 |sort=}}
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|ship=''Glenbervie''
|flag={{Flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}
|desc=The barque was wrecked at [[Lowland Point]] near [[Coverack]], [[Cornwall]], laden with 600 barrels of whisky, 400 barrels of brandy and barrels of rum.<ref name=PPA>{{Cite journal |last=Leonard |first=Alan |title=Profiting from Shipwrecks |journal=Picture Postcard Annual |pages=14–16 |year=2008}}</ref> The Coverack lifeboat ''Constance Melanie'' saved her 16 crewmen.<ref>{{cite book |last=Noall |first=C |year=c. 1969 |title=Cornish Shipwrecks Illustrated |location=Truro |publisher=Tor Mark Press |page=10}}</ref>}}<ref name="CoverackJM">{{cite book |last1=Morris |first1=Jeff |title=Coverack Lifeboats 1901–1980 |date=August 2001 |publisher=Lifeboat Enthusiasts Society |page=1}}</ref>
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===14 January===
{{shipwreck list begin |date=14 January 1902 |sort=}}
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|ship={{SS|Anlaby||2}}
|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}
|desc=The trawler was sunk in a storm in [[Grindavik Bay]], [[Iceland]]. Eight crewmen were killed.<ref name=":2"/><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?187833 |title=Anlaby (+1902) |publisher=Wrecksite |access-date=2 May 2020}}</ref>
}}
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===17 January===
{{shipwreck list begin |date=17 January 1902 |sort=}}
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|ship={{SS|Pere Marquette No. 3||2}}
|flag={{flag|United States|1897}}
|desc=The steamer went ashore {{convert|150|ft}} north of the North Pier, [[Ludington, Michigan]] due to a rudder problem. Passengers and crew rescued by the [[United States Life Saving Service]]. Refloated, repaired and returned to service.<ref name=":36">{{cite web |url=https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=hvd.hb1k9g&view=1up&seq=72 |title=Annual report of the Supervising Inspector-general Steamboat-inspection Service, Year ending June 30, 1903 |location=Washington |publisher=Government Printing Office |date=1903|via=Haithi Trust |access-date=7 May 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.shorelinemedia.net/ludington_daily_news/archives/pm-no-3-a-photographic-history-of-the-ships-icy-demise/article_59077b3b-6fe5-5985-a3fc-68f7833b2845.html|title=PM No. 3; a photographic history of the ship's icy demise |publisher=Ludington Daily News |access-date=7 May 2020}}</ref>
}}
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===18 January===
{{shipwreck list begin |date=18 January 1902 |sort=}}
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|ship={{SS|Frank S. Stone||2}}
|flag={{flag|United States|1897}}
|desc=The steamer struck a deadhead and sank in the [[Mobile River]] in {{convert|20|ft}} of water. Later raised and repaired.<ref name=":44"/>
}}
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===20 January===
{{shipwreck list begin |date=20 January 1902 |sort=}}
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|ship={{SS|C. Emlin||2}}
|flag={{flag|United States|1897}}
|desc=The steamer was destroyed by fire at dock at Kimball's Mill, [[Apalachicola, Florida]].<ref name=":43"/>
}}
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|ship={{SS|Eli Shriver Jr.||2}}
|flag={{flag|United States|1897}}
|desc=The tow steamer heeled over due to strong tide and before she recovered she was swamped by the wake of a passing vessel and sank in {{convert|26|ft|m}} of water in the [[East River]] off the foot of East Thirty-Sixth street.<ref name=":9">{{cite web |url=https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=hvd.hb1k9g&view=1up&seq=30 |title=Annual report of the Supervising Inspector-general Steamboat-inspection Service, Year ending June 30, 1903|access-date=24 July 2019}}</ref>
}}
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|ship={{SS|Hawk||2}}
|flag={{flag|United States|1897}}
|desc=The steamer struck a sunken flat and sank in the [[Monongahela River]] and was abandoned.<ref name=":4"/>
}}
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|ship=''[[Chilean transport Rímac (1872)|Lautaro]]''
|flag={{navy|Colombia}}
|desc=[[File:Lautaro Sinking I.jpg|thumb|''Lautaro'' sinking.]][[Thousand Days War]]: Operating in support of the [[Colombian Conservative Party]], the [[Steamship|steamer]] was sunk in action with the [[Colombian Liberal Party]] steamer ''Admiral Padilla'' ({{navy|Colombia}}) in [[Panama Bay]] off [[Panama City]], [[Colombia]]. 
}}
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|ship={{SS|Nellie||2}}
|flag={{flag|United States|1897}}
|desc=The steamer sank in a collision in fog in [[Mobile Bay]] with {{SS|Mary Wittich||2}} ({{flag|United States|1897}}). Raised and repaired.<ref name=":44"/>
}}
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===21 January===
{{shipwreck list begin |date=21 January 1902 |sort=}}
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|ship={{SS|Swan||2}}
|flag={{flag|United States|1897}}
|desc=The anchored steamer foundered in a storm near Otter Creek, [[North Carolina]].<ref name=":23">{{cite web |url=https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=hvd.hb1k9g&view=1up&seq=49 |title=Annual report of the Supervising Inspector-general Steamboat-inspection Service, Year ending June 30, 1903|access-date=25 July 2019}}</ref>
}}
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===26 January===
{{shipwreck list begin |date=26 January 1902 |sort=}}
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|ship={{SS|Cloverport||2}}
|flag={{flag|United States|1897}}
|desc=The steamer ran aground in the [[Ohio River]] near [[Caseyville, Kentucky]] and afterwards was wrecked by ice, a total loss.<ref name=":30">{{cite web |url=https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=hvd.hb1k9g&view=1up&seq=60 |title=Annual report of the Supervising Inspector-general Steamboat-inspection Service, Year ending June 30, 1903|access-date=25 July 2019}}</ref>
}}
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|ship={{SS|Oneida||2}}
|flag={{flag|United States|1897}}
|desc=The steamer was sunk by ice at [[Creston, West Virginia]] on the [[Little Kanawha River]]. Raised and repaired.<ref name=":32">{{cite web |url=https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=hvd.hb1k9g&view=1up&seq=65 |title=Annual report of the Supervising Inspector-general Steamboat-inspection Service, Year ending June 30, 1903|access-date=25 July 2019}}</ref>
}}
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===29 January===
{{shipwreck list begin |date=29 January 1902 |sort=}}
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|ship={{SS|R. W. Burke||2}}
|flag={{flag|United States|1897}}
|desc=The tow steamer struck a submerged object while tying up for the night at Dows Stores, [[Brooklyn, New York]]. She sank overnight. Later raised.<ref name=":9"/>
}}
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===31 January===
{{shipwreck list begin |date=31 January 1902 |sort=}}
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|ship={{SV|Chanaral||2}}
|flag={{flag|France}}
|desc=The sailing ship sank {{convert|80|nmi}} north west of [[Ushant]], [[Belgium]]. 21 crew died, 1 survivor.<ref name=":2"/><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?168293 |title=Chanaral (+1902) |publisher=Wrecksite |access-date=2 May 2020}}</ref>
}}
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===Unknown date===
{{shipwreck list begin |date=Unknown January 1902 |sort=}}
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|ship={{SV|Arab Steed||2}}
|flag={{flag|Norway}}
|desc=The [[barque]] sank in the [[North Sea]] in early January. 22 drowned.<ref name=":2"/>
}}
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==February==
===1 February===
{{shipwreck list begin |date=1 February 1902 |sort=}}
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|ship={{SS|T. K. Green||2}}
|flag={{flag|United States|1897}}
|desc=The steamer struck an obstruction and sank in {{convert|11|ft|m}} of water in [[Bayou D'Arbonne]] near the [[Lake Washington Cut-Off, Louisiana]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=hvd.hb1k9g&view=1up&seq=84 |title=Annual report of the Supervising Inspector-general Steamboat-inspection Service, Year ending June 30, 1903|access-date=29 July 2019}}</ref>
}}
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===2 February===
{{shipwreck list begin |date=2 February 1902 |sort=}}
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|ship=''Antelope''
|flag={{flag|United States|1897}}
|desc=The barge foundered off [[Fire Island]] after losing her towline to {{SS|Richmond||2}} ({{flag|United States|1897}}) in heavy seas. Lost with all hands.<ref name=":9"/>
}}
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|ship=''Belle of Oregon''
|flag={{flag|United States|1897}}
|desc=The barge foundered off [[Fire Island]] after losing her towline to {{SS|Richmond||2}} ({{flag|United States|1897}}) in heavy seas. Lost with all hands, her captain's body washed ashore.<ref name=":9"/>
}}
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|ship={{SS|E. S. Atwood||2}}
|flag={{flag|United States|1897}}
|desc=The steamer foundered {{convert|4|mi|spell=in}} off [[Sandy Hook, New Jersey]] in heavy seas in {{convert|15|fathom|lk=in}} of water. Crew rescued by {{SS|Barcelona||2}} ({{flagcountry|German Empire}}).<ref name=":9"/>
}}
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|ship={{SS|Edward J. Berwind||2}}
|flag={{flag|United States|1897}}
|desc=The steamer foundered {{convert|2|mi|spell=in}} northeast of [[Sandy Hook Lightship]] in a severe storm after her forecastle house broke away and she filled with water. Crew rescued by {{SS|Barcelona||2}} ({{flagcountry|German Empire}}).<ref name=":9"/>
}}
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|ship={{SS|H & A Morse||2}}
|flag={{flag|United States|1897}}
|desc=The canal boat sank at dock in [[New Brighton, Staten Island|Brighton, New York]] on [[Staten Island]] possibly caused by ice. Later raised.<ref name=":10">{{cite web |url=https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=hvd.hb1k9g&view=1up&seq=31 |title=Annual report of the Supervising Inspector-general Steamboat-inspection Service, Year ending June 30, 1903|access-date=24 July 2019}}</ref>
}}
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|ship={{SV|L. Schepp||2}}
|flag={{flag|United States|1897}}
|desc=The sailing ship was driven ashore at [[Long Beach, New York]] on [[Long Island]] after losing steerage in a severe storm and hitting a submerged wreck just off shore. Later refloated.<ref name=":9"/>
}}
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|ship=''Mystic Belle''
|flag={{flag|United States|1897}}
|desc=The barge washed ashore after losing her towline to {{SS|Richmond||2}} ({{flag|United States|1897}}) in heavy seas off [[Fire Island]].<ref name=":9"/>
}}
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===3 February===
{{shipwreck list begin |date=3 February 1902 |sort=}}
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|ship={{SS|Dale||2}}
|flag={{flag|United States|1897}}
|desc=The canal boat caught fire from a fire at Dock G of the [[Lehigh Valley Railroad]] and was sunk by the fire department's attempts to put out the fire. Not repaired.<ref name=":10"/>
}}
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===5 February===
{{shipwreck list begin |date=5 February 1902 |sort=}}
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|ship=''Ethel Quinn''
|flag={{flag|United States|1897}}
|desc=The coal boat sank in a collision with {{SS|Spartan Prince||2}} ({{flag|United States|1897}}) off [[The Battery (Manhattan)|The Battery]].<ref name=":10"/>
}}
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|ship={{SS|Forward||2}}
|flag={{flag|United States|1897}}
|desc=The tug sank in Erie Basin, [[Brooklyn, New York]] when ice punctured her hull. Later raised.<ref name=":10"/>
}}
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|ship={{SS|John W. Ailes||2}}
|flag={{flag|United States|1897}}
|desc=The tow steamer burned to the waterline and sank after her boiler exploded below Lock No. 2 in the [[Monongahela River]] opposite the [[Edgar Thomson Steel Works]], [[Braddock, Pennsylvania]]. Later raised. Two or six crewmen killed.<ref name=":4"/><ref>{{cite web |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=rW3mAAAAMAAJ&dq=ship:+Boiler+explosion+on+John+W.+Ailes,+1902&pg=PA297 |title=Marine Engineering Vol. 7 January to December, 1902 |publisher=Marine Engineering |via=Googlebooks |access-date=7 May 2020}}</ref>
}}
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===9 February===
{{shipwreck list begin |date=9 February 1902 |sort=}}
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|ship= {{SS|Grecian|1879|2}} 
|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}
|desc=The steamer ran aground and was wrecked off [[Sandwich Point]], [[Halifax, Nova Scotia]].<ref name=":2"/><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?34220 |title=Grecian (+1902) |publisher=Wrecksite |access-date=2 May 2020}}</ref>
}}
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===10 February===
{{shipwreck list begin |date=10 February 1902 |sort=}}
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|ship={{SS|Oswego||2}}
|flag={{flag|United States|1897}}
|desc=The steamer sank at [[Oak Point, Washington]] in the [[Columbia River]].<ref name=":6">{{cite web |url=https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=hvd.hb1k9g&view=1up&seq=22 |title=Annual report of the Supervising Inspector-general Steamboat-inspection Service, Year ending June 30, 1903|access-date=24 July 2019}}</ref>
}}
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===11 February===
{{shipwreck list begin |date=11 February 1902 |sort=}}
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|ship={{SS|Harry P. Jones||2}}
|flag={{flag|United States|1897}}
|desc=The steamer was sunk by ice at Browns Station in the [[Monongahela River]].<ref name=":4"/>
}}
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===12 February===
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|ship={{SV|Princess Louise||2}}
|flag=
|desc=The schooner was run down and sunk by steamer ''Prince Rupert'' (flag unknown) while anchored in the shipping channel in fog at [[St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador|St. John's, Newfoundland]], a total loss. Later raised and beached at high tide.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=rW3mAAAAMAAJ&dq=ship:+Boiler+explosion+on+John+W.+Ailes,+1902&pg=PA297 |title=Marine Engineering Vol. 7 January to December, 1902 |publisher=Marine Engineering |via=Googlebooks |access-date=7 May 2020}}</ref>
}}
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===18 February===
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|ship={{SV|Mariah||2}}
|flag={{flag|United States|1897}}
|desc=The schooner sank in a collision with {{SS|Ocracoke||2}} ({{flag|United States|1897}}) near the mouth of the [[Neuse River]].<ref name=":23"/>
}}
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===22 February===
{{shipwreck list begin |date=22 February 1902 |sort=}}
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|ship=''Condor''
|flag={{flagcountry|German Empire}}
|desc=The steamer was sunk in a collision with {{SS|Lacroma||2}} ({{flagcountry|Austro-Hungarian Empire}}) in the harbour of [[Catania]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?152469 |title=Condor (+1902) |publisher=Wrecksite |access-date=2 May 2020}}</ref>
}}
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|ship=''Lichtenfels Brothers''
|flag={{flag|United States|1897}}
|desc=The barge sank in harbor at [[New York, New York]] after being stressed by weather at sea.<ref name=":10"/>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship=''Mary Whitridge''
|flag={{flag|United States|1897}}
|desc=The barge sank {{convert|12|mi|km}} off [[Asbury Park, New Jersey]] in a storm. Lost with all four hands.<ref name=":10"/>
}}
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|ship={{SS|Resolute||2}}
|flag={{flag|United States|1897}}
|desc=The steamer sank at dock in [[North Boston]]. Raised and repaired.<ref name=":16">{{cite web |url=https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=hvd.hb1k9g&view=1up&seq=38 |title=Annual report of the Supervising Inspector-general Steamboat-inspection Service, Year ending June 30, 1903|access-date=24 July 2019}}</ref>
}}
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===23 February===
{{shipwreck list begin |date=23 February 1902 |sort=}}
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|ship={{SS|Edna||2}}
|flag={{flag|United States|1897}}
|desc=The steamer sank in a hurricane off [[Timbalier Island, Louisiana]].<ref name=":42">{{cite web |url=https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=hvd.hb1k9g&view=1up&seq=85 |title=Annual report of the Supervising Inspector-general Steamboat-inspection Service, Year ending June 30, 1903|access-date=29 July 2019}}</ref>
}}
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===24 February===
{{shipwreck list begin |date=24 February 1902 |sort=}}
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|ship= {{ship|Spanish gunboat|Condor||2}}
|flag={{flagdeco|Spain|1785}} [[Spanish Navy|Royal Spanish Navy]]
|desc=The gunboat was sunk by a boiler explosion off Samil beach, [[Vigo]] [[Galicia (Spain)|Galicia]], [[Spain]].<ref name=":2"/><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?255375 |title=Condor (+1902) |publisher=Wrecksite |access-date=2 May 2020}}</ref>
}}
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===25 February===
{{shipwreck list begin |date=25 February 1902 |sort=}}
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|ship=''Liverpool'' 
|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}
|desc=The iron-[[Hull (watercraft)|hulled]] four-[[Mast (ship)|masted]] [[sailing ship]] was en route from [[Antwerp]] to [[San Francisco]] with general cargo when she sailed slowly onto the rocks at Hommeaux Florains, on the northeastern tip of [[Alderney]] in the [[Channel Islands]] in fog. There was no loss of life.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.clydesite.co.uk/clydebuilt/viewship.asp?id=17568 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111215022832/http://clydesite.co.uk/clydebuilt/viewship.asp?id=17568 |url-status=usurped |archive-date=2011-12-15 |title=sv Liverpool}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.judnick.com/judnick/ShipwrecksNearAlderney.htm |title=SHIPWRECKS NEAR ALDERNEY |author=John Elsbury |access-date=2015-09-03 |archive-date=2016-03-04 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304064202/http://www.judnick.com/judnick/ShipwrecksNearAlderney.htm |url-status=dead }}</ref>
}}
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|ship={{SS|Lookout||2}}
|flag={{flag|United States|1897}}
|desc=The steamer sank at the City Wharf at [[Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania]]<ref name=Pittsburg>In the 1800s and early 1900s, the [[name of Pittsburgh]] was spelled both with and without the 'h'.</ref> in the [[Monongahela River]]. Later raised.<ref name=":4"/>
}}
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===26 February===
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|ship={{SS|Belle of Kaskaskia||2}}
|flag={{flag|United States|1897}}
|desc=The steamer was sunk by ice {{convert|3|mi|km|spell=in}} above [[Chester, Illinois]] in the [[Mississippi River]]. Raised and repaired.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=hvd.hb1k9g&view=1up&seq=51 |title=Annual report of the Supervising Inspector-general Steamboat-inspection Service, Year ending June 30, 1903|access-date=25 July 2019}}</ref>
}}
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|ship={{SS|Naiad||2}}
|flag={{flag|United States|1897}}
|desc=The steamer sank in the [[Apalachicola River]] at [[Blountstown, Florida]] in shallow water. Shortly thereafter the part still above water was destroyed by fire.<ref name=":43"/>
}}
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===27 February===
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|ship={{SS|Florence||2}}
|flag={{flag|United States|1897}}
|desc=The steamer was destroyed by fire at [[Bordentown, New Jersey]].<ref name=":18"/>
}}
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===28 February===
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|ship={{SS|Dauntless||2}}
|flag={{flag|United States|1897}}
|desc=The passenger steamer was sunk by ice at the [[Duquesne Docks]] at [[Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania]]<ref name=Pittsburg /> in the [[Monongahela River]]. Later raised.<ref name=":4"/>
}}
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|ship={{SS|Honey Brook||2}}
|flag={{flag|United States|1897}}
|desc=The steamer was wrecked near [[Bakers Island]] in fog.<ref name=":16"/>
}}
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|ship={{SS|Juliet||2}}
|flag={{flag|United States|1897}}
|desc=The ferry was carried away by flooding and ice in the [[Allegheny River]] at [[Verona, Pennsylvania]] and wrecked downstream and abandoned.<ref name=":4"/>
}}
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===Unknown date===
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|ship= {{SS|Huronian||2}}
|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}
|desc=The passenger liner left the [[River Clyde]] for [[St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador|St. John's, Newfoundland]] on 11 February and was never seen again. A message found in a bottle on the coast of [[Derry|Londonderry, Northern Ireland]] stated the ship sank in a gale, message was authenticated. Probably sank on 12 or 13 January with all hands.<ref name=":2"/><ref>{{cite web |url=http://waratahrevisited.blogspot.com/2016/06/the-case-of-huronian-1902.html|title=The case of the Huronian |publisher=waratahrevisited |access-date=4 May 2020}}</ref>
}}
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|ship={{SV|Jules Jean Baptiste||2}}
|flag={{flagcountry|France}}
|desc=The sailing ship was lost on the French coast sometime in February. 80 killed.<ref name=":2"/>
}}
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==March==
===1 March===
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|ship={{SS|Acara|1898|2}}
|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}
|desc=The 4,193-[[gross register ton]] [[Steamship|steamer]] was wrecked without loss of life on the [[Shoal|bar]] {{convert|1,500|to|1,800|ft|m|0}} off [[Jones Inlet]] off the south coast of [[Long Island]], [[New York (state)|New York]], during a storm. Her wreck sank in {{convert|25|ft|m|0}} of water.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://njscuba.net/reefs/chart_ny09_shinnecock.php |title=njscuba.net Shinnecock Artificial Reef |access-date=2020-02-17 |archive-date=2020-02-15 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200215030852/https://njscuba.net/reefs/chart_ny09_shinnecock.php |url-status=dead }}</ref>
}}
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|ship=''Onward''
|flag={{flag|United States|1897}}
|desc=The tow steamer sank at a dock by the Market Street Bridge, [[Newark, New Jersey]]. Later raised.<ref name=":10"/>
}}
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===5 March===
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|ship=Unknown barges
|flag={{flag|United States|1897}}
|desc=The barges drifted ashore and sank after losing their towline to {{SS|Richmond||2}} ({{flag|United States|1897}}) in the Swash Channel off Romer Shoal in a snowstorm. Crews left in dories and were picked up by ''Richmond''.<ref name=":10"/>
}}
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|ship= {{SS|Waesland||2}}
|flag={{Flag|United States|1897}}
|desc=The steamer collided with the steamer {{SS|Harmonides||2}} ({{Flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}) off [[Anglesey]], [[United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland|United Kingdom]] and sank with the loss of two passengers.<ref name=Harmonides>{{cite web |url= http://www.norwayheritage.com/articles/templates/ships.asp?articleid=129&zoneid=5 |title=The Sinking of the Waesland |publisher=Norway Heritage |access-date=22 December 2010}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Waesland |url=https://wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?31282 |website=wrecksite.eu |access-date=2 July 2022}}</ref>}}
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===7 March===
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|ship= {{ship||Welcome|sternwheeler|2}}
|flag={{Flag|United States|1897}}
|desc=The sternwheel passenger [[paddle steamer]] ran aground on the north flats of the [[Coquille River (Oregon)|Coquille River]] in [[Oregon]] during a [[squall]]. She was refloated undamaged that night and returned to service. }}
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===10 March===
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|ship={{SS|Alexandre III||2}}
|flag={{flag|France}}
|desc=The cargo steamer was run into and sunk by steamer ''Ahmadi'' ({{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}) while anchored at [[Jeddah]], [[Ottoman Empire]]. All crew were rescued.<ref>{{cite news |title=French Steamer Lost in Collision |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000452/19020311/080/0006 |access-date=5 July 2022 |work=Edinburgh Evening News|issue=9013 |date=11 March 1902|page=6|via=British Newspaper Archive}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last1=Bois |first1=Paul |title=Armements marseillais : Compagnies de navigation et navires à vapeur (1831-1988) |date=1988 |publisher=Chambre de commerce et d'industrie de Marseille |location=Marseille |isbn=2-900732-01-8 |page=271 |edition=3rd |language=Fr}}</ref>
}}
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|ship={{SV|Iriquois||2}}
|flag={{flag|United States|1897}}
|desc=The [[Barque|bark]] struck an uncharted rock off [[Gili Banto Island]] in the [[Straits of Sapeh]], between the [[Indian Ocean]] and the [[Flores Sea]], was a total loss.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=hvd.hb1k9g&view=1up&seq=20 |title=Annual report of the Supervising Inspector-general Steamboat-inspection Service, Year ending June 30, 1903|access-date=24 July 2019}}</ref>
}}
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|ship={{SS|Milton D. Ward||2}}
|flag={{flag|United States|1897}}
|desc=The steamer burned while being used as a hospital during a [[smallpox]] and [[cholera]] epidemic in [[Detroit]]. She was abandoned in the "Boneyard".<ref>{{cite web |url=http://images.maritimehistoryofthegreatlakes.ca/63030/data?n=1 |title=Milton D. Ward (Steamboat), U90162, abandoned, 10 Mar 1902 |publisher=maritimehistoryofthegreatlakes |access-date=7 May 2020}}</ref>
}}
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===12 March===
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|ship={{SS|Providence||2}}
|flag={{flag|United States|1897}}
|desc=The steamer capsized and sank in a severe gale off Ion Landing, [[Davis Bend, Louisiana]]. 5 passengers and 14 crewmen killed.<ref name=":42"/>
}}
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===19 March===
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|ship={{SS|Harry G. Day||2}}
|flag={{flag|United States|1897}}
|desc=The steamer burned at Reeds Landing in the [[Savannah River]].<ref name=":24">{{cite web |url=https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=hvd.hb1k9g&view=1up&seq=50 |title=Annual report of the Supervising Inspector-general Steamboat-inspection Service, Year ending June 30, 1903|access-date=25 July 2019}}</ref>
}}
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===22 March===
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|ship={{SS|Major Barrett||2}}
|flag={{flag|United States|1897}}
|desc=The steamer was destroyed by fire off [[Bodys Island, North Carolina]]. The crew were rescued by {{SS|New Orleans|1885|2}} ({{flag|United States|1897}}).<ref name=":18"/>
}}
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===24 March===
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|ship={{SS|Transit||2}}
|flag={{flag|United States|1897}}
|desc=The tow steamer struck a rock on [[Randalls Island]] in the [[East River]] causing a list, when the tide rose she filled and sank.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=hvd.hb1k9g&view=1up&seq=32 |title=Annual report of the Supervising Inspector-general Steamboat-inspection Service, Year ending June 30, 1903|access-date=24 July 2019}}</ref>
}}
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===25 March===
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|ship=''John Ewin'' 
|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}
|desc=The [[schooner]] got into difficulties in the [[River Teifi|Teifi Estuary]]. Her crew were taken off by ''Lizzie & Charles Leigh Clare'' ([[File:Flag of the Royal National Lifeboat Institution.svg|22px|border]] [[Royal National Lifeboat Institution]]). She was subsequently wrecked.<ref name=Cardigan>{{cite web |url=http://www.glen-johnson.co.uk/cardigan-district-shipwrecks-and-lifeboat-service/ |title=Cardigan & District shipwrecks and lifeboat service|publisher=Glen Johnson |access-date=1 February 2015}}</ref>}}
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===28 March===
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|ship= {{SS|Holyrood||2}}
|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}
|desc=The steamer was sunk in a collision with {{SS|Bernard Hall||2}} ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}) {{convert|175|mi}} west of [[Fastnet Rock]] in/near dense fog.<ref name=":2"/><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?16550 |title=Holyrood (+1902) |publisher=Wrecksite |access-date=4 May 2020}}</ref>
}}
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===29 March===
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|ship={{SS|Indian|1890|2}}
|flag={{flag|United States|1896}}
|desc=The {{convert|227|ft|adj=on}}, 1,133-[[net ton]] [[screw steamer]] ran aground in [[fog]] without loss of life off the coast of [[Massachusetts]] on [[Sow and Pigs Reef (Massachusetts)|Sow and Pigs Reef]] off [[Cuttyhunk Island]]. She later was refloated, repaired, and returned to service.<ref>{{Cite web| url=http://wreckhunter.net/DataPages/indian-dat.htm |title=Indian | publisher=Hunting New England Shipwrecks |accessdate=11 February 2021 }}</ref>
}}
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===30 March===
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|ship={{SS|Belle McGowan||2}}
|flag={{flag|United States|1897}}
|desc=The steamer was caught by wind and current in the [[Ohio River]] at Advance Coal Landing was capsized and sunk/wrecked and abandoned.<ref name=":4"/>
}}
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===31 March===
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|ship={{SS|William M. Dove||2}}
|flag={{flag|United States|1897}}
|desc=The steamer sank in [[Boston]] harbor after grounding on the edge of a channel and then sliding down the slope. Later raised.<ref name=":16"/>
}}
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==April==
===1 April===
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|ship={{SS|Cambrian Prince||2}}
|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}
|desc=The steamer was sunk in a collision with {{SS|Alma||2}} ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}) near the [[Nab Lightship]].<ref name=":2"/><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?79625 |title=Cambrian Prince (+1902) |publisher=Wrecksite |access-date=2 May 2020}}</ref>
}}
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|ship={{SV|George W. Wand||2}}
|flag={{flag|United States|1897}}
|desc=The [[schooner barge]] was sunk in a collision with {{SV|Lagonda||2}} (flag unknown). Wreck dispersed with explosives I June.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://images.maritimehistoryofthegreatlakes.ca/62245/data?n=14 |title=George W. Wand (Schooner), U10152, sunk by collision, 1 Apr 1902 |publisher=maritimehistoryofthegreatlakes |access-date=7 May 2020}}</ref>
}}
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===3 April===
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|ship={{SS|Maid of Perth||2}}
|flag={{flag|United States|1897}}
|desc=The ferry sank in a collision with the tug {{SS|Chas. J. Reno||2}} ({{flag|United States|1897}}), probably in the vicinity of [[Albany, New York]].<ref name=":20">{{cite web |url=https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=hvd.hb1k9g&view=1up&seq=42 |title=Annual report of the Supervising Inspector-general Steamboat-inspection Service, Year ending June 30, 1903|access-date=24 July 2019}}</ref>
}}
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|ship={{SS|Superior||2}}
|flag={{flag|United States|1897}}
|desc=The steamer sank at dock in [[Duluth, Minnesota]] due to an open [[seacock]]. Raised and repaired.<ref name=":27">{{cite web |url=https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=hvd.hb1k9g&view=1up&seq=55 |title=Annual report of the Supervising Inspector-general Steamboat-inspection Service, Year ending June 30, 1903|access-date=25 July 2019}}</ref>
}}
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===9 April===
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|ship={{SS|Acorn||2}}
|flag={{flag|United States|1897}}
|desc=The wrecking steamer was caught by wind and current in the [[Ohio River]] at Advance Coal Landing and was capsized and sunk. Her captain and one crewman were killed.<ref name=":4"/>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{SS|Harry Reid||2}}
|flag={{flag|United States|1897}}
|desc=The steamer was sunk when a loaded car (RR?) ran off the end of a barge and crashed through the deck submerging the [[forecastle]], Probably in area of St. Louis, Missouri. Scheduled to be raised later.<ref name=":25">{{cite web |url=https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=hvd.hb1k9g&view=1up&seq=52 |title=Annual report of the Supervising Inspector-general Steamboat-inspection Service, Year ending June 30, 1903|access-date=25 July 2019}}</ref>
}}
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===11 April===
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|ship={{SV|Cheribon||2}}
|flag={{flag|Chile}}
|desc=The passenger steamer was wrecked at [[Remedios Point]], [[Panama|Colombia]].<ref name=":2"/><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?31830 |title=Cheribon (+1902) |publisher=Wrecksite |access-date=2 May 2020}}</ref>
}}
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|ship={{SS|Williamsport||2}}
|flag={{flag|United States|1897}}
|desc=The steamer sank in a collision with a barge near [[Pollock Rip Shoals]].<ref name=":16"/>
}}
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===13 April===
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|ship={{SS|Legia||2}}
|flag={{flag|Belgium}}
|desc=The steamer collided with the steamer {{SS|Julia||2}} (flag unknown) off the ''[[Lightvessels in the United Kingdom|Newarp Lightvessel]]'' ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|government}}) and sank.<ref name=BelgeHO>{{cite web|url=http://www.belgischekoopvaardij.net/belgian%20merchant%20H-O%2024.5.04.pdf |title=Belgian Merchant H-O |publisher=Belgische Koopvaardij |access-date=31 October 2010 }}{{dead link|date=May 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>}}
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===15 April===
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|ship={{SS|Acme|1893|2}}
|flag={{flag|United States|1897}}
|desc=The 58-[[gross register ton]] [[Screw steamer|steam screw]] [[Tugboat|tug]] was [[towing]] the [[Steamship|steamer]] {{SS|Wilkesbarre||2}} ({{flag|United States|1897}}) on [[Lake Erie]] when she struck a large piece of ice which stopped her forward progress. ''Wilkesbarre'' then collided with ''Acme'', causing ''Acme'' to [[capsize]] and sink, a total loss. All four people aboard ''Acme'' survived.<ref name=merchantvessellist1907p378>[https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=uc1.b3330071 Department of Commerce and Labor Bureau of Navigation ''Thirty-Ninth Annual List of Merchant Vessels of the United States for the Year Ending June 30, 1907'', Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office, 1907, p. 378.]</ref><ref name=":39">{{cite web |url=https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=hvd.hb1k9g&view=1up&seq=78 |title=Annual report of the Supervising Inspector-general Steamboat-inspection Service, Year ending June 30, 1903|access-date=29 July 2019}}</ref>
}}
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|ship={{SS|P. Sanford Ross Dredge No. 7||2}}
|flag={{flag|United States|1897}}
|desc=The dredge was sunk in a collision with {{SS|City of Birmingham||2}} ({{flag|United States|1897}}) in the [[Savannah River]].<ref name=":23"/>
}}
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===20 April===
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|ship={{SS|City of Pittsburgh||2}}
|flag={{flag|United States|1897}}
|desc=The steamer burned in the [[Ohio River]] near Ogden's Landing, [[Kentucky]], a total loss. 43 passengers and 21 crew were killed.<ref name=":30"/>
}}
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|ship=''Viking'' 
|flag={{flag|United States|1897}}
|desc=Carrying a 220-ton cargo of [[salt]], [[lumber]], and provisions from [[San Francisco]], [[California]], to [[Unga, Alaska|Unga]], [[District of Alaska]], the 146-[[Gross register ton|ton]], {{convert|108|ft|m|adj=on}} [[schooner]] dragged her [[anchor]]s in a [[gale]] and was wrecked at Popoff Island Point off Unga. Her crew of seven survived. She later was raised, repaired, and returned to service.<ref name=alaskashipwrecksv>[http://alaskashipwreck.com/shipwrecks-a-z/alaska-shipwrecks-v/ alaskashipwreck.com Alaska Shipwrecks (V)]</ref> }}
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===21 April===
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|ship=''Lettie''
|flag={{flag|United States|1897}}
|desc=The [[schooner]] was lost at [[Port Moller, Alaska)|Port Moller]] ({{coord|55|59|30|N|160|34|30|W|name=Port Moller}}), [[District of Alaska]].<ref name=alaskashipwrecksl>[https://alaskashipwreck.com/shipwrecks-a-z/alaska-shipwrecks-l/ alaskashipwreck.com Alaska Shipwrecks (L)]</ref>
}}
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===22 April===
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|ship={{SS|Jessie||2}}
|flag={{flag|United States|1897}}
|desc=The laid up steamer burned to the waterline and sank at [[Oak Forest, West Virginia]] on the [[Great Kanawha River]], a total loss.<ref name=":32"/>
}}
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|ship={{SS|Lady Jane||2}}
|flag={{flag|United States|1897}}
|desc=The steamer struck an obstruction and sank in the [[Mobile River]] off [[Mobile, Alabama]] in {{convert|8|ft|spell=in}} of water. Raised and repaired.<ref name=":45">{{cite web |url=https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=hvd.hb1k9g&view=1up&seq=88 |title=Annual report of the Supervising Inspector-general Steamboat-inspection Service, Year ending June 30, 1903|access-date=29 July 2019}}</ref>
}}
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===23 April===
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|ship= {{SS|Hekla||2}}
|flag={{flag|Norway}}
|desc=The steamer was sunk in a collision with {{SS|Dilkera||2}} ({{flag|Australia|civil}}) {{convert|2|mi|spell=in}} south of the [[Tyne River]]. Seven crewmen were killed. Survivors climbed aboard ''Dilkera'' as ''Hekla'' sank.<ref name=":2"/><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?118067 |title=Hekla (+1902) |publisher=Wrecksite |access-date=3 May 2020}}</ref>
}}
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|ship=Unknown barge
|flag={{flag|United States|1897}}
|desc=The barge, under tow of {{SS|Plymouth||2}} ({{flag|United States|1897}}), was damaged in a collision with {{SS|Spartan||2}} (flag unknown) in fog in [[Massachusetts Bay]], sinking three hours later.<ref name=":15">{{cite web |url=https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=hvd.hb1k9g&view=1up&seq=37 |page=31 |title=Annual report of the Supervising Inspector-general Steamboat-inspection Service, Year ending June 30, 1903 |location=Washington |publisher=Government Printing Office |date=1903|via=Haithi Trust |access-date=4 May 2020}}</ref>
}}
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===24 April===
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|ship={{SS|John Anson||2}}
|flag={{flag|United States|1897}}
|desc=The tow steamer was destroyed when her boiler exploded at [[Newtown Creek]]. One crewman killed, two men injured.<ref name=":11">{{cite web |url=https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=hvd.hb1k9g&view=1up&seq=33 |title=Annual report of the Supervising Inspector-general Steamboat-inspection Service, Year ending June 30, 1903|access-date=24 July 2019}}</ref>
}}
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===25 April===
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|ship={{SS|Sunrise||2}}
|flag={{flag|United States|1897}}
|desc=The steamer was destroyed by fire at [[New Orleans, Louisiana]].<ref name=":42"/>
}}
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===26 April===
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|ship=''Cornelia Soule''
|flag={{flag|United States|1897}}
|desc=During a voyage from [[Maine]] to [[Philadelphia]], [[Pennsylvania]], with a cargo of cut [[granite]] [[jetty]] stones, the 306-[[gross register ton]] three-[[Mast (ship)|masted]] [[schooner]] ran aground during a [[gale]] on the [[Rockaway Shoals]] south of [[Long Island]], [[New York (state)|New York]]. Her six-man crew was rescued on 27 April, but she broke up and sank in {{convert|25|ft|m|0}} of water at {{coord|40|25.992|N|073|10.620|W|name=''Cornelia Soule''}}. Her wreck is known as the "Granite Wreck."<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://njscuba.net/sites/chart_li-1_west.php#Soule |title=njscuba.net ''Cornelia Soule'' |access-date=2020-02-17 |archive-date=2020-02-14 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200214030615/https://njscuba.net/sites/chart_li-1_west.php#Soule |url-status=dead }}</ref>
}}
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|ship={{SV|Grace E. Gribble||2}}
|flag={{flag|United States|1897}}
|desc=The schooner foundered in a gale off [[Point Pelee]]. Three lost.<ref name=":0">{{cite web |url=http://images.maritimehistoryofthegreatlakes.ca/62241/data?n=18 |title=Mayflower (Scow), sunk, 26 Apr 1902 |publisher=maritimehistoryofthegreatlakes |access-date=7 May 2020}}</ref>
}}
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|ship=''Mayflower''
|flag={{flag|United States|1897}}
|desc=The [[scow]] foundered in a gale between [[Mount Clemens, Michigan]] and [[Algonac, Michigan]], a total loss.<ref name=":0"/>
}}
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|ship=''Monterey''
|flag={{flag|United States|1897}}
|desc=The [[Steamship|steamer]] was caught by wind in the [[Monongahela River]] near [[Glassport, Pennsylvania|Glassport]], [[Pennsylvania]], and [[capsize]]d and sank. She later was raised.<ref name=":4"/>
}}
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|ship={{SV|M. P. Barklow||2}}
|flag={{flag|United States|1897}}
|desc=The [[schooner]] sank in a gale while at anchor at [[South Bass Island]] in [[Lake Erie]]. Her captain, his wife and son, and one crewman drowned.<ref name=":2"/><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.boatnerd.com/news/news14.htm |title=DAILY GREAT LAKES and SEAWAY SHIPPING NEWS |publisher=boatnerd.com |access-date=2 May 2020}}</ref>
}}
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===27 April===
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|ship=''Concordia'' 
|flag={{flag|United States|1897}}
|desc=The 110-ton [[schooner]] was wrecked {{convert|10|nmi}} west of the [[Virgin Rocks (British Columbia)|Virgin Rocks]] ({{coord|51|13|N|128|14|W|name=Virgin Rocks}}) on the [[British Columbia Coast|coast]] of [[British Columbia]], [[Canada]].<ref name=alaskashipwrecksc>[https://alaskashipwreck.com/shipwrecks-a-z/alaska-shipwrecks-c/ alaskashipwreck.com Alaska Shipwrecks (C)]</ref>
}}
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|ship={{SS|Wonder||2}}
|flag={{flag|United States|1897}}
|desc=The laid up towboat was destroyed by fire at [[Stapleton, New York]] on [[Staten Island]].<ref name=":11"/>
}}
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===28 April===
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|ship={{SS|King||2}}
|flag={{flag|United States|1897}}
|desc=The steamer sprung a leak in [[Boston]] lower harbor and was beached. She then caught fire and became a total loss.<ref name=":17">{{cite web |url=https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=hvd.hb1k9g&view=1up&seq=39 |title=Annual report of the Supervising Inspector-general Steamboat-inspection Service, Year ending June 30, 1903|access-date=24 July 2019}}</ref>
}}
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===30 April===
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|ship=''Henry Hughes''
|flag={{flag|United States|1897}}
|desc=The barge, under tow of {{SS|Volunteer||2}} ({{flag|United States|1897}}), swamped and sank in rough seas {{convert|1/4|mi|km}} south west of [[Bridgeport, Connecticut]]. One crewman killed.<ref name=":22">{{cite web |url=https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=hvd.hb1k9g&view=1up&seq=44 |title=Annual report of the Supervising Inspector-general Steamboat-inspection Service, Year ending June 30, 1903|access-date=25 July 2019}}</ref>
}}
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|ship=''Wm. E. Baxter''
|flag={{flag|United States|1897}}
|desc=The barge, under tow of {{SS|Volunteer||2}} ({{flag|United States|1897}}), swamped and sank in rough seas {{convert|1/4|mi|km}} south west of [[Bridgeport, Connecticut]]. Her captain and a stewardess were killed.<ref name=":22"/>
}}
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===Unknown date===
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|ship=''Maggie Elizabeth''
|flag={{flag|United States|1897}}
|desc=The 11-[[gross register ton]] [[schooner]] was stranded in the [[Chesapeake Bay]] at [[Cedar Point Light (Maryland)|Cedar Point]] on the coast of [[Maryland]] at the mouth of the [[Patuxent River]]. Both people on board survived.<ref name=merchantvessellist1907p376>[https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=uc1.b3330071 Department of Commerce and Labor Bureau of Navigation ''Thirty-Ninth Annual List of Merchant Vessels of the United States for the Year Ending June 30, 1907'', Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office, 1907, p. 376.]</ref>
}}
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==May==
===2 May===
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|ship={{SS|Jennie George||2}}
|flag={{flag|United States|1897}}
|desc=The steamer struck rocks and sank at [[Catlettsburg, Kentucky]] on the [[Big Sandy River (Ohio River tributary)|Big Sandy River]]. Her machinery was salvaged.<ref name=":32"/>
}}
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|ship=''Vesta''
|flag={{flag|United States|1897}}
|desc=The steamer [[capsize]]d and sank in the [[Monongahela River]] near [[Glenwood, Pennsylvania|Glenwood]], [[Pennsylvania]], during a storm. She later was raised.<ref name=":4"/>
}}
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===5 May===
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|ship={{SS|Kanawha||2}}
|flag={{flag|United States|1897}}
|desc=The steamer smashed her bow on the lock wall at the [[Davis Island (Pennsylvania)|Davis Island]] Dam on the [[Ohio River]] and sank. Later raised.<ref name=":33">{{cite web |url=https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=hvd.hb1k9g&view=1up&seq=67 |title=Annual report of the Supervising Inspector-general Steamboat-inspection Service, Year ending June 30, 1903|access-date=25 July 2019}}</ref>
}}
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===6 May===
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|ship={{SS|Camorta||2}}
|flag={{Flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}
|desc=The [[passenger ship]] sank in the [[Ayeyarwady River|Irrawaddy Delta]] in a cyclone with the loss of all 737 passengers and crew.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?135864 |title=Camorta (+1902) |publisher=Wrecksite |access-date=4 May 2020}}</ref>
}}
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|ship={{SS|Ceres||2}}
|flag={{flag|United States|1897}}
|desc=The towboat was sunk in a collision with {{SS|Albert H. Ellis||2}} ({{flag|United States|1897}}) in the [[East River]].<ref name=":11"/>
}}
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===7 May===
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|ship={{MV|Frolic||2}}
|flag={{flag|United States|1897}}
|desc=The [[naptha launch]] sank in a collision with the [[Steamship|steamer]] {{SS|Arthur Woods||2}} ({{flag|United States|1897}}) on the [[Maumee River]] near [[Toledo, Ohio|Toledo]], [[Ohio]]. Seven killed.<ref name=":41">{{cite web |url=https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=hvd.hb1k9g&view=1up&seq=82 |title=Annual report of the Supervising Inspector-general Steamboat-inspection Service, Year ending June 30, 1903|access-date=29 July 2019}}</ref>
}}
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===9 May===
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|ship={{SS|Gov. Norton||2}}
|flag={{flag|United States|1897}}
|desc=The [[Buffalo Police Department (New York)|Buffalo Police Department]] steamer struck a submerged object in the harbor at [[Buffalo, New York]] and sank.<ref name=":39"/>
}}
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===10 May===
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|ship={{SS|South Dakota||2}}
|flag={{flag|United States|1896}}
|desc=The steamer burned in the [[Missouri River]] between [[Running Water, South Dakota]] and [[Yankton, South Dakota]].<ref name=":26">{{cite web |url=https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=hvd.hb1k9g&view=1up&seq=54 |title=Annual report of the Supervising Inspector-general Steamboat-inspection Service, Year ending June 30, 1903|access-date=25 July 2019}}</ref>
}}
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===13 May===
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|ship={{SS|I. C. Woodard||2}}
|flag={{flag|United States|1897}}
|desc=The steamer smashed her bow in a collision with ''Twilight'' ({{flag|United States|1897}}) on the [[Monongahela River]] and sank.<ref name=":33"/>
}}
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===14 May===
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|ship=''S. H. Lathrop''
|flag={{flag|United States|1896}}
|desc=The wooden [[schooner]] was [[Scuttling|scuttled]] in {{convert|3|ft|m|1}} of water in [[Lake Huron]] near [[Alpena, Michigan|Alpena]], [[Michigan]], at {{coord|45.073684|-83.373175|name=S.H. Lathrop}} and abandoned.<ref name="Gilchrist">{{cite web|url=https://thunderbay.noaa.gov/shipwrecks/gilchrest_fleet.html|title=Gilchrist fleet|work=[[National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration]]|access-date=November 16, 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://greatlakeships.org/2907102/data?n=4|title=S.H. Lathrop|work=Alpena County George N. Fletcher Public Library|access-date=November 14, 2019}}</ref>
}}
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===21 May===
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|ship={{SS|Kittie M. Forbes||2}}
|flag={{flag|United States|1897}}
|desc=The steamer caught fire in the [[St. Clair River]] or [[Lake St. Clair]] off Star Island and was beached on the Canadian side and burned to the waterline. Raised on 10 July and towed to [[Algonac, Michigan]] where her machinery was removed. In May 1905 she was towed to [[Fort William, Ontario]] where she was converted into a [[Lighter (barge)|lighter]].<ref name=":38">{{cite web |url=https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=hvd.hb1k9g&view=1up&seq=75 |page=69 |title=Annual report of the Supervising Inspector-general Steamboat-inspection Service, Year ending June 30, 1903 |location=Washington |publisher=Government Printing Office |date=1903|via=Haithi Trust |access-date=7 May 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.nemoha.org/2902065/data |title=FORBES, KITTIE M. (1883, Bulk Freighter) |publisher=Alpena County George N. Fletcher Public Library northeast Michigan oral history and historical Photo archive|access-date=7 May 2020}}</ref>
}}
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===22 May===
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|ship={{SS|John K. Speed||2}}
|flag={{flag|United States|1897}}
|desc=The steamer burned at [[New Orleans, Louisiana]], a total loss.<ref name=":42"/>
}}
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===24 May===
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|ship={{SS|Edith||2}}
|flag={{flag|United States|1897}}
|desc=The steamer sank at dock at [[Fulton, Florida]]. Promptly raised.<ref name=":24"/>
}}
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|ship= {{SS|Stanleyville|1899|2}} 
|flag={{Flag|Belgium}}
|desc=The steamer was wrecked off [[Takoradi]], [[Gold Coast (British colony)|Gold Coast]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Stanleyville |url=https://wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?15060 |website=wrecksite.eu |access-date=2 July 2022}}</ref>}}
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===27 May===
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|ship={{SS|Camano||2}}
|flag={{flag|United States|1897}}
|desc=The steamer capsized and sank near [[Entiat, Washington]], in the [[Columbia River]], a total loss. One crewman killed.<ref name=":8">{{cite web |url=https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=hvd.hb1k9g&view=1up&seq=24 |title=Annual report of the Supervising Inspector-general Steamboat-inspection Service, Year ending June 30, 1903|access-date=24 July 2019}}</ref>
}}
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|ship={{HMS|Recruit|1896|6}} 
|flag={{Navy|UK}}
|desc=The {{sclass|Brazen|destroyer}} struck rocks {{convert|1/2|mi|spell=in}} north of [[Cape Cornwall]]. Refloated and towed to [[Penzance]] by tugs.<ref>{{cite book|last=Leach|first=Nicholas|title=Sennen Cove Lifeboats|year=2003|publisher=Tempus|location=Stroud|isbn=0-7524-3111-0}}</ref>}}
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===28 May===
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|ship={{SS|Zalus Davis||2}}
|flag={{flag|United States|1897}}
|desc=The steamer sank in {{convert|25|ft|m}} of water after a plank got knocked out of place. Raised and repaired.<ref name=":26"/>
}}
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===Unknown date===
{{shipwreck list begin |date=Unknown date in May 1902 |sort=}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{ship||Ryvingen|1866 ship|2}} 
|flag={{flag|Norway}}
|desc=The [[full-rigged ship]] was driven ashore and wrecked in [[Table Bay]]. Her crew were rescued by [[lifeboat (rescue)|lifeboat]]. She was on a voyage from [[Ardrossan]], [[Ayrshire]], [[United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland|United Kingdom]] to [[Cape Town]].<ref name=HW46>{{cite web |url=http://www.theyard.info/ships/ships.asp?entryid=46 |title=Tenasserim |publisher=The Yard |access-date=18 February 2017}}</ref>
}}
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==June==
===2 June===
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{{shipwreck list item
|ship= {{SS|Mataafa||2}}
|flag= {{Flag|United States|1897}}
|desc=The [[bulk carrier]] was stranded in fog on [[Knife Island]] in [[Lake Superior]]. She later was refloated, repaired, and returned to service.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?153495 |title=Mataafa (+1905) |publisher=Wrecksite |access-date=20 August 2019}}</ref> }}
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===5 June===
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|ship={{SS|Pensaukee||2}}
|flag={{flag|United States|1897}}
|desc=The tow steamer was sunk at dock when struck by the barge ''Aurora'' at [[Cleveland, Ohio]].<ref name=":39"/>
}}
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===6 June===
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|ship={{SS|Talbot||2}}
|flag={{flag|United States|1897}}
|desc=The steamer sprung a leak and was beached on [[Sharps Island, Maryland]]. Later pumped out and refloated.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=hvd.hb1k9g&view=1up&seq=48 |title=Annual report of the Supervising Inspector-general Steamboat-inspection Service, Year ending June 30, 1903|access-date=25 July 2019}}</ref>
}}
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===7 June===
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|ship= {{SS|George G. Hadley||2}}
|flag={{flag|United States|1897}}
|desc=The steamer was damaged in a collision with the steamer {{SS|Thomas Wilson||2}} ({{flag|United States|1897}}) and beached. Later refloated, taken to [[West Superior, Wisconsin]] for temporary repairs and then to [[Milwaukee]] for permanent repairs.<ref name=":28">{{cite web |url=https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=hvd.hb1k9g&view=1up&seq=56 |title=Annual report of the Supervising Inspector-general Steamboat-inspection Service, Year ending June 30, 1903|access-date=25 July 2019}}</ref>
}}
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|ship= {{ship|Japanese destroyer|Shinonome|1898|2}}
|flag={{navy|Empire of Japan}}
|desc=The [[destroyer]] ran aground on the [[coral reef]] [[Yaebishi]] in the [[Miyako Islands]] north of [[Ikema Island]]. She eventually was refloated and reached port.
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship= {{SS|Thomas Wilson||2}}
|flag={{flag|United States|1897}}
|desc=[[File:Thomas Wilson Capstans.jpg|thumb|right|Three [[capstan (nautical)|capstans]] at the stern of the wreck of ''Thomas Wilson'' on 15 August 2007]]The [[whaleback]] [[cargo ship]] sank off the harbor at [[Duluth, Minnesota|Duluth]], [[Minnesota]], in {{convert|70|ft|m}} of water after a collision with the steamer {{SS|George G. Hadley||2}} ({{flag|United States|1897}}). Nine crew were killed.<ref name=":28"/>
}}
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===10 June===
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|ship=''Comet''
|flag={{flag|United States|1897}}
|desc=The steamer foundered at dock in [[Burlington, Iowa]] in a severe storm.<ref name=":26"/>
}}
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===11 June===
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{{shipwreck list item
|ship=''Pioneer''
|flag=
|desc=The {{convert|90|ft|adj=on}} sailing cargo vessel (formerly a tug) was washed out of the river at [[Port St Johns]], [[Cape Colony]]; no trace was found.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Reynolds |first1=David |title=A Century of South African Steam Tugs |date=1992 |publisher=Bygone Ships, Trains and Planes |location=Pretoria |isbn=0-620-16649-5 |page=2 |edition=2nd (revised) |chapter=1 - The Tugs of Port Natal}}</ref>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship=''Richard Roach'' or ''Bernard Roach''
|flag={{flag|United States|1897}}
|desc=The canal boat was sunk in a collision with {{SS|Genesee||2}} ({{flag|United States|1897}}) off Pier 6 in the [[East River]]. A child was killed.<ref name=":11"/>
}}
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===12 June===
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{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{ship||Advance|1874|2}} 
|flag={{flag|Australia|civil}}
|desc=[[File:Advance (1874) Wreck site.jpg|thumb|right|''Advance'']]The schooner was wrecked at Henry's Point, [[Botany Bay]], [[New South Wales]], [[Australia]]. 
}}
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|ship={{SS|Ravenna||2}}
|flag={{flag|United States|1897}}
|desc=The steamer capsized in a sudden severe windstorm in the [[Maquoketa Chute]] {{convert|8|mi|spell=in}} above [[Dubuque, Iowa]]. Raised, taken to [[Stillwater, Minnesota]] and repaired. Her [[Sea captain|master]] and three crewmen killed.<ref name=":27"/>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{SS|Relief||2}}
|flag={{flag|United States|1897}}
|desc=The steamer struck a sunken barge loaded with steel rails causing her to capsize and sink in the [[Ohio River]] at [[Rising Sun, Indiana]]. Raised and repaired.<ref name=":31">{{cite web |url=https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=hvd.hb1k9g&view=1up&seq=64 |title=Annual report of the Supervising Inspector-general Steamboat-inspection Service, Year ending June 30, 1903|access-date=25 July 2019}}</ref>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship=Unknown sailboat 
|flag={{flag|United States|1897}}
|desc=The small sailboat capsized when it changed course turning under the bow of {{SS|Hockomock||2}} ({{flag|United States|1897}}) at [[Bath, Maine]]. A number of people drowned, including three women, the wife and daughter of the man operating the boat included.<ref name=":20"/>
}}
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===22 June===
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|ship={{ship|Chinese cruiser|Kai Che||2}}
|flag={{navy|Qing Dynasty}}
|desc=The ''Kai Che''-class [[unprotected cruiser]] was sunk by an accidental internal explosion at [[Nanking]], [[China]], and became a [[total loss]]. 148 killed.<ref>Chesneau, Roger, and Eugene M. Kolesnik, ''Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860-1905'', New York: Mayflower Books, 1979, {{ISBN|0-8317-0302-4}}, p. 396.]</ref><ref name=":2"/>
}}
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===24 June===
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{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{SS|John A. Griswald||2}}
|flag={{flag|United States|1897}}
|desc=The tow steamer was sunk off [[Communipaw, New Jersey]] when {{SS|Sandy Hook||2}} ({{flag|United States|1897}}) passed so close to the scow she had lashed alongside, that the scow rolled severely, dumping her load of sand. When the scow righted she came down with such force on ''John A. Griswald'' that the tow steamer sank.<ref name=":12">{{cite web |url=https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=hvd.hb1k9g&view=1up&seq=34 |title=Annual report of the Supervising Inspector-general Steamboat-inspection Service, Year ending June 30, 1903|access-date=24 July 2019}}</ref>
}}
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===27 June===
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{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{SS|J. D. Patterson||2}}
|flag={{flag|United States|1897}}
|desc=The [[Steamship|steamer]] was lost with all hands, probably in the [[Virginia]] area.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=hvd.hb1k9g&view=1up&seq=47 |title=Annual report of the Supervising Inspector-general Steamboat-inspection Service, Year ending June 30, 1903|access-date=25 July 2019}}</ref>
}}
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===28 June===
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{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{ship||Gustav Adolph|barque|2}} 
|flag={{flag|Norway|civil}}
|desc=The [[barque]] ran onto rocks near [[Port Elizabeth]], [[South Africa]], just west of the [[Palmiet River]] and was wrecked. }}
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===29 June===
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|ship={{SS|George Dunbar||2}}
|flag={{flag|United States|1897}}
|desc=The steamer sank in a gale on [[Lake Erie]] near [[Kellys Island]]. Seven crewmen killed, only the captain and his wife and daughter survived. The wreck was dispersed with [[dynamite]] in October.<ref name=":41"/><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?174892 |title=George Dunbar (+1902) |publisher=Wrecksite |access-date=2 May 2020}}</ref>
}}
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===Unknown date===
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{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{SS|Seaside||2}}
|flag={{flag|United States|1897}}
|desc=The 31-[[gross register ton]] [[screw steamer]] was stranded in [[Hammerly Inlet]] on the coast of [[Washington (state)|Washington]]. All three people on board survived.<ref>[https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=uc1.b3330073&view=1up&seq=404&size=125 Department of Commerce and Labor Bureau of Navigation ''Forty-First Annual List of Merchant Vessels of the United States for the Year Ending June 30, 1909'', Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office, 1909, p. 392.]</ref>
}}
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==July==
===1 July===
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|ship={{SS|Playmate||2}}
|flag={{flag|United States|1897}}
|desc=The yacht burned to the waterline at Linden Avenue, [[Jersey City, New Jersey]].<ref name=":12"/>
}}
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===2 July===
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|ship={{SS|New Haven||2}}
|flag={{flag|United States|1897}}
|desc=The freighter sprung a leak and sank in the [[Little Wabash River]] at Decker's Landing. Raised and repaired.<ref name=":30"/>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{SS|Una||2}}
|flag={{flag|United States|1897}}
|desc=The steamer sank at dock in [[Beaumont, Texas]] after being damaged earlier in a collision while underway with {{SS|Lawrence||2}} ({{flag|United States|1897}}) in the [[Neches River]] {{convert|3+1/2|mi}} below the town.<ref name=":44"/>
}}
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===3 July===
{{shipwreck list begin |date=3 July 1902 |sort=}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{SS|O. Willis No. 2||2}}
|flag={{flag|United States|1897}}
|desc=The laid up steamer broke loose from her dock during a sudden rise in the [[Allegheny River]] at [[Kittanning, Pennsylvania]] and was swept downstream and was wrecked and abandoned.<ref name=":33"/>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{SV|Sultana||2}}
|flag={{flag|Australia|civil}}
|desc=The cutter sank in [[Spencer Gulf]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?52403 |title=Sultana (+1902) |publisher=Wrecksite |access-date=7 May 2020}}</ref>
}}
{{shipwreck list end}}

===6 July===
{{shipwreck list begin |date= 6 July 1902 |sort=}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{SS|Willie||2}}
|flag={{flag|United States|1897}}
|desc=The tug was destroyed by fire at dock over night at [[New Baltimore, New York]].<ref name=":20"/>
}}
{{shipwreck list end}}

===7 July===
{{shipwreck list begin |date= 7 July 1902 |sort=}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship=''Cumberland''
|flag={{flag|United States|1897}}
|desc=The steamer was damaged in a collision in dense fog in [[Boston]] Harbor with {{SS|Admiral Farragut||2}} ({{flag|United States|1897}}) and beached to prevent sinking.<ref name=":17"/>
}}
{{shipwreck list end}}

===8 July===
{{shipwreck list begin |date=8 July 1902 |sort=}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship=''J. N. Coombs''
|flag={{flag|United States|1896}}
|desc=The 17-[[gross register ton]] [[schooner]] sank at [[Big Pass]], [[Florida]]. All three people on board survived.<ref name=merchantvessellist1906p382>[https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=uc1.b3330070 Department of Commerce and Labor Bureau of Navigation ''Thirty-Eighth Annual List of Merchant Vessels of the United States for the Year Ending June 30, 1906'', Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office, 1906, p. 382.]</ref>
}}
{{shipwreck list end}}

===10 July===
{{shipwreck list begin |date= 10 July 1902 |sort=}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{SS|Bessie Clary||2}}
|flag={{flag|United States|1897}}
|desc=The steamer struck a rock and sank in the [[Flint River (Georgia)|Flint River]], a total loss.<ref name=":43"/>
}}
{{shipwreck list end}}

===15 July===
{{shipwreck list begin |date= 15 July 1902 |sort=}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{SS|Isley||2}}
|flag={{Flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}
|desc=The paddle wheel passenger/cargo ferry was wrecked on [[Sheep Island, Argyll|Sheep Island]] off [[Port Ellen]], [[Scotland]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.clydeships.co.uk/view.php?ref=22638 |title=Paddle Steamer Princess Louise |publisher=Clyde Built Ships |access-date=7 May 2020}}</ref>
}}
{{shipwreck list end}}

===20 July===
{{shipwreck list begin |date= 20 July 1902 |sort=}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship=''Fleetwing''
|flag={{flag|United States|1896}}
|desc=After her [[gasoline engine]] broke down, the 14-[[gross register ton]], {{convert|36.8|ft|m|1|adj=on}} [[motor vessel]] was driven ashore and wrecked at the mouth of the [[Snake River (Nome, Alaska)|Snake River]] at [[Nome, Alaska|Nome]], [[District of Alaska]]. She filled with water and was abandoned.<ref name=alaskashipwrecksf>[https://alaskashipwreck.com/shipwrecks-a-z/alaska-shipwrecks-f/ alaskashipwreck.com Alaska Shipwrecks (F)]</ref>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{SS|James Herron||2}}
|flag={{flag|United States|1897}}
|desc=The steamer was destroyed by fire at dock at [[Bordentown, New Jersey]].<ref name=":19">{{cite web |url=https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=hvd.hb1k9g&view=1up&seq=41 |title=Annual report of the Supervising Inspector-general Steamboat-inspection Service, Year ending June 30, 1903|access-date=24 July 2019}}</ref>
}}
{{shipwreck list end}}

===24 July===
{{shipwreck list begin |date=24 July 1902 |sort=}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{SS|Charlie Higbee||2}}
|flag={{flag|United States|1897}}
|desc=The steamer burned, a total loss, probably at [[New Orleans, Louisiana]].<ref name=":42"/>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{SS|Harry Higbee||2}}
|flag={{flag|United States|1897}}
|desc=The steamer burned, a total loss, when {{SS|Charlie Higbee||2}}, tied up alongside, burned, probably at [[New Orleans, Louisiana]].<ref name=":42"/>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{SS|Henry J. Johnson||2}}
|flag={{flag|United States|1897}}
|desc=The steamer was sunk in a collision with {{SS|Fred Pabst||2}} ({{flag|United States|1897}}) {{convert|10|mi|spell=in}} below [[Poes Reef]], off Spectacle Reef and the Ninemile Point Light in [[Lake Huron]].<ref name=":38"/><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?290094 |title=henry J. Johnson (+1902) |publisher=Wrecksite|access-date=7 May 2020}}</ref>
}}
{{shipwreck list end}}

===25 July===
{{shipwreck list begin |date=25 July 1902 |sort=}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{SS|Robert Taylor||2}}
|flag={{flag|United States|1897}}
|desc=The steamer struck rocks in the [[Ohio River]] at [[Osborne, Pennsylvania]] and sank.<ref name=":33"/>
}}
{{shipwreck list end}}

===28 July===
{{shipwreck list begin |date= 28 July 1902 |sort=}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{SS|Glide||2}}
|flag={{flag|United States|1897}}
|desc=The steamer caught fire off [[Mulkilteo]] and was beached for a total loss.<ref name=":8"/>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{SS|Mary Blue||2}}
|flag={{flag|United States|1897}}
|desc=The steamer was destroyed by fire at [[Punta Gorda, Florida]].<ref name=":43"/>
}}
{{shipwreck list end}}

===Unknown date===
{{shipwreck list begin |date=unknown July 1902 |sort=}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship= {{SS|Primus||2}}
|flag={{flag|Sweden}}
|desc=The passenger steamer sank in the [[Elbe River]]. 112 killed.<ref name=":2"/><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?190747 |title=Primus (+1902) |publisher=Wrecksite |access-date=4 May 2020}}</ref>
}}
{{shipwreck list end}}

==August==
===3 August===
{{shipwreck list begin |date=3 August 1902 |sort=}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{SS|Ed. S. Dilly||2}}
|flag={{flag|United States|1897}}
|desc=The steamer was destroyed by a boiler explosion at [[Favre Port, Mississippi]].<ref name=":42"/>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{SS|John Torrent||2}}
|flag={{flag|United States|1897}}
|desc=The steamer sank at her dock in the [[Chicago River]].<ref name=":36"/>
}}
{{shipwreck list end}}

===4 August===
{{shipwreck list begin |date=4 August 1902 |sort=}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship= ''Wordsworth'' 
|flag={{flag|Belgium}}
|desc=The ship was wrecked off Assu Torre, [[Bahia]], [[Brazil]].<ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?199461|publisher=wrecksite.eu|title=SS Wordsworth|access-date=23 Feb 2016}}</ref>}}
{{shipwreck list end}}

===5 August===
{{shipwreck list begin |date=5 August 1902 |sort=}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship=''City of Venice''
|flag={{flag|United States|1897}}
|desc=The steamer was sunk in a collision with {{SS|Seguin||2}} ({{flag|Canada|1868}}) on [[Lake Erie]] off [[Rondeau Provincial Park|Rondeau, Ontario]]. Three crewmen killed.<ref name=":39"/>
}}
{{shipwreck list end}}

===6 August===
{{shipwreck list begin |date=6 August 1902 |sort=}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{SS|Eocene||2}}
|flag={{flag|United States|1897}}
|desc=The steamer was destroyed by fire at the J. M. Guffey Wharf, [[Port Arthur, Texas]].<ref name=":44"/>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{SS|Sonoma||2}}
|flag={{flag|United States|1897}}
|desc=The steamer sank over night at [[Yerba Buena Island|Wood Island, California]]. Later pumped out.<ref name=":5">{{cite web |url=https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=hvd.hb1k9g&view=1up&seq=21 |title=Annual report of the Supervising Inspector-general Steamboat-inspection Service, Year ending June 30, 1903|access-date=24 July 2019}}</ref>
}}
{{shipwreck list end}}

===7 August===
{{shipwreck list begin |date=7 August 1902 |sort=}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{SS|New Brunswick||2}}
|flag={{flag|United States|1897}}
|desc=The passenger steamer caught fire in the [[Raritan River]] and was beached and burned to the waterline.<ref name=":13">{{cite web |url=https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=hvd.hb1k9g&view=1up&seq=35 |title=Annual report of the Supervising Inspector-general Steamboat-inspection Service, Year ending June 30, 1903|access-date=24 July 2019}}</ref>
}}
{{shipwreck list end}}

===10 August===
{{shipwreck list begin |date=10 August 1902 |sort=}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{SS|Northern Belle||2}}
|flag={{flag|United States|1897}}
|desc=The steamer dropped onto a snag when the river level dropped puncturing the hull and causing her to sink in the [[Menoskong River]]. Her machinery was salvaged.<ref name=":37">{{cite web |url=https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=hvd.hb1k9g&view=1up&seq=74 |title=Annual report of the Supervising Inspector-general Steamboat-inspection Service, Year ending June 30, 1903|access-date=26 July 2019}}</ref>
}}
{{shipwreck list end}}

===13 August===
{{shipwreck list begin |date=13 August 1902 |sort=}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship=''Billy'' 
|flag={{flag|United States|1897}}
|desc=The 16-ton [[scow]] dragged her [[anchor]] {{convert|3|nmi|spell=in}} north of [[Point Alava]] ({{coord|55|11|30|N|131|11|00|W|name=Point Alava}}) at the southern tip of [[Revillagigedo Island]] in the [[Alexander Archipelago]] in [[Southeast Alaska]] during a storm and was washed onto rocks, where she became a [[total loss]].<ref name=alaskashipwrecksb/>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship=''[[USS Cheyenne (1898)|Jacob Kuper]]''
|flag={{flag|United States|1897}}
|desc=The tow steamer was sunk when her boiler exploded off [[Tompkinsville, New York]], [[Staten Island]]. Three of her crew and one crewman of the barge she was pulling were killed.<ref name=":13"/><ref>{{cite web |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=_EcxIj-_IxIC&dq=ship:+boiler+explosion+on+Jacob+Kuper+,+1902&pg=PA192 |title=The New Navy |publisher=Routledge |via=Googlebooks |access-date=2 May 2020}}</ref>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{SS|Star||2}}
|flag={{flag|United States|1897}}
|desc=The tow steamer caught fire at [[Port Chester Creek]] and was beached. She burned to the waterline.<ref name=":13"/>
}}
{{shipwreck list end}}

===20 August===
{{shipwreck list begin |date=20 August 1902 |sort=}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{SS|Daisy||2}}
|flag={{flag|Brazil|1889}}
|desc=The steamer ran aground and was wrecked [[Pregnacas, Brazil]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?166190 |title=Daisy (+1903) |publisher=Wrecksite |access-date=15 May 2020}}</ref>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship=''Will H. Isom'' 
|flag={{flag|United States|1897}}
|desc=The 983-[[gross register ton]], {{convert|183.8|ft|m|adj=on}} sternwheel [[paddle steamer]] and two [[barge]]s she was towing were forced ashore and wrecked at [[Point Romanof]], [[District of Alaska]]. ''Will H. Isom''{{'}}s hulk was refloated and moved to [[St. Michael, Alaska|St. Michael]], Alaska, where it rotted away on the beach.<ref name=alaskashipwrecksw>[https://alaskashipwreck.com/shipwrecks-a-z/alaska-shipwrecks-w/ alaskashipwreck.com Alaska Shipwrecks (W)]</ref> }}
{{shipwreck list end}}

===22 August===
{{shipwreck list begin |date=22 August 1902 |sort=}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{SV|M. C. Moseley||2}}
|flag={{flag|United States|1897}}
|desc=The schooner was sunk in a collision with {{SS|James S. Whitney||2}} ({{flag|United States|1897}}) in dense fog in [[Long Island Sound]] east of [[Watch Hill Light]]. Crew rescued by ''James S. Whitney''.<ref name=":13"/>
}}
{{shipwreck list end}}

===24 August===
{{shipwreck list begin |date=24 August 1902 |sort=}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{SS|Gov. Allen||2}}
|flag={{flag|United States|1897}}
|desc=The steamer struck a rock in the [[Merrimack River]] above [[Lowell, Massachusetts]] and sank.<ref name=":17"/>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{SS|Laurida||2}}
|flag={{flag|United States|1897}}
|desc=The tug burned in drydock at [[Athens, New York]], a total loss.<ref name=":20"/>
}}
{{shipwreck list end}}

===25 August===
{{shipwreck list begin |date=25 August 1902 |sort=}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{SS|John C. Fisher||2}}
|flag={{flag|United States|1897}}
|desc=The steamer filled with water in the [[Monongahela River]] at [[Braddock, Pennsylvania]] and sank. Raised and repaired.<ref name=":34">{{cite web |url=https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=hvd.hb1k9g&view=1up&seq=68 |title=Annual report of the Supervising Inspector-general Steamboat-inspection Service, Year ending June 30, 1903|access-date=25 July 2019}}</ref>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{SS|V. L. Watson||2}}
|flag={{flag|United States|1897}}
|desc=The steamer struck a stump in [[Bayou Des Allemands, Louisiana]] {{convert|3|mi|spell=in}} above [[Des Allemands, Louisiana]] sinking in shallow water from the stern to the front of the boiler. Raised on 6 September.<ref name=":42"/>
}}
{{shipwreck list end}}

===31 August===
{{shipwreck list begin |date=31 August 1902 |sort=}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{SS|Annie S.||2}}
|flag={{flag|United States|1897}}
|desc=The yacht sank a half hour after striking a submerged wreck along the coast of [[Maine]]. Her crew reached [[Libby Island Light|Libby Island]], Maine in boats.<ref name=":22"/>
}}
{{shipwreck list end}}

==September==
===1 September===
{{shipwreck list begin |date=1 September 1902 |sort=}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{SV|Agostino Rombo||2}}
|flag={{Flagcountry|Kingdom of Italy|civil}}
|desc=The Great Gale of 1902: The [[barque]] was wrecked in the gale on North End Beach, [[Algoa Bay]], [[South Africa]]. Her captain and six crew died.<ref name=":3">{{cite web |url=http://thecasualobserver.co.za/port-elizabeth-yore-great-gale-1902/ |title=Port Elizabeth of Yore: The Great Gale of 1902 |publisher=thecasualobserver |access-date=4 May 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?154524 |title=Agostino Rombo (+1902) |publisher=Wrecksite |access-date=4 May 2020}}</ref>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{SV|Arnold||2}}
|flag={{Flagcountry|German Empire}}
|desc=The Great Gale of 1902: The [[barque]] was wrecked in the gale on North End Beach, [[Algoa Bay]], [[South Africa]].<ref name=":3"/><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?154540 |title=Arnold (+1902) |publisher=Wrecksite |access-date=4 May 2020}}</ref>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship=''Cavaliere Michele Russo''
|flag={{Flagcountry|Kingdom of Italy|civil}}
|desc=The Great Gale of 1902: The ship broke in two and sank in the gale off North End Beach, [[Algoa Bay]], [[South Africa]]. 17 crew died.<ref name=":3"/>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{SS|Clara||2}}
|flag={{Flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}
|desc=The Great Gale of 1902: The tug was wrecked in the gale on North End Beach, [[Algoa Bay]], [[South Africa]].<ref name=":3"/><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?154526 |title=Clara (+1902) |publisher=Wrecksite |access-date=4 May 2020}}</ref>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{SV|Constant||2}}
|flag={{Flag|Norway}}
|desc=The Great Gale of 1902: The [[barque]] was wrecked in the gale on North End Beach, [[Algoa Bay]], [[South Africa]]. Her captain and six crew died.<ref name=":3"/><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?154527 |title=Constant (+1902) |publisher=Wrecksite |access-date=4 May 2020}}</ref>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{SV|Content||2}}
|flag={{Flag|Norway}} or {{Flag|Sweden}}
|desc=The Great Gale of 1902: The [[barque]] was wrecked in the gale on North End Beach, [[Algoa Bay]], [[South Africa]].<ref name=":3"/><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?154528 |title=Content (+1902) |publisher=Wrecksite |access-date=5 May 2020}}</ref>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{SV|Coriolanus||2}}
|flag={{Flagcountry|German Empire}}
|desc=The Great Gale of 1902: The [[barque]] was wrecked in the gale on North End Beach, [[Algoa Bay]], [[South Africa]]. Refloated in 1903, repaired and returned to service.<ref name=":3"/><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?154530 |title=Coriolanus (+1902) |publisher=Wrecksite |access-date=4 May 2020}}</ref>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{SV|Countess of Carnarvon||2}}
|flag={{Flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}
|desc=The Great Gale of 1902: The tug was wrecked in the gale on North End Beach, [[Algoa Bay]], [[South Africa]].<ref name=":3"/>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{SV|Emmanuel||2}}
|flag={{Flagcountry|German Empire}}
|desc=The Great Gale of 1902: The [[barque]] was wrecked in the gale on North End Beach, [[Algoa Bay]], [[South Africa]].<ref name=":3"/><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?154531 |title=Emmanuel (+1902) |publisher=Wrecksite |access-date=4 May 2020}}</ref>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{SV|Gabrielle||2}}
|flag={{Flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}
|desc=The Great Gale of 1902: The schooner was wrecked in the gale on North End Beach, [[Algoa Bay]], [[South Africa]].<ref name=":3"/><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?154533 |title=Gabrielle (+1902) |publisher=Wrecksite |access-date=4 May 2020}}</ref>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{SV|Hans Wagner||2}}
|flag={{Flagcountry|German Empire}}
|desc=The Great Gale of 1902: The [[barque]] was wrecked in the gale on North End Beach, [[Algoa Bay]], [[South Africa]]. Refloated in 1903, repaired and returned to service.<ref name=":3"/><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?154534 |title=Hans Wagner (+1902) |publisher=Wrecksite |access-date=4 May 2020}}</ref>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{SV|Hermanos||2}}
|flag={{Flag|Norway}}
|desc=The Great Gale of 1902: The [[barque]] was wrecked in the gale on North End Beach, [[Algoa Bay]], [[South Africa]]. Two crew died.<ref name=":3"/><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?154535 |title=Hermanos (+1902) |publisher=Wrecksite |access-date=4 May 2020}}</ref>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{SV|Inchcape Rock||2}}
|flag={{Flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}
|desc=The Great Gale of 1902: The sailing ship sank in the gale off North End Beach, [[Algoa Bay]], [[South Africa]].<ref name=":3"/><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?154423 |title=Inchcape Rock (+1902) |publisher=Wrecksite |access-date=4 May 2020}}</ref>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{SV|Iris||2}}
|flag={{Flag|Norway}} 
|desc=The Great Gale of 1902: The sailing ship was wrecked in the gale on North End Beach, [[Algoa Bay]], [[South Africa]].<ref name=":3"/><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?154424 |title=Iris (+1902) |publisher=Wrecksite |access-date=5 May 2020}}</ref>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship=''Kimara''
|flag=
|desc=The Great Gale of 1902: The vessel was wrecked in the gale on North End Beach, [[Algoa Bay]], [[South Africa]].<ref name=":3"/>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{SV|Limari||2}}
|flag={{Flag|Sweden}}
|desc=The Great Gale of 1902: The [[barque]] was wrecked in the gale on North End Beach, [[Algoa Bay]], [[South Africa]]. Eight crew killed.<ref name=":3"/><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?154536 |title=Limari (+1902) |publisher=Wrecksite |access-date=5 May 2020}}</ref>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{SS|M. D. Carrington||2}}
|flag={{flag|United States|1897}}
|desc=The steamer capsized and sank in the harbor of [[Duluth, Minnesota]]-[[West Superior, Wisconsin]]. Her engineer was killed.<ref name=":29">{{cite web |url=https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=hvd.hb1k9g&view=1up&seq=57 |title=Annual report of the Supervising Inspector-general Steamboat-inspection Service, Year ending June 30, 1903|access-date=25 July 2019}}</ref>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{SV|Nautilus||2}}
|flag={{Flagcountry|German Empire}}
|desc=The Great Gale of 1902: The [[barque]] was wrecked in the gale on North End Beach, [[Algoa Bay]], [[South Africa]]. Her captain and 11 crew killed.<ref name=":3"/><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?154540 |title=Nautilus (+1902) |publisher=Wrecksite |access-date=4 May 2020}}</ref>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{SV|Oakworth||2}}
|flag={{Flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}
|desc=The Great Gale of 1902: The sailing vessel was wrecked in the gale on North End Beach, [[Algoa Bay]], [[South Africa]].<ref name=":3"/><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?154539 |title=Oakworth (+1902) |publisher=Wrecksite |access-date=4 May 2020}}</ref>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{SV|Sayre||2}}
|flag={{Flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}
|desc=The Great Gale of 1902: The [[barque]] was wrecked in the gale on North End Beach, [[Algoa Bay]], [[South Africa]].<ref name=":3"/><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?154522 |title=Sayre (+1902) |publisher=Wrecksite |access-date=4 May 2020}}</ref>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship=''Scotia''
|flag={{Flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}
|desc=The Great Gale of 1902: The cargo ship was wrecked in the gale on North End Beach, [[Algoa Bay]], [[South Africa]].<ref name=":3"/><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?154523 |title=Scotia (+1902) |publisher=Wrecksite |access-date=4 May 2020}}</ref>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship=''Scotia''
|flag={{Flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}
|desc=The Great Gale of 1902: The steam lighter was wrecked in the gale on North End Beach, [[Algoa Bay]], [[South Africa]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=O8AWAQAAIAAJ&q=ship:+Cavaliere+Michele+Russo,+1902 |title=The descendants of Samuel Richard Painter 1820 Settler |publisher=thecasualobserver |access-date=4 May 2020}}</ref>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{SV|Thekla||2}}
|flag={{Flagcountry|German Empire}}
|desc=The Great Gale of 1902: The schooner was wrecked in the gale on North End Beach, [[Algoa Bay]], [[South Africa]].<ref name=":3"/><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?154540 |title=Thekla (+1902) |publisher=Wrecksite |access-date=4 May 2020}}</ref>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{SV|Waimea||2}}
|flag={{Flag|Norway}}
|desc=The Great Gale of 1902: The [[barque]] was wrecked in the gale on North End Beach, [[Algoa Bay]], [[South Africa]] breaking in two. Her captain and seven crew died.<ref name=":3"/><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?154325 |title=Waimea (+1902) |publisher=Wrecksite |access-date=5 May 2020}}</ref>
}}
{{shipwreck list end}}

===3 September===
{{shipwreck list begin |date=3 September 1902 |sort=}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{SS|Sylvester||2}}
|flag={{flag|United States|1897}}
|desc=The yacht was wrecked near [[Sturgeon Bay, Michigan]].<ref name=":36"/>
}}
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===4 September===
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|ship={{SS|I. M. Weston||2}}
|flag={{flag|United States|1897}}
|desc=The steamer was destroyed by fire while lying in the [[Chicago Drainage Canal]].<ref name=":36"/>
}}
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===6 September===
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|ship={{ship|Haitian gunboat|Crête-à-Pierrot||2}}
|flag={{Flagicon|Haiti}} [[Haitian Navy]]
|desc=[[File:Wrack des haitianischen Kanonenboots Crete-à-Pierrot im Hafen von Gonaives Aufnahme vom 6. September 1902 durch SMS Panther.jpg|thumb|right|''Crête-à-Pierrot'']]
The [[gunboat]] was [[Scuttling|scuttled]] by the deliberate detonation of her aft [[Magazine (artillery)#Naval magazines|magazine]] at [[Gonaïves]], [[Haiti]], to prevent her capture by the gunboat {{SMS|Panther}} ({{navy|German Empire}}). All five crew remaining on board at the time of the explosion were killed, along with an admiral and a surgeon. ''Panther'' then fired 30 shots into her wreck to complete her destruction. $50,000 in gold was looted from the wreck before 1907, her guns salvaged in 1907. The wreck was scheduled to be destroyed in 1907.<ref name="NYTDown">{{cite news|title=Killick Went Down with His Warship|url=https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1902/09/11/118478751.pdf|access-date=3 February 2015|newspaper=[[The New York Times]]|date=September 11, 1902}}</ref><ref name=Revolution>{{cite book|title=Haiti: A Slave Revolution: 200 years after 1804|date=September 2004|publisher=International Action Center|isbn=978-0974752105|url=http://www.iacenter.org/haiti/flag.htm|access-date=3 February 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080513141649/http://www.iacenter.org/haiti/flag.htm|archive-date=13 May 2008|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Kv1YAAAAYAAJ&dq=ship:+H.+M.+Hoxie,+1906&pg=RA3-PA18 |title=American Marine Engineer July, 1907 |publisher=Unknown/Googlebooks |access-date=8 August 2020}}</ref>
}}
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|ship=''J. B. Ward''
|flag={{flag|United States|1897}}
|desc=Carrying two passengers, three crewmen and a cargo of 15 tons of general merchandise, the 28-[[gross register ton]], {{convert|48.2|ft|m|1|adj=on}} [[schooner]] was wrecked without loss of life in [[Inunudah Bay]] ({{coord|56|39|N|157|27|W|name=Inunudah Bay}}) on the coast of [[Umnak Island]] in the [[Aleutian Islands]] after her anchor chains parted during a [[gale]]. The [[revenue cutter]] {{USRC|Manning|1898|6}} ([[File:Ensign of the United States Revenue-Marine (1868).png|22px]] [[United States Revenue Cutter Service]]) rescued all on board.<ref name=alaskashipwrecksj>[https://alaskashipwreck.com/shipwrecks-a-z/alaska-shipwrecks-j/ alaskashipwreck.com Alaska Shipwrecks (J)]</ref>
}}
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===7 September===
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|ship=''Courtney Ford'' 
|flag={{flag|United States|1897}}
|desc=During a voyage from [[St. Michael, Alaska|St. Michael]], [[District of Alaska]], to [[Port Townsend, Washington|Port Townsend]], [[Washington (state)|Washington]], and [[San Francisco, California|San Francisco]], [[California]], the 401.11-[[gross register ton]], {{convert|146.3|ft|m|1|adj=on}} three-[[Mast (ship)|masted]] [[schooner]] – a converted [[brigantine]] – was wrecked on [[Glen Island (Alaska)|Glen Island]] ({{coord|55|18|N|162|55|W|name=Glen Island}}) off the [[Bering Sea]] coast of the [[Alaska Peninsula]]. There were six survivors.<ref name=alaskashipwrecksc/>
}}
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|ship=Unknown scow
|flag={{flag|United States|1897}}
|desc=The [[scow]], under tow of {{SS|Bee||2}} ({{flag|United States|1897}}), was sunk in a collision with a scow under tow of {{SS|Alfred W. Booth||2}} ({{flag|United States|1897}}) in the harbor of [[New York City]].<ref name=":14">{{cite web |url=https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=hvd.hb1k9g&view=1up&seq=36 |page=30 |title=Annual report of the Supervising Inspector-general Steamboat-inspection Service, Year ending June 30, 1903 |location=Washington |publisher=Government Printing Office |date=1903|via=Haithi Trust |access-date=2 May 2020}}</ref>
}}
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===8 September===
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|ship={{SS|C. W. Crossman||2}}
|flag={{flag|United States|1897}}
|desc=The steamer was destroyed by fire at dock in [[Alexandria Bay]].<ref name=":41"/>
}}
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|ship={{SS|Steven C. Hall||2}}
|flag={{flag|United States|1897}}
|desc=The steamer struck a dock and sank at [[Sandusky, Ohio]].<ref name=":41"/>
}}
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|ship={{SS|William H. Stevens||2}}
|flag={{flag|United States|1897}}
|desc=The steamer was destroyed by fire that started in the Engine Room {{convert|25|mi}} from Clear Creek on [[Lake Erie]].<ref name=":40">{{cite web |url=https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=hvd.hb1k9g&view=1up&seq=79 |title=Annual report of the Supervising Inspector-general Steamboat-inspection Service, Year ending June 30, 1903|access-date=29 July 2019}}</ref>
}}
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===9 September===
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|ship={{SS|Eddystone||2}}
|flag={{flag|United States|1897}}
|desc=The steamer sank at dock at the Arch Street wharf in [[Philadelphia, Pennsylvania]] due to a leak in the stern bearings.<ref name=":19"/>
}}
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|ship={{SS|H. Houghten||2}}
|flag={{flag|United States|1897}}
|desc=The steamer sank at her dock in [[Detroit]]. Two crewmen killed.<ref name=":35">{{cite web |url=https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=hvd.hb1k9g&view=1up&seq=71 |title=Annual report of the Supervising Inspector-general Steamboat-inspection Service, Year ending June 30, 1903|access-date=25 July 2019}}</ref>
}}
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===10 September===
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|ship=Unknown scow
|flag={{flag|United States|1897}}
|desc=The scow, under tow of {{SS|Navigator||2}} ({{flag|United States|1897}}), foundered in a storm off the [[Fire Island Lighthouse]].<ref name=":14"/>
}}
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===11 September===
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|ship=''City of Rome''
|flag={{flag|United States|1897}}
|desc=The steamer sprung a leak in a heavy gale {{convert|15|mi}} north of the [[Lake Superior Ship Canal]]. She was beached in [[Bete Grise Bay]] on Point Isabel. Later refloated and towed to [[Cleveland, Ohio]] for repairs.<ref name=":37"/>
}}
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|ship=''Good Hope''
|flag={{flag|United States|1912}}
|desc=The 12-ton, {{convert|34|ft|m|1|adj=on}} or {{convert|39.9|ft|m|1|adj=on}} [[schooner]] slipped her [[anchor]] and was driven ashore and wrecked with the loss of both people on board {{convert|2|nmi}} west of [[Lanes Derrick]] in the [[roadstead]] at [[Nome, Alaska|Nome]], [[District of Alaska]].<ref name=alaskashipwrecksg>[https://alaskashipwreck.com/shipwrecks-a-z/alaska-shipwrecks-g/ alaskashipwreck.com Alaska Shipwrecks (G)]</ref>
}}
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|ship={{SS|W. H. Moore||2}}
|flag={{flag|United States|1897}}
|desc=The fishing steamer sprung a leak on [[Lake Erie]] and was beached and abandoned near [[Ashtabula, Ohio]].<ref name=":39"/>
}}
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===15 September===
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|ship={{SS|Eunice Cobb||2}}
|flag={{flag|United States|1897}}
|desc=The steamer burned to the waterline at [[Cramer Hill, New Jersey]].<ref name=":19"/>
}}
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===17 September===
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|ship=''Cottage City'' 
|flag={{flag|United States|1897}}
|desc=The 1,885-[[gross register ton]], {{convert|293|ft|m|1|adj=on}} [[Steamship|steamer]] was stranded without loss of life on a shelf of rock off [[Island Point]] ({{coord|56|06|N|132|21|W|name=Island Point}}) on [[Etolin Island]] in the [[Alexander Archipelago]] in [[Southeast Alaska]], losing her [[Stem (ship)|stem]], [[Forefoot (ship)|forefoot]], and {{convert|40|ft|m|1}} of her [[keel]]. Several hours later, the steamer ''Spokane'' ({{flag|United States|1897}}) took off her 150 passengers, and [[Lighter (barge)|lighters]] removed her cargo. She was refloated three weeks after the wreck and proceeded to [[Seattle]], [[Washington (state)|Washington]], under her own [[Steam engine|steam]].<ref name=alaskashipwrecksc/>
}}
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===20 September===
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|ship=''Lurline''
|flag={{flag|United States|1897}}
|desc=The steamer struck rocks in the [[Columbia River]] {{convert|1,000|ft|m}} above [[Waterford, Washington|Waterford]], [[Washington (state)|Washington]], in heavy [[fog]] and was beached.<ref name=":7">{{cite web |url=https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=hvd.hb1k9g&view=1up&seq=23 |title=Annual report of the Supervising Inspector-general Steamboat-inspection Service, Year ending June 30, 1903|access-date=24 July 2019}}</ref>
}}
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===27 September===
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|ship={{SS|F & F||2}}
|flag={{flag|United States|1897}}
|desc=The steamer sank at dock in [[Wilmington, North Carolina]].<ref name=":23"/>
}}
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===Unknown date===
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|ship={{MV|Stroller||2}}
|flag={{flag|United States|1897}}
|desc=The 11-[[gross register ton]] [[Motor vessel|motor]] [[yacht]] burned at [[Harpswell, Maine|Harpswell]], [[Maine]]. All three people on board survived.<ref name=merchantvessellist1907p380/>
}}
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==October==
===3 October===
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|ship=''General Siglin''
|flag={{flag|United States|1896}}
|desc=During a voyage from [[Nome, Alaska|Nome]], [[District of Alaska]], to [[Puget Sound]], [[Washington (state)|Washington]], with a scheduled stop at [[Dutch Harbor, Alaska|Dutch Harbor]] on [[Amaknak Island]] in the [[Aleutian Islands]], the 81-ton, {{convert|80|ft|m|1|adj=on}} two-[[Mast (ship)|masted]] [[schooner]] was last seen off [[Unimak Island]] outside the entrance to [[False Pass, Alaska|False Pass]]. She never arrived at Dutch Harbor. Her entire crew of eight perished.<ref name=alaskashipwrecksg/>
}}
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===6 October===
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|ship={{SS|Little Belle||2}}
|flag={{flag|United States|1897}}
|desc=The steamer sank in a collision with a barge at Marchants Landing, [[Florida]] on the [[Apalachicola River]].<ref name=":44"/>
}}
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|ship={{SV|Otelia Pedersen||2}}
|flag={{flag|United States|1897}}
|desc=The schooner was disabled in a gale on 25 September. She was abandoned by her crew on 6 October and were rescued by {{USS|Princeton|PG-13|6}} ({{naval|United States|1897}}). The derelict and drifting vessel was wrecked later that day on rocks on [[Botel Tobago Island]] off [[Formosa]].<ref name=":5"/><ref>{{cite web |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=nGEeAAAAYAAJ&dq=ship:+Otelia+Pedersen,+1902&pg=PA442 |title=Papers relating to the Foreign Relations of the United States Annual Message of the President transmitted to Congress December 6, 1904 |location=Washington |publisher=Government Printing Office |date=1904 |via=Googlebooks |access-date=1 May 2020}}</ref>
}}
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===7 October===
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|ship={{SV|Ann Marie||2}}
|flag={{flag|United States|1897}}
|desc=The schooner was wrecked in a storm at [[Kincardine, Ontario]]. Her captain, two crewmen, the female cook, and one in the rescue party were killed.<ref name=":2"/><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?291161 |title=Ann Marie (+1902) |publisher=Wrecksite |access-date=2 May 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://images.maritimehistoryofthegreatlakes.ca/56730/data |title=Ann Maria (Schooner), U387, aground, 7 Oct 1902 |publisher=Maritime history of the Great Lakes |access-date=2 May 2020}}</ref>
}}
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===9 October===
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|ship={{SS|Apache||2}}
|flag={{flag|United States|1897}}
|desc=The steamer was damaged in a collision with {{SS|Iroquois||2}} ({{flag|United States|1897}}) in the harbor at [[Charleston, South Carolina]]. She was then grounded in {{convert|20|ft|m}} of water until emergency repairs could be made.<ref name=":23"/>
}}
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|ship={{SS|Clan McDonald||2}}
|flag={{flag|United States|1897}}
|desc=The steamer caught fire off [[Chuckanut, Washington]] and was beached for a total loss.<ref name=":8"/>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship=''Columbia''
|flag={{flag|United States|1897}}
|desc=The steamer struck a rock in [[Indian Rapids, Oregon]] in the [[Columbia River]] and sank.<ref name=":7"/>
}}
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===10 October===
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|ship={{SS|A. A. Bellinger||2}}
|flag={{flag|United States|1897}}
|desc=The steamer struck a reef in the [[Emerald Channel]] near the entrance to the [[Niagara River]] on [[Lake Erie]] and sank.<ref name=":40"/>
}}
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|ship={{SS|Garden City||2}}
|flag={{flag|United States|1897}}
|desc=The steam barge was destroyed by fire in the [[Saginaw River]].<ref name=":38"/><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?232303 |title=Garden City (+1902) |publisher=Wrecksite |access-date=7 May 2020}}</ref>
}} 
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{SS|Yoshina Maru||2}}
|flag={{flagcountry|Empire of Japan}}
|desc=The steamer caught fire in the [[Van Diemen Strait]] and was abandoned. She then drifted ashore at [[Kagoshima]], [[Empire of Japan|Japan]].<ref name=BelgeAG>{{cite web |url=http://www.belgischekoopvaardij.net/belgian%20merchant%20A-G%2023.5.04.pdf |title=Belgian Merchant A-G |publisher=Belgische Koopvaardij |access-date=1 October 2010 }}{{dead link|date=January 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>}}
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===11 October===
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|ship={{SS|Lewis||2}}
|flag={{flag|United States|1897}}
|desc=The steamer was destroyed by fire at McKenzies Landing, Florida on the [[Manatee River]].<ref name=":44"/>
}}
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|ship={{SS|No Wonder||2}}
|flag={{flag|United States|1897}}
|desc=The steamer struck a snag or submerged piling at the mouth of the [[Cowlitz River]] and sank.<ref name=":7"/>
}}
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|ship={{SS|Speranza||2}}
|flag={{flag|United States|1897}}
|desc=The yacht burned and sank in the [[Raritan River]].<ref name=":14"/>
}}
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===13 October===
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|ship=''Barge 129''
|flag={{flag|United States|1897}}
|desc=The [[whaleback]] barge sank in [[Lake Superior]] in a storm when holed by the anchor of her tow ship {{SS|Mauna Loa|1899|2}} ({{flag|United States|1897}}) {{convert|35|mi}} off [[Vermilion Point]] in {{convert|650|ft}} of water.  The wreck was discovered in 2021 and identified in 2022, the last whaleback wreck to be located.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/enormous-shipwreck-discovered-in-lake-superior-120-years-after-storm-sank-whaleback-vessel/ar-AA12SldK?ocid=msedgntp&cvid=e7ac626d95b843228922b5367ad48180 |title=Enormous shipwreck discovered in Lake Superior 120 years after storm sank Whaleback vessel|website=[[MSN]] |access-date=12 October 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.greatlakesvesselhistory.com/histories-by-name/m/maunaloa |title=Mauna Loa |publisher=greatlakesvesselhistory.com |access-date=12 October 2022}}</ref>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{SS|C. B. Lockwood||2}}
|flag={{flag|United States|1897}}
|desc=The fishing steamer suffered a broken steam pipe on [[Lake Erie]] {{convert|13|mi}} north north east of [[Fairport, Ohio]] and dropped anchor in a gale with heavy seas. Shortly after dropping anchor she sprung a leak and sank. Her crew abandoned ship in two boats. Part of her crew was rescued from one boat by a passing steamer, the other boat was found capsized the next day, ten crewmen drowned.<ref name=":39"/>
}}
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|ship={{SS|Champion||2}}
|flag={{flag|United States|1897}}
|desc=The ferry burned to the waterline and sank at [[Gallipolis, Ohio]] overnight, a total loss.<ref name=":32"/>
}}
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===14 October===
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|ship={{SS|Ensign||2}}
|flag={{flag|United States|1897}}
|desc=The yacht sank near the Ice Pier, [[Gallipolis, Ohio]]. Raised and repaired.<ref name=":32"/>
}}
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===15 October===
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|ship={{SS|Hattie B. Pereue||2}}
|flag={{flag|United States|1897}}
|desc=The steamer missed the harbor at [[Holland, Michigan]] and ran ashore and was wrecked.<ref name=":36"/><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?290093|title=Hattie B. Pereue (+1902) |publisher=Wrecksite |access-date=7 May 2020}}</ref>
}}
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|ship={{SS|Richmond||2}}
|flag={{flag|United States|1897}}
|desc=The steamer destroyed by fire at [[Texas City, Texas]].<ref name=":44"/>
}}
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===16 October===
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|ship=Eight unknown barges 
|flag={{flag|United States|1897}}
|desc=The eight barges, all loaded with coal, under tow of {{SS|Fred Wilson||2}} ({{flag|United States|1897}}), were sunk after the tow steamer {{SS|Gleaner||2}} ({{flag|United States|1897}}) grounded on Twelve Pole Bar in the [[Ohio River]] then turned across the channel in front of ''Fred Wilson'' resulting in a collision. The barges were abandoned after some coal was recovered. They were later removed by the US Government snag boat {{SS|E. A. Woodruff||2}} ({{flag|United States|1897}}).<ref name=":32"/>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship=Unknown barges 
|flag={{flag|United States|1897}}
|desc=The three barges, of 22 barges and 1 flat, all loaded with coal, under tow of {{SS|Gleaner||2}} ({{flag|United States|1897}}), were sunk after ''Gleaner'' grounded on Twelve Pole Bar in the [[Ohio River]] then turned across the channel in front of {{SS|Fred Wilson||2}} ({{flag|United States|1897}}) resulting in a collision. The barges were later raised and some coal recovered.<ref name=":32"/>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship=Unknown barges 
|flag={{flag|United States|1897}}
|desc=The two barges, both loaded with coal, under tow of {{SS|Sam Brown||2}} ({{flag|United States|1897}}), were sunk after ''Sam Brown'' grounded on Sand Creek Bar in the [[Ohio River]]. Some coal was recovered.<ref name=":32"/>
}}
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===18 October===
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|ship={{SS|Chelan||2}}
|flag={{flag|United States|1897}}
|desc=The steamer struck Thompsons Bar in the [[Columbia River]] causing a severe leak and was beached in {{convert|8|ft|m|spell=in}} of water.<ref name=":8"/>
}}
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|ship=Unknown barge
|flag={{flag|United States|1897}}
|desc=The barge, under tow of ''Empire'' ({{flag|United States|1897}}), was sunk in a collision with the ferry {{SS|Netherlands||2}} ({{flag|United States|1897}}) off Pier 13 in the [[North River (Hudson River)|North River]].<ref name=":14"/>
}}
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===19 October===
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|ship={{SV|John Miner||2}}
|flag={{flag|United States|1897}}
|desc=The schooner was wrecked on [[Point aux Barques]] Reef, a total loss.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://images.maritimehistoryofthegreatlakes.ca/62251/data?n=9 |title=Milton D. Ward (Steamboat), U90162, abandoned, 10 Mar 1902 |publisher=maritimehistoryofthegreatlakes |access-date=7 May 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://images.maritimehistoryofthegreatlakes.ca/63030/data?n=1 |title=John Miner (Schooner), U12686, aground, 19 Oct 1902 |publisher=maritimehistoryofthegreatlakes |access-date=7 May 2020}}</ref>
}}
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|ship=Unknown canal boat
|flag={{flag|United States|1897}}
|desc=The canal boat, under tow of ''Media''  ({{flag|United States|1897}}), was sunk in a collision with a [[car float]] under the tow of ''Unity''  ({{flag|United States|1897}}) in the harbor of [[New York City]].<ref name=":14"/>
}}
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===22 October===
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|ship={{SS|City of Sheffield||2}}
|flag={{flag|United States|1897}}
|desc=The passenger paddle steamer was lost by burning at [[Grand Tower, Illinois]].<ref name=":25"/><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?291716 |title=City of Sheffield (+1902) |publisher=Wrecksite |access-date=6 May 2020}}</ref>
}}
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|ship={{SS|Parlor City||2}}
|flag={{flag|United States|1897}}
|desc=The steamer was sunk at dock at [[New Orleans, Louisiana]] when struck by {{SS|Natchez||2}} ({{flag|United States|1897}}). Later raised and repaired.<ref name=":43"/>
}}
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===23 October===
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|ship={{SS|City of Denver||2}}
|flag={{flag|United States|1897}}
|desc=The steamer struck a snag in the [[Skagit River]] and sank. Later raised and repaired.<ref name=":8"/>
}}
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===27 October===
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|ship={{SS|Ventnor||2}}
|flag={{flag|New Zealand|civil}}
|desc=The steamer left [[Wellington]] for Hong Kong on 26 October 1902.<ref>{{Cite web|url= https://www.northlandnz.com/assets/Uploads/NJ-Wandering-With-Ancestors.pdf |title=Wandering with Ancestors|date=2019|website=www.northlandnz.com }}</ref> At about 12:30&nbsp;am the next morning it struck a reef off [[Cape Egmont]]<ref name = WA>{{Cite news|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article24848423 |title=The wreck of the S.S. Ventnor |date=21 November 1902|work=West Australian (Perth, WA : 1879–1954)|access-date=29 April 2019|page=5}}</ref> leading to damage. The ship sank about {{convert|16|km}} off the coast, in {{convert|147|m|ft|adj=mid|-deep}} water, near [[Hokianga|Hokianga Heads]] on 27 October, with 13 crew killed as their lifeboat capsized.<ref>{{Cite news |url= https://www.maoritelevision.com/about/media/100-year-old-tragedy-499-lost-miners-premieres-maori-television |title=100-Year Old Tragedy of 499 Lost Miners Premieres on Māori Television|website=Māori Television|language=en|access-date=29 April 2019}}</ref>
}}
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===28 October===
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|ship={{SS|Capital City||2}}
|flag={{flag|United States|1897}}
|desc=The steamer was damaged in a collision with {{SS|Trader||2}} ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}) and beached.<ref name=":8"/>
}}
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===29 October===
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|ship={{SS|Lena Mobray||2}}
|flag={{flag|United States|1897}}
|desc=The steamer burned at [[Stockton, Alabama]] and was abandoned.<ref name=":45"/>
}}
{{shipwreck list end}}

===31 October===
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{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{SS|Charon||2}}
|flag={{flag|United States|1897}}
|desc=The steamer struck a snag and sank at [[Grape Island, West Virginia]]. Immediately raised and taken to [[Parkersburg, West Virginia]] for repairs.<ref name=":4"/>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship= {{SS|Enero||2}}
|flag={{flag|Spain|civil-1785}}
|desc=The steamer was sunk in a collision with {{SS|St Regulus||2}} ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}) off [[Dungeness]], [[England]]. 27 crew were killed, 3 were rescued by ''St Regulus''.<ref name=":2"/><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?80324 |title=Enero (+1902) |publisher=Wrecksite |access-date=2 May 2020}}</ref>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{MV|Jersey||2}}
|flag={{flag|United States|1897}}
|desc=The motor vessel struck a snag in the [[Sacramento River]] near Bowens Landing, sinking at [[Clarksburg, California]]. The wreck had not been raised as of early 1903.<ref name=":5"/>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship= {{SS|Staut||2}}
|flag={{flag|Norway|civil}}
|desc=The steamer ship foundered on [[Terschelling]], the Netherlands, due to a navigation error. Much of the cargo was salvaged.<ref name=wrak>{{Cite web|url= https://wrakkenmuseum.nl/wrakken/staut |work= {{ill|Wrakkenmuseum|nl}}|title= Scheepswrak: Staut|language=nl}}</ref>
}}
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===Unknown date===
{{shipwreck list begin |date=Unknown date October 1902 |sort=}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship=''Louise''
|flag={{flag|United States|1896}}
|desc=The small [[schooner]] was wrecked on the beach at [[Nome, Alaska|Nome]], [[District of Alaska]].<ref name=alaskashipwrecksl/>
}}
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==November==
===3 November===
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{{shipwreck list item
|ship=''Choctaw''
|flag={{flag|United States|1897}}
|desc=The steamer struck an obstruction and sank {{convert|1/2|mi}} below [[Greenwood, Mississippi]] in the [[Yazoo River]], a total loss.<ref name=":43"/>
}}
{{shipwreck list end}}

===4 November===
{{shipwreck list begin |date=4 November 1902 |sort=}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{SV|Charlie Bucki||2}}
|flag={{flag|United States|1897}}
|desc=The cargo schooner was sunk in a collision with {{SS|Admiral Sampson||2}} ({{flag|United States|1897}}) in [[Massachusetts Bay]] in dense fog. Her captain and three crewmen were killed.<ref name=":18"/>
}}
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===5 November===
{{shipwreck list begin |date=5 November 1902 |sort=}}
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|ship={{SS|Irene||2}}
|flag={{flag|United States|1897}}
|desc=The yacht struck a jetty entering [[Sandusky Bay]] and sank.<ref name=":41"/>
}}
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===7 November===
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{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{SS|Record||2}}
|flag={{flag|United States|1897}}
|desc=The tug, docked at the Minnesota Ore Docks, [[Superior, Wisconsin]], was hit and sunk by {{SS|Bransford||2}} ({{flag|United States|1897}}). One of her firemen was scalded in the sinking and died on 13 November.<ref name=":29"/>
}}
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===8 November===
{{shipwreck list begin |date=8 November 1902 |sort=}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship=Unknown barge
|flag={{flag|United States|1897}}
|desc=The barge, under tow of {{SS|Abram P. Skidmore||2}} ({{flag|United States|1897}}), was sunk in a collision with a barge under tow of {{SS|S. O. Co. No. 7||2}} ({{flag|United States|1897}}) off [[Glasson's Point]], [[New York City|New York]] in the [[East River]].<ref name=":15"/>
}}
{{shipwreck list end}}

===9 November===
{{shipwreck list begin |date=9 November 1902 |sort=}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship= {{SS|Elingamite||2}}
|flag={{flag|Australia|civil}}
|desc=The [[passenger ship]] ran aground and was wrecked on West Island in the [[Three Kings Islands]], [[New Zealand]], in thick fog due to inaccurate maps. 28 passengers and 17 crew died out of 136 passengers and 58 crew.<ref name=":2"/><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?138649 |title=Elingamite (+1902) |publisher=Wrecksite |access-date=2 May 2020}}</ref>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{SS|Gem||2}}
|flag={{flag|United States|1897}}
|desc=The fishing steamer burned to the waterline and sank in [[Casco Bay]].<ref name=":21"/>
}}
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===10 November===
{{shipwreck list begin |date=10 November 1902 |sort=}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship=Unknown barge
|flag={{flag|United States|1897}}
|desc=The barge, under tow of {{SS|Mattie||2}} ({{flag|United States|1897}}), was sunk in a collision with a barge under tow of {{SS|Harlem River No. 3||2}} ({{flag|United States|1897}}) in the [[Harlem River]].<ref name=":15"/>
}}
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===13 November===
{{shipwreck list begin |date=13 November 1902 |sort=}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{SS|Eleanor||2}}
|flag={{flag|United States|1897}}
|desc=The steamer was destroyed by fire at dock in [[Montague, Michigan]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=hvd.hb1k9g&view=1up&seq=73 |page=67 |title=Annual report of the Supervising Inspector-general Steamboat-inspection Service, Year ending June 30, 1903 |location=Washington |publisher=Government Printing Office |date=1903|via=Haithi Trust |access-date=7 May 2020}}</ref>
}}
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===14 November===
{{shipwreck list begin |date=14 November 1902 |sort=}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{SS|Bob Ballard||2}}
|flag={{flag|United States|1897}}
|desc=The rail ferry sank at [[Ashland, Kentucky]] when a run away rail car smashed into her [[forecastle]]. Raised and repaired.<ref name=":32"/>
}}
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===15 November===
{{shipwreck list begin |date=15 November 1902 |sort=}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{SS|Charles Turner||2}}
|flag={{flag|United States|1897}}
|desc=The steamer sank in {{convert|14|ft|m}} of water at [[Iron City Mines]] Dock, [[Pittsburgh]]. Raised and repaired.<ref name=":34"/>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship=''Sadie''
|flag={{flag|United States|1897}}
|desc=The 11-[[gross register ton]] [[schooner]] sank off [[Cutler, Maine|Cutler]], [[Maine]]. Both people on board survived.<ref>[https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=uc1.b3330073&view=1up&seq=404&size=125 Department of Commerce and Labor Bureau of Navigation ''Forty-First Annual List of Merchant Vessels of the United States for the Year Ending June 30, 1909'', Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office, 1909, p. 389.]</ref>
}}
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===16 November===
{{shipwreck list begin |date=16 November 1902 |sort=}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{SS|Rogue River||2}}
|flag={{flag|United States|1897}}
|desc=The 80-[[gross register ton]] sternwheel [[paddle steamer]] struck a rock in the [[Rogue River (Oregon)|Rogue River]] in [[Oregon]] {{convert|1/2|mi|spell=in}} below the mouth of the [[Illinois River (Oregon)|Illinois River]], destroying her [[rudder]]. The helpless vessel drifted {{convert|3|mi|spell=in}} downstream before hitting another rock, which caused her to [[capsize]] and sink. All three people on board survived.<ref name=merchantvessellist1907p380>[https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=uc1.b3330071 Department of Commerce and Labor Bureau of Navigation ''Thirty-Ninth Annual List of Merchant Vessels of the United States for the Year Ending June 30, 1907'', Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office, 1907, p. 380.]</ref><ref name=":7"/>
}}
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===17 November===
{{shipwreck list begin |date=17 November 1902 |sort=}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{SS|Robert Wallace||2}}
|flag={{flag|United States|1897}}
|desc=The steamer foundered {{convert|20|mi}} from [[Superior, Wisconsin]] due to a broken stern pipe.<ref name=":29"/>
}}
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===18 November===
{{shipwreck list begin |date=18 November 1902 |sort=}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship=''Bosnia''
|flag=
|desc=The steamer sank in the [[Black Sea]]. 150 drowned.<ref name=":2"/>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship= {{SS|Greenock||2}}
|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}
|desc=The steamer collided with the steamer {{SS|Ape||2}} (flag unknown) near [[Gourock]] Bay and Cloch Point in the [[River Clyde]]. One man missing.<ref>Clyde Shipwrecks page 31 by Peter Moir</ref> }}
{{shipwreck list end}}

===19 November===
{{shipwreck list begin |date=19 November 1902 |sort=}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship=''Raven''
|flag={{flag|United States|1897}}
|desc=The steamer struck a submerged log destroying her prop causing her to drift onto a reef and capsizing. Later righted and refloated and taken to [[Vancouver, British Columbia]].<ref name=":8"/>
}}
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===20 November===
{{shipwreck list begin |date=20 November 1902 |sort=}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship= {{SS|Knud ||2}}
|flag={{flag|Denmark}}
|desc=The steamer was sunk in a collision with {{SS|Swaledale||2}} ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}) off the [[Black Middens]] in the [[Tyne River]]. Her captain and six crewmen died. Four were rescued.<ref name=":2"/><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?65747 |title=Knud (+1902) |publisher=Wrecksite |access-date=4 May 2020}}</ref>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{SS|South Dakota||2}}
|flag={{flag|United States|1897}}
|desc=The passenger paddle steamer was lost to fire at [[Pembina, North Dakota]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?291781 |title=South Dakota (+1902) |publisher=Wrecksite |access-date=6 May 2020}}</ref>
}}
{{shipwreck list end}}

===22 November===
{{shipwreck list begin |date=22 November 1902 |sort=}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{SS|Alma||2}}
|flag={{flag|United States|1897}}
|desc=The steamer was sunk in a collision with {{SS|Echo||2}} ({{flag|United States|1897}}) at [[New Orleans]], a total loss.<ref name=":43"/><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?289997 |title=Alma (+1902) |publisher=Wrecksite |access-date=18 May 2020}}</ref>
}}
{{shipwreck list end}}

===23 November===
{{shipwreck list begin |date=23 November 1902 |sort=}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{SS|Chili||2}}
|flag={{flag|United States|1897}}
|desc=The steamer was damaged in a collision with {{SS|Oswego||2}} ({{flag|United States|1897}}) in the [[Ballards Reef]] channel in the [[Detroit River]] and was beached to prevent sinking.<ref name=":35"/>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{SS|Jacob Heatherington||2}}
|flag={{flag|United States|1897}}
|desc=The laid up steamer sank as a result of a rusted through supply pipe at [[Coal Haven, Kentucky]]. Raised and repaired.<ref name=":31"/>
}}
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===25 November===
{{shipwreck list begin |date=25 November 1902 |sort=}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{SS|Quito||2}}
|flag={{flag|United States|1897}}
|desc=The steamer sprung a leak off [[Lorain, Ohio]] on [[Lake Erie]] and drifted ashore. Deemed a total loss.<ref name=":39"/>
}}
{{shipwreck list end}}

===28 November===
{{shipwreck list begin |date=28 November 1902 |sort=}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{SS|Charles A. Silliman||2}}
|flag={{flag|United States|1897}}
|desc=The passenger steamer was destroyed by fire between [[New Baltimore, New York]] and [[Troy, New York]].<ref name=":20"/>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{SS|Lewis Pulver||2}}
|flag={{flag|United States|1897}}
|desc=The tow steamer was sunk in a collision with {{SS|Mahanoy||2}} ({{flag|United States|1897}}) off [[Bedloes Island]], [[New York City]].<ref name=":15"/>
}}
{{shipwreck list end}}

===29 November===
{{shipwreck list begin |date=29 November 1902 |sort=}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship=''Bay City''
|flag={{flag|United States|1896}}
|desc=[[File:Bay City wreck2.png|thumb|''Bay City'' in&nbsp;2019.]]The wooden [[schooner]] was driven against a [[pier]] in [[Alpena, Michigan|Alpena]], [[Michigan]], and abandoned. She sank in {{convert|11|ft}} of water at {{coord|45.056139|-83.426750|name=Bay City}}.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://thunderbay.noaa.gov/shipwrecks/bay_city.html|title=Bay City|work=[[National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration]]|access-date=November 14, 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://greatlakeships.org/2904334/data?n=5|title=Bay City|work=Alpena County George N. Fletcher Public Library|access-date=November 14, 2019}}</ref>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{SS|Maxie Yost||2}}
|flag={{flag|United States|1896}}
|desc=The steamer ran onto a bar and was swung into rocks causing her to sink at [[Chestnut Shoals]] on the [[Big Sandy River (Ohio River)|Big Sandy River]], a total loss.<ref name=":32"/>
}}
{{shipwreck list end}}

===30 November===
{{shipwreck list begin |date=30 November 1902 |sort=}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{SV|Celtic||2}}
|flag={{flag|United States|1897}}
|desc=The [[schooner barge]], under tow of {{SS|H. E. Runnels||2}} ({{flag|United States|1897}}), was cut loose by her tow in a gale on [[Lake Huron]]. Her wreckage was found near [[Bloom Point]] on [[Cockburn Island (Ontario)|Cockburn Island]]. Lost with all eight crew.<ref name=":2"/><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?291267 |title=Celtic (+1902) |publisher=Wrecksite |access-date=2 May 2020}}</ref>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{SS|Charles Hebard||2}}
|flag={{flag|United States|1897}}
|desc=The steamer became unmanageable in a terrific gale and snowstorm after losing her rudder on [[Lake Superior]] and was abandoned by her crew. She was wrecked on [[Point Mamaise]], a total loss. The crew made it to shore in boats.<ref name=":37"/><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?232266 |title=Charles Hebard (+1902) |publisher=Wrecksite |access-date=7 May 2020}}</ref>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{SS|Choctaw|1899|2}} 
|flag={{flag|United States|1897}}
|desc=The paddle steamer sank at [[Greenwood, Mississippi]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?291714 |title=Choctaw (+1902) |publisher=Wrecksite |access-date=7 May 2020}}</ref>
}}
{{shipwreck list end}}

==December==
===3 December===
{{shipwreck list begin |date=3 December 1902 |sort=}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{SV|Pell||2}}
|flag={{flag|United States|1897}}
|desc=The [[sloop]] was sunk in a collision with {{SS|Massasauga||2}} ({{flag|United States|1897}}) in the [[East River]].<ref name=":16"/>
}} 
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{SS|Progreso||2}}
|flag={{flag|United States|1897}}
|desc=The steamer was destroyed at the [[Fulton Engineering and Shipbuilding Works]], [[San Francisco, California]] when 400 barrels of fuel oil in a fuel oil tank being fitted exploded. Broken up later. Six shipyard employees and six crewmen killed.<ref name=":6"/><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?234837 |title=Progreso (+1902) |publisher=Wrecksite |access-date=1 May 2020}}</ref>
}}
{{shipwreck list end}}

===5 December===
{{shipwreck list begin |date=5 December 1902 |sort=}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship=''Saxon''
|flag={{flag|United States|1897}}
|desc=The steamer burned and sank at Pier 18 South, [[Philadelphia, Pennsylvania]].<ref name=":19"/>
}}
{{shipwreck list end}}

===9 December===
{{shipwreck list begin |date=9 December 1902 |sort=}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{SS|Astral||2}}
|flag={{flag|United States|1897}}
|desc=The tow steamer became disabled off [[Mount Desert Light|Mount Desert Rock]] and the vessel drifted ashore and was wrecked. 17 of 18 crewmen made it ashore on Mount Desert Rock, the mess boy was found frozen to death. They were rescued after seven days by {{SS|Clara Clarita||2}} ({{flag|United States|1897}}).<ref name=":22"/>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{SS|Pontiac||2}}
|flag={{flag|United States|1897}}
|desc=The tug was sunk when pierced by ice between [[Albany, New York]] and [[Troy, New York]].<ref name=":20"/>
}}
{{shipwreck list end}}

===10 December===
{{shipwreck list begin |date= 10 December 1902 |sort=}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{SV|A. L. Lee||2}}
|flag={{flag|United States|1897}}
|desc=The schooner sank in the south channel to [[Absecon Inlet]] between Heinz Pier and Steel Pier in {{convert|8|ft|spell=in}} of water. The wreck was blown up with dynamite on 22–23 June 1905.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=8kxZAAAAIAAJ&dq=ship:+Mary+U.+Githens,+1904&pg=PA1122 |title=Annual report of the War Department, Chief of Engineers, Year ending June 30, 1905 |location=Washington |publisher=Government Printing Office |date=1905 |via=Googlebooks |access-date=20 May 2020}}</ref>
}}
{{shipwreck list end}}

===11 December===
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{{shipwreck list item
|ship=''Belle Wooster''
|flag={{flag|United States|1897}}
|desc=The 479-[[gross register ton]] [[schooner]] sank in the [[North Atlantic Ocean]] {{convert|60|nmi}} east of [[Cape Ann]], [[Massachusetts]]. All seven people on board survived.<ref name=merchantvessellist1907p374>[https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=uc1.b3330070 Department of Commerce and Labor Bureau of Navigation ''Thirty-Ninth Annual List of Merchant Vessels of the United States for the Year Ending June 30, 1907'', Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office, 1907, p. 374.]</ref>
}}
{{shipwreck list end}}

===13 December===
{{shipwreck list begin |date=13 December 1902 |sort=}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{SS|John C. Hall||2}}
|flag={{flag|United States|1897}}
|desc=The steam barge sank in a severe storm near the [[Duck Islands (Lake Ontario)|Duck Islands]] on [[Lake Ontario]]. Lost with all hands, believed to be nine.<ref name=":41"/>
}}
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===14 December===
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{{shipwreck list item
|ship=Unknown barge
|flag={{flag|United States|1897}}
|desc=The barge, under tow of {{SS|Tormentor||2}} ({{flag|United States|1897}}), sank in a storm off [[Barnegat, New Jersey]]. crew rescued by ''Tormentor''.<ref name=":15"/>
}}
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===16 December===
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{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{SS|Vixen||2}}
|flag={{flag|United States|1897}}
|desc=The laid up passenger steamer broke loose from her dock at [[Covington, Kentucky]] and was swept downstream and sank when she struck the [[Southern Railway (U.S.)|Southern Railroad]] bridge, a total loss.<ref name=":32"/>
}}
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===17 December===
{{shipwreck list begin |date=17 December 1902 |sort=}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship= ''[[Frank A. Palmer and Louise B. Crary (shipwreck)|Frank A. Palmer]]''
|flag={{flag|United States|1897}}
|desc=Carrying a cargo of [[coal]], the {{convert|274|ft|adj=on}}, 2,014-[[gross register ton]] four-masted [[schooner]] collided with the schooner ''[[Frank A. Palmer and Louise B. Crary (shipwreck)|Louise B. Crary]]'' ({{flag|United States|1897}}) in [[Massachusetts Bay]] north of [[Cape Cod]] off [[Gloucester, Massachusetts|Gloucester]], [[Massachusetts]], during a [[gale]] and sank in {{convert|360|ft}} of water with the loss of 11 of the 21 crew members aboard the two ships.<ref>{{Cite web| url=http://wreckhunter.net/DataPages/frankapalmer-dat.htm |title=Frank A. Palmer | publisher=Hunting New England Shipwrecks |accessdate=4 February 2021 }}</ref> 
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship= ''[[Frank A. Palmer and Louise B. Crary (shipwreck)|Louise B. Crary]]''
|flag={{flag|United States|1897}}
|desc=Carrying a cargo of [[coal]], the {{convert|267|ft|adj=on}}, 2,231-[[gross register ton]] five-masted schooner collided with the schooner ''[[Frank A. Palmer and Louise B. Crary (shipwreck)|Frank A. Palmer]]'' ({{flag|United States|1896}}) in [[Massachusetts Bay]] north of [[Cape Cod]] off [[Gloucester, Massachusetts|Gloucester]], [[Massachusetts]], during a [[gale]] and sank in {{convert|360|ft}} of water with the loss of 11 of the 21 crew members aboard the two ships.<ref>{{Cite web| url=http://wreckhunter.net/DataPages/louisebcrary-dat.htm |title=Louise B. Crary | publisher=Hunting New England Shipwrecks |accessdate=4 February 2021 }}</ref>}}
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===18 December===
{{shipwreck list begin |date=18 December 1902 |sort=}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship= ''[[Revolving Light]]''
|flag= {{flagcountry|Norway|civil}}
|desc=The three-masted [[full-rigged ship]]<ref>{{cite book |title=Lloyd's Register of Shipping: Sailing Vessels |date=1903 |publisher=Lloyd's Register of Shipping |location=London |page=354 pdf |url=https://archive.org/details/HECROS1903SV/page/n353/mode/1up?q=revolving |access-date=16 October 2023 |quote=Wrecked 12,02}}</ref> from [[Montevideo]] and, under tow, from [[IJmuiden]] for [[Hamburg]], lost connection and was wrecked at [[Texel]], the Netherlands.<ref>{{cite book |title=Returns of Vessels Totally Lost, Condemned &c: lst October to 3lst December, 1902. |date=July 1903 |publisher=Lloyd's Register of British & Foreign Shipping |location=London |page=13 |url=https://lloyds-production.s3.amazonaws.com/_file/general/1902-casualty-returns.pdf |access-date=16 October 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Wrecks and Casualties |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000081/19021222/012/0012 |access-date=16 October 2023 |work=Liverpool Mercury |issue=17158 |date=22 December 1902 |page=12|via=British Newspaper Archive}}</ref> The 17 crew members were rescued.  Remains of the ship were still visible 50 years later.<ref>{{cite web |url= https://resolver.kb.nl/resolve?urn=MMRHCG03:163548030:mpeg21:a00093 |title=Wrak uit 1902 kwam op Terschelling bloot |work=[[Winschoter Courant]] |date=5 December 1952|via=[[Delpher]]|language=nl}}</ref> In Canada a replica of the ship is built in the 2000s.
}}
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===23 December===
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{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{SS|Telephone||2}}
|flag={{flag|United States|1897}}
|desc=The steamer struck a snag and sank in the [[Little Kanawha River]] below the [[Hughes River (West Virginia)|Hughes River]].<ref name=":32"/>
}}
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===24 December===
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{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{SV|Alexander McNeil||2}}
|flag={{flag|United States|1897}}
|desc=The bark was wrecked on [[Pratas Reef]] in the China Sea.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=hvd.hb1k9h&view=1up&seq=25 |title=Annual report of the Supervising Inspector-general Steamboat-inspection Service, Year ending June 30, 1904|access-date=29 July 2019}}</ref>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{SS|Margaret||2}}
|flag={{flag|United States|1897}}
|desc=The steamer struck the pier of the Ninth Street Bridge, [[Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania]] in the [[Monongahela River]] and sank taking two flats down with her. One person reported missing. Later raised.<ref name=":34"/>
}}
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===26 December===
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{{shipwreck list item
|ship=''Stella''
|flag={{flag|United States|1897}}
|desc=The tow steamer filled and sank over night at the Atlantic Dock in [[Brooklyn]], probably from the vessel catching under the dock on a rising tide. No leak found when she was raised.<ref name=":16"/>
}}
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===27 December===
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{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{SS|Hock White||2}}
|flag={{flag|United States|1897}}
|desc=The steamer was sunk by ice {{convert|20|mi}} below [[Dyersburg, Tennessee]], a total loss.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=hvd.hb1k9g&view=1up&seq=62 |title=Annual report of the Supervising Inspector-general Steamboat-inspection Service, Year ending June 30, 1903|access-date=25 July 2019}}</ref>
}}
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===Unknown date===
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|ship={{ship||Broughton|1868 ship|2}} 
|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}
|desc=The [[full-rigged ship]] was wrecked whilst on a voyage from [[Hamburg]], [[German Empire|Germany]] to the [[River Clyde|Clyde]].<ref name=HW44>{{cite web |url=http://www.theyard.info/ships/ships.asp?entryid=44 |title=Broughton |publisher=The Yard |access-date=18 February 2017}}</ref>
}}
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|ship= {{ship||Florence|clipper|2}}
|flag={{flag|United States|1896}}
|desc=The clipper is believed to have sunk off [[Cape Flattery]] after failing to reach port <ref>{{Cite journal |last=Matthews |first=F C |date=1926 |title=American Ship Florence |url=https://archive.org/details/pacificmarinerev2326paci/page/n567/mode/2up?q=%22American+Ship+Florence%22 |journal=Pacific Marine Review |volume=23 |pages=501, 512 |via=Archive.org}}</ref>
}}
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|ship= {{SS|Grecian|1900|2}} 
|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}
|desc=The fishing steamer disappeared at sea. It was last seen 25 December {{convert|265|mi}} north west of the [[Inner Dowser Lightship]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?291945 |title=Grecian (+1902) |publisher=Wrecksite |access-date=2 May 2020}}</ref>
}}
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==Unknown date==
{{shipwreck list begin |date=Unknown date 1902 |sort=}}
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|ship={{SV|A.B.C.F.M.||2}} 
|flag={{flag|United States|1897}}
|desc= After being abandoned in July 1900 at a [[Slipway|slip]] on the [[Kinnickinnic River (Milwaukee River tributary)|Kinnickinnic River]] in [[Milwaukee]], [[Wisconsin]], following years of service as a [[lumber]] carrier and later as a "floating [[Church (building)|church]]" and "[[gospel]] ship," the three-[[Mast (ship)|masted]] [[schooner]] was towed out onto [[Lake Michigan]] and [[Scuttling|scuttled]] sometime in mid 1902.<ref>[https://www.wisconsinshipwrecks.org/Vessel/Details/731?region=Index Wisconsin Shipwrecks: A.B.C.F.M. (AMERICAN BAPTIST COUNCIL FOREIGN MISSION) (1854) Accessed 2 July 2021]</ref>
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|ship={{SV|Annie Wesley||2}} 
|flag={{flag|United States|1897}}
|desc= The fishing schooner was last seen off [[Cape Sable Island]] on 17 December. Lost with all 14 crew.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://gloucester-ma.gov/DocumentCenter/View/404/LOST-AT-SEAAPR?bidId= |title=Lost at sea |publisher=gloucester-ma.gov |access-date=19 May 2021 |archive-date=6 May 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210506124722/https://gloucester-ma.gov/DocumentCenter/View/404/LOST-AT-SEAAPR?bidId= |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?205013 |title=Annie Wesley (+1902) |publisher=Wrecksite |access-date=19 May 2021}}</ref>
}}
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|ship=''Chance'' 
|flag={{flag|New Zealand|civil}}
|desc=[[File:Sailing ship Chance, aground at Bluff, 1902.jpg|thumb|''Chance'']] The ship was driven ashore at [[Bluff, New Zealand|Bluff]].
}}
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|ship=''Coggeswell''
|flag={{Flag|United States|1896}}
|desc=The barge sank in the [[Hudson River]] sometime in early 1902. Some wreckage was removed by grappling on 23 July 1906.<ref name=":1">{{cite web |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=GQAXAQAAIAAJ&dq=Ship:++Bart+E.+Linehan,+1905&pg=PA1620 |title=Annual report of the War Department, Year ending June 30, 1907, Report of the Chief Engineer US Army 1907 |location=Washington |publisher=Government Printing Office |date=1906 |via=Googlebooks |access-date=8 July 2020}}</ref>
}}
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|ship={{ship||George Rennie|ship|2}} 
|flag={{flag|Australia|civil}}
|desc=[[File:George Rennie.JPG|thumb|right|''George Rennie'']]The [[paddle steamer]] was [[Scuttling|scuttled]] to form a [[Breakwater (structure)|breakwater]] at [[Picnic Bay, Queensland|Picnic Bay]], [[Queensland]], [[Australia]].
}}
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|ship=''Louis Walsh''
|flag={{flag|United States|1896}}
|desc=The 1,433-ton ship broke loose from her moorings during a [[gale]] and was washed ashore on the [[Spit (landform)|spit]] at [[Dutch Harbor, Alaska|Dutch Harbor]], [[District of Alaska]]. She was stripped and abandoned, and her [[Hull (ship)|hull]] eventually broke up.<ref name=alaskashipwrecksl/>
}}
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|ship=''Nor'West''
|flag={{flag|United States|1960}}
|desc=While laid up for the winter, the 8-[[gross register ton]], {{convert|35.4|ft|m|1|adj=on}} [[schooner]] dragged her anchor during either the winter of 1901–1902 or the winter of 1902–1903 and was blown so far inland at the head of "Wrangell Bay" in the [[District of Alaska]] – probably [[Wrangell Bay]] ({{coord|57|01|N|156|31|W|name=Wrangell Bay}}) on [[Kodiak Island]] but possibly the harbor at [[Wrangell, Alaska|Wrangell]] in [[Southeast Alaska]] –  that she could not be relaunched. She was declared a [[total loss]] and was stripped and abandoned.<ref name=alaskashipwrecksn>[https://alaskashipwreck.com/shipwrecks-a-z/alaska-shipwrecks-n/ alaskashipwreck.com Alaska Shipwrecks (N)]</ref><!--Source places wreck during the winter of 1902–1903 but cites a sources saying that the wrecked was stripped and abandoned in September 1902, making it likely the wreck occurred during the winter of 1901–1902.-->
}}
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|ship= {{SMS|S42}}
|flag={{nowrap begin}}{{navy|German Empire}}{{nowrap end}}
|desc=The [[torpedo boat]] sank after a collision. She was refloated, repaired, and returned to service.<ref>Chesneau, Roger, and Eugene M. Kolesnik, ''Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860-1905'', New York: Mayflower Books, 1979, {{ISBN|0-8317-0302-4}}, p. 263.].</ref>
}}
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|ship={{SS|Sharp||2}}
|flag={{Flag|United States|1896}}
|desc=The tug burned and sank in the [[Hudson River]] sometime in early 1902. Some wreckage was removed by grappling on 23 July 1906.<ref name=":1"/>
}}
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==References==
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