List of shipwrecks in 1922

The list of shipwrecks in 1922 includes all ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during 1922.

January

2 January

• Freddysmith (United Kingdom): The cargo ship ran aground at Gaasehagen, Denmark. She was refloated on 5 January.
• Reine des Mers (France): The schooner was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. ( with the loss of her captain. Survivors were rescued by Hudson (United States).
• Storebelt (Denmark): The cargo ship lost her propeller and consequently came ashore at Hirtshals. Her crew were rescued by rocket apparatus.

3 January

• Elleray (United Kingdom): The cargo ship departed Hartlepool, County Durham for London. No further trace, presumed foundered in the North Sea with the loss of all hands.
• Laurence Edith (France): The auxiliary schooner was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean (). Her crew were rescued by Indianic (United Kingdom).

4 January

• Roi Rene (France): The schooner ran aground at Morant Cays, Jamaica. Her crew were rescued.

5 January

• Active (United Kingdom): The coaster foundered in the Irish Sea between the Blackwater and Lucifer Lightships (both United Kingdom). Her crew survived.
• Canterbury Hill (United Kingdom): The cargo ship capsized and sank in the bristol Channel. Her crew were rescued by Branstone (United Kingdom).

6 January

• Ernesto I (Italy): The cargo ship sank off Smyrna, Turkey.
• Manji Maru (Japan): The cargo ship ran aground at Heinan Head, China. She broke in two of 17 February and was a total loss.
• Nuovo Due Cugini (Italy): The sailing ship was wrecked with the loss of three crew. She was on a voyage from Tobruk, Libya to Chania, Crete, Greece.

7 January

• Chassie Maersk (Denmark): The cargo ship ran aground on Rondo Island, Netherlands East Indies. She broke in two and was a total loss.

8 January

• Atilla (Germany): The cargo ship sank off Rügen, Vorpommern.

11 January

• Inaho Maru (Japan): The cargo ship came ashore on Rossel Island and was wrecked. Her crew were rescued by Meiko Maru (Japan).

12 January

• C. C. Mengel, Jr. (United States): The schooner came ashore on Morant Cays, Jamaica and was wrecked.
• Tidal (United Kingdom): The coaster foundered in the North Sea 10 nautical miles (19 km) off Lowestoft, Suffolk. All fifteen people on board were rescued by Dalton (United Kingdom).

13 January

• Italica (Spain): The cargo ship struck the Beduidos Rocks, off Vigo and foundered.

16 January

• Mark H. Gray (United Kingdom): The schooner was abandoned in ice off Lark Harbour, Newfoundland.
• Roma (Norway): The cargo ship sank off Kombusch, Germany. Her crew were rescued by Rhea (Finland).
• Vesta (Germany): The cargo ship caught fire in the North Sea 40 nautical miles (74 km) south east of Lowestoft, Suffolk, United Kingdom. She was abandoned with the loss of ten of her twenty crew. Survivors were rescued by the trawler E.W.B. (United Kingdom). The still-burning ship was taken in tow for Hoek van Holland, South Holland, Netherlands, by Zwarte Zee (Netherlands).

19 January

• Agnes P. Duff (United Kingdom): The schooner was wrecked at St. John's, Newfoundland. Her crew were rescued.
• Eileen Lake ( Newfoundland): The schooner foundered in the Atlantic Ocean west of Newfoundland. Five crew were rescued by Persier (Belgium).
• Marceau (Marine Nationale): The Marceau-class ironclad came ashore at Tunis, Tunisia and was wrecked.

20 January

• Emma Haubuss (Germany): The cargo ship came ashore at Agger, Denmark. Her crew were rescued.

22 January

• Mod (Norway): The cargo ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean 1,200 nautical miles (2,200 km) off Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada with the loss of nine of her 32 crew. Survivors were rescued by Melmore Head and Montcalm (both United Kingdom).

23 January

• Pivoc (United Kingdom): The cargo ship was wrecked in the estuary of the Seine at Rouen, Seine Maritime, France.
• Vigan (United States): The cargo ship suffered an engine failure and was beached on the north coast of Haitan Island, China.

24 January

• Asquith (United Kingdom): The schooner foundered in the Atlantic Ocean (). Her crew were rescued by Arcturus (United States).
• Balmyle (United Kingdom): The cargo ship ran aground in Larne Lough. She was refloated on 16 February.
• Cairnside (United Kingdom): The coaster struck a rock west of Sark, Channel Islands and sank. All thirteen crew survived.
• Cormorant (United Kingdom): The cargo ship sprang a leak in the Atlantic Ocean () and was abandoned. Her crew were rescued by Ruy Barboza (Brazil).
• Helen B. Sterling (United Kingdom): The schooner sprang a leak in the Pacific Ocean 150 nautical miles (280 km) north of Three Kings, New Zealand and was abandoned. Her crew were rescued by HMAS Melbourne (Royal Australian Navy).

25 January

• Quo Vadis (France): The schooner was driven ashore at Viana do Castelo, Portugal with the loss of two crew. The survivors were rescued.

27 January

• Champion (United Kingdom): The tug collided with San Jose (Norway) in the River Thames at Tilbury, Essex and sank. Her crew were rescued.
• Rosa (Belgium): The cargo ship ran aground at Arbroath, Forfarshire, United Kingdom. All sixteen crew were rescued.

28 January

• Laura (Denmark): The schooner sprang a leak and sank off the Shetland Islands, United Kingdom. Four crew were rescued by a German trawler.
• Optimist (United Kingdom): The schooner was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. Six crew were rescued by Ampetico (United Kingdom).

29 January

• Antinous (United Kingdom): The cargo ship ran aground off Oporto, Portugal. She broke her back the next day and was abandoned as a total loss.
• Santander (Spain): The bucket dredger sank at Santander, Cantabria.

Unknown date

• USS B-3 (United States Navy): The B-class submarine was sunk as a target before 17 January.
• Klampenborg (Denmark): The coaster foundered in the Baltic Sea with the loss of all twelve crew. A lifeboat from the ship was discovered on 11 January.
• James M. W. Hall (United States): The schooner was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by West Canon (United States) and landed at New York on 16 January. She was later towed to New York by USCGC Seneca (United States Coast Guard).
• Moses Parry (United Kingdom): The schooner ran aground at White Abbey, County Antrim at the end of January. She was refloated on 14 February.

February

1 February

• Eastern Dawn (United States): The cargo ship sank at Baltimore, Maryland.

2 February

• USAT Northern Pacific (United States Army): The troopship caught fire and sank in the Atlantic Ocean 25 nautical miles (46 km) off Cape May, New Jersey.

3 February

• Felix (Denmark): The schooner came ashore south of Leixões, Portugal. Her crew were rescued.
• Gaspe (United Kingdom): The barquentine was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescied by Queen Louise (United Kingdom).
• Malpas Belle (United Kingdom): The schooner came ashore at Seaton, Devon. All six crew were rescued.

4 February

• Bonn (Norway): The cargo ship collided with Southwestern Miller (United Kingdom) in theb River Thames at Greenwich, London and was beached. She was refloated on 14 February.
• Fellside (United Kingdom): The cargo ship came ashore 4 nautical miles (7.4 km) north of Aberdeen. Her crew were rescued. She was refloated on 28 February.

6 February

• Luso (Portugal): The cargo ship caught fire at Lisbon. She was scuttled on 10 February.

7 February

• Bessie A. White (United Kingdom): The auxiliary schooner was driven ashore at Smiths Point, Long Island, New York, United States and was a total loss. Her crew survived.
• E. M. Sellars (United Kingdom): The schooner was driven ashore at Inagua, Bahamas and was wrecked.
• Krakow (Poland): The cargo ship became mired in ice at Tangen, Hedmark, Norway and sank. Her crew survived.
• Thistlemore (United Kingdom): The cargo ship came ashore at Cape Cod, Massachusetts, United States. She was refloated on 11 February.

8 February

• Anna Maria (Latvia): The ship sank in the North Sea. Her crew were rescued.
• Stramore (United Kingdom): The coaster struck a submerged wreck off Inishtrahull Island, County Donegall, Ireland and sank. All nine crew survived.
• Coylet (United Kingdom): The tanker caught fire in the Atlantic Ocean 12 nautical miles (22 km) west south west of the Sand Key Lighthouse, Florida, United States. Her crew were rescued by Sucrosa (United States).
• Norma B. Strong (United Kingdom): The schooner sprang a leak in the Atlantic Ocean (). Her crew survived.

9 February

• Herbert May (United States): The schooner came ashore in the Marquesas Islands, French Polynesia and was wrecked.

10 February

• Seyar (Yugoslavia): The cargo ship suffered a boiler exlosion and sank in the Bosphorus.

14 February

• Carmina (Spain): The schooner sprang a leak in the Atlantic Ocean 40 nautical miles (74 km) wast of Leixões, Portugal. She was abandoned by her crew, who were rescued by Hurliness (United Kingdom). Carmina was towed into Leixões by a British trawler.
• Kibi Maru No.11 (Japan): The cargo ship departed Muroran. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.

15 February

• Suiyer Maru (Japan): The cargo ship struck a rock and foundered in the Kurushima Strait.

16 February

• Ojo Maru (Japan): The cargo ship collided with an Imperial Japanese Navy submarine off Yoshima, Shiwaku Islands and was beached.

18 February

• Golden State (United States): The four-masted schooner caught fire in the Atlantic Ocean off Pensacola, Florida and was abandoned. She was towed into Pensacola in a capsized state on 23 February.
• Poseidon (Denmark): The cargo ship sprang a leak and ran aground at Skallingen. Her crew were rescued. She broke in two on 9 March and was a total loss.

19 February

• Balsam (United States): The cargo ship ran aground in Lough Foyle. She was refloated on 27 February.
• Kathleen Spindler (United Kingdom): The schooner was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by Argalia (United Kingdom).

20 February

• Dédaigneuse (French Navy): The sloop-of-war was struck by City of Algiers at Constantinople, Turkey and was severely damaged.
• Glynwood (United Kingdom): The schooner came ashore at Lindesnes, Vest-Agder, Norway and was wrecked.

21 February

• Taisho Maru No.2 (Japan): The cargo ship collided with Wakamatsu Maru (Japan) at Shimonoseki and sank.

22 February

• Assimina M Embiricos (Greece): The cargo ship was wrecked in the Scheldt, Belgium.
• J. N. Rafeuse ( Newfoundland): The schooner sprang a leak in the Atlantic Ocean and was abandoned (). Her crew were rescued by Terrier (United Kingdom).

24 February

• Chokyu Maru No.5 (Japan): The cargo ship struck a submerged object at Kobezaki and sank with the loss of a crew member.
• Cobra (United Kingdom): The cargo liner was wrecked at Chinde, Portuguese West Africa in a cyclone.
• Punduma (United Kingdom): The cargo ship was wrecked at Chinde in a cyclone with the loss of three lives.
• NRP Salvador (Portuguese Navy): The river gunboat was wrecked at Chinde in a cyclone.

25 February

• Lowell F. Parks (United Kingdom): The schooner was abandoned and set afire in the Atlantic Ocean.

27 February

• Rothenburg (Germany): The cargo ship struck a submerged object in the Kattegat and sank. Her crew survived. She was refloated on 18 April.
• Valerie (United Kingdom): The schooner sprang a leak and sank off the Cape Verde Islands, Portugal. Her crew were rescued by Fernando (Portugal).

28 February

• Danehurst (United Kingdom): The salvage vessel sank at Liverpool, Lancashire.
• Roma (United Kingdom): The cargo ship came ashore in Loch Eriboll and was wrecked.

Unknown date

• Lockwood (United Kingdom) The coaster ran aground in the River Witham at Boston, Lincolnshire. She was refloated on 24 June.

March

1 March

• Minerva (Norway): The whaler was wrecked off the South Shetland Islands.
• Pembsco (United Kingdom): The cargo ship departed Burry Port, Glamorgan for Dublin, Ireland. No further trace, presumed foundered in the Irish Sea with the loss of all hands.

2 March

• Eider (United Kingdom): The coaster sprang a leak and foundered in the English Channel off Berry Head, Devon. All ten crew were rescued by the Brixham Lifeboat.
• Grøntoft (Norway): The cargo ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean () with the loss of all twenty crew.

5 March

• Christine (France): The cargo ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean 20 nautical miles (37 km) south by west of the Wolf Rock, Cornwall, United Kingdom. Her crew were rescued by War Nawab (United Kingdom).

6 March

• Motherland (United Kingdom): The schooner caught fire in the Indian Ocean off Port Louis, Mauritius. Her crew were rescued. She drifted ashore on 7 March and was a total loss.
• Satsuki Maru (Japan): The cargo ship was wrecked in the Yangtze Estuary, China.

7 March

• Cheshire (United Kingdom): The coaster passed The Lizard, Cornwall bound for Fécamp, Seine-Maritime, France. No further trace, presumed foundered in the English Channel with the loss of all hands.
• West Munham (United States): The Design 1013 cargo ship came ashore on Heligoland, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany. She was abandoned by her crew on 8 March.

8 March

• HMS Laertes (Royal Navy): The Laforey-class destroyer came ashore at Newhaven, East Sussex after her tow parted. She was later refloated and arrived at Dover on 13 March for scrapping.
• Swanston (United Kingdom): The cargo ship was driven ashore on Queen Anne's Rocks, Cattewater, Plymouth, Devon and was wrecked. Her crew were rescued.

10 March

• Brackenholm (United Kingdom): The schooner departed Ramsey, Isle of Man for Truro, Cornwall. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.

12 March

• Tajima Maru (Japan): The cargo ship ran aground at Tsingtao, China. She was refloated on 19 March.

13 March

• Gauntlet (United Kingdom): The tug ran aground and sank at Newhaven, East Sussex.
• Myriophiton (Greece): The cargo ship was wrecked at Soukhoum, Soviet Union.

17 March

• Elizabeth D (United Kingdom): The schooner came ashore at Saint-Pierre, St. Pierre and Miquelon and was wrecked.

18 March

• Fred Cleeves (United Kingdom): The cargo ship sank in the Atlantic Ocean 4 nautical miles (7.4 km) off Pomarão, Portugal. Her crew survived.

19 March

• Emlynton (United Kingdom): The cargo ship sprang a leak in the Atlantic Ocean and was abandoned. She was later sighted derelict at ).

21 March

• Kullaberg (Sweden): The cargo ship ran aground near Elleness, West Lothian, United Kingdom. She was later refloated and beached at Elie, Fife. Refloated again on 3 April.

23 March

• HMS H42 (Royal Navy): The H-class submarine was rammed off Gibraltar by HMS Versatile (Royal Navy) and sank with the loss of all 22 crew.
• Sakaki Maru (Japan): The cargo ship collided with Eastern Sailor (United States) in the Whangpo River, Shanghai, China and was beached.
• Salamanca (Norway): The cargo ship was abandoned in the Bay of Biscay. Her crew were rescued by Argonne (France).

24 March

• Curvos (Portugal): The schooner was destroyed by fire at Falmouth, Cornwall, United Kingdom.
• Glenmore (United Kingdom): The cargo ship struck the wreck of Treveal (United Kingdom) in the English Channel off St Alban's Head, Dorset and foundered. Her crew survived.
• Maggie Read (United Kingdom): The coaster was destroyed by fire off Ornsay, Inner Hebrides.

25 March

• City of Frankfort (United Kingdom): The cargo ship came ashore on the Chaussées des Pierres Noires, off Brest, Finistère, France. All fifteen people on board were rescued. She broke in two on 27 March and was a total loss.

27 March

• Diana (United Kingdom): The sealer was abandoned and set afire off the coast of Newfoundland. Her crew were rescued by Sagona (United Kingdom).
• Macleod (United Kingdom): The coaster foundered off Sanda Island, Argyllshire. All four crew survived.
• Sterling (Norway): The cargo liner came ashore on Sandön, Sweden and sank. All on board were rescued.

29 March

• Majestic (United Kingdom): The ocean liner ran aground at Pagensand, Schleswig-Holstein. She was refloated on 30 March.

30 March

• General Currie (United Kingdom): The schooner came ashore at Saint-Pierre, Saint Pierre and Miquelon. She was refloated on 3 April, but capsized whilst being towed into port.

31 March

• Manurewa (Australia): The barque departed Sydney, New South Wales for Grafton, New South Wales. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.

April

3 April

• Suwa Maru (Japan): The cargo ship ran aground on the White Rock, off Swatow, China. She was abandoned as a total loss on 13 April. Her crew were rescued by a British steamship.

4 April

• Palitana (Egypt): The cargo ship foundered in the Mediterranean Sea 70 nautical miles (130 km) north east of Derna, Libya.

5 April

• Lys (United Kingdom): The cargo ship collided with The Baron (United Kingdom) at the mouth of the River Usk and was beached. She was refloated on 8 April.
• Peveril (United Kingdom): The cargo ship sprang a leak at Reval, Estonia and was beached.

7 April

• Countess of Seafield (United Kingdom): The cargo ship caught fire and sank in the North Sea off Peterhead, Aberdeenshire.

11 April

• Kerrier (France): The schooner departed Cardiff, Glamorgan, United Kingdom for Lannion, Côtes-du-Nord. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.

12 April

• Grace van Dusen (United States): The schooner sank in the Atlantic Ocean of West Quoddy, Maine. Her crew were rescued.

13 April

• Cumberland Queen (United Kingdom): The schooner was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean off Cape Hatteras, North Carolina, United States. She was towed into Norfolk, Virginia by a United States Coast Guard cutter.

16 April

• Lusitania (Portugal): The schooner was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean (). All fifteen crew were rescued by Gaelic Star (United Kingdom).

17 April

• Ardachy (United Kingdom): The cargo ship ran aground off Moville, Country Donegal, Ireland. She was refloated on 24 April.

19 April

• Bisnod (United Kingdom): The cargo ship foundered off Jellasore, India.
• Wargwoltic (United Kingdom): The schooner ran aground on the Hog Sty Reef, Bahamas and was wrecked.

20 April

• General Gordon (Spain): The cargo ship capsized and sank at Casablanca, Morocco. She was refloated on 2 May.
• Zero (United Kingdom): The cargo ship collided with Aeolus (United States) at Montevideo, Uruguay and sank.

21 April

• Andree (United Kingdom): The cargo ship was severely damaged by fire at New York, United States.

22 April

• George Andre (Spain): The sailing ship was wrecked at Rosas, Catalonia. Her crew were rescued.

24 April

• Sirdar (United Kingdom): The tug collided with Old North State (United States) at Tilbury, Essex and sank. Her crew survived.

25 April

• Kyma (Greece): The cargo ship caught fire at Constanţa, Romania and sank. She was a total loss.
• Stolwijk (Netherlands): The cargo ship ran aground at Åhus, Skåne County, Sweden. She was refloated on 29 April.

26 April

• Député Albert Taillandier (France): The cargo ship sank in the Atlantic Ocean (approximately ) with the loss of all but one of her crew.

28 April

• Gutterrez Zamora (Mexico): The cargo ship sprang a leak and was beached at Tampico, Tamaulipas. She was plundered by locals and was declared a constructive total loss.

29 April

• Ilia (Germany): The auxiliary sailing ship was destroyed by fire at Emden, Lower Saxony.
• Victoria de Larrinaga (United Kingdom): The cargo ship ran aground on the Mouchoir Bank, Bahamas. She was abandoned on 1 May. Her crew were rescued by Lake Fairlie (United States).

May

1 May

• Sterling (Norway): The cargo liner came ashore in Seydisfjord and was wrecked. All on board were rescued.

2 May

• Fear Not (United Kingdom): The cargo ship foundered at Clackland Point, Isle of Arran, Buteshire. Her crew were rescued.
• Josephine (United States): The schooner was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. She was towed to Southport, North Carolina and was beached.
• Kiang Tung (China): The cargo ship was destroyed by fire whilst on a voyage from Shusi to Hankow.

3 May

• Turenne (France): The cargo ship ran aground at Mahdia, Tunisia. She was refloated on 10 May.

5 May

• B. R. Tower (United Kingdom): The schooner was wrecked on a reef north east of Grand Turk. Her crew were rescued.

8 May

• City of Charleroy (United Kingdom): The cargo ship collided with Bittern (United Kingdom) at Antwerp, Belgium and was beached. She was refloated later that day.

10 May

• Arbeeco (United Kingdom): The cargo ship ran aground on Renew's Rock, off the coast of Newfoundland and was wrecked. Her crew were rescued.
• Constantinos Pateras (Greece): The cargo ship ran aground at Carromeiro, A Coruña, Spain. She broke in two the next day and was a total loss.

15 May

• Dragoon (United Kingdom): The cargo ship sank at Hennebont, Morbihan, France.

18 May

• Lothar Bohren (United Kingdom): The cargo ship ran aground at Port-de-Bouc, Bouches-du-Rhône, France. She was refloated on 22 May.

19 May

• Middlesex (United States): The cargo ship was wrecked at Portland, Maine.

20 May

• Dongola (United Kingdom): The cargo ship collided with Kumano Maru (Japan) off Woosung, China and was beached. She was refloated on 22 May.
• Egypt (United Kingdom): The ocean liner collided with Seine (France) in the English Channel 28 nautical miles (52 km) off the Armen Lighthouse, Finistère, France. She sank with the loss of 86 of the 352 people on board. Survivors were rescued by Seine.
• Gen. John Wilkins (United States): The ship was wrecked on this date.

21 May

• Conestoga (Canada): The cargo ship caught fire and sank in the St Lawrence River.
• Emily Eveson (United Kingdom): The cargo ship ran aground on the Clougne Rock, on the south east coast of Alderney, Channel Islands and was wrecked. Her crew were rescued.
• Iro (Greece): The cargo ship caught fire at Salonica and was scuttled to extinguish the fire.
• St. Patrice (United Kingdom): The cargo ship came ashore west of The Lizard, Cornwall. Her crew were rescued by the Lizard Lifeboat.

22 May

• Virginia Olson (United States): The cargo ship was rammed and sunk by a United States Navy submarine at San Francisco, California.

23 May

• Andree (United Kingdom): The cargo ship collided with H. F. Alexander (United States at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and was beached. She was refloated on 27 June.

29 May

• Welsh Prince (United Kingdom): The cargo ship collided with Iowan (United States) in the Columbia River at Astoria, Oregon, United States and sank with the loss of seven of her crew.

30 May

• Diamantino (Portugal): The schooner foundered in the Bay of Biscay off Ouessant, Finistère, France. All eleven crew were rescued by Ymir(Germany).

31 May

• Tuna (United Kingdom): The cargo ship ran aground of the Fanjove Lighthouse, Zanzibar. She was refloated on 5 June.
• Western Belle (United Kingdom): The cargo ship had an engine fire 16 nm NNW of the Hanois Lighthouse, Guernsey Channel Islands and sank.

June

1 June

• Wiltshire (United Kingdom): The cargo liner struck a reef and foundered in the Pacific Ocean off the Great Barrier Island, New Zealand. All 103 crew were rescued.

2 June

• Grimgerde (Germany): The cargo ship collided with Dalston (United Kingdom) in the North Sea and was beached at Saltwick, Yorkshire. Her crew were rescued.
• Sirena (Netherlands): The schooner was wrecked in Lake Maracaibo.

3 June

• Adam Smith (United Kingdom): The cargo ship ran aground at Roscoff, Finistère, France. She was refloated on 6 June.
• Montcalm (United Kingdom): The ocean liner ran aground in the St. Lawrence River, at Bécancour, Quebec, Canada. All 848 passengers were taken off. She was refloated on 5 June.

8 June

• Weichsel (Danzig): The tug collided with Polonio (Denmark) at Danzig and sank with the loss of a crew member.

10 June

• Edward R. West (United States): The four-masted schooner was wrecked in the Windward Islands.

14 June

• Kirstene (Norway): The three-masted auxiliary schooner came ashore at Lowestoft, Suffolk, United Kingdom and was wrecked. Her crew were rescued by the Lowestoft Lifeboat.

16 June

• Avaré (Brazil): The cargo ship sank at Hamburg, Germany. She was refloated on 17 August.

18 June

• Spyridon (Greece): The cargo ship issued an SOS in the Atlantic Ocean (). She came ashore on the Bendino Rocks off Vigo, Spain and sank. Her crew survived.

19 June

• Cabo Mondego (Portugal): The sailing vessel foundered in the Atlantic Ocean (approximately ). Her crew survived.

23 June

• Puritan: The schooner ran aground off Sable Island, Nova Scotia, Canada and foundered with the loss of sixteen of her nineteen crew.

27 June

• Bouclier (French Navy): The Bouclier-class destroyer collided with Paris (French Navy) at Toulon, Var. Both vessels were severely damaged.

29 June

• Providence (United States): The passenger ship ran aground off Rhode Island. Her passengers were taken off. She was refloated on 30 June.

Unknown date

• Prinz Eugen (French Navy): The Tegetthoff-class battleship was sunk as a target by France, Jean Bart and Paris (all French Navy).

July

1 July

• Heathside (United Kingdom): The cargo ship ran aground 7 nautical miles (13 km) off Martín García Island, Uruguay. She was refloated on 13 July.
• Moineau (France): The tanker caught fire at Constanţa, Romania and was a total loss.

3 July

• Anasthasios (Greece): The cargo ship ran aground off Martín García Island, Uruguay. She was refloated on 31 July.
• Canadian Commander (United Kingdom): The refrigerated cargo ship ran aground at Saint Pierre and Miquelon. She was refloated on 16 July.

4 July

• Spray (United Kingdom): The tug collided with Cairndhu (United Kingdom) at Montreal, Quebec, Canada and sank with the loss of six lives.

5 July

• Brussels (United Kingdom): The cargo ship ran aground at Shoreham, West Sussex. She was wrecked in a gale the next day.
• Orthia (United Kingdom): The cargo ship collided with Airedale (United Kingdom) in the Atlantic Ocean off Father Point, Quebec, Canada. She was beached 1 nautical mile (1.9 km) off the White Island Lightship (Canada). Her crew were rescued.
• Duymaer van Twist (Netherlands): The passenger ship caught fire on a voyage from Batavia, Netherlands East Indies to Penang, Malaya. She was beached on the Telok Dalam Bay Reef. She was refloated on 10 July and towed to Sabang, Netherlands East Indies for repairs.

6 July

• Louis Ernest (United Kingdom): The sailing ship struck the wreck of HMS Glatton (Royal Navy) and sank at Dover, Kent.

8 July

• El Kahira (United Kingdom): The cargo ship passed St. Catherine's Point, Isle of Wight bound for Algiers, Algeria. Presumed later foundered in the English Channel with the loss of all hands. The body of her captain washed up at Cap Gris Nez, Pas-de-Calais, France in the early days of August 1922.
• Nantwa Maru (Japan): The cargo ship ran aground and sank at Shikotsosaki.

10 July

• Lord Harrington (United Kingdom): The cargo ship ran aground on the Pelican Spit, Smyrna, Turkey. She was refloated on 13 July.

12 July

• Cananova (United States): The cargo ship ran aground on Green Island, Jamaica. She was refloated on 20 July.
• Somme (France): The schooner foundered in the English Channel off Lézardrieux, Côtes-du-Nord. Her crew survived.

13 July

• Aviateur de Terlines (France): The schooner caught fire at Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône and was a total loss.

14 July

• Allie (United Kingdom): The cargo ship ran aground in the Gulf of Bothnia off the Snipan Lightship (Finland). She was refloated on 25 July and put into Holmsund, Västerbotten County, Sweden leaking severely.

16 July

• Hjeltenæs (Norway): The schooner caught fire and sank in the Atlantic Ocean (). All sixteen crew were rescued by Bannack (United States).

17 July

• Ursus (United Kingdom): The cargo ship ran aground on Holmögadd, Västerbotten County, Sweden. She was refloated on 21 July.

19 July

• John R. Fox (United States): The schooner was driven ashore at Bottlenose Carcos, Turks Islands and was wrecked.

21 July

• Holmes A. Frank (United Kingdom): The schooner was driven ashore at Querpon, Newfoundland and was wrecked.

23 July

• Roi Albert (Belgium): The cargo ship ran aground north of Cape St. Vincent, Portugal. She was declared a total loss. Her crew were rescued.

25 July

• Charles Braley (United States): The tanker suffered an explosion and fire in the Atlantic Ocean 75 nautical miles (139 km) east north east of Tampa, Florida and sank. Her crew survived.

26 July

• Metschta (France): The cargo ship collided with Bitinia (Italy) at Constantinople and was beached. She was refloated on 31 July.

27 July

• Calada (United States): The coaster collided with Hawaii Maru (Japan) at Seattle, Washington and sank.
• Tartar (Norway): The cargo ship was driven ashore at Korsør, Denmark. She was refloated on 31 July but found to be leaking severely and was beached.

29 July

• County of Carmarthen (United Kingdom): The cargo ship ran aground on Maio, Cape Verde Islands, Portugal. She was declared a total loss on 1 August.

30 July

• Ayala Mendi (Spain): The cargo ship collided with Francesco Ferruccio (Regia Marina) in the Bay of Biscay and sank with the loss of one of her 33 crew.
• Vancouver Maru (Japan): The cargo ship ran aground 3 nautical miles (5.6 km) north east by east of Cape Henry, Virginia, United States. She was refloated on 7 August.

31 July

• Rapids Prince (United Kingdom): The passenger ship ran aground in the Lachine Rapids, Saint Lawrence River, Quebec, Canada. Her passengers were taken off.
• Guglielmo Pepe (Regia Marina): The Alessandro Poerio-class destroyer was rammed by Bolsena (Italy at Constantinople, Turkey and was severely damaged. She was beached but later refloated and taken to the Golden Horn for drydocking.

August

1 August

• Aoku Maru (Japan): The cargo ship suffered an on board explosion at Kobe and was a total loss.
• John A. Campbell (United States): The schooner was destroyed by fire at Tarawa, Gilbert and Ellice Islands.

2 August

• Brumath (United Kingdom): The cargo ship was destroyed by fire at Port-Daniel, Quebec, Canada.
• Gondia (United Kingdom): The cargo ship was last reported on this date in the Pacific Ocean (). No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.
• San Maurizio (Italy): The coaster was driven ashore at Karaburun, Turkey. Her crew were rescued.

4 August

• Ella F. (United Kingdom): The schooner sank at Stripe Island, Labrador, Canada.

5 August

• Grey Abbey (United Kingdom): The coaster foundered in the North Sea 10 nautical miles (19 km) off Holborn Head, Caithness. Her crew survived.

6 August

• Petrell (Norway): The cargo ship struck a rock and sank between Cape Spartell and Cape Arzila, Spain. All seventeen crew were rescued by Neutral (Germany).
• Shinyei Maru (Japan): The cargo ship ran aground at Shaweishan, China. She was refloated on 23 August.

8 August

HMS Raleigh aground.

• HMS Raleigh (Royal Navy): The Hawkins-class cruiser ran aground in Forteau Bay, Labrador, Canada and was wrecked with the loss of eleven of her 690 crew. The wreck was dispersed in September 1926.

9 August

• G.S.L. (United Kingdom): The cargo ship caught fire in the North Sea off Lerwick, Shetland Islands and was beached in Nesting Bay. Her crew were rescued.
• Hartside (United Kingdom): The cargo ship came ashore at Punta Palmar, Uruguay (). Fifteen of her crew were taken off on 10 August by Powerful (United Kingdom).

10 August

• Gaarden (Germany): The auxiliary sailing ship foundered in the North Sea
• Shinyei Maru (Japan): The cargo ship came ashore at Shaweishan and was a total loss. Her crew were rescued.

15 August

• José Salgado (Spain): The schooner sank at Santiago de Cuba, Cuba.

16 August

• Henriette (United States): The schooner was wrecked in the Gilbert and Ellice Islands.

17 August

• Olga (Chile): The cargo ship sank at Valparaíso.

18 August

• Ryokai Maru (Japan): The cargo ship ran aground on the south coast of Mindoro, Philippines. She was abandoned the next day as a total loss. Her crew were rescued. Ryokai Maru was refloated on 31 August.

20 August

• Manordilo (United Kingdom): The cargo ship collided with Chindwara in the North Sea and sank. She was refloated on 15 November and beached.

22 August

• Cymric (United Kingdom): The schooner struck the Brandy Rocks and was beached at Kilmore, County Wexford. She was refloated on 24 August.
• Leerdam (United Kingdom): The cargo ship sprang a leak and was beached at Portpatrick, Wigtownshire. She was refloated on 26 August.

23 August

• Nieves (Spain): The sailing vessel was in collision with Freifeld (Germany) in the Atlantic Ocean off Cape St. Vincent, Portugal and sank. Her crew were rescued by Freifeld.

24 August

• Asahi Maru (Japan): The cargo ship sank at Inuboyezaki in a typhoon.
• Kibi Maru No.16 (Japan): The cargo ship sank at Inuboyezaki in a typhoon.

25 August

• Cordelia (United Kingdom): The tanker ran aground off Fort Tigné, Malta. She was refloated on 4 September.

26 August

• Borulos (United Kingdom): The passenger ship ran aground in the Red Sea. Her passengers were taken off by Mahmoudieh (United Kingdom). She was refloated on 29 August.
• France (French Navy): The Courbet-class battleship struck an uncharted rock in Quiberon Bay and sank with the loss of 3 of her 1,115 crew.
• Niitaka (Imperial Japanese Navy): The Niitaka-class cruiser capsized and sank in a storm off Kamchatka with the loss of 284 of her 299 crew.
• Philadelphia (United States): The ocean liner was beached at Naples, Italy.

28 August

• Baluchistan (United Kingdom): The cargo ship ran aground in the Saint Lawrence River downstream of Quebec City, Canada. She was refloated on 4 September.
• Itata (Chile): The passenger ship struck a rock and sank in the Pacific Ocean off Choros Island. There were 21 survivors of about 350 people on board.

29 August

• Cubwood (United Kingdom): The cargo ship was destroyed by fire at Charleston, South Carolina, United States.
• Horley (United Kingdom): The coaster ran aground on the Kravastone Rock off the Farne Islands, Northumberland and was wrecked. Her crew survived. She sank on 9 September.

30 August

• J. Edward Drake (United States): The schooner foundered in the Atlantic Ocean (approximately ). Her crew were rescued by Ciscar United Kingdom).

31 August

• Azopardo (Argentine Navy): The despatch boat was rammed, split in two, and sunk at Buenos Aires by American Legion (United States). Alfarez Mackinlay, Gaviota, La Pampa, Patagonia and Patria (all Argentine Navy) were damaged in the incident.

September

1 September

• Eagle (United Kingdom): The cargo ship was crushed by pack ice and sank 15 nautical miles (28 km) of North Cape, Prince Edward Island, Canada.
• Eurydamas (United Kingdom): The cargo ship collided with Carnarvonshire (United Kingdom) in the Elbe at Blankenese, Hamburg, Germany and was beached.

2 September

• Ezardian (United Kingdom): The coaster collided with Zuiderdijk (Netherlands) in the Scheldt at Vlissingen, Zeeland, Netherlands and sank with the loss of seven of the nineteen people on board. Survivors were rescued by Zuiderdijk, a Dutch fishing vessel and a German merchant ship.
• W. J. Patterson (United States): The four-masted schooner arrived at Jacksonville, Florida with her cargo on fire and was scuttled.

3 September

• Barrenfork (United States): The tug capsized and sank at Jacksonville, Florida.

4 September

• Benfinch (United Kingdom): The coaster foundered 8 nautical miles (15 km) off the Mull of Kintyre, Argyllshire. Her crew survived.

5 September

• Bluet (France): The schooner collided with Baoule (France) in the Mediterranean Sea off Bec d'Ambès, Gironde and sank.
• Maid of Canada (United Kingdom): The schooner collided with Sadie Mac (United Kingdom) at Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada and sank. Her crew survived.
• Colthraps (United States): The cargo ship caught fire at Pensacola, Florida and was severely damaged.

9 September

• Hammonia (Germany): The ocean liner foundered in the Atlantic Ocean 80 nautical miles (150 km) off Vigo, Spain (). All 557 people on board were rescued by Boldway, City of Chester, City of Valencia, Darro, Euclid, Kinfauns Castle, Soldier Prince (all United Kingdom) and a Greek merchant ship.

11 September

• Tamara Eleven (Germany): The barque was wrecked at Oulu, Finland.

13 September

• Vanse (Norway): The cargo ship ran aground on the Haisborough Sands, Norfolk, United Kingdom and was wrecked. Her crew were rescued by Vulcan City (United Kingdom).

15 September

• Earlshall United Kingdom): The collier departed Newcastle-upon-Tyne for Hamburg, Germany. She was apparently abandoned on 16 September. She was discovered derelict on 22 September by the trawler Seefahrt (Germany) and taken in tow, but the tow had to be abandoned. She sank off the Norderney Lightship (Germany) (). There were no survivors of her crew.

18 September

• Lisbeth (Sweden): The cargo ship sank off Gedser, Denmark. Six crew were rescued by a Danish merchant ship.
• Rellim (United Kingdom): The cargo ship collided with John S. Calvert (United Kingdom) in the River Ouse at Goole, Yorkshire and sank.
• Thomas L. Wand (United States): The cargo ship came ashore at Point Sur, California and was a total loss.

19 September

• Begona No.1 (Spain): The cargo ship foundered 7 nautical miles (13 km) south west of Cape Roca.
• Corral (Chile): The cargo ship was destroyed by fire at Huasco.

20 September

• Bustard (United Kingdom): The tug struck a submerged wreck and sank at Milford Haven, Pembrokeshire. She was refloated on 22 September.

21 September

• Ballybrack (United Kingdom): The schooner came ashore at Soerdal, Sweden and was wrecked. Her crew were rescued.
• Svaland (Norway): The auxiliary sailing ship was driven ashore at Höganäs, Skåne County, Sweden. She was refloated on 9 October.

22 September

• Sidi Abdallah (France): The cargo ship collided with N. Hadzikyriakos (Greece) in the Mediterranean Sea (). Her crew were rescued.

23 September

• City of Amiens (United Kingdom): The cargo ship ran aground off Camariñas, Galicia, Spain and sank. Her crew were rescued.

25 September

• Cabo San Antonio (Spain): The cargo ship was wrecked off Aljezur, Portugal and was wrecked.

26 September

• P.L.M. 8 (France): The cargo ship came ashore at Cape Raso, Portugal. She was a total loss.

28 September

• Chaddesley (United Kingdom): The cargo ship came ashore at Theddlethorpe, Lincolnshire. She was refloated on 1 October.
• Enterprise (United Kingdom): The cargo ship ran aground on the Middle Cross Sand, North Sea. She was abandoned by her crew the next day pending salvage operations. She was refloated on 6 October.

October

2 October

• Ketchikan (United States): The cargo ship struck an iceberg in the Icy Strait and was beached.

3 October

• Helen Jean (United Kingdom): The schooner sprang a leak and was towed in to the Turks Islands by HMS Capetown (Royal Navy). She sank at her moorings the next day and was a total loss.

5 October

• Rovigno (Italy): The cargo ship ran aground 12 nautical miles (22 km) off the coast of Brazil 60 nautical miles (110 km) south of Rio Grande, Rio Grande do Sul. All but two of her crew were taken off on 8 October.

6 October

• Bessie (United Kingdom): The schooner ran aground at Ecum Secum, Nova Scotia, Canada. She was declared a constructive total loss.
• St. Hedro (United Kingdom): The schooner caught fire in the Atlantic Ocean (). Her crew were rescued by Creoula (United Kingdom).

8 October

• Lyman Stewart (United States): The cargo ship collided with Walter A. Luckenbach (United States) at San Francisco, California and was beached. Her crew were taken off.

10 October

• Kaupo (Latvia): The schooner sprang a leak in the Atlantic Ocean off Faial Island, Azores, Portugal and was abandoned. Her crew were rescued.

12 October

• City of Honolulu (United States): The ocean liner caught fire in the Pacific Ocean whilst on a voyage between Los Angeles, California and Honolulu, Hawaii (). The passengers and crew were rescued by West Faralon (United States). City of Honolulu was scuttled on 17 October by USCGC Shawnee (United States Coast Guard) ().

15 October

• Cornelis (Netherlands): The cargo ship ran aground off the Grundballen Lightship (Sweden). She later sank with the loss of all hands.

16 October

• Rossia (Soviet Navy): The armored cruiser broke free from her tow in the Baltic Sea and stranded on the Dyvelseye Shoal. She was refloated in July 1922.

17 October

• Hopelyn (United Kingdom): The cargo ship was wrecked on Scroby Sands, Norfolk. All 24 crew and the ship's cat were rescued.

18 October

• Seaman A. O. (United Kingdom): The schooner came ashore at Nantucket, Massachusetts. She was refloated on 23 October.

19 October

• Concord (United States): The passenger ship caught fire in the Atlantic Ocean whilst on a voyage from New York to Providence, Rhode Island. Her passengers were taken off by Mohegan (United States).
• Lenape (United States): The cargo ship ran aground off Jacksonville, Florida. She was refloated on 6 November.
• Modica (Norway): The cargo ship ran aground at Montreal, Quebec, Canada. She was refloated on 23 October.

20 October

• Viktor Rydberg (Sweden): The coaster capsized at Landsort with the loss of three crew.

21 October

• Fritz Schindler (Germany): The tanker collided with Knud II (Denmark) in the Kaiser Wilhelm Canal and sank. Knud II also collided with Umealf (Germany) which was beached.

22 October

• British General (United Kingdom): The tanker came ashore in the Persian Gulf (). She was abandoned the next day. Her crew were rescued by Aras (United Kingdom). British General was refloated on 6 November.
• Canada (United Kingdom): The cargo ship sprang a leak and was abandoned in the North Sea off Happisburgh, Norfolk. Her crew were rescued by Kyle Bute (United Kingdom). She was towed into Hull, Yorkshire by Nina (United Kingdom).
• Gundreda (United Kingdom): The salvage vessel sank in the Helford River at Falmouth, Cornwall.

23 October

• Corsaire (France): The schooner sprang a leak in the Atlantic Ocean (approximately ). Her crew were rescued by Sonnenberg (Germany).
• Roland Morillot (French Navy): The Type UB II submarine sprang a leak and was abandoned in the English Channel west of Guernsey, Channel Islands. Her crew were rescued by Daphne (France). Roland Morillot was subsequently towed into Cherbourg, Seine-Maritime by Centaure (France).

24 October

• Fagerlund (Norway): The auxiliary sailing ship sank at East Greenwich, London, United Kingdom.
• Golden Shore (United States): The cargo ship caught fire at San Francisco, California and was beached.
• Hokuyu Maru (Japan): The cargo ship was struck by Okinawa Maru (Japan) at Osaka and sank.
• Karal (Latvia): The sailing ship was driven ashore at Steinsort and was wrecked.

27 October

• Genesta (United Kingdom): The Thames barge collided with Corea (United Kingdom) in the River Thames at Rotherhithe, London and sank.
• Viking (United Kingdom): The cargo ship was destroyed by fire at Port of Spain, Trinidad.

28 October

• Canteleu (France): The cargo ship was driven ashore at Brest, Finistère and was wrecked.
• Moneyspinner (United Kingdom): The coaster was abandoned in the Bay of Biscay () after her cargo shifted. Her crew were rescued by La Fontaine (France). Moneyspinner was towed into La Rochelle, Charente-Maritime, arriving on 6 November.

29 October

• Guillem Sorolla (Spain): The cargo ship issued an SOS in the Atlantic Ocean (). No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.
• Pioneer (United Kingdom): The cargo ship caught fire off Poole, Dorset and was a total loss.

30 October

• St. Jacques (flag unknown): The sailing ship sank in the Atlantic Ocean (). Her crew were rescued by Else Hugo Stinnes (Germany).

31 October

• Teti (Italy): The cargo ship foundered in the English Channel 14 nautical miles (26 km) south of St. Michael's Mount, Cornwall, United Kingdom.

November

2 November

• Francia (United Kingdom): The cargo ship foundered in the English Channel 5 nautical miles (9.3 km) north north west of the Armen Rock. Her crew were rescued by Gulpen (Norway).

3 November

• Herman Sauber (Germany): The cargo ship foundered in the North Sea 80 nautical miles (150 km) off Spurn Point, Yorkshire, United Kingdom, with the loss of all but one of her crew. The survivor was rescued by the trawler Riveira (United Kingdom).

6 November

• Elswick Manor (United Kingdom): The cargo ship ran aground at Buenos Aires, Argentina. She was refloated on 15 November.
• Helen White (United Kingdom): The cargo ship collided with a lighter and sank at Tampico, Tamaulipas, Mexico.

9 November

• Oran (Spain): The cargo ship ran aground at Malaga. She was refloated on 13 November.

10 November

• Beckenham (United Kingdom): The cargo ship ran aground off Cape St. Michel, Quebec, Canada. She was refloated on 23 November.
• Nola (United States): The cargo ship caught fire in the Gulf of Mexico off New Orleans, Louisiana and was abandoned. Her crew were rescued by Missouri (United States).

11 November

• Arenas (Spain): The cargo ship was driven ashore at Garfanta ny Noja, Cantabria and was wrecked.

14 November

• Agga (Norway): The cargo ship ran aground 5 nautical miles (9.3 km) south of Valencia, Spain. She was refloated on 19 December.
• Hattie Hickman (United Kingdom): The schooner was wrecked at Duck Island, Newfoundland.
• Monte Grappa (Italy): The cargo ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean (). Her crew were rescued by Pittsburgh (United States).
• Norland (United States): The cargo ship foundered in Lake Michigan off Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Her crew were rescued.

17 November

• Cataluña (Spain): The cargo ship ran aground on Sálvora, Galicia and was a total loss. Her crew were rescued.

19 November

• San José (Spain): The schooner was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean () having sprung a leak five days before. Her crew were rescued by Stella (Italy).
• Santi (Spain): The cargo ship ran aground on Plana Island, off Cape Santa Pola, Valencia. She broke in two on 21 November and was a total loss.

20 November

• Masuko Maru (Japan): The cargo ship was driven ashore at Newchwang, China and was a total loss.

22 November

• Sara (Italy): The coaster was rammed by Singleton Abbey (United Kingdom) at Valletta, Malta and sank. Her crew were rescued.
• Sequana 7 (France): The cargo ship foundered in the English Channel off Saint-Valery-sur-Somme, Somme. Her crew were rescued by Honfleur (France).

24 November

• Rabo (Spain): The cargo ship collided with the trawler Kermelo (France) in the Bay of Biscay north of Cape Prior and sank. Her crew were rescued by Kermelo.

25 November

• Havbryn (Norway): The cargo ship foundered off Kristiansand, Vest-Agder. Her crew were rescued by Idefjord (Norway).
• Outreau (France): The cargo ship departed from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland for Boulogne, Pas de Calais. She subsequently foundered in the North Sea. A lifebuoy was discovered off the Hoek van Holland, South Holland, Netherlands on 5 December.

27 November

• Heiwa Maru (Japan): The cargo ship was wrecked at Honjō, Akita.

28 November

• Carlos Maria (Spain): The cargo ship foundered in the Cantabrian Sea off Tapia, Asturias.

Unknown date

• Koong Shing (United Kingdom): The cargo ship was wrecked at Wei-Hai-Wei, China.

December

1 December

• Maplehurst (Canada): The cargo ship foundered in Lake Superior 2 nautical miles (3.7 km) north of the Portage Ship Canal with the loss of eleven of her twenty crew.
• Winifred (United Kingdom): The schooner was abandoned and set afire in the Atlantic Ocean 90 nautical miles (170 km) north west of Saint-Pierre, Saint Pierre and Miquelon. Her crew were rescued by Catherine Moulton (United Kingdom).

6 December

• Enigma (United Kingdom): The schooner departed Whitehaven, Cumberland for the Isle of Whithorn, Wigtownshire. She subsequently foundered in the Irish Sea, wreckage from the ship washed up on the Cumbrian coast on 11 December.
• Heinrich Kayser (Germany): The cargo ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean north east of Bermuda () with the loss of all hands.
• Warda (flag unknown): The sailing ship was wrecked at Antalya, Turkey.

7 December

• Yoshinogawa Maru (Japan): The cargo ship foundered in the Kii Channel off Tanabe.

11 December

• Erissos (Greece): The cargo ship ran aground off Martín García Island, Uruguay. She was refloated on 17 December.
• Wales Maru (Japan): The cargo ship ran aground at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. She was refloated on 16 December.

13 December

• Elizabeth Bennett (United Kingdom): The schooner ran aground in the Thames Estuary and was abandoned by her five crew. She was later declared a total loss.
• Orteric (United Kingdom): The cargo ship ran aground off Point Arena, California, United States. She was a total loss.

14 December

• King David (United Kingdom): The cargo ship ran aground at Buenos Aires, Argentina. She was refloated on 17 December.

17 December

• Smerdis (United Kingdom): The cargo ship collided with City of London (United Kingdom) in the River Mersey at Liverpool, Lancashire and sank with the loss of ten of her eighteen crew.

18 December

• Bertha (Germany): The cargo ship issued an SOS in the Baltic Sea off Utlängan, Sweden. She came ashore the next day at Karlskrona and was wrecked. Her crew were rescued.
• Rio Prento (United Kingdom): The cargo ship ran aground in the English Channel off St. Quentin Point, Somme, France (). She broke her back and was a total loss. Her crew survived.
• Thunder Bay (United Kingdom): The cargo ship ran aground in Lake Erie. She was refloated on 25 December.

19 December

• Anna Diackis (Greece): The cargo ship caught fire and sank at Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône, France.
• May (United Kingdom): The coaster foundered in the English Channel 15 nautical miles (28 km) south of St. Catharine's Point, Isle of Wight with the loss of two of her eight crew. Survivors were rescued by the trawler Lapwing (United Kingdom).
• Redemirol (France): The cargo ship caught fire at Marseille. She was towed out to sea and scuttled.
• Scandinavia (United Kingdom): The coastal tanker was driven ashore at Portland, Dorset. All twelve crew were rescued.
• Start (Norway): The cargo ship foundered in the Bay of Biscay off Biscay, Spain. Her crew survived.

20 December

• Swanston (United Kingdom): The cargo ship foundered in the English Channel off Start Point, Devon. Her crew were rescued by Yssel (Netherlands).

21 December

• Cornubia (United Kingdom): The cargo ship ran aground on the Mantle Rock in Galway Bay and was abandoned by her crew.
• Gordon C. Fudge (United Kingdom): The schooner was abandoned and set afire in the Atlantic Ocean (). All six crew were rescued by Menominee (United Kingdom).
• Ogawa Maru (Japan): The cargo ship ran aground and sank in the Hirado Strait and sank with the loss of a crew member.
• Vindilis (France): The cargo ship collided with Asturias (Norway) in the Bay of Biscay and sank.

22 December

• Eleanor (United Kingdom): The cargo ship lost her propeller in the Bristol Channel 6 nautical miles (11 km) off St. Ives Head, Cornwall. Her crew were taken off by Sturdee Rose (United Kingdom). Eleanor came ashore near the Godrevy Lighthouse and was wrecked.
• Meta (Denmark): The schooner was abandoned in the English Channel 5 nautical miles (9.3 km) east of the Shambles Lightship (United Kingdom). She was later towed in to Portland, Dorset by Albert Victor and Petrel (both United Kingdom).

23 December

• Armistice (United Kingdom): The schooner foundered in the Atlantic Ocean 30 nautical miles (56 km) off Cape St. Vincent, Portugal. Her crew were rescued by Homer City (United Kingdom).
• Gustaf (Finland): The cargo ship collided with M. G. Melchior (Denmark) in the Skagerrak off Moss, Østfold, Norway and sank. Her crew were rescued.
• Maid of Delos (United Kingdom): The cargo ship foundered in St George's Channel off Skomer, Pembrokeshire () with the loss of all 26 crew.

25 December

• Speedwell (United Kingdom): The coaster ran aground at the mouth of the River Adour, Pyrénées-Atlantiques, France and was wrecked. Her crew were rescued.

26 December

• Santa Rosa (United States): The cargo liner ran aground at Charleston, South Carolina. She was refloated on 31 December.
• Tenun Maru (Japan): The cargo ship collided with Mayasan Maru (Japan) off Shiribeshi, Hokkaidō and sank.

27 December

• Admiral Keyes (United Kingdom): The abandoned schooner drifted ashore in the Christianiafjord at Rauer, Norway.
• A. G. Eisnor (United Kingdom): The schooner was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Newfoundland. Her crew were rescued by Frank R. Forsey (United Kingdom).
• Glenshee (Norway): The barque ran aground and sank at Arendal, Aust-Agder.

28 December

• Vasco (United Kingdom): The cargo ship ran aground off Surop Point, Estonia. She was refloated on 8 January 1923.

29 December

• Attrax (Reichsmarine): The tug foundered in the Baltic Sea whilst on a voyage from Flensburg, Schleswig-Holstein to Kiel.

30 December

• Port Union (United Kingdom): The schooner was destroyed by fire at St. John's, Newfoundland.

31 December

• Orzarossa (Spain): The cargo ship foundered in the Bay of Biscay off La Rochelle, Charente-Maritime. Her crew were rescued.
• Pasha Baghtche (Turkey): The passenger ship foundered in the Sea of Marmara off the Princes' Islands with the loss of twenty lives.

Unknown date

• USS B-1 (United States Navy): The B-class submarine was sunk as a target.
• Vardaas (Norway): The cargo ship ran aground in the last days of December in the Pertuis d'Antioche. She was refloated on 18 January.

Unknown date

• Dévastation (French Navy): The ironclad battleship sank off Lorient. She was refloated on 18 April 1927.