List of shipwrecks in 1931#17 June

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|ship={{ship||John W. Miller|schooner|2}}

|flag={{flag|Canada|1921}}

|desc=The schooner was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean ({{coord|33|41|N|36|14|W}}). The crew were rescued by {{SS|Wibo||2}} ({{Flagcountry|Weimar Republic|civil}}).{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Casualty reports |date=2 January 1931 |page=18 |issue=45710 |column=G }} }}

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|ship={{SS|Fotini Carras||2}}

|flag={{Flag|Greece}}

|desc=The cargo ship ran aground south of Fontana.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Casualty reports |date=3 January 1931 |page=19 |issue=45711 |column=G }} She was refloated on 5 February.

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|ship={{SS|Hesperos||2}}

|flag={{flag|Norway}}

|desc=The cargo ship ran aground at Karelina Bougaz, Soviet Union. She was refloated on 5 January. }}

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|ship={{SS|Raritan||2}}

|flag={{flag|United States|1912}}

|desc=The dredger collided with {{SS|City of Montgomery||2}} ({{flag|United States|1912}}){{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Casualty reports |date=6 January 1931 |page=21 |issue=45713 |column=G }}

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|ship={{MV|Tricolor|1925|2}}

|flag={{flag|Norway}}

|desc=The cargo liner caught fire, exploded and sank in the Indian Ocean {{convert|5|nmi|km}} off Barberyn, Ceylon with the loss of four lives. Survivors were rescued by {{SS|Porthos||2}} ({{flag|France}}).{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Motor-ship sunk by explosion |date=6 January 1931 |page=11 |issue=45713 |column=C }}{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Norwegian motor vessel lost |date=6 January 1931 |page=21 |issue=45713 |column=G }} }}

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|ship={{SS|Fleurus|1919|2}}

|flag={{flag|Norway}}

|desc=The cargo ship ran aground on West Falkland, Falkland Islands. She was refloated on 18 January.

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|ship={{SS|Nurtureton||2}}

|flag={{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}

|desc=The cargo ship came ashore at Lade, Kent and broke her back.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=British steamer aground |date=7 January 1931 |page=12 |issue=45714 |column=E }}{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Casualty reports |date=7 January 1931 |page=12 |issue=45714 |column=G }} She was abandoned as a total loss on 12 January.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=British steamer abandoned off Dungeness |date=13 January 1931 |page=9 |issue=45719 |column=D }} The stern section was towed to Gravesend, Kent, arriving on 4 February.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Casualty reports |date=5 February 1931 |page=17 |issue=45739 |column=F }} The bow section arrived on 20 February.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Casualty reports |date=21 February 1931 |page=17 |issue=45753 |column=G }} She was subsequently repaired and returned to service.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=News in Brief |date=28 May 1932 |page=9 |issue=46145 |column=G }} }}

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|ship=Carl

|flag={{flagcountry|Weimar Republic|civil}}

|desc=The cargo ship collided with {{SS|Themis||2}} ({{flag|Sweden}}) off Swinemünde, Pomerania and sank.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Casualty reports |date=8 January 1931 |page=20 |issue=45715 |column=G }}

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|ship={{ship|ST|Hercules||2}}

|flag={{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}

|desc=The tug collided with {{SS|Napier Star||2}} ({{Flag|United Kingdom|civil}}) and sank in the River Tyne at Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Northumberland with the loss of three crew. }}

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|ship={{SS|Cesar||2}}

|flag={{flag|Spain|civil-1785}}

|desc=The cargo ship foundered off Cape Peñas, Asturias.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Casualty reports |date=12 January 1931 |page=18 |issue=45718 |column=G }}

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|ship={{SS|Werdenfels||2}}

|flag={{flagcountry|Weimar Republic|civil}}

|desc=The cargo ship came ashore {{convert|16|nmi|km}} south of Okha Port, India. She was refloated on 15 January.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=The Werdenfels refloated |date=16 January 1931 |page=22 |issue=45722 |column=C }} }}

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|ship={{ship||Barbara|galeas|2}}

|flag={{flagcountry|Weimar Republic|civil}}

|desc=The auxiliary galeas was driven ashore at Arnager, Denmark. The crew were rescued.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Casualty reports |date=13 January 1931 |page=17 |issue=45719 |column=F }}

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|ship={{SS|Hakutetsu Maru No.2||2}}

|flag={{flagcountry|Empire of Japan}}

|desc=The cargo ship ran aground {{convert|25|nmi|km}} west of Moji. She sank the next day. }}

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|ship={{ship||Crown of Denmark|schooner|2}}

|flag={{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}

|desc=The auxiliary schooner came ashore at Portland, Dorset and was wrecked. The crew were rescued by {{ship|ST|Portwey||2}} ({{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}).{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Casualty reports |date=14 January 1931 |page=22 |issue=45720 |column=C }}

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|ship={{ship|FV|Hanseat|1926|2}}

|flag={{flagcountry|Weimar Republic|civil}}

|desc=The fishing trawler sank at Bremerhaven.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Casualty Reports |date=14 January 1931 |issue=45720 |page=22 |column=C }} She was refloated on 15 January.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Casualty Reports |date=16 January 1931 |issue=45722 |page=22 |column=C }}

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|ship={{SS|Steingrim||2}}

|flag={{flag|Norway}}

|desc=The cargo ship ran aground at Vyborg, Finland. She was refloated on 11 February.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Casualty reports |date=12 February 1931 |page=17 |issue=45745 |column=E }} }}

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|ship={{SS|Kabinda||2}}

|flag={{flag|Belgium}}

|desc=The cargo ship ran aground on Mafia Island, Tanganyika.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Casualty reports |date=19 January 1931 |page=21 |issue=45724 |column=G }} She was refloated on 4 February.

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|ship={{SS|Tatra||2}}

|flag={{flag|Hungary|1920}}

|desc=The cargo ship was abandoned in the Aegean Sea off Serifos ({{coord|37|07|N|24|25|E}}), where she drifted ashore.

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|ship={{ship||Vesuvio|barquentine|2}}

|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Italy|civil}}

|desc=The barquentine came ashore as Scilla, Calabria and was wrecked. The crew were rescued. }}

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|ship={{SS|Baron de Catelin||2}}

|flag={{flag|Belgium}}

|desc=The cargo ship was driven ashore at Zonguldak, Turkey and sank.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Casualty reports |date=20 January 1931 |page=17 |issue=45725 |column=E }} }}

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|ship={{SS|Lindisfarne||2}}

|flag={{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}

|desc=The cargo ship collided with {{MS|Tancred|1925|2}} ({{flag|Norway}}) in the Nieuwe Waterweg between Schiedam and Vlaardingen, South Holland, Netherlands and was beached.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Casualty reports |date=22 January 1931 |page=19 |issue=45727 |column=E }}

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|ship=Sirius

|flag={{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}

|desc=The cargo ship collided with {{SS|Otava||2}} ({{Flag|Finland}}) in the River Thames at Charlton, London and was beached.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Casualty reports |date=21 January 1931 |page=8 |issue=45726 |column=E }} }}

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{{shipwreck list begin |date=22 January 1931 |sort=}}

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|ship={{SS|Commercial Mariner||2}}

|flag={{flag|United States|1912}}

|desc=The cargo ship collided with {{SS|San Simeon||2}} ({{flag|United States|1912}}) at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and sank.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Casualty reports |date=23 January 1931 |page=24 |issue=45728 |column=G }}

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|ship={{SS|Glenarch||2}}

|flag={{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}

|desc=The cargo ship ran aground at the Inishmore Lighthouse, County Galway, Ireland. She was refloated on 5 February.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Casualty reports |date=6 February 1931 |page=24 |issue=45740 |column=G }}

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|ship={{SS|Zavaslia||2}}

|flag={{flag|Soviet Union|1924}}

|desc=The ship foundered in the Black Sea with the loss of all 50 people on board.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Telegrams in Brief |date=23 January 1931 |page=13 |issue=45728 |column=G }} }}

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|ship={{MV|Frank M||2}}

|flag={{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}

|desc=The cargo ship collided with the motor barge Louis Ghemor 7 ({{flag|Belgium}}) in the Scheldt at Tamise, Belgium, and was beached.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Casualty reports |date=24 January 1931 |page=19 |issue=45731 |column=E }} }}

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{{shipwreck list begin |date=25 January 1931 |sort=}}

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|ship={{SS|Hato Maru||2}}

|flag={{flagcountry|Empire of Japan}}

|desc=The cargo ship ran aground on the Korean coast and sank. }}

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|ship={{SS|Drina||2}}

|flag={{Flagcountry|Kingdom of Yugoslavia}}

|desc=The cargo ship ran aground on Pearl Rock, Gibraltar.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Casualty reports |date=28 January 1931 |page=22 |issue=45732 |column=E }} She was declared a total loss.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Casualty reports |date=2 February 1931 |page=20 |issue=45736 |column=G }}

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|ship={{SS|Gleneden||2}}

|flag={{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}

|desc=The cargo ship ran aground at Ras Fatma, Italian Eritrea.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Reinsurance rates |date=27 January 1931 |page=19 |issue=45731 |column=E }} She was refloated on 30 January.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Higher rate on the Enton |date=31 January 1931 |page=21 |issue=45735 |column=F }} }}

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|ship={{MV|Enton||2}}

|flag={{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}

|desc=The cargo ship ran aground on a reef off New Caledonia ({{coord|22|50|S|176|45|E}}).{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=British ship ashore off New Caledonia |date=28 January 1931 |page=11 |issue=45732 |column=E }} She was declared a total loss.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=The Enton uninsurable |date=2 February 1931 |page=20 |issue=45736 |column=G }} }}

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|ship={{ship|ST|Enterprise II||2}}

|flag={{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}

|desc=The tug sank at Preston, Lancashire.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Casualty reports |date=31 January 1931 |page=21 |issue=45735 |column=E }} }}

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|ship={{SS|Dancho Maru||2}}

|flag={{flagcountry|Empire of Japan}}

|desc=The cargo ship ran aground and sank off Wakayama.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Casualty reports |date=3 February 1931 |page=19 |issue=45737 |column=F }}

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|ship=Elise

|flag={{flagcountry|Weimar Republic|civil}}

|desc=The auxiliary sailing vessel was struck by {{SS|Teal||2}} ({{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}) at Hamburg and sank. }}

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|ship={{SS|Yesil Irmak||2}}

|flag={{flag|Turkey}}

|desc=The cargo ship ran aground at Zonguldak. She was refloated on 20 September. }}

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{{shipwreck list begin |date=1 February 1931 |sort=}}

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|ship={{SS|Arabia Maru||2}}

|flag={{flagcountry|Empire of Japan}}

|desc=The cargo ship collided with {{SS|Takao Maru||2}} ({{flagcountry|Empire of Japan}}) in Tokyo Bay off Kannonzaki Lighthouse and was beached on muddy sand off Onuki Town, Chiba Prefecture. She was refloated on 5 or 6 February. Repaired and returned to service.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Casualty reports |date=7 February 1931 |page=21 |issue=45741 |column=E }}{{cite web |url=http://www.combinedfleet.com/Arabia_t.htm |title=Japanese Army Auxiliary Hospital ships |publisher=Combinedfleet.com |access-date=3 December 2022}}

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{{shipwreck list begin |date=2 February 1931 |sort=}}

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|ship={{SS|Valvanera||2}}

|flag={{flag|Spain|civil-1785}}

|desc=The cargo ship was beached at Saint-Jean-de-Luz, Basses-Pyrénées, France. }}

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{{shipwreck list begin |date=5 February 1931 |sort=}}

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|ship={{SS|Gardelaki||2}}

|flag={{flag|Greece}}

|desc=The cargo ship ran aground north east of Sulaki. She was refloated on 18 February.

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|ship={{SS|Ichang||2}}

|flag={{flagcountry|Republic of China (1912–1949)|civil}}

|desc=The ship collided with another vessel in the Yangtze and was beached downstream of Tungchow. }}

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{{shipwreck list begin |date=6 February 1931 |sort=}}

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|ship={{SS|Chofuku Maru||2}}

|flag={{flagcountry|Empire of Japan}}

|desc=The cargo ship ran aground on a reef at Point Cloates, Western Australia about {{convert|3|or|4|mi|spell=in}} north of the North West Whaling Station whilst going to the aid of {{SS|Shunsei Maru||2}} ({{flagcountry|Empire of Japan}}), and about {{convert|1|mi|spell=in}} from Shunsei Maru. Her coal bunkers caught fire the next day destroying most of her superstructure. Salvagers salvaged equipment and anchors. The wreck eventually keeled over and sank.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=The wreck of the Chofuku Maru |date=10 February 1931 |page=23 |issue=45743 |column=F }}{{cite web |url=https://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?30749 |title=Chofuku Maru (+1931) |publisher=Wecksite |access-date=4 November 2022}}

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|ship={{SS|Golden Rod||2}}

|flag={{flag|United States}}

|desc=The cargo ship ran aground at the mouth of the Fraser River, British Columbia, Canada. She was refloated the next day and returned to service.

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|ship={{MV|Mado||2}}

|flag={{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}

|desc=The tug sank in the River Thames at Canning Town, London.

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|ship={{SS|Shunsei Maru||2}}

|flag={{flagcountry|Empire of Japan}}

|desc=The cargo ship ran aground on a reef at Point Cloates about {{convert|3|or|4|mi|spell=in}} north of the North West Whaling Station. Salvagers, using her equipment, refloated her on 5 April. She was taken to Carnarvon, Western Australia for temporary repairs and steamed under her own power to Surabaya, Netherlands East Indies for permanent repairs.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Japanese steamers ashore |date=7 February 1931 |page=21 |issue=45741 |column=E }}{{cite web |url=https://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?30749 |title=Chofuku Maru (+1931) |publisher=Wecksite |access-date=4 November 2022}}

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{{shipwreck list begin |date= 7 February 1931 |sort=}}

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|ship=Sumner

|flag={{flag|United States|1912}}

|desc=After striking a submerged object with great force {{convert|1|nmi}} off Davidson Point ({{coord|54.9333333|N|132.4|W|name=Davidson Point}}), the 11-gross register ton, {{convert|46.7|ft|m|adj=on}} fishing vessel caught fire and sank in approximately {{convert|600|ft|m}} of water {{convert|3|nmi}} north-northwest of Point Percy ({{coord|54|56|50|N|131|37|00|W|name=Point Percy}}) in Southeast Alaska. The only person on board escaped in a lifeboat and survived.[https://alaskashipwreck.com/shipwrecks-a-z/alaska-shipwrecks-s/ alaskashipwreck.com Alaska Shipwrecks (S)]

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|ship={{SS|Daliu Maru||2}}

|flag={{flagcountry|Empire of Japan}}

|desc=The cargo ship collided with a tug at Shibauru and was beached.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Casualty reports |date=11 February 1931 |page=18 |issue=45744 |column=F }}

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|ship={{SS|Kikusui Maru||2}}

|flag={{flagcountry|Empire of Japan}}

|desc=The passenger ship collided with {{SS|Porthos||2}} ({{flag|France}}) at Kobe and sank with the loss of twenty lives. }}

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|ship={{ship||Leo le Blanc|schooner|2}}

|flag={{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}

|desc=The schooner came ashore on Grand Turk Island and was wrecked.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Casualty reports |date=13 February 1931 |page=24 |issue=45746 |column=B }}

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|ship={{ship|ST|Penobscot||2}}

|flag={{flag|United States|1912}}

|desc=The tug was destroyed by fire at Bucksport, Maine. }}

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|ship=Nereus

|flag={{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}

|desc=The dredger foundered off Tamar Heads, Tasmania, Australia with the loss of two crew.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Casualty reports |date=14 February 1931 |page=20 |issue=45747 |column=F }} }}

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|ship={{SS|Hallmoor||2}}

|flag={{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}

|desc=The cargo ship was driven ashore on the Pin Cushion Rocks in the North Sea off Sunderland, Co Durham.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=British ship aground |date=18 February 1931 |page=14 |issue=45750 |column=E }} She was refloated on 21 February. }}

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{{shipwreck list begin |date=18 February 1931 |sort=}}

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|ship={{SS|Captain Rokos||2}}

|flag={{flag|Greece}}

|desc=The cargo ship ran aground on Anegada, British Virgin Islands. She was abandoned as a total loss on 20 February.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=The Captain Rokos uninsurable |date=21 February 1931 |page=17 |issue=45753 |column=G }}

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|ship={{SS|Leander|1925|2}}

|flag={{Flagcountry|Weimar Republic|civil}}

|desc=The coaster caught fire off Kolka, Latvia and was abandoned by her crew.

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|ship={{HMAS|Pioneer}}

|flag={{nowrap begin}}{{naval|Australia|1913}}{{nowrap end}}

|desc=The decommissioned {{sclass|Pelorus|cruiser|0}} cruiser was scuttled in the Tasman Sea off Sydney Heads, Australia. }}

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|ship={{SS|Diana|1904|2}}

|flag={{flag|Norway}}

|desc=The cargo ship collided with {{SS|Alferrarede||2}} ({{flag|Portugal}}) off Cuxhaven, Germany, and was beached.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Casualty reports |date=20 February 1931 |page=19 |issue=45752 |column=F }}

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|ship=Julia

|flag={{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}

|desc=The schooner was wrecked on the Arklow Banks, Irish Sea with the loss of all five crew.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Irish schooner wrecked on sandbank |date=26 February 1931 |page=9 |issue=45757 |column=C }}

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|ship={{SS|Theotokos||2}}

|flag={{Flag|Greece}}

|desc=The cargo ship collided with {{SS|P.L.M. 14||2}} ({{flag|France}}) off the Longships Lightship ({{flag|United Kingdom|government}}).{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Greek steamer lost |date=20 February 1931 |page=24 |issue=45752 |column=B }} All 29 crew survived.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Steamer sunk off Land's End |date=20 February 1931 |page=11 |issue=45752 |column=C }} }}

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|ship={{SS|Krawang||2}}

|flag=flag unknown

|desc=The dredger sank at Rotterdam, South Holland, Netherlands.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Casualty reports |date=23 February 1931 |page=21 |issue=45754 |column=D }} }}

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|ship={{SS|Kurland||2}}

|flag={{flagcountry|Weimar Republic|civil}}

|desc=The cargo ship sank in the North Sea {{convert|15|nmi|km}} north west of the Terschelling Lightship ({{Flag|Netherlands}}). The crew survived.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Casualty reports |date=25 February 1931 |page=26 |issue=45756 |column=C }}

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|ship={{SS|Sea Foam|1905|2}}

|flag={{flag|United States|1912}}

|desc=The coaster came ashore {{convert|120|nmi|km}} north of San Francisco, California and was wrecked. The crew were rescued.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Casualty reports |date=24 February 1931 |page=19 |issue=45755 |column=E }}

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|ship={{SS|Volos|1902|2}}

|flag={{flagcountry|Weimar Republic|civil}}

|desc=The cargo ship ran aground on the Lephari Rocks, Skiathos.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Heavy weather damage |date=24 February 1931 |page=19 |issue=45755 |column=E }} She was abandoned as a total loss on 16 March.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=The Volos uninsurable |date=17 March 1931 |page=24 |issue=45773 |column=F }} }}

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|ship={{SS|Solfrid||2}}

|flag={{flag|Sweden}}

|desc=The coaster ran aground in the Menai Strait at Caernarfon, United Kingdom. She was refloated on 2 March.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Casualty reports |date=5 March 1931 |page=4 |issue=45763 |column=F }} }}

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|ship={{MV|Agiena II||2}}

|flag={{flag|Netherlands}}

|desc=The cargo ship ran aground north of Rønne, Denmark and was abandoned.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Casualty reports |date=26 February 1931 |page=23 |issue=45757 |column=D }}

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|ship={{SS|Benmohr|1928|2}}

|flag={{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}

|desc=The cargo ship ran aground at Prawle Point, Devon.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Steamer ashore at Prawle Point |date=26 February 1931 |page=9 |issue=45757 |column=C }} All 49 crew were taken off by {{ship|ST|Restorer||2}} ({{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}) via breeches buoy or landed on shore using rocket apparatus.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Crew of stranded steamer rescued |date=27 February 1931 |page=16 |issue=45758 |column=D }}

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|ship={{ship|ST|Mumbles||2}}

|flag={{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}

|desc=The tug came ashore at Oxwich Point, Glamorgan. The crew were rescued.

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|ship={{SS|Trevean||2}}

|flag={{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}

|desc=The cargo ship ran aground in the Black Sea east of the entrance to the Bosporus. She broke in two and sank. All 36 crew were rescued by {{SS|Raila||2}} ({{flag|Norway}}).{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Two British steamers wrecked |date=26 February 1931 |page=23 |issue=45757 |column=D }} She was refloated on 23 May.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Casualty reports |date=25 May 1931 |page=16 |issue=45831 |column=G }}

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|ship={{MV|Wellfield||2}}

|flag={{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}

|desc=The tanker ran aground in the Black Sea near the entrance to the Bosporus and was wrecked. All crew survived. She was refloated on 6 May.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=The Wellfield refloated |date=7 May 1931 |page=24 |issue=45816 |column=C }} }}

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|ship={{SS|Ceres|1922|2}}

|flag={{flagcountry|Weimar Republic|civil}}

|desc=The cargo ship ran aground in the Black Sea {{convert|4|nmi|km}} east of the entrance to the Bosporus. She was refloated on 10 March.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=British steamer ashore |date=11 March 1931 |page=5 |issue=45768 |column=F }}

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|ship={{SS|Teceliadalet||2}}

|flag={{flag|Turkey}}

|desc=The cargo ship was driven ashore at Şile.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Casualty reports |date=27 February 1931 |page=26 |issue=45758 |column=C }} She broke in two on 28 February and was abandoned as a total loss.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Casualty reports |date=2 March 1931 |page=21 |issue=45760 |column=E }} }}

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|ship={{SS|Maria Grazia||2}}

|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Italy|civil}}

|desc=The coaster caught fire in the Mediterranean Sea {{convert|60|nmi|km}} south of Capri, Italy (approximately {{coord|40|N|14|E}}) and was abandoned.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Casualty reports |date=28 February 1931 |page=21 |issue=45759 |column=D }} }}

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|ship={{SS|Comercio Luarca||2}}

|flag={{Flag|Spain|civil-1785}}

|desc=The coaster foundered off Cabo Peñas, Asturias with the loss of six of her seven crew. The survivor was rescued by {{SS|Alzkori Mendi||2}} ({{flag|Spain|1785}}).{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Casualty reports |date=3 March 1931 |page=25 |issue=45761 |column=B }}{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Casualty reports |date=4 March 1931 |page=24 |issue=45762 |column=A }}

}}

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|ship={{ship|Polish minesweeper|Mena||2}}

|flag={{navy|Poland}}

|desc=The minesweeper was driven against the quayside at Gdynia, Pomeranian Voivodeship and sank. }}

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{{shipwreck list begin |date=Unknown date 1931 |sort=}}

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|ship={{SS|Kurtland||2}}

|flag={{Flagcountry|Weimar Republic|civil}}

|desc=The cargo ship foundered in the North Sea following an onboard explosion. Twelve crew were rescued by the trawler Chikara ({{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}) and landed at Grimsby, Lincolnshire on 28 February.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=News in Brief |date=2 March 1931 |page=9 |issue=45760 |column=G }} }}

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{{shipwreck list begin |date=1 March 1931 |sort=}}

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|ship={{ship||John Manning|schooner|2}}

|flag={{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}

|desc=The auxiliary three-masted schooner foundered {{convert|100|nmi|km}} south east of the Ambrose Channel. }}

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{{shipwreck list begin |date=5 March 1931 |sort=}}

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|ship={{ship||Emerett|schooner|2}}

|flag={{flag|United States|1912}}

|desc=The schooner sprang a leak in the Atlantic Ocean and was abandoned by her crew. She was sighted by {{SS|Sea Thrush||2}} ({{flag|United States|1912}}) at {{coord|31|45|N|73|20|W}}.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Casualty reports |date=6 March 1931 |page=4 |issue=45764 |column=G }} }}

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{{shipwreck list begin |date=6 March 1931 |sort=}}

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|ship={{SS|Hsin Chang||2}}

|flag={{flagcountry|Republic of China (1912–1949)|civil}}

|desc=The passenger ship ran aground in the Elliot Islands. The passengers and some of the crew were taken off.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Casualty reports |date=10 March 1931 |page=25 |issue=45767 |column=C }}

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|ship={{SS|Prince Rupert||2}}

|flag={{flag|Canada|1921}}

|desc=The passenger ship was undergoing an annual refit at Yarrows in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada, when water leaking into her hold caused her to list 45 degrees and sink alongside a pier in {{convert|26|ft|m}} of water. She was refloated, repaired, and returned to service.{{cite book |last=Hacking |first=Norman |date=1995 |title=Prince Ships of Northern BC: Ships of the Grand Trunk Pacific and Canadian Northern Railways |publisher=Heritage House Publishing Company |location= Surrey, British Columbia |isbn=1-895811-28-7}}, p. 29.

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|ship={{SS|Yawata Maru|1898|2}}

|flag={{flagcountry|Empire of Japan}}

|desc=The cargo ship ran aground at Ōshima, Fukuoka.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Casualty reports |date=7 March 1931 |page=18 |issue=45765 |column=G }} She was refloated on 9 March. }}

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{{shipwreck list begin |date=7 March 1931 |sort=}}

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|ship={{ship|USCGC|CG-111}}

|flag={{nowrap begin}}22px United States Coast Guard{{nowrap end}}

|desc=The cutter was destroyed by a fire.{{Cite web |url=http://www.uscg.mil/history/webcutters/USCG_Cutter_Losses.asp |title=U.S. Coast Guard Cutter History |access-date=10 September 2014 |archive-date=5 August 2012 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120805225853/http://www.uscg.mil/history/webcutters/USCG_Cutter_Losses.asp |url-status=dead }}

}}

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|ship={{MV|Roseville|1930|2}}

|flag={{flag|Norway}}

|desc=The cargo ship ran aground on Kiushan Tao, China. She was refloated on 11 June.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Towage of a floating dock |date=12 June 1931 |page=27 |issue=45847 |column=C }} }}

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{{shipwreck list begin |date=8 March 1931 |sort=}}

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|ship={{SS|Tern|1875|2}}

|flag={{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}

|desc=The coaster collided with {{SS|City of Malines||2}} ({{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}) in the North Sea off the Hull Lightship ({{flag|United Kingdom|government}}) and sank.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Casualty reports |date=9 March 1931 |page=22 |issue=45766 |column=E }} The seventeen crew were rescued by the pilot cutter J. H. Fisher.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Brave rescue at sea |date=16 April 1931 |page=11 |issue=45798 |column=C }} }}

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{{shipwreck list begin |date=9 March 1931 |sort=}}

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|ship={{ship||Warons|schooner|2}}

|flag={{flag|Latvia}}

|desc=The schooner ran aground on Salt Island Point, Holyhead, Anglesey, United Kingdom and was wrecked. }}

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{{shipwreck list begin |date=11 March 1931 |sort=}}

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|ship={{SS|Ta Chi||2}}

|flag={{flagcountry|Republic of China (1912–1949)|civil}}

|desc=The cargo liner caught fire in the Yangtze {{convert|80|nmi|km}} upstream of Woosung. She was beached, but about 300 of the approximately 500 people were killed. {{ship|Chinese cutter|Chuentiao||2}} ({{navy|Republic of China|name=Chinese Navy}}) and {{SS|Taho||2}} ({{flagcountry|Republic of China (1912–1949)|civil}}) rescued 183 people between them.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=300 lives lost in burning ship |date=13 March 1931 |page=14 |issue=45770 |column=C }} Ta Chi was a total loss. }}

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|ship={{MV|Cormoran|1927|2}}

|flag={{flag|Netherlands}}

|desc=The coaster struck a submerged wreck in Kiel Bay and was beached.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Casualty reports |date=14 March 1931 |page=20 |issue=45771 |column=F }} }}

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{{shipwreck list begin |date=14 March 1931 |sort=}}

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|ship={{Ship|ST|Britannia|1914|2}}

|flag={{flag|United States|1912}}

|desc=The tug collided with {{SS|Coahoma County||2}} ({{flag|United States|1912}}) at New York and sank.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Casualty reports |date=16 March 1931 |page=20 |issue=45772 |column=C }} }}

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{{shipwreck list begin |date=15 March 1931 |sort=}}

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|ship={{SS|Viking||2}}

|flag={{flag|Canada|1921}}

|desc=The whaler exploded and sank off Horse Islands. Twenty seven of her crew were killed. }}

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{{shipwreck list begin |date=16 March 1931 |sort=}}

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|ship={{SS|Andreas K||2}}

|flag={{flag|Greece}}

|desc=The cargo ship ran aground at Kilias Point, Turkey.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Casualty reports |date=17 March 1931 |page=24 |issue=45773 |column=F }} She was refloated on 23 March.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=The Andreas K. refloated |date=24 March 1931 |page=27 |issue=45779 |column=C }}

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|ship={{SS|Chang Kiang||2}}

|flag={{flag|France}}

|desc=The cargo ship ran aground on the Heihan Islands and was a total loss.

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|ship={{SS|Shinsei Maru No.6||2}}

|flag={{flagcountry|Empire of Japan}}

|desc=The cargo ship ran aground on Hainan Bluff, China. She was still aground on 28 March.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=British motor-ship ashore |date=28 March 1931 |page=6 |issue=45783 |column=G }} }}

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{{shipwreck list begin |date=17 March 1931 |sort=}}

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|ship={{SS|Citrine||2}}

|flag={{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}

|desc=The coaster struck rocks at Bradda Head, Port Erin, Isle of Man and sank with the loss of nine of her eleven crew.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=British steamer lost |date=19 March 1931 |page=25 |issue=45775 |column=C }}{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Casualty reports |date=19 March 1931 |page=25 |issue=45775 |column=C }} }}

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|ship={{SS|Hera|1889|2}}

|flag={{Flag|Norway}}

|desc=The cargoliner ran aground at Havøygavlen, Norway, and sank with the loss of seven crew.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Two steamers lost |date=20 March 1931 |page=21 |issue=45776 |column=G }}

}}

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|ship=Pet

|flag={{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}

|desc=The schooner came ashore at Bruns Ness, Caithness. Her crew were rescued by lifeboat.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Casualty reports |date=20 March 1931 |page=21 |issue=45776 |column=G }} }}

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|ship={{ship||Sir William|schooner|2}}

|flag={{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}

|desc=The schooner became trapped in ice off Horse Islands, Newfoundland. She was set on fire and abandoned by her crew, who were rescued by {{ship||Eagle|schooner|2}} ({{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}).{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=British schooner lost |date=21 March 1931 |page=6 |issue=45777 |column=G }} }}

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{{shipwreck list begin |date=21 March 1931 |sort=}}

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|ship={{RMS|Montclare||2}}

|flag={{Flag|United Kingdom|civil}}

|desc=The ocean liner ran aground on Little Cumbrae, Ayrshire. Approximately 300 passengers were taken off by the ship's lifeboats. She was refloated the next day.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Casualty reports |date=23 March 1931 |page=12 |issue=45778 |column=C }}

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|ship=Monroe

|flag={{flag|United States|1912}}

|desc=Carrying a cargo of 20 tons of salt, barrels. and tierces, the 34-gross register ton motor vessel dragged her anchor during a gale and snowstorm and was wrecked on a reef off the southeast point of Wingham Island ({{coord|59|59|45|N|144|22|10|W|name=Wingham Island}}) on the south-central coast of the Territory of Alaska. Her crew of two survived by clinging to her wreckage all night and swimming to shore the following day.[https://alaskashipwreck.com/shipwrecks-a-z/alaska-shipwrecks-m/ alaskashipwreck.com Alaska Shipwrecks (M)]

}}

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|ship={{SS|Norma|1903|2}}

|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Italy|civil}}

|desc=The cargo ship collided with the steamer {{SS|Registan|1930|2}} ({{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}) in the English Channel off Dungeness, Kent, United Kingdom. Norma was towed to Dover and beached.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Collision in the Channel |date=23 March 1931 |page=12 |issue=45778 |column=C }}{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Casualty reports |date=23 March 1931 |page=22 |issue=45778 |column=C }} }}

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{{shipwreck list begin |date=23 March 1931 |sort=}}

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|ship={{SS|Evgenia Malona||2}}

|flag={{flag|Greece}}

|desc=The cargo ship ran aground at Sigri, Lesbos.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Casualty reports |date=24 March 1931 |page=27 |issue=45779 |column=C }} She was refloated on 3 April.

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|ship={{SS|Kanju Maru||2}}

|flag={{flagcountry|Empire of Japan}}

|desc=The cargo ship ran aground at Erimosaki. She was declared a total loss on 8 April.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Casualty reports |date=9 April 1931 |page=23 |issue=45792 |column=C }}

}}

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|ship={{SS|Mangana|1876|2}}

|flag={{flag|Australia|civil}}

|desc=The hulk was beached and abandoned at Port Adelaide, South Australia.{{cite web |url=http://www.clydesite.co.uk/clydebuilt/abandoned-ships/MANGANA_169.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150316003934/http://www.clydesite.co.uk/clydebuilt/abandoned-ships/MANGANA_169.html|url-status=usurped|archive-date=16 March 2015|title=MANGANA |publisher=Clydesite |accessdate=1 July 2016 }}

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|ship={{SS|Ruta||2}}

|flag={{Flagcountry|Kingdom of Italy|civil}}

|desc=The cargo ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean off Madeira, Portugal (approximately {{coord|30|N|25|W}}). Her crew were rescued by {{SS|Ville de Verdun||2}} ({{Flag|France}}).{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Italian steamer lost |date=25 March 1931 |page=26 |issue=45780 |column=F }}{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Casualty reports |date=26 March 1931 |page=24 |issue=45781 |column=G }} }}

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{{shipwreck list begin |date=24 March 1931 |sort=}}

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|ship={{ship||Aghios Ioannis|schooner|2}}

|flag={{flag|Greece}}

|desc=The three-masted schooner collided with {{SS|Frinton||2}} ({{flag|Greece}}) at Piraeus and sank.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Casualty reports |date=25 March 1931 |page=26 |issue=45780 |column=F }} }}

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{{shipwreck list begin |date=27 March 1931 |sort=}}

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|ship={{SS|Lucerna||2}}

|flag={{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}

|desc=The cargo ship ran aground on the Angelica Reef in the Flores Sea. She was refloated on 4 April.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Casualty reports |date=6 April 1931 |page=16 |issue=45789 |column=G }} }}

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{{shipwreck list begin |date=28 March 1931 |sort=}}

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|ship={{SS|Arniston||2}}

|flag={{Flag|United Kingdom|civil}}

|desc=The cargo ship was crushed by ice in the Gulf of Riga ({{coord|57|35|N|23|03|E}}) and sank. The crew survived.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=British steamer lost |date=30 March 1931 |page=19 |issue=45784 |column=G }}

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|ship=Istar

|flag={{Flag|United Kingdom|civil}}

|desc=The retired fish factory ship was scuttled in the Indian Ocean {{convert|7|km|nmi mi}} off the harbor at Durban, South Africa.{{cite web|last1=Shipwreck Database (Compiled from: Levine 1986; Turner 1988)|title=Underwater Heritage: Shipwreck Database|url=https://sahris.sahra.org.za/sites/default/files/heritagereports/CSIR%20HIA%20Pier%201%20%26%202%20Scoping%20Report%202011%20Port%20of%20Durban.pdf|website=South African Heritage Resources Agency, (SAHRA)|accessdate=27 August 2017}}

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|ship={{SS|Taxiarchis||2}}

|flag={{Flag|Greece}}

|desc=The cargo ship ran aground on Lundy Island, Devon, United Kingdom. She was a total loss.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Greek steamer wrecked |date=31 March 1931 |page=26 |issue=45785 |column=G }} }}

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{{shipwreck list begin |date=29 March 1931 |sort=}}

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|ship={{ship||Naiad|schooner|2}}

|flag={{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}

|desc=The schooner ran aground on the Nailce Rocks, Looe, Cornwall and was wrecked. The crew were rescued.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Casualty reports |date=30 March 1931 |page=19 |issue=45784 |column=G }} }}

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{{shipwreck list begin |date=30 March 1931 |sort=}}

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|ship={{SS|Tai Hing||2}}

|flag={{Flag|United Kingdom|civil}}

|desc=The cargo ship struck rocks at Hong Kong and was beached.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Casualty reports |date=31 March 1931 |page=26 |issue=45785 |column=G }} }}

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|ship={{SS|Florida|1926|2}}

|flag={{Flag|France}}

|desc=The ocean liner was rammed by {{HMS|Glorious}} ({{navy|UK}}) in the Mediterranean Sea off Málaga, Andalusia, Spain.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Casualty reports |date=4 April 1931 |page=10 |issue=45788 |column=G }} One of Glorious{{'}}s crew was killed, as were 24 passengers on board Florida.{{cite book |last=Hayward |first=Roger |title=The Fleet Air Arm in Camera |year=1998 |publisher=Sutton Publishing |location=Stroud |page=47 |isbn=978-0-7509-1979-1}} The passengers were transferred to Glorious, which towed Florida stern-first to Gibraltar, where she was beached.

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|ship={{MV|Malabar|1925|2}}

|flag={{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}

|desc=File:MV Malabar.jpg

The cargo liner ran aground off Long Bay, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia and was a total loss.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Valuable vessel wrecked |date=4 April 1931 |page=19 |issue=45788 |column=G }} All on board survived.

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|ship={{SS|Tonjer||2}}

|flag={{flag|Norway}}

|desc=The cargo ship ran aground at Chingmae Point, China. She was refloated on 6 April.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Casualty reports |date=7 April 1931 |page=18 |issue=45790 |column=E }} }}

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|ship={{SS|Ipswich Trader||2}}

|flag={{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}

|desc=The cargo ship sprang a leak and was beached in Morlaix Bay, Finistère, France. She was refloated the next day.

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|ship={{MV|Symor||2}}

|flag={{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}

|desc=The cargo ship was rammed and sunk by {{USCGC|Legare|WSC-144|6}} ({{navy|USA|coast guard|name=United States Coast Guard}}) in the Atlantic Ocean {{convert|30|nmi|km}} north of the Nantucket Lightship ({{navy|USA|coast guard|name=United States Coast Guard}}) and sank. All ten crew were rescued by Legare.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=British vessel rammed off U.S. coast |date=6 April 1931 |page=9 |issue=45789 |column=B }} }}

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{{shipwreck list begin |date=4 April 1931 |sort=}}

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|ship={{ship||Harold Conrad|schooner|2}}

|flag={{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}

|desc=The schooner sank in Garnish Fortune Bay, Newfoundland. The crew were rescued.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Casualty reports |date=13 April 1931 |page=19 |issue=45795 |column=F }}

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|ship={{SS|Sagona|1912|2}}

|flag={{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}

|desc=The coaster was driven ashore at Fogo, Newfoundland.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=News in Brief |date=6 April 1931 |page=9 |issue=45789 |column=G }} She was refloated on 8 April.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=The Sagona refloated |date=10 April 1931 |page=6 |issue=45793 |column=E }} }}

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|ship={{SS|Cleone||2}}

|flag={{flag|United States|1912}}

|desc=The cargo ship sprang a leak in the Pacific Ocean and was abandoned by her crew.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Casualty reports |date=10 April 1931 |page=6 |issue=45793 |column=D }}

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|ship={{SS|Hiyeizan Maru||2}}

|flag={{flagcountry|Empire of Japan}}

|desc=The cargo ship ran aground at the western entrance of the Shimonoseki Strait. She was refloated on 20 April.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Casualty reports |date=21 April 1931 |page=24 |issue=45802 |column=C }} }}

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|ship={{ship||Harry and Verna|schooner|2}}

|flag={{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}

|desc=The schooner was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean.

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|ship=Nuna Alvirez D. Laviero

|flag={{flag|Portugal}}

|desc=The sailing ship caught fire and was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean ({{coord|40|49|N|9|31|W}}). The crew were rescued by {{SS|Marrakech||2}} ({{Flag|France}}).{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Casualty reports |date=11 April 1931 |page=5 |issue=45794 |column=F-G }} }}

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|ship={{HMAS|Huon|D50|6}}

|flag={{naval|Australia|1913}}

|desc=The {{sclass2|River|torpedo-boat destroyer}} was scuttled after use as a gunnery target by the heavy cruisers {{HMAS|Australia|D84|6}} and {{HMAS|Canberra|D33|6}}, the destroyer leader {{HMAS|Anzac|G90|6}}, and the seaplane tender {{HMAS|Albatross|1928|6}} (all {{naval|Australia|1913}}). }}

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|ship=Glenlyon

|flag={{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}

|desc=The cargo ship was driven onto a reef and sank in Palephterish Bay, Tiree, Inner Hebrides. The crew were rescued.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Casualty reports |date=14 April 1931 |page=23 |issue=45796 |column=G }}

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|ship={{SS|Wisla||2}}

|flag={{flag|Poland|state}}

|desc=The cargo ship sprang a leak off Gedser, Sjælland, Denmark and was beached. }}

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|ship={{SS|Dah Chong||2}}

|flag={{flagcountry|Republic of China (1912–1949)|civil}}

|desc=The cargo ship collided with {{SS|Tah Hwa||2}} ({{flagcountry|Republic of China (1912–1949)|civil}}) at Woosung and sank with the loss of six crew.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Casualty reports |date=18 April 1931 |page=19 |issue=45800 |column=C }} }}

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|ship=Iskum

|flag={{flag|United States|1912}}

|desc=The 82-gross register ton, {{convert|72.2|ft|m|1|adj=on}} motor vessel struck and slid off a submerged rock at {{coord|52|02|N|174|22|W|name=MV Iskum}} – a position described by her captain as approximately {{convert|3|nmi}} "east by north of Aasatanak, Pacific of south side of Aleutian Islands," apparently a reference to a submerged rock {{convert|3|nmi}} northeast of Sadatanak Island ({{coord|52|02|00|N|174|25|30|W|name=Sadatanak Island}}) in the Aleutians – and was abandoned 70 minutes later due to flooding, eventually sinking a few hours after striking the rock. Her 18 passengers and crew abandoned ship in dories and spent the night on the beach, where the motor vessel Umnak Native ({{flag|United States|1912}}) arrived from Atka to rescue them the next day.[https://alaskashipwreck.com/shipwrecks-a-z/alaska-shipwrecks-i/ alaskashipwreck.com Alaska Shipwrecks (I)]

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|ship={{SS|Calder||2}}

|flag={{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}

|desc=The cargo ship departed Hamburg, Germany, for Goole, Yorkshire. A lifeboat washed up at Chapel St. Leonards, Lincolnshire on 20 April. Presumed foundered in the North Sea with the loss of all hands.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=British steamer overdue |date=22 April 1931 |page=22 |issue=45803 |column=G }} }}

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|ship={{SS|Cyclope||2}}

|flag={{Flag|France}}

|desc=The dredger foundered in the North Sea {{convert|15|nmi|km}} south east of Flamborough Head, Yorkshire. }}

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{{shipwreck list begin |date=20 April 1931 |sort=}}

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|ship=City of Washington

|flag={{flag|United States|1912}}

|desc=The ship was destroyed by fire at Wilmington, Delaware.

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|ship={{SS|West River||2}}

|flag={{flag|United States|1912}}

|desc=The cargo ship was destroyed by fire at Wilmington. }}

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{{shipwreck list begin |date=21 April 1931 |sort=}}

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|ship={{SS|Hwah Yang||2}}

|flag={{flagcountry|Republic of China (1912–1949)|civil}}

|desc=The passenger ship came ashore on Saddle Island, Heinan Group, South China Sea. All on board were rescued by {{SS|Kung Ping||2}} ({{flagcountry|Republic of China (1912–1949)|civil}}) and {{SS|Rajputana||2}} ({{Flag|United Kingdom|civil}}).{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Casualty reports |date=24 April 1931 |page=23 |issue=45804 |column=G }}{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Rescue in the China Sea |date=22 May 1931 |page=13 |issue=45829 |column=A }} }}

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{{shipwreck list begin |date=23 April 1931 |sort=}}

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|ship=White Star

|flag={{flag|United States}}

|desc=The halibut schooner exploded and burned off the Tatoosh Islands in Southeast Alaska. Her entire crew of five escaped and rowed to safety at Neah Bay, Washington.[https://alaskashipwreck.com/shipwrecks-a-z/alaska-shipwrecks-w/ alaskashipwreck.com Alaska Shipwrecks (W)]

}}

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{{shipwreck list begin |date=25 April 1931 |sort=}}

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|ship=Maria

|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Italy|civil}}

|desc=The brigantine was rammed by {{MV|Citta di Marsala||2}} ({{flagcountry|Kingdom of Italy|civil}}) at Trapani, Sicily and sank.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Casualty reports |date=27 April 1931 |page=22 |issue=45807 |column=F }} }}

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{{shipwreck list begin |date=27 April 1931 |sort=}}

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|ship={{SS|Ten-An Maru||2}}

|flag={{flagcountry|Empire of Japan}}

|desc=The cargo ship ran aground on the south coast of Korea and sank. The crew were rescued.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Casualty reports |date=28 April 1931 |page=22 |issue=45808 |column=E }}{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Casualty reports |date=29 April 1931 |page=26 |issue=45809 |column=F }} }}

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{{shipwreck list begin |date=28 April 1931 |sort=}}

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|ship={{MV|Castor|1928|2}}

|flag={{flag|Sweden}}

|desc=The tanker caught fire in the Atlantic Ocean ({{coord|39|47|N|21|44|W}}) and was abandoned. The crew were rescued by {{SS|Excalibur|1930|2}} ({{flag|United States|1912}}).{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Swedish motor-vessel abandoned |date=29 April 1931 |page=26 |issue=45806 |column=F }} She was taken in tow by {{SS|Ousebridge||2}} ({{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}) and arrived at Ponta Delgada, Azores, Portugal on 2 May.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Casualty reports |date=4 May 1931 |page=24 |issue=45813 |column=C }}

}}

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|ship={{SS|Hirosaki Maru||2}}

|flag={{flagcountry|Empire of Japan}}

|desc=The cargo ship ran aground at Nemuro. She was refloated on 4 May. }}

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{{shipwreck list begin |date=30 April 1931 |sort=}}

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|ship={{SS|Nefeli||2}}

|flag={{flag|Greece}}

|desc=The cargo ship ran aground at Cape Akin.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Greek steamer ashore |date=1 May 1931 |page=25 |issue=45811 |column=E }} She was refloated on 4 May.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=The Nefeli refloated |date=5 May 1931 |page=20 |issue=45814 |column=F }}

}}

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|ship={{ship||Raymond R|schooner|2}}

|flag={{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}

|desc=The schooner departed Miquelon for Porto, Portugal. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Overdue vessel |date=3 September 1931 |page=18 |issue=45918 |column=G }} }}

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{{shipwreck list begin |date=4 May 1931 |sort=}}

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|ship={{ship||Ibasa|barque|2}}

|flag={{flag|Spain|civil-1931}}

|desc=The barque came ashore at Zumaya, Spain and was wrecked.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Casualty reports |date=5 May 1931 |page=20 |issue=45814 |column=F }}

}}

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|ship={{SS|Koit||2}}

|flag={{flag|Latvia}}

|desc=The cargo ship caught fire in the Baltic Sea and was abandoned. Her crew were rescued. }}

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{{shipwreck list begin |date=6 May 1931 |sort=}}

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|ship={{SS|Raffio||2}}

|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Italy|civil}}

|desc=The salvage vessel capsized and sank off Sark, Channel Islands with the loss of one of her eighteen crew.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Casualty reports |date=7 May 1931 |page=11 |issue=45816 |column=E }}{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Salvage ship sunk off Sark |date=8 May 1931 |page=18 |issue=45817 |column=A }} }}

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{{shipwreck list begin |date=7 May 1931 |sort=}}

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|ship={{ship|ST|Trimount||2}}

|flag={{flag|United States|1912}}

|desc=The tug collided with {{SS|New York|1889|2}} ({{flag|United States|1912}}) in Long Island Sound and sank. Four crew were rescued by New York.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Casualty reports |date=8 May 1931 |page=21 |issue=45817 |column=F }} }}

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{{shipwreck list begin |date=8 May 1931 |sort=}}

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|ship={{SS|Ruth Kellogg||2}}

|flag={{flag|United States|1912}}

|desc=The tanker caught fire 250 nautical miles (460 km) south of Cape Hatteras, North Carolina. The steamer {{SS|John D. Archbold||2}} stood by to assist. The fire was extinguished the next day, and Ruth Kellogg proceeded to New York, arriving on 11 May 1931.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Casualty Reports |date=11 May 1931 |page=22 |issue=45819 |column=C }}{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Casualty Reports |date=12 May 1931 |page=26 |issue=45820 |column=D }} She was repaired and returned to service. }}

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{{shipwreck list begin |date=10 May 1931 |sort=}}

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|ship={{ship|ST|Milewater||2}}

|flag={{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}

|desc=The tug ran aground on the Mull of Oa, Islay and was wrecked. All seven crew were rescued.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Casualty reports |date=11 May 1931 |page=22 |issue=45819 |column=C }} }}

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{{shipwreck list begin |date=12 May 1931 |sort=}}

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|ship={{ship||Lucille B. Creaser||2}}

|flag={{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}

|desc=The schooner foundered off Cape St. Mary's, Newfoundland. The crew were rescued by {{ship||Alice B. Hayden|schooner|2}} ({{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}).{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Casualty reports |date=15 May 1931 |page=22 |issue=45823 |column=E }} }}

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{{shipwreck list begin |date=13 May 1931 |sort=}}

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|ship=Audrey

|flag={{flag|United States|1912}}

|desc=A fire broke out in the engine room of the 22-gross register ton motor vessel while she was in Sukkwan Strait in the Alexander Archipelago in Southeast Alaska during a voyage from Craig to Hydaburg, Territory of Alaska. After it went out of control, her crew of three abandoned ship in a rowboat and survived. Audrey drifted ashore on the north end of Sukkwan Island, where the fire destroyed her.[https://alaskashipwreck.com/shipwrecks-a-z/alaska-shipwrecks-a/ alaskashipwreck.com Alaska Shipwrecks (A)]

}}

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|ship={{ship||J. O. Webster|schooner|2}}

|flag={{flag|United States|1912}}

|desc=The schooner came ashore in Long Island Sound and was wrecked.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Casualty reports |date=14 May 1931 |page=24 |issue=45822 |column=G }} }}

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{{shipwreck list begin |date=14 May 1931 |sort=}}

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|ship={{HNLMS|Sumatra|1920|6}}

|flag={{nowrap begin}}{{navy|Netherlands}}{{nowrap end}}

|desc=The {{sclass|Java|cruiser}} ran aground off Koemba Island, Netherlands East Indies. She was refloated three days later. Subsequently repaired and returned to service. }}

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{{shipwreck list begin |date=15 May 1931 |sort=}}

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|ship={{USS|PE-42}}

|flag={{navy|United States|1912}}

|desc=The decommissioned Eagle-class patrol craft was scuttled in {{convert|240|ft}} of water east of Boston, Massachusetts, {{convert|10|nmi}} east of Graves Light.{{Cite web| url=http://wreckhunter.net/DataPages/eagleboat-pe42-dat.htm |title=Eagle Boat (PE-42) | publisher=Hunting New England Shipwrecks |accessdate=1 February 2021 }}{{Cite web| url=https://northernatlanticdive.com/shipwrecks/eagle-boat/ |title=USS PE-42 Eagle Boat | publisher=Northern Atlantic Dive Expeditions |accessdate=1 February 2021 }}

}}

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{{shipwreck list begin |date=17 May 1931 |sort=}}

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|ship={{SS|Pravia||2}}

|flag={{flag|Spain|civil-1931}}

|desc=The cargo ship foundered off the Spanish coast.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Casualty reports |date=18 May 1931 |page=2 |issue=45825 |column=C }} }}

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{{shipwreck list begin |date=22 May 1931 |sort=}}

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|ship={{ship|Soviet submarine|Rabochiy|9|2}}

|flag={{navy|Soviet Union|1924}}

|desc=The {{sclass|Bars|submarine|||1915}} collided with {{ship|Soviet submarine|Krasnoarmeyets||2}} ({{navy|Soviet Union|1924}}) in the Gulf of Finland {{convert|5|nmi|km}} south west of the Aerandsgrund Lightship ({{flag|Finland}}) and sank with the loss of all 39 crew. The submarine was raised in 1933 and scrapped.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Feared loss of Soviet submarine |date=27 May 1931 |page=11 |issue=45833 |column=D }}{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Lost Soviet submarine |date=28 May 1931 |page=11 |issue=45834 |column=B }}{{cite web |url=http://www.lostsubs.com/Soviet.htm |title=Russian & Soviet Peacetime Submarine Losses |publisher=Lostsubs |accessdate=27 June 2012}}

}}

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{{shipwreck list begin |date=26 May 1931 |sort=}}

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|ship={{SS|El Golea||2}}

|flag={{flag|France}}

|desc=The cargo ship ran aground at Cape Freu, Mallorca, Spain.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Casualty reports |date=27 May 1931 |page=17 |issue=45833 |column=G }} She was still agrount on 15 June,{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Reinsurance rates |date=15 June 1931 |page=21 |issue=45849 |column=D }} but was subsequently declared a total loss.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=British steamer ashore |date=20 June 1931 |page=22 |issue=45854 |column=C }} }}

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{{shipwreck list begin |date=27 May 1931 |sort=}}

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|ship={{SS|Corretora Primeiro||2}}

|flag={{flag|Portugal}}

|desc=The coaster caught fire in the Bay of Biscay ({{coord|45|04|N|7|55|W}}). The crew were rescued by {{MV|Dunkwa||2}} ({{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}).{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Casualty reports |date=28 May 1931 |page=9 |issue=45834 |column=G }} She was taken in tow by {{Ship|ST|Seine||2}} ({{flag|France}}) but foundered the next day ({{coord|44|58|N|7|56|W}}).{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Casualty reports |date=29 May 1931 |page=25 |issue=45835 |column=G }} }}

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{{shipwreck list begin |date= 28 May 1931 |sort=}}

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|ship=Imperial

|flag={{flag|United States|1912}}

|desc=While no one was aboard, the 22-gross register ton motor vessel was destroyed by fire while at anchor in the Copper River Flats on the south-central coast of the Territory of Alaska.[https://alaskashipwreck.com/shipwrecks-a-z/alaska-shipwrecks-i/ alaskashipwreck.com Alaska Shipwrecks (I)]

}}

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{{shipwreck list begin |date=30 May 1931 |sort=}}

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|ship={{SS|Harvard||2}}

|flag={{flag|United States|1912}}

|desc=File:Wreck of Harvard.jpg

The passenger ship was wrecked {{convert|4|nmi|km}} north of Point Arguello, California. All on board were rescued by {{SS|Louisville||2}} ({{flag|United States|1912}}) and {{USCGC|Tamaroa|1921|6}} (22px United States Coast Guard).{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Casualty reports |date=1 June 1931 |page=24 |issue=45837 |column=C }}

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|ship={{SS|Shirakami Maru||2}}

|flag={{flagcountry|Empire of Japan}}

|desc=The cargo ship collided with {{SS|Sanjin Maru||2}} ({{flagcountry|Empire of Japan}}) off Muroran and sank.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Casualty reports |date=2 June 1931 |page=26 |issue=45838 |column=C }} }}

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{{shipwreck list begin |date=5 June 1931 |sort=}}

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|ship=Amphitrite

|flag={{flag|France}}

|desc=The auxiliary sailing vessel sank off the French coast. All crew were rescued.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Casualty reports |date=5 June 1931 |page=24 |issue=45841 |column=C }}

}}

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|ship={{ship||Vera|schooner|2}}

|flag={{flag|Denmark}}

|desc=The schooner ran was driven ashore at Bolderāja, Latvia. She was refloated on 9 June.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Casualty reports |date=10 June 1931 |page=27 |issue=45845 |column=C }}

}}

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|ship={{ship||Via|schooner|2}}

|flag={{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}

|desc=The auxiliary schooner ran aground on the Helly Hunter Reef off Carlingford Lough, Ireland and was wrecked. The crew were rescued.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Casualty reports |date=6 June 1931 |page=22 |issue=45842 |column=C }} }}

{{shipwreck list end}}

{{shipwreck list begin |date=7 June 1931 |sort=}}

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|ship={{SS|Anatolia||2}}

|flag={{flagcountry|Weimar Republic|civil}}

|desc=The cargo ship ran aground in the River Amazon, Brazil.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Casualty reports |date=9 June 1931 |page=20 |issue=45844 |column=F }} She was refloated on 12 June. }}

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{{shipwreck list begin |date=9 June 1931 |sort=}}

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|ship={{HMS|Poseidon|1929|6}}

|flag={{Navy|UK}}

|desc=The {{sclass|Parthian|submarine}} collided with {{SS|Yuta||2}} ({{flagcountry|Republic of China (1912–1949)|civil}}) off Weihai, China and sank with the loss of 22 of her 59 crew. }}

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{{shipwreck list begin |date=11 June 1931 |sort=}}

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|ship={{HMAS|Yarra|D79|6}}

|flag={{naval|Australia|1913}}

|desc=The hulk of the decommissioned {{sclass2|River|torpedo-boat destroyer}} was probably scuttled on this date off Sydney Heads.{{cite web |url=https://www.navy.gov.au/hmas-yarra-i |title=HMAS Yarra (I) |publisher=navy.gov.au |access-date=4 March 2023}}

}}

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|ship={{SS|Yeijin Maru||2}}

|flag={{flagcountry|Empire of Japan}}

|desc=The cargo ship passed the Hinomisaki Lighthouse, Izumo, Shimane bound for Tokyo. No further trace, presumed foundered in a typhoon with the loss of all hands.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Casualty reports |date=30 June 1931 |page=8 |issue=45862 |column=E }}

}}

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{{shipwreck list begin |date=12 June 1931 |sort=}}

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|ship={{SS|Shuben Acadia||2}}

|flag={{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}

|desc=The cargo ship collided with a United States Coast Guard destroyer in the Atlantic Ocean {{convert|50|nmi|km}} south of Montauk Point, New York, United States and sank.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Telegrams in Brief |date=15 June 1931 |page=11 |issue=45849 |column=G }}

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|ship={{SS|U.S. La Vallee|1880|2}}

|flag={{flag|United States|1912}}

|desc=The retired {{convert|56|ft|adj=on}} tug was scuttled in deep water in Shelburne Bay on Lake Champlain, just south of Burlington, Vermont.{{Cite web| url=http://wreckhunter.net/DataPages/us-LaVallee-dat.htm |title=U.S. La Vallee | publisher=Hunting New England Shipwrecks |accessdate=26 February 2021 }}

}}

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{{shipwreck list begin |date=13 June 1931 |sort=}}

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|ship={{SS|Urania||2}}

|flag={{flag|Greece}}

|desc=The cargo ship collided with {{SS|Beaufort|1929|2}} ({{flag|Norway}}) in the North Sea ({{coord|51|44|N|2|43|E}}) and sank. The crew were rescued by Beaufort. }}

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{{shipwreck list begin |date=14 June 1931 |sort=}}

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|ship=Delaware

|flag={{flag|United States|1960}}

|desc=Carrying a cargo of 4.5 tons of barreled salt, ballast, and tools, the 32-gross register ton motor vessel sank after striking a submerged object {{convert|18|nmi}} north of the Barren Islands near the entrance to Cook Inlet on the south-central coast of the Territory of Alaska. Her crew of four survived.[https://alaskashipwreck.com/shipwrecks-a-z/alaska-shipwrecks-d/ alaskashipwreck.com Alaska Shipwrecks (D)]

}}

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|ship=St. Philibert

|flag={{flag|France}}

|desc=File:Saint-Philibert (bateau renfloué).jpg

The passenger ship foundered in the Bay of Biscay off Pointe Saint-Gildas, Loire-Inférieure. There were eight survivors of the 500 people on board.

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|ship={{SS|Ungheria||2}}

|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Italy|civil}}

|desc=The cargo ship collided with {{SS|Rochambeau||2}} ({{flag|France}}) in the Bay of Biscay off Ouessant, Finistère, France and sank. All crew were rescued by Rochambeau.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Casualty reports |date=15 June 1931 |page=21 |issue=45849 |column=D }}

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|ship={{ship||Werner Vinnen|schooner|2}}

|flag={{flagcountry|Weimar Republic|civil}}

|desc=The auxiliary five-masted schooner ran aground in the Paraná River, Argentina.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Casualty reports |date=16 June 1931 |page=20 |issue=45850 |column=E }} She was refloated on 15 August.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Casualty reports |date=17 August 1931 |page=17 |issue=45903 |column=F }} }}

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{{shipwreck list begin |date=17 June 1931 |sort=}}

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|ship={{MV|Bermuda|1927|2}}

|flag={{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}

|desc=The ocean liner caught fire at Hamilton, Bermuda with the loss of two lives.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Fire in British liner |date=18 June 1931 |page=14 |issue=45852 |column=F }} She was extensively damaged, with her superstructure destroyed.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=French motor vessel ashore |date=19 June 1931 |page=25 |issue=45853 |column=C}} She departed Bermuda on 6 July for repair at Belfast.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=British motor-ship fire |date=7 July 1931 |page=13 |issue=45868 |column=F }} A further fire occurred on 19 November whilst she was under repair.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Luxury liner on Fire |date=20 November 1931 |page=14 |issue=45985 |column=C }} Bermuda was declared a total loss.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Contract for new liner |date=3 December 1931 |page=12 |issue=45996 |column=E }} }}

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{{shipwreck list begin |date=18 June 1931 |sort=}}

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|ship={{SS|Anglia|1904|2}}

|flag={{flag|Sweden}}

|desc=The cargo ship collided with {{SS|Agire Mendi||2}} ({{flag|Spain|civil-1931}}) at San Nicolás, Buenos Aires, Argentina and sank. Her crew were rescued.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Casualty reports |date=20 June 1931 |page=22 |issue=45854 |column=C }}

}}

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|ship=Elisabeth

|flag={{flagcountry|Weimar Republic|civil}}

|desc=The coaster was rammed and sunk by {{MV|Penelope|1925|2}} ({{flagcountry|Danzig}}) at Nordenham, Germany. }}

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{{shipwreck list begin |date=19 June 1931 |sort=}}

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|ship={{SS|Anastassios Pateras||2}}

|flag={{flag|Greece}}

|desc=The cargo ship ran aground in the Paraná River, Argentina. She was refloated on 23 June.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Casualty reports |date=24 June 1931 |page=21 |issue=45857 |column=G }} }}

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{{shipwreck list begin |date=20 June 1931 |sort=}}

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|ship={{Ship||Dixmude|schooner|2}}

|flag={{Flag|United Kingdom|civil}}

|desc=The schooner sprang a leak and sank in Placentia Bay.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Casualty reports |date=22 June 1931 |page=22 |issue=45855 |column=B }}

}}

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|ship=Hilda

|flag={{flag|United States|1912}}

|desc=The 10-gross register ton fishing vessel was wrecked on rocks at Cape Ulitka ({{coord|55|33|45|N|133|43|35|W|name=Cape Ulitka}}) in Southeast Alaska after her anchor line parted. The only person aboard survived.[https://alaskashipwreck.com/shipwrecks-a-z/alaska-shipwrecks-h/ alaskashipwreck.com Alaska Shipwrecks (H)]

}}

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{{shipwreck list begin |date=22 June 1931 |sort=}}

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|ship={{SS|Empress|1906|2}}

|flag={{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}

|desc=The passenger ship was destroyed by fire at Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Big New Brunswick fire |date=23 June 1931 |page=15 |issue=45856 |column=B }} }}

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{{shipwreck list begin |date=23 June 1931 |sort=}}

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|ship=Cumberland

|flag={{flagicon|United States}} United States Army

|desc=The United States Army Corps of Engineers dredge struck a pile of cement and sank off Fort Lauderdale, Florida.{{cite book|title=Florida's Shipwrecks|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=E9rCexEYazUC&pg=PA93 |last=Barnette |first=Michael |series=Images of America |year=2008 |publisher=Arcadia Publishing |location=Charleston, South Carolina |pages=104|isbn = 9780738554136}}

}}

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{{shipwreck list begin |date=27 June 1931 |sort=}}

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|ship={{SS|King Bleddyn||2}}

|flag={{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}

|desc=The cargo ship ran aground at Punta Indigo, Argentina.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Casualty reports |date=29 June 1931 |page=22 |issue=45861 |column=E }} She was refloated on 21 July.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Casualty reports |date=22 July 1931 |page=17 |issue=45881 |column=E }} }}

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{{shipwreck list begin |date=28 June 1931 |sort=}}

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|ship={{SS|Nervi||2}}

|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Italy|civil}}

|desc=The cargo ship ran aground at Ténès, Algeria. She was refloated two days later but foundered in the Mediterranean Sea {{convert|20|nmi|km}} north of Cape Ivi ({{coord|36|44|N|0|12|E}}). All crew were rescued.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Italian steamer lost |date=3 July 1931 |page=19 |issue=45865 |column=E }}{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Casualty reports |date=3 July 1931 |page=19 |issue=45865 |column=E }} }}

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{{shipwreck list begin |date=29 June 1931 |sort=}}

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|ship={{SS|Kohso Maru||2}}

|flag={{flagcountry|Empire of Japan}}

|desc=The cargo ship caught fire at Candon, Philippines and was beached. She was refloated on 3 July.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Casualty reports |date=7 July 1931 |page=20 |issue=45868 |column=F }} }}

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{{shipwreck list begin |date=1 July 1931 |sort=}}

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|ship={{SS|Currier||2}}

|flag={{flag|United States|1912}}

|desc=The tanker was severely damaged by fire at Port Arthur, Texas.

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|ship={{SS|Gulf of Mexico||2}}

|flag={{flag|United States|1912}}

|desc=The tanker was severely damaged by fire at Port Arthur.

}}

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|ship={{SS|Shenango||2}}

|flag={{flag|United States|1912}}

|desc=The tanker was severely damaged by fire at Port Arthur. }}

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{{shipwreck list begin |date=3 July 1931 |sort=}}

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|ship={{SS|Aleco||2}}

|flag={{flag|Greece}}

|desc=The cargo ship ran aground at Injeh Burnu, Turkey. She was refloated on 6 July.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=The Alecos refloated |date=8 July 1931 |page=23 |issue=45869 |column=G }} }}

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{{shipwreck list begin |date=4 July 1931 |sort=}}

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|ship={{SS|Borg|1901|2}}

|flag={{flag|Norway}}

|desc=The cargo ship grounded on the North Shoal. She refloated but was found to be holed and was beached in Birsay Bay, Orkney Islands, United Kingdom. She was abandoned as a total loss.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Casualty reports |date=6 July 1931 |page=22 |issue=45867 |column=G }} }}

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|ship={{SS|Yaye Maru No.2||2}}

|flag={{flagcountry|Empire of Japan}}

|desc=The tanker foundered in the Yellow Sea {{convert|200|nmi|km}} west of Arusomu, Korea.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Casualty reports |date=8 July 1931 |page=23 |issue=45869 |column=G }} }}

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|ship={{SS|Erik Larsen|1896|2}}

|flag={{flagcountry|Weimar Republic|civil}}

|desc=The cargo ship ran aground at Slettnes, Norway. She was consequently beached at Honningsvåg.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Casualty reports |date=9 July 1931 |page=23 |issue=45870 |column=E }} She was refloated the next day.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Casualty reports |date=10 July 1931 |page=25 |issue=45871 |column=F }} }}

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{{shipwreck list begin |date=10 July 1931 |sort=}}

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|ship={{ship||Annie B. Gerhardt|schooner|2}}

|flag={{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}

|desc=The schooner was destroyed by fire in the Atlantic Ocean {{convert|10|nmi|km}} off Miquelon. All crew survived.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Casualty reports |date=11 July 1931 |page=21 |issue=45872 |column=C }}

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|ship=Erkki

|flag={{flag|Finland}}

|desc=The sailing ship came ashore east of Ystad, Sweden and was wrecked. The crew survived.

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|ship={{ship||Zampa|schooner|2}}

|flag={{flag|Denmark}}

|desc=The schooner came ashore at Ystad and was severely damaged. The crew were rescued. She was refloated on 18 July }}

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|ship={{SS|Basque||2}}

|flag={{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}

|desc=The cargo ship struck rocks at Isle aux Morts, Newfoundland and was beached.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Casualty reports |date=13 July 1931 |page=19 |issue=45873 |column=G }} She was declared a total loss.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Casualty reports |date=17 July 1931 |page=19 |issue=45877 |column=E }}

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|ship={{ship||Gote|schooner|2}}

|flag={{flag|Sweden}}

|desc=The auxiliary schooner sank in the Baltic Sea off North Cape, Öland with the loss of one crew member. Survivors were rescued by {{SS|Irmgard|1922|2}} ({{flagcountry|Weimar Republic|civil}}). }}

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{{shipwreck list begin |date= 12 July 1931 |sort=}}

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|ship=Oregonian

|flag={{flag|United States|1912}}

|desc=The 45.02-gross register ton fishing vessel sank in bad weather in Kvichak Bay on the Bristol Bay coast of the Territory of Alaska approximately {{convert|10|nmi}} west of Middle Bluff Light ({{coord|58|24|20|N|157|31|15|W|name=Middle Bluff Light}}). Her entire crew of four survived.[https://alaskashipwreck.com/shipwrecks-a-z/alaska-shipwrecks-o/ alaskashipwreck.com Alaska Shipwrecks (O)]

}}

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|ship=Fairland

|flag={{flag|United States|1912}}

|desc=The 14-gross register ton fishing vessel was beached in Idaho Inlet ({{coord|58|10|N|136|12|W|name=Idaho Inlet}}) in Southeast Alaska after she caught fire. The fire continued to burn out of control and destroyed her on the beach. Her crew of six survived.[https://alaskashipwreck.com/shipwrecks-a-z/alaska-shipwrecks-f/ alaskashipwreck.com Alaska Shipwrecks (F)]

}}

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|ship={{SS|Porto Alegre|1901|2}}

|flag={{flag|Portugal}}

|desc=The coaster sank off Calabar, Nigeria. The crew survived.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Casualty reports |date=16 July 1931 |page=21 |issue=45876 |column=E }} }}

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{{shipwreck list begin |date= 17 July 1931 |sort=}}

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|ship=No. 00

|flag={{flag|United States|1912}}

|desc=While under tow by the vessel Kvichak ({{flag|United States|1912}}) from Nushagak to Ugashik, Territory of Alaska, with a cargo of 80 tons of cans, can ends, boxes, and can tops, the unmanned 98-ton barge capsized and sank during a gale at Cape Grieg ({{coord|57|43|30|N|157|41|30|W|name=Cape Grieg}}) on the Bristol Bay coast of the Alaska Peninsula.[https://alaskashipwreck.com/shipwrecks-a-z/alaska-shipwrecks-n/ alaskashipwreck.com Alaska Shipwrecks (N)]

}}

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{{shipwreck list begin |date=18 July 1931 |sort=}}

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|ship=Promptitude

|flag={{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}

|desc=The Thames barge collided with Kew Railway Bridge and sank in the River Thames. Both crew survived.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=News in Brief |date=20 July 1931 |page=9 |issue=45879 |column=G }}

}}

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|ship={{MV|Towanjiro Maru||2}}

|flag={{flagcountry|Empire of Japan}}

|desc=The cargo ship was destroyed by fire at Shimoda. }}

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{{shipwreck list begin |date=19 July 1931 |sort=}}

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|ship={{ship|Japanese cruiser|Chitose||2}}

|flag={{Navy|Empire of Japan}}

|desc=The {{sclass|Kasagi|cruiser}} was sunk as target in a live fire exercise off Kōchi.

}}

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|ship={{SS|Keishin Maru||2}}

|flag={{flagcountry|Empire of Japan}}

|desc=The cargo ship ran aground at Nagasaki and was abandoned by her crew.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Casualty reports |date=20 July 1931 |page=21 |issue=45879 |column=B }} }}

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|ship={{SS|Chohaku Maru||2}}

|flag={{flagcountry|Empire of Japan}}

|desc=The cargo ship ran aground at Ushima and was beached.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Casualty reports |date=21 July 1931 |page=23 |issue=45880 |column=E }} She was refloated the next day. }}

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|ship=Northern

|flag={{flag|United States|1912}}

|desc=The halibut schooner was destroyed by fire in Sumner Strait in the Alexander Archipelago in Southeast Alaska. The schooner Akutan ({{flag|United States|1912}}) rescued her crew.[https://alaskashipwreck.com/shipwrecks-a-z/alaska-shipwrecks-n/ alaskashipwreck.com Alaska Shipwrecks (N)]

}}

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|ship=Alice

|flag={{flag|United States|1912}}

|desc=The 27-gross register ton motor vessel burned, suffered an engine room explosion, and sank {{convert|8|nmi}} south of Point Baker, Territory of Alaska. Her crew of two survived.[https://alaskashipwreck.com/shipwrecks-a-z/alaska-shipwrecks-a/ alaskashipwreck.com Alaska Shipwrecks (A)]

}}

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|ship={{SS|Dainichi Maru|1893|2}}

|flag={{flagcountry|Empire of Japan}}

|desc=The cargo ship ran aground at Ornai Zaki in the Suruga Gulf.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Japanese steamer ashore |date=23 July 1931 |page=23 |issue=45882 |column=E }} She was declared a total loss on 29 July.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Two vessels uninsurable |date=30 July 1931 |page=17 |issue=45888 |column=F }} }}

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{{shipwreck list begin |date=23 July 1931 |sort=}}

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|ship={{HMAS|Warrego|D70|6}}

|flag={{nowrap begin}}{{naval|Australia|1913}}{{nowrap end}}

|desc=The decommissioned destroyer, in use as an accommodation hulk, sank at her berth at Cockatoo Island in Sydney Harbour, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. She was broken up in situ. }}

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{{shipwreck list begin |date=27 July 1931 |sort=}}

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|ship={{SS|Pennsylvania|1907|2}}

|flag={{flag|Denmark}}

|desc=The cargo ship ran aground on Swona, Orkney Islands, United Kingdom.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Casualty reports |date=28 July 1931 |page=21 |issue=45886 |column=F }} She was declared a total loss on 30 July.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=The Pennsylvania uninsurable |date=31 July 1931 |page=23 |issue=45889 |column=C }} }}

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|ship=Cowlitz

|flag={{flag|United States|1912}}

|desc=The shallow-draft sternwheeler was swamped by large waves, capsized, and sank in the Columbia River 5 miles (8 km) west of The Dalles, Oregon. All aboard survived.{{Citation

| title = River Boat Sinks, 12 Aboard Saved – Steamer Cowlitz Lost Near The Dalles

| url = http://infoweb.newsbank.com/resources/openurl?ctx_ver=z39.88-2004&rft_dat=document_id%3Aimage%252Fv2%253A11A73E5827618330%2540EANX-NB-12A1715943C7B1EF%25402426544-129829CF8DF91638%25400-12A1D6FE9A2A5FE6%2540&rft_id=info%3Asid%2Finfoweb.newsbank.com&rft_val_format=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Actx&svc_dat=AMNEWS&req_dat=0D10F2CADB4B24C0

| newspaper = Morning Oregonian

| location = Portland, OR

| volume = 70

| issue = ((22,058))

| date = 21 July 1931

| page =1 col. 4

}}{{Cite book | editor1-last = Newell | editor1-first = Gordon R. | title = H.W. McCurdy Marine History of the Pacific Northwest | publisher = Superior Pub. Co | date = 1966 | location = Seattle, WA |pages=290, 324, 404 | lccn =66025424 }}{{cite book

| author1-last = Marshall

| author1-first = Don

| title = Oregon Shipwrecks

| isbn = 978-0-8323-0430-9

| lccn = 84071477

| location = Portland, OR

| publisher = Binford and Mort Publishing

| date = 1984

|page=205

}}

}}

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|ship=Lark

|flag={{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}

|desc=The Thames barge sank at Pelican Wharf, Wapping, London.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Casualty reports |date=4 August 1931 |page=15 |issue=45892 |column=C }} }}

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|ship=Dolphin

|flag={{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}

|desc=The tug was sunk at Montreal, Quebec, Canada when {{SS|Rapids Prince||2}} ({{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}) struck lock gates in the Lachine Canal and carried them away. }}

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|ship={{SS|Kotare||2}}

|flag={{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}

|desc=The coaster was destroyed by fire at Invercargill, New Zealand.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Casualty reports |date=7 August 1931 |page=19 |issue=45895 |column=C }} }}

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{{shipwreck list begin |date=7 August 1931 |sort=}}

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|ship={{ship||J. N. Challoner|schooner|2}}

|flag={{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}

|desc=The schooner foundered in Bonne Bay, Newfoundland.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Casualty reports |date=10 August 1931 |page=19 |issue=45897 |column=C }} }}

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{{shipwreck list begin |date=8 August 1931 |sort=}}

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|ship={{SS|Kwong Sang||2}}

|flag={{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}

|desc=The cargo ship was last reported off Taichow Island, China. She subsequently foundered in a typhoon off Fuyan Island. with the loss of 53 of her 56 crew.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=The Kwong Sang wreck |date=22 August 1931 |page=10 |issue=45908 |column=F }} Survivors were rescued by {{HMS|Sepoy|1918|2}} ({{navy|UK}}) after they had been captured by pirates.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Kwong Sang survivors rescued |date=24 August 1931 |page=10 |issue=45909 |column=C }}

}}

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|ship={{SS|Western World||2}}

|flag={{flag|United States|1912}}

|desc=The Design 1029 passenger ship ran aground at Porto do Boi, Brazil. The 85 passengers were taken off by {{SS|General Osorio||2}} ({{Flagcountry|Weimar Republic|civil}}) and landed at Rio de Janeiro. She was refloated on 10 September. }}

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|ship={{SS|Ryburn||2}}

|flag={{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}

|desc=The cargo ship foundered in the Norwegian Sea ({{coord|62|39|N|4|50|E}}) with the loss of one of her 26 crew. Survivors were rescued by {{SS|Jotunfjeld||2}} ({{flag|Norway}}).{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Casualty reports |date=12 August 1931 |page=19 |issue=45899 |column=D }}{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Casualty reports |date=13 August 1931 |page=18 |issue=45900 |column=C }}

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|ship={{SS|Wai-Shing||2}}

|flag={{flagcountry|Republic of China (1912–1949)|civil}}

|desc=The cargo ship ran aground off Soaliyan. She was refloated on 20 August.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=The Wai-Shing refloated |date=21 August 1931 |page=17 |issue=45907 |column=C }} }}

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|ship={{SS|Amity||2}}

|flag={{flag|Sweden}}

|desc=The cargo ship ran aground at Gravelines, Nord, France and broke in two.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Casualty reports |date=14 August 1931 |page=15 |issue=45901 |column=E }}

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|ship=Democrat

|flag={{flag|United States|1912}}

|desc=The 34-gross register ton fishing vessel sank in Cook Inlet on the south-central coast of the Territory of Alaska northwest of Yukon Island due to flooding from undetected damage she incurred when she struck a reef the previous day. Her crew of six survived.[https://alaskashipwreck.com/shipwrecks-a-z/alaska-shipwrecks-d/ alaskashipwreck.com Alaska Shipwrecks (D)]

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|ship=Marmot

|flag={{flag|United States|1912}}

|desc=The 44-gross register ton halibut-fishing ketch was destroyed off Two Headed Island ({{coord|56|54|N|153|35|W|name=Two Headed Island}}) in the Kodiak Archipelago near Kodiak Island by a fire that broke out in her engine room. Her entire crew of seven abandoned ship in two dories; one of them died in one of the dories on the morning of 13 August.[https://alaskashipwreck.com/shipwrecks-a-z/alaska-shipwrecks-m/ alaskashipwreck.com Alaska Shipwrecks (M)]

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|ship={{SS|Omiros||2}}

|flag={{flag|Greece}}

|desc=The cargo ship struck rocks at Skantzoura and sank. }}

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|ship={{SS|Vorma|1918|2}}

|flag={{flag|Norway}}

|desc=The cargo ship came ashore in Penobscot Bay, Maine, United States. She was refloated on 17 August. }}

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|ship={{SS|Kronstad||2}}

|flag={{flag|Norway}}

|desc=The cargo ship sprang a leak in the Norwegian Sea and was beached at Sandtorg, Norway.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Casualty reports |date=15 August 1931 |page=17 |issue=45902 |column=D }} }}

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|ship={{SS|Huasco||2}}

|flag={{flag|Chile}}

|desc=The cargo ship ran aground on the Tres Hermanas Bank, off Corral.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Chilean steamer stranded |date=18 August 1931 |page=18 |issue=45904 |column=D }} She was refloatedd on 11 September.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Casualty reports |date=14 September 1931 |page=20 |issue=45927 |column=G }} }}

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{{shipwreck list begin |date=17 August 1931 |sort=}}

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|ship={{SS|Jinju Maru||2}}

|flag={{flagcountry|Empire of Japan}}

|desc=The cargo ship ran aground on the Kamchatka Peninsula, Soviet Union.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Casualty reports |date=18 August 1931 |page=18 |issue=45904 |column=D }} She was refloated on 28 August. }}

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{{shipwreck list begin |date=18 August 1931 |sort=}}

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|ship=Eagle

|flag={{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}

|desc=The Thames barge sank at the Royal Arsenal Coaling Pier, Woolwich, London. She was raised later that day and towed to Rotherhithe.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Casualty reports |date=17 August 1931 |page=15 |issue=45905 |column=G }}

}}

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|ship={{ship||Electric Flash|schooner|2}}

|flag={{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}

|desc=The schooner struck rocks off White Island, Labrador, Canada. She sailed to Griquet but was declared a total loss.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Casualty reports |date=20 August 1931 |page=15 |issue=45906 |column=G }} }}

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{{shipwreck list begin |date=21 August 1931 |sort=}}

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|ship={{SS|Marija Petrinovic||2}}

|flag={{Flagcountry|Kingdom of Yugoslavia}}

|desc=The cargo ship ran aground in the Paraná River, Argentina.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Casualty reports |date=22 August 1931 |page=5 |issue=45908 |column=F-G }} She was refloated on 22 September.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Casualty reports |date=23 September 1931 |page=21 |issue=45936 |column=G }} }}

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{{shipwreck list begin |date=23 August 1931 |sort=}}

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|ship={{MV|Flying Dutchman|1925|2}}

|flag={{flag|Netherlands}}

|desc=The coaster foundered in the North Sea ({{coord|52|54|30|N|4|01|30|E}}). All seven on board were rescued by {{SS|Heron|1920|2}} ({{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}).{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Casualty reports |date=25 August 1931 |page=20 |issue=45910 |column=D }} }}

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{{shipwreck list begin |date=25 August 1931 |sort=}}

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|ship={{SS|Antonio Diaz||2}}

|flag={{Flag|Chile}}

|desc=The cargo ship sank at Puerto Caballo, Venezuela.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Casualty reports |date=27 August 1931 |page=18 |issue=45912 |column=C }}

}}

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|ship={{SS|Saint Mungo|1920|2}}

|flag={{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}

|desc=The coaster collided with the coaster {{SS|Mayflower|1905|2}} in the River Mersey at Liverpool, Lancashire. Saint Mungo sank with the loss of two of her eighteen crew. Mayflower was beached at New Brighton, Cheshire.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Steamers in collision |date=27 August 1931 |page=7 |issue=45912 |column=B }} Mayflower was refloated on 27 August.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Casualty reports |date=28 August 1931 |page=19 |issue=45913 |column=C }} Saint Mungo was refloated on 4 September and beached at Tranmere, Cheshire. }}

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|ship={{SS|King Edgar||2}}

|flag={{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}

|desc=The cargo ship ran aground in the Black Sea off Berezan Island, Soviet Union. She was refloated on 3 September.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Casualty reports |date=5 September 1931 |page=3 |issue=45920 |column=G }} }}

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{{shipwreck list begin |date=27 August 1931 |sort=}}

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|ship={{SS|Liverpool Maru||2}}

|flag={{flagcountry|Empire of Japan}}

|desc=The cargo ship ran aground on Kunshiri Island.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Japanese steamer stranded |date=28 August 1931 |page=19 |issue=45913 |column=F }} She was refloated on 2 September.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=The Liverpool Maru refloated |date=3 September 1931 |page=18 |issue=45918 |column=F }} }}

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{{shipwreck list begin |date= 28 August 1931 |sort=}}

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|ship=Mary C. Fisher

|flag={{flag|United States|1912}}

|desc=During a voyage from Kodiak on Kodiak Island to Dutch Harbor and Unalaska in the Aleutian Islands, the 12-gross register ton, two-masted vessel sank in a storm in the Shelikof Strait {{convert|3|nmi}} east of Cape Kubugukli ({{coord|57|53|50|N |155|03|35|W|name=Cape Kubugukli}}) on the coast of the Alaska Peninsula. Her three-man crew abandoned ship and reached safety after a seven-day voyage in a skiff.[https://alaskashipwreck.com/shipwrecks-a-z/alaska-shipwrecks-m/ alaskashipwreck.com Alaska Shipwrecks (M)]

}}

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|ship=Lady Allen

|flag={{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}

|desc=The Thames barge collided with {{SS|Llanstephan Castle||2}} ({{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}) in the Thames Estuary and sank. Both crew were rescued by Llanstephan Castle.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Casualty reports |date=1 September 1931 |page=6 |issue=45916 |column=E }} }}

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|ship={{HMS|Emperor of India}}

|flag={{navy|United Kingdom}}

|desc=The decommissioned {{sclass|Iron Duke|battleship|0}} battleship was sunk as a gunnery target. Her wreck was refloated and on 6 February 1932 was sold for breaking up.Gray, Randal, ed., Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906-1921, Annapolis, Maryland: Naval Institute Press, 1985, {{ISBN|9780851772455}}, pp. 31-32.

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|ship={{SS|Evgenia Chandri||2}}

|flag={{Flag|Greece}}

|desc=The cargo ship ran aground on La Nata Island. She sank on 6 September.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=The Evgenia Chandri uninsurable |date=7 September 1931 |page=17 |issue=45921 |column=E }}

}}

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|ship=Uad Targa

|flag={{navy|Spain|1931}}

|desc=The Uad Ras-class naval trawler was wrecked on this date.

}}

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|ship={{SS|Balva||2}}

|flag={{flag|Latvia}}

|desc=The cargo ship struck a rock and sank at Pärnu, Estonia. The crew survived.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Casualty reports |date=3 September 1931 |page=18 |issue=45918 |column=F }} }}

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{{shipwreck list begin |date=3 September 1931 |sort=}}

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|ship={{SS|Kaiapoi||2}}

|flag={{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}

|desc=The cargo ship ran aground on a reef at {{coord|4|29|N|119|22|E}}.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Casualty reports |date=8 September 1931 |page=19 |issue=45922 |column=G }} She was refloated on 1 October.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Casualty reports |date=2 October 1931 |page=5 |issue=45943 |column=F-G }}

}}

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|ship={{SS|Saint Anthony|1899|2}}

|flag={{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}

|desc=The coaster ran aground in Balephetrish Bay, Ireland and sank. }}

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{{shipwreck list begin |date=4 September 1931 |sort=}}

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|ship={{MV|Burgenland||2}}

|flag={{flagcountry|Weimar Republic|civil}}

|desc=The cargo liner ran aground in the Yellow Sea at Chinto, Korea ({{coord|36|04|N|126|10|E}}).{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=German motor vessel stranded |date=5 September 1931 |page=3 |issue=45920 |column=G }}{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=The Burgenland refloated |date=19 September 1931 |page=15 |issue=45932 |column=G }} All 85 people on board abandoned ship.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=German steamer abandoned |date=5 September 1931 |page=9 |issue=45920 |column=C }} She was refloated on 18 September. }}

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{{shipwreck list begin |date=5 September 1931 |sort=}}

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|ship={{SS|Gioconda||2}}

|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Italy|civil}}

|desc=The cargo ship collided with {{SS|Stampalia||2}} ({{flagcountry|Kingdom of Italy|civil}}) at Ancona, Marche and sank.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Casualty reports |date=7 September 1931 |page=17 |issue=45921 |column=E }} She was refloated on 5 November.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Casualty reports |date=6 November 1931 |page=20 |issue=45973 |column=E }}

}}

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|ship={{SS|Opal||2}}

|flag={{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}

|desc=The coaster foundered in the Atlantic Ocean off Land's End, Cornwall with the loss of two of her eleven crew.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Steamer sunk off Land's End |date=5 September 1931 |page=10 |issue=45920 |column=D }} Survivors were rescued by {{SS|Wild Rose||2}} ({{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}).{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=The loss of SS. Opal |date=7 September 1931 |page=7 |issue=45921 |column=C }}

}}

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|ship={{SS|Zachariosa||2}}

|flag={{flag|Greece}}

|desc=The cargo ship grounded on the Mansell Shoal, Turkey and was holed. She was consequently beached. Zachariosa was refloated on 14 September.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Casualty reports |date=15 September 1931 |page=22 |issue=45928 |column=C }} }}

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{{shipwreck list begin |date=7 September 1931 |sort=}}

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|ship={{SS|North Devon||2}}

|flag={{Flag|United Kingdom|civil}}

|desc=The cargo ship ran aground in Tutoya Bay, Brazil. She was refloated on 11 September.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=The North Devon refloated |date=12 September 1931 |page=19 |issue=45926 |column=F }} }}

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{{shipwreck list begin |date=8 September 1931 |sort=}}

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|ship=Chiang Hung

|flag={{nowrap begin}}{{navy|Republic of China}}{{nowrap end}}

|desc=The gunboat was wrecked.Gray, Randal, ed., Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906-1921, Annapolis, Maryland: Naval Institute Press, 1985, {{ISBN|0870219073}}, p. 398.

}}

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{{shipwreck list begin |date=9 September 1931 |sort=}}

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|ship={{ship|ST|Koraaga|1914|2}}

|flag={{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}

|desc=: The trawler ran aground off Bass Point, New South Wales. She sank the next day. }}

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{{shipwreck list begin |date=10 September 1931 |sort=}}

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|ship=Tagalak

|flag={{flag|United States|1912}}

|desc=The 71-gross register ton, {{convert|65.3|ft|m|adj=on}} fishing vessel was destroyed in Sukkwan Strait {{convert|2|nmi}} southeast of Hydaburg in Southeast Alaska by a fire that began in the engine room, presumably due to crossed electrical wires, and engulfed the vessel only three minutes after her six-member crew first noticed smoke. All on board survived.[https://alaskashipwreck.com/shipwrecks-a-z/alaska-shipwrecks-t/ alaskashipwreck.com Alaska Shipwrecks (T)] }}

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{{shipwreck list begin |date=12 September 1931 |sort=}}

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|ship=Cecilia M. Dunlap

|flag={{flag|United States|1912}}

|desc=While under tow from Pennsylvania to New Jersey with a cargo of 10,000 barrels of oil, the {{convert|199|ft|m|1|adj=on}}, 793-gross register ton schooner barge — a converted bark — sank in heavy seas in {{convert|60|ft|m|0}} of water in the North Atlantic Ocean off Sandy Hook, New Jersey, at {{coord|40|25.374|N|073|52.828|W|name=Cecilia M. Dunlap}}.{{Cite web |url=https://njscuba.net/sites/chart_nj-1_sandy_hook.php#Dunlap |title=njscuba.net Cecilia M. Dunlap |access-date=21 February 2020 |archive-date=21 February 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200221192524/http://njscuba.net/sites/chart_nj-1_sandy_hook.php#Dunlap |url-status=dead }}

}}

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{{shipwreck list begin |date=13 September 1931 |sort=}}

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|ship={{SS|Colombia|1915|2}}

|flag={{flag|United States|1912}}

|desc=The ocean liner ran aground at Point Tosco. Lower California, Mexico. All 234 people on board were rescued by {{SS|La Perla||2}} and {{SS|San Mateo|1922|2}} (both {{flag|United States|1912}}).{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=U.S. liner wrecked |date=15 September 1931 |page=11 |issue=45928 |column=G }} }}

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{{shipwreck list begin |date=15 September 1931 |sort=}}

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|ship=Carmen

|flag={{flag|United States|1912}}

|desc=During a voyage from Petersburg to Juneau, Territory of Alaska, with a cargo of 10 tons of shingles, the 35-gross register ton motor vessel was destroyed in Gastineau Channel in the Alexander Archipelago in Southeast Alaska by a fire that began when her gasoline engine backfired. Her crew of three survived unharmed.[https://alaskashipwreck.com/shipwrecks-a-z/alaska-shipwrecks-c/ alaskashipwreck.com Alaska Shipwrecks (C)]

}}

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|ship={{SS|Siangwo||2}}

|flag={{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}

|desc=The cargo ship ran aground between Hangkow and Shasi, China. She was refloated on 19 September.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=The Siangwo refloated |date=21 September 1931 |page=21 |issue=45933 |column=C }} }}

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{{shipwreck list begin |date=16 September 1931 |sort=}}

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|ship={{SS|Herbert Green||2}}

|flag={{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}

|desc=The cargo ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean whilst on a voyage from Burgeo, Newfoundland to Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. The crew survived.

}}

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|ship={{SS|Norna||2}}

|flag={{Flagcountry|Danzig}}

|desc=The cargo ship ran aground near the Grinna Lighthouse, Norway.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Casualty reports |date=17 September 1931 |page=4 |issue=45930 |column=G }} She was declared a total loss. }}

{{shipwreck list end}}

{{shipwreck list begin |date=18 September 1931 |sort=}}

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|ship={{SS|Roma|1903|2}}

|flag={{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}

|desc=The coaster ran aground at Barrow-in-Furness, Lancashire.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Casualty reports |date=19 September 1931 |page=15 |issue=45932 |column=G }} She was refloated on 24 September. }}

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{{shipwreck list begin |date=19 September 1931 |sort=}}

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|ship= {{SS|Lyminge||2}}

|flag={{Flag|United Kingdom|civil}}

|desc=The cargo ship ran aground on Ebal Rocks off Gurnard's Head and was a total loss. All nineteen crew and three passengers rowed ashore. The ship's cat was rescued later.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Casualty reports |date=21 September 1931 |page=21 |issue=45933 |column=C }}{{cite web| url = http://www.stivestrust.co.uk/html/1923_-_1939.HTM| publisher = St. Ives Trust| title = 1923–1939| accessdate = 16 March 2008| url-status = dead| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20080305055827/http://www.stivestrust.co.uk/html/1923_-_1939.HTM| archive-date = 5 March 2008}}{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Steamer aground in Cornwall |date=21 September 1931 |page=7 |issue=45933 |column=B }} }}

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{{shipwreck list begin |date= 22 September 1931 |sort=}}

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|ship=Gladiator

|flag={{flag|United States|1912}}

|desc=During a voyage from Nome, Territory of Alaska, to Seattle, Washington, with a crew of three and a 7-ton cargo of oil, Alaska curios, and other items, the 21-gross register ton motor vessel drifted ashore and was wrecked on the coast of Unimak Island in the Aleutian Islands, {{convert|20|nmi}} northeast of Cape Sarichef ({{coord|58|24|20|N|157|31|15|W|name=Middle Bluff}}) after her steering gear broke during a gale. The cutter {{USCGC|Chelan|1928|6}} (22px United States Coast Guard) rescued her crew.[https://alaskashipwreck.com/shipwrecks-a-z/alaska-shipwrecks-g/ alaskashipwreck.com Alaska Shipwrecks (G)]

}}

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{{shipwreck list begin |date=23 September 1931 |sort=}}

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|ship={{ship||Tokalou|schooner|2}}

|flag={{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}

|desc=The schooner came ashore on Noggin Cove Island, Newfoundland and was a total loss.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Casualty reports |date=25 September 1931 |page=8 |issue=45937 |column=F }} }}

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{{shipwreck list begin |date=24 September 1931 |sort=}}

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|ship={{SS|Atlanticos||2}}

|flag={{Flag|Greece}}

|desc=The cargo ship ran aground at Diamante, Calabria, Italy. She was refloated on 29 September. }}

{{shipwreck list end}}

{{shipwreck list begin |date=25 September 1931 |sort=}}

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|ship=Fritz

|flag={{flagcountry|Weimar Republic|civil}}

|desc=The dredger foundered in the Bay of Biscay whilst under tow. }}

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{{shipwreck list begin |date=27 September 1931 |sort=}}

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|ship={{SS|Laine|1883|2}}

|flag={{flag|Estonia}}

|desc=The cargo ship sank in the Baltic Sea off Lyserort, Latvia. The crew were rescued.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Casualty reports |date=28 September 1931 |page=23 |issue=45938 |column=B }} }}

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{{shipwreck list begin |date=28 September 1931 |sort=}}

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|ship={{SS|Rosandra||2}}

|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Italy|civil}}

|desc=The cargo ship ran aground at Walvis Bay, at that time a South African enclave in South-West Africa.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Italian steamer ashore |date=29 September 1931 |page=24 |issue=45940 |column=C }} She was refloated on 11 October.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Casualty reports |date=13 October 1931 |page=19 |issue=45952 |column=E }} }}

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{{shipwreck list begin |date=29 September 1931 |sort=}}

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|ship=Baychimo

|flag={{Flag|United Kingdom|civil}}

|desc=The cargo ship became mired in ice near Barrow, Alaska, United States.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Casualty reports |date=30 September 1931 |page=16 |issue=45941 |column=F }}

}}

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|ship={{SS|Elloughton||2}}

|flag={{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}

|desc=The cargo ship sank in the Blavet at Hennebont, Morbihan, France. She was refloated on 13 October. }}

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{{shipwreck list begin |date=Unknown date in September 1931 |sort=}}

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|ship={{SS|Ostrea||2}}

|flag={{flagicon|Canada|1921}} Canada

|desc=The towboat struck a submerged object at Port Morien, Nova Scotia and consequently sank {{convert|3+1/2|nmi|km}} offshore. Her crew took to the lifeboats and survived.{{Cite web |url=https://www.canlii.org/en/ca/scc/doc/1939/1939canlii29/1939canlii29.html |title=The King v. Hochelaga Shipping & Towing Co. Ltd., 1939 CanLII 29 (SCC), [1940] SCR 153 |publisher=Canli |accessdate=1 July 2023 }}

}}

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{{shipwreck list begin |date=1 October 1931 |sort=}}

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|ship={{SS|Hesleyside||2}}

|flag={{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}

|desc=The coaster ran aground in the River Foyle at Derry, County Londonderry. She was refloated on 6 October.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Casualty reports |date=7 October 1931 |page=23 |issue=447 |column=D }} }}

{{shipwreck list end}}

{{shipwreck list begin |date=2 October 1931 |sort=}}

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|ship={{SS|Abington||2}}

|flag={{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}

|desc=The coaster ran aground at Ramsey, Isle of Man.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Casualty reports |date=3 October 1931 |page=19 |issue=45944 |column=E }} She was refloated on 9 October.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Casualty reports |date=10 October 1931 |page=21 |issue=45950 |column=D }}

}}

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|ship={{ship||Margaret Lake|schooner|2}}

|flag={{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}

|desc=The schooner came ashore on Peckford Island, Newfoundland and was a total loss. }}

{{shipwreck list end}}

{{shipwreck list begin |date=3 October 1931 |sort=}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{SS|Johanna|1917|2}}

|flag={{flag|Netherlands}}

|desc=The cargo ship ran aground off the Ar Men Lighthouse, Île de Sein, Finistère, France. All passengers and crew were taken off. She was a total loss.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Dutch steamer stranded |date=5 October 1931 |page=25 |issue=45945 |column=C }} }}

{{shipwreck list end}}

{{shipwreck list begin |date=5 October 1931 |sort=}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{SS|Agios Nicolaos||2}}

|flag={{flag|Greece}}

|desc=The coaster ran aground at Cape Drepano and sank with the loss of a crew member.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Casualty reports |date=6 October 1931 |page=18 |issue=45946 |column=C }} }}

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{{shipwreck list begin |date=6 October 1931 |sort=}}

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|ship={{SS|Henri Mory||2}}

|flag={{flag|France}}

|desc=The cargo ship ran aground at Cabo Carvoeiro, Portugal.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=French steamer ashore |date=7 October 1931 |page=23 |issue=45947 |column=D }} She was abandoned as a total loss.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=The Henri Mory uninsurable |date=9 October 1931 |page=17 |issue=45949 |column=E }} }}

{{shipwreck list end}}

{{shipwreck list begin |date=11 October 1931 |sort=}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{SS|Maria Celina||2}}

|flag={{flag|Spain|civil-1931}}

|desc=The cargo ship ran aground at Cabo de Perros. The crew were rescued. }}

{{shipwreck list end}}

{{shipwreck list begin |date=12 October 1931 |sort=}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{SS|Charles H. Bradley||2}}

|flag={{flag|United States|1912}}

|desc=The cargo ship caught fire in the Great Lakes and was destroyed.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Casualty reports |date=14 October 1931 |page=22 |issue=45953 |column=G }}

}}

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|ship={{Ship||Cynthia G. Parker|schooner|2}}

|flag={{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}

|desc=The schooner came ashore at English Point, Newfoundland and was a total loss. }}

{{shipwreck list end}}

{{shipwreck list begin |date=13 October 1931 |sort=}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{SS|Hyugo Maru||2}}

|flag={{flagcountry|Empire of Japan}}

|desc=The cargo ship ran aground at Nomo, Nagasaki. The crew were rescued.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Casualty reports |date=15 October 1931 |page=23 |issue=45954 |column=E }}

}}

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|ship={{SS|Tosei Maru||2}}

|flag={{flagcountry|Empire of Japan}}

|desc=The cargo ship foundered off the Okinawa Islands. The crew were rescued. }}

{{shipwreck list end}}

{{shipwreck list begin |date=15 October 1931 |sort=}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{MV|Canusa||2}}

|flag={{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}

|desc=The cargo ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean {{convert|150|nmi|km}} east of Watlings Island, Bahamas. The crew were rescued.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Casualty reports |date=22 October 1931 |page=22 |issue=45960 |column=E }} }}

{{shipwreck list end}}

{{shipwreck list begin |date=16 October 1931 |sort=}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{SS|Kaitsu Maru||2}}

|flag={{flagcountry|Empire of Japan}}

|desc=The cargo ship ran aground off the east coast of Sakhalin, Soviet Union. She was refloated on 27 October.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{SS|Selfoss||2}}

|flag={{flag|Iceland|1918}}

|desc=The coaster ran aground at Stykkisholm.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=German steamer ashore |date=17 October 1931 |page=21 |issue=45956 |column=C }} She was refloated on 23 October.

}}

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|ship={{SS|Yonan Maru||2}}

|flag={{flagcountry|Empire of Japan}}

|desc=The cargo ship foundered in the Pacific Ocean off Sitka, Alaska, United States.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Casualty reports |date=17 October 1931 |page=21 |issue=45956 |column=C }} }}

{{shipwreck list end}}

{{shipwreck list begin |date= 17 October 1931 |sort=}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Ketchum

|flag={{flag|United States|1912}}

|desc=During a voyage from Ketchikan to Dolomi, Territory of Alaska, with a cargo of one ton of household furniture, the 8-gross register ton motor vessel's anchor lines broke during a storm in Clarence Strait in the Alexander Archipelago in Southeast Alaska {{convert|1.5|nmi|1}} north of Wedge Island ({{coord|55|09|N|131|58|W|name=Wedge Island}}), causing her to become stranded on a rock and then run aground on the beach, where she was pounded to pieces by the surf.[https://alaskashipwreck.com/shipwrecks-a-z/alaska-shipwrecks-k/ alaskashipwreck.com Alaska Shipwrecks (K)]

}}

{{shipwreck list end}}

{{shipwreck list begin |date=19 October 1931 |sort=}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{SS|Aghios Spyridon||2}}

|flag={{flag|Greece}}

|desc=The cargo ship sprang a leak and was beached at Ustica, Palermo, Italy.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Casualty reports |date=20 October 1931 |page=24 |issue=45958 |column=E }} She was refloated on 24 or 25 October.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Casualty reports |date=26 October 1931 |page=20 |issue=45963 |column=F }}

}}

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|ship={{ship||Emile Louis|schooner}}

|flag={{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}

|desc=The schooner came ashore at South Point, Anticosti Island, Quebec, Canada and was abandoned by her crew.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Casualty reports |date=21 October 1931 |page=24 |issue=45959 |column=F }} }}

{{shipwreck list end}}

{{shipwreck list begin |date=21 October 1931 |sort=}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{SS|Magallanes||2}}

|flag={{flag|Chile}}

|desc=The cargo ship ran aground on Cahuache Island and was beached at Point Chonos.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Chilean steamer beached |date=22 October 1931 |page=22 |issue=45960 |column=E }} She was refloated on 26 October.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Two steamers refloated |date=27 October 1931 |page=19 |issue=45964 |column=F }}

}}

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|ship={{SS|Peder Most||2}}

|flag={{flag|Denmark}}

|desc=The cargo ship ran aground on Scharhörn, Hamburg, Germany. She was refloated on 24 October. }}

{{shipwreck list end}}

{{shipwreck list begin |date=22 October 1931 |sort=}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Emil

|flag={{flagcountry|Weimar Republic|civil}}

|desc=The auxiliary three-masted schooner came ashore at the Bjørnøy Lighthouse, Norway and was wrecked.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Casualty reports |date=23 October 1931 |page=19 |issue=45961 |column=F }}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{SS|Oakford||2}}

|flag={{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}

|desc=The cargo ship collided with {{SS|Portia|1911|2}} ({{flagcountry|Weimar Republic|civil}}) in the River Thames at Woolwich, London with the loss of one of her crew. She was beached.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Casualty reports |date=24 October 1931 |page=19 |issue=45962 |column=C }} She was refloated on 24 October. }}

{{shipwreck list end}}

{{shipwreck list begin |date=23 October 1931 |sort=}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{ship|USCGC|CG-243}}

|flag={{nowrap begin}}22px United States Coast Guard{{nowrap end}}

|desc=The cutter was destroyed, circumstances unknown.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{SS|Shinyetsu Maru||2}}

|flag={{flagcountry|Empire of Japan}}

|desc=The cargo ship ran aground at Yetorup, Kurile Islands and sank.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Casualty reports |date=27 October 1931 |page=19 |issue=45964 |column=F }} }}

{{shipwreck list end}}

{{shipwreck list begin |date=27 October 1931 |sort=}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{SS|City of Stamford||2}}

|flag={{flag|United States|1912}}

|desc=The cargo ship sank in the East River off Blackwell's Island, New York.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Casualty reports |date=28 October 1931 |page=20 |issue=45965 |column=F }}

}}

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|ship={{ship||Marelton|schooner|2}}

|flag={{Flag|United Kingdom|civil}}

|desc=The schooner caught fire at Saint-Pierre, Saint Pierre and Miquelon and was a total loss.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Casualty reports |date=29 October 1931 |page=22 |issue=45966 |column=C }}

}}

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|ship={{SS|Ullstad||2}}

|flag={{flag|Norway}}

|desc=The cargo ship ran aground at Yeniköy, Istanbul, Turkey. She was refloated on 7 November.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Casualty reports |date=9 November 1931 |page=19 |issue=45975 |column=F }}

}}

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|ship={{SS|Yoro Maru||2}}

|flag={{flagcountry|Empire of Japan}}

|desc=The cargo ship ran aground in the Bonin Islands and was a total loss. }}

{{shipwreck list end}}

{{shipwreck list begin |date=28 October 1931 |sort=}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{SS|Bronte||2}}

|flag={{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}

|desc=The cargo ship ran aground at Rosario, Brazil. She was refloated on 31 October.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Casualty reports |date=2 November 1931 |page=23 |issue=45969 |column=B }}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{SS|Heddy||2}}

|flag={{flag|Sweden}}

|desc=The cargo ship ran aground in Lake Vener. She was refloated on 2 November.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Casualty reports |date=3 November 1931 |page=19 |issue=45970 |column=E }} }}

{{shipwreck list end}}

{{shipwreck list begin |date=31 October 1931 |sort=}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{SS|Saka||2}}

|flag={{flag|Latvia}}

|desc=The cargo ship sprang a leak and sank in the Baltic Sea off Trelleborg, Skåne County, Sweden. The crew were rescued. }}

{{shipwreck list end}}

{{shipwreck list begin |date=1 November 1931 |sort=}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{ship|ST|Persephone||2}}

|flag={{flag|Greece}}

|desc=The tug foundered in the Aegean Sea off Kythnos with the loss of all four crew. }}

{{shipwreck list end}}

{{shipwreck list begin |date=3 November 1931 |sort=}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{ship||Ansio|barquentine|2}}

|flag={{flag|Finland}}

|desc=The barquentine ran aground at Holmsund, Västerbotten County, Sweden and was wrecked.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Casualty reports |date=5 November 1931 |page=21 |issue=45972 |column=F }}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{SS|Maurice Colignon||2}}

|flag={{flag|Belgium}}

|desc=The cargo ship was driven ashore at Alexandretta, Turkey. She was refloated on 6 November.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Casualty reports |date=7 November 1931 |page=19 |issue=45974 |column=D }}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{ship||Sainte Annen|schooner|2}}

|flag={{Flag|France}}

|desc=The schooner lost her rudder and sails in heavy seas and went ashore at Porthleven, Cornwall, United Kingdom whilst trying to put into the harbour for repairs.{{Cite journal| last = Leonard| first = Alan| title = Profiting from Shipwrecks| journal = Picture Postcard Annual| pages =14–16| year = 2008}}{{cite book|last=Larn|first=R|title=Around Mounts Bay|year=1991|publisher=Tor Mark Press|location=Penryn|isbn=0-85025-326-8|author2=Larn B }} }}

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{{shipwreck list begin |date=4 November 1931 |sort=}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{ship||Havet|schooner|2}}

|flag={{flag|Denmark}}

|desc=The auxiliary schooner collided with {{SS|Konsul Schulte|1898|2}} ({{flagcountry|Weimar Republic|civil}}) in the Baltic Sea off Swinemünde, Western Pomerania, Germany. She capsized and sank.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{SS|Vettern II||2}}

|flag={{flag|Sweden}}

|desc=The cargo ship collided with {{SS|Elfkungen||2}} ({{flag|Sweden}}) at Gothenburg and sank. She was raised on 14 November. }}

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{{shipwreck list begin |date=6 November 1931 |sort=}}

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|ship={{SS|Hybert||2}}

|flag={{Flag|United States|1912}}

|desc=The cargo ship ran aground on the Goodwin Sands, Kent, United Kingdom.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Cargo steamer on the Goodwins |date=7 November 1931 |page=12 |issue=45974 |column=A }} She was refloated on 9 November.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=The Hybert refloated |date=10 November 1931 |issue=45976 |column=E }} }}

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{{shipwreck list begin |date=7 November 1931 |sort=}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Theologos

|flag={{flag|Greece}}

|desc=The sailing ship foundered in the Aegean Sea off Laurium. }}

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{{shipwreck list begin |date=8 November 1931 |sort=}}

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|ship={{ship||Baden-Baden|schooner|2}}

|flag={{flag|Costa Rica}}

|desc=The auxiliary schooner foundered in the Caribbean Sea off Cartagena, Colombia with the loss of five of her sixteen crew. Survivors were rescued by {{USS|Swan|AM-34|6}} ({{navy|USA|1912}}).{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Casualty reports |date=14 November 1931 |page=17 |issue=45980 |column=G }}

}}

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|ship={{SS|Pakri||2}}

|flag={{flag|Estonia}}

|desc=The cargo ship ran aground at Ristna Point, Hiiumaa. She was refloated on 13 November. }}

{{shipwreck list end}}

{{shipwreck list begin |date=11 November 1931 |sort=}}

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|ship={{SS|Georgios M||2}}

|flag={{flag|Greece}}

|desc=The cargo ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean ({{coord|45|25|N|7|30|W}}) with the loss of eighteen of her 23 crew. Survivors were rescued by {{SS|P.L.M. 22||2}} ({{flag|France}}).{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Casualty reports |date=12 November 1931 |page=19 |issue=45978 |column=E }}{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Casualty reports |date=13 November 1931 |page=9 |issue=45979 |column=E }}

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|ship={{SS|Panama Transport||2}}

|flag={{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}

|desc=The cargo ship ran aground in the Paraná River, Argentina. She was refloated on 18 November.

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|ship= {{HMS|Petersfield}}

|flag={{navy|United Kingdom}}

|desc=The {{sclass|Aberdare|minesweeper}} was wrecked on Tung Yung Island, Republic of China (part of the Matsu Islands).

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|ship=St. Ives

|flag={{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}

|desc=The dredger sank in the North Sea ({{coord|52|21|N|2|26|E}}) whilst under tow.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Vessels in distress |date=12 November 1931 |page=19 |issue=45978 |column=E }} }}

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|ship={{MV|Petrolea||2}}

|flag={{flag|Finland}}

|desc=The cargo ship caught fire at Hangö and was beached. }}

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|ship={{SS|Aranguren||2}}

|flag={{flag|Spain|civil-1931}}

|desc=The cargo ship was rammed and sunk in the Sea of Marmara off Khairsis Island, Turkey by {{ship|French tanker|Le Loing||2}} ({{navy|France|name=Marine Nationale}}) with the loss of one crew member. The survivors were rescued by Le Loing.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Casualty reports |date=16 November 1931 |page=23 |issue=45981 |column=C }}{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Casualty reports |date=17 November 1931 |page=24 |issue=45982 |column=E }}

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|ship=Unione Secundo

|flag={{Flagcountry|Kingdom of Italy|civil}}

|desc=The sailing ship was in collision with {{SS|Christina|1898|2}} ({{flag|Greece}}) at Genoa and sank with the loss of a crew member. }}

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|ship=Alice Cook

|flag={{flag|United States|1912}}

|desc=The 782-gross register ton schooner caught fire outside Johnstone Point ({{coord|60|28|N|146|37|W|name=Johnstone Point}}) in Prince William Sound on the south-central coast of the Territory of Alaska. When the fire could not be controlled, she was beached and the cannery tender Francis ({{flag|United States|1912}}) took off her crew of nine men. Alice Cook became a total loss.[https://alaskashipwreck.com/shipwrecks-a-z/alaska-shipwrecks-a/ alaskashipwreck.com Alaska Shipwrecks (A)]

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|ship=Ria

|flag={{flag|Dominion of Newfoundland}}

|desc=The schooner foundered in the Atlantic Ocean ({{coord|35|58|N|38|10|W}}). All six crew were rescued by {{SS|Aztec||2}} ({{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}).{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Casualty reports |date=18 November 1931 |page=21 |issue=45983 |column=F }}{{London Gazette |issue=33955 |date=30 June 1933 |page=4380 }} }}

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|ship={{SS|Itu||2}}

|flag={{flag|United States|1912}}

|desc=The cargo ship caught fire in the Yangtze above Ichang, China and was beached.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Casualty reports |date=19 November 1931 |page=21 |issue=45984 |column=G }} She was refloated on 23 November.

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|ship={{ship||Lady Green|schooner|2}}

|flag={{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}

|desc=The schooner caught fire off St. John's, Newfoundland and was abandoned. She was towed into port by {{SS|Prospero|1904|2}} ({{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}).{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Casualty reports |date=20 November 1931 |page=24 |issue=45985 |column=E }}

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|ship={{SS|Pandelis||2}}

|flag={{flag|Greece}}

|desc=The cargo ship ran aground in the Dardanelles at Ak Bashi Liman, Turkey.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Casualty reports |date= November 1931 |issue=459 }} she was refloated on 24 November. She was refloated on 24 November. }}

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For the loss of the British ocean liner Bermuda on this day, see the entry for 17 June 1931

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|ship={{SS|Howe||2}}

|flag={{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}

|desc=This steam trawler ran aground on the west coast of Bear Island.>[https://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?237495 ‘’Howe’’] at wrecksite eu Her 15 man crew were rescued after a 60 hour effort by over 100 men from the fishing fleet.

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|ship={{SS|Nambucca||2}}

|flag={{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}

|desc=The cargo ship ran aground at Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. She was still aground on 24 November.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Casualty reports |date=25 November 1931 |page=22 |issue=45989 |column=C }}

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|ship=Pilgrim

|flag={{flag|United States|1912}}

|desc=The 12-gross register ton, {{convert|35.2|ft|m|1|adj=on}} motor vessel sank in "Malina Strait" – probably a local name for Raspberry Strait ({{coord|58|00|30|N|152|46|00|W|name=Raspberry Strait}}) – off Afognak Island in the Kodiak Archipelago after her gasoline engine backfired, igniting a fire in her engine room that led to an explosion of her gasoline tank which blew out her port side. Her two of crew abandoned ship in a lifeboat and survived.[https://alaskashipwreck.com/shipwrecks-a-z/alaska-shipwrecks-p/ alaskashipwreck.com Alaska Shipwrecks (P)]

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|ship={{SS|Planorbis||2}}

|flag={{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}

|desc=The tanker ran aground at Balikpapan, Netherlands East Indies. She was refloated on 26 November. }}

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|ship={{ship||Mayals|schooner|2}}

|flag={{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}

|desc=The auxiliary three-masted schooner was rammed and sunk at Milford Haven, Pembrokeshire by the fishing vessel Neves ({{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}). The crew were rescued.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Casualty reports |date=21 November 1931 |page=21 |issue=45986 |column=C }} }}

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|ship={{SS|Baron Glenconner||2}}

|flag={{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}

|desc=The cargo ship ran aground at Point Judith, Rhode Island, United States. She was refloated on 27 November.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=The Baron Glenconner refloated |date=28 November 1931 |page=15 |issue=45992 |column=G }} }}

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|ship={{SS|Michael L. Embiricos||2}}

|flag={{Flag|Greece}}

|desc=The cargo ship ran aground on Plane Island, Tunisia and was beached in Andaluses Bay. Thirty crew were rescued by {{SS|Alaya||2}} ({{flagcountry|Weimar Republic|civil}}).{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Casualty reports |date=23 November 1931 |page=21 |issue=45987 |column=B }}{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Greek steamer beached |date=24 November 1931 |page=20 |issue=45988 |column=G }} She was refloated on 28 November.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=The Michael L. Embiricos refloated |date=20 November 1931 |page=23 |issue=45993 |column=D }} }}

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|ship=Eleni

|flag={{flag|Greece}}

|desc=The sailing vessel ran aground whilst on a voyage from Salonica to Kavala and was destroyed by fire with the loss of a crew member.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Casualty reports |date=24 November 1931 |page=20 |issue=45988 |column=B }}

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|ship={{MV|Maraboe||2}}

|flag={{flag|Netherlands}}

|desc=The cargo ship collided with {{MV|Sibier||2}} ({{flag|Soviet Union}}) in the Kaiser Wilhelm Canal and sank. She was refloated on 26 November. }}

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{{shipwreck list begin |date= 24 November 1931 |sort=}}

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|ship=Mary G II

|flag={{flag|United States|1912}}

|desc=The 34-gross register ton fishing vessel was destroyed near Coffman Island ({{coord|56|01|45|N|132|50|30|W|name=Coffman Island}}) at the entrance to Lake Bay ({{coord|56|02|N|132|58|W|name=Lake Bay}}) on the northeast coast of Prince of Wales Island in the Alexander Archipelago in Southeast Alaska by a fire that began in her engine room when her gasoline engine's carburetor backfired. Her crew of two survived.[https://alaskashipwreck.com/shipwrecks-a-z/alaska-shipwrecks-m/ alaskashipwreck.com Alaska Shipwrecks (M)]

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|ship={{ship||Edith and Elinor|schooner|2}}

|flag={{flag|United States|1912}}

|desc=The schooner collided with {{SS|Gypsum Prince||2}} ({{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}) in the Atlantic Ocean off the Baccaro Lighthouse, Nova Scotia, Canada and sank with the loss of six of her nineteen crew.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Casualty reports |date=27 November 1931 |page=17 |issue=45991 |column=G }}

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|ship={{SS|Sanokawa Maru No.2||2}}

|flag={{flagcountry|Empire of Japan}}

|desc=The cargo ship ran aground at Hirado, Nagasaki.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Casualty reports |date=26 November 1931 |page=22 |issue=45990 |column=G }} She was refloated on 5 December.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Casualty reports |date=7 December 1931 |page=23 |issue=45999 |column=C }} }}

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|ship={{RMS|Duke of Lancaster|1927|2}}

|flag={{Flag|United Kingdom|civil}}

|desc=The passenger ship caught fire in Heysham Harbour, Lancashire. She capsized on 28 November. Duke of Lancaster was raised in January 1932, repaired and returned to service.{{cite book | first = Brian| last = Patton| year = 2007| title = Irish Sea Shipping| pages = 178–84| publisher = Silver Link Publications| location = Kettering|isbn= 978-1-85794-271-2}} }}

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|ship={{SS|Alameda||2}}

|flag={{flag|United States|1912}}

|desc=The cargo liner caught fire at Seattle, Washington and was a total loss.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Casualty reports |date=30 November 1931 |page=23 |issue=45993 |column=D }} }}

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{{shipwreck list begin |date=29 November 1931 |sort=}}

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|ship={{SS|Mildburg||2}}

|flag={{flagcountry|Weimar Republic|civil}}

|desc=The cargo ship ran aground on Öland, Sweden. She was refloated on 21 December.

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|ship={{SS|River Ribble||2}}

|flag={{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}

|desc=The cargo ship collided with {{SS|Selby||2}} ({{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}) at Hamburg, Germany, and was beached at Altona. She was refloated the next day. Selby was severely damaged.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Casualty reports |date=1 December 1931 |page=22 |issue=45994 |column=E }} }}

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|ship={{SS|Alameda||2}}

|flag={{flag|United States|1912}}

|desc=The passenger ship caught fire at Seattle, Washington and was severely damaged.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Fire in the Alameda |date=1 December 1931 |page=22 |issue=45994 |column=E }} }}

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|ship=Victoria

|flag={{flagcountry|Weimar Republic|civil}}

|desc=The cargo ship ran aground in lake Mälaren, Sweden.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Casualty reports |date=2 December 1931 |page=18 |issue=45995 |column=E }} She was refloated on 7 December. }}

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|ship={{ship||Pasages|steam trawler|2}}

|flag={{flagcountry|United Kingdom|civil}}

|desc=The fishing trawler ran aground on the Isle of Man.Ramsey Courier 4 December 1931. page 5

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|ship=Betty

|flag={{flag|Sweden}}

|desc=The auxiliary three-masted schooner ran aground near Oxelosund. She refloated but subsequently foundered.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Casualty reports |date=5 December 1931 |page=19 |issue=45998 |column=C }}

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|ship=East Anglia

|flag={{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}

|desc=The Thames barge was struck by another Thames barge, Edgar Scholey, in the River Thames at Erith, Kent and sank. She was refloated the next day. }}

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|ship={{SS|Kwanan Maru||2}}

|flag={{flagcountry|Empire of Japan}}

|desc=The cargo ship ran aground on the north east coast of Formosa. She broke in two on 10 December, with the stern section sinking. Kwanan Maru was declared a total loss.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Casualty reports |date=11 December 1931 |page=23 |issue=46003 |column=G }} }}

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|ship={{MV|Egitto||2}}

|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Italy|civil}}

|desc=The cargo ship ran aground at Alexandria, Egypt and was beached. She was refloated on 10 December and later drydocked for repairs.

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|ship={{SS|Fushiki Maru||2}}

|flag={{flagcountry|Empire of Japan}}

|desc=The ship ran aground on Quelpart, Korea. The passengers and crew were taken off.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Casualty reports |date=9 December 1931 |page=4 |issue=46001 |column=G }} }}

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|ship={{SS|Inga|Svendborg, 1907|2}}

|flag={{flag|Sweden}}

|desc=The cargo ship came ashore at Vano Kalkskar and was wrecked with the loss of a crew member.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Casualty reports |date=8 December 1931 |page=24 |issue=46000 |column=C }} }}

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|ship={{SS|Marjan||2}}

|flag={{Flagcountry|Kingdom of Yugoslavia}}

|desc=The cargo ship ran aground at Medulin. She was refloated on 22 December. }}

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|ship=Grete

|flag={{Flag|Denmark}}

|desc=The schooner sprang a leak and sank in the Baltic Sea off Falsterbo, Skåne County, Sweden. The crew were rescued.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Casualty reports |date=10 December 1931 |page=24 |issue=46002 |column=C }} }}

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|ship={{SS|Georgios Paleocrassis||2}}

|flag={{flag|Greece}}

|desc=The cargo ship ran aground at Gallipoli, Turkey and was abandoned.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Casualty reports |date=14 December 1931 |page=23 |issue=46005 |column=E }} She was declared a total loss on 15 December.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Casualty reports |date=16 December 1931 |page=23 |issue=4607 |column=C }}

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|ship={{ship||Teseo||2}}

|flag={{navy|Italy}}

|desc=The tug foundered in the Tyrrhenian Sea off Sardinia, Italy, with the loss of all 36 crew.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Italian naval vessel sunk |date=15 December 1931 |page=11 |issue=46006 |column=E }} }}

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|ship={{SS|Asta||2}}

|flag={{flag|Sweden}}

|desc=The cargo ship ran aground at Falsterbo, Skåne County. She was refloated on 21 December.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Casualty reports |date=22 December 1931 |page=19 |issue=46012 |column=F }}

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|ship={{SS|Ta Te||2}}

|flag={{flagcountry|Republic of China (1912–1949)|civil}}

|desc=The passenger ship caught fire in the Yangtze {{convert|40|nmi|km}} from Shanghai and sank with the loss of twenty of the approximately 300 people on board.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Casualty reports |date=15 December 1931 |page=22 |issue=46006 |column=F }} }}

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{{shipwreck list begin |date=16 December 1931 |sort=}}

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|ship={{ship||Admiral Beatty|schooner|2}}

|flag={{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}

|desc=The schooner was driven ashore on Grand Turk and was wrecked.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Casualty reports |date=17 December 1931 |page=22 |issue=46008 |column=E }}

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|ship=Gertrude

|flag={{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}

|desc=The Thames barge collided with {{MV|Havel|1928|2}} ({{flagcountry|Weimar Republic|civil}}) in the River Thames at Barking, Essex and sank.

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|ship={{ship||Lukas|schooner|2}}

|flag={{flag|Estonia}}

|desc=The schooner collided with a breakwater at Liepāja, Latvia and sank with the loss of all hands. }}

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|ship={{MV|Eland|1909|2}}

|flag={{flag|Netherlands}}

|desc=The coaster struck a rock at Tønsberg, Norway. An attempt was made to beach her but she foundered.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Casualty reports |date=21 December 1931 |page=16 |issue=46011 |column=G }} She was refloated on 23 December.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Casualty reports |date=24 December 1931 |page=23 |issue=46014 |column=C }}

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|ship={{SS|Newton Elm||2}}

|flag={{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}

|desc=The cargo ship ran aground at Crescent Head, New South Wales, Australia. She was refloated on 28 December but was found to be extensively damaged.{{cite web |url=http://www.plimsoll.org/images/14088_tcm4-55783.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303235307/http://www.plimsoll.org/images/14088_tcm4-55783.pdf |url-status=usurped |archive-date=3 March 2016 |title=Stranding of steamship "Newton Elm." |author=Board of Trade |publisher=His Majestey's Stationery Office |date=11 March 1932 |accessdate=4 July 2012}}

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|ship=Regina

|flag={{flag|Finland}}

|desc=The auxiliary schooner ran aground on Middelgrunden, Øresund. She was refloated on 24 December. }}

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{{shipwreck list begin |date=21 December 1931 |sort=}}

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|ship={{ship|ST|Lucas||2}}

|flag={{Flag|United Kingdom|civil}}

|desc=The tug capsized and sank in the River Ribble at Preston, Lancashire whilst assisting to refloat {{SS|Fido|1918|2}} ({{flag|Norway}}). The crew were rescued.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Casualty reports |date=23 December 1931 |page=17 |issue=46013 |column=F }} She was refloated on 23 December.

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|ship=Segovia

|flag={{flag|United States|1912}}

|desc=The almost completed United Fruit Company refrigerated cargo liner was destroyed by fire at Newport News, Virginia. The ship was rebuilt and renamed Peten and later Jamaica operating for United Fruit Company.{{cite journal |last1=Pacific Marine Review |date=January 1932 |title=Fire on Segovia |journal=Pacific Marine Review |page=34 |location=San Francisco |publisher=J.S. Hines |url=https://archive.org/details/pacificmarinerev2932paci/page/n41/mode/1up |accessdate=10 August 2021}}{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=British steamer ashore |date=22 December 1931 |page=19 |issue=46012 |column=G }} }}

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{{shipwreck list begin |date=24 December 1931 |sort=}}

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|ship={{SS|Yayewara Maru||2}}

|flag={{flagcountry|Empire of Japan}}

|desc=The passenger ship collided with {{SS|Kwansai Maru||2}} ({{flagcountry|Empire of Japan}}) in the Kurushima Strait and sank with the loss of 50 lives. }}

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|ship={{SS|Bārtava||2}}

|flag={{flag|Latvia}}

|desc=The cargo ship ran aground near Liepāja. She was refloated on 25 January 1932.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Casualty reports |date=28 January 1932 |page=19 |issue=46042 |column=B }}

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|ship={{SS|Livonia||2}}

|flag={{flag|Latvia}}

|desc=The cargo ship was driven ashore at Lyserort. All 23 crew were rescued by {{ship|ST|Rota||2}} ({{flag|Latvia}}).{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=A Baltic rescue |date=2 January 1932 |page=9 |issue=46020 |column=C }}

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|ship=Minnie

|flag={{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}

|desc=The Thames barge was rammed by {{SS|Hunterfield||2}} ({{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}) and sunk in the River Thames at Woolwich, London.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Casualty reports |date=28 December 1931 |page=19 |issue=46015 |column=C }} }}

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|ship={{SS|Mariongoula||2}}

|flag={{Flag|Greece}}

|desc=The cargo ship ran aground at Gedser, Sjælland, Denmark. She was refloated on 3 January 1932.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=The Mariongoula refloated |date=4 January 1932 |page=19 |issue=46021 |column=G }} }}

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{{shipwreck list begin |date=28 December 1931 |sort=}}

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|ship={{SS|Dos Esquis||2}}

|flag={{flag|Mexico|1916}}

|desc=The cargo ship ran aground at Cabo Roio, Florida, United States. She was refloated on 6 January 1932.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Casualty reports |date=7 January 1932 |page=15 |issue=46024 |column=C }}

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|ship=Helga

|flag={{flagcountry|Weimar Republic|civil}}

|desc=The auxiliary schooner ran aground at Kungshamn, Västra Götaland County, Sweden.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Casualty reports |date=29 December 1931 |page=17 |issue=46016 |column=C }} She was refloated on 4 January 1932.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Casualty reports |date=6 January 1932 |page=18 |issue=46023 |column=C }}

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|ship={{SS|Orion|1884|2}}

|flag={{flag|Finland}}

|desc=The cargo ship ran aground off Helsingfors. All twenty crew were rescued.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Wreck off Helsingfors |date=30 December 1931 |page=7 |issue=46017 |column=E }}

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|ship={{ship|ST|Royalist||2}}

|flag={{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}

|desc=The tug collided with {{SS|American Trader||2}} ({{flag|United States|1912}}) in the River Thames at Woolwich, London and sank with the loss of seven of the eight people on board.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Thames collision at night |date=29 December 1931 |page=8 |issue=46016 |column=G }} She was raised the next day and beached at Charlton.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Casualty reports |date=30 December 1931 |page=17 |issue=46017 |column=D }} }}

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|ship={{SS|Wenchow||2}}

|flag={{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}

|desc=The cargo ship ran aground in the Yangtze {{convert|40|nmi|km}} downstream of Kiukang. She was refloated on 5 January 1932. }}

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|ship={{SS|Danaos||2}}

|flag={{Flag|Greece}}

|desc=The cargo ship ran aground in the Paraná River, Argentina.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Casualty reports |date=1 January 1932 |page=4 |issue=46019 |column=E-F }} She was refloated on 10 January 1932.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Casualty reports |date=12 January 1932 |page=20 |issue=46028 |column=D }} }}

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|ship={{SS|Liro||2}}

|flag={{flag|Estonia}}

|desc=The cargo ship departed Hull, Yorkshire, United Kingdom for Tallinn.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Overdue vessel |date=28 December 1931 |page=19 |issue=46015 |column=C }} She foundered in the Baltic Sea with the loss of all twenty people on board.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=News in Brief |date=31 December 1931 |page=9 |issue=46018 |column=G }} Wreckage from the ship washed up at Rybachy, Kaliningrad Oblast, Soviet Union on 30 December.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Casualty reports |date=31 December 1931 |page=16 |issue=46018 |column=F }} }}

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|ship={{SS|Alacrity|1893|2}}

|flag={{flag|Australia|civil}}

|desc=The tugboat was driven ashore and wrecked by a gale while anchored in Cockburn Sound, Western Australia.

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|ship=Baychimo

|flag={{flag|United States|1912}}

|desc=The 1,322-ton trading supply steamer was abandoned in ice in the Arctic Ocean in the autumn of 1931. According to one report, she remained adrift in the Arctic ice pack for 52 months before she finally disappeared early in 1934; other reports claim she was sighted adrift as late as 1969, resulting in references to her as the "Ghost Ship of the Arctic."[https://alaskashipwreck.com/shipwrecks-a-z/alaska-shipwrecks-b/ alaskashipwreck.com Alaska Shipwrecks (B)]

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|ship={{SS|City of Taunton|1892|2}}

|flag={{flag|United States|1912}}

|desc=The {{convert|292|ft|adj=on}} cargo ship, a sidewheel paddle steamer, was beached and abandoned at Somerset, Massachusetts, on the west bank of the Taunton River at {{coord|41|42|39|N|071|10|33|W|name=City of Taunton}}, just south of the future site of the Charles M. Braga Jr. Memorial Bridge, sometime during the 1930s. The wreck settled on the river bottom in very shallow water.{{Cite web| url=http://wreckhunter.net/DataPages/cityoftaunton-dat.htm |title=City of Taunton | publisher=Hunting New England Shipwrecks |accessdate=1 February 2021 }}

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|ship={{ship|French cruiser|Ernest Renan||2}}

|flag={{navy|France|1931}}

|desc=The decommissioned armored cruiser was sunk as a target by ships and aircraft.

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|ship=F. C. Pendleton

|flag={{flag|United States|1912}}

|desc=The {{convert|145|ft|adj=on}}, 408-gross register ton three-masted schooner burned and sank without loss of life in up to {{convert|45|ft}} of water at {{coord|44|19|38|N|068|54|27|W|name=F. C. Pendleton}} while at anchor in Seal Harbor at Islesboro, Maine, sometime during the 1930s.{{Cite web| url=http://wreckhunter.net/DataPages/fcpendleton-dat.htm |title=F. C. Pendleton | publisher=Hunting New England Shipwrecks |accessdate=3 February 2021 }}

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|ship=Gardner G. Deering

|flag={{flag|United States|1912}}

|desc=The {{convert|251|ft|adj=on}}, 1,982-gross register ton five-masted schooner was abandoned and later burned in Smith Cove off West Brooksville, Maine, sometime during the 1930s. Her wreck settled in {{convert|10|to|30|ft}} of water approximately {{convert|500|ft}} off the north shore of the cove at {{coord|44|22|55|N|068|46|30|W|name=Gardner G. Deering}}.{{Cite web| url=http://wreckhunter.net/DataPages/gardnergdeeringt-dat.htm |title=Gardner G. Deering | publisher=Hunting New England Shipwrecks |accessdate=6 February 2021 }}

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|ship=M S P Co. No. 1

|flag={{flag|United States|1912}}

|desc=The 20-gross register ton, {{convert|36|ft|m|1|adj=on}} scow sank in the waters of the Territory of Alaska ca. 1931.[https://alaskashipwreck.com/shipwrecks-a-z/alaska-shipwrecks-m/ alaskashipwreck.com Alaska Shipwrecks (M)]

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|ship=Mildred Robinson

|flag={{flag|United States|1912}}

|desc=The motorboat was lost at Madeline Point in the Territory of Alaska.[https://alaskashipwreck.com/shipwrecks-a-z/alaska-shipwrecks-m/ alaskashipwreck.com Alaska Shipwrecks (M)]

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