List of shipwrecks in 1902

The list of shipwrecks in 1902 includes some ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during 1902.

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1902
Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr
May	Jun	Jul	Aug
Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Unknown date

January

Unknown date

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1902

Ship	Country	Description
Barque Glenbervie	United Kingdom	wrecked at Lowland Point near Coverack, Cornwall, laden with 600 barrels of whisky, 400 barrels of brandy and barrels of rum.[1] The 16 crewmen were saved by lifeboat.[2]

12 January

List of shipwrecks: 12 January 1902

Ship	Country	Description
Perseverance	Belgium	collided with Andreas in the River Usk, Monmouthshire, United Kingdom and was severely damaged. Later repaired and returned to service.[3]

February

25 February

List of shipwrecks: 25 February 1902

Ship	Country	Description
Liverpool	United Kingdom	The iron four master sailing ship was on route from Antwerp to San Francisco with general cargo when she sailed slowly onto the rocks at Hommeaux Florains, on the northeastern tip of Alderney Channel Islands in fog. There was no loss of life.[4][5]

March

5 March

List of shipwrecks: 5 March 1902

Ship	Country	Description
Waesland	United States	Collided with Harmonides ( United Kingdom) off Anglesey, United Kingdom and sank with the loss of two passengers.[6][7]

25 March

List of shipwrecks: 25 March 1902

Ship	Country	Description
John Ewin	United Kingdom	The schooner got into difficulties in the Teifi Estuary. Her crew were taken off by Lizzie & Charles Leigh Clare ( Royal National Lifeboat Institution). She was subsequently wrecked.[8]

April

13 April

List of shipwrecks: 13 April 1902

Ship	Country	Description
Legia	Belgium	collided with Julia (flag unknown) off the Newarp Lightvessel ( United Kingdom) and sank.[3]

May

6 May

List of shipwrecks: 6 May 1902

Ship	Country	Description
Camorta	United Kingdom	sank in the Irrawaddy Delta with the loss of all 737 passengers and crew.

24 May

List of shipwrecks: 24 May 1902

Ship	Country	Description
Stanleyville	Belgium	Wrecked off Takoradi, Gold Coast.[6]

May 27

List of shipwrecks: May 27 1902

Ship	Country	Description
HMS Recruit	Royal Navy	The Brazen-class destroyer struck rocks half a mile north of Cape Cornwall. Refloated and towed to Penzance by tugs.[9]

June

7 June

List of shipwrecks: 7 June 1902

Ship	Country	Description
Thomas Wilson	United States	sank in Duluth harbour after a collision with the George Hadley ( United States). Nine crew were killed.

12 June

List of shipwrecks: 12 June 1902

Ship	Country	Description
Advance	Australia	Ran aground at Henry's Point, Botany Bay and was wrecked.

August

4 August

List of shipwrecks: 4 August 1902

Ship	Country	Description
Wordsworth	Belgium	Wrecked off Assu Torre, Bahia, Brazil.[10][6]

September

6 September

List of shipwrecks: 6 September 1902

Ship	Country	Description
Crête-à-Pierrot	Haitian Navy	Crête-à-Pierrot. The gunboat was scuttled at Gonaïves to prevent her capture by SMS Panther ( Kaiserliche Marine). All five crew on board were killed.

October

10 October

List of shipwrecks: 10 October 1902

Ship	Country	Description
Yoshina Maru	Japan	Caught fire in the Van Diemen Strait and abandoned. Drifted ashore at Kagoshima.[11]

November

5 November

List of shipwrecks: 5 November 1902

Ship	Country	Description
Elingamite	Australia	Sank near the Three Kings Islands, New Zealand with the loss of 45 passengers and crew.

18 November

List of shipwrecks: 18 November 1902

Ship	Country	Description
Greenock	UK	Hit by steamer Ape near Gourock Bay and Cloch Point in the River Clyde. One man missing.[12]

Unknown date

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1902

Ship	Country	Description
George Rennie	Australia	Sunk as breakwater, Picnic Bay, Queensland.

References

1. Leonard, Alan (2008). "Profiting from Shipwrecks". Picture Postcard Annual: 14–16.
2. Noall, C (c. 1969). Cornish Shipwrecks Illustrated. Truro: Tor Mark Press. p. 10.
3. "Belgian Merchant H-O" (PDF). Belgische Koopvaardij. Retrieved 31 October 2010.
4. "sv Liverpool".
5. John Elsbury. "SHIPWRECKS NEAR ALDERNEY".
6. "Belgian Merchant P-Z" (PDF). Belgische Koopvaardij. Retrieved 1 December 2010.
7. "The Sinking of the Waesland". Norway Heritage. Retrieved 22 December 2010.
8. "Cardigan & District shipwrecks and lifeboat service". Glen Johnson. Retrieved 1 February 2015.
9. Leach, Nicholas (2003). Sennen Cove Lifeboats. Stroud: Tempus. ISBN 0-7524-3111-0.
10. "SS Wordsworth". wrecksite.eu. Retrieved 23 Feb 2016.
11. "Belgian Merchant A-G" (PDF). Belgische Koopvaardij. Retrieved 1 October 2010.
12. Clyde Shipwrecks page 31 by Peter Moir

Ship events in 1902
Ship launches:	1897	1898	1899	1900	1901	1902	1903	1904	1905	1906	1907
Ship commissionings:	1897	1898	1899	1900	1901	1902	1903	1904	1905	1906	1907
Ship decommissionings:	1897	1898	1899	1900	1901	1902	1903	1904	1905	1906	1907
Shipwrecks:	1897	1898	1899	1900	1901	1902	1903	1904	1905	1906	1907

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