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The list of shipwrecks in March 1923 includes ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during March 1923.

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3 March

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List of shipwrecks: 3 March 1923
Ship State Description
Babinda  United States The cargo ship caught fire at San Francisco, California and was abandoned.[1]
Hieronymus  Danzig The auxiliary sailing ship foundered in the Skaggerak off Hanstholm, Denmark. Her crew were rescued by Aalborg ( Denmark).[2]

5 March

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List of shipwrecks: 5 March 1923
Ship State Description
Yunur  Norway The cargo ship was driven ashore on the Westman Islands, Iceland and was wrecked. Her crew were rescued.[1]

7 March

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List of shipwrecks: 7 March 1923
Ship State Description
Monte  United Kingdom The auxiliary sailing ship came ashore at Mandal, Norway and was wrecked.[3]

8 March

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List of shipwrecks: 8 March 1923
Ship State Description
Mindini  United Kingdom The cargo liner ran aground at Samarai, New Guinea.[4] Her passengers and crew were rescued by Nauru Chief ( United Kingdom).[5]

9 March

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List of shipwrecks: 9 March 1923
Ship State Description
Rigel  Finland The cargo ship was sunk by ice 10 nautical miles (19 km) off Mariehamn.[4]

10 March

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List of shipwrecks: 10 March 1923
Ship State Description
Blazer  United States After a coil of tow line washed off her deck during a gale and fouled her propeller and her crew was unable to clear it from the propeller, the 48-gross register ton motor vessel – bound from Kodiak to Kanatak, Territory of Alaska – was washed onto the beach and broke up near Portage Bay (57°34′05″N 156°02′15″W / 57.56806°N 156.03750°W / 57.56806; -156.03750 (Portage Bay)) on the Alaska Peninsula 4 nautical miles (7.4 km; 4.6 mi) southwest of Kanatak. Her crew of three survived.[6]

12 March

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List of shipwrecks: 12 March 1923
Ship State Description
Marjane  France The trawler was sunk in the Mediterranean Sea off Hyères, Var by the explosion of a mine which had caught in her nets. Two of her crew were killed.[7]

14 March

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List of shipwrecks: 14 March 1923
Ship State Description
Cape Cod  United States The cargo ship a struck rock in Long Island Sound and was beached on Plum Island.[8]

15 March

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List of shipwrecks: 15 March 1923
Ship State Description
Eastway  United Kingdom The cargo ship was wrecked at Lourenço Marques, Mozambique with the loss of two of her crew.[9] Survivors were rescued by a tug.[10]
Merville  United Kingdom The cargo ship foundered in the North Sea with the loss of thirteen of her fifteen crew. Survivors were rescued by Frithjof Eide ( Norway).[8][11]

16 March

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List of shipwrecks: 16 March 1923
Ship State Description
Levanzo  Italy The passenger ship ran aground off Elba. Her passengers were transferred to Bali, Ischia and Massaua (all  Italy).[10] She sank on 3 April.[12]

17 March

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List of shipwrecks: 17 March 1923
Ship State Description
Banhei Maru No.2  Japan The cargo ship foundered off Yokohama.[10]
Buckleigh  United Kingdom The cargo ship ran aground in Jones Inlet, New York.[10] She was refloated on 31 March.[13]
Freia  Uruguay The cargo ship caught fire at La Boca, Buenos Aires, Argentina. She broke free from her moorings and sank.[10][14]

18 March

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List of shipwrecks: 18 March 1923
Ship State Description
Maid of Sparta  United Kingdom The cargo ship ran aground on Samsø, Denmark (56°04′N 11°00′E / 56.067°N 11.000°E / 56.067; 11.000) and was abandoned by her crew.[15] She was refloated on 22 March.[16]

19 March

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List of shipwrecks: 19 March 1923
Ship State Description
Shannonmede  United Kingdom The cargo ship was driven ashore at Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain.[17]

20 March

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List of shipwrecks: 20 March 1923
Ship State Description
Peiho  Germany The schooner came ashore 10 nautical miles (19 km) north of Cape San Diego, Argentina. Twenty four crew landed on New Year Island.[18]

21 March

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List of shipwrecks: 21 March 1923
Ship State Description
Bohemia  United Kingdom The schooner was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean (45°00′N 55°13′W / 45.000°N 55.217°W / 45.000; -55.217).[16]
Giulia  Italy The cargo ship sprang a leak in the Atlantic Ocean (41°37′N 58°37′W / 41.617°N 58.617°W / 41.617; -58.617).[19] She was subsequently abandoned.[20]

22 March

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List of shipwrecks: 22 March 1923
Ship State Description
Texan  United States The cargo ship came ashore on Block Island, Rhode Island.[16] She was refloated on 28 March.[21]

23 March

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List of shipwrecks: 23 March 1923
Ship State Description
USS Coastal Battleship No. 4  United States Navy
Coastal Battleship No. 4

The target ship (formerly the battleship USS Iowa) was sunk in the Gulf of Panama by the battleship USS Mississippi ( United States Navy).

25 March

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List of shipwrecks: 25 March 1923
Ship State Description
Felix  France The schooner was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean (47°56′N 11°54′W / 47.933°N 11.900°W / 47.933; -11.900). She was set afire by her crew, who were rescued by Nolisment ( France).[22]

26 March

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List of shipwrecks: 26 March 1923
Ship State Description
Aspen  United Kingdom The cargo ship ran aground between Formby and Southport, Lancashire.[22] She was refloated on 30 March.[13]
Marco Aurelio  Italy The cargo ship was abandoned in the Cerigo Channel.[22]
Rey Jaime I  Spain The cargo liner ran aground at Livorno, Tuscany, Italy. Her passengers were taken off.[23] She was refloated on 29 March.[24]
Taishin Maru  Japan The cargo ship ran aground on the west coast of the Kwantung Peninsula and was abandoned by her crew.[24]

27 March

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List of shipwrecks: 27 March 1923
Ship State Description
Amy Turner  United Kingdom The barquentine foundered off Guam with the loss of ten of her fourteen crew. Survivors reached landed at Hinuatan, Philippines after 24 days.[25]
Charles F. Gordon  United Kingdom The schooner was wrecked at Double Head, Cuba. Her crew were rescued.[26]
F. C. Lockhart  United Kingdom The schooner ran aground on Lippy Island, Maine, United States and was a total loss.[26]
Madelon  France The schooner was destroyed by fire off the Bishop's Rock. Her crew were rescued by the trawler Capstone ( United Kingdom).[23]
Rusholme  United Kingdom The cargo ship struck rocks 28 nautical miles (52 km) south of Port Nolloth, South Africa and was a total loss. Her crew survived.[26]

28 March

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List of shipwrecks: 28 March 1923
Ship State Description
Julian J. Fleetwood  United States The tow steamer foundered in 17 feet (5.2 m) of water at the mouth of the North River at the entrance to Albemarle Sound. Four of her crew died of exposure on the roof of the pilothouse, two survivors were rescued from the roof by Annie L. Vansciver ( United States) on the 29th.[27]

31 March

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List of shipwrecks: 31 March 1923
Ship State Description
Chaldon  United Kingdom The cargo ship struck a rock in the Pentland Firth and was beached at Scrabster, Caithness.[13] She was refloated on 3 April.[12]
Gladys M. Hollet  United Kingdom The schooner was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean off Cape Race, Newfoundland. Her crew were rescued.[13]

References

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  2. ^ "Casualty reports". The Times. No. 43281. London. 5 March 1923. col B, p. 20.
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  7. ^ "Casualty reports". The Times. No. 43289. London. 14 March 1923. col E, p. 14.
  8. ^ a b "Casualty reports". The Times. No. 43291. London. 16 March 1923. col E, p. 22.
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