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- The steamer's steering gear failed causing her to ground on Grand Island, Michigan. She then burned to the waterline, a total loss. Her machinery was salvaged. The wreck was dynamited later. (en)
- The 23-ton steamer sank off Nome, Territory of Alaska. She was declared a total loss. (en)
- The steamer struck a snag near the head of Willamette Slough, Oregon damaging a plank and she was beached in shallow water. (en)
- The steamer sunk in a collision on Lake Huron with . (en)
- The ship foundered in the Bristol Channel with the loss of all hands. She was on a voyage from Newport, Monmouthshire to Dublin. (en)
- The steamer struck a snag, capsized and sank at Lock No. 5 in the Little Kanawha River. Raised and repaired. (en)
- The dredge sprung a leak and sank in the Allegheny River below 43rd Street, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Raised and repaired. (en)
- The steamer burned at dock in Chattahoochee, Florida, a total loss. (en)
- The tow steamer sank at dock in Tottenville, New York due to a damaged plank. (en)
- The Cie Française Charbonnage et de la Batelage vessel was wrecked off the coast of Madagascar while serving as a coal depot ship. (en)
- The tug ran aground at high tide on a steep bank in the harbor at Charleston, South Carolina. When the tide dropped she slid off and sank. One crewman killed. (en)
- The schooner was sunk in a collision with in fog off Boston, Massachusetts. The crew were rescued by Parthian. (en)
- The tow steamer was sunk in a collision with a scow in the North River. (en)
- The Tug was destroyed by fire between Albany, New York and Athens, New York off Castleton-on-Hudson, New York. (en)
- The steamship was wrecked at Bempton Cliffs, Flamborough Head, Yorkshire, United Kingdom. (en)
- The steamer struck a submerged obstruction in the Ohio River at Marshalls Landing, Kentucky and sank. Raised and repaired. (en)
- The passenger-cargo ship foundered in mountainous seas in the Tasman Sea near Cabbage Tree Island off New South Wales, Australia, with the loss of 11 lives. The steamer rescued her seven survivors. (en)
- The steamer foundered in heavy seas on Lake Superior off Whitefish Point. Her captain and one crewman killed. Survivors were rescued by Yale . (en)
- The steamer sprang a leak and was beached in Saginaw Bay. (en)
- The steamer sprang a leak and foundered in of water in a gale off Grand Marais, Minnesota. The crew were rescued by the United States Life Saving Service. (en)
- The 44-ton sealing schooner sank on the coast of the Territory of Alaska. (en)
- The canal boat sank at dock at Jersey City, New Jersey. (en)
- The passenger-cargo ship was wrecked on the sands near Happisburgh on the coast of Norfolk, England. (en)
- Operating on the Ketchikan mail route, the steam tug was wrecked when her helmsman fell asleep at her wheel and she ran onto rocks at full speed on Fox Island in northeastern Dixon Entrance off Cape Fox, Territory of Alaska. One crewman was injured. (en)
- The steamer burned and sank at a wharf, probably at Norfolk, Virginia. (en)
- The tug was sunk in a collision in fog with at the entrance to Duluth, Minnesota-Superior, Wisconsin Harbor. One crewman killed. Raised and repaired. (en)
- The steamer burned in the Cumberland River. One crewman killed. (en)
- The steamer was lost to fire at West Point, Washington, between Seattle and Ballard. (en)
- The tug was destroyed by fire between Albany, New York and Troy, New York off Breaker Island. (en)
- The Presbyterian missionary riverboat, built by William R. Trigg Co., Richmond, Virginia in 1901 and assembled in the Congo, capsized in the Congo River during a supply run between Leopoldville and Luebo Station with loss of twenty-four people. The vessel was replaced by Samuel N. Lapsley II in 1906. (en)
- The steamer sank up to her 2nd deck in the Ocklawaha River in of water. Two crewmen killed. Raised in April, repaired and returned to service. (en)
- The tow steamer was sunk in a collision with Hercules in New York Bay. Three crewmen were killed, one injured. (en)
- The steamer was sunk in of water by ice at St. Charles, Missouri. Scheduled to be raised in 1904. (en)
- A canal boat, under tow, was sunk in a collision with another towed canal boat off Sixth Street, Jersey City, New Jersey. (en)
- thumb|right|North Pacific sinking with an insurance launch alongside.The sidewheel paddle steamer went off course in fog, struck a rock, and sank off Marrowstone Island, Washington in deep water, a total loss. Crew and passengers reach shore in her boats. (en)
- The steamer was wrecked in a gale and snowstorm at Duram Island off Newfoundland, a total loss. (en)
- The steamer burned at dock in Toledo, Ohio, possibly due to an exploding lamp, a total loss. (en)
- The steamer struck a rock and sank at Six Mile Island in the Allegheny River. Raised and repaired. (en)
- The steamer struck a submerged obstruction in the Ohio River near the mouth of the Little Miami River and sank. Raised and repaired. (en)
- The tow steamer sank at dock at Erie Basin, Brooklyn, New York due to a sheared rivet. Later raised. (en)
- The steamer sank at dock at Palatka, Florida due to a broken pipe. Raised, repaired and returned to service. (en)
- The steamer was destroyed by fire in the Ohio River at Neil's Landing, Pennsylvania. (en)
- The passenger steamer went ashore in a severe storm at Woods Point, Indian Harbor, New York on Long Island. (en)
- The schooner was sunk in a severe squall at Newport News, Virginia. Later raised. (en)
- The steamer was destroyed by fire north west of Goderich, Ontario. (en)
- The 101-gross register ton, schooner was wrecked on a reef off Baby Island in the northwestern part of Akutan Pass in the Aleutian Islands and was deemed a total loss. Leaving her first mate in charge of the wreck, the revenue cutter took off 38 passengers and eight crew members. (en)
- The steamer went aground at Fort Bragg, California. Later refloated and repaired. (en)
- The barque was on passage from New Zealand to Liverpool when she lost part of her mast and head gear off the Pendeen Lighthouse, and drifted onto the Brisons in a northwest–by–west gale and was wrecked. All the crew were lost. (en)
- The schooner sank in Lake Superior off Michigan Island, Wisconsin. (en)
- The steamer was sunk at Wetherill's Wharf, Cohansey Creek, New Jersey when a falling tide dropped her on a stump punching a hole in her bottom. (en)
- The steamer sprung a leak in heavy seas on Lake Erie off Fairport, Ohio and sank, a total loss. Crew rescued by , one crewman reportedly died while abandoning ship. (en)
- The coastal steamer collided with the steamer and sank off Bull Point, North Devon, United Kingdom. All the crew survived. (en)
- The laid up tug sank at dock when struck by at the Lake Street Bridge, Chicago, Illinois. (en)
- The motor vessel struck a submerged object and sank in Chesapeake Bay. Her crew was saved. (en)
- The barge sank off Staten Island, New York. She was carrying jewels belonging to the Guggenheim family. (en)
- The steamer was destroyed by fire over night at dock in Ogdensburg, New York. (en)
- The General Rivera-class gunboat sank after an internal explosion. (en)
- The laid up steamer was sunk by an ice flow at St. Louis, Missouri. Scheduled to be raised after June. (en)
- The tug was sunk in a collision with on Lake Erie near Point Albino, Canada, or Windmill Point, Ontario. Three crewmen killed. (en)
- The steamer caught fire at sea after being stolen by 4 boys from her dock at Eureka, California. The tug Ranger caught up with the steamer, rescued the boys and beached the steamer in Humboldt Bay, a total loss. (en)
- The steamer was sunk by ice in Newark Bay. Later raised and drydocked. (en)
- The steamer was destroyed by fire at dock in Charleston, South Carolina. (en)
- The steamer struck a submerged object west south west of Stratford Point Light and was beached. (en)
- The steamer sprung a leak in a gale and foundered off Spurn Point. All nine crew were rescued by the trawler . (en)
- The laid up steamer was destroyed by fire over night at dock at Kingston, Ontario. (en)
- The steamer was wrecked on the bar at Hereford, New Jersey in heavy seas and dense fog. Her cargo was salvaged. (en)
- The steamer capsized and sank in the North Sea. Eleven crew killed, four rescued by . (en)
- The 37-gross register ton schooner was stranded at Bay Ridge, New York. All three people aboard survived. (en)
- The steamer burned at Chase's Wharf, Baltimore, Maryland. (en)
- The steamer was destroyed by fire at dock at Grants Ferry, Washington on the Columbia River. (en)
- The steamer foundered in a severe gale and heavy seas in Lake Erie off the light for Cleveland, Ohio in of water, a total loss. Her master was killed, two tugs rescued the rest of the crew. (en)
- The steamer foundered in what is described as a "hurricane" or "whirlwind" in the Chowan River that caused her to careen, and fill with water, she righted herself and sank between Mount Pleasant and Oliver's Wharf with only her pilothouse above water. 18 killed, her captain and 5 others were rescued from the pilothouse by . Eight others left in a lifeboat and boarded a barge, from which they were rescued by . (en)
- The tow steamer sank at dock at the foot of Van Brunt Street, Brooklyn when her seams opened up. Later raised and repaired. (en)
- The cannery steamer sank after running aground on Denman Island in the Gulf Islands in British Columbia. (en)
- The steamer burned to the waterline at Pier 28 South, Philadelphia. (en)
- The barque was wrecked at Outer Parajos, near Coquimbo. (en)
- The tow steamer struck a submerged obstruction in the Kentucky River near Sand Ripple and sank, a total loss. (en)
- The schooner broke loose from her tow in a snowstorm and went ashore east of Grand Marais, Minnesota, a total loss. The crew were saved by the United States Life Saving Service. (en)
- The steamer ran aground in high winds, heavy seas, and dense fog on Dutch Island in Narragansett Bay. Later refloated. (en)
- The freighter grounded on West Way causing a leak and was beached. (en)
- The motorboat struck a snag near Isleton, California in the Sacramento River and was beached and repaired. (en)
- The schooner was wrecked off Sable Island, Nova Scotia. (en)
- While laid up for the winter, the 8-gross register ton, schooner dragged her anchor during either the winter of 1901–1902 or the winter of 1902–1903 and was blown so far inland at the head of "Wrangell Bay" in the Territory of Alaska – probably Wrangell Bay on Kodiak Island but possibly the harbor at Wrangell in Southeast Alaska – that she could not be relaunched. She was declared a total loss and was stripped and abandoned. (en)
- The steamer capsized and sank at the mouth of the Tangipahoa River, possibly from being close to the bank edge with the river level dropping. (en)
- The steamer was sunk by ice at dock at the foot of Vine Street, Cincinnati, Ohio. (en)
- The smack got into difficulties off Cardigan. All four people on board were rescued by Lizzie & Charles Leigh Clare . (en)
- The dumper barge, under tow of , sank while being towed to sea from New York City off the Whistling Buoy. Her only crewman died. (en)
- The steamer was destroyed by fire at Sour Spring Grove Dock in the Niagara River. (en)
- The steamer capsized and sank when the coal barge she was towing grounded at "The Trap" in the Ohio River. The wreck was abandoned. Her engines and other machinery was salvaged and placed in another steamer. (en)
- The barque was wrecked in a storm on a reef south of Cape Alava and broke up. 18 were killed, 2 survivors. (en)
- The steamer struck an obstruction at the mouth of the Mobile River in Alabama and was beached. She was refloated and repaired. (en)
- The steamer sank at dock at the foot of Dubois Street, Detroit, Michigan. Later scheduled to be raised. (en)
- The barque sank in Melville Bay, Greenland (en)
- The laid up steamer burned at Freeport, Florida. (en)
- The schooner was wrecked in West Bay, Dorset. (en)
- The ship foundered in the Bristol Channel. (en)
- The steamer burned at Port Orchard, Washington. (en)
- The steamer burned at anchor in Put-In-Bay, Ohio. (en)
- The steamer burned at dock in Satilla River. (en)
- The steamer foundered at Miami, Missouri. (en)
- The steamer foundered off Misaki, Japan. (en)
- The steamer was wrecked west of Charlevoix Bay. (en)
- The steamer was wrecked off Terschelling. (en)
- The steamship foundered at . (en)
- The tug struck burned at Eagle Harbor, Washington. (en)
- The decommissioned ironclad turret ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean while under tow from the United Kingdom to the United States for scrapping. (en)
- The steamer struck a hidden obstruction on the Mississippi River above Natchez, Mississippi and sank. Six crewmen killed. (en)
- During a voyage from Buenos Aires, Argentina, to New York City carrying a crew of 21 men and a cargo of animal bones destined for a fertilizer factory, the 1,605-ton schooner was wrecked in thick fog during a gale about off Ship Bottom, New Jersey, and about north of the Ship Bottom Life-Saving Station. The United States Life-Saving Service rescued her entire crew. Her wreck sank in of water and is known as the "Bone Wreck" and the "Surf City Wreck." (en)
- The motor vessel burned at Atlantic Wharf, Baltimore, Maryland. (en)
- The steamer caught fire off Manitowoc, Wisconsin. She was towed by three steamers to the Sturgeon Bay Ship Canal where the fire was extinguished, but she sank in of water. She was raised, rebuilt and returned to service as . (en)
- The steamer caught fire off Boston, Massachusetts and was beached where she burned to the waterline. She later floated off and sank, a total loss. (en)
- The laid up steamer sank at dock when her bitts pulled out causing leaks at Newport, Kentucky. Raised and repaired. (en)
- The steamer sprang a leak at dock at Jones Landing, Georgia on the Flint River and sank. (en)
- The fishing steamer was destroyed by fire at dock in Tiverton, Rhode Island. (en)
- The laid up steamer was destroyed by fire at Charlotte, New York, on the Genesee River. (en)
- The sloop was sunk in a collision with off Esopus Light in the Hudson River. Her captain was killed. (en)
- The schooner was sunk in a collision with off Humboldt Bay, California. Everyone on board was rescued by boats from Del Norte, but one crewman from Del Norte died in the rescue. (en)
- The passenger steamer was sunk by ice at dock in Athens, New York. (en)
- The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked at Chesil Beach, Dorset, United Kingdom. (en)
- The schooner capsized at Port Greville, Nova Scotia. She was later salvaged, repaired and returned to service. (en)
- The steamer sprang a leak at Catherine Hill Bay, New South Wales, Australia, and sank. She was scrapped in situ after it was found she was too badly damaged to repair. (en)
- The hit a rock and sank in Cavalaire Bay off Cavalaire-sur-Mer, France. Her wreck was sold as scrap in December 1909. (en)
- The unprotected cruiser sank off Hong Kong after colliding with the passenger ship . (en)
- The steamer struck a snag in the Ohio River near Vanceburg, Kentucky and sank. Raised and repaired. (en)
- The steamer struck rocks at "Chain of Rocks" in the Yukon River and sank in of water. (en)
- The steamer was sunk at dock at Two Harbors, Minnesota when a bilge pump failed. Raised and beached in Howard's Bay to await repairs. (en)
- The lifeboat capsized at the mouth of the River Afan with the loss of six of her fourteen crew. (en)
- The steamer struck a rock in thick fog off Cape Blanco, Oregon and sank in 45 minutes. Eight passengers, two stowaways, and nine crewmen died, five of those from exposure on life rafts. (en)
- The tug, while assisting steamer Winifred in the Delaware River off Marcus Hook, Pennsylvania, was run into by Winifred causing her to careen, fill and sink. Five crewmen were killed. Two crewmen were rescued by a barge towed by Winifred and one crewman climbed Winifreds anchor chain. (en)
- The barque was driven ashore and wrecked at Chesil Beach, Dorset, United Kingdom. (en)
- The barque ran aground at Allonby, Cumbria, England. She was refloated, repaired, and returned to service. (en)
- The steamer sprang a leak and sank in Saginaw Bay. The crew made it to shore in the ship's boat. (en)
- The steamer sprung a leak and sank at Brown's Station, Pennsylvania. Raised, repaired and returned to service. (en)
- Carrying a cargo of three tons of miscellaneous merchandise and under tow by a motor launch from Katalla, Territory of Alaska, to Kayak Island off Southcentral Alaska, the 18-net register ton scow sank in a gale in the Gulf of Alaska off Kayak Island after her tow line parted. (en)
- The steamer struck a submerged buoy in the Ohio River near Louisville, Kentucky and sank. Raised and repaired. (en)
- During a voyage from Killisnoo to Hoonah, Territory of Alaska, with her owner, five passengers, and a cargo of camp supplies and potatoes on board, the 5-ton, sloop was wrecked on a reef in Chatham Strait in the Alexander Archipelago in Southeast Alaska, probably at Fishery Point . All on board survived the initial wreck and all of her cargo was brought ashore, but her owner and two other men who went back aboard her to await the rising tide to refloat her perished, two of them disappearing completely. (en)
- The schooner was sunk in a collision with in dense fog, either at the Entrance to Galveston Harbor, or south east of Galveston in of water, which ever place, it was shallow enough for the wreck to be marked with a buoy. (en)
- The steamer sank when ice gouged the caulking out of her seams between Warsaw, Illinois and Burlington, Iowa. (en)
- The tow steamer was backing out of dock at Rivington Street, New York City and was caught on a spile causing her to capsize and sink. Her captain was killed. Later raised. (en)
- The cargo ship was sighted whilst on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Boston, Massachusetts, United States. No further trace, presumed foundered in the Atlantic Ocean with the loss of all 39 crew. (en)
- The steamer struck a snag and sank in the White River near Sibleys Island. (en)
- While on a return passage from Puerto Rico in heavy fog, the tug was wrecked on rocks just off Southeast Point on Block Island off the coast of Rhode Island, west of Block Island Southeast Light. Her wreck settled in of water at . (en)
- The 46-gross register ton screw steamer sank in the Delaware River after colliding with the steam screw tug off Chestnut Street Wharf in Camden, New Jersey. Harry M. Wall tried to beach Quaker City, but she sank on the east side of the Ship Channel before she could be beached. All six people aboard Quaker City survived. (en)
- The stern paddle wheel steamer, towing the excursion barge Little Gate, while passing under the Wabash Railroad Bridge at Hannibal, Missouri was turned sideways by the current striking the bridge piers with her stern and then backing into the riverbank destroying her paddle wheel, rendering her helpless. She sank in of water below the bridge, a total loss. Three passengers and one crewman killed, either from the ship or the barge. Survivors climbed onto the bridge or were rescued by a ferry and skiffs. (en)
- The U. S. launch was sunk in a collision with , probably at Norfolk, Virginia. (en)
- The steamer was wrecked in a blizzard and gale on a reef off Gooseberry River on the north shore of Lake Superior and broke up. (en)
- The canal boat, under tow of Empire , sank in a collision with the steamer in the East River. (en)
- The tow steamer sprung a leak on Lake Erie off Cleveland, Ohio and was beached. (en)
- The steamer listed on a rising tide and sank at Pier 83 North, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Raised the next day. (en)
- The schooner capsized and sank in Lake Michigan off Port Washington, Wisconsin. One of her two-man crew died. (en)
- The 179-gross register ton, fishing steamer was wrecked on an uncharted rock in Icy Strait in the Alexander Archipelago in Southeast Alaska, roughly west-northwest of "Spasskaia Island," now called Spasski Island . All 25 members of her crew survived. (en)
- The steamer struck a snag and sank on the Yazoo River near Simmons Landing, Mississippi, a total loss. One crewman killed. (en)
- The steamer burned in the St. Clair River and sank off the Grande Pointe Hotel pier of Grande Pointe, Michigan. Wreck removal was underway at end of year. (en)
- The schooner was cut in half and sunk in a collision with east of Stratford Shoal. Five crewmen and a friend of the captain were killed. (en)
- The car float, under tow of , sank in a collision in fog with the passenger steamer off Tenth St. in the East River. 14 rail cars on board rolled off as she sank. (en)
- The steamer broke a mooring line at Bihlers Point Landing, California allowing her to be damaged on a rock. She drifted ashore, a total loss. (en)
- The steamer struck a snag in the Mississippi River near Mayersville, Mississippi and sank. Raised and repaired. (en)
- Carrying a cargo of coal, the , 2,638-gross register ton five-masted schooner — which had been launched only two months earlier — dragged her anchor during a gale and was wrecked on a reef just off the east side of Stratton Island in Saco Bay off Prouts Neck, Maine, at . The captain's wife was the only fatality. The wreck settled in shallow water. (en)
- The steamer burned due to an over turned lamp at Burlington, Vermont, a total loss. (en)
- The sloop was sunk in a collision with , apparently in Virginia. One man drowned. (en)
- The steamer was destroyed by fire at the Kelly Island Lime and Transport Co. dock in Kelleys Island, Ohio. (en)
- The steamer was destroyed by fire at Thousand Island Park in the St. Lawrence River due to an exploding lamp. (en)
- The steamship passed Pointe Saint-Mathieu, Finistère, France, bound for Rotterdam, the Netherlands, then disappeared without trace. (en)
- The steamer burned to the waterline at Jacksonville, Florida. (en)
- The sloop was sunk in a collision with above Esopus Lighthouse in the Hudson River. Her captain died. (en)
- The schooner sank in a collision with a barge under the tow of steamer off Cape Cod. The crew transferred by small boat to the barge. (en)
- The steamer ran aground and was wrecked on Burhou Island off Alderney Channel Islands on a voyage from Boulogne to Bayonne with general cargo. (en)
- The full-rigged ship sprang a leak and was beached in the Solomon Islands, where she was wrecked. Her crew survived. (en)
- The steamer was wrecked in thick fog on Bodega Head, California. (en)
- The steamer sunk by flooding while hauled out for repairs at Lexington, Missouri. Total loss. (en)
- The steamer broke loose from her dock at Kansas City, Kansas and was swept by a strong current in the Kaw River into bridge piers and sunk. Total loss. (en)
- The river steamer was lost at St. Michael, Territory of Alaska. (en)
- The steamer was wrecked near Scharhörn on her passage from Kristiana to Harlingen, Friesland, Netherlands. (en)
- The barque was lost in a snowstorm off Blue Rocks, Nova Scotia. (en)
- The steamer burned at dock in Punta Gorda, Florida, a total loss. (en)
- The unfinished and unregistered steamer was totally destroyed by arson at dock at Boyd's Shipyard, Palatka, Florida. (en)
- On leaving Antwerp, the passenger-cargo ship was in collision in the River Scheldt with the steamer . All 17 members of her crew were saved but all 22 of her passengers – emigrants from Galicia on their way to Canada – drowned. (en)
- The tug sank at dock in Tonawanda, New York over night for unknown reasons. Later raised with no damage found. (en)
- The steamer was sunk off Bristol, Pennsylvania when she collided with a barge towed by . Her crew was rescued by Eva Belle Cain. (en)
- The steamer was destroyed by fire at the Eldorado Dock, Grand Island, New York in the Niagara River. (en)
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Cyclone Leonta: The cargo ship was driven ashore at Townsville, Queensland, Australia. (en)
- The steamer was destroyed by fire over night at dock at Fisherworks Wharf, Black Point, Connecticut. (en)
- The steamer was sunk in a collision with near the Detroit River Light in Lake Erie. (en)
- The steamer, being used as a launch tender, was lost at Baron Koff Bay, Kamchatka, Siberia. (en)
- The steamer struck a submerged obstruction in the Arkansas River near Fites Landing and sank. One crewman killed. (en)
- The laid up steamer burned at Freeport, Florida, probably arson. (en)
- The steamer foundered at the mouth of the La Anguille River. Raised and repaired. (en)
- The schooner was driven ashore at The Mumbles, Glamorgan. She was refloated the next day. (en)
- The pleasure steamer was destroyed by fire at dock in Ogdensburg, New York. Fire reported as caused by embers from a passing locomotive. (en)
- The steamer was destroyed by fire at St. Louis, Missouri, a total loss. (en)
- The cargo steamer on a voyage from Montreal to Bristol and Liverpool with a cargo of cattle, lumber and foodstuffs ran aground near the Plate Point Lighthouse on the island of Petite Miquelon, and was subsequently abandoned. (en)
- The 9-gross register ton motor vessel burned at Mukilteo, Washington. The only person on board survived. (en)
- The steamer struck a hidden obstruction in the Arkansas River between Memphis, Tennessee and Pine Bluff, Arkansas and sank. (en)
- The launch burned at dock in Dover Point, New Hampshire. (en)
- The steamer burned at Charleroi, Pennsylvania. Later rebuilt. (en)
- The steamer foundered south west of Saybrook, Connecticut. Her machinery was salvaged. (en)
- The steamer sank in the Rainy River when cargo shifted. Later raised undamaged. (en)
- The steamer struck a submerged obstruction in the Green River between Calhoun, Kentucky and Livermore, Kentucky and sank. Raised and repaired. (en)
- The steamer was sunk in a collision with the barge Magna in the St. Clair Flats Ship Canal, a total loss. The wreck was removed over a period of months ending in May 1904. (en)
- The steamer foundered in heavy squall an hour out of Egg Harbor, Wisconsin in Green Bay. Her captain, two crewmen and eight passengers were killed. Eight survivors were rescued the next day by a passing ship. (en)
- The oil tanker struck a reef east of Point Nepean, Victoria, Australia, at the entrance to Port Phillip Bay. Two days later its cargo of 1,300 tonnes of crude oil was released into the ocean, causing one of the first major maritime oil spills. (en)
- The laid up tow steamer sank at dock at the foot of Essex Street, Jersey City, New Jersey for unknown reasons. Raised and repaired. (en)
- The 43-ton sealing schooner sank without loss of life on the coast of the Territory of Alaska. (en)
- The ship lost her sails and was wrecked in hurricane-force winds off St Ives, Cornwall, England. The three crew were rescued by lifeboat. (en)
- The laid up steamer sank at St. Louis, Missouri when cold weather opened up her seams. She was a total loss. (en)
- The battleship ran aground in the Strait of Gibraltar. She was refloated and repaired and she returned to active service in late November. (en)
- The barge sprung a leak and sank between Point Judith, Rhode Island and Beavertail Lighthouse. (en)
- The barge sank in a severe storm, probably off New York. (en)
- The fishing schooner was wrecked off Whale Cove near White Point Ledges. Her captain and 14 crew died, 3 made it to shore. (en)
- The 8-gross register ton, sloop was wrecked in Tongass Narrows in Southeast Alaska south of Hollis, Territory of Alaska, during a storm. (en)
- The steamer was wrecked on Fish Rocks near Point Arena, California, a total loss. (en)
- The steamer was sunk by ice in the Pend d'Oreille River below Newport, Oregon. (en)
- The steamship was wrecked near Beadnell, United Kingdom. (en)
- The steamer burned at Walton's Coal Works on the Monongahela River, a total loss. (en)
- The , 1,277-gross register ton schooner barge suffered an explosion and sank in of water in the North Atlantic Ocean south of Long Island near East Hampton, New York. Her entire crew of five perished. (en)
- The 99-gross register ton schooner sank off Chatham, Massachusetts. Both people on board survived. (en)
- The steamer burned and sank in the Sacramento River near Meriden Landing, California when an oil lamp fell off a bulkhead, a total loss. (en)
- The steamer was sunk in a collision with at Norfolk, Virginia. (en)
- The screw steamer burned to the waterline and was scuttled at her moorings at Sackville, New South Wales, Australia. Her crew survived. She was refloated, repaired, and returned to service. (en)
- The steamer sank in the St. Croix River opposite Stillwater, Minnesota. One crewman killed. (en)
- The pleasure steamer burned at Burlington, Vermont, a total loss. (en)
- The steamer struck an obstruction at St. Charles, Missouri and sank. Total loss. (en)
- The barge sprung a leak and sank near Hen and Chickens Light. (en)
- The steamer struck a hidden obstruction and sank in the Allegheny River, probably near Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. (en)
- The motorboat capsized in a squall in San Francisco Bay. One passenger and one crewman killed. (en)
- The launch was lost at Karluk, Territory of Alaska. (en)
- The smack got into difficulties off Cardigan. Her crew were rescued by Lizzie & Charles Leigh Clare . They later returned to the smack and took her in to Cardigan. (en)
- The steamer struck a snag in the Santee River and sank. (en)
- The 167-gross register ton barge sank off Velasco, Texas. Both people on board survived. (en)
- The steam lighter was sunk in a collision with the ferry in the North River. (en)
- The barque disappeared without trace after departing Adelaide, South Australia, in September 1903. (en)
- The barge foundered in a strong gale and heavy seas off Montauk Point, New York. The crew were rescued by her tow steamer . (en)
- The scow sprung a leak and sank near Popasquash Point, Rhode Island in Narragansett Bay. (en)
- The steamer snagged a mooring line causing her to drift in to the Mountain Sheep Rapids on the Snake River and was wrecked. (en)
- The ferry was destroyed by fire between Athens, New York and Coxsackie, New York. (en)
- The tug sank at dock at New Berlin, Florida. Promptly raised. (en)
- The ferry was wrecked when backed into by in the Ohio River between Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and Allegheny, Pennsylvania. (en)
- The steamer was destroyed by fire in the Tennessee River at Clifton, Tennessee. (en)
- The steamer was destroyed by fire below Shears Shoal in the Connecticut River. (en)
- The steamer sank at Ocmulgee Depot in the Ocmulgee River. (en)
- The lighter sank at dock over night due to leaky seams at Boston, Massachusetts. Raised and repaired. (en)
- The excursion barge struck the Wabash Railroad Bridge at Hannibal, Missouri and turned on her side after her tow steamer was wrecked, she drifted down stream and eventually drifted ashore. Three passengers and one crewman killed, either from the ship or the barge. Survivors climbed onto the bridge or were rescued by a ferry and skiffs. (en)
- The fishing tug burned to the keel in drydock at Buffalo, New York. Repaired and returned to service. (en)
- The steamer struck a submerged piling during a rapid drop in river level and sank at dock in the Mississippi River at Vicksburg, Mississippi. (en)
- The ocean liner ran aground on sand and mud in the entrance to Gedney Channel while leaving New York City. She was refloated late the same day, found to be undamaged, and proceeded with her voyage. (en)
- The Elder Dempster cargo ship caught fire in the North Sea during a voyage from Lagos, Southern Nigeria Protectorate, to Hamburg, Germany, with a cargo of palm kernels and was abandoned south by east of the Maas lightship . (en)
- The steamer sank in Delray Beach, Florida opposite the beach in what was later termed the Delray Wreck. Nine crewman died. (en)
- The steamer struck a snag near Careys Bend, Oregon on the Willamette River and sank. (en)
- The tug capsized while towing a steamer near Little Island in Tonawanda Harbor. (en)
- The tow steamer sank at dock in thick fog at The Battery when she was struck by . (en)
- The steamer was destroyed by fire at Stokes Wharf, Rancocas Creek, Pennsylvania. (en)
- The steamer was destroyed by fire over night at dock at Helena, Arkansas. Total loss. (en)
- The steamer was sunk in a collision with in dense fog off Hog Island, Virginia. Eight passengers and six crew were killed. 21 crew and 11 passengers were rescued by Hamiltons boats, but one stewardess died in the boat. (en)
- The bark was sunk in a collision with north of the Dry Tortugas, Florida. The crew transferred to Denver. Two crewmen who were ill with a fever before the collision died shortly after coming aboard Denver. (en)
- The steamer ran aground and was wrecked west of Polhawn Cove in Whitsand Bay. (en)
- The lake freighter sank in Lake Superior about east of Michigan Island. (en)
- The steamer burned on the Mississippi River near Bruinsburg Landing, a total loss. (en)
- The fuel scow was damaged when rammed at the Lackawanna Coal dock, Buffalo, New York, by . She drifted around the end of the dock and sank. (en)
- The steamer struck rocks in a snow storm and sank in the Mississippi River above Thebes, Illinois. Total loss. (en)
- Carrying a cargo of coal, the , 2,227-gross register ton five-masted schooner sank in of water in the Atlantic Ocean off Rhode Island southeast of Southeast Light on Block Island within five minutes of colliding with the cargo steamer . Schonfels rescued her entire crew of 11 men. (en)
- The schooner was sunk in a collision with Huron in dense fog and heavy seas. The crew were rescued by Hurons boats. (en)
- The steamer burned to the waterline at dock in Saugerties, New York, a total loss. Some fittings salvaged. Refloated and scuttled in a cove north of the Saugerties Lighthouse. One crewman was killed trying to retrieve clothing after being ordered to abandon ship. (en)
- The steamer was destroyed by fire at St. Louis, Missouri and sank. One crewman missing. Total loss. (en)
- The yacht sank in a storm at the New Haven Yacht Club, New Haven, Connecticut. Her hull was a total loss, hmachinery was scheduled to be salvaged. (en)
- The Newcastle steamer was wrecked on the Runnelstone. Her crew took to two lifeboats, one of which reached land and the other, with five crew members on board, was taken to Penzance in the Sennen Cove Lifeboat Station lifeboat Ann Newbon . (en)
- The steamship was wrecked off Feunteun Aod, Finistère, France. (en)
- The ferry was holed in the hull and sank at Gallipolis, Ohio. Raised and repaired. (en)
- The steamer was sunk by ice north east of Long Tail Point. (en)
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