List of shipwrecks in 1937

The list of shipwrecks in 1937 includes all ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during 1937.

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January

1 January

• Monte Carlo (United States): The former tanker was driven ashore at Coronado, California and was wrecked.
• Crackshot (United Kingdom): The cargo ship ran aground on Scroby Sands, Norfolk. Refloated on 5 January.

2 January

• Harold Bird (United States): The mail boat was destroyed by fire when tanker J. Oswald Boyd (United States) exploded and caught fire in Lake Michigan with the loss of five lives. J. Oswald Boyd was also destroyed.

3 January

• Glen Tanar (United Kingdom): The coaster foundered in Hardangerfjord, Norway. All crew were rescued.

6 January

• San Antonio (Spain): The tug collided with Stanhill (United Kingdom) at Gijón and sank with the loss of twelve crew.

7 January

• Sally Maersk (Denmark): The cargo ship ran aground in the Saloum River, French West Africa. She was refloated about a month later.

9 January

• Chinning (China): The cargo ship collided with Haiyi (China) off Nanking and was beached.
• Hoyo Maru (Japan): The tanker ran aground on Tanegashima. She was reported as still aground in March 1937.
• Ubertas (Italy): The cargo ship collided with Morea (Italy) off Grossa, Corsica, France and sank. The crew were rescued by Morea.

11 January

• SS Volgas (Greece): The cargo ship came ashore near Paximadi light house, SW of Milos Island in the Aegean Sea on a voyage from Mersin to Hamburg with a cargo of grain. Salvage was abandoned on 16 January and she was declared a total loss.

12 January

• Aikoku Maru (Japan): The cargo ship broke in two and foundered in a snowstorm off the Shakotan Cape, Hokkaidō with some loss of life.
• Johanna Thornden (Finland): The cargo ship ran aground on Swona, Orkney Islands, United Kingdom with the loss of 30 of her 38 crew.
• St. Michel (France): The ketch was driven ashore and wrecked between Charmouth and Lyme Regis, Dorset, United Kingdom.
• Totnes (United Kingdom): The cargo ship came ashore at Golspie, Sutherland. All crew were rescued.

13 January

• Silvercypress (United Kingdom): This cargo ship, built 1930 Sunderland, developed a fire in her engine room which spread to the rest of the ship. She was beached at Guimaris Island near Iloilo, Philippines. Silvercypress was declared a constructive total loss. She was towed to Manila and sold to Japanese breakers. She was repaired and renamed Yasakuwa Maru.

14 January

• Aladdin (Norway): The cargo ship ran aground at Nuevitas, Cuba, she broke in two and sank.
• Frangoula Vrondisi (Greece): The cargo ship was driven ashore at Mantoudi in a storm. She was refloated on 17 January.

16 January

• Mary Sinclair (United Kingdom): The schooner was abandoned in a sinking condition off Liverpool, Lancashire. The crew were rescued by the dredger Hilbre Island (United Kingdom). Mary Sinclair was towed into Liverpool by Salvor (United Kingdom).

17 January

• Michalis (Greece): The cargo ship ran aground at Paloma, California, United States. She was refloated on 13 March.

18 January

• Duhnen (Kriegsmarine): The schooner was driven ashore on Fehmarn, Schleswig-Holstein.
• Fairplay 10 (Germany): The tug was driven ashore on Fehmarn. The crew were rescued by a Kriegsmarine minesweeper.
• Felce (Italy): The cargo ship ran aground at Djibouti, French Somaliland. Cargo was discharged and she was refloated with the assistance of a tug.
• Penton (United Kingdom): The cargo ship ran aground at Gorleston, Suffolk. All crew were rescued by the Gorleston Lifeboat. She was refloated on 21 October.
• Trym (Norway): The cargo ship sprang a leak in the North Sea during a storm and issued an SOS. All crew were rescued by Venus (United Kingdom) on 20 May. Trym foundered.
• Welle (Kriegsmarine): The converted trawler foundered in the Bight of Kiel off Fehmarn with the loss of all 25 crew.

19 January

• Oued Zem (France): The cargo ship ran aground at Mazagam, Morocco. She was refloated on 10 May.

20 January

• Mewa XIII (Poland): The coaster became stranded by ice at Darßer Ort, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany. All crew left the ship.
• Savonmaa (Finland): The cargo ship ran aground near the Songvår Lighthouse, Vest-Agder, Norway and sank with the loss of all hands.
• Shige Maru (Japan): The coaster sank off Idzu with the loss of all hands.

21 January

• M 12 (France): The dredger foundered in a storm near Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône.
• Therese (United Kingdom): The cargo ship ran aground in Blyth Bay. She was refloated on 13 March.

23 January

• Karmt (Norway): The cargo ship foundered in the North Sea 70 nautical miles (130 km) north of the Shetland Islands, United Kingdom with the loss of one of her sixteen crew. Survivors were rescued by Leda (Norway).

24 January

• English Trader (United Kingdom): The cargo ship ran aground at Dartmouth, Devon. All 52 crew were rescued by the Torbay Lifeboat. She was refloated on 22 February.

25 January

• Griesheim (Germany): The cargo ship ran aground at Brønnøysund, Nordland, Norway and broke in two.
• Spartivento (Italy): The cargo ship ran aground at Punta Mala, Spain. She was refloated on 8 February.
• Spyros (Greece): The cargo ship was wrecked off Portimão, Algarve, Portugal with the loss of seven crew.

26 January

• Metinda (United Kingdom): The tug foundered at Scapa Flow, Orkney Islands in a storm.
• Terneuzen (United Kingdom): The cargo ship ran aground at Setúbal, Portugal in a storm. Salvage operations were abandoned on 15 April. She was refloated on 20 September.

27 January

• Fairy (United Kingdom): The coaster was driven ashore 6 nautical miles (11 km) north of Aberdeen in a gale. All crew were rescued by the Aberdeen Lifeboat.
• Horisonte (Portugal): The schooner sank in Leixões harbour after a collision with Ingria (Norway). She was refloated in 1939, repaired and returned to service.
• Jonge Jacobus (Netherlands): The cargo ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Portugal with the loss of all hands.
• Peter H. Crowell (United States): The cargo ship struck a submerged object in the Cape Cod Canal and was beached.
• Satis (United Kingdom): The sailing barge was blown ashore at North Wootton, Norfolk in a storm.
• Toxteth (United Kingdom): The tug capsized and sank at Brunswick Dock, Liverpool, Lancashire with the loss of four of her five crew. She was assisting Pegu (United Kingdom) at the time. Toxteth was raised on 1 February and beached.

28 January

• Ashanti (United Kingdom): The coaster was driven aground at Leixões, Portugal in a storm. She was refloated on 10 May.

29 January

• Kakariki (United Kingdom): The coaster collided with another vessel and sank in Port Philip Bay, Victoria, Australia with the loss of six of her 24 crew.
• Olifer (Germany): The tanker ran aground off Borkum, Lower Saxony and sank () with the loss of eleven of her fourteen crew.

30 January

• Baron Polwarth (United Kingdom): The cargo ship ran aground on Juan de Nova Island, Madagascar. She broke her back and was a total loss.

February

1 February

• Good Shepherd (United Kingdom): The coaster was driven ashore at Fair Isle and was wrecked.

2 February

• Aija (Latvia): The cargo ship foundered in the Baltic Sea whilst on a voyage from Ventspils to Riga. The crew were rescued by an icebreaker.
• Conde (France): The passenger ship collided with Bullaren (Sweden) in the Scheldt off Terneuzen, Zeeland Netherlands. She was severely damaged and was beached to prevent her sinking.
• Delfin (Spain): Spanish Civil War: The cargo ship was torpedoed and damaged in the Mediterranean Sea by a submarine, suspected to be German. She was beached at Torrox.
• Greenland (United Kingdom): The cargo ship ran aground at Christiansand, Vest-Agder, Norway, sprang a leak and then was beached.

3 February

• Aaro (Denmark): The cargo ship came ashore on the west coast of Bornholm. She was refloated on 8 February but was severely damaged.
• Lysaker II (Norway): The cargo ship collided with A. P. Bernstoff (Denmark) at Esbjerg, Denmark and sank. All crew were rescued.
• Roko Maru (Japan): The cargo ship came ashore at Hachinohe, Aomori. She was refloated on 13 February.

8 February

• Navarra (Spain): Spanish Civil War: The cargo ship was torpedoed and damaged in the Mediterranean Sea. She was beached at Altafulla, Catalonia.

10 February

• Cottoneva (United States): The auxiliary schooner ran aground on Battle Rock, Port Orford, Oregon and was wrecked.

11 February

• Grigorio P (Greece): The coaster ran aground at Katakolo after her rudder broke and was wrecked.

12 February

• Choho Maru (Japan): The cargo ship sank off Hirado, Nagasaki with the loss of six of her fourteen crew.

13 February

• Eleni T (Greece): The cargo ship collided in the Mediterranean Sea off Tarifa, Andalusia, Spain () with an unidentified warship during foggy weather. She was abandoned by her crew, who were rescued by Berwickshire (United Kingdom). Elent T was escorted to Campamento and beached. She was refloated the next day and towed to Gibraltar.
• Hematite (United Kingdom): The coaster struck a rock in the Irish Sea, was abandoned by her eleven crew and sank.
• Misaki Maru No.2 (Japan): The cargo ship ran aground at Same, Aomori. She was refloated on 29 June.

14 February

• Konoshita Maru (Japan): The tanker ran aground near the Ōmazaki Lighthouse, Honshū.
• Otaru Maru (Japan): The cargo ship sprang a leak off Same, Aomori and a distress signal was sent. She foundered with the loss of all hands.

15 February

• Yung Chi (China): Struck rocks off Makung, Pescadores and was beached. Refloated on 20 March, she taken to Shanghai and sunk as a blockship.

16 February

• Our Girls (United Kingdom): The Thames barge sank in the River Thames at Greenwich with the loss of her master.

17 February

• Feltre (Italy): The cargo ship collided with Edward Luckenbach (United States) in the Columbia River at Rainier, Oregon. Feltre sank and was raised on 22 March, Edward Luckenbach was beached and eventually refloated.

18 February

• Haytian (United Kingdom): The coal hulk was hit by HMS PC.74 (Royal Navy) at Portland, Dorset and sank the crew of fourteen were rescued. She was raised on 24 August, returned to service; during World War II she was bombed and sunk.

25 February

• Llandovery Castle (United Kingdom): Spanish Civil War: The ocean liner struck a mine off Cape Creus, Spain and was damaged. She sailed to Port-Vendres, Pyrénées-Orientales, France and was beached.

28 February

• Airston (United Kingdom): The coaster foundered in the North Sea off Clacton-on-Sea, Essex with the loss of all four crew.
• Athina Livanos (Greece): The cargo ship ran aground at Warrenby, Yorkshire, United Kingdom. She was refloated on 13 March.
• Stancrest (United Kingdom): The coaster passed St. Catherine's Point, Isle of Wight. No further trace, presumed foundered in the English Channel with the loss of all nine crew.

March

1 March

• Jolanda (Italy): The cargo ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean 80 nautical miles (150 km) west of Gibraltar. Seventeen crew were rescued by Tuscania (United Kingdom).

4 March

• Achuri (Spain): The cargo ship passed Flamborough Head, Yorkshire, United Kingdom bound for Bilbao. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.
• Loukia (Greece): Spanish Civil War: The tanker hit a mine and sank in the Gulf of Rosas off San Sebastián, Gipuzkoa, Spain. There was only one survivor.
• Suecia (Sweden): The ocean liner was rammed and sunk at Gothenburg by Kollbjorg (Norway, which was being launched by Eriksbergs Mekaniska Verkstads AB. She was raised, repaired and returned to service in June 1937.

5 March

• Legazpi (Spain): Spanish Civil War, bombed by Nationalist aircraft at Tamarit and was abandoned by her crew. She came ashore at Llefrach.

6 March

• Frank H. Buck (United States): The tanker collided with President Coolidge (United States) in San Francisco Bay near the Golden Gate Bridge and sank. All crew were rescued. She broke in two on 20 March and was declared a total loss.

7 March

• Kantoeng (Netherlands): The dredger sprang a leak, capsized in the Atlantic Ocean 3 nautical miles (5.6 km) off the Eddystone Lighthouse. She was beached at Fowey, Cornwall and was refloated on 7 September.

8 March

• Delia (Canada): The cargo ship was crushed by ice in the Atlantic Ocean off Cape Race, Newfoundland and was abandoned by her crew.
• Mar Cantábrico (Spain): Spanish Civil War: The cargo ship was shelled and sunk in the Bay of Biscay () by Canarias (Armada España). All crew were rescued by Canarias.

10 March

• Galatia T (United Kingdom): The cargo ship caught fire at Bastia, Corsica, France. She sank on 12 March.
• Laila (Denmark): The cargo ship caught fire at Charlestown, South Carolina, was beached and was refloated the following day.
• Jeanette (Netherlands): The cargo ship struck the pier at Londonderry Port, County Londonderry, Northern Ireland and was holed. She was beached at Moville, County Donegal, Ireland.

16 March

• Avon Queen (United Kingdom): The schooner was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean (). Her crew were rescued by USS Fairfax (United States Navy), which scuttled the ship.
• Iristo (Norway): The cargo ship ran aground 5 nautical miles (9.3 km) north of St. George's Island, Bermuda. She was refloated but sank whilst under tow to St. George's.
• HMS Torrid (Royal Navy): The R-class destroyer ran aground at Flushing, Cornwall whilst under tow to the breakers. Declared unsalvable, the wreck was scrapped in situ in 1940.

18 March

• Hall Caine (United Kingdom): The cargo ship foundered off Broken Bay, New South Wales, Australia. All crew were rescued by Idant (United Kingdom).

20 March

• America (Argentina): The passenger ship ran aground near the Punta Delgada Lighthouse. All 44 passengers and 31 crew were rescued by Chaco (Argentina). The ship was abandoned as a total loss.

22 March

• Marie Moller (United Kingdom): The cargo ship caught fire in the Irish Sea, exploded and was abandoned in the early hours of 23 March off Holyhead, Anglesey. All crew survived. Marie Moller came ashore at Holyhead.
• Ziva (Finland): The cargo ship caught fire in the Baltic Sea 50 nautical miles (93 km) off Öland, Sweden, was abandoned by her crew She and was towed into Oscarshamn despite being severely damaged.

24 March

• Bjerkli (Norway): The cargo ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean 570 nautical miles (1,060 km) south east of Boston, Massachusetts, United States. All crew were rescued by USCGC Chelan (United States Coast Guard).
• Fijian (Panama): The cargo ship suffered an on-board explosion and sank in the Pacific Ocean 5 nautical miles (9.3 km) off Auch Island, Marshall Islands. All crew were rescued by a Japanese ship.
• Jinkai Maru (Japan): The cargo ship ran aground at Waglan Island, Hong Kong. She sank on 26 March.

25 March

• Jaime Girona (Spain): The cargo ship struck a rock at Santander, Cantabria and was beached.

27 March

• Democraat (Netherlands): The cargo ship ran aground on Vlieland, Friesland. She was refloated on 12 April.

28 March

• Pilgrim (United States): The excursion steamer was destroyed by fire at Elizabethport, New Jersey.

29 March

• Mar Caspio (Spain): Spanish Civil War: The cargo ship was shelled and damaged in the Bay of Biscay by two Nationalist naval trawlers off Capbreton, Landes, France. She was beached at the mouth of the Adour.

30 March

• Paraguay (Germany): The ship ran aground in the River Plate 90 nautical miles (170 km) upstream of Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil. Salvage efforts were abandoned on 7 April.

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• Asnaes (Denmark): The cargo ship ran aground near Drogheda, County Louth, Ireland. She was refloated on 24 September.

April

2 April

• Poli (Greece): Spanish Civil War, shelled and sunk by the Nationalist cruiser Baleares (Spain) in the Central Mediterranean.
• Standale (United Kingdom): The cargo ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean of the coast of Portugal. All 25 crew were rescued by Vandyck (United Kingdom).

4 April

• Alder (United Kingdom): The coaster was hit by Lady Cavan whilst anchored in Carlingford Lough and sank with the loss of six of her nine crew. Survivors were rescued by Lady Cavan.

6 April

• Andra (Panama): Spanish Civil War: The cargo ship was shelled and sunk by the Nationalist armed trawler Galerna Spanish Navy off Castro Urdiales.
• Luigi Accame (Italy): The cargo ship ran aground at St. Catherine's Point, Isle of Wight, United Kingdom and was abandoned by her crew, who were rescued by the Yarmouth Lifeboat. She was refloated on 31 May.

7 April

• Lairdsmoor (United Kingdom): The cargo liner was in collision with Taranaki United Kingdom west of Portpatrick, Wigtownshire and sank with loss of two of the 38 people on board. Survivors were rescued by Taranaki.

9 April

• Ming Yue (China): The cargo ship sank in the Yangtze River 30 nautical miles (56 km) upstream of Ichang.

10 April

• Radiant (United States): The tug capsized and sank in the Delaware River at Chester, Pennsylvania with the loss of eight of the ten people on board.

12 April

• Broholm (Denmark): The cargo ship ran aground at Leixões, Portugal. She was refloated on 20 April.

13 April

• Island (Denmark): The passenger ship ran aground on the Isle of May, Fife, United Kingdom. All 28 passengers on board were rescued by the Anstruther Lifeboat.
• Rein (Norway): The cargo ship ran aground at Helman Head, Caithness, United Kingdom. All sixteen crew were rescued by the fishing vessel Smiling Morn (United Kingdom).

24 April

• Charles & Vernon (United Kingdom): The schooner was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean off the Winter Quarter Lightship (United States Coast Guard). The crew were rescued by Lake Ormoc (United States).

25 April

• William R. Linn (United States): The cargo ship struck a submerged object in Lake Michigan and was beached at Detour, Michigan.

26 April

• C. B. Pedersen (Sweden): The four-masted barque collided with Chagres (United Kingdom) in the Atlantic Ocean 600 nautical miles (1,100 km) south east of the Azores, Portugal ( and sank. All 32 crew were rescued by Chagres.

28 April

• Dalriada (United Kingdom): The passenger ship ran aground in the River Clyde at Dunure, Ayrshire in fog. All 700 passengers were put ashore using the ship's lifeboats. Dalriada later refloated and proceeded to Ayr.

29 April

• Macclesfield (United Kingdom): The cargo ship ran aground at Sunk Island, Yorkshire. She was refloated on 8 May.

30 April

• Clan Macwhirter (United Kingdom): The cargo ship arrived at Lourenço Marques, Mozambique with her cargo on fire. She was beached whilst the fire was extinguished.
• España (Armada España): Spanish Civil War: The España-class battleship either struck a mine and sank at Santander, Cantabria, or she was bombed and sunk; those that survived were rescued by Velasco (Armada España).
• Golden Sun (United States): The cargo ship ran aground in the Yangtze at Chinkiang, China, she remained so for a number of days until she came free and departed China from Shanghai on 16 May.

May

1 May

• Delphin IV (Germany): The coaster collided with Aenne (Germany) in the Kiel Canal and sank.

2 May

• Alecto (United Kingdom): The coaster collided in the North Sea () with Plavnik (Yugoslavia) and sank with the loss of ten of her fourteen crew. Survivors were rescued by Plavnik.
• Ary Lensen (United Kingdom): The cargo ship ran aground in the Gulf of Smyrna (). She was refloated on 7 May.

3 May

• Anna T (Greece): The cargo ship ran aground in the Charente at Tonnay-Charente, Charente-Maritime, France. She was refloated on 6 May.
• Michalios (Greece): The cargo ship ran aground at Çanakkale, Turkey. She was refloated on 13 May.

8 May

• Thetis (Germany)): The cargo ship ran aground at Şile, Turkey.
• Trinidad (United States): The coaster ran aground in Willapa Bay, Washington and broke up with the loss of one crew member.
• Willesden (United Kingdom): The cargo ship collided with Gianfranco (Italy) in the English Channel off Dover, Kent during dense fog. She later collided with Thistleglen (United Kingdom) off Dungeness, Kent, was beached, was refloated the next day and towed to Dover.

9 May

• Aegeus (Greece): The cargo ship collided with Nashaba (United States) in the North Sea 32 nautical miles (59 km) south east of Bornholm, Denmark. The crew were rescued by Nashaba.

10 May

• Ekaterini Nicclaou (Greece): The cargo ship ran aground in the River Plate, Argentina. She was refloated on 23 May.

12 May

• Hermes (Germany): The tug collided with Lippe (Germany) in the Weser and sank with the loss of one crew member.
• Standale (United Kingdom): The cargo ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean off the Berlengas Islands, Portugal.

13 May

• Minmi (United Kingdom): The collier ran aground on the Cape Banks, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. She broke in three and sank with the loss of two crew.

14 May

• Leda (Sweden): The coaster collided with C. F. Tietgen (Denmark) in Øresund off Hven and sank with the loss of all three crew.
• Wiegand (Germany): The cargo ship ran aground on the Carysfort Reef, Florida, United States. Her captain committed suicide. She was refloated the next day.

15 May

• Beatsa (United Kingdom): The cargo ship ran aground off the Île-Moléne, Finistère, France and was a total loss.
• Wandsbek (Germany): The cargo ship ran aground in the Bay of Biscay 6 nautical miles (11 km) off the Île Vierge Lighthouse. All crew were rescued by Sofia (Germany).

16 May

• Corrientes (United Kingdom): The cargo ship collided with Umtali (United Kingdom) in the River Thames at Greenhithe with the loss of a crew member. She was beached. She was refloated on 27 May.

17 May

• Port Edgar The sealer ran aground on a reef off Speedwell Island, Falkland Islands and was wrecked.

20 May

• Houlburn Head (United Kingdom): The cargo ship collided with another vessel in the North Sea off the mouth of the Humber. She was beached at Immingham, Lincolnshire. She was refloated the next day and docked at Immingham.
• Legazpi (Spain): Spanish Civil War: The cargo ship was bombed by Nationalist aircraft at Benicasim and beached to prevent sinking. Refloated, taken to Sagunto for scrapping but bombed and sunk there.

21 May

• Hai Yuan (China): The passenger ship ran aground in the Yangtze at the Kap Shuimun Pass. About 170 people were taken off by Yunnan (United Kingdom). She was refloated on 29 May.
• Steinmetz (Germany): The tug capsized and sank at Rostock, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern whilst assisting Kaiser (Germany) with the loss of two of her crew.
• Visurgis (Germany): The cargo ship collided with Siena (Italy) in the North Sea off the Terschelling Lightship (Netherlands) and sank.

23 May

• La Nièvre (France): The tanker came ashore at Audierne, Finistère. All crew were rescued.

26 May

• Itxas Alde (Spain): The cargo ship departed Bilbao bound for the Tees. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.

28 May

• Boscobel (United Kingdom): The cargo ship struck a floating object in the North Sea and sank. All crew were rescued by the trawler Maurice Marguerite (Belgium).
• Cadin (United Kingdom): Spanish Civil War: The cargo ship was bombed and sunk at Valencia with the loss of seven crew.

30 May

• Ciudad de Barcelona (Spain): Spanish Civil War, torpedoed and sunk by the Nationalist submarine General Sanjurjo (Spanish Navy) off Malgrat, Spain, while carrying members of the International Brigades. Heavy loss of life.

June

5 June

• Homefield (United Kingdom): The cargo ship collided at Calcutta, India with riverboat Palanpur (India). Both vessels were severely damaged and were beached.

6 June

• Glaisdale (United Kingdom): The cargo ship ran aground in the River Plate at Buenos Aires, Argentina. She was then hit by Alegrete (Brazil). Later refloated and proceeded to Buenos Aires.
• Viena (Argentina): The passenger ship ran aground in the River Plate and was wrecked. All passengers and crew survived.

7 June

• Maria (Greece): The cargo ship caught fire in the Atlantic Ocean off Pernambuco, Brazil, the crew abandoned ship and were rescued by Westfalen (Germany).
• Rau III (Germany): The whaler capsized and sank in the Weser with the loss of twelve crew.

8 June

• Sami (Turkey): The cargo ship collided with Riva Ligure (Italy) in the Bosphorus and was severely damaged. She was beached to prevent her sinking.

10 June

• Joseph Augustus (United Kingdom): The Thames barge collided with Farfield (United Kingdom) in the River Thames at Dartford, Kent and sank.

11 June

• Faustino R. San Pedro (Spain): The cargo ship collided with Mari Amilia (Spain off Comillas, Cantabria and sank with the loss of one crew member.
• Golden Eagle (United Kingdom): The Thames barge collided with another vessel in the River Thames at Barking, Essex and sank. All crew were rescued.

12 June

• Planet (Germany): The cargo ship ran aground on Viel Island, Smyth Channel, Chile. She was refloated on 17 June.

14 June

• Delalba (United States): The cargo ship ran aground on the Feitceiras Reef, Argentina. She was refloated on 19 June.
• Duke of Lancaster (United Kingdom): The passenger ferry ran aground at Bride, Isle of Man. She was refloated the following day.

15 June

• Bucephale (France): The passenger ship ran aground in the Sandwich Islands and was wrecked. All on board survived.
• Hong Peng (United Kingdom): The cargo ship struck a mooring buoy at Swatow, China and was holed. She was beached. Hong Peng was refloated the next day.
• Yunghun (China): The passenger ship ran aground and sank in the Yangtze at Ichang.

17 June

• Jaime I (Spanish Navy): The España-class battleship was wrecked by an explosion and fire at Cartagena. Declared beyond economical repair, she was scrapped in 1941.
• Pauline E. Lohnes (United Kingdom): The schooner collided with Jean Jadot (Belgium) in the Atlantic Ocean () and sank. All crew were rescued by Jean Jadot.

19 June

• Bennekom (Netherlands): The cargo liner ran aground on the Negrillos Rocks, Buenaventura, Camagüey, Cuba. All passengers were taken off and landed at Buenaventura.

25 June

• Capo Pino (Italy): The cargo liner collided with Magallanes (Spain) in the Dardanelles and sank. All passengers and crew were rescued.

26 June

• Cabo Palos (Spain): Spanish Civil War: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Mediterranean Sea with the loss of five of her 50 crew.
• Kyno (United Kingdom): The cargo liner ran aground off Cape Norman, Newfoundland in fog. She was refloated on 6 July.
• USS Sanderling (United States Navy): The Lapwing-class minesweeper sank at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. She was declared a constructive total loss.
• Sandgate Castle (United Kingdom): The cargo ship caught fire in the Atlantic Ocean () and was abandoned by her crew. All on board were rescued by President Pierce (United States) and USCGC Icarus (United States Coast Guard).
• Sonja (Sweden): The schooner was run down and sunk by Hermes (flag unknown) at Gothenburg.
• Taxiarhis (Greece): The cargo ship foundered.

29 June

• Olga (Germany): The auxiliary schooner capsized at Riga, Latvia.

30 June

• Aranda (Norway): The cargo ship ran aground at Neil's Harbour, Nova Scotia, Canada. She was declared a total loss.

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• Aida Lauro (Italy) ran aground on Castle Rocks, St. Just, Cornwall, United Kingdom in dense fog. Fifteen crew saved, cargo written off.
• Maloa (United Kingdom): The coaster departed from Tampa, Florida, United States on 2 June bound for Belize. She caught fire and sank in the Atlantic Ocean off Cuba with the loss of all nine crew.

July

2 July

• Carmine Filomena (Italy): The cargo ship ran aground on Lundy Island, Devon, United Kingdom. All crew were rescued. Salvage efforts were abandoned on 16 July.
• Iris (France): The schooner ran aground at Roscoff, Finistère and was wrecked.
• Themoni (Greece): The cargo ship caught fire in the Atlantic Ocean 120 nautical miles (220 km) north of Fernando de Noronha, Brazil. She was escorted to the island by Royal Star (United Kingdom) and beached on 3 July. She was declared a total loss, but was refloated on 24 August.
• Sophia (Greece): The sailing ship was in collision with Hermes (Netherlands) at Thessaloniki and sank.

3 July

• Ronsan Maru (Japan): The cargo ship ran aground on Palaui Island, Philippines. She was refloated on 10 July.

4 July

• Uga Maru (Japan): The cargo ship ran aground near the Nojimazaki Lighthouse. She was refloated on 9 July.
• Excelda (United Kingdom): The schooner was wrecked in Confusion Bay, Newfoundland.

8 July

• Pindos (Greece): The cargo ship was rammed and holed at Dakar, French West Africa by Perthshire (United Kingdom). She was beached, and was refloated on 12 July.

9 July

• West Mahwah (United States): The cargo ship ran aground at Pescadero, California. She was refloated on 12 July.

12 July

• Lies (Netherlands): The coaster was in collision with Gauss (Germany) at Bremen, Germany and sank. She was raised the next day.

13 July

• Gard (Norway): The cargo ship ran aground on Cerebus Rock, Strait of Canso. She was abandoned on 15 July, all crew were rescued.
• Messapia (Italy): The cargo ship foundered in the Danube at Brăila, Romania after her cargo shifted. She was declared a constructive total loss.
• Nellie (Belgium): The coaster stranded on Lundy Island, Devon, United Kingdom. She was refloated the next day but capsized and sank. All ten crew were rescued by Ranger (United Kingdom).

14 July

• Southern Prince (United Kingdom): The ocean liner collided with Elstree Grange (United Kingdom in the River Plate, Argentina. She was beached and 52 passengers were taken off by Armada de la República Argentina boats. She was refloated on 19 July.

15 July

• Mexico (Mexico): The cargo ship ran aground at Tampico, Florida, United States and was a total loss.

16 July

• Elliniki Dimokratia (Greece): The coaster sank in the Mediterranean Sea whilst on a voyage from Chekka to Beirut, Lebanon with the loss of two of her five crew.

17 July

• Captain Bud (United States): The tug was gutted by fire at New Orleans, Louisiana.

18 July

• Nicolaou Ourania (Greece): The cargo ship ran aground in the Paraná River, Argentina. She was refloated on 31 July.
• Skaraborg (Sweden): The cargo ship collided with Hermia (Germany) in the River Thames at Gravesend, Kent, United Kingdom and was beached.

21 July

• Havso (Norway): The cargo ship struck rocks and foundered in the Irish Sea off Rhoscolyn Head, Anglesey, United Kingdom. All sixteen crew survived.

27 July

• Zeantunes (Brazil): The cargo ship caught fire and sank.

29 July

• Andutz Mendi (Spain): The cargo ship was machine gunned, shelled, and sunk in the Mediterranean Sea off Le Grau-du-Roi, Gard by two submarines with the loss of twenty of her 31 crew. Three survivors were rescued by a French fishing vessel.

August

1 August

• Essex Manor (United Kingdom): The cargo ship ran aground at Cape Yerimozaki, Japan and was declared a total loss. She was refloated on 19 August.

2 August

• Anastassis (Greece): The auxiliary sailing vessel collided with Hydra (Greece) at Piraeus and sank with an unknown number of casualties.

3 August

• Tijerberg (United Kingdom): The whaler was wrecked in Saldanha Bay, South Africa.

5 August

• Maaskerk (Netherlands): The cargo liner struck the Brenton Rock, Cape Palmas, Liberia and was beached at ). All passengers were disembarked. She was refloated on 7 August.

7 August

• British Corporal (United Kingdom) Spanish Civil War: The tanker was attacked off Algeria by Nationalist aircraft and was damaged.
• Mongioia (Italy): Spanish Civil War: The cargo ship was attacked by Nationalist aircraft off Algeria with the loss of one crew member.

8 August

• Djebel Amour (France): Spanish Civil War: The cargo ship was attacked by Nationalist aircraft off Algeria.
• K Ktistakis (Greece): Spanish Civil War The cargo ship was attacked by Nationalist aircraft off Algeria.
• Princess Marie Jose (Belgium): The cargo ship collided with Clan Macneil (United Kingdom) in the North Sea off Dunkerque, Nord, France and was beached there. She was refloated on 10 August.

9 August

• Nereus (Greece): The cargo ship ran aground at Cape Beale, British Columbia, Canada and was wrecked.

10 August

• Kebco (United States): The tug was in collision with Sandcraft (United States) at Chicago, Illinois and sank.

11 August

• Campeador (Spain): Spanish Civil War: The tanker was torpedoed and sunk by Saetta (Regia Marina) off Tunis, French protectorate of Tunisia (). There were twelve casualties amongst her 42 crew. Some of the survivors were rescued by Dido and Clintonia (both United Kingdom).

12 August

• Hai Chi (Imperial Chinese Navy): Second Sino-Japanese War: The cruiser was scuttled in the Yangtze as a blockship.
• Helouan (Italy): The hospital ship caught fire at Naples, Campania. She was taken outside the harbour and scuttled.
• Maine (Denmark): The cargo ship collided with Duchess of Atholl (United Kingdom) in the Atlantic Ocean (). She was taken in tow but foundered with the entire crew rescued by Duchess of Atholl.

13 August

• Conde de Abásolo (Spain): Spanish Civil War: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Mediterranean Sea off Cape Bon, Tunisia by a Regia Marina torpedo boat.
• Uko Maru No.1 (Japan): The ferry collided with the cargo ship Kiyokawa Maru (Japan) at Kobe and sank. Kiyokawa Maru was beached but later refloated undamaged.

14 August

• Edith (Denmark): Spanish Civil War: The cargo ship was bombed and sunk in the Mediterranean Sea 15 nautical miles (28 km) off Villa Nueva Geltru. All crew survived.
• Geo. W. McKnight (Panama): Spanish Civil War: The tanker was shelled and set on fire 20 nautical miles (37 km) north west of Cape Bon, Tunisia by two torpedo boats. She was abandoned, all 38 crew were rescued by British Commodore (United Kingdom), which took the ship in tow.

15 August

• Ciudad de Cadiz (Spain): The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Aegean Sea 15 nautical miles (28 km) off Tenedos, Turkey by a Nationalist submarine. All crew were rescued by a Soviet merchant ship.

18 August

• Armuru (Spain): The cargo ship was torpedoed anddamaged in the Aegean Sea off Tenedos, Turkey by a Nationalist submarine. She was beached, but was a constructive total loss. All crew survived.
• China Trader (China): Second Sino-Japanese War: Sunk as a blockship in the Yangtze.
• An Kong (China): The cargo ship ran aground in the Yangtze at Haichow. She was refloated on 24 August.
• Possidon (Greece): The cargo ship collided with Yssel (Netherlands) at Hoek van Holland, South Holland, Netherlands. She sank the next day due to damage received. Refloated on 25 August.

26 August

• Cantabria (Spain): The ship came ashore at Lacanau, Gironde, France. All 500 passengers and crew were rescued.

27 August

• African Trader (United Kingdom): The cargo ship was bombed and damaged at Gijon, Asturias, Spain by Nationalist aircraft. She was beached at Sablanceau, Charente-Maritime, France.

28 August

• Taimi (Finland): The auxiliary three-masted schooner caught fire in the Baltic Sea west of Trelleborg, Skåne County, Sweden and was severely damaged. All crew were rescued, the ship was towed into Trelleborg.

29 August

• Rayford (United Kingdom): The coaster collided in the North Sea off the mouth of the Humber with London (United Kingdom). She was taken in tow but sank; entire crew were rescued.

30 August

• Gyuri (Panama): The cargo ship caught fire at Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône, France. She was beached at the entrance to the port and abandoned by her crew.
• Silo (Sweden): The auxiliary schooner sank off Landskrona, Skåne County. All crew survived.

31 August

• Timiryazev (Soviet Union): Spanish Civil War: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk by Turbine (Regia Marina) off Tunis, Tunisia. All 29 crew survived.

Unknown date

• Yung Chi (China): Second Sino-Japanese War: Sunk as a blockship in the Yangtse.

September

1 September

• Cedros (Mexico): The cargo ship collided with Hidalgo (Mexico) off Ensenada, Baja California and sank.
• Tarpon (United States): The coaster foundered in the Atlantic Ocean off the East Passage, Rhode Island with the loss of 24 of her 25 crew.
• Urana (United Kingdom): The coaster ran aground at the mouth of the River Manning, New South Wales, Australia. She broke in two and was a total loss.
• Woodford (United Kingdom): Spanish Civil War, torpedoed and sunk by Diaspro (Regia Marina) with the loss of one crew member.

2 September

• An Lee (China): The coaster broke free from her moorings at Hong Kong in a typhoon. She collided with HMS Diamond, HMS Duchess and HMS Suffolk (all Royal Navy) before coming ashore. She was refloated on 28 December.
• Asama Maru (Japan): The ocean liner was driven aground at Junk Bay, Hong Kong in a typhoon. She was refloated on 12 March 1938 and towed to Nagasaki, Japan for repairs.
• Blakioeff (Soviet Union): Spanish Civil War: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Aegean Sea 15 nautical miles (28 km) off Skyros, Greece by a Nationalist submarine with the loss of one crew member.
• Conte Verde (Italy): The ocean liner was driven ashore at Hong Kong in a typhoon and was severely damaged. She was refloated on 22 September.
• Cormorant (Italy: The salvage vessel sank at Hong Kong in a typhoon.
• HMS Cornflower (Royal Navy): The training ship, a former Arabis-class sloop, was driven ashore at Hong Kong in a typhoon.
• Da Shing (China): The cargo ship was driven ashore at Hong Kong in a typhoon. She was refloated on 17 January 1938.
• Emmy (Greece): The cargo ship was driven aground at Hong Kong in a typhoon and was severely damaged. She was refloated on 16 September.
• Englee (China): The cargo ship was driven ashore at Hong Kong in a typhoon. She was refloated on 23 November.
• Fenglee (China): The cargo ship was driven ashore at Hong Kong in a typhoon. She was refloated on 23 November.
• Gertrude Maersk (Denmark): The cargo ship was driven ashore at Hong Kong in a typhoon. She was refloated on 4 September.
• Hunan (United Kingdom): The cargo ship was driven ashore at Peangchau Island, Hong Kong in a typhoon. She was refloated on 4 November.
• Hsin Ping (China): The cargo ship was driven ashore at Lantau Island, Hong Kong () in a typhoon.
• Kalgan (United Kingdom): The passenger ship was driven ashore at Hong Kong in a typhoon. She was refloated on 4 September.
• Kausing (United Kingdom): The tug was driven ashore on Green Island, Hong Kong in a typhoon.
• Kwangchow (United Kingdom): The passenger ship was driven ashore at Hong Kong in a typhoon. She was abandoned by her crew as salvage prospects were stated to be poor and was declared a constructive total loss.
• Lu Hsing (China): The cargo ship was driven ashore at Hong Kong in a typhoon. She was refloated on 17 October.
• Lycemoon (United Kingdom): The passenger ship was driven ashore at Hong Kong in a typhoon. She was refloated on 4 September.
• Mao Lee (China): The cargo ship sank at Hong Kong in a typhoon. She was refloated on 31 December.
• On Lee (China): The cargo ship was driven ashore on the Praya, Hong Kong.
• Perola (Portugal): The passenger ship sank at Hong Kong in a typhoon with the loss of two crew members. She was refloated on 14 September.
• Produce (Norway): The cargo ship was driven ashore at Hong Kong in a typhoon. She was refloated on 4 September.
• Sheng Lee (China): The cargo ship was driven ashore at Hong Kong in a typhoon.
• Shuntien (United Kingdom): The cargo ship was driven ashore at Hong Kong in a typhoon. She was refloated the next day.
• Talamba (United Kingdom): The cargo ship was driven ashore in a typhoon at Hong Kong. She was refloated on 23 November.
• Teh Hsing (China): The cargo ship sank at Hong Kong in a typhoon. She was refloated on 4 September.
• Tymeric (United Kingdom): The cargo ship was driven ashore at Quarry Bay, Hong Kong in a typhoon.
• Van Heutz (Netherlands): The passenger ship was driven ashore at Green Island, Hong Kong in a typhoon. She was refloated on 10 September.
• Yuet On (China): The passenger ship sank at Hong Kong in a typhoon.
• Yun Mow (China): The cargo ship was driven ashore at Hong Kong in a typhoon.

7 September

• Salamis (Greece): The cargo ship ran aground on the Rabbit Islands, Çanakkale, Turkey.
• Shell Spark (United Kingdom): The coastal tanker collided with pleasure steamer Kingswood (United Kingdom) in the River Thames near Wandsworth Bridge, London and sank. Both crew were rescued.

9 September

• Elbing IV (Germany): The cargo ship sprang a leak at Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands and was beached.

11 September

• Malachace (United States): The cargo ship sprang a leak and was beached at Baton Rouge, Louisiana.
• Sophie (flag unknown): The dredger sank in the Atlantic Ocean () whilst under tow by Donau (Netherlands).

15 September

• Coral Spray (United Kingdom): The schooner was wrecked at St. Shott's, Newfoundland with the loss of one crew member.
• Taurus (United States): The tug sank off the Pooles Island Lighthouse, Maryland.
• Shinko Maru (Japan): The cargo ship ran aground at Tadotsu, Kagawa. She was refloated on 15 October.

16 September

• Marionga J. Cairi (Greece): The cargo ship collided with Athina Livanos (Greece) off the Chico Bank, Argentina and was beached.

17 September

• Ming Tao (China): The cargo ship sank in the Yangtze.
• Sakae Maru No.7 (Japan): The cargo ship foundered in the East China Sea south of Korea.

18 September

• Alderpoint (United Kingdom): The cargo ship ran aground at Saint Pierre Island, Miquelon and sank. All crew were rescued.
• J A Maclean (United Kingdom): The coaster foundered off Peckford's Island, Fogo, Newfoundland. All crew were rescued.

20 September

• C. E. Redfern (United States): The cargo ship sprang a leak and foundered in Lake Michigan off Frankfort, Michigan. All crew were rescued.
• Gilly (United Kingdom): The coaster was wrecked at Doddridge, Ontario, Canada.

21 September

• Cap Arcona (Germany): The ocean liner ran aground in the River Plate, Argentina. She was refloated two days later.
• Tencho Maru (Japan): The cargo ship ran aground at Shiogama.

22 September

• Alexanderina (United Kingdom): The salvage vessel sank at Longhope, Orkney.
• Nahoon (United Kingdom): The coaster ran aground at Kommetjie, Cape Town, South Africa. She was refloated the next day but was severely damaged.
• Mount Pindus (Greece): The cargo ship was struck by Corcovado (Brazil) at Santos, São Paulo, was holed and was beached.

24 September

• Clan Alpine (United Kingdom): The cargo ship ran aground at Hansweert, Zeeland, Netherlands. She was refloated later that day.
• Pudeto (Chile): The cargo liner caught fire off Atico, Caravelí, Peru. All passengers were rescued by Santa Lucia (United States). Pudeto sank on 9 October.

25 September

• Neebing (United Kingdom): The cargo ship sank in Lake Superior with the loss of five crew.

27 September

• Bedale H (United Kingdom): The cargo ship collided with Elizabeth Lensen (flag unknown) in the North Sea off Grangemouth, Stirlingshire and was beached.
• Consul Cords (Germany): The cargo ship ran aground on Saaremaa, Estonia. She was refloated on 30 September.
• Lackenby (United Kingdom): The cargo ship ran aground on Bell Island, Newfoundland. She was refloated on 14 October.

28 September

• Catalina (Portugal): The passenger ship collided with Norma (Norway in the Bay of Biscay 40 nautical miles (74 km) north west of Ouessant, Finistère, France. She was abandoned by her crew, who were rescued by Abeille No.22 (France), which took the ship in tow.

30 September

• Soloy (Norway): The cargo ship ran aground on Thormanby Island, British Columbia, Canada. She was refloated on 8 October.
• Taylor (United Kingdom): The coaster capsized and sank in the North Sea off Buchan Ness, Aberdeenshire with the loss of five of her six crew. The survivor was rescued by the trawler Ocean Princess (United Kingdom).

October

1 October

• Briscis (France): The coaster struck a rock and sank in Perelle Bay, Guernsey, Channel Islands. All 28 crew were rescued by local fishing boats.

3 October

• Nashaba (United States): The cargo ship ran aground at Saint-Vaast-la-Hougue, Manche, France. She was refloated on 15 October.

4 October

• Vicente Antonio (Mexico): The coastal passenger ship foundered in the Gulf of Mexico with the loss of 22 of the 30 people on board.

5 October

• Hertha (Denmark): The auxiliary three-masted schooner ran aground at Eyrarbakki, Iceland and was wrecked.

9 October

• Penshurst (United Kingdom): The cargo ship collided with Drott (Norway) in the Ghent-Terneuzen Canal, Belgium and sank. She was refloated on 27 October.

10 October

• Cabo Santo Tomé (Spain): Spanish Civil War: The cargo ship was shelled and damaged in the Mediterranean Sea 45 nautical miles (83 km) off the coast of Algeria with the loss of one crew member. She was beached near El Kala. Survivors were rescued by local fishing vessels.

13 October

• Pagao (Italy): The tanker suffered an explosion and fire at Naples, Campania; she was beached.
• Therese Moller (United Kingdom): The cargo ship was driven ashore north of Alexandrovsk-Sakhalinsky, Soviet Union () in a typhoon.

14 October

• T.F.C. (United Kingdom): The Thames barge was in collision with Smolni (Soviet Union) in the River Thames and sank.
• Vizma (Latvia): The cargo ship collided with Georges Leverdier (France) in the River Seine and was beached.

15 October

• Aylsham (United Kingdom): The cargo ship was driven ashore north of Alexandrovsk-Sakhalinsky, Soviet Union (). She was refloated on 19 October.
• Rosa-Fred (Sweden): The cargo ship ran aground at Strömsund, Jämtland County and was wrecked.

16 October

• Marie Joseph (Haiti): The sailing vessel foundered off Petit-Goâve.
• Vickers Vimy (United Kingdom): The schooner ran aground at Greenspond, Newfoundland and was a total loss.

17 October

• Copsewood (United Kingdom): The cargo ship collided with Asturias (Norway) in the River Thames at Gravesend, Kent and was beached. She was later refloated.

19 October

• Reina (Panama): Spanish Civil War: The cargo ship was bombed and sunk at Gijón, Asturias. She was refloated, repaired and put in service again in 1938 as Castillo Olmedo.

20 October

• Dairiguerrme (France): The cargo ship ran aground at Guilvinec, Finistère and was a total loss.

23 October

• Clan Mackenzie (United Kingdom): The cargo ship collided with Manchester Regiment (United Kingdom) off Liverpool, Lancashire and sank. Clan Mackenzie was refloated on 18 November. Manchester Regiment was beached, patched and refloated but was abandoned by her crew and foundered off Hoylake.
• Ordu (Turkey): The cargo ship collided with Hamidiye (Turkish Navy) at Beşiktaş and sank with the loss of two crew members.

24 October

• Aarsten (Norway): The cargo ship was wrecked in the North Sea (). The entire crew were rescued by the fishing vessel Eveline (Netherlands).
• Axel (Sweden): The cargo ship caught fire in the North Sea () and abandoned. Eleven crew were rescued by Felix Heumann (Germany). Axel was towed into Emden by two tugs.
• Oued Mellah (France): Spanish Civil War: The cargo ship was bombed and sunk off the Balearic Islands, Spain. All 34 crew survived, 22 of them were rescued by Milan (Marine Nationale).
• Haida (United Kingdom): The cargo ship departed from Seattle, Washington, United States on a voyage to Hong Kong. No further trace. A lifebelt from the vessel was discovered in January 1938 on Vancouver Island, Canada.

25 October

• Kaitangata (United Kingdom): The tanker exploded, caught fire and sank in the South China Sea 180 nautical miles (330 km) south of Hong Kong. She sank with the loss of nineteen of her 48 crew.

26 October

• Alfa (Italy): The auxiliary sailing vessel struck a rock and sank off Kakava, Cephalonia, Greece.

27 October

• Blairesk (United Kingdom): The cargo ship ran aground west of Dalhousie, New Brunswick, Canada. She was refloated on 2 November.

29 October

• Aakre (Norway): The cargo ship ran aground on Whitehead Island, Maine, United States. She was refloated on 10 November.

30 October

• Calgadoc (United Kingdom): The cargo ship departed from Sydney, Nova Scotia Canada for Wabana, Newfoundland. No further trace.
• Jean Weems (United Kingdom): Spanish Civil War, bombed and sunk off Cap de Sant Sebastià, Catalonia.

31 October

• Jean Pierre (France): The schooner caught fire and sank off Saint-Nazaire, Loire-Atlantique.

November

1 November

• Kathiawar (United Kingdom): The cargo ship ran aground on the Goa Island Reef, Mozambique. The crew were taken off on 16 November. She was declared a total loss on 17 November.

4 November

• Elling (Norway): The cargo ship ran aground at Bergen, Hordaland. She was refloated but then beached.
• Imatra (Finland): The cargo ship ran aground on the Åland Islands and was severely damaged.

5 November

• Briarthorn (United Kingdom): The coaster ran aground at Newport, County Mayo, Ireland. She was refloated on 16 November.
• Nossa Senhora d'Agonia (Portugal): The three-masted schooner struck a breakwater at Oporto. She was holed and beached.

7 November

• Towneley (United Kingdom): The cargo ship collided with Karnak (Germany) in the Scheldt and was beached.

8 November

• English Trader (United Kingdom): The cargo ship ran aground 15 nautical miles (28 km) north north east of Cabo San Antonio, Cuba.

9 November

• Victoria (Germany): The coaster collided with Stavangeren (Norway) in the Rijn near Hoek van Holland, South Holland, Netherlands. She was beached at Hoek van Holland; later refloated, towed to Maassluis, South Holland and beached there.

10 November

• Hibernia (United Kingdom): The Thames barge sprang a leak in the North Sea off Cromer, Norfolk. All three crew were rescued by H F Bailey III ( Royal National Lifeboat Institution). Hibernia came ashore at East Runton, Norfolk and was wrecked.

11 November

• Kenilworth (United Kingdom): The cargo ship was driven ashore at Calabanga, Camarines Sur, Philippines in a typhoon.

12 November

• Pylades (United Kingdom): The coaster foundered in the English Channel off Fécamp, Seine-Maritime, France. All crew were rescued by the trawler Duquesnes (France).

13 November

• Jenny Chandris (Greece): The cargo ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean east of Cape Hatteras, North Carolina, United States with the loss of nine of her 29 crew. Survivors were rescued by Swiftsure (United States) and a United States Coast Guard cutter.
• Penton (United Kingdom): The cargo ship came ashore at Kettleness Point, Yorkshire after her tow parted in a gale.

14 November

• Ino (United Kingdom): The cargo ship foundered in the North Sea off the Wandelaer Lightship (Belgium).

17 November

• Beal (United Kingdom): The coaster collided with Authority (United Kingdom) in the River Tyne and was beached at Jenningtree Point. She was refloated later that day.
• Lord Roseberry (United Kingdom): The Thames barge sank at Great Yarmouth, Norfolk.
• Yeguchi Maru No.2 (Japan): The cargo ship was last reported on this date. She was on a voyage from Tientsin to Dairen, China.

18 November

• Boccaccio (Italy): The cargo ship sank in the Bay of Biscay 29 nautical miles (54 km) off Brest, France () following an onboard explosion and fire with the loss of one crew member. All 31 survivors were rescued by Tajandoen (Netherlands). The explosion was caused by a bomb placed by anti-fascist Wollweber League saboteurs while the ship was in port.

19 November

• Evdoxia (Greece): The cargo ship foundered in the Aegean Sea off Cythera. All crew were rescued by Petrakis Nomicos (Greece).
• Outeniqua (United Kingdom): The coaster ran aground at Humewood, South Africa. She was refloated on 23 November.

21 November

• Martha (Estonia): The four-masted schooner sprang a leak off Ystad, Skåne County, Sweden and was beached. She was refloated on 26 November.

22 November

• Rudmore (United Kingdom): The cargo ship collided with Betancuria (Norway) in the River Thames and was beached at North Woolwich, London. She was refloated the next day.

24 November

• Nollington Court (United Kingdom): The cargo ship struck a submerged object off the Turks Islands and was severely damaged. She attempted to reach Tortuga but broke in two and sank. The crew of 35 were rescued by Chagres and Killerig (both United Kingdom).

25 November

• Daian Maru (Japan): The cargo ship suffered an explosion, caught fire and sank in the Pacific Ocean off the Ryukyu Islands.
• Manju Maru (Japan): The cargo ship ran aground off the Muletive Lighthouse, Ceylon. She caught fire on 6 June 1938, but was refloated on 18 August 1938.
• Rudolf (Norway): The coaster collided with Godvang (Norway) in the Kiel Canal and was beached in a severely damaged state. She was refloated on 29 November.
• Tavris (Greece): The cargo ship departed Dedcagatch for Patras. No further trace.

26 November

• Delet (Finland): The passenger ship ran aground on the Åland Islands. All passengers and crew were rescued.
• Lloyd George (United Kingdom): The cargo ship collided with Fancy (United Kingdom) in the North Sea off Fraserburgh, Aberdeenshire and sank.

28 November

• Cauto (United States): The cargo ship ran aground at Puerto México, Mexico and was abandoned by her crew. She was declared a total loss on 9 December.

29 November

• Clan Morrison (United Kingdom): The cargo ship ran aground at Madras, India. She was refloated on 10 December.

30 November

• Brisbane (France): The cargo ship ran aground at Dohan Aslan, Turkey. She was refloated on 8 December.
• Geraldton (United Kingdom): The auxiliary schooner struck a submerged object and sank 5 nautical miles (9.3 km) west south west of Cape Baskervill, Western Australia. All crew were rescued.

December

2 December

• Alice (Belgium): The cargo ship ran aground off Southampton, Hampshire, United Kingdom. She was later refloated and scrapped.
• Roger-Robert (France): The schooner suffered an onboard explosion and sank 2 nautical miles (3.7 km) off Roscoff, Finistère. All crew were rescued.

3 December

• Meta (Germany): The schooner collided with Arija (Latvia) at Kiel, Schleswig-Holstein and was beached.

7 December

• Manissa (Germany): The cargo ship came ashore at Adalia, Turkey. She was declared a total loss on 18 December.
• Quarrington Court (United Kingdom): The cargo ship sprang a leak in the Gulf of Suez off Shadwan, Egypt. She was taken in tow by President Doumer (France). She sank the next day 79 nautical miles (146 km) south of the island. All crew were rescued by Capitano A. Cecchi (Italy) and Grangepark (United Kingdom).

10 December

• Aldabi (Netherlands): The cargo ship ran aground at Cape Santa Marta, Brazil. She broke in three and was declared a total loss on 28 December.
• Kruckau (Germany): The cargo ship collided with Rinda (Norway) at Brunshausen and was beached. She was later refloated and towed to Hamburg.

11 December

• Annagher (United Kingdom): The coaster foundered in the Irish Sea off Groomsport, County Down with the loss of nine of her ten crew.
• Gothic (United Kingdom): The coaster foundered in the English Channel of Dover, Kent with the loss of two of her four crew. Survivors were rescued by American Banker (United States).
• President Hoover (United States): The ocean liner ran aground on Kasho-to, an island east of Formosa. All 503 passengers and 330 crew were safely brought ashore, and SS President McKinley and SS President Pierce evacuated them from Kasho-to Manila. Hoover broke her back on 18 December and was declared a total loss.

12 December

• Maurita (United Kingdom): The coaster developed defects in her steering gear whilst in the Irish Sea off Hoylake, Lancashire. All five crew were rescued by the Blackpool Lifeboat. The ship later drifted ashore at Fleetwood, Lancashire. She was refloated the next day.

USS Panay

• USS Panay (United States Navy): Second Sino-Japanese War, USS Panay incident: The river gunboat was bombed and sunk in the Yangtze River by Yokosuka B4Y aircraft of the Imperial Japanese Navy with the loss of three of her 59 crew.
• Thames Maru (Japan): The cargo ship ran aground on Sakhalin Island, Soviet Union. She was refloated on 20 December.
• Tormilind (Estonia): The four-masted schooner capsized and sank at Hanko, Finland with some loss of life. Refloated on 3 May 1938.

15 December

• Child (United Kingdom): The dredger lost her tow in the Atlantic Ocean off Cape Sardao, Portugal and came ashore. She was a total loss.
• Edith Newhall (United Kingdom): The auxiliary schooner caught fire in the Atlantic Ocean 5 nautical miles (9.3 km) south west of Catalina, Newfoundland and was abandoned by her crew. They were rescued by Northern Ranger (United Kingdom).
• Karpfanger (Germany): The cargo ship ran aground off Söderhamn, Gävleborg County, Sweden. She was refloated on 7 January 1938.
• Mabel G (United Kingdom): The schooner came ashore at Conception Bay, Newfoundland.

16 December

• Dan (Panama): The auxiliary three-masted schooner ran aground at Gisslan, Sweden. She was refloated on 28 December.

17 December

• Stuart Star (United Kingdom): The cargo ship ran aground at East London, Eastern Cape, South Africa. She was abandoned as a total loss.

23 December

• Sinop (Turkey): The cargo ship struck a sunken wreck at Bender Eregli and was beached.
• Tavilzade (Greece): The cargo ship came ashore at Bender Eregli. She was refloated on 10 January.

24 December

• Okeanis (Greece): The cargo ship ran aground off the Crimean coast, Soviet Union (approximately ). She later broke her back and was abandoned as a total loss.
• Otto Wulf 2 (Germany): The cargo ship collided with Blyth (United Kingdom) off Brunshausen and was beached.

26 December

The remains of the Saros in 2007.

• Saros (United Kingdom): The cargo ship ran aground at Cape Everard, Victoria, Australia and was abandoned by her crew.

28 December

• Beulah (Panama): The cargo ship sank at Ogden Point, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada.
• Durraween (United Kingdom): The trawler collided with Wanganella (Australia of Montague Island, New South Wales, Australia.

29 December

• Srdj (Yugoslavia): The cargo ship collided with Haga (Sweden) in the Scheldt, at Walsoorden, Zeeland, Netherlands and sank with the loss of three crew. Survivors were rescued by Thames (Netherlands). She broke in two on 31 December.

31 December

• Jonita (Estonia): The cargo ship sprang a leak and foundered in the Baltic Sea north of Bornholm, Denmark.
• La Bougeotte (France): The schooner was abandoned in the Mediterranean Sea (). The crew were rescued by Noemijulia (United Kingdom.