100 Years Ago Today

[Jimbuna]

25th November 1920

Bodies of British officers killed in Dublin on Bloody Sunday are transported back to England.


Ship Losses:

Zenith (United Kingdom) The barquentine foundered in the Atlantic Ocean 4 nautical miles (7.4 km) west of the Longships. All seven crew were rescued.

[Jimbuna]

26th November 1920

Ship Losses:

W J Pirrie (United States) The schooner barge wrecked on rocks in the Pacific Ocean off La Push, Washington after being cut loose from her tow in a gale and heavy seas, originally under tow from Tacoma, Washington to Antofagasta, Chile, or to San Francisco. Only two of her sixteen crew survived, or all 20 lost.

[Mr Quatro]

100 Years Ago

USS R-14 (SS-91) submarine engine room. (~1920)

Two Navy crewmen manning the two six-cylinder diesel engines, of 440 h.p. each, which run the submarine on the surface
& are also used to charge the storage batteries that propels the boat under water

[Jimbuna]

27th November 1920

Barricades are erected in Downing Street over fears of an Irish Republican attack.




Ship Losses:

Comboyne (Australia) The cargo ship sank off Shellharbour, New South Wales. Her crew survived.
Erminie (France) The schooner was abandoned in the Bay of Biscay 3.5 nautical miles (6.5 km) north west of Ouessant, Finistère. Her crew were rescued by West Maximus ( United States).
Evangelistria (Greece) The cargo ship foundered in the English Channel off the Casquets, Guernsey, Channel Islands. Her crew survived.

[Jimbuna]

28th November 1920

Verdun Cathedral undergoing restoration work after it suffered damage during the Great War.


A week after Bloody Sunday, the IRA ambush and kill 16 members of the Royal Irish Constabulary at Kilmichael.


Ship Losses:

Betsy (Netherlands) The schooner sprang a leak and sank in the North Sea. Her crew were rescued by the trawler Unity ( United Kingdom).
Ioannis Carras (Greece) The cargo ship sank in the Iroise Sea off the Pierres Noires, Finistère, France. Her crew survived.

[Jimbuna]

29th November 1920

The 11th Red Army begins its invasion of Armenia, and its advance is virtually unopposed as Armenia is currently fighting Turkey. The 11th Red Army in Baku.


Hercules towing the USS California, November 29, 1920.


Ship Losses:

Capitaine Remy (France) The auxiliary sailing vessel capsized in the English Channel 10 nautical miles (19 km) south of The Lizard, Cornwall, United Kingdom.
Meta (France) The schooner foundered off in the Mediterranean Sea off Port-la-Nouvelle, Aude.
Notre Dame de la Mer (France) The cargo ship capsized at Brunsbüttelkoog, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany.

[Jimbuna]

30th November 1920

Prince Leopold of Belgium in military uniform.


Upon completion of their training, Chilean military cadets offer a salute and take a pledge of allegiance to the national flag before the commander of their regiment.


Laramie Boomerang: Ireland Declares War On England.


Ship Losses:

Sheila Margaret (United Kingdom) The cargo ship foundered in the English Channel. Wreckage from the ship washed up at Swanage, Dorset.

[Jimbuna]

1st December 1920

Álvaro Obregón is sworn in as the President of Mexico. His presidency marks the end of the decade-long violence of the Mexican Revolution.


Women’s militia of Soviet Russia doing gymnastic drills.


Ship Losses:

Betsy (Netherlands) The schooner sprang a leak in the North Sea and was abandoned. Her crew were rescued.
Giant King (United Kingdom) The schooner ran aground on Ambergris Cay, Turks Islands. Her passengers and crew were rescued.

[Jimbuna]

2nd December 1920

Marshal Foch and Marshal Petain participating in a shooting party with the French President.


The Red Army enters Armenia’s capital Yerevan, and the Armenian Soviet Socialist Republic is proclaimed. The 11th Red Army in Yerevan.


Ship Losses:

Ansgir (United Kingdom) The cargo ship ran aground near Mousehole, Cornwall. Her crew of 45 were rescued.
Blanche H. King (United States) The schooner ran aground on the West Reef, Bahamas and was a total loss. Her crew survived.
Dauntless (Norway) The cargo ship struck a mine in the Baltic Sea off the Närs Lighthouse, Sweden. Her crew were rescued.
Eastern Tempest (United States) The cargo ship ran aground on the Bogskär, Finland and was abandoned by her crew. She was refloated on 7 December.
Fiorino (Norway) The barque departed Kristiansand, Norway for the Hampton Roads. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.
Hathor (Germany) The cargo ship ran aground on the Lethegus Ledge off the Isles of Scilly, United Kingdom and was wrecked. All 24 crew were rescued by the St. Mary's Lifeboat.
Kate (United Kingdom) The schooner issued an SOS off Holyhead, Anglesey. Her crew were taken off by the Holyhead Lifeboat.

[Jimbuna]

3rd December 1920

Emir Faisal, former King of Syria, visiting London. He was deposed by the French earlier this year.


Facing military defeat, Armenia signs the Treaty of Alexandropol, forcing it to renounce the Treaty of Sevres and cede territory to Turkey. Borders under the defunct Treaty of Sevres.

[Jimbuna]

4th December 1920

Argentina became the first nation to withdraw its membership in the League of Nations, after resistance to four of its proposals.


Ship Losses:

Hermina (Netherlands) The auxiliary schooner broke free from her mooring and was wrecked at Fishguard, Pembrokeshire, United Kingdom in a gale with the loss of one of her ten crew. Survivors were rescued by the Fishguard Lifeboat or by rocket apparatus.
Renvoyle (United Kingdom) The cargo ship was abandoned off Belle Île, Finistère, France. She subsequently sank.
Schoolcraft (United Kingdom) The cargo ship was destroyed by fire at Kingston, Ontario, Canada.
Timbo (United Kingdom) The coaster was driven ashore near Clynnog Fawr, Caernarfonshire with the loss of four of her eight crew. Five of the thirteen crew of the Rhoscolyn Lifeboat were lost attempting to rescue her crew before she came ashore.
Tourmaline (United Kingdom) The coal hulk was driven ashore 16 nautical miles (30 km) west of Thurso, Caithness and was a total loss. Her crew were rescued by rocket apparatus.

[Jimbuna]

5th December 1920

Benjamin Holt, American inventor who created the first crawler-type tread tractor, has passed away. A Holt tractor used in the Great War to pull artillery.


In a referendum, 99% of Greek voters approve the return of King Constantine I to Greece and end his exile.


Ship Losses:

Verena (Netherlands) The schooner was abandoned in the North Sea (55°50′N 0°30′E). Her crew were rescued by Haakon VII ( Norway).

[Jimbuna]

6th December 1920

Ship Losses:

Graf Waldersee (United Kingdom) The cargo ship collided with Tregantle ( United Kingdom) in the River Thames at Gravesend, Kent. She then collided with Fairfield and the ice hulk Sumatra (both United Kingdom) and was then beached. Fairfield sank and the other ships were damaged. Graf Waldersee was refloated on 8 December.
Taff (United Kingdom) The cargo ship ran aground on the Dogger Bank in the North Sea and was a total loss.

[Jimbuna]

7th December 1920

President Wilson delivers his last State of the Union Address. As Wilson remains largely incapacitated after his stroke, the speech was delivered by clerks.

[Jimbuna]

8th December 1920

Hugh Wallace, U.S. ambassador to France, at the Faubourg-Pave military cemetery at Verdun.


Romanian anarchist Max Goldstein plants a bomb in the Romanian Senate, killing the Minister of Justice and two senators.


France. President Alexandre Millerand inaugurates the bayonet trench monument on the Verdun battlefield.


Ship Losses:

V140 (Reichsmarine) The V125-class torpedo boat was wrecked on this date.