27th July 1922
In the largest jailbreak in Europe up to that time, 105 men escaped from Dundalk Gaol after the Fourth Northern Division of the Irish Republican Army used dynamite to make a hole in the wall.
Ship Losses:
Calista (United States) The coaster collided with Hawaii Maru ( Japan) at Seattle, Washington and sank.
Empress (United States) The 23-gross register ton motor vessel sank off Angle Point (55°14′20″N 131°25′30″W) on the coast of Bold Island (55.2492°N 131.4169°W) in Southeast Alaska about two minutes after the 25-ton motor vessel Vega ( United States) collided with her, cutting her stern off. Vega rescued her crew of two.
Tartar (Norway) The cargo ship was driven ashore at Korsør, Denmark. She was refloated on 31 July but found to be leaking severely and was beached.
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