25th October 1922
Ship Losses:
Concord (United States) The passenger ship caught fire in the Atlantic Ocean whilst on a voyage from New York to Providence, Rhode Island. Her passengers were taken off by Mohegan ( United States).
Lenape (United States) The cargo ship ran aground off Jacksonville, Florida. She was refloated on 6 November.
Lizzie D. (or Lizzie D. A.) (United States) The 77-or-84-foot (23.5 or 25.6 m) (sources disagree), 122-gross register ton tug sank in 80 feet (24 m) of water in the North Atlantic Ocean south of Long Island, New York, 8 nautical miles (15 km; 9.2 mi) southeast of Atlantic Beach Inlet with the loss of her entire crew of eight or 13 (sources disagree) men. Her owners reported her as having no cargo aboard at the time of her loss, but an examination of her wreck in July 1977 discovered that she had been operating as a rum runner during Prohibition in the United States and had sunk with a cargo of Kentucky bourbon and Canadian rye whisky aboard. Her wreck is known as the "Rum Runner."
Modica (Norway) The cargo ship ran aground at Montreal, Quebec, Canada. She was refloated on 23 October.
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