100 Years Ago Today

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8th September 1922

Ship Losses:

Hammonia (Germany) The ocean liner foundered in the Atlantic Ocean 80 nautical miles (150 km) off Vigo, Spain (41°55′N 10°50′W). All 557 people on board were rescued by Boldway, City of Chester, City of Valencia, Darro, Euclid, Kinfauns Castle, Soldier Prince (all United Kingdom) and a Greek merchant ship.

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10th September 1922

Ship Losses:

Hammonia (Germany) The ocean liner foundered in the Atlantic Ocean 80 nautical miles (150 km) off Vigo, Spain (41°55′N 10°50′W). All 557 people on board were rescued by Boldway, City of Chester, City of Valencia, Darro, Euclid, Kinfauns Castle, Soldier Prince (all United Kingdom) and a Greek merchant ship.

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11th September 1922

Ship Losses:

Tamara Eleven (Germany) The barque was wrecked at Oulu, Finland.

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12th September 1922

Queen Mary and the Duke of Richmond and Gordon, after the Queen received her doctorate from the University of Aberdeen.

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14th September 1922

Ship Losses:

Ahrnklim (United States) After she lost power and steering while exiting the "Aqua River" – probably a reference to the Akwe River (59.2828°N 139.0494°W) – on the south-central coast of the Territory of Alaska, the 64-gross register ton, 66-foot (20.1 m) motor vessel was washed ashore and wrecked about 0.5 nautical miles (0.9 km; 0.6 mi) west of the entrance to the river. She became a total loss.

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15th September 1922

Vladimir I. Lenin. Politician, with his nephew Viktor in the park of his house in Gorky.


Ship Losses:

Earlshall (United Kingdom) The collier departed Newcastle-upon-Tyne for Hamburg, Germany. She was apparently abandoned on 16 September. She was discovered derelict on 22 September by the trawler Seefahrt ( Germany) and taken in tow, but the tow had to be abandoned. She sank off the Norderney Lightship ( Germany) (54°05′N 6°59′E). There were no survivors of her crew.

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18th September 1922

Polish professors place a wreath at the tomb of the unknown soldier.


Ship Losses:

Lisbeth (Sweden) The cargo ship sank off Gedser, Denmark. Six crew were rescued by a Danish merchant ship.
Rellim (United Kingdom) The cargo ship collided with John S. Calvert ( United Kingdom) in the River Ouse at Goole, Yorkshire and sank.
Thomas L. Wand (United States) The cargo ship came ashore at Point Sur, California and was a total loss.

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19th September 1922

Ship Losses:

Begona No.1 (Spain) The cargo ship foundered 7 nautical miles (13 km) south west of Cape Roca.
Corral (Chile) The cargo ship was destroyed by fire at Huasco.

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20th September 1922

Ship Losses:

Bustard (United Kingdom) The tug struck a submerged wreck and sank at Milford Haven, Pembrokeshire. She was refloated on 22 September.

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21st September 1922

Ship Losses:

Ballybrack (United Kingdom) The schooner came ashore at Soerdal, Sweden and was wrecked. Her crew were rescued.
Svaland (Norway) The auxiliary sailing ship was driven ashore at Höganäs, Sweden. She was refloated on 9 October.

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22nd September 1922

Ship Losses:

Sidi Abdallah (France) The cargo ship collided with N. Hadzikyriakos ( Greece) in the Mediterranean Sea (36°52′N 0°22′W). Her crew were rescued.

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26th September 1922

"Potsdam, Germany: Photo of Prof. Einstein (in white) with visitors at his observatory in Potsdam, Germany."


Greece. On September 26th martial law was proclaimed, following the revolt in Salonika of 8,000 troops and their officers, who sent word to Athens demanding the abdication of King Constantine and the imprisonment of the former prime ministers, Gounaris and Stratos.

Ship Losses:

P.L.M. 8 (France) The cargo ship came ashore at Cape Raso, Portugal. She was a total loss.

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27th September 1922

King Constantine I of Greece abdicates, driven out by a revolution. His eldest son Georges II succeeds him.

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28th September 1922

Ship Losses:

Chaddesley (United Kingdom) The cargo ship came ashore at Theddlethorpe, Lincolnshire. She was refloated on 1 October.
Enterprise (United Kingdom) The cargo ship ran aground on the Middle Cross Sand, North Sea. She was abandoned by her crew the next day pending salvage operations. She was refloated on 6 October.

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2nd October 1922

Ship Losses:

Ketchikan (United States) The cargo ship struck an iceberg in the Icy Strait and was beached.