100 Years Ago Today

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13th November 1923

"Former kaiser gets passports to return to Germany, Belgium hears. Plans afoot to restore Hohenzollern monarchy on Dec 4."


Ship Losses:

A. C. Kirk (United Kingdom) The coaster was reported off Flamborough Head, Yorkshire bound for Grangemouth, Stirlingshire. No further trace, presumed foundered in the North Sea with the loss of all hands.

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14th November 1923

"Soviet Flag to Bear Sickle and Hammer. Five-pointed Star Also Adorns Red Cloth Emblem Adopted".


Ship Losses:

Danemark (Denmark) The cargo ship ran aground at Kristiania, Norway. She was refloated on 19 November.

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15th November 1923

Germany stopped printing the essentially worthless "papiermark", which had been trading at the rate of 4.2 trillion marks to one U.S. dollar by mid-November and issued the new Rentenmark, backed by the value of property taxes and tied to the U.S. dollar with 4.2 RM to US$1.


Ship Losses:

Robert and Elizabeth (United Kingdom) The Thames barge foundered in the Thames Estuary off Southend Pier, Essex. both crew survived.
Sagua (United States) The cargo ship ran aground at Bluefields, Nicaragua. She was refloated on 21 November.

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16th November 1923

Rentenmark replaces devalued German mark, ending hyperinflation in Germany. (Berlin, crowd gathering in front of the Rentenbank bank after the currency reform).


Ship Losses:

Grace N Pendelton (United States) The auxiliary schooner was in collision with another vessel in the North Sea off Cuxhaven, Germany and foundered with the loss of all but two of her crew. Survivors were rescued by Hermes ( Germany).

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17th November 1923

"Great Britain and Italy oppose France's plan for further seizures of German territory."


Moscow, Revolution Day, Lev Kamenev (right. with the cap), Deputy Chairman of the Council of People's Commissars, reviews the parade of troops.


Ship Losses:

Ibis (United Kingdom) The cargo ship ran aground in Liverpool Bay. She refloated but then grounded again. Declared a total loss, the wreck was dispersed by the Mersey Harbour Board using explosives.
Kronos (Germany) The cargo ship foundered in the Baltic Sea off Saaremaa, Estonia with the loss of all hands, at least fourteen crew.
Rijperkerk (Netherlands) The cargo ship put into Bastia, Corsica, France on fire. She was scuttled by the coastal defense ship HNLMS Marten Harpertszoon Tromp ( Royal Netherlands Navy).
Spurn (United Kingdom) The tug foundered in Liverpool Bay whilst going to the aid of Ibis ( United Kingdom). Her crew were rescued by the New Brighton Lifeboat.

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18th November 1923

"Food riots rage in Ruhr and 138 fall in clashes with police. Twenty-four killed in Rhineland battles."


American astronaut, naval aviator and test pilot, Alan Shepard, is born in Derry, New Hampshire, U.S.


Ship Losses:

Java (Denmark) The cargo ship ran aground off the Sletterhage Lighthouse, Helgenæs. She was refloated on 22 November.

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19th November 1923

"Dramatic measures have been ordered by Police Commissioner Richard E. Enright in an effort to stem the flood of complaints he has received bearing upon the actions of men in crowded subway trains. Policewomen, young and attractive, will be used to discover offenders."


"Hunger and death. "Only through these representatives will France negotiate with Germany!""

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20th November 1923

The first three way traffic signal is patented, a design that has continued until the present day. Garrett Morgan - the first black citizen to own a car in Cleveland - sought to improve safety after witnessing an accident.

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21st November 1923

Winston Churchill is seen with his wife Clementine Churchill at Leicester where he was adopted as Liberal candidate for the West Division.


"Poincare's Way of Getting Out of Paying The U.S. and Not Getting Out of The Ruhr."


Ship Losses:

Picardier (Belgium) The cargo ship ran aground off Hornslandet Hudiksvall, Sweden (61°40′30″N 17°30′45″E) with the loss of a crew member. She broke her back on 12 December and was declared a total loss.

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22nd November 1923

Josef Friedrich Matthes in 1923 in Koblenz during the short lived Rhenish Republic.

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23rd November 1923

As the holder of executive power, General Hans von Seeckt issued a nationwide ban on the Communist Party of Germany, the National Socialist German Workers' Party and the German National Freedom Party as well as all organizations of these parties.


Ship Losses:

Otterburn (United Kingdom) The cargo ship suffered an onboard explosion and fire at Marseille, Bouches du Rhône, France and was beached. Several crew members were killed by the explosion.
Victor Réveille (Marine Nationale) The Type UE I submarine ran aground at Boulogne, Pas de Calais.

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24th November 1923

"Chancellor Stresemann of Germany ousted by reichstag fifteen minutes before news arrives that German industrialists had made peace with France."


Ship Losses:

Blankenese (Italy) The cargo ship was towed into Gibraltar on fire and was beached. She was refloated on 27 November.
Kullaberg (Sweden) The coaster ran aground and capsized in the River Humber at Lower Whitton, Lincolnshire, United Kingdom. She was refloated the next day cut ran aground at Broomfleet, Yorkshire. She was refloated again on 29 November.
Little Princess (United Kingdom) The schooner caught fire and was abandoned. Her crew were rescued by West Lashaway ( United States).
River Wye (United Kingdom) The cargo ship came ashore at Port Mouton Island, Nova Scotia, Canada (44°00′N 64°20′W) and was a total loss.

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25th November 1923

Cartoon on the recent return of the German Crown Prince (the Kaiser's son) to Germany.


Ship Losses:

Sam (Norway) The auxiliary sailing vessel ran aground off the Færder Lighthouse, Norway. She was refloated but subsequently sank. Her crew were rescued.

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26th November 1923

Ship Losses:

Shinkoku Maru (Japan) Disabled in the Aleutian Islands by a broken tail shaft during a voyage from Yokohama, Japan, to Portland, Oregon, and under tow by the tug Humaconna (flag unknown), the steamer was wrecked on the rocks off Montague Island at the entrance to Prince William Sound on the south-central coast of the Territory of Alaska after Humaconna was forced to cut her loose during a gale. One crew member died, but the rest reached shore safely.

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27th November 1923

"Over 2,000 Members of the KKK Gather today to honor a wedding. Mrs. Reynolds is the mother of bride, the bride and Reverend Oliver K. Daney, Harry H. Lee, the groom A. J. Reynolds, the father of the bride."


Ship Losses:

Russ (flag unknown) The cargo ship ran aground at Nida, Lithuania.