100 Years Ago Today

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16th August 1922

The funeral of Arthur Griffith takes place at Glasnevin Cemetery in Dublin. W. T. Cosgrave delivers the graveside oration (Michael Collins & Risteard Mulcahy at the funeral of Arthur Griffith).


Ship Losses:

Henriette (United States) The schooner was wrecked in the Gilbert and Ellice Islands.
Henry T. Scott (United States) The steamer was sunk in a collision with Henry Luckenbach ( United States) 11 miles (18 km) east of Cape Flattery. Four crew killed.

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17th August 1922

Ship Losses:

Olga (Chile) The cargo ship sank at Valparaíso.

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18th August 1822

Ship Losses:

Ryokai Maru (Japan) The cargo ship ran aground on the south coast of Mindoro, Philippines. She was abandoned the next day as a total loss. Her crew were rescued. Ryokai Maru was refloated on 31 August.

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21st August 1922

"Irish Tired Of Rebel Brigands —Bernard Shaw. Says Civil War Is Strain on Cemeteries." (Chicago Tribune)


Ship Losses:

Gaarden (Germany) The auxiliary sailing ship foundered in the North Sea.
Shinyei Maru (Japan) The cargo ship came ashore at Shaweishan and was a total loss. Her crew were rescued.

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22nd August 1922

Michael Collins is killed in an ambush at Béal na Bláth, County Cork. In his 32 years of life he fought during the Easter Rising in 1916, was a member of the delegation that negotiated the Treaty in 1921 and at the time of his death was Commander-in-Chief of the government forces.


Ship Losses:

Cymric (United Kingdom) The schooner struck the Brandy Rocks and was beached at Kilmore, County Wexford. She was refloated on 24 August.
Leerdam (United Kingdom) The cargo ship sprang a leak and was beached at Portpatrick, Wigtownshire. She was refloated on 26 August.

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23rd August 1922



Ship Losses:

Nieves (Spain) The sailing vessel was in collision with Freifeld ( Germany) in the Atlantic Ocean off Cape St. Vincent, Portugal and sank. Her crew were rescued by Freifeld.

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24th August 1922

"New Free State Leaders? It is expected that Alderman Cosgrave will take over civil command of the Irish Free State in succession to Mr. Arthur Griffith, and that General Richard Mulcahy will succeed Mr. Michael Collins as Commander-in-Chief of the Free State Army."


Ship Losses:

Cordelia (United Kingdom) The tanker ran aground off Fort Tigné, Malta. She was refloated on 4 September.

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26th August 1922

Ship Losses:

Borulos (United Kingdom) The passenger ship ran aground in the Red Sea. Her passengers were taken off by Mahmoudieh ( United Kingdom). She was refloated on 29 August.
France (French Navy) The Courbet-class battleship struck an uncharted rock in Quiberon Bay and sank with the loss of 3 of her 1,115 crew.
Niitaka (Imperial Japanese Navy) The Niitaka-class cruiser ran ground, capsized, and sank in a storm off the Kamchatka Peninsula with the loss of 284 of her 299 crew.
Philadelphia (United States) The ocean liner was beached at Naples, Italy.

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27th August 1922

Sean Collins stands by the coffin of his brother, Irish soldier, politician and Sinn Fein leader Michael Collins who was killed by anti-treaty republicans in an ambush near Bandon in County Cork.

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30th August 1922

At the decisive Battle of Dumlupınar, the Turkish Land Forces effectively won the Greco-Turkish War after more than three years of fighting. (Greek General Trikupis surrenders his sword to Turkey's Mustafa Kemal Pasha.)


Ship Losses:

J. Edward Drake (United States) The schooner foundered in the Atlantic Ocean (approximately 36°N 57°W). Her crew were rescued by Ciscar ( United Kingdom).

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1st September 1922

Airborne camera and gun camera, U.S. Army.




Ship Losses:

Eagle (United Kingdom) The cargo ship was crushed by pack ice and sank 15 nautical miles (28 km) of North Cape, Prince Edward Island, Canada.
Eurydamas (United Kingdom) The cargo ship collided with Carnarvonshire ( United Kingdom) in the Elbe at Blankenese, Hamburg, Germany and was beached.

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3rd September 1922

Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov Lenin, head of government of the Russian Soviet Republic, and Joseph Stalin, General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union, in Gorki, in September 1922. Photograph supposedly taken by Vladimir Lenin's sister Maria Ilyinichna Ulyanova.


Ship Losses:

Barrenfork (United States) The tug capsized and sank at Jacksonville, Florida.

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4th September 1922

"Pilot Bessie Coleman of Chicago, the first female African American aviator in the world, receiving a bouquet from Captain Edison C McVey in his uniform as Aeronautical Instructor of the UAL at Curtiss Field, Long Island."


Ship Losses:

Adrian Klein (United States) The motor schooner was lost at the Okalee River (60°03′N 144°01′W) on the south-central coast of the Territory of Alaska.
Benfinch (United Kingdom) The coaster foundered 8 nautical miles (15 km) off the Mull of Kintyre, Argyllshire. Her crew survived.
Tetlin (United States) During a voyage in the Territory of Alaska from the upper part of the Nabesna River to Fairbanks, the 65-gross register ton, 60.5-foot (18.4 m) sternwheel paddle steamer struck a sandbar about 10 miles (16 km) above the mouth of the river, tearing her bottom out. She sank on the sand bar. All five members of her crew survived. Her machinery was salvaged, but ice completely destroyed her hull over the winter of 1922–1923.

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6th September 1922

Ship Losses:

Bluet (France) The schooner collided with Baoule ( France) in the Mediterranean Sea off Bec d'Ambès, Gironde and sank.
Maid of Canada (United Kingdom) The schooner collided with Sadie Mac (United Kingdom) at Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada and sank. Her crew survived.
Colthraps (United States) The cargo ship caught fire at Pensacola, Florida and was severely damaged.

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7th September 1922

Ship Losses:

Ezardian (United Kingdom) The coaster collided with Zuiderdijk ( Netherlands) in the Scheldt at Vlissingen, Netherlands and sank with the loss of seven of the nineteen people on board. Survivors were rescued by Zuiderdijk, a Dutch fishing vessel and a German merchant ship.
W. J. Patterson (United States) The four-masted schooner arrived at Jacksonville, Florida with her cargo on fire and was scuttled.
Queen Bee (steamer) (Australia) A 1907 steam collier that sunk off Barrenjoey lighthouse Australia in 1922