100 Years Ago Today

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3rd October 1922

Alexei Rykov and Vladimir Lenin.


Ship Losses:

Helen Jean (United Kingdom) The schooner sprang a leak and was towed in to the Turks Islands by HMS Capetown ( Royal Navy). She sank at her moorings the next day and was a total loss.

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8th October 1922

"The War Profiteer's Dream" (Chicago Tribune)


Ship Losses:

Lyman Stewart (United States) The Union Oil tanker on her way from San Francisco to Seattle with a cargo of oil and gasoline collided with freighter Walter A. Luckenbach ( United States) in Golden Gate and had to be beached to avoid sinking. She was later declared a total loss, Her crew were taken off.

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9th October 1922

Lillian Gatlin becomes the first woman to travel across the continental United States by plane.

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10th October 1922

Ship Losses:

Kaupo (Latvia) The schooner sprang a leak in the Atlantic Ocean off Faial Island, Azores, Portugal and was abandoned. Her crew were rescued.
Swiftstar (United States) The tanker on her way from San Pedro to Fall River with a cargo of 70,000 barrels of oil ran aground on the southern end of Block Island and became stranded. The crew was taken off the next day by the US submarine N-2 and the ship was refloated on the 15th and after extensive repairs returned to service.

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11th October 1922

"More War is Foreseen"

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12th October 1922

Ship Losses:

City of Honolulu (United States) The ocean liner caught fire in the Pacific Ocean whilst on a voyage between Los Angeles, California and Honolulu, Hawaii (31°07′N 131°40′W). The passengers and crew were rescued by the steamer West Faralon ( United States). City of Honolulu was scuttled on 17 October by the cutter USCGC Shawnee at 32°30′N 129°45′W.

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13th October 1922

"Mr & Mrs Lloyd George leave London for Manchester, 13th October 1922."

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16th October 1922



Ship Losses:

USS PE-31 (United States Navy) The Eagle-class patrol craft ran aground on Sow and Pigs Reef off Cuttyhunk Island, Massachusetts, broke up, and sank without loss of life on the south side of the reef at 41°24′18″N 070°57′54″W.
Rossia (Soviet Navy) The armored cruiser broke free from her tow in the Baltic Sea and stranded on the Dyvelseye Shoal. She was refloated in July 1922.

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17th October 1922

Ship Losses:

Hopelyn (United Kingdom) The cargo ship was wrecked on Scroby Sands, Norfolk. All 24 crew and the ship's cat were rescued.

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18th October 1922

Seaman A. O. (United Kingdom) The schooner came ashore at Nantucket, Massachusetts. She was refloated on 23 October.

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22nd October 1922

Ship Losses:

British General (United Kingdom) The tanker came ashore in the Persian Gulf (20°24′N 56°23′E). She was abandoned the next day. Her crew were rescued by Aras ( United Kingdom). British General was refloated on 6 November.
Canada (United Kingdom) The cargo ship sprang a leak and was abandoned in the North Sea off Happisburgh, Norfolk. Her crew were rescued by Kyle Bute ( United Kingdom). She was towed into Hull, Yorkshire by Nina ( United Kingdom).
Gundreda (United Kingdom) The salvage vessel sank in the Helford River at Falmouth, Cornwall.

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23rd October 1922

Start of the Conservative ministry of Andrew Bonar Law, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, the only British Prime Minister born in Canada (ends May 20, 1923).


Ship Losses:

Corsaire (France) The schooner sprang a leak in the Atlantic Ocean (approximately 47°N 5°W). Her crew were rescued by Sonnenberg ( Germany).
Roland Morillot (French Navy) The Type UB II submarine sprang a leak and was abandoned in the English Channel west of Guernsey, Channel Islands. Her crew were rescued by Daphne ( France). Roland Morillot was subsequently towed into Cherbourg, Seine-Inférieure by Centaure ( France).

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24th October 1922

Mass rally of the Fascist Party in Naples to prepare for the 'March on Rome': Benito Mussolini on the march (middle) and his quadrumvirate with (to the right) Cesare de Vecchi , Michele Bianchi,(left to right) Emilio de Bono and Italo Balbo; far left: Attilio Teruzzi.


Ship Losses:

Fagerlund (Norway) The auxiliary sailing ship sank at East Greenwich, London, United Kingdom.
Golden Shore (United States) The cargo ship caught fire at San Francisco, California and was beached.
Hokuyu Maru (Japan) The cargo ship was struck by Okinawa Maru ( Japan) at Osaka and sank.
Karal (Latvia) The sailing ship was driven ashore at Steinsort and was wrecked.

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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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26th October 1922

United States Navy Lieutenant Commander Godfrey Chevalier makes the first landing on the aircraft carrier USS "Langley" (CV-1), flying an Aeromarine 39.