# List of shipwrecks in August 1923

The list of shipwrecks in August 1923 includes ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during August 1923.

## 1 August

List of shipwrecks: 1 August 1923 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Magicstar | United Kingdom | The cargo ship ran aground in the Yangtze 10 nautical miles (19 km) downstream of Kiukiang, China. She was refloated on 4 August. |

## 2 August

List of shipwrecks: 2 August 1923 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Citriana | United Kingdom | The passenger ship struck a rock and foundered at Kilindini, Kenya. All on board were rescued. |
| Richard Welford | United Kingdom | The cargo ship capsized at Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland. |

## 3 August

List of shipwrecks: 3 August 1923 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Dina Accame | Italy | The cargo ship caught fire and sank at Genoa, Liguria. |
| Maria M. | Italy | The ship collided with Napoli ( Italy) in the Bay of Naples and sank. |

## 6 August

List of shipwrecks: 6 August 1923 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Thursby | United Kingdom | The collier foundered 10 nautical miles (19 km) north north east of the Longships Lighthouse. |
| Tudorstar | United Kingdom | The cargo ship ran aground in the Paraná River, Argentina. She was refloated on 11 August. |

## 8 August

List of shipwrecks: 8 August 1923 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Aberdeen | United States | The 48-gross register ton, 52.1-foot (15.9 m) fishing vessel was destroyed by fire on the north end of Gravina Island in the Alexander Archipelago in Southeast Alaska. |
| Baron Blantyre | United Kingdom | The cargo ship departed Port Natal, South Africa for Adelaide, South Australia. Presumed foundered with the loss of all hands. |
| Saian Maru | Japan | The ship sailed on this date, no further trace. |
| San Giuseppe | Italy | The cargo ship ran aground in the Strait of Canso. She was refloated on 14 August. |

## 10 August

List of shipwrecks: 10 August 1923 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Nyland | Sweden | The cargo ship ran aground near Trelleborg, Skåne County. She was refloated on 13 August. |

## 13 August

List of shipwrecks: 13 August 1923 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Sable Island | United Kingdom | The cargo liner ran aground at Lamaline, Newfoundland. Her passengers were taken off on 14 August. She was refloated on 24 August. |

## 16 August

List of shipwrecks: 16 August 1923 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Douglas | Isle of Man | The passenger ship collided with Artemisia ( United Kingdom) in the River Mersey at Liverpool, Lancashire. All on board were rescued before she sank. The wreck was cleared in December. |

## 18 August

List of shipwrecks: 18 August 1923 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Ginyo Maru | Japan | The cargo ship sank at Hong Kong during a typhoon. |
| HMS L9 | Royal Navy | The L-class submarine sank at Hong Kong during a typhoon. She was salvaged on 6 September, repaired and returned to service. |
| Loongsang | United Kingdom | The cargo ship foundered in a typhoon at Hong Kong with the loss of 25 lives. |
| Mylie | United Kingdom | The cargo ship foundered during a typhoon with the loss of all but one of her crew. The survivor was rescued by Sin Kiang ( United Kingdom) on 30 August. She was on a voyage from Chinwangtao to Shanghai, China. |
| Sekino Maru | Japan | The cargo ship sank at Hong Kong during a typhoon. |

## 19 August

List of shipwrecks: 19 August 1923 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Changsha | United Kingdom | The refrigerated cargo liner was driven onto the Tiji Tiji Reef, off Simunul, Tawi-Tawi, Philippines. Her passengers were rescued by Victoria ( United Kingdom). She was refloated on 23 September. |
| Leicester | United Kingdom | The cargo ship ran aground at Chicoutimi, Quebec, Canada. She was refloated on 22 August. |
| Samson | United States | The 11-gross register ton, 33.4-foot (10.2 m) fishing vessel was destroyed by fire at Cape Augustine (54°57′N 133°10′W﻿ / ﻿54.950°N 133.167°W﻿ / 54.950; -133.167﻿ (Cape Augustine)) on Dall Island in the Alexander Archipelago in Southeast Alaska. Her three-man crew survived. |
| Sergei | United Kingdom | The cargo ship collided with Juno ( United Kingdom) in the North Sea off Grimsby, Lincolnshire and sank. |

## 21 August

List of shipwrecks: 21 August 1923 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Submarine No. 70 | Imperial Japanese Navy | The Ro-29-class submarine foundered in the Seto Inland Sea off Awaji Island with the loss of 90 of her 95 crew. Salvage operations began in October. |

## 22 August

List of shipwrecks: 22 August 1923 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Onega | United Kingdom | The cargo ship ran aground on the Khaces Shoal, off Kristinestad, Finland. She was refloated on 30 August. |

## 23 August

List of shipwrecks: 23 August 1923 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Airston | United Kingdom | The cargo ship was discovered abandoned in the English Channel by Ben Henshaw and Ben Johnson (both United Kingdom) and was towed into Portland, Dorset. |

## 24 August

List of shipwrecks: 24 August 1923 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Braebeg | United Kingdom | The coaster struck a submerged wreck ay Ballyhack, County Wexford and was beached. |

## 25 August

List of shipwrecks: 25 August 1923 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Gutenfels | Germany | The cargo ship ran aground at Guadalmesí Point, Spain. She was abandoned as a total loss on 14 September. |

## 26 August

List of shipwrecks: 26 August 1923 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| España | Armada Española | The España-class battleship ran aground at Cape Tres Forcas, Spanish Morocco. She broke in two in November and was declared a total loss. |

## 27 August

List of shipwrecks: 27 August 1923 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Thursby | United Kingdom | The coaster foundered in the Irish Sea 40 nautical miles (74 km) north east of the Longships Lighthouse with the loss of one of her thirteen crew. |

## 29 August

List of shipwrecks: 29 August 1923 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Glyndwr | United Kingdom | The cargo ship passed Dungeness, Kent for Oporto, Portugal. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands. |

## 30 August

List of shipwrecks: 30 August 1923 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Deputé Emile Driant | | The collier capsized and sank in the English Channel off boulogne, Pas-de-Calais with the loss of nineteen of her 24 crew. |
| Klüpfel | Germany | The cargo ship foundered in the North Sea with the loss of all but one of her crew. The survivor was rescued by a Dutch fishing vessel. |
| Rawlinson | United Kingdom | The cargo ship foundered in the North Sea. A lifeboat from the ship was recovered by a German trawler on 10 September. All hands lost. |

## 31 August

List of shipwrecks: 31 August 1923 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Sheikh Berkhud | Egypt | The cargo ship sank at Suez. |