# List of shipwrecks in May 1923

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

## 3 May

List of shipwrecks: 3 May 1923 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Alioth | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked in West Bay, Dorset. |
| Elizabeth Ann Slater | United Kingdom | The cargo ship collided with Teesider ( United Kingdom) in the North Sea off Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Northumberland. She was beached at South Shields. |

## 4 May

List of shipwrecks: 4 May 1923 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Kissho Maru | Japan | The cargo ship collided with Seikai Maru ( Japan) at Shimonoseki and sank. |

## 7 May

List of shipwrecks: 7 May 1923 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Roxane | Sweden | The car ship collided with Harald ( Germany) in the North Sea off the Elbe 1 Lightship ( Germany) and sank. Her crew were rescued. |

## 9 May

List of shipwrecks: 9 May 1923 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Lake Gebhart | United States | The Design 1093 cargo ship ran aground on the Umatilla Reef off Cape Flattery, Washington. She broke in two and was a total loss. |
| Manhattan Island | United States | The cargo ship ran aground at Sari Siglar, Turkey. She was refloated on 17 May. |
| Yugala | Thailand | The cargo ship was severely damaged by fire at Singora with the loss of six crew. She was consequently beached. |

## 10 May

List of shipwrecks: 10 May 1923 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Kitanna | United Kingdom | The cargo ship foundered in the English Channel 32 nautical miles (59 km) north east by north of Alderney, Channel Isles. |
| Kum Sang | United Kingdom | The passenger ship came ashore near Ango, Philippines (approximately 16°N 120°E﻿ / ﻿16°N 120°E﻿ / 16; 120). She was refloated on 22 May. |

## 14 May

List of shipwrecks: 14 May 1923 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| D'Aosta | Italy | The cargo ship ran aground off Munxar, Malta. She was refloated on 18 May. |
| David | Panama | The cargo ship collided with Yorba Linda ( United States) in the Gulf of Panama 50 nautical miles (93 km) off Panama City and was beached at Bucaro. |
| Sagama River | United Kingdom | The cargo ship ran aground in the Paraná River, Argentina. She was refloated on 21 May. |

## 16 May

List of shipwrecks: 16 May 1923 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Gul-Djemal | Ottoman Empire | The cargo ship ran aground at Cape Jason. She was refloated on 22 May. |
| Jan | Denmark | The cargo ship ran aground in the Northumberland Strait. She was refloated on 23 May. |
| Olga | United States | The 76-gross register ton motor schooner was stranded on a sand bar on the west-central coast of the Territory of Alaska opposite the mouth of Safety Lagoon (64°29′N 164°45′W﻿ / ﻿64.483°N 164.750°W﻿ / 64.483; -164.750﻿ (Safety Lagoon)). During the spring of 1923, she was crushed by ice and then wrecked by a gale. |

## 19 May

List of shipwrecks: 19 May 1923 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Maggie Marshall | United Kingdom | The salvage vessel was wrecked at St. Esprit, Nova Scotia, Canada whilst going to the aid of Cymric Queen ( United Kingdom). |

## 20 May

List of shipwrecks: 20 May 1923 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Apex No. 8 | United States | While no one was on board, the 32-ton scow was wrecked in Stone Rock Bay (54°45′30″N 132°00′00″W﻿ / ﻿54.75833°N 132.00000°W﻿ / 54.75833; -132.00000﻿ (Stone Rock Bay)) on the coast of Prince of Wales Island in the Alexander Archipelago in Southeast Alaska after she broke free of her mooring to a dolphin during a gale. She was deemed a total loss. |

## 21 May

List of shipwrecks: 21 May 1923 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Glenburnie | United Kingdom | The cargo ship ran aground at Spot Point, Newfoundland. She was refloated on 24 May. |
| Marcella | United Kingdom | The schooner foundered in the Atlantic Ocean off Louisburg, Nova Scotia, Canada. |
| Rosa | United Kingdom | The coaster ran aground at Berwick upon Tweed, Northumberland. She was refloated on 28 May. |

## 22 May

List of shipwrecks: 22 May 1923 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Marvale | United Kingdom | The ocean liner struck the Capr Freel Rock off St. Shott's, Newfoundland and sank. All 436 people on board were rescued. |
| Shoyei Maru | Japan | The cargo ship ran aground on Shimushu Island, Kuril Islands and was abandoned by her crew. |

## 26 May

List of shipwrecks: 26 May 1923 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| HM Gunboat Blackfly | Royal Navy | The Fly-class gunboat collided with a pontoon bridge over the Tigris at Baghdad, Iraq and sank with the loss of six crew. |
| Precheur | France | The tug foundered in the Atlantic Ocean (48°32′N 7°00′W﻿ / ﻿48.533°N 7.000°W﻿ / 48.533; -7.000). |

## 27 May

List of shipwrecks: 27 May 1923 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Baron Vernon | United Kingdom | The cargo ship collided with Metagama ( United Kingdom): in the River Clyde at Dumbarton, West Dunbartonshire and was beached. She subsequently sank, but was refloated in late July 1924. |

## 29 May

List of shipwrecks: 29 May 1923 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Lady Shea | United Kingdom | The schooner sprang a leak and sank off Port Maria, Jamaica. |
| Waterway | United Kingdom | The cargo ship capsized at Nantes, Loire-Atlantique. |

## 31 May

List of shipwrecks: 31 May 1923 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Ranan Maru | Japan | The cargo liner ran aground at Qingdao, China. All passengers and crew were rescued. She was refloated on 5 June. |