List of shipwrecks in 1936

The list of shipwrecks in 1936 includes ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during 1936.

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1936
Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr
May	Jun	Jul	Aug
Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
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January

2 January

List of shipwrecks: 2 January 1936

Ship	State	Description
Seiho Maru	Japan	The cargo ship ran aground at Otaru, Hokkaidō.

3 January

List of shipwrecks: 3 January 1936

Ship	State	Description
St. Gerard Magella	flag unknown	The schooner ran aground at Cap-Haïtien, Haiti, and was wrecked.

4 January

List of shipwrecks: 4 January 1936

Ship	State	Description
Donetz	Soviet Union	The cargo ship struck a mine and sank in the Gulf of Finland off the Styrsudd Lighthouse, Finland with the loss of at least two crew.
Vigor	Sweden	The cargo ship reported that she was 45 nautical miles (83 km) south west of Land's End, Cornwall, United Kingdom. She subsequently foundered, a lifebuoy came ashore in the Isles of Scilly on 8 January.

5 January

List of shipwrecks: 5 January 1936

Ship	State	Description
Beryl	United Kingdom	The auxiliary sailing barge fouled her anchor and sank at Cowes, Isle of Wight. All three crew survived.
Vizcaya	Germany	The cargo ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean (42°30′N 9°25′W) with the loss of two of her eighteen crew. Survivors were rescued by Castellon (Spain) and Minna (Estonia).

6 January

List of shipwrecks: 6 January 1936

Ship	State	Description
Alice and Jessie	United Kingdom	The coaster foundered in the Atlantic Ocean 6 nautical miles (11 km) off Wedge Island, Nova Scotia, Canada (45°00′N 2°15′E).
Ethel May	United Kingdom	The schooner was blown ashore at Dale, Pembrokeshire and was wrecked.
Shinkyo Maru	Japan	The cargo ship ran aground at Niigata. She was refloated on 16 February.

8 January

List of shipwrecks: 8 January 1936

Ship	State	Description
Ciudad de Malaga	Spain	The cargo ship collided with Cape of Good Hope (United Kingdom) at Las Palmas, Canary Islands and sank. Salvage efforts were abandoned on 15 May.

9 January

List of shipwrecks: 9 January 1936

Ship	State	Description
Bradda	United Kingdom	The coaster foundered in the River Mersey off Formby, Lancashire with the loss of five of her six crew.

12 January

List of shipwrecks: 12 January 1936

Ship	State	Description
Ingertre	Norway	The cargo ship ran aground at Florø, Norway and was abandoned by her crew.
Iowa	United States	The Design 1019 cargo ship ran aground on the Columbia Bar in the Columbia River and sank with the loss of all 34 crew.
West Camak	United States	The Design 1019 cargo ship collided with Planet (Germany) in the Scheldt at Terneuzen, Netherlands and was beached.

14 January

List of shipwrecks: 14 January 1936

Ship	State	Description
Cautin	Chile	The cargo liner ran aground at Lobos de Tierra Island, Peru. Passengers were taken off by Chimu (United States). She was declared a total loss.

15 January

List of shipwrecks: 15 January 1936

Ship	State	Description
Castro	Chile	The coaster ran aground and sank north of Lebu.
Louisiana	Denmark	The cargo ship ran aground in the River Plate, Argentina. She was refloated on 23 January.
West Hika	United States	The Design 1013 cargo ship ran aground at Seaham, County Durham, United Kingdom. Salvage operations were abandoned on 12 February and she was declared a constructive total loss. She was refloated on 6 September.

16 January

List of shipwrecks: 16 January 1936

Ship	State	Description
Hilma Bissmark	Germany	The cargo ship ran off Lyngholmen, Nordland, Norway.

17 January

List of shipwrecks: 17 January 1936

Ship	State	Description
Cherokee	United States	The cargo liner collided with Welcombe (United Kingdom) in the St. Johns River, at Jacksonville, Florida. Cherokee was beached and Welcombe sank.

18 January

List of shipwrecks: 18 January 1936

Ship	State	Description
Mehentu	India	The tug foundered 53 nautical miles (98 km) north west of Bombay. Fifteen crew were rescued by Bandra (United Kingdom).
Meri	Finland	The cargo ship sprang a leak and sank in the Baltic Sea off Götaland, Sweden. The crew were rescued by Chr. Mathiessen (Sweden).

20 January

List of shipwrecks: 20 January 1936

Ship	State	Description
Velasco	United States	The dredger ran aground at Álvaro Obregón, Mexico and was wrecked.

22 January

List of shipwrecks: 22 January 1936

Ship	State	Description
Ardri	United Kingdom	The auxiliary three-masted sailing ship foundered in Cardigan Bay. The crew were rescued by Finola (United Kingdom).

23 January

List of shipwrecks: 23 January 1936

Ship	State	Description
Colonel Cochrane	United Kingdom	The cargo ship collided with Akroa (United Kingdom) in the River Thames and was consequently beached. She was refloated the next day.

24 January

List of shipwrecks: 24 January 1936

Ship	State	Description
Forthbridge	United Kingdom	The cargo ship caught fire in the Sea of Japan (36°33′N 133°27′E). The crew abandoned ship and were rescued by Kahoku Maru (Japan). She came ashore in the Oki Islands and was declared a total loss.

26 January

List of shipwrecks: 26 January 1936

Ship	State	Description
Heatherfield	United Kingdom	The cargo ship ran aground at Robin Hood's Bay, Yorkshire. All crew were rescued by breeches buoy.

27 January

List of shipwrecks: 27 January 1936

Ship	State	Description
Meidai Maru	Japan	The cargo ship came ashore at Fukuyama, Hiroshima and sank.
Taycraig	United Kingdom	The cargo ship hit the Gear Rock, off Penzance promenade, Cornwall. All nine crew were rescued by the Penlee Lifeboat. Taycraig broke up and sank three days later.

28 January

List of shipwrecks: 28 January 1936

Ship	State	Description
H. H. Petersen	Denmark	The cargo ship ran aground in Koldingfjord. She was refloated on 1 February.

29 January

List of shipwrecks: 29 January 1936

Ship	State	Description
Texas Banker	United States	The cargo ship ran aground at Port Aransas, Texas. She was refloated on 10 February.

30 January

List of shipwrecks: 30 January 1936

Ship	State	Description
Chang Ho	China	The cargo ship ran aground at Kamaishi, Iwate, Japan. She broke in two and sank.

31 January

List of shipwrecks: 31 January 1936

Ship	State	Description
Hikosan Maru	Japan	The cargo ship foundered in Hakata Bay with the loss of at least thirteen of her crew.

Unknown date

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1936

Ship	State	Description
Wusueh	United Kingdom	The cargo ship ran aground near Bethune Point, Shanghai, China. She was refloated on 27 February.

February

1 February

List of shipwrecks: 1 February 1936

Ship	State	Description
Tokho Maru	Japan	The cargo ship ran aground at Suttsu, Hokkaidō, Japan, and was a total loss.

3 February

List of shipwrecks: 3 February 1936

Ship	State	Description
Parrsboro	United Kingdom	The cargo ship caught fire at Liverpool, Nova Scotia, Canada and was burnt out.

5 February

List of shipwrecks: 5 February 1936

Ship	State	Description
Elsie Annie	United Kingdom	The coaster ran aground at Wexford, Ireland and was wrecked.
Unnan Maru	Japan	The cargo ship foundered in the Pacific Ocean off the Shionomisaki Lighthouse with the loss of all 45 crew.

11 February

List of shipwrecks: 11 February 1936

Ship	State	Description
Daunt Rock Lightship	United Kingdom	The lightship was abandoned in the Irish Sea. Her crew were rescued by the Ballycotton Lifeboat.
Rita Garcia	Spain	The cargo ship foundered in the Adriatic Sea off Ancona, Marche, Italy. All 33 crew were rescued. She was refloated on 12 March.

12 February

List of shipwrecks: 12 February 1936

Ship	State	Description
Anubis	Germany	The cargo ship was driven ashore at Mersin, Turkey. She was refloated on 20 February.
Aris	Greece	The cargo ship was wrecked on Andros with the loss of all but one of her crew.
Macedonia	Germany	The cargo ship was driven ashore at Mersin. She was refloated on 20 February.
Pécheuse	France	The schooner foundered in the Atlantic Ocean 72 nautical miles (133 km) east south east of the Fastnet Rock. All six crew were rescued by the trawler Thomas Ansell (United Kingdom).
Polymnia	Greece	The cargo ship ran aground at Cape Rotja, Formentera, Spain. She was refloated on 21 February.

13 February

List of shipwrecks: 13 February 1936

Ship	State	Description
Panaghis	Greece	The cargo ship ran aground at Epanomi Point with the loss of three crew. Salvage efforts were abandoned.

15 February

List of shipwrecks: 15 February 1936

Ship	State	Description
Üsküdar	Turkey	The cargo ship sank at Zonguldak.

16 February

List of shipwrecks: 16 February 1936

Ship	State	Description
Guadarrama	Spain	The dredger came ashore at Cádiz and was wrecked.

17 February

List of shipwrecks: 17 February 1936

Ship	State	Description
Lady Elizabeth	United Kingdom	Lady Elizabeth, 1984 The coal hulk was driven ashore in a storm at Stanley Harbour, Falkland Islands. The ship remains beached there.

18 February

List of shipwrecks: 18 February 1936

Ship	State	Description
Stefanos Costomenis	Greece	The cargo ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean 500 nautical miles (930 km) east of New York. All 33 crew were rescued by City of Newport News (United States).

19 February

List of shipwrecks: 19 February 1936

Ship	State	Description
USS R-8	United States Navy	The R-class submarine sank at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. she was subsequently raised but was stricken and sunk as a target on 19 August 1936.

22 February

List of shipwrecks: 22 February 1936

Ship	State	Description
Brightside	United Kingdom	The coaster ran aground in the Solent. She was refloated on 29 February.

25 February

List of shipwrecks: 25 February 1936

Ship	State	Description
Crefeld	Germany	The cargo ship ran aground at Alexandria, Egypt. She was refloated on 28 February.
San Marco	Italy	The cargo ship was wrecked at Capo Berta. All crew were rescued.

27 February

List of shipwrecks: 27 February 1936

Ship	State	Description
Davenport	United Kingdom	The Thames barge sank in the English Channel off Eastbourne, Sussex. All three crew were rescued by the Eastbourne Lifeboat.
Forsete	Norway	The cargo ship foundered in Rekefjord, Norway, with the loss of one crew member.

28 February

List of shipwrecks: 28 February 1936

Ship	State	Description
Kawsar	Egypt	The cargo ship ran aground at Irk el Gorab. She was still aground on 5 March, but was later refloated.
Lysaker III	Norway	The cargo ship departed from Rekefjord, Norway, for Rotterdam, Netherlands. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.

29 February

List of shipwrecks: 29 February 1936

Ship	State	Description
Alaskan	United States	The 29-gross register ton motor vessel sank in 690 feet (210 m) of water in Stephens Passage in the Alexander Archipelago in Southeast Alaska approximately two nautical miles (3.7 km; 2.3 mi) north of Slocum Inlet (58°09′N 134°05′W) eight hours after she began flooding due to a failure of her propeller shaft and an attempt to beach her failed. Her crew of two survived.
Franz Patrão Lopez	Germany Portugal	The German barge, which had been recovered after drifting off the Lisbon Bar, was being towed into the River Tagus by the Portuguese salvage vessel alongside. Franz ran aground off Cascais, near the Bugio Lighthouse and, in sinking, her masts punctured the hull of the salvage vessel. Both vessels became total losses.
Harriet	Sweden	The auxiliary schooner collided with a breakwater at Copenhagen, Denmark and sank.
Renfrew Ferry	United Kingdom	The ferry sprang a leak and sank in the Caledonian Canal.

March

2 March

List of shipwrecks: 2 March 1936

Ship	State	Description
Condor	Germany	The schooner collided with Walter L M Russ (Germany) in the Kaiser Wilhelm Canal and sank.
Hong Keat	United Kingdom	The passenger ship caught fire and sank in the Strait of Singapore. All 61 people on board were rescued.

3 March

List of shipwrecks: 3 March 1936

Ship	State	Description
Gustaf Wasa	Sweden	The cargo ship ran aground at Arkösund and was a total loss.

6 March

List of shipwrecks: 6 March 1936

Ship	State	Description
Horsia	Denmark	The cargo ship ran aground at Stubbekøbing, Sjælland. She was refloated on 11 March.

7 March

List of shipwrecks: 7 March 1936

Ship	State	Description
Germany	Germany	The cargo ship sprang a leak in the Atlantic Ocean (48°18′N 4°02′W). She was taken in tow by Abeille No.22 (France) and beached in Bertheaume Bay, Finistère, France.

9 March

List of shipwrecks: 9 March 1936

Ship	State	Description
Sea Fisher	United Kingdom	The coaster collided with Sutherland (United Kingdom) in the North Sea off the Shipwash Lightship (United Kingdom) and sank. All crew were rescued.

10 March

List of shipwrecks: 10 March 1936

Ship	State	Description
Alko	Netherlands	The coaster collided with the fishing vessel Leyland (United Kingdom) in the North Sea 20 nautical miles (37 km) north north west of Flamborough Head, Yorkshire, United Kingdom and sank.
Aghios Spyridon	Greece	The cargo ship caught fire and sank at Piraeus and was a total loss.
Phyllis	United States	The cargo ship came ashore 200 nautical miles (370 km) south of the mouth of the Columbia River and was wrecked. The crew survived.
Pink Rose	United Kingdom	The coaster collided with George Frusher (United Kingdom in the North Sea 11 nautical miles (20 km) south east of the mouth of the River Tyne and sank. All crew were rescued.

11 March

List of shipwrecks: 11 March 1936

Ship	State	Description
Nadod	Norway	The coaster collided with Salerno (United Kingdom in the River Humber and sank. All sixteen crew were rescued.

13 March

List of shipwrecks: 13 March 1936

Ship	State	Description
Jose Cristobal	flag unknown	The tanker exploded at Bahía de Caráquez, Ecuador and was a total loss.
Marchigiano	Italy	The coaster suffered an explosion an sank in the Red Sea 125 nautical miles (232 km) off Port Sudan, Sudan (22°47′N 36°56′E) with the loss of ten of her seventeen crew. Survivors were rescued by Brighton (United Kingdom).

14 March

List of shipwrecks: 14 March 1936

Ship	State	Description
Styliani	Greece	The cargo ship caught fire and sank in the Red Sea (approximately 17°N 39°E) and was abandoned by her crew, who were rescued by Fusijama (Italy).

15 March

List of shipwrecks: 15 March 1936

Ship	State	Description
Volsella	United Kingdom	The cargo ship ran aground at Port Hedland, Western Australia. She was refloated on 23 March.

17 March

List of shipwrecks: 17 March 1936

Ship	State	Description
Partanna	United Kingdom	The schooner departed from St. John's, Newfoundland for the Newfoundland fishing grounds. No further trace.

18 March

List of shipwrecks: 18 March 1936

Ship	State	Description
Siantar	Netherlands	The cargo ship ran aground at Makassar, Dutch East Indies (approximately 5°S 119°E). She was refloated on 24 March.

19 March

List of shipwrecks: 19 March 1936

Ship	State	Description
Hamilton	United Kingdom	The coaster ran aground at Southend, Argyllshire.

21 March

List of shipwrecks: 21 March 1936

Ship	State	Description
France Maru	Japan	The cargo ship ran aground on Baliguan Island. (11°13′N 132°20′E). She was refloated on 26 March.

26 March

List of shipwrecks: 26 March 1936

Ship	State	Description
Boree	France	The cargo ship collided with Aizkarai Mendi (Spain) in the North Sea 24 nautical miles (44 km) north west of Cromer, Norfolk, United Kingdom and sank with the loss of nine of her 22 crew. Survivors were rescued by Aizkarai Mendi, Caduceus (United Kingdom) and the Wells and Cromer lifeboats.
Panagiotis Th. Coumantaros	Greece	The cargo ship ran aground at Abu Zenima, Egypt. Her captain committed suicide.

27 March

List of shipwrecks: 27 March 1936

Ship	State	Description
Esbo	Finland	The cargo ship sank in the North Sea 4 nautical miles (7.4 km) south east of Craig, Angus. All crew were rescued by Vanguard (United Kingdom). Like the original wreck in October 1935 the cited report is incorrect-see Whitehaven News 2 Apr 1936 page 4. She had been refloated at the 7th attempt on 26 March 1936 and was being towed to Troon, Firth of Clyde, Scotland, for breaking up. She sprang a leak and sank in deep water about 15 miles off Troon.

28 March

List of shipwrecks: 28 March 1936

Ship	State	Description
Eskburn	United Kingdom	The coaster ran aground in Lunan Bay. She was refloated on 19 May 1937.
Osterhav	Finland	The cargo ship ran aground south of Duncansby Head, Sutherland, United Kingdom. She was refloated but was leaking severely and was consequently beached in Sinclair Bay. The crew subsequently abandoned ship. She was refloated on 31 August.

29 March

List of shipwrecks: 29 March 1936

Ship	State	Description
Inga I	Norway	The cargo ship ran aground at Oporto, Portugal. The crew were rescued by the Oporto Lifeboat.

31 March

List of shipwrecks: 31 March 1936

Ship	State	Description
Toyohiko Maru	Japan	The cargo ship ran aground at Haiphong, French Indo-China (20°43′N 107°27′E). She was refloated on 25 April.

April

3 April

List of shipwrecks: 3 April 1936

Ship	State	Description
Taiko Maru No.3	Japan	The coaster foundered off Nagasaki with the loss of fourteen lives.

5 April

List of shipwrecks: 5 April 1936

Ship	State	Description
Maddalena Odero	Italy	The cargo ship ran aground at Key West, Florida, United States. She was refloated on 8 April.

7 April

List of shipwrecks: 7 April 1936

Ship	State	Description
Georgios	Greece	The auxiliary schooner ran aground at Likhades Island and consequently foundered.
Scotland Maru	Japan	The cargo ship ran aground at Osima, Kagashima and consequently sank.
Vancouver	Germany	The cargo liner struck rocks at Point Remedios and was beached at Acajutla, El Salvador, where the passengers were taken off. She was refloated on 22 April.

14 April

List of shipwrecks: 14 April 1936

Ship	State	Description
USS Smith Thompson	United States Navy	The Clemson-class destroyer was rammed amidships by the destroyer USS Whipple (United States Navy) during exercises in Subic Bay in the Philippines. No lives lost. Towed back to base by the destroyer USS Barker (United States Navy), she was deemed beyond economical repair. She was decommissioned and sunk as a target on 25 July 1935.
USS Whipple	United States Navy	The Clemson-class destroyer rammed the destroyer USS Smith Thompson (United States Navy) during exercises in Subic Bay in the Philippines. No lives lost. Although her bow was bent around backwards, Whipple was repaired using Smith Thompson's undamaged bow and returned to service.

15 April

List of shipwrecks: 15 April 1936

Ship	State	Description
City of St. Joseph	United States	The cargo ship was burnt out at Benton Harbor, Michigan.

16 April

List of shipwrecks: 16 April 1936

Ship	State	Description
Terningen	Norway	The auxiliary three-masted sealing schooner was crushed by ice and sank. All crew were rescued by Sedov (Soviet Union).

17 April

List of shipwrecks: 17 April 1936

Ship	State	Description
Delphinus	Sweden	The cargo ship ran aground in Lake Cener and sank.
Iciar	Spain	The cargo ship was driven ashore at Bilbao and was wrecked.

20 April

List of shipwrecks: 20 April 1936

Ship	State	Description
Hiram	Norway	The cargo liner ran aground on Green Island, China and was beached. Passengers were rescued by Kinngsu (United Kingdom). She was refloated later that day.

22 April

List of shipwrecks: 22 April 1936

Ship	State	Description
Uromi	United Kingdom	The cargo ship was scuttled off Lagos, Nigeria.

23 April

List of shipwrecks: 23 April 1936

Ship	State	Description
Hanasaki Maru	Japan	The cargo ship ran aground at Ebeko, Kuril Islands, Soviet Union (50°40′N 156°08′E). She was refloated on 25 May.
Prospect	Norway	The coaster collided with Canis (Norway) at Stavanger, Norway and sank.
Wan Tai	China	The coaster was hit by Terukuni Maru (Japan) at Dairen and sank.

25 April

List of shipwrecks: 25 April 1936

Ship	State	Description
Herzogin Cecilie	Finland	Herzogin Cecilie The four-masted barque ran around on the Ham Stone Rock, near Bolt Head, Devon, United Kingdom. She was beached at Starhole Bay but was wrecked there by the action of the waves.

29 April

List of shipwrecks: 29 April 1936

Ship	State	Description
Mrav	Yugoslavia	The cargo ship collided with Mari (Estonia) in the English Channel 5 nautical miles (9.3 km) off Dungeness, Kent, United Kingdom and sank. All crew were rescued by Mari.
Portugal	Belgium	The cargo ship caught fire at Alicante, Spain and sank. She was refloated on 2 May.

30 April

List of shipwrecks: 30 April 1936

Ship	State	Description
Hansa	Norway	The cargo ship ran aground and was beached at Lista, Norway. She was refloated on 4 May.
Nordland	Germany	The cargo ship caught fire at Mogadishu, Italian Somaliland and was a total loss.

May

1 May

List of shipwrecks: 1 May 1936

Ship	State	Description
Cedarberg	United Kingdom	The coaster came ashore 10 nautical miles (19 km) from Lamberts Bay, South Africa and was a total loss.

4 May

List of shipwrecks: 4 May 1936

Ship	State	Description
James A. Lewis	United States	The cargo ship caught fire in Chesapeake Bay and burnt down to the waterline.
Katingo	Greece	The cargo ship collided with Assunzione (Italy) in the Bay of Biscay off Ouessant, Finistère, France (48°10′N 6°08′W). She was abandoned by her crew, who were rescued by Assunzione. Katingo was taken in tow by Abeille No.24 (France), which made for Brest. Katingo subsequently foundered. One crew member was lost.

5 May

List of shipwrecks: 5 May 1936

Ship	State	Description
Birtley	United Kingdom	The cargo ship ran aground near the Souter Lighthouse, County Durham. She was refloated on 2 December.
Mishima	Imperial Japanese Navy	The decommissioned submarine tender – formerly an Admiral Ushakov-class coastal defense ship – was sunk as a target by aircraft from the aircraft carrier Hōshō (Imperial Japanese Navy) in the Pacific Ocean off Kushima, Miyazaki Prefecture, Japan.

6 May

List of shipwrecks: 6 May 1936

Ship	State	Description
Chasmoor	United Kingdom	The coastal collier ran aground on Bishops and Clerks, Pembrokeshire and sank. The crew were rescued by Dublin (United Kingdom).

7 May

List of shipwrecks: 7 May 1936

Ship	State	Description
Alphard	Netherlands	The cargo ship collided with New York (Germany) in the North Sea north of Ostend, Belgium and sank. All 26 crew were rescued by New York.
HMAS Anzac	Royal Australian Navy	The decommissioned Parker-class destroyer leader was sunk as a target in the Tasman Sea off Sydney Heads, Australia.

8 May

List of shipwrecks: 8 May 1936

Ship	State	Description
West Cape	United States	The cargo ship struck a rock in the Columbia River 12 nautical miles (22 km) upstream of Astoria, Oregon and was consequently beached. She was refloated the next day.

11 May

List of shipwrecks: 11 May 1936

Ship	State	Description
Oldenburg	Germany	The cargo liner ran aground at Espozende, Portugal and sank. All on board survived.

12 May

List of shipwrecks: 12 May 1936

Ship	State	Description
Rodi	Italy	The cargo ship sank at Durrës, Albania.

13 May

List of shipwrecks: 13 May 1936

Ship	State	Description
Ming Chiang	China	The ship sank off Wanhsien with the loss of over 40 lives.

14 May

List of shipwrecks: 14 May 1936

Ship	State	Description
Hiawatha	United States	The 8-gross register ton fishing vessel sank in rough weather about 1.5 nautical miles (2.8 km; 1.7 mi) off Caamano Point (55°30′N 131°58′W) in Southeast Alaska. Her crew of two survived.

15 May

List of shipwrecks: 15 May 1936

Ship	State	Description
USS S-4	United States Navy	The decommissioned S-class submarine was scuttled as a means of disposal.

16 May

List of shipwrecks: 16 May 1936

Ship	State	Description
Koan Maru	Japan	The cargo ship sank at Hakodate.

19 May

List of shipwrecks: 19 May 1936

Ship	State	Description
Mars	Latvia	The coaster ran aground on the Isle of May, Fife, United Kingdom. She broke her back on 21 May and subsequently broke up.

21 May

List of shipwrecks: 21 May 1936

Ship	State	Description
Dela	United Kingdom	The coaster foundered in the North Sea off Clacton-on-Sea, Essex.

28 May

List of shipwrecks: 28 May 1936

Ship	State	Description
Hogstad	Norway	The cargo ship foundered in the North Sea (58°38′N 4°22′E) with the loss of twelve of her thirteen crew. The survivor was rescued by Westplein (Netherlands).

29 May

List of shipwrecks: 29 May 1936

Ship	State	Description
Ethel Radcliffe	United Kingdom	The cargo ship ran aground at Alexandria, Egypt. She was refloated on 3 June.

31 May

List of shipwrecks: 31 May 1936

Ship	State	Description
Alice	United Kingdom	The ketch was driven ashore in Palm Bay, Margate, Kent. All five crew waded ashore.

June

6 June

List of shipwrecks: 6 June 1936

Ship	State	Description
Magnhild	Norway	The cargo ship came ashore at Mistaken Point, Newfoundland and was a total loss.

9 June

List of shipwrecks: 9 June 1936

Ship	State	Description
W. N. Dicks	flag unknown	The schooner sprang a leak and sank in the Atlantic Ocean 25 nautical miles (46 km) off Miquelon.

11 June

List of shipwrecks: 11 June 1936

Ship	State	Description
Aycliffe Hall	United Kingdom	The cargo ship collided with A. P. Berwind (flag unknown) in Lake Erie and sank. The crew were rescued by A. P. Berwind.

12 June

List of shipwrecks: 12 June 1936

Ship	State	Description
Eilianus	United Kingdom	The coaster ran aground 5 nautical miles (9.3 km) south of Hartland Point, Devon and was wrecked.

14 June

List of shipwrecks: 14 June 1936

Ship	State	Description
Rudolph N	United States	The 29-gross register ton, 51.9-foot (15.8 m) motor vessel caught fire after her gasoline engine backfired while she was moored at the Nakeem Cannery, 1.5 miles (2.4 km) north of Telephone Point (58°46′10″N 157°02′15″W) on the west bank of the Kvichak River in the Territory of Alaska. After the fire went out of control, the vessels Fanny and Nakeen (both United States) towed her out into the river, where the fire destroyed her. Her crew of four survived.

18 June

List of shipwrecks: 18 June 1936

Ship	State	Description
Chrysopolis	Greece	The cargo liner ran aground at Cape Barbas, Morocco. She was abandoned on 21 June and the crew were rescued by Temple Mead (United Kingdom).

19 June

List of shipwrecks: 19 June 1936

Ship	State	Description
Ariadne Pandeli	Greece	The cargo ship caught fire at Salvador, Bahia, Brazil. She exploded and capsized on 25 June and was a total loss.
Tashmoo	United States	The passenger steamboat struck a rock and sank in the Detroit River at Amherstburg, Ontario, Canada.

21 June

List of shipwrecks: 21 June 1936

Ship	State	Description
El Kantara	France	The passenger ship sank off Palamós, Catalonia, Spain. All on board, including 450 passengers, were rescued.

22 June

List of shipwrecks: 22 June 1936

Ship	State	Description
Ben Vooar	United Kingdom	The cargo ship sprang a leak. She was beached at Portrush, County Antrim and was abandoned by her crew.

24 June

List of shipwrecks: 24 June 1936

Ship	State	Description
Stanford	Norway	The cargo liner ran aground on a reef 2 nautical miles (3.7 km) off Geraldton, Western Australia and was wrecked.

25 June

List of shipwrecks: 25 June 1936

Ship	State	Description
Baron Ogilvy	United Kingdom	The cargo ship ran aground at Isla Palenque, Panama. She was refloated on 21 July.

28 June

List of shipwrecks: 28 June 1936

Ship	State	Description
Navahoe	United States	The schooner barge was scuttled in the Atlantic Ocean 50 nautical miles (93 km) north of Dragon's Mouth, Trinidad.
Neptun	Denmark	The coaster ran aground in the River Humber at Brough, Yorkshire and was a total loss. All crew survived.

29 June

List of shipwrecks: 29 June 1936

Ship	State	Description
Luciano A	Italy	The schooner sprang a leak and sank in the Mediterranean Sea 5 nautical miles (9.3 km) east of Cape Comino.
Dagfinn	Sweden	The cargo ship sprang a leak and sank in the Kattegat 10 nautical miles (19 km) off the Ostreflak Lightship (Denmark). All crew were rescued by the trawler Betania (flag unknown).

July

2 July

List of shipwrecks: 2 July 1936

Ship	State	Description
Eagle	United States	The 20-gross register ton motor vessel was destroyed by a gasoline explosion and fire at Unga, Territory of Alaska. Her crew of four survived.
Sima	United Kingdom	The passenger ship ran aground on Onekotan, Kuril Islands. She was refloated on 8 July.

4 July

List of shipwrecks: 4 July 1936

Ship	State	Description
Culberson	United States	The cargo ship ran aground 4 nautical miles (7.4 km) south west of Punta Mogotes, Argentina. She was refloated on 8 July.

5 July

List of shipwrecks: 5 July 1936

Ship	State	Description
Maja	Sweden	The cargo ship ran aground and sank at Trysunda.

6 July

List of shipwrecks: 6 July 1936

Ship	State	Description
Carl XV	Sweden	The passenger ship ran aground south of the Strommingsbadan Lighthouse and sank. All 62 people on board were rescued by Vollrath Tham (Sweden) or reached shore in their lifeboats.
Sol Nascente	Portugal	The schooner foundered in the Atlantic Ocean off the Cape Verde Islands. All crew survived.
St Aubin	United Kingdom	The tug was rammed and sunk at Whampoo, Hong Kong by Pingan (China).

7 July

List of shipwrecks: 7 July 1936

Ship	State	Description
Alice	United States	The 31-ton fishing steamer was destroyed by fire while on a slipway on the Bristol Bay coast of the Territory of Alaska.

8 July

List of shipwrecks: 8 July 1936

Ship	State	Description
USS Alton	United States Navy	After being sold out of naval service, the decommissioned accommodation ship – formerly the protected cruiser USS Chicago – foundered in the Pacific Ocean while under tow from Honolulu, Hawaii, to San Francisco, California, for delivery to her buyers.
Marguerite	United States	The 19-gross register ton motor vessel caught fire after suffering an explosion while docked at "Snug Harbor" – possibly Snug Harbor (60°15′N 147°43′W) on Knight Island in western Prince William Sound – on the south-central coast of the Territory of Alaska. She was cut loose from the dock and sank. Her crew of three survived.
Nunoca	United Kingdom	The coaster departed Georgetown, Grand Cayman for Tampa, Florida, United States. She subsequently caught fire and foundered in the Gulf of Mexico off Dry Tortugas with the loss of all 22 people on board.

9 July

List of shipwrecks: 9 July 1936

Ship	State	Description
Leonian	United Kingdom	The cargo ship ran aground at the mouth of the Forcados River, Burutu, Nigeria. She was refloated on 15 July.

12 July

List of shipwrecks: 12 July 1936

Ship	State	Description
Choyo Maru	Japan	The cargo ship ran aground on the east coast of Sakhalin, Soviet Union. She was declared a total loss on 16 July.

13 July

List of shipwrecks: 13 July 1936

Ship	State	Description
Cabo Blanco	Spain	The cargo liner ran aground near the Montedor Lighthouse, Portugal. All on board were rescued but she was a total loss.

14 July

List of shipwrecks: 14 July 1936

Ship	State	Description
Golden Harvest	United States	The cargo ship collided with State of Virginia (United States) off the Seven Foot Knoll Lighthouse, Maryland. Both vessels were beached.
Wagrien	Germany	The cargo ship departed from Leningrad, Soviet Union for Gdynia, Poland. She subsequently foundered with the loss of all hands. Wreckage from the ship washed up on Saaremaa, Estonia on 19 July.

15 July

List of shipwrecks: 15 July 1936

Ship	State	Description
Taurau	United Kingdom	The tug struck a rock and sank off Dartmouth, Devon, England. The crew were rescued by the fishing vessel Owl (United Kingdom).
Maranon	Peru	The transport ship struck a rock and sank 180 nautical miles (330 km) south of Lima, Peru.

18 July

List of shipwrecks: 18 July 1936

Ship	State	Description
Oso	United States	The 8-gross register ton salmon troller began flooding and sank 20 minutes later in the Gulf of Alaska off Lituya Bay on the coast of the Territory of Alaska. The motor vessel Mine (United States) rescued her two-man crew.

19 July

List of shipwrecks: 19 July 1936

Ship	State	Description
Nora Maersk	Denmark	The cargo ship caught fire at Zamboanga, Philippines. She was severely damaged and was declared a constructive total loss.

20 July

List of shipwrecks: 20 July 1936

Ship	State	Description
Don Carlos	Chile	The cargo ship last reported from 32°45′S 72°16′W. No further trace, presumed foundered.

22 July

List of shipwrecks: 22 July 1936

Ship	State	Description
Don Carlos	Chile	The collier foundered in the Pacific Ocean 50 nautical miles (93 km) off Valparaíso with the loss of all hands.
Isidoro Pons	United States	The cargo ship ran aground in Zambales Province, Luzon, Philippines and sank.

23 July

List of shipwrecks: 23 July 1936

Ship	State	Description
Virgilia	Germany	The cargo ship collided with Bury (United Kingdom) in the Elbe at the Graueror Fortress and was beached.

24 July

List of shipwrecks: 24 July 1936

Ship	State	Description
Martin Bakke	Norway	The cargo ship collided with a buoy and sank in the Victoria Channel, Belfast, County Antrim, United Kingdom.

25 July

List of shipwrecks: 25 July 1936

Ship	State	Description
USS Smith Thompson	United States Navy	The decommissioned Clemson-class destroyer was sunk as a target off Subic Bay in the Philippines.

27 July

List of shipwrecks: 27 July 1936

Ship	State	Description
Skipjack	United Kingdom	The cargo ship was rammed at Great Yarmouth, Norfolk by Maise Graham (United Kingdom) and was consequently beached.

28 July

List of shipwrecks: 28 July 1936

Ship	State	Description
Cinta Nu 1	Spanish Navy	Spanish Civil War: The auxiliary patrol ship was lost on this date.
Material Service	United States	The cargo ship capsized and sank off the South Chicago Piers, Lake Michigan with the loss of fifteen crew.
Svend	Sweden	The galeass collided with Alca (Finland) off Copenhagen, Denmark and sank. All crew were rescued by Alca.

30 July

List of shipwrecks: 30 July 1936

Ship	State	Description
Nora	Denmark	The cargo ship collided with Poul Moller (Denmark) of Copenhagen and sank. All crew were rescued by Poul Moller.

August

3 August

List of shipwrecks: 3 August 1936

Ship	State	Description
Landfort	Spain	Spanish Civil War: The coaster was sunk as a blockship at Sanlúcar de Barrameda, Cádiz, Spain.
Viktor	Estonia	The sailing ship struck rocks on the west side of St. Kilda, Outer Hebrides, United Kingdom, and sprang a leak. She was abandoned by her crew, and came ashore on Shillay.

4 August

List of shipwrecks: 4 August 1936

Ship	State	Description
Emmirson	United States	The 17-gross register ton, 37.4-foot (11.4 m) fishing vessel sank near Chignik, Territory of Alaska.

5 August

List of shipwrecks: 5 August 1936

Ship	State	Description
Ocean Hope	United Kingdom	The fishing drifter sank after collision with the trawler Fernbank (United Kingdom), 5 miles (8.0 km) off Fraserburgh, Scotland; the crew were all rescued.
USS Radford	United States Navy	The Wickes-class destroyer was sunk as a target in accordance with the London Naval Treaty.

6 August

List of shipwrecks: 6 August 1936

Ship	State	Description
Antonios Vrondisis	Greece	The cargo ship ran aground at Kem, Soviet Union. She was refloated on 11 August but found to be severely damaged.

7 August

List of shipwrecks: 7 August 1936

Ship	State	Description
Christos Markettas	Greece	The cargo ship ran aground in the Paraná River at Ramallo, Buenos Aires, Argentina. She was refloated on 14 August.
Eduardo Dato	Spanish Navy	Spanish Civil War: The Antonio Canovas del Castillo-class gunboat was shelled and sunk at Algeciras by Jaime I (Spanish Navy). Raised later in August and repaired by February 1937.
San Francisco	France	The cargo ship ran aground on the Haisborough Sands off the coast of Norfolk, United Kingdom. She was refloated on 12 August.

9 August

List of shipwrecks: 9 August 1936

Ship	State	Description
Blue Shadow	United Kingdom	Spanish Civil War: The yacht was shelled and wrecked by the Nationalist cruiser Almirante Cervera (Spanish Navy) at Gijón with the loss of one of her two crew. The hull was later saved by her owner.

12 August

List of shipwrecks: 12 August 1936

Ship	State	Description
USS Champlin	United States Navy	The decommissioned Wickes-class destroyer was sunk in the Pacific Ocean during experimental tests.
Rooiberg	United Kingdom	The whaler struck a rock in Saldanha Bay and sank. She was declared a total loss.

13 August

List of shipwrecks: 13 August 1936

Ship	State	Description
Oranaise	France	The cargo liner capsized and sank in the Mediterranean Sea 40 nautical miles (74 km) off Mostaganem, Algeria with the loss of 38 of the 40 people on board.

14 August

List of shipwrecks: 14 August 1936

Ship	State	Description
Eubee	France	The passenger ship collided with Corinaldo (United Kingdom) in the Atlantic Ocean 90 nautical miles (170 km) north of Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil. Eubee was left with her engine room flooded, and five stokers killed. Passengers were taken off by Corinaldo. Eubee was taken in tow by Antonio Azambuja (Brazil) and Powerful (Uruguay), but she foundered on 16 August. The crew were rescued by Antonio Azambuja.

15 August

List of shipwrecks: 15 August 1936

Ship	State	Description
USC&GS Fathomer	United States Coast and Geodetic Survey	USC&GS Fathomer. The survey ship was driven aground on a reef at Port San Vincente, Philippines in a typhoon. She was later refloated, repaired and returned to service.

17 August

List of shipwrecks: 17 August 1936

Ship	State	Description
Muscallonge	flag unknown	The tug was burnt out at Brockville, Ontario, Canada.
Sunning	United Kingdom	The cargo ship was wrecked at Hong Kong in a typhoon. She broke her back and was a total loss.

19 August

List of shipwrecks: 19 August 1936

Ship	State	Description
USS R-8	United States Navy	The R-class submarine was sunk as a target by aerial bombing in the Atlantic Ocean off Cape Henry, Virginia. Her wreck was discovered in 2020 in approximately 293 feet (89 m) of water, 52.89 nautical miles (97.95 km; 60.86 mi) southeast of Ocean City, Maryland, at 37°45.369′N 074°10.472′W.
Sawtooth	United States	During a trip from the Golovin Cold Storage Plant to Golovin in the Territory of Alaska, the 11-gross register ton, 41-foot (12.5 m) fishing vessel was wrecked near Caroline Island (64°33′N 163°02′W) in Golovnin Bay after her steering gear failed and she ran up on a beach. Both people on board survived.

21 August

List of shipwrecks: 21 August 1936

Ship	State	Description
King Bleddyn	United Kingdom	The cargo ship ran aground on the Alacran Reef in the Gulf of Mexico. She was refloated on 24 August.

22 August

List of shipwrecks: 22 August 1936

Ship	State	Description
Primus	Finland	The tug collided with Atlantis (United Kingdom) at Helsingfors. She capsized and sank with the loss of four crew.

24 August

List of shipwrecks: 24 August 1936

Ship	State	Description
Antonis G. Lemos	Greece	The cargo ship collided with the destroyer leader HMS Keith (Royal Navy) in the English Channel 20 nautical miles (37 km) north of Alderney, Channel Islands (49°56′N 2°17′W). All crew were rescued by the destroyer HMS Brilliant (Royal Navy).
Janine	France	The dredger foundered off Cape D'Ambre, Madagascar, with the loss of all but two crew.
Snowflake	United Kingdom	The cargo ship struck a rock in the Bristol Channel off Hangman Point, Devon, England, and was holed. She was beached at Watermouth.

26 August

List of shipwrecks: 26 August 1936

Ship	State	Description
T. H. Trahey	United States	The 494-ton, 130-foot (39.6 m) cargo barge was wrecked without loss of life on the Yukon River in the Territory of Alaska.

27 August

List of shipwrecks: 27 August 1936

Ship	State	Description
Osprey	United States	The 12-gross register ton, 41-foot (12.5 m) seiner sank in San Alberto Bay (55°28′N 133°14′W) in the Alexander Archipelago between Prince of Wales Island and San Fernando Island (55.5141667°N 133.3569444°W / 55.5141667; -133.3569444 (San Fernando Island)) in Southeast Alaska after colliding with the motor vessel Leba (United States). All six people aboard abandoned ship in a boat and rowed to Leba.

30 August

List of shipwrecks: 30 August 1936

Ship	State	Description
Tamaye Maru	Japan	The coaster was driven ashore and sank at Miyake Island.

September

1 September

List of shipwrecks: 1 September 1936

Ship	State	Description
Calla Milo	Spanish Navy	Spanish Civil War: The Nationalist training vessel was sunk by Republican aircraft.
Juan Mary	Spanish Navy	Spanish Civil War: The auxiliary patrol ship was lost on this date.

2 September

List of shipwrecks: 2 September 1936

Ship	State	Description
Miyake Maru	Japan	The coaster sank in the Pacific Ocean off Miyake Island.

3 September

List of shipwrecks: 3 September 1936

Ship	State	Description
Fuyang	Republic of China	The cargo ship foundered in the Yangtze 30 nautical miles (56 km) upstream of Ichang.
Jan Store	Sweden	The schooner ran ashore at Ristna Point, Estonia and was wrecked.

4 September

List of shipwrecks: 4 September 1936

Ship	State	Description
Keishu Maru	Japan	The coaster sank in the Tsushima Strait south west of Fusan, Korea.

6 September

List of shipwrecks: 6 September 1936

Ship	State	Description
Stella	Italy	The cargo ship caught fire at Rhodes, Greece and was burnt out.

8 September

List of shipwrecks: 8 September 1936

Ship	State	Description
NRP Afonso de Albuquerque	Portuguese Navy	1936 Naval Revolt: The Afonso de Albuquerque-class sloop was shelled by coast artillery and was beached in the Tagus with some loss of life. Refloated, repaired and returned to service.
Baltic	Netherlands	The auxiliary schooner ran aground off Ameland, Friesland. All crew were rescued.
NRP Dão	Portuguese Navy	1936 Naval Revolt: The Douro-class destroyer was shelled by coast artillery and was beached in the Tagus with some loss of life. Refloated, repaired and returned to service.
Konstan	Spain	Spanish Civil War: The cargo ship was shelled and sunk off Bilbao by Almirante Cervera (Spanish Navy).
Sirenes	Norway	The cargo ship ran aground at Callantsoog, Netherlands. She was refloated on 22 September.

9 September

List of shipwrecks: 9 September 1936

Ship	State	Description
Romance	United States	The 1,240-gross register ton cargo liner collided in fog with the cargo ship New York (United States) off the coast of Massachusetts in Outer Boston Harbor and sank without loss of life in up to 80 feet (24 m) of water 1 nautical mile (1.9 km; 1.2 mi) north of The Graves Light at 42°23′41″N 070°51′50″W.

11 September

List of shipwrecks: 11 September 1936

Ship	State	Description
Nuevo Alvarez Feijóo	Spain	Spanish Civil War: The fishing trawler was shelled and sunk by C-4 (Spanish Navy).

13 September

List of shipwrecks: 13 September 1936

Ship	State	Description
Frederick A	United States	While no one was aboard, the 12-gross register ton motor vessel dragged her anchor during a gale and was wrecked in Akutan Bay (54°08′05″N 165°46′20″W) on Akutan Island in the Aleutian Islands, about 2.5 nautical miles (4.6 km; 2.9 mi) east of the bay′s southern peninsula.
Unidentified boats		All boats on Lovatnet — a lake in Norway — were wrecked or sunk when a landslide near the lake′s southern end generated a megatsunami that ranged in size from 74 metres (243 ft) in the vicinity of the slide to 12.6 metres (41 ft) at the north end of the lake.

14 September

List of shipwrecks: 14 September 1936

Ship	State	Description
Aldena	United States	During a voyage from Chicago, Illinois, to St. Paul, Minnesota, the 21-gross register ton motor yacht was destroyed on the Mississippi River at Guttenberg, Iowa, by a fire that began when her gasoline engine back-fired while she was anchored at the Guttenberg lock. Both members of her crew survived.
Bassa	United Kingdom	The cargo ship ran aground in the Sherboro River, Sierra Leone. She was refloated on 21 September.
Westport	United States	The 116-gross register ton, 88-foot (26.8 m) whaling steamer was wrecked without loss of life on a reef off Akutan Island in the Fox Islands group of the eastern Aleutian Islands during a gale. The cutter USCGC Daphne ( United States Coast Guard) rescued all 12 people aboard Westport.

16 September

List of shipwrecks: 16 September 1936

Ship	State	Description
Pourquoi-Pas	France	The research vessel was wrecked off Álftanes, Iceland with the loss of 39 of the 40 people on board.

17 September

List of shipwrecks: 17 September 1936

Ship	State	Description
Avon River	United Kingdom	The cargo ship ran aground on Mansel Island, Northern Territory, Canada. She was abandoned as a total loss on 20 September. The crew were rescued by N. B. McLean (Canada).

19 September

List of shipwrecks: 17 September 1936

Ship	State	Description
B 6	Spanish Navy	Spanish Civil War: The B 1-class submarine was shelled and sunk off Cape Penas by Velasco and Cirizia both (Spanish Navy), or damaged and scuttled to prevent capture.

21 September

List of shipwrecks: 21 September 1936

Ship	State	Description
Karanan	Netherlands	The coaster, on her maiden voyage ran aground at Blakeney, Norfolk, United Kingdom. She was refloated on 1 October.

22 September

List of shipwrecks: 22 September 1936

Ship	State	Description
Onteora	United States	The cargo ship was burnt out at New York.
Rosaura	United Kingdom	The motor yacht was in collision with Henca (Netherlands) at Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands and was severely damaged. She was subsequently repaired and returned to service.

23 September

List of shipwrecks: 23 September 1936

Ship	State	Description
E M Dalglas	Denmark	The cargo ship collided with Angelina Lauro (Italy) in the English Channel off Ouessant, France and was severely damaged.

24 September

List of shipwrecks: 24 September 1936

Ship	State	Description
Arizona Maru	Japan	The cargo ship collided with Uyo Maru (Japan) at Yokohama and was consequently beached.

25 September

List of shipwrecks: 25 September 1936

Ship	State	Description
Bandar Shahpour	United Kingdom	The cargo ship struck a rock in St. George's Channel off the Smalls Lighthouse. She was consequently beached at Dale, Pembrokeshire.
Madrid	Argentina	The coaster collided with Epaminondas C. Embiricos (Greece) at Ramallo, Buenos Aires and was beached. She sank the next day.

29 September

List of shipwrecks: 29 September 1936

Ship	State	Description
Almirante Ferrándiz	Spanish Navy	Spanish Civil War: Battle of Cape Espartel: The Churruca-class destroyer was shelled and sunk in the Strait of Gibraltar off Tarifa by Canarias (Spanish Navy). 104 crewmen were killed, 31 were rescued and made prisoners of war and 25 were rescued by Katoubia (France).

Unknown date

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date September 1936

Ship	State	Description
Xauen	Spanish Navy	Spanish Civil War: The naval trawler was shelled and sunk in the Strait of Gibraltar east of Europa Point by Canarias (Spanish Navy).

October

2 October

List of shipwrecks: 2 October 1936

Ship	State	Description
General Haig	United Kingdom	The auxiliary schooner was driven ashore at Curler, Labrador, Canada and was a total loss.

4 October

List of shipwrecks: 4 October 1936

Ship	State	Description
Estonia	Finland	The barquentine ran aground on Örskär, Sweden and was wrecked. All crew survived.
Mabel A. Frye	United Kingdom	The four-masted schooner sprang a leak and was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean (44°44′N 45°34′W). The crew were rescued by American Merchant (United States).
Soshu Maru	Japan	The cargo ship ran aground on the east coast of Sakhalin, Soviet Union. She was later refloated and taken in tow, but came ashore again on 23 October 1936.

5 October

List of shipwrecks: 5 October 1936

Ship	State	Description
Hiawatha II	United Kingdom	The schooner sprang a leak in the Atlantic Ocean (45°35′N 57°05′W) and was abandoned. The crew were rescued by the trawler Viernoe (United Kingdom).
Holland	Netherlands	The coaster ran aground on the Moma Bar, 75 nautical miles (139 km) south of Angoche, Portuguese East Africa. She was refloated on 12 October.

7 October

List of shipwrecks: 7 October 1936

Ship	State	Description
Pocopson	United States	The 177-foot (53.9 m), 721-gross register ton schooner barge sank in 50 feet (15 m) of water in the North Atlantic Ocean off Neptune City, New Jersey, at 40°12.204′N 073°59.257′W. Her crew of three survived.

8 October

List of shipwrecks: 8 October 1936

Ship	State	Description
Ohioan	United States	The cargo ship ran aground on Seal Rocks, San Francisco, California and was a total loss.

9 October

List of shipwrecks: 9 October 1936

Ship	State	Description
I-5	Spanish Navy	Spanish Civil War: The I-1-class motor patrol boat was shelled and sunk in the Strait of Gibraltar by Almirante Cervera (Spanish Navy).
Uad Lucas	Spanish Navy	Spanish Civil War: The Uad Ras-class naval trawler was shelled and sunk at Málaga by Almirante Cervera (Spanish Navy).
Uad Muluya	Spanish Navy	Spanish Civil War: The Uad Ras-class naval trawler was shelled and sunk at Málaga by Almirante Cervera (Spanish Navy).

11 October

List of shipwrecks: 11 October 1936

Ship	State	Description
Cara	United Kingdom	The cargo ship struck rocks off Kyleakin, Isle of Skye and was consequently beached. She was refloated on 19 October and subsequently repaired.

12 October

List of shipwrecks: 12 October 1936

Ship	State	Description
B 4	Spanish Navy	Spanish Civil War: The B 1-class submarine was bombed and sunk (or just damaged) in Málaga Harbour. Raised soon after but never repaired.

14 October

List of shipwrecks: 14 October 1936

Ship	State	Description
Panaghis	Greece	The cargo ship ran aground at Gallipoli, Turkey. She was refloated by 23 October.

15 October

List of shipwrecks: 15 October 1936

Ship	State	Description
Moko Maru	Japan	The cargo ship foundered in the South China Sea. All crew were rescued by Concordia (Norway).
Olympic	United States	With no one on board, the 12-gross register ton motor vessel dragged her anchor and was blown ashore and wrecked in the harbor at Sitka, Territory of Alaska.

17 October

List of shipwrecks: 17 October 1936

Ship	State	Description
Sand Merchant	United Kingdom	The dredger capsized and sank in Lake Erie 16 nautical miles (30 km) north west of Cleveland, Ohio, United States with the loss of twenty crew.
Shuna	United Kingdom	The cargo ship ran aground on Islay, Outer Hebrides. She subsequently broke in two and was abandoned as a total loss.

18 October

List of shipwrecks: 18 October 1936

Ship	State	Description
Hilda	Finland	The three-masted schooner ran aground at Signildskar and was wrecked.
St. Joseph	Norway	The cargo ship ran aground on the Grey Rocks, Sound of Mull. She was refloated on 12 November.

19 October

List of shipwrecks: 19 October 1936

Ship	State	Description
Lois A. Conrad	United Kingdom	The schooner foundered in the Atlantic Ocean 19 nautical miles (35 km) off North Sydney, Nova Scotia, Canada. All crew were rescued by Haligonian (United Kingdom).

20 October

List of shipwrecks: 20 October 1936

Ship	State	Description
Okeanis	Greece	The cargo ship was abandoned in the North Sea 50 nautical miles (93 km) off IJmuiden, North Holland, Netherlands. The crew were rescued by Belgion (Greece). Okeanis was later towed into IJmuiden by Witte Zee (Netherlands).
Van der Wijck	Netherlands	The passenger ship capsized and sank in the Java Sea with some loss of life amongst the 226 people on board. Thirty-four people were reported missing.

22 October

List of shipwrecks: 22 October 1936

Ship	State	Description
Birmania	Italy	The cargo ship ran aground in the Brazzinaga Canal near Split, Yugoslavia and broke in two. She was declared a total loss. She was refloated on 27 October.
Manyo Maru	Japan	The cargo ship foundered in Ishikari Bay off Otaru, Hokkaidō. The crew were rescued.
Oura Maru	Japan	The salvage vessel foundered in the Sea of Japan west of Hokkaidō.
Soshu Maru	Japan	The cargo ship was driven ashore on the west coast of Hokkaidō after her tow parted.

24 October

List of shipwrecks: 24 October 1936

Ship	State	Description
Albion	Netherlands	The coaster foundered in The Wash. All crew were rescued by Dewsbury (United Kingdom).
Asdang	Thailand	The cargo ship came ashore at Kemaman, Malaya and was a total loss.
Stranna	Norway	The cargo ship departed the Clyde for Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.

25 October

List of shipwrecks: 25 October 1936

Ship	State	Description
Cristóbal Colón	Spain	The ocean liner ran aground on a reef 5 nautical miles (9.3 km) north of Bermuda. Salvage efforts were abandoned on 6 November and she was declared a total loss.
Elanchove	Spain	The cargo ship foundered with the loss of thirty nine crew members and two accompanying family member. Only one crewmember survived. She was on a voyage from Bilbao to Cardiff, Glamorgan, United Kingdom.
Nanna	Finland	The cargo ship sank in the Baltic Sea off Odensholm, Estonia. All crew survived.

26 October

List of shipwrecks: 26 October 1936

Ship	State	Description
Donsam	flag unknown	The cargo ship sank in the Paraná River.
Osaka Maru	Japan	The cargo ship foundered in the Pacific Ocean off Shiomisaki.
Una	Brazil	The cargo ship sank in the Atlantic Ocean 80 nautical miles (150 km) south of Florianópolis. The crew were rescued.

27 October

List of shipwrecks: 27 October 1936

Ship	State	Description
Abdel Lateef Loutfi	Egypt	The cargo ship sank in the Mediterranean Sea 3 nautical miles (5.6 km) off Alexandria.
Elbe I	Germany	The lightship foundered in the North Sea with the loss of all fifteen crew.
Hedstrommen	Sweden	The cargo ship sprang a leak and sank in the North Sea. The crew were rescued by two fishing vessels.
Helēna Faulbaums	Latvia	The cargo ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean (56°14′N 5°55′W) at Belnahua reef near Oban, Scotland with the loss of fifteen of her nineteen crew, of which 7 were buried in Cullipool Cemetery.
Ostsee	Germany	The cargo ship ran aground at Marjaniemi, Oulu, Finland. She subsequently broke in two and was a total loss.
Vestkyst I	Norway	The coaster collided with Galtesund (Norway) at Arendal, Norway and sank with the loss of two crew members.

28 October

List of shipwrecks: 28 October 1936

Ship	State	Description
Starmount	United Kingdom	The cargo ship ran aground in the Saint Lawrence River at Brockville, Ontario, Canada. She was refloated on 31 October.

29 October

List of shipwrecks: 29 October 1936

Ship	State	Description
Agnes Ann	United States	While towing logs, the 8-gross register ton, 31.1-foot (9.5 m) fishing vessel was destroyed in Behm Canal off Escape Point (55°39′N 131°43′W) in Southeast Alaska by a fire than began in her engine room.

30 October

List of shipwrecks: 30 October 1936

Ship	State	Description
Marinero Cante	Spanish Navy	Spanish Civil War: The Condestable Zaragoza-class fisheries protection vessel was scuttled at Rosas to prevent capture by Nationalists, or shelled and sunk by Canarias (Spanish Navy).
Myconos	Greece	The cargo ship collided with another vessel in the Bay of Biscay and was beached at Ouessant, Finistère, France. She was declared a total loss.

Unknown

List of shipwrecks: unknown October 1936

Ship	State	Description
B 5	Spanish Navy	Spanish Civil War: The B 1-class submarine was either sunk by a Nationalist seaplane in the Strait of Gibraltar on 12 October, or scuttled by her commanding officer on 16 October.

November

1 November

List of shipwrecks: 1 November 1936

Ship	State	Description
Bessemer City	United States	The cargo ship was wrecked at Clodgy Point, St. Ives, Cornwall. All 33 crew were rescued by the St. Ives Lifeboat. The cargo was salvaged by local people after washing up on nearby beaches.

2 November

List of shipwrecks: 2 November 1936

Ship	State	Description
Allenstein	Germany	The cargo ship ran aground at Östergarn, Sweden. She was refloated on 6 November.

3 November

List of shipwrecks: 3 November 1936

Ship	State	Description
Carl Vinnen	Germany	The cargo ship ran aground on Middelgrunden, Øresund. She was refloated on 6 November.
Trione	Sweden	The cargo ship ran aground at Ilhéus, Brazil. She was refloated on 12 November.

8 November

List of shipwrecks: 8 November 1936

Ship	State	Description
Isis	Germany	The passenger ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean 200 nautical miles (370 km) west of Land's End, Cornwall, United Kingdom. The only survivor was rescued by Westernland (Germany).

9 November

List of shipwrecks: 9 November 1936

Ship	State	Description
J. Oswald Boyd	United States	The tanker ran aground on Simmons Reef, Lake Michigan and was wrecked. She was destroyed in an explosion and fire on 2 January 1937.

10 November

List of shipwrecks: 10 November 1936

Ship	State	Description
Enterprise	United Kingdom	The coaster was burnt out at St. Peter's, Nova Scotia, Canada.
Garibaldi	Denmark	The auxiliary three-masted schooner came ashore near the Lungö Lighthouse, Sweden. She was refloated on 13 November and found to be severely damaged.

11 November

List of shipwrecks: 11 November 1936

Ship	State	Description
Nor	Norway	The coaster ran aground on Bulholmen, Folda, Nord-Trøndelag, Norway, and sank.

12 November

List of shipwrecks: 12 November 1936

Ship	State	Description
Pine	United Kingdom	The coaster was hit by Olive (United Kingdom in Carlingford Lough and sank. All eight cre were rescued by Olive.

13 November

List of shipwrecks: 13 November 1936

Ship	State	Description
Alisada	United Kingdom	The auxiliary schooner caught fire at Long Cay, Bahamas and was destroyed.

14 November

List of shipwrecks: 14 November 1936

Ship	State	Description
Welsh City	United Kingdom	The cargo ship ran aground on Saltholm, Øresund. She was refloated on 21 November.

15 November

List of shipwrecks: 15 November 1936

Ship	State	Description
Manuel	Spain	Spanish Civil War: The coaster was shelled and sunk in the Mediterranean Sea by Canarias (Spanish Navy).

17 November

List of shipwrecks: 17 November 1936

Ship	State	Description
Sture	Sweden	The cargo ship sank in Lake Venern.

18 November

List of shipwrecks: 18 November 1936

Ship	State	Description
Kildalkey	United Kingdom	The whaler ran aground in Saldanha Bay. She was declared a total loss on 3 December.
Ste Catherine	Haiti	The sailing vessel sank in the Caribbean Sea off Petite-Rivière-de-Nippes.
Yewbank	United Kingdom	The coaster came ashore at Horsey, Norfolk. All ten crew were rescued. She was refloated on 27 November.

20 November

List of shipwrecks: 20 November 1936

Ship	State	Description
Chesley R	United Kingdom	The schooner ran aground at Argentia, Newfoundland. She was refloated on 28 December.
U-18	Kriegsmarine	The Type IIB submarine collided with another vessel in the Bight of Lübeck and sank with the loss of eight of her twenty crew. Subsequently raised, repaired and returned to service.

21 November

List of shipwrecks: 21 November 1936

Ship	State	Description
Hibou	United Kingdom	The coaster foundered in Georgian Bay 4 nautical miles (7.4 km) north of Owen Sound, Ontario, Canada with the loss of seven of her seventeen crew.

22 November

List of shipwrecks: 22 November 1936

Ship	State	Description
Colwith Force	United Kingdom	The coaster sprang a leak in the English Channel 17 nautical miles (31 km) south south east of The Lizard, Cornwall and was abandoned. All crew were rescued by Marina (Norway). Colwith Force was towed into Falmouth, Cornwall by Flying Irishman (Netherlands).
Schelde	Netherlands	The coaster ran aground on the Paternosters, 5 nautical miles (9.3 km) north of Jersey, Channel Islands. All crew survived.

23 November

List of shipwrecks: 23 November 1936

Ship	State	Description
Fiona	United Kingdom	The tanker ran aground at Suva, Fiji. She was refloated on 23 November.

24 November

List of shipwrecks: 24 November 1936

Ship	State	Description
Ceres	United Kingdom	The ketch sank at anchor at Baggy Point, Devon. She was launched at Salcombe, Devon in 1811.
Sibiryakoff	Soviet Union	The icebreaker struck a rock in the Kara Sea and stuck fast. She was subsequently abandoned in late December. All crew were rescued by Lenin (Soviet Union).

25 November

List of shipwrecks: 25 November 1936

Ship	State	Description
Erinoula	Greece	The cargo ship struck a submerged wreck at Bender Eregli, Turkey and was beached. She was refloated on 7 February 1937.
Fred W. Green	United States	The cargo ship collided with a pier at Muskegon, Michigan and sank.
Izmir	Turkey	The cargo ship was driven ashore at Bender Eregli in a storm. She was refloated on 1 December.

27 November

List of shipwrecks: 27 November 1936

Ship	State	Description
Ally	Denmark	The coaster collided with Tempo (Denmark) off Aarhus (56°00′N 10°57′E) and sank.

30 November

List of shipwrecks: 30 November 1936

Ship	State	Description
Watco	United Kingdom	The cargo ship sank in the Atlantic Ocean off Miquelon. All crew were rescued.

Unknown date

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1936

Ship	State	Description
Dignitas	Italy	The cargo ship, Bizerta for IJmuiden with iron ore, passed Ushant on 8 November and due 11 November; no further trace and supposed foundered in the English Channel in stormy weather.
I-5	Spanish Navy	Spanish Civil War: The I-1-class motor patrol boat was shelled and sunk in the Strait of Gibraltar by Almirante Cervera (Spanish Navy) on either 6 October or 1 November 1936.
Morris Ville	flag unknown	The schooner capsized in Bonne Bay.

December

2 December

List of shipwrecks: 2 December 1936

Ship	State	Description
Elsa	Germany	The collier foundered in the North Sea off Borkum, Germany with the loss of twelve of her fourteen crew.
Tozeur	France	The cargo ship ran aground on Île Ratennau, off the south coast of France and sank.

3 December

List of shipwrecks: 3 December 1936

Ship	State	Description
Aghios Spyridon	Greece	The cargo ship struck a submerged wreck at Bender Eregli, Turkey and sank. All crew survived.

6 December

List of shipwrecks: 6 December 1936

Ship	State	Description
Bodia	Finland	The cargo ship ran aground in Aulesund and was wrecked with some loss of life.
Burlington	United States	The cargo ship ran aground at Cleveland, Ohio and was a total loss.

7 December

List of shipwrecks: 7 December 1936

Ship	State	Description
Bury Hill	United Kingdom	The cargo ship ran aground off Dakar, French West Africa and was wrecked.
Gulnes	Norway	Spanish Civil War, bombed by aircraft at Seville, Spain. Broken up in Vado Ligure, Italy, in May 1937.

8 December

List of shipwrecks: 8 December 1936

Ship	State	Description
Indra	Latvia	The cargo ship foundered in the Gulf of Riga with the loss of all hands.

9 December

List of shipwrecks: 9 December 1936

Ship	State	Description
Caring	Sweden	The cargo ship collided with Neptun (Germany) and was beached at Dragør, Denmark. She was later refloated but was severely damaged.

12 December

List of shipwrecks: 12 December 1936

Ship	State	Description
C 3	Spanish Navy	Spanish Civil War, Operation Ursula: The C-class submarine was torpedoed and sunk in the Mediterranean Sea south east of Málaga (36°40′N 04°21′W) by U-34 (Kriegsmarine) with the loss of 39 crewmen. Two crewmen and a civilian pilot survived. The wreck was located in October 1998.

14 December

List of shipwrecks: 14 December 1936

Ship	State	Description
Komsomol	Soviet Union	Spanish Civil War: The cargo ship was sunk by gunfire in the Mediterranean Sea by the Nationalist heavy cruiser Canarias (Spanish Navy).
Sigrid	Denmark	The cargo ship ran aground at Fiskars, Finland. She was refloated on 25 December but was severely damaged.

16 December

List of shipwrecks: 16 December 1936

Ship	State	Description
Clara	United States	The 12-gross register ton motor vessel was wrecked by an explosion while on the beach in winter drydock in Monti Bay (59°34′N 139°50′W) at Yakutat, Territory of Alaska.

18 December

List of shipwrecks: 18 December 1936

Ship	State	Description
Amager	Denmark	The auxiliary sailing ship foundered in the Baltic Sea 2 nautical miles (3.7 km) north of Nida, Lithuania. All crew were rescued.

19 December

List of shipwrecks: 19 December 1936

Ship	State	Description
Argentina	Greece	The cargo ship ran aground in the River Severn at Sharpness, Gloucestershire, United Kingdom. She was refloated on 10 February 1937.
Bore VII	Finland	The cargo ship ran aground off Kotka. Although declared a total loss, she was later salvaged and repaired.
Turquoise	Belgium	The coaster collided with Sun X (United Kingdom) in the River Thames at Tilbury, Essex and was beached.

23 December

List of shipwrecks: 23 December 1936

Ship	State	Description
Georgios Karavias	Greece	The coaster ran aground at Kalamaki. She was refloated on 28 December.
Cesare Battisti	Italy	The steamship exploded off Massawa, 26 were dead. She was raised and refloated.
Tac	Germany	The coaster collided with Anna Rehder (Germany) in the North Sea off Cuxhaven, Germany and consequently sank.

24 December

List of shipwrecks: 24 December 1936

Ship	State	Description
Maimyo	United Kingdom	The cargo liner ran aground on the Komiyura Reef, off the east coast of Ceylon and was wrecked.
Pretoria	Germany	The ocean liner, on her maiden voyage, ran aground in the Solent. She was refloated on 27 December.

26 December

List of shipwrecks: 26 December 1936

Ship	State	Description
Mount Dirfys	Greece	The cargo ship ran aground on the Frying Pan Shoals, North Carolina, United States and was abandoned as unsalvable.

27 December

List of shipwrecks: 27 December 1936

Ship	State	Description
Dredge No.2	United States	The dredger sank in the San Juan River 150 nautical miles (280 km) north of Buenaventura, Colombia.

28 December

List of shipwrecks: 28 December 1936

Ship	State	Description
Sensal	Germany	The cargo ship foundered in the Baltic Sea off Königsberg, East Prussia, Germany.

30 December

List of shipwrecks: 30 December 1936

Ship	State	Description
Diamond	United Kingdom	The coaster collided with Heranger (Norway) in the River Thames at Greenhithe, Kent and sank with the loss of two of her seven crew.

Unknown date

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1936

Ship	State	Description
C 5	Spanish Navy	Spanish Civil War: The C 1-class submarine left Bilbao 30 December and vanished. Speculation as to lost by accident or possible defection attempt went wrong.
Chacon	United States	The 80-foot (24.4 m) mail and passenger vessel was stranded on a rock and then sank in Zimovia Strait in the Alexander Archipelago in Southeast Alaska. All 14 people aboard – eight passengers and her crew of six – were rescued from a lifeboat.
City of Taunton	United States	The 292-foot (89 m) cargo ship, a sidewheel paddle steamer, was beached and abandoned at Somerset, Massachusetts, on the west bank of the Taunton River at 41°42′39″N 071°10′33″W, just south of the future site of the Charles M. Braga Jr. Memorial Bridge, sometime during the 1930s. The wreck settled on the river bottom in very shallow water.
Conde del Venadito	Spanish Navy	The decommissioned Velasco-class cruiser was sunk as a target.
Hai-Kan No. 6	Imperial Japanese Navy	The decommissioned Kasuga-class armored cruiser (ex-Nisshin) was sunk as a target at the Kamegakubi Naval Proving Ground in the Inland Sea off Kure, Japan. She later was refloated and sunk again as a target ship in January 1942.
F. C. Pendleton	United States	The 145-foot (44 m), 408-gross register ton three-masted schooner burned and sank without loss of life in up to 45 feet (14 m) of water at 44°19′38″N 068°54′27″W while at anchor in Seal Harbor at Islesboro, Maine, sometime during the 1930s.
Gardner G. Deering	United States	The 251-foot (77 m), 1,982-gross register ton five-masted schooner was abandoned and later burned in Smith Cove off West Brooksville, Maine, sometime during the 1930s. Her wreck settled in 10 to 30 feet (3.0 to 9.1 m) of water approximately 500 feet (150 m) off the north shore of the cove at 44°22′55″N 068°46′30″W.
Hyak	United States	The vessel was wrecked on rocks off Kinklik (60°50′55″N 147°37′30″W), Territory of Alaska.
Hesper	United States	The 210-foot (64 m), 1,348-gross register ton four-masted schooner was abandoned at a wharf in the Sheepscot River at Wiscasset, Maine, upon the death of their owner sometime during 1936 and subsequently deteriorated into a wreck. The wreck was removed in 1998.
Luther Little	United States	The 210-foot (64 m), 1,234-gross register ton four-masted schooner was abandoned at a wharf in the Sheepscot River at Wiscasset, Maine, upon the death of their owner sometime during 1936 and subsequently deteriorated into a wreck. The wreck was removed in 1998.
Palo Alto	United States	The out of service concrete hulled tanker had been run aground and converted into an entertainment facility connected to shore by a dock in Seacliff State Beach, Aptos, California. Sometime in 1936 a storm cracked her hull across midship. Stripped and used as a fishing pier.