100 Years Ago Today

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6th February 1922

“Pirate” ship Gasparilla sails in Tampa for the Gasparilla Pirate Festival.


The Washington Naval Treaty is signed, limiting the navies of the UK, US, France, Italy, and Japan.


The Soviet secret-police Cheka, led by Felix Dzerzhinsky (pictured), is dissolved and replaced by the State Political Directorate. Estimates of the number of victims killed by the Cheka vary, ranging from 28,000 to 500,000


Ship Losses:

Luso (Portugal) The cargo ship caught fire at Lisbon. She was scuttled on 10 February.

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7th February 1922

Marie Curie becomes a fellow of the French Academy of Medicine, becoming the first woman to be elevated to any of the French Academy of Sciences.


Ship Losses:

Bessie A. White (United Kingdom) The auxiliary schooner was driven ashore at Smiths Point, Long Island, New York, United States and was a total loss. Her crew survived.
E. M. Sellars (United Kingdom) The schooner was driven ashore at Inagua, Bahamas and was wrecked.
Krakow (Poland) The cargo ship became mired in ice at Tangen, Norway and sank. Her crew survived.
Thistlemore (United Kingdom) The cargo ship came ashore at Cape Cod, Massachusetts, United States. She was refloated on 11 February.

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8th February 1922

Construction of the battleship USS Washington is cancelled as part of the terms of the Washington Naval Treaty.


Ship Losses:

Anna Maria (Latvia) The ship sank in the North Sea. Her crew were rescued.
Stramore (United Kingdom) The coaster struck a submerged wreck off Inishtrahull Island, County Donegal, Ireland and sank. All nine crew survived.
Coylet (United Kingdom) The tanker caught fire in the Atlantic Ocean 12 nautical miles (22 km) west south west of the Sand Key Lighthouse, Florida, United States. Her crew were rescued by Sucrosa ( United States).
Norma B. Strong (United Kingdom) The schooner sprang a leak in the Atlantic Ocean (39°15′N 29°05′W). Her crew survived.[
Northern Pacific (United States) The decommissioned 8,256-gross register ton former passenger ship and troopship burned, capsized, and sank in the Atlantic Ocean in 140 to 150 feet (43 to 46 m) of water while under tow 30 nautical miles (56 km; 35 mi) south of Cape May, New Jersey. Four of her 28-member crew died.

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9th February 1922

The World War Foreign Debts Commission Act is signed to create a commission that would renegotiate British and French war debts to the U.S.


Ship Losses:

Herbert May (United States) The schooner came ashore in the Marquesas Islands, French Polynesia and was wrecked.

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10th February 1922

Naval guns at a workshop in Washington D.C. Construction of large warships are curtailed with the signing of the Washington Naval Treaty.


Ship Losses:

Seyar (Yugoslavia) The cargo ship suffered a boiler explosion and sank in the Bosphorus.

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14th February 1922

The ferry Baragoola is launched in Sydney (it stays in service until 1983 and sunk on January 1, 2022)


Heikki Ritavuori, Finnish Minister of the Interior, is assassinated. The event is the only political assassination to have occurred in independent Finland.


General Henry Rawlinson, commander of the Indian Army, introduces Prince Edward to the Indian Army HQ staff in Delhi.


Ship Losses:

Carmina (Spain) The schooner sprang a leak in the Atlantic Ocean 40 nautical miles (74 km) wast of Leixões, Portugal. She was abandoned by her crew, who were rescued by Hurliness ( United Kingdom). Carmina was towed into Leixões by a British trawler.
Kibi Maru No.11 (Japan) The cargo ship departed Muroran. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.
Wasp (United States) After 80 mph (130 km/h) winds tore her loose from her moorings at a dock at Metlakatla in Southeast Alaska, the 13-gross register ton, 38.6-foot (11.8 m) fishing vessel became stranded and broke up on the beach without loss of life.

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15th February 1922

The Permanent Court of International Justice holds its inaugural sitting at the Great Hall of Justice of the Peace Palace at The Hague.


"Irish Republican Army Takes Over Dublin Barracks. Photo shows the Mounting of the First Republican Guard at Beggars Bush Barracks."


The Prince of Wales inaugurates the Edward VII monument in India, at Delhi.


Ship Losses:

Suiyer Maru (Japan) The cargo ship struck a rock and foundered in the Kurushima Strait.

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16th February 1922

Newton Knight, known for leading a band of Confederate deserters in the “Free State of Jones” that resisted the Confederacy during the American Civil War, has passed away.


Ship Losses:

Ojo Maru (Japan) The cargo ship collided with an Imperial Japanese Navy submarine off Yoshima, Shiwaku Islands and was beached.

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17th February 1922

Ali Musliyar, leader of the Malabar Rebellion against British rule in the Malabar District of Kerala, India, is executed for his role in the uprising.


London: MPs approve the Irish Free State Bill, which sets up a boundary commission for the two parts of Ireland.

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19th February 1922

Ship Losses:

Balsam (United States) The cargo ship ran aground in Lough Foyle. She was refloated on 27 February.
Kathleen Spindler (United Kingdom) The schooner was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by Argalia ( United Kingdom).

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20th February 1922

An FT-17 tank is used to crush seized stills and moonshining equipment at Newport, Kentucky.


Arrival in Paris of the flags of the disbanded regiments (military parade, rue de la Pépinière, Paris, 8th arrondissement, at the intersection of rue d'Anjou).


Ship Losses:

Dédaigneuse (French Navy) The sloop-of-war was struck by City of Algiers (flag unknown) at Constantinople, Turkey and was severely damaged.
Glynwood (United Kingdom) The schooner came ashore at Lindesnes, Norway and was wrecked.

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21st February 1922

U.S. Army Air Service airship Roma crashes in Norfolk, Virginia due to a failure in its rudder system, causing the deaths of 34 crew.


Sin Fein leaders at their first Ardfheis (annual party conference) since the establishment of the Irish Free State. From left to right: Harry Boland, Michael Collins, Eamon de Valera, and Eamon Duggan.


Ship Losses:

Taisho Maru No.2 (Japan) The cargo ship collided with Wakamatsu Maru ( Japan) at Shimonoseki and sank.

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22nd February 1922

Presidential elections are held in Guatemala after José María Orellana came to power in a coup last year. With control over the military, Orellana “wins” the election with 95% of the vote.


Ship Losses:

Assimina M Embiricos (Greece) The cargo ship was wrecked in the Scheldt, Belgium.
J. N. Rafeuse (Newfoundland) The schooner sprang a leak in the Atlantic Ocean and was abandoned (46°01′N 35°08′W). Her crew were rescued by Terrier ( United Kingdom).

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23rd February 1922

Viscount Lewis Harcourt, British Liberal Party politician and former Secretary of State for the Colonies, dies of overdose of sleeping medicine.