100 Years Ago Today

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14th October 1923

Ship Losses:

Carlisle (United States) The 15-gross register ton, 43.9-foot (13.4 m) fishing vessel was wrecked on the coast of Gravina Island in the Alexander Archipelago in Southeast Alaska. The two people aboard survived.

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15th October 1923

Ship Losses:

Jean Macdonald Duff (United Kingdom) The schooner was abandoned and set afire in the Atlantic Ocean (42°28′N 24°43′W). Her crew were rescued by Arawa ( United Kingdom).
Mabel (flag unknown) The four-masted schooner was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean off Nassau, Bahamas.
Seine (France) The cargo ship collided with Andalusia ( Germany) in the Kaiser Wilhelm Canal, Germany and sank. She was refloated on 17 October.

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16th October 1923

"Berlin Riots and looting caused by the inflation. Security police dissolve a demonstration of unemployed at the Alexanderplatz in front of the city hall, Rotes Rathaus."


Ship Losses:

Egon (Sweden) The cargo ship struck a mine in the Baltic Sea 10 nautical miles (19 km) south of the Äransgrund Lighthouse and sank. Her crew were rescued by a German ship.
Kaduskak (United Kingdom) The auxiliary sailing vessel was destroyed by fire at St. Martins, New Brunswick.
USS Quiros (United States Navy) United States Navy destroyer gunfire sank the decommissioned gunboat as a target off the coast of China.

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17th October 1923

Ship Losses:

Strathmore (United Kingdom) The Thames barge collided with Lapwing ( United Kingdom) in the River Thames at Erith, Kent and sank.
Ville de Reims (France) The cargo ship came ashore between Noissi-Bé and Diego Suarez, Madagascar.[29] She was refloated on 22 October. She was refloated on 23 October.

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18th October 1923

Ship Losses:

Etoile D'Anjouan (France) The cargo ship ran aground on Nosyfaty Island, Madagascar, whilst going to the assistance of Ville de Reims ( France). She was refloated on 23 October.
General Smuts (United Kingdom) The cargo ship ran aground at Port Eads, Louisiana, United States.
Portuense (Portugal) The sailing vessel caught fire and was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean (39°00′N 33°49′W). Her crew were rescued by Presidente Wilson ( United Kingdom).
Spider (United States) With no one aboard, the 7-gross register ton, 30.6-foot (9.3 m) fishing vessel was blown ashore during a gale and wrecked without loss of life on "Caroline Island" – probably Carolyn Island (64°27′N 162°53′W) – in Golovnin Bay on the Bering Sea coast of the Territory of Alaska.

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19th October 1923

Ship Losses:

Agatoelo (Italy) The cargo ship struck a mine in the Gulf of İzmir off Karaburun, Turkey, and sank with the loss of eight crew.

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20th October 1923

"Germans Again Defy France. Dictator Ends Reparations; Expects Break. Poincare Blamed by Stresemann. Germany will not pay France any more reparations, Chancellor Stresemann announces."


Ship Losses:

Polmanter (United Kingdom) The cargo ship ran aground at Oporto, Portugal.

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21st October 1923

Ship Losses:

Leonor (France) The schooner sank in the Atlantic Ocean off Corvo Island, Azores, Portugal. Her crew were rescued.

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22nd October 1923

"Herr Hitler said the question was whether the soviet star or the swastika emblem of the national Socialists shall rule Germany. "I am neither for a monarchy nor for President Ebert. I am for an immediate dictatorship of the swastika.""


"Captain Hermann Goering ready for any emergency."


Ship Losses:

Fernhill (United Kingdom) The cargo ship collided with Port Auckland ( United Kingdom) in the Elbe at Blankenese, Germany and sank. She was refloated on 13 December.
San Gil (United States) The passenger ship ran aground on Old Providence Island, Colombia. Her passengers were taken off by Pastores ( United States).
Saxon Prince (United Kingdom) The cargo ship caught fire at Santos, São Paulo, Brazil and was beached. She was refloated on 24 October.

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23rd October 1923

Ship Losses:

O-5 (United States Navy) The O-class submarine was rammed and sunk in Limon Bay by Abangarez ( United States) with the loss of three crew. She was partially raised on 30 October to enable the rescue of two survivors. Subsequently stricken in April 1924 and sold for scrap.

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24th October 1923

The Hamburg Uprising ended as hundreds of communists were arrested and hundreds more fled the city. News had reached Ernst Thälmann and the other local communist leaders that the nationwide revolution had been called off and that Hamburg was fighting alone.


French soldiers in Duisburg, Ruhr, Germany.


Ship Losses:

Wm S. McDonald (United Kingdom) The three-masted schooner caught fire in the Atlantic Ocean 16 nautical miles (30 km) off Sandy Hook, New Jersey. All seven crew were rescued by San manuel ( United Kingdom).

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25th October 1923

"In photo is shown Benito Mussolini, Italian Premier, in the new uniform of the Fascisti. He ranks as Honorary Corporal. Mussolini has often been likened to Napoleon, and expressly titled the photo "The Two Eagles." An eagle was killed expressly and embalmed just for this picture."

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26th October 1923

Germany: 500,000,000,000 Mark note. The dollar exchange rate is currently at 65 billion marks (per US dollar).


Ship Losses:

Karin (Sweden) The auxiliary sailing vessel caught fire in the Øresund and was beached at Klampenborg, Denmark.

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27th October 1923

In a Berlin bank, 10/27/23


"Fighting The Communist Rising In Hamburg".


Ship Losses:

Conovium (United Kingdom) The coaster, which had departed Garston, Lancashire for Dundalk, County Louth, Ireland on 26 October, was reported 10 nautical miles (19 km) south west of the Chicken Rock, Isle of Man.[6] She subsequently foundered in the Irish Sea with the loss of all hands. The bodies of the crew washed up on the coast of Cumberland in late November.

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28th October 1923

Ship Losses:

Raven (France) The schooner ran aground at Swansea, Glamorgan, United Kingdom and was wrecked. Her five crew were rescued by Charlie Medland ( Royal National Lifeboat Institution).