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The list of shipwrecks in April 1923 includes
ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during
April 1923 .
1 April
List of shipwrecks: 1 April 1923
Ship
State
Description
Laurana
Germany
The cargo ship ran aground at
Cadiz ,
Andalusia , Spain. She was refloated but was discovered to be leaking severely and was beached.
[1] Laurana was refloated on 16 April.
[2]
Portgwarra
United Kingdom
The cargo ship ran aground at
Melilla , Spain.
[3] She was refloated on 16 April.
[4]
3 April
5 April
List of shipwrecks: 5 April 1923
Ship
State
Description
Glutra
Norway
The cargo ship foundered in the
North Sea . Her crew were rescued by the trawler Este Brügge (
Germany ).
[7]
6 April
7 April
8 April
9 April
17 April
21 April
23 April
24 April
List of shipwrecks: 24 April 1923
Ship
State
Description
Mossamedes
Portugal
The cargo ship, with 237 people on board, ran aground at
Cape Frio , Namíbia, and was evacuated by lifeboats. She was a total loss.
[22] Thirty-one died, seven when the Mossamedes capsized and 24 others who were in a lifeboat that sank. The 206 survivors were picked up by the French gunboat Cassiopee , the Portuguese gunboat Salvador Correia and by fishing vessels from
Porto Alexandre in
Angola .
[23]
25 April
26 April
29 April
Unknown date
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