List of shipwrecks in 1908
Ship Country Description
Comus United States After departing Skagway , Territory of Alaska , the 5- gross register ton , 30-foot ( 9.1 m ) schooner was wrecked in Lynn Canal near Berners Bay in Southeast Alaska . The only person on board survived
H. A. Harvey , jr United States The 59- gross register ton sternwheel paddle steamer , or Tug , burned at Prophet Island , Louisiana , total loss . All seven people on board survived
Hartford and New York No . 76 United States The barge sprung a leak in a heavy blow off New Haven , Connecticut and brought into the harbor , filling and sinking in 3 ⁄ 2 fathoms ( 21 ft ; 6.4 m ) of water
John M. Brown United States The 452- gross register ton schooner was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean east of Virginia at 37°N 071°W / 37°N 71°W / 37 ; -71 ( John M. Brown ) . All seven people on board survived
Taif Ottoman Empire The steamer sank after a collision with the steamer Bagdad ( flag unknown ) off Seraglio Point , Constantinople , Ottoman Empire . This ship was originally named Tycho Brahe . In 1891 ownership transferred to Charles Deville Wells , ( known as 'the man who broke the bank at Monte Carlo ' ) , who renamed the vessel Palais Royal . After Wells was declared bankrupt in 1893 it was sold to a Turkish owner
This list of shipwrecks in 1908 includes ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during 1908.