List of shipwrecks in 1904
Ship Country Description
Boyarin Imperial Russian Navy Russo-Japanese War : The Boyarin -class protected cruiser struck a mine in Dalian Bay off Dalniy , Manchuria , China , on 11 February , killing ten crewmen , and was abandoned immediately . When she did not sink , her commanding officer ordered a destroyer to torpedo her , reaffirming the order twice when the destroyer′s commanding officer questioned scuttling a ship that was not in obvious danger of sinking . Both torpedoes fired at her missed , and she was left to drift as a derelict . Imperial Japanese Navy destroyers found her still afloat on 12 February and boarded her to remove some of her gear , again leaving her to drift unmanned in the bay . She finally sank in a storm on the evening of 12 February . An Imperial Russian Navy court of inquiry into her loss later found her commanding officer′s conduct in abandoning his ship so quickly and making no effort to save her despite her apparent continued seaworthiness to have been irregular
Gertrude United States The steamer struck rocks at Middle Francis Bend in the Chattahoochee River and sank in six feet ( 1.8 m ) of water . Raised immediately
Juniata United States The steamer was sunk by ice at Madison , Indiana , a total loss
Nagonoura Maru ( or Nakanoura Maru ) Japan 1904 Japanese illustration Sinking of the Nakanoura Maru . Russo-Japanese War : During a voyage to Otaru , Japan , the 1,804-ton merchant ship was sunk by gunfire in the Sea of Japan off the Tsugaru Strait by a cruiser squadron consisting of the armored cruisers Gromoboi , Rossia , and Rurik and the protected cruiser Bogatyr ( all Imperial Russian Navy )
New Orleans United States The steamer was damaged by ice and beached on Plum Point , Virginia . Refloated and towed to Baltimore , Maryland for repairs
Ruby Schultz Belgium The steamship was wrecked three nautical miles ( 5.6 km ) north west of Flamborough Head , Yorkshire , United Kingdom
The list of shipwrecks in 1904 includes ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during 1904.