List of shipwrecks in 1902

The list of shipwrecks in 1902 includes ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during 1902.

The gunboat was scuttled by the deliberate detonation of her aft magazine at Gonaïves, Haiti, to prevent her capture by the gunboat SMS Panther ( Imperial German Navy).

All five crew remaining on board at the time of the explosion were killed, along with an admiral and a surgeon.

Panther then fired 30 shots into her wreck to complete her destruction.

$50,000 in gold was looted from the wreck before 1907, her guns salvaged in 1907.