List of shipwrecks in 1914
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The list of shipwrecks in 1914 includes some ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during 1914. The website http://www.wrecksite.eu/Wrecksite.aspx records 460 ships lost in 1914.
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[edit] January
[edit] 10 January
- Karluk (
Royal Canadian Navy): Crushed by ice and sank off Herald Island during the Canadian Arctic Expedition.
[edit] 18 January
- A7 ( Royal Navy): Sank in Whitesand Bay, Cornwall with the loss of 11 lives.
[edit] February
[edit] 17 February
- Belgier (
Belgium): Captured and sunk by UC-17 (
Kaiserliche Marine) 30 nautical miles (56 km) west of Belle Isle[disambiguation needed 
].[1]
[edit] March
[edit] 15 March
- Barque Trifolium (
Sweden) at Whitesand Bay, Sennen, Cornwall, United Kingdom; six crewmen saved, five were drowned[2]
[edit] 19 March
- Africa ( Belgium) wrecked at Zaccarossa, Sardinia, Italy. Refloated on 2 February 1915 then scrapped.[1]
[edit] 31 March
- Southern Cross (
Canada): Sank off the east coast of Canada with the loss of 173 lives.
[edit] April
[edit] 28 April
- Werner (
Germany): collided with Rolandsbeck ( Germany) and sank in the River Elbe, Glückstadt.[3]
[edit] May
[edit] 1 May
- Dollart ( Germany): Struck wreck of Werner ( Germany) and sank in the River Elbe at Glückstadt with the loss of two crew. Later raised, repaired and returned to service.
[edit] 28 May
- Empress of Ireland ( Canada): rammed by coal freighter Storstad (
Norway) in the Gulf of St Lawrence.
[edit] 29 May
- E3 ( Royal Navy): Torpedoed and sunk by U-27 ( Kaiserliche Marine) off Borkum with the loss of 28 lives.
[edit] June
[edit] 21 June
- Elbrus (
Imperial Russian Navy): Scuttled at Novorossisk to prevent capture by Germany.[1]
[edit] August
[edit] 5 August
- Königin Luise ( Kaiserliche Marine): Scuttled in the Heligoland Bight.
[edit] 6 August
- Amphion ( Royal Navy): Struck a mine and sank with the loss of about 170 lives.
[edit] 9 August
- U-15 ( Kaiserliche Marine): Rammed by Birmingham ( Royal Navy) and sunk off Fair Isle with the loss of 23 lives.
[edit] 26 August
- Kaiser Wilhelm der Grosse ( Germany): Scuttled during the Battle of Rio de Oro, Western Sahara.
- Magdeburg ( Kaiserliche Marine): Ran aground and sank off Odensholm, Estonia with the loss of 15 lives.
[edit] 28 August
- Ariadne ( Kaiserliche Marine): Sunk in the Battle of Heligoland Bight.
- Köln ( Kaiserliche Marine): Sunk in the Battle of Heligoland Bight with the loss of 484 lives.
- Mainz ( Kaiserliche Marine): Sunk in the Battle of Heligoland Bight with the loss of 89 lives.
[edit] Unknown date
- Prince Albert ( Canada): Wrecked on Butterworth Rocks, South Dundas Island, British Colombia. Later salvaged, repaired and converted to tug J R Morgan.[4]
[edit] September
[edit] 8 September
- Oceanic ( Royal Navy) Ran aground off Foula, Shetland Islands, a total loss.
[edit] 10 September
- Indus (
United Kingdom): Captured at sea by SMS Emden ( Kaiserliche Marine) and scuttled after all crew had been taken onboard.
[edit] 13 September
- Hela ( Kaiserliche Marine): Torpedoed and sunk by E9 southwest of Heligoland with the loss of two lives.
[edit] 14 September
- Cap Trafalgar ( Kaiserliche Marine): Sunk in a battle with Carmania ( Royal Navy) with the loss of 51 lives.
[edit] 17 September
- Invincible ( Royal Navy): Sank in a storm off Portland Bill with the loss of 21 lives.
[edit] 20 September
- Pegasus ( Royal Navy): Sunk by Königsberg ( Kaiserliche Marine) in Zanzibar harbour with the loss of 38 lives.
- Yarmouth II ( Royal Navy): Driven ashore between Margate and Westgate-on-Sea, Kent.[5]
[edit] 22 September
- Aboukir ( Royal Navy): Torpedoed and sunk by U-9 ( Kaiserliche Marine) off the Dutch coast. 527 lives lost.
- Cressy ( Royal Navy): Torpedoed and sunk by U-9 ( Kaiserliche Marine) off the Dutch coast.
- Hogue ( Royal Navy): Torpedoed and sunk by U-9 ( Kaiserliche Marine) off the Dutch coast.[6]
[edit] October
[edit] 8 October
- Cervantes ( United Kingdom) captured by Karlsruhe ( Kaiserliche Marine) at 0°40′S 29°40′W / 0.667°S 29.667°W and scuttled.[1]
[edit] 10 October
- Schooner Alma A. E. Holmes (
United States): Sank after collision with SS Belfast.
[edit] 11 October
- Pallada ( Imperial Russian Navy): Torpedoed and sunk by U-26 ( Kaiserliche Marine) with the loss of 597 lives.
[edit] 15 October
- Hawke ( Royal Navy): Torpedoed and sunk by U-9 ( Kaiserliche Marine).
[edit] 15 October
- Takachiho (
Imperial Japanese Navy): Torpedoed and sunk by S-90 ( Kaiserliche Marine) during the Siege of Tsingtao with loss of 271 lives.
[edit] 20 October
- Glitra ( United Kingdom): Stopped by U-17, searched and sunk under prize rules, crew allowed to take to lifeboats.
[edit] 27 October
- Audacious ( Royal Navy: Sunk near Northern Ireland by a mine laid by SMS Berlin.
[edit] 28 October
- Zhemchug ( Imperial Russian Navy): Torpedoed and sunk by Emden ( Kaiserliche Marine) during the Battle of Penang, Straits Settlement with the loss of 89 lives.
[edit] 30 October
- Rohilla (
United Kingdom): Struck Whitby Rock, off Saltwick and sank with the loss of 85 lives.
[edit] 31 October
- Hermes ( Royal Navy): Torpedoed and sunk by U-27 ( Kaiserliche Marine) with the loss of 22 lives.
[edit] November
[edit] 1 November
- Monmouth ( Royal Navy): Sank at the Battle of Coronel off the coast of Chile.[6]
- Good Hope ( Royal Navy): Sank at the Battle of Coronel off the coast of Chile. Combined loss of 1570 with no survivors from either ship.
[edit] 3 November
- D5 ( Royal Navy): Hit a mine and sank off Great Yarmouth with the loss of 20 lives.
[edit] 4 November
- Karlsruhe ( Kaiserliche Marine): Suffered and internal explosion and sank.
- Yorck ( Kaiserliche Marine): Struck a mine and sank with the loss of 336 lives.
[edit] 17 November
- Friedrich Carl ( Kaiserliche Marine): Hit a mine and sank of Memel, Lithuania with the loss of eight lives.
[edit] 25 November
- D2 ( Royal Navy): Rammed and sunk by a German patrol boat off Borkum with the loss of 25 lives.
[edit] 26 November
- Bulwark ( Royal Navy): Sunk by an internal explosion off Sheerness, Kent with the loss of 738 lives.
[edit] December
[edit] 8 December
- Gneisenau ( Kaiserliche Marine): Sunk during the Battle of the Falkland Islands with the loss of 588 lives.
- Leipzig ( Kaiserliche Marine): Sunk during the Battle of the Falkland Islands with the loss of 268 lives.
- Nürnberg ( Kaiserliche Marine): Sunk during the Battle of the Falkland Islands.
- Scharnhorst ( Kaiserliche Marine): Sunk during the Battle of the Falkland Islands with the loss of 860 lives.
[edit] 13 December
- Mesudiye (
Ottoman Navy): Torpedoed and sunk by B11 ( Royal Navy) with the loss of 37 lives.
[edit] 18 December
- U-5 ( Kaiserliche Marine): Sank off Belgium with the loss of 29 lives.
[edit] 20 December
- Montrose ( United Kingdom): Wrecked on the Goodwin Sands, off the coast of Kent.
[edit] Unknown date
- Dyle ( United Kingdom): Sunk as a blockship, Scapa Flow, Orkney Islands. Raised and scrapped in 1919.[1]
[edit] References
- ^ a b c d e "Belgian Merchant A-G". Belgische Koopvaardij. http://www.belgischekoopvaardij.net/belgian%20merchant%20A-G%2023.5.04.pdf. Retrieved 30 September 2010.
- ^ Noall, C. (1968?) Cornish Shipwrecks Illustrated. Truro: Tor Mark Press; pp. 24-25
- ^ "The Marine Insurance Market" The Times (London). Monday, 4 May 1914. Issue 40514, col G, p. 23.
- ^ Heaton, K E (8 July 2004). "Shipwrecks in British Columbia's Waters". http://www.harlowmarine.com/app/newsletter/view_article/19,2.html. Retrieved 21 April 2011.
- ^ Lane, Anthony (2009). Shipwrecks of Kent. Stroud: The History Press. pp. p19. ISBN 978 0 7524 1720 2.
- ^ a b Carter, C (1998). The Port of Penzance. A History. Lydney: Black Drawf Publications.
[edit] See also
| Ship events in 1914 | |||||||||||
| Ship launches: | 1909 | 1910 | 1911 | 1912 | 1913 | 1914 | 1915 | 1916 | 1917 | 1918 | 1919 |
| Ship commissionings: | 1909 | 1910 | 1911 | 1912 | 1913 | 1914 | 1915 | 1916 | 1917 | 1918 | 1919 |
| Ship decommissionings: | 1909 | 1910 | 1911 | 1912 | 1913 | 1914 | 1915 | 1916 | 1917 | 1918 | 1919 |
| Shipwrecks: | 1909 | 1910 | 1911 | 1912 | 1913 | 1914 | 1915 | 1916 | 1917 | 1918 | 1919 |
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