List of shipwrecks in 1919
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The list of shipwrecks in 1919 includes all ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during 1919.
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[edit] January
[edit] 1 January
- Iolaire (
Royal Navy): Ran aground on the Beasts of Holm, Stornoway, Scotland and sank with the loss of 205 lives.
[edit] 31 January
- Nimrod (
United Kingdom): Ran aground on the Barber Sands off the coast of Norfolk with the loss of 10 crew.
[edit] March
[edit] 4 March
- Guararema (
Brazil): Collided with Britannia ( United Kingdom) off the Ilha des Palmas, Santos, Brazil (23°59′54″S 46°19′30″W / 23.99833°S 46.325°W) and sank.[1]
[edit] 7 March
- Thor (
Royal Norwegian Navy): Ran aground off Verdens Ende and sank with the loss of two lives.
[edit] April
- Potemkin (
Soviet Navy): Russian Civil War, scuttled at Sevastopol. - Dunvegan ( United Kingdom): Driven aground at Margate, later repaired and refloated.[2]
[edit] 6 April
- Vulkan (
Kaiserliche Marine): Sank whilst under tow, North Sea off Denmark.
[edit] 9 April
- Hastier (
Belgium): Departed Brixham, England bound for Barcelona, Spain. Damaged lifeboat discovered on 21 June by Courier ( United Kingdom) and landed at Guernsey.[1]
[edit] 27 April
- Courtney (
United States Navy): Sank in the Bay of Biscay off Brest, France. - Otis W. Douglas ( United States Navy): Sank in the Bay of Biscay off Brest, France.
[edit] 28 April
- Gypsum Queen ( United States Navy): Struck a rock and sank in the Bay of Biscay off Brest, France with the loss of 15 lives.
- USS James (SP-429) ( United States Navy): Sank off Brest, France.
[edit] June
[edit] 21 June
High Seas Fleet (
Kaiserliche Marine) scuttled at Scapa Flow in aftermath of World War I
- Bayern, Derfflinger, Hindenburg, Großer Kurfürst, König, Kronprinz Wilhelm, Markgraf, Moltke, Seydlitz, Von der Tann.
[edit] July
[edit] 27 July
- May ( United States Navy): Ran aground off Cape Engano, Dominican Republic, declared a total loss.
[edit] 30 July
- G-2 ( United States Navy): Sank at her moorings, Niantic Bay Connecticut.
[edit] August
[edit] 18 August
- Dvina ( Soviet Navy): Torpedoed and sunk by British torpedo boat CMB79, Kronstadt, Soviet Union.
[edit] September
[edit] 1 September
- Vittoria ( Royal Navy): Torpedoed and sunk by Russian submarine Pantera ( Soviet Navy) off Seiskari, Finland.
[edit] 4 September
- Verulam ( Royal Navy): Struck a mine and sank off Seiskari, Finland.
[edit] 5 September
- UC-91 ( Kaiserliche Marine): Sank after a collision with Alexandra Woermann (
German Empire) at 54°21′N 10°10′E / 54.35°N 10.167°E with the loss of 17 crew. Raised on 10 September.
[edit] 8 September
[edit] 10 September
- Coco ( United States Navy): Wrecked by a hurricane, Key West, Florida.
- Patrol No. 1 ( United States Navy): Wrecked by a hurricane, Key West, Florida.
[edit] 11 September
- Helena I ( United States Navy): Wrecked by a hurricane, Key West, Florida.
[edit] 16 September
- R-6 ( United States Navy): Ran aground at New London, Connecticut. Later salvaged, repaired and returned to service.
[edit] October
[edit] 3 October
- Frank O'Connor (
United States): sank in Lake Michigan after a fire broke out.
[edit] 18 October
- H41 ( Royal Navy): Sank after collision with Vulcan (1889), Blyth, Northumberland.
[edit] 31 October
- Fazilka ( United Kingdom): Wrecked on Great Nicobar Island, India.
[edit] November
[edit] 4 November
- Lesbos ( Belgium): Ran aground on Cross Sands, off Great Yarmouth, England and was wrecked.[1]
[edit] 22 November
- Myron ( United States): Foundered off Whitefish Point on Lake Superior with the loss of 17 crew. Only the captain survived.
- Schooner Ady ( Belgium): Cargo of Coprah caught fire off Jamaica and abandoned.[3]
[edit] December
[edit] 12 December
- Kerwood ( United States Navy): Struck a mine and sank off Terschelling, the Netherlands.
[edit] Unknown date
- Valkyr ( United Kingdom): ran aground at Birchington, United Kingdom, a total loss.[2]
- Elbrus ( Soviet Navy):Raised after having been scuttled at Novorossisk in 1914, then scuttled again to prevent capture. Raised again in 1925, repaired and returned to service.[3]
[edit] See also
| Ship events in 1919 | |||||||||||
| Ship launches: | 1914 | 1915 | 1916 | 1917 | 1918 | 1919 | 1920 | 1921 | 1922 | 1923 | 1924 |
| Ship commissionings: | 1914 | 1915 | 1916 | 1917 | 1918 | 1919 | 1920 | 1921 | 1922 | 1923 | 1924 |
| Ship decommissionings: | 1914 | 1915 | 1916 | 1917 | 1918 | 1919 | 1920 | 1921 | 1922 | 1923 | 1924 |
| Shipwrecks: | 1914 | 1915 | 1916 | 1917 | 1918 | 1919 | 1920 | 1921 | 1922 | 1923 | 1924 |
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[edit] References
- ^ a b c "Belgian Merchant H-O". Belgische Koopvaardij. http://www.belgischekoopvaardij.net/belgian%20merchant%20H-O%2024.5.04.pdf. Retrieved 31 October 2010.
- ^ a b Lane, Anthony (2009). Shipwrecks of Kent. Stroud: The History Press. pp. p17, 21. ISBN 978 0 7524 1720 2.
- ^ a b "Belgian Merchant A-G". Belgische Koopvaardij. http://www.belgischekoopvaardij.net/belgian%20merchant%20A-G%2023.5.04.pdf. Retrieved 30 September 2010.
