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The list of shipwrecks in November 1914 includes some ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during November 1914.
1 November
- Frederica (
United Kingdom): World War I: The cargo ship was shelled and set afire at Novorossisk, Russia by Hamidiye (
Ottoman Navy). She was consequently scuttled.[1] - HMS Good Hope (
Royal Navy): World War I: Battle of Coronel: The Drake-class cruiser was shelled and sunk in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of Chile by SMS Gneisenau and SMS Nürnberg (both 
Imperial German Navy) with the loss of all 900 crew. - HMS Monmouth ( Royal Navy): World War I: Battle of Coronel: The Monmouth-class cruiser was shelled and sunk in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of Chile by SMS Gneisenau and SMS Nürnberg (both Imperial German Navy) with the loss of all 678 crew.
2 November
- SMS Kaiserin Elisabeth (
Austro-Hungarian Navy): World War I: The Kaiser Franz Joseph I-class cruiser was scuttled at Tsingtao, China. - Van Dyck ( United Kingdom: World War I: The refrigerated cargo liner was scuttled in the Atlantic Ocean (approximately 1°S 4°W / 1°S 4°W) by SMS Karlsruhe ( Imperial German Navy). Her crew were taken as prisoners of war.[2]
3 November
- Copious ( United Kingdom): World War I: The drifter struck a mine and sank in the North Sea off Great Yarmouth, Norfolk with the loss of nine of her ten crew.[3]
- HMS D5 ( Royal Navy): World War I: The D-class submarine struck a mine and sank in the North Sea off Great Yarmouth with the loss of twenty of her 25 crew.
- Fraternal ( United Kingdom): World War I: The drifter struck a mine and sank in the North Sea off Great Yarmouth with the loss of six of her ten crew.[3]
- HMT Ivanhoe ( Royal Navy): The naval trawler ran aground and was wrecked off Leith, Lothian.[4]
- Will and Maggie ( United Kingdom): World War I: The trawler struck a mine and sank in the North Sea 17 nautical miles (31 km) north east by north of Lowestoft, Suffolk with the loss of three of her crew.[5]
4 November
- HMS Hood ( Royal Navy): World War I: The Royal Sovereign-class battleship was sunk as a blockship in Portland Harbour, Dorset.
- SMS Karlsruhe ( Imperial German Navy): The Karlsruhe-class cruiser suffered an internal explosion and sank in the Atlantic Ocean (11°07′N 55°25′W / 11.117°N 55.417°W with the loss of 133 of her 373 crew. Survivors were rescued by Rio Negro ( Imperial German Navy).
- SMS Yorck ( Imperial German Navy): World War I: The Roon-class armored cruiser struck a mine in the North Sea off Wilhelmshaven, Lower Saxony and sank with the loss of 336 of her 629 crew.
5 November
- HMT Mary ( Royal Navy): World War I: The naval trawler struck a mine and sank in the North Sea off Cromer, Norfolk with the loss of eight of her fourteen crew. Survivors were rescued by HMT Columbia and HMT Driversunk (both Royal Navy).[6]
6 November
- SMS T25 ( Imperial German Navy): The S7-class torpedo boat collided with SMS T72 ( Imperial German Navy) and sank in the North Sea.[7]
9 November
- Ayesha ( United Kingdom): World War I: The sailing vessel was captured in the Indian Ocean off North Keeling Island by SMS Emden ( Imperial German Navy). She was scuttled on 14 December.[8]
- SMS Emden ( Imperial German Navy): World War I: Battle of Cocos: The Dresden-class cruiser was shelled and damaged in the Indian Ocean by HMAS Sydney (
Royal Australian Navy). She was beached on North Keeling Island with the loss of 134 of her 360 crew.
10 November
- Speculator ( United Kingdom): World War I: The fishing smack struck a mine and sank in the North Sea off the coast of Norfolk with the loss of five of her crew.[5]
11 November
- HMS Niger ( Royal Navy): World War I: The minesweeper was torpedoed and sunk in the English Channel off Deal, Kent by SM U-12 ( Imperial German Navy) with the loss of a crew member.[9]
12 November
- Duchesse de Guiche (
France): The coaster foundered in the English Channel off Le Havre, Seine-Maritime with the loss of eleven of her crew.[10]
15 November
- Kenilworth ( United Kingdom): The cargo ship ran aground on the Black Middens, in the North Sea off the coast of Northumberland. Her crew were taken off by lifeboats.[11]
16 November
- North Wales ( United Kingdom): World War I: The cargo ship was scuttled in the Pacific Ocean 360 nautical miles (670 km) south west of Valparaiso, Chile by SMS Dresden ( Imperial German Navy).[8]
17 November
- SMS Friedrich Carl ( Imperial German Navy): World War I: The Prinz Adalbert-class armored cruiser struck a mine in the Baltic Sea off Memel, East Prussia and sank with the loss of eight of her 586 crew.
- Mateus (
Russia): The schooner foundered in the Bay of Biscay. Her crew were rescued by Diciembre (
Spain).[12]
18 November
- Dirigo (
United States): The coaster foundered in the Pacific Ocean.[13] - Petrel ( United Kingdom): The schooner foundered at Castletown, Isle of Man. Her crew were rescued.[14]
- Seymolicus ( United Kingdom): World War I: The trawler struck a mine and sank in the North Sea off the coast of Norfolk with the loss of nine of her crew.[5]
- Thistle ( United Kingdom): The cargo liner ran aground in the River Foyle, County Londonderry. Her passengers were taken off.[15] She was refloated the next day.[16]
19 November
- Madeira ( United Kingdom): The cargo ship foundered in the Bay of Biscay 30 nautical miles (56 km) off Brest, Finistère, France. Her crew were rescued by Mars (
Norway).[15]
20 November
- Lord Carnarvon ( United Kingdom): World War I: The trawler struck a mine and sank in the North Sea off Great Yarmouth, Norfolk with the loss of ten of her crew.[5]
21 November
- HMT Spider ( Royal Navy): The naval trawler was driven ashore at Lowestoft, Suffolk and was wrecked. All thirteen crew were rescued by the lifeboat Kentwell (
Royal National Lifeboat Institution.[17]
22 November
- HMT Condor ( Royal Navy): World War I: The naval trawler struck a mine and sank in the North Sea.[18][19]
23 November
- Malachite ( United Kingdom): World War I: The coaster was shelled and sunk in the English Channel 4 nautical miles (7.4 km) north by west of Cap de la Heve, Seine-Maritime, France by SM U-21 ( Imperial German Navy). Her crew survived.[8][20]
- Ormesby ( Russia: The cargo ship was wrecked on the Orlow Banks.[21]
- SMS S124 ( Imperial German Navy): World War I: The destroyer was rammed and damaged in the North Sea by Anglo-Dane ( United Kingdom) and was consequently beached on the Swedish coast.[22]
- SM U-18 ( Imperial German Navy): World War I: The Type U 17 submarine was rammed in Hoxa Sound (58°41′N 2°55′W / 58.683°N 2.917°W) by HMT Dorothy Grey ( Royal Navy) and was consequently scuttled due to damage received with the loss of one of her 25 crew.
24 November
- Hanalei ( United States): The passenger ship ran aground on the Duxbury Reef, in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of California, and was wrecked with the loss of eighteen lives.[23]
25 November
- HMS D2 ( Royal Navy): World War I: The D-class submarine was rammed and sunk by a German patrol boat off Borkum, Denmark with the loss of all 25 crew.
26 November
- HMS Bulwark ( Royal Navy): The Formidable-class battleship was sunk in the River Medway off Sheerness, Kent by an internal explosion with the loss of 738 of her 750 crew.
- Nygaard ( Norway): The cargo ship ran aground at Esbjerg, Denmark. She sank on or about 6 December.[24][25]
- Primo ( United Kingdom): The cargo ship was shelled and sunk in the English Channel 6 nautical miles (11 km) north west by north of Cap d'Antifer, Seine-Maritime, France by SM U-21 ( Imperial German Navy). Her crew survived.[8][26]
27 November
- Khartoum ( United Kingdom): World War I: The cargo ship struck a mine and sank in the North Sea 20 nautical miles (37 km) east south east of Spurn Point, Yorkshire.[8]
29 November
- Albany (
Germany): The cargo ship was destroyed by fire at Syracuse, Sicily, Italy.[27]
30 November
- SMS S124 ( Imperial German Navy): The S90-class torpedo boat collided with Anglodane (
Denmark) and sank in the Baltic Sea with the loss of a crew member.[7]
Unknown date
- Elim ( Norway): The barque was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean some time after 17 November. She was reported derelict on 25 November at 42°46′N 10°28′W / 42.767°N 10.467°W).[21]
- Weimar ( United Kingdom): The cargo ship ran aground on Hitra, Sør-Trøndelag, Norway on or before 16 November.[13] She was refloated on 25 November.[21]
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