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The list of shipwrecks in December 1918 includes ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during December 1918.

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1 December

List of shipwrecks: 1 December 1918
Ship State Description
Einswarden  Imperial German Navy The Einswarden-class Vorpostenboot was sunk by mines in the German Bight.[1]

2 December

List of shipwrecks: 2 December 1918
Ship State Description
Tours  France The ship ran aground in Deepslade Bay. She was on a voyage from Saint-Nazaire, Loire-Inférieure to Swansea, Glamorgan, United Kingdom. Tours was refloated on 29 June 1919.[2]

3 December

List of shipwrecks: 3 December 1918
Ship State Description
Mineola  United States The forward half of the steamer (she had been cut in two to facilitate passage through the Welland Canal) foundered in a severe snowstorm in Lake Ontario five miles (8.0 km) south of Duck Island. Lost with all 11 hands.[3]

5 December

List of shipwrecks: 5 December 1918
Ship State Description
HMS Cassandra  Royal Navy Russian Civil War: British campaign in the Baltic: The Template:Sclass2- struck a mine and sank in the Gulf of Finland with the loss of ten of her 400 crew.[4]

7 December

List of shipwrecks: 7 December 1918
Ship State Description
Gerisoles  United States The cargo ship foundered in Lake Superior with the loss of all hands.[5]
Inkerman  United States The cargo ship foundered in Lake Superior with the loss of all hands.[5]

8 December

List of shipwrecks: 8 December 1918
Ship State Description
Minola  United States The cargo ship foundered in Lake Ontario.[5]
North West  United States The cargo ship foundered in Lake Ontario.[5]

9 December

List of shipwrecks: 9 December 1918
Ship State Description
Eva C. Dominion of Newfoundland Newfoundland The schooner was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean (42°00′N 86°00′W / 42.000°N 86.000°W / 42.000; -86.000). Her crew were rescued.[6]

10 December

List of shipwrecks: 10 December 1918
Ship State Description
Moto  United Kingdom The cargo ship collided with a warship and sank in the North Sea 20 nautical miles (37 km) north of the mouth of the River Tyne. Her crew were rescued.[7]

12 December

List of shipwrecks: 12 December 1918
Ship State Description
Helen Stewart  United Kingdom The schooner was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean 12 nautical miles (22 km) north of Graciosa, Canary Islands, Spain. Her eight crew survived.[8]

13 December

List of shipwrecks: 13 December 1918
Ship State Description
Rudmore  United Kingdom The cargo ship collided with Crown of Galicia ( United Kingdom) and sank in the River Thames at Purfleet, Essex. Her crew were rescued.[9]

15 December

List of shipwrecks: 15 December 1918
Ship State Description
Grecian Prince  United Kingdom The trawler struck a mine and sank in the North Sea with the loss of six of her eight crew.[10]
Sehome  United States The passenger ship collided with General Frisbie ( United States) and sank in San Francisco Bay with the loss of two of her crew.[6]

16 December

List of shipwrecks: 16 December 1918
Ship State Description
Nils  Norway The cargo ship struck a submerged wreck at New York, United States and was beached.[8]
Tacoma  United States Out of service and anchored with no one on board in the harbor at Metlakatla in Southeast Alaska, the 11-ton, 35.7-foot (10.9 m) fishing vessel broke loose from her anchorage during a gale and drifted onto a reef in the harbor, where waves battered her to pieces.[11]

17 December

List of shipwrecks: 17 December 1918
Ship State Description
Margaret Ann  United Kingdom The schooner was abandoned in the Irish Sea off the Crow Rock.[8]

21 December

List of shipwrecks: 21 December 1918
Ship State Description
Killarney  United States The 13-gross register ton motor vessel departed Petersburg, Territory of Alaska, bound for a cannery at Thomas Bay in Southeast Alaska with three people and a cargo of approximately five tons of salt, coal, cans, and groceries aboard and was never seen again.[12]

24 December

List of shipwrecks: 24 December 1918
Ship State Description
Aryan  United States The barque burned in the Pacific Ocean 260 miles (420 km) east of the Chatham Islands. One lifeboat with her captain and 12 people reached Kaingaroa, Chatham Islands. The other lifeboat with nine crewmen never reached land.[13][14]

26 December

List of shipwrecks: 26 December 1918
Ship State Description
Spartak  Soviet Navy Russian Civil War: British campaign in the Baltic: Battle of Revel: The Template:Sclass- ran aground on the Develsej Bank on the approaches to Tallinn while under pursuit by HMS Calypso and HMS Caradoc (both  Royal Navy) and was captured. Refloated and transferred to Estonia as Wambola ( Estonian Navy).[15][16]

27 December

List of shipwrecks: 27 December 1918
Ship State Description
USS Teaser  United States Navy The patrol vessel was destroyed by fire in Hampton Roads, Virginia.

28 December

List of shipwrecks: 28 December 1918
Ship State Description
USS Tenadores  United States Navy The cargo ship ran aground on the Île d'Yeu, Vendée, France. Salvage efforts were abandoned on 2 January 1919.

29 December

List of shipwrecks: 29 December 1918
Ship State Description
Merida  United Kingdom The cargo ship was wrecked in the English Channel off Le Touquet, Pas-de-Calais, France.[17]

Unknown date

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1918
Ship State Description
Benito Juarez  United States The steamer foundered in a north east gale in Pacific Ocean off Molokai, Hawaii (21°36′00″N 156°11′00″W / 21.60000°N 156.18333°W / 21.60000; -156.18333) on either 3, 10, or 12 December. Nine crewmen were killed.[18][7][19]
N F Co. No. 1  United States The 30-ton scow was wrecked in Washington Bay (56°43′00″N 134°23′20″W / 56.71667°N 134.38889°W / 56.71667; -134.38889 (Washington Bay)) in Southeast Alaska.[20]
Pioneer  United States With no one on board, the 11-gross register ton, 33.5-foot (10.2 m) fishing vessel sank in the harbor at Metlakatla, Territory of Alaska.[21]
U-3  United Kingdom The Type U-3 submarine foundered while under tow.
Yâdigâr-ı-Millet (aka Jadhigar-i-Millet)  Ottoman Navy The salvaged Template:Sclass- sank at her dock at İstanbul, Turkey. Raised in 1924 and scrapped.[22]

References

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  2. ^ Tovey, Ron. "A Chronology of Bristol Channel Shipwrecks" (PDF). Swansea Docks. Archived from the original (PDF) on 22 December 2014. Retrieved 22 December 2014.
  3. ^ "Annual report of the Supervising Inspector-general Steamboat-inspection Service, Year ending June 30, 1919". Harvard University. Retrieved 14 August 2019.
  4. ^ "Soviet Naval Battles during Civil War (Redone)". Soviet-Empire. Retrieved 15 May 2018.
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  6. ^ a b "Casualty reports". The Times. No. 41975. London. 17 December 1918. col D, p. 16. template uses deprecated parameter(s) (help)
  7. ^ a b "Casualty reports". The Times. No. 41972. London. 13 December 1918. col E, p. 14. template uses deprecated parameter(s) (help)
  8. ^ a b c "Casualty reports". The Times. No. 41976. London. 18 December 1918. col D, p. 14. template uses deprecated parameter(s) (help)
  9. ^ "Casualty reports". The Times. No. 41973. London. 14 December 1918. col F, p. 14. template uses deprecated parameter(s) (help)
  10. ^ "Trawler mined and sunk". The Times. No. 41974. London. 16 December 1918. col A, p. 8. template uses deprecated parameter(s) (help)
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  12. ^ alaskashipwreck.com Alaska Shipwrecks (K)
  13. ^ "Annual report of the Supervising Inspector-general Steamboat-inspection Service, Year ending June 30, 1919". Harvard University. Retrieved 14 August 2019.
  14. ^ "Aryan (+1918)". Wrecksite. Retrieved 14 August 2019.
  15. ^ "Soviet Naval Battles during Civil War (Redone)". Soviet-Empire. Retrieved 17 May 2018.
  16. ^ "Kapitan Izylmetyev Destroyers (1916-1928)". Navypedia. Retrieved 17 May 2018.
  17. ^ "Merida". Uboat.net. Retrieved 17 October 2012.
  18. ^ "Annual report of the Supervising Inspector-general Steamboat-inspection Service, Year ending June 30, 1919". Harvard University. Retrieved 14 August 2019.
  19. ^ "Benito Juarez (+1918)". Wrecksite. Retrieved 14 August 2019.
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  21. ^ alaskashipwreck.com Alaska Shipwrecks (P)
  22. ^ "Muavenet-I Milliye destroyers (1910), Torpedo Ships, Ottoman/Turkish Navy". Navypedia. Retrieved 14 June 2018.
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