List of shipwrecks in 1918
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The list of shipwrecks in 1918 includes ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during 1918.
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Ship | State | Description |
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Fairhaven | ![]() |
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Diana | ![]() |
The cargo ship was sunk off the coast of Norway following a boiler explosion in January or early February.[1] |
Dorothy Barrett | ![]() |
The tugboat was wrecked by ice in January–February at Richardson's Landing. Her machinery was salvaged in the Spring.[2] |
Elisha | ![]() |
The tugboat was wrecked by ice in January–February. Raised and repaired.[3] |
Hazel Watson | ![]() |
The tugboat was wrecked by ice in January–February.[4] |
Isabella | ![]() |
The icebreaker was wrecked by ice in January–February.[5] |
Kaisei Maru | ![]() |
Impounded in Sealing Cove (57°03′N 135°22′W / 57.050°N 135.367°W) on the coast of Japonski Island in Sitka, Territory of Alaska, since 1909 or 1910 for illegal seal hunting, the ship sank ca. 1918 after becoming waterlogged.[6] |
Sénégamble | ![]() |
The ship collided with another vessel and sank in February or early March.[7] |
Success | ![]() |
The sailing vessel, a fake museum ship, supposedly of an earlier career as an Australian prison ship, was sunk by ice at Carrollton, Kentucky in January–February 1918, though some sources say 1917 or 1919.[8] |
SM UB-107 | ![]() |
World War I: The Type UB III submarine struck a mine and sank in the North Sea (54°08′N 0°00′E / 54.133°N 0.000°E) between 27 July and 3 August with the loss of all 38 crew. |
SM UC-79 | ![]() |
World War I: The Type UC II submarine struck a mine and sank in the English Channel off Cap Gris Nez, Pas-de-Calais, France in late March or early April. |
Wabash | ![]() |
The tugboat was wrecked by ice in January–February.[9] |
References
- ^ "Imperial and Foreign news items". The Times. No. 41704. London. 4 February 1918. col E, p. 5. template uses deprecated parameter(s) (help)
- ^ "American Marine Engineer June, 1918". National Marine Engineers Beneficial Association of the United States. Retrieved 19 September 2020 – via Haithi Trust.
- ^ "American Marine Engineer October, 1918". National Marine Engineers Beneficial Association of the United States. Retrieved 28 September 2020 – via Haithi Trust.
- ^ "American Marine Engineer March, 1918". National Marine Engineers Beneficial Association of the United States. Retrieved 4 September 2020 – via Haithi Trust.
- ^ "American Marine Engineer March, 1918". National Marine Engineers Beneficial Association of the United States. Retrieved 4 September 2020 – via Haithi Trust.
- ^ alaskashipwreck.com Alaska Shipwrecks (K)
- ^ "Shipping losses". The Times. No. 41729. London. 5 March 1918. col A, p. 3. template uses deprecated parameter(s) (help)
- ^ "American Marine Engineer March, 1918". National Marine Engineers Beneficial Association of the United States. Retrieved 4 September 2020 – via Haithi Trust.
- ^ "American Marine Engineer March, 1918". National Marine Engineers Beneficial Association of the United States. Retrieved 4 September 2020 – via Haithi Trust.