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Draft:List of sunken ships in the 1910s

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There are many ships that were at one point sunken either by a torpedo, involved in a collision or scuttled by a group/company for varying factors. Each of these ships that had sunk are all listed by operator. These ships are listed by date and year within the 1910s.

List

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Atlantic Transport Line

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Image Name Build date Builder Date of sinking Cause of sinking Location Notes Refs.
SS Minnetonka 1901 Harland & Wolff, Belfast, Ireland January 30, 1918 Torpedoed by U-64 submarine Malta [1]
SS Sierra Blanca 1904

Cunard Line

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Image Name Build date Builder Date of sinking Cause of sinking Location Notes Refs.
RMS Franconia July 23, 1910 Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson, Newcastle upon Tyne October 4, 1916 Sunk by a UB-47 195 mi (314 km; 314,000,000 mm; 314,000 m; 12,400,000 in; 31,400,000 cm) east of Malta [2]
RMS Lusitania August 17, 1904 – June 7, 1906 John Brown & Company, Clydebank, Glasgow, Scotland May 7, 1915 Torpedoed by an SM U-20 Celtic Sea, near Old Head of Kinsale, Ireland [3][note 1]
SS Lycia 1896 Sir Raylton Dixon & Co. Ltd., Middlesbrough, North Yorkshire, England February 11, 1917 Captured and sunk by bombs sent from an SM UC-65 St. George's Channel [4][5]
SS Thracia August 30, 1898 – November 1898 Sir Raylton Dixon & Co. Ltd., Middlesbrough, North Yorkshire, England March 27, 1917 Torpedoed by SM UC-69 Off the coast of France [6][7]
RMS Carpathia September 10, 1901 – February 1903 C.S. Swan & Hunter, Wallsend, England July 17, 1918 Torpedoed by a SM U-55 120 mi (190 km; 190,000,000 mm; 190,000 m; 19,000,000 cm) west of Fastnet, Ireland Nicknamed "Titanic's Hero" [8]

White Star Line

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Vessel Wreck Name Build date Builder Date of sinking Cause of sinking Location Notes Refs.
RMS Titanic March 31, 1909–April 2, 1912 Harland & Wolff, Belfast, Ireland April 14th–15th, 1912 Striking an Iceberg North Atlantic Ocean [9][note 2]
HMHS Britannic November 31, 1911–December 12, 1915 Harland & Wolff, Belfast, Ireland November 21, 1916 Striking a sea mine Off the Island of Kea based at the Aegean Sea [10]
SS Vaderland/SS Southland 1900 John Brown & Company, Clydebank, Glasgow, Scotland June 4, 1917 Torpedoed by U-70 submarine 140 nautical miles (260 km) northwest of Tory Island off the Irish.
SS Delphic 1897 Harland & Wolff, Belfast, Ireland August 16, 1917 Torpedoed by UC-72 submarine Off Bishop Rock, Isles of Scilly [11]

Notes

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  1. ^ See Sinking of the Lusitania
  2. ^ See Sinking of the Titanic

References

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  1. ^ "Minnetonka". www.theyard.info. Retrieved 2024-07-05.
  2. ^ "The Lewiston Daily Sun". Maine: Sun Journal (Lewiston). 4 October 1916. p. 14. Retrieved 21 November 2014.
  3. ^ Preston, D (2003). Wilful Murder. The Sinking of the Lusitania. London : Black Swan. ISBN 978-0-552-99886-4.
  4. ^ "Lycia Cargo Ship (1896-1917)". www.wrecksite.eu. Retrieved 2024-06-07.
  5. ^ Cunard Liners. Cunard Line. pp. 81–82. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2024-07-08. Retrieved 2024-07-08.
  6. ^ Shipwrecks Of The Cunard Line. pp. 54–56.
  7. ^ Cunard Liners. Cunard Line. pp. 121–122. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2024-07-08. Retrieved 2024-07-08.
  8. ^ "RMS Carpathia (1903)". www.tynebuiltships.co.uk. Retrieved 2024-07-06.
  9. ^ "Titanic". www.theyard.info. Retrieved 2024-06-28.
  10. ^ "HMHS Britannic". www.theyard.info. Retrieved 2024-06-29.
  11. ^ "Delphic". www.theyard.info. Retrieved 2024-06-28.
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