List of shipwrecks in 1912
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The list of shipwrecks in 1912 includes ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during 1912.
| 1912 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr |
| May | Jun | Jul | Aug |
| Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
| Unknown date | |||
January[edit]
7 January[edit]
| Ship | Country | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Ayintab | Italo-Turkish War: Battle of Kunfuda Bay: The Taskopru-class gunboat was sunk by Piemonte and Atigliere (both | |
| Bafra | Italo-Turkish War: Battle of Kunfuda Bay: The Taskopru-class gunboat was sunk by Piemonte and Atigliere (both | |
| Gökcedag | Italo-Turkish War: Battle of Kunfuda Bay: The Taskopru-class gunboat was sunk by Piemonte and Atigliere (both | |
| Kastamonu | Italo-Turkish War: Battle of Kunfuda Bay: The Kastamonu-class gunboat was sunk by Piemonte and Atigliere (both | |
| Muha | Italo-Turkish War: Battle of Kunfuda Bay: The gunboat was destroyed in action with Italian warships near Al Qunfudhah, Ottoman Arabia. | |
| Ordu | Italo-Turkish War: Battle of Kunfuda Bay: The Taskopru-class gunboat was sunk by Piemonte and Atigliere (both | |
| Refahiye | Italo-Turkish War: Battle of Kunfuda Bay: The Taskopru-class gunboat was sunk by Piemonte and Atigliere (both | |
| Sipka | Italo-Turkish War: Battle of Kunfuda Bay: The armed yacht was sunk by Piemonte and Atigliere (both |
23 January[edit]
| Ship | Country | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Calderon | Collided with Musketeer ( |
26 January[edit]
| Ship | Country | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Black Head | The cargo ship was wrecked on the Tein Reef, off Bornholm, Denmark. She was on a voyage from Riga, Russia to Belfast, County Antrim.[9] |
February[edit]
2 February[edit]
| Ship | Country | Description |
|---|---|---|
| HMS A3 | The A-class submarine was accidentally rammed and sunk by the submarine tender HMS Hazard ( |
4 February[edit]
| Ship | Country | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Consols | British steamer laden with cotton from Galveston for Hamburg, caught fire and sank approximately 40 miles south of Cape Henry. All crew were rescued.[10] |
12 February[edit]
| Ship | Country | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Maud | The Fleetwood trawler drifted ashore at Kynance Cove, Cornwall, when her tow broke.[11] |
17 February[edit]
| Ship | Country | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Charioteer | The tug foundered in the Bristol Channel with the loss of all five crew.[12] |
18 February[edit]
| Ship | Country | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Erne | The full-rigged ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean with the loss of ten of her nineteen crew. She was on a voyage from Boston, Massachusetts, United States to Buenos Aires, Argentina.[13] |
24 February[edit]
| Ship | Country | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Ankara | Italo-Turkish War: Battle of Beirut: The Antalya-class torpedo boat was sunk by gunfire in Beirut harbour by the armored cruisers Francesco Ferruccio and Giuseppe Garibaldi (both | |
| Avnillâh | Italo-Turkish War: Battle of Beirut: The hulked former Avnillah-class casemate ironclad coast defense vessel was damaged by gunfire by armored cruisers Francesco Ferruccio and Giuseppe Garibaldi (both | |
| Unidentified | Italo-Turkish War: Battle of Beirut: Six lighters were sunk by a torpedo while tied up to the Mole in Beirut harbour by the armored cruiser Giuseppe Garibaldi ( |
29 February[edit]
| Ship | Country | Description |
|---|---|---|
| H. K. Bedford | The passenger steamer became caught in an ice floe and sank in the Ohio River 8 miles (13 km) upstream from Marietta, Ohio. |
March[edit]
5 March[edit]
| Ship | Country | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Bessie | The Truro registered three-masted schooner was forced to shelter in Newquay Bay, Cornwall in a strong north wind and drifted ashore when her anchor fouled. Two of the crew were saved by breeches buoy, the others clambered up the 100 ft (30 m) cliff on the cliff ladder. She was on a voyage from Ballincurragh, County Cork to Penryn.[18] | |
| Illawarra | The full-rigged ship was abandoned whilst on a voyage from Leith, Lothian, United Kingdom to Coquimbo, Chile.[19] |
12 March[edit]
| Ship | Country | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Oceana | Sank after a collision with Pisagua ( | |
| Wendur | The Glasgow sailing vessel struck the southern most rock of the Seven Stones Reef while carrying grain from Plymouth, Devon. Three of the twenty-one crew lost their lives. She held the record for the fastest voyage between Newcastle and Valparaiso.[20] |
20 March[edit]
| Ship | Country | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Koombana | The passenger, cargo, and mail steamer disappeared in a tropical cyclone in the Indian Ocean off the coast of Western Australia during a voyage from Port Hedland to Broome with the loss of all 150 people on board. |
21 March[edit]
| Ship | Country | Description |
|---|---|---|
| City of Cardiff | Wrecked at Nanjizal on the west coast of Cornwall.[21] All on board were rescued.[22] |
23 March[edit]
| Ship | Country | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Pollux | Sunk in the Skaggerak, near Hanstholm in collision with German battleship Elsass |
April[edit]
2 April[edit]
| Ship | Country | Description |
|---|---|---|
| USS Santee | The school ship sank at her berth at the United States Naval Academy in Annapolis, Maryland. She was refloated six months later and was burned as a means of disposal and scrapping in 1913. |
6 April[edit]
| Ship | Country | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Gunvor |
Wrecked on the Pedn-Men-an-Mor rocks, Black Head, The Lizard, Cornwall, United Kingdom. Her crew scrambled to safety.[23][24] | |
| Mildred | The barquentine struck rocks at Gurnard's Head, Cornwall in dense fog and sank with her sails set. No lives lost.[23] |
7 April[edit]
| Ship | Country | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Rhenania | She was wrecked on Burhou Island, Channel Islands when en route from Rotterdam for Bilbao.[25][26] |
15 April[edit]
| Ship | Country | Description |
|---|---|---|
| RMS Titanic | The Olympic-class ocean liner, the largest ship launched at the time, sank during her maiden voyage. A total of 1,514 lives were lost; 710 people survived. |
29 April[edit]
| Ship | Country | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Texas | Italo-Turkish War: The passenger/cargo ship was sunk by a mine in the entrance to the Gulf of Smyrna. 65 passengers and crew were killed and 70 rescued.[27][28] |
May[edit]
12 May[edit]
| Ship | Country | Description |
|---|---|---|
| HMS A3 | The refloated wreck of the A-class submarine was sunk as a gunnery target in the English Channel near Portland Bill. |
20 May[edit]
| Ship | Country | Description |
|---|---|---|
| USLHT Armeria | Lighthouse tender was wrecked off of Cape Hinchinbrook Light, Alaska, while landing supplies.[29] |
21 May[edit]
| Ship | Country | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Lord Lansdowne | The cargo ship was wrecked on Cobbler's Reef, Barbados. She was on a voyage from Norfolk, Virginia, United States to Barbados.[30] |
Unknown date[edit]
| Ship | Country | Description |
|---|---|---|
| USS Pensacola | The decommissioned screw steamer was burned and sunk in San Francisco Bay off Hunter's Point, San Francisco, California, by the United States Navy in early May as a means of disposal. | |
| Semendar | Italo-Turkish War: The minelaying naval tugboat was sunk by mines in the Dardanelles in the middle of the month.[31] |
June[edit]
2 June[edit]
| Ship | Country | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Friendship | The cargo ship ran aground at Tweed Heads, New South Wales, Australia. She was refloated, repaired, and returned to service. |
8 June[edit]
| Ship | Country | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Vendémiaire | The Pluviôse-class submarine was rammed near Cherbourg by the battleship Saint Louis ( |
26 June[edit]
| Ship | Country | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Naniwa | The Naniwa-class protected cruiser was wrecked on the coast of Uruppu (46°30′N 150°10′E / 46.500°N 150.167°E) in the Kurile Islands. |
July[edit]
Unknown date[edit]
| Ship | Country | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Transporter | The North Shields ship in ballast from St Nazaire to the Tyne for coal went ashore in thick fog, to the south of Mousehole, Cornwall. The salvage steamer Lady of the Isles hauled her clear and she resumed her journey undamaged.[32] |
August[edit]
8 August[edit]
| Ship | Country | Description |
|---|---|---|
| G W Wolff | The full-rigged ship was wrecked on Prime Seal Island, Tasmania with the loss of her captain.[33] | |
| HMS Holland 5 | The decommissioned Holland-class submarine sank in the English Channel off Beachy Head while under tow to the breaker's yard. |
17 August[edit]
| Ship | Country | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Leafield | The cargo ship ran aground on a rocky islet in Georgian Bay near Beausoleil Island, Ontario, Canada. She was refloated and repaired, and she returned to service about two months later.[34] |
26 August[edit]
| Ship | Country | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Marnix | Struck uncharted rocks at Umba, Russia (66°21′N 35°36′E / 66.350°N 35.600°E) and wrecked.[35] |
31 August[edit]
| Ship | Country | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Kursk | Ran aground in a storm at Ouddorp, Netherlands. Thirty-two people killed.[36] |
September[edit]
1 September[edit]
| Ship | Country | Description |
|---|---|---|
| HMS Waterwitch | The Admiralty survey vessel sank after she was rammed by the governor's launch while anchored in Singapore Harbour. |
3 September[edit]
| Ship | Country | Description |
|---|---|---|
| HMS Holland 4 | The decommissioned Holland-class submarine foundered while under tow. She was salvaged for use as a gunnery target. |
5 September[edit]
| Ship | Country | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Esperance | The schooner capsized in the Bristol Channel. Her five crew and the ship's dog were rescued by the trawler Picton Castle ( |
14 September[edit]
| Ship | Country | Description |
|---|---|---|
| SMS G171 | The G169-class torpedo boat was sunk in a collision with SMS Zähringen ( |
28 September[edit]
| Ship | Country | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Kiche Maru | The steam passenger ship sank off the coast of Japan during a typhoon with over 1,000 dead. |
October[edit]
4 October[edit]
| Ship | Country | Description |
|---|---|---|
| HMS B2 | The B-class submarine collided with the passenger liner Amerika ( |
16 October[edit]
| Ship | Country | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Nicaragua | The cargo ship was wrecked on Padre Island, Texas, during a storm in the Gulf of Mexico. | |
| Ralph Creyke | The Ouse Steamship Company passenger-cargo ship sank near Flushing after a collision with the steamer Viking ( |
20 October[edit]
| Ship | Country | Description |
|---|---|---|
| No. 9 and No. 10 | Italo-Turkish War: The No. 1-class motor gunboats were lost on this date.[39] |
31 October[edit]
| Ship | Country | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Feth-i Bülend | First Balkan War: The accommodation hulk, a former Feth-i Bülend-class ironclad coast defense vessel, was torpedoed and sunk in Thessaloniki harbour by NF-11 ( | |
| Teleorman | The longboat Teleorman sank in the Danube; 44 soldiers died. |
November[edit]
10 November[edit]
| Ship | Country | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Seddulbahir | First Balkan War: The Taskopru-class gunboat was sunk by a Greek torpedo boat at Avila, north of Smyrna.[41] |
12 November[edit]
| Ship | Country | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Oravia | The passenger ship ran aground off Port Stanley, Falkland Islands. She was abandoned on 16 November. Oravia was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Callao, Peru.[42] |
23 November[edit]
| Ship | Country | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Rouse Simmons | The three-masted schooner sank during a storm on Lake Michigan off Two Rivers, Wisconsin, with the loss of all hands. |
28 November[edit]
| Ship | Country | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Friendship | The cargo ship ran aground and sank at the entrance to the Tweed River at Tweed Heads, New South Wales, Australia. There were no injuries or fatalities among her crew.[43] |
December[edit]
7 December[edit]
| Ship | Country | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Uncle Sam | The 24-gross register ton, 25-foot (7.6 m) steamer was wrecked in the harbor at Seward, Territory of Alaska. No one was aboard her at the time.[44] |
8 December[edit]
| Ship | Country | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Antonios | The steamer was lost on rocks known as Old Bess, within the Isles of Scilly, United Kingdom. Her crew was lost and the wreck went unnoticed for three days when thousands of oranges were washed up on St Agnes along with wreckage.[20] |
26 December[edit]
| Ship | Country | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Tripolitania | Wrecked on Loe Bar, near Porthleven, Cornwall in 100 mph (161 km/h) winds. Nearly all the crew were saved but the ship was a total loss.[45] |
30 December[edit]
| Ship | Country | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Vigilant | The ship was driven ashore at Breaksea Point, Glamorgan. Her seven crew were rescued.[12] |
Unknown date[edit]
| Ship | Country | Description |
|---|---|---|
| City of Adelaide | The coal storage hulk was burned out by a several-day-long fire at Townsville, Australia. | |
| USS Ericsson | The decommissioned torpedo boat was sunk as a target in ordnance tests.[46] | |
| Fox | The steamer was wrecked on the coast of Greenland. | |
| Pelayo | The battleship was badly damaged in Fonduko Bay due to a navigational error. |
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| Ship events in 1912 | |||||||||||
| Ship launches: | 1907 | 1908 | 1909 | 1910 | 1911 | 1912 | 1913 | 1914 | 1915 | 1916 | 1917 |
| Ship commissionings: | 1907 | 1908 | 1909 | 1910 | 1911 | 1912 | 1913 | 1914 | 1915 | 1916 | 1917 |
| Ship decommissionings: | 1907 | 1908 | 1909 | 1910 | 1911 | 1912 | 1913 | 1914 | 1915 | 1916 | 1917 |
| Shipwrecks: | 1907 | 1908 | 1909 | 1910 | 1911 | 1912 | 1913 | 1914 | 1915 | 1916 | 1917 |