List of shipwrecks in 1917
The list of shipwrecks in 1917 includes some ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during 1917.
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| Ship | State | Description |
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| AG-13 |  Imperial Russian Navy
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The AG-class submarine sank accidentally. She was refloated, repaired, and returned to service as AG-16. |
| Ariel |  United States
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The schooner was wrecked off the Inubōsaki Lighthouse, Japan. |
| Belem |  United Kingdom
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The ship sank near Bude, Cornwall.[1] |
| Orthes |  Norway
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The barque was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. She subsequently foundered.[2] |
| Spes & Fides | Norway
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The fishing steamer (former whaler) suffered an engine malfunction and sank in a storm off Tromsø, Norway. No lives were lost in the shipwreck. The wreck was located by divers at a depth of 20 m (66 ft) in 2014, after a search initiated by Sandefjord Museum.[3] |
| Taurus | United Kingdom
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World War I: The coaster struck a mine and sank in the North Sea east of the Shetland Islands with the loss of nine crew. This was either during July 1917 or August 1917.[4] |
| SM U-50 |  Imperial German Navy
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World War I: The Type U 43 submarine is believed to have struck a mine and sank in the North Sea off Terschelling, Friesland, Netherlands on or after 31 August. |
References
- ^ "UK storms: World War One wreck revealed on beach". BBC. Retrieved 26 February 2014.
- ^ "Orthes". Clydesite. Retrieved 1 July 2016.
- ^ Hanssen, Kine (19 November 2014). "Fant forlist hvalbåt etter nesten 100 år". Bladet Tromsø (in Norwegian). Retrieved 20 November 2014.
- ^ "Taurus". Uboat.net. Retrieved 19 October 2012.