List of shipwrecks in November 1918

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


November 1918
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27 28 29 30 Unknown date


1 November

List of shipwrecks: 1 November 1918
Ship State Description
Galiano  Canada The cargo ship foundered in the Pacific Ocean off Triangle Island, British Columbia with the loss of all hands.[1]
Glena  Norway The cargo ship foundered with the loss of all but two of her crew.[2]
Tasmania  United Kingdom The schooner was wrecked with the loss of five of her six crew.[2]
SM U-72  Imperial German Navy World War I: The Type UE I submarine was scuttled at Kotor, State of Slovenes, Croats and Serbs (42°30′N 18°41′E / 42.500°N 18.683°E / 42.500; 18.683).
SMS Viribus Unitis Slovene, Croat and Serbian Navy World War I: The Template:Sclass- was sunk at Pula by an Italian human torpedo.
Wien State of Slovenes, Croats and Serbs The ocean liner was mined and sunk at Pula by Regia Marina forces.[3]

2 November

List of shipwrecks: 2 November 1918
Ship State Description
HMT Charles Hammond  Royal Navy The naval trawler was lost in the North Sea on this date.[4]
Devonshire  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore east of swansea, Glamorgan. Her thirteen crew were rescued by the Mumbles Lifeboat.[5]
Douro  Portugal The schooner foundered with the loss of all hands.[6]
Estrella  Brazil The barque foundered in the Atlantic Ocean 16 nautical miles (30 km) off Camocim.[1]
Murcia  United Kingdom World War I: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Mediterranean Sea 12 nautical miles (22 km) north of Port Said, Egypt (31°26′N 32°21′E / 31.433°N 32.350°E / 31.433; 32.350) by SM UC-74 ( Imperial German Navy) with the loss of a crew member.[7][8]
HMT Riparvo  Royal Navy The naval trawler was lost in the Mediterranean Sea on this date.[9]
SMS S61  Imperial German Navy World War I: The Template:Sclass- was scuttled in the Terneuzen Canal, Belgium.[10]
Surada  United Kingdom World War I: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Mediterranean Sea off Port Said (31°34′N 32°21′E / 31.567°N 32.350°E / 31.567; 32.350) by SM UC-74 ( Imperial German Navy). Her crew survived.[8][11]
SMS V47  Imperial German Navy World War I: The Template:Sclass- was scuttled in the Terneuzen Canal.[10]
SMS V67  Imperial German Navy World War I: The Template:Sclass- was scuttled in the Terneuzen Canal.[10]
SMS V77  Imperial German Navy World War I: The Template:Sclass- was scuttled in the Terneuzen Canal.[10]
SMS V69  Imperial German Navy World War I: The Template:Sclass- was scuttled at Ghent, West Flanders, Belgium.[10]

3 November

List of shipwrecks: 3 November 1918
Ship State Description
Devonshire  United Kingdom The cargo ship was wrecked. Her crew were rescued by a lifeboat.[1]
Motala Ström  Sweden World War I:The cargo ship disappeared with all hands in the North Sea, east of Shetland, after the convoy she was part of was scattered by adverse weather. Several explosions were heard, so the ship likely had struck a mine. 18 casualties.[12]

4 November

List of shipwrecks: 4 November 1918
Ship State Description
Mimosa  Sweden World War I:The cargo ship sank after a collision while in convoy from Tyne, destined for Gothenburg. The crew survived. [13]
HMS P12  Royal Navy The Template:Sclass2- collided with another vessel and sank in the English Channel (50°39′40″N 1°05′00″W / 50.66111°N 1.08333°W / 50.66111; -1.08333).[14]
War Roach  United Kingdom World War I: The cargo ship struck a mine and was damaged in the Mediterranean Sea off Port Said, Egypt (31°19′N 29°48′E / 31.317°N 29.800°E / 31.317; 29.800). She was beached but was later refloated, repaired and returned to service.[15]

5 November

List of shipwrecks: 5 November 1918
Ship State Description
HMS Campania  Royal Navy
HMS Campania

The seaplane tender collided with HMS Royal Oak and then HMS Glorious (both  Royal Navy) in the Firth of Forth and sank. The wreck was cleared in 1923.

Epic  United Kingdom The Admiralty tug was beached whilst attempting to refloat Lake Harris  United States at Penzance.[16]
Lake Harris  United States World War I: The armed cargo ship was beached near Penzance railway station, Cornwall after a gunfight in the Atlantic Ocean off Land's End with a surfaced German submarine.[16]
Stavnos  Italy World War I: The sailing vessel was sunk in the Mediterranean Sea off the coast of Egypt by SM UC-74 ( Imperial German Navy).[17]
Wallacut  United States The schooner was driven ashore at Marshfield, Oregon and wrecked.[2]

6 November

List of shipwrecks: 6 November 1918
Ship State Description
Bernisse  Netherlands World War I: The cargo ship struck a mine and sank in the Baltic Sea off Öland, Sweden. She was later raised, repaired and returned to service.[18]
USS Jolly Roger  United States Navy The patrol vessel was damaged beyond repair whilst being loaded aboard USS Kanawha ( United States Navy).

7 November

List of shipwrecks: 7 November 1918
Ship State Description
Conster  United Kingdom World War I: The fishing smack struck a mine and sank in the English Channel off Rye, East Sussex.[19]
Trebiskin  United Kingdom The ketch was lost on the Mixon Shoal, in the Bristol Channel with the loss of all hands.[5]

9 November

List of shipwrecks: 9 November 1918
Ship State Description
HMS Blazer[disambiguation needed]  Royal Navy The naval tug was lost on this date.[4]
HMS Britannia  Royal Navy
HMS Britannia

World War I: The Template:Sclass- was torpedoed and sunk in the Strait of Gibraltar by SM UB-50 ( Imperial German Navy) with the loss of 50 of her 762 crew.

Saetia  United States World War I: The cargo ship struck a mine and sank in the Atlantic Ocean 25 nautical miles (46 km) off Ocean City, Maryland. Her crew survived.[20]

10 November

List of shipwrecks: 10 November 1918
Ship State Description
HMS Ascot  Royal Navy The World War I: The Template:Sclass2- was torpedoed and sunk in the North Sea off the Farne Islands, Northumberland (55°38′N 1°30′W / 55.633°N 1.500°W / 55.633; -1.500) by SM UB-67 ( Imperial German Navy) with the loss of 51 of her crew.[21]
HMT Renarro  Royal Navy The naval trawler struck a mine and sank in the Dardanelles with some loss of life.[22]
36PN  Regia Marina World War I: The Template:Sclass2-) struck a mine and sank in the Adriatic Sea off the Cape of Rodon, Albania.[10]

11 November

List of shipwrecks: 11 November 1918
Ship State Description
SMS Feronia  Imperial German Navy World War I: The depôt ship was scuttled at Antwerp, Belgium.[23]

13 November

List of shipwrecks: 13 November 1918
Ship State Description
Carabinier  French Navy The Template:Sclass- ran aground at Latakia, Syria. She was scuttled on 15 November.[24]

14 November

List of shipwrecks: 14 November 1918
Ship State Description
HMS Cochrane  Royal Navy The Template:Sclass- ran aground in the River Mersey. She later broke in two and was a total loss. The wreck was scrapped in situ in 1919.

15 November

List of shipwrecks: 15 November 1918
Ship State Description
USS Elizabeth  United States Navy The patrol vessel was wrecked in the Brazoz River, Freeport, Texas.

16 November

List of shipwrecks: 16 November 1918
Ship State Description
Cesare Rossarol  Regia Marina The scout cruiser struck a mine and sank in the Adriatic Sea off the Istrian Peninsula, State of Slovenes, Croats and Serbs.

18 November

List of shipwrecks: 18 November 1918
Ship State Description
Stasia  France The schooner caught fire at Shanghai, China and was scuttled to extinguish the fire.[25] Note however that the log of the gunboat HMS Gnat ( Royal Navy) records being called on to sink a burning ship by gunfire, in the International Dock Shanghai, on the 14th, so this is presumably the same incident.
SM U-165  Imperial German Navy The Type U 93 submarine sank in the Weser (53°10′N 8°53′E / 53.167°N 8.883°E / 53.167; 8.883). She was raised on 21 February 1919 and subsequently scrapped.

20 November

List of shipwrecks: 20 November 1918
Ship State Description
Per Brahe  Sweden The ferry foundered in Lake Wetter with the loss of all on board.[26]

21 November

List of shipwrecks: 21 November 1918
Ship State Description
SM U-97  Imperial German Navy The Type U 93 submarine sank in the North Sea (52°25′N 3°10′E / 52.417°N 3.167°E / 52.417; 3.167).

22 November

List of shipwrecks: 22 November 1918
Ship State Description
HMS G11  Royal Navy The G-class submarine ran aground at Howick, Northumberland and was wrecked with the loss of two of her 31 crew.

24 November

List of shipwrecks: 24 November 1918
Ship State Description
Cerisoles  French Navy The Navarin class patrol ship foundered with all hands in a storm on Lake Superior.[27]
Inkermann  French Navy The Navarin class patrol ship foundered with all hands in a storm on Lake Superior.[28]
Uranienborg  Denmark The cargo ship struck a mine and sank in Aalbeck Bay with the loss of a crew member.[29]

26 November

List of shipwrecks: 26 November 1918
Ship State Description
USS Bonita  United States Navy The patrol vessel collided with the fishing schooner Russell ( United States) in the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Massachusetts and sank.
Nanset  Norway The ship ran aground in Oxwich Bay in foggy weather. Her crew survived. She subsequently capsized and was a total loss.[5]

27 November

List of shipwrecks: 27 November 1918
Ship State Description
City of Lahore  United Kingdom The cargo ship caught fire and sank at New York, United States.[30]

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