The list of shipwrecks in 1919 includes ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during 1919.
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January
1 January
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| HMS Iolaire |  Royal Navy
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The naval yacht ran aground on the Beasts of Holm, Stornoway, Isle of Lewis and sank with the loss of 205 of the people on board. |
| USS Northern Pacific |  United States Navy
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2 January
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Nanyo Maru |  Japan
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The cargo ship foundered off Tukuyama, Hokkaidō with the loss of all hands.[1] |
| Polly and Emily |  France
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The schooner ran aground off Ambleteuse, Pas-de-Calais, France. Her crew were rescued.[2] |
3 January
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Fairhaven |  United Kingdom
|
The cargo ship ran aground 1.5 nautical miles (2.8 km) off Walney Island, Lancashire. Her crew were rescued. She later broke her back.[2] |
| William Morton | United Kingdom
|
The schooner foundered 10 nautical miles (19 km) south of Cape Sacratif, Spain with the loss of three of her crew.[3] |
4 January
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Amazon | United States
|
The motor vessel capsized in the Pacific Ocean two miles (3.2 km) south of Point Robinson. Six crewmen killed.[4] |
| Temple E. Dore | United States
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The cargo ship caught fire and sank at Colimar, Cuba.[5] |
5 January
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Earnholm | United Kingdom
|
The steamship foundered 17 nautical miles (31 km) south of "Okratag", Faroe Islands. She was on a voyage from "Vaag" to Aberdeen.[6] |
| War Marvel | United Kingdom
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The cargo ship lost her rudder and sprang a leak in the Atlantic Ocean and was abandoned. All 38 crew were rescued by Absaroka ( United States).[7][8][9]
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6 January
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Vila de Buarcos |  Portugal
|
The sailing ship was abandoned in the Bay of Biscay off Ouessant, Finistère, France. All eleven crew were rescued by Malte ( France).[1]
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8 January
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Ribbleton | United Kingdom
|
The steamship departed from Kilkeel, County Down for Cardiff, Glamorgan. No further trace, reported missing.[6] |
| Westgate | United Kingdom
|
The cargo ship collided with Bayano ( United Kingdom) and foundered in the Atlantic Ocean off the Wolf Rock, Cornwall.[10][7] She was on a voyage from Barry, Glamorgan to Malta.[6]
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9 January
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Knut Jarl |  Norway
|
The cargo ship collided with Impoco ( United Kingdom) and Munin ( Norway) in the River Seine at Rouen, France and was beached.[7]
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10 January
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Calista | United Kingdom
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She was sighted in Ballaghennie Bay whilst on a voyage from Preston, Lancashire to Dublin. No further trace, reported missing.[6] |
| Fleetwing | United Kingdom
|
The schooner was driven ashore at Bels Point, Caernarfonshire and was wrecked with the loss of one of her five crew.[7] |
| Northumbria | United Kingdom
|
The cargo ship struck two mines and sank in the North Sea with the loss of twelve of her fourteen crew;[10] six are buried at Embleton, Northumberland.[11] |
11 January
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Castalia | United States
|
The steamship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean 60 nautical miles (110 km) south of Canso, Nova Scotia, Canada. One crewman died in the sinking and four of exposure. Forty-six survivors were rescued by Bergensfjord ( Norway). Castalia was on a voyage from Sydney, Nova Scotia to New York.[4][6]
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| Yuna | United States
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The steamer was wrecked on Mouchoir Bank. Sixty-four people died.[4] |
13 January
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Effort | United States
|
The 24-gross register ton motor vessel was destroyed by fire on the coast of Southeast Alaska between Kasaan, Territory of Alaska, and Twelve Mile Arm (55°27′30″N 132°38′36″W / 55.4583333°N 132.6433333°W). Her crew of two survived.[12] |
15 January
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Chaouia | France
|
The passenger ship struck a mine and sank in the Strait of Messina (38°18′N 15°41′E / 38.300°N 15.683°E) with the loss of 476 lives.[13] |
| La Canadienne |  Canada
|
The steamer was wrecked off Elmswood Island.[14] |
16 January
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| USS Lake Erie | United States Navy
|
The collier was sunk in a collision with Hazel Branch ( United Kingdom) five miles (8.0 km) off Cardiff, Wales. Raised in August, sold in November, repaired and returned to service as Gezina ( Norway).[15][16][17]
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17 January
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Glenogle | United Kingdom
|
The cargo liner ran aground on the Syriam Flats, off Rangoon, Burma. She hogged and broke in two and was a total loss.[18][19] |
20 January
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Ruth | United States
|
The fishing schooner sank in the harbor at South Boston, Massachusetts after being rammed by the tug Piedmont ( United States).[20]
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21 January
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| SM UC-40 |  Imperial German Navy
|
The Type UC II submarine foundered in the North Sea (54°55′N 4°47′E / 54.917°N 4.783°E) with the loss of a crew member.[21] |
22 January
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Espada | United States
|
The schooner ran aground on the Mumbulau Reef, Fiji and was wrecked. Her crew survived.[22] |
| 325 |  French Navy
|
The torpedo boat struck a mine and sank in the Gulf of Gabès off the Kerkennah Islands, Tunisia with the loss of eighteen of her crew.[23] |
23 January
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| No. 325 | French Navy
|
The torpedo boat struck a mine and sank in the Mediterranean Sea off Tunis, Tunisia.[22] |
| Marguerite III | France
|
The cargo ship sprang a leak in the Irish Sea off the Wyre Lighthouse and was abandoned. Her crew survived.[22] |
25 January
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| E. Starr Jones | United States
|
The schooner ran aground off Montevideo, Uruguay and was wrecked.[24] |
28 January
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Reine d'Arvor | France
|
The schooner was wrecked at Port Quin, Cornwall, United Kingdom. Her crew were rescued by Brook ( United Kingdom).[24]
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29 January
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Algeria |  Sweden
|
The steamship foundered in the North Sea 1+1⁄2 nautical miles (2.8 km) off the Tongue Lightship ( Trinity House). She was on a voyage from Gothenburg to Genoa, Italy.[6]
|
| USS Piave or USAT Piave | United States Navy or United States Army
|
The cargo ship, sources cite both United States Army or United States Navy ownership, ran aground on the Goodwin Sands, Kent, United Kingdom.[25] She broke in two in a snowstorm on 31 January. At least 30 of her 90 crew were rescued by the Deal Lifeboat;[26] The Ramsgate Lifeboat rescued 23 crew.[27][28][29] |
| Sphynx | Sweden
|
The cargo ship struck a mine and sank east of Scotland with the loss of seventeen crew, including the master. Only one survivor.[30] |
30 January
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Flirt | United States
|
The cargo ship caught fire in the Atlantic Ocean (25°07′N 56°09′W / 25.117°N 56.150°W) and was abandoned. Eleven crew were rescued by City of Savannah ( United States).[31]
|
| Nimrod | United Kingdom
|
The barquentine ran aground on the Barber Sands in the North Sea off the coast of Great Yarmouth Norfolk and sank with the loss of ten of her twelve crew.[25] |
February
1 February
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| USS Narragansett | United States Navy
|
 The troopship ran aground in the English Channel off Bembridge, Isle of Wight, United Kingdom. Over 3,500 people were successfully evacuated from the ship.[32] She was refloated on 17 February.[33] |
4 February
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| HMS Penarth | Royal Navy
|
The minesweeper struck a mine in the North Sea off the coast of Yorkshire, United Kingdom and sank with the loss of two of her 80 crew.[34][35] |
5 February
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Caledonia | United Kingdom
|
The paddle steamer collided with Kalfond ( Norway) at Rouen, France and was beached.[3]
|
| Carmen |  Denmark
|
The cargo ship struck a mine in the Skaggerak 20 nautical miles (37 km) south of Lista, Norway and sank with the loss of seventeen crew.[3] |
| Therezina |  Brazil
|
The cargo ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean off Santos, São Paulo, Brazil.[36] |
6 February
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Sis | United Kingdom
|
The schooner ran aground at Point Saint Quentin, Somme, France and was abandoned by her crew.[31] |
7 February
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| HMS Erin's Isle | Royal Navy
|
The minesweeper, a converted paddle steamer, was broken almost in two and sunk by a drifting mine in the Thames Estuary. Twenty-three of her crew were lost[37] and 28 survived.[35] |
8 February
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Satsei Maru No.1 | Japan
|
The cargo ship was wrecked on Daisee Island, Korea with the loss of all hands.[38] |
| SM U-16 | Imperial German Navy
|
The Type U 16 submarine foundered in the North Sea (58°59′N 8°29′E / 58.983°N 8.483°E). |
| W. N. Zwicker | Canada
|
The schooner was wrecked at the entrance to the Pará River, Brazil.[39] |
10 February
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Joseph Davis | United Kingdom
|
The steamship was reported to be in a sinking condition 25 nautical miles (46 km) north west of Ouessant, Finistère, France. She was on a voyage from Cardiff, Glamorgan to Gibraltar. No further trace, reported missing.[6] |
| SM UC-91 | Imperial German Navy
|
The Type UC III submarine foundered in the North Sea (54°15′N 3°56′E / 54.250°N 3.933°E) with the loss of seventeen of her crew.[40] |
11 February
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Accoma | United States
|
The steamship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. She was on a voyage from New York to Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône, France.[6] |
13 February
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Sassenheim | United States
|
The steamer went ashore on Handkerchief Shoal, Massachusetts.[20] |
15 February
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Hans | Norway
|
The cargo ship ran aground and sank in Fjensfjord, Norway.[41] |
18 February
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Mirabeau | French Navy
|
The battleship ran aground in the Black Sea off the coast of the Crimean Peninsula in a snowstorm. She was refloated on 6 April 1919 after the removal of 6,000 tonnes (5,900 long tons; 6,600 short tons) of weight, including her guns, turret armour, coal, and ammunition and the upper strake of her belt armor.[42] |
20 February
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| SM UC-71 | Imperial German Navy
|
The Type UC II submarine foundered, probably scuttled, in the North Sea (54°10′N 7°54′E / 54.167°N 7.900°E).[43][44] |
22 February
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| SM U-21 | Imperial German Navy
|
The Type U 19 submarine foundered in the North Sea (54°19′N 3°42′W / 54.317°N 3.700°W) whilst under tow. |
23 February
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| USS Sixaola | United States Navy
|
The cargo liner caught fire at Pier 7, Hoboken, New Jersey, or New York, and was filled up by fireboats and partially capsized and sank. Two killed. Raised a few months later, repaired and turned over to the United States Army.[45][46] |
24 February
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Philorth | United Kingdom
|
The steamship foundered in the Mediterranean Sea. She was on a voyage from Constantinople, Ottoman Empire to Malta.[6] |
27 February
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Taiun Maru No.8 | Japan
|
The steamship foundered off Vuruga Bay.[6] |
28 February
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| General Gordon | Norway
|
The barque was driven ashore 20 nautical miles (37 km) north of Tybee Island, Georgia, United States. Her crew were rescued by W. B. Keene ( United States).[47]
|
| Lord Dufferin | United Kingdom
|
The cargo ship was in collision with Aquitania ( United Kingdom) at New York, United States and sank. Her crew were rescued by Aquitania.[48] She was later refloated and beached.[47]
|
Unknown date
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Jan | Denmark
|
The cargo ship struck a mine in the English Channel and was damaged. She was beached at Dungeness, Kent, United Kingdom for temporary repairs to be carried out. She was later refloated and arrived in the River Thames at Higham, Kent on 9 February.[38] |
March
2 March
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Lewis McDonald | United States
|
The 9-gross register ton motor vessel sank while at anchor in a cove in the southwestern part of Red Bay (56°20′N 133°18′W / 56.333°N 133.300°W) on the coast of Prince of Wales Island in the Alexander Archipelago in Southeast Alaska when large waves broke over her during a snowstorm with high winds. The two people aboard survived.[49] |
| Milos | Sweden
|
The cargo ship, en route from Blyth, Northumberland to Halmstad, struck a mine and sank off the Swedish west coast, with the loss of one crew.[50] |
3 March
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Hera |  Finland
|
The cargo ship ran aground off Arholma, Sweden and sank.[51] |
| SMS Senator Schaefer | Imperial German Navy
|
The Vorpostenboot was lost on this date. |
5 March
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Kersaint | French Navy
|
The sloop-of-war was stranded on a reef at Tahiti.[52] |
6 March
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Ejdern | Sweden
|
The steam trawler, fishing northwest of Skagen in Denmark, sank with the loss of her entire crew of 10, apparently after striking a mine, which is considered proven by state of wreckage found on the Swedish coast.[50] |
7 March
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| HNoMS Thor |  Royal Norwegian Navy
|
The monitor ran aground in the Skagerrak off Verdens Ende, Norway, and sank with the loss of two lives. |
12 March
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Prinsengracht |  Netherlands
|
The steamship was abandoned at sea. She was on a voyage from Port Talbot, Glamorgan, United Kingdom to Barcelona, Spain.[6] |
14 March
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Yselhaven | United States
|
The cargo ship was sunk by a mine 20 miles (32 km) off Coquet Island, England, 40 miles (64 km) north east of Hartlepool (55°12′N 00°30′W / 55.200°N 0.500°W). Ten crew killed. Survivors were rescued by Taycraig ( United Kingdom) ten hours later.[53][54]
|
15 March
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| City of Gulfport | United States
|
The five-masted barquentine was destroyed by fire in the River Plate at Buenos Aires, Argentina.[55] |
16 March
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Nordanvind | Sweden
|
The cargo ship struck a mine and sank in the North Sea. The crew was saved.[56] |
18 March
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Bonovento | Denmark
|
The barque caught fire in the Indian Ocean south of Ceylon (approximately 4°N 82°E / 4°N 82°E) and was abandoned. Her crew were rescued by Martinique ( Denmark).[57]
|
19 March
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Conservator | United Kingdom
|
The steam yacht foundered off Cardigan, Wales, United Kingdom. Her ten crew were rescued by Elizabeth Austin ( Royal National Lifeboat Institution).[58]
|
24 March
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Cecil Fearn | United Kingdom
|
The schooner was driven ashore at Figuera, Cape Verde Islands, Portugal and was wrecked.[57] |
27 March
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Vincio |  Spain
|
The cargo ship ran aground at Bayonne, Basses-Pyrénées, France and was a total loss.[57] |
28 March
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Conservator | United Kingdom
|
The cargo ship ran aground on the Black Rocks in the River Teifi and was wrecked.[57] |
Unknown date
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Castor II | Norway
|
The steamship capsized and sank in the North Sea. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham, United Kingdom to Porsgrund.[6] |
| Perun |  Soviet Navy
|
Russian Civil War, Cronstadt Rebellion: The Uragan-class monitor was hit by artillery fire and severely damaged by fire at Cronstadt. |
April
3 April
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Allen A | United States
|
After her mooring lines broke during a storm, the 342-gross register ton three-masted schooner was blown 30 feet (9.1 m) up onto the beach at Baranoff (55°14′30″N 160°32′55″W / 55.24167°N 160.54861°W) on Unga Island in the Territory of Alaska's Shumagin Islands. Declared a constructive total loss, she was later sold, rebuilt, and returned to service as the whaling and fur-trading vessel Fox ( United States).[59]
|
6 April
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Vulkan | United Kingdom
|
The salvage tug sank in the North Sea off Denmark (54°54′N 6°18′E / 54.900°N 6.300°E) whilst under tow. |
9 April
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Hastier |  Belgium
|
The coaster, on her maiden voyage, departed Brixham, Devon, United Kingdom for Barcelona, Spain. A damaged lifeboat discovered on 21 June by Courier ( United Kingdom) and landed at Guernsey Channel Islands.[60]
|
12 April
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Carolus | Sweden
|
The cargo ship, en route from Halmstad to West Hartlepool, struck a mine from the World War I minefield at Herthas flak and sank with the loss of two crew.[61] |
15 April
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| U-118 | United Kingdom
|
 The Type UE II submarine was driven ashore at Hastings, Sussex, United Kingdom. She was scrapped in situ between October and December 1919. |
16 April
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Lusitania | Portugal
|
The schooner caught fire off Cemaes Head, Cardiganshire. Her crew was rescued by Elizabeth Austin ( Royal National Lifeboat Institution).[58]
|
17 April
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| USS Freehold | United States Navy
|
The minesweeping tug was sunk in New York Harbor while assisting with the docking of RMS Saxonia ( United Kingdom) with the loss of a crew member. She was later raised, repaired and returned to service.
|
18 April
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Rosedale | Canada
|
The cargo ship collided with Luella ( United States) in the Bristol Channel and sank. Her crew were rescued by Luella.[62]
|
19 April
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Tyne | United Kingdom
|
The cargo ship collided with the brigantine Fleur de Mer ( France) in Langland Bay, Glamorgan and cut her in two. Her five crew survived. Tyne then ran aground at Rotherslade, Glamorgan and broke her back. Her 50 crew were rescued. Tyne was on a voyage from London, United Kingdom to Swansea, Glamorgan, United Kingdom[62][63]
|
| Wild Rose | United Kingdom
|
The cargo ship collided with Afon Lledi ( United Kingdom) off the coast of Cornwall, United Kingdom and sank with the loss of four of her crew.[62]
|
21 April
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| AG-21 |  Imperial Russian Navy White Movement
|
World War I: The AG-class submarine was scuttled at Sevastopol by the British. |
24 April
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| LV-51 |  United States Lighthouse Service
|
Within eight minutes of colliding with a barge under tow while she was relieving Cornfield Point Station, the 118-foot (36 m), 375-ton lightship sank in 190 feet (58 m) of water in Long Island Sound off Cornfield Point, Old Saybrook, Connecticut, approximately 2 nautical miles (3.7 km; 2.3 mi) south of Long Sand Shoal, 3.3 nautical miles (6.1 km; 3.8 mi) bearing 211° from Lynde Point Lighthouse at 41°12′N 072°22′W / 41.200°N 72.367°W. Her entire crew of seven survived.[64][65] |
| Solid | Sweden
|
The cargo ship, en route from Montrose to Karlstad, struck a mine at a position northeast of Skagen Lighthouse, and sank quickly. The crew was saved.[66] |
27 April
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| USS Courtney | United States Navy
|
The naval trawler/minesweeper sank in a storm in the Bay of Biscay off Brest, Finistère, France.[67] |
| USS Otis W. Douglas | United States Navy
|
The naval trawler/minesweeper sank in a storm in the Bay of Biscay off Brest, Finistère, France.[67] |
28 April
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Capitaine Beauchamp | France
|
The auxiliary schooner sank in a collision with the barge Detroit ( United States) eight miles (13 km) north of Port Eads, Louisiana. The vessel was refloated 13 days later.[68]
|
| Detroit | United States
|
The barge sank in a collision with the schooner Capitaine Beauchamp ( France) eight miles (13 km) north of Port Eads, Louisiana.[69][70]
|
| USS Gypsum Queen | United States Navy
|
The naval tug struck a rock, her boiler blew up and she sank in the Bay of Biscay off Brest, Finistère, France with the loss of 15 of her crew.[71][72][73] |
| USS James | United States Navy
|
The naval trawler/minesweeper sprung a leak in a storm on 27 April and sank under tow in the Bay of Biscay off Brest, France on 28 April. Her crew were rescued by USS Marietta ( United States Navy).[73][74]
|
| Valkyr | Sweden
|
The three-masted schooner ran aground at Birchington, Kent United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Setubal, Portugal to Gothenburg. She was declared a total loss.[75][76] |
29 April
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Professor Koch |  Finland
|
The barque stranded on Cox's Shoal off Scituate, Massachusetts.[45] |
Unknown date
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Borets za Svobodu | Soviet Navy
|
Russian Civil War: The pre-dreadnought battleship was scuttled at Sevastopol. |
| Dunvegan | United Kingdom
|
The cargo ship was driven aground at Margate, Kent. She was later repaired and refloated.[75] |
May
1 May
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Ilim | Soviet Navy Red Movement
|
Russian Civil War: The gunboat was rammed and sunk on the Kama River by Pronzitelnyy ( Soviet Navy). Raised on 12 June, repaired and returned to service.[77]
|
2 May
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| USS SC-58 | United States Navy
|
The SC-1-class submarine chaser was destroyed in fire at Charleston, South Carolina. Sixteen (13 firefighters and 3 members of ship's crew) men were injured when one of SC-58's fuel tanks exploded.[78][79][80] |
4 May
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| HMS Tryphon | Royal Navy
|
The destroyer ran aground in the Mediterranean. She was declared a constructive total loss.[81] |
5 May
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| HMS Cupar | Royal Navy
|
The Aberdare-class minesweeper struck a mine and sank off the River Tyne. |
| SMS Leipzig | Imperial German Navy
|
The hulked sail corvette capsized in Wilhelmshaven. She was raised in 1921 and scrapped. |
| USS SC-343 | United States Navy
|
The submarine chaser was sunk by an explosion in the engine room that set the vessel afire, while moored inside the breakwater in His Majesty's dockyard at Ireland Island, Bermuda. One killed, five wounded.[82][83] |
9 May
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Factor | United Kingdom
|
The cargo ship collided with Ursus ( United Kingdom) in the North Sea 6 nautical miles (11 km) north east of Scarborough, Yorkshire and sank.[84]
|
| Peter | United States
|
Placed in a slough at Chena, Territory of Alaska in the autumn of 1918 before the onset of ice for the winter of 1918–1919, the 458-ton scow was carried away, crushed, and broken up by ice when the ice broke up in the spring while the river was unusually high.[85] |
11 May
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Lyubimets | Soviet Navy Red Movement
|
Russian Civil War: The gunboat was shelled and sunk on the Kama River by artillery. She was raised post-war and scrapped.[77] |
13 May
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Premier | United States
|
During a voyage from Grays Harbor, Washington, to Ugashik, Territory of Alaska, with ten crewmen and a cargo of 426 tons of lumber and salt on board, the 307.69-gross register ton, 141.7-foot (43.2 m) schooner was wrecked without loss of life at Cape Lutke on Unimak Island in the Aleutian Islands, about 18 nautical miles (33 km; 21 mi) east of Scotch Cap Light, during a snowstorm. The steamer Kvichak ( United States) rescued all on board, but Premier was pounded to pieces as the surf broke over her and became a total loss.[85]
|
15 May
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Derband |  Soviet Union
|
Russian Civil War: Allied Intervention in the Russian Civil War: The schooner was sunk by gunfire by the auxiliary cruisers HMS Kruger and HMS Emile Nobel (both Royal Navy) in the Caspian Sea.[86]
|
| Nanticoke | United States
|
The schooner barge, under tow of Triton ( United States), sank in a strong wind off Portsmouth, New Hampshire, or three miles (4.8 km) south south west of the Isles of Shoals. The captain and one crewman landed at Rye Beach, New Hampshire in her boat, the captain's wife and four children, and the engineer, died.[87][88]
|
| Useyn Abdad | Soviet Union
|
Russian Civil War: Allied Intervention in the Russian Civil War: The schooner was sunk by gunfire by the auxiliary cruisers HMS Kruger and HMS Emile Nobel (both Royal Navy) in the Caspian Sea.[86]
|
16 May
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| D. R. Hanna | United States
|
The cargo ship, a bulk carrier, was in Lake Huron during a voyage from Duluth, Minnesota, to Buffalo, New York, with a cargo of wheat when the cargo ship Quincy A. Shaw ( United States) accidentally rammed her in Thunder Bay off Alpena, Michigan. She eventually rolled over and sank in 135 feet (41 m) of water at 45°05′03″N 83°05′12″W / 45.084167°N 83.08655°W.[89][90][91][92]
|
19 May
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| No. 5 | Soviet Navy
|
Russian Civil War: Allied Intervention in the Russian Civil War: Battle of Troitsa: The floating battery was bombed in the Dvina River by British aircraft, beached, and scuttled.[93] |
20 May
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Lake Placid | United States
|
The cargo ship was sunk by a mine 20 miles (32 km) off Vinga Light, near Gothenburg, Sweden.[53][94] |
21 May
24 May
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Alexander | Soviet Navy Red Movement
|
Russian Civil War: Battle of Yelabuga: The transport was shelled and sunk on the Kama River by artillery.[77] |
| Roshal | Soviet Navy Red Movement
|
Russian Civil War: Battle of Yelabuga: The gunboat was shelled and damaged on the Kama River by HMS Kent ( Royal Navy) and beached.[77]
|
| Terek | Soviet Navy Red Movement
|
Russian Civil War: Battle of Yelabuga: The gunboat was shelled and damaged on the Kama River by British and White Russian ships and beached. Captured by Whites and refloated ten days later.[77] |
| Virginia | United States
|
The steamer burned near Smith's Point Light, at the mouth of the Potomac River. Six people were killed.[4][97] |
Unknown date
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Donetz |  Russian White forces
|
Russian Civil War: The gunboat sank in the Gulf of Tendra during a storm.[98] |
| Terek | Soviet Navy
|
Russian Civil War: The Kuban-class minelayer was heavily damaged in the Kama River and was abandoned. Refloated and towed off by White Forces. Never repaired and destroyed by the Whites late in 1919. |
June
2 June
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Rucumilla |  Chilean Navy
|
The H-class submarine sank near the naval base at Talcahuano, Chile, when a valve was left open inadvertently during a training dive. All 25 men on board survived. She later was refloated, repaired, and returned to service. |
| Skoryi | Russian Navy White Movement
|
Russian Civil War: The gunboat was shelled and damaged by artillery and run aground on the Kama River, pulled off and towed away.[77] |
| Statnyi | Russian Navy White Movement
|
Russian Civil War: The gunboat was shelled and sunk on the Kama River by artillery.[77] |
9 June
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| HMS L55 | Royal Navy
|
Russian Civil War: British campaign in the Baltic: The L-class submarine was sunk by the Bolshevik Orfey-class minelayer-destroyers Gavril and Azard in the Gulf of Finland off Kronstadt. The Soviet Union refloated her in 1928, repaired her, and placed her in service as L55, later renamed Bezbozhnik ( Soviet Navy).
|
11 June
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Yankee | United States
|
During a voyage from Norfolk, Virginia, to Boston, Massachusetts, with a cargo of coal, the 2,418-gross register ton steamer sank in 110 feet (34 m) of water in the North Atlantic Ocean off Fire Island Lighthouse on Fire Island off the south coast of Long Island, New York, 21 nautical miles (39 km; 24 mi) from Jones Inlet, after colliding in dense fog with the ocean liner Argentina ( Italy). Argentina rescued all 30 people – eight passengers and 22 crew members – aboard Yankee.[99]
|
14 June
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| USS Patrol No. 7 | United States Navy
|
The patrol vessel sank while in tow of USS SC-241 ( United States Navy) between Scituate, Massachusetts, and Minot's Ledge about 15 miles (24 km) southeast of Boston Light, Massachusetts. The wreck was later raised and sold.[71]
|
15 June
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Flottbeck | Imperial German Navy
|
The Ditmar Koel-class Vorpostenboot was sunk by mines 35 miles (56 km) north west of Norderney |
| Vesterby | Sweden
|
The cargo ship, en route from Antwerp to Kolding, sank after striking a mine in Danish waters. The crew was saved.[100] |
16 June
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| HMS Kinross | Royal Navy
|
The Aberdare-class minesweeper struck a mine and sank in the Aegean Sea. |
17 June
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Cairnside | United Kingdom
|
The cargo ship ran aground in the North Sea off Aldeburgh, Suffolk and was wrecked. Her crew were rescued by Vaunter ( United Kingdom).[101]
|
18 June
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Oleg | Soviet Navy
|
Russian Civil War, British campaign in the Baltic: The Bogatyr-class protected cruiser was torpedoed and sunk by the motor torpedo boat HM CMB-4 ( Royal Navy) off Kronstadt. Five crewmen were killed, five others wounded.
|
21 June
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| SMS B109 | Imperial German Navy
|
Scuttling of the German fleet in Scapa Flow: The B97-class destroyer was scuttled in Scapa Flow, Orkney Islands, United Kingdom. She was raised in March 1926 and scrapped. |
| SMS B110 | Imperial German Navy
|
Scuttling of the German fleet in Scapa Flow: The B97-class destroyer was scuttled in Scapa Flow. She was raised in December 1925 and scrapped. |
| SMS B111 | Imperial German Navy
|
Scuttling of the German fleet in Scapa Flow: The B97-class destroyer was scuttled in Scapa Flow. She was raised in March 1926 and scrapped. |
| SMS B112 | Imperial German Navy
|
Scuttling of the German fleet in Scapa Flow: The B97-class destroyer was scuttled in Scapa Flow. She was raised in February 1926 and scrapped. |
| SMS Baden | Imperial German Navy
|
 Scuttling of the German fleet in Scapa Flow: The Bayern-class battleship was beached in Scapa Flow. She was refloated in July. Subsequently repaired and entered Royal Navy service. |
| SMS Bayern | Imperial German Navy
|
 Scuttling of the German fleet in Scapa Flow: The Bayern-class battleship was scuttled in Scapa Flow. She was raised in September 1934 and scrapped. |
| SMS Bremse | Imperial German Navy
|
Scuttling of the German fleet in Scapa Flow: The Brummer-class cruiser was scuttled in Scapa Flow. She was raised on 29 November 1930 and scrapped. |
| SMS Brummer | Imperial German Navy
|
Scuttling of the German fleet in Scapa Flow: The Brummer-class cruiser was scuttled in Scapa Flow, where she remains as of 2025. |
| SMS Cöln | Imperial German Navy
|
Scuttling of the German fleet in Scapa Flow: The Cöln-class cruiser was scuttled in Scapa Flow, where she remains as of 2025. |
| SMS Dresden | Imperial German Navy
|
Scuttling of the German fleet in Scapa Flow: The Cöln-class cruiser was scuttled in Scapa Flow, where she remains as of 2025. |
| SMS Derfflinger | Imperial German Navy
|
 Scuttling of the German fleet in Scapa Flow: The Derfflinger-class battlecruiser was scuttled in Scapa Flow. She was raised in 1939 and anchored in a capsized state off Rysa Little until 1946, when she was scrapped. |
| SMS Emden | Imperial German Navy
|
Scuttling of the German fleet in Scapa Flow: The Königsberg-class cruiser was beached in Scapa Flow. She was later refloated and passed to the French Navy in 1920. |
| SMS Frankfurt | Imperial German Navy
|
Scuttling of the German fleet in Scapa Flow: The Wiesbaden-class cruiser was beached in Scapa Flow. She was refloated in July 1920 and subsequently passed to the United States Navy. |
| SMS Friedrich der Grosse | Imperial German Navy
|
Scuttling of the German fleet in Scapa Flow: The Kaiser-class battleship was scuttled in Scapa Flow. She was raised in 1936 and scrapped. |
| SMS G38 | Imperial German Navy
|
Scuttling of the German fleet in Scapa Flow: The G37-class torpedo boat was scuttled in Scapa Flow. She was raised in 1936 and scrapped. |
| SMS G39 | Imperial German Navy
|
Scuttling of the German fleet in Scapa Flow: The G37-class torpedo boat was scuttled in Scapa Flow. She was raised on 3 July 1925 and scrapped. |
| SMS G40 | Imperial German Navy
|
Scuttling of the German fleet in Scapa Flow: The G37-class torpedo boat was scuttled in Scapa Flow. She was raised in 1925 and scrapped. |
| SMS G86 | Imperial German Navy
|
Scuttling of the German fleet in Scapa Flow: The G85-class torpedo boat was beached in Scapa Flow. She was later raised scrapped. |
| SMS G89 | Imperial German Navy
|
Scuttling of the German fleet in Scapa Flow: The G85-class torpedo boat was beached in Scapa Flow. She was later raised scrapped. |
| SMS G91 | Imperial German Navy
|
Scuttling of the German fleet in Scapa Flow: The G85-class torpedo boat was beached in Scapa Flow. She was later raised scrapped. |
| SMS G92 | Imperial German Navy
|
Scuttling of the German fleet in Scapa Flow: The G85-class torpedo boat was beached in Scapa Flow. She was later raised scrapped. |
| SMS G101 | Imperial German Navy
|
Scuttling of the German fleet in Scapa Flow: The G101-class destroyer was scuttled in Scapa Flow. She was raised in April 1926 and scrapped. |
| SMS G102 | Imperial German Navy
|
 Scuttling of the German fleet in Scapa Flow: The G101-class destroyer was scuttled in Scapa Flow. She was later refloated and passed to the United States Navy. |
| SMS G103 | Imperial German Navy
|
Scuttling of the German fleet in Scapa Flow: The G101-class destroyer was scuttled in Scapa Flow. She was raised in September 1925 and scrapped. |
| SMS G104 | Imperial German Navy
|
Scuttling of the German fleet in Scapa Flow: The G101-class destroyer was scuttled in Scapa Flow. She was raised in April 1926 and scrapped. |
| SMS H145 | Imperial German Navy
|
Scuttling of the German fleet in Scapa Flow: The Grosses Torpedoboot 1913-class torpedo boat was scuttled in Scapa Flow. She was raised in March 1925 and scrapped. |
| SMS Hindenburg | Imperial German Navy
|
 Scuttling of the German fleet in Scapa Flow: The Derfflinger-class battlecruiser was scuttled in Scapa Flow. She was raised on 29 July 1930 and scrapped. |
| SMS Grosser Kurfürst | Imperial German Navy
|
Scuttling of the German fleet in Scapa Flow: The König-class battleship was scuttled in Scapa Flow. She was raised on 29 April 1938 and scrapped. |
| SMS Kaiser | Imperial German Navy
|
Scuttling of the German fleet in Scapa Flow: The Kaiser-class battleship was scuttled in Scapa Flow. She was raised in 1929 and scrapped the next year. |
| SMS Kaiserin | Imperial German Navy
|
Scuttling of the German fleet in Scapa Flow: The Kaiser-class battleship was scuttled in Scapa Flow. She was raised on 14 May 1936 and scrapped. |
| SMS Karlsruhe | Imperial German Navy
|
Scuttling of the German fleet in Scapa Flow: The Königsberg-class cruiser was scuttled in Scapa Flow, where she remains as of 2025. |
| SMS König | Imperial German Navy
|
Scuttling of the German fleet in Scapa Flow: The König-class battleship was scuttled in Scapa Flow, where she remains as of 2025. |
| SMS König Albert | Imperial German Navy
|
Scuttling of the German fleet in Scapa Flow: The Kaiser-class battleship was scuttled in Scapa Flow. She was raised on 31 July 1935 and scrapped. |
| SMS Kronprinz Wilhelm | Imperial German Navy
|
Scuttling of the German fleet in Scapa Flow: The König-class battleship was scuttled in Scapa Flow, where she remains as of 2025. |
| SMS Markgraf | Imperial German Navy
|
Scuttling of the German fleet in Scapa Flow: The König-class battleship was scuttled in Scapa Flow, where she remains as of 2025. |
| SMS Moltke | Imperial German Navy
|
Scuttling of the German fleet in Scapa Flow: The Moltke-class battlecruiser was scuttled in Scapa Flow. She was raised in 1927 and scrapped two years later. |
| North Land | United States
|
The steamer ran aground on Uest Island near New Bedford, Massachusetts.[45] |
| SMS Nürnberg | Imperial German Navy
|
Scuttling of the German fleet in Scapa Flow: The Königsberg-class cruiser was beached in Scapa Flow. She was refloated in July 1919 and subsequently sunk as a target in 1922. |
| SMS Prinzregent Luitpold | Imperial German Navy
|
Scuttling of the German fleet in Scapa Flow: The Kaiser-class battleship was scuttled in Scapa Flow. She was raised on 9 July 1931 and scrapped. |
| SMS S32 | Imperial German Navy
|
Scuttling of the German fleet in Scapa Flow: The Grosses Torpedoboot 1913-class torpedo boat was scuttled in Scapa Flow. She was raised in June 1925 and scrapped. |
| SMS S36 | Imperial German Navy
|
Scuttling of the German fleet in Scapa Flow: The Grosses Torpedoboot 1913-class torpedo boat was scuttled in Scapa Flow. She was raised in April 1925 and scrapped. |
| SMS S49 | Imperial German Navy
|
Scuttling of the German fleet in Scapa Flow: The Grosses Torpedoboot 1913-class torpedo boat was scuttled in Scapa Flow. She was raised in December 1924 and scrapped. |
| SMS S50 | Imperial German Navy
|
Scuttling of the German fleet in Scapa Flow: The Grosses Torpedoboot 1913-class torpedo boat was scuttled in Scapa Flow. She was raised in October 1924 and scrapped. |
| SMS S51 | Imperial German Navy
|
Scuttling of the German fleet in Scapa Flow: The Grosses Torpedoboot 1913-class torpedo boat was beached in Scapa Flow. She was later refloated and passed to the Admiralty. |
| SMS S52 | Imperial German Navy
|
Scuttling of the German fleet in Scapa Flow: The Grosses Torpedoboot 1913-class torpedo boat was scuttled in Scapa Flow. She was raised in October 1924 and scrapped. |
| SMS S53 | Imperial German Navy
|
Scuttling of the German fleet in Scapa Flow: The Grosses Torpedoboot 1913-class torpedo boat was scuttled in Scapa Flow. She was raised in August 1925 and scrapped. |
| SMS S54 | Imperial German Navy
|
Scuttling of the German fleet in Scapa Flow: The Grosses Torpedoboot 1913-class torpedo boat was scuttled in Scapa Flow. She was partially salvaged. |
| SMS S55 | Imperial German Navy
|
Scuttling of the German fleet in Scapa Flow: The Grosses Torpedoboot 1913-class torpedo boat was scuttled in Scapa Flow. She was raised in August 1924 and scrapped. |
| SMS S56 | Imperial German Navy
|
Scuttling of the German fleet in Scapa Flow: The Grosses Torpedoboot 1913-class torpedo boat was scuttled in Scapa Flow. She was raised in June 1925 and scrapped. |
| SMS S60 | Imperial German Navy
|
Scuttling of the German fleet in Scapa Flow: The Grosses Torpedoboot 1913-class torpedo boat was beached in Scapa Flow. She was later refloated and transferred to the Imperial Japanese Navy as a war reparation, but scrapped in England in 1920. |
| SMS S65 | Imperial German Navy
|
Scuttling of the German fleet in Scapa Flow: The Grosses Torpedoboot 1913-class torpedo boat was scuttled in Scapa Flow. She was raised in May 1922 and scrapped. |
| SMS S131 | Imperial German Navy
|
Scuttling of the German fleet in Scapa Flow: The Grosses Torpedoboot 1913-class torpedo boat was scuttled in Scapa Flow. She was raised in August 1924 and scrapped. |
| SMS S132 | Imperial German Navy
|
Scuttling of the German fleet in Scapa Flow: The Grosses Torpedoboot 1913-class torpedo boat was beached in Scapa Flow. She was later refloated and passed to the United States Navy. |
| SMS S136 | Imperial German Navy
|
Scuttling of the German fleet in Scapa Flow: The Grosses Torpedoboot 1913-class torpedo boat was scuttled in Scapa Flow. She was raised in April 1925 and scrapped. |
| SMS S137 | Imperial German Navy
|
Scuttling of the German fleet in Scapa Flow: The Grosses Torpedoboot 1913-class torpedo boat was beached in Scapa Flow. She was later refloated and passed to the Admiralty. |
| SMS S138 | Imperial German Navy
|
Scuttling of the German fleet in Scapa Flow: The Grosses Torpedoboot 1913-class torpedo boat was scuttled in Scapa Flow. She was raised in May 1925 and scrapped. |
| SMS Seydlitz | Imperial German Navy
|
 Scuttling of the German fleet in Scapa Flow: The Seydlitz-class battlecruiser was scuttled in Scapa Flow. She was raised on 2 November 1928 and scrapped. |
| SMS V43 | Imperial German Navy
|
Scuttling of the German fleet in Scapa Flow: The Grosses Torpedoboot 1913-class torpedo boat was beached in Scapa Flow. She was later refloated and passed to the United States Navy. |
| SMS V44 | Imperial German Navy
|
Scuttling of the German fleet in Scapa Flow: The Grosses Torpedoboot 1913-class torpedo boat was beached in Scapa Flow. She was later refloated and passed to the Admiralty. |
| SMS V45 | Imperial German Navy
|
Scuttling of the German fleet in Scapa Flow: The Grosses Torpedoboot 1913-class torpedo boat was scuttled in Scapa Flow. She was raised in 1924 and scrapped. |
| SMS V46 | Imperial German Navy
|
Scuttling of the German fleet in Scapa Flow: The Grosses Torpedoboot 1913-class torpedo boat was beached in Scapa Flow. She was later refloated and passed to the French Navy. |
| SMS V70 | Imperial German Navy
|
Scuttling of the German fleet in Scapa Flow: The Grosses Torpedoboot 1913-class torpedo boat was scuttled in Scapa Flow. She was raised in August 1924 and scrapped. |
| SMS V73 | Imperial German Navy
|
Scuttling of the German fleet in Scapa Flow: The Grosses Torpedoboot 1913-class torpedo boat was beached in Scapa Flow. She was later refloated and passed to the Admiralty. |
| SMS V78 | Imperial German Navy
|
Scuttling of the German fleet in Scapa Flow: The Grosses Torpedoboot 1913-class torpedo boat was scuttled in Scapa Flow. She was raised in September 1925 and scrapped. |
| SMS V80 | Imperial German Navy
|
Scuttling of the German fleet in Scapa Flow: The V67-class torpedo boat was beached in Scapa Flow. She was later refloated and transferred to the Imperial Japanese Navy as a war reparation, but scrapped in England in 1920. |
| SMS V81 | Imperial German Navy
|
Scuttling of the German fleet in Scapa Flow: The Grosses Torpedoboot 1913-class torpedo boat was beached in Scapa Flow. She was later refloated but sunk whilst under tow to be scrapped. |
| SMS V82 | Imperial German Navy
|
Scuttling of the German fleet in Scapa Flow: The Grosses Torpedoboot 1913-class torpedo boat was beached in Scapa Flow. She was later refloated and passed to the Admiralty. |
| SMS V83 | Imperial German Navy
|
Scuttling of the German fleet in Scapa Flow: The Grosses Torpedoboot 1913-class torpedo boat was scuttled in Scapa Flow. She was raised in 1923 and scrapped. |
| SMS V86 | Imperial German Navy
|
Scuttling of the German fleet in Scapa Flow: The Grosses Torpedoboot 1913-class torpedo boat was scuttled in Scapa Flow. She was raised in July 1925 and scrapped. |
| SMS V89 | Imperial German Navy
|
Scuttling of the German fleet in Scapa Flow: The Grosses Torpedoboot 1913-class torpedo boat was scuttled in Scapa Flow. She was raised in December 1922 and scrapped. |
| SMS V91 | Imperial German Navy
|
Scuttling of the German fleet in Scapa Flow: The Grosses Torpedoboot 1913-class torpedo boat was scuttled in Scapa Flow. She was raised in September 1924 and scrapped. |
| SMS V100 | Imperial German Navy
|
Scuttling of the German fleet in Scapa Flow: The V99-class destroyer was beached in Scapa Flow. She was later refloated and passed to the French Navy. |
| SMS V125 | Imperial German Navy
|
Scuttling of the German fleet in Scapa Flow: The V125-class torpedo boat was beached in Scapa Flow. She was later refloated and passed to the Admiralty. |
| SMS V126 | Imperial German Navy
|
Scuttling of the German fleet in Scapa Flow: The V125-class torpedo boat was beached in Scapa Flow. She was later refloated and passed to the French Navy. |
| SMS V127 | Imperial German Navy
|
Scuttling of the German fleet in Scapa Flow: The V125-class torpedo boat was beached in Scapa Flow. She was later refloated and passed to the Imperial Japanese Navy. |
| SMS V128 | Imperial German Navy
|
Scuttling of the German fleet in Scapa Flow: The V125-class torpedo boat was beached in Scapa Flow. She was later refloated and passed to the Admiralty. |
| SMS V129 | Imperial German Navy
|
Scuttling of the German fleet in Scapa Flow: The V125-class torpedo boat was scuttled in Scapa Flow. She was raised in August 1925 and scrapped. |
| SMS Von der Tann | Imperial German Navy
|
Scuttling of the German fleet in Scapa Flow: The battlecruiser was scuttled in Scapa Flow. She was raised on 7 December 1930, scrapping started in 1931 and was completed in 1934. |
22 June
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Pericles | Russian Navy White Movement
|
Russian Civil War: The motor sailer was shelled and sunk at Henichesk by Soviet Armored Trains Nº. 4 and Nº. 85. Three crewmen and her commanding officer were killed.[102] |
24 June
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| HMS Sword Dance | Royal Navy
|
Russian Civil War, North Russia Intervention: The Dance-class minesweeper struck a mine and sank in the Dvina River in Russia. One crewman killed.[103][93] |
27 June
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Thomas | United Kingdom
|
The schooner caught fire in the Atlantic Ocean 80 nautical miles (150 km) north east of Barbados and was abandoned. Her crew were rescued by the schooner Lillian ( United Kingdom).[104]
|
28 June
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Duchess of Richmond | United Kingdom
|
The paddle steamer struck a mine and sank in the Mediterranean Sea.[105] |
| Slutskyi | Soviet Navy
|
Russian Civil War: The hydrographic vessel was shelled and sunk by White artillery off Unitsa in Lake Onega.[106] |
Unknown date
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Erinpura | United Kingdom
|
The cargo ship ran aground on Great Hanish Island, Aden Protectorate in mid-June. She was declared a total loss on 19 August 1920.[107] |
| T-5 |  Merivoimat
|
Russian Civil War: The minesweeper was sunk by mines.[108] |
| Terek | Russian Navy White Movement
|
Russian Civil War: The gunboat was scuttled on the Kama River at the end of June.[77] |
July
3 July
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| HMS Fandango | Royal Navy
|
Russian Civil War, North Russia Intervention: The Dance-class minesweeper struck a mine and sank in the Dvina River in Russia. Eight crewmen were killed.[103][93] |
5 July
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| MP-1 | Merivoimat
|
Russian Civil War: The minesweeper was sunk by mines.[108] |
12 July
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| USS Richard Bulkeley | United States Navy
|
The minesweeper struck a mine and sank in the North Sea with the loss of seven of her 25 crew.[109] |
15 July
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Derband | Soviet Union
|
Russian Civil War: The cargo schooner was shelled and sunk in the Caspian Sea by HMS Emile Nobel and HMS Kruger (both Royal Navy).[95]
|
| Useyn Abbad | Soviet Union
|
Russian Civil War: The cargo schooner was shelled and sunk in the Caspian Sea by HMS Emile Nobel and HMS Kruger (both Royal Navy).[95]
|
16 July
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| HMS Gentian | Royal Navy
|
Russian Civil War, British campaign in the Baltic: The Arabis-class sloop-of-war struck a mine and sank in the Gulf of Finland.[110] |
| HMS Myrtle | Royal Navy
|
Russian Civil War, British campaign in the Baltic: The Acacia-class sloop-of-war struck a mine and sank in the Gulf of Finland.[111][112] |
19 July
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| HMS ML 127 | Royal Navy
|
The Elco-type submarine chaser was destroyed by fire in Bridlington harbour, Yorkshire, United Kingdom.[113][114] |
22 July
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Charles E. Dunlap |  United States
|
During a voyage from San Juan, Puerto Rico, to New York City with a cargo of coconuts, the 1,498-gross register ton four-masted schooner ran aground in dense fog on Rockaway Shoal off East Rockaway Inlet on the coast of Long Island, New York, while trying to enter New York Harbor. She broke up and sank in 25 feet (8 m) of water. Her wreck is known as the "Coconut Wreck."[115] |
26 July
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Hauruto | United Kingdom
|
The cargo ship departed Saigon, French Indochina for Hong Kong. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[116] |
27 July
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Admiral Knight | United States
|
The cargo ship was destroyed by fire off the mouth of the Fraser River. Her crew were rescued.[117] |
| USS May | United States Navy
|
The naval yacht ran aground off Cape Engaño, Dominican Republic. She was abandoned as a total loss on 28 February 1920. |
| Synovya | Russian Navy White Movement
|
Russian Civil War: The steamer was beached and burned to prevent capture in the Volga Estuary.[95] |
| Yekaterina | Russian Navy White Movement
|
Russian Civil War: The steamer was beached and burned to prevent capture in the Volga Estuary.[95] |
30 July
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| USS G-2 | United States Navy
|
While moored in Twotree Island Channel in Niantic Bay off Waterford, Connecticut, undergoing inspection by a six-man team after being designated for use in weapons tests, the decommissioned G-class submarine suddenly flooded and sank in 81 feet (25 m) of water. Three members of the inspection team were killed. She was partially salvaged in 1962.[118][119] |
| Toyo Maru No.2 | Japan
|
The cargo ship was destroyed by fire.[117] |
August
1 August
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| No. 2 | Soviet Navy
|
Russian Civil War: The gunboat was bombed and damaged by British seaplanes, then damaged further by White gunboats in Lake Onega and beached, abandoned. Retrieved by the Whites and put in service as Silny ( Russian Navy) White Movement.[106]
|
| No. 3 | Soviet Navy
|
Russian Civil War: The gunboat was bombed and damaged by British seaplanes or by White gunboats in Lake Onega and beached, abandoned.[106] |
9 August
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Quebec | Port Colborne explosion: The steam barge was damaged or destroyed when the Dominion Grain Elevator that she was tied up at exploded on the Welland Canal at Port Colborne, Ontario. She was beached to prevent sinking. Two or three bodies were found on board.[120][121] | |
| Traveler | United States
|
The motor yacht was beached near Watch Hill, Rhode Island, after hitting a reef.[45] |
10 August
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Wanick | United States
|
The 18-gross register ton, 48.9-foot (14.9 m) towing vessel became stranded and was lost without loss of life at Lost Harbor (54°13′45″N 165°36′30″W / 54.22917°N 165.60833°W) in the Territory of Alaska.[122] |
11 August
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Archangel | Russian Navy White Movement
|
Russian Civil War: Allied Intervention in the Russian Civil War: The minesweeping tugboat was sunk by mines in the Dvina River. One British officer was killed.[93] |
| David W. Mills | United States
|
The 202-foot (61.6 m) 925-gross register ton cargo ship, a "steambarge," ran hard aground in Ford Shoals in Lake Ontario, 4.5 nautical miles (8.3 km; 5.2 mi) west-southwest of Oswego, New York, in heavy fog caused by forest fires in Canada. Salvage attempts failed, and in October 1919 she broke up in a storm and sank in 12 to 25 feet (3.7 to 7.6 m) of water at 43°26′37.68″N 076°35′05.7012″W / 43.4438000°N 76.584917000°W[123][124][125] |
13 August
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Basilicata |  Regia Marina
|
The Campania-class protected cruiser was sunk at Tewfik, Egypt, by the explosion of one of her boilers. She was refloated in 1920 and later was scrapped. |
14 August
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Ballew | United States
|
The yug was stranded on Hawes Shoal near Vineyard Haven, Massachusetts.[45] |
| Lettie | United States
|
During a voyage in the Aleutian Islands from Atka to Unimak Island and Unalaska with a crew of four and a cargo of four tons off general merchandise and salted cod on board, the 27-gross register ton schooner was wrecked without loss of life in dense fog and strong tides on Samalga Reef off the southwestern end of Samalga Island in the Fox Islands subgroup of the eastern Aleutians.[49] |
| Skorpion | Soviet Navy
|
Russian Civil War: Allied Intervention in the Russian Civil War: The patrol boat was shelled and sunk by artillery in the Dvina River.[93] |
18 August
19 August
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Frip | Sweden
|
The wooden schooner, en route from Karlskrona to West Hartlepool, sank after striking a mine from the minefields at Herthas Flak in Kattegat. One crew member was killed.[127] |
23 August
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Constance | United States
|
The 78-gross register ton fishing vessel was wrecked without loss of life on the south-central coast of the Territory of Alaska 25 nautical miles (46 km; 29 mi) east of Cape Suckling (59°59′30″N 143°30′00″W / 59.99167°N 143.50000°W). The schooner Northland ( United States) rescued her crew of 15 from the beach.[128]
|
| Rustler | United States
|
The steamer burned and sank in the Rouge River.[129] |
25 August
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Malroe | United States
|
While out of service and hauled out on the bank of the Snake River near Nome, Territory of Alaska, about 0.5-mile (0.8 km) from the river′s mouth, the 12-gross register ton schooner was destroyed by fire.[130] |
30 August
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Sculpin II | United States
|
The schooner yacht was blown ashore at Groton, Connecticut.[45] |
Unknown date
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Kuryer | Soviet Navy Red Movement
|
Russian Civil War: The paddle steamer gunboat was scuttled on the Dnieper River to prevent capture in late August.[77] |
September
1 September
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Edward J. McKeever Jr. | United States
|
The fishing steamer went ashore on Sea Flower Reef near Fishers Island, New York.[45] |
| HMS Vittoria | Royal Navy
|
Russian Civil War, British campaign in the Baltic: The V-class destroyer was torpedoed and sunk by Pantera ( Soviet Navy) in the Gulf of Finland off Seiskari, Finland. She was salvaged in 1925 but found to be beyond repair.
|
4 September
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Nemassa | United States
|
The steamer sank in the channel at Baltimore on its first cargo run. Raised, repaired and returned to service.[131][132] |
| HMS Verulam | Royal Navy
|
Russian Civil War, British campaign in the Baltic: The V-class destroyer struck a mine and sank off in the Gulf of Finland off Seiskari, Finland. She was salvaged in 1925 but found to be beyond repair. |
5 September
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Leviathan | United States
|
The steam lighter was stranded on the bank of the Cape Cod Canal near Bourne Bridge, Massachusetts.[45] |
8 September
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Arag | Russian Navy White Movement
|
Russian Civil War: The gunboat was sunk off Lagan Island by mines. Four crewmen killed.[95] |
| Casco | United States
|
The 93-ton schooner was wrecked on the southeast coast of King Island in the Bering Sea during a gale. Her wreck sank in 12 feet (3.7 m) of water on 10 September and broke up completely in a gale on 23 September.[128] |
| Valbanera | Spain
|
1919 Florida Keys hurricane: The passenger ship foundered 40 miles (64 km) west of Key West, Florida in 30 feet (9.1 m) of water on Half Moon Shoal with the loss of all 488 passengers and crew.[133] |
9 September
10 September
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| USS Coco | United States Navy
|
1919 Florida Keys hurricane: The 36-foot (11 m) patrol vessel foundered off Key West, Florida in a hurricane.[141] |
| USS Katherine K. | United States Navy
|
1919 Florida Keys hurricane: The harbor tug/patrol vessel foundered/wrecked/destroyed off Key West, Florida in a hurricane.[71][142] |
| USS Mary Pope | United States Navy
|
1919 Florida Keys hurricane: The 52-foot (16 m) patrol vessel was destroyed at Key West, Florida in a hurricane.[71][143] |
| USS Patrol No. 1 | United States Navy
|
1919 Florida Keys hurricane: The 40-foot (12 m) patrol vessel was wrecked at Key West, Florida in a hurricane.[144] |
| USS Sea Hawk | United States Navy
|
1919 Florida Keys hurricane: The patrol vessel disappeared from Key West, Florida during the hurricane.[145] |
11 September
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| USS Helena I | United States Navy
|
1919 Florida Keys hurricane: The naval yacht/patrol vessel was wrecked at Key West, Florida in a hurricane.[146] |
16 September
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Belvedere | United States
|
Trapped in ice since 15 September in the Chukchi Sea 12 nautical miles (22 km; 14 mi) northeast of "Cape Jinretlen" – presumably a reference to Cape Dzhenretlen (67°06′48″N 173°39′00″W / 67.11333°N 173.65000°W) – on the coast of Siberia, the 523-gross register ton steam whaling bark sank four hours after her three passengers and crew of 30 abandoned her the following morning. All on board survived.[147] |
| HMS M25 | Royal Navy
|
Russian Civil War, North Russia Intervention: The M15-class monitor ran aground in the Dvina River in Russia after the river level fell and was scuttled. |
| HMS M27 | Royal Navy
|
Russian Civil War, North Russia Intervention: The M15-class monitor ran aground in the Dvina River in Russia after the river level fell and was scuttled. |
| West Arvada | United States
|
The cargo ship was sunk by a mine 16 miles (26 km) north of Terschelling.[53][148] |
21 September
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| North Fork | United States
|
The steam schooner was wrecked in fog between Point Arena and Shelter Cove. Her cargo was salvaged.[149][150] |
23 September
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Belogor | Soviet Navy
|
Russian Civil War: Allied Intervention in the Russian Civil War: The minesweeper was mined and sunk in the Dvina River.[93] |
24 September
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Posylnyy | Soviet Navy
|
Russian Civil War: Allied Intervention in the Russian Civil War: The minesweeper was mined and sunk in the Dvina River.[93] |
| Vdachayy | Soviet Navy
|
Russian Civil War: Allied Intervention in the Russian Civil War: The minesweeper was mined and sunk in the Dvina River.[93] |
25 September
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Marie | United States
|
The 43-gross register ton, 63-foot (19.2 m) fishing vessel was destroyed by fire at Sister Island (54°52′15″N 131°17′15″W / 54.87083°N 131.28750°W) in Southeast Alaska. Her entire crew of six survived.[130] |
29 September
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| ML-18 | Royal Navy
|
The motor launch presumably was lost in the North Sea while on passage to the United Kingdom from Norway. |
| ML-62 | Royal Navy
|
The motor launch presumably was lost in the North Sea while on passage to the United Kingdom from Norway. |
| ML-191 | Royal Navy
|
The motor launch presumably was lost in the North Sea while on passage to the United Kingdom from Norway. |
| Ossifrage | Canada
|
The barge struck a shoal and foundered in Northumberland Strait while being towed from Wallace, Nova Scotia, Canada, to Souris, Prince Edward Island, Canada. |
30 September
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| August Helmerich |  Germany
|
The cargo ship was on a voyage from Kotka, Finland. to Hamburg, Germany, when she sank in the Baltic Sea after a collision with the Normandiet ( Denmark) off Dalarö, Sweden, on the east coast of Öland.
|
October
1 October
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Homer | United States
|
The 34-gross register ton motor vessel was destroyed in Security Bay (56°53′N 134°21′W / 56.883°N 134.350°W) in Southeast Alaska by a fire that started in her engine room. All three crew members transferred to the motor vessel Milleville ( United States), which was lying alongside when the fire broke out, and survived.[151]
|
2 October
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Dobrovolets | Russian Navy White Movement
|
Russian Civil War: Battle of Pechek: The gunboat ran aground during the battle on the Dnieper River. She was then shelled and machine gunned by Geroyskiy ( Soviet Navy) causing her crew to abandon ship. The ship was captured, and refloated a few hours later. Repaired and put in service as Gubitelnyy ( Soviet Navy).[77]
|
3 October
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Frank O'Connor | United States
|
The bulk carrier caught fire and sank in Lake Michigan. |
| Sesnon #15 | United States
|
With a crew of six and a cargo of 25 tons of general merchandise aboard, the 40-ton scow was wrecked without loss of life in Golovnin Bay on the coast of the Territory of Alaska during a gale.[152] |
4 October
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Mackensen | Imperial German Navy
|
The Mackensen-class Vorpostenboot was sunk by mines on the Dogger Bank. |
5 October
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Milton | United States
|
The cargo ship caught fire and sank near Lisboain. |
| Nadezhda | Russian Navy White Movement
|
Russian Civil War: The gunboat was sunk off Lagan Island by mines.[95] |
7 October
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Sizergh Castle | United Kingdom
|
The cargo ship foundered due to a water leakage in the North Atlantic while she was travelling from Galveston, Texas, United States to Antwerp, Belgium. |
8 October
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Hettie B | United States
|
During a voyage from the Lost River to Nome, Territory of Alaska, the 15-gross register ton motor vessel was wrecked without loss of life during a gale on a shoal approximately 0.5 nautical miles (0.9 km; 0.6 mi) southeast of the mouth of Safety Lagoon (64°29′N 164°45′W / 64.483°N 164.750°W) on Alaska′s Norton Sound coast. A motorboat from shore rescued her seven passengers and crew of three. Her gasoline engine later was salvaged, after which her wreck was abandoned in place.[151] |
| Sesnon #4 | United States
|
While anchored off Nome, Territory of Alaska, with no cargo or crew aboard, the 23-ton barge broke loose from her moorings during a gale, was driven ashore, and was broken apart by waves.[152] |
| Sesnon #10 | United States
|
With no cargo or crew aboard, the 20-ton barge broke loose from her moorings at Nome, Territory of Alaska, during a gale, was driven ashore on a beach about 2 nautical miles (3.7 km; 2.3 mi) east of Nome, and was broken apart by waves.[152] |
9 October
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Daram | United States
|
The cargo ship ran aground and sank on Long Bar Reef off Bermuda during a voyage from Pensacola, Florida, United States, to Marseille, France. |
| Flyer | United States
|
With no one and no cargo aboard, the 6-ton scow was blown from her moorings at the mouth of the Kiwalik River on the coast of the Territory of Alaska and onto the shore, where ice and the surf broke her up. She was declared a total loss.[153] |
17 October
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| SMS Kaiser Franz Joseph I |  Austro-Hungarian Navy
|
Awarded to France as a war reparation in the aftermath of World War I and overloaded with dismantled machinery, the protected cruiser foundered in a gale in Cattaro Bay off Kumbor on the coast of the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats, and Slovenes during her delivery voyage. |
18 October
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| HMS H41 | Royal Navy
|
The H-class submarine sank after a collision with HMS Vulcan ( Royal Navy) in the North Sea off Blyth, Northumberland.
|
19 October
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Constanza | Sweden
|
The cargo ship, en route from Bougie to Gothenburg, Sweden, sank after striking a mine in Kattegat. Two crew members were killed.[154] |
| Katherine Howard | United States
|
The barge grounded on the flats in the harbor at Plymouth, Massachusetts.[45] |
20 October
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Gavriil | Soviet Navy
|
Russian Civil War: British campaign in the Baltic: The Orfey-class destroyer was sunk by mines in Koporsky Bay in the Gulf of Finland.[126] |
| Hollandia | Sweden
|
The combined cargo and passenger ship, en route from Gothenburg to Antwerp, sank after striking a mine in the North Sea. Only four crew survived. The master and seventeen crew, and two passengers, perished.[155] |
| Konstantin | Soviet Navy
|
Russian Civil War: British campaign in the Baltic: The Orfey-class destroyer was sunk by mines in Koporsky Bay in the Gulf of Finland.[126] |
| Svoboda | Soviet Navy
|
Russian Civil War: British campaign in the Baltic: The Orfey-class destroyer was sunk by mines in Koporsky Bay in the Gulf of Finland.[126] |
22 October
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| USS Tecumseh | United States Navy
|
The tug sank at the Washington Navy Yard wharf in Washington, D. C. The vessel was raised, repaired and returned to service.[71][156] |
24 October
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| R01 | Royal Navy
|
The Schastlivy-class destroyer foundered in a storm off Mudros, Greece whilst being towed from İzmit, Ottoman Empire to Malta by HMS Torch ( Royal Navy).[157]
|
28 October
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Muskegon | United States
|
The passenger ship was wrecked on the south pier of the harbor at Muskegon, Michigan in a gale and heavy seas, a total loss. 23 killed.[135][158] |
29 October
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Frej | Sweden
|
The wooden schooner, en route from Åbo to Malmö, sank after striking a mine in the Baltic, west of Gotland. The crew survived.[159] |
31 October
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Fazilka | United Kingdom
|
The cargo liner was wrecked on Great Nicobar Island, India. |
Unknown date
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Guimba | United States
|
The Design 1015 ship struck a mine at the mouth of the Elbe and was damaged. Subsequently repaired then laid up.[160] |
November
1 November
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| USS SC-256 | United States Navy
|
The SC-1-class submarine chaser was sunk by a gasoline explosion in an unknown location.[17] |
| Volturnus | United Kingdom
|
The coastal cargo ship was sunk in the Kattegat five miles (8.0 km) southeast of the Skaw light vessel by mines.[161] |
4 November
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Lesbos | Belgium
|
The cargo ship ran aground on Cross Sands, in the North Sea off Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, United Kingdom and was wrecked.[60] |
5 November
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Audrey P. Brown | Canada
|
The schooner ran aground in Liverpool Bay, Nova Scotia.[162] |
| Silny | Russian Navy White Movement
|
Russian Civil War: Medvezhyegorsk Operation: The gunboat was scuttled to prevent capture in Lake Onega.[106] |
7 November
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| No. 7 | Soviet Navy
|
Russian Civil War: Medvezhyegorsk Operation: The gunboat was shelled and damaged by White artillery in Lake Onega and beached, scuttled by retiring Soviet troops to prevent capture.[106] |
9 November
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Polar Land | United States
|
On 7 or 9 November, the cargo ship sank in the Atlantic Ocean east of Halifax, Nova Scotia at (44°25′N 57°50′W / 44.417°N 57.833°W). Lost with all 51 crew.[135][163] |
11 November
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| John Owen | United States
|
The steamer sank between Duluth, Minnesota and Midland, Ontario. Lost with all 22 crew.[135][164] |
13 November
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Council Bluffs | United States
|
The cargo ship was sunk by a mine in the Irish Sea.[53][165] |
14 November
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| No. 4 | Soviet Navy Red Movement
|
Russian Civil War: The armed pontoon had to be beached to prevent sinking in the Volga Estuary after a torpedo launched from a White Navy coastal motor boat exploded on the river bottom beneath it.[95] |
18 November
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Algoma | United States
|
While under tow along with two dump scows by the tug Arctic ( United States) in Lake Michigan, the non-self-propelled wooden steam dredge was swamped by heavy seas off Cleveland, Wisconsin. After Arctic rescued her crew of five and cut her loose, Algoma sank in 85 feet (26 m) of water at 43°53.518′N 087°40.301′W / 43.891967°N 87.671683°W. The wreck lies within the Wisconsin Shipwreck Coast National Marine Sanctuary, and also is referred to as the "McMullen & Pitz Dredge."[166]
|
20 November
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Atle Jarl |  Weimar Republic
|
The cargo ship sank after hitting a mine near Öland, Sweden while she was on a voyage from Luleå, Sweden to Amsterdam, the Netherlands with a cargo of wood. She was refloated on 28 June 1920 and repaired.[167] |
22 November
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Ady | Belgium
|
The schooner, carrying a cargo of copra, caught fire off Jamaica and was abandoned.[168] |
| Myron | United States
|
The lumber hooker foundered in Lake Superior off Whitefish Point with the loss of 17 of her 18 crew. Only the captain survived. |
24 November
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Poltava | Soviet Navy
|
The Gangut-class battleship was severely damaged by fire at Petrograd. She was not repaired.[157] |
Unknown date
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Bolinder K-5 | Russian Navy White Movement
|
Russian Civil War: Battle of Kiev: The armed barge sank while firing on Red troops, possibly the recoil from her guns opened up her seams.[169] |
December
1 December
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Kerwood | United States
|
The cargo ship was sunk by a mine 20 miles (32 km) northwest of Terschelling or in the Irish Sea.[53][170] |
5 December
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| C-1 | Finnish Navy
|
Russian Civil War: The torpedo boat was crushed by ice and sank between Koivisto and Helsinki.[95] |
| C-2 | Finnish Navy
|
Russian Civil War: The torpedo boat was crushed by ice and sank between Koivisto and Helsinki.[95] |
| C-3 | Finnish Navy
|
Russian Civil War: The torpedo boat was crushed by ice and sank between Koivisto and Helsinki.[95] |
| Frigga | Sweden
|
The wooden barque, en route from North Shields, sank after striking a mine in Kattegat. The master and seven crew died, only two of the crew survived.[171] |
| Liberty Glo | United States
|
The cargo ship struck a mine and was almost blown in half off the coast of the Netherlands. She was held together by her deck plates. She was beached near the Ameland Light. She was refloated four months later and taken to Rotterdam where she was repaired with a new bow sent from her builders.[172][173] |
8 December
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Acushla | United States
|
The 24-gross register ton, 44-foot (13.4 m) fishing vessel was destroyed by fire in Peans Hole (55°13′N 133°32′W / 55.217°N 133.533°W) in Bucareli Bay in the Alexander Archipelago in Southeast Alaska. All six people on board survived.[59] |
9 December
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Ethie | Canada
|
She was on passage Battle Harbour, Labrador for Cow Head, Newfoundland with codfish and herring, was lost at Martin's Point, 16 nautical miles (30 km) north of Bonne Bay, Newfoundland[174] |
11 December
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| C. J. Hooper | United States
|
The tug was severely damaged by fire at Baltimore, Maryland.[175] |
| Dreamland | United States
|
The ship was damaged by fire at Baltimore.[175] |
| Gretchen | United States
|
The bugeye was severely damaged by fire at Baltimore.[175] |
| Governor R. M. McLane | United States
|
The Maryland State Fishery Force vessel was severely damaged by fire at Baltimore.[175] Subsequently repaired and returned to service. |
| Lake Duvall | United States
|
The steamship was damaged by fire at Baltimore.[175] |
| Major L'Enfant | United States Army
|
The U.S. Army Quartermaster steamship was destroyed by fire at Baltimore with the loss of a crew member.[175] |
| Nupolela | United States
|
The steamship was damaged by fire at Baltimore.[175] |
| Wilhelm Jebsen | United States
|
The ship was damaged by fire at Baltimore.[175] |
12 December
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Kerwood | United States
|
The cargo ship struck a mine and sank in the North Sea 20 nautical miles (37 km) north of Terschelling, Netherlands. |
18 December
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Cufic | United Kingdom
|
The cargo ship foundered with the loss of all 40 crew. |
| J. A. Chanslor | United States
|
The steamer struck rocks off Cape Blanco, Oregon, she broke in two and sank. 38 killed.[135] |
20 December
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| May | United States
|
After losing steering, the 11-gross register ton motor vessel was forced ashore by wind and tide and wrecked on the coast of Prince of Wales Island in the Alexander Archipelago in Southeast Alaska, 2 nautical miles (3.7 km; 2.3 mi) south of Narrow Point (55°47′30″N 132°28′30″W / 55.79167°N 132.47500°W). The only person aboard survived.[130] |
25 December
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Dundee | Canada
|
On a voyage from Lewesport to Port Union, Newfoundland, the vessel was stranded and lost on Noggin Island (Grassy Island), Sir Charles Hamilton Sound near Carmanville, Newfoundland.[176] |
Unknown December
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Harburg | Imperial German Navy
|
The Admiral Scheer-class Vorpostenboot was lost to unknown causes after 2 December in the North Sea. |
| USS R-6 | United States Navy
|
The R-class submarine was swept from her moorings in a gale and went aground on Black Rock at the entrance to the harbor at New London, Connecticut. She was later refloated, repaired and returned to service.[177] |
Unknown date
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Alpha | United States
|
While anchored with no one aboard, the 9-gross register ton motor vessel sank off the point north of the Alaska Seafood Cannery of Cordova, Territory of Alaska, in the spring of 1919.[59] |
| Challenge | United States
|
The 39-gross register ton motor vessel filled with water and sank in Bernard Harbour (57°54′37″N 152°30′31″W / 57.9103°N 152.5086°W) on the coast of the Northwest Territories in Canada in the spring of 1919 after her bottom froze to the bottom of the harbour while she was laid up over the winter of 1918–1919. After she sank, ice broke her up.[128] |
| SMS Don Juan d'Austria | Austro-Hungarian Navy
|
The barracks ship, a former central battery ironclad, sank. |
| Elbrus | Soviet Navy
|
Raised after having been scuttled at Novorossisk in 1914, then scuttled again to prevent capture. Raised again in 1925, repaired, and returned to service.[168] |
| Lyman D. Foster |  New Zealand
|
The barquentine was last seen leaving Nukuʻalofa, Tonga on 26 March 1919 bound for San Francisco, with cargo of copra. She was posted as missing on 29 October 1919.[178] |
| San Juan #1 | United States
|
The scow barge was lost in the Gulf of Alaska sometime in 1919. Her loss was not reported until 1928.[152] |
| Shirley | United States
|
The 1,049-ton barge – a converted bark – was abandoned at Skagway in Southeast Alaska.[152] |
| UB-14 | ex- Imperial German Navy
|
The Type UB I submarine was scuttled in the Black Sea off Sevastopol, Russia in the early months of 1919. |
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