List of shipwrecks in 1919
The list of shipwrecks in 1919 includes ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during 1919.
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January
[edit]1 January
[edit]Ship | State | Description |
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HMS Iolaire | ![]() | 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 | ![]() | ![]() |
2 January
[edit]Ship | State | Description |
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Nanyo Maru | ![]() | The cargo ship foundered off Tukuyama, Hokkaidō with the loss of all hands.[1] |
Polly and Emily | ![]() | The schooner ran aground off Ambleteuse, Pas-de-Calais, France. Her crew were rescued.[2] |
3 January
[edit]Ship | State | Description |
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Fairhaven | ![]() | 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 | ![]() | The schooner foundered 10 nautical miles (19 km) south of Cape Sacratif, Spain with the loss of three of her crew.[3] |
4 January
[edit]Ship | State | Description |
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Amazon | ![]() | The motor vessel capsized in the Pacific Ocean two miles (3.2 km) south of Point Robinson. Six crewmen killed.[4] |
Temple E. Dore | ![]() | The cargo ship caught fire and sank at Colimar, Cuba.[5] |
5 January
[edit]Ship | State | Description |
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Earnholm | ![]() | 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 | ![]() | The cargo ship lost her rudder and sprang a leak in the Atlantic Ocean and was abandoned. All 38 crew were rescued by Absaroka (![]() |
6 January
[edit]Ship | State | Description |
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Vila de Buarcos | ![]() | The sailing ship was abandoned in the Bay of Biscay off Ouessant, Finistère, France. All eleven crew were rescued by Malte (![]() |
8 January
[edit]Ship | State | Description |
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Ribbleton | ![]() | The steamship departed from Kilkeel, County Down for Cardiff, Glamorgan. No further trace, reported missing.[6] |
Westgate | ![]() | The cargo ship collided with Bayano (![]() |
9 January
[edit]Ship | State | Description |
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Knut Jarl | ![]() | The cargo ship collided with Impoco (![]() ![]() |
10 January
[edit]Ship | State | Description |
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Calista | ![]() | She was sighted in Ballaghennie Bay whilst on a voyage from Preston, Lancashire to Dublin. No further trace, reported missing.[6] |
Fleetwing | ![]() | The schooner was driven ashore at Bels Point, Caernarfonshire and was wrecked with the loss of one of her five crew.[7] |
Northumbria | ![]() | 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
[edit]Ship | State | Description |
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Castalia | ![]() | 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 (![]() |
Yuna | ![]() | The steamer was wrecked on Mouchoir Bank. Sixty-four people died.[4] |
13 January
[edit]Ship | State | Description |
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Effort | ![]() | 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
[edit]Ship | State | Description |
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Chaouia | ![]() | 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 | ![]() | The steamer was wrecked off Elmswood Island.[14] |
16 January
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USS Lake Erie | ![]() | The collier was sunk in a collision with Hazel Branch (![]() ![]() |
17 January
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Glenogle | ![]() | 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
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Ruth | ![]() | The fishing schooner sank in the harbor at South Boston, Massachusetts after being rammed by the tug Piedmont (![]() |
21 January
[edit]Ship | State | Description |
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SM UC-40 | ![]() | 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
[edit]Ship | State | Description |
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Espada | ![]() | The schooner ran aground on the Mumbulau Reef, Fiji and was wrecked. Her crew survived.[22] |
325 | ![]() | 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
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No. 325 | ![]() | The torpedo boat struck a mine and sank in the Mediterranean Sea off Tunis, Tunisia.[22] |
Marguerite III | ![]() | The cargo ship sprang a leak in the Irish Sea off the Wyre Lighthouse and was abandoned. Her crew survived.[22] |
25 January
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E. Starr Jones | ![]() | The schooner ran aground off Montevideo, Uruguay and was wrecked.[24] |
28 January
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Reine d'Arvor | ![]() | The schooner was wrecked at Port Quin, Cornwall, United Kingdom. Her crew were rescued by Brook (![]() |
29 January
[edit]Ship | State | Description |
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Algeria | ![]() | The steamship foundered in the North Sea 1+1⁄2 nautical miles (2.8 km) off the Tongue Lightship (![]() |
USS Piave or USAT Piave | ![]() ![]() | 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 | ![]() | 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
[edit]Ship | State | Description |
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Flirt | ![]() | 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 (![]() |
Nimrod | ![]() | 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
[edit]1 February
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USS Narragansett | ![]() | ![]() 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
[edit]Ship | State | Description |
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HMS Penarth | ![]() | 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
[edit]Ship | State | Description |
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Caledonia | ![]() | The paddle steamer collided with Kalfond (![]() |
Carmen | ![]() | 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 | ![]() | The cargo ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean off Santos, São Paulo, Brazil.[36] |
6 February
[edit]Ship | State | Description |
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Sis | ![]() | The schooner ran aground at Point Saint Quentin, Somme, France and was abandoned by her crew.[31] |
7 February
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HMS Erin's Isle | ![]() | 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
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Satsei Maru No.1 | ![]() | The cargo ship was wrecked on Daisee Island, Korea with the loss of all hands.[38] |
SM U-16 | ![]() | 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 | ![]() | The schooner was wrecked at the entrance to the Pará River, Brazil.[39] |
10 February
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Joseph Davis | ![]() | 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 | ![]() | 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
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Accoma | ![]() | 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
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Sassenheim | ![]() | The steamer went ashore on Handkerchief Shoal, Massachusetts.[20] |
15 February
[edit]Ship | State | Description |
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Hans | ![]() | The cargo ship ran aground and sank in Fjensfjord, Norway.[41] |
18 February
[edit]Ship | State | Description |
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Mirabeau | ![]() | 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
[edit]Ship | State | Description |
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SM UC-71 | ![]() | 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
[edit]Ship | State | Description |
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SM U-21 | ![]() | 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
[edit]Ship | State | Description |
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USS Sixaola | ![]() | 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
[edit]Ship | State | Description |
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Philorth | ![]() | The steamship foundered in the Mediterranean Sea. She was on a voyage from Constantinople, Ottoman Empire to Malta.[6] |
27 February
[edit]Ship | State | Description |
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Taiun Maru No.8 | ![]() | The steamship foundered off Vuruga Bay.[6] |
28 February
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General Gordon | ![]() | 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 (![]() |
Lord Dufferin | ![]() | The cargo ship was in collision with Aquitania (![]() |
Unknown date
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Jan | ![]() | 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
[edit]2 March
[edit]Ship | State | Description |
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Lewis McDonald | ![]() | 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 | ![]() | 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
[edit]Ship | State | Description |
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Hera | ![]() | The cargo ship ran aground off Arholma, Sweden and sank.[51] |
SMS Senator Schaefer | ![]() | The Vorpostenboot was lost on this date. |
5 March
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Kersaint | ![]() | The sloop-of-war was stranded on a reef at Tahiti.[52] |
6 March
[edit]Ship | State | Description |
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Ejdern | ![]() | 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
[edit]Ship | State | Description |
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HNoMS Thor | ![]() | The monitor ran aground in the Skagerrak off Verdens Ende, Norway, and sank with the loss of two lives. |
12 March
[edit]Ship | State | Description |
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Prinsengracht | ![]() | The steamship was abandoned at sea. She was on a voyage from Port Talbot, Glamorgan, United Kingdom to Barcelona, Spain.[6] |
14 March
[edit]Ship | State | Description |
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Yselhaven | ![]() | 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 (![]() |
15 March
[edit]Ship | State | Description |
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City of Gulfport | ![]() | The five-masted barquentine was destroyed by fire in the River Plate at Buenos Aires, Argentina.[55] |
16 March
[edit]Ship | State | Description |
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Nordanvind | ![]() | The cargo ship struck a mine and sank in the North Sea. The crew was saved.[56] |
18 March
[edit]Ship | State | Description |
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Bonovento | ![]() | 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 (![]() |
19 March
[edit]Ship | State | Description |
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Conservator | ![]() | The steam yacht foundered off Cardigan, Wales, United Kingdom. Her ten crew were rescued by Elizabeth Austin (![]() |
24 March
[edit]Ship | State | Description |
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Cecil Fearn | ![]() | The schooner was driven ashore at Figuera, Cape Verde Islands, Portugal and was wrecked.[57] |
27 March
[edit]Ship | State | Description |
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Vincio | ![]() | The cargo ship ran aground at Bayonne, Basses-Pyrénées, France and was a total loss.[57] |
28 March
[edit]Ship | State | Description |
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Conservator | ![]() | The cargo ship ran aground on the Black Rocks in the River Teifi and was wrecked.[57] |
Unknown date
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Castor II | ![]() | The steamship capsized and sank in the North Sea. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham, United Kingdom to Porsgrund.[6] |
Perun | ![]() | Russian Civil War, Cronstadt Rebellion: The Uragan-class monitor was hit by artillery fire and severely damaged by fire at Cronstadt. |
April
[edit]3 April
[edit]Ship | State | Description |
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Allen A | ![]() | 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 (![]() |
6 April
[edit]Ship | State | Description |
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Vulkan | ![]() | 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
[edit]Ship | State | Description |
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Hastier | ![]() | The coaster, on her maiden voyage, departed Brixham, Devon, United Kingdom for Barcelona, Spain. A damaged lifeboat discovered on 21 June by Courier (![]() |
12 April
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Carolus | ![]() | 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
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U-118 | ![]() | ![]() 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
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Lusitania | ![]() | The schooner caught fire off Cemaes Head, Cardiganshire. Her crew was rescued by Elizabeth Austin (![]() |
17 April
[edit]Ship | State | Description |
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USS Freehold | ![]() | The minesweeping tug was sunk in New York Harbor while assisting with the docking of RMS Saxonia (![]() |
18 April
[edit]Ship | State | Description |
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Rosedale | ![]() | The cargo ship collided with Luella (![]() |
19 April
[edit]Ship | State | Description |
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Tyne | ![]() | The cargo ship collided with the brigantine Fleur de Mer (![]() |
Wild Rose | ![]() | The cargo ship collided with Afon Lledi (![]() |
21 April
[edit]Ship | State | Description |
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AG-21 | ![]() | World War I: The AG-class submarine was scuttled at Sevastopol by the British. |
24 April
[edit]Ship | State | Description |
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LV-51 | ![]() | 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 | ![]() | 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
[edit]Ship | State | Description |
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USS Courtney | ![]() | The naval trawler/minesweeper sank in a storm in the Bay of Biscay off Brest, Finistère, France.[67] |
USS Otis W. Douglas | ![]() | The naval trawler/minesweeper sank in a storm in the Bay of Biscay off Brest, Finistère, France.[67] |
28 April
[edit]Ship | State | Description |
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Capitaine Beauchamp | ![]() | The auxiliary schooner sank in a collision with the barge Detroit (![]() |
Detroit | ![]() | The barge sank in a collision with the schooner Capitaine Beauchamp (![]() |
USS Gypsum Queen | ![]() | 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 | ![]() | 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 (![]() |
Valkyr | ![]() | 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
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Professor Koch | ![]() | The barque stranded on Cox's Shoal off Scituate, Massachusetts.[45] |
Unknown date
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Borets za Svobodu | ![]() | Russian Civil War: The pre-dreadnought battleship was scuttled at Sevastopol. |
Dunvegan | ![]() | The cargo ship was driven aground at Margate, Kent. She was later repaired and refloated.[75] |
May
[edit]1 May
[edit]Ship | State | Description |
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Ilim | ![]() | Russian Civil War: The gunboat was rammed and sunk on the Kama River by Pronzitelnyy (![]() |
2 May
[edit]Ship | State | Description |
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USS SC-58 | ![]() | 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
[edit]Ship | State | Description |
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HMS Tryphon | ![]() | The destroyer ran aground in the Mediterranean. She was declared a constructive total loss.[81] |
5 May
[edit]Ship | State | Description |
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HMS Cupar | ![]() | The Aberdare-class minesweeper struck a mine and sank off the River Tyne. |
SMS Leipzig | ![]() | The hulked sail corvette capsized in Wilhelmshaven. She was raised in 1921 and scrapped. |
USS SC-343 | ![]() | 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
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Factor | ![]() | The cargo ship collided with Ursus (![]() |
Peter | ![]() | 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
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Lyubimets | ![]() | 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
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Premier | ![]() | 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 (![]() |
15 May
[edit]Ship | State | Description |
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Derband | ![]() | 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 ![]() |
Nanticoke | ![]() | The schooner barge, under tow of Triton (![]() |
Useyn Abdad | ![]() | 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 ![]() |
16 May
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D. R. Hanna | ![]() | The cargo ship was sunk in a collision with Quincy A. Shaw (![]() |
19 May
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No. 5 | ![]() | 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.[91] |
20 May
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Lake Placid | ![]() | The cargo ship was sunk by a mine 20 miles (32 km) off Vinga Light, near Gothenburg, Sweden.[53][92] |
21 May
[edit]24 May
[edit]Ship | State | Description |
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Alexander | ![]() | Russian Civil War: Battle of Yelabuga: The transport was shelled and sunk on the Kama River by artillery.[77] |
Roshal | ![]() | Russian Civil War: Battle of Yelabuga: The gunboat was shelled and damaged on the Kama River by HMS Kent (![]() |
Terek | ![]() | 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 | ![]() | The steamer burned near Smith's Point Light, at the mouth of the Potomac River. Six people were killed.[4][95] |
Unknown date
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Donetz | ![]() | Russian Civil War: The gunboat sank in the Gulf of Tendra during a storm.[96] |
Terek | ![]() | 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
[edit]2 June
[edit]Ship | State | Description |
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Rucumilla | ![]() | 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 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 Civil War: The gunboat was shelled and sunk on the Kama River by artillery.[77] |
9 June
[edit]Ship | State | Description |
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HMS L55 | ![]() | 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 (![]() |
11 June
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Yankee | ![]() | 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 (![]() |
14 June
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USS Patrol No. 7 | ![]() | The patrol vessel sank while in tow of USS SC-241 (![]() |
15 June
[edit]Ship | State | Description |
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Flottbeck | ![]() | The Ditmar Koel-class Vorpostenboot was sunk by mines 35 miles (56 km) north west of Norderney |
Vesterby | ![]() | The cargo ship, en route from Antwerp to Kolding, sank after striking a mine in Danish waters. The crew was saved.[98] |
16 June
[edit]Ship | State | Description |
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HMS Kinross | ![]() | The Aberdare-class minesweeper struck a mine and sank in the Aegean Sea. |
17 June
[edit]Ship | State | Description |
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Cairnside | ![]() | The cargo ship ran aground in the North Sea off Aldeburgh, Suffolk and was wrecked. Her crew were rescued by Vaunter (![]() |
18 June
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Oleg | ![]() | 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 (![]() |
21 June
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SMS B109 | ![]() | 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 | ![]() | 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 | ![]() | 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 | ![]() | 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 | ![]() | ![]() 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 | ![]() | ![]() 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 | ![]() | 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 | ![]() | Scuttling of the German fleet in Scapa Flow: The Brummer-class cruiser was scuttled in Scapa Flow, where she remains as of 2024. |
SMS Cöln | ![]() | Scuttling of the German fleet in Scapa Flow: The Cöln-class cruiser was scuttled in Scapa Flow, where she remains as of 2024. |
SMS Dresden | ![]() | Scuttling of the German fleet in Scapa Flow: The Cöln-class cruiser was scuttled in Scapa Flow, where she remains as of 2024. |
SMS Derfflinger | ![]() | ![]() 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 | ![]() | 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 | ![]() | 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 | ![]() | 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 | ![]() | 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 | ![]() | 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 | ![]() | 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 | ![]() | 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 | ![]() | 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 | ![]() | 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 | ![]() | 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 | ![]() | 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 | ![]() | ![]() 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 | ![]() | 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 | ![]() | 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 | ![]() | 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 | ![]() | ![]() 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 | ![]() | 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 | ![]() | 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 | ![]() | 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 | ![]() | Scuttling of the German fleet in Scapa Flow: The Königsberg-class cruiser was scuttled in Scapa Flow, where she remains as of 2024. |
SMS König | ![]() | Scuttling of the German fleet in Scapa Flow: The König-class battleship was scuttled in Scapa Flow, where she remains as of 2024. |
SMS König Albert | ![]() | 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 | ![]() | Scuttling of the German fleet in Scapa Flow: The König-class battleship was scuttled in Scapa Flow, where she remains as of 2024. |
SMS Markgraf | ![]() | Scuttling of the German fleet in Scapa Flow: The König-class battleship was scuttled in Scapa Flow, where she remains as of 2024. |
SMS Moltke | ![]() | 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 | ![]() | The steamer ran aground on Uest Island near New Bedford, Massachusetts.[45] |
SMS Nürnberg | ![]() | 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 | ![]() | 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 | ![]() | 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 | ![]() | 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 | ![]() | 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 | ![]() | 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 | ![]() | 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 | ![]() | 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 | ![]() | 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 | ![]() | 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 | ![]() | 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 | ![]() | 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 | ![]() | 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 | ![]() | 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 | ![]() | 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 | ![]() | 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 | ![]() | 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 | ![]() | 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 | ![]() | 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 | ![]() | ![]() 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 | ![]() | 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 | ![]() | 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 | ![]() | 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 | ![]() | 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 | ![]() | 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 | ![]() | 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 | ![]() | 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 | ![]() | 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 | ![]() | 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 | ![]() | 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 | ![]() | 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 | ![]() | 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 | ![]() | 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 | ![]() | 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 | ![]() | 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 | ![]() | 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 | ![]() | 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 | ![]() | 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 | ![]() | 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 | ![]() | 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 | ![]() | 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
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Pericles | ![]() | 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.[100] |
24 June
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HMS Sword Dance | ![]() | Russian Civil War, North Russia Intervention: The Dance-class minesweeper struck a mine and sank in the Dvina River in Russia. One crewman killed.[101][91] |
27 June
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Thomas | ![]() | 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 (![]() |
28 June
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Duchess of Richmond | ![]() | The paddle steamer struck a mine and sank in the Mediterranean Sea.[103] |
Slutskyi | ![]() | Russian Civil War: The hydrographic vessel was shelled and sunk by White artillery off Unitsa in Lake Onega.[104] |
Unknown date
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Erinpura | ![]() | The cargo ship ran aground on Great Hanish Island, Aden Protectorate in mid-June. She was declared a total loss on 19 August 1920.[105] |
T-5 | ![]() | Russian Civil War: The minesweeper was sunk by mines.[106] |
Terek | ![]() | Russian Civil War: The gunboat was scuttled on the Kama River at the end of June.[77] |
July
[edit]3 July
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HMS Fandango | ![]() | 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.[101][91] |
5 July
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MP-1 | ![]() | Russian Civil War: The minesweeper was sunk by mines.[106] |
12 July
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USS Richard Bulkeley | ![]() | The minesweeper struck a mine and sank in the North Sea with the loss of seven of her 25 crew.[107] |
15 July
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Derband | ![]() | Russian Civil War: The cargo schooner was shelled and sunk in the Caspian Sea by HMS Emile Nobel and HMS Kruger (both ![]() |
Useyn Abbad | ![]() | Russian Civil War: The cargo schooner was shelled and sunk in the Caspian Sea by HMS Emile Nobel and HMS Kruger (both ![]() |
16 July
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HMS Gentian | ![]() | Russian Civil War, British campaign in the Baltic: The Arabis-class sloop-of-war struck a mine and sank in the Gulf of Finland.[108] |
HMS Myrtle | ![]() | Russian Civil War, British campaign in the Baltic: The Acacia-class sloop-of-war struck a mine and sank in the Gulf of Finland.[109][110] |
19 July
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HMS ML 127 | ![]() | The Elco-type submarine chaser was destroyed by fire in Bridlington harbour, Yorkshire, United Kingdom.[111][112] |
22 July
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Charles E. Dunlap | ![]() | 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."[113] |
26 July
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Hauruto | ![]() | The cargo ship departed Saigon, French Indochina for Hong Kong. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[114] |
27 July
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Admiral Knight | ![]() | The cargo ship was destroyed by fire off the mouth of the Fraser River. Her crew were rescued.[115] |
USS May | ![]() | The naval yacht ran aground off Cape Engaño, Dominican Republic. She was abandoned as a total loss on 28 February 1920. |
Synovya | ![]() | Russian Civil War: The steamer was beached and burned to prevent capture in the Volga Estuary.[93] |
Yekaterina | ![]() | Russian Civil War: The steamer was beached and burned to prevent capture in the Volga Estuary.[93] |
30 July
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USS G-2 | ![]() | 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.[116][117] |
Toyo Maru No.2 | ![]() | The cargo ship was destroyed by fire.[115] |
August
[edit]1 August
[edit]Ship | State | Description |
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No. 2 | ![]() | 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 (![]() |
No. 3 | ![]() | Russian Civil War: The gunboat was bombed and damaged by British seaplanes or by White gunboats in Lake Onega and beached, abandoned.[104] |
9 August
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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.[118][119] | |
Traveler | ![]() | The motor yacht was beached near Watch Hill, Rhode Island, after hitting a reef.[45] |
10 August
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Wanick | ![]() | 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.[120] |
11 August
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Archangel | ![]() | 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.[91] |
13 August
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Basilicata | ![]() | 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
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Ballew | ![]() | The yug was stranded on Hawes Shoal near Vineyard Haven, Massachusetts.[45] |
Lettie | ![]() | 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 | ![]() | Russian Civil War: Allied Intervention in the Russian Civil War: The patrol boat was shelled and sunk by artillery in the Dvina River.[91] |
18 August
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Andrei Pervozvanny | ![]() | Russian Civil War, British campaign in the Baltic: Battle of Kronstadt: The Andrei Pervozvanny-class battleship was torpedoed by HM CMB-31 (![]() |