The list of shipwrecks in December 1914 includes ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during December 1914.
1 December
List of shipwrecks: 1 December 1914 Ship | State | Description |
Anna | Italy | The cargo ship was destroyed by fire in the Atlantic Ocean 10 nautical miles (19 km) south of the Wolf Rock, Cornwall, United Kingdom. Her crew were rescued; eight of them by Mira ( United Kingdom).[1] |
Richmond | United States | During a voyage in Southeast Alaska from Ketchikan to Wrangel, Territory of Alaska, the 12-gross register ton, 34.4-foot (10.5 m) motor vessel sank after striking a submerged log in Clarence Strait in the Alexander Archipelago. Her two-man crew survived.[2] |
Val de Saire | France | The schooner, sprang a leak in the Atlantic Ocean off the Tuskar Rock, Ireland and was abandoned. Her ten crew were rescued by Wexford ( United Kingdom) and the Rosslare Lifeboat.[1][3] |
2 December
4 December
5 December
7 December
List of shipwrecks: 7 December 1914 Ship | State | Description |
Vedra | United Kingdom | The steam tanker, arriving at Barrow-in-Furness, England from Sabine, Texas with a cargo of benzine, went aground off Walney Island in a storm and subsequently exploded and caught fire. Of the crew of 36 all but two were consumed by the fire, and only one of those rescued survived his injuries.[14][15][16] |
8 December
9 December
11 December
12 December
13 December
15 December
List of shipwrecks: 15 December 1914 Ship | State | Description |
Gael | United States | The barque capsized off the Virginia Capes with the loss of a crew member. Survivors were rescued by Thelma ( Norway).[26] |
16 December
List of shipwrecks: 16 December 1914 Ship | State | Description |
Anna Greta | Sweden | World War I: The cargo steamer was last heard from departing Hull bound for Stockholm. Presumed sunk by a mine. Seventeen casualties.[27] |
Constance | United Kingdom | World War I: The trawler was shelled and sunk in the North Sea off Hartlepool, County Durham by Kaiserliche Marine warships.[20] |
Elterwater | United Kingdom | World War I: The cargo ship struck a mine placed by the cruiser SMS Kolberg ( Imperial German Navy) and sank in the North Sea 3 nautical miles (5.6 km) east of Scarborough, Yorkshire with the loss of six of her crew.[5] |
HMT Margaret | Royal Navy | The naval trawler was lost on this date.[28] |
Princess Olga | United Kingdom | World War I: The cargo ship struck a mine and sank in the North Sea 5 nautical miles (9.3 km) east north east of Scarborough.[5] |
Vaaren | Norway | World War I: The collier struck a mine and sank 3 nautical miles (5.6 km) north-east of Filey.[29][30] |
Wayside Flower | United Kingdom | World War I: The trawler was shelled and sunk in the North Sea off Hartlepool by Kaiserliche Marine warships.[20] |
17 December
18 December
19 December
20 December
22 December
23 December
24 December
List of shipwrecks: 24 December 1914 Ship | State | Description |
Oceana | United Kingdom | World War I: The trawler struck a mine and sank in the North Sea with the loss of all but one of her crew.[41] |
25 December
26 December
27 December
28 December
29 December
30 December
List of shipwrecks: 30 December 1914 Ship | State | Description |
Giuseppe Vicava | Italy | The barque ran aground in the Atlantic Ocean 2 nautical miles (3.7 km) off Pensacola, Florida, United States.[49] |
Ivy | United Kingdom | World War I: The trawler struck a mine and sank in the North Sea with the loss of all five crew.[44] |
Numidian | United Kingdom | World War I: The Admiralty-requisitioned cargo ship was scuttled in Kirk Sound between Lamb Holm Island and mainland Scapa Flow (58°53′N 02°53′W / 58.883°N 2.883°W / 58.883; -2.883) as a blockship. The wreck was pulled parallel to shore in 1919. It was scrapped in 1923 or 1924.[50][51][52] |
Ron | Ottoman Navy | The auxiliary minelayer was lost on this date. |
Stranton | United Kingdom | The cargo ship collided with the steamer Benvorlich ( United Kingdom) in The Downs and foundered. All eighteen crew survived.[53][54] |
31 December
Unknown date
List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1914 Ship | State | Description |
Asnières | France | The 3,100-ton Cape Horner ran aground under Castle Point, St Mawes, Cornwall, while entering Falmouth harbour without a pilot. She was refloated the following month and returned to service.[57] |
Bogor | Netherlands | The ship was wrecked on the Portuguese coast.[58] |
Glenmorven | United Kingdom | The cargo ship departed the River Tyne for an Italian port. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[45] |
Semantha | Norway | World War I: The barque was captured and scuttled in the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Brazil by SMS Kronprinz Wilhelm ( Imperial German Navy). Her crew were taken as prisoners of war.[47] |
Therese Heymann | United Kingdom | The cargo ship departed the River Tyne for an Italian port. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[45] |
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