List of shipwrecks in 1914
The list of shipwrecks in 1914 includes ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost in 1914.
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| Flag | Aban. | Found. | Fire | Coll. | Wreck[b] | War | Other | Miss | Total |
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| UK | 1 | 6 | 7 | 17 | 43 | 100 | 1 | 19 | 194 |
| British Colonies | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 17 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 25 |
| US | 5 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 18 | ||
| Austro-Hungarian | 1 | 4 | 5 | ||||||
| Danish | 1 | 4 | 6 | 11 | |||||
| Dutch | 2 | 2 | 5 | 9 | |||||
| French | 2 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 13 | |||
| German | 1 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 13 | 4 | 32 | ||
| Italian | 1 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 9 | ||||
| Japanese | 2 | 6 | 11 | 3 | 22 | ||||
| Norwegian | 5 | 4 | 20 | 8 | 1 | 38 | |||
| Russian | 1 | 4 | 7 | 12 | |||||
| Spanish | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | |||
| Swedish | 1 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 23 | ||
| Europe, rest | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 10 | ||||
| C. and S. America | 1 | 1 | 5 | 7 | |||||
| Other | 1 | 1 | 2 |
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| Ship | State | Description |
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| America |  United States
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The passenger and package delivery ship ran aground in Lake Superior, suffering considerable damage.[2] She was refloated, repaired, and returned to service. |
| Annie Perry | United States
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The fishing schooner was sunk in a collision with Boston, Massachusetts. Abandoned by her owners she was raised and sold. Repaired and returned to service.[3]
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| County of Devon |  United Kingdom
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The cargo ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean in late February or early March. Her crew were rescued by the |
| Florence J. | United States
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The oil service vessel capsized in launched at Dockton, Washington , in either 1913 or 1914. She was righted, completed, and eventually entered service.
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| G. P. Hudson | United States
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The vessel was reported lost in Chignik Bay (56°18′N 158°24′W / 56.300°N 158.400°W) on the south coast of the Alaska Peninsula in the Territory of Alaska.[5] |
| SMS Markomannia |  Imperial German Navy
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| Maria O. Teal | United States
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The four-masted schooner foundered in the Atlantic Ocean sometime before 9 February. Her crew were rescued by Rio Colorado ( United Kingdom).[7]
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| Nostra Senora del Rosario |  Italy
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The Cadiz, Spain, for Montevideo, Uruguay, on 17 February. She subsequently foundered in the Atlantic Ocean with the loss of all hands. A lifeboat with a decomposed body was found in mid-March 1914 off Cadiz.[8]
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| Schcold |  United States
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The purse-seine fishing vessel was lost in Frederick Sound in the Alexander Archipelago in Southeast Alaska.[9] |
See also
References
- ^ Department of Commerce, Bureau of Navigation (1919). Annual Report of the Commissioner of Navigation. US Government Printing Office.
- ^ Daniel Lenihan; Toni Carrell; Thom Holden; C. Patrick Labadie; Larry Murphy; Ken Vrana (1987), Daniel Lenihan (ed.), Submerged Cultural Resources Study: Isle Royale National Park (PDF), Southwest Cultural Resources Center, pp. 127–152, 285–294
- ^ "Records of the T. A. Scott co". mysticseaport.org. 20 May 2016. Retrieved 29 March 2021.
- ^ "A steamer sunk". The Times. No. 40466. London. 9 March 1914. col E, p. 7.
- ^ alaskashipwreck.com Alaska Shipwrecks (G)
- ^ "The fleets at sea". The Times. No. 40668. London. 17 October 1914. col D-E, p. 5.
- ^ "Casualty reports". The Times. No. 40775. London. 11 February 1915. col C, p. 14.
- ^ "Fears for an Italian barque". The Times. No. 40473. London. 17 March 1914. col D, p. 24.
- ^ alaskashipwreck.com Alaska Shipwrecks (S)