List of shipwrecks in 1917
The list of shipwrecks in 1917 includes some ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during 1917.
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Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
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December
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Ship | Country | Description |
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AG-13 | ![]() |
The AG-class submarine sank accidentally. She was refloated, repaired, and returned to service as AG-16. |
Ariel | ![]() |
The schooner was wrecked off the Inubōsaki Lighthouse, Japan. |
Belem | ![]() |
The ship sank near Bude, Cornwall.[1] |
Dorade | ![]() |
The naval trawler was lost sometime in 1917.[2] |
Orthes | ![]() |
The barque was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. She subsequently foundered.[3] |
Spes & Fides | ![]() |
The fishing steamer (former whaler) suffered an engine malfunction and sank in a storm off Tromsø, Norway. No lives were lost in the shipwreck. The wreck was located by divers at a depth of 20 m (66 ft) in 2014, after a search initiated by Sandefjord Museum.[4] |
Taurus | ![]() |
World War I: The coaster struck a mine and sank in the North Sea east of the Shetland Islands with the loss of nine crew. This was either during July 1917 or August 1917.[5] |
SM U-50 | ![]() |
World War I: The Type U 43 submarine is believed to have struck a mine and sank in the North Sea off Terschelling, Friesland, Netherlands on or after 31 August. |
References
- ↑ "UK storms: World War One wreck revealed on beach". BBC. Retrieved 26 February 2014.
- ↑ "Auxiliary Trawlers of WWI, Converted Merchant ships, French Navy (France)". Navypedia. Retrieved 8 October 2018.
- ↑ "Orthes". Clydesite. Retrieved 1 July 2016.
- ↑ Hanssen, Kine (19 November 2014). "Fant forlist hvalbåt etter nesten 100 år". Bladet Tromsø (in Norwegian). Retrieved 20 November 2014.
- ↑ "Taurus". Uboat.net. Retrieved 19 October 2012.
Ship events in 1917 | |||||||||||
Ship launches: | 1912 | 1913 | 1914 | 1915 | 1916 | 1917 | 1918 | 1919 | 1920 | 1921 | 1922 |
Ship commissionings: | 1912 | 1913 | 1914 | 1915 | 1916 | 1917 | 1918 | 1919 | 1920 | 1921 | 1922 |
Ship decommissionings: | 1912 | 1913 | 1914 | 1915 | 1916 | 1917 | 1918 | 1919 | 1920 | 1921 | 1922 |
Shipwrecks: | 1912 | 1913 | 1914 | 1915 | 1916 | 1917 | 1918 | 1919 | 1920 | 1921 | 1922 |
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