List of shipwrecks in October 1914

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The list of shipwrecks in October 1914 includes ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during October 1914.

October 1914
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1 October

List of shipwrecks: 1 October 1914
ShipCountryDescription
Westland  Norway The cargo ship sank in the Kalmar Strait off Öland, Sweden with the loss of a crew member.[1]

3 October

List of shipwrecks: 3 October 1914
ShipCountryDescription
Dawdon  United Kingdom World War I: The cargo ship struck a mine and sank in the North Sea 10 nautical miles (19 km) north west by west of the Wandelaar Lightship ( Belgium) with the loss of ten of her crew.[2]
Kate B. Ogden  United States The schooner was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Newfoundland. Her crew were rescued by Margelisborg ( Denmark).[3]

4 October

List of shipwrecks: 4 October 1914
ShipCountryDescription
Munin  Norway The cargo ship caught fire at Lisbon, Portugal and was beached.[4]

5 October

List of shipwrecks: 5 October 1914
ShipCountryDescription
Ardmount  United Kingdom World War I: The cargo ship struck a mine and sank in the North Sea 3 nautical miles (5.6 km) east by south of the Wandelaar Lightship ( Belgium).[2][5]
HMT Drumoak  Royal Navy World War I: The naval trawler struck a mine and sank in the North Sea off the West Hinder Lightship ( Netherlands).[6]
HMT Princess Alice  Royal Navy World War I: The naval trawler struck a mine an dsank in the North Sea off the West Hinder Lightship ( Netherlands).[6]

6 October

List of shipwrecks: 6 October 1914
ShipCountryDescription
Niceto de Larrinaga  United Kingdom World War I: The cargo ship was scuttled in the Atlantic Ocean 100 nautical miles (190 km) south by west of the St Paul Rocks, Brazil by SMS Karlsruhe ( Imperial German Navy).[2]
SMS S13  Imperial German Navy The S13-class destroyer suffered an onboard explosion and sank in the North Sea.[7]
SMS T116  Imperial German Navy World War I: The S90-class torpedo boat was torpedoed and sunk in the North Sea by HMS E9 ( Royal Navy) with the loss of eleven of her crew.[7]

7 October

List of shipwrecks: 7 October 1914
ShipCountryDescription
La Correntina  United Kingdom World War I: The cargo ship was scuttled in the Atlantic Ocean 320 nautical miles (590 km) east by north of Montevideo, Uruguay by SMS Kronprinz Wilhelm ( Imperial German Navy).[2]
Lynrowan  United Kingdom World War I: The cargo ship was scuttled in the Atlantic Ocean 90 nautical miles (170 km) south south west of the St Paul Rocks, Brazil by SMS Karlsruhe ( Imperial German Navy).[2]

8 October

List of shipwrecks: 8 October 1914
ShipCountryDescription
Cervantes  United Kingdom World War I: The cargo ship was scuttled in the Atlantic Ocean 100 nautical miles (190 km) south by west of the St Paul Rocks, Brazil 0°40′S 29°40′W / 0.667°S 29.667°W / -0.667; -29.667 (SS Cervantes) by SMS Karlsruhe ( Imperial German Navy).[8][2]

9 October

List of shipwrecks: 9 October 1914
ShipCountryDescription
Pruth  United Kingdom World War I: The cargo ship was scuttled in the Atlantic Ocean 90 nautical miles (170 km) south by west of the St Paul Rocks, Brazil by SMS Karlsruhe ( Imperial German Navy).[2]

10 October

List of shipwrecks: 10 October 1914
ShipCountryDescription
Alma A. E. Holmes  United States The schooner collided with Belfast ( United Kingdom) in Massachusetts Bay (42°26′06″N 70°44′54″W / 42.43500°N 70.74833°W / 42.43500; -70.74833) and sank. Her crew were rescued by Belfast.

11 October

List of shipwrecks: 11 October 1914
ShipCountryDescription
Condor  United Kingdom World War I: The cargo ship was scuttled in the Atlantic Ocean 215 nautical miles (398 km) north north east of Cabo São Roque, Brazil by SMS Karlsruhe ( Imperial German Navy).[2]
Pallada  Imperial Russian Navy World War I: The Bayan-class cruiser was torpedoed and sunk in the Gulf of Finland off Osmussaar, Estonia by U-26 ( Imperial German Navy) with the loss of all 597 crew.

12 October

List of shipwrecks: 12 October 1914
ShipCountryDescription
Markomannia  Imperial German Navy World War I: The cargo ship was captured and scuttled off Simaur Island, Sumatra by HMS Yarmouth ( Royal Navy).[9]

14 October

List of shipwrecks: 14 October 1914
ShipCountryDescription
Corundum  United Kingdom The steamship collided with Kyleness ( United Kingdom) in the Bristol Channel off the Helwick Lightship ( United Kingdom) and foundered. Her crew were rescued by Kyleness.[10]

15 October

List of shipwrecks: 15 October 1914
ShipCountryDescription
HMS Hawke  Royal Navy World War I: The Edgar-class cruiser was torpedoed and sunk in the North Sea by U-9 ( Imperial German Navy) with the loss of 524 of her 594 crew.

16 October

List of shipwrecks: 16 October 1914
ShipCountryDescription
Benmohr  United Kingdom World War I: The cargo ship was scuttled in the Indian Ocean 65 nautical miles (120 km) north west of Minicoy, India by SMS Emden ( Imperial German Navy).[2]
Clan Grant  United Kingdom World War I: The cargo ship was shelled and sunk in the Indian Ocean 150 nautical miles (280 km) west of Minicoy by SMS Emden ( Imperial German Navy).[2]
Ponrabbel  United Kingdom World War I: The dredger was shelled and sunk in the Indian Ocean 20 nautical miles (37 km) north west of Minicoy by SMS Emden ( Imperial German Navy).[2]

17 October

List of shipwrecks: 17 October 1914
ShipCountryDescription
SMS S90  Imperial German Navy World War I: The S90-class torpedo boat was scuttled at Tsingtao, China.[7]
SMS S115  Imperial German Navy World War I: Battle off Texel: The torpedo boat was shelled and sunk in the North Sea off Texel, North Holland, Netherlands by HMS Lance, HMS Legion, HMS Lennox, HMS Loyal and HMS Undaunted (all  Royal Navy).[11]
SMS S117  Imperial German Navy World War I: Battle off Texel: The torpedo boat was shelled and sunk in the North Sea off Texel by HMS Lance, HMS Legion (1914), HMS Lennox, HMS Loyal and HMS Undaunted (all  Royal Navy).[11]
SMS S118  Imperial German Navy World War I: Battle off Texel: The torpedo boat was shelled and sunk in the North Sea off Texel by HMS Lance, HMS Legion, HMS Lennox, HMS Loyal and HMS Undaunted (all  Royal Navy).[11]
SMS S119  Imperial German Navy World War I: Battle off Texel: The torpedo boat was shelled and sunk in the North Sea off Texel by HMS Lance, HMS Legion, HMS Lennox, HMS Loyal and HMS Undaunted (all  Royal Navy).[11]
HMS Holland 4  Royal Navy The decommissioned submarine, which had been salvaged after foundering in September 1912, was sunk as a gunnery target.
Takachiho  Imperial Japanese Navy World War I: Siege of Tsingtao: The Naniwa-class cruiser was torpedoed and sunk 10 nautical miles (19 km) southeast of Jiaozhou Bay, China (35°55′N 120°24′E / 35.917°N 120.400°E / 35.917; 120.400), by SMS S90 ( Imperial German Navy) with the loss of 271 of her 274 crew.

18 October

List of shipwrecks: 18 October 1914
ShipCountryDescription
HMS E3  Royal Navy World War I: The E-class submarine was torpedoed and sunk in the North Sea off Borkum, Denmark by SM U-27 ( Imperial German Navy) with the loss of all 28 crew.
Glanton  United Kingdom World War I: The cargo ship was scuttled in the Atlantic Ocean 195 nautical miles (361 km) south west of the St Paul Rocks, Brazil (approximately 1°S 4°W / 1°S 4°W / -1; -4) by SMS Karlsruhe ( Imperial German Navy). Her crew were taken as prisoners of war.[2][12]
Troilus  United Kingdom World War I: The cargo ship was shelled and sunk in the Indian Ocean 170 nautical miles (310 km) east of Minicoy, India by SMS Emden ( Imperial German Navy).[2]

19 October

List of shipwrecks: 19 October 1914
ShipCountryDescription
Chilkana  United Kingdom World War I: The cargo ship was shelled and sunk in the Indian Ocean 110 nautical miles (200 km) east north east of Minicoy, India by SMS Emden ( Imperial German Navy).[2]

20 October

List of shipwrecks: 20 October 1914
ShipCountryDescription
Glitra  United Kingdom World War I: The cargo ship was stopped in the North Sea 14 nautical miles (26 km) west south west of Skudenes, Rogaland, Norway by SM U-17 ( Imperial German Navy). She was searched under prize rules and her crew were allowed to take to the lifeboats before she was scuttled.

21 October

List of shipwrecks: 21 October 1914
ShipCountryDescription
Cormorant  United Kingdom World War I: The cargo ship struck a mine and sank in the Thames Estuary 4 nautical miles (7.4 km) east of the West Gabbard Lightship ( United Kingdom).[2]
Svithiod  Sweden The passenger ship collided with Mimosa ( United Kingdom) at Stockholm and sank with the loss of two lives.[13]

22 October

List of shipwrecks: 22 October 1914
ShipCountryDescription
Alice  Sweden World War I:The steamer, en route from London to Gothenburg, sank in the North Sea after an explosion at approximately (52°32′N 02°03′E / 52.533°N 2.050°E / 52.533; 2.050), with the loss of two crew members. The crew had prior to the explosion sighted a submarine but saw no trace of a torpedo, so it was presumed that the steamer struck a mine. [14]
Ida  United Kingdom The ketch foundered in the English Channel off the Yaverland Battery, Isle of Wight. Her crew were rescued by Magnet ( United Kingdom).[15]
Rochelle  United States The cargo ship ran aground at the mouth of the Columbia River and was a total loss.[16]

23 October

List of shipwrecks: 23 October 1914
ShipCountryDescription
Hurstdale  United Kingdom World War I: The refrigerated cargo liner was scuttled in the Atlantic Ocean 205 nautical miles (380 km) south west of the St Paul Rocks, Brazil (approximately 1°S 4°W / 1°S 4°W / -1; -4) by SMS Karlsruhe ( Imperial German Navy). Her crew were taken as prisoners of war.[2][12]

26 October

List of shipwrecks: 26 October 1914
ShipCountryDescription
Manchester Commerce  United Kingdom World War I: The cargo ship struck a mine and sank in the Atlantic Ocean 20 nautical miles (37 km) off Malin Head, County Donegal with the loss of fourteen of her 44 crew. Survivors were rescued by the trawler City of London ( United Kingdom).[17][18]
Vandyck  United Kingdom World War I: The cargo ship was sunk in the Atlantic Ocean 690 nautical miles (1,280 km) west by south of the St Paul Rocks, Brazil by SMS Karlsruhe ( Imperial German Navy).[2]

27 October

List of shipwrecks: 27 October 1914
ShipCountryDescription
HMS Audacious  Royal Navy
HMS Audacious

World War I: The King George V-class battleship struck a mine and sank in the Atlantic Ocean 25 nautical miles (46 km) off Tory Island, County Donegal. All 900 crew were rescued by HMS Liverpool ( Royal Navy), Olympic ( United Kingdom) and Thornhill ( United Kingdom).

Örnen  Sweden The steamer, en route from Gothenburg to Groningen, struck a mine off Nordeney and sank with the loss of six of her crew. Three survivors were brought to Nordeney by a fisherman, alerted by a German flying boat that witnessed the ship's foundering..[19]

28 October

List of shipwrecks: 28 October 1914
ShipCountryDescription
Maria Christiana  Netherlands World War I: The lugger struck a mine and sank in the North Sea 40 nautical miles (74 km) north west of IJmuiden, North Holland with the loss of all ten crew.[20]
Mousquet  French Navy World War I: Battle of Penang: The Arquebuse-class destroyer was shelled and sunk off the Straits Settlements by the light cruiser SMS Emden ( Imperial German Navy), which rescued 33 survivors.[21]
Zhemchug  Imperial Russian Navy World War I: Battle of Penang: The Izumrud-class cruiser was torpedoed and sunk off the Straits Settlements by the light cruiser SMS Emden ( Imperial German Navy) with the loss of 89 of her 354 crew.

29 October

List of shipwrecks: 29 October 1914
ShipCountryDescription
Donetz  Imperial Russian Navy World War I, Black Sea Raid: The gunboat was sunk in the harbor at Odessa by the destroyers Muavenet-i Milliye and Gairet (both  Ottoman Navy). She was refloated, repaired, and returned to service.[22][23][24][25]
Kazbek  Russia World War I: The cargo ship struck two mines and sank in the Black Sea off the Takil Lighthouse with some loss of life.[26]
Kubanetz  Imperial Russian Navy World War I: The gunboat was sunk at Odessa by Ottoman Navy gunboats.[27]
Our Tom  United Kingdom World War I: The trawler struck a mine and sank in the North Sea 25 nautical miles (46 km) south east of the mouth of the River Tyne with the loss of two of her crew.[28]
Rosella  United Kingdom World War I: The trawler struck a mine and sank in the North Sea 45 nautical miles (83 km) south east of Southwold, Suffolk with the loss of three of her crew.[28]
SMS Tiger  Imperial German Navy World War I: Siege of Tsingtao: The Iltis-class gunboat was scuttled at Tsingtao, China.
Yalta  Russia World War I: The passenger ship struck a mine and sank in the Black Sea off the Takil Lighthouse.[26]

30 October

List of shipwrecks: 30 October 1914
ShipCountryDescription
HMHS Rohilla  United Kingdom
HMHS Rohilla

(Red Cross): The hospital ship struck Whitby Rock, off Saltwick, Yorkshire and sank with the loss of 85 of the 229 people on board. Survivors were rescued by Bradford, Henry Vernon, John Fielden, Queensbury, Robert and Mary Ellis and William Riley of Birmingham and Leamington (all Royal National Lifeboat Institution).

31 October

List of shipwrecks: 31 October 1914
ShipCountryDescription
HMS Hermes  Royal Navy World War I: The Highflyer-class cruiser was torpedoed and sunk in the Strait of Dover (56°06′18″N 1°50′18″E / 56.10500°N 1.83833°E / 56.10500; 1.83833) by U-27 ( Imperial German Navy) with the loss of 22 of her 450 crew.

References

  1. ↑ "Casualty reports". The Times (40654). London. 3 October 1914. col A, p. 14.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 "BRITISH MERCHANT SHIPS LOST to ENEMY ACTION Part 1 of 3 - Years 1914, 1915, 1916 in date order". Naval History. Retrieved 20 January 2013.
  3. ↑ "Casualty reports". The Times (40656). London. 5 October 1914. col F, p. 14.
  4. ↑ "Casualty reports". The Times (40657). London. 6 October 1914. col A, p. 13.
  5. ↑ "Casualty reports". The Times (40659). London. 8 October 1914. col A, p. 13.
  6. 1 2 "Drifters and Trawlers in RN Service)". GWPDA. Retrieved 19 February 2013.
  7. 1 2 3 "Major Warships Sunk in World War 1 1914". World War I. Retrieved 21 February 2013.
  8. ↑ "Belgian Merchant A-G" (PDF). Belgische Koopvaardij. Retrieved 30 September 2010.
  9. ↑ "Markomannia (1128924)". Miramar Ship Index. Retrieved 29 October 2013.
  10. ↑ Tovey, Ron. "A Chronology of Bristol Channel Shipwrecks" (PDF). Swansea Docks. Archived from the original (PDF) on 22 December 2014. Retrieved 22 December 2014.
  11. 1 2 3 4 "The North Sea fight". The Times (40671). London. 20 October 1914. col E, p. 5.
  12. 1 2 "The Karlsruhe again". The Times (40685). London. 3 November 1914. col E, p. 6.
  13. ↑ "Casualty reports". The Times (40673). London. 22 October 1914. col B, p. 11.
  14. ↑ Svenska handelsflottans krigsförluster 1914-1920 [Swedish Merchant Marine War losses 1914-1920] (in Swedish). Stockholm: Kommerskollegium (Swedish Board of Trade). 1921. pp. 158–9.
  15. ↑ "Casualty reports". The Times (40674). London. 23 October 1914. col A, p. 14.
  16. ↑ "Casualty reports". The Times (40675). London. 24 October 1914. col F, p. 11.
  17. ↑ "Death of a Battleship". Deep Wreck Mysteries. United Kingdom. 27 March 2012. The History Channel.
  18. ↑ "German mines off Ireland". The Times (40679). London. 28 October 1914. col B, p. 10.
  19. ↑ Svenska handelsflottans krigsförluster 1914-1920 [Swedish Merchant Marine War losses 1914-1920] (in Swedish). Stockholm: Kommerskollegium (Swedish Board of Trade). 1921. pp. 158–9.
  20. ↑ "Dutch lugger sunk". The Times (40680). London. 29 October 1914. col F, p. 10.
  21. ↑ "Exploits of the Emden". The Times (40786). London. 24 February 1915. col E, p. 6.
  22. ↑ "Ships sunk at Odessa". The Times (40682). London. 31 October 1914. col F, p. 9.
  23. ↑ Gray, Randal, ed., Conway′s All the World′s Fighting Ships, 1906-1921, Annapolis, Maryland: Naval Institute Press, 1985, ISBN 9780851772455, p. 201.
  24. ↑ Mungo, Melvin, Sevastopol's Wars: Crimea From Potemkin to Putin, New York: Osprey Publishing, 2017, ISBN 978-1-4278 0794 6, p. 350.
  25. ↑ Tucker, Spencer C. ed., The European Powers in the First World War: An Encyclopedia, New York: Routledge, 2013, ISBN 0-8153-0399-8, p. 129.
  26. 1 2 "The Goeben's mines in the Black Sea". The Times (40682). London. 31 October 1914. col F, p. 9.
  27. ↑ "Turkey's acts of war". The Times (40684). London. 2 November 1914. col F, p. 9.
  28. 1 2 "BRITISH FISHING VESSELS LOST to ENEMY ACTION Part 1 of 2 - Years 1914, 1915, 1916 in date order". Naval History. Retrieved 27 January 2013.
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