List of shipwrecks in April 1914

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

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1 April
List of shipwrecks: 1 April 1914
ShipCountryDescription
Gungner  Norway The schooner sprang a leak and was abandoned in the North Sea 50 nautical miles (93 km) off the Naze, Essex, United Kingdom. Her crew were rescued.[1]
Othello  Sweden The cargo ship ran aground at Kyrenia, Cyprus.[1] She was refloated on 8 April.[2]
358  French Navy The torpedo boat struck rocks and sank in the Mediterranean Sea west of Saint-Tropez, Var. Her crew were rescued.[3]

2 April
List of shipwrecks: 2 April 1914
ShipCountryDescription
USRC Hartley United States Revenue Cutter Service The harbor vessel sank alongside her wharf at San Francisco. Later raised, but never repaired, she was sold on 1 August 1919.[4]
Kate  Australia The steam tug collided with the ferry Bellubera ( Australia) in Sydney Harbour off Dobroyd Head, New South Wales, Australia, and sank; the lighter Kate was towing capsized. Bellubera rescued Kate's four-man crew.
Maine flag unknown The coaster collided with José de Aramburu ( Spain) in the English Channel and sank. Her crew were rescued by José de Aramburu.[5]
Normand  France The coaster ran aground in the English Channel on the Beagle Rock, Cornwall, United Kingdom and sank. Her crew were rescued.[5]

5 April
List of shipwrecks: 5 April 1914
ShipCountryDescription
Gannet  United Kingdom The coaster collided with Minna Schuldt ( Germany) in the River Thames at Erith, Kent and sank. Her crew were rescued.[6] She was refloated on 8 April and beached.[2]

6 April
List of shipwrecks: 6 April 1914
ShipCountryDescription
Croydon  United Kingdom The cargo ship was driven ashore on Barbuda and wrecked.[7]
Maritime  United Kingdom The cargo ship passed Fernando de Noronha, Brazil on this date bound for Campana, Argentina.[8] Believed to have foundered on or before 12 April at 20°58′S 40°00′W with the loss of all hands.[9]

7 April
List of shipwrecks: 7 April 1914
ShipCountryDescription
Umzimvubu  United Kingdom The coaster ran aground at Port St. Johns, South Africa.[10] She was refloated on 13 April.[11]

9 April
List of shipwrecks: 9 April 1914
ShipCountryDescription
Cairnhill  United Kingdom The cargo ship was abandoned in the Pacific Ocean 100 nautical miles (190 km) off New Ireland following the breaking of her propeller shaft.[12] Six weeks later, she was towed in to Namantanai, New Guinea.[13]

15 April
List of shipwrecks: 15 April 1914
ShipCountryDescription
Median  United Kingdom The cargo ship ran aground on the Salmedina Bank, Cartagena, Colombia.[14] She was refloated on 23 April.[15]

16 April
List of shipwrecks: 16 April 1914
ShipCountryDescription
Calabria  United Kingdom The cargo ship was wrecked at Esbjerg, Denmark.[16]

17 April
List of shipwrecks: 17 April 1914
ShipCountryDescription
Highland Piper  United Kingdom The ocean liner ran aground on the English Bank, Montevideo, Uruguay and was severely damaged. She was refloated on 29 April[16][17]

19 April
List of shipwrecks: 19 April 1914
ShipCountryDescription
La Roserina flag unknown The cargo ship ran aground in the River Plate. She was refloated on 27 April.[18]

20 April
List of shipwrecks: 20 April 1914
ShipCountryDescription
Kathleen  United Kingdom The cargo ship ran aground on Castle Island, Bermuda.[19] She was refloated on 27 April.[18]

21 April
List of shipwrecks: 21 April 1914
ShipCountryDescription
Edith  United Kingdom The ketch collided with Thirlby ( United Kingdom) in the Bristol Channel and sank with the loss of a crew member. The survivors were rescued by Thirlby.[20]
Envermeu  United Kingdom The cargo ship ran aground on the Kimmeridge Ledge, in the English Channel off Swanage, Dorset.[15] She was refloated on 1 May.[21]

22 April
List of shipwrecks: 22 April 1914
ShipCountryDescription
Carbineer  United Kingdom The cargo ship collided with the protected cruiser HMS Isis ( Royal Navy) and consequently sank in the English Channel 1.5 nautical miles (2.8 km) south south east of the Owers Lightship ( United Kingdom). Her crew were rescued by HMS Isis.[22]
Glencoe  United Kingdom The Thames barge foundered in Studland Bay. Her crew were rescued.[23]

23 April
List of shipwrecks: 23 April 1914
ShipCountryDescription
Loire  Belgium The coaster foundered in the English Channel off Sept Îles, Côtes-du-Nord, France. Her crew survived.[15]

27 April
List of shipwrecks: 27 April 1914
ShipCountryDescription
Kometa  Russia The tanker exploded and sank in the Mediterranean Sea 20 nautical miles (37 km) west of Algiers, Algeria with the loss of fifteen of the 30 people on board.[18][24]
Montana  United States After running onto a reef, floating free without damage, and anchoring off a small island fronting Redoubt Bay (56°55′30″N 135°22′00″W), about 8.75 nautical miles (16.2 km; 10.1 mi) south-southeast of Sitka Sound in Southeast Alaska, the 65-gross ton motor halibut schooner was set on fire when her gasoline engine backfired. The motor vessels Niagara and Star towed her to the beach, but she became a total loss. Her crew of 15 survived.[25]
Werner  Germany The coaster collided with Rolandsbeck ( Germany) at Glückstadt, Schleswig-Holstein and sank.[18]
Yurimaguas  Peru The coaster foundered in the Purus River.[18]

28 April
List of shipwrecks: 28 April 1914
ShipCountryDescription
Penelope  Greece The cargo ship ran aground near Cape Bougaroni, Algeria. Salvage operations were abandoned on 13 May.[26]
Werner  Germany The cargo ship collided with Rolandseck ( Germany) and sank in the River Elbe at Glückstadt.[27]

29 April
List of shipwrecks: 29 April 1914
ShipCountryDescription
Cleo  United Kingdom The Admiralty requisitioned cargo ship was scuttled in Water Sound, Scapa Flow as a blockship.[28]

30 April
List of shipwrecks: 30 April 1914
ShipCountryDescription
Benjamin Noble  United States The cargo ship foundered in Lake Superior.[29] Entire crew of 16 lost.[30]
Ystad  Sweden The cargo ship collided with Liv ( Norway) at Cuxhaven, Lower Saxony, Germany and sank with the loss of one life. Her crew were saved.[31]

References
  1. "Casualty reports". The Times (40487). London. 2 April 1914. col C, p. 24.
  2. "Casualty reports". The Times (40493). London. 9 April 1914. col C, p. 22.
  3. "French torpedo-boat sunk". The Times (40487). London. 2 April 1914. col E, p. 7.
  4. http://www.uscg.mil/history/webcutters/Hartley_1875.pdf
  5. "Two total losses". The Times (40488). London. 3 April 1914. col C, p. 24.
  6. "Casualty reports". The Times (40490). London. 6 April 1914. col F, p. 24.
  7. "A wreck at the Leewards". The Times (40491). London. 7 April 1914. col C, p. 24.
  8. "Search for an overdue steamer". The Times (40516). London. 6 May 1914. col C, p. 24.
  9. "Fear for the Maritime". The Times (40521). London. 12 May 1914. col C, p. 24.
  10. "Casualty reports". The Times (40492). London. 8 April 1914. col B, p. 22.
  11. "Casualty reports". The Times (4098). London. 15 April 1914. col D, p. 22.
  12. "Steamers ashore, on fire, and adrift". The Times (40515). London. 5 May 1914. col C, p. 24.
  13. "An "arrival."". The Times (40558). London. 12 June 1914. col F, p. 23.
  14. "Casualty reports". The Times (40501). London. 18 April 1914. col C, p. 24.
  15. "Another wreck in the fog". The Times (40506). London. 24 April 1914. col C, p. 24.
  16. "Nelson liner ashore". The Times (40501). London. 18 April 1914. col C, p. 24.
  17. "Marine losses in April". The Times (40515). London. 5 May 1914. col B, p. 21.
  18. "Loss of two foreign steamers". The Times (40509). London. 28 April 1914. col C, p. 24.
  19. "Casualty reports". The Times (40503). London. 21 April 1914. col F, p. 24.
  20. "Casualty reports". The Times (40504). London. 22 April 1914. col C, p. 24.
  21. "Casualty reports". The Times (40513). London. 2 May 1914. col F, p. 24.
  22. "Cruiser in collision". The Times (40505). London. 23 April 1914. col C, p. 10.
  23. "Casualty reports". The Times (40505). London. 23 April 1914. col B, p. 24.
  24. "Petrol cargo blown up". The Times (40509). London. 28 April 1914. col C, p. 7.
  25. alaskashipwreck.com Alaska Shipwrecks (M)
  26. "Loss of a turret steamer". The Times (40523). London. 14 May 1914. col C, p. 24.
  27. "The Marine Insurance Market". The Times (40514). London. 4 May 1914. col G, p. 23.
  28. "Block Ships of Scapa Flow". Scapa Flow Wrecks. Retrieved 12 July 2019.
  29. "Early lake casualties". The Times (40512). London. 1 May 1914. col C, p. 24.
  31. "Casualty reports". The Times (40512). London. 1 May 1914. col C, p. 24.
Ship events in 1914
Ship launches: 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919
Ship commissionings: 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919
Ship decommissionings: 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919
Shipwrecks: 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919

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