List of shipwrecks in 1914

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

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List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1914
Ship Country Description
America  United States The passenger and package delivery ship ran aground in Lake Superior, suffering considerable damage.[1] She was refloated, repaired, and returned to service.
 United States The fishing schooner was sunk in a collision with in the harbor at Boston, Massachusetts. Abandoned by her owners she was raised and sold. Repaired and returned to service.[2]
 United Kingdom The cargo ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean in late February or early March. Her crew were rescued by the tanker Deutschland ( Germany) and landed at Copenhagen, Denmark on 8 March.[3]
Florence J.  United States The oil service vessel capsized in Puget Sound immediately after being launched at Dockton, Washington, in either 1913 or 1914. She was righted, completed, and eventually entered service.
G. P. Hudson  United States The vessel was reported lost in (56°18′N 158°24′W / 56.300°N 158.400°W / 56.300; -158.400 (Chignik Bay)) on the south coast of the Alaska Peninsula in the Territory of Alaska.[4]
 Imperial German Navy World War I: The auxiliary cruiser was sunk in the Indian Ocean by HMS Yarmouth ( Royal Navy).[5]
 United States The four-masted schooner foundered in the Atlantic Ocean sometime before 9 February. Her crew were rescued by ( United Kingdom).[6]
 Italy The barque departed 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.[7]
Schcold  United States The purse-seine fishing vessel was lost in Frederick Sound in the Alexander Archipelago in Southeast Alaska.[8]

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  1. ^ 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
  2. ^ "Records of the T. A. Scott co". mysticseaport.org. Retrieved 29 March 2021.
  3. ^ "A steamer sunk". The Times. No. 40466. London. 9 March 1914. col E, p. 7.
  4. ^ alaskashipwreck.com Alaska Shipwrecks (G)
  5. ^ "The fleets at sea". The Times. No. 40668. London. 17 October 1914. col D-E, p. 5.
  6. ^ "Casualty reports". The Times. No. 40775. London. 11 February 1915. col C, p. 14.
  7. ^ "Fears for an Italian barque". The Times. No. 40473. London. 17 March 1914. col D, p. 24.
  8. ^ alaskashipwreck.com Alaska Shipwrecks (S)
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: 1910 1912 1913 1918 1919
Shipwrecks: 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919
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