List of shipwrecks in December 1915

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The list of shipwrecks in December 1915 includes ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during December 1915.

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1 December[]

List of shipwrecks: 1 December 1915
Ship Country Description
 United Kingdom World War I: The cargo ship was shelled and sunk in the Mediterranean Sea 100 nautical miles (190 km) east south east of Malta (35°39′N 16°43′E / 35.650°N 16.717°E / 35.650; 16.717) by SM U-33 ( Imperial German Navy) with the loss of twelve crew.[1][2]
 Royal Navy The gunboat was lost on this date.[3]

2 December[]

List of shipwrecks: 2 December 1915
Ship Country Description
 United Kingdom World War I: The cargo ship was scuttled in the Mediterranean Sea 160 nautical miles (300 km) east south east of Malta by SM U-33 ( Imperial German Navy) with the loss of a crew member.[2][4]
 Sweden World War I: The cargo ship, en route from Grimsby to Stockholm, struck a mine in the North Sea and sank immediately. Five casualties, but fourteen saved by the Norwegian steamer Ambra.[5]

3 December[]

List of shipwrecks: 3 December 1915
Ship Country Description
 Italy World War I: The coaster was sunk in the Mediterranean Sea off Sollum, Egypt (32°20′N 26°19′E / 32.333°N 26.317°E / 32.333; 26.317) by SM U-39 ( Imperial German Navy). Her crew survived.[6]
 Royal Navy World War I: The naval trawler struck a mine and sank in the English Channel off the South Goodwin Lightship ( United Kingdom).[7] loss of 3 crew.
 Ottoman Navy World War I: The Samsun-class destroyer was torpedoed and sunk in the by HMS E11 ( Royal Navy) with the loss of 42 of her 85 crew.[8] HMS E11 rescued 42 survivors.[9]
 Italy The tanker was destroyed by fire at Popvile.[10]

4 December[]

List of shipwrecks: 4 December 1915
Ship Country Description
 United States The schooner went ashore on , Nantucket Sound. Pulled off by United States Coast Guard cutters and returned to service.[11]
 Regia Marina World War I: The Indomito-class destroyer struck a mine and sank in the Adriatic Sea off Vlorë, Albania.[12]
 Italy World War I: The passenger ship struck a mine laid by SM UC-14 ( Imperial German Navy) and sank in the Adriatic Sea off , Albania. 94 people died.[13][14]

5 December[]

List of shipwrecks: 5 December 1915
Ship Country Description
Fresnel  French Navy World War I: The Pluviôse-class submarine ran aground in the Adriatic Sea off Shëngjin, Albania. She subsequently was sunk by SMS Warasdiner ( Austro-Hungarian Navy) Her 28 crew were taken as prisoners of war.[15][16]
 United Kingdom World War I: The cargo ship was scuttled in the Mediterranean Sea 66 nautical miles (122 km) south by east of Gavdos, Greece by SM U-39 ( Imperial German Navy). Her crew survived.[2][17]
Pietro Lofaro  Italy World War I: The sailing vessel was sunk in the Mediterranean Sea off Sollum, Egypt (32°52′N 26°53′E / 32.867°N 26.883°E / 32.867; 26.883) by SM U-39 ( Imperial German Navy).[18]

6 December[]

List of shipwrecks: 6 December 1915
Ship Country Description
 Greece World War I: The cargo ship was sunk in the Mediterranean Sea 150 nautical miles (280 km) north west of Alexandria, Egypt (32°15′N 27°25′E / 32.250°N 27.417°E / 32.250; 27.417) by SM U-39 ( Imperial German Navy). Her crew survived.[19]
 United States The schooner was wrecked near , Cape Elizabeth.[20]

7 December[]

List of shipwrecks: 7 December 1915
Ship Country Description
 United Kingdom World War I: The cargo ship was shelled and sunk in the Mediterranean Sea 112 nautical miles (207 km) east south east of Malta (35°28′N 16°56′E / 35.467°N 16.933°E / 35.467; 16.933) by SM U-33 ( Imperial German Navy) with the loss of two crew.[2][21][22]
 United Kingdom World War I: The cargo ship was scuttled in the Mediterranean Sea 24 nautical miles (44 km) north west by north of Alexandria, Egypt (31°30′N 29°28′E / 31.500°N 29.467°E / 31.500; 29.467) by SM U-39 ( Imperial German Navy). Her crew survived.[2][23]

8 December[]

List of shipwrecks: 8 December 1915
Ship Country Description
 United Kingdom World War I: The cargo ship struck a mine and sank in the North Sea 5.5 nautical miles (10.2 km) north east of Aldeburgh, Suffolk. Her crew survived.[24]

9 December[]

List of shipwrecks: 9 December 1915
Ship Country Description
 United Kingdom World War I: The cargo ship was shelled and sunk in the Mediterranean Sea 190 nautical miles (350 km) west north west of Alexandria, Egypt (32°50′N 26°20′E / 32.833°N 26.333°E / 32.833; 26.333) by SM U-39 ( Imperial German Navy). Her crew survived.[2][25]
 Sweden The schooner suffered a damaged rudder in the North Sea and was abandoned at 56°23′N 3°34′E / 56.383°N 3.567°E / 56.383; 3.567). Her crew were rescued by Vesta ( Denmark).[26]
Orteric  United Kingdom World War I: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Mediterranean Sea 140 nautical miles (260 km) south by east of Gavdos, Greece (32°02′N 25°03′E / 32.033°N 25.050°E / 32.033; 25.050) by SM U-39 ( Imperial German Navy) with the loss of two crew.[2][27]
Papagello Albania Albania World War I: The sailing vessel was sunk in the Adriatic Sea (41°40′N 19°25′E / 41.667°N 19.417°E / 41.667; 19.417) by SM U-4 ( Austro-Hungarian Navy)[28]

10 December[]

List of shipwrecks: 10 December 1915
Ship Country Description
 Norway World War I: The coaster struck a mine and sank in the North Sea four nautical miles (7.4 km) east of Aldeburgh, Suffolk. Her crew survived.[29]
 Norway World War I: The coaster struck a mine and sank in the North Sea with the loss of a crew member.[30]
 Italy World War I: The cargo ship was sunk in the Mediterranean Sea 50 nautical miles (93 km) north east of Derna, Libya (32°38′N 23°35′E / 32.633°N 23.583°E / 32.633; 23.583) by SM U-39 ( Imperial German Navy). Her crew survived.[31]
Unknown barge  United States The barge, under tow of ( United States), sank after loosing her tow line off . Lost with all three hands.[32]
 Ottoman Navy World War I: The Kastamonu-class gunboat was sunk off the by Russian destroyers.[33]

11 December[]

List of shipwrecks: 11 December 1915
Ship Country Description
 United Kingdom World War I: The cargo ship struck a mine and sank in the English Channel 8 nautical miles (15 km) west of Cap Gris Nez, Pas-de-Calais, France with the loss of two of her crew.[34]
 Sweden The cargo ship struck a rock and sank in the Norwegian Sea off Hindoen, Norway.[26]
 United Kingdom The cargo ship came ashore on Little Miquelon, Saint Pierre and Miquelon and was wrecked.[26]

12 December[]

List of shipwrecks: 12 December 1915
Ship Country Description
 United Kingdom The lightship was struck by ( United Kingdom) and sank in the North Sea off the coast of Norfolk.[35]
 Ottoman Navy World War I: The transport ship was sunk in the Sea of Marmara off by a French Navy submarine.[36]
SMS V107  Imperial German Navy World War I: The destroyer struck a mine and sank in the Baltic Sea off Liepāja, Latvia with the loss of a crew member.[37]

13 December[]

List of shipwrecks: 13 December 1915
Ship Country Description
 United States The coaster was driven ashore on Marinduque Island, Philippines and was wrecked.[35]
 Denmark The schooner was wrecked at St. John's, Newfoundland.[38]

14 December[]

List of shipwrecks: 14 December 1915
Ship Country Description
 Royal Navy The naval trawler was lost on this date.[39]

15 December[]

List of shipwrecks: 15 December 1915
Ship Country Description
 United States The steamer foundered 20 miles (32 km) east of Fenwick Island, Delaware after springing leaks in several days of rough weather. The vessel's crew was rescued by ( United Kingdom).[40][41]

16 December[]

List of shipwrecks: 16 December 1915
Ship Country Description
 United Kingdom The collier was lost on this date.[3]
 United Kingdom The cargo ship was destroyed by fire at Sarnia, Ontario, Canada.[42]
 United Kingdom World War I: The cargo ship struck a mine and sank in the North Sea off the Kentish Knock Lightship ( United Kingdom). Her crew were rescued by ( United Kingdom )and a Royal Navy torpedo boat.[42]

17 December[]

List of shipwrecks: 17 December 1915
Ship Country Description
SMS Bremen  Imperial German Navy World War I: The Bremen-class cruiser struck a mine and sank in the Baltic Sea off Ventspils, Lithuania.
 United States The barque sprang a leak in the Atlantic Ocean off Galveston, Texas and was abandoned by her crew.[42]
 United Kingdom The coaster came ashore at Hartlepool, County Durham and was abandoned by her crew.[42] She broke in two on 24 December and was a total loss.[43]
SMS V191  Imperial German Navy World War I: The destroyer struck a mine and sank in the Baltic Sea.[37]

18 December[]

List of shipwrecks: 18 December 1915
Ship Country Description
Erzen Albania Albania World War I: The sailing vessel was sunk in the Adriatic Sea (41°47′N 19°31′E / 41.783°N 19.517°E / 41.783; 19.517) by SM U-15 ( Austro-Hungarian Navy). Her crew survived.[44]
Figlio Preligiona Albania Albania World War I: The sailing vessel was sunk in the Adriatic Sea (41°47′N 19°31′E / 41.783°N 19.517°E / 41.783; 19.517) by SM U-15 ( Austro-Hungarian Navy). Her crew survived.[45]
 Royal Navy World War I: The naval trawler was shelled and sunk in the Adriatic Sea off Sazan Island, Albania (40°35′N 18°45′E / 40.583°N 18.750°E / 40.583; 18.750) by SM U-39 ( Imperial German Navy). Her crew survived.[46]
 Norway World War I: The coaster struck a mine and sank in the North Sea 3.5 nautical miles (6.5 km) west of the ( United Kingdom) with the loss of two of her crew.[47]
 United Kingdom The cargo ship sprang a leak in the Atlantic Ocean and was abandoned by her crew.[43]

20 December[]

List of shipwrecks: 20 December 1915
Ship Country Description
 United Kingdom World War I: The coaster was torpedoed and sunk in the English Channel off Boulogne, Pas-de-Calais, France by SM UB-10 ( Imperial German Navy). Her crew survived.[2][48]
 United Kingdom (Red Cross.png Red Cross): World War I: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the English Channel off the ( France) by SM UB-10 ( Imperial German Navy) with the loss of two of her crew.[2][49]

21 December[]

List of shipwrecks: 21 December 1915
Ship Country Description
 Sweden The wooden barque departed West Hartlepool destined for Uddevalla, and the only trace of her is an empty lifeboat that was found near Aberdeen. Fifteen casualties.[50]
Huntley  United Kingdom World War I: The merchant ship was torpedoed and sunk by the submarine SM UB-10 ( Imperial German Navy) in the English Channel .75 miles (1.21 km) off the Boulogne light vessel.[51]
 United Kingdom World War I: The collier struck a mine and sank in the North Sea 2.75 nautical miles (5.09 km) east by south of Orfordness, Suffolk with the loss of a crew member.[3][52]
 Royal Navy World War I: The auxiliary minesweeper struck a mine and sank in the North Sea one nautical mile (1.9 km) north west of the ( United Kingdom) (51°48′N 1°39′E / 51.800°N 1.650°E / 51.800; 1.650) with the loss of eighteen of her crew.[53]
 Japan World War I: The passenger ship was sunk in the Mediterranean Sea 60 nautical miles (110 km) off Port Said, Egypt by SM U-38 ( Imperial German Navy).[54] Her crew and all 120 passengers were rescued by a French Navy gunboat.[55]

22 December[]

List of shipwrecks: 22 December 1915
Ship Country Description
 Sweden The iron steamer departed Gothenburg destined for Kristiansund, and has not been heard from since. Twelve casualties. Whether the disappearance was war-related (mine) or as a result of the big storm during Christmas, has not been possible to ascertain.[56]

23 December[]

List of shipwrecks: 23 December 1915
Ship Country Description
 Imperial German Navy The Vorpostenboot was lost on this date.[57]
 Imperial German Navy World War I: The S138-class torpedo boat struck a mine and sank in the Baltic Sea with the loss of seven of her crew.[37]
 Norway The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked at Johnshaven, Aberdeenshire, United Kingdom with the loss of one of her seven crew.[43]

24 December[]

List of shipwrecks: 24 December 1915
Ship Country Description
 Royal Navy World War I: The naval trawler struck a mine and sank in the North Sea off Margate, Kent. Her crew survived.[58]
 United Kingdom World War I: The cargo ship struck a mine and was damaged in the Thames Estuary 3 nautical miles (5.6 km) east south east of the ( United Kingdom). She was beached but was declared a total loss. Her crew survived.[59]
 United Kingdom The cargo ship ran aground on the Goodwin Sands, Kent and was wrecked. Her crew were rescued.[43]
 United Kingdom The collier was wrecked at St. Quentin Point, Somme, France.[3][60]
 United Kingdom The cargo ship sank at Dundee, Perthshire.[43]
 France World War I: The passenger ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Mediterranean Sea 105 nautical miles (194 km) south west of Cape Matapan, Greece (35°10′N 21°26′E / 35.167°N 21.433°E / 35.167; 21.433) by SM U-34 ( Imperial German Navy) with the loss of 81 lives.[61] Survivors were rescued by ( United Kingdom).[62]
 United Kingdom World War I: The cargo ship was scuttled in the Mediterranean Sea 122 nautical miles (226 km) south west by south of Cape Matapan by SM U-34 ( Imperial German Navy).[2][63] Her crew were rescued by ( Denmark).[64]

25 December[]

List of shipwrecks: 25 December 1915
Ship Country Description
 Norway The barque was driven ashore and wrecked on the coast of Northumberland, United Kingdom.[43]
Nereus  Sweden The steamer, en route from Boston, Lincolnshire to Copenhagen, struck a mine in the North Sea at (53°39′N 1°17′E / 53.650°N 1.283°E / 53.650; 1.283)[65] and sank. Her crew were rescued.[64]
 United Kingdom World War I: The passenger ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean 8 nautical miles (15 km) south south west of the Smalls Lighthouse (51°55′N 6°16′W / 51.917°N 6.267°W / 51.917; -6.267) by SM U-24 ( Imperial German Navy) with the loss of two crew.[2][66]
 Denmark The cargo ship ran aground in . Her crew were rescued.[43]

26 December[]

List of shipwrecks: 26 December 1915
Ship Country Description
 United Kingdom World War I: The coaster was shelled and sunk in the Bristol Channel 16 nautical miles (30 km) south west of Lundy Island, Devon by SM U-24 ( Imperial German Navy) with the loss of seven crew.[2][67]
HMS E6  Royal Navy World War I: The E-class submarine struck a mine and sank in the North Sea off Harwich, Essex with the loss of 31 of her crew.[68]
 Belgium World War I: The cargo ship was sunk in the Bristol Channel 40 nautical miles (74 km) west by south of Lundy Island (50°50′N 5°33′W / 50.833°N 5.550°W / 50.833; -5.550) by SM U-24 ( Imperial German Navy).[69]
 United States The schooner sank off .[70]
 Royal Navy World War I: The naval trawler struck a mine and sank in the North Sea 2 nautical miles (3.7 km) south east by east of the ( United Kingdom) with the loss of thirteen of her crew.[71]

27 December[]

List of shipwrecks: 27 December 1915
Ship Country Description
 United Kingdom The cargo ship was driven ashore at , County Down. She was refloated and beached in Belfast Lough.[72]
Elizabeth Jane  United Kingdom The schooner foundered in the Bristol Channel off The Mumbles, Glamorgan with the loss of all hands.[73]
 Sweden The cargo ship sprang a leak in the North Sea of the coast of the Netherlands and was abandoned. Her crew were rescued.[72]
 Royal Navy The naval trawler foundered in the Irish Sea off , Pembrokeshire with the loss of all hands.[74][75]
 United Kingdom World War I: The cargo ship struck a mine and sank in the North Sea 3 nautical miles (5.6 km) south east of the ( United Kingdom). Her crew survived.[76]
 Royal Navy The naval trawler foundered in the Irish Sea off the coast of Wales.[75]
 Denmark The schooner was driven ashore at Lyngør, Aust-Agder, Norway and was wrecked. Her crew were rescued.[72]
 United Kingdom The schooner foundered in Swansea Bay with the loss of all hands.[77]
Thor  Denmark The galeass capsized in the Baltic Sea off , Sweden.[62][78]
 Royal Navy The TB26-class torpedo boat ran out of coal during a voyage from Port Said, Egypt, to Mudros and was wrecked while under tow in the Aegean Sea off Lemnos, Greece. She was salvaged and returned to service.[37][79][80][81]

28 December[]

List of shipwrecks: 28 December 1915
Ship Country Description
 United Kingdom World War I: The tanker was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean 10 nautical miles (19 km) south of the Old Head of Kinsale, County Cork by SM U-24 ( Imperial German Navy) with the loss of two of her crew.[2][82]

29 December[]

List of shipwrecks: 29 December 1915
Ship Country Description
Abbie  United States The barge sank on .[11]
Erin  Netherlands World War I: The trawler caught a mine in her nets and sank in the North Sea off IJmuiden, North Holland when it exploded. Three of her eleven crew were killed.[78]
 Japan World War I: The cargo ship was sunk in the Mediterranean Sea 75 nautical miles (139 km) south west of Glados, Greece (34°07′N 22°12′E / 34.117°N 22.200°E / 34.117; 22.200) by SM U-34 ( Imperial German Navy). Her crew survived.[83]
SMS Lika  Austro-Hungarian Navy World War I: The Tatra-class destroyer struck a mine and sank in the Adriatic Sea off Durazzo, Albania.[84]
Monge  French Navy World War I: Battle of Durazzo: The Pluviose-class submarine was rammed and sunk in the Adriatic Sea off Kotor, Austria-Hungary, by one of six warships including SMS Helgoland and five Tatra-class destroyers (all  Austro-Hungarian Navy).[85][15][84]
Morning  United Kingdom The cargo ship was sunk on this date with the loss of all but two of her crew.[86]
SMS Triglav  Austro-Hungarian Navy World War I: The Tatra-class destroyer struck a mine and was damaged in the Adriatic Sea off Durazzo. SMS Csepel and SMS Tatra (both  Austro-Hungarian Navy) attempted to take her in tow but were unsuccessful. She was shelled and sunk by Casque ( French Navy) and five other French Navy ships.[84]

30 December[]

List of shipwrecks: 30 December 1915
Ship Country Description
 United Kingdom World War I: The cargo ship was shelled and sunk in the Mediterranean Sea 152 nautical miles (282 km) west of Gavdos, Greece (34°24′N 20°51′E / 34.400°N 20.850°E / 34.400; 20.850) by SM U-34 ( Imperial German Navy). Her crew survived.[2][87]
 United Kingdom World War I: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Mediterranean Sea 66 nautical miles (122 km) south east of , Crete, Greece by SM U-38 ( Imperial German Navy) with the loss of 52 crew.[2][88]
 Netherlands World War I: The cargo ship struck a mine and sank in the North Sea 1.5 nautical miles (2.8 km) off the ( United Kingdom) (51°42′N 1°57′E / 51.700°N 1.950°E / 51.700; 1.950).[89]
 United Kingdom The cargo ship departed Newport, Monmouthshire for Belfast, County Antrim. No further trace, presumed foundered in the Irish Sea with the loss of all ten crew.[90]
HMS Natal  Royal Navy
HMS Natal

The Duke of Edinburgh-class cruiser was sunk in the Cromarty Firth by an internal explosion with the loss of at least 390 lives.

 United States The steamer burned to the waterline at dock at the , Muskegon, Michigan. Taken to Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin in 1917 and converted into a barge.[91][92]
Persia  United Kingdom World War I: The passenger ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Mediterranean Sea off Crete (34°08′N 26°19′E / 34.133°N 26.317°E / 34.133; 26.317) by SM U-38 ( Imperial German Navy) with the loss of 343 of the 519 people on board.

31 December[]

List of shipwrecks: 31 December 1915
Ship Country Description
 Denmark The three-masted schooner was driven ashore at Craster, Northumberland, United Kingdom and was wrecked.[93]
 Royal Navy The naval trawler was lost on this date.[39]
 United Kingdom The collier foundered in the Irish Sea off Manorbier, Pembrokeshire with the loss of all eleven crew.[94]
 Royal Navy World War I: The naval trawler struck a mine and sank in the North Sea off Lowestoft, Suffolk (52°33′N 1°50′E / 52.550°N 1.833°E / 52.550; 1.833) with the loss of eleven of her crew.[95]
 United Kingdom The collier was lost in the Irish Sea on this date.[96]

Unknown date[]

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1915
Ship Country Description
 United Kingdom The whaler foundered off the Orkney Islands over the Christmas period with the loss of all twenty crew.[97]
 United States The schooner barge either sunk south west of the on 11 December, or went lost by stranding at Hyannis, Massachusetts on 13 December.[98][99]
 United States The fishing schooner sailed from Gloucester, Massachusetts on 3 November to Little Bay Islands, Newfoundland on a fishing trip and vanished. Believed lost in a gale in November or on 5 December. Lost with all six hands.[100][101][102]
 United States The steamer left New York City for Malta on 23 December 1915 or 1916, and probably sank in a storm on 26 December. Lost with all 36 hands.[103][104]
Thomas Winsmore  United States The schooner was abandoned during a storm off the coast of Florida.
Wood  United Kingdom The vessel was sunk as a blockship.[39]

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Ship events in 1915
Ship launches: 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920
Ship commissionings: 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920
Ship decommissionings: 1910 1912 1913 1918 1919 1920
Shipwrecks: 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920
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