List of shipwrecks in December 1918

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The list of shipwrecks in December 1918 includes ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during December 1918.

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1 December[]

List of shipwrecks: 1 December 1918
Ship Country Description
 Imperial German Navy The Einswarden-class Vorpostenboot was sunk by mines in the German Bight.[1]
 France The steamer was beached/wrecked on Gower Rocks in bad weather at the foot of the cliff, located near Swansea Wales, United Kingdom, and was abandoned. Refloated in July 1919 and towed to Swansea.[2][3]

2 December[]

List of shipwrecks: 2 December 1918
Ship Country Description
 France The ship ran aground in . She was on a voyage from Saint-Nazaire, Loire-Inférieure to Swansea, Glamorgan, United Kingdom. Tours was refloated on 29 June 1919.[4]

3 December[]

List of shipwrecks: 3 December 1918
Ship Country Description
 United States The steamer foundered in the Detroit River near Ecorse, Michigan, obstructing the channel. Wreck removal work finished 5 April 1919.[5][6]
 United States The forward half of the steamer (she had been cut in two to facilitate passage through the Welland Canal) foundered in a severe snowstorm in Lake Ontario five miles (8.0 km) south of Duck Island. Lost with all 11 hands.[7]

5 December[]

List of shipwrecks: 5 December 1918
Ship Country Description
HMS Cassandra  Royal Navy Russian Civil War: : The C-class cruiser struck a mine and sank in the Gulf of Finland with the loss of ten of her 400 crew.[8]

6 December[]

List of shipwrecks: 6 December 1918
Ship Country Description
Capt. Jack  United States The lighter sank at New London Navy Yard, New London, Connecticut when an extremely low tide caused her to settle on a pile which penetrated her bottom.[9]

7 December[]

List of shipwrecks: 7 December 1918
Ship Country Description
 United States The cargo ship foundered in Lake Superior with the loss of all hands.[10]
 United States The cargo ship foundered in Lake Superior with the loss of all hands.[10]

8 December[]

List of shipwrecks: 8 December 1918
Ship Country Description
 United States The cargo ship foundered in Lake Ontario.[10]
 United States The cargo ship foundered in Lake Ontario.[10]

9 December[]

List of shipwrecks: 9 December 1918
Ship Country Description
Dominion of Newfoundland Newfoundland The schooner was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean (42°00′N 86°00′W / 42.000°N 86.000°W / 42.000; -86.000). Her crew were rescued.[11]

10 December[]

List of shipwrecks: 10 December 1918
Ship Country Description
 United Kingdom The cargo ship collided with a warship and sank in the North Sea 20 nautical miles (37 km) north of the mouth of the River Tyne. Her crew were rescued.[12]

11 December[]

List of shipwrecks: 11 December 1918
Ship Country Description
 United States Navy The cargo ship grounded and sunk east of , France, at the mouth of the Gironde River.[13]
Richard  United States The Lighter was beached near the , New London, Connecticut to keep her from sinking.[14]

12 December[]

List of shipwrecks: 12 December 1918
Ship Country Description
 United Kingdom The schooner was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean 12 nautical miles (22 km) north of Graciosa, Canary Islands, Spain. Her eight crew survived.[15]

13 December[]

List of shipwrecks: 13 December 1918
Ship Country Description
 United Kingdom The cargo ship collided with ( United Kingdom) and sank in the River Thames at Purfleet, Essex. Her crew were rescued.[16]

15 December[]

List of shipwrecks: 15 December 1918
Ship Country Description
Grecian Prince  United Kingdom The trawler struck a mine and sank in the North Sea with the loss of six of her eight crew.[17]
 United States The passenger ship collided with ( United States) and sank in San Francisco Bay with the loss of two of her crew.[11]

16 December[]

List of shipwrecks: 16 December 1918
Ship Country Description
 Norway The cargo ship struck a submerged wreck at New York, United States and was beached.[15]
Tacoma  United States Out of service and anchored with no one on board in the harbor at Metlakatla in Southeast Alaska, the 11-ton, 35.7-foot (10.9 m) fishing vessel broke loose from her anchorage during a gale and drifted onto a reef in the harbor, where waves battered her to pieces.[18]

17 December[]

List of shipwrecks: 17 December 1918
Ship Country Description
 United Kingdom The schooner was abandoned in the Irish Sea off the Crow Rock.[15]
 United States The steam-powered canal boat sank near Essex, Connecticut.[19]

21 December[]

List of shipwrecks: 21 December 1918
Ship Country Description
Killarney  United States The 13-gross register ton motor vessel departed Petersburg, Territory of Alaska, bound for a cannery at Thomas Bay in Southeast Alaska with three people and a cargo of approximately five tons of salt, coal, cans, and groceries aboard and was never seen again.[20]

24 December[]

List of shipwrecks: 24 December 1918
Ship Country Description
 United States The barque burned in the Pacific Ocean 260 miles (420 km) east of the Chatham Islands. One lifeboat with her captain and 12 people reached . The other lifeboat with nine crewmen never reached land.[21][22]

26 December[]

List of shipwrecks: 26 December 1918
Ship Country Description
Scow No. 12  United States The scow sank near the wharf of the , East Boston, Massachusetts.[23]
 Soviet Navy Russian Civil War: : Battle of Revel: The destroyer ran aground on the on the approaches to Tallinn while under pursuit by HMS Calypso and HMS Caradoc (both  Royal Navy) and was captured. Refloated and transferred to Estonia as ( Estonian Navy).[24][25]

27 December[]

List of shipwrecks: 27 December 1918
Ship Country Description
USS Teaser  United States Navy The patrol vessel was destroyed by fire in Hampton Roads, Virginia.[26]

28 December[]

List of shipwrecks: 28 December 1918
Ship Country Description
USS Tenadores  United States Navy The cargo ship ran aground in dense fog on the Île d'Yeu, Vendée, 10 miles (16 km) from Brest, France. Salvage efforts were abandoned on 2 January 1919 because she had rolled on her side and was breaking up.[27][28]
 United States Navy The Lake-class cargo ship stranded on the rocks about one mile (1.6 km) west of Nash Point in the Bristol Channel, Great Britain. Declared a total loss and stripped. The wreck was later sold, salvaged and returned to commercial service by new owners.[29][30]

29 December[]

List of shipwrecks: 29 December 1918
Ship Country Description
 United Kingdom The cargo ship was wrecked in the English Channel off Le Touquet, Pas-de-Calais, France.[31]

30 December[]

List of shipwrecks: 30 December 1918
Ship Country Description
 United States Navy The barge sank while in tow of USS Heron ( United States Navy), 15 miles (24 km) southeast from Boston Light, Massachusetts.[32][33]

31 December[]

List of shipwrecks: 31 December 1918
Ship Country Description
 United States The 123.58-foot (37.67 m), 210-gross register ton three-masted schooner was abandoned along the coast of Wisconsin. She subsequently deteriorated into a wreck.[34]

Unknown date[]

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1918
Ship Country Description
 United States The steamer foundered in a north east gale in Pacific Ocean off Molokai, Hawaii (21°36′00″N 156°11′00″W / 21.60000°N 156.18333°W / 21.60000; -156.18333) on either 3, 10, or 12 December. Nine crewmen were killed.[35][12][36]
N F Co. No. 1  United States The 30-ton scow was wrecked in (56°43′00″N 134°23′20″W / 56.71667°N 134.38889°W / 56.71667; -134.38889 (Washington Bay)) in Southeast Alaska.[37]
Pioneer  United States With no one on board, the 11-gross register ton, 33.5-foot (10.2 m) fishing vessel sank in the harbor at Metlakatla, Territory of Alaska.[38]
SM U-3  United Kingdom The Type U-3 submarine foundered while under tow.
(aka Jadhigar-i-Millet)  Ottoman Navy The salvaged destroyer sank at her dock at İstanbul, Turkey. Raised in 1924 and scrapped.[39]

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Ship events in 1918
Ship launches: 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923
Ship commissionings: 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923
Ship decommissionings: 1913 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923
Shipwrecks: 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923
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