World War I: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the North Sea 4 nautical miles (7.4 km) east by north of Flamborough Head, Yorkshire by SM UB-40 (Imperial German Navy). Her crew survived.[1][2]
World War I: The tug was shelled and sunk in the North Sea 2 nautical miles (3.7 km) north of Flamborough Head, Yorkshire by SM UB-40 (Imperial German Navy). Her crew survived.[8]
World War I: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the English Channel 4 nautical miles (7.4 km) north east by east of the (United Kingdom) by SM UB-57 (Imperial German Navy) with the loss of eight of her crew.[2][10]
World War I: The wooden barque was shelled and sunk in the Skagerrak 5 nautical miles (9.3 km) off the Ryvingen Lighthouse, Vest-Agder, Norway by SM U-80 (Imperial German Navy),[14] with the loss of two of the crew.[15]
World War I: The sailing vessel was sunk in the North Sea 55 nautical miles (102 km) west of Lindesnes, Vest-Agder by SM U-80 (Imperial German Navy). Her crew survived.[17]
World War I: The sailing vessel was torpedoed and damaged in the North Sea 12 nautical miles (22 km) east of Hartlepool, County Durham, United Kingdom by SM UB-21 (Imperial German Navy) with the loss of a crew member. She was towed in to port but was a constructive total loss.[19]
Napoli
Italy
World War I: : The ship collided with a vessel from in the Mediterranean Sea and sank.[20]
The passenger ship capsized and sank in the Illinois River in 18 feet (5.5 m) of water after scraping a line of trees on the river bank in dense fog with the loss of 87[21] or 175 lives.[22][23]
World War I: The C-class submarine was bombed and damaged in the North Sea off Orford Ness, Suffolk by Luftstreitkrafte aircraft with the loss of four of her crew. She was taken in tow by HMS E51 (Royal Navy) but was declared a constructive total loss.
Gullfaxi
Iceland
World War I: The fishing vessel was sunk in the Atlantic Ocean south of Iceland by SM U-53 (Imperial German Navy).[26]
World War I: The fishing vessel was scuttled in the North Sea 25 nautical miles (46 km) east by north of Spurn Point, Yorkshire by SM UB-40 (Imperial German Navy). Her crew survived.[29][30]
Albion
United Kingdom
World War I: The fishing vessel was scuttled in the North Sea 25 nautical miles (46 km) east by north of Spurn Point by SM UB-40 (Imperial German Navy). Her crew survived.[30][31]
World War I: The S138-class torpedo boat struck a mine and sank in the North Sea with the loss of 32 of her crew.[33]
Vergine di Lourdes
Italy
World War I: The sailing vessel was sunk in the Mediterranean Sea off Sicily by SM UC-52 (Imperial German Navy).[36]
8 July[]
List of shipwrecks: 8 July 1918
Ship
Country
Description
United Kingdom
World War I: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Irish Sea 30 nautical miles (56 km) south east of the by SM U-92 (Imperial German Navy) with the loss of 23 crew.[2][37]
United Kingdom
World War I: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the North Sea 4 nautical miles (7.4 km) north east of Flamborough Head, Yorkshire by SM UB-107 (Imperial German Navy) with the loss of three of her crew.[2][38]
Portugal
World War I: The cargo ship was sunk in the Strait of Sicily by SM UC-73 (Imperial German Navy). Her crew survived.[39]
World War I: The sailing vessel was sunk in the Aegean Sea off Andros by SM UC-37 (Imperial German Navy).[42]
United Kingdom
World War I: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the North Sea 2.5 nautical miles (4.6 km) east by north of Flamborough Head by SM UB-107 (Imperial German Navy). Her crew survived.[43]
World War I: The sailing vessel was sunk in the North Sea 20 nautical miles (37 km) off the (Netherlands) by SM UC-70 (Imperial German Navy). Her crew survived.[45]
World War I: The coaster was sunk in the English Channel 30 nautical miles (56 km) south east of Portland Bill, Dorset, United Kingdom by SM UB-103 (Imperial German Navy) with the loss of eleven of her crew.[56]
World War I: The coaster was sunk in the Mediterranean Sea 60 nautical miles (110 km) north of Alexandria, Egypt by SM UC-74 (Imperial German Navy). Her crew survived.[58]
The Kawachi-class battleship suffered an onboard explosion and sank at Tokuyama with the loss of 621 of her 1,059 crew. The hulk was subsequently scrapped.
13 July[]
List of shipwrecks: 13 July 1918
Ship
Country
Description
United Kingdom
World War I: The Elder Dempster 2,956 grt cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean 425 nautical miles (787 km) west north west of Cape St. Vincent, Portugal (35°17′N16°50′W / 35.283°N 16.833°W / 35.283; -16.833) by SM U-91 (Imperial German Navy). Her crew survived, but her captain was taken as a prisoner of war.[2][60]
United States
The fishing steamer went to pieces after going ashore on Nantucket, Massachusetts.[61]
World War I: The cargo ship was sunk in the Mediterranean Sea 50 nautical miles (93 km) off Oran, Algeria by SM UC-54 (Imperial German Navy). Her crew survived.[63]
Spain
World War I: The cargo ship was sunk in the Atlantic Ocean 180 nautical miles (330 km) off Cape Finisterre by SM U-92 (Imperial German Navy). Her crew survived.[64]
14 July[]
List of shipwrecks: 14 July 1918
Ship
Country
Description
United Kingdom
World War I: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Mediterranean Sea (68 nautical miles (126 km) north west of Marsa Susa, Libya by SM UB-105 (Imperial German Navy). Her crew survived.[2][65]
World War I: The sailing vessel was sunk in the Bristol Channel 25 nautical miles (46 km) south west of Lundy Island, Devon, United Kingdom by SM UB-65 (Imperial German Navy).[68]
Maurice
France
World War I: The sailing vessel was sunk in the Atlantic Ocean off Barra Head, Outer Hebrides, United Kingdom by SM U-98 (Imperial German Navy).[69]
World War I: The cargo ship was sunk in the Gironde Estuary 14 nautical miles (26 km) south west of the Cordouan Lighthouse by SM UB-103 (Imperial German Navy).[73]
World War I: The cargo ship was sunk in the Bay of Biscay off Soulac-sur-Mer, Gironde by SM UB-103 (Imperial German Navy).[74]
16 July[]
List of shipwrecks: 16 July 1918
Ship
Country
Description
Royal Navy
World War I: The Anchusa-class sloop was sunk in the Atlantic Ocean north of Ireland by SM U-54 (Imperial German Navy) with the loss of 78 of her 93 crew.[75]
The Soldati-classdestroyer was rammed and sunk in the Mediterranean Sea off Villefranche-sur-Mer, Alpes-Maritimes, France by the destroyer HMS Cygnet (Royal Navy).[33]
France
World War I: The cargo ship was sunk in the Bay of Biscay by SM UB-103 (Imperial German Navy) with the loss of four of her fourteen crew. The submarine then rammed a raft with a number of survivors before departing the area, killing many of them. Eight survivors of the sixteen people on board were rescued by (Spanish Navy) and some Spanish fishing vessels.[77][78]
World War I: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the North Sea 5 nautical miles (9.3 km) north by east of Scarborough, Yorkshire by SM UB-110 (Imperial German Navy) with the loss of 30 of her crew.[2][80]
Vanlock
Sweden
World War I: The sailing vessel was shelled and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean 140 nautical miles (260 km) west of Tory Island, County Donegal, United Kingdom[81] by SM U-92 (Imperial German Navy).[82]
United Kingdom
World War I: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Mediterranean Sea 72 nautical miles (133 km) south west by south of Malta (34°35′N15°00′E / 34.583°N 15.000°E / 34.583; 15.000) by SM UB-50 (Imperial German Navy) with the loss of seven crew.[2][83]
World War I: The cargo ship was torpedoed and damaged in the Atlantic Ocean south west of Hartland Point, Devon by SM U-60 (Imperial German Navy). She was beached but was later refloated.[84]
World War I: The passenger ship was sunk in the Mediterranean Sea 26 nautical miles (48 km) north east of Cap Bon, Tunisia by SM UC-54 (Imperial German Navy) with the loss of three of her 951 passengers and seventeen of her crew.[88][89]
World War I: The cargo ship was sunk in the Mediterranean Sea 70 nautical miles (130 km) north of Bardia, Libya by SM UB-105 (Imperial German Navy). Her crew survived.[90]
World War I: The auxiliary sailing vessel was scuttled in the Atlantic Ocean 20 nautical miles (37 km) north west of Barra Head, Outer Hebrides by SM UB-64 (Imperial German Navy). Her crew survived.[2][92]
USS San Diego
United States Navy
USS San Diego
World War I: The Pennsylvania-classarmored cruiser struck a mine and sank in the Atlantic Ocean off the (United States Navy) with the loss of six of her 830 crew.
World War I: The E-class submarine struck a mine and sank in the Wadden Sea between Texel, North Holland and Vlieland, Friesland, Netherlands with the loss of all 30 crew.
World War I: The three-masted schooner was sunk in the North Sea 40 nautical miles (74 km) west of Bergen, Hordaland, Norway by SM U-113 (Imperial German Navy). Her crew survived.[95]
World War I: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean 2.5 nautical miles (4.6 km) west by north of Newquay, Cornwall (50°24′N5°11′W / 50.400°N 5.183°W / 50.400; -5.183) by SM U-60 (Imperial German Navy) with the loss of two crew.[97]
World War I: The Type UB IIIsubmarine was depth charged and damaged in the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Ireland. She was consequently scuttled with the loss of two of her crew.[98]
21 July[]
List of shipwrecks: 21 July 1918
Ship
Country
Description
Denmark
World War I: The barquentine was sunk in the North Sea 35 nautical miles (65 km) off Bergen, Hordaland, Norway by SM U-113 (Imperial German Navy). Her crew survived.[99]
World War I: The sailing vessel was damaged in the North Sea 70 nautical miles (130 km) south west of Lindesnes, Rogaland by SM UB-113 (Imperial German Navy). She was abandoned by her crew. The derelict was scuttled on 5 August by HMS G1 (Royal Navy).[101]
United States
World War I: Attack on Orleans: The schooner barge, being towed by (United States), was shelled and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean 3 nautical miles (5.6 km) off Orleans, Massachusetts by SM U-156 (Imperial German Navy). Her captain was wounded.[102][103]
World War I: Attack on Orleans: The barge, being towed by (United States), was shelled and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean 3 nautical miles (5.6 km) off Orleans, Massachusetts by SM U-156 (Imperial German Navy).[105][103]
740
United States
World War I: Attack on Orleans: The barge, being towed by (United States), was shelled and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean 3 nautical miles (5.6 km) off Orleans, Massachusetts by SM U-156 (Imperial German Navy).[106][103]
766
United States
World War I: Attack on Orleans: The barge, being towed by (United States), was shelled and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean 3 nautical miles (5.6 km) off Orleans, Massachusetts by SM U-156 (Imperial German Navy). Her crew survived.[107][103]
22 July[]
List of shipwrecks: 22 July 1918
Ship
Country
Description
Soviet NavyRed Movement
Russian Civil War: The gunboat was damaged by Czech Legion gunboats and was beached and abandoned on the Volga River.[108]
World War I: The schooner was scuttled in the Atlantic Ocean 60 nautical miles (110 km) south east of Cape Porpoise, Maine by SM U-156 (Imperial German Navy). Her crew survived.[111]
23 July[]
List of shipwrecks: 23 July 1918
Ship
Country
Description
United Kingdom
World War I: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean 4 nautical miles (7.4 km) north of Trevose Head, Cornwall by SM U-55 (Imperial German Navy) with the loss of a crew member.[2][112]
World War I: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Mediterranean Sea 73 nautical miles (135 km) south east by south of Port Mahon, Spain by SM UB-50 (Imperial German Navy) with the loss of a crew member.[2][114]
The Beagle-class destroyer ran aground on the Seven Stones reef and was wrecked.[117]
United Kingdom
World War I: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Mediterranean Sea 50 nautical miles (93 km) east south east of Port Mahon, Spain by SM UB-50 (Imperial German Navy). Her crew survived.[2][118]
Scow 111
United States
The scow sank at the Crowninshield Shipbuilding Company, Fall River, Massachusetts.[61]
25 July[]
List of shipwrecks: 25 July 1918
Ship
Country
Description
Denmark
World War I: The three-masted auxiliary schooner was shelled and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean 600 nautical miles (1,100 km) west north west of the Hebrides, United Kingdom by SM UB-89 (Imperial German Navy) with the loss of five of her crew.[119]
United Kingdom
World War I: The cargo ship was torpedoed and damaged in the Atlantic Ocean 20 nautical miles (37 km) north north west of Rathlin Island, County Donegal by SM UB-62 (Imperial German Navy) with the loss of two of her crew. She was beached but was later refloated.[120]
United Kingdom
World War I: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Mediterranean Sea 53 nautical miles (98 km) north of Cape Serrat, Tunisia by SM UB-50 (Imperial German Navy) with the loss of a crew member.[2][121]
World War I: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the North Sea 3.5 nautical miles (6.5 km) north east of Sunderland, County Durham by SM UC-40 (Imperial German Navy) with the loss of a crew member.[2][123]
Boy Jack
United Kingdom
World War I: The fishing smack was scuttled in the North Sea 4 nautical miles (7.4 km) east of the (United Kingdom) by SM UB-40 (Imperial German Navy) with the loss of three of her crew.[124]
Godesgenage
Belgium
World War I: The fishing vessel was scuttled in the North Sea off the by SM UB-40 (Imperial German Navy).[125]
World War I: The fishing smack was scuttled in the North Sea 2.5 nautical miles (4.6 km) north of the Haisborough Lightship (United Kingdom) by SM UB-40 (Imperial German Navy). Her crew survived.[128]
Sweden
World War I: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the North Sea 2.5 nautical miles (4.6 km) east of the Whitby Lighthouse, Yorkshire[129] by SM UC-40 (Imperial German Navy) with the loss of four of her crew.[130]
Fear Not
United Kingdom
World War I: The fishing smack was scuttled in the North Sea 14 nautical miles (26 km) north north east of the Haisborough Lightship (United Kingdom) by SM UB-40 (Imperial German Navy). Her crew survived.[131]
I'll Try
United Kingdom
World War I: The fishing smack was scuttled in the North Sea 12 nautical miles (22 km) north north east of the Haisborough Lightship (United Kingdom) by SM UB-40 (Imperial German Navy). Her crew survived.[30][132]
Sweden
World War I: The cargo ship was sunk in the North Sea 18 nautical miles (33 km) south of Flamborough Head by SM UB-107 (Imperial German Navy).[133] Her crew survived.[134]
World War I: The fishing smack was scuttled in the North Sea 9 nautical miles (17 km) north east of the Haisborough Lightship (United Kingdom) by SM UB-40 (Imperial German Navy). Her crew survived.[136]
Paragon
United Kingdom
World War I: The fishing smack was scuttled in the North Sea 8 nautical miles (15 km) north east of the Haisborough Lightship (United Kingdom) by SM UB-40 (Imperial German Navy). Her crew survived.[137]
Passion Flower
United Kingdom
World War I: The fishing smack was scuttled in the North Sea 14 nautical miles (26 km) north east of the Haisborough Lightship (United Kingdom) by SM UB-40 (Imperial German Navy). Her crew survived.[138]
World War I: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean 112 nautical miles (207 km) north by west of the Cabo da Roca, Portugal by SM U-43 (Imperial German Navy) with the loss of three crew.[140]
Success
United Kingdom
World War I: The fishing smack was shelled and sunk in the North Sea 7 nautical miles (13 km) north north east of the Haisborough Lightship (United Kingdom) by SM UB-40 (Imperial German Navy). Her crew survived.[30][141]
Valour
United Kingdom
World War I: The fishing smack was scuttled in the North Sea 14 nautical miles (26 km) north north east of the Haisborough Lightship (United Kingdom) by SM UB-40 (Imperial German Navy). Her crew survived.[30][142]
28 July[]
List of shipwrecks: 28 July 1918
Ship
Country
Description
Capital
United States
The dredge sank at South Boston, Massachusetts.[61]
Francis Robert
United Kingdom
World War I: The fishing smack was shelled and sunk in the North Sea 8 nautical miles (15 km) north east of the Haisborough Lightship (United Kingdom) by SM UB-40 (Imperial German Navy). Her crew survived.[143]
The steamer went ashore on Block Island, Rhode Island.[61]
United Kingdom
World War I: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Mediterranean Sea 62 nautical miles (115 km) east north east of Malta by SM UC-25 (Imperial German Navy) with the loss of two of her crew.[2][145]
30 July[]
List of shipwrecks: 30 July 1918
Ship
Country
Description
Addie and Carrie
United States
The lighter sank at New London, Connecticut after the swell from a submarine and a sub chaser forced her against some rocks. Raised, repaired and returned to service.[61]
The cargo ship collided with San Jacinto (United States) in the Atlantic Ocean on 9, 10 or 11 July. She foundered on 10 or 11 July. Her crew were rescued by San Jacinto.[53][154]
World War I: The Type UB IIIsubmarine was lost in the Bristol Channel off Padstow, Cornwall, United Kingdom on or after 14 July with the loss of all 37 crew.
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