List of shipwrecks in June 1914

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

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4 June[]

List of shipwrecks: 4 June 1914
Ship Country Description
 United Kingdom The cargo ship ran aground on the Carpenter Rock, Sierra Leone.[1] She was declared a total loss.[2]
 United States The steamer went ashore on , near New London, Connecticut.[3]

6 June[]

List of shipwrecks: 6 June 1914
Ship Country Description
 United Kingdom The cargo ship collided with ( United Kingdom) in the River Thames at East Greenwich, London and sank. All 24 people on board were rescued.[4] She was refloated on 13 June and beached.[5]
 United Kingdom The cargo ship ran aground off , Brazil and was wrecked.[6]

8 June[]

List of shipwrecks: 8 June 1914
Ship Country Description
 Germany The cargo ship struck a submerged object and was beached at Cape St. James, China.[7]
Victoria Luise  Germany The ocean liner ran aground in the Elbe and developed a list. Her engine rooms were flooded. She was later refloated,[8] repaired and returned to service.

9 June[]

List of shipwrecks: 9 June 1914
Ship Country Description
 Norway The schooner was driven ashore on the Schoughall Rocks, Berwickshire, United Kingdom. Her four crew were rescued.[9]

11 June[]

List of shipwrecks: 11 June 1914
Ship Country Description
 United Kingdom The barquentine collided with ( Spain) in the North Sea 3 nautical miles (5.6 km) off Souter Point, County Durham and sank.[10]
 Norway The cargo ship ran aground at Duncansby Head, Caithness, United Kingdom.[10]

14 June[]

List of shipwrecks: 14 June 1914
Ship Country Description
 Norway The whaler was driven ashore at Port Philip Heads, Victoria, Australia and was wrecked. Her crew were rescued.[11]

15 June[]

List of shipwrecks: 15 June 1914
Ship Country Description
 Russia The coaster sank in .[12]
Unknown scow  United States The scow broke loose from her tow in heavy seas at the entrance to the harbor of Cleveland, Ohio. She was driven onto the breakwater and broke up. Her only crewman was rescued by the United States Life Saving Service.[13]

16 June[]

List of shipwrecks: 16 June 1914
Ship Country Description
Mexico Mexican Revolutionaries Mexican Revolutionary Navy gunboat grounded, bombarded and scuttled under attack by Mexican Navy gunboat at Topolobampo during Mexican Revolution.[14]

17 June[]

List of shipwrecks: 17 June 1914
Ship Country Description
HMHS Maine  United Kingdom The hospital ship ran aground on the Isle of Mull, Argyll and was wrecked.

18 June[]

List of shipwrecks: 18 June 1914
Ship Country Description
 United Kingdom The schooner was destroyed by fire at Kingston Dock, Glasgow, Renfrewshire.[15]
 United Kingdom The cargo ship was wrecked 12 nautical miles (22 km) north of the mouth of the Futa River, Chile.[16]
 United Kingdom The schooner was destroyed by fire at Kingston Dock, Glasgow.[15]
 United Kingdom The passenger ship ran aground and sank in Wick Bay, Orkney Islands. All on board were rescued.[17]
 United Kingdom The schooner was destroyed by fire at Kingston Dock, Glasgow.[15]
Warsash  United Kingdom The sailing vessel was destroyed by fire at Kingston Dock, Glasgow.[15]

21 June[]

List of shipwrecks: 21 June 1914
Ship Country Description
 United States The steamer ran aground in the harbor at Bridgeport, Connecticut.[18]

23 June[]

List of shipwrecks: 23 June 1914
Ship Country Description
 United States Army The Mine planter went ashore on Great Gull Island, New York. Refloated and returned to service.[19]

24 June[]

List of shipwrecks: 24 June 1914
Ship Country Description
 United States The Yacht went ashore on Horseshoe Reef near Groton Long Point, Connecticut.[20]
 United Kingdom The cargo ship ran aground on the Bishop Rock, Isles of Scilly.[21] She was refloated on 27 June and beached at St. Mary's.[22]
 United Kingdom The cargo ship struck rocks at Vaasa, Finland and was beached.[21] She was refloated on 28 June.[22]

25 June[]

List of shipwrecks: 25 June 1914
Ship Country Description
 Italy The barque was reported in the Atlantic Ocean at approximately 7°N 25°W / 7°N 25°W / 7; -25. She subsequently foundered with the loss of all hands. Wreckage washed up at Warramboo, South Australia in mid December.[23]

27 June[]

List of shipwrecks: 27 June 1914
Ship Country Description
California  United Kingdom The ocean liner ran aground on Tory Island, County Donegal. Her passengers were taken off by four vessels which included ( United Kingdom) and HMS Swift ( Royal Navy). California was refloated on 20 August, repaired and returned to service.
 United Kingdom The cargo ship ran aground at , Chile.[22] She was refloated on 2 July.[24]
Gay Head  United States The 252-ton whaling bark was wrecked on a reef off (56°10′N 158°20′W / 56.167°N 158.333°W / 56.167; -158.333 (Castle Head)) in (56°17′44″N 158°24′05″W / 56.2956°N 158.4015°W / 56.2956; -158.4015 (Chignik Bay)) on the south coast of the Alaska Peninsula in the Territory of Alaska. Her crew of 31 survived.[24][25]

29 June[]

List of shipwrecks: 29 June 1914
Ship Country Description
 United Kingdom The cargo ship ran aground at Cabo Raso, Portugal. Salvage efforts were abandoned on 10 July.[26]

30 June[]

List of shipwrecks: 30 June 1914
Ship Country Description
 United Kingdom The cargo ship collided with ( United Kingdom) in the River Plate and was beached.[27][28]

Unknown date[]

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1914
Ship Country Description
 United Kingdom The cargo ship ran aground on the Brissons, Cape Cornwall.[22] She broke in two on 6 July and was declared a total loss.[29]
 United States The schooner sank in the Connecticut River on 4 or 10 June, after striking a railroad bridge pier at the mouth of the river. The wreck was removed to flats as a hazard to navigation by 12 June.[30][31]
 Norway The barque was dismasted in the Atlantic Ocean (approximately 34°S 50°W / 34°S 50°W / -34; -50). She was abandoned and set afire. Her crew were rescued by ( United Kingdom).[32]
 United Kingdom The cargo ship ran aground off Batavia, Netherlands East Indies at the end of June due to high seas caused by an earthquake.[22] She was refloated on 2 July.[24]

References[]

  1. ^ "West African liner ashore". The Times. No. 40541. London. 4 June 1914. col F, p. 23.
  2. ^ "Stranding off the Caithness coast". The Times. No. 40549. London. 13 June 1914. col E, p. 24.
  3. ^ "Records of the T. A. Scott co". mysticseaport.org. Retrieved 23 March 2021.
  4. ^ "Steamer sunk in the Thames". The Times. No. 40544. London. 8 June 1914. col F, p. 54.
  5. ^ "An overdue French ship". The Times. No. 40550. London. 15 June 1914. col C, p. 24.
  6. ^ "Casualty reports". The Times. No. 40544. London. 8 June 1914. col C, p. 68.
  7. ^ "Mishap to a cruising steamer". The Times. No. 40545. London. 9 June 1914. col F, p. 24.
  8. ^ "Mishap to a cruising steamer". The Times. No. 40545. London. 9 June 1914. col D, p. 8.
  9. ^ "Casualty reports". The Times. No. 40556. London. 10 June 1914. col B, p. 24.
  10. ^ a b "Casualty reports". The Times. No. 40558. London. 12 June 1914. col F, p. 23.
  11. ^ "Casualty reports". The Times. No. 40550. London. 15 June 1914. col C, p. 24.
  12. ^ "Hull insurance and declining rates". The Times. No. 40551. London. 16 June 1914. col C, p. 24.
  13. ^ "Annual report of the United States Life Saving Service, Year ending June 30, 1914". Government Printing Office, Washington. Retrieved 5 March 2021 – via Haithi Trust.
  14. ^ "The National Institute of Anthropology and History (INAH) and the Mexican Navy (SEMAR) find the shipwreck of the gunner "Tampico", protagonist of the Mexican Revolution at sea". National Institute of Anthropology and History (INAH). 26 November 2019. Retrieved 31 July 2020.
  15. ^ a b c d "Dock in flames". The Times. No. 40554. London. 19 June 1914. col C, p. 8.
  16. ^ "Liner and other casualties". The Times. No. 40554. London. 19 June 1914. col C, p. 24.
  17. ^ "Casualty reports". The Times. No. 40554. London. 19 June 1914. col C, p. 24.
  18. ^ "Records of the T. A. Scott co". mysticseaport.org. Retrieved 29 March 2021.
  19. ^ "Records of the T. A. Scott co". mysticseaport.org. Retrieved 29 March 2021.
  20. ^ "Records of the T. A. Scott co". mysticseaport.org. Retrieved 29 March 2021.
  21. ^ a b "The wreck at Scilly". The Times. No. 40559. London. 25 June 1914. col C, p. 26.
  22. ^ a b c d e "A Pacific coast wreck". The Times. No. 40562. London. 29 June 1914. col C, p. 24.
  23. ^ "Three steamers wrecked". The Times. No. 40730. London. 19 December 1914. col E, p. 14.
  24. ^ a b c "Demand for salvage steamers". The Times. No. 40566. London. 3 July 1914. col C, p. 24.
  25. ^ alaskashipwreck.com Alaska Shipwrecks (G)
  26. ^ "The wreck of the Lord Antrim". The Times. No. 40573. London. 11 July 1914. col C, p. 24.
  27. ^ "Steamer overdue at Bombay". The Times. No. 40565. London. 2 July 1914. col A, p. 21.
  28. ^ "Casualty reports". The Times. No. 40565. London. 2 July 1914. col A, p. 21.
  29. ^ "The bad case of the California". The Times. No. 40569. London. 7 July 1914. col F, p. 24.
  30. ^ "Records of the T. A. Scott co". mysticseaport.org. Retrieved 23 March 2021.
  31. ^ "Annual report of the Chief of Engineers, U.S. Army 1914". U. S. Government. 1914. Retrieved 23 March 2021 – via Google books.
  32. ^ "Loss of another Norwegian ship". The Times. No. 40544. London. 8 June 1914. col C, p. 68.
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
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