World War I: Battle of Jutland: The {{|United Kingdom}|Pillau|cruiser|2}} was rammed, holed and disabled by SMS Posen (Imperial German Navy). She was subsequently scuttled by her crew.
World War I: Battle of Jutland: The {{|United Kingdom}|Gazelle|cruiser|2}} was torpedoed, shelled and sunk by HMS Southampton (Royal Navy) with the loss of 324 of her 329 crew.
World War I: Battle of Jutland: The {{|United Kingdom}|Derfflinger|battlecruiser|2}} was scuttled by SMS G38 (Imperial German Navy) following battle damage inflicted by HMS Invincible (Royal Navy).
World War I: The cargo ship struck a mine and was damaged in the North Sea 1.5 nautical miles (2.8 km) east south east of the (United Kingdom) (51°52′N1°39′E / 51.867°N 1.650°E / 51.867; 1.650). She was beached but was later refloated, repaired and returned to service.[5]
World War I: Battle of Jutland: The {{|United Kingdom}|Deutschland|battleship|2}} was torpedoed and sunk by HMS Faulknor (Royal Navy) with the loss of all 839 crew.
World War I: Battle of Jutland: The {{|United Kingdom}|Karlsruhe|cruiser|2}} was torpedoed, shelled and damaged by HMS Achates and HMS Broke (both Royal Navy). She was subsequently scuttled. Her crew were rescued by (Imperial German Navy).
World War I: Battle of Jutland: The {{|United Kingdom}|Acasta|destroyer|2}} collided with HMS Broke (Royal Navy) and sank with the loss of six of her 75 crew.
World War I: Battle of Jutland: The torpedo boat was shelled and sunk with the loss of 99 of her 102 crew. Survivors were rescued by (Sweden).[8]
HMS Warrior
Royal Navy
World War I: Battle of Jutland: The {{|United Kingdom}|Warrior|cruiser|2}} foundered due to damage suffered the previous day from gunfire by the battlecruiserSMS Derfflinger and four destroyers (all Imperial German Navy). The seaplane tenderHMS Engadine (Royal Navy) rescued 743 survivors.
World War I: Battle of Jutland: The {{|United Kingdom}|Wiesbaden|cruiser|2}} was torpedoed, shelled and sunk by HMS Invincible and HMS Onslow (both Royal Navy) with the loss of 589 of her 590 crew. The survivor was rescued by a Norwegian merchant ship.
The coaster sprang a leak in the North Sea off Covehithe, Suffolk and was abandoned by her three crew.[12]
United States
The passenger ship was struck by a tornado at Easton Landing 18 miles (29 km) above Memphis, Tennessee causing her to capsize. One crewman and 11 passengers killed, 17 missing.[13]
HMS Hampshire
Royal Navy
World War I: The {{|United Kingdom}|Devonshire|cruiser|0
1903}} cruiser struck a mine and sank in the Atlantic Ocean north west of the Orkney Islands. There were only twelve survivors of over 600 people on board.
Denmark
The brigantine was driven ashore on Sanday, Orkney Islands, United Kingdom and was wrecked. Her crew were rescued.[12] She was refloated on 17 July.[14]
6 June[]
List of shipwrecks: 6 June 1916
Ship
Country
Description
Carolyn
United States
The cargo ship was wrecked on the Kola Peninsula one mile (1.6 km) south east of the near Archangelsk, Russia in the Barents Sea.[15][16]
The coaster foundered in the North Sea. Her crew were rescued by the fishing smack Aderane Jacoba (Netherlands).[18]
Norway
World War I: The cargo ship struck two mines and sank in the Bay of Biscay with the loss of all but one of her crew. The survivor was rescued by (France).[19]
7 June[]
List of shipwrecks: 7 June 1916
Ship
Country
Description
Norway
The cargo ship was driven ashore off Loshavn, Vest-Agder. Her crew were rescued.[20]
8 June[]
List of shipwrecks: 8 June 1916
Ship
Country
Description
Imperial Russian Navy
World War I: The transport ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Black Sea 4 nautical miles (7.4 km) south east of Tuapse by SM U-38 (Imperial German Navy).[21]
World War I: The transport ship was shelled and damaged in the Black Sea by SM U-38 (Imperial German Navy). She was beached in the Mokopse Estuary.[25]
Sweden
World War I: The wooden schooner struck a mine in the Baltic Sea close to the Stockholm archipelago and was split in two. The crew was saved. The aft part of the hull was floating on the cargo and later towed to port.[26]
9 June[]
List of shipwrecks: 9 June 1916
Ship
Country
Description
Norway
World War I: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the North Sea by a German submarine. Her 33 crew were rescued by the trawler Bruinvisch (Netherlands).[19]
World War I: The wooden schooner struck a mine in the Baltic Sea close to the Almagrundet lightship, split in two and sank within a minute. Her fifteen crew survived.[28]
11 June[]
List of shipwrecks: 11 June 1916
Ship
Country
Description
Sweden
World War I: The cargo ship struck a mine close to Falsterbo in the Baltic Sea. Five of her crew perished.[29]
World War I: The coaster was sunk in the Tyrrhenian Sea 10 nautical miles (19 km) north of Ustica by SM U-35 (Imperial German Navy). Her crew survived.[34]
The passenger ship was wrecked on Sugarloaf Rock in dense fog off Cape Mendocino. The ship was later raised, or boilers, equipment and some of the cargo salvaged. Five passengers were killed when a lifeboat swamped, or two collided and capsized.[37][38][39][40]
World War I: The sailing vessel was sunk in the Ligurian Sea 20 nautical miles (37 km) south east of Porto Maurizio by SM U-35 (Imperial German Navy).[54]
World War I: The ship struck a mine placed by SM UC-15 (Imperial German Navy) and sank in the Black Sea 13 nautical miles (24 km) off Odessa with the loss of 272 lives.[68]
Sweden
The cargo ship capsized and sank in with the loss of a crew member.[69]
World War I: The auxiliary cruiser was sunk in the Adriatic Sea 20 nautical miles (37 km) east of Otranto, Apulia by SM U-15 (Austro-Hungarian Navy). All on board survived.[74]
World War I: The coaster struck a mine placed by SM UC-1 (Imperial German Navy) and sank in the North Sea 5 nautical miles (9.3 km) south south east of Lowestoft, Suffolk with the loss of eleven of her crew.[90]
World War I: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Mediterranean Sea 46 nautical miles (85 km) south east of Cape Sidero, Crete, Greece by SM UB-44 (Imperial German Navy) with the loss of three of her crew.[3][109]
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