World War I: The trawler was torpedoed and sunk in the North Sea 2 nautical miles (3.7 km) east by north of the (United Kingdom) by an Imperial German Navy submarine with the loss of eleven of her crew.[2]
World War I: The passenger ship was shelled and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean 65 nautical miles (120 km) east of Atlantic City, New Jersey by SM U-151 (Imperial German Navy) with the loss of thirteen lives. Survivors were rescued by (United Kingdom), (Denmark) and (United States) or reached the shore in their lifeboat.
Edward H. Cole
United States
World War I: The sailing vessel was shelled and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean 50 nautical miles (93 km) east by south of the Barnegat Lighthouse, New Jersey by SM U-151 (Imperial German Navy). Her crew survived.[4]
United States
World War I: The three-masted schooner was scuttled in the Atlantic Ocean off the Barnegat Lighthouse by SM U-151 (Imperial German Navy). Her crew survived.[5]
Jacob M. Haskell
United States
World War I: The sailing vessel was sunk in the Atlantic Ocean 50 nautical miles (93 km) east by south of the Barnegat Lighthouse by SM U-151 (Imperial German Navy). Her crew survived.[6]
World War I: The tanker was sunk by a mine off Cape Henlopen, Delaware. Salvaged, repaired and returned to service.[10][11]
France
World War I: The cargo ship, on her maiden voyage, was torpedoed and sunk in the Mediterranean Sea 68 nautical miles (126 km) north west of Cape Argentira (40°45′N6°59′E / 40.750°N 6.983°E / 40.750; 6.983) by SM UB-49 (Imperial German Navy). Her crew were rescued by (French Navy).[12]
World War I: The naval trawler was shelled and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean 45 nautical miles (83 km) north of Tory Island, County Donegal (55°55′N8°15′W / 55.917°N 8.250°W / 55.917; -8.250) by SM U-101 (Imperial German Navy) with the loss of four of her crew. Three survivors were taken as prisoners of war.[17]
4 June[]
List of shipwrecks: 4 June 1918
Ship
Country
Description
United States
World War I: The schooner was captured by SM U-151 (Imperial German Navy) in the western Atlantic Ocean and sunk with explosives. Later refloated, repaired and returned to service.[18][10]
World War I: The torpedo boat struck a mine and sank in the North Sea with the loss of seven of her crew.[20]
5 June[]
List of shipwrecks: 5 June 1918
Ship
Country
Description
Sweden
World War I: The wooden barque was sunk in the North Sea 24 nautical miles (44 km) west south west of the Lindesnes Lighthouse, Norway[21] by SM U-80 (Imperial German Navy). Her crew survived.[22]
World War I: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean 80 nautical miles (150 km) off Cape Henry, Virginia by SM U-151 (Imperial German Navy). Her crew survived.[14][24]
World War I: The armed boarding steamer was torpedoed and sunk in the Mediterranean Sea 240 nautical miles (440 km) east-southeast of Malta by the submarineSM UB-105 (Imperial German Navy). Her crew survived.[27]
World War I: The fishing ketch was shelled and sunk in the North Sea off the coast of Norfolk by SM UB-40 (Imperial German Navy). Her crew survived.[2][29]
United Kingdom
World War I: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Mediterranean Sea 240 nautical miles (440 km) east south east of Malta by SM UB-105 (Imperial German Navy) with the loss of a crew member.[14][30]
Beryl
United Kingdom
World War I: The fishing smack was scuttled in the North Sea off the coast of Norfolk by SM UB-40 (Imperial German Navy). Her crew survived.[2][31]
World War I: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Mediterranean Sea 240 nautical miles (440 km) east south east of Malta by SM UB-105 (Imperial German Navy). Her crew survived, but her captain was taken as a prisoner of war.[14][35]
(): World War I: The paddle steamer, a hospital ship and former passenger ship, was torpedoed and sunk in the North Sea 21 nautical miles (39 km) east of the (United Kingdom) by the submarine SM UB-107 (Imperial German Navy).[36]
7 June[]
List of shipwrecks: 7 June 1918
Ship
Country
Description
Spain
World War I: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Bay of Biscay 60 nautical miles (110 km) off Brest, Finistère, France by SM UB-80 (Imperial German Navy). Her crew survived.[37]
World War I: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the North Sea 10 nautical miles (19 km) south south east of Flamborough Head, Yorkshire by SM UB-108 (Imperial German Navy). Her crew survived.[14][39]
8 June[]
List of shipwrecks: 8 June 1918
Ship
Country
Description
Italy
World War I: The cargo ship was sunk in the Mediterranean Sea east of Sicily by SM UC-53 (Imperial German Navy). Her crew survived.[40]
Elektra
Norway
World War I: The sailing vessel was sunk in the North Sea 16 nautical miles (30 km) south east of the (Norway) by SM UB-64 (Imperial German Navy). Her crew survived.[41]
Eros
United Kingdom
World War I: The trawler struck a mine and sank in the North Sea 36 nautical miles (67 km) east north east of Spurn Point, Yorkshire with the loss of six of her crew.[42]
World War I: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the English Channel 7 nautical miles (13 km) south east of Lyme Regis, Dorset by SM UC-77 (Imperial German Navy) with the loss of fifteen of her crew.[52]
United Kingdom
World War I: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Mediterranean Sea 85 nautical miles (157 km) west north west of Alexandria by SM UB-105 (Imperial German Navy) with the loss of six of her crew.[53]
Queen Victoria
United Kingdom
World War I: The sailing vessel was scuttled in the Bristol Channel 6 nautical miles (11 km) south east of Lundy Island, Devon by a Kaiserliche Marine submarine.[14]
United Kingdom
World War I: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Mediterranean Sea 115 nautical miles (213 km) west north west of Alexandria by SM UB-105 (Imperial German Navy) with the loss of five of her crew.[14][54]
World War I: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean 20 nautical miles (37 km) south west by south of The Lizard, Cornwall (49°37′N5°07′W / 49.617°N 5.117°W / 49.617; -5.117) by SM UB-103 (Imperial German Navy) with the loss of 24 of her crew.[57]
United Kingdom
World War I: The cargo ship was torpedoed and damaged in the Mediterranean Sea 3.5 nautical miles (6.5 km) north east of Syracuse, Sicily, Italy by SM UC-53 (Imperial German Navy) with the loss of four of her crew. She was beached but was later refloated.[58]
World War I: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the North Sea 5 nautical miles (9.3 km) north east by north of Blyth, Northumberland by SM UB-88 (Imperial German Navy)with the loss of three of her crew.[66]
United Kingdom
World War I: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the English Channel 5 nautical miles (9.3 km) east of Berry Head, Devon by SM UB-80 (Imperial German Navy) with the loss of eight of her crew.[14][67]
World War I: The Tegetthoff-class battleship was torpedoed and sunk in the Adriatic Sea off Pula, Croatia-Slavonia by (Regia Marina) with the loss of 89 of her 1,094 crew.
World War I: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean 12 nautical miles (22 km) south west of The Lizard, Cornwall (49°47′N5°14′W / 49.783°N 5.233°W / 49.783; -5.233) by SM UB-103 (Imperial German Navy) with the loss of nineteen of her crew.[69]
12 June[]
List of shipwrecks: 12 June 1918
Ship
Country
Description
France
World War I: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the North Sea 6 nautical miles (11 km) north west of Whitby, Yorkshire, United Kingdom by SM UC-40 (Imperial German Navy) with the loss of twelve of her crew.[70]
United Kingdom
World War I: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the North Sea 15 nautical miles (28 km) off Flamborough Head, Yorkshire by SM UB-108 (Imperial German Navy) with the loss of four of her crew.[14][71]
World War I: The sailing vessel was sunk in the Mediterranean Sea west of Malta by SM UC-20 (Imperial German Navy).[73]
13 June[]
List of shipwrecks: 13 June 1918
Ship
Country
Description
Sweden
World War I: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk with the loss of two of the crew in the North Sea 12 nautical miles (22 km) east of Flamborough Head, Yorkshire, United Kingdom[74] by SM UB-107 (Imperial German Navy).[75]
World War I: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the North Sea 18 nautical miles (33 km) south east of Flamborough Head by SM UB-107 (Imperial German Navy) with the loss of three of her crew.[78]
World War I: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Mediterranean Sea 52 nautical miles (96 km) north by west of Cape Caxine, Algeria by SM UB-48 (Imperial German Navy) with the loss of a crew member.[81]
World War I: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the North Sea 21 nautical miles (39 km) east by south of Flamborough Head, East Riding of Yorkshire by SM UB-107 (Imperial German Navy). Her crew survived.[14][86]
The steamship ran aground near Neds Beach at the northern end of Lord Howe Island with the loss of one life. She was refloated nine days later, repaired, and returned to service.
World War I: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the North Sea 5 nautical miles (9.3 km) south east of Whitby, Yorkshire by SM UC-40 (Imperial German Navy) with the loss of five of her crew.[14][88]
World War I: The ocean liner was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean 400 nautical miles (740 km) north east of Bermuda by SM U-151 (Imperial German Navy) with the loss of 22 lives. Survivors were rescued by USS Rondo, USS Siboney and USS Von Steuben (all United States Navy).
The patrol gunboat, originally a German Bussard-classcruiser, was rammed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean south west of the (United States Navy) by Florida (United States) with the loss of a crew member.[26][97]
World War I: The cargo ship struck a mine and sank in the English Channel off Étaples, Pas-de-Calais. Her crew survived.[104]
23 June[]
List of shipwrecks: 23 June 1918
Ship
Country
Description
Norway
World War I: The cargo ship was sunk in the Atlantic Ocean by SM U-151 (Imperial German Navy) with the loss of three of her crew.[105]
United States
The steamer was sunk near Key West, Florida. The crew landed at Key west.[106]
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 Whitby, Yorkshire by SM UB-88 (Imperial German Navy). Her crew survived.[14][107]
Mountain Laurel
Norway
World War I: The sailing vessel was sunk in the Atlantic Ocean 25 nautical miles (46 km) north west of Rathlin Island, County Antrim, United Kingdom (55°38′N6°38′W / 55.633°N 6.633°W / 55.633; -6.633) by SM UB-73 (Imperial German Navy) with the loss of eleven of her crew.[108]
World War I: The D-class submarine was sunk in the Atlantic Ocean 12 nautical miles (22 km) north of Inishtrahull Island, County Donegal (55°37′N7°15′W / 55.617°N 7.250°W / 55.617; -7.250) by SM UB-73 (Imperial German Navy) with the loss of 24 of her 26 crew. Both survivors were rescued by SM UB-73.[110]
Maria
Greece
World War I: The sailing vessel was sunk in the Mediterranean Sea south of Syracuse, Sicily, Italy by SM UC-52 (Imperial German Navy).[111]
France
World War I: The schooner was sunk in the Mediterranean Sea 15 nautical miles (28 km) off Mahdia, Tunisia by SM UB-68 (Imperial German Navy). Her crew survived.[112]
Sophia
Greece
World War I: The sailing vessel was sunk in the Mediterranean Sea south of Syracuse by SM UC-52 (Imperial German Navy).[113]
25 June[]
List of shipwrecks: 25 June 1918
Ship
Country
Description
United Kingdom
World War I: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the North Sea 3 nautical miles (5.6 km) north of Whitby, Yorkshire by SM UB-88 (Imperial German Navy) with the loss of three of her crew.[114]
United Kingdom
World War I: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the North Sea 3 nautical miles (5.6 km) south east of Whitby by SM UB-88 (Imperial German Navy) with the loss of ten of her crew.[14][115]
United Kingdom
World War I: The passenger ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean 21 nautical miles (39 km) south west by west of Skerryvore by SM UB-73 (Imperial German Navy) with the loss of six lives.[14][116]
Imperial German Navy
The torpedo boat collided with another vessel and sank in the Baltic Sea with the loss of 21 of her crew.[20]
World War I: The passenger ship struck a mine laid by the merchant raiderSMS Wolf (Imperial German Navy) and sank in the Pacific Ocean 24 nautical miles (44 km) northwest of , South Island, New Zealand, with the loss of 10 passengers and 16 of her crew. sixty-six passengers and 59 crew members survived.[14]
27 June[]
List of shipwrecks: 27 June 1918
Ship
Country
Description
United Kingdom
World War I: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean 110 nautical miles (200 km) west by south of Ouessant, Finistère, France by SM U-53 (Imperial German Navy) with the loss of six crew.[14][121]
(Red Cross): World War I: The hospital ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean 116 nautical miles (215 km) west of the Fastnet Rock by SM U-86 (Imperial German Navy) with the loss of 234 of the 258 people on board.
World War I: The schooner was scuttled in the Atlantic Ocean by SM U-151 (Imperial German Navy). Her crew survived and were taken as prisoners of war.[123]
The 2,696-gross register toncargo ship, on passage from Boston, Massachusetts, to Jacksonville, Florida, via New York City with general cargo, struck off , Watch Hill, Rhode Island, in fog and sank in 10 minutes in up to 50 feet (15 m) of water 0.1 nautical miles (0.19 km; 0.12 mi) west of the reef at 41°17′40″N071°53′00″W / 41.29444°N 71.88333°W / 41.29444; -71.88333 (Onondaga). No one was injured. Her cargo was salvaged.[125][87]
Pochard
United Kingdom
World War I: The trawler struck a mine and sank in the North Sea 40 nautical miles (74 km) north east of the Spurn Lightship (United Kingdom). Her crew survived.[126]
World War I: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the North Sea 4 nautical miles (7.4 km) east of Sunderland, County Durham by SM UC-17 (Imperial German Navy) with the loss of two of her crew.[14][128]
World War I: The sailing vessel was sunk in the North Sea 30 nautical miles (56 km) west of by SM U-107 (Imperial German Navy). Her crew survived.[130]
World War I: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the North Sea 2 nautical miles (3.7 km) east by north of Robin Hood's Bay, Yorkshire by SM UB-40 (Imperial German Navy) with the loss of three of her crew.[14][132]
World War I: The sailing vessel was sunk in the Skagerrak 15 nautical miles (28 km) south of the Songvår Lighthouse, Vest-Agder by SM U-80 (Imperial German Navy). Her crew survived.[136]
United Kingdom
World War I: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the North Sea 3 nautical miles (5.6 km) east of Scarborough, Yorkshire by SM UB-88 (Imperial German Navy) with the loss of six of her crew.[137]
30 June[]
List of shipwrecks: 30 June 1918
Ship
Country
Description
United Kingdom
World War I: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean 115 nautical miles (213 km) west of Ouessant, Finistère, France by an Imperial German Navy submarine with the loss of a crew member.[14]
United Kingdom
World War I: The three-masted schooner was shelled and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean 400 nautical miles (740 km) north north west of Cape Finisterre, Spain by SM U-53 (Imperial German Navy) with the loss of four crew.[14][138]
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