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The list of shipwrecks in November 1918 includes ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during November 1918 .
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1 November [ ]
2 November [ ]
List of shipwrecks: 2 November 1918
Ship
Country
Description
Royal Navy
The naval trawler was lost in the North Sea .[4]
Devonshire
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore east of swansea , Glamorgan . Her thirteen crew were rescued by the Mumbles Lifeboat.[5]
Portugal
The schooner foundered with the loss of all hands.[6]
Brazil
The barque foundered in the Atlantic Ocean 16 nautical miles (30 km) off Camocim .[1]
United Kingdom
World War I : The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Mediterranean Sea 12 nautical miles (22 km) north of Port Said , Egypt (31°26′N 32°21′E / 31.433°N 32.350°E / 31.433; 32.350 ) by SM UC-74 ( Imperial German Navy ) with the loss of a crew member.[7] [8]
United Kingdom
Carrying general cargo and war supplies, the 4,062-gross register ton cargo ship sank without loss of life in 30 to 70 feet (9.1 to 21.3 m) of water on in Vineyard Sound off the coast of Massachusetts , 1.75 nautical miles (3.2 km; 2.0 mi) north-northeast of East Chop , Martha's Vineyard , at 41°29′43″N 070°33′15″W / 41.49528°N 70.55417°W / 41.49528; -70.55417 (Port Hunter ) after colliding in fog with the tug Covington ( United States ).[9]
Royal Navy
The naval trawler was lost in the Mediterranean Sea.[10]
Imperial German Navy
World War I: The torpedo boat was scuttled in the in Belgium .[11]
United Kingdom
World War I: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Mediterranean Sea off Port Said (31°34′N 32°21′E / 31.567°N 32.350°E / 31.567; 32.350 ), Egypt , by the submarine SM UC-74 ( Imperial German Navy ). Her crew survived.[8] [12]
SMS V47
Imperial German Navy
World War I: The destroyer was scuttled in the Terneuzen Canal in Belgium.[11]
Imperial German Navy
World War I: The destroyer was scuttled in the Terneuzen Canal in Belgium.[11]
Imperial German Navy
World War I: The destroyer was scuttled in the Terneuzen Canal in Belgium.[11]
Imperial German Navy
World War I: The destroyer was scuttled at Ghent , East Flanders , Belgium.[11]
3 November [ ]
List of shipwrecks: 3 November 1918
Ship
Country
Description
United Kingdom
The cargo ship was wrecked. Her crew were rescued by a lifeboat.[1]
United States
The steamer was destroyed by fire at Bar Harbor, Maine . Four crew died.[13] [14]
Sweden
World War I : The cargo ship disappeared with all hands in the North Sea , east of Shetland , after the convoy she was part of was scattered by adverse weather. Several explosions were heard, so the ship likely had struck a mine. 18 casualties.[15]
4 November [ ]
5 November [ ]
6 November [ ]
List of shipwrecks: 6 November 1918
Ship
Country
Description
Netherlands
World War I : The cargo ship struck a mine and sank in the Baltic Sea off Öland , Sweden. She was later raised, repaired and returned to service.[23]
USS Jolly Roger
United States Navy
The patrol vessel was dropped from a crane and broke in two and damaged beyond repair whilst being loaded aboard USS Kanawha ( United States Navy ).[24]
United States Navy
The cargo ship struck an obstruction, grounded and sank in on the north shore of the entrance to the harbor of Brest, France .[25]
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14 November [ ]
List of shipwrecks: 14 November 1918
Ship
Country
Description
HMS Cochrane
Royal Navy
The Warrior -class cruiser ran aground in the River Mersey . She later broke in two and was a total loss. The wreck was scrapped in situ in 1919.
15 November [ ]
16 November [ ]
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20 November [ ]
List of shipwrecks: 20 November 1918
Ship
Country
Description
Sweden
The ferry foundered in Lake Wetter with the loss of all on board.[42]
SMS V30
Imperial German Navy
World War I: The V25 -class torpedo boat was sunk by mines on the way to Internment at Scapa Flow .[43]
21 November [ ]
22 November [ ]
List of shipwrecks: 22 November 1918
Ship
Country
Description
HMS G11
Royal Navy
The G-class submarine ran aground at Howick, Northumberland and was wrecked with the loss of two of her 31 crew.
24 November [ ]
26 November [ ]
List of shipwrecks: 26 November 1918
Ship
Country
Description
USS Bonita
United States Navy
The 46-foot (14 m) patrol vessel collided with the fishing schooner ( United States ) at Coast Guard Station No. 25, Boston, Massachusetts and sank.[46] [47]
Nanset
Norway
The ship ran aground in Oxwich Bay in foggy weather. Her crew survived. She subsequently capsized and was a total loss.[5]
27 November [ ]
List of shipwrecks: 27 November 1918
Ship
Country
Description
United Kingdom
The cargo ship caught fire and sank at New York , United States.[48]
Canada
The steamer went ashore on Fishers Island , New York. Refloated and returned to service.[49] [50]
Unknown date [ ]
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