World War I: The cargo ship (1,310 GRT) struck a mine and sank in the North Sea 10 nautical miles (19 km) north west by west of the (Belgium) with the loss of ten of her crew.[3]
World War I: The Admiralty-requisitioned cargo ship (2,461 GRT, 1888) was sunk in Skerry Sound, Scapa Flow as a blockship. Later extensively salvaged, except for her engines.[4][5]
World War I: The cargo ship (5,018 GRT, 1912) was scuttled in the Atlantic Ocean 100 nautical miles (190 km) south by west of the St Paul Rocks, Brazil by SMS Karlsruhe (Imperial German Navy).[3]
World War I: The cargo ship (8,529 GRT) was scuttled in the Atlantic Ocean 320 nautical miles (590 km) east by north of Montevideo, Uruguay by SMS Kronprinz Wilhelm (Imperial German Navy).[3]
World War I: The cargo ship (3,384 GRT, 1907) was scuttled in the Atlantic Ocean 90 nautical miles (170 km) south south west of the St Paul Rocks, Brazil by SMS Karlsruhe (Imperial German Navy).[3]
World War I: The cargo ship (4,408 GRT, 1905) was scuttled in the Atlantic Ocean 90 nautical miles (170 km) south by west of the St Paul Rocks, Brazil by SMS Karlsruhe (Imperial German Navy).[3]
World War I: The cargo ship (3,053 GRT, 1893) was scuttled in the Atlantic Ocean 215 nautical miles (398 km) north north east of , Brazil by SMS Karlsruhe (Imperial German Navy).[3]
World War I: The cargo ship (3,948 GRT, 1902) was shelled and sunk in the Indian Ocean 150 nautical miles (280 km) west of Minicoy by SMS Emden (Imperial German Navy).[3]
World War I: The dredger (473 GRT) was shelled and sunk in the Indian Ocean 20 nautical miles (37 km) north west of Minicoy by SMS Emden (Imperial German Navy).[3]
World War I: The cargo ship (3,021 GRT, 1894) was scuttled in the Atlantic Ocean 195 nautical miles (361 km) south west of the St Paul Rocks, Brazil (approximately 1°S4°W / 1°S 4°W / -1; -4) by SMS Karlsruhe (Imperial German Navy). Her crew were taken as prisoners of war.[3][21]
World War I: The steamer, en route from London to Gothenburg, sank in the North Sea after an explosion at approximately (52°32′N02°03′E / 52.533°N 2.050°E / 52.533; 2.050), with the loss of two crew members. The crew had prior to the explosion sighted a submarine but saw no trace of a torpedo, so it was presumed that the steamer struck a mine.[25]
World War I: The cargo ship (10,328 GRT, 1911) was sunk in the Atlantic Ocean 690 nautical miles (1,280 km) west by south of the St Paul Rocks, Brazil by SMS Karlsruhe (Imperial German Navy).[3]
World War I: The steamer, en route from Gothenburg to Groningen, struck a mine off Nordeney and sank with the loss of six of her crew. Three survivors were brought to Nordeney by a fisherman, alerted by a German flying boat that witnessed the ship's foundering.[34]
World War I: The trawler (40 GRT) struck a mine and sank in the North Sea 25 nautical miles (46 km) south east of the mouth of the River Tyne with the loss of two of her crew.[45]
World War I: The trawler (243 GRT) struck a mine and sank in the North Sea 45 nautical miles (83 km) south east of Southwold, Suffolk with the loss of three of her crew.[45]
(Red Cross): The hospital ship (7,114 GRT, 1906) struck Whitby Rock, off , Yorkshire and sank with the loss of 85 of the 229 people on board. Survivors were rescued by Bradford, Henry Vernon, John Fielden, Queensbury, Robert and Mary Ellis and William Riley of Birmingham and Leamington (all Royal National Lifeboat Institution).