World War I: The cargo ship was shelled and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean 150 nautical miles (280 km) north-northwest of Cape Villano, Spain by SM U-139 (Imperial German Navy). Her crew survived.[3][4]
Spain
World War I: The cargo ship was shelled and sunk in the Mediterranean Sea 14 nautical miles (26 km) east of Cape Palos, Murcia by SM UB-49 (Imperial German Navy). Her fourteen crew were rescued by a French merchant vessel.[5][6]
Giuseppino M.
Italy
World War I: The sailing vessel was sunk in the Gulf of Salerno by SM UC-53 (Imperial German Navy).[7]
Norway
World War I: The coaster was sunk in the Atlantic Ocean 2 nautical miles (3.7 km) west of The Lizard, Cornwall by SM UB-112 (Imperial German Navy) with the loss of eleven of her crew.[8]
Italy
World War I: The cargo ship was sunk in the Atlantic Ocean 150 nautical miles (280 km) north north west of Cape Villano by SM U-139 (Imperial German Navy).[9]
United Kingdom
World War I: : The cargo ship was torpedoed and damaged in the Atlantic Ocean 170 nautical miles (310 km) west south west of the Bishop Rock, Isles of Scilly (48°00′N10°20′W / 48.000°N 10.333°W / 48.000; -10.333) by SM U-55 (Imperial German Navy) with the loss of five crew. She sank the next day.[10]
San Giuseppe A.
Italy
World War I: The sailing vessel was sunk in the Gulf of Salerno by SM UC-53 (Imperial German Navy).[11]
United States Navy
The submarine chaser sank in 45 feet (14 m) of water after colliding with the tanker (United States) off New York City. Two members of her crew were killed.[12][13][14][15]
Russian Civil War: The gunboat was shelled by artillery and White ships, plus fired on by infantry, and sunk on the Kama River. 30 crewman killed including her commanding officer, 48 rescued.[17]
World War I: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the English Channel 5 nautical miles (9.3 km) east of The Lizard, Cornwall by SM UB-112 (Imperial German Navy) with the loss of eleven of her crew.[21]
With no one on board, the 12-gross register ton, 45.9-foot (14.0 m) motor vessel was wrecked on , a shoal off Katalla, Territory of Alaska. The wreck was not reported until 1926.[26]
United Kingdom
World War I: The coaster was torpedoed and sunk in the English Channel 6 nautical miles (11 km) south of The Lizard by SM UB-112 (Imperial German Navy) with the loss of thirteen of her crew.[27]
Rio Cavalo
Portugal
World War I: The sailing vessel was sunk in the Atlantic Ocean 290 nautical miles (540 km) off , Spain by SM U-139 (Imperial German Navy).[28]
Imperial German Navy
World War I: The barracks ship was scuttled at Bruges, West Flanders, Belgium.[22]
3 October[]
List of shipwrecks: 3 October 1918
Ship
Country
Description
Italy
World War I: The cargo ship was sunk in the Atlantic Ocean 300 nautical miles (560 km) off the coast of the United States by SM U-155 (Imperial German Navy).[29]
World War I: The cargo ship was sunk in the English Channel 6 nautical miles (11 km) south east of The Lizard, Cornwall, United Kingdom by SM UB-112 (Imperial German Navy) with the loss of two of her crew.[31]
Blasios
Greece
World War I: The sailing vessel was sunk in the Aegean Sea by SM UC-23 (Imperial German Navy).[32]
World War I: The V25-classtorpedo boat was scuttled at Bruges, West Flanders, Belgium.[36]
United States Navy
The collier collided with USS George G. Henry (United States Navy) in the Atlantic Ocean 110 nautical miles (200 km) east of Cape Sable Island, Nova Scotia, Canada and sank with the loss of 24 of her 89 crew.[37][38]
United States
The steamer was sunk in a collision with (United States) off American Shoal Light. Her Master and 29 crewmen killed.[39]
World War I: The destroyer was scuttled at Bruges.[36]
United Kingdom
World War I: The collier was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean 5 nautical miles (9.3 km) south west of The Lizard by SM UB-112 (Imperial German Navy) with the loss of a crew member.[4][41][42]
World War I: The passenger ship was sunk in the Atlantic Ocean 200 nautical miles (370 km) south of Ireland by SM UB-91 (Imperial German Navy) with the loss of 292 of the 320 people on board.[43][44] Some of the victims were buried at Angle, Pembrokeshire, Wales.[45]
World War I: The cargo ship was sunk in the Atlantic Ocean 10 nautical miles (19 km) west north west of The Lizard, Cornwall, United Kingdom by SM UB-112 (Imperial German Navy) with the loss of nine of her crew.[50]
Austria-Hungary
The ship struck a mine in the Adriatic Sea off Cape Rodoni, Albania and was abandoned. The wreck was torpedoed and sunk by (Austro-Hungarian Navy).[51]
The patrol vessel was rammed and sunk in the long Island Sound off Bridgeport, Connecticut by USS O-13 (United States Navy). Her crew were rescued by USS O-13.[63]
United Kingdom
World War I: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Gulf of Salonica 14 nautical miles (26 km) west by south of , Greece by SM UC-23 (Imperial German Navy) with the loss of fifteen of her crew.[4][64]
Germany
World War I: The cargo ship was scuttled at Bruges.[58]
Imperial German Navy
World War I: The S90-classtorpedo boat struck a mine and sank in the North Sea with the loss of twelve of her crew.[36]
The C-classsubmarine collided with a destroyer in the Humber Estuary and sank. She was subsequently raised, repaired and returned to service.
HMS Otranto
Royal Navy
The armed merchant cruiser collided with HMS Kashmir (Royal Navy) in the Atlantic Ocean north east of Ireland and was holed. She was driven ashore and wrecked with the loss of 431 lives.
7 October[]
List of shipwrecks: 7 October 1918
Ship
Country
Description
Royal Navy
The naval trawler was lost in the Mediterranean Sea on this date.[19]
Portugal
World War I: The cargo ship was sunk in the Mediterranean Sea off San Pietro Island, Italy by SM UB-105 (Imperial German Navy). Her crew survived.[66]
World War I: The cargo ship was sunk in the Mediterranean Sea 38 nautical miles (70 km) east of San Pietro Island by SM UB-105 (Imperial German Navy).[67]
Russian NavyWhite Movement
Russian Civil War: The gunboat was sunk on the Kama River by mines.[17]
USS West Gate
United States Navy
The cargo ship collided with USS American (United States Navy) in the Atlantic Ocean 250 nautical miles (460 km) south east of Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada and sank with the loss of seven crew.[68]
World War I: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the North Sea 4 nautical miles (7.4 km) east south east of Filey, Yorkshire by SM UC-17 (Imperial German Navy) with the loss of three of her crew.[4][71]
The SC-1 class Submarine chaser sank in the Mid-Atlantic Ocean between Bermuda and the Azores due to an explosion and fire while refueling alongside USS Chestnut Hill. 4 killed, 8 wounded.[73][74]
10 October[]
List of shipwrecks: 10 October 1918
Ship
Country
Description
André
France
World War I: The sailing vessel was shelled and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean west of the Isles of Scilly, United Kingdom by SM U-55 (Imperial German Navy).[75]
World War I: The cargo ship was sunk in the Bay of Biscay 8 nautical miles (15 km) west north west of Capbreton, Landes, France (43°41′N1°37′W / 43.683°N 1.617°W / 43.683; -1.617) by SM U-91 (Imperial German Navy) with the loss of seven of her crew.[78]
Sweden
World War I: The cargo ship was sunk in the Irish Sea 15 nautical miles (28 km) east of Ardglass, County Down, United Kingdom by SM UB-126 (Imperial German Navy) with the loss of nine of her crew.[79][80]
World War I: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Irish Sea 6.5 nautical miles (12.0 km) north of the Mull of Galloway, Wigtownshire, United Kingdom by SM UB-126 (Imperial German Navy) with the loss of seventeen of her crew[82]
Ohio
Sweden
World War I: The cargo ship collided with another vessel and sank in the English Channel while in convoy. All 21 people on board were rescued by a Royal Navy destroyer,[83] but one of the crew later died in hospital.[84]
Italy
World War I: The cargo ship was sunk in the Mediterranean Sea 20 nautical miles (37 km) off Cape Passero, Sicily by SM UB-105 (Imperial German Navy).[85]
13 October[]
List of shipwrecks: 13 October 1918
Ship
Country
Description
Aghion Spiridon
Greece
World War I: The sailing vessel was sunk in the Gulf of Salonica by SM UC-23 (Imperial German Navy).[86]
Aghios Georgios
Greece
World War I: The sailing vessel was sunk in the Gulf of Salonica by SM UC-23 (Imperial German Navy).[87]
Bioletta
Greece
World War I: The sailing vessel was sunk in the Gulf of Salonica by SM UC-23 (Imperial German Navy).[88]
Evangelistria
Greece
World War I: The sailing vessel was sunk in the Gulf of Salonica by SM UC-23 (Imperial German Navy).[89]
Evangelistrios
Greece
World War I: The sailing vessel was sunk in the Gulf of Salonica by SM UC-23 (Imperial German Navy).[90]
Glaros
Greece
World War I: The sailing vessel was sunk in the Gulf of Salonica by SM UC-23 (Imperial German Navy).[91]
Hamidieh
Egypt
World War I: the sailing vessel was shelled and sunk in the Mediterranean Sea 50 nautical miles (93 km) north west of Alexandria by an enemy submarine.[4]
Iphigenia
Greece
World War I: The sailing vessel was sunk in the Gulf of Salonica by SM UC-23 (Imperial German Navy). Her crew survived.[92]
Panaghia
Greece
World War I: The sailing vessel was sunk in the Gulf of Salonica by SM UC-23 (Imperial German Navy). Her crew survived.[93]
Urania
Greece
World War I: The sailing vessel was sunk in the Gulf of Salonica by SM UC-23 (Imperial German Navy).[94]
World War I: The naval trawler was sunk in the Atlantic Ocean 100 nautical miles (190 km) south west of the Azores by SM U-139 (Imperial German Navy).[95]
World War I: The passenger ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Irish Sea 5 nautical miles (9.3 km) north north west of The Skerries, Isle of Anglesey by SM U-90 (Imperial German Navy) with the loss of 21 lives.[4][97]
Imperial German Navy
World War I: The minesweeper was sunk by mines in the North Sea.[98]
World War I: The J-classsubmarine was shelled and sunk in the North Sea off the coast of Northumberland by the Q-shipHMS Cymric (Royal Navy), which mistook her pennant number J6 for U6 and assumed she was a U-boat. Fifteen of her 45 crew were lost.
The cargo ship was struck by lightning, caught fire and sank in the Pacific Ocean 22 miles (35 km) west of Guam whilst on her maiden voyage. 19 crewmen killed. Her captain and four crew were rescued.[106][107]
United Kingdom
World War I: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Irish Sea 20 nautical miles (37 km) north east by north of the Smalls Lighthouse by SM U-90 (Imperial German Navy) with the loss of a crew member.[4][108]
World War I: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Irish Sea 9.5 nautical miles (17.6 km) north west by west of Corsewall Point, Wigtownshire by SM UB-92 (Imperial German Navy). Her crew survived.[4][111]
United States
World War I: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean 1,200 nautical miles (2,200 km) off the coast of the United States (38°50′N50°50′W / 38.833°N 50.833°W / 38.833; -50.833) by SM U-155 (Imperial German Navy) with the loss of four of her crew.[112]USS Fairfax (United States Navy) rescued 86 survivors.[113]
World War I: The E-classsubmarine was torpedoed and sunk in the North Sea off the mouth of the Ems by SM U-27 (Imperial German Navy) with the loss of all 28 of her crew.
World War I: The Racecourse-class minesweeper struck a mine and was damaged in the North Sea off Ostend, West Flanders, Belgium. She was beached but was declared a total loss.[123]
World War I: The Type UB IIIsubmarine struck a mine and sank in the North Sea with the loss of all 36 crew.[126]
20 October[]
List of shipwrecks: 20 October 1918
Ship
Country
Description
United Kingdom
World War I: The schooner was shelled and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean 13 nautical miles (24 km) north north east of the Bishop Rock, Isles of Scilly by SM UB-92 (Imperial German Navy). Her crew survived.[127]
World War I: The M15-class monitor struck a mine in the North Sea off Ostend, West Flanders, Belgium. She was taken in tow but sank in the English Channel off Dover, Kent.[128]
The patrol vessel was destroyed by fire in Narragansett Bay 50 feet (15 m) west of Bishop's Rock and about 500 yards (460 m) west of Coasters Harbor Island. Her crew were rescued.[130]
United States Navy
The cargo ship struck a rock and sank near , France.[131]
Russian Revolution: The cargo ship was scuttled at Petrograd to prevent her capture by Bolshevik forces.[4]
United Kingdom
World War I: The coaster was torpedoed and sunk in the Irish Sea 4 nautical miles (7.4 km) off , County Down by SM UB-94 (Imperial German Navy) with the loss of eight of her crew.[4][132]
Princess Sophia on the reef on 24 October. She sank the next day.
After grounding on Vanderbilt Reef in Lynn Canal near Juneau, Territory of Alaska, in a heavy snowstorm on 24 October, the passenger ship sank with loss of all 343 people on board.[137]
World War I: Carrying a cargo of 2,000 tons of sugar, the 1,510-gross register toncargo ship struck a mine laid by the submarineSM U-117 (Imperial German Navy) in 80 feet (24 m) of water in the Atlantic Ocean of the coast of New Jersey, United States, 70 nautical miles (130 km; 81 mi) southeast of the Barnegat Lighthouse and 10 nautical miles (19 km; 12 mi) off Barnegat. She sank in five minutes with the loss of six of her crew. Her 23 survivors reached Barnegat in her boats.[140][141]
The naval yacht/patrol boat collided with the steamer (Netherlands) in the Atlantic Ocean 8 nautical miles (15 km; 9.2 mi) off the ( United States Coast Guard) and sank in 115 feet (35 m) of water.[145][146]
World War I: The Type UB IIIsubmarine struck a mine and was then depth charged and sunk off Scapa Flow, the Orkney Islands, United Kingdom with the loss of all 36 crew. Wreck blown up 1975.[147][148]
The full-rigged sailing ship was rammed and sunk at anchor in Elliott Bay in 41 fathoms (246 ft; 75 m) of water by (Japan). Both crewmen on board survived.[144][153]
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