List of shipwrecks in 1917
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The list of shipwrecks in 1917 includes all ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during 1917.
[edit] February
[edit] February 17
- U-83 Germany attacked and sunk by Q-ship HMS Farnborough United Kingdom. Thirty five crew killed.
[edit] February 21
- SS Mendi United Kingdom rammed and sunk by SS Darro off St Catherine's Point. A total of 646 passengers and crew were killed.
[edit] February 25
- RMS Laconia ( United Kingdom): Sunk near Fastnet by German submarine U-50
[edit] March
[edit] March 19
- HMS Paragon United Kingdom sunk in battle with German destroyers.
[edit] March 23
- HMS Laforey United Kingdom exploded and sank off Boulogne with the loss of 59 crew. Eighteen survivors rescued.
[edit] June
[edit] June 7
- UC-29' Germany sunk by Q-ship HMS Pargust United Kingdom, which it had attacked. Twenty three crew killed.
[edit] June 15
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- 'SS Kristianiafjord Norway wrecked off Cape Race, Newfoundland. All 1,144 passengers and crew rescued.
[edit] July
[edit] July 8
- SS Valetta United Kingdom sunk by U-boat. Forty four survivors rescued by USS Jacob Jones United States.
[edit] July 9
- HMS Vanguard' United Kingdom exploded and sank at Scapa Flow. Only two survivors, 843 crew killed.
[edit] July 22
- SS Dafila United Kingdom sunk by U-boat. Twenty six survivors rescued by USS Jacob Jones United States.
[edit] August
[edit] August 8
- Schooner George A Marsh' United States sank during a storm on Lake Ontario. Twelve people killed, including seven children.
[edit] August 15
- FV Nelson United Kingdom and FV Ethel & Millie United Kingdom sunk by 'UC-41 Germany. Seven crew of Ethel & Millie taken prisoner.
[edit] August 21
- UC-41 Germany sunk after an internal explosion in Tay estuary. All 27 crew and 7 British POWs killed.
[edit] September
[edit] September 2
[edit] September 7
- SS Minnehaha United Kingdom torpedoed and sunk by U-48 with the loss of 43 lives.
[edit] October
[edit] October 19
- HMS Orama torpedoed by U-boat. Three hundred and five survivors rescued by USS Jacob Jones United States.
[edit] December
[edit] December 2
- UB-81' Germany mined off the Isle of Wight and sunk. Seven crew escaped, 27 killed.
[edit] December 6
- USS Jacob Jones United States torpedoed off Scilly Isles by U-53 Germany. Sixty four crew killed, two taken prisoner.
[edit] December 17
- USS F-1' United States sank after a collision with USS F-3' United States off Point Loma, California. Nineteen crew killed.
[edit] Unknown date
- SS Saint Chamond United Kingdom torpedoed and sunk by U-60.[1]
[edit] References
- ^ 1893 - 1920. St. Ives Trust. Retrieved on 2008-03-16.
[edit] See also
Ship launches: | 1910 | 1911 | 1912 | 1913 | 1914 | 1915 | 1916 | 1917 | 1918 | 1919 |
Ship commissionings: | 1910 | 1911 | 1912 | 1913 | 1914 | 1915 | 1916 | 1917 | 1918 | 1919 |
Ship decommissionings: | 1910 | 1911 | 1912 | 1913 | 1914 | 1915 | 1916 | 1917 | 1918 | 1919 |
Shipwrecks: | 1910 | 1911 | 1912 | 1913 | 1914 | 1915 | 1916 | 1917 | 1918 | 1919 |