List of shipwrecks in 1915

The list of shipwrecks in 1915 includes some ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during 1915. The website http://www.wrecksite.eu/Wrecksite.aspx records 1,109 ships lost in 1915.

Contents
Operator Ship Class Cause Location
1 January  Royal Navy Formidable Formidable class battleship Torpedoed twice by U-24 and sunk 20 nautical miles (37 km) from Start Point, Devon
4 January  Royal Navy C31 C class submarine Struck a mine and sank with the loss of 16 lives. Off Belgium
13 January  Royal Navy Viknor Auxiliary cruiser Struck a mine and sank with the loss of 295 lives
15 January  French Navy Saphir submarine ran aground and destroyed
18 January  Royal Navy E10 E class submarine Sank North Sea
26 January American-Hawaiian Steamship Company Washingtonian cargo ship collided with schooner and sunk near Fenwick Island, Delaware
January J Martison[1] Otto 3-masted schooner[1] Aground, constructive total loss.[1] British coast (location not stated but probably North Kent). Rebuilt at Whitstable in 1918, sold to Belgium.[1]
13 February J D'Haene & Co.[1] Morinier Cargo ship.[1] Foundered with the loss of 17 lives.[1] Bay of Biscay ().[1]
19 February  Royal Navy Goldfinch Acorn-class destroyer Ran aground, a total loss. Start Point, Sanday
3 March SA d'Armement, d'Industrie et de

Commerce.[2]

 Tiflis Tugboat.[2] Onboard explosion and fire at Alicante, Spain.[2] Declared a constructive total loss, Sold in April 1915, repaired and returned to service.[2]
5 March J Roca.[3] Ignacio Roca Cargo ship.[3] Departed West Hartlepool, England for Barcelona, Spain.[3] No further trace.[3]
7 March Joseph Holt & Co Ltd Bengrove Collier Sunk by a torpedo fired from German submarine U-20 Bristol channel, about 5 miles off the coast of Ilfracombe
10 March  Kaiserliche Marine U-12 Submarine Rammed by Acheron, shelled by Ariel and Attack and sunk with the loss of 19 lives. Off Eyemouth, Scotland
18 March  French Navy Bouvet Pre-dreadnought battleship Sunk by mine Dardanelles (Naval operations in the Dardanelles Campaign)
 Royal Navy Irresistible Formidable class battleship Sunk by mine Dardanelles (Naval operations in the Dardanelles Campaign)
 Royal Navy Ocean Canopus class battleship Sunk by mine Dardanelles (Naval operations in the Dardanelles Campaign)
28 March  United Kingdom Falaba Ocean liner Torpedoed and sunk by U-28 with the loss of 104 lives.
29 March  United States Navy F-4 F-class submarine Foundered with the loss of 21 lives Off Honolulu, Hawaii
31 March  United Kingdom Dakar[1] Cargo ship[1] Sank from effects of fire which started on 29 March.[1] Forcados River, Nigeria[1]
March  United Kingdom Spanish Prince Cargo ship Sunk as blockship at Dover, Kent.[4] Wreck moved in 1930.[4] Salvaged for scrap in August 2010.[5]
March  United Kingdom Livonian Cargo ship Sunk as blockship at Dover, Kent.[4] Wreck cleared between 1930 and 1933.[4]
March  Canada Alberni Tug Capsized and sank, Active Pass, British Columbia.[6]
16 April ( United Kingdom) Pearl Steam drifter Stranded at 0900 in fog off Penzance promenade whilst trying to enter Newlyn harbour. Refloated that day at 1630[7]
18 April  Royal Navy E15 E class submarine Ran aground 16 April, subsequently bombed and destroyed
29 April  Royal Australian Navy AE2 E class submarine Hit by shellfire, scuttled Dardanelles (Naval operations in the Dardanelles Campaign)
1 May  French Navy Joule Submarine Sunk by mine
Gulf Refining Co Gulflight Tanker Torpedoed by U-30 and beached with the loss of three lives. Isles of Scilly
P Castanié.[3] Europe Cargo ship.[3] Captured by, and sunk by gunfire from U-30.[3] 3 nautical miles (5.6 km) north west of Bishop's Rock, Atlantic Ocean.[3]
7 May Cunard Line Lusitania ocean liner Sunk by torpedo from U-20 Off the Old Head of Kinsale, Ireland
12 May  Royal Navy Goliath Canopus class battleship Sunk by torpedoes from Turkish torpedo boat Muavenet-i Milliye Dardanelles (Naval operations in the Dardanelles Campaign)
23 May  United Kingdom Cromdale Square rigger Grounded within ten miles of destination Falmouth after 124 days out Bass Point The Lizard
25 May  Royal Navy Triumph Swiftsure class battleship Sunk by torpedo from U-21 Dardanelles (Naval operations in the Dardanelles Campaign)
27 May  Royal Navy Majestic Majestic class battleship Sunk by torpedo from U-21 Dardanelles (Naval operations in the Dardanelles Campaign)
27 May  Royal Navy Princess Irene Minelayer,[8] converted from Ocean liner.[9] Sunk by internal explosion with the loss of 350 lives.[10] Off Sheerness, Kent.[9]
31 May Admiralty Merion Ocean liner Torpedoed and sunk by UB-8
7 June  Ottoman Empire Djeyhun Cargo ship.[1] Torpedoed and sunk by E11.[1] Moussa Bank, Nagara Point, Marmara Sea.[1]
7 June  Belgium Menapier Cargo ship.[1] Torpedoed and sunk by UB-10.[1] 2 nautical miles (3.7 km) off the Tongue Lightship ().[1]
12 June  United Kingdom Desabla Tanker. Torpedoed and sunk by U-17. North Sea, off Montrose, Scotland.
23 June  Kaiserliche Marine U-40 Type U 31 submarine Torpedoed and sunk by C24 Off Eyemouth, Scotland
30 June  Kaiserliche Marine UC-2 Type UC 1 submarine Hit a mine and sank Off Lowestoft, England
2 July  Belgium Boudougnat Cargo ship.[1] Torpedoed and sunk by U-39.[1] English Channel, south of Lizard Point.[1]
7 July  Marina Militare Amalfi Pisa-class armored cruiser Torpedoed and sunk by UB-14 Pola, Hungary
11 July  Kaiserliche Marine Königsberg Königsberg class light cruiser Scuttled Rufiji River, German East Africa
18 July  Marina Militare Giuseppe Garibaldi Giuseppe Garibaldi-class cruiser Torpedoed and sunk by U-4 with the loss of 57 lives.
29 July L Dens & Compagnie.[2] Princesse Marie Jose Cargo ship.[2] Torpedoed and sunk by UB-4.[2] 1.5 nautical miles (2.8 km) off the Shipwash Lightvessel.[2]
30 July L Dens & Compagnie.[2] Prince Albert Cargo ship.[2] Struck a mine and sunk.[2] Off the Shipwash Lightvessel ().[2]
August  Austro-Hungarian Navy U-12 U-5 class submarine Struck a mine and sank with the loss of 17 lives.
1 August  Belgium Koophandel Cargo ship.[3] Sunk by torpedo and gunfire from U-28.[3] .[3]
4 August  Royal Navy C33 C class submarine Struck a mine and sank with the loss of 16 lives. Off Great Yarmouth
5 August  Marina Militare Nereide Nautlius class submarine Torpedoed and sunk by U-5 with the loss of 19 lives.
8 August  Ottoman Navy Heireddin Barbarossa Brandenburg class battleship Sunk by submarine HMS E11 Dardanelles (Naval operations in the Dardanelles Campaign)
P&O Line India Passenger liner Torpedoed and sunk by U-22 with the loss of 160 lives.
13 August Admiralty Royal Edward Troopship Torpedoed and sunk by UB-14 with the loss of 935 lives.
 Austro-Hungarian Navy U-3 U-3 class submarine Shelled and sunk by Bisson with the loss of seven lives.
15 August  Kaiserliche Marine UB-4 Type UB 1 submarine Sunk by gunfire from Inverlyon with the loss of 14 lives. Off Lowestoft, England
19 August  Kaiserliche Marine U-27 Submarine Sunk by Q-ship Baralong with the loss of 37 lives. Western Approaches
20 August White Star Line Arabic ocean liner Sunk by torpedo from U-24 Off the Old Head of Kinsale, Ireland
SA d'Armement, d'Industrie et de

Commerce, Antwerp[1]

 Daghestan Tanker.[1] Captured by, and sunk by gunfire from U-38.[1] Off Ouessant ().[1]
29 August  Royal Navy C29 C class submarine Struck a mine and sank with the loss of 16 lives. Humber Estuary
September F N Monjo Gifford whaler Caught fire and sank
4 September  Royal Navy E7 E class submarine Caught in anti submarine net, scuttled Nagara, Dardanelles
4 September Allan Line Hesperian passenger ship Sunk by torpedo form U-20 85 miles SW of Fastnet Rock, Ireland
8 September F C Strick & Co Ltd.[1] King Albert Cargo ship.[1] Struck submerged object and sank.[1] 3 nautical miles (5.6 km) north west of Ceuta, Spain.[1]
19 September Hellenic Transatlantic Steam Navigation Company Athinai transatlantic steamer Burned and sunk Atlantic Ocean
8 October  Imperial Russian Navy Apscheron[1] Cargo ship[1] Torpedoed and sunk by UB-14[1] 24 nautical miles (44 km) south of Cape Chersones, Black Sea[1]
9 October Portland and Asiatic Steamship Co.[1] Arabia[1] Cargo ship[1] Ran aground.[1] Ystad, Sweden[1]
21 October L Dens.[2] Roi Leopold Cargo ship.[2] Wrecked on the Macau Bank off Gironde, France.[2] Raised circa 1921, repaired and returned to service.[2]
23 October  Kaiserliche Marine Prinz Adalbert Armored cruiser Torpedoed and sunk by E8 with the loss of 672 lives.
28 October  Royal Navy Argyll Devonshire class Armored cruiser Ran aground Bell Rock
31 October  Royal Navy Louis Laforey class destroyer Sunk by shellfire Suvla Bay
6 November  Royal Navy E20 E class submarine Sunk by torpedo from the German U-boat UB-14 Sea of Marmara
6 November Cunard Line.[1] Caria Cargo ship.[1] Sunk by gunfire from the German U-boat U-35.[1] East of Crete ().[1]
7 November  Kaiserliche Marine Undine Gazelle-class cruiser Torpedoed and sunk by E19.
8 November Society di Navigazione a Vaporetti Italia Ancona Passenger liner Torpedoed and sunk by U-38 with the loss of over 200 lives. Off Tunisia
9 November Sven O Stray & Co.[2] Skraastad Cargo ship.[2] Departed Port Talbot, Wales for Bordeaux, France.[2] No further trace.[2]
10 November  French Navy Masséna Pre-dreadnought battleship Scuttled and sunk as breakwater Sedd el Bahr, at the end of the Gallipoli Peninsular
17 November London and North Western Railway Anglia Hospital ship Struck a mine and sank with the loss of 85 lives
17 December  Kaiserliche Marine Bremen Light cruiser Struck a mine and sank Off Vindava, Russia
26 December  Royal Navy E6 E class submarine Struck a mine and sank. Off Harwich, Essex
30 December P&O Line Persia passenger liner Sunk by torpedo from U-38 without warning. Off Crete
 Royal Navy Natal Duke of Edinburgh-class cruiser Sunk by an internal explosion with the loss of at least 390 lives. Cromarty Firth
Unknown date  Royal Navy Maori Tribal-class destroyer Struck a mine and sank Off Zeebrugge, Belgium
 Kaiserliche Marine UB-3 Type UB 1 submarine Sank on or after 23 May Gulf of Izmir
 Kaiserliche Marine UC-9 Type UC 1 submarine Sank on or after 20 October

See also

Ship events in 1915
Ship launches: 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920
Ship commissionings: 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920
Ship decommissionings: 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920
Shipwrecks: 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920

References

Notes
  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac ad ae af ag ah ai aj ak al am an ao ap "Belgian Merchant A-G". Belgische Koopvaardij. http://www.belgischekoopvaardij.net/belgian%20merchant%20A-G%2023.5.04.pdf. Retrieved 1 October 2010. 
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t "Belgian Merchant P-Z". Belgische Koopvaardij. http://www.belgischekoopvaardij.net/belgian%20Merchant%20%20P-Z.pdf. Retrieved 1 December 2010. 
  3. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k "Belgian Merchant H-O". Belgische Koopvaardij. http://www.belgischekoopvaardij.net/belgian%20merchant%20H-O%2024.5.04.pdf. Retrieved 31 October 2010. 
  4. ^ a b c d "Ships in the Port of Dover, Western Entrance Blockships". Ships in the Port of Dover. 24 July 2010. http://shipsintheportofdover.fotopic.net/c1193631.html. Retrieved 12 August 2010. 
  5. ^ [News]. Independent Television News. Meridian Television. 12 August 2010.
  6. ^ Heaton, K E (8 July 2004). "Shipwrecks in British Columbia's Waters". http://www.harlowmarine.com/app/newsletter/view_article/19,2.html. Retrieved 21 April 2011. 
  7. ^ Larn, R. and Larn, B. (1991) Shipwrecks around Mounts Bay. Penryn: Tor Mark Press.
  8. ^ "HM Dockyard Chatham". HMS Ganges to terror. http://www.hmsgangestoterror.org/RNB/HMDockyardChatham.htm. Retrieved 23 January 2010. 
  9. ^ a b Lane, Anthony (2009). Shipwrecks of Kent. Stroud: The History Press. pp. p20. ISBN 978 0 7524 1720 2. 
  10. ^ "Loss of the Princess Irene" The Times (London). Tuesday, 15 June 1915. Issue 40881, col B, p. 8.
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