List of shipwrecks in 1916

The list of shipwrecks in 1916 includes some ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during 1916. The website http://www.wrecksite.eu/Wrecksite.aspx records 1,679 ships lost in 1916.

Operator Ship Picture Flag Class Cause Location Notes
6 January Royal Navy HMS King Edward VII King Edward VII-class pre-dreadnought battleship Sunk by mine Off Cape Wrath
12 February Brys & Gylsen Ltd[1] Aduatiek[1] Cargo ship[1] Sunk by mine laid by UC-4[1] North Sea ()[1]
12 February Cedarwood[1] Cargo ship[1] Sunk by mine[1] North Sea[1] Mine laid by UC-4[1]
21 February American Petroleum Co.[2] La Flandre Tanker.[2] Sunk by mine.[2] Off the Galloper Lightship ().[2] Mine laid by UC-5. Twenty nine of the 31 crew killed.[2]
12 March M Gumuchdjian Seyyar Banana boat Sunk by Russian warships Off Karasu
24 March London, Brighton and South Coast Railway Sussex Passenger ferry Torpedoed and damaged by UB-29 with the loss of at least 50 lives. English Channel Beached at Boulogne, repaired post-war and returned to service.
6 April Beicos Cargo ship.[1] Foundered[1] Black Sea[1]
27 April Chinese Army Hsin Yu Transport ship Collided with the cruiser Hai Yung in a thick fog while on its way to Foo Chow, and sunk South of the Chu Sen Islands
8 May White Star Line Cymric ocean liner Sunk by three torpedoes from U-20 140 miles west north west of Fastnet The ship was owned by White Star Line
31 May Royal Navy Black Prince Duke of Edinburgh-class cruiser Sunk in battle
31 May Royal Navy Defence Minotaur-class cruiser Battle of Jutland: Exploded and sunk in battle
31 May Royal Navy Fortune Acasta-class destroyer Battle of Jutland: Sunk by shell fire
31 May Royal Navy Indefatigable Indefatigable-class battlecruiser Battle of Jutland: Sunk in battle
31 May Royal Navy Invincible Invincible-class battlecruiser Battle of Jutland: Exploded and sunk in battle
31 May Kaiserliche Marine Lützow Derfflinger-class battlecruiser Battle of Jutland: Damaged and scuttled
31 May Royal Navy Nestor Admiralty M-class destroyer Battle of Jutland: Torpedoed and sunk
31 May Royal Navy Nomad Admiralty M-class destroyer Battle of Jutland: Sunk by shell fire
31 May Royal Navy Queen Mary Battlecruiser Battle of Jutland: Exploded and sunk in battle
31 May Royal Navy Shark Acasta-class destroyer Battle of Jutland: Sunk by shell fire and torpedo launched by the German torpedo boat S54
31 May Royal Navy Tipperary Faulknor-class flotilla leader Battle of Jutland: Sunk by SMS Westfalen
31 May Kaiserliche Marine V48 Torpedo boat Battle of Jutland: Sunk by shell fire
31 May Royal Navy Warrior Duke of Edinburgh-class cruiser Battle of Jutland: Damaged and abandoned, foundered
31 May Kaiserliche Marine Elbing Pillau-class light cruiser Battle of Jutland: Damaged in collision with the German battleship Posen and scuttled
31 May-1 June Kaiserliche Marine Rostock Light cruiser Battle of Jutland: Sunk by torpedo from the destroyer HMS Achates
1 June Royal Navy Sparrowhawk Acasta-class destroyer Battle of Jutland: Sunk after collision with HMS Broke
1 June Royal Navy Ardent Acasta-class destroyer Battle of Jutland: Sunk by shell fire
1 June Kaiserliche Marine Pommern Pre-dreadnought battleship Battle of Jutland: Sunk by torpedo fired by HMS Faulknor of the Twelfth Destroyer Flotilla
1 June Royal Navy Turbulent Talisman-class destroyer Battle of Jutland: Sunk by shell fire
1 June Kaiserliche Marine Wiesbaden Wiesbaden-class light cruiser Battle of Jutland: Sunk by artillery and torpedo
1 June Kaiserliche Marine Frauenlob Gazelle-class light cruiser Battle of Jutland: Sunk by torpedo fired by Southampton, and by artillery shell
5 June Royal Navy Hampshire Devonshire-class armoured cruiser Sunk by mine Off the north west coast of Orkney.
5 July E F Luckenbach & Co.[2] Jacob Luckenbach Cargo ship.[2] Collided with Eddystone () and sank.[2] English Channel, 1 nautical mile (1.9 km) north of the Downs Lightship.[2]
24 August A Manceau, Antwerp[2] Liegeoise[2] Cargo ship[2] Captured by, and sunk by gunfire from U-38.[2] Mediterranean Sea ().[2]
29 August Armaco, Antwerp[1] Antigoon[1] Cargo ship[1] Torpedoed and sunk by U-38.[1] 30 nautical miles (56 km) north of Mallorca, Spain.[1]
5 September Armement L Hermans, Bruges[1] Marcel[1] Cargo ship[1] Torpedoed and sunk by UB-18.[1] 20 nautical miles (37 km) north of Barfleur, France.[1]
17 October Midsland Cargo ship.[2] Scuttled by German Forces.[2] Bruges.[2] Raised in 1920, repaired and returned to service.[2]
25 October L Dens & Co, Antwerp.[1] Comtesse de Flandre Cargo ship.[1] Captured by, and sunk by gunfire from UB-19.[1] 34 nautical miles (63 km) west north west of the Casquets, Channel Islands.[1]
26 October South Eastern and Chatham Railway The Queen triple screw steamer Captured by V-80, torpedoed and sunk by S-60
3 November London and North Western Railway Connemara twin screw steamer Sunk on the night of 3 November 1916 after being hit amidships by the coalship SS Retriever. the entrance to Carlingford Lough, Louth, Ireland
6 November Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company Arabia passenger liner Sunk by a torpedo from SM UB-43 300 miles off the coast of Malta towards the Greek peninsula Cape Matapan
21 November Admiralty Britannic hospital ship Sunk by mine laid by U-73 Four miles off the Greek island of Kea in the Kea Channel. Sister ship of RMS Olympic and RMS Titanic.
26 November Marine Nationale Suffren pre-Dreadnought battleship Sunk by torpedo from U-52 Off the Portuguese coast near Lisbon
2 December Miguel P Ferrer Bravo Cargo ship Sunk by torpedo from U-39 Off Ushant, France
7 December Lloyd Royal Belge SA.[2] Keltier Cargo ship.[2] Damaged by a submarine.[2] 40 nautical miles (74 km) west of the Isles of Scilly.[2] Towed to Falmouth, Cornwall, where beached on 12 December. Later repaired and returned to service.[2]

See also

References

  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 "Belgian Merchant A-G". Belgische Koopvaardij. http://www.belgischekoopvaardij.net/belgian%20merchant%20A-G%2023.5.04.pdf. Retrieved 30 September 2010. 
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w "Belgian Merchant H-O". Belgische Koopvaardij. http://www.belgischekoopvaardij.net/belgian%20merchant%20H-O%2024.5.04.pdf. Retrieved 31 October 2010. 
Ship events in 1916
Ship launches: 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921
Ship commissionings: 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921
Ship decommissionings: 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921
Shipwrecks: 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921