List of shipwrecks in 1919

The list of shipwrecks in 1919 includes all ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during 1919.

January

1 January

Iolaire ( Royal Navy): Ran aground on the Beasts of Holm, Stornoway, Scotland and sank with the loss of 205 lives.

31 January

Nimrod ( United Kingdom): Ran aground on the Barber Sands off the coast of Norfolk with the loss of 10 crew.

March

4 March

Guararema ( Brazil): Collided with Britannia ( United Kingdom) off the Ilha des Palmas, Santos, Brazil () and sank.^[1]

7 March

Thor ( Royal Norwegian Navy): Ran aground off Verdens Ende and sank with the loss of two lives.

April

Potemkin ( Soviet Navy): Russian Civil War, scuttled at Sevastopol.
Dunvegan ( United Kingdom): Driven aground at Margate, later repaired and refloated.^[2]

6 April

Vulkan ( Kaiserliche Marine): Sank whilst under tow, North Sea off Denmark.

9 April

Hastier ( Belgium): Departed Brixham, England bound for Barcelona, Spain. Damaged lifeboat discovered on 21 June by Courier ( United Kingdom) and landed at Guernsey.^[1]

27 April

Courtney ( United States Navy): Sank in the Bay of Biscay off Brest, France.
Otis W. Douglas ( United States Navy): Sank in the Bay of Biscay off Brest, France.

28 April

Gypsum Queen ( United States Navy): Struck a rock and sank in the Bay of Biscay off Brest, France with the loss of 15 lives.
USS James (SP-429) ( United States Navy): Sank off Brest, France.

June

21 June

High Seas Fleet ( Kaiserliche Marine) scuttled at Scapa Flow in aftermath of World War I

Bayern, Derfflinger, Hindenburg, Großer Kurfürst, König, Kronprinz Wilhelm, Markgraf, Moltke, Seydlitz, Von der Tann.

July

27 July

May ( United States Navy): Ran aground off Cape Engano, Dominican Republic, declared a total loss.

30 July

G-2 ( United States Navy): Sank at her moorings, Niantic Bay Connecticut.

August

18 August

Dvina ( Soviet Navy): Torpedoed and sunk by British torpedo boat CMB79, Kronstadt, Soviet Union.

September

1 September

Vittoria ( Royal Navy): Torpedoed and sunk by Russian submarine Pantera ( Soviet Navy) off Seiskari, Finland.

4 September

Verulam ( Royal Navy): Struck a mine and sank off Seiskari, Finland.

5 September

UC-91 ( Kaiserliche Marine): Sank after a collision with Alexandra Woermann ( German Empire) at with the loss of 17 crew. Raised on 10 September.

8 September

Valbanera ( Spain): Sank in a hurricane, Havana, Cuba with the loss of 488 lives.

10 September

Coco ( United States Navy): Wrecked by a hurricane, Key West, Florida.
Patrol No. 1 ( United States Navy): Wrecked by a hurricane, Key West, Florida.

11 September

Helena I ( United States Navy): Wrecked by a hurricane, Key West, Florida.

16 September

R-6 ( United States Navy): Ran aground at New London, Connecticut. Later salvaged, repaired and returned to service.

October

18 October

H41 ( Royal Navy): Sank after collision with Vulcan (1889), Blyth, Northumberland.

31 October

Fazilka ( United Kingdom): Wrecked on Great Nicobar Island, India.

November

4 November

Lesbos ( Belgium): Ran aground on Cross Sands, off Great Yarmouth, England and was wrecked.^[1]

22 November

Myron ( United States): Foundered off Whitefish Point on Lake Superior with the loss of 17 crew. Only the captain survived.
Schooner Ady ( Belgium): Cargo of Coprah caught fire off Jamaica and abandoned.^[3]

December

12 December

Kerwood ( United States Navy): Struck a mine and sank off Terschelling, the Netherlands.

Unknown date

Valkyr ( United Kingdom): ran aground at Birchington, United Kingdom, a total loss.^[2]
Elbrus ( Soviet Navy):Raised after having been scuttled at Novorossisk in 1914, then scuttled again to prevent capture. Raised again in 1925, repaired and returned to service.^[3]

See also

Ship events in 1919
Ship launches:	1914	1915	1916	1917	1918	1919	1920	1921	1922	1923	1924
Ship commissionings:	1914	1915	1916	1917	1918	1919	1920	1921	1922	1923	1924
Ship decommissionings:	1914	1915	1916	1917	1918	1919	1920	1921	1922	1923	1924
Shipwrecks:	1914	1915	1916	1917	1918	1919	1920	1921	1922	1923	1924

References

^ ^a ^b ^c "Belgian Merchant H-O". Belgische Koopvaardij. http://www.belgischekoopvaardij.net/belgian%20merchant%20H-O%2024.5.04.pdf. Retrieved 31 October 2010.
^ ^a ^b Lane, Anthony (2009). Shipwrecks of Kent. Stroud: The History Press. pp. p17, 21. ISBN 978 0 7524 1720 2.
^ ^a ^b "Belgian Merchant A-G". Belgische Koopvaardij. http://www.belgischekoopvaardij.net/belgian%20merchant%20A-G%2023.5.04.pdf. Retrieved 30 September 2010.