List of shipwrecks in 1917
The list of shipwrecks in 1917 includes some ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during 1917.
January
Further information: List of shipwrecks in January 1917
February
Further information: List of shipwrecks in February 1917
March
Further information: List of shipwrecks in March 1917
April
Further information: List of shipwrecks in April 1917
May
Further information: List of shipwrecks in May 1917
June
Further information: List of shipwrecks in June 1917
July
Further information: List of shipwrecks in July 1917
August
Further information: List of shipwrecks in August 1917
September
Further information: List of shipwrecks in September 1917
October
Further information: List of shipwrecks in October 1917
November
Further information: List of shipwrecks in November 1917
December
Further information: List of shipwrecks in December 1917
Unknown date
- Ariel (
United States): The schooner was wrecked off the Inubōsaki Lighthouse, Japan. - Belem (
United Kingdom): The ship sank near Bude, Cornwall.[1] - Spes & Fides (
Norway): The fishing steamer (former whaler) suffered an engine malfunction and sank in a storm off Tromsø, Norway. No lives were lost in the shipwreck. The wreck was located by divers at a depth of 20 m (66 ft) in 2014, after a search initiated by Sandefjord Museum.[2] - Taurus ( United Kingdom): World War I: The coaster struck a mine and sank in the North Sea east of the Shetland Islands with the loss of nine crew. This was either during July 1917 or August 1917.[3]
- SM U-50 (
Kaiserliche Marine): World War I: The Type U 43 submarine is believed to have struck a mine and sank in the North Sea off Terschelling, Friesland, Netherlands on or after 31 August.
References
- ↑ "UK storms: World War One wreck revealed on beach". BBC. Retrieved 26 February 2014.
- ↑ Hanssen, Kine (19 November 2014). "Fant forlist hvalbåt etter nesten 100 år". Bladet Tromsø (in Norwegian). Retrieved 20 November 2014.
- ↑ "Taurus". Uboat.net. Retrieved 19 October 2012.
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| Ship events in 1917 | |||||||||||
| Ship launches: | 1912 | 1913 | 1914 | 1915 | 1916 | 1917 | 1918 | 1919 | 1920 | 1921 | 1922 |
| Ship commissionings: | 1912 | 1913 | 1914 | 1915 | 1916 | 1917 | 1918 | 1919 | 1920 | 1921 | 1922 |
| Ship decommissionings: | 1912 | 1913 | 1914 | 1915 | 1916 | 1917 | 1918 | 1919 | 1920 | 1921 | 1922 |
| Shipwrecks: | 1912 | 1913 | 1914 | 1915 | 1916 | 1917 | 1918 | 1919 | 1920 | 1921 | 1922 |