List of shipwrecks in December 1918
The list of shipwrecks in December 1918 includes ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during December 1918.
| December 1918 | ||||||
| Mon | Tue | Wed | Thu | Fri | Sat | Sun |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unknown date | 1 | 2 | 3 | |||
| 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 |
| 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 |
| 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 |
| 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 |
2 December
- Tours (
France): The ship ran aground in Deepslade Bay. She was on a voyage from Saint-Nazaire, Loire-Atlantique to Swansea, Glamorgan, United Kingdom. Tours was refloated on 29 June 1919.[1]
5 December
- HMS Cassandra (
Royal Navy): The C-class cruiser struck a mine and sank in the Gulf of Finland with the loss of ten of her 400 crew.
7 December
- Gerisoles (
United States): The cargo ship foundered in Lake Superior with the loss of all hands.[2] - Inkerman ( United States): The cargo ship foundered in Lake Superior with the loss of all hands.[2]
8 December
- Minola ( United States): The cargo ship foundered in Lake Ontario.[2]
- North West ( United States): The cargo ship foundered in Lake Ontario.[2]
9 December
- Eva C. (
) Newfoundland: The schooner was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean (42°00′N 86°00′W / 42.000°N 86.000°W). Her crew were rescued.[3]
10 December
- Benito Juarez ( United States): The cargo ship foundered in the Pacific Ocean off Molokai, Hawaii.[4]
- Moto (
United Kingdom): The cargo ship collided with a warship and sank in the North Sea 20 nautical miles (37 km) north of the mouth of the River Tyne. Her crew were rescued.[4]
12 December
- Helen Stewart ( United Kingdom): The schooner was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean 12 nautical miles (22 km) north of Graciosa, Canary Islands, Spain. Her eight crew survived.[5]
13 December
- Rudmore ( United Kingdom): The cargo ship collided with Crown of Galicia ( United Kingdom) and sank in the River Thames at Purfleet, Essex. Her crew were rescued.[6]
15 December
- Grecian Prince ( United Kingdom): The trawler struck a mine and sank in the North Sea with the loss of six of her eight crew.[7]
- Sehome ( United States): The passenger ship collided with General Frisbie ( United States) and sank in San Francisco Bay with the loss of two of her crew.[3]
16 December
- Nils (
Norway): The cargo ship struck a submerged wreck at New York, United States and was beached.[5]
17 December
- Margaret Ann ( United Kingdom): The schooner was abandoned in the Irish Sea off the Crow Rock.[5]
27 December
- USS Teaser ( United States Navy): The patrol vessel was destroyed by fire in the Hampton Roads, Virginia.
28 December
- USAT Tenadores (
United States Army): The cargo ship ran aground on the Île d'Yeu, Vendée, France. Salvage efforts were abandoned on 2 January 1919.
29 December
- Merida ( United Kingdom): The cargo ship was wrecked in the English Channel off Le Touquet, Pas-de-Calais, France.[8]
Unknown date
- U-3 (
United Kingdom): The Type U-3 submarine foundered.
References
- ↑ Tovey, Ron. "A Chronology of Bristol Channel Shipwrecks". Swansea Docks. Retrieved 22 December 2014.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 "Casualty reports" The Times (London). Tuesday, 10 December 1918. (41969), col C, p. 14.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 "Casualty reports" The Times (London). Tuesday, 17 December 1918. (41975), col D, p. 16.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 "Casualty reports" The Times (London). Friday, 13 December 1918. (41972), col E, p. 14.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 "Casualty reports" The Times (London). Wednesday, 18 December 1918. (41976), col D, p. 14.
- ↑ "Casualty reports" The Times (London). Saturday, 14 December 1918. (41973), col F, p. 14.
- ↑ "Trawler mined and sunk." The Times (London). Monday, 16 December 1918. (41974), col A, p. 8.
- ↑ "Merida". Uboat.net. Retrieved 17 October 2012.
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| Ship events in 1918 | |||||||||||
| Ship launches: | 1913 | 1914 | 1915 | 1916 | 1917 | 1918 | 1919 | 1920 | 1921 | 1922 | 1923 |
| Ship commissionings: | 1913 | 1914 | 1915 | 1916 | 1917 | 1918 | 1919 | 1920 | 1921 | 1922 | 1923 |
| Ship decommissionings: | 1913 | 1914 | 1915 | 1916 | 1917 | 1918 | 1919 | 1920 | 1921 | 1922 | 1923 |
| Shipwrecks: | 1913 | 1914 | 1915 | 1916 | 1917 | 1918 | 1919 | 1920 | 1921 | 1922 | 1923 |