List of shipwrecks in September 1914
The list of shipwrecks in September 1914 includes some ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during September 1914.
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2 September
- Ajax (
United Kingdom): World War I: The trawler struck a mine and sank in the North Sea off the mouth of the River Humber with the loss of nine of her crew.[1] - HMT Eyrie (
Royal Navy): The naval trawler was lost on this date.[2] - Fittonia ( United Kingdom): World War I: The trawler struck a mine and sank in the North Sea off the mouth of the River Humber with the loss of seven of her crew.[1]
3 September
- HMT Lindsell ( Royal Navy): World War I: The naval trawler struck a mine and sank in the North Sea with the loss of five of her crew. Survivors were rescued by HMS Speedy ( Royal Navy).[2][3]
- Maple Branch ( United Kingdom): The cargo ship was scuttled in the Atlantic Ocean 250 nautical miles (460 km) south west of the St. Paul Rocks by SMS Karlsruhe (
Kaiserliche Marine).[4] - Shirotaye (
Imperial Japanese Navy): World War I: The Asakaze-class destroyer was wrecked in the Yellow Sea (approximately 36°00′N 120°30′E / 36.000°N 120.500°E) whilst involved in a battle with SMS Jaguar ( Kaiserliche Marine.[5][6] - HMS Speedy ( Royal Navy): World War I: The Alarm-class torpedo gunboat struck a mine and sank in the North Sea with the loss of one of her 91 crew.[3]
4 September
- Indian Prince ( United Kingdom): World War I: The cargo ship was scuttled in the Atlantic Ocean 240 nautical miles (440 km) east by north of Pernambuco, Brazil by SMS Kronprinz Wilhelm ( Kaiserliche Marine).[4]
5 September
HMS Pathfinder.
- HMS Pathfinder ( Royal Navy): World War I: The Pathfinder-class cruiser was torpedoed and sunk in the Firth of Forth by SM U-21 ( Kaiserliche Marine) with the loss of 256 of the 270 people on board.
- Runo ( United Kingdom): World War I: The passenger ship struck a mine and sank in the North Sea with the loss of 29 of the 300-plus people on board.[4][7]
6 September
- Argonaut ( United Kingdom): World War I: The trawler was shelled and sunk in the North Sea by two cruisers and four destroyers (all Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew were taken as prisoners of war.[7][8]
- Chameleon ( United Kingdom): World War I: The trawler was shelled and sunk in the North Sea by two cruisers and four destroyers (all Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew were taken as prisoners of war.[7][8]
- Imperialist ( United Kingdom): World War I: The trawler struck a mine and sank in the North Sea off the mouth of the River Tyne with the loss of two of her crew. Survivors were rescued by the trawler Rhodesian ( United Kingdom).[1][8]
- Lobelia ( United Kingdom): World War I: The trawler was shelled and sunk in the North Sea by two cruisers and four destroyers (all Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew were taken as prisoners of war.[7][8]
- Harrier ( United Kingdom): World War I: The trawler was shelled and sunk in the North Sea by two cruisers and four destroyers (all Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew were taken as prisoners of war.[7][8]
- Pegasus ( United Kingdom): World War I: The trawler was shelled and sunk in the North Sea by two cruisers and four destroyers (all Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew were taken as prisoners of war.[7][8]
- Pollux ( United Kingdom): World War I: The trawler was shelled and sunk in the North Sea by two cruisers and four destroyers (all Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew were taken as prisoners of war.[7][8]
- Rideo ( United Kingdom): World War I: The trawler was shelled and sunk in the North Sea by two cruisers and four destroyers (all Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew were taken as prisoners of war.[7][8]
- Rhine ( United Kingdom): World War I: The trawler was shelled and sunk in the North Sea by two cruisers and four destroyers (all Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew were taken as prisoners of war.[7][8]
- Seti ( United Kingdom): World War I: The trawler was shelled and sunk in the North Sea by two cruisers and four destroyers (all Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew were taken as prisoners of war.[7][8]
- Valiant ( United Kingdom): World War I: The trawler was shelled and sunk in the North Sea by two cruisers and four destroyers (all Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew were taken as prisoners of war.[7][8]
7 September
- Revigo ( United Kingdom): World War I: The trawler struck a mine and sank in the North Sea. Her crew were rescued by the trawler Andromeda ( United Kingdom).[8]
8 September
- Kamerun (
Germany): World War I: The cargo ship was scuttled at Duala, Kamerun. She was subsequently refloated, repaired and entered British service as Cameronia.[9] - HMS Oceanic ( Royal Navy) The armed merchant cruiser ran aground off Foula, Shetland Islands. All on board were rescued by the fishing trawler Glenogil ( United Kingdom and transferred to HMS Alsatian and HMS Forward (both Royal Navy. Oceanic was wrecked in a storm on 29 September.
9 September
- Chesterfield ( United Kingdom): The sloop was driven ashore at Spurn Point, Yorkshire and wrecked. Her crew were rescued.[10]
10 September
- Indus ( United Kingdom): World War I: The cargo ship was captured in the Indian Ocean (11°00′N 83°45′E / 11.000°N 83.750°E) by SMS Emden ( Kaiserliche Marine) and was scuttled after all her crew had been taken on board.
11 September
- Elsinore ( United Kingdom): The tanker was shelled and sunk in the Pacific Ocean 260 nautical miles (480 km) south west by west of Cabo Corrientes, Mexico by SMS Leipzig ( Kaiserliche Marine).[4][11]
- Lovat ( United Kingdom): World War I: The cargo ship was captured and scuttled in the Indian Ocean 260 nautical miles (480 km) east of Madras, India by SMS Emden ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew were taken as prisoners of war.[4][12]
- Kabinga ( United Kingdom): World War I: The cargo ship was captured and scuttled in the Indian Ocean by SMS Emden ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew were taken as prisoners of war.[12]
12 September
- Killin ( United Kingdom): The cargo ship was captured in the Indian Ocean 410 nautical miles (760 km) north east by north of Madras, India by SMS Emden ( Kaiserliche Marine). She was scuttled the next day. Her crew were taken as prisoners of war.[4][12]
13 September
- Diplomat ( United Kingdom): World War I: The cargo ship was captured and scuttled in the Indian Ocean 480 nautical miles (890 km) north east of Madras, India by SMS Emden ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew were taken as prisoners of war.[4][12]
- Hela ( Kaiserliche Marine): World War I: The Gazelle-class cruiser was torpedoed and sunk in the North Sea southwest of Heligoland by HMS E9 ( Royal Navy) with the loss of two of her 178 crew.
14 September
- HMAS AE1 ( Royal Australian Navy): The E-class submarine was lost in the Pacific Ocean with the loss of all 35 crew.
SMS Cap Trafalgar and HMS Carmania
- Cap Trafalgar ( Kaiserliche Marine): World War I: Battle of Trindade: The auxiliary cruiser was sunk at Trinidade, Brazil in a battle with Carmania ( Royal Navy) with the loss of 51 of her 330 crew.
- Clan Matheson ( United Kingdom): World War I: The cargo ship was scuttled in the Bay of Bengal 60 nautical miles (110 km) south west by south of the mouth of the Hoogli River by SMS Emden ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew were rescued by Dovre (flag unknown).[4][12]
- Highland Hope ( United Kingdom): The cargo ship was scuttled in the Atlantic Ocean 190 nautical miles (350 km) south west of the St Paul Rocks, Brazil by SMS Emden ( Kaiserliche Marine).[4]
- Trabboch ( United Kingdom): The cargo ship was shelled and sunk in the Indian Ocean 70 nautical miles (130 km) south west by south of the mouth of the Hoogli River by SMS Emden ( Kaiserliche Marine).[4]
17 September
- Fisgard ( United Kingdom): The cargo ship foundered in the English Channel 2 to 3 nautical miles (3.7 to 5.6 km) off Portland Bill, Dorset in a storm with the loss of two of her 64 crew. Survivors were rescued by Crown of Galicia, Danube and Southampton (all United Kingdom).[13]
- Indrani ( United Kingdom): World War I: The cargo ship was scuttled in the Atlantic Ocean 145 nautical miles (269 km) north by west of Cabo São Roque, Brazil by SMS Karlsruhe ( Kaiserliche Marine).
- HMS Invincible ( Royal Navy): The Audacious-class battleship sank in the English Channel off Portland Bill in a storm with the loss of 21 of her 64 crew.
18 September
- Montmagny (
Canada): The cargo ship collided with Lingan ( United Kingdom) in the St. Lawrence River and sank with the loss of fourteen of her crew.[14]
19 September
- Gamma (
Norway): The schooner was wrecked on Vlieland, Friesland, Netherlands with some loss of life.[15] - Ocean (
Sweden): The schooner was wrecked on Vlieland. Her crew were rescued.[15]
20 September
- HMS Pegasus ( Royal Navy): World War I: The Pelorus-class cruiser was shelled and sunk by SMS Königsberg ( Kaiserliche Marine) in Zanzibar harbour with the loss of 38 of her 224 crew. The wreck was scrapped in 1955.
- USRC Tahoma (
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United States Revenue Cutter Service): The cutter ran aground on an uncharted rock off of the Aleutian Islands.[16] - HMS Yarmouth II ( Royal Navy): The ship was driven ashore between Margate and Westgate-on-Sea, Kent.[17]
21 September
- Belgian King ( United Kingdom): The cargo liner foundered in the Black Sea off Cape Kureli, Ottoman Turkey with the loss of 22 of the 120 people on board. Survivors were rescued by Princesse Eugenie (
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Russia).[18] - Cornish City ( United Kingdom): World War I: The cargo ship was scuttled in the Atlantic Ocean 245 nautical miles (454 km) south west of the St Paul Rocks, Brazil by SMS Karlsruhe ( Kaiserliche Marine).[4]
22 September
HMS Aboukir and HMS Hogue
- HMS Aboukir ( Royal Navy): World War I: Action of 22 September 1914: The Cressy-class cruiser was torpedoed and sunk in the North Sea off the Dutch coast by SM U-9 ( Kaiserliche Marine) with the loss of 527 lives.
- HMS Cressy ( Royal Navy): World War I: Action of 22 September 1914: The Cressy-class cruiser was torpedoed and sunk in the North Sea off the Dutch coast by SM U-9 ( Kaiserliche Marine.
HMS Cressy
- HMS Hogue ( Royal Navy): World War I: Action of 22 September 1914: The Cressy-class cruiser was torpedoed and sunk in the North Sea off the Dutch coast by SM U-9 ( Kaiserliche Marine.[19]
- Kilmarnock ( United Kingdom): World War I: The trawler struck a mine and sank in the North Sea 31 nautical miles (57 km) east of Spurn Point, Yorkshire with the loss of six of her cew.[1]
- Mauritzia ( Sweden): The schooner was driven ashore on Öland and was wrecked.[18]
- Rothenfield ( United Kingdom): World War I: The cargo ship was sunk as a blockship in Scapa Flow, Orkney Islands.[20]
- Rio Iguassu ( United Kingdom): World War I: The cargo ship was scuttled in the Atlantic Ocean 155 nautical miles (287 km) south west by west of the St Paul Rocks, Brazil by SMS Karlsruhe ( Kaiserliche Marine).[4]
- Urmston Grange ( United Kingdom): World War I: The cargo ship was sunk as a blockship in Scapa Flow.[20]
- Zélée (
French Navy): World War I: The gunboat was shelled and sunk at Papeete, Tahiti by SMS Gneisenau and SMS Scharnhorst (both Kaiserliche Marine).[11]
23 September
- Rebono ( United Kingdom): World War I: The trawler struck a mine and sank in the North Sea 25 nautical miles (46 km) east by north of the Spurn Lightship (
United Kingdom) with the loss of a crew member.[1]
25 September
- Bankfields ( United Kingdom): World War I: The cargo ship was shelled and sunk in the Gulf of Guayaquil by SMS Leipzig ( Kaiserliche Marine).[4]
- King Lud ( United Kingdom): World War I: The cargo ship was scuttled in the Indian Ocean 25 nautical miles (46 km) south south west of Point de Galle, Ceylon by SMS Emden ( Kaiserliche Marine).[4]
- Tymeric ( United Kingdom): World War I: The cargo ship was scuttled in the Indian Ocean 50 nautical miles (93 km) west by north of Colombo, Ceylon by SMS Emden ( Kaiserliche Marine).[4]
27 September
- Foyle ( United Kingdom): World War I: The cargo ship was scuttled in the Indian Ocean 300 nautical miles (560 km) west by north of Colombo, Ceylon by SMS Emden ( Kaiserliche Marine).[4]
- Lacouna ( United Kingdom): The cargo ship was driven ashore on Ferryland Head, Newfoundland and was wrecked. Her crew were rescued.[21]
- Ribera ( United Kingdom): World War I: The cargo ship was shelled and sunk in the Indian Ocean 210 nautical miles (390 km) west by north of Colombo by SMS Emden ( Kaiserliche Marine).[4]
28 September
- Anglo-Norman ( Norway): The barque was driven ashore at Kaipara Harbour, North Island, New Zealand and was wrecked. Her crew were rescued.[22]
- Agda (
Netherlands): The auxiliary schooner struck a submerged object and foundered in the Atlantic Ocean off Cabo da Roca, Portugal. Her crew were rescued by Khiva ( United Kingdom).[23] - SMS Cormoran ( Kaiserliche Marine): World War I: The Bussard-class cruiser was scuttled at Tsingtao, China.[5]
- SMS T50 ( Kaiserliche Marine): The S7-class torpedo boat was wrecked in the Baltic Sea.[5]
- SMS Taku ( Kaiserliche Marine): World War I: The Taku-class torpedo boat was scuttled at Tsingtao.[5]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 "BRITISH FISHING VESSELS LOST to ENEMY ACTION Part 1 of 2 - Years 1914, 1915, 1916 in date order". Naval History. Retrieved 27 January 2013.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 "North Sea mines" The Times (London). Friday, 4 September 1914. (40625), col E, p. 8.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 4.5 4.6 4.7 4.8 4.9 4.10 4.11 4.12 4.13 4.14 4.15 4.16 "BRITISH MERCHANT SHIPS LOST to ENEMY ACTION Part 1 of 3 - Years 1914, 1915, 1916 in date order". Naval History. Retrieved 20 January 2013.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 "Major Warships Sunk in World War 1 1914". World War I. Retrieved 21 February 2013.
- ↑ "Imperial Japanese Navy". Naval History. Retrieved 21 February 2013.
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 7.3 7.4 7.5 7.6 7.7 7.8 7.9 7.10 "Mines of trade routes" The Times (London). Monday, 7 September 1914. (40628), col G, p. 8.
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 8.2 8.3 8.4 8.5 8.6 8.7 8.8 8.9 8.10 8.11 "Mines in the North Sea." The Times (London). Tuesday, 8 September 1914. (40629), col D, p. 10.
- ↑ "Cameronia". Uboat.net. Retrieved 5 December 2012.
- ↑ "Casualty reports" The Times (London). Thursday, 10 September 1914. (40631), col B, p. 14.
- ↑ 11.0 11.1 "German cruiser's prey" The Times (London). Monday, 5 October 1914. (40656), col E, p. 6.
- ↑ 12.0 12.1 12.2 12.3 12.4 "The Emden's exploits" The Times (London). Tuesday, 22 September 1914. (40643), col F, p. 5.
- ↑ "Casualty reports" The Times (London). Saturday, 19 September 1914. (40640), col E, p. 3.
- ↑ "News in Brief." The Times (London). Saturday, 19 September 1914. (40640), col D, p. 11.
- ↑ 15.0 15.1 "Casualty reports" The Times (London). Monday, 21 September 1914. (40642), col A, p. 14.
- ↑ http://www.uscg.mil/history/webcutters/Tahoma_1909.asp
- ↑ Lane, Anthony (2009). Shipwrecks of Kent. Stroud: The History Press. pp. p19. ISBN 978-0-7524-1720-2.
- ↑ 18.0 18.1 "British steamer sunk in the Black Sea" The Times (London). Wednesday, 23 September 1914. (40644), col B, p. 14.
- ↑ Carter, C. (1998). The Port of Penzance: a history. Lydney: Black Dwarf Publications.
- ↑ 20.0 20.1 "Block ships in Burra Sound". Orkney Image Library. Retrieved 20 February 2013.
- ↑ "Casualty reports" The Times (London). Monday, 28 September 1914. (40649), col B, p. 14.
- ↑ "Casualty reports" The Times (London). Tuesday, 29 September 1914. (40650), col B, p. 14.
- ↑ "Casualty reports" The Times (London). Saturday, 3 October 1914. (40654), col A, p. 14.
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