List of shipwrecks in November 1918

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The list of shipwrecks in November 1918 includes ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during November 1918.


November 1918
Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat Sun
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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


1 November

List of shipwrecks: 1 November 1918
Ship Country Description
Galiano  Canada The cargo ship foundered in the Pacific Ocean off Triangle Island, British Columbia with the loss of all hands.[1]
Glena  Norway The cargo ship foundered with the loss of all but two of her crew.[2]
Tasmania  United Kingdom The schooner was wrecked with the loss of five of her six crew.[2]
SM U-72  Kaiserliche Marine World War I: The Type UE I submarine was scuttled at Kotor, State of Slovenes, Croats and Serbs (Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.).
SMS Viribus Unitis Flag of the State of Slovenes, Croats and Serbs.svg Slovene, Croat and Serbian Navy World War I: The Tegetthoff-class battleship was sunk at Pula by an Italian human torpedo.
Wien Flag of the State of Slovenes, Croats and Serbs.svg State of Slovenes, Croats and Serbs The ocean liner was mined and sunk at Pula by Regia Marina forces.[3]

2 November

List of shipwrecks: 2 November 1918
Ship Country Description
HMT Charles Hammond  Royal Navy The naval trawler was lost in the North Sea on this date.[4]
Devonshire  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore east of swansea, Glamorgan. Her thirteen crew were rescued by the Mumbles Lifeboat.[5]
Douro  Portugal The schooner foundered with the loss of all hands.[6]
Estrella  Brazil The barque foundered in the Atlantic Ocean 16 nautical miles (30 km) off Camocim.[1]
Murcia  United Kingdom World War I: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Mediterranean Sea 12 nautical miles (22 km) north of Port Said, Egypt (Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.) by SM UC-74 ( Kaiserliche Marine) with the loss of a crew member.[7][8]
HMT Riparvo  Royal Navy The naval trawler was lost in the Mediterranean Sea on this date.[9]
SMS S61  Kaiserliche Marine World War I: The S49-class destroyer was scuttled in the Terneuzen Canal, Belgium.[10]
Surada  United Kingdom World War I: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Mediterranean Sea off Port Said (Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.) by SM UC-74 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.[8][11]
SMS V47  Kaiserliche Marine World War I: The V43-class destroyer was scuttled in the Terneuzen Canal.[10]
SMS V67  Kaiserliche Marine World War I: The V67-class destroyer was scuttled in the Terneuzen Canal.[10]
SMS V77  Kaiserliche Marine World War I: The V67-class destroyer was scuttled in the Terneuzen Canal.[10]
SMS V69  Kaiserliche Marine World War I: The V67-class destroyer was scuttled at Ghent, West Flanders, Belgium.[10]

3 November

List of shipwrecks: 3 November 1918
Ship Country Description
Devonshire  United Kingdom The cargo ship was wrecked. Her crew were rescued by a lifeboat.[1]

4 November

List of shipwrecks: 4 November 1918
Ship Country Description
HMS P12  Royal Navy The P-class sloop collided with another vessel and sank in the English Channel (Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.).[12]
War Roach  United Kingdom World War I: The cargo ship struck a mine and was damaged in the Mediterranean Sea off Port Said, Egypt (Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.). She was beached but was later refloated, repaired and returned to service.[13]

5 November

List of shipwrecks: 5 November 1918
Ship Country Description
HMS Campania  Royal Navy
HMS Campania

The armed merchant cruiser collided with HMS Royal Oak and then HMS Glorious (both  Royal Navy) in the Firth of Forth and sank. The wreck was cleared in 1923.
Epic  United Kingdom The Admiralty tug was beached whilst attempting to refloat Lake Harris  United States at Penzance.[14]
Lake Harris  United States World War I: The armed cargo ship was beached near Penzance railway station, Cornwall after a gunfight in the Atlantic Ocean off Land's End with a surfaced German submarine.[14]
Stavnos  Italy World War I: The sailing vessel was sunk in the Mediterranean Sea off the coast of Egypt by SM UC-74 ( Kaiserliche Marine).[15]
Wallacut  United States The schooner was driven ashore at Marshfield, Oregon and wrecked.[2]

6 November

List of shipwrecks: 6 November 1918
Ship Country Description
Bernisse  Netherlands World War I: The cargo ship struck a mine and sank in the Baltic Sea off Öland, Sweden. She was later raised, repaired and returned to service.[16]
USS Jolly Roger  United States Navy The patrol vessel was damaged beyond repair whilst being loaded aboard USS Kanawha ( United States Navy).

7 November

List of shipwrecks: 7 November 1918
Ship Country Description
Conster  United Kingdom World War I: The fishing smack struck a mine and sank in the English Channel off Rye, East Sussex.[17]
Trebiskin  United Kingdom The ketch was lost on the Mixon Shoal, in the Bristol Channel with the loss of all hands.[5]

9 November

List of shipwrecks: 9 November 1918
Ship Country Description
HMS Blazer  Royal Navy The naval tug was lost on this date.[4]
HMS Britannia  Royal Navy
HMS Britannia

World War I: The King Edward VII-class battleship was torpedoed and sunk in the Strait of Gibraltar by SM UB-50 ( Kaiserliche Marine) with the loss of 50 of her 762 crew.
Saetia  United States World War I: The cargo ship struck a mine and sank in the Atlantic Ocean 25 nautical miles (46 km) off Ocean City, Maryland. Her crew survived.[18]

10 November

List of shipwrecks: 10 November 1918
Ship Country Description
HMS Ascot  Royal Navy The World War I: The Racecourse-class minesweeper was torpedoed and sunk in the North Sea off the Farne Islands, Northumberland (Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.) by SM UB-67 ( Kaiserliche Marine) with the loss of 51 of her crew.[19]
HMT Renarro  Royal Navy The naval trawler struck a mine and sank in the Dardanelles with some loss of life.[20]
36PN  Regia Marina World War I: The PN-class torpedo boat) struck a mine and sank in the Adriatic Sea off the Cape of Rodon, Albania.[10]

11 November

List of shipwrecks: 11 November 1918
Ship Country Description
SMS Feronia  Kaiserliche Marine World War I: The depôt ship was scuttled at Antwerp, Belgium.[21]

13 November

List of shipwrecks: 13 November 1918
Ship Country Description
Carabinier  French Navy The Spahi-class destroyer ran aground at Latakia, Syria. She was scuttled on 15 November.[22]

14 November

List of shipwrecks: 14 November 1918
Ship Country Description
HMS Cochrane  Royal Navy The Duke of Edinburgh-class cruiser ran aground in the River Mersey. She later broke in two and was a total loss. The wreck was scrapped in situ in 1919.

15 November

List of shipwrecks: 15 November 1918
Ship Country Description
USS Elizabeth  United States Navy The patrol vessel was wrecked in the Brazoz River, Freeport, Texas.

16 November

List of shipwrecks: 16 November 1918
Ship Country Description
Cesare Rossarol  Regia Marina The scout cruiser struck a mine and sank in the Adriatic Sea off the Istrian Peninsula, State of Slovenes, Croats and Serbs.

18 November

List of shipwrecks: 18 November 1918
Ship Country Description
Stasia  France The schooner caught fire at Shanghai, China and was scuttled to extinguish the fire.[23] Note however that the log of HMS Gnat records being called on to sink a burning ship by gunfire, in the International Dock Shanghai, on the 14th, so this is presumably the same incident.
SM U-165  Kaiserliche Marine The Type U 93 submarine sank in the Weser (Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.). She was raised on 21 February 1919 and subsequently scrapped.

20 November

List of shipwrecks: 20 November 1918
Ship Country Description
Per Brahe  Sweden The ferry foundered in Lake Wetter with the loss of all on board.[24]

21 November

List of shipwrecks: 21 November 1918
Ship Country Description
SM U-97  Kaiserliche Marine The Type U 93 submarine sank in the North Sea (Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.).

22 November

List of shipwrecks: 22 November 1918
Ship Country Description
HMS G11  Royal Navy The G-class submarine ran aground at Howick, Northumberland and was wrecked with the loss of two of her 31 crew.

24 November

List of shipwrecks: 24 November 1918
Ship Country Description
Uranienborg  Denmark The cargo ship struck a mine and sank in Aalbeck Bay with the loss of a crew member.[25]

26 November

List of shipwrecks: 26 November 1918
Ship Country Description
USS Bonita  United States Navy The patrol vessel collided with the fishing schooner Russell ( United States) in the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Massachusetts and sank.
Nanset  Norway The ship ran aground in Oxwich Bay in foggy weather. Her crew survived. She subsequently capsized and was a total loss.[5]

27 November

List of shipwrecks: 27 November 1918
Ship Country Description
City of Lahore  United Kingdom The cargo ship caught fire and sank at New York, United States.[26]

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 "Casualty reports" The Times (London). Monday, 4 November 1918. (41938), col D, p. 12.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 "Casualty reports" The Times (London). Thursday, 7 November 1918. (41941), col B, p. 12.
  3. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  6. ↑ "Casualty reports" The Times (London). Tuesday, 5 November 1918. (41939), col A, p. 12.
  7. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  8. ↑ 8.0 8.1 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  9. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  10. ↑ 10.0 10.1 10.2 10.3 10.4 10.5 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  11. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  12. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  13. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  14. ↑ 14.0 14.1 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  15. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  16. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  17. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  18. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  19. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  20. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  21. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  22. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  23. ↑ "Casualty reports" The Times (London). Friday, 22 November 1918. (41954), col D, p. 14.
  24. ↑ "Imperial and Foreign news items." The Times (London). Friday, 22 November 1918. (41954), col E, p. 7.
  25. ↑ "Imperial and Foreign news items." The Times (London). Tuesday, 26 November 1918. (41957), col E, p. 5.
  26. ↑ "Casualty reports" The Times (London). friday, 29 November 1918. (41960), col D, p. 6.
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
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