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The list of shipwrecks in 1914 includes ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost in 1914 .
Losses in 1914 according to the U.S. Department of Commerce[ a] [ 1]
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[ b] Other
Total
UK
1
6
7
17
43
100
1
19
194
British Colonies
1
2
1
2
17
1
1
0
25
US
5
1
3
7
1
1
18
Austro-Hungarian
1
4
5
Danish
1
4
6
11
Dutch
2
2
5
9
French
2
2
7
1
1
13
German
1
1
1
12
13
4
32
Italian
1
1
6
1
9
Japanese
2
6
11
3
22
Norwegian
5
4
20
8
1
38
Russian
1
4
7
12
Spanish
2
1
2
1
1
7
Swedish
1
1
3
7
8
3
23
Europe, rest
2
1
1
6
10
C. and S. America
1
1
5
7
Other
1
1
2
^ Not including sailing vessels or those steam ships under 100 gross tons
^ Includes vessels lost after being stranded, striking rocks, sunken wrecks, etc.
List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1914
Ship
State
Description
America United States
The passenger and package delivery ship ran aground in Lake Superior , suffering considerable damage.[ 2]
Annie Perry United States
The fishing schooner was sunk in a collision with Surf Boston, Massachusetts . Abandoned by her owners she was raised and sold. Repaired and returned to service.[ 3]
County of Devon United Kingdom The cargo ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean in late February or early March. Her crew were rescued by the tanker Deutschland (Germany Copenhagen , Denmark on 8 March.[ 4]
Florence J. United States
The oil service vessel capsized in Puget Sound immediately after being launched at Dockton , Washington , in either 1913 or 1914. She was righted, completed, and eventually entered service.
G. P. Hudson
United States
The vessel was reported lost in Chignik Bay (56°18′N 158°24′W / 56.300°N 158.400°W / 56.300; -158.400 (Chignik Bay ) Alaska Peninsula in the Territory of Alaska .[ 5]
SMS Markomannia
Imperial German Navy
World War I : The auxiliary cruiser was sunk in the Indian Ocean by HMS Yarmouth (Royal Navy ).[ 6]
Maria O. Teal United States
The four-masted schooner foundered in the Atlantic Ocean sometime before 9 February. Her crew were rescued by Rio Colorado United Kingdom [ 7]
Nostra Senora del Rosario Italy The barque departed Cadiz , Spain , for Montevideo , Uruguay , on 17 February. She subsequently foundered in the Atlantic Ocean with the loss of all hands. A lifeboat with a decomposed body was found in mid-March 1914 off Cadiz.[ 8]
Schcold
United States
The purse-seine fishing vessel was lost in Frederick Sound in the Alexander Archipelago in Southeast Alaska .[ 9]
Senator United States
The 138.8-foot (42.3 m) two-masted schooner was abandoned at Sturgeon Bay , Wisconsin , due to age and her poor hull condition in either 1914 or 1915 . Her wreck lies at 44°49.617′N 087°22.095′W / 44.826950°N 87.368250°W / 44.826950; -87.368250 (Senator )
^ Department of Commerce, Bureau of Navigation (1919). Annual Report of the Commissioner of Navigation ^ Daniel Lenihan; Toni Carrell; Thom Holden; C. Patrick Labadie; Larry Murphy; Ken Vrana (1987), Daniel Lenihan (ed.), Submerged Cultural Resources Study: Isle Royale National Park (PDF) , Southwest Cultural Resources Center, pp. 127–152, 285–294 ^ "Records of the T. A. Scott co" . mysticseaport.org. 20 May 2016. Retrieved 29 March 2021 .^ "A steamer sunk". The Times . No. 40466. London. 9 March 1914. col E, p. 7. ^ alaskashipwreck.com Alaska Shipwrecks (G) ^ "The fleets at sea". The Times . No. 40668. London. 17 October 1914. col D-E, p. 5. ^ "Casualty reports". The Times . No. 40775. London. 11 February 1915. col C, p. 14. ^ "Fears for an Italian barque". The Times . No. 40473. London. 17 March 1914. col D, p. 24. ^ alaskashipwreck.com Alaska Shipwrecks (S)
Shipwrecks 1914–1918, by month
1914 1915 1916 1917 1918
United States
United Kingdom
Germany) and landed at Copenhagen, Denmark on 8 March.[4]
Imperial German Navy
Royal Navy).[6]
Italy