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 | ||||||
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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 | Unknown date | ||||
References |
1 December
Ship | Country | Description |
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Einswarden | ![]() |
The Einswarden-class Vorpostenboot was sunk by mines in the German Bight.[1] |
2 December
Ship | Country | Description |
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Tours | ![]() |
The ship ran aground in Deepslade Bay. She was on a voyage from Saint-Nazaire, Loire-Inférieure to Swansea, Glamorgan, United Kingdom. Tours was refloated on 29 June 1919.[2] |
3 December
Ship | Country | Description |
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Mineola | ![]() |
The forward half of the steamer (she had been cut in two to facilitate passage through the Welland Canal) foundered in a severe snowstorm in Lake Ontario five miles (8.0 km) south of Duck Island. Lost with all 11 hands.[3] |
5 December
Ship | Country | Description |
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HMS Cassandra | ![]() |
Russian Civil War: British campaign in the Baltic: The C-class cruiser struck a mine and sank in the Gulf of Finland with the loss of ten of her 400 crew.[4] |
7 December
Ship | Country | Description |
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Gerisoles | ![]() |
The cargo ship foundered in Lake Superior with the loss of all hands.[5] |
Inkerman | ![]() |
The cargo ship foundered in Lake Superior with the loss of all hands.[5] |
8 December
Ship | Country | Description |
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Minola | ![]() |
The cargo ship foundered in Lake Ontario.[5] |
North West | ![]() |
The cargo ship foundered in Lake Ontario.[5] |
9 December
Ship | Country | Description |
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Eva C. | ![]() |
The schooner was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean (42°00′N 86°00′W). Her crew were rescued.[6] |
10 December
Ship | Country | Description |
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Moto | ![]() |
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.[7] |
12 December
Ship | Country | Description |
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Helen Stewart | ![]() |
The schooner was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean 12 nautical miles (22 km) north of Graciosa, Canary Islands, Spain. Her eight crew survived.[8] |
13 December
Ship | Country | Description |
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Rudmore | ![]() |
The cargo ship collided with Crown of Galicia (![]() |
15 December
Ship | Country | Description |
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Grecian Prince | ![]() |
The trawler struck a mine and sank in the North Sea with the loss of six of her eight crew.[10] |
Sehome | ![]() |
The passenger ship collided with General Frisbie (![]() |
16 December
Ship | Country | Description |
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Nils | ![]() |
The cargo ship struck a submerged wreck at New York, United States and was beached.[8] |
Tacoma | ![]() |
Out of service and anchored with no one on board in the harbor at Metlakatla in Southeast Alaska, the 11-ton, 35.7-foot (10.9 m) fishing vessel broke loose from her anchorage during a gale and drifted onto a reef in the harbor, where waves battered her to pieces.[11] |
17 December
Ship | Country | Description |
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Margaret Ann | ![]() |
The schooner was abandoned in the Irish Sea off the Crow Rock.[8] |
21 December
Ship | Country | Description |
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Killarney | ![]() |
The 13-gross register ton motor vessel departed Petersburg, Territory of Alaska, bound for a cannery at Thomas Bay in Southeast Alaska with three people and a cargo of approximately five tons of salt, coal, cans, and groceries aboard and was never seen again.[12] |
24 December
Ship | Country | Description |
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Aryan | ![]() |
The barque burned in the Pacific Ocean 260 miles (420 km) east of the Chatham Islands. One lifeboat with her captain and 12 people reached Kaingaroa, Chatham Islands. The other lifeboat with nine crewmen never reached land.[13][14] |
26 December
Ship | Country | Description |
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Spartak | ![]() |
Russian Civil War: British campaign in the Baltic: Battle of Revel: The Kapitan Izylmetyev-class destroyer ran aground on the Develsej Bank on the approaches to Tallinn while under pursuit by HMS Calypso and HMS Caradoc (both ![]() ![]() |
27 December
Ship | Country | Description |
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USS Teaser | ![]() |
The patrol vessel was destroyed by fire in Hampton Roads, Virginia. |
28 December
Ship | Country | Description |
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USS Tenadores | ![]() |
The cargo ship ran aground on the Île d'Yeu, Vendée, France. Salvage efforts were abandoned on 2 January 1919. |
29 December
Ship | Country | Description |
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Merida | ![]() |
The cargo ship was wrecked in the English Channel off Le Touquet, Pas-de-Calais, France.[17] |
Unknown date
Ship | Country | Description |
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Benito Juarez | ![]() |
The steamer foundered in a north east gale in Pacific Ocean off Molokai, Hawaii (21°36′00″N 156°11′00″W) on either 3, 10, or 12 December. Nine crewmen were killed.[18][7][19] |
N F Co. No. 1 | ![]() |
The 30-ton scow was wrecked in Washington Bay (56°43′00″N 134°23′20″W) in Southeast Alaska.[20] |
Pioneer | ![]() |
With no one on board, the 11-gross register ton, 33.5-foot (10.2 m) fishing vessel sank in the harbor at Metlakatla, Territory of Alaska.[21] |
U-3 | ![]() |
The Type U-3 submarine foundered while under tow. |
Yâdigâr-ı-Millet (aka Jadhigar-i-Millet) | ![]() |
The salvaged S165-class destroyer sank at her dock at İstanbul, Turkey. Raised in 1924 and scrapped.[22] |
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References
- "Einswarden Patrols (1917-1918), Escorts, Kaiserliche Marine (Germany)". Navypedia. Retrieved 15 September 2018.
- Tovey, Ron. "A Chronology of Bristol Channel Shipwrecks" (PDF). Swansea Docks. Archived from the original (PDF) on 22 December 2014. Retrieved 22 December 2014.
- "Annual report of the Supervising Inspector-general Steamboat-inspection Service, Year ending June 30, 1919". Harvard University. Retrieved 14 August 2019.
- "Soviet Naval Battles during Civil War (Redone)". Soviet-Empire. Retrieved 15 May 2018.
- "Casualty reports". The Times (41969). London. 10 December 1918. col C, p. 14.
- "Casualty reports". The Times (41975). London. 17 December 1918. col D, p. 16.
- "Casualty reports". The Times (41972). London. 13 December 1918. col E, p. 14.
- "Casualty reports". The Times (41976). London. 18 December 1918. col D, p. 14.
- "Casualty reports". The Times (41973). London. 14 December 1918. col F, p. 14.
- "Trawler mined and sunk". The Times (41974). London. 16 December 1918. col A, p. 8.
- alaskashipwreck.com Alaska Shipwrecks (T)
- alaskashipwreck.com Alaska Shipwrecks (K)
- "Annual report of the Supervising Inspector-general Steamboat-inspection Service, Year ending June 30, 1919". Harvard University. Retrieved 14 August 2019.
- "Aryan (+1918)". Wrecksite. Retrieved 14 August 2019.
- "Soviet Naval Battles during Civil War (Redone)". Soviet-Empire. Retrieved 17 May 2018.
- "Kapitan Izylmetyev Destroyers (1916-1928)". Navypedia. Retrieved 17 May 2018.
- "Merida". Uboat.net. Retrieved 17 October 2012.
- "Annual report of the Supervising Inspector-general Steamboat-inspection Service, Year ending June 30, 1919". Harvard University. Retrieved 14 August 2019.
- "Benito Juarez (+1918)". Wrecksite. Retrieved 14 August 2019.
- alaskashipwreck.com Alaska Shipwrecks (N)
- alaskashipwreck.com Alaska Shipwrecks (P)
- "Muavenet-I Milliye destroyers (1910), Torpedo Ships, Ottoman/Turkish Navy". Navypedia. Retrieved 14 June 2018.
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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