List of shipwrecks in January 1914

The list of shipwrecks in January 1914 includes ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during January 1914.

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2 January
List of shipwrecks: 2 January 1914
ShipCountryDescription
Nerok  Russia The cargo ship was driven ashore near Rønne, Denmark with the loss of all but two of her crew.[1] The vessel was built by Messrs Smith Dock Company Limited for Russia. One of the survivors was engineer John Joseph Hayes from South Bank, North Yorkshire, the other was an Imperial Russian Navy lieutenant named Bolimor.

4 January
List of shipwrecks: 4 January 1914
ShipCountryDescription
Oklahoma  United States The tanker on her return trip to Port Arthur, Texas, in ballast ran into a strong gale approximately 60 nautical miles (110 km; 69 mi) southeast of Cape May, New Jersey and broke in two with the loss of one passenger and 25 of her 38 crew. The steamer Bavaria ( Germany) and the Booth Line steamer Gregory ( United Kingdom). Oklahoma′s after half sank on its own; the revenue cutter USRC Seneca ( United States Revenue Cutter Service) sank her capsized forward half with 15 shots from a 6-pounder gun 15 nautical miles (28 km; 17 mi) southeast of Fenwick Island Light, Delaware, and recovered the bodies of three crew members from one of Oklahoma′s lifeboats.[2][3]
Thomas Winsmore  United States The three-masted schooner ran aground on the Lookout Shoal in the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of North Carolina and was wrecked. Her crew were rescued by USRC Seminole ( United States Revenue Cutter Service).

7 January
List of shipwrecks: 7 January 1914
ShipCountryDescription
Cora  France The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked on Chesil Beach, Dorset, United Kingdom.[4]

10 January
List of shipwrecks: 10 January 1914
ShipCountryDescription
Gina  Italy The coaster sank at Bosa, Sardinia whilst discharging cargo.[5]

11 January
List of shipwrecks: 11 January 1914
ShipCountryDescription
HMCS Karluk  Canada Canadian Arctic Expedition: After becoming trapped in ice in the Beaufort Sea on 13 August 1913 in a failed attempt to reach Herschel Island, subsequently drifting westward with the ice through the Beaufort Sea and into the Chukchi Sea, and being holed by the ice on 10 January 1914 and beginning to flood, the brigantine sank in the Chukchi Sea near Herald Island. Except for 11 who died during the ordeal, all aboard hiked across the ice to Wrangel Island, where the motor schooner King & Winge ( United States) rescued them in September 1914.[6]

13 January
List of shipwrecks: 13 January 1914
ShipCountryDescription
Ajuricaba Brazil The cargo ship foundered in the Amazon River at Manaus[5]
Cobequid  United Kingdom The passenger ship ran aground in the Bay of Fundy 8 nautical miles (15 km) north east of Yarmouth, Nova Scotia, Canada. All on board were rescued.[7]

14 January
List of shipwrecks: 14 January 1914
ShipCountryDescription
Kenkon Maru XI  Japan The cargo ship struck a rock at Harimoen Djawa and was wrecked. Her crew survived.[8]

16 January
List of shipwrecks: 16 January 1914
ShipCountryDescription
HMS A7  Royal Navy The A-class submarine dived into the mud and sank in Whitesand Bay, Cornwall, England, with the loss of all 11 crew.[9]

17 January
List of shipwrecks: 17 January 1914
ShipCountryDescription
Spring  Norway The cargo ship collided with another vessel and sank in Heltefjord.[10]

21 January
List of shipwrecks: 21 January 1914
ShipCountryDescription
Alexandra  United Kingdom The cargo ship ran aground in the Atlantic Ocean 3 nautical miles (5.6 km) off Sagres, Portugal and was wrecked. Her crew were rescued.[11]

25 January
List of shipwrecks: 25 January 1914
ShipCountryDescription
Armenia  United Kingdom The cargo ship ran aground on Goeree, Zeeland, Netherlands. She was refloated on 30 January.[12]
San Antonio  Germany The sailing ship ran aground off the coast of Morocco. She was refloated, repaired, and returned to service.

27 January
List of shipwrecks: 27 January 1914
ShipCountryDescription
Restless  United Kingdom The schooner was run down and sunk in the Thames Estuary off Southend, Essex by the dredger Lord Desborough ( United Kingdom) with the loss of three of her seven crew.[13]
Sao Vicente Brazil The cargo ship sank.[14]

28 January
List of shipwrecks: 28 January 1914
ShipCountryDescription
Collier  United Kingdom The steamship was wrecked at Morte Point, Devon.[15]
Posidonia  United Kingdom The seagrass dredge departed Fremantle, Western Australia on this date for Port Pirie, South Australia. Assumed to have been lost in a storm in the vicinity of Cape Leeuwin, with all hands.[16][17]

30 January
List of shipwrecks: 30 January 1914
ShipCountryDescription
Monroe  United States The ocean liner collided with Nantucket ( United States) in the Atlantic Ocean 50 nautical miles (93 km) off the Delaware Capes and sank with the loss of 41 of the 140 people on board. Survivors were rescued by Nantucket.[18]

31 January
List of shipwrecks: 31 January 1914
ShipCountryDescription
Alice  United States The 29-net register ton motor halibut schooner was stranded on a rock and became a total loss in Sumner Strait off Cape Pole, Territory of Alaska, on Kosciusko Island in the Alexander Archipelago in Southeast Alaska. Her crew of 11 survived.[19]

Unknown date
List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1914
ShipCountryDescription
Jeanette  United States The dredger was destroyed by fire at St. Louis, Missouri.[20]

References
  1. "Wrecks, Casualties &c". The Times (40411). London. 3 January 1914. col B, p. 20.
  2. "The wreck of the Oklahoma". The Times (40413). London. 6 January 1914. col C, p. 6.
  3. njscuba.net Oklahoma
  4. "Historical List of Shipwrecks at Chesil Beach & from Bridport to Lyme Regis". Burton Bradstock Online. Retrieved 27 December 2014.
  5. "Numerous casualty reports". The Times (40419). London. 13 January 1914. col B, p. 12.
  6. alaskashipwreck.com Alaska Shipwrecks (K)
  7. "The Cobequid". The Times (40421). London. 15 January 1914. col C, p. 6.
  8. "Japanese steamer wrecked". The Times (40421). London. 15 January 1914. col C, p. 18.
  9. Gray, Randal, ed., Conway′s All the World′s Fighting Ships, 1906-1921, Annapolis, Maryland: Naval Institute Press, 1985, ISBN 9780851772455, p. 86.
  10. "Wrecks casualties &c". The Times (40424). London. 19 January 1914. col B, p. 19.
  11. "Grain steamer wrecked near Sagres". The Times (40427). London. 22 January 1914. col C, p. 18.
  12. "Casualty reports". The Times (40435). London. 31 January 1914. col C, p. 20.
  13. "Schooner sunk off Southend". The Times (40432). London. 28 January 1914. col B, p. 4.
  14. "Another rubber loss". The Times (40455). London. 24 February 1914. col C, p. 22.
  15. "Collier". Caledonian Maritime Heritage Trust. Retrieved 15 October 2019.
  16. "The Missing Posidonia". The Advertiser. Adelaide, SA. 5 March 1914. p. 14. Retrieved 9 October 2016.
  17. "Fears for an Italian steamer". The Times (40481). London. 26 March 1914. col C, p. 24.
  18. "Stricken Ship Turns Turtle After Receiving Blow Amidships" (PDF). New York Times. 31 January 1914. Retrieved 24 September 2012.
  19. alaskashipwreck.com Alaska Shipwrecks (A)
  20. "The Oklahoma disaster". The Times (40414). London. 7 January 1914. col C, p. 18.
Ship events in 1914
Ship launches: 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919
Ship commissionings: 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919
Ship decommissionings: 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919
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