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List of shipwrecks in 1914

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

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Losses in 1914 according to the U.S. Department of Commerce[a][1]
Flag Aban. Found. Fire Coll. Wreck[b] War Other Miss 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
  1. ^ Not including sailing vessels or those steam ships under 100 gross tons
  2. ^ Includes vessels lost after being stranded, striking rocks, sunken wrecks, etc.

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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] She was refloated, repaired, and returned to service.
Annie Perry  United States The fishing schooner was sunk in a collision with Surf in the harbor at 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) and landed at 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)) on the south coast of the 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).

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  1. ^ Department of Commerce, Bureau of Navigation (1919). Annual Report of the Commissioner of Navigation. US Government Printing Office.
  2. ^ 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
  3. ^ "Records of the T. A. Scott co". mysticseaport.org. 20 May 2016. Retrieved 29 March 2021.
  4. ^ "A steamer sunk". The Times. No. 40466. London. 9 March 1914. col E, p. 7.
  5. ^ alaskashipwreck.com Alaska Shipwrecks (G)
  6. ^ "The fleets at sea". The Times. No. 40668. London. 17 October 1914. col D-E, p. 5.
  7. ^ "Casualty reports". The Times. No. 40775. London. 11 February 1915. col C, p. 14.
  8. ^ "Fears for an Italian barque". The Times. No. 40473. London. 17 March 1914. col D, p. 24.
  9. ^ alaskashipwreck.com Alaska Shipwrecks (S)