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The list of shipwrecks in 1912 includes ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during 1912.

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1912
Jan Feb Mar Apr
May Jun Jul Aug
Sep Oct Nov Dec
Unknown date

January[]

7 January[]

List of shipwrecks: 7 January 1912
Ship Country Description
Ayintab Ottoman Naval Flag Ottoman Navy Italo-Turkish War: Battle of Kunfuda Bay: The gunboat was destroyed in action with Italian warships near Al Qunfudhah, Ottoman Arabia.
Bafra Ottoman Naval Flag Ottoman Navy Italo-Turkish War: Battle of Kunfuda Bay: The gunboat was destroyed in action with Italian warships near Al Qunfudhah, Ottoman Arabia.
Gökcedag Ottoman Naval Flag Ottoman Navy Italo-Turkish War: Battle of Kunfuda Bay: The gunboat was destroyed in action with Italian warships near Al Qunfudhah, Ottoman Arabia.
Kastamonu Ottoman Naval Flag Ottoman Navy Italo-Turkish War: Battle of Kunfuda Bay: The gunboat was destroyed in action with Italian warships near Al Qunfudhah, Ottoman Arabia.
Muha Ottoman Naval Flag Ottoman Navy Italo-Turkish War: Battle of Kunfuda Bay: The gunboat was destroyed in action with Italian warships near Al Qunfudhah, Ottoman Arabia.
Ordu Ottoman Naval Flag Ottoman Navy Italo-Turkish War: Battle of Kunfuda Bay: The gunboat was destroyed in action with Italian warships near Al Qunfudhah, Ottoman Arabia.
Refahiye Ottoman Naval Flag Ottoman Navy Italo-Turkish War: Battle of Kunfuda Bay: The gunboat was destroyed in action with Italian warships near Al Qunfudhah, Ottoman Arabia.

23 January[]

List of shipwrecks: 23 January 1912
Ship Country Description
Calderon Civil Ensign of the United Kingdom United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Collided with Musketeer (Civil Ensign of the United Kingdom United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland) in the Crosby Channel. Beached but broke in two, a total loss.[1]

26 January[]

List of shipwrecks: 26 January 1912
Ship Country Description
Black Head Civil Ensign of the United Kingdom United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland The cargo ship was wrecked on the Tein Reef, off Bornholm, Denmark. She was on a voyage from Riga, Russia to Belfast, County Antrim.[2]

February[]

2 February[]

List of shipwrecks: 2 February 1912
Ship Country Description
HMS A3 Naval Ensign of the United Kingdom Royal Navy The A-class submarine was accidentally rammed and sunk by the submarine tender HMS Hazard (Naval Ensign of the United Kingdom Royal Navy) in the English Channel off the Isle of Wight with the loss of all hands. Subsequently refloated and sunk as a gunnery target.

4 February[]

List of shipwrecks: 4 February 1912
Ship Country Description
Consols Civil Ensign of the United Kingdom United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland British steamer laden with cotton from Galveston for Hamburg, caught fire and sank approximately 40 miles south of Cape Henry. All crew were rescued.[3]

12 February[]

List of shipwrecks: 12 February 1912
Ship Country Description
Maud Civil Ensign of the United Kingdom United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland The Fleetwood trawler drifted ashore at Kynance Cove, Cornwall, when her tow broke.[4]

17 February[]

List of shipwrecks: 17 February 1912
Ship Country Description
Charioteer Civil Ensign of the United Kingdom United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland The tug foundered in the Bristol Channel with the loss of all five crew.[5]

18 February[]

List of shipwrecks: 18 February 1912
Ship Country Description
Erne Civil Ensign of the United Kingdom United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland The full-rigged ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean with the loss of ten of her nineteen crew. She was on a voyage from Boston, Massachusetts, United States to Buenos Aires, Argentina.[6]

24 February[]

List of shipwrecks: 24 February 1912
Ship Country Description
Angora Ottoman Naval Flag Ottoman Navy Italo-Turkish War: Battle of Beirut: The torpedo boat was shelled and sunk in Beirut harbour by the cruisers Francesco Ferruccio and Giuseppe Garibaldi (both Flag of Italy (1861-1946) crowned Regia Marina).
Avnillâh Ottoman Naval Flag Ottoman Navy Italo-Turkish War: Battle of Beirut: The casemate corvette was shelled and sunk Beirut harbour by the cruisers Francesco Ferruccio and Giuseppe Garibaldi (both Flag of Italy (1861-1946) crowned Regia Marina).

29 February[]

List of shipwrecks: 29 February 1912
Ship Country Description
H. K. Bedford US flag 48 stars United States
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H. K. Bedford

The passenger steamer became caught in an ice floe and sank in the Ohio River 8 miles (13 km) upstream from Marietta, Ohio.

March[]

5 March[]

List of shipwrecks: 5 March 1912
Ship Country Description
Bessie Civil Ensign of the United Kingdom United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland The Truro registered three-masted schooner was forced to shelter in Newquay Bay, Cornwall in a strong north wind and drifted ashore when her anchor fouled. Two of the crew were saved by breeches buoy, the others clambered up the 100 ft (30 m) cliff on the cliff ladder. She was on a voyage from Ballincurragh, County Cork to Penryn.[7]
Illawarra Flag of Norway Norway The full-rigged ship was abandoned whilst on a voyage from Leith, Lothian, United Kingdom to Coquimbo, Chile.[8]

12 March[]

List of shipwrecks: 12 March 1912
Ship Country Description
Oceana Civil Ensign of the United Kingdom United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Sank after a collision with Pisagua (Flag of the German Empire German Empire) off Beachy Head, East Sussex.
Wendur Civil Ensign of the United Kingdom United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland The Glasgow sailing vessel struck the southern most rock of the Seven Stones Reef while carrying grain from Plymouth, Devon. Three of the twenty-one crew lost their lives. She held the record for the fastest voyage between Newcastle and Valparaiso.[9]

20 March[]

List of shipwrecks: 20 March 1912
Ship Country Description
Koombana Civil Ensign of Australia Australia The passenger, cargo, and mail steamer disappeared in a tropical cyclone in the Indian Ocean off the coast of Western Australia during a voyage from Port Hedland to Broome with the loss of all 150 people on board.

21 March[]

List of shipwrecks: 21 March 1912
Ship Country Description
City of Cardiff Civil Ensign of the United Kingdom United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Wrecked at Nanjizal on the west coast of Cornwall.[10] All on board were rescued.[11]

23 March[]

List of shipwrecks: 23 March 1912
Ship Country Description
Pollux Flag of Sweden Sweden Sunk in the Skaggerak, near Hanstholm in collision with German battleship Elsass

April[]

6 April[]

List of shipwrecks: 6 April 1912
Ship Country Description
Gunvor Flag of Norway Norway
StateLibQld 1 143651 Gunvor (ship)

Gunvor wrecked

Wrecked on the Pedn-Men-an-Mor rocks, Black Head, The Lizard, Cornwall, United Kingdom. Her crew scrambled to safety.[12][13]

Mildred Civil Ensign of the United Kingdom United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland The Barquentine struck rocks at Gurnard's Head, Cornwall in dense fog and sank with her sails set. No lives lost.[12]

7 April[]

List of shipwrecks: 7 April 1912
Ship Country Description
Rhenania Flag of the Netherlands Netherlands She was wrecked on Burhou Island, Channel Islands when on route from Rotterdam for Bilbao.[14][15]

15 April[]

List of shipwrecks: 15 April 1912
Ship Country Description
Cathcartpark Civil Ensign of the United Kingdom United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland The cargo ship ran aground and sank off Iona.[16]
RMS Titanic Government Ensign of the United Kingdom United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Stöwer Titanic (colourized)

RMS Titanic.

The Olympic-class ocean liner, the largest ship launched at the time, sank during her maiden voyage. A total of 1,514 lives were lost; 710 people survived.

May[]

12 May[]

List of shipwrecks: 12 May 1912
Ship Country Description
HMS A3 Naval Ensign of the United Kingdom Royal Navy The refloated wreck of the A-class submarine was sunk as a gunnery target in the English Channel near Portland Bill.

20 May[]

List of shipwrecks: 20 May 1912
Ship Country Description
USLHT Armeria Pennant of the United States Lighthouse Service United States Lighthouse Service Lighthouse tender was wrecked off of Cape Hinchinbrook Light, Alaska, while landing supplies.[17]

21 May[]

List of shipwrecks: 21 May 1912
Ship Country Description
Lord Lansdowne Civil Ensign of the United Kingdom United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland The cargo ship was wrecked on Cobbler's Reef, Barbados. She was on a voyage from Norfolk, Virginia, United States to Barbados.[18]

June[]

2 June[]

List of shipwrecks: 2 June 1912
Ship Country Description
Friendship Flag of New South Wales New South Wales
StateLibQld 1 109912 Friendship (ship)

Friendship aground in June 1912.

The cargo ship ran aground at Tweed Heads, New South Wales, Australia. She was refloated, repaired, and returned to service.

8 June[]

List of shipwrecks: 8 June 1912
Ship Country Description
Vendémiaire Civil and Naval Ensign of France French Navy A submarine, rammed near Cherbourg by the battleship Saint Louis (Civil and Naval Ensign of France French Navy) and sank with the loss of twenty-five sailors.

26 June[]

List of shipwrecks: 26 June 1912
Ship Country Description
Naniwa Naval Ensign of Japan Imperial Japanese Navy The Naniwa-class protected cruiser was wrecked on the coast of Uruppu in the Kurile Islands.

July[]

Unknown date[]

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1912
Ship Country Description
Transporter Civil Ensign of the United Kingdom United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland The North Shields ship in ballast from St Nazaire to the Tyne for coal went ashore in thick fog, to the south of Mousehole, Cornwall. The salvage steamer Lady of the Isles hauled her clear and she resumed her journey undamaged.[19]

August[]

8 August[]

List of shipwrecks: 8 August 1912
Ship Country Description
G W Wolff Civil Ensign of the United Kingdom United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland The full-rigged ship was wrecked on Prime Seal Island, Tasmania with the loss of her captain.[20]
HMS Holland 5 Naval Ensign of the United Kingdom Royal Navy The decommissioned Holland-class submarine sank in the English Channel off Beachy Head while under tow to the breaker's yard.

26 August[]

List of shipwrecks: 26 August 1912
Ship Country Description
Marnix Flag of Belgium (civil) Belgium Struck uncharted rocks at Umba, Russia (66°21′N 35°36′E / 66.35°N 35.6°E / 66.35; 35.6 (SS Marnix)) and wrecked.[21]

31 August[]

List of shipwrecks: 31 August 1912
Ship Country Description
Kursk Flag of Denmark Denmark Ran aground in a storm at Ouddorp, Netherlands. Thirty-two people killed.[22]

September[]

1 September[]

List of shipwrecks: 1 September 1912
Ship Country Description
HMS Waterwitch Naval Ensign of the United Kingdom Royal Navy
File:HMS Waterwitch (1892) wrecked.jpg

HMS Waterwitch

The British Admiralty survey vessel sank after she was rammed by the governor's launch while anchored in Singapore Harbour.

5 September[]

List of shipwrecks: 5 September 1912
Ship Country Description
Esperance Flag of France France The schooner capsized in the Bristol Channel. Her five crew and the ship's dog were rescued by the trawler Picton Castle (Civil Ensign of the United Kingdom United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland). Esperance was on a voyage from Boulogne, Pas-de-Calais to Swansea, Glamorgan, United Kingdom.[5]

28 September[]

List of shipwrecks: 28 September 1912
Ship Country Description
Kiche Maru Merchant flag of Japan (1870) Empire of Japan The steam passenger ship sank off the coast of Japan during a typhoon with over 1,000 dead.

October[]

4 October[]

List of shipwrecks: 4 October 1912
Ship Country Description
HMS B2 Naval Ensign of the United Kingdom Royal Navy The B-class submarine collided with the passenger liner Amerika (Flag of the German Empire Germany) while surfacing in the North Sea northeast of Dover, England, and sank with the loss of 14 of her crew of 15.

16 October[]

List of shipwrecks: 16 October 1912
Ship Country Description
Nicaragua US flag 48 stars United States
The wreck of S.S

The wreck of SS Nicaragua on Padre Island in June 1913.

The cargo ship was wrecked on Padre Island, Texas, during a storm in the Gulf of Mexico.
Ralph Creyke Civil Ensign of the United Kingdom United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland The Ouse Steamship Company passenger-cargo ship sank near Flushing after a collision with the steamer Viking (Flag of Denmark Denmark).[23]

31 October[]

List of shipwrecks: 31 October 1912
Ship Country Description
Feth-i Bülend Ottoman Naval Flag Ottoman Navy First Balkan War: The accommodation hulk was torpedoed and sunk in Thessaloniki harbour by a Greek torpedo boat. Seven crew members died in the sinking.

November[]

12 November[]

List of shipwrecks: 12 November 1912
Ship Country Description
Oravia Civil Ensign of the United Kingdom United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland The passenger ship ran aground off Port Stanley, Falkland Islands. She was abandoned on 16 November. Oravia was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Callao, Peru.[24]

23 November[]

List of shipwrecks: 23 November 1912
Ship Country Description
Rouse Simmons US flag 48 stars United States The three-masted schooner sank during a storm on Lake Michigan off Two Rivers, Wisconsin, with the loss of all hands.

28 November[]

List of shipwrecks: 28 November 1912
Ship Country Description
Friendship Flag of New South Wales New South Wales The cargo ship ran aground and sank at the entrance to the Tweed River at Tweed Heads, New South Wales, Australia. There were no injuries or fatalities among her crew.[25]

December[]

8 December[]

List of shipwrecks: 8 December 1912
Ship Country Description
Antonios Flag of Greece Kingdom of Greece The steamer was lost on rocks known as Old Bess, within the Isles of Scilly, United Kingdom. Her crew was lost and the wreck went unnoticed for three days when thousands of oranges were washed up on St Agnes along with wreckage.[9]

26 December[]

List of shipwrecks: 26 December 1912
Ship Country Description
Tripolitania Civil Ensign of the United Kingdom United Kingdom Wrecked on Loe Bar, near Porthleven, Cornwall in 100 mph winds. Nearly all the crew were saved but the ship was a total loss.[26]

30 December[]

List of shipwrecks: 30 December 1912
Ship Country Description
Vigilant Civil Ensign of the United Kingdom United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland The ship was driven ashore at Breaksea Point, Glamorgan. Her seven crew were rescued.[5]

Unknown date[]

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1912
Ship Country Description
City of Adelaide Civil Ensign of Australia Australia The coal storage hulk was burned out by a several-day-long fire at Townsville, Australia.
Fox Civil Ensign of the United Kingdom United Kingdom The steamer was wrecked on the coast of Greenland.
Pelayo Flag of Spain Spanish Navy The battleship was badly damaged in Fonduko Bay due to a navigational error.

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Ship events in 1912
Ship launches: 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917
Ship commissionings: 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917
Ship decommissionings: 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917
Shipwrecks: 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917
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