Military Wiki
in: Pages containing cite templates with deprecated parameters, Dynamic lists, Articles incorporating text from Wikipedia,
and 3 more

List of shipwrecks in July 1914

Sign in to edit

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

This is an incomplete list, which may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by expanding it with reliably sourced entries.

Template:Calendar ToC

1 July[]

List of shipwrecks: 1 July 1914
Ship Country Description
Andrei Pervozvanny  Imperial Russian Navy The Andrei Pervozvanny-class battleship ran aground off Osmussaar. She was refloated, repaired and returned to service.
Unione  Kingdom of Italy The cargo ship ran aground on Lošinj, Austria-Hungary and sank. Her crew were rescued.[1]

7 July[]

List of shipwrecks: 7 July 1914
Ship Country Description
Calypso  French Navy The Laboeuf-class submarine collided with Mousqueton ( French Navy) and sank in the Mediterranean Sea off Toulon, Var. All 26 crew were rescued.[2]
Granfos  Norway The cargo ship ran aground on Mouse Island, Shetland Islands, United Kingdom.[3] She was refloated on 10 July.[4]
Template:SV  United States The sloop yacht went ashore at Fort Pond Bay, New York. Later refloated.[5]

8 July[]

List of shipwrecks: 8 July 1914
Ship Country Description
Tyne  United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland The schooner ran aground at Porthmadog, Caernarfonshire. She sank the next day.[6]

10 July[]

List of shipwrecks: 10 July 1914
Ship Country Description
New Jersey  United States The pilot ship was sunk in a collision with Manchioneal ( United States) at the east end of the Ambrose Channel. The crew were saved by Manchioneal.[7]
Newstead  United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland The cargo ship ran aground in the North Sea off Boulmer, Northumberland.[8] She was refloated on 15 July.[9]

11 July[]

List of shipwrecks: 11 July 1914
Ship Country Description
Template:SV  United States The schooner was sunk in a collision with Middlesex in thick fog near the Pollock Rip Lightship. Three crew were killed.[10]
Mendoza  Argentina The cargo liner ran aground at Punta Mogotes.[11] She was abandoned by her crew on 15 July and was declared a total loss.[9]
Precursore  United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland The ketch collided with William Balls in the North Sea and sank. Her crew were rescued.[4]

12 July[]

List of shipwrecks: 12 July 1914
Ship Country Description
"Lizzie Horan"  United States The Barge caught fire and sank off Bartletts Reef, near New London, Connecticut.[5]

13 July[]

List of shipwrecks: 13 July 1914
Ship Country Description
Vivid  United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland The brigantine collided with St. Ronald ( United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland) in the North Sea off the coast of Yorkshire and sank with the loss of three of her four crew.[12]

14 July[]

List of shipwrecks: 14 July 1914
Ship Country Description
Usania  Norway The cargo ship was destroyed by fire at Siglufjörður, Iceland.[13]

15 July[]

List of shipwrecks: 15 July 1914
Ship Country Description
Nymphea  United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland The bulk molasses carrier ran aground at Whinnyfold, Aberdeenshire and was a total loss.[9][14]

18 July[]

List of shipwrecks: 18 July 1914
Ship Country Description
Jeanne A. Pickels  United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland The schooner was driven ashore at Chance Harbour, Nova Scotia, Canada and was wrecked.[15]

19 July[]

List of shipwrecks: 19 July 1914
Ship Country Description
Cienfuegos  Cuba The cargo ship was wrecked at Scatarie Island, Nova Scotia, Canada.[16]
Clarence II Venner  United States The schooner was wrecked at Cape Sable, Nova Scotia,[16]
Harold C. Beecher  United States The schooner was wrecked at Scatarie Island.[16]
Ragna  Norway The cargo ship was wrecked near Louisbourg, Nova Scotia.[16][17]

23 July[]

List of shipwrecks: 23 July 1914
Ship Country Description
Berlin  German Empire The passenger ship collided with Ostsee ( German Empire) in the Swinemünde Haff and sank. All on board were rescued.[18]

27 July[]

List of shipwrecks: 27 July 1914
Ship Country Description
Yparraguirre  Spain The cargo ship was severely damaged by fire at Sevilla, Andalusia.[19]

29 July[]

List of shipwrecks: 29 July 1914
Ship Country Description
Paragon  United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland The cargo ship collided with Taygetos ( United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland) in the Irish Sea off Barry, Glamorgan and was beached.[20]

30 July[]

List of shipwrecks: 30 July 1914
Ship Country Description
Cedia  Russian Empire The schooner was abandoned in the Baltic Sea.[21]

31 July[]

List of shipwrecks: 31 July 1914
Ship Country Description
Buccaneer  United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland The cargo ship came ashore at Tamatave, Madagascar and was wrecked. Her crew survived.[22]
Framfjord  Norway The barque came ashore in Saldanha Bay, South Africa and was wrecked.[22]

Unknown date[]

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1914
Ship Country Description
Camrose  United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland The cargo ship ran aground on The Burlings, Portugal.[23] She was abandoned on 29 July as a total loss.[24]
Maltby  United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland The cargo ship was severely damaged by fire at Buenos Aires, Argentina.[23]

References[]

  1. ↑ "Casualty reports". 3 July 1914. p. 24. 
  2. ↑ "French submarine sunk". 8 July 1914. p. 8. 
  3. ↑ "The California almost uninsurable". 9 July 1914. p. 24. 
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 "Casualty reports". 13 July 1914. p. 22. 
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 "Records of the T. A. Scott co.". mysticseaport.org. https://research.mysticseaport.org/coll/coll001/. 
  6. ↑ "Casualty reports". 9 July 1914. p. 21. 
  7. ↑ "New vJersey (+1914)". Wrecksite. https://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?196791. 
  8. ↑ "Casualty reports". 11 July 1914. p. 21. 
  9. ↑ 9.0 9.1 9.2 "Another stranding in the fog". 16 July 1914. p. 18. 
  10. ↑ "Annual Report of the supervising Inspector of the United States Steam boat Inspection Service, June 30, 1915". Government Printing Office, Washington. https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015075042187&view=1up&seq=17. Retrieved 19 February 2021. 
  11. ↑ "Steamers stranded in fog". 13 July 1914. p. 22. 
  12. ↑ "Father and son drowned". 14 July 1914. p. 10. 
  13. ↑ "Casualty reports". 16 July 1914. p. 18. 
  14. ↑ "The wreck of the Nymphea". 17 July 1914. p. 23. 
  15. ↑ "Casualty reports". 21 July 1914. p. 24. 
  16. ↑ 16.0 16.1 16.2 16.3 "The wreck at The Burlings". 21 July 1914. p. 24. 
  17. ↑ "Casualty report". 20 July 1914. p. 19. 
  18. ↑ "Excursion steamer sunk". 24 July 1914. p. 7. 
  19. ↑ "Casualty reports". 28 July 1914. p. 22. 
  20. ↑ "Casualty reports". 30 July 1914. p. 15. 
  21. ↑ "High rate on the Beethoven". 31 July 1914. p. 20. 
  22. ↑ 22.0 22.1 "Casualty reports". 1 August 1914. p. 14. 
  23. ↑ 23.0 23.1 "Higher rate on the Camrose". 28 July 1914. p. 22. 
  24. ↑ "Camrose a total loss". 30 July 1914. p. 15. 
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
Shipwrecks: 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919
All or a portion of this article consists of text from Wikipedia, and is therefore Creative Commons Licensed under GFDL.
The original article can be found at List of shipwrecks in July 1914 and the edit history here.
Community content is available under CC-BY-SA unless otherwise noted.