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[lower-alpha 1][1]
FlagAban.Found.FireColl.Wreck[lower-alpha 2]WarOtherMissTotal
UK1671743100119194
British Colonies12121711025
US51371118
Austro-Hungarian145
Danish14611
Dutch2259
French2271113
German1111213432
Italian11619
Japanese2611322
Norwegian54208138
Russian14712
Spanish212117
Swedish11378323
Europe, rest211610
C. and S. America1157
Other112
  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
ShipStateDescription
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]

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References

  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)
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