List of shipwrecks in 1915

The list of shipwrecks in 1915 includes ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during 1915.

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May	Jun	Jul	Aug
Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
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References

January

Further information: List of shipwrecks in January 1915

February

Further information: List of shipwrecks in February 1915

March

Further information: List of shipwrecks in March 1915

April

Further information: List of shipwrecks in April 1915

May

Further information: List of shipwrecks in May 1915

June

Further information: list of shipwrecks in June 1915

July

Further information: List of shipwrecks in July 1915

August

Further information: List of shipwrecks in August 1915

September

Further information: List of shipwrecks in September 1915

October

Further information: List of shipwrecks in October 1915

November

Further information: List of shipwrecks in November 1915

December

Further information: List of shipwrecks in December 1915

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List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1915

Ship	State	Description
A. T. Gifford	United States	The whaler caught fire and sank off Coats Island, Northwest Territories, Canada in September or October 1915.
Advance	United Kingdom	The auxiliary schooner was wrecked in Wreck Bay, New South Wales, Australia.
Alexander Mackenzie	United States	The US Army Corps of Engineers dredge sank while under tow off the east coast. Five crew were killed.[1]
British Empire	United Kingdom	World War I: The cargo ship was scuttled at İzmir, Ottoman Empire.[2]
City of Adelaide	Australia	The wreck of SS City of Adelaide at low tide on 25 September 2004. The coal storage hulk, burned out by a 1912 fire, was wrecked at Cockle Bay, Magnetic Island, Queensland, Australia, while under tow from Townsville to Magnetic Island′s Picnic Bay.
HMS Collingwood	Royal Navy	World War I: The dummy battleship was beached in the Dardanelles. Subsequently shelled and consequently scrapped due to damage sustained.[3]
G. Thackle	United States	The motor vessel was wrecked on the southwest coast of Prince of Wales Island in the Alexander Archipelago in Southeast Alaska.[4]
Grubstake	United States	The motor vessel was wrecked at "Cala Reef" – probably California Rock (55°18′55″N 131°36′05″W) – in Southeast Alaska.[4]
Houston	United States	The US Army Corps of Engineers dredge capsized, probably off Galveston, Texas, in a major storm. Two crew were killed.[5]
Kapitan Belli	Russia	The incomplete Orfey-class destroyer was driven ashore near Cape Lisiy Nos. She was later refloated and towed to Leningrad. Subsequently completed and entered service with the Soviet Navy in 1928 as Karl Liebknecht.[6]
HMS Oruba	Royal Navy	World War I: The dummy battleship was scuttled as a breakwater at Mudros, Lemnos, Greece.[7]
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.
SM U-26	Imperial German Navy	The Type U 23 submarine was lost in the Baltic Sea in September or October 1915.
SM UB-3	Imperial German Navy	The Type UB 1 submarine sank in the Gulf of Izmir on or after 23 May.
SM UC-9	Imperial German Navy	The Type UC I submarine was lost on patrol between 20 October and 12 November with the loss of all fourteen crew.[8]

References

1. "The history of Dredging at the Port of Houston: ditching high and low to build a port" (PDF). westerndredging.org. Retrieved 25 March 2021.
2. "British Empire". The Yard. Retrieved 19 February 2017.
3. "Michigan". The Yard. Retrieved 19 February 2017.
4. alaskashipwreck.com Alaska Shipwrecks (G)
5. "The history of Dredging at the Port of Houston: ditching high and low to build a port" (PDF). westerndredging.org. Retrieved 25 March 2021.
6. Chernyshev, Alexander Alekseevich (2012). Погибли без боя. Катастрофы русских кораблей XVIII–XX вв [They died without a fight. Catastrophes of Russian ships of the XVIII-XX centuries] (in Russian). Veche.
7. "Royal Mail Steam Packet Company / Royal Mail Lines Limited". The Ships List. Retrieved 17 February 2013.
8. "UC 9". Uboat.net. Retrieved 21 November 2012.