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The list of shipwrecks in 1916 includes ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during 1916.
Ship | State | Description |
---|---|---|
Alioni Marceline | Belgium | World War I: The fishing vessel was sunk by enemy action in November or early December.[1] |
Brighton | Australia | The hulk was abandoned in Pindimar Bay, Port Stephens, New South Wales (32°40′12″S 152°07′29″E).[2] |
Edinburgh | United Kingdom | World War I: The barque was sunk in the Atlantic Ocean between Fernando de Noronha and the coast of Brazil by SMS Möwe ( Imperial German Navy some time between 17 January and 9 February.[3] |
Flamenco | United Kingdom | World War I: The cargo ship was sunk in the Atlantic Ocean between Fernando de Noronha and the coast of Brazil by SMS Möwe ( Imperial German Navy) between 17 January and 9 February.[3] |
Horace | United Kingdom | World War I: The cargo ship was sunk in the Atlantic Ocean between Fernando de Noronha and the coast of Brazil by SMS Möwe ( Imperial German Navy) between 17 January and 9 February.[3] |
RFA Innistrahull | Royal Navy | The Innis-class water carrier was lost during March or April 1916.[4] |
HMS Julnar | Royal Navy | World War I: Mesopotamian campaign: The paddle steamer was sunk by Ottoman guns on either the Tigris or Euphrates River. |
Luxembourg | Belgium | World War I: The cargo ship was sunk in the Atlantic Ocean between Fernando de Noronha and the coast of Brazil by SMS Möwe ( Imperial German Navy) between 17 January and 9 February.[3] |
Sadko | Russia | The icebreaker struck a rock and sank in Kandalaska Bay, White Sea. She was raised in 1933, repaired and returned to service.[5] |
Tac | United Kingdom | World War I: The trawler was sunk by enemy action in late November or early December. Her crew were rescued.[1] |
SM UB-7 | Imperial German Navy | World War I: The Type UB I submarine departed Varna, Romania on 27 September for a patrol in the Black Sea. Subsequently either struck a mine or bombed and sunk with the loss of all fifteen crew. |
SM UB-44 | Imperial German Navy | World War I: The Type UB II submarine was lost in the Gulf of Kotor whilst on patrol. |
Victorian | United Kingdom | World War I: The passenger ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Mediterranean Sea off Malta.[6] |
Volante | United States | While under tow by the motor tugs Gjoa and Penguin (both United States), the schooner's towline parted during a gale and she sank without loss of life in Chatham Strait in the Alexander Archipelago in Southeast Alaska.[7] |
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