List of shipwrecks in 1917

The list of shipwrecks in 1917 includes ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during 1917.

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January

Further information: List of shipwrecks in January 1917

February

Further information: List of shipwrecks in February 1917

March

Further information: List of shipwrecks in March 1917

April

Further information: List of shipwrecks in April 1917

May

Further information: List of shipwrecks in May 1917

June

Further information: List of shipwrecks in June 1917

July

Further information: List of shipwrecks in July 1917

August

Further information: List of shipwrecks in August 1917

September

Further information: List of shipwrecks in September 1917

October

Further information: List of shipwrecks in October 1917

November

Further information: List of shipwrecks in November 1917

December

Further information: List of shipwrecks in December 1917

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List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1917

Ship	State	Description
AG-13	Imperial Russian Navy	The AG-class submarine sank accidentally. She was refloated, repaired, and returned to service as AG-16.
Ariel	United States	The schooner was wrecked off the Inubōsaki Lighthouse, Japan.
Aurora	United Kingdom	The ship was presumed to have been sunk by a mine with the loss of all hands in the second half of 1917. She was on a voyage from Sydney, New South Wales to Iquique, Chile.
Belem	United Kingdom	The ship sank near Bude, Cornwall.[1]
Catherine	United States	The steamer was reported lost at Ugashik, Territory of Alaska.[2]
Dorade	French Navy	The naval trawler was lost sometime in 1917.
Harriet G	United States	During a voyage from Puget Sound to Hawaii with a cargo of lumber, the 252-ton brig capsized in the Pacific Ocean off Cape Flattery, Washington. The halibut schooner Sumner ( United States) salvaged Harriett G, which was re-rigged as a three-masted schooner and placed back in service as Esther ( United States).[3][4][5][6]
Key West	United States	The vessel was lost in Unimak Pass in the Aleutian Islands near Scotch Cap on the southwest corner of Unimak Island.[7]
Mary Sachs	United States	The 30-ton, 60-foot (18.3 m) twin-screw schooner was wrecked on Banks Island near Cape Kellett off the coast of Canada′s Northwest Territories.[8]
Orthes	Norway	The barque was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. She subsequently foundered.[9]
Prince John	United States	The steamer was lost in Wrangell Narrows in the Alexander Archipelago in Southeast Alaska.[10]
Reuben L. Richardson	United States	The 92-net ton schooner was wrecked in Clarence Strait in the Alexander Archipelago in Southeast Alaska.[11]
Spes & Fides	Norway	The fishing steamer, a former whaler, suffered an engine malfunction and sank in a storm off Tromsø, Norway. There were no deaths in the shipwreck. The wreck was located by divers at a depth of 20 m (66 ft) in 2014, after a search initiated by Sandefjord Museum.[12]
Spokane	United States	The steamer became a total loss at Farallon Bay (55°11′40″N 133°04′45″W) off northeastern Dull Island in Southeast Alaska.[13]
Taurus	United Kingdom	World War I: The coaster struck a mine and sank in the North Sea east of the Shetland Islands with the loss of nine crew. This was either during July 1917 or August 1917.[14]
SM U-50	Imperial German Navy	World War I: The Type U 43 submarine is believed to have struck a mine and sank in the North Sea off Terschelling, Friesland, Netherlands on or after 31 August.