The list of shipwrecks in December 1918 includes ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during December 1918.
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List of shipwrecks: 1 December 1918
Ship | State | Description |
Einswarden |
Imperial German Navy |
The Einswarden-class Vorpostenboot was sunk by mines in the German Bight. |
Sea Gull |
United Kingdom |
The tug, towing coal barge Margarida ( United Kingdom) from the Tyne for Boulogne, France, was stranded on the Goodwin Sands, off Kent, England, rolling over and becoming a wreck. The crew were rescued by the boat of Margarida, which had been kept from stranding.[1][2] |
Tours |
France |
The steamer was beached/wrecked on Gower Rocks in bad weather at the foot of the Pwlldu Head cliff, located near Swansea Wales, United Kingdom, and was abandoned. Refloated in July 1919 and towed to Swansea.[3][4] |
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List of shipwrecks: 3 December 1918
Ship | State | Description |
George H. Van Vleck |
United States |
The steamer foundered in the Detroit River near Ecorse, Michigan, obstructing the channel. Wreck removal work finished 5 April 1919.[6][7] |
Mineola |
United States |
The forward half of the steamer (she had been cut in two to facilitate passage through the Welland Canal) foundered in a severe snowstorm in Lake Ontario five miles (8.0 km) south of Duck Island. Lost with all 11 hands.[8] |
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List of shipwrecks: 7 December 1918
Ship | State | Description |
Gerisoles |
United States |
The cargo ship foundered in Lake Superior with the loss of all hands.[12] |
Inkerman |
United States |
The cargo ship foundered in Lake Superior with the loss of all hands.[12] |
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List of shipwrecks: 10 December 1918
Ship | State | Description |
Moto |
United Kingdom |
The cargo ship collided with a warship and sank in the North Sea 20 nautical miles (37 km) north of the mouth of the River Tyne. Her crew were rescued.[14] |
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List of shipwrecks: 16 December 1918
Ship | State | Description |
Nils |
Norway |
The cargo ship struck a submerged wreck at New York, United States and was beached.[16] |
Tacoma |
United States |
Out of service and anchored with no one on board in the harbor at Metlakatla in Southeast Alaska, the 11-ton, 35.7-foot (10.9 m) fishing vessel broke loose from her anchorage during a gale and drifted onto a reef in the harbor, where waves battered her to pieces.[19] |
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List of shipwrecks: 24 December 1918
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Aryan |
United States |
The barque burned in the Pacific Ocean 260 miles (420 km) east of the Chatham Islands. One lifeboat with her captain and 12 people reached Kaingaroa, Chatham Islands. The other lifeboat with nine crewmen never reached land.[21][22] |
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"Shipwreck on Goodwins". Evening Express. No. 12683. Aberdeen. 2 December 1918. p. 3. Retrieved 18 February 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.
"Loss of Life at Sea". Daily Record. No. 22427. Glasgow. 2 December 1918. p. 3. Retrieved 18 February 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.
"Tours". Wrecksite. Retrieved 20 August 2020.
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"Casualty reports". The Times. No. 41973. London. 14 December 1918. col F, p. 14.
"Trawler mined and sunk". The Times. No. 41974. London. 16 December 1918. col A, p. 8.
"Tenadores". history.navy.mil. Retrieved 21 April 2021.
"Merida". Uboat.net. Retrieved 17 October 2012.