List of shipwrecks in 1917: Difference between revisions

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 / 55.19444°N 133.07917°W / 55.19444; -133.07917 (Barren Islands)) 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.

References

^ "UK storms: World War One wreck revealed on beach". BBC News. 26 February 2014. Retrieved 26 February 2014.
^ alaskashipwreck.com Alaska Shipwrecks (C)
^ alaskashipwreck.com Alaska Shipwrecks (E)
^ alaskashipwreck.com Alaska Shipwrecks (H)
^ cimorelli.com Harriet G (brig)
^ portrenfrew.com Shipwrecks of Juan de Fuca
^ alaskashipwreck.com Alaska Shipwrecks (K)
^ alaskashipwreck.com Alaska Shipwrecks (M)
^ "Orthes". Clydeships. Retrieved 6 November 2019.
^ alaskashipwreck.com Alaska Shipwrecks (P)
^ alaskashipwreck.com Alaska Shipwrecks (R)
^ Hanssen, Kine (19 November 2014). "Fant forlist hvalbåt etter nesten 100 år". Bladet Tromsø (in Norwegian). Retrieved 20 November 2014.
^ alaskashipwreck.com Alaska Shipwrecks (S)
^ "Taurus". Uboat.net. Retrieved 19 October 2012.

[1] "UK storms: World War One wreck revealed on beach". BBC News. 26 February 2014. Retrieved 26 February 2014.

[alaskashipwrecksc-2] skashipwreck.com Alaska Shipwrecks (C)

[alaskashipwreckse-3] skashipwreck.com Alaska Shipwrecks (E)

[alaskashipwrecksh-4] skashipwreck.com Alaska Shipwrecks (H)

[5] relli.com Harriet G (brig)

[6] rtrenfrew.com Shipwrecks of Juan de Fuca

[alaskashipwrecksk-7] skashipwreck.com Alaska Shipwrecks (K)

[alaskashipwrecksm-8] skashipwreck.com Alaska Shipwrecks (M)

[Orthes-9] "Orthes". Clydeships. Retrieved 6 November 2019.

[alaskashipwrecksp-10] skashipwreck.com Alaska Shipwrecks (P)

[alaskashipwrecksr-11] skashipwreck.com Alaska Shipwrecks (R)

[12] Hanssen, Kine (19 November 2014). "Fant forlist hvalbåt etter nesten 100 år". Bladet Tromsø (in Norwegian). Retrieved 20 November 2014.

[alaskashipwreckss-13] skashipwreck.com Alaska Shipwrecks (S)

[Taurus-14] "Taurus". Uboat.net. Retrieved 19 October 2012.

[1]

[2]

[3]

[4]

[5]

[6]

[7]

[8]

[9]

[10]

[11]

[12]

[13]

[14]

@@ Line 1: / Line 1: @@
+{{Short description|none}}
-The '''list of shipwrecks in 1917''' includes some ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during 1917.
+The '''list of shipwrecks in 1917''' includes [[ship]]s sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during [[1917]].
+{{dynamic list}}
 {{shipwreck list toc |ud=y}}
 ==January==
 {{See|List of shipwrecks in January 1917}}
 ==February==
 {{See|List of shipwrecks in February 1917}}
 ==March==
 {{See|List of shipwrecks in March 1917}}
 ==April==
 {{See|List of shipwrecks in April 1917}}
 ==May==
 {{See|List of shipwrecks in May 1917}}
 ==June==
 {{See|List of shipwrecks in June 1917}}
 ==July==
 {{See|List of shipwrecks in July 1917}}
 ==August==
 {{See|List of shipwrecks in August 1917}}
 ==September==
 {{See|List of shipwrecks in September 1917}}
 ==October==
 {{See|List of shipwrecks in October 1917}}
 ==November==
 {{See|List of shipwrecks in November 1917}}
 ==December==
 {{See|List of shipwrecks in December 1917}}
 ==Unknown date==
@@ Line 65: / Line 55: @@
 |ship={{ship|SY|Aurora||2}}
 |flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}
-|desc=The ship was presumed to have been sunk by a [[naval mine|mine]] with the loss of all hands in the second half of 1917.
+|desc=The ship was presumed to have been sunk by a [[naval mine|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.
 }}
 {{shipwreck list item
 |ship={{SS|Belem||2}}
 |flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}
-|desc=The ship sank near [[Bude]], [[Cornwall]].<ref>{{cite web|title=UK storms: World War One wreck revealed on beach|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-26352355|publisher=BBC|accessdate=26 February 2014}}</ref>
+|desc=The ship sank near [[Bude]], [[Cornwall]].<ref>{{cite news|title=UK storms: World War One wreck revealed on beach|work=BBC News |date=26 February 2014 |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-26352355|access-date=26 February 2014}}</ref>
+}}
+{{shipwreck list item
+|ship=''Catherine''
+|flag={{flag|United States|1912}}
+|desc=The [[Steamship|steamer]] was reported lost at [[Ugashik, Alaska|Ugashik]], [[Territory of Alaska]].<ref name=alaskashipwrecksc>[https://alaskashipwreck.com/shipwrecks-a-z/alaska-shipwrecks-c/ alaskashipwreck.com Alaska Shipwrecks (C)]</ref>
 }}
 {{shipwreck list item
 |ship={{ship|French trawler|Dorade||2}}
 |flag={{navy|France}}
+|desc=The [[naval trawler]] was lost sometime in 1917.
-|desc=The naval trawler was lost sometime in 1917.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.navypedia.org/ships/france/fr_co_tl1.htm |title=Auxiliary Trawlers of WWI, Converted Merchant ships, French Navy (France) |publisher=Navypedia |accessdate=8 October 2018}}</ref>
+}}
+{{shipwreck list item
+|ship=''Harriet G''
+|flag={{flag|United States|1912}}
+|desc=During a voyage from [[Puget Sound]] to [[Hawaii]] with a cargo of [[lumber]], the 252-ton [[brig]] [[capsize]]d in the [[Pacific Ocean]] off [[Cape Flattery]], [[Washington (state)|Washington]]. The [[halibut]] [[schooner]] ''Sumner'' ({{flag|United States|1912}}) [[Marine salvage|salvaged]] ''Harriett G'', which was re-rigged as a three-[[Mast (ship)|masted]] schooner and placed back in service as ''Esther'' ({{flag|United States|1912}}).<ref name=alaskashipwreckse>[https://alaskashipwreck.com/shipwrecks-a-z/alaska-shipwrecks-e/ alaskashipwreck.com Alaska Shipwrecks (E)]</ref><ref name=alaskashipwrecksh>[https://alaskashipwreck.com/shipwrecks-a-z/alaska-shipwrecks-h/ alaskashipwreck.com Alaska Shipwrecks (H)]</ref><ref>[http://www.cimorelli.com/cgi-bin/magellanscripts/ship_dates_volume.asp?ShipName=Harriet cimorelli.com ''Harriet G'' (brig)]</ref><ref>[https://www.portrenfrew.com/wrecks.htm portrenfrew.com Shipwrecks of Juan de Fuca]</ref>
+}}
+{{shipwreck list item
+|ship=''Key West''
+|flag={{flag|United States|1912}}
+|desc=The vessel was lost in [[Unimak Pass]] in the [[Aleutian Islands]] near [[Scotch Cap Light|Scotch Cap]] on the southwest corner of [[Unimak Island]].<ref name=alaskashipwrecksk>[https://alaskashipwreck.com/shipwrecks-a-z/alaska-shipwrecks-k/ alaskashipwreck.com Alaska Shipwrecks (K)]</ref>
+}}
+{{shipwreck list item
+|ship=''Mary Sachs''
+|flag={{flag|United States|1912}}
+|desc=The 30-ton, {{convert|60|ft|m|1|adj=on}} twin-[[Propeller|screw]] [[schooner]] was wrecked on [[Banks Island]] near [[Cape Kellett]] off the coast of Canada′s [[Northwest Territories]].<ref name=alaskashipwrecksm>[https://alaskashipwreck.com/shipwrecks-a-z/alaska-shipwrecks-m/ alaskashipwreck.com Alaska Shipwrecks (M)]</ref>
 }}
 {{shipwreck list item
 |ship=''Orthes''
 |flag={{flag|Norway}}
-|desc=The [[barque]] was abandoned in the [[Atlantic Ocean]]. She subsequently foundered.<ref name=Orthes>{{cite web |url=http://www.clydesite.co.uk/clydebuilt/abandoned-ships/ORTHES_157.html|title=Orthes |publisher=Clydesite |accessdate=1 July 2016 }}</ref>
+|desc=The [[barque]] was abandoned in the [[Atlantic Ocean]]. She subsequently foundered.<ref name=Orthes>{{cite web |url=http://www.clydeships.co.uk/view.php?a1PageSize=50&ship_listPage=13&a1Order=Sorter_year_built&a1Dir=DESC&a1Page=523&ref=22346&vessel=ORTHES|title=Orthes |publisher=Clydeships |access-date=6 November 2019 }}</ref>
+}}
+{{shipwreck list item
+|ship=''Prince John''
+|flag={{flag|United States|1912}}
+|desc=The [[Steamship|steamer]] was lost in [[Wrangell Narrows]] in the [[Alexander Archipelago]] in [[Southeast Alaska]].<ref name=alaskashipwrecksp>[https://alaskashipwreck.com/shipwrecks-a-z/alaska-shipwrecks-p/ alaskashipwreck.com Alaska Shipwrecks (P)]</ref>
 }}
 {{shipwreck list item
@@ Line 90: / Line 105: @@
 |ship={{SS|Spes & Fides||2}}
 |flag={{flag|Norway}}
-|desc=The fishing steamer, a former [[Whaling ship|whaler]], suffered an engine malfunction and sank in a storm off [[Tromsø]], Norway. No lives were lost in the shipwreck. The wreck was located by divers at a depth of {{convert|20|m|ft|abbr=on}} in 2014, after a search initiated by [[Sandefjord Museum]].<ref>{{cite news |last=Hanssen |first=Kine |date=19 November 2014 |title=Fant forlist hvalbåt etter nesten 100 år |url=http://www.itromso.no/nyheter/article10365614.ece |newspaper=[[Bladet Tromsø]] |location= |accessdate=20 November 2014 |language=Norwegian }}</ref>
+|desc=The fishing steamer, a former [[Whaling ship|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 {{convert|20|m|ft|abbr=on}} in 2014, after a search initiated by [[Sandefjord Museum]].<ref>{{cite news |last=Hanssen |first=Kine |date=19 November 2014 |title=Fant forlist hvalbåt etter nesten 100 år |url=http://www.itromso.no/nyheter/article10365614.ece |newspaper=[[Bladet Tromsø]] |access-date=20 November 2014 |language=no }}</ref>
 }}
 {{shipwreck list item
@@ Line 100: / Line 115: @@
 |ship={{SS|Taurus|1883|2}}
 |flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}
-|desc=[[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.<ref name=Taurus>{{cite web |url=http://uboat.net/wwi/ships_hit/5920.html |title=Taurus |publisher=Uboat.net |accessdate=19 October 2012}}</ref>
+|desc=[[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.<ref name=Taurus>{{cite web |url=http://uboat.net/wwi/ships_hit/5920.html |title=Taurus |publisher=Uboat.net |access-date=19 October 2012}}</ref>
 }}
 {{shipwreck list item
@@ Line 113: / Line 128: @@
 {{WWI shipwrecks}}
 {{shipevents|1917}}
-{{dmy|date=December 2010}}
+{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2019}}
 [[Category:Lists of shipwrecks by year|1917]]
-[[Category:1917|Shipwrecks]]
 [[Category:Maritime incidents in 1917| ]]
 [[Category:1917-related lists|Ships]]

v t e Ship events in 1917
Ship launches	1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922
Ship commissionings	1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922
Ship decommissionings	1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922
Shipwrecks	1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922