List of shipwrecks in 1917
Appearance
The list of shipwrecks in 1917 includes some ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during 1917.
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Ship | State | Description |
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AG-13 | ![]() |
The AG-class submarine sank accidentally. She was refloated, repaired, and returned to service as AG-16. |
Ariel | ![]() |
The schooner was wrecked off the Inubōsaki Lighthouse, Japan. |
Aurora | ![]() |
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 | ![]() |
The ship sank near Bude, Cornwall.[1] |
Catherine | ![]() |
The steamer was reported lost at Ugashik, Territory of Alaska.[2] |
Dorade | ![]() |
The naval trawler was lost sometime in 1917.[3] |
Harriet G | ![]() |
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 (![]() ![]() |
Key West | ![]() |
The vessel was lost in Unimak Pass in the Aleutian Islands near Scotch Cap on the southwest croner of Unimak Island.[8] |
Mary Sachs | ![]() |
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.[9] |
Orthes | ![]() |
The barque was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. She subsequently foundered.[10] |
Prince John | ![]() |
The steamer was lost in Wrangell Narrows in the Alexander Archipelago in Southeast Alaska.[11] |
Reuben L. Richardson | ![]() |
The 92-net ton schooner was wrecked in Clarence Strait in the Alexander Archipelago in Southeast Alaska.[12] |
Spes & Fides | ![]() |
The fishing steamer, a former 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 20 m (66 ft) in 2014, after a search initiated by Sandefjord Museum.[13] |
Spokane | ![]() |
The steamer became a total loss at Farallon Bay (55°11′40″N 133°04′45″W / 55.19444°N 133.07917°W) off northeastern Dull Island in Southeast Alaska.[14] |
Taurus | ![]() |
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.[15] |
SM U-50 | ![]() |
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. Retrieved 26 February 2014.
- ^ alaskashipwreck.com Alaska Shipwrecks (C)
- ^ "Auxiliary Trawlers of WWI, Converted Merchant ships, French Navy (France)". Navypedia. Retrieved 8 October 2018.
- ^ 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". Clydesite. Retrieved 1 July 2016.
- ^ 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.