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List of shipwrecks in January 1914

The list of shipwrecks in January 1914 includes ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during January 1914.

This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by adding missing items with reliable sources.

1 January

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List of shipwrecks: 1 January 1914
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John J. Fallon  United StatesThe schooner went ashore at the entrance to the harbor at Boston, Massachusetts. Refloated and returned to service.[1]

2 January

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List of shipwrecks: 2 January 1914
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Nerok  RussiaThe cargo ship was driven ashore near Rønne, Denmark with the loss of all but two of her crew.[2] The vessel was built by Messrs Smith Dock Company Limited for Russia. One of the survivors was engineer John Joseph Hayes from South Bank, North Yorkshire, the other was an Imperial Russian Navy lieutenant named Bolimor.

3 January

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List of shipwrecks: 3 January 1914
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Helen  United StatesThe gasoline sloop stranded near Sunset Rock one mile (1.6 km) south of the Narragansett Pier Life Saving Station in strong wind and high seas. Her captain, the only one on board, was rescued by the United States Life Saving Service just before the ship was flung onto rocks and broke up.[3]

4 January

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List of shipwrecks: 4 January 1914
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Oklahoma  United StatesThe tanker on her return trip to Port Arthur, Texas, in ballast ran into a strong gale approximately 60 nautical miles (110 km; 69 mi) southeast of Cape May, New Jersey and broke in two with the loss of one passenger and 25 of her 38 crew. The steamer Bavaria (  Germany) rescued 8 survivors (39°07′N 73°45′W / 39.117°N 73.750°W / 39.117; -73.750). Oklahoma's after half sank on its own; the revenue cutter USRC Seneca ( United States Revenue Cutter Service) shelled and sank her capsized forward half with 15 shots from a 6-pounder gun 15 nautical miles (28 km; 17 mi) southeast of Fenwick Island Light, Delaware, and recovered the bodies of three crew members from one of Oklahoma's lifeboats.[4][5][6][7]
Thomas Winsmore  United StatesThe three-masted schooner ran aground on the Lookout Shoal in the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of North Carolina and was wrecked. Her crew were rescued by USRC Seminole ( United States Revenue Cutter Service).

7 January

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List of shipwrecks: 7 January 1914
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Cora  FranceThe schooner was driven ashore and wrecked on Chesil Beach, Dorset, United Kingdom.[8]

10 January

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List of shipwrecks: 10 January 1914
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Gina  ItalyThe coaster sank at Bosa, Sardinia whilst discharging cargo.[9]

11 January

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List of shipwrecks: 11 January 1914
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Karluk  CanadaCanadian Arctic Expedition: After becoming trapped in ice in the Beaufort Sea on 13 August 1913 in a failed attempt to reach Herschel Island, subsequently drifting westward with the ice through the Beaufort Sea and into the Chukchi Sea, and being holed by the ice on 10 January 1914 and beginning to flood, the brigantine sank in the Chukchi Sea near Herald Island. Except for 11 who died during the ordeal, all aboard hiked across the ice to Wrangel Island, where the motor schooner King & Winge (  United States) rescued them in September 1914.[10]

13 January

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List of shipwrecks: 13 January 1914
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Ajuricaba BrazilThe cargo ship foundered in the Amazon River at Manaus.[9]
Barge No. 788  United StatesThe barge went aground on shoals off Great Point, Nantucket Island, Massachusetts in fog and heavy seas after losing her towline to the tug Irvington (  United States). Her crew was rescued by the United States Life Saving Service. Later pulled off by the tug Seabright (  United States).[11]
Cobequid  United KingdomThe passenger ship ran aground in the Bay of Fundy 8 nautical miles (15 km) north east of Yarmouth, Nova Scotia, Canada. All on board were rescued.[12]

14 January

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List of shipwrecks: 14 January 1914
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Kenkon Maru XI  JapanThe cargo ship struck a rock at Harimoen Djawa and was wrecked. Her crew survived.[13]

15 January

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List of shipwrecks: 3 January 1914
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Greta  United StatesThe schooner was sunk in the western Nantucket Sound.[14]
John Paul  United StatesThe schooner went ashore and sank 4+1⁄5 miles (6.8 km) west of the Cross Rip Lightship ( United States Lighthouse Service) (41°27′N 70°23′W / 41.450°N 70.383°W / 41.450; -70.383).[15]
Pathfinder  United StatesThe pilot boat was wrecked on rocks at Point Diablo, California two miles (3.2 km) west of the Fort Point Life Saving Station in dense fog. Her crew left in her two boats and was rescued by the United States Life Saving Service at sea. The next day she broke up during salvage efforts.[16]

16 January

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List of shipwrecks: 16 January 1914
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HMS A7  Royal NavyThe A-class submarine dived into the mud and sank in Whitesand Bay, Cornwall, England, with the loss of all 11 crew.[17]

17 January

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List of shipwrecks: 17 January 1914
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Spring  NorwayThe cargo ship collided with another vessel and sank in Heltefjord.[18]

21 January

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List of shipwrecks: 21 January 1914
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Alexandra  United KingdomThe cargo ship ran aground in the Atlantic Ocean 3 nautical miles (5.6 km) off Sagres, Portugal and was wrecked. Her crew were rescued.[19]
Genr'l Adelbert Ames  United StatesThe schooner was wrecked one mile (1.6 km) east of the Monomoy Life-Saving Station in a gale, a total loss. Her crew was rescued by the United States Life Saving Service.[20]

22 January

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List of shipwrecks: 22 January 1914
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Levi S. Andrews  United StatesThe schooner was beached to prevent sinking near the north end of Parramore Island, Virginia, two miles (3.2 km) south east of the Wachapreague Life-Saving Station after becoming waterlogged due to a leak in rough weather. Her crew was rescued by the United States Life Saving Service. She was pulled off on 23 January just hours before a severe storm arrived.[21]

25 January

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List of shipwrecks: 25 January 1914
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Armenia  United KingdomThe cargo ship ran aground on Goeree, Zeeland, Netherlands. She was refloated on 30 January.[22]
San Antonio  GermanyThe sailing ship ran aground off the coast of Morocco. She was refloated, repaired, and returned to service.

26 January

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List of shipwrecks: 26 January 1914
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Hauto  United StatesThe barge sank in the East River at the foot of 135th Street, New York, New York.[23]

27 January

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List of shipwrecks: 27 January 1914
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Olive F. Hutchins  United StatesThe fishing schooner sank near Castle Island in the harbor of Boston, Massachusetts, after colliding with the George A. Hibbard.[23]
Restless  United KingdomThe schooner was run down and sunk in the Thames Estuary off Southend, Essex by the dredger Lord Desborough (  United Kingdom) with the loss of three of her seven crew.[24]
Sao Vicente BrazilThe cargo ship sank.[25]

28 January

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List of shipwrecks: 28 January 1914
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Collier  United KingdomThe steamship was wrecked at Morte Point, Devon.[26]
Posidonia  United KingdomThe seagrass dredge departed Fremantle, Western Australia on this date for Port Pirie, South Australia. Assumed to have been lost in a storm in the vicinity of Cape Leeuwin, with all hands.[27][28]

30 January

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List of shipwrecks: 30 January 1914
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Monroe  United StatesThe ocean liner collided with Nantucket (  United States) in the Atlantic Ocean 50 nautical miles (93 km) (37°37′N 75°14′W / 37.617°N 75.233°W / 37.617; -75.233) in 15 fathoms (90 ft; 27 m) of water off the Virginia Capes and sank with the loss of 19 passengers and 22 crew of the 140 people on board. Survivors were rescued by Nantucket. Wreck reduced to a clearance of 9 fathoms by USRC Onondaga ( ).[29][30][31]

31 January

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List of shipwrecks: 31 January 1914
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Alice  United StatesThe 29-net register ton motor halibut schooner was stranded on a rock and became a total loss in Sumner Strait off Cape Pole, Territory of Alaska, on Kosciusko Island in the Alexander Archipelago in Southeast Alaska. Her crew of 11 survived.[32]
Dinsdale  United StatesThe water boat was sunk in a collision in the main channel of upper New York Bay in 60 feet (18 m) of water. A large water pump was salvaged by the U.S. Survey boat Manisees (  United States).[33]
John Gilmore  United StatesThe schooner sank near Duck Island, Connecticut after her tow tug, Enterprise (  United States), suffered rudder failure. Later raised.[23]

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List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1914
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Jeanette  United StatesThe dredger was destroyed by fire at St. Louis, Missouri.[34]
John Paul  United StatesThe schooner sank in a gale between 12 and 15 January in Nantucket Sound in 10 fathoms (60 ft; 18 m) of water 4+1⁄2 miles (7.2 km) east south east of the Hedge Fence light vessel. The wreck was leveled to a clearance of 7 fathoms (42 ft; 13 m) by USRC Acushnet ( United States Revenue-Marine) starting on 17 January and finished on 1 February.[35]
Tapperheten  Swedish NavyThe Äran-class coastal defence ship ran aground on rocks near Stockholm. Refloated in July by blasting the rocks out from under her, repaired and returned to service by the end of 1915.[36]

References

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