Draft:List of sunken ships in the 1910s

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There are many ships that were at one point sunken either by a torpedo, involved in a collision or scuttled by a group/company for varying factors. Each of these ships that had sunk are all listed by operator. These ships are listed by date and year within the 1910s.

List

Atlantic Transport Line

Image Name Build date Builder Date of sinking Cause of sinking Location Notes Refs.
SS Minnetonka 1901 Harland & Wolff, Belfast, Ireland January 30, 1918 Torpedoed by U-64 submarine Malta [1]
SS Sierra Blanca 1904

Cunard Line

Image Name Build date Builder Date of sinking Cause of sinking Location Notes Refs.
RMS Franconia July 23, 1910 Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson, Newcastle upon Tyne October 4, 1916 Sunk by a UB-47 195 mi (314 km; 314,000,000 mm; 314,000 m; 12,400,000 in; 31,400,000 cm) east of Malta [2]
RMS Lusitania August 17, 1904 – June 7, 1906 John Brown & Company, Clydebank, Glasgow, Scotland May 7, 1915 Torpedoed by an SM U-20 Celtic Sea, near Old Head of Kinsale, Ireland [3][note 1]
SS Lycia 1896 Sir Raylton Dixon & Co. Ltd., Middlesbrough, North Yorkshire, England February 11, 1917 Captured and sunk by bombs sent from an SM UC-65 St. George's Channel [4][5]
SS Thracia August 30, 1898 – November 1898 Sir Raylton Dixon & Co. Ltd., Middlesbrough, North Yorkshire, England March 27, 1917 Torpedoed by SM UC-69 Off the coast of France [6][7]
RMS Carpathia September 10, 1901 – February 1903 C.S. Swan & Hunter, Wallsend, England July 17, 1918 Torpedoed by a SM U-55 120 mi (190 km; 190,000,000 mm; 190,000 m; 19,000,000 cm) west of Fastnet, Ireland Nicknamed "Titanic's Hero" [8]

White Star Line

Vessel Wreck Name Build date Builder Date of sinking Cause of sinking Location Notes Refs.
RMS Titanic March 31, 1909–April 2, 1912 Harland & Wolff, Belfast, Ireland April 14th–15th, 1912 Striking an Iceberg North Atlantic Ocean [9][note 2]
HMHS Britannic November 31, 1911–December 12, 1915 Harland & Wolff, Belfast, Ireland November 21, 1916 Striking a sea mine Off the Island of Kea based at the Aegean Sea [10]
SS Vaderland/SS Southland 1900 John Brown & Company, Clydebank, Glasgow, Scotland June 4, 1917 Torpedoed by U-70 submarine 140 nautical miles (260 km) northwest of Tory Island off the Irish.
SS Delphic 1897 Harland & Wolff, Belfast, Ireland August 16, 1917 Torpedoed by UC-72 submarine Off Bishop Rock, Isles of Scilly [11]

Notes

  1. ^ See Sinking of the Lusitania
  2. ^ See Sinking of the Titanic

References

  1. ^ "Minnetonka". www.theyard.info. Retrieved 2024-07-05.
  2. ^ "The Lewiston Daily Sun". Maine: Sun Journal (Lewiston). 4 October 1916. p. 14. Retrieved 21 November 2014.
  3. ^ Preston, D (2003). Wilful Murder. The Sinking of the Lusitania. London : Black Swan. ISBN 978-0-552-99886-4.
  4. ^ "Lycia Cargo Ship (1896-1917)". www.wrecksite.eu. Retrieved 2024-06-07.
  5. ^ Cunard Liners. Cunard Line. pp. 81–82. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2024-07-08. Retrieved 2024-07-08.
  6. ^ Shipwrecks Of The Cunard Line. pp. 54–56.
  7. ^ Cunard Liners. Cunard Line. pp. 121–122. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2024-07-08. Retrieved 2024-07-08.
  8. ^ "RMS Carpathia (1903)". www.tynebuiltships.co.uk. Retrieved 2024-07-06.
  9. ^ "Titanic". www.theyard.info. Retrieved 2024-06-28.
  10. ^ "HMHS Britannic". www.theyard.info. Retrieved 2024-06-29.
  11. ^ "Delphic". www.theyard.info. Retrieved 2024-06-28.
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