List of shipwrecks in 1914

List of shipwrecks in 1914

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

May

May 28

* RMS "Empress of Ireland" CAN: rammed by coal freighter "Storstad" NOR in the Gulf of St Lawrence.

September

September 22

* HMS "Aboukir", HMS "Cressy", HMS "Hogue" UK, all torpedoed by the same U Boat. Well over a thousand sailors between the three vessels lost.

October

October 20

**SS "Glitra" UK: Stopped by U-17, searched and sunk under prize rules, crew allowed to take to lifeboats.

October 27

* HMS "Audacious" UK: Sunk near Northern Ireland by a mine laid by the "Berlin"

See also

* List of shipwrecks


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