List of shipwrecks in 1912
- List of shipwrecks in 1912
The list of shipwrecks in 1912 includes all ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during 1912.
April
April 6
* "Gunvor" UK wrecked on Pedn-Mean-an-Mor rocks, crew scrambled to safety.[Citation| last = Leonard| first = Alan| title = Profiting from Shipwrecks| journal = Picture Postcard Annual| pages = pp14-16| year = 2008] ]* Barquentine "Mildred" UK struck rocks at Gurnard's Head in dense fog and sank with her sails set. No lives lost. 15 April
* RMS "Titanic" (UK): Largest ocean liner launched to date, sank during her maiden voyage. Over 1,500 lives lost; 705 survived.
eptember
September 1
*HMS "Waterwitch", British Admiralty survey vessel, rammed by the governor's launch while anchored in Singapore Harbour.
September 28
*SS Kichemaru, off the coast of Japan in a storm. Over 1,000 dead.
October
*SS "Nicaragua" - wrecked on Padre Island, Texas while traveling the Gulf of Mexico.
November
November 21
*"Endurance", Shackleton's ship of the British Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition caught in ice and finally sinks in the Weddell Sea.
References
See also
* List of shipwrecks
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