The list of shipwrecks in January 1914 includes ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during January 1914.
1 January
List of shipwrecks: 1 January 1914 Ship | State | Description |
John J. Fallon | United States | The schooner went ashore at the entrance to the harbor at Boston, Massachusetts. Refloated and returned to service.[1] |
2 January
List of shipwrecks: 2 January 1914 Ship | State | Description |
Nerok | Russia | The 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
List of shipwrecks: 3 January 1914 Ship | State | Description |
Helen | United States | The 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
List of shipwrecks: 4 January 1914 Ship | State | Description |
Oklahoma | United States | The 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 States | The 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
10 January
List of shipwrecks: 10 January 1914 Ship | State | Description |
Gina | Italy | The coaster sank at Bosa, Sardinia whilst discharging cargo.[9] |
11 January
List of shipwrecks: 11 January 1914 Ship | State | Description |
Karluk | Canada | Canadian 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
14 January
List of shipwrecks: 14 January 1914 Ship | State | Description |
Kenkon Maru XI | Japan | The cargo ship struck a rock at Harimoen Djawa and was wrecked. Her crew survived.[13] |
15 January
16 January
17 January
List of shipwrecks: 17 January 1914 Ship | State | Description |
Spring | Norway | The cargo ship collided with another vessel and sank in Heltefjord.[18] |
21 January
22 January
List of shipwrecks: 22 January 1914 Ship | State | Description |
Levi S. Andrews | United States | The 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
List of shipwrecks: 25 January 1914 Ship | State | Description |
Armenia | United Kingdom | The cargo ship ran aground on Goeree, Zeeland, Netherlands. She was refloated on 30 January.[22] |
San Antonio | Germany | The sailing ship ran aground off the coast of Morocco. She was refloated, repaired, and returned to service. |
26 January
27 January
28 January
30 January
List of shipwrecks: 30 January 1914 Ship | State | Description |
Monroe | United States | The 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
Unknown date
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