List of shipwrecks in December 1918

The list of shipwrecks in December 1918 includes ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during December 1918.

December 1918
Mon	Tue	Wed	Thu	Fri	Sat	Sun
Unknown date				1	2	3
4	5	6	7	8	9	10
11	12	13	14	15	16	17
18	19	20	21	22	23	24
25	26	27	28	29	30	31

2 December

List of shipwrecks: 2 December 1918

Ship	Country	Description
Tours	France	The ship ran aground in Deepslade Bay. She was on a voyage from Saint-Nazaire, Loire-Atlantique to Swansea, Glamorgan, United Kingdom. Tours was refloated on 29 June 1919.[1]

5 December

List of shipwrecks: 5 December 1918

Ship	Country	Description
HMS Cassandra	Royal Navy	The C-class cruiser struck a mine and sank in the Gulf of Finland with the loss of ten of her 400 crew.

7 December

List of shipwrecks: 7 December 1918

Ship	Country	Description
Gerisoles	United States	The cargo ship foundered in Lake Superior with the loss of all hands.[2]
Inkerman	United States	The cargo ship foundered in Lake Superior with the loss of all hands.[2]

8 December

List of shipwrecks: 8 December 1918

Ship	Country	Description
Minola	United States	The cargo ship foundered in Lake Ontario.[2]
North West	United States	The cargo ship foundered in Lake Ontario.[2]

9 December

List of shipwrecks: 9 December 1918

Ship	Country	Description
Eva C.		Newfoundland: The schooner was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean (42°00′N 86°00′W / 42.000°N 86.000°W). Her crew were rescued.[3]

10 December

List of shipwrecks: 10 December 1918

Ship	Country	Description
Benito Juarez	United States	The cargo ship foundered in the Pacific Ocean off Molokai, Hawaii.[4]
Moto	United Kingdom	The cargo ship collided with a warship and sank in the North Sea 20 nautical miles (37 km) north of the mouth of the River Tyne. Her crew were rescued.[4]

12 December

List of shipwrecks: 12 December 1918

Ship	Country	Description
Helen Stewart	United Kingdom	The schooner was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean 12 nautical miles (22 km) north of Graciosa, Canary Islands, Spain. Her eight crew survived.[5]

13 December

List of shipwrecks: 13 December 1918

Ship	Country	Description
Rudmore	United Kingdom	The cargo ship collided with Crown of Galicia ( United Kingdom) and sank in the River Thames at Purfleet, Essex. Her crew were rescued.[6]

15 December

List of shipwrecks: 15 December 1918

Ship	Country	Description
Grecian Prince	United Kingdom	The trawler struck a mine and sank in the North Sea with the loss of six of her eight crew.[7]
Sehome	United States	The passenger ship collided with General Frisbie ( United States) and sank in San Francisco Bay with the loss of two of her crew.[3]

16 December

List of shipwrecks: 16 December 1918

Ship	Country	Description
Nils	Norway	The cargo ship struck a submerged wreck at New York, United States and was beached.[5]

17 December

List of shipwrecks: 17 December 1918

Ship	Country	Description
Margaret Ann	United Kingdom	The schooner was abandoned in the Irish Sea off the Crow Rock.[5]

27 December

List of shipwrecks: 27 December 1918

Ship	Country	Description
USS Teaser	United States Navy	The patrol vessel was destroyed by fire in Hampton Roads, Virginia.

28 December

List of shipwrecks: 28 December 1918

Ship	Country	Description
USS Tenadores	United States Navy	The cargo ship ran aground on the Île d'Yeu, Vendée, France. Salvage efforts were abandoned on 2 January 1919.

29 December

List of shipwrecks: 29 December 1918

Ship	Country	Description
Merida	United Kingdom	The cargo ship was wrecked in the English Channel off Le Touquet, Pas-de-Calais, France.[8]

Unknown date

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1918

Ship	Country	Description
U-3	United Kingdom	The Type U-3 submarine foundered while under tow.

References

1. Tovey, Ron. "A Chronology of Bristol Channel Shipwrecks" (PDF). Swansea Docks. Retrieved 22 December 2014.
2. "Casualty reports". The Times (41969). London. 10 December 1918. col C, p. 14.
3. "Casualty reports". The Times (41975). London. 17 December 1918. col D, p. 16.
4. "Casualty reports". The Times (41972). London. 13 December 1918. col E, p. 14.
5. "Casualty reports". The Times (41976). London. 18 December 1918. col D, p. 14.
6. "Casualty reports". The Times (41973). London. 14 December 1918. col F, p. 14.
7. "Trawler mined and sunk.". The Times (41974). London. 16 December 1918. col A, p. 8.
8. "Merida". Uboat.net. Retrieved 17 October 2012.

Ship events in 1918
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