List of shipwrecks in January 1915

The list of shipwrecks in January 1915 includes some ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during January 1915.

January 1915
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

1 January

List of shipwrecks: 1 January 1915

Ship	Country	Description
HMS Formidable	Royal Navy	World War I: The Formidable-class battleship was torpedoed and sunk in the English Channel 20 nautical miles (37 km) off Start Point, Devon by SM U-24 ( Kaiserliche Marine) with the loss of 512 of her 780 crew. Seventy-one of the survivors were rescued by the fishing trawler Provident ( United Kingdom).
Mary Agnes	United Kingdom	The schooner was driven shore at Rosslare Strand, County Wexford. Her crew were rescued.[1]
Obidense	Norway	The cargo ship foundered in the North Sea on the Shipwash Sands. All 44 crew were rescued by the Harwich Lifeboat, a Royal Navy destroyer and a British collier.[2]
Otto	Russia	The three-masted schooner ran aground at Weymouth, Dorset United Kingdom and was declared a constructive total loss. She was rebuilt at Whitstable, Kent in 1918 and sold to a Belgian buyer.[3][1]

2 January

List of shipwrecks: 2 January 1915

Ship	Country	Description
Bjørgvin	Norway	The cargo ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean 60 nautical miles (110 km) north of Rockall, Inverness-shire, United Kingdom. Her crew were rescued by Brynhild (flag unknown).[4]
Jamaica	Norway	The cargo ship was driven ashore at Angeiras, Portugal with the loss of all hands.[4]
Maryetta	Norway	The barque foundered in the Atlantic Ocean 15 nautical miles (28 km) north west of Fair Isle, United Kingdom with the loss of eleven of her seventeen crew. [4]
Sunlight	United Kingdom	The steam barge collided with Snowdrop ( United Kingdom in the River Mersey at Liverpool, Lancashire and sank. Her crew were rescued by Snowdrop.[5]

4 January

List of shipwrecks: 4 January 1915

Ship	Country	Description
HMS C31	Royal Navy	World War I: The C-class submarine struck a mine in the North Sea off the coast of Belgium and sank with the loss of all sixteen crew.

6 January

List of shipwrecks: 6 January 1915

Ship	Country	Description
HMT The Banyers	Royal Navy	World War I: The naval trawler struck a mine and sank in the North Sea off Scarborough, Yorkshire with the loss of six of her crew.[6]

7 January

List of shipwrecks: 7 January 1915

Ship	Country	Description
SS Elfrida	United Kingdom	World War I: The cargo ship struck a mine and sank in the North Sea 2 nautical miles (3.7 km) east north east of Scarborough, Yorkshire.[7]

8 January

For the loss of the British cargo ship Hemisphere on this day, see the entry for 28 December 1914.

10 January

List of shipwrecks: 10 January 1915

Ship	Country	Description
Potaro	United Kingdom	World War I: The cargo ship was captured and scuttled in the Atlantic Ocean 560 nautical miles (1,040 km) east by north of Pernambucp, Brazil by SMS Kronprinz Wilhelm ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her 47 crew were taken as prisoners of war.[7][8]

12 January

List of shipwrecks: 12 January 1915

Ship	Country	Description
Nile	United Kingdom	The passenger ship struck the Howaro Rock and consequently foundered in the Inland Sea of Japan. All on board were rescued by Fukuku Maru ( Japan).[9]

13 January

List of shipwrecks: 13 January 1915

Ship	Country	Description
Amalia Scotto	Italy	The cargo ship was driven against the quayside in a gale at Naples and sank.[10]
HMS Roedean	Royal Navy	The auxiliary minesweeper was driven onto HMS Imperieuse ( Royal Navy) and sank off Hoy, Orkney Islands. The wreck was cleared 1953–56.[11]
HMS Viknor	Royal Navy	World War I: The auxiliary cruiser struck a mine in the Atlantic Ocean off Tory Island, County Donegal and sank with the loss of all 295 crew.
SM U-31	Kaiserliche Marine	World War I: The Type U 31 submarine struck a mine and sank in the North Sea off the east coast of the United Kingdom with the loss of all 31 crew.

14 January

List of shipwrecks: 14 January 1915

Ship	Country	Description
Highland Brae	United Kingdom	World War I: The cargo liner was captured and scuttled in the Atlantic Ocean 630 nautical miles (1,170 km) north east by east of Pernambuco, Brazil by SMS Kronprinz Wilhelm ( Kaiserliche Marine): Her passengers and crew were taken as prisoners of war.[7][8]
Wilfred M.	Canada	World War I: The schooner was captured and scuttled in the Atlantic Ocean 625 nautical miles (1,158 km) north east by east of Pernambuco by SMS Kronprinz Wilhelm ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew were taken as prisoners of war.[7][8]

15 January

List of shipwrecks: 15 January 1915

Ship	Country	Description
Saphir	French Navy	World War I: Gallipoli Campaign: The Émeraude-class submarine was sunk in the Dardanelles with the loss of fourteen of her 27 crew.[12]

16 January

List of shipwrecks: 16 January 1915

Ship	Country	Description
HMS Char	Royal Navy	The naval tug collided with Erivan ( Belgium) in the English Channel off Deal, Kent and sank with the loss of all fourteen crew.[13][14]
Motor	United Kingdom	The coaster foundered in the North Sea off the mouth of the River Tees with the loss of all hands.[13]

17 January

List of shipwrecks: 17 January 1915

Ship	Country	Description
George Royle	United Kingdom	The cargo ship foundered in the North Sea off Sheringham, Norfolk with the loss of thirteen of her eighteen crew. Survivors were rescued by HMS Glenprosen ( Royal Navy).[14]
Georgios	flag unknown	The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk at Sinope, Turkey by Royal Navy torpedo boats.[15]
Penarth	United Kingdom	The cargo ship foundered in the North Sea off Sheringham with the loss of 22 of her 27 crew. Survivors were rescued by HMS Glenprosen ( Royal Navy).[14][16]
Åhus	Sweden	The cargo ship sank after striking a mine off Rauma in the Baltic. Everyone onboard, eleven persons, perished. The explosion was witnessed from a distance by two other ships, but for fear of the minefield they could not come to the rescue. [17]

18 January

List of shipwrecks: 18 January 1915

Ship	Country	Description
HMS E10	Royal Navy	World War I: The E-class submarine sank in the North Sea.

21 January

List of shipwrecks: 21 January 1915

Ship	Country	Description
Durward	United Kingdom	World War I: The cargo ship was scuttled in the North Sea 22 nautical miles (41 km) north west of the Maas Lightship ( Netherlands) by SM U-19 ( Kaiserliche Marine). All 22 crew survived.[7][18][19]
SM U-7	Kaiserliche Marine	World War I: The Type U5 submarine was torpedoed and sunk in the North Sea off the coast of the Netherlands (53°43′N 6°02′E / 53.717°N 6.033°E) by SM U-22 ( Kaiserliche Marine with the loss of 24 of her 25 crew.[20]
Yeo	United Kingdom	The ketch departed Lydney, Gloucestershire for Barnstaple, Devon. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[21]
Drott	Sweden	World War I:The cargo ship, en route from Stockholm to Rauma, Finland, sank after striking a mine in the Baltic Sea. Five casualties, including the master. [22]

22 January

List of shipwrecks: 22 January 1915

Ship	Country	Description
Golden Oriole	United Kingdom	World War I: The trawler struck a mine and sank in the North Sea 37 nautical miles (69 km) east by north of Lowestoft, Suffolk[23]
Hetty	United Kingdom	The schooner was driven ashore at Goodwick, Pembrokeshire. Her crew were rescued.[24] She was refloated on 28 January.[25]
Hydro	United Kingdom	The cargo ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean off Rathlin Island, County Donegal with the loss of fourteen of her twenty crew. Four of the survivors were rescued by Mynegen ( United Kingdom). The others reached land in a lifeboat.[26]
Vauxhall	United Kingdom	The collier struck a submerged wreck and sank in the North Sea off Sheringham, Norfolk. All thirteen crew were rescued by a Royal Navy patrol vessel.[27]
Windsor	United Kingdom	World War I: The trawler struck a mine and sank in the North Sea 55 nautical miles (102 km) east of Spurn Point, Yorkshire.[23]

23 January

List of shipwrecks: 23 January 1915

Ship	Country	Description
Ben Cruachan	United Kingdom	World War I: The collier was scuttled in the Irish sea by SM U-21 ( Kaiserliche Marine).[28]
Kilcuan	United Kingdom	World War I: The ship was sunk in the Irish Sea by SM U-21 ( Kaiserliche Marine).[28]
Linda Blanche	United Kingdom	Linda Blanche. World War I: The ship was sunk in the Irish Sea by SM U-21 ( Kaiserliche Marine).[28]
Windsor	United Kingdom	World War I: The trawler caught a mine in her nets and was sunk in the North Sea when it exploded. Her crew were rescued by the trawler Bernicia ( United Kingdom).[29]

24 January

List of shipwrecks: 24 January 1915

Ship	Country	Description
SMS Blücher	Kaiserliche Marine	SMS Blücher. World War I: Battle of the Dogger Bank: The armoured cruiser was shelled and sunk in the North Sea by HMS Indomitable, HMS Lion, New Zealand, HMS Princess Royal and HMS Tiger (all  Royal Navy) with the loss of at least 747 of her 1,200-plus crew.
Loch Torridon	United Kingdom	The barque was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by Orduna ( United Kingdom). Loch Torridon subsequently foundered.[30]

25 January

List of shipwrecks: 25 January 1915

Ship	Country	Description
SMS Gazelle	Kaiserliche Marine	World War I: The Gazelle-class cruiser struck a mine and was damaged in the Baltic Sea off Cape Arkona, Rügen, Pomerania. She was not repaired and served as a hulk for the remainder of the war.

26 January

List of shipwrecks: 26 January 1915

Ship	Country	Description
HMS Britannia	Royal Navy	The King Edward VII-class battleship ran aground at Inchkeith in the Firth of Forth. She suffered considerable bottom damage, but was refloated after 36 hours and repaired.
Elizabeth Palmer	United States	The schooner collided with the cargo ship Washingtonian ( United States) and sank in the Atlantic Ocean off Fenwick Island, Delaware. Her crew was rescued by Washingtonian, which also subsequently foundered. All 52 people then aboard Washingtonian were rescued by Hamilton ( United States).
Washingtonian	United States	The cargo ship sank in the Atlantic Ocean off Fenwick Island, Delaware, after colliding with the schooner Elizabeth Palmer ( United States), which had already sunk. All 52 people aboard Washingtonian – her crew and the crew of Elizabeth Palmer, which she had rescued – were saved by Hamilton ( United States).

27 January

List of shipwrecks: 27 January 1915

Ship	Country	Description
Velingheli	United Kingdom	The schooner collided with Laertes ( United Kingdom) at Liverpool, Lancashire and sank. Her four crew were rescued.[31]
William P. Frye	United States	World War I: The cargo ship was captured in the Atlantic Ocean by SMS Prinz Eitel Friedrich ( Kaiserliche Marine). She was scuttled the next day. Her crew were taken on board Prinz Eitel Friedrich and released when she arrived at Newport News, Virginia, United States on 11 March.[32]

30 January

List of shipwrecks: 30 January 1915

Ship	Country	Description
Ben Cruachan	United Kingdom	World War I: The collier was scuttled in the Irish Sea 15 nautical miles (28 km) north west of the Morecambe Lighthouse, Lancashire (53°36′N 3°51′W / 53.600°N 3.850°W) by SM U-21 ( Kaiserliche Marine). All 23 crew were rescued by the fishing smack Margaret ( United Kingdom).[33][34][35]
Kilcoan	United Kingdom	World War I: The coaster was scuttled in the Irish Sea 18 nautical miles (33 km) north west of the Liverpool Bar Lightship ( United Kingdom) (53°54′N 3°46′W / 53.900°N 3.767°W by SM U-21 ( Kaiserliche Marine). All eleven of her crew were rescued by Gladys ( United Kingdom).[7][36][37]
Linda Blanche	United Kingdom	World War I: The cargo ship was scuttled in the Irish Sea 18 nautical miles (33 km) north west of the Liverpool Bar Lightship ( United Kingdom) (53°34′N 3°51′W / 53.567°N 3.850°W) by SM U-21 ( Kaiserliche Marine). All eleven crew were rescued by the fishing smack Niblick ( United Kingdom).[34][38]
Oriole	United Kingdom	World War I: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the English Channel 20 nautical miles (37 km) north west of Cap d'Antifer, Seine Maritime by SM U-20 ( Kaiserliche Marine) with the loss of all 21 crew.[39]
Perth	United Kingdom	The cargo ship sprang a leak in the North Sea and was beached on the Hert Sands off Tynemouth, Northumberland.[40]
Tokomaru	United Kingdom	World War I: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the English Channel 7 nautical miles (13 km) north west of the Le Havre Lightship ( France) by SM U-20 ( Kaiserliche Marine). All 58 crew were rescued by the trawler Semper ( France) and six French Navy torpedo boats.[7][41][42]
Svecia	Sweden	The cargo ship departed Liverpool, bound for Odense. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands, a total of 18. Swedish official War statistics puts the likely cause as having struck a mine. [43]

31 January

List of shipwrecks: 31 January 1915

Ship	Country	Description
Asama	Imperial Japanese Navy	The Asama-class armored cruiser ran aground on an uncharted rock at the entrance to the bay at Puerto San Bartolomé, Baja California, Mexico.[44] She eventually was refloated, repaired, and returned to service.
Ikaria	United Kingdom	World War I: The cargo ship was sunk in the English Channel 25 nautical miles (46 km) north west of Le Havre, Seine-Maritime, France by SM U-20 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.[45][46]

Unknown date

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1915

Ship	Country	Description
Ashdene	United Kingdom	The coaster departed from London for the River Tyne in early January. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[21]

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