List of shipwrecks in November 1918

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

November 1918
Mon	Tue	Wed	Thu	Fri	Sat	Sun
		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	Unknown date

1 November

List of shipwrecks: 1 November 1918

Ship	Country	Description
Galiano	Canada	The cargo ship foundered in the Pacific Ocean off Triangle Island, British Columbia with the loss of all hands.[1]
Glena	Norway	The cargo ship foundered with the loss of all but two of her crew.[2]
Tasmania	United Kingdom	The schooner was wrecked with the loss of five of her six crew.[2]
SM U-72	Kaiserliche Marine	World War I: The Type UE I submarine was scuttled at Kotor, State of Slovenes, Croats and Serbs (42°30′N 18°41′E / 42.500°N 18.683°E).
SMS Viribus Unitis	Slovene, Croat and Serbian Navy	World War I: The Tegetthoff-class battleship was sunk at Pula by an Italian human torpedo.
Wien	State of Slovenes, Croats and Serbs	The ocean liner was mined and sunk at Pula by Regia Marina forces.[3]

2 November

List of shipwrecks: 2 November 1918

Ship	Country	Description
HMT Charles Hammond	Royal Navy	The naval trawler was lost in the North Sea on this date.[4]
Devonshire	United Kingdom	The ship was driven ashore east of swansea, Glamorgan. Her thirteen crew were rescued by the Mumbles Lifeboat.[5]
Douro	Portugal	The schooner foundered with the loss of all hands.[6]
Estrella	Brazil	The barque foundered in the Atlantic Ocean 16 nautical miles (30 km) off Camocim.[1]
Murcia	United Kingdom	World War I: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Mediterranean Sea 12 nautical miles (22 km) north of Port Said, Egypt (31°26′N 32°21′E / 31.433°N 32.350°E) by SM UC-74 ( Kaiserliche Marine) with the loss of a crew member.[7][8]
HMT Riparvo	Royal Navy	The naval trawler was lost in the Mediterranean Sea on this date.[9]
SMS S61	Kaiserliche Marine	World War I: The S49-class destroyer was scuttled in the Terneuzen Canal, Belgium.[10]
Surada	United Kingdom	World War I: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Mediterranean Sea off Port Said (31°34′N 32°21′E / 31.567°N 32.350°E) by SM UC-74 ( Kaiserliche Marine). Her crew survived.[8][11]
SMS V47	Kaiserliche Marine	World War I: The V43-class destroyer was scuttled in the Terneuzen Canal.[10]
SMS V67	Kaiserliche Marine	World War I: The V67-class destroyer was scuttled in the Terneuzen Canal.[10]
SMS V77	Kaiserliche Marine	World War I: The V67-class destroyer was scuttled in the Terneuzen Canal.[10]
SMS V69	Kaiserliche Marine	World War I: The V67-class destroyer was scuttled at Ghent, West Flanders, Belgium.[10]

3 November

List of shipwrecks: 3 November 1918

Ship	Country	Description
Devonshire	United Kingdom	The cargo ship was wrecked. Her crew were rescued by a lifeboat.[1]
Motala Ström	Sweden	World War I:The cargo ship disappeared with all hands in the North Sea, east of Shetland, after the convoy she was part of was scattered by adverse weather. Several explosions were heard, so the ship likely had struck a mine. 18 casualties.[12]

4 November

List of shipwrecks: 4 November 1918

Ship	Country	Description
Mimosa	Sweden	World War I:The cargo ship sank after a collision while in convoy from Tyne, destined for Gothenburg. The crew survived. [13]
HMS P12	Royal Navy	The P-class sloop collided with another vessel and sank in the English Channel (50°39′40″N 1°05′00″W / 50.66111°N 1.08333°W).[14]
War Roach	United Kingdom	World War I: The cargo ship struck a mine and was damaged in the Mediterranean Sea off Port Said, Egypt (31°19′N 29°48′E / 31.317°N 29.800°E). She was beached but was later refloated, repaired and returned to service.[15]

5 November

List of shipwrecks: 5 November 1918

Ship	Country	Description
HMS Campania	Royal Navy	HMS Campania The seaplane tender collided with HMS Royal Oak and then HMS Glorious (both  Royal Navy) in the Firth of Forth and sank. The wreck was cleared in 1923.
Epic	United Kingdom	The Admiralty tug was beached whilst attempting to refloat Lake Harris  United States at Penzance.[16]
Lake Harris	United States	World War I: The armed cargo ship was beached near Penzance railway station, Cornwall after a gunfight in the Atlantic Ocean off Land's End with a surfaced German submarine.[16]
Stavnos	Italy	World War I: The sailing vessel was sunk in the Mediterranean Sea off the coast of Egypt by SM UC-74 ( Kaiserliche Marine).[17]
Wallacut	United States	The schooner was driven ashore at Marshfield, Oregon and wrecked.[2]

6 November

List of shipwrecks: 6 November 1918

Ship	Country	Description
Bernisse	Netherlands	World War I: The cargo ship struck a mine and sank in the Baltic Sea off Öland, Sweden. She was later raised, repaired and returned to service.[18]
USS Jolly Roger	United States Navy	The patrol vessel was damaged beyond repair whilst being loaded aboard USS Kanawha ( United States Navy).

7 November

List of shipwrecks: 7 November 1918

Ship	Country	Description
Conster	United Kingdom	World War I: The fishing smack struck a mine and sank in the English Channel off Rye, East Sussex.[19]
Trebiskin	United Kingdom	The ketch was lost on the Mixon Shoal, in the Bristol Channel with the loss of all hands.[5]

9 November

List of shipwrecks: 9 November 1918

Ship	Country	Description
HMS Blazer	Royal Navy	The naval tug was lost on this date.[4]
HMS Britannia	Royal Navy	HMS Britannia World War I: The King Edward VII-class battleship was torpedoed and sunk in the Strait of Gibraltar by SM UB-50 ( Kaiserliche Marine) with the loss of 50 of her 762 crew.
Saetia	United States	World War I: The cargo ship struck a mine and sank in the Atlantic Ocean 25 nautical miles (46 km) off Ocean City, Maryland. Her crew survived.[20]

10 November

List of shipwrecks: 10 November 1918

Ship	Country	Description
HMS Ascot	Royal Navy	The World War I: The Racecourse-class minesweeper was torpedoed and sunk in the North Sea off the Farne Islands, Northumberland (55°38′N 1°30′W / 55.633°N 1.500°W) by SM UB-67 ( Kaiserliche Marine) with the loss of 51 of her crew.[21]
HMT Renarro	Royal Navy	The naval trawler struck a mine and sank in the Dardanelles with some loss of life.[22]
36PN	Regia Marina	World War I: The PN-class torpedo boat) struck a mine and sank in the Adriatic Sea off the Cape of Rodon, Albania.[10]

11 November

List of shipwrecks: 11 November 1918

Ship	Country	Description
SMS Feronia	Kaiserliche Marine	World War I: The depôt ship was scuttled at Antwerp, Belgium.[23]

13 November

List of shipwrecks: 13 November 1918

Ship	Country	Description
Carabinier	French Navy	The Spahi-class destroyer ran aground at Latakia, Syria. She was scuttled on 15 November.[24]

14 November

List of shipwrecks: 14 November 1918

Ship	Country	Description
HMS Cochrane	Royal Navy	The Duke of Edinburgh-class cruiser ran aground in the River Mersey. She later broke in two and was a total loss. The wreck was scrapped in situ in 1919.

15 November

List of shipwrecks: 15 November 1918

Ship	Country	Description
USS Elizabeth	United States Navy	The patrol vessel was wrecked in the Brazoz River, Freeport, Texas.

16 November

List of shipwrecks: 16 November 1918

Ship	Country	Description
Cesare Rossarol	Regia Marina	The scout cruiser struck a mine and sank in the Adriatic Sea off the Istrian Peninsula, State of Slovenes, Croats and Serbs.

18 November

List of shipwrecks: 18 November 1918

Ship	Country	Description
Stasia	France	The schooner caught fire at Shanghai, China and was scuttled to extinguish the fire.[25] Note however that the log of the gunboat HMS Gnat ( Royal Navy) records being called on to sink a burning ship by gunfire, in the International Dock Shanghai, on the 14th, so this is presumably the same incident.
SM U-165	Kaiserliche Marine	The Type U 93 submarine sank in the Weser (53°10′N 8°53′E / 53.167°N 8.883°E). She was raised on 21 February 1919 and subsequently scrapped.

20 November

List of shipwrecks: 20 November 1918

Ship	Country	Description
Per Brahe	Sweden	The ferry foundered in Lake Wetter with the loss of all on board.[26]

21 November

List of shipwrecks: 21 November 1918

Ship	Country	Description
SM U-97	Kaiserliche Marine	The Type U 93 submarine sank in the North Sea (52°25′N 3°10′E / 52.417°N 3.167°E).

22 November

List of shipwrecks: 22 November 1918

Ship	Country	Description
HMS G11	Royal Navy	The G-class submarine ran aground at Howick, Northumberland and was wrecked with the loss of two of her 31 crew.

24 November

List of shipwrecks: 24 November 1918

Ship	Country	Description
Cerisoles	French Navy	The Navarin class patrol ship foundered with all hands in a storm on Lake Superior.[27]
Inkermann	French Navy	The Navarin class patrol ship foundered with all hands in a storm on Lake Superior.[28]
Uranienborg	Denmark	The cargo ship struck a mine and sank in Aalbeck Bay with the loss of a crew member.[29]

26 November

List of shipwrecks: 26 November 1918

Ship	Country	Description
USS Bonita	United States Navy	The patrol vessel collided with the fishing schooner Russell ( United States) in the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Massachusetts and sank.
Nanset	Norway	The ship ran aground in Oxwich Bay in foggy weather. Her crew survived. She subsequently capsized and was a total loss.[5]

27 November

List of shipwrecks: 27 November 1918

Ship	Country	Description
City of Lahore	United Kingdom	The cargo ship caught fire and sank at New York, United States.[30]

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