List of shipwrecks in 1917
The list of shipwrecks in 1917 includes ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during 1917.
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| Ship | State | Description |
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| AG-13 | Imperial Russian Navy | The AG-class submarine sank accidentally. She was refloated, repaired, and returned to service as AG-16. |
| Ariel | United States | The schooner was wrecked off the Inubōsaki Lighthouse, Japan. |
| Aurora | United Kingdom | The ship was presumed to have been sunk by a mine with the loss of all hands in the second half of 1917. She was on a voyage from Sydney, New South Wales to Iquique, Chile. |
| Belem | United Kingdom | The ship sank near Bude, Cornwall.[1] |
| Catherine | United States | The steamer was reported lost at Ugashik, Territory of Alaska.[2] |
| Dorade | French Navy | The naval trawler was lost sometime in 1917. |
| Harriet G | United States | During a voyage from Puget Sound to Hawaii with a cargo of lumber, the 252-ton brig capsized in the Pacific Ocean off Cape Flattery, Washington. The halibut schooner Sumner ( United States) salvaged Harriett G, which was re-rigged as a three-masted schooner and placed back in service as Esther ( United States).[3][4][5][6] |
| Key West | United States | The vessel was lost in Unimak Pass in the Aleutian Islands near Scotch Cap on the southwest corner of Unimak Island.[7] |
| Mary Sachs | United States | The 30-ton, 60-foot (18.3 m) twin-screw schooner was wrecked on Banks Island near Cape Kellett off the coast of Canada′s Northwest Territories.[8] |
| Orthes | Norway | The barque was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. She subsequently foundered.[9] |
| Prince John | United States | The steamer was lost in Wrangell Narrows in the Alexander Archipelago in Southeast Alaska.[10] |
| Reuben L. Richardson | United States | The 92-net ton schooner was wrecked in Clarence Strait in the Alexander Archipelago in Southeast Alaska.[11] |
| Spes & Fides | Norway | The fishing steamer, a former whaler, suffered an engine malfunction and sank in a storm off Tromsø, Norway. There were no deaths in the shipwreck. The wreck was located by divers at a depth of 20 m (66 ft) in 2014, after a search initiated by Sandefjord Museum.[12] |
| Spokane | United States | The steamer became a total loss at Farallon Bay (55°11′40″N 133°04′45″W) off northeastern Dull Island in Southeast Alaska.[13] |
| Taurus | United Kingdom | World War I: The coaster struck a mine and sank in the North Sea east of the Shetland Islands with the loss of nine crew. This was either during July 1917 or August 1917.[14] |
| SM U-50 | Imperial German Navy | World War I: The Type U 43 submarine is believed to have struck a mine and sank in the North Sea off Terschelling, Friesland, Netherlands on or after 31 August. |
References
- "UK storms: World War One wreck revealed on beach". BBC News. 26 February 2014. Retrieved 26 February 2014.
- alaskashipwreck.com Alaska Shipwrecks (C)
- alaskashipwreck.com Alaska Shipwrecks (E)
- alaskashipwreck.com Alaska Shipwrecks (H)
- cimorelli.com Harriet G (brig)
- portrenfrew.com Shipwrecks of Juan de Fuca
- alaskashipwreck.com Alaska Shipwrecks (K)
- alaskashipwreck.com Alaska Shipwrecks (M)
- "Orthes". Clydeships. Retrieved 6 November 2019.
- alaskashipwreck.com Alaska Shipwrecks (P)
- alaskashipwreck.com Alaska Shipwrecks (R)
- Hanssen, Kine (19 November 2014). "Fant forlist hvalbåt etter nesten 100 år". Bladet Tromsø (in Norwegian). Retrieved 20 November 2014.
- alaskashipwreck.com Alaska Shipwrecks (S)
- "Taurus". Uboat.net. Retrieved 19 October 2012.
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