List of shipwrecks in 1915

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

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January

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February

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March

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April

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May

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June

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July

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August

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September

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October

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November

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December

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|ship={{ship||A. T. Gifford|ship|2}}

|flag={{flag|United States|1912}}

|desc=The whaler caught fire and sank off Coats Island, Northwest Territories, Canada in September or October 1915.

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|ship={{ship||Advance|1903|2}}

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The auxiliary schooner was wrecked in Wreck Bay, New South Wales, Australia.

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|ship={{SS|Alexander Mackenzie||2}}

|flag={{flag|United States|1912}}

|desc=The US Army Corps of Engineers dredge sank while under tow off the east coast. Five crew were killed.{{cite web |url=https://www.westerndredging.org/phocadownload/Proceedings/2015/7a-1%20Vincent-Glahn-Raphaelson%20Dredge%20Houston%202015%20rer%20(2).pdf |title=The history of Dredging at the Port of Houston: ditching high and low to build a port |publisher=westerndredging.org |access-date=25 March 2021}}

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|ship={{SS|British Empire|1889|2}}

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=World War I: The cargo ship was scuttled at İzmir, Ottoman Empire.{{cite web |url=http://www.theyard.info/ships/ships.asp?entryid=214 |title=British Empire |publisher=The Yard |accessdate=19 February 2017}}

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|ship= {{SS|City of Adelaide|1863|2}}

|flag={{flag|Australia|civil}}

|desc=Image:Adelaide ship.jpgThe coal storage hulk, burned out by a 1912 fire, was wrecked at Cockle Bay, Magnetic Island, Queensland, Australia, while under tow from Townsville to Magnetic Island′s Picnic Bay.

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|ship=HMS Collingwood

|flag={{navy|UK}}

|desc=World War I: The dummy battleship was beached in the Dardanelles. Subsequently shelled and consequently scrapped due to damage sustained.{{cite web |url=http://www.theyard.info/ships/ships.asp?entryid=200 |title=Michigan |publisher=The Yard |accessdate=19 February 2017}}

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|ship=G. Thackle

|flag={{flag|United States|1912}}

|desc=The motor vessel was wrecked on the southwest coast of Prince of Wales Island in the Alexander Archipelago in Southeast Alaska.[https://alaskashipwreck.com/shipwrecks-a-z/alaska-shipwrecks-g/ alaskashipwreck.com Alaska Shipwrecks (G)]

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|ship=Grubstake

|flag={{flag|United States|1912}}

|desc=The motor vessel was wrecked at "Cala Reef" – probably California Rock ({{coord|55|18|55|N|131|36|05|W|name=California Rock}}) – in Southeast Alaska.[https://alaskashipwreck.com/shipwrecks-a-z/alaska-shipwrecks-g/ alaskashipwreck.com Alaska Shipwrecks (G)]

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|ship={{SS|Houston||2}}

|flag={{flag|United States|1912}}

|desc=The US Army Corps of Engineers dredge capsized, probably off Galveston, Texas, in a major storm. Two crew were killed.{{cite web |url=https://www.westerndredging.org/phocadownload/Proceedings/2015/7a-1%20Vincent-Glahn-Raphaelson%20Dredge%20Houston%202015%20rer%20(2).pdf |title=The history of Dredging at the Port of Houston: ditching high and low to build a port |publisher=westerndredging.org |access-date=25 March 2021}}

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|ship={{ship|Russian destroyer|Kapitan Belli||2}}

|flag={{flagcountry|Russian Empire}}

|desc=The incomplete {{sclass|Orfey|destroyer}} was driven ashore near Cape Lisiy Nos. She was later refloated and towed to Leningrad. Subsequently completed and entered service with the Soviet Navy in 1928 as Karl Liebknecht.{{Cite book |title=Погибли без боя. Катастрофы русских кораблей XVIII–XX вв. |trans-title=They died without a fight. Catastrophes of Russian ships of the XVIII-XX centuries |language=Russian |first=Alexander Alekseevich |last=Chernyshev |publisher=Veche |year=2012 |url=http://www.maxima-library.org/mob/b/389880?format=read }}

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|ship={{HMS|Oruba}}

|flag={{navy|UK}}

|desc=World War I: The dummy battleship was scuttled as a breakwater at Mudros, Lemnos, Greece.{{cite web |url=http://www.theshipslist.com/ships/lines/royalmail.shtml |title=Royal Mail Steam Packet Company / Royal Mail Lines Limited |publisher=The Ships List |accessdate=17 February 2013}}

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|ship={{ship||Senator|1863|2}}

|flag={{flag|United States|1912}}

|desc=The {{convert|138.8|ft|adj=on}} two-masted schooner was abandoned at Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin, due to age and her poor hull condition in either 1914 or 1915. Her wreck lies at {{coord|44|49.617|N|087|22.095|W|name=Senator}}.

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|ship={{SMU|U-26}}

|flag={{navy|German Empire}}

|desc=The Type U 23 submarine was lost in the Baltic Sea in September or October 1915.

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|ship={{SMU|UB-3}}

|flag={{navy|German Empire}}

|desc=The Type UB 1 submarine sank in the Gulf of Izmir on or after 23 May.

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|ship={{SMU|UC-9}}

|flag={{navy|German Empire}}

|desc=The Type UC I submarine was lost on patrol between 20 October and 12 November with the loss of all fourteen crew.{{cite web |url=http://uboat.net/wwi/boats/index.html?boat=UC+9 |title=UC 9 |publisher=Uboat.net |accessdate=21 November 2012}}

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