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List of shipwrecks in 1918

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

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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

{{further|List of shipwrecks in August 1918}}

September

{{further|List of shipwrecks in September 1918}}

October

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November

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December

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|ship=Barge No. 739 and Barge No. 740

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

|desc= The barges sank off Black Point, Connecticut before 28 September.{{cite web |url=https://research.mysticseaport.org/coll/coll001/ |title=Records of the T. A. Scott co. |date=20 May 2016 |publisher=mysticseaport.org |access-date=26 April 2021}}

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|ship={{ship||Fairhaven|sternwheeler|2}}

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

|desc=File:Hulk Fairhaven at West Seattle.jpgFire destroyed the sternwheel passenger paddle steamer at her moorings in Seattle, Washington.

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|ship=Diana

|flag={{flagcountry|German Empire}}

|desc=The cargo ship was sunk off the coast of Norway following a boiler explosion in January or early February.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Imperial and Foreign news items. |date=4 February 1918 |page=5 |issue=41704 |column=E }}

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|ship={{SS|Dorothy Barrett||2}}

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

|desc=The tugboat was wrecked by ice in January–February at Richardson's Landing. Her machinery was salvaged in the Spring.{{cite web |url=https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=chi.103309030&view=1up&seq=296 |title=American Marine Engineer June, 1918 |publisher=National Marine Engineers Beneficial Association of the United States |via=Haithi Trust |access-date=19 September 2020}}

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|ship={{SS|Elisha||2}}

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

|desc=The tugboat was wrecked by ice in January–February. Raised and repaired.{{cite web |url=https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=chi.103309030&view=1up&seq=486 |title=American Marine Engineer October, 1918 |publisher=National Marine Engineers Beneficial Association of the United States |via=Haithi Trust |access-date=28 September 2020}}

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|ship={{SS|Hazel Watson||2}}

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

|desc=The tugboat was wrecked by ice in January–February.{{cite web |url=https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=chi.103309030&view=1up&seq=115 |title=American Marine Engineer March, 1918 |publisher=National Marine Engineers Beneficial Association of the United States |via=Haithi Trust |access-date=4 September 2020}}

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|ship={{SS|Isabella||2}}

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

|desc=The icebreaker was wrecked by ice in January–February.{{cite web |url=https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=chi.103309030&view=1up&seq=115 |title=American Marine Engineer March, 1918 |publisher=National Marine Engineers Beneficial Association of the United States |via=Haithi Trust |access-date=4 September 2020}}

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|ship=Kaisei Maru

|flag={{flagcountry|Empire of Japan}}

|desc=Impounded in Sealing Cove ({{coord|57|03|N|135|22|W|name=Sealing Cove}}) on the coast of Japonski Island in Sitka, Territory of Alaska, since 1909 or 1910 for illegal seal hunting, the ship sank ca. 1918 after becoming waterlogged.[https://alaskashipwreck.com/shipwrecks-a-z/alaska-shipwrecks-k/ alaskashipwreck.com Alaska Shipwrecks (K)]

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|ship=Norian

|flag=

|desc=The vessel ran aground on the mattress sill at the head of Pass a Loutre, Louisiana in fog. Refloated 18 days later.{{cite web |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ErpIAAAAMAAJ&dq=Ship%3A+US+Army+Barge+No.+739%2C+1918&pg=PA3278 |title=Annual report of the chief of Engineers, U.S. Army, Corps of Engineers Year ending June 30, 1919 |year=1919 |publisher=Government Printing Office, Washington |via=Googlebooks |access-date=14 August 2019}}

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|ship=Pastime

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

|desc=The wreck of the yacht was reported as an obstruction on 7 September in the Cheboygan River opposite the City Park, Cheboygan, Michigan and work to remove it was finished on 19 October.{{cite web |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ErpIAAAAMAAJ&dq=Ship%3A+US+Army+Barge+No.+739%2C+1918&pg=PA3278 |title=Annual report of the chief of Engineers, U.S. Army, Corps of Engineers Year ending June 30, 1919 |year=1919 |publisher=Government Printing Office, Washington |via=Googlebooks |access-date=26 April 2021}}

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|ship={{SS|Sénégamble||2}}

|flag={{flag|France}}

|desc=The ship collided with another vessel and sank in February or early March.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Shipping losses |date=5 March 1918 |page=3 |issue=41729 |column=A }}

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|ship={{ship||Success|prison ship|2}}

|flag={{flag|Australia|1908}}

|desc=The sailing vessel, a fake museum ship, supposedly of an earlier career as an Australian prison ship, was sunk by ice at Carrollton, Kentucky in January–February 1918, though some sources say 1917 or 1919.{{cite web |url=https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=chi.103309030&view=1up&seq=115 |title=American Marine Engineer March, 1918 |publisher=National Marine Engineers Beneficial Association of the United States |via=Haithi Trust |access-date=4 September 2020}}

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|ship={{SMU|UB-107}}

|flag={{navy|German Empire}}

|desc=World War I: The Type UB III submarine struck a mine and sank in the North Sea ({{coord|54|08|N|0|00|E}}) between 27 July and 3 August with the loss of all 38 crew.

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|ship={{SMU|UC-79}}

|flag={{navy|German Empire}}

|desc=World War I: The Type UC II submarine struck a mine and sank in the English Channel off Cap Gris Nez, Pas-de-Calais, France in late March or early April.

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|ship=Vulcan

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

|desc=The condemned and stripped US Army Corps of Engineers dipper dredge was disposed of by scuttling in the St. Louis, Missouri District.{{cite web |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ErpIAAAAMAAJ&dq=Ship%3A+US+Army+Barge+No.+739%2C+1918&pg=PA3278 |title=Annual report of the chief of Engineers, U.S. Army, Corps of Engineers Year ending June 30, 1919 |year=1919 |publisher=Government Printing Office, Washington |via=Googlebooks |access-date=14 August 2019}}

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|ship={{SS|Wabash||2}}

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

|desc=The tugboat was wrecked by ice in January–February.{{cite web |url=https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=chi.103309030&view=1up&seq=115 |title=American Marine Engineer March, 1918 |publisher=National Marine Engineers Beneficial Association of the United States |via=Haithi Trust |access-date=4 September 2020}}

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References

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See also

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