List of shipwrecks in January 1915#30 January

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

1 January

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|ship={{HMS|Formidable|1898|6}}

|flag={{navy|United Kingdom}}

|desc=File:German U-Boat U-24 sinks the HMS Formidable New Year's Eve 1914-15.jpg World War I: The {{sclass|Formidable|battleship|2}} was torpedoed and sunk in the English Channel {{convert|20|nmi|km}} off Start Point, Devon by {{ship|SM|U-24}} ({{navy|German Empire}}) with the loss of 547 of her 780 crew. Seventy-one of the survivors were rescued by the fishing trawler Provident ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}).{{cite web |url=https://www.uboat.net/wwi/ships_hit/2233.html|title=HMS Formidable |work=uboat.net |accessdate=18 October 2019}}

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|ship={{ship||Mary Agnes|schooner|2}}

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

|desc=The schooner was driven ashore at Rosslare Strand, County Wexford. Her crew were rescued.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Casualty reports |date=2 January 1915 |page=12 |issue=40741 |column=D }}

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|ship={{SS|Obidense||2}}

|flag={{flag|Norway}}

|desc=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.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=More rain. |date=2 January 1915 |page=5 |issue=40741 |column=E }}

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|ship={{ship||Otto|schooner|2}}

|flag={{flagcountry|Russian Empire|1914}}

|desc=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. }}

2 January

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|ship={{SS|Bjørgvin|1891|2}}

|flag={{flag|Norway}}

|desc=The cargo ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean {{convert|60|nmi|km}} north of Rockall, Inverness-shire, United Kingdom. Her crew were rescued by {{SS|Brynhild||2}} (flag unknown).

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|ship={{SS|Jamaica|1892|2}}

|flag={{Flag|Norway}}

|desc=The cargo ship was driven ashore at Angeiras, Portugal with the loss of all hands.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Further Norwegian losses. |date=4 January 1915 |page=15 |issue=40742 |column=D }}

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|ship={{ship||Maryetta|barque|2}}

|flag={{flag|Norway}}

|desc=The barque foundered in the Atlantic Ocean {{convert|15|nmi|km}} north west of Fair Isle, United Kingdom with the loss of eleven of her seventeen crew.

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|ship=Sunlight

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

|desc=The steam barge collided with {{SS|Snowdrop||2}} ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}} in the River Mersey at Liverpool, Lancashire and sank. Her crew were rescued by Snowdrop.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Casualty reports |date=4 January 1915 |page=15 |issue=40742 |column=C }} }}

4 January

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|ship={{HMS|C31}}

|flag={{navy|United Kingdom}}

|desc=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.

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|ship={{SS|Rambler||2}}

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

|desc=The fishing steamer was driven ashore south of Brunswick, Georgia in a heavy gale and broke up. Six crew were killed.{{cite web |url=https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015075042187&view=1up&seq=17 |title=Annual Report of the supervising Inspector of the United States Steam boat Inspection Service, June 30, 1915 |publisher=Government Printing Office, Washington |via=Haithi Trust |accessdate=19 February 2021}}

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6 January

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|ship={{HMT|The Banyers}}

|flag={{navy|United Kingdom}}

|desc=World War I: The naval trawler struck a mine placed by the cruiser {{SMS|Kolberg}} ({{navy|German Empire}}) and sank in the North Sea off Scarborough, Yorkshire with the loss of six of her crew.{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?65661 |title=HMT The Banyers (FY450) [+1915] |publisher=Wrecksite |accessdate=3 February 2013}} }}

7 January

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|ship=Elfrida

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

|desc=World War I: The cargo ship struck a mine and sank in the North Sea {{convert|2|nmi|km}} east north east of Scarborough, Yorkshire.{{cite web |url=http://www.naval-history.net/WW1LossesBrMS1914-16.htm |title= British Merchant Ships Lost to Enemy Action Part 1 of 3 - Years 1914, 1915, 1916 in date order |publisher=Naval History |accessdate=21 January 2013}}

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|ship={{RMS|Thames||2}}

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

|desc=World War I: The Admiralty-requisitioned cargo ship was scuttled in Holm Sound, Scapa Flow, as a blockship. The stern and superstructure removed post World War I.{{cite web |url=http://www.scapaflowwrecks.com/wrecks/blockships/ss-thames.php |title=RMS Thames: block ship |publisher=Scapa flow Wrecks |accessdate=12 July 2019}}{{cite web |url=https://www.northlinkferries.co.uk/orkney-blog/wrecks-of-scapa-flow/ |title=wrecks of Scapa Flow |publisher=North Link Ferries |accessdate=29 March 2021}}

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8 January

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

12 January

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|ship={{SS|Nile|1908|2}}

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

|desc=The passenger ship struck the Howaro Rock and consequently foundered in the Inland Sea of Japan. All on board were rescued by {{SS|Fukuku Maru||2}} ({{flagcountry|Empire of Japan}}).{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=P. and O. liner sunk. |date=13 January 1915 |page=10 |issue=40750 |column=F }} }}

13 January

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|ship={{SS|Amalia Scotto||2}}

|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Italy|civil}}

|desc=The cargo ship was driven against the quayside in a gale at Naples, Italy, and sank.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Casualty reports |date=15 January 1915 |page=4 |issue=40752 |column=D }}

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|ship={{SS|Chignecto|1893|2}}

|flag={{Flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The passenger ship was wrecked on the Trinity Ledge, in the Bay of Fundy. All on board survived.{{cite web |url=http://www.theyard.info/ships/ships.asp?entryid=268 |title=Greek |publisher=The Yard |accessdate=19 February 2017}}

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|ship={{SS|Cobequid|1893|2}}

|flag={{Flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The passenger ship was wrecked on the Trinity Ledge, in the Bay of Fundy. All on board survived.{{cite web |url=http://www.theyard.info/ships/ships.asp?entryid=263 |title=Goth |publisher=The Yard |accessdate=19 February 2017}}

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|ship={{SS|Nomad||2}}

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

|desc= The steamer sank at Stonington, Connecticut after colliding with {{SS|Puritan|????|2}} (flag unknown).{{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=6 April 2021}}

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|ship={{HMS|Roedean}}

|flag={{navy|United Kingdom}}

|desc=The auxiliary minesweeper, a converted rail car ferry, was driven onto HMS Imperieuse ({{navy|United Kingdom}}) and sank off Hoy, Orkney Islands, or was sunk by a mine at the entrance to Hoxa Sound. The wreck was cleared 1953–1956.{{cite web |url=http://www.scapaflowwrecks.com/wrecks/other/roedean.php |title=HMS Roedean |publisher=Scapa Flow |accessdate=19 February 2013}}{{cite web |url=https://www.northlinkferries.co.uk/orkney-blog/wrecks-of-scapa-flow/ |title=wrecks of Scapa Flow |publisher=North Link Ferries |accessdate=29 March 2021}}{{cite web |url=https://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?10587 |title=Roedean (+1915) |publisher=Wrecksite |accessdate=29 March 2021}}

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|ship={{SV|Ruth||2}}

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

|desc= The schooner went ashore on White Beach, Waterford, Connecticut. Abandoned after cargo was salvaged.{{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=6 April 2021}}

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|ship=HMS Viknor

|flag={{navy|United Kingdom}}

|desc=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.

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|ship={{SMU|U-31|Germany|6}}

|flag={{navy|German Empire}}

|desc=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.

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14 January

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|ship={{SS|Highland Brae|1910|2}}

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

|desc=World War I: The cargo liner was captured and scuttled in the Atlantic Ocean {{convert|630|nmi|km}} north east by east of Pernambuco, Brazil by {{SMS|Kronprinz Wilhelm}} ({{navy|German Empire}}). Her passengers and crew were taken as prisoners of war.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=A German cruiser at work. |date=22 February 1915 |page=10 |issue=40784 |column=B }}

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|ship={{ship|German minesweeper|Sao Paulo|1896|2}}

|flag={{navy|German Empire}}

|desc=World War I: The minesweeper struck a mine in the North Sea west of Amrum Bank and sank.

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|ship={{ship||Wilfred M.|schooner|2}}

|flag={{flag|Canada|1868}}

|desc=World War I: The schooner was captured and scuttled in the Atlantic Ocean {{convert|625|nmi|km}} north east by east of Pernambuco by {{SMS|Kronprinz Wilhelm}} ({{navy|German Empire}}). Her crew were taken as prisoners of war.

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15 January

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|ship={{ship|French submarine|Saphir|1908|2}}

|flag={{navy|France}}

|desc=World War I: Gallipoli campaign: The {{sclass|Émeraude|submarine|2||1906}} was sunk in the Dardanelles with the loss of fourteen of her 27 crew.{{cite web|url=http://www.naval-history.net/WW1NavyFrench.htm |title=French Navy |publisher=Naval History |accessdate=21 February 2013}} }}

16 January

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|ship={{ship|HM Tug|Char}}

|flag={{navy|United Kingdom}}

|desc=The naval tug collided with {{SS|Erivan||2}} ({{flag|Belgium}}) in the English Channel off Deal, Kent and sank with the loss of all fourteen crew.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Loss of patrol boat. |date=18 January 1915 |page=5 |issue=40754 |column=B }}

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|ship={{SS|Motor||2}}

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

|desc=The coaster foundered in the North Sea off the mouth of the River Tees with the loss of all hands. }}

17 January

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|ship={{SS|Åhus|1890|2}}

|flag={{flag|Sweden}}

|desc=World War I: 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.Swedish Board of Trade: ”Svenska handelsflottans krigsförluster 1914-1920” (Swedish Merchant Marine War losses 1914-1920), Stockholm 1921, p 172-3

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|ship={{SS|George Royle||2}}

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

|desc=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}} ({{navy|United Kingdom}}).

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|ship={{SS|Georgios||2}}

|flag=flag unknown

|desc=World War I: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk at Sinope, Turkey by Royal Navy torpedo boats.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=The beaten Turk. |date=20 January 1915 |page=7 |issue=40756 |column=C }}

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|ship={{SS|Penarth||2}}

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

|desc=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}} ({{navy|United Kingdom}}).{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Two wrecks off Sheringham. |date=19 January 1915 |page=5 |issue=40755 |column=E }}{{cite web|url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?152477|title=SS Penarth (1915)|publisher=wrecksite.eu|accessdate=14 July 2016}}

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18 January

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|ship=Delhi

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

|desc=During a voyage from Craig to Wrangell, Territory of Alaska, with a crew of 27 and cargo of 7.5 tons of merchandise and empty oil drums aboard, the 986-gross register ton steamer was wrecked without loss of life on Straits Island Reef ({{coord|56|24|30|N|133|48|30|W|name=Straits Island Reef}}) in Southeast Alaska. During a storm on 5 February, she floated off the reef and several days later the motor vessel Takue ({{flag|United States|1912}}) discovered her and towed her to the north coast of Sumner Island ({{coord|56.4061|N|133.8025|W|name=Sumner Island}}), where she was beached. Her hull damage was so severe that she was deemed a total loss.[https://alaskashipwreck.com/shipwrecks-a-z/alaska-shipwrecks-d/ alaskashipwreck.com Alaska Shipwrecks (D)]

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|ship={{HMS|E10}}

|flag={{navy|United Kingdom}}

|desc=World War I: The E-class submarine sank in the North Sea.

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20 January

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|ship={{SV|Luella Nickerson||2}}

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

|desc= The schooner sank near the breakwater at Point Judith, Rhode Island. Later refloated.{{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=11 April 2021}}

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21 January

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|ship={{SS|Drott|1881|2}}

|flag={{flag|Sweden}}

|desc= 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.Swedish Board of Trade: ”Svenska handelsflottans krigsförluster 1914-1920” (Swedish Merchant Marine War losses 1914-1920), Stockholm 1921, p 173-4

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|ship={{SS|Durward|1895|2}}

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

|desc=World War I: The cargo ship was scuttled in the North Sea {{convert|22|nmi|km}} north west of the Maas Lightship ({{flag|Netherlands}}) by {{SMU|U-19|Germany|6}} ({{navy|German Empire}}). All 22 crew survived.{{cite web |url=http://uboat.net/wwi/ships_hit/1763.html |title=Durward |publisher=Uboat.net |accessdate=26 September 2012}}{{Cite newspaper The Times |title="Stop or I fire!" |date=23 January 1915 |page=8 |issue=40759 |column=E }}

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|ship= {{ship|Ottoman gunboat|Hizir Reis||2}}

|flag={{navy|Ottoman Empire}}

|desc=World War I: The Isa Reis-class gunboat was sunk by mines in the Bosporus. Salvaged, repaired and returned to service.

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|ship={{ship|SM|U-7|Germany|6}}

|flag={{navy|German Empire}}

|desc=World War I: The Type U5 submarine was torpedoed and sunk in the North Sea off the coast of the Netherlands ({{coord|53|43|N|6|02|E}}) by {{ship|SM|U-22|Germany|6}} ({{navy|German Empire}}) (friendly fire accident) with the loss of 24 of her 25 crew.{{cite web |url=http://uboat.net/wwi/boats/index.html?boat=7 |title=U 7 |publisher=Uboat.net |accessdate=23 September 2012}}

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|ship=Yeo

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

|desc=The ketch departed Lydney, Gloucestershire for Barnstaple, Devon. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.

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22 January

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|ship=Golden Oriole

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

|desc=World War I: The trawler struck a mine and sank in the North Sea {{convert|37|nmi|km}} east by north of Lowestoft, Suffolk{{cite web |url=http://www.naval-history.net/WW1LossesBrFV1914-16.htm |title=British Fishing Vessels Lost to Enemy Action Part 1 of 2 - Years 1914, 1915, 1916 in date order |publisher=Naval History |accessdate=27 January 2013}}

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|ship={{ship||Hetty|schooner|2}}

|flag={{Flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The schooner was driven ashore at Goodwick, Pembrokeshire. Her crew were rescued.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Casualty reports |date=23 January 1915 |page=12 |issue=40759 |column=F }} She was refloated on 28 January.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Casualty reports |date=30 January 1915 |page=15 |issue=40765 |column=C }}

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|ship={{SS|Hydro||2}}

|flag={{Flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=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 {{SS|Mynegen||2}} ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}). The others reached land in a lifeboat.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Casualty reports |date=25 January 1915 |page=5 |issue=40760 |column=C }}

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|ship={{SS|Vauxhall|1878|2}}

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

|desc=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.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=London steam collier sunk |date=23 January 1915 |page=4 |issue=40759 |column=B }}

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|ship=Windsor

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

|desc=World War I: The trawler struck a mine and sank in the North Sea {{convert|55|nmi|km}} east of Spurn Point, Yorkshire. }}

23 January

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|ship=Windsor

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

|desc=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 ({{Flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}).{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Mine in a trawl. |date=25 January 1915 |page=5 |issue=40760 |column=E }} }}

24 January

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|ship={{SMS|Blücher}}

|flag={{navy|German Empire}}

|desc=File:Bluecher sinkend.jpg

World War I: Battle of the Dogger Bank: The armoured cruiser was shelled and sunk in the North Sea by {{HMS|Indomitable|1907|6}}, {{HMS|Lion|1910|6}}, {{HMS|New Zealand|1911|2}}, {{HMS|Princess Royal}} and {{HMS|Tiger|1913|6}} (all {{navy|United Kingdom}}) with the loss of at least 747 of her 1,200-plus crew. }}

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|ship=Loch Torridon

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

|desc=The barque was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by {{SS|Orduna||2}} ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}). Loch Torridon subsequently foundered.{{cite web |url=http://www.clydesite.co.uk/clydebuilt/abandoned-ships/LOCH_TORRIDON_303.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150316003549/http://www.clydesite.co.uk/clydebuilt/abandoned-ships/LOCH_TORRIDON_303.html|url-status=usurped|archive-date=16 March 2015|title=LOCH TORRIDON |publisher=Clydesite |accessdate=1 July 2016 }}

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25 January

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|ship={{SMS|Gazelle}}

|flag={{navy|German Empire}}

|desc=World War I: The {{sclass|Gazelle|cruiser|2}} 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

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|ship={{HMS|Britannia|1904|6}}

|flag={{navy|United Kingdom|1915}}

|desc=The {{sclass|King Edward VII|battleship}} ran aground at Inchkeith in the Firth of Forth. She suffered considerable bottom damage, but was refloated after 36 hours and repaired.

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|ship={{ship||Elizabeth Palmer|schooner|2}}

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

|desc=The schooner collided with {{SS|Washingtonian|1913|2}} ({{flag|United States|1912}}) and became waterlogged in the Atlantic Ocean off Fenwick Island, Delaware. She was taken under tow by USCGC Mohawk but capsized and sank on 29 January off the Delaware breakwater. The wreck was blown up in February 1915. Her crew were rescued by Washingtonian, which subsequently foundered. All 52 people then aboard Washingtonian were rescued by {{SS|Hamilton||2}} ({{flag|United States|1912}}).{{cite web |url=https://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?20007 |title=Elizabeth Palmer (+1915) |publisher=Wrecksite |accessdate=5 November 2020}}

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|ship={{SS|Washingtonian|1913|2}}

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

|desc=The cargo ship sank in the Atlantic Ocean off Fenwick Island, Delaware, after colliding with the schooner {{ship||Elizabeth Palmer|schooner|2}} ({{flag|United States|1912}}) in a storm. One crewman was killed, 52 people aboard Washingtonian – her crew and the rescued crew of Elizabeth Palmer, were saved by {{SS|Hamilton||2}} ({{flag|United States|1912}}).{{cite web |url=https://cdnc.ucr.edu/cgi-bin/cdnc?a=d&d=LAH19150126.2.39&e=-------en--20--1--txt-txIN--------1 |title=Los Angeles Herald, Volume XLI, Number 74, 26 January 1915 Schooner hits L.A. steamer and both sink |publisher=UCR center for biographical studies and research California Digital Newspaper Collection |accessdate=5 November 2020}}{{cite web |url=https://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?20021 |title=Washingtonian (+1915) |publisher=Wrecksite |accessdate=5 November 2020}}

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27 January

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|ship={{ship||Velingheli|schooner|2}}

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

|desc=The schooner collided with {{SS|Laertes||2}} ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}) at Liverpool, Lancashire and sank. Her four crew were rescued.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Casualty reports |date=28 January 1915 |page=15 |issue=40763 |column=D }}

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|ship={{Ship||William P. Frye|1901|2}}

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

|desc=World War I: The sailing ship was captured in the Atlantic Ocean by {{SMS|Prinz Eitel Friedrich}} ({{navy|German Empire}}). 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.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Eitel Friedrich in U.S. port. |date=12 March 1915 |page=9 |issue=40800 |column=C }}

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29 January

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|ship={{SS|Watuppa||2}}

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

|desc= The tug struck a rock and sank in the Cape Cod Canal near Bournedale, Massachusetts.{{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=11 April 2021}}

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30 January

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|ship={{SS|Ben Cruachan||2}}

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

|desc=World War I: The collier was scuttled in the Irish Sea by {{SMU|U-21|Germany|6}} ({{navy|German Empire}}).All crew survived.{{cite book |last=Gray |first=Edwyn A. |title=The U-Boat War: 1914–1918 |year=1994 |publisher=L. Cooper |location=London |pages=78–79|isbn=0-85052-405-9}}

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|ship=Ikaria

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

|desc=World War I: The ship was sunk in {{convert|25|mi}} northwest of Le Havre, France by {{SMU|U-20|Germany|6}} ({{navy|German Empire}}). All crew survived.

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|ship={{SS|Kilcuan||2}}

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

|desc=World War I: The ship was sunk in the Irish Sea by {{SMU|U-21|Germany|6}} ({{navy|German Empire}}).All crew survived

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|ship={{SS|Linda Blanche||2}}

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

|desc=File:Willy Stöwer - Sinking of the Linda Blanche out of Liverpool.jpg)]]

World War I: The ship was sunk in the Irish Sea by {{SMU|U-21|Germany|6}} ({{navy|German Empire}}).All crew survived

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|ship= {{ship|Ottoman gunboat|Nevsehir||2}}

|flag={{navy|Ottoman Empire}}

|desc=World War I: The Taskopru-class gunboat was mined in the Bosporus.

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|ship={{SS|Oriole|1914|2}}

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

|desc=World War I: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the English Channel {{convert|20|nmi|km}} north west of Cap d'Antifer, Seine Maritime by {{SMU|U-20|Germany|6}} ({{navy|German Empire}}) with the loss of all 21 crew.{{cite web |url=http://uboat.net/wwi/ships_hit/4579.html |title=Oriole |publisher=Uboat.net |accessdate=27 September 2012}}

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|ship={{SS|Perth||2}}

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

|desc=The cargo ship sprang a leak in the North Sea and was beached on the Hert Sands off Tynemouth, Northumberland.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Casualty reports |date=1 February 1915 |page=14 |issue=40766 |column=B }}

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|ship={{SS|Svecia|1889|2}}

|flag={{flag|Sweden}}

|desc=World War I: 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.Swedish Board of Trade: ”Svenska handelsflottans krigsförluster 1914-1920” (Swedish Merchant Marine War losses 1914-1920), Stockholm 1921, p 173-4

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|ship={{SS|Tokomaru|1893|2}}

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

|desc=World War I: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the English Channel {{convert|7|nmi|km}} north west of the Le Havre Lightship ({{flag|France}}) by {{SMU|U-20|Germany|6}} ({{navy|German Empire}}). All 58 crew were rescued by the trawler Semper ({{flag|France}}) and six French Navy torpedo boats.{{cite web |url=http://uboat.net/wwi/ships_hit/6042.html |title=Tokomaru |publisher=Uboat.net |accessdate=27 September 2012}}{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=The sinking of the Tokomaru. |date=2 February 1915 |page=6 |issue=40767 |column=D }}

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31 January

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|ship={{ship|Japanese cruiser|Asama||2}}

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

|desc=The {{sclass|Asama|cruiser|0}} armored cruiser ran aground on an uncharted rock at the entrance to the bay at Puerto San Bartolomé, Baja California, Mexico.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Japanese cruiser ashore |date=8 February 1915 |page=8 |issue=40772 |column=B }} She was refloated on 8 May, emergency repairs begin on 21 June at San Diego, California. The ship arrived on 18 December at Yokosuka, and returned to service in March 1917.{{cite book |last1=Jentschura |first1=Hansgeorg |title=Warships of the Imperial Japanese Navy, 1869-1945 |date=1977 |publisher=Arms & Armour Press |location=London |isbn=0-85368-151-1 |pages=72–73}}{{cite web |url=http://www.combinedfleet.com/AsamaOCA_t.html |title=Imperial Cruisers |publisher=Combinedfleet.com |access-date=7 April 2023}}

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|ship={{SS|Ikaria|1900|2}}

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

|desc=World War I: The cargo ship was sunk in the English Channel {{convert|25|nmi}} north west of Le Havre, Seine-Inférieure, France by {{SMU|U-20|Germany|6}} ({{navy|German Empire}}). Her crew survived.{{cite web |url=http://uboat.net/wwi/ships_hit/2966.html |title=Ikaria |publisher=Uboat.net |accessdate=27 September 2012}}{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Marine insurance market. |date=4 February 1915 |page=14 |issue=40769 |column=F }}

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Unknown date

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|ship={{SS|Ashdene||2}}

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

|desc=The coaster departed from London for the River Tyne in early January. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Missing vessels posted |date=4 March 1915 |page=10 |issue=40793 |column=D }} }}

References

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