List of shipwrecks in January 1916#27 January

The list of shipwrecks in January 1916 includes ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during January 1916.

1 January

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|ship=HMAT A2 Geelong

|flag={{navy|Australia|1913}}

|desc=World War I: The troopship sank without loss of life after colliding with the store ship {{SS|Bonvilston||2}} ({{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}) in the Mediterranean Sea near Alexandria, Egypt.{{cite web|title="His Majesty's Australian Transports"|url=http://alh-research.tripod.com/ships_lh.htm}}{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article101145981 |title=S.S. GEELONG LOST. |newspaper=The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express |location=New South Wales, Australia |date=7 January 1916 |accessdate=22 July 2016 |page=23 |via=National Library of Australia}}

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

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

|desc=World War I: The cargo liner was torpedoed and sunk in the Mediterranean Sea {{convert|240|nmi|km}} east by south of Malta ({{coord|35|19|N|19|04|E}}) by {{SMU|U-34|Germany|6}} ({{navy|German Empire}}) with the loss of ten crew.{{cite web |url=http://uboat.net/wwi/ships_hit/2533.html |title=Glengyle |publisher=Uboat.net |accessdate=2 October 2012}}{{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=Janet

|flag=File:Flag of the Royal National Lifeboat Institution.svg Royal National Lifeboat Institution

|desc=The lifeboat capsized in the Bristol Channel off Oxwich, Glamorgan with the loss of two of her crew. The Port Eynon lifeboat station was subsequently closed as a result of the accident.{{cite web |url=http://www.swanseadocks.co.uk/Gower%20wrecks%20Rons%20write-up%20site.pdf |title=A Chronology of Bristol Channel Shipwrecks |first=Ron |last=Tovey |publisher=Swansea Docks |accessdate=22 December 2014 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20141222065415/http://www.swanseadocks.co.uk/Gower%20wrecks%20Rons%20write-up%20site.pdf |archivedate=22 December 2014 }}

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|ship={{ship||Sandol|barque|2}}

|flag={{flag|Norway}}

|desc=The barque was run into by {{SS|Huelva||2}} ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}) at King's Dock, Swansea, Glamorgan, United Kingdom and sank. Her crew were rescued. }}

2 January

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|ship={{HMT|Mediator}}

|flag={{navy|UK}}

|desc=The naval trawler was lost on this date.{{cite web |url=http://www.naval-history.net/WW1LossesBrRNM-Z.htm |title=British Naval Vessels Lost at Sea Part 2 of 2 - M.15 (monitor) to Zylpha (Q-ship) |publisher=Naval History |accessdate=12 February 2013}}

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|ship={{SMS|Moltke|1911|2}}

|flag={{navy|German Empire}}

|desc=File:Wrack Moltke 1925 Spiekeroog.jpg The Vorpostenboot was lost on Spiekeroog.

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|ship={{SS|Salaminia||2}}

|flag={{flag|Greece}}

|desc=The cargo ship caught fire in the Strait of Gibraltar and was abandoned by her crew.

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|ship={{ship||Scot|Thames barge|2}}

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

|desc=The Thames barge foundered in The Swale at the eastern end of the Isle of Sheppey, Kent. Her crew survived.

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|ship={{ship||Spica|schooner|2}}

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

|desc=The schooner was driven ashore on the Farne Islands, Northumberland, United Kingdom. Her crew were rescued.

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|ship={{SS|Teheran||2}}

|flag=22px Persia

|desc=The cargo ship collided with {{SS|Marietta Costanzo||2}} in the Strait of Gibraltar and sank. Her crew survived.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Casualty reports |date=3 January 1916 |page=16 |issue=41053 |column=E }} }}

3 January

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|ship={{SS|Geelong||2}}

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

|desc=The ship collided with another vessel and sank in the Mediterranean Sea.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Previous war losses of the P. & O. Company. |date=9 November 1916 |page=8 |issue=41320 |column=D }} }}

4 January

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|ship={{SS|Coquet|1904|2}}

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

|desc=World War I: The cargo ship was scuttled in the Mediterranean Sea {{convert|200|nmi|km}} east of Malta ({{coord|35|34|N|18|22|E}}) by {{SMU|U-34|Germany|6}} ({{navy|German Empire}}) with the loss of seventeen crew of her 27.{{cite web |url=http://uboat.net/wwi/ships_hit/1433.html |title=Coquet |publisher=Uboat.net |accessdate=2 October 2012}}

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|ship={{ship||Forest City|schooner|2}}

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

|desc=The {{convert|224.8|ft|m|1|adj=on}} four-masted schooner burned at San Juan, Puerto Rico. She was sold, rebuilt, and returned to service with the name Charles E. Dunlap.{{Cite web |url=https://njscuba.net/sites/chart_li-1_west.php#Dunlap |title=njscuba.net Charles E. Dunlap |access-date=2020-02-17 |archive-date=2020-02-14 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200214030615/https://njscuba.net/sites/chart_li-1_west.php#Dunlap |url-status=dead }}{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Casualty reports |date=6 January 1916 |page=2 |issue=41056 |column=F }}

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

|flag={{flag|Netherlands}}

|desc=World War I: The cargo ship struck a mine and was damaged in the North Sea {{convert|0.5|nmi|m}} off the Galloper Lightship ({{Flagcountry|UKGBI|government}}). She sank the next day {{convert|12|nmi|km}} east by north of the Galloper Lightship.{{cite web |url=http://uboat.net/wwi/ships_hit/3582.html |title=Leto |publisher=Uboat.net |accessdate=21 November 2012}} }}

5 January

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|ship={{SS|Fridtjof Nansen|1897|2}}

|flag={{flag|Norway}}

|desc=World War I: The cargo ship struck a mine placed by {{SMU|UC-10}} ({{navy|German Empire}}) and sank in the North Sea {{convert|1|nmi|km}} south west of the Galloper Lightship ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|government}}) with the loss of two of her crew.{{cite web |url=http://uboat.net/wwi/ships_hit/7308.html |title=Fridtjof Nansen |publisher=Uboat.net |accessdate=21 November 2012}}

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|ship={{SV|Hartney W.||2}}

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

|desc= The schooner went ashore on Quinnepeag Rock near New London, Connecticut.{{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=10 April 2021}}

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|ship={{SS|Kanawha||2}}

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

|desc=The passenger steamer struck a light tower of Dam 19 near Little Hocking, Ohio that was submerged by flooding of the Ohio River. She flooded but remained afloat drifting down river {{convert|2|mi|spell=in}}, grounding on Newberry Island. At that time many survivors were rescued by a United States Army Corps of Engineers boat. She drifted off the island, capsized, and went another two miles to Mustafa Island where she remained. 5 crew and 11 passengers were killed, 45 survived.{{cite web |url=https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015073345210&view=1up&seq=25 |title=Annual Report of the supervising Inspector of the United States Steam boat Inspection Service, June 30, 1916 |publisher=Government Printing Office, Washington |via=Haithi Trust |accessdate=21 February 2021}}{{cite web |url=http://freepages.rootsweb.com/~jmohney/history/new_page_167.htm |title=Wreck of the Kanawha |publisher=rootsweb.com |accessdate=21 February 2021}}{{cite web |url=http://www.wvculture.org/history/disasters/steamerkanawha01.html |title=Sinking of the steamer Kanawha |publisher=wvculture.org |accessdate=21 February 2021}}

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|ship={{SV|Winnegance||2}}

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

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6 January

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|ship={{SS|Australian Transport||2}}

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

|desc=The cargo ship ran aground on Samasana Island, Formosa. She was refloated in early February.

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|ship={{HMT|Courtier}}

|flag={{navy|UK}}

|desc=World War I: The naval trawler struck a mine placed by {{SMU|UC-6}} ({{navy|German Empire}}) and sank in the North Sea off Kilnsea, Yorkshire with the loss of twelve of her crew.{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?155642 |title=HMT Courtier (FY449) (+1916) |publisher=Wrecksite |accessdate=4 February 2013}}

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|ship={{HMS|E17}}

|flag={{navy|UK}}

|desc=The E-class submarine was wrecked in the North Sea off Texel, North Holland, Netherlands. Her crew were rescued by {{HNLMS|Noordbrabant|1899|6}} ({{navy|Netherlands}}) and interned.

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|ship={{ship|HMY|Hersilia}}

|flag={{navy|UK}}

|desc=The naval yacht was lost in Loch Torridon.{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-highlands-islands-36148771 |title=Lost ships and aircraft recorded in sea off Scotland |first=Steven |last=McKenzie |work=BBC News |date=May 2016 |accessdate=2 May 2016}}

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|ship={{HMS|King Edward VII}}

|flag={{navy|UK}}

|desc=File:HMS King Edward VII (1903) sinking on 6 January 1916.jpg

World War I: The {{sclass|King Edward VII|battleship|2}} struck a mine in the Atlantic Ocean off Cape Wrath, Sutherland and sank with the loss of one of her 777 crew. Survivors were rescued by {{HMS|Fortune|1913|6}}, {{HMS|Marne|1915|6}}, {{HMS|Musketeer|1915|6}} and {{HMS|Nessus|1915|6}} (all {{navy|UK}}).

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|ship={{SV|Winchester||2}}

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

|desc= The schooner went ashore off Sakonnet Point, Rhode Island.{{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=10 April 2021}}

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7 January

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|ship={{SS|Euterpe||2}}

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

|desc=World War I: The cargo ship passed Great Yarmouth and disappeared on a voyage from Huelva, Spain for Middlesbrough, England; believed to have struck a mine and sank in the North Sea with the loss of her crew of 19.{{cite book |title=Returns of Vessels Totally Lost, &c: 1st January to 31st March 1916 |date=August 1916 |publisher=Lloyd's Register of Shipping |location=London |page=6 |url=https://lloyds-production.s3.amazonaws.com/_file/general/1916-casualty-returns.pdf |access-date=10 June 2024}}

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|ship=Portsmouth

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

|desc= The whaleback barge went ashore in the harbor at New London, Connecticut.{{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=10 April 2021}}

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8 January

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|ship={{SS|Citta di Palermo|1910|2}}

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

|desc=World War I: The troopship struck a mine placed by {{SMU|UC-14}} ({{navy|German Empire}}) and sank in the Adriatic Sea {{convert|6|nmi|km}} north east of Brindisi.{{cite web |url=http://uboat.net/wwi/ships_hit/1288.html |title=Citta Di Palermo |publisher=Uboat.net |accessdate=21 November 2012}}

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|ship={{HMT|Freuchny}}

|flag={{navy|UK}}

|desc=World War I: The naval trawler struck a mine placed by {{SMU|UC-14}} ({{navy|German Empire}}) and sank in the Adriatic Sea off Brindisi with the loss of eight of her crew.{{cite web |url=http://uboat.net/wwi/ships_hit/2291.html |title=Freuchny |accessdate=21 November 2012}}

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|ship={{HMT|Morning Star}}

|flag={{navy|UK}}

|desc=World War I: The naval trawler struck a mine placed by {{SMU|UC-14}} ({{navy|German Empire}}) and sank in the Adriatic Sea off Brindisi with the loss of nine of her crew.{{cite web |url=http://uboat.net/wwi/ships_hit/7234.html |title=Morning Star |publisher=Uboat.net |accessdate=21 November 2012}} }}

10 January

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|ship=Kate Davenport

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

|desc=After ice broke her anchor chain, the 1,170-ton bark was blown ashore and wrecked at Anchor Point, Territory of Alaska.[https://alaskashipwreck.com/shipwrecks-a-z/alaska-shipwrecks-k/ alaskashipwreck.com Alaska Shipwrecks (K)]

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|ship={{ship||Nostra Signora delle Vigne|brig|2}}

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

|desc=The brig collided with {{SS|Pelion||2}} ({{flag|France}}) in the Mediterranean Sea and was abandoned. Her crew were rescued by Pelion.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Casualty reports |date=12 January 1916 |page=2 |issue=41061 |column=F }} }}

11 January

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|ship={{SS|Corbridge||2}}

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

|desc=World War I: The cargo ship was shelled and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean {{convert|140|nmi|km}} west north west of Cape Finisterre, Spain by {{SMS|Möwe|1914|6}} ({{navy|German Empire}}).

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|ship={{SS|Farringford||2}}

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

|desc=World War I: The cargo ship was shelled and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean {{convert|150|nmi|km}} west north west of Cape Finisterre by {{SMS|Möwe|1914|6}} ({{navy|German Empire}}). }}

12 January

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|ship={{SS|Algerian|1897|2}}

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

|desc=World War I: The cargo ship struck a mine and sank in the English Channel {{convert|2.5|nmi|km}} south west of The Needles, Isle of Wight ({{coord|50|46|N|1|20|W}}). Her crew survived.{{cite web |url=http://uboat.net/wwi/ships_hit/190.html |title=Algerian |publisher=Uboat.net |accessdate=19 November 2012}}

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|ship={{SS|Haofru||2}}

|flag={{flag|Norway}}

|desc=The cargo ship ran aground on the Middle Haisbro' Sands, in the North Sea off the coast of Norfolk, United Kingdom. She broke in two the next day with the loss of thirteen of her fourteen crew. The survivor was rescued by the Cromer Lifeboat.

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

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

|desc=The tanker collided with {{SS|Hermione||2}} ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}) and/or {{HMS|Iron Duke|1912|6}} ({{navy|UK}}) and sank in Gutter Sound, Scapa Flow, Orkney Islands.{{cite web |url=http://www.scapaflowwrecks.com/wrecks/other/ss-prudentia.php |title=SS Prudentia |publisher=Scapa Flow Wrecks |accessdate=19 February 2013}}{{cite web|url=http://www.worldwar1.co.uk/battleship/hms-iron-duke.html |title=Iron Duke Class Dreadnought Battleship |publisher=World War I |accessdate=24 February 2013}}

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|ship={{SS|Traquair|1915|2}}

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

|desc=World War I: The cargo ship struck a mine and sank in the English Channel {{convert|1|nmi|km}} off Dover, Kent. Her crew survived.{{cite web |url=http://uboat.net/wwi/ships_hit/6085.html |title=Traquair |publisher=Uboat.net |accessdate=19 November 2012}} }}

13 January

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|ship={{HMT|Albion II}}

|flag={{navy|UK}}

|desc=World War I: The naval trawler struck a mine placed by {{SMU|UC-5}} ({{navy|German Empire}}) and sank in the English Channel off St. Catherine's Point, Isle of Wight ({{coord|50|38|N|1|34|W}}). Her crew survived.{{cite web |url=http://uboat.net/wwi/ships_hit/160.html |title=Albion Ii |publisher=Uboat.net |accessdate=19 November 2012}}

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|ship={{SS|Author||2}}

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

|desc=World War I: The cargo ship was scuttled in the Atlantic Ocean {{convert|225|nmi|km}} west of Lisbon, Portugal by {{SMS|Möwe|1914|6}} ({{navy|German Empire}}).

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|ship={{SS|Dromonby||2}}

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

|desc=World War I: The collier was scuttled in the Atlantic Ocean {{convert|220|nmi|km}} west of Lisbon by {{SMS|Möwe|1914|6}} ({{navy|German Empire}}).

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|ship={{SS|Maashaven||2}}

|flag={{flag|Netherlands}}

|desc=The cargo ship struck a mine in the North Sea west of the Galloper Lightship ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|government}}) with the loss of a crew member. Survivors were rescued by {{SS|Goentoer||2}}, {{SS|Maashaven||2}} and {{SS|Prinses Juliana|1909|2}} (all {{flag|Netherlands}}).{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Casualty reports |date=15 January 1916 |page=4 |issue=41064 |column=E }}{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Imperial and Foreign news items. |date=14 January 1916 |page=7 |issue=41063 |column=E }}

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|ship={{HMT|Rosy Morn}}

|flag={{navy|UK}}

|desc=World War I: The naval trawler struck a mine placed by Cruiser Stralsund and Straßburg and sank in the North Sea.{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?66590 |title=HMT Rosy Morn [+1916] |publisher=Wrecksite |accessdate=19 February 2013}}

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|ship={{SS|Trader||2}}

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

|desc=World War I: The cargo ship was scuttled in the Atlantic Ocean {{convert|225|nmi|km}} west of Lisbon by {{SMS|Möwe|1914|6}} ({{navy|German Empire}}). }}

14 January

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|ship={{SS|Catahlot||2}}

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

|desc=The whaler was driven ashore at Trinity Harbour, Newfoundland and sank.

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|ship={{SS|Parklands||2}}

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

|desc=The cargo ship ran aground at Kilnsea, Yorkshire. She was refloated on 24 January. }}

15 January

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|ship={{SS|Ariadne||2}}

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

|desc=World War I: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean {{convert|140|nmi|km}} east by north of Funchal, Madeira, Portugal by {{SMS|Möwe|1914|6}} ({{navy|German Empire}}).

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|ship={{USS|E-2|SS-25|6}}

|flag={{navy|USA|1912}}

|desc=The E-class submarine sank at Brooklyn Navy Yard, New York City following a battery explosion with the loss of four of her crew. Subsequently refloated, repaired and returned to service.

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|ship={{HMT|Everard}}

|flag={{navy|UK}}

|desc=The naval trawler was lost on this date. }}

16 January

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|ship={{SS|Clan Mactavish|1912|2}}

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

|desc=World War I: The cargo ship was shelled and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean {{convert|120|nmi|km}} south by west of Funchal, Madeira, Portugal by {{SMS|Möwe|1914|6}} ({{navy|German Empire}}) with the loss of seventeen of her crew. Three survivors were taken as prisoners of war.

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|ship=Edison

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

|desc=The 26-ton motor halibut schooner was wrecked at Cape Decision ({{coord|56|00|10|N|134|08|00|W|name=Cape Decision}}) in the Alexander Archipelago in Southeast Alaska during a gale with the loss of her entire crew of five.[https://alaskashipwreck.com/shipwrecks-a-z/alaska-shipwrecks-e/ alaskashipwreck.com Alaska Shipwrecks (E)]

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|ship={{SS|Larchwood||2}}

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

|desc=The collier collided with {{SS|Argus|????|2}} ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}) in the Bristol Channel and sank with the loss of eight of her thirteen crew. Survivors were rescued by Argus.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=News in Brief. |date=17 January 1916 |page=5 |issue=41065 |column=F }}

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|ship={{SS|Leelite||2}}

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

|desc=The cargo ship was driven ashore at Shoreham-by-Sea, Sussex. Her crew were rescued.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Casualty reports |date=17 January 1916 |page=15 |issue=41065 |column=F }} }}

17 January

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|ship={{HMT|Fulmar}}

|flag={{navy|UK}}

|desc=The naval trawler was lost on this date.

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|ship={{SS|Sutherland|1901|2}}

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

|desc=World War I: The cargo ship was shelled and sunk in the Mediterranean Sea {{convert|192|nmi|km}} south east by south of Malta ({{coord|34|43|N|18|03|E}} by {{SMU|U-35|Germany|6}} ({{navy|German Empire}}) with the loss of a crew member.{{cite web |url=http://uboat.net/wwi/ships_hit/5847.html |title=Sutherland |publisher=Uboat.net |accessdate=3 October 2012}}

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|ship={{SS|Varulv||2}}

|flag={{flag|Norway}}

|desc=The cargo ship foundered in the North Sea. Twelve crew were rescued by {{SS|Stegelborg||2}} ({{flag|Denmark}}).{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Casualty reports |date=18 January 1916 |page=14 |issue=41066 |column=F }} }}

18 January

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|ship={{ship|French minesweeper|Auvergne||2}}

|flag={{navy|France}}

|desc=World War I: The auxiliary minesweeper struck a mine placed by {{SMU|UC-3}} ({{navy|German Empire}}) and was damaged at Boulogne, Pas-de-Calais. She was declared a constructive total loss and was scrapped in 1919.{{cite web |url=http://uboat.net/wwi/ships_hit/570.html |title=Auvergne |publisher=Uboat.net |accessdate=18 November 2012}}

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|ship=Evelyn

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

|desc=World War I: The fishing smack was scuttled in the North Sea {{convert|35|nmi|km}} south east by east of Lowestoft, Suffolk by an Imperial German Navy submarine.{{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=30 January 2013}}

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|ship={{SV|Flora M.||2}}

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

|desc= The schooner struck Latimers Reef near Stonington, Connecticut.{{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=10 April 2021}}

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|ship=Foam Crest

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

|desc=World War I: The fishing smack was scuttled in the North Sea {{convert|25|nmi|km}} south east by east of Lowestoft by an Imperial German Navy submarine.

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|ship={{SS|Marere|1902|2}}

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

|desc=World War I: The cargo ship was shelled and sunk in the Mediterranean Sea {{convert|236|nmi|km}} east of Malta ({{coord|35|51|N|19|07|E}}) by {{SMU|U-35|Germany|6}} ({{navy|German Empire}}). Her crew survived.{{cite web |url=http://uboat.net/wwi/ships_hit/3897.html |title=Marere |publisher=Uboat.net |accessdate=3 October 2012}}

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|ship={{HMS|H6}}

|flag={{navy|UK}}

|desc=World War I: The H-class submarine ran aground on Schiermonnikoog, Friesland, Netherlands. She was subsequently interned and later sold to the Dutch, entering service in 1917 as O-8.

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|ship=Onward Ho

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

|desc=The 323-ton, {{convert|143|ft|m|1|adj=on}} steam halibut trawler was last seen suffering heavily from icing on her deck and in her rigging in a gale in the Gulf of Alaska off Cape Fairweather ({{coord|55|17|N|132|04|W|name=Cape Fairweather}}) in Southeast Alaska. She presumably became top-heavy and capsized and sank in the storm. Her entire crew of 34 perished.[https://alaskashipwreck.com/shipwrecks-a-z/alaska-shipwrecks-o/ alaskashipwreck.com Alaska Shipwrecks (O)][https://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?151921 wrecksite.eu FV Onward Ho (H935) (+1916)]

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|ship={{USS|Rijndam|ID-2505|2}}

|flag={{flag|Netherlands}}

|desc=World War I: The ocean liner struck a mine and was damaged in the Thames Estuary.{{cite web |url=http://uboat.net/wwi/ships_hit/5119.html |title=Rijndam |publisher=Uboat.net |accessdate=16 November 2012}}

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|ship={{ship||Scotia|barque|2}}

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

|desc=The barque caught fire in the Bristol Channel off Sully Island, Glamorgan and was burnt out.

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|ship=Aberdeen

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

|desc=The garbage steamer sank in a gale off Oakland, California. Lost with all eight hands.{{cite web |url=https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=pst.000071882826&view=1up&seq=25 |title=Annual report of the Supervising Inspector-general Steamboat-inspection Service, Year ending June 30, 1916 |publisher=Government Printing Office, Washington |via=Haithi Trust|accessdate=30 January 2020}}

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|ship=Crystal

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

|desc=World War I: The fishing smack was scuttled in the North Sea {{convert|25|nmi|km}} south east of Southwold, Suffolk by {{SMU|UB-6}} ({{navy|German Empire}}). Her crew survived.{{cite web |url=http://uboat.net/wwi/ships_hit/1507.html |title=Crystal |publisher=Uboat.net |accessdate=28 October 2012}}

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29 January

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|ship=Aberdeen

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

|desc=The steam cargo ship was driven ashore at San Francisco, California and was a wrecked with the loss of all hands.

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|ship={{ship|ST|Marian||2}}

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

|desc=The tug was run into and sunk at Baltimore, Maryland by {{SS|Vedamore||2}} ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}).{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Casualty reports |date=31 January 1916 |page=14 |issue=41077 |column=E }} }}

30 January

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|ship={{SS|Maasdijk|1915|2}}

|flag={{flag|Netherlands}}

|desc=World War I: The cargo ship struck a naval mine and sank in the English Channel off the Kentish Knock Lightship ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|government}}) ({{coord|51|29|N|1|38|E}}).{{cite web |url=http://uboat.net/wwi/ships_hit/3792.html |title=Maasdijk |publisher=Uboat.net |accessdate=16 November 2012}} }}

31 January

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|ship=Arthur William

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

|desc=World War I: The fishing smack was scuttled in the North Sea south east of Lowestoft, Suffolk by {{SMU|UB-17||6}} ({{navy|German Empire}}). Her crew survived.{{cite web |url=http://uboat.net/wwi/ships_hit/470.html |title=Arthur William |publisher=Uboat.net |accessdate=29 October 2012}}

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|ship=Hilda

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

|desc=World War I: The fishing smack was scuttled in the North Sea {{convert|14|nmi|km}} east by south of Aldeburgh, Suffolk by {{SMU|UB-17||6}} ({{navy|German Empire}}). Her crew survived.{{cite web |url=http://uboat.net/wwi/ships_hit/2851.html |title=Hilda |publisher=Uboat.net |accessdate=29 October 2012}}

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|ship=HMML 19

|flag={{navy|UK}}

|desc=The motor launch was lost on this date.

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|ship=Marguerite

|flag={{flag|Belgium}}

|desc=World War I: The fishing vessel was sunk in the North Sea off Lowestoft by {{SMU|UB-17||6}} ({{navy|German Empire}}). Her crew survived.{{cite web |url=http://uboat.net/wwi/ships_hit/7272.html |title=Marguerite |publisher=Uboat.net |accessdate=29 October 2012}}

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|ship=Radium

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

|desc=World War I: The fishing vessel was scuttled in the North Sea {{convert|25|nmi|km}} south east by south of Lowestoft by {{SMU|UB-17||6}} ({{navy|German Empire}}). Her crew survived.{{cite web |url=http://uboat.net/wwi/ships_hit/4996.html |title=Radium |publisher=Uboat.net |accessdate=29 October 2012}} }}

Unknown date

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|ship={{SS|Chasehill|1891|2}}

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

|desc=The cargo ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean (approximately {{coord|40|N|62|W}}). Her crew were rescued by {{SS|Mar Adriatico||2}} ({{flag|Spain|civil-1785}}).{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Marine insurance market. |date=4 February 1916 |page=11 |issue=41081 |column=F }}

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|ship={{SS|Frederick||2}}

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

|desc=The steamer left Louisbourg, Nova Scotia, on 18 January and disappeared. A bottle with nine messages from her crew washed ashore in the Orkney Islands in February indicating the ship sank in the Atlantic Ocean on 27 January. Lost with all 33 crew.{{cite web |url=https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=osu.32435066692476&view=1up&seq=20|title=Annual report of the Supervising Inspector-general Steamboat-inspection Service, Year ending June 30, 1917 |publisher=Government Printing Office, Washington |via=Haithi Trust |accessdate=29 January 2020}}{{cite web |url=https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=chi.103308979&view=1up&seq=193 |title=American Marine Engineer April, 1917 |publisher=National Marine Engineers Beneficial Association of the United States |via=Haithi Trust |accessdate=6 October 2020}}{{cite web |url=https://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?154245 |title= Frederick (+1916) |publisher=Wrecksite |accessdate=6 October 2020}}

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References

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