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List of shipwrecks in March 1914

The list of shipwrecks in March 1914 includes ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during March 1914.

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1 March edit

List of shipwrecks: 1 March 1914
Ship State Description
Jacob S. Winslow   United States The lumber schooner was wrecked on the south end of Block Island, Rhode Island, in a gale. The crew made it to shore in her boat. One crewman was later sent back to warn off wreckers, but was killed later when the sea got even rougher and the ship broke up, a total loss.[1][2]

2 March edit

List of shipwrecks: 2 March 1914
Ship State Description
N. S. Gallop   United States The motor schooner went ashore in Thimble Islands, Connecticut.[3]

3 March edit

List of shipwrecks: 3 March 1914
Ship State Description
Tasman   Norway The barque capsized and sank in the North Sea.[4]

4 March edit

List of shipwrecks: 4 March 1914
Ship State Description
Fulmar   United Kingdom The cargo ship ran aground at Barrow-in-Furness, Lancashire. She was refloated on 9 March.[5]

5 March edit

List of shipwrecks: 5 March 1914
Ship State Description
H. E. Hamlin   United States The fishing steamer sank at Tiverton, Rhode Island.[3]

6 March edit

List of shipwrecks: 6 March 1914
Ship State Description
Autocrat   United States The luxury yacht sank in the Danvers River at Beverly, Massachusetts. Later raised.[3]
Charlemagne Tower Junior   United States The cargo ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean 1 nautical mile (1.9 km) off Seaside Park, New Jersey (some sources say on 8 March), a total loss. Four crew were rescued by the United States Life Saving Service when her small lifeboat capsized in rough surf, the other 18 were rescued at sea in her large lifeboat by Bay Port (flag unknown).[6][7][8]

7 March edit

List of shipwrecks: 7 March 1914
Ship State Description
Julia A. Truher   United States The schooner was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean (38°15′N 66°09′W / 38.250°N 66.150°W / 38.250; -66.150). Her crew were rescued by Nubian (  United Kingdom).[9]

9 March edit

List of shipwrecks: 9 March 1914
Ship State Description
Bydgo   Norway The coaster collided with Dania (  Denmark) at Skagen, Denmark and sank.[5]
Hokuse Maru   Japan The cargo ship collided with Oriental (  United Kingdom) at Shanghai, China and sank.[5]

11 March edit

List of shipwrecks: 11 March 1914
Ship State Description
Wellesley   United Kingdom
 
The wreck of Wellesley in 1914.
The training ship – formerly the ship-of-the-line HMS Boscawen (  Royal Navy) – burned and sank at her moorings on the River Tyne at North Shields, England. A total loss, she was scrapped later in 1914.[10]

12 March edit

List of shipwrecks: 12 March 1914
Ship State Description
Gordon's Charge   United Kingdom The schooner ran aground on Sully Island, Glamorgan. She was refloated and beached for repairs. She was refloated on 28 March and towed to Newport, Monmouthshire.[11][12]
Turia   Spain The cargo ship was driven ashore at Dénia, Alicante and wrecked.[13]

13 March edit

List of shipwrecks: 13 March 1914
Ship State Description
James Shearer   United Kingdom The schooner foundered in St. Bride's Bay. Her crew survived.[14]

14 March edit

List of shipwrecks: 14 March 1914
Ship State Description
Catharine   United Kingdom The brigantine ran aground at Newhaven, Sussex and was wrecked. Her crew were rescued by the Newhaven Lifeboat.[15]
Dorothea   Netherlands The cargo ship was driven ashore on Chesil Beach, Dorset, United Kingdom.[16] She was refloated on 20 October.[17]
Hydra   Norway The brig sprang a leak and was abandoned in the North Sea. Her crew were rescued by Dronningen (  Norway).[15]
Irish Girl   United Kingdom The schooner ran aground on Little Roancorrig, County Cork and was wrecked. Her crew survived.[15]
Jaghin   United Kingdom The barge was driven ashore at Newhaven and wrecked. Her crew were rescued by the Newhaven Lifeboat.[15]
Leonardo   Italy The coaster sank at Melilla, Spanish Morocco in a storm.[16]

15 March edit

List of shipwrecks: 15 March 1914
Ship State Description
Trifolium   Sweden The barque was driven ashore at Whitesand Bay, Sennen, Cornwall, United Kingdom with the loss of five of her eleven crew.[18]

16 March edit

List of shipwrecks: 16 March 1914
Ship State Description
Coburn   United Kingdom The tug foundered in the River Thames at Greenhithe, Kent with the loss of all five crew.[19]
Terranova   United States The fishing schooner ran aground in fog 1 mile (1.6 km) south of the Pamet River Life-Saving Station, Massachusetts a total loss. Her 23 crew was rescued by the United States Life Saving Service.[20]

17 March edit

List of shipwrecks: 17 March 1914
Ship State Description
City of Sydney   United Kingdom The cargo ship was driven ashore at Cape Sambro, Nova Scotia, Canada and was wrecked.[21]
Walter A. Luckenbach   United States The tug went ashore on Black Point near Niantic, Connecticut. Pulled off and returned to service.[3]

18 March edit

List of shipwrecks: 18 March 1914
Ship State Description
Balder   United Kingdom The three-masted schooner foundered in the English Channel 6 nautical miles (11 km) south west of The Needles, Isle of Wight. All six crew were rescued by the tug Vulcan (  Germany).[22]
Terra Nova   Canada The fishing schooner went ashore and broke up on Cape Cod, Massachusetts near the Pamet River Life-Saving Station.[3]

19 March edit

List of shipwrecks: 19 March 1914
Ship State Description
Africa   Belgium The cargo ship was wrecked at Zaccarossa, Sardinia, Italy. She was refloated and scrapped in 1915.[23][24][25]
Torquay   Norway The cargo ship collided with a trawler and sank in the North Sea. Her crew were rescued.[9]

20 March edit

List of shipwrecks: 20 March 1914
Ship State Description
Ellen and Mary   United States The fishing schooner went ashore on Georges Island in the harbor at Boston, Massachusetts.[3]

22 March edit

List of shipwrecks: 22 March 1914
Ship State Description
Hattie P. Simpson   United States The schooner sank off Cape Lookout, North Carolina. Her captain and three or five crew died. Four survivors were rescued from one of her boats six days later by Caracas (flag unknown).[26]
Oddersjaa   Norway The cargo ship was reported to have been seen abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean (46°33′N 7°58′W / 46.550°N 7.967°W / 46.550; -7.967) on this date.[27]

27 March edit

List of shipwrecks: 27 March 1914
Ship State Description
Antioch   United States During a voyage with a cargo of railroad timbers from Savannah, Georgia, to New York City, the 180-foot (54.9 m), 986-gross register ton three-masted schooner was wrecked at Manasquan, New Jersey, during a storm. All ten crew members survived. Her wreck sank in 15 to 20 feet (4.6 to 6.1 m) of water.[28][29]
Lizzie H. Brayton   United States The 201-foot (61.3 m), 979-gross register ton four-masted schooner was wrecked at Manasquan, New Jersey, during a storm. All nine crew members survived. Her wreck sank in 15 feet (4.6 m) of water.[30]

29 March edit

List of shipwrecks: 29 March 1914
Ship State Description
Isobe Maru   Japan The cargo ship ran aground at Fukaura, Aomori. Salvage operations were abandoned in mid May.[31]
Wm. Thos. Moore   United States The schooner ran aground on the bar on the west side of Little River Inlet. She was pulled off on 9 April by USRC Seminole (  United States Revenue Marine).[32]

31 March edit

List of shipwrecks: 31 March 1914
Ship State Description
Southern Cross   Canada The barque-rigged sealer sank off the east coast of Canada with the loss of 173 lives.

Unknown date edit

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1914
Ship State Description
Cecil   Norway The cargo ship ran aground on Mayaguana, Bahamas and was wrecked between 1 and 11 March.[13][33]

References edit

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  4. ^ "A North Sea disaster". The Times. No. 40462. London. 4 March 1914. col F, p. 20.
  5. ^ a b c "Loss of two steamers through collision". The Times. No. 40467. London. 10 March 1914. col C, p. 22.
  6. ^ "A steamer sunk". The Times. No. 40466. London. 9 March 1914. col E, p. 7.
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