List of shipwrecks in 1918

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

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1918
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May Jun Jul Aug
Sep Oct Nov Dec
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References

January
Further information: List of shipwrecks in January 1918


February
Further information: List of shipwrecks in February 1918


March
Further information: List of shipwrecks in March 1918


April
Further information: List of shipwrecks in April 1918


May
Further information: List of shipwrecks in May 1918


June
Further information: List of shipwrecks in June 1918


July
Further information: List of shipwrecks in July 1918


August
Further information: List of shipwrecks in August 1918


September
Further information: List of shipwrecks in September 1918


October
Further information: List of shipwrecks in October 1918


November
Further information: List of shipwrecks in November 1918


December
Further information: List of shipwrecks in December 1918


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List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1918
ShipCountryDescription
Fairhaven  United States
The hulk of Fairhaven, ca. 1920.
Fire destroyed the sternwheel passenger paddle steamer at her moorings in Seattle, Washington.
Diana  Germany The cargo ship was sunk off the coast of Norway following a boiler explosion in January or early February.[1]
Dorothy Barrett  United States The tugboat was wrecked by ice in January–February at Richardson's Landing. Her machinery was salvaged in the Spring.[2]
Elisha  United States The tugboat was wrecked by ice in January–February. Raised and repaired.[3]
Hazel Watson  United States The tugboat was wrecked by ice in January–February.[4]
Isabella  United States The icebreaker was wrecked by ice in January–February.[5]
Kaisei Maru  Japan Impounded in Sealing Cove (57°03′N 135°22′W) 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.[6]
Sénégamble  France The ship collided with another vessel and sank in February or early March.[7]
Success  Australia 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.[8]
SM UB-107  Imperial German Navy World War I: The Type UB III submarine struck a mine and sank in the North Sea (54°08′N 0°00′E) between 27 July and 3 August with the loss of all 38 crew.
SM UC-79  Imperial German Navy 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.
Wabash  United States The tugboat was wrecked by ice in January–February.[9]

References
  1. "Imperial and Foreign news items". The Times (41704). London. 4 February 1918. col E, p. 5.
  2. "American Marine Engineer June, 1918". National Marine Engineers Beneficial Association of the United States. Retrieved 19 September 2020 – via Haithi Trust.
  3. "American Marine Engineer October, 1918". National Marine Engineers Beneficial Association of the United States. Retrieved 28 September 2020 – via Haithi Trust.
  4. "American Marine Engineer March, 1918". National Marine Engineers Beneficial Association of the United States. Retrieved 4 September 2020 – via Haithi Trust.
  5. "American Marine Engineer March, 1918". National Marine Engineers Beneficial Association of the United States. Retrieved 4 September 2020 – via Haithi Trust.
  6. alaskashipwreck.com Alaska Shipwrecks (K)
  7. "Shipping losses". The Times (41729). London. 5 March 1918. col A, p. 3.
  8. "American Marine Engineer March, 1918". National Marine Engineers Beneficial Association of the United States. Retrieved 4 September 2020 – via Haithi Trust.
  9. "American Marine Engineer March, 1918". National Marine Engineers Beneficial Association of the United States. Retrieved 4 September 2020 – via Haithi Trust.

See also
Ship events in 1918
Ship launches: 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923
Ship commissionings: 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923
Ship decommissionings: 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923
Shipwrecks: 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923
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