List of shipwrecks in 1917

The list of shipwrecks in 1917 includes some ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during 1917.

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1917
Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr
May	Jun	Jul	Aug
Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
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January

February

March

April

May

June

July

August

September

October

November

December

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List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1917

Ship	Country	Description
Ariel	United States	The schooner was wrecked off the Inubōsaki Lighthouse, Japan.
Belem	United Kingdom	The ship sank near Bude, Cornwall.[1]
Spes & Fides	Norway	The fishing steamer (former whaler) suffered an engine malfunction and sank in a storm off Tromsø, Norway. No lives were lost in the shipwreck. The wreck was located by divers at a depth of 20 m (66 ft) in 2014, after a search initiated by Sandefjord Museum.[2]
Taurus	United Kingdom	World War I: The coaster struck a mine and sank in the North Sea east of the Shetland Islands with the loss of nine crew. This was either during July 1917 or August 1917.[3]
SM U-50	Kaiserliche Marine	World War I: The Type U 43 submarine is believed to have struck a mine and sank in the North Sea off Terschelling, Friesland, Netherlands on or after 31 August.

References

1. "UK storms: World War One wreck revealed on beach". BBC. Retrieved 26 February 2014.
2. Hanssen, Kine (19 November 2014). "Fant forlist hvalbåt etter nesten 100 år". Bladet Tromsø (in Norwegian). Retrieved 20 November 2014.
3. "Taurus". Uboat.net. Retrieved 19 October 2012.

Ship events in 1917
Ship launches:	1912	1913	1914	1915	1916	1917	1918	1919	1920	1921	1922
Ship commissionings:	1912	1913	1914	1915	1916	1917	1918	1919	1920	1921	1922
Ship decommissionings:	1912	1913	1914	1915	1916	1917	1918	1919	1920	1921	1922
Shipwrecks:	1912	1913	1914	1915	1916	1917	1918	1919	1920	1921	1922