List of shipwrecks in 1919

The list of shipwrecks in 1919 includes some ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during 1919.

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1919
Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr
May	Jun	Jul	Aug
Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec

January

1 January

List of shipwrecks: 1 January 1919

Ship	Country	Description
HMS Iolaire	Royal Navy	The naval yacht ran aground on the Beasts of Holm, Stornoway, Orkney Islands and sank with the loss of 205 of the people on board.
USS Northern Pacific	United States Navy	USS Northern Pacific The troopship ran aground off Fire Island, New York, She was refloated on 18 January.

2 January

List of shipwrecks: 2 January 1919

Ship	Country	Description
Nanyo Maru	Japan	The cargo ship foundered off Tukuyama, Hokkaidō with the loss of all hands.[1]
Polly and Emily	France	The schooner ran aground off Ambleteuse, Pas-de-Calais, France. Her crew were rescued.[2]

3 January

List of shipwrecks: 3 January 1919

Ship	Country	Description
Fairhaven	United Kingdom	The cargo ship ran aground 1.5 nautical miles (2.8 km) off Walney Island, Lancashire. Her crew were rescued. She later broke her back.[2]
William Morton	United Kingdom	The schooner foundered 10 nautical miles (19 km) south of Cape Sacratif, Spain with the loss of three of her crew.[3]

4 January

List of shipwrecks: 4 January 1919

Ship	Country	Description
Temple E. Dore	United States	The cargo ship caught fire and sank at Colimar, Cuba.[4]

6 January

List of shipwrecks: 6 January 1919

Ship	Country	Description
Vila de Buarcos	Portugal	The sailing ship was abandoned in the Bay of Biscay off Ouessant, Finistère, France. All eleven crew were rescued by Malte ( France).[1]

8 January

List of shipwrecks: 8 January 1919

Ship	Country	Description
Westgate	United Kingdom	The cargo ship collided with Bayano ( United Kingdom) and foundered in the Atlantic Ocean off the Wolf Rock, Cornwall.[5][6]

9 January

List of shipwrecks: 9 January 1919

Ship	Country	Description
Knut Jarl	Norway	The cargo ship collided with Impoco ( United Kingdom) and Munin ( Norway) in the River Seine at Rouen, Seine-Maritime, France and was beached.[6]

10 January

List of shipwrecks: 10 January 1919

Ship	Country	Description
Fleetwing	United Kingdom	The schooner was driven ashore at Bels Point, Caernarfonshire and was wrecked with the loss of one of her five crew.[6]
Northumbria	United Kingdom	The cargo ship struck two mines and sank in the North Sea with the loss of twelve of her fourteen crew;[5] six are buried at Embleton, Northumberland.[7]
War Marvel	United Kingdom	The cargo ship lost her rudder and sprang a leak in the Atlantic Ocean and was abandoned. All 38 crew were rescued by Absaroka ( United States).[6]

15 January

List of shipwrecks: 15 January 1919

Ship	Country	Description
Chaouia	France	The passenger ship struck a mine and sank in the Strait of Messina (38°18′N 15°41′E / 38.300°N 15.683°E) with the loss of 476 lives.[8]

17 January

List of shipwrecks: 17 January 1919

Ship	Country	Description
Glenogle	United Kingdom	The cargo liner ran aground on the Syriam Flats, off Rangoon, Burma. She hogged and broke in two and was a total loss.[9][10]

21 January

List of shipwrecks: 21 January 1919

Ship	Country	Description
SM UC-40	Kaiserliche Marine	The Type UC II submarine foundered in the North Sea (54°55′N 4°47′E / 54.917°N 4.783°E) with the loss of a crew member.[11]

22 January

List of shipwrecks: 22 January 1919

Ship	Country	Description
Espada	United States	The schooner ran aground on the Mumbulau Reef, Fiji and was wrecked. Her crew survived.[12]
325	French Navy	The Torpedo boat struck a mine and sank in the Gulf of Gabès off the Kerkennah Islands, Tunisia with the loss of eighteen of her crew.[13]

23 January

List of shipwrecks: 23 January 1919

Ship	Country	Description
No. 325	French Navy	The Torpedo boat struck a mine and sank in the Mediterranean Sea off Tunis, Tunisia.[12]
Marguerite III	France	The cargo ship sprang a leak in the Irish Sea off the Wyre Lighthouse and was abandoned. Her crew survived.[12]

25 January

List of shipwrecks: 25 January 1919

Ship	Country	Description
E. Starr Jones	United States	The schooner ran aground off Montevideo, Uruguay and was wrecked.[14]

28 January

List of shipwrecks: 28 January 1919

Ship	Country	Description
Reine d'Arvor	France	The schooner was wrecked at Port Quin, Cornwall, United Kingdom. Her crew were rescued by Brook ( United Kingdom).[14]

29 January

List of shipwrecks: 29 January 1919

Ship	Country	Description
Piave	United States	The cargo ship ran aground on the Goodwin Sands, Kent, United Kingdom.[15] She broke in two on 31 January. At least 30 of her 90 crew were rescued by the Deal Lifeboat;[16] The Ramsgate Lifeboat rescued 23 crew.[17]

30 January

List of shipwrecks: 30 January 1919

Ship	Country	Description
Flirt	United States	The cargo ship caught fire in the Atlantic Ocean (25°07′N 56°09′W / 25.117°N 56.150°W) and was abandoned. Eleven crew were rescued by City of Savannah ( United States).[18]
Nimrod	United Kingdom	The barquentine ran aground on the Barber Sands in the North Sea off the coast of Great Yarmouth Norfolk and sank with the loss of ten of her twelve crew.[15]

February

1 February

List of shipwrecks: 1 February 1919

Ship	Country	Description
USS Narragansett	United States Navy	USS Narragansett The troopship ran aground in the English Channel off Bembridge, Isle of Wight, United Kingdom. Over 3,500 people were successfully evacuated from the ship.[19] She was refloated on 17 February.[20]

4 February

List of shipwrecks: 4 February 1919

Ship	Country	Description
HMS Penarth	Royal Navy	The minesweeper struck a mine in the North Sea off the coast of Yorkshire, United Kingdom and sank with the loss of two of her 80 crew.[21][22]

5 February

List of shipwrecks: 5 February 1919

Ship	Country	Description
Caledonia	United Kingdom	The paddle steamer collided with Kalfond ( Norway) at Rouen, Seine-Maritime, France and was beached.[3]
Carmen	Denmark	The cargo ship struck a mine in the Skaggerak 20 nautical miles (37 km) south of Lista, Vest-Agder, Norway and sank with the loss of seventeen crew.[3]
Therezina	Brazil	The cargo ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean off Santos, São Paulo, Brazil.[23]

6 February

List of shipwrecks: 6 February 1919

Ship	Country	Description
Sis	United Kingdom	The schooner ran aground at Point Saint Quentin, Somme, France and was abandoned by her crew.[18]

7 February

List of shipwrecks: 7 February 1919

Ship	Country	Description
HMS Erin's Isle	Royal Navy	the minesweeper, a converted paddle steamer, was broken almost in two and sunk by a drifting mine in the Thames Estuary. 23 of her crew were lost[24] and 28 survived.[22]

8 February

List of shipwrecks: 8 February 1919

Ship	Country	Description
Satsei Maru No.1	Japan	The cargo ship was wrecked on Daisee Island, Korea with the loss of all hands.[25]
SM U-16	Kaiserliche Marine	The Type U 16 submarine foundered in the North Sea (58°59′N 8°29′E / 58.983°N 8.483°E).

10 February

List of shipwrecks: 10 February 1919

Ship	Country	Description
SM UC-91	Kaiserliche Marine	. The Type UC III submarine foundered in the North Sea (54°15′N 3°56′E / 54.250°N 3.933°E) with the loss of seventeen of her crew.[26]

15 February

List of shipwrecks: 15 February 1919

Ship	Country	Description
Hans	Norway	The cargo ship ran aground and sank in Fjensfjord.[27]

20 February

List of shipwrecks: 20 February 1919

Ship	Country	Description
SM UC-71	Kaiserliche Marine	The Type UC II submarine foundered in the North Sea (54°10′N 7°54′E / 54.167°N 7.900°E).[28]

22 February

List of shipwrecks: 22 February 1919

Ship	Country	Description
SM U-21	Kaiserliche Marine	The Type U 19 submarine foundered in the North Sea (54°19′N 3°42′W / 54.317°N 3.700°W) whilst under tow.

28 February

List of shipwrecks: 28 February 1919

Ship	Country	Description
General Gordon	Norway	The barque was driven ashore 20 nautical miles (37 km) north of Tybee Island, Georgia, United States. Her crew were rescued by W. B. Keene ( United States).[29]
Lord Dufferin	United Kingdom	The cargo ship was in collision with Aquitania ( United Kingdom) at New York, United States and sank. Her crew were rescued by Aquitania.[30] She was later refloated and beached.[29]

Unknown date

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1919

Ship	Country	Description
Jan	Denmark	The cargo ship struck a mine in the English Channel and was damaged. She was beached at Dungeness, Kent, United Kingdom for temporary repairs to be carried out. She was later refloated and arrived in the River Thames at Higham, Kent on 9 February.[25]
SM U-16	Kaiserliche Marine	The Type U 16 submarine foundered in the Baltic Sea (58°59′N 8°29′E / 58.983°N 8.483°E).

March

3 March

List of shipwrecks: 3 March 1919

Ship	Country	Description
Hera	Finland	The cargo ship ran aground off Arholma, Sweden and sank.[31]

7 March

List of shipwrecks: 7 March 1919

Ship	Country	Description
HNoMS Thor	Royal Norwegian Navy	The monitor ran aground in the Skagerrak off Verdens Ende and sank with the loss of two lives.

15 March

List of shipwrecks: 15 March 1919

Ship	Country	Description
City of Gulfport	United States	The five-masted barquentine was destroyed by fire in the River Plate at Buenos Aires, Argentina.[32]

18 March

List of shipwrecks: 18 March 1919

Ship	Country	Description
Bonovento	Denmark	The barque caught fire in the Indian Ocean south of Ceylon (approximately 4°N 82°E / 4°N 82°E) and was abandoned. Her crew were rescued by Martinique ( Denmark).[33]

19 March

List of shipwrecks: 19 March 1919

Ship	Country	Description
Conservator	United Kingdom	The steam yacht foundered off Cardigan, Wales, United Kingdom. Her ten crew were rescued by Elizabeth Austin ( Royal National Lifeboat Institution).[34]

24 March

List of shipwrecks: 24 March 1919

Ship	Country	Description
Cecil Fearn	United Kingdom	The schooner was driven ashore at Figuera, Cape Verde Islands, Portugal and was wrecked.[33]

27 March

List of shipwrecks: 27 March 1919

Ship	Country	Description
Vincio	Spain	The cargo ship ran aground at Bayonne, Pyrénées-Atlantiques, France and was a total loss.[33]

28 March

List of shipwrecks: 28 March 1919

Ship	Country	Description
Conservator	United Kingdom	The cargo ship ran aground on the Black Rocks in the River Teifi and was wrecked.[33]

April

6 April

List of shipwrecks: 6 April 1919

Ship	Country	Description
SMS Vulkan	United Kingdom	The salvage tug sank in the North Sea off Denmark (54°54′N 6°18′E / 54.900°N 6.300°E) whilst under tow.

9 April

List of shipwrecks: 9 April 1919

Ship	Country	Description
Hastier	Belgium	The coaster, on her maiden voyage, departed Brixham, Devon, United Kingdom for Barcelona, Spain. A damaged lifeboat discovered on 21 June by Courier ( United Kingdom) and landed at Guernsey Channel Islands.[35]

15 April

List of shipwrecks: 15 April 1919

Ship	Country	Description
U-118	United Kingdom	U-118 The Type UE II submarine was driven ashore at Hastings, East Sussex. She was scrapped in situ between October and December 1919.

16 April

List of shipwrecks: 16 April 1919

Ship	Country	Description
Lusitania	Portugal	The schooner caught fire off Cemaes Head, Cardiganshire. Her crew wew resxued by Elizabeth Austin ( Royal National Lifeboat Institution).[34]

17 April

List of shipwrecks: 17 April 1919

Ship	Country	Description
USS Freehold	United States Navy	The minesweeping tug was sunk in New York Harbor whilst assisting with the docking of RMS Saxonia ( United Kingdom) with the loss of a crew member. She was later raised, repaired and returned to service.

18 April

List of shipwrecks: 18 April 1919

Ship	Country	Description
Rosedale	Canada	The cargo ship collided with Luella ( United States) in the Bristol Channel and sank. Her crew were rescued by Luella.[36]

19 April

List of shipwrecks: 19 April 1919

Ship	Country	Description
Tyne	United Kingdom	The cargo ship collided with the brigantine Fleur de Mer ( France) in Langland Bay, Glamorgan and cut her in two. Her five crew survived. Tyne then ran aground at Rotherslade, Glamorgan and broke her back. Her 50 crew were rescued. Tyne was on a voyage from London, United Kingdom to Swansea, Glamorgan, United Kingdom[36][37]
Wild Rose	United Kingdom	The cargo ship collided with Afon Lledi ( United Kingdom) off the coast of Cornwall, United Kingdom and sank with the loss of four of her crew.[36]

24 April

List of shipwrecks: 24 April 1919

Ship	Country	Description
LV-51	United States Lighthouse Service	The lightship was rammed and sunk while relieving Comfield Point Station.[38]

27 April

List of shipwrecks: 27 April 1919

Ship	Country	Description
USS Courtney	United States Navy	The patrol vessel sank in the Bay of Biscay off Brest, Finistère, France.
USS Otis W. Douglas	United States Navy	The minesweeper sank in the Bay of Biscay off Brest.

28 April

List of shipwrecks: 28 April 1919

Ship	Country	Description
USS Gypsum Queen	United States Navy	The naval tug struck a rock and sank in the Bay of Biscay off Brest, Finistère, France with the loss of 15 of her crew.
USS James	United States Navy	The naval trawler sank in the Bay of Biscay off Brest. Her crew were rescued by USS Marietta ( United States Navy).

Unknown date

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1919

Ship	Country	Description
Borets za Svobodu	Soviet Navy	Russian Civil War: The pre-dreadnought battleship was scuttled at Sevastopol.
Dunvegan	United Kingdom	The cargo ship was driven aground at Margate, Kent. She was later repaired and refloated.[39]

May

5 May

List of shipwrecks: 5 May 1919

Ship	Country	Description
SMS Leipzig	Kaiserliche Marine	The hulked sail corvette capsized in Wilhelmshaven. She was raised in 1921 and scrapped.

9 May

List of shipwrecks: 9 May 1919

Ship	Country	Description
Factor	United Kingdom	The cargo ship collided with Ursus ( United Kingdom) in the North Sea 6 nautical miles (11 km) north east of Scarborough, Yorkshire and sank.[40]

June

17 June

List of shipwrecks: 17 June 1919

Ship	Country	Description
Cairnside	United Kingdom	The cargo ship ran aground in the North Sea off Aldeburgh, Suffolk and was wrecked. Her crew were rescued by Vaunter ( United Kingdom).[41]

18 June

List of shipwrecks: 18 June 1919

Ship	Country	Description
Oleg	Soviet Navy	Russian Civil War: The Bogatyr-class cruiser was torpedoed and sunk by HM CMB-4 ( Royal Navy) off Kronstadt.

21 June

List of shipwrecks: 21 June 1919

Ship	Country	Description
SMS B109	Kaiserliche Marine	Scuttling of the German fleet in Scapa Flow: The Grosses Torpedoboot 1913-class torpedo boat was scuttled in Scapa Flow, Orkney Islands, United Kingdom. She was raised in March 1926 and scrapped.
SMS B110	Kaiserliche Marine	Scuttling of the German fleet in Scapa Flow: The Grosses Torpedoboot 1913-class torpedo boat was scuttled in Scapa Flow. She was raised in December 1925 and scrapped.
SMS B111	Kaiserliche Marine	Scuttling of the German fleet in Scapa Flow: The Grosses Torpedoboot 1913-class torpedo boat was scuttled in Scapa Flow. She was raised in March 1926 and scrapped.
SMS B112	Kaiserliche Marine	Scuttling of the German fleet in Scapa Flow: The Grosses Torpedoboot 1913-class torpedo boat was scuttled in Scapa Flow. She was raised in February 1926 and scrapped.
SMS Baden	Kaiserliche Marine	SMS Frankfurt (left) and SMS Baden Scuttling of the German fleet in Scapa Flow: The Bayern-class battleship was beached in Scapa Flow. She was refloated in July. Subsequently repaired and entered Royal Navy service.
SMS Bayern	Kaiserliche Marine	SMS Bayern Scuttling of the German fleet in Scapa Flow: The Bayern-class battleship was scuttled in Scapa Flow. She was raised in September 1934 and scrapped.
SMS Bremse	Kaiserliche Marine	Scuttling of the German fleet in Scapa Flow: The Brummer-class cruiser was scuttled in Scapa Flow. She was raised on 29 November 1930 and scrapped.
SMS Brummer	Kaiserliche Marine	Scuttling of the German fleet in Scapa Flow: The Brummer-class cruiser was scuttled in Scapa Flow, where she remains as of 2016.
SMS Cöln	Kaiserliche Marine	Scuttling of the German fleet in Scapa Flow: The Cöln-class cruiser was scuttled in Scapa Flow, where she remains as of 2016.
SMS Dresden	Kaiserliche Marine	Scuttling of the German fleet in Scapa Flow: The Cöln-class cruiser was scuttled in Scapa Flow, where she remains as of 2016.
SMS Derfflinger	Kaiserliche Marine	SMS Derfflinger Scuttling of the German fleet in Scapa Flow: The Derfflinger-class battlecruiser was scuttled in Scapa Flow. She was raised in 1939 and anchored in a capsized state off Rysa Little until 1946, when she was scrapped.
SMS Emden	Kaiserliche Marine	Scuttling of the German fleet in Scapa Flow: The Königsberg-class cruiser was beached in Scapa Flow. She was later refloated and passed to the French Navy in 1920.
SMS Frankfurt	Kaiserliche Marine	Scuttling of the German fleet in Scapa Flow: The Wiesbaden-class cruiser was beached in Scapa Flow. She was refloated in July 1920 and subsequently passed to the United States Navy.
SMS Friedrich der Grosse	Kaiserliche Marine	Scuttling of the German fleet in Scapa Flow: The Kaiser-class battleship was scuttled in Scapa Flow. She was raised in 1936 and scrapped.
SMS G38	Kaiserliche Marine	Scuttling of the German fleet in Scapa Flow: The Grosses Torpedoboot 1913-class torpedo boat was scuttled in Scapa Flow. She was raised in 1936 and scrapped.
SMS G39	Kaiserliche Marine	Scuttling of the German fleet in Scapa Flow: The Grosses Torpedoboot 1913-class torpedo boat was scuttled in Scapa Flow. She was raised on 3 July 1925 and scrapped.
SMS G40	Kaiserliche Marine	Scuttling of the German fleet in Scapa Flow: The Grosses Torpedoboot 1913-class torpedo boat was scuttled in Scapa Flow. She was raised in 1925 and scrapped.
SMS G92	Kaiserliche Marine	Scuttling of the German fleet in Scapa Flow: The Grosses Torpedoboot 1913-class torpedo boat was beached in Scapa Flow. She was later refloated and passed to the Admiralty.
SMS G101	Kaiserliche Marine	Scuttling of the German fleet in Scapa Flow: The Grosses Torpedoboot 1913-class torpedo boat was scuttled in Scapa Flow. She was raised in April 1926 and scrapped.
SMS G102	Kaiserliche Marine	SMS G102 Scuttling of the German fleet in Scapa Flow: The Grosses Torpedoboot 1913-class torpedo boat was beached in Scapa Flow. She was later refloated and passed to the United States Navy.
SMS G103	Kaiserliche Marine	Scuttling of the German fleet in Scapa Flow: Grosses Torpedoboot 1913-class torpedo boat was scuttled in Scapa Flow. She was raised in September 1925 and scrapped.
SMS G104	Kaiserliche Marine	Scuttling of the German fleet in Scapa Flow: The Grosses Torpedoboot 1913-class torpedo boat was scuttled in Scapa Flow. She was raised in April 1926 and scrapped.
SMS H145	Kaiserliche Marine	Scuttling of the German fleet in Scapa Flow: Grosses Torpedoboot 1913-class torpedo boat was scuttled in Scapa Flow. She was raised in March 1925 and scrapped.
SMS Hindenburg	Kaiserliche Marine	SMS Hindenburg Scuttling of the German fleet in Scapa Flow: The Derfflinger-class battlecruiser was scuttled in Scapa Flow. She was raised on 29 July 1930 and scrapped.
SMS Grosser Kurfürst	Kaiserliche Marine	Scuttling of the German fleet in Scapa Flow: The König-class battleship was scuttled in Scapa Flow. She was raised on 29 April 1938 and scrapped.
SMS Kaiser	Kaiserliche Marine	Scuttling of the German fleet in Scapa Flow: The Kaiser-class battleship was scuttled in Scapa Flow. She was raised in 1929 and scrapped the next year.
SMS Kaiserin	Kaiserliche Marine	Scuttling of the German fleet in Scapa Flow: The Kaiser-class battleship was scuttled in Scapa Flow. She was raised on 14 May 1936 and scrapped.
SMS Karlsruhe	Kaiserliche Marine	Scuttling of the German fleet in Scapa Flow: The Königsberg-class cruiser was scuttled in Scapa Flow, where she remains as of 2016.
SMS König	Kaiserliche Marine	Scuttling of the German fleet in Scapa Flow: The König-class battleship was scuttled in Scapa Flow, where she remains as of 2016.
SMS König Albert	Kaiserliche Marine	Scuttling of the German fleet in Scapa Flow: The Kaiser-class battleship was scuttled in Scapa Flow. She was raised on 31 July 1935 and scrapped.
SMS Kronprinz Wilhelm	Kaiserliche Marine	Scuttling of the German fleet in Scapa Flow: The König-class battleship was scuttled in Scapa Flow, where she remains as of 2016.
SMS Markgraf	Kaiserliche Marine	Scuttling of the German fleet in Scapa Flow: The König-class battleship was scuttled in Scapa Flow, where she remains as of 2016.
SMS Moltke	Kaiserliche Marine	Scuttling of the German fleet in Scapa Flow: The Moltke-class battlecruiser was scuttled in Scapa Flow. She was raised in 1927 and scrapped two years later.
SMS Nürnberg	Kaiserliche Marine	Scuttling of the German fleet in Scapa Flow: The Königsberg-class cruiser was beached in Scapa Flow. She was refloated in July 1919 and subsequently sunk as a target in 1922.
SMS Prinzregent Luitpold	Kaiserliche Marine	Scuttling of the German fleet in Scapa Flow: The Kaiser-class battleship was scuttled in Scapa Flow. She was raised on 9 July 1931 and scrapped.
SMS S32	Kaiserliche Marine	Scuttling of the German fleet in Scapa Flow: The Grosses Torpedoboot 1913-class torpedo boat was scuttled in Scapa Flow. She was raised in June 1925.
SMS S36	Kaiserliche Marine	Scuttling of the German fleet in Scapa Flow: The Grosses Torpedoboot 1913-class torpedo boat was scuttled in Scapa Flow. She was raised in April 1925 and scrapped.
SMS S49	Kaiserliche Marine	Scuttling of the German fleet in Scapa Flow: The Grosses Torpedoboot 1913-class torpedo boat was scuttled in Scapa Flow. She was raised in December 1924 and scrapped.
SMS S50	Kaiserliche Marine	Scuttling of the German fleet in Scapa Flow: The Grosses Torpedoboot 1913-class torpedo boat was scuttled in Scapa Flow. She was raised in October 1924 and scrapped.
SMS S51	Kaiserliche Marine	Scuttling of the German fleet in Scapa Flow: The Grosses Torpedoboot 1913-class torpedo boat was beached in Scapa Flow. She was later refloated and passed to the Admiralty.
SMS S52	Kaiserliche Marine	Scuttling of the German fleet in Scapa Flow: The Grosses Torpedoboot 1913-class torpedo boat was scuttled in Scapa Flow. She was raised in October 1924 and scrapped.
SMS S53	Kaiserliche Marine	Scuttling of the German fleet in Scapa Flow: The Grosses Torpedoboot 1913-class torpedo boat was scuttled in Scapa Flow. She was raised in August 1925 and scrapped.
SMS S54	Kaiserliche Marine	Scuttling of the German fleet in Scapa Flow: The Grosses Torpedoboot 1913-class torpedo boat was scuttled in Scapa Flow. She was partially salvaged.
SMS S55	Kaiserliche Marine	Scuttling of the German fleet in Scapa Flow: The Grosses Torpedoboot 1913-class torpedo boat was scuttled in Scapa Flow. She was raised in August 1924 and scrapped.
SMS S56	Kaiserliche Marine	Scuttling of the German fleet in Scapa Flow: The Grosses Torpedoboot 1913-class torpedo boat was scuttled in Scapa Flow. She was raised in June 1925 and scrapped.
SMS S60	Kaiserliche Marine	Scuttling of the German fleet in Scapa Flow: The Grosses Torpedoboot 1913-class torpedo boat was beached in Scapa Flow. She was later refloated and passed to the Imperial Japanese Navy.
SMS S65	Kaiserliche Marine	Scuttling of the German fleet in Scapa Flow: The Grosses Torpedoboot 1913-class torpedo boat was scuttled in Scapa Flow. She was raised in May 1922 and scrapped.
SMS S131	Kaiserliche Marine	Scuttling of the German fleet in Scapa Flow: The Grosses Torpedoboot 1913-class torpedo boat was scuttled in Scapa Flow. She was raised in August 1924 and scrapped.
SMS S132	Kaiserliche Marine	Scuttling of the German fleet in Scapa Flow: The Grosses Torpedoboot 1913-class torpedo boat was beached in Scapa Flow. She was later refloated and passed to the United States Navy.
SMS S136	Kaiserliche Marine	Scuttling of the German fleet in Scapa Flow: The Grosses Torpedoboot 1913-class torpedo boat was scuttled in Scapa Flow. She was raised in April 1925 and scrapped.
SMS S137	Kaiserliche Marine	Scuttling of the German fleet in Scapa Flow: The Grosses Torpedoboot 1913-class torpedo boat was beached in Scapa Flow. She was later refloated and passed to the Admiralty.
SMS S138	Kaiserliche Marine	Scuttling of the German fleet in Scapa Flow: The Grosses Torpedoboot 1913-class torpedo boat was scuttled in Scapa Flow. She was raised in May 1925 and scrapped.
SMS Seydlitz	Kaiserliche Marine	SMS Seydlitz Scuttling of the German fleet in Scapa Flow: The battlecruiser was scuttled in Scapa Flow. She was raised on 2 November 1928 and scrapped.
SMS V43	Kaiserliche Marine	Scuttling of the German fleet in Scapa Flow: The Grosses Torpedoboot 1913-class torpedo boat was beached in Scapa Flow. She was later refloated and passed to the United States Navy.
SMS V44	Kaiserliche Marine	Scuttling of the German fleet in Scapa Flow: The Grosses Torpedoboot 1913-class torpedo boat was beached in Scapa Flow. She was later refloated and passed to the Admiralty.
SMS V45	Kaiserliche Marine	Scuttling of the German fleet in Scapa Flow: The Grosses Torpedoboot 1913-class torpedo boat was scuttled in Scapa Flow. She was raised in 1924 and scrapped.
SMS V46	Kaiserliche Marine	Scuttling of the German fleet in Scapa Flow: The Grosses Torpedoboot 1913-class torpedo boat was beached in Scapa Flow. She was later refloated and passed to the French Navy.
SMS V70	Kaiserliche Marine	Scuttling of the German fleet in Scapa Flow: The Grosses Torpedoboot 1913-class torpedo boat was scuttled in Scapa Flow. She was raised in August 1924 and scrapped.
SMS V73	Kaiserliche Marine	Scuttling of the German fleet in Scapa Flow: The Grosses Torpedoboot 1913-class torpedo boat was beached in Scapa Flow. She was later refloated and passed to the Admiralty.
SMS V78	Kaiserliche Marine	Scuttling of the German fleet in Scapa Flow: The Grosses Torpedoboot 1913-class torpedo boat was scuttled in Scapa Flow. She was raised in September 1925 and scrapped.
SMS V80	Kaiserliche Marine	Scuttling of the German fleet in Scapa Flow: The Grosses Torpedoboot 1913-class torpedo boat was beached in Scapa Flow. She was later refloated and passed to the Imperial Japanese Navy.
SMS V81	Kaiserliche Marine	Scuttling of the German fleet in Scapa Flow: The Grosses Torpedoboot 1913-class torpedo boat was beached in Scapa Flow. She was later refloated but sunk whilst under tow to be scrapped.
SMS V82	Kaiserliche Marine	Scuttling of the German fleet in Scapa Flow: The Grosses Torpedoboot 1913-class torpedo boat was beached in Scapa Flow. She was later refloated and passed to the Admiralty.
SMS V83	Kaiserliche Marine	Scuttling of the German fleet in Scapa Flow: The Grosses Torpedoboot 1913-class torpedo boat was scuttled in Scapa Flow. She was raised in 1923 and scrapped.
SMS V86	Kaiserliche Marine	Scuttling of the German fleet in Scapa Flow: The Grosses Torpedoboot 1913-class torpedo boat was scuttled in Scapa Flow. She was raised in July 1925 and scrapped.
SMS V89	Kaiserliche Marine	Scuttling of the German fleet in Scapa Flow: The Grosses Torpedoboot 1913-class torpedo boat was scuttled in Scapa Flow. She was raised in December 1922 and scrapped.
SMS V91	Kaiserliche Marine	Scuttling of the German fleet in Scapa Flow: The Grosses Torpedoboot 1913-class torpedo boat was scuttled in Scapa Flow. She was raised in September 1924 and scrapped.
SMS V100	Kaiserliche Marine	Scuttling of the German fleet in Scapa Flow: The Grosses Torpedoboot 1913-class torpedo boat was beached in Scapa Flow. She was later refloated and passed to the French Navy.
SMS V125	Kaiserliche Marine	Scuttling of the German fleet in Scapa Flow: The Grosses Torpedoboot 1913-class torpedo boat was beached in Scapa Flow. She was later refloated and passed to the Admiralty.
SMS V126	Kaiserliche Marine	Scuttling of the German fleet in Scapa Flow: The Grosses Torpedoboot 1913-class torpedo boat was beached in Scapa Flow. She was later refloated and passed to the French Navy.
SMS V127	Kaiserliche Marine	Scuttling of the German fleet in Scapa Flow: The Grosses Torpedoboot 1913-class torpedo boat was beached in Scapa Flow. She was later refloated and passed to the Imperial Japanese Navy.
SMS V128	Kaiserliche Marine	Scuttling of the German fleet in Scapa Flow: The Grosses Torpedoboot 1913-class torpedo boat was beached in Scapa Flow. She was later refloated and passed to the Admiralty.
SMS V129	Kaiserliche Marine	Scuttling of the German fleet in Scapa Flow: The Grosses Torpedoboot 1913-class torpedo boat was scuttled in Scapa Flow. She was raised in August 1925 and scrapped.
SMS Von der Tann	Kaiserliche Marine	Scuttling of the German fleet in Scapa Flow: The battlecruiser was scuttled in Scapa Flow. She was raised on 7 December 1930, scrapping started in 1931 and was completed in 1934.

27 June

List of shipwrecks: 27 June 1919

Ship	Country	Description
Thomas	United Kingdom	The schooner caught fire in the Atlantic Ocean 80 nautical miles (150 km) north east of Barbados and was abandoned. Her crew were rescued by Lillian ( United Kingdom).[42]

28 June

List of shipwrecks: 28 June 1919

Ship	Country	Description
Duchess of Richmond	United Kingdom	The paddle steamer struck a mine and sank in the Mediterranean Sea.[43]

Unknown date

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1919

Ship	Country	Description
Erinpura	United Kingdom	The cargo ship ran aground on Great Hanish Island, Aden Protectorate in mid-June. She was declared a total loss on 19 August 1920.[44]

July

12 July

List of shipwrecks: 12 July 1919

Ship	Country	Description
USS Richard Bulkeley	United States Navy	The minesweeper struck a mine and sank in the North Sea with the loss of seven of her 25 crew.[45]

26 July

List of shipwrecks: 26 July 1919

Ship	Country	Description
Hauruto	United Kingdom	The cargo ship departed Saigon, French Indochina for Hong Kong. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[46]

27 July

List of shipwrecks: 27 July 1919

Ship	Country	Description
Admiral Knight	United States	The cargo ship was destroyed by fire off the mouth of the Fraser River. Her crew were rescued.[47]
USS May	United States Navy	The naval yacht ran aground off Cape Engaño, Dominican Republic. She was abandoned as a total loss on 28 February 1920.

30 July

List of shipwrecks: 30 July 1919

Ship	Country	Description
USS G-2	United States Navy	The G-class submarine sank at her moorings, Niantic, Connecticut.
Toyo Maru No.2	Japan	The cargo ship was destroyed by fire.[47]

August

18 August

List of shipwrecks: 18 August 1919

Ship	Country	Description
Dvina	Soviet Navy	Dvina Russian Civil War: The depot ship was torpedoed and sunk by HM CMB-79 ( Royal Navy) at Kronstadt.

September

1 September

List of shipwrecks: 1 September 1919

Ship	Country	Description
HMS Vittoria	Royal Navy	Russian Civil War: The V-class destroyer was torpedoed and sunk by Pantera ( Soviet Navy) in the Gulf of Finland off Seiskari, Finland. She was salvaged in 1925 but found to be beyond repair.

4 September

List of shipwrecks: 4 September 1919

Ship	Country	Description
HMS Verulam (1917)	Royal Navy	The V-class destroyer struck a mine and sank off in the Gulf of Finland off Seiskari, Finland. She was salvaged in 1925 but found to be beyond repair.

8 September

List of shipwrecks: 8 September 1919

Ship	Country	Description
Valbanera	Spain	1919 Florida Keys hurricane: the passenger ship foundered off Havana, Cuba with the loss of all 488 passengers and crew.

9 September

List of shipwrecks: 9 September 1919

Ship	Country	Description
USS St. Sebastian	United States Navy	1919 Florida Keys hurricane: The patrol vessel was wrecked at Key West, Florida in a hurricane.
USS Sylvia	United States Navy	The patrol vessel was wrecked at Key West in a hurricane.

10 September

List of shipwrecks: 10 September 1919

Ship	Country	Description
USS Coco	United States Navy	1919 Florida Keys hurricane: The patrol vessel foundered off Key West, Florida in a hurricane.
USS Katherine K.	United States Navy	1919 Florida Keys hurricane: The patrol vessel foundered off Key West, Florida in a hurricane.
USS Patrol No. 1	United States Navy	1919 Florida Keys hurricane: The patrol vessel was wrecked at Key West, Florida in a hurricane.
USS Sea Hawk	United States Navy	1919 Florida Keys hurricane: The patrol vessel foundered off Key West, Florida in a hurricane.

11 September

List of shipwrecks: 11 September 1919

Ship	Country	Description
USS Helena I	United States Navy	1919 Florida Keys hurricane: The patrol vessel was wrecked at Key West, Florida in a hurricane.

16 September

List of shipwrecks: 16 September 1919

Ship	Country	Description
USS R-6	United States Navy	The R-class submarine was driven aground at New London, Connecticut. She was later salvaged, repaired and returned to service.

29 September

List of shipwrecks: 29 September 1919

Ship	Country	Description
Ossifrage	Canada	The SS Ossifrage struck a Shoal and foundered, in Northumberland Strait while being towed from Wallace, Nova Scotia, Canada to Souris, Prince Edward Island.
ML-18	Royal Navy	The ML-18 was presumably lost in the North Sea, while on passage from Norway.
ML-62	Royal Navy	The ML-62 was presumably lost in the North Sea, while on passage from Norway.
ML-191	Royal Navy	The ML-191 was presumably lost in the North Sea, while on passage from Norway.

30 September

List of shipwrecks: 30 September 1919

Ship	Country	Description
August Helmerich	Germany	The August Helmerich was on a voyage from Kotka, Finland to Hamburg, Germany when she sank after a collision with steamer Normandie off Dalarö (east coast of Öland).

October

1 October

List of shipwrecks: 1 October 1919

Ship	Country	Description
Homer	United States	The cargo ship caught fire and sank in Security Bay. All three crew members survived.

3 October

List of shipwrecks: 3 October 1919

Ship	Country	Description
Frank O'Connor	United States	The bulk carrier caught fire and sank in Lake Michigan.

5 October

List of shipwrecks: 5 October 1919

Ship	Country	Description
Milton	United States	The cargo ship caught fire and sank near Lisboain.

7 October

List of shipwrecks: 7 October 1919

Ship	Country	Description
Sizergh Castle	United Kingdom	The cargo ship foundered due to a water leakage in the North Atlantic while she was travelling from Galveston, Texas, United States to Antwerp, Belgium.

9 October

List of shipwrecks: 9 October 1919

Ship	Country	Description
Daram	United States	The cargo ship ran aground and sank on Long Bar Reef, Bermuda while she was travelling from Pensacola, Florida, United States to Marseille, France.

18 October

List of shipwrecks: 18 October 1919

Ship	Country	Description
HMS H41	Royal Navy	the H-class submarine sank after a collision with HMS Vulcan in the North Sea off Blyth, Northumberland.

31 October

List of shipwrecks: 31 October 1919

Ship	Country	Description
Fazilka	United Kingdom	The cargo liner was wrecked on Great Nicobar Island, India.

November

4 November

List of shipwrecks: 4 November 1919

Ship	Country	Description
Lesbos	Belgium	The cargo ship ran aground on Cross Sands, in the North Sea off Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, United Kingdom and was wrecked.[35]

5 November

List of shipwrecks: 5 November 1919

Ship	Country	Description
Audrey P. Brown	Canada	The schooner ran aground in Liverpool Bay, Nova Scotia.[48]

22 November

List of shipwrecks: 22 November 1919

Ship	Country	Description
Myron	United States	The lumber hooker foundered in Lake Superior off Whitefish Point with the loss of 17 of her 18 crew. Only the captain survived.
Ady	Belgium	The schooner, carrying a cargo of copra, caught fire off Jamaica and was abandoned.[49]

December

11 December

List of shipwrecks: 11 December 1919

Ship	Country	Description
SS Ethie	Canada	She was on passage Battle Harbour, Labrador for Cow Head, Newfoundland with codfish and herring, was lost at Martin’s Point, 16 nautical miles (30 km) N of Bonne Bay, Newfoundland[50]

12 December

List of shipwrecks: 12 December 1919

Ship	Country	Description
USS Kerwood	United States Navy	The cargo ship struck a mine and sank in the North Sea 20 nautical miles (37 km) north of Terschelling, Friesland, Netherlands.

18 December

List of shipwrecks: 18 December 1919

Ship	Country	Description
Cufic	United Kingdom	The cargo ship foundered with the loss of all 40 crew.

25 December

List of shipwrecks: 25 December 1919

Ship	Country	Description
SS Dundee	Canada	On a voyage from Lewesport to Port Union, was stranded and lost on Noggin Island (Grassy Island), Sir Charles Hamilton Sound near Carmanville, Newfoundland[51]

Unknown date

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1919

Ship	Country	Description
Elbrus	Soviet Navy	Raised after having been scuttled at Novorossisk in 1914, then scuttled again to prevent capture. Raised again in 1925, repaired and returned to service.[49]
UB-14	ex- Kaiserliche Marine	The Type UB I submarine was scuttled in the Black Sea off Sevastopol, Russia in the early months of 1919.
Valkyr	United Kingdom	The ship ran aground at Birchington, United Kingdom, a total loss.[39]

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Ship events in 1919
Ship launches:	1914	1915	1916	1917	1918	1919	1920	1921	1922	1923	1924
Ship commissionings:	1914	1915	1916	1917	1918	1919	1920	1921	1922	1923	1924
Ship decommissionings:	1914	1915	1916	1917	1918	1919	1920	1921	1922	1923	1924
Shipwrecks:	1914	1915	1916	1917	1918	1919	1920	1921	1922	1923	1924

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