The list of shipwrecks in September 1914 includes ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during September 1914.
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World War I: The cargo ship, en route from Gothenburg to Sunderland, struck a mine in the North Sea, about 28 nautical miles (52 km) northeast of Tyne, and sank quickly. The crew survived, and was transported back to North Shields by the steamer D/S Bruse (Norway). It was Sweden's first ship loss during World War I.[4]
World War I: The trawler was shelled and sunk in the North Sea by two cruisers and four destroyers (all Imperial German Navy). Her crew were taken as prisoners of war.[11][12]
World War I: The trawler was shelled and sunk in the North Sea by two cruisers and four destroyers (all Imperial German Navy). Her crew were taken as prisoners of war.[11][12]
World War I: The trawler was shelled and sunk in the North Sea by two cruisers and four destroyers (all Imperial German Navy). Her crew were taken as prisoners of war.[11][12]
World War I: The trawler was shelled and sunk in the North Sea by two cruisers and four destroyers (all Imperial German Navy). Her crew were taken as prisoners of war.[11][12]
World War I: The trawler was shelled and sunk in the North Sea by two cruisers and four destroyers (all Imperial German Navy). Her crew were taken as prisoners of war.[11][12]
World War I: The trawler was shelled and sunk in the North Sea by two cruisers and four destroyers (all Imperial German Navy). Her crew were taken as prisoners of war.[11][12]
World War I: The trawler was shelled and sunk in the North Sea by two cruisers and four destroyers (all Imperial German Navy). Her crew were taken as prisoners of war.[11][12]
World War I: The trawler was shelled and sunk in the North Sea by two cruisers and four destroyers (all Imperial German Navy). Her crew were taken as prisoners of war.[11][12]
World War I: The trawler was shelled and sunk in the North Sea by two cruisers and four destroyers (all Imperial German Navy). Her crew were taken as prisoners of war.[11][12]
The steamer, en route from Peterhead to Helsingborg, sank after a collision in poor visibility with an unnamed British warship, about 55 nautical miles (102 km) off Peterhead. The ship sank quickly, and one British passenger and one crew member died.[17]
World War I: The cargo ship (5,150 or 5,510 GRT, 1903) was scuttled in the Atlantic Ocean 190 nautical miles (350 km) south west of the St Paul Rocks, Brazil by SMS Karlsruhe (Imperial German Navy).[6]
World War I: The Admiralty-requisitioned cargo ship (1,185 GRT, 1872) was scuttled in Skerry Sound, Scapa Flow as a block ship. Salvaged, except for her boiler, at some point.[21]
The steamschooner sank in a gale in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of Oregon with the loss of 60 of the 62 people on board. One survivor each were rescued by Buck and by Beaver (both flag unknown).[23][24]
World War I: The Admiralty-requisitioned cargo ship was scuttled in Skerry Sound, Scapa Flow as a block ship. Mostly scrapped in place later, stern and boilers still in place.[26][27]
World War I: The Admiralty requisitioned cargo ship (1,589 GRT, 1882) was scuttled in Skerry Sound, Scapa Flow as a block ship. Scrapped in 1924.[29][27]
World War I: The trawler (165 GRT) struck a mine and sank in the North Sea 31 nautical miles (57 km) east of Spurn Point, Yorkshire with the loss of six of her cew.[2]
World War I: The cargo ship (3,817 GRT, 1898) was scuttled in the Atlantic Ocean 155 nautical miles (287 km) south west by west of the St Paul Rocks, Brazil by SMS Karlsruhe (Imperial German Navy).[6]
World War I: The cargo ship (3,314 GRT) was scuttled in the Indian Ocean 50 nautical miles (93 km) west by north of Colombo, Ceylon by SMS Emden (Imperial German Navy).[6]
World War I: The cargo ship (3,500 GRT) was shelled and sunk in the Indian Ocean 210 nautical miles (390 km) west by north of Colombo by SMS Emden (Imperial German Navy).[6]
^"American Marine Engineer April, 1916". National Marine Engineers Beneficial Association of the United States. Retrieved 28 October 2020 – via Haithi Trust.
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