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

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

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

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

4 March

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Unknown date

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]

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