List of shipwrecks in 1912
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The list of shipwrecks in 1912 includes some ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during 1912. The website http://www.wrecksite.eu/Wrecksite.aspx records 214 ships lost in 1912.
23 January
- (
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland) collided with ( United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland) in the Crosby ChannelRiver MerseyThe River Mersey is a river in North West England. It is around long, stretching from Stockport, Greater Manchester, and ending at Liverpool Bay, Merseyside. For centuries, it formed part of the ancient county divide between Lancashire and Cheshire....
. Beached but broke in two, a total loss.
12 February
- FleetwoodFleetwoodFleetwood is a town within the Wyre district of Lancashire, England, lying at the northwest corner of the Fylde. It had a population of 26,840 people at the 2001 Census. It forms part of the Greater Blackpool conurbation. The town was the first planned community of the Victorian era...
trawler ( United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland) drifted ashore at Kynance CoveKynance CoveKynance Cove is a cove in southwest Cornwall, United Kingdom. It is situated on the Lizard peninsula approximately two miles north of Lizard Point...
, Cornwall, when her tow broke.
12 March
- ( United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland) sank after a collision with PisaguaPisagua (ship)Pisagua was a four-masted barque which was built for F. Laeisz, Hamburg, Germany in 1892 and served for twenty years, surviving a collision with a steamship in 1912. She was repaired and sold to a Norwegian owner, only to be stranded in the South Shetland Islands the following...
(
Germany) off Beachy HeadBeachy HeadBeachy Head is a chalk headland on the south coast of England, close to the town of Eastbourne in the county of East Sussex, immediately east of the Seven Sisters. The cliff there is the highest chalk sea cliff in Britain, rising to 162 m above sea level. The peak allows views of the south...
.
21 March
- ( United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland) wrecked at NanjizalNanjizalNanjizal is a beach and cove situated one mile to the south-east of Land's End, Cornwall, UK. Nanjizal has no direct access via road and is usually reached via the South West Coast Path by walking from Land's End, and so is often very quiet...
on the west coast of CornwallCornwallCornwall is a unitary authority and ceremonial county of England, within the United Kingdom. It is bordered to the north and west by the Celtic Sea, to the south by the English Channel, and to the east by the county of Devon, over the River Tamar. Cornwall has a population of , and covers an area of...
.
6 April
- Gunvor (
Norway) wrecked on Pedn-Men-an-Mor rocks, Black Head, The Lizard, Cornwall, crew scrambled to safety. - Barquentine Mildred ( United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland) struck rocks at Gurnard's HeadGurnard's HeadGurnard's Head is a prominent headland on the north coast of the Penwith peninsula in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. It is near the hamlet of Treen in the parish of Zennor....
in dense fog and sank with her sails set. No lives lost.
15 April
- Titanic (
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland): Largest ocean linerOcean linerAn ocean liner is a ship designed to transport people from one seaport to another along regular long-distance maritime routes according to a schedule. Liners may also carry cargo or mail, and may sometimes be used for other purposes .Cargo vessels running to a schedule are sometimes referred to as...
launched to date, sank during her maiden voyage. Over 1,500 lives lost; 705 survived.
July
- The steamship ( United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland) of North ShieldsNorth ShieldsNorth Shields is a town on the north bank of the River Tyne, in the metropolitan borough of North Tyneside, in North East England...
with ballast from St Nazaire to the Tyne for coal went ashore south of MouseholeMouseholeMousehole is a village and fishing port in Cornwall, United Kingdom. It is situated approximately 2½ miles south of Penzance on the shore of Mount's Bay.The village is in the civil parish of Penzance...
in thick fog. The salvage steamer Lady of the Isles hauled her clear and she resumed her journey undamaged.
26 August
- (
Belgium): Struck uncharted rocks at Umba, RussiaUmba, RussiaUmba is an urban locality in Tersky District of Murmansk Oblast, Russia, located on the Kola Peninsula at the point where the Umba River flows into the Kandalaksha Gulf. Population:...
(66°21′N 35°36′E) and wrecked.
1 September
- Waterwitch, British Admiralty survey vessel, rammed by the governor's launch while anchored in Singapore Harbour.
28 September
- , (
Japan) off the coast of Japan in a storm. Over 1,000 dead.
October
- NicaraguaSS NicaraguaSS Nicaragua was a ship that was sailing in the Gulf of Mexico when it ran aground on Padre Island in 1912.During the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, Padre Island was the site of a number of shipwrecks. "Devil's Elbow," is a point of tidal convergence around milepost 50 from Malaquite...
(
United States) wrecked on Padre IslandPadre IslandPadre Island is part of the U.S. state of Texas. The island is located on Texas' southern coast of the Gulf of Mexico and is famous for its white sandy beaches at the south end...
, Texas while traveling the Gulf of MexicoGulf of MexicoThe Gulf of Mexico is a partially landlocked ocean basin largely surrounded by the North American continent and the island of Cuba. It is bounded on the northeast, north and northwest by the Gulf Coast of the United States, on the southwest and south by Mexico, and on the southeast by Cuba. In...
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21 November
- EnduranceEndurance (1912 ship)The Endurance was the three-masted barquentine in which Sir Ernest Shackleton sailed for the Antarctic on the 1914 Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition...
, ( United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland) Shackleton's ship of the British Imperial Trans-Antarctic ExpeditionImperial Trans-Antarctic ExpeditionThe Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition , also known as the Endurance Expedition, is considered the last major expedition of the Heroic Age of Antarctic Exploration. Conceived by Sir Ernest Shackleton, the expedition was an attempt to make the first land crossing of the Antarctic continent...
caught in ice and finally sinks in the Weddell SeaWeddell SeaThe Weddell Sea is part of the Southern Ocean and contains the Weddell Gyre. Its land boundaries are defined by the bay formed from the coasts of Coats Land and the Antarctic Peninsula. The easternmost point is Cape Norvegia at Princess Martha Coast, Queen Maud Land. To the east of Cape Norvegia is...
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26 December
- SS Tripolitania ( United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland), was wrecked on Loe Bar, near Porthleven, Cornwall, United Kingdom in 100 mph winds. Nearly all the crew were saved but the ship was a total loss.