List of shipwrecks in November 1915


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The list of shipwrecks in November 1915 includes ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during November 1915.

List of shipwrecks: 7 November 1915
Ship State Description
SMS A3   Imperial German Navy The A1-class torpedo boat foundered in the Baltic Sea with the loss of all hands.[4]
Bearnais   France The tanker, a schooner, was severely damaged by fire at Bordeaux, Gironde. She was later repaired and returned to service as a cargo ship.[35]
France   France World War I: The passenger ship was sunk in the Mediterranean Sea 85 nautical miles (157 km) south west of Cape Teulada, Sardinia, Italy (38°08′N 9°54′E / 38.133°N 9.900°E) by SM U-38 (  Imperial German Navy). Her crew survived.[36]
Moorina   United Kingdom World War I: The cargo ship was sunk in the Mediterranean Sea 105 nautical miles (194 km) south of Cape Martello Cape Martello, Crete, Greece (33°10′N 25°10′E / 33.167°N 25.167°E) by SM U-35 (  Imperial German Navy). Her crew survived.[37]
Nord   United Kingdom The tanker struck an uncharted rock off Port Arthur, South Australia and was abandoned. She foundered the next day. Her 42 crew survived. Nord was on a voyage from Melbourne, South Australia to Hobart, Tasmania, Australia.[38]
HMT Princess Victoria   Royal Navy The naval trawler collided with another vessel and sank in the Atlantic Ocean off Ouessant, Finistère, France.[39]
SMS Undine   Imperial German Navy World War I: The Gazelle-class cruiser was torpedoed and sunk in the Baltic Sea 20 nautical miles (37 km) south of Scania, Sweden by HMS E19 (  Royal Navy).
Carl   Sweden The wooden schooner departed Visby destined for Gävle, and has not been heard from since, presumed lost in the Baltic Sea with the crew of seven.[40]
List of shipwrecks: 9 November 1915
Ship State Description
Californian   United Kingdom World War I: The passenger ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Mediterranean Sea 61 nautical miles (113 km) south west of Cape Matapan, Greece (36°26′N 22°40′E / 36.433°N 22.667°E) by SM U-35 (  Imperial German Navy) with the loss of a crew member.
Clare (or Clare of Juneau)   United States After her engine broke down and her anchor dragged during a gale, the 5-ton motor vessel was wrecked near Wedge Island (55°27′20″N 131°29′15″W / 55.45556°N 131.48750°W) in Southeast Alaska. Her crew of two survived.[46]
Firenze   Italy World War I: The passenger ship was sunk in the Mediterranean Sea 37 nautical miles (69 km) off Syracuse, Sicily (36°40′N 16°04′E / 36.667°N 16.067°E) by gunfire from SM U-38 (  Imperial German Navy).[47][48]
Irene   United Kingdom World War I: The yacht, used as a lighthouse tender, struck a mine and sank in the Thames Estuary 1.5 nautical miles (2.8 km) east south east of the Tongue Lightship (  United Kingdom) with the loss of 21 of her crew.[9][49]
Jesus Marie   France World War I: The fishing vessel was torpedoed and sunk in the north Sea off Dunquerque, Pas-de-Calais by SM UB-17 (  Imperial German Navy) with the loss of all six crew.[50]
Masséna   French Navy World War I: The pre-dreadnought battleship was scuttled as a breakwater at Cape Helles, Ottoman Empire.
Skraastad   Norway The cargo ship departed Port Talbot, Glamorgan, United Kingdom for Bordeaux, Gironde France. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[51]
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