The list of shipwrecks in January 1914 includes ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during January 1914.

1 January

List of shipwrecks: 1 January 1914
Ship State Description
John J. Fallon  United States The schooner went ashore at the entrance to the harbor at Boston, Massachusetts. Refloated and returned to service.[1]

2 January

List of shipwrecks: 2 January 1914
Ship State Description
Nerok  Russia The cargo ship was driven ashore near Rønne, Denmark with the loss of all but two of her crew.[2] The vessel was built by Messrs Smith Dock Company Limited for Russia. One of the survivors was engineer John Joseph Hayes from South Bank, North Yorkshire, the other was an Imperial Russian Navy lieutenant named Bolimor.

3 January

List of shipwrecks: 3 January 1914
Ship State Description
Helen  United States The gasoline sloop stranded near Sunset Rock one mile (1.6 km) south of the Narragansett Pier Life Saving Station in strong wind and high seas. Her captain, the only one on board, was rescued by the United States Life Saving Service just before the ship was flung onto rocks and broke up.[3]

4 January

List of shipwrecks: 4 January 1914
Ship State Description
Oklahoma  United States The tanker on her return trip to Port Arthur, Texas, in ballast ran into a strong gale approximately 60 nautical miles (110 km; 69 mi) southeast of Cape May, New Jersey and broke in two with the loss of one passenger and 25 of her 38 crew. The steamer Bavaria ( Germany) rescued 8 survivors (39°07′N 73°45′W / 39.117°N 73.750°W / 39.117; -73.750). Oklahoma's after half sank on its own; the revenue cutter USRC Seneca ( United States Revenue Cutter Service) shelled and sank her capsized forward half with 15 shots from a 6-pounder gun 15 nautical miles (28 km; 17 mi) southeast of Fenwick Island Light, Delaware, and recovered the bodies of three crew members from one of Oklahoma's lifeboats.[4][5][6][7]
Thomas Winsmore  United States The three-masted schooner ran aground on the Lookout Shoal in the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of North Carolina and was wrecked. Her crew were rescued by USRC Seminole ( United States Revenue Cutter Service).

7 January

List of shipwrecks: 7 January 1914
Ship State Description
Cora  France The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked on Chesil Beach, Dorset, United Kingdom.[8]

10 January

List of shipwrecks: 10 January 1914
Ship State Description
Gina  Italy The coaster sank at Bosa, Sardinia whilst discharging cargo.[9]

11 January

List of shipwrecks: 11 January 1914
Ship State Description
Karluk  Canada Canadian Arctic Expedition: After becoming trapped in ice in the Beaufort Sea on 13 August 1913 in a failed attempt to reach Herschel Island, subsequently drifting westward with the ice through the Beaufort Sea and into the Chukchi Sea, and being holed by the ice on 10 January 1914 and beginning to flood, the brigantine sank in the Chukchi Sea near Herald Island. Except for 11 who died during the ordeal, all aboard hiked across the ice to Wrangel Island, where the motor schooner King & Winge ( United States) rescued them in September 1914.[10]

13 January

List of shipwrecks: 13 January 1914
Ship State Description
Ajuricaba Brazil Brazil The cargo ship foundered in the Amazon River at Manaus.[9]
Barge No. 788  United States The barge went aground on shoals off Great Point, Nantucket Island, Massachusetts in fog and heavy seas after losing her towline to the tug Irvington ( United States). Her crew was rescued by the United States Life Saving Service. Later pulled off by the tug Seabright ( United States).[11]
Cobequid  United Kingdom The passenger ship ran aground in the Bay of Fundy 8 nautical miles (15 km) north east of Yarmouth, Nova Scotia, Canada. All on board were rescued.[12]

14 January

List of shipwrecks: 14 January 1914
Ship State Description
Kenkon Maru XI  Japan The cargo ship struck a rock at Harimoen Djawa and was wrecked. Her crew survived.[13]

15 January

List of shipwrecks: 3 January 1914
Ship State Description
Greta  United States The schooner was sunk in the western Nantucket Sound.[14]
John Paul  United States The schooner went ashore and sank 4+1⁄5 miles (6.8 km) west of the Cross Rip Lightship ( United States Lighthouse Service) (41°27′N 70°23′W / 41.450°N 70.383°W / 41.450; -70.383).[15]
Pathfinder  United States The pilot boat was wrecked on rocks at Point Diablo, California two miles (3.2 km) west of the Fort Point Life Saving Station in dense fog. Her crew left in her two boats and was rescued by the United States Life Saving Service at sea. The next day she broke up during salvage efforts.[16]

16 January

List of shipwrecks: 16 January 1914
Ship State Description
HMS A7  Royal Navy The A-class submarine dived into the mud and sank in Whitesand Bay, Cornwall, England, with the loss of all 11 crew.[17]

17 January

List of shipwrecks: 17 January 1914
Ship State Description
Spring  Norway The cargo ship collided with another vessel and sank in Heltefjord.[18]

21 January

List of shipwrecks: 21 January 1914
Ship State Description
Alexandra  United Kingdom The cargo ship ran aground in the Atlantic Ocean 3 nautical miles (5.6 km) off Sagres, Portugal and was wrecked. Her crew were rescued.[19]
Genr'l Adelbert Ames  United States The schooner was wrecked one mile (1.6 km) east of the Monomoy Life-Saving Station in a gale, a total loss. Her crew was rescued by the United States Life Saving Service.[20]

22 January

List of shipwrecks: 22 January 1914
Ship State Description
Levi S. Andrews  United States The schooner was beached to prevent sinking near the north end of Parramore Island, Virginia, two miles (3.2 km) south east of the Wachapreague Life-Saving Station after becoming waterlogged due to a leak in rough weather. Her crew was rescued by the United States Life Saving Service. She was pulled off on 23 January just hours before a severe storm arrived.[21]

25 January

List of shipwrecks: 25 January 1914
Ship State Description
Armenia  United Kingdom The cargo ship ran aground on Goeree, Zeeland, Netherlands. She was refloated on 30 January.[22]
San Antonio  Germany The sailing ship ran aground off the coast of Morocco. She was refloated, repaired, and returned to service.

26 January

List of shipwrecks: 26 January 1914
Ship State Description
Hauto  United States The barge sank in the East River at the foot of 135th Street, New York, New York.[23]

27 January

List of shipwrecks: 27 January 1914
Ship State Description
Olive F. Hutchins  United States The fishing schooner sank near Castle Island in the harbor of Boston, Massachusetts, after colliding with the George A. Hibbard.[23]
Restless  United Kingdom The schooner was run down and sunk in the Thames Estuary off Southend, Essex by the dredger Lord Desborough ( United Kingdom) with the loss of three of her seven crew.[24]
Sao Vicente Brazil Brazil The cargo ship sank.[25]

28 January

List of shipwrecks: 28 January 1914
Ship State Description
Collier  United Kingdom The steamship was wrecked at Morte Point, Devon.[26]
Posidonia  United Kingdom The seagrass dredge departed Fremantle, Western Australia on this date for Port Pirie, South Australia. Assumed to have been lost in a storm in the vicinity of Cape Leeuwin, with all hands.[27][28]

30 January

List of shipwrecks: 30 January 1914
Ship State Description
Monroe  United States The ocean liner collided with Nantucket ( United States) in the Atlantic Ocean 50 nautical miles (93 km) (37°37′N 75°14′W / 37.617°N 75.233°W / 37.617; -75.233) in 15 fathoms (90 ft; 27 m) of water off the Virginia Capes and sank with the loss of 19 passengers and 22 crew of the 140 people on board. Survivors were rescued by Nantucket. Wreck reduced to a clearance of 9 fathoms by USRC Onondaga ().[29][30][31]

31 January

List of shipwrecks: 31 January 1914
Ship State Description
Alice  United States The 29-net register ton motor halibut schooner was stranded on a rock and became a total loss in Sumner Strait off Cape Pole, Territory of Alaska, on Kosciusko Island in the Alexander Archipelago in Southeast Alaska. Her crew of 11 survived.[32]
Dinsdale  United States The water boat was sunk in a collision in the main channel of upper New York Bay in 60 feet (18 m) of water. A large water pump was salvaged by the U.S. Survey boat Manisees ( United States).[33]
John Gilmore  United States The schooner sank near Duck Island, Connecticut after her tow tug, Enterprise ( United States), suffered rudder failure. Later raised.[23]

Unknown date

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1914
Ship State Description
Jeanette  United States The dredger was destroyed by fire at St. Louis, Missouri.[34]
John Paul  United States The schooner sank in a gale between 12 and 15 January in Nantucket Sound in 10 fathoms (60 ft; 18 m) of water 4+1⁄2 miles (7.2 km) east south east of the Hedge Fence light vessel. The wreck was leveled to a clearance of 7 fathoms (42 ft; 13 m) by USRC Acushnet ( United States Revenue-Marine) starting on 17 January and finished on 1 February.[35]
Tapperheten  Swedish Navy The Äran-class coastal defence ship ran aground on rocks near Stockholm. Refloated in July by blasting the rocks out from under her, repaired and returned to service by the end of 1915.[36]

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