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List of shipwrecks in 1917

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The list of shipwrecks in 1917 includes ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during 1917.

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List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1917
Ship State Description
AG-13  Imperial Russian Navy The AG-class submarine sank accidentally. She was refloated, repaired, and returned to service as AG-16.
Ariel  United States The schooner was wrecked off the Inubōsaki Lighthouse, Japan.
Aurora  United Kingdom The ship was presumed to have been sunk by a mine with the loss of all hands in the second half of 1917. She was on a voyage from Sydney, New South Wales to Iquique, Chile.
Belem  United Kingdom The ship sank near Bude, Cornwall.[1]
Catherine  United States The steamer was reported lost at Ugashik, Territory of Alaska.[2]
Dorade  French Navy The naval trawler was lost sometime in 1917.
Harriet G  United States During a voyage from Puget Sound to Hawaii with a cargo of lumber, the 252-ton brig capsized in the Pacific Ocean off Cape Flattery, Washington. The halibut schooner Sumner ( United States) salvaged Harriett G, which was re-rigged as a three-masted schooner and placed back in service as Esther ( United States).[3][4][5][6]
Key West  United States The vessel was lost in Unimak Pass in the Aleutian Islands near Scotch Cap on the southwest corner of Unimak Island.[7]
Mary Sachs  United States The 30-ton, 60-foot (18.3 m) twin-screw schooner was wrecked on Banks Island near Cape Kellett off the coast of Canada′s Northwest Territories.[8]
Orthes  Norway The barque was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. She subsequently foundered.[9]
Prince John  United States The steamer was lost in Wrangell Narrows in the Alexander Archipelago in Southeast Alaska.[10]
Reuben L. Richardson  United States The 92-net ton schooner was wrecked in Clarence Strait in the Alexander Archipelago in Southeast Alaska.[11]
Spes & Fides  Norway The fishing steamer, a former whaler, suffered an engine malfunction and sank in a storm off Tromsø, Norway. There were no deaths in the shipwreck. The wreck was located by divers at a depth of 20 m (66 ft) in 2014, after a search initiated by Sandefjord Museum.[12]
Spokane  United States The steamer became a total loss at Farallon Bay (55°11′40″N 133°04′45″W / 55.19444°N 133.07917°W / 55.19444; -133.07917 (Barren Islands)) off northeastern Dull Island in Southeast Alaska.[13]
Taurus  United Kingdom World War I: The coaster struck a mine and sank in the North Sea east of the Shetland Islands with the loss of nine crew. This was either during July 1917 or August 1917.[14]
SM U-50  Imperial German Navy World War I: The Type U 43 submarine is believed to have struck a mine and sank in the North Sea off Terschelling, Friesland, Netherlands on or after 31 August.

References

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  1. ^ "UK storms: World War One wreck revealed on beach". BBC News. 26 February 2014. Retrieved 26 February 2014.
  2. ^ alaskashipwreck.com Alaska Shipwrecks (C)
  3. ^ alaskashipwreck.com Alaska Shipwrecks (E)
  4. ^ alaskashipwreck.com Alaska Shipwrecks (H)
  5. ^ cimorelli.com Harriet G (brig)
  6. ^ portrenfrew.com Shipwrecks of Juan de Fuca
  7. ^ alaskashipwreck.com Alaska Shipwrecks (K)
  8. ^ alaskashipwreck.com Alaska Shipwrecks (M)
  9. ^ "Orthes". Clydeships. Retrieved 6 November 2019.
  10. ^ alaskashipwreck.com Alaska Shipwrecks (P)
  11. ^ alaskashipwreck.com Alaska Shipwrecks (R)
  12. ^ Hanssen, Kine (19 November 2014). "Fant forlist hvalbåt etter nesten 100 år". Bladet Tromsø (in Norwegian). Retrieved 20 November 2014.
  13. ^ alaskashipwreck.com Alaska Shipwrecks (S)
  14. ^ "Taurus". Uboat.net. Retrieved 19 October 2012.