The list of shipwrecks in 1915 includes ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during 1915 .
January [ edit ] February [ edit ] September [ edit ] October [ edit ] November [ edit ] December [ edit ] Unknown date [ edit ] List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1915 Ship State Description A. T. Gifford United States The whaler caught fire and sank off Coats Island , Northwest Territories , Canada in September or October 1915. Advance United Kingdom The auxiliary schooner was wrecked in Wreck Bay , New South Wales , Australia. Alexander Mackenzie United States The US Army Corps of Engineers dredge sank while under tow off the east coast. Five crew were killed.[1] British Empire United Kingdom World War I : The cargo ship was scuttled at İzmir , Ottoman Empire .[2] City of Adelaide Australia The wreck of SS City of Adelaide at low tide on 25 September 2004. The coal storage hulk , burned out by a 1912 fire, was wrecked at Cockle Bay , Magnetic Island , Queensland , Australia , while under tow from Townsville to Magnetic Island′s Picnic Bay . HMS Collingwood Royal Navy World War I: The dummy battleship was beached in the Dardanelles . Subsequently shelled and consequently scrapped due to damage sustained.[3] G. Thackle United States The motor vessel was wrecked on the southwest coast of Prince of Wales Island in the Alexander Archipelago in Southeast Alaska .[4] Grubstake United States The motor vessel was wrecked at "Cala Reef" – probably California Rock (55°18′55″N 131°36′05″W / 55.31528°N 131.60139°W / 55.31528; -131.60139 (California Rock ) ) – in Southeast Alaska .[4] Houston United States The US Army Corps of Engineers dredge capsized, probably off Galveston, Texas , in a major storm. Two crew were killed.[5] Kapitan Belli Russia The incomplete Orfey -class destroyer was driven ashore near Cape Lisiy Nos. She was later refloated and towed to Leningrad . Subsequently completed and entered service with the Soviet Navy in 1928 as Karl Liebknecht .[6] HMS Oruba Royal Navy World War I: The dummy battleship was scuttled as a breakwater at Mudros , Lemnos , Greece.[7] SM U-26 Imperial German Navy The Type U 23 submarine was lost in the Baltic Sea in September or October 1915. SM UB-3 Imperial German Navy The Type UB 1 submarine sank in the Gulf of Izmir on or after 23 May. SM UC-9 Imperial German Navy The Type UC I submarine was lost on patrol between 20 October and 12 November with the loss of all fourteen crew.[8]
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Shipwrecks 1914–1918, by month
1914 1915 1916 1917 1918