List of shipwrecks in February 1914

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

List of shipwrecks: 1 February 1914
ShipStateDescription
Duncan  United Kingdom The 114.8-foot (35.0 m), 216-ton steam trawler was wrecked on St. Patricks causeway, Pwllheli in Cardigan Bay and was declared a constructive total loss.[1][2]

3 February

List of shipwrecks: 3 February 1914
ShipStateDescription
Biessard France The barque departed Le Havre, Seine-Inférieure for Tchio, New Caledonia. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[3]
Snipe  United Kingdom The cutter foundered in the Thames Estuary 3.5 nautical miles (6.5 km) of the Gunfleet Lighthouse with the loss of a crew member.[4]
W. H. Dimond United States While the 390-gross register ton, 155-foot (47 m) cod fishing schooner was anchored off Bird Island in the Shumagin Islands during a voyage from San Francisco, California, to Unga, Territory of Alaska, with 12 fishermen, a 500-ton cargo consisting of a 26-foot (7.9 m) boat, general merchandise, coal, and salt, and a crew of 10 aboard, a storm with hurricane-force winds struck. Her anchor cables broke and she was stranded on rocks. There was no loss of life, but by the following morning she had been dashed to pieces, leaving behind only wood, pieces of timber, and provisions that washed ashore.[5]

5 February

List of shipwrecks: 5 February 1914
ShipStateDescription
Camberwarra Netherlands The self-propelled floating crane struck a rock and sank in the Indian Ocean 10.8 miles (17.4 km) southwest of Green Head, Western Australia, with no loss of life.[6]

6 February

List of shipwrecks: 6 February 1914
ShipStateDescription
Helen H. Benedict United States The schooner ran aground in thick fog strong winds and high seas 2+1⁄2 miles (4.0 km) south south east of the Nags Head Life Saving Station, a total loss. Her crew was rescued by the United States Life Saving Service.[7][8]

7 February

List of shipwrecks: 7 February 1914
ShipStateDescription
Queen Louise  United Kingdom The steamer ran aground in thick fog and rain north of the Squan Beach Life-Saving Station, New Jersey. She refloated on her own with no damage on 10 February.[9]

9 February

List of shipwrecks: 9 February 1914
ShipStateDescription
Elmer D. Walling United States The canal boat sank at Noank, Connecticut.[10]

10 February

List of shipwrecks: 10 February 1914
ShipStateDescription
Queen City United States The packet struck a rock and sank at the top of the waterfalls at Louisville, Kentucky saving her from going over the falls after losing steering control in strong current. Her 70 crew and 125 passengers were rescued by the United States Life Saving Service. Her cargo was lightered, she was pumped out and pulled off on 1 March.[11][12]

11 February

List of shipwrecks: 11 February 1914
ShipStateDescription
Harriet United States The tug struck rocks in the Mystic River near Groton Long Point, Connecticut.[13]

12 February

List of shipwrecks: 12 February 1914
ShipStateDescription
Arnside  United Kingdom The coaster foundered in the Atlantic Ocean off Land's End, Cornwall with the loss of all twelve of her crew.[14]
Dolphin United States The 16-gross register ton, 45-foot (13.7 m) fishing steamer sank at a location identified in the wreck report as "Active Pass, Alaska," probably a mistaken reference to Active Pass in British Columbia, Canada. All three people aboard survived.[15]
Liniers  United Kingdom The tug was driven ashore at Dungeness, Kent and wrecked. Her crew survived.[16]
Miown  United Kingdom The coaster foundered in the English Channel 2 nautical miles (3.7 km) off Shoreham-by-Sea, Sussex with the loss of eight of her nine crew.[14]

14 February

List of shipwrecks: 14 February 1914
ShipStateDescription
Dom Pedro II United States The schooner was wrecked/foundered on tail of the horseshoe 6+1⁄2 miles (10.5 km) east of Thimble Shoal Light. The wreck was destroyed by USRC Onondaga ( United States Revenue Marine).[17][18]
Gem United States The steamer caught fire in the Mississippi River and was beached near Hahnville, Louisiana and was destroyed by the fire. Five crew and one or two passengers were killed.[19][20]

17 February

List of shipwrecks: 17 February 1914
ShipStateDescription
Castagna  Italy The barque was wrecked in a snowstorm on Cape Cod 3+1⁄2 miles (5.6 km) south of the Cahoons Hollow Life-Saving Station, a total loss. Five people aboard froze to death and eight were rescued by the United States Life Saving Service.[21][22]
John H. Hanson United States The schooner sprang a leak and was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean whilst on a voyage from San Juan, Puerto Rico to Boston, Massachusetts.[23]
Queen City United States The steamer was wrecked/sank at the Falls of the Ohio, Louisville, Kentucky.[24]
W. H. Dimond United States The schooner foundered in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of Alaska.[23]

18 February

List of shipwrecks: 18 February 1914
ShipStateDescription
Romeu Brazil Brazil The cargo ship foundered in a tributary of the Amazon River.[25][26]

20 February

List of shipwrecks: 20 February 1914
ShipStateDescription
Mexico Norway The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked on the coast of the Keeragh Islands, United Kingdom on 20 February.[25][27]
Riversdale  United Kingdom The steamer ran aground in a snowstorm near the Little Island Life Saving Station, Virginia. Refloated by wreckers on 3 March. Her crew was rescued by the United States Life Saving Service.[28]

22 February

List of shipwrecks: 22 February 1914
ShipStateDescription
Elizabeth Crouch  United Kingdom The ketch foundered in the Bristol Channel. Her two crew were rescued by the cutter Dawn ( United Kingdom).[29]
Itucuman Brazil Brazil The coaster sank at Manaus.[25]

23 February

List of shipwrecks: 23 February 1914
ShipStateDescription
Ekliptika Denmark The cargo ship foundered in the Bay of Biscay with the loss of twelve of the 23 people on board. The survivors were rescued by Wildenfels ( Germany).[30]

24 February

List of shipwrecks: 24 February 1914
ShipStateDescription
James H. Hogan United States The tugboat sank at Belle Dock in New Haven, Connecticut.[10]

25 February

List of shipwrecks: 25 February 1914
ShipStateDescription
Kalxten  Russia The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked at Casablanca, Morocco. Her crew were rescued.[31]

26 February

List of shipwrecks: 26 February 1914
ShipStateDescription
Connie Castle  United Kingdom
Connie Castle
The steamship ran aground.
Maria  Greece The schooner was wrecked in the Mediterranean Sea off Hyères, Var, France.[31]

27 February

28 February

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