List of shipwrecks in 1911

The list of shipwrecks in 1911 includes ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during 1911.

January

7 January

• Burton (United Kingdom): The ship was leaving Alderney Channel Islands harbour when it suffered steering problems and ran aground on the Grois Reef. Floating free she was anchored but broke up in a storm on 11 January and became a total loss.

29 January

• Wiln (United Kingdom): The schooner was in collision with the steamship Irena (United Kingdom) in the Bristol Channel and foundered with the loss of four of her six crew. She was on a voyage from Devonport, Devon to Llanelli, Glamorgan.

Unknown date

• Ardencraig (United Kingdom): Wrecked off the Gunners, Isles of Scilly.

February

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• Weatherall (United Kingdom): The Mousehole, lugger sank about 4 nautical miles (7.4 km) off the Longships when she collided with the Lowestoft sailing trawler Trevone (United Kingdom). All but one of the crew scrambled aboard the trawler.

March

2 March

• Cingetorix (Belgium): Wrecked 1 nautical mile (1.9 km) south of Hartland Point, Devon.

3 March

• Cap Spartel (Belgium): Departed Swansea, Glamorgan, United Kingdom bound for Palermo, Spain. No further trace.

11 March

• Sechelt (United States): Sank in Strait of Juan de Fuca with the loss of thirty-seven passengers and crew.

21 March

• USS Texas (United States Navy): The decommissioned protected cruiser was deliberately sunk in Tangier Sound, Chesapeake Bay, as target practice by USS New Hampshire (United States Navy.

22 March

• Bruce ( Canada): While en voyage from Channel-Port aux Basques, Newfoundland to Louisbourg, Nova Scotia, she was driven on the rocks by ice, off Portnova Islands, (Main-a-Dieu Passage), southwest of Scatarie Island. Two crew members died.

23 March

• Yongala ( Australia): Sank off the Whitsunday Islands with the loss of all 122 passengers and crew.

April

10 April

• Iroquois ( Canada): Sank in the Strait of Georgia off British Columbia. The ship's cargo, having been poorly stowed, shifted when the vessel encountered a squall. Twenty-one people died as a result of the accident and the captain was convicted of manslaughter.

23 April

• Doric (United Kingdom): She ran aground in foggy conditions and was wrecked near Taichow Islands, Wenzhou, South China. Once all of the crew and passengers had been safely rescued, the ship was looted by local fishermen who subsequently burnt the remains of the vessel.

29 April

• Craigoswald (United Kingdom): Struck the Low Lee Rock, off Mousehole, Cornwall. While on a journey from Barry Docks to Venice, with 4,000 tons of coal, she took a detour to drop off in Penzance the Chief Engineer who was ill. Later refloated.

May

12 May

• Merida (United States): The Ward Line liner was in collision in dense fog with fruit steamship Admiral Farragut (flag unknown) and sank off Cape Charles, Virginia with the loss of $2,000,000 of Mexican gold, silver, copper and jewels. All 319 people were saved, with only one serious injury.

June

6 June

• Bayard (United Kingdom): Ran aground on South Georgia.

July

10 July

• Minister Delbeke (Belgium): Collided with Gadeby (flag unknown) at New York, United States. Continued in service.

August

3 August

• Frau Mini Peterson (Norway): The 180 ton schooner was wrecked, after a collision, near the Seven Stones Reef, off the Isles of Scilly, United Kingdom.

September

25 September

Liberté,

• Liberté (French Navy): The battleship exploded in Toulon harbour, killing about three hundred people.

27 September

• Three Brothers (United States): Sank off South Manitou Island, all fourteen crew saved.

29 September

• Tokat (Ottoman Navy): Italo-Turkish War: Battle of Preveza: The torpedo boat was shelled and destroyed by Italian destroyers near Nicopolis, Greece. Nine of the crew were killed, including the captain.

30 September

• Alpagot (Ottoman Navy): Italo-Turkish War: Battle of Preveza: The torpedo boat was shelled and sunk by Italian destroyers in the harbour of Preveza, Greece.
• Hamid-Abad (Ottoman Navy): Italo-Turkish War: Battle of Preveza: The torpedo boat was shelled and sunk by Italian destroyers in the harbour of Preveza, Greece.
• Swarland (Denmark): The Danish Cargo ship dissepeared while travelling from Rostock, Germany to Rotterdam, The Netherlands. All 15 crew members are presumed dead.

October

1 October

• Solo (Netherlands): Driven ashore at Terheiden during a storm. Refloated 17 March 1912, repaired and returned to service.
• Ixion (Netherlands): The Dutch Cargo ship caught fire and sank off the coast of Indonesia. There were 24 casualties.

30 October

• Sicie (France): The brigantine foundered in the Bristol Channel 2 nautical miles (3.7 km) south of the Helwick Lightship (United Kingdom). She was on a voyage from Swansea, Glamorgan, United Kingdom to Lorient, Morbihan.

November

• Hansy (Norway): The sailing ship was wrecked at Penolver on the eastern side of the Lizard, Cornwall, United Kingdom. Three men were saved by the lifeboat and the rest were taken off by the rocket apparatus.

12 November

• Angele (flag unknown): The brigantine ran aground on the Doom Bar, Padstow, Cornwall.

23 November

• USLHT Lily ( United States Lighthouse Service): The lighthouse tender hit a snag and sank on the Missouri River. The wreck has now silted up to the extent that an island has formed known as "Lily Island."

December

6 December

• Van Dyck (Belgium): The 1,132 ton Antwerp steamer collided with the Seven Stones Reef reef while carrying oranges from Valencia to Liverpool, Lancashire, United Kingdom. Eighteen of the crew escaped in a lifeboat which capsized killing the captain and thirteen men. The steamer refloated herself, drifted in the English Channel with four men still on board, and was taken in tow by the collier Ashtree (United Kingdom), which made a failed attempt to take the vessel in tow. The four crew launched a raft and reached the Ashtree. The derelict was taken in tow by the Lyonesse and Greencastle (both United Kingdom), and was beached at Penzance on 8 December. She was later returned to service.

13 December

• Saluto (Norway): The Christiansand barque was wrecked at Cudden Point in Mount's Bay, Cornwall, United Kingdom. The ship was a total loss but the Newlyn lifeboat saved the crew of 13 men. The ship was bound for the West Indies.

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• Amisia (Germany): The steamship was driven ashore at Sully Island, Glamorgan, United Kingdom. Her crew survived.