List of shipwrecks in 1921
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The list of shipwrecks in 1921 includes all ship
s sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during 1921.
Italy) caught fire in the Pacific Ocean
(29°S 151°W) and abandoned.
Ship
Since the end of the age of sail a ship has been any large buoyant marine vessel. Ships are generally distinguished from boats based on size and cargo or passenger capacity. Ships are used on lakes, seas, and rivers for a variety of activities, such as the transport of people or goods, fishing,...
s sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during 1921.
11 February
- (
Belgium): Foundered in the Atlantic OceanAtlantic OceanThe Atlantic Ocean is the second-largest of the world's oceanic divisions. With a total area of about , it covers approximately 20% of the Earth's surface and about 26% of its water surface area...
(45°53′N 54°10′W).
19 February
- (
Greece): Sunk by barratry off Cape Tiñoso, Spain
5 March
- ( Belgium): Collided with ( Belgium), which sank. The location was off the Ruytingen Lighthouse (51°19′N 2°06′E). All 43 crew on board Madimba were lost.
13 June
- UC-97SM UC-97SM UC-97 was a German Type UC III minelaying submarine or U-boat in the German Imperial Navy during World War I. The U-boat was ordered on 12 January 1916 and was launched on 17 March 1918...
(
United States): Sunk about 20 miles east of Highland ParkHighland Park, IllinoisHighland Park is a suburban municipality in Lake County, Illinois, United States, about north of downtown Chicago. As of 2009, the population is 33,492. Highland Park is one of several municipalities located on the North Shore of the Chicago Metropolitan Area.-Overview:Highland Park was founded...
, ILIllinoisIllinois is the fifth-most populous state of the United States of America, and is often noted for being a microcosm of the entire country. With Chicago in the northeast, small industrial cities and great agricultural productivity in central and northern Illinois, and natural resources like coal,...
in Lake MichiganLake MichiganLake Michigan is one of the five Great Lakes of North America and the only one located entirely within the United States. It is the second largest of the Great Lakes by volume and the third largest by surface area, after Lake Superior and Lake Huron...
as a target ship by the USS WilmetteEastlandThe SS Eastland was a passenger ship based in Chicago and used for tours. On 24 July 1915 the ship rolled over while tied to a dock in the Chicago River...
. Records indicate the location of its sinking at 41°10′N 87°20′W.
23 June
( Italy) caught fire in the Pacific OceanPacific Ocean
The Pacific Ocean is the largest of the Earth's oceanic divisions. It extends from the Arctic in the north to the Southern Ocean in the south, bounded by Asia and Australia in the west, and the Americas in the east.At 165.2 million square kilometres in area, this largest division of the World...
(29°S 151°W) and abandoned.
18 July
- FrankfurtSMS FrankfurtSMS Frankfurt was a Wiesbaden class light cruiser of the German Imperial Navy. Construction of the ship started before World War I, but she was not completed until after hostilities began. She was laid down at the Kiel Navy dockyard in January 1913 and launched in 1915.-Dimensions and...
( United States): Sunk as a target ship by aircraft as part of demonstrations by Billy Mitchell
21 July
- U-117SM U-117SM U-117 was a Type UE II long-range minelayer submarine of the Imperial German Navy. It was laid down in 1917 at Hamburg, Germany, by Aktiengesellschaft Vulcan and launched on 10 December 1917. It was commissioned in the Imperial German Navy on 28 March 1918 with Kapitänleutnant Otto Dröscher in...
: Sunk off the coast of Virginia, near Cape Charles as a target ship by aircraft as part of demonstrations by Billy Mitchell - : Sunk as a target ship by aircraft as part of demonstrations by Billy Mitchell
21 September
- WoolseyUSS Woolsey (DD-77)The first USS Woolsey was a Wickes-class destroyer in the United States Navy during the World War I. She was named for Melancthon Taylor Woolsey.-History:...
: Sunk near PanamaPanamaPanama , officially the Republic of Panama , is the southernmost country of Central America. Situated on the isthmus connecting North and South America, it is bordered by Costa Rica to the northwest, Colombia to the southeast, the Caribbean Sea to the north and the Pacific Ocean to the south. The...
in the Pacific Ocean in a collision with the merchant SS Steel Inventor
27 September
- AlabamaUSS Alabama (BB-8)USS Alabama was an pre-dreadnought style battleship in the United States Navy. She was the second ship to carry her name.Alabama was laid down on 1 December 1896 at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, by the William Cramp and Sons Ship and Engine Building Company. She was launched on 18 May 1898...
: Sunk in Chesapeake BayChesapeake BayThe Chesapeake Bay is the largest estuary in the United States. It lies off the Atlantic Ocean, surrounded by Maryland and Virginia. The Chesapeake Bay's drainage basin covers in the District of Columbia and parts of six states: New York, Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, and West...
as a target ship by aircraft as part of demonstrations by Billy Mitchell
8 October
- (
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland): Rammed from astern by ( United States) in fog in the North ChannelNorth Channel (Great Britain and Ireland)The North Channel is the strait which separates eastern Northern Ireland from southwestern Scotland...
. Passengers mustered on deck. ( United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland) then rammed her from starboard and cut her in two. Rowan sank with the loss of twenty lives.
November
- steamship (Greek: Γιαννάκης) ( Greece): travelling in ballast from RouenRouenRouen , in northern France on the River Seine, is the capital of the Haute-Normandie region and the historic capital city of Normandy. Once one of the largest and most prosperous cities of medieval Europe , it was the seat of the Exchequer of Normandy in the Middle Ages...
to FoweyFoweyFowey is a small town, civil parish and cargo port at the mouth of the River Fowey in south Cornwall, United Kingdom. According to the 2001 census it had a population of 2,273.-Early history:...
and stranded on the eastern side of Praa SandsPraa SandsPraa Sands is a coastal village in the Parish of Breage, located off the main road between Helston and Penzance in Cornwall, England, UK...
, Cornwall, UK. Driven further ashore by successive gales, she was refloated in January 1922 and towed to Penzance by The Lady and Greencastle, two Little Western Salvage vessels.