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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.
The passenger ship capsized and sank in 20 feet (6.1 m) of water at her dock at Cicero, Illinois due to being top heavy because of new US Government rules requiring more lifeboats, with the loss of 4 crew and either 812 or 840 passengers.
SS Eastland was a passenger ship based in Chicago and used for tours. On 24 July 1915, the ship rolled over onto its side while tied to a dock in the Chicago River. [1] In total, 844 passengers and crew were killed in what was the largest loss of life from a single shipwreck on the Great Lakes.
List of shipwrecks: 2 February 1915 Ship State Description Eastern United States: The dredge foundered in a severe storm near Port Jefferson, New York. The hull was raised and sunk again near the Port Jefferson Light. All four crew were killed. [2] [3] Laura United Kingdom: The schooner ran aground at Battery Point, Stornoway, Isle of Lewis and ...
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The attack came just months before a German U-boat attacked and sank the Lusitania, a passenger liner, off the coast of Ireland in May 1915, according to the National WWI Museum and Memorial ...
List of shipwrecks: 10 June 1915 Ship State Description Dania Russia: World War I: The cargo ship was sunk in the Atlantic Ocean 55 nautical miles (102 km) north by west of the Butt of Lewis, Outer Hebrides, United Kingdom by SM U-33 ( Imperial German Navy). [79] Intrepid United Kingdom
List of shipwrecks: 2 October 1915 Ship State Description HMT Alexandra or Alexandra II Royal Navy The naval tug was lost on this date. [5]Arabian United Kingdom World War I: The cargo ship was shelled and sunk in the Mediterranean Sea 15 nautical miles (28 km) west of Cerigo, Greece (by SM U-33 ( Imperial German