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The '''list of shipwrecks in September 1914''' includes [[ship]]s sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during September 1914.
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==1 September==
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|ship=''Arizona'' 
|flag={{flag|United States|1912}}
|desc=While pulled out on the beach with no one aboard, the 11-[[gross register ton]] [[motor vessel]] was stranded on a [[Spit (landform)|spit]] and destroyed by a [[gale]] on the west-central coast of the [[Territory of Alaska]] at [[Chiukak, Alaska|Chiukak]] ({{coord|64|31|N|163|22|W|name=Chiukak}}), {{convert|10|nmi|spell=in}} west of [[Golovin, Alaska|Golovin]].<ref name="alaskashipwrecksa">{{Cite web|url=https://alaskashipwreck.com/shipwrecks-a-z/alaska-shipwrecks-a/|title=Alaska Shipwrecks (A) – Alaska Shipwrecks|website=alaskashipwreck.com}}</ref>
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==2 September==
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|ship=''Ajax'' 
|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}
|desc=[[World War I]]: The trawler (120 GRT) struck a [[naval mine|mine]] and sank in the [[North Sea]] off the mouth of the [[River Humber]] with the loss of nine of her crew.<ref name=Fish12>{{cite web |url=http://www.naval-history.net/WW1LossesBrFV1914-16.htm |title=British Fishing Vessels Lost to Enemy Action Part 1 of 2 – Years 1914, 1915, 1916 in date order |publisher=Naval History |access-date=27 January 2013}}</ref>
}}
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|ship={{HMT|Eyrie}} 
|flag={{navy|UK}}
|desc=The [[naval trawler]] was lost on this date.<ref name=Navy12>{{cite web |url=http://www.naval-history.net/WW1LossesBrRNA-L.htm |title=British Naval Vessels Lost at Sea Part 1 of 2 – Abadol (oiler) to Lynx (destroyer) |publisher=Naval History |access-date=2 February 2013}}</ref>
}}
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|ship=''Fittonia'' 
|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}
|desc=World War I: The trawler (146 GRT) struck a mine and sank in the North Sea off the mouth of the River Humber with the loss of seven of her crew.<ref name=Fish12/> 
}}
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|ship={{SS|S:t Paul|1906|2}} 
|flag={{flag|Sweden}}
|desc=World War I: The cargo ship, en route from [[Gothenburg]] to [[Sunderland]], struck a mine in the [[North Sea]], about {{convert|28|nmi|km}} northeast of Tyne, and sank quickly. The crew survived, and was transported back to [[North Shields]] by the steamer ''D/S Bruse'' ({{flagcountry|Norway|civil}}). It was Sweden's first ship loss during World War I.<ref>{{cite book |title=Svenska handelsflottans krigsförluster 1914–1920 |trans-title=Swedish Merchant Marine War losses 1914–1920 |language=sv |location=Stockholm |publisher=Kommerskollegium (Swedish Board of Trade) |year=1921 |pages=155–6 }}</ref> }}
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==3 September==
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|ship={{HMT|Lindsell}} 
|flag={{navy|UK}}
|desc=[[World War I]]: The [[naval trawler]] struck a [[naval mine|mine]] and sank in the [[North Sea]] with the loss of five of her crew. Survivors were rescued by {{HMS|Speedy|1893|6}} ({{navy|UK}}).<ref name=Navy12/><ref name=Times040914a>{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=North Sea mines |date=4 September 1914 |page=8 |issue=40625 |column=E }}</ref>
}}
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|ship={{SS|Maple Branch||2}} 
|flag={{Flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}
|desc=World War I: The cargo ship (4,338 GRT, 1905) was scuttled in the [[Atlantic Ocean]] {{convert|250|nmi|km}} south west of the St. Paul Rocks by {{SMS|Karlsruhe}} ({{navy|German Empire}}).<ref name=NH13>{{cite web |url=http://www.naval-history.net/WW1LossesBrMS1914-16.htm |title= British Merchant Ships Lost to Enemy Action Part 1 of 3 – Years 1914, 1915, 1916 in date order |publisher=Naval History |access-date=20 January 2013}}</ref>
}}
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|ship={{ship|Japanese destroyer|Shirotaye||2}} 
|flag={{navy|Empire of Japan}}
|desc=World War I: The {{sclass|Asakaze|destroyer}} was wrecked in the [[Yellow Sea]] (approximately {{coord|36|00|N|120|30|E}}) whilst involved in a battle with {{SMS|Jaguar}} ({{navy|German Empire}}).<ref name=WWI14>{{cite web |url=http://www.worldwar1.co.uk/sunk14.htm |title=Major Warships Sunk in World War 1 1914 |publisher=World War I |access-date=21 February 2013}}</ref><ref name=Japanese>{{cite web|url=http://www.naval-history.net/WW1NavyJapanese.htm |title=Imperial Japanese Navy |publisher=Naval History |access-date=21 February 2013}}</ref>
}}
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|ship={{HMS|Speedy|1893|6}} 
|flag={{navy|UK}}
|desc=World War I: The {{sclass|Alarm|torpedo gunboat}} struck a mine and sank in the North Sea with the loss of one of her 91 crew.<ref name=Times040914a/> }}
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==4 September==
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|ship=''Fox''
|flag={{flag|United States|1912}}
|desc=The 15-[[gross register ton]], {{convert|51.9|ft|m|1|adj=on}} [[fishing vessel]] was destroyed by fire at [[Shelter Island (Alaska)|Shelter Island]] in the [[Alexander Archipelago]] in [[Southeast Alaska]] near [[Juneau, Alaska|Juneau]], [[Territory of Alaska]]. All three people on board survived.<ref name=alaskashipwrecksf>{{Cite web|url=https://alaskashipwreck.com/shipwrecks-a-z/alaska-shipwrecks-f/|title=Alaska Shipwrecks (F) – Alaska Shipwrecks|website=alaskashipwreck.com}}</ref>
}}
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|ship={{SS|Indian Prince||2}} 
|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}
|desc=[[World War I]]: The [[cargo ship]] (2,846 GRT) was [[Scuttling|scuttled]] in the [[Atlantic Ocean]] {{convert|240|nmi|km}} [[east by north]] of [[Pernambuco]], [[Brazil]], by the [[auxiliary cruiser]] {{SMS|Kronprinz Wilhelm|1901|6}} ({{navy|German Empire}}).<ref name=NH13/> }}
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==5 September==
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|ship={{HMS|Pathfinder|1904|6}} 
|flag={{navy|UK}}
|desc=[[File:Loss of HMS Pathfinder, September 5th 1914 Art.IWMART5721.jpg|thumb|HMS ''Pathfinder'']]
[[World War I]]: The {{sclass|Pathfinder|cruiser}} was torpedoed and sunk in the [[Firth of Forth]] ({{coordinates|56|07|N|2|09|W|name=HMS Pathfinder}}) by {{SMU|U-21|Germany|6}} ({{navy|German Empire}}) with the loss of 260 of the 270 people on board.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.uboat.net/wwi/ships_hit/4693.html |title=HMS Pathfinder |work=uboat.net |access-date=18 October 2019}}</ref>
}}
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|ship={{SS|Runo||2}} 
|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}
|desc=World War I: The passenger ship (1,679 GRT) struck a [[naval mine|mine]] placed by the cruiser {{SMS|Albatross|1907|6}} ({{navy|German Empire}}) and sank in the [[North Sea]] with the loss of 29 of the 300-plus people on board.<ref name=NH13/><ref name=Times070914a>{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Mines of trade routes |date=7 September 1914 |page=8 |issue=40628 |column=G }}</ref> 
}}
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==6 September==
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|ship=''Argonaut'' 
|flag={{Flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}
|desc=[[World War I]]: The trawler was shelled and sunk in the [[North Sea]] by two [[cruiser]]s and four [[destroyer]]s (all {{navy|German Empire}}). Her crew were taken as [[prisoners of war]].<ref name=Times070914a/><ref name=Times080914a/>
}}
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|ship=''Chameleon'' 
|flag={{Flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}
|desc=World War I: The trawler was shelled and sunk in the North Sea by two cruisers and four destroyers (all {{navy|German Empire}}). Her crew were taken as prisoners of war.<ref name=Times070914a/><ref name=Times080914a/>
}}
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|ship=''Imperialist'' 
|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}
|desc=World War I: The trawler struck a [[naval mine|mine]] placed by the minelayer {{SMS|Albatross|1907|6}} ({{navy|German Empire}}) and sank in the North Sea off the mouth of the [[River Tyne]] with the loss of two of her crew. Survivors were rescued by the trawler ''Rhodesian'' ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}).<ref name=Fish12/><ref name=Times080914a>{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Mines in the North Sea. |date=8 September 1914 |page=10 |issue=40629 |column=D }}</ref>
}}
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|ship=''Lobelia'' 
|flag={{Flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}
|desc=World War I: The trawler was shelled and sunk in the North Sea by two cruisers and four destroyers (all {{navy|German Empire}}). Her crew were taken as prisoners of war.<ref name=Times070914a/><ref name=Times080914a/>
}}
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|ship=''Harrier'' 
|flag={{Flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}
|desc=World War I: The trawler was shelled and sunk in the North Sea by two cruisers and four destroyers (all {{navy|German Empire}}). Her crew were taken as prisoners of war.<ref name=Times070914a/><ref name=Times080914a/>
}}
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|ship= {{SS|Montana||2}} 
|flag={{flag|United States|1912}}
|desc= The cargo ship burned to the waterline and sank in [[Thunder Bay (Michigan)|Thunder Bay]], [[Lake Huron]] off [[Sulphur Island]]. Her crew was rescued from her boat by the passenger ship ''Alpena'' ({{flag|United States|1912}}).<ref>{{cite web |url=https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=chi.103308791&view=1up&seq=494 |title=American Marine Engineer October, 1914  |publisher=National Marine Engineers Beneficial Association of the United States |via=Haithi Trust |access-date=12 November 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?27613 |title=Montana (+1914)  |publisher=Wrecksite |access-date=12 November 2020}}</ref> 
}}
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|ship=''Pegasus'' 
|flag={{Flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}
|desc=World War I: The trawler was shelled and sunk in the North Sea by two cruisers and four destroyers (all {{navy|German Empire}}). Her crew were taken as prisoners of war.<ref name=Times070914a/><ref name=Times080914a/>
}}
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|ship=''Pollux'' 
|flag={{Flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}
|desc=World War I: The trawler was shelled and sunk in the North Sea by two cruisers and four destroyers (all {{navy|German Empire}}). Her crew were taken as prisoners of war.<ref name=Times070914a/><ref name=Times080914a/>
}}
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|ship=''Rideo'' 
|flag={{Flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}
|desc=World War I: The trawler was shelled and sunk in the North Sea by two cruisers and four destroyers (all {{navy|German Empire}}). Her crew were taken as prisoners of war.<ref name=Times070914a/><ref name=Times080914a/>
}}
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|ship=''Rhine'' 
|flag={{Flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}
|desc=World War I: The trawler was shelled and sunk in the North Sea by two cruisers and four destroyers (all {{navy|German Empire}}). Her crew were taken as prisoners of war.<ref name=Times070914a/><ref name=Times080914a/>
}}
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|ship=''Seti'' 
|flag={{Flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}
|desc=World War I: The trawler was shelled and sunk in the North Sea by two cruisers and four destroyers (all {{navy|German Empire}}). Her crew were taken as prisoners of war.<ref name=Times070914a/><ref name=Times080914a/>
}}
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|ship=''Valiant'' 
|flag={{Flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}
|desc=World War I: The trawler was shelled and sunk in the North Sea by two cruisers and four destroyers (all {{navy|German Empire}}). Her crew were taken as prisoners of war.<ref name=Times070914a/><ref name=Times080914a/> }}
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==7 September==
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|ship=''Revigo'' 
|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}
|desc=[[World War I]]: The trawler (230 GRT) struck a [[naval mine|mine]] and sank in the [[North Sea]]. Her crew were rescued by the trawler ''Andromeda'' ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}).<ref name=Times080914a/> }}
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==8 September==
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|ship={{SS|Kamerun|1913|2}} 
|flag={{Flagcountry|German Empire}}
|desc=[[World War I]]: The cargo ship was scuttled at [[Douala|Duala]], [[Kamerun]]. She was subsequently refloated, repaired and entered British service as ''Cameronia''.<ref name=Cameronia>{{cite web |url=http://uboat.net/wwi/ships_hit/1066.html |title=Cameronia |publisher=Uboat.net |access-date=5 December 2012}}</ref>
}}
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|ship={{HMS|Oceanic}} 
|flag={{navy|UK}}
|desc=The [[armed merchant cruiser]] (17,272 GRT, 1899) ran aground off [[Foula]], [[Shetland Islands]]. All on board were rescued by the fishing trawler ''Glenogil'' ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}) and transferred to {{HMS|Alsatian}} and {{HMS|Forward|1904|6}} (both {{navy|UK}}). ''Oceanic'' was wrecked in a storm on 29 September. }}
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==9 September==
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|ship=''Alert'' 
|flag={{flag|United States|1912}}
|desc=After she became disabled by a broken tail shaft during a voyage from [[Juneau, Alaska|Juneau]] to [[Tyee, Alaska|Tyee]], [[Territory of Alaska]], the 12-[[net register ton]] [[motor vessel]] drifted onto rocks, was pounded against them by the surf, and sank off [[Point Styleman]] ({{coord|57|58|30|N|133|53|45|W|name=Point Styleman}}) in [[Snettisham Inlet]] in [[Southeast Alaska]]. Her crew of two survived, but she was a [[total loss]].<ref name="alaskashipwrecksa"/>
}}
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|ship=''Chesterfield'' 
|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}
|desc=The [[sloop]] was driven ashore at [[Spurn Point]], [[east Riding of Yorkshire|Yorkshire]] and wrecked. Her crew were rescued.<ref name=Times100914a>{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Casualty reports |date=10 September 1914 |page=14 |issue=40631 |column=B }}</ref> 
}}
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|ship={{SS|Tua|1890|2}} 
|flag={{flag|Sweden}}
|desc=The steamer, en route from [[Peterhead]] to [[Helsingborg]], sank after a collision in poor visibility with an unnamed British warship, about {{convert|55|nmi|km}} off Peterhead. The ship sank quickly, and one British passenger and one crew member died.<ref>{{cite book |title=Svenska handelsflottans krigsförluster 1914–1920 |trans-title=Swedish Merchant Marine War losses 1914–1920 |language=sv |location=Stockholm |publisher=Kommerskollegium (Swedish Board of Trade) |year=1921 |pages=156–7 }}</ref> }}
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==10 September==
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|ship={{SS|Indus|1904|2}} 
|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}
|desc=[[World War I]]: The cargo ship (3,413 or 3,393 GRT, 1904) was captured in the [[Indian Ocean]] ({{coord|11|00|N|83|45|E}}) by {{SMS|Emden|1908|6}} ({{navy|German Empire}}) and was scuttled after all her crew had been taken on board. }}
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==11 September==
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|ship={{SS|Elsinore||2}} 
|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}
|desc=[[World War I]]: The [[tank ship|tanker]] (6,542 GRT, 1913) was shelled and sunk in the [[Pacific Ocean]] {{convert|73|nmi|km}} south west by west of [[Cabo Corrientes, Jalisco|Cape Corrientes]], Mexico by {{SMS|Leipzig|1905|6}} ({{navy|German Empire}}).<ref name=NH13/><ref name=Times051014a>{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=German cruiser's prey |date=5 October 1914 |page=6 |issue=40656 |column=E }}</ref>
}}
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|ship={{SS|Lovat||2}} 
|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}
|desc=World War I: The cargo ship (6,102 GRT) was captured and scuttled in the [[Indian Ocean]] {{convert|260|nmi|km}} east of [[Madras]], [[British Raj|India]] by {{SMS|Emden|1908|6}} ({{navy|German Empire}}). Her crew were taken as [[prisoners of war]].<ref name=NH13/><ref name=Times220914a/> 
}}
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|ship=''Meteor'' 
|flag={{navy|Russian Empire}}
|desc=The [[minesweeper]] ran aground in the [[Baltic Sea]] off "Merholm Island" and sank. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from [[Helsinki]], [[Grand Duchy of Finland]] to the Baresund.<ref name=Cherneyshev>{{Cite book |title=Погибли без боя. Катастрофы русских кораблей XVIII–XX вв. |trans-title=They died without a fight. Catastrophes of Russian ships of the XVIII-XX centuries |language=Russian |first=Alexander Alekseevich |last=Chernyshev |publisher=Veche |year=2012 |url=http://www.maxima-library.org/mob/b/389880?format=read }}</ref>
}}
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==12 September==
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|ship={{SS|Killin||2}} 
|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}
|desc=[[World War I]]: The cargo ship (3,544 GRT) was captured in the [[Indian Ocean]] {{convert|410|nmi|km}} north east by north of [[Madras]], [[British Raj|India]] by {{SMS|Emden|1908|6}} ({{navy|German Empire}}). She was scuttled the next day. Her crew were taken as [[prisoners of war]].<ref name=NH13/><ref name=Times220914a/> }}
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==13 September==
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|ship={{SS|Diplomat||2}} 
|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}
|desc=[[World War I]]: The cargo ship (7,615 GRT) was captured and scuttled in the [[Indian Ocean]] {{convert|480|nmi|km}} north east of [[Madras]], [[British Raj|India]] by {{SMS|Emden|1908|6}} ({{navy|German Empire}}). Her crew were taken as [[prisoners of war]].<ref name=NH13/><ref name=Times220914a/>
}}
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|ship={{SMS|Hela}} 
|flag={{navy|German Empire}}
|desc=World War I: The {{sclass|Gazelle|cruiser}} was torpedoed and sunk in the [[North Sea]] southwest of [[Heligoland]] by {{HMS|E9}} ({{navy|UK}}) with the loss of two of her 178 crew. }}
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==14 September==
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|ship={{HMAS|AE1}} 
|flag={{navy|Australia|1913}}
|desc=The [[British E-class submarine|E-class]] [[submarine]] was lost in the [[Pacific Ocean]] off [[New Britain]] with the loss of all 35 crew. Wreck found in 2017.
}}
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|ship={{SMS|Cap Trafalgar}} 
|flag={{navy|German Empire}}
|desc=[[File:Sinking Cap Trafalgar.jpg|thumb|SMS ''Cap Trafalgar'' and HMS ''Carmania'']]
[[World War I]]: [[Battle of Trindade]]: The [[auxiliary cruiser]] was sunk at [[Trindade and Martim Vaz|Trindade, Brazil]] in a battle with {{HMS|Carmania}} ({{navy|UK}}) with the loss of 51 of her 330 crew.
}}
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|ship={{SS|Clan Matheson|1905|2}} 
|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}
|desc=World War I: The cargo ship (4,775 GRT, 1906) was scuttled in the [[Bay of Bengal]] {{convert|60|nmi|km}} south west by south of the mouth of the [[Hoogli River]] by {{SMS|Emden|1906|6}} ({{navy|German Empire}}). Her crew were rescued by {{SS|Dovre||2}} ({{flagcountry|Norway}}).<ref name=NH13/><ref name=Times220914a>{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=The Emden's exploits |date=22 September 1914 |page=5 |issue=40643 |column=F }}</ref>
}}
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|ship={{SS|Highland Hope||2}} 
|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}
|desc=World War I: The cargo ship (5,150 or 5,510 GRT, 1903) was scuttled in the Atlantic Ocean {{convert|190|nmi|km}} south west of the [[St Paul Rocks]], Brazil by {{SMS|Karlsruhe}} ({{navy|German Empire}}).<ref name=NH13/>
}}
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|ship={{SS|Trabboch||2}} 
|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}
|desc=World War I: The cargo ship (4,028 GRT) was shelled and sunk in the [[Indian Ocean]] {{convert|70|nmi|km}} south west by south of the mouth of the [[Hoogli River]] by {{SMS|Emden|1908|6}} ({{navy|German Empire}}).<ref name=NH13/> 
}}
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==17 September==
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|ship={{SS|Argyll|1872|2}}
|flag={{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}
|desc=[[World War I]]: The Admiralty-requisitioned cargo ship (1,185 GRT, 1872) was scuttled in Skerry Sound, Scapa Flow as a block ship. Salvaged, except for her boiler, at some point.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?61056 |title=Argyll Passenger/cargo ship 1872–1914 |publisher=Wrecksite |access-date=12 July 2019}}</ref>
}}
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|ship={{SS|Fisgard||2}} 
|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}
|desc=The cargo ship foundered in the [[English Channel]] {{convert|2|to|3|nmi|km}} off [[Portland Bill]], [[Dorset]] in a storm with the loss of two of her 64 crew. Survivors were rescued by {{SS|Crown of Galicia||2}}, {{ship|ST|Danube||2}} and {{ship|ST|Southampton||2}} (all {{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}). (See ''Fisgard II'')<ref name=Times190914a>{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Casualty reports |date=19 September 1914 |page=3 |issue=40640 |column=E }}</ref>
}}
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|ship={{SS|Indrani||2}} 
|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}
|desc=World War I: The cargo ship (5,706 GRT, 1912) was scuttled in the [[Atlantic Ocean]] {{convert|145|nmi|km}} north by west of [[Cabo São Roque]], Brazil by {{SMS|Karlsruhe}} ({{navy|German Empire}}).
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|ship=''[[HMS Invincible (1869)|Fisgard II]]''
|flag={{navy|UK}}
|desc=The [[training ship]], a former {{sclass|Audacious|battleship}}, sank in a storm in the English Channel off Portland Bill with the loss of 21 of her 64 crew. 
}}
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==18 September==
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|ship={{ship||Francis H. Leggett}}
|flag={{flag|United States|1912}}
|desc=The [[Steamship|steam]] [[schooner]] sank in a gale in the [[Pacific Ocean]] off the coast of [[Oregon]] with the loss of 60 of the 62 people on board. One survivor each were rescued by ''Buck'' and by ''Beaver'' (both flag unknown).<ref>{{cite web |url=https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=chi.103308791&view=1up&seq=495 |title=American Marine Engineer October, 1914  |publisher=National Marine Engineers Beneficial Association of the United States |via=Haithi Trust |access-date=12 November 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?196776 |title=Francis H. Leggett (+1914)  |publisher=Wrecksite |access-date=12 November 2020}}</ref> 
}}
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|ship={{SS|Montmagny|1909|2}} 
|flag={{flag|Canada|1868}}
|desc=The cargo ship collided with {{SS|Lingan|1911|2}} ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}) in the [[St. Lawrence River]] and sank with the loss of fourteen of her crew.<ref name=Times190914b>{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=News in Brief. |date=19 September 1914 |page=11 |issue=40640 |column=D }}</ref>
}}
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|ship={{SS|Rosewood||2}}
|flag={{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}
|desc=[[World War I]]: The Admiralty-requisitioned cargo ship was scuttled in Skerry Sound, Scapa Flow as a block ship.  Mostly scrapped in place later, stern and boilers still in place.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.scapaflowwrecks.com/wrecks/blockships/ss-rosewood.php |title=SS Rosewood blockship |publisher=Scapa Flow Wrecks |access-date=12 July 2019}}</ref><ref name="auto">{{cite web |url=https://www.northlinkferries.co.uk/orkney-blog/wrecks-of-scapa-flow/ |title=wrecks of Scapa Flow |publisher=North Link Ferries |accessdate=29 March 2021}}</ref>
}}
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|ship={{SMS|William}} 
|flag={{navy|German Empire}}
|desc=The ''[[Vorpostenboot]]'' was lost on this date.
}}
{{shipwreck list end}}

==19 September==
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|ship={{ship||Gamma|schooner|2}} 
|flag={{flag|Norway}}
|desc=The [[schooner]] was wrecked on [[Vlieland]], [[Friesland]], Netherlands with some loss of life.<ref name=Times210914a>{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Casualty reports |date=21 September 1914 |page=14 |issue=40642 |column=A }}</ref>
}}
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|ship={{ship||Ocean|schooner|2}} 
|flag={{flag|Sweden}}
|desc=The schooner was wrecked on Vlieland. Her crew were rescued.<ref name=Times210914a/> 
}}
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|ship={{SS|Teeswood||2}}
|flag={{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}
|desc=[[World War I]]: The Admiralty requisitioned cargo ship (1,589 GRT, 1882) was scuttled in Skerry Sound, Scapa Flow as a block ship. Scrapped in 1924.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.scapaflowwrecks.com/wrecks/blockships/ss-teeswood.php |title=SS Teeswood blockship |publisher=Scapa Flow Wrecks |access-date=12 July 2019}}</ref><ref name="auto"/>
}}
{{shipwreck list end}}

==20 September==
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{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{SMS|Lesum}} 
|flag={{navy|German Empire}}
|desc=The ''[[Vorpostenboot]]'' was lost on this date.
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{HMS|Pegasus|1897|6}} 
|flag={{Navy|UK}}
|desc=[[World War I]]: The {{sclass|Pelorus|cruiser}} was shelled and sunk by {{SMS|Königsberg}} ({{navy|German Empire}}) in [[Zanzibar]] harbour with the loss of 38 of her 224 crew. The wreck was scrapped in 1955.
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{USRC|Tahoma|1909|6}} 
|flag=[[File:Ensign of the United States Revenue-Marine (1868).png|22px]] [[United States Revenue Cutter Service]]
|desc=The [[revenue cutter]] struck an uncharted reef – thereafter known as [[Tahoma Reef]] ({{coord|51|48|N|175|47|E|name=Tahoma Reef}}) – in the [[Aleutian Islands]] and sank without loss of life. Her crew abandoned ship in three [[Lifeboat (shipboard)|lifeboats]] and was rescued by the [[Merchant ship|merchant]] [[Steamship|steamer]] ''Cordova'' ({{flag|United States|1912}}), which picked up the [[commanding officer]]'s lifeboat at sea, and the [[survey ship]] [[USC&GS Carlile P. Patterson|USC&GS ''Carlile P. Patterson'']] ([[File:Flag of the United States Coast and Geodetic Survey.svg|22px]] [[United States Coast and Geodetic Survey]]), which rescued the rest of the crew after their boats reached [[Agattu]] in the [[Near Islands]] and [[Alaid Island (Alaska)|Alaid Island]] in the [[Semichi Islands]].<ref name=alaskashipwreckst>{{Cite web|url=https://alaskashipwreck.com/shipwrecks-a-z/alaska-shipwrecks-t/|title=Alaska Shipwrecks (T) – Alaska Shipwrecks|website=alaskashipwreck.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.uscg.mil/history/webcutters/Tahoma_1909.asp|title=uscg.mil ''Tahoma'' (1909)}}</ref>
}}
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|ship={{HMS|Yarmouth II}} 
|flag={{navy|UK}}
|desc=The ship was driven ashore between [[Margate]] and [[Westgate-on-Sea]], [[Kent]].<ref name=Kent>{{cite book | first =Anthony | last =Lane | year =2009 | title =Shipwrecks of Kent | pages =19 | publisher =The History Press | location =Stroud |isbn=978-0-7524-1720-2 }}</ref> }}
{{shipwreck list end}}

==21 September==
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|ship={{SS|Belgian King|1881|2}} 
|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}
|desc=The [[cargo liner]] foundered in the [[Black Sea]] off [[Cape Kureli]], [[Ottoman Turkey]] with the loss of 22 of the 120 people on board. Survivors were rescued by {{SS|Princesse Eugenie||2}} ({{flagcountry|Russian Empire|1914}}).<ref name=Times230914a>{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=British steamer sunk in the Black Sea |date=23 September 1914 |page=14 |issue=40644 |column=B }}</ref>
}}
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|ship={{SS|Cornish City|1906|2}} 
|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}
|desc=[[World War I]]: The cargo ship (3,816 GRT, 1906) was scuttled in the [[Atlantic Ocean]] {{convert|245|nmi|km}} south west of the [[St Paul Rocks]], Brazil by {{SMS|Karlsruhe}} ({{navy|German Empire}}).<ref name=NH13/> }}
{{shipwreck list end}}

==22 September==
{{shipwreck list begin |date=22 September 1914 |sort=}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship= {{HMS|Aboukir|1900|6}} 
|flag={{Navy|UK}}
|desc=[[File:SM U9 Postcard.jpg|thumb|HMS ''Aboukir'' and HMS ''Hogue'']]
[[World War I]]: [[Action of 22 September 1914]]: The {{sclass|Cressy|cruiser}} was torpedoed and sunk in the [[North Sea]] off the Dutch coast ({{coordinates|52|18|N|03|41|E|name=HMS Aboukir}}) by {{SMU|U-9}} ({{navy|German Empire}}) with the loss of 527 lives.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.uboat.net/wwi/ships_hit/20.html|title=HMS Aboukir |work=uboat.net |access-date=18 October 2019}}</ref>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{HMS|Cressy|1899|6}} 
|flag={{Navy|UK}}
|desc=[[File:Reuterdahl - HMS Cressy Sinking.jpg|thumb|HMS ''Cressy'']]World War I: [[Action of 22 September 1914]]: The {{sclass|Cressy|cruiser}} was torpedoed and sunk in the [[North Sea]] off the Dutch coast ({{coordinates|52|18|N|03|41|E|name=HMS Cressy}}) by {{SMU|U-9}} ({{navy|German Empire}}) with the loss of 562 lives.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.uboat.net/wwi/ships_hit/1491.html|title=HMS Cressy |work=uboat.net |access-date=18 October 2019}}</ref>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{HMS|Hogue|1900|6}} 
|flag={{Navy|UK}}
|desc=World War I: [[Action of 22 September 1914]]: The {{sclass|Cressy|cruiser}} was torpedoed and sunk in the [[North Sea]] off the Dutch coast ({{coordinates|52|18|N|03|41|E|name=HMS Hogue}}) by {{SMU|U-9}} ({{navy|German Empire}}) with the loss of 375 lives.<ref name="Carter">{{cite book |last=Carter |first=C. |title=The Port of Penzance: a history |year=1998 |publisher=Black Dwarf Publications |location=Lydney}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.uboat.net/wwi/ships_hit/2873.html|title=HMS Hogue |work=uboat.net |access-date=18 October 2019}}</ref>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship=''Kilmarnock'' 
|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}
|desc=World War I: The trawler (165 GRT) struck a [[naval mine|mine]] and sank in the North Sea {{convert|31|nmi|km}} east of [[Spurn Point]], [[East Riding of Yorkshire|Yorkshire]] with the loss of six of her cew.<ref name=Fish12/>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{ship||Mauritzia|schooner|2}} 
|flag={{flag|Sweden}}
|desc=The [[schooner]] was driven ashore on [[Öland]] and was wrecked.<ref name=Times230914a/>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{SS|Rothenfield||2}} 
|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}
|desc=World War I: The cargo ship was sunk as a [[blockship]] in [[Scapa Flow]], [[Orkney Islands]]. Wreck blown up as a hazard to navigation in 1962.<ref name="auto2">{{cite web |url=https://www.northlinkferries.co.uk/orkney-blog/wrecks-of-scapa-flow/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200716181325/https://www.northlinkferries.co.uk/orkney-blog/wrecks-of-scapa-flow/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=16 July 2020 |title=wrecks of Scapa Flow |publisher=North Link Ferries |accessdate=29 March 2021 }}</ref><ref name=OIL23535/> 
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{SS|Rio Iguassu||2}} 
|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}
|desc=World War I: The cargo ship (3,817 GRT, 1898) was scuttled in the Atlantic Ocean {{convert|155|nmi|km}} south west by west of the [[St Paul Rocks]], Brazil by {{SMS|Karlsruhe}} ({{navy|German Empire}}).<ref name=NH13/>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{SS|Urmston Grange||2}} 
|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}
|desc=World War I: The cargo ship was sunk as a blockship in Scapa Flow. Wreck blown up as a hazard to navigation in 1962.<ref name="auto2"/><ref name=OIL23535>{{cite web |url=http://www.orkneycommunities.co.uk/imagelibrary/picture/number23535.asp |title=Block ships in Burra Sound |publisher=Orkney Image Library |access-date=20 February 2013}}</ref>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{SS|Walküre||2}}
|flag={{flagcountry|German Empire}}
|desc=World War I: [[Bombardment of Papeete]]: While French personnel were [[scuttling]] her, the [[cargo ship]], captured by French forces on 15 August, was sunk at [[Papeete]], [[Tahiti]], by gunfire by the [[armoured cruiser]]s {{SMS|Gneisenau}} and {{SMS|Scharnhorst}} (both {{navy|German Empire}}) in {{convert|11|fathom|lk=in}} of water. Raised over a year later, repaired and sold by the French. Returned to service as ''Republic''.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=chi.103308911&view=1up&seq=173  |title=American Marine Engineer April, 1916  |publisher=National Marine Engineers Beneficial Association of the United States |via=Haithi Trust |access-date=28 October 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?200267 |title=Walküre (+1914)  |publisher=Wrecksite |access-date=28 October 2020}}</ref> 
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{ship|French gunboat|Zélée||2}} 
|flag={{navy|France}}
|desc=World War I: [[Bombardment of Papeete]]: While her crew was [[scuttling]] her, the {{sclass|Surprise|gunboat}} was sunk at [[Papeete]], [[Tahiti]], by gunfire by the [[armoured cruiser]]s {{SMS|Gneisenau}} and {{SMS|Scharnhorst}} (both {{navy|German Empire}}). She was raised, her guns removed and scuttled as a blockship on 29 September.<ref name=Times051014b>{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=The fleets at sea. |date=5 October 1914 |page=4 |issue=40656 |column=E }}</ref>
}}
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==23 September==
{{shipwreck list begin |date=23 September 1914 |sort=}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship=''Rebono'' 
|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}
|desc=[[World War I]]: The trawler (176 GRT) struck a [[naval mine|mine]] and sank in the [[North Sea]] {{convert|25|nmi|km}} east by north of the ''[[Spurn Lightship]]'' ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|government}}) with the loss of a crew member.<ref name=Fish12/> 
}}
{{shipwreck list end}}

==24 September==
{{shipwreck list begin |date=24 September 1914 |sort=}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{SV|Andrew Nebinger||2}}
|flag={{flag|United States|1912}}
|desc= The schooner went ashore on [[Little Gull Island]], [[New York (state)|New York]]. Refloated and returned to service.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://research.mysticseaport.org/coll/coll001/ |title=Records of the T. A. Scott co. |date=20 May 2016 |publisher=mysticseaport.org |access-date=29 March 2021}}</ref>
}} 
{{shipwreck list end}}

==25 September==
{{shipwreck list begin |date=25 September 1914 |sort=}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{SS|Bankfields||2}} 
|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}
|desc=[[World War I]]: The cargo ship (3,763 GRT) was shelled and sunk in the [[Gulf of Guayaquil]] by {{SMS|Leipzig|1905|6}} ({{navy|German Empire}}).<ref name=NH13/>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{SS|King Lud|1906|2}} 
|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}
|desc=World War I: The cargo ship (3,650 GRT, 1906) was scuttled in the [[Indian Ocean]] {{convert|25|nmi|km}} south south west of [[Point de Galle]], [[Ceylon]] by {{SMS|Emden|1908|6}} ({{navy|German Empire}}).<ref name=NH13/>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{SS|Tymeric||2}} 
|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}
|desc=World War I: The cargo ship (3,314 GRT) was scuttled in the Indian Ocean {{convert|50|nmi|km}} west by north of [[Colombo]], Ceylon by {{SMS|Emden|1908|6}} ({{navy|German Empire}}).<ref name=NH13/> 
}}
{{shipwreck list end}}

==27 September==
{{shipwreck list begin |date=27 September 1914 |sort=}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{SS|Foyle||2}} 
|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}
|desc=[[World War I]]: The cargo ship (4,147 GRT) was scuttled in the [[Indian Ocean]] {{convert|300|nmi|km}} west by north of [[Colombo]], [[Ceylon]] by {{SMS|Emden|1908|6}} ({{navy|German Empire}}).<ref name=NH13/>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{SS|Lacouna||2}} 
|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}
|desc=The cargo ship was driven ashore on [[Ferryland Head]], [[Dominion of Newfoundland|Newfoundland]] and was wrecked. Her crew were rescued.<ref name=Times280914a>{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Casualty reports |date=28 September 1914 |page=14 |issue=40649 |column=B }}</ref>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{SS|Ribera||2}} 
|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}
|desc=World War I: The cargo ship (3,500 GRT) was shelled and sunk in the Indian Ocean {{convert|210|nmi|km}} west by north of Colombo by {{SMS|Emden|1908|6}} ({{navy|German Empire}}).<ref name=NH13/> 
}}
{{shipwreck list end}}

==28 September==
{{shipwreck list begin |date=28 September 1914 |sort=}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{ship||Anglo-Norman|barque|2}} 
|flag={{flag|Norway}}
|desc=The [[barque]] was driven ashore at [[Kaipara Harbour]], [[North Island]], New Zealand and was wrecked. Her crew were rescued.<ref name=Times290914a>{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Casualty reports |date=29 September 1914 |page=14 |issue=40650 |column=B }}</ref>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{ship||Agda|schooner|2}} 
|flag={{flag|Netherlands}}
|desc=The auxiliary [[schooner]] struck a submerged object and foundered in the [[Atlantic Ocean]] off [[Cabo da Roca]], Portugal. Her crew were rescued by {{SS|Khiva||2}} ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}).<ref name=Times031014a>{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Casualty reports |date=3 October 1914 |page=14 |issue=40654 |column=A }}</ref>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{SMS|Cormoran|1892|6}} 
|flag={{navy|German Empire}}
|desc=[[World War I]]: [[Siege of Qingdao]]: The {{sclass|Bussard|cruiser|1}} was scuttled at [[Qingdao]], China.<ref name=WWI14/>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{SMS|Iltis}} 
|flag={{navy|German Empire}}
|desc=World War I: Siege of Qingdao: The {{sclass|Iltis|gunboat|0}} [[gunboat]] was scuttled at Qingdao, China.
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{SMS|Luchs}} 
|flag={{navy|German Empire}}
|desc=World War I: Siege of Qingdao: The {{sclass|Iltis|gunboat|0}} [[gunboat]] was scuttled at Qingdao, China.
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{SMS|T50}} 
|flag={{navy|German Empire}}
|desc=The {{Sclass|S7|torpedo boat}} was wrecked in the [[Baltic Sea]].<ref name=WWI14/>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{SMS|Taku}} 
|flag={{navy|German Empire}}
|desc=World War I: Siege of Qingdao: The {{sclass|Taku|torpedo boat}} was scuttled at Qingdao.<ref name=WWI14/> 
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{SMS|Tiger}}  
|flag={{navy|German Empire}}
|desc=World War I: Siege of Qingdao: The {{sclass|Iltis|gunboat|0}} [[gunboat]] was scuttled at Qingdao.
}}
{{shipwreck list end}}

==29 September==
{{shipwreck list begin |date=29 September 1914 |sort=}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{ship|French gunboat|Zélée||2}} 
|flag={{navy|France}}
|desc=The {{sclass|Surprise|gunboat}} was shelled and sunk at [[Papeete, Tahiti]] by {{SMS|Scharnhorst}} and {{SMS|Gneisenau}} (both {{navy|German Empire}}) on 22 September. Raised, had her guns removed, and scuttled on 29 September as a blockship for the harbour.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?200269 |title=Zelee (+1914) |publisher=Wrecksite |access-date=28 October 2020}}</ref>
}}
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==References==
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