List of shipwrecks in 1917

The list of shipwrecks in 1917 includes some ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during 1917.

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 *  Ariel (🇺🇸 United States): The schooner was wrecked off the Inubōsaki Lighthouse, Japan.
 * SS Taurus (1883) ( undefined): World War I: The coaster struck a mine and sank in the North Sea east of the Shetland Islands with the loss of nine crew. This was either during July 1917 or August 1917.
 * SMU U-50 : World War I: The Type U 43 submarine is believed to have struck a mine and sank in the North Sea off Terschelling, Friesland, Netherlands on or after 31 August.