List of shipwrecks in May 1915

The list of shipwrecks in May 1915 includes some ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during May 1915.

1 May

 * SMS A2 : World War I: The was shelled and sunk in the North Sea by HMS Laforey (1913), HMS Lark (1913), HMS Lawford (1913) and HMS Leonidas (1913) (all ).
 * SMS A6 : World War I: The was shelled and sunk in the North Sea by HMS Laforey (1913), HMS Lark (1913), HMS Lawford (1913) and HMS Leonidas (1913) (all ).
 * SS Balduin (1899) (🇳🇴 Norway): World War I: The cargo ship was sunk in the North Sea (56.96667°N, 3.25°W) by SMU U-39 . Her crew survived.
 * HMT Columbia : World War I: The naval trawler was torpedoed and sunk in the North Sea off the Noord Hinder Lightship (🇳🇱 Netherlands) by two German torpedo boats. Three of her crew were rescued by one of the torpedo boats, both of which were subsequently sunk by HMT Barbados, HMT Christi and another naval trawler (all ).
 * SS Edale (1901) ( undefined): World War I: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean 45 nmi north west by north of the Isles of Scilly (50.15°N, -7.5°W) by SMU U-30 (Germany) . Her 24 crew survived.
 * Elsa (🇸🇪 Sweden): World War I: The sailing vessel was sunk in the North Sea 100 nmi east of the Isle of May, Fife, United Kingdom by SMU U-39 . Her crew survived.
 * SS Europe (1890) (🇫🇷 France): World War I: The cargo ship was captured by, and sunk by gunfire from, SM U-30 in the Atlantic Ocean 3 nmi north west of the Bishop's Rock (49.9°N, -6.5°W). Her crew survived.
 * FRENCH SUBMARINE Joule : World War I: Gallipoli Campaign: The struck a mine and sank in the Dardanelles with the loss of all hands.
 * Gulflight (🇺🇸 United States): World War I: The tanker was torpedoed and damaged in the Atlantic Ocean 20 nmi west of the Isles of Scilly by SM U-30 with the loss of three crew and was beached. She was subsequently repaired and returned to service.
 * HMS Recruit (1896) : World War I: The C-class destroyer was torpedoed and sunk in the North Sea 30 nmi south west of the Galloper Lightship ( undefined) by SMU UB-6 with the loss of 34 of her crew.

2 May

 * SS America (1914) (🇳🇴 Norway): World War I: The cargo ship was sunk in the North Sea 200 nmi off Bergen, Nordland (57.33333°N, -1.15°W) by SMU U-41 (Germany) . Her 39 crew were rescued by SS Sterling (🇳🇴 Norway).
 * Cruiser ( undefined): World War I: The trawler was shelled and sunk in the North Sea 50 nmi south east of Aberdeen by SMU U-41 (Germany)  with the loss of four of her eleven crew. The survivors were rescued by SS T. W. Stewart ( undefined).
 * SS Ellida (🇸🇪 Sweden): World War I: The cargo ship was reported to have been torpedoed and sunk in the North Sea by a German submarine. All eighteen people on board were rescued by Jeno (🇩🇰 Denmark).
 * Martaban ( undefined): World War I: The trawler was shelled and sunk in the North Sea 22 nmi east of Aberdeen by SMU U-41 (Germany) . Her crew survived.
 * Mercury ( undefined): World War I: The trawler was shelled and sunk in the North Sea 14 nmi east by north of Girdleness, Aberdeenshire by SMU U-41 (Germany) . Her crew survived.
 * St. George ( undefined): World War I: The trawler was shelled and sunk in the North Sea 65 nmi east of Aberdeen by SMU U-41 (Germany) . Her crew survived but were taken as prisoners of war.
 * St. Louis No.1 ( undefined): World War I: The trawler was shelled and sunk in the North Sea 60 nmi east by north of the Isle of May, Fife by SMU U-39 . Her crew survived.
 * Sunray ( undefined): World War I: The trawler was shelled and sunk in the North Sea 56 nmi north by east of the Longstone Lighthouse by SMU U-39 . Her crew survived.

3 May

 * Bob White ( undefined): World War I: The trawler was shelled and sunk in the North Sea 125 nmi east of Spurn Point, Yorkshire by SMU U-9 . Her crew were rescued by the trawler Leonardo ( undefined).
 * Coquet ( undefined): World War I: The trawler was captured and scuttled in the North Sea 160 nmi east north east of Spurn Point by SMU U-9 . Her nine crew were rescued by the trawler Etruscan ( undefined).
 * Hector ( undefined): World War I: The trawler was shelled and sunk in the North Sea 160 nmi east north east of Spurn Point by SMU U-9 . Her nine crew were rescued by the trawler Etruscan ( undefined).
 * Hero ( undefined): World War I: The trawler was captured and scuttled in the North Sea 150 nmi east north east of Hornsea, Yorkshire by SMU U-9 . Her crew were rescued by the trawler Leonardo ( undefined).
 * Iolanthe ( undefined): World War I: The trawler was captured and scuttled in the North Sea 140 nmi east north east of Hornsea by SMU U-9 . Her crew were rescued by the trawler Leonardo ( undefined).
 * Martaban ( undefined): World War I: The trawler was reported to have been sunk in the North Sea off Aberdeen by a German submarine.
 * Mercury ( undefined): World War I: The trawler was reported to have been sunk in the North Sea off Aberdeen by a German submarine.
 * SS Minterne (1903) ( undefined): World War I: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean 50 nmi south west of the Wolf Rock by SMU U-30 (Germany) with the loss of two or her 25 crew. The survivors were rescued by two fishing vessels.
 * Northward Ho ( undefined): World War I: The trawler was captured and scuttled in the North Sea 125 nmi east north east of Hornsea by SMU U-9 . Her crew were rescued by the trawler Leonardo ( undefined).
 * Oscar (🇳🇴 Norway): World War I: The sailing vessel was sunk in the North Sea south west of Lindesnen, Vest-Agder (56.91667°N, 4.33333°W) by SMU U-41 (Germany) . Her crew were rescued by the trawler Leonardo ( undefined).
 * Progress ( undefined): World War I: The trawler was captured and scuttled in the North Sea 155 nmi east north east of Spurn Point by SMU U-9 . Her eleven crew were rescued by the trawler Etruscan ( undefined).
 * Scottish Queen ( undefined): World War I: The trawler was shelled and sunk in the North Sea 50 nmi east south east of Aberdeen by SMU U-39 . Her crew survived.
 * Uxbridge ( undefined): World War I: The trawler caught a mine in her nets and was sunk when it exploded. All nine crew were rescued by another trawler.

4 May

 *  Elsa (🇸🇪 Sweden): World War I: The schooner was sunk in the North Sea south east of Peterhead, Aberdeenshire, United Kingdom by SMU U-39 . Her five crew were rescued by SS Sernebo (🇸🇪 Sweden).
 * Rugby ( undefined): World War I: The trawler was captured and scuttled in the North Sea 100 nmi east north east of the Spurn Lightship ( undefined) by SMU U-9 . Her crew survived.
 * SS Vanadis (1881) (🇸🇪 Sweden): World War I: The coaster was shelled and sunk in the Baltic Sea by SMS Silvana . Her crew survived.

5 May

 * SS Cathay (🇩🇰 Denmark): World War I: The cargo ship was sunk in the North Sea either by striking a mine or by being torpedoed. All 43 people on board survived.
 *  Earl of Lathom ( undefined): World War I: The three-masted schooner was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean 8 nmi south west of Kinsale, County Cork by SMU U-20 (Germany) . Her five crew were rescued by a drifter.
 * Sceptre ( undefined): World War I: The fishing vessel was shelled and sunk in the North Sea 40 nmi south east by south of Peterhead, Aberdeenshire by SMU U-39 . Her crew survived.
 * Straton ( undefined): World War I: The trawler was shelled and sunk in the North Sea 40 nmi east of Hartlepool, County Durham by SMU U-9 . Her crew were rescued by the trawler Loch Katrine ( undefined).

6 May

 * SS Candidate (1906) ( undefined): World War I: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in St. George's Channel 13 nmi south by east of the Coningbeg Lightship ( undefined) by SMU U-20 (Germany) . Her crew survived.
 * SS Centurion (1908) ( undefined): World War I: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in St. George's Channel 120 nmi south of the Coningbeg Lightship ( undefined) by SMU U-20 (Germany) . Her crew survived.
 * Don ( undefined): World War I: The trawler struck a mine and sank in the North Sea 100 nmi east by south of Spurn Point, Yorkshire with the loss of seven of her crew.
 * Merrie Islington ( undefined): World War I: The trawler was captured and scuttled in the North Sea 6 nmi north north east of Whitby, Yorkshire by SMU U-9 . Her nine crew survived.
 * SS Truro (1898) ( undefined): World War I: The passenger ship was torpedoed and sunk in the North Sea 85 nmi east north east of St Abb's Head, Berwickshire by SMU U-39 . Her twenty crew were rescued by Tanjeu (🇳🇴 Norway).

7 May

 * Benington ( undefined): World War I: The trawler was shelled and sunk in the North Sea 180 nmi south east of Peterhead, Aberdeenshire by SMU U-39 . Her crew survived.
 * RMS Lusitania ( undefined): World War I: Sinking of the RMS Lusitania: The ocean liner was torpedoed and sunk in the Irish Sea off the Old Head of Kinsale, County Cork by SMU U-20 (Germany) with the loss of 1,195 of the 1,959 people on board.
 * HMS Maori (1909) : World War I: The Tribal-class destroyer struck a mine and sank in the North Sea off Zeebrugge, West Flanders, Belgium.

8 May

 * SS Don (1892) ( undefined): World War I: The collier was torpedoed and sunk in the North Sea 7 nmi east of Coquet Island by SMU U-9 . Her crew survived.
 * Hellenic ( undefined): World War I: The trawler struck a mine and sank in the North Sea with the loss of three of her nine crew.
 * SS Lilian Drost (1892) (🇩🇰 Denmark): World War I: The cargo ship was sunk in the North Sea (56.66667°N, 4°W) by SMU U-36 . Her crew survived.
 * SS Queen Wilhelmina (1898) ( undefined): World War I: The cargo ship was torpedoed and damaged in the North Sea off the Longstone Lighthouse by SMU U-9 . She was beached at Amble, Northumberland and was a total loss.

12 May

 * HMS Goliath (1898) : World War I: Naval operations in the Dardanelles Campaign: The was torpedoed and sunk by OTTOMAN DESTROYER Muâvenet-i Millîye  in the Dardanelles with the loss of 570 of her 700 crew.

15 May

 * HMT Berkshire : The naval trawler was lost on this date.
 * SS Martha (1897) (🇩🇰 Denmark): World War I: The cargo ship was sunk in the North Sea 2 nmi off Gregness, Aberdeenshire, United Kingdom by SMU U-23 (Germany) . Her crew survived.

16 May

 * SMS T78 : World War I: The struck a mine and sank in the North Sea with the loss of 26 of her crew.

18 May

 * SS Drumcree (1905) ( undefined): World War I: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean 11 nmi north by east of Trevose Head, Cornwall (50.68333°N, -5°W) by SMU U-27 (Germany) . Her crew survived.
 * SMS V150 : The collided with SMS V157 and sank in the Jade Bight with the loss of 60 of her crew.

19 May

 * Chrysolite ( undefined): World War I: The trawler was scuttled in the North Sea 25 nmi south west by south of Lerwick, Shetland Islands by SMU U-23 (Germany) . Her crew survived.
 * Crimond ( undefined): World War I: The trawler was sunk in the Atlantic Ocean 50 nmi south west of Fair Isle by SMU U-23 (Germany) . Her crew survived.
 * SS Dumfries (1905) ( undefined): World War I: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean 13 nmi north of Trevose Head, Cornwall by SMU U-27 (Germany) with the loss of two of her crew.
 * Lucerne ( undefined): World War I: The trawler was scuttled in the North Sea 50 nmi north east by east of Rattray Head, Aberdeenshire by SMU U-23 (Germany) . Her crew survived.

21 May

 * Angelo ( undefined): World War I: The trawler struck a mine and sank in the North Sea off the Dogger Bank.
 *  Glenholm ( undefined): World War I: The full-rigged ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean 16 nmi west south west of the Fastnet Rock by SMU U-27 (Germany) . Her crew survived.
 *  Oceaan (🇳🇱 Netherlands): The schooner collided with SS Voltaire (1890) ( undefined) in the Atlantic Ocean off the Longships Lighthouse and sank.
 * Sabrina ( undefined): World War I: The trawler struck a mine and sank in the North Sea 160 nmi east nort east of the Spurn Lightship ( undefined) with the loss of nine of her crew.

22 May

 * SS Minerva (1905) (🇳🇴 Norway): World War I: The cargo ship was sunk in the North Sea 30 nmi east by north of the Farne Islands, Northumberland, United Kingdom (55.83333°N, -0.66667°W) by SMU U-23 (Germany) . Her crew survived.

23 May

 *  Cromdale ( undefined): The full-rigged ship ran aground at Bass Point, Cornwall.
 * SMU UB-3 : The Type UB 1 submarine was lost in the Gulf of İzmir 80 nmi off İzmir with the loss of all fourteen crew.

24 May

 * SS Claremont (1907) (🇺🇸 United States): The coaster came ashore at Coos Bay, Oregon and was a total loss.

25 May

 * SS Hernodia (1915) (🇸🇪 Sweden): World War I: The cargo ship struck a mine and sank in the Sea of Åland off Söderarm.
 * USS Rijndam (ID-2505) (🇳🇱 Netherlands): The ocean liner collided with SS Joseph J. Cuneo (🇳🇴 Norway) in the Atlantic Ocean 10 nmi south of the Nantucket Shoals], United States. Two hundred and thirty passengers were rescued by USS Louisiana (BB-19), USS Michigan (BB-27), USS South Carolina (BB-26) and USS Texas (BB-35) (all ). Rijndam was subsequently repaired and returned to service.
 * HMS Triumph (1903) : World War I: Naval operations in the Dardanelles Campaign: The was torpedoed and sunk in the Dardanelles by SM U-21  with the loss of 78 of her 803 crew. Survivors were rescued by HMS Chelmer (1904).

26 May

 * SS Betty (1912) (🇩🇰 Denmark): World War I: The cargo ship was sunk in the North Sea 132 nmi east of the Longstone Lighthouse by SMU U-16 (Germany) . Her 22 crew were rescued by SS Waldemarand (🇸🇪 Sweden).
 * SS Morwenna (1904) ( undefined): World War I: The cargo ship was shelled and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean 72 nmi south east by east of the Fastnet Rock (50.45°N, -8.73333°W) by SMU U-41 (Germany) with the loss of a crew member. Survivors were rescued by the trawler Jacqueline (🇧🇪 Belgium).
 *  M. Roosval (🇸🇪 Sweden): World War I: The barque was sunk in the North Sea east of the Shetland Islands, United Kingdom (56.88333°N, 2.5°W) by SMU U-16 (Germany) with the loss of two crew. Survivors were rescued by the trawler Tres Fratres (🇳🇱 Netherlands).

27 May

 * SS Cadeby (1892) ( undefined): World War I: The cargo ship was shelled and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean 20 nmi south west by south of the Wolf Rock, Ireland (49.66667°N, -6.16667°W) by SMU U-41 (Germany) . Her crew survived.
 * HMS Majestic (1895) : World War I: Naval operations in the Dardanelles Campaign: The was torpedoed and sunk by SMU U-21 (Germany)  in the Dardanelles and sank with the loss of 49 of her 672 crew.
 * HMS Princess Irene : World War I: The minelayer, a converted ocean liner, exploded and sank in the River Medway off Sheerness, Kent with the loss of 350 lives.
 * HMT Rolulu : The naval trawler was wrecked on the Obb Rock, Isle of Lewis, Outer Hebrides.

28 May

 * SS Ethiope (1906) ( undefined): World War I: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean (49.65°N, -4.26667°W) by SMU U-41 (Germany) . Her 32 crew were rescued by SS Wiltshire ( undefined) and another vessel.
 * Mars ( undefined): World War I: The sailing ship was sunk in the North Sea 40 nmi east of the Shetland Islands, United Kingdom by SMU U-16 (Germany).
 * SS Spennymoor (1915) ( undefined): World War I: The collier was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean 50 nmi south west of Start Point by SMU U-41 (Germany)  with the loss of five crew.
 * SS Tullochmoor (1899) ( undefined): World War I: The cargo ship was shelled and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean 52 nmi north of Ouessant, Finistère, France (49.31667°N, -5.35°W) by SMU U-41 (Germany) . Her crew survived.

29 May

 * Condor ( undefined): World War I: The trawler struck a mine and sank in the North Sea 30 nmi north east of Scarborough, Yorkshire with the loss of all nine of her crew.
 * SS Cysne (1879) (🇵🇹 Portugal): World War I: The coaster was sunk in the Atlantic Ocean 50 nmi north west of Ouessant, Finistère, France by SMU U-41 (Germany).
 * SS Dixiana (1901) ( undefined): World War I: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean 40 nmi north of Ouessant by SMU U-41 (Germany) . Her crew survived.
 * SS Glenlee (1904) ( undefined): World War I: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean 67 nmi south south west of the Wolf Rock, Cornwall by SMU U-41 (Germany) . Her crew survived.
 * SS Merion ( undefined): World War I: The ocean liner was torpedoed and damaged in the Mediterranean Sea by UB-8 . She sank on 31 May.
 * SMS T47 : World War I: The struck a mine and sank in the Baltic Sea.
 * SMS T51 : World War I: The struck a mine and sank in the Baltic Sea.

30 May

 * SS Søborg (1899) (🇩🇰 Denmark): World War I: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the North Sea 40 nmi north east of the mouth of the River Tyne (55.81667°N, 0.36667°W) by SMU U-16 (Germany) . Her crew survived.

31 May

 *  Montrosa (🇫🇮 Finland): World War I: The barque sank in the North Sea off the coast of Yorkshire, United Kingdom following an explosion. She probably struck a naval mine. Her fourteen crew were rescued by SS Brunia (🇸🇪 Sweden).