List of shipwrecks in January 1915

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

1 January

 * HMS Formidable (1898) : World War I: The was torpedoed and sunk in the English Channel 20 nmi off Start Point, Devon by SM U-24  with the loss of 512 of her 780 crew. Seventy-one of the survivors were rescued by the fishing trawler Provident ( undefined).
 *  Mary Agnes ( undefined): The schooner was driven shore at Rosslare Strand, County Wexford. Her crew were rescued.
 * SS Obidense (🇳🇴 Norway): The cargo ship foundered in the North Sea on the Shipwash Sands. All 44 crew were rescued by the Harwich Lifeboat, a Royal Navy destroyer and a British collier.
 *  Otto ( undefined): The three-masted schooner ran aground at Weymouth, Dorset United Kingdom and was declared a constructive total loss. She was rebuilt at Whitstable, Kent in 1918 and sold to a Belgian buyer.

2 January

 * SS Bjørgvin (1891) (🇳🇴 Norway): The cargo ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean 60 nmi north of Rockall, Inverness-shire, United Kingdom. Her crew were rescued by SS Brynhild (flag unknown).
 * SS Jamaica (1892) (🇳🇴 Norway): The cargo ship was driven ashore at Angeiras, Portugal with the loss of all hands.
 *  Maryetta (🇳🇴 Norway): The barque foundered in the Atlantic Ocean 15 nmi north west of Fair Isle, United Kingdom with the loss of eleven of her seventeen crew.
 * Sunlight ( undefined): The steam barge collided with SS Snowdrop ( undefined in the River Mersey at Liverpool, Lancashire and sank. Her crew were rescued by Snowdrop.

4 January

 * HMS C31 : World War I: The C-class submarine struck a mine in the North Sea off the coast of Belgium and sank with the loss of all sixteen crew.

6 January

 * HMT The Banyers : World War I: The naval trawler struck a mine and sank in the North Sea off Scarborough, Yorkshire with the loss of six of her crew.

7 January

 * SS Elfrida ( undefined): World War I: The cargo ship struck a mine and sank in the North Sea 2 nmi east north east of Scarborough, Yorkshire.

8 January

 * For the loss of the British cargo ship Hemisphere on this day, see the entry for 18 December 1914.

10 January

 * SS Potaro (1904) ( undefined): World War I: The cargo ship was captured and scuttled in the Atlantic Ocean 560 nmi east by north of Pernambucp, Brazil by SMS Kronprinz Wilhelm . Her 47 crew were taken as prisoners of war.

12 January

 * SS Nile (1908) ( undefined): The passenger ship struck the Howaro Rock and consequently foundered in the Inland Sea of Japan. All on board were rescued by SS Fukuku Maru (🇯🇵 Japan).

13 January

 * SS Amalia Scotto ( undefined): The cargo ship was driven against the quayside in a gale at Naples and sank.
 * HMS Roedean : The auxiliary minesweeper was driven onto HMS Imperieuse and sank off Hoy, Orkney Islands. The wreck was cleared 1953–56.
 * HMS Viknor : World War I: The auxiliary cruiser struck a mine in the Atlantic Ocean off Tory Island, County Donegal and sank with the loss of all 295 crew.
 * SM U-31 : World War I: The Type U 31 submarine struck a mine and sank in the North Sea off the east coast of the United Kingdom with the loss of all 31 crew.

14 January

 * SS Highland Brae (1910) ( undefined): World War I: The cargo liner was captured and scuttled in the Atlantic Ocean 630 nmi north east by east of Pernambuco, Brazil by SMS Kronprinz Wilhelm : Her passengers and crew were taken as prisoners of war.
 *  Wilfred M. (🇨🇦 Canada): World War I: The schooner was captured and scuttled in the Atlantic Ocean 625 nmi north east by east of Pernambuco by SMS Kronprinz Wilhelm . Her crew were taken as prisoners of war.

15 January

 * FRENCH SUBMARINE Saphir : World War I: Gallipoli Campaign: The was sunk in the Dardanelles with the loss of fourteen of her 27 crew.

16 January

 * HMS Char : The naval tug collided with SS Erivan (🇧🇪 Belgium) in the English Channel off Deal, Kent and sank with the loss of all fourteen crew.
 * SS Motor ( undefined): The coaster foundered in the North Sea off the mouth of the River Tees with the loss of all hands.

17 January

 * SS George Royle ( undefined): The cargo ship foundered in the North Sea off Sheringham, Norfolk with the loss of thirteen of her eighteen crew. Survivors were rescued by HMS Glenprosen.
 * SS Georgios (flag unknown): The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk at Sinope, Turkey by Royal Navy torpedo boats.
 * SS Penarth ( undefined): The cargo ship foundered in the North Sea off Sheringham with the loss of 22 of her 27 crew. Survivors were rescued by HMS Glenprosen|.

18 January

 * HMS E10 : World War I: The E-class submarine sank in the North Sea.

21 January

 * SS Durward (1895) ( undefined): World War I: The cargo ship was scuttled in the North Sea 22 nmi north west of the Maas Lightship (🇳🇱 Netherlands) by SMU U-19 (Germany) . All 22 crew survived.
 * SM U-7 : World War I: The Type U5 submarine was torpedoed and sunk in the North Sea off the coast of the Netherlands (53.71667°N, 6.03333°W) by SM U-22 ( with the loss of 24 of her 25 crew.
 * Yeo ( undefined): The ketch departed Lydney, Gloucestershire for Barnstaple, Devon. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.

22 January

 * Golden Oriole ( undefined): World war I: The trawler struck a mine and sank in the North Sea 37 nmi east by north of Lowestoft, Suffolk
 *  Hetty ( undefined): The schooner was driven ashore at Goodwick, Pembrokeshire. Her crew were rescued. She was refloated on 28 January.
 * SS Hydro ( undefined): The cargo ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean off Rathlin Island, County Donegal with the loss of fourteen of her twenty crew. Four of the survivors were rescued by SS Mynegen ( undefined). The others reached land in a lifeboat.
 * SS Vauxhall (1878) ( undefined): The collier struck a submerged wreck and sank in the North Sea off Sheringham, Norfolk. All thirteen crew were rescued by a Royal Navy patrol vessel.
 * Windsor ( undefined): World War I: The trawler struck a mine and sank in the North Sea 55 nmi east of Spurn Point, Yorkshire.

23 January

 * Windsor ( undefined): World War I: The trawler caught a mine in her nets and was sunk in the North Sea when it exploded. Her crew were rescued by the trawler Bernicia ( undefined).

24 January

 * SMS Blücher : World War I: Battle of the Dogger Bank: The armoured cruiser was shelled and sunk in the North Sea by HMS Indomitable (1907), HMS Lion (1910), HMS New Zealand (1911), HMS Princess Royal and HMS Tiger (1913) (all ) with the loss of at least 747 of her 1,200-plus crew.

25 January

 * SMS Gazelle : World War I: The struck a mine and was damaged in the Baltic Sea off Cape Arkona, Rügen, Pomerania. She was not repaired and served as a hulk for the remainder of the war.

26 January

 *  Elizabeth Palmer (🇺🇸 United States): The schooner collided with SS Washingtonian (🇺🇸 United States) and sank in the Atlantic Ocean off Fenwick Island, Delaware. Her crew were rescued by Washingtonian, which also subsequently foundered. All 52 people then aboard Washingtonian were rescued by SS Hamilton (🇺🇸 United States).

27 January

 *  Velingheli ( undefined): The schooner collided with SS Laertes ( undefined) at Liverpool, Lancashire and sank. Her four crew were rescued.
 * SS William P. Frye (🇺🇸 United States): World War I: The cargo ship was captured in the Atlantic Ocean by SMS Prinz Eitel Friedrich . She was scuttled the next day. Her crew were taken on board Prinz Eitel Friedrich and released when she arrived at Newport News, Virginia, United States on 11 March.

30 January

 * SS Ben Cruachan (1902) ( undefined): World War I: The collier was scuttled in the Irish Sea 15 nmi north west of the Morecambe Lighthouse, Lancashire (53.6°N, -3.85°W) by SMU U-21 (Germany) . All 23 crew were rescued by the fishing smack Margaret ( undefined).
 * SS Kilcoan (1905) ( undefined): World War I: The coaster was scuttled in the Irish Sea 18 nmi north west of the Liverpool Bar Lightship ( undefined) (53.9°N, -3.76667°W by SMU U-21 (Germany) . All eleven of her crew were rescued by SS Gladys ( undefined).
 * SS Linda Blanche (1914) ( undefined): World War I: The cargo ship was scuttled in the Irish Sea 18 nmi north west of the Liverpool Bar Lightship ( undefined) (53.56667°N, -3.85°W) by SMU U-21 (Germany) . All eleven crew were rescued by the fishing smack Niblick ( undefined).
 * SS Oriole (1914) ( undefined): World War I: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the English Channel 20 nmi north west of Cap d'Antifer, Seine Maritime by SMU U-20 (Germany) with the loss of all 21 crew.
 * SS Perth ( undefined): The cargo ship sprang a leak in the North Sea and was beached on the Hert Sands off Tynemouth, Northumberland.
 * SS Tokomaru (1893) ( undefined): World War I: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the English Channel 7 nmi north west of the Le Havre Lightship (🇫🇷 France) by SMU U-20 (Germany) . All 58 crew were rescued by the trawler Semper (🇫🇷 France) and six French Navy torpedo boats.

31 January

 * SS Ikaria (1900) ( undefined): World War I: The cargo ship was sunk in the English Channel 25 nmi north west of Le Havre, Seine-Maritime, France by SMU U-20 (Germany) . Her crew survived.

Unknown date

 * SS Ashdene ( undefined): The coaste departed from London for the River Tyne in early January. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.