List of shipwrecks in 1917

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

January

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February

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March

Further information: List of shipwrecks in March 1917

April

Further information: List of shipwrecks in April 1917

May

Further information: List of shipwrecks in May 1917

June

Further information: List of shipwrecks in June 1917

July

Further information: List of shipwrecks in July 1917

August

Further information: List of shipwrecks in August 1917

September

Further information: List of shipwrecks in September 1917

October

Further information: List of shipwrecks in October 1917

November

Further information: List of shipwrecks in November 1917

December

Further information: List of shipwrecks in December 1917

Unknown date

• Ariel (United States): The schooner was wrecked off the Inubōsaki Lighthouse, Japan.
• Belem (United Kingdom): The ship sank near Bude, Cornwall.
• Spes & Fides (Norway): The fishing steamer (former whaler) suffered an engine malfunction and sank in a storm off Tromsø, Norway. No lives were lost in the shipwreck. The wreck was located by divers at a depth of 20 m (66 ft) in 2014, after a search initiated by Sandefjord Museum.
• Taurus (United Kingdom): 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.
• SM U-50 (Kaiserliche Marine): 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.