List of shipwrecks in October 1914

The list of shipwrecks in October 1914 includes ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during October 1914.

World War I: The King George V-class battleship struck a mine and sank in the Atlantic Ocean 25 nautical miles (46 km) off Tory Island, County Donegal.

All 900 crew were rescued by HMS Liverpool ( Royal Navy), Olympic ( United Kingdom) and Thornhill ( United Kingdom).

( Red Cross): The hospital ship (7,114 GRT, 1906) struck Whitby Rock, off Saltwick, Yorkshire and sank with the loss of 85 of the 229 people on board.

Survivors were rescued by Bradford, Henry Vernon, John Fielden, Queensbury, Robert and Mary Ellis and William Riley of Birmingham and Leamington (all Royal National Lifeboat Institution).