1914

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June

• 28th
  Norwegian steamer D/S Robert Lea, (JNSV), of Bergen, grounded and wrecked on Staura Baae, Shetland.

July

• 28th
  World War 1 breaks out

September

• 5th
  RMS Oceanic of the White Star Line grounds on the Shaalds of Foula.Over 600 men rescued by the Aberdeen trawler Glenogill

• 8th She starts to break up as wind increases from westerly direction and wreckage begins to arrive on beaches.

November

• 8th
  The Hygea, a wooden hulled schooner laden with a cargo of coal, of and for Tonsberg, Norway, from Dysart, Fife, Scotland foundered approx eight miles NE of Out Skerries Lighthouse.

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