SMS Gneisenau (1879)
The crew attempted to drop the starboard anchor, but it did not catch in the stony ground. "Gneisenau" was driven into the mole repeatedly, striking it with her stern twice before being turned and pushed bow-first on the starboard side, forcing her aground. A merchant ship attempted to come to the crew's aid, but they were unable to connect a line between the two ships before "Gneisenau" began to list 35 degrees. A boat from shore also attempted to rescue the crew, but it too was forced ashore in the heavy seas. Wave action quickly smashed "Gneisenau"s hull against the mole, and part of her crew attempted to find safety by climbing the rigging. The ship rolled over onto her side, and the surviving crewmen reached shore with a line. Forty-one men were killed in the accident, including Kretschmann and the ship's first officer. "Charlotte" and the British ironclad were sent to aid the wounded. Those killed in the sinking were buried in Málaga's cemetery, and the survivors returned to Germany aboard the HAPAG steamship on 2 January 1901.
SS Antilles (1907)
On 17 October 1917, three days out of Saint Nazaire, France and two days out of Quiberon Bay where another ship had joined the convoy for the return voyage, "Antilles" was torpedoed by German U-boat reportedly sinking in four and a half minutes after being hit. The ship was in a small convoy composed of "Antilles", "Henderson" and "Willehad" escorted by the patrol yachts , , and . Both "Aphrodite" and "Corsair" had been among the escort on that first convoy to France in June. In rough weather "Kanawha" had been forced to turn back due to the weather with the convoy slowed by the same weather. At about 6:45 a.m., during a course change, "Antilles" was astern of "Corsair" and seen to suddenly sheer out of formation and began settling by the stern. "Alcedo" turned back to where "Antilles" had sunk and began picking up survivors while "Corsair" circled in a search for the submarine until about 8:30 with no sign of a submarine found and the search for survivors and the submarine discontinued at 10:30. 
The majority, 118 survivors, were rescued by "Alcedo" with 50 rescued by "Corsair". Among the fifty persons rescued by "Corsair" was then Brigadier General William Sharp McNair who had been ordered to return to take command of 151st Field Artillery Brigade. A total of 67 lives were lost in the sinking. The loss of life was the first case in the war involving a large number of American casualties.