List of shipwrecks: Javasite.org

See also: Maritime disasters

This list of shipwrecks is a list of those sunken ships whose remains have been located.

1 Africa
2 Asia
3 Europe
4 North America
5 South America
6 Oceania
7 High Seas
8 See also
9 External links
10 Further reading
11 References

Africa

East Africa

Globe Star grounded off Mombasa, Kenya in April 1990
HMS Pegasus sunk at Zanzibar on 20 September 1914

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Algeria

HMT Rhona a British troop carrier sunk north of Béjaïa in an air attack during World War II on 26 November 1943.

Egypt

Morocco/Western Sahara

Commerce, American merchant ship ran aground off Cape Bojador in what is now the Western Sahara in 1815. The surviving crew led by Captain James Riley were subsequently captured and taken as slaves by local tribes.

Tunisia

Mahdia an ancient shipwreck discovered in 1907.

Southern Africa

Namibia

Eduard Bohlen a freighter ran aground south of Conception Bay in 1909.
MV Dunedin Star, ran aground on the Skeleton Coast, 80 km south of the Cunene River, on 29 November 1942.

South Africa

Eastern Cape

Doddington, an East Indiaman wrecked in 1755 at Bird Island in Algoa Bay.
MTS Oceanos a cruise liner sank off the Transkei Coast, after leaving East London on route to Durban on 3 August 1991.

Western Cape

Arniston a British East Indiaman, requisitioned for troop transport, wrecked near Waenhuiskrans, Western Cape on 30 May 1815.^[1]
HMS Birkenhead a British iron-hulled troopship that struck a submerged rock near Gansbaai, Western Cape on 26 February 1852.
BOS 400 ran aground on Duiker point after breaking loose while being towed around the Cape Peninsular by the tug Tigr in a storm in June 1994.
Joanna, the first East Indiaman to be wrecked off the South African coast. Wrecked near Cape Town in 1682. A considerable amount of gold was on the ship.
Johanna Wagner a Prussian barque that ran ashore due to navigational error near Muizenberg on 15 July 1862.
SS Maori a Shaw Savill Line steamship wrecked near Llandudno, Cape Town on 5 August 1909.
HMS Thames a former Mersey class cruiser that became famous as the SATS General Botha, a merchant naval training ship. After retiring as a training ship, she reverted back to her original name and was sunk in False Bay near Simon's Town as a target.
SS Thomas T. Tucker a Houston built munitions carrier ran ashore on Oliphantsbos point near Cape Point on 27 November 1942.

West Africa

Medusa French passenger ship which sank near Bank of Arguin in 1816 (see Raft of the Medusa by Géricault in the Louvre).
MV Joola a Senegalese passenger ship that capsized off the coast of The Gambia on 26 September 2002.

Asia

Saudi Arabia

At 20°52′02.87″N 39°21′39.77″E / 20.8674639, 39.3610472 lies the "Saudi Golden Arrow", ex Norwegian Ferry "M/S Europafergen"^[2] reported laid up at Shoieba.^[3] Also since about 2000 the "Al Basmalah I"^[3] built as "Glen Sannox" in 1957 and the "Al-Fahad", ex "Free Enterprise III", that anchored after engine problems in 2004 and has since reported to have become semisubmerged.^[3] Some 14.6 kilometers southwest of the old city center of jeddah at 21°22′35.67″N 39°07′13.51″E / 21.376575, 39.1204194.

Lebanon

HMS Victoria (1887). A British battleship that sunk in 1893.

Turkey

Cape Gelidonya a Phoenician merchant vessel wrecked around 1200 BC.
Uluburun shipwreck a merchant shipwreck dating to the late Bronze Age.

Hong Kong

HMS Tamar a British troopship scuttled to avoid capture in Hong Kong harbour on 12 December 1941.
Neftegaz-67, a Ukrainian anchor handling tug supply vessel (AHTS), sank after colliding with China-registered bulk carrier Yao Hai east off Brothers Island, Hong Kong, at about 9:13 p.m. on 22 March 2008.
RMS Queen Elizabeth, sank after fire 9 January 1972 in Victoria Harbour
SS Bokhara, sank in a typhoon, killing 125 people on board

Indonesia

A passenger ferry Djandji Radja carrying 250 persons aboard, burst into flames and capsized in Toba Lake in North Sumatra, at least 145 rescued and at least 105 people confirmed dead on January, 1963
KMP Tampomas II an Indonesian passenger ship, sunk near Masalembo Island Java Sea on January 1981
A passenger ferry Gurita, sank off Sabang, Aceh, at least 338 killed on January, 1996.
A unlicensed passenger ferry Harta Rimba capsized off South China Sea, at least 325 peoples confirmed dead on February, 1999.
KM Bismas Raya 2 caught fire after capsized off Merauke, Irian Jaya, at least 361 people confirmed dead on October, 1999.
KM Palau Muda capsized by bad weather in Kampar River, Riau, Sumatra, at least twenty-three people confirmed dead on June, 2002.
Masori Star capsized off Ambon, at least seventy-seven confirmed dead on November, 2002.
KMP Digul capsized off Tanah Merah, Papua, at least 200 people confirmed dead on July, 2005.
KM Surya Makumur Indah capsized off Sibolga, Sumatera Utara, at least ninety-eight rescued and thirty-five confirmed dead on June, 2006.
Acita 3 capsized off Baubau, Sulawesi, at least 125 people rescued and at least sixty-six confirmed dead on October, 2007.

Malaysia

IJN Awazisan Maru, World War II Japanese transport ship, drop-bombed by RAAF Lockheed Hudsons during the Japanese Invasion of Malaya and sank off the coast of Kota Bharu.
HMS Repulse was a Renown-class battlecruiser launched in 1916 and sunk in a Japanese air attack in 1941.

Japan

SS Dakota, American passenger ship struck a reef in Yokohama Bay, March 1912.
SS Kiche Maru, Japanese passenger ship lost in a storm with over 1,000 passengers lost, September 1912.
Kawachi, capsized with exploded by spontaneous igntion at Tokuyama, Yamaguchi, western Honshū, 12 July 1918.
Tarumizu Maru No.6, Tarumizu and Kagoshima regular route ferry, capsized off Kagoshima Bay, at least 464 people confirmed dead in February 1944.
Sekirei Maru, Awaji Island and Akashi passenger boat, and capsized by stormy condition off Akashi, Hyogo, at least 304 peoples confirmed dead in December 1945.
Aoba Maru, Matsuyama and Kitakyushu regular route ferry, capsized by Typhoon Della off Kunisaki Peninsula, Inland Sea, at least 133 people confirmed dead in June 1949.
SS Shiun Maru sunk in May 1955 between Uno and Takamatsu, Kagawa ferry by capsizing during fog off Takamatsu, Shikoku, killing at least 168.
Nankai Maru, between Wakayama, Wakayama and Tokushima, Tokushima ferry, capsized off southern Awaji Island, Japan, January 1958, killing at least 167.
Kitagawa Maru No.5, Japanese wooden passenger boat, capsized off Onomichi, Inland Sea, Japan, April 1957, killing at least 113.
Tokiwa Maru, Naruto and Kobe regular route ferry, capsized by collision with cargo ship Richmond Maru off Kobe, at least 47 confirmed dead.
Knyaz Suvorov sunk at Battle of Tsushima in May 1905.
Borodino, sunk at Battle of Tsushima in May 1905.
Imperator Aleksander III, sunk at Battle of Tsushima in May 1905.
Oslyabya, sunk at[Battle of Tsushima in May 1905.
Sissoi Veliky, sunk at Battle of Tsushima in May 1905.
Admiral Ushakov, sunk at Battle of Tsushima in May 1905.

China

Russian battleship Petropavlovsk battleship sunk by a mine in 1904 in Yellow Sea.
Russian Petropavlovsk-class battleship Sevastopol scuttled in Yellow Sea to avoid capture 1904.
Nanhai One, Chinese merchant vessel, sank off the south coast during the Southern Song Dynasty between 1127 and 1279.
Red Star 312, Guangzhou and Zhaoqing ferry route, capsized by thunderstorm in Shanshui, Guangdong, at least 147 people confirmed dead, in March 1983.
Dashun, ferry between Dalian and Yantai, caught fire and capsized off Yantai, Shandong, November 1999, killing at least 280.
Rong Jian capsized in Yangtze River, Hejiang, Sichuan in June 2000, at least 131 people confirmed dead.

South Korea

Sperwer, a Dutch trading ship with the VOC Ltd, was blown off course and capsized by stormy weather on Jeju-do, killing 48 people, 16 survived on 15–16 August 1653.
Chang Tyong-ho, a Yosu-Busan route ferry, capsized off Busan and at least 249 people confirmed dead, only seven survived on January, 1953.
Namyong ho, ferry between Busan and Jeju-do, capsized in Korea Strait in December 1970, killing 323 people, only 12 were rescued.
Seo Hae, capsized by stormy weather off coast of Puan, Kyeongpo, killing 285, in October 1993.

Bangladesh

Ferry boat Rushi capsized by stormy conditions in Padma River in April 1980, 230 people confirmed dead.
Shamia, double-decker ferry, capsized in Meghna River in southern Barisa during May 1986, killing over 600.
Atlas Star, double-decker ferry capsized in Dhaleswar River, Munshiganj, during April 1986, killing at least 500.
Haisal collide with cargo vessel in Dhaleswari River, at least 200 people confirmed dead in December 1988.
MV Dinar went down in a strong whirlpool in Meghna River, Chandpul, in August 1994, with at least 250 people confirmed dead.
MV Shalahaddin 2, triple-decker ferry between Dhaka and Patuakhali, capsized by storm in Meghna River in May 2002, killing 340.
MV Mitali Ⅲ, Double decked ferry, capsized by collision cargo vassel in Buriganga River, Kishoraganj and at least 130 people confirmed dead on April 2003.
MV Nazreen-1, capsized by flood-swollen waters in July 2003 near Chandpur, killing 528.
An overcrowded MV Maharaj, double-decked ferry capsized by storm in Buriganga River, Pagla, at least 149 people confirmed dead on February, 2005.
MV Raipure, double-decker ferry capsized by storm in Jamuna river, Aricha and at least 115 people confirmed dead on May, 2005.

Russia

USS Wahoo, sunk by Japanese aircraft in La Perouse (Soya) Strait between Hokkaidō and Sakhalin during WWII.

Philippines

A motor vessel MV Dumagnete J carrying 500 peoples on-board capsized off Zamboanga, Mindanao and at least 300 peoples confirmed dead on October 1968.
MV Dona Marilyn, on 24 October 1988, capsized by Typhoon Ruby 150 people confirmed dead. [2][3][4][5][6]
MV Cebu City capsized by collision with freighter Kota Suria and 140 peoples confirmed dead, off Manila Bay on 2 December, 1994. [7][8][9]
MV Princess of the Stars, passenger ferry sank in San Fernando, Romblon on 21 June 2008 leaving 500+ people dead and 60+ survivors.[10][11][12][13][14][15]

Europe

Canary Islands

SS American Star ran aground on Fuerteventura under tow on January 1993, it then split in half and the stern sank.

Corsica

French frigate Sémillante sank in a hurricane on 15 February 1855 in the Strait of Bonifacio.

Croatia

SMS Szent István an Austro-Hungarian Tegetthoff-class dreadnought battleship sunk in the Adriatic Sea off Molat island by Italian torpedo boat MAS-15 on 10 June 1918.
SMS Viribus Unitis an Austro-Hungarian Tegetthoff-class dreadnought battleship sunk at anchor at Pula in the Adriatic Sea by Italian human torpedo on 1 November 1918.

Cyprus

Kyrenia ship a Greek merchant ship dating to the 4th century BC.

Denmark

Russian frigate Alexander Neuski ran aground off the coast of Thyborøn, a fishing village in Jutland on 25 September 1868.
HMS Black Prince sank at the Battle of Jutland, 1916: Protected place
HMS Defence magazine explosion during the Battle of Jutland, 1916: Protected place
HMS Indefatigable magazine explosion during the Battle of Jutland, 1916: Protected place
HMS Invincible shell struck magazine during the Battle of Jutland, 1916: Protected place
HMS Queen Mary magazine explosion during the Battle of Jutland, 1916: Protected place
HMS Warrior foundered during tow after severe damage in the Battle of Jutland, 1916: Protected place
SMS Elbing scuttled following collision damage in the Battle of Jutland, 1916
SMS Frauenlob torpedoed and shelled during the Battle of Jutland, 1916
SMS Lützow scuttled after severe damage in the Battle of Jutland, 1916
SMS Pommern magazine explosion during the Battle of Jutland, 1916
U-20 run aground and sunk by her crew the following day, 5 November 1916.
Linieskibet Dannebroge burnt and sunk in the Great Northern War during the Action of 4 October 1710, 1710
Fu Shan Hai a Chinese bulk carrier sank after a collision with Gdynia on 31 May 2003.
Swedish Tugboat Freja af Stockholm SGYO sank outside Fredrikshavn 20 February 1994. The vessel now rests on 23 meters depth in position N57 27 and E010 40

Estonia

Maasilinn Wreck a wreck off Saaremaa island dating to the 16th century.
MS Estonia a cruiseferry built in 1980. The ship sunk in the Baltic Sea on 28 September 1994, claimed 852 lives and was one of the worst maritime disasters in modern history.

Faroe Islands

SS Sauternes a steamship sank after a storm in the sound of Fugloyarfjørður on 7 December 1941.
Tjaldur sank after hitting the nesse of Mjóvanes on 27 June 1946.
Lincoln City a British trawler was sunk in Tórshavn Harbour in 1941.

Finland

Vrouw Maria, a Dutch merchant ship, ran aground and sunk on 9 October 1771.
Sankt Nikolai a Russian frigate sunk in the Battle of Svensksund in 1790
British submarine flotilla in the Baltic

France

CSS Alabama a screw sloop-of-war sunk off Cherbourg-Octeville during the American Civil War on 11 June 1864.
RMS Lancastria a Cunard Liner sunk in the Loire River estuary during World War II on 17 June 1940.
SS Leopoldville a former Belgian passenger liner converted to a transport ship, torpedoed five miles (8 km) from the coast of Cherbourg-Octeville on 24 December 1944.
Wreck of Rochelongue a shipwreck found west of Cap d'Agde dating to the Iron Age, around 600 BC.
White Ship a twelfth century vessel that sank in the English Channel near the Normandy coast off Barfleur, on 25 November 1120.
USS YMS-304 a US minesweeper that struck a mine off Saint-Vaast-la-Hougue, Normandy and sunk on 30 July 1944.

Germany

Cap Arcona a German luxury ocean liner sunk in Lübeck Bay on 3 May 1945.

Gibraltar

HMS Sussex an English ship-of-the-line lost in a severe storm on 1 March 1694.

Greece

Unknown shipwreck on the Greek shore.

Antikythera wreck a wreck on Antikythera island which contained the Antikythera mechanism and dates from approximately 86 BC.
French warship La Thérèse sunk off Heraklion after an accidental explosion of the powder-keg on 24 June 1669.
Patris a wheel steamboat, on Kea island, 1868 (Lat. 37Deg.34'44.18"N, Long. 24Deg.15'46.42"E).
HMHS Brittanic a White Star Liner sunk by flooding after striking a mine near the isle of Kea in November 1916.
Greek cruiser Elli sunk off Tinos harbor on 15 August 1940.
'HMS Perseus a submarine sunk by a mine near the island of Kefalonia , in 1941.
Greek destroyer Hydra, sank near the islet Lagousa, in 1941.
Mimis tugboat that sank near the island of Aigina when it hit a mine during the Second World War.
U-133, German submarine sunk at Saronikos Gulf in 1942 after hitting a Greek mine.
Greek destroyer Vasilissa Olga ("Queen Olga") sunk by Luftwaffe bombers in the port of Leros island in 1943.
Panagiotis a coastal trading ship run aground on the isle of Zakynthos in October 1980, while allegedly smuggling cigarettes from Turkey.
MS Express Samina a RORO passenger ferry capsized after hitting a rock off the holiday island of Paros on 26 September 2000.
MS Sea Diamond a Greek cruise ship that struck a reef off the harbor of Santorini island and sank the following day on 6 April 2007.

Iceland

ES Goðafoss was torpedoed by U-300 off Gardskagi, Iceland in position 66°08'N - 22°45'W. 42 casualty and 21 survivors. 10 November 1944.

Ireland

Alondra a British steamship run aground in fog on Kedge Rocks near Baltimore Island, on 29 December 1916.
HMS Audacious a British battleship sank after striking a German mine near Lough Swilly, 27 October 1914.
RMS Carpathia a Cunard Line transatlantic passenger steamship torpedoed and sunk by a German U-boat on 17 July 1918 off the east coast. This ship is famous for coming to RMS Titanic's rescue in 1912.
Chirripo a 4,126-tonne Elders & Fyffes cargo liner and banana boat running the Avonmouth to Jamaica route, either struck a mine or was torpedoed and went down near Blackhead lighthouse in Belfast Lough, on 28 December 1917 without loss of life.
Dido sank in 1883. Location: 51°28'N; 09°19'W (Kedge Island, near Baltimore, County Cork.^[4]
SS Empress of Britain II an ocean liner bombed by aircraft and then torpedoed and sunk by U-32 on 28 October 1940.
Illyrian a very broken-up steamer that sank in May 1884 after colliding with the cliffs in fog. Location: 51°26'N; 09°29'W (Eastern side of Cape Clear Island, County Cork).^[5]
Housatonic ran aground.
Innisfallen torpedoed and sunk by U-boat U-64 26 km (16 mi) east of the Kish Light Vessel on 23 May 1918.
Kowloon Bridge the largest wreck by tonnage in the world. It sank with its cargo of iron ore when sailing from Quebec to the River Clyde in November 1986. Location: 51°28'N; 09°14'W (Stag Rocks, near Baltimore, County Cork).^[6]
RMS Laconia a Cunard Line ocean liner sunk near Fastnet Rock by German submarine U-50 25 February 1917.
RMS Leinster the Dublin to Holyhead mailboat, torpedoed and sunk 6 km (4 mi) east of the Kish light by U-boat UB-123 on 10 October 1918.
RMS Lusitania a British ocean liner torpedoed and sunk by the U-boat U-20, on 7 May 1915.
Plassey a cargo ship which was wrecked off the coast of Inisheerin the Aran Islands in the 1960s, and has since been thrown above high tide mark at Carraig na Finise. Islanders rescued the entire crew from the stricken vessel - an event captured in a pictorial display at the National Maritime Museum in Dún Laoghaire, County Dublin. The wreck is most famous for appearing in the opening credits of the comedy series Father Ted, set on the fictional island of Craggy Island.
The Spanish container ship Ranga was washed onto rocks near Slea Head on the Dingle Peninsula in March, 1982 after losing engine power.
Rochdale and Prince of Wales The Sinking of the Rochdale and the Prince of Wales in 1807, 400 were lost.
RMS Tayleur a White Star Line clipper ran aground and sank off Lambay Island circa 8 km (5 mi) from Dublin Bay on 21 January 1854.
Trinidad Valencera at 1,100 tonnes, one of the Spanish Armada's largest ships; wrecked 32 km (20 mi) west of Lacada Point in Kinnagoe Bay, County Donegal.
Tullaghmurray Lass a fishing boat sank 11 km (7 mi) off Kilkeel in February 2002.
U-260 a German U-boat scuttled 6 km (4 mi) south of Glandore on 12 March 1945.

Italy

Giglio Island shipwreck an Etruscan wreck dating to the early Iron Age, c. 600 BC.
MT Haven (formerly Amoco Milford Haven): Sunk off Genoa following an onboard explosion and fire.
Princess Yolanda Sank during its launch in 1907.^[7]

The Netherlands

De Berlin sunk near Hook of Holland during a storm in 1907.
Katowice a Polish cargo ship sunk near Terschelling during a storm in 1949.

Norway

Scharnhorst a German battlecruiser sunk in the Battle of North Cape in December 1943.
Blücher a German heavy cruiser sunk at the Battle of Drøbak Sound on 9 April 1940.
MS Seattle a cargo ship damaged in crossfire on 9 April 1940 and sunk at Dvergsnestangen on 13 April 1940.
FV Gaul a deep-sea trawler sunk in the Barents Sea in February 1974.
Kursk a Russian nuclear submarine lost with all hands when it sank in the Barents Sea in 2000. It has since been raised.
Haakon Jarl II an iron steamship sunk in the Vestfjord following collision with another ship on 17 June 1924.
MS Hamburg a German fish factory transport ship sunk by a British destroyer in Lofoten on 1 March 1941.
MS Rigel, sunk 27 November 1944 by Fairey Barracuda dive-bombers south of Sandnessjøen.
Dresden a German steamer stranded 20 miles from Haugesund near Blikshavn, Island of Karmøy, whilst undertaking a cruise on 20 June 1934.
U-864, a German Type IXD2 submarine. Scuttled on 9 February 1945 by British sub HMS Venturer while on logistics mission to Japan.
SS Sekstant, Norwegian steamer, bombed during WWII at Rørvik. Rests at 40 meters.
SS Blaafjeld, Norwegian steamer, bombed during WWII at Rørvik. Rests at 60 meters.
SS Nerva, Norwegian steamer, grounded during WWII at Rørvik. Rests at 65 meters.

Poland

SS General von Steuben a German luxury passenger liner turned armored transport ship that was torpedoed and sunk by Soviet submarine S-13 on 11 February 1945.
Wilhelm Gustloff a passenger ship on a rescue mission was torpedoed and sunk by Soviet submarine S-13 in the Baltic Sea on 30 January 1945. With around 9000 people who died.

Portugal

Mary Celeste a brigantine found in the Atlantic Ocean unmanned and under full sail heading towards the Strait of Gibraltar in 1872.
SS Duchess of York a British troopship sunk by aerial bombardment on 12 January 1943.
The Pepper Wreck a Portuguese Indiaman found at the mouth of the Tagus, dating from the 16th or 17th century.

Russia / Soviet Union

Armenia, a Soviet hospital ship sunk by German torpedo-carrying planes on 7 November 1941; estimated over 5,000 casualties.
Agnes Blaikie, a British sailing vessel sunk by collision with HMS Medina on 5 May 1855 in the Black Sea near Balaklava.
Soviet submarine K-159 accidentally sank while being towed in the Barents Sea. She was decommissioned prior to sinking, but both of her nuclear reactors are still onboard.
Soviet submarine K-27 was scuttled in the Kara Sea in 1982 by the Soviet Navy. The boat had suffered irrepairable nuclear reactor plant damage at sea in 1968. Both nuclear reactors are still onboard.

Spain

Soviet submarine K-8 caught fire and sank while being towed in the Bay of Biscay in 1970. Four nuclear warheads and two nuclear reactors are still onboard.

Sweden

Kronan a Swedish warship capsized about 6 km off the coast of Öland during the battle of Öland in 1676.
Vasa a Swedish galleon foundered and sunk in Stockholm on 10 August 1628.

United Kingdom

England

Alarm a lightship in a collision in Liverpool Bay in 1922.
RMS Alaunia struck a mine in the English Channel on 19 October 1916.
Albert C. Field a Canadian ship sunk by a torpedo from a German aircraft off St. Catherine's Point on 18 June 1944.
SS Elbe a German liner sunk in the North Sea after a collision in 1895.
SS English Trader a merchant ship grounded on Hammond Knoll on the northeast Norfolk coast on 26 October 1941.
Amsterdam a protected wrecksite, the Dutch East India Company ship ran aground near Hastings on 26 January 1749.
Cattewater Wreck, first ship to be protected under Protection of Wrecks Act 1973, the wooden ship is believed to be from the 16th century.
HMS Colossus, a protected wrecksite, broke anchor and ran aground off the Isles of Scilly on 10 December 1798.
Earl of Abergavenny an East Indiaman sunk in Weymouth Bay in February 1805.
Grace Dieu, a protected wrecksite, Henry V's flagship, sank at berth in River Hamble in 1439.
Liberty ship SS James Eagan Layne situated in 22 m of water in Whitsand Bay, Cornwall at 50°19.54N; 4°14.65W next to the wreck of HMS Scylla.
USS LST 493 a US Navy Landing Ship, Tank run aground while attempting to enter Plymouth Harbor on 12 April 1945.
HMS M2a British aircraft-carrying submarine shipwrecked in Lyme Bay on 26 January 1932.
Mary Rose, a protected wrecksite, an English Tudor warship sunk in Portsmouth Harbour, possibly during an engagement with the French fleet on 19 July 1545.
SS Mendi a troopship rammed by SS Darro off Isle of Wight on 21 February 1917.
SS Mohegan, wrecked on The Manacles on 14 October 1898.
HMS Montagu a battleship run aground in fog on Shutter Reef, Lundy on 29 May 1906.
SS Richard Montgomery, a protected wrecksite: designated as dangerous, a cargo ship run aground off the Nore in the Thames Estuary on 20 August 1944.
MS Riverdance ran aground on Blackpool beach on 31 January 2008 and had listed to port by April 2008.
RMS Royal Adelaide a steamship wrecked at Tongue Sands off Margate in December 1849.
Sitakund a Norwegian motor tanker exploded off the coast of Eastbourne, East Sussex on 20 October 1968.
SS Storaa a British coaster sunk by a German torpedo near Hastings on 3 November 1943.
UC-32 a German U-boat struck its own mine at Sunderland.
SS Varvassi a Greek merchant steamship ran aground near the western end of the Isle of Wight in the late 1940s.
Venture a cargo ship sunk in a collision off Dunoon Bank in 1993.
Vera wrecked in a collision in 1914.
Volnay a Canadian cargo ship struck a mine in Falmouth Bay in December 1917.
HMAT Warilda an Australian hospital ship torpedoed by U-boat U-49 on 3 August 1918.
Yewglen ran aground off Beadnall Point in 1960.
LSWR SS Stella passenger steamer from Southampton to Guernsey ran onto the Casquets reef 30 Mar 1899 (105 dead).

Northern Ireland

HMS Drake, torpedoed by U-79 on 2 October 1917 in Rathlin Sound
Girona, foundered and sank off Lacada Point, County Antrim, Ireland, 26 October 1588
Lagan collision off Belfast Lough
SS Laurentic (after conversion to armed merchant cruiser service in 1915) struck two mines off Lough Swilly in Northern Ireland on 25 January 1917
Normanby Hall foundered and sunk off Kilroot on 8 October 1965
State of Louisiana a passenger liner ran aground on 28 December 1878 on Hunter Rock
Tiberia merchant ship torpedoed and sunk by U-19 off Black Head near Larne, County Antrim on 26 February 1918
Tullaghmurray Lass, a Kilkeel fishing boat which sank after a gas explosion in 2002

Scotland

Akka ran aground in the River Clyde in 1956
Annie James sank off Vatersay, Outer Hebrides in 1853 with the loss of 350 lives
MV Craigantlet British container ship run aground at Killantringan lighthouse, Wigtownshire on 26 February 1982
HMS Hampshire British armored cruiser struck a mine off Orkney in 1916
SMS Markgraf German battleship scuttled in Scapa Flow in 1919
River Dee Ferry Boat Disaster overloaded ferry capsized in 1876
HMS Royal Oak British battleship torpedoed in Scapa Flow in 1939
HMS Port Napier British minelayer ran aground in the Kyle of Lochalsh, caught fire while being unloaded, destroyed by explosion in 1940
HMS Caribbean sank 35 miles (56 km) off Cape Wrath due to bad weather in 1915.
Iolaire An admiralty yacht sank in The Minch outside Stornoway harbour on 1 January 1919 with the loss of 205 men returning from the World War I.
SS Breda A cargo ship sank by two Heinkel 111 bombers in Ardmucknish Bay on 23 December 1940.
Unknown shipwreck found in 2000. See [16]

Wales

Amazonese a cargo steamship ran aground at St. David's Head on 15 April 1881.
The Diamond, a protected wrecksite, a three masted square rigger with a composite hull, forerunner of the Ocean liners, lost in Cardigan Bay on 2 January 1825
Mary, a protected wrecksite, the first British Royal Yacht hit rocks in fog off Anglesey on 25 March 1675
Resurgam II, a protected wrecksite, sank near Rhyl on 25 February 1880.
Rothsay Castle a paddle steamer ran aground and broke up at the eastern end of the Menai Strait in 1831.
Royal Charter a steam clipper driven onto rocks near Moelfre, Anglesey on 26 October 1859.

North America

Bahamas

SS Sapona a cargo steamer run aground near Bimini during a hurricane in 1926.

Bermuda

Sea Venture - grounded off the coast in 1609, subsequently broke up and sank.
Warwick - English cargo ship sunk in a gale in Castle Harbor in 1619, discovered in 1967.
San Antonio - Portuguese nao wrecked on the west reefs in 1621, discovered in 1960.
Eagle - Virginia Company ship wrecked in 1659.
Virginia Merchant - Virginia Company ship wrecked in 1661.
Unidentified ship - wrecked around 1750, found in 1983, known as the "Frenchman" wreck.
Unidentified ship - wrecked mid-18th century, known as the "Manilla" wreck.
Hunters Galley - wrecked in 1752.
Katherine - wrecked in 1763.
Mark Antonio - Spanish privateer, wrecked in 1777, discovered early 1960s.
Lord Amherst - British armed transport wrecked in 1778.
HMS Cerberus - lost at Castle Harbor in 1783.
HMS Pallas - ran aground in 1783 off St. George's Island, wreck has not been identified.
Caesar - wrecked on a reef in 1818 en route from England to Baltimore.
Collector - wrecked in 1823.
L'Herminie - French frigate wrecked in 1838.
Unidentified ship - wrecked in 1849, believed to be the Minerva though that ship was wrecked in 1795.
Curlew - wrecked on the northern reefs in 1856.
Montana - American Civil War blockade runner sank in 1863.
Mari Celeste - American Civil War blockade runner being piloted by a Bermudian, sank in eight minutes in 1864.
Beaumaris Castle - ran aground in 1873.
Minnie Breslauer - ran aground in 1873.
Alert - fishing sloop sank in 1877.
Kate - British steamer wrecked in 1878.
Lartington - wrecked in 1879 after just five years of operation.
North Carolina - wrecked off West End in 1880.
Darlington - wrecked on the Western Reef in 1886.
Richard P. Buck - caught fire and sank following a storm in 1889.
Apollo - wrecked on the reefs in 1890.
Avenger - wrecked on Mills Breakers in 1894.
HMS Vixen - scuttled in 1896.
Madiana - former Balmoral Castle, built 1877, wrecked 1903
Pollockshields - former Herodot, wrecked in 1915 near Elbow Beach.
Blanch King - wrecked on the southwest reefs in 1920.
Taunton - Norwegian steamer wrecked on the northern reefs in 1920.
Caraquet - mail steamer wrecked on the northern barrier reef in 1923.
Zovetto - cargo steamer ran aground in 1924, also known as Zovetta or Rita Zovetto.
Mussel - Bermudian fishing boat wrecked in 1926.
Cristobal Colon - Bermuda's largest shipwreck sank in 1936.
Iristo - Norwegian steamer also known as Aristo, grounded in 1937 after mistaking the Colon wreck for a ship still underway.
Pelinaion - Greek steamer wrecked in 1940.
Constellation - made famous in The Deep, sank in 1942.
Colonel William G. Ball - wrecked on Mills Breakers in severe weather in 1943.
Wychwood - ran aground in 1955, refloated, then sank again.
Elda - wrecked in 1956 near the Eagle wreck.
Ramona - Canadian ship wrecked in 1967, refloated for salvaging, re-sunk near Dockyard.
King - American ship scuttled in 1984, first intentionally-created dive site in Bermuda.
Hermes - American ship deliberately scuttled in 1984.
Triton - scuttled in 1988 as a dive site.

British Virgin Islands

HMS Astraea a British frigate wrecked off the coast of Anegada on 23 May 1808.
HMS Nymph a British sloop caught fire, foundered and sank in Road Town's harbour in 1783.
RMS Rhone a British packet ship wrecked during a hurricane off the coast of Salt Island on 29 October 1867.

Canada

Newfoundland

San Juan Basque whaling ship sunk in Red Bay, Labrador in 1565.
HMS Sapphire scuttled to prevent capture by French 1696.
HMS Duchess of Cumberland wrecked near Cape Ray in 1781.
HMS Southampton & HMS Tweed sunk in storm near Bay Bulls in 1813.
HMS Comus ran aground and sunk in fog near Cape Race in 1816.
Harpooner, British transport ran aground and sunk in fog near Cape Race 1816.
HMS Drake ran aground and sunk near St. Shotts in 1822.
Despatch, British brig sunk near Isle Aux Morts in 1828.
Lady Sherbrooke, barque sunk in gale near Port Aux Basques in 1831.
Harvest Home, British ship sunk off Cape Race in 1833.
Lady of the Lake, Scottish brig sunk near Cape St. Francis in 1833.
City of Philadelphia, British steamer ran aground and sunk in fog near Cape Race in 1854.
SS Arctic collided with steamer Vesta and sank near Cape Race in 1854.
Indian, British Allan liner sunk off Cape Race in 1859.
Anglo Saxon, British Allan liner sunk off Cape Race in 1863.
Sea Clipper schooner sunk in storm near Spotted Island, Labrador in 1867.
Queen of Swansea ran aground and sunk in storm at Gull Island in 1867.
Germania, German steamer sunk in fog near Cape Race in 1869.
Village Belle schooner lost at Cape St. Francis in 1872.
Waterwitch (schooner) schooner sunk near Pouch Cove in 1875.
George Cromwell, British steamer sunk near Cape Race in 1877.
George Washington, USA steamer sunk near Cape Race in 1877.
Lion reported missing in Baccalieu Tickle in 1882.
Greenland sealing steamer lost 48 men on the ice 1898.
Helgoland, German steamer sunk near Cape Race in 1900.
Delmar Scottish steamer sunk near Cape Race in 1901.
Duchess of Fife schooner sunk near Bonavista in 1907.
RMS Titanic White Star liner collided with iceberg on Grand Banks in 1912.
Florence British Overseas Containers Limited liner sunk near Cape Race in 1912.
Southern Cross Scottish sealing steamer lost in blizzard 1914.
SS Kristianiafjord Norwegian liner ran aground in fog near Cape Race in 1917.
Erik sealing steamer torpedoed off St. Pierre and Miquelon 1918.
SS Florizel sank after striking a reef in 1918.
SS Ethie, coastal steamship ran aground in a fierce storm in 1919.
Anton van Driel Dutch steamer sunk near Cape Race in 1919.
HMS Raleigh heavy cruiser sunk in fog at Point Amour in Strait of Belle Isle in 1922.
Marvale Canadian Pacific liner stranded 1923.
President Coaker schooner sunk in gale near Cape Race in 1924.
Viking sealing barque lost by explosion near White Bay in 1931.
USS Truxtun destroyer sunk with USS Pollux in storm 1942.
USS Pollux supply ship sunk along with USS Truxtun in storm 1942.
SS Caribou Newfoundland Railway ferry torpedoed by U-boat off Port aux basques 1942.
Saganaga iron-ore carrier torpedoed by U-boat off Bell Island 1942.
Lord Strathcona iron-ore carrier torpedoed by U-boat off Bell Island 1942.
P.L.M. 27 iron-ore carrier torpedoed by U-boat off Bell Island 1942.
Rose Castle iron-ore carrier torpedoed by U-boat off Bell Island 1942.
Administratrix motor vessel collided with Lovadal in fog near Cape Race in 1948.
Harcourt Kent motor ship sunk near Cape Race in 1949.
MV William Carson Canadian National ferry sank in ice off Labrador 1977.
MS Arctic Explorer sank off the Strait of Bell Isle, three hours after departing St Anthony in 1981.
Ocean Ranger oil platform sunk in winter storm on Grand Banks in 1982.

Nova Scotia

Auguste a full-rigged transport run aground on the northeastern side of Cape Breton Island on 28 October 1761.
RMS Atlantic a White Star Line ocean liner ran aground near Meagher's Island on 1 April 1873.
Capricieux a French warship caught fire and burned in the siege of Louisbourg on 21 July 1758.
Célèbre a French warship caught fire and burned in the siege of Louisbourg on 21 July 1758.
Entreprenant a French warship struck with cannonfire by the Royal Navy off Louisbourg, burned and exploded on 21 July 1758.
Schooner Maria, an Irish famine ship sank in Cabot Strait the night of 10 May 1849. They sailed from Limerick, Ireland for Quebec, carrying a crew of 10 plus 111 Irish emigrants. Sailing near midnight in a severe storm, the sailing ship sank immediately when it hit an iceberg, about 50 miles from St. Paul Island. Only 12 on board survived; accounts in 1849 Irish newspapers are on Internet.
Prudent a French warship burned following the siege of Louisbourg on 22 July 1758.
HMCS Saguenay a Canadian destroyer scuttled as an artificial reef off Lunenburg in 1994.
Schooner Larinda, owned and operated by Captain Lawrence Mahan of Cape Cod, Massachusetts, sank in Halifax Harbour during Hurricane Juan on 29 September 2003. The ship was raised and sold to a Canadian man interested in restoring it.

Sable Island

Unknown British transport carrying members of 43rd (Monmouthshire) Regiment of Foot lost 14 November 1760
Schooner Esperanto, months after winning the first International Fishing Vessel Championship Race, struck a submerged wreck and sank 30 May 1921.
SS Kyle, run aground in Harbour Grace.

Nunavut

HMS Breadalbane a British barque crushed by ice south of Beechey Island on 2 August 1853.

Ontario

Lillie Parsons, Brockville.
City of Sheboygan sank off Kingston in Lake Ontario.
Comet collision of Nine Mile Point, Ontario in Lake Ontario.
SS Edmund Fitzgerald sank in a gale in Lake Superior in 1975.
Gunilda yacht ran up on McGarvey's Shoals, Lake Superior.
Katie Eccles ran aground near Ontario|Kingston on Lake Ontario.
Young Phoenix sank off Long Point, Lake Erie in 1818.
Smith tugboat sank under tow off Long Point, Lake Erie.
St. James unknown cause off Long Point in Lake Erie, discovered 1984.
Trade Wind schooner collided with the Sir Charles Napier off Long Point.
Wild Rover foundered off Long Point
Jersey City foundered off Long Point in 1860.
Pochahontas foundered off Long Point in 1862.
Rebecca Foster foundered off Long Point in 1857.
Jennie P. King foundered off Long Point in 1866.
Empire ran aground off Long Point in 1870.
British Lion ran aground off Long Point in 1877. The same storm claimed the next two:
Madiera ran aground off Long Point in 1877.
Madeira ran aground near Beaver Bay in 1905.
Elize A. Turner ran aground off Long Point in 1877.
William H. Vanderbilt ran aground off Long Point in 1883.
Siberia ran aground off Long Point in 1883.
Siberia ran aground off Long Point in 1905. This was a different vessel than the previous entry.
Edmund Fitzgerald ran aground off Long Point in 1883. This 135-foot (41 m) schooner predated the more widely known ship of the same name which sank in Lake Superior in 1975.
Wocoken ran aground off Long Point in 1893.
Joseph Paige ran aground off Long Point in 1893. This was the same gale of 14 October 1893 that also took the Wocoken.
Idaho ran aground off Long Point in 1897.
Niagara ran aground off Long Point in 1899.
Mystic sank off Long Point in 1907.
Pascal P. Pratt ran aground off Long Point in 1908.
Marquette bulk freighter sunk in 1903 off Michigan Island.
Marquette and Bessemer #2 sank off Long Point in 1909. Not yet found.
Elphicke ran aground off Long Point in 1913.
James B. Colgate sank off Long Point in 1916.
Merida sank off Long Point in 1916. This was in the same storm of 16 October that also took the James B. Colgate.
Lawrence sank aground off Long Point in 1921.
City of Dresden ran aground off Long Point in 1922.
Angler caught fire and sank in Long Point in 1893.
Aycliffe Hall sank off Long Point in 1936.
James J. Reed sank off Long Point in 1944.
Brown Brothers sank in Long Point in 1959.
HMS Toronto sank off Hanlan's Point, Toronto Islands, Lake Ontario in 1811.
HMS Speedy sank off Brighton, Lake Ontario in 1804.
HMS Nancy sunk by the United States Navy during the War of 1812 in the Nottawasaga River near Georgian Bay in 1814.
HMS St Lawrence sank off Kingston, Lake Ontario in 1832 and is a popular diving attraction.
SS Noronic, Great Lakes cruise ship burned and sank at Toronto dock 17 September 1949
Trillium, ferry scuttled at Toronto Islands; restored and re-entered service in 1975
Sand scow stranded on Canadian side of Niagara River above Horseshoe Falls, 6 August 1918

Quebec

RMS Empress of Ireland a transatlantic ocean liner sank in the Saint Lawrence River after colliding with the Storstad on 29 May 1914.
Sydney Packet a bark shipwrecked in the Magdalen Islands in 1826.
S.S. Leecliffe Hall a Great Lakes Steamer built in 1961 sank after collision with M.S. Appollonia in fog at Les Escoumains part of St. Lawrence River Sept. 4 , 1964.

British Columbia

Beaver a steamship run aground on rocks at Prospect Point in Vancouver's Stanley Park on 25 July 1888.
City of Ainsworth a paddle steamer sternwheeler sunk during a storm in Kootenay Lake on 29 November 1898.
Ericsson an American side-wheeler run aground in a gale at Barkley Sound on 19 November 1892.
SS Islander a Canadian steamer sunk in Lynn Canal on 15 August 1901.
SS Pamir
SS Pacific a sidewheel steamer sunk following a collision with the SS Orpheus in 1875.
Princess Sophia a steamer sunk on Vanderbilt Reef on 25 October 1918.
MV Queen of the North a RORO ferry run aground on Gil Island in Wright Sound on 22 March 2006.
Tonquin an American merchant ship blown up at Clayoquot Sound, Vancouver Island in June 1811.
SS Valencia a passenger steamer wrecked off the coast of Vancouver Island on 23 January 1906.

Dominican Republic

Nuestra Señora de Guadalupe a Spanish galleon sunk by hurricane in Samana Bay on 24 August 1724.
Conde de Tolosa a Spanish galleon run aground during a hurricane in Samana Bay on 25 August 1724.
St. George sunk as an artificial reef near La Romana in 1999.
Astron a freighter scuttled just off the coast of Punta Cana.
Monte Cristi Pipe Wreck sunk off the north coast of the Dominican Republic in the later part of the 17th century.
La Viete, French merchant ship, lost on a voyage of reinforcement and supply with a demi-brigade of artillery and infantry, their equipment, and a large shipment of specie (coins), etc. in 1802. This may be the wreck discovered by North Caribbean Research S.A. off Punta Luna. The Punta Luna wreck project is directed by NCR's Rick Berry.

Grenada

Bianca C a passenger ship sunk multiple times before becoming the Caribbean's largest shipwreck, near Grand Anse, in October 1961.

Haiti

Bluenose a Canadian schooner foundered on a reef on 28 January 1946.

Saint Vincent

SS Antilles an ocean liner ran aground on a reef near the island of Mustique on 8 January 1971.

United States

Alabama

USS Tecumseh a monitor warship sunk by a "torpedo" at Mobile Bay on 5 August 1864.

Alaska

Mariposa 1917, off Mariposa Reef, Alaska.

Al-Ki shipwreck of 1917, Alaska.

SS Colebrook (also known as Coldbrook) a Hog Islander merchant ship grounded off Middleton Island, Alaska on 16 June 1942.
USS Grunion (SS-216) discovered in the Bering Sea in August 2007
Nissan Maru Japanese armed freighter sunk by U.S. bombers in Kiska Harbor on 19 June 1942.
SS Portland a steam ship struck rock off Cordova and sank on 12 November 1910.^[8]
Princess Sophia, a passenger liner sunk off Vanderbilt Reef near Juneau on 25 October 1918.
Torrent, a wooden bark ship that foundered in storm, went ashore, and became a total loss on 15 July 1868 in Cook Inlet, off the coast of Alaska.^[9]
Mariposa hit a reef on Strait Island, near Pt. Baker (Mariposa Reef) on 1917-11-18. It struck the reef while carrying 269 passengers and a full cargo of copper ore and canned salmon. The vessel had previously picked up the crew from the wrecked Al-Ki and the pirates from the wrecked Manhattan. All passengers and crew were rescued before vessel sank. Reef now called Mariposa Reef. She went down with 25,000 cases of salmon and 1,200 tons of copper ore. Passengers and crew rescued by the Curaçao, Ravalli, and Jefferson.^[10]
Jessie, on 1898-06-28, at the mouth of the Kuskokwim River swamped in turbulent water at the mouth of the river; 18 miners from the Columbia Exploration Company were believed to have been massacred by Yup'ik Natives or lost with wreck. One person, a trader called Ling, survived to bring word of the wreck to St. Michael. Jessie was towing the barge Minerva and a second unknown barge which were also lost. Yup'ik Eskimos were said to have looted vessels. Seattle 31 May 1898 Kuskokwim River^[10]
Al-Ki, a passenger steamer, wrecked on Point Augusta, Alaska, 1 November 1917.^[11]
Bear, a passenger steamer, in surf broadside, 1916^[11]
City of Seattle, a passenger steamer, was brought ashore in Alaska, 15 August 1912^[11]
Farallon, a passenger steamer, wrecked in the Cook Inlet, Alaska, 1910^[11]
Jabez Howes, a three-mast full rigged ship, wrecked in Chignik Bay, Alaska, n.d. Wooden full-rigged ship owned by the Columbia River Packer's Association & used as a cannery tender.^[11]
Mount McKinley, a passenger steamer, beached near Scotch Cap, Aleutian Islands, 1942.^[11]
Patterson, a steam freighter, wrecked and aground at Cape Fairweather, Alaska, 1938^[11]
Princess Kathleen, a passenger steamer, sinking near Point Lena, Alaska, 1952. Went aground at Point Lena rock, Alaska, vessel was a mile and a half off course when she stranded. She was the flagship of the Canadian Pacific Lines.^[11]
Princess May, a passenger steamer, wrecked and ashore on Sentinel Island, bird's-eye view from the island, 1910.^[11]
Politkofsky, a steamwheeler with the Russian-American Company, completed 4000 miles before sinking near the entrance of the Yukon River in 1915.

California

Ace I sunk as hazard to navigation off San Pedro, Los Angeles, California
Aggie ran aground Santa Rosa Island, California
USS Anthony (DD-172) sunk as a target in 1937
USS Aspro (SS-309) sunk as a target off San Diego, California in 1962
USS Atlanta (CL-104) sunk as a target in 1970
Avalon foundered under tow off Palos Verdes
USS Benevolence (AH-13) Sunk off San Francisco, California, in a collision April 1950
Brooklyn Schooner 1931
Brother Jonathan ran aground off Crescent City, California 1865
Charles Brown grounded Laguna Beach, California
Charles F. Crocker ran aground for movie, then hit by tidal wave and finally burned off Santa Catalina Island, California
USS Charles J. Kimmel (DE-584) Sunk as target off California, 13 November 1969
Chickasaw ran aground Santa Rosa Island, California
USS Colahan (DD-658) sunk as target in 1966
Crown of England ran aground Santa Rosa Island, California
Cuba ran aground San Miguel Island
Dauntless blown up for movie off Catalina Harbor, Santa Catalina Island, California
USS Deperm (ADG-10) sunk as a target 22 September 1982 at 32° 58' N., 119° 41' W.
Diosa del Mar ran aground on Ship Rock at Santa Catalina Island, California
SS Dominator ran aground Rocky Point Palos Verdes
Elsie I foundered off Huntington Beach, California
SS Emidio, sunk by the Imperial Japanese Navy, Crescent City, California
Equator ran aground Anacapa Island
Foss 125 foundered off Laguna Beach, California
F.S. Loop blown up near Los Angeles, California
Frolic wrecked near Mendocino, California in 1850
Georgia scuttled off Redondo Beach, California
Georgia Straits sunk while towed off Los Angeles, California
Goldenhorn ran aground Santa Rosa Island, California</

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