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List of shipwrecks

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

Africa

East Africa

Namibia

  • Benguela Eagle ran aground 25 km north of the Ugab River mouth in 1975.
  • Eduard Bohlen a freighter ran aground south of Conception Bay in 1909.
  • Girdleness ran aground south of the Ugab River mouth in 1975.
  • Montrose stranded on the beach near Terrace Bay in June 1973.
  • MV Dunedin Star, ran aground on the Skeleton Coast, 80 km south of the Cunene River, on 29 November 1942.
  • Otavi ran aground in Spencer Bay in 1945.f
  • Shaunee ran aground in Conception Bay in 1976.
  • Suiderkruis (Southern Cross) a South African trawler ran aground at Möwe Bay in 1234.

South Africa

Eastern Cape

KwaZulu-Natal

  • Ivy ran aground off Port Edward and became wedged on rocks with its cargo intact in 1876.
  • São Bento a Portuguese ship sank south of Port Edward 1554.
  • São João a Portuguese galleon sank off the coast of Port Edward, after running on to the coastal rocks en route back to Lisbon from the East, in June 1552.

Northern Cape

  • Arosa a Cyprian freighter grounded approximately 32 km north of Hondeklip Bay in June 1976.
  • Piratiny a 5000-ton Brazilian steamer ran aground in bad weather between Koingnaas and Kleinzee in June 1943.
  • Border a South African freighter grounded 80 kilometers south of Port Nolloth in April 1947.
  • Bechuana a South African freighter grounded 48 kilometers south of Port Nolloth in December 1950.

Western Cape

North Africa

Algeria

Egypt

See also the section for Red Sea

  • Artémis a French frigate run aground in Abu Qir Bay during the Battle of the Nile, and scuttled on August 3 1798.
  • L'Orient Napoleon's flagship sunk in Aboukir Bay during the Battle of the Nile on August 1 1798.
  • La Sérieuse a French frigate sunk in Aboukir Bay during the Battle of the Nile on August 1 1798.

Morocco/Western Sahara

Tunisia

  • Mahdia an ancient shipwreck discovered in 1907.

West Africa

Asia

Turkey

Hong Kong

Indonesia

Japan

China

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 August 15-16, 1653.
  • Namyong ho, between Busan and Jeju-do ferry, capsized in Korea Strait, killing 323 people, only 12 are rescued on December, 1970.
  • Seo Hae, capsized by stormy weather off coast of Puan, Kyeongpo, South Korea, killing 285, on October, 1993.

Bangladesh

Russia

Europe

Canary Islands

Corsica

Croatia

Cyprus

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

Denmark

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 September 28 1994, claimed 852 lives and was one of the worst maritime disasters in modern history.

Faroe Islands

Finland

France

Germany

Gibraltar

Greece

Iceland

Ireland

Italy

The Netherlands

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 April 9, 1940.
  • MS Seattle a cargo ship damaged in crossfire on April 9 1940 and sunk at Dvergsnestangen on April 13 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 on August 12, 2000.
  • Haakon Jarl II an iron steamship sunk in the Vestfjord following collision with another ship on June 17 1924.
  • M.S. Hamburg a German fish factory transport ship sunk by a British destroyer in Lofoten on March 1 1941.
  • M.S. Rigel, made 1924 at Burmeister&Wain, 382 feet long and deadweigth 6850 ton sunk 27 November 1944 by Barraquda bomberplane from HMS Implacable on tour south of Sandnessjøen. 2838 people omboard. Only 250 survived.
  • Dresden a German Steamer was built in 1915 by Bremer Vulkan at Vegesack. On 20th June 1934 she stranded on the coast of Norway, 20 miles from Haugesund near Blikshavn, Karmoy Island, whilst undertaking a cruise.
  • U-864 - German Type IXD2 WWII Submarine. Scuttled on February 9, 1945 by british subarine Venturer while on logistics mission to Japan.

Poland

Portugal

Russia / Soviet Union

Sweden

United Kingdom

England

See also: List of shipwrecks of the Isles of Scilly

Northern Ireland

Scotland

Wales

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

Canada

Newfoundland

Nova Scotia

Sable Island

Nunavut

Ontario

Quebec

British Columbia

Dominican Republic

Grenada

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

Haiti

Saint Vincent

United States

Alabama

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 June 19, 1942.
  • SS Portland a steam ship struck rock off Cordova and sank on November 12, 1910.
  • Princess Sophia, a passenger liner sunk off Vanderbilt Reef near Juneau on October 25, 1918.
  • Torrent, a wooden bark ship that foundered in storm, went ashore, and became a total loss on July 15, 1868 in Cook Inlet, off the coast of Alaska.
  • 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.
  • 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 May 31, 1898 Kuskokwim River
  • Al-Ki, a passenger steamer, wrecked on Point Augusta, Alaska, November 1, 1917.
  • Bear, a passenger steamer, in surf broadside, 1916
  • City of Seattle, a passenger steamer, was brought ashore in Alaska, August 15, 1912
  • Farallon, a passenger steamer, wrecked in the Cook Inlet, Alaska, 1910
  • 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.
  • Mount McKinley, a passenger steamer, beached near Scotch Cap, Aleutian Islands, 1942.
  • Patterson, a steam freighter, wrecked and aground at Cape Fairweather, Alaska, 1938
  • 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.
  • Princess May, a passenger steamer, wrecked and ashore on Sentinel Island, bird's-eye view from the island, 1910.
  • Politkofsky, a steamwheeler with the Russian-American Company, completed 4000 miles before sinking near the entrance of the Yukon River in 1915.

California

Connecticut

Delaware

Florida

Georgia

Great Lakes

There are more than 250 shipwreck locations in the Great Lakes.

  • Interesting list. We wish the author had credited the source: Erie Wrecks West by Georgann and Mike Wachter www.eriewrecks.com. They also have Erie Wrecks East (another 103 wreck locations) and Erie Wrecks and Lighthouses (45 more wreck locations)
  • SS Edmund Fitzgerald
  • Amboy (Ship) ran aground during the famous Mataafa Storm of 1905
  • 117th Street Wreck depth: 39' 41.30.777 N 81.43.751 W
  • 17 Fathom Wreck 105' 42.39.103 N 80.03.145 W
  • Admiral 75' 41.38.244 N 81.54.197 W
  • Adventure 25' 41.38.84 N 82.41.73 W
  • Algeria 40' 41.31.225 N 81.42.944 W
  • Alva B. 12' 41.30.768 N 82.01.894 W
  • America 15' 41.49.675 N 82.38.066 W
  • Armenia 39'
  • Atlantic 155' 42.30.620 N 80.05.086 W
  • Arches 160' 42.27.476 N 80.01.021 W
  • Bay Coal Schooner 55' N41°33.009' W81°56.077'
  • Bow Cabin 70' 41.56.811 N 82.14.107 W
  • Brick Wreck 77'
  • Brown Brothers 125' 42.37.647 N 80.00.912 W
  • Brunswick 110' 42.35.465 N 79.24.546 W
  • Canobie 10'-15' 42.10.326 N 80.00.903 W
  • Carlingford 95' 42.39.266 N 79.28.6163 W
  • Cascade 30'
  • Case 20'
  • C.B. Benson 86' 42.46.259 N 79.14.609 W
  • Cecil J. 20' 42.45.785 N 80.13.688 W
  • Charger 35'
  • Charles H. Davis 40' 41.30.780 N 81.43.52 W
  • Charles Foster 80' 42.10.445 N 80.15.007 W
  • Charles B. Packard 40'
  • City of Concord 45'
  • Civil War Wreck 65'
  • Clarion 75'
  • Cleveco 75' 41.47.473 N 81.36.000 W
  • Colonel Cook 10'-20'
  • Colonial 20'
  • Conemaugh 20'
  • Craftsman 41 41.31.942 N 82.00.375 W
  • Crete 12' 42.10.30 N 80.00.94 W
  • David Stewart 22'
  • David Vance 41'
  • Dean Richmond 110' 42.17.421 N 79.55.859 W
  • Dominion 45'
  • Dundee 75' 41.41.330 N 81.50.634 W
  • Duke Luedtke 70' 41.41.630 N 81.57.655 W
  • Edmund Fitzgerald 320;
  • Eldorado 15'-20' 42.10.326 N 80.00.903 W
  • Erieau Quarry Stone 15' 42.15.412 N 81.54.341 W
  • Exchange 10'-20'
  • F.A. Meyer 78' 41.55.439 N 82.02.953 W
  • Fannie L. Jones 36' 41.30.640 N 81.43.751 W
  • Frank E. Vigor 90' 41.57.545 N 81.57.242 W
  • George Dunbar 45' 41.40.631 N 82.33.893 W
  • George Stone 31'
  • George Worthington 38'
  • Grand Traverse 39'
  • H.A. Barr 84' 42.09.111 N 81.23.41 W
  • H.G. Cleveland 55'
  • Hickory Stick 55' 41.32.301 N 82.06.236 W
  • Indiana 95' 42.17.760 N 79.59.898 W
  • Ivanhoe 57' 41.33.310 N 82.02.826 W
  • Jackie's Wreck 50' 41.51.707 N 82.21.084 W
  • James B. Colgate 85' 42.05.376 N 81.44.279 W
  • James H. Reed 70'
  • Jay Gould 45' 41.51.531 N 82.24.596 W
  • J.G. McGrath 85' 42.40.083 N 79.23.764 W
  • J.J. Boland Jr. 130' 42.22.794 N 79.43.929 W
  • John B. Griffin 50'
  • John B. Lyon 50'
  • John Pridgeon Jr. 60' 41.35.320 N 81.58.601 W
  • Jorge B. 32'
  • Lady Elgin a steamship wrecked in Lake Michigan near Chicago following a collision with the schooner Augusta on September 8, 1860.
  • Lighthouse Wreck 15' 42.33.075 N 80.02.721 W
  • Little Wissahickon 78' 41.54.217 N 81.56.781 W
  • Lycoming 26' 42.15.078 N 81.53.384 W
  • M.I. Wilcox 22'
  • Mabel Wilson 36' 41.30.342 N 81.43.907 W
  • Magnet 35'
  • Marshall F. Butters 70' 41.43.636 N 82.17.370 W
  • Mecosta 50' 41.31.850 N 81.53.001 W
  • Merida 65' - 80' 42.13.955 N 81.20.788 W
  • Morning Star 65' 41.36.813 N 82.12.531 W
  • Mount Vernon 30'
  • Net Wreck 70' 41.56.564 N 82.14.872 W
  • New Brunswick 53'
  • North Carolina 40' 41.43.808 N 81.22.885 W
  • Northern Indiana 25' 41.53.882 N 82.30.600 W
  • Oneida 8' 42.13.966 N 79.51.583 W
  • Oxford 170' 42.28.855 N 79.51.843 W
  • Paddy Murphy 13'
  • Pascal P. Pratt 20' 42.33.682 N 80.05.429 W
  • Passaic84' 42.28.748 N 79.27.769 W
  • Penelope 8' 41.30.562 N 82.02.443 W
  • Philip D. Armour 30' 42.07.684 N 80.10.693 W
  • Philip Minch 47' 41.41.304 N 82.30.808 W
  • Queen of the West 70' 41.50.768 N 82.23.135 W
  • Robert 49' 42.13.094 N 82.58.937 W
  • S.F. Gale 78' 41.44.455 N 81.52.922 W
  • S.K. Martin 60' 42.14.546 N 79.56.004 W
  • St. James 170' 42.27.104 N 80.07.331 W
  • Sand Merchant 65' 41.34.428 N 82.57.524 W
  • Sarah E. Sheldon 20' 41.29.741 N 82.06.678 W
  • Specular 36'
  • Success 14' 41.31.321 N 82.54.705 W
  • T-8 145' 42.35.226 N 80.01.335 W
  • Tasmania 40' 41.47.303 N 82.29.811 W
  • Tire Reef 22' 42.41.043 N 80.08.500 W
  • Trade Wind 120' 42.25.516 N 80.12.056 W
  • Tug Smith 165' 42.28.486 N 79.59.061 W
  • Two Fannies 60' 41.33.855 N 81.55.281 W
  • Unknown 83' 42.08.375 N 81.37.942 W
  • Valentine 80' 41.55.116 N 81.54.778 W
  • Washington Irving 120' 42.32.371 N 79.27.636 W
  • Willis 72'
  • Wilma 75' 42.42.150 N 80.02.068 W

Guam

Hawaii

Illinois

Louisiana

Maine

  • Alice E. Clark, a 4-masted Schooner, struck Islesboro Ledge (off Islesboro, Penobscot Bay) in fog on July 1, 1909

Maryland

  • Mallows Bay, As many as 152 Great War era Merchant ships abandoned after the salvage company went bankrupt. 1925-1929

Massachusetts

Michigan

Minnesota

  • Amboy ran aground during the famous Mataafa Storm of 1905
  • Benjamin Noble lost April 28, 1914 off Duluth; found 2004
  • Madeira, a casualty of the Mataafa Storm.
  • Mataafa impacted the north pier of the Duluth Ship Canal and sank November 28, 1905 during a storm of which it is the namesake. Nine of 24 crewmen died of cold weather exposure as Duluthians helplessly watched from shore.

Mississippi

New Jersey

New York

North Carolina

Ohio

Oregon

  • Blue Magpie 3,800-ton cargo freighter that hit Newport's North Jetty November 19, 1983 while attempting to enter Yaquina Bay during a storm and sank. The fuel tanks ruptured, releasing 60,000 gallons of Bunker C oil and 10,000 gallons of diesel fuel. Near the tip of the jetty at the south side of the bay's mouth the ship's wreckage was visible just above the water for a number of years before it finally collapsed.
  • Isabella a Hudson's Bay Company British supply ship wrecked in 1830. Remains are in 40 feet of water off Cape Disappointment near Astoria. Site is listed in the National Register of Historic Places by the National Park Service.
  • New Carissa. Freighter which ran aground near Coos Bay in 1999 and was wrecked; bow section towed out to sea and sunk, stern section remains on beach.
  • SS Oliver Olson ship headed to Bandon to load lumber went aground on November 3, 1953. Part of its hull has been filled with rocks to form an extension of the Coquille River South Jetty near Bandon. There is a photo of the ship shortly after it went aground in 1953.
  • Peter Iredale. Ran aground off coast of Astoria in 1906, still remains on beach.
  • Sujameco 3,542-ton steamship traveling from San Francisco to Coos Bay to pick up lumber hit the beach in fog on February 28, 1929 north of Coos Bay. Remains can be seen at Horsfall Beach during the winter when the sand recedes.

Pennsylvania

Rhode Island

South Carolina

Tennessee

Texas

Vermont

Virginia

Wake Island

Wisconsin

South America

Argentina

  • Desdemona in 1986 in Cabo San Pablo (54°17'51.34"S 66°41'58.82"W).
  • Sarmiento in April 1912 in Punta Remolino (54°51'40.49"S 67°51'22.39"W).
  • Duchess of Albany in July 1893 in Caleta Policarpo.

(source: Lista de Naufragios)

Brazil

  • Campos in 1943, torpedoed by a U-boat.
  • Elihu B. Washburne in 1943, in Santos Bay.
  • Tocantins sunk in 1933, at the Queimada Grande Island, due to heavy fog.
  • Principe das Asturias know as the Brazilian Titanic, a liner that sunk in 1916, near Ilha Bela, and was carrying over 1300 passengers (official list).
  • Aquidaba a 1885 Brazilian "ironside" that sunk after exploding near the Jacuacanga strait, in Angra dos Reis bay, in 1906.
  • Bezerra de Menezes cargo ship that sunk after a collision, in 1891.
  • California rare 1806 "direct acting engine" steamer, with a centered propulsion wheel, carrying personal care articles - sunk after a pirate raid, in 1866, at Ilha Grande, Angra dos reis.
  • Pinguino a popular dive site at Ilha Grande, this was a grain cargo ship that sunk - after a fire aboard - in 1967.

(source:www.naufragiosdobrasil.com.br)

Chile

Falklands/Malvinas Islands

Peru

Uruguay

Galápagos Islands

Oceania

Australia

New South Wales

Tasmania

Queensland

Victoria

Western Australia

South Australia

Federated States of Micronesia

Chuuk

Palau

Indonesia

Kiribati

  • SS Norwich City British freighter ran aground at Nikumaroro in 1929.
  • Canton whaling ship ran aground at Kanton Island in 1854.
  • Golden Sunset British barque ran aground at Enderbury Island in 1866.

Marshall Islands

New Zealand

Solomon Islands

Ironbottom Sound

High Seas

Atlantic Ocean

Baltic Sea

Indian Ocean

Mediterranean Sea

Pacific Ocean

Red Sea

Other Egyptian (Nile) wrecks are listed under Egypt. The wrecks of the Red Sea include:

Black Sea

See also

External links

Further reading

  • Jurisi, Mario, Ancient shipwrecks of the Adriatic: Maritime Transport during the First and Second Centuries AD (Oxford, Tempus Reparatum, 2000, British archaeological reports: International series, 828) ISBN 1-84171-039-3
  • Parker, A. J., Ancient Shipwrecks of the Mediterranean and the Roman provinces, (Oxford, 1992)
  • Pickford, Nigel, Lost Treasure Ships of the Northern Seas: A Guide and Gazetteer to 2000 Years of Shipwreck, (London: Chatham, 2006)

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