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This list of shipwrecks is 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.
  • Dunedin Star a British cargo vessel ran aground 80 km south of the Kunene River mouth on November 29, 1942.
  • 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.
  • Otavi ran aground in Spencer Bay in 1945.
  • Shaunee ran aground in Conception Bay in 1976.
  • Suiderkruis (Southern Cross) a South African trawler ran aground at Möwe Bay in 1976.

South Africa

Eastern Cape

  • L'Aigle a French barque wrecked near Cape St. Francis on June 16, 1850. Location 34° 10.70S, 24° 33.20E
  • Aurora ran aground on the Eastern Beach, East London during a strong gale on June 10, 1902.
  • Bonanza went aground on the Sandy Beach (now called Orient Beach), East London on December 22, 1894.
  • Elise Linck ran aground on the Eastern Beach, East London during a strong gale on June 10, 1902.
  • Grosvenor a 741-ton British East India Company ship ran aground about 100 yards offshore on August 4, 1782, near present day Port St. Johns.
  • SS Kafir was damaged at the entrance to the Buffalo River Harbour (western shore), East London on December 7, 1890.
  • Lady Kennaway a three masted, square rigged barque ran aground on a sand spit in the Buffalo River Mouth, East London on November 20, 1857.
  • Nossa Senhora de Atalaia do Pinheiro a Portuguese vessel wrecked 30km northeast of East London in 1648.
  • Oceanos a cruise liner sank off the Transkei Coast, after leaving East London on route to Durban on August 3, 1991.
  • Oranjeland ran aground on the rocks along the Esplanade in a strong gale soon after leaving the Buffalo River Harbour, East London in August 1974.
  • SS Orient a Russian vessel wrecked on the eastern side of the Buffalo River mouth, East London in 1907.
  • SS Lyngenfjord a Norwegian cargo steamer wrecked near Tsitsikamma River mouth, on January 14, 1938. Location: 34° 08.50S, 24° 26.50E
  • Safmarine Agulhas a cargo vessel ran aground just metres off East London Harbour's breakwater in rough seas at approximately 21:15 on June 26, 2006, while leaving the port. She split into two pieces on August 12, 2006.

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 Aboukir 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

Japan

Europe

Croatia

Cyprus

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

Denmark

Estonia

Faroe Islands

Finland

France

Germany

Gibraltar

Greece

Ireland

Italy

The Netherlands

Norway

  • Scharnhorst a German battlecruiser sunk in the Battle of the 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 8, 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.

Poland

Portugal

Russia / Soviet Union

  • Armenia, a Soviet hospital ship sunk by German torpedo-carrying planes on November 7, 1941; estimated over 5,000 casualties.
  • Agnes Blaikie, a British sailing vessel sunk by collision with HMS Medina on May 5, 1855 in the Black see near Balaklava.

Sweden

United Kingdom

England

See also: List of shipwrecks of the Isles of Scilly

Scotland

Wales

North America

Bahamas

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

Bermuda

  • San Pedro - Spanish nao wrecked in 1596, discovered in 1951 but never positively identified.
  • Santa Ana - Spanish nao wrecked in 1605, wreck has never been positively identified.
  • Sea Venture - grounded off the coast in 1609, subsequently broke up and sank.
  • Warwick - English merchantman 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.
  • Early Riser - wrecked in 1876, location never found.
  • 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 1939.
  • 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 of America

Alabama

Alaska

California

Delaware

Florida

Georgia

Great Lakes

See also: Great Lakes § Shipwrecks
  • 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[disambiguation needed] 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
  • F.H. Prince 18' location unknown
  • 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
  • Passaic 84' 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
  • Quito 10'-20' location unknown
  • 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
  • Saint Lawrence 20' location unknown
  • Saint Louis 20' location unknown
  • 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
  • Toledo[disambiguation needed] 30' location unknown
  • Tioga 40' location unknown
  • 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
  • Wend the Wave 30' location unknown
  • Wesee 22' location unknown
  • William H. Stevens 70' location unknown
  • Willis 72'
  • Wilma 75' 42.42.150 N 80.02.068 W
  • Zadock Pratt 30' Unknown location

Guam

Hawaii

Illinois

Louisiana

Massachusetts

Michigan

Minnesota

Mississippi

New Jersey

New York

North Carolina

Oregon

  • 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.[2]
  • 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 8 miles north of Coos Bay. Remains can be seen at Horsfall Beach during the winter when the sand recedes.[3]
  • SS Oliver Olson 307-foot 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.[4]
  • 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. [5]
  • 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.

Rhode Island

South Carolina

Tennessee

Texas

Vermont

Virginia

Wake Island

Wisconsin

South America

Chile

Uruguay

Galápagos Islands

Oceania

Australia

New South Wales

Tasmania

Queensland

Victoria

Western Australia

South Australia

Federated States of Micronesia

Chuuk

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 in 1866.[14]

Marshall Islands

New Zealand

Solomon Islands

Ironbottom Sound

High Seas

Atlantic Ocean

Baltic Sea

Indian Ocean

Mediterranean Sea

Pacific Ocean

  • I-52
  • Toya Maru, passenger ferry sank September 26, 1954 in Tsugaru Strait, Japan, 1,172 perished
  • Doña Paz, sank in the Tablas Strait south of Manila, Philippines, between 1,500 and 4,000 perished.
  • m.v. Derbyshire, 169,000 ton bulk carrier sank on September 10th, 1980 230 mi off the coast of Okinawa, Japan claiming the lives of all 44 on board. The Kowloon Bridge was a sistership.

Red Sea

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

Black Sea

  • Struma - torpedoed by a Soviet submarine on February 24th 1942
  • Armenia - German airplane attack on November 7th 1941

See also

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)

References

  1. ^ http://ubootwaffe.net/ops/boat.cgi?boat=166
  2. ^ http://www.gomr.mms.gov/homepg/regulate/environ/archaeological/world_war_II.html
  3. ^ http://www.gomr.mms.gov/homepg/regulate/environ/archaeological/deepwater.html
  4. ^ http://www.pastfoundation.org/DeepWrecks/Gulfpenn.htm
  5. ^ http://www.gomr.mms.gov/homepg/regulate/environ/archaeological/world_war_II.html
  6. ^ http://www.lcmm.org/shipwrecks_history/uhp/ar_noyes.htm
  7. ^ http://www.lcmm.org/shipwrecks_history/uhp/general_butler.htm
  8. ^ http://www.lcmm.org/shipwrecks_history/uhp/oj_walker.htm
  9. ^ http://www.lcmm.org/shipwrecks_history/uhp/phoenix.htm
  10. ^ http://www.lcmm.org/shipwrecks_history/uhp/horse_ferry.htm
  11. ^ http://ina.tamu.edu/LChorseferry.htm
  12. ^ http://www.lcmm.org/shipwrecks_history/uhp/water_witch.htm
  13. ^ http://marshall.csu.edu.au/Marshalls/html/Wake/WakeVisitors03.html
  14. ^ http://www.janeresture.com/kiribati_phoenix_group/enderbury.htm
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