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* ''[[Carl D. Bradley]]'' sank in [[Lake Michigan]] in a 18 November 1958 storm with the loss of life of 33 crewmen.
* ''[[Carl D. Bradley]]'' sank in [[Lake Michigan]] in a 18 November 1958 storm with the loss of life of 33 crewmen.
*[[Comet(shipwreck)|''Comet'']] sank after a collision with the ''Manitoba'' in 1875 in [[Whitefish Bay]] on [[Lake Superior]] with the loss of 10 lives. <ref name="Vessels Index">{{cite web |title=Great Lakes Vessels Online Index|url=http://ul.bgsu.edu/cgi-bin/xvsl2.cgi|accessdate=07 February 2009 |publisher=[[Bowling Green State University]]}}</ref>
* ''[[Cornelia B. Windiate]]'' iced up and slowly sank in a storm after passing through the [[Straits of Mackinac]], Michigan
* ''[[Cornelia B. Windiate]]'' iced up and slowly sank in a storm after passing through the [[Straits of Mackinac]], Michigan
* [[SS Edmund Fitzgerald|SS ''Edmund Fitzgerald'']] lost in a storm off [[Whitefish Bay]] in [[Lake Superior]].
* [[SS Edmund Fitzgerald|SS ''Edmund Fitzgerald'']] lost in a 1975 storm off Whitefish Bay in Lake Superior.
*''Francisco Morazan'' Grounded and became a total loss in 1960 off the south shore of [[South Manitou Island]]. She ran over the wreck of the bulk freighter Str. Walter L. Frost
*''Francisco Morazan'' Grounded and became a total loss in 1960 off the south shore of [[South Manitou Island]]. She ran over the wreck of the bulk freighter Str. Walter L. Frost
* [[Emma L. Nielson (ship)|''Emma L. Nielson'']] collision in fog off [[Point Aux Barques, Michigan]].
* [[Emma L. Nielson (ship)|''Emma L. Nielson'']] collision in fog off [[Point Aux Barques, Michigan]].

Revision as of 17:00, 7 February 2009

See also: Maritime disasters

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

Africa

East Africa

Algeria

Egypt

See also the section for Red Sea

  • L'Orient Napoleon's flagship sunk in Aboukir Bay during the Battle of the Nile on 1 August 1798.

Morocco/Western Sahara

Tunisia

  • Mahdia an ancient shipwreck discovered in 1907.

Southern Africa

Namibia

South Africa

Eastern Cape

Western Cape

West Africa

Asia

Saudi Arabia

At 20°52′02.87″N 39°21′39.77″E / 20.8674639°N 39.3610472°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 / 21.3765750°N 39.1204194°E / 21.3765750; 39.1204194.

Lebanon

Turkey

Hong Kong

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

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 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

Philippines

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

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

Faroe Islands

Finland

France

Germany

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

Latvia

  • Moero was sunk by Soviet bombers in 1944, when it was carrying evacuees from Estonia. Nearly 2,700 out of 3,350 people aboard were killed.

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 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

Portugal

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

Sweden

United Kingdom

England

See also: List of shipwrecks of the Isles of Scilly

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

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

  • 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

Nunavut

Ontario

Quebec

British Columbia

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

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

Connecticut

Delaware

Florida

Georgia

  • CSS Georgia a Civil War ironclad floating battery scuttled off Savannah on 21 December 1864.
  • CSS Muscogee a Confederate ironclad ram was captured and burned off the coast of Georgia in April 1865.
  • Rattlesnake a Confederate privateer sunk by USS Montauk in Ogeechee River in 1863.
  • SS Republic sank in a hurricane about 100 miles (160km) southeast of Savannah on 25 October 1865.
  • USS Water Witch a sidewheel gunboat burned to avoid capture at White Bluff on 19 December 1864

Great Lakes

See also: Great Lakes § Shipwrecks

There are more than 250 shipwreck locations in the Great Lakes.[12]

  • 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
  • Carl D. Bradley
  • 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
  • Daniel J. Morrell
  • 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'
  • Henry Steinbrenner[13]
  • 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 8 September 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
  • Marine City (just north of Sturgeon Point Light)
  • 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
  • Rouse Simmons
  • 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
  • William D. Morrell
  • 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 1 July 1909

Maryland

  • The Mallows Bay wrecks include as many as 152 WWI-era merchant ships abandoned after the salvage company went bankrupt.

Massachusetts

Michigan

Minnesota

  • Amboy ran aground during the famous Mataafa Storm of 1905
  • Benjamin Noble lost 28 April 1914 off Duluth; found 2004[19]
  • Madeira, a casualty of the Mataafa Storm.
  • Mataafa impacted the north pier of the Duluth Ship Canal and sank 28 November 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.[20]

Mississippi

  • USS Cairo a river gunboat struck a torpedo in the Yazoo River and sank on 12 December 1862.
  • Josephine a side-wheel steamer foundered off the barrier islands.

New Jersey

New York

North Carolina

Ohio

Oregon

See also: Shipwrecks of the inland Columbia River
  • Blue Magpie 3,800-ton cargo freighter that hit Newport's North Jetty 19 November 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.[21]
  • 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.[22]
  • 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 307-foot (94 m) ship headed to Bandon to load lumber went aground on 3 November 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.[23]
  • 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 28 February 1929 8 miles (13 km) north of Coos Bay. Remains can be seen at Horsfall Beach during the winter when the sand recedes.[24]

Pennsylvania

Rhode Island

South Carolina

Tennessee

  • Eclipse a Mississippi River steamboat exploded near Johnsonville Tennessee 27 January 1865. List of killed at [25]
  • Sultana a Mississippi River paddlewheeler exploded four miles (6 km) south of Memphis in what is now Arkansas on 27 April 1865.
  • The Chattanooga a paddlewheel steamer sank in the Tennessee River near Chattanooga, Tennessee.

Texas

Vermont

  • A.R. Noyes a standard canal boat broke loose from tug at Proctor Shoal, Lake Champlain on 17 October 1884.[29]
  • General Butler a sailing canal boat hit breakwater near Burlington on Lake Champlain on 9 December 1876.[30]
  • O.J. Walker a sailing canal boat sunk in a gale near Burlington on 11 May 1895.[31]
  • Phoenix a steamer caught fire near Colchester Shoal on 4 September 1819.[32]
  • An unknown horse ferry, the only known example of a horse-powered ferry on Lake Champlain, found in Burlington Bay.[33][34]
  • Water Witch a schooner foundered in a gale off Diamond Island on 26 April 1866.[35]

Virginia

Wake Island

  • Libelle a German barque which shipwrecked on the eastern reef during a gale on 4 March 1866.[36]
  • Hayate a Japanese destroyer sunk by US Marines on 11 December 1941.
  • Kisaragi a Japanese destroyer sunk by US Marines on 11 December 1941.

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.
  • Usurbil in 1993 in Ing. White, trawler (70m) built in Spain. Destroyed by fire in 1993 while being at port, she was later moved to a minor channel in the estuary where she currently rests (38º49'36S 62º15'55W).

(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

  • Chilean schooner Covadonga sunk by a mine outside Chancay in 1880.
  • Adresito capsized in Amazon River, Iquitos, Loreto Maynas, at least 134 people confirmed dead, in March 1990.
  • La Chachita capsized by stormy conditions in Marranon River, at least 150 people confirmed dead, in May 1991.
  • Santa Elena capsized in Tepiche River, Loreto, at least fifty people confirmed dead, in March 2008.

Uruguay

Galápagos Islands

  • Ann Alexander an American whaleship sunk after it was rammed by a sperm whale on 20 August 1851.

Oceania

Australia

New South Wales

  • Dunbar sank after striking rocks in 1857 - 121 lives lost
  • HMAS Voyager sank after collision with HMAS Melbourne - 82 killed
  • Japanese midget submarine M84 - sank some time after 31 May 1942 after being shelled during attack on Sydney harbour - 2 lives lost
  • SS Cawarra sank in rough seas in 1866 - 60 lives lost, 1 survivor
  • Greycliffe Sydney ferry collided with the mail steamer Tahiti in 1927 and sank with the loss of 40 lives
  • Sygna ran aground in 1974 near Newcastle
  • Tuggerah sank during a storm in 1919, off Marley Beach south of Sydney - 6 lives lost
  • SS Duckenfield struck Long Reef in 1889 on its way to Sydney - no lives lost

Tasmania

Queensland

Victoria

Western Australia

South Australia

Federated States of Micronesia

Chuuk

Palau

Indonesia

Kiribati

Marshall Islands

New Zealand

Solomon Islands

Ironbottom Sound

High Seas

Atlantic Ocean

  • Pacific [17]
  • German battleship Bismarck
  • HMS Hood British battlecruiser
  • SS Mount Temple scuttled by German surface raider SMS Moewe. For more details of her sinking see www.ssmounttemple.com. A valuable cargo of dinosaur skeletons and other fossils from Alberta, Canada were on board the Mount Temple.
  • USS Scorpion was a nuclear submarine that sank in 1968 with all hands due to an unknown cause. The vessel has 2 nuclear warheads and one nuclear reactor.
  • USS Thresher sank in 1963 during deep-diving trials with all hands on board. Flooding had led to a reactor shutdown, and the sailors were unable to surface due to a malfunction in the emergency blow system. It lies on the seafloor with one nuclear reactor in place.
  • RMS Titanic was the largest passenger ship in the world when she sank in 1912 with over 1500 people on board. She sank due to a glancing collision with an iceberg.
  • Pamir sunk in Hurricane Carrie
  • Soviet submarine K-219 sank in 1986 due to an explosion in a missile tube and a fire, which disabled the submarine and led to evacuation. The boat sank with her 2 nuclear reactor plants and about 34 nuclear warheads.

Baltic Sea

Barents 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

  • Struma - torpedoed by a Soviet submarine on 24 February 1942
  • Armenia - German airplane attack on 7 November 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. ^ The Lieutenant and Commander by [[Basil Hall]]. Bell and Daldy. 1862. {{cite book}}: URL–wikilink conflict (help)
  2. ^ Ship description and history
  3. ^ a b c Mystery Ship entry
  4. ^ ]http://www.divesitedirectory.co.uk/dive_site_ireland_cork_baltimore_wreck_dido.html DiveSiteDirectory for Dido]
  5. ^ DiveSiteDirectory for Illyrian
  6. ^ DiveSiteDirectory for Kowloon Bridge
  7. ^ http://query.nytimes.com/mem/archive-free/pdf?_r=1&res=9A04E3DA1F30E233A25750C2A96F9C946697D6CF&oref=slogin
  8. ^ Alaska's S.S. Portland shipwreck
  9. ^ lostshipwrecks.com "The Torrent Shipwreck Project"
  10. ^ a b Minerals Management Service ‘Shipwrecks Off Alaska’
  11. ^ a b c d e f g h i Puget Sound Maritime Historical Society
  12. ^ A three volume work by Georgann and Mike Wachter, Erie Wrecks East (2nd Ed.), Erie Wrecks West, and Erie Wrecks & Lights, identifies 110, 103, and 45 wreck locations respectively.[1]
  13. ^ Henry Steinbrenner rescue.
  14. ^ SINKS IN BARELY SIX MINUTES; Great Majority of Victims Women and Children, Bound for Picnic. HUNDREDS TRAPPED BELOW Throngs Dumped from Upper Decks Into the River to Struggle and Die. CHICAGO PUTS ON MOURNING Rows of Bodies, Awaiting Identification, Fill Armory -- Heroes Not Lacking. 1,800 DROWN AS STEAMER CAPSIZES, The New York Times, 25 July 1915.
  15. ^ U-Boat Operations
  16. ^ a b Historic Shipwrecks in the Gulf of Mexico
  17. ^ "Great Lakes Vessels Online Index". Bowling Green State University. Retrieved 07 February 2009. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |accessdate= (help)
  18. ^ Stonehouse, Frederick (1985, 1998), Lake Superior’s Shipwreck Coast, pp. 178 - 180, Avery Color Studios, Gwinn, Michigan, U.S.A. ISBN 0-932232-43-3,
  19. ^ Benjamin Noble Shipwreck Found
  20. ^ Duluth Seaway Port Authority, Minnesota
  21. ^ Waterbird Numbers Before and After an Oil Spill in Oregon
  22. ^ NPS Archeology Program: Abandoned Shipwreck Act Guidelines
  23. ^ John Brambora's Merchant Marine Page,ships history,ww2,Oregon
  24. ^ The Wreck of the Sujameco
  25. ^ Re: Steamboat "Eclipse" destroyed 1865-casualty list?
  26. ^ Historic Shipwrecks in the Gulf of Mexico
  27. ^ Tanker Gulfpenn, 1921
  28. ^ http://www.cavallowreck.net/ http://www.cavallowreck.net/
  29. ^ Shipwrecks of Lake Champlain: Standard Canal Boat A.R. Noyes
  30. ^ Shipwrecks of Lake Champlain: Sailing Canal Boat General Butler
  31. ^ Shipwrecks of Lake Champlain: Sailing Canal Boat O.J. Walker
  32. ^ Shipwrecks of Lake Champlain: Steamboat Phoenix
  33. ^ Shipwrecks of Lake Champlain: Burlington Bay Horse Ferry
  34. ^ Horse Ferry
  35. ^ Shipwrecks of Lake Champlain: Lake Sloop Water Witch
  36. ^ Spennemann, The wreck of the Libelle and other early European Visitors to Wake Island, Central Pacific
  37. ^ The Lady Bowen Shipwreck, Great Barrier Reef
  38. ^ Enderbury Island, Phoenix Group, Republic of Kiribati
  39. ^ DiveSiteDirectory for Carnatic
  40. ^ DiveSiteDirectory for Chrisoula K
  41. ^ DiveSiteDirectory for Giannis D
  42. ^ DiveSiteDirectory for Kimon M
  43. ^ DiveSiteDirectory for El Mina
  44. ^ DiveSiteDirectory for Rosalie Moller
  45. ^ DiveSiteDirectory for Thistlegorm
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