List of shipwrecks
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This list of shipwrecks is of those sunken ships whose remains have been located.
Africa
Algeria
Egypt
- Artemise French frigate sunk in Aboukir Bay during the Battle of the Nile in 1798
- L'Orient Napoleon's flagship sunk in Aboukir Bay during the Battle of the Nile in 1798
- Serieuse French frigate sunk in Aboukir Bay during the Battle of the Nile in 1798
Tunisia
West Africa
Asia
Turkey
Europe
Denmark
- Alexander Nevski ran aground
- U-20 ran aground
France
- CSS Alabama sunk off Cherbourg, France
- HMT Lancastria
- Leopoldville Torpedoed
- wreck of Rochelongue, France
- The White Ship, 1120
- YMS-304 U.S. minesweeper struck mine off Normandy
Germany
- HMS Invincible shell struck magazine
- Wilhelm Gustloff torpedoed by Russian submarine
Gibraltar
- HMS Sussex off Gibraltar
Greece
- HMHS Britannic struck mine?
Ireland
- Chirripo torpedoed
- Housatonic ran aground
- Innisfallen torpedoed and sunk by U-boat U-64 May 23, 1918 16 miles east of Kish. 10 died.
- Lagan collision off Belfast Lough
- Normanby Hall foundered
- State of Louisiana ran aground County Antrim
- Tiberia torpedoed
- Irish news headlines from leading Irish newspapers (http://home.eircom.net/content/unison/national/5277077?view=Eircomnet), estimates range between 7000 and 12000 ancient ships off the coast of Ireland
Italy
- Giglio Island, Etruscan wreck
Norway
Poland
Portugal
Sweden
United Kingdom
England
- Akka ran aground in the River Clyde, Scotland in 1956
- Alarm lightship in collision Liverpool Bay in 1922
- Alaunia struck mine in 1916
- Albert C. Field torpedoed in 1944
- Amazonese ran aground in 1881
- VOC ship Amsterdam ran aground in 1749
- HMS Colossus broke anchor, struck rocks, ran aground and started breaking up off the Isles of Scilly, December 1798
- Earl of Abergavenny, an East Indiaman in Weymouth Bay, England in 1805
- LST 493 WWII hit breakwater Plymouth, England
- Mary Rose
- HMS M2, a submarine in Lyme Bay, England
- HMS Montague, Lundy Island, England
- SS Richard Montgomery
- UC-32 World War I German U-boat struck own mine Sunderland, England
- Venture collision in 1993 off Dunoon Bank
- Vera collision 1914
- Volnay struck mine in Falmouth Bay 1917
- Warilda hospital ship torpedoed by U-boat 1918
- Yewglen ran aground in 1960 off Beadnall Point
Scotland
- HMS Hampshire off the Orkney Islands in 1916
- SMS Markgraf, Scapa Flow, Scotland in 1919
Wales
- Resurgam collision or scuttling
North America
Bermuda
- Montana blockade runner sank in 1863
- North Carolina wrecked of West End
British Virgin Islands
Anegada Island
- HMS Astrea
- RMS Rhone sunk in hurricane in 1867
Canada
Newfoundland
- Matthew captained by John Cabot, lost 1498
- HMS Sapphire scuttled to prevent capture by French 1696
- Greenland sealing steamer lost 48 men on the ice 1898
- Southern Cross Scottish sealing steamer lost in blizzard 1914
- SS Newfoundland sealing ship sunk after getting caught in a blizzard in 1914
- Erik sealing steamer torpedoed off St. Pierre and Miquelon 1918
- SS Florizel icebreaker, sank after striking a reef in 1918
- Marvale Canadian Pacific liner stranded 1923
- USS Truxtun (DD-229) destroyer sunk with USS Pollux in storm 1942
- USS Pollux (AKS-2) supply ship sunk along with USS Truxtun in storm 1942
- 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
- William Carson Canadian National ferry sank in ice off Labrador 1977
Nova Scotia
- SS Atlantic ran aground near Lower Prospect
- Celebre French ship sunk by Royal Navy off Louisbourg
- Prudent French ship sunk by Royal Navy off Louisbourg
- Mont Blanc
- HMCS Saguenay
Ontario
- Lilly Parsons, Brockville, Ontario
- City of Sheboygan sank off Kingston, Ontario in Lake Ontario
- Comet collision of Nine Mile Point, Ontario in Lake Ontario.
- SS Edmund Fitzgerald sank in Lake Superior
- Gunilda yacht ran up on McGarvey's Shoals Lake Superior
- Katie Eccles ran aground near Kingston, Ontario on Lake Ontario.
- Smith tugboat sank under tow off Long Point, Ontario Lake Erie.
- St. James unknown cause off of Long Point, Ontario in Lake Erie, discovered 1984.
- Trade Wind schooner collided with the Sir Charles Napier off Long Point, Ontario in Lake Erie.
- Wild Roverfoundered off Long Point, Ontario Lake Erie.
Quebec
Dominican Republic
- Guadalupe sunk by hurricane in Samana Bay, Dominican Republic in 1724
- Tolosa sunk by hurricane in Samana Bay, Dominican Republic in 1724
- St. George sunk by hurricane in Bajahibe , Dominican Republic in 1999
Haiti
- Mary Celeste intentionally grounded in insurance fraud scheme
- Bluenose foundered on a reef 1946
United States of America
Alabama
- USS Tecumseh struck torpedo
Alaska
- Nissan Maru sunk by U.S. bombers
- Portland struck rock off Cordova
California
- Ace I sunk as hazard to navigation off San Pedro
- Aggie ran aground Santa Rosa Island
- Avalon foundered under tow off Palos Verdes, California
- 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
- Chickasaw ran aground Santa Rosa Island California
- Crown of England ran aground Santa Rosa Island California
- Cuba ran aground San Miguel Island California
- Dauntless blown up for movie off Catalina Harbor, Santa Catalina Island California
- Diosa Del Mar ran aground on Ship Rock at Santa Catalina Island California
- Dominator ran aground Rocky Point Palos Verdes, California
- Elsie I foundered off Huntington Beach, California
- Equator ran aground Anacapa Island California
- Foss 125 foundered off Laguna Beach, California
- F.S. Loop blown up near Los Angeles, California
- Frolic wrecked near Mendecino, 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
- USS Gregory (DD-802) bombed as target off San Clemente Island California
- USS Hogan bombed as target off San Diego, California
- Honda Point Disaster, nine US Navy ships run aground off the California coast in 1923.
- Humble SM-1 foundered off Santa Barbara, California
- Johanna Smith burned then blown up off Long Beach, California
- USS John C. Butler sunk as target off San Clemente, California
- USS Koka grounded on San Clemente Island California
- La Janelle grounded off Port Hueneme, California
- USS Makassar Strait grounded on San Nicholas Island California
- Margaret C. blown up for movie Catalina Harbor, Santa Catalina Island California
- Melrose ran aground White Point, California
- Monfalcone burned off Long Beach, California
- USS Moody blown up for movie San Pedro Bay, California
- Ningpo beached then burned at Santa Catalina Island, California
- Olympic II collision off San Pedro, California
- Palmyra beached and burned off Santa Catalina Island California
- S.S. Pomona ran aground near Fort Ross Cove, California in 1888
- S-37 broke tow and sank off Imperial Beach, California
- Sacramento foundered off Redondo Beach, California
- S.N. Castle burned and sunk for movie Catalina Harbor at Santa Catalina Island, California
- San Augustin Manila galleon wrecked at anchor in Drakes Bay
- SueJac grounded on Casino Point,Santa Catalina Island California
- UB-88 shelled for target San Pedro Bay, California
- Valiant burned off Descanso Beach, California
- Winfield Scott ran aground Anacapa Island California
- Yankee Blade Ran aground Honda Point, California
- Yukon foundered Mission Bay, California
Florida
- Adelaide Baker grounded on reef Duck Key
- USS Amesbury grounded off Key West
- Angustias hurricane off Marathon Key, Florida in 1733
- Benwood collision Florida Keys
- Catherine off Santa Rosa Island
- City of Washington ran aground Key Largo, Florida
- Eagle destroyed by fire off Florida Keys in 1985
- El Infante hurricane off Marathon Key, Florida in 1733
- HMS Fowey sunk in Biscayne Bay, Florida 1748
- Henrietta Marie slave ship sunk off of Florida Keys in 1700
- Herrera hurricane off Marathon Key, Florida in 1733
- Le Tigre stranded on Dog Island, Florida during storm in 1766
- Maple Leaf US Civil War transport; struck torpedo near Jacksonville, Florida
- Nuestra Señora de Atocha - Spanish galleon which sank in 1622 and was found on July 20, 1985 40 miles off the coast of Key West, Florida by treasure hunters who soon began to raise $400 million in coins and silver.
- Nuestra Señora del Populo hurricane off Marathon Key, Florida in 1733
- Queen of Nassau off Florida Keys in 1926 under mysterious circumstances.
- San Jose hurricane off Marathon Key, Florida in 1733
- San Pedro hurricane off Indian Key, Florida
- Slobodna ran aground on Molasses Reef in 1887
- Tarpon swamped off Panama City, Florida
- USS Wilkes-Barre sunk off Florida Keys
Georgia
- CSS Georgia scuttled off Savannah, Georgia
- CSS Muscogee, Georgia, USA
- CSS Rattlesnake stranded the shelled by USS Montauk Ogeechee River Georgia
- SS Republic storm off Georgia
- USS Water Witch burned near Georgia
Great Lakes
Guam
- Aratama Maru sunk in Tolofofo Bay
- German auxiliary cruiser Kormoran scuttled at start of WWI Apra Harbor
- Kizugawa sunk in WWII
- Tokai Maru sunk in Apra Harbor
Hawaii
Illinois
Louisiana
- CSS Louisiana Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana
- New York hurricane off Louisiana
- U-166 sunk by US Navy patrol boat
Maine
Massachusetts
- Bark Frances off of Cape Cod
- Portland (paddlewheeler) sunk in storm in 1898
- HMS Somerset wrecked in 1778 off Cape Cod
- Sparrowhawk in 1623
Michigan
- Emma L. Nielson collision in fog off Point Aux Barques, Michigan.
- Hunter Savidge capsized off of Pointes Aux Barques, Michigan
- John A. McGean lost in storm off of Harbor Beach in Lake Huron in the White Hurricane of 1913.
Mississippi
- Josephine foundered off barrier islands Mississippi
New Jersey
- Adonis struck shore Deal Beach
- SS Andrea Doria, 1956 collision
- USS Arundo torpedoed off New Jersey
- Ayuruoca collision off New Jersey
- Beth Dee Bob foundered in storm off New Jersey
- Brunette collision off New Jersey
- Chappara struck mine off New Jersey
- Choapa collision off New Jersey
- Delaware burned then sank under tow off New Jersey
- Goulandris collision off New Jersey
- Gulftrade torpedoed off New Jersey
- Lana Carol foundered off Manasquan Inlet New Jersey
- Malta ran aground near Belmar, New Jersey
- Maurice Tracy collision off New Jersey
- Mohawk collision off New Jersey
- SS Morro Castle fire off Asbury Park, N.J.
- Park City collision off New Jersey
- Persephone torpedoed off New Jersey
- SS Pinta collision off New Jersey
- Pliny ran aground Deal Beach, New Jersey
- Rjukan ran aground on New Jersey
- R.P. Resor torpedoed off New Jersey
- Rusland struck wreck of Adonis
- San Saba struck mineoff New Jersey
- Stolt Dagali collision off New Jersey
- Tolten torpedoed off New Jersey
- Vega capsized under tow off New Jersey
- Vizcaya collision off New Jersey
- Western World ran aground on New Jersey coast
New York
- Black Point sunk by U-853 after hostilities had ceased
- USS California (ACR-6) (later San Diego), Long Island
- USS Eagle, Lake Champlain
- Lexington burned off Long Island
- SS Oregon collision off Long Island
- Champlain II ran aground by pilot under influence of morphine near Westport, New York in 1875
- USS Ticonderoga, Lake Champlain, New York
- USS Turner explosion (defective ammunition? U-boat attack?)
- U-853 sunk by USN blimp's rockets
North Carolina
- Altoona ran aground Cape Hatteras
- Ashkhabad torpedoed off North Carolina, USA
- Atlas torpedoed off North Carolina, USA
- Australia torpedoed off North Carolina, USA
- HMSBedfordshire torpedoed off North Carolina
- Bendigo, North Carolina, USA
- British Splendour torpedoed off North Carolina
- Caribsea torpedoed off North Carolina
- Carl Gerhard sunk off Nags Head, North Carolina
- Cassimir collision off North Carolina
- Catharine M. Monohan foundered off North Carolina
- S.S. Central America off North Carolina
- Chilore torpedoed then struck mine, then foundered off North Carolina
- Ciltvaria torpedoed off Nags Head, North Carolina
- City of Houston foundered off North Carolina
- David Atwater
- Dixie Arrow torpedoed off North Carolina
- E.M. Clark torpedoed off North Carolina
- Empire Gem torpedoed off North Carolina
- Esso Nashville torpedoed off North Carolina
- Explorer sunk off Nags Head, North Carolina
- F.W. Abrams struck mine off North Carolina
- Fenwick Island foundered off North Carolina
- Francis E. Waters now in town hall Nags Head, North Carolina
- G.A. Kohler hurricane North Carolina
- George Weems burned off North Carolina
- Hesperides stranded off North Carolina
- USSHuron grounded on North Carolina coast
- Hutton torpedoed off North Carolina
- John D. Gill torpedoed off North Carolina
- Kasandra Louloudis torpedoed off North Carolina
- Keshena struck mine off North Carolina
- Kyzickes grounded on North Carolina coast
- Lancing torpedoed off North Carolina
- Laura A. Barnes ashore Coquina Beach Cape Hatteras, North Carolina
- SSLiberator torpedoed off North Carolina
- Lois Joyce sank in surf Oregon Inlet North Carolina
- Malchace torpedoed off North Carolina
- Manuela torpedoed off North Carolina
- Metropolis sunk off of Corolla, North Carolina
- USS Monitor
- Naeco torpedoed off North Carolina
- CSS Neuse aground in Neuse River
- USS New Jersey (BB-16) bombed as target off Cape Hatteras, North Carolina
- Normannia foundered off North Carolina
- USS Oriental sunk near Oregon Inlet in North Carolina
- Papoose torpedoed off North Carolina
- Pevensey blockade runner, off Atlantic Beach, North Carolina
- Porta Allegra (unknown reason)off North Carolina
- Portland ran aground Cape Lookout, North Carolina
- Proteus collision off North Carolina
- USS Schurz collision off North Carolina
- Senateur Duhammel collision off North Carolina
- Suloide collision off North Carolina
- Tamaulipas torpedoed off North Carolina
- USS Tarpon foundered off North Carolina
- U-352 depth charged off North Carolina
- U-701 depth charged off North Carolina
- U-85 depth charged off North Carolina
- Veturia grounded off North Carolina
- USS Virginia bombed as target off Cape Hatteras, North Carolina
- W.E. Hutton torpedoed off North Carolina
- William Rockefeller torpedoed off North Carolina
Oregon
- Isabella a Hudson's Bay Company supply ship
South Carolina
- HMS Acteon frigate burned 1776 Charleston
- USS Housatonic sunk by CSS Hunley
- CSS Hunley
- KeokukCharleston
- Norseman blockade runner ran aground Charleston
- USS Patapsco struck mine Charleston
- Raccoon blockade runner Charleston
- Rattlesnake blockade runner Charleston
- Ruby blockade runner aground Folly Island Charleston
- Stonewall Jackson blockade runner grounded and burned Isle of Palms Charleston
- USS Weehawken US Civil War monitorCharleston
Texas
- Anona foundered of coast
- Gulfpenn torpedoed
- USS Hatteras sunk by CSS Alabama off Galveston
- Heredia torpedoed
- Mary ran aground Aransas Pass, Texas
- Robert E. Lee torpedoed
- Sheherezade torpedoed
Vermont
- A.R. Noyes broke from tug Proctor Shoal Lake Champlain in 1884
- General Butler hit breakwater near Burlington, Vermont on Lake Champlain in 1876
- O.J. Walker sank in gale in 1895 near Burlington, Vermont
- Phoenix in 1819 burned (arson?) near Colchester Shoal
- Unknown horse ferry only known example of horse-powered or team-boat ferry near Burlington, Vermont date unknown.
- Water Witch schooner foundered in gale off Diamond Island in 1866
Virginia
- Amaganzette swamped off Virginia
- Anglo African sunk off Cape Charles
- USCG Cuyahoga collision off Smith Point, Virginia
- Doxie Girl sank off Virginia
- Admiral Graf Spee
- Ethel C. sunk off Virginia
- Eureka collision off Virginia
- Francis E. Powell torpedoed off Virginia
- Gulf Hustler swamped off Virginia
- Hanks swamped off Virginia
- Juno Spanish ship lost in storm 1802according to decision of 4th circuit (Virginia v. Spain)Spain still owns her.
- John Morgan collision off Virginia
- HMS Kingston Ceylonite torpedoed off Virginia
- La Galga hurricane 1750 Also contested in Virginia v. Spain, but Spain abonded her in 1763.
- Lillian Lukenbach collision off Virginia
- Marine Electric sunk off Virginia
- Merida collision off Virginia
- Ocean Venture torpedoed off Virginia
- Santore struck mine off Virginia
- Tiger torpedoed off Virginia
- USS Washington bombed as target off Virginia
- Winthorp foundered off Virginia
- William D. Sanner collision Chesapeake Bay
Wisconsin
Oceania
Australia
- Aarhus Historic Shipwreck
- SS Yongala, Townsville, Australia
- VOC Zuytdorp, Australia, 1712
- TSS Kanowna (1929), one of Victoria's largest shipwrecks, found in 2005 in Bass Strait.
New South Wales
- HMAS Voyager sunk after collision - 82 killed
Tasmania
- Cataraqui 400 lost wrecked on King Island
- TSS Kanowna, one of Victoria's largest shipwrecks, found in 2005 in Bass Strait.
Queensland
- HMS Pandora struck Great Barrier Reef
Western Australia
- VOC ship Batavia
- (Black Eyed Susan) collision
Federated States of Micronesia
Chuuk
- Sunk during Operation Hailstone in Truk Lagoon:
New Zealand
- HMS Orpheus, 1863, Manukau Heads, Auckland, 189 lives lost
- General Grant, 1866, off the Auckland Islands
- Elingamite, New Zealand, 1902
- Niagara, sunk by a mine off Bream Head, 1940
- Wahine, 1968 ran aground, capsized, 51 lives lost
- Mikhail Lermontov, Soviet passenger liner off New Zealand in 1986
High Seas
Atlantic
- German battleship Bismarck
- HMS Hood
- RMS Lusitania
- SS Mount Temple scuttled by Germans
- USS Scorpion
- USS Thresher
- RMS Titanic
Baltic
- M/S Estonia
- Rusalka, Russian ironclad in the Gulf of Finland
Indian
- HMS Repulse, British battlecruiser sunk by air attack 1941
- HMS Prince of Wales, British battleship sunk by air attack 1941
Mediterranean
- HMHS Britannic
- Dakar, Israeli submarine
- Provence, French cruiser sank, 3,100 perished
- Eurydice, French submarine
- HMS Sussex, British warship sank in 1694
- HMS Victoria, British battleship sank in 1893
- Eilat, Israeli destroyer
- HMS Ark Royal, British aircraft carrier
- HMS/M Perseus, British submarine sunk by mine 1941. One survivor
Pacific
- 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.
Red Sea
- Carnatic shipwreck, Red Sea - hit reef, 31 died
See also
External links
- Northern Maritime Research (http://www.northernmaritimeresearch.com/)
Further reading
- A. J. Parker, Ancient shipwrecks of the Mediterranean and the Roman provinces (Oxford 1992).
- Mario Jurisi, 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: 1-84171-039-3de:Wrack fr:Liste de naufrages célèbres