This list of shipwrecks is of those sunken ships whose remains have been located.
Ship Wrecks in Africa
See also the section for Red Sea
- 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
- 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 near Kolmanskop in 1909.
- Girdleness ran aground South of the Ugab river mouth in 1975.
- Suiderkruis (Southern Cross) a South African trawler ran aground at Möwe Bay in 1976.
- 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
- 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 North East of East London in 1648.
- Oceanos a cruise liner sank off the Transkei Coast, Eastern Cape after leaving East London on route to Durban 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 Eastern Cape August 1974
- SS Orient a Russian vessel wrecked on the eastern side of the Buffalo River mouth, East London Eastern Cape 1907
- SS Lyngenfjord a Norwegian cargo steamer wrecked near Tsitsikamma River mouth, Eastern Cape on January 14, 1938. Location: 34° 08.50S, 24° 26.50E
- Ivy ran aground off Port Edward and became wedged on rocks with its cargo intact 1876.
- Sao Bento (São Bento) a Portuguese ship sank south of Port Edward 1554.
- Sao Joao (São João) a Portuguese galleon sank off the coast of Port Edward, after running on to the coastal rocks, on route back to Lisbon from the East June 1552.
- Athens a British steamship wrecked along with 17 other while anchored in Table Bay Harbour by what later became known as the Great Gale of 1865 on May 17 1865.
- Arniston a British transport wrecked near Arniston, Western Cape on May 30 1815.
- Bato a 76-gun Dutch man-o-war was scuttled in Simonstown on January 9 1806.
- HMS Birkenhead a British frigate that struck a submerged rock near Gansbaai, Western Cape on February 26 1852.
- Borderer a British ship struck a reef Cape Agulhas, Western Cape on October 27 1868.
- SS Bosphorus a British steam screw & sailing ship wrecked near George, Western Cape on October 21 1867.
- Brederode a Dutch East India Company (VOC) vessel struck an uncharted reef 200 km south of Cape Town in 1785. The wreck now lies about 10 km from Cape Town.
- Britannia a British cargo and passenger ship ran ashore by it's captain after it struck uncharted reef near St. Helena Bay on October 22, 1826 of the west coast of South Africa.
- British Duke A British full-rigged iron ship wrecked in November 1888.
- Brunswick a British East Indiamen captured by the French and ran aground in Simonstown on September 2 1805.
- Thomas T. Tucker a Houston built munitions carrier ran ashore on Oliphantsbos point near Cape Point on November 27, 1942.
- Colebrooke a British East Indiamen struck an uncharted reef while rounding Cape Point and ran ashore on August 24, 1778.
- Fredheim a Norwegian wooden barque wrecked near Knysna on June 23 1897.
- Galera a Norwegian wooden barque wrecked near Mossel Bay on August 25 1892.
- Emu a British Navy transport wrecked near Knysna on February 11 1817.
- Johanna the first East Indiamen to be wrecked off the South African coast. Wrecked in 1682 near Cape Town.
- Johanna Wagner was a Prussian barque that ran ashore near Muizenberg, Western Cape on July 15 1862 due to navigational error.
- King Cenric a Norwegian wooden sailing ship wrecked on Dias Beach, Mossel Bay on November 14 1904. Location 34° 09.50S, 22° 06.80E
- L'Aigle a French barque wrecked near Cape St. Francis. Eastern Cape on June 16 1850. Location 34° 10.70S, 24° 33.20E
- Le Centaur a French ship ran ashore near Cape Agulhas, Western Cape in 1750.
- Magneten a Norwegian brig wrecked near Beacon Isle, Plettenberg Bay on November 29 1872. Location: 34° 03.40S, 23° 22.80E
- SS Maori a Shaw Savill Line steamship was wrecked near Llandudno, Cape Town on August 5 1909.
- Meresteijn a Dutch vessel wrecked on a small island near Saldanha, Western Cape on April 3 1702.
- Nolloth a Dutch coaster struck Albatross Rock near Oliphantsbos point, Cape Point, Western Cape on April 30 1965.
- Nossa Senhora dos Milagros a Portuguese ship wrecked near Cape Town in 1686.
- São Gonçalo a Portuguese vessel wrecked in Piesang River mouth in Plettenberg Bay in July 1630.
- HMS Sybille a British cruiser struck a reef near Lamberts Bay, Western Cape on January 17 1901.
- Tantallon Castle was a Union-Castle Line vessel that ran aground on Robben Island in thick fog on May 7 1901.
- Waratah lost July 28 1909 off Banashee River {?}
- Waterloo a British ship was wrecked while loading whale oil on Fish Hoek beach near Cape Town on October 25 1821.
North Africa
West Africa
- Medusa, French passenger ship off west Africa in 1816- incompetence
- Joola, passenger ship from Senegal, capsized off the coast of The Gambia, west Africa on September 26, 2002 - Overloaded with up to 2000 passengers in spite of a maximum capacity of 580 - 65 passengers survived- Negligence, overloading.
Asia
Turkey
- Cape Gelidonya shipwreck
- Uluburun shipwreck
Europe
Denmark
- Alexander Nevski ran aground
- HMS Black Prince sank at the Battle of Jutland, 1916
- HMS Defence magazine explosion during the Battle of Jutland, 1916
- HMS Indefatigable magazine explosion during the Battle of Jutland, 1916
- HMS Invincible shell struck magazine during the Battle of Jutland, 1916
- HMS Queen Mary magazine explosion during the Battle of Jutland, 1916
- HMS Warrior foundered during tow after severe damage in the Battle of Jutland, 1916
- SMS Elbing scuttled following collision damage in the Battle of Jutland, 1916
- SMS Frauenlob torpedoed and shelled during the Battle of Jutland, 1916
- SMS Lützow scuttled after severe damage in the Battle of Jutland, 1916
- SMS Pommern magazine explosion during the Battle of Jutland, 1916
- U-20 ran aground
Finland
- Vrouw Maria, a Dutch merchant ship, 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
Gibraltar
- HMS Sussex off Gibraltar
Greece
- HMHS Britannic struck mine?
- Express Samina, sunk after accident 2000.
Ireland
- The Alondra It ran aground in fog in 1916. Location: 51°27′40″N 09°20′44″W / 51.46111°N 9.34556°W (Kedge Island, Baltimore, County Cork, Ireland). DiveSiteDirectory for Alondra
- RMS Carpathia torpedoed and sunk by a German U-boat on July 17, 1918 off the east coast
- Chirripo torpedoed A 4126-ton Elders & Fyffes cargo liner, and banana boat running the Avonmouth to Jamaica route, the SS Chirripo either struck a mine or was torpedoed and went down near Blackhead lighthouse in Belfast Lough, on 28 December 1917 without loss of life.
- The Dido The Dido sank in 1883. Location: 51°28'N; 09°19'W (Kedge Island, near Baltimore, County Cork, Ireland). DiveSiteDirectory for Dido
- RMS Empress of Britain (1931) bombed by aircraft and then torpedoed by U-32. Sank 28 October 1940 off the cost of Ireland.
- The Illyrian The Illyrian is 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 Clear Island, County Cork, Ireland). DiveSiteDirectory for Illyrian
- Housatonic ran aground
- Innisfallen torpedoed and sunk by U-boat U-64 May 23, 1918 16 miles east of Kish. 10 died.
- The Kowloon Bridge The Kowloon Bridge is the largest wreck by tonnage in the world. It sank with its cargo of iron ore in November 1986 when sailing from Quebec to the River Clyde. Location: 51°28'N; 09°14'W (Stag Rocks, near Baltimore, County Cork, Ireland). DiveSiteDirectory for Kowloon Bridge
- Lagan collision off Belfast Lough
- RMS Leinster, the Dublin to Holyhead mailboat, torpedoed and sunk by U-boat UB-123, commanded by Oberleutnant Robert Ramm, on 10th October, 1918, four miles east of the Kish light. 501 people were lost, the greatest single loss of life at sea in the Irish Sea.
- RMS Lusitania
- Normanby Hall foundered
- State of Louisiana ran aground County Antrim
- Tayleur ran on rocks and sank off Lambay Island circa five miles from Dublin Bay - 276 died
- Ranga ran on rocks at Slea Head on the Dingle Peninsula in 1987. The wreck split with one part left on the rocks and the other sinking. The part remaining visible was ultimately removed after many years.
- Tiberia torpedoed by U19 under the command of Capt. Johann Speiss on 26th February,1918 sank the 4,880 ton Tiberia off Black Head near Larne, County Antrim.
- Trinidad Valencera The wreck of one of the Armada's largest ships, the 1,100-ton Trinidad Valencera, lies 20 miles west of Lacada Point in Kinnagoe Bay, County Donegal.
- U-260 Scuttled at 2230hrs on 12 March, 1945 south of Ireland, in position 51.15N, 09.05W, after being mined at 80 meters depth. Whole crew interned in Curragh Camp, Ireland 48 survivors (No casualties) DiveSiteDirectory for U-260
- Irish news headlines from leading Irish newspapers, estimates range between 7000 and 12000 ancient ships off the coast of Ireland
- irishwrecksonline Irish ship wreck site guide for divers 9,081 vessels listed!
Italy
- Giglio Island, Etruscan wreck
- Scharnhorst
- Blücher
- Seattle
- FV Gaul
- Russian submarine Kursk
- Haakon Jarl II DiveSiteDirectory for Haakon Jarl II
- M.S. Hamburg DiveSiteDirectory for M.S. Hamburg
- Steuben
- Wilhelm Gustloff torpedoed by Soviet submarine
- Alarm lightship in collision Liverpool Bay in 1922
- Alaunia struck mine in 1916. DiveSiteDirectory for Alaunia
- 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
- HMS M2, a submarine in Lyme Bay, England. DiveSiteDirectory for M2
- Mary Rose
- SS Mendi, troopship rammed by SS Darro, off Isle of Wight, 21 February 1917, 646 fatalities
- HMS Montague, Lundy Island, England. DiveSiteDirectory for Montague
- SS Richard Montgomery
- UC-32 World War I German U-boat struck own mine Sunderland, England
- Varvassi collision in late 1940s off the western end of the Isle of Wight
- Venture collision in 1993 off Dunoon Bank
- Vera collision 1914
- Volnay struck mine in Falmouth Bay 1917. DiveSiteDirectory for Volnay
- Warilda hospital ship torpedoed by U-boat 1918
- Yewglen ran aground in 1960 off Beadnall Point
See also: List of shipwrecks of the Isles of Scilly
- Akka ran aground in the River Clyde, Scotland in 1956
- HMS Hampshire off the Orkney Islands in 1916
- SMS Markgraf, Scapa Flow, Scotland in 1919 DiveSiteDirectory for Markgraf
- River Dee Ferry Boat Disaster
- Resurgam submarine, collision or scuttling
- Rothsay Castle ran aground and broke up on the Lavan Sands in 1831
- Royal Charter driven onto rocks near Moelfre, Anglesey in 1859
- Montana blockade runner sank in 1863
- North Carolina wrecked of West End
- Cristobal Colon - Bermuda's largest shipwreck sank in 1936
- HMS Astrea
- HMS Nymph
- RMS Rhone sunk in hurricane in 1867. DiveSiteDirectory for RMS Rhone
- San Juan Basque ship sunk in Red Bay, Labrador in 1565
- HMS Sapphire scuttled to prevent capture by French 1696
- HMS Duchess of Cumberland wrecked near Cape Ray in 1781
- HMS Southhampton & HMS Tweed sunk in storm near Bay Bulls in 1813
- HMS Comus ran aground and sunk in fog near Cape Race in 1816
- Harpooner, British transport ran aground and sunk in fog near Cape Race 1816
- HMS Drake ran aground and sunk near St. Shotts in 1822
- Dispatch, British brig sunk near Isle Aux Morts in 1828
- Lady Sherbrooke, barque sunk in gale near Port Aux Basques in 1831
- Harvest Home, British ship sunk off Cape Race in 1833
- Lady of the Lake, Scottish brig sunk near Cape St. Francis in 1833
- City of Philadelphia , British steamer ran aground and sunk in fog near Cape Race in 1854
- Arctic collided with steamer Vesta collided and sunk near Cape Race in 1854
- Indian, British Allan liner sunk off Cape Race in 1859
- Anglo Saxon, British Allan liner sunk off Cape Race in 1863
- Sea Clipper schooner sunk in storm near Spotted Island, Labrador in 1867
- Queen of Swansea ran aground and sunk in storm at Gull Island in 1867
- Germania, German steamer sunk in fog near Cape Race in 1869
- Village Belle schooner lost at Cape St. Francis in 1872
- Waterwitch schooner sunk near Pouch Cove in 1875
- George Cromwell, British steamer sunk near Cape Race in 1877
- George Washington, USA steamer sunk near Cape Race in 1877
- Lion reported missing in Baccalieu Tickle in 1882
- Greenland sealing steamer lost 48 men on the ice 1898
- Helgoland, German steamer sunk near Cape Race in 1900
- Delmar Scottish steamer sunk near Cape Race in 1901
- Duchess of Fife schnooner sunk near Bonavista in 1907
- RMS Titanic White Star liner collided with iceberg on Grand Banks in 1912
- Florence British Furness-Withy liner sunk near Cape Race in 1912
- Southern Cross Scottish sealing steamer lost in blizzard 1914
- SS Newfoundland sealing ship sunk after getting caught in a blizzard in 1914
- Marion schnooner missing off St. Pierre and Miquelon in 1915
- Kristianiafjord Norwegian liner ran aground in fog near Cape Race in 1917
- Erik sealing steamer torpedoed off St. Pierre and Miquelon 1918
- SS Florizel sank after striking a reef in 1918
- SS Ethie, coastal steamship ran aground in a fierce storm in 1919
- Anton van Driel Dutch steamer sunk near Cape Race in 1919
- HMS Raleigh heavy cruiser sunk in fog at Point Amour in Strait of Belle Isle in 1922
- Marvale Canadian Pacific liner stranded 1923
- President Coaker schnooner sunk in gale near Cape Race in 1924
- Viking sealing barque lost by explosion near White Bay in 1931
- USS Truxtun destroyer sunk with USS Pollux in storm 1942
- USS Pollux supply ship sunk along with USS Truxtun in storm 1942
- SS Caribou Newfoundland Railway ferry torpedoed by U-boat off Port aux basques 1942
- Saganaga iron-ore carrier torpedoed by U-boat off Bell Island 1942
- Lord Strathcona iron-ore carrier torpedoed by U-boat off Bell Island 1942
- P.L.M. 27 iron-ore carrier torpedoed by U-boat off Bell Island 1942
- Rose Castle iron-ore carrier torpedoed by U-boat off Bell Island 1942
- Administratrix motor vessel collided with Lovadal in fog near Cape Race in 1948
- Harcourt Kent motor ship sunk near Cape Race in 1949
- MV William Carson Canadian National ferry sank in ice off Labrador 1977
- Ocean Ranger oil platform sunk in winter storm on Grand Banks in 1982
- 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
- Breadalbane, crushed by ice south of Beechey Island 1853
- 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.
- 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 Bayahibe , Dominican Republic in 1999
- Mary Celeste intentionally grounded in insurance fraud scheme
- Bluenose foundered on a reef 1946
- USS Tecumseh struck torpedo
- Nissan Maru sunk by U.S. bombers
- Portland struck rock off Cordova
- Princess Sophia sunk off Vanderbilt Reef near Juneau, Alaska in 1918
- SS Colebrook (Also known as Coldbrook) Hog Islander merchant ship grounded off Middleton Island, Alaska on 16 June 1942.
- Ace I sunk as hazard to navigation off San Pedro
- Aggie ran aground Santa Rosa Island
- Avalon foundered under tow off Palos Verdes Peninsula
- 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 Peninsula
- Elsie I foundered off Huntington Beach, California
- SS Emidio, sunk by the Imperial Japanese Navy, Crescent City, 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 Mendocino, California in 1850
- Georgia scuttled off Redondo Beach, California
- Georgia Straits sunk while towed off Los Angeles, California
- Goldenhorn ran aground Santa Rosa Island California
- 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 Nicolas Island
- 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 Fort Ross, 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
- USNS Mission San Francisco collided with the Liberian freighter Elna II on March 7, 1957 while passing New Castle; the shock of the collision caused Mission San Francisco to catch fire and explode, breaking her in two.
- 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 sunk as an artificial reef off Florida Keys after fire damage in 1985
- El Infante hurricane off Marathon Key, Florida in 1733
- HMS Fowey sunk in Biscayne Bay, Florida 1748
- HMS Fox, a 14 gun schooner sunk off Dog Island, Florida in 1799
- Golden Venture, ran aground on Rockaway Beach, Queens, after mutiny, 1993; towed to Florida by the Coast Guard, where it was deliberately sunk
- Henrietta Marie slave ship sunk off of Florida Keys in 1700
- Herrera hurricane off Marathon Key, Florida in 1733
- James A. Garfield sunk off Dog Island, Florida in a storm in 1899.
- 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 Oriskany sunk as an artificial reef off Pensacola, Florida in 2006
- USS Spiegel Grove sunk as an artificial reef off Florida Keys in 2002
- USS Wilkes-Barre sunk off Florida Keys
- 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
- SS Edmund Fitzgerald
- Amboy (Ship) ran aground during the famous Mataafa Storm of 1905
- 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
- USS Arizona, Pearl Harbor
- I-18tou midget submarine
- USS Utah Pearl Harbor
- USNS Mission San Miguel ran aground on Maro Reef October 8, 1957.
- CSS Louisiana Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana
- New York hurricane off Louisiana
- U-166 sunk by US Navy patrol boat
- SS Andrea Doria, 1956 collision in Nantucket Sound
- Argo Merchant ran aground 25 milles southeast of Nantucket Island in 1976, causing an oil spill
- Bark Frances off of Cape Cod
- Portland (paddlewheeler) sunk in storm in 1898
- RMS Republic sank after collision in 1909.
- HMS Somerset wrecked in 1778 off Cape Cod
- Sparrowhawk in 1623
- 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.
- Edmund Fitzgerald lost in a storm off of Whitefish Bay in Lake Superior.
- Amboy (Ship) ran aground during the famous Mataafa Storm of 1905
- U.S.S. Cairo sunk by torpedoes Mississippi
- Josephine foundered off barrier islands Mississippi
- Adonis struck shore Deal Beach
- 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
- 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
- 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
- SS Home sunk off Ocracoke Inlet in the 1837 Racer's Storm
- USS Huron 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
- Isabella a Hudson's Bay Company supply ship
- Black Point torpedoed by German sub U-853
- U-853 depth charged by U. S. Navy off Block Island
- 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
- Sultana exploded several miles north of Memphis
- 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
- 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
- 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 abandoned 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
- Libelle struck eastern reef in gale 1866
- Hayate sunk by U.S. Marines firing 5 inch (127 mm) coastal artillery guns 1941
- Kisaragi sunk by U.S. Marines squadron VMF-211 of F4F Wildcat fighter planes 1941
- Louisiana burned in gale 1913
- SS Milwaukee sunk October 1929 in Lake Michigan from storm damage
Oceania
- HMAS Voyager sunk after collision - 82 killed
- Cataraqui 400 lost wrecked on King Island
- TSS Kanowna, one of Victoria's largest shipwrecks, found in 2005 in Bass Strait.
- Aarhus Historic Shipwreck
- HMS Pandora struck Great Barrier Reef
- SS Yongala, Townsville, Australia
- Loch Ard, struck Mutton Bird Island 1878
- TSS Kanowna (1929), one of Victoria's largest shipwrecks, found in 2005 in Bass Strait.
- (see also: Shipwreck Coast)
- Alkimos, Greek merchant ship, 1963
- Batavia, Dutch VOC merchant sailing ship, 1629
- Korean Star, Panamanian oil tanker, Cape Cuvier, 1988
- Vergulde Draeck, Dutch VOC merchant sailing ship, 1656
- Zeewyk, Dutch VOC merchant sailing ship, 1727
- Zuytdorp, Dutch VOC merchant sailing ship, 1712
- Sunk during Operation Hailstone in Truk Lagoon:
- Mighty Servant 2, off Singkep, Indonesia in 1999.
- HMS Buffalo, 1840, Mercury Bay, 2 lives lost
- 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
- Aaron Ward (US Gleaves-class destroyer)
- Akatsuki (Japanese Akatsuki-class destroyer)
- Astoria (US New Orleans-class cruiser)
- Atlanta (US Atlanta-class anti-aircraft cruiser)
- Ayanami (Japanese Fubuki-class destroyer)
- Barton (US Benson-class destroyer)
- Canberra (Australian Kent-class cruiser)
- Colhoun (US Wickes-class destroyer)
- Cushing (US Mahan-class destroyer)
- De Haven (US Fletcher-class destroyer)
- Duncan (US Gleaves-class destroyer)
- Fubuki (Japanese Fubuki-class destroyer)
- Furutaka (Japanese Furutaka-class cruiser)
- George F. Elliot (US Heywood class transport)
- Gregory (US Wickes-class destroyer)
- Hiei (Japanese Kongo-class battleship)
- Hirokawa Maru (Japanese military transport)
- Jarvis (US Gridley-class destroyer)
- John Penn (US miscellaneous class Attack Transport)
- Kasi Maru (Japanese freighter)
- Kanawha (US Kanawha/Cuyama class fleet oiler)
- Kinugawa Maru (Japanese military transport)
- Kirishima (Japanese Kongo-class battleship)
- Laffey (US Benson-class destroyer)
- Little (US Wickes-class destroyer)
- Makigumo (Japanese Yugumo-class destroyer)
- Moa (New Zealand Kiwi-class corvette)
- Monssen (US Gleaves-class destroyer)
- Northampton (US Northampton-class heavy cruiser)
- Preston (US |Mahan-class destroyer)
- PT-37 (US PT boat)
- PT-44 (US PT boat)
- PT-111 (US PT boat)
- PT-112 (US PT boat)
- PT-123 (US PT boat)
- Quincy (US New Orleans-class cruiser)
- Seminole (US Navajo-class oceangoing tug)
- Serpens (US Coast Guard-manned Liberty ship)
- Takanami (Japanese Yugumo-class destroyer)
- Teruzuki (Japanese Akizuki-class destroyer)
- Toa Maru (Japanese military transport)
- Vincennes (US New Orleans-class cruiser)
- Walke (US Sims-class destroyer)
- YP-284 (US Yard Patrol craft)
- Yudachi (Japanese Shiratsuyu-class destroyer)
High Seas
Atlantic Ocean
- German battleship Bismarck
- HMS Hood
- 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
- USS Thresher
- RMS Titanic
- Pamir sunk in Hurricane Carrie
Baltic Sea
- M/S Estonia
- Rusalka, Russian ironclad in the Gulf of Finland
Indian Ocean
- HMS Repulse, British battlecruiser sunk by air attack 1941
- HMS Prince of Wales, British battleship sunk by air attack 1941
Mediterranean Sea
- 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 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:
- Carnatic, North of Hurghada - hit reef September 1869, 31 died. DiveSiteDirectory for Carnatic
- Chrisoula K, North of Hurghada - sank 31 August 1981. DiveSiteDirectory for Chrisoula K
- Dunraven, near Sharm El Sheik - British steamship. DiveSiteDirectory for Dunraven
- Giannis D, North of Hurghada - sank with its cargo of timber in 1983. DiveSiteDirectory for Giannis D
- El Mina, near Hurghada - bombed by the Israelis in 1969 DiveSiteDirectory for El Mina
- Kimon M, North of Hurghada - sank 12 December 1978. DiveSiteDirectory for Kimon M
- Rosalie Moller, North of Hurghada - sister ship to the Thistlegorm DiveSiteDirectory for Rosalie Moller
- Thistlegorm, near Sharm El Sheik - discovered in 1956 by Jacques Cousteau DiveSiteDirectory for Thistlegorm
- HMS Hussar
- Iria
- Nola
- Vicar of Bray
- Al Salam Boccaccio 98 - sank near Duba, Saudi Arabia on 2 February 2006
Black Sea
- Struma - torpedoed by a Soviet submarine on February 24th 1942
See also
External links
- The Northern Shipwrecks Database by Northern Maritime Research is the result of 25 years documenting wrecks and features more than 100,000 North American shipwrecks over 400 years
- Flinders University Maritime Archaeology Program
- University of Washington Libraries Digital Collections – John E. Thwaites Photographs Images of Southeastern Alaska from 1905-1912 including maritime disasters such as the Farallon, Mariposa, Edith, and Jabez Howes shipwrecks.
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 1-84171-039-3