Cruiser Military Wrecks WWII

Bougainville Wreck

OLD FRENCH CARGO LINER, BUILT 1913, EMPLOYED AS AUXILLIARY CRUISER WITH VICHY FRENCH FORCES AT DIEGO SUAREZ, N MADAGASCAR. WAS ATTACKED BY TORPEDO BOM...

Curacoa (Hms) - Bow Wreck

Wreck No: W07242, Place of Loss: Tory Island, Co. Donegal, 68km NW of, Source of Coordinate: GSI Wreck Data, Description: The Curacoa was a light crui...

Curacoa (Hms) - Stern Wreck

Wreck No: W06353, Place of Loss: Tory Island, Co. Donegal. 68km NW of, Source of Coordinate: GSI Wreck Data, Description: Stern of the HMS Curcoa. See...

Hms Cairo Wreck

VESSEL, ORIGINALLY BUILT IN 1919 AS A LIGHT CRUISER, SHE WAS CONVERTED IN 1939. VESSEL TOOK PART IN OPERATION `PEDESTAL', ESCORTING A CONVOY TO MALTA....

Hms Calcutta Wreck

BUILT IN 1918 BY VICKERS ARMSTRONG. YARROW BOILERS, TURBINE ENGINES OF 40,000 SHP FOR 29KTS. BOMBED AND SUNK BY GERMAN AIRCRAFT WHILST ON PASSAGE TO S...

Hms Carlisle Wreck

BUILT IN 1918 BY FAIRFIED & CO. TURBINE ENGINES OF 40,930 SHP FOR 29KTS. VESSEL WAS BOMBED AND SUNK IN THE SCARPANTO STRAIT BY GERMAN AIRCRAFT. (DODS...

Hms Coventry Wreck

BUILT IN 1917 BY SWAN, HUNTER. YARROW BOILERS, TURBINE ENGINES OF 40,000 SHP FOR 29KTS. WAS ATTACKED BY AIRCRAFT OFF TOBRUK AND SUNK. (DODS).

Hms Rawalpindi (Possibly) Wreck

BUILT IN 1925 BY HAWTHORN LESLIE. OWNED AT TIME OF LOSS BY THE PENINSULAR & ORIENT STEAM NAVIGATION CO. QUADRUPLE EXPANSION ENGINES FOR 17 KNOTS. EIGH...

Laurentic (Ss) Wreck

Wreck No: W07427, Place of Loss: Slyne Head, Co Galway, 247km WNW, Source of Coordinate: UKHO, Description: 18,724-ton Steel steamship of Liverpool, o...