Factory Ship Wrecks 1900-2000

Amagi Maru Wreck

WRECKED AFTER GROUNDING ON POCKLINGTON REEF. VESSEL, BUILT 1960 BY KURE ZOSENSHO, KURE. WAS OWNED AT TIME OF LOSS BY NIPPON SUISAN K.K.. SAFELY ABANDO...

Ching Fu No.101 Wreck

STRANDED AND WAS ABANDONED SUBSEQUENT TO UNSUCCESFUL SALVAGE ATTEMPT BY HM SHIPS BULLDOG AND BEAGLE. (LLOYDS 205/11).

Colin Frye Wreck

SANK WHILE UNDER TOW. (LL).

Dolphin Wreck

ALL CREW RESCUED. (LL VOL.202)

Ernesto Tornquist Wreck

VESSEL, BUILT 1879 BY C CONNELL & CO. OWNED AT TIME OF LOSS BY CIA. ARGENTINA DE PESCA S.A. ON PASSAGE SANDEFJORD TO GRYTVIKEN. RAN AGROUND DURING SNO...

Fengkuo No 22 Wreck

40 DEG LIST

Fong Kuo Wreck

BROKE IN TWO ON REEFS AT REUNION. (LL).

Foo Ying No.11 Wreck

26.2.76 REPORTED STRANDED ON DEELDER REEF, ABANDONED BY CREW. (LL).

Fortuna Wreck

17.2.87 VESSEL, RAN AGROUND AT FULL SPEED. HER HELMSMAN WAS READING A LETTER. ONLY HER BOILER WAS SALVAGED. (HMS HERALD, 17.2.87).

Highly No.6 Wreck

SUNK WHILE UNDER TOW DURING BAD WEATHER, FOLLOWING ENGINE BREAKDOWN. (LL VOL. 231)

Hms An 2 Wreck

EX-LANZA. BUILT IN 1926 KALDNES, TONBERG. TRIPLE EXPANSION ENGINE, SINGLE SHAFT. HIRED 11.1939 AS AN AUXILIARY PATROL VESSEL. MINED. (SIBI).

Hms Bever (Probably) Wreck

VESSEL, [EX 'HEKTOR 10' [SOUTH AFRICAN NAVY]]. HIRED AS A MINESWEEPER IN OCTOBER 1941. MINED OFF PIRAEUS. (WW2SL).

Hms Cocker Wreck

EX-KOS XIX. HIRED IN 1940 AND RENAMED HMS COCKER. PASSAGE TOBRUK FOR ALEXANDRIA. SUNK BY U-331 OFF BARDIA, LIBYA. (SHIPS OF THE RN & BRITAIN'S SEA WAR...

Hms Firmament Was Called Kos Wreck

EX-KOS IX. BUILT IN I930. WHALER HIRED AS MINSWEEPER 11.1940. RENAMED FIRMAMENT 9/1941. DECLARED TOTAL LOSS AFTER GROUNDING OFF ALEXANDRIA. (WW2SL & C...

Hms Harstad Wreck

BUILT IN 1932 BY SMITH'S DOCK CO, MIDDLESBOROUGH AS 'KOS XVII'. CREWED BY THE ROYAL NORWERIAN NAVY. TRIPLE EXPANSION ENGINES FOR 12 KNOTS. REQUISITION...

Hms Sevra Wreck

HIRED AS MINE SWEEPER MARCH 1940, SUNK BY MINE OFF FALMOUTH. STEEL VESSEL, BUILT 1929, MINED 5.5C SSE OF ST ANTHONY HEAD. (WW2SL, COLLEDGE & SHIPWRECK...

Hms Thorbryn Wreck

BUILT IN 1936. ORIGINALLY NORWEGIAN. HIRED IN NOVEMBER 1940. SUNK BY GERMAN AIRCRAFT OFF TOBRUK. (BRITAIN'S SEA WAR & COLLEDGE).

Hms Treern Wreck

VESSEL, NORWEGIAN WHALER BUILT IN 1929. ON LOAN TO S.A.N.F. IN 1941 AS MINESWEEPER. WAS SUNK BY MINE OFF E COAST OF GREECE. CREW OF 24 ONLY ONE SAVED....

Hms Whippet Wreck

EX-KOS XXI. HIRED AS A/S WHALER 1940. RENAMED WHIPPET 9.41. SUNK BY A BOMB FROM A GERMAN AIRCRAFT. (ALLIED WARSHIP CASUALTIES, MED, FEB 1952 & SHIPS O...

Hsin Yi Mon No 61 Wreck

REPORTED VESSEL HAD AN AMMONIA EXPLOSION & SANK. SURVIVORS WERE PICKED UP BY VESSEL HUNGMOU. (LL).

Hung Lien No.1 Wreck

VESSEL REPORTED SUNK WHILST IN TOW FOLLOWING MAIN ENGINE BREAKDOWN WHEN OFF PITCAIRN ISLAND. (LLOYDS VOL.219)

Hung Mou Hao Wreck

SANK AFTER THE ENGINE ROOM FLOODED AFTER AN EXPLOSION IN THE AMMONIA PLANT, 250 MILES NW OF CAPE TOWN. 14 CREW WERE PICKED UP STRAIGHT AWAY, 4 WERE RE...

Hwa Shing No.51 Wreck

VESSEL OF STEEL CONSTRUCTION, BUILT 1974, REPORTED STRANDED OFF CERAM ISLAND IN THE BANDA SEA. NO LEAKAGE DISCOVERED, ASSISTANCE REQUESTED. (LLOYDS VO...

Indus 16 Wreck

No description

Kinglun No 12 (Possibly) Wreck

THOUGHT TO BE KINGLUN NO 12 OR, CHIN LUENG (CT 50692). RAN AGROUND ON SCRUB IS, ANGUILLA. (LL).

Knol (Possibly) Wreck

MINED WHILE ON PASSAGE TONSBERG TO SOUTH GEORGIA.

Konan Maru No.8 Wreck

No description

Kos Xxiii Wreck

VESSEL, PRESUMED SUNK DURING INVASION OF CRETE. TOTAL LOSS IN SUDA BAY. (WW2SL). VESSEL, SUNK BY AIRCRAFT AT SUDA BAY, WHILE ON GOVERNMENT S...

Ming Kuo No.31 Wreck

BUILT 1974. CAUGHT FIRE IN THE ENGINE ROOM, S OF SRI LANKA & ABANDONED WHILE STILL DRIFTING, PRESUMED SUNK. ALL CREW SAFELY RESCUED. (LLOYDS VOL.243 &...

Pionersk Wreck

1.11.94 RAN AGROUND STERN FIRST IN STRONG WINDS. 156 CREW RESCUED. (LL, 1.11.94). BUILT 1963 BY STOCZNIA GDANSKA IM. LENINA,...

Raydur Or Roydur Wreck

VESSEL, USED AS GUNNERY TARGET. SUNK BY GUNFIRE FROM HMS BIGBURY BAY. 21.5.99 VESSEL, USED FOR GUNNERY PRACTICE, LATER SUNK BY EXPLOSIVES. (P...

Shin Hai No.7 Wreck

THERE WAS AN EXPLOSION & FIRE IN THE ENGINE ROOM ON THE VESSEL 650 MILES SW OF CAPE TOWN. 2 CREW DIED, SEVERAL INJURED. THE REST OF THE CREW WERE SAFE...

Shin Yih Wreck

No description

Tioga Wreck

BLOWN ASHORE FROM ANCHORAGE DURING A GALE. (RRS DISCOVERY II, REPORT DTD 1933).

Tukan Wreck

No description

Whale Unit (578Y) Wreck

PRESUMABLY SUNK WHILE BEING TOWED TO NORMANDY BEACHES FOR USE AS PART OF MULBERRY HARBOUR DURING THE INVASION OF FRANCE.

Yih Hung Wreck

17.3.77 STRANDED ON SOUTH REEF, INDISPENSABLE GROUP. ABANDONED BY CREW. (LL, 17.3.77 & 7.4.77)

Yin Jui Shying No.12 Wreck

VESSEL, BUILT IN 1974 OF STEEL CONSTRUCTION. RAN AGROUND ON BLENHEIM REEF. (LLOYDS VOL.219).

Yufong No.6 Wreck

PASSAGE ESPRITU SANTO FOR TAIWAN. FRACTURED HULL IN HEAVY WEATHER AND SANK OFF N LUZON. (LL).