Fishing Vessel Wrecks 1900-2000

Stornoway Wreck

CAPSIZED AND SANK.

Stortebecker Wreck

SUFFERED AN EXPLOSION IN MACHINERY ROOM WHEN 20M NW OF WESER LTV. TAKEN IN TOW BY EAST GERMAN MV NEUBUKOW BUT SANK WHILE PROCEEDING TO BORKUM. (LL 209...

Strathbeg Wreck

SANK AT MOORINGS DURING GALE. (MRSC OBAN)

Strathgarry Wreck

BUILT IN 1951. TOOK WATER AND SANK. CREW OF 5 RECOVERED. (LL).

Strathisla Wreck

7.6.84 SANK AFTER STRIKING SUBMERGED OBJECT. (LL 7.6.84).

Strathisla Wreck

REPORTED FIRE IN ENGINE ROOM. IT LATER SPREAD. VESSEL WAS TAKEN IN TOW BUT SANK AFTER BEING ABANDONED BY CREW. BURNT FOR ABOUT 11 HOURS.

Strathmore Wreck

SANK IMMEDIATELY, FOLLOWING A COLLISION WITH MV GLENROSA IN THICK FOG.

Strive Wreck

LOWESTOFT REGISTERED WOODEN SAIL VESSEL. CAPTURED BY GERMAN SUBMARINE UB 10 & SUNK BY BOMBING. (NAVAL STAFF MONOGRAPHS VOL.14, WW1SL, LL WW1, SIBI)

Struma Wreck

WAS IN COLLISION WITH BRITISH MFV ROTCHE ABOUT 5M SW OF MALLAIG IN THICK FOG. SANK WHILE BEING TOWED TO MALLAIG. MFV ROTCHE ALSO SANK.

Sudriff Wreck

22.6.83 SANK AFTER FIRE IN ENGINE ROOM. (LL, 22.6.83).

Sudurhavid Wreck

BUILT IN 1964. ICE STRENGTHENED. PRESUMED SUNK IN BAD WEATHER. OF CREW OF 38, 21 ALIVE, 11 MISSING & SIX DEAD. (LL).

Sue Lynn Wreck

REPORTED TAKING IN WATER. WAS ABANDONED BY CREW AND SANK. LATER ALLEGED TO HAVE BEEN SCUTTLED DELIBERATELY AS PART OF INSURANCE FRAUD.

Suiten Maru No.3 Wreck

VESSEL STRANDED ON COASTLINE AT MANN, N OF CAPE ARICADES ON THE E COAST OF MALAITA ISLAND. VESSEL, BUILT 1963, WAS OWNED AT TIME OF LOSS BY T. ISHIMIN...

Sukarrieta Wreck

4.8.89 SPRANG A LEAK AND SANK. (LL4.8.89).

Suleskjaer Wreck

SANK WHILE HAULING NETS. (LL).

Summer Isles Wreck

WRECKED 0.5 MILES WEST OF EILEEN DUBH. WRECKED ON SGEIR NAM MULT, SUMMER IS.

Summertime Wreck

VESSEL BELIEVED TO HAVE BEEN UNTIED AND SET ADRIFT FROM FISHGUARD HARBOUR BEFORE SINKING OFF DINAS HEAD.

Sun King Wreck

SANK AT ANCHOR.

Sunbeam Wreck

BUILT OF IRON IN 1891 BY HAWTHORNS & CO, LEITH. OWNED AT TIME OF LOSS BY D J MCKINNON & SON. ONE BOILER, TRIPLE EXPANSION ENGINE, SINGLE SHAFT. PASSAG...

Sunbird Wreck

RAN AGROUND. (LL).

Sundaberg Wreck

15.3.88 WAS NOT AWARE OF STRONG TIDAL STREAM IN RENOYSUND, DEVIATED FROM COURSE AND GROUNDED. (LL, 15.3.88)

Sundari Wreck

17.4.84 SUFFERED WATER INGRESS INTO FISH HOLD. PUMPS UNABLE TO COPE. LATER ROLLED AND SANK. CREW OF 9, 8 RESCUED FROM LIFERAFT BY FV ARCANE, 1 MISSI...

Sunlight Wreck

TORE BOTTOM OPEN ON MERKLE REEF DURING STORM.

Sunlight No.21 Wreck

RAN AGROUND. (LLOYDS, VOL 233, P.60)

Sunnyvale Wreck

RAN AGROUND ABOUT 1M S OF CAPE WRATH. (LL).

Sunti Mari Wreck

SPRANG A LEAK & SANK OFF COAST OF MOROCCO. (LL).

Supreme Wreck

COLLIDED WITH BRITISH FV ACTIVE WHILE PAIR TRAWLING. BOTH VESSELS SANK. (LL).

Supreme Wreck

RAN AGROUND ON POINT OF SLEAT. AWASH WHEN FINALLY ABANDONED. (LL).

Surdelo Wreck

RAN AGROUND & WAS HOLED ON HOOK SAND, POOLE HBR ENTRANCE. (LL).

Susan Joy Wreck

RAN AGROUND S OF ALDBROUGH. (LL).

Susie Wreck

CAPTURED BY SUBMARINE AND SUNK BY GUNFIRE.1 LIFE LOST.

Sustain Wreck

FOULED PROPELLER WHILE HAULING GEAR AND BEGAN TAKING IN WATER THROUGH DAMAGED STERN. EVENTUALLY SANK. (I OF MAN EXAMINER). CREW OF TWO RECOVERED. (A C...

Sutton Wreck

VESSEL SUNK IN BY GERMAN SUBMARINE U-36, W OF A LINE BETWEEN THE FAEROES AND HEBRIDES. (LL WW1 & NAVAL STAFF MONGRAPHS, VOL 14).

Suzanne (N147) Wreck

SANK FOLLOWING COLLISION WITH CYPRUS MV PERAMA. (LL).

Svalbard Wreck

14.3.75 SANK IN NORTH SEA. CREW OF 5 RECOVERED. (LL, 14.3.75).

Svaneborg Wreck

No description

Svanvik Wreck

8.6.89 SANK UNDER TOW FOLLOWING A FIRE INITIALLY CAUSED BY BATTERY EXPLOSION. (LL, 8.6.89)

Sverre (Possibly) Wreck

REQUISITIONED AS BARRAGE BALLOON VESSEL. FOUNDERED. (WW2SL).

Sylvia Marita Wreck

24.3.79 REPORTED OVERDUE. WRECKAGE [WHEELHOUSE & LIFERAFT] FROM 'SYLVIA MARITA' FOUND 9.5M SE OF BEACHY HEAD. SEARCH CONDUCTED FOR MISSING CREW BETW...

Ta Sheng No 202 Wreck

HAD FIRE IN CREW'S ACCOMMODATION WHICH QUICKLY SPREAD TO ENGINE ROOM. WAS ABANDONED AND LATER SANK.

Taboga Wreck

BUILT 1964 AND OWNED AT TIME OF LOSS BY PESQUERA 10 DE OCTUBRE, LIMA. CAPSIZED AND SANK NEAR HUACHO IN STRONG WINDS. (LLOYDS VOL.269)

Tae Baek No 50 Wreck

CAPSIZED AND SANK. ALL CREW RECOVERED. (LL).

Tae Yang No.111 Wreck

BUILT 1967. STRANDED ON CONWAY REEF. (LL).

Tae Yang No.15 Wreck

BUILT IN 1956 BY HAYASHIKANE ZOSEN, SHIMONOSEKI. OWNED AT TIME OF LOSS BY KOREA MARINE INDUSTRY DEVELOPEMENT CORPORATION. PASSAGE MALE, MALDIVE ISLAND...

Tah Yong No.2 Wreck

18.9.90 REPORTED AGROUND IN 304000N, 1224500E APPROX, ON 18.9.90. WAS SUBSEQUENTLY REFLOATED AND BEACHED NEAR CHAI YUN. (LLOYDS VOL.281)

Tai Chi No.2 Wreck

SANK, CAUSE UNKNOWN.

Taiyin No.1 Wreck

REPORTED SINKING IN VERY BAD WEATHER AND IN NEED OF ASSISTANCE. (LL).

Talisman Wreck

31.5.80 VESSEL SPRANG A LEAK AND SANK QUICKLY BY THE STERN. CREW OF FIVE PICKED UP VESSEL 'BOY GRAHAM'. (LL, 31.5.80).

Talisman Wreck

BUILT OF WOOD. STRUCK REEFS OFF PILIER LT IN FOG AND SANK. (LL).

Tampen Wreck

No description

Tangara Wreck

VESSEL SANK AFTER SPRINGING A LEAK.

Taranis Wreck

REPORTED TAKING IN WATER. WAS ABANDONED BY CREW, CAPSIZED AND SANK. (LL).

Tardis Of Yealm Wreck

VESSEL GROUNDED AND SANK. CREW OF TWO RECOVERED BY SALCOMBE LIFEBOAT.

Tarnan Wreck

STRANDED NEAR LERFNACKEN S OF LIMHAMN. (LLOYDS 212).

Teamwork Wreck

No description

Teera Amutara Wreck

CAUGHT FIRE & SANK, AFTER ENGINE-ROOM EXPLOSION. (LL).

Tempo Wreck

BUILT OF STEEL. FOUNDERED, CAUSE NOT REPORTED.

Tenyu Maru No.37 Wreck

PASSAGE ISHINOMAKI FOR FISHING GROUNDS. CAUGHT FIRE IN ENGINE ROOM. ABANDONED BY CREW AND LATER SANK. (LL).

Terin Wreck

REPORTED TO BE LEAKING. LATER ABANDONED BY CREW AND EVENTUALLY SANK.

Tern Wreck

RAN ASHORE ON A ROCK. PUMP UNABLE TO COPE AND VESSEL SANK.

Tern 1 Wreck

SANK WHILST UNDER TOW.

Ternacia (Probably) Wreck

TOOK WATER AND SANK. CREW RESCUED BY HELICOPTER.

Terrina Wreck

No description

Teunis Cornelis Wreck

11.2.69 CAUSE OF SINKING UNKNOWN. CREW OF 4 RECOVERED BY NETH MFV 'JOHANNES CORNELIS'. (LL, 11.2.69).

Thabazimbi Wreck

SANK, CAUSE NOT REPORTED. (LL).

Thalassa Wreck

CAPSIZED AND SANK WHEN FISHING GEAR CAUGHT ON WRECK. (LL).

The Quiet Man Wreck

TOOK WATER AND FOUNDERED IN A FORCE 5 NW WIND WHEN 1 MILE OFF THE POINT OF AYRE. CREW OF TWO RECOVERED.

Themis Wreck

No description

Theresa Marie Wreck

No description

Therese Emile Yvon Wreck

No description

Thermopylae Wreck

HAD FIRE IN ENGINE ROOM WHICH SPREAD. WAS TOWED TOWARDS THE TYNE BY FV PHILOMENA BUT LATER WAS CUT ADRIFT, WHILE STILL ABLAZE, AND SANK.

Thorn Wreck

No description

Three Bells Wreck

BROKE MOORINGS AND WENT AGROUND. NO CREW ON BOARD AT TIME OF LOSS. (PENTLAND MRSC).

Three Brothers Wreck

SPRANG A LEAK. WAS TOWED BY COAST GUARD VESSEL WHILE AWASH AND GROUNDED WITH BOW SHOWING IN GREATHEAD BAY, ST VINCENT. EVENTUALLY COMPLETELY SUBMERGED...

Three Brothers Wreck

5.5.90 GROUNDED ON ROCKS OFF CANDUFF, GREAT-BLASKET ISLAND, AFTER REPORTING SHE WAS SINKING, CAUSE NOT GIVEN. (LL, 5.5.90)

Three Sisters Wreck

CAPSIZED AND SANK. CREW OF 3 SAVED.

Thunfisch Wreck

BUILT IN 1958 BY SCHIFFB UNTERWESER, BREMERHAVEN. OWNED AT TIME OF LOSS BY REEDEREI SOHLE K G, HANSEARISCHE. 6 CYLINDER OIL INGINE OF 1560BHP, SINGLE...

Tigre 10 Wreck

18.6.86 DRIFTED ASHORE AND STRANDED WHEN ENGINE FAILED. (LL, 18.6.86)

Tigre 10 Wreck

No description

Tijl Uilenspiegel Wreck

WAS ASSUMED TO HAVE SUNK WHEN BODY OF CREW MEMBER WAS RECOVERED FROM SEA.

Tilley Anne Wreck

REPORTED TO HAVE LOST RUDDER. SANK WHILE UNDER TOW TO FLEETWOOD.

Tina Anne Wreck

No description

Tine Anderson Wreck

GROUNDED WEST OF PRIORY BAY, CALDY ISLAND. (LLOYDS VOL.198 P.567).

Tiny Simone (Wr 34) Wreck

CAPSIZED AND SANK.

Tommeline Wreck

GROUNDED AND SANK. CAUSE SAID TO BE DUE TO LOSS OF STEERING. POSSIBLY DUE TO WATCHKEEPER BEING ASLEEP. (LL).

Tommy Wreck

No description

Tong Hong No 6 Wreck

BUILT 1974. SANK FOLLOWING A FIRE AND EXPLOSION. ALL CREW SAFELY RESCUED. (LL 261).

Tong Hwa No 75 Wreck

SPRANG A LEAK IN THE ENGINE ROOM, CAPSIZED & SANK. ONE MAN LOST, 19 SAFELY RESCUED. (LL).

Tong Wha N0.2 Wreck

WRECKED AT NIUTAO, ELLICE ISLANDS. STRANDED FOLLOWING EXPLOSION & FIRE, CONSTRUCTIVE TOTAL LOSS. (LL).

Tong Yeong No.2 Wreck

No description

Tonghwa No 107 Wreck

STRANDED.

Tongwha N0 3 Wreck

RAN AGROUND ON MCKEAN ISLAND. (LL).

Tornado Wreck

BUILT IN 1971. PASSAGE ZEEBRUGGE FOR BIRKENHEAD. SANK, CAUSE NOT KNOWN. 1 BODY RECOVERED. (FALMOUTH CG).

Tornamona Wreck

28.5.85 STRUCK ROCKS AT KILLARD POINT AND SANK. (LL, 28.5.85).

Torres Ivars (?Torre Albert) Wreck

SANK FOLLOWING A COLLISION WITH VENEZUELAN MV 'LA GUAIRA'. IN ONE REPORT NAMED AS 'TORRES IVARS', IN ANOTHER AS 'TORRE ALBERT'.

Torwood Wreck

STRUCK SUNKEN WWRECKAGE AND FOUNDERED. WRECKAGE WAS APPARENTLY REMAINS OF THE FRANCIS WHICH SANK IN 1872.

Traveller Wreck

GROUNDED. LATER BROKEN UP ON SITE.

Treasure Wreck

VESSEL, BUILT 1903, SANK FOLLOWING COLLISION WITH DAY DAWN NEAR SKIBBY BAA, OR STRANDED ON ROBBIE RAMSIE'S BAA. (OFF SCOTLAND).

Trevessa Wreck

SANK WHILE UNDER TOW.

Trident Wreck

LOST WITH ALL SEVEN CREW.