Fishing Vessel Wrecks 1900-2000

Enterprise Wreck

SANK AT MOORINGS, FOLLOWING A FIRE. (LL).

Enterprise Wreck

SPRANG LEAK & SANK UNDER TOW OF 'MY ROSE ANN'. (LL).

Enterprise Wreck

VESSEL MISSING, PRESUMED LOST, WITH ALL HANDS. (LL VOLS 231 & 240).

Ephirol Ii Wreck

EX- INAKI MARU NO.8, OWNED AT TIME OF LOSS BY EPHIROL FISHING ENTERPRISES INC. STRANDED AT MAMBURAO AS A RESULT OF TYPHOON 'OLIVE'. CONSIDERED A TOTAL...

Equerry Wreck

BUILT IN 1899 BY MACKIE & THOMSON, GLASGOW. OWNED AT TIME OF LOSS BY THE GREAT NORTHERN SS FISHING CO LTD. ONE BOILER, TRIPLE EXPANSION ENGINE OF 40 N...

Equinox Wreck

CAPSIZED AND SANK. CREW OF FOUR MISSING.

Erholm Wreck

STRANDED.

Erlo Hills Wreck

2.10.81 EX-MONTO ERIO '80. BUILT IN 1964 BY HIJOS DE J BARRERAS SA, VIGO, SPAIN. OWNED AT TIME OF LOSS BY THE ATLANTIC LOYAL FISHING CO LTD, CHANNEL...

Erna Timmer Wreck

20.11.92 REPORTED TAKING IN WATER AND REQUIRING PUMPS. LATER ABANDONED BY CREW AND SANK. CREW OF 4 RECOVERED BY MFV 'BLUE SKY'. [LL, 20.11.92].

Eros Wreck

MINED. 6 LIVES LOST INCLUDING SKIPPER. (LLWW1).

Eshaneness Wreck

BUILT IN 1973. SANK, CAUSE UNKNOWN. CREW OF 5 RECOVERED BY FV EVENING STAR.

Esperance Wreck

No description

Esperanza Wreck

BUILT IN 1968 BY DE GRAEVE & ZONE, ZEEBRUGGE. OWNED AT TIME OF LOSS BY SERIE WALTER, ZEEBRUGGE. OIL ENGINE OF 530 BHP, SINGLE SHAFT. CAPSIZED WHILE TR...

Espire Wreck

TOOK WATER AND SANK. CREW RESCUED.

Espoir Du Forgeron Wreck

SUNK BY A SUBMARINE WHILE FISHING IN THE BAY OF BISCAY. (LL WW1).

Estafette Wreck

SUNK BY MINE LAID BY UC 6. (J COULON).

Estela Do Mar Wreck

No description

Ester Wreck

No description

Estornino Wreck

PAIR TRAWLING WITH FV 'IXKOTE', STARTED TAKING IN WATER THROUGH SHAFT IN HEAVY WEATHER. CREW OF 10 RESCUED BY 'IXKOTE'. (LLOYDS 306).

Estrela Matutina Wreck

REPORTED SINKING AND ABANDONED BY CREW.

Estrelita Wreck

No description

Estrelita (Probably) Wreck

WOODEN HULL

Estrella No 1 Wreck

BUILT IN 1968. OWNED AT TIME OF LOSS BY HANSUNG ARGENTINE CORP. CAPSIZED AND SANK DURING FISHING OPERATIONS. (LL 288).

Etoile Des Mers Wreck

SPRANG A LEAK & SANK WHILE FISHING OFF LES SABLES D'OLONNE. (LLOYDS VOL.212).

Etoile Du Marin Wreck

No description

Etoile Du Matin Wreck

No description

Etoile Polaire Wreck

SUNK BY GUNFIRE FROM GERMAN SUBMARINE U-53. (KRIEG ZUR ZEE).

Euphemia Wreck

ONLY SKELETON OF VESSEL REMAINS

Eva Thinnesen Wreck

TOOK WATER AND LATER SANK. CREW RESCUED BY DANISH MFV ESTHER-MARIE.

Evangelistria Wreck

VESSEL, SANK OFF POROS ISLAND AFTER COLLISION WITH GREEK FERRY 'HELLAS'. SIX INJURED, TWO DIED & ONE PERSON MISSING. (LLOYDS VOL.234).

Evangelistria Xv Wreck

VESSEL, EX AMERICAN SHRIMP TRAWLER BUILT 1969, GROUNDED IN BAD WEATHER AND WAS PUSHED CLOSER INSHORE AS WEATHER WORSENED. (LLOYDS VOL.213)

Evangelos K Wreck

CAUGHT FIRE AND SANK.

Evelyn Da Rosa Wreck

STRUCK A SUBMERGED OBJECT AND SANK.

Evelyn Karin Wreck

SWEPT AGROUND BY STRONG SW'LY WINDS AFTER SUSTAINING ENGINE DAMAGE. CREW SWAM ASHORE. LATER FORCED FURTHER ASHORE AND SUFFERED CONSIDERABLE DAMAGE IN...

Evelyne (Sch 96) Wreck

UK NM 970/23

Evening Star Wreck

REPORTED TAKING IN WATER. WAS ABANDONED BY CREW AND LATER SANK.

Eventide Wreck

REPORTED TAKING IN WATER. WAS ABANDONED BY CREW AND TAKEN IN TOW BY MFV SEGLEM BUT SANK EN ROUTE TO THE TYNE.

Ever Fishing No.1 Wreck

4.3.77 BUILT 1961. SANK AS A RESULT OF DAMAGE TO PROPELLER SHAFT. (LL, 4.3.77)

Evg (No Rx152) Wreck

MINED 5M S OF RYE. (WW2SL).

Evoikos Wreck

BUILT IN 1972. SANK IN HEAVY WEATHER OFF CAVESSAS, MAURITANIA. 9 OR 10 CREW SAVED, 8 OR 9 MISSING. (LL).

Exploiter Wreck

REPORTED TAKING WATER AND TRYING TO RECOVER FISHING GEAR. LATER ABANDONED BY CREW AND SANK. (LL).

Express Wreck

WOODEN HULL. MINED. (WW2SL).

Exuberent Wreck

No description

Failaka 20 Wreck

10.8.73 BUILT 1953 BY MUTZELDELDTWERFT G.M.B.H., CUXHAVEN. OWNED AT TIME OF LOSS BY GULF FISHERIES CO. W.L.L. CAUGHT FIRE ON 10.8.73 5M OFF RAS A...

Failaka 8 Wreck

VESSEL, BUILT 1963, SANK APPROX 7M SE OF KHARG ISLAND FOLLOWING FIRE. OWNED AT TIME OF LOSS BY UNITED FISHERIES, KUWAIT.

Fair Dawn Wreck

BUILT OF WOOD. OIL ENGINE, SINGLE SHAFT. WENT ASHORE & BROKE UP AT START POINT, SANDAY, ORKNEY.

Fair Morn Wreck

WENT ASHORE AT ARISAIG POINT. FLOATED OFF STRAPPED BETWEEN TWO OTHER FV BUT SANK.

Fairline Wreck

SANK WHILST UNDER TOW BY FV BUDDING ROSE. VESSEL BUILT IN 1972.

Fairway Wreck

WAS ANCHORED OFF BEER HEAD AFTER REPORTING MAKING WATER AND BEING DISABLED. LATER REPORTED AGROUND AT CULVERHOLE PT. (CG, PORTLAND).

Fairweather 4 Wreck

STRANDED ON LOCH CARNAN, SOUTH UIST, HEBRIDES.

Fairweather V (Probably) Wreck

BUILT IN 1975. OWNED AT TIME OF LOSS BY J A BUCHAN, C/O CALEY FISHERIES. STRUCK ROCKS SW SIDE OF ANNAT BAY AND SANK. (LL).

Faithful Iii Wreck

HOLED AND SANK QUICKLY FOLLOWING COLLISION WITH M STERN TRAWLER CHALLENGE II. CREW SAFE. OWNED AT TIME OF LOSS BY PETERHEAD FISHERMAN LTD.

Falcon Wreck

MADE WATER 3 MILES SE OF THE SMALLS. GROUNDED ON HATS AND BARRELS. LATER DISAPPEARED. PRESUMED TO HAVE SUNK. (LL).

Falken Wreck

No description

Family's Pride Wreck

CAPTURED & SUNK BY BOMBING BY GERMAN SUBMARINE. FISHING. (LL WW1 & SIBI)).

Fancy Nancy Wreck

BEGAN TAKING IN WATER. SANK WHILE UNDER TOW OF FV 'LOCH ROAG'.

Fangst Wreck

VESSEL, BUILT 1915, SPRANG A LEAK AND SANK AT NORDHEYN, VARANGERFJORD, NORWAY. (LLOYDS VOL.243)

Fares Al Foursane Wreck

No description

Fee Des Legendes Wreck

13.11.79 SANK FOLLOWING COLLISION WITH MV 'BRAVO KATERINA'. (LL, 13.11.79).

Felicia Wreck

SANK AFTER LEAKAGE IN FOREPEAK. ALL CREW SAFELY RESCUED. (LL VOL.211)

Felicite Albert Wreck

SUNK BY GUNFIRE FROM SUBMARINE. (FRENCH WK RECORDS 1987). SUNK BY A SUBMARINE WHILE FISHING IN THE BAY OF BISCAY. (LL WW1).

Feng Chung No.11 Wreck

RAN AGROUND IN HEAVY FOG. ALL 20 CREW SAVED. HEAVY WEATHER CONDITIONS CAUSED FURTHER DETERIORATION. BROKEN IN TWO SECTIONS. (LL VOL.221)

Feng Yuen Li No.66 Wreck

PASSAGE KAOHSIUNG FOR FISHING BANKS. VESSEL HAD A COOLING WATER PIPE FRACTURE WHICH FLOODED THE ENGINE ROOM AND STALLED MACHINERY. REGARDED AS A TOTAL...

Fernandez V Wreck

12.8.91 OWNED AT TIME OF LOSS BY PESQUERO FERNANDEZ. SANK DUE TO ROUGH WAVES OFF ISLA DE LA PLATA. NO LIVES LOST. (LL, 12.8.91).

Ferocious F Wreck

WOODEN HULL

Fertile Wreck

REPORTED TAKING ON WATER IN FISHROOM. PUMP SUPPLIED BY GRAMPIAN DEFENDER FAILED TO WORK. VESSEL EVENTUALLY SANK.

Fertile (Possibly) Wreck

SANK AFTER COLLISION WITH FV INTERNOS. CREW SAFE.

Fertility Wreck

No description

Fethi Wreck

VESSEL, SANK JUST OUTSIDE CASABLANCA FOLLOWING COLLISION WITH M BULK CARRIER 'MILANOS'. SIX CREW SAFE, THREE MISSING. (LLOYDS VOL.243).

Fifness Wreck

SANK, CAUSE NOT REPORTED.

Fils Du Vent Wreck

No description

First Light Of Helford Wreck

SWAMPED BY LARGE WAVE WHEN RETURNING FROM FISHING GROUND TO FALMOUTH. SANK QUICKLY. (LL). SWAMPED BY HUGE SEAS AND SANK IN MINUTE...

Fisher Lass Wreck

BUILT OF WOOD. OIL ENGINE, SINGLE SHAFT. CAUGHT FIRE & SANK.ONE MAN LOST. TWO MEN RECOVERED BY ARDLOW REGISTERED FISHING TRAWLER. (LL, SII).

Fisher Lass Wreck

SANK AFTER COLLISION WITH MV 'MINI LANCE' 8M S BY W FROM NEWHAVEN. (LLOYDS 204/254).

Fiskenes Wreck

11.8.75 SANK, CAUSE NOT REPORTED. CREW OF 4 RECOVERED BY MV KASPAR SIF. (LL, 11.8.75).

Fisktrans Wreck

GROUNDED AND SANK. (LLOYDS VOL.274)

Flamingo Wreck

No description

Fleetwing Wreck

VESSEL SPRANG LEAK DURING PASSAGE AND SANK WHILST BEING TOWED TO BERWICK BY BERWICK PILOT CUTTER. OWNED AT TIME OF LOSS BY OWNERS R HILL & M BARBER, R...

Fleetwood Mac Wreck

RAN AGROUND, PRESUMABLY WHEN ATTEMPTING TO ENTER HARBOUR.

Fleur Bretagne (Possibly) Wreck

No description

Fleur De Lisieux Wreck

No description

Fleur De Lys Wreck

SANK, CAUSE UNKNOWN. CREW OF FOUR RECOVERED. VESSEL BUILT IN 1969.

Flipper Ii Wreck

SANK WHILE UNDER TOW FOLLOWING A FIRE. (LL).

Flister Wreck

19.11.68 FOUNDERED AFTER BILGE PUMP STRAINER HAD BEEN BLOCKED BY FISH. CREW OF 5 PICKED UP BY DANISH MFV JENS KIRK. PASSAGE INVERNESS FOR BERGEN. (L...

Flor De Aveiro Wreck

REPORTED TO HAVE A LIST TO PORT AND TO BE SINKING. WAS ABANDONED BY CREW AND SANK.

Florence & Nora Wreck

OWNED AT TIME OF LOSS BY GERARD JOMPHRE. CAUGHT FIRE & SANK 3M S OF ENTER ISLAND. (LL 217).

Flourish Wreck

18.10.75 SANK IN POSN 149DEGS, 8.6M FROM START POINT AFTER COLLISION WITH UNKNOWN VESSEL. ALL CREW SAFE. (LL, 18.10.75).

Flypper Segundo Wreck

RUN DOWN AND SUNK BY UNKNOWN TANKER. (LL).

Foam V Wreck

STRANDED.

Fofo Wreck

SANK FOLLOWING A COLLISION WITH BELGIAN M YACHT 'TAORA'. (LL).

Fokkstein Wreck

ASHORE ON ROCKS AT GIRVAN HARBOUR. CREW RECOVERED. (LL).

Foldero Wreck

17.1.76 SANK DUE TO SEVERE WEATHER CONDITIONS OFF BRENNESUNDVIK, STEIGEN. 2 OF 4 CREW RESCUED. (LL, 17.1.76).

Folgore Wreck

ABANDONED & SANK, REASON NOT KNOWN. CREW OF FOUR SAFE. (LL).

Fong Shong (?Feng Sheng) No 22 Wreck

HOME PORT KAOHSIUNG. WENT AGROUND ON ROBBEN ISLAND. UNLIKELY TO BE SALVED. (LL).

Fong Tai No 1 Wreck

AGROUND ON SW SHORE OF DENIS IS, SALVAGE IMPRACTICABLE. CREW RESCUED. (LL).

Forget Me Not Wreck

TOOK WATER AND SANK, CREW OF 5 RESCUED FROM WATER. POS'N GIVEN AS 1 MILE NE OF MUCKLE SKERRY.

Fortitude Wreck

STRANDED ON COLLIE ROCKS. (MORAY MRSC).

Fortuna Wreck

ON FIRE AND ABANDONED BY CREW. PRESUMED SUNK.

Fortuna Wreck

SUNK BY SCUTTLING CHARGES PLACED BY GERMAN SUBMARINE.

Fortuna Wreck

SUNK IN COLLISION. (DANISH WK RECORDS)