Fishing Vessel Wrecks 1900-2000

Forty Foot Wreck

AKA: Dive boat capt nickname, USLSS Station: Diving wreck, Misc Information: Unknown history

Forward (Possibly) Wreck

BUILT OF WOOD. OIL ENGINE, SINGLE SHAFT. ENGINE FAILED AND WAS CARRIED ONTO THE SCROBY SAND. CREW RECOVERED. (SIBI).

Four Seasons Wreck

SANK 4M OFF ST ABBS HEAD.

Four Winds Wreck

No description

Fram Iii Wreck

No description

France Breize Sn 108 Wreck

SANK WITHIN 5 MINUTES FOLLOWING AN EXPLOSION IN THE ENGINE ROOM. CREW RESCUED BY ANOTHER FISHING VESSEL.

Frances Marie Wreck

SANK OFF MASPALOMAS, GRAND CANARIA, AFTER DEVELOPING A LEAK IN ENGINE ROOM IN HEAVY WEATHER. CREW RESCUED. (LLOYDS 194).

Francesco Wreck

REPORTED TO BE IN DISTRESS DUE TO FLOODING AND BAD WEATHER CONDITIONS. WAS ABANDONED BY CREW AND SUBSEQUENTLY SANK. (LL).

Francisco Veiga Wreck

SANK FOLLOWING A COLLISION. (LL)

Francois Et Jeanette (Possibly) Wreck

REPORTED LEAKING AND LATER SANK. CREW RECOVERED. (LLOYDS VOL 228).

Francois Jean Wreck

MINED. (FRENCH WK RECORDS 1987).

Francois Joseph Wreck

No description

Francoise Wreck

No description

Francoise De Lille (Possibly) Wreck

SANK. CREW OF 8 RESCUED.

Frandor Wreck

PASSAGE LOWESTOFT FOR FISHING GROUNDS. CAUGHT FIRE AFTER EXPLOSION IN ENGINE ROOM AND SANK. CREW OF 6 RECOVERED BY MFV OCEAN DAWN. (LL).

Frank C Wreck

No description

Frank Dalgaard Wreck

SANK FOLLOWING COLLISION WITH RUSSIAN MV IRKUTSKLES. (LL).

Frank Remi Wreck

27.1.79 GROUNDED & SANK NEAR GRIP LT, OUTSIDE KRISTIANSUND N. 8 CREW RESCUED. (LL, 27.1.79)

Frank Veronique Wreck

ON PORT SIDE, BOWS N, COLLAPSING

Franleon Wreck

NFS

Fraoch Ban Wreck

EX-CRYSTAL SEA. BUILT IN 1978. OWNED AT TIME OF LOSS BY BRIAN ROBB. CAPSIZED AND SANK AS NETS WERE BEING HAULED. CREW RECOVERED. (MRSC SHETLAND & FISH...

Frederic Wreck

COCKLE BOAT, IN POOR STATE

Frederick L Blair Wreck

BUILT OF WOOD. TAKEN IN TOW FOLLOWING ENGINE ROOM FIRE & BEACHED AT HERRING NECK, TWILLINGATE ISLAND, NEWFOUNDLAND. LEFT TO ROT AS A TOTAL LOSS. (LL).

Fredricksborg Wreck

ABANDONED BY CREW DURING STORM FORCE WINDS. PRESUMED TO HAVE SUNK.

Free Star Wreck

No description

Freedom Wreck

CAUGHT FIRE AND WAS ABANDONED BY CREW. EVENTUALLY SANK.

Freedom Wreck

STRUCK SUBMERGED OBJECT & SANK 65M OFF COLOMBIA IN HEAVY WEATHER. (LLOYDS VOL.219).

Freya (Part Of)(Possibly) Wreck

CAPSIZED AND SANK AFTER BEING STRUCK BY THREE GIANT WAVES.

Freya (Possibly) Wreck

CAPSIZED AND SANK AFTER BEING STRUCK BY THREE GIANT WAVES.

Friedel Wreck

SANK FOLLOWING A COLLISION WITH BRITISH MV MATINA. CREW RESCUED. (LLOYDS VOL.215).

Fu Hsiang No.1 Wreck

No description

Fuglberg Wreck

STRUCK GROUND AT ENTRANCE TO TVOROYRA FJORD AND SANK WHEN RETURNING FROM SUDUROYA FISHING BANK. (LL).

Fuji Maru No 11 Wreck

No description

Fujuei Maru Ii Wreck

No description

Fukucho Maru No.61 Wreck

SANK FOLLOWING A COLLISION WITH JAPANESE MFV SUMIHO MARU NO.75 IN DENSE FOG. ALL CREW WERE SAFELY RESCUED. (LLOYDS VOL.272)

Fukuwa Maru No 1 Wreck

20.12.82 H3937/74 20.12.82 RAN AGROUND IN POSN 080500N, 1541400E. (LL 30.11.82).

Fulmar (Possibly) Wreck

WOODEN HULL. STRUCK AN OBSTN OFF SARCLET HD, CAITHNESS AND STARTED TAKING IN WATER. SANK FOLLOWING AN ATTEMPT BY MV CHANCE TO TOW.

Fung Ming Shui Wreck

REPORTED ON FIRE AND SINKING. ABANDONED BY CREW.

Gabriela V Wreck

BUILT IN 1988, OWNED AT TIME OF LOSS BY RODGA SA, LIMA. RAN AGROUND ON PLAYA SAN NICOLAS, SUPE. (LLOYDS VOL.276)

Gai Littoral Wreck

No description

Galatea C Wreck

BUILT IN 1975. CAPSIZED AND SANK. CREW OF 5 ALL RECOVERED.

Galatee Wreck

SUNK OFF ROYAN. (LLOYDS 214).

Galilean Wreck

SANK WHILE UNDER TOW OF FLEETWOOD LIFEBOAT AFTER REPORTING TAKING WATER IN ENGINE-ROOM.

Galopin Ii Wreck

SANK 3M SE OF BULLOCK BAY. (LL).

Gambetta Wreck

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

Gamecock Wreck

No description

Gamma Ii Wreck

CAPSIZED & SANK AFTER STRIKING ROCKS NEAR SANTA ISABEL. CREW RESCUED. (LLOYDS VOL.215)

Garda Wreck

MINED. (DANISH WRECK RECORDS)

Gaul Wreck

BUILT IN 1905 BY COOK, WELTON & GEMMEL, BEVERLEY. OWNED AT TIME OF LOSS BY NEW DOCKS STEAM TRAWLING CO LTD. ONE BOILER, TRIPLE EXPANSION ENGINE OF 80...

Gavina Wreck

BUILT IN 1916 BY COCHRANE & SONS LTD, SELBY. OWNED AT TIME OF LOSS BY J MARR & SONS LTD, FLEETWOOD. ONE BOILER, TRIPLE EXPANSION ENGINE OF 84 NHP, SIN...

Gaylord (Probably) Wreck

CAPSIZED AND SANK WHILE FISHING. (LL).

Gazelle Wreck

No description

Gdy119 Wreck

SANK AFTER COLLISION WITH POTTWAL.

Gdy226 Wreck

No description

Geir Peder Wreck

17.2.98 SANK IN A GALE. CREW OF 12 RESCUED. (LL, 17.2.98)

Geitung Wreck

27.9.79 REPORTEDLY SANK NEAR HOPEN IN THE BARENTS SEA. CREW SAVED. (LLOYDS 27.9.79).

Gem Wreck

MFV GEM & BALMORAL COLLIDED IN FOG AND BOTH SANK.

General Botha Wreck

12.5.88 SANK FOLLOWING ENGINE FAILURE DUE TO TAKING IN WATER. CREW SAFELY RESCUED BY TRAWLER HARVEST COMET. (LL, 12.5.88)

Georges Le Bail Wreck

No description

Georgia Wreck

THOUGHT TO HAVE FOULED WK OF ROSME WHILE TRAWLING AND CAPSIZED. (PLA, GRAVESEND).

Georgina Hutton Wreck

OIL ENGINE, SINGLE SHAFT. PASSAGE FISHING GROUNDS FOR DUNDRUM. CREW OF FOUR RECOVERED. (SIBI).

Gerd Wreck

GERD

Gerda Wreck

No description

Geyti Reydi Wreck

SUDDENLY HEELED OVER, WHILE PREPARING PAIR-TRAWLING WITH M TRAWLER HAVBORGIN ON FAROE BANK. CREW RESCUED. SANK WITHIN HALF AN HOUR. (LLOYDS VOL.253)

Gilsea Wreck

CAPSIZED AND SANK. (SWANSEA MRCC, NOV 1993).

Gionata Wreck

VESSEL SANK 5M FROM TINO ISLAND DUE TO STORMY SEAS, DURING THE NIGHT OF AUG 7-8. OF THE SIX CREW, TWO DIED, TWO WERE MISSING & TWO RESCUED. (LLOYDS VO...

Girl Angela Wreck

SANK, CAUSE UNKNOWN.

Girl Ann Wreck

No description

Girl Ann Wreck

SANK WHILE UNDER TOW OF PORTPATRICK LIFEBOAT.

Girl Barbara Wreck

No description

Girl Donna Wreck

TOOK WATER THROUGH STERN GLAND AND LATER SANK. CREW OF ONE RESCUED BY FV AMETHIST. (MRSC LIVERPOOL)

Girl Hilary Wreck

8.10.77 SANK IN HEAVY SEAS JUST OFF NEWHAVEN B'WATER. (LL, 8.10.77).

Girl Isla Wreck

No description

Girl Isla Wreck

VESSEL, TOOK WATER & SANK. THREE CREW RESCUED BY KIRKWALL LIFEBOAT. (FISHING NEWS).

Girl Ita Wreck

SANK, CAUSE UNKNOWN. ALL CREW RESCUED.

Girl Kathleen Wreck

GROUNDED.

Girl Mandy Wreck

VESSEL CAPSIZED AND SANK, CREW OF TWO RESCUED. (SHETLAND MRSC).

Girl Rona Wreck

REGISTERED AS TH117.

Girl Sandra Wreck

SANK NEAR EILEAN RUBHA AN RIDIRE AFTER HITTING ROCKS. CREW OF 2 RESCUED AFTER SWIMMING TO THE ISLAND. (SHIPWRECKS OF THE W COAST OF SCOTLAND)

Girl Shona Wreck

No description

Girl Sylvia Wreck

STARTED TAKING IN WATER QUICKLY. SANK WHILE UNDER TOW OF FV NICOLA JANE.

Girlvine (Possibly) Wreck

FISHING VESSEL DAMAGED & DRIFTING AWASH. PRESUMED LATER SANK.

Glad Tidings Wreck

ONE OF ELEVEN FISHING SMACKS, CAPTURED BY GERMAN SUBMARINE UB-64 & SUNK BY BOMBS, 26M WNW OF CALF OF MAN. (LLWW1).

Gladeto Wreck

No description

Gladeto Wreck

BUILT OF STEEL IN 1939 IN ESBJERG. OIL ENGINE, SINGLE SHAFT. STRANDED. (SIBI).

Gladiator Wreck

SANK WITHOUT LOSS OF LIFE. (LL VOL.226)

Gladnes Wreck

TOOK WATER, HEELED OVER AND SANK. CREW ABANDONED INTO LIFERAFT. RESCUED BY HELICOPTER.

Glen (Possibly) Wreck

CAUGHT FIRE AND LATER SANK. (SOLENT MRSC).

Glen Loth Wreck

WENT AGROUND WHILE TRYING TO ENTER WICK HARBOUR. TOOK WATER AND LATER SANK. CREW RESCUED. (MRSC PENTLAND)

Glen Star Wreck

No description

Gloaming Wreck

24.11.1939 BUILT IN 1928. HIRED FROM 24.11.1939. OIL ENGINE, SINGLE SHAFT. MINED.

Global Wreck

VESSEL SANK 2M NE OF MAKKAUR LT HO, OFF FINNMARK COAST AFTER TAKING LIST IN HEAVY WEATHER WHEN CARGO OF 1500 HECTOLITRES OF CAPELIN SHIFTED. CREW OF 1...

Gloire A Sainte Therese Wreck

31.1.80 RAN ASHORE AT CAP GRIS NEZ AND ALMOST CAPSIZED. INACCESSIBLE TO FRENCH WARSHIP AND LIFEBOAT BECAUSE OF ROCKS AND ROUGH SEAS. CREW OF SEVEN R...

Gloriosa Wreck

CAPTURED AND SUNK USING BOMBS BY A GERMAN SUBMARINE. (WW1 SL).

Godesgenade Wreck

CAPTURED AND SUNK USING DEMOLITION CHARGES BY GERMAN SUBMARINE. (WW1SL).

Golden Chance Wreck

WENT AGROUND IN A GALE WHEN ANCHOR DRAGGED WHILST UNMANNED.

Golden Chance Wreck

SANK FOLLING A COLLISION WITH FV POLAR WIND.

Golden Dawn Wreck

VESSEL TOOK IN WATER AND SANK. (LL).

Golden Fleece Wreck

ON FIRE AND ASHORE AT PLUCK PT (LL & SOUTHEND CG).

Golden Grain Wreck

SANK APPROX 8M E BY S FROM TYNE AFTER FILLING WITH WATER. CREW OF 5 RESCUED BY MFV CONTESTER.