Motor Vessel Wrecks 1900-2000
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BUILT BY FELLOWS & CO LTD, GT YARMOUTH. OWNED AT TIME OF LOSS BY F T EVERARD & SONS LTD. 3 CYLINDER OIL ENGINE OF 84HP, SINGLE SHAFT. MACHINERY AFT BY...
Amethyst Wreck
BUILT 1970 BY ISHIKAWAJIMA-HARIMA HEAVY INDUSTRIES, TOKYO. OWNED AT TIME OF LOSS BY PENTELIKON SHIPPING CO. ON PASSAGE NEW ORLEANS FOR LEIXOES. DRAGGE...
Amie Wreck
BUILT IN 1958 BY SCHEEPS VERF, DEEST. OWNED AT TIME OF LOSS BY ROLF NYGREN. PASSAGE CAEN FOR DRAMME. SANK IN HEAVY WEATHER NW OF SKAGEN. CREW RECOVERE...
Amina Wreck
PASSAGE ROTTERDAM FOR TONNAY CHARENTE. TOOK ON LIST WHEN CARGO SHIFTED IN HEAVY SEAS AND THEN SANK. (LL).
Amira-M Wreck
16.2.80 VESSEL RAN AGROUND NEAR ALNAKHLE ISLAND, ABOUT 2 MILES OFF TRIPOLI, LEBANON. (LL 16.2.80).
Ammersee Wreck
4.10.74 ABANDONED, CREW BEING TAKEN OFF BY MV 'ROSWITHA' ON 4.10.74. LEFT DRIFTING WITH ACCOMMODATION BURNT OUT & DOWN BY STERN. FRENCH AIR FORCE FL...
Amor Wreck
No description
Amor Wreck
LOST IN A STORM. (DANISH WK RECORDS)
Amor Wreck
No description
Amoy Wreck
VESSEL, BUILT 1952, WHILST EN-ROUTE CALCUTTA TO RANGOON, RAN AGROUND NEAR CAPE NEGRAIS AT THE MOUTH OF THE IRRAWADDY RIVER. OWNED AT TIME OF LOSS BY A...
Amra I Wreck
VESSEL, ON PASSAGE MOGADISCIO TO DUBAI. REPORTED TAKING IN WATER & SINKING. LATER BEACHED ON S COAST OF SOCOTRA & ABANDONED BY CREW. (LLOYDS VOL.285).
An Ming Wreck
BUILT IN 1952 BY LITHGOWS LTD, PORT GLASGOW. OWNED AT TIME OF LOSS BY LYCUS (PANAMA), SA. PASSAGE LAGOS FROM KARACHI. WAS ABANDONED BY CREW WHILE AT A...
Ana Cristina Wreck
BUILT IN 1977 BY EST.EBIN/SO, S.A., PORTO ALEGRE. STRUCK A REEF NEAR RECIFE MANOEL LUIZ. PASSAGE PERNISA FOR MUNGUBA. OWNED AT TIME OF LOSS BY NAVEGAC...
Ana Cristina Wreck
BUILT IN 1971 BY SCHIFFSWERFT NEPTUN. OWNED AT TIME OF LOSS BY REEDEREI BARTHOLD RICHTERS. PASSAGE STOCKHOLM FOR SANTOS. SANK 10 MINUTES AFTER HITTING...
Anabela Wreck
29.12.82 PASSAGE BARCELONA FOR DAKAR. GROUNDED NEAR DAKAR. CREW SAFE. (LL, 29.12.82, 4,1.83)
Anais Wreck
DRAGGED ANCHOR IN BAD WEATHER AND RAN AGROUND AT TOLAGNARO (FORT-DAUPHIN). REPORTED TO BE UNSALVAGABLE. (LL).
Anatoli Wreck
SANK FOLLOWING COLLISION WITH LASH ATLANTICO. (T COOPER & STIBBERD & MV BEGONIA).
Ancient Wreck
VESSEL, BUILT 1945 [EX 'A. KIRIAKI']. OWNED AT TIME OF LOSS BY THEO SHIPPING CO. LTD., PIRAEUS. ON PASSAGE FROM PIRAEUS TO TUNIS. SANK AFTER ROPE FOUL...
Andalusia Wreck
VESSEL, BUILT 1968 BY TSUNEISHI ZOSEN K.K., NUMAKUMA. ON PASAGE FROM ALICANTE FOR MISURATA. ABANDONED AFTER SPRINGING LEAK. ALL 19 CREW SAFE. (LLOYDS...
Andaman Wreck
BUILT IN 1947 BY A/B GOTAVERKEN, GOTHENBERG. OWNED AT TIME OF LOSS BY A/B SVENSKA OSTASIATISKA KOMPANIET. SANK FOLLOWING A COLLISION WITH MV 'FORTUNE'...
Andreas Boye Wreck
2.8.78 COLLIDED WITH MV 'SYNAFTILIA' & SANK WHILE ON PASSAGE OREHOVED TO TRIPOLI. VESSEL SANK 24M NW OF CAPE ST VINCENT. SURVIVORS PICKED UP. (LL, 1...
Androniki Wreck
STRANDED WRECKAGE OFF RAS EL-HILAL, SUPERSTRUCTURE VISIBLE. (LL).
Andros Island Wreck
CABLE PARTED WHILE AT ANCHOR IN KARACHI OUTER ANCHORAGE, IN STRONG MONSOON WINDS, AND GROUNDED. VESSEL WAS UNMANNED & LAID UP AWAITING DEMOLITION. (LL...
Andy Wreck
BUILT IN 1951. OWNED AT TIME OF LOSS BY TYLER NAVIGATION PANAMA SA. PASSAGE THE FAR EAST FOR APAPA/LAGOS. SANK AFTER BEING ABANDONED DUE TO SERIOUS LE...
Anemasse Wreck
STRUCK UNKNOWN OBJECT AND SUBSEQUENTLY STRANDED.
Anemone Wreck
BUILT 1968 BY KANASASHI ZOSENSHO, SHIMIZU. OWNED AT TIME OF LOSS BY ROSE WOOD NAVIGATION CO. LTD., S.A. PASSAGE MOJI FOR COLOMBO. ABANDONED AFTER SHIP...
Angel Wreck
VESSEL, BUILT 1976 BY ASTILLEROS DEL ATLANTICO, SANTANDER. OWNED AT TIME OF LOSS BY A. YLLERA. ON PASSAGE FROM PIOMBINO TO GDYNIA. SANK AFTER HER CARG...
Angel Wreck
22.9.78 VESSEL, BUILT 1975, SANK WHILE ON PASSAGE ANTWERP FOR PERSIAN GULF, AFTER COLLISION WITH MV 'DIGNITY' 24M NW OF LEIXOES, PORTUGAL, IN THICK...
Angela Wreck
STEEL HULL. OIL EINGINE, SINGLE SHAFT. PASSAGE LARNE FOR GOOLE. RAN AGROUND AND LATER BROKE UP IN HEAVY WEATHER. (SIBI).
Angela Wreck
BUILT IN 1957 BY ELSFLETHER WERFT AG, ELSFLETH/WESER. OWNED AT TIME OF LOSS BY AGENZIA MARITTIMA LA PORA. PASSAGE MARSEILLES FOR SARDINIA. GROUNDED DU...
Angela Beta Wreck
DEVELOPED ENGINE TROUBLE 18 MILES NORTH OF NASSAU WHILE ON PASSAGE MIAMI FOR SANTO DOMINGO. SANK AT APPROX 0430 MAR 11 OUTSIDE NASSAU HARBOUR. 5 MEN L...
Angeliki Wreck
VESSEL FAST ON HARD CORAL OFF KUBBAR ISLAND. NO DAMAGE TO CARGO. (LL VOL.233)
Angelina Wreck
BUILT IN 1963 BY WM DOXFORD & SONS (SHIPBUILDERS) LTD, SUNDERLAND. OWNED AT TIME OF LOSS BY MARVEL SHIPPING CO. S.A. PASSAGE DURBAN FOR MONTEVIDEO. SA...
Angie Wreck
15.8.85 RAN AGROUND ON 15.8.85. LATER SANK ON 2.9.85. WAS ON PASSAGE BAR TO TRIPOLI. (LL, 27.9.85).
Angmering Wreck
EX-RATTRAY HEAD '73. BUILT 1965 BY CLELANDS SHIPBUILDING CO., LTD. WALLSEND-ON-TYNE WITH 9 CYLINDER OIL ENGINE, SINGLE SHAFT. OWNED AT TIME OF LOSS BY...
Ann Fortune Wreck
VESSEL CAUGHT FIRE AND DRIFTED OFF TIMOR. WHILST EN-ROUTE SURABAJA TO KEELUNG. 51 CREW MEMBERS RESCUED BY M BULK CARRIER NORSE LION, 1 MISSING. LATER...
Ann Kheng Wreck
REP'D ENGINE TROUBLE WHILE ON PASSAGE FOR KUALA MATU. VESSEL DROPPED ANCHOR FOR REPAIRS, BUT DUE TO STRONG TIDE SHE WAS DRAGGED OUT TO SEA WHERE SHE G...
Ann Tong Wreck
ENGINE ROOM SWAMPED IN HEAVY SEAS & VESSEL DRIFTED ONTO SANDBAR. SALVAGE COMMENCED IMMEDIATELY, BUT DUE TO STRONG WINDS & HEAVY SEAS THE VESSEL BROKE...
Anna Bianca Wreck
PASSAGE LIPARI FOR TOULON. WAS STRANDED & SANK IN SHALLOW WATER OFF GIANNUTRI ISLAND AFTER RUDDER FAILURE DURING BAD WEATHER. SHE WAS CONSIDERED A TOT...
Anna Graebe Wreck
PRESUMED SUFFERED SHIFTED CARGO AND CAPSIZED.
Anna Ii Wreck
DEVELOPED A LIST IN HEAVY WEATHER AND SANK WHILST UNDER TOW APPROXIMATELY 1 MILE SOUTH OF KALAFATI BAY, MYKONOS. ALL 8 OF CREW SAVED. (LL).
Anna Leonhardt Wreck
REPORTED ABOUT TO BE ABANDONED IN STRONG WEATHER AND IN IMMEDIATE NEED OF ASSISTANCE. WAS ON PASSAGE FROM NORTH SPAIN TO HOLYHEAD.
Anna Lind Wreck
SANK VERY QUICKLY, REASON FOR LOSS NOT KNOWN. CREW OF 6 RECOVERED. PASSAGE ABERDEEN TO TANANAGER.
Anna M Wreck
VESSEL SANK WHILE ANCHORED IN TRIPOLI ROADS, LEBANON. WAS IN COLLISION WITH THE LEBANESE MV SEA HORSE. OWNERS AT TIME OF LOSS WERE ASHLAND SHIPPING CO...
Anna Maria Wreck
BUILT IN 1935 BY HENRY ROBB LTD., LEITH. OWNED AT TIME OF LOSS BY TITIKA CIA. NAV., S.A. PASSAGE HAMBURG FOR CONSTANTZA. VESSEL RAN AGROUND DUE TO HEA...
Anna Maria L Wreck
BUILT IN 1962 BY KASADO DOCK CO LTD, KUDAMATSU. OWNED AT TIME OF LOSS BY IOLAOS SHIPPING CORP. PASSAGE BANDAR ABBAS FOR MARINA DI CARRARA. DEVELOPED E...
Anna Rehder Wreck
VESSEL, BUILT 1953, BY SCHIFFSW. H. RANCKE, HAMBURG. OWNED AT TIME OF LOSS BY CARSTEN REHDER. SANK AFTER TAKING IN WATER THROUGH BROKEN HATCHES IN STO...
Anna Wonsild Wreck
SANK AFTER CARGO SHIFTED DUE TO HIGH SEAS 50 MILES OFF GIJON. EN-ROUTE KINGS LYNN. ALL CREW SAVED BAR ONE. OWNED AT TIME OF LOSS BY WONSILD AND SON OF...
Anne Bewa Wreck
VESSEL, ON PASSAGE FROM MARSEILLES TO ALEXANDRIA, WITH MIXED CARGO INCLUDING CHEMICALS, PAPER & MOTOR CARS. CAUGHT FIRE IN NO. 1 HOLD. VESSEL WAS BEAC...
Anneliese Wreck
BRIDGE COLLAPSED IN BAD WEATHER. WAS ABANDONED BY CREW AND EVENTUALLY DRIFTED ASHORE. (LL).
Annemarie Palm 2 Wreck
REPORTED TAKING IN WATER WHILE ON PASSAGE TEES TO LEER. ABANDONED BY CREW AND LATER SANK.
Annemieke Wreck
BUILT IN 1968. OWNED AT TIME OF LOSS BY LUMIN CIA. NAV, S.A. OIL ENGINE, SINGLE SHAFT. PASSAGE FURNACE FOR HAMBURG. SPRANG A LEAK IN HEAVY WEATHER AFT...
Anni Wreck
SANK WHILE ON PASSAGE ANTACHIA FOR RAVENNA. (LL).
Anonity Wreck
BUILT IN 1936 BY G BROWN & CO, GREENOCK. OWNED AT TIME OF LOSS BY F J EVERARD & SONS LTD. OIL ENGINE OF 84HP, SINGLE SHAFT. MACHINERY AFT BY NEWBURY D...
Ansgir Wreck
BUILT IN 1918 BY A G NEPTUN, ROSTOCK. 4 CYLINDER OIL ENGINE OF 476 BHP, SINGLE SHAFT. PASSAGELA PALLICE FOR BARRY FOR BUNKERS, FOR A VOYAGE TO JAPAN,...
Ansi Wreck
SANK AFTER COLLISION WITH SS ARAGON STAR. (LL).
Antares Wreck
MINED. (DANISH WK RECORD NO.458056).
Anthoula Wreck
VESSEL, BUILT 1957 BY ABEKING & RASMUSSEN, LEMWERDER. OWNED AT TIME OF LOSS BY ANTHOULA SHIPPING CO., LTD. STRUCK BY MV 'ARMONIKOS' AS SHE WAS ABOUT T...
Antilles Sun Wreck
PASSAGE KINGSTON, JAMAICA FOR MIAMI. SANK FOLLOWING COLLISION WITH CORAIN II. WAS CUT IN TWO. (LL).
Antonia Xilas Wreck
BUILT IN 1958. WHILST EN-ROUTE GDYNIA TO CHITTAGONG OR CHALNA, EAST PAKISTAN, WAS DELIBERATELY BEACHED AFTER SPONTANEOUS COMBUSTION, FIRE AND EXPLOSIO...
Antonios Wreck
DEVELOPED LIST IN HEAVY WEATHER. PASSAGE ALEXANDROUPOLIS FOR RETHIMNON. (MTL, NOV 1993).
Antwerpen (Probably) Wreck
BUILT IN 1927 BY N V WERF DE NOOD, ALBLASSEIRDAM. HOME PORT TERNEUZEN. FOUR CYLINDER OIL ENGINE OF 47 HP. PASSAGE BARRY FOR FREMINGTON. BOMBED & SUNK...
Anwar Wreck
21.10.82 VESSEL SANK NEAR JABAL AT TAIR, RED SEA, WHILST ON PASSAGEE PORT SUDAN TO MUKALLA. (LL, 21.10.82 & 10.2.83).
Anzio 1 Wreck
No description
Aoi Maru Wreck
3.12.75 EX- AOI, OWNED AT TIME OF LOSS BY CHUAN HUP MARINE (PRIVATE) LTD. FULLY LADEN WITH CARGO FOR INDONESIA, THE VESSEL CAPSIZED AND SANK IN EAST...
Apj Ambika (Possibly) Wreck
STRUCK BY EXOCET MISSILE FIRED BY IRAQI WARPLANE. WAS ON PASSAGE PORT PIRIE TO BANDAR KHOMEINI. HAD ENGINE FAILURE, CAUGHT FIRE AND SANK IN SHALLOW WA...
Apollon Delios Wreck
BUILT IN 1965 BY NEW SOUTH WALES GOVERNMENT ENGINEERING & SHIPBUILDING UNDERTAKING (STATE DOCKYARD), NEWCASTLE. OWNED AT TIME OF LOSS BY FIDDLE SHIPPI...
Apollonia Faith Wreck
BUILT 1977 BY DAE SUN SHIPBUILDING & ENGINEEING CO LTD. OWNED AT TIME OF LOSS BY PERSEUS MARINE CO LTD. PASSAGE VALENCIA FOR PIRAEUS. 13 CREW RESCUED,...
Apollonia V Wreck
BUILT 1962 BY SCHEEPSWERF 'DE WAAL' N.V., ZALTBOMMEL. OWNED AT TIME OF LOSS BY TIRRENIA MARITIME, SA. PASSAGE VOLOS FOR ALGIERS. SANK DUE TO VERY BAD...
Apostolos Andreas Wreck
VESSEL, BUILT 1937, WHILST EN-ROUTE GUANTANAMO TO CHINA, RAN AGROUND ON FORMIGAS BANK OFF MORANT POINT, E COAST OF JAMAICA. VESSEL FLOODED DUE TO EXTE...
Apostolos M Wreck
VESSEL, BUILT 1939, GROUNDED WHILE ON PASSAGE PIRAEUS FOR GIZAN. OWNED AT TIME OF LOSS BY MARMARINE SHIPPING CO. S.A., VESSEL WAS DECLARED A CONSTRUCT...
Aqueity Wreck
STEEL HULL. PASSAGE LONDON FOR SUNDERLAND. MINED. 6 MEN LOST. (SIBI).
Aquila Wreck
SANK FOLLOWING AN EXPLOSION WHILE ON PASSAGE TO ABIDJAN.
Araby Wreck
MINED WHILE ON PASSAGE SANTOS TO LONDON. STEEL MV, OWNED AT TIME OF LOSS BY ROYAL MAIL LINES, 6 LIVES LOST. (SHIPWRECK INDEX OF BRITISH ISLES, WW2SL,...
Arauca Wreck
PASSAE TAMPICO FOR PUERTO CABELLO. SANK FOLLOWING ENGINE DEFECT AND SHIFTING CARGO.
Arbon Wreck
CAPSIZED AND SANK WHILE ON PASSAGE SURINAME FOR ROTTERDAM. (LL).
Arcamare Wreck
VESSEL, BUILT 1959, WHILST EN-ROUTE YMUIDEN TO SHANGHAI, SANK WHILST UNDER TOW AFTER FIRE HAD BROKEN OUT IN WIRELESS ROOM OFF CABO VILLANO. OWNED AT T...
Ardgarry Wreck
BUILT IN 1957 BY JAMES LAMONT & CO, PORT GLASGOW. OWNED AT TIME OF LOSS BY P MACCALLUM & SONS LTD. 6 CYLINDER OIL ENGINE, SINGLE SHAFT. MACHINERY AFT...
Arduity Wreck
BUILT IN 1935 BY G BROWN & CO, GREENOCK. OWNED AT TIME OF LOSS BY F T EVERARD & SONS LTD. THREE CYLINDER OIL ENGINE OF 84HP, SINGLE SHAFT. MACHINERY A...
Arendskerk Wreck
VESSEL, WHILST EN-ROUTE ROTTERDAM AND ANTWERP FOR DURBAN, WAS TORPEDOED AND SUNK BY GERMAN SUBMARINE U-44 IN THE BAY OF BISCAY. CARGO INCLUDED: GALVAN...
Ares Iii Wreck
SANK OFF PONTIANAK ROAD, CAUSE NOT STATED. (LL). VESSEL, BUILT 1968, WAS OWNED AT TIME OF LOSS BY EASTERN SHIPPING AND TRADING CO. (PTE), LT...
Aretousa Wreck
VESSEL, BUILT 1958 BY SCHLICHTING-WERFT, TRAVEMUNDE. OWNED AT TIME OF LOSS BY ARGYRIOS A. THEOCHARIS & CO. WAS ABANDONED WHEN IT CAUGHT FIRE ON PASSAG...
Argo Carrier Wreck
VESSEL, [EX 'LUCKY CARRIER' '90, EX 'ARMONIA' '88, EX 'BANNER' '88, EX 'EURCO BANNER' '86, EX 'KAPTAMICHALIS' '84, EX 'NICOLAOS D.L.' '79], BUILT 1969...
Argo Delos (Stern Section) Wreck
22.10.60 RAN AGROUND 22.10.60 ON TORR BEG, INISHTRAHULL, WHILE ON PASSAGE GLASGOW FOR CUBA. BROKE IN TWO ON 1.11.60 AND AFTER PART FLOATED FREE....
Ariadne Wreck
PASSAGE FROM CEPHALONIA FOR BARCELONA. SANK AFTER ENGINE BROKE DOWN & HIGH SEAS HURLED HER AGAINST A BREAKWATER. SEVEN CREW & ONE PASSENGER SAFE. (LL)...
Arianna Wreck
VESSEL, EX AMERICAN MINESWEEPER. OWNED AT TIME OF LOSS BY MEDITERRANEA RECUPERI SRL. ON PASSAGE FROM TRAPANI FOR PALERMO. CAUGH FIRE, TAKEN IN TOW & B...
Aridity (Probably) Wreck
PASSAGE HULL FOR LONDON. MINED.
Aries Wreck
PASSAGE ALMERIA FOR PUEBLA DEL CARAMINAL. FOLLOWING RUDDER FAILURE STRUCK BOTTOM, SPRANG A LEAK AND SANK. DECLARE CTL. (LL).
Arimar Wreck
STRANDED 0.5M S OF EGG IS [OR ROCK], ON N TIP OF ELEUTHERA, WHILST EN-ROUTE BOCA GRANDE TO VENICE. (LLOYDS 206). RAN AGROUND AFTE...
Aris Wreck
VESSEL REPORTED TO HAVE BEEN 'LOST' DURING PASSAGE FROM SICILY TO MALTA. CAUGHT FIRE & IS STRANDED OFF THE EAST COAST OF SICILY. DECLARED A CONSTRUCTI...
Aristaios Wreck
SPRANG A LEAK AFTER TOUCHING BOTTOM AND GROUNDED. (LLOYDS VOL.213)
Aristoteles Wreck
VESSEL, BUILT 1952 BY LUBECKER FLENDER-WERKE, LUBECK. OWNED AT TIME OF LOSS BY MATAGRE CIA.NAV., S.A. ON PASSAGE FROM PLOCE FOR BAR, SOUTHERN YUGOSLAV...
Arizona Wreck
BUILT IN 1939. OIL ENGINE, SINGLE SHAFT. PASSAGE METHIL & BLYTH FOR BRIDGEWATER. STRUCK GERMAN LAID MINE. (WW2SL, DODS & SIBI).
Arkan 1 Wreck
SANK, CAUSE UNKNOWN. ONE FEMALE PASSENGER LOST. PASSAGE LIMASSOL FOR TRIPLOI, LEBANON.
Arklow Bay (Possibly) Wreck
FOUNDERED IN HEAVY WEATHER. CARGO INCLUDED SIX POLYTHYLENE CONTAINERS OF BROMIDE.
Arklow Castle Wreck
VESSEL, BUILT 1981, OWNED AT THE TIME OF LOSS BY VALE SHIPPING LTD. GROUNDED ON ROCKS ON LEAVING SABLES D'OLONNE FOR LONDON AND WAS ABANDONED BY CREW....
Arktis Island Wreck
EX- HERMOD, BUILT 1983 BY A/S NORDSOVAERFTET, RINGKOBING. OWNED AT TIME OF LOSS BY H & L I/S. PASSAGE SINGAPORE FOR BANGLADESH. CAPSIZED AND SANK AFTE...
Armada Mulia Wreck
BUILT IN 1976. OWNED AT TIME OF LOSS BY P.T. PERUSAHAAN PELAYARAN NUSTARA 'TANDJUNG'. PASSAGE BELEWAN FOR TANJUNG PRIOK. SANK FOLLOWING COLLISION WITH...
Arno Wreck
PASSAGE LA SPEZIA FOR ALGIERS. SANK AFTER REPORTEDLY HITTING A HALF-SUBMERGED OBJECT. CREW OF FOUR RECOVERED. (LL).
Aro (Possibly) Wreck
No description