Motor Vessel Wrecks 1900-2000
View All Motor Vessel on the Wreck MapSirena Wreck
BUILT IN 1952 BY KOCHUMS M/V A/B. OWNED AT TIME OF LOSS BY INTER UNION SHIPPING CO. PASSAGE SAFI FOR RENI. CARGO PHOSPHATE. GROUNDED 3 MILES NW OF CAP...
Siri Maria Wreck
TOOK ON HEAVY STBD LIST IN FORCE 9 GALE. ABANDONED BY CREW. LATER SANK AFTER DRIFTING FOR 12 HOURS.
Sirius Wreck
SANK WHILE ON PASSAGE BARBADOS FOR GUYANA. OWNED AT TIME OF LOSS BY GULLFIELD SHIPPING CO, ST VINCENT. (LL).
Sisco Wreck
No description
Sisco Wreck
RAN AGROUND ON REEF AT VAITUPU ISLAND AND ABANDONED BY OWNERS. DECLARED CTL. (LL & TUVALU NEWSHEET).
Sitia Wreck
BUILT IN 1950 BY EKENBERGS VARV, STOCKHOLM. OWNED AT TIME OF LOSS BY AIDA SHIPPING CO LTD. PASSAGE CONSTANTZA FOR GAZA. CARGO CEMENT. WAS AT ANCHOR OF...
Sival Wreck
GROUNDED & SANK IN GALE 15M S OF GOTHENBURG. POSITION EXPOSED. CARGO SALVED BUT NO ATTEMPTS TO REFLOAT VESSEL WILL BE MADE. (LL).
Skansen Wreck
5.10.78 VESSEL WAS EMPLOYED ESTABLISHING A LT BN IN THE GREAT BELT WHEN IT STRUCK THE FOUNDATIONS OF THE BN, SHE SANK IN 15MINS. (LL, 5.10.78).
Skipper Nick Wreck
BUILT IN 1956 BY BRODOGRALISTE '111 MAJ', RIJEKA. OWNED AT TIME OF LOSS BY TOSCA SHIPPING CO LTD. PASSAGE CONSTANZA FOR VIETNAM. STRANDED AT ARUAH ISL...
Skoczow Wreck
BUILT IN 1977. OWNED AT THE TIME OF LOSS BY POLISH SHIPPING ASSOC. PASSAGE GDYNIA FOR MERSINSANK. SANK FOLLOWING A COLLISION WITH GABONESE MV L'ABANGA...
Sky One Wreck
VESSEL, ON PASSAGE FROM MARINA DI CARRARA FOR JEDDAH. SANK AFTER DEVELOPING CRACKS IN HULL. CREW OF 13 SAFE. (LLOYDS VOL.258).
Skyfrost Wreck
CAUGHT FIRE WHILE AT ANCHOR IN LAS PALMAS HBR. AFTER SEVERAL EXPLOSIONS, WAS TOWED OUT OF HBR AND EVENTUALLY SANK.
Slamet Bahari (Possibly) Wreck
DEVELOPED LEAK DURING HEAVY WEATHER. ABANDONED BY CREW. PRESUMED SUNK. (LL).
Slamet Hidup Wreck
VESSEL WITH A WOODEN HULL, PASSAGE PASAR IKAN FOR BANGKA. DEVELOPED ENGINE TROUBLE DURING A MONSOON, CAPSIZED AND SANK OUTSIDE DAM [?BREAKWATER], TANJ...
Sliedrecht (Mv) Wreck
Wreck No: W10044, Place of Loss: Outer Approaches to the N Channel Admiralty Chart, Source of Coordinate: wrecksite.eu
Snestad Wreck
BUILT IN 1926 BY KOCKUMS MEK VAERKS. OWNED AT TIME OF LOSS BY SKINS A/S SNESTAD (A F KLAVENESS & CO A/S). OIL ENGINE OF 439NHP. PASSAGE BERGEN FOR PHI...
Sns Express Wreck
PASSAGE HAITI FOR SANTO DOMINGO FOR DRYDOCKING. SPRANG A LEAK AND WAS BEACHED. (LL).
Sofia L Wreck
PASSAGE JOUNIEH FOR LIMASSOL. RAN AGROUND IN HEAVY WEATHER AT ENTEH, 15M SOUTH OF TRIPOLI, LEBANON. (LL).
Soknatind Wreck
BUILT IN 1972. OWNED AT TIME OF LOSS BY O H MELING. PASSAGE GLOMFJORD, NW NORWAY FOR OSLO. RAN AGROUND DURING HEAVY WEATHER WHEN 12M SW OF FLORO, N OF...
Sol Kari Wreck
PASSAGE KJOPSVIK FOR VADSO. RAN AGROUND NEAR NORDKYN. LATER SANK. (LL).
Soloy Wreck
4.12.87 RAN AGROUND. SUBSEQUENTLY CAPSIZED AND SANK. (LL, 4.12.87)
Solvang Iii Wreck
16.3.92 WAS CAUGHT BY GUST OF WIND WHEN SHIFTING BERTH. HEELED OVER AND FOUNDERED. WAS ON PASSAGE MALOY TO BERGEN.(LL, 16.3.92)
Sonia G. Masiques Wreck
CARGO SHIFTED IN ROUGH SEAS ON VOYAGE VALLCARCA FOR SAN ANTONIO, IBIZA. ALL 7 CREW MISSING. (LLOYDS VOL.255)
Soon Kiong Wreck
1.12.83 PASSAGE SIBU FOR MARUDI. ENCOUNTERED HEAVY SWELLS. WAS TAKEN IN TOW, BUT ROPE PARTED WHEN OFF KUALA BARAM. VESSEL STRANDED AND LATER SANK...
Soon Ping 2 Wreck
SPRANG A LEAK AND SANK WHILE ON PASSAGE SINGAPORE FOR SANDAKAN. (LL).
Soon Ping No. 1 Wreck
WAS SWAMPED AND SANK WHEN HAWSER SNAPPED WHILE BEING TOWED TO KUALA BARAM. (LL).
Sophia Wreck
VESSEL, BUILT 1950 BY AKERS M/V A/S., OSLO. CAUGHT FIRE DUE TO FUEL LEAKAGE IN ENGINE ROOM WHILE AT ANCHOR OFF DAMMAN. GUTTED VESSEL WAS ABANDONED AS...
Sophia Weston Wreck
PASSAGE AVONMOUTH FOR ANTWERP. COLLIDED WITH MV PRATITA & SANK. TWO MEN INJURED. (LL).
Sophie B Wreck
BUILT IN 1957 BY FLENSBURGER SCHIFFS. GES, FLENSBURG. OWNED AT TIME OF LOSS BY CIA NAV IMPLUVIO, S.A. PASSAGE CHALNA FOR HONG KONG. DAMAGED BADLY BY F...
Sopot Wreck
VESSEL, BUILT 1966, OWNED AT TIME OF LOSS BY POLISH SHIPPING ASSOC. [POLSKI TOWARZYSTWO OKRETOWE S.A]. ABANDONED & SANK WHEN SHE LISTED AFTER CARGO SH...
Sota Eduardo Wreck
15.7.85 BUILT IN 1974 BY AST CELAYA, BILBAO. OWNED AT TIME OF LOSS BY EDUARDO DE ALA SOTA PROVEDA. V16 OIL ENGINE OF 1125HP, SINGLE SHALT. PASSAGE M...
Soto Trader Wreck
SANK AT ANCHOR OFF LITTLE CAYMAN ISLAND. FIRE POSSIBLE CAUSE OF SINKING. NO ATTEMPT TO SALVE VESSEL WILL BE MADE. (LL).
Soton Wreck
YOOK ON LIST, WHILE ON PASSAGE RIBADEO TO NADOR, DUE TO LEAKAGE IN HOLD. ENTERED SAN CIPRIAN PORT IN EMERGENCY WHERE VESSEL WAS STRANDED AND CAPSIZED.
Soula G Wreck
VESSEL, ON PASSAGE FROM THESSALONIKI FOR PREVEZA. SANK N OF EUBOEA ISLAND DURING HEAVY WEATHER. SIX CREW DROWNED, ONE SAVED. (LLOYDS VOL.238).
Sound Fisher Wreck
VESSEL WAS TAKEN IN TOW AFTER CARGO SHIFTED WHILST EN-ROUTE LYNESS TO GHENT. SHE LATER CAPSIZED & SANK. (LLOYDS).
South Venture Wreck
RAN AGROUND ON RONCADOR CAY. PASSAGE CARTAGENA, COLOMBIA, FOR PUERTO BARRIOS, GUATEMALA. ABANDONED AS TOTAL LOSS. (MSD).
Southern Glory Wreck
9.12.93 EX-SOUTHERN CROSS '79, EX-LISA MILLER '79, EX-KAROON '68. BUILT IN 1951 BY NSW GOVERNMENT ENGINEERING & SHIPBUILDING UNDERTAKING, STATE D...
Southern Quest Wreck
WAS TRAPPED BY ICE WHILE ON PASSAGE TO CAPE EVANS, ROSS ISLAND, IN SUPPORT OF 'IN THE FOOTSTEPS OF SCOTT 1984 ANTARCTIC EXPEDITION'. SANK QUICKLY WHEN...
Souzaco Wreck
PASSAGE MALTA FOR BENGHAZI. SANK AFTER FIRE. ALL THE CREW WERE SAVED. (LL).
Span Wreck
BUILT IN 1967 BY IMAI ZOSEN, KOCHI. OWNED AT TIME OF LOSS BY THAI OCEAN MANAGEMENT NAVIGATON CO. PASSAGE TANJONG MANI FOR BANGKOK. HOLDS FLOODED IN VE...
Spartak Wreck
31.5.89 STRUCK SUPPORT OF BRIDGE UNDER CONSTRUCTION WHILE LEAVING ARCHANGEL FOR MEZEN. WAS HOLED AND SANK WITHIN 10 MINS. (LL, 19 & 31.5.89)
Spartakos Wreck
VESSEL, BUILT 1958 BY SCHPS. 'GIDEON' V/H J. KOSTER, GRONINGEN. OWNED AT TIME OF LOSS BY BELLANTONA LINES CO., LTD.. HAD A FIRE IN THE ENGINE ROOM, A...
Sperrbrecher 174 Wreck
EX NORWEGIAN TINDEFJELL. SEIZED BY GERMANS AND USED AS BLOCKADE RUNNER. MINED OFF DUNKIRK. (R VERPOORTE).
Sperrbrecher 178 Wreck
BUILT IN 1925 BY DEUTSCHE WERKE AT, KIEL AS MV GAUSS FOR NEPTUN DAMPFSCHFFAHRT-GESELLSCHART, BREMEN. REQUISTIONED IN 1942 AND CONVETERED TO SPERRBRECH...
Spica Wreck
PASSAGE MIDDLESBOROUGH FOR GOTHENBURG. SANK AFTER STORM DAMAGE TO PLATING. 6 CREW RESCUED BY SWEDISH VESSEL 'LAPONIA'. (EXCHANGE TELEGRAPH CO & LL).
Spiridon I Wreck
SANK ON LEAVING HARBOUR, CAUSE NOT STATED. 1 MAN LOST. (LLOYDS VOL. 284).
Spjelkvag Wreck
28.5.77 VESSEL GROUNDED & LATER SANK 1.25M SE OF HESNESBREGEN. (LL, 28.5.77)
Spolanda Wreck
OWNED AT TIME OF LOSS BY DAMMERS & VAN DER HEIDE'S SCHEEPVAART & HANDELSBEDRIJF N.V. PASSAGE ST MALO FOR ROTTERDAM. SANK FOLLOWING A COLLISION WITH BE...
Sporakos Wreck
7 CREWMEN RESCUED BY ISRAELI PATROL VESSEL W OF HAIFA. THEY IDENTIFIED THEIR VESSEL AS SPARAKOS. (LL).
Springfield Wreck
VESSEL, BUILT 1969, WHILST EN-ROUTE SEBANGAN BAY TO AKITA, RAN AGROUND ON ARENA REEF, SULU SEA. THE WRECK LATER SLIPPED OFF INTO DEEPER WATER. OWNED A...
Spyros G Wreck
VESSEL, BUILT 1946 BY HENRY ROBB LTD, LEITH. OWNED AT TIME OF LOSS BY SPYRTENKO SHIPPING CO. ON PASSAGE FROM PIREAUS FOR TRIPOLI. SANK AFTER TAKING IN...
Sri Bee Hua Wreck
BUILT IN 1973. OWNED AT TIME OF LOSS BY SRI BEE HUA SHIPPING, SIBU. PASSAGE SEBUYAU FOR TANJONG MANI. SANK WHEN CARGO SHIFTED DURING HEAVY WEATHER.
Sri Indrapura I Wreck
SANK DUE TO LEAKAGE IN KEEL AND ENGINE ROOM.
Sri Jalong Wreck
SANK IN ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS WHILE ATTEMPTING TO ENTER IGAN R MOUTH. (LL).
Sri Rezeki Wreck
GROUNDED AFTER STRIKING A ROCK. OWNED AT TIME OF LOSS BY P T PELAJARAN PERATUS, SURABAJA. PASSAGE AMSTERDAM FOR SURABAJA VIA DURBAN. ALL CREW SAFE. NO...
St Christopher Wreck
OWNED AT TIME OF LOSS BY FORTUNE SHIPPING LINES. PASSAGE PALAWAN FOR MANILA. SANK AFTER A BIG WAVE SWAMPED THE VESSEL CAUSING THE CARGO TO SHIFT. EIGH...
St Hilaire Wreck
PASSAGE STE FLAVIE FOR PORT ALFRED. SANK 3M W OF ALCIDE RK BUOY, FOLLOWING AN ENGINE ROOM FIRE. (LL).
St James Wreck
REPORTEDLY OWNED BY NORBERTO PESCONES, DAVAO CITY. PASSAGE DAVAO FOR BANGAGA (?BAGANGA). CAUGHT FIRE, EXPLODED AND SANK. (LL).
St Kilda Wreck
EX-QUO VADIS '55. BUILT IN 1955 BY SCHPS. 'GIDEON' V/H J.KOSTER, GRONIGEN. OWNED AT TIME OF LOSS BY W BELSTRA, GRONINGEN. 4 CYLINDER OIL ENGINE, SINGL...
St Mary Wreck
GROUNDED ON PRATAS REEF, WHEN RADAR FAILED. REPORTED TO HAVE BEEN DRUG SMUGGLING. (LL).
St. Germain (Mv) Wreck
Wreck No: W12436, Place of Loss: Donegal, 27.4nm NNW of Tory Island, Source of Coordinate: BVLS 1939-1945, Description: 1044-ton motor vessel sunk by...
St. Merriel Wreck
No description
Stabia I (Possibly) Wreck
VESSEL, BUILT 1948 BY SWAN, HUNTER & WIGHAM RICHARDSON, WALLSEND-ON-TYNE. OWNED AT TIME OF LOSS BY ROTARY TRAFFIC SPA DI NAVIGAZIONE. ON PASSAGE FROM...
Stade (Possibly) Wreck
SUNK AFTER COLLISION WITH `CIUDAD DE MAIZALES'.
Stade (Probably) Wreck
SANK FOLLOWING COLLISION WITH COLOMBIAN MV 'CIUDAD DE MANIZALES' WHILE ON PASSAGE CASABLANCA TO OSTEND. (LLOYDS VOL.209).
Stagan Wreck
BUILT IN 1959 BY BURNTISLAND SHIPBUILDING CO LTD, BURNTISLAND. OWNED AT TIME OF LOSS BY STAGAN SHIPPING CO. LTD. PASSAGE MUKALLA FOR KARACHI FOR SCRAP...
Stalholm (Possibly) Wreck
VESSEL SPRANG A LEAK & SANK SW OF FEISTEIN LT, WHILST ON PASSAGE OSLO TO AALESUND. (LLOYDS)
Stalstraum Wreck
VESSEL, BUILT 1954. GROUNDED AND SUBSEQUENTLY SANK OUTSIDE SANDNESSJOEN. SETTLED AS A TOTAL LOSS. (LLOYDS VOL.280).
Stanislaw Du Bois Wreck
2.4.89 BUILT IN 1965. OWNED AT TIME OF LOSS BY POLSKIE LINIE OCEANICZNE. PASSAGE GDANSK FOR SURABAYA. CARGO CARBIDE IN DRUMS. WAS BADLY DAMAGED DURI...
Stanley Bay Wreck
REPORTED STEERING FAILURE AND SEVERE WATER INGRESS IN ENGINE ROOM. ABANDONED BY CREW AND LATER SANK. ON PASSAGE DUBLIN TO AVILES.
Star Of Jeddah Wreck
REPD SUNK ON MISMARI REEF. OWNED AT TIME OF LOSS BY ORRI NAVIGATION LINES. (LLOYDS VOL.198 P.258)
Star Of Mecca Wreck
12.5.71 WENT AGROUND ON PASSAGE JEDDAH -MASSAWA. (LL,18.2, 28.4, & 12.5.71) VESSEL, BUILT 1937, RAN AGROUND 90M N OF MASSAWA. OWNED AT TIM...
Star Of Rawiah Wreck
BUILT 1943 BY COLLINGWOOD SHIPYARDS LTD., COLLINGWOOD. OWNED AT TIME OF LOSS BY ORRI NAV. LINES. ON PASSAGE SUEZ TO SAFAGA. GROUNDED ON CORAL REEF NEA...
Star Of Shaddia Wreck
26.1.1974 VESSEL, BUILT 1951 BY DEUTSCHE WERFT A.G., HAMBURG, STRANDED ON ROCKS IN ZUBAIR ISLANDS ON 26.1.1974. OWNED AT TIME OF LOSS BY OSSAM SHIPP...
Stark Wreck
EX-TAURO '88, EX-BOCHA '87, EX-ACURIA '79. BUILT IN 1971 BY ASTILLEROS DEL CANTABRICO Y DE RIERA, GIJON. OWNED AT TIME OF LOSS BY STARK MARITIME CO LT...
Start Point Wreck
BUILT BY SUNDERLAND SB CO LTD. LAID DOWN AS WAR WARBLER. PASSAGE MILFORD HAVEN FOR FREETOWN. TORPEDOED. (WARTIME STANDARD SHIPS VOL 3).
Stavfjord Wreck
12.1.93 CARGO, 200 TONS DYNAMITE IN HOLD AND 200,000 PERCUSSION CAPS IN CONTAINERS ON DECK, SHIFTED IN HEAVY SEAS CAUSING THE VESSEL TO LIST 45 -...
Stavronikita Wreck
BURNED OUT IN BRIDGETOWN HARBOUR, DATE NOT KNOWN.
Steinbjorn Wreck
ON PASSAGE NARVIK FOR GUNNESS. SANK SW OF EGERSUND AFTER DEVELOPING HEAVY LIST. (UID JAN 1980).
Stella Wreck
SANK JUST OUTSIDE HALMSTAD FAIRWAY. PASSAGE HALMSTAD FOR RAAMSDONKSVEER, HOLLAND. (LL).
Stella I Wreck
CAPSIZED AND SANK WHEN ENCOUNTERING SUDDEN LARGE WAVES. HAD ARRIVED FROM SHANTOU. (LL).
Stella K Wreck
WHILST EN ROUTE FROM CANADA TO BOULOGNE, A FIRE BROKE OUT IN THE ENGINE ROOM, SPREADING TO THE ACCOMMODATION DECK & BRIDGE BEFORE BEING EXTINGUISHED....
Stella Maru No 2 Wreck
No description
Sten Trans Wreck
PASSAGE SAMSO FOR KIEL. CARGO OF STONES SHIFTED AND CAUSED LIST. TOOK WATER AND SANK. (LL). CREW OF 15 RECOVERED. (LL).
Sterling Grace Wreck
BUILT IN 1969 BY SANOUASU DOCKYARD CO LTD, OSAKA. OWNED AT TIME OF LOSS BY PIPER SHIPPING CO LTD. PASSAGE MARIUPOL, UKRAINE FOR CHITTAGONG. REPORTED T...
Stirlingshire Wreck
TORPEDOED BY U-94. (AXIS SUBMARINE SUCCESSES).
Stokksund Wreck
REPORTED OVERDUE WHILE ON PASSAGE LONDON FOR KRISTIANSAND S. (LL).
Stormarn Wreck
BUILT IN 1957 BY HUGO PETERS, WEWELSFLETH. OWNED AT TIME OF LOSS BY ISABELLA SHIPPING CO. PASSAGE PENMAENMAWR FOR HAMBURG. SANK, CAUSE NOT REPORTED. (...
Stormlight Wreck
REPORTED TO BE TRAPPED BETWEEN REEF & ROCKS AT ENTRANCE TO CRAIGHOUSE, JURA, EN-ROUTE CAMPBELTOWN TO OBAN.
Stralsund Wreck
8.2.57 REPORTED IN DISTRESS AND WITH 40 DEGREES LIST. ABANDONED BY CREW AND EVENTUALLY SANK. WAS ON PASSAGE WISMAR TO MIDDLESBROUGH. (LL 8.2.57).
Su Rong Wreck
WAS DAMAGED WHEN GROUNDED ON ROCKS WHILE ON PASSAGE DALIAN FOR INCHON. WAS TAKEN IN TOW AND BEACHED ON SANBANK ABOUT 3 MILES N OF JAWOL ISLAND (CHAWOL...
Suavity Wreck
BUILT IN G BROWN & CO (MARINE) LTD, GREENOCK. OWNED AT TIME OF LOSS BY F T EVERARD & SONS LTD. 6 CYLINDER OIL ENGINE OF 86HP, SINGLE SHAFT. MACHINERY...
Subur Wreck
SANK DURING ROUGH WEATHER WHILE ON PASSAGE BELEWAN TO SUNDA KELAPA, JAKARTA.
Success Wreck
STRUCK IN ENGINE ROOM BY TWO MISSILES FIRED BY IRAQI WAR PLANES WHEN LEAVING BANDAR KHOMEINI, FOLLOWING DISCHARGE OF CARGO. CAUGHT FIRE & SANK WHEN FU...
Sudarwan I Wreck
SANK IN HEAVY WEATHER. PASSAGE BANJARMASIN FOR SUNDA KELAPA, JAKARTA. (LL).
Sudurland Wreck
SANK IN BAD WEATHER AFTER CARGO SHIFTED WHILST EN-ROUTE THORSHAVN (FAROES) TO THORSHOFN (ICELAND).
Sudurland Wreck
REPORTED HEAVY LEAKAGE DURING A GALE. TOOK ON LIST AND SANK.
Suhail Star Wreck
STRUCK SUBMERGED OBJECT, DEVELOPED A LEAK, AND WAS BEACHED.
Suhiwa Wreck
SANK FOLLOWING A COLLISION WITH INDONESIAN MV PERGANDA.
Sumber Agang Wreck
25.7.86 WAS SWAMPED BY HEAVY SEAS AND SANK WHILE ON PASSAGE PORT OF AMBON TO KISAR ISLAND. AT LEAST 80 LIVES LOST, 10 SURVIVORS INCLUDING 7 CREW. (L...