Motor Vessel Wrecks 1900-2000

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. 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...

Sumber Djaja Wreck

BUILT IN 1959. PASSAGE SAMARINDA FOR PS. IKAN. FOUNDERED AFTER SPRINGING LEAKS BETWEEN BAWEAN AND KARIMUND JAWA.

Sumber Maju Wreck

RAN AGROUND.

Sumber Maju Wreck

SANK IN THE WATERS OF KARIMUM JAWA. PASSAGE SEMARANG FOR PONTIANAK.

Sumber Mulia Wreck

SANK FOLLOWING A COLLISION WITH MV PRINCE TIDE WHILE EN ROUTE PALEMBANG FOR SUNDA KELAPA.

Sumber Tunas 11 Wreck

BUILT 1954. OWNED AT TIME OF LOSS BY P.T. PERUSAHAAN PELAYARAN NUSANTARA 'NAGA LAUT'. PASSAGE SURABAYA FOR DILI. FIRE BROKE OUT IN DECK CARGO OF AVGAS...

Sumijati Wreck

10.12.73 SANK IN SINGAPORE OUTER HARBOUR FOLLOWING COLLISION WITH LIBERIAN MT BRUCE WINDRATI. VESSEL SUBSEQUENTLY RAISED AND RETURNED TO OWNERS. (LL...

Sumnia Wreck

BUILT IN 1973 BY GOOLE SHIPBUILDING AND REPAIRING CO LTD. OWNED AT THE TIME OF SINKING BY ALEXANDERS PARTNERS (SHIPBROKING) LTD. ENGINE FAILED DURING...

Sun Eagle Wreck

BUILT IN 1970 BY SHIN YAMAMOTO ZOSEN, KOCHI. OWNED AT TIME OF LOSS BY SUN EAGLE MARINE MARITIME, S.A. RAN AGROUND, WHILE PROCEEDING INTO UGLEGORSK HAR...

Sun Falcon Wreck

BUILT IN 1965 BY N.V. SCHPS. GEBR. VAN DIEPEN, WATERHUIZEN. OWNED AT TIME OF LOSS BY SUN BRIGHT, S.A. DEVELOPED LIST WHEN HER ENGINE ROOM FLOODED AND...

Sun Flower Wreck

BUILT IN 1962 BY URAGA DOCK CO, YOKOSUKA. OWNED AT TIME OF LOSS BY GREENLINES SHIPPING CO LTD. CAUGHT FIRE IN ENGINE ROOM WHILE LOADING SUGAR AT KO SI...

Sun Glory Wreck

BUILT IN 1956 BY AMSTERDAMSCHE DROOGDOK MIJ, N.V, AMSTERDAM. CAPSIZED AND SANK AT ANCHOR AFTER LYING UNDER ARREST FOR TWO YEARS. HAD BEEN SOLD TO INDI...

Sun Long No 8 Wreck

BUILT IN 1964 BY HAYASHIKANE SHIPBUILDING & ENGINEERING CO LTD, SHIMONOSEKI. OWNED AT TIME OF LOSS BY SUN LONG STEAMSHIP CO LTD. PASSAGE SORONG, IRIAN...

Sun Rise Wreck

VESSEL, BUILT 1959 BY HANSEATICHE WERFT G.M.B.H., HAMBURG. OWNED AT TIME OF LOSS BY ZAPPION SHIPPING CO., LTD. ON PASSAGE FROM DAKAR TO PORTO MARGHERA...

Sunny L Wreck

5.9.83 RAN AGROUND AFTER BEING ANCHORED FOR ENGINE REPAIRS. (LL, 5.9.83)

Sunrise Wreck

BUILT IN 1960 BY N.V.KON. MAATS ''DE SCHELDE''. OWNED AT TIME OF LOSS BY KOLANDIA MARITIME CORPORATION, LTD. PASSAGE JAPAN FOR DAMMAN. REPORTED A LEA...

Supanava No 12 Wreck

27.6.75 NAME CORRECTED FROM SUPANAWA NO.12 TO SUPANAVA NO 12. EN-ROUTE PATTANI FOR BANGKOK & ENCOUNTERED HEAVY WEATHER. COUPLED WITH HEAVY LOAD O...

Super Olympia Wreck

STRANDED AT T'ONG SO I. WHILE ON PASSAGE CHINA FOR INCHON. (LL).

Supremity Wreck

MINED WHILE ON PASSAGE BLYTH TO LONDON.

Surabaya Wreck

Reported (1980)

Surya Jaya I Wreck

No description