Motor Vessel Wrecks 1900-2000
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21.4.78 VESSEL, BUILT IN 1968 BY ASTANO SA, FERROL. OWNED AT TIME OF LOSS BY NAV DEL SUR. ON PASSAGE FROM LAS PALMAS FOR LAGOS. CAUGHT FIRE ON 21...
Arri Wreck
25.7.81 VESSEL, BUILT 1972 BY ASTILLEROS DE MURUETA A.S., GUERNICA. REPD TO HAVE STRUCK UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT APPROX 40M S OF LISBON & SANK WITH NO LO...
Arrowhead Wreck
No description
Arthurtown Wreck
BUILT IN 1936 BY NV SCHPS GEBR VAN DER WERF, DEEST. OWNED AT TIME OF LOSS BY PINCH & SIMPSON, LONDON. 6 CYLINDER OIL ENGINE, SINGLE SHAFT. PASSAGE SOU...
Ashanti (Possibly) Wreck
BUILT IN 1936 BY GOOLE SB CO LTD, GOOLE. OWNED AT TIME OF LOSS BY THE ROYAL NAVY, HAVING BEEN REQUSITIONED FROM T E EVANS & CO. 6 CYLINDER, TWO STROKE...
Asia Carrier 1 Wreck
BUILT IN 1957 BY FORGES ET CHANTIERS DE LA MEDITERRANEE. OWNED AT TIME OF LOSS BY HERROWBY SHIPPING LTD. RAN AGROUND OFF NEGOMBO PT, WHILST ON PASSAGE...
Asia Ruby Wreck
BUILT IN 1962. CAPSIZED AND SANK AT BAHANAR, KAHAJAN RIVER, S BORNEO AFTER DEVELOPING A LIST AND BEING BEACHED THE PREVIOUS DAY. (MSD).
Asian Speeder Wreck
BUILT 1971 BY USUKI TEKKOSHO, SAIKI. OWNED AT TIME OF LOSS BY LOTUS S.S. CORPORATION. PASSAGE CAPE PALMAS, LIBERIA FOR EUROPE. ABANDONED, FOLLOWING FL...
Asiatica Wreck
PASSAGE MANILLA FOR KOBE. GROUNDED INTENTIONALLY FOLLOWING FIRE. (LL).
Aso Wreck
VESSEL, BUILT 1961 BY J.J. SIETAS SCHIFFSW., HAMBURG. OWNED AT TIME OF LOSS BY SOCIETA DI NAVIGAZIONE ASO. STRUCK A SUBMERGED OBJECT & SANK OFF LOCRI,...
Aspis Wreck
PASSAGE PIRAEUS FOR TARTONS. CAUGHT FIRE AND WAS ABANDONED. LATER SANK AFTER TOWING ATTEMPTS WERE ABANDONED. (LL).
Aster Wreck
30.12.76 ENCOUNTERED HEAVY SEAS & SANK APPROX 10M NW OF TG SIRIK. (LL, 4 & 30.12.76) VESSEL, BUILT 1970, WAS EN-ROUTE TELOK AYER, KALIMANT...
Astipalaia Wreck
BUILT 1955 BY KIELER HOWALDTSWERKE AG, KIEL. OWNED AT TIME OF LOSS BY MARSIGMA INC. PASSAGE CASABLANCA FOR ORAN. RAN AGROUND ON ROCKS OFF POINTE DU CA...
Astronaut Wreck
BUILT IN 1957 BY GOOLE SHIPBUILDING & REPAIRING CO LTD, GOOLE. OWNED AT TIME OF LOSS BY PYRSOS NAVIGATION CO LTD. PASSAGE FOR LARNACA FOR BEIRA. DEVEL...
Asuncion Wreck
BUILT IN 1961 BY BODEWES SCHPSW. 'VOLHARDING' NV, FOXHOL. PASSAGE PULA, YUGOSLAVIA FOR TRIPOLI. SANK 10M OFF CORFU. THE CREW MANAGED TO REACH CORFU IN...
Athens Sky Wreck
VESSEL, BUILT 1959 BY ATELIERS ET CHANTIERS DE LA SEIN MARITIME, LE TRAIT. OWNED AT TIME OF LOSS BY JACARANDA SHIPPING CORP. ON PASSAGE FROM BREMEN TO...
Athina B Wreck
15.1.80 RAN AGROUND AFTER 12 HOUR SAGA OF DRAGGING ANCHOR AND STEERING PROBLEMS OFF SHOREHAM. LEFT LA PALLICE 15.1.80. (LL, 22, 23 & 24.1.80)....
Atlantic Wreck
OWNED AT TIME OF LOSS BY ALIGBEN LINES INC. PASSAGE CEBU FOR SURIGAO CITY. SANK DURING TYPHOON IKE. ONLY 5 SURVIVORS. (MSD).
Atlantic (Possibly) Wreck
SANK FOLLOWING A COLLISION WITH BRITISH SS 'BURDALE' IN FOG.
Atlantic Sun Wreck
BUILT IN 1941 BY SUN SHIPBUILDING & DRYCOCK, COMPANY. OWNED AT TIME OF LOSS BY SUN OIL CO. OIL ENGINE OF 1590NHP. PASSAGE PHILADELPHIA FOR LIVERPOOL....
Attiki (Probably) Wreck
23.5.78 BUILT IN 1966 BY IMABARI ZOSEN, IMABARI. OWNED AT TIME OF LOSS BY LANITHOS CIA NAV, SA. PASSAGE GENOA FOR PORT SUDAN. RAN AGROUND AND WAS AB...
Attilio Deffenu Wreck
BUILT IN 1929 BY SOC. ANON. ANSALDO. OWNED AT TIME OF LOSS BY 'TIRRENA' SOC. ANON. DI NAV. TORPEDOED & SUNK BY BRITISH SUBMARINE NEAR BRINDISI. (DODS)...
Aube Wreck
SUNK BY SUBMARINE, 3.5M N BY W OF ILE D'YEU LT, WHILE ON PASSAGE FROM NEWPORT TO BORDEAUX. (LL WW1). TORPEDOED BY SUBMARINE WITHOUT WARNING....
Auberg Wreck
SANK FOLLOWING A FIRE IN ENGINE ROOM WHILE ON PASSAGE HELSINGBURG FOR SANTANDER. THE MASTER AND 2 CREW MEMBERS HAVE BEEN ARRESTED ON SUSPICION OF SCUT...
Auchmacoy Wreck
CONDEMNED BY BOARD OF SURVEY. WAS TOWED OUT TO SEA & SCUTTLED. (DIRECTOR OF MARINE, LAGOS).
Aung Teza Wreck
BUILT IN 1960 BY UJINA ZOSENSHO. OWNED AT TIME OF LOSS BY THE UNION OF BURMA SHIPPING BOARD. CAPSIZED AND SANK IN HEAVY SEAS 80 MILES S OF MOULMEIN. O...
Austri Wreck
21.9.79 CAPSIZED IN HEAVY WEATHER, S OF SOGNEFJORD, WHILST ON PASSAGE BREMANGER FOR SZCZECIN. 5 OF 9 CREW LOST. (LL, 21.9.79)
Autorenault Wreck
3.10.29 3.10.29 SANK AFTER COLLISION IN RIVER SEINE.
Ava Minti Wreck
BUILT IN 1969 BY HAYASHIKANE SHIPBUILDING & ENGINEERING CO., LTD., SHIMONOSEKI. SANK IN A STORM WHILE ON PASSAGE KUTCH FOR CALCUTTA. ONLY 4 SURVIVORS...
Avalon Wreck
PASSAGE FOR BARRANQUILLA. REPORTED STRANDED ON A SOFT MUDBANK AT URABA, COLOMBIAN ATLANTIC COAST. SALVAGE ARRANGEMENTS BEING MADE. (LLOYDS VOL.227 & 2...
Avanti (Possibly) Wreck
BUILT IN 1964 BY LUBECKER FLENDER WERKE A.G, LUBECK. OWNED AT TIME OF LOSS BY AVANTI SHIPPING CORPORATION. PASSAGE RIO GRANDE FOR GENOA. CAUGHT FIRE &...
Averilla Wreck
BUILT 1959 BY NAMURA ZOSENSHO, OSAKA. OWNED AT TIME OF LOSS BY NAVIGATION CHINA ULTRAMAR CO., S.A. PASSAGE BOMBAY FOR SINGAPORE. SPRANG LEAK & SANK A...
Avra Wreck
BUILT IN 1943. OWNED AT TIME OF LOSS BY ZACHARIS BROS - M VASSILAS & CO. PASSAGE SUEZ FOR GIZAN. CARGO CEMENT. SANK IN POOR WEATHER PIPE FAILURE AND S...
Avvenire Wreck
SANK QUICKLY AFTER RUNNING AGROUND ON ROCKS NEAR LA ESCALA IN FOG. PASSAGE VIAREGGIO FOR BARCELONA/ALICANTE. (LL).
Aydan Wreck
VESSEL, BUILT 1974 BY GEMI-IS KOLLEKETIF SIRKETI, FENER, ISTANBUL. OWNED AT TIME OF LOSS BY AYDAN DENIZCILIK VE TICARET LTD., SIRKETI. ON PASSAGE FROM...
Ayia Varvara Wreck
EX-NINA, EX- ATHENIA, EX- PETROS, BUILT 1950 BY CHANTIERS ET ATELIERS AUG-NORMAND, LE HAVRE, WITH 5 CYLINDER OIL FIRED ENGINE OF 750BHP. OWNED AT TIME...
Aziminia M Embericos Wreck
No description
Baalbeck Wreck
15.3.79 VESSEL, BUILT 1948, SANK ALONGSIDE BREAKWATER DURING GALE. THE MAST, WHICH LAY ABOVE THE WATER IN AN UPRIGHT POSN WAS SUBSEQUENTLY STRUCK BY...
Bahama Seas Wreck
WOODEN HULL
Bahamas Drake Wreck
PASSAGE NASSAU FOR GEORGE TOWN, GREAT EXUMA ISLAND. CARGO INCLUDING BUILDING MATERIALS AND FOOD STUFFS. BEACHED ON FARMERS CAY BANK. SUBSEQUENTLY DECL...
Bahia Buen Suceso (Possibly) Wreck
VESSEL, BUILT 1950 BY HALIFAX SHIPYARDS, LTD., HALIFAX. OWNED BY THE GOVT OF ARGENTINE. ATTACKED & DAMAGED BY RN SEA HARRIERS IN FALKLAND SOUND, NEAR...
Baitin Wreck
VESSEL, BUILT 1975 BY ASTILLEROS DEL ATLANTICO SA, OWNED AT TIME OF LOSS BY BILBAO SHIPPING SA. RAN AGROUND IN HEAVY SEAS WHEN CARGO SHIFTED, SPRANG A...
Balkan Wreck
BUILT IN 1944 BY LITHGOWS LTD, PORT GLASGOW. OWNED AT TIME OF LOSS BY NAVIGATION MARITIME BULGARE. PASSAGE BOURGAS FOR LATTAKIA. RAN AGROUND ON ROCKS...
Balsa 24 Wreck
26.2.87 BUILT IN 1982 BY TAIHEI KOGYO K.K, HASHIHAMA. REPORTED TAKING ON WATER IN WINDS OF 75MPH AND 30-50FT WAVES. WAS LATER ABANDONED BY CREW, CAP...
Baltik Wreck
SANK AFTER STRIKING SUNKEN WRECK WHILE TRYING TO AVOID A COLLISION WITH A FISHING VESSEL. WAS OUTWARD BOUND FROM BANDAR KHOMEINI TO DUBAI, ABU DHABI,...
Balzac Wreck
BUILT IN 1921 BY ODENSE STAALSKIBSVAERFT, ODENSE. OWNED AT TIME OF LOSS BY A/S GANGER ROLF (FRED OLSEN). 6 CYLINDER OIL ENGINE OF 225HP, SINGLE SHAFT....
Balzac Wreck
BUILT IN 1921 BY ODENSE STAALSKIBSVAERFT, ODENSE. OWNED AT TIME OF LOSS BY A/S GANGER ROLF (FRED OLSEN). 6 CYLINDER OIL ENGINE OF 225HP, SINGLE SHAFT....
Bamboo Root Wreck
BUILT 1958 BY MITSUBISHI ZOSEN K.K., HIROSHIMA. OWNED AT TIME OF LOSS BY ROSE LEAF NAVIGATION CO., S.A. PASSAGE KARWAR TO SOUTH KOREA. SPRANG A LEAK I...
Bandai Maru Wreck
TORPEDOED & SUNK BY DUTCH SUBMARINE HNMS 0-24 OFF SALANG I. TONNAGE GIVEN AS 165 OR 4147TONS. (US SUBMARINE ATTACKS DURING WW2)
Bandeirante Wreck
BUILT 1960 BY NEDERLANDSCHE DOK & SCHPS., AMSTERDAM. OWNED AT TIME OF LOSS BY NORSAM A/S. PASSAGE S AMERICA FOR BERGEN. SANK FOLLOWING A COLLISION WIT...
Banowati Wreck
EX-ALDRICH (1979), BUILT IN 1975 BY K.K. UWAJIMA ZOSENSHO, UWAJIMA. OWNED AT TIME OF LOSS BY P.T. PERUSAHAAN PELAYARAN SAMUDERA KHUSUS ARPENI PRATAMA...
Banten Wreck
No description
Bantry Bay Wreck
BUILT IN 1961. OWNED AT TIME OF LOSS BY BAR FRED, BARETTO SHIPPING & TRADING CO PRIVATE LTD, SINGAPORE. PASSAGE CHITTAGONG FOR DUBAI. SANK OFF COLOMBO...
Baraka Wreck
SANK 12 MILES OFF THE SUDANESE COAST IN THE RED SEA. PASSAGE PORT SUDAN FOR JEDDAH.
Barbarigo Wreck
VESSEL, BUILT 1930 BY CANT. NAV. TRIESTINO. OWNED BY 'ITALIA' SOC. ANON DI NAV. TORPEDOED & SUNK BY BRITISH SUBMARINE S OF PANTELLERIA. (DODS).
Bardini Reefer Wreck
16.12.82 BUILT IN 1956 BY CIA EUSKALDUNA, BILBAO. OWNED AT TIME OF LOSS BY BARDINI SHIPPING CORPORATION. WAS GUTTED BY FIRE AND EXPLOSION. WHILE LYI...
Bari Wreck
No description
Barredos Wreck
6.1.79 VESSEL RAN AGROUND WHILE ON PASSAGE CORUNNA FOR MOHAMMEDIA. (LL, 6.1.79).
Basco Wreck
No description
Bassam B Wreck
24.8.89 MALICIOUSLY DAMAGED BY THREE UNDERWATER EXPLOSIVE DEVICES WHILE AT SIDON. CAPSIZED AND SANK. (LL, 24.8.89).
Basse Indre Wreck
SANK AFTER COLLISION WITH YUGOSLAVIAN VESSEL 'POBJEDA' IN FOG WHILE AT ANCHOR. 2 MEN LOST, 1 MISSING. (LL).
Bastabales Wreck
BUILT 1956 BY CORCHO HIJOS S.A., SANTANDER. OWNED AT TIME OF LOSS BY NAVIERA MOGOR, S.A. SANK IN EXTREMELY SEVERE WEATHER IN ORAN HBR ALONG WITH A NUM...
Batavia Wreck
BUILT IN 1938. OWNED AT TIME OF LOSS BY KONINKL. PAKETV MAATS. PASSAGE CALCUTTA FOR KARACHI. INTERCEPTED & SUNK BY JAPANESE CRUISER 14 MILES E OF KALI...
Batcheldor Wreck
SANK 15M OUT FROM GEORGETOWN. (LL).
Baud Wreck
SCUTTLED AS A BLOCKSHIP. OTHER VESSELS SUNK IN SAME AREA WERE THE ZUIDERDAM, DINTELDJK, & PRINS WILLEM V.
Bauhinia Wreck
BUILT IN 1959 BY KURE ZOSENSHO, KURE. OWNED AT TIME OF LOSS BY BAUHINIA SHIPPING CO, S.A. PASSAGE MACUSE, MOZAMBIQUE FOR BARCELONA. ABANDONED BY HER C...
Bayonne Wreck
OWNED AT TIME OF LOSS BY COMPTOIRS FRANCAIS DES NOUVELLES HEBRIDES. AGROUND ON REEF. (LL).
Beas Wreck
SANK DURING LIGHTENING OPERATIONS, APPARENTLY DUE TO STRESS, AT MAGDALLA.
Beatris Wreck
18.12.82 VESSEL FOUNDERED IN HEAVY WEATHER WHILST ON PASSAGE PARGAS FOR LANPUNEN. (LL, 18.12.82).
Begerin Wreck
BOMBED BY AIRCRAFT.
Begerin (Possibly) Wreck
STEEL CONSTRUCTION. OIL ENGINE, SINGLE SCREW. PASSAGE CARFIFF FOR ROSSLAIRE. CARGO 625 TONS COAL. ATTACKED BY GERMAN AIRCRAFT AND ABANDONED. PRESUMED...
Behram Dubash-I Wreck
STARTED TO TAKE IN WATER IN ENGINE ROOM BILGES DURING ROUGH WEATHER WHILE ON PASSAGE JAFARABAD FOR MAGDALLA. BEGAN TO DEVELOP A LIST. VESSEL WAS ANCHO...
Beignon Wreck
BUILT IN 1939 BY W DOXFORD & CO. OWNED AT TIME OF LOSS BY NOLISEMENT SS CO. OIL ENGINE OF 516NHP. PASSAGE FREETOWN FOR THE TYNE. TORPEDEOD BY U-30. (D...
Belinetta Wreck
BUILT 1974 IN JAPAN, WITH OIL ENGINES, SINGLE SHAFT. PASSAGE HONG KONG FOR HUANGPU. REPORTED TAKING WATER DURING TYPHOON 'KORYN'. WAS BEACHED AND LATE...
Belomorskiy 10 Wreck
29.12.93 DEVELOPED A HEAVY LIST WHILE ON PASSAGE RIGA TO NORRKOPPING. DECK CARGO LOST. ENGINE ROOM AND ALL HOLDS FLOODED. WAS ABANDONED BY CREW AND...
Beng Lee Wreck
SANK NEAR KUALA BATU. (LL). SANK OFF TANJONG IGAN. (LL).
Bengore Head Wreck
CAPTURED & SUNK BY TORPEDO BY GERMAN SUBMARINE. (WW1SL).
Benguela Wreck
26.3.83 WENT AGROUND AT ENTRANCE TO KLINTEHAMN WHILE ON PASSAGE FROM SODERTELJE. (LL, 26.3.83).
Benita Wreck
SANK ABOUT 095DEG, 5M FROM CABO VILLANO. ON PASSAGE LEIXOES TO FREDERIKSUND.
Benjamin Franklin Wreck
BUILT IN 1927 BY CH & ATEL DEL ST NAZAIRE. OWNED AT TIME OF LOSS BY A/S GANDER ROLF. TORPEDOED & SUNK BY U-103. (DODS & AXIS SUBMARINE SUCCESSES).
Bente Wreck
PASSAGE NAMSOS FOR NORWEGIAN PORTS. RAN AGROUND 1M OFF STRAUMSJOEN AND LATER SANK. (LL).
Bente Dania Wreck
ABANDONED BY CREW WHEN ENGINE-ROOM FLOODED. LATER CAPSIZED & SANK. CREW SAFELY PICKED UP. (LL).
Bente-Karin Wreck
CAPSIZED AND SANK WHILE ON PASSAGE BALLANGEN, NR NARVIK, TO AALESUND. (LLOYDS VOL.271)
Berge Istra Wreck
VESSEL, BUILT 1972 BY BRODOGRADILISTE 'ULJANIK', PULA. OWNED AT TIME OF LOSS BY GENERAL ORE INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION. WHILST EN ROUTE FROM TUBARAO, B...
Berglind Wreck
BUILT IN 1970. OWNED AT TIME OF LOSS BY ISLENSK KAUPSKIP H/F. PASSAGE HAMPTON ROADS FOR REYKJAVIK. SANK WHILST UNDER TOW OFF GLACE BAY, NOVA SCOTIA, A...
Bergsund Wreck
VESSEL, BUILT 1948, FOUNDERED IN BURCOM ROADS, HUMBER. OWNED AT TIME OF LOSS BY STOCKHOLMS REDERI A/B. SVEA. (SHIPWRECK INDEX OF THE BRITISH ISLES).
Berina Wreck
EX- WIK, OWNED AT TIME OF LOSS BY ROLF KNUDSEN, BERGEN. SANK 2M SW OF STANGHOLMEN LT. WHILST UNDER TOW OF RESCUE VESSEL AFTER CARGO SHIFTED. DECLARED...
Berny Wreck
SANK AFTER COLLISION WITH PANAMANIAN SS TYNE. (LL & MARINE K'HAGEN).
Berta Kienass Wreck
Dutch wreck records 2017(SEP 2017/000040330) used aswell
Berto Wreck
VESSEL, ON PASSAGE FROM CAGLIARI TO SAVONA. CAPTAIN HEARD A BANG AT THE BOTTOM OF THE VESSEL, BEGAN TO SINK IMMEDIATELY. (LLOYDS VOL.194).
Bessy Wreck
WAS TORPEDOED & SUNK BY SUBMARINE WHILE EN ROUTE FROM DOUGLAS FOR GLASGOW.
Bessy G. Wreck
VESSEL, BUILT 1961 BY CLELANDS SHIPBUILDING CO., LTD. OWNED AT TIME OF LOSS BY EUROMAR CHARTERING & SHIPPING CO LTD. ON PASSAGE FROM ANTWERP TO TRIPOL...
Bethlehem Wreck
VESSEL, BUILT IN 1939 BY SWAN, HUNTER & WIGHAM RICHARDSON, NEWCASTLE-UPON-TYNE. OWNED AT TIME OF LOSS BY CIA NAV PEARL, S.A.. ON PASSAGE FROM TOKYO FO...
Bethlehem Wreck
MINED 1/2 MILE FROM S HOLM BUOY. (WW1SL).
Bethlehem (Possibly) Wreck
MINED HALF A MILE FROM SOUTH HOLM BUOY. (WW1SL).
Bettann (Bow Section) Wreck
19.1.67 REPORTED TAKING WATER, ANCHORED IN ST HELEN'S ROADS WHERE SHE EVENTUALLY SANK 19.1.67. DURING SALVAGE OPS WAS CUT INTO TWO SECTIONS WHICH WE...
Bettann (Stern Section) Wreck
19.1.67 REPORTED TAKING WATER, ANCHORED IN ST HELEN'S ROADS WHERE SHE EVENTUALLY SANK 19.1.67. DURING SALVAGE OPS WAS CUT INTO TWO SECTIONS WHICH...
Bettina Danica Wreck
WENT AGROUND ON ROCKS ON W SIDE STROMA ISLAND IN GOOD WEATHER CONDITIONS, WHILE ON PASSAGE GREENORE TO OSLO. SALVAGE ATTEMPTS PROVED UNSUCCESSFUL.
Betty S Wreck
VESSEL, REPORTEDLY SANK AFTER LOSING ALL POWER, FLOODING AND LATER SINKING. BEING TOWED AT TIME.
Bhabirath Gang Wreck
PASSAGE VERAVAL FOR DUBAI. ENGINE AND PUMP FAILED IN STORMY SEAS. BEGAN TO BREAK UP, WAS ABANDONED AND SANK. (LL).