All Steam Ship Wrecks Carrying Armament Cargo
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SUNK BY MINE OR TORPEDO EN ROUTE FROM CALAIS TO IMMINGHAM.
Albert C Field (Probably) Wreck
BUILT IN 1923 BY FURNESS SB CO, HAVERTON, HULL-ON-TEES. OWNED AT TIME OF LOSS BY UPPER LAKES & ST LAWRENCE TRANSPORTATION CO LTD. ONE BOILER, TRIPLE E...
Alcoa Banner Wreck
24.5.1946 SAILED ANTWERP 24.5.1946 FOR EMDEN. WAS LOADED WITH POISON GAS BOMBS AND SCUTTLED.
Algiers Wreck
EX-LYS, EX-CASTLE EDEN. BUILT IN 1882 BY WIGHAM RICHARDSON & CO, NEWCASTLE-UPON-TYNE. OWNED AT THE TIME OF LOSS BY FRANCO-BRITISH SS CO LTD. TWO BOILE...
Appolonia Wreck
EX-GALTIA, EX-PAROS, EX-BELLAGIO, EX-VENETIA '11. BUILT IN BY REIHERSTEIG SCHIFFSWERT AS A PASSENGER LINER FOR HAPAG SERVICE (HAMBURG TO NEW YORK). OW...
Artemis Pitta Wreck
BUILT IN 1906 BY STETTINER ODERWERKE. OWNED AT TIME OF LOSS BY Y N PITTAS BROS & CO. BOMBED & SUNK DURING THE GERMAN INVASION OF GREECE. LATER RAISED...
Astoria Wreck
VESSEL, BUILT 1901, WAS TORPEDOED AND SUNK BY GERMAN SUBMARINE 120M NW BY W OF VARDO, NORWAY. OWNED AT TIME OF LOSS BY BEAVER SHIPPING CO. (DODS, LLOY...
Aud Wreck
EX- CASTRO, EX- LIBEAU. BUILT IN 1907 BY BERGENS MEK VAERKS, BERGEN, WITH 3 CYLINDER TRIPLE EXPANSION ENGINE OF 106HN, 1 BOILER, SINGLE SHAFT.. OWNED...
Balkan (Possibly) Wreck
SCUTTLED IN DEEP WATER.
Basil-2 Wreck
8.8.1917 EX-MOURNE. BUILT IN 1895 BY WORKMAN CLARKE & CO LTD, BELFAST FOR THOMAS DIXON & SONS LTD, BELFAST. SOLD IN 1898 TO THE BOOTH SS CO AND RENA...
Benjamin Harrison Wreck
BUILT 1942 BY BETHLEHEM FAIRFIELD SHIPYARD, WITH TRIPLE EXPANSION ENGINES OF 339 NHP. OWNED AT TIME OF LOSS BY U.S. MARITIME COMMISSION. PASSAGE NEW Y...
Benmacdhui Wreck
EX-ARCHIMEDES, EX-DEN OF AIRLIE. BUILT IN 1911 BY RUSSEL & CO, ABERDEEN. OWNED AT TIME OF LOSS BY BEN LINE LTD. TRIPLE EXPANSION ENGINE, SINGLE SHAFT....
Benvorlich Wreck
BUILT IN 1919 BY CHAS CONNEL & CO. OWNED AT TIME OF LOSS BY BEN LINE. TRIPLE EXPANSION ENGINE OF 675NHP FOR 12 KNOTS. PASSAGE MIDDLESBROUGH FOR THE FA...
Bernlef Wreck
SANK OFF N ZEALAND, DENMARK AFTER AN EXPLOSION. (MINED OR EXPLOSION OF CARGO UNKNOWN). (WARTIME STANDARD SHIPS VOL 3).
Brackenfield Wreck
SUNK BY E BOAT ABOUT 50M S OF NAB LT HOUSE. EN ROUTE FROM ISLE OF WIGHT CONVOY ASSEMBLY POINT TO JUNO BEACH NORMANDY. (LL WW2).
Braunton Wreck
BUILT IN 1911 BY RICHARDSON, DUCK & CO, STOCKTON-ON-TEES. OWNED AT THE TIME OF LOSS BY TANTEM STEAM NAVIGATION CO LTD. THREE BOILERS, TRIPLE EXPANSION...
Brinkburn Wreck
VESSEL, BUILT 1924 BY SIR J. PRIESTMAN & CO.. OWNED AT TIME OF LOSS BY S. MARSHALL & CO.. ON PASSAGE FROM SWANSEA & GIBRALTAR TO PHILIPPEVILLE. WAS TO...
Cadmus Wreck
BUILT IN 1911 BY IRVINES SB & DD CO LTD, WEST HARTLEPOOL. OWNED AT TIME OF LOSS BY CHRISTIAN SALVESON & CO. TWO BOILERS, TRIPLE EXPANSION ENGINE OF 17...
Carlisle Castle Wreck
TORPEDOED & SUNK BY GERMAN SUBMARINE UB 57 WHILE ON PASSAGE FROM N AMERICA. MANIFEST STATES CARGO WAS EMPTY STEEL PROJECTILES. (T HANLAN).
Castilian Wreck
BUILT IN 1919 BY SIR RAYLTON DIXON & CO LTD, MIDDLESBROUGH. OWNED AT TIME OF LOSS BY ELLERMAN LINES LTD. THREE BOILERS, TRIPLE EXPANSION ENGINE OF 310...
Charles Goodanew Wreck
EX LEVENWOOD '15. BUILT IN 1911 BY W HARKESS & SONS LTD, MIDDLESBROUGH. OWNED AT TIME OF LOSS BY PLYMOUTH MUTUAL CO-OP & INDUSTRIAL SOCIETY. ONE BOILE...
Chorley Wreck
BUILT IN 1901 BY RICHARDSON DUCK & CO, STOCKTON-ON-TEES. OWNED AT TIME OF LOSS BY BRYS & GLYSEN LTD. TWO BOILERS, TRIPLE EXPANSION ENGINE OF 349NHP, S...
Christian Michelsen Wreck
VESSEL, BUILT 1943 BY BETHLEHEM FAIRFIELD SHIPYARD. ON PASSAGE FROM NEW YORK TO BIZERTA. TORPEDOED BY GERMAN SUBMARINE SANK IMMEDIATELY AFTER AN INTER...
City Of Guildford Wreck
BUILT IN 1919 BY W GRAY & CO LTD, WEST HARTLEPOOL. ONWED AT TIME OF LOSS BY ELLERMAN LINES. COMPLETED AS THE 'ROMEO' JUNE 1919. TRIPLE EXPANSION ENGIN...
Claus Boge Wreck
BUILT IN 1936 BY NEPTUNWERFT ROSTOCK GMBH. OWNED AT TIME OF LOSS BY J M K BLUMENTHAL. COMPOUND EXPANSION ENGINE & LP TURBINE. PASSAGE OSLO FOR FLUSHIN...
Cranford (Possibly) Wreck
BUILT IN 188 BY W GREY & CO, WEST HARTLEPOOL. OWNED AT TIME OF LOSS BY LONDON & NORTHERN SS CO (PYMAN BROS, MANAGER). TWO BOILERS, TRIPLE EXPANSION EN...
Czar Wreck
BUILT IN 1858 OF IRON BY SAMUELSON & SON, KINGSTON-UPON-HULL. BARQUE RIGGED. TWO BOILERS, COMPOUND ENGINE OF 180HP, SINGLE SHAFT. PASSAGE LONDON FOR M...
Der Deutcher Or Deutsche Wreck
SCUTTLED.
Dora Oldendorff Wreck
SCUTTLED WITH CARGO OF CHEMICAL AMMUNITION.
Drake Wreck
SUNK BY GUNFIRE FROM SUBMARINE. PASSAGE LONDON FOR GENOA. (BMSL WW1, LL WW1).
Drau Wreck
LOADED AT FLENSBURG. SCUTTLED IN SKAGERRAK.
Drum Hendry Wreck
BUILT OF IRON IN 1875 BY ABERCORN SHIPBUILDING, PAISLEY. OWNED AT TIME OF LOSS BY NOBEL'S EXPLOSIVE CO, GLASGOW. ONE BOILER, COMPOND EXPANSION ENGINE...
Duburg Or Duborg (Probably) Wreck
BUILT 1922. SCUTTLED IN DEEP WATER IN 1946.
Dungrange Wreck
EX-YEWBANK, EX-OKEHAMPTON, EX-ABERDALE. BUILT IN 1914 BY J FULLERTON & CO, PAISLEY. OWNED AT TIME OF LOSS BY DUNGRANGE SS CO. ONE BOILER, TRIPLE EXPAN...
Edith Howaldt Wreck
SCUTTLED.
Empire Blessing Wreck
MINED AND SUNK IN APPROACHES TO R SCHELDE.
Empire Conyngham Wreck
SCUTTLED & SUNK WITH CARGO OF CHEMICAL WARFARE AMMUNITION BY HMS BURGHEAD BAY.
Empire Cormorant Wreck
SCUTTLED WITH CHEMICAL AMMUNITION CARGO.
Empire Defender Wreck
11.6.40 VESSEL, BUILT 1910 BY TECKLENBORG, KNOWN AS 'FELCE' WAS SEIZED AT HAIFA ON 11.6.40 & RENAMED 'EMPIRE DEFENDER'. ON PASSAGE FROM GLASGOW TO M...
Empire Fal Wreck
SCUTTLED WTH CARGO OF CHEMICAL AMMUNITION BY HMS DEANE. CARGO ALSO REFERRED TO AS 'DEFECTIVE BOMBS' & ALSO AS GAS BOMBS, BELIEVED CARRIED FROM ITALY,...
Empire Nutfield Wreck
SCUTTLED WITH CARGO OF CHEMICAL AMMUNITION.
Empire Severn Wreck
EX 'EGBA' '14'. BUILT IN 1914 BY HARLAND & WOLFF LTD, GLASGOW AS 'EGBA' FOR ELDER, DEMPSTER & CO. TRIPLE EXPANSION ENGINE. SCUTTLED IN ATLANTIC WITH C...
Empire Simba Wreck
SCUTTLED WITH CHEMICAL AMMUNITION CARGO.
Empire Song (Possibly) Wreck
BUILT IN 1940 BY GREENOCK DOCKYARD CO. OWNED AT TIME OF LOSS BY MINISTRY OF SHIPPING (CAYZER, IRVINE & CO). PASSAGE THE CYLDE FOR MALTA IN 'OPERATION...
Empire Tana Wreck
14.2.41 EX-CARSO '41. BUILT 1923 BY STABLIMENT TECHICO TRIESTO, TRIESTE. COMPLETED AS CARSO FOR LLOYDS TRIESTINO.TRIPLE EXPANSION ENGINE, SINGLE...
Empire Woodlark Wreck
SCUTTLED WITH CARGO OF CHEMICAL AMMUNITION BY LST 3003. (EMPIRE SHIPS).
Empress Queen Wreck
VESSEL, BUILT 1897, WAS WRECKED ON BEMBRIDGE LEDGE WHILST EN-ROUTE LE HAVRE TO SOUTHAMPTON. OWNED AT TIME OF LOSS BY ISLE OF MAN STEAM PACKET CO. (DOD...
Erika Schunemann Wreck
?SCUTTLED.
Eugenia Chandris (& Oslofjord) Wreck
SANK, FOLLOWING COLLISION WITH SS 'EXMOUTH', LIES BESIDE WK OF 'OSLOFJORD' [SEE 4236]. PART OF CARGO OF COPPER AND ALUMINIUM HAS BEEN SALVAGED. FOR OR...
Falkenfels Wreck
SCUTTLED.
Fechenheim Wreck
SCUTTLED.
Fluent Wreck
BUILT IN 1911 BY J PRIESTMAN & CO, SUNDERLAND. OWNED AT TIME OF LOSS BY J WESTOLL. THREE BOILERS, TRIPLE EXPANSION ENGINE OF 325NHP, SINGLE SHAFT. MAC...
Fort Lamy Wreck
BUILT IN 1919 BY CRAIG, TAYLOR & CO. OWNED AT TIME OF LOSS BY MINISTRY OF WAR TRANSPORT (J CORY & SONS). TRIPLE EXPANSION ENGINE OF 517NHP. PASSAGE PH...
Fort Maisonneuve Wreck
PASSAGE NEW YORK & THE DOWNS FOR ANTWERP. MINED.
Fort Pelly Wreck
VESSEL, BUILT 1942 BY YARROWS. OWNED AT TIME OF LOSS BY MINISTRY OF WAR TRANSPORT (SIR R ROPNER & CO.). WAS AT PORT AUGUSTA DURING THE ALLIED LANDINGS...
Francis Asbury Wreck
VESSEL, BUILT 1943, WAS MINED OFF BLANKENBERGE, NEAR BUOY NF.11, WHILST IN CONVOY TAM 6 FROM NEW YORK TO ANTWERP. OWNED AT TIME OF LOSS BY US WAR SHIP...
Gallier (Possibly) Wreck
BUILT IN 1914 BY ROPNER & SONS LTD, STOCKTON-ON-TEES. OWNED AT TIME OF LOSS BY LLOYD ROYAL BELGE (GT BRITAIN) LTD. THREE BOILERS, TRIPLE EXPANSION ENG...
Gascony Wreck
BUILT IN 1908 BY R CRAGGS, MIDDLESBROUGH. OWNED AT TIME OF LOSS BY D MACIVER & SONS LTD, LIVERPOOL. TRIPLE EXPANSION ENGINE, SINGLE SHAFT. PASSAGE SOU...
Gertrud Fritzen Wreck
SCUTTLED.
Glen Wreck
BUILT 1935, WITH 3 CYLINDER TRIPLE EXPANSION ENGINE, 1 BOILER, SINGLE SHAFT. OWNED AT TIME BY ROYAL NAVY. THOUGHT TO HAVE HIT A MINE BETWEEN GRANGEMOU...
Glenarm Head Wreck
BUILT IN 1897 BY WORKMAN CLARKE. OWNED AT TIME OF LOSS BY G HEYN & SONS LTD, (HEAD LINE). TRIPLE EXPANSION ENGINE, SINGLE SHAFT. PASSAGE SOUTHAMPTON F...
Glenarm Head (Possibly) Wreck
BUILT IN 1897 BY WORKMAN CLARKE. OWNED AT TIME OF LOSS BY G HEYN & SONS LTD, (HEAD LINE). TRIPLE EXPANSION ENGINE, SINGLE SHAFT. PASSAGE SOUTHAMPTON F...
Glenarm Head (Possibly) Wreck
4.1.18 TORPEDOED AND SUNK 4.1.18 5M SW BY S FROM BRIGHTON LTV WHILST EN ROUTE FROM SOUTHAMPTON TO BOULOGNE. (WW1SL & LL WW1). 5.1.18 TORPED...
Hatimura Wreck
BUILT IN 1918 BY J L THOMPSON & SONS. LAID DOWN AS 'WAR OPEL'. OWNED AT TIME OF LOSS BY THE BRITISH STEAM NAVIGATION CO. TRIPLE EXPANSION ENGINE OF 56...
Henry Knox Wreck
BUILT IN 1942. OWNED AT TIME OF LOSS BY US WAR SHIPPING ADMINISTRATION. PASSAGE FREEMANTLE FOR BANDAR SHAPUR. TORPEDOED & SUNK BY JAPANESE SUBMARINE I...
Hidalgo Wreck
BUILT IN 1908 BY NORTHUMBERLAND SHIPBUILDING CO. OWNED AT TIME OF LOSS BY ELLERMAN'S WILSON LINE. TRIPLE EXPANSION ENGINE OF 372NHP. PASSAGE MANCHESTE...
Hollington Wreck
BUILT IN 1912 BY NORTHUMBERLAND SHIPBUILDIG CO. OWNED AT TIME OF LOSS BY F S HOLLAND. TRIPLE EXPANSION ENGINE OF 372NHP FOR 11 KNOTS. TORPEDOED & SUNK...
Hugo Oldendorf Wreck
SCUTTLED.
Ikaria Wreck
SUNK BY SUBMARINE 20M NNW OF CAP DE LA HEVE WHILST EN ROUTE FROM BUENOS AIRES TO LE HAVRE & LONDON. (LL WW1). TORPEDOED AND SUNK BY GERMAN S...
James Otis (Possibly) Or Harrod Wreck
No description
Jantje Fritzen Wreck
SCUTTLED.
Joshua Nicholson Wreck
TORPEDOED AND SUNK BY A GERMAN SUBMARINE WHILST ON PASSAGE LONDON TO ALEXANDRIA. VESSEL, BULT 1880 BY TYNE IRON STEAMBOAT CO. WITH 3 CYLINDER TRIPLE E...
Joshua Nicholson Wreck
TORPEDOED AND SUNK BY A GERMAN SUBMARINE OFF WOLF ROCK WHILST EN ROUTE FROM LONDON TO ALEXANDRIA. (LL WW1 & WW1SL).
Jutland Wreck
PASSAGE DUNDEE & REYKJAVIK FOR MURMANSK. SUNK FOLLOWING AN AIR ATTACK. CARGO INCLUDED 500 TONS CORDITE, 300 TONS SMALL ARMS AMMUNITION AND 9 PASSENGER...
Karl Leonhardt Wreck
SCUTTLED.
Kielce Wreck
AREA OF DEBRIS
King Gruffydd Wreck
TORPEDOED AND SUNK BY GERMAN SUBMARINE U-338 WHILST EN-ROUTE NEW YORK TO HULL IN CONVOY. VESSEL, BUILT 1919 AS 'WAR TROOPER', WAS OWNED AT TIME OF LO...
Kronberg Wreck
EX- RUBENS, BUILT 1906 BY W GRAY OF HARTLEPOOL, WAS SCUTTLED IN MANZA BAY, N OF TANGA, WHEN SHE CAME UNDER ATTACK FROM HMS HYACINTH. CARGO WAS INTENDE...
Kurland Wreck
EX-WILLIAM BRANFOOT. BUILT IN 1888 BY J L THOMPSON & SONS, SUNDERLAND. OWNED AT TIME OF LOSS BY OCEAN SOC ANON BELGE D'ARM. ONE BOILER, TRIPLE EXPANSI...
Lady Anstruther (Probably) Wreck
BUILT IN 1922 BY DUBLIN SHIPBUILDERS LTD, DUBLIN. OWNED AT TIME OF LOSS BY NOBEL EXPLOSIVE CO GLASGOW (ICI EXPLOSIVES LTD). ONE BOILER, TRIPLE EXPANSI...
Lady Cory-Wright Wreck
BUILT IN 1906 BY S P AUSTIN & SON AND OWNED AT THE TIME OF LOSS BY CORY COLLIERS, WAS TORPEDOED AND SUNK BY GERMAN SUBMARINE UC-17 14M SSW FROM THE LI...
Loanda Wreck
BUILT 1891 BY NAVAL CONSTRUCTION & ARMAMENTS CO. WNED AT TIME OF LOSS BY ELDER, DEMPSTER & CO. PASSAGE HAMBURG FOR WEST COAST OF AFRICA. TRIPLE EXPANS...
Louis Schroeder Or Louise Sch Wreck
BUILT 1905. SCUTTLED IN DEEP WATER.
Ludvigshafen Wreck
SCUTTLED.
Marija (Probably) Wreck
VESSEL, SUNK BY BOMBS FROM RAF PLANES IN 1944.
Memnon Wreck
EX-PLASSEY. BUILT IN 1890 BY HARLAND & WOLFF, BELFAST. OWNED AT TIME OF LOSS BY ELDERS DEMPSTER & CO LTD. TWO BOILERS, TRIPLE EXPANSION ENGINE OF 278N...
Miervaldis Wreck
SCUTTLED WITH CARGO OF CHEMICAL AMMUNITION BY HMS BURGHEAD BAY.
Miniota Wreck
BUILT 1914 BY W GRAY & CO, LTD OF WEST HARTLEPOOL. OWNED AT TIME OF LOSS BY THE CANADIAN PACIFIC RAILWAY CO. TRIPLE EXPANSION ENGINE OF 490 NHP. 3 BOI...
Nashaba Wreck
SUNK BY MAGNETIC MINE. IN CONVOY TAM 91. PASSAGE CARDIFF FOR TERNEUZEN & GHENT. (WW2SL, LLWW2 & R VERPOORTE).
Norseman Wreck
PASSAGE PLYMOUTH FOR SALONICA. BEACHED AFTER BEING TORPEDOED BY A SUBMARINE OFF GRAN CAPO, GULF OF SALONICA. (WW1SL & LLWW1).
Oderstrom Wreck
SCUTTLED.
Olga Siemers Wreck
SCUTTLED.
Olive Branch Wreck
EX-BELLORADO. BUILT IN 1912. OWNED AT TIME OF LOSS BY NAUTILUS SS CO LTD. LIVERPOOL FOR ROMANOFF. TORPEDOED BY U-28. (LLOYDS WAR LOSSES WW1).
Ostende (Possibly) Wreck
EX-EHRENFELS. BUILT IN 1903 BY SWAN, HUNTER & WIGHAM, RICHARDSON OF NEWCASTLE-UPON-TYNE. OWNED AT TIME OF LOSS BY ARMAMENT DEPPE (AGENCE MARITIME). TH...
Patagonia (Possibly) Wreck
BUILT 1912. SCUTTLED IN DEEP WATER.
Philip Heineken Wreck
No description
Pillau Wreck
SCUTTLED.
Quebra Wreck
BELIEVED TO HAVE RUN AGROUND, AND LATER TO HAVE SLIPPED BACK SINKING TO THE SW OF BIG BLASKET ISLAND. WAS ON PASSAGE NEW YORK TO LIVERPOOL.
Rhon Wreck
SCUTTLED.
Richard Montgomery Wreck
25.9.44 BUILT IN 1943 BY ST JOHN'S RIVER SHIPBUILDING CO, JACKSONVILLE, FLORIDA. OWNED AT TIME OF LOSS BY THE AMERICAN BUREAU OF SHIPPING. TWO BOILE...