Steam Ship Wrecks 1800-1900
View All Steam Ship on the Wreck MapLugar Wreck
EX-MIDDLESBRO'. BUILT OF IRON IN 1857 BY RICHARDSON, DUCK & CO, STOCKTON-ON-TEES. OWNED AT TIME OF LOSS BY D ROWAN, GLASGOW. ONE BOILER, COMPOUND EXPA...
Luna Wreck
No description
Lylie Wreck
BUILT IN 1881 BY H MCINTYRE & CO, PAISLEY. OWNED AT TIME OF LOSS BY G BARGATE & CO. ONE BOILER, COMPOUND EXPANSION ENGINE, SINGLE SHAFT. SUNK NEARLY M...
Lymington Wreck
RAN AGROUND AT LEE BAY.
Maas Wreck
BUILT IN 1855. ONE BOILER, COMPOUND EXPANSION ENGINE, SINGLE SHAFT. PASSAGE CARDIFF FOR ROTTERDAM. STRUCK A ROCK EDGE AND SANK ALMOST IMMEDIATELY. LAT...
Macedonia Wreck
BUILT OF IRON IN 1864 BY MALCOLMSON, WATERFORD. OWNED AT TIME OF LOSS BY ANCHOR LINE (D & W HENDERSON BROS, GLASGOW). TWO BOILERS, COMPOUND INVERTED E...
Malta Wreck
BUILT IN 1865 BY G & J THOMPSON, GLASGOW. OWNED AT TIME OF LOSS BY THE CUNARD SS CO. COMPOUND ENGINE OF 212 HP, SINGLE SHAFT. RAN ASHORE IN DENSE FOG...
Malta Wreck
WRECKED NEAR LANDS END ON A VOYAGE FROM LIVERPOOL TO VENICE. (DODS).
Maltby Wreck
BUILT 1889 BY ROPNER & SONS, STOCKTON. OWNED AT TIME OF LOSS BY R ROPNER & CO LTD, W HARTLEYPOOL. TWO BOILERS, TRIPLE EXPANSION ENGINE OF 256 NHP, SIN...
Maniteu Wreck
Wreck No: W12630, Place of Loss: 51 23 N, 13 10 W
Maple Branch Wreck
BUILT IN 1888 BY BARTRAM, HASWELL & CO. OWNED AT TIME OF LOSS BY F & W RITSON. TRIPLE-EXPANSION ENGINE OF 242NHP. PASSAGE THE CLYDE FOR SUNDERLAND. WR...
Marana (Bow Section) Wreck
BUILT IN 1880 BY AITKEN & MANSEL, GLASGOW. PASSAGE LONDON FOR COLUMBO. RAN ON BLACKSTONE ROCK IN THE 'GREAT SNOWSTORM' OF MARCH 1891, TEARING OFF PROP...
Mareca Wreck
BUILT IN 1882 BY PALMERS' SHIPBUILDING & IRON CO, JARROW, NEWCASTLE. OWNED AT TIME OF LOSS BY MARECA SHIPPING CO LTD. THREE BOILERS, COMPOUND EXPANSI...
Mars Wreck
BUILT IN 1862 BY C J MARE. OWNED AT TIME OF LOSS BY A HEARD & CO. INVERTED DIRECT ACTING ENGINE. PASSAGE HONG KONG FOR AMOY. CARRIED 233 CHINESE PASSE...
Marshall (Possibly) Wreck
BUILT IN 1846 BY SHIELDS. OWNED AT TIME OF LOSS BY THE ELBE & HUMBER S NAVIGATION CO. COMPOUND ENGINES OF 80 RHP FOR 9 KNOTS. PRESUMED SANK FOLLOWING...
Marshall (Probably) Wreck
BUILT IN 1846 BY SHIELDS. OWNED AT TIME OF LOSS BY THE ELBE & HUMBER S NAVIGATION CO. COMPOUND ENGINES OF 80 RHP FOR 9 KNOTS. PRESUMED SANK FOLLOWING...
Mary Anning Wreck
BUILT IN 1880 BY PALMERS' COMPANY, NEWCASTLE-UPON-TYNE. OWNED AT TIME OF LOSS BY J H ANNING. ONE BOILER, COMPOUND INVERTED ENGINE OF 99 NHP, SINGLE SH...
Mary Elizabeth Wreck
STRUCK S SIDE OF SKERRIES IN HEAVY FOG AND BECAME TOTAL LOSS. CARGO WAS SALVAGED.
Memphis Wreck
WRECKED AT MIZEN HEAD, DUNLOUGH BAY, WHILE ON PASSAGE MONTREAL TO AVONMOUTH. OWNED AT TIME OF LOSS BY AFRICAN SS CO., BUILT BY HARLAND & WOL...
Memphis (Ss) Wreck
Wreck No: W08631, Place of Loss: Dunlough Bay, near Mizen Head, Source of Coordinate: Bourke 1998, 164, Description: The vessel was wrecked with the l...
Menemsha (Ss) Wreck
Wreck No: W14950, Place of Loss: 51 04N, 13 20W, Source of Coordinate: Lloyd's List
Mersey Wreck
BUILT OF IRON IN 1867 BY T R OSWALD, SUNDERLAND. OWNED AT TIME OF LOSS BY HINES BROS, MARYPORT. ONE BOILER, COMPOUND EXPANSION ENGINE OF 90HP, SINGLE...
Mersey Wreck
22.6.1894 BUILT IN 1885 BY W A STEVENS, BIRKENHEAD. OWNED AT TIME OF LOSS BY MERSEY SS CO LTD. ONE BOILER, COMPOUND EXPANSION ENGINE, SINGLE SHAFT....
Messina Wreck
BUILT IN 1872 BY DENTON GREY & CO, WEST HARTLEPOOL. OWNED AT TIME OF LOSS BY R M SLOMAN, HAMBURG. TWO BOILERS, INVERTED COMPOUND EXPANSION ENGINE OF 1...
Metropolis Wreck
STERN S. PROBABLY ONLY ENGINE REMAINS
Milbanke (Probably) Wreck
SANK FOLLOWING COLLISION WITH SS 'HANKOW'. EN ROUTE ENGLAND FROM CARTHAGENA. 14 CREW LOST. BUILT IN SUNDERLAND IN 1868. OWNED AT TIME OF LOSS BY R M H...
Minerva Wreck
BUILT IN 1854 BY T VERNON & SONS, LIVERPOOL. OWNED AT TIME OF LOSS BY THE CITY OF CORK STEAM PACKET CO. 2 CYLINDER BEAM ENGINE OF 400 NHP FOR 12 KNOTS...
Miranda Wreck
No description
Missouri Wreck
RAN AGROUND IN SNOWSTORM, WHILE EN-ROUTE BOSTON TO LIVERPOOL, NEAR PORT HAARFARCH. PART OF CARGO RECOVERED. OWNED AT TIME OF LOSS BY G. WARREN & CO.
Mizpah Wreck
BUILT IN 1875 BY SOFTELY & CO, SOUGH SHIELDS. OWNED AT TIME OF LOSS BY W CRAWTHORN, LONDON. ONE BOILER, 2 CYLINDER COMPOUND INVERTED ENGINE OF 56 NHP,...
Mizpah (Possibly) Wreck
BUILT IN 1875 BY SOFTELY & CO. OWNED AT TIME OF LOSS BY W CAWTHORN. COMPOUND INVERTED ENGINES FOR 56HP. WAS IN COLLISION WITH AN UNKNOWN VESSEL EARLY...
Mona Wreck
BUILT IN 1878 BY LARID BROS, BIRKENHEAD. OWNED AT TIME OF LOSS BY THE ISLE OF MAN STEAM PACKET CO. ONE BOILER, COMPOUND INVERTED ENGINE OF 210NHP, SIN...
Mona 2 (Possibly) Wreck
BUILT OF IRON IN 1878 BY LAIRD BROS, BIRKENHEAD. OWNED AT TIME OF LOSS BY THE ISLE OF MAN STEAM PACKET CO. ONE BOILER, 2 CYLINDER COMPOUND INVERTED EN...
Montana Wreck
Rest'D area 300m radius. Fishing and Anchoring Prohibited.
Monte Moro Wreck
BUILT IN 1875 BY SWAN OF NEWCASTLE-UPON-TYNE. OWNED AT TIME OF LOSS BY HALL, BLENKINSOP & CO. TWO BOILERS, COMPOUND EXPANSION ENGINE OF 160 HP, SINGLE...
Moray Wreck
BUILT IN 1889 BY THE GRANGEMOUTH DOCKYARD CO OF ALLOA. MACHINERY BY ALLEY & MACLELLAY OF GLASGOW. OWNED AT TIME OF LOSS BY W ADAM OF BURGHEAD. SINGLE...
Morna Wreck
BUILT OF WOOD. ONE BOILER, TWO CYLINDER INVERTED ENGINE, SINGLE SHAFT. A PACKET VESSEL. PASSAGE BELFAST FOR LONDON. RAN AGROUND IN ON THE N BISHOP ROC...
Mosel Wreck
ON VOYAGE FROM BREMEN TO NEW YORK WITH 620 PASSENGERS, AND A VALUABLE CARGO OF SPECIE MAIL AND 400 TONS OF ENGLISH WOOLEN GOODS, WHEN SHE STRUCK BASS...
Murillo Wreck
AN IRON SS. SCREW PROPULSION. GENERAL CARGO. SANK IN COLLISION WITH SS DIX DECEMBRE, 0.75 MILE OFF S FORELAND.
Musgrave Wreck
No description
Musgrave Wreck
RAN AGROUND ON SLEDGE ROCK 1M W OF PENCLEGYR POINT. A TOTAL LOSS. (LLOYDS).
Nessmore Wreck
BUILT OF IRON IN 1882 BY BARROW SHIPBUILDING CO, BARROW-IN-FURNESS. OWNED AT TIME OF LOSS BY WILLIAM JOHNSTON & CO, LIVERPOOL. THREE BOILERS, COMPOUND...
Netley Abbey (Possibly) Wreck
BUILT IN 1898 BY W GREY, WEST HARTLEPOOL. OWNED AT TIME OF LOSS BY PYEMAN WATSON & CO, CARDIFF. TWO BOILERS, COMPOUND EXPANSION ENGINE OF 191NHP, SING...
Nile Wreck
BUILT IN 1849 IN GREENOCK. OWNED AT TIME OF LOSS BY THE BRITISH & IRISH STEAMSHIP CO. ONE BOILER, COMPOUND EXPANSION ENGINE OF 200 NHP, SINGLE SHAFT....
Nimrod Wreck
25.2.1860 BUILT IN 1843 BY T VERNON & SON, LIVERPOOL. OWNED AT TIME OF LOSS BY THE CORK STEAMSHIP COMPANY. TWO BOILERS, SIDE-VALVE ENGINE OF 300 NHP...
Norman Wreck
FOUNDERED ABOUT 5 MILES W OF OVERSAY LIGHT IN A NW FORCE 6. (SHIPWRECKS OF THE W OF SCOTLAND, B BAIRD).
Norman Wreck
BUILT IN 1854 AT ROTHERHYDE. OWNED AT TIME OF LOSS BY MESSERS BREMER, BENNETT & BREMER OF LONDON. SINGLE BOILER, COMPOUND EXPANSION ENGINE, SINGLE SHA...
Normandy Wreck
BUILT IN 1863 BY RICHARDSON, NEWCASTLE. OWNED AT TIME OF LOSS BY THE LONDON & SOUTH WESTERN RAILWAY CO. ONE BOILER, COMPOUND EXPANSION ENGINE OF 45HP,...
Number Four Wreck
ASHORE ON ROCKS NEAR METHIL BREAKWATER. LATER BROKE UP AND BECAME TOTAL LOSS. (LLOYDS & SHIPWRECKS OF THE FORTH, B BAIRD).
Ocean Home Wreck
1.12.1867 GROUNDED ON QUEENS CHANNEL BAR & REMAINED. WENT TO PIECES & DISAPPEARED DURING A HEAVY STORM FROM NNE ON NIGHT OF 1.12.1867.
Olinda Wreck
26.1.1854 BUILT IN 1853. ONE BOILER, COMPOUND EXPANSION ENGINE, SINGLE SHAFT. PASSAGE LIVERPOOL FOR BRAZIL. LOST 26.1.1854 WITH A CARGO VALUED AT...
Orion Wreck
17.6.1850 BUILT OF IRON. OWNED AT TIME OF LOSS BY J & G BURNS. ONE BOILER, COMPOUND EXPANSION ENGINE, PADDLE PROPULSION. TOOK PASSAGE LIVERPOOL FOR...
Orion Wreck
No description
Oscar Wreck
BUILT IN 1861 BY PILE, WEST HARTLEPOOL. OWNED AT TIME OF LOSS BY LONDON & EDINBURGH SHIPPING CO. ONE BOILER, COMPOUND EXPANSION ENGINE OF 110 NHP, SIN...
Osprey (Bow Section) (Possibly) Wreck
BUILT IN 1855 BY EBEN, PIKE & CO. OWNED AT TIME OF LOSS BY THE CORK STEAM NAVIGATION CO. A SS WITH A CLIPPER BOW. COMPOUND ENGINE OF 250 NHP FOR 10 KN...
Oswald Wreck
BUILT IN 1890 BY THOMAS TURNBULL & SONS. OWNED AT TIME OF LOSS BY THOMAS TURNBULL & SONS. TRIPLE-EXPANSION ENGINE OF 170 NHP. PASSAGE LONDONDERRY FOR...
Oswestry Wreck
VESSEL, BUILT 1888 BY E. WITHY & CO., HARTLEPOOL, WRECKED WHILE ON PASSAGE NORFOLK, VA, TO MANCHESTER. RAN ASHORE IN FOG IN A SMALL BAY ON N SIDE OF M...
Oswestry (Ss) Wreck
Wreck No: W09933, Place of Loss: Mizen Head, Co Cork, Source of Coordinate: UKHO
Otto M'combie Wreck
BUILT IN 1879 AND REGISTERED IN GLASGOW. OWNED AT TIME OF LOSS BY J SERVICE OF LONDON. ONE BOILER, COMPOUND ENGINE, SINGLE SHAFT. STRUCK THE PLOUGH SE...
Ovington (Probably) Wreck
PASSAGE GLASGOW FOR HAMBURG. SANK FOLLOWING COLLISION WITH SS QUEEN VICTORIA, NEARR GREENOCK.
Owestry (Ss) Wreck
Wreck No: W08723, Place of Loss: Mizen Head, Co Cork, Dunlough Bay, small bay on N side of / 51 27 21N, 9 49 22W
Pacific (Possibly) Wreck
23.1.1856 WOODEN HULL. LEFT LIVERPOOL 23.1.1856 FOR NEW YORK. WAS NOT HEARD OF AGAIN.
Pallion (Probably) Wreck
BUILT IN 1871 AT PALLION. TWO BOILERS, COMPOUND EXPANSION ENGINE OF 120HP, SINGLE SHAFT. PASSAGE CARDIFF FOR SUEZ. CARGO COAL. FOUNDERED IN GOOD WEATH...
Paola (Possibly) Wreck
STRUCK GANNET OR GUNNET ROCK & BECAME TOTAL LOSS. PASSAGE BURNTISLAND FOR HAMBURG. BUILT 1882 BY S P AUSTIN & SONS, SUNDERLAND, WITH 2 CYLIN...
Paris Wreck
WELL BROKEN UP. ALMOST BURIED. BOWS N
Patrick Wreck
WAS ON PASSAGE WATERFORD TO LIVERPOOL. RAN AGROUND IN DENSE FOG.
Patris Wreck
BUILT IN 1860 BY LUNGLEY SHIPYARD, LONDON. OWNED AT TIME OF LOSS BY THE HELLENIC SS CO OF SYRA. PASSAGE PIREAUS FOR THE ISLAND OF SYRA. STRUCK A REEF...
Pegasus Wreck
FOUNDERED ON GLADSTONE ROCK WITH LOSS OF 54 LIVES. (SHIPWRECK INDEX OF BRITISH ISLES)
Pelican Or Anna Bhan Wreck
BUILT 1850 BY E PIKE, CORK WITH 2 CYLINDER COMPOUND ENGINE OF 140HP, 1 BOILER SINGLE SHAFT. OWNED AT TIME OF LOSS BY DAVID MACBRAYNE, GLASGOW. USED AS...
Peru (Probably) Wreck
BUILT OF IRON IN 1881 BY S RAVENSCROFT, J BOWEN & WINSFORD. OWNED AT TIME OF LOSS BY SALT UNION LTD (J MONKS). ONE BOILER, 2 CYLINDER DIRECT (?SIMPLE...
Peveril Wreck
SANK FOLLOWING A COLLISION WITH BRITISH SS MONARCH WHILE ON PASSAGE LIVERPOOL TO DOUGLAS. OWNED BY ISLE OF MAN STEAM PACKET COMPANY. (A CORKHILL).
Pladda Wreck
BUILT IN 1861 BY BLACKWOOD 7 GORDON, PORT GLASGOW. OWNED AT TIME OF LOSS BY DUNDEE & NEWCASTLE SS CO. ONE BOILER, COMPOUND INVERTED ENGINE, SINGLE SHA...
Plantaganet Wreck
BUILT IN 1883 BY ALLSUP & SONS, PRESTON. OWNED A TIME OF LOSS BY J BACON, LTD. SINGLE BOILER, COMPOUND EXPANSION ENGINE OF 69 HP. SINGLE SHAFT. PASSAG...
Plato (Ss) Wreck
Wreck No: W14815, Place of Loss: 49 6 N, 12 33 W / 49 34 N, 10 49 W, Source of Coordinate: Lloyd's List
Pochard Wreck
BUILT OF IRON IN 1883 BY D J DUNLOP & CO, PORT GLASGOW. OWNED AT TIME OF LOSS BY THE CORK STEAMSHIP CO, CORK. TWO BOILERS, COMPOUND INVERTED ENGINES O...
Polam Wreck
SANK AFTER COLLISION WITH SS 'CLAUDIA' OF NEWPORT, MON. (GRIMSBY LOSS LIST)
Polka Wreck
6.1.77 STRUCK AN UNKNOWN OBJECT AND SANK ABOUT 0.5M FROM MAITRESSE ISLAND. PASSENGERS AND CREW ALL SAVED. VESSEL WAS UNDER THE CHARGE OF CAPT PRI...
Pontos Wreck
BUILT IN 1895 BY RICHARDSON, DUCK & CO, STOCKTON-ON-TEES. OWNED AT TIME OF LOSS BY A C DE FREITAS & CO. TWO BOILERS, TRIPLE EXPANSION ENGINE OF 246NHP...
Portugalete (Probably). Wreck
STRUCK ROCKHAM SHOAL, NEAR BULL POINT, AND FOUNDERED WHILE ON PASSAGE BILBAO TO CARDIFF.
Potomac Wreck
BUILT IN 1872 BY THE LONDON AND GLASGOW CO. OWNED AT TIME OF LOSS BY THE MERCHANTILE SS CO. TWO BOILERS, COMPOUND EXPANSION ENGINE OF 150HP, SINGLE SH...
Povena Wreck
BUILT IN 1898 BY W GREY & CO, WEST HARTLEPOOL. OWNED AT TIME OF LOSS BY RAMON DE LA SOTA, BILBAO. ONE BOILER, TRIPLE EXPANSION ENGINE, SINGLE SHAFT. M...
Premier Wreck
BUILT IN 1894 BY J SHEARER & SONS, KELVINHAUGH, GLASGOW. OWNED AT TIME OF LOSS BY J SIMPSON. ON CHARTED TO THE LIMERICK SS CO. ONE BOILER, 2 CYLINDER...
Premier (Ss) Wreck
Wreck No: W06254, Place of Loss: Shannon Estuary, between Kilcredane Light and Beal Bar Buoy., Source of Coordinate: GSI Wreck Data
Prince Cadwgan (Probably) Wreck
BUILT OF IRON IN 1864 BY THE UNION SHIPBUILDING CO, GLASGOW. OWNED AT TIME OF LOSS BY ABERAYON STEAM NAVIGATION CO. ONE BOILER, TWO CYLINDER SIMPLE EX...
Princess Alice Wreck
BUILT OR IRON IN 1865 BY J CAIRD & CO, GREENOCK. OWNED AT TIME OF LOSS BY LONDON STEAMBOAT CO. TWO BOILERS, COMPOUND EXPANSION ENGINE OF 140NHP, PADDL...
Princess Of Wales (Fore Section) Wreck
CUT IN TWO DURING COLLISION.
Princess Royal Wreck
BUILT 1841 BY TOD & MCGREGOR, PARTICK, GLASGOW, RAN AGROUND IN FOG ON CRAIG LAGGAN ROCKS, 2M S OF CORSEWALL PT. 120 PASSENGERS & CREW RESCUED, & MUCH...
Prins Frederik (Probably) Wreck
VESSEL, BUILT 1882 BY J ELDER & CO, COLLIDED WITH SS 'MARPESSA' IN FOG WHILE ON PASSAGE FROM HOLLAND TO JAVA. OWNED AT THE TIME OF LOSS BY STOOMV MAAT...
Quail Wreck
SANK FOLLOWING A COLLISION WITH FRENCH SS 'SAN MARTIN'.
Queen Wreck
BUILT OF WOOD IN 1838 BY GEORGE LUNNEL & CO, HOTWELLS, BRISTOL. OWNED AT TIME OF LOSS BY BRISTOL GENERAL STEAM NAVIGATION CO. ONE BOILER, 2 CYLINDER L...
Queen Of The Isles (Probably) Wreck
BUILT OF IRON IN 1853 BY THOMAS TOWARD, NEWCASTLE. ORIGINALLY A PADDLE STEAMER, BUT WAS CONVERTED TO A TWIN SCREW SS IN 1885. REGISTERED AT TIME OF LO...
Queen Victoria Wreck
BUILT OF IRON IN 1837. OWNED AT TIME OF LOSS BY THE CITY OF DUBLIN STEAM PACKET CO. ONE BOILER, TWO CYLINDER SIMPLE EXPANSION ENGINE, PADDLE PROPULSIO...
Queen Victoria (Ss) Wreck
Wreck No: W00910, Place of Loss: Dublin, Howth Head, off, 230m S of the Bailey light, Source of Coordinate: GSI_144a; UKHO, Description: UKHO wreck no...
Queensmore Wreck
BUILT IN 1889 BY HARLAND & WOLFF. OWNED AT TIME OF LOSS BY W JOHNSTONE & CO. THREE BOILERS, COMPOUND EXPANSION ENGINE, SINGLE SHAFT. PASSAGE BALTIMORE...
Queensmore (Ss) Wreck
Wreck No: W08784, Place of Loss: Bullig Rock, Three Castle Head, Dunlough Bay, Source of Coordinate: Jerry Smith
R M Hunton Wreck
VESSEL, SANK AFTER STRIKING COCKBURN RK WHILE ON VOYAGE FROM ALEXANDRIA TO BRISTOL.
Rajah Brooke (Possibly) Wreck
WRECKED ON ACASTA ROCK WHILE ON PASSAGE SINGAPORE FOR KUCHING. (HISTORY OF STRAITS STEAMSHIP CO).
Rasona Wreck
RAN ONTO ROCKS IN DENSE FOG WHILE ON PASSAGE TO BURRY PORT. (SEA BREEZES, VOL.66 NO.544). VESSEL, BUILT 1896, BY RAMAGE & FERGUSON LTD., LEI...
Regian Wreck
BUILT OF IRON IN 1883 BY R THOMPSON & SONS, SOUTHWICK. OWNED FOR REGIAN SS CO LTD, LIVERPOOL (R CONAWAY & CO, MANAGER). COMPOUND EXPANSION ENGINE. PAS...
Rhyl Wreck
IRON VESSEL, BUILT 1879 BY PALMER'S CO., WITH 2 CYLINDER COMPOUND ENGINE, SINGLE SHAFT, 1 BOILER. OWNED AT TIME OF LOSS BY JOHN CORY AND SONS. ON PASS...