Steam Ship Wrecks 1800-1900
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SUNK ABOUT 8 CABLES NW 1/2 W FROM CROSBY LIGHTSHIP AFTER COLLISION WITH SS TORINO. 4 LIVES LOST.
River Garry Wreck
BUILT IN 1883 BY WORKMAN CLARK, BELFAST. OWNED AT TIME OF LOSS BY H W LITTLE, GLASGOW. PASSAGE LEITH FOR LONDON. CARGO COAL. ONE BOILER, COMPOUND EXPA...
Roecliff Wreck
BUILT OF STEEL IN 1894 BY SHORT BROS, SUNDERLAND. OWNED AT TIME OF LOSS BY J WESTOLL, SUNDERLAND. TWO BOILERS, TRIPLE EXPANSION ENGINE OF 286HP, SINGL...
Roelas Wreck
EX-HUELVA '75, EX-MURILLO '66. BUILT IN 1866 BY JOHN ELDER CO, GLASGOW. OWNED AT TIME OF LOSS BY M SAENZ & CO. ONE BOILER, COMPOUND EXPANSION ENGINE,...
Rontegui Wreck
PASSAGE ORAN FOR DUNKIRK. REPD TO HAVE STRUCK 'PETITE ROCK' ON N SIDE OF GUERNSEY & FOUNDERED NEARBY IN DEEP WATER. (LLOYDS).
Rossgull Wreck
WRECKED AT NOIRMONT POINT, ST HELIER JERSEY. 10 LIVES LOST. OWNED BY ANGLO-FRENCH SS CO.
Rothsay Castle Wreck
WAS WASHED ASHORE ON DUTCHMAN'S BANK FOLLOWING ENGINE FAILURE AND INCOMPETENT SEAMANSHIP DURING A GALE. (DODS). VESSEL, BUILT 1816 BY A.M. M...
Saint Andrew Wreck
BUILT 1881. PASSAGE NICARAGUA FOR BALTIMORE. FOUNDERED, CAUSE UNKNOWN. (AUTHORITY UNKNOWN).
Saint Olaf Wreck
STEEL VESSEL, BUILT 1896 BYJ FULLERTON & CO. LTD., PAISLEY WITH 3 CYLINDER TRIPLE EXPANSION ENGINE OF 110HP, SINGLE SHAFT, 1 BOILER. MACHINERY BY ROS...
Salado Wreck
OWNED AT TIME OF LOSS BY A HOLLAND & CO. PASSAGE NEWPORT FOR BUENOS AIRES.
Salient Wreck
8.3.91 BUILT IN 1879 BY BARTRAM, HASWELL & CO. OWNED AT TIME OF LOSS BY J S WESTROLL. ONE BOILER, COMPOUND EXPANSION ENGINE OF 140HP, SINGLE SHAFT....
Santiago Wreck
STRUCK AN UNCHARTED SUBMERGED ROCK, WHILE ON PASSAGE VALPARAISO FOR LIVERPOOL AND SANK.
Seaford Wreck
BUILT IN 1894 BY W DENNY & BROS LTD. OWNED AT TIME OF LOSS BY THE LONDON, BRIGHTON AND SOUTH COAST RAILWAY. TWO TRIPLE EXPANSION ENGINES, TWIN SHAFT....
Seaham Wreck
BUILT OF IRON IN 1870 T W SMITH & CO, NEWCASTLE-UPON-TYNE. OWNED AT TIME OF LOSS BY THE GOOLE SHIPPING CO. ONE BOILER, TWO QUADRUPLE EXPANSION ENGINES...
Semiramide (Ss) Wreck
Wreck No: W16975, Place of Loss: 51 N, 12 W / Fastnet, 120M W of, Source of Coordinate: Lloyd's List
Semiramido Wreck
Wreck No: W12293, Place of Loss: 50º 49' N., Long. 12º 2' W., Source of Coordinate: Parliamentary Papers 1881, LXXXII
Serica (Possibly) Wreck
19.11.93 BUILT IN 1888 BY BLACK, HAWTHORNE & CO LTD, SUNDERLAND. OWNED AT THE TIME OF LOSS BY R GORDON & CO. TWO BOILERS, TRIPLE EXPANSION ENGINE...
Shadwan Wreck
BUILT IN 1877 BY C S SWAN & CO, NEWCASTLE-UPON-TYNE. OWNED AT TIME OF LOSS BY NELSON, DONKIN & CO. , NEWCASTLE. ONE BOILER, COMPOUND EXPANSION ENGINE...
Shamrock Wreck
STRUCK W SIDE OF ST ANN'S HEAD. (E GILES). VESSEL, BUILT 1883. OWNED AT TIME OF LOSS BY W.C. ALLINGHAM, WATERFORD. ON PASSAGE FROM DUBLIN FO...
Shannon Wreck
BUILT OF IRON IN 1846 BY THOMAS & WAKEFIELD, HULL. ONWED AT TIME OF LOSS BY T H WILLIAMS, LIVERPOOL. ONE BOILER, COMPOUND INVERTED ENGINE OF 30NHP, SI...
Sir George Grey Wreck
SUNK IN CROSBY CHANNEL ABOUT 300YDS SE BY S FROM C5 RED BUOY IN CONSEQUENCE OF HER BOILER BURSTING.
Siracusa Wreck
EX-BAVARIA. BUILT OF IRON IN 1879 BY FLENSBURG SB CO. OWNED AT THE TIME OF LOSS BY R M SLOMAN & CO. PASSAGE NEWPORT, MONMOUTH FOR NAPLES. SANK DURING...
Snowdrop Wreck
BUILT IN 1873 BY IRVINES SHIPBUILDING & DRY DOCK CO LTD, WEST HARTLEPOOL. SINGLE BOILER, COMPOUND EXPANSION ENGINE. PASSAGE THE TYNE FOR KINGSTON, IRE...
Soudan Wreck
BUILT IN 1889 BY NAVAL CONSTRUCTION & ARMAMENTS CO. OWNED AT TIME OF LOSS BY THE AFRICAN SS CO. PASSAGE AXIM FOR LIVERPOOL. STRUCK ROCKS & SANK OFF TH...
Soudan Wreck
BUILT IN 1876 BY MEETIT, LA SEYNE. PASSAGE SENEGAL FOR DUNKIRK. STRUCK HAM STONE ROCK IN THICK FOG. TOWED OFF BY TUGS BUT FOUNDERED IN ENTRANCE TO SAL...
South Of Ireland Wreck
3.1.84 BUILT IN 1867 BY W SIMONS & CO, RENFREW. OWNED AT TIME OF LOSS BY THE GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY. TWO CYLINDER OSCILLATING ENGINE, PADDLE PROPULSI...
Spyridion Vagliano Wreck
BUILT IN 1883 BY BARTRAM, HASWELL & CO, SUNDERLAND. OWNED AT TIME OF LOSS BY THE VAGLIANO BROS, ARGOSTOLI. TWO BOILERS, COMPOUND EXPANSION ENGINE OF 1...
St Clair Wreck
BUILT OF IRON 1876 BY BIRRELL, STENHOUSE & CO. DUNBARTON. OWNED AT TIME OF LOSS BY A ROSS, GLASGOW. ONE BOILER, COMPOUND INVERTED ENGINE OF 33HP, SING...
St George Wreck
BUILT IN 1881 BY THE LONDON & GLASGOW CO, GLASGOW. TWO BOILERS, COMPOUND INVERTED ENGINE OF 90HP, SINGLE SHAFT. PASSAGE SWANSEA FOR NANTES. SHIPPED SE...
St George (Possibly) Wreck
BUILT IN 1881 BY THE LONDON & GLASGOW CO, GLASGOW. OWNED AT TIME OF LOSS BY MURRAY BROS. TWO BOILERS, COMPOUND EXPANSION ENGINE OF 90 NHP, SINGLE SHAF...
St Rognvald Wreck
BUILT OF IRON IN 1883 BY HALL, RUSSEL & CO, ABERDEEN. OWNED AT TIME OF LOSS BY THE SCOTLAND, ORKNEY, SHETLAND SS CO. TWO BOILERS, COMPOUND EXPANSION E...
St Thomas (Possibly) Wreck
FOUNDERED WHILE ON PASSAGE DUNDEE TO LONDON.
Stanhope Wreck
BUILT IN 1882 OF IRON BY IRVINE & CO, WEST HARTLEPOOL. OWNED AT TIME OF LOSS BY ENGLISH SS CO, MIDDLESBROUGH. TWO BOILERS, COMPOUND EXPANSION ENGINE O...
Stella (Probably) Wreck
STRUCK BLACK ROCK DURING DENSE FOG. SANK IN SEVEN MINUTES. 112 LIVES LOST. OWNED AT TIME OF LOSS BY THE LONDON & SOUTHWESTERN RAILWAY COMPANY. BUILT I...
Strathclyde Wreck
BUILT OF IRON IN 1871 BY BLACKWOOD, PORT GLASGOW. OWNED AT TIME OF LOSS BY BURRELL & SON. TWO BOILERS, COMPOUND EXPANSION ENGINE OF 180 NHP FOR 10 KNO...
Strathdee Wreck
IRON VESSEL, BUILT 1881, BY DOBSON & CHARLES, GRANGEMOUTH, SANK FOLLOWING A COLLISION WITH ALLEN LINE SS 'BUENOS AYREAN'. SHE WAS ON PASSAGE TO DUBLIN...
Stromboli Wreck
BUILT IN 1856 IN GLASGOW. OWNED AT TIME OF LOSS BY BURNS & MCIVER. COMPOUND EXPANSION ENGINE, SINGLE SHAFT. PASSAGE LE HAVRE FOR LIVERPOOL. STRUCK THE...
Suffolk Wreck
BUILT IN 1882 BY R & H GREEN, LONDON. OWNED AT TIME OF LOSS BY THE SUFFOLK SS CO, LONDON. PASSAGE BALTIMOR FOR LONDON. TWO BOILERS, COMPOUND EXPANSION...
Sunda Wreck
GROUNDED ON QUEENS CHANNEL BAR & BECAME A WRECK.
Superb Wreck
6.1.77 STRUCK THE GRUNE DE TURBOT, NEAR MAITRESSE ISLAND, WITH THE LOSS OF 17 LIVES. CAPT PRIAULX, IN CHARGE OF THE VESSEL AT THE TIME OF LOSS, WAS...
Surrey (Probably) Wreck
BUILT IN 1873 BY HUMPHREYS & PEARSON, WITH COMPOUND INVERTED ENGINES OF 90IHP. OWNED AT TIME OF LOSS BY W S BAILEY. PASSAGE REVAL FOR LONDON. WRECKED...
Sussex Wreck
13.5.58 WRECKED ON SEAL ROCK IN FOG, EN ROUTE FROM BALTIMORE TO LONDON. ALL CREW WERE SAVED. (R EDMONDS REPORT DATED 13.5.58 & ISLE OF SCILLY MUS...
Swansea Wreck
SUNK BY COLLISION WITH SS MAGNETIC IN CROSBY CHANNEL.
Sylphaen Wreck
PASSAGE KINGSTOWN FOR TROON. WAS BLOWN ASHORE DURING A VERY STRONG WNW GALE. (A CORKILL).
T S Webb Wreck
BUILT OF IRON IN 1870 BY RICHARDSON OF STOCKTON-ON-TEES. OWNED AT TIME OF LOSS BY WILKINSON & CO. SCREW PROPULSION. PASSAGE MIDDLESBROUGH FOR TAGANROG...
Taymouth Castle Wreck
Wk ID [92338] 300m north - same wk??
Tees Wreck
BUILT OF IRON IN 1857 BY J BURDEN, STOCKTON-ON-TEES. OWNED AT TIME OF LOSS BY THE STOCKTON & LONDON SCREW STEAM SHIP COMPANY. ONE BOILER, COMPOUND EXP...
Telesilla Wreck
14.9.1896 BUILT 1877 BY E WITHY & CO, HARTLEPOOL, WITH 2 CYLINDER COMPOUND ENGINE OF OF 12OHP, 1 BOILER, SINGLE SHAFT. MACHINERY BY T RICHARDSON & S...
Teucer Wreck
VESSEL, BUILT 1877 BY SCOTT & CO, WAS WRECKED OFF USHANT WHILST ON PASSAGESINGAPORE FOR AMSTERDAM. OWNED AT TIME OF LOSS BY OCEAN SS CO. (DODS).
Thames Wreck
VESSEL, BUILT IN 1827, STRUCK JACKY'S RK IN STORM WHILST EN ROUTE FROM DUBLIN TO LONDON. ONLY 4 SAVED. (SHIPWRECK INDEX OF THE BRITISH ISLES)....
Thames (Ss) Wreck
Wreck No: W06892, Place of Loss: Killala Bay, Co Mayo, St. Patrick’s Reef, Source of Coordinate: wrecksite.eu
Thasos Wreck
No description
Thesis Wreck
BUILT 1887 BY MCILWAINE LEWIS & CO, BELFAST. OWNED AT TIME OF LOSS BY W A GRANGER, BELFAST. ONE BOILER, COMPOUND EXPANSION ENGINE OF 60HP, SINGLE SHAF...
Thessaly Wreck
BUILT OF IRON IN 1877 BY LAIRD BROS. OWNED AT TIME OF LOSS BY BIRKENHEAD SHIPPING CO. ONE BOILER, COMPOUND EXPANSION ENGINE OF 220NHP, SINGLE SHAFT. P...
Thistle Wreck
BUILT IN 1883 BY R PEARCE & CO OF DUNDEE. OWNED AT TIME OF LOSS BY R TAYLOR OF DUNDEE. ONE BOILER, COMPOUND ENGINE, SINGLE SHAFT, IRON PROPELLER. ENGI...
Thomas Anderson Wreck
Wreck No: W12710, Place of Loss: 56 N 22 W
Thornton Wreck
GROUNDED IN VICTORIA CHANNEL NEAR V3 RED BUOY. DRIFTED ON TO WEST MIDDLE & BECAME A TOTAL WK.
Toledo (Possibly) Wreck
BUILT IN 1882 BY J L THOMPSON, SUNDERLAND. TWO BOILERS, COMPOUND EXPANSION ENGINE OF 283NHP, SINGLE SHAFT. PASSAGE GALVESTON FOR ROTTERDAM. CARGO WHEA...
Topaz Wreck
BUILT BY SCOTT & CO, BOWLING. OWNED AT TIME OF LOSS BY W ROBERTSON. ONE BOILER, TRIPLE EXPANSION ENGINE OF 75 NHP, SINGLE SHAFT. PASSAGE FOR DUNDALK....
Topaz (Ss) Wreck
Wreck No: W00248, Place of Loss: Louth, Dunany Point Reef, 2 miles off. Dundalk Bay. 53 52 02N, 006 10 28W., Source of Coordinate: GSI, Description: U...
Torch Wreck
BUILT OF IRON IN 1860 BY L HILL & CO, PORT GLASGOW. OWNED AT TIME OF LOSS BY DUBLIN & LIVERPOOL SS PACKET CO. ONE BOILER, COMPOUND EXPANSION ENGINE OF...
Tormes (Possibly) Wreck
EX-BESSARABIA. BUILT IN 1877 BY W GREY & CO, WEST HARTLEPOOL. OWNED AT TIME OF LOSS BY P M TINTORE & CO, BARCELONA. TWO BOILERS, COMPOUND EXPANSION EN...
Tourmaline Wreck
BUILT OF IRON IN 1883. PASSAGE CARDIFF FOR ST LUCIA, WEST INDIES. FOUNDERED OFF THE MADEIRA ARCHIPELAGO, CAUSE UNKNOWN. (LLOYDS).
Town Of Wexford (Possibly) Wreck
ON PASSAGE WEXFORD TO LIVERPOOL. DRIFTED AGROUND IN HEAVY SEAS NEAR TREFADOG, HOLYHEAD BAY. HOLYHEAD LIFEBOAT RESCUED 43 PEOPLE. (SIBI, WRECK & RESCUE...
Tripoli Wreck
CUNARD LINER, BUILT 1861. ON PASSAGE FROM LIVERPOOL FOR BOSTON. STRUCK SOUTH ROCK REEF, APPROX 0.5M SW OF TUSKAR LTHO IN FOG. VESSEL WAS TRAVELLING AT...
Tripoli (Ss) Wreck
Wreck No: W04436, Place of Loss: Wexford, Tuskar Rock, South Rock, lighthouse, reef 0.5 mile SW of, N side of., Source of Coordinate: UKHO
Tynemouth Castle Wreck
WHEN LYING AT ANCHOR OFF NEW BRIGHTON WAS RUN INTO BY THE SS GLANMIRE. SANK ABOUT 1640FT E BY S 1/2 S FROM NEW BRIGHTON FERRY STAGE.
Udea (Probably) Wreck
BUILT IN 1873 BY SCHLESENGER, DAVIS & CO, NEWCASTLE-UPON-TYNE. OWNED AT TIME OF LOSS BY DAVID MACBRAYNE, GLASGOW. ONE BOILER, COMPOUND EXPANSION ENGIN...
Ugie (Possibly) Wreck
EX-REINE DES BELGES, EX-PISCATOR. BUILT OF IRON IN 1886 BY S MCKNIGHT & CO, AYR. OWNED AT TIME OF LOSS BY PETERHEAD, LEITH & ABERDEEN SS CO. ONE BOILE...
Umbre Wreck
BUILT IN 1898 BY WIGHAM, RICHARDSON & CO, NEWCASTLE-UPON-TYNE. OWNED AT TIME OF LOSS BY E J WILLIAMS, HULL. TWO BOILERS, TRIPLE EXPANSION ENGINE OF 19...
United States Wreck
29.12.1872 IRON HULL. COMPOUND EXPANSION ENGINE, PADDLE PROPULSION. GROUNDED OFF SANDON BASIN ON 29.12.1872 & FILLED.
Vanda (Possibly) Wreck
SANK FOLLOWING A COLLISION WHILE ON PASSAGE LONDON FOR BRUSSELS. (R VERPOORTE).
Vera (Probably) Wreck
BUILT IN 1873 BY NORDDEUTSCHE SCHIFFSBAU GESELLSCHAFT, KEIL, GERMANY. OWNED BY THE SS VERA CO LTD, ELSINORE, DENMARK. ONE BOILER, COMPOUND EXPANSION E...
Vesper (Possibly) Wreck
BUILT IN 1867. OWNED AT TIME OF LOSS BY HUNTLEY BERNE & CO, GLASGOW. ONE BOILER, TWO CYLINDER SIMPLE EXPANSION ENGINE, SINGLE SHAFT. PASSAGE GLASGOW F...
Vesper (Ss) Wreck
Wreck No: W01594, Place of Loss: Dublin, Kish Bank, 53 16 5.66N, 5 55 46.24W, Source of Coordinate: INFOMAR Wreck Data (GSI_284); Roy Stokes, Descript...
Viceroy (Ss) Wreck
Wreck No: W12741, Place of Loss: c.48 50N, 11 30W.
Viferedo Wreck
ONLY WRECKAGE REMAINS
Viferedo / La Vifredo / La Vifrido (Ss) Wreck
Wreck No: W04660, Place of Loss: East Brandie Rock (west side), off the Saltees., Source of Coordinate: UKHO, Description: UKHO Wreck No.010400230. Sp...
Viking Wreck
BUILT IN 1874 BY J & R SWAN, DUMBARTON. OWNED AT TIME OF LOSS BY J SERVICE, 21 HOPE ST, GLASGOW. ONE BOILER, COMPOUND EXPANSION ENGINE OF 40 NHP, SING...
Ville De Malaga Wreck
LOST OFF POMMIER, ALDERNEY. SEVEN LIVES LOST. (CHANNEL ISLANDS WKS).
Violet Wreck
BUILT OF IRON IN 1871 BY RICHARDSON, NEWCASTLE-UPON-TYNE. OWNED AT TIME OF LOSS BY BAIRA & BROWN. COMPOUND EXPANSION ENGINE OF 100 NHP, SINGLE SHAFT....
Virago Wreck
THE SS VIRAGO WAS BUILT IN 1871 BY THE LARGEST SHIPBUILDING YARD ON THE HUMBER CALLED EARLE'S SHIPBUILDING AND ENGINEERING CO. LTD. (YARD NO.138). IT...
Vivar Wreck
COLLIDED WITH 'SONORA', WHICH WAS UNDER TOW OF TUG 'BLAZER'. (WRECK 'N' TECH).
Volta Wreck
BUILT IN 1882 BY THE LONDON & GLASGOW SHIP BUILDING CO. OWNED AT TIME OF LOSS BY EASTERN TELEGRAPH CO. PASSAGE LONDON FOR SYRIA. WRECKED ON MYKONI ISL...
Voluna Wreck
Wreck No: W12251, Place of Loss: Abandoned at Sea / 48 20N, 12 53W, Source of Coordinate: Parliamentary Papers 1880, LXVI
Volunteer Wreck
BUILT IN 1861 BY MORTON & CO OF LEITH. OWNED AT TIME OF LOSS BY DONALD MCGREGOR & CO, LEITH. TWO BOILERS, COMPOUND EXPANSION ENGINE, SINGLE SHAFT. PAS...
Vulcan Wreck
BUILT IN 1874 BY R DIXON, MIDDLESBROUGH. OWNED AT TIME OF LOSS BY E HARRIS, MIDDLESBROUGH. ONE BOILER, COMPOUND EXPANSION ENGINE OF 235 NHP, SINGLE SH...
Wallachia Wreck
BUILT OF IRON IN 1883 BY MORDAUNT, OSWALD & CO, SOUTHAMPTON. OWNED AT TIME OF LOSS BY WILLIAM BURRELL & SON, GLASGOW. TWO BOILERS, COMPOUND EXPANSION...
Wasp Wreck
WHEN ROUNDING TO FOR DOCKING, FELL ATHWART THE BARQUE HYPATIA LYING AT ANCHOR IN THE SLOYNE. SANK ABOUT 200YDS S OF THE SOUTHERNMOST CUNARD BUOY.
Waverley Wreck
SANK EN ROUTE SOUTHAMPTON FOR ST PETER PORT.
Welbury Wreck
BUILT IN 1882 BY W GRAY & CO, WEST HARTLEPOOL. OWNED AT THE TIME OF LOSS BY E R CARE. TWO BOILERS, COMPOUND EXPANSION ENGINE OF 198 NHP, SINGLE SHAFT....
Wicklow Ii (Possibly) Wreck
BUILT OF IRON IN 1882. ONE BOILER, COMPOUND EXPANSION ENGINE, SINGLE SHAFT. PASSAGE GLASGOW FOR WATERFORD AND SOUTHAMPTON. STRUCK MIDSHIPS BY SS AMPHI...
William Balls (Probably) Wreck
BUILT IN 1883 BY J READHEAD & CO, SOUTH SHIELDS. OWNED AT TIME OF LOSS BY W D C BALLS & SON. TWO BOILERS, COMPOUND EXPANSION ENGINE OF 150HP, SINGLE S...
William J Taylor (Part Of) Wreck
BUILT IN 1879 OF IRON BY MARSHALL'S NEPTUNE WORKS, SOUTH SHIELDS. OWNED AT TIME OF LOSS BY G BEAZLEY & SON, PENZANCE. ONE BOILER, COMPOUND EXPANSI...
Woodburn Wreck
1.8.83 BUILT IN 1874 BY PALMER'S CO. OWNED AT TIME OF LOSS BY MACINTYRE BROS & CO. COMPOUND INVERTED ENGINE OF 140 NHP. PASSAGE MADRAS FOR LONDON...
Woodham Wreck
BUILT IN 1869 BY DENTON, HARTLEPOOL. OWNED AT TIME OF LOSS BY R YOUNG. ONE BOILER, TRIPLE EXPANSION ENGINE OF 98HP, SINGLE SHAFT. PASSAGE NEWCASTLE-UP...
Wyndcliffe Wreck
27.2.1892 BUILT OF IRON IN 1877 BY PALMERS CO, NEWCASTLE. 466 TONS GROSS, 732 TONS NET, 669 TONS UNDER DECK. OWNED AT TIME OF LOSS BY D MORGAN, L...
Yesso Wreck
BUILT IN 1880 BY J LAING. OWNED AT TIME OF LOSS BY T & J HARRISION. TRIPLE EXPANSION ENGINE OF 200 HP. SANK FOLLOWING A COLLISION WITH BARQUE LIZZIE R...
Yorouba Wreck
LOST IN PERELLE BAY. (CHANNEL ISLAND WKS). WRECKED ON ROCKS OFF LIHOU IN FOG. (M G SHEAN).
Zebra Wreck
BUILT IN 1853 IN GLASGOW. COMPOUND EXPANSION ENGINE OF 260NHP, SINGLE SHAFT. PASSAGE LE HAVRE FOR LIVERPOOL. STRUCK ROCKS NEAR LIZARD POINT IN VERY DE...