Steam Ship Wrecks WWII
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BUILT IN 1925 BY ARMSTRONG, WHITWORTH & CO. OWNED AT TIME OF LOSS BY BALTIC TRADING CO. TRIPLE EXPANSION ENGINE OF 522 NHP, SINGLE SHAFT. PASSAGE BOWL...
Shoryu Maru Wreck
BUILT IN 1919 BY HARLAND & WOLFF. OWNED AT TIME OF LOSS BY SHORYU KISEN KK. TRIPLE EXPANSION ENGINE OF 517NHP. TORPEDOED AND SUNK BY USSM PARCHE ABOUT...
Shoto Maru Or Syoto Maru Wreck
BUILT BY LLOYD ROYAL BELGE (GB) LTD, WHITEINCH, GLASGOW. LAID DOWN 10.1919 AS WAR KOCHIA. SUNK BY SUBMARINE.
Shunsei (Syunsei) Maru Wreck
BUILT IN 1911 BY NAPIER AND MILLER, WITH TRIPLE EXPANSION ENGINE OF 369NHP. OWNED AT TIME OF LOSS BY YAMAMOTO SHOJI KK. TORPEDOED BY A BRITISH SUBMARI...
Sig Wreck
BUILT IN 1924 BY J LEWIS & SONS. OWNED AT TIME OF LOSS BY A/S D/S ASK (A KJERLAND). TRIPLE EXPANSION ENGINE OF 178NHP. SUNK BY MINE OR TORPEDO. (DODS)...
Sigrid Wreck
MINED. PASSAGE VEJLE FOR COPENHAGEN. (DODS).
Sigurds Faulbaums Wreck
29.5.40 BUILT BY J BLUMER & CO. OWNED AT TIME OF LOSS BY THE GERMAN GOVENMENT. FORMERLY LATVIAN SS. SEIZED BY GERMANS. TRIPLE EXPANSION ENGINE OF 30...
Sigyn Wreck
PASSAGE BATOUCHE FOR SUNDERLAND. TORPEDOED BY SUBMARINE. CREW OF 23 RECOVERED. (LL WW2).
Sigyn (Ss) Wreck
Wreck No: W10037, Place of Loss: Unknown, Source of Coordinate: UKHO
Silesia (Possibly) Wreck
BUILT IN 1923 BY J. CROWN & SONS WITH TRIPLE EXPANSION ENGINES OF 200NHP. OWNED AT TIME OF LOSS BY REDERI A/B SYLVIA. TORPEDOED AND SUNK BY U-BOAT WHI...
Silver Laurel Wreck
BUILT IN 1939 BY J L THOMPSON & SONS, SUNDERLAND. OWNED AT TIME OF LOSS BY SILVER LINE LTD. TWO BOILERS, S TURBINES OF 877 NHP. PASSAGE FALMOUTH FOR H...
Silvia Tripcovich (Probably) Wreck
BUILT IN 1925 BY CANTIERE NAVALE TREISTINO. OWNED AT TIME OF LOSS BY D. TRIPTOVICH & CO. TRIPLE-EXPANSION ENGINE. PASSAGE TRAPANI for TRIPOLI AS PART...
Simla Wreck
BUILT IN 1917 BY SIR J LAING & SONS. OWNED AT TIME OF LOSS BY W WILHELMSEN. TRIPLE EXPANSION ENGINE OF 559NHP. PASSAGE PHILADELPHIA FOR THE TEES. TORP...
Simla (Ss) Wreck
Wreck No: W10039, Place of Loss: Belmullet, 320 miles W. of, Source of Coordinate: wrecksite.eu
Sinsyu Maru (Possibly) Wreck
SUNK BY US AIRCRAFT. (B DILLON)
Sint Annaland Wreck
STEEL HULL, SINGLE SHAFT. PASSAGE THE TYNE FOR SLUISKIL. FOUNDERED. (SIBI). MINED. (WW2SL).
Sir Russell Wreck
TORPEDOED BY E BOAT EN ROUTE FROM WEAR TO SOUTHAMPTON. (LL WW2 & WW2SL).
Sirdhana Wreck
BUILT IN 1925 BY SWAN HUNTHER & WIGHAM RICHARDSON. OWNED AT TIME OF LOSS BY THE BRITISH INDIA STEAM NAVIGATION CO. TRIPLE EXPANSION ENGINE OF 801NHP....
Siris Wreck
BUILT IN 1919 BY HARLAND & WOLFF LTD. (CAIRD & CO. LTD) GREENOCK. PASSAGE HULL & OBAN FOR RIO JANEIRO & RIVER PLATE. SUNK BY TORPEDO AND GUNFIRE FROM...
Sithonia Wreck
BUILT IN 1919 BY J L THOMPSON. LAID DOWN AS WAR DIAMOND, COMPLETED AS RADNORSHIRE. OWNED AT TIME OF LOSS BY H M THOMPSON. TRIPLE-EXPANSION ENGINE OF 5...
Sitona Wreck
3.5.41 BOMBED BY GERMAN AIRCRAFT 3.5.41 WHILE ON PASSAGE BLYTH FOR LONDON. SANK EARLY FOLLOWING DAY. (LLOYDS WAR LOSSES). TORPEDOED BY GER...
Sizilien (Probably) Wreck
4.5.43 BOMBED AND SUNK BY BRITISH AIRCRAFT 4.5.43. (DOD). SUNK 4.5.42. (GERMAN WRECK CHART).
Sjofna Wreck
EX-KONGSAA, EX-PHOENIX. BUILT IN 1918 BY WED, DUIJVENDIJK. GOUDERAK. TWO BOILERS, TRIPLE EXPANSION ENGINE, SINGLE SHAFT. PASSAGE FOWEY FOR LARNE. WENT...
Skagerak Wreck
MINED. PASSAGE TYNE FOR ISPWICH. BROKE IN TWO. (DOD).
Slava Wreck
EX-WYNACRE, EX-TAFNA. BUILT IN 1911 BY W DOXFORD SONS LTD, SUNDERLAND. OWNED AT TIME OF LOSS BY ATANSKA, PLOVIDBS, YUGOSLAVIA. THREE BOILERS, TRIPLE...
Sleipner Wreck
TORPEDOED AND SUNK BY U-14. (WW2SL & AXIS SUBMARINE SUCCESSES). PASSAGE METHIL FOR ESBJERG. (LLOYDS WAR LOSSES).
Slemish Wreck
BUILT IN 1909 BY RAMAGE & FERGUSON. OWNED AT TIME OF LOSS BY SHAMROCK SHIPPING CO. TRIPLE EXPANSION ENGINE OF 178NHP, SINGLE SHAFT. PASSAGE HULL FOR C...
Sloet Van Der Beele (Probably) Wreck
BUILT IN 1914 BY MAATS. FYENOORD, WITH TRIPLE EXPANSION ENGINE OF 233NHP, SINGLE SHAFT. OWNED AT TIME OF LOSS BY KONINKLIJKE PAKETVAAT MAATTS. PASSAGE...
Sna I (Possibly) Wreck
OWNED AT TIME OF LOSS BY SOCIETE NATIONALE D'AFFRETEMENTS. SUNK APPROX 29M W OF TREVOSE HEAD.
Sneaton Wreck
SUNK BY TORPEDO & GUNFIRE FROM U-48. (WW2SL & AXIS SUBMARINE SUCCESSES).
Sneaton (Ss) Wreck
Wreck No: W10045, Place of Loss: English Channel W approaches / 49 5N, 13 5W, Source of Coordinate: wrecksite.eu
Snefjeld Wreck
TORPEDOED & SUNK BY GERMAN SUBMARINE U 99, WHILST IN CONVOY EN-ROUTE CARAQUET TO LONDON.
Sneland 1 Wreck
EX-INGBORG. BUILT IN 1922 BY NUSCKE & CO, STETTIN. OWNED AT TIME OF LOSS BY DS A/S VESTLAND. OEN BOILER, TRIPLE EXPANSION ENGINE OF 155NHP, SINGLE SHA...
Soesterberg Wreck
BUILT 1927. WAS TORPEDOED & SUNK BY U 101, WHILST EN-ROUTE CHATHAM NB FOR HULL. OWNED AT TIME OF LOSS BY N V STOOMV. MAATS HILLEGERSBERG.
Solstad Wreck
SUNK BY E-BOAT WHILST EN ROUTE FROM SWANSEA TO LONDON. 5 LIVES LOST. (LL WW2). VESSEL, BUILT IN 1924 BY J LEWIS & SONS AND OWNED...
Somali Wreck
BUILT BY HARLAND & WOLFF ON THE CLYDE IN 1930. OWNED AT TIME OF LOSS BY THE PENINSULAR & ORIENT STEAM NAVIGATION CO. FIVE BOILERS, SINGLE QUADRUPLE EX...
Somerset (Ss) Wreck
Wreck No: W12451, Place of Loss: Unknown
Songa (Possibly) Wreck
TORPEDOED AND SUNK BY GERMAN SUBMARINE U25 WHILST EN-ROUTE FROM PHILADELPHIA TO ROTTERDAM. CREW SAVED.(LL, WW2 & AXIS SUBMARINE SUCCESSES).
Soreldoc (Possibly) Wreck
TORPEDOED BY GERMAN SUBMARINE U 1302. BROKE IN TWO & SANK IN 4 MINUTES. EN ROUTE LIVERPOOL TO SWANSEA. 15 LIVES LOST. (AXIS SUBMARINE SUCCESSES, LL WW...
Sparta (Possibly) Wreck
BUILT IN 1900 BY TAYLOR & MITCHELL. OWNED AT TIME OF LOSS BY THE BENNETT SS CO. TRIPLE EXPANSION ENGINE OF 82 RHP. PASSAGE BLYTH FOR SOUTHAMPTON. MINE...
Speke (Possibly) Wreck
EX-GELNMONA, EX-RAYMOND-39. BUILT IN 1913 BY COCHRAN & SONS, SELBY. OWNED AT TIME OF LOSS BY EDWARD NICHOLAS, LIVERPOOL. ONE BOILER, COMPOUND EXPANSIO...
Spey (Possibly) Wreck
VESSEL, BUILT 1923, STRANDED ON PASSAGE RIVER TYNE TO SEAHOUSES. OWNED AT TIME OF LOSS BY MORAY SS CO. LTD. (SHIPWRECK INDEX OF BRITISH ISLES)
Spezia Wreck
BUILT IN 1924 BY A G NEPTUNE. OWNED AT TIME OF LOSS BY R M SLOMAN. TRIPLE EXPANSION ENGINE OF 176 NHP. TORPEDOED & SUNK BY A BRITISH SUBMARINE. (DODS)...
Springfontein Wreck
CAUGHT FIRE AND SANK.
St Agnes Wreck
PASSAGE VIZAGAPATA FOR HULL. SUNK BY GUNFIRE FROM ITALIAN SUBMARINE EMO. CARGO WAS 5500 TONS LINSEED IN BAGS, 1300 TONS CASTOR SEEDS, 400 TONS MANGANE...
St Catherine (Probably) Wreck
EX-OLIVE, EX-LAIRDSBANK. BUILT IN 1916 BY CALEDON SHIPBUILDING & ENGINEERING COMPANY. OWNED AT TIME OF LOSS BY N OF SCOTLAND & ORKNEY & SHETLAND STEAM...
St Clement (Possibly) Wreck
BOMBED BY AIRCRAFT. PASSAGE KIRKWALL FOR ABERDEEN. 11 MEN LOST, 1 RECOVERED. (LL WW2).
St Didier (Probably) Wreck
BUILT IN 1920 BY LIVINGSTONE & COOPER. WAS TAKEN OVER BY FRENCH NAVY FOR USE AS FLEET AUXILIARY. BOMBED & SUNK BY BRITISH AIRCRAFT NEAR ADALIA, TURKEY...
St Dunstan Wreck
23.8.40 TORPEDOED BY GERMAN SUBMARINE U 57 ON 23.8.40, WAS TAKEN IN TOW BUT SANK ON 27.8.40 BETWEEN PLADDA PT & HOLY ISLAND. VESSEL, BUILT 1919, WAS...
St Elwyn Wreck
BUILT IN 1038 BY J L THOMPSON & SONS. OWNED AT TIME OF LOSS BY SOUTH AMERICAN SAINT LINE. COMPOUND ENGINE AND LP TURBINEOF 320NHP. PASSAGE HULL FOR SA...
St Fergus (Possibly) Wreck
BUILT IN 1913 BY HAWTHORNS & CO LTD, LEITH. OWNED AT TIME OF LOSS BY N OF SCOTLAND ORKNEY & SHETLAND CO. ONE BOILER, TRIPLE EXPANSION ENGINE OF 58HP,...
St Fergus (Possibly) Wreck
BUILT IN 1913 BY HAWTHORNS & CO LTD, LEITH. OWNED AT TIME OF LOSS BY N OF SCOTLAND ORKNEY & SHETLAND CO. ONE BOILER, TRIPLE EXPANSION ENGINE OF 58HP,...
St Fintan (Possibly) Wreck
SUNK BY GERMAN AIRCRAFT.
St Glen Wreck
EX-CITY OF SWANSEA, EX-KATUNA. BUILT IN 1907 BY ARMSTRONG, WHITWORTH & CO LTD, NEWCASTLE-UPON-TYNE. OWNED AT TIME OF LOSS BY BARRY SHIPPING CO. THREE...
St Kenan (Possibly) Wreck
SANK FOLLOWING A COLLISION.
St Malo Wreck
CANADIAN GOVERNMENT VESSEL, BUILT 1917 WAS TORPEDOED & SUNK BY GERMAN SUBMARINE U-101 WHILST EN-ROUTE ST JOHN, NEW BRUNSWICK TO LIVERPOOL (DODS & A...
St Nidan Wreck
VESSEL CAPTURED & SUNK BY GUNFIRE & SCUTTLING CHARGES FROM GERMAN SUBMARINE U-59. ON PASSAGE FROM FISHING GROUNDS FOR HULL. (WW2SL & AXIS SUBMARINE SU...
St. Anselm Wreck
LAID DOWN AS WAR TURRET, COMPLETED IN 1919 AS SAINT ANDREW. BUILT BY NORTHUMBERLAND S.B. CO WITH TRIPLE-EXPANSION ENGINES OF 517NHP. RENAMED ST. ANSEL...
St. Dunstan (Ss) Wreck
Wreck No: W12428, Place of Loss: Unknown, Source of Coordinate: BVLS 1939-1945
Stad Alkmaar Wreck
VESSEL, BUILT 1940, WAS TORPEDOED & SUNK BY GERMAN E-BOAT, WHILST EN-ROUTE SANTA CRUZ TO LONDON. OWNED AT TIME OF LOSS BY HALCYON LIJN N.V.
Stad Maastricht Wreck
25.12.40 PASSAGE LONDON FOR THE USA. TORPEDOED BY E BOAT. ATTACKED ON 23.12 AND SANK WHILE UNDER TOW ON 25.12.40. (LL WW2).
Staghound (Or Fernwood) Wreck
BUILT IN 1894 BY AILSA, TROON. OWNED AT TIME OF LOSS BY KYLE SHIPPING CO. ONE BOILER, COMPOUND EXPANSION ENGINE OF 92 NHP, SINGLE SHAFT. MACHINERY AFT...
Stalheim Wreck
MINED OFF PORT TALBOT WHILE ON PASSAGE FOR BARRY AND ST JOHN, N.B.
Stanburn Wreck
EX-HEBBURN '38. BUILT IN 1924 BY WOOD, SKINNER & CO, NEWCASTLE-UPON-TYNE. OWNED AT TIME OF LOSS BY THE STANHOPE SS CO (J A BILLMEIR & CO LTD, MANAGERS...
Stanburn Wreck
EX-HEBBURN '38. BUILT IN 1924 BY WOOD, SKINNER & CO, NEWCASTLE-UPON-TYNE. OWNED AT TIME OF LOSS BY THE STANHOPE SS CO (J A BILLMEIR & CO LTD, MANAGERS...
Stancliffe Wreck
VESSEL, BUILT 1936, WAS CAPTURED & TORPEDOED BY GERMAN SUBMARINE U-37, 45M NE OF UIST, SHETLAND. OWNED AT TIME OF LOSS BY STANHOPE STEAMSHIP CO. ON PA...
Stancor Wreck
PASSAGE REYKJAVIK FOR FLEETWOOD. CAPTURED AND SUNK BY GUNFIRE FROM U-48. CREW OF 19 RECOVERED. (WW2SL, LL WW2, AXIS SUBMARINE SUCCESSES).
Stancourt Wreck
No description
Standard Wreck
No description
Stangate Wreck
EX-DRAKEDENE '37, EX-EMSWORTH MANOR '36, EX-ELVET. BUILT IN 1912 BY W DOBSON & CO, NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE. OWNED AT TIME OF LOSS BY STANGATE SS CO LTD. T...
Stangrant Wreck
BUILT IN 1912 BY HAWTHORN LESLIE. OWNED AT TIME OF LOSS BY STANHOPE SS CO. TRIPLE EXPANSION ENGINE OF 777NHP. PASSAGE HAMPTON FORDS FOR BELFAST. TORPE...
Stanhall Wreck
PASSAGE TOWNSVILLE FOR LIVERPOOL. TORPEDOED BY SUBMARINE. (LL WW2).
Stanholme Wreck
EX-GOLETA. BUILT IN 1927 BY BURNTISLAND SHIPBUILDING CO LTD. OWNED AT TIME OF LOSS BY STANHOPE STEAMSHIP CO. THREE BOILERS, TRIPLE EXPANSION ENGINE OF...
Stanlake (Possibly) Wreck
BUILT IN 1923 BY SWAN HUNTER & WIGHAM RICHARDSON LTD, NEWCASTLE-UPON-TYNE. PASSAGE PORTLAND FOR BARRY. TORPEDOED AND SUNK BY E-BOAT. (WW2SL & SIBI).
Stanleigh Wreck
EX-ERNST HUGO STINNES '11, EX-CORPATH '43, EX-PREKLA '37. BUILT IN 1912 BY SEEBECK, WESTERMUNDE, GERMANY. OWNED AT TIME OF LOSS BY STANHOPE SS CO LTD....
Stanwold Wreck
27.2.41 EX-EASINGWOLD '29, EX-ALFRED KREGLINGER, EX-PERVYSE. BUILT IN 1909 BY OSBOURNE, GRAHAM & CO, SUNDERLAND. OWNED AT TIME OF LOSS BY STANHOPE S...
Stanwood Wreck
EX-HESIONE. BUILT IN 1915 BY LANK RETHERITG, HAMBURG. PASSAGE LEITH FOR TO DAKAR WITH COAL WHEN SHE SANK WHILE ANCHORED NEAR NORTH BANK FOLLOWING A FI...
Star Of Luxor Wreck
BUILT IN 1918 BY W GRAY & CO. OWNED AT TIME OF LOSS BY ALEXANDRIA NAVIGATION CO. TRIPLE EXPANSION ENGINE OF 517NHP. PASSAGE PHILADELPHIA FOR LIVERPOOL...
Star Of Oregon Wreck
BUILT IN 1941 NY OREGON SB CORP. OWNED AT TIME OF LOSS BY THE UNITED STATES MARTIME COMMISSION. TRIPLE EXPANSION ENGINE OF 339 NHP. PASSAGE MOSSOWAH &...
Steel Scientist Wreck
PASSAGE PORT SAID & TABLE BAY FOR PARAMARIBO. TORPEDOED BY U 514. (DODS, LL WW2, AXIS SUBMARINE SUCCESSES).
Steel Traveler Wreck
BUILT IN 1922 BY THE FEDERAL SB CO. OWNED AT TIME OF LOSS BY ISTHMIAN SS CO. PASSAGE ANTWERP FOR NEW YORK VIA LONDON. MINED. (WW2SL, DODS, LL WW2).
Steinstad (Ss) Wreck
Wreck No: W10063, Place of Loss: W approaches to Ireland, Source of Coordinate: wrecksite.eu
Stofoss (Probably) Wreck
SUNK IN COLLISION.
Stokesley Wreck
BUILT IN 1922 BY VERSCHURE & CO, AMSTERDAM. OWNED AT TIME OF LOSS BY FRANCES DUNCAN SS CO LTD. ONE BOILER, TRIPLE EXPANSION ENGINE OF 120HP, SINGLE SH...
Stolwijk Wreck
GROUNDED AND WRECKED ON INISHDOVEY ISLAND DONEGAL WHILE ON VOYAGE FROM CORNER BROOK, NEWFOUNDLAND, TO GLASGOW. VESSEL, BUILT 1920, WAS OWNED AT TIME O...
Stolwijk (Ss) Wreck
Wreck No: W07653, Place of Loss: Keelasbeg Sound, Carricknacruboge rock, NE side of Inishdoey Island, Source of Coordinate: UKHO Wreck Data
Stonegate Wreck
BUILT IN 1928 BY W.DOXFORD & SONS WITH TRIPLE-EXPANSION ENGINES OF 602NHP. OWNED AT TIME OF LOSS BY TURNBULL, SCOTT SHIPPING CO. PASSAGE ANTOFAGASTA A...
Strassa Wreck
10.4.40 BELIEVED DAMAGED FROM AIRCRAFT BOMBING ON 10.4.40 AT NARVIK. SANK AFTER AN INTERNAL EXPLOSION ON 11.5.40. (LL WW2).
Streonshalh Wreck
BUILT IN 1928 BY W. PICKERSGILL & SONS WITH TRIPLE- EXPANSION ENGINES OF 315NHP. OWNED AT TIME OF LOSS BY ROWLAND & MARWOODS S.S. CO. PASSAGE ROSARIO...
Strombus (Part Of) Wreck
12.11.42 BUILT IN 1900 BY ARMSTRONG & WHITWORTH CO, NEWCASTLE-UPON-TYNE. OWNED AT TIME OF LOSS BY A/S SEVILLA, ONESIMUS. PASSAGE SWANSEA FOR ANTARCT...
Strombus (Part Of) Wreck
12.11.42 BUILT IN 1900 BY ARMSTRONG & WHITWORTH CO, NEWCASTLE-UPON-TYNE. OWNED AT TIME OF LOSS BY A/S SEVILLA, ONESIMUS. PASSAGE SWANSEA FOR ANTARCT...
Strombus (Part Of)(Probably) Wreck
12.11.42 BUILT IN 1900 BY ARMSTRONG & WHITWORTH CO, NEWCASTLE-UPON-TYNE. OWNED AT TIME OF LOSS BY A/S SEVILLA, ONESIMUS. PASSAGE SWANSEA FOR ANTARCT...
Stylianos Chandris Wreck
EX-OAKSPRING '38, EX-MORSE. BUILT IN 1919 BY VIRGINIA SB CORPORATION, ALEXANDRIA, VA. OWNED AT TIME OF LOSS BY J D CHANDRIS. THREE BOILERS, TRIPLE EXP...
Sulairia Wreck
TORPEDOED BY U-43. (AXIS SUBMARINE SUCCESSES).
Sulairia (Ss) Wreck
Wreck No: W10072, Place of Loss: Achill Head, 410 miles W. of, Source of Coordinate: wrecksite.eu; BVLS 1939-1945
Sultan Star Wreck
BUILT IN 1930 BY CAMMLE LAIRD & CO. OWNED AT TIME OF LOSS BY F LEYLAND & CO. TURBINE ENGINES OF 1870NHP FOR 16KNOTS. TORPEDOED AND SUNK BY GERMAN SUBM...
Sultan Star (Ss) Wreck
Wreck No: W10074, Place of Loss: Land's End 200 miles W.S.W. of, Source of Coordinate: UKHO
Sumatra Wreck
BUILT 1914. OWNED AT TIME OF LOSS BY A/B SVENSKA OSTASIATISKA KOMP. PASSAGE CALCUTTA FOR MANILLA. RAN AGROUND NEAR MOYAPORE BAR. (DODS).
Sumner I Kimball Wreck
BUILT IN 1943 BY NEW ENGLAND SB CORP. OWNED AT TIME OF LOSS BY US WAR SHIPPING ADMINISTRATION. TRIPLE EXPANSION ENGINE FOR 11.5 KNOTS. PASSAGE THE TYN...
Suriname Wreck
10.5.40 EX-ESTE. BUILT IN 1930 BY DESCHIMAG WERK WESER, BREMEN FOR NORDDEUTSCHER LLOYD, BREMEN. SEIZED 10.5.40 BY THE NETHERLANDS AND RENAMED SURINA...