Steam Ship Wrecks WWII
View All Steam Ship on the Wreck MapEmma (Possibly) Wreck
EX-RAGNAR '39, EX-INGVAR, EX-PRINS OSCAR. BUILT OR IRON IN 1868 BY SCHLESENGER, DAVIS & CO, NEWCASTLE-UPON-TYNE. OWNED AT TIME OF LOSS BY REDERI A/S S...
Empire Adventure Wreck
22.9.40 EX-ANDREA, EX-GERMAINE LD, EX-EASTNEY. BUILT IN 1921 BY NORTHUMBERLAND SHIPBUILDING CO. OWNED AT TIME OF LOSS BY MINISTRY OF SHIPPING (RUNCI...
Empire Adventure Wreck
EX-ANDREA '40, EX-GERMAINE L D, EX-EASTNEY. BUILT IN 1915 BY NORTHUMBERLAND SHIPBUILDING CO, NEWCASTLE-UPON-TYNE. OWNED AT TIME OF LOSS BY MINISTRY OF...
Empire Airman Wreck
BUILT IN 1915 BY STABLIMENTO TECHNICO. OWNED AT TIME OF LOSS BY THE MINISTRY OF SHIPPING (M WHITWILL & SON). TRIPLE EXPANSION ENGINE OF 369NHP. PASSAG...
Empire Airman (Ss) Wreck
Wreck No: W09620, Place of Loss: Achill Head, 315 miles W. of, Source of Coordinate: wrecksite.eu; BVLS 1939-1945
Empire Bay Wreck
BUILT IN 1940 BY W GREY & CO LTD, WEST HARTLEPOOL. OWNED AT TIME OF LOSS BY THE MINISTRY OF WAR TRANSPORT. TWO BOILERS, TRIPLE EXPANSION ENGINE OF 255...
Empire Beacon (Possibly) Wreck
BUILT IN 1941 BY SCOTT & SONS, BOWLING. AN 'F' TYPE DRY COASTER. OWNED AT TIME OF LOSS BY THE MINISTRY OF WAR TRANSPORT. OIL ENGINE, SINGLE SHAFT. MAC...
Empire Beatrice (Stern Part) Wreck
TORPEDOED BY E BOAT EN ROUTE FROM LONDON. BEACHED AT SANDGATE. 50FT OF STERN CUT OFF. REMAINDER FLOATED AND TOWED AWAY AND REPAIRED.
Empire Blessing Wreck
MINED AND SUNK IN APPROACHES TO R SCHELDE.
Empire Brigade Wreck
EX- HANNINGTON COURT, BUILT 1912. WAS FORMERLY ITALIAN 'ELIOS'. TAKEN AS A PRIZE OF WAR BY MINISTRY OF WAR TRANSPORT & MANAGED BY CAIRNS, NOBLE & CO....
Empire Citizen Wreck
BUILT IN 1922. OWNED AT TIME OF LOSS BY MINSTRY OF WAR TRANSPORT (P HENDERSON & CO). PASSAGE LIVERPOOL FOR RANGOON. TORPEDOED AND SUNK BY U-107.
Empire Cloud Wreck
19.5.42 BUILT IN 1941. TORPEDOED BY U 564, WHILST IN CONVOY TAW(S) 80M FROM TRINIDAD ON 19.5.42. TAKEN IN TOW BY DUTCH TUG 'ROODE ZEE' BUT SLOWLY...
Empire Commerce Wreck
EX-GOODLEIGH '28, EX-CHRISTOPH V DOORNUM '37. BUILT 1928 BY J L THOMPSON & SONS LTD, SUNDERLAND. TRIPLE EXPANSION ENGINE, SINGLE SHAFT. PASSAGE HALIF...
Empire Conveyor Wreck
EX-GLORIA, MOUNT PENTELIKON, ILLINOIS, FARNWORTH. TORPEDOED PROBABLY BY U-22. (OFF SCOTLAND).
Empire Crusader Wreck
EX-LEANDER. BUILT IN 1925 BY ATLAS WERKE AG, BREMEN. OWNED AT TIME OF LOSS BY YORK HOUSE SHIPPING, MIDDLESBROUGH. HAD BEEN A GERMAN VESSEL CAPTURED IN...
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 Ford Wreck
RAN AGROUND OFF FARNE ISLANDS. (TRINITY HO SUPERINTENDENT, HOLYHEAD).
Empire Frost Wreck
12.3.1941 BUILT IN 1940 BY LITHGOWS LTD. KINGSTON YARD, PORT GLASGOW. PASSAGE BALTIMORE FOR BARRY. EMPLOYED AS A MINISTRY OF WAR TRANSPORT. BOMBED A...
Empire Frost (Possibly) Wreck
12.3.1941 BUILT IN 1940 BY LITHGOWS LTD. KINGSTON YARD, PORT GLASGOW. PASSAGE BALTIMORE FOR BARRY. EMPLOYED AS A MINISTRY OF WAR TRANSPORT. BOMBE...
Empire Gunner (Possibly) Wreck
EX-STRATHERN '06, EX-CONSTANTINOS '24, EX-KONSTANTIS LEMOS '28, EX-DANAOS '28, EX-MOSCARDIN '39, BUILT IN 1906 BY GRANGEMOUTH DOCKYARD CO LTD, GRANGEM...
Empire Heritage (Ss) Wreck
Wreck No: W09623, Place of Loss: Malin Head, 28km NW of, Source of Coordinate: GSI Wreck Data, Description: The Empire Heritage was built by Armstrong...
Empire Homer (Probably) Wreck
BUILT IN 1941. BLOWN ASHORE ONTO SKERTICHENISH ROCK, OFF SANDRAY I, HEBRIDES, WHILE ON VOYAGE GREENOCK TO NEW YORK. OWNED AT TIME OF LOSS BY MINISTRY...
Empire Jaguar Wreck
BUILT IN 1920 BY UNCHIDA SB CO. OWNED AT TIME OF LOSS BY THE MINISTRY OF WAR TRANSPORT (SIR W R SMITH & SONS). TRIPLE EXPANSION ENGINE OF 513IHP FOR 1...
Empire Javelin Wreck
VESSEL, BUILT IN 1944 BY CONSOLIDATED STEEL CORP. AND OWNED AT THE TIME OF LOSS BY MINISTRY OF WAR TRANSPORT (BLUE STAR LINE), WAS TORPEDOED AND SUNK...
Empire Kingsley Wreck
BUILT IN 1941 BY GREENOCK DOCKYARD CO. OWNED AT TIME OF LOSS BY THE MINISTRY OF WAR TRANSPORT. TRIPLE EXPANSION ENGINE OF 320 NHP, SINGLE SHAFT. MACHI...
Empire Kohinoor Wreck
2.7.43 BUILT IN 1919 BY W.HAMILTON & CO. OWNED AT TIME OF LOSS BY MINISTRY OF WAR TRANSPORT (ANCHOR LINE). PASSAGE ALEXANDRIA FOR UK VIA TABLE BAY A...
Empire Kumari Wreck
TORPEDOED & TOWED TO HAIFA. BECAME A TOTAL LOSS.
Empire Lotus Wreck
FOUNDERED, CAUSE UNKNOWN. PASSAGE NEW YORK FOR BELFAST. (LLOYDS).
Empire Lough (Probably) Wreck
BUILT IN 1940 BY W GREAT & CO LTD, WEST HARTLEPOOL. OWNED AT TIME OF LOSS BY THE MINISTRY OF WAR TRANSPORT. TWO BOILERS, TRIPLE EXPANSION ENGINE OF 25...
Empire Mallard Wreck
BUILT IN 1918. OWNED AT TIME OF LOSS BY MINISTRY OF WAR TRANSPORT (H HOGARTH & SONS). PASSAGE NEW YORK & SYDNEY, NOVA SCOTIA FOR RIVER MERSEY. SANK FO...
Empire Merlin Wreck
BUILT 1919. TORPEDOED & SUNK BY U 48. OWNED AT TIME OF LOSS BY MINISTRY OF WAR TRANSPORT (SIR R ROPNER & CO). WAS EN-ROUTE PORT SULPHUR TO HULL.
Empire Miniver Wreck
TORPEDOED & SUNK BY U-99.
Empire Moose Wreck
TORPEDOED & SUNK BY U-100.
Empire Moose (Ss) Wreck
Wreck No: W09625, Place of Loss: Outer Approaches to the N Channel Admiralty Chart, Source of Coordinate: UKHO Wreck Data
Empire Mordred (Possibly) Wreck
VESSEL, BUILT 1942 BY C. CONNELL & CO., LTD.. OWNED AT TIME OF LOSS BY MINISTRY OF WAR TRANSPORT [G.NISBET & CO.]. ON PASSAGE FROM BONA AND GIBRALTAR...
Empire Ness Wreck
BUILT IN 1941 BY LITHGOWS LTD, PORT GLASGOW. TRIPLE EXPANSION ENGINE. PASSAGE CHERBOURG FOR ANTWERP. COLLIDED WITH AMERICAN LIBERTY SHIP 'WILLIAM PACA...
Empire Newcomen Wreck
BUILT IN 1941 BY WILLIAM GRAY & CO LTD, WEST HARTLEPOOL. USED AT TIME OF LOSS BY THE MINISTRY OF WAR TRANSPORT. TWO BOILERS, TRIPLE EXPANSION ENGINE,...
Empire Ocelot Wreck
SUNK BY TORPEDO & GUNFIRE FROM U-32. (AXIS SUBMARINE SUCCESSES).
Empire Panther (Possibly) Wreck
BLEW UP WHEN ATTACKED. (W APP LIST).
Empire Panther (Probably) Wreck
PASSAGE NEW YORK FOR CARDIFF. MINED & BLEW UP ON SINKING. (DODS, WEST. APP LIST, & WW2SL).
Empire Parsons (Possiby) Wreck
WENT ASHORE ON THE ISLAND OF STROMA.
Empire Path Wreck
H1310/88/46 28.8.88 MINED 8M OFF OSTEND, IN BALLAST. 3 KILLED. (R VERPOORTE, 28.8.88).
Empire Portia (Possibly) Wreck
TORPEDOED AND SUNK BY GERMAN SUBMARINE - POSSIBLY BY U988.
Empire Reindeer (Ss) Wreck
Wreck No: W09626, Place of Loss: W Approaches to the British Isles Admiralty Chart, Source of Coordinate: wrecksite.eu
Empire Ridge (Ss) Wreck
Wreck No: W09627, Place of Loss: Blacksod Bay - Tory Island / 90 miles W of Bloody Foreland, Source of Coordinate: wrecksite.eu
Empire Soldier Wreck
BUILT IN 1929 BY LITHGOWS. OWNED AT TIME OF LOSS MINISTRY OF WAR TRANSPORT (WM CORY & SONS). TRIPLE EXPANSION ENGINE. PASSAGE NEW YORK & HALIFAX FOR H...
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 Tennyson Wreck
BUILT IN 1942. PASSAGE DEMERARA FOR TRINIDAD. TORPEDOED BY U175. (WW2SL, LL WW2, AXIS SUBMARINE SUCCESSES, THE EMPIRE SHIPS).
Empire Toucan Wreck
BUILT IN 1920. PASSAGE GARSTON TO PORT SUPLHUR. SUNK BY TORPEDO & GUNFIRE FROM U-47.
Empire Toucan (Ss) Wreck
Wreck No: W12421, Place of Loss: Unknown, Source of Coordinate: BVLS 1939-1945
Empire Townsman Wreck
No description
Empire Turnstone Wreck
BUILT IN 1918 BY COLUMBIA RIVER SB CORP. OWNED AT TIME OF LOSS BY THE MINISTRY OF WAR TRANSPORT (KAYE SON & CO). TURBINE ENGINE OF 551NHP FOR 11 KNOTS...
Empire Volunteer Wreck
BUILT IN 1921 BY HARBOUR MAINE. OWNED AT TIME OF LOSS BY THE MINISTRY OF WAR TRANSPORT (J CORY & SONS). TRIPLE EXPANSION ENGINE OF 521NHP. PASSAGE WAB...
Empire Volunteer (Ss) Wreck
Wreck No: W09630, Place of Loss: Tory Island, 280 miles WNW of, Source of Coordinate: wrecksite.eu; BVLS 1939-1945
Empire Warrior Wreck
20.10.39 BUILT 1921 BY HAMBURG-ELBE SCHIFFS, HAMBURG, AS 'BIANCA'. CAPTURED IN N SEA BY HMS TRANSYLVANIA 20.10.39. RENAMED 'EMPIRE WARRIOR'. PASS...
Empire Wind Wreck
BOMBED & SUNK BY AIRCRAFT.
Empress Of Britain Wreck
OWNED BY CANADIAN PACIFIC RAILWAY CO, BUILT BY JOHN BROWN & CO. TURBINE ENGINES OF 12753 NHP FOR 24 KNOTS. COMMANDED BY CAPT C H SAPSWORTH, CVO. MACHI...
Engen Maru (Possibly) Wreck
BUILT BY NIPPON YUSEN KAISHA. TORPEDOED AND SUNK BY USSM PAMPANITO.
England Wreck
BUILT IN 1930 BY SWAN, HUNTER & WIGHAM RICHARDSON. OWNED AT TIME OF LOSS BY DE FORENDE KULIMPORTORER. TORPEDOED AND SUNK BY U-20 ABOUT 25M E OF COPINS...
England ? Wreck
BUILT IN 1930 BY SWAN, HUNTER & WIGHAM RICHARDSON. OWNED AT TIME OF LOSS BY DE FORENDE KULIMPORTORER. TORPEDOED AND SUNK BY U-20 ABOUT 25M E OF COPINS...
English Trader Wreck
RAN AGROUND.
Enid (Probably) Wreck
SANK FOLLOWING TORPEDO & GUN ATTACK BY U-25. (WW2SL).
Enki Maru Wreck
TORPEDOED AND SUNK BY US SUBMARINE.
Enotria Wreck
No description
Enrico Costa Wreck
BUILT in 1928 BY BURNTISLAND SB CO. OWNED AT TIME OF LOSS BY G COSTA FU ANDREA. TORPEDOED & SUNK BY BRITISH SUBMARINE OFF MARINA DI CARONIA, SICILY. (...
Entella Wreck
BUILT 1899 BY L MANGIAROTTI & E RAVANO. TRIPLE EXPANSION ENGINE OF 224 NHP. TORPEDOED BY A BRITISH SUBMARINE AND RAN SHORE AND SANK OFF TORRE FINOCCHI...
Erich Or Enrich Ohlrogge Wreck
MINED. (DANISH WK RECORDS).
Erik Boye Wreck
TORPEDOED BY GERMAN SUBMARINE.
Erik Boye (Ss) Wreck
Wreck No: W09638, Place of Loss: 50 37N, 8 44W, Source of Coordinate: UKHO
Erik Frisell Wreck
PASSAGE BUENOS AIRSE FOR STOCKHOLM. CAPTURED & SUNK BY GUNFIRE FROM U-37. CREW OF 34 RECOVERED. (WW2SL, LL WW2 & AXIS SUBMARINE SUCCESSES).
Erna Oldendorff Wreck
VESSEL, BUILT 1900 BY J PRIESTMAN & CO, WAS BOMBED & SUNK BY ALLIED AIRCRAFT AT ST NAZAIRE. OWNED AT THE TIME OF LOSS BY EGON OLDENDORFF. (DODS).
Eros (Ss) Wreck
Wreck No: W09642, Place of Loss: W approaches to the N Channel, Source of Coordinate: wrecksite.eu
Erviken (Ss) Wreck
Wreck No: W09644, Place of Loss: W Approaches to the British Isles Admiralty Chart, Source of Coordinate: wrecksite.eu
Eschersheim Wreck
ABANDONED IN SINKING CONDITION WHILE EN ROUTE BREMEN TO OSLO. (DODS).
Essex Lance Wreck
TORPEDOED BY U-426. PASSAGE SWANSEA FOR HALIFAX, NOVA SCOTIA. (LL WW2, WW2SL, AXIS SUBMARINE SUCCESSES).
Eston Wreck
28.1.1940 BUILT BY GOOLE SB & REPAIRING CO IN 1919. OWNED AT TIME OF LOSS BY THE PENINSULAR & ORIENTAL STEAM NAVIGATION COMPANY. TRIPLE EXPANSION EN...
Estrellano Wreck
VESSEL, ON PASSAGE FROM LEIXOES TO LIVERPOOL WAS TORPEDOED & SUNK BY GERMAN SUBMARINE U-37. CREW OF 26 & ONE GUNNER, 6 CREW KILLED. (LLOYDS WW2SL).
Etashima Maru Wreck
OWNED AT TIME OF LOSS BY NIPPON YUSEN KAISHA. TORPEDOED & SUNK BY US SUBMARINE SUNFISH ABOUT 150M W OF MOKPO, KOREA. (DODS & SHIPS MONTHLY VOL.6 NO.7)
Ethel Radcliffe Wreck
20.5.41 TORPEDOED AND DAMAGED BY GERMAN E-BOAT AND BEACHED N OF N PIER, YARMOUTH. LATER BOMBED ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS AND ON 20.5.41 CONSIDERED NO LON...
Etrib Wreck
PASSAGE CARTHAGENA FOR LIVERPOOL. TORPEDOED AND SUNK. (WW2 BR MSL).
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...
Euphorbia (Ss) Wreck
Wreck No: W09646, Place of Loss: W Approaches to the British Isles Admiralty Chart, Source of Coordinate: wrecksite.eu
Eurylochus Wreck
EX- INDIAGHIRI. BUILT IN 1912 BY LONDON & GLASGOW CO. WITH TRIPLE-EXPANSION ENGINES. PASSAGE GLASGOW FOR TAKORADI. OWNED AT TIME OF LOSS BY CHINA MUTU...
Eva Wreck
SUNK BY TORPEDO & GUNFIRE FROM U 28, WHILST EN-ROUTE SYDNEY, NOVA SCOTIA TO SHARPNESS.
Evdoxia Wreck
TORPEDOED.
Evdoxia (Ss) Wreck
Wreck No: W09649, Place of Loss: Unknown, Source of Coordinate: UKHO
Everene (Possibly) Wreck
EX-LOUVAIN '36, EX-LOUSIANA, EX-BELLVIEW, EX-STRATHYRE. BUILT IN 1906 BY GRANGEMOUTH & GREENOCK DOCKYARD LTD. OWNED AT TIME OF LOSS BY F GRAUDS SHIPPI...
Everleigh Wreck
BUILT IN 1930 BY FURNESS SB CO LTD, HAVERTON, HULL-ON-TEES. OWNED AT THE TIME OF LOSS BY ATLANTIC SHIPPING & TRADING CO LTD. THREE BOILERS, TRIPLE EXP...
Evros Wreck
BUILT IN 1918 BY J L THOMPSON & SONS LTD, NORTH SANDS SHIPBUILDING YARD, SUNDERLAND. OWNED AT TIME OF LOSS BY J G LIVANOS. TRIPLE EXPANSION ENGINE OF...
Eyo Maru Wreck
TORPEDOED.
Ezra Weston (Bow Section) Wreck
BUILT IN 1943 BY THE NEW ENGLAND SB CORP, PORTLAND. OWNED AT TIME OF LOSS BY US THE WAR SHIPPING ADMINISTRATION. TWO BOILERS, TRIPLE EXPANSION ENGINE...
Ezra Weston (Stern Section) Wreck
BUILT IN 1943 BY THE NEW ENGLAND SB CORP, PORTLAND. OWNED AT TIME OF LOSS BY US WAS SHIPPING ADMINISTRATION. TWO BOILERS, TRIPLE EXPANSION ENGINE OF 2...
Fabian Wreck
BUILT IN 1919 BY WM. GRAY CO. LTD WITH TRIPLE-EXPANSION ENGINES OF 407NHP. OWNED AT TIME OF LOSS BY ELLERMAN LINES. PASSAGE LIVERPOOL FOR TABLE BAY AN...
Fagerheim (Possibly) Wreck
VESSEL, BUILT 1938 BY KALDNAES MEK VERKS, WAS TORPEDOED AND SUNK BY A GERMAN SUBMARINE WITH THE LOSS OF 14 CREW. OWNED AT THE TIME OF LOSS BY D/S A/S...
Fanad Head Wreck
BUILT IN 1917 BY WORKMAN, CLARKE & CO. OWNED AT TIME OF LOSS BY ULSTER SS CO. TRIPLE EXPANSION ENGINE OF 379NHP PASSAGE MONTREAL FOR BELFAST. SUNK BY...
Fanad Head (Ss) Wreck
Wreck No: W09653, Place of Loss: W Approaches to the British Isles Admiralty Chart / 56 43N, 15 21W, Source of Coordinate: wrecksite.eu
Farfield Wreck
BOMBED & SUNK BY GERMAN AIRCRAFT, WHILST EN-ROUTE PENMAENMAWR TO GLOUCESTER.
Farmsum Wreck
BUILT IN 1929 BY A VUIJK & ZONEN. OWNED AT TIME OF LOSS BY STOOMV MAATS OOSTZEE. QUADRUPLE EXPANSION ENGINE OF 289NHP. PASSAGE BLYTH FOR BUENOS AIRES....
Faro Wreck
27.1.40 ONE BOILER, TRIPLE EXPANSION ENGINE, SINGLE SHAFT. PASSAGE SARPBORG FOR METHIL. TORPEDOED ABOUT 15M SE OF COPINSAY LT ON 27.1.40. WENT ASHOR...