Tanker Wrecks 1900-2000
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GROUNDED, REFLOATED 2 DAYS LATER.
Santa Amalia Wreck
Wreck No: W07594, Place of Loss: Malin Head, Co Donegal, 30 miles N by E½E of, Source of Coordinate: GSI Wreck Data
Santa Amalia (Possibly) Wreck
BUILT 1906 BY RUSSEL & CO. OWNED AT TIME OF LOSS BY EAGLE OIL TRANSPORT CO. TRIPLE EXPANSION ENGINE OF 400NHP FOR 10 KNOTS. PASSAGE MANCHESTER FOR PUE...
Santa Maria Wreck
EX-MINNETONKA. BUILT IN 1901 BY AMERICAN SHIPBUILDING CORP, CLEVELAND, OHIO. OWNED AT TIME OF LOSS BY UNITED STEAMSHIP CO, PHILADELPHIA. FOUR BOILERS,...
Saranac Wreck
BUILT IN 1918 BY PALMERS' CO. OWNED AT TIME OF LOSS BY THE ANGLO-AMERICAN OIL CO. QUADRUPLE EXPANSION ENGINE OF 793NHP FOR 11KTRS. ATTACKED BY GUNFIRE...
Sascha Wreck
BUILT IN 1961 BY HASHIHAMA ZOSEN, IMABARI. OWNED AT TIME OF LOSS BY MEKA INDUSTRIES (S) PRIVATE, LTD. CAUGHT FIRE JUNE 11 OFF KOTA BARN, SUMATRA. SANK...
Savfuel Wreck
BUILT IN 1944 BY IRA S BUSHEY & SONS INC, BROOKLYN. OWNED AT TIME OF LOSS BY MARINE TANKERS. PASSAGE TAMPA FOR BELIZE. STRANDED ON LIGHTHOUSE REEF, 6M...
Scalaria Wreck
BUILT IN 1922 BY SWAN HUNTERS, NEWCASTLE-UPON-TYNE. OWNED AT TIME OF LOSS BY THE ANGLO-SAXON PETROLEUM CO. TRIPLE EXPANSION ENGINE BY WALLSEND SLIPWAY...
Scapmount Wreck
HIT BY IRAQI MISSILE AND SET ON FIRE. ABANDONED BY CREW AND LATER RAN AGROUND. WAS ON PASSAGE SIRRI ISLAND TO BANDAR KHOMEINI.
Scapmount (Possibly) Wreck
HIT BY IRAQI MISSILE AND SET ON FIRE. ABANDONED BY CREW AND LATER RAN AGROUND. WAS ON PASSAGE SIRRI ISLAND TO BANDAR KHOMEINI. VESSEL, BUILT 1961, WAS...
Schwarzes Meer Wreck
No description
Scottish Maiden Wreck
BUILT IN 1921 BY VICKERS LTD. OWNED AT TIME OF LOSS BY TANKERS LTD. OIL ENGINE OF 446NHP FOR 10 KNOTS. TORPEDOED BY U-99. 16 MEN LOST. (DODS & AXIS SU...
Scottish Minstrel (Mv) Wreck
Wreck No: W07602, Place of Loss: Tory Island, Donegal, 128km NW, Source of Coordinate: UKHO Wreck Data
Scottish Minstrel (Possibly) Wreck
TORPEDOED & SUNK BY GERMAN SUBMARINE U.61.
Sea 1 Wreck
SANK WHILE UNDER TOW IN FORCE 12 WITH WAVES 35 TO 40 FEET HIGH. HAD PREVIOUSLY BEEN GROUNDED, THEN NAMED SEA PRINCE, OFF SOUTHERN KOREA IN A TYPHOON....
Sea Star Wreck
19.12.72 BUILT IN 1968 BY A/B GOTAVERKEN, GOTHENBERG. OWNED AT TIME OF LOSS BY SAMYANG NAVIGAITON CO. PASSAGE RAS TANURA FOR RIO JANEIRO. CAUGHT FIR...
Seirstad Wreck
16.1.58 VESSEL, BROKE IN TWO DURING A STORM. STERN HALF EVENTUALLY TOWED TO BONA, FORE PART SUNK BY GUNFIRE. 38 CREW, 35 SAVED & THREE LOST. (LL 15...
Selene Ara Wreck
VESSEL, BUILT 1975 BY CANTIERI NAVALI DI PESARO, PESARO. OWNED AT TIME OF LOSS BY ANONIMA RAVENNATE DI ARMAMENTO. SPA. (ARA). ON PASSAGE FROM CIVITAVE...
Seven Skies Wreck
BUILT IN 1966 BY ODENSE STAALSKIBS A/S, LINDO. OWNED AT TIME OF LOSS BY SALENREDERIERNA A/B. PASSAGE CHIMBA FOR DUMAI. IN BALLAST. BLEW APART IN A SER...
Sewestar (Possibly) Wreck
No description
Shelbrit 1 Wreck
BUILT IN 1928 BY SWAN, HUNTER & WIGHAM RICHARDSON. OWNED AT TIME OF LOSS BY THE BRITISH TANKER CO. OIL ENGINE OF 286NHP. PASSAGE GRANGEMOUTH FOR INVER...
Shirak Wreck
TORPEDOED & SUNK BY U-47 & U-48. (AXIS SUBMARINE SUCCESSES).
Shoei Maru Wreck
BUILT BY OSAKA SHOSEN. BOMBED AND SUNK BY US CARRIER BASED AIRCRAFT. (DODS).
Silver Ocean (After Part) Wreck
26.4.1970 BUILT IN 1950 BY ERIKSBERGS M/V A/B, GOTHENBURG. OWNED AT TIME OF LOSS BY INTERNATIONAL OVERSEAS MARINE CORP SA. LADEN PASSAGE KHARG ISLAN...
Silver Ocean (Fore Part) Wreck
26.4.1970 BUILT IN 1950 BY ERIKSBERGS M/V A/B, GOTHENBURG. OWNED AT TIME OF LOSS BY INTERNATIONAL OVERSEAS MARINE CORP SA. LADEN PASSAGE KHARG ISLAN...
Sin Kriangkrai Wreck
CAUGHT FIRE AFTER EXPLOSION AND LATER SANK. FIVE ON BOARD, ONE DEAD, TWO SERIOUSLY INJURED AND TWO MISSING. WAS LOADING ILLEGAL DIESEL OIL FROM SMALL...
Sirene Wreck
BROKE IN TWO AND SANK. (LL).
Sitakund (Part Of)(Possibly) Wreck
BUILT IN 1951 BY ERIKSBERGS M/V A/B. OWNED AT TIME OF LOSS BY TSCHUID & EITZEN. PASSAGE WILHELMSHAVEN FOR LIBYA. HAD THREE HUGE EXPLOSIONS WHICH BLEW...
Sitala Wreck
TORPEDOED BY U-100. (AXIS SUBMARINE SUCCESSES).
Sitala (Mv) Wreck
Wreck No: W10041, Place of Loss: Rockall, 150m SW / W Approaches to the British Isles Admiralty Chart, Source of Coordinate: wrecksite.eu
Sliedrecht Wreck
No description
Sliedrecht Wreck
BUILT IN 1924 BY ROTTERDAM DROOGDOK MASTS. OWNED AT TIME OF LOSS BY PHS VAN OMMEREN. OIL ENGINE OF 489NHP. PASSAGE FOR TRONDHEIM. TORPEDOED U 28. 26 L...
Slyvan Arrow Wreck
20.5.42 PASSAGE CURACAO FOR TABLE BAY. TORPEDOED BY U 155 ON 20.5.42. TAKEN IN TOW BY HM SHIP BUT SANK 8 DAYS LATER . (LL WW2, AXIS SUBMARINE SUCCES...
Sofia M Wreck
BUILT IN 1949. PASSAGE PUNITA CORDON FOR POT LYMAN. GROUNDED, LATER DAMAGED BY FIRE WHICH WAS EXTINGUISHED. OF CARGO OF 93,000 BARRELS OF CRUDE OIL, 5...
Solor (Stern Part) (Probably) Wreck
27.1.45 TORPEDOED ON 27.1.45 WITH SS RUBEN DARIO WHILST PART OF CONVOY HX332. WAS HOLED IN THE ENGINE ROOM AND WAS BEACHED IN OXWICH BAY ON 29.1.194...
Somcol I Wreck
SCUTTLED AT OWNERS REQUEST AND UNDER SPA SUPERVISION.
Son Bong (Stern Section) Wreck
BUILT IN 1971 BY MITSUI SHIPBUILDING & ENGINEERING CO LTD, ICKIHARA. OWNED AT TIME OF LOSS BY KOREA TONGHAE SHIPPING CO. 224,841 DWT. STRUCK BY EXOCET...
Southern Cross Wreck
BUILT IN 1977 BY GOTAVERKEN FINNBODA AB, STOCKHOLM. OWNED AT TIME OF LOSS BY AKROPAN SHIPPING CORP. HAD AN EXPLOSION LOADING GASOIL IN NO 14 TANK & CA...
Southern Pioneer Ii Wreck
31.1.76 BUILT IN 1955. CAUGHT FIRE WHEN DISCHARGING CARGO AT TANGA ON 31.1.76. WAS COMPLETELY BURNT OUT AND PARTIALLY SUNK. WAS REFLOATED, UPSIDE...
Spartan Lady Wreck
FOUNDERED IN STORM
Sperlonga Wreck
VESSEL BUILT 1948, ON PASSAGE FROM ALICANTE TO GENOA, RAN AGROUND IN FOG ON PRAT BEACH ABOUT 6M S OF BARCELONA. ALL CREW SAFE. (LLOYDS VOL'S.199 & 202...
Splendid Breeze (Possibly) Wreck
OWNED AT TIME OF LOSS BY CAPOVERDE CIA NAV SA. PASSAGE LIVERPOOL FOR MENA AL AHMADI. STRANDED, BROKE IN TWO AND SANK NE OF ILHA SELVAGEM. (LL).
Spyros Lemos (After Part) Wreck
BUILT 1953, BROKE IN TWO 14M OFFVTHE VIGO COAST WHILE ON PASSAGE FROM VENEZUALA TO KILLINGHOLME. THE TWO SECTIONS DRIFTED APART & WERE LOCATED NEARLY...
Spyros Lemos (Fwd Part) Wreck
VESSEL, BUILT 1953, BROKE IN TWO 14M OFFVTHE VIGO COAST WHILE ON PASSAGE FROM VENEZUALA TO KILLINGHOLME. THE TWO SECTIONS DRIFTED APART & WERE LOCATED...
Ssu-Ming (?Szu Ming) Wreck
PRESUMABLY SUNK DURING FIRING EXERCISES. (AUTHORITY NOT STATED).
Stainless Princess Wreck
PASSAGE ULSAN FOR XINGANG. RAN AGROUND. ABANDONED BY CREW.
Stainless Trader Wreck
BUILT IN 1971 BY BATSERVICE VERFT A/S, ARENDAL. OWNED AT TIME OF LOSS BY ADRIATIC TANKERS SHIPPING CO. PASSAGE PORTO VESME FOR TURKEY. SANK AFTER TAKI...
Stanmount Wreck
MINED.
Stanvac Melbourne Wreck
BUILT IN 1941 BY SUN SB & DD CO. OWNED AT TIME OF LOSS BY PETROLEUM SHIPPING CO. TURBINE ENGINE OF 1006 NHP. PASSAGE PERNAMBUCO FOR ARUBA. TORPEDOED B...
Stella Maris Wreck
No description
Stolt Dagali Wreck
COLLISION W/ "SHALOM" IN FOG
Stratford Wreck
PASSAGE LIVERPOOL FOR ARUBA. TORPEDOED BY U 137. ABANDONED ON FIRE. TUG FAILED TO LOCATE VESSEL WHICH WAS PRESUMED TO HAVE SUNK. 2 OF 34 CREW KILLED....
Stratford (Ss) Wreck
Wreck No: W07657, Place of Loss: Bloody Foreland 85M WSW, Source of Coordinate: UKHO; BVLS 1939-1945
Sun Shield Wreck
SHELLED BY SYRIAN ARMY AND SET ON FIRE, WHILE TRYING TO BREAK THEIR BLOCKADE OF CHRISTIAN ENCLAVE IN BEIRUT. TOWED TO JOUNIEH BAY WHERE SHE SANK. (LL)...
Sunik Wreck
IN COLLISION WITH SS 'GRANGESBERG'.
Sunik (Probably) Wreck
BUILT IN 1915 BY ARMSTRONG WHITWORTH & CO. OWNED AT THE TIME OF LOSS BY SOC ANON LES PETROLES D'OUTRE-MER. PASSAGE CONSTANZA AND STOCKHOLM FOR LIVERPO...
Sunshine I Wreck
EX- SUNSHINE '84, EX- KOSHIN MARU NO 5 '84. BUILT IN 1973 BY TOKUSHIMA ZOSEN SANGYO KK, KOWATSUJIMA. OWNED AT TIME OF LOSS BY DELSAN TRANSPORT LINES I...
Sveaborg Wreck
TORPEDOED & SUNK BY U-37. (WW2SL & AXIS SUBMARINE SUCCESSES).
Swiftscout Wreck
Owner: Marine Transport Line, Year Built: 1921, Where Built: Portland, OR, Misc Information: #221134; Total loss
Sylvafield Wreck
TORPEDOED & SUNK BY U-51.
Syneta Wreck
BUILT IN 1969 BY FALKENBERGS VARV A/B, FALDENBERG. OWNED AT TIME OF LOSS BY SYNDICATE TANKSHIPS LTD. PASSAGE LIVERPOOL FOR ESKIFJORDUR IN BALLAST TO L...
Tafelberg (Fore Section) Wreck
BUILT IN 1930 BY ARMSTRONG WHITWORTH & CO. LTD, NEWCASTLE. OWNED AT TIME OF LOSS BY KERGUELEN SEALING AND WHALING CO LTD, CAPE TOWN. TWO 6 CYLINDER EN...
Takasago Maru (Possibly) Wreck
BUILT BY HORAI TANKER KK. TORPEDOED BY BRITISH SUBMARINE OFF RAKIL ISLAND, MALAYSIA.
Tanio (Bow Only) Wreck
BUILT 1958 BY DOKEN WERF MIJ. WILTON FIJENOORD, N.V., SCHIEDAM. OWNED AT TIME OF LOSS BY CIA DE NAV., CRUZ DEL SOL, S.A. ON PASSAGE WILHELMSHAVEN FOR...
Tankborg Wreck
19.10.55 OWNED AT TIME OF LOSS BY REDERI A/B RAGNE, SANK AFTER STRIKING A ROCK NEAR OREGRUND. (LL, 19.10.55)
Teakwood Wreck
PASSAGE PORT ARTHUR FOR PORT SAID. WAS TORPEDOED AND SUNK BY U-BOAT 26M SW BY W FROM SAPIENZA ISLAND.
Tecumseh Wreck
No description
Tekton (Bow Section) Wreck
BUILT IN 1955 BY ERIKSBERGS M/V A/B, GOTHENBERG. OWNED AT TIME OF LOSS BY PISCES NAV CORP. PASSAGE FALMOUTH FOR BANDAR MAHSAHR. INVOLVED IN COLLISION...
Tekton (Stern Section) Wreck
No description
Telena Wreck
SUNK BY GUNFIRE FROM GERMAN SUBMARINE U 37. (WW2 MSL & AXIS SUBMARINE SUCCESSES). 7.10.1940 ON PASSAGE TRIPOLI FOR PAUILIAC. 18 OF 36 CREW LO...
Tesubu Ii Wreck
CONTACT LOST BETWEEN OWNERS AND VESSEL WHEN SHE REPORTED TO HAVE SHIPPED WATER IN FOR'D TANK IN HEAVY SEAS. NOT LOCATED DURING AIR & SEA SEARCH. (LL).
Teutonian (Ss) Wreck
Wreck No: W08950, Place of Loss: Fastnet, 36 miles SW by W of, Source of Coordinate: uboat.net
Texaco Caribbean (After Section) Wreck
BUILT IN 1965 BY KIELER HOWALDTSWERKE, KIEL. OWNED AT TIME OF LOSS BY TEXACO PANAMA INC. EXPLODED, BROKE IN TWO AND BOTH SECTIONS SANK FOLLOWING A COL...
Texaco Caribbean (Forward Section) Wreck
BUILT IN 1965 BY KIELER HOWALDTSWERKE, KIEL. OWNED AT TIME OF LOSS BY TEXACO PANAMA INC. EXPLODED, BROKE IN TWO AND BOTH SECTIONS SANK FOLLOWING A COL...
Thalassa Wreck
VESSEL, SUDDENLY LISTED TO STBD, CAPSIZED & SANK, WHEN ANCHORING JUST AFTER LOADING CARGO. (LLOYDS VOL.214).
Thanassis A (Bow Section) Wreck
25.10.04 EX-BALTI SKY '87, EX-DOLORES SWANN '84. BUILT IN 1976 BY SAINT JOHN SHIPBUILDING & DRY DOCK CO LTD, ST JOHN, NB. OWNED AT TIME OF LOSS BY C...
Thanassis A (Stern Section) Wreck
EX-BALTI SKY '87, EX-DOLORES SWANN '84. BUILT IN 1976 BY SAINT JOHN SHIPBUILDING & DRY DOCK CO LTD, ST JOHN, NB. OWNED AT TIME OF LOSS BY CHASEWOOD MA...
Thiara Wreck
BUILT IN 1939 BY SWAN, HUNTER & WIGHAM RICHARDSON, WITH OIL ENGINE OF 628NHP FOR 12 KNOTS. OWNED AT TIME OF LOSS BY ANGLO-SAXON PETROLEUM CO. PASSAGE...
Thomas Tracy (1944) Wreck
AKA: Condor, Begna, Owner: M & J Tracy Inc, Year Built: 1916, Where Built: Ashtabula, OH, Misc Information: Broke up; Total loss
Thorsall Wreck
BUILT IN 1961 BY UDDEVALLAVARET A/B, UDDEVALLA. OWNED AT TIME OF LOSS BY A/S THOR DAHL. PASSAGE BOTANY BAY FOR DUMAI, INDONESIA. RAN AGROUND ON A ROCK...
Tia Juana Wreck
SANK 25 MILES SW OF PUNTA MACOLLA, GULF OF VENEZUALA. (BR 1337).
Ticino Wreck
BUILT IN 1924 BY A G VULCAN. REQUISTIONED BY ITALIAN NAVY. PASSAGE PALERMO FOR TRAPANI WITH TANKER VERDE. TORPEDOED & SUNK BY A BRITISH SUBMARINE N OF...
Tifoso Wreck
BUILT IN 1974 BY MITSUI SHIPBUILDING & ENGINEERING CO LTD. OWNED AT TIME OF LOSS BY CLOCKWORK CORPORATION SA. PASSAGE BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS FOR PORT G...
Tioga Wreck
COLLIDED IN 5540.0N, 0130.0W AND PROVED IMPOSSIBLE TO SAVE. SUNK BY GUNFIRE BY ONE OF THE HM SHIPS ESCORTING THE CONVOY. BUILT IN 1912 BY THE GRANGMOU...
Toho Maru Wreck
VESSEL, BUILT 1936 BY KAWASAKI DOCKYARD. OWNED AT TIME OF LOSS BY IINO SHOJI K.K. TORPEDOED & SUNK BY THE US SUBMARINE 'GUDGEON' OFF SAMARINDA, BORNEO...
Torinia Wreck
BUILT IN 1939 BY SWAN, HUNTER & WIGHAM RICHARDSON. OWNED AT TIME OF LOSS BY THE ANGLO-SAXON PETROLEUM CO. OIL ENGINE OF 628NHP FOR 12 KNOTS. PASSAGE C...
Tosa Maru (Stern Section) Wreck
VESSEL, BUILT 1965 BY MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES LTD, NAGASAKI. OWNED AT TIME OF LOSS BY NIPPON YUSEN KAISHA. ON PASSAGE FROM YOKOHAMA FOR THE PERSIA...
Towa Wreck
BUILT IN 1973. EX-UTOPIA, EX-MIKI MARU. BELIEVED SUNK. CREW OF 12 RECOVERED FROM LIFEBOAT. VESSEL HAD BEEN TRADING BETWEEN HONG KONG AND GUANGZHOU.
Trader Wreck
VESSEL, BUILT 1957 BY VICKERS-ARMSTRONGS (SHIPBUILDERS) LTD. NEWCASTLE-UPON-TYNE. OWNED AT TIME OF LOSS BY DON SHIPBUILDING CO., LTD. SANK OFF THE SW...
Transhuron Wreck
HAD MACHINERY BREAKDOWN WHILE ON PASSAGE FROM RAS TANURA TO SUBIC BAY. DRIFTED AND EVENTUALLY GROUNDED N END KILTAN IS. (LLOYDS 217).
Trocas Wreck
VESSEL, BUILT 1893 BY J LAING. OWNED AT TIME OF LOSS BY THE ANGLO-SAXON PETROLEUM CO. TRIPLE EXPANSION ENGINE OF 9.5 KNOTS. ON PASSAGE FROM ABADAN FOR...
Trollskjell Wreck
BUILT IN 1964 BY DRAMMEN SLIP & WERK, DRAMMEN. OWNED AT TIME OF LOSS BY A/S NORSKE SHELL. PASSAGE LARVIK FOR TROMSO. SANK FOLLOWING COLLISION WITH NOR...
Um El Faroud Wreck
3.2.95 VESSEL, BUILT 1969 BY SMITH'S DOCK & CO, MIDDLESBOROUGH. OWNED PRIOR TO SCUTTLING BY THE GENERAL MARITIME TRANSPORT CO, TRIPOLI. AN EXPLOSION...
Unirea Wreck
BUILT 1979 BY SANTIERUL NAVAL CONSTANTZA , OWNED AT TIME OF LOSS BY GOVERNMENT OF ROMANIA. PASSAGE CONSTANTA FOR EGYPT, WHEN SHE SUFFERED EXPLOSIONS A...
Universe Defiance Wreck
7.5.77 BUILT IN 1958 BY NATIONAL BULK CARRIERS INC (KURE SHIPYARD DIVISION), KURE. OWNED AT TIME OF LOSS BY UNIVERSE TANKSHIPS INC. PASSAGE PHILADEL...
Urquiola Wreck
VESSEL, BUILT 1973 BY ASTILLERSO ESPANOLES,S.A., SESTAO. OWNED AT THE TIME OF LOSS BY NAVIERA ARTOLA. STRUCK BOTTOM WHEN ENTERING CORUNNA PORT. VESSEL...
Vaclite (Possibly) Wreck
TORPEDOED AND SUNK BY GERMAN SUBMARINE U55. (WW2SL & AXIS SUBMARINE SUCCESSES).
Val Rosandra Wreck
28.4.90 VESSEL, [EX 'CAPO AZZURRO' '86, EX 'JOHN CABOT' '85, EX 'CAPO AZZURRO' '82], BUILT 1980 BY C.L.E.M.N.A., LA SPEZIA. OWNED AT TIME OF LOSS BY...
Valchem Wreck
COLLISION W/ "SANTA ROSA" IN FOG
Vancouver Wreck
STRUCK A MINE AND BROKE IN TWO, WHILE ON PASSAGE HALIFAX TO SHELL HAVEN. BURNT FOR SEVERAL DAYS BEFORE SINKING. (WW2SL; LLOYDS WAR LOSSES).