Tanker Wrecks at 0-18 m Depth (274)
View All Tanker on the Wreck MapGolden Sun Wreck
VESSEL EXPLODED AND SANK IN BALIKPAPAN AREA.
Gothic Wreck
BUILT IN 1919 BY H GRAYSON & CO. OWNED AT TIME OF LOSS BY GOTHIC SS CO LTD. THREE BOILERS, TRIPLE EXPANSION ENGINE OF 229HP, SINGLE SHAFT. PASSAGE IMM...
Gretafield (After Part) Wreck
19.3.40 FOUR BOILERS, TRIPLE EXPANSION ENGINE, SINGLE SHAFT. PASSAGE CURACAO FOR INVERGORDON. TORPEDOED BY U-57. BEACHED & BLAZED FOR SEVERAL DAYS....
Gretafield (Fore Part) Wreck
19.3.40 FOUR BOILERS, TRIPLE EXPANSION ENGINE, SINGLE SHAFT. PASSAGE CURACAO FOR INVERGORDON. TORPEDOED BY U-57. BEACHED & BLAZED FOR SEVERAL DAYS....
Grozny Wreck
VESSEL, BUILT IN 1953 IN THE USSR. OWNED AT TIME OF LOSS BY QUICKTRADE LTD. BROKE FROM ANCHOR DURING MONSOON WHILE AT KARACHI OUTER ANCHORAGE WAITING...
Hadia Wreck
REPD AGROUND IN RED SEA WHEN APPROACHING GHOSOUM (UAR). VESSEL A TOTAL LOSS. (LLOYDS VOL.200). BUILT 1949 KNOWN LOCAALY AS THE PLASTIC WRECK...
Hejaz (Stern Section) Wreck
BUILT IN 1954 BY BURMEISTER & WAIN, COPENHAGEN. OWNED AT TIME OF LOSS BY MOHAMED ABUBAKUR BAKHASHAB. PASSAGE RAS TANURA FOR JEDDAH. BROKE IN TWO DUE T...
Hemsley 1 Wreck
BUILT IN 1916 BY TYNE IRON SHIPBUILDING CO LTD, NEWCASTLE-UPON-TYNE AND OWNED BY HEMSLEY BELL LTD. RAN AGROUND WHILST ON PASSAGE TO BREAKERS YARD AT A...
Hms War Sepoy Wreck
26.4.64 BUILT IN 1918 BY WILLIAM GREY & CO. WEST HARTLEPOOL. TRANSFERRED TO THE ADMIRALTY IN 1921. THREE BOILERS, TRIPLE EXPANSION ENGINE, SINGLE SH...
Inverlane (Bow Section) Wreck
14.12.1939 MINED 14.12.1939 OFF S SHIELDS. BOW SECTION USED AS BLOCKSHIP IN BURRA SOUND.
Inverlane (Part Of) Wreck
MINED. (WW2SL). OIL ENGINE, SINGLE SHAFT. BEACHED AT WHITBURN WHERE SHE BROKE IN TWO. 4 MEN LOST. HAD BEEN REQUISITIONED AS A BLOCKSHIP FOR THE WESTER...
Inverlane (Stern Section) Wreck
MINED. (WW2SL). OIL ENGINE, SINGLE SHAFT. BEACHED AT WHITBURN WHERE SHE BROKE IN TWO. 4 MEN LOST. HAD BEEN REQUISITIONED AS A BLOCKSHIP FOR THE WESTER...
Irene Vii Wreck
25.5.85 ANCHORED OFF TIN CAN ISLAND 25.5.85 WITH GENERATOR PROBLEMS. EVIDENTLY ABANDONED AT SOME LATER DATE AND EVENTUALLY SANK, PRESUMABLY AT AN...
Jakob Maersk (Bow Section) Wreck
31.1.75 BUILT IN 1966. OWNED AT TIME OF LOSS BY A P MOLLER. WAS ENTERING LEIXOES FROM KHARG ISLAND WHEN SHE STRUCK BOTTOM ON A SANDBAR APPROX 55MTRS...
Jakob Maersk (Part Of) Wreck
31.1.75 BUILT IN 1966 BY ODENSE STAAALSKIBS A/S, LINDO. OWNED AT TIME OF LOSS BY A P MOLLER. PASSAGE KHARG ISLAND FOR LEIXOES. WAS MANOEUVERING WITH...
Jakob Maersk (Part Of) Wreck
31.1.75 BUILT IN 1966 BY ODENSE STAAALSKIBS A/S, LINDO. OWNED AT TIME OF LOSS BY A P MOLLER. PASSAGE KHARG ISLAND FOR LEIXOES. WAS MANOEUVERING WITH...
James Mcgee Wreck
FOUR BOILERS, TRIPLE EXPANSION ENGINE, SINGLE SHAFT. PASSAGE GUIRIA FOR LE HAVRE. DETONATED GERMAN LAID MINE. BROK IN TOW AND SANK. (SIBI & WW 2 MSL).
Josef Joham (Stern Half) (Probably) Wreck
8.7.58 WAS CUT IN TWO WHEN IN COLLISION, IN FOG, WITH GERMAN SS 'LUDWIGSHAVEN' WHILE ON PASSAGE DONGES TO ANTWERP. (LL, 8.7.58). BOTH SECTIONS REMAI...
Josefina Thorden (After Part) Wreck
BUILT IN 1932 BY ERIKSBERGS M V AKTIES, GOTHENBURG. OWNED AT TIME OF LOSS BY MINISTRY OF WAR TRANSPORT. OIL ENGINES OF 543BHP, TWIN SHAFT. PASSAGE CUR...
Joseph Seep (Part Of) Wreck
MINED IN HAVRE ROADS WHILST ON PASSAGE HAIFA TO LE HAVRE. (LL WW2).
Joseph Seep (Part Of) Wreck
MINED IN HAVRE ROADS WHILST EN-ROUTE HAIFA TO LE HAVRE. (LL WW2).
Josephine-1 Wreck
No description
Juan Bautista Wreck
BUILT IN 1944 BY ODENBACH SHIP BUILDING CORPORATION, ROCHESTER, N.Y. OWNED AT TIME OF LOSS BY LUIS GOMEZ CEVALLOS. SANK FOLLOWING A FIRE IN ENGINE ROO...
Juniata (Fore Part) Wreck
EX- SPRUCOL, BUILT 1918 BY SHORT BROTHERS, SUNDERLAND WITH 8 CYLINDER OIL ENGINES OF 183HP, TWIN SHAFT. AFT MACHINERY BY J & C.G. BOLINDERS CO LTD. OR...
Jurong (Probably) Wreck
EX- SEIHO MARU NO.7 [1987], BUILT IN 1978 BY HIGAKI ZOSEN K.K, IMABARI. OWNED AT TIME OF LOSS BY SAMTA RUBY TRADING PTE. LTD. DRAGGED ANCHOR DURING ST...
Kaizo Maru (Part Of) Wreck
BUILT 1958, BY HARIMA ZOSENSHO, AIOI. OWNED AT TIME OF LOSS BY DAIKYO SEKIYU K.K CAUGHT FIRE WHILE LOADING CARGO AT OFFSHORE BERTH, SHE WAS TOWED OFF...
Kaizo Maru (Part Of) Wreck
BUILT 1958, BY HARIMA ZOSENSHO, AIOI. OWNED AT TIME OF LOSS BY DAIKYO SEKIYU K.K CAUGHT FIRE WHILE LOADING CARGO AT OFFSHORE BERTH, SHE WAS TOWED OFF...
Kapetan Markos Nl Wreck
No description
Kapitan Shvetsov Wreck
20.1.96 SANK AFTER COLLISION WITH M CONTAINER VESSEL NANTA BHUM. CREW OF 28 RESCUED. CAUSED A HUGE OIL SLICK IN THE RIVER. (LL, 19 & 20.1.96)
Kemal Ka Wreck
27.5.94 VESSEL, BUILT 1964 BY D.W.KREMER SOHN, G.M.B.H. & CO., ELMSHORN. OWNED AT TIME OF LOSS BY TRANS KA TANKERS MANAGEMENT CO. EXPLODED & SANK AT...
Kimya Wreck
EX-ALCHEMIST BREMEN '79, EX-CHEMARIADNI '80, EX-ALDEBARAN CHIMICA '85, EX-ELMA TORN '85. BUILT IN 1979 BY MENZER SCHIFFSWERFT, GEESTHACHT. OWNED AT TI...
Kimya (Part Of) Wreck
SEE [7456].
King Jimmy Wreck
VESSEL BUILT 1964. ISSUED DISTRESS CALL AND LATER SANK.
Kiyoh Maru Wreck
10.12.75 VESSEL, BUILT 1965, WAS ABANDONED AFTER A FIRE ON 10.12.75 & TOWED TO DUBAI. CARGO WAS TAKEN OFF & VESSEL BEACHED INSIDE BREAKWATER OF D...
Kriti Sun Wreck
BUILT 1974 BY MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES LTD, YOKOHAMA. OWNED AT TIME OF LOSS BY GARDENIA CIA. NAV., S.A. VESSEL HAD COMPLETED DISCHARGE OF 95,000TON...
Kyokuun Maru (Probably) Wreck
BUILT BY KYOKUYO HOGEI KK. BOMBED AND SUNK BY US CARRIER BASED AIRCRAFT. (DODS).
Lappe Wreck
24.12.76 SANK AT HER ANCHORAGE IN CLINE BAY, CLOSE TO SHORE. CAUSE NOT KNOWN, BUT BELEIVED THAT A SEACOCK HAD BEEN STOLEN. WRITTEN OFF AS SCRAP B...
Laura Security Wreck
17.10.85 GROUNDED ON CORAL REEF, BROKE UP AND SANK. (LL, 17.10.85).
Leon Martin (Part Of) Wreck
VESSEL, BUILT 1936, WAS MINED WHILST EN-ROUTE SWANSEA TO HAMBLE. OWNED AT TIME OF LOSS BY MINISTRY OF SHIPPING (ANGLO-AMERICAN OIL CO.). (WW2SL, LL WW...
Leon Martin (Part Of) Wreck
BUILT IN 1936 BY CH & ATEL DE ST NAZAIRE. OWNED AT TIME OF LOSS BY MINISTRY OF SHIPPING (ANGO-AMERICAN OIL CO. 5 CYLINDER OIL ENGINE OF 369BHP, SINGLE...
Lion City No 2 Wreck
No description
Liseta Wreck
15.2.45 TORPEDOED BY MIDGET SUBMARINE. BEACHED 15.2.45. SALVED AND REFLOATED. WHILE BEING TOWED OFF REPORT STATES THAT THE STERN FELL OFF. (BOT).
Liseta Wreck
DAMAGED WHEN TORPEDOED BY GERMAN MIDGET SUBMARINE U 245. BEACHED NEAR MARGATE SAND. WAS EVENTUALLY REFLOATED AND REPAIRED.
Lucky Era Wreck
BUILT IN 1956 BY MITSUI ZOSEN, TAMANO. OWNED AT TIME OF LOSS BY COLMAR MARITIME LTD. PASSAGE PUERTO RICO FOR BALTIMORE. GROUNDED, THEN SUFFERED AN EXP...
Luisa Wreck
BUILT IN 1961 BY ANSALDO S.P.A, GENOA. OWNED AT TIME OF LOSS BY COSARMA CIA SICULA DI ARMAMENTO S.P.A. 32 KILLED WHEN THE TANKER EXPLODED & CAUGHT FIR...
Lyudvik Svoboda (Aft Part) Wreck
6.3.85 EXPLODED AND SANK ON 6.3.85 WHILE LOADING GASOLINE/NAPHTHA AT VENTSPILS. ALSO REPD TO HAVE BEEN REFUELLING AND TO HAVE BEEN IN BALLAST. AFTER...
Magid Wreck
RAN AGROUND.
Mahtab Javed Ii (Probably) Wreck
7.4.73 BUILT IN 1967. OWNED AT TIME OF LOSS BY PAKISTAN TANKER CO LTD (MSD), BURMA ESTERN CO (LL). CAPSIZED & SANK FOLLOWING EXPLOSIONS BELIEVED TO...
Maju Hindai Ii Wreck
No description
Maju Jaya Wreck
RAN AGROUND. PASSAGE PORT KELANG FOR MADRAS.
Makab Wreck
UK NM 882/21
Makis (Probably) Wreck
WENT AGROUND IN BAD WEATHER WHILE ON PASSAGE PIRAEUS FOR JIYEH, SOUTH LEBANON.
Mara Hope Wreck
BUILT 1967 BY ASTILLEROS DE CADIZ, CADIZ. OWNED AT TIME OF LOSS BY COMMERCIAL MARITIME LTD. PASSAGE PORT NECHES, TEXAS TO KAOHSIUNG FOR BREAKING UNDER...
Martina (Southern Part) Wreck
SANK AFTER COLLISION WITH M CONTAINER VESSEL WERDER BREMEN. CAPSIZED AND SINKING. 2 CREW RESCUED, 1 RECOVERED DEAD, 4 MISSING. SUBSEQUENTLY SANK W OF...
Marvin 1 (Possibly) Wreck
BUILT IN 1981 BY KINOURA ZOSEN KK, HAKATA. OWNED AT TIME OF LOSS BY MARVIN MARINE INC. PASSAGE SINGAPORE FOR BANGKOK. TOOK ON A LIST IN ROUGH SEAS, WA...
Matajabit Wreck
No description
Mater Nostra (Probably) Wreck
PASSAGE GENOA FOR CALASETTA. RAN AGROUND IN FOG AND ABANDONED ON MAL DI VENTRE ISLAND. CREW OF NINE RESCUED. (LL).
Mazin Wreck
2.7.92 BEING USED AS FRESH WATER BARGE. SANK ALONGSIDE WHEN FILLING CARGO TANKS AFTER TAKING ON A LIST WHICH CAUSED OTHER COMPARTMENTS TO FLOOD. VES...
Melita I Wreck
19.9.89 BUILT 1974 BY TOKUSHIMA ZOSEN SANGYO KK, KOMATSUSHIMA. OWNED AT TIME OF LOSS BY PENAJAM TANKERS SA. CAUGHT FIRE 19.9.89 & ABANDONED NEXT...
Metanol Wreck
BUILT IN 1970 BY AST DE T RUIZ DE VELASCO SA, BILBAO. OWNED AT TIME OF LOSS BY NAVIERA QUIMIC SA, BILBAO. 8 CYLINDER OIL ENGINE OF 1100BHP, SINGLE SHA...
Mexico Wreck
TRIPLE EXPANSION ENGINE, SINGLE SHAFT. PASSAGE CURACAO FOR LONDON. CARGO FUEL OIL. MINED. LATER DISPERSED. CREW OF 10 LOST. (SIBI).
Mira Wreck
SUNK BY MINE 4M SW 0.5 W OF BEACHY HEAD WHILST EN-ROUTE PORT ARTHUR TO DOVER. (LL WW1). ONE DECK STEEL VESSEL, BUILT 1901 SUNK BY MINE WHILS...
Mt Arayat Wreck
No description
Mt. Awang Bazo Wreck
No description
Myan Aung Wreck
No description
Nam Hai Wreck
POSSIBLY THIS VESSEL. BUILT 1992.
Napetco I Wreck
BUILT IN 1969. NOTED IN LR AS DAMAGED IN HOSTILITIES IN 9.97.
Natuna Sea Wreck
GROUNDED OFF BATU BERHANI BEACON. FOUR OF THE CARGO TANKS DAMAGED. AT LEAST 7000 TONS SPILLED. NO CREW INJURED. PASSAGE JEDDAH FOR JINZHOU.
Navakun 4 Wreck
BEGAN TAKING IN WATER AND TO LIST. WAS RUN ONTO SANDBAR TO PREVENT HER SINKING. ONE OF THE TWO CARGO TANKS CRACKED AND LEAKED DURING SALVAGE OPS. ON P...
Neftegorsk Wreck
UK NM 3563/18
Nejmat El Petrol Xviii (Possibly) Wreck
PASSAGE FROM RABIGH. WHEN ENTERING JEDDAH PORT LIMITS AND OUTSIDE NAVIGATIONAL CHANNEL STRUCK WK OF RO-RO M FERRY SHAHRAZAD [42948] AND GROUNDED. WAS...
Neso Wreck
VESSEL, BUILT 1957 BY HITACHI ZOSEN, OSAKA. UNDER TOW FROM FALMOUTH TO SPAIN FOR DEMOLITION. GROUNDED ON PLAYA DE XAGO, BETWEEN AVILES AND CABO PLENAS...
Nichiei Maru (Possibly) Wreck
BUILT IN 1938 BY KAWASAKI DOCKYARD CO. OWNED AT TIME OF LOSS BY NITTO KOGYO KISEN KK. OIL ENGINE OF 2250 NHP. TORPEDOED BY USSM BESUGO. (DODS).
Niobe Wreck
No description
Olympic Bravery Wreck
13.3.76 VESSEL, BUILT 1975 BY CHIANTIERS DE L'ATLANTIQUE, ST NAZAIRE. OWNED AT TIME OF LOSS BY OLYMPIC MARITIME. ON MAIDEN VOYAGE FROM BREST, IN BAL...
Omega Wreck
VESSEL, BUILT 1959 BY FUKUSHIMA ZOSENSHO, MATSUE. OWNED AT TIME OF LOSS BY SETI YAM (1972) LTD. ON PASSAGE FROM BANDAR SHAHPOUR TO DJIBOUTI. RAN AGROU...
Ophelie Wreck
VESSEL, BUILT IN 1922 BY CHANTIERS & ATELIERS DE ST NAZAIRE AND OWNED AT THE TIME OF LOSS BY COMPAGNIE AUXILIAIRE DE NAV., WAS BOMBED AND SUNK BY GERM...
Oriental Challenger Wreck
RAN AGROUND OFF CUBA. (LL).
Ouranos Wreck
VESSEL, BUILT 1964 BY SCHPS.V/H DE GROOT& V. VLIET, SLIKKERVEER. OWNED AT TIME OF LOSS BY ARGONAUTE JASON MARITIME CO. ON PASSAGE ROTTERDAM TO BARCELO...
Pak One (Part Of) Wreck
7.3.02 SANK, CAUSE UNKNOWN. LATER BECAME PARTIALLY BUOYANT AND DRIFTED FOR SEVERAL WEEKS. FINALLY SUNK BY THAI NAVY ON 7.3.02. PROBABLY PART OF T...
Pak One (Part Of) Wreck
GAS TANK, PART OF WK [60773]
Pallas Wreck
MINED. (DANISH WK RECORDS NO.456023)
Panagia Soumela Wreck
GROUNDED. (LLOYDS VOL.320)
Panoceanic Fame (Possibly) Wreck
VESSEL, BUILT 1964 BY VEROLME DOK & SCHPSH, ROZENBURG, ROTTERDAM. OWNED AT TIME OF LOSS BY FATHERCO CIA NAV SA. ON PASSAGE FROM LAVAN ISLAND FOR KHOR...
Paola A. Wreck
BUILT IN 1973 BY MIYOSHI ZOSEN K.K., UWAJIMA. OWNED AT TIME OF LOSS BY LOGISTICA MARITIMA C.A. SANK FOLLOWING AN EXPLOSION WHICH OCCURRED DURING REPAI...
Pavlos V (Possibly) Wreck
6.2.79 BUILT IN 1951 BY FURNESS SHIPBUILDING CO LTD. OWNED AT TIME OF LOSS BY CHRISSANTHEMUM SHIPPING CO S A. PASSAGE WILHELMSHAVEN FOR MILAZZO. HAD...
Perwira Wreck
No description
Petro Avila Wreck
No description
Petro Bouscat Wreck
PASSAGE PORT GENTIL FOR DOUALA. GROUNDED S OF SANANGA RIVER AND WAS LATER ABANDONED. CREW SAFE. (LLOYDS VOLS.236,237)
Petro M'bao Wreck
No description
Pionere Wreck
29.10.76 THE SHIP HAD BEEN DECOMMISSIONED AND AT TIME OF SINKING WAS RECONSTRUCTED FOR GATHERING WASTE OIL. STORMS IN THE BLACK SEA SANK THE VESS...
Piraeus Ii Wreck
VESSEL, [EX 'RAINBOW'], BUILT 1946 BY SHORT BROS, SUNDERLAND. OWNED AT TIME OF LOSS BY IONIAN TANKSHIPPING LTD. SANK AFTER A FIRE BROKE OUT ON BOARD....
Point Law Wreck
BUILT IN 1967 BY HALL, RUSSEL & CO LTD, ABERDEEN. OWNED AT TIME OF LOSS BY SHELL MEX & BP LTD. PASSAGE ST SAMPSONS, GUERNSEY, FOR THE ISLE OF GRAIN. R...
Polycommander Wreck
VESSEL, BUILT 1965, WAS ON PASSAGE SIDON FOR DONGES WHEN IT CALLED AT VIGO TO LAND A SICK CREWMEMBER. SHE RAN AGROUND ON A REEF WHILE LEAVING VIGO & W...
Pontfield (Forepart) Wreck
MINED WHEN ON PASSAGE NEW YORK FOR SHELL HAVEN. STERN SECTION WAS RECOVERED AND TOWED TO SALT END AND LATER TO TYNE WHERE NEW FOREPART WAS FITTED. (LL...
Ponus Wreck
BUILT IN 1902 BY RUSSELL & CO, PORT GLASGOW. OWNED AT TIME OF LOSS BY TANK STORAGE & CARRIAGE CO LTD. DRAGGED ANCHOR DURING GALE AND WENT AGROUND. OIL...
Primavera Wreck
No description
Prince Arac Wreck
13.11.86 BUILT 1965, BY LODOSE VARU A/B, LODOSE. OWNED AT TIME OF LOSS BY PHILIPPINE TRANSMARINE CARRIERS, INC. SANK FOLLOWING AN EXPLOSION IN A TAN...
Produce Wreck
PASSAGE FROM DURBAN. GROUNDED ON ALIWAL SHOAL. ALL CREW RESCUED. SLID INTO DEEPER WATER & DISAPPEARED. NOT VISIBLE FROM THE AIR. A CTL. (LL).
Prudentia Wreck
INTACT, ON PORT SIDE