Trawler Wrecks 1900-2000

Aberdeen City Wreck

BUILT IN 1957 BY BICKERTON & DAY, STOCKPORT. OWNED AT TIME OF LOSS BY ABERDEEN MOTOR TRAWLERS LTD. 6 CYLINDER OIL ENGINE, SINGLE SHAFT. MACHINERY BY M...

Abo Wreck

No description

Acacia Wood Wreck

OVERDUE ON PASSAGE BRESSAY BANK FOR PETERHEAD. ASSUMED SUNK WITH ALL HANDS IN SE GALE. (LL).

Acadia Kingfisher Wreck

OWNED AT TIME OF LOSS BY ACADIA FISHERIES LTD. SPRANG A LEAK DURING A GALE AND WHILE UNDER TOW OF M TRAWLER 'ZOUAVE'. (LL).

Acantha Wreck

TORPEDEOD BY U-10. PASSAGE LA GOULETTE FOR MIDDLESBROUGH. (LLWW1, WW1SL & NAVAL STAFF MONOGRAPHS, VOL. 13).

Acantha (Possibly) Wreck

TORPEDOED.

Achondo Wreck

GROUNDED ON REEFS IN DENSE FOG, AND LATER SANK, WHILE ON PASSAGE VIGO FOR BASE PORT. (LLOYDS).

Acor Wreck

VESSEL RAN AGROUND AND EXPLODED. (LL).

Active Wreck

TORPEDOED AND SUNK BY GERMAN AIRCRAFT. (WW2SL).

Adelaide (Possibly) Wreck

CAPTURED AND SUNK BY GERMAN SUBMARINE.

Agadir 3 Wreck

CAUGHT FIRE. ABANDONED BY CREW AND LATER SANK.

Agdal 5 Wreck

No description

Agrelo Wreck

SPRANG A LEAK WHILE FISHING AND SANK.

Agrion Wreck

AGROUND ON ROCK LES ETOCS NEAR PORT OF GUILVINEC. (LLOYDS VOL. 219).

Aiglon Wreck

DEVELOPED LEAK AND SANK. (LLOYDS LIST).

Airoski Wreck

SANK AFTER SPRINGING A LEAK.

Ajax Wreck

BUILT BY COCHRANE & COOPER, BEVERLY. OWNED AT TIME OF LOSS BY W GRANT, GRIMSBY. ONE BOILER, TRIPLE EXPANSION ENGINE OF 40 NHP, SINGLE SHAFT. MACHINERY...

Akebono Maru No.32 Wreck

10.12.87 BUILT 1974 BY K.K. USUKI FEKKOSHO, USUKI. OWNED AT TIME OF LOSS BY NICHIRO GYOGYO K.K. CAUGHT FIRE 10.12.87 WHEN FUEL LINE IN ENGINE ROO...

Al Khaleej 4 Wreck

GROUNDED AND ABANDONED. CREW OF 12 PICKED UP BY HELICOPTER FROM HMS CUMBERLAND.

Alacran Wreck

SANK FOLLOWING COLLISION WITH MV DALER. (LL).

Albatross Wreck

BUILT IN 1897 BY COCHRANE & COOPER, BEVERLEY. OWNED AT TIME OF LOSS BY J L GREEN. ONE BOILER, TRIPLE EXPANSION ENGINE OF 45 NHP, SINGLE SHAFT. MACHINE...

Albufeira Wreck

6.7.81 VESSEL HAD EXPLOSIONS ON BOARD & CAUGHT FIRE W OF CAPE ST VINCENT, TAKEN IN TOW BUT SANK 11M N OF SINES. (LL, 6.7.81)

Alexandra Wreck

TORPEDOED. FISHING. (LLWW1).

Alftanes Wreck

VESSEL, CAPSIZED AND SANK OFF HOPSNES, SW ICELAND, WITH LOSS OF 2 OF 6 CREW. (LLOYDS VOL.224).

Alliance Wreck

SANK WHILE UNDER TOW IN MODERATE SEAS.

Almirante Jose De Carranza Wreck

SUNK BY U BOAT.

Alpha Commander Wreck

22.10.80 PASSAGE FOR MOMBASA FROM FISHING GROUNDS. WAS HOLED IN ENGINE ROOM AFTER CONTACT WITH UNIDENTIFIED SEMI-FLOATING OBJECT & SANK 3M OFF MT...

Alphee Wreck

No description

Altar Dos Pescadores Wreck

5.2.77 SANK FOLLOWING COLLISION WITH MV 'THOMAS MANN' 5M SE OF PENICHE. VESSEL, BUILT 1961, WAS OWNED AT TIME OF LOSS BY SOCIEDADE COOPERATIVE OP...

Amaryllis Wreck

CAPSIZED AND SANK WHEN GEAR BECAME FOULED, PROBABLY EITHER ON ROCKS OR A WRECK. TOOK AN HOUR TO SINK. CREW WERE RESCUED FROM LIFERAFT ABOUT 10 MILES E...

Amelie-Mathilde Wreck

EX-CYRIEL VERSCHAEVE '47. BUILT IN 1936 BY BELIARD, CRIGHTON & CIE, OSTENDE. OWNED AT TIME OF LOSS BY F DANNEEL & C VERHAEGNE. 4 CYLINDER OIL ENGINE....

Amoruso Quinto Wreck

BUILT IN 1970 BY SOC. ESCERCIZIO CANTIERI, VIAREGGIO. OWNED AT TIME OF LOSS BY MICHELE AMORUSO & FIGLI. GUTTED BY A FIRE ORIGINATING IN THE ENGINE ROO...

Amsterdam Wreck

OWNED BY MR DESOUSA AT TIME OF LOSS. ALL CREW SAFE. (LL VOL.220)

Amy Wreck

HIRED BY ADMIRALTY. MINED. (WW1 SL).

Ancantha Wreck

SUNK BY U-BOAT.

Andrea C Wreck

No description

Andromeda Wreck

PASSAGE GRIMSBY FOR FISHING GROUNDS. CAPTURED BY GERMAN SUBMARINE AND SUNK BY GUNFIRE. (LLWW1).

Andvari Wreck

BECAME ENTANGLED DURING FISHING OPERATIONS. SWAMPED AND SUBSEQUENTLY SANK. (MTL, JULY '93).

Ane Katrine Wreck

REPORTED TO HAVE BEEN DRAGGED UNDERWATER & SUNK WHEN HER TRAWL BECAME ENTANGLED WITH A SUBMERGED W GERMAN BUILT SUBMARINE. (LL).

Angelise 2 Wreck

No description

Angelus Wreck

REPORTED ON FIRE. CREW TAKEN OFF AND TAKEN IN TOW BY BRITISH HOPPER/DREDGER SAND SERIN. UNABLE TO CONTROL FIRE AND VESSEL LATER SANK.

Angelus (Possibly) Wreck

MINED OFF DOVER WHILST ON ADMIRALTY SERVICE. (LL WW1).

Anna R Wreck

BUILT IN 1948. OWNED AT TIME OF LOSS BY THE ATLANTIC FISHING CO. WRECKED AFTER RUNNING AGROUND NEAR RAS ADADO OFF THE NORTH COAST OF SOMALIA. CREW SAV...

Annie Melling Wreck

EX-BETTY JOHNSTON. BUILT IN 1906 BY SMITH'S DOCKYARD, FLEETWOOD. OWNED AT TIME OF LOSS BY MELLING TRAWLERS LTD. ONE BOILER, TRIPLE EXPANSION ENGINE OF...

Annie Walker (Probably) Wreck

ONE BOILER, TRIPLE EXPANSION ENGINE, SINGLE SHAFT. STRANDED BOULMER STILE. (DODS & SIBI).

Antares Wreck

6.3.67 SANK IN FINE WEATHER IN GARNET BAY. PASSAGE FROM SANTA CRUZ, TENERIFE. (THOMAS COOPER & CO, LTR DTD 6.3.67)

Antares Wreck

SANK WHEN HM SUBMARINE TRENCHANT SNAGGED HER TRAWL AND DRAGGED HER UNDER. (LL).

Anton Hammerbacher Wreck

SANK UNDER TOW FOLLOWING A COLLISION NEAR NOORDHINDER LTV WITH GERMAN M TRAWLER MEERSBURG.

Antonio E Francesco Wreck

SANK FOLLOWING COLLISION WITH PANAMANIAN MV 'COUPLE CROSS'. (LL).

Antonio Guzman De Pelayo Wreck

GROUNDED ON PORT OF SAN ESTEBAN BAR. TOTAL LOSS. VESSEL WAS ON PASSAGE VIGO FOR SAN ESTEBAN. CREW OF 4 RESCUED. DECLARED TOTAL LOSS. (LLOYDS VOL.251)

Antoxo Wreck

SANK WHILE FISHING. (LLOYDS).

Aphelion Wreck

EX-VOCATES, EX-ULLAPOOL. BUILT IN 1899 BY BY EARLE'S SHIPBUILDING CO LTD, HULL. OWNED AT TIME OF LOSS BY GRIMSBY AND NORTH SEA TRAWLING CO. ONE BOILER...

Aqua Marine Wreck

VESSEL, [EX 'YU FONG 301'], OWNED AT TIME OF LOSS BY AQUAMARINE (PVT) LTD, KARACHI. SANK ABOUT 2M OFF MANORA BREAKWATER. (LLOYDS VOL.286).

Aquaris Wreck

BUILT OF WOOD. OIL ENGINE, SINGLE SHAFT. SUFFERED INGRESS OF WATER WHICH OVERCAME ENGINE PUMPS. LATER SANK AND ROLLED ONTO PORT SIDE. CREW OF 1 RECOVE...

Aquarius Wreck

PASSAGE GRIMSBY FOR FISHING GROUNDS. MINED. CREW OF 10 LOST. (LLWW2).

Aquarius (Possibly) Wreck

MINED WHEN PROCEEDING FROM GRIMSBY TO FISHING GROUNDS.

Arballete Wreck

No description

Archipel Wreck

STRANDED IN THE VICINITY OF LE COTENTIN. (LLOYDS 214).

Arctic Wreck

STEEL HULL. ONE BOILER, 3 CYLINDER TRIPLE EXPANSION ENGINE, SINGLE SHAFT. IN COLLISION WITH SS HAVERSTOE ABOUT 5M E BY N OF FLAMBOROUGH HEAD. (GRIMSBY...

Arctic Pioneer Wreck

No description

Arctic Viking Wreck

EX- ARCTIC PIONEER '46. BUILT OF STEEL BY COCHRANE & SONS IN 1937, WITH ONE BOILER, SINGLE SHAFT, TRIPLE EXPANSION ENGINE OF 132NHP BY C.D. HOLMES &...

Arctic Viking Wreck

COINCIDENCE OF WAVE FORMATION OF UNPREDICTABLE AND UNASCERTAINABLE PROPORTION WHICH OVERCAME THE VESSEL AND CAUSED HER TO FOUNDER CAPSIZE AND SINK.

Argyle Wreck

BUILT IN 1906 BY MACKIE & THOMPSON, GLASGOW. OWNED AT TIME OF LOSS BY THE GT NORTHER SS FISHING CO LTD. ONE BOILER, TRIPLE EXPANSION ENGINE OF 100HP,...

Arion Wreck

SANK FOLLOWING FIRE. (LL).

Aristea Wreck

No description

Arlington Wreck

OWNED AT TIME OF LOSS BY EARL STROMAN. PASSAGE FOR TRINIDAD. DEVELOPED PROBLEMS 4HRS AFTER LEAVING PORT & REPORTED TAKING IN WATER ON EVENING OF 16TH...

Arlita Wreck

PASSAGE FLEETWOOD FOR FISHING GROUNDS. CAPTURED & SUNK BY U-35. (WW2SL, LL WW2 & AXIS SUBMARINE SUCCESSES).

Armada Wreck

HT BY DIVER

Assafa Wreck

25.7.79 VESSEL SANK IN FOG 4M OFF AGADIR. 7 LIVES LOST, 2 RESCUED. (LL, 25.7.79)

Astra Wreck

BUILT IN 9161. TOOK WATER AND LATER SANK. CREW OF FOUR RESCUED.

Asuncion Rivero (Probably) Wreck

TOOK WATER AND PUMPS FAILED. HAD NO POWER ON BOARD. LATER SANK. CREW RESCUED BY M TRAWLER MANUEL PLANA.

Atalde Wreck

OWNED AT TIME OF LOSS BY ANGEL VALENCIA ALBONIGA, VIZCAYA. CAUGHT FIRE & SUBSEQUENTLY SANK IN DEEP WATER. ABANDONED BY CREW. (LLOYDS VOL'S.221 & 222).

Atlantico Secondo Wreck

?AGROUND & TOTAL LOSS 30 MILES OFF VILLA CISNEROS. (LL).

Atria Wreck

REPORTED MISSING IN HEAVY WEATHER. NOT LOCATED DURING AIR AND SEA SEARCH.

Atunero Primero Wreck

SPRANG A LEAK AND SANK OFF ANGOLA, NOT SPAIN AS PREVIOUSLY STATED IN LLOYDS VOL.225. (LLOYDS VOL.227).

Audacious Ii Wreck

SANK. CREW ABANDONED AND WERE RECOVERED.

Audrey Anne Wreck

WOODEN HULL

Ave Maria Santisima Wreck

VESSEL CAUGHT FIRE AND SANK 12M FROM ZUMAYA. 12 CREW MEMBERS RESCUED. (LLOYDS VOL.232)

Avra 1 Wreck

VESSEL SANK WHILST ON PASSAGE FROM PIRAEUS TO FISHING GROUNDS OFF MAURITANIA. 11 CREW SAFE, TWO MISSING. (LLOYDS VOL.219).

Ayrshire (Possibly) Wreck

FOUNDERED.

Babieca Wreck

SANK FOLLOWING A COLLISION WITH M TRAWLER ILLUMBE. (LL).

Bahia De Altea Wreck

17.10.87 SANK OFF CAPE RHIR, FOLLOWING A LEAK IN THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT. (LL, 17.10.87)

Bahia De Nuesta Senora (Possibly) Wreck

BUILT IN 1966. SANK DUE TO LEAKAGE. (LL).

Balthazar Wreck

REPORTED TO BE SHIPPING WATER. CREW TAKEN OFF. DRIFTED FOR SOME HOURS THEN SANK.

Barbados 3 Wreck

HAD AN EXPLOSION IN ENGINE ROOM, CAUGHT FIRE & SANK APPROX 30M FROM BELEM. (LL).

Barbara Robertson Wreck

CAPTURED & SUNK BY GUNFIRE FROM U-30. PASSAGE HULL FOR FISHING GROUNDS. (WW2SL, LL WW2, AXIS SUBMARINE SUCCESSES).

Barnsley (Possibly) Wreck

CAPTURED BY GERMAN SUBMARINE. SUNK USING EXPLOSIVES.

Barra Wreck

6.1.84 SANK WHEN WATER ENTERED ENGINE ROOM IN VERY BAD WEATHER CONDITIONS. (LL 6.1.84).

Barracuda Wreck

UK NM 3082/24

Barry Castle Wreck

No description

Barton Queen Wreck

SANK AFTER SPRINGING A LEAK IN FORCE 11 GALE. (LL & SIGNAL REPORT)

Bayona Wreck

VESSEL, BUILT 1935, LISTED AND SANK AFTER FUEL TANK BURST 2M OFF SISARGAS ISLANDS, N COAST OF SPAIN.

Be Ready Wreck

VESSEL, BUILT IN 1973, SANK WHILST UNDER TOW. (ABERDEEN MRCC)

Beatrix Fernande Wreck

VESSEL AGROUND ON ROCKS AT MORE HEAD ON 15.12.??, 1M W OFF GARDENSTOWN. 3 OF 8 CREW LOST. (OLD UNDATED LL CUTTING HELD IN PRESS ARTICLES BRANCH FOLDER...

Beechwood Wreck

CAPTURED BY GERMAN SUBMARINE AND SUNK BY GUNFIRE. (GRIMSBY LOSS LIST).

Beizama Wreck

DEVELOPED A LEAK IN ENGINE ROOM, TAKEN IN TOW BUT SANK NEAR ST JOHN'S, NEWFOUNDLAND. (LL).

Bekima Wreck

SANK AFTER FISH ROOM FILLED WITH WATER. (LL).

Bel Lily Wreck

EX-FORTH. BUILT IN 1899 BY IRVINE SHIPBUILDING & ENGINEERING CO, IRVINE. OWNED AT TIME OF LOSS BY BAYNTON & JAGGER. ONE BOILER, TRIPLE EXPANSION ENGIN...

Bela Dos Anjos Wreck

11.2.81 VESSEL, SPRANG A LEAK & SANK OFF ESPINHO IN BAD WEATHER. 10 CREW MISSING. (LL 11.2.81).

Bellamy Wreck

SANK OFF ILE DE BATZ, N COAST OF BRITTANY, AFTER LEAKAGE IN ENGINE ROOM. ALL CREW SAVED. (LLOYDS VOL.259).