All Motor Vessel Wrecks

War Arabis Wreck

BUILT 1918 BY WM. GRAY & CO LTD, WEST HARTLEPOOL. PASSAGE BAHIA BLANCA FOR MARSEILLES. TORPEDOED & SUNK BY GERMAN SUBMARINE U 34 NEAR CAPE SIGLI. (LL...

Warfleth Wreck

RAN AGROUND ON MARGATE SAND WHILE ON PASSAGE ROTTERDAM FOR LONDON (PINN'S WHARF).

Warni 28 Wreck

CAPSIZED AND SANK DUE TO FIRE IN ENGINE ROOM WHICH CAUSED LEAKS. (LL).

Wastabir-2 Wreck

No description

Wauwinet Wreck

31.10.81 VESSEL, BUILT 1964, WAS ON PASSAGE FROM TAMPA TO GEORGETOWN WHEN SHE STRUCK A SUBMERGED OBJECT, BELIEVED TO BE THE WRECK OF WITSHOAL II...

Wavecrest Wreck

26.4.85 REPORTED TO HAVE DEVELOPED A LIST AND MAKING WATER. LATER ABANDONED BY CREW AND EVENTUALLY SANK. VESSEL WAS ON PASSAGE LANCASTER FOR PASSAJE...

Wawonasa Wreck

7.4.91 VESSEL, EX-OPTIMIST 1 '83, EX-OTOWA MARU NO.5 '82, BUILT 1970 BY MATSUURA ZOSENSHO K.K., KINOE. OWNED AT TIME OF LOSS BY PT PERUSAHAAN PEL...

Weddell Wreck

No description

Werner Wreck

CAUGHT FIRE & GROUNDED. OWNED AT TIME OF LOSS BY ZIEGENORT.

Wesemunde Wreck

BUILT IN 1959 BY BREMER VULKAN VEGESACK. OWNED AT TIME OF LOSS BY MARQUIS CIA NAV, SA. SANK AT ANCHOR AT AQABA FOLLOWING AN ENGINE ROOM FIRE. (MSD).

Weserberg Wreck

VESSEL, BUILT 1963 BY JADEWERFT GMBH, SANK AFTER TAKING ON WATER THROUGH BROKEN HATCHES IN HEAVY WEATHER WHILE ON PASSAGE FROM ROTTERDAM TO SANTA CRUZ...

West Wreck

PASSAGE HULL FOR TREPORT. CAPTURED AND SUNK BY GUNFIRE FROM GERMAN SUBMARINE. (WW1SL & LLWW1). PROBABLY PARAFFIN FUELLED.

West Point (Possibly) Wreck

EX-WAR COLEUS. PASSAGE BAHIA FOR NEW YORK. RAN AGROUND ON MANOEL LUIZ REEF. (WARTIME STANDARD SHIPS VOL.3).

West Star Wreck

26.10.70 VESSEL, BUILT 1965 BY ATLAS-WERKE, WHILST ON PASSAGE GDANSK FOR WIVENHOE DEVELOPED LIST DUE TO CARGO SHIFT WHEN HEAVY SEAS SWAMPED VESSEL,...

Western Hope Wreck

SANK WHEN SWAMPED BY A GIANT WAVE WHEN ON PASSAGE KAOHSIUNG FOR KEELUNG. (LL).

Western Ocean 2 Wreck

No description

Western Star Wreck

GROUNDED ON N COAST OF MARTINIQUE, EN-ROUTE MONTSERRAT TO TRINIDAD ON MAIDEN VOYAGE.

Western Sun Wreck

WENT AGROUND ON ROCKS WHEN UNMANNED. HAD BEEN ANCHORED OFF PLYMOUTH FOR SEVERAL DAYS. (LLOYDS).

Westward Ho Wreck

29.11.54 BUILT BY C V GJ VAN DER WERFF, SCHEEPSBOUW, WESTERBROEK. OWNED AT TIME OF LOSS BY S BOUDEWIJN. 8 CYLINDER OIL ENGINE BY MAN, SINGLE SHAFT....

Whestschelde Wreck

7.12.79 BROKE MOORINGS AT STADTLANDETSVERFTET DURING A HURRICANE, DRIFTED & SANK IN NAMSENFJORD. (LL, 7.12.79)

Wiedau Wreck

BUILT IN 1954 BY JOS L MEYER, PAPENBURG. PASSAGE HAMBURG FOR DENMARK. CAPSIZED & SANK IN THICK FOG AFTER BEING IN COLLISION WITH POLISH MV MIECZYSLAW...

Wiema Wreck

EX-QUO VADIS '55. BUILT IN 1933 BY GEBR VAN DIEPEN, WATERHUIZEN. OWNED AT TIME OF LOSS BY W BELSTRA, GRONINGEN. FOUR CYLINDER OIL ENGINE, SINGLE SHAFT...

Wilcon Iii Wreck

EX-LEINSTER BAY '73, EX-LUZON TRANSPORT '75, EX-ZAMBOANGA CITY '79, EX-ZAMBOANGA '79, BUILT IN 1966 BY WERFT NOBISKRUG GMBH, RENDSBURG. OWNED AT TIME...

Wilfried Wreck

SANK AFTER DEVELOPING A HEAVY LIST. (LL).

Willowbank Wreck

TORPEDOED BY SUBMARINE. (WW2 BR MSL).

Willy Wreck

No description

Wilma Wreck

No description

Wimbledon Wreck

No description

Win Ni Lar Wreck

No description

Windmill Wreck

SANK 7M OFF MAHAICONY, GUYANA. PASSAGE PALMER'S PT, MAZARUNI R FOR CANJE, BERBICE. (LL).

Windward Trader Wreck

VESSEL CAPSIZED WHILE LOADING CARGO OF 300TONS OF PINE BOARDS. (LLOYDS VOL.240).

Wing Hoa Wreck

EX-BAABDA '84, EX-ATHOS '73. BUILT IN 1962 BY FREDERIKSHAVN VAERFT & FLYDEDOK A/S. OWNED AT TIME OF LOSS BY IMPROVEMENT MARITIME. PASSAGE SINGAPORE FO...

Witshoal Ii Wreck

BUILT IN 1943. OWNED AT TIME OF LOSS BY WITSHALLOW CORPORATION. BROKE IN TWO & SANK WHILE AT ANCHOR OFF DEMERARA R ESTUARY, WHILST ON PASSAGE OCEAN CA...

Wittering Wreck

EX-FRAMPTONDYKE. BUILT IN 1964 BY GOOLE SHIPBUILDING AND REPAIR CO LTD. OWNED AT TIME OF LOSS BY STEPHENSON CLARKE SHIPPING LTD. PASSAGE ROTTERDAM FOR...

Wonlon Wreck

BUILT IN GERMANY IN 1956. PASSAGE RIVER CESS FOR MONROVIA. HAD ENGINE FAILURE, ANCHORED BUT CABLE PARTED AND VESSEL DRIFTED ASHORE 28M S OF BUCHANAN,...

Woodcock Wreck

FOUNDERED.

World Jury Wreck

No description

Wuta Wreck

VESSEL REPORTED SHE HAD DEVELOPED A HEAVY LIST, WAS MAKING WATER & THAT HER ENGINE HAD FAILED. TAKEN INTO TOW BY HMS DECOY FOR 250 MILES, FINALLY SINK...

Xanthence Wreck

PASSAGE CALAIS FOR HOWDENDYKE. SANK FOLLOWING A COLLISION WITH W GERMAN MV ROSITA MARIA DURING DENSE FOG. (LL).

Xenophon Wreck

VESSEL, BUILT 1942, STRANDED ON BASSE LARGE, CHENAL DE FOUR.

Xeny Wreck

23.6.81 VESSEL, BUILT 1955 BY DE MERWEDE V. VLIET & CO., HARDINXVELD. OWNED AT TIME OF LOSS BY CONTY CIA. NAV., S.A.. ON PASSAGE FROM PORT HARCOU...

Xian Feng Wreck

EX- SOUN TRES (1989), EX- DAVINCI (1988), EX- RUTH LU (1984). BUILT IN 1978 BY CHINA SHIPBUILDING CORPORATION, KAOHSIUNG. OWNED AT TIME OF LOSS BY DAI...

Xin Hui Wreck

BUILT IN 1962. STRANDED ON BOMBAY REEF, PARACEL ISLANDS, SOUTH CHINA SEA. (LL).

Yaga Wreck

VESSEL, BUILT 1958, SANK AFTER CARGO SHIFTED IN HEAVY SEAS, WHILST EN ROUTE FROM TEIGNMOUTH TO SKIKDA. 6 OF THE 8 CREW DIED. OWNED AT THE TIME OF LOSS...

Yamagiri Maru Wreck

17.2.44 BUILT IN 1938 BY MITSUBISHI JUKOGYO KK. OWNED AT TIME OF LOSS BY YAMASHITA KISEN KK. OIL ENGINE OF 1166NHP. SUNK BY US CARRIER BASED AIRC...

Yamazuki Maru (Possibly) Wreck

VESSEL, BUILT 1937, WAS SUNK BY US LAND AND CARRIER-BASED AIRCRAFT IN THE SOLOMON ISLANDS. OWNED AT TIME OF LOSS BY YAMASHITA KISEN K.K. (DODS).

Yanila Wreck

No description

Yanti 03 Wreck

Rep(2019)

Yasin 1 Mnv 2153 Wreck

CARGO VESSEL, Rep 2022

Yasmeen Wreck

VESSEL, BUILT 1957, WHILST EN-ROUTE BERBERA TO KUWAIT CAUGHT ON FIRE, WAS ABANDONED AND DRIFTED. PRESUMED TO HAVE SUNK OFF THE COAST OF YEMEN. OWNED A...

Yat Leun Wreck

VESSEL SANK AFTER ALLEGED STEERING DIFFICULTIES. CREW RECOVERED FROM LIFERAFTS BY MV 'RUDOLF BREITSCHEID'. (LLOYDS VOL.210).

Yenzen 402 Wreck

No description

Yewglen Wreck

GROUNDED ON BEADNELL POINT. PASSAGE LONDON TO LEITH.

Yitrus Wreck

8.2.94 CAUGHT FIRE AND SANK AT BUOY NO.14, ABOUT 400MTRS N OF PORT OF TANJUNG PERAK, WHEN A VEHICLE BATTERY WAS SHORT CIRCUITED. OWNED AT TIME OF LO...

Yolimar Wreck

26.2.76 BUILT IN 1956 BY HEINRICH BRAND, OLDENBERG. OWNED AT TIME OF LOSS BY URGAIN 'A' STEAMSHIP INC. PASSAGE PUERTO CORTES, HONDURAS FOR EL GUA...

Young Duck Wreck

BUILT IN 1957 BY SANOYASU DOCKYARD CO LTD, OSAKA. OWNED AT TIME OF LOSS BY TAI YOUNG SHIPPING CO LTD. PASSAGE IWAKUNI FOR INCHON. SANK WHILST UNDER TO...

Youssef Wreck

PASSAGE CONSTANTZA FOR BEIRUT. COLLISION WITH MV `ACHILLE LAURO' OFF MARMARA ENTRANCE IN CANAKKALE BOGAZI, SANK IMMEDIATELY. (LL 220)

Ystroom (Probably) Wreck

BUILT IN 1936 BY VAN DER GIESSEN & ZONEN'S SCHP, KRIMPEN. OWNED AT TIME OF LOSS BY M V STOOMB MAATS, AMSTERDAM. 7 CYLINDER OIL ENGINE OF 160BHP, SINGL...

Yue Chun 102 Wreck

REPORTED MAKING WATER AND SINKING. WAS ABANDONED BY CREW AND LATER SANK. (LL).

Yuejin Wreck

BUILT IN 1963 IN CHINA. OWNED AT TIME OF LOSS BY THE GOVERMENT OF THE PEOPLES REPUBLIC OF CHINA. PASSAGE TSINGTAO FOR MOJI. SANK OFF CHEJU ISLAND AFTE...

Yukaitu Wreck

No description

Yun T'eng Wreck

EX-GULF STREAM '89, EX-KISANGANI '86. BUILT IN 1975 BY BREMER VULKAN AG, BREMEN-VERSACK. OWNED AT TIME OF LOSS BY YUN TENG SHIPPING INC. PASSAGE KAOHS...

Yunam No.7 Wreck

BUILT IN 1960 BY SANOYASU DOCKYARD CO LTD, OSAKA. OWNED AT TIME OF LOSS BY THREE STAR SHIPPING INC. PASSAGE INCHON FOR KOKURA. SANK AFTER COLLISION IN...

Yung Shin Wreck

EX- EISHIN MARU (1975), BUILT IN 1963 BY USUKI TEKKOSHO, SAIKI. OWNED AT TIME OF LOSS BY WOO YANG SHIPPING CO LTD. TOOK ON WATER DURING HEAVY WEATHER...

Yuseung Ho Wreck

30.12.81 VESSEL, BUILT 1972, SANK DURING BAD WEATHER WHILST EN-ROUTE SINGAPORE TO KUALA BELAIT, BRUNEI. OWNED AT TIME OF LOSS BY TUNG FONG SHIPPING...

Yvette Wreck

VESSEL, ON PASSAGE FROM ST LOUIS DU RHONE TO CASABLANCA. RAN AGROUND AFTER HER HOLD FLOODED. BROKE UP DUE TO HEAVY SWELL. ALL CREW SAFE. (LLOYDS VOL.2...

Yvonne Wreck

VESSEL SANK OFF DAS ISLAND DURING HEAVY WEATHER WHILST ON PASSAGE DOHA FOR DUBAI.

Zaffiro Wreck

BUILT 1938 BY S P AUSTIN & SON, LTD. OWNED AT TIME OF LOSS BY MICHELE SCOTTO DI MASE. PASSAGE GHAZAOUET FOR OLBIA, SARDINIA. WRECKED OFF CAP BENGUT, A...

Zahar-3 Wreck

No description

Zalcosea Ii (Possibly) Wreck

CAUGHT TRYING TO DIVERT CARGO AFTER HAVING FEIGNING HAVING SUNK OFF CAPE OF GOOD HOPE. AFTER HAVING TRANSFERRED CARGO TO ANOTHER VESSEL FOR ONWARD TRA...

Zam Zam Wreck

EX-MEERA '92, EX-ATHLOS IV '89, EX-NORDGARD '81, EX-CANOPUS '79. BUILT 1966 BY OY LAIVATEOLLISUUS AB, TURKU. OWNED AT TIME OF LOSS BY ATRIUM INVESTMEN...

Zambales Wreck

EX-PALAWAN MERCHANT, EX- KOBE MARU NO.8 ('83), BUILT 1970 BY HIGAKI ZOSEN KK, IMABARI. OWNED AT TIME OF LOSS BY PINEWOOD SHIPPING CORP, MANILA. PASSAG...

Zamosc Wreck

21.1.79 SANK AFTER COLLISION IN R. SCHELDT. (LL, 21.1.79).

Zamrud Wreck

No description

Zea Wreck

1.6.80 BUILT IN 1960 BY NIPPONKAI JUKOGYO, TOYAMA. OWNED AT TIME OF LOSS BY SHIPPING GROUP OFF SHORE INC. PASSAGE BRAILA FOR HAIFA. RAN AGROUND,...

Zefiraki Wreck

7.3.77 WENT AGROUND AT ELAPHONISI, CAPE MALEA. REFLOATING OPERATIONS WERE REPORTED TO BE IN PROGRESS. (LL 7.3.77).

Zeida Wreck

5.4.82 VESSEL, BUILT 1971, SANK AFTER CARGO SHIFTED IN VERY HEAVY WEATHER CONDITIONS WHILE ON PASSAGE FROM FERROL FOR CASABLANCA. 8 OF THE 18 CREW W...

Zelzate 1 Wreck

IRON HULL

Zenyo Maru Wreck

BUILT IN 1937 BY MITSUBISHI JUKOJYO K.K., WITH OIL ENGINES OF 1167NHP. OWNED AT TIME OF LOSS BY TOYO KISEN KK. TORPEDOED BY A DUTCH SUBMARINE OFF PENA...

Zeus Wreck

VESSEL, OWNED AT TIME OF LOSS BY NORCAMCO LINES, MANILA. ON PASSAGE FOR MANILA. CAUGHT FIRE & ABANDONED BY CREW OFF CALAPAN POINT, MINDORO. ALL CREW S...

Zeus Wreck

SANK IN 120 MINUTES AFTER TAKING IN WATER INTO THE ENGINE ROOM IN HEAVY SEAS. SEVEN MEN LOST.

Ziad (Possibly) Wreck

WENT AGROUND IN V STRONG NE GALE.

Zingara Wreck

EX- KORMORAN (1963), EX- ADAMASTOS (1976), BUILT IN 1963 BY VEB SCHIFFWERT, ROSTOCK, WITH 6 CYLINDER DIESEL ENGINE OF 1365BHP. OWNED AT TIME OF LOSS B...

Zinnia Wreck

No description

Zoe Ii (Probably) Wreck

BUILT IN 1956 BY CANTIERI NAVALI FELSZEGI, TRIESTE. OWNED AT TIME OF LOSS BY CENTURY SHIPPING CORP. PASSAGE CHIOGGIA FOR JEDDAH. ABANDONED 25M S OF PU...

Zuidpool Wreck

No description

Zuisei Maru Wreck

24.11.76 TOOK REFUGE AT CON SON OFF HO CHI-MINH CITY ABOUT THE 24.11.76 WITH ENGINE TROUBLE. LEFT AREA ON THE 29TH AFTER REPAIRS BUT NOTHING FURTHER...