All Sailing Vessel Wrecks
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BUILT OF WOOD. PASSAGE GRIMSBY FOR DIEPPE. FOUNDERED. (SIBI).
Girona Wreck
STRUCK ROCKS AND SANK WHILE ENDEAVOURING TO RETURN TO SPAIN FOLLOWING THE DEFEAT OF THE SPANISH ARMADA.
Giulio S Wreck
VESSEL ABANDONED, PRESUMED SUNK, AFTER BEING BADLY DAMAGED IN HEAVY WEATHER. (OLD LL CUTTING, DTD 20 DEC, BUT NO YEAR GIVEN).
Giuseppina Accame Wreck
DISAPPEARED WHILE ON A VOYAGE FROM RIO DE JANIERO.
Gladstone Wreck
BUILT IN 1866 BY J THOMPSON, SUNDERLAND. OWNED AT TIME OF LOSS BY W C ALLEN. WHEN LYING AT ANCHOR OFF TRANMERE WAS SUNK BY A NEW VESSEL LAUNCHED FROM...
Glasgow Wreck
27.8.1896 BUILT IN 1878 FOR SULTAN. SUNK ON 27.8.1896. (K PATIENCE).
Glenar Wreck
No description
Glenbervie Wreck
VESSEL, BUILT IN 1866 BY C. CONNELL & CO., GLASGOW, WENT ASHORE NEAR LOWLAND PT IN BAD WEATHER WHILE ON PASSAGE THAMES TO ALGOA BAY, W AFRICA. (CORNI...
Glendoon Wreck
SUNK BY SUBMARINE 60 MILES WSW OF BISHOPS ROCK WHILST EN-ROUTE IQUIQUE TO CALAIS. (LL WW1).
Gleneuse Wreck
WOODEN SCHOONER, BUILT 1898 BY LABOUREUR, PAIMPOL. OWNED AT TIME OF LOSS BY F MORVAN, PAIMPOL. SANK FOLLOWING COLLISION WITH SS CRAONNE, WHILST ON PAS...
Glenholm Wreck
CAPTURED THEN TORPEDOED BY U27. (WW1SL & NAVAL STAFF MONOGRAPHS VOL 13).
Glenorchy (Possibly) Wreck
BUILT OR IRON IN 1868 BY A MCMILLAN & SONS LTD, DUMBARTON. OWNED AT TIME OF LOSS BY ALLAN & GOW (MCGREGOR & GOW), GLASGOW. PASSAGE GREENOCK FOR BOMBAY...
Gloria Wreck
SANK
Glynn Wreck
CAPTURED & SUNK BY GUNFIRE FROM SUBMARINE 32M FROM LES HANOIS, GUERNSEY. (WW1SL). SUNK BY SUBMARINE 32M NW OF LES HANOIS LTHO., G...
Gold Seeker Wreck
BUILT OF WOOD. STOPPED BY U-BOAT. CREW FORCED TO ABANDON SHIP. SUNK BY GUNFIRE. (SIBI).
Golden Slipper Wreck
SANK FOLLOWING A FIRE. (OBAN MRSC)
Gooilander Wreck
25.7.75 GROUNDED IN ENTRANCE TO SCHULPEN GAT. FOUR CREW RECOVERED. FOUR REMAINED ON VESSEL. (LL, 25.7.75).
Gordon Wreck
No description
Gotha Wreck
STRANDED ON HAISBOROUGH SAND. LATER REFLOATED AND SUBSEQUENTLY SANK. (LL).
Grace (Possibly) Wreck
SUNK BY GERMAN SUBMARINE WHILE ON PASSAGE CHARLESTOWN TO ROUEN. (NAVAL STAFF MONOGRAPHS, VOL.17 & LL WW1).
Grace Dieu Wreck
STRUCK BY LIGHTNING AND BURNT.
Granite Wreck
PASSAGE BOSTON FOR CALIFORNIA. WRECKED ON WESTPOINT ISLAND. (FALKLAND ISLAND SHORES, PUBLISHED 1985).
Grantham (Possibly) Wreck
ENGLISH EAST INDIA COMPANY SHIP, BUILT AROUND 1727. (ADU).
Gratitude Wreck
CAPTURED BY SUBMARINE AND SUNK BY BOMBS. (WW1SL).
Grazie Mamma Wreck
UK NM 2745/24
Gre 14 Wreck
No description
Greta Wreck
No description
Grethe Wreck
PASSAGE TEIGNMOUTH FOR DENMARK. RAN AGROUND ON THE S GOODWIN SANDS. (RAMSGATE C G).
Guadaloupe Wreck
STRANDED
Guatamazon Wreck
GROUNDED, BILGED
Gudrun Wreck
BUILT IN 1886 BY W F LANGFELDT, CHRISTIANSAND, NORWAY. SUNK BY SUBMARINE BOARDING PARTY. (N R CHIPCHASE & LLWW1).
Guess Wreck
SANK ABOUT 400YDS E FROM NEW BRIGHTON LANDING STAGE AFTER COLLISION.
Guethary Wreck
BUILT OF STEEL IN 1901 IN NANTES. PASSAGE NEW CALEDONIA FOR GLASGOW. DROVE ASHORE ONE MILE S OF ARDMORE PT, 100YDS W OF LT HO. (SIBI). WRECKED ON EILE...
Gull (Possibly) Wreck
BUILT OF WOOD IN 1920 BY A/B SALTVIKS SUIP. OWNED AT TIME OF LOSS BY NK @ OSCARSHAMN. PASSAGE FOWEY FOR STOCKHOLM. FOUNDERED FOLLOWING COLLISION. (SIB...
Gulnare Wreck
8.9.1836 LOST 8.9.1836 WHILST ON PASSAGE TO GUERNSEY. (T A TITTERINGTON, JERSEY MARITIME MUSEUM, 6.1.77).
Gunvor Wreck
BUILT OF STEEL IN 1895 BY LAPORTE & CIE, ROUEN. PASSAGE CALETA BUENA, CHILE FOR FALMOUTH. RAN AGROUND IN FOG.
Gwendoline Wreck
CONDEMNED SCHOONER, PREVIOUSLY LORD CAERNARVON'S PRIVATE YACHT, USED AS A LIGHTER UNTIL SWAMPED & SUNK IN LATE 1960'S.
Gwydir Wreck
SANK, CAUSE NOT REPORTED. 1 LIFE LOST.
Hackfeld Wreck
No description
Hainton Wreck
FISHING. SUNK BY U BOAT. (LLWW1 & GRIMSBY LOSS LIST).
Halloween Wreck
DRIVEN ASHORE ONTO ROCKS AT SOAR MILL COVE DURING A SE GALE WHILE EN-ROUTE FOOCHOW TO LONDON. VESSEL BROKE UP WITHIN 3 DAYS. BUILT 1870. OWNED AT TIME...
Hamar Wreck
STRUCK A ROCK, CAPSIZED AND SANK WHILE FERRYING SOMALI REFUGEES FROM KISMAYU TO MALINDI. THOUGHT THAT ABOUT 140 OF THE 650 PASSENGERS LOST THEIR LIVES...
Hannah Wreck
GROUNDED ON N END OF TAYLORS BANK AND WENT TO PIECES.
Hannah Landles Wreck
9.12.1891 PARTED TOW ROPE NEAR FORMBY LTV AND DROVE ON SHORE ON W SIDE OF GREAT BURBO BANK ABOUT 1.6MILES SW BY W FROM CROSBY LTV. WENT TO PIECES...
Hanover Wreck
A PACKET BOATS OPERATED BY THE PACKET SERVICE (FORERUNNER OF THE POST OFFICE), WHICH PLIED THESE SEA ROUTES BETWEEN 1688 AND 1852. ON A VOYAGE FROM LI...
Hans Egede Wreck
No description
Harald Wreck
EX-HORNBY CASTLE, EX-DUNCAN COUPLAND, BUILT 1877 BY T ROYDEN & SONS, LIVERPOOL. PASSAGE CARDIFF FOR SANDEFJORD, NORWAY. RAN AGROUND AT RUBHA NAN LEACA...
Hare Rama Hara Krishna Wreck
No description
Harenui Wreck
BUILT IN 1976. REPORTED LOST IN STORM IN GULF OF LIONS. (LL).
Hari Prasad Wreck
SANK AFTER STRIKING WK OF MV ORIENTAL PEARL.
Harriet (Possibly) Wreck
FOUNDERED. (GRIMSBY LOSS LIST).
Harvest Home Wreck
BUILT OF WOOD IN 1882 BY T LUND, TARLETON. OWNED AT TIME OF LOSS BY G DEVEREUX, PAUL QUAY, WEXFORD. PASSAGE WEXFORD FOR GARDSON. CARGO WOOD. CAPTURED...
Hasil Kajuara Wreck
No description
Hasko Iii Wreck
18.4.75 PASSAGE IJMUIDEN FOR HELIGOLAND. RAN AGROUND NEAR RAZENDE BOL SHOAL, HAAKSGRONDEN. CREW OF 11 RECOVERED. (LL, 18.4.75).
Hattie L M Wreck
LOST ON BLEAKER ISLAND. (FALKLAND ISLAND SHORES, PUBLISHED 1985).
Heart Of Oak Wreck
STRANDED ON SE END OF TAYLORS BANK.
Heistad Wreck
EX-ALBERT T YOUNG. BUILT OF WOOD IN 1874 BY P E YOUNG, ISLAND. OWNED AT TIME OF LOSS BY AKT HEISTAD. PASSAGE PORSGRUND FOR THE TYNE. DROVE ASHORE IN M...
Helene 1 Wreck
SANK OFF MARSEILLES. CREW SAFE. (LL).
Helvetia Wreck
CAPTURED & SUNK BY GERMAN SUBMARINE 22M WSW OF LINDESNAES, WHILST ON PASSAGE HOLMESTRAND FOR HARTLEPOOL. (WW1SL & LL WW1)
Henrietta Wreck
BUILT OF WOOD IN 1872 BY STEPHENS, POINT FEOCK, CORNWALL. OWNEE AT TIME OF LOSS BY W L JENKIN. PASSAGE PAR FOR MANCHESTER. SANK IN THE QUEENS CHANNEL...
Henry Grattan Wreck
STRANDED; BILGED
Henry J Smith Wreck
BUILT OF WOOD IN 1890 BY WASHBURN BROS, THOMASTON, ME. OWNED AT TIME OF LOSS BY EDWIN SMITH, NEW YORK. PASSAGE LIVERPOOL FOR CARDIFF. WAS UNDER TOW FO...
Hera Wreck
EX- RICHARD WAGNER. BUILT IN 1886 BY J C TECKLENBORG. OWNED AT THE TIME OF LOSS BY RHEDERI AKT. GES. VON 1896. PASSAGE PISAGUA, CHILE FOR FALMOUTH. WA...
Herlief Wreck
29.8.1882 DROVE ON SHORE ON CROSBY BEACH. WENT TO PIECES ON 29.8.1882.
Hermine Wreck
BUILT IN 1865 BY R & J EVANS & CO LIVERPOOL. OWNED AT TIME OF LOSS BY T H JACKSON, LIVERPOOL. PASSAGE SUPE, PERU FOR LIVERPOOL. STRUCK ROCKS AND CAPSI...
Heroine (Possibly) Wreck
BUILT OF WOOD IN 1876 IN PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND. PASSAGE NEWPORT FOR ROSARIO WITH COAL AND RAILWAY IRON. MASTER J KIRBY. STRANDED ON NE CORNER OF LUNDY...
Heroine (Probably) Wreck
BUILT OF WOOD IN 1844. PASSAGE LONDON FOR PORT PHILIP. GOT INTO DIFFICULTIES IN VIOLENT SW GALE OFF BEER HEAD, STRUCK A REEF AND DEVELOPED A LEAK WHIC...
Herzogin Cecilie Wreck
BUILT IN 1902 RICKMERS ACT GES, BREMERHAVEN. PASSAGE PORT LINCOLN, AUSTRALIA FOR IPSWICH VIA FALMOUTH. OWNED AT TIME OF LOSS BY CAPTAIN GUSTAF ERIKSSO...
Highland Home (Probably) Wreck
BUILT IN 1886 BY RAMAGE & FERGUSON, LEITH. OWNED AT TIME OF LOSS BY J R CUTHBERTSON, GLASGOW. PASSAGE FLEETWOOD FOR LONDON. WAS UNDER TOW OF S TUG WAR...
Highland Laddie Wreck
RAN ASHORE & BROKE UP. (CLYDE CG).
Hilang Bilang Sari Baru Wreck
No description
Hildegard (Possibly) Wreck
CAPTURED AND SUNK BY GERMAN SUBMARINE. PASSAGE LE HAVRE FOR ST THOMAS. IN BALLAST.
Hindostan (Possibly) Wreck
WHILE ANCHORED IN QUEEN'S CHANNEL, OFF WEDGE SAND, CABLE PARTED AND SHE DRIFTED ON TO WEDGE SAND AND WAS EVENTUALLY ABANDONED. MUCH OF HER CARGO WAS S...
Hinemoa (Possibly) Wreck
CAPTURED BY GERMAN SUBMARINE AND SUNK. (WW1SL).
Hirem Wreck
WOODEN HULL
Hispaniola Wreck
VESSEL SPRANG A LEAK AFTER ITS AUXILLIARY MOTOR FAILED 10 MILES OFF SUANCES LT HO NEAR SANTANDER WHILST EN-ROUTE UK TO ALMERIA. CREW OF 4 SAVED AFTER...
Hiua-Oa Wreck
CAUGHT FIRE AND SANK ABOUT 11M W OF GORGONA ISLAND, NEAR LEGHORN, ITALY. ALL FOUR CREW SAFE. (LL).
Hms Anne Wreck
27.7.1690 BUILT IN 1678 AT CHARTHAM DOCKYARD BY PHINEAS PETT II. A THIRD-RATE SHIP. DAMAGED SEVERELY AT THE BATTLE OF BEACHY HEAD (27.7.1690) AND SU...
Hms Anson Wreck
BUILT IN 1781 AT PLYMOUTH DOCKYARD. 44 GUNS INC 32PDR CARRONADES. SAILED FALMOUTH ON 24 DEC FOR BLOCKADE OFF BREST. MISTOOK LAND'S END FOR THE LIZARD...
Hms Assurance Wreck
RAN AGROUND ON THE NEEDLES. (SRN).
Hms Boyne Wreck
ACCIDENTLY BLEW UP & BURNT DOWN TO WATERLINE BEFORE SINKING. (COLLEDGE VOL 1 & PAMPHLET 'THE MARY ROSE').
Hms Bredah (Possibly) Wreck
BUILT IN 1679 BY BETTS, HARWICH. BLOWN UP BY ACCIDENT, WHILE ANCHORED AT SPIKE ISLAND. FULL COMPLIMENT OF 400 ON BOARD WITH TROPS AND 160 JACOBITE PRI...
Hms Cambrian Wreck
VESSEL, WRECKED DURING AN ATTACK ON A PIRATE FORTRESS.
Hms Clarence Wreck
26.7.1899 EX-ROYAL WILLIAM. BUILT IN 1833 OF WOOD AT PEMBROKE DOCK, PEMBROKE. ORIGINALLY A 1ST RATE MAN OF WAR OF 120 GUNS, BUT UDOCKED AS A SCRE...
Hms Coronation (Part) Wreck
FOUNDERED WHILE AT ANCHOR OFF RAME HEAD IN STRONG SE GALE. OVER 600 LIVES LOST.
Hms Crescent Wreck
WRECKED ON COAST OF JUTLAND. (COLLEDGE).
Hms Crocodile Wreck
WRECKED ON PRAWLE POINT IN THICK FOG. (DIVER MAGAZINE, SEPT '98).
Hms Daedalus Wreck
13.3.1811 5TH RATE, 38 GUN FRIGATE, EX-FRENCH 'CORONA' CAPTURED 13.3.1811 AT LISSA, WAS WRECKED ON LITTLE BASSES, CEYLON. (SHIPS OF THE ROYAL NAVY).
Hms Dartmouth Wreck
WRECKED IN A STORM, DRIVEN ASHORE AND SUNK. (SHIPS OF RN, VOL.1). BUILT 1655 BY JOHN TIPPETS, PORTSMOUTH & REFITTED IN 1678. WAS PART OF ENG...
Hms Diomede Wreck
3.8.1795 STRUCK AN UNCHARTED ROCK BETWEEN PIGEON ISLAND & BACK BAY, TRINCOMALEE AT 1210, 3.8.1795. REACHED BACK BAY WHERE SHE SANK IN 12 FATHOMS. DI...
Hms Dragon Wreck
RAN AGROUND ON THE CASQUETS.
Hms Eagle (Probably) Wreck
FOUNDERED ON ROCKS DUE TO NAVIGATIONAL ERROR. WAS PART OF FLEET OF 15 SHIPS OF THE LINE, 5 FRIGATES AND 1 YACHT UNDER THE COMMAND OF SIR CLOUDESLEY SH...
Hms Endymion Wreck
BUILT IN 1797 BY GRAVES, LIMEHOUSE. 5TH RATE OF 44 GUNS. WRECKED ON A REEF APPROX 5 MILES SW OF SAND CAY, TURK ISLANDS. THE ROCK, AS A RESULT, WAS NAM...
Hms Hazardous Wreck
FORMERLY FRENCH 'HASARD' (?HUSSARD, ?HAZARDEUX), CAPTURED NOV 1703. WRECKED NEAR SELSEY BILL. (SRN). GROUNDED ON A REEF IN BRACKLESHAM BAY DURING A ST...
Hms Hind Wreck
WRECKED ON HINGUETTE REEF DUE TO PILOTAGE ERROR. CAPTAIN JOHN FUZZER WAS IN COMMAND. MANY OF THE 100 STRONG SHIP'S COMPANY WERE LOST. THE VESSEL'S PIL...
Hms Implacable Wreck
3.11.1805 EX FRENCH TWO-DECKER 'DUGUAY TROUIN', WHICH FOUGHT AT TRAFALGAR AND ON 3.11.1805 WAS CAPTURED. BECAME BOYS TRAINING SHIP AT DEVONPORT IN 1...
Hms Invincible Wreck
WENT AGROUND WHEN ANCHOR FOULED & RUDDER JAMMED ON ATTEMPTING TO WEIGH. KEELED OVER & SANK 3 DAYS LATER. WAS ABOUT TO SAIL FOR CANADA.
Hms Leda (Probably) Wreck
15.9.80 WRECKED ON BRIGHT MOONLIGHT NIGHT IN MODERATE WEATHER, WITHIN ENTRANCE OF MILFORD HAVEN ON W. ANGLE RKS, DUE PILOT ERROR. (T.F. CRIDLAND, 15...
Hms London Wreck
8.3.1665 BUILT IN CHATHAM 1664. A THREE-DECK, SECOND RATE WARSHIP. KNOWN TO HAVE PARTICIPATED IN THE FIRST DUTCH WAR (1652-1654) AND LATER FORMED PA...
Hms Lowestoffe Wreck
SANK IN ACTION WITH THE FRENCH.