Yacht Wrecks 1900-2000

Marsuka Wreck

14.7.75 MAYDAY POSN 6M W OF GIRVAN. HOLED AND SUNK CREW OF 2 RESCUED. (LL, 14.7.75)

Mary Ann Wreck

26.11.76 TAKEN IN TOW FOR ONDARROA, BUT TOWLINE PARTED & SHE SANK. (LL 26.11.76).

Mazi Wreck

No description

Merlijn Wreck

FOUNDERED IN HEAVY SEAS DURING GALE. ALL CREW LOST. (LL).

Metikei Wreck

28.8.76 FERRO-CONCRETE AUX. YACHT, WRECKED ON REEF, NW COAST OF GUADALCANAL, WHILST EN ROUTE RENNELL ISLAND TO HONIARA. OWNED AT TIME OF LOSS BY C....

Michel Thrush Wreck

STRANDED.

Mio Wreck

AN OLD SWEDISH MINE-VESSEL WHICH WAS REBUILT INTO A PLEASURE YACHT. PROBABLY SANK DUE TO LEAKAGE AROUND THE PROP SHAFT.

Mist (1910) Wreck

STRANDED

Monza 4 Wreck

MAST BROKE WHILE ON PASSAGE FROM FALMOUTH TO POOLE. THE ONLY PERSON ON BOARD WAS RESCUED AND THE VESSEL WAS LEFT DRIFTING IN 491500N, 035100W. VESSEL...

Moody Blue Wreck

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Motorola Wreck

11.6.80 SUNK DURING TRANSATLANTIC SINGLE HANDED RACE. SKIPPER RESCUED. (LL, 11.6.80).

Mudlark Wreck

No description

Mudlark Wreck

YACHT DISAPPEARED ON PASSAGE CALAIS TO BOULOGNE. 6 LIVES LOST.

Musketeer Wreck

OWNED AT TIME OF LOSS BY BRUXELLES ROYAL YACHT CLUB. PASSAGE FROM MINDELO, ST VINCENT, CAPE VERDE ISLAND. 2 BELGIAN WOMEN WERE RESCUED FROM THEIR LIFE...

Myko Wreck

25.5.83 RAN AGROUND SW OF FANO. (LL, 25.5.83)

Nadine Wreck

VESSEL, ON PASSAGE CIVITAVECCIA TO SARDINIA UNDER CHARTER. TOOK ON WATER IN HEAVY WEATHER CAUSING ENGINES TO FAIL & LATER SANK. 19 PERSONS RESCUED. (L...

Nahed Wreck

18.1.88 A CONVERTED MINESWEEPER. GROUNDED ON REEF WHILE ON PASSAGE PIREAUS FOR JEDDAH. TOOK ON LIST AND WAS ABANDONED BY CREW. (LL).

Naseby Wreck

RUN OVER BY M CONTAINER VESSEL GEETSTROOM.

Neptune (Possibly) Wreck

SINGLE CONTACT, APPROX 10MTRS IN DIAMETER

Nicolette Wreck

SANK FOLLOWING A COLLISION WITH FRENCH TRAWLER 'LE TEMPS DES CERISES' WHILE ON A CRUISE FROM SALCOMBE ALONG THE SW COAST OF FRANCE. 6 CREW RESCUED, 3...

Nina 2 Wreck

SANK ON ROCKS AT CALA BLAVA, ARENAL, WHEN CHAIN BROKE IN HIGH WINDS. (LLOYDS VOL.228).

Non Stop Wreck

BUILT IN 1977. SANK DURING HURRICANE 'HUGO'.(LLOYDS VOL.278).

Northward Wreck

SANK AFTER EXPLOSION. (LL).

Nyarlathotep Wreck

18.6.76 FRENCH SEAMAN RESCUED FROM RAFT AFTER HIS YACHT,TAKING PART IN A TRANSATLANTIC YACHT RACE, SANK. (LL, 18.6.76).

Nyula Wreck

BUILT IN 1936. OWNED AT TIME OF LOSS BY THE ROYAL NAVY. ONE BOILER, TRIPLE EXPANSION ENGINE, SINGLE SHAFT. SANK FOLLOWING COLLISION. A HARBOUR DEFENCE...

Octopus 70 (Possibly) Wreck

OWNED AT TIME OF LOSS BY JOHN JAMES, JERSEY. PASSAGE CORUNNA FOR JERSEY. STRANDED ON ROCKS S OF BENIGNET ISLAND, NEAR USHANT. (LLOYDS VOL.213).

Ole Kynde Wreck

7.2.76 EX WOODEN TRAWLER USED AS PLEASURE BOAT STRANDED IN VICINITY SAINTE GERMAIN DES VAUX, NEAR CAP DE LA HAGUE WHILST EN-ROUTE LEMVIG TO MALAGA....

Oliver Van Noort Wreck

17.7.76 RAN AGROUND ON ROCKS OFF OPORTO, N OF LEIXOES, IN FOG. (LL, 17.7.76).

Opportune Star Wreck

23.6.75 CAUGHT FIRE & FOUNDERED OFF PUNTA MALA. REGISTERED IN LONDON. ALL CREW SAFELY RESCUED. (LL, 23.6.75)

Ordago Wreck

SANK AFTER FIRE BROKE OUT 16 MILES NORTH OF PUNTA GALEA. CREW OF 4 RESCUED BY MT FUENTE DE.

Osmunda Wreck

SMALL YACHT PROBABLY SUNK AFTER EXPLOSION. (LLOYDS & HM COASTGUARD, BRIXHAM).

Osprey Wreck

SANK AFTER COLLISION WITH AN OBSTRUCTION.

Oswald Wreck

27.8.75 CAUGHT FIRE 9M N OF ROSCOFFON WHILE ON PASSAGE FROM L'ABERWRACH TO JERSEY. CREW SAVED. (LL 27.8.75).

Our Boys Wreck

SUNK AT MOORINGS.

Ouragan Wreck

No description

Pahua Wreck

No description

Pamjan Wreck

SUNK IN COLLISION WITH MV ORDINENCE.

Papillon Wreck

VESSEL, SANK FOLLOWING A FIRE. TWO CREW, ENGINEER RESCUED, MASTER MISSING. (LLOYDS VOL.228).

Patricia Two Wreck

SUNK IN 13FMS, 1 MAN CREW RESCUED. (LL).

Patronita Wreck

DISMASTED AND WITH PROPELLER DEFECTIVE WAS ABANDONED BY CREW. TAKEN IN TOW, WHICH LATER PARTED. EVENTUALLY SANK.

Pegasus Wreck

3.4.89 SANK WHILE ON CRUISE FROM WALTON-ON-THE-NAZE. (LL, 3.4.89)

Peggy Wreck

FOUNDERED, POSSIBLY AFTER STRIKING REEF OFF LLANTWIT MAJOR BEACH AT COL HUW PT. (TH)

Pen-Y-Mor (Possibly) Wreck

STRUCK SUBMERGED OBJECT AND SANK.

Phantom Wreck

VESSEL GROUNDED AT LOCQUEMEAU HARBOUR. THE CREW OF TWO, AN ENGLISHMAN AND A GERMAN, ESCAPED WITHOUT INJURY. THE GERMAN AND A FRENCHMAN LOST THEIR LIVE...

Philander (Probably) Wreck

SANK FOLLOWING A FIRE.

Philippa Wreck

SANK AT MOORINGS.

Picta Wreck

VESSEL CAUGHT FIRE AFTER ANCHORING IN 3FMS AT PUERTO ANDRAITX. ATTEMPTS TO TOW TO DEEPER WATER FAILED. CONSIDERED TOTAL LOSS, NO LOSS OF LIFE. (LLOYDS...

Pouled Eau Hailingh Wreck

RAN AGROUND AND SANK, CREW SAVED.

Quesada (Possibly) Wreck

BUILT 1938 AT BRITISH POWER BOAT CO, SOUTHAMPTON WITH TWO OIL ENGINES, TWIN SHAFT. MACHINERY BY DORMAN DIESEL LTD. PROBABLY A CONVERTED MTB. PASSAGE I...

Quesada (Possibly) Wreck

BUILT 1938 AT SOUTHAMPTON, WITH TWO OIL ENGINES, TWIN SHAFT. MACHINERY BY DORMAN DIESEL LTD. PROBABLY A CONVERTED MTB. PASSAGE ISLAND OF ARRAN & ROTHE...

Ratso Wreck

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Reclez Wreck

VESSEL RADIOED MAYDAY, REPORTING OUTBREAK OF DENSE SMOKE BUT NO FLAMES ON BOARD, WHILST EN ROUTE CHERBOURG TO NEEDLES. VESSEL LATER REPORTED TO BE ON...

Reham Iii (Possibly) Wreck

19.4.80 SANK WHEN WATER ENTERED ENGINE ROOM DURING SPEED TRIALS. BILGE PUMP UNABLE TO COPE. (LL, 19.4.80)

Revella Wreck

YACHT, ON PASSAGE FROM GIBRALTAR TO PORT JOSE BANUS. BELIEVED TO HAVE BEEN STRUCK BY A LARGE WAVE OFF EUROPA, CAUSING LEAKAGE, NECESSITATING THE OWNER...

Richard Davey Wreck

ASHORE ON FARM BEACH, TRESCO, ISLES OF SCILLY, FOLLOWING FIRE. 1 LIFE LOST. (LLOYDS 212)

Roland Wreck

REPD TAKING IN WATER QUICKLY. SANK. (FALMOUTH MRCC).

Rolling Stone Wreck

RAN AGROUND. ABANDONED BY CREW AND LATER WAS SWAMPED BY INCOMING TIDE.

Romarin Wreck

SANK AFTER COLLISION WITH A DUTCH TANKER. (LLOYDS).

Rombo Wreck

4.2.1980 SANK 3/4.2.1980 OFF W COAST OF COTENTIN PENINSULAR. (LL, 6.2.80).

Rosabelle Wreck

VESSEL WAS SUNK BY GERMAN U-374. 30 MISSING, 4 SAVED. (WW2SL).

Rossekop Ii Wreck

SUNK AT AIRY POINT, RIVER TAW ESTUARY, ON PASSAGE FROM GIBRALTAR TO SHARPNESS. (LLOYDS VOL.210). VESSEL, WAS A CONVERTED MFV. LOOTERS STOLE...

Roxanna Wreck

SEEN BURNING APPROX 3M STH OF GORLESTON CG LOOK-OUT. LATER HOLED WHILST GROUNDING ON BEACH BELOW CORTON CLIFFS. SANK CLOSE INSHORE. CREW RECOVERED.

Rubicon Wreck

CAUGHT FIRE AND SANK.

Ruffian Wreck

12.7.76 ABANDONED VESSEL AGROUND ON MONEY WEIGHTS BANK. CREW RESCUED. LIFEBOAT TOWED YACHT TO 4.5M E OF BLACKWATER HEAD AND ABANDONED IT, WITH JUST...

Salam Wreck

SANK AFTER BEING IN COLLISION WITH FISHING VESSEL, NISSHIN MARU NO 53, OFF PIGEON ISLAND. (LL).

Salient Wreck

No description

Sandpiper Wreck

RUN DOWN AND SUNK BY MV 'CLARITY' (LL).

Sant Antonio Wreck

YACHT, BUILT 1987. SANK AFTER MAJOR LEAK. CREW OF THREE RESCUED BY ITALIAN COASTGUARD. (LLOYDS VOL.302).

Santa Cruz Wreck

KNOCKED FLAT BY SQUALL WHILST UNDER FULL SAIL. TOOK WATER AND SANK. (LL).

Saxon Steel Wreck

VESSEL REPORTEDLY ON FIRE, MAYDAY RECEIVED, CREW RESCUED BY SPANISH TRAWLER. VESSEL LATER SANK.

Sea Jade 72 Wreck

No description

Sea Kitten Wreck

No description

Sea Legs Wreck

SANK WHILEON PASSAGE FROM BRITTANY. (LLOYDS VOL 213).

Sea Quest Wreck

2.3.84 RAN AGROUND ON APO ISLAND, WAS ABANDONED, AND EVENTUALLY SANK. ALL 34 PASSENGERS & CREW RESCUED. OWNED AT TIME OF LOSS BY ANTONIO TUAZON PERE...

Selkie Wreck

No description

Serenity Wreck

SANK, FOLLOWING FIRE, IN TOR BAY. (CG BRIXHAM).

Shannon Lister Wreck

SANK FOLLOWING ENGINE ROOM FIRE. (LLOYDS 224).

Sheila Wreck

TOOK WATER AND LATER SANK. CREW OF TWO RESCUED. PASSAGE FALMOUTH TO GUERNSEY.

Silverclyde Wreck

VESSEL, ON PASSAGE FROM ALMERIA TO IBIZA. SANK IN BAD WEATHER BETWEEN CATHAGENA & IBIZA, IN VICINTY OF GATA LT. (LLOYDS VOL.219).

Sir Jasper Wreck

1.11.81 CAPSIZED & SANK WHILE OVERTAKING IN A RACE. (SOLENT MSRC SIG DTD 1.11.81).

Sirajah Wreck

WENT AGROUND.

Snow Goose Wreck

8.10.76 ABANDONED YACHT ASHORE AT MILFORD ON SEA AFTER CREW MEMBER RESCUED BY YARMOUTH LIFE BOAT. (LL, 8.10.76).

Solvida (Possibly) Wreck

7.12.76 BEMBRIDGE LIFEBOAT LAUNCHED TO ASSIST YACHT FIRING RED FLARES 1.2 MILES W OF NAB TWR. LATER REPORTED TO HAVE SUNK 'OFF SELSEY'. (LL, 7.12.76...

Song Of The Sea Wreck

RAN AGROUND ON ROCKS.

Sootica Wreck

CAUGHT FIRE. ABANDONED BY CREW AND SANK DURING A SALVAGE ATTEMPT.

Sorak Wreck

26.2.77 CAUGHT FIRE OFF ST MARTINS POINT & SANK WHILE BEING TOWED BACK TO ST PETER PORT. ONE PERSON DIED. (LL, 26.2.77).

Southern Clipper Wreck

REPORTED TO BE HOLED ON STRIKING UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT. WAS ABANDONED BY CREW AND SANK.

Spindrift Wreck

SANK UNDER TOW BY HMS ENTERPRISE.

Springbok 2 Wreck

22.6.67 FOUNDERED AT 6.30PM. (LL, 22.6.67).

Springtide Wreck

AGROUND AFTER GAS CYLINDER OVERTURNED & EXPLODED CAUSING A FIRE. 2 OF CREW OF 3 LOST.

St Rowan Wreck

31.7.90 PASSAGE PLYMOUTH FOR LISBON. REPORTED TAKING IN WATER FAST AND SINKING. WAS ABANDONED BY CREW AND SANK. (LL, 31.7.90).

Standfast Ii Wreck

CAUGHT FIRE AND BURNT TO THE WATERLINE. (LL).

Stephanie Wreck

No description

Sunmate Ii Wreck

RAN AGROUND ON GUAM REEF. (LL).

Sweet Annett Wreck

ABANDONED AND SANK. (HARTLAND MRSC).

Syrinx (Part Of)(Possibly) Wreck

DISMASTED IN HEAVY SEAS, TAKEN IN TOW, LATER SANK. (LL).

Taaroa Wreck

TAKEN IN TOW OF MV THIESSOW. LATER ABANDONED. CREW RECOVERED.

Tai-Tai Wreck

LEFT IN SINKING CONDITION AFTER CAPSIZING. (LL).

Taku Wreck

30.8.76 SANK FOLLOWING COLLISION WITH GERMAN SCHOONER ALBATROSS. AREA SEARCHED UNSUCCESSFULLY FOR MISSING CREWMAN ONE OTHER PERSON RESCUED. (LL, 30....

Tashika Wreck

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