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List of shipwrecks
This list of shipwrecks is of those sunken ships whose remains have been located.
Africa
Algeria
Egypt
Tunisia
West Africa
Asia
Turkey
Europe
Denmark
- Alexander Nevski ran aground
- U-20 ran aground
France
Germany
Gibraltar
Greece
Ireland
Italy
- Resurgam collision or scuttling
Anegada Island
- SS Atlantic ran aground near Lower Prospect
- Celebre French ship sunk by Royal Navy off Louisbourg
- Prudent French ship sunk by Royal Navy off Louisbourg
- Mont Blanc
- HMCS Saguenay
- Lilly Parsons, Brockville, Ontario
- City of Sheboygan sank off Kingston, Ontarioin Lake Ontario
- Comet collision of Nine Mile Point, Ontario in Lake Ontario.
- SS Edmund Fitzgerald sank in Lake Superior
- Gunilda yacht ran up on McGarvey's Shoals Lake Superior
- Katie Eccles ran aground near Kingston, Ontario on Lake Ontario.
- Smith tugboat sank under tow off Long Point, Ontario Lake Erie.
- St. James unknown cause off of Long Point, Ontario in Lake Erie, discovered 1984.
- Trade Wind schooner collided with the Sir Charles Napier off Long Point, Ontario in Lake Erie.
- Wild Roverfoundered off Long Point, Ontario Lake Erie.
- Guadalupe sunk by hurricane in Samana Bay, Dominican Republic in 1724
- Tolosa sunk by hurricane in Samana Bay, Dominican Republic in 1724
- Mary Celeste intentionally grounded in insurance fraud scheme
- Nissan Maru sunk by U.S. bombers
- Portland struck rock off Cordova
- Ace I sunk as hazard to navigation off San Pedro
- Aggie ran aground Santa Rosa Island
- Avalon foundered under tow off Palos Verdes, California
- Charles Brown grounded Laguna Beach, California
- Charles F. Crocker ran aground for movie, then hit by tidal wave and finally burned off Santa Catalina Island California
- Chickasaw ran aground Santa Rosa Island California
- Crown of England ran aground Santa Rosa Island California
- Cuba ran aground San Miguel Island California
- Dauntless blown up for movie off Catalina Harbor, Santa Catalina Island California
- Diosa Del Mar ran aground on Ship Rock Santa Catalina Island California
- Dominator ran aground Rocky Point Palos Verdes, California
- Elsie I foundered off Huntington Beach, California
- Equator ran aground Anacapa Island California
- Foss 125 foundered off Laguna Beach, California
- F.S. Loop blown up near Los Angeles, California
- Frolic wrecked near Mendecino, California in 1850
- Georgia scuttled off Redondo Beach, California
- Georgia Straits sunk while towed off Los Angeles, California
- Goldenhorn ran aground Santa Rosa Island California
- USS Gregory (DD-802) bombed as target off San Clemente Island California
- USS Hogan bombed as target off San Diego, California
- Honda Point Disaster, nine US Navy ships run aground off the California coast in 1923.
- Humble SM-1 foundered off Santa Barbara, California
- Johanna Smith burned then blown up off Long Beach, California
- USS John C. Butler sunk as target off San Clemente, California
- USS Koka grounded on San Clemente Island California
- La Janelle grounded off Port Hueneme, California
- USS Makassar Strait grounded on San Nicholas Island California
- Margaret C. blown up for movie Catalina Harbor, Santa Catalina Island California
- Melrose ran aground White Point, California
- Monfalcone burned off Long Beach, California
- USS Moody blown up for movie San Pedro Bay,California
- Ningpo beached then burned Santa Catalina Island California
- Olympic II collision off San Pedro, California
- Palmyra beached and burned off Santa Catalina Island California
- S.S. Pomona ran aground near Fort Ross Cove, California in 1888
- S-37 broke tow and sank off Imperial Beach, California
- Sacramento foundered off Redondo Beach, California
- S.N. Castle burned and sunk for movie Catalina Harbor Santa Catalina Island California
- San Augustin Manila galleon wrecked at anchor in Drakes Bay
- SueJac grounded on Casino Point,Santa Catalina Island California
- UB-88 shelled for target San Pedro Bay California
- Valiant burned off Descanso Beach, California
- Winfield Scott ran aground Anacapa Island California
- Yankee Blade Ran aground Honda Point, California
- Yukon foundered Mission Bay, California
- Adelaide Baker grounded on reef Duck Key
- USS Amesbury grounded off Key West
- Angustias hurricane off Marathon Key, Florida in 1733
- Benwood collision Florida Keys
- Catherine off Santa Rosa Island
- City of Washington ran aground Key Largo, Florida
- Eagle destroyed by fire off Florida Keys in 1985
- El Infante hurricane off Marathon Key, Florida in 1733
- HMS Fowey sunk in Biscayne Bay Florida 1748
- Henrietta Marie slave ship sunk off of Florida Keys in 1700
- Herrera hurricane off Marathon Key, Florida in 1733
- Le Tigre stranded on Dog Island, Florida during storm in 1766
- Maple Leaf US Civil War transport; struck torpedo near Jacksonville, Florida
- Nuestra Seņora de Atocha - Spanish galleon which sank in 1622 and was found on July 20, 1985 40 miles off the coast of Key West, Florida by treasure hunters who soon began to raise $400 million in coins and silver.
- Nuestra Seņora del Populo hurricane off Marathon Key, Florida in 1733
- Queen of Nassau off Florida Keys in 1926 under mysterious circumstances.
- San Jose hurricane off Marathon Key, Florida in 1733
- San Pedro hurricane off Indian Key, Florida
- Slobodna ran aground on Molasses Reef in 1887
- Tarpon swamped off Panama City, Florida
- USS Wilkes-Barre sunk off Florida Keys
- Aratama Maru sunk in Tolofofo Bay
- SMS Cormoran German raider scuttled at start of WWI Apra Harbor
- Kizugawa sunk in WWII
- Tokai Maru sunk in Apra Harbor
- Emma L. Nielson collision in fog off Point Aux Barques, Michigan .
- Hunter Savidge capsized off of Pointes Aux Barques, Michigan
- John A. McGean lost in storm off of Harbor Beach in Lake Huron in the White Hurricane of 1913 .
- Adonis struck shore Deal Beach
- SS Andrea Doria, 1956 collision
- USS Arundo torpedoed off New Jersey
- Ayuruoca collision off New Jersey
- Beth Dee Bob foundered in storm off New Jersey
- Brunette collision off New Jersey
- Chappara struck mine off New Jersey
- Choapa collision off New Jersey
- Delaware burned then sank under tow off New Jersey
- Goulandris collision off New Jersey
- Gulftrade torpedoed off New Jersey
- Lana Carol foundered off Manasquan Inlet New Jersey
- Malta ran aground near Belmar, New Jersey
- Maurice Tracy collision off New Jersey
- Mohawk collision off New Jersey
- SS Morro Castle fire off Asbury Park, N.J.
- Park City collision off New Jersey
- Persephone torpedoed off New Jersey
- SS Pinta collision off New Jersey
- Pliny ran aground Deal Beach, New Jersey
- Rjukan ran aground on New Jersey
- R.P. Resor torpedoed off New Jersey
- Rusland struck wreck of Adonis
- San Saba struck mineoff New Jersey
- Stolt Dagali collision off New Jersey
- Tolten torpedoed off New Jersey
- Vega capsized under tow off New Jersey
- Vizcaya collision off New Jersey
- Western World ran aground on New Jersey coast
- Altoona ran aground Cape Hatteras
- Ashkhabad torpedoed off North Carolina, USA
- Atlas torpedoed off North Carolina, USA
- Australia torpedoed off North Carolina, USA
- HMSBedfordshire torpedoed off North Carolina
- Bendigo , North Carolina, USA
- British Splendour torpedoed off North Carolina
- Caribsea torpedoed off North Carolina
- Carl Gerhard sunk off Nags Head, North Carolina
- Cassimir collision off North Carolina
- Catharine M. Monohan foundered off North Carolina
- S.S. Central America off North Carolina
- Chilore torpedoed then struck mine, then foundered off North Carolina
- Ciltvaria torpedoed off Nags Head, North Carolina
- City of Houston foundered off North Carolina
- David Atwater
- Dixie Arrow torpedoed off North Carolina
- E.M. Clark torpedoed off North Carolina
- Empire Gem torpedoed off North Carolina
- Esso Nashville torpedoed off North Carolina
- Explorer sunk off Nags Head, North Carolina
- F.W. Abrams struck mine off North Carolina
- Fenwick Island foundered off North Carolina
- Francis E. Waters now in town hall Nags Head, North Carolina
- G.A. Kohler hurricane North Carolina
- George Weems burned off North Carolina
- Hesperides stranded off North Carolina
- USSHuron grounded on North Carolina coast
- Hutton torpedoed off North Carolina
- John D. Gill torpedoed off North Carolina
- Kasandra Louloudis torpedoed off North Carolina
- Keshena struck mine off North Carolina
- Kyzickes grounded on North Carolina coast
- Lancing torpedoed off North Carolina
- Laura A. Barnes ashore Coquina Beach Cape Hatteras, North Carolina
- SSLiberator torpedoed off North Carolina
- Lois Joyce sank in surf Oregon Inlet North Carolina
- Malchace torpedoed off North Carolina
- Manuela torpedoed off North Carolina
- Metropolis sunk off of Corolla, North Carolina
- USS Monitor
- Naeco torpedoed off North Carolina
- CSS Neuse aground in Neuse River
- USS New Jersey (BB-16) bombed as target off Cape Hatteras, North Carolina
- Normannia foundered off North Carolina
- USS Oriental sunk near Oregon Inlet in North Carolina
- Papoose torpedoed off North Carolina
- Pevensey blockade runner, off Atlantic Beach, North Carolina
- Porta Allegra (unknown reason)off North Carolina
- Portland ran aground Cape Lookout, North Carolina
- Proteus collision off North Carolina
- USS Schurz collision off North Carolina
- Senateur Duhammel collision off North Carolina
- Suloide collision off North Carolina
- Tamaulipas torpedoed off North Carolina
- USS Tarpon foundered off North Carolina
- U-352 depth charged off North Carolina
- U-701 depth charged off North Carolina
- U-85 depth charged off North Carolina
- Veturia grounded off North Carolina
- USS Virginia bombed as target off Cape Hatteras, North Carolina
- W.E. Hutton torpedoed off North Carolina
- William Rockefeller torpedoed off North Carolina
- Louisiana burned in gale 1913
Oceania
Tasmania
Queensland
Western Australia
- Bombed in Truk Lagoon:
- Aikoko Maru
- Fujikawa Maru
- Heian Maru
- Sankisan Maru
- Shinkoko Maru
- HMS Orpheus , 1863, Manukau Heads, Auckland, 189 lives lost
- General Grant , 1866, off the Auckland Islands
- Elingamite, New Zealand, 1902
- Niagara, sunk by a mine off Bream Head, 1940
- Wahine, 1968 ran aground, capsized, 51 lives lost
- Mikhail Lermontov, Soviet passenger liner off New Zealand in 1986
High Seas
Atlantic
Baltic
Indian
Mediterranean
- HMHS Britannic
- Dakar , Israeli submarine
- Provence , French cruiser sank, 3,100 perished
- Eurydice , French submarine
- HMS Sussex, British warship sank in 1694
- HMS Victoria, British battleship sank in 1893
- Eilat , Israeli destroyer
- HMS Ark Royal, British aircraft carrier
- HMS/M Perseus , British submarine sunk by mine 1941. One survivor
Pacific
- I-52
- Toya Maru , passenger ferry sank September 26, 1954 in Tsugaru Strait, Japan, 1,172 perished
- Dona Paz , sank in the Tablas Strait south of Manila, Philippines, 4,341 perish
Red Sea
See also
Further reading
- A. J. Parker , Ancient shipwrecks of the Mediterranean and the Roman provinces (Oxford 1992).
- Mario Jurisi, Ancient shipwrecks of the Adriatic : maritime transport during the first and second centuries AD (Oxford, Tempus Reparatum, 2000,
British archaeological reports : International series, 828 ISBN: 1-84171-039-3
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