List of shipwrecks 193246 225777640 2008-07-15T10:28:28Z Rjwilmsi 203434 gen fixes + link/fix date fields in cite templates (explanation [[User:Rjwilmsi#My_correction_of_dates_in_templates|here]]) using [[Project:AutoWikiBrowser|AWB]] This '''list of [[shipwreck]]s''' is a list of those [[wikt:sunken|sunken]] [[ship]]s whose [[wikt:remains|remains]] have been located. ==Africa== ===East Africa=== * [[Globe Star (ship)|''Globe Star'']] grounded off [[Mombasa]], [[Kenya]] in April 1973 * [[HMS Pegasus (1897)|''H.M.S. Pegasus'']] sunk at [[Zanzibar]] on [[20 September]], [[1914]] * ''Kota Menang'' grounded off [[Mombasa]] on [[10 August]], [[1975]] ===Namibia=== * ''Benguela Eagle'' ran aground 25 km north of the [[Ugab River]] mouth in 1975. * [[Eduard Bohlen|''Eduard Bohlen'']] a freighter ran aground south of Conception Bay in 1909. * ''Girdleness'' ran aground south of the [[Ugab River]] mouth in 1975. * ''Montrose'' stranded on the beach near Terrace Bay in June 1973. * [[MV Dunedin Star|MV ''Dunedin Star'']], ran aground on the [[Skeleton Coast]], 80 km south of the [[Cunene River]], on 29 November 1942. * ''Otavi'' ran aground in Spencer Bay in 1945.f * ''Shaunee'' ran aground in Conception Bay in 1976. * ''Suiderkruis'' (''Southern Cross'') a South African trawler ran aground at Möwe Bay in 1976. ===South Africa=== ====Eastern Cape==== * ''L'Aigle'' a French [[barque]] wrecked near [[Cape St. Francis]] on [[June 16]], [[1850]] at {{coord|34|10.70|S|24|33.20|E|display=inline|type=landmark|region=ZA}} * ''Aurora'' ran aground on the Eastern Beach, [[East London, South Africa|East London]] during a strong gale on [[June 10]], [[1902]]. * ''Bonanza'' went aground on the Sandy Beach (now called Orient Beach), [[East London, South Africa|East London]] on [[December 22]], [[1894]]. * [[Dodington (ship)|''Dodington'']], an [[East Indiaman]] wrecked in 1755 at Bird Island in [[Algoa Bay]]. * ''Elise Linck'' ran aground on the Eastern Beach, [[East London, South Africa|East London]] during a strong gale on [[June 10]], [[1902]]. * SS ''Fidela'' (1873), intended to be a mail ship between [[Australia]] and [[New Zealand]], but wrecked at Cape Recife, [[Port Elizabeth, Eastern Cape]] on her outward journey in 1873. * ''Grosvenor'' a 741-ton [[Honourable East India Company]] ship ran aground about {{convert|100|yd|m|-2}} offshore on [[August 4]], [[1782]], near present day Port St Johns. * SS ''Kafir'' was damaged at the entrance to the Buffalo River Harbour (western shore), [[East London, South Africa|East London]] on [[December 7]], [[1890]]. * ''Kapodistrias'', a Greek bulk carrier wrecked at Cape Recife near [[Port Elizabeth, Eastern Cape]] in 1985. * ''Lady Kennaway'' a three masted, square rigged barque ran aground on a sand spit in the Buffalo River Mouth, [[East London, South Africa|East London]] on [[November 20]], [[1857]]. * ''Nossa Senhora da Atalaia do Pinheiro'' a Portuguese vessel wrecked 30&nbsp;km northeast of [[East London, South Africa|East London]] in 1648. * ''[[MTS Oceanos]]'' a cruise liner sank off the [[Transkei]] Coast, after leaving [[East London, South Africa|East London]] on route to [[Durban]] on [[August 3]], [[1991]]. * ''Oranjeland'' ran aground on the rocks along the Esplanade in a strong gale soon after leaving the Buffalo River Harbour, [[East London, South Africa|East London]] in August 1974. * SS ''Orient'' a Russian vessel wrecked on the eastern side of the Buffalo River mouth, [[East London, South Africa|East London]] in 1907. * SS ''Lyngenfjord'' a Norwegian cargo [[steamboat|steamer]] wrecked near Tsitsikamma River mouth, on [[January 14]], [[1900]] at {{coord|34|08.50|S|24|26.50|E|display=inline|type=landmark}} * ''Santíssimo Sacramento'', a Portuguese vessel wrecked at Sardinia Bay near [[Port Elizabeth, Eastern Cape]] in 1647. * ''Safmarine Agulhas'' a cargo vessel ran aground just metres off East London Harbour's breakwater in rough seas at approximately 21:15 on [[June 26]], [[2006]], while leaving the port. She split into two pieces on [[August 12]], [[2006]]. * [[Waratah (ship)|SS ''Waratah'']], Blue Anchor Line passenger steamer disappeared without a trace off the city of [[Durban]] on [[July 26]], [[1909]]. ====KwaZulu-Natal==== * ''Ivy'' ran aground off [[Port Edward, KwaZulu-Natal|Port Edward]] and became wedged on rocks with its cargo intact in 1876. * ''São Bento'' a Portuguese ship sank south of [[Port Edward, KwaZulu-Natal|Port Edward]] 1554. * ''São João'' a Portuguese galleon sank off the coast of [[Port Edward, KwaZulu-Natal|Port Edward]], after running on to the coastal rocks en route back to [[Lisbon]] from the East, in June 1552. ====Northern Cape==== * ''Arosa'' a Cyprian freighter grounded approximately 32 km north of Hondeklip Bay in June 1976. * ''Piratiny'' a 5000-ton Brazilian steamer ran aground in bad weather between Koingnaas and [[Kleinzee]] in June 1943. * ''Border'' a South African freighter grounded 80 kilometers south of [[Port Nolloth]] in April 1947. * ''Bechuana'' a South African freighter grounded 48 kilometers south of [[Port Nolloth]] in December 1950. ====Western Cape==== * ''Athens'' a British steamship wrecked along with 17 other while anchored in [[Table Bay]] Harbour by what later became known as the ''Great Gale of 1865'' on [[May 17]], [[1865]]. * ''[[Arniston (ship)|Arniston]]'' a British [[East Indiaman]], requisitioned for troop transport, wrecked near [[Arniston, Western Cape|Waenhuiskrans]], [[Western Cape]] on [[May 30]] [[1815]].<ref>{{cite book|url=http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/17032|title=The Lieutenant and Commander by [[Basil Hall]]|date=1862|publisher=[[George Bell & Sons|Bell and Daldy]]}}</ref> * ''Bato'' a 76-gun Dutch man-o-war scuttled in [[Simon's Town]] on [[January 9]], [[1806]]. * [[HMS Birkenhead (1845)|HMS ''Birkenhead'']] a British iron-hulled troopship that struck a submerged rock near [[Gansbaai, Western Cape|Gansbaai]], [[Western Cape]] on [[February 26]], [[1852]]. * ''Borderer'' a British ship that struck a reef at [[Cape Agulhas]], Western Cape on [[October 27]], [[1868]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.shipwreck.co.za/borderer.html|title=The Borderer 1868|publisher=[http://www.shipwreck.co.za shipwreck.co.za]|date=[[February 6]], [[2007]]}}</ref> * [[BOS 400 (ship)|''BOS 400'']] ran aground on Duiker point after breaking loose while being towed around the [[Cape Peninsular]] by the tug Tigr in a storm in June 1994. * ''SS Bosphorus'' a British steam screw & sailing ship wrecked near [[George, Western Cape|George]] on [[October 21]], [[1867]]. * ''Brederode[http://www.vocshipwrecks.nl/home_voyages3/brederode.html]'' a [[Dutch East India Company|Dutch East India Company (VOC)]] vessel struck an uncharted reef 200 km south of [[Cape Town]] in 1785. The wreck now lies about 10 km from Cape Town. * ''Britannia'' a British cargo and passenger ship ran ashore by its captain after it struck uncharted reef near St. Helena Bay on [[October 22]], [[1826]]. * ''British Duke'' a British full-rigged iron ship wrecked in November 1888. * ''Brunswick'' a British East Indiaman captured by the French and ran aground in [[Simon's Town]] on [[September 2]], [[1805]]. *''Clan Stuart'' a turret ship belonging to the [[Clan Line of Steamers Ltd.|Clan Line]], wrecked in Mackerel Bay near Simonstown in 1917. * ''Colebrooke'' a British [[East Indiaman]] that struck an uncharted reef while rounding [[Cape Point]] and ran ashore on [[August 24]], [[1778]]. * ''Da Gama'' a fishing vessel sank 32 kilometers northwest of [[Cape Columbine]] in December 1979. * ''Emu'' a [[Royal Navy]] transport wrecked near [[Knysna]] on [[February 11]], [[1817]]. * ''Fredheim'' a Norwegian wooden barque wrecked near [[Knysna]] on [[June 23]], [[1897]]. * ''Galera'' a Norwegian wooden barque wrecked near [[Mossel Bay]] on [[August 25]], [[1892]]. * [[Joanna (ship)|''Joanna'']], the first [[East Indiaman]] to be wrecked off the South African coast. Wrecked near [[Cape Town]] in 1682. A considerable amount of gold was on the ship. * [[Johanna Wagner (ship)|''Johanna Wagner'']] a [[Prussia]]n barque that ran ashore due to navigational error near [[Muizenberg]] on [[July 15]], [[1862]]. * ''Kakapo'' a ship wrecked on Noordehoek Beach around 1928. * ''King Cenric'' a Norwegian wooden sailing ship wrecked on Dias Beach, [[Mossel Bay]] on [[November 14]], [[1904]]. Location 34° 09.50S, 22° 06.80E * The ''Centaure'' a French ship ran ashore near [[Cape Agulhas]] in 1750. * ''Magneten'' a Norwegian brig wrecked near Beacon Isle, [[Plettenberg Bay]] on [[November 29]] [[1872]]. Location: 34° 03.40S, 23° 22.80E * [[SS Maori|SS ''Maori'']] a Shaw Savill Line steamship wrecked near Llandudno, [[Cape Town]] on [[August 5]], [[1909]]. * ''Meresteijn'' a Dutch vessel wrecked on a small island near [[Saldanha]] on [[April 3]], [[1702]]. * ''Nolloth'' a Dutch coaster struck Albatross Rock near Oliphantsbos point, [[Cape Point]] on [[April 30]] [[1965]]. * ''Nossa Senhora dos Milagres'' a Portuguese ship wrecked near [[Cape Town]] in 1686. * ''São Gonçalo'' a Portuguese vessel wrecked in Piesang River mouth in [[Plettenberg Bay]] in July 1630. * ''SA Seafarer'' a freighter wrecked near Green Point [[Cape Town]] during a gale on [[July 1]] [[1966]]. * ''HMS Sybille'' a British cruiser struck a reef near Lamberts Bay on [[January 17]] [[1901]]. * ''Tantallon Castle'' a [[Union-Castle Line]] vessel that ran aground on [[Robben Island]] in thick fog on [[May 7]], [[1901]]. * [[HMS Thames (1885)|HMS ''Thames'']] a former Mersey class cruiser that became famous as the SATS ''General Botha'', a merchant naval training ship. After retiring as a training ship, she reverted back to her original name and was sunk in [[False Bay]] near [[Simon's Town]] as a [[target ship|target]]. * [[SS Thomas T. Tucker|SS ''Thomas T. Tucker'']] a [[Houston, Texas|Houston]] built munitions carrier ran ashore on Oliphantsbos point near [[Cape Point]] on [[November 27]], [[1942]]. * ''Waterloo'' a British ship wrecked while loading whale oil on [[Fish Hoek, Cape Town|Fish Hoek]] beach near [[Cape Town]] on [[October 25]], [[1821]]. ===North Africa=== ===Algeria=== *''[[HMT Rohna]]'' a British troop carrier sunk north of [[Béjaïa]] in an air attack during [[World War II]] on [[November 26]] [[1943]]. ===Egypt=== See also the section for [[List of shipwrecks#Red Sea|Red Sea]] * ''Artémis'' a French frigate run aground in [[Abu Qir Bay]] during the [[Battle of the Nile]], and scuttled on [[August 3]] 1798. * [[French ship Orient (1791)|''L'Orient'']] Napoleon's flagship sunk in Aboukir Bay during the Battle of the Nile on [[August 1]] 1798. * ''La Sérieuse'' a French frigate sunk in Aboukir Bay during the Battle of the Nile on [[August 1]] 1798. ===Morocco/Western Sahara=== *[[Commerce (ship)|''Commerce'']], American merchant ship ran aground off [[Cape Bojador]] in what is now the [[Western Sahara]] in 1815. The surviving crew led by Captain [[James Riley (Captain)|James Riley]] were subsequently captured and taken as slaves by local tribes. [http://www.amazon.com/dp/0316159352] ===Tunisia=== * [[Mahdia shipwreck|''Mahdia'']] an ancient shipwreck discovered in 1907. ===West Africa=== * ''[[Raft of the Medusa|Medusa]]'' French passenger ship which sak near [[Banc d'Arguin National Park|Bank of Arguin]] in 1816 (''see'' [[Raft of the Medusa]] by [[Théodore Géricault|Géricault]] in the [[Louvre]]). * ''[[MV Joola]]'' a Senegalese passenger ship that capsized off the coast of [[The Gambia]] on [[September 26]], [[2002]]. ==Asia== ===Turkey=== * ''[[Cape Gelidonya]]'' a [[Phoenicia]]n [[merchant vessel]] wrecked around [[1200s BC|1200 BC]]. * ''[[Uluburun shipwreck]]'' a merchant [[shipwreck]] dating to the late [[Bronze Age]]. ===Hong Kong=== * [[HMS Tamar (1863)|''HMS Tamar'']] a [[United Kingdom|British]] troopship scuttled to avoid capture in [[Hong Kong]] harbour on [[December 12]], [[1941]]. * ''[[Neftegaz-67]]'', a [[Ukraine|Ukrainian]] anchor handling tug supply vessel (AHTS), sank after colliding with China-registered bulk carrier Yao Hai east off [[The Brothers, Hong Kong|Brothers Island]], Hong Kong, at about 9:13 p.m. on [[March 22]], [[2008]]. * [[RMS Queen Elizabeth]], sank after fire [[January 9]], [[1972]] in Victoria Harbour ===Indonesia=== * [[KMP Tampomas II]] an Indonesian passenger ship, sunk near Masalembo Island [[Java Sea]] on [[January 1981]] ===Japan=== *[[SS Dakota|SS ''Dakota'']], American passenger ship struck a reef in Yokohama Bay, [[March]] [[1912]]. *[[SS Kiche Maru|SS ''Kiche Marau'']], Japanese passenger ship lost in a storm off [[Japan]] with over 1000 passengers lost, [[September 1912]]. *[[Japanese battleship Kawachi|''Kawachi'']], capsized with exploded by spontaneous igntion at [[Tokuyama, Yamaguchi]], western [[Honshū]], [[July 12]] [[1918]]. *[[SS Shiun Maru|SS ''Shiun Maru'']] sunk between Uno and [[Takamatsu, Kagawa]] ferry by capsizing during fog off Takamatsu, [[Shikoku]] Japan, May, 1955. Killing at least 168. *[[Nankai Maru]], between [[Wakayama, Wakayama]] and [[Tokushima, Tokushima]] ferry, capsized off southern [[Awaji Island]], Japan, January 1958. killing at least 167. *[[Kitagawa Maru No.5]], Japanese wooden passenger boat, capsized off [[Onomichi]], [[Inland Sea]], Japan, April 1957, killing at least 113 *[[Russian battleship Knyaz Suvorov|''Knyaz Suvorov'']] sunk at [[Battle of Tsushima]] on May 1905. *[[Russian battleship Borodino|''Borodino'']], sunk at [[Battle of Tsushima]] on May 1905. *[[Russian battleship Imperator Aleksander III (1901)|''Imperator Aleksander III'']], sunk at [[Battle of Tsushima]] on May 1905. *[[Russian battleship Oslyabya|''Oslyabya'']], sunk at [[Battle of Tsushima]] on May 1905. *[[Russian battleship Sissoi Veliky (1894)|''Sissoi Veliky'']], sunk at [[Battle of Tsushima]] on May 1905. *[[Russian battleship Admiral Ushakov|''Admiral Ushakov'']], sunk at [[Battle of Tsushima]] May 1905. ===China=== *[[Russian battleship Petropavlovsk (1897)|''Petropavlovsk'']] battleship sunk to a mine in 1904 in [[Yellow Sea]]. *[[Petropavlovsk class battleship (1897)|''Sevastopol'']] scuttled in [[Yellow Sea]] to avoid capture 1904. *[[Nanhai One]], Chinese [[merchant vessel]], sank off the south [[China]] coast during the Southern [[Song Dynasty]] between [[1127]] and [[1279]]. *[[Dashun]], between [[Dalian]] and [[Yantai]] ferry, caught fire with capsized off Yantai, [[Shandong]], [[China]], November, 1999, killing at least 280. ===South Korea=== *Sperwer, a Dutch Trading Ship with the VOC Ltd, was blown off course and capsized by stormy weather on [[Jeju-do]], killing 48 people, 16 survived on August 15-16, 1653. *[[Namyong ho]], between [[Busan]] and [[Jeju-do]] ferry, capsized in [[Korea Strait]], killing 323 people, only 12 are rescued on December, 1970. *[[Seo Hae]], capsized by stormy weather off coast of Puan, [[Kyeongpo]], [[South Korea]], killing 285, on October, 1993. ===Bangladesh=== *[[Shamia]], double decked ferry capsized [[Meghna River]], southern [[Barisa]], [[Bangladesh]], killing over 600, May, 1986 *[[Atlas Star]], double decked ferry capsized [[Dhaleswar River]], Munshiganj, April 1986, killing at least 500. *[[MV Shalahaddin 2]], between [[Dhaka]] and [[Patuakhali District|Patuakhali]] triple decked ferry, capsized by storm in Meghna River, killing 340, May, 2002 *MV Nazreen-1, capsized by flood-swollen watters, near Chandpur, killing 528, July 2003. ===Russia=== *[[USS Wahoo (SS-238)]], in [[La Pérouse Strait|La Perouse (Soya) Strait]] between [[Hokkaidō]] and [[Sakhalin]] ==Europe== ===Canary Islands=== *[[SS America (1940)|SS ''American Star'']] ran aground on Fuerteventura under tow on [[January]] [[1993]], it then split in half and the stern sank. ===Corsica=== *[[French frigate Sémillante (1841)]] sank in a hurricane on 15 February 1855 in the [[Strait of Bonifacio]]. ===Croatia=== * ''[[SMS Szent István]]'' an [[Austria-Hungary|Austro-Hungarian]] [[Tegetthoff class battleship|Tegetthoff class]] dreadnought battleship sunk in the [[Adriatic Sea]] off [[Molat (island)|Molat]] island by Italian torpedo boat MAS-15 on [[10 June]], [[1918]]. * ''[[SMS Viribus Unitis]]'' an [[Austria-Hungary|Austro-Hungarian]] [[Tegetthoff class battleship|Tegetthoff class]] dreadnought battleship sunk at anchor at [[Pula]] in the [[Adriatic Sea]] by Italian [[human torpedo]] [[1 november]], [[1918]]. ===Cyprus=== * [[Kyrenia ship]] a Greek merchant ship dating to the 4th century BC. ===Denmark=== * [[Russian frigate Alexander Neuski]] ran aground off the coast of [[Thyborøn]], a fishing village in [[Jutland]] on [[September 25]], [[1868]]. * [[HMS Black Prince (1904)|HMS ''Black Prince'']] sank at the [[Battle of Jutland]], 1916: [[Protection of Military Remains Act 1986|Protected place]] * [[HMS Defence (1907)|HMS ''Defence'']] magazine explosion during the [[Battle of Jutland]], 1916: [[Protection of Military Remains Act 1986|Protected place]] * [[HMS Indefatigable (1909)|HMS ''Indefatigable'']] magazine explosion during the [[Battle of Jutland]], 1916: [[Protection of Military Remains Act 1986|Protected place]] * [[HMS Invincible (1907)|HMS ''Invincible'']] shell struck magazine during the [[Battle of Jutland]], 1916: [[Protection of Military Remains Act 1986|Protected place]] * [[HMS Queen Mary|HMS ''Queen Mary'']] magazine explosion during the [[Battle of Jutland]], 1916: [[Protection of Military Remains Act 1986|Protected place]] * [[HMS Warrior (1905)|HMS ''Warrior'']] foundered during tow after severe damage in the [[Battle of Jutland]], 1916: [[Protection of Military Remains Act 1986|Protected place]] * [[SMS Elbing|SMS ''Elbing'']] scuttled following collision damage in the [[Battle of Jutland]], 1916 * [[SMS Frauenlob|SMS ''Frauenlob'']] torpedoed and shelled during the [[Battle of Jutland]], 1916 * [[SMS Lützow|SMS ''Lützow'']] scuttled after severe damage in the [[Battle of Jutland]], 1916 * [[SMS Pommern|SMS ''Pommern'']] magazine explosion during the [[Battle of Jutland]], 1916 * ''[[Unterseeboot 20 (1912)|U-20]]'' run aground and sunk by her crew the following day, [[November 5]], [[1916]]. * [[Linieskibet Dannebroge|Linieskibet ''Dannebroge'']] burnt and sunk in the [[Great Northern War]] during the [[Action of 4 October 1710]], 1710 * ''[[Fu Shan Hai]]'' a Chinese bulk carrier sank after a collision with Gdynia on [[May 31]], [[2003]]. * Swedish Tugboat ''Freja af Stockholm'' SGYO sank outside Fredrikshavn 20th February 1994. The vessel now rests on 23 meters depth in position N57 27 and E010 40 ===Estonia=== * [[Maasilinn Wreck]] a wreck off [[Saaremaa]] island dating to the 16th century. * [[MS Estonia]] a cruiseferry built in 1980. The ship sunk in the Baltic Sea on [[September 28]] [[1994]], claimed 852 lives and was one of the worst maritime disasters in modern history. ===Faroe Islands=== * ''[[SS Sauternes]]'' a steamship sank after a storm in the sound of [[Fugloyarfjørður]] on [[December 7]] [[1941]]. * ''[[Tjaldur]]'' sank after hitting the nesse of [[Mjóvanes]] on [[June 27]] [[1946]]. ===Finland=== * ''[[Vrouw Maria]]'', a Dutch merchant ship, ran aground and sunk on [[October 9]] [[1771]]. * [[Russian frigate Sankt Nikolai|''Sankt Nikolai'']] a Russian frigate sunk in the [[Battle of Svensksund (1790)|Battle of Svensksund]] in 1790 * [[British submarine flotilla in the Baltic]] ===France=== * ''[[CSS Alabama]]'' a screw sloop-of-war sunk off [[Cherbourg-Octeville]] during the [[American Civil War]] on [[June 11]] [[1864]]. * ''[[RMS Lancastria]]'' a [[Cunard Line]]r sunk in the [[Loire River]] [[estuary]] during [[World War II]] on [[June 17]], [[1940]]. * ''[[SS Leopoldville]]'' a former Belgian passenger liner converted to a transport ship, torpedoed five miles (8&nbsp;km) from the coast of [[Cherbourg-Octeville]] on [[December 24]] [[1944]]. * [[Wreck of Rochelongue]] a shipwreck found west of [[Cap d'Agde]] dating to the [[Iron Age]], around 600 BC. * [[White Ship|''The White Ship'']] a twelfth century vessel sank in the [[English Channel]] near the [[Normandy]] coast off [[Barfleur]], on [[November 25]], [[1120]]. * ''YMS-304'' a US minesweeper struck a [[naval mine|mine]] off [[Saint-Vaast-la-Hougue]], [[Normandy]] and sunk on [[July 30]] [[1944]]. === Germany === * ''[[Cap Arcona]]'' a German luxury ocean liner sunk in [[Bay of Lübeck|Lübeck Bay]] on [[May 3]], [[1945]]. ===Gibraltar=== * [[HMS Sussex (1693)|''HMS Sussex'']] an English ship of the line lost in a severe storm on [[March 1]], [[1694]]. ===Greece=== * [[Antikythera wreck]] a wreck on [[Antikythera]] island which contained the [[Antikythera mechanism]] and dates from approximately 86 BC. * ''La Thérèse'' a French warship sunk off [[Heraklion]] after an accidental explosion of the powder-keg on [[24 June]], [[1669]]. * ''Patris'' a wheel [[steamboat]], on [[Kea]] island, [[1868]] (Lat. 37Deg.34'44.18"N, Long. 24Deg.15'46.42"E) * ''[[HMHS Britannic]]'' a [[White Star Line]] ocean liner sunk by flooding after striking a [[Naval mine|mine]] near the isle of [[Kea (island)|Kea]] in November [[1916]]. * ''ELLI'' light [[cruiser]] of the Hellenic Navy sunk out of [[Tinos]] island, on [[15 August]] [[1940]] * ''PERSEUS'', H.M. [[Submarine]] sank near the island of [[Kefalonia]] , in [[1941]]. * ''Hydra D - 97'' Greek [[destroyer]] sank near the islet Lagousa, in [[1941]]. * ''MIMIS'' [[tugboat]] that sank near the island of [[Aigina]] when it hit a mine during the Second World war * German ''[[U-boat]] 133'', sunk at Saronikos Gulf, after hitting a Greek mine, in [[1942]] * ''QUEEN OLGA D - 15'' Greek destroyer sank in the port of [[Leros]] island, in [[1943]] * [[Panagiotis (ship)|''Panagiotis'']] a coastal trading ship run aground on the isle of [[Zakynthos]] in October 1980, while allegedly smuggling cigarettes from Turkey. * [[MS Express Samina]] a RORO passenger ferry capsized after hitting a rock off the holiday island of [[Paros]] on [[26 September]], [[2000]]. * ''[[MS Sea Diamond]]'' a Greek cruise ship that struck a reef off the harbor of [[Santorini]] island and sank the following day on [[April 6]], [[2007]]. ===Iceland=== * ''[[ES Goðafoss]]'' was torpedoed by [[U-300]] off Gardskagi, Iceland in position 66°08'N - 22°45'W. 42 casualty and 21 survivors. [[November 10]] [[1944]]. ===Ireland=== * ''Alondra'' a British steamship run aground in fog on Kedge Rocks near Baltimore Island, on [[December 29]] [[1916]]. * [[HMS Audacious (1912)|''HMS Audacious'']] a British battleship sank after striking a German mine near [[Lough Swilly]], [[Ireland]], [[October 27]], [[1914]]. * ''[[RMS Carpathia]]'' a [[Cunard Line]] transatlantic passenger steamship torpedoed and sunk by a German [[U-boat]] on [[July 17]], [[1918]] off the east coast. * ''Chirripo'' a 4126-tonne Elders & Fyffes cargo liner, and banana boat running the Avonmouth to Jamaica route, either struck a mine or was torpedoed and went down near Blackhead lighthouse in Belfast Lough, on [[28 December]] [[1917]] without loss of life. * ''Dido'' sank in 1883. Location: 51°28'N; 09°19'W (Kedge Island, near [[Baltimore, County Cork]], [[Ireland]]). [http://www.divesitedirectory.co.uk/dive_site_ireland_cork_baltimore_wreck_dido.html DiveSiteDirectory for Dido] * [[RMS Empress of Britain (1930)|SS ''Empress of Britain II'']] an ocean liner bombed by aircraft and then torpedoed and sunk by [[Unterseeboot 32 (1937)|''U-32'']] on [[28 October]], [[1940]]. * ''Illyrian'' a very broken up steamer that sank in May 1884 after colliding with the cliffs in fog. Location: 51°26'N; 09°29'W (Eastern side of [[Cape Clear Island]], [[County Cork]], [[Ireland]]). [http://www.divesitedirectory.co.uk/dive_site_ireland_cork_baltimore_wreck_illyrian.html DiveSiteDirectory for Illyrian] * ''Housatonic'' ran aground. * ''[[Innisfallen]]'' torpedoed and sunk by U-boat [[U-64]] 26 km (16 mi) east of the Kish Light Vessel on [[May 23]], [[1918]]. * ''[[Kowloon Bridge]]'' the largest wreck by tonnage in the world. It sank with its cargo of iron ore when sailing from Quebec to the River Clyde in November 1986. Location: 51°28'N; 09°14'W (Stag Rocks, near [[Baltimore, County Cork]], [[Ireland]]). [http://www.divesitedirectory.co.uk/dive_site_ireland_cork_baltimore_wreck_kowloon_bridge.html DiveSiteDirectory for Kowloon Bridge] * [[RMS Laconia (1911)|RMS ''Laconia'']] a [[Cunard Line]] ocean liner sunk near [[Fastnet Rock]] by German submarine ''U-50'' [[February 25]], [[1917]]. * ''[[RMS Leinster]]'' the Dublin to Holyhead mailboat, torpedoed and sunk 6&nbsp;km (4 mi) east of the Kish light by U-boat ''[[UB-123]]'' on [[10 October]], [[1918]]. * ''[[RMS Lusitania]]'' a British ocean liner torpedoed and sunk by the U-boat [[Unterseeboot 20 (1912)|''U-20'']], on [[May 7]], [[1915]]. * The ''Plassey'' a cargo ship which was wrecked off the coast of [[Inisheer]]in the [[Aran Islands]] in the 1960s, and has since been thrown above high tide mark at ''Carraig na Finise''. Islanders rescued the entire crew from the stricken vessel - an event captured in a pictorial display at the National Maritime Museum in [[Dún Laoghaire]], [[County Dublin]]. The wreck is most famous for appearing in the opening credits of the comedy series [[Father Ted]], set on the fictional island of [[Craggy Island]]. * [[RMS Tayleur|RMS ''Tayleur'']] a [[White Star Line]] clipper ran aground and sank off [[Lambay Island]] circa 8&nbsp;km (5 mi) from [[Dublin Bay]] on [[January 21]], [[1854]]. *[[Ranga (ship)|''Ranga'']] ran on rocks at Slea Head on the Dingle Peninsula in 1982. The wreck split with one part left on the rocks and the other sinking. The part remaining visible was mainly smashed by wave action, and now little of the ship remains. There is also a slight mystery about this wreck because, on the remaining bow of the wreck you can just make out the name, and it doesn't say Ranga, as this wreck was supposed to have been wrecked here on her maiden voyage, instead it says something else. * ''Rochdale'' and ''Prince of Wales'' [[The Sinking of the Rochdale and the Prince of Wales]] in 1807, 400 were lost * ''[[Trinidad Valencera]]'' The wreck of one of the Spanish Armada's largest ships, the 1,100-tonne ''Trinidad Valencera'', lies 32 km (20 mi) west of Lacada Point in Kinnagoe Bay, [[County Donegal]]. * ''[[Tullaghmurray Lass]]'' a fishing boat sank 11&nbsp;km (7 mi) off Kilkeel in February 2002. * ''[[Unterseeboot 260|U-260]]'' a German U-boat scuttled 6&nbsp;km (4 mi) south of [[Glandore]] on [[12 March]], [[1945]]. * [http://home.eircom.net/content/unison/national/5277077?view=Eircomnet ''Irish news headlines from leading Irish newspapers''], estimates range between 7000 and 12000 ancient ships off the coast of [[Ireland]] ===Italy=== * [[Giglio Island|Giglio Island shipwreck]] an [[Etruscan civilization|Etruscan]] wreck dating to the early [[Iron Age]], ''c.'' 600 BC. * [[MT Haven]] (formerly Amoco Milford Haven): Sunk off [[Genoa]] following an on board an explosion and fire. * [[Princess Yolanda]] Sank during its launch in 1907<ref>http://query.nytimes.com/mem/archive-free/pdf?_r=1&res=9A04E3DA1F30E233A25750C2A96F9C946697D6CF&oref=slogin</ref>. * [[SS Andrea Doria]]: Italian passenger ship capsized in 1950's. ===The Netherlands=== * ''De Berlin'' sunk near [[Hook of Holland]] during a storm in 1907. * ''Katowice'' a [[Poland|Polish]] cargo ship sunk near [[Terschelling]] during a storm in 1949. ===Norway=== * [[German warship Scharnhorst (1936)|''Scharnhorst'']] a German battlecruiser sunk in the [[Battle of North Cape]] in December 1943. * [[German cruiser Blücher|''Blücher'']] a [[Germany|German]] heavy cruiser sunk at the [[Battle of Drøbak Sound]] on [[April 9]], [[1940]]. * MS ''Seattle'' a cargo ship damaged in crossfire on [[April 9]] [[1940]] and sunk at Dvergsnestangen on [[April 13]] [[1940]]. * ''[[FV Gaul]]'' a deep sea trawler sunk in the [[Barents Sea]] in February 1974. * [[Russian submarine K-141 Kursk|''Kursk'']] a Russian nuclear submarine lost with all hands when it sank in the Barents Sea on [[August 12]], [[2000]]. * ''Haakon Jarl II'' an iron steamship sunk in the [[Vestfjord]] following collision with another ship on [[June 17]] [[1924]]. * M.S. ''Hamburg'' a German fish factory transport ship sunk by a British destroyer in [[Lofoten]] on [[March 1]] [[1941]]. * M.S. ''Rigel'' ,made 1924 at Burmeister&Wain, 382 feet long and deadweigth 6850 ton sunk 27 November 1944 by Barraquda bomberplane from HMS Implacable on tour south of Sandnessjøen. '''2838''' people omboard. Only 250 survived. * [[USS Zeppelin|''Dresden'']] a German Steamer was built in 1915 by Bremer Vulkan at Vegesack. On 20th June 1934 she stranded on the coast of Norway, 20 miles from Haugesund near Blikshavn, Karmoy Island, whilst undertaking a cruise. ===Poland=== * ''[[SS General von Steuben]]'' a German luxury passenger liner turned armored transport ship that was torpedoed and sunk by [[Soviet submarine S-13]] on [[February 11]], [[1945]]. * [[Wilhelm Gustloff (ship)|''Wilhelm Gustloff'']] a passenger ship on a rescue mission was torpedoed and sunk by Soviet submarine S-13 in the [[Baltic Sea]] on [[January 30]], [[1945]]. With around 9000 people who died. ===Portugal=== * ''[[Mary Celeste]]'' a brigantine found in the Atlantic Ocean unmanned and under full sail heading towards the [[Strait of Gibraltar]] in 1872. * [[SS Duchess of York|SS ''Duchess of York'']] a British troopship sunk by aerial bombardment on [[12 January]], [[1943]]. * [[Pepper Wreck|''The Pepper Wreck'']] a Portuguese Indiaman found at the mouth of the [[Tagus]], dating from the 16th or 17th century. ===Russia / Soviet Union=== *''[[Armenia (ship)|Armenia]]'', a Soviet hospital ship sunk by German torpedo-carrying planes on [[November 7]], [[1941]]; estimated over 5,000 casualties. *''[[Agnes Blaikie (barque)|Agnes Blaikie]]'', a British sailing vessel sunk by collision with HMS Medina on [[May 5]], [[1855]] in the [[Black Sea]] near Balaklava. ===Sweden=== * ''[[Kronan (ship)|Kronan]]'' a Swedish warship capsized about 6 km off the coast of [[Öland]] during the [[battle of Öland]] in [[1676|1676.]] * ''[[Vasa (ship)|Vasa]]'' a Swedish galleon foundered and sunk in [[Stockholm]] on [[August 10]], [[1628]]. ===United Kingdom=== ====England==== * ''Alarm'' a lightship in a collision in [[Liverpool Bay]] in 1922. * [[Alaunia (ship)|''Alaunia'']] struck a [[naval mine|mine]] in the [[English Channel]] on [[October 19]] [[1916]]. * ''[[Albert C. Field]]'' a Canadian ship sunk by a torpedo from a German aircraft off [[St. Catherine's Point]] on [[June 18]], [[1944]]. * ''[[SS Elbe]]'' a German liner sunk in the North Sea after a collision in 1895. * ''[[SS English Trader]]'' a merchant ship grounded on [[Hammond Knoll]] on the northeast [[Norfolk]] coast on [[October 26]] [[1941]]. * [[VOC ship Amsterdam|''Amsterdam'']] a [[Protection of Wrecks Act 1973|protected wrecksite]], the [[Dutch East India Company]] ship ran aground near [[Hastings]] on [[January 26]], [[1749]]. * [[Cattewater Wreck]], first ship to be protected under [[Protection of Wrecks Act 1973]], the wooden ship is believed to be from the 16th century. * [[HMS Colossus (1787)|''HMS Colossus'']], a [[Protection of Wrecks Act 1973|protected wrecksite]], broke anchor and ran aground off the [[Isles of Scilly]] on [[December 10]] [[1798]]. * [[Earl of Abergavenny (East Indiaman)|''Earl of Abergavenny'']] an East Indiaman sunk in [[Weymouth Bay]] in February 1805. * [[Grace Dieu (ship)|''Grace Dieu'']], a [[Protection of Wrecks Act 1973|protected wrecksite]], Henry V's flagship, sank at berth in [[River Hamble]] in 1439. * ''[[USS LST 493]]'' a US Navy [[Landing Ship, Tank]] run aground while attempting to enter Plymouth Harbor on [[April 12]] [[1945]]. * [[HMS M2|''HMS M2'']]a British aircraft-carrying submarine shipwrecked in [[Lyme Bay]] on [[January 26]], [[1932]]. * ''[[Mary Rose]]'', a [[Protection of Wrecks Act 1973|protected wrecksite]], an English Tudor warship sunk in [[Portsmouth Harbour]], possibly during an engagement with the [[French Navy|French fleet]] on [[July 19]], [[1545]]. * ''[[SS Mendi]]'' a troopship rammed by SS ''Darro'' off [[Isle of Wight]] on [[21 February]] [[1917]]. * ''[[SS Mohegan]]'', wrecked on [[The Manacles]] on [[14 October]], [[1898]]. * ''[[HMS Montagu (1901)|HMS Montagu]]'' a battleship run aground in fog on Shutter Reef, [[Lundy]] on [[May 29]] [[1906]]. * ''[[SS Richard Montgomery]]'', a [[Protection of Wrecks Act 1973|protected wrecksite: designated as dangerous]], a cargo ship run aground off the [[Nore]] in the [[Thames Estuary]] on [[August 20]] [[1944]]. * [[MS Riverdance]] ran aground on Blackpool beach on [[January 31st]] [[2008]] and had listed to port by April 2008. * [[RMS Royal Adelaide (1838)|''RMS Royal Adelaide'']] a steamship wrecked at Tongue Sands off [[Margate]] in December 1849. * ''[[Sitakund]]'' a Norwegian motor tanker exploded off the coast of [[Eastbourne]], [[East Sussex]] on [[October 20]], [[1968]]. * ''[[SS Storaa]]'' a British coaster sunk by a German torpedo near Hastings on [[November 3]], [[1943]]. * ''[[Unterseeboot C-32|UC-32]]'' a German U-boat struck its own [[naval mine|mine]] at [[Sunderland]]. * ''[[SS Varvassi]]'' a Greek merchant steamship ran aground near the western end of the [[Isle of Wight]] in the late 1940s. * ''Venture'' a cargo ship sunk in a collision off Dunoon Bank in 1993. * ''Vera'' wrecked in a collision in 1914. * ''Volnay'' a Canadian cargo ship struck a [[naval mine|mine]] in [[Falmouth Bay]] in December 1917. * [[Warilda (ship)|''HMAT Warilda'']] an Australian hospital ship torpedoed by U-boat U-49 on [[August 3]] [[1918]]. * ''Yewglen'' ran aground off [[Beadnall Point]] in 1960. ''See also: [[List of shipwrecks of the Isles of Scilly]]'' ====Northern Ireland==== * ''[[HMS Drake (1901)|HMS ''Drake'']]'', torpedoed by U-79 on [[October 2]] [[1917]] in Rathlin Sound * ''[[Girona (ship)|Girona]]'', foundered and sank off Lacada Point, County Antrim, Ireland, 26 October 1588 * ''Lagan'' collision off [[Belfast Lough]] * ''[[SS Laurentic (1909)|SS ''Laurentic'']]'' (after conversion to armed merchant cruiser service in 1915) struck two mines off [[Lough Swilly]] in Northern [[Ireland]] on [[25 January]] [[1917]] * ''Normanby Hall'' foundered and sunk off Kilroot on [[October 8]] [[1965]] * ''State of Louisiana'' a passenger liner ran aground on [[December 28]] [[1878]] on Hunter Rock * ''Tiberia'' merchant ship torpedoed and sunk by [[Unterseeboot 19 (1912)|''U-19'']] off Black Head near Larne, [[County Antrim]] on [[26 February]] [[1918]] * ''[[Tullaghmurray Lass]]'', a Kilkeel fishing boat which sank after a gas explosion in 2002 ====Scotland==== * [[Akka (ship)|''Akka'']] ran aground in the [[River Clyde]] in 1956 * [[Annie James(ship)|''Annie James'']] sank off [[Vatersay]], [[Outer Hebrides]] in 1853 with the loss of 350 lives * [[MV Craigantlet|MV ''Craigantlet'']] British container ship run aground at Killantringan lighthouse, [[Wigtownshire]] on [[26 February]] [[1982]] * [[HMS Hampshire (1903)|HMS ''Hampshire'']] British armored cruiser struck a mine off the [[Orkney]] in 1916 * [[SMS Markgraf|SMS ''Markgraf'']] German battleship scuttled in [[Scapa Flow]] in 1919 * [[River Dee Ferry Boat Disaster]] overloaded ferry capsized in 1876 * [[HMS Royal Oak (08)|HMS ''Royal Oak'']] British battleship torpedoed in [[Scapa Flow]] in 1939 * [[HMS Port Napier]] British minelayer ran aground in the Kyle of Lochalsh, caught fire while being unloaded, destroyed by explosion in 1940 * [[RMS Dunottar Castle|HMS Caribbean]] sank {{convert|35|mi|km|0}} off [[Cape Wrath]] due to bad weather in 1915. ====Wales==== * ''Amazonese'' a cargo steamship ran aground at St. David's Head on [[April 15]], [[1881]]. * [[Diamond (ship)|The ''Diamond'']], a [[Protection of Wrecks Act 1973|protected wrecksite]], a three masted square rigger with a composite hull, forerunner of the Ocean liners, lost in [[Cardigan Bay]] on [[January 2]] [[1825]] * [[HMY Mary|''Mary'']], a [[Protection of Wrecks Act 1973|protected wrecksite]], the first British Royal Yacht hit rocks in fog off [[Anglesey]] on [[March 25]] [[1675]] * ''[[Resurgam|Resurgam II]]'', a [[Protection of Wrecks Act 1973|protected wrecksite]], sank near [[Rhyl]] on [[February 25]], [[1880]]. * [[Rothsay Castle (ship)|''Rothsay Castle'']] a paddle steamer ran aground and broke up at the eastern end of the [[Menai Strait]] in 1831. * [[Royal Charter (ship)|''Royal Charter'']] a steam clipper driven onto rocks near [[Moelfre]], [[Anglesey]] on [[October 26]], [[1859]]. ==North America== ===Bahamas=== * ''[[SS Sapona]]'' a cargo steamer run aground near [[Bimini]] during a hurricane in 1926. ===[[Bermuda]]=== * ''[[Sea Venture]]'' - grounded off the coast in 1609, subsequently broke up and sank. * [[Warwick (ship)|''Warwick'']] - English [[cargo ship]] sunk in a gale in Castle Harbor in 1619, discovered in 1967. * [[San Antonio (ship)|''San Antonio'']] - Portuguese [[Carrack|nao]] wrecked on the west reefs in 1621, discovered in 1960. * [[Eagle (ship)|''Eagle'']] - Virginia Company ship wrecked in 1659. * ''[[Virginia Merchant]]'' - Virginia Company ship wrecked in 1661. * Unidentified ship - wrecked around 1750, found in 1983, known as the "Frenchman" wreck. * Unidentified ship - wrecked mid-18th century, known as the "Manilla" wreck. * ''[[Hunters Galley]]'' - wrecked in 1752. * [[HMS Katherine|''Katherine'']] - wrecked in 1763. * ''[[Mark Antonio]]'' - Spanish privateer, wrecked in 1777, discovered early 1960s. * [[Lord Amherst (ship)|''Lord Amherst'']] - British armed transport wrecked in 1778. * [[HMS Cerberus (1779 ship)|''HMS Cerberus'']] - lost at Castle Harbor in 1783. * ''[[HMS Pallas (1757)|HMS Pallas]]'' - ran aground in 1783 off St. George's Island, wreck has not been identified. * [[Caesar (1814 ship)|''Caesar'']] - wrecked on a reef in 1818 en route from England to Baltimore. * ''Collector'' - wrecked in 1823. * ''[[L'Herminie]]'' - French frigate wrecked in 1838. * Unidentified ship - wrecked in 1849, believed to be the ''Minerva'' though that ship was wrecked in 1795. * [[Curlew (steamer ship)|''Curlew'']] - wrecked on the northern reefs in 1856. * [[Montana (ship)|''Montana'']] - [[American Civil War]] [[blockade runner]] sank in 1863. * ''[[Mari Celeste]]'' - [[American Civil War]] blockade runner being piloted by a Bermudian, sank in eight minutes in 1864. * [[Beaumaris Castle (ship)|''Beaumaris Castle'']] - ran aground in 1873. * ''[[Minnie Breslauer]]'' - ran aground in 1873. * [[Alert (ship)|''Alert'']] - fishing sloop sank in 1877. * [[Kate (ship)|''Kate'']] - British steamer wrecked in 1878. * [[Lartington (ship)|''Lartington'']] - wrecked in 1879 after just five years of operation. * [[North Carolina (ship)|''North Carolina'']] - wrecked off West End in 1880. * [[Darlington (ship)|''Darlington'']] - wrecked on the Western Reef in 1886. * ''[[Richard P. Buck]]'' - caught fire and sank following a storm in 1889. * [[Apollo (1873 ship)|''Apollo'']] - wrecked on the reefs in 1890. * [[Avenger (ship)|''Avenger'']] - wrecked on Mills Breakers in 1894. * ''[[HMS Vixen]]'' - scuttled in 1896. * [[Madiana (ship)|''Madiana'']] - former ''Balmoral Castle'', built 1877, wrecked 1903 * ''[[Pollockshields]]'' - former ''Herodot'', wrecked in 1915 near [[Elbow Beach, Bermuda|Elbow Beach]]. * ''[[Blanch King]]'' - wrecked on the southwest reefs in 1920. * [[Taunton (ship)|''Taunton'']] - Norwegian steamer wrecked on the northern reefs in 1920. * ''Caraquet'' - mail steamer wrecked on the northern barrier reef in 1923. * ''[[Zovetto]]'' - cargo steamer ran aground in 1924, also known as ''Zovetta'' or ''Rita Zovetto''. * [[Mussel (ship)|''Mussel'']] - Bermudian fishing boat wrecked in 1926. * [[Cristobal Colon (ship)|''Cristobal Colon'']] - Bermuda's largest shipwreck sank in 1936. * ''[[Iristo]]'' - Norwegian steamer also known as ''Aristo'', grounded in 1937 after mistaking the ''Colon'' wreck for a ship still underway. * ''[[Pelinaion]]'' - Greek steamer wrecked in 1940. * [[Constellation (1918 ship)|''Constellation'']] - made famous in [[The Deep (film)|The Deep]], sank in 1942. * ''[[Colonel William G. Ball]]'' - wrecked on Mills Breakers in severe weather in 1943. * ''Wychwood'' - ran aground in 1955, refloated, then sank again. * ''Elda'' - wrecked in 1956 near the ''Eagle'' wreck. * [[Ramona (ship)|''Ramona'']] - Canadian ship wrecked in 1967, refloated for salvaging, re-sunk near [[Royal Naval Dockyard, Bermuda|Dockyard]]. * [[King (1941 ship)|''King'']] - American ship scuttled in 1984, first intentionally-created dive site in Bermuda. * [[Hermes (American ship)|''Hermes'']] - American ship deliberately scuttled in 1984. * [[Triton (ferry)|''Triton'']] - scuttled in 1988 as a dive site. ===British Virgin Islands=== * [[HMS Astraea (1791)|HMS ''Astraea'']] a British frigate wrecked off the coast of [[Anegada]] on [[May 23]], [[1808]]. * ''[[HMS Nymph]]'' a British sloop caught fire, foundered and sank in [[Road Town]]'s harbour in 1783. * ''[[RMS Rhone]]'' a British packet ship wrecked during a hurricane off the coast of [[Salt Island, British Virgin Islands|Salt Island]] on [[October 29]], [[1867]]. ===Canada=== ====Newfoundland====<!-- This section is linked from [[Delmar]] --> * [[San Juan (ship)|''San Juan'']] [[Basque people|Basque]] [[whaling]] ship sunk in Red Bay, Labrador in 1565. * [[HMS Sapphire (1675)|HMS ''Sapphire'']] scuttled to prevent capture by French 1696. * [[HMS Duchess of Cumberland|HMS ''Duchess of Cumberland'']] wrecked near Cape Ray in 1781. * [[HMS Southampton (1757)|HMS ''Southampton'']] & [[HMS Tweed|HMS ''Tweed'']] sunk in storm near Bay Bulls in 1813. * [[HMS Comus|HMS ''Comus'']] ran aground and sunk in fog near Cape Race in 1816. * ''[[Harpooner]]'', British transport ran aground and sunk in fog near Cape Race 1816. * [[HMS Drake (1808)|HMS ''Drake'']] ran aground and sunk near St. Shotts in 1822. * [[Despatch (brig)|''Dispatch'']], British brig sunk near Isle Aux Morts in 1828. * ''[[Lady Sherbrooke]]'', barque sunk in gale near Port Aux Basques in 1831. * [[Harvest Home (ship)|''Harvest Home'']], British ship sunk off Cape Race in 1833. * [[Lady of the Lake (ship)|''Lady of the Lake'']], Scottish brig sunk near Cape St. Francis in 1833. * [[City of Philadelphia (ship)|''City of Philadelphia'']], British steamer ran aground and sunk in fog near Cape Race in 1854. * [[Arctic (ship)|''Arctic'']] collided with steamer ''Vesta'' collided and sunk near Cape Race in 1854. * [[Indian (ship)|''Indian'']], British Allan liner sunk off Cape Race in 1859. * [[Anglo Saxon (ship)|''Anglo Saxon'']], British Allan liner sunk off Cape Race in 1863. * ''[[Sea Clipper]]'' schooner sunk in storm near Spotted Island, Labrador in 1867. * ''[[Queen of Swansea]]'' ran aground and sunk in storm at Gull Island in 1867. * [[Germania (ship)|''Germania'']], German steamer sunk in fog near Cape Race in 1869. * ''[[Village Belle]]'' schooner lost at Cape St. Francis in 1872. * Waterwitch schooner sunk near Pouch Cove in 1875. * [[George Cromwell (ship)|George Cromwell]], British steamer sunk near Cape Race in 1877. * [[George Washington (ship)|George Washington]], USA steamer sunk near Cape Race in 1877. * [[Lion (ship)|Lion]] reported missing in Baccalieu Tickle in 1882. * [[Greenland (ship)|''Greenland'']] sealing steamer lost 48 men on the ice 1898. * [[Helgoland (ship)|''Helgoland'']], German steamer sunk near Cape Race in 1900. * [[Delmar (ship)|''Delmar'']] Scottish steamer sunk near Cape Race in 1901. * [[Duchess of Fife (ship)|''Duchess of Fife'']] schooner sunk near Bonavista in 1907. * [[RMS Titanic|RMS ''Titanic'']] White Star liner collided with iceberg on Grand Banks in 1912. * [[Florence (ship)|''Florence'']] British [[Overseas Containers Limited]] liner sunk near Cape Race in 1912. * [[SS Southern Cross (1886)|''Southern Cross'']] [[Scottish people|Scottish]] sealing steamer lost in blizzard 1914. * [[SS Kristianiafjord]] Norwegian liner ran aground in fog near Cape Race in 1917. * [[Erik (ship)|''Erik'']] sealing steamer torpedoed off St. Pierre and Miquelon 1918. * [[SS Florizel]] sank after striking a reef in 1918. * [[SS Ethie]], coastal steamship ran aground in a fierce storm in 1919. * [[Anton van Driel]] Dutch steamer sunk near Cape Race in 1919. * [[HMS Raleigh (1919)|HMS ''Raleigh'']] heavy cruiser sunk in fog at Point Amour in Strait of Belle Isle in 1922. * [[Marvale (ship)|''Marvale'']] Canadian Pacific liner stranded 1923. * [[President Coaker]] schnooner sunk in gale near Cape Race in 1924. * [[SS Viking|''Viking'']] sealing barque lost by explosion near White Bay in 1931. * [[USS Truxtun (DD-229)|USS ''Truxtun'']] destroyer sunk with [[USS Pollux (AKS-2)|USS Pollux]] in storm 1942. * [[USS Pollux (AKS-2)|USS ''Pollux'']] supply ship sunk along with [[USS Truxtun (DD-229)|USS Truxtun]] in storm 1942. * [[SS Caribou|SS ''Caribou'']] Newfoundland Railway ferry torpedoed by U-boat off [[Channel-Port aux Basques, Newfoundland and Labrador|Port aux basques]] 1942. * ''[[Saganaga]]'' iron-ore carrier torpedoed by U-boat off [[Bell Island]] 1942. * [[Lord Strathcona (ship)|''Lord Strathcona'']] iron-ore carrier torpedoed by U-boat off [[Bell Island]] 1942. * ''[[P.L.M. 27]]'' iron-ore carrier torpedoed by U-boat off [[Bell Island]] 1942. * [[Rose Castle (ship)|''Rose Castle'']] iron-ore carrier torpedoed by U-boat off [[Bell Island]] 1942. * ''[[Administratrix]]'' motor vessel collided with [[Lovadal]] in fog near Cape Race in 1948. * ''[[Harcourt Kent]]'' motor ship sunk near Cape Race in 1949. * [[MV William Carson|MV ''William Carson'']] Canadian National ferry sank in ice off Labrador 1977. * [[MS Arctic Explorer]] sank off the Strat of Bell Isle, three hours after departing St Anthony in 1981. * ''[[Ocean Ranger]]'' oil platform sunk in winter storm on Grand Banks in 1982. ====Nova Scotia==== <!--http://personal.nbnet.nb.ca/halew/Wrecks.html Loisbourg: Chemeau Mars Tilbury Ferret L'Apolon Le Fidele La Diana La Chevre etc--> * [[Auguste (ship)|''Auguste'']] a full-rigged transport run aground on the northeastern side of [[Cape Breton Island]] on [[October 28]], [[1761]]. * ''[[RMS Atlantic]]'' a [[White Star Line]] ocean liner ran aground near Meagher's Island, [[Nova Scotia]] on [[April 1]], [[1873]]. * [[Capricieux (ship)|''Capricieux'']] a French warship caught fire and burned in the siege of [[Louisbourg, Nova Scotia|Louisbourg]] on [[July 21]], [[1758]]. * [[Celebre (ship)|''Célèbre'']] a French warship caught fire and burned in the siege of [[Louisbourg, Nova Scotia|Louisbourg]] on [[July 21]], [[1758]]. * [[Entreprenant (ship)|''Entreprenant'']] a French warship struck with cannonfire by the Royal Navy off [[Louisbourg, Nova Scotia|Louisbourg]], burned and exploded on [[July 21]], [[1758]]. * [[Schooner Maria]], an Irish famine ship sank in [[Cabot Strait]] the night of [[May 10]], [[1849]]. They sailed from Limerick, Ireland for Quebec, carrying a crew of 10 plus 111 Irish emigrants. Sailing near midnight in a severe storm, the sailing ship sank immediately when it hit an iceberg, about 50 miles from [[St. Paul Island, Nova Scotia|St. Paul Island]]. Only 12 on board survived; accounts in 1849 Irish newspapers are on Internet. * [[Prudent (ship)|''Prudent'']] a French warship burned following the siege of [[Louisbourg, Nova Scotia|Louisbourg]] on [[July 22]], [[1758]]. *[[HMCS Saguenay (D79)|HMCS ''Saguenay'']] a Canadian destroyer scuttled as an artificial reef off [[Lunenburg, Nova Scotia|Lunenburg]] in 1994. *[[Schooner Larinda]], owned and operated by [[Captain Lawrence Mahan]] of [[Cape Cod]], [[Massachusetts]], was sunk in [[Halifax Harbour]] during [[Hurricane Juan]] on [[September 29, 2003]]. The ship was raised and sold to a Canadian man interested in restoring it. =====Sable Island ===== *Unknown British transport carrying members of [[43rd (Monmouthshire) Regiment of Foot]] lost [[November 14]] [[1760]] *[[Schooner Esperanto]], months after winning the first International Fishing Vessel Championship Race, struck a submerged wreck and sank [[May 30]], [[1921]]. SS Kyle: run aground in some mud in Harbour Grace ====Nunavut==== * [[HMS Breadalbane (ship)|''HMS Breadalbane'']] a British barque crushed by ice south of [[Beechey Island]] on [[August 2]], [[1853]]. ====Ontario==== * ''[[Lilly Parsons]]'', [[Brockville, Ontario|Brockville]], [[Ontario]] * ''City of Sheboygan'' sank off [[Kingston, Ontario]] in [[Lake Ontario]] * [[Comet (ship)|''Comet'']] collision of [[Nine Mile Point, Ontario]] in [[Lake Ontario]]. * ''[[SS Edmund Fitzgerald]]'' sank in [[Lake Superior]] * [[Gunilda (ship)|''Gunilda'']] yacht ran up on [[McGarvey's Shoals]] [[Lake Superior]] * [[Katie Eccles (ship)|''Katie Eccles'']] ran aground near [[Kingston, Ontario]] on [[Lake Ontario]]. * [[Young Phoenix (schooner)|''Young Phoenix'']] sank off [[Long Point|Long Point, Ontario]] [[Lake Erie]] 1818. * [[Smith (tug)|''Smith'']] [[tugboat]] sank under tow off [[Long Point|Long Point, Ontario]] [[Lake Erie]]. * [[St. James (ship)|''St. James'']] unknown cause off [[Long Point|Long Point, Ontario]] in [[Lake Erie]], discovered 1984. * [[Trade Wind (ship)|''Trade Wind'']] [[schooner]] collided with the [[Sir Charles Napier (ship)|''Sir Charles Napier'']] off [[Long Point|Long Point, Ontario]] in [[Lake Erie]]. * [[Wild Rover (boat)|''Wild Rover'']] foundered off [[Long Point|Long Point, Ontario]] [[Lake Erie]]. * [[Jersey City (ship)|''Jersey City'']] foundered off [[Long Point|Long Point, Ontario]] [[Lake Erie]] in 1860. * [[Pocahontas (ship)|''Pochahontas'']] foundered off [[Long Point|Long Point, Ontario]] [[Lake Erie]] in 1862. * [[Rebecca Foster (ship)|''Rebecca Foster'']] foundered off [[Long Point|Long Point, Ontario]] [[Lake Erie]] in 1857. * [[Jennie P. King (barque)|''Jennie P. King'']] foundered off [[Long Point|Long Point, Ontario]] [[Lake Erie]] in 1866. * [[Empire (sidewheel steamer)|''Empire'']] ran aground off [[Long Point|Long Point, Ontario]] [[Lake Erie]] in 1870. * [[British Lion (brig)|''British Lion'']] ran aground off [[Long Point|Long Point, Ontario]] [[Lake Erie]] in 1877. The same storm claimed the next two: * [[Madiera (schooner)|''Madiera'']] ran aground off [[Long Point|Long Point, Ontario]] [[Lake Erie]] in 1877. * [[Eliza A. Turner (schooner)|''Elize A. Turner'']] ran aground off [[Long Point|Long Point, Ontario]] [[Lake Erie]] in 1877. * [[William H. Vanderbilt (schooner)|''William H. Vanderbilt'']] ran aground off [[Long Point|Long Point, Ontario]] [[Lake Erie]] in 1883. * [[Siberia (schooner)|''Siberia'']] ran aground off [[Long Point|Long Point, Ontario]] [[Lake Erie]] in 1883. * [[Siberia (ship)|''Siberia'']] ran aground off [[Long Point|Long Point, Ontario]] [[Lake Erie]] in 1905. This was a different vessel than the previous entry. * [[Edmund Fitzgerald (schooner)|''Edmund Fitzgerald'']] ran aground off [[Long Point|Long Point, Ontario]] [[Lake Erie]] in 1883. This {{convert|135|ft|m|0|sing=on}} schooner predated the more widely known ship of the same name which sank in Lake Superior in 1975. * [[Wocoken (ship)|''Wocoken'']] ran aground off [[Long Point|Long Point, Ontario]] [[Lake Erie]] in 1893. * [[Joseph Paige (ship)|''Joseph Paige'']] ran aground off [[Long Point|Long Point, Ontario]] [[Lake Erie]] in 1893. This was the same gale of [[October 14]] [[1893]] that also took the Wocoken. * [[Idaho (ship)|''Idaho'']] ran aground off [[Long Point|Long Point, Ontario]] [[Lake Erie]] in 1897. * ''Niagara'' ran aground off [[Long Point|Long Point, Ontario]] [[Lake Erie]] in 1899. * [[Mystic (ship)|''Mystic'']] sank off [[Long Point|Long Point, Ontario]] [[Lake Erie]] in 1907. * [[Pascal P. Pratt (ship)|''Pascal P. Pratt'']] ran aground off [[Long Point|Long Point, Ontario]] [[Lake Erie]] in 1908. * [[Marquette and Bessemer #2 (ship)|''Marquette and Bessemer #2'']] sank off [[Long Point|Long Point, Ontario]] [[Lake Erie]] in 1909. *Not yet found. * [[Elphicke (ship)|''Elphicke'']] ran aground off [[Long Point|Long Point, Ontario]] [[Lake Erie]] in 1913. * [[James B. Colgate (ship)|''James B. Colgate'']] sank off [[Long Point|Long Point, Ontario]] [[Lake Erie]] in 1916. * [[Medida (ship)|''Merida'']] sank off [[Long Point|Long Point, Ontario]] [[Lake Erie]] in 1916. This was in the same storm of October 16 that also took the James B. Colgate * [[Lawrence (ship)|''Lawrence'']] sank aground off [[Long Point|Long Point, Ontario]] [[Lake Erie]] in 1921. * [[City of Dresden (ship)|''City of Dresden'']] ran aground off [[Long Point|Long Point, Ontario]] [[Lake Erie]] in 1922. * [[Angler (tug)|''Angler'']] caught fire and sank in [[Long Point|Long Point Bay, Ontario]] Bay [[Lake Erie]] in 1893. * [[Aycliffe Hall (ship)|''Aycliffe Hall'']] sank off [[Long Point|Long Point, Ontario]] [[Lake Erie]] in 1936. * [[James H. Reed (ship)|''James J. Reed'']] sank off [[Long Point|Long Point, Ontario]] [[Lake Erie]] in 1944. * [[Brown Brothers (ship)|''Brown Brothers'']] sank in [[Long Point|Long Point Bay, Ontario]] Bay [[Lake Erie]] in 1959. * [[HMS Toronto|HMS ''Toronto'']] sank off Hanlan's Point, [[Toronto Islands]] [[Lake Ontario]] in 1811. * [[HMS Speedy (1798)|HMS ''Speedy'']] sank off [[Brighton, Ontario]] [[Lake Ontario]] in 1804. * [[HMS Nancy (1789)|HMS ''Nancy'']] sunk by the United States Navy during the [[War of 1812]] in the [[Nottawasaga River]] near [[Georgian Bay]] in 1814. * [[HMS St. Lawrence (1814)|HMS ''Lawrence'']] sank off [[Kingston, Ontario]] [[Lake Ontario]] in 1832. * Noronic, Great Lakes cruise ship burned and sank at Toronto dock September 17 1949 * Trillium, ferry scuttled at [[Toronto Islands]]; restored and re-enter service 1975 * sand scow on stranded on Canadian side of [[Niagara River]] above Horseshoe Falls, August 6th 1918 ====Quebec==== * [[RMS Empress of Ireland (1906)|RMS ''Empress of Ireland'']] a transatlantic ocean liner sank in the [[Saint Lawrence River]] after colliding with the ''[[Storstad]]'' on [[May 29]], [[1914]]. * ''[[Sydney Packet (ship)|Sydney Packet]]'' a bark shipwrecked in the [[Magdalen Islands]] in 1826. * ''[[S.S. Leecliffe Hall]]'' a [[Great Lakes Steamer]] built in 1961 sank after collision with [[M.S. Appollonia]] in fog at [[Les Escoumains]] part of St. Lawrence River [[Sept. 4]] , 1964. ====British Columbia==== *''[[Beaver (steamship)|Beaver]]'' a steamship run aground on rocks at Prospect Point in [[Vancouver]]'s [[Stanley Park]] on [[July 25]], [[1888]]. *''[[City of Ainsworth (paddle steamer)|City of Ainsworth]]'' a paddle steamer sternwheeler sunk during a storm in Kootenay Lake on [[November 29]], [[1898]]. *''[[Ericsson (ship)|Ericsson]]'' an American side-wheeler run aground in a gale at Barkley Sound on [[November 19]], 1892. *''[[SS Islander]]'' a Canadian steamer sunk in Lynn Canal on [[August 15]], [[1901]]. *''SS Pamir'' *''[[SS Pacific]]'' a sidewheel steamer sunk following a collision with the ''SS Orpheus'' in 1875. *''[[Princess Sophia (steamer)|Princess Sophia]]'' a steamer sunk on Vanderbilt Reef on [[October 25]], [[1918]]. *''[[M/V Queen of the North]]'' a RORO ferry run aground on [[Gil Island (Canada)|Gil Island]] in [[Wright Sound]] on [[March 22]], [[2006]]. *''[[Tonquin]]'' an American merchant ship blown up at [[Clayoquot Sound]], [[Vancouver Island]] in June 1811. *''[[SS Valencia]]'' a passenger steamer wrecked off the coast of Vancouver Island on [[January 23]], [[1906]]. ===Dominican Republic=== * [[Nuestra Señora de Guadalupe (ship)|''Nuestra Señora de Guadalupe'']] a Spanish galleon sunk by hurricane in [[Samana Bay, Dominican Republic|Samana Bay]] on [[August 24]] [[1724]]. * [[Conde de Tolosa(ship)|''Conde de Tolosa'']] a Spanish galleon run aground during a hurricane in [[Samana Bay, Dominican Republic|Samana Bay]] on [[August 25]] [[1724]]. * ''St. George'' sunk as an artificial reef near [[La Romana, Dominican Republic|La Romana]] in 1999. * ''Astron'' a freighter scuttled just off the coast of [[Punta Cana]]. * ''[[Monte Cristi Pipe Wreck]]'' sunk off the north coast of the [[Dominican Republic]] in the later part of the 17th century. * ''[[La Viete]]'', 66 guns, French Warship, formerly Spanish ship ''Conquerant'', 74 guns, lost on a voyage of reinforcement and supply with a demi-brigade of artillery and infantry, their equipment, and a large shipment of specie (coins), etc. in 1802. This is probably the wreck discovered by North Caribbean Research S.A. off Punta Luna. The Punta Luna wreck project is directed by underwater archaeologist [[Dr. E. Lee Spence]]. ===Grenada=== * ''[[Bianca C (ship)|Bianca C]]'' a passenger ship sunk multiple times before becoming the Caribbean's largest shipwreck, near Grand Anse, in October 1961. ===Haiti=== * ''[[Bluenose]]'' a Canadian schooner foundered on a reef on [[January 28]], [[1946]]. ===Saint Vincent=== * ''[[SS Antilles]]'' an ocean liner ran aground on a reef near the island of [[Mustique]] on [[January 8]], [[1971]]. ===United States=== ====Alabama==== * [[USS Tecumseh (1863)|USS ''Tecumseh'']] a monitor warship sunk by a torpedo at [[Mobile Bay]] on [[August 5]], [[1864]]. ====Alaska==== [[Image:Mariposa1917.gif|thumb|right|Mariposa 1917, off Mariposa Reef, Alaska.]] [[Image:Al-ki1917b.jpg|thumb|right|Al-Ki shipwreck of 1917, Alaska.]] * SS ''Colebrook'' (also known as ''Coldbrook'') a Hog Islander merchant ship grounded off Middleton Island, Alaska on [[16 June]], [[1942]]. * [[USS Grunion (SS-216)|USS ''Grunion'' (SS-216)]] discovered in the [[Bering Sea]] in August 2007 * ''[[Nissan Maru]]'' Japanese armed freighter sunk by U.S. bombers in [[Kiska|Kiska Harbor]] on [[June 19]], [[1942]]. * [[Portland (steamer)|SS ''Portland'']] a steam ship struck rock off [[Cordova, Alaska|Cordova]] and sank on [[November 12]], [[1910]].<ref>[http://www.cdnn.info/industry/i040908/i040908.html Alaska's S.S. Portland shipwreck]</ref> * [[Princess Sophia (steamer)|''Princess Sophia'']], a passenger liner sunk off Vanderbilt Reef near [[Juneau, Alaska|Juneau]] on [[October 25]], [[1918]]. * ''[[Torrent (ship)|Torrent]]'', a wooden bark ship that foundered in storm, went ashore, and became a total loss on [[July 15]], [[1868]] in [[Cook Inlet]], off the coast of [[Alaska]].<ref>[http://lostshipwrecks.com/shipwreck_projects/torrent_project/torrent_project.htm lostshipwrecks.com "The Torrent Shipwreck Project"]</ref> * ''Mariposa'' hit a reef on Strait Island, near Pt. Baker (Mariposa Reef) on [[1917-11-18]]. It struck the reef while carrying 269 passengers and a full cargo of copper ore and canned salmon. The vessel had previously picked up the crew from the wrecked ''[[Al-Ki]]'' and the pirates from the wrecked ''[[Manhattan]]''. All passengers and crew were rescued before vessel sank. Reef now called [[Mariposa Reef]]. She went down with 25,000 cases of salmon and 1,200 tons of copper ore. Passengers and crew rescued by the ''Curaçao'', ''Ravalli'', and ''Jefferson''.<ref name=MMS>[http://www.mms.gov/alaska/ref/ships/ Minerals Management Service ‘Shipwrecks Off Alaska’]</ref> * ''Jessie'', on [[1898-06-28]], at the mouth of the [[Kuskokwim River]] swamped in turbulent water at the mouth of the river; 18 miners from the Columbia Exploration Company were believed to have been massacred by [[Yup'ik]] Natives or lost with wreck. One person, a trader called Ling, survived to bring word of the wreck to St. Michael. ''Jessie'' was towing the barge ''Minerva'' and a second unknown barge which were also lost. Yup'ik Eskimos were said to have looted vessels. Seattle [[May 31]], [[1898]] Kuskokwim River<ref name=MMS /> * ''Al-Ki'', a passenger steamer, wrecked on Point Augusta, Alaska, [[November 1]], [[1917]].<ref name=PSMHS>[http://content.lib.washington.edu/cgi-bin/pquery.exe?&CISOROOT1=/imlsmaritime&CISOFIELD1=digita&CISOBOX1=Maritime&CISOOP=all&CISORESTMP=/imls/templates/maritime_results.html&CISOVIEWTMP=/imls/templates/maritime_view.html&CISOMODE=thumbnails&CISOROWS=3&CISOCOLS=5 Puget Sound Maritime Historical Society]</ref> * ''Bear'', a passenger steamer, in surf broadside, 1916<ref name=PSMHS /> * ''City of Seattle'', a passenger steamer, was brought ashore in Alaska, [[August 15]], [[1912]]<ref name=PSMHS /> * ''Farallon'', a passenger steamer, wrecked in the Cook Inlet, Alaska, 1910<ref name=PSMHS /> * ''Jabez Howes'', a three-mast full rigged ship, wrecked in Chignik Bay, Alaska, n.d. Wooden full-rigged ship owned by the Columbia River Packer's Association & used as a cannery tender.<ref name=PSMHS /> * ''Mount McKinley'', a passenger steamer, beached near Scotch Cap, Aleutian Islands, 1942.<ref name=PSMHS /> * ''Patterson'', a steam freighter, wrecked and aground at Cape Fairweather, Alaska, 1938<ref name=PSMHS /> * ''Princess Kathleen'', a passenger steamer, sinking near Point Lena, Alaska, 1952. Went aground at Point Lena rock, Alaska, vessel was a mile and a half off course when she stranded. She was the flagship of the Canadian Pacific Lines.<ref name=PSMHS /> * ''Princess May'', a passenger steamer, wrecked and ashore on Sentinel Island, bird's-eye view from the island, 1910.<ref name=PSMHS /> * ''[[Politkofsky]]'', a steamwheeler with the [[Russian-American Company]], completed 4000 miles before sinking near the entrance of the [[Yukon River]] in 1915. ====California==== * [[Ace I (ship)|''Ace I'']] sunk as [[hazard to navigation]] off [[San Pedro, Los Angeles, California]] * [[Aggie (ship)|''Aggie'']] ran aground [[Santa Rosa Island, California]] * [[USS Anthony (DD-172)|USS ''Anthony'' (DD-172)]] sunk as a target in 1937 * [[USS Aspro (SS-309)|USS ''Aspro'' (SS-309)]] sunk as a target off [[San Diego, California]] in 1962 * [[USS Atlanta (CL-104)|USS ''Atlanta'' (CL-104)]] sunk as a target in 1970 * [[Avalon (ship)|''Avalon'']] foundered under tow off [[Palos Verdes]] * [[USS Benevolence (AH-13)|USS ''Benevolence'' (AH-13)]] Sunk off San Francisco, California, in a collision April 1950 * [[Brother Jonathan (steamer)|''Brother Jonathan'']] ran aground off [[Crescent City, California]] * [[Charles Brown (ship)|''Charles Brown'']] grounded [[Laguna Beach, California]] * [[Charles F. Crocker (ship)|''Charles F. Crocker'']] ran aground for movie, then hit by [[Tidal bore|tidal wave]] and finally burned off [[Santa Catalina Island, California]] * [[USS Charles J. Kimmel (DE-584)|USS ''Charles J. Kimmel'' (DE-584)]] Sunk as target off California, 13 November 1969 * [[Chickasaw (ship)|''Chickasaw'']] ran aground [[Santa Rosa Island, California]] * [[USS Colahan (DD-658)|USS ''Colahan'' (DD-658)]] sunk as target in 1966 * [[Crown of England (ship)|''Crown of England'']] ran aground [[Santa Rosa Island, California]] * [[Cuba (ship)|''Cuba'']] ran aground [[San Miguel Island]] * [[Dauntless (ship)|''Dauntless'']] blown up for movie off Catalina Harbor, [[Santa Catalina Island, California]] * [[USS Deperm (ADG-10)|USS ''Deperm'' (ADG-10)]] sunk as a target [[22 September]] [[1982]] at 32° 58' N., 119° 41' W. * ''[[Diosa del Mar]]'' ran aground on Ship Rock at [[Santa Catalina Island, California]] * ''[[SS Dominator]]'' ran aground Rocky Point [[Palos Verdes]] * ''[[Elsie I]]'' foundered off [[Huntington Beach, California]] * [[SS Emidio|SS ''Emidio'']], sunk by the [[Imperial Japanese Navy]], [[Crescent City, California]] * [[Equator (ship)|''Equator'']] ran aground [[Anacapa Island]] * [[Foss 125 (barge)|''Foss 125'']] foundered off [[Laguna Beach, California]] * [[F.S. Loop (ship)|''F.S. Loop'']] blown up near [[Los Angeles, California]] * [[Frolic (ship)|''Frolic'']] wrecked near [[Mendocino, California]] in 1850 * ''Georgia'' scuttled off [[Redondo Beach, California]] * [[Georgia Straits (ship)|''Georgia Straits'']] sunk while towed off [[Los Angeles, California]] * ''[[Goldenhorn]]'' ran aground [[Santa Rosa Island, California]] * [[USS Gregory (DD-802)|USS ''Gregory'' (DD-802)]] bombed as target off [[San Clemente Island]] [[California]] * [[USS Hogan (DD-178)|USS ''Hogan'' (DD-178)]] bombed as target off [[San Diego, California]] * [[Honda Point Disaster]], nine [[United States Navy]] ships run aground off the [[California]] coast in 1923. * [[USS Hornbill (AMc-13)|USS ''Hornbill'' (AMc-13)]] sank in San Francisco Bay after collision in 1942 * ''[[Humble SM-1]]'' foundered off [[Santa Barbara, California]] * [[James Rolph (ship)|''James Rolph'']] grounded on rocks in [[San Pablo Bay]] in [[1910]] * [[Johanna Smith (ship)|''Johanna Smith'']] burned then blown up off [[Long Beach, California]] * [[USS John C. Butler (DE-339)|USS ''John C. Butler'' (DE-339)]] sunk as target off [[San Clemente, California]] * [[USS Knight (DD-633)|USS ''Knight'' (DD-633)]] sunk as target off unk as a target off San Diego, California in 1967 * [[USS Koka (AT-31)|USS ''Koka'' (AT-31)]] grounded on [[San Clemente Island]] * ''[[La Janelle]]'' grounded off [[Port Hueneme, California]] * [[USS Magnet (YDG-9)|USS ''Magnet'']] sunk as a target on [[4 March]] [[1976]] off the California coast at 031° 16' N., 117° 40' W. at a depth of 1,050 fathoms. * [[USS Makassar Strait (CVE-91)|USS ''Makassar Strait'' (CVE-91)]] grounded on [[San Nicolas Island]] * ''[[Margaret C.]]'' blown up for movie Catalina Harbor, [[Santa Catalina Island, California]] * [[Melrose (ship)|''Melrose'']] ran aground [[White Point, California]] * [[Monfalcone (ship)|''Monfalcone'']] burned off [[Long Beach, California]] * [[USS Moody (DD-277)|USS ''Moody'' (DD-277)]] blown up for movie [[San Pedro Bay (California)|San Pedro Bay]] * [[USS Moray (SS-300)|USS ''Moray'' (SS-300)]] sunk as a target off [[San Clemente, California]] in 1970 * [[USS Naifeh (DE-352)|USS ''Naifeh'' (DE-352)]] sunk as a target off [[San Clemente Island]] in 1967 * [[Ningpo (ship)|''Ningpo'']] beached then burned at [[Santa Catalina Island, California]] * [[Olympic II|''Olympic II'']] collision off [[San Pedro, Los Angeles, California]] * [[Palmyra (ship)|''Palmyra'']] beached and burned off [[Santa Catalina Island, California]] * [[USS Pensacola (1859)|USS ''Pensacola'' (1859)]] burned and sank burned and sunk by the Navy in [[San Francisco Bay]] near [[Hunter’s Point]] in 1912 * [[Pomona (ship)|SS ''Pomona'']] ran aground near [[Fort Ross Cove]] [[Fort Ross, California]] in 1888 * [[USS S-37 (SS-142)|USS ''S-37'' (SS-142)]] broke tow and sank off [[Imperial Beach, California]] * [[Sacramento (ship)|''Sacramento'']] foundered off [[Redondo Beach, California]] * [[S.N. Castle (ship)|''S.N. Castle'']] burned and sunk for movie Catalina Harbor at [[Santa Catalina Island, California]] * [[San Augustin (ship)|''San Augustin'']] Manila [[galleon]] wrecked at anchor in [[Drakes Bay]] * [[USS Stewart (DD-224)|USS ''Stewart'' (DD-224)]] sunk as a target off [[San Francisco, California]] in 1946 * [[USS Stribling (DD-96)|USS ''Stribling'' (DD-96)]] sunk as a target off [[San Pedro, Los Angeles, California]] in 1937 * ''[[SueJac]]'' grounded on Casino Point,[[Santa Catalina Island, California]] * [[USS Tingey (DD-539)|USS ''Tingey'' (DD-539)]] sunk as target off San Francisco in 1966 * [[UB-88|''UB-88'']] shelled for target [[San Pedro Bay (California)|San Pedro Bay]] * [[Valiant (ship)|''Valiant'']] burned off [[Descanso Beach, California]] * [[USS Williams (DE-372)|USS ''Williams'' (DE-372)]] sunk as a target of San Diego in 1968 * [[Winfield Scott (ship)|''Winfield Scott'']] ran aground [[Anacapa Island]] * ''[[Yankee Blade]]'' Ran aground [[Honda Point, California]] * [[Yukon (ship)|''Yukon'']] foundered [[Mission Bay, San Diego, California]] ====Connecticut==== * [[USS Chewink (AM-39)|USS ''Chewink'' (AM-39)]] Sunk off [[New London, Connecticut]] in 1947 * [[USS G-2 (SS-27)|USS ''G-2'' (SS-27)]] Sank at mooring in 1919 * [[USS Guardfish (SS-217)|USS ''Guardfish'' (SS-217)]] Sunk as target off [[New London, Connecticut]] in 1961 ====Delaware==== * [[USNS Mission San Francisco (T-AO-123)|USNS ''Mission San Francisco'']] a fleet oil tanker collided with the [[Liberia]]n freighter ''Elna II'' while passing [[New Castle, Delaware|New Castle]], caught fire and exploded on [[March 7]], [[1957]]. ====Florida==== * ''[[Adelaide Baker]]'' grounded on reef [[Duck Key, Florida|Duck Key]] * [[USS Amesbury (DE-66)|USS ''Amesbury'' (DE-66)]] grounded off [[Key West, Florida|Key West]] * [[Angustias (ship)|''Angustias'']] [[tropical cyclone]] off [[Marathon Key, Florida]] in 1733 * [[USS Bailey (DD-492)|USS ''Bailey'' (DD-492)]] sunk as a target off [[Florida]] coast in 1969 * [[Benwood (ship)|''Benwood'']] collision [[Florida Keys]] * [[USCGC Bibb (WPG-31)|USCGC ''Bibb'' (WPG-31)]] sunk as target off [[Key Largo]] in 1987 * [[USCGC Blackthorn (WLB-391)|USCGC ''Blackthorn'' (WLB-391)]] Tanker collision in Tampa Bay, in the Egmont channel. Re-positioned 20 mi. off Clearwater. 1980 * [[USS Boyle (DD-600)|USS ''Boyle'' (DD-600)]] sunk as a target off [[Florida]] coast in 1973 * [[Catherine (ship)|''Catherine'']] off [[Santa Rosa Island, Florida]] * ''[[Cities Services Empire]]'' (tanker) torpedoed by [[Unterseeboot 128|''U-128'']] off [[Cape Canaveral]] in 240 fsw * [[City of Washington (ship)|''City of Washington'']] ran aground [[Key Largo, Florida]] * [[SS Copenhagen|SS ''Copenhagen'']] crashed into a reef at [[Pompano Beach, Florida]] in 1900 * [[USS Curb (ARS-21)|USS ''Curb'' (ARS-21)]] sunk off [[Key West, Florida]] as an artificial reef in 185 fsw * [[USCGC Duane (WPG-33)|USCGC ''Duane'' (WPG-33)]] sunk as an [[artificial reef]] near [[Key Largo]] in 1987 * [[Eagle (ship)|''Eagle'']] sunk as an artificial reef off Florida Keys after fire damage in 1985 * [[USS Eaton (DD-510)|USS ''Eaton'' (DD-510)]] sunk as a target off [[Florida]] coast in 1970 * [[El Infante (ship)|''El Infante'']], in a hurricane off [[Marathon Key, Florida]] in 1733 * [[HMS Fowey (1744)|HMS ''Fowey'' (1744)]] struck reef offshore from [[Biscayne Bay]], [[Florida]] 1748 * [[HMS Fox (1799)|HMS ''Fox'' (1799)]], a 14 gun schooner sunk off [[Dog Island]] in 1799 * [[USS Fred T. Berry (DD-858)|USS ''Fred T. Berry'' (DD-858)]] scuttled off [[Key West, Florida]] as artificial reef in 316 fsw * [[Georges Valentine (shipwreck)|''Georges Valentine'']] sunk in a storm off [[Hutchinson Island]] in 1904 * [[Golden Venture|''Golden Venture'']], ran aground on [[Rockaway Beach, Queens|Rockaway Beach]], [[Queens]], after mutiny, 1993; towed to [[Florida]] by the [[United States Coast Guard|Coast Guard]], where it was deliberately sunk * ''[[Gulfamerica]]'' (tanker) torpedoed by [[Unterseeboot 123]] off [[Jacksonville, Florida|Jacksonville]] * [[Half Moon (shipwreck)|''Half Moon'']] sank near [[Miami, Florida]] in 1930 * ''[[Henrietta Marie]]'' [[slave ship]] sunk off Florida Keys in 1700 * [[USS Herndon (DD-638)|USS ''Herndon'' (DD-638)]] sunk as a target off Florida in 1973 * [[Herrera (ship)|''Herrera'']], in a hurricane off [[Marathon Key, Florida]] in 1733 * [[James A. Garfield (ship)|''James A. Garfield'']] sunk off [[Dog Island]] in a storm in 1899. * [[USS Kendrick (DD-612)|USS ''Kendrick'' (DD-612)]] sunk off [[Key West, Florida]] in tests, in 320 fsw * [[Le Tigre (ship)|''Le Tigre'']] stranded on [[Dog Island]] during storm in 1766 * [[Lofthus (shipwreck)|''Lofthus'']] sunk near [[Boynton Beach, Florida|Boynton Beach]] in 1898 * [[HMS Loo|HMS ''Loo'']] (frigate) ran aground off [[Big Pine Key, Florida]] in 1743 * [[USS Madison (DD-425)|USS ''Madison'' (DD-425)]] sunk as a target of Southeastern [[Florida]] in 1969 * [[Maple Leaf (ship)|''Maple Leaf'']] [[American Civil War]] transport; struck [[naval mine|torpedo]] near [[Jacksonville, Florida]] * [[USS Mindanao (ARG-3)|USS ''Mindanao'' (ARG-3)]] sunk as artificial reef off [[Daytona Beach, Florida]] in 1980 * [[USS Muliphen (AKA-61)|USS ''Muliphen'' (AKA-61)]] sunk as an artificial reef off Stuart, Florida in 1989 * [[USS Narcissus (1863)|USS ''Narcissus'' (1863)]] sunk off [[Egmont Key, Florida]] in 1866 * ''[[Nuestra Señora de Atocha]]'', [[Spain|Spanish]] [[galleon]] which sank in 1622 and was found on [[July 20]], [[1985]] {{convert|40|mi|km|0}} off the coast of [[Key West, Florida]] by treasure hunters who soon began to raise $400 million in [[coin]]s and [[silver]]. * [[Nuestra Señora del Populo (ship)|''Nuestra Señora del Populo'']], in a hurricane off [[Marathon Key, Florida]] in 1733 * [[USS Oriskany (CV-34)|USS ''Oriskany'' (CV-34)]] sunk as an artificial reef off [[Pensacola, Florida]] in 2006 * [[USS Ozark (LSV-2)|USS ''Ozark'' (LSV-2)]] sunk as a target off [[Destin, Florida]] in 1975 * ''[[Queen of Nassau]]'' off Florida Keys in 1926 under mysterious circumstances. * [[USS Rankin (AKA-103)|USS ''Rankin'' (AKA-103)]] Sunk as a fishing & diving reef off [[Stuart, Florida]] in 1988 * [[SS Regina|SS ''Regina'']] sank in 1940 near [[Bradenton Beach, Florida]] * [[USS S-16 (SS-121)|USS ''S-16'' (SS-121)]] sunk off [[Key West, Florida]] as a target in 260 fsw * [[San Jose (ship)|''San Jose'']], in a hurricane off [[Marathon Key, Florida]] in 1733 * [[San Pedro (ship)|''San Pedro'']], in a hurricane off [[Indian Key, Florida]] * [[USS Saufley (DD-465)|USS ''Saufley'' (DD-465)]] sunk as a target in 420 fsw off [[Key West, Florida]] * [[Slobodna (ship)|''Slobodna'']] ran aground on [[Molasses Reef]] in 1887 * [[USS Spiegel Grove (LSD-32)|USS ''Spiegel Grove'' (LSD-32)]] sunk as an artificial reef off [[Florida Keys]] in 2002 * [[USS Stockdale (DE-399)|USS ''Stockdale'' (DE-399)]] sunk as target off [[Florida]] coast in 1974 * [[USS Sturtevant (DD-240)|USS ''Sturtevant'' (DD-240)]] ran into a friendly mine-field in the northwest channel * [[Tarpon (ship)|''Tarpon'']] swamped off [[Panama City, Florida]] * [[Unterseeboot 2513|''U-2513'']] sunk west of Key West, Florida during rocket tests by the destroyer [[USS Robert A. Owens (DD-827)|USS ''Robert A. Owens'' (DD-827)]] in 1951 * ''[[Urca de Lima]]'' sunk in 1715 near [[Fort Pierce, Florida]] * ''[[Valbanera]]'' sank in a hurricane 5 miles east of [[Rebecca Shoal Light|Rebecca Shoal]] (about 45 miles west of Key West) in 1919 * [[USS Wilkes-Barre (CL-103)|USS ''Wilkes-Barre'' (CL-103)]] sunk off Florida Keys ====Georgia==== *[[CSS Georgia (battery)|CSS ''Georgia'']] a Civil War ironclad floating battery scuttled off [[Savannah, Georgia|Savannah]] on [[December 21]], [[1864]]. *[[CSS Muscogee|CSS ''Muscogee'']] a Confederate ironclad ram was captured and burned off the coast of [[Georgia (U.S. state)|Georgia]] in April 1865. *''Rattlesnake'' a Confederate privateer sunk by USS ''Montauk'' in [[Ogeechee River]] in 1863. *[[SS Republic (1853)|SS ''Republic'']] sank in a hurricane about 100 miles (160km) southeast of Savannah on [[October 25]], [[1865]]. *[[USS Water Witch (1851)|USS ''Water Witch'']] a sidewheel gunboat burned to avoid capture at [[White Bluff, Georgia|White Bluff]] on [[December 19]], [[1864]] ====Great Lakes==== {{seealso|Great Lakes#Shipwrecks}} * [[SS Edmund Fitzgerald|SS ''Edmund Fitzgerald'']] * [[Amboy (Ship)]] ran aground during the famous [[Mataafa Storm]] of 1905 * [[117th Street]] Wreck depth: 39' 41.30.777 N 81.43.751 W * [[17 Fathom Wreck]] 105' 42.39.103 N 80.03.145 W * [[Admiral]] 75' 41.38.244 N 81.54.197 W * [[Adventure]] 25' 41.38.84 N 82.41.73 W * [[Algeria]] 40' 41.31.225 N 81.42.944 W * [[Alva B.]] 12' 41.30.768 N 82.01.894 W * America 15' 41.49.675 N 82.38.066 W * [[Armenia]] 39' * [[Steamship Atlantic|Atlantic]] 155' 42.30.620 N 80.05.086 W * Arches 160' 42.27.476 N 80.01.021 W * [[Bay Coal Schooner]] 55' N41°33.009' W81°56.077' * [[Bow Cabin]] 70' 41.56.811 N 82.14.107 W * [[Brick Wreck]] 77' * Brown Brothers 125' 42.37.647 N 80.00.912 W * Brunswick 110' 42.35.465 N 79.24.546 W * Canobie 10'-15' 42.10.326 N 80.00.903 W * Carlingford 95' 42.39.266 N 79.28.6163 W * Cascade 30' * Case 20' * C.B. Benson 86' 42.46.259 N 79.14.609 W * Cecil J. 20' 42.45.785 N 80.13.688 W * Charger 35' * Charles H. Davis 40' 41.30.780 N 81.43.52 W * Charles Foster 80' 42.10.445 N 80.15.007 W * Charles B. Packard 40' * City of Concord 45' * Civil War Wreck 65' * Clarion 75' * Cleveco 75' 41.47.473 N 81.36.000 W * Colonel Cook 10'-20' * Colonial 20' * Conemaugh 20' * Craftsman 41'' 41.31.942 N 82.00.375 W * Crete 12' 42.10.30 N 80.00.94 W * David Stewart 22' * David Vance 41' * Dean Richmond 110' 42.17.421 N 79.55.859 W * Dominion 45' * Dundee 75' 41.41.330 N 81.50.634 W * Duke Luedtke 70' 41.41.630 N 81.57.655 W * Edmund Fitzgerald 320; *Eldorado 15'-20' 42.10.326 N 80.00.903 W * Erieau Quarry Stone 15' 42.15.412 N 81.54.341 W * Exchange 10'-20' * F.A. Meyer 78' 41.55.439 N 82.02.953 W * Fannie L. Jones 36' 41.30.640 N 81.43.751 W * Frank E. Vigor 90' 41.57.545 N 81.57.242 W * George Dunbar 45' 41.40.631 N 82.33.893 W * George Stone 31' * George Worthington 38' * Grand Traverse 39' * H.A. Barr 84' 42.09.111 N 81.23.41 W * H.G. Cleveland 55' * Hickory Stick 55' 41.32.301 N 82.06.236 W * Indiana 95' 42.17.760 N 79.59.898 W * Ivanhoe 57' 41.33.310 N 82.02.826 W * Jackie's Wreck 50' 41.51.707 N 82.21.084 W * James B. Colgate 85' 42.05.376 N 81.44.279 W * James H. Reed 70' * Jay Gould 45' 41.51.531 N 82.24.596 W * J.G. McGrath 85' 42.40.083 N 79.23.764 W * J.J. Boland Jr. 130' 42.22.794 N 79.43.929 W * John B. Griffin 50' * John B. Lyon 50' * John Pridgeon Jr. 60' 41.35.320 N 81.58.601 W * Jorge B. 32' * [[Lady Elgin (steamship)|''Lady Elgin'']] a steamship wrecked in [[Lake Michigan]] near Chicago following a collision with the schooner ''Augusta'' on [[September 8]], [[1860]]. * Lighthouse Wreck 15' 42.33.075 N 80.02.721 W * Little Wissahickon 78' 41.54.217 N 81.56.781 W * Lycoming 26' 42.15.078 N 81.53.384 W * M.I. Wilcox 22' * Mabel Wilson 36' 41.30.342 N 81.43.907 W * Magnet 35' * Marshall F. Butters 70' 41.43.636 N 82.17.370 W * Mecosta 50' 41.31.850 N 81.53.001 W * Merida 65' - 80' 42.13.955 N 81.20.788 W * Morning Star 65' 41.36.813 N 82.12.531 W * Mount Vernon 30' * Net Wreck 70' 41.56.564 N 82.14.872 W * New Brunswick 53' * [[North Carolina]] 40' 41.43.808 N 81.22.885 W * [[Northern Indiana]] 25' 41.53.882 N 82.30.600 W * Oneida 8' 42.13.966 N 79.51.583 W * [[Oxford]] 170' 42.28.855 N 79.51.843 W * [[Paddy Murphy]] 13' * Pascal P. Pratt 20' 42.33.682 N 80.05.429 W * Passaic84' 42.28.748 N 79.27.769 W * [[Penelope]] 8' 41.30.562 N 82.02.443 W * Philip D. Armour 30' 42.07.684 N 80.10.693 W * [[Philip Minch]] 47' 41.41.304 N 82.30.808 W * Queen of the West 70' 41.50.768 N 82.23.135 W * [[Robert]] 49' 42.13.094 N 82.58.937 W * [[S.F. Gale]] 78' 41.44.455 N 81.52.922 W * [[S.K. Martin]] 60' 42.14.546 N 79.56.004 W * St. James 170' 42.27.104 N 80.07.331 W * [[Sand Merchant]] 65' 41.34.428 N 82.57.524 W * [[Sarah E. Sheldon]] 20' 41.29.741 N 82.06.678 W * Specular 36' * Success 14' 41.31.321 N 82.54.705 W * T-8 145' 42.35.226 N 80.01.335 W * [[Tasmania]] 40' 41.47.303 N 82.29.811 W * [[Tire Reef]] 22' 42.41.043 N 80.08.500 W * Trade Wind 120' 42.25.516 N 80.12.056 W * [[Tug Smith]] 165' 42.28.486 N 79.59.061 W * [[Two Fannies]] 60' 41.33.855 N 81.55.281 W * Unknown 83' 42.08.375 N 81.37.942 W * Valentine 80' 41.55.116 N 81.54.778 W * [[Washington Irving (schooner)|Washington Irving]] [http://www.boatnerd.com/swayze/shipwreck/i.htm 120' 42.32.371 N 79.27.636 W] * Willis 72' * Wilma 75' 42.42.150 N 80.02.068 W ====Guam==== * ''[[Aratama Maru]]'' a Japanese Navy transport sunk in [[Talofofo Bay]] in 1944. * [[SMS Cormoran|SMS ''Cormoran'']] a German steamer scuttled in [[Apra Harbor]] to avoid capture at the start of [[World War I]] in 1917. * ''[[Kitsugawa Maru]]'' a Japanese merchant freighter sunk by torpedo in [[Apra Harbor]]. * ''[[Tokai Maru]]'' a Japanese Navy armed transport sunk in [[Apra Harbor]] in 1943. ====Hawaii==== * [[USS Arizona (BB-39)|USS ''Arizona'' (BB-39)]] a battleship lost in the Japanese bombing of [[Pearl Harbor]] on [[December 7]], [[1941]]. * ''I-18tou'', a Japanese [[Ko-hyoteki class submarine|midget submarine]] depth-charged at Pearl Harbor. * [[USS LST-353|USS ''LST-353'']] a tank landing ship sunk following an explosion while moored in West Loch on [[May 21]], [[1944]]. * [[USNS Mission San Miguel (T-AO-129)|USNS ''Mission San Miguel'']] a fleet oiler run aground on [[Maro Reef]] on [[October 8]], [[1957]]. * [[USS Utah (BB-31)]] a battleship lost in the Japanese bombing of Pearl Harbor on [[December 7]], [[1941]]. * [[YO-257]] and the San Pedro, both intentionally sunk by [[Atlantis Submarines Hawaii]]. ====Illinois==== * ''[[S.S. Eastland,]]'' a passenger ship, sunk in the [[Chicago River]] on [[July 24]], [[1915]].<ref>[http://query.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=9B01E4DA1739E233A25756C2A9619C946496D6CF SINKS IN BARELY SIX MINUTES; Great Majority of Victims Women and Children, Bound for Picnic. HUNDREDS TRAPPED BELOW Throngs Dumped from Upper Decks Into the River to Struggle and Die. CHICAGO PUTS ON MOURNING Rows of Bodies, Awaiting Identification, Fill Armory -- Heroes Not Lacking. 1,800 DROWN AS STEAMER CAPSIZES], [[The New York Times]], July 25, 1915.</ref> ====Louisiana==== *[[CSS Louisiana|CSS ''Louisiana'']] an ironclad burned, exploded, and sunk near [[Fort St. Philip]] on the [[Mississippi River]] on [[April 28]], [[1862]]. * ''New York'' sunk in a hurricane off the coast. * [[Robert E. Lee (ship)|''Robert E. Lee'']] a passenger freighter torpedoed by [[Unterseeboot 166|''U-166'']] on [[July 30]], [[1942]].<ref>[http://ubootwaffe.net/ops/boat.cgi?boat=166 U-Boat Operations<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref><ref name = "MMS.gov-WW2">[http://www.gomr.mms.gov/homepg/regulate/environ/archaeological/world_war_II.html Historic Shipwrecks in the Gulf of Mexico<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> * [[Unterseeboot 166|''U-166'']], a German U-boat sunk by a depth charge from a US Navy patrol boat in July 1942. * [[USCGC White Alder (WLM-541)|USCGC ''White Alder'' (WLM-541)]] a coastal buoy tender sunk in the Mississippi River near [[White Castle, Louisiana|White Castle]] following a collision on [[December 7]], [[1968]]. ====Maine==== * ''Alice E. Clark'', a 4-masted Schooner, struck Islesboro Ledge (off Islesboro, Penobscot Bay) in fog on [[July 1]], [[1909]] ====Maryland==== * ''Mallows Bay'' As many as 152 Great War era Merchant ships abandoned after the salvage company went bankrupt. [[1925]]-[[1929]] ====Massachusetts==== * [[USS Albert Gallatin (1871)|''Albert Gallatin'']], 1892 Grounded on Boo Hoo Ledge off Manchester * [[SS Alexander Macomb|SS ''Alexander Macomb'']], [[Liberty ship]] torpedoed in 1942 by German [[Unterseeboot 215|''U-215'']] * ''Alice M. Colburn'', 1923 Ran aground in storm and broke up * ''[[Alice M. Lawrence]]'', 1914 Grounded on shoal * [[Alma A. E. Holmes (ship)|''Alma A. E. Holmes'']], 1914 Collision with steamer ''Belfast'' * ''Alva'', 1892 Rammed in fog by steamer ''H. F. Dimock'' * [[SS Andrea Doria|SS ''Andrea Doria'']], 1956 collision in Nantucket Sound * ''Angela'', 1971 Broke towline in storm and grounded on reef * ''Aransas'', 1905 Collision with schooner barge ''Glendower'' in fog * ''[[Ardandhu]]'', 1900 Collision in fog with steamer ''Herman Winter'' * ''[[Argo Merchant]]'' ran aground 25 milles southeast of [[Nantucket, Massachusetts]] in 1976, causing an [[oil spill]] * [[Baleen (ship)|''Baleen'']], 1975 Foundered while in tow after fire on board * [[Barge & Crane]], 1963 Foundered * [[Bark Frances|Bark ''Frances'']] off [[Cape Cod]] * [[California (Trawler)|''California'']], 1955 Ran aground on ledge * ''[[Can Do]]'', 1978 Sank in famous [[Northeastern United States blizzard of 1978|Blizzard of 1978]] * ''[[Charles S. Haight]]'', 1946 Stranded on a ledge * [[Chelsea (ship)|''Chelsea'']], 1957 Grounded on Sandy Bay Breakwater and sank * ''[[Chester A. Poling]]'', 1977 Broke in half in storm * ''[[City of Columbus]]'', 1884 Struck Devil's Bridge backed off and sank quickly * [[City of Salisbury (ship)|''City of Salisbury'']], 1938 Struck ledge in fog and broke up * [[City of Taunton (ship)|''City of Taunton'']], 1930s Beached and abandoned * ''[[Colonel William B. Cowin]]'' 1941 Struck Hens and Chickens Reef and sank quickly * [[Columbia (schooner)|''Columbia'']], 1898 Blown onto beach in storm * ''Connaught'', 1860 Started to leak, caught fire and sank * ''[[Corvan]]'', 1940 Struck Sow & Pigs Reef, drifted off and sank * ''[[Coyote]]'', 1924 Scuttled * [[Cross Rip Lightship]], 1918 Carried out to sea by ice field * ''[[Davis Palmer]]'', 1909 Struck Graves Ledge, drifted off and sank * [[Delaware (Barge)|''Delaware'']], 1898 Sank in the [[Portland Gale]] * ''[[Dixie Sword]]'', 1942 Foundered in storm thought to have been torpedoed * ''[[Dynafuel]]'', 1963 Collision in fog with Norwegian freighter ''Fernview'' * ''[[Edward E. Briry]]'', 1917 Foundered in gale * ''[[Edward Rich]]'', 1899 Struck breakwater in fog * ''[[Eldia (Vessel)|Eldia]]'', 1984 Blown onto beach in storm * ''[[Ellenora Van Dusen]]'', 1900 Fire onboard * ''[[Etrusco]]'', 1956 Blown ashore in storm * ''[[Forest Queen]]'', 1853 Grounded off shore in storm * ''[[Fort Mercer]]'', 1952 Broke in half in heavy seas * ''[[Frank A. Palmer]]'', 1902 Collision with the Schooner ''[[Louise B. Crary]]'' * ''[[French Van Gilder]]'', 1885 Grounded on shoal * ''[[General Greene]]'', 1960 Blown onto beach while disabled in storm * [[USS Grouse (AMS-15)|USS ''Grouse'' (AMS-15)]], 1963 Grounded on Little Salvages shoal * ''[[Henry Endicott]]'', 1939 Foundered while under tow in heavy seas * ''Herbert'', 1924 Rammed by steamer ''City of Gloucester'' while at anchor in fog * ''[[Herman Winter]]'', 1944 Stranded on reef * ''[[Hilda Garston]]'', 1961 Struck reef and sank * ''[[Horatio Hall]]'', 1909 Collision in fog with freighter ''H. F. Dimock'' * ''[[James E. Longstreet]]'', 1950 Deliberately grounded as target ship * ''[[Jennie French Potter]]'', 1909 Grounded on shoal * ''[[John S. Dwight]]'', 1923 Scuttled by rum runners * ''[[Kate Harding]]'', 1892 Stranded on beach in storm * ''Kenwood'', 1926 Blown onto rocks in gale * ''Kershaw'', 1928 Collision with liner ''President Garfield'' * ''King Philip'', 1935 Sunk at dock, raised and scuttled * ''[[Kiowa]]'', 1903 Rammed by steamer ''Admiral Dewy'' while anchored in snowstorm * [[USS Lackawanna (1862)|USS ''Lackawanna'' (1862)]], 1915 Collision with barge * [[Lightship LV-58]], 1905 Started to leak and sank while being towed * ''[[Louise B. Crary]]'', 1902 Collision with the Schooner ''[[Frank A. Palmer]]'' * ''[[Lunet]]'', 1898 Dragged anchor onto rocks and sank during the [[Portland Gale]] * ''[[Magnifique]]'', 1782 Grounded on sandbar * ''Mars'', 1942 Collision with tanker ''Bidwell'' * ''[[Mary E. O'Hara]]'', 1941 Collision with barge ''Winifred Sheridan'' * ''[[Mertie B. Crowley]]'', 1910 Groanded on shoal * [[USS Mohave (AT-15)|USS ''Mohave'' (AT-15)]], 1928 Struck submerged ledge and sank * ''Montclair'', 1927 Grounded in storm and broke up * ''[[Nancy]]'', 1927 Dragged anchor onto beach in storm * [[Lightship Nantucket|Nantucket Lightship (LV-117)]], 1934 Rammed by British steamer [[RMS Olympic|RMS ''Olympic'']] * [[Nantucket (ship)|''Nantucket'']], 1859, whaler wrecked on Nashawena Island * [[USS New Hampshire (1864)|USS ''New Hampshire'']], 1922 Caught fire and sank while in tow to be scrapped * ''[[Nina T]]'', 1997 Scuttled * ''[[Northern Voyager]]'', 1997 Foundered during sea trials after refit * ''[[Pan Pennsylvania]]'', 1944 Torpedoed by the German submarine [[Unterseeboot 550|''U-550'']] when it lagged behind its wartime convoy * ''Pemberton'', 1907 Caught fire and sank * ''Pendleton'', 1952 Broke in half in storm * [[Portland (paddlewheeler)|''Portland'']] sunk in storm in 1898 * [[RMS Republic (1903)|RMS ''Republic'']] sank after collision in 1909. * [[HMS Somerset (1748)|HMS ''Somerset'']] wrecked in 1778 off [[Cape Cod]] * [[Sparrowhawk (ship)|''Sparrowhawk'']] in 1623 * ''[[Whydah Gally]]'' sank in a storm off [[Cape Cod]] in 1717 ====Michigan==== * ''[[Cornelia B. Windiate]]'' iced up and slowly sank in a storm after passing through the [[Straits of Mackinac]], Michigan * [[SS Edmund Fitzgerald|SS ''Edmund Fitzgerald'']] lost in a storm off [[Whitefish Bay]] in [[Lake Superior]]. * [[Emma L. Nielson (ship)|''Emma L. Nielson'']] collision in fog off [[Point Aux Barques, Michigan]]. * ''[[Hunter Savidge]]'' capsized off [[Pointes Aux Barques, Michigan]]. * [[John A. McGean (ship)|''John A. McGean'']] lost in storm off [[Harbor Beach, Michigan|Harbor Beach]] in [[Lake Huron]] in the [[White Hurricane of 1913]]. * [[Hennepin (shipwreck)]] ====Minnesota==== * [[Amboy (Ship)|''Amboy'']] ran aground during the famous [[Mataafa Storm]] of 1905 * ''[[Benjamin Noble]]'' lost [[April 28]], [[1914]] off Duluth; found 2004<ref>[http://www.lakesuperior.com/news/05noblereward.html Benjamin Noble Shipwreck Found<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> * [[Madeira (shipwreck)|''Madeira'']], a casualty of the Mataafa Storm. * ''[[Mataafa]]'' impacted the north pier of the Duluth Ship Canal and sank [[November 28]], [[1905]] during a storm of which it is the namesake. Nine of 24 crewmen died of cold weather exposure as Duluthians helplessly watched from shore.<ref>[http://www.duluthport.com/99fall/famous.html Duluth Seaway Port Authority, Minnesota<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> ====Mississippi==== * [[USS Cairo (1861)|USS ''Cairo'']] a river gunboat struck a torpedo in the [[Yazoo River]] and sank on [[December 12]], [[1862]]. * ''Josephine'' a side-wheel steamer foundered off the barrier islands. ====New Jersey==== * [[Adonis (ship)|''Adonis'']] struck shore [[Deal Beach, New Jersey|Deal Beach]] * [[USS Arundo|USS ''Arundo'']] [[torpedo]]ed off New Jersey * [[SS Atlantus|SS ''Atlantus'']] sank in a storm off the coast of New Jersey * ''[[Ayuruoca]]'' collision off New Jersey * ''[[Beth Dee Bob]]'' foundered in storm off New Jersey * [[Brunette (ship)|''Brunette'']] collision off New Jersey * [[Chappara (ship)|''Chappara'']] struck [[naval mine|mine]] off New Jersey * ''[[Choapa]]'' collision off New Jersey * [[Delaware (ship)|''Delaware'']] burned then sank under tow off New Jersey * ''[[Goulandris]]'' collision off New Jersey * ''[[Gulftrade]]'' torpedoed off New Jersey * [[USS Jacob Jones (DD-130)|USS ''Jacob Jones'' (DD-130)]] sunk by a U-boat off the coast of New Jersey * [[Lana Carol (ship)|''Lana Carol'']] foundered off [[Manasquan Inlet]] New Jersey * [[Malta (ship)|''Malta'']] ran aground near [[Belmar, New Jersey|Belmar]] * [[Maurice Tracy (ship)|''Maurice Tracy'']] collision off New Jersey * [[Mohawk (ship)|''Mohawk'']] collision off New Jersey * [[USS Moonstone (PYc-9)|USS ''Moonstone'' (PYc-9)]] Sunk by collision with the [[USS Greer (DD-145)|USS ''Greer'' (DD-145)]] off [[Cape May, New Jersey|Cape May]] * [[SS Morro Castle|SS ''Morro Castle'']] fire off [[Asbury Park, New Jersey|Asbury Park]] * [[Park City (ship)|''Park City'']] collision off New Jersey * [[Persephone (ship)|''Persephone'']] [[torpedo]]ed off New Jersey * [[SS Pinta|SS ''Pinta'']] collision off New Jersey * [[Pliny (ship)|''Pliny'']] ran aground Deal Beach * [[Rjukan (ship)|''Rjukan'']] ran aground on New Jersey * [[R.P. Resor (ship)|''R.P. Resor'']] torpedoed off New Jersey * [[Rusland (ship)|''Rusland'']] struck wreck of [[Adonis (ship)|''Adonis'']] * [[San Saba (ship)|''San Saba'']] struck [[naval mine|mine]] off New Jersey * [[Sindia (ship)|''Sindia'']] ran aground on the beach of Ocean City, 1901 * ''[[Stolt Dagali]]'' collision off New Jersey * [[Tolten (ship)|''Tolten'']] torpedoed off New Jersey * [[Unterseeboot 869|''U-869'']], discovered off the coast of New Jersey in 1991 * [[Vega (ship)|''Vega'']] capsized under tow off New Jersey * [[Vizcaya (ship)|''Vizcaya'']] collision off New Jersey * [[Western World (ship)|''Western World'']] ran aground on New Jersey coast ====New York==== * [[USS California (ACR-6)|USS ''California'' (ACR-6)]] (later renamed ''San Diego''), an armored cruiser sunk by a torpedo or mine near [[Fire Island, New York]] on [[July 19]], [[1918]]. * [[Champlain II|''Champlain II'']] a passenger steamboat ran aground by pilot under influence of morphine near [[Westport, New York|Westport]] on [[Lake Champlain]] on [[July 16]], [[1875]]. * USS ''Eagle'' lost on [[Lake Champlain]]. * [[Land Tortoise (radeau)]], in [[Lake George (New York)]], circa 1758 from [[French and Indian Wars]] * [[Steamship Lexington|Steamship ''Lexington'']] a paddlewheel steamship which caught fire north of [[Long Island]] and sank on [[January 14]], [[1840]]. * [[HMS Ontario (1780)]] a British 22 gun brig-sloop sunk in storm on Lake Ontario, discovered in 2008. * [[Oregon (ship)|SS ''Oregon'']] sunk following a collision with the ''Charles R. Morse'' off [[Long Island]] in 1886. * USS ''Ticonderoga'' lost on Lake Champlain. * [[USS Turner (DD-648)|USS ''Turner'']] a destroyer exploded and sunk at Ambrose Light on [[January 3]], [[1944]]. * ''[[Washington Irving (sidewheeler)|Washington Irving]]'' a [[sidewheeler]] that collided with an oil barge on the [[North River (New York-New Jersey)|North River]] in 1926. * [[HMS Ontario (1780)|HMS ''Ontario'']], sank in a storm in 1780 while underway from [[Fort Niagara]] to [[Oswego, New York]]. Wreck discovered intact in 2008. *[[Land Tortoise (shipwreck)]] sank in [[Lake George]] 1758 ====North Carolina==== * [[USS Aeolus (ARC-3)|USS ''Aeolus'' (ARC-3)]] Sunk as an artificial reef in 1988 * [[Altoona (ship)|''Altoona'']] ran aground [[Cape Hatteras]] * [[Ashkhabad (ship)|''Ashkhabad'']] [[torpedo]]ed off North Carolina * [[Atlas (ship)|''Atlas'']] torpedoed off North Carolina * [[Australia (ship)|''Australia'']] torpedoed off North Carolina * [[USS Bainbridge (1842)|USS ''Bainbridge'' (1842)]] capsized off Cape Hatteras in 1863 * [[Bedfordshire (ship)|''Bedfordshire'']] torpedoed off North Carolina * [[Bendigo (ship)|''Bendigo'']], North Carolina * [[British Splendour (ship)|''British Splendour'']] torpedoed off North Carolina * [[Caribsea (ship)|''Caribsea'']] torpedoed off North Carolina * [[Carl Gerhard (ship)|''Carl Gerhard'']] sunk off [[Nags Head, North Carolina|Nags Head]] * [[Cassimir (ship)|''Cassimir'']] collision off North Carolina * [[Catherine M. Monohan (ship)|''Catharine M. Monohan'']] foundered off North Carolina * [[SS Central America|SS ''Central America'']] steamship sank in a storm [[September 9]] [[1857]]. * ''[[Chilore]]'' torpedoed then struck mine, then foundered off North Carolina * [[USS Chopper (SS-342)|USS ''Chopper'' (SS-342)]] Sunk off Cape Hatteras, [[July 21]], [[1976]], while being rigged as a tethered underwater target * [[Ciltvaria (ship)|''Ciltvaria'']] torpedoed off Nags Head * [[City of Houston (ship)|''City of Houston'']] foundered off North Carolina * [[USS Comte de Grasse (DD-974)|USS ''Comte de Grasse'' (DD-974)]] sunk as a target off North Carolina in July 2006 * [[CSS Curlew|CSS ''Curlew'']] sunk in battle in 1862 off [[Roanoke Island]] * [[David Atwater (ship)|''David Atwater'']] * [[Dixie Arrow (ship)|''Dixie Arrow'']] torpedoed off North Carolina * [[E.M. Clark (ship)|''E.M. Clark'']] torpedoed off North Carolina * [[Empire Gem (ship)|''Empire Gem'']] torpedoed off North Carolina * [[Esso Nashville (ship)|''Esso Nashville'']] torpedoed off North Carolina * [[Explorer (ship)|''Explorer'']] sunk off Nags Head * [[F.W. Abrams (ship)|''F.W. Abrams'']] struck [[naval mine|mine]] off North Carolina * [[Fenwick Island (ship)|''Fenwick Island'']] foundered off North Carolina * [[Francis E. Waters (ship)|''Francis E. Waters'']] now in town hall Nags Head * [[G.A. Kohler (ship)|''G.A. Kohler'']] [[tropical cyclone]] North Carolina * [[George Weems (ship)|''George Weems'']] burned off North Carolina * [[Gray Ghost (ship)]] sunk and later recovered near [[Belhaven, North Carolina]] * [[Hesperides (ship)|''Hesperides'']] stranded off North Carolina * [[SS Home|SS ''Home'']] sunk off Ocracoke Inlet in the [[1837 Racer's Storm]] * [[USS Huron (1875)|USS ''Huron'']] grounded on North Carolina coast * [[Hutton (ship)|''Hutton'']] torpedoed off North Carolina * [[USS Indra (ARL-37)|USS ''Indra'' (ARL-37)]] Sunk as artificial reef off North Carolina coast in 1992 * [[John D. Gill (ship)|''John D. Gill'']] torpedoed off North Carolina * [[Kasandra Louloudis (ship)|''Kasandra Louloudis'']] torpedoed off North Carolina * [[USS Keokuk (1862)|USS ''Keokuk'' (1862)]] Sunk off Morris Island in 1863 * [[Keshena (ship)|''Keshena'']] struck [[naval mine|mine]] off North Carolina * [[Kyzickes (ship)|''Kyzickes'']] grounded on North Carolina coast * [[Lancing (ship)|''Lancing'']] torpedoed off North Carolina * [[Laura A. Barnes (ship)|''Laura A. Barnes'']] ashore Coquina Beach Cape Hatteras * [[Liberator (ship)|SS ''Liberator'']] torpedoed off North Carolina * [[Lois Joyce (Ship)|''Lois Joyce'']] sank in surf [[Oregon Inlet]] North Carolina * [[Malchace (ship)|''Malchace'']] torpedoed off North Carolina * [[Manuela (ship)|''Manuela'']] torpedoed off North Carolina * [[Metropolis (ship)|''Metropolis'']] sunk off [[Corolla, North Carolina|Corolla]] * [[USS Monitor|USS ''Monitor'']] * [[Naeco (ship)|''Naeco'']] torpedoed off North Carolina * [[CSS Neuse|CSS ''Neuse'']] aground in [[Neuse River]] * [[USS New Jersey (BB-16)|USS ''New Jersey'' (BB-16)]] bombed as target off Cape Hatteras * [[Normannia (ship)|''Normannia'']] foundered off North Carolina * [[SS Oriental|SS ''Oriental'']] sunk near [[Oregon Inlet]] in North Carolina <!-- Naval Historical Center website has no record of USS Oriental. Perhaps a civilian steamer? --> * [[Papoose (ship)|''Papoose'']] torpedoed off North Carolina * [[Pevensey (ship)|''Pevensey'']] [[blockade runner]], off [[Atlantic Beach, North Carolina|Atlantic Beach]] * [[Porta Allegra (dredge)|''Porta Allegra'']] (unknown reason) off North Carolina * [[Portland (ship)|''Portland'']] ran aground [[Cape Lookout (North Carolina)|Cape Lookout]] * [[Proteus (ship)|''Proteus'']] collision off North Carolina * [[HMCS St. Laurent (DDH 205)|HMCS ''St. Laurent'']] a Canadian destroyer sank off Cape Hatteras in 1980. * [[USS Schurz|USS ''Schurz'']] collision off North Carolina * [[CSS Sea Bird|CSS ''Sea Bird'']] Rammed and sunk by [[USS Commodore Perry (1859)|USS ''Commodore Perry'' (1859)]] off [[Elizabeth City, North Carolina|Elizabeth City]] in 1862 * ''[[Senateur Duhammel]]'' collision off North Carolina * [[USCGC Spar (WLB-403)|USCGC ''Spar'' (WLB-403)]] scuttled in October 2004 in 108 feet of water, 30 miles off [[Morehead City, North Carolina|Morehead City]] * [[Suloide (ship)|''Suloide'']] collision off North Carolina * [[Tamaulipas (ship)|''Tamaulipas'']] torpedoed off North Carolina * [[USS Tarpon (SS-175)|USS ''Tarpon'' (SS-175)]] foundered off North Carolina * [[Unterseeboot 352|''U-352'']] [[depth charge]]d off North Carolina * [[Unterseeboot 701|''U-701'']] depth charged off North Carolina * [[Unterseeboot 85 (1941)|''U-85'']] sunk by gunfire off North Carolina * [[Veturia (ship)|''Veturia'']] grounded off North Carolina * [[USS Virginia (BB-13)|USS ''Virginia'' (BB-13)]] bombed as target off Cape Hatteras * [[W.E. Hutton (ship)|''W.E. Hutton'']] torpedoed off North Carolina * [[William Rockefeller (ship)|''William Rockefeller'']] torpedoed off North Carolina * [[USS Yancey (AKA-93)|USS ''Yancey'' (AKA-93)]] sunk as an artificial reef off Morehead City, 1990 ==== Ohio ==== * [[USS Carondelet (1861)|USS ''Carondelet'']] sank in the [[Ohio River]] during a flood in [[1873]]. ====Oregon==== {{seealso|Shipwrecks of the inland Columbia River}} * [[Blue Magpie (ship)|''Blue Magpie'']] 3,800-ton cargo freighter that hit [[Newport, Oregon|Newport]]'s North Jetty [[November 19]], [[1983]] while attempting to enter [[Yaquina Bay]] during a storm and sank. The fuel tanks ruptured, releasing 60,000 gallons of [[Fuel oil|Bunker C]] oil and 10,000 gallons of diesel fuel. Near the tip of the jetty at the south side of the bay's mouth the ship's wreckage was visible just above the water for a number of years before it finally collapsed.<ref>[http://www.oregonvos.net/~rbayer/s/oil.htm#Rosemary_1983a Waterbird Numbers Before and After an Oil Spill in Oregon<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> * [[Isabella (ship)|''Isabella'']] a [[Hudson's Bay Company]] British supply ship wrecked in 1830. Remains are in 40 feet of water off Cape Disappointment near [[Astoria, Oregon|Astoria]]. Site is listed in the National Register of Historic Places by the National Park Service.<ref>[http://www.cr.nps.gov/archeology/submerged/NRShips.htm#or NPS Archeology Program: Abandoned Shipwreck Act Guidelines<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> * ''[[New Carissa]]''. Freighter which ran aground near [[Coos Bay, Oregon|Coos Bay]] in 1999 and was wrecked; bow section towed out to sea and sunk, stern section remains on beach. * [[SS Oliver Olson (ship)|SS ''Oliver Olson'']] {{convert|307|ft|m|0|sing=on}} ship headed to [[Bandon, Oregon|Bandon]] to load lumber went aground on [[November 3]], [[1953]]. Part of its hull has been filled with rocks to form an extension of the Coquille River South Jetty near Bandon. There is a photo of the ship shortly after it went aground in 1953.<ref>[http://www.artfiberglass.com/ship/dadspage.html John Brambora's Merchant Marine Page,ships history,ww2,Oregon<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> * ''[[Peter Iredale]]''. Ran aground off coast of Astoria in 1906, still remains on beach. * [[Sujameco (ship)|''Sujameco'']] 3,542-ton steamship traveling from San Francisco to Coos Bay to pick up lumber hit the beach in fog on [[February 28]], [[1929]] {{convert|8|mi|km|0}} north of Coos Bay. Remains can be seen at Horsfall Beach during the winter when the sand recedes.<ref>[http://www.wholeshebang.com/WreckofSujameco.htm The Wreck of the Sujameco<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> ==== Pennsylvania ==== * [[Elizabeth M|''Elizabeth M'']] a [[towboat]] that sank in the [[Ohio River]] on [[January 9]], [[2005]]. ====Rhode Island==== * [[Black Point (ship)|''Black Point'']] a steel collier sunk by ''[[Unterseeboot 853]]'' after [[World War II]] hostilities had ceased on [[May 5]], [[1945]]. * [[Unterseeboot 853|''U-853'']] sunk off [[Block Island]] by USN blimps' rockets on [[May 6]], [[1945]]. *[[Wreck Sites of H.M.S. Cerberus and H.M.S. Lark]], British ships sunk during the [[American Revolution]] in 1778. ====South Carolina==== * [[HMS Acteon (ship)|HMS ''Acteon'']] frigate burned 1776 [[Charleston, South Carolina|Charleston]] reported as discovered by NUMA in 1981. * "[[Anchor Wreck]]" [[Myrtle Beach, South Carolina]] * "[[Civil War Wreck]]" [[Myrtle Beach, South Carolina]] * ''[[City of Richmond]]'' [[Myrtle Beach, South Carolina]] * ''[[Georgiana]]'', iron hulled Confederate cruiser of 407 tons, destroyed off [[Isle of Palms, South Carolina]] with cargo of munitions, medicines and merchandise then valued at over $1,000,000, [[March 19]], [[1863]], while attempting to run past the federal blockade fleet into Charleston, discovered by [[E. Lee Spence]] and Wally Shaffer, and salvaged by Shipwrecks Inc. under S.C. State Salvage license #1. Her cargo was consigned to [[George Trenholm]] (aka the "real [[Rhett Butler]]") * ''[[HEBE & St Cathan]]'' [[Myrtle Beach, South Carolina]] * [[USS Housatonic (1861)|USS ''Housatonic'' (1861)]] sunk by [[H. L. Hunley (submarine)|CSS ''Hunley'']] * [[H. L. Hunley (submarine)|CSS ''H. L. Hunley'']] discovered by [[E. Lee Spence]] in [[1970]], placed on National Register of Historic Locations in [[1978]], uncovered and photographed by joint [[SCIAA]] [[NUMA]] expedition funded by [[Clive Cussler]] and directed by [[Mark M. Newell]] in [[1995]], raised [[August 8]], [[2000]]. * [[USS Keokuk (1862)|USS ''Keokuk'' (1862)]] [[Charleston, South Carolina|Charleston]] * ''[[Mary Bowers]]'' iron hull, sidewheel steamer of 680 tons, stranded on wreck of ''[[Georgiana]]'' while attempting to run the federal blockade into Charleston, discovered by [[E. Lee Spence]] and Wally Shaffer. * [[Norseman (ship)|''Norseman'']], iron hull, propeller steamer, ran on wreck of ''[[Georgiana]]'' and stranded a half mile inshore while attempting out bound run through the federal blockade of [[Charleston, South Carolina|Charleston]] with a cargo of cotton. The vessel was owned by [[George Trenholm]] (aka the "real [[Rhett Butler]]"). Discovered by [[E. Lee Spence]] and Wally Shaffer. * [[USS Patapsco (1862)|USS ''Patapsco'' (1862)]] struck [[naval mine|mine]] [[Charleston, South Carolina|Charleston]] * "[[Pipe Wreck]]" [[Myrtle Beach, South Carolina]] * [[Raccoon (ship)|''Raccoon'']] [[blockade runner]] [[Charleston, South Carolina|Charleston]], discovered by NUMA. * [[Rattlesnake (ship)|''Rattlesnake'']] [[blockade runner]] [[Charleston, South Carolina|Charleston]], discovered by [[E. Lee Spence]] and John Cranston Coleman. * [[Ruby (ship)|''Ruby'']] [[blockade runner]] aground [[Folly Island]] [[Charleston, South Carolina|Charleston]], discovered by [[E. Lee Spence]] and Jim Batey. * [[Stonewall Jackson (ship)|''Stonewall Jackson'']] [[blockade runner]] grounded and burned [[Isle of Palms, South Carolina]] [[Charleston, South Carolina|Charleston]], discovered by [[E. Lee Spence]] and Bubbi Stone. * [[USS Weehawken (1862)|USS ''Weehawken'' (1862)]] [[American Civil War]] [[Monitor (warship)|monitor]] [[Charleston, South Carolina|Charleston]] ====Tennessee==== * "Eclipse" a Mississippi River steamboat exploded near Johnsonville Tennessee [[January 27]], [[1865]]. List of killed at <ref>[http://genforum.genealogy.com/civilwar/messages/24765.html]</ref> * [[Sultana (steamboat)|''Sultana'']] a [[Mississippi River]] paddlewheeler exploded four miles (6&nbsp;km) south of Memphis in what is now Arkansas on [[April 27]], [[1865]]. * ''The Chattanooga'' a paddlewheel steamer sank in the [[Tennessee River]] near [[Chattanooga, Tennessee]]. ====Texas==== * [[La Belle (ship)|''La Belle'']] a barque-longue of French explorer La Salle's expedition ran aground in [[Matagorda Bay]] in 1686. * [[Anona (ship)|''Anona'']] a steam yacht sunk in the Viosca Knoll area in 1944.<ref>[http://www.gomr.mms.gov/homepg/regulate/environ/archaeological/deepwater.html Historic Shipwrecks in the Gulf of Mexico<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> * ''[[Gulfpenn]]'' a fuel tanker torpedoed by U-boat [[U-506]] on [[May 13]], [[1942]].<ref>[http://www.pastfoundation.org/DeepWrecks/Gulfpenn.htm Tanker Gulfpenn, 1921<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> * [[Hannah Elizabeth (ship)|''Hannah Elizabeth'']] two-masted schooner sunk near [[Pass Cavallo]] on [[November 19]], [[1835]].<ref>http://www.cavallowreck.net/ http://www.cavallowreck.net/</ref> * [[USS Hatteras (1861)|USS ''Hatteras'' (1861)]] a Navy gunboat sunk by [[CSS Alabama|CSS ''Alabama'']] during the [[American Civil War]] off [[Galveston, Texas|Galveston]] on [[January 11]], [[1863]]. * ''Heredia'' a United Fruit Company freighter torpedoed by a submarine and sunk in 1943.<ref name = "MMS.gov-WW2"/> * ''Mary'' a steamship ran aground at [[Aransas Pass, Texas|Aransas Pass]]. * [[SS Nicaragua|SS ''Nicaragua'']] ran aground on [[Padre Island]] on [[October 16]], [[1912]]. * [[Oaxaca (ship)|''Oaxaca'']] a Mexican freighter torpedoed by [[Unterseeboot 171]] near [[Port O'Connor, Texas|Port O'Connor]] on [[July 26]], [[1942]]. * ''Sheherezade'' an oil tanker torpedoed. * [[USS Oriskany (CV-34)]], aircraft carrier sunk in 2006 to form an artificial reef. ====Vermont==== * [[A.R. Noyes (ship)|''A.R. Noyes'']] a standard canal boat broke loose from tug at Proctor Shoal, [[Lake Champlain]] on [[October 17]], [[1884]].<ref>[http://www.lcmm.org/shipwrecks_history/uhp/ar_noyes.htm Shipwrecks of Lake Champlain: Standard Canal Boat A.R. Noyes<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> * [[General Butler (ship)|''General Butler'']] a sailing canal boat hit breakwater near [[Burlington, Vermont|Burlington]] on Lake Champlain on [[December 9]], [[1876]].<ref>[http://www.lcmm.org/shipwrecks_history/uhp/general_butler.htm Shipwrecks of Lake Champlain: Sailing Canal Boat General Butler<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> *[[O.J. Walker (ship)|''O.J. Walker'']] a sailing canal boat sunk in a gale near Burlington on [[May 11]], [[1895]].<ref>[http://www.lcmm.org/shipwrecks_history/uhp/oj_walker.htm Shipwrecks of Lake Champlain: Sailing Canal Boat O.J. Walker<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> * [[Phoenix (Vermont ship)|''Phoenix'']] a steamer caught fire near Colchester Shoal on [[September 4]], [[1819]].<ref>[http://www.lcmm.org/shipwrecks_history/uhp/phoenix.htm Shipwrecks of Lake Champlain: Steamboat Phoenix<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> * An unknown horse ferry, the only known example of a horse-powered ferry on Lake Champlain, found in Burlington Bay.<ref>[http://www.lcmm.org/shipwrecks_history/uhp/horse_ferry.htm Shipwrecks of Lake Champlain: Burlington Bay Horse Ferry<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref><ref>[http://ina.tamu.edu/LChorseferry.htm Horse Ferry<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> * [[Water Witch (schooner)|''Water Witch'']] a schooner foundered in a gale off Diamond Island on [[April 26]], [[1866]].<ref>[http://www.lcmm.org/shipwrecks_history/uhp/water_witch.htm Shipwrecks of Lake Champlain: Lake Sloop Water Witch<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> ====Virginia==== * ''[[Amaganzette]]'' swamped off [[Virginia]] * [[Anglo African (ship)|''Anglo African'']] sunk off [[Cape Charles, Virginia|Cape Charles]] * [[USCGC Cuyahoga (WIX-157)|USCGC ''Cuyahoga'' (WIX-157)]] collision off [[Smith Point, Virginia]] * [[Doxie Girl (ship)|''Doxie Girl'']] sank off [[Virginia]] * [[Ethel C. (ship)|''Ethel C.'']] sunk off [[Virginia]] * [[Eureka (ship)|''Eureka'']] collision off [[Virginia]] * [[Francis E. Powell (ship)|''Francis E. Powell'']] torpedoed off [[Virginia]] * ''[[Gulf Hustler]]'' swamped off [[Virginia]] * ''Hanks'' swamped off [[Virginia]] * [[Juno (ship)|''Juno'']] Spanish ship lost in storm 1802; according to decision of 4th circuit (Virginia v. Spain) Spain still owns her. * [[SS John Morgan|SS ''John Morgan'']] collision off [[Virginia]] * [[Kingston Ceylonite|''Kingston Ceylonite'']] [[torpedo]]ed off [[Virginia]] * [[La Galga (ship)|''La Galga'']] [[tropical cyclone]] 1750; also contested in Virginia v. Spain, but Spain abandoned her in 1763. * [[Lillian Lukenbach (ship)|''Lillian Lukenbach'']] collision off [[Virginia]] * ''[[SS Marine Electric]]'' sunk off [[Virginia]] * [[Merida (ship)|''Merida'']] collision off [[Virginia]] * ''[[Ocean Venture]]'' [[torpedo]]ed off [[Virginia]] * ''[[Santore]]'' struck [[naval mine|mine]] off [[Virginia]] * [[Tiger (ship)|''Tiger'']] [[torpedo]]ed off [[Virginia]] * [[USS Washington (BB-47)|USS ''Washington'' (BB-47)]] bombed as target off [[Virginia]] * [[Winthorp (ship)|''Winthorp'']] foundered off [[Virginia]] * [[William D. Sanner (ship)|''William D. Sanner'']] collision [[Chesapeake Bay]] ====Wake Island==== * [[Libelle (ship)|''Libelle'']] a German barque which shipwrecked on the eastern reef during a gale on [[March 4]], [[1866]].<ref>[http://marshall.csu.edu.au/Marshalls/html/Wake/WakeVisitors03.html Spennemann, The wreck of the Libelle and other early European Visitors to Wake Island, Central Pacific<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> * [[Japanese destroyer Hayate|''Hayate'']] a Japanese destroyer sunk by US Marines on [[December 11]], [[1941]]. * [[Japanese destroyer Kisaragi|''Kisaragi'']] a Japanese destroyer sunk by US Marines on [[December 11]], [[1941]]. ====Wisconsin==== * [[Louisiana (ship)|''Louisiana'']] burned in gale 1913 * [[SS Milwaukee|SS ''Milwaukee'']] sunk October 1929 in [[Lake Michigan]] from storm damage * [[Fleetwing (ship)|''Fleetwing'']] ran aground and sunk [[September 26]] [[1888]] in [[Lake Michigan]]. ==South America== ===Argentina=== * ''Desdemona'' in 1986 in Cabo San Pablo (54°17'51.34"S 66°41'58.82"W). * ''Sarmiento'' in April 1912 in Punta Remolino (54°51'40.49"S 67°51'22.39"W). * ''Duchess of Albany'' in July 1893 in Caleta Policarpo. (source: [http://www.tierradelfuego.org.ar/museo/raices-lista%20naufragios.htm Lista de Naufragios]) ===Brazil=== * ''Campos'' in 1943, torpedoed by a U-boat. * ''Elihu B. Washburne'' in 1943, in Santos Bay. * ''Tocantins'' sunk in 1933, at the Queimada Grande Island, due to heavy fog. * ''Principe das Asturias'' know as the [[Brazilian Titanic]], a liner that sunk in 1916, near Ilha Bela, and was carrying over 1300 passengers (official list). * ''Aquidaba'' a 1885 Brazilian "ironside" that sunk after exploding near the Jacuacanga strait, in Angra dos Reis bay, in 1906. * ''[[Bezerra de Menezes]]'' cargo ship that sunk after a collision, in 1891. * ''[[California]]'' rare 1806 "direct acting engine" steamer, with a centered propulsion wheel, carrying personal care articles - sunk after a pirate raid, in 1866, at Ilha Grande, Angra dos reis. * ''[[Pinguino]]'' a popular dive site at Ilha Grande, this was a grain cargo ship that sunk - after a fire aboard - in 1967. (source:www.naufragiosdobrasil.com.br) ===Chile=== * ''Angamos'' sunk after striking rocks near [[Lebu, Chile|Lebu]] in 1928. * ''BAP Independencia'' run aground during the [[Battle of Punta Gruesa]] in 1879. * ''BAP Manco Cápac'' sunk during the [[Battle of Arica]] in 1880. * ''[[Chilean battery ship Blanco Encalada]]'' destroyed by a torpedo gunboat in the port of [[Caldera, Chile|Caldera]] 1891 as part of the [[Chilean Civil War]]. * ''[[El Canelo]]'' sunk in the mouth of [[Valdivia River]] after the [[1960 Valdivia earthquake]] in 1960. * ''Esmeralda'' sunk during the [[Battle of Iquique]] in 1879. * ''[[HMS Good Hope (1901)]]'' destroyed in the [[Battle of Coronel]], 1914. * ''Logos'' ran aground on rocks off [[Tierra del Fuego]] in 1988. * ''[[HMS Monmouth (1901)]]'' destroyed in the [[Battle of Coronel]], 1914. * ''[[SMS Dresden (1907)]]'' sunk by its own crew near [[Robinson Crusoe Island]] in 1915. ===Falklands/Malvinas Islands=== * ''[[ARA General Belgrano]]'' destroyed during the [[Falklands War]] in 1982. * ''[[ARA Bahía Buen Suceso]]'' * ''[[ARA Isla de los Estados]]'' destroyed during the [[Falklands War]] in 1982. * ''[[Atlantic Conveyor]]'' * ''[[HMS Antelope (F170)]]'' destroyed during the [[Falklands War]] in 1982. * ''[[HMS Ardent (F184)]]'' destroyed during the [[Falklands War]] in 1982. * ''[[HMS Coventry (D118)]]'' * ''[[HMS Sheffield (D80)]]'' destroyed during the [[Falklands War]] in 1982. ===Peru=== * ''[[Chilean schooner Covadonga]]'' sunk by a mine outside [[Chancay]] in 1880. ===Uruguay=== * [[German pocket battleship Admiral Graf Spee|''Admiral Graf Spee'']] a German battleship scuttled during the [[Battle of the River Plate]] on [[December 17]], [[1939]]. *[[HMS Agamemnon (1781)|HMS ''Agamemnon'']] a Royal Navy warship ran aground and sank north of Gorriti Island in Maldonado Bay on [[June 20]], [[1809]]. ===Galápagos Islands=== *[[Ann Alexander (ship)|''Ann Alexander'']] an American whaleship sunk after it was rammed by a sperm whale on [[August 20]], [[1851]]. ==Oceania== ===Australia=== ==== New South Wales ==== * [[Dunbar (shipwreck)|Dunbar]] sunk after striking rocks in 1857 - 121 lives lost * [[HMAS Voyager (D04)|HMAS Voyager]] sunk [[Melbourne-Voyager collision|after collision with HMAS ''Melbourne]] - 82 killed * [[Attack on Sydney Harbour|Japanese midget submarine M84]] - sank some time after [[31 May]] [[1942]] after being shelled during attack on [[Sydney]] harbour - 2 lives lost * [[SS Cawarra]] sank in rough seas in 1866 - 60 lives lost, 1 survivor * [[Sygna]] ran aground in 1974 near [[Newcastle, New South Wales|Newcastle]] * Tuggerah sank during a storm in 1919, off Marley Beach south of Sydney - 6 lives lost ====Tasmania==== * [[Sydney Cove (ship)|''Sydney Cove'']] [[Preservation Island]]. No loss of life. * [[Neva (ship)|Convict Ship ''Neva'']] about 225 lives lost [[King Island (Tasmania)|King Island]] * ''[[Cataraqui (ship)|Cataraqui]]'' 400 lost wrecked on [[King Island (Tasmania)|King Island]] * [[TSS Kanowna|TSS ''Kanowna'']], one of [[Tasmania]]'s largest shipwrecks, found in 2005 in [[Bass Strait]]. * ''[[MV Lake Illawarra]]'' bulk carrier wrecked in the [[Derwent River (Tasmania)|Derwent River]], 12 lives lost. ====Queensland==== * [[Aarhus Historic Shipwreck]] * [[Frederick (ship)|Frederick]] Cape Flinders, [[Stanley Island (Queensland)|Stanley Island]] * [[HMS Pandora (1779)|HMS ''Pandora'']] struck Great Barrier Reef * [[SS Gothenburg|SS ''Gothenburg'']] struck Great Barrier Reef on 24 February 1875. * [[SS Yongala|SS ''Yongala'']], [[Townsville, Queensland|Townsville]], [[Australia]] * [[Stradbroke Island Galleon]] reputed to be a 16th century galleon or carrack sunk sometime between 1597 and 1610's, but more probably part of a mid/late 19thC cattle barge or coastal 'timber getter' (Portuguese gold coin claimed to have been discovered dated 1597) ====Victoria==== * [[Loch Ard (ship)|Loch Ard]], struck Mutton Bird Island 1878 * [[TSS Kanowna|TSS ''Kanowna'']] (1929), one of [[Victoria (Australia)|Victoria]]'s largest shipwrecks, found in 2005 in [[Bass Strait]]. * (see also: [[Shipwreck Coast]]) ====Western Australia==== * ''[[Tryall]]'', [[Honourable East India Company]] ship, 1622 * [[Batavia (ship)|''Batavia'']], Dutch VOC merchant sailing ship, 1629 * [[Vergulde Draeck|''Vergulde Draeck'']], Dutch VOC merchant sailing ship, 1656 * [[Zuytdorp|''Zuytdorp'']], Dutch VOC merchant sailing ship, 1712 * [[Zeewijk|''Zeewijk'']], Dutch VOC merchant sailing ship, 1727 * [[Alkimos (ship)|''Alkimos'']], Greek merchant ship, 1963 * [[Korean Star (ship)|''Korean Star'']], Panamanian oil tanker, [[Cape Cuvier, Western Australia|Cape Cuvier]], 1988 * [[HMAS Sydney (1934)|HMAS ''Sydney'']], [[Leander class cruiser (1931)|Leander class cruiser]] sunk in battle by the [[Germany|German]] [[merchant raider]] [[German auxiliary cruiser Kormoran|''Kormoran'']], 1941 * [[German auxiliary cruiser Kormoran|''Kormoran'']], German [[merchant raider]] [[scuttling|scuttled]] after being damaged in battle by [[HMAS Sydney (1934)|HMAS ''Sydney'']], 1941 ====South Australia==== * ''[[The Maria]]'', 1840 * ''[[Star of Greece (shipwreck)|Star of Greece]]'', 1888 * ''[[SS Admella]]'', 1859 South Australia's worst shipwreck with 89 lives lost including 14 children * ''[[Geltwood]], 1876 * ''[[Edith Haviland]]'' 1877 * ''[[Varoon]]'' 1856 * ''[[Loch Vennachar]]'' 1905 off Kangaroo Island with loss of 27 lives. ===Federated States of Micronesia=== ====Chuuk==== * 60 ships and 275 airplanes sunk during World War II [[Operation Hailstone]] in [[Truk Lagoon]], including: ** ''[[Aikoko Maru]]'' **[[Fujikawa Maru|''Fujikawa Maru'']] ** [[Heian Maru|'' Heian Maru'']] ** [[Sankisan Maru|''Sankisan Maru'']] ** [[Shinkoko Maru|''Shinkoko Maru'']] ** I-169 Shinohara, a submarine that participated in attack on Pearl Harbor ====Palau==== *Ships sunk during World War II* **''[[Chuyo Maru]]'' **''[[USS Perry]]'' ===Indonesia=== *[[Ourang Medan|''S.S. Ourang Medan'']] Dutch freighter allegedly lost under suspicious circumstancesin 1947 or 1948. *[[Mighty Servant 2|''Mighty Servant 2'']] Dutch heavy-lift ship off [[Singkep]] in 1999. *''[[MV Senopati Nusantara]]'' passenger ferry sank off [[Mandalika Island]] in 2006. *[[Levina 1|''Levina 1'']] passenger ferry sank several hours from [[Jakarta]] in 2007. ====Kiribati==== *[[Nikumaroro#SS Norwich City wreck|SS Norwich City]] British freighter ran aground at Nikumaroro in 1929. * [[Kanton Island|Canton]] whaling ship ran aground at Kanton Island in 1854. * ''Golden Sunset'' British barque ran aground at [[Enderbury Island]] in 1866.<ref>[http://www.janeresture.com/kiribati_phoenix_group/enderbury.htm Enderbury Island, Phoenix Group, Republic of Kiribati<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> ===Marshall Islands=== * [[Japanese cruiser Sakawa|''Sakawa'']] sunk at [[Bikini Atoll]] by atomic bomb test in 1946 * [[USS Anderson (DD-411)|USS ''Anderson'' (DD-411)]] sunk at Bikini Atoll by atomic bomb test in 1946 * [[USS Lamson (DD-367)|USS ''Lamson'' (DD-367)]] sunk at Bikini Atoll by atomic bomb test in 1946 * [[USS Carlisle (APA-69)|USS ''Carlisle'' (APA-69)]] sunk at Bikini Atoll by atomic bomb test in 1946 * [[USS Gilliam (APA-57)|USS ''Gilliam'' (APA-57)]] sunk at Bikini Atoll by atomic bomb test in 1946 * [[Japanese battleship Nagato|''Nagato'']] sunk at Bikini Atoll by atomic bomb test in 1946 * [[USS Arkansas (BB-33)|USS ''Arkansas'' (BB-33)]] sunk at Bikini Atoll by atomic bomb test in 1946 * [[USS Saratoga (CV-3)|USS ''Saratoga'' (CV-3)]] sunk at Bikini Atoll by atomic bomb test in 1946 * [[USS Apogon (SS-308)|USS ''Apogon'' (SS-308)]] sunk at Bikini Atoll by atomic bomb test in 1946 * [[USS Pilotfish (SS-386)|USS ''Pilotfish'' (SS-386)]] sunk at Bikini Atoll by atomic bomb test in 1946 * [[German cruiser Prinz Eugen|''Prinz Eugen'']] damaged at [[Bikini Atoll]] by atomic bomb test and towed to [[Kwajalein]] then capsized and sunk 1946 ===New Zealand=== * [[HMS Buffalo (1813)|HMS ''Buffalo'']], 1840, [[Mercury Bay]], 2 lives lost * [[HMS Orpheus (1861)|HMS ''Orpheus'']], 1863, Manukau Heads, [[Auckland]], 189 lives lost * ''[[General Grant (ship)|General Grant]]'', 1866, off the [[Auckland Islands]] * ''[[SS Elingamite]]'', in the [[Three Kings Islands]], 1902 * ''[[RMS Niagara]]'', sunk by a mine off [[Bream Head]], 1940 * ''[[Wahine disaster|Wahine]]'', 1968 ran aground, capsized, 51 lives lost *''[[Mikhail Lermontov (ship)|Mikhail Lermontov]]'', Soviet passenger liner in the [[Marlborough Sounds]] in 1986 * [[Rainbow Warrior (1978)|''Rainbow Warrior'']], 1985 [[Greenpeace]] activist ship sabotaged by the [[Direction générale de la sécurité extérieure|French secret service]] in [[Auckland]] harbour. * [[Sydney Packet (1826-1837)|Sydney Packet]] 17 July, 1837, [[Moeraki]], [[Otago]] * ''Derry Castle'', [[Enderby Island, New Zealand]], 1887 ===Solomon Islands=== ====Ironbottom Sound==== * [[USS Aaron Ward (DD-483)|''Aaron Ward'']] (US [[Gleaves class destroyer|''Gleaves''-class]] [[destroyer]]) * [[Japanese destroyer Akatsuki|''Akatsuki'']] ([[Empire of Japan|Japanese]] [[Akatsuki class destroyer|''Akatsuki''-class]] destroyer) * [[USS Astoria (CA-34)|''Astoria'']] (US [[New Orleans class cruiser (1931)|''New Orleans''-class]] [[cruiser]]) * [[USS Atlanta (CL-51)|''Atlanta'']] (US [[Atlanta class cruiser|''Atlanta''-class]] anti-aircraft cruiser) * [[Japanese destroyer Ayanami (1929)|''Ayanami'']] (Japanese [[Fubuki class destroyer|''Fubuki''-class]] destroyer) * [[USS Barton (DD-599)|''Barton'']] (US [[Benson class destroyer|''Benson''-class]] destroyer) * [[HMAS Canberra (D33)|''Canberra'']] ([[Australia]]n [[County class cruiser|''Kent''-class]] cruiser) * [[USS Colhoun (DD-85)|''Colhoun'']] (US ''Wickes''-class destroyer) * [[USS Cushing (DD-376)|''Cushing'']] (US [[Mahan class destroyer|''Mahan''-class]] destroyer) * [[USS De Haven (DD-469)|''De Haven'']] (US [[Fletcher class destroyer|''Fletcher''-class]] destroyer) * [[USS Duncan (DD-485)|''Duncan'']] (US ''Gleaves''-class destroyer) * [[Japanese destroyer Fubuki|''Fubuki'']] (Japanese ''Fubuki''-class destroyer) * [[Japanese cruiser Furutaka|''Furutaka'']] (Japanese [[Furutaka class cruiser|''Furutaka''-class]] cruiser) * [[USS George F. Elliot (AP-13)|''George F. Elliot'']] (US ''Heywood'' class transport) * [[USS Gregory (DD-82)|''Gregory'']] (US ''Wickes''-class destroyer) * [[Japanese battleship Hiei|''Hiei'']] (Japanese [[Kongō class battlecruiser|''Kongo''-class]] [[battleship]]) * [[Japanese transport Hirokawa Maru|''Hirokawa Maru'']] (Japanese military transport) * [[USS Jarvis (DD-393)|''Jarvis'']] (US [[Gridley class destroyer|''Gridley''-class]] destroyer) * [[USS John Penn (APA-23)|''John Penn'']] (US miscellaneous class Attack Transport) * ''Kasi Maru'' (Japanese freighter) * [[USS Kanawha (AO-1)|''Kanawha'']] (US ''Kanawha''/''Cuyama'' class fleet oiler) * [[Japanese transport Kinugawa Maru|''Kinugawa Maru'']] (Japanese military transport) * [[Japanese battleship Kirishima|''Kirishima'']] (Japanese ''Kongo''-class battleship) * [[USS Laffey (DD-459)|''Laffey'']] (US ''Benson''-class destroyer) * [[USS Little (DD-79)|''Little'']] (US ''Wickes''-class destroyer) * [[Japanese destroyer Makigumo (1942)|''Makigumo'']] (Japanese [[Yugumo class destroyer|''Yugumo''-class]] destroyer) * [[HMNZS Moa (T233)|''Moa'']] (New Zealand [[Kiwi class corvette|''Kiwi''-class]] [[corvette]]) * [[USS Monssen (DD-436)|''Monssen'']] (US ''Gleaves''-class destroyer) * [[USS Northampton (CA-26)|''Northampton'']] (US [[Northampton class cruiser|''Northampton''-class]] [[heavy cruiser]]) * [[USS Preston (DD-379)|''Preston'']] (US [[Mahan class destroyer||''Mahan''-class]] [[destroyer]]) * [[PT-37|''PT-37'']] (US [[PT boat]]) * [[PT-44|''PT-44'']] (US [[PT boat]]) * [[PT-111|''PT-111'']] (US [[PT boat]]) * [[PT-112|''PT-112'']] (US [[PT boat]]) * [[PT-123|''PT-123'']] (US [[PT boat]]) * [[USS Quincy (CA-39)|''Quincy'']] (US [[New Orleans class cruiser (1931)|''New Orleans''-class]] cruiser) * [[USS Seminole (AT-65)|''Seminole'']] (US [[Navajo class tug|''Navajo''-class]] oceangoing [[Tugboat|tug]]) * [[USS Serpens (AK-97)|''Serpens'']] ([[United States Coast Guard|Coast Guard]]-manned [[Liberty ship]]) * [[Japanese destroyer Takanami (1942)|''Takanami'']] (Japanese [[Yugumo class destroyer|''Yugumo''-class]] destroyer) * [[Japanese destroyer Teruzuki|''Teruzuki'']] (Japanese [[Akizuki class destroyer (1942)|''Akizuki''-class]] destroyer) * [[Japanese transport Toa Maru|''Toa Maru'']] (Japanese military transport) * [[USS Vincennes (CA-44)|''Vincennes'']] (US ''New Orleans''-class cruiser) * [[USS Walke (DD-416)|''Walke'']] (US [[Sims class destroyer|''Sims''-class]] destroyer) * [[YP-284|''YP-284'']] (US Yard Patrol craft) * [[Japanese destroyer Yudachi|''Yudachi'']] (Japanese [[Shiratsuyu class destroyer|''Shiratsuyu''-class]] destroyer) ==High Seas== === Atlantic Ocean === * ''[[Arctic (ship)|Arctic]]''[http://www.americanheritage.com/articles/magazine/ah/1957/2/1957_2_48.shtml] * ''[[Pacific (Collins Line ship)|Pacific]]'' [http://www.americanheritage.com/articles/magazine/ah/1957/2/1957_2_48.shtml] * [[German battleship Bismarck|German battleship ''Bismarck'']] * [[HMS Hood (51)|HMS ''Hood'']] British battlecruiser * [[Mount Temple (ship)|SS ''Mount Temple'']] scuttled by German surface raider SMS ''Moewe''. For more details of her sinking see [http://www.ssmounttemple.com www.ssmounttemple.com]. A valuable cargo of dinosaur skeletons and other fossils from Alberta, Canada were on board the ''Mount Temple'' * [[USS Scorpion (SSN-589)|USS ''Scorpion'']] * [[USS Thresher (SSN-593)|USS ''Thresher'']] * [[RMS Titanic|RMS ''Titanic'']] * [[Pamir (ship)|''Pamir'']] sunk in [[1957 Atlantic hurricane season#Hurricane Carrie|Hurricane Carrie]] ===Baltic Sea=== * ''[[MS Estonia]]'', about {{convert|22|nmi|km|0}} on bearing 157° from [[Utö, Finland|Utö]] island, [[Finland]]. * ''[[Rusalka (ship)|Rusalka]]'', Russian [[Ironclad warship]] in the [[Gulf of Finland]] * [[SMS Undine|SMS ''Undine'']] sunk by 2 torpedoes during [[World War I]] in 1915 * [[Cap Arcona]] * [[German aircraft carrier Graf Zeppelin|Graf Zeppelin]] * [[MS Jan Heweliusz]] * [[Kronan (ship)|Kronan]] * [[Wilhelm Gustloff (ship)|Wilhelm Gustloff]] * [[Goya (ship)|Goya]] ===Indian Ocean=== *[[HMS Repulse (1916)|HMS ''Repulse'']], British battlecruiser sunk by air attack 1941 *[[HMS Prince of Wales (53)|HMS ''Prince of Wales'']], British battleship sunk by air attack 1941 ===Mediterranean Sea=== *[[Royal Edward]] torpedoed 1915 Aug 13, possibly 1,865 dead *[[INS Dakar|''Dakar'']], Israeli submarine *[[Provence (ship)|''Provence'']], French cruiser sank, 3,100 perished *[[Eurydice (submarine)|''Eurydice'']], French submarine *[[HMS Sussex (1693)|HMS ''Sussex'']], English warship sank in 1694 *[[HMS Victoria (1887)|HMS ''Victoria'']], British battleship sank in 1893 *[[Eilat (ship)|''Eilat'']], Israeli destroyer *[[HMS Ark Royal (91)|HMS ''Ark Royal'']], British aircraft carrier *[[HMS Perseus (submarine)|HMS/M ''Perseus'']], British submarine sunk by mine 1941. One survivor ===Pacific Ocean=== * [[Japanese submarine I-52|''I-52'']] * ''[[Toya Maru]]'', passenger ferry sank [[September 26]] [[1954]] in Tsugaru Strait, [[Japan]], 1,172 perished * ''[[MV Doña Paz]]'', sank in the Tablas Strait south of [[Manila]], [[Philippines]], between 1,500 and 4,000 perished. * ''[[MV Derbyshire]]'', 169,000 ton bulk carrier sank on [[September 10]] [[1980]] {{convert|230|mi|km|0|abbr=on}} off the coast of Okinawa, Japan claiming the lives of all 44 on board. The ''Kowloon Bridge'' was a sistership. *[[USS Yorktown (CV-5)|USS ''Yorktown'' (CV-5)]], sunk 1942 at [[Battle of Midway]], wreck discovered 1998 *[[USS Lexington|USS ''Lexington'' (CV-2)]], sunk 1942 at [[Battle of the Coral Sea]] *[[USS Wasp (CV-7)|USS ''Wasp'' (CV-7)]], sunk 1942 enroute to [[Guadalcanal]] *[[USS Hornet (CV-8)|USS ''Hornet'' (CV-8)]] sunk 1942 at [[Battle of Santa Cruz Islands]] *[[USS New York (BB-34)|USS ''New York'' (BB-34)]], sunk as a target ship off [[Hawaii]] after atomic bomb tests in 1948 *[[USS Pennsylvania (BB-38)|USS ''Pennsylvania'' (BB-38)]], sunk off [[Kwajalein]] after atomic bomb tests in 1948. *[[USS Nevada (BB-36)|USS ''Nevada '' (BB-36) ]], sunk off [[Hawaii]] as a target ship after atomic bomb tests in 1948. *[[USS Oklahoma (BB-37)|USS ''Oklahoma'' (BB-37)]], originally sunk during [[Pearl Harbor]] attack in 1941. Raised, sunk while under tow between Hawaii and California. ===Red Sea===<!-- This section is linked from [[List of shipwrecks]] --> Other Egyptian (Nile) wrecks are listed under [[List of shipwrecks#Egypt|Egypt]]. The wrecks of the [[Red Sea]] include: * ''[[SS Carnatic]]'', North of [[Hurghada]] - hit reef September 1869, 31 died. [http://www.divesitedirectory.co.uk/dive_site_red_sea_north_hurghada_wreck_carnatic.html DiveSiteDirectory for Carnatic] * [[Chrisoula K shipwreck|''Chrisoula K'']], North of [[Hurghada]] - sank [[31 August]] [[1981]]. [http://www.divesitedirectory.co.uk/dive_site_red_sea_north_hurghada_wreck_chrisoula_k.html DiveSiteDirectory for Chrisoula K] * [[Dunraven shipwreck|''Dunraven'']], near [[Sharm el-Sheikh]] - British steamship. [http://www.divesitedirectory.co.uk/dive_site_red_sea_sharm_el_sheikh_wreck_dunraven.html DiveSiteDirectory for Dunraven] * [[Giannis D shipwreck|''Giannis D'']], North of [[Hurghada]] - sank with its cargo of timber in 1983. [http://www.divesitedirectory.co.uk/dive_site_red_sea_north_hurghada_wreck_giannis_d.html DiveSiteDirectory for Giannis D] * [[El Mina shipwreck|''El Mina'']], near [[Hurghada]] - bombed by the Israelis in 1969 [http://www.divesitedirectory.co.uk/dive_site_red_sea_hurghada_wreck_el_mina.html DiveSiteDirectory for El Mina] * [[Kimon M shipwreck|''Kimon M'']], North of [[Hurghada]] - sank [[12 December]] [[1978]]. [http://www.divesitedirectory.co.uk/dive_site_red_sea_north_hurghada_wreck_kimon_m.html DiveSiteDirectory for Kimon M] * [[Rosalie Moller shipwreck|''Rosalie Moller'']], North of [[Hurghada]] - sister ship to the Thistlegorm [http://www.divesitedirectory.co.uk/dive_site_red_sea_north_hurghada_wreck_rosalie_moller.html DiveSiteDirectory for Rosalie Moller] * [[SS Thistlegorm|''Thistlegorm'']], near [[Sharm el-Sheikh]] - discovered in 1956 by Jacques Cousteau [http://www.divesitedirectory.co.uk/dive_site_red_sea_sharm_el_sheikh_wreck_thistlegorm.html DiveSiteDirectory for Thistlegorm] * HMS ''Hussar'' * [[SS Dunraven]] - hit a reef and sank on [[22 April]] [[1876]]. * [[Iria (ship)|Iria]] * ''[[Nola (ship)|Nola]]'' * [[Vicar of Bray (ship)|''Vicar of Bray'']] * ''[[Salem Express]]'' Shipwreck, Safaga Red Sea. Egypt,57 miles [about 91km] off Hurghada]]1991 * ''[[M/V al-Salam Boccaccio 98]]'' - sank near [[Duba]], [[Saudi Arabia]] on [[2 February]] [[2006]] ===Black Sea=== * ''[[Struma (ship)|Struma]]'' - torpedoed by a Soviet submarine on [[February 24]] [[1942]] * ''[[Armenia (ship)|''Armenia'']]'' - German airplane attack on November 7th 1941 ==See also== * [[List of missing ships]] * [[Ghost ship]] * [[List of drowning victims]] * [[Archaeology of shipwrecks]] * [[Maritime archaeology]] * [[Wreck diving]] * [[Wrecking (shipwreck)]] * [[Ironbottom Sound]] ==External links== * [http://www.calypsodive.com/Product.aspx?ProductId=5 The Lady Bowen Shipwreck, Great Barrier Reef] * [http://www.shipwreck.co.za/wrecks.html South African shipwrecks] * [http://www.NorthernMaritimeResearch.com/ The Northern Shipwrecks Database by Northern Maritime Research is the result of 25 years documenting wrecks and features more than 100,000 North American shipwrecks over 400 years] * [http://ehlt.flinders.edu.au/archaeology/welcome/maritime.php Flinders University Maritime Archaeology Program] * [http://content.lib.washington.edu/thwaitesweb/index.html University of Washington Libraries Digital Collections – John E. Thwaites Photographs] Images of Southeastern Alaska from 1905-1912 including maritime disasters such as the Farallon, Mariposa, Edith, and Jabez Howes shipwrecks. * [http://www.diver.com.ph/vol3_no1/palau_wrexpedition.htm] ==Further reading== * Jurisi, Mario, ''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 * [[Parker, A. J.]], ''Ancient Shipwrecks of the Mediterranean and the Roman provinces'', (Oxford, 1992) * Pickford, Nigel, ''Lost Treasure Ships of the Northern Seas: A Guide and Gazetteer to 2000 Years of Shipwreck'', (London: Chatham, 2006) ==References== {{Unreferenced|article (for majority of regions in list)|date=December 2006}} {{reflist|2}} {{Ship types}} [[Category:Shipwrecks|*]] [[Category:Lists of ships|Shipwrecks]] [[Category:Transportation accident lists]] [[de:Liste der Katastrophen der Seefahrt]] [[fr:Liste de naufrages]] [[hr:Popis najvećih pomorskih nesreća]] [[lt:Sąrašas:Nuskendę laivai]] [[ja:海難事故]] [[simple:List of shipwrecks]] [[zh:船難列表]]