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Africa

East Africa

• Globe Star grounded off Mombasa, Kenya in April 1973
• H.M.S. Pegasus sunk at Zanzibar on 20 September 1914
• Kota Menang grounded off Mombasa on 10 August 1975

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Namibia

• Benguela Eagle ran aground 25 km north of the Ugab River mouth in 1975.
• Dunedin Star a British cargo vessel ran aground 80 km south of the Kunene River mouth on November 29, 1942.
• 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.
• Otavi ran aground in Spencer Bay in 1945.
• Shaunee ran aground in Conception Bay in 1976.
• Suiderkruis (Southern Cross) a South African trawler ran aground at Möwe Bay in 1976.

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South Africa

Eastern Cape

• L'Aigle a French barque wrecked near Cape St. Francis on June 16, 1850. Location 34° 10.70S, 24° 33.20E
• Aurora ran aground on the Eastern Beach, East London during a strong gale on June 10, 1902.
• Bonanza went aground on the Sandy Beach (now called Orient Beach), East London on December 22, 1894.
• Elise Linck ran aground on the Eastern Beach, East London during a strong gale on June 10, 1902.
• Grosvenor a 741-ton British East India Company ship ran aground about 100 yards 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 on December 7, 1890.
• Lady Kennaway a three masted, square rigged barque ran aground on a sand spit in the Buffalo River Mouth, East London on November 20, 1857.
• Nossa Senhora de Atalaia do Pinheiro a Portuguese vessel wrecked 30km northeast of East London in 1648.
• Oceanos a cruise liner sank off the Transkei Coast, after leaving 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 in August 1974.
• SS Orient a Russian vessel wrecked on the eastern side of the Buffalo River mouth, East London in 1907.
• SS Lyngenfjord a Norwegian cargo steamer wrecked near Tsitsikamma River mouth, on January 14, 1938. Location: 34° 08.50S, 24° 26.50E
• 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.

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KwaZulu-Natal

• Ivy ran aground off Port Edward and became wedged on rocks with its cargo intact in 1876.
• São Bento a Portuguese ship sank south of Port Edward 1554.
• São João a Portuguese galleon sank off the coast of Port Edward, after running on to the coastal rocks en route back to Lisbon from the East, in June 1552.

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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.

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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 a British transport wrecked near Arniston, Western Cape on May 30, 1815.
• Bato a 76-gun Dutch man-o-war scuttled in Simonstown on January 9, 1806.
• HMS Birkenhead a British frigate that struck a submerged rock near Gansbaai, Western Cape on February 26, 1852.
• Borderer a British ship struck a reef at Cape Agulhas, Western Cape on October 27, 1868.
• 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 on October 21, 1867.
• Brederode a 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 Simonstown on September 2, 1805.
• Clan Stuart a turret ship belonging to the Clan Line, wrecked in Mackerel Bay near Simonstown in 1917.
• Colebrooke a British East Indiaman 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 British 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.
• Johanna the first East Indiaman to be wrecked off the South African coast. Wrecked near Cape Town in 1682.
• Johanna Wagner a Prussian 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
• Le Centaur 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 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 Milagros 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 a former pre-Dreadnought class battleship that became famous as the 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 Simons Town as a target.
• SS Thomas T. Tucker a Houston built munitions carrier ran ashore on Oliphantsbos point near Cape Point on November 27, 1942.
• Waratah a luxury passenger liner that disappeared in the Cape in July 1909.
• Waterloo a British ship wrecked while loading whale oil on Fish Hoek beach near Cape Town on October 25, 1821.

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North Africa

Algeria

• HMT Rohna a British troop carrier sunk north of Bougie in an air attack during World War II on November 26, 1943.

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Egypt

See also the section for Red Sea This list of shipwrecks is of those sunken ships whose remains have been located. ...

• Artemise a French frigate run aground in Aboukir Bay during the Battle of the Nile, and scuttled on August 3, 1798.
• L'Orient Napoleon's flagship sunk in Aboukir Bay during the Battle of the Nile on August 1, 1798.
• Serieuse a French frigate sunk in Aboukir Bay during the Battle of the Nile on August 1, 1798.

The Abū Qīr Bay or Khalīj Abū Qīr (sometimes transliterated Abukir Bay or Aboukir Bay) is a spacious bay on the Mediterranean Sea in Egypt, lying between Abu Qir and the Rosetta mouth of the Nile. ... Combatants Britain France Commanders Horatio Nelson François-Paul Brueys DAigalliers† Strength 14 ships of the line: * 13 x 74-gun, * 1 x 50-gun, 1 sloop 13 ships of the line: * 1 x 120-gun, * 3 x 80-gun, * 9 x 74gun, 4 frigates, some smaller Casualties 218... Le Dauphin-Royal was a first-rate 118-gun ship of the line of the French Navy, of the Océan type, designed by Jacques-Noël Sané. During the French Revolution, she was renamed Le Sans-Culotte in September 1792, and eventually LOrient in May 1795. ...

Morocco/Western Sahara

• 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 were subsequently captured and taken as slaves by local tribes. [1]

The SS Commerce was a Connecticut based American merchant ship that ran aground off of Cape Bojador off of what is now Western Sahara in 1815. ... Cape Bojador is a headland on the northern coast of Moroccos Western Sahara province, just below latitude 27° North. ... James Riley (born October 27, 1982 in Colorado Springs, Colorado) is an American soccer winger, who currently plays for the New England Revolution of Major League Soccer. ...

Tunisia

• Mahdia an ancient shipwreck discovered in 1907.

The shipwreck of Mahdia was found off the coast of Tunisia in 1907. ...

West Africa

• Medusa French passenger ship which struck the Bank of Arguin in 1816.
• MV Joola a Senegalese passenger ship that capsized off the coast of The Gambia on September 26, 2002.

The Raft of the Medusa is the name applied to an infamous catastrophic shipwreck of the French ship Medusa (original French name: La Méduse) in 1816 in the Atlantic Ocean off the west coast of Africa. ... MV Joola was a Senegalese government-owned ferry that capsized off the coast of Gambia on September 26, 2002. ... is the 269th day of the year (270th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Also see: 2002 (number). ...

Asia

Turkey

• Cape Gelidonya a Phoenician merchant ship wrecked around 1200 BC.
• Uluburun shipwreck a merchant shipwreck dating to the late Bronze Age.

Cape Gelidonya near Finike, Turkey was the site of the wreck of a Phoenician merchant ship from about 1200 BC, which sat at about 27 m depth on irregular rocky bottom. ... The Uluburun Shipwreck is a well-documented ancient shipwreck of the Late Bronze Age period, discovered off the southern Turkish coastline on the Mediterranean Sea near the city of KaÅŸ in the early 1980s, and recovered using techniques of underwater excavation in 11 consecutive campaigns of 3-4 months duration...

Hong Kong

• RMS Queen Elizabeth a British ocean liner was gutted by a fire and sank in Hong Kong harbour on January 9, 1972.
• HMS Tamar a British troopship scuttled to avoid capture in Hong Kong harbour on December 12, 1941.

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Europe

Cyprus

• Kyrenia ship a Greek merchant ship dating to the 4th century BC.

The Kyrenia ship The Kyrenia ship is the wreck of a 4th-century Greek merchant ship. ...

Denmark

• Alexander Nevski ran aground off the coast of Thyborøn, a fishing village in Jutland on September 25, 1868.
• HMS Black Prince sank at the Battle of Jutland, 1916: Protected place
• HMS Defence magazine explosion during the Battle of Jutland, 1916: Protected place
• HMS Indefatigable magazine explosion during the Battle of Jutland, 1916: Protected place
• HMS Invincible shell struck magazine during the Battle of Jutland, 1916: Protected place
• HMS Queen Mary magazine explosion during the Battle of Jutland, 1916: Protected place
• HMS Warrior foundered during tow after severe damage in the Battle of Jutland, 1916: Protected place
• SMS Elbing scuttled following collision damage in the Battle of Jutland, 1916
• SMS Frauenlob torpedoed and shelled during the Battle of Jutland, 1916
• SMS Lützow scuttled after severe damage in the Battle of Jutland, 1916
• SMS Pommern magazine explosion during the Battle of Jutland, 1916
• U-20 run aground and sunk by her crew the following day, November 5, 1916.
• 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.

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The Protection of Military Remains Act 1986 (1986 c. ... HMS Warrior, the name ship of her class of 4 armored cruisers of the Royal Navy, was built several years before the outbreak of the First World War. ... Combatants Grand Fleet of the Royal Navy High Seas Fleet of the Kaiserliche Marine Commanders Sir John Jellicoe Sir David Beatty Reinhard Scheer Franz von Hipper Strength 28 battleships 9 battlecruisers 8 heavy cruisers 26 light cruisers 78 destroyers 1 minelayer 1 seaplane carrier 16 battleships 5 battlecruisers 6 pre... 1916 (MCMXVI) was a leap year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar). ... The Protection of Military Remains Act 1986 (1986 c. ... The SMS Elbing was a German Pillau class light cruiser present at the Battle of Jutland from May 31 to June 1 of 1916. ... 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Estonia

• Maasilinn Wreck a wreck off Saaremaa island dating to the 16th century.

Map of the Estonian archipelago (Saaremaa and Hiiumaa) Landsat satellite photo of Saaremaa Saaremaa is the largest island (2,673 km²) belonging to Estonia. ...

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.

SS Sauternes was a steamship built in 1922. ... Fugloyarfjørður is the firth separating Svínoy from Fugloy. ...

Finland

• Vrouw Maria, a Dutch merchant ship, ran aground and sunk on October 9, 1771.
• Sankt Nikolai a Russian frigate sunk in the Battle of Svensksund in 1790
• British submarine flotilla in the Baltic

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France

• CSS Alabama a screw sloop-of-war sunk off Cherbourg during the American Civil War on June 11, 1864.
• HMT Lancastria a Cunard liner 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 from the coast of Cherbourg on December 24, 1944.
• Wreck of Rochelongue a shipwreck found west of Cap d'Agde dating to the Iron Age, around 600 BC.
• 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 mine off Saint-Vaast-la-Hougue, Normandy and sunk on July 30, 1944.

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Germany

• SS Cap Arcona a German luxury ocean liner sunk in Lubeck Bay on May 3, 1945.

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Gibraltar

• HMS Sussex an English ship of the line lost in a severe storm on March 1, 1694.

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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.
• HMHS Britannic a White Star Line ocean liner sunk by flooding after striking a mine near the isle of Kea in November 1916.
• Panagiotis a coastal trading ship run aground on the isle of Zakynthos in October 1980, while allegedly smuggling cigarettes from Turkey.
• Express Samina a RORO passenger ferry capsized after hitting a rock off the holiday island of Paros on 26 September 2000.
• 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.

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Ireland

• Alondra a British steamship run aground in fog on Kedge Rocks near Baltimore Island, on December 29, 1916.
• 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-ton 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). DiveSiteDirectory for Dido
• Empress of Britain an ocean liner bombed by aircraft and then torpedoed and sunk by 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 Clear Island, County Cork, Ireland). DiveSiteDirectory for Illyrian
• Housatonic ran aground.
• Innisfallen torpedoed and sunk by U-boat U-64 16 miles 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). DiveSiteDirectory for Kowloon Bridge
• RMS Laconia a Cunard Line ocean liner sunk near Fastnet by German submarine U-50 February 25, 1917.
• Lagan collision off Belfast Lough.
• RMS Leinster the Dublin to Holyhead mailboat, torpedoed and sunk four miles 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 U-20, on May 7, 1915.
• Normanby Hall foundered and sunk off Kilroot on October 8, 1965.
• The Plassey a cargo ship which was wrecked off the coast of Inisheerin 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.
• State of Louisiana a passenger liner ran aground on December 28, 1878 on Hunter Rock.
• RMS Tayleur a White Star Line clipper ran aground and sank off Lambay Island circa five miles from Dublin Bay on January 21, 1854.
• 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.
• Tiberia merchant ship torpedoed and sunk by U-19 off Black Head near Larne, County Antrim on 26 February 1918.
• Trinidad Valencera The wreck of one of the Spanish Armada's largest ships, the 1,100-ton Trinidad Valencera, lies 20 miles west of Lacada Point in Kinnagoe Bay, County Donegal.
• The Tullaghmurray Lass a fishing boat sank seven miles off Kilkeel in February 2002.
• U-260 a German U-boat scuttled four miles south of Glandore on 12 March 1945.
• Irish news headlines from leading Irish newspapers, estimates range between 7000 and 12000 ancient ships off the coast of Ireland

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Italy

• Giglio Island shipwreck an Etruscan wreck dating to the early Iron age, c. 600 BC.
• SMS Szent István an Austro-Hungarian dreadnought battleship sunk in the Adriatic Sea by Italian torpedo boat MAS-15 on 10 June 1918.

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The Netherlands

• De Berlin sunk near Hoek van Holland during a storm in 1907.
• Katowice a Polish cargo ship sunk near Terschelling during a storm in 1949.

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Norway

• Scharnhorst a German battlecruiser sunk in the Battle of the North Cape in December 1943.
• Blücher a German heavy cruiser sunk at the Battle of Drøbak sound on April 9, 1940.
• MS Seattle a cargo ship damaged in crossfire on April 8, 1940 and sunk at Dvergsnestangen on April 13, 1940.
• FV Gaul a deep sea trawler sunk in the Barents Sea in February 1974.
• 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.

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Poland

• DS 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 a passenger ship on a rescue mission was torpedoed and sunk by Soviet submarine S-13 in the Baltic Sea on January 30, 1945.

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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 a British troopship sunk by aerial bombardment on 12 January 1943.
• The Pepper Wreck a Portuguese Indiaman found at the mouth of the Tagus River, dating from the 16th or 17th century.

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Sweden

• Kronan a Swedish warship capsized about 6 km off the coast of Öland during the battle of Öland in 1676.
• Vasa a Swedish galleon foundered and sunk in Stockholm on August 10, 1628.

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United Kingdom

England

• Alarm a lightship in a collision in Liverpool Bay in 1922.
• Alaunia struck a 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.
• Amsterdam a 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, a protected wrecksite, broke anchor and ran aground off the Isles of Scilly on December 10, 1798.
• Earl of Abergavenny an East Indiaman sunk in Weymouth Bay in February 1805.
• Grace Dieu, a 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 M2a British aircraft-carrying submarine shipwrecked in Lyme Bay on January 26, 1932.
• Mary Rose, a protected wrecksite, an English Tudor warship sunk in Portsmouth Harbour, possibly during an engagement with the French fleet on July 19, 1545.
• SS Mendi a troopship rammed by SS Darro off Isle of Wight on 21 February 1917.
• HMS Montague a battleship run aground in fog on Shutter Reef, Lundy on May 29, 1906.
• SS Richard Montgomery, a protected wrecksite: designated as dangerous, a cargo ship run aground off the Nore in the Thames Estuary on August 20, 1944.
• 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.
• UC-32 a German U-boat struck its own 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 mine in Falmouth Bay in December 1917.
• HMAT Warilda an Australian hospital ship torpedoed by U-boat U-49 on August 3, 1918.
• Yewglen ran aground off Beadnall Point in 1960.

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Scotland

• Akka ran aground in the River Clyde in 1956
• Annie James sank off Vatersay, Western Isles in 1853 with the loss of 350 lives
• MV Craigantlet British container ship run aground at Killantringan lighthouse, Wigtownshire on 26 February 1982
• HMS Hampshire British armored cruiser struck a mine off the Orkney Islands in 1916
• SMS Markgraf German battleship scuttled in Scapa Flow in 1919
• River Dee Ferry Boat Disaster overloaded ferry capsized in 1876
• 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

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Wales

• Amazonese a cargo steamship ran aground at St. David's Head on April 15, 1881.
• The Diamond, a protected wrecksite, a three masted square rigger with a composite hull, forerunner of the Ocean liners, lost in Cardigan Bay on January 2, 1825
• Mary, a protected wrecksite, the first British Royal Yacht hit rocks in fog off Anglesey on March 25, 1675
• Resurgam II, a protected wrecksite, sank near Rhyl on February 25, 1880.
• Rothsay Castle a paddle steamer ran aground and broke up at the eastern end of the Menai Strait in 1831.
• Royal Charter a steam clipper driven onto rocks near Moelfre, Anglesey on October 26, 1859.

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North America

Bahamas

• SS Sapona a cargo steamer run aground near Bimini during a hurricane in 1926.

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Bermuda

• San Pedro - Spanish nao wrecked in 1596, discovered in 1951 but never positively identified.
• Santa Ana - Spanish nao wrecked in 1605, wreck has never been positively identified.
• Sea Venture - grounded off the coast in 1609, subsequently broke up and sank.
• Warwick - English merchantman sunk in a gale in Castle Harbor in 1619, discovered in 1967.
• San Antonio - Portuguese nao wrecked on the west reefs in 1621, discovered in 1960.
• 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.
• Katherine - wrecked in 1763.
• Mark Antonio - Spanish privateer, wrecked in 1777, discovered early 1960s.
• Lord Amherst - British armed transport wrecked in 1778.
• HMS Cerberus - lost at Castle Harbor in 1783.
• HMS Pallas - ran aground in 1783 off St. George's Island, wreck has not been identified.
• 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 - wrecked on the northern reefs in 1856.
• 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 - ran aground in 1873.
• Minnie Breslauer - ran aground in 1873.
• Early Riser - wrecked in 1876, location never found.
• Alert - fishing sloop sank in 1877.
• Kate - British steamer wrecked in 1878.
• Lartington - wrecked in 1879 after just five years of operation.
• North Carolina - wrecked off West End in 1880.
• Darlington - wrecked on the Western Reef in 1886.
• Richard P. Buck - caught fire and sank following a storm in 1889.
• Apollo - wrecked on the reefs in 1890.
• Avenger - wrecked on Mills Breakers in 1894.
• HMS Vixen - scuttled in 1896.
• Madiana - former Balmoral Castle, built 1877, wrecked 1903
• Pollockshields - former Herodot, wrecked in 1915 near Elbow Beach.
• Blanch King - wrecked on the southwest reefs in 1920.
• 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 - Bermudian fishing boat wrecked in 1926.
• 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 1939.
• Constellation - made famous in 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 - Canadian ship wrecked in 1967, refloated for salvaging, re-sunk near Dockyard.
• King - American ship scuttled in 1984, first intentionally-created dive site in Bermuda.
• Hermes - American ship deliberately scuttled in 1984.
• Triton - scuttled in 1988 as a dive site.

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British Virgin Islands

• HMS Astrea 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 on October 29, 1867.

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Canada

Newfoundland

• San Juan Basque ship sunk in Red Bay, Labrador in 1565.
• HMS Sapphire scuttled to prevent capture by French 1696.
• HMS Duchess of Cumberland wrecked near Cape Ray in 1781.
• HMS Southampton & HMS Tweed sunk in storm near Bay Bulls in 1813.
• 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 ran aground and sunk near St. Shotts in 1822.
• Dispatch, British brig sunk near Isle Aux Morts in 1828.
• Lady Sherbrooke, barque sunk in gale near Port Aux Basques in 1831.
• Harvest Home, British ship sunk off Cape Race in 1833.
• Lady of the Lake, Scottish brig sunk near Cape St. Francis in 1833.
• City of Philadelphia, British steamer ran aground and sunk in fog near Cape Race in 1854.
• Arctic collided with steamer Vesta collided and sunk near Cape Race in 1854.
• Indian, British Allan liner sunk off Cape Race in 1859.
• 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, 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, British steamer sunk near Cape Race in 1877.
• George Washington, USA steamer sunk near Cape Race in 1877.
• Lion reported missing in Baccalieu Tickle in 1882.
• Greenland sealing steamer lost 48 men on the ice 1898.
• Helgoland, German steamer sunk near Cape Race in 1900.
• Delmar Scottish steamer sunk near Cape Race in 1901.
• Duchess of Fife schooner sunk near Bonavista in 1907.
• RMS Titanic White Star liner collided with iceberg on Grand Banks in 1912.
• Florence British Furness-Withy liner sunk near Cape Race in 1912.
• Southern Cross Scottish sealing steamer lost in blizzard 1914.
• Marion schooner missing off St. Pierre and Miquelon in 1915.
• Kristianiafjord Norwegian liner ran aground in fog near Cape Race in 1917.
• 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 heavy cruiser sunk in fog at Point Amour in Strait of Belle Isle in 1922.
• Marvale Canadian Pacific liner stranded 1923.
• President Coaker schnooner sunk in gale near Cape Race in 1924.
• Viking sealing barque lost by explosion near White Bay in 1931.
• USS Truxtun destroyer sunk with USS Pollux in storm 1942.
• USS Pollux supply ship sunk along with USS Truxtun in storm 1942.
• SS Caribou Newfoundland Railway ferry torpedoed by U-boat off Port aux basques 1942.
• Saganaga iron-ore carrier torpedoed by U-boat off Bell Island 1942.
• 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 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 Canadian National ferry sank in ice off Labrador 1977.
• Ocean Ranger oil platform sunk in winter storm on Grand Banks in 1982.

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Nova Scotia

• 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 a French warship caught fire and burned in the siege of Louisbourg on July 21, 1758.
• Célèbre a French warship caught fire and burned in the siege of Louisbourg on July 21, 1758.
• Entreprenant a French warship struck with cannonfire by the Royal Navy off Louisbourg, burned and exploded on July 21, 1758.
• Prudent a French warship burned following the siege of Louisbourg on July 22, 1758.
• HMCS Saguenay a Canadian destroyer scuttled as an artificial reef off Lunenburg in 1994.

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Sable Island

• Unknown British transport about 1760 {?} carrying members of 43rd British Regiment
• Schooner Esperanto, months after winning the first International Fishing Vessel Championship Race, struck a submerged wreck and sank May 30, 1921.

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Nunavut

• HMS Breadalbane a British barque crushed by ice south of Beechey Island on August 2, 1853.

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Ontario

• Lilly Parsons, Brockville, Ontario
• City of Sheboygan sank off Kingston, Ontario in Lake Ontario
• Comet collision of Nine Mile Point, Ontario in Lake Ontario.
• SS Edmund Fitzgerald sank in Lake Superior
• Gunilda yacht ran up on McGarvey's Shoals Lake Superior
• Katie Eccles ran aground near Kingston, Ontario on Lake Ontario.
• Young Phoenix sank off Long Point, Ontario Lake Erie 1818.
• Smith tugboat sank under tow off Long Point, Ontario Lake Erie.
• St. James unknown cause off Long Point, Ontario in Lake Erie, discovered 1984.
• Trade Wind schooner collided with the Sir Charles Napier off Long Point, Ontario in Lake Erie.
• Wild Rover foundered off Long Point, Ontario Lake Erie.
• Jersey City foundered off Long Point, Ontario Lake Erie in 1860.
• Pochahontas foundered off Long Point, Ontario Lake Erie in 1862.
• Rebecca Foster foundered off Long Point, Ontario Lake Erie in 1857.
• Jennie P. King foundered off Long Point, Ontario Lake Erie in 1866.
• Empire ran aground off Long Point, Ontario Lake Erie in 1870.
• British Lion ran aground off Long Point, Ontario Lake Erie in 1877. The same storm claimed the next two:
• Madiera ran aground off Long Point, Ontario Lake Erie in 1877.
• Elize A. Turner ran aground off Long Point, Ontario Lake Erie in 1877.
• William H. Vanderbilt ran aground off Long Point, Ontario Lake Erie in 1883.
• Siberia ran aground off Long Point, Ontario Lake Erie in 1883.
• Siberia ran aground off Long Point, Ontario Lake Erie in 1905. This was a different vessel than the previous entry.
• Edmund Fitzgerald ran aground off Long Point, Ontario Lake Erie in 1883. This 135 foot schooner predated the more widely known ship of the same name which sank in Lake Superior in 1975.
• Wocoken ran aground off Long Point, Ontario Lake Erie in 1893.
• Joseph Paige ran aground off Long Point, Ontario Lake Erie in 1893. This was the same gale of October 14, 1893 that also took the Wocoken.
• Idaho ran aground off Long Point, Ontario Lake Erie in 1897.
• Niagara ran aground off Long Point, Ontario Lake Erie in 1899.
• Mystic sank off Long Point, Ontario Lake Erie in 1907.
• Pascal P. Pratt ran aground off Long Point, Ontario Lake Erie in 1908.
• Marquette and Bessemer #2 sank off Long Point, Ontario Lake Erie in 1909.
• Elphicke ran aground off Long Point, Ontario Lake Erie in 1913.
• James B. Colgate sank off Long Point, Ontario Lake Erie in 1916.
• Merida sank off Long Point, Ontario Lake Erie in 1916. This was in the same storm of October 16 that also took the James B. Colgate
• Lawrence sank aground off Long Point, Ontario Lake Erie in 1921.
• City of Dresden ran aground off Long Point, Ontario Lake Erie in 1922.
• Angler caught fire and sank in Long Point Bay, Ontario Bay Lake Erie in 1893.
• Aycliffe Hall sank off Long Point, Ontario Lake Erie in 1936.
• James J. Reed sank off Long Point, Ontario Lake Erie in 1944.
• Brown Brothers sank in Long Point Bay, Ontario Bay Lake Erie in 1959.
• HMS Toronto sank off Hanlan's Point, Toronto Lake Ontario in 1811.
• HMS Speedy sank off Brighton, Ontario Lake Ontario in 1804.
• HMS Nancy sunk by the United States Navy during the War of 1812 in the Nottawasaga River near Georgian Bay in 1814.
• HMS Lawrence sank off Kingston, Ontario Lake Ontario in 1832.

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Quebec

• Empress of Ireland a transatlantic ocean liner sank in the St. Lawrence River after colliding with the Storstad on May 29, 1914.
• Sydney Packet a bark shipwrecked in the Magdalen Islands in 1826.

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British Columbia

• Beaver a steamship run aground on rocks at Prospect Point in Vancouver's Stanley Park on July 25, 1888.
• City of Ainsworth a paddle steamer sternwheeler sunk during a storm in Kootenay Lake on November 29, 1898.
• 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 a steamer sunk on Vanderbilt Reef on October 25, 1918.
• M/V Queen of the North a RORO ferry run aground on 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.

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Dominican Republic

• Nuestra Señora de Guadalupe a Spanish galleon sunk by hurricane in Samana Bay on August 24, 1724.
• Conde de Tolosa a Spanish galleon run aground during a hurricane in Samana Bay on August 25, 1724.
• St. George sunk as an artificial reef near 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.

For alternate uses, see Saint George (disambiguation) Saint George on horseback rides alongside a wounded dragon being led by a princess, late 19th century engraving. ... La Romana is the third-largest city in the Dominican Republic with a population estimated in 2005 at 240,000. ... Punta Cana Marina, Dominican Republic Punta Cana is the name of a region in the easternmost tip of the Dominican Republic. ... Mone Cristi coastline Monte Cristi Pipe Wreck a submerged archaeological site located on the north coast of Hispaniola in the Dominican Republic near the border of Haiti, part of the Greater Antilles in the Caribbean. ...

Grenada

• Bianca C a passenger ship sunk multiple times before becoming the Caribbean's largest shipwreck, near Grand Anse, in October 1961.

The Bianca C, docked. ... ...

Haiti

• Bluenose a Canadian schooner foundered on a reef on January 28, 1946.

For other uses, see Bluenose (disambiguation) Bluenose was a Canadian schooner from Nova Scotia, a celebrated racing ship and a symbol of the province. ... is the 28th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1946 (MCMXLVI) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full 1946 calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Saint Vincent

• SS Antilles an ocean liner ran aground on a reef near the island of Mustique on January 8, 1971.

Built for the French Line, the Antilles was a near-sister to the SS Flandre of 1952. ... Location of Mustique Mustique is a private island in the Caribbean Sea, one of the Grenadines in the country of St Vincent and the Grenadines. ... January 8 is the 8th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1971 (MCMLXXI) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar) of the 1971 Gregorian calendar. ...

United States of America

Alabama

• USS Tecumseh a monitor warship sunk by a torpedo at Mobile Bay on August 5, 1864.

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Alaska

• SS Colebrook (also known as Coldbrook) a Hog Islander merchant ship grounded off Middleton Island on 16 June 1942.
• Nissan Maru Japanese armed freighter sunk by U.S. bombers in Kiska Harbor on June 19, 1942.
• SS Portland a steam ship struck rock off Cordova and sank on November 12, 1910.
• Princess Sophia a passenger liner sunk off Vanderbilt Reef near Juneau on October 25, 1918.

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California

• Ace I sunk as hazard to navigation off San Pedro
• Aggie ran aground Santa Rosa Island
• Avalon foundered under tow off Palos Verdes Peninsula
• Brother Jonathan ran aground off Crescent City, California
• Charles Brown grounded Laguna Beach, California
• Charles F. Crocker ran aground for movie, then hit by tidal wave and finally burned off Santa Catalina Island
• Chickasaw ran aground Santa Rosa Island
• Crown of England ran aground Santa Rosa Island
• Cuba ran aground San Miguel Island
• Dauntless blown up for movie off Catalina Harbor, Santa Catalina Island
• 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
• Dominator ran aground Rocky Point Palos Verdes Peninsula
• Elsie I foundered off Huntington Beach, California
• SS Emidio, sunk by the Imperial Japanese Navy, Crescent City, California
• Equator ran aground Anacapa Island
• Foss 125 foundered off Laguna Beach, California
• F.S. Loop blown up near Los Angeles, California
• Frolic wrecked near Mendocino, California in 1850
• Georgia scuttled off Redondo Beach, California
• Georgia Straits sunk while towed off Los Angeles, California
• Goldenhorn ran aground Santa Rosa Island
• USS Gregory (DD-802) bombed as target off San Clemente Island California
• USS Hogan bombed as target off San Diego, California
• Honda Point Disaster, nine US Navy ships run aground off the California coast in 1923.
• Humble SM-1 foundered off Santa Barbara, California
• Johanna Smith burned then blown up off Long Beach, California
• USS John C. Butler sunk as target off San Clemente, California
• USS Koka grounded on San Clemente Island
• La Janelle grounded off Port Hueneme, California
• USS Magnet (ADG-9) 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 grounded on San Nicolas Island
• Margaret C. blown up for movie Catalina Harbor, Santa Catalina Island
• Melrose ran aground White Point, California
• Monfalcone burned off Long Beach, California
• USS Moody blown up for movie San Pedro Bay
• Ningpo beached then burned at Santa Catalina Island
• Olympic II collision off San Pedro, California
• Palmyra beached and burned off Santa Catalina Island
• S.S. Pomona ran aground near Fort Ross Cove Fort Ross, California in 1888
• USS S-37 broke tow and sank off Imperial Beach, California
• Sacramento foundered off Redondo Beach, California
• S.N. Castle burned and sunk for movie Catalina Harbor at Santa Catalina Island
• San Augustin Manila galleon wrecked at anchor in Drakes Bay
• SueJac grounded on Casino Point,Santa Catalina Island
• UB-88 shelled for target San Pedro Bay
• Valiant burned off Descanso Beach, California
• Winfield Scott ran aground Anacapa Island
• Yankee Blade Ran aground Honda Point, California
• Yukon foundered Mission Bay, California

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Delaware

• USNS Mission San Francisco a fleet oil tanker collided with the Liberian freighter Elna II while passing New Castle, caught fire and exploded on March 7, 1957.

The USNS Mission San Francisco was one of twenty-seven Mission Buenaventura Class fleet oilers built during World War II for service in the United States Navy, and one of two named for the Franciscan mission located in San Francisco, California. ... Old New Castle Courthouse. ... is the 66th day of the year (67th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1957 (MCMLVII) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link displays the 1957 Gregorian calendar). ...

Florida

• Adelaide Baker grounded on reef Duck Key
• USS Amesbury grounded off Key West
• Angustias hurricane off Marathon Key, Florida in 1733
• Benwood collision Florida Keys
• Blackthorn (cutter) Tanker collision in Tampa Bay, in the Egmont channel. Re-positioned 20 mi. off Clearwater. 1980.
• Catherine off Santa Rosa Island
• City of Washington ran aground Key Largo, Florida
• SS Copenhagen crashed into a reef at Pompano Beach, Florida in 1900
• Eagle sunk as an artificial reef off Florida Keys after fire damage in 1985
• El Infante hurricane off Marathon Key, Florida in 1733
• HMS Fowey struck reef offshore from Biscayne Bay, Florida 1748
• HMS Fox, a 14 gun schooner sunk off Dog Island, Florida in 1799
• Golden Venture, ran aground on Rockaway Beach, Queens, after mutiny, 1993; towed to Florida by the Coast Guard, where it was deliberately sunk
• Henrietta Marie slave ship sunk off Florida Keys in 1700
• Herrera hurricane off Marathon Key, Florida in 1733
• James A. Garfield sunk off Dog Island, Florida in a storm in 1899.
• Le Tigre stranded on Dog Island, Florida during storm in 1766
• Maple Leaf US Civil War transport; struck torpedo near Jacksonville, Florida
• Nuestra Señora de Atocha - Spanish galleon which sank in 1622 and was found on July 20, 1985 40 miles off the coast of Key West, Florida by treasure hunters who soon began to raise $400 million in coins and silver.
• Nuestra Señora del Populo hurricane off Marathon Key, Florida in 1733
• Queen of Nassau off Florida Keys in 1926 under mysterious circumstances.
• San Jose hurricane off Marathon Key, Florida in 1733
• San Pedro hurricane off Indian Key, Florida
• Slobodna ran aground on Molasses Reef in 1887
• Tarpon swamped off Panama City, Florida
• USS Oriskany sunk as an artificial reef off Pensacola, Florida in 2006
• USS Spiegel Grove sunk as an artificial reef off Florida Keys in 2002
• USS Wilkes-Barre sunk off Florida Keys
• Gulfamerica (tanker) torpedoed by U-123 off jacksonville
• USS Sturtevant (DD-240) ran into a friendly mine-field in the northwest channel
• USS Saufley (DD-465) sunk asa target in 420 fsw off Key West
• USS S-16 (SS-121) sunk off Key West as a target in 260 fsw
• USS Kendrick (DD-612) sunk off Key West in tests,in 320 fsw
• USS Fred T. Berry (DD-858) scuttled off Key West as artificial reef in 316 fsw
• USS Crubs (ARS-21) sunk off Key West as an artificial reef in 185 fsw
• Cities Services Empire (tanker) torpedoed by U-128 off Cape Canaveral in 240 fsw
• HMS Loo (frigate) ran aground off Big Pine Key in 1743

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Georgia

• CSS Georgia a Civil War ironclad floating battery scuttled off Savannah on December 21, 1864.
• CSS Muscogee a Confederate ironclad ram was captured and burned off the coast of Georgia in April 1865.
• Rattlesnake a Confederate privateer sunk by USS Montauk in Ogeechee River in 1863.
• SS Republic sank in a hurricane about 100 miles (160km) southeast of Savannah on October 25, 1865.
• USS Water Witch a sidewheel gunboat burned to avoid capture at White Bluff on December 19, 1864

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Great Lakes

See also: Great Lakes#Shipwrecks

• 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^{[disambiguation needed]} 15' 41.49.675 N 82.38.066 W
• Armenia 39'
• 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
• F.H. Prince 18' location unknown
• 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 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
• Passaic 84' 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
• Quito 10'-20' location unknown
• 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
• Saint Lawrence 20' location unknown
• Saint Louis 20' location unknown
• 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
• Toledo^{[disambiguation needed]} 30' location unknown
• Tioga 40' location unknown
• 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 120' 42.32.371 N 79.27.636 W
• Wend the Wave 30' location unknown
• Wesee 22' location unknown
• William H. Stevens 70' location unknown
• Willis 72'
• Wilma 75' 42.42.150 N 80.02.068 W
• Zadock Pratt 30' Unknown location

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Guam

• Aratama Maru a Japanese Navy transport sunk in Talofofo Bay in 1944.
• 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.

The Talofofo Bay is an inlet in the southeastern coast of the island of Guam at the mouth of the Talofofo River. ... SMS Cormoran was originally built by Germany in 1909 for the Russian Volunteer Fleet and named the RJASAN. She was used by the Russians as a combination mail, freight, passenger, and cargo hauler throughout the North Pacific. ... Aerial view of Apra Harbor Apra Harbor is a deep-water port on the western side of Guam in the Mariana Islands. ... “The Great War ” redirects here. ... Aerial view of Apra Harbor Apra Harbor is a deep-water port on the western side of Guam in the Mariana Islands. ... Aerial view of Apra Harbor Apra Harbor is a deep-water port on the western side of Guam in the Mariana Islands. ...

Hawaii

• USS LST-353 a tank landing ship sunk following an explosion while moored in West Loch on May 21, 1944.
• USS Arizona a battleship lost in the Japanese bombing of Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.
• I-18tou a midget submarine depth-charged at Pearl Harbor.
• USS Utah a battleship lost in the Japanese bombing of Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.
• USNS Mission San Miguel a fleet oiler run aground on Maro Reef on October 8, 1957.

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Illinois

• Eastland a passenger ship sunk in the Chicago River on July 24, 1915.

On July 24, 1915, the Eastland, along with the Theodore Roosevelt and the Petoskey, were hired to take employees from Chicagos Western Electric Company to a picnic in Michigan City, Indiana. ... The Chicago River is 156 miles (251 km) long[1], and flows through downtown Chicago. ... is the 205th day of the year (206th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1915 (MCMXV) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Thursday[1] of the 13-day-slower Julian calendar). ...

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 a passenger freighter torpedoed by U-166 on July 30, 1942. ^{[1] [2]}
• USCGC White Alder a coastal buoy tender sunk in the Mississippi River near White Castle following a collision on December 7, 1968.
• U-166 a German U-boat sunk by a depth charge from a US Navy patrol boat in July 1942.

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Massachusetts

• Albert Gallatin, 1892 Grounded on Boo Hoo Ledge off Manchester
• Alexander Macomb, Liberty Ship Torpedoed in 1942 by German U-215
• Alice M. Colburn, 1923 Ran aground in storm and broke up
• Alice M. Lawrence, 1914 Grounded on shoal
• Alma A. E. Holmes, 1914 Collision with steamer Belfast
• Alva, 1892 Rammed in fog by steamer H. F. Dimock
• 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 Island in 1976, causing an oil spill
• Baleen, 1975 Foundered while in tow after fire on board
• Barge & Crane, 1963 Foundered
• Bark Frances off Cape Cod
• California, 1955 Ran aground on ledge
• Can Do, 1978 Sank in famous Blizzard of 78
• Charles S. Haight, 1946 Stranded on a ledge
• 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, 1938 Struck ledge in fog and broke up
• City of Taunton, 1930s Beached and abandoned
• Colonel William B. Cowin 1941 Struck Hens and Chickens Reef and sank quickly
• 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, 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, 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, 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
• Lackawanna, 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
• Mohave, 1928 Struck submerged ledge and sank
• Montclair, 1927 Grounded in storm and broke up
• Nancy, 1927 Dragged anchor onto beach in storm
• Nantucket Lightship (LV-117), 1934 Rammed by British steamer Olympic
• Nantucket, 1859, whaler wrecked on Nashawena Island
• 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 U-550 when it lagged behind its wartime convoy
• Pemberton, 1907 Caught fire and sank
• Pendleton, 1952 Broke in half in storm
• Portland sunk in storm in 1898
• RMS Republic sank after collision in 1909.
• HMS Somerset wrecked in 1778 off Cape Cod
• Sparrowhawk in 1623

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Michigan

• Cornelia B. Windiate iced up and slowly sank in a storm after passing through the Straits of Mackinac, Michigan
• Emma L. Nielson collision in fog off Point Aux Barques, Michigan.
• Hunter Savidge capsized off Pointes Aux Barques, Michigan.
• John A. McGean lost in storm off Harbor Beach in Lake Huron in the White Hurricane of 1913.
• SS Edmund Fitzgerald lost in a storm off Whitefish Bay in Lake Superior.

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Minnesota

• Amboy (Ship) ran aground during the famous Mataafa Storm of 1905
• [Benjamin Noble] lost April 28, 1914 off Duluth-found 2004.
• The Madeira was also a casualty of the Mataafa Storm.
• The SS Edmund Fitzgerald sank in Lake Superior.

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Mississippi

• USS Cairo a river gunboat struck a torpedo in the Mississippi River and sank on December 12, 1862.
• Josephine a side-wheel steamer foundered off the barrier islands.

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New Jersey

• Adonis struck shore Deal Beach
• USS Arundo torpedoed off New Jersey
• Ayuruoca collision off New Jersey
• Beth Dee Bob foundered in storm off New Jersey
• Brunette collision off New Jersey
• Chappara struck mine off New Jersey
• Choapa collision off New Jersey
• Delaware burned then sank under tow off New Jersey
• Goulandris collision off New Jersey
• Gulftrade torpedoed off New Jersey
• Lana Carol foundered off Manasquan Inlet New Jersey
• Malta ran aground near Belmar, New Jersey
• Maurice Tracy collision off New Jersey
• Mohawk collision off New Jersey
• SS Morro Castle fire off Asbury Park, N.J.
• Park City collision off New Jersey
• Persephone torpedoed off New Jersey
• SS Pinta collision off New Jersey
• Pliny ran aground Deal Beach, New Jersey
• Rjukan ran aground on New Jersey
• R.P. Resor torpedoed off New Jersey
• Rusland struck wreck of Adonis
• San Saba struck mineoff New Jersey
• Sindia ran aground on the beach of Ocean City, 1901
• Stolt Dagali collision off New Jersey
• Tolten torpedoed off New Jersey
• Unterseeboot 869-discovered off the coast of New Jersey in 1991
• Vega capsized under tow off New Jersey
• Vizcaya collision off New Jersey
• Western World ran aground on New Jersey coast

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New York

• USS California (ACR-6) (later renamed San Diego), an armored cruiser sunk by a torpedo or mine near Fire Island on July 19, 1918.
• Champlain II a passenger steamboat ran aground by pilot under influence of morphine near Westport on Lake Champlain on July 16, 1875.
• USS Eagle lost on Lake Champlain.
• Steamship Lexington a paddlewheel steamship which caught fire north of Long Island and sank on January 14, 1840.
• SS Normandie a French ocean liner caught fire, capsized, and sank in New York Harbor on February 10, 1942.
• SS Oregon sunk following a collision with the Charles R. Morse off Long Island in 1886.
• USS Ticonderoga lost on Lake Champlain.
• USS Turner a destroyer exploded and sunk at Ambrose Light on January 3, 1944.

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North Carolina

• Altoona ran aground Cape Hatteras
• Ashkhabad torpedoed off North Carolina, USA
• Atlas torpedoed off North Carolina, USA
• Australia torpedoed off North Carolina, USA
• Bedfordshire torpedoed off North Carolina
• Bendigo, North Carolina, USA
• British Splendour torpedoed off North Carolina
• Caribsea torpedoed off North Carolina
• Carl Gerhard sunk off Nags Head, North Carolina
• Cassimir collision off North Carolina

• Catharine M. Monohan foundered off North Carolina
• SS Central America steamship sank in a storm September 9, 1857.
• Chilore torpedoed then struck mine, then foundered off North Carolina
• Ciltvaria torpedoed off Nags Head, North Carolina
• City of Houston foundered off North Carolina
• David Atwater

• Dixie Arrow torpedoed off North Carolina
• E.M. Clark torpedoed off North Carolina
• Empire Gem torpedoed off North Carolina
• Esso Nashville torpedoed off North Carolina
• Explorer sunk off Nags Head, North Carolina
• F.W. Abrams struck mine off North Carolina
• Fenwick Island foundered off North Carolina
• Francis E. Waters now in town hall Nags Head, North Carolina
• G.A. Kohler hurricane North Carolina
• George Weems burned off North Carolina
• Hesperides stranded off North Carolina
• SS Home sunk off Ocracoke Inlet in the 1837 Racer's Storm
• USS Huron grounded on North Carolina coast
• Hutton torpedoed off North Carolina
• John D. Gill torpedoed off North Carolina
• Kasandra Louloudis torpedoed off North Carolina
• Keshena struck mine off North Carolina
• Kyzickes grounded on North Carolina coast
• Lancing torpedoed off North Carolina
• Laura A. Barnes ashore Coquina Beach Cape Hatteras, North Carolina
• SS Liberator torpedoed off North Carolina
• Lois Joyce sank in surf Oregon Inlet North Carolina
• Malchace torpedoed off North Carolina
• Manuela torpedoed off North Carolina
• Metropolis sunk off Corolla, North Carolina
• USS Monitor
• Naeco torpedoed off North Carolina
• CSS Neuse aground in Neuse River
• USS New Jersey (BB-16) bombed as target off Cape Hatteras, North Carolina
• Normannia foundered off North Carolina
• USS Oriental sunk near Oregon Inlet in North Carolina
• Papoose torpedoed off North Carolina
• Pevensey blockade runner, off Atlantic Beach, North Carolina
• Porta Allegra (unknown reason) off North Carolina
• Portland ran aground Cape Lookout, North Carolina
• Proteus collision off North Carolina
• USS Schurz collision off North Carolina
• Senateur Duhammel collision off North Carolina
• HMCS St. Laurent a Canadian destroyer sank off Cape Hatteras in 1980.
• Suloide collision off North Carolina
• Tamaulipas torpedoed off North Carolina
• USS Tarpon foundered off North Carolina
• U-352 depth charged off North Carolina
• U-701 depth charged off North Carolina
• U-85 sunk by gunfire off North Carolina
• Veturia grounded off North Carolina
• USS Virginia bombed as target off Cape Hatteras, North Carolina
• W.E. Hutton torpedoed off North Carolina
• William Rockefeller torpedoed off North Carolina

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Oregon

• Isabella a Hudson's Bay Company British supply ship wrecked in 1830. Remains are in 40 feet of water off Cape Disappointment near Astoria. Site is listed in the National Register of Historic Places by the National Park Service.[2]
• Peter Iredale. Ran aground off coast of Astoria in 1906, still remains on beach.
• 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 8 miles north of Coos Bay. Remains can be seen at Horsfall Beach during the winter when the sand recedes.[3]
• SS Oliver Olson 307-foot ship headed to 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.[4]
• Blue Magpie 3,800-ton cargo freighter that hit 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 "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. [5]
• New Carissa. Freighter which ran aground near Coos Bay in 1999 and was wrecked; bow section towed out to sea and sunk, stern section remains on beach.

The Hudsons Bay Company (HBC; Compagnie de la Baie dHudson in French) is the oldest commercial corporation in North America and is one of the oldest in the world. ... The Peter Iredale was a four-masted steel barque sailing vessel that ran ashore October 25, 1906, on the Oregon coast en route to the Columbia River. ... The Astoria Column Suomi Hall, the meeting hall of Finnish and Scandinavian immigrants, under the Astoria-Megler Bridge Woman walking her dog along the Columbia River in Astoria The city of Astoria is the county seat of Clatsop County, Oregon, United States. ... The New Carissa, officially known as the M/V New Carissa, was a freighter that ran aground on a beach near Coos Bay, Oregon, United States during a storm in February 1999, and subsequently broke apart. ... Coos Bay is a city located in Coos County, Oregon. ...

Rhode Island

• Black Point a steel collier sunk by U-853 after World War II hostilities had ceased on May 5, 1945.
• U-853 sunk off Block Island by USN blimps' rockets on May 6, 1945.

Unterseeboot 853 (U-853) was a Type IXC/40 submarine of the Kriegsmarine. ... Combatants Allied powers: China France Great Britain Soviet Union United States and others Axis powers: Germany Italy Japan and others Commanders Chiang Kai-shek Charles de Gaulle Winston Churchill Joseph Stalin Franklin Roosevelt Adolf Hitler Benito Mussolini Hideki Tōjō Casualties Military dead: 17,000,000 Civilian dead: 33,000... is the 125th day of the year (126th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1945 (MCMXLV) was a common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar). ... Unterseeboot 853 (U-853) was a Type IXC/40 submarine of the Kriegsmarine. ... Block Island, shown in red, off the coast of the State of Rhode Island. ... is the 126th day of the year (127th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1945 (MCMXLV) was a common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar). ...

South Carolina

• HMS Acteon frigate burned 1776 Charleston
• USS Housatonic sunk by CSS Hunley
• CSS Hunley
• USS Keokuk Charleston
• Norseman blockade runner ran aground Charleston
• USS Patapsco struck mine Charleston
• Raccoon blockade runner Charleston
• Rattlesnake blockade runner Charleston
• Ruby blockade runner aground Folly Island Charleston
• Stonewall Jackson blockade runner grounded and burned Isle of Palms Charleston
• USS Weehawken American Civil War monitor Charleston
• HEBE & St Cathan [Myrtle Beach]]
• Civil War Wreck [ Myrtle Beach]]
• [[City OF Richmond] [Myrtle Beach]]
• [[Anchor Wreck] [Myrtle Beach]]
• [[Pipe Wreck] [Myrtle Beach]]

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Tennessee

• Sultana a Mississippi River paddlewheeler exploded four miles south of Memphis in what is now Arkansas on April 27, 1865.
• The Chattanooga a paddlewheel steamer sank in the Tennessee River near Chattanooga.

The steamboat Sultana was a Mississippi River paddlewheeler destroyed in an explosion on 27 April 1865, resulting in the greatest maritime disaster in United States history. ... For the river in Canada, see Mississippi River (Ontario). ... April 27 is the 117th day of the year (118th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar, with 248 days remaining. ... 1865 (MDCCCLXV) is a common year starting on Sunday. ... A riverboat passing under the Henley Street Bridge on the Tennessee River. ... Chattanooga is a city located in United States of America. ...

Texas

• La Belle a barque-longue of French explorer La Salle's expedition ran aground in Matagorda Bay in 1686.
• Anona a steam yacht sunk in the Viosca Knoll area in 1944.^[3]
• Gulfpenn a fuel tanker torpedoed by U-boat U-506 on May 13, 1942. ^[4]
• USS Hatteras a Navy gunboat sunk by CSS Alabama during the American Civil War off Galveston on January 11, 1863.
• Heredia a United Fruit Company freighter torpedoed by a submarine and sunk in 1943. ^[5]
• Mary a steamship ran aground at Aransas Pass.
• SS Nicaragua ran aground on Padre Island on October 16, 1912.
• Oaxaca a Mexican freighter torpedoed by U-boat U-171 near Port O'Connor on July 26, 1942.
• Sheherezade an oil tanker torpedoed.

La Belle was one of Robert de La Salles primary ships when he explored the Gulf of china. ... Matagorda Bay is a large bay on the Texas coast, located between Calhoun and Matagorda counties. ... is the 133rd day of the year (134th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1942 (MCMXLII) was a common year starting on Thursday (the link will display the full 1942 calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... The first USS Hatteras was a United States Navy gunboat during the American Civil War. ... For other ships named Alabama, see USS Alabama. ... Combatants United States of America (Union) Confederate States of America (Confederacy) Commanders Abraham Lincoln, Ulysses S. Grant Jefferson Davis, Robert E. Lee Strength 2,200,000 1,064,000 Casualties 110,000 killed in action, 360,000 total dead, 275,200 wounded 93,000 killed in action, 258,000 total... Galveston redirects here. ... is the 11th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1863 (MDCCCLXIII) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Saturday of the 12-day slower Julian calendar). ... Aransas Pass is a city in Texas USA. This city is located across the intersection of three counties: San Patricio, Aransas, and Nueces Counties. ... SS Nicaragua is a ship that was sailing in the Gulf of Mexico when it ran aground on Padre Island in 1912. ... A map of Padre Island. ... is the 289th day of the year (290th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1912 (MCMXII) was a leap year starting on Monday in the Gregorian calendar (or a leap year starting on Tuesday in the 13-day-slower Julian calendar). ... The Oaxaca, a Mexican freighter, was sunk July 26,1942 in position 28. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... Official Port OConnor Chamber of Commerce Seal Port OConnor, Texas (also known as P.O.C.) is situated between Galveston and Corpus Christi. ... is the 207th day of the year (208th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1942 (MCMXLII) was a common year starting on Thursday (the link will display the full 1942 calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Vermont

• A.R. Noyes a standard canal boat broke loose from tug at Proctor Shoal, Lake Champlain on October 17, 1884.^[6]
• General Butler a sailing canal boat hit breakwater near Burlington on Lake Champlain on December 9, 1876.^[7]
• O.J. Walker a sailing canal boat sunk in a gale near Burlington on May 11, 1895. ^[8]
• Phoenix a steamer caught fire near Colchester Shoal on September 4, 1819.^[9]
• An unknown horse ferry, the only known example of a horse-powered ferry on Lake Champlain, found in Burlington Bay. ^{[10] [11]}
• Water Witch a schooner foundered in a gale off Diamond Island on April 26, 1866. ^[12]

Landsat photo Lake Champlain (French: lac Champlain) is a large lake in North America, mostly within the borders of the United States (states of Vermont and New York) but partially situated across the US-Canada border in the province of Quebec. ... is the 290th day of the year (291st in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1884 (MDCCCLXXXIV) was a leap year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a leap year starting on Sunday of the 12-day-slower Julian calendar). ... This article or section does not cite any references or sources. ... is the 343rd day of the year (344th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1876 Pick up Sticks(MDCCCLXXVI) was a leap year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian Calendar (or a leap year starting on Thursday of the 12-day slower Julian calendar). ... is the 131st day of the year (132nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1895 (MDCCCXCV) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Sunday of the 12-day-slower Julian calendar). ... is the 247th day of the year (248th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1819 common year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ... is the 116th day of the year (117th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1866 (MDCCCLXVI) is a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar or a common year starting on Wednesday of the 12-day-slower Julian calendar. ...

Virginia

• Amaganzette swamped off Virginia
• Anglo African sunk off Cape Charles
• USCG Cuyahoga collision off Smith Point, Virginia
• Doxie Girl sank off Virginia
• Ethel C. sunk off Virginia
• Eureka collision off Virginia
• Francis E. Powell torpedoed off Virginia
• Gulf Hustler swamped off Virginia
• Hanks swamped off Virginia
• Juno Spanish ship lost in storm 1802; according to decision of 4th circuit (Virginia v. Spain) Spain still owns her.
• John Morgan collision off Virginia
• Kingston Ceylonite torpedoed off Virginia
• La Galga hurricane 1750; also contested in Virginia v. Spain, but Spain abandoned her in 1763.
• Lillian Lukenbach collision off Virginia
• Marine Electric sunk off Virginia
• Merida collision off Virginia
• Ocean Venture torpedoed off Virginia
• Santore struck mine off Virginia
• Tiger torpedoed off Virginia
• USS Washington bombed as target off Virginia
• Winthorp foundered off Virginia
• William D. Sanner collision Chesapeake Bay

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Wake Island

• Libelle a German barque which shipwrecked on the eastern reef during a gale on March 4, 1866. ^[13]
• Hayate a Japanese destroyer sunk by US Marines on December 11, 1941.
• Kisaragi a Japanese destroyer sunk by US Marines on December 11, 1941.

is the 63rd day of the year (64th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1866 (MDCCCLXVI) is a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar or a common year starting on Wednesday of the 12-day-slower Julian calendar. ... Hayate was a Japanese destroyer, one of nine built between 1921 and 1925 as part of the Kamikaze-class destroyers for the Imperial Japanese Navy. ... December 11 is the 345th day of the year (346th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... For the movie, see 1941 (film). ... Kisaragi was a Japanese destroyer during World War II in the Pacific, which had the distinction of being the second major Japanese warship sunk in the Pacific on December 11, 1941 during the Japanese attempted invasion of Wake Island. ... December 11 is the 345th day of the year (346th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... For the movie, see 1941 (film). ...

Wisconsin

• Louisiana burned in gale 1913
• SS Milwaukee sunk October 1929 in Lake Michigan from storm damage
• Fleetwing ran aground and sunk September 26,1888 in Lake Michigan.

Year 1913 (MCMXIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Tuesday of the 13-day-slower Julian calendar). ... Anchor from the S.S. Milwaukee // The train ferry SS Milwaukee was launched in 1902, as the , for service on Lake Michigan. ... Lake Michigan is one of the five Great Lakes of North America, and the only one in the group located entirely within the United States. ... Lake Michigan is one of the five Great Lakes of North America, and the only one in the group located entirely within the United States. ...

South America

Chile

• Logos ran aground on rocks off Tierra del Fuego in 1988.

Tierra del Fuego Cerro Sombrero Village, Chile. ...

Uruguay

• Admiral Graf Spee a German battleship scuttled during the Battle of the River Plate on December 17, 1939.
• HMS Agamemnon a Royal Navy warship ran aground and sank north of Gorriti Island in Maldonado Bay on June 20, 1809.

Admiral Graf Spee was a Deutschland class heavy cruiser which served with the Kriegsmarine of Germany during World War II. Originally classified as an armored ship (Panzerschiff), she was later reclassified as a heavy cruiser, and was referred to as a pocket battleship by the British. ... Combatants Germany United Kingdom New Zealand Commanders Hans Langsdorff Henry Harwood Strength 1 heavy cruiser 1 heavy cruiser 2 light cruisers Casualties 1 heavy cruiser damaged 36 dead 60 wounded 1 heavy cruiser heavily damaged 2 light cruisers damaged 72 dead 28 wounded For other uses, see The Battle of... December 17 is the 351st day of the year (352nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1939 (MCMXXXIX) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... HMS Agamemnon was a Royal Navy third-rate ship of the line with an armament of 64 guns. ... is the 171st day of the year (172nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1809 (MDCCCIX) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar). ...

Galápagos Islands

• Ann Alexander an American whaling boat sunk after it was rammed by a sperm whale on August 20, 1851.

The Ann Alexander was a ship from New Bedford that was rammed by a wounded sperm whale on August 20, 1851 near the Galapagos Islands. ... is the 232nd day of the year (233rd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1851 (MDCCCLI) was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Friday of the 12-day-slower Julian calendar). ...

Oceania

Australia

New South Wales

• HMAS Voyager sunk after collision - 82 killed
• Dunbar sunk after striking rocks in 1857 - 121 lives lost
• Sygna ran aground in 1974, Newcastle
• MV Pasha Bulker ran aground in 2007, Newcastle

The second HMAS Voyager (D-04) was a Daring class destroyer laid down by the Cockatoo Docks and Engineering Company Limited at Sydney in New South Wales on 10 October 1949, launched on 1 May 1952 by Dame Pattie Menzies, wife of the Prime Minister, and commissioned on 12 February... The Dunbar was a 1167 ton clipper that was wrecked near the entrance to Sydney Harbour, Australia in 1857 with the loss of 121 lives. ... The Sygna shipwreck on 7th Feb 2004 The Sygna was a 53,000 tonne Norwegian bulk carrier and now shipwreck on Stockton Beach near Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia. ... The MV Pasha Bulker is a 76,741 tonne deadweight Panamax bulk carrier operated by the Lauritzen Bulkers Shipping company and owned by Japanese Disponent Owners. ...

Tasmania

• Sydney Cove Preservation Island. No loss of life.
• Convict Ship Neva about 225 lives lost King Island
• Cataraqui 400 lost wrecked on King Island
• TSS Kanowna, one of Tasmania's largest shipwrecks, found in 2005 in Bass Strait.
• Lake Illawarra bulk carrier wrecked in the Derwent River, 12 lives lost.

Sydney Cove was a sailing ship wrecked in 1797 on Preservation Island off Tasmania while on her way from Calcutta to Port Jackson. ... Preservation Island is a small flat island lying off the south-western side of Cape Barren Island in the Furneaux Group of islands in Bass Strait between Tasmania and Victoria. ... The Neva was a three-masted barque that, as a convict ship was wrecked in Bass Strait on 13 May 1835 with the loss of 224 lives, to become one of Australias worst shipwrecks // The Neva was a barque of 327 tons Old Measurement on dimensions of length between... Municipality of King Island, Tasmania King Island is one of the islands that makes up the state of Tasmania, Australia. ... Wreck of the emigrant ship Cataraqui on Kings Island, 1845 The Cataraqui (also called the Cataraque[1]) was a British barque sailing ship which sunk off the south-west coast of King Island in Bass Strait on 4 August 1845. ... Municipality of King Island, Tasmania King Island is one of the islands that makes up the state of Tasmania, Australia. ... The twin screw steamer TSS Kanowna was a 126-metre-long, 7105-tonne passenger ship which sank off Wilsons Promontory, Australia on the morning of February 29, 1929. ... Slogan or Nickname: The Apple Isle; Holiday Isle Motto(s): Ubertas et Fidelitas (Fertility and Faithfulness) Other Australian states and territories Capital Hobart Government Constitutional monarchy Governor William Cox Premier Paul Lennon (ALP) Federal representation  - House seats 5  - Senate seats 12 Gross State Product (2004-05)  - Product ($m)  $16,114... Map of Australia with Bass Strait marked in light blue Bass Strait (IPA: ) is a sea strait separating Tasmania from the south of the Australian mainland (Victoria in particular). ... The MV Lake Illawarra was a handyweight bulk carrier of 7274 tons in the service of the shipping company Australian National Lines, which famously and dramatically collided with pylon 19 of Hobarts giant high concrete arch style Tasman Bridge on the evening of 5 January 1975 at 9. ... The Derwent is a river in Tasmania, Australia. ...

Queensland

• Aarhus Historic Shipwreck
• HMS Pandora struck Great Barrier Reef
• SS Yongala, Townsville, Australia

In Australia, Aarhus Historic Shipwreck is a historical site preserving one of the victims of Smiths Rock. ... HMS Pandora was a 24-gun frigate of the Royal Navy, built by Adams and Barnard at Deptford, and launched on 17 May 1779. ... SS Yongala was a steel passenger and freight steamer, owned by the Adelaide Steamship Company. ... ‎ The Strand CBD from Museum of Tropical Queensland, features Castle Hill in background Townsville (Postcodes: 4810-4819) is an urban centre on the north-eastern coast of Australia, in the state of Queensland. ...

Victoria

• Loch Ard, struck Mutton Bird Island 1878
• TSS Kanowna (1929), one of Victoria's largest shipwrecks, found in 2005 in Bass Strait.
• (see also: Shipwreck Coast)

The Loch Ard was a clipper ship which was wrecked at Mutton Bird Island just off the Shipwreck Coast of Victoria, Australia in 1878. ... 1878 (MDCCCLXXVIII) was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ... The twin screw steamer TSS Kanowna was a 126-metre-long, 7105-tonne passenger ship which sank off Wilsons Promontory, Australia on the morning of February 29, 1929. ... Slogan or Nickname: Garden State, The Place to Be Motto(s): Peace and Prosperity Other Australian states and territories Capital Melbourne Government Constitutional monarchy Governor David de Kretser Premier Steve Bracks (resigning effective 30th July 2007) (ALP) Federal representation  - House seats 37  - Senate seats 12 Gross State Product (2004-05... Map of Australia with Bass Strait marked in light blue Bass Strait (IPA: ) is a sea strait separating Tasmania from the south of the Australian mainland (Victoria in particular). ... The Shipwreck Coast of Victoria, Australia stretches from Moonlight Head to Cape Otway, a distance of approximately 130km. ...

Western Australia

• Tryall, British East Indies Company ship, 1622
• Batavia, Dutch VOC merchant sailing ship, 1629
• Vergulde Draeck, Dutch VOC merchant sailing ship, 1656
• Zuytdorp, Dutch VOC merchant sailing ship, 1712
• Zeewijk, Dutch VOC merchant sailing ship, 1727
• Alkimos, Greek merchant ship, 1963
• Korean Star, Panamanian oil tanker, Cape Cuvier, 1988

A British East Indiaman The Tryall (also spelt Tryal and Trial ) was a British East India Company owned East Indiaman captained by John Brookes which was wrecked off the north-west coast of Western Australia in 1622. ... The BEIC, sometimes referred to as John Company, was a joint-stock company which was granted an English Royal Charter by Elizabeth I on December 31, 1600, with the intention of favouring trade privileges in India. ... Events January 1 - In the Gregorian calendar, January 1 is declared as the first day of the year, instead of March 25. ... For other meanings of Batavia see Batavia The Batavia was a ship of the Dutch East India Company (VOC), built in 1628 in Amsterdam, which was struck by mutiny and shipwreck during her maiden voyage. ... Events March 4 - Massachusetts Bay Colony is granted a Royal charter. ... // Historical This site is significant in the early European exploration of Australia and parts of the Western Australian coast. ... // Events Mehmed Köprülü becomes Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire. ... The VOC Zuytdorp (meaning South village) was a trading ship of the Dutch East India Company in the 1700s. ... // Events Treaty of Aargau signed between Catholic and Protestants. ... The Zeewijk (or Zeewyk) was a Dutch East India Company (VOC) ship that wrecked at the Houtman Abrolhos, off the coast of Western Australia, on 9 June 1727. ... Events 1727 to 1800 - Lt. ... The Alkimos was a merchant vessel which was wrecked on the coast north of Perth, Western Australia, in 1963. ... Year 1963 (MCMLXIII) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1988 (MCMLXXXVIII) was a leap year starting on Friday (link displays 1988 Gregorian calendar). ...

South Australia

• The Maria, 1840
• 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

The SS Admella was a passenger steamship which was shipwrecked on a submerged reef 2. ...

Federated States of Micronesia

Chuuk

• Sunk during World War II Operation Hailstone in Truk Lagoon:
  • Aikoko Maru
  • Fujikawa Maru
  • Heian Maru
  • Sankisan Maru
  • Shinkoko Maru

Attack on Truk Conflict World War II, Pacific War Date 17 February 1944 – 18 February 1944 Place Truk, Caroline Islands Result Decisive American victory In World War II, Operation Hailstone was a massive naval air attack launched on 17 February and 18 February 1944 against the Japanese naval and... Truk Lagoon is a sheltered body of water almost fifty miles long by thirty miles wide surrounded by a protective reef. ...

Indonesia

• S.S. Ourang Medan Dutch freighter allegedly lost under suspicious circumstancesin 1947 or 1948.
• Mighty Servant 2 Dutch heavy-lift ship off Singkep in 1999.
• Senopati Nusantara passenger ferry sank off Mandalika Island in 2006.
• Levina 1 passenger ferry sank several hours from Jakarta in 2007.

The S.S. Ourang Medan was a Dutch cargo ship, which, according to various authors, became a shipwreck in Indonesian waters after its entire crew had died under suspicious circumstances. ... Year 1947 (MCMXLVII) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1947 calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1948 (MCMXLVIII) was a leap year starting on Thursday (link will display the 1948 calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Mighty Servant 2 was a semi-submersible heavy-lift ship. ... Singkep is an island in the Lingga Archipelago. ... The M/V Senopati Nusantara was an Indonesian ferry that sank in a storm on December 30, 2006. ... A specialist fireboat dousing down the burnt-out shell of the ferry The Levina 1 was an Indonesian passenger ferry. ... Jakarta (also Djakarta or DKI Jakarta), formerly known as Sunda Kelapa, Jayakarta and Batavia is the capital and largest city of Indonesia. ...

Kiribati

• SS Norwich City British freighter ran aground at Nikumaroro in 1929.
• Canton whaling ship ran aground at Kanton Island in 1854.
• Golden Sunset British barque ran aground at Enderbury in 1866.^[14]

Nikumaroro, formerly Gardner Island, is part of the Phoenix Group, Kiribati in the western Pacific Ocean, a remote, elongated, triangular coral atoll with profuse vegetation and a large central marine lagoon, located at . ... Canton Island - NASA NLT Landsat 7 (Visible Color) Satellite Image Kanton Island (also known as Canton Island or Abariringa Island), alternatively Mary Island, Mary Balcout Island or Swallow Island, is the largest, most northern, and, as of 2005, the sole inhabited island of the Phoenix Islands, Republic of Kiribati. ... Atoll 63 km ESE of Kanton Island. ...

Marshall Islands

• Sakawa, an Imperial Japanese Navy cruiser sunk at Bikini Atoll by atomic bomb test in 1946
• USS Anderson (DD-411) sunk at Bikini Atoll by atomic bomb test in 1946
• USS Lamson (DD-367) sunk at Bikini Atoll by atomic bomb test in 1946
• USS Carlisle (APA-69) sunk at Bikini Atoll by atomic bomb test in 1946
• USS Gilliam (APA-57) sunk at Bikini Atoll by atomic bomb test in 1946
• Nagato, an Imperial Japanese Navy battleship sunk at Bikini Atoll by atomic bomb test in 1946
• USS Arkansas (BB-33) sunk at Bikini Atoll by atomic bomb test in 1946
• USS Saratoga (CV-3) sunk at Bikini Atoll by atomic bomb test in 1946
• USS Apogon (SS-308) sunk at Bikini Atoll by atomic bomb test in 1946
• USS Pilotfish (SS-386) sunk at Bikini Atoll by atomic bomb test in 1946
• Prinz Eugen, an German Admiral Hipper-class heavy cruiser damaged at Bikini Atoll by atomic bomb test and towed to Kwajalein Atoll where she capsized in 1946

The Sakawa was an Agano class light cruiser that served with the Imperial Japanese Navy during World War II. Because it never entered combat, the Sagawa is most often remembered as a target ship during Operation Crossroads, the American nuclear weapon tests of 1946. ... The Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN) (: 大日本帝國海軍 Shinjitai: 大日本帝国海軍   or 日本海軍 Nippon Kaigun), officially Navy of Empire of Greater Japan, also known as the Japanese Navy or Combined Fleet was the Navy of Empire of Japan from 1869 until 1947, when it was dissolved following Japans constitutional renunciation of the use of force... USS Port Royal (CG-73), a Ticonderoga-class guided missile cruiser (really an uprated guided missile destroyer), launched in 1992. ... The Flag of Bikini Atoll Bikini Atoll (also known as Pikinni Atoll) is an uninhabited 6. ... USS Anderson (DD-411) was a Sims-class destroyer in the United States Navy. ... The third USS Lamson (DD-367) was a Mahan-class destroyer in the United States Navy during World War II. She was named for Roswell Hawkes Lamson. ... USS Carlisle (APA-69) was US Navy ship that served during World War II and was sunk as a target during Operation Crossroads in 1 July 1946. ... USS Gilliam (APA-57), named for a county in Oregon, was the lead ship in the Gilliam class of attack transports serving in the United States Navy during World War II. She was launched 28 March 1944 under a Maritime Commission contract by the Consolidated Steel Corporation, Wilmington, California; sponsored... Nagato (Japanese: é•·é–€, named after Nagato province) was a battleship of the Imperial Japanese Navy, the lead ship of her class. ... The firepower of a battleship demonstrated by USS Iowa A battleship is a large, heavily-armored warship with a main battery consisting of the largest caliber of guns. ... USS Arkansas (BB-33), a Wyoming-class battleship was the third ship of the United States Navy named in honor of the 25th state. ... The fifth USS Saratoga (CV-3) was the second aircraft carrier of the United States Navy. ... USS Apogon (SS-308), a Balao-class submarine, was a ship of the United States Navy named for the apogon, a group of large-headed salt water fishes with oblong compressed bodies found in tropical or subtropical waters. ... USS Pilotfish (SS-386), a Balao-class submarine, was a ship of the United States Navy named for the pilotfish, a carangoid fish, often seen in warm latitudes in company with sharks. ... The German cruiser Prinz Eugen (pron. ... The Admiral Hipper class was a series of five heavy cruisers of which three served with the Kriegsmarine of Germany in World War II, one was sold unfinished to the Soviet Union in 1939, and one was converted to an aircraft carrier but never completed. ... HMS Raleigh a Hawkins class cruiser around which the treaty limits for Heavy cruisers were written. ... The Flag of Bikini Atoll Bikini Atoll (also known as Pikinni Atoll) is an uninhabited 6. ... Infantry inspect a hole in the devasted Kwajalein Atoll Kwajalein Atoll is part of the Republic of the Marshall Islands (RMI), 2,100 nautical miles (3900 km) southwest of Honolulu, Hawaii, at 8. ...

New Zealand

• HMS Buffalo, 1840, Mercury Bay, 2 lives lost
• HMS Orpheus, 1863, Manukau Heads, Auckland, 189 lives lost
• General Grant, 1866, off the Auckland Islands
• Elingamite, in the Three Kings Islands, 1902
• RMS Niagara, sunk by a mine off Bream Head, 1940
• Wahine, 1968 ran aground, capsized, 51 lives lost
• Mikhail Lermontov, Soviet passenger liner in the Marlborough Sounds in 1986
• Rainbow Warrior, 1985 Greenpeace activist ship sabotaged by the French secret service in Auckland harbour.
• Sydney Packet 17 July, 1837, Moeraki, Otago
• Derry Castle, Enderby Island, New Zealand, 1887

The ship Hindostan later to become His Majestys Storeship Buffalo was built of teak by Bonner and Horsburgh in 1813 at Calcutta. ... Mercury Bay is a large V-shaped bay on the eastern (Pacific Ocean) coast of the Coromandel Peninsula in New Zealand. ... HMS Orpheus was a corvette that sank off the west coast of Auckland, New Zealand in 1863. ... Schematic map of Auckland. ... The General Grant was a 1005 ton three-masted barque carrying 58 passengers and 25 crew, and bound from Melbourne to London in May, 1866. ... Southern coast of the main island The Auckland Islands (Motu Maha) ( ) form a sub-Antarctic archipelago of New Zealand, and include the following: Auckland Island, Adams Island, Enderby Island, Disappointment Island, Ewing Island, Dundas Island and Green Island. ... SS Elingamite is well known in New Zealand and Australia and among the international diving fraternity despite sinking more than a century ago, because of the drama associated with it, and wild tales of lost treasure. ... Three Kings Islands are a small group of 13 islands about 55 kilometres (35 miles) northwest of the top of the North Island of New Zealand, where the South Pacific Ocean and Tasman Sea converge. ... RMS Niagara was a 13,415 gross ton ocean liner, length 165. ... Bream Head is a promontory on the northern North Island coast in New Zealand. ... The TEV Wahine was a New Zealand inter-island ferry that foundered on Barrett Reef at the entrance to Wellington Harbour in a storm on 10 April 1968, and capsized near Steeple Rock. ... The Mikhail Lermontov was a Soviet cruise ship that sank in the Marlborough Sounds, New Zealand, on February 16, 1986. ... Sea kayakers in the Marlborough Sounds. ... Rainbow Warrior is the name of a series of ships operated by Greenpeace. ... Greenpeace protest against Esso / Exxon Mobil. ... Logo of Francess Direction Générale de la Sécurité Extérieure (DGSE) / General Directorate for External Security. ... Schematic map of Auckland. ... The Sydney Packet was built in Sydney, Australia in 1826 [1] for Alexander Brodie Spark (1792-1856)[2] She was a two-masted schooner of 84 tons. ... Moeraki is a small fishing village located on the east coast of the South Island of New Zealand. ... Otago (help· info) is one of the regions of New Zealand and lies in the south-east of the South Island. ... Southern coast of the main island The Auckland Islands () form a sub-antarctic archipelago of New Zealand. ...

Solomon Islands

Ironbottom Sound

• Aaron Ward (US Gleaves-class destroyer)
• Akatsuki (Japanese Akatsuki-class destroyer)
• Astoria (US New Orleans-class cruiser)
• Atlanta (US Atlanta-class anti-aircraft cruiser)
• Ayanami (Japanese Fubuki-class destroyer)
• Barton (US Benson-class destroyer)
• Canberra (Australian Kent-class cruiser)
• Colhoun (US Wickes-class destroyer)
• Cushing (US Mahan-class destroyer)
• De Haven (US Fletcher-class destroyer)
• Duncan (US Gleaves-class destroyer)
• Fubuki (Japanese Fubuki-class destroyer)
• Furutaka (Japanese Furutaka-class cruiser)
• George F. Elliot (US Heywood class transport)
• Gregory (US Wickes-class destroyer)
• Hiei (Japanese Kongo-class battleship)
• Hirokawa Maru (Japanese military transport)
• Jarvis (US Gridley-class destroyer)
• John Penn (US miscellaneous class Attack Transport)
• Kasi Maru (Japanese freighter)
• Kanawha (US Kanawha/Cuyama class fleet oiler)
• Kinugawa Maru (Japanese military transport)
• Kirishima (Japanese Kongo-class battleship)
• Laffey (US Benson-class destroyer)
• Little (US Wickes-class destroyer)
• Makigumo (Japanese Yugumo-class destroyer)
• Moa (New Zealand Kiwi-class corvette)
• Monssen (US Gleaves-class destroyer)
• Northampton (US Northampton-class heavy cruiser)
• Preston (US |Mahan-class destroyer)
• PT-37 (US PT boat)
• PT-44 (US PT boat)
• PT-111 (US PT boat)
• PT-112 (US PT boat)
• PT-123 (US PT boat)
• Quincy (US New Orleans-class cruiser)
• Seminole (US Navajo-class oceangoing tug)
• Serpens (Coast Guard-manned Liberty ship)
• Takanami (Japanese Yugumo-class destroyer)
• Teruzuki (Japanese Akizuki-class destroyer)
• Toa Maru (Japanese military transport)
• Vincennes (US New Orleans-class cruiser)
• Walke (US Sims-class destroyer)
• YP-284 (US Yard Patrol craft)
• Yudachi (Japanese Shiratsuyu-class destroyer)

The second ship named USS Aaron Ward (DD-483) in honor of Rear Admiral Aaron Ward was a Gleaves-class destroyer in the service of the United States Navy. ... Wikipedia does not yet have an article with this exact name. ... USS McFaul underway in the Atlantic Ocean. ... Akatsuki was the lead ship of her class of special type destroyers in the Imperial Japanese Navy. ... The Japanese Akatsuki class destroyer Ikazuchi in Chinese waters, circa 1938. ... The second USS Astoria (CA-34) was a United States Navy New Orleans-class heavy cruiser that participated in both the Battle of the Coral Sea and the Battle of Midway, but was then sunk in August 1942 at the Battle of Savo Island. ... The New Orleans The New Orleans class cruisers were a class of 7 heavy cruisers built for the United States Navy under the Washington Naval Treaty before World War II. They were an improvement on the Northampton class heavy cruisers. ... USS Port Royal (CG-73), a Ticonderoga-class guided missile cruiser (really an uprated guided missile destroyer), launched in 1992. ... The third USS Atlanta (CL-51) of the United States Navy was the lead ship of her class of light cruisers. ... The Atlanta class cruisers were US Navy light cruisers designed originally as flotilla leaders but which ended up gaining recognition as effective anti-aircraft cruisers. ... The Ayanami (綾波) was a Type II Fubuki class destroyer in the Imperial Japanese Navy that saw service during World War II. She was laid down at Fujinagata shipyard on January 20, 1928 under the temporary designation Destroyer N°45. ... The Fubuki The Fubuki Class destroyers, originally only known as numbered destroyers 35 to 54 of the Imperial Japanese Navy Special Type, were completed between 1928 and 1931. ... The first USS Barton (DD-599) was a Benson-class destroyer in the United States Navy during World War II. She was named for John Kennedy Barton. ... This class was intended to be an improved version of the Sims class with two stacks, and a alternating machinery space layout. ... See HMAS Canberra for other ships of this name. ... The County class were the first and last heavy cruisers of the Royal Navy, being built in four sub-classes, that became known as the Kent, London, Norfolk and York classes. ... The first USS Colhoun (DD-85) was a Wickes-class destroyer in the United States Navy during World War I and as APD-2 in World War II. She was named for Edmund Colhoun. ... The third Cushing was a Mahan-class destroyer in the United States Navy during World War II. She was named for William Barker Cushing. ... The Mahan class of destroyers were built by various shipyards between 1935 and 1937. ... USS De Haven (DD-469), named for Lieutenant Edwin J. De Haven USN (1819–1865), was a Fletcher-class destroyer laid down by the Bath Iron Works Corporation at Bath, Maine on 27 September 1941, launched on 28 June 1942 by Miss H. N. De Haven, granddaughter of Lieutenant De... USS Fletcher (DD-445) Underway at sea, circa the 1960s. ... USS Duncan (DD-485), a Gleaves-class destroyer, was the 2nd ship of the United States Navy to be named for Silas Duncan, who was severely wounded by enemy fire which caused the loss of his right arm during the Battle of Lake Champlain, 11 September 1814. ... Fubuki was a Japanese destroyer sunk in Ironbottom Sound during the Battle of Cape Esperance in World War II. Categories: Naval stubs | Fubuki class destroyers ... Furutaka was a Japanese cruiser sunk in Ironbottom Sound during the Battle of Cape Esperance in World War II. Categories: Naval ship stubs | World War II Japanese cruisers ... USS Gregory (DD-82) was a Wickes-class destroyer in the United States Navy during World War I and, as APD-3 World War II. She was named for Admiral Francis Hoyt Gregory USN (1789-1866). ... Hiei (比叡), named for Mount Hiei north-east of Kyoto, was a Kongo-class battleship of the Imperial Japanese Navy. ... Kongo (金剛) was the Imperial Japanese Navys first superdreadnought class battle cruiser, and the name-ship of its class, which included the Hiei, Kirishima, and Haruna. ... The firepower of a battleship demonstrated by USS Iowa A battleship is a large, heavily-armored warship with a main battery consisting of the largest caliber of guns. ... USS Jarvis (DD-393), a Bagley-class destroyer, was the 2nd ship of the United States Navy to be named for James C. Jarvis, WhoHeWas. ... Wikipedia does not yet have an article with this exact name. ... The third USS Kanawha (AO-1) was laid down 8 December 1913 by the Mare Island Navy Yard, San Francisco, Calif. ... Kirishima (霧島) was the Imperial Japanese Navys fourth Kongo class battlecruiser, and was laid down by Mitsubishi in Nagasaki on March 17, 1912, launched on December 1, 1913 and commissioned on April 19, 1915. ... The first USS Laffey (DD-459) was a Benson-class destroyer in the United States Navy during World War II. She was named for Bartlett Laffey. ... The first USS Little (DD–79) was a Wickes class destroyer in the United States Navy during the World War I and World War II as ADP-4. ... Makigumo ) was a Yugumo-class destroyer of the Imperial Japanese Navy. ... Yugumo Evening Clouds) was the lead ship of her class of destroyer in the Imperial Japanese Navy. ... The Moa class patrol boat was based on an Australian boat design that was modifed in 1978 to construct 2 inshore survey vessels for the Royal New Zealand Navy. ... French steam corvette Dupleix (1856-1887) Canadian corvettes on antisubmarine convoy escort duty during World War II. A corvette is a small, maneuverable, lightly armed warship, smaller than a frigate but larger than a coastal patrol craft. ... Monssen (DD-436: dp. ... USS Northampton (CL–26) was laid down 12 April 1928 by Bethlehem Steel Corp. ... The Northampton class of United States Navy cruisers was a reaction to the weight and cost of the Pensacola class, with nine 8-inch (203 mm) guns in three turrets and slightly thinner belt armor. ... HMS Raleigh a Hawkins class cruiser around which the treaty limits for Heavy cruisers were written. ... The fifth USS Preston (DD–379) was a Mahan-class destroyer in the United States Navy during World War II. She was named for Samuel W. Preston. ... The Mahan class of destroyers were built by various shipyards between 1935 and 1937. ... USS McFaul underway in the Atlantic Ocean. ... PT boats in line astern. ... PT boats in line astern. ... PT boats in line astern. ... PT boats in line astern. ... PT boats in line astern. ... The USS Quincy (CA-39) was a United States Navy New Orleans-class heavy cruiser sunk at the Battle of Savo Island in 1942. ... The New Orleans The New Orleans class cruisers were a class of 7 heavy cruisers built for the United States Navy under the Washington Naval Treaty before World War II. They were an improvement on the Northampton class heavy cruisers. ... The Le Four manoeuvering in Brest harbour A tugboat, or tug, is a boat used to manoeuvre, primarily by towing or pushing other vessels (see shipping) in harbours, over the open sea or through rivers and canals. ... The USS Serpens (AK-97) was a United States Coast Guard-manned Crater-class cargo ship in the service of the United States Navy in World War II. It was the first ship of the Navy to have this name. ... USCG HH-65 Dolphin USCG HH-60J JayHawk The United States Coast Guard (USCG) is a branch of the United States armed forces and is involved in maritime law enforcement, mariner assistance, search and rescue, and national defense. ... The Liberty ships were cargo ships built in the United States during World War II. They were cheap and quick to build, and came to symbolize U.S. wartime industrial output. ... Takanami ) was a Yugumo-class destroyer of the Imperial Japanese Navy. ... Yugumo Evening Clouds) was the lead ship of her class of destroyer in the Imperial Japanese Navy. ... The Teruzuki was a Akizuki-class destroyer of the Imperial Japanese Navy. ... The Akizuki class destroyer of the Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force is the successor to the old Murasame class destroyer. ... The second USS Vincennes (CA-44) was a United States Navy New Orleans-class heavy cruiser sunk at the Battle of Savo Island in 1942. ... USS Walke (DD-416), named for Rear Admiral Henry A. Walke USN (1809-1896), was a Sims-class destroyer in the United States Navy. ... USS Sims (DD-409), lead ship of the class. ... The Yudachi was a Shiratsuyu-class destroyer of the Imperial Japanese Navy. ...

High Seas

Atlantic Ocean

• Arctic[6]
• Pacific [7]
• German battleship Bismarck
• HMS Hood
• SS Mount Temple scuttled by German surface raider SMS Moewe. For more details of her sinking see www.ssmounttemple.com. A valuable cargo of dinosaur skeletons and other fossils from Alberta, Canada were on board the Mount Temple
• USS Scorpion
• USS Thresher
• RMS Titanic
• Pamir sunk in Hurricane Carrie

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Baltic Sea

• M/S Estonia, about 22 nautical miles (41 km) on bearing 157° from Utö island, Finland.
• Rusalka, Russian ironclad in the Gulf of Finland
• SMS Undine sunk by 2 torpedoes during World War I in 1915
• Cap Arcona
• Graf Zeppelin
• MS Jan Heweliusz
• Kronan
• Wilhelm Gustloff
• Goya

M/S Estonia Model of the M/S Estonia in Tallinns Maritime Museum The M/S Estonia was a car and passenger ferry built in 1979 at the German shipyard Meyer Werft in Papenburg. ... Utö lighthouse Utö, 59°47′N 21°22′E, is a small island in the Baltic sea and belongs to Korpo municipality. ... Ironclad warships, frequently shortened to just ironclads, were ships sheathed with thick iron plates for protection. ... The Baltic Sea The Gulf of Finland is an arm of the Baltic Sea that extends between Finland (to the north) and Estonia (to the south) all the way to the city of Saint Petersburg in Russia, where the river Neva drains into it. ... SMS Undine was an Imperial German light cruiser of the Gazelle Class, 105 meters long and was built in Kiel in 1902. ... “The Great War ” redirects here. ... Year 1915 (MCMXV) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Thursday[1] of the 13-day-slower Julian calendar). ... The Cap Arcona was a large German luxury ocean liner formerly of the Hamburg-South America line that was sunk with the loss of many lives when laden with prisoners from concentration camps. ... Graf Zeppelin was an aircraft carrier of the Kriegsmarine, named like the famous airship in honour of Graf (Count) Ferdinand von Zeppelin. ... The M/S Jan Heweliusz was a Polish ferry named after the astronomer Johannes Hevelius (Polish: ). Built in Norway in 1977, the ferry served on the route Ystad-Świnoujście until 1993. ... Kronan (The Crown) was a Swedish Royal Warship. ... The Wilhelm Gustloff slides into the water during launch ceremonies. ... The Goya was a German refugee ship which was originally built as the freighter Akers in Oslo in 1940 with a length of 131 m and width of 17 m. ...

Indian Ocean

• HMS Repulse, British battlecruiser sunk by air attack 1941
• HMS Prince of Wales, British battleship sunk by air attack 1941

HMS Repulse was a Renown-class battlecruiser, the second to last battlecruiser built for the Royal Navy. ... HMS Prince of Wales was a King George V-class battleship of the Royal Navy, built at the Cammell Laird shipyard in Birkenhead, England. ...

Mediterranean Sea

• HMHS Britannic
• Dakar, Israeli submarine
• Provence, French cruiser sank, 3,100 perished
• Eurydice, French submarine
• HMS Sussex, English warship sank in 1694
• HMS Victoria, British battleship sank in 1893
• Eilat, Israeli destroyer
• HMS Ark Royal, British aircraft carrier
• HMS/M Perseus, British submarine sunk by mine 1941. One survivor
• M/S "Sea Diamond"

HMHS Britannic (1914), the third Olympic-class ocean liner of the White Star Line, sister ship of RMS Olympic and RMS Titanic, sank in 1916 after hitting a mine with the loss of 30 lives. ... HMS Sussex was a British warship that sank in the Mediterranean Sea in 1694. ... HMS Victoria was one of two Victoria-class battleships of the Royal Navy. ... HMS Ark Royal (91), was the third ship of the Royal Navy to carry the name and the second to be an aircraft carrier. ... The Santorini caldera, the final resting place (marked) of M/S Sea Diamond Cruise ships moored in the Santorini caldera outside Thera, in June 2006, M/S Sea Diamond on the extreme left Attempts to prevent the stricken cruise ship from sinking M/S Sea Diamond was a cruise ship...

Pacific Ocean

• I-52
• Toya Maru, passenger ferry sank September 26, 1954 in Tsugaru Strait, Japan, 1,172 perished
• Doña Paz, sank in the Tablas Strait south of Manila, Philippines, between 1,500 and 4,000 perished.
• m.v. Derbyshire, 169,000 ton bulk carrier sank on September 10th, 1980 230 mi off the coast of Okinawa, Japan claiming the lives of all 44 on board. The Kowloon Bridge was a sistership.

I-52, code-named Momi (樅, Japanese for evergreen or fir tree) was a Type C-3 cargo submarine of the Imperial Japanese Navy used during World War II for a secret mission to Lorient, France then occupied by Germany, during which she was sunk. ... This page meets Wikipedias criteria for speedy deletion. ... The Doña Paz was a passenger ferry that sank after colliding with the oil tanker Vector on December 21, 1987. ... Nickname: Motto: Linisin Ibangon Maynila Map of Metro Manila showing the location of Manila Coordinates: 14°35 N 121° E Country Region Districts 1st to 6th districts of Manila Barangays 897 Incorporated (city) June 10, 1574 Government  - Mayor Alfredo Lim (2007-2010 GO)  - Vice Mayor Isko Moreno (AM/PDP-Laban... The Derbyshire was a large 169,000 ton bulk carrier lost with all 44 hands on board. ...

Red Sea

Other Egyptian (Nile) wrecks are listed under Egypt. The wrecks of the Red Sea include: Location of the Red Sea The Red Sea is an inlet of the Indian Ocean between Africa and Asia. ...

• Carnatic, North of Hurghada - hit reef September 1869, 31 died. DiveSiteDirectory for Carnatic
• Chrisoula K, North of Hurghada - sank 31 August 1981. DiveSiteDirectory for Chrisoula K
• Dunraven, near Sharm El Sheik - British steamship. DiveSiteDirectory for Dunraven
• Giannis D, North of Hurghada - sank with its cargo of timber in 1983. DiveSiteDirectory for Giannis D
• El Mina, near Hurghada - bombed by the Israelis in 1969 DiveSiteDirectory for El Mina
• Kimon M, North of Hurghada - sank 12 December 1978. DiveSiteDirectory for Kimon M
• Rosalie Moller, North of Hurghada - sister ship to the Thistlegorm DiveSiteDirectory for Rosalie Moller
• Thistlegorm, near Sharm El Sheik - discovered in 1956 by Jacques Cousteau DiveSiteDirectory for Thistlegorm
• HMS Hussar
• Iria
• Nola
• Vicar of Bray
• Salem Express Shipwreck, Safaga Red Sea. Egypt,57 miles [about 91km] off Hurghada]]1991
• Al Salam Boccaccio 98 - sank near Duba, Saudi Arabia on 2 February 2006

The Carnatic is a famous shipwreck, a steamer ship that was on the Suez/Bombay run in the last years before the Suez Canal was opened. ... Al-Mahmya: a tourist facility on the protected Giftun island off the coast near Hurghada. ... 1869 (MDCCCLXIX) is a common year starting on Friday (link will take you to calendar) of the Gregorian calendar or a common year starting on Sunday of the 12-day-slower Julian calendar. ... Al-Mahmya: a tourist facility on the protected Giftun island off the coast near Hurghada. ... is the 242nd day of the year (243rd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1981 (MCMLXXXI) was a common year starting on Thursday (link displays the 1981 Gregorian calendar). ... Sharm el-Sheikh is a city situated on the southern tip of the Sinai Peninsula in Egypt, on the coastal strip between the Red Sea and Mount Sinai. ... Al-Mahmya: a tourist facility on the protected Giftun island off the coast near Hurghada. ... Al-Mahmya: a tourist facility on the protected Giftun island off the coast near Hurghada. ... Al-Mahmya: a tourist facility on the protected Giftun island off the coast near Hurghada. ... is the 346th day of the year (347th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1978 (MCMLXXVIII) was a common year starting on Sunday (link displays the 1978 Gregorian calendar). ... Al-Mahmya: a tourist facility on the protected Giftun island off the coast near Hurghada. ... The SS Thistlegorm was British armed Merchant Navy ship built in 1940 by Joseph Thompson & Son in Sunderland, England. ... Sharm el-Sheikh is a city situated on the southern tip of the Sinai Peninsula in Egypt, on the coastal strip between the Red Sea and Mount Sinai. ... Ten ships of the British Royal Navy have been named HMS Hussar, after the hussar. ... Year 1991 (MCMXCI) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the 1991 Gregorian calendar). ... The correct title of this article is al-Salam Boccaccio 98. ... Duba is a city on the northern Red Sea coast of Saudi Arabia. ... is the 33rd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2006 (MMVI) was a common year starting on Sunday (link displays full 2006 calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Black Sea

• Struma - torpedoed by a Soviet submarine on February 24th 1942
• Armenia - German airplane attack on November 7th 1941

Struma was a ship chartered to carry Jewish refugees from Romania to British-controlled Palestine. ...

See also

• List of drowning victims
• Archaeology of shipwrecks
• Maritime archaeology
• Wreck diving
• Ironbottom Sound

This is a list of drowning victims, either real or fictional characters in chronological order. ... Reearchers investigating the archaeology of shipwrecks need to understand the processes by which a wreck site is formed so that they can allow for the distortions in the archaeological material caused by the filtering and scrambling of material remains that occurs during and after the wrecking process. ... Maritime archaeology (also known as marine archaeology) is a discipline that studies human interaction with the sea, lakes and rivers through the study of vessels, shore side facilities, cargoes, human remains and submerged landscapes. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... Ironbottom Sound is the name given by sailors of the United States Navy to the stretch of water between Guadalcanal, Savo Island, and Florida Island of the Solomon Islands. ...

External links

• 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
• Flinders University Maritime Archaeology Program
• 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.

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