Lists of shipwrecks
This list of shipwrecks is of those sunken ships whose remains have been located.
Africa
Algeria
Tunisia
West Africa
Asia
Turkey
Europe
Denmark
- Alexander Nevski ran aground
- U-20 ran aground
France
- CSS Alabama sunk off Cherbourg, France
- HMT Lancastria
- Leopoldville Torpedoed
- wreck of Rochelongue, France
The White Ship, 1120
Germany
- HMSInvincible shell struck magazine
Gibraltar
- HMS Sussex off Gibraltar
Greece
- HMHS Britannic struck mine?
Ireland
- Chirripo torpedoed
- Housatonicran aground
- Lagan collision off Belfast Lough
- Normanby Hall foundered
- State of Louisiana ran aground County Antrim
- Tiberia torpedoed
Italy
- Giglio Island, Etruscan wreck
Sweden
- VOC ship Amsterdam
- LST 493 WWII hit breakwater Plymouth, England
- Mary Rose
- HMS Montague, Lundy Island, England
- SS Richard Montgomery
- Resurgam collision or scuttling
- North Carolina wrecked of West End
- SS Atlantic ran aground near Lower Prospect
- Celebre French ship sunk by Royal Navy off Louisbourg
- Prudent French ship sunk by Royal Navy off Louisbourg
- USS Tecumseh struck torpedo
- Nissan Maru sunk by U.S. bombers
- Ace I sunk as hazard to navigation off San Pedro
- Aggie ran aground Santa Rosa Island
* Avalon foundered under tow off Palos Verdes, California
- Charles Brown grounded Laguna Beach, California
- Charles F. Crocker ran aground for movie, then hit by tidal wave and finally burned off Santa Catalina Island California
- Chickasaw ran aground Santa Rosa Island California
- Crown of England ran aground Santa Rosa Island California
- Cuba ran aground San Miguel Island California
- Dauntless blown up for movie off Catalina Harbor, Santa Catalina Island California
- Diosa Del Mar ran aground on Ship Rock Santa Catalina Island California
- Dominator ran aground Rocky Point Palos Verdes, California
- Elsie I foundered off Huntington Beach, California
- Equator ran aground Anacapa Island California
- Foss 125 foundered off Laguna Beach, California
- F.S. Loop blown up near Los Angeles, California
- Georgia scuttled off Redondo Beach, California
- Georgia Straits sunk while towed off Los Angeles, California
- Goldenhorn ran aground Santa Rosa Island California
- USS Gregorybombed 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 Califonia coast 1923.
- Humble SM-1 foundered off Santa Barbara, California
- Johanna Smith burned then blown up off Long Beach, California
- USS John C. Butler sunk as target off San Clemente, California
- USS Koka grounded on San Clemente Island California
- La Janelle grounded off Port Hueneme, California
- USS Makassar Strait grounded on San Nicholas Island California
- Margaret C. blown up for movie Catalina Harbor, Santa Catalina Island California
- Melrose ran aground White Point, California
- Monfalcone burned off Long Beach, California
- USS Moody blown up for movie San Pedro Bay,California
- Ningpo beached then burned Santa Catalina Island California
- Olympic II collision off San Pedro, California
- Palmyra beached and burned off Santa Catalina Island California
- S-37 broke tow and sank off Imperial Beach, California
- Sacramento foundered off Redondo Beach, California
- S.N. Castle burned and sunk for movie Catalina Harbor Santa Catalina Island California
- San Augustin Manila galleon wrecked at anchor in Drakes Bay
- [[SueJac] grounded on Casino Point,Santa Catalina Island California
- UB-88 shelled for target San Pedro Bay California
- Valiant burned off Descanso Beach, California
- Winfield Scott ran aground Anacapa Island California
- Yankee Blade Ran aground Honda Point, California
- Yukon foundered Mission Bay, California
- Adelaide Baker grounded on reef Duck Key
- USS Amesbury grounded off Key West
- Angustias hurricane off Marathon Key, Florida in 1733
- Benwood collision Florida Keys
- Catherine off Santa Rosa Island
- City of Washington ran aground Key Largo, Florida
- El Infante hurricane off Marathon Key, Florida in 1733
- HMS Fowey sunk in Biscayne Bay Florida 1748
- Herrera hurricane off Marathon Key, Florida in 1733
- Le Tigre stranded on Dog Island, Florida during storm in 1766
- Maple Leaf US Civil War transport; struck torpedo near Jacksonville, Florida
- Nuestra 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
- San Jose hurricane off Marathon Key, Florida in 1733
- San Pedro hurricane off Indian Key, Florida
- Tarpon swamped off Panama City, Florida
- CSS Georgia scuttled off Savannah, Georgia
- CSS Muscogee, Georgia, USA
CSS Rattlesnake stranded the shelled by USS Montauk Ogeechee River Georgia
- SS Republic storm off Georgia
- USS Water Witch burned near Georgia
- Aratama Maru sunk in Tolofofo Bay
- SMS Cormoran German raider scuttled at start of WWI Apra Harbor
- Kizugawa sunk in WWII
- Tokai Maru sunk in Apra Harbor
- CSS Louisiana Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana
- New York hurricane off Louisiana
- U-166 sunk by US Navy patrol boat
- Bark Frances off of Cape Cod
- HMS Somerset in 1778 off Cape Cod
- Sparrowhawk in 1623
- Josephine foundered off barrier islands Mississippi
- Adonis struck shore Deal Beach
- SS Andrea Doria, 1956 collision
- USS Arundo torpedoed off New Jersey
- Ayuruoca collision off New Jersey
- Beth Dee Bob foundered in storm off New Jersey
- Brunette collision off New Jersey
- Chappara struck mine off New Jersey
- Choapa collision off New Jersey
- Delaware burned then sank under tow off New Jersey
- Goulandris collision off New Jersey
- Gulftrade torpedoed off New Jersey
- Lana Carol foundered off Manasquan Inlet New Jersey
- Malta ran aground near Belmar, New Jersey
- Maurice Tracy collision off New Jersey
- Mohawk collision off New Jersey
- Park City collision off New Jersey
- Persephone torpedoed off New Jersey
- SS Pinta collision off New Jersey
- Pliny ran aground Deal Beach, New Jersey
- Rjukan ran aground on New Jersey
- R.P. Resor torpedoed off New Jersey
- Rusland struck wreck of Adonis
- San Saba struck mineoff New Jersey
- Stolt Dagali collision off New Jersey
- Toltentorpedoed off New Jersey
- Vega capsized under tow off New Jersey
- Vizcaya collision off New Jersey
- Western World ran aground on New Jersey coast
- Black Point sunk by U-853 after hostilities had ceased
- USS California (ACR-6) (later San Diego), Long Island
- USS Eagle, Lake Champlain
- Lexington burned off Long Island
- SS Oregon collision off Long Island
- USS Ticonderoga, Lake Champlain, New York
- USS Turner explosion (defective ammunition? U-boat attack?)
- U-853 sunk by USN blimp's rockets
- Altoona ran aground Cape Hatteras
- Ashkhabad torpedoed off North Carolina, USA
- Atlas torpedoed off North Carolina, USA
- Australia torpedoed off North Carolina, USA
- HMSBedfordshire torpedoed off North Carolina
- Bendigo, North Carolina, USA
- British Splendour torpedoed off North Carolina
- Caribsea torpedoed off North Carolina
- Carl Gerhard sunk off Nags Head, North Carolina
- Cassimir collision off North Carolina
- Catharine M. Monohan foundered off North Carolina
- S.S. Central America off North Carolina
- Chilore torpedoed then struck mine, then foundered off North Carolina
- Ciltvaria torpedoed off Nags Head, North Carolina
- City of Houston foundered off North Carolina
- David Atwater
- Dixie Arrow torpedoed off North Carolina
- E.M. Clark torpedoed off North Carolina
- Empire Gem torpedoed off North Carolina
- Esso Nashville torpedoed off North Carolina
- Explorer sunk off Nags Head, North Carolina
- F.W. Abrams struck mine off North Carolina
- Fenwick Island foundered off North Carolina
- Francis E. Waters now in town hall Nags Head, North Carolina
- G.A. Kohler hurricane North Carolina
- George Weems burned off North Carolina
- Hesperides stranded off North Carolina
- USSHuron grounded on North Carolina coast
- Hutton torpedoed off North Carolina
- John D. Gill torpedoed off North Carolina
- Kasandra Louloudis torpedoed off North Carolina
- Keshena struck mine off North Carolina
- Kyzickes grounded on North Carolina coast
- Lancing torpedoed off North Carolina
- Laura A. Barnes ashore Coquina BeachCape Hatteras, North Carolina
- SSLiberator torpedoed off North Carolina
- Lois Joyce sank in surf Oregon Inlet North Carolina
- Malchace torpedoed off North Carolina
- Manuela torpedoed off North Carolina
- Metropolis sunk off of Corolla, North Carolina
- USS Monitor
- Naeco torpedoed off North Carolina
- CSS Neuse aground in Neuse River
- Normannia foundered off North Carolina
- USS Oriental sunk near Oregon Inlet in North Carolina
- Pevensey blockade runner, off Atlantic Beach, North Carolina
- Porta Allegra (unknown reason)off North Carolina
- Portland ran aground Cape Lookout, North Carolina
- Proteus collision off North Carolina
- USS Schurz collision off North Carolina
- Senateur Duhammel collision off North Carolina
- Suloide collision off North Carolina
- Tamaulipas torpedoed off North Carolina
- USS Tarpon foundered off North Carolina
- U-352 depth charged off North Carolina
- U-701 depth charged off North Carolina
- U-85 depth charged off North Carolina
- Veturia grounded off North Carolina
- W.E. Hutton torpedoed off North Carolina
- William Rockefeller torpedoed off North Carolina
- Isabella a Hudson's Bay Company supply ship
- HMS Acteon frigate burned 1776 Charleston
- USS Housatonic sunk by CSS Hunley
- CSS Hunley
- KeokukCharleston
- Norseman blockade runner ran aground Charleston
- USS Patapsco struck mineCharleston
- Raccoon blockade runnerCharleston
- Rattlesnake blockade runner Charleston
- Ruby blockade runner aground Folly Island ]]Charleston
- Stonewall Jackson blockade runner grounded and burned Isle of Palms Charleston
- USS Weehawken US Civil War monitorCharleston
- Anona foundered of coast
- Gulfpenn torpedoed
- USS Hatteras sunk by CSS Alabama off Galveston
- Heredia torpedoed
- Mary ran aground Aransas Pass, Texas
- Robert E. Lee torpedoed
- Sheherezade torpedoed
- Amaganzette swamped off Virginia
- Anglo African sunk off Cape Charles
- USCG Cuyahoga collision off Smith Point, Virginia
- Doxie Girl sank off Virginia
- Admiral Graf Spee
- 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 1802according to decision of 4th circuit (Virginia v. Spain)Spain still owns her.
- John Morgan collision off Virginia
- HMS Kingston Ceylonite torpedoed off Virginia
- La Galga hurricane 1750 Also contested in Virginia v. Spain, but Spain abonded her in 1763.
- Lillian Lukenbach collision 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
Oceania
Queensland
- HMS Pandora struck Great Barrier Reef
Western Australia
- VOC ship Batavia
- (Black Eyed Susan collision
- Aikoko Maru bombed in Truk Lagoon
- Fujikawa Maru bombed in Truk Lagoon
- Heian Maru bombed in Truk Lagoon
- Sankisan Maru bombed in Truk Lagoon
- Shinkoko Maru bombed in Truk Lagoon
- Elingamite, New Zealand, 1902
- Mikhail Lermontov, Soviet passenger liner off New Zealand in 1986
High Seas
Atlantic
- German battleship Bismarck
- HMS Hood
- RMS Lusitania
- SS Mount Temple scuttled by Germans
- USS Scorpion
- USS Thresher
- RMS Titanic
Baltic
- M/S Estonia
- Russian submarine Kursk
- Rusalka, Russian ironclad in the Gulf of Finland
Indian
Meditterrean
Pacific
Red Sea
See also
Further reading
- A. J. Parker, Ancient shipwrecks of the Mediterranean and the Roman provinces (Oxford 1992).