Fishing Vessel Wrecks 1900-2000

Annie Francis (Possibly) Wreck

VESSEL SANK. CREW OF 3 RECOVERED. (MRCC SHETLAND)

Annie Robert Wreck

REPORTED SUNK 6 MILES W OF CAPE BRETON.

Annie-Remi Wreck

WOODEN HULL

Anny Wreck

STEEL VESSEL, BUILT 1938.

Anticipator Wreck

SANK FOLLOWING FIRE. (HULL CG)

Antigua Star Wreck

No description

Antioche Iii (Probably) Wreck

SANK AFTER COLLISON WITH M ORE CARRIER LENA. NINE MEN RECOVERED, FOUR LOST.

Antonino Padre Wreck

CUT IN TWO BY AN UNIDENTIFIED TANKER, APPARENTLY UNAWARE OF THE COLLISION. CREW OF SEVEN RESCUED, ONE DROWNED. (LL).

Antra Wreck

STRUCK BY UNKNOWN MERCHANT VESSEL WHILE AT ANCHOR AT 0200HRS. DISTRESS ROCKETS SIGHTED BY SWEDISH COAST GUARD AIRCRAFT. CREW RESCUED FROM LIFERAFT BY...

Anyo Maru No 17 Wreck

SANK FOLLOWING A FIRE.

Anzac Wreck

VESSEL TOOK IN WATER, OFF NORTH ROE, AFTER BEING HIT BY LARGE WAVE, CAUSING PLANKING TO SPLIT. TAKEN IN TOW BY LIFEBOAT WHEN PUMPING EFFORTS FAILED, B...

Aquarian Wreck

NETS AND CORDAGE ABOVE WK

Arcadia Wreck

STRUCK ROCKS AND SANK. 5 MEN MISSING.

Arcona Champion Wreck

WOODEN HULL. SANK, FOLLOWING COLLISION IN DENSE FOG WITH TRAWLER 'FALSTAFF'. (BTDB HUMBER & LL).

Arctic Explorer Wreck

SANK AT MOORINGS.

Ard Aidhm Wreck

REPORTED TO BE ON FIRE. LATER SANK.

Ardent Ii Wreck

SANK AFTER STRIKING SUBMERGED ROCK OFF OLD HEAD OF KINSALE LTHO IN BAD WEATHER. CREW RESCUED. (LLOYDS VOL.258).

Ardgour Ii Wreck

SANK AFTER COLLISION WITH MFV SILVER STAR. CREW SAFE. (LL).

Arenque Wreck

BUILT IN 1966 BY ASTILLEROS DEL CADAGUA. OWNED AT TIME OF LOSS BY GOVERNMENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF CUBA. SANK 2M OFF DEMERARA FOLLOWING COLLISION WITH GR...

Arethuse Wreck

SUNK BY A SUBMARINE WHILE FISHING IN THE BAY OF BISCAY. (LL WW1).

Argentina Wreck

28.4.70 SANK EIGHT HOURS AFTER FIRE BROKE OUT. CREW OF 5 SAVED. (LL, 28.4.70).

Argo (Possibly) Wreck

SANK WHILE FISHING IN LAXEY BAY.

Argonaut (Possibly) Wreck

WOODEN HULL. SANK FOLLOWING COLLISION. NO LIVES LOST. (LL).

Argos Wreck

CAPTURED BY A GERMAN SUBMARINE & SUNK BY GUNFIRE. (WW1 SL & FRENCH WK RECORDS 1987).

Arnisdale Wreck

WENT AGROUND AND BROKE UP, CREW SAVED. 2000 LITRES OF DIESEL FUEL ON BOARD.

Arnthor Wreck

DEVELOPED A LEAK WHILE FISHING. TOOK ON LIST AND SANK. (LLOYDS VOL.278)

Arosa Wreck

EX-SLEBECK THREE, EX-BELI INUNA. BUILT IN SPAIN IN 1974. RAN AGROUND ON DOONGUDDLE ROCK. FIVE CREW RECOVERED BUT ONLY ONE ALIVE. SEVEN MISSING. VESSEL...

Artemis Wreck

GROUNDED IN DENSE FOG. PASSAGE FOR THE ISLE OF MAN. REPORTED AS BEING POUNDED. (LL).

Artilleryman Wreck

24.12.79 LOCAL FV SANK WHILE FISHING SOUTH OF EDDYSTONE LIGHT. CREW OF 3 RESCUED. (LL, 24.12.79).

Arturo Duo Wreck

SPRANG A LEAK & SANK OFF MOROCCAN COAST. (LL).

Arun Venturer Wreck

HAD LEAK IN ENGINE AND FISH ROOMS AND LATER SANK.

Arvand Wreck

27.5.76 WAS BEACHED FOLLOWING A FIRE. (LL, 27.5.76)

Asbjorn Wreck

OWNED AT TIME OF LOSS BY HAKON JENSEN PARTREDERI OF FOLDVIK. SANK AFTER BEING CRUSHED IN ICE. (LL).

Ascania Wreck

SANK AFTER WATER INGRESS INTO ENGINE ROOM. CREW OF SIX RECOVERED.

Asia 10 Wreck

BEGAN TO TRIM BY THE STERN WITHOUT CONTROL WHILST UNDERWAY WITH 200 TONS FISH ONBOARD. SANK VERTICALLY WITHIN 45 MINUTES. (LL).

Assumption Wreck

No description

Astra Wreck

14.4.74 BUILT IN 1947. OWNED AT TIME OF LOSS BY ASTRA OVERSEAS FISHING LTD. ABANDONED FOLLOWING COLLISION WITH SINGAPORE REGISTERED MV KARONGA OF...

Asummiut Wreck

No description

Ata Wreck

ANCHORED INSIDE SOUTH MINERVA REEF DURING FORCE 9-10 GALE, DRAGGED HER ANCHOR, STRUCK REEF, WAS HOLED & STRANDED. (LLOYDS VOL.199)

Ate Que Enfim Wreck

OWNED AT TIME OF LOSS BY BY CUSTODIO DOS MARTIRES NOGUEIRA, CABANAS, TAVIRA. SANK DUE TO HEAVY WEATHER. ALL BUT ONE OF CREW OF FIVE FEARED LOST. (LL).

Aterpe-Alai Wreck

18.10.90 BUILT IN 1975 BY MARITIMA DE AXPE S A BILBAO. OWNED AT TIME OF LOSS BY PESQUERAS ECHEBASTER S A. CAUGHT FIRE WHILE ALONGSIDE AT PORT VICTOR...

Atlas Rose Wreck

SANK WHILE ON ANGLING TRIP FROM FISHGUARD.

Aty (Possibly) Wreck

SPRANG A LEAK & SANK. CREW SAFE. OWNED AT TIME OF LOSS BY W S UNKLES, GLASGOW. (LLOYDS VOL.208)

Aubrey Wreck

VESSEL REPORTED SINKING 3.25M OFF CAPE POINT. CREW ABANDONED AND RESCUED BY FV SILVERVIS. (LLOYDS VOL.285)

Auckland H 287 Wreck

No description

Audacious Wreck

WOODEN MFV WITH OIL ENGINE. MINED WITH LOSS OF 2 LIVES. (WW2SL & SIBI).

Aurelien Wreck

19.2.79 SANK FOLLOWING A FIRE IN THE E. ROOM AND WHILE AN ATTEMPT BEING MADE TO TOW IT TO FRANCE. (LL, 19.2.79).

Auriga Wreck

BUILT IN 1979. SANK UNDER TOW OF FV GLENMORE AFTER TAKING IN WATER. OWNED AT TIME OF LOSS BY DENHOLM FISH SELLING LTD, PETERHEAD.

Aurora Wreck

SANK WHILE UNDER TOW AFTER REPORTING MAKING WATER FOR'D. (LL).

Aurora Wreck

TOOK WATER AND LATER SANK. CREW OF 6 RECOVERED. VESSEL BUILT IN 1983 IN BUCKIE.

Aurora (Lo 2) Wreck

REPORTED SUNK AFTER HITTING WRECK OF PANAGATOS.

Aurora Boreale Wreck

SANK FOLLOWING A COLLISION WITH DUTCH MV MONICA. (LL).

Austral Wreck

No description

Avalon Wreck

SANK MINUTES AFTER COLLISION WITH MT FERNHURST. ALL CREW RESCUED.

Avalon G Ii Wreck

SANK FOLLOWING A COLLISION WITH NORWEGIAN M TANKER BERGE LORD WHICH WAS AT ANCHOR. (THV MERMAID).

Ave Maria Stella Wreck

CAPTURED & SUNK BY A GERMAN SUBMARINE IN THE BAY OF BISCAY. (WW1 SL).

Avenger ? Wreck

BULKHEAD CARRIED AWAY. LATER SANK. FIVE CREW RESCUED.

Avian Wreck

THOUGHT TO HAVE SUNK IN JAN 1970.

Avindeiro Wreck

No description

Avondale Wreck

No description

Azgani Wreck

BUILT IN 1951. SANK. CREW OF 15 LOST.

Aziatic Wreck

8.9.73 SANK APPROX 1M S TO SW OF HYTHE LIGHT BUOY. (LL, 8.9.73).

Azuma Maru No 18 Wreck

BUILT IN 1956. OWNED AT TIME OF LOSS BY TOEI KAIUN K.K. PASSAGE SINGPORE FOR JAPAN. GROUNDED & CAPSIZED AFTER ENGINE FAILURE IN HEAVY WEATHER. (MSD).

B F Macomber Wreck

AKA: SP-980, Owner: Consolidated Fisheries, Year Built: 1913, Where Built: Noank, CT, Misc Information: Sank; Total loss

B Nostvold Wreck

WOODEN HULL. SANK AFTER SPRINGING A LEAK. CREW RESCUED. (LLOYDS VOL.227).

Baaring Vig Wreck

SANK IN N SEA. (LL).

Babo Ii Wreck

SANK AFTER COLLISION WITH M BULK CARRIER 'PETR SMIDOVICH'.

Babsie Wreck

SANK EN ROUTE FROM FISHING GROUNDS FOR ST HELENA BAY. LISTED FOLLOWING COLLAPSE OF FISH HOLD BULKHEAD. OWNED AT TIME OF LOSS BY WEST POINT FISHING COR...

Baek Nyong 108 Wreck

GROUNDED. LATER SANK.

Bahia De Ifach Wreck

No description

Bakhtawar I Wreck

CAPSIZED AND SANK AT MOORINGS. (LLOYDS 292).

Bakhtawar Ii Wreck

BUILT 1972. CAPSIZED AND SANK AT MOORINGS. OWNED AT TIME OF LOSS BY MUZAMMIL ULLAH KHAN & CO. PRESENT OWNERS BAKHTAWAR FISHERIES, KARACHI. (LL).

Baklan Wreck

BUILT IN 1967 BY 'CHERNOMORSKIY' SHIPYARD, NIKOLAYEV. OWNED AT TIME OF LOSS BY OKEANSKY RIBOLOV (BULGAIRIAN OCEAN FISHING). HAD FIRE IN ENGINE ROOM WH...

Ballenita Wreck

6.11.87 BUILT IN 1972. OWNED AT TIME OF LOSS BY HECTOR CARDENAS DE LOS RIOS. (LL, 6.11.87).

Balmoral Wreck

MFV BALMORAL & GEM COLLIDED IN FOG AND BOTH SANK.

Bambino Wreck

REPORTED TAKING IN WATER. WAS ABANDONED BY CREW AND SANK.

Bangjoo No.12 Wreck

23.10.91 SANK AFTER COLLISION WITH M TANK ERVILIA NE OF SORIDO. ALL 12 CREW WERE SAFELY RESCUED. (LL, 23.10.91)

Barbara Dawn Wreck

WOODEN HULL

Barend Jan Wreck

CAPSIZED WHILST FISHING. CREW OF 3 RESCUED. LATER SCUTTLED BY SALVAGE TUG 'BARRACUDA'.

Barracuda Wreck

4.11.75 SANK CLOSE INSHORE OFF STOKE POINT EAST OF PLYMOUTH AFTER BEING DRIVEN ASHORE IN HEAVY SEAS. (LL, 4.11.75).

Barracuda Wreck

No description

Barracudina Wreck

OWNED AT TIME OF LOSS BY T J HARDY LTD. PASSAGE SYDNEY, NOVA SCOTIA FOR PORT AUX BASQUES. MISSING, PRESUMED SUNK. (LL).

Basie Ii Wreck

SANK, CAUSE NOT REPORTED. CREW RECOVERED. (LL).

Batela Wreck

7.4.89 SANK DUE TO A LEAK WHICH DEVELOPED IN HEAVY SEAS. (LL 7.4.89).

Bathsheba Wreck

TOOK WATER BUT PUMPS BLOCKED. WENT DOWN QUICKLY. CREW TOOK TO LIFERAFT. (OBAN MRSC)

Baunehoj Wreck

9.4.92 DEVELOPED A LEAK. ABANDONED BY CREW AND SANK. CREW OF 4 RECOVERED. (LL, 9.4.92).

Be Ready (Probably) Wreck

WOODEN HULL, INTACT, BOWS N

Beatrice Wreck

4.12.78 VESSEL OVERTURNED & SANK IN THE BAY OF BISCAY, OFF ARCACHON. (LL, 4.12.78)

Beira Ria Wreck

No description

Bekimael Wreck

SANK FOLLOWING A COLLISION WITH M SUPPLY V KREUZTURM, WHEN RETURNING TO GRIMSBY.

Bel Espoir Wreck

CAPSIZED AND SANK AT LOW TIDE AT SAINT-VAAST-LA-HOUGUE OWING TO BREAKAGE OF ONE OF HER SHORING TIMBERS. (LLOYDS VOL.204).

Bel Espoir Wreck

SANK WHILST FISHING.

Bell Rose Wreck

ON FIRE SIX MILES SW OF OF OLD HEAD OF KINSALE. LATER SANK. BOTH CREW RESCUED. (LL).

Bella Wreck

SPRANG A PLANK WHILE HAULING FISHING GEAR. CREW OF 2 RESCUED BY LIFEBOAT. (NO AUTHORITY STATED).

Belle Colombe Wreck

WOODEN HULL. PASSAGE IRELAND FOR GUERNSEY. SANK QUICKLY FOLLOWING COLLISION IN GOOD WEATHER CONDITIONS WITH FRENCH M PASSENGER/RO-RO FERRY BREIZH ISEL...

Belle-Theresa Wreck

BUILT IN 1967. DRIFTED ASHORE FOLLOWING FIRE ABOUT 18M FROM ST HELENA BAY. WAS ABANDONED BY CREW OFF ELANDS BAY. OWNED AT TIME OF LOSS BY SUID-ORANJE...

Bellona Wreck

No description

Bellsund (Possibly) Wreck

9.12.83 PASSAGE SPITSBERGEN FOR AALESUND. SANK QUICKLY, CAUSE UNKNOWN. 7 LIVES LOST. (LL, 9.12.83)

Ben Aden Wreck

BUILT IN 1900 BY HALL, RUSSEL & CO LTD, ABERDEEN OWNED AT TIME OF LOSS BY R H DAVIDSON & CO LTD. ONE BOILER, TRIPLE EXPANSION ENGINE OF 62 NHP, SINGLE...

Ben Aigen Wreck

BUILT OF WOOD. OIL ENGINE, SINGLE SHAFT. SANK AFTER POSSIBLY DEVELOPING A LEAK. CREW RECOVERED. (LL & SIBI).