Fishing Vessel Wrecks 1900-2000

Trinfish Ii Wreck

SANK IN DEEP WATER BETWEEN TRINIDAD & GUYANA, CAUSE UNKNOWN. OWNED AT TIME OF LOSS BY D SINANAN. (LL).

Tringo Wreck

PASSAGE TRINIDAD FOR TOBAGO. SANK AFTER BEING ABANDONED BY CREW. (LL).

Tristania Wreck

BUILT IN 1940 BY COCHRANE & SONS, LTD, SELBY. OWNED AT TIME OF LOSS BY OCEANPAC (PTY.), LTD. SERIOUSLY DAMAGED BY FIRE IN THE ENGINE ROOM WHILE WORKIN...

Triumph Wreck

SANK FOLLOWING A COLLISION WITH A DRIFTING TREE WHICH OPENED THE PLANKING PORT SIDE.

Tromso Wreck

No description

Tronderbas Wreck

SPRANG A LEAK AND SANK IN HEAVY WEATHER.

Truth Wreck

No description

Tulipan Wreck

CAPSIZED AND SANK.

Tung Hsing No 1 Wreck

AMMONIA EXPLODED ON BOARD VESSEL & HULL HOLED & CRACKED. ALL SALVAGE IN VAIN. CREW RESCUED. (LL).

Tung King No 1 Wreck

ABANDONED AFTER RUNNING AGROUND ON CORAL REEF SOUTH OF ILE EUROPA. OWNED AT TIME OF LOSS BY TA TUNG FISHERIES CO LTD. (LL).

Tva Broder (Hg 108) Wreck

24.9.77 SANK IMMEDIATELY AFTER COLLISION WITH DANISH MV VOLO. 1 CREW MISSING. (LL, 5 & 24.9.77)

Twinkle Star Wreck

TOOK WATER AND SANK. THE ONE CREW MEMBER WAS RECOVERED.

Two Sisters Wreck

TOOK WATER OVER THE GUNWHALE IN SE FORCE 5, SEA STATE 3. CREW UNABLE TO SHUT HATCHES. LATER SANK. CREW OF THREE TOOK TO LIFERAFT AND WERE RESCUED BY F...

Uk 89 Wreck

No description

Ulysses Wreck

REPORTED TAKING IN WATER AND PUMPS INADEQUATE. FURTHER PUMPS WERE SUPPLIED BUT EVENTUALLY SHE WAS ABANDONED BY CREW AND SANK. (LL VOL 267).

Unity Wreck

SANK WHILST UNDER TOW OF MFV ARMEN. BEING TOWED TO THE WEST COAST. NO FUEL, OIL, GEAR OR EQUIPMENT ON VESSEL.

Unity Wreck

VESSEL BUILT IN 1970. REPORTED TAKING IN WATER. ABANDONED BY CREW AND LATER SANK. (LL VOL.258).

Urania Wreck

ASSUMED A LIST AND SANK.

Urania H 1011 Wreck

No description

Utvik-Senior Wreck

21.2.78 SANK FOLLOWING A COLLISION WITH UNIDENTIFIED VESSEL OFF N COAST OF NORWAY. DEBRIS LOCATED 5M OFF SENJA ISLAND IN 120FT. (LL, 21.2.78).

Vagabond Prince Wreck

WOODEN HULL

Vaila Wreck

WENT ASHORE. (LL).

Val De Saire Wreck

No description

Valhalla Wreck

SANK WHILE UNDER TOW OF FV OCEAN QUEEN FROM WHITEHAVEN FOR GIRVAN.

Valhallah Wreck

TOOK WATER AND SANK. CREW OF TWO RESCUED.

Valhallah Wreck

ABANDONED BY CREW OF 2 AFTER FIRE BROKE OUT. WAS SEEN TO BE WELL ABLAZE PRIOR TO SINKING. CREW RECOVERED BY FV MADELIA. LATER DRIFTED AND SANK.

Valiant Wreck

SANK. NO PERSONS ON BOARD.

Valiant Wreck

UPRIGHT, INTACT, SCOUR SURROUNDS WK, BOWS E

Valiant Wreck

SANK FOLLOWING COLLISION WITH POLISH M TANKER SIARKOPOL. CREW OF 4 RECOVERED BY SIARKOPOL.

Valkyrie Wreck

SANK AFTER TOW HAD BEEN CUT OFF PENNHYN MAUR HEAD. (LL).

Valkyrie Wreck

RAN AGROUND NEAR BARD HEAD, BRESSAY. WAS BADLY HOLED AND SANK VERY QUICKLY.

Valonia ? Wreck

SANK, CAUSE NOT REPORTED. CREW OF 5 RECOVERED. (LL).

Vampy Wreck

CAPSIZED AND SANK IN BAD WEATHER IN HECATE STRAIT. PASSAGE QUEEN CHARLOTTE ISLANDS FOR PRINCE RUPERT. (LL).

Van Der Weyden Wreck

MINED. (WW2SL).

Varuna (Possibly) Wreck

CAPTURED AND SCUTTLED BY GERMAN SUBMARINE UC 75. (WW1SL & DER KREIG ZUR SEE). F SMACKS GRATITUDE AND DAYSPRING WERE SUNK AT SAME TIME.

Vasco D'orey Wreck

AGROUND & COMPLETELY BURNT OUT. (LL).

Vastkusten Wreck

CAUGHT FIRE IN ENGINE ROOM & EXPLODED, OFF LINDESNES, NORWAY. CREW RESCUED. (LLOYDS VOL.212)

Veerman Wreck

SANK FOLLOWING A COLLISION WITH BRITISH MV COMMODORE GOODWILL. SALVAGED AND PUT ASHORE NEAR RYE.

Vega Suarez No 1 Wreck

SANK AFTER COLLISION WITH MONTE ANAGA.

Veno Wreck

SANK FOLLWING FIRE. (LL).

Vent Arriere Wreck

SANK AFTER INFLUX OF WATER.

Venture Wreck

SANK WHILE UNDER TOW BY FV TUDOR LADY.

Venture Wreck

LOWESTOFT REGISTERED WOODEN SAIL VESSEL. CAPTURED BY GERMAN SUBMARINE UB 10 & SUNK BY BOMBING. (NAVAL STAFF MONOGRAPHS VOL.14, WW1SL, LL WW1, SIBI)

Venture (Possibly) Wreck

TOOK WATER. LATER CAPSIZED AND SANK WHILE UNDER TOW. (LL).

Venturous Wreck

BUILT IN 1971 BY SAN DIEGO MARINE CONSTRUCTION CO., SAN DIEGO. OWNED AT TIME OF LOSS BY GAMMA FISHING CO INC. SANK OFF S COAST OF PANAMA. ALL CREW WER...

Venus Wreck

SANK WHILE UNDER TOW AFTER TAKING WATER.

Venus Wreck

No description

Venus Des Isles (Pz269) Wreck

2.8.75 ST MARY'S LIFEBOAT LAUNCHED & RESCUED 3 CREW FROM SINKING MFV. LIFEBOAT ATTEMPTED TO TAKE MFV IN TOW THEN TO BEACH BUT MFV SANK OFF LION R...

Vera Liza Wreck

No description

Verbena Wreck

WOODEN HULL

Verdant Wreck

VESSEL STRANDED/TOTAL WRECK OR LOSS NEAR BRAGA, WHALSAY, SHETLAND ISLANDS IN 1959. WOODEN HULL; SCREW, OIL ENGINE. (SIBI).

Vernick Wreck

No description

Vertrauen Wreck

No description

Vespa Star Wreck

BELIEVED ABANDONED IN 1971.

Vesper Wreck

DRIFTED ONTO CLUMLY BAAS WHILE LOBSTER FISHING, DRIFTED OFF AND SANK. (LLOYDS VOL.196).

Vestjyden Wreck

13.12.74 MACHINERY DAMAGE, ASSISTED, SPRANG A LEAK AND SANK IN THE NORTH SEA. (LL, 13.12.74).

Vestjyden (Possibly) Wreck

BUILT OF WOOD. SUFFERED MACHINERY DAMAGE. WHILE BEING ASSISTED SPRANG A LEAK AND SANK. (LL).

Victoria Wreck

CAPTURED & SUNK USING BOMBS, BY GERMAN SUBMARINE U34, MIDWAY BETWEEN CAPE CLEAR AND CORNWALL, 60M FROM THE NEAREST LAND. 6 MEN INCLUDING THE SKIPPER L...

Victoria Wreck

ABANDONED BY CREW AFTER ENGINE ROOM FLOODED & LATER SANK WHILE UNDER TOW. ALL 6 CREW WERE SAFELY RESCUED. (LL).

Victoria Wreck

BUILT 1970 BY CONS IND ET NAV DE BOURDEAUX, BORDEAUX. OWNED AT TIME OF LOSS BY SOCIETE NOUVELLE DES PECHES LOINTAINES. SANK NEAR ST GEORGE'S, NEWFOUND...

Victoria Wreck

SINKING 12000YDS N OF HOLYHEAD BREAKWATER & CREW TOOK TO LIFERAFTS.

Victorine Wreck

LOST OFF BOUFREISE.

Victorious Wreck

LOWESTOFT REGISTERED WOODEN SAIL VESSEL. CAPTURED BY GERMAN SUBMARINE & SUNK BY BOMBING. (NAVAL STAFF MONOGRAPHS VOL.14, WW1SL, LL WW1, SIBI)

Victory Wreck

BUILT OF WOOD IN 1965. FWD BULKHEAD CARRIED AWAY. WAS TAKEN IN TOW BY MFV ROSS GENET BUT SANK. (LL & SIBI).

Vier Gebroeders Wreck

SANK FOLLOWING FIRE AND EXPLOSION. THREE CREW SAVED, ONE MISSING. (LL).

Vigilant Wreck

30.9.76 STRUCK RKS S. OF ST ABB'S HEAD & SANK WITHIN 10 MINUTES, IN THICK FOG. (LL,30.9.76) STRUCK EBB CARRS. (BSAC WK REGISTER, VOL 6).

Viking (Probably) Wreck

14.11.77 BROKE MOORINGS IN GALE FORCE WINDS AND SANK. (LL, 14.11.77)

Viking 2 Wreck

No description

Viking Queen Wreck

TOOK IN WATER DURING ROUGH WEATHER. WAS ABANDONED BY CREW AND TAKEN IN TOW BY FV LOCH MARAVAIG FOR ABERDEEN. SANK WHILE UNDER TOW.

Vikingo Wreck

SPRANG A LEAK AND SANK.

Vingasand Wreck

24.4.79 VESSEL SANK FOLLOWING COLLISION IN THICK FOG WITH MV THUNPALL I, OFF KARLSKRONA. CREW RESCUED. (LL, 24.4.79)

Virginia Rose Wreck

SANK 25M OFF WICK WHEN UNDER TOW OF CRAIGHALL. WARP TANGLED ROUND PROP, ROLLED OVER & SANK. 6 CREW RESCUED. (LL).

Virgo Wreck

SANK FOLLOWING A COLLISION WITH M FERRY GOTALAND. WAS TOWED TO THE EASTERN SIDE OF THE ENTRANCE CHANNEL TO TRELLEBORG. (LL).

Virgo Sancta Wreck

No description

Vivia-G Wreck

WOODEN HULL

Voer Trekker Wreck

SANK AFTER COLLISION WITH UNMANNED FV. CREW OF FOUR RECOVERED. (LL).

Vonjo Wreck

WOODEN HULL

Vpt 520 Wreck

No description

Waigeo Wreck

SANK, CAUSE UNKNOWN, 22 SURVIVORS RESCUED BY BRITISH MOTOR BULK CARRIER 'GALLIC BRIDGE'. (LLOYDS VOL.215)

Wanda Wreck

No description

Waroc'h Wreck

SANK AFTER STRIKING ROCK N OF ILE BLANCHE. (LL 211).

Wasterled Wreck

BUILT OF WOOD. SANK AFTER CATCHING FIRE. CREW RECOVERED BY FV ACTUALITY. (LL).

Watchful Wreck

TOOK WATER AND SANK HALF MILE OFF FRAZERBURGH HARBOUR. ALL FOUR CREW RESCUED.

Wavell (Possibly) Wreck

SANK FOLLOWING AN EXPLOSION IN ENGINE ROOM.

Wayside Flower Wreck

WOODEN MFV. ABANDONED BY CREW AND SANK. REASON NOT KNOWN.

Wayside Flower (Possibly) Wreck

WOODEN HULL. OIL ENGINE, SINGLE SHAFT. PASSAGE RIVER HUMBER FOR FISHING AND RETURN. CAPTURED & SUNK BY UC-70.

Welfare Wreck

REPD TAKING IN WATER AND LATER SANK IN MOUNTAINOUS SEAS 60MILES NE OF PETERHEAD. ALL CREW SAVED.

Welfare Wreck

No description

Wendy Louise Wreck

No description

Weol Mi No 315 Wreck

VESSEL, BUILT 1966 BY CANTIERI NAVALI BREDA, VENICE. OWNED AT TIME OF LOSS BY KOREA MARINE INDUSTRY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION. VESSEL 'AQUACHARM' RESCUE...

Werni Junior Wreck

1.2.85 CAPSIZED AND SANK. CREW OF 3 RESCUED. (LL, 1.2.85)

Westburn Wreck

ABANDONED IN SINKING CONDITION. (CG FORMBY). WIRE ROPE CAUGHT IN PROPELLER WHICH OPENED STERN GLAND CAUSING VESSEL TO SINK. (CUMBRIA MARINE...

Westburn (Possibly) Wreck

WIRE ROPE CAUGHT IN PROPELLOR WHICH OPENED STERN GLAND CAUSING THE VESSEL TO SINK. WAS ABANDONED IN SINKING CONDITION SOME 16M SW OF ST BEES HEAD. BUI...

Western King Wreck

WOODEN HULL FV BUILT 1944, WESTERN KING CO. CAUGHT FIRE, BECAME A TOTAL LOSS AND SANK 30M NW OF CABO MARZO, COLOMBIA. (MSD).

Westhaven Wreck

DISTRESS WARNING GIVEN BY EPRIB. WRECKAGE AND ONE BODY FOUND. 3 MISSING. WK LOCATED BY ROV. (LL).

Westward Ho Wreck

9.9.75 9.9.75 SUNK BY GERMAN SUBMARINE.

Westwind Wreck

No description

Wheal Geevor Wreck

SANK AFTER INGRESS OF WATER. CREW RESCUED.

Whispering Hope Wreck

No description

White Ghost Wreck

GROUNDED NEAR ORFORD LIGHT. WAS REFLOATED BUT SANK WHILE BEING TOWED TO RIVER ORE. (THAMES MRSC).