Fishing Vessel Wrecks 1900-2000
View All Fishing Vessel on the Wreck MapWhite Knight (Possibly) Wreck
SUFFERED ENGINE FAILURE. ANCHORED OFF BRIDLINGTON, BUT DRAGGED IN FORCE 12 WINDS AND BLIZZARD. ABANDONED BY CREW AND AFTER DRIFTING S & CONTACT LOST....
Whyalla Wreck
REPORTED TO BE IN DISTRESS IN SE'LY GALE. ABANDONED BY CREW AND LATER SANK.
Wieringen 93 Wreck
No description
Wild Rose Wreck
No description
Wilhelm Wreck
WILHELM KN40, BUILT IN 1954, OWNED AT TIME OF LOSS BY MR.RALL OF MOSSEL BAY. VESSEL BEACHED AT BUFFALO BAY AFTER TAKING ON WATER. ENGINE SALVED, VESSE...
Wilhelmina J Wreck
SANK FOLLOWING A COLLISION WITH CYPRIOT MV 'ZULFIKAR' IN THICK FOG AND DARKNESS. VESSEL LIFTED, BODIES REMOVED AND WK RETURNED TO SEABED.
Will And Maggie Wreck
STEEL HULL. ONE BOILER, TRIPLE EXPANSION ENGINE, SINGLE SHAFT. PASSAGE LOWESTOFT FOR FISHING GROUNDS AND RETURN. MINED. CREW OF 6 LOST. (LLWW1, SIBI).
William Rhodes Moorhouse Wreck
SANK FOLLOWING FLOODING IN FISH-ROOM. (PEMBROKESHIRE SHIPWRECKS).
Willy Wreck
SANK, FOLLOWING FIRE, NEAR LANGESUND. SKIPPER RESCUED. (LLOYDS VOL.232).
Wim Wreck
BELIEVED TO HAVE SUNK WHILST HOVE TO SOME 20 MILES N OF TEXEL LTV IN BAD WEATHER. SOME WRECKAGE & LIFERAFTS FOUND. (LL).
Winifred Wreck
12.11.75 CAUGHT FIRE & SANK. FUEL TANKS SEEN TO EXPLODE. (LL, 12.11.75).
Winni Ohrt Wreck
No description
Winsome Wreck
REPORTED TO BE ADRIFT IN LUCE BAY AND LATER TO HAVE SUNK.
Wisemans Wreck
VESSEL WAS LEAKING. TAKEN IN TOW BUT SANK WHILE PROCEEDING TO CLOGHER HEAD.
Wisselvalligheid Wreck
SANK AFTER COLLISION WITH MV BALTIC STONE.
Wistaria Ii Wreck
SANK, CAUSE UNKNOWN, IN SW 5-6 WITH 3MTR SWELL. CREW OF 4 RECOVERED.
Won 2 Wreck
Wreck well broken up. Dutch Wk records.
Wonchang Ho No.706 Wreck
12.12.88 DAMAGED IN A COLLISION WITH MV ORCHID III, WHICH COMMENCED TO TOW IT TO ULSAN. LATER LINES PARTED AND VESSEL SANK. (LL, 12.12.88).
Wong Chuen Nung Wreck
REPORTED SUNK.
Wong Shek Yau Wreck
No description
Wongunhae-Ho Wreck
19.4.85 SANK FOLLOWING A HEAD ON COLLISION WITH CHINESE MV PAN JIN HAI DURING THICK FOG AND DARKNESS, 40M S OF SOHUKSAN. ALL 12 KOREAN CREW WERE...
Wouter (Probably) Wreck
SANK WHILE ACTING AS RIG SUPPLY/SAFETY VESSEL FOR PLACID OIL (GB) DRILLING RIG PENROD 58. CAUSE UNKNOWN.
Wyre Victory Wreck
BUILT IN 1960. OIL ENGINE, SINGLE SHAFT. RAN ASHORE ON MILL ROCKS SW OF OIGH SGEIR LT. DRIFTED OFF ROCKS AND ABANDONED IN GALE FORCE WEATHER. LATER SA...
X.l. Wreck
AGROUND. HULL DAMAGED. (LLOYDS 217).
Xmas Rose Wreck
PASSAGE ABERDEEN FOR FISHING GROUNDS. SANK FOLLOWING COLLISION IN THICK FOG WITH MV MERCURIUS. CREW OF SIX RECOVERED. MECURIUS RECEIVED ONLY MINOR DAM...
Ya Quina Wreck
No description
Yasu Maru No.28 Wreck
No description
Yeou Maw Wreck
No description
Yih Chang Huar Wreck
ABANDONED AFTER FIRE, EITHER DRIFTING OR SUNK. (LL).
Yih Fa (Possibly) Wreck
SANK AFTER ENGINE ROOM FIRE, WHILST EN-ROUTE SINGAPORE TO TAIWAN. (LLOYDS 219)
Yih Fa Hu No 12 Wreck
CAUGHT FIRE AFTER EXPLOSION AND SANK. (LL).
Yong Ching Chin No.3 Wreck
BUILT IN 1968. SANK AFTER HITTING A REEF, SPRINGING A LEAK & CAPSIZING. OWNED AT TIME OF LOSS BY YONG CHING DER FISHING CORP, KAOHSIUNG.
Yosi Maru Wreck
No description
Young Frank Wreck
BOMBED & SUNK BY SUBMARINE (WW1SL). SUNK BY GERMAN SUBMARINE 38MILES NE BY E FROM LOWESTOFT. (NAVAL STAFF MONOGRAPHS VOL 14).
Young Kwang No 3 Wreck
PASSAGE PAGO PAGO FOR SHUBA. RAN AGROUND IN BAD VISIBILITY ON REEF AT NIUATOPUTAPU ISLAND. (LL).
Young Kwang No 5 Wreck
RAN AGROUND NEAR CHRISTMAS IS. ON REFLOATING WAS FOUND TO BE HOLED AND LATER SANK. ALL CREW SAVED. (LL).
Yu Chyuan No. 1 Wreck
SANK FOLLOWING A FIRE.
Yu Sheng No.1 Wreck
BUILT IN 1988 OWNED BY YU SHENG FISHERY CO LT, KAOHSIUNG. SANK FOLLOWING A COLLISION WITH SOUTH KOREAN FV DONG WON NO.316. [SEE 51559]. ALL 55 CREW FR...
Yuan Moa No.1 Wreck
REPORTED STRANDED ON LEKALEKA REEF, W OF BEQA (MBENGGA) ISLAND. LATER REPORTED TO HAVE SPRUNG A LEAK IN THE ENGINE ROOM AND SUNK IN DEEP WATER. (LL).
Yuchen No.31 Wreck
KAOHSIUNG FISHERY ASSOCIATION REPORTS VESSEL WAS LISTING BADLY IN A STORM THE DAY BEFORE SHE SANK. (LL VOL. 247)
Yung Chiang Wreck
RAN AGROUND ON ISDU MULI REEF, MALDIVES. (LLOYDS VOL.195).
Yung Hao No 12 Wreck
No description
Yung Hsin No.22 Wreck
No description
Yuryo Maru Wreck
SANK FOLLOWING A FIRE IN ENGINE ROOM. (LL).
Zeeland Wreck
5.5.86 SUCTION HOPPER DREDGER 'ZEELAND' CAME IN CONTACT WITH WESTERN PIER WHILST ENTERING CALAIS ON EVENING OF 5.5.86, CAUSING DAMAGE TO UPPER PART...
Zeemermin Wreck
COLLAPSED WITH TWO HIGH BLOCKS
Zeepaard Wreck
CONTACT LOST WITH VESSEL WHILE FISHING N OF FLAMBOROUGH HD IN FORCE 9 TO 10 WESTERLY WINDS.
Zefyr (Possibly) Wreck
SANK FOLLOWING COLLISION WITH S TANKER ATHENIAN.
Zephir (Possibly) Wreck
SPRANG A LEAK IN ROUGH SEAS AND QUICKLY SANK. (LL).
Zephyrus Wreck
SANK AFTER INGRESS OF WATER. CREW OF THREE RESCUED.
Zheleznovodsk Wreck
VESSEL, BUILT 1970 BY VEB VOLKSWERFT STRALSUND, STRALSUND. OWNED AT TIME OF LOSS BY U.S.S.R.. ON PASSAGE FROM BLACK SEA TO ATLANTIC FISHING GROUNDS. S...
Zimdowney Wreck
PASSAGE BATTEAU FOR PORT AUX CHOIX. CAPSIZED & SANK AFTER TAKING IN WATER WHILST UNDER TOW OF M TRAWLER ZARP. (LL).
Zorritos 1 Wreck
SANK FOLLOWING FIRE AND SUBSEQUENT EXPLOSION IN ENGINE ROOM.
Zorrozaure Wreck
30.11.00 BUILT OF STEEL IN 1961 IN SPAIN. VESSEL LAST HEARD OF ON 30.11.00 WHEN SHE REPORTED BEING IN DIFFICULTIES 140 MILES S OF MIZZEN HEAD. CREW...
Zuiderkruis Wreck
CAPSIZED & SANK. (LL 195/198).
Zuiderkruis Wreck
No description
Zuiderster Iv Wreck
CAPZISED & SANK AFTER VESSEL WAS SWAMPED BY HEAVY SWELL WHEN HAULING IN A NET. (LL VOL. 216)
Zuiryo Maru No 18 Wreck
RAN AGROUND IN 092600S, 1593200E. NO DEATHS REPD. (LL).
Zukunft Wreck
No description
Fishing Vessel Wreck Th 96122
REPD SUNK AFTER BEING RAMMED BY BURMESE GUN BOAT OFF RANONG PROVINCE. (LL).
Fishing Vessel Wreck Dk 97937
STEEL HULL, INTACT
Fishing Vessel Wreck 38462
10 VESSELS WITH 66 CREW BELIEVED SUNK. 3 OTHER VESSELS (33 CREW) OVERDUE, & 9 MORE VESSELS (236 CREW) OUT OF RADIO CONTACT SINCE 30-31 OCT 1976. WERE...
Fishing Vessel Wreck In 40883
22.1.96 SANK AFTER COLLISION WITH M TANKER BENETNASCH. CREW OF 12 PICKED UP BY TANKER. (LL, 22.1.96)
Fishing Vessel Wreck 55078
SANK WHILE UNDER TOW BY 'RHIANTH', PUMPS HAVING FAILED. 14FT TRUCK TO KEEL.
Fishing Vessel Wreck Is 57779
SANK WHILE UNDER TOW OF ICELANDIC TRAWLER SOLPAKUR TOGETHER WITH 3 OTHER FVS. PASSAGE FOR GRIMSBY FOR SCRAPPING.
Fishing Vessel Wreck Gb 60506
11.11.70 SANK AT MOORINGS. (WV60 11.11.70, RECEIVER INVERNESS)
Fishing Vessel Wreck Bd 79597
CAPSIZED AND SANK. (CHITTAGONG PORT AUTHORITY)
Fishing Vessel Wreck Cn 81332
UNKNOWN CHINESE FV SANK AFTER BEING IN COLLISION WITH M CONTAINER VESSEL SZECHUEN. FV OVERTURNED AND SANK. ONE CREW MISSING.
Fishing Vessel Wreck De 83021
MINED. (DANISH WK RECORDS)
Fishing Vessel Wreck 83551
ISRAELI NAVAL VESSELS INTERCEPTED 3 BOATS IN INTERNATIONAL WATERS NEAR ISRAEL/LEBANON, STRIKING 1 ABOUT 15M OFF LEBANON COAST. THE BOATS WERE CARRYING...
Fishing Vessel Wreck 84298
SANK FOLLOWING COLLISION WITH NORWEGIAN M TUG/SUPPLY VESSEL BALDER VAASA. (LL).
Fishing Vessel Wreck Vn 84977
29.10.97 FV, REGISTERED IN SINGAPORE, SANK AFTER COLLISION WITH M BULK CARRIER 'ME LINH'. TWO OF CREW RESCUED, ONE MISSING. (LL, 29.10.97)
Fishing Vessel Wreck 69658
PRESUMED SUNK DURING OPERATION 'NEPTUNE'.
Fishing Vessel Wreck 72720
SANK AFTER COLLISION WITH MV MARIE ROSS. FIVE SURVIVORS PICKED UP BY MARIE ROSS. (LL).
Fishing Vessel Wreck 32007
SUNK BY SUBMARINE GUNFIRE.
Fishing Vessel Wreck Bh 33547
FISHING DHOW SANK FOLLOWING AN EXPLOSION WHICH WAS THOUGHT PROBABLY CAUSED BY A MINE WHICH HAD BROKEN FROM ITS MOORINGS IN NORTHERN PART OF GULF AND D...
Fishing Vessel Wreck 38239
APPROX 40 FISHING VESSELS, SOME WITH ENGINES & NETS VALUED AT MORE THAN
Fishing Vessel Wreck 38321
FISHING VESSEL SANK OFF ROUND ISLAND. (LL JUNE 1968).
Fishing Vessel Wreck 47486
SANK AT ITS MOORING.
Fishing Vessel Wreck De 15520
MINED. (DANISH WK RECORDS).
Fishing Vessel Wreck Fr 16433
INTACT, LYING ON PORT SIDE.
Fishing Vessel Wreck 10654
SCUTTLED TO SERVE AS A FISH HAVEN. (FR WK RECORDS 1987, NO.14583040).
Fishing Vessel Wreck 10809
SUNK IN A COLLISION. (DANISH WK RECORDS)
Fishing Vessel Wreck 30629
THAI FV & CAMBODIAN TRAWLER SUNK IN GUN BATTLE IN THAI TERRITORIAL WATERS NEAR KUT ISLAND IN GULF OF THAILAND. (LL).
Fishing Vessel Wreck Th 30651
23.8.76 AT LEAST 2 THAI FISHERMEN WERE KILLED & 32 MISSING AFTER A VIETNAMESE TRAWLER SANK 2 THAI FV. INCIDENT TOOK PLACE 17M OFF POULO WAI ON 13 AU...
Fishing Vessel Wreck Fr 22990
20.4.87 SANK FOLLOWING COLLISION WITH FRENCH MFV 'PERE CAMISARD'. (LL, 20.4.87 & FRENCH WK RECORDS NO.21601305).
Fishing Vessel Wreck 24899
SANK. CREW OF 7 RECOVERED.
Fishing Vessel Wreck 6103
SANK FOLLOWING A COLLISION. (DANISH WK RECORDS)
Fishing Vessel Wreck Kp 7771
GROUNDED ON CORAL REEF OFF SUVA HBR ENTRANCE. ABANDONED BY CREW. TURNED OVER ON PORT SIDE BY HEAVY SEAS DURING SALVAGE ATTEMPT. (LLOYDS 231).
Fishing Vessel Wreck 8191
SANK IMMEDIATELY FOLLOWING A COLLISION WITH THAI M TANKER AMPHA 2. (LL).