Fishing Vessel Wrecks 1900-2000

Capetan Panagis Wreck

WOODEN HULL

Captain Howard Wreck

BUILT IN 1964. SANK AFTER TAKING IN WATER IN VERY ROUGH SEAS. (LL).

Carabella Negra (Probably) Wreck

RAN AGROUND. (LL).

Carcinta Wreck

1.2.99 VESSEL, BUILT 1957, HAD WATER INGRESS AND LATER SANK. CREW OF 17 RESCUED. (LL, 1.2.99)

Carinthia Wreck

26.6.79 VESSEL OVERDUE. LAST REPD 26.6.79 25M WNW OF NOUP HEAD, WESTRAY, ORKNEY. CREW OF SIX MISSING. LIFEBELT FOUND ON 27.6.79 ON W SIDE OF ROUSAY....

Carley Marie Wreck

SANK WHILE UNDER TOW OF FV CHRISTMAS ROSE.

Carlo Wreck

22.2.88 SANK AT ANCHOR FOLLOWING A FIRE. (LL, 22.2.88).

Carlos Enrique Wreck

OWNED AT TIME OF LOSS BY CARLOS MADERA. SANK DUE ALLEDGEDLY TO OVERLOADING BY APPROX 40TONS AND ROUGH WAVES. (LLOYDS VOL.285)

Carmarand Wreck

SANK WHEN PUMP FAILED AND ENGINE ROOM FLOODED.

Carmen Manuel Wreck

No description

Carol Ann Wreck

PASSAGE CAMPBELTOWN FOR TOBERMORY. RAN AGROUND ON RHEMORE POINT. CREW OF 3 SWAM ASHORE. (SHIPWRECKS OF THE W OF SCOTLAND).

Carol Anne Wreck

DRIVEN AGROUND ON LEE SHORE IN SW WINDS. CREW RESCUED. (BRIXHAM MRSC).

Carolina Wreck

UK NM 3524/20.

Caroline Wreck

ON FIRE, ADRIFT, LATER SANK.

Carolyn Dawn Wreck

SANK, CAUSE UNKNOWN. CREW OF 3 RECOVERED.

Carvela Wreck

TOOK WATER. LATER CAPSIZED AND SANK. CREW OF SIX RESCUED. BUILT IN 1979.

Casita (Probably) Wreck

No description

Castle Bay Wreck

LOST FOLLOWING COLLISION WITH MFV 'LODE STAR'. (LL).

Castle Cove Wreck

BUILT OF WOOD. SANK WHILE IN TOW OF BLYTH LIFEBOAT FOLLOWING LEAKAGE AND ENGINE FAILURE. (TYNE MRSC).

Castle Dawn Wreck

INTACT, PROBABLY UPRIGHT

Castle Eden Wreck

CAUGHT FIRE AND SANK OFF REDCAR. CREW OF 4 RECOVERED. (LL).

Catharina Geertruida Wreck

ENGINE ROOM FLOODED AND REPORTED SINKING. ABANDONED AND LEFT DRIFTING. PRESUMED SUNK. (LL).

Cathy Colleen Wreck

15.3.82 REPD TAKING IN WATER IN POSN 2 MILES N OF E GOODWIN LTV. LATER SANK. (LL, 15.3.82).

Cathy No.8 Wreck

STRANDED DURING A SEVERE STORM, S OF PUNTA RUBIA, URUGUAY. SALVAGE ATTEMPTS UNSUCCESSFUL. VESSEL, WHICH HAS BEEN SOLD TO URUGUAYAN NAVY, CONSIDERED TO...

Catrina Wreck

VESSEL, BUILT 1991, SUDDENLY CAPSIZED ONTO STARBOARD SIDE AND SANK APPROX 1M S OF NEWHAVEN BREAKWATER. TWO CREW RESCUED. OWNED AT TIME OF LOSS BY I.D....

Cawsand Bay Wreck

SANK FOLLOWING COLLISION WITH PANAMANIAN MV MARE PRIDE.

Celerity Wreck

DISAPPEARED IN FORCE 8 TO 9 W'LY GALE WHILE HEADING IN EASTERLY DIRN THROUGH PENTLAND FIRTH. NO SURVIVORS.

Celtic Wreck

BUILT OF IRON IN 1899 WITH ONE BOILER, COMPOUND EXPANSION ENGINE, SINGLE SHAFT. OWNED AT TIME OF LOSS BY GRIMSBY STEAM FISHING CO LTD. PASSAGE GRIMSBY...

Celtic Revenge (Possibly) Wreck

REPORTED HAVING ENGINE FAILURE AND TO BE TAKING IN WATER. WAS ABANDONED BY CREW AND LATER SANK.

Chacabuco 2 Wreck

30.8.88 WOODEN HULL. TOOK ON LIST AND SANK. (LL, 30.8.88).

Challenger Wreck

SANK. CREW OF 3 RECOVERED.

Challenger Wreck

SANK FOLLOWING COLLISION WITH MFV EILEAN SHONA.

Chance Wreck

WENT AGROUND DURING THICK FOG AND SANK. OWNED AT TIME OF LOSS BY MESSRS RODGERS & CURTIS, DOUGLAS. (DICTIONARY OF SHIPWRECKS OFF ISLE OF MAN, A. CORKI...

Chance No 801 (Probably) Wreck

OWNED AT TIME OF LOSS BY NAMBUG FISHERIES CO LTD, SEOUL. RAN AGROUND. (LL).

Chance No 802 Wreck

17.6.88 HAD FIRE IN ENGINE ROOM ON 17.6.88. WAS ABANDONED BY CREW BUT TOWED BY 'CHANCE NO 803' TOWARDS MAHE. TOW WAS ABANDONED WHEN VESSEL TOOK ON L...

Chance No.63 Wreck

OWNED AT TIME OF LOSS BY SEOUL SHIPPING CO. CAUGHT FIRE & SUNK. ALL 27 CREW WERE SAFELY RESCUED. (LL).

Changmyung No.7 Wreck

BUILT 1961. OWNED AT TIME OF LOSS BY MR YOO BONG WOONG, OF BUSAN. PASSAGE BUSAN FOR FISHING GROUNDS, NEAR SOHUKSAN ISLAND. SANK FOLLOWING A COLLISION...

Chantereyne Wreck

No description

Chaparrudo Wreck

VESSEL SANK AFTER A COLLISION WITH THE MV `MORSHANSK', WHICH RESCUED THE CREW.

Charles Roger Wreck

21.5.86 SANK FOLLOWING COLLISION WITH M OIL/CHEM TANKER 'APACHE'. (LL, 21.5.86).

Charlotte Cold Wreck

REPORTED AS MAKING WATER. WAS ABANDONED BY CREW AND LATER SANK. (LL).

Charlotte Rose Wreck

REPD TO BE IN DISTRESS ABOUT 6-8 MILES SE OF COVERACK AND LATER SANK. (FALMOUTH CG MRSC).

Charuny Wreck

WOODEN HULL. REPORTED TAKING IN WATER. WAS ABANDONED BY CREW AND LATER SANK DESPITE SUPPLY OF PUMPS.

Chee Shing Kang No.3 Wreck

SANK ABOUT 170M SE OF HONG KONG, CAUSE UNKNOWN. 12 CREW WERE RESCUED. (LL).

Cheincha Wreck

12.5.87 GROUNDED AT HIGH WATER ON SEAL SKERRY, NORTH RONALDSAY. CREW OF 4 RECOVERED. (LL, 12.5.87).

Chelaura Wreck

EX-SARAH LOUISE. STRUCK A ROCK IN EIGG HARBOUR. WAS HOLED & SANK.

Chen Hai No.1 Wreck

DRIFTED FOR 4 HOURS AFTER ENGINE FAILURE, AFTER REPAIRS WENT ASHORE IN BAD VISIBILITY. CONSIDERED A TOTAL LOSS. (LL VOL.251)

Chi Feng No 1 Wreck

WAS SWAMPED BY LARGE WAVE WHICH TORE OFF HATCH AND FLOODED HOLD. SANK SHORTLY AFTERWARDS (LL).

Chi Wei Wreck

SENT OUT SOS, SEARCH CARRIED OUT WITHOUT SUCCESS. (LL).

Chi Yu 202 Wreck

FOUNDERED IN HEAVY WEATHER. (LLOYDS VOL.216)

Chian Tah Wreck

SANK DUE TO LEAKAGE IN HOLDS. ALL CREW SAFELY RESCUED. (LL).

Chian Tah 101 Wreck

EX-SEA BIRD NO.33, BUILT IN 1984, OWNED AT TIME OF LOSS BY KANASASHI ZOSENSHO, SHIMIZU. HAD AMMONIA LEAKAGE IN ENGINE ROOM, THIS LED TO AN EXPLOSION A...

Chicharon Wreck

17.10.91 HULL SPLIT IN HEAVY SEAS, BEACHED S SIDE OF SAN SABASTIAN ISLANDS. (LL, 17.10.91).

Chieh Hsiang No.1 Wreck

ABANDONED BY CREW IN SINKING CONDITION WITH ENGINE ROOM REPORTED FULL OF WATER.

Chien Lung No.7 Wreck

CAUGHT FIRE, AND SUBSEQUENTLY SANK. PASSAGE CAPE TOWN FOR TAIWAN.

Chikuzen Wreck

SCUTTLED BY OWNERS AND LEFT ADRIFT, FOLLOWING A FIRE. DRIFTED TO VIRGIN ISLANDS, WHERE TAKEN IN TOW BY LOCAL VESSEL, BUT SANK UNDER TOW.

Chin Chung No.7 Wreck

REPORTED AGROUND ON CONWAY REEF. ALL 18 CREW SAFELY RESCUED. (LLOYDS VOL.272)

Chin Hsi'ang No.1 (Cheng Shang No.1) Wreck

CAUGHT FIRE WHICH WAS EXTINGUISHED. TOWED BY WEST GERMAN MV HOLSATIA, FLOODED, CAPSIZED AND SANK. ALL CREW RESCUED. (LLOYDS VOL. 220).

Chin Hung Wreck

No description

Chin Long Wee Wreck

6.5.76 VESSEL FOUNDERED ON REEF 100M E OF MACKAY DURING A CYCLONE. (LL, 6.5.76)

Chin Min Man No.3 Wreck

No description

Chin Peng No.1 Wreck

SANK DUE TO HEAVY WEATHER. (LL).

Chin Sheng No 6 Wreck

RAN AGROUND AND ABANDONED BY CREW.

Ching Yung No.1 Wreck

No description

Ching-Maan Yih Wreck

SANK, CAUSE UNKNOWN.

Chiu Chuan No 2 Wreck

BUILT IN 1971. SANK IN HEAVY SEAS. CREW RESCUED BY SISTER SHIP CHIU CHUAN NO 1. (LL).

Chiu Yam 26 Wreck

SANK W OF NINEPINS. CREW OF 6 RESCUED. (LL).

Choice Wreck

6.9.88 REPORTED TAKING IN WATER FAST. WAS LATER ABANDONED AND SANK DESPITE PROVISION OF TWO PUMPS. TWO PUMPS ALSO LOST. CREW RECOVERED. (LL, 6.9....

Chokyu Maru No 25 Wreck

FISHING VESSEL SANK FOLLOWING A COLLISION WITH M RESEARCH VESSEL 'KOSMONAUT VLADIMIR KOMAROV'. (LLOYDS VOL.242).

Chow Kam Wreck

BUILT IN 1951. SANK AFTER COLLISION WITH UNKNOWN OCEAN-GOING VESSEL. OF CREW OF FIVE, FOUR RESCUED, ONE MISSING.

Chris An Abil Wreck

28.1.88 CAUGHT FIRE. WAS ABANDONED BY CREW AND LATER SANK. (LL, 28.1.88).

Chrisande Wreck

25.11.94 TOOK WATER AND SANK. CREW OF FOUR RESCUED. BELIEVED TO HAVE SUNK IN DISTRESS POSITION. VESSEL BUILT IN 1940. (LL, 25.11.94).

Chrissie Criggie Wreck

SANK FOLLOWING A COLLISION WITH MFV SPECTRUM.

Christa Wreck

PRESUMED SUNK AT ANCHOR, CREW TAKEN OFF.

Christina Wreck

FOUNDERED WHILE UNDER TOW. VESSEL WAS STEEL EX-SHIP'S LIFEBOAT WITH MAST FWD. (FALMOUTH MRCC).

Christine H Wreck

TOOK WATER, DEVELOPED SEVERE LIST AND SANK. CREW OF 5 RESCUED BY TRAWLER 'EVENTIDE'. ALL DEBRIS RECOVERED. (MRSC HUMBER & LL).

Christmas Wreck

SANK WHILE UNDER TOW. (PORTLAND MRSC).

Christoffel Colombus (Possibly) Wreck

BADLY BROKEN UP, DOES NOT RESEMBLE A WK

Chrysolyte Wreck

30.6.68 GROUNDED ON ROCKS AT FILEY BRIGG IN THICK FOG (LL 30.6.68)

Chu Mao No.2 Wreck

REPORTED MISSING, BELIEVED SUNK. (LL).

Chun Hsing No 2 Wreck

SANK DUE TO HULL LEAKAGE AND STRONG WIND.

Chung Fo No.1 Wreck

VESSEL, BUILT 1970, WAS WRECKED ON THE ROCKS OFF BELLONA ISLAND. (LLOYDS VOL.219)

Chung Yang No.1 Wreck

RAN AGROUND ON LADD REEF.

Chung Yong No1 Wreck

SANK AFTER FIRE. (LL).

Chyau Feng No.12 Wreck

VESSEL, BUILT 1970, STRANDED ON PALIKULO PT, WHILE ATTEMPTING TO MAKE DIAMOND PASSAGE STEERING WAS LOST. NAME GIVEN AS CHUYANG FENG, CHYAN FENG NO.12...

Cinderella Wreck

13.1.80 HIT LARGE SUBMERGED OBJECT AND SANK. HMS CRIGHTON SEARCHED FOR OBJECT. (MRCC BRIXHAM SIG DTD 13.1.80).

Cizurquil Wreck

6.5.82 SPANISH FV SANK AFTER COLLISION WITH MV 'IRAN EL HAM'. 9 CREW LOST. (LL 6.5.82).

Clan Gillian Wreck

SANK AFTER HITTING SUBMERGED OBJECT. (TYNE CG MRSC).

Clarion Wreck

REPORTED TO BE LEAKING BADLY. WAS ABANDONED IN SINKING CONDITION WHEN PUMPS TRANSFERRED FROM OTHER VESSEL AND FROM CG HELICOPTER BECAME CHOKED WITH DE...

Claude Michel Wreck

SCUTTLED DURING OPERATION 'MELLICK'.

Claudia Wreck

SANK, CAUSE NOT REPORTED.

Clavis Wreck

CAUGHT FIRE, BURNED OUT AND SANK.

Claw 1 Wreck

CAUGHT FIRE AND EXPLODED OFF HASTINGS, SUSSEX. CREW OF ONE RECOVERED. (LL).

Coeur De Leon Wreck

WENT AGROUND AND WAS HOLED. ABANDONED BY CREW. (MRSC LIVERPOOL)

Colbert (Possibly) Wreck

26.11.55 SANK RAPIDLY FOLLOWING A COLLISION WITH FRENCH TRAWLER 'FISHERBANK'. (LL, 26.11.55).

Colorado Wreck

11.4.79 COLORADO WAS SLICED IN 2 IN A COLLISION & SANK 6M OFF BARCELONA. (LL, 11.4.79)

Comet (Probably) Wreck

SANK IN THICK FOG WHILST UNDER TOW OF MFV GOOD HOPE.

Commander Boyle Wreck

MINED 40 MILES N BY W FROM RATTRAY HEAD.

Conic No 1 Wreck

No description

Conisbro Castle Wreck

SPRANG A LEAK IN ENGINE ROOM. WAS ABANDONED BY CREW. AN ATTEMPT TO TOW VESSEL TO HARBOUR WAS MADE BUT THIS WAS UNSUCCESSFUL AND SHE SANK BY THE STERN....