Motor Vessel Wrecks at 40-60 m Depth (332)

Acamar Wreck

27.3.93 REPORTED MISSING WHILE ON PASSAGE HONG KONG TO KEELUNG. NOT FOUND DURING SEARCH. BODIES RECOVERED AT P'ENG HU, PESCADORES ISLANDS. PRESUMED...

Aegeo Star Wreck

21.9.93 SANK SOON AFTER LEAVING PETKIM PETROKIMYA HOLDING AS ALIAGA COMPLEX WHERE 1000TONS PHOSPHOTUNGSTIC ACID HAD BEEN LOADED FOR DELIVERY TO RIJE...

Africhelle Wreck

VESSEL, SCUTTLED FOR USE AS A FISH HAVEN. (GENOA NM 21.34/89).

Aikoku Maru Wreck

BUILT IN 1940 BY TAMA SHIPBUILDING CO. OWNED AT TIME OF LOSS BY OSAKA SHOSEN KK. OIL ENGINES OF 2490NHP. SUNK BY US CARRIER BASED AIRCRAFT. (DODS).

Ajman Glory Wreck

EX-LADY MAYA '86, EX-MARIA FORTUNE '84, EX-PARIAMAN '78, EX-DOLLARD '57. BUILT IN 1957 BY N V HAARLEMSCHE SCHEEPBOUW MIJ, HAARLEM FOR BY N V VRACHFVAA...

Al Kahfain Wreck

No description

Al Khaleel Wreck

RAN AGROUND AND WAS DAMAGED IN KHAWR AL QUWAY WHILE ON PASSAGE HAMRIYAH TO SOMALIA. SANK WHILE ATTEMPTING TO SEEK SHELTER AT KSB (?KHASAB). 14 CREW AN...

Alden Gifford (Possibly) Wreck

BUILT IN 1942 BY D LEATHEM SMITH SHIPBUILDING CO, STURGEON BAY. OWNED AT TIME OF LOSS BY MINISTRY OF WAR TRANSPORT. 6 CYLINDER OIL ENGINE, SINGLE SHA...

Alice Robert Wreck

Anchoring, fishing, diving and dredging prohibited

Amagisan Maru Wreck

BUILT IN 1933 BY MITSUI BUSSAN KAISHA. OWNED AT TIME OF LOSS BY MITSUI BUSSAN KAISHA. OIL ENGINE OF 1230NHP. SUNK DUING OPERATION HAILSTONE BY US CARR...

Ambar I Wreck

PASSAGE BOCA CHICA FOR SAN JUAN, PR. CAUSE OF SINKING UNKNOWN. (LL).

Ammersee Wreck

4.10.74 ABANDONED, CREW BEING TAKEN OFF BY MV 'ROSWITHA' ON 4.10.74. LEFT DRIFTING WITH ACCOMMODATION BURNT OUT & DOWN BY STERN. FRENCH AIR FORCE FL...

Amor Wreck

No description

Andaman Wreck

BUILT IN 1947 BY A/B GOTAVERKEN, GOTHENBERG. OWNED AT TIME OF LOSS BY A/B SVENSKA OSTASIATISKA KOMPANIET. SANK FOLLOWING A COLLISION WITH MV 'FORTUNE'...

Anni Wreck

SANK WHILE ON PASSAGE ANTACHIA FOR RAVENNA. (LL).

Apollonia V Wreck

BUILT 1962 BY SCHEEPSWERF 'DE WAAL' N.V., ZALTBOMMEL. OWNED AT TIME OF LOSS BY TIRRENIA MARITIME, SA. PASSAGE VOLOS FOR ALGIERS. SANK DUE TO VERY BAD...

Atlantic Wreck

OWNED AT TIME OF LOSS BY ALIGBEN LINES INC. PASSAGE CEBU FOR SURIGAO CITY. SANK DURING TYPHOON IKE. ONLY 5 SURVIVORS. (MSD).

Ava Minti Wreck

BUILT IN 1969 BY HAYASHIKANE SHIPBUILDING & ENGINEERING CO., LTD., SHIMONOSEKI. SANK IN A STORM WHILE ON PASSAGE KUTCH FOR CALCUTTA. ONLY 4 SURVIVORS...

Bagyo Dei Wreck

SANK, CAUSE NOT REPORTED. CREW RECOVERED.

Bagyo Dei Wreck

SANK, CAUSE NOT REPORTED. CREW RECOVERED.

Baru Jaya Wreck

Rep (1987)

Basco Wreck

No description

Batavia Wreck

BUILT IN 1938. OWNED AT TIME OF LOSS BY KONINKL. PAKETV MAATS. PASSAGE CALCUTTA FOR KARACHI. INTERCEPTED & SUNK BY JAPANESE CRUISER 14 MILES E OF KALI...

Bente Dania Wreck

ABANDONED BY CREW WHEN ENGINE-ROOM FLOODED. LATER CAPSIZED & SANK. CREW SAFELY PICKED UP. (LL).

Berezovets (Aft Section) Wreck

BUILT 1990 AT VELIKIY USTYUG. PASSAGE TO FAR EAST OF SOVIET UNION TO BEGIN TRADING WHEN A SEVERE STORM WAS ENCOUNTERED IN BARENTS SEA. HEAVY WEATHER &...

Berny Wreck

SANK AFTER COLLISION WITH PANAMANIAN SS TYNE. (LL & MARINE K'HAGEN).

Bestari Baiduri Wreck

No description

Bettann (Bow Section) Wreck

19.1.67 REPORTED TAKING WATER, ANCHORED IN ST HELEN'S ROADS WHERE SHE EVENTUALLY SANK 19.1.67. DURING SALVAGE OPS WAS CUT INTO TWO SECTIONS WHICH WE...

Bhabirath Gang Wreck

PASSAGE VERAVAL FOR DUBAI. ENGINE AND PUMP FAILED IN STORMY SEAS. BEGAN TO BREAK UP, WAS ABANDONED AND SANK. (LL).

Bjella Wreck

CAPSIZED AND SANK WHEN CARGO SHIFTED. (LL).

Bloody Mary Wreck

30.6.87 VESSEL SANK 60M S OF VIGO BAY. OWNED AT TIME OF LOSS BY TITAN 2, HAITI. SHE HAD 5 CREW. (LL 30.6.87).

Blue Lotus (Possibly) Wreck

REPORTED TO BE SINKING. LATER ABANDONED BY CREW. WAS ON PASSAGE BANGKOK TO OSAKA.

Blue Sea Wreck

17.11.76 CAUGHT FIRE WHILE BERTHED AT JEDDAH, CREW AND SEVERAL HUNDRED MOSLEM PILGRIMS SAFELY DISEMBARKED. TOWED OUT OF PORT & SANK DURING NIGHT OF...

Borgoy Wreck

WAS IN COLLISION WITH MOTOR FISHING VESSEL VINDENES AND SANK AT MALOY.

Bosowa-Iv Wreck

No description

Boulgaria Wreck

SANK AFTER COLLISION WITH W GERMAN SHIP 'HAGEN' IN DENSE FOG.

Brasiloide Wreck

No description

Bremer Westen Wreck

BUILT 1962 BY FR LURSSEN, BREMEN. OWNED AT TIME OF LOSS BY BRUNO BISCHOFF REEDEREI. PASSAGE BREMEN FOR KLAIPEDA. SANK IN THE BALTIC SEA OFF BORNHOLM A...

Bris Wreck

18.11.81 SANK AFTER CARGO SHIFTED. (LL, 9 & 18.11.81)

Brise I Wreck

BUILT IN 1957. PASSAGE VYBORG FOR WEST GERMANY. SANK DURING HEAVY WEATHER AFTER HOLD NO 2 FLOODED 16M S OF UTKLIPPAN LT. 7 OF 10 MAN CREW LOST THEIR L...

Brudanger Wreck

21.3.79 VESSEL, WHILE EN-ROUTE MOI RANNA TO PERTH, RAN AGROUND AND LATER SANK NEAR THE BLANA ROCKS S OF FLORO. CONSIDERED TO BE A CONSTRUCTIVE TOTAL...

Bunga Lawas Wreck

No description

Cala Gran Wreck

SPRANG A LEAK & SANK OFF COELLEIRA ISLAND, N SPAIN WHILST EN-ROUTE BILBAO TO ALGIERS.

Caledonia (Bck 375) Wreck

OWNED AT TIME OF LOSS BY JAMES & ALEXANDER SMITH, PORTESSIE. BURNT AND SANK. CREW OF FOUR RECOVERED. (NORTHERN LIGHTHOUSE BOARD).

Camar 1 Wreck

Reported (2020). UK NM 4236/20

Camming (Probably) Wreck

BUILT IN 1973 BY NISHI ZOSEN K.K IMABARI. OWNED AT TIME OF LOSS BY KINGSTAR SHIPPING LTD. PASSAGE SARAWAK FOR SHANGHAI. BODIES OF SOME OF CREW RECOVER...

Cantonad Wreck

VESSEL, BUILT 1967 BY T. RUIZ DE VELASCO S.A., BILBAO. OWNED AT TIME OF LOSS BY ALTAMAR MUNDIAL NAV. S.A. ON PASSAGE FROM PORTO EMPEDOCLE, SICILY, FOR...

Cape Coast Wreck

BUILT IN 1949 BY ARDROSSAN DOCKYARD LTD. OWNED AT TIME OF LOSS BY SEVEN SEAS TRADING CO. PASSAGE KPEME, TOGO. FOR LAGOS. SANK. CREW RECOVERED. (MSD).

Captain Niko Wreck

BUILT IN 1948 BY OHN COCKERILL SA, HOBOKEN, BELGIUM. OWNED AT TIME OF LOSS BY SOC DE TRANSPORTS MARITIMES SONIMAR SA. PASSAGE ROTTERDAM FOR ALEXANDRIA...

Castaway Wreck

25FT CRUISER CASTAWAY CAUGHT FIRE & SANK SE OF ROANCARRIGMORE LT, BANTRY BAY, WHILE ON FISHING TRIP. 3 OF 4 PERSONS ONBOARD LOST WHEN THROWN INTO WATE...

Castor (Possibly) Wreck

BUILT IN 1931 BY J KOSTER, GRONINGEN. OWNED AT TIME OF LOSS BY HANDEL MAATS. OIL ENGINE, SINGLE SHAFT. PASSAGE ROTTERDAM FOR IPSWICH. CARGO BULK WHEAT...

Castor (Probably) Wreck

SANK IN HEAVY SEAS WHILE ON PASSAGE ROTTERDAM TO IPSWICH.

Cemfjord Wreck

BUILT IN 1984 BY DETLEF HEGEMANN ROLANDWERFT, BREMEN. OWNED AT TIME OF LOSS BY AROUNO SHIPPING CO LTD, LIMASSOL. SIX CYLINDER OIL ENGINE OF 1576 BHP,...

Cetus Wreck

BUILT IN 1943 BY ODENBACH SB CORP. OWNED AT TIME OF LOSS BY MADRIGAL SHIPPING. OIL ENGINE. CAPSIZED AND SANK IN HEAVY SEAS AT THE MOUTH OF THE CAGAYAN...

Chesterton Wreck

BUILT IN 1962. EX-TAA TONG NO 1, EX-TAISEI MARU NO 8. LISTED 10 DEGS TO PORT DUE TO SEA WATER ENTERING NO 1 AND NO 2 HOLDS. CREW TRIED TO PUMP OUT WAT...

Chia Wei Wreck

EX- SOIC I (1986), EX- RIO COLORADO (1985), BUILT IN 1973 BY IMABARI ZOSEN K. K, IMABARI. OWNED AT TIME OF LOSS BY CHIA WEI MARITIME S.A. PASSAGE INCH...

Christmas Seal Wreck

21.5.76 RESEARCH VESSEL WAS EN-ROUTE FROM BEDFORD INSTITUTE TO SOURIS, PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND FOR HYDROGRAPHIC WORK WHEN SHE WAS ABANDONED FOLLOWING A...

Cipta Abadi Wreck

SANK DUE TO BAD WEATHER. (LL).

Claudia Wreck

BUILT IN 1957 BY TANGEN VERFT, KRANGERO. OWNED AT TIME OF LOSS BY OCEANFARE SHIPPING CO. PASSAGE VOLOS FOR QUATAR. CARGO CEMENT & TILES. SANK AT ANCHO...

Conlea Wreck

SANK DURING HEAVY WEATHER, WHEN BUNKER HATCH WAS CARRIED AWAY & ENGINE ROOM FLOODED. (LL). PASSAGE ELING FOR ST MALO. 6 SURVIVORS.

Coral Island Wreck

No description

Corestes 11 Wreck

No description

Cullong 115 Wreck

No description

Da Meo Patacca Wreck

REPORTED WRECKED IN GAETA BAY. (LLOYDS CASUALTY REGISTER, 1977).

Dallas City (Possibly) Wreck

BUILT BY THE FURNESS SB CO. OIL ENGINE, SINGLE SHAFT. PASSAGE TEES FOR CURACAO, BRISBANE & TOWNSVILLE. CARGO 7469 TONS AMMONIUM SULPHATE. HAD BEEN DAM...

Deipara Wreck

PASSAGE CASTELLAMMARE DI STABIA FOR CAPRI. STRUCK THE ROCK 'SCOGLIO VERVECE', 3M OFF SORRENTO & SANK. CREW OF THREE SAFE. (LL).

Delta G Wreck

DEVELOPED SEVERE LIST AND SANK, PROBABLY BECAUSE CARGO SHIFTED. PASSAGE LANDSKRONA FOR BARTON ON HUMBER. (LL).

Demirci I Wreck

PASSAGE EREGLI FOR ISTANBUL. LOST NEAR KEFKEN ISLAND. (LL 201).

Dirgantara Wreck

SANK FOLLOWING COLLISION WITH PANAMANIAN MV EASTERN CLIPPER, WHILE ON PASSAGE SINGAPORE TO PONTIANAK.

Dolores Wreck

REPORTED TAKING IN WATER, ABANDONED BY CREW & SANK. (LL).

Drakon Ii (Possibly) Wreck

VESSEL SANK IN BIGHT OF BENIN AFTER SPRINGING A LEAK IN HEAVY WEATHER. (LL).

Drangajokull Wreck

CAPSIZED & SANK WHILE ON PASSAGE ANTWERP TO REYKJAVIK.

Eagle Iii Wreck

SPRANG A LEAK WHILE ON PASSAGE TAYPORT TO BERGEN AND ASSUMED SEVERE LIST. SANK LATER WHILE UNDER TOW OF MFV NOVA SPERO.

Editha Wreck

SANK WHILE UNDER TOW OF DUTCH TUG TITAN AFTER TAKING IN WATER WHILE ON VOYAGE LENINGRAD FOR SCARBOROUGH. (LL).

El Jasmine Wreck

No description

Eli (Possibly) Wreck

BUILT IN 1931 BY ERIKSBERGS MEK VOERKS. OWNED AT TIME OF LOSS BY JORGENSENS REDERI A/S. OIL ENGINE OF 474 BHP, SINGLE SHAFT. PASSAGE PHILADELPHIA FOR...

Elpaputih Wreck

REP(1988)

Elzeina Wreck

OIL ENGINE, SINGLE SHAFT. PASSAGE ANTWERP FOR LEITH. BOMBED AND SUNK. TWO MEN LOST. (LLWW2 & SIBI).

Elziena Wreck

SUNK BY ARICRAFT. PASSAGE ANTWERP FOR LEITH. CARGO ONIONS.

Elziena (Possibly) Wreck

OIL ENGINE, SINGLE SHAFT. PASSAGE ANTWERP FOR LEITH. ATTACKED BY GERMAN AIRCRAFT. CREW OF 2 LOST. (SIBI).

Enfield Wreck

BUILT IN 1960 BY TAIYO ZOSEN, NAGASAKI. OWNED AT TIME OF LOSS BY ENFIELD NAVIGATION CO LTD. SANK AFTER COLLISION WITH M BULK CARRIER ROSIE D ANCHORED...

Etrusco Wreck

VESSEL, BUILT 1929 BY ATELIERS ET CHANTIERS DE LA SEINE. OWNED AT TIME OF LOSS BY ALESSANDRO FRESCHI. ON PASSAGE FROM BAIA, NAPLES, TO PORTO TORRES. S...

Evertsen Wreck

SANK FOLLOWING A COLLISION WITH DUTCH MV FAVORIET IN THICK FOG. WAS ON PASSAGE FOWEY TO ROTTERDAM.

Fajar Indramayu Wreck

No description

Fallwind Wreck

DEVELOPED SEVERE LIST WHEN CARGO SHIFTED. WAS ABANDONED BY CREW AND LATER SANK. WAS ON PASSAGE KRISTINEHAMN TO GOOLE.

Ferocia Wreck

No description

Fortuner Wreck

No description

Francisquita Wreck

10.12.1952 VESSEL, BUILT IN 1944 BY TOMAS RUIZ DE VELASCO SA OF BILBAO. 4 CYLINDER OIL ENGINE BY SOCIEDAD EXPANOLA DE CONST. NAVALE. SAILED SEVILLE...

Frenafjell Wreck

18.6.93 CAPSIZED AND SANK. (LL, 18.6.93)

Garbi Wreck

SANK FOLLOWING EXPLOSION WHILE AT ANCHOR 3M OFF JETTY. DECLARED A TOTAL LOSS. (LL).

Garsa Dua (Probably) (Bow Section) Wreck

RAN AGROUND ON ACASTA ROCK WHILE ON PASSAGE OSAKA TO LHO SEUMAWE. BUILT 1969 IN JAPAN & OWNED AT TIME OF LOSS BY P.T. PELAYARAN SAMUDERA GARSA LINE. (...

Gateway (Probably) Wreck

11.2.93 CAPSIZED AND SANK IN STRONG WINDS WHILE ON PASSAGE HONFLEUR TO CONAKRY. (MRCS BRIXHAM & LL, 11.2.93).

Georgio Bay Wreck

15.12.75 REQUESTED TOW IN 491500N, 032400W. MAYDAY IN 490700N, 024500W. CREW TAKEN OFF AND VESSEL TAKEN IN TOW 15M WEST OF GUERNSEY. TOW BROKE AND V...

Georgios M Ii (Possibly) Wreck

BUILT IN 1935 BY DOXFORD & SONS, SUNDERLAND. OWNED AT TIME OF LOSS BY EVEREST CIA MAR, SA. PASSAGE GDYNIA FOR NORTH KOREA. ABANDONED WHILE ON FIRE W O...

Gerlen (Possibly) Wreck

SANK FOLLOWING COLLISION WITH CYPRIOT MV 'GOTLAND' WHILST EN-ROUTE PAR TO UTERSEN. (LLOYDS 209).

Gerndale Or Ferndale Wreck

BUILT IN 1925 BY DEUTSCHE WERFT A G. OWNED AT TIME OF LOSS BY A/S GLITTRE BUT UNDER GERMAN CONTROL. OIL ENGINE OF 493NHP. BOMBED AND SUNK BY BRITISH A...

Ghiwa Wreck

SANK DURING GALE FORCE WINDS.

Golden Spring Wreck

BUILT IN 1944 BY KOCKUMS M/V A/B, MALMO. OWNED AT TIME OF LOSS BY GUAN GUAN SHIPPING (PTE) LTD. STRUCK REEF NEAR BARREN ISLANDS, WHEN APPROACHING SHAN...

Goldfinger Wreck

1.12.77 VESSEL, WHILST EN-ROUTE NASSAU FOR FRESH CREEK, ANDROS ISLAND, SANK OFF FRESH CREEK AFTER SEAMS OPENED. CONSIDERED A CONSTRUCTIVE TOTAL LOSS...

Gondia Wreck

BUILT 1919 AS 'WAR GRIFFIN'. PASSAGE RANGOON FOR KOBE. LOST IN CYCLONE IN CHINA SEA. (BRITISH STANDARD SHIPS OF WW1).