Sailing Vessel Wrecks 1800-1900

Parkfield Wreck

STRANDED IN FOG

Parmelia Wreck

CAUGHT FIRE & SANK IN ST CATHERINES DOCK, CREMYLL POINT, DEVONPORT. BUILT AT QUEBEC IN 1829. TRADED FOR 10 YEARS FROM ENGLAND TO W. AUSTRALIA. HELPED...

Pegasus (Possibly) Wreck

BUILT IN 1867 BY LAWRENCE, NOVA SCOTIA. OWNED AT TIME OF LOSS BY W P WILLIAMS, BANGOR. PASSAGE SAPELO, GEORGIA FOR LIVERPOOL. WRECKED IN NW X N FORCE...

Perseverance Wreck

DROVE ON SHORE ON BURBO BANK. AFTERWARDS CAPSIZED AND SANK ABOUT 350YDS SW BY 1/2 W FROM C5 RED BUOY.

Peter Varkevisser (Possibly) Wreck

BUILT OF WOOD IN 1875. OWNED AT TIME OF LOSS BY F JONES, MILFORD HAVEN. PASSAGE PORTHMADOG FOR CARDIFF. FOUNDERED NEAR PENRHYN DU POINT IN ESE FORCE 1...

Pigeon Wreck

SUNK ABOUT 100 FMS SE BY E FROM C3 RED BUOY AFTER BEATING OVER PART OF BURBO BANK.

Planet Wreck

BUILT OF WOOD. SUNK BY COLLISION, LATER DISPERSED.

Pliny Wreck

STRANDED

Polly Campbell Wreck

SANK FOLLOWING COLLISION WITH BRIG 'GUSTAFVA' OF DOUST. (GRIMSBY LOSS LIST).

Polly Williams Wreck

BUILT OF WOOD IN 1864 AT RHYL. OWNED AT TIME OF LOSS BY E HALL, CLARK, LANCASHIRE. PASSAGE ULVERSTONE FOR ELLSMERE PORT. WHEN AT ANCHOR IN CROSBY CHAN...

Port Chalmers Wreck

VESSEL, BUILT 1884, BY RUSSEL & CO., GREENOCK. ON PASSAGE SEMARANG TO LIVERPOOL. RAN AGROUND ON WREA ROCK, MANACLES, AFTER HAVING BEEN LAID UP IN FALM...

Powhatan (1854) Wreck

STRANDED IN BLINDING SNOWSTORM

Premier Wreck

FOUNDERED. (GRIMSBY LOSS LIST).

Progress Wreck

COLLIDED WITH 'MYRTLE'. (GRIMSBY LOSS LIST).

Prosperity Wreck

CAPSIZED & LOST ON THE BINKS IN GALE.

Prudence Wreck

DROVE ASHORE ON TAYLOR'S BANK. RSDRA2025000169193 12.05.25 NOT LOCATED IN M/B DATASET 2025. (PEEL PORTS LIVERPOOL, DTD 17.03.25). AMEND DE...

Queen (1850) Wreck

Crew: 15

Queen (Possibly) Wreck

VESSEL WAS CARRYING INJURED TROOPS OF LORD WELLINGTON'S ARMY AND THEIR FAMILIES FROM LISBON AND CADIZ FOR PORTSMOUTH, WHEN SHE WAS DRIVEN ASHORE IN A...

Rajah Wreck

PASSAGE BARRY FOR HONG KONG. FOUNDERED OFF LUNDY IN HEAVY WEATHER. PROBABLY ONLY 2 SURVIVORS. (LLOYDS).

Rambler Wreck

BUILT IN 1875 BY BELLOT, JERSEY, CHANNEL ISLANDS. OWNED AT TIME OF LOSS BY J P TOQUE, ST HELLIER. PASSAGE JERSEY FOR LIVERPOOL. SANK ABOUT 390YDS W QU...

Raoul Et Aurelie Wreck

GROUNDED ON JORDAN FLATS. WAS TOWED OFF & SUNK NEARLY MID-CHANNEL BETWEEN C3 RED BUOY & CROSBY LIGHTSHIP IN 8FMS AT LOW WATER.

Raven Wreck

SUNK IN MID-RIVER OFF CANADA BASIN.

Rebecca Sleight Wreck

SANK FOLLOWING COLLISION WITH SUNDERLAND-REGISTERED 'FRANKLAND'. (GRIMSBY LOSS LIST).

Recta Wreck

STRANDED

River Levan Wreck

BUILT OF IRON IN 1877 BY A STEPHEN & SONS OF GLASGOW. OWNED AT TIME OF LOSS BY W D DENNY & CO OF GLASGOW. CREW OF 18. RUN DOWN AND SUNK BY SWEDISH STE...

Rjukan Wreck

STRANDED IN FOG

Robert Wreck

BUILT 1840 ELLIS, NEVIN. PASSAGE PORT DINORWIC FOR SOUTHAMPTON. (SIBI).

Robert & Elizabeth Wreck

DROVE ASHORE ON CROSBY BEACH ABOUT 1500YDS E BY N HALF N FROM C6 BLACK BUOY.

Robert Marsden Wreck

RAN ON SHORE ON JORDAN FLATS. WENT TO PIECES.

Robert Seymour Wreck

BUILT OF WOOD IN 1839. OWNED AT TIME OF LOSS BY MRS PIM, WICKLOW. PASSAGE LIVERPOOL FOR WICKLOW. STRANDED IN SSW FORCE 7. (SIBI).

Rona Or Arona Wreck

BUILT IN 1867 IN GLASGOW. OWED ATIME OF LOSS BY E A CLIFF, LIVERPOOL. PASSAGE MONTEGO BAY FOR LIVERPOOL. GROUNDED IN FOG AND BROKE UP. SOME CARGO RECO...

Rose Of Devon Wreck

ON VOYAGE FROM PLYMOUTH TO CARDIFF WITH BALLAST WHEN SHE STRUCK FAR OUT IN THE SURF OFF PORTREATH DURING A NNW GALE. LIGHTNING AND HEAVY RAIN SQUALLS...

Rosebud (Possibly) Wreck

WOODEN HULL. PASSAGE GRIMSBY FOR FISHING GROUNDS AND RETURN. SANK FOLLOWING A COLLISION WITH NINA OF HULL. (GRIMSBY LOSS LIST & SIBI).

Rosehill (Probably) Wreck

BUILT IN 1875 OF IRON BY R WILLIAMSON & SON, HARRINGTON. OWNED AT TIME OF LOSS BY H B VARWELL, EXETER. PASSAGE TEIGHMOUTH FOR ANTWERP. SANK FOLLOWING...

Rover Wreck

SANK FOLLOWING A COLLISION WITH LYRA. (GRIMSBY LOSS LIST).

Royal Adelaide Wreck

BUILT OF IRON IN 1864 BY GIBBS, BRIGHT & CO, BRISTOL. OWNED AT TIME OF LOSS BY MERCHANS TRADING CO LTD. PASSAGE LONDON FOR SYDNEY, NSW. RAN ON TO CHES...

Royal Arthur Wreck

WRECKED ON ROCKS NEAR HOOK HEAD IN THICK FOG WHILE ON PASSAGE SAN FRANCISCO TO LIVERPOOL. (SII)

Royal Charter Wreck

BUILT IN 1855 BY GIBBS, BRIGHT & CO, SANDYCROFT IRON WORKS, RIVER DEE. OWNED AT TIME OF LOSS BY THE LIVERPOOL AND AUSTRALIAN SS NAVIGATION CO. A FAST...

Rtc No.9 Wreck

OWNED AT TIME OF LOSS BY TYNE COMMISSIONERS. SINGLE SHAFT. SANK FOLLOWING COLLISION WITH HMS ENDYMION. (LLOYDS).

Ruby Wreck

SUNK ABOUT 0.25 MILES E FROM FORMBY LTV AFTER STRIKING ON ZEBRA FLATS. RSDRA2025000169193 12.05.25 NOT LOCATED IN M/B DATASET 2025. (PEEL...

Rushing Water Wreck

BUILT OF WOOD IN 1864 BY ROBINSON, SUNDERLAND. OWNED AT TIME OF LOSS BY CHARLES NEWMAN. PASSAGE SUNDERLAND FOR MADRAS. SANK FOLLOWING COLLISION WITH S...

Saint Louis Wreck

No description

Salacia Wreck

COLLIDED WITH LORD NELSON. (GRIMSBY LOSS LIST).

Salisbury Wreck

Owner: G Cleagh & Co, Year Built: 1878, Where Built: Newcastle, England

Samuel Willets Wreck

STRANDED

Sancho Wreck

SANK FOLLOWING COLLISION WITH LORD SALISBURY OF HULL. (GRIMSBY LOSS LIST).

Sappho Wreck

SANK FOLLOWING COLLISION WITH SS GLENAVON OF NEWCASTLE.

Sarah Wreck

BUILT OF WOOD IN 1838. OWNED AT TIME OF LOSS BY SEVERN & CANAL CARRYING CO. PASSAGE CARDIFF FOR GLOUCESTER. FOUNDERED IN SE FORCE 3 FOLLOWING COLLISIO...

Sarah Anderson (Possibly) Wreck

BUILT IN 1865 BY T ROYDEN & SONS. OWNED AT THE TIME OF LOSS BY R G SHARP & CO. PASSAGE COQUIMBO FOR FLEETWOOD. CAME TO ANCHOR NEAR PORT ISSAC IN A DIS...

Sarah Anne Wreck

FELL ACROSS BOWS OF SS PRADO & SANK IMMEDIATELY, NEARLY MID-RIVER OFF N END OF PRINCESS STAGE. 3 LIVES LOST.

Sarah Fox Wreck

SUNK ABOUT 0.5M NW FROM Q.1 BLACK BUOY AFTER STRIKING ON QUEEN'S CHANNEL BAR.

Sarah Sands Wreck

BUILT IN 1845. PASSAGE LIVERPOOL FOR BOMBAY. WAS WRECKED ON THE LACCADIVE ISLANDS. (DODS & LT CDR J H MCGIVERING).

Save All Wreck

REGISTERED IN GRIMSBY. OWNED AT TIME OF LOSS BY W MOSS OF GRIMSBY. OUT FROM GRIMSBY, FISHING. FOUNDERED IN LIGHT AIRS WITH FOG, AFTER COLLISION WITH S...

Save-All Wreck

BUILT 1880. OWNED AT TIME OF LOSS BY W MOSS, GRIMSBY. PASSAGE GRIMSBY FOR FISHING GROUNDS AND RETURN. SANK FOLLOWING COLLISION WITH HULL-REGISTERED 'E...

Seahorse Wreck

BUILT IN 1784. PASSAGE DEAL FOR SOUTHERN IRELAND. ON BOARD THIS TRANSPORT SHIP WERE MEN & ARMS FROM THE 59TH REG EMBARKED WITH JAMES GIBB AS MASTER. S...

Secret Wreck

WOODEN HULL. OWNED AT TIME OF LOSS BY T CAMPBELL, GRIMSBY. PASSAGE GRIMSBY FOR FISHING GROUNDS AND RETURN. SANK AFTER COLLISION WITH MIDDLESBROUGH-REG...

Severn Wreck

SUNK ABOUT 0.5M SOUTH FROM C2 RED BUOY AFTER COLLISION.

Shetucket Wreck

Year Built: 1844, Where Built: Norwich, CT, Misc Information: #23165; Cargo saved; Ship lost

Silver Fir Wreck

BUILT OF WOOD IN 1885. OWNED AT TIME OF LOSS BY P P LANGLOIS, JERSEY. PASSAGE HULL FOR GUERNSEY. SANK IN SW FORCE 8. (SIBI & GRIMSBY LOSS LIST).

Silver Queen Wreck

SANK AFTER COLLIDING WITH FLOATING WRECKAGE. (GRIMSBY LOSS LIST).

Simla Wreck

BUILT OF IRON IN 1854 BY TOD & MCGREGOR. FOUR MASTED AND SHIP RIGGED. ORIGINALLY OWNED BY P & O AS A SS. IN 1878 MACHINERY WAS REMOVED AND WAS SOLD TO...

Simla Wreck

BUILT OF IRON IN 1854 BY TOD & MCGREGOR. FOUR MASTED AND SHIP RIGGED. OWNED AT THE TIME OF LOSS BY DEVITT & MOORE, SANK FOLLOWING A COLLISION WITH BRI...

Sir Charles Napier Wreck

BUILT IN 1841 BY MIRAMICHI, NEW BRUNSWICK. OWNED AT TIME OF LOSS BY LOCKETTS OF LONDON. PASSAGE LIVERPOOL FOR SIERRA LEONE. STRANDED AND LOST ON KISH...

Siren Wreck

BUILT OR IRON IN 1881. A FULL RIGGED SHIP. OWNED AT TIME OF LOSS BY A & J H CARMICHAEL & CO. PASSGE LONDON FOR SYDNEY. LOST AFTER COLLISION WITH HMS L...

Smyrna Wreck

BUILT IN 1876 OF IRON AS A FULLY RIGGED SHIP BY W HOOD & CO. OWNED AT TIME OF LOSS BY G THOMPSHON & CO. PASSAGE LONDON FOR SYDNEY. GENERAL CARGO. SANK...

Soudan Wreck

26.6.83 BUILT OF STEEL BY RUSSELL & CO, PORT GLASGOW & GREENOCK. FOLLOWING LETTERS, PRESUMABLY PART OF NAME, HAVE BEEN FOUND ON SITE: 'A,D,N,O,P,V.'...

Sovereign (1835) Wreck

STRANDED IN STORM

Sovereign (Possibly) Wreck

IN COLLISION WITH THE BRITISH SS HIGHGATE. BOTH SANK. 8 LIVES LOST.

Sovereign (Possibly) Wreck

BUILT IN 1879 BY J GLEDDES, NOVA SCOTIA. HOME PORT HALIFAX. PASSAGE CARDIFF FOR MONTEVIDEO. CARGO COAL. SANK AFTER RUNNING DOWN AND SINKING SS HIGHGAT...

Spanish Wreck Wreck

COLLISION W/ "CORNELIUS HARGRAVES"

Spindrift Wreck

VESSEL, BUILT IN 1867 BY CONNELL, GLASGOW AND OWNED AT THE TIME OF LOSS BY FINDLAY & CO., WENT AGROUND OFF DUNGENESS WHILST EN ROUTE FROM LONDON TO SH...

Spray Wreck

BUILT 1891. OWNED AT TIME OF LOSS BY H J ATKINSON, GRIMSBY. PASSAGE GRIMSBY FOR FISHING GROUNDS AND RETURN. SANK AFTER BEING RUN DOWN BY FRENCH-REGIST...

St Matthaeus Wreck

BUILT 1870 BY J.W. KLAWITTER, DANZIG. OWNED AT TIME OF LOSS BY G LINCK, DANZIG. PASSAGE LIVERPOOL FOR NEW YORK. DROVE ON SHORE ON EAST HOYLE BANK 0.25...

St Patrick Wreck

STRANDED

St Vincent (Possibly) Wreck

BUILT IN 1867 BY CLARKE, JERSEY. OWNED AT TIME OF LOSS BY SCRUTTON & SONS, GRACE ST, LONDON. PASSAGE ST VINCENT FOR THE ISLES OF SCILLY. STRUCK W EDGE...

Star Wreck

FOUNDERED AFTER COLLISION WITH 'STAG' OF W HARTLEPOOL. (GRIMSBY LOSS LIST).

Star Of Hope Wreck

BUILT IN 1865 BY STEPHENS, PETERHEAD. GERMAN FLAGGED. PASSAGE WILMINGTON, N CAROLINA FOR LIVERPOOL. BELIEVED TO HAVE BEEN CAUGHT IN A SW FORCE 10 AND...

Startled Fawn (Possibly) Wreck

BUILT OF IRON IN 1855 BY CHARLES TAYLEUR & C WARRINGTON. OWNED AT TIME OF LOSS BY FLETCHER. 1165 GT. (M KEANE).

Stephen Whitney Wreck

WRECKED ON WEST CALF ISLAND WITH LOSS OF 92 LIVES, 18 RESCUED. WRECK WENT TO PIECES IN HALF AN HOUR. ON PASSAGE NEW YORK TO LIVERPOOL. CAPT MISTOOK RO...

Sultan Wreck

STRANDED ON TAYLORS BANK AND BECAME A TOTAL WK.

Sunrise Wreck

Misc Information: Total loss

Suzanne Boulet (Possibly) Wreck

BUILT OF WOOD IN 1876. OWNED AT TIME OF LOSS BY H P LEBLOND, ROUEN. PASSAGE LE HAVRE FOR LIVERPOOL. STRANDED 1N W FORCE 5 WIND.

Sydney Dacres (Possibly) Wreck

WRECKED ON BILLY RK, AFTER TOW PARTED. VESSEL HAD BEEN WAITING IN STANLEY FOR SIX MONTHS FOR REPLACEMENT MASTS & WAS BEING TOWED OFFSHORE WHEN HAWSER...

Tayleur Wreck

BUILT OF IRON IN 1853 BY BANK-QUAY FOUNDRY LTD. OWNED AT TIME OF LOSS BY PILKINGTON AND WILSONS'S WHITE STAR LINE. PASSAGE LIVERPOOL FOR MELBOURNE. TO...

Tenby Castle Wreck

BUILT OF IRON IN 1868 BY R & J EVANS, LIVERPOOL. OWNED AT TIME OF LOSS BY D RICHARDS, MILLS & CO. PASSAGE ST NAZAIRE FOR BARROW-IN-FURNESS. STRANDED I...

Teviotdale Wreck

BUILT AS A BARQUE IN 1882 BY A STEPHEN & SONS OF GLASGOW. OWNED AT TIME OF LOSS BY KJ & A ROXBURGH OF GLASGOW. PASSAGE CARDIFF FOR BOMBAY. STRANDED AN...

Thomas Wreck

29.8.1898 DROVE ASHORE ON BEACH ABOUT 0.25 MILE SSW FROM FORMBY LIFEBOAT HOUSE. WAS FLOATED ON 29.8.1898 BY OWNER BUT BAD WEATHER PREVENTED HER FROM...

Thomas Wreck

SANK ABOUT 2 MILES SSW 1/2 W FROM QUEENS CHANNEL BELL BN.

Thomas Jackson (Possibly) Wreck

WOODEN HULL. PASSAGE HULL FOR LEITH AND MIRAMICHI. STRUCK THE S SIDE OF CRUMSTONE AND BECAME A TOTAL WK. 5 LOST. (SIBI)

Thracian Wreck

BUILT IN 1892 OF STEEL BY R DUNCAN & CO LTD. OWNED AT TIME OF LOSS BY W THOMPSON & CO. SANK WHILE UNDER TOW OF S TUG SARAH JOLLIFFE TO LIVERPOOL TO FI...

Tobit And Annie Wreck

SUNK IN COLLISION WITH NORWEGIAN BARQUE 'BRUDDER'. (GRIMSBY LOSS LIST).

Tomath (Or Thomas) Wreck

PASSAGE FOR CANADA. WRECKED NEAR ORSAY ISLAND LT HO. 2 LOCOMOTIVES AS DECK CARGO.

Tommy Campbell (Possibly) Wreck

BUILT OF WOOD IN 1884. PASSAGE GRIMSBY TO FISHING GROUNDS AND RETURN. FOUNDERED.

Tower Wreck

SANK IN CROSBY CHANNEL BETWEEN C5 & C6 BUOYS AFTER BEING AGROUND ON TAYLORS BANK. (LIVERPOOL WK RECORDS)

Traveller Wreck

No description

Triton Wreck

VESSEL, BUILT 1822, FOUNDERED ON THE BINKS, WHILST EN-ROUTE SHIELDS TO TEIGNMOUTH. OWNED AT TIME OF LOSS BY M BUTCHER. (SHIPWRECK INDEX OF BRITISH ISL...

Try Wreck

BUILT OF WOOD IN 1870 AT WIDNES, LANCASHIRE. OWNED AT TIME OF LOSS BY R ROBINSON, ANNAN, DUMFIRES. PASSAGE LIVERPOOL FOR ANNAN. SANK IN CROSBY CHANNEL...

Tsernogora Wreck

STRANDED

Two Brothers Wreck

FOUNDERED IN N SEA. (GRIMSBY LOSS LIST).

Ucal Wreck

SANK FOLLOWING A COLLISION WITH SS HARRATON OF SUNDERLAND.