Sailing Vessel Wrecks 1900-2000

Josette Lynn Wreck

No description

Joyton Wreck

PASSAGE SLIEMA FOR COMINO & GOZO. WAS SEVERELY DAMAGED BY FIRE WHICH STARTED IN ENGINE ROOM & QUICKLY SPREAD. AFTER FIRE WAS EXTINGUISHED VESSEL WAS B...

Kaber Wreck

SANK FOLLOWING A FIRE. CREW OF 4 RECOVERED BY 'LILLY JANE'. (LL).

Karen Wreck

SANK FOLLOWING AN EXPLOSION IN ENGINE ROOM WHILE ON PASSAGE MIDDLESBRO' FOR COPENHAVEN. (REGISTER OF DANISH LOSSES, WW2).

Kate Thomas (Possibly) Wreck

BUILT OF IRON IN 1885 BY W DOXFORD & SONS, SUNDERLAND. OWNED AT THE TIME OF LOSS BY W THOMAS, SONS & CO. PASSAGE ANTWERP FOR CARDIFF UNDER TOW OF BELG...

Katie Wreck

BUILT 1882, VESSEL SANK 3M FROM BOGO ISLAND WHILE UNDER TOW BY A FISHING FV. ON PASSAGE COPENHAGEN TO PADSTOW FOR PRESERVATION & USE AS A MUSEUM. (LLO...

Katie & Annie (Possibly) Wreck

SUNK BY SUBMARINE APPROX 25M NW BY W OF LES HANOIS LTHO., GUERNSEY, WHILST EN ROUTE FROM CARDIFF TO ST MALO. CAPTURED & SUNK BY SUBMARINE 25...

Kennebec (1921) Wreck

FOUNDERED

Kia Ora Wreck

SUNK BY BOMBS FROM SUBMARINE. FORMERLY A BARGE BUT AT DATE OF LOSS USED AS MOTOR SAILING VESSEL. OWNED BY WYNNFIELD SHIPPING CO. GRIMSBY. MADE OF WOOD...

Kiki Wreck

RAN AGROUND IN SEAFORD AREA. (LL).

Kindly Light Wreck

PASSAGE HRONFLERUF RO MILFORD. CAPTURED BY SUBMARINE AND SUNK BY GUNFIRE. (WWISL & SIBI).

Kodan Wreck

SUNK BY SUBMARINE 50 MILES E OF THE OUTER SKERRIES. PASSAGE RONNEBY FOR ICELAND. CARGO WOOD.

Kong Oscar 2 Wreck

SUNK BY SUBMARINE IN ENGLISH CHANNEL. (WW1SL). SUNK BY SUBMARINE 30M NW BY W OF CAP DE LA HEVE WHILST EN ROUTE FROM LE HAVRE TO BARBADOS.

Kotia Sultania Wreck

STRUCK REEF DURING BAD WEATHER/POOR VISIBILITY, WHILE ON PASSAGE DJIBOUTI TO BOSASO, SOMALIA, AND SANK. (LL).

Kylie Wreck

BERMUDA RIG

L C Tower (Possibly) Wreck

BUILT OF WOOD IN 1915 BY G M COCHRANE & CO LTD. OWNED AT TIME OF LOSS BY G M COCHRANE & CO LTD. PASSAGE PARRSBOROUGH FOR NEWPORT. CAPTURED BY SUBMARIN...

La Liberte Wreck

BUILT 1895 BY GAUTIER FILS, ST MALO. PASSAGE SWANSEA FOR BOUGIE. SUNK BY GERMAN SUBMARINE U-35, BETWEEN IRELAND AND CORNWALL IN THE BRISTOL CHANNEL. (...

Lady Mira Wreck

BUILT IN 1881. SUFFERED COLLISION WITH FV M.D.A.C. AND SANK WHILE UNDER TOW. PASSAGE GRANVILLE FOR HAMBLE. (THV 'PATRICIA').

Lady Non (Possibly) Wreck

PROBABLE SMALL WK WITH SLIGHT STBD LIST, BOWS SW

Lady Of The Lake Wreck

BUILT OF WOOD. PASSAGE CORK FOR NEWPORT. CAPTURED BY SUBMARINE & SUNK BY BOMBS. NO LIVES LOST. (WW1SL, LLWW1 & SII).

Lamorna Wreck

BUILT IN 1902. (SIBI). PASSAGE GOSPORT FOR THE S CHINA SEA. IN DISTRESS IN HEAVY WEATHER, TAKEN IN TOW BUT SANK BETWEEN MILFORD AND BARTON. (LLOYDS).

Laura Wreck

CAPTURED AND SUNK BY GERMAN SUBMARINE 25M N FROM FECAMP. (WW1SL).

Laura C Anderson (Possibly) Wreck

CAPTURED AND SUNK BY SUBMARINE WHILST EN ROUTE FROM NEW ORLEANS TO FRANCE. (WW1SL & LL WW1).

Le Bijou Wreck

PASSAGE FOR FISHING GROUNDS AND RETURN. CAPTURED BY GERMAN SUBMARINE AND SUNK BY BOMBS. CREW FORCED TO ABANDON SHIP. (LLWW1 & SIBI).

Leader Wreck

STRUCK SUBMERGED OBJECT & SANK. NO LIVES LOST. CREW LANDED IN OWN BOAT AT ANGLE POINT.

Leone Jeanne Wreck

RAN ON THE BANK 300YDS SW FROM Q.2 RED BUOY.

Leontine Wreck

SUNK BY SUBMARINE IN THE BAY OF BISCAY. (WW1 SL).

Libertad Wreck

REPORTED TO HAVE EXPLODED & SUNK AT LA GRANDE-MOTTE. (LL).

License To Kill (Possibly) Wreck

SANK FOLLOWING FIRE. (PORTLAND CG).

Lilian H Wreck

CAPTURED THEN SUNK BY GERMAN SUBMARINE.

Liverpool Wreck

LOST OFF HOUMETS FLORAINS. (CHANNEL ISLANDS WKS). BOUND ANTWERP FOR SAN FRANCISCO. STRANDED ON THE NORTHEAST END OF ALLDERNEY. SA...

Livlig Wreck

FOUNDERED IN A GALE. ALL HANDS SAVED. (RNLI RECORDS).

Lizzie Ellen Wreck

CAPTURED & SUNK BY BOMBS BY SUBMARINE 46M S FROM START POINT. (WW1SL). SUNK BY SUBMARINE 30M NW OF ROCHES DOUVRES LTHO. ON PASSAG...

Llandulas (Probably) Wreck

?SMALL WK, ?NETTED, IN SCOUR RUNNING 039/219DEGS

Lochranza Castle Wreck

STRANDED & SANK.

Lota Wreck

BUILT IN 1878. PASSAGE CONNAH'S QUAY FOR LIVERPOOL. SANK, CAUSE NOT RECORDED.

Louie Bell Wreck

CAPTURED AND BOMBED BY GERMAN SUBMARINE UB 58 15M N FROM CHERBOURG. (WW1SL & DER KRIEG ZUR SEE). SUNK BY SUBMARINE 15M NW OF CHERBOURG WHILS...

Lucinda (Possibly) Wreck

BUILT OF WOOD IN 1869 BY BELLOT, JERSEY. PASSAGE COWES FOR LLANELLI. FOUNDERED. (SIBI).

Luna Wreck

BUILT 1885 BY GERMANIA-WERFT, KIEL AS A BARQUE. PASSAGE LIVERPOOL FOR WELLINGTON. GENERAL CARGO. LOST FORETOPMAST AND OTHER GEAR AND WAS DRIVEN ASHORE...

Magellan Wreck

No description

Maggie Smith (Possibly) Wreck

WOODEN HULL. CAPTURED BY GERMAN SUBMARINE AND SUNK BY SCUTTLING CHARGES. (WW1SL & SIBI).

Maia Wreck

CAPTURED & SUNK BY SUBMARINE IN THE BAY OF BISCAY. (WW1 SL).

Maia (Possibly) Wreck

SUNK BY SUBMARINE IN THE BAY OF BISCAY. (LL WW1).

Majorka Wreck

BUILT IN 1882 BY R DUNCAN & CO. OWNED AT TIME OF LOSS BY K BRUUSGAARD. TORPEDOED AND SUNK BY A GERMAN SUBMARINE. (DODS & WW1SL).

Mallard Wreck

SUNK AS DERELICT.

Malvina Wreck

PASSAGE PORT TALBOT FOR BORDEAUX. SUNK BY A GERMAN SUBMARINE, 15M OFF USHANT. (LL WW1).

Marco Polo Wreck

11.6.08 BUILT 1892 OF STEEL BY GRANGEMOUTH DOCKYARD CO, GRANGEMOUTH. OWNED AT TIME OF LOSS BY ACT. MARCO POLO. PASSAGE MO, SWEDEN FOR MELBOURNE. WEN...

Margarite Wreck

No description

Maria Asumpta Wreck

EX-CIUDAD DE INCA '53, EX-PEPITA '30S. BUILT IN 1858 IN BADALONA, SPAIN. TWIN 6 CYLINDER OIL ENGINES OF 175 BHP EACH. STRUCK ROCKS CLOSE W OF PENTIRE...

Maria Fidels Wreck

No description

Maria Jose Wreck

CAPTURED AND SUNK BY GERMAN SUBMARINE ABOUT 25M 50DEGS SW FROM LUNDY I. (BOT WR 8/7).

Maria Santissima Della Libera (Possibly) Wreck

PASSAGE FROM LIPARI TO MILAZZO. RAN AGROUND AT PUNTA MAZZA & LATER SANK. (NAVI MERCANTILI PERDUTE).

Marie Alfred Wreck

SUNK BY SUBMARINE. METHOD UNKNOWN. (LL WW1 & WW1SL).

Marie Magdeline Wreck

PASSAGE CALAIS FOR RUNCORN. CAPTURED AND SUNK BY GERMAN SUBMARINE U101. (WW1SL, KRIEG ZUR ZEE, SIBI).

Marie Marguerite (Possibly) Wreck

EX-MARTHA THERESE, EX-TERNEHOLMEN. BUILT IN 1919 BY TERNEHOLMENS VERFT, ARENDAL. OWNED AT TIME OF LOSS BY SKIBS A/S MARTHA THERESE. AUXILIARY 4 CLYIND...

Marion Wreck

CAPTURED & SUNK BY A GERMAN SUBMARINE OFF SW IRELAND. (WW1SL).

Marion Lightbody Wreck

BUILT 1888 BY D & W HENDERSON AND CO LTD, GLASGOW. OWNED AT TIME OF LOSS BY REDERIAKTIEB AURA (J. TENGSTROM). SUNK 40M S OF GALLEY HD. NO LIVES LOST....

Marques Wreck

BUILT OF WOOD IN 1917 BY PUEBLO NUEVO DEL NARE, VALENCIA. OWNED AT TIME OF LOSS BY MARK LITCHFIELD. RIGGED AS A BARQUE. PASSAGE BERMUDA FOR HALIFAX IN...

Marsouin Wreck

PASSAGE BREST FOR SWANSEA. CAPTURED BY SUBMARINE AND SUNK. (WW1SL & LL WW1). FOUNDERED. (SIBI).

Martha Edmonds Wreck

PASSAGE ROUEN FOR SEVILLE. CAPTURED AND SUNK BY GUNFIRE FROM GERMAN SUBMARINE U38 MIDWAY BETWEEN THE SCILLIES AND USHANT. (NAVAL STAFF MONOGRAPHS VOL...

Mary (1944) Wreck

Year Built: 1930, Misc Information: #230135

Mary Ashburner Wreck

BUILT OF WOOD IN 1877. PASSAGE CHARLESTOWN, CORNWALL FOR RUNCORN. SANK FOLLOWING COLLISION WITH SS CASTILLIAN. (SIBI).

Mary Orr Wreck

BUILT IN 1868 BY C CONNELL & CO, GLASGOW. OWNED AT TIME OF LOSS BY MARWOOD & CO. COMPOSITE CONSTRUCTION. PASSAGE RUNCORN FOR DIEPPE. WAS CAPTURED BY S...

Mary Stewart Wreck

NAME GIVEN AS BOTH MARY STUART & MARY STEWART. RAN AGROUND OR LAID UP ON THE BEACH NEAR SCARINISH HARBOUR ABOUT 1938 AND ALLOWED TO GO TO PIECES. (SHI...

Matador Wreck

DROVE ASHORE ON CROSBY BEACH.

Matilda Wreck

BUILT IN 1870 BY J. BANKS OF SELBY. OWNED AT TIME OF LOSS BY W. SKILTON. WOODEN CONSTRUCTION, POWERED BY SAIL AND AUX SCREW PARAFFIN ENGINE OF 14HP. M...

Maxwell Wreck

BUILT OF IRON IN 1887 BY T ROYDEN & SONS, LIVERPOOL. OWNED AT TIME OF LOSS BY J EDGAR & CO. PASSAGE SAN FRANCISO FOR HULL. SANK FOLLOWING COLLISION WI...

May Wreck

CAPTURED BY SUBMARINE & SUNK BY BOMBS. (WW1SL).

May Girl Wreck

SANK, CAUSE UNKNOWN.

Mediterranean (Possibly) Wreck

BUILT OF WOOD IN 1867 BY J EVANS, ABERYSTWYTH. OWNED AT TIME OF LOSS BY MRS A CADOGAN, COOSHEEN. PASSAGE NEWPORT, MON, FOR SCHULL, CO CORK. CAPTURED T...

Mercedes De Abona Wreck

WOODEN HULL

Merle Wreck

BUILT OF IRON IN 1863 BY WESTWOOD, LONDON. OWNED AT TIME OF LOSS BY P L MOLLER, MANDAL. PASSAGE MEXICO FOR FALMOUTH. SANK FOLLOWING COLLISION WITH FRE...

Merlin Wreck

PASSAGE SAMPIT FOR TANJUNG PERAK. SUFFERED ENGINE FAILURE IN ROUGH SEAS. CAPSIZED AND SANK. (LL).

Merry Widow Wreck

SANK, CAUSE NOT REPORTED. CREW SAFE. (LL).

Midge Wreck

No description

Miefield Wreck

CAPTURED BY SUBMARINE AND THEN SUNK.

Millmer Wreck

25.9.81 BURNT OUT & SANK. (LL, 25.9.81).

Minnie Coles Wreck

No description

Miranda Wreck

BUILT OF WOOD IN 1870 BY ARBROATH SHIPPING CO. OWNED AT TIME OF LOSS BY J A CLEMENTS. PASSAGE FALMOUTH FOR WESTONPOINT & RUNCORN. HAVING BEEN IN COLLI...

Mizpah (Possibly) Wreck

PROBABLY BURIED, ONLY SCOUR WITH 25MTR RADIUS

Moel Tryvan Wreck

BUILT OF IRON IN 1884 BY WILLIAM DOXFORD & SONS, SUNDERLAND FOR THE GWYNEDD SHIPPING CO, LIVERPOOL (W E JONES, CARNARVON). A FOUR MASTED SAILING VESSE...

Mongoose Wreck

LOST 116DEGS, 1M FROM DOVER HBR. (LLOYDS 213).

Monica (Possibly) Wreck

SANK AFTER STRIKING SUBMERGED OBJECT. PASSAGE THAMES FOR CHICHESTER.

Moody Lady Wreck

STRANDED ON WEST POLE BANK ENTRANCE TO CHICHESTER HBR. (LLOYDS VOL.212).

Morna Wreck

PASSAGE PORTLAND OREGON FOR QUEENSTOWN. CAPTURED AND SUNK BY GERMAN SUBMARINE U35 OFF SW IRELAND. (NAVAL STAFF MONOGRAPHS VOL 14, WW1 FMSL).

Morven Wreck

STEEL BARQUE BUILT 1893 BY R DUNCAN & CO. LTD, PORT GLASGOW. VESSEL, ON PASSAGE TACOMA, USA FOR LIMERICK, WAS DRIFTING WITH LITTLE SAIL AWAITING A PIL...

Mouche Wreck

CAPTURED AND SUNK BY GERMAN SUBMARINE. (WW1SL). SUNK BY SUBMARINE 25M SE OF THE LIZARD WHILST EN ROUTE FROM CHERBOURG TO SWANSEA. (LLWW1).

Mount Carmel Wreck

STRUCK UNSEEN WRECK AWASH. (BOT).

Mountain Laurel (Possibly) Wreck

BUILT OF IRON IN 1865 BY R WILLIAMSON & SON LTD, HARRINGTON. OWNED AT TIME OF LOSS BY ACTIES MOUNTAIN LAUREL. PASSAGE BARROW-IN-FURNESS FOR SEYDISJGOR...

Musaffiri Wreck

SANK DURING HEAVY WEATHER OFF MUKHA, NEAR SURAKTAL.

My Lady Wreck

SANK ABOUT 665YDS W BY N HALF N (MAG) OFF THE NORTH PIERHEAD OF THE GARSTON NORTH DOCK ENTRANCE AFTER BEING IN COLLISION WITH SS 'BALNIEL 2'.

Mysterytu Wreck

5.10.76 TWO PERSONS RESCUED FROM LIFERAFT OFF ORCOMBE POINT, EXMOUTH WHO ABANDONED THEIR YACHT WHICH IS AGROUND BETWEEN TEIGNMOUTH AND DAWLISH. (LL,...