Steam Ship Wrecks 1900-2000
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BUILT IN 1911 BY J CROWN & SONS LTD, SUNDERLAND. OWNED AT TIME OF LOSS BY PORTHCAWL SS CO LTD. TWO BOILERS, TRIPLE EXPANSION ENGINE OF 220 NHP, SINGLE...
Portia Wreck
BUILT IN 1914 BY TRONDHJEMS MEK. VERSTED. OWNED AT TIME OF LOSS BY J LUND & CO. TRIPLE EXPANSION ENGINE OF 116NHP, SINGLE SHAFT. MINED.
Portland (Possibly) Wreck
18.11.81 SANK OFF CLOCH LTHO, FOLLOWING A COLLISION. (I. G. WHITTACKER, 18.11.81).
Portslade (Possibly) Wreck
BOMBED & SUNK BY GERMAN A/C. EN ROUTE SUNDERLAND TO SHOREHAM. (LL WW2 & WW2SL)
Portugal Wreck
BUILT IN 1909 BY CHANTIERS NAVALS ANVEROIS OF HOBOKEN. OWNED AT TIME OF LOSS BY ARMEMENT ADOLF DEPPE. PASSAGE LE HAVRE FOR NEWPORT. TORPEDOED BY U-113...
Possidon Wreck
VESSEL, BUILT 1909, WAS TORPEDOED & SUNK BY GERMAN SUBMAINE WHILST EN-ROUTE NEW ORLEANS & SYDNEY N.S. TO GLASGOW. OWNED AT TIME OF LOSS BY G.N. PITTAS...
Poul Carl Wreck
SUNK IN COLLISION. (DANISH WK RECORDS).
Powhatan (Probably) Wreck
VESSEL BUILT IN 1898 BY SIR J LAING & SONS. 567 NHP, WITH TRIPLE EXPANSION ENGINES. OWNED AT TIME OF LOSS BY TANK STORAGE & CARRIAGE COMPANY. SUNK BY...
Pr Abbas Wreck
No description
Predsednik Kopajtic Wreck
BUILT IN 1928 BY CLYDE SB & E CO LTD. OWNED AT TIME OF LOSS BY JADRANSKA PLOVIDVA DD. TRIPLE EXPANSION ENGINE OF 188NHP. PASSAGE TRINIDAD FOR DEMERERA...
Prescodoc Wreck
TORPEDOED BY U 160. PASSAGE DEMARARA FOR TRINIDAD. (WW2SL, LL WW2, AXIS SUBMARINE SUCCESSES).
President Wreck
WENT ASHORE AT WHAPNESS, NEAR EYEMOUTH, ON VOYAGE FROM HAMBURG TO METHIL. VESSEL, BUILT 1907, RAN GROUND IN THICK FOG ON ROCKY REEF WHUP NES...
President Leroy Lallier Wreck
TORPEDOED BY GERMAN SUBMARINE.
Presto Wreck
MINED. 6 LIVES LOST. (DODS).
Presto (Possibly) Wreck
EX-DUNELM, BUILT IN 1916 BY R THOMPSON & SONS, LTD, SUNDERLAND, WITH ONE BOILER, TRIPLE EXPANSION ENGINE OF 150HP, SINGLE SHAFT. AFT MACHINERY BY NE M...
Presto (Possibly) Wreck
BUILT IN 1905 BY J CROWN & SONS LTD, SUNDERLAND. OWNED AT TIME OF LOSS BY PELTON SS CO LTD. ONE BOILER, TRIPLE EXPANSION ENGINE OF 135NP, SINGLE SHAFT...
Preston North End Wreck
VESSEL REPORTEDLY STRANDED ON GEIRFUGLADRANGAR REEF, SW OF ELDY SAEBERG, ICELAND.(GRIMSBY LOSS LIST)
Prestonian Wreck
BUILT IN 1901 BY ALILSA SHIPBUILDING CO, TROON. OWNED AT TIME OF LOSS BY PRESTON STEAM NAVIGATION CO LTD. ONE BOILER, TRIPLE EXPANSION ENGINE OF 126NH...
Preussen Wreck
VESSEL, BUILT 1926, STRUCK A MINE & SUNK OFF OLAND ISLAND. OWNED AT TIME OF LOSS BY GERMAN GOVERNMENT. (DODS)
Prima Wreck
BUILT IN 1885 BY J L MEYER, PAPENBURG. OWNED AT TIME OF LOSS BY A/S D/S PRIMA. ONE BOILER, COMPOUND EXPANSION ENGINE OF 41NHP, SINGLE SHAFT. PASSAGE R...
Prima Wreck
SUNK BY A SUBMARINE WHILE ON PASSAGE FROM PORT TALBOT TO BORDEAUX. (LL WW1).
Primo ? Wreck
EX-REMUS, EX-FALSTAD. BUILT IN 1908 BY SCHEEPSWERF J MEIJER, ZALTBOMMEL. OWNED AT TIME OF LOSS BY THE SHIPPING CONTROLLER (J J THOMAS & CO, CARDIFF)....
Primrose (Remains Of)(Possibly) Wreck
BUILT IN 1885 BY H MCINTYRE, PAISLEY. TWO BOILERS, COMPOUND EXPANSION ENGINE OF 44 NHP, SINGLE SHAFT. MACHINEY AFT BY HUTSON & CORBETT, GLASGOW. PASSA...
Primula (Possibly) Wreck
TORPEDOED AND SUNK BY U 31 WHILE ON PASSAGE OSLO TO ENGLAND. (AXIS SUB SUCCESSES, DOD). MINED. (WW2SL; LLOYDS WAR LOSSES).
Prince Albert Wreck
BUILT IN 1904 BY TYNE IRON SHIPBUILDING CO LTD, NEWCASTLE-UPON-TYNE. OWNED AT TIME OF LOSS BY OCEAN SOC ANON BELGE. TWO BOILERS, TRIPLE EXPANSION ENGI...
Prince Rupert City (Probably) Wreck
3.6.41 BOMBED & SUNK BY GERMAN AIRCRAFT. 4 CREW LOST. SINKING DATE GIVEN AS 3.6.41. (SEA BREEZES, MAY '80) 1.6.41 BUILT 1924 BY W GRAY OF S...
Princess Caroline Wreck
BUILT IN 1910 BY CALEDON SB & ENGINEERING CO LTD. OWNED AT TIME OF LOSS BY M LONGLANDS & SONS. ONE BOILER, TRIPLE EXPANSION ENGINE OF 162NHP, SINGLE S...
Princess Ena Wreck
3.8.35 CAUGHT FIRE 3.8.35 WHILE ON PASSAGE, WITHOUT PASSENGERS, FROM JERSEY TO ST MALO WHEN 9M OFF LA CORBIERE. WAS ANCHORED BY CREW AND THEN ABANDO...
Princess Irene Wreck
VESSEL, BUILT 1891 BY W.B. THOMPSON & CO. LTD., DUNDEE, STRANDED IN HIGH WINDS ON BRIMSTONE ROCKS WHILST ON PASSAGE ABERDEEN TO BRISTOL. OWNED AT TIME...
Princess Juliana Wreck
MINED. (WW1SL).
Princess Maud Wreck
TORPEDOED AND SUNK BY GERMAN SUBMARINE. (WW1SL). NO REFERENCE TO THIS SINKING IN DER KREIG ZUR SEE.
Princess Maud (Possibly) Wreck
PASSAGE LONDON FOR LEITH IN CONVOY. TORPEDOED BY UB-88. 3 MEN LOST. REMAINING CREW OF 23 RECOVERED BY A A TRAWLER, WHICH HAD JUST RECOVERED 11 MEN FRO...
Princess Olga (Possibly) Wreck
BUILT IN 1901 IN PORT GLASGOW. OWNED AT TIME OF LOSS BY M LANGLANDS & SONS, LIVERPOOL. TWO BOILERS, TRIPLE EXPANSION ENGINE OF 125NHP, SINGLE SHAFT. P...
Princess Royal Wreck
BUILT IN 1912 BY CALEDON SHIPBUILDING & ENGINEERING CO LTD, DUNDEE. OWNED AT TIME OF LOSS BY M LANGLANDS & SONS. TRIPLE EXPANSION ENGINE OF 217 NHP, S...
Princess Victoria Wreck
TORPEDOED AND SUNK BY GERMAN SUBMARINE. (WW1SL). REPORTED TO HAVE BEEN SUNK IN COLLISION WITH AN ESCORT. (H3317/15)....
Princess Victoria Wreck
BUILT IN 1894 BY W B THOMPSON & CO LTD, DUNDEE. OWNED AT TIME OF LOSS BY M LANGLANDS & SONS, LIVERPOOL. TWO BOILERS, TRIPLE EXPANSION ENGINE OF 201NHP...
Prins Frederik Hendrik Wreck
PASSAGE CARDIFF FOR BATHURST. BOMBED BY GERMAN AIRCRAFT. ABANDONED ON FIRE, PRESUMED SUNK. (LLWW2).
Prins Frederik Hendrik (Possibly) Wreck
BOMBED & SUNK BY GERMAN AIRCRAFT. PASSAGE CARDIFF FOR BATHURST.
Profit Wreck
TRIPLE EXPANSION ENGINE, SINGLE SHAFT. PASSAGE LONDON FOR HULL. GENERAL CARGO. MINED. LATER DISPERSED. (SIBI).
Progress Wreck
SANK FOLLOWING AN EXPLOSION WHILE ON PASSAGE COPENHAVEN TO STROBY. (DANISH WAR LOSSES).
Proleterka Wreck
VESSEL, [EX 'MORNAR', EX 'KARADJORDJE', EX 'KARAGJORGJE', EX 'VISEGRAD'], BUILT 1913 BY SWAN, HUNTER & WIGHAM RICHARDSON LTD., WALLSEND-ON-TYNE. OWNED...
Pronto Wreck
SUNK BY GERMAN SUBMARINE 13M NW OF USHANT WHILST ON PASSAGE SPAIN FOR LIVERPOOL. (LL WW1).
Proodos Wreck
No description
Protesilaus Wreck
MINED.
Protesilaus (Stern Section)(P Wreck
21.1.40 MINED WHILE EN-ROUTE LIVERPOOL TO BARRY IN BALLAST. BEACHED NEAR SWANSEA ON 21.1.40. LATER CUT IN TWO TO AID REFLOATING. BOW REFLOATED 20...
Providence Wreck
TORPEDOED BY SUBMARINE, WHILST ON PASSAGE CORK FOR FRANCE.
Prunelle Wreck
TORPEDOED BY GERMAN SUBMARINE 12 LIVES LOST
Prunelle Wreck
BUILT IN 1874 IN MALMO. OWNED AT TIME OF LOSS BY THE SHIPPING CONTROLLER (H W & C M EZARD). COMPOUND ENGINES OF 65 RHP FOR 8 KNOTS. THE CAPTAIN AND 11...
Ptarmigan Wreck
ONE BOILER, COMPOUND EXPANSION ENGINE, SINGLE SHAFT. PASSAGE LONDON FOR ROTTERDAM. TORPEDOED AND SUNK BY GERMAN SUBMARINE.
Ptarmigan Wreck
TORPEDOED BY SUBMARINE EN ROUTE LONDON TO ROTTERDAM. 8 CREW MEMBERS KILLED.
Pugliola (Possibly) Wreck
VESSEL, BUILT 1917 BY DETROIT SHIPBUILDING CO. OWNED AT TIME OF LOSS BY G.B. BIBOLINI. STRUCK A MINE & SANK.
Pukkastan Wreck
TORPEDOED AND FIRED ON BY SUBMARINE. (WW2SL). BUILT IN 1929 BY SHORT BROS. OWNED AT TIME OF LOSS BY THE HINDUSTAN SS CO. TRIPLE E...
Pulborough Wreck
BOMBED AND SUNK BY GERMAN AIRCRAFT WHILE ON PASSAGE TYNE TO SHOREHAM. (WW2SL & LL WW2).
Punta Wreck
BUILT IN 1921 BY SWAN HUNTER & WIGHAM RICHARDSON, SUNDERLAND. OWNED AT TIME OF LOSS BY CIA DE NAV PUNTA GORDA SA. TWO BOILERS, TRIPLE EXPANSION ENGINE...
Pytheas Wreck
BUILT IN 1895 BY RICHARDSON, DUCK & CO. OWNED AT TIME OF LOSS BY O A T SKJEIBRED. TORPEDOED BY U-35. (DODS, WW1SL & KRIEG ZUR SEE).
Pytheas Wreck
1.1.66 BUILT IN 1943 BY CALIFORNIA SB CORPORATION, LOS ANGELES. OWNED AT TIME OF LOSS BY ARMONIA CIA NAV SA. STRUCK A SUBMERGED OBJECT 1.1.66 BETWEE...
Quaggy Wreck
EX-GLENPARK. BUILT IN 1904 BY G BROWN & CO, GREENOCK. SINGLE BOILER, TRIPLE EXPANSION ENGINE OF 99HP, SINGLE SHAFT. MACHINERY BY ROSS & DUNCAN, GLASGO...
Quaggy (Probably) Wreck
EX-GLENPARK. BUILT IN 1904 BY G BROWN & CO, GREENOCK. SINGLE BOILER, TRIPLE EXPANSION ENGINE OF 99HP, SINGLE SHAFT. MACHINERY BY ROSS & DUNCAN, GLASGO...
Quarnero Wreck
BUILT IN 1899 BY RUSSELL & CO, PORT GLASGOW. AN EX-AUSTRIAN VESSEL REQUISITIONED BY THE ITALIAN GOVERNMENT. TRIPLE EXPANSION ENGINE OF 291 NHP, SINGLE...
Quebec Wreck
VESSEL, BUILT 1896 BY R NAPIER & SONS. OWNED AT TIME OF LOSS BY CIE GENERALE TRANSATLANTIQUE. STRUCK A MINE & SANK IN THE BAY OF BISCAY. (DODS)....
Quebra Wreck
BELIEVED TO HAVE RUN AGROUND, AND LATER TO HAVE SLIPPED BACK SINKING TO THE SW OF BIG BLASKET ISLAND. WAS ON PASSAGE NEW YORK TO LIVERPOOL.
Queen Wreck
SANK ABOUT 2.25 MILES SSW (MAG) FROM THE BAR LTV AFTER COLLISION WITH SS VOLTAIRE.
Queen Wilhelmina Wreck
VESSEL, BUILT 1898, OWNED AT TIME OF LOSS BY NEPTUNE STEAM NAVIGATION CO. ON PASSAGE LEITH TO FOWEY, WAS CAPTURED & THEN TORPEDOED BY GERMAN SUBMARINE...
Queensbury (Possibly) Wreck
BUILT IN 1931 BY BURNTISLAND SHIPBUILDING CO, BURNTISLAND. OWNED AT TIME OF LOSS BY HOULDER LINE LTD. THREE BOILERS, TRIPLE EXPANSION ENGINE, SINGLE S...
Queenswood (Part Of)(Possibly) Wreck
BUILT IN 1897 BY ROPNER & SON, STOCKTON-ON-TEES. OWNED AT TIME OF LOSS BY CONSTANTINE & PICKERING SS CO. TWO BOILERS, TRIPLE EXPANSION ENGINE OF 235 N...
Quickstep Wreck
SUNK BY MINE.
Quickstep Wreck
ASHORE AT SOUTH POINT INCHKEITH. LYING ON RIDGE OR ROCKS AND BECAME TOTAL LOSS. (LLOYDS). BUILT IN 1889 BY J PRIESTMAN & CO, SUNDERLAND. ENG...
R J Cullen Wreck
EX-SAN LUCAN, EX-EASTERN KNIGHT. BUILT 1919 BY OSAKA IRON WORKS LTD, OSAKA, JAPAN. OWNED AT TIME OF LOSS BY ATLANTIC TRANSPORTATION CO. FIVE BOILERS,...
Raa (Possibly) Wreck
SANK WHILE ON PASSAGE CARDIFF TO ROTTERDAM.
Raagan Wreck
BUILT IN 1919 BY LAXVAAGS MSK & JENSK, BERGEN. OWNED AT TIME OF LOSS BY THORLEIF LEA. PASSAGE EGERSUND FOR DORDRECHT. SPRANG A LEAK AND SANK. CREW OF...
Rabat Wreck
BUILT IN 1929 BY DEUTCHE WERFT AG. OWNED AT TIME OF LOSS BY OLDENBURG-PORTUGUIESISCHE DAMPFS RHED. BOMBED & SUNK BY CARRIER BASED AIRCRAFT. (DODS).
Rabbi Wreck
SUNK BY GERMAN SUBMARINE UB 18 OFF THE CASQUETS, CHANNEL ISLANDS. (NAVAL STAFF MONOGRAPHS, VOL 17). SUNK 6M NW BY N [MAG] OF CASQUETS LTHO....
Rad Wreck
PASSAGE PHILADELPHIA FOR DURBAN. TORPEDOED BY GERMAN SUBMARINE UA. CREW OF 29 SAVED. (LLWW2 & AXIS SUBMARINE SUCCESSES)
Radaas Wreck
VESSEL, BUILT 1890 BY J. READHEAD & SONS, SOUTH SHIELDS AND OWNED AT THE TIME OF LOSS BY DAMPS. SELSK. PRIMULA WAS TORPEDOED AND SUNK BY A GERMAN SUBM...
Radaas (Probably) Wreck
EX-ETHOT ROMANOS. EX-MARSTONMOOR. BUILT IN 1890 BY J REDHEAD & SONS, SOUTH SHIELDS. OWNED AT TIME OF LOSS BY DAMPS SELSK. PRIMULA. TWO BOILERS, TRIPLE...
Radbod Wreck
VESSEL, BUILT 1910 BY THE NORTHUMBERLAND S.B. CO., WAS BOMBED AND SUNK BY BRITISH AIRCRAFT AT AALESUND, NORWAY. OWNED AT TIME OF LOSS BY EMDER DAMPFER...
Radyr Wreck
FOUNDERED IN BIDEFORD BAY. PASSAGE CARDIFF FOR BORDEAUX.
Raffio Wreck
SANK WHEN THE VESSEL TIPPED OVER AND WATER POURED INTO OPEN HOLD, WHILE ENGAGED IN CARGO SALVAGE FROM WK OF 'JEAN MARIE'. ONE LIFE LOST. (STATES SUPER...
Ragna Wreck
VESSEL, BUILT 1892 BY WOOD, SKINNER AND CO, WAS TORPEDOED & SUNK BY A GERMAN SUBMARINE. OWNED AT THE TIME OF LOSS BY ANDERS ISACHSEN. (DODS)....
Ragna (Possibly) Wreck
SUNK BY SUBMARINE 16M NW OF LE HAVRE WHILST EN ROUTE FROM BARRY TO ROUEN. (LL WW1). VESSEL, BUILT IN 1892 BY WOOD, SKINNER & CO. AND OWNED A...
Ragnhild (Possibly) Wreck
BUILT IN 1909 BY BERGENS MV, BERGEN. OWNED AT TIME OF LOSS BY N H HARTMARY & CO. ONE BOILER, TRIPLE EXPANSION ENGINE, SINGLE SHAFT. PASSAGE THE TYNE F...
Ragnhild (Possibly) Wreck
EX-CARBONIA, EX-FINLAND. BUILT IN 1895 BY FLENSBURGER SCHIFFSB, FLENSBURG. OWNED AT TIME OF LOSS BY PELTON SS CO LTD. TWO BOILERS, TRIPLE EXPANSION EN...
Ragni (Probably) Wreck
BUILT IN 1919 BY THE CAMBLETOWN SHIP BUILDING CO. OWNED AT TIME OF LOSS BY REDERI A/B RAGNITO.TWO BOILERS, TRIPLE EXPANSION ENGINE, SINGLE SHAFT. MACH...
Rainbow Wreck
VESSEL, BUILT 1952 BY S.A.B.A.R.N., BRUGES. OWNED AT TIME OF LOSS BY SUNRISE SHIPPING CO., LTD.. ON PASSAGE FROM SEVILLE TO UK. RAN AGROUND AT THE MOU...
Ramo Wreck
BUILT 1921 BY ELTRINGHAMS. WAS BLOWN UP BY A MINE, WHILST LYING ALONGSIDE THE QUAY AT HENNINGSVAER, LOFOTEN ISLANDS. (DODS).
Ramsgarth Wreck
BUILT IN 1910 BY SIR RAYLTON DIXON CO LTD, MIDDLESBROUGH. OWNED AT TIME OF LOSS BY THE SOUTH METROPOLITAN GAS CO. TWO BOILERS, TRIPLE EXPANSION ENGINE...
Ramsholm (Possibly) Wreck
BUILT IN 1909 BY SHORT BROS. OWNED AT THE TIME OF LOSS BY JOHAN HENRIKSSON. TRIPLE EXPANSION ENGINE OF 197NHP, SINGLE SHAFT. WAS INVOLVED IN A COLLISI...
Ramsholm (Probably) Wreck
SUNK IN COLLISION, EN ROUTE ROUEN TO THE TYNE.
Ranee Wreck
SANK FOLLOWING A COLLISION WITH SIAMESE STEAM NAV CO, SS BORIBAT. 31 LIVES LOST.
Ranza (Probably) Wreck
SUNK BY GERMAN SUBMARINE WHILE ON PASSAGE THE TYNE FOR GIBRALTER. (LL WW1). CAPTURED AND SUNK BY TORPEDO FROM A GERMAN SUBMARINE 50M SW FROM...
Rap Wreck
BOUND FOR GIBRALTER. LOST OFF PIERRES DE BUTES REEF NEAR BURHOU. CREW RESCUED. (WRECKED ON THE CHANNEL ISLANDS [PHOTO P.71]).
Rask (Possibly) Wreck
EX-GOTEBORG, EX-UNO. BUILT IN 1890 BY AA WILTON VAN REEDE, PAPENDRECHT. OWNED AT TIME OF LOSS BY A/S D/S RASK (SIGVALD RISNAGER). ONE BOILER, TRIPLE E...
Rattray Head Wreck
EX-OPTIC. BUILT IN 1921 BY ARDROSSAN DD CO LTD. OWNED AT TIME OF LOSS BY A F HENRY & MCGREGOR LTD. ONE BOILER, TRIPLE EXPANSION ENGINE OF 57NHP, SINGL...
Ravensbourne (Possibly) Wreck
BUILT IN 1916 BY CAMBLETOWN SB CO, CAMBLETOWN. OWNED AT TIME OF LOSS BY SOUTH METROPOLITAN GAS CO LTD. TWO BOILERS, TRIPLE EXPANSION ENGINE, SINGLE SH...
Ravenscraig (Possibly) Wreck
BUILT IN 1899 BY DUNDEE SHIPBUILDERS DUNDEE. OWNED AT TIME OF LOSS BY KIRCALDY SS CO LTD. ONE BOILER, COMPOUND EXPANSION ENGINE OF 50HP, SINGLE SHAFT...
Ravensheugh Wreck
BUILT OF IRON IN 1881 BY PALMERS & CO, NEWCASTLE-UPON-TYNE. OWNED AT TIME OF LOSS BY ROBERTSON, MACKIE & CO. ONE BOILER, COMPOUND EXPANSION ENGINE OF...
Ravenshoe Wreck
BUILT IN 1899 BY NORTHUMBERLAND SS CO LTD, NEWCASTLE-UPON-TYNE. PASSAGE LISBON FOR BARRY. OWNED AT TIME OF LOSS BY J CORY, CARDIFF. TWO BOILERS, TRIPL...
Ravnanger (Probably) Wreck
BUILT IN 1919 BY C V DE GIESSEN & ZONEN'S SCHPSV., IJSSEL. OWNED AT TIME OF LOSS BY WESTFLAY LARSEN & CO. TRIPLE EXPANSION ENGINE OF 257HP, SINGLE SHA...
Ravonia (Part) Wreck
TWO BOILERS, TRIPLE EXPANSION ENGINE, SINGLE SHAFT. PASSAGE SUNDERLAND FOR COWES. CAUSE OF LOSS NOT KNOWN. LATER DISPERSED.
Ravonia (Part) (Possibly) Wreck
BROKEN WRECKAGE