Stern Trawler Wrecks 1900-2000

Adrien Pla Wreck

FOUNDERED 70M FROM PORT ETIENNE, WHILST ON PASSAGE PORT ETIENNE TO DAKAR. CREW RESCUED. VESSEL, BUILT 1965 BY N.V. IJSSELWERF, ROTTERDAM. OWNED AT TIM...

Agyimfra Wreck

BUILT IN 1965 BY AKER TRONDELAG A/S, TORNDHEIM. OWNED AT TIME OF LOSS BY BY THE STATE FISHING CORPORATION. REPD TO HAVE BEEN DAMAGED BY FIRE DEC 1983....

Al Motawakil Wreck

STRANDED FOLLOWING FIRE IN LAS PALMAS HBR, LATER SANK. (LLOYDS VOL.259).

Anita I Wreck

HAD FIRE IN ENGINE ROOM WHICH SPREAD TO FISH HOLD. WAS ABANDONED BY CREW AND EVENTUALLY SANK WHILE UNDER TOW OF M SHRIMP TRAWLER JIGI 2.

Bantema Wreck

CAUGHT FIRE IN TEMA HARBOUR. WAS TOWED OUT OF PORT AND SANK 2.75M FROM HBR ENTRANCE. (LL).

Ben Asdale Wreck

VESSEL, BUILT IN 1972 BY A. & C. DE LA MANCHE, DIEPPE, WAS SECURED ALONGSIDE RUSSIAN VESSEL 'ANTARTIKA' OFF FALMOUTH. EITHER SLIPPED OF BROKE ADRIFT I...

Bettina Wreck

VESSEL, BUILT 1985, SUSTAINED MACHINERY DAMAGE, HAD INGRESS OF WATER AND SUBSEQUENTLY SANK 120M SW OF BREST. (LL, VOL 272).

Bishop Burton (Probably) Wreck

BUILT IN 1975 BY THE BEVERLY SHIPBUILDING CO. OWNED AT TIME OF LOSS BY MIKE BURTON. 12 CYLINDER OIL ENGINE OF 850 HP. REPD TAKING IN WATER IN ENGINE R...

Boston Stirling Wreck

RAN AGROUND WHEN SKIPPER, ALONE ON BRIDGE, FELL ASLEEP. ENGINE ROOM FLOODED, LATER CAUGHT FIRE AND CAPSIZED. PASSAGE ULLAPOOL FOR FISHING GROUNDS. CRE...

Bugoyfisk Wreck

GROUNDED AT MAKKAUR LT HO AND LATER CAPSIZED AND SANK. (LL).

Canso Light Wreck

OWNED AT TIME OF LOSS BY RIVERPORT SEAFOODS LTD. PASSAGE GRAND BANKS FOR CANSO. STRANDED ON PINK ROCK, NEAR ENTRANCE TO CANSO HR., DUE TO TIDAL CONDIT...

Cape Brule Wreck

BUILT IN 1972. OWNED AT TIME OF LOSS BY NATIONAL SEA PRODUCTS LTD. RAN AGROUND IN HEAVY SEAS ON SEAL ROCKS (VIEUX MARINS), NW OF GRANDE MIQUELON. (MSD...

Capt. J. Fiddler Wreck

CAPSIZED AND SANK WHILE FISHING. (LLOYDS VOL.287)

Castellano V Wreck

REPORTED TO BE LEAKING. WAS ABANDONED BY CREW AND LATER SANK IN HEAVY SEAS. (LLOYDS VOL.274).

Celtic Sea Wreck

VESSEL BUILT IN 1963, EX 'KAP FARVEL', 'SOUTHERN HUNTER', 'HARVEST HUNTER' & 'MAGASA II' SANK DURING SEA TRIALS. THOUGHT TO BE DUE TO A WATER LEAK IN...

Cesar Vieira Wreck

BUILT IN 1967 BY CANTIERI NAVALI INAZIO TATTOLI. OWNED AT TIME OF LOSS BY IDALTHOMAS SA. ABANDONED BY CREW WHEN AN UNCONTROLLABLE FIRE BROKE OUT ON BO...

Cheryl Louise Wreck

STEEL HULL. SANK, CREW OF THREE RECOVERED.

Cite D'aleth Wreck

REPD TRAWL IN PROPELLER WHEN 6 MILES FROM TUSKAR ROCK. NO FURTHER REPORT. (LL). ASSUMED SUNK.

Crystal Dahlia Wreck

PASSAGE INDONESIA FOR SOUTH KOREA. SANK FOLLOWING A COLLISION WITH PANAMANIAN MV MARINE KINGDOM. (LL).

Dae Wang No 202 Wreck

VESSEL CAUGHT FIRE AND SANK AT LAS PALMAS. LATER TOWED OUT OF HARBOUR AND SANK IN DEEPER WATER. (LLOYDS VOLS.242 & 243).

Daishin Maru 16 Wreck

OWNED AT TIME OF LOSS BY KYOKUYO KK. CAUGHT FIRE WHILE ALONGSIDE AT ST JOHN'S. WAS TOWED OUT OF PORT BUT SANK ON THE WAY TO BAY BULLS. (MSD).

Diashu Maru No 15 Wreck

SANK FOLLOWING A COLLISION. CREW OF 37 RECOVERED. (LL).

Dina (Possibly) Wreck

SANK 7 HOURS AFTER HITTING A SUBMERGED OBJECT. CREW OF 3 TOOK TO LIFERAFT & WERE LATER RECOVERED.

Dong Bang No.53 Wreck

SANK UNDER TOW OF TRAWLER 'PAIS DEL ESTE NO 75'. (LL).

East Bell 505 Wreck

VESSEL, SANK WHEN LEAVING HARBOUR AND FOLLOWING A COLLISION WITH PAKISTAN DESTROYER PNS TUGHRIL. ALL 40 CREW RESCUED BY KARACHI PORT TRUST VESSEL. (LL...

Elias Kleist Wreck

BUILT IN 1973 BY ORSKOVS STALLSKIBSVAERT I/S, FREDRIKSHAVN. OWNED AT TIME OF LOSS BY GRONLANDS HJEMMESTYRES (TRAWLERVIRKOMHED). STRUCK SUBMERGED OBJEC...

Espoir No. 105 Wreck

11.5.85 REPD TO HAVE BEEN ATTACKED AND SUNK BY MAURITANIAN PATROL VESSEL. VESSEL WAS ON PASSAGE MOROCCAN FISHING GROUNDS TO CONAKRY FISHING GROUN...

Evangelistria Iv (Possibly) Wreck

5.8.77 CAPSIZED AND SANK WHILE AWAITING REPAIRS TO REFRIGERATION MACHINERY. (LL, 5.8.77)

Flipper Wreck

BUILT IN 1960. OWNED AT TIME OF LOSS BY PESCASIERRA SL, CADIZ. TOOK HEAVY LIST AFTER LEAKING & LATER SANK. CREW OF 18 SAFE. (LLOYDS VOL.303).

Folias Wreck

CAUGHT FIRE AND SANK APPROX 50M SE OF RAWSON. (LL).

Francesca Wreck

VESSEL, CRUSHED & SUNK BY STEAM LIQUIFIED GAS TANKER 'BEN FRANKLIN', WHICH BROKE IT'S MOORINGS DURING A HEAVY GALE. SALVAGE OPS COMMENCED. INITIALLY R...

Ganymede Wreck

SUNK IN BAD WEATHER. LAST SEEN NOT COMPLETELY SUNK 110DEGS LIZARD LIGHT 12.8M. (HMS HECATE & CG FALMOUTH). LATER SINKING CONFIRMED. (LL).

Gilia Wreck

VESSEL SANK OFF AFTER A COLLISON WITH CUBAN MV OCEANO ANTARTICO, HIT IN THE STARBOARD STERN QUARTER, CAUSING THE ENGINE-ROOM TO FLOOD. PASSAGE CAPE TO...

Han Sung No 2 (Probably) Wreck

REPORTED TO HAVE BEEN HIT BY TWO WAVES, LOST STABILITY AND SANK. ALL CREW RESCUED. (LL).

Harvest Aquarius Wreck

4.7.83 BUILT 1964 BY ASTILLEROS CONSTRUCCIONES SA, VIGO. OWNED AT TIME OF LOSS BY PESCANOVA SA. CAUGHT FIRE WHILE BERTHED AT LAS PALMAS UNDERGOIN...

Harvest Del Mar Wreck

SANK AFTER COLLISON WITH SPANISH MOTOR TANKER MOSTOLES APPROX 100M WEST OF SALDANHA BAY. ONE OF 16 CREW SURVIVED. OWNED AT TIME OF LOSS BY SEA HARVEST...

Heather Bloom Wreck

5.12.94 VESSEL TOOK WATER OVER STERN IN GALE FORCE WINDS AND 7-9MTR SEAS. LATER SANK. FIVE SAVED, ONE LOST. (LL 5.12.94).

Heldarstindur Wreck

STRUCK ROCKS, FLOODED AND SANK.

Hosanna 1 Wreck

REPORTED IN DISTRESS AND IN DANGER OF SINKING. NOTHING FURTHER HEARD OR SIGHTED DURING RESCUE SEARCHES. ASSUMED TO HAVE SUNK WITH ALL HANDS. (LL).

Ifrane Wreck

ALL CREW WERE SAFELY RESCUED BY A RUSSIAN VESSEL. (LL).

Ji Nam No 307 Wreck

VESSEL, BUILT 1966 BY DUBIGEON-NORMANDIE S.A., NANTES. OWNED AT TIME OF LOSS BY FRANCISCO SANTANA S.A.. RAN AGROUND & ABANDONED ABOUT 60M S OF NOUAKCH...

Johann Dietrich Broelemann Wreck

BUILT IN 1973. OWNED AT TIME OF LOSS BY A G WESER WERK SEEBECK, BREMERHAVEN. SANK FOLLOWING COLLISION WITH W GERMAN M FACTORY TRAWLER FACTORY SHIP WES...

Kenitra Wreck

SANK FOLLOWING A FIRE. PASSAGE LAS PALMAS FOR AGADIR.

Khouloud Wreck

No description

Kol-181 Wreck

SANK AFTER COLLISION IN THICK FOG WITH M RO-RO FERRY 'KAUNAS'. CREW OF 8 RESCUED.

Koutoubia Wreck

CAPSIZED AND SANK WHILE MOVING BERTH AT LAS PALMAS AND UNDER TOW OF TUG. (LL)

Lans Wreck

ON ROCKS AT BERRY HEAD (THE BERRY), HOY. CREW LIFTED TO SAFETY BY HELICOPTER. (LL).

Leon Marco Cuatro Wreck

6.3.76 BUILT 1968, WAS SERIOUSLY DAMAGED BY FIRE WHEN IN THE ST PIERRE AREA OFF S COAST OF NEWFOUNDLAND ON 6.3.76. WAS TEMPORARILY REPAIRED BUT SANK...

Lofottral Iii Wreck

25.1.94 WENT AGROUND AT ANDA FYR AND SANK. OWNED AT TIME OF LOSS BY LOFOTEN TRAALREDERI, STAMSUND. CREW RESCUED. (LL, 25.1.94)

Longvabakk Wreck

BUILT IN 1963. OWNED AT TIME OF LOSS BY ODDVIN LONGVA. PASSAGE TO FISHING GROUNDS AFTER CALLING AT HONNINGSVAAG, STILL LOADED WITH 300 TONS OF FISH, R...

Mabini Fadri Wreck

BUILT IN 1961 BY HAKODAT DOCK CO LTD. OWNED AT TIME OF LOSS BY R J L MARTINEZ FISHING CORPORATION. SANK WHILST UNDER TOW OF TUG TERIPAS FOLLOWING FIRE...

Majid Wreck

SANK FOLLOWING A COLLISION WITH BRITISH MV BRIERFIELD.

Mamla Wreck

BUILT IN 1967. OWNED AT TIME OF LOSS BY STATE FISHING CORPORATION. RAN AGROUND ON PENINSULA DOS TIGRES. (MSD).

Mar Once Wreck

REPORTED TAKING IN WATER DURING BAD WEATHER. WAS ABANDONED BY CREW AND LATER SANK.

Marbel Wreck

VESSEL, BUILT 1967, WAS 5 HOURS OUT FROM VIGO, EN ROUTE TO SOUTH AFRICA, WHEN AN EXPLOSION OCCURRED IN ENGINE ROOM DURING HEAVY STORM 4M W OF CABO SIL...

Marcheller (Possibly) Wreck

HEAVILY BROKEN UP, WITH HEAVY SCOURING

Maria Teixeira Vilarinho Wreck

RAN AGROUND IN A GALE ON REEF KNOWN LOCALLY AS SALMON BIGHT. (LL).

Mariner (Possibly) Wreck

SANK AFTER TAKING WATER DURING A STORM. (LL).

Martinez Juan Wreck

SANK AFTER WATER LEAKAGE. CREW RESCUED BY M TRAWLER AXEXO. (LL).

Montcalm Wreck

SANK FOLLOWING A COLLISION WITH CHILEAN MV RUBENS. (LL).

Morshansk Wreck

SANK FOLLOWING COLLISION WITH GREEN MV NATAL. (LL).

Mougas Wreck

SPRANG A LEAK, ABANDONED BY CREW & LATER SANK. (LL).

Mykinai Wreck

7.10.74 BUILT IN THE UK IN 1964. LATER CONVERTED TO A TRAWLER/FISH FACTORY SHIP, MOORED AT MAR DEL PLATA, REPORTED HAD AN BOMB EXPLOSION PLACED BY P...

Navena Wreck

REPD MAKING WATER DURING FORCE 9 WIND. ABANDONED BY CREW. VESSEL TAKEN IN TOW AND BEACHED.

Novgorodets Wreck

VESSEL, EX- OVEN, BUILT 1971 IN USSR. OWNED AT TIME OF LOSS BY A/O SOYMA. ON PASSAGE FROM ARCTIC FISHING GROUNDS FOR DENMARK WITH CARGO OF FISH. SANK...

Oman Sea One Wreck

BRITISH OWNED VESSEL, CAPSIZED AND SANK WHILE FISHING FOR CRAB ABOUT 100M NW OF ST HELENA. 13 OF THE 17 CREW WERE RESCUED. (LL).

Peix Del Mar Siete Wreck

BUILT 1987. CAPSIZED AND LATER SANK. OF CREW OF 15, 5 RECOVERED.

Petit Cachalot Wreck

28.3.80 REPORTED MISSING. LAST COMMUNICATION 28.3.80, WHEN WIND WESTERLY FORCE 9-11. NO TRACE DURING SUBSEQUENT SEARCH AND RESCUE OPERATIONS. (LL).

Poong San No.7 Wreck

SANK DURING V BAD WEATHER.

Port King Wreck

SPRANG A LEAK IN ENGINE ROOM. PUMP COULD NOT COPE AND VESSEL SANK SOON AFTER BEING ABANDONED BY CREW. WAS ON PASSAGE FROM VIANA DO CASTELO TO GRAND SO...

Punta Cires (Possibly). Wreck

29.1.83 SANK WHILST LAID UP IN OUTER HARBOUR. (LL, 29.1.83)

Rarau Wreck

BUILT IN 1972 BY STOCZNIA GDANSKA, GDANSK. OWNED AT TIME OF LOSS BY MINISTERUL INDUSTRIEI ALIMENTARE (INTREPRINDEREA DE PESCUIT OCEANIC). 12 CYLINDER...

Remechido (Possibly) Wreck

VESSEL, FULLY LOADED WITH CATCH, SANK APPROX 14M S OF PONTA DA PIEDADE. (LLOYDS VOL.218)

Ribar V Wreck

EX-INTREPIDO. BEGAN TO TRIM BY THE STERN WHILE SAILING NORMALLY WITH LOAD OF ABOUT 22 TONS FISH AND SANK WITHIN 30 MINUTES. (LL).

Rijnmond Iv Wreck

BOAT CAPSIZED & SANK. NINE OF 21 CREW MISSING. (LL VOL.230)

Saint Patrick Wreck

GROUNDED ON NORTH SHOAL. WAS ABANDONED BY CREW AND LATER REFLOATED BY STROMNESS LIFEBOAT. SANK WHILE UNDER TOW TO STROMNESS.

Santa Isabel Wreck

SANK FOLLOWING COLLISION WITH ICEBERG. (LL).

Seyang No 3 Wreck

VESSEL SANK AFTER COLLISION. (LL).

Siete De Agosto Wreck

BUILT IN 1964. OWNED AT TIME OF LOSS BY VENTURA SA MARITIMA COMMERCIAL E INDUSTRIAL. PASSAGE VIGO FOR ARGENTINA. SANK OFF THE CANARY ISLANDS AFTER DEV...

Siglo Wreck

VESSEL, BUILT 1959 BY SOC. DES CHANTIERS ET ATELIERS DU RHIN, STRASBOURG. OWNED AT TIME OF LOSS BY MARLIN MARITIME CO, S.A. RAN AGROUND OFF SFAX. FIRE...

Sil Wreck

VESSEL, BUILT 1969, CAUGHT FIRE SHORTLY AFTER LEAVING VIGO FOR S AFRICA. SHE PUT BACK TO PORT & TUGS TRIED TO CONTROL THE BLAZE. THE FIRE SPREAD THROU...

Sioux (Probably) Wreck

BUILT OF STEEL IN 1973 BY P LINDENAU, KIEL. OWNED AT TIME OF LOSS BY PARTENREEDERIE MC 'SIOUX'. EIGHT CYLINDER OIL ENGINE. SINGLE SHAFT. SPRANG A LEAK...

Smaip V Wreck

DETAILS TRANSFERRED TO 103401295

Smaip V (Possibly) Wreck

No description

Snekkar Arctic Wreck

SANK IN ROUGH WEATHER FOLLOWING AN ELECTRICAL FAILURE WHICH STOPPED THE PUMPS. (LL).

Soho Maru No.52 Wreck

28.2.85 CAPSIZED WHEN STRUCK BY A LARGE SIDE WAVE AND SANK ABOUT 50M SE OF CAPE LOPATKA. (LL, 28.2.85)

St Finbarr Wreck

25.12.66 BUILT IN 1964. OWNED AT TIME OF LOSS BY T HAMLING & CO LTD. ABANDONED AFTER CATCHING FIRE ON 25.12.66. TAKEN IN TOW BY BRITISH TRAWLER '...

Svinoy Wreck

STARTED TO LEAK, ABANDONED BY CREW AND LATER SANK.

Tarpon Wreck

No description

Tiago Cunha Wreck

No description

Victory Wreck

CAUGHT FIRE IN ENGINE ROOM OFF N RUSSIAN COAST. TAKEN IN TOW & BEACHED NEAR MURMANSK. (LL).

Vitautus Putna Wreck

WAS ABANDONED AFTER FIRE, WHICH STARTED FOR'D, COULD NOT BE CONTROLLED. LATER COULD NOT BE LOCATED AND PRESUMED TO HAVE SUNK.

Weayne Dala Wreck

TOOK WATER AND QUICKLY SANK. CREW OF TWO RECOVERED BY FV GREEN ISLE.

Zaandam Wreck

BUILT IN 1965. OWNED AT TIME OF LOSS BY FISHERY PRODUCTS LTD. PASSAGE FISHING GROUNDS FOR BURIN. RAN AGROUND ON LA CHATTE SHOALS, GRANDE MIQUELON WHIL...

Zalesje Wreck

BUILT IN 1965 BY VOLKSWERFT STRALSUND, STRALSUND. OWNED AT TIME OF LOSS BY THE USSR. SANK FOLLOWING A COLLISION WITH BRITISH MV 'IONIC'. WAS HOLED ON...

Zidani Wreck

STRUCK ROCKS GREEN ISLAND TICKLE, NR CATALINA, AND SANK. UNLIKELY TO BE SALVED. (LL).