Trawler Wrecks 1900-2000

Belovar Wreck

BUILT IN 1899 BY COOK, WELTON & GEMMELL, HULL. OWNED AT TIME OF LOSS BY LEON BALVERDE & CO. ONE BOILER, TRIPLE EXPANSION ENGINE OF 49 NHP, SINGLE SHAF...

Belvoir Castle (Probably) Wreck

BUILT IN 1899 BY GOURLAY BROS & CO, DUNDEE. OWNED AT TIME OF LOSS BY W W CRAPIN, GRIMSBY. ONE BOILER, TRIPLE EXPANSION ENGINE OF 58NHP, SINGLE SHAFT....

Ben Ardna Wreck

MINED. (LL WW1). OWNED AT TIME OF LOSS BY RICHARD IRVIN & SONS LTD OF NORTH SHIELDS.

Ben Attow Wreck

BUILT IN 1900 BY HALL RUSSEL, ABERDEEN. OWNED AT TIME OF LOSS BY J CRAIG, ABERDEEN. ONE BOILER, TRIPLE EXPANSION ENGINE OF 20NHP, SINGLE SHAFT. PASSAG...

Ben Barvas Wreck

RAN AGROUND ON ROCKS ON S SIDE OF LITTLE SKERRY IN HEAVY SEAS. CREW RESCUED.

Ben Strome Wreck

BOMBED & SUNK BY GERMAN AIRCRAFT. (WW2SL).

Benbow Wreck

SUNK BY E BOAT. (GRIMSBY LOSS LIST).

Bender Wreck

BUILT IN 1927. RAN AGROUND, DRIFTED OFF & SANK.

Benguella Star (?Astra) Wreck

WAS STRUCK BY AN ABNORMAL WAVE & SANK. TWO MEN LOST. WILL NOT BE SALVED. (LL).

Beyo Uno Wreck

WOODEN HULL

Big John Wreck

SANK FOLLOWING A FIRE. EN ROUTE CORUNNA TO VIGO.

Birgit Wreck

SANK AFTER COLLISION WITH 'STEPHANOS VERGOTTIS' CLOSE TO ELBE LTV. (LL).

Bjarnarey Wreck

BELIEVED SUNK. BUILT IN 1973 IN ICELAND.

Blanc Nez Wreck

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Blue Angel Wreck

REPORTED TAKING WATER INTO FISH TANK. ABANDONED BY CREW AND TAKEN IN TOW BY BELGIAN M TRAWLER 'BARENTSZEE'. LATER SANK WHEN TOW BEING TRANSFERRED TO T...

Bluff Wreck

No description

Bonne Sainte Rita Wreck

REPORTED MISSING. THOUGHT TO HAVE CAPSIZED IN ROUGH WEATHER. (LL).

Bonnie Girl Wreck

OIL ENGINE, SINGLE SHAFT MFV, STRANDED & LOST AT HOPE'S NOSE IN FOG. (SIBI)

Borda Berri Wreck

22.7.87 REPORTED EXPLOSION AND FIRE IN ENGINE ROOM WHILE OFF BEAR ISLAND. FIRE EXTINGUISHED AND VESSEL TAKEN IN TOW BY M TRAWLER GUERNIKA'KO ARBOLA...

Borno (For'd Section) (Possibly) Wreck

WAS CUT IN TWO DURING A COLLISION WITH RUSSIAN M TANKER IGRIM IN FOG AFTER TANKER BECAME ENTANGLED IN FISHING VESSEL'S NETS. FOR'D SECTION SANK BUT AF...

Boston Sea Ranger Wreck

6.12.77 STRUCK BY MASSIVE WAVE, FLOODING ONE OF MAIN FISH STORAGE COMPARTMENTS. CAPSIZED SOON AFTER & SANK. (LL, 6.12.77).

Boston Typhoon Wreck

23.4.78 VESSEL HAD AN ENGINE-ROOM FIRE ON 23.4.78 WHILE FISHING 56M NW OF SALDANHA BAY. OWNED AT TIME OF LOSS BY IRVIN & JOHNSON LTD. TOWED TO CA...

Boston Wasp Wreck

ANCHORED E OF LA CEIBA WHARF AWAITING REPAIRS WHEN STRONG WINDS PUSHED HER ON TO WHARF AND CAUSED EXTENSIVE DAMAGE. LATER GROUNDED. (LL).

Bovic Wreck

SANK AFTER COLLISION.

Boy Jack Wreck

WOODEN CONTRUCTION, CAPTURED AND SUNK BY GERMAN SUBMARINE USING EXLOSIVES. 3 MEN LOST. (LL WW1 & SIBI).

Boy Leslie Wreck

BUILT OF WOOD IN 1978. LOST POWER AND DRIFTED ON TO THE ROCKS. REPORTED AS BREAKING UP.

Braconash (Possibly) Wreck

EX-CASPIANA. BUILT IN 1901 BY MACKENZIE & THOMPSON, GLASGOW. OWNED AT TIME OF LOSS BY THE DON FISHING CO, ABERDEEN. ONE BOILER, TRIPLE EXPANSION ENGIN...

Braconash (Possibly) Wreck

EX-CASPIANA. BUILT IN 1901 BY MACKENZIE & THOMPSON, GLASGOW. OWNED AT TIME OF LOSS BY THE DON FISHING CO, ABERDEEN. ONE BOILER, TRIPLE EXPANSION ENGIN...

Braesomar Wreck

SANK, CAUSE NOT REPORTED.

Brisas Del Norte Wreck

VESSEL, BUILT 1972, WAS IN COLLISION WITH MV NONI IN THICK FOG OFF SANTONA, SPAIN, AND SANK AFTER CREW HAD BEEN RESCUED.

Britannia Iii Wreck

CAPTURED BY GERMAN SUBMARINE AND SUNK BY GUNFIRE. (WW1SL).

British Columbia Wreck

SANK FOLLOWING A COLLISION WITH DESTROYER USS PURDY. (LL).

Briton (Possibly) Wreck

CAPTURED & SUNK BY SUBMARINE.

Bucentaure Wreck

SANK AFTER CAPSIZING IN A GALE. FOUR MEN LOST. (LLOYDS VOL 199).

Burwolf Wreck

RAN AGROUND ON SEAL ROCKS ON SEAL ROCKS, AT ENTRANCE TO GREY RIVER IN DENSE FOG. (LL).

Bylgja Wreck

VESSEL, [EX 'JON THORLAKSSON']. BUILT IN 1949 BY GOOLE SHIPBUILDING REPAIR CO, GOOLE. OWNED AT TIME OF LOSS BY SJOTAK LTD. CAPSIZED AND SANK. ONE MAN...

Cabo Villano Wreck

REPORTED SHIPPING WATER. EVENTUALLY SANK. (LL).

Cachuelo Wreck

VESSEL SANK FOLLOWING A FIRE WHICH BROKE OUT IN MAIN ENGINE.

Caerphilly Castle Wreck

BOMBED & SUNK BY AIRCRAFT.

Caesar (Possibly) Wreck

BUILT IN 1952. OWNED AT TIME OF LOSS BY HELLYER BROS LTD. STRANDED 1.5 CABLES W OF ARNARNES LT, ICELAND. REFLOATED BUT LATER FOUNDERED WHILET UNDER TO...

Cajamarca 9 Wreck

18.12.90 SANK FOLLOWING A COLLISION WITH AN UNSPECIFIED FLOATING OBJECT. WHEN REFLOATED ON 18.12.90 THE BOW WAS DAMAGED. SO LEFT 'AS LIES' ANCHOR...

Caldew Wreck

SUNK BY GUNFIRE FROM U-33.

Caledonia Wreck

15.8.97 VESSEL BUILT OF WOOD IN 1970 AT FRAZERBURGH. HAD MAJOR FIRE AND LATER SANK. CREW OF 7 RESCUED BY M PAIR TRAWLER 'RESPLENDENT'. (LL, 15.8.97)...

Caledonia (Possibly) Wreck

SUNK BY SUBMARINE. NOT COMMISSIONED. RN HIRED TRAWLER.

Caliban Wreck

CAPTURED BY GERMAN SUBMARINE AND SUNK BY GUNFIRE 8 MILES NE 1/2 E OF KINNAIRD HEAD, FISHING. (LL WW1).

Caliph Wreck

ATTACKED AND BOMBED BY AIRCRAFT. SANK 1 HOUR LATER APPROX 4M FROM ATTACK POSN. 1 LIFE LOST. (WW2 SL). STEEL STEAM TRAWLER WITH 3 CYLINDER TR...

Calomex 17 Wreck

No description

Canarias No 5 Wreck

THE DANISH MV `MELOS' OBSERVED THE `CANARIAS NO 5' DISPLAYING DISTRESS LIGHT SIGNALS SHORTLY AFTER MIDNIGHT. THE SPANISH TRAWLER `AMABLE MARQUEZ' LEFT...

Cape Aspy Wreck

PASSAGE LUNENBURG FOR GEORGE'S BANK. SANK, PROBABLY BECAUSE OF ICE BUILD-UP DUE TO SEA SPRAY.

Cape Columbine Wreck

No description

Cape Fourchu Wreck

SANK FOLLOWING A COLLISION IN HEAVY FOG WITH POLISH M BULK CARRIER 'ZIEMIA OPOLSKA'. (LL).

Cape Hangklip Wreck

RAN AGROUND IN THE NIGHT OFF THE GOURITZ RIVER. ALL CREW SAFE ASHORE. VESSEL BADLY HOLED, SO NO ATTEMPT TO REFLOAT HER. (LL VOL.217)

Cape La Have Wreck

WOODEN HULL

Cape Matapan Wreck

No description

Capitao Barreto Wreck

VESSEL, SANK 2M OFF SAGRES, 27M OFF CAPE ST VINCENT IN HEAVY SEAS, ENGINE-ROOM FLOODED. (LLOYDS VOLS. 216 & 217).

Captain Wreck

STEEL STEAM TRAWLER BUILT 1898 BY HALL, RUSSELL & CO., ABERDEEN WITH 2 CYLINDER COMPOUND ENGINE OF 50HP, SINGLE SHAFT, 1 BOILER. OWNED AT TIME OF LOSS...

Captain Leslie Iv Wreck

GRP HULL. SANK AFTER A FIRE. (LL).

Cardanel Wreck

TOOK WATER AND SANK. CREW OF 3 RECOVERED.

Cardiff (Possibly) Wreck

TORPEDOED BY GERMAN SUBMARINE 'U84' WHILST IN CONVOY, WAS LATER PRESUMED TO HAVE BEACHED. (DER KRIEG ZUR SEE).

Cares Wreck

No description

Carlos A Wreck

SPRANG A LEAK AND SANK IN HEAVY WEATHER AT PUERTO CASTILLA, HONDURAS. (LL).

Carmitana Wreck

SANK FOLLOWING FIRE AND HULL LEAKAGE.

Carol Anne Wreck

BUILT OF WOOD.

Carraig Una Wreck

MISSING OUT OF BURTON PORT, COUNTY DONEGAL. WRECKAGE FOUND NEAR ISLAND OFF THE COAST. FEARED THAT CARRAIG UNA HAS HIT ROCKS. BELIEVED LOST WITH ALL 5...

Cartegena Wreck

EX- TR 4. BUILT IN 1917 BY PORT ARTHUR SHIPBUILDING CO, PORT ARTHUR, ONTARIO. OWNED AT TIME OF LOSS BY THE BOSTON DEEP SEA FISHING & ICE CO. ONE BOILE...

Casoria (Possibly) Wreck

MINED.

Castelmeur Wreck

SUNK TO BE USED AS AN ARTIFICIAL REEF FOR CRAYFISH. (LLOYDS VOL.256).

Catherine Wreck

VESSEL SUFFERED ENGINE FAILURE, WAS TAKEN IN TOW, BUT SUNK UNDER TOW AFTER STRIKING UNKNOWN OBJECT. OWNED AT TIME OF LOSS BY K.W. BELL. (LLOYDS VOL.19...

Catherine Allen Wreck

CAPSIZED IN CALM CONDITIONS WHEN HAULING A FULL COCKLE DREDGE. LATER SANK. (LL).

Catherine Helene Wreck

RAN AGROUND ON LA MURAILLE DU NORD ROCKS, OFF GRANVILLE.

Cedric Wreck

CAPTURED BY GERMAN SUBMARINE & SUNK BY BOMBS.

Celtic Wreck

SANK WHILE UNDER TOW. (LL).

Cevic Wreck

WENT AGROUND DURING STRONG NE GALE. VESSEL, BUILT 1895, WAS OWNED AT TIME OF LOSS BY DEVON STEAM TRAWLING CO. (DICTIONARY OF SHIPWRECKS OFF THE ISLE O...

Chancellor Wreck

No description

Chants D'esperance Wreck

SANK, CREW OF 4 RECOVERED.

Charles De Foucauld Wreck

No description

Charlynne Ii (Probably) Wreck

REPORTED TAKING IN WATER. WAS ABANDONED BY CREW AND SANK.

Cheshire (Possibly) Wreck

MINED.

Chien Chuen No 6 Wreck

BUILT IN 1967. OWNED AT TIME OF LOSS BY CHIEN CHUEN OCEAN ENTERPRISE CO, KAOHSIUNG. GROUNDED AT MELENARA AT 1735HRS. CREW WERE RESCUED BY NAVY TUG FER...

Chiyoda Maru No 6 Wreck

GROUNDED ON CHAUSEE DES ALMADIES. ATTEMPTS TO REFLOAT UNSUCCESSFUL. (LLOYDS VOL 202 PAGE42). 3 UNSUCCESSFUL ATTEMPTS TO REFLOAT. ABANDONED B...

Choice Wreck

BUILT IN 1892 BY R CRAGGS & SONS, STOCKTON-ON-TEES. OWNED AT TIME OF LOSS BY W JOHNSTON, GRANTON. ONE BOILER, TRIPLE EXPANSION ENGINE OF 40NHP, SINGLE...

Christabelle Wreck

MINED. (WW2SL).

Cidade De Aveiro Wreck

BUILT IN 1966 BY EST NAV DE VIANA DO CASTELS, VIANO DO CASTELO. OWNED AT TIME OF LOSS BY JOAO MARIA MILARINHO SUCESSORES, LTD. PASSAGE FROM FISHING ON...

Cinq Freres Wreck

STRUCK WAR WRECK. (LLOYDS 210).

City Of Bristol Wreck

BUILT IN 1903 BY GOOLE SHIPBUILDING & REPAIRING CO LTD. OWNED AT TIME OF LOSS BY T F KELSALL. ONE BOILER, TRIPLE EXPANSION ENGINE OF 55 NHP, SINGLE SH...

Clara Gwynne Wreck

Wreck debris scattered by listed position of wooden trawler

Clarkwood Wreck

AGROUND 5M W OF HOLBORN HEAD NEAR DOUNREAY ATOMIC ESTABLISHMENT. CREW TAKEN OFF AS VESSEL WAS BEING POUNDED AGAINST ROCKS. (LL).

Claude Marie Wreck

25.11.55 SANK 8M SE OF START POINT AS A RESULT OF FIRE. (LL, 25.11.55).

Clemenceau (Possibly) Wreck

SANK FOLLOWING COLLISION WITH RUSSIAN M TANKER MOSKOVSKY FESTIVAL. (LL).

Coastal Emperor Wreck

BUILT IN 1960 BY T MITCHINSON, GATESHEAD. OWNED AT TIME OF LOSS BY J MARR (ABERDEEN) LTD. 6 CYLINDER OIL ENGINE OF 760BHP, SINGLE SHAFT. PASSAGE ABERD...

Coastal Empress Wreck

SANK 13.5MILES N OF MUCKLE FLUGGA FOLLOWING COLLISION WITH FAROESE MFV NORDINGUR. CREW RECOVERED.

Cockatrice Wreck

PASSAGE GRIMSBY FOR FISHING GROUNDS. CAPTURED BY GERMAN SUBMARINE AND SUNK BY GUNFIRE. (LLWW1 & WW1SL).

Colbert Wreck

26.11.55 IN COLLISION WITH FRENCH TRAWLER 'FISHERBANK'. SANK RAPIDLY. (LL, 26.11.55).

Comet Wreck

CARGO SHIFTED & VESSEL SPRANG A LEAK. TAKEN IN TOW BY RESCUE VESSEL SJOFAREREN, BUT SANK ABOUT 10M OFF EGERSUND. CREW OF 6 RECOVERED. (LL).

Compaganus Wreck

BOMBED AND SUNK BY GERMAN AIRCRAFT.

Condor (Possibly) Wreck

VESSEL MINED.

Conqueror Wreck

ONE BOILER, TRIPLE EXPANSION ENGINE, SINGLE SHAFT. PASSAGE HULL FOR FISHING GROUNDS AND RETURN. SANK FOLLOWING COLLISION WITH 'ROSETTA' NEAR NEWSAND G...

Conqueror Wreck

BUILT IN 1965 BY HALL, RUSSELL & CO, LTD, ABERDEE. OWNED AT THE TIME OF LOSS BY HELLYER BROS LTD. 8 CYLINDER OIL ENGINE, SINGLE SHAFT. RAN AGROUND IN...

Conrad I Wreck

No description

Contender Wreck

BUILT IN 1930 BY HALL, RUSSEL & CO LTD, ABERDEEN. OWNED AT TIME OF LOSS BY T L DEVLIN & SONS LTD. ONE BOILER, TRIPLE EXPANSION ENGINE, SINGLE SHAFT. G...