Tug Wrecks 1900-2000

Abu Adil Wreck

28.8.86 WAS STRUCK BY MISSILE FIRED BY IRAQI AIRCRAFT & CAUGHT FIRE. WAS TAKEN IN TOW BUT LATER SANK. (LL, 21 & 28.8.86). VESSEL, BUILT 19...

Abu Moosa Wreck

OWNED AT TIME OF LOSS BY CHUAN HUP. SANK, NOT YET LOCATED. SALVORS APPOINTED ON 'NO CURE-NO PAY' BASIS TO REFLOAT. (LL).

Admiral Wreck

BUILT 1876 BY J T ELTRINGHAM LTD, SOUTH SHIELDS, WITH TRIPLE EXPANSION ENGINE, 1 BOILER, SINGLE SHAFT. OWNED AT TIME OF LOSS BY J S WILSON. SINGLE BOI...

Adnan 2 Wreck

GROUNDED WHILE ATTEMPTING TO ENTER RAS AL KHAFJI. ATTEMPTS TO TOW VESSEL OFF FAILED. ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS DROVE VESSEL TO WITHIN 300FT OF SHORE...

Adur Ii Wreck

BUILT IN 1912 BY HEFFLED & CO. SOUTH SHIELDS. OIL ENGINE, SINGLE SHAFT. PASSAGE LONDON FOR LIVERPOOL. OVERWHELMED BY ROUGH SEAS AND SANK. CREW RECOVER...

Agip Murex Wreck

VESSEL, BUILT 1982 BY OFFICINE MECCANISCE SGORBINI ANTONINI, S.P.A, LA SPEZIA. OWNED AT TIME OF LOSS BY AGIP S.P.A. ON PASSAGE WITH STORES FROM SIRACU...

Ah Lam Ii Wreck

VESSEL, SANK WHILE TOWING BARGE 'PU 1804' FROM TANJUNG BUTUBESAR, KARIMUM TO PULAU BATAM WHEN M BULK CARRIER 'BONITO' PASSED BETWEEN TUG AND TOW. (LLO...

Al Khubar Ii Wreck

6.10.78 STRUCK A SUBMERGED OBJECT AND SANK AT AL JUBAIL. (LL, 6.10.78)

Ala Wreck

CAPSIZED AND SANK WHILE ASSISTING M TANKER LYNDEB, WHICH HAD GROUNDED.

Alexandra Wreck

No description

Alma (1908) Wreck

FOUNDERED

Arcola Wreck

BUILT IN 1897 BY CANT NAVALE 'FERRARI', LA SPETZIA. OWNED AT TIME OF LOSS BY SOCIETA SUPPLY VESSELS MERIDIONALI SPA. HIT FENDER OF PRODUCTION PLATFORM...

Argus Wreck

BUILT IN 1961. RAN AGROUND. NO SALVAGE REPORTED.

Argus 5 Wreck

No description

Arturus Wreck

M. RAINER

Ashkelon Viii (Possibly) Wreck

SANK 2M APPROX OFF ASHDOD.

Atlas Wreck

BUILT IN 1949 BY J I THORYEYCROFT 7 CO. OWNED AT TIME BY THE NIGERIAN PORT AUTHORITY. SPRANG A LEAK AND SANK 9M E OF LAGOS WHILE ASSISTING GROUNDED TR...

Audaz Wreck

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Baarland Wreck

FOUNDERED DURING A HURRICANE IN THE W SCHELDTE, OFF BORSSELE . (LLOYDS 212).

Bangarth Wreck

SANK WHILST BEING TOWED 4M N OF STRUMBLE HD. (LLOYDS VOL 198 P.182)

Bangos & Dalag Wreck

14.1.68 LOST ON 14.1.68 & 15.1.68 WHILE UNDER TOW OF 'GRENADIER'. (LL).

Barkis Wreck

STEEL HULL. OIL ENGINE, SINGLE SHAFT. CAPSIZED AND SANK FOLLOWING A COLLISION, WHILE ATTEMPTING TO TOW MV 'JUPITER' INTO LOWESTOFT. ONE MAN LOST. LATE...

Baron Kl Wreck

SANK AFTER COLLISION WITH S TANKER 'METHONI'. (LL 203).

Beaver Wreck

No description

Beer Cat Wreck

28.7.75 LOST WHEN SMASHED TO PIECES DURING ROUGH SEAS & GALE FORCE WINDS IN PORT OF SPAIN HARBOUR. (LL, 28.7.75)

Belleville Wreck

Owner: U S Navy, Year Built: 1915

Belmont Wreck

No description

Betty I Wreck

PANAMANIAN M TUG BETTY I LOST PROPELLER DUE TO FOULING BY WIRE WHILST OPERATING IN BOMBAY HIGH OIL-FIELD, RESULTING IN ENTRY OF WATER THROUGH TAILSHAF...

Billie V Wreck

No description

Bintanah Wreck

LINE PARTED WHEN TOWING M TANKER RANTAU/PERMINA 1007 TO TANJUNG PERAK. CAPSIZED AND SANK.

Birillo Wreck

LYING IN A HOLLOW

Bode Wreck

5.7.95 GROUNDED AT GRAND BEREBI ON 5.7.95. OWNERS INTEND TO ABANDON AS TOTAL LOSS. (LL).

Boiler Wreck Wreck

AKA: Dive boat capt nickname, USLSS Station: Diving wreck, Misc Information: Just a boiler; Unknown history

Borvigilant Wreck

6.8.98 SANK FOLLOWING CONTACT WITH M TANKER ROMINA G (67,104GT). VESSEL, BUILT 1977, WAS OWNED AT TIME OF LOSS BY BORKAN GENERAL TRADING CO. 7 LIVES...

Brett Wreck

SANK WHILE BEING TOWED BY TUG 'ARGUS T' FROM FALMOUTH TO MILFORD HAVEN. (FALMOUTH CG).

Brian C Wreck

FOUNDERED; BROKEN SEAM

Brigadier Wreck

RAN AGROUND ON S SIDE OF HORSE ISLAND. OIL PUMPED OUT BY BARGE C.858, WHICH LATER SANK AT BERTH IN ARDROSSAN HARBOUR. LATER REFLOATED. (ARDROSSAN HR C...

Bugsier 27 Wreck

SANK IN THICK FOG AFTER A COLLISON WITH THE BELGIAN LIGHTER NIEUWPOORT WHICH SHE WAS TOWING AT THE TIME. 3 MEN LOST. (LL).

Bullger Wreck

MINED.

Bussel Wreck

18.8.98 CAPSIZED AND SANK WHILE UNDER TOW OF TUG 'KIMTRANS LEO'. PASSAGE BRUNEI FOR UNITHAI SHIPYARD, LAEM CHABANG. (LL, 18.8.98)

C 308 Wreck

SUNK BY MINE OFF MALTA. (WW2SL).

Captain Foster Wreck

CAPSIZED WHILE TOWING A WATER BARGE WHEN LIBERIAN S TANKER TIGRIS CAME INTO CONTACT WITH TOWLINE. WAS ON PASSAGE TO DAS ISLAND. (LLOYDS VOL.206)

Captain Nikos (Probably) Wreck

VESSEL, STRUCK A REEF WHILE ON PASSAGE THESSALONIKI TO BLACK SEA AND SUBSEQUENTLY SANK. (LLOYDS VOL.294).

Carbon Wreck

BUILT IN 1896 BY R GRAGGS & SONS, MIDDLESBROUGH. ONE BOILER, COMPOUND EXPANSION ENGINE OF 65NHP, SINGLE SHAFT. MACHINERY BY J STEWARD & SONS LTD, LOND...

Charneca (Probably) Wreck

STRUCK OUTER BREAKWATER WALL WHEN ATTEMPTING TO ENTER LEIXOES IN HEAVY SEAS AFTER BEING ABANDONED BY CREW FOLLOWING ENGINE BREAKDOWN. BROKE IN TWO AND...

Cherokee (1918) Wreck

AKA: Edgar F Luckenbach, Owner: U S Navy, Year Built: 1891, Where Built: Camden, NJ, Misc Information: Sank; Also called "Gunboat" by divers

Cidade De Cabinda Wreck

No description

Class Wreck

OWNED AT TIME OF LOSS BY CARIBBEAN LIGHTAGE & SALVAGE SERVICES LTD, CHRISTIANSTED, ST CROIX, VIRGIN ISLANDS. FLOODED & SANK AFTER LEAVING GUAPO, TRINI...

Claudine Wreck

12.4.88 SANK FOLLOWING A COLLISION WITH BROWN & ROOT PIPE-LAYING BARGE BAR 207. (LL, 12.4.88 & 7.10.88).

Coastwise Wreck

FOUNDERED

Cold Bay Wreck

STRUCK ROCKY BOTTOM WHILE ASSISTING MANOEUVRES FOR UNDOCKING OF M PASSENGER VESSEL TROPICALE, TOOK IN WATER & SANK. (LLOYDS VOL.268)

Collingwood Wreck

BUILT 1906 BY J CRAN & CO, LEITH. OWNED AT TIME OF LOSS BY ALEXANDRA TOWING CO. ONE BOILERS, COMPOUND EXPANSION ENGINE OF 98 NHP, SINGLE SHAFT. SANK A...

Creteblock Wreck

BUILT IN ?SHORHAM OF CONCRETE. ORDERED AS CT35 IN 1917. DISMANTLED 1934. AFTER SHORT MILITARY CAREER WAS BOUGHT BY SMITH'S DOCK AND USED AS A TUG ON M...

Creteboom Wreck

22.9.1937 BUILT IN 1919 BY JOHN VER MEHR, SHORHAM, SUSSEX. DUE TO SHORTAGE OF STEEL FERROCONCRETE USED. 154 UNITS ORDERED, INCLUDING 24 TUGS. INTEND...

Croix Du Sud Wreck

CAPSIZED AND SANK.

Cumana Wreck

25.8.76 SANK ALONGSIDE PIER (?MATANZAS) IN RIVER ORINOCO, AFTER BEING STRUCK BY 1500TONS CONCRETE CYLINDER 75FT BY 50FT DIAMETER) WHICH BROKE LOO...

Cumu Wreck

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Damar Wreck

VESSEL CAPSIZED & SANK WHILE ASSISTING MV 'BLITAR' WHICH GROUNDED NEAR BATAM ISLAND. MV 'BLITAR' WAS SUCCESSFULLY REFLOATED. (LLOYDS VOL.222).

Darya-Vand Xi Wreck

CAPSIZED AND SANK.

Dauntless Wreck

No description

David Andrews Wreck

CAPSIZED WHILE TOWING MV 'FRANCOP'.

Desire Wreck

No description

Dianne Wreck

SMALL RIVER TUG USED AS A PLEASURE CRAFT. OWNED AT TIME OF LOSS BY MR LAIRD, LIVERPOOL. PASSAGE RHYL FOR RIVER MERSEY. GROUNDED ON WEST HOYLE BANK. CR...

Dixie Rover Wreck

19.9.85 SANK AT MOORINGS. (LL, 19.9.85).

Duende Wreck

27.7.78 VESSEL LEFT SANTANDER FOR ALGECIRAS WITH 6 CREW. IT IS ASSUMED THAT SHE SANK ABOUT MARCH 7TH CLOSE TO SINES, PORTUGAL. A BODY HAS BEEN FO...

Eduard Wreck

24.2.84 CAPSIZED IN VERY BAD WEATHER, WHILE TOWING PONTOON BARGE GIANT 14, LOADED WITH TWO CRANES. PASSAGE HANKO FOR GIZAN. BARGE BROKE AWAY, DRIFTE...

El Zarate Wreck

SANK NEAR KM 4 OFF LA PLATA CHANNEL AFTER COLLISION WITH 'JUNCAL'. (LLOYDS)

Eliza Helena Wreck

No description

Ellen F Wreck

WAS BEING TOWED BY M TUG RON G FROM DIEGO GARCIA TO BAHRAIN. A COLLISION OCCURRED BETWEEN THEM IN HEAVY WEATHER AND ELLEN F SANK. (LL).

Empire Ace Wreck

VESSEL, OWNED BY MOD. RAN AGROUND ON GLENHARVIE BEACH ON ROCKS ABOUT 70YDS FROM SHORE DUE TO HIGH WIND & HEAVY SEAS. CREW OF 12 SAFE. (LLOYDS VOL.194)...

Empire Christopher Wreck

VESSEL, BUILT 1944 BY COCHRANE & SONS, SELBY, WHILST EN-ROUTE RANGOON TO SINGAPORE, WAS SUNK BY MINE OFF MAUNGMAGAN BAY, GULF OF MARTABAN, BURMA. (THE...

Empire Harry Wreck

WENT ASHORE IN A GALE WHILE TOWING TWO LADEN BARGES FROM FALMOUTH TO ANTWERP.

En Avant Wreck

CAPSIZED NEAR ENTRANCE TO PORT OF HANSWEENT. (LL 220).

En Avant Wreck

CAPSIZED & SANK DURING BAD WEATHER. (LL).

Englishman (Possibly) Wreck

BOMBED BY AIRCRAFT, WHILE ON OHMS DUTIES, 18 LIVES LOST. (WW2SL, LL WW2)

Englishman (Possibly) Wreck

BOMBED BY AIRCRAFT, WHILE ON OHMS DUTIES, 18 LIVES LOST. (WW2SL, LL WW2)

Eugene F Moran Wreck

FOUNDERED

Eurosalve I Wreck

SANK WHILE AT ANCHOR, PROBABLY BECAUSE OF THE THEFT OF SOME VITAL ELEMENT BY LOCALS. (LLOYDS VOL'S.287 & 288).

Farshid Karoon Wreck

VESSEL, ON PASSAGE FROM HAMBURG TO KHORRAMSHAHR IN CONVOY. WAS TOWING FARNAZ KAROON AFTER REPORTING ENGINE PROBLEMS. FARNAZ KAROON TOOK PORT LIST & AF...

Flying Childers Wreck

BELIEVED TO HAVE STRUCK A ROCK WHILE ON PASSAGE TO BERTH A TANKER AT LOCH EWE. CREW RESCUED FROM LIFERAFT BY MCBRAE FERRY. (SEA BREEZES, JULY 1995)

Flying Wizard Wreck

SANK WHILE TOWING MV GAASTERDYK. CREW RECOVERED. (LL).

Francis Batey Wreck

No description

Frans Wreck

TUG SUNK 35 MILES SW OF HOEK OF HOLLAND. 4 CREW RESCUED. (LL).

Fraser Wreck

BUILT IN 1907 BY COOK, WELTON & GEMEL OF BEVERLY FOR THE NEPTUNE STEAM FISHING CO OF HULL. ARMED WITH SINGLE 3 POUNDER. MINED AND SANK WHILE MINESWEEP...

Freja Wreck

BUILT IN 1984. SANK FOLLOWING LOSS OF PROPELLER AND LEAKING WATER. CREW OF 4 SAVED BY RO-RO FERRY STENA JUTLANDICA. (LL).

G O R Fleet No 7 Wreck

PROPELLER HIT MOORING BUOY AND DAMAGED SHAFT, CAUSING LEAK IN SHAFT TUNNEL. LATER SANK. (LL).

G R Grey Wreck

LOST ON THE KNIVESTONE AND BECAME A TOTAL LOSS. WAS IN BALLAST AND WAS RUMOURED TO HAVE BEEN ON HM DUTIES. STEEL HULL, SINGLE BOILER, COMPOUND ENGINE,...

Galali Wreck

17.5.69 CAUGHT FIRE DUE TO AN ENGINE ROOM EXPLOSION 17.5.69. WAS TOWED TO SITRA ANCHORAGE WHERE SHE SANK 4.10.69.

Glen Ii Wreck

LEAKING

Glenmore Wreck

TRIPLE EXPANSION ENGINE, SINGLE SHAFT. PASSAGE WEYMOUTH FOR SALVAGE AND RETURN. WAS SWEPT ONTO WK OF TREVEAL, FROM WHICH SHE WAS SLAVAGING QUANTITIES...

Gobind Wreck

No description

Goliat Wreck

16.7.82 SANK WHEN IN CONTACT WITH M BULK CARRIER KOPALNIA SIERSZA WHEN TAKING FORWARD TOW IN SWINOUJSCIE ROADS. NO CASUALTIES. OWNED AT TIME OF LOSS...

Goss 1 Wreck

REPORTED TAKING IN WATER IN ENGINE ROOM. ABANDONED BY CREW AND LATER SANK.

Graafvisar (Possibly) Wreck

No description

Great Isaac Wreck

COLLISION W/ "BANDIERANTE"

Gresabil Wreck

680HP TUG, CAPSIZED AND SANK WHILE TOWING A DERELICT, IN TANDEM WITH ANOTHER TUG. OWNED AT TIME OF LOSS BY ASIA BARGE LTD. (LLOYDS VOL.206)

Grinder Wreck

18.11.19 BUILT OF WOOD BY WHITES, COWES. LAUNCHED FOR THE ADMIRALTY ON 21 MARCH 1868 BY WHITES, COWES. EQUIPPED WITH DISCONNECTING ENGINES DEVELO...

Gulf Queen Wreck

SANK DURING TOWING OPERATIONS TO BOMBAY.

Gw 214 Wreck

22.11.96 BUILT 1975. OWNED AT TIME OF LOSS BY CLARK CIVIL ENGINEERING, DUNDEE. SANK WHILE ON PASSAGE STORNOWAY FOR SOUND OF HARRIS. (LL 22.11.96 & 2...

Hammal Wreck

No description