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PASSAGE KINGSTON, JAMAICA FOR MIAMI. SANK FOLLOWING COLLISION WITH CORAIN II. WAS CUT IN TWO. (LL).
Antonia Xilas Wreck
BUILT IN 1958. WHILST EN-ROUTE GDYNIA TO CHITTAGONG OR CHALNA, EAST PAKISTAN, WAS DELIBERATELY BEACHED AFTER SPONTANEOUS COMBUSTION, FIRE AND EXPLOSIO...
Antonios Wreck
DEVELOPED LIST IN HEAVY WEATHER. PASSAGE ALEXANDROUPOLIS FOR RETHIMNON. (MTL, NOV 1993).
Antwerpen (Probably) Wreck
BUILT IN 1927 BY N V WERF DE NOOD, ALBLASSEIRDAM. HOME PORT TERNEUZEN. FOUR CYLINDER OIL ENGINE OF 47 HP. PASSAGE BARRY FOR FREMINGTON. BOMBED & SUNK...
Anwar Wreck
21.10.82 VESSEL SANK NEAR JABAL AT TAIR, RED SEA, WHILST ON PASSAGEE PORT SUDAN TO MUKALLA. (LL, 21.10.82 & 10.2.83).
Anzio 1 Wreck
No description
Aoi Maru Wreck
3.12.75 EX- AOI, OWNED AT TIME OF LOSS BY CHUAN HUP MARINE (PRIVATE) LTD. FULLY LADEN WITH CARGO FOR INDONESIA, THE VESSEL CAPSIZED AND SANK IN EAST...
Apj Ambika (Possibly) Wreck
STRUCK BY EXOCET MISSILE FIRED BY IRAQI WARPLANE. WAS ON PASSAGE PORT PIRIE TO BANDAR KHOMEINI. HAD ENGINE FAILURE, CAUGHT FIRE AND SANK IN SHALLOW WA...
Apollo Wreck
No description
Apollon Delios Wreck
BUILT IN 1965 BY NEW SOUTH WALES GOVERNMENT ENGINEERING & SHIPBUILDING UNDERTAKING (STATE DOCKYARD), NEWCASTLE. OWNED AT TIME OF LOSS BY FIDDLE SHIPPI...
Apollonia Faith Wreck
BUILT 1977 BY DAE SUN SHIPBUILDING & ENGINEEING CO LTD. OWNED AT TIME OF LOSS BY PERSEUS MARINE CO LTD. PASSAGE VALENCIA FOR PIRAEUS. 13 CREW RESCUED,...
Apollonia V Wreck
BUILT 1962 BY SCHEEPSWERF 'DE WAAL' N.V., ZALTBOMMEL. OWNED AT TIME OF LOSS BY TIRRENIA MARITIME, SA. PASSAGE VOLOS FOR ALGIERS. SANK DUE TO VERY BAD...
Apollonia Vi Wreck
PASSAGE PIRAEUS & CHALKIS FOR TRIPOLI. RAN AGROUND & HOLED ON ROCKS. (LL).
Apostolos Andreas Wreck
VESSEL, BUILT 1937, WHILST EN-ROUTE GUANTANAMO TO CHINA, RAN AGROUND ON FORMIGAS BANK OFF MORANT POINT, E COAST OF JAMAICA. VESSEL FLOODED DUE TO EXTE...
Apostolos M Wreck
VESSEL, BUILT 1939, GROUNDED WHILE ON PASSAGE PIRAEUS FOR GIZAN. OWNED AT TIME OF LOSS BY MARMARINE SHIPPING CO. S.A., VESSEL WAS DECLARED A CONSTRUCT...
Aqueity Wreck
STEEL HULL. PASSAGE LONDON FOR SUNDERLAND. MINED. 6 MEN LOST. (SIBI).
Aquila Wreck
SANK FOLLOWING AN EXPLOSION WHILE ON PASSAGE TO ABIDJAN.
Araby Wreck
MINED WHILE ON PASSAGE SANTOS TO LONDON. STEEL MV, OWNED AT TIME OF LOSS BY ROYAL MAIL LINES, 6 LIVES LOST. (SHIPWRECK INDEX OF BRITISH ISLES, WW2SL,...
Aracosta Wreck
UK NM 4019/25
Arauca Wreck
PASSAE TAMPICO FOR PUERTO CABELLO. SANK FOLLOWING ENGINE DEFECT AND SHIFTING CARGO.
Arbon Wreck
CAPSIZED AND SANK WHILE ON PASSAGE SURINAME FOR ROTTERDAM. (LL).
Arcamare Wreck
VESSEL, BUILT 1959, WHILST EN-ROUTE YMUIDEN TO SHANGHAI, SANK WHILST UNDER TOW AFTER FIRE HAD BROKEN OUT IN WIRELESS ROOM OFF CABO VILLANO. OWNED AT T...
Ardadeldali Wreck
No description
Ardgarry Wreck
BUILT IN 1957 BY JAMES LAMONT & CO, PORT GLASGOW. OWNED AT TIME OF LOSS BY P MACCALLUM & SONS LTD. 6 CYLINDER OIL ENGINE, SINGLE SHAFT. MACHINERY AFT...
Arduity Wreck
BUILT IN 1935 BY G BROWN & CO, GREENOCK. OWNED AT TIME OF LOSS BY F T EVERARD & SONS LTD. THREE CYLINDER OIL ENGINE OF 84HP, SINGLE SHAFT. MACHINERY A...
Arendskerk Wreck
VESSEL, WHILST EN-ROUTE ROTTERDAM AND ANTWERP FOR DURBAN, WAS TORPEDOED AND SUNK BY GERMAN SUBMARINE U-44 IN THE BAY OF BISCAY. CARGO INCLUDED: GALVAN...
Ares Iii Wreck
SANK OFF PONTIANAK ROAD, CAUSE NOT STATED. (LL). VESSEL, BUILT 1968, WAS OWNED AT TIME OF LOSS BY EASTERN SHIPPING AND TRADING CO. (PTE), LT...
Aretousa Wreck
VESSEL, BUILT 1958 BY SCHLICHTING-WERFT, TRAVEMUNDE. OWNED AT TIME OF LOSS BY ARGYRIOS A. THEOCHARIS & CO. WAS ABANDONED WHEN IT CAUGHT FIRE ON PASSAG...
Argo Wreck
UK NM 271/23
Argo Carrier Wreck
VESSEL, [EX 'LUCKY CARRIER' '90, EX 'ARMONIA' '88, EX 'BANNER' '88, EX 'EURCO BANNER' '86, EX 'KAPTAMICHALIS' '84, EX 'NICOLAOS D.L.' '79], BUILT 1969...
Argo Delos (Stern Section) Wreck
22.10.60 RAN AGROUND 22.10.60 ON TORR BEG, INISHTRAHULL, WHILE ON PASSAGE GLASGOW FOR CUBA. BROKE IN TWO ON 1.11.60 AND AFTER PART FLOATED FREE....
Ariadne Wreck
PASSAGE FROM CEPHALONIA FOR BARCELONA. SANK AFTER ENGINE BROKE DOWN & HIGH SEAS HURLED HER AGAINST A BREAKWATER. SEVEN CREW & ONE PASSENGER SAFE. (LL)...
Arianna Wreck
VESSEL, EX AMERICAN MINESWEEPER. OWNED AT TIME OF LOSS BY MEDITERRANEA RECUPERI SRL. ON PASSAGE FROM TRAPANI FOR PALERMO. CAUGH FIRE, TAKEN IN TOW & B...
Aridity (Probably) Wreck
PASSAGE HULL FOR LONDON. MINED.
Aries Wreck
PASSAGE ALMERIA FOR PUEBLA DEL CARAMINAL. FOLLOWING RUDDER FAILURE STRUCK BOTTOM, SPRANG A LEAK AND SANK. DECLARE CTL. (LL).
Arimar Wreck
STRANDED 0.5M S OF EGG IS [OR ROCK], ON N TIP OF ELEUTHERA, WHILST EN-ROUTE BOCA GRANDE TO VENICE. (LLOYDS 206). RAN AGROUND AFTE...
Aris Wreck
VESSEL REPORTED TO HAVE BEEN 'LOST' DURING PASSAGE FROM SICILY TO MALTA. CAUGHT FIRE & IS STRANDED OFF THE EAST COAST OF SICILY. DECLARED A CONSTRUCTI...
Aristaios Wreck
SPRANG A LEAK AFTER TOUCHING BOTTOM AND GROUNDED. (LLOYDS VOL.213)
Aristoteles Wreck
VESSEL, BUILT 1952 BY LUBECKER FLENDER-WERKE, LUBECK. OWNED AT TIME OF LOSS BY MATAGRE CIA.NAV., S.A. ON PASSAGE FROM PLOCE FOR BAR, SOUTHERN YUGOSLAV...
Arizona Wreck
BUILT IN 1939. OIL ENGINE, SINGLE SHAFT. PASSAGE METHIL & BLYTH FOR BRIDGEWATER. STRUCK GERMAN LAID MINE. (WW2SL, DODS & SIBI).
Arkan 1 Wreck
SANK, CAUSE UNKNOWN. ONE FEMALE PASSENGER LOST. PASSAGE LIMASSOL FOR TRIPLOI, LEBANON.
Arklow Bay (Possibly) Wreck
FOUNDERED IN HEAVY WEATHER. CARGO INCLUDED SIX POLYTHYLENE CONTAINERS OF BROMIDE.
Arklow Castle Wreck
VESSEL, BUILT 1981, OWNED AT THE TIME OF LOSS BY VALE SHIPPING LTD. GROUNDED ON ROCKS ON LEAVING SABLES D'OLONNE FOR LONDON AND WAS ABANDONED BY CREW....
Arktis Island Wreck
EX- HERMOD, BUILT 1983 BY A/S NORDSOVAERFTET, RINGKOBING. OWNED AT TIME OF LOSS BY H & L I/S. PASSAGE SINGAPORE FOR BANGLADESH. CAPSIZED AND SANK AFTE...
Armada Mulia Wreck
BUILT IN 1976. OWNED AT TIME OF LOSS BY P.T. PERUSAHAAN PELAYARAN NUSTARA 'TANDJUNG'. PASSAGE BELEWAN FOR TANJUNG PRIOK. SANK FOLLOWING COLLISION WITH...
Arne Ii Wreck
No description
Arno Wreck
PASSAGE LA SPEZIA FOR ALGIERS. SANK AFTER REPORTEDLY HITTING A HALF-SUBMERGED OBJECT. CREW OF FOUR RECOVERED. (LL).
Aro (Possibly) Wreck
No description
Arona Wreck
21.4.78 VESSEL, BUILT IN 1968 BY ASTANO SA, FERROL. OWNED AT TIME OF LOSS BY NAV DEL SUR. ON PASSAGE FROM LAS PALMAS FOR LAGOS. CAUGHT FIRE ON 21...
Arri Wreck
25.7.81 VESSEL, BUILT 1972 BY ASTILLEROS DE MURUETA A.S., GUERNICA. REPD TO HAVE STRUCK UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT APPROX 40M S OF LISBON & SANK WITH NO LO...
Arrowhead Wreck
No description
Artha Rimba Wreck
No description
Arthurtown Wreck
BUILT IN 1936 BY NV SCHPS GEBR VAN DER WERF, DEEST. OWNED AT TIME OF LOSS BY PINCH & SIMPSON, LONDON. 6 CYLINDER OIL ENGINE, SINGLE SHAFT. PASSAGE SOU...
Ashanti (Possibly) Wreck
BUILT IN 1936 BY GOOLE SB CO LTD, GOOLE. OWNED AT TIME OF LOSS BY THE ROYAL NAVY, HAVING BEEN REQUSITIONED FROM T E EVANS & CO. 6 CYLINDER, TWO STROKE...
Asia Carrier 1 Wreck
BUILT IN 1957 BY FORGES ET CHANTIERS DE LA MEDITERRANEE. OWNED AT TIME OF LOSS BY HERROWBY SHIPPING LTD. RAN AGROUND OFF NEGOMBO PT, WHILST ON PASSAGE...
Asia River Wreck
No description
Asia Ruby Wreck
BUILT IN 1962. CAPSIZED AND SANK AT BAHANAR, KAHAJAN RIVER, S BORNEO AFTER DEVELOPING A LIST AND BEING BEACHED THE PREVIOUS DAY. (MSD).
Asian Speeder Wreck
BUILT 1971 BY USUKI TEKKOSHO, SAIKI. OWNED AT TIME OF LOSS BY LOTUS S.S. CORPORATION. PASSAGE CAPE PALMAS, LIBERIA FOR EUROPE. ABANDONED, FOLLOWING FL...
Asiatica Wreck
PASSAGE MANILLA FOR KOBE. GROUNDED INTENTIONALLY FOLLOWING FIRE. (LL).
Aso Wreck
VESSEL, BUILT 1961 BY J.J. SIETAS SCHIFFSW., HAMBURG. OWNED AT TIME OF LOSS BY SOCIETA DI NAVIGAZIONE ASO. STRUCK A SUBMERGED OBJECT & SANK OFF LOCRI,...
Aspis Wreck
PASSAGE PIRAEUS FOR TARTONS. CAUGHT FIRE AND WAS ABANDONED. LATER SANK AFTER TOWING ATTEMPTS WERE ABANDONED. (LL).
Aster Wreck
30.12.76 ENCOUNTERED HEAVY SEAS & SANK APPROX 10M NW OF TG SIRIK. (LL, 4 & 30.12.76) VESSEL, BUILT 1970, WAS EN-ROUTE TELOK AYER, KALIMANT...
Astipalaia Wreck
BUILT 1955 BY KIELER HOWALDTSWERKE AG, KIEL. OWNED AT TIME OF LOSS BY MARSIGMA INC. PASSAGE CASABLANCA FOR ORAN. RAN AGROUND ON ROCKS OFF POINTE DU CA...
Astree Wreck
No description
Astronaut Wreck
BUILT IN 1957 BY GOOLE SHIPBUILDING & REPAIRING CO LTD, GOOLE. OWNED AT TIME OF LOSS BY PYRSOS NAVIGATION CO LTD. PASSAGE FOR LARNACA FOR BEIRA. DEVEL...
Asuncion Wreck
BUILT IN 1961 BY BODEWES SCHPSW. 'VOLHARDING' NV, FOXHOL. PASSAGE PULA, YUGOSLAVIA FOR TRIPOLI. SANK 10M OFF CORFU. THE CREW MANAGED TO REACH CORFU IN...
Athens Sky Wreck
VESSEL, BUILT 1959 BY ATELIERS ET CHANTIERS DE LA SEIN MARITIME, LE TRAIT. OWNED AT TIME OF LOSS BY JACARANDA SHIPPING CORP. ON PASSAGE FROM BREMEN TO...
Athina B Wreck
15.1.80 RAN AGROUND AFTER 12 HOUR SAGA OF DRAGGING ANCHOR AND STEERING PROBLEMS OFF SHOREHAM. LEFT LA PALLICE 15.1.80. (LL, 22, 23 & 24.1.80)....
Atlantic Wreck
OWNED AT TIME OF LOSS BY ALIGBEN LINES INC. PASSAGE CEBU FOR SURIGAO CITY. SANK DURING TYPHOON IKE. ONLY 5 SURVIVORS. (MSD).
Atlantic (Possibly) Wreck
SANK FOLLOWING A COLLISION WITH BRITISH SS 'BURDALE' IN FOG.
Atlantic Sun Wreck
BUILT IN 1941 BY SUN SHIPBUILDING & DRYCOCK, COMPANY. OWNED AT TIME OF LOSS BY SUN OIL CO. OIL ENGINE OF 1590NHP. PASSAGE PHILADELPHIA FOR LIVERPOOL....
Attiki (Probably) Wreck
23.5.78 BUILT IN 1966 BY IMABARI ZOSEN, IMABARI. OWNED AT TIME OF LOSS BY LANITHOS CIA NAV, SA. PASSAGE GENOA FOR PORT SUDAN. RAN AGROUND AND WAS AB...
Attilio Deffenu Wreck
BUILT IN 1929 BY SOC. ANON. ANSALDO. OWNED AT TIME OF LOSS BY 'TIRRENA' SOC. ANON. DI NAV. TORPEDOED & SUNK BY BRITISH SUBMARINE NEAR BRINDISI. (DODS)...
Aube Wreck
SUNK BY SUBMARINE, 3.5M N BY W OF ILE D'YEU LT, WHILE ON PASSAGE FROM NEWPORT TO BORDEAUX. (LL WW1). TORPEDOED BY SUBMARINE WITHOUT WARNING....
Auberg Wreck
SANK FOLLOWING A FIRE IN ENGINE ROOM WHILE ON PASSAGE HELSINGBURG FOR SANTANDER. THE MASTER AND 2 CREW MEMBERS HAVE BEEN ARRESTED ON SUSPICION OF SCUT...
Auchmacoy Wreck
CONDEMNED BY BOARD OF SURVEY. WAS TOWED OUT TO SEA & SCUTTLED. (DIRECTOR OF MARINE, LAGOS).
Aung Teza Wreck
BUILT IN 1960 BY UJINA ZOSENSHO. OWNED AT TIME OF LOSS BY THE UNION OF BURMA SHIPPING BOARD. CAPSIZED AND SANK IN HEAVY SEAS 80 MILES S OF MOULMEIN. O...
Aurora Wreck
A 20 FOOT OPEN BOAT. TOOK WATER, DECLARED MAYDAY AND SANK. CREW OF TWO RECOVERED BY M FISHING TWO GIRLS.
Austri Wreck
21.9.79 CAPSIZED IN HEAVY WEATHER, S OF SOGNEFJORD, WHILST ON PASSAGE BREMANGER FOR SZCZECIN. 5 OF 9 CREW LOST. (LL, 21.9.79)
Autorenault Wreck
3.10.29 3.10.29 SANK AFTER COLLISION IN RIVER SEINE.
Ava Minti Wreck
BUILT IN 1969 BY HAYASHIKANE SHIPBUILDING & ENGINEERING CO., LTD., SHIMONOSEKI. SANK IN A STORM WHILE ON PASSAGE KUTCH FOR CALCUTTA. ONLY 4 SURVIVORS...
Avala Wreck
SANK AFTER DUST EXPLOSION.
Avalon Wreck
PASSAGE FOR BARRANQUILLA. REPORTED STRANDED ON A SOFT MUDBANK AT URABA, COLOMBIAN ATLANTIC COAST. SALVAGE ARRANGEMENTS BEING MADE. (LLOYDS VOL.227 & 2...
Avanti (Possibly) Wreck
BUILT IN 1964 BY LUBECKER FLENDER WERKE A.G, LUBECK. OWNED AT TIME OF LOSS BY AVANTI SHIPPING CORPORATION. PASSAGE RIO GRANDE FOR GENOA. CAUGHT FIRE &...
Averilla Wreck
BUILT 1959 BY NAMURA ZOSENSHO, OSAKA. OWNED AT TIME OF LOSS BY NAVIGATION CHINA ULTRAMAR CO., S.A. PASSAGE BOMBAY FOR SINGAPORE. SPRANG LEAK & SANK A...
Avra Wreck
BUILT IN 1943. OWNED AT TIME OF LOSS BY ZACHARIS BROS - M VASSILAS & CO. PASSAGE SUEZ FOR GIZAN. CARGO CEMENT. SANK IN POOR WEATHER PIPE FAILURE AND S...
Avvenire Wreck
SANK QUICKLY AFTER RUNNING AGROUND ON ROCKS NEAR LA ESCALA IN FOG. PASSAGE VIAREGGIO FOR BARCELONA/ALICANTE. (LL).
Aydan Wreck
VESSEL, BUILT 1974 BY GEMI-IS KOLLEKETIF SIRKETI, FENER, ISTANBUL. OWNED AT TIME OF LOSS BY AYDAN DENIZCILIK VE TICARET LTD., SIRKETI. ON PASSAGE FROM...
Ayia Varvara Wreck
EX-NINA, EX- ATHENIA, EX- PETROS, BUILT 1950 BY CHANTIERS ET ATELIERS AUG-NORMAND, LE HAVRE, WITH 5 CYLINDER OIL FIRED ENGINE OF 750BHP. OWNED AT TIME...
Ayla Wreck
No description
Aziminia M Embericos Wreck
No description
Baalbeck Wreck
15.3.79 VESSEL, BUILT 1948, SANK ALONGSIDE BREAKWATER DURING GALE. THE MAST, WHICH LAY ABOVE THE WATER IN AN UPRIGHT POSN WAS SUBSEQUENTLY STRUCK BY...
Baby Wreck
RAN AGROUND.
Bach Bang 6 Wreck
REP (2017), UK NM 961/17
Bagyo Dei Wreck
SANK, CAUSE NOT REPORTED. CREW RECOVERED.
Bagyo Dei Wreck
SANK, CAUSE NOT REPORTED. CREW RECOVERED.
Bahama Seas Wreck
WOODEN HULL
Bahamas Drake Wreck
PASSAGE NASSAU FOR GEORGE TOWN, GREAT EXUMA ISLAND. CARGO INCLUDING BUILDING MATERIALS AND FOOD STUFFS. BEACHED ON FARMERS CAY BANK. SUBSEQUENTLY DECL...
Bahia Buen Suceso (Possibly) Wreck
VESSEL, BUILT 1950 BY HALIFAX SHIPYARDS, LTD., HALIFAX. OWNED BY THE GOVT OF ARGENTINE. ATTACKED & DAMAGED BY RN SEA HARRIERS IN FALKLAND SOUND, NEAR...
Bahia De Uraba (Possibly) Wreck
FOUNDERED WHILE ON PASSAGE TURBO FOR EUROPE.