List of shipwrecks of England
This is a list of shipwrecks located off the coast of England.
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East
Essex
Ship | Flag | Sunk date | Notes | Coordinates |
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HMS Dundalk | Royal Navy | 16 October 1940 | A Hunt-class minesweeper that struck a mine and foundered under tow off Harwich. | 52°3′N 1°48′E / 52.050°N 1.800°E |
Terukuni Maru | Japan | 19 November 1939 | A Japanese ocean liner that struck a German mine off Harwich. | 51°50′N 01°30′E / 51.833°N 1.500°E |
Norfolk
Suffolk
Ship | Flag | Sunk date | Notes | Coordinates |
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SS Elbe | German Empire | 31 January 1895 | A German liner sunk in the North Sea after colliding with the steamship Crathie. | |
HMS Exmoor | Royal Navy | 25 February 1941 | A Hunt-class destroyer that was attacked by E-boats and capsized off Lowestoft. | 52°30′N 02°04′E / 52.500°N 2.067°E |
SS Gasfire | United Kingdom | 21 June 1941 | A steam collier that was sunk by a mine east of Southwold. | 52°20′N 1°57′E / 52.33°N 1.95°E |
SS Golconda | United Kingdom | 3 June 1916 | A passenger ship that struck a mine and sank 5 nautical miles (9.3 km) southeast of Aldeburgh. | 52°08′30″N 1°44′45″E / 52.14167°N 1.74583°E |
Harwich ferry | United Kingdom | 18 April 1807 | A ferry that capsized off Landguard Fort while overburdened with foot soldiers, women and children. | |
SS Magdapur | United Kingdom | 10 September 1939 | A cargo ship that struck a mine off Thorpeness. | 52°11′N 1°43′E / 52.183°N 1.717°E |
SS Phryné | France | 24 September 1939 | A cargo ship that was sunk by mine off Aldeburgh. | 52°09′N 1°43′E / 52.150°N 1.717°E |
U-13 | Kriegsmarine | 31 May 1940 | A Type IIB U-boat that was sunk by HMS Weston 11 nautical miles (20 km) southeast of Lowestoft. | 52°26′N 02°02′E / 52.433°N 2.033°E |
East Midlands
Leicestershire
Ship | Flag | Sunk date | Notes | Coordinates |
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Stanegarth | United Kingdom | 6 June 2000 | A tug scuttled at Stoney Cove to create an artificial reef. |
North East
County Durham
Ship | Flag | Sunk date | Notes | Coordinates |
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Seaton Carew Wreck | Unknown | A protected wreck lying in the intertidal zone at Seaton Carew. | 54°39′29″N 1°10′49″W / 54.65806°N 1.18028°W |
Northumberland
Tyne and Wear
Ship | Flag | Sunk date | Notes | Coordinates |
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SS Hebble | United Kingdom | 6 May 1917 | A cargo ship that was sunk by mine east of Roker. | 54°55′N 1°18′W / 54.917°N 1.300°W |
MS Oslofjord | Norway | 1 December 1940 | An ocean liner that hit a mine off South Shields. | 55°0.17′N 1°23.72′W / 55.00283°N 1.39533°W |
UC-32 | Kaiserliche Marine | 23 February 1917 | A German U-boat that struck its own naval mine at Sunderland. |
North West
Lancashire
Ship | Flag | Sunk date | Notes | Coordinates |
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Abana | Norway | 22 December 1894 | A barque that was caught in a storm and ran aground at Bispham, Blackpool. | |
MS Riverdance | Bahamas | 31 January 2008 | A RO-RO ferry that ran aground on Blackpool beach and was finally scrapped in place after refloating attempts failed. | 53°52′23″N 3°03′09″W / 53.873182°N 3.052444°W |
Merseyside
Ship | Flag | Sunk date | Notes | Coordinates |
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Alarm | United Kingdom | 1922 | A lightship sunk in a collision in Liverpool Bay. | |
Pelican | 20 March 1793 | A privateer that sank in the River Mersey. |
South East
East Sussex
Ship | Flag | Sunk date | Notes | Coordinates |
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RMS Alaunia | United Kingdom | 19 October 1916 | Struck a mine off Hastings. | |
Amsterdam | 26 January 1749 | A Dutch East India Company ship that ran aground near Hastings. The wreck site is protected. | 52°22′21.00″N 4°54′51.48″E / 52.3725000°N 4.9143000°E | |
HMS Ariadne | Royal Navy | 26 July 1917 | A Diadem-class cruiser torpedoed off Beachy Head by German submarine UC-65. | 50°39′18″N 0°17′28″E / 50.655°N 0.291°E |
HMS Holland 5 | Royal Navy | 8 August 1912 | A Holland-class submarine that foundered off Beachy Head while under tow to be scrapped. | 50°43′44″N 0°14′53″E / 50.729°N 0.248°E |
RMS Moldavia | United Kingdom | 23 May 1918 | An armed merchantman torpedoed off Beachy Head by UB-57. | 50°23.13′N 0°28.72′W / 50.38550°N 0.47867°W |
MV Nyon | Switzerland | 15 June 1962 | A Swiss cargo ship that ran aground at Berwickshire in 1958, but was salvaged and repaired. It sank for the final time off Beachy Head, following a collision. | |
MT Sitakund | Norway | 20 October 1968 | A Norwegian motor tanker that exploded off the coast of Eastbourne. | 50°43′08″N 0°14′24″E / 50.719°N 0.240°E |
SS Storaa | United Kingdom | 3 November 1943 | A British coaster sunk by a German torpedo near Hastings. | |
U-40 | Kriegsmarine | 13 October 1939 | A German submarine sunk by a mine off Eastbourne. | 50°42′N 0°15′E / 50.700°N 0.250°E |
U-413 | Kriegsmarine | 20 August 1944 | A German submarine sunk by a mine 15 nautical miles (28 km) south of Brighton. | 50°21′N 00°01′W / 50.350°N 0.017°W |
UC-65 | Kaiserliche Marine | 3 November 1917 | A German minelaying submarine torpedoed by HMS C15 off Eastbourne. | 50°31′N 00°27′E / 50.517°N 0.450°E |
MV Wittering | United Kingdom | 25 February 1976 | A British Cargo Ship sunk after a collision, 11.5 nautical miles (21.3 km) off Beachy Head. Attended by Hastings Lifeboat. | 50°43′N 00°37′W / 50.717°N 0.617°W |
Hampshire
Ship | Flag | Sunk date | Notes | Coordinates |
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Grace Dieu | 1439 | Henry V's flagship, struck by lightning in the River Hamble. Now a protected wrecksite. Wreck found in 1859. | 50°53′30″N 1°17′19″W / 50.891665°N 1.28848°W | |
Impétueux | 24 August 1794 | A Téméraire-class ship of the line that took part in the Glorious First of June. It was captured by the British and accidentally destroyed in a fire at Portsmouth. | ||
HMS Invincible | February 1758 | A ship of the line that ran aground in the East Solent. | ||
Mary Rose | 19 July 1545 | A Tudor warship sunk in Portsmouth Harbour, possibly during an engagement with the French fleet. Now a protected wrecksite | 50°47′59″N 1°06′24″W / 50.79972°N 1.10667°W | |
HMS Newcastle | 27 November 1703 | A fourth-rate frigate wrecked at Spithead in the Great Storm of 1703. | ||
HMS Royal George | 29 August 1782 | A first-rate ship of the line that sank at anchor off Portsmouth, with the loss of over 800 lives. |
Isle of Wight
Kent
Goodwin Sands
Ship | Flag | Sunk date | Notes | Coordinates |
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Admiral Gardner | 25 January 1809 | A merchant vessel sunk in a storm. | ||
SS Cap Lopez | Belgium | 21 December 1907 | A cargo ship wrecked in heavy seas. | |
Ganges | United Kingdom | 14 October 1881 | A Nourse Line sailing ship wrecked en route from Middlesbrough to Calcutta. | |
Guttenburg | German Empire | 1 January 1860 | A German brig driven onto the South Sand Head by hurricane force winds. | |
SS Mahratta | United Kingdom | 9 April 1909 | A steamship that ran aground and broke in two. | 51°14′45″N 01°30′05″E / 51.24583°N 1.50139°E |
SS Mahratta | United Kingdom | 9 October 1939 | A steamship that ran aground and broke in two. | 51°14′45″N 01°30′05″E / 51.24583°N 1.50139°E |
Mary White | United Kingdom | 6 March 1851 | A brig that became stranded in rough weather. Its crew were rescued by a lifeboat which subsequently took the name Mary White. | |
SS Montrose | United Kingdom | 20 December 1914 | A transatlantic ocean liner, upon which the murderer Hawley Crippen was arrested while attempting to flee to Canada. The ship was wrecked when she broke loose from her moorings during a gale. | |
HMS Northumberland | 27 November 1703 | A third-rate ship of the line wrecked in the Great Storm of 1703, with 220 deaths. | 51°15′29″N 01°30′01″E / 51.25806°N 1.50028°E | |
HMS Restoration | 27 November 1703 | A third-rate ship of the line wrecked in the Great Storm of 1703, with 387 deaths. | 51°15′42″N 01°30′3″E / 51.26167°N 1.50083°E | |
Rooswijk | 19 December 1739 | A Dutch East Indiaman that was wrecked in a heavy storm with the loss of all hands. The wreck was discovered in 2004. | 51°16′27″N 01°34′32″E / 51.27417°N 1.57556°E | |
HMS Stirling Castle | 27 November 1703 | A third-rate ship of the line wrecked in the Great Storm of 1703. | 51°16.4561′N 01°30.4121′E / 51.2742683°N 1.5068683°E | |
U-16 | Kriegsmarine | 25 October 1939 | A German submarine that ran aground while under attack from HMS Puffin and HMS Cayton Wyke. | 51°9′N 1°28′E / 51.150°N 1.467°E |
UC-46 | Kaiserliche Marine | 8 February 1917 | A German minelaying submarine sunk by HMS Liberty. | 51°07′N 01°39′E / 51.117°N 1.650°E |
UC-63 | Kaiserliche Marine | 1 November 1917 | A German minelaying submarine torpedoed by HMS E52. | 51°23′N 02°00′E / 51.383°N 2.000°E |
River Thames
Ship | Flag | Sunk date | Notes | Coordinates |
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HMT Amethyst | Royal Navy | 24 November 1940 | A naval trawler sunk by a mine in the Thames Estuary. | 51°30′28″N 1°01′15″E / 51.50778°N 1.02083°E |
The Blackfriars shipwrecks | Unknown | A series of four shipwrecks discovered in Blackfriars along the banks of the Thames, the earliest dating back to the 2nd century AD. | 51°30′39″N 0°06′14″W / 51.5109°N 0.1038°W | |
Boddington | 1805 | A merchantman and convict ship that was stranded on a sandbank near Blackwall. | ||
HMS London | 7 March 1665 | A second-rate ship of the line that accidentally exploded in the Thames Estuary, killing 300 crewmen. | 51°29′48″N 0°44′23″E / 51.4966°N 0.7397°E | |
Princes Channel Wreck | Unknown | An Elizabethan wreck discovered in the Thames Estuary in 2004. | 51°29′28″N 1°06′43″E / 51.491075°N 1.111873°E | |
SS Princess Alice | United Kingdom | 3 September 1873 | A paddle steamer that collided with the Bywell Castle near North Woolwich, with over 650 deaths. | 51°30′38″N 0°05′25″E / 51.51054°N 0.09015°E |
SS Richard Montgomery | United States | 20 August 1944 | A Liberty ship that ran aground off the Nore in the Thames Estuary with over a thousand tons of explosives on board. A protected wreck site, designated as dangerous. | 51°27′57″N 0°47′12″E / 51.46583°N 0.78667°E |
Stornoway | United Kingdom | 7 June 1873 | A clipper wrecked at the mouth of the Thames. |
West Sussex
Ship | Flag | Sunk date | Notes | Coordinates |
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HMS A3 | Royal Navy | 2 February 1912 | An A-class submarine sunk as a target of the Isle of Portland. |
South West
Bristol Channel
Ship | Flag | Sunk date | Notes | Coordinates |
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SS Bengrove | United Kingdom | 7 March 1915 | A collier torpedoed by German submarine U-20. | 51°21′04″N 4°06′58″W / 51.351°N 4.116°W |
HMS Montagu | Royal Navy | 29 May 1906 | A battleship run aground in fog on Shutter Reef, Lundy. | |
USCGC Tampa | United States Coast Guard | 26 September 1918 | A cutter that was torpedoed by German submarine UB-91. | 50°40′N 6°19′W / 50.667°N 6.317°W |
Cornwall
See also: List of shipwrecks of Cornwall
Devon
Dorset
Isles of Scilly
Ship | Flag | Sunk date | Notes | Coordinates |
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HMS Association | Royal Navy | 22 October 1707 | A second rate ship of the line wrecked in the Scilly naval disaster of 1707, with about 800 dead. | |
MV Cita | Antigua and Barbuda | 26 March 1997 | A merchant vessel that ran aground off St Mary's. | |
HMS Colossus | Royal Navy | 10 December 1798 | A protected wreck site, broke anchor and ran aground off Samson. | |
SS Dundee | United Kingdom | 2 September 1917 | A steam passenger and cargo ship sunk by German submarine UC-49 | |
HMS Eagle | Royal Navy | 22 October 1707 | A third rate ship of the line wrecked in the Scilly naval disaster of 1707. | |
PS Earl of Arran | United Kingdom | 16 July 1872 | A passenger ship that was wrecked off the Eastern Isles. | 49°57′22.1″N 6°15′27.8″W / 49.956139°N 6.257722°W |
HMS Firebrand | Royal Navy | 22 October 1707 | A fireship wrecked in the Scilly naval disaster of 1707. | 49°53′20″N 06°20′35″W / 49.88889°N 6.34306°W |
Hollandia | 13 June 1743 | An East Indiaman wrecked off the island of Annet with 276 deaths. | ||
USS Jacob Jones | United States Navy | 6 December 1917 | A Tucker-class destroyer torpedoed by German submarine U-53 | 49°23′N 6°13′W / 49.383°N 6.217°W |
HMS K5 | Royal Navy | 20 January 1921 | A K-class submarine that sank en route to a mock battle. | |
SS Little Western | United Kingdom | 6 October 1872 | A passenger ship that was wrecked on a reef off Samson. | 49°55′37″N 6°20′53″W / 49.927°N 6.348°W |
Minnehaha | United Kingdom | 18 January 1874 | A barque wrecked off Peninnis Head. | |
Nancy | February 1784 | A packet ship that ran aground on the Western Rocks. | ||
Rachel Harvey | United Kingdom | 1 October 1999 | A fishing vessel that struck rocks off Peninnis Head. | |
HMS Romney | Royal Navy | 26 October 1707 | A fourth-rate ship of the line wrecked in the Scilly naval disaster of 1707. | |
SS Schiller | German Empire | 7 May 1875 | A German ocean liner wrecked on the Retarrier Ledges, with 335 deaths. | |
SS Thames | United Kingdom | 4 January 1841 | An Irish steamship that ran aground on Cribewidden Rock. | |
Thomas W. Lawson | United States | 14 December 1907 | An American schooner wrecked off the island of Annet, spilling 58,000 barrels of kerosene. | 49°53′38″N 06°22′55″W / 49.89389°N 6.38194°W |
UC-19 | Kaiserliche Marine | 6 December 1916 | A German minelaying submarine sunk by HMS Ariel | 49°41′N 06°31′W / 49.683°N 6.517°W |
Wheel Wreck | An unidentified shipwreck located off Little Ganinick, believed to date from around 1835. | 49°56′42″N 6°16′34″W / 49.945°N 6.276°W |
Yorkshire and the Humber
Ship | Flag | Sunk date | Notes | Coordinates |
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SS Empire Bay | United Kingdom | 15 January 1942 | A collier that was bombed by German aircraft off Middlesbrough. | 54°41′08″N 1°08′36″W / 54.68556°N 1.14333°W |
HMS Falmouth | Royal Navy | 19 August 1916 | A Town-class cruiser sunk by U-63 off Hornsea. | 53°58.93′N 0°4.50′W / 53.98217°N 0.07500°W |
SS Lanthorn | United Kingdom | 21 May 1917 | A cargo ship that was sunk by UB-41 off Whitby. | 54°30′N 00°29′W / 54.500°N 0.483°W |
SS Saint Ninian | United Kingdom | 7 February 1917 | A cargo ship that was torpedoed by UB-48 off Whitby. | 54°28′46.1″N 0°28′10.3″W / 54.479472°N 0.469528°W |
MS Piłsudski | Poland | 26 November 1939 | A Polish ocean liner sunk off Grimsby. | 53°45.75′N 0°45.67′E / 53.76250°N 0.76117°E |
SS Rohilla | United Kingdom | 30 October 1914 | A steamship that struck a reef near Whitby. |
References
- ↑ "Warship scuttled in Cornish bay". BBC News. 27 March 2004.
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