This list of shipwrecks is of those sunken ships whose remains have been located.

Africa

Algeria

• H.M.T. Rohna British troop carrier in WWII

Egypt

• Artemise French frigate sunk in Aboukir Bay during the Battle of the Nile in 1798
• L'Orient Napoleon's flagship sunk in Aboukir Bay during the Battle of the Nile in 1798
• Serieuse French frigate sunk in Aboukir Bay during the Battle of the Nile in 1798

Tunisia

• Mahdia

West Africa

• Medusa, French passenger ship off west Africa in 1816- incompetence`

Asia

Turkey

• Cape Gelidonya
• Uluburun

Europe

Denmark

• Alexander Nevski ran aground
• U-20 ran aground

France

• CSS Alabama sunk off Cherbourg, France
• HMT Lancastria
• Leopoldville Torpedoed
• wreck of Rochelongue, France
• The White Ship, 1120
• YMS-304 U.S. minesweeper struck mine off Normandy

Germany

• HMS Invincible shell struck magazine
• Wilhelm Gustloff torpedoed by Russian submarine

Gibraltar

• HMS Sussex off Gibraltar

Greece

• HMHS Britannic struck mine?

Ireland

• Chirripo torpedoed
• Housatonic ran aground
• Lagan collision off Belfast Lough
• Normanby Hall foundered
• State of Louisiana ran aground County Antrim
• Tiberia torpedoed
• Irish news headlines from leading Irish newspapers, estimates range between 7000 and 12000 ancient ships off the coast of Ireland

Italy

• Giglio Island, Etruscan wreck

Norway

• Scharnhorst, Norway
• Seattle , Norway
• FV Gaul, Norway
• Russian submarine Kursk

Poland

• Steuben

Portugal

• Mary Celeste

Sweden

• HMS Wasa, Stockholm, Sweden

United Kingdom

England

• Akka ran aground 1956 River Clyde
• Alarm lightship in collision Liverpool Bay in 1922
• Alaunia struck mine in 1916
• Albert C. Field torpedoed in 1944
• Amazonese ran aground in 1881
• VOC ship Amsterdam ran aground in 1749
• LST 493 WWII hit breakwater Plymouth, England
• Mary Rose
• HMS Montague , Lundy Island, England
• SS Richard Montgomery
• UC-32 World War I German U-boat struck own mine Sunderland, England
• Venture collision in 1993 off Dunoon Bank
• Vera collision 1914
• Volnay struck mine in 1917
• Warilda hospital ship torpedoed by U-boat 1918
• Yewglen ran aground in 1960 off Beadnall Point

Scotland

• HMS Hampshire

Wales

• Resurgam collision or scuttling

North America

Bermuda

• Montana blockade runner sank in 1863
• North Carolina wrecked of West End

British Virgin Islands

Anegada Island

• HMS Astrea
• RMS Rhone sunk in hurricane in 1867

Canada

Nova Scotia

• SS Atlantic ran aground near Lower Prospect
• Celebre French ship sunk by Royal Navy off Louisbourg
• Prudent French ship sunk by Royal Navy off Louisbourg
• Mont Blanc
• HMCS Saguenay

Ontario

• Lilly Parsons, Brockville, Ontario
• City of Sheboygan sank off Kingston, Ontarioin Lake Ontario
• Comet collision of Nine Mile Point, Ontario in Lake Ontario.
• SS Edmund Fitzgerald sank in Lake Superior
• Gunilda yacht ran up on McGarvey's Shoals Lake Superior
• Katie Eccles ran aground near Kingston, Ontario on Lake Ontario.
• Smith tugboat sank under tow off Long Point, Ontario Lake Erie.
• St. James unknown cause off of Long Point, Ontario in Lake Erie, discovered 1984.
• Trade Wind schooner collided with the Sir Charles Napier off Long Point, Ontario in Lake Erie.
• Wild Roverfoundered off Long Point, Ontario Lake Erie.

Quebec

• RMS Empress of Ireland, Saint Lawrence River

Dominican Republic

• Guadalupe sunk by hurricane in Samana Bay, Dominican Republic in 1724
• Tolosa sunk by hurricane in Samana Bay, Dominican Republic in 1724

Haiti

• Mary Celeste intentionally grounded in insurance fraud scheme

United States of America

Alabama

• USS Tecumseh struck torpedo

Alaska

• Nissan Maru sunk by U.S. bombers
• Portland struck rock off Cordova

California

• Ace I sunk as hazard to navigation off San Pedro
• Aggie ran aground Santa Rosa Island
• Avalon foundered under tow off Palos Verdes, California
• Charles Brown grounded Laguna Beach, California
• Charles F. Crocker ran aground for movie, then hit by tidal wave and finally burned off Santa Catalina Island California
• Chickasaw ran aground Santa Rosa Island California
• Crown of England ran aground Santa Rosa Island California
• Cuba ran aground San Miguel Island California
• Dauntless blown up for movie off Catalina Harbor, Santa Catalina Island California
• Diosa Del Mar ran aground on Ship Rock Santa Catalina Island California
• Dominator ran aground Rocky Point Palos Verdes, California
• Elsie I foundered off Huntington Beach, California
• Equator ran aground Anacapa Island California
• Foss 125 foundered off Laguna Beach, California
• F.S. Loop blown up near Los Angeles, California
• Frolic wrecked near Mendecino, California in 1850
• Georgia scuttled off Redondo Beach, California
• Georgia Straits sunk while towed off Los Angeles, California
• Goldenhorn ran aground Santa Rosa Island California
• USS Gregory (DD-802) bombed as target off San Clemente Island California
• USS Hogan bombed as target off San Diego, California
• Honda Point Disaster, nine US Navy ships run aground off the California coast in 1923.
• Humble SM-1 foundered off Santa Barbara, California
• Johanna Smith burned then blown up off Long Beach, California
• USS John C. Butler sunk as target off San Clemente, California
• USS Koka grounded on San Clemente Island California
• La Janelle grounded off Port Hueneme, California
• USS Makassar Strait grounded on San Nicholas Island California
• Margaret C. blown up for movie Catalina Harbor, Santa Catalina Island California
• Melrose ran aground White Point, California
• Monfalcone burned off Long Beach, California
• USS Moody blown up for movie San Pedro Bay,California
• Ningpo beached then burned Santa Catalina Island California
• Olympic II collision off San Pedro, California
• Palmyra beached and burned off Santa Catalina Island California
• S.S. Pomona ran aground near Fort Ross Cove, California in 1888
• S-37 broke tow and sank off Imperial Beach, California
• Sacramento foundered off Redondo Beach, California
• S.N. Castle burned and sunk for movie Catalina Harbor Santa Catalina Island California
• San Augustin Manila galleon wrecked at anchor in Drakes Bay
• SueJac grounded on Casino Point,Santa Catalina Island California
• UB-88 shelled for target San Pedro Bay California
• Valiant burned off Descanso Beach, California
• Winfield Scott ran aground Anacapa Island California
• Yankee Blade Ran aground Honda Point, California
• Yukon foundered Mission Bay, California

Florida

• Adelaide Baker grounded on reef Duck Key
• USS Amesbury grounded off Key West
• Angustias hurricane off Marathon Key, Florida in 1733
• Benwood collision Florida Keys
• Catherine off Santa Rosa Island
• City of Washington ran aground Key Largo, Florida
• Eagle destroyed by fire off Florida Keys in 1985
• El Infante hurricane off Marathon Key, Florida in 1733
• HMS Fowey sunk in Biscayne Bay Florida 1748
• Henrietta Marie slave ship sunk off of Florida Keys in 1700
• Herrera hurricane off Marathon Key, Florida in 1733
• Le Tigre stranded on Dog Island, Florida during storm in 1766
• Maple Leaf US Civil War transport; struck torpedo near Jacksonville, Florida
• Nuestra Señora de Atocha - Spanish galleon which sank in 1622 and was found on July 20, 1985 40 miles off the coast of Key West, Florida by treasure hunters who soon began to raise $400 million in coins and silver.
• Nuestra Señora del Populo hurricane off Marathon Key, Florida in 1733
• Queen of Nassau off Florida Keys in 1926 under mysterious circumstances.
• San Jose hurricane off Marathon Key, Florida in 1733
• San Pedro hurricane off Indian Key, Florida
• Slobodna ran aground on Molasses Reef in 1887
• Tarpon swamped off Panama City, Florida
• USS Wilkes-Barre sunk off Florida Keys

Georgia

• CSS Georgia scuttled off Savannah, Georgia
• CSS Muscogee , Georgia, USA
• CSS Rattlesnake stranded the shelled by USS Montauk Ogeechee River Georgia
• SS Republic storm off Georgia
• USS Water Witch burned near Georgia

Great Lakes

• SS Edmund Fitzgerald

Guam

• Aratama Maru sunk in Tolofofo Bay
• SMS Cormoran German raider scuttled at start of WWI Apra Harbor
• Kizugawa sunk in WWII
• Tokai Maru sunk in Apra Harbor

Hawaii

• USS Arizona, Pearl Harbor
• I-18tou midget submarine
• USS Utah Pearl Harbor

Illinois

• Lady Elgin, Chicago, Illinois

Louisiana

• CSS Louisiana Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana
• New York hurricane off Louisiana
• U-166 sunk by US Navy patrol boat

Maine

• Snow Squall

Massachusetts

• Bark Frances off of Cape Cod
• Portland (paddlewheeler) sunk in storm in 1898
• HMS Somerset wrecked in 1778 off Cape Cod
• Sparrowhawk in 1623

Michigan

• Emma L. Nielson collision in fog off Point Aux Barques, Michigan .
• Hunter Savidge capsized off of Pointes Aux Barques, Michigan
• John A. McGean lost in storm off of Harbor Beach in Lake Huron in the White Hurricane of 1913 .

Mississippi

• Josephine foundered off barrier islands Mississippi

New Jersey

• Adonis struck shore Deal Beach
• SS Andrea Doria, 1956 collision
• USS Arundo torpedoed off New Jersey
• Ayuruoca collision off New Jersey
• Beth Dee Bob foundered in storm off New Jersey
• Brunette collision off New Jersey
• Chappara struck mine off New Jersey
• Choapa collision off New Jersey
• Delaware burned then sank under tow off New Jersey
• Goulandris collision off New Jersey
• Gulftrade torpedoed off New Jersey
• Lana Carol foundered off Manasquan Inlet New Jersey
• Malta ran aground near Belmar, New Jersey
• Maurice Tracy collision off New Jersey
• Mohawk collision off New Jersey
• SS Morro Castle fire off Asbury Park, N.J.
• Park City collision off New Jersey
• Persephone torpedoed off New Jersey
• SS Pinta collision off New Jersey
• Pliny ran aground Deal Beach, New Jersey
• Rjukan ran aground on New Jersey
• R.P. Resor torpedoed off New Jersey
• Rusland struck wreck of Adonis
• San Saba struck mineoff New Jersey
• Stolt Dagali collision off New Jersey
• Tolten torpedoed off New Jersey
• Vega capsized under tow off New Jersey
• Vizcaya collision off New Jersey
• Western World ran aground on New Jersey coast

New York

• Black Point sunk by U-853 after hostilities had ceased
• USS California (ACR-6) (later San Diego), Long Island
• USS Eagle, Lake Champlain
• Lexington burned off Long Island
• SS Oregon collision off Long Island
• Champlain II ran aground by pilot under influence of morphine near Westport, New York in 1875
• USS Ticonderoga, Lake Champlain, New York
• USS Turner explosion (defective ammunition? U-boat attack?)
• U-853 sunk by USN blimp's rockets

North Carolina

• Altoona ran aground Cape Hatteras
• Ashkhabad torpedoed off North Carolina, USA
• Atlas torpedoed off North Carolina, USA
• Australia torpedoed off North Carolina, USA
• HMSBedfordshire torpedoed off North Carolina
• Bendigo , North Carolina, USA
• British Splendour torpedoed off North Carolina
• Caribsea torpedoed off North Carolina
• Carl Gerhard sunk off Nags Head, North Carolina
• Cassimir collision off North Carolina
• Catharine M. Monohan foundered off North Carolina
• S.S. Central America off North Carolina
• Chilore torpedoed then struck mine, then foundered off North Carolina
• Ciltvaria torpedoed off Nags Head, North Carolina
• City of Houston foundered off North Carolina
• David Atwater
• Dixie Arrow torpedoed off North Carolina
• E.M. Clark torpedoed off North Carolina
• Empire Gem torpedoed off North Carolina
• Esso Nashville torpedoed off North Carolina
• Explorer sunk off Nags Head, North Carolina
• F.W. Abrams struck mine off North Carolina
• Fenwick Island foundered off North Carolina
• Francis E. Waters now in town hall Nags Head, North Carolina
• G.A. Kohler hurricane North Carolina
• George Weems burned off North Carolina
• Hesperides stranded off North Carolina
• USSHuron grounded on North Carolina coast
• Hutton torpedoed off North Carolina
• John D. Gill torpedoed off North Carolina
• Kasandra Louloudis torpedoed off North Carolina
• Keshena struck mine off North Carolina
• Kyzickes grounded on North Carolina coast
• Lancing torpedoed off North Carolina
• Laura A. Barnes ashore Coquina Beach Cape Hatteras, North Carolina
• SSLiberator torpedoed off North Carolina
• Lois Joyce sank in surf Oregon Inlet North Carolina
• Malchace torpedoed off North Carolina
• Manuela torpedoed off North Carolina
• Metropolis sunk off of Corolla, North Carolina
• USS Monitor
• Naeco torpedoed off North Carolina
• CSS Neuse aground in Neuse River
• USS New Jersey (BB-16) bombed as target off Cape Hatteras, North Carolina
• Normannia foundered off North Carolina
• USS Oriental sunk near Oregon Inlet in North Carolina
• Papoose torpedoed off North Carolina
• Pevensey blockade runner, off Atlantic Beach, North Carolina
• Porta Allegra (unknown reason)off North Carolina
• Portland ran aground Cape Lookout, North Carolina
• Proteus collision off North Carolina
• USS Schurz collision off North Carolina
• Senateur Duhammel collision off North Carolina
• Suloide collision off North Carolina
• Tamaulipas torpedoed off North Carolina
• USS Tarpon foundered off North Carolina
• U-352 depth charged off North Carolina
• U-701 depth charged off North Carolina
• U-85 depth charged off North Carolina
• Veturia grounded off North Carolina
• USS Virginia bombed as target off Cape Hatteras, North Carolina
• W.E. Hutton torpedoed off North Carolina
• William Rockefeller torpedoed off North Carolina

Oregon

• Isabella a Hudson's Bay Company supply ship

South Carolina

• HMS Acteon frigate burned 1776 Charleston
• USS Housatonic sunk by CSS Hunley
• CSS Hunley
• Keokuk Charleston
• Norseman blockade runner ran aground Charleston
• USS Patapsco struck mine Charleston
• Raccoon blockade runner Charleston
• Rattlesnake blockade runner Charleston
• Ruby blockade runner aground Folly Island Charleston
• Stonewall Jackson blockade runner grounded and burned Isle of Palms Charleston
• USS Weehawken US Civil War monitorCharleston

Texas

• Anona foundered of coast
• Gulfpenn torpedoed
• USS Hatteras sunk by CSS Alabama off Galveston
• Heredia torpedoed
• Mary ran aground Aransas Pass, Texas
• Robert E. Lee torpedoed
• Sheherezade torpedoed

Vermont

• A.R. Noyes broke from tug Proctor Shoal Lake Champlain in 1884
• General Butler hit breakwater near Burlington, Vermont on Lake Champlain in 1876
• O.J. Walker sank in gale in 1895 near Burlington, Vermont
• Phoenix in 1819 burned (arson?) near Colchester Shoal
• Unknown horse ferry only known example of horse-powered or team-boat ferry near Burlington, Vermont date unknown.
• Water Witch schooner foundered in gale off Diamond Island in 1866

Virginia

• Amaganzette swamped off Virginia
• Anglo African sunk off Cape Charles
• USCG Cuyahoga collision off Smith Point, Virginia
• Doxie Girl sank off Virginia
• Admiral Graf Spee
• Ethel C. sunk off Virginia
• Eureka collision off Virginia
• Francis E. Powell torpedoed off Virginia
• Gulf Hustler swamped off Virginia
• Hanks swamped off Virginia
• Juno Spanish ship lost in storm 1802according to decision of 4th circuit (Virginia v. Spain)Spain still owns her.
• John Morgan collision off Virginia
• HMS Kingston Ceylonite torpedoed off Virginia
• La Galga hurricane 1750 Also contested in Virginia v. Spain, but Spain abonded her in 1763.
• Lillian Lukenbach collision off Virginia
• Merida collision off Virginia
• Ocean Venture torpedoed off Virginia
• Santore struck mine off Virginia
• Tiger torpedoed off Virginia
• USS Washington bombed as target off Virginia
• Winthorp foundered off Virginia
• William D. Sanner collision Chesapeake Bay

Wisconsin

• Louisiana burned in gale 1913

Oceania

Australia

• Aarhus Historic Shipwreck
• SS Yongala, Townsville, Australia
• VOC Zuytdorp, Australia, 1712

Tasmania

• Cataraqui 400 lost wrecked on King Island

Queensland

• HMS Pandora struck Great Barrier Reef

Western Australia

• VOC ship Batavia
• (Black Eyed Susan) collision

Federated States of Micronesia

Chuuk

• Bombed in Truk Lagoon:
  • Aikoko Maru
  • Fujikawa Maru
  • Heian Maru
  • Sankisan Maru
  • Shinkoko Maru

New Zealand

• HMS Orpheus , 1863, Manukau Heads, Auckland, 189 lives lost
• General Grant , 1866, off the Auckland Islands
• Elingamite, New Zealand, 1902
• Niagara, sunk by a mine off Bream Head, 1940
• Wahine, 1968 ran aground, capsized, 51 lives lost
• Mikhail Lermontov, Soviet passenger liner off New Zealand in 1986

High Seas

Atlantic

• German battleship Bismarck
• HMS Hood
• RMS Lusitania
• SS Mount Temple scuttled by Germans
• USS Scorpion
• USS Thresher
• RMS Titanic

Baltic

• M/S Estonia
• Rusalka , Russian ironclad in the Gulf of Finland

Indian

• HMS Repulse, British battlecruiser sunk by air attack 1941
• HMS Prince of Wales, British battleship sunk by air attack 1941

Mediterranean

• HMHS Britannic
• Dakar , Israeli submarine
• Provence , French cruiser sank, 3,100 perished
• Eurydice , French submarine
• HMS Sussex, British warship sank in 1694
• HMS Victoria, British battleship sank in 1893
• Eilat , Israeli destroyer
• HMS Ark Royal, British aircraft carrier
• HMS/M Perseus , British submarine sunk by mine 1941. One survivor

Pacific

• I-52
• Toya Maru , passenger ferry sank September 26, 1954 in Tsugaru Strait, Japan, 1,172 perished
• Dona Paz , sank in the Tablas Strait south of Manila, Philippines, 4,341 perish

Red Sea

• Carnatic shipwreck, Red Sea - hit reef, 31 died

• Breadalbane , 1853
• HMS Hussar
• Iria
• Nola
• Struma, Black Sea
• Vicar of Bray

See also

• List of drowning victims
• Maritime archaeology
• Scuba diving
• Rusticle
• Ironbottom Sound

Further reading

• A. J. Parker , Ancient shipwrecks of the Mediterranean and the Roman provinces (Oxford 1992).
• Mario Jurisi, Ancient shipwrecks of the Adriatic : maritime transport during the first and second centuries AD (Oxford, Tempus Reparatum, 2000,

British archaeological reports : International series, 828 ISBN: 1-84171-039-3