Shipwrecks of the world
From Bronze Age traders to modern artificial reefs: famous and little-known wrecks, with their story and diving conditions.
1300 BCUluburun shipwreck
Kaş, Antalya, Turkey
300 BCKyrenia ship
Off Kyrenia, Cyprus
80 BCMahdia shipwreck
Off Mahdia, Tunisia
Antikythera wreck
Antikythera, Greece
Madrague de Giens wreck
Giens peninsula, France
830Belitung shipwreck
Off Belitung Island, Java Sea, Indonesia
1180Nanhai One
Off Yangjiang, Guangdong, China
1281Mongol invasion fleet
Takashima, Nagasaki, Japan
1545Mary Rose
The Solent, England
Mars
East of Öland, Baltic Sea, Sweden
La Girona
Lacada Point, County Antrim, Northern Ireland
1588La Trinidad Valencera
Kinnagoe Bay, Donegal, Ireland
1600San Diego
Fortune Island, Manila Bay, Philippines
1609Sea Venture
St. George's, Bermuda
1622Nuestra Señora de Atocha
Marquesas Keys, Florida, USA
1628Vasa
Stockholm harbour, Sweden
1629Batavia
Houtman Abrolhos, Western Australia
1656Vergulde Draeck
Ledge Point, Western Australia
1676Kronan
Off Öland, Baltic Sea, Sweden
1707HMS Association
Gilstone Ledges, Isles of Scilly, England
1708Galleon San José
Off Barú, Cartagena, Colombia
1712Zuytdorp
Zuytdorp Cliffs, Western Australia
1717Whydah Gally
Off Wellfleet, Cape Cod, USA
1718Queen Anne's Revenge
Beaufort Inlet, North Carolina, USA
1744HMS Victory (1737)
Western English Channel
Geldermalsen
Riau Islands, South China Sea
1790HMS Bounty
Bounty Bay, Pitcairn Island
1791HMS Pandora
Great Barrier Reef, Australia
1794São José Paquete de África
Clifton, Cape Town, South Africa
1804Nuestra Señora de las Mercedes
Off Cape Santa Maria, Portugal
Tek Sing
Belvidere Shoal, South China Sea
1848HMS Erebus
Wilmot and Crampton Bay, Nunavut, Canada
1848HMS Terror
Terror Bay, Nunavut, Canada
1852HMS Birkenhead
Danger Point, South Africa
1853HMS Investigator
Mercy Bay, Banks Island, Canada
1854RMS Tayleur
Lambay Island, Ireland
1854SS Arctic
Off Cape Race, Newfoundland
1857SS Central America
Off the Carolinas, USA
1859Royal Charter
Moelfre, Anglesey, Wales
1862USS Monitor
Off Cape Hatteras, North Carolina, USA
1864H. L. Hunley
Off Charleston, South Carolina, USA
SS Brother Jonathan
Off Crescent City, California, USA
1865SS Republic
Off Savannah, Georgia, USA
1867RMS Rhone
Salt Island, British Virgin Islands
1869SS Carnatic
Abu Nuhas reef, Red Sea, Egypt
1873SS Atlantic
Lower Prospect, Nova Scotia, Canada
SS Dunraven
Beacon Rock, Ras Mohammed, Red Sea
1885Mary Celeste
Rochelais Reef, Haiti
1890Ertuğrul
Kushimoto, Wakayama, Japan
1898SS Mohegan
The Manacles, Cornwall, England
1907Thermopylae
Off Cascais, Portugal
1909RMS Republic
Off Nantucket, Massachusetts, USA
1911SS Yongala
Off Townsville, Queensland, Australia
1912RMS Titanic
North Atlantic, south of Newfoundland
1914Baron Gautsch
Off Rovinj, Croatia
1914RMS Empress of Ireland
St. Lawrence estuary, Quebec, Canada
1914SMS Scharnhorst
Off the Falkland Islands
1914SMS Emden
North Keeling Island, Cocos Islands
1915RMS Lusitania
Off the Old Head of Kinsale, Ireland
1915Endurance
Weddell Sea, Antarctica
1915SS Persia
South of Crete, Mediterranean
1916HMHS Britannic
Kea Channel, Aegean Sea, Greece
1916HMS Hampshire
Off Marwick Head, Orkney, Scotland
1917SS Mendi
Off the Isle of Wight, England
1917HMS Vanguard
Scapa Flow, Orkney, Scotland
1917SMS Cormoran
Apra Harbor, Guam
1918SMS Szent István
Off Premuda, Adriatic, Croatia
1918RMS Leinster
Off Dublin Bay, Irish Sea
1918RMS Carpathia
Off southwest Ireland, Atlantic
1919SMS Markgraf
Scapa Flow, Orkney, Scotland
SMS Kronprinz Wilhelm
Scapa Flow, Orkney, Scotland
1935SS Maheno
75 Mile Beach, K'gari (Fraser Island), Australia
1939HMS Royal Oak
Scapa Flow, Orkney, Scotland
Umbria
Wingate Reef, Port Sudan, Red Sea
Antilla
Malmok, Aruba
1940RMS Lancastria
Off Saint-Nazaire, France
1941SS Thistlegorm
Strait of Gubal, Red Sea, Egypt
1941USS Arizona
Pearl Harbor, Oahu, Hawaii
1941Bismarck
North Atlantic, west of Brest, France
SS Politician
Eriskay, Outer Hebrides, Scotland
Rosalie Moller
Gubal Island, Red Sea, Egypt
1941HMS Hood
Denmark Strait
1941HMS Ark Royal
Off Gibraltar, Mediterranean
SS Gairsoppa
Southwest of Ireland, Atlantic
1941HMS Prince of Wales
Off Kuantan, South China Sea
1941HMS Repulse
Off Kuantan, South China Sea
1941HMAS Sydney
Off Shark Bay, Western Australia
1941Kormoran
Off Shark Bay, Western Australia
1942USAT Liberty
Tulamben, Bali, Indonesia
1942SS President Coolidge
Espiritu Santo, Vanuatu
1942HMS Hermes
Off Batticaloa, Sri Lanka
1942HMS Edinburgh
Barents Sea
U-352
Off Morehead City, North Carolina, USA
1942USS Houston
Sunda Strait, Indonesia
1942HMAS Perth
Sunda Strait, Indonesia
1942USS Yorktown
Near Midway Atoll, Pacific
1942Akagi
Near Midway Atoll, Pacific
1942USS Lexington
Coral Sea
1943Tokai Maru
Apra Harbor, Guam
1943Scharnhorst
Off North Cape, Norway
1943AHS Centaur
Off Moreton Island, Queensland, Australia
1943HMT Rohna
Off Bougie, Algeria
1944Fujikawa Maru
Chuuk Lagoon, Micronesia
Shinkoku Maru
Chuuk Lagoon, Micronesia
San Francisco Maru
Chuuk Lagoon, Micronesia
Nippo Maru
Chuuk Lagoon, Micronesia
Heian Maru
Chuuk Lagoon, Micronesia
Sankisan Maru
Chuuk Lagoon, Micronesia
1944Akitsushima
Coron Bay, Palawan, Philippines
Okikawa Maru
Coron Bay, Palawan, Philippines
1944Irako
Coron Bay, Palawan, Philippines
1944Musashi
Sibuyan Sea, Philippines
I-52
Mid-Atlantic, west of Cape Verde
1944SS Richard Montgomery
Thames Estuary, England
1945Yamato
East China Sea, southwest of Kyushu
1945USS Indianapolis
Philippine Sea
1945MV Wilhelm Gustloff
Off Łeba, Baltic Sea, Poland
1945MV Goya
Baltic Sea, off Poland
U-869
Off New Jersey, USA
U-1206
Off Peterhead, Scotland
1946Prinz Eugen
Kwajalein Atoll, Marshall Islands
1946USS Saratoga
Bikini Atoll, Marshall Islands
1946Nagato
Bikini Atoll, Marshall Islands
1948SS Kiangya
Mouth of the Huangpu, near Shanghai, China
1956SS Andrea Doria
Off Nantucket, Massachusetts, USA
1961Bianca C
St. George's, Grenada
1971SS Antilles
Off Mustique, Grenadines
Superior Producer
Willemstad, Curaçao
SS Stavronikita
Off Bridgetown, Barbados
Kimon M
Abu Nuhas reef, Red Sea, Egypt
MS Zenobia
Off Larnaca, Cyprus
Chrisoula K
Abu Nuhas reef, Red Sea, Egypt
Giannis D
Abu Nuhas reef, Red Sea, Egypt
1984Hilma Hooker
Kralendijk, Bonaire
Cedar Pride
Aqaba, Jordan
1987USCGC Duane
Key Largo, Florida, USA
1987MV Doña Paz
Tablas Strait, Philippines
1991MV Salem Express
Safaga, Red Sea, Egypt
MT Haven
Off Arenzano, Genoa, Italy
1994MS Estonia
Baltic Sea, off Utö, Finland
1996MV Captain Keith Tibbetts
Cayman Brac, Cayman Islands
HMAS Swan
Geographe Bay, Western Australia
Sea Tiger
Off Waikiki, Oahu, Hawaii
2002MV Le Joola
Off The Gambia, Atlantic
2002USS Spiegel Grove
Key Largo, Florida, USA
2005HMAS Brisbane
Sunshine Coast, Queensland, Australia
2006USS Oriskany
Off Pensacola, Florida, USA
2009USNS Vandenberg
Off Key West, Florida, USA
2011USS Kittiwake
Seven Mile Beach, Grand Cayman