List of wreck diving sites

List of shipwreck sites which are popular amongst scuba divers for wreck diving, arranged by geographical distribution.

Wreck of the Zenobia.

North Atlantic

Ireland

United Kingdom

  • HMS A1 The Royal Navy's first British-designed submarine
  • HMS A3 A-class submarine of the Royal Navy
  • Abessinia German ship wrecked at the Farne Islands in 1921. Now a dive site
  • Aeolian Sky Greek registered freighter sunk off Dorset after a collision
  • SS Ajax  Cargo steamship that was built in Germany in 1923
  • Albert C. Field Canadian cargo ship, sunk off the Needles during World War II
  • SS Ben Doran  Steam fishing trawler that operated out of Aberdeen
  • SS Binnendijk  Dutch steel cargo ship lost off Portland Bill in the English Channel
  • HMS Boadicea  B-class destroyer of the Royal Navy, sunk by enemy action in Lyme Bay
  • SS Breda  Dutch ship sunk off Scotland in 1940
  • HMS Coronation  90-gun second-rate ship of the line of the English Royal Navy
  • SMS Dresden  Light cruiser of the German Imperial Navy  German light cruiser scuttled in Scapa Flow
  • SS Eastfield  Ship sunk off Cornwall 1n 1917, now a dive site
  • HMT Elk  British trawler sunk off Plymouth in 1940, now a recreational dive site.
  • SS Espagne  Belgian cargo ship sunk in English Channel
  • HMS Falmouth  Town-class light cruiser of the Royal Navy
  • HMS Ghurka  Tribal-class destroyer of the Royal Navy sunk off Dungeness by a German mine
  • Glen Strathallan  British ship scuttled in Plymouth sound as a dive site
  • Herzogin Cecilie  German-built four-masted barque wrecked near Salcombe
  • Hilma Hooker  Shipwreck in Bonaire in the Caribbean Netherlands
  • SS Hispania   Swedish steamship wrecked in the Sound of Mull, now a dive site
  • HMS Hood   Royal Sovereign-class battleship of the Royal Navy scuttled in Portland Harbour
  • SS James Eagan Layne  Liberty ship sunk off Cornwall, now a dive site
  • SMS Kronprinz  Battleship of the German Imperial Navy
  • Kyarra  Cargo and passenger luxury liner torpedoed and sunk near Swanage
  • HMS Laforey  Royal Navy destroyer sunk by a mine off Sussex
  • SS Louis Sheid  Belgian ship sunk off Devon on 1939. Now a recreational dive site
  • USS LST-507  US Tank landing ship sunk off the south coast of England, now a dive site
  • HMS M2  Royal Navy submarine monitor wrecked in Lyme Bay
  • SS Maine  British ship sunk in 1917 near Dartmouth, Devon. Now a recreational dive site
  • SS Maloja  UK registered passenger steamship sunk by a mine off Dover
  • Marguerite  French ship sunk in Lyme Bay in 1917. Now a dive site
  • SMS Markgraf  Battleship of the German Imperial Navy
  • SS Mendi  Passenger steamship that sank after a collision south of the Isle of Wight
  • RMS Moldavia  British ship sunk in 1918 off Beachy Head, now a dive site
  • HMS Montagu  Pre-dreadnought battleship of the British Royal Navy
  • MV RMS Mulheim  German owned container ship wrecked at Land's End, United Kingdom
  • SS Oceana  Cargo and passenger ship sunk off Beachy Head after a collision
  • MS Oslofjord  Ocean liner sunk after hitting a mine off the River Tyne
  • SS Persier  British ship sunk in Plymouth Sound in 1945. Now a dive site
  • MS Piłsudski  Polish passenger ship sunk off the Yorkshire coast
  • MV Pool Fisher  British merchant vessel that sank off the Isle of Wight
  • HMS Port Napier  Royal Navy minelayer destroyed in Loch Alsh, Scotland, by an explosion following an engine room fire
  • Preußen  German steel-hulled five-masted ship-rigged windjammer sunk in Crab Bay after a collision
  • SS Radaas  Ship sunk in 1917 near Portland Bill, now a dive site
  • SS Rondo  Ship sunk in Sound of Mull in 1935, now a recreational dive site
  • SS Rosehill  Steam collier torpedoed and sunk near Fowey, Cornwall
  • SS Rotorua  New Zealand Shipping Company steam ocean liner and refrigerated cargo ship
  • Royal Adelaide  Iron sailing ship wrecked on Chesil Beach
  • Royal Charter  Steam clipper wrecked off Porth Alerth on the coast of Anglesey
  • HMS Safari  Royal Navy S-class submarine which served in World War II
  • HMS Scylla  Royal Navy frigate sunk as artificial reef off Whitsand Bay, Cornwall, Cornwall, United Kingdom
  • HMS Sidon  Royal Navy submarine sunk in Portland Harbour by explosion of a faulty torpedo
  • Stanegarth  Steam tugboat scuttled as a dive feature at Stoney Cove
  • SS Stanwood  British ship sunk off Falmouth in 1939
  • SS Stella  Passenger ferry wrecked off the Casquets
  • SS Stepas Darius  Liberty ship built in the United States during World War II
  • SS Thesis  Steamship wrecked in 1889 in the Sound of Mull, Scotland. Now a recreational dive site.
  • SS Torrey Canyon  Oil tanker wrecked off the coast of Cornwall
  • U-40  German submarine sunk by a mine in the English Channel
  • U-1195  German World War II submarine
  • SS Varvassi  Greek freighter wrecked at The Needles in a storm after engine failure
  • SS Walter L M Russ  German freighter wrecked in St George's Channel
  • List of shipwrecks of the Isles of Scilly, Cornwall

United States

  • USS Aeolus  Attack cargo ship converted into a cable repair ship
  • SS Andrea Doria  Ocean liner sunk after a collision off Massachusetts in 1956 , Nantucket Sound. This dive is becoming less common, as the rapid deterioration of the wreck is making diving more difficult on top of the already treacherous dive to reach the vessel.
  • SS Arratoon Apcar  Steamship wreck in Florida
  • SMS Geier  Unprotected cruiser of the German Imperial Navy
  • USNS General Hoyt S. Vandenberg  US Navy transport ship sunk as artificial reef at Key West

Caribbean Sea

Aruba

  • MS Antilla  Hamburg America Line cargo ship scuttled in 1940 off Aruba
  • SS Pedernales  Lake tanker damaged by a torpedo at Aruba, part of the ships remains as dive site

Bonaire

  • Hilma Hooker  Shipwreck in Bonaire in the Caribbean Netherlands

British Virgin Islands

  • RMS Rhone  Royal Mail Ship wrecked off Salt Island in the British Virgin Islands in a hurricane

Cayman Islands

Curaçao

  • Superior Producer,[1]

Grenada

Mexico

Mustique

  • SS Antilles  French cruise ship that ran aground and sank off Mustique

Florida

Mediterranean Sea

Cyprus

Italy

Malta

North Carolina, Outer Banks

Scapa Flow, Scotland

South Atlantic

Brazil

East Pacific

West Pacific

Bikini Atoll

Guam

Diver between the hulls of Cormoran and Tokai Maru in Apra Harbor, Guam

Truk Lagoon

Indian Ocean

Red Sea

Wreck of the SS Carnatic

Freshwater Shipwrecks

Great Lakes

See also

References

Notes

  1. Sawyer, Ty (22 September 2005). "The History of the Superior Producer". SportDiver.com. Retrieved 6 January 2017.
  2. "What Concrete Ships Lie at Guam?". ww2pacific.com. September 7, 2006. Retrieved 7 March 2021.
  3. "Diving in War in the Pacific National Historical Park". National Park Service. October 30, 2012. Retrieved March 6, 2021.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.