Modern shipwrecks
165 wrecks lost from 1946, in date order.
- German cruiser Prinz Eugen 1946heavy cruiser · War action · North Pacific Ocean
- SS Northwestern 1946steamship · Alaska
- U-1010 1946U-boat · off Ireland
- U-1023 1946U-boat · off Ireland
- U-1109 1946U-boat · off Ireland
- U-1228 1946U-boat · off United States
- U-1232 1946U-boat · off Germany
- U-181 1946U-boat · Scuttled · off Indonesia
- U-195 1946U-boat · Scuttled · off Indonesia
- U-219 1946U-boat · War action · off Indonesia
- U-2336 1946U-boat · Collision · off Ireland
- U-2351 1946U-boat · Scuttled · off Ireland
- U-2502 1946U-boat · off Ireland
- U-2506 1946U-boat · off Ireland
- U-2511 1946U-boat · off Ireland
- U-3514 1946U-boat · North Atlantic Ocean
- U-511 1946U-boat · Scuttled · off Honshu
- U-516 1946U-boat · off Ireland
- U-541 1946U-boat · off Ireland
- U-764 1946U-boat · off Ireland
- U-805 1946U-boat · off United States
- U-825 1946U-boat · off Ireland
- U-862 1946U-boat · off Indonesia
- U-901 1946U-boat · off Ireland
- U-975 1946U-boat · off Ireland
- U-977 1946U-boat · off United States
- USS Saratoga 1946aircraft carrier · War action · North Pacific Ocean
- German aircraft carrier Graf Zeppelin 1947aircraft carrier · Scuttled · off Poland
- HMS Thames 1947training vessel · Scuttled · off South Africa
- HMS Veronica 1947corvette · off France
- MV Belpamela 1947motor ship · Storm or weather · North Atlantic Ocean
- U-190 1947U-boat · off Canada
- U-234 1947U-boat · off United States
- U-530 1947U-boat · War action · off United States
- U-858 1947U-boat · off United States
- U-889 1947U-boat · off United States
- USS Wainwright 1948destroyer · North Pacific Ocean
- SS Guararema 1949ship · Collision · off Brazil
- U-1105 1949U-boat · Scuttled · off United States
- Mayakovsky 1950paddle steamer · Latvia
- USS LST-120 1950tank landing ship · South Korea
- U-2513 1951U-boat · Gulf of Mexico
- Giulio Cesare 1955dreadnought · War action · Crimea
- SS Empire Adur 1955steamship · South China Sea
- Akka 1956shipwreck · Grounding or wreck on rocks · off Scotland
- SS Andrea Doria 1956steamship · Foundered · off United States
- SS Ben Dearg 1956ship · Scuttled · off Australia
- HMS Sir Galahad 1957naval trawler · off Scotland
- MS Hans Hedtoft 1959passenger-cargo ship · Ice · off Greenland
- Tuaikaepau 1962cutter · South Pacific Ocean
- Alkimos 1963steamship · Grounding or wreck on rocks · Australia
- Lakonia 1963ocean liner · Fire or explosion · North Atlantic Ocean
- SS Manticos 1963steamship · off Guinea-Bissau
- SS Cedarville 1965ship · Collision · United States
- MV Nordmeer 1966ship · Grounding or wreck on rocks · United States
- USAS American Mariner 1966tracking ship · Scuttled · off United States
- SS North American 1967passenger vessel · Storm or weather · United States
- Torrey Canyon 1967oil tanker · Grounding or wreck on rocks · off England
- Capitán Leonidas 1968ship · Grounding or wreck on rocks · off Chile
- HMS Tuscarora 1968steam yacht · off Sudan
- Minerve 1968attack submarine · off France
- Soviet submarine K-129 1968ballistic missile submarine · North Pacific Ocean
- USS Scorpion 1968nuclear submarine · North Atlantic Ocean
- SS Hagerstown Victory 1970cargo ship · South China Sea
- State of Pennsylvania 1970steamboat · Foundered · United States
- INS Khukri 1971frigate · War action · off India
- Allah Mina 1972shipwreck · off United Arab Emirates
- Cherry Venture 1973cargo ship · Grounding or wreck on rocks · off Australia
- MV Norse Variant 1973ship · Storm or weather · North Atlantic Ocean
- FV Gaul 1974ship · Storm or weather · off Norway
- MV Captayannis 1974shipwreck · off Scotland
- RMS Caronia 1974cruise ship · off Guam
- SS Edmund Fitzgerald 1975lake freighter · Canada
- Böhlen 1976motor ship · Storm or weather · off France
- Nantucket Shoals 1976shoal · off United States
- Olympic Bravery 1976oil tanker · Grounding or wreck on rocks · off France
- Amoco Cadiz 1978oil tanker · Grounding or wreck on rocks · off France
- Birgo 1978cargo ship · Scuttled · off Norway
- MS Prinsendam 1980cruise ship · off Alaska
- MS Zenobia 1980roll-on/roll-off ship · Foundered · off Cyprus
- MV Derbyshire 1980ore-bulk-oil carrier · Storm or weather · Philippine Sea
- MV Panagiotis 1980ship · Greece
- SS Pasteur 1980cruise ship · Arabian Sea
- Tanio oil spill 1980oil spill · off France
- The Yolanda 1980ship · Storm or weather · off Egypt
- SS Reina del Mar 1981cruise ship · Scuttled · off Greece
- ARA General Belgrano 1982light cruiser · War action · South Atlantic Ocean
- ARA Narwal 1982naval trawler · War action · off Falkland Islands
- Akebono Maru 1982fishing trawler · Foundered · Bering Sea
- HMS Ardent 1982frigate · War action · off Falkland Islands
- HMS Coventry 1982guided missile destroyer · War action · off Falkland Islands
- HMS Sheffield 1982guided missile destroyer · War action · South Atlantic Ocean
- MV Craigantlet 1982container ship · Grounding or wreck on rocks · off Scotland
- IMO 5289340 1985general cargo ship · Scuttled · off United States
- MV Kowloon Bridge 1986ore-bulk-oil carrier · off Ireland
- SS Admiral Nakhimov 1986hospital ship · Collision · off Russia
- Soviet submarine K-219 1986ballistic missile submarine · Sargasso Sea
- MS Herald of Free Enterprise 1987roll-on/roll-off ship · Foundered · off Flemish Region
- MV Doña Paz 1987ferry · Collision · off Philippines
- USCGC Duane 1987cutter · Scuttled · off United States
- K-278 Komsomolets 1989nuclear submarine · Norwegian Sea
- Helianthus III 1990yacht · off United States
- MTS Oceanos 1991cruise ship · off South Africa
- MV Rozi 1992tug · Scuttled · off Malta
- MS Jan Heweliusz 1993ferry · Foundered · off Germany
- HMS Pelorus 1994minesweeper · Scuttled · off South Africa
- MS Achille Lauro 1994cruise ship · Fire or explosion · off Somalia
- SS Oakburn and Bos 400 1994offshore dive site · Storm or weather · off South Africa
- Maria Asumpta 1995brig · off England
- Demetrios II 1998cargo ship · Grounding or wreck on rocks · off Cyprus
- Um El Faroud 1998oil tanker · Scuttled · off Malta
- MS Sleipner 1999ship · off Norway
- MV Erika 1999oil tanker · off France
- Kursk 2000cruise missile submarine · off Russia
- MS Express Samina 2000ship · off Greece
- HMCS Restigouche 2001destroyer · Scuttled · off Mexico
- MS Gripsholm 2001cruise ship · INDIAN OCEAN
- Petrobras 36 2001semi-submersible platform · Fire or explosion · South Atlantic Ocean
- SIEV X 2001ship · Foundered · off Christmas Island
- IMO 8600181 2002car carrier · Collision · off France
- Al Munassir 2003artificial reef · Scuttled · Oman
- Bugaled Breizh 2004fishing trawler · off England
- HMS Scylla 2004frigate · off England
- IMO 6611461 2004roll-on/roll-off passenger ship · off Saudi Arabia
- HMNZS Wellington 2005frigate · off North Island
- MV Kabalega 2005train ferry · Uganda
- Al-Baraqua II 2006ship · Foundered · off Djibouti
- Bashkiriya 2006cruise ship · Foundered · Thailand
- USS LSM-333 2006landing ship · off Thailand
- Bourbon Dolphin 2007anchor handling tug supply vessel · Foundered · off Scotland
- HMCS Huron 2007destroyer · War action · off Canada
- MV Explorer (1969) 2007cruise ship · off Antarctica
- Sea Diamond 2007cruise ship · Grounding or wreck on rocks · Greece
- MV Langeland 2009ship · off Sweden
- MV Teratai Prima 2009ship · Foundered · off Indonesia
- P31 2009patrol vessel · Scuttled · off Malta
- Shockwave 2009sailing yacht · off Australia
- Concordia 2010barquentine · Foundered · South Atlantic Ocean
- Deepwater Horizon 2010semi-submersible platform · off United States
- HMAS Adelaide 2010frigate · Scuttled · off Australia
- MV Adriatica 2010bulk carrier · Israel
- ROKS Cheonan 2010corvette · Fire or explosion · off North Korea
- EDRO III 2011cargo ship · Grounding or wreck on rocks · off Cyprus
- MV Spice Islander I 2011ship · off Zanzibar
- Bounty 2012tall ship · Storm or weather · North Atlantic Ocean
- Costa Concordia 2012cruise ship · off Italy
- MV Rabaul Queen 2012ship · Foundered · off Papua New Guinea
- MV Skagit 2012ship · off Tanzania
- USCGC Mohawk 2012ship · Scuttled · off United States
- MV Sewol 2014ferry · Foundered · off South Korea
- FV Thunder 2015fishing vessel · Scuttled · off São Tomé
- HMCS Annapolis 2015destroyer · Scuttled · off Canada
- Russian hospital ship Portugal 2016hospital ship · War action · off Georgia
- Rhosus 2018cargo ship · off Lebanon
- Scandies Rose 2019fishing vessel · off Alaska
- Iranian ship Kharg 2021tanker · Fire or explosion · off Iran
- Seacor Power 2021liftboat · off United States
- Felicity Ace 2022car carrier · Fire or explosion · off Azores
- HTMS Sukhothai 2022corvette · Storm or weather · off Thailand
- Moskva 2022guided missile cruiser · off Crimea
- Saratov 2022landing ship · Ukraine
- HMNZS Manawanui 2024survey vessel · off Samoa
- Ursa Major 2024general cargo ship · off Algeria
- Falls of Clyde (ship) 2025oil tanker · Scuttled · off Hawaii
- Barima 2026ship · Foundered · off Guyana