Steam era shipwrecks
118 wrecks lost between 1850 and 1913, in date order.
- Frolic 1850brig · Grounding or wreck on rocks · off United States
- RMS Royal Adelaide 1850ocean liner · off England
- HMS Reynard 1851screw sloop · South China Sea
- Active 1852shipwreck · Australia
- HMS Birkenhead 1852steamboat · Grounding or wreck on rocks · off South Africa
- Annie Jane 1853ship · Storm or weather · off Scotland
- Breadalbane 1853merchant vessel · Ice · off Canada
- USS Albany 1854sloop-of-war · off Colombia
- Niagara 1856palace steamer · United States
- Dunbar 1857shipwreck · off Australia
- Lord Ashburton 1857sailing ship · off Canada
- Home 1858schooner · United States
- HMS Conqueror 1861first-rate · Grounding or wreck on rocks · off The Bahamas
- Sunny South 1861slave ship · off Mayotte
- CSS Arkansas 1862ironclad warship · Scuttled · United States
- PS Iona 1862Collision · off Scotland
- USS Cairo 1862gunboat · War action · United States
- Absalom 1863shipwreck · Australia
- H. L. Hunley 1863attack submarine · War action · United States
- HMS Orpheus 1863corvette · off North Island
- Alvin Clark 1864schooner · Storm or weather · United States
- CSS Alabama 1864sloop-of-war · War action · off France
- CSS Georgia 1864ironclad warship · Scuttled · United States
- Grafton 1864sailing ship · Grounding or wreck on rocks · New Zealand SubAntarctic islands
- Invercauld 1864ship · Grounding or wreck on rocks · off New Zealand SubAntarctic islands
- Iona II 1864paddle steamer · off England
- Bertrand 1865steamboat · United States
- CSS Neuse 1865armored gunboat · Scuttled · United States
- SS Pewabic 1865ship · Collision · United States
- SS Sultana 1865steamboat · Fire or explosion · United States
- Byron shipwreck 1867schooner · United States
- RMS Rhone 1867passenger vessel · Storm or weather · off British Virgin Islands
- Alexander Nevsky 1868screw frigate · off Denmark
- F. T. Barney 1868schooner · Collision · United States
- Northerner 1868schooner · United States
- Ocean Wave 1869schooner · Storm or weather · United States
- HMS Maeander 1870fifth-rate frigate · Storm or weather · off Ascension
- Xantho 1872paddle steamer · off Australia
- Centaur 1874ship · off Australia
- Geffrard 1875shipwreck · Australia
- General Butler 1876shipwreck · United States
- SS Dunraven 1876recreational dive site · Foundered · off Egypt
- SS Cumberland 1877paddle steamer · United States
- Hydrabad 1878historic site · North Island
- King Philip shipwreck 1878shipwreck · United States
- Hetty Taylor shipwreck 1880schooner · United States
- HMS Phoenix 1882screw sloop · off Canada
- SS City of Brussels 1883steamship · Collision · off Wales
- Christina Nilsson 1884schooner · United States
- Wreck of the Ephraim Williams 1884shipwreck · Storm or weather · United States
- SS Algoma 1885screw steamer · United States
- SS Oregon 1886ship · United States
- SS Selah Chamberlain 1886lake freighter · Collision · United States
- Derry Castle 1887sailing ship · Foundered · off New Zealand SubAntarctic islands
- SS Vernon 1887ship · Storm or weather · United States
- SS Ellengowan 1888steamship · off Australia
- Adonis 1889ship · Grounding or wreck on rocks · off Australia
- South Australian 1889clipper · off England
- May Flower (shipwreck) 1891shipwreck · United States
- Lumberman 1893schooner · United States
- Russalka 1893monitor · Storm or weather · off Finland
- Dingyuan 1895pre-dreadnought battleship · Scuttled · off China
- Kate Kelly 1895schooner · United States
- Kestrel 1895shipwreck · off Brazil
- SS Cayuga 1895lake freighter · Storm or weather · United States
- SS J.M. Allmendinger 1895barge · Storm or weather · United States
- SS Australasia 1896ship · United States
- Samuel P. Ely 1896schooner · Storm or weather · United States
- Success 1896shipwreck · United States
- Antelope 1897steamship · United States
- Cristóbal Colón 1898armored cruiser · off Greenland
- Joys 1898steamboat · United States
- Lofthus 1898barque · Storm or weather · off United States
- SS Baltic 1898ocean liner · North Atlantic Ocean
- SS Henry Chisholm 1898cargo ship · Storm or weather · United States
- Spanish cruiser Almirante Oquendo 1898armored cruiser · War action · off Cuba
- Spanish cruiser Vizcaya 1898armored cruiser · off Cuba
- St. Peter 1898schooner · United States
- USS Maine 1898pre-dreadnought battleship · War action · off Cuba
- HMS Resistance 1899ironclad warship · War action · off Wales
- SS Copenhagen (1898) 1900steamship · Grounding or wreck on rocks · off United States
- HMS Cobra 1901destroyer · off England
- HMS Viper 1901destroyer · War action · off France
- SS Hudson 1901ship · Storm or weather · United States
- Thomas Wilson 1902whaleback · Collision · United States
- Wrecks of Saint-Pierre harbor 1902ship graveyard · Fire or explosion · Martinique
- Antarctic 1903ship · off Antarctica
- SS Petriana 1903ship · off Australia
- Akatsuki 1904destroyer · War action · off China
- HMS A1 1904submarine · War action · off England
- HMS Chamois 1904destroyer · Foundered · off Greece
- SS Continental 1904bulk carrier · Storm or weather · United States
- SS Norge 1904steamship · North Atlantic Ocean
- Hesper 1905bulk carrier · Storm or weather · United States
- Madeira 1905schooner barge · Storm or weather · United States
- Noquebay 1905schooner · United States
- Orizaba 1905steamship · Grounding or wreck on rocks · off Australia
- SS Appomattox 1905bulk carrier · United States
- SS Hilda 1905steamship · off France
- SS Monarch 1906cargo ship · United States
- SS Sirio 1906ship · off Spain
- Swiks 1906barquentine · off Sweden
- Lydia 1907whaler · United States
- SS Dakota 1907steamship · off Honshu
- Thermopylae 1907clipper · off Portugal
- SS S.C. Baldwin 1908barge · Storm or weather · United States
- HMS C11 1909submarine · Collision · off England
- Ottawa 1909tug · United States
- SS Marquette & Bessemer No. 2 1909train ferry · United States
- SS Pere Marquette 18 1910train ferry · United States
- SS Lusitania 1911offshore dive site · Grounding or wreck on rocks · off South Africa
- HMS A3 1912off England
- HMS Holland 5 1912War action · off England
- Rouse Simmons 1912schooner · Storm or weather · United States
- Titanic 1912four funnel liner · Ice · North Atlantic Ocean
- Amaranth 1913shipwreck · Grounding or wreck on rocks · South Pacific Ocean
- HMS Empress of India 1913pre-dreadnought battleship · off England
- Louisiana 1913steamboat · Storm or weather · United States