The 50 most famous shipwrecks

Ranked by the number of Wikipedia language editions with an article about the ship (Wikidata sitelinks, CC0), a simple measure of worldwide fame.

1. Titanic 1912160 Wikipedia languages · four funnel liner · North Atlantic Ocean
2. Bismarck 194159 Wikipedia languages · battleship · North Atlantic Ocean
3. RMS Lusitania 191555 Wikipedia languages · four funnel liner · off Ireland
4. HMS Beagle 54 Wikipedia languages · brig-sloop · England
5. Moskva 202252 Wikipedia languages · guided missile cruiser · off Crimea
6. Costa Concordia 201251 Wikipedia languages · cruise ship · off Italy
7. Japanese battleship Yamato 50 Wikipedia languages · battleship · East China Sea
8. Tirpitz 194446 Wikipedia languages · battleship · Norway
9. HMS Hood 194145 Wikipedia languages · battlecruiser · North Atlantic Ocean
10. Kursk 200045 Wikipedia languages · cruise missile submarine · off Russia
11. HMHS Britannic 191644 Wikipedia languages · hospital ship · off Greece
12. Admiral Graf Spee 193944 Wikipedia languages · heavy cruiser · off Uruguay
13. RMS Carpathia 191843 Wikipedia languages · passenger vessel · North Atlantic Ocean
14. MV Wilhelm Gustloff 194542 Wikipedia languages · hospital ship · off Poland
15. Japanese battleship Musashi 194438 Wikipedia languages · battleship · off Philippines
16. USS Arizona (BB-39) 194137 Wikipedia languages · dreadnought · Hawaii
17. USS Yorktown 194237 Wikipedia languages · aircraft carrier · North Pacific Ocean
18. Scharnhorst 194337 Wikipedia languages · battlecruiser · Barents Sea
19. MS Estonia 37 Wikipedia languages · roll-on/roll-off ship · off Estonia
20. USS Lexington 194236 Wikipedia languages · aircraft carrier · Coral Sea
21. Akagi 194235 Wikipedia languages · aircraft carrier · North Pacific Ocean
22. Mary Rose 154534 Wikipedia languages · naval vessel · off England
23. USS Maine 189834 Wikipedia languages · pre-dreadnought battleship · off Cuba
24. German aircraft carrier Graf Zeppelin 194734 Wikipedia languages · aircraft carrier · off Poland
25. SMS Emden 191433 Wikipedia languages · light cruiser · off Cocos (Keeling) Islands
26. USS Indianapolis 194533 Wikipedia languages · heavy cruiser · Philippine Sea
27. German cruiser Prinz Eugen 194633 Wikipedia languages · heavy cruiser · North Pacific Ocean
28. HMS Royal Oak 33 Wikipedia languages · battleship · off Scotland
29. Endurance 191532 Wikipedia languages · barquentine · SOUTHERN OCEAN
30. HMS Ark Royal 194132 Wikipedia languages · aircraft carrier · off Spain
31. USS Saratoga 194632 Wikipedia languages · aircraft carrier · North Pacific Ocean
32. HMS Endeavour 177831 Wikipedia languages · survey vessel · off United States
33. HMS Prince of Wales 194131 Wikipedia languages · battleship · off Malaysia
34. Japanese aircraft carrier Sōryū 194231 Wikipedia languages · aircraft carrier · North Pacific Ocean
35. Japanese aircraft carrier Shinano 194431 Wikipedia languages · aircraft carrier · off Honshu
36. SMS Schleswig-Holstein 194431 Wikipedia languages · battleship · off Estonia
37. MV Doña Paz 198731 Wikipedia languages · ferry · off Philippines
38. Deepwater Horizon 201031 Wikipedia languages · semi-submersible platform · off United States
39. Blücher 194030 Wikipedia languages · heavy cruiser · off Norway
40. Kaga 194230 Wikipedia languages · aircraft carrier · North Pacific Ocean
41. HMS Repulse 194129 Wikipedia languages · battlecruiser · Scotland
42. Japanese aircraft carrier Zuikaku 194429 Wikipedia languages · aircraft carrier · Philippine Sea
43. HMS Bounty 29 Wikipedia languages · collier · South Pacific Ocean
44. SS Andrea Doria 195628 Wikipedia languages · steamship · off United States
45. Queen Anne's Revenge 171827 Wikipedia languages · frigate · off United States
46. HMS Birkenhead 185227 Wikipedia languages · steamboat · off South Africa
47. SMS Scharnhorst 191427 Wikipedia languages · armored cruiser · South Atlantic Ocean
48. SS Cap Arcona 194527 Wikipedia languages · ocean liner · off Germany
49. ARA General Belgrano 198227 Wikipedia languages · light cruiser · South Atlantic Ocean
50. Batavia 26 Wikipedia languages · sailing ship · off Australia