Shipwrecks: Africa
138 wrecks in the Africa region, in date order, lost between 1682 and 2024. Wrecks with no recorded date are listed last.
- Johanna (East Indiaman) 1682East Indiaman · Grounding or wreck on rocks · off South Africa
- HMS Serapis 1781fifth-rate frigate · Madagascar
- HMS Sceptre 1799third-rate · Storm or weather · South Africa
- HMS Athenienne 1806third-rate · off Tunisia
- les ténèbres 1816frigate · off Mauritania
- HMS Birkenhead 1852steamboat · Grounding or wreck on rocks · off South Africa
- Sunny South 1861slave ship · off Mayotte
- SS Dunraven 1876recreational dive site · Foundered · off Egypt
- SS Lusitania 1911offshore dive site · Grounding or wreck on rocks · off South Africa
- SMS Königsberg 1915light cruiser · Scuttled · Tanzania
- SS Ancona 1915steamship · off Tunisia
- HMS Attack 1917destroyer · War action · off Egypt
- HMS Fearless 1940destroyer · Scuttled · off Tunisia
- HMS Hostile 1940destroyer · Scuttled · off Tunisia
- Armando Diaz 1941light cruiser · War action · off Tunisia
- HMAS Parramatta 1941sloop-of-war · War action · off Libya
- HMAS Waterhen 1941destroyer · off Libya
- HMS Barham 1941dreadnought · Collision · off Egypt
- HMS Calcutta 1941light cruiser · off Egypt
- HMS Dainty 1941destroyer · War action · off Libya
- HMS Defender 1941destroyer · Scuttled · off Egypt
- HMS Grimsby 1941sloop-of-war · War action · off Libya
- HMS Imperial 1941destroyer · Scuttled · off Libya
- HMS Ladybird 1941gunboat · Libya
- HMS Mohawk 1941destroyer · War action · off Tunisia
- HMS Neptune 1941light cruiser · off Libya
- HMS Salvia 1941corvette · War action · off Egypt
- HMS Terror 1941monitor · Scuttled · off Libya
- SS Thistlegorm 1941cargo ship · War action · off Egypt
- U-204 1941U-boat · off Morocco
- U-451 1941U-boat · War action · off Morocco
- Vasilefs Georgios 1941destroyer · Scuttled · off Tunisia
- Aviere 1942destroyer · off Tunisia
- Diana 1942aviso · off Libya
- HMS Gurkha 1942destroyer · off Egypt
- HMS Jaguar 1942destroyer · War action · off Egypt
- HMS Manchester 1942light cruiser · Scuttled · off Tunisia
- HMS Marigold 1942corvette · War action · off Algeria
- HMS Martin 1942destroyer · War action · off Algeria
- HMS Naiad 1942light cruiser · War action · off Egypt
- HMS Partridge 1942destroyer · War action · off Algeria
- HMS Porcupine 1942destroyer · War action · off Morocco
- HMS Quentin 1942destroyer · off Tunisia
- HMS Sikh 1942destroyer · War action · off Libya
- HMS Zulu 1942destroyer · War action · off Egypt
- HNLMS Isaac Sweers 1942destroyer · off Algeria
- MV Dunedin Star 1942passenger-cargo ship · Grounding or wreck on rocks · off Namibia
- SS President Cleveland (1920) 1942cargo ship · War action · off Morocco
- U-173 1942U-boat · off Morocco
- U-179 1942U-boat · off South Africa
- U-224 1942U-boat · off Algeria
- U-259 1942U-boat · off Algeria
- U-331 1942U-boat · War action · off Algeria
- U-568 1942U-boat · Scuttled · off Libya
- U-577 1942U-boat · off Libya
- U-595 1942U-boat · War action · off Algeria
- U-605 1942U-boat · off Algeria
- U-616 1942U-boat · off Algeria
- U-652 1942U-boat · Scuttled · off Libya
- U-660 1942U-boat · off Algeria
- Corazziere 1943destroyer · off Tunisia
- HMCS Louisburg 1943corvette · off Algeria
- HMS Lightning 1943destroyer · War action · off Tunisia
- HMS Tynedale 1943destroyer · War action · off Algeria
- HMS Welshman 1943minelayer · War action · off Libya
- HMT Rohna 1943troopship · off Algeria
- U-105 1943U-boat · War action · off Senegal
- U-135 1943U-boat · off Morocco
- U-205 1943U-boat · off Libya
- U-340 1943U-boat · Scuttled · off Morocco
- U-403 1943U-boat · War action · off Senegal
- U-409 1943U-boat · off Algeria
- U-414 1943U-boat · off Algeria
- U-431 1943U-boat · off Algeria
- U-443 1943U-boat · off Algeria
- U-562 1943U-boat · off Libya
- U-593 1943U-boat · off Algeria
- U-617 1943U-boat · Scuttled · off Morocco
- U-73 1943U-boat · War action · off Algeria
- U-732 1943U-boat · off Morocco
- USS Beatty 1943destroyer · off Algeria
- U-343 1944U-boat · War action · off Tunisia
- U-371 1944U-boat · War action · off Algeria
- U-392 1944U-boat · War action · off Morocco
- U-731 1944U-boat · off Morocco
- U-761 1944U-boat · Scuttled · off Morocco
- U-960 1944U-boat · off Algeria
- HMS Thames 1947training vessel · Scuttled · off South Africa
- SS Manticos 1963steamship · off Guinea-Bissau
- HMS Tuscarora 1968steam yacht · off Sudan
- The Yolanda 1980ship · Storm or weather · off Egypt
- MTS Oceanos 1991cruise ship · off South Africa
- 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
- MV Kabalega 2005train ferry · Uganda
- Al-Baraqua II 2006ship · Foundered · off Djibouti
- MV Spice Islander I 2011ship · off Zanzibar
- MV Skagit 2012ship · off Tanzania
- FV Thunder 2015fishing vessel · Scuttled · off São Tomé
- Ursa Major 2024general cargo ship · off Algeria
- 2020 Senegal shipwreck shipwreck · Fire or explosion · Senegal
- Bom Jesus carrack · off South Africa
- Eduard Bohlen ship · off Namibia
- HM LST-429 tank landing ship · off Libya
- HMHS Dover Castle cargo ship · War action · off Algeria
- HMS Algerine minesweeper · War action · off Algeria
- HMS Bicester destroyer · off Algeria
- HMS Blean destroyer · off Algeria
- HMS Britannia pre-dreadnought battleship · War action · off Morocco
- HMS Broke destroyer · off Algeria
- HMS Cairo light cruiser · off Tunisia
- HMS Calpe destroyer · War action · off Algeria
- HMS Eridge destroyer · off Egypt
- HMS Fancy minesweeper · off Democratic Republic of the Congo
- HMS Galatea light cruiser · off Egypt
- HMS Grove destroyer · off Libya
- HMS Havock destroyer · Grounding or wreck on rocks · off Tunisia
- HMS Holcombe destroyer · off Algeria
- HMS Hyperion destroyer · Scuttled · off Tunisia
- HMS Ibis sloop-of-war · War action · off Algeria
- HMS Kandahar destroyer · off Libya
- HMS Khartoum destroyer · off Djibouti
- HMS Kipling destroyer · off Egypt
- HMS Manxman minelayer · War action · off Algeria
- HMS Medway depot ship · War action · Egypt
- HMS Pegasus protected cruiser · Zanzibar
- HMS Samphire corvette · off Algeria
- HMS Zealous destroyer · War action · off Egypt
- HMT Gulland naval trawler · off Kenya
- Mahdia shipwreck archaeological site · off Tunisia
- SAS Good Hope frigate · Scuttled · off South Africa
- SAS Transvaal frigate · Scuttled · South Africa
- SS Maori shoreline dive site · Grounding or wreck on rocks · off South Africa
- SS Thomas T. Tucker shoreline dive site · off South Africa
- SS Umbria ship · Scuttled · off Sudan
- Serçe Limanı Shipwreck shipwreck · Egypt
- Sha‘ab Abū Nuhās coral reef · off Egypt