Shipwrecks: North America
237 wrecks in the North America region, in date order, lost between 1622 and 2021. Wrecks with no recorded date are listed last.
- Nuestra Señora de Atocha 1622galleon · Storm or weather · off United States
- Beeswax wreck 1693occurrence · off United States
- Urca de Lima 1715archaeological site · United States
- Queen Anne's Revenge 1718frigate · off United States
- Brown's Ferry vessel 1730archaeological site · United States
- San José y Las Animas 1733archaeological site · Storm or weather · off United States
- USS Philadelphia 1776shipwreck · United States
- HMS Endeavour 1778survey vessel · Scuttled · off United States
- HMS Liverpool 1778sixth-rate frigate · United States
- HMS Somerset 1778third-rate · Storm or weather · off United States
- HMS Hussar 1780sixth-rate frigate · off United States
- HMS Ontario 1780sixth-rate frigate · Storm or weather · United States
- HMS Culloden 1781third-rate · Storm or weather · off United States
- HMS Tribune 1797frigate · Canada
- HMS Speedy 1804schooner · Canada
- HMS Plumper 1812gun-brig · off Canada
- Phoenix 1819shipwreck · Grounding or wreck on rocks · United States
- Frolic 1850brig · Grounding or wreck on rocks · off United States
- Breadalbane 1853merchant vessel · Ice · off Canada
- Niagara 1856palace steamer · United States
- Lord Ashburton 1857sailing ship · off Canada
- Home 1858schooner · United States
- CSS Arkansas 1862ironclad warship · Scuttled · United States
- USS Cairo 1862gunboat · War action · United States
- H. L. Hunley 1863attack submarine · War action · United States
- Alvin Clark 1864schooner · Storm or weather · United States
- CSS Georgia 1864ironclad warship · Scuttled · United States
- 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
- F. T. Barney 1868schooner · Collision · United States
- Northerner 1868schooner · United States
- Ocean Wave 1869schooner · Storm or weather · United States
- General Butler 1876shipwreck · United States
- SS Cumberland 1877paddle steamer · United States
- King Philip shipwreck 1878shipwreck · United States
- Hetty Taylor shipwreck 1880schooner · United States
- HMS Phoenix 1882screw sloop · off Canada
- 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
- SS Vernon 1887ship · Storm or weather · United States
- May Flower (shipwreck) 1891shipwreck · United States
- Lumberman 1893schooner · United States
- Kate Kelly 1895schooner · United States
- 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 Henry Chisholm 1898cargo ship · Storm or weather · United States
- St. Peter 1898schooner · United States
- SS Copenhagen (1898) 1900steamship · Grounding or wreck on rocks · off United States
- SS Hudson 1901ship · Storm or weather · United States
- Thomas Wilson 1902whaleback · Collision · United States
- SS Continental 1904bulk carrier · Storm or weather · United States
- Hesper 1905bulk carrier · Storm or weather · United States
- Madeira 1905schooner barge · Storm or weather · United States
- Noquebay 1905schooner · United States
- SS Appomattox 1905bulk carrier · United States
- SS Monarch 1906cargo ship · United States
- Lydia 1907whaler · United States
- SS S.C. Baldwin 1908barge · Storm or weather · United States
- Ottawa 1909tug · United States
- SS Marquette & Bessemer No. 2 1909train ferry · United States
- SS Pere Marquette 18 1910train ferry · United States
- Rouse Simmons 1912schooner · Storm or weather · United States
- Louisiana 1913steamboat · Storm or weather · United States
- RMS Empress of Ireland 1914steamship · Collision · off Canada
- SS Benjamin Noble 1914lake freighter · Storm or weather · United States
- SS Onoko 1915lake freighter · United States
- SMS Geier 1918steamboat · Collision · off United States
- USS California 1918armored cruiser · War action · off United States
- Frank O'Connor 1919bulk carrier · United States
- Sport 1920tug · United States
- USS Massachusetts 1921pre-dreadnought battleship · Scuttled · off United States
- Robert C. Pringle 1922tug · United States
- SS Harriet B. 1922barge · Collision · United States
- USS New Hampshire 1922ship of the line · Scuttled · off United States
- Port Nelson dredge 1924dredger · off Canada
- SS Glenlyon 1924cargo ship · United States
- SS Lakeland 1924ship · United States
- Hennepin 1927bulk carrier · United States
- SS Kamloops 1927lake freighter · United States
- Light Vessel No. 57 1928shipwreck · Storm or weather · United States
- SS America 1928packet boat · United States
- SS Milwaukee 1929train ferry · United States
- SS Senator 1929lake freighter · Collision · United States
- Wisconsin 1929hospital ship · United States
- Half Moon 1930schooner · off United States
- USS Puritan 1933passenger vessel · United States
- Argo 1937ship · Storm or weather · United States
- SS Tarpon 1937archaeological site · off United States
- USS Sailfish 1939submarine · off United States
- SS Regina 1940tanker · off United States
- HMT Bedfordshire 1942shipwreck · War action · off United States
- SS Dixie Arrow 1942oil tanker · War action · off United States
- SS Lancing 1942factory ship · War action · off United States
- U-157 1942U-boat · off United States
- U-166 1942U-boat · War action · off United States
- U-352 1942U-boat · off United States
- U-576 1942U-boat · War action · off United States
- U-656 1942U-boat · off Canada
- U-701 1942U-boat · War action · off United States
- U-754 1942U-boat · off Canada
- U-85 1942U-boat · off United States
- Vamar Shipwreck Site 1942gunboat · off United States
- Gulfstate 1943ship · War action · off United States
- HMCS Shawinigan 1944corvette · off Canada
- SS Cornwallis 1944general cargo ship · War action · off United States
- USS Turner 1944destroyer · off United States
- U-853 1945U-boat · War action · off United States
- U-866 1945U-boat · off Canada
- U-869 1945U-boat · off United States
- SS Northwestern 1946steamship · Alaska
- U-1228 1946U-boat · off United States
- U-805 1946U-boat · off United States
- U-977 1946U-boat · off United States
- 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
- U-1105 1949U-boat · Scuttled · off United States
- SS Andrea Doria 1956steamship · Foundered · off United States
- MS Hans Hedtoft 1959passenger-cargo ship · Ice · off Greenland
- 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
- State of Pennsylvania 1970steamboat · Foundered · United States
- SS Edmund Fitzgerald 1975lake freighter · Canada
- Nantucket Shoals 1976shoal · off United States
- MS Prinsendam 1980cruise ship · off Alaska
- IMO 5289340 1985general cargo ship · Scuttled · off United States
- USCGC Duane 1987cutter · Scuttled · off United States
- Helianthus III 1990yacht · off United States
- HMCS Huron 2007destroyer · War action · off Canada
- Deepwater Horizon 2010semi-submersible platform · off United States
- USCGC Mohawk 2012ship · Scuttled · off United States
- HMCS Annapolis 2015destroyer · Scuttled · off Canada
- Scandies Rose 2019fishing vessel · off Alaska
- Seacor Power 2021liftboat · off United States
- 115 (barge) shipwreck · Canada
- Andy Gibson steamboat · United States
- Arctic tug · United States
- Big Bay sloop sloop · United States
- Brother Jonathan paddle steamer · off United States
- Bull-of-the-Woods Logging Scow shipwreck · United States
- Bullhead Point Historical and Archeological District shipwreck · United States
- Burlington Bay Horse Ferry shipwreck · United States
- Cadet steamboat · United States
- Chester A. Congdon cargo ship · Grounding or wreck on rocks · United States
- Columbia paddle steamer · United States
- Cora F. Cressey schooner · Scuttled · United States
- Daniel Lyons ship · United States
- Defiance schooner · Collision · United States
- Eliza Battle steamboat · United States
- Forward shipwreck site launch · United States
- Frederick Griffing's sailing ship · off United States
- Gallinipper schooner · United States
- Grape Shot schooner · United States
- HMCS Charlottetown corvette · off Canada
- HMS Atalanta sloop-of-war · United States
- HMS Braak brig-sloop · off United States
- HMS Calypso corvette · Canada
- HMS Express destroyer · War action · Canada
- HMS Fowey fifth-rate frigate · Grounding or wreck on rocks · off United States
- HMS Halifax schooner · off United States
- HMS Investigator survey vessel · off Canada
- HMS Lark fifth-rate frigate · off United States
- HMS Looe fifth-rate frigate · off United States
- HMS Pegasus sloop-of-war · Storm or weather · United States
- HMS St Lawrence first-rate · Canada
- HMS Swift sloop-of-war · United States
- HMS Vixen gunboat · off Bermuda
- HMS Wolfe sloop-of-war · United States
- HMS Zebra sloop-of-war · United States
- Hanover schooner · United States
- Iris schooner · Grounding or wreck on rocks · United States
- Island City schooner · United States
- Kyle Spangler ship · United States
- Lucerne schooner · United States
- M/V Material Service shipwreck · United States
- Mansfield Cut Underwater Archeological District historic district · off United States
- Maple Leaf archaeological site · United States
- Marquette lake freighter · United States
- Mary D. Hume steamboat · off United States
- Meridian schooner · United States
- Moonlight ship · United States
- Niagara Scow shipwreck · Canada
- Norman shipwreck · United States
- O.J. Walker shipwreck · Storm or weather · United States
- PS Alexander Hamilton paddle steamer · United States
- Pretoria schooner · Storm or weather · United States
- Quest schooner · off Canada
- R.G. Stewart (shipwreck) shipwreck · Fire or explosion · United States
- S.V. Cynthia Woods sailing yacht · off United States
- SS Alcoa Puritan cargo ship · War action · off United States
- SS Aleutian passenger vessel · off Alaska
- SS Atlanta ship · United States
- SS Choctaw shipwreck · United States
- SS City of Chester steamboat · Collision · off United States
- SS City of Columbus ship · Grounding or wreck on rocks · off United States
- SS City of Rio de Janeiro ocean liner · off United States
- SS Daram ship · Grounding or wreck on rocks · off Bermuda
- SS Emperor cargo ship · Grounding or wreck on rocks · United States
- SS Etruria lake freighter · Collision · United States
- SS Pendleton tanker · off United States
- SS Princess Sophia ship · off Alaska
- SS R.J. Hackett lake freighter · Fire or explosion · United States
- SS Robert Wallace ship · United States
- SS Selma shipwreck · Scuttled · off United States
- SS Valencia steamboat · off Canada
- San Esteban (1554 shipwreck) archaeological site · Storm or weather · off United States
- San Pedro Underwater Archaeological Preserve State Park Florida state park · Storm or weather · off United States
- Tennie and Laura schooner · United States
- Terra Nova ship · off Greenland
- Thomas Friant ferry · United States
- USCS Robert J. Walker survey vessel · Collision · off United States
- USS Conestoga tug · off United States
- USS Essex screw frigate · United States
- USS Inaugural minesweeper · Grounding or wreck on rocks · United States
- USS S-27 submarine · off Alaska
- USS Tarpon submarine · off United States
- USS Texas pre-dreadnought battleship · off United States
- USS Thompson destroyer · off United States
- United States lightship Diamond Shoal lightvessel · War action · off United States
- United States lightship LV-117 lightvessel · Collision · off United States