Shipwrecks: UK & Ireland
460 wrecks in the UK & Ireland region, in date order, lost between 1276 and 2007. Wrecks with no recorded date are listed last.
- HMS Vervain 1276corvette · War action · off Ireland
- St Anthony 1527Foundered · off England
- Mary Rose 1545naval vessel · off England
- Girona 1588ship · Foundered · off Northern Ireland
- Blessing of Burntisland 1633ship · off Scotland
- Kennemerland 1664off Scotland
- Wreck site of the Klein Hollandia 1672shipwreck · off England
- HMS Schiedam 1684fluyt · off England
- HMS Anne 1690third-rate · Grounding or wreck on rocks · off England
- HMS Coronation 1691second-rate · Storm or weather · off England
- HMS Mary 1703third-rate · Storm or weather · off England
- HMS Northumberland 1703third-rate · Storm or weather · off England
- HMS Restoration 1703third-rate · Storm or weather · off England
- HMS Stirling Castle 1703third-rate · Grounding or wreck on rocks · off England
- HMS Association 1707second-rate · Storm or weather · off England
- Rooswijk 1740ship · off England
- Hollandia 1743ship · Grounding or wreck on rocks · off England
- HMS Victory 1744first-rate · off England
- Amsterdam 1749cargo ship · Storm or weather · off England
- HMS Assurance 1753fifth-rate frigate · off England
- HMS Invincible 1758third-rate · off England
- HMS Royal George 1782first-rate · Fire or explosion · off England
- HMS Colossus 1798third-rate · Grounding or wreck on rocks · off England
- HMS York 1804third-rate · off Scotland
- Wheel Wreck 1804shipwreck · off England
- Earl of Abergavenny 1805ship · off England
- HMS Leda 1808fifth-rate frigate · off Wales
- Admiral Gardner 1809ship · off England
- HMS Pomone 1811fifth-rate frigate · off England
- Oscar - Canmore 206146 1813ship · off Scotland
- Diamond 1825ship · off Wales
- HMS Nimrod 1827brig-sloop · off Wales
- RMS Royal Adelaide 1850ocean liner · off England
- Annie Jane 1853ship · Storm or weather · off Scotland
- PS Iona 1862Collision · off Scotland
- Iona II 1864paddle steamer · off England
- SS City of Brussels 1883steamship · Collision · off Wales
- South Australian 1889clipper · off England
- HMS Resistance 1899ironclad warship · War action · off Wales
- HMS Cobra 1901destroyer · off England
- HMS A1 1904submarine · War action · off England
- HMS C11 1909submarine · Collision · off England
- HMS A3 1912off England
- HMS Holland 5 1912War action · off England
- HMS Empress of India 1913pre-dreadnought battleship · off England
- HMS Bulwark 1914pre-dreadnought battleship · Fire or explosion · off England
- HMS Hawke 1914protected cruiser · War action · off Scotland
- HMS Hood 1914pre-dreadnought battleship · Scuttled · off England
- HMS Niger 1914torpedo gunboat · War action · off England
- HMS Pathfinder 1914scout cruiser · War action · off Scotland
- SM U-11 1914U-boat · War action · off England
- SMS Karlsruhe 1914cruiser · Scuttled · off Scotland
- SS Königin Luise 1914ferry · off England
- HMS Argyll 1915armored cruiser · Grounding or wreck on rocks · off Scotland
- HMS Bayano 1915banana boat · War action · off Scotland
- HMS Natal 1915armored cruiser · War action · Scotland
- RMS Lusitania 1915four funnel liner · War action · off Ireland
- SM U-12 1915submarine · off Scotland
- SM U-8 1915submarine · Scuttled · off England
- SM UB-4 1915U-boat · War action · off England
- SM UC-9 1915U-boat · off England
- SS Arabic 1915ocean liner · War action · off Ireland
- HMS Falmouth 1916light cruiser · War action · off England
- HMS Hampshire 1916armored cruiser · off Scotland
- HMS Nottingham 1916light cruiser · War action · off England
- SM UC-3 1916U-boat · War action · Wales
- SMS Kronprinz 1916battleship · Scuttled · off Scotland
- HMS Ariadne 1917protected cruiser · War action · off England
- HMS Ghurka 1917destroyer · War action · off England
- HMS Jason 1917torpedo gunboat · War action · off Scotland
- HMS K13 1917fleet submarine · off Scotland
- HMS Laforey 1917destroyer · War action · off England
- HMS Penshurst 1917cargo ship · off Wales
- HMS Pheasant 1917destroyer · War action · off Scotland
- HMS Vanguard 1917battleship · Fire or explosion · off Scotland
- HMT Arfon 1917fishing trawler · off England
- SS Donegal 1917steamship · War action · off England
- SS Espagne (1909) 1917steamship · War action · off England
- SS Georgia 1917passenger vessel · off England
- SS Otway 1917armed merchant cruiser · War action · off Scotland
- SS Storstad 1917collier · Collision · off Ireland
- SS Vigrid 1917steamship · War action · off England
- HMHS Llandovery Castle 1918hospital ship · War action · off Ireland
- HMS Ascot 1918minesweeper · War action · off England
- HMS Boxer 1918torpedo-boat destroyer · Collision · off England
- HMS Calgarian 1918armed merchant cruiser · War action · off Scotland
- HMS H5 1918submarine · Collision · off Wales
- HMS Narborough 1918destroyer · Scotland
- HMS Seagull 1918shipwreck · Collision · off Scotland
- RMS Moldavia 1918steamship · War action · off England
- SM UB-33 1918U-boat · War action · off England
- SM UC-11 1918U-boat · War action · off England
- SM UC-70 1918U-boat · War action · off England
- HMS Iolaire 1919armed yacht · Storm or weather · Scotland
- SM UA 1919submarine · off England
- SMS Cöln 1919cruiser · Scuttled · off Scotland
- SMS Derfflinger 1919battlecruiser · Scuttled · off Scotland
- SMS Dresden 1919cruiser · Scuttled · off Scotland
- SMS Hindenburg 1919battlecruiser · Scuttled · off Scotland
- SMS Markgraf 1919battleship · Scuttled · off Scotland
- SMS Moltke 1919battlecruiser · Scuttled · off Scotland
- SMS S32 1919destroyer · Scuttled · off Scotland
- SMS S36 1919destroyer · Scuttled · off Scotland
- SMS S50 1919destroyer · Scuttled · off Scotland
- SMS S51 1919destroyer · Scuttled · off Scotland
- SMS Seydlitz 1919battlecruiser · Scuttled · off Scotland
- SMS V45 1919destroyer · Scuttled · off Scotland
- Varyag 1920protected cruiser · off Scotland
- SMS Baden 1921super-dreadnought · Scuttled · off Guernsey
- SMS G102 1921destroyer · Scuttled · off Scotland
- SMS München 1921light cruiser · War action · off Scotland
- SMS V43 1921destroyer · Scuttled · off Scotland
- SMS Nürnberg 1922light cruiser · Scuttled · off Scotland
- HMS M1 1925submarine · War action · off England
- HMS Tormentor 1929destroyer · off Wales
- HMS M2 1932submarine · off England
- HMS Blanche 1939destroyer · War action · off England
- HMS Duchess 1939destroyer · Collision · off Northern Ireland
- Louis Sheid 1939general cargo ship · War action · off England
- SS Binnendijk 1939ship · War action · off England
- SS Simon Bolivar 1939passenger-cargo ship · War action · off England
- Stanbrook 1939general cargo ship · War action · off England
- U-12 1939U-boat · off England
- U-16 1939U-boat · off England
- U-40 1939U-boat · off England
- French destroyer Maillé Brézé 1940destroyer · Fire or explosion · off Scotland
- HMS Acheron 1940destroyer · off England
- HMS Brazen 1940destroyer · off England
- HMS Daring 1940destroyer · War action · off Scotland
- HMS Delight 1940destroyer · War action · off England
- HMS Dundalk 1940minesweeper · off England
- HMS Dunoon 1940minesweeper · War action · off England
- HMS Exmouth 1940destroyer · War action · off Scotland
- HMS Foylebank 1940cargo ship · War action · off England
- HMS Imogen 1940destroyer · Collision · off Scotland
- HMS Sphinx 1940minesweeper · War action · off Scotland
- HMS Sturdy 1940destroyer · Grounding or wreck on rocks · off Scotland
- HMS Warrior 1940steam yacht · War action · off England
- HMT Warwick Deeping 1940naval trawler · off England
- SS Gracechurch 1940ship · War action · off Scotland
- SS Runic 1940ship · War action · off Ireland
- U-104 1940U-boat · off Ireland
- U-13 1940U-boat · War action · off England
- HMS Exmoor 1941destroyer · War action · off England
- HMS Mashona 1941destroyer · War action · off Ireland
- HMS Repulse 1941battlecruiser · War action · Scotland
- HMT Force 1941naval trawler · War action · off England
- HMS Penylan 1942destroyer · War action · off England
- HMS Vortigern 1942destroyer · off England
- HMS Dasher 1943shipwreck · Fire or explosion · off Scotland
- HNoMS Eskdale 1943destroyer · War action · off England
- U-269 1943U-boat · off Guernsey
- HMCS Alberni 1944corvette · War action · off England
- HMS Bullen 1944frigate · War action · off Scotland
- SS Irma 1944ship · War action · off England
- SS Richard Montgomery 1944liberty ship · Grounding or wreck on rocks · off England
- U-1209 1944U-boat · off England
- U-212 1944U-boat · War action · off England
- U-214 1944U-boat · off England
- U-247 1944U-boat · War action · off England
- U-297 1944U-boat · War action · off Scotland
- U-322 1944U-boat · off England
- U-400 1944U-boat · off England
- U-413 1944U-boat · off England
- U-441 1944U-boat · off England
- U-671 1944U-boat · off England
- U-672 1944U-boat · Scuttled · off Guernsey
- U-678 1944U-boat · off England
- U-772 1944U-boat · off Ireland
- U-988 1944U-boat · off England
- USS LST-507 1944recreational dive site · War action · off England
- HMCS Trentonian 1945corvette · off England
- Minerve 1945submarine · off England
- U-1003 1945U-boat · Scuttled · off Ireland
- U-1005 1945U-boat · off Ireland
- U-1009 1945U-boat · off Ireland
- U-1014 1945U-boat · off Northern Ireland
- U-1018 1945U-boat · off England
- U-1019 1945U-boat · off Ireland
- U-1020 1945submarine · off Scotland
- U-1021 1945U-boat · off England
- U-1022 1945U-boat · off Ireland
- U-1024 1945U-boat · off Wales
- U-1051 1945U-boat · off Ireland
- U-1052 1945U-boat · off Ireland
- U-1063 1945U-boat · off England
- U-1106 1945U-boat · off Scotland
- U-1165 1945U-boat · off Ireland
- U-1169 1945U-boat · off England
- U-1172 1945U-boat · off Ireland
- U-1194 1945U-boat · off Ireland
- U-1195 1945U-boat · off England
- U-1199 1945U-boat · off England
- U-1206 1945U-boat · Scuttled · off Scotland
- U-1208 1945U-boat · off England
- U-1233 1945U-boat · off Ireland
- U-1271 1945U-boat · off Ireland
- U-1274 1945U-boat · off England
- U-1276 1945U-boat · off Ireland
- U-1279 1945U-boat · off England
- U-1302 1945U-boat · off Wales
- U-149 1945U-boat · off Ireland
- U-155 1945U-boat · off Ireland
- U-170 1945U-boat · off Ireland
- U-218 1945U-boat · off Ireland
- U-2341 1945U-boat · off Ireland
- U-2356 1945U-boat · off Ireland
- U-242 1945U-boat · War action · off Wales
- U-244 1945U-boat · off Ireland
- U-245 1945U-boat · off Northern Ireland
- U-246 1945U-boat · off Wales
- U-260 1945U-boat · Scuttled · off Ireland
- U-275 1945U-boat · War action · off England
- U-278 1945U-boat · off Ireland
- U-291 1945U-boat · off Ireland
- U-293 1945U-boat · off Ireland
- U-294 1945U-boat · off Ireland
- U-296 1945U-boat · off Ireland
- U-298 1945U-boat · off Ireland
- U-299 1945U-boat · off Ireland
- U-309 1945U-boat · off Scotland
- U-312 1945U-boat · War action · off Ireland
- U-313 1945U-boat · War action · off Ireland
- U-318 1945U-boat · off Ireland
- U-325 1945U-boat · off England
- U-363 1945U-boat · War action · off Ireland
- U-369 1945U-boat · off Ireland
- U-399 1945U-boat · off England
- U-480 1945U-boat · off England
- U-539 1945U-boat · Scuttled · off Ireland
- U-637 1945U-boat · off Ireland
- U-650 1945U-boat · off England
- U-668 1945U-boat · off Ireland
- U-680 1945U-boat · off Northern Ireland
- U-681 1945U-boat · off England
- U-714 1945U-boat · off Scotland
- U-722 1945U-boat · off Scotland
- U-775 1945U-boat · off Ireland
- U-776 1945U-boat · off Scotland
- U-778 1945U-boat · off Ireland
- U-802 1945U-boat · off Ireland
- U-806 1945U-boat · off Ireland
- U-861 1945U-boat · War action · off Ireland
- U-868 1945U-boat · off Ireland
- U-874 1945U-boat · off Ireland
- U-875 1945U-boat · off Ireland
- U-883 1945U-boat · off Ireland
- U-905 1945U-boat · off Scotland
- U-907 1945U-boat · off Northern Ireland
- U-927 1945U-boat · off England
- U-930 1945U-boat · off Ireland
- U-965 1945U-boat · off Scotland
- U-968 1945U-boat · off Northern Ireland
- U-989 1945U-boat · off Scotland
- U-994 1945U-boat · off Ireland
- U-1010 1946U-boat · off Ireland
- U-1023 1946U-boat · off Ireland
- U-1109 1946U-boat · off Ireland
- 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-516 1946U-boat · off Ireland
- U-541 1946U-boat · off Ireland
- U-764 1946U-boat · off Ireland
- U-825 1946U-boat · off Ireland
- U-901 1946U-boat · off Ireland
- U-975 1946U-boat · off Ireland
- Akka 1956shipwreck · Grounding or wreck on rocks · off Scotland
- HMS Sir Galahad 1957naval trawler · off Scotland
- Torrey Canyon 1967oil tanker · Grounding or wreck on rocks · off England
- MV Captayannis 1974shipwreck · off Scotland
- MV Craigantlet 1982container ship · Grounding or wreck on rocks · off Scotland
- MV Kowloon Bridge 1986ore-bulk-oil carrier · off Ireland
- Maria Asumpta 1995brig · off England
- Bugaled Breizh 2004fishing trawler · off England
- HMS Scylla 2004frigate · off England
- Bourbon Dolphin 2007anchor handling tug supply vessel · Foundered · off Scotland
- Aorangi, blockship, Scapa Flow Scotland
- Bartholomew Ledges Wreck shipwreck · off England
- Blackfriars Ships shipwreck · England
- Burra Sound blockships, Scapa Flow off Scotland
- Cattewater Wreck shipwreck · off England
- Chesil Beach cannon shipwreck · off England
- Church Rocks Wreck shipwreck · England
- Clio II, blockship, Scapa Flow off Scotland
- Crusader speedboat · Scotland
- Drumbeg Scotland
- Duart Point off Scotland
- Dunwich Bank Wreck shipwreck · off England
- East Weddell Sound blockships, excluding Churchill Barriers, Scapa Flow off Scotland
- El Gran Grifón ship · Grounding or wreck on rocks · off Scotland
- Erme Estuary Wreck shipwreck · England
- Erme Ingot Site archaeological site · off England
- Ferriby Boats museum ship · off England
- Filey Bay Wreck off England
- Goodwins & Downs 8 shipwreck · off England
- Grace Dieu warship · England
- Gull Rock Wreck shipwreck · off England
- HMCS Regina corvette · off England
- HMHS Glenart Castle hospital ship · War action · off England
- HMHS Rewa steamship · War action · off England
- HMS A10 submarine · off Scotland
- HMS Affray submarine · off Guernsey
- HMS Amphion scout cruiser · War action · off England
- HMS Audacious dreadnought · War action · off Ireland
- HMS B2 submarine · off England
- HMS Balfour destroyer escort · off Guernsey
- HMS Beagle brig-sloop · England
- HMS Blackwater destroyer · off England
- HMS Boadicea destroyer · War action · off England
- HMS Campania seaplane tender · off Scotland
- HMS Cheerful destroyer · War action · off Scotland
- HMS Cleveland destroyer · off Wales
- HMS Codrington destroyer · War action · off England
- HMS Conway training vessel · Grounding or wreck on rocks · off Wales
- HMS Coquette destroyer · off England
- HMS Cumberland third-rate · Grounding or wreck on rocks · off Scotland
- HMS Curacoa light cruiser · War action · off Ireland
- HMS D1 submarine · off England
- HMS Dartmouth fifth-rate frigate · off Scotland
- HMS Drake armored cruiser · War action · off Northern Ireland
- HMS Dunvegan Castle armed merchant cruiser · War action · off Ireland
- HMS E39 submarine · Foundered · off Wales
- HMS E49 submarine · off Scotland
- HMS Enterprise central battery ironclad · Wales
- HMS Erin's Isle minesweeper · War action · off England
- HMS Erne destroyer · off Scotland
- HMS Firebrand fire ship · off England
- HMS Formidable pre-dreadnought battleship · War action · off England
- HMS G11 submarine · off England
- HMS Ganges naval shore establishment · off England
- HMS Glatton monitor · Scuttled · off England
- HMS Gloucester third-rate · off England
- HMS Goldfinch destroyer · off Scotland
- HMS Grampus attack submarine · off Scotland
- HMS Graph U-boat · Grounding or wreck on rocks · off Scotland
- HMS H11 submarine · off Scotland
- HMS H41 submarine · England
- HMS H47 submarine · Collision · off Wales
- HMS Hurst Castle corvette · War action · off Ireland
- HMS Inglefield destroyer · off Scotland
- HMS Itchen destroyer · off Scotland
- HMS K17 fleet submarine · off Scotland
- HMS K4 fleet submarine · off Scotland
- HMS King Edward VII pre-dreadnought battleship · off Scotland
- HMS LST-364 tank landing ship · off England
- HMS Labuan frigate · off England
- HMS Loch Fada frigate · off England
- HMS London second-rate · off England
- HMS Lynx destroyer · off Scotland
- HMS Montagu pre-dreadnought battleship · Grounding or wreck on rocks · off England
- HMS Nelson battleship · War action · Scotland
- HMS Opal destroyer · Scotland
- HMS Papua frigate · off Northern Ireland
- HMS Port Napier minelayer · Fire or explosion · off Scotland
- HMS Prince Royal ship of the line · off England
- HMS Princess Irene minelayer · Fire or explosion · off England
- HMS Resolution third-rate · off England
- HMS Royal Anne Galley fifth-rate frigate · Storm or weather · off England
- HMS Royal James second-rate · England
- HMS Royal Oak battleship · War action · off Scotland
- HMS Strathgarry, Scapa Flow off Scotland
- HMS Success destroyer · War action · off Scotland
- HMS Sword Dance (possibly) shipwreck · off Scotland
- HMS Tantivy submarine · off Scotland
- HMS Thrush gunboat · Northern Ireland
- HMS Transylvania ocean liner · War action · off Ireland
- HMS Ulysses destroyer · off Scotland
- HMS Untamed submarine · off Scotland
- HMS Vandal submarine · off Scotland
- HMS Venetia destroyer · off England
- HMS Volunteer destroyer · off Ireland
- HMS Whirlwind destroyer · off Wales
- HMS Whirlwind destroyer · War action · off Wales
- HMS Whiting schooner · Scotland
- HMS Wivern destroyer · off England
- HMS Wolverine destroyer · off Ireland
- HMS Wren destroyer · off England
- HMT Agate fishing vessel · Grounding or wreck on rocks · off England
- HMT Amethyst naval trawler · War action · off England
- HMY Mary royal yacht · off Wales
- Hanover England
- Hazardous ship · off England
- Hirano Maru (ship, 1908) ship · War action · off Wales
- Holigost ship · England
- Kinlochbervie off Scotland
- Kirk Sound blockships, excluding Churchill Barriers, Scapa Flow off Scotland
- La Combattante destroyer · off England
- Lady Alice Kenlis archaeological site · Scuttled · England
- Langdon Bay Wreck shipwreck · off England
- Loe Bar Wreck shipwreck · England
- MS Piłsudski motor ship · off England
- MV Plassy ship · Storm or weather · off Ireland
- Marguerite ship · War action · off England
- Mingary off Scotland
- Moor Sand site shipwreck · off England
- Mortar Wreck shipwreck · off England
- Norman'S Bay off England
- ORP Orzeł submarine · War action · off England
- Penola ship · off Scotland
- Purton Hulks shipwreck · Grounding or wreck on rocks · England
- Queen of Sweden off Scotland
- RMS Carinthia ocean liner · off Ireland
- RMS Oceanic ocean liner · Grounding or wreck on rocks · off Scotland
- Reginald, blockship, Scapa Flow off Scotland
- Rill Cove Wreck shipwreck · off England
- Rosewood, blockship, Scapa Flow off Scotland
- Rothsay Castle paddle steamer · off Wales
- S54 salvage site, Scapa Flow off Scotland
- SM U-48 U-boat · Scuttled · off England
- SM UB-116 U-boat · War action · off Scotland
- SM UC-72 U-boat · War action · off England
- SMS Bayern super-dreadnought · Scuttled · off Scotland
- SMS Bremse minelaying cruiser · Scuttled · off Scotland
- SMS Brummer minelaying cruiser · Scuttled · off Scotland
- SMS Emden cruiser · Scuttled · off Scotland
- SMS Friedrich der Grosse battleship · Scuttled · off Scotland
- SMS G38 destroyer · War action · off Scotland
- SMS G39 destroyer · War action · off Scotland
- SMS G40 destroyer · War action · off Scotland
- SMS Grosser Kurfürst battleship · Scuttled · off Scotland
- SMS Grosser Kurfürst ironclad warship · Collision · off England
- SMS Kaiser battleship · Scuttled · off Scotland
- SMS Kaiserin battleship · Scuttled · off Scotland
- SMS König battleship · Scuttled · off Scotland
- SMS König Albert battleship · Scuttled · off Scotland
- SMS Prinzregent Luitpold battleship · Scuttled · off Scotland
- SMS V44 destroyer · Scuttled · off Scotland
- SMS V46 destroyer · Scuttled · off Scotland
- SMS Von der Tann battlecruiser · Scuttled · off Scotland
- SS Laurentic ocean liner · off Ireland
- SS Orsova steamship · off Scotland
- SS Prudentia and HMD Chance, Scapa Flow off Scotland
- SS The Ramsey ferry · off Scotland
- Salcombe Cannon Wreck archaeological site · off England
- Scuttling of the German fleet at Scapa Flow Scuttled · off Scotland
- Seaton Carew Wreck collier · England
- Shingles Bank Wreck NW68 off England
- Shingles Bank Wreck NW96 off England
- Skerry Sound blockships, excluding Churchill Barriers, Scapa Flow off Scotland
- South Edinburgh Channel Wreck shipwreck · off England
- Studland Bay Wreck shipwreck · off England
- Surveillante frigate · Scuttled · Ireland
- Swash Channel Wreck shipwreck · off England
- TSS Duke of Albany armed boarding steamer · off Scotland
- Tearing Ledge Wreck shipwreck · off England
- The Needles Site off England
- Tullaghmurray Lass fishing vessel · Collision · off Northern Ireland
- USS S-24 submarine · off England
- USS Stockton destroyer · off Scotland
- USS Swasey destroyer · off Scotland
- Unknown Wreck (GAD8; previously known as the 'Goodwins Cannon Site') off England
- Unknown Wreck Site off England
- Unknown Wreck off Thorness Bay shipwreck · England
- Water Sound blockships, excluding Churchill Barriers, Scapa Flow off Scotland
- West Bay Wreck shipwreck · England
- Wrangels Palais off Scotland
- Yarmouth Roads Wreck shipwreck · off England