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shipwreck A shipwreck is the wreckage of a ship that is located either beached on land or sunken to the bottom of a body of water. Shipwrecking may be intentional or unintentional. Angela Croome reported in January 1999 that there were approximately ...

s, sorted by different criteria.

By location

* List of shipwrecks of Africa * List of shipwrecks of Asia * List of shipwrecks of Europe ** List of shipwrecks of France **

List of shipwrecks of the United Kingdom This is a list of shipwrecks A shipwreck is the wreckage of a ship that is located either beached on land or sunken to the bottom of a body of water. Shipwrecking may be intentional or unintentional. Angela Croome reported in January ...

*** List of shipwrecks of England *

List of shipwrecks of North America This is a list of shipwrecks located in or around North America, within the territorial waters of countries which for political purposes are considered a part of the North American continent, including Canada, the United States, Mexico, Central ...

List of shipwrecks of Canada This is a list of shipwrecks located in or off the coast of Canada. British Columbia Manitoba New Brunswick Newfoundland and Labrador Northwest Territories Nova Scotia Nunavut Ontario Prince Edward Island Quebec Saskatche ...

** List of shipwrecks of the United States ***

List of shipwrecks of California This is a list of shipwrecks located in Californian waters. Del Norte County Humboldt County Los Angeles County Marin County Mendocino County Orange County San Diego County San Francisco County San Luis Obispo County San Mateo ...

*** List of shipwrecks of Florida ***

List of shipwrecks in the Great Lakes The Great Lakes, a collection of five freshwater lakes located in North America, have been sailed upon since at least the 17th century, and thousands of ships have been sunk while traversing them. Many of these ships were never found, so the exac ...

*** List of shipwrecks of Massachusetts ***

List of shipwrecks of North Carolina This is a list of shipwrecks located off the coast of North Carolina. Notes References Sources * * * External links NOAA Wrecks and Obstructions Database {{Shipwrecks by location North Carolina Shipwrecks Shipwrecks A sh ...

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List of shipwrecks of Oregon This is a list of shipwrecks of Oregon. The location is the nearest modern community or primary landmark. North coast Central coast South coast Rivers See also * Graveyard of the Pacific * Shipwrecks of the inland Columbia Rive ...

* List of shipwrecks of South America *

List of shipwrecks of Oceania This is a list of shipwrecks located in the region of Oceania. Australia Federated States of Micronesia Chuuk During World War II, Chuuk Lagoon (then known as Truk) was the logistical hub of Japan's operations in the South Pacific theatre ...

List of shipwrecks of Australia This a list of shipwrecks located in Australia. New South Wales Norfolk Island Northern Territory Queensland South Australia Tasmania Victoria Western Australia See also * Australian National Shipwreck Database * HMAS '' ...

* List of shipwrecks in international waters ** List of shipwrecks in the Atlantic Ocean **

List of shipwrecks in the Pacific Ocean This is a partial list of shipwrecks which occurred in the Pacific Ocean. The list includes ships that sank, foundered, grounded, or were otherwise lost. The Pacific Ocean is here defined in its widest sense, to include its marginal seas: the Be ...

List of shipwrecks in the Indian Ocean This is a list of shipwrecks in the Indian Ocean. Arabian Sea Bay of Bengal Central Indian Ocean Christmas Island Cocos (Keeling) Islands Great Australian Bight Mozambique Channel Persian Gulf Red Sea Strait of Malacca Refer ...

By date

Before 1914

1914 to 1938

World War I World War I (28 July 1914 11 November 1918), often abbreviated as WWI, was List of wars and anthropogenic disasters by death toll, one of the deadliest global conflicts in history. Belligerents included much of Europe, the Russian Empire, ...

was 1914–1918.

1939 to 1945

World War II World War II or the Second World War, often abbreviated as WWII or WW2, was a world war that lasted from 1939 to 1945. It involved the World War II by country, vast majority of the world's countries—including all of the great power ...

was 1939–1945.

After 1945

War and warships

By type of ship

List of sunken aircraft carriers With the advent of heavier-than-air flight, the aircraft carrier has become a decisive weapon at sea.Bishop & Chant, p. 1 In 1911 aircraft began to be successfully launched and landed on ships with the successful flight of a Curtiss Pusher aboa ...

List of sunken battlecruisers Sunken battlecruisers are large capital ships built in the first half of the 20th century that were either destroyed in battle, scuttled, or destroyed in a weapon test. They were similar in size and cost to a battleship, and typically carried th ...

List of sunken battleships Sunken battleships are the wrecks of large capital ships built from the 1880s to the mid-20th century that were either destroyed in battle, mined, deliberately destroyed in a weapons test, or scuttling, scuttled. The battleship, as the might of a ...

List of sunken nuclear submarines Nine nuclear submarines have sunk, either by accident or scuttling. The Soviet Navy has lost five (one of which sank twice), the Russian Navy two, and the United States Navy (USN) two. Three were lost with all hands - the two from the United Sta ...

By war

List of warships sunk during the Russo-Japanese War This is a list of warships sunk during the Russo-Japanese War. Causes of Japanese and Russian Warships sunk during the war Although submarines, torpedoes, torpedo boats, and steel battleships had existed for many years, the Russo-Japanese war was ...

List of hospital ships sunk in World War I During the World War I, First World War, many hospital ships were attacked, sometimes deliberately and sometimes as a result of mistaken identity. They were sunk by either torpedo, mine or surface attack. They were easy targets, since they carrie ...

* List of maritime disasters in World War I * List of foreign ships wrecked or lost in the Spanish Civil War * List of maritime disasters in World War II

By navy

List of ships sunk by the Imperial Japanese Navy This list of military ships sunk by the Imperial Japanese Navy lists all vessels sunk by ships commissioned in the Imperial Japanese Navy, and by Japanese naval aircraft, listed alphabetically by ship name. Australia * HMAS ''Armidale'': Austra ...

* List of Allied ships lost to Italian surface vessels in the Mediterranean (1940–43) * List of wrecked or lost ships of the Ottoman steam navy

By method

List of ships sunk by missiles This is a list of ships sunk by missiles. Ships have been sunk by unguided projectiles for many centuries, but the introduction of guided missiles during World War II changed the dynamics of naval warfare. 1943 saw the first ships to be sunk by ...