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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. It results from the event of ''shipwrecking'', which may be intentional or unintentional. There were approximately thre ...

s, sorted by different criteria.

By location

By date

Before 1914

1914 to 1938

World War I World War I or the First World War (28 July 1914 – 11 November 1918), also known as the Great War, was a World war, global conflict between two coalitions: the Allies of World War I, Allies (or Entente) and the Central Powers. Fighting to ...

was 1914–1918.

1939 to 1945

World War II World War II or the Second World War (1 September 1939 – 2 September 1945) was a World war, global conflict between two coalitions: the Allies of World War II, Allies and the Axis powers. World War II by country, Nearly all of the wo ...

was 1939–1945.

After 1945

War and warships

By type of ship

* List of sunken aircraft carriers * List of sunken battlecruisers * List of sunken battleships * List of sunken nuclear submarines

By war

* List of warships sunk during the Russo-Japanese War *

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 carried ...

* 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 * 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 * List of United States Navy losses in World War II

By method

* List of ships sunk by missiles