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Merchant Ships
|
NAME |
REG./CNTRY |
TYPE |
MONTH |
DATE |
YEAR |
CAS. |
LOCATION |
RTS |
CIRCUMSTANCE |
B. H. Ramsdell |
|
2m Schooner |
7 |
10 |
1879 |
|
Kapaa, Kauai, Hawaii |
N |
Wrecked |
B. T. Investor |
Bahamas |
Tanker |
12 |
9 |
1984 |
|
Persian G. |
Y |
Iraqi missile attack |
B. T. Martin |
|
Brig |
7 |
24 |
1861 |
|
Chicamacomico, NC |
N |
|
Babina |
|
|
3 |
3 |
1923 |
|
off Santa Cruz, I. |
|
|
Baby Doll |
|
|
2 |
28 |
1955 |
|
off Oregon coast |
Y? |
|
Badger |
|
Blockade Runner |
9 |
10 |
1864 |
|
Cp. Fear bar, NC |
N |
|
Badger State |
Reeves & McBean |
Bulk |
12 |
6 |
1909 |
15 |
Marine City, MI |
N |
Burned |
Baer |
|
|
2 |
13 |
1952 |
|
Allan I., WA |
Y? |
|
Bærum |
Norway |
203 grt |
10 |
26 |
1944 |
|
Rørvik |
N |
Aircraft |
Bahada |
|
|
4 |
23 |
1923 |
|
San Pedro harbor, CA |
Y? |
|
Bahada |
|
|
11 |
|
1926 |
|
off Saddlebag I., WA |
|
|
Bahrah |
Kuwait |
Tanker |
5 |
14 |
1984 |
|
Persian G. |
|
Iranian missile attack. Badly dam. |
Bainbridge |
|
Fed. Brig |
8 |
21 |
1863 |
|
off Hatteras, NC |
N |
|
Bainbridge |
|
4m Schooner |
2 |
4 |
1929 |
|
Nags Head, NC |
N |
Wrecked |
Baja California |
Mayan SS Co. |
Fruit ship |
8 |
16 |
1933 |
|
Channel at Belize |
Y |
Agrnd |
Baja California |
Mayan SS Co. |
Fruit ship |
7 |
19 |
1942 |
3 |
|
N |
Torp'd |
Balbec |
Cunard |
3m Aux Barquentine |
3 |
28 |
1884 |
|
Lands End, Eng. |
N |
Agrnd |
Balboa |
G. E. Billings, SF |
4m Schooner |
12 |
1 |
1913 |
|
Grays Harbor entrance |
N |
Wrecked, inbound fr. Callao, Peru |
Balboa |
|
|
|
|
1949 |
|
Anacapa I., CA |
|
|
Balduin |
Norway |
1059 grt |
5 |
1 |
1915 |
|
|
|
Ger. sub |
Balladier |
New York, NY |
Cargo |
8 |
15 |
1942 |
14 |
Enrt. NY-Reykjavik |
N |
Torp'd by U-705 |
Ballarat |
P&O |
Cargo/Pass. |
4 |
25 |
1917 |
0 |
24 mi. SW Wolf Rk. |
N |
Torp'd by UB-32 |
Ballax |
Norway |
1107 grt |
2 |
9 |
1917 |
|
|
|
Ger. sub |
Baltia |
Sweden |
819 grt |
8 |
25 |
1916 |
|
|
|
Struck a mine |
Baltic |
|
Schooner |
11 |
|
1857 |
|
Currituck Beach, NC |
N |
|
Balto |
Norway |
3538 grt |
11 |
10 |
1916 |
|
|
|
Ger. sub |
Bamboo Root |
Panama |
Cargo |
1 |
8 |
1983 |
0 |
off Sri Lanka |
N |
Foundered |
Banco |
Norway |
462 grt |
11 |
12 |
1943 |
|
nr. Berlevåg |
N |
X-- with escort vessel |
Bandoeng Maru |
Japan |
|
12 |
|
1942 |
|
off Bougainville |
N |
Torp'd by 'Grouper' |
Bandon |
|
|
2 |
8 |
1941 |
|
off Trinidad Head, CA |
Y? |
|
Bandon |
|
|
8 |
30 |
1916 |
|
nr. Port Orford, OR |
Y? |
|
Bangor |
|
4m Schooner |
|
|
1928 |
|
Vallejo, CA |
N |
Beached |
Bannockburn |
Montreal Transp. |
3m Bulk Str. |
11 |
21 |
1902 |
21 |
L. Superior |
N |
Disappeared |
Banshee |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
X--? |
Barbadoes |
Gt. Britain |
Frigate |
|
|
1812 |
|
off Sable I., N.S. |
N |
|
Barbara |
Greece |
2831 grt |
11 |
11 |
1916 |
|
|
|
Ger. sub |
Barbara |
New York, NY |
Cargo |
3 |
7 |
1942 |
19 |
9 mi. NNW W. Tortue I., Haiti |
N |
Torp'd by U-126 |
Barbara Foss |
Foss Co. |
|
2 |
15 |
1931 |
|
off Lummi I., WA |
Y |
Agrnd, holed, sank |
Barbara Foss |
Foss Co. |
Tug |
3 |
31 |
1942 |
|
S. Pt. Wilson, WA |
N |
Burned, generator sparks ignite oil. |
Barbara Hernster |
US |
2m Schooner |
1 |
24 |
1901 |
0 |
Pt. Arena, CA |
Y |
Agrnd |
Barbara Hernster |
US |
Aux. Schooner |
7 |
28 |
1905 |
0 |
Plover Bay, AK |
N |
Agrnd |
BARC |
|
|
3 |
18 |
1953 |
|
off Pigeon Pt., CA |
Y* |
|
Barfonn |
Norway |
Tanker |
10 |
17 |
1941 |
|
Enrt. Sydney NS - UK |
N |
Torp'd by Ger. sub. |
Barge No. 16 |
|
|
11 |
22 |
1953 |
|
Columbia R. bar |
Y? |
|
Baroda |
British |
3m Barque |
|
|
1894 |
|
Coquille R., OR |
Y |
Agrnd |
Baroda |
British |
Barge |
|
|
1910 |
|
Esquimalt, B.C. |
Y |
Fire in coal cargo |
Baroy |
Norway |
424 grt |
9 |
12 |
1941 |
|
Vestfjorden |
N |
Struck a mine |
Batavia |
Netherlands |
Frigate |
6 |
4 |
1629 |
|
140 mi. off Geraldton, Aust |
N |
|
Batavia |
Cunard |
Passenger |
10 |
23 |
1924 |
|
60 mi. fr. Shanghai |
Y* |
Salved but condemned & scr. |
Batavia Maru |
Japan |
Transport |
6 |
12 |
1944 |
|
160 nm. NNW Saipan I. |
N |
US aircraft TF58 |
Batavier V. |
Netherlands |
1569 grt |
5 |
16 |
1916 |
|
|
|
Struck a mine |
Baus |
Norway |
1287 grt |
4 |
5 |
1916 |
|
|
|
Ger. sub |
Bavarian |
Allan Line |
Passenger |
11 |
3 |
1905 |
|
Wye Rock off Montreal |
N |
Agrnd, broke in two |
Bay Island |
|
|
11 |
30 |
1928 |
|
off Mukilteo, WA |
|
|
Bayo |
Spain |
2776 grt |
1 |
13 |
1916 |
|
|
|
Struck a mine |
Bear |
SF & Portland SS Co. |
Passenger |
6 |
14 |
1916 |
5 |
Cp. Mendocino, CA |
N |
Agrnd |
Bear |
|
|
12 |
|
1950 |
|
Portland, OR |
Y? |
|
Bear |
|
|
11 |
9 |
1955 |
|
Bellingham Bay, WA |
|
|
Beatrice |
Philadelphia, PA |
Cargo |
5 |
24 |
1942 |
1 |
S. ofKingston, Jamaica |
N |
Shelled by U-558 |
Beaureguard |
|
Blockade Runner |
12 |
11 |
1863 |
|
Carolina Beach, NC |
N |
|
Beechglen |
P & H Shpg |
Bulk |
4 |
30 |
1991 |
0 |
Cardinal, Ont. harbor |
Y |
Hull buckled while discharging corn |
Belgian (II) |
Leyland Line |
Cargo |
5 |
|
1917 |
|
Reached port but not repaired |
N |
Torp'd |
Belgica |
Spain |
2068 grt |
1 |
16 |
1916 |
|
|
|
Struck a mine |
Belisarius |
Geo. Crowninshield |
Full Rigged |
4 |
|
1810 |
|
Nr. Tunis, Tunisia |
N |
Lost |
Belkis 1 |
Saudi Arabian |
Ro-Ro/Ferry |
9 |
20 |
1984 |
|
20 mi. S Suez City |
Y |
Struck a mine |
Bell |
Norway |
3765 grt |
3 |
30 |
1916 |
|
|
|
Ger. sub |
Bella |
|
3m Schooner |
11 |
25 |
1906 |
|
Ocean Beach, OR |
N |
Wrecked |
Bella |
|
|
12 |
|
1920 |
|
nr. Port Orford, OR |
|
|
Bellatrix |
Norway |
2568 grt |
3 |
23 |
1917 |
|
|
|
Ger. sub |
Belle |
|
Brig |
7 |
|
1850 |
0 |
Diamond Shoals, NC |
N |
|
Belle Abeto |
Cia de Nav. Abeto SA |
Pilgrim ship |
7 |
30 |
1976 |
|
Sasebo, Japan anchorage |
N |
Engineroom fire, burned, sank |
Belle Ile |
Norway |
1883 grt |
11 |
27 |
1916 |
|
|
|
Ger. sub |
Belle Isle |
|
|
6 |
12 |
1934 |
|
out of San Diego, CA |
|
|
Bellingham |
Mobile, AL |
Cargo |
9 |
22 |
1942 |
0 |
45 mi. W Jan Mayen Is. |
N |
Torp'd by U-435 |
Bellingham |
|
|
|
|
1948 |
|
nr. Deer Harbor, WA |
Y? |
|
Beluga |
Pac. Whaling Co., SF |
3m Barque |
7 |
10 |
1917 |
|
26.4 S x 166.7 W |
N |
Ger. raider 'Wolf' |
Belvedere |
|
|
5 |
28 |
1933 |
|
San Joaquin R., CA |
|
|
Benares |
P&O |
Liner |
5 |
23 |
1868 |
0 |
Fisherman's Is., Shnghi-HK |
N |
Struck uncharted rock |
Bendigo |
|
Blockade Runner |
1 |
14 |
1864 |
|
Lockwoods Folly, NC |
N |
|
Benevolence |
|
|
8 |
26 |
1950 |
|
off Golden Gate, CA |
|
|
Bengal (I) |
P&O |
Passenger |
3 |
2 |
1885 |
|
Milton Reef, Java |
N |
Stranded |
Benicia |
|
Barquentine |
10 |
10 |
1920 |
|
Haiti |
N |
Wrecked |
Benjamin Brewster |
Wilmington, DE |
Tanker |
7 |
9 |
1942 |
25 |
2.5 mi off Grand Isle, LA |
N |
Torp'd by U-67 |
Benjamin Contee |
New Orleans, LA |
Cargo |
7 |
16 |
1943 |
264 |
16 mi. W Bone, Algeria |
N |
Ger. torpedo plane |
Benjamin Dickerman |
|
Bark |
10 |
18 |
1880 |
1 |
off Hatteras, NC |
N |
|
Benjamin H. Bristow |
San Francisco, CA |
Cargo |
4 |
22 |
1945 |
0 |
2.5 mi. fr. Knocke Lths., Bel. |
Y |
Struck a mine |
Benjamin Harrison |
Baltimore, MD |
Cargo |
3 |
16 |
1943 |
3 |
150 mi. ENE Terceira, Azores |
N |
Torp'd by U-172 |
Benjamin Noble |
Capitol Transport |
Bulk |
4 |
27 |
1914 |
21 |
off Two Harbors |
N |
Disappeared |
Benjamin Smith |
Wilmington, NC |
Cargo |
1 |
23 |
1943 |
0 |
off Cp. Palmas, Liberia |
N |
Torp'd by U-175 |
Benjamin W. Robinson |
|
Schooner |
4 |
10 |
1877 |
0 |
Chicamacomico, NC |
N |
|
Benjie Boy |
|
|
4 |
13 |
1955 |
|
off Catalina, I., CA |
|
|
Benlomond |
|
|
11 |
23 |
1942 |
|
|
|
|
Benvrackie |
Ben Line |
Cargo |
5 |
13 |
1941 |
|
N. Atlantic |
N |
Torp'd |
Beothic |
|
Sealing Vessel |
8 |
12 |
1942 |
|
off Nova Scotia |
N |
Wrecked |
Berge Istra |
Sig. Bergesen |
OBO |
12 |
29 |
1975 |
All |
Enrt. Brazil - Japan |
N |
Date is last heard from |
Bergenhus |
Norway |
3606 grt |
1 |
10 |
1917 |
|
|
|
Ger. sub |
Bergenhus |
Denmark |
1017 grt |
4 |
2 |
1917 |
|
|
|
Ger. sub |
Bergensgut |
Norway |
2029 grt |
4 |
18 |
1917 |
|
|
|
Ger. sub |
Berkelstroom |
Netherlands |
736 grt |
4 |
24 |
1916 |
|
|
|
Torp'd be Ger. sub |
Berlin |
Norddeutscher Lloyd |
Passenger |
|
|
1939 |
|
on summer cruise |
Y |
Boiler explosion |
Berlin |
Norddeutscher Lloyd |
Passenger |
2 |
1 |
1945 |
|
off Ger.y |
Y |
Struck a mine, sank |
Bermuda |
Furness Bermuda |
Passenger |
6 |
17 |
1931 |
1 |
Hamilton, Bermuda |
Y |
Fire |
Bermuda |
Furness Bermuda |
Passenger |
11 |
19 |
1931 |
|
Belfast, Ireland |
N* |
Fire, completely gutted |
Bermuda |
Furness Bermuda |
Passenger |
6 |
|
1932 |
|
Badcall Is., Eddrachilles B. |
N |
Wrecked in tow to scr. |
Berndt Leonhardt |
Ger. |
Cargo |
5 |
25 |
1960 |
|
S. Virginia Capes |
Y |
X--US aircraft carrier Saratoga |
Bertha |
Sweden |
592 grt |
11 |
3 |
1916 |
|
|
|
Ger. sub |
Bertha |
|
|
3 |
|
1950 |
|
Coos Bay jetty, OR |
|
|
Bertha Dolbeer |
|
3m Schooner |
11 |
3 |
1918 |
|
off CA coast |
N |
Burned, sank...Lifeboat washed ashore @ NZ!!! |
Bertha Dolbeer |
|
|
11 |
3 |
1918 |
|
off CA coast |
N |
|
Bertrand |
US |
Riverboat |
4 |
1 |
1865 |
|
off Blair, Nebraska |
N |
|
Berury |
UK |
Fruit ship |
9 |
9 |
1941 |
|
Enrt. NYC - UK |
N |
Sunk |
Berwick |
|
2m Schooner |
3 |
13 |
1908 |
|
Siuslaw Bar, OR |
N |
Wrecked |
Bessheim |
Norway |
1744 grt |
11 |
21 |
1941 |
|
nr. Hammerfest |
N |
Torp'd by U (?) |
Bestik |
Norway |
2188 grt |
1 |
2 |
1917 |
|
|
|
Ger. sub |
Betsy |
|
Sloop |
9 |
6 |
1797 |
|
Currituck Inlet, NC |
N |
|
Betty |
Denmark |
2109 grt |
5 |
26 |
1915 |
|
|
|
Ger. sub |
Bhamo |
|
|
8 |
26 |
1917 |
|
off Cape Town / Cp. Agulhas |
Y |
Mine laid by Ger. raider 'Wolf' |
Bialchi |
|
|
6 |
4 |
1947 |
|
San Francisco Bay, CA |
|
|
Bianca |
|
|
12 |
15 |
1924 |
|
nr. Clallam Bay, WA |
|
|
Bianca C. |
Costa Armatori SpA |
Passenger |
10 |
22 |
1961 |
4 |
off St. George, Grenada |
N |
Engineroom explosion, fire, sank |
Biarritz |
Norway |
1752 grt |
1 |
25 |
1940 |
|
52-42 N x 03-44 E |
|
Mine or Torpedo |
Bidwell |
Philadelphia, PA |
Tanker |
4 |
6 |
1942 |
1 |
30 mi. E Cp. Lookout, NC |
Y |
Torp'd by U-160 |
Bien |
Norway |
120 grt |
9 |
12 |
1915 |
|
|
|
Ger. sub |
Bienvenido |
Greece |
Cargo |
2 |
27 |
1952 |
|
Shin Rai rf. |
N |
Wrecked |
Bienvill |
Mobile, AL |
Cargo |
4 |
6 |
1942 |
24 |
Bay of Bengal |
N |
Japanese planes & cruiser |
Bifuku Maru |
Japan |
Cargo/Pass. |
7 |
|
1942 |
|
NE Honshu I., Japan |
N |
Torp'd by 'Narwhal' |
Big Orange XII |
Panama |
(855 tons) |
8 |
1 |
1984 |
|
G. of Suez |
|
Dam. by unexplained explosion |
Big River |
|
2m Schooner |
1 |
|
1892 |
|
off WA coast |
N |
Lost |
Birgit |
Sweden |
1117 grt |
2 |
26 |
1916 |
|
|
|
Struck a mine |
Birk |
Norway |
715 grt |
10 |
11 |
1916 |
|
|
|
Ger. sub |
Birk |
Norway |
3664 grt |
2 |
18 |
1942 |
|
nr. Kirkenes |
N |
Struck a mine |
Birkenhead |
Gt. Britain |
str. |
2 |
26 |
1852 |
|
1.5 mi. SWS Danger Pt. Lt., SA |
N |
|
Birmingham City |
New York, NY |
Cargo |
1 |
9 |
1943 |
10 |
50 mi. N Paramaribo, D. Guiana |
N |
Torp'd by U-124 |
Bisp |
Norway |
1000 grt |
1 |
24 |
1940 |
|
North Sea |
|
Torp'd by U-23 |
Bjerka |
Norway |
620 grt |
2 |
20 |
1915 |
|
|
|
Struick a mine |
Bjerko |
Norway |
|
|
|
1917 |
|
|
|
Ger. sub |
Bjonn |
Norway |
5509 grt |
12 |
9 |
1941 |
|
Hustadvika |
N |
Aircraft |
Bjor |
Norway |
1090 grt |
12 |
11 |
1916 |
|
|
|
Ger. sub |
Bjorkhaug |
Norway |
Cargo |
7 |
16 |
1943 |
1500 |
Algiers harbor |
N |
Cargo (swept mines) explds. Cas. include ashore. |
Bjornungen |
Norway |
165 grt |
10 |
6 |
1941 |
|
Kirkenes |
N |
|
Blaamanden |
Norway |
954 grt |
3 |
14 |
1917 |
|
|
|
Ger. sub |
Black Hawk |
Sturges & Clearman Ln. |
Full Rigged |
4 |
24 |
1854 |
|
|
N |
Foundered, 858 crew and pass saved |
Black Hawk |
New Orleans, LA |
Cargo |
12 |
29 |
1944 |
1 |
5 mi. S Portland Bill, Eng |
N |
Torp'd by U-772 |
Black Point |
Boston, MA |
Collier |
5 |
5 |
1945 |
12 |
off Pt. Judith, RI |
N |
Torp'd by U-853 |
Black Prince |
Norway |
5039 grt |
12 |
21 |
1941 |
|
Danzig |
N |
Destroyed by fire |
Black Squall |
|
Brig |
4 |
8 |
1861 |
|
Ocracoke, NC |
N |
|
Black Warrior |
|
Confed. Gunboat |
2 |
10 |
1862 |
|
Elizabeth City, NC |
N |
|
Black Watch |
Fred Olsen |
Liner |
11 |
24 |
1884 |
|
Plymouth, England |
Y |
Hit by 60' wave off Eng. smashing brdg and elec. |
Bladan McLaughlin |
|
Steamer |
5 |
6 |
1853 |
0 |
Kitty Hawk, NC |
N |
|
Blaisdell |
|
Schooner |
5 |
|
1875 |
|
off Cp. Hatteras, NC |
N |
|
Blakely |
|
4m Schooner |
9 |
1 |
1933 |
|
off Cape Verde, Cuba |
N |
Foundered |
Blanche |
|
Schooner |
12 |
17 |
1890 |
0 |
Ocracoke, NC |
N |
|
Blanco |
|
Brig |
|
|
1864 |
|
off Siletz R., OR |
N |
Capsized |
Blenheim |
Norway |
1143 grt |
2 |
21 |
1917 |
|
|
|
Ger. sub |
Blenheim |
New Orleans, LA |
Cargo |
1 |
8 |
1945 |
18 |
Docked, Antwerp, Belgium |
Y |
Struck by V-2 missile |
Blenheim |
Fred Olsen & Co. |
Ferry |
5 |
21 |
1968 |
|
Enrt. Newcastle - Oslo |
Y |
Burned, aband, conv. to bulk/car carrier |
Blommersdijk |
Netherlands |
4850 grt |
10 |
8 |
1916 |
|
|
|
Torp'd be Ger. sub |
Bloody Marsh |
Philadelphia, PA |
Tanker |
7 |
2 |
1943 |
3 |
75 mi. E Savannah, GA |
N |
Torp'd by U-66 |
Bloomfield |
|
|
|
|
1940 |
|
nr. SF, CA |
|
|
Bloomvaag |
Norway |
695 grt |
3 |
23 |
1917 |
|
|
|
Ger. sub |
Blossom |
|
|
|
|
1826 |
|
off CA coast |
Y? |
|
Blue Falcon |
Cyprus |
Cargo |
8 |
28 |
1984 |
|
550 mi off Mexican coast |
|
Hurricane Lowell, taking water, abandoned |
Blue Fin |
|
|
9 |
3 |
1944 |
|
off Santa Rosa I., CA |
|
|
Blue Sea |
A. M. Baabound |
Pilgrim ship |
11 |
14 |
1976 |
0 |
@ Jeddah harbor |
N |
Fire started 11/12/1976 |
Blue Sea |
Blue Sea, Greece |
Cargo |
4 |
8 |
1982 |
|
off Gabes, Tunisia |
N |
Fire |
Blue Sky |
|
|
11 |
17 |
1952 |
|
Catalina I., CA |
|
|
Blue Spirit |
Cyprus |
Cargo |
12 |
26 |
1984 |
1 |
off Ger.y's Borkum I. |
|
Fire, abandoned |
Bluefields |
Nicaragua |
|
7 |
15 |
1942 |
|
off Cp. Hatteras |
N |
Torp'd by U-576 |
Bob-Don |
|
|
12 |
15 |
1954 |
|
Sequim Bay, WA |
|
|
Boblink |
|
2m Schooner |
3 |
22 |
1898 |
|
Kent's Pt., Mendocino Co., CA |
N |
Wrecked |
Bohemian |
Leyland Line |
Cargo |
|
|
1881 |
|
|
N |
Wrecked |
Bohemian (II) |
Leyland Line |
Cargo/Pass. |
3 |
1 |
1920 |
0 |
nr. Halifax, N.S. |
N |
Wrecked |
Bokhara |
P&O |
Passenger |
10 |
8 |
1892 |
125 |
Sand I., Pescadores, nr. Frmsa |
N |
Typhoon, swamped, driven ashore |
Bokn |
Norway |
336 grt |
4 |
13 |
1917 |
|
|
|
Ger. sub |
Bokuyo Maru |
|
|
7 |
18 |
1939 |
|
off CA coast |
|
|
Bold Venture |
|
|
10 |
16 |
1941 |
19 |
Enrt. Sydney NS - UK |
N |
Torp'd by Ger. sub. |
Bombay (II) |
Kwok Acheong |
Passenger |
12 |
24 |
1880 |
|
Woosung Bar |
N |
Fire |
Bonanza |
|
2m Schooner |
|
|
1875 |
|
nr. Herschel I., AK |
N |
Crushed in ice |
Boneville |
A. F. Klaveness |
|
9 |
2 |
1937 |
|
HK harbor |
|
Typhoon, Agrnd |
Bonheur |
Norway |
1158 grt |
1 |
8 |
1916 |
|
|
|
Struck a mine |
Bonifaz |
Spain |
Tanker |
7 |
3 |
1964 |
|
off NW coast Spain |
N |
X--It. tanker Fabiola |
Bor |
Norway |
928 grt |
5 |
24 |
1942 |
|
off Weser |
N |
Struck a mine |
Bordeaux |
US |
Brig 250 tons |
12 |
13 |
1852 |
0 |
Clatsop Spit |
N |
Agrnd |
Bordeaux Maru |
Japan |
Transport |
2 |
1 |
1942 |
|
Kwajalein Atoll |
N |
US aircraft fr. USS Enterprise |
Borealis |
|
4m Schooner |
2 |
10 |
1913 |
|
Tonga Is. |
N |
Wrecked |
Borgå |
Norway |
4821 grt |
4 |
15 |
1943 |
|
25 m. E of Borkum |
N |
Aircraft |
Borgny |
Norway |
3015 grt |
10 |
4 |
1941 |
|
Korsfjord |
N |
Torp'd by U(?) |
Borgsholm |
Norway |
1715 grt |
1 |
7 |
1917 |
|
|
|
Ger. sub |
Boro |
Norway |
819 grt |
11 |
27 |
1916 |
|
|
|
Ger. sub |
Borre |
Norway |
741 grt |
1 |
5 |
1917 |
|
|
|
Ger. sub |
Borussia |
Hamburg Amerika |
Passenger |
10 |
22 |
1907 |
3 |
Lisbon, Port. |
N |
Foundered while coaling |
Bosnia |
Cunard |
Cargo |
9 |
5 |
1939 |
|
Bay of Biscay |
N |
Torp'd |
Bossi |
Norway |
1462 grt |
12 |
1 |
1916 |
|
|
|
Ger. sub |
Boston |
Norway |
1168 grt |
12 |
22 |
1914 |
|
|
|
Struick a mine |
Boston Maru |
Japan |
|
11 |
|
1942 |
|
off Palau |
N |
Torp'd by 'Seal' |
Bostonian (II) |
Leyland Line |
Cargo |
10 |
10 |
1917 |
|
SE Star Pt. |
N |
Torp'd |
Bothnia |
Norway |
Barque |
9 |
24 |
1902 |
0 |
|
N |
Foundered...crew resc'd by Ger. 'Pennsylvania' |
BP Battler |
British Petroleum |
Tanker |
1 |
20 |
1983 |
|
R. Shannon Estuary, Eire |
Y |
X--service vessel |
Bradford |
|
|
|
|
1919 |
|
nr. Pigeon Pt., CA |
|
|
Braer |
|
Tanker |
1 |
5 |
1993 |
|
off Shetland Is. |
|
Agrnd, oil spill |
Braga |
Fabre Line |
Pass./Cargo |
11 |
16 |
1926 |
|
Aspro I., Greece |
N |
Agrnd |
Brant |
|
|
5 |
|
1960 |
|
20 mi. off Santa Barbara, CA |
|
|
Bras |
Norway |
1851 grt |
8 |
19 |
1915 |
|
|
|
Ger. sub |
Brask |
Norway |
1466 grt |
12 |
8 |
1916 |
|
|
|
Ger. sub |
Brask |
Norway |
1466 grt |
12 |
16 |
1916 |
|
|
|
Ger. sub |
Braut Team |
Norway |
Heavy Lift |
7 |
6 |
1991 |
|
Bay of Bengal |
N |
Foundered |
Bravalla |
Sweden |
1519 grt |
2 |
7 |
1917 |
|
|
|
Ger. sub |
Bravo |
Spain |
1214 grt |
12 |
7 |
1916 |
|
|
|
Ger. sub |
Brazil Maru |
Japan |
|
8 |
4 |
1942 |
|
off Truk I. |
N |
Torp'd by 'Sturgeon' |
Brazilian Splendour |
Liberia |
Tanker |
1 |
8 |
1984 |
3 |
off South Africa |
Y |
Explosion while welding |
Breda |
Norway |
1261 grt |
9 |
6 |
1944 |
|
Helgoland Bay |
N |
Aircraft |
Bremen |
Norddeutscher Lloyd |
Passenger |
9 |
|
1905 |
|
NYC>Bremen |
Y |
Lost use of propellors, towed to port by tanker 'Lucigen' |
Bremen |
Norddeutscher Lloyd |
Passenger |
3 |
16 |
1941 |
|
Bremen |
N |
Burned |
Bremerton |
|
|
11 |
9 |
1926 |
|
Houghton, WA |
|
|
Breskens 19 |
Netherlands |
|
6 |
17 |
1915 |
|
|
|
Struck a mine |
Brest |
Cunard |
Passenger |
9 |
|
1979 |
|
Hot Point, Cornwall, Eng. |
N |
Wrecked |
Bretagne |
SGTM, Marseille |
Passenger |
9 |
12 |
1903 |
0 |
Bahia |
N |
Wrecked |
Bretagne |
Denmark |
1110 grt |
4 |
17 |
1917 |
|
|
|
Ger. sub |
Bretagne |
|
|
10 |
15 |
1929 |
|
SW Cp. Flattery, WA |
|
|
Brigit |
|
|
|
|
1914 |
|
SF Bay, CA |
N |
|
Brilliant |
New York, NY |
Tanker |
11 |
18 |
1942 |
0 |
Enrt. NYC - Belfast |
Y |
Torp'd by U-43 |
Brink |
Norway |
1391 grt |
10 |
4 |
1916 |
|
|
|
Ger. sub |
Bris |
Denmark |
101 grt |
4 |
5 |
1917 |
|
|
|
Ger. sub |
Bristol |
|
|
11 |
29 |
1961 |
|
SW Bellingham, WA |
|
|
British Endeavor |
UK |
Tanker |
2 |
22 |
1940 |
|
off Gibraltar |
N |
Torp'd by U-50 |
British Fame |
UK |
Tanker |
8 |
12 |
1940 |
|
In convoy OB 193 |
N |
Torp. by It. sub. Malaspina |
British Fortitude |
UK |
Tanker |
2 |
23 |
1943 |
|
600 mi. SSW Azore Is. |
Y |
Torp'd |
British General |
UK |
Tanker |
10 |
6 |
1940 |
|
Atlantic O. |
N |
Torp'd by U-37 |
British Influence |
UK |
Tanker |
9 |
14 |
1939 |
|
E. Atlantic |
N |
Torp'd by U-29 |
British Officer |
UK |
Tanker |
12 |
1 |
1940 |
|
Tynemouth, Eng. |
N |
Struck a mine |
British Renown |
British Petroleum |
Tanker |
7 |
10 |
1984 |
|
|
Y |
Iranian air attack |
Britomart |
Gt. Britain |
Barque |
6 |
3 |
1840 |
|
2 mi. off Preservation I., Tas. |
N |
|
Britta |
Norway |
2061 grt |
3 |
30 |
1917 |
|
|
|
Ger. sub |
Britta |
Norway |
Tanker |
12 |
6 |
1939 |
|
50 m. SW Land's End, Gt. Britain |
N |
Torp'd by U-48 (U-47?) |
Brittania |
P&O |
Passenger |
|
|
1894 |
|
Suez Canal |
Y |
Agrnd |
Brittanic |
England |
conv. Hosp. |
11 |
21 |
1916 |
21 |
Aegean Sea |
N |
Struck a mine |
Brittanic |
Norway |
2289 grt |
1 |
1 |
1917 |
|
|
|
Ger. sub |
Brittany |
Chandris Lines |
Pass./Cruise |
4 |
8 |
1963 |
|
Scaramanga(?), Greece |
N |
Fire during refit, scr. Italy 1964 |
Broad Arrow |
New York, NY |
Tanker |
1 |
9 |
1943 |
23 |
80 (?) mi. off Dutch Guiana |
N |
Torp'd by U-124 |
Brodd |
Norway |
82 grt |
1 |
17 |
1944 |
|
Bergen |
N |
? Under Ger. flag |
Brode |
Norway |
2363 grt |
3 |
19 |
1917 |
|
|
|
Ger. sub |
Brodick Castle |
Brit. |
Ship |
12 |
|
1908 |
All |
< Columbia R. |
Y |
dissappeared with all hand |
Bronx |
|
Sloop |
6 |
21 |
1892 |
0 |
Beaufort Harbor, NC |
N |
|
Brooklyn |
US Govt |
Cargo/Pass. |
5 |
31 |
1918 |
26 |
|
N |
Torp'd |
Brooklyn |
|
|
11 |
8 |
1930 |
|
off Humboldt Bay, CA |
|
|
Brooklyn |
|
|
|
|
1916 |
|
nr. Pt. Arena, CA |
Y? |
|
Bror Oscar |
Sweden |
368 grt |
8 |
1 |
1916 |
|
|
|
Ger. sub |
Brother Jonathan |
Pac. Mail SS Co |
Passenger |
7 |
30 |
1865 |
166 |
9 mi. W Crescent City, CA |
N |
Ripped apart on reef. ex- Commodore |
Brothers |
|
|
10 |
10 |
1941 |
|
Catalina I., CA |
|
|
Brott |
Norway |
|
2 |
3 |
1961 |
|
off NJ coast |
|
X--Liberian pass Nassau |
Brown Victory |
Portland, OR |
Cargo |
5 |
19 |
1945 |
2 |
off Okinawa I. |
Y |
Kamikaze |
Brush |
Carolina SS Co. |
Cargo |
4 |
26 |
1923 |
0 |
nr. Cp. Arago, OR |
N |
Wrecked, enrt. to NYC |
Brynilen |
Norway |
316 grt |
2 |
14 |
1944 |
|
Hammerfest |
N |
Aircraft |
Brynje |
Norway |
3916 grt |
7 |
20 |
1941 |
|
nr. Kalundborg, Denmark |
N |
Struck by a mine |
Buarque |
Lloyd Brasileiro |
Pass./Cargo |
2 |
1 |
1942 |
|
Cp. Hatteras |
N |
Torp'd |
Buckeye |
|
|
|
|
1930 |
|
Stavis Bay, Hood Canal, WA |
|
|
Bueno Jesus |
Spain |
Galleon |
7 |
4 |
1598 |
|
6 mi. NE Portobello, Pan. |
N |
|
Bufjord |
Norway |
2284 grt |
9 |
24 |
1916 |
|
|
|
Ger. sub |
Bugen Maru |
Japan |
Transport |
9 |
12 |
1944 |
|
Bohol Pass., P.I. |
N |
US aircraft TF38 |
Bulgaria |
Hamburg Amerika |
Passenger |
2 |
1 |
1899 |
2 |
Atlantic O. |
Y |
Smashed/listing, presumed foundered, makes port 2/14 |
Bunker Hill |
USA |
Tanker |
3 |
6 |
1964 |
5 |
Lower Puget Sound |
N |
Internal explosions |
Burdigala (ex- Kaiser Friedrich) |
Cie. Sud Atlantik |
Passenger |
11 |
14 |
1916 |
|
Aegean Sea betw. Mykonos - Tenos |
N |
Struck mines laid by U-73 |
Bure |
Norway |
1151 grt |
6 |
9 |
1916 |
|
|
|
Ger. sub |
Burgos |
Norway |
3219 grt |
3 |
28 |
1940 |
|
off Cromer Knoll light ship |
|
Struck a mine |
Burmah Agate |
|
Tanker |
11 |
1 |
1979 |
|
Galveston Bay, TX |
|
X-- |
Burton |
|
|
2 |
22 |
1924 |
|
Gig Harbor, WA |
|
|
Busho Maru |
Japan |
Gunboat |
1 |
26 |
1944 |
|
'China Sea' |
N |
US sub 'Grevalle' |
Bushrod Washington |
Baltimore, MD |
Cargo |
9 |
14 |
1943 |
7 |
3/4 mi. off Salerno beach |
N |
Ger. radio-guided bomb |
Bushu Maru |
Japan |
Blockship |
2 |
25 |
1904 |
0 |
Port Arthur, China |
N |
Deliberately sunk |
Busiris |
|
Schooner |
10 |
24 |
1889 |
0 |
Poyners Hill, NC |
N |
|
Buster |
|
|
10 |
17 |
1940 |
|
10 mi. N Astoria, WA |
|
|
Butron |
Spain |
2434 grt |
2 |
1 |
1917 |
|
|
|
Ger. sub |
Buyo Maru |
Japan |
Blockship |
2 |
25 |
1904 |
0 |
Port Arthur, China |
N |
Deliberately sunk |
Buyo Maru |
Japan |
Transport |
|
|
1943 |
|
|
N |
Torp'd by 'Wahoo' |
Buyuk Hun |
Turkey |
Tanker |
6 |
3 |
1984 |
|
Persian G. |
|
Abandoned after Iraqi missile attack. TCL |
Bygdo |
Norway |
2345 grt |
10 |
27 |
1916 |
|
|
|
Struck a mine |
Bygdøy |
Norway |
1252 grt |
5 |
17 |
1943 |
|
Kattegat |
N |
Struck a mine |
Byron D. Benson |
Wilmington, DE |
Tanker |
4 |
4 |
1942 |
10 |
7.5 mi. off Currituck Inlet, NC |
N |
Torp'd by U-552 |