Great British Shipwrecks

           

Wreck

Dimensions

GRT

Cause

Date

Location

Depth

MV Akka

442' x 56' x 25'

5,409

Ran aground

4/9/1956

Firth of Clyde off Dunoon

30-40m

RMS Alaunia

540' x 64'

13,405

Mine

10/19/1916

Hastings, East Sussex

30-35m

SS Breda

402' x 58' x 34'

6,941

German warplanes

12/23/1940

Ardmucknish Bay, nr Oban

25-30m

SS Bretagne

232' x 35' x 15'

1,382

Collision

8/10/1918

Babbacombe Bay, Devon

24-30m

SMS Brummer

462' x 44' x 20'

4,308

Scuttled

6/21/1919

Scapa Flow, Orkney Isles

35m

SMS Cöln

510' x 47'x 21'

5,531

Scuttled

6/21/1919

Scapa Flow, Orkney Isles

35m

SMS Dresden

510' x 47'x 21'

5,531

Scuttled

6/21/1919

Scapa Flow, Orkney Isles

35m

F2

249' x 29' x 11'

756

Sunk at moorings

4/29/1905

Scapa Flow, Orkney Isles

16m

SS Fram

315' x 43' x 22'

2,297

U-boat

2/1/1940

Aberdour Bay, Moray Firth

46m

HMS Hampshire

473' x 68' x 24'

10,850

Mine

6/5/1916

Marwick Head, Orkney

70m

SS Hispania

236.8' x 37.3' x 16.2'

1,337

Ran aground

1954

Sgeir Mor, Sound of Mull

26m

HMS Hood

410' x 75' x 27'

14,150

Scuttled

11/4/1914

Portland Harbour, Dorset

18m

James Eagan Layne

442' x 57' x 35'

7,176

Torpedoed, U1195

11/4/1945

Whitsand Bay, Cornwall

34m

SMS Karlsruhe

Scuttled

6/21/1919

Scapa Flow, Orkney Isles

25m

SMS Kronprinz Wilhelm

575' x 97' x 30'

25,800

Scuttled

6/21/1919

Scapa Flow, Orkney Isles

35m

SS Kyarra

415' x 52' x 31'

6,953

Torpedoed, UB57

5/26/1918

Isle of Purbeck, Dorset

30m

SS Maine

375' x 46'

3,616

Torpedoed, UC17

3/23/1917

Salcombe, South Devon

34m

Moldavia

520' x 58'

9,500

Torpedoed, UB57

5/23/1918

Littlehampton, West Sussex

50m

SS Mongolian

400' x 45' x 30'

4,838

Torpedoed, UC70

7/21/1918

Filey Bay, Yorkshire

42m

HMS M2

90.1m x 7.5m x 4.9m

1,594

Diving Accident

1/26/1932

Lyme Bay, Dorset

35m

HMS Port Napier

498' in length

9,600

Fire

11/27/1940

Kyle of Lochalsh

20m

RMS Remuera

485' x 62' x 41'

11,445

Torpedoed, aircraft

26/8/1940

Fraserburgh, NE Scotland

60m

Rondo

264' x 42' x 21'

2,363

Ran aground

Jan-1935

Dearg Sgeir, Sound of Mull

6-50m

Salsette

440' x 53' x 19'

5,842

Torpedoed, UB40

7/20/1917

Lyme Bay, Dorset

44m

San Tiburcio

413' x 53.4' x 31.1'

5,995

Mined

5/4/1940

Moray Firth

35m

SS Shuna

240' in length

1,426

Ran aground

5/8/1913

Sound of Mull

30m

HMS Strathgarry

113' x 21.9' x 11.7'

Collision

7/6/1915

Hoxa Sound

58m

MS Taurus

408' x 55' x 25'

4,767

Bombed

6/6/1941

between Stonehaven and Montrose

50m

SS Thesis

167' x 25' x 11.7'

Ran aground

Oct-1889

Innimore Point, Sound of Mull

18-30m

SS Wallachia

259' in length

Collision

Sept 1895

Firth of Clyde

34m