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| 1 | RMS Titanic: a White Star liner on a trans-Atlantic run, collided with an iceberg on Grand Banks of Newfoundland in 1912 and sank with heavy loss of life in one of the deadliest peacetime maritime disasters in history. | 39202 |
| 2 | North Carolina 40' 41.43.808 N 81.22.885 W | 14720 |
| 3 | Algeria 40' 41.31.225 N 81.42.944 W | 13137 |
| 4 | Coyote: 1924, Scuttled. | 8221 |
| 5 | Tasmania 40' 41.47.303 N 82.29.811 W | 6730 |
| 6 | Ming Dynasty Chinese merchant boat, sunk off the coast of Marinduque. </ref> | 5656 |
| 7 | Oxford 170' 42.28.855 N 79.51.843 W | 5501 |
| 8 | RMS Lusitania: a British ocean liner torpedoed and sunk by the U-boat U-20, on 7 May 1915.thumb|The bow of the Ranga, wrecked at Dunmore Head, near Dingle on the 11th March, 1982, is visible today | 4632 |
| 9 | German battleship Bismarck: German battleship sunk in 1941. | 3620 |
| 10 | RMS Queen Elizabeth: sank 9 January 1972 after fire in Victoria Harbour, Hong Kong. | 3040 |
| 11 | Edmund Fitzgerald 320; | 2788 |
| 12 | Mary Celeste: a brigantine found in 1872 in the Atlantic Ocean, unmanned and under full sail, heading towards the Strait of Gibraltar. | 2382 |
| 13 | HMHS Britannic: Sister ship to the RMS Titanic, struck a mine off the Greek island of Kea on 21 November 1916, and sank with the loss of 30 lives. {{Cite web | 2064 |
| 14 | RMS Carpathia: a Cunard Line transatlantic passenger steamship, torpedoed and sunk by a German U-boat on 17 July 1918 off the east coast. This ship is famous for coming to RMS Titanics rescue in 1912. | 1837 |
| 15 | USS Indianapolis: a Portland-class cruiser of the United States Navy. She holds a place in history due to the notorious circumstances of her sinking, which was the deadliest single loss of life at sea in the history of the US Navy. After delivering critical parts for the first atomic bomb to the United States air base at Tinian on 26 July 1945, she was in the Philippine Sea when attacked at 0014 on 30 July 1945 by a Japanese submarine. | 1757 |
| 16 | USS Arizona (BB-39): a battleship lost in the Japanese bombing of Pearl Harbor on 7 December 1941. | 1704 |
| 17 | Penelope 8' 41.30.562 N 82.02.443 W | 1685 |
| 18 | Kursk: a Russian nuclear submarine lost with all hands when it sank in the Barents Sea in 2000. It has since been raised. | 1621 |
| 19 | HMS Hood: British battlecruiser sunk in 1941. | 1572 |
| 20 | Admiral Graf Spee: a German battleship scuttled during the Battle of the River Plate on 17 December 1939. | 1443 |
| 21 | SS Andrea Doria: 1956, collision in Nantucket Sound. | 1397 |
| 22 | Mary Rose: a protected wrecksite, an English Tudor warship sunk in Portsmouth Harbour, possibly during an engagement with the French fleet on 19 July 1545. | 1259 |
| 23 | Liberty ship SS James Eagan Layne: situated in 22 m of water in Whitsand Bay, Cornwall at 50°19.54N; 4°14.65W next to the wreck of HMS Scylla. | 1253 |
| 24 | Japanese midget submarine M84: sank some time after 31 May 1942 after being shelled during attack on Sydney harbour, with 2 lives lost. | 1245 |
| 25 | SS Eastland: a passenger ship that sank in the Chicago River on 24 July 1915. | 1212 |
| 26 | USS Monitor: lost off Cape Hatteras on 31 December 1862. | 1159 |
| 27 | Kiowa: 1903, Rammed by steamer Admiral Dewy while anchored in snowstorm. | 1156 |
| 28 | USS Scorpion: was a nuclear submarine that sank in 1968 with all hands due to a torpedo hot-run, and subsequent failure to shutdown prior to torpedo arming and detonation. The vessel has 2 nuclear warheads and one nuclear reactor. | 1066 |
| 29 | CSS H. L. Hunley: placed on National Register of Historic Places in 1978. | 1054 |
| 30 | Vasa: a Swedish galleon foundered on her maiden voyage and sunk in Stockholm on 10 August 1628. | 1048 |
| 31 | USS Thresher: sank in 1963 during deep-diving trials with all hands on board. Flooding had led to a reactor shutdown, and the sailors were unable to surface due to a malfunction in the emergency blow system. It lies on the seafloor with one nuclear reactor in place. | 1023 |
| 32 | ARA General Belgrano: destroyed during the Falklands War in 1982. | 978 |
| 33 | MS Estonia: a cruiseferry built in 1980. The ship sunk in the Baltic Sea about 100 km from Turku, Finland, on 28 September 1994, claiming 852 lives in one of the worst maritime disasters in modern history. | 912 |
| 34 | Prinz Eugen: an Admiral Hipper class cruiser that was damaged at Bikini Atoll by atomic bomb test, towed to Kwajalein, capsized, and sunk in 1946. | 846 |
| 35 | USS Yorktown (CV-5): sunk 1942 at Battle of Midway, wreck discovered 1998. | 770 |
| 36 | SS American Star: ran aground on Fuerteventura under tow on January 1993, then split in half and the stern sank. | 764 |
| 37 | HMS Ark Royal: British aircraft carrier torpedoed by the German submarine U-81 on 13 November 1941 | 727 |
| 38 | HMS Prince of Wales: British battleship sunk by Japanese air attack off the East coast of Malaya on 10 December 1941 (see also Sinking of Prince of Wales and Repulse). | 679 |
| 39 | White Ship: a 12th century vessel that sank in the English Channel near the Normandy coast off Barfleur, on 25 November 1120. | 679 |
| 40 | Graf Zeppelin: Germany's only aircraft carrier in World War II, scuttled after the war by the Soviet Navy. | 675 |
| 41 | USS Oriskany (CV-34): aircraft carrier sunk in 2006 to form an artificial reef. | 660 |
| 42 | USS Saratoga (CV-3): sunk at Bikini Atoll by atomic bomb test in 1946. | 646 |
| 43 | USS Nevada (BB-36): sunk off Hawaii as a target ship after atomic bomb tests in 1948. | 547 |
| 44 | Bluenose: a Canadian schooner foundered on a reef on 28 January 1946. | 539 |
| 45 | HMS Royal Oak: British battleship torpedoed in Scapa Flow in 1939. | 530 |
| 46 | Ocean Ranger: oil platform sunk in winter storm on Grand Banks in 1982. | 521 |
| 47 | USS Wasp (CV-7): sunk 1942 enroute to Guadalcanal. | 479 |
| 48 | USS Hornet (CV-8): sunk 1942 at Battle of Santa Cruz Islands. | 477 |
| 49 | CSS Alabama: a screw sloop-of-war sunk off Cherbourg-Octeville during the American Civil War on 11 June 1864. | 477 |
| 50 | Nagato: sunk at Bikini Atoll by atomic bomb test in 1946. | 467 |
| 51 | Pamir: sunk in Hurricane Carrie | 466 |
| 52 | Soviet submarine K-278 Komsomolets: caught fire and sank in the Barents Sea in 1989, with 2 nuclear weapons and 2 nuclear reactors still on board. | 439 |
| 53 | HMS Sheffield :destroyed during the Falklands War in 1982. | 426 |
| 54 | HMS Repulse: British battlecruiser sunk by Japanese air attack off the East coast of Malaya on 10 December 1941 (see also Sinking of Prince of Wales and Repulse). | 422 |
| 55 | USS Pennsylvania (BB-38):, sunk off Kwajalein after atomic bomb tests in 1948. | 406 |
| 56 | Batavia: Dutch VOC merchant sailing ship, 1629. | 401 |
| 57 | USS Oklahoma (BB-37): originally sunk during Pearl Harbor attack in 1941. Raised, sunk while under tow between Hawaii and California. | 380 |
| 58 | Kormoran: German merchant raider scuttled after being damaged in battle by HMAS Sydney in 1941. | 341 |
| 59 | MTS Oceanos: a cruise liner sank off the Transkei Coast, after leaving East London on route to Durban on 3 August 1991. | 331 |
| 60 | Soviet submarine K-219: sank in 1986 (after an alleged collision with USS Augusta) due to an explosion in a missile tube and a fire, which disabled the submarine and led to evacuation. The boat sank with her 2 nuclear reactor plants, 16 SS-N-6 liquid-fueled missiles, and 34 nuclear warheads. | 323 |
| 61 | USS Utah (BB-31): a battleship lost in the Japanese bombing of Pearl Harbor on 7 December 1941. | 296 |
| 62 | MS Sea Diamond: a Greek cruise ship that struck a reef off the harbor of Santorini island and sank the following day on 6 April 2007. | 284 |
| 63 | USS Arkansas (BB-33): sunk at Bikini Atoll by atomic bomb test in 1946. | 282 |
| 64 | MV Princess of the Stars: passenger ferry sank in San Fernando, Romblon, on 21 June 2008 leaving 500+ people dead and 60+ survivors. | 266 |
| 65 | SS Richard Montgomery: a cargo ship run aground off the Nore in the Thames Estuary on 20 August 1944. A protected wrecksite, designated as dangerous. | 265 |
| 66 | MV Derbyshire: 169,000 ton bulk carrier sank on 10 September 1980 off the coast of Okinawa, Japan claiming the lives of all 44 on board. The Kowloon Bridge was a sistership. | 264 |
| 67 | U-864: a German Type IXD2 submarine. Scuttled on 9 February 1945 by British sub HMS Venturer while on a logistics mission to Japan. | 263 |
| 68 | Kirishima: Japanese Kongo-class battleship. | 259 |
| 69 | HMS Victoria: British battleship sank in 1893 | 257 |
| 70 | Nancy:, 1927, Dragged anchor onto beach in storm. | 250 |
| 71 | HMS Queen Mary: magazine explosion during the Battle of Jutland, 1916. The site is a protected place. | 247 |
| 72 | HMS Hermes: the world's first purpose-built aircraft carrier sunk after receiving 40 direct hits from Vice-Admiral Chuichi Nagumo's 70 Mitsubishi A6M Zero fighter/bombers off the coast of Sri Lanka, near Batticaloa, on 9 April 1942. | 234 |
| 73 | RMS Lancastria: a Cunard Liner sunk in the Loire River estuary during World War II on 17 June 1940. | 231 |
| 74 | Cap Arcona: a German luxury ocean liner sunk in Lübeck Bay on 3 May 1945. | 217 |
| 75 | SS Ourang Medan: Dutch freighter allegedly lost under suspicious circumstances in 1947 or 1948. | 217 |
| 76 | HMS Coventry: sunk by Argentine aircraft during the Falklands War in 1982. | 217 |
| 77 | USS Cairo: a river gunboat struck a torpedo in the Yazoo River and sank on 12 December 1862. | 217 |
| 78 | USS Princeton: a United States Navy Independence-class aircraft carrier lost at the Battle of Leyte Gulf in 1944. | 216 |
| 79 | USS New York (BB-34): sunk as a target ship off Hawaii after atomic bomb tests in 1948. | 214 |
| 80 | HMS Invincible: shell struck magazine during the Battle of Jutland, 1916. The site is a protected place. | 209 |
| 81 | Canton: whaling ship ran aground at Kanton Island in 1854. | 207 |
| 82 | U-20: run aground and sunk by her crew on the following day, 5 November 1916. | 203 |
| 83 | USS Wahoo: sunk by Japanese aircraft in La Perouse (Soya) Strait between HokkaidÅ and Sakhalin during WWII. | 197 |
| 84 | Hiei: Japanese Kongo-class battleship. | 197 |
| 85 | Antikythera wreck: a 75â50 BC wreck discovered in October 1900 near the island of Antikythera. The wreck contained many artifacts and, most importantly, the Antikythera mechanism. | 196 |
| 86 | Atlantic Conveyor: British merchant ship, now a protected wreck site, sunk by Exocet missile during the Falklands War. | 192 |
| 87 | USS Samuel B. Roberts: a John C. Butler-class destroyer escort, sunk during the Battle off Samar. | 190 |
| 88 | Canberra: Australian Kent-class cruiser. | 189 |
| 89 | Carroll A. Deering: ran aground at Cape Hatteras in 1921. | 188 |
| 90 | Diosa del Mar: ran aground on Ship Rock at Santa Catalina Island, California. | 180 |
| 91 | Soviet submarine K-159: accidentally sank while being towed in the Barents Sea. She was decommissioned prior to sinking, but both of her nuclear reactors are still onboard. | 179 |
| 92 | HMS Birkenhead: a British iron-hulled troopship that struck a submerged rock near Gansbaai, Western Cape on 26 February 1852. | 174 |
| 93 | USS St. Lo: a Casablanca-class escort carrier of the United States Navy during World War II. On October 25, 1944, St. Lo became the first major warship to sink as the result of a kamikaze attack. The attack occurred during the Battle of Leyte Gulf. USS_St._Lo,_following_the_impact_of_a_ |
173 |
| 94 | SS Thistlegorm: sunk by German bombers in 1941 near Sharm el-Sheikh. | 165 |
| 95 | HMS Indefatigable: magazine explosion during the Battle of Jutland, 1916. The site is a protected place. | 163 |
| 96 | Vrouw Maria: a Dutch merchant ship, ran aground and sunk on 9 October 1771. | 161 |
| 97 | Alkimos: Greek merchant ship, 1963. | 161 |
| 98 | Mighty Servant 2: Dutch heavy-lift ship off Singkep in 1999. | 159 |
| 99 | SS Central America: steamship sank in a storm 9 September 1857. | 154 |
| 100 | U-869: discovered off the coast of New Jersey in 1991. | 150 |
| 101 | Atlanta: US Atlanta-class anti-aircraft cruiser. | 148 |
| 102 | Whydah Gally: sank in a storm off Cape Cod in 1717. | 145 |
| 103 | Northampton: US Northampton-class heavy cruiser. | 144 |
| 104 | HMS Ardent: destroyed during the Falklands War in 1982. | 140 |
| 105 | HMS Audacious: a British battleship that sank after striking a German mine near Lough Swilly, 27 October 1914. | 140 |
| 106 | HMS Antelope: destroyed during the Falklands War in 1982. | 138 |
| 107 | HMS M2: a British aircraft-carrying submarine shipwrecked in Lyme Bay on 26 January 1932. | 138 |
| 108 | Peter Iredale: Ran aground off coast of Astoria in 1906, still remains on beach. | 137 |
| 109 | MT Haven (formerly Amoco Milford Haven): sunk off Genoa following an onboard explosion and fire. Largest wreck in Mediterranean Sea. | 134 |
| 110 | USS Gambier Bay: a Casablanca class escort carrier of the United States Navy. She was sunk in the Battle off Samar after helping to turn back a much larger attacking Japanese surface force in 1944. | 133 |
| 111 | Resurgam II: a protected wrecksite, sank near Rhyl on 25 February 1880. | 132 |
| 112 | Aaron Ward: US Gleaves-class destroyer. | 131 |
| 113 | Soviet submarine K-8: caught fire and sank while being towed in the Bay of Biscay in 1970. Four nuclear warheads and two nuclear reactors are still onboard. | 131 |
| 114 | U-853: sunk off Block Island by USN blimps' rockets on 6 May 1945. | 130 |
| 115 | Uluburun shipwreck: a merchant shipwreck dating to the late Bronze Age. | 130 |
| 116 | Carl D. Bradley | 129 |
| 117 | Honda Point Disaster: nine United States Navy ships run aground off Lompoc, California in 1923. | 129 |
| 118 | MV Queen of the North: a RO-RO ferry run aground on Gil Island in Wright Sound on 22 March 2006. | 124 |
| 119 | MS al-Salam Boccaccio 98: passenger ferry sank near Duba, Saudi Arabia on 2 February 2006 | 123 |
| 120 | USS Housatonic: sunk by CSS Hunley. | 120 |
| 121 | French battleship Bretagne: Lead ship of her class, sunk 3 July 1940. | 119 |
| 122 | SS General von Steuben: a German luxury passenger liner turned armored transport ship that was torpedoed and sunk by Soviet submarine S-13 on 11 February 1945. | 119 |
| 123 | Wahine: 1968 ran aground, capsized, 51 lives lost. | 116 |
| 124 | SS Valencia: a passenger steamer wrecked off the coast of Vancouver Island on 23 January 1906. | 115 |
| 125 | L'Orient: Napoleon's flagship, sunk in Aboukir Bay during the Battle of the Nile on 1 August 1798. | 115 |
| 126 | Sygna: ran aground in 1974 near Newcastle. | 114 |
| 127 | Astoria: US New Orleans-class cruiser. | 114 |
| 128 | Soviet submarine K-27: scuttled in the Kara Sea in 1982 by the Soviet Navy. The boat had suffered irreparable nuclear reactor plant damage at sea in 1968. Both nuclear reactors are still onboard. | 113 |
| 129 | USS New York: a United States Navy armored cruiser, laid down on 19 September 1890, participated in the Spanish-American War and was subsequently scuttled in Subic Bay to prevent Japanese capture during WWII. </ref> | 111 |
| 130 | USS Lexington (CV-2): sunk 1942 at Battle of the Coral Sea. | 110 |
| 131 | RMS Tayleur: a White Star Line clipper ran aground and sank off Lambay Island circa 8 km (5 mi) from Dublin Bay on 21 January 1854. | 110 |
| 132 | SMS Viribus Unitis: an Austro-Hungarian Tegetthoff-class dreadnought battleship sunk at anchor at Pula in the Adriatic Sea by Italian human torpedo on 1 November 1918. | 109 |
| 133 | RMS Atlantic: a White Star Line ocean liner, ran aground near Meagher's Island on 1 April 1873. | 108 |
| 134 | USS LST-480: a tank landing ship sunk following the West Loch Disaster in Pearl Harbor on 21 May 1944. | 106 |
| 135 | SS Morro Castle: fire off Asbury Park. | 104 |
| 136 | HMS Pandora: struck and wrecked on the Great Barrier Reef on 28 August 1791. | 103 |
| 137 | SMS Dresden (1907): sunk by its own crew near Robinson Crusoe Island in 1915. | 99 |
| 138 | HMAS Vampire: Royal Australian Navy destroyer sunk by Japanese air attack in 1942. | 99 |
| 139 | Daniel J. Morrell | 98 |
| 140 | USS Spiegel Grove (LSD-32): sunk as an artificial reef off Florida Keys in 2002. | 97 |
| 141 | New Carissa: Freighter which ran aground near Coos Bay in 1999 and was wrecked. Bow section towed out to sea and sunk; stern section remains on beach. | 97 |
| 142 | HMS Warrior: foundered during tow after severe damage in the Battle of Jutland. The site is a protected place. | 96 |
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